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GENEALOGY 


OF  THE 


Child,  Childs  AND  Childe 


FAMILIES, 


Of  the  Past  and  Present  in  the  United  States  and  the  Eanadas, 
from  1630  to  1881. 


ELI  AS    CHILD. 


Published  foTj  the  >^'uthor  by 
rrUTISS  &  CIIILDS,  PRIXTKRS,  107  GKXESKE  ST..  U^TICA.  N.  V. 

i88i. 


V 


DEDICATION. 


TO  THE  DESCENDANTS  NOW  ON  THE  STAGE,  AND  THOSE  COMING  AFTER, 

OF  A  WORTHY  ANCESTRY  TRACED   IN   THE  SEVERAL  LINES 

BEARING  THE  NAME  OF  CHILD^  CHILDS  AND  CHILDE, 

THIS  WORK  IS  RESPECTFULLY  DEDICATED  ; 

WITH  THE  EARNEST  WISH  AND  CONFIDENT  HOPE  THAT  THE   RESULTS 

OF  A  PATIENT  AND  PERPLEXING  SERVICE  OF  MORE  THAN  THREE 

YEARS,  MAY  MEET  THE   CORDIAL  APPROVAL  OF  THOSE 

FOR  WHOSE  PLEASURE  AND  BENEFIT  THE  WORK 

HAS  BEEN  UNDERTAKEN. 


"  Honour  thy  father  and  thy  mother,  that  thy  days  may  be  long  upon  the  land  which  the  Lord 
thy  God  giveth  thee."— Exodus  xx.  13. 


PREFACE. 


We  would  earnestly  request  all  to  read  the  Introduction  (so 
termed)  to  t"his  work,  as  opening  the  plan  pursued  in  its  arrange- 
ment. Selecting  the*  Emigrant,  the  date  of  whose  arrival  in 
America  in  most  definitely  ascertained,  as  the  pioneer  in  our 
Genealogy,  we  have  traced  his  descendants  as  far  as  attainable 
to  the  present  time.  The  next  line  is  kindred  to  that  first  given, 
the  emigration,  also,  supposed  to  be  about  the  same  time  ;  and 
thus  with  each  line  the  same  order  is  observed  in  reference  to 
arrangement  These  diflfering  lines  are  followed  by  some  in- 
complete families  now  in  the  United  States  who  have  not  as  yet 
been  able  to  find  the  clues  to  their  early  ancestry  in  America  ; 
and  two  ancestors  and  their  descendants  who  have  come  to 
this  country  within  the  present  century;  the  whole  supple- 
mented by  some  names  not  linked  to  any  line,  and  some  sta- 
tistics pertaining  to  lines  previously  recorded,  which  came  to 
hand  too  late  to  be  placed  in  t"heir  due  position.  Such  matter 
is  so  marked  as  to  be  easily  placed  where  it  belongs.  There  is 
another  point  we  wish  may  early  attract  attention,  namely,  the 
articles  on  the  "  Origin  and  Etymology  of  the  surname  Child,'* 
and  "Sketches  and  Incidents  of  English  Families."  That 
we  may  escape  the  charge  of  any  purpose  to  force  the  use 
of  a  form  in  the  name,  which  some  discard,  we  wish  it  to 
be  distinctly  understood  that  our  aim  has  been  to  write 
the  name  in  all  cases  as  desired  by  its  bearer.  Any  failure 
has  been  unintentional.  It  has  been  exceedingly  difficult  to 
discriminate,  when  in  the  same  family  a  part  write  the  name 
with,  and  a  part  without  the  "5".  Further  on  we  think  it  is 
clearly  shown  that  the  name  was  originally  written  without  the 
"./J.  "     We  are  aware  that  some  feel  indifferent,  and  others  regret 


VI.  PREFACE. 

the  use  of  the  **  5  "  as  a  terminal  in  their  own  case,  and  have  re- 
quested that  it  be  left  off  in  the  printing  of  their  record.  Others 
still  are  quite  tenacious  to  have  the  "  s  "  attached.  We  cannot 
but  express  the  belief  that  when  the  article  on  the  origin  of  the 
name,  furnished  by  one  who  has  devoted  much  time  in  its  prep- 
aration, is  carefully  read,  there  will  be  a  common  feeling  of 
regret  that  the  "  s ''  should  ever  have  been  added.  Its  use  or 
omission  will  not  vitally  affect  the  identity  of  any  one  in  this 
work.  No  very  serious  embarrassment  will  arise  in  tracing  the 
lines.  Oiir  method  of  recording  the  different  branches  by  gen  - 
orations  in  due  chronological  order,  will  generally  render  it  easy 
for  one  to  trace  his  or  her  line  of  ascent  In  this  place  it  is 
pertinent  to  emphasize  the  advantages  of  a  well  prepared  Gen- 
ealogy— one  of  which  is  that  it  pi'eserves  the  identity  of  families 
and  individuals,  even  with  such  changes  in  the  spelling  of  the 
name,  in  any  manner  to  please  the  fancy.  The  importance 
of  preserving  this  identity  is  apparent  in  questions  of  legal  titles 
to  an  estate,  a  point  perhaps  to  which  many  have  not  given 
serious  thought  A  no  less  important  consideration  is  that 
Genealogical  records  show  how  far  we  are  indebted  to  our  an- 
cestors for  our  physical,  mental  and  moral  proclivities— an  in- 
heritance we  cannot  escape  if  we  would.  It  is  folly  there- 
fore to  attempt  to  ignore  our  ancestry,  as  we  are  heli  by  a  law 
higher  than  ourselves.  It  is  the  dictate  of  wisdom  to  recognize 
the  existence  of  relations  which  affect  our  destinies,  and  cherish 
what  are  beneficent,  while  we  guard  against  those  that  are  bane- 
ful in  their  tendencies.  Much  of  the  moral  evil  and  physical 
suffering  of  this  life  might  be  avoided  or  remedied  by  giving 
heed  to  the  laws  of  tn\nsmission.  The  medical  man  in  the 
treatment  of  physical  diseases  has  gained  a  point  often  when 
he  has  learneii  the  antecedents  of  his  patient.  This  law  applies 
to  mental  and  moral  tendencies  with  ecjual  force.  Instead  of 
alliances  and  associations  fruitful  of  baneful  results,  more 
healthful  ones  could  be  inaugurated,  bearing  sweeter  fruits, 
were  not  fundamental-  laws  set  aside. 


Table  of  Contents. 


COMPRISING    INTRODUCTORY  ARTICLES   AND   THE   ORDER  OF   THE    DIFFERENT 
lines;   WITH  A  FEW  NAMES  FROM  EACH  BRANCH. 

Faqw. 

Introduction,            ..--.-            .  g_22 

Origin  and  Etymology  of  the  Surname  Child,           -            -  22-30 

Sketches  and  Incidents  of  English  Families,      -           -           -  31-58 

Article  on  Coat  of  Arms,         -            -           -           -           -  59-64 

American  Families. 

Ephrairn  Child,  Earliest  Emigrant,  Watertown,  Mass.,        -  65-67 

RoxBURY  Branch. 

Benjamin  Child,  and  Descendants,  Roxbury,  Mass.,    -            -  69-493 

Woodstock  Families. 

Ephraim  Child,  Woodstock,  Ct.,              -             -              -  74-79 

Capt.  Inc^rease  Child,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.,        -            -            -  79-81 

Judge  Salmon  Child,  Saratoga  Co..N.  Y.,                           -  81-85 

Increase  W.  Child.  M.  D..  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.,             -            -  85-86 

William  Child.  Walworth  Co.,  Wis.,            -            -            -  90-91 

Rev.  Increase  Child.  Frewsburgh,  N.  Y.,          -            -            -  93 

Alfred  B.  Child  St.  Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y.,               -            -  94-95 

Warren  G.  Child,  Ogden  City,  Utah,                  -           -            -  102-104 

Walter  Hewitt,  Ypsilanti,  Mich  ,             ...  no 

Wooster  Family,            ....              .            .  110-112 

Ephraim  Child,  M.  D.,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.,            -           -  117 

Orville  W.  Childs,  Syracuse,  N.  Y..      -             -            -            -  119-122 

Noadiah  M.  Childs.  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,            -            -  *         -  124-125 

Daniel  B.  Childs,  Esq.,  195  Broadway,  N.  Y.  City,      -            -  125-126 

Bosworth  Family,             -              -             -             -            -  129-134 

William  Child,  Editor,  in  Michigan,      .            -            -            -  134-136 

Asa  Child.  Editor,  in  New  York  City.        -             -             -  135-137 

Rev.  Wm.  Chauncey  Child,  D.  D.,  Boston,      -            -            -  137-138 

Renssalaei  Child,  Woodstock,  Ct.,              -             -            -  139-140 

Hon.  Asa  Child.  Norwich,  Ct.,            -             -             -            -  140-141 

Hon.  Calvin  G.  Child,  Stamford,  Ct ,  -  140-141  and  792-794 

Hon.  Linus  Child,  Boston,  Mass..            -              -             -  143-144 

Daniel  Child,  Bethel,  Vt.,                -              -               -             -  148-149 

A.  L.  Child,  M.  D.,  (thrilling  experience  of )  Plattsmouth,  Neb.  151-155 

Stephen  Child,  Woodstock,  Ct.,  and  the  Burleigh  Family,  165-169 

William  Chandler,  Woodstock,  Ct,            -            .              .  169 

Henry  Child.  Woodstock,  Ct.,            ....  173.175 

Capt.  Willard  Child,  Woodstock,  Vt.,   -  -  178-179  and  791 

Morse  Family,  Exeter,  N.  Y.,           -            -            -            -  179-185 

Henry  Child,  Fairlee,  Vt..          -----  185 

Dea.  Luther  Child,  Woodstock,  Ct.,             -            -            -  187 

Dea.  Asa  T.  Child,  Woodstock,  Ct,       -           -            -            -  188 

Clinton  Child,  Woodstock,  Ct.,      .  -            -            -            -  188 


viu. 


CONTENTS. 


Rev.  Willard  Child,  D.  D.,  Pittsford,  Vt. 

Erastus  May,  Woodstock,  Ct., 

Sylvia  C.  Walker,  Woodstock,  Ct. ,        . 

Cynthia  Child  May,  Woodstock,  Ct., 

Lyon,  May,  and  Phillips  Families,  Woodstock,  Ct., 

Exeter.  N.  Y..   - 
Capt.  Elisha  Child,  Woodstock.  Ct., 
Dea.  Charles  Child,  Woodstock,  Ct., 
Witter  Family,  Woodstock,  Ct., 
John  Child,  Woodstock  Ct , 
Charles  Child,  Woodstock,  Ct.,        - 
John  H.  Child.  Woodstock,  Ct., 
Abiel  Child.  Wallingford,  Vt., 
C.  Harris  Child,  New  York  City, 
Capt.  Elias  Child,  Woodstock,  Ct., 
Elisha  Child,  Exeter,  N.  Y ,       - 
Parker  M.  Child,  Exeter,  N.  Y.,        - 
Henry  H.  Curtiss,  Utica,  N.  Y., 
Lucius  C.  Childs,  Utica,  N.  Y.,        - 
Elias  Child,  (compiler  of  this  work)  Utica,  N.  Y., 
Charles  Childs,  Otsego,  N.  Y., 
Dea.  Elisha  Child,  Woodstock,  Ct., 
Wm.  G.  Child,  Woodstock.  N.  Y.,    - 
Horatio  H.  Child,  Leonardsville,  N.  Y., 
Charles  T.  Child,  Exeter,  N.  Y.,       - 
Luther  Child,  Fowlersville,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y., 
Erastus  Child.  Oneida,  Knox  Co.,  111., 
Aaron  P.  Child,  Creston,  Iowa. 
Erastus  Child.  Woodstock.  Ct.. 
Peter  Child,  Woodstock,  Ct.,      -  -  - 

Col.  Chester  Child.  Woodstock,  Ct.. 
Capt.  Benjamin  Child,  Woodstock,  Ct., 
CephasChild,  West  Fairlee,  Vt.,     - 
Chamberlain  Family,  Bradford,  Vt.. 
Luce  Family,  Vermont,  and  Half  Day,  Lake  Co.  111., 
Nathaniel  Child,  Woodstock,  Ct . 
Dea.  William  Child  and  Samuel  his  son,  Woodstock, 
Alpha  Child,  Woodstock,  Ct.,     ' 
Darius  Child,  Fairlee,  Vt., 
Judge  William  Child,  Fairlee.  Vt., 
GrifRn  Child,  Providence,  R.  I.,       - 
Rev.  Wm.  S.  Child,  D.  D.,  Newport.  R.  I., 
Rev.  Jedediah  Morse,  D.  D.,  Charlestown.  Mass., 
Prof.  Samuel  F.  B.  Morse,  LL.  D.,  New  York  City, 
Sidney  E.  Morse,  New  York  City, 
Rev.  Aspenwall  Hodge,  D.  D..  Hartford,  Ct, 
Walker  Family,  -  .  .  -  . 

RoxBCRY  Family. 

Edward  Child,  Roxbury.  Mas., 
Stephen  Child,  Roxbury.  Mass.,     •  - 


PAGB9. 

-  190-192 

195 

195 

196 

and 

.  198-207 

207-209 

210 

212 

215 

216 

217 

219 

219 

220-221 

-  221rJ^3 

224 

224 

225 

-  225-228 

229 

229  and  794-795 

230 

231  and  794 

232 

,  -     234 

236 

238 

239 

240 

241 

243 

244 

-  244-250 

244  and  779-782 

251 

!t.,  251  and  790 

252 

253 

254 

256 

-  256-257 

259-260 

-  260-262 

263 

265  and  789 

266-279 

280 

283-285 

CONTENTS.  IX. 

Stephen  Childs,  New  Hartford,  N.  Y..               -            -  -            288 

Grace  Child  and  Timothy  Walker.  Reholx)th,  Ma^ss.,         -  293 

Mary  Child  and  Peter  Walker,  Rehoboth.  Mass.,         -  295 

WooDSTcxjK  Families. 

Ehenezer  Child,  Castleton.  Vt..              _            .  .    309-312 

Horace  S.  Child,  Geneseo,  Henry  Co.  111.,               -            -  813 

Orange  Child.  New  York  City,               .            .            -  -            315 

Alonzo  Child.  New  York  City  and  St.  Louis.  Mo..              -  319-321 

Pearley  Child.  New  York  City.               ...  -            323 

Col.  Jonathan  Child,  Thetford,  Vt..             -            -            -  325 

William  Child.  Thetfonl,  Vt.,               -             -            .  .    325-326 

Cyril  Child  and  Judf^e  Edward  P.  Child.  Lincoln.  Nub..  326  and  785 

Major  Jonathan  Child.  Rochester.  N.  v..          -  -     326-328 

Rev.  Eber  Child,  Fulton,  Wis..        ....  332 

Capt.  Penuel  Child,  Ctmnecticut,  ....     83' -336 

Horace  Child.  Ashtabula  Co.  O .       -            -            -            -  339-340 

Jesse  Child,  Howell,  Mich.,        ....  -            345 

Amidon  Family,  Genesee  Co.  N.  V..            .            -  34(3-348 

Timothy  Child!  Sullivan  Co.  N.  Y.,       .            -  350 

Lord  Family,  New  Jersey  an<l  New  York  City.  351-355 

Richard  Dwight  Child.  Grahamville.  N.  Y..  355 
OlMidiah  Child,  Neversink.  N.  Y.,           ...    356-357 

Bradley  Child.  White  Haven.  Pa..    ...  a')9 

Judge  John  G.  Child,  Napanock,  N.  Y,          -            .  -    364-365 

Capt.  John  Child,  Bath.  N.  H.,        -            .            .            .  366-367 

Hon.  John  Hibbard.  Bath.  N.  IL.         -            -            -  .           368 

Hon.  Dwight  P.  Child.  Bath,  N.  H.,            -            -            -  371 

H<m.  Wm.  G.  Child.  M  I).  Bath.  N.  H.,           .  .            372 

Hon.  Bnidlcy  G.  Child.  Bath.  N.  H.            .            -  374 

Sanl)orn  Family,  Jay.  Vt..          .  .    375-378 

West  Family,  Derby,  Vt..     -            -            .            .  378-382 

Hutchins  and  Goodall  Families.  Bath.  N.  H.          -            -  382-383 
Dea.  Dudley  Child,  Bath.  N.  H.,            ....    383-384 

David  Child.  Nevada,  Story  Co.  Iowa,          -            -            -  884-385 

Richard  Child.  Nevada,  Story  Co.  Iowa;            •            -  -            388 

Jonathan  Child.  Grinnell,  Iowa,       ....  391 

Dudley  ihild.  Bath.  N.  H.,        -            ....  390 

Dea.  Thomas  Child,  Woodstock,  VX,,            -                        -  394-895 

Justus  Childs.  Utica.  N.  Y.,        ....  396-397 

J.  Morris  Childs.  Utica.  N.  Y..         ....  H97 

Orlando  J.  Childs.  Utica.  N.Y..            -            -            -  .            397 

Rev.  Thomas  P.  Child,  Tn)y,  Ohio.             -            -  398 

RoxmiRY  Family. 

Joshua  Child,  Roxbury.  Mass..               ....  400 

William  Child,  Baltimore.  Md..        ....  4^2-403 

Capt.  Amasa  Child,  Sturbridge.  Mass..              -            .  404 

Miss  Anna  Child.  San  Fracisco,  Cal,           -                        -  406 

Addis<m  Child,  Boston.  Mass..                ....  400 

Richards  Child.  Boston.  Mass..          ....  408-409 

I.saac  Child.  Boston  Highlands.  Ma.ss..              -            -  -     411-413 


X. 


CONTENTS. 


Pagbp. 

Daniel  F.  Child,  Boston,  Mass.,        -            -            -            -     •  41S 

Edward  V.  Childe,  Paris,  France,         -           .            -           -  418 

May  Family,  Roxbury,  Mass.  and  Woodstock,  Ct.,            -  418-421 

Johnson  Family,              ....--  422^23 

Woodstock  Families. 

John  Child,  Woodstock,  a.,             ....  426-427 

Abijah  Child,  Pomf ret,  Vt.,       ....           -  428 

Jacob  Child,  Franklin  Co ,  N.  Y..    -           -           -            -  429 

William  S.  Child.  M.  D.  Chateaugay,  N.  Y.      -                        -  431 

Justin  Child.  Malone,  N.  Y.             -            -                        -  482-438 

Elias  Child,  West  Woodstock.  Ct.         -                        -            -  434 

Horatio  N.  Child,  West  Woodstock,  Ct.      -            -            -  436 

Russell  Child,  West  Woodstock.  Ct.,     -            -            -  437 

Gurdon  H.  Child.  West  Hartford,  Ct.,          ...  438 

Nathaniel  Child,  Thomson.  Ct.,              -.                       -  440 

Hon.  Marcus  Child,  Thompson,  Ct.,      *                 -  442 

Elijah  Child.  Sharon.  Vt.. 444 

Alexander  Child,  Granville,  Vt.,      ....  447 

Charies  H.  Child,  Ash  Grove.  Til..          .            •            -            .  448 

Abner  Child.  Vermont.          ....            -  460 

Baxter  Family,  Grand  Rapids.  Mich.,   -                        -            -  460-404 

RoswelK'hild,  Moretown,  Vt..          ....  467 

Charies  Childs.  La  Fayette,  Ohio.,        ....  469-470 

Charies  F,  Child  and  Chapin  Family,  Grinnell,  Iowa.,       -  470-471 

Keith  Family., 475-478 

Marcus  Child,  Dixville,  Stanstead,  Co.  P.  Q.          -            -  480-481 

Elias  W.  Childs,  Janes ville,  Wis., 481 

Seth  Child.  M.  D.  East  Hartford.  Ct.,          -            -            -  483 

Stephen  Child,  Saganaw.  Mich.,            .            .            .            ,  482 

Jacob  Child.  West  Woodstock,  Ct.,              -            -  485 

Waldo  Child.  Norwich,  Chenango  Co.  N.  Y.     •            -  484 

Benjamin  Child,  West  Woodstock,  Ct..       -            -            -  485-486 

Asa  Child.  I^nox.  N.  Y.. 486-487 

.  Chester  Child.  Ludlowville.  N.  Y.    -            -            -  491-492 

Watkrtown  Family. 

William  Child  and  Descendants.,                                                 -  494-594 

John  Child,  Watertown.  Mass..        -            -            -            -  506-507 

Jonathan  Child,  Grafton.  Mass.,       ....  508 

Josiah  Child,  Upton.  Mass.. 508-5^9 

Col.  Asa  Childs,  Upton,  Mass ,        .            -            -            -  512-514 

Harvey  Childs.  Pittsburgh.  Pa..             ....  515-517 

Col.  James  H.  Childs.  Pittsburgh  Pa.,          -                        -  517-519 

Maj.  George  A.  Childs.  Pittsburgh,  Pa..          -    '        -            -  522-524 

Solomon  Child.  Henniker.  N.  H.,     -                        -  524 

Dea.  Aaron  Child.  Uenniker.  N.  H  .     ....  525 

Rev.  Ward  Child.  Onondaga  Hill.  N.  Y.,     -            -  526 

William  H.  Childs.  Niagara  Falls.        .            .            -            -  529 

Heaton  Family.         ....--  531-535 

Hon.  Aaron  Childs,  Ypsilanti,  Mich..                -                        -  539 

Ira  Goodell  Childs,  Ypsilanti.  Mich.,           -            -            -  542 


CONTENTS,  XI. 

PAQSe. 

Dea.  Josiah  Childs,  Augusta,  Mich.,     ...  -    542-543 

Moses  Child  and  James  Child  his  son,  Maine,         -            -  546-548 

James  Loring  Child,  Hallowell,  Me..     .            -            -  -    548-549 

David  Lee  and  Mrs.  Lydia  Maria  Child,  Boston,  Mass.,    -  556-558 

Capt.  John  Childe,  Springfield,  Mass.,              -            -  -            558 

Hagar  and  Twitchell  Families,  Vermont,   -            -  560-576 

Alexander  Child,  Barre.  Orleans  Co.  N.  Y.,      -            -  576 

Sidney  8.  Childs,  Menasha,  Wis.,    -            .            -            -  577 

Rider  Family,  LeRoy,  Genesee  Co.,  N.  Y.,       -           -  -    580-581 

Colby  Family, 586  and  796-797 

Hon.  John  Child,  Weybridge,  Vt.,        ...  -    583-584 

Hon.  John  A.  Child,  Weybridge.  Vt.,           ...  585 

Boston  Family. 

John  Child  and  descendants.      -            ...  -    595-604 

Prof.  Francis  J.  Child  Ph.  D.  Harvard  University,  -          599 

Francis  Child,  Boston,  Mass.,  Tremont  St.,  600-601 

Benjamin  G.  Child,  Boston,  Mass.,              -           -           -  602 

Nicholas  G.  Child,  Boston,  Mass..         -                        -  -            003 

Richard  D.  Child, 603 

Barnstable  Family. 

Samuel  Child  and  Descendants,             .            .            .  _    605-681 

Richard  Child,  Barnstable,  Mass.,    .            .            -            .  606 

Dea.  Samuel  Child,  Barnstable,  Mass..              ...  606 

Ralph  Childs,  Providence.  R,  I.,      -            -            -            -  609-610 

Lebbeus  Childs,  Conway,  Mass.,            ....  613 

Oliver  Childs,  Seneca,  N.  Y.,            -           -                       -  613 

Theron  H.  Childs,  Seneca,  N.  Y.,           -                        -  -            614 

Edmund  Childs,  Wheatland;  Mich.,            ...  615 

Charles  E.  Childs,  Norwich,  N.  Y.,        -                        -  -            617 

Jonathan  Childs,  Hardwick,  Mass.,             -                        -  620 

Benjamin  W.  Childs,  Barre.  Mass.,       -  -            021 

Francis  Lee  Childs,  Barre,  Mass.,     -            .            -            -  (i'iS 

Dea.  Martin  Luther  Childs,  Springfield,  Mass.,            -  624 

Maj.  Jonathan  Childs,  Wilmington,  Vt.,     -            -            -  629-680 

John  Lusk  Childs,  Boston,  Mass.,          ...  -    634-636 

Laban  J.  Childs,  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa.        ...  633 

Maj.  Adnah  B.  Childs,  Wilmington,  Vt.,         -  -    637-638 

Wm.  H.  Childs,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,                       -  639-640 

Asaph  P.  Childs,  Bennington,  Vt.,       -            -            -  -            641 

K.  Haskins,  Esq.,  Brattleborough,  Vt.,      -                        .  641-642 

Ebenezer  Childs.  Shutesbury,  Mass.,      ....  643 

Ebenezer  Child.  M.  D.,  Shutesbury,  Mass.,  644 

Charles  D.  Childs.  York,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y.          -  -            645 

Charles  Dwight  Childs,  Ionia,  Mich.,           -            -            -  646 

David  Childs,  Conway,  Mass.,    -            -            -            .  .            648 

Rogers  Family.  Conway.  Mass.,         -  650-651 

Otis  Child.  Conway,  Mass.,         -            -            -            -  -            651 

Silas  D.  Child,  Montreal,  Canada,    ....  664 

Silas  D  Child,  LTtica,  N.  Y.,      -                       -  665 

Timothy  Childs,  M.  D ,  Pittsfield,  Mass.,    -           -           -  670-871 


Xll. 


GONTENTO. 


Pagsb. 

Perry  Childs.  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.,             -           -           -           -  671 

Lieut.  Gov.  Henry  H.  Childs,  Pittsfield,  Mass.,      -  '673-674 

David  W.  Childs,  Utica,  N.  Y.,             -           -  673 

Rev.  Geo.  S.  Boardraan  D.  I).,  Cazenovia,  X.  Y..    -  672-673 

Ledyard  Family  and  Powers,      -            -            -            -            .  674-676 

Gen.  Thomas  (Jhilds.  U.  S.  Array.    -            -            -            -  677 

Gen.  David  P.  Woodbury.  U.  S.  Army.             ...  678 

Reuben  Childs  and  Descendants,      ....  682-691 

Mrs.  Mary  K.  Childs  Lowrie,  and  Hon.  Walter  Lowrie,          -  684-686 
Rev.  Thomas  S  Childs,  D.  D.,  and  Mrs.  Mary  P.  Childs, 

Wooster  Univ.  Ohio, 689-690 

Swansea  Branch. 

Jeremiah  Child  and  Descendants,          ....  692-711 

Capt.  George  Child,  (commanding  the  •Lexington,**)  R.  L.  700 

Watertown  Line,  No.  2. 

Benjamin  Child  and  descendants,          -            .            .            -  712-723 

Bigelow  Family,  Jackson.  Tenn..     ...            -  718-720 

Webster  and  Breed  Families,  California.                       -            -  723 

Amherst  Child.  Rutland,  Mass.,      ...            -  724 

Hon.  A.  L.  Childs.  Waterloo.  Seneca,  Co.,  N.  Y..        -            -  727-728 

Charles  Child.  Woodstock,  Ct.. 729 

Issachar  Child,  Woodstock,  a.,             ....  732-783 

Casper  Childs,  New  York  City.        -            -  -      732 

George  D.  Child,  Chicago.  111..              -            -            -            -  733 

Pennsylvania  Family. 

Henry  Child  and  Descendants,     -            ,            .            .  734-754 

Cephas  Child.  Plumstead,  Pa.,             -            -                        -  735 

Moses  Child,  Mayfield,  N.  Y., 738 

Mahlon  M.  Child,  Wilmington,  Del.,    -            .            -            ^  739 

Cadwallader  Child,  Phil..  Jeff.  Co..  N.  Y.,              -            -  739-740 

Wattson  Childs,  Manchester,  Iowa,        ...            -  741 

Hamilton  Child.  Syracuse.  N.  Y..       -            -  741-742 

Lewis  J.  Child.  Philadelphia.  Jeff.  Co.,  N.  Y.,       -            -  -      742 
Henry  Teas  Child,  M.  D.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,      -            -            -          744 

Isaac  Child,  "Friend  Minister."  Pa..              .            .  745 

George  W.  Childs.  Philadelphia,  Pa..          -  750-757 

Nathaniel  Child  and  Descendants,         .            -            -            _  757-766 

Nathaniel  Childs,  Jr..  Washington,  D.  C,   -                        -  761-762 

Unattachbd  Families.           .           .           .           -           .  766-790 

Appendices,        .......  791-810 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 

Page. 

1.  Child  Coat  of  Arms,            -            -            -            -  ii. 

2.  Ephraim  Child  Eesidence,        -            -            -  79 

3.  Warren  G.  Child,              -              ...  103 

4.  Hon.  Linus  Child,        -              ...  143 

5.  A.  L.  Child,  M.  D.,              -             ...  151 

6.  Henry  Child  Residence,            -            -           -  173 

7.  Elias  Child,            .....  225 

8.  Prof.  S.  R  B.  Morse,  LL.  D.,      -                       -  261 

9.  Isaac  Child,            -            -                          -            -  411 

10.  Col.  Asa  Child,              ....  513 

11.  Francis  Child,         -            -            -           -            -  601 

12.  Maj.  Adnah  B.  Childs,                         -  637 

13.  George  W.  Childs,              -            -            -            -  751 


EXPLANATIONS. 

To  the  name  of  each  individual  is  attached  a  number  This  number  will 
indicate  that  individual  wherever  found,  proving  an  additional  means  of 
identification ;  necessary  where  names  are  so  often  repeated. 

The  following  abreviations  have  been  used  b.  for  bom :  m.  for  married ; 
d.  for  died;  yg.  for  young;  da.  or  dau.  for  daughter. 


ERRATA. 

Page  147.  No.  28.— Read  Ruth  Curtis,  not  Ruth  Ammtdawn,  as  found  twice 

on  this  page;  again  No.  641. 
Page  4sf.  No.  641. — Read  Dudley,  not  Daniel  Chase.  This  marriage  linked 
the  family  with  the  U.  S.  Senator  Dudley  Chase,  Bishop  Philander 
Chase,  both  brothers  of  Mercy  Chase,  who  married  Stephen  Child  No. 
641,  and  a  later  generation,  the  late  Chief  Justice  Salmon  Chase  who 
was  a  nephew  of  Mercy  Chase  Child.  Ruth  Child,  No.  646.  not  Harris 
left  one  son  Samuel  M.  Chase. 
Page  148. — Read  Abner  Palmer,  not  Abraham  Chas.  Paimer, 

*'     151. — Read  in  line  17,  Meteorology,  not  Metallurgie. 

"    126.  XXX.— Read  Alfred  DeForest  Childs.  not  Arthur  C, 

"    238.   No.  1449.— ReAii  Ida.  not  Ada. 

•*    226.— Foot  note,  read  Mrs.  Sylvina  Thorp  Child's  family. 

'*     182.   No.  938 — Read  Louisa,  not  Loiaa. 

••    285.   No.  1851  —Read  Hannah  B.  Holmes. 

••    4a5.   No.  4449  —Read  Mary  Blanchard  Malcom'. 

*•    723.   7078.— Read  Samuel  Capen,  not  Chapin  Child. 

**  418.  No.  3566.— Read  Mildred  Lee,  not  MiJinda.  She  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  the  distinguished  General  Henry  Lee.  of  revolutionary  fame  of 
Virginia,  and  sister  of  Robert  E.  Ijee.  the  late  Confederate  general ;  the 
same  change  from  Milinda  to  Mildred  should  be  observed  when  repeated. 
Page  404.  Ko.  3427. — Read  Fitz  Henry  Morse,  not  Fitzhugh.  Same  change 
should  be  observed  where  Fitzhugh  is  repeated,  page  405.  Nos.  3435, 
3436,  3437. 
Page  210.   No.  1234.— Should  read  Hale,  not  HalL 

•*    233.    No.  1403.— Read  Angeline  Coats,  not  Augusta. 

*•    285,   No.  1850.— Read  Hannah  Holmes,  not  Howes,  and  again  1851, 
where  William  Childs  is  taken  over  read  Hannah  Holmes. 

••    485.    No.  4449.— Read  Mary  Blanchard  Malcom. 

••    508.   Read  No.  4747.— Josiali  Child. 

*•     510.    No.  4762.— Read  Mehitable  Flagg.  not  Taft. 

"    578.   No.  5491.— Read  Freeman  Childs,  not  Iruman, 

"     496.   No.  4549.— Read  Sarali  Plntt,  not  Sarah  Norcross. 

*'    723.   No.  7078.— Read  Capen,   not  Chapin.     Same  page  read  Mary 
Burditt.  not  BurdeU. 

*•     634.    No.  6240.— Rend  Mrs.  Hitchcock,  not  Alvord. 

*•     473.    Nos  4291,  4292.— Read  Brighara,  not  Bingham. 

"    396.    No.  3331.- Read  William  Bennett,  not  Burnett. 

•*    332.   No.  2454  —Date  of  birth  of  Ellen  Louisa  Child  read  1845. 


INTRODUCTION. 


Not  infrequently  concurrent  influences  draw  one  into  a  line 
of  activities  unsought  and  unlooked  for.  By  such  a  method  I 
have  been  led  to  undertake  the  work  of  preparing  a  Genealogy 
of  the  Child,  Childe  or  Childs  family,  and  alliances  by  marriage, 
in  the  United  States  and  the  Canadas. 

The  name  has  been  variously  spelled  in  this  countiy  for  years, 
taking  on  sometimes  the  terminal  "e,"  but  more  often  the  termi- 
nal "5."  For  the  first  two  generations  in  this  country  the  name 
was  written  Child,  Occasionally  at  an  early  period  the  terminal 
"e"  was  used.  But  later*  the  "5"  has  been  more  frequently  em- 
ployed. Upon  whatever  principle  the  change  may  be  explained, 
it  seems  unfortunate  for  the  preservation  of  the  integrity  of  the 
family,  as  the  effect  is  sometimes  to  lead  members  of  the 
same  branch  to  lose  sight  of  their  kindred.  We  have  aimed 
scrupulously  to  write  the  name  in  this  volume  as  written  by 
those  who  have  furnished  their  record  ;  deeming  it  our  duty  how- 
ever, to  be  governed  by  the  public  records  where  the  fathers  of 
the  lines  have  observed  the  English  method  of  spelling  the 
name.  Not  a  few  using  the  terminal  "5"  have  expressed  to  me 
regret  that  it  had  been  added  to  their  name.  In  this  connection 
it  occurs  to  us  to  suggest  a  return  to  the  original  mode  of  spell- 
ing the  name  with  the  terminal  ''e"  as  written  upon  its  transla- 
tion in  Great  Britain  from  its  Norman  Frant  form,  might  now 
be  accomplished,  as  the  different  branches  are  awakened  to  an 
interest  in  their  family  history.  This  would  meet  the  objection 
felt  by  some  as  to  the  brevity  of  the  name,  and  its  easy  confu- 
sion with  the  common  noun.  This  proposed  change  has  been 
spoken  of  to  some  of  the  leading  ones  of  different  branches 
who  are  quite  ready  to  fall  in  with  it. 

It  is  approaching  three  years  since  I  was  first  made  acquainted 

with  the  fact  that  Mr.  Isaac  Child  of  Boston,  Mass.,  a  descendant 

in  direct  line  like  myself  from  Benjamin  Child,  the  emigrant, 

had  for  many  years  been  gathering  the  statistics  of  the  early 

B 


10 


INTRODUCTION. 


families  of  the  New  England  emigrants  of  onr  name  and  their 
descendants.  This  information  was  given  me  by  Hon.  William 
Graves  Child,  M.  D.,  of  Bath,  Grafton  county,  N.  H,j  whose 
special  interest  in  behalf  of  a  Genealogy  of  the  family  name 
was  awakened  by  the  connection  of  his  immediate  branch  with  i 
tlie  Dwight  familii,  and  whose  family  record  is  extensively  re^| 
corded  in  Dr.  Dwights  Genealogy;  an  early  ancestor  of  Dr.~ 
Child  having  married  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Josiah  Dwight,  who 
was  ordained  and  settled  as  the  iirst  Congregational  minister  of 
WoodstcKik,  Ct.,  in  1690.  It  was  ujxjn  the  suggestion  of  T)r. 
Child  that  I  was  led  to  entertain  the  purpose  of  attempting  a 
Genealogy  on  the  hasl^  of  Mr.  Isaac  Child's  material.  After 
much  deliberate  reflection,  I  decided  to  undertake  the  task  of 
reviving  the  memories  of  those  who  had  passed  away,  and 
placing  their  names  with  those  now  upon  the  stage,  in  a  form 
of  permanent  record.  In  the  incipient  stages  of  the  work,  a 
slumbering  affection  for  the  memory* of  tliose  whom  in  child- 
hood I  had  been  taught  to  revere  was  quickened,  and  incidents 
of  early  and  later  life,  almost  forgotten^  or  thought  of  occasion-JB 
ally  as  of  no  great  significance,  began  to  be  recalled.  I  could 
see  in  them  a  moral,  conveying  thoughts  noble,  inspiring,  and 
instructive.  To  bring  these  raemoriea  into  a  form^  and  weave 
these  incidents  into  a  web  of  sufficient  interest  to  attract  intclii- 
gent  members  of  the  great  fraternity,  seemed  indeed  a  work  of 
much  labor  and  not  a  little  delicacy,  yet  not  without  some  com- 
pensating pleasure.  The  circle  of  family  friends  of  near  kin- 
ship, with  whom  I  found  myself  allied  at  the  commencement, 
has  been  enlarging,  till  almost  thousands  are  now  numbered  in 
a  quasi  kinship,  with  many  of  whom,  by  a  daily  handshaking 
through  epistolary  correspondence,  I  seem  to  be  brought  intu 
bonds  of  warmest  friendship.  There  is  much  of  common  inter- 
est, so  much  of  sentiment  and  sympathy  in  common,  our  expe- 
riences are  found  to  run  naturally  in  a  common  channel 

Correspondence  was  opened  with  Mr,  Child  of  Boston,  who 
had  hitherto  been  unknown  to  me,  which  led  to  an  arrangement 
with  him  for  placing  in  my  hands  the  material  which  he  had, 
to  be  incorporated  in  the  proposed  Genealogy,  His  matter 
forms  the  nucleus  of  this  work  ;  not  that  it  constitutes  the  larger 
amount,  nor  that  it  was  arranged,  as  incorporated  in  this  work. 
The  filling  up  of  many  branches,  partially  traced  by  Mr  Isaac 


INTRODUCTION.  11 

Child,  and  the  discovery  of  many  new  lines,  will  swell  the  vol- 
ume to  threefold  or  more  beyond  his  material  Yet  had  it  not 
been  for  his  industry  and  perseverance,  it  is  probable  the  pres- 
ent work  would  not  have  been  undertaken. 

The  scope  of  my  plan  takes  a  wider  range  than  that  era- 
braced  in  his  manuscript  His  record  has  not  gone  outside  of 
the  New  England  emigrants  and  their  descendants ;  nor  does  it 
extend,  with  but  few  exceptions,  to  the  female  members  of  the 
family  and  their  descendants.  The  present  plan  embraces  all 
of  the  name,  whether  traceable  to  New  England  emigrants,  or 
to  ancestors  known  to  have  come  to  our  shores  at  other  points, 
and  at  later  perioda  I  trace  also  the  descendants  of  the  female 
members,  as  well  as  the  males  to  the  latest  dates. 

It  was  not  possible  to  foresee  the  amount  of  labor  and  expend- 
iture of  money  which  would  be  required,  nor  the  numberless  oc- 
casions of  delay,  before  the  work  could  be  completed.  Much  is 
due  to  the  earnest  desires  expressed  by  many  prominent  in  the 
branches  they  represent,  that  the  work  should  go  on  to  comple- 
tion, that  it  has  not  been  abandoned  long  ago  as  a  hopeless 
task.  For  it  was  early  discovered  that  a  superficial  production 
would  not  only  prove  unsatisfactory,  but  be  held,  as  one  mem- 
ber expressed  it,  "with  intolerable  loathing."  There  is  no  lack 
of  intelligence  in  this  widespread  family.  Ii  would  be  worse 
than  folly  in  an  enterprise  of  this  kind  to  ignore  this  intelli- 
gence ;  and  it  is  with  not  a  little  pride  and  self-gratulation  that 
I  record  the  fact  that  words  of  cheer  have  reached  me  from  out- 
side the  family  name. — from  those  who  view  such  works  as  a 
benefaction  to  the  race;  among  these  is  one  of  New  York's 
most  enlightened  and  patriotic  statesmen — Hon.  Horatio  Sey- 
mour, Ex-Governor  of  this  State.  In  a  letter  dated  Utica,  July 
10,  1879,  he  writes : 

Dear  Sir:  I  am  glad  that  you  mean  to  get  up  a  record  of  your  family. 
I  have  known  some  of  its  branches,  and  held  them  in  high  regard.  Gene- 
alogies do  not  merely  gratify  curiosity.  They  tend  to  elevate,  because  they 
keep  in  men's  minds  the  character  of  the  best  of  their  race ;  and  these  be- 
come standards  of  morals  and  positions,  which  men  aim  to  equal.  The 
commandment  that  we  should  honor  our  fathers  has  purposes  more  wide  and 
far  reaching  than  is  usually  supposed.  I  hope  you  will  go  on  with  your 
work.  I  am  truly  yours,  &c., 

Elias  Child,  Esq.,  Utica.  Horatio  Seymour. 


12 


^ODUCTTO 


In  the  earlier  stages  of  the  work  I  received,  unsolicited,  the' 
following  generous  note  from  Rev.  Theo[>hikis  Packard,  who 
was  for  fifty  vem^s  a  citizen  of  Shelbiirne,  Mass.,  and  tJwenty- 
five  3'eai^  of  that  time  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  in 
that  town: 

Deab  SiRt—I  have  hml  sufficiont  experience  hi  such  work  (ftoncalogios)  to 
symptithi^p  with  you  in  the  dilBcuUies  and  dehiys  whkh  must  have  tried 
your  patience.  Youi's  is  n  worthy  iindertakini,'':  and  wdi,  if  completed,  he 
more  hi>?ldy  wppreeiwlod  hy  future  j^eneration8  than  hy  those  now  living.  I 
!*hflll  Ih?  gUu\  to  assist  in  your  work,  I  have  many  valnnltle  t^latistic^  iis  io 
the  tribes  of  Childses,  and  will  gladly  and  i/nttuitou.^li/  furnish  thenj  to  you 
if  you  deem  them  suited  to  your  f>ritfound  work. 

Wishing  yon  ^sneeess  in  y<^nir  eutcrprij^e.  T  atn,  respectfully,  your?*,  &e.. 

TaEoPHiLL^s  Pacxakd, 

Additional  encouragement  is  derived  from  a  monthly  Journal 
published  in  New  York  city  by  the  ^*Ameriean  College  of  Her- 
aldry and  Genealogical  Registry/^  brief  extracts  from  which  I 
quote :  I 

There  is  an  inn>ortanf^e  attached  to  carefully  written  accounts  of  the  ori- 
gin mid  dispei'sion  of  the  individuals  of  a  family,  becoming  more  essential 
as  iKipnIatloii  increases  in  this  vai^t  country,  the  usylum  of  all  nationalities.  J 

Often  the  rights  of  heritage*  through  a  neglect  of  rt^cords  systfrnatiruHy 
kept  in  the  fnniily.  or  juihlie  documents^  properly  guanied  and  certified  to 
hy  qualified  officials*  are  imperiled  or  utterly  lost.  Greiit  estates  in  Eu- 
rope are  lost  enttndy  to  lieirs  who  might  have  ha<i  wealth  antl  pot^ition  had 
their  parent.*  lH*en  careful  to  bring  with  them  when  emigrating  to  the  Uni-  | 
ted  States,  documentary  evidence  of  their  lineage  in  their  fatherland. 

A  few  have  been  fortunate  in  securing  a  rich  competency  to  which  they 
had  never  supposed  t hernial  ves  enlitletl  on  accoutd  of  the  many  heirs  be- 
tween themselves  and  an  estate;  bat  who  in  the  rev*ilutions  of  »(tciety  have 
suddenly  and  unexpt^tedly  enu'rged  from  pf^verty  tu  wealth,  on  the  strength  i 
of  the  testimony  i»f  a  record  In  a  long  forgotten  IxKik,  hardly  known  to  exist* 
in  which  was  chronicled  their  de*icent  from  a  remote  ancestry;  only  known 
to  theuj  through  the  deciaralions  of  a  court  of  chancery. 

The  indiiference  of  some,  and  the  positive  aversion  of  others, 
to  Genedogies,  may  break  the  force  of  sueii  testimony  as  these  j 
extracts  afford,  yet  they  are  the  views  of  men  of  experience] 
and  sotmd  judgments     T,he  wisdom  of  the  cautionary  langviage 
here  employed  to  guard  against  indifference  and  neglect  on  this  ' 
{xiint,  finds  confirmation  in  actual  cases  of  estates  waiting  for 
claimants  of  our  own  family  name,     There  are  credits  in  the  . 


INTRODUCTION.  13 

Bank  of  England,  in  stocks  and  money,  against  the  following 
names: 


Elizabeth  ChildA 

Jane  Child,  j 

Henry  Childs,     [      All  dating  back  to  1813-1818. 

Richard  Child, 

Martha  Child, 


:) 


Also  in  the  Bank  of  England,  there  have  long  been  credits 
waiting  for  claimants  in  the  heira  of  Ann  Child,  John  Child, 
Sarah  Child,  Anthony  Child,  Thomas  Child,  William  Child, 
Mary  Child.  These  properties  have  been  several  times  adver- 
tised, as  attested  by  J.  P.  Jayne,  Commissioner. 

We  are  seldom  indifferent  to  the  opinions  of  our  friends,  and 
when  they  coincide  with  ours,  or  may  be  somewhat  in  advance, 
they  lend  encouragement  and  force  to  our  schemes ;  and  it  is  a 
pleasure  to  place  them  on  record,  when  in  form  to  be  preserved. 
From  one  of  the  many  communications  from  the  pen  of  Judge 
William  Child  of  Fairlee,  Vt,  the  following  extract  warmly 
endorses  our  enterprise : 

I  would  say  there  is  a  pleasure  in  erecting  monuments  of  marble  or 
granite  or  other  material  to  the  memory  of  our  relatives.  Why  may  not  our 
pleasure  or  gratification  be  greatly  increased  by  the  possession  of  a  volume 
containing  a  brief  mention  of  all  the  families  of  our  name,  whether  near  or 
remote,  to  which  we  can  at  any  time  refer,  and  ponder  upon  their  good 
qualities  of  head  and  heart  therein  recorded,  and  try  to  emulate  or  excel  in 
all  the  virtues  that  pertain  to  any  individual  or  family  of  our  name.  Sums 
great  and  small  are  continually  being  expended  in  erecting  memorials  to  our 
departed  relatives;  the  smallest  of  such  sums  would  probably  purchase 
many  volumes  of  the  work  upon  which  you  are  engaged,  and  which  would 
be  as  valuable  as  inscriptions  on  monumental  marble. 

Professor  Francis  Joseph  Child,  LL.  D.,  of  Harvard  Uni- 
vei-sity,  who  does  not  claim  to  have  made  the  Genealogy  of  his 
family  a  special  study,  says: 

I  do  not  see  how  a  human  being  should  not  be  glad  to  know  what  was  his 
kith  and  kin,  when  some  one  is  able  to  tell  him.  For  one,  I  thank  you  and 
Mr.  Isaac  Child  for  the  interesting  information  I  have  derived,  and  expect 
to  derive,  from  the  volume  preparing. 

The  almost  universal  approval  of  the  object  set  forth  in  the 
circulars  and  letters  sent  out,  renders  it  difficult  to  draw  a  line 
that  may  not  seem  to  undervalue  the  kindly  offices  of  many  in 
helping  in  our  common  enterprise.     Yet  we  fail  not  to  appre- 


INTRODUCTION. 


ciate  the  smallest  service,  while  we  specially  note  the  more 
marked  efforts  of  a  goodly  number  of  the  frieDcIs: 

Daniel  B.  Chikls^  Esc],  of  New  York  city,  was  among  the  ear- 
liest who  prepared  a  lengthy  and  lucid  record  of  the  prolific 
brancli  to  which  he  belongs.  Mrs.  Alice  Walker  Child  of  East 
Woodst<:>ck,  Ct,  whose  fourscore  years  are  a  storehouse  of  use- 
ful memories^  is  entitled  to  special  recognition  for  her  volun- 
tary aud  effective  services  in  gathering  material  for  this  book. 
George  Walker,  Esq.  of  North  ford,  Ct,  who  has  the  blood  of 
two  most  worthy  families  in  bis  veins,  has  poured  out  the  riches] 
of  a  mind  well  stored  with  historical  facts  and  chronological  | 
statistics  to  enrich  the  volume.  Mrs,  E.  M.  Childs  Htiskins  of 
Brattleboro,  Vt,ha3  been  indefatigable  in  collecting  records  and 
tracing  different  lines  iu  the  brandies  of  her  own  and  other  faio- 
ilies.  Mrs.  WiDiam  G.  Child  of  North  Woodstock,  Ct,  has' 
been  an  earnest  and  untiring  worker  in  this  enterprise.  Mrs. 
Cynthia  Child  May  of  North  Woodstock,  Ct,  has  manifested  ai 
laudable  interest  and  rendered  valuable  service  in  hunting  up 
records  aud  supplying  interesting  incidents.  Mr.  Elias  Child  of 
East  W^oodstock,  Ct^  who  has  passed  away  since  this  work 
commenced,  greatly  facilitated  our  labor  by  patting  into  our 
hands  a  transcrii.»t  of  the  Woodstock  records,  as  far  as  relating 
to  the  Child  family.  Wm.  H.  Childs,  Esq.  of  Niagara  Falls, 
N  Y.,  was  an  early  and  zealous  advocate  and  helper,  whose 
earnestness  gave  much  impulse  to  the  work.  Miss  Alma  Childs, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Aaron  Childs  of  Ypsilanti,  Mich.j  has  wrought 
cheerfully  and  effectively  in  the  work.  Mrs.  K  A,  B,  Child 
Rice  of  L3^ons,  N.  Y.,  an  octogenarian,  has  devoted  much  time 
wdth  good  results.  Franklin  S.  Childs,  Esq.  of  Grinnell,  Iowa,! 
has  been  a  faithful  gleaner  of  essential  material.  Roswell  Chihl,  \ 
Esq.  of  Moretown,  Vt,  has  done  much.  Alexander  B.  Child, 
Esq.  of  Granville,  Vt.,  has  done  good  service.  Eon,  A.  L.  Childs 
of  Waterloo,  N.  Y.,  editor  of  the  Seneca  News^  has  rendered 
kindly  aid  ihrough  the  channels  of  his  popular  weekly.  Al- 
bert Baxter,  Esq.,  editor  of  (^rancl  Rapids  Eagle,  Michigan,  has 
rendereil  aid  through  his  columns  and  otherwise.  Jonathan 
Child,  Esq.  of  Rochester,  Lewis  J.  Child,  Esq.  of  Philadelphia, 
Jeff.  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Nathaniel  Childs  of  Washington,  D.  C,  War- 
ren  Gould  Child,  Esq.,  Ogden  City,  Moses  R.  Chamberlain,  Esq., 
Bradford,  Vt,  Miss  Jennie  Child  of  Bath,  N.  EL.,  and  many 


INTRODUCTION.  15 

Others,  whose  friendly  offices  might  be  named,  we  sincerely 
thank. 

To  Mr.  Addison  Child  of  Boston,  is  due  an  especial  and  hearty 
tribute.  His  scholarly  researches  in  the  United  States  and 
Great  Britain  have  furnished  us  the  fascinating  and  instructive 
article  upon  the  "  Origin  of  the  Name "  and  very  largely  the 
resume  of  the  "English  Families." 

I  should  fail  in  my  duty  did  1  neglect  to  recognize  before  the 
public  the  efficient  aid  rendered  by  my  wife,  Mrs.  S.  P.  Cleave- 
land  Child,  whose  autograph  has  so  often  appeared  in  the  copi- 
ous correspondence  demanded  in  the  preparation  of  this  volume, 
and  who  has  been  a  judicious  counsellor  and  essential  helper  in 
its  compilation.  I  have  no  censures  for  any  who  confess  they 
feel  no  int^erest  in  a  family  Genealogy.  Our  tastes  and  judg- 
ments are  formed  from  different  surroundings,  and  must  neces- 
sarily differ  somewhat  in  their  character.  What  to  one  is  a 
pleasure,  to  ai^other  may  be  an  object  of  aversion  or  indiffer- 
ence. So  if  any  have  neglected  to  reply  to  our  courteous  re- 
quests for  family  record,  or  sent  a  curt  response,  we  accept  their 
estimate. 

To  meet  a  feeling  that  may  have  obtained  to  some  extent 
that  this  enterprise  is  purely  a  business  affair,  entered  upon 
from  mercenary  motives;  and  that  honorable  business  rules 
have  been  ignored,  I  desire  here  more  fully  to  explain  my 
position. 

The  work  was  commenced  under  the  impression  that  six 
months,  or  at  most  one  year  only,  would  be  required  to  com- 
plete it  It  was  supposed  that  the  material  was  already  col- 
lected ;  that  it  only  needed  proper  arrangement,  historically  and 
chronologically,  to  be  ready  for  the  press.  But  it  was  early 
apparent  that  much  remained  to  be  done  by  way  of  collecting 
material,  if  anything  like  a  satisfactory  Genealogy  was  to  be 
prepared.  Having  advanced  to  a  point  where  the  field  could  be 
more  fully  surveyed,  it  was  seen  that  a  work  had  been  entered 
upon  whose  end  lay  far  in  the  distant  future.  To  abandon  the 
work  would  disappoint  many  whose  efforts  had  placed  in  our 
hands  much  valuable  material,  and,  whose  enthusiasm  had  in- 
spired in  us  sanguine  hopes  of  ultimate  success,  though  the 
road  should  prove  long  in  reaching  the  end.  There  seemed  to 
be  no  alternative  but  to  continue  the  work,  relying  upon  the 


of  m/mmfy 

and  liktinctljr ! 
Under  tbei 
liocild  wmthoxm  oitlk|«  and  i 
file  pemmaff  PBBpomibOkj 


letotei 

iT,  tiua  tae  aik  ot  liie  i 

&iilj  lor  time  spent 
been  left  to  mjselL     I  bar€ 


imed  is  ool  from  mj  abaodant  wealth,  but  bom  a  ood£ 
thai  the  oiaiir  embraeed  in  ihe^iiatiZy  wiio  would  want  a 
woviJd  make  the  bonleii  lighL 

The  eeliiiiated  ooil  of  the  boak  at  $5.00  per  cx^j  was  made 
ti|Mm  the  basis  of  an  t»ae  of  five  baodred  copies  and  of  mofre 
than  one  hnodied  pages  leas  than  the  present  volome  oontain& 
Atid  altlioctgh  only  aboat  two  hundred  copies  haire  been  or- 
dered^ I  ha%e  decided  to  pnblish^  tmstiiig  there  will  be^  after 
its  iauie,  tbe  full  oompUiiieDt  of  five  himdied  copies  callai  fur. 

While  my  pecnniaiy  circannitaooes  would  not  justify  indif- 
ference to  the  retfults  of  my  labong  and  expemliturea,  I  bave^ 
never  allowed  myself  to  ignore  kgitiiBate  business  principlesL^I 
The  doctrine  of  a  quid  pro  quo  I  fully  recognize     But  I  have 
been  shut  up  to  the  necessity  of  tbe  utmost  economy,  (not  an- 
denitanding  in  the  beginDing  what  tbe  burdens  were  to  be^)  in^ 
order  to  make  the  enterprise  pay  the  necessary  outlay.     I  bave^J 
asked  no  service,  however,  of  such  as  were  not  known  or  sup- 
posed to  be  interested  ec|ually  with  myself  in  preserving  the 
records  of  the  family  name  and  alliances  by  marriage,  for  which 
I  have  not  jjaid  or  offered  a  full  coropensatioo.    Those  of  th€ 
family  name  and  those  allied  by  marriage,  I  have  treated  in  mj 
Corre8{x>ndcnce  more  as  allies  embarked  with  me  in  a  commoni 
cause;  such  I  have  foi3»id,  with  few  exceptions,  ready  coadjutors.! 
In  two  or  three  instances  I  have  accidentally  come  n^m  thosel 
that  are  allied  who  were  preparing  some  history  of  the  specis 
branch  with  which  they  were  connected,  but  with  all  due  def* 
ference  have  refrained  from  unfriendly  interference  with  their] 
rights.     I  say  this  much  because  I  have  been  misapprehenc 
and  consefiuently  unjustly  censured. 

Our  friends  may  l<x5k  for  greater  perfection  in  the  comp^ 
ItttioTi  of  this  work  than  it  is  possible  for  ordinary  intelligence 
to  produce.  Errors  in  dates  and  names  and  possibly  in  inci- 
dentH  will  occur,  while  sjiecial  care  has  been  taken  on  our  part  to 
secure  the  greatest  exactilude.     These  erroi's  may  arise  in  some 


INTRODUCTION.  17 

instances  from  overaight  on  our  part,  or  they  may  occur  from 
illegible  chirography,  or  from  differences  in  the  reports  of  dif- 
ferent members  of  a  family  widely  separated  and  unable  to 
compare  notes  previous  to  sending  their  records ;  reliance  on 
memory  and  erroneous  tradition  may  bring  out  a  false  record. 
In  view  of  the  manifold  difficulties  it  would  be  a  marvel  if  no 
errors  were  discovered. 

Failures  to  find  a  complete  record  will  appear  in  almost  any 
branch.  This  should  not  be  chargeable  to  us.  We  have  writ- 
ten and  waited  long  for  returns,  which  either  do  not  come  or  if 
sent  in  part  it  is  with  the  announcement  that  the  records  have 
been  lost  or  have  never  been  kept ;  and  memoi^y  and  tradition 
can  supply  but  imperfectly.  Such  incidents  show  the  value  of 
a  family  Genealogy  deposited  where  casualties  could  not  destroy 
the  entire  record:  scattered  among  a  numerous  family  and 
placed,  as  copies  usually  are,  in  public  libraries. 

Our  efforts  to  bring  out  a  Genealogy  that  should  meet  the 
reasonable  expectations  of  those  who  are  interested  have  not 
been  limited  to  letter  correspondence  :  this  has  been  extensive 
and  ought  to  have  accomplished  a  great  deal  more.  We  have 
visited  in  person,  or  by  paid  agents,  state  and  city  libraries, 
county  and  town  records,  in  several  different  states,  and  spent 
many  days  in  searching  records  to  discover  missing  links  in 
branches  of  families  whose  records  have  been  given  to  us  in- 
complete, or  to  establish  some  important  historical  point 

Our  sincere  thanks  are  due  and  heartily  tendered  to  the 
librarians  of  the  following  public  libraries :  New  York  StatQ 
Library,  at  Albany,  N.  Y. ;  Astor  and  Mercantile  Libraries, 
New  York  City;  State  Library,  at  Hartford,  Conn. ;  Springfield 
and  Worcester,  Mass.,  public  libraries ;  Historical  Library,  of 
Worcester,  Mass.  We  also  recognize  the  gentlemanly  atteiitions 
of  county  and  town  clerks,  who  have  rendered  us  ready  facili- 
ties for  examining  such  records  as  could  afford  us  aid  in  our 
work. 

All  sources  of  information  known  to  hold  out  promise  of  suc- 
cess we  have  explored  and  exhausted  to  make  the  work  com- 
plete. Any  failure  to  secure  the  most  satisfactory  results  can- 
not be  more  a  matter  of  regret  with  others  than  with  oui-selves. 
Future  research  may  reveal  the  link  connecting  the  American 
emigrants  with  the  English  ancestor.     The  friends  can  not  fail 


18  INTRODUCTION. 

to  appreciate  the  difficulties  lying  in  the  way  of  securing  a 
complete  record. 

CHARACTERISTICS. 

A  brief  resume  of  some  of  the  prominent  characteristics  of 
•  the  family  may  afford  pleasant  reflections  to  the  reader.  If  we 
have  not  failed  to  form  just  opinions  from  the  examinations  of 
early  public  records,  and  the  historical  sketches  sent  us  by  de- 
scendants of  ancestors,  and  of  cotemporaries,  there  is  not  a  little 
to  admire  and  imitate. 

A  spirit  of  enterprise  is  a  feature  of  the  family  which  will  not 
escape  the  notice  of  the  reader.  A  desire  to  improve  their  con- 
dition draws  them  on  in  new  enterprises  and  efforts  to  make 
the  most  of  life.  They  possess  enough  of  the  impulsive  ele- 
ment to  defy  dangers  and  to  grapple  with  difficulties  to  obtain 
a  manly  independence.  As  pioneers,  no  class  of  men  can  show 
a  better  record.  There  has  been  a  constant  migration  of  suc- 
cessive generations  till,  from  the  Atlantic  shores,  they  have 
spread  over  the  continent  Sober,  industrious,  frugal,  and  with 
a  good  degree  of  intelligence,  they  have  known  how  to  use  the 
appliances  of  life  wisely  and  effectively  to  construct  comfortable 
homes  and  rear  intelligent  and  virtuous  families. 

One  may  well  be  amazed  at  the  incidents  in  the  histories  of 
not  a  few  recorded  in  this  volume.  The  determination  and  per- 
severance with  which  many  have  met  and  overcome  difficulties, 
and  the  boldness  and  daring  in  adventure  displayed  in  others, 
will  thrill  the  reader  and  awaken  his  admiration,  if  he  has  a 
spark  of  enthusiasm  in  his  composition. 

In  pursuits,  the  family  is  largely  agricultural  ;  yet  it  has  its 
representatives  in  the  various  industries  of  the  country.  In 
every  generation  there  arc  found  shrewd  and  prosperous  trades- 
men. Men  of  inventive  genius  in  the  mechanic  arts,  successful 
manufacturers,  and  men  of  thrift  in  the  lesvser  trades.  While 
few  can  boast  of  large  fortunes,  as  measured  by  })resent  stand- 
ards, the  conditions  of  medium  wealth  are  usually  attained. 

For  general  intelligence  and  virtue  it  has  a  fair  record.  Edu- 
cation and  high  culture  have  becTi  regarded  as  essential  in  every 
generation.  The  numl^er  who  have  enjoyed  the  opportunity 
of  a  liberal  education  will  favorably  compare  with  most  other 
American  families.  The  proportion  who  have  been  emj^loyed 
as  public  teachers  is  strikingly  large. 


INTRODUCTION.  19 

Among  the  educated  class  there  have  been  those  who  have 
risen  to  prominence  in  all  the  learned  professiona  The  legal, 
the  medical  and  the  clerical  representatives  of  the  family,  in 
many  cases,  have  attained  to  no  mean  eminence.  Literary 
ability  and  acquirements  are  by  no  means  lacking.  We  often 
find  the  love  of  knowledge  drawing  them  away  from  the  bustle 
and  ambitions  of  life  into  the  quiet  seclusions  of  the  study, 
where  they  find  their  sweetest  companionship  with  some  his- 
tory, romance,  or  philosophical  treatise. 

Another  prominent  feature  of  this  family  is  its  patriotism. 
None  have  been  more  ready  to  expose  themselves  to  the  hard- 
ships of  the  camp  and  the  dangers  of  the  battle  field  than  the 
emigrants  and  their  descendants.  They  have  often  risked  and 
sacrificed  their  all  to  save  their  country.  Military  fame  has  fol- 
lowed not  a  few  from  the  battle  field,  while  many  from  the  rank 
and  file  have  borne  for  life  the  scars  of  many  a  hard-fought  battle. 
Many  of  the  early  emigrants  were  in  the  Indian  and  French 
wars ;  their  descendants  were  in  the  revolutionary  struggles ; 
then  again  in  the  war  of  1812 ;  later  in  the  Mexicaji  war,  and 
finally  in  the  civil  war,  from  1861  to  1865,  which  closed  a 
bloody  era  in  the  nation's  history.  In  the  revolutionary  period 
twenty-two  (22)  of  the  family  name  were  of  the  first  company 
of  volunteers  and  minute  men,  on  the  outbreak  of  hostilities, 
when  Lexington,  Mas&,  was  attacked  by  the  British,  April  19, 
1775,  In  the  following  list,  which  embraces  the  above  twenty- 
two  Massachusetts  patriots,  many  of  the  descendants  will  re- 
cognize their  ancestral  head : 

Aaron  Child,  Jonathan  Child, 

Abel  Child,  Joshua  Child, 

Abijah  Child,  Josiah  Child, 

Abraham  Child,  Lemuel  Child, 

Daniel  Child,  Moses  Child, 

David  Child,  Phineas  Child, 

Elijah  Child,  Keuben  Child, 

Elisha  Child,  Silas  Child, 

Isaac  Child,  Samuel  Child, 

John  Child,  Solomon  Child, 

Jonah  Child,  Timothy  Child. 

A  manly  independence  has  ever  been  more  to  the  race  than 
fame  or  wealth  or  position,  while  none  of  these  would  be  de- 


20 


JCTK^N. 


spised  or  i*ejected  if  tbey  wei'e  the  legitimate  rewards  of  inc 
try  and  viilue. 

As  benefactoi-s  of  their  race  they  are  usually  sympathetic  at 
active ;  they  abhor  oppression  ;  tliey  are  earnest  advocates 
equal  rights.  No  wrong  stirs  their  blood  so  certainly  as  that 
wliich  is  inflicted  by  the  exercise  of  irresponsible  and  arbitrary 
power.  Their  philanthropy  is  not  limited  to  that  form  of  oj 
pression  which  draws  its  lite  from  organized  agencies, 
reaches  to  its  subtler  forms  as  found  in  individual  character  at 
in  social  life.  It  is  not  less  their  mission  as  Vjenef actors  to  em- 
ploy such  appliances  as  Providence  has  placed  in  their  hands 
to  i-eseue  tlieir  fellow  men  from  ignorance,  degradation  and_ 
crime.  Their  benefactions  are  distnbuted  upon  the  broade 
principles  of  Ohnstianity. 

It  is  a  family  of  decided  religious  tendencies.  The  eurljl 
emigi-ants  came  to  this  western  world  with  essentially  just : 
ligious  ideas;  with  longings  for  freedom  of  conscience  denie 
them  in  the  fatherland  Their  deep  religious  convictions  are 
evinced  in  the  conscientious  observance  of  the  institutions  of 
our  Christian  religion.  A  spirit  of  toleration  has  marked  its  re- 
ligious history*  Independent  thought  has  had  full  scope;  and 
different  religious  creeds  and  philosophical  theories  have  come 
to  exist,  yet  the  mass  have  built  their  religious  opinions  upon 
the  Bible,  substantially  as  interpreted  by  the  Keformers  of  the 
16th  and  17th  centuries.  They  have  a  profound  reverence  for 
the  Bible.  While  some  of  the  opinions  of  the  early  ancest 
are  received  in  a  modi  lied  form  at  the  present  period^  the 
sential  truth,  as  taught  in  the  Divine  Book,  is  warmly  chc 
ished  and  insisted  on  as  constituting  the  only  true  basis  of  soue 
morality,  and  a  rational  theory  of  accountability  to  the  Diviac 
Lawgiver. 

In  i^litics  they  have  distinct  and  diflfering  opinions,  which 
are  maintanied  witli  characteristic  earnestness  and  persistencj 

It  may  be  of  interest  to  know  the  impression  of  a  thoughtf\] 
and  observing  member  belonging  to  one  of  the  largest  and  mc 
intelligent  branches  as  to  some  of  the  characteristic's  of  tl 
family.  I  take  pleasure,  therefore,  in  giving  an  extract  from  i 
recent  letter  from  Rev.  Increase  Child  of  Frewsburgh,  Chautat] 
qua  couniy,  N.  Y.: 


INTRODUCTION.  21 

I  should  like  to  give  you  some  of  my  impressions  in  regard  to  the  Child 
family.  I  hope,  too,  you  will  somewhere  in  your  work  endeavor  to  give 
some  of  the  more  prominent  characteristics  of  our  family.  I  would  say  that 
during  my  early  life  I  was  told  over  and  over  again  that  I  was  not  a  Child, 
but  a  Deake,  my  mother'a  boy.  So  that  I  used  to  think  of  the  Child  family 
as  almost  another  family.  For  that  reason  I  have  thought  that  I  could  think 
and  speak  of  them  somewhat  impartially  and  independently ;  and  I  have 
often  taken  a  foolish  pride  in  trying  to  do  so.  As  I  have  grown  older,  friends 
have  often  said  to  me,  "You  are  getting  to  be  more  of  a  Child  than  you 
used  to  be ;"  and  it  seems  so  to  me  also.  However  this  may  be,  I  feel  a 
great  aversion  to  being  made  conspicuous.  Sometimes  I  suffer  very  much 
from  this  feeling.  I  like  to  see  and  he^ir  all  that  is  going  on,  but  give  me  a 
quiet  seat  in  the  comer.  I  think  this  is  characteristic  of  our  family.  Per- 
haps our  natural  love  of  ease  is  at  the  bottom  of  it.  I  have  heard  my 
father  say  many  times  that  the  Child  family  were  lazy,  I  do  not  admit 
thcU,  as  we  commonly  use  language,  but  perhaps  there  is  some  ground  for 
it,  especially  if  it  be  true,  as  old  Dr.  Wayland  used  to  say,  that  mankind 
are  as  lazy  as  they  can  be.  Of  the  family,  my  impressions  are  derived, 
first,  from  my  grandfather.  Judge  Salmon  Child  and  his  brothers ;  and  sec- 
ond, from  my  own  observation.  My  impression  is  that  they  are  a  benevo- 
lent, virtuous  and  intelligent  people;  not  particularly  ambitious,  loving 
ease  and  quiet,  but  possessed  of  a  considerable  degree  of  latent  power,  which 
has  never  been  developed  as  it  should  have  been.  •  They  are  a  people  who 
love  to  read  and  speculate ;  love  their  friends,  love  to  have  friends  and  serve 
them,  and  are  not  particularly  adapted  to  the  accumulation  of  property. 
My  impression  is  that  they  love  order  and  a  good  style  of  things,  and  are 
sufficiently  conservative  to  keep  them  from  an  extreme  radicalism  or  fanati- 
cism. At  the  same  time  they  wish  to  know  the  reason  of  things  too  well  to 
follow  a  blind  orthodoxy;  in  other  words,  there  is  a  certain  tendency  to 
rationalism.  Hence,  instead  of  the  old  New  England  orthodoxy,  you  find 
Baptists,  Methodists  and  Universalists,  even,  among  them.  So  far  as  I  know 
the  Child  family,  they  love  liberty  and  have  a  deep-seated  hatred  of  oppres- 
sion of  every  form ;  a  people  of  quick  sympathies  and  impulsive  nature, 
capable  of  enjoying  much  and  suffering  much.  A  people  who  have  accom- 
plished much,  but  who  ought  to  have  accomplished  much  more.  Their  love 
of  ease  and  of  the  pleasures  of  knowledge  and  refinement,  as  well  as  love  of 
home  has  often  prevented  them  from  achieving  what  they  were  capable  of. 

This  estimate  accords  with  my  own  convictions,  derived  from 
my  correspondence  and  personal  knowledge  of  many  members 
of  the  family. 

In  a  brief  recapitulation  of  some  of  the  characteristics  of 
this  family,  viz.,  its  robust  character,  mentally  and  physically, 
its  general  intelligence,  its  enterprise,  its  independence  in 
thought  and  action,  its  sobriety  and  industry,  its  patriotism  and 
philanthropy,  and  its  reverence  for  divine  authority — it  will  be 
found  that  it  is  a  fair  inference  that  these  elements  aptly  consti- 
tute the  family  a  valuable  factor  in  rearing  the  structures  of 


22  INTRODUCTION. 

prosperous  communities,  for  which  they  challenge  the  respect 
and  confidence  of  their  fellow  citizens. 

Carlyle  says,  "  the  writers  of  newspapers,  pamphlets,  books, 
poems — these  are  the  real  working,  eflfective  church  of  a  mod- 
ern country."  The  compilers  of  this  book  feeling  the  desira- 
bility that  all  persons  should  be  made  acquainted  with  the  char- 
acters, noble  deeds  and  experiences  of  their  ancestry,  and  recog- 
nizing the  fact  that  such  knowledge  is  not  born  with  a  person, 
but  must  come  by  cultivation  on  these  topics,  have  sought  so  to 
embody  the  results  of  their  explorations  and  collations,  as  to 
make  the  work  as  truly  instructive  and  elevating  as  it  can  be 
entertaining,  or  suitable  for  mere  matter  of  reference. 
.  The  tradition  handed  down  in  many  branches  as  we  have 
found,  that  from  three  emigrant  brothers  have  sprung  all  of  the 
name,  must  be  overturned  by  the  record  as  we  find  it  A  like 
tradition  has  been  widespread  in  other  families,  with  no  better 
foundation. 

Our  pleasant  labor  is  ended :  its  results  you  have.  That  our 
success  will  be  variously  estimated  is  a  matter  of  course.  We 
deprecate  no  fair  criticism,  but  crave  your  acceptance  of  our 
honest  effort  to  give  a  true  report  of  our  honest,  honorable  fam- 
ily (whose  nobility  is  that  of  the  higher  nature),  in  plain  ungar- 
nished  Anglo-Saxon  phrase. 

Elias  Child. 


Origin  and  Etymology  of  the  Surname  Child. 


The  name  Child,  in  common  with  many  other  modern  names, 
is  derived  from  Hildr  of  the  ITorse  mythology.  The  name  of 
this  deity  can  in  turn  be  traced  to  the  rudimental  and  inter- 
changeable al^  eZ,  i7,  0?,  the  feracious  root  of  many  terms  and 
words  expressive  of  holiness,  power,  and  supernatural  attributes 
in  all  the  languages  and  religions  derived  from  the  Ayrans. 
This  would  include  the  SoZar  and  Hellenic  myths  from  which 
the  Norse  came,  and  the  Jewish  Hagiology.  Hild  became 
synonymous  with  Bel  with  the  Scandinavians,  and  hence  a 
popular  protonym  with  their  befligerent  descendants  in  the 
early  warlike  centuries.  It  also  became  a  VaZkyrian  term  for 
maiden,  and  a  fertile  root  in  the  nomenclature  of  the  Norse 
sagas. 

Its  dual  significance  and  its  descent  from  mythic  to  historical 
times  can  be  traced  in  that  beautiful  epic,  the  Nebelungen  Lied, 
the  /fiad  of  the  north. 

After  the  "  Love  breathing  KreimAifcZ  *'  has  supplanted  the 
"  Flower  maiden  Brynhild  "  and  immolated  her  entire  family, 
she  is  herself  taken  off  by  fli'Webrand  (war  sword).  [The  ety- 
mon has  been  italicized  throughout  and  quotations  made  from 
the  saga,  to  show  its  constant  use.] 

•*  The  King  sat  at  the  festive  board  beside  the  Queen  Brynhild  ** 
**  Who  never  felt  injured  pang  as  when  she  saw  Kreimhild" 

*'  It  happened  in  those  quiet  times  when  good  Queen  He^cha  died. 
That  Etzel  rtder  of  the  Huns  desiring  other  bride, 
Was  by  his  friends  and  courtiers,  told  of  Burgund's  widow  famed 
For  lofty  mind  and  perfect  form,  Kreimhild  was  she  named." 
Etzel  is  supposed  to  have  been  AtaZa  the  "  Scourge  of  God.'' 
He  afterwards,  according  to  Goldsmith,  married  /Mica  (beauti- 
ful maid),  and  died  on  their  nuptial  night.     Childe  is  first  used 
as  a  title  for  King  in  this  saga, 

**  DethtVder  the  youthful  Margravine,  now  gave  her  lily  hand 
To  GisheMer,  the  youngest  King  of  famous  Burgund  land," 
or,  as  rendered  in  a  more  graceful  version, 

•'This  done,  with  gentle  gesture  the  damsel  meek  and  mild 
By  the  hand  yet  trembling,  took  GisheWer  the  Childe," 
C 


ORIGIN  AND  ETTMOLOGY  OF  THE  SURNAME  CHILP. 


A  soil,  of  Bvynlnlde,  the  ''  Flower  maiden/'  assumed  the 
Burgundiau  throne  in  A^  D,  466^  auder  the  title  of  ChildperiQ 
(Battle  Empire).  Hi:*  ponderous  sword  (ahiiost  as  large  as  th^ 
wonderful  Gram  or  Ba/raang  c^f  his  ancestor^  forged  by  Vo/anci 
the  Noi^e  Vu/can)  was  taken  from  his  tomb  in  the  last  eenturyj 
and  is  now^  preserved  iti  the  Louvre.  A  brother  of  Merovei 
had  previously,  in  A-  D,  451,  aided  by  Atri/a,  made  himsell 
King  of  the  Ripimrian  Franks  and  taken  the  title  of  Childeri^ 
(Battle  Splendor).  He  was  converted  from  heathenism  by  hia 
wife  Clothilde,  baptised  Clochilde,  whereupon  the  Pope  be- 
stowed upon  him  the  title  of  ''  fii^t  Christian  King/'  anc 
*^  eldest  son  of  theehureh/'  which  the  legitimate  kings  of  France 
proudly  retained.  He  was  succeeded  by  Childerlc,  the  father  ol 
Ckiidehert  (Bright  Warrior),  who  became  King  of  the  Pari^iiJ 
Ama/ric,  King  of  the  Visigoths,  married  CAiW^bert's  sister j 
and  was  by  him  assassinated  for  his  cruelty  to  her. 

Gaidoz,  in  his  "  French  Fulk  Lore/'  publisher!  in  1S78,  saya 
that  this  sister  was  the  heroine  of  the  '*  Chanson  de  ClotAiZoJe/^ 
from  which  Perrault  founded  his  story  of  La  Barhe  Bleue. 

Many  of  the  kings  of  France  prefixed  Childe  to  their  cogno^ 
mens,  fi*om  the  fifth  to  the  tenth  centuries,  after  which  the  titl€ 
descended  to  the  e/dest  son.  A  large  number  of  the  kings 
queens,  and  allodial  rulers  of  Europe  daring  this  time,  derive 
their  appellation  from  this  root  The  Goths  carried  it  to  Spain, ^ 
The  great  Visigothic  King  Pe!?ayo,  named  his  son  fli7/iefans 
(Eager  in  war),  but  southern  tongues  refused  to  pronounce  thi 
harsh  aspirate,  and  softened  it  into  A/fonso,  a  title  borne  by  somii 
scores  of  kings  since.  The  b^/ligerent  monk  j£f/Webrand  (wa 
sworf)  carried  his  warlike  name  and  sword  (literally)  to  ItalyJ 
in  the  eleventh  century,  and  by  the  help  of  the  irai>erial  Ma- 
ihilde^  seated  himself  on  the  Papal  thmne.  The  Tascana 
euphonized  his  Gaflic  name  into  Aldovrandino,  since  borne  bj 
the  Counts  D*Este*  While  the  Goths  and  Yandals  were  blend^ 
ing  their  Norse  terms  with  the  Latin  and  Romance  idioms  o| 
the  south,  hoides  of  Scandinavian  and  Teutonic  adventurer 
were  carrying  their  sharp  swords  and  aspirated  words  to  the 
shores  of  Great  Britain.  There  is  no  pantographical  history  of 
Britain  from  the  egress  of  the  Romans  to  the  ingress  of  the 
Teutons,  or  to  the  advent  of  the  Norman  French.  Theblurn 
record  of  the  race-struggles,  and  the  peraistence  of  the  fittest, 


ORIGIN  AND  ETYMOLOGY  OF  THE  SURNAME  CHILD.  25 

written  in  the  idiomatic  names  of  their  battlefiefcls,  bretwaMs, 
and  abiding  places.  The  Norse  war  term  Hild  from  the  befli- 
cose  spirit  of  the  times,  became  a  popular  patronym.  Doomes- 
day  Book*  (A.  D.  1083)  roisters  over  three  hundred  towns,  and 
wapentakes  (hundreds)  bearing  this  synonym,  with  suffices 
indicating  their  environments  and  the  tribe  that  adopted  it,  as 
(7AiZcfewolde,  (7Ai&?ness,  (7AtMhorpe,  cote,  ton,  CAiWhan,  by,  bre, 
dale,  fordf  &c.,  besides  many  Latin  terminations.  CVftecomb, 
now  Childcombj  near  Winchester,  had  nine  churches  at  the  time 
of  the  Domesday  survey.  But  like  the  protographs  of  the  pa- 
limsests,  these  allodial  records  have  been  so  rewritten,  over- 
written, overgrown  and  buried  by  newer  accretions,  that  most 
of  them  are  now  veiled  to  all  except  to  the  skilled  eye  of  the 
archaeologist  Although  four  out  of  the.  five  British  authors 
who  wrote  before  the  Conquest,  GiZdas,  AldheZme,  Hilda,  of 
Lindisfame,  and  J.fcuin,  wore  Thor's  mark  in  their  names,  they 
were  soldiers  of  the  cross  only,  and  wrote  but  little  secular  his- 
tory. Some  legends  that  floated  down  the  stream  of  time  were 
gathered  by  the  early  English  writers.  Robert  of  Gloucester 
preserved  the  l^end  of  "Chylde  Waween,  King  Lothe's  son.'' 
Lotus  was  a  British  king  converted  to  Christianity  about  A.  D. 
650.  Morgan,  in  his  England  under  the  Normans^  p.  135,  says 
that  "  there  are  several  persons  in  Domesday  book,  bearing  the 
surname  or  title  of  Child^  and  among  them  the  Kentish  ^?nod, 
and  Godewin,  Abbot  of  Westminster,"  and  that  the  "great 
Thanes  of  Kent,  Child  Alno^  and  his  peers,  guarded  the  king 
CEduuard)'  when  he  rode  into  Canterbury."  He  also  says  that, 
'*  Eduuard  Child  of  Domesday  Book,  had  a  third  part  of  the 
Archbishop  of  York's  Church  at  Wyne  in  Lancashire ;"  and 
Sporley  says,  that  "Eduuinus,  called  Goduinus  Childe,  sue- 

*  Domesday  or  Doomesday  Book,  a  very  ancient  record,  made  in  the  time 
of  William  the  Conqueror,  which  is  now  in  the  exchequer,  in  two  volumes. 
The  larger  contains  a  survey  of  all  .the  lands  in  most  of  the  counties  in 
England,  and  the  less,  some  counties  not  at  first  surveyed.  The  Book  of 
Domesday  was  begun  by  five  justices,  assigned  for  that  purpose  in  each 
county,  in  the  year  1091,  and  finished  in  1086.  It  was  of  such  authority 
that  the  Conqueror  himself  submitted,  in  some  cases  wherein  he  was  con- 
cerned, to  be  governed  by  it.  Camden  calls  this  book  the  Tax  Book  of 
King  William ;  and  it  was  further  called  Magna  Rolla,  There  is  a  third 
volume,  made  by  order  of  the  same  king;  and  a  fourth — an  abridgement  of 
the  other  books." 

*  The  dual  letter,  double  u,  is  used  throughout  Doomesday  Book. 


26 


OBiaiX  AK0  ETYMOLOGY  OF  TttE  SrEXAME  CHILD, 


eeecled  his  cousin  Utialnoth   as  Abbott  of    Westminster,    in  I 
IWD."  and  that  **iii  his  time  the  church  of  Westminster  was  ' 
pulled  down  and  rel»uilt  in  more  splendid  style  by  Eduuaid 
the  Ct>n{e8sor/*  that  he  waa  of  English  descent  and  called  Ji- 
guui  in  one  of  the  conqueror's  chartere  and  Palgrjlye,  that 
"  Uaafoothe  Childe  of  Sussex,  sometimes  called  Thane  of  Sus- 
sex, was  father  of  Goduuin  who  went  with  Canute  to  Denmark,  I 
afterwards  the  powerful  Earl  Godwin  of  Wessex."     He  married] 
G>^ha  All  Jarls  gister,  and  their  daughter  Edgytha  married 
Eduuard.  who  gained  the  sobriquet  of  Saint,  or  Confessor,  by 
abjuring  his  marital  right  too  continently/'     H^vsted*  in  his 
History  of  Kent  says  that  J^nod  CyW  was  a  younger  brother 
of  King  Harold,  who  from  the  royalty  of  his  kindred,  had  the 
addition  of  CVW;'  and  that  '^one  of  his  manors  was  given  by  1 
William  the  Conquerc^r  to  Battle  Abbey."     Kilham  and  oth- 
ers assert  that  Leuuric  Child  of  Boomesday  Boot,  was  Earl 
Leof ric  of  Mercia  and  G>ventry,  the  husband  of  Lady  Godira, 
whose  irresistible  charms  proved  so  fatal  tc:>  poor  Peeping  Tom, 
Her  personal  merits  are  commemorated  in  song,  stone,  and  stai* 
ute,  and  revived  yearly  by  a  civic  procession  in  which  her  nai- 
vttS  is  personated  nicob  ei  formo.     The  term  Childe  is  generally 
used  as  a  title  in  Doomesday  Book  :  indeed  surname  were  ad- 
most  unknown  to  Anglo-Saxon  England,  and  were  introduced 
by  the  Norman  French  during  the  last  Saxon  and  first  Norman 
reigns.     The  French  pretix  ^«ris  a  contraction  from  the  Latin 
sup^r,  over,  and  the  surname,  as  it  indicates,  was  not  at  first 
written  on  the  line  with,  but  over  the  Christian  name,  between  i 
the  lines,  in  smaller  letters.     It  is  so  written  over  these  names  in  1 

CUd  CUd  Clld  Cild 

Doomesday  Book;  Edauinus,  Brixi,  Leuuiniis,  TJlft    Ulft  held  ] 
wapentakes  in  Lincolns'cire.  Snottings  cire  (Nottingham),  and 
Derbyshire.     This  would  indicate  that  in  these  cases  it  was 
used  as  a  sur^  or  over- name*     It  was  used  as  the  equivalent  of  i 
prince  and  knight  by  the  earliest  writers.     Nares  says,  prince^  i 
Lower,  knight,  and  both  that  it  was  a  title  held  by  the  eldest^ 
son  of  a  king  or  earl,  **  until  he  inherited  the  title  of  his  an- 
cestors or  gained  new  honors  by  his  prowess.'' 

•*  And  yonder  lives  the  Childe  of  Elle, 
A  young  and  comely  Knight," 


ORIGIN  AND  ETYMOLOGY  OF  THE  SURNAME  CHILD.  27 

"Chylde  Rowland  to  the  dark  tower  came." 

Lear  iii.  4. 
"Chylde  Tristam  prayed  that  he  might  go,"  &c. 

Fairie  Queen,  vi.  34. 

A  manuscript  by  Chaucer,  now  in  the  British  Museum, 
quaintly  commemorates  the  legend  of  *'Childe  Bristow,"  who 
gained  his  title  not  by  noble  descent  or  prowess  in  arms,  but 
by  devoting  his  patrimony  in  restitution  of  that  wrongfully 
gotten,  and  in  prayers  for  the  redemption  of  his  father's  soul 
from  purgatory,  after  which  new  riches  flowed  in  upon  him ; 
he  "First  was  rich  and  Sithen  bare,  and  Sithen  richer  than  ever 
he  were." 

Byron's  fictitious  application  of  the  historic  Childe  Harold  to 
his  hero,  in  fact  to  himself,  is  a  euphemism  : 

**Childe  Harold  was  he  hight;  but  whence  his  name 
And  lineage  long,  it  suits  me  not  to  say; 
Suffice  it  that  perchance  they  were  of  fame, 
And  had  been  glorious  in  another  day." 

The  title,  profession,  calling,  location,  or  some  characteristic  of 
the  individual  was  generally  adopted  as  the  surnama  As  the 
title  Childe  became  gradually  obsolete  it  was  generally  adopted 
as  a  surname  by -descendants  or  dependants.  Etymology  indi- 
cates and  former  usage  requires  that  the  name  should  be  writ- 
ten Childe.  If  the  original  or  correct  spelling  is  ever  generally 
restored,  it  will  distinguish  the  name  from  the  noun.  The  per- 
centage of  families  of  the  name,  retaining  the  original  final  "e," 
is  larger  in  England  than  America,  while  those  adding  a  final 
"5"  is  much  less.  None  of  the  legitimate  or  higher  families  in 
England  use  the  "5."  About  one  in  four  of  the  name,  graduates 
of  Oxford  University  since  1856,  have  used  "e"  final,  while 
none  have  added  the  "5."  Of  sixty-four  of  the  names  in  the 
London  Commercial  Directory  and  twenty-six  in  the  Court 
Directory  for  1878,  fourteen  and  seven,  respectively,  add  the 
final  "5."  The  latter  spelling  is  a  solecism,  and  Childs  is  a 
misnomer  of  modern  growth  and  uncertain  origin.  Probably 
it  arose  from  a  negligent  retention  of  the  apostrophic  "5"  after 
the  elision  of  the  object  and  mark  of  the  genitive  case,  as 
Childs  for  Child's  (House),  Childs  broder  for  Child's  bi-other, 
and  Child^s  cote  (side)  appear  as  names  in  Doomesday  Book. 

Eadulf  Evilchild  was  made  Thane  of  Northumbria  by  Edgar, 
in  971.     We  gather  from  the  Camden  Publications^  that  Walter 


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ORIGIN  AXX)  ETYMoLUGY  OF  THE  SURNAME  CHILD. 


Childe  was  living  near  Hereford  in  1294,  and  was  granted  aal 
annuity  for  life  by  Bishop  Swinefield;  that  Thomas  Childej 
was  tenant  of  the  Priory  of  St  Mary  s,  Worcester,  in  13u4 ;  I 
that  Johani  Childe  lived  near  Finehdale,  Durham,  in  1362  ;  and 
that  Lawi-ence  Child  was  Bishop  of  St  Asaph's  in  1382  ;  **That 
Thomas  Childe  presented  the  judges  of  Wigorn  (Worcester)  i 
aasii!:es  with  a  lambe  and  vi-  artichokes  valued  at  12  pence,  in 
1601  :"  that  Robert  Chylde  received  a  legacy  from  Sir  Robert 
Cook,  Vieiir  of  Hawley,  near  Buiy,  Suffolk,  in  1587.      There 
are  sev^eral  instances  in  the  earl}'  history  of  England  where  the  j 
name  ttM>k  the  French  form,  L'Enfant     Indeed,  although  the 
term  undoubt4.^dly  came  to  the  Anglo-Saxon  through  the  Frank- 
ish  form  of  die  Scandinavian,  there  are  indications  that  it  was  \ 
also  brought  to  Anglo-Norman  England  in  the  Latinized  French 
names  of  the  conqueror's  followers.     In  1350,  Roger  Baldwin, 
a  descendant  of  the  Bawdwins  of  the  Roll  of  Battle  Abbey 
married  Jane,  daughter  of  Wm.  de  Wigley  by  Alice  LeChilde, 
great  granddaughter  of  John  L'Enfant,  who  married  Emblema, 
daughter  of  Richard  Acheley,  descendant  of  William  Achillea, 
named  in  the  Festa  de  Nevelle  of  Henry  Third's  time 

Ha>'ing  tracetl  this  Teutonic  term  from  its  apotheosis  in  the 
Norse  mythology  through  a  gradual  avatar  to  a  common  sur- 
name in  England  and  America,  we  will  now  trace  its  further 
descent  and  differentiation  from  a  name  to  a  noun,  the  correla- 
tive to  parent,  and  follow  it  through  some  of  its  inflections- ' 
There  has  always  been  a  tendency  to  appropriate  and  assimi- 
late titles  and  words  of  dignity  fmrn  the  specilic  to  the  generic 
Such  may  have  been  the  prcx^esa  whereby  Child  came  to  be  a*] 
generic  term  for  the  young  of  the  human  sp^ies  of  either  sex, 
and  a  declinable  word.     From  an  Ethnic  term  for  Deitv^,  it  be- 
came that  of  supernatural  attributes,  and  descended  by  divine  ^ 
right  to  kings ;  by  primogeniture  to  their  eldest  sons,  by  eti-^H 
quette  to  other  sons,  by  usage  to  all  sons,  and  by  convenience  ^i 
to  all  human  progeny,  regardless  of  sex.      The  fact  that  this 
term  was  primarily   restricted   to  males  in  England,  would 
strengthen  this  view,  if  its  equivalents  in  other  dialects  did  not . 
sometimes  limit  it  to  females.      Some  authorities,  not  very  re- 
liable, have  asserted  that  it  was  so  used  in  Warwickshire.  The  I 
fact  that  Shakespeare,  in  the  ^* Winter's  Tale,- '  makes  the  old^ 
shepherd  exclaim  on  finding  Ferdita,  **What  have  we  here?j 


ORIGHN  AND  ETYMOLOGY  OF  THE  SUiRNAME  CHILD.  29 

Mercy  on's,  a  barne,  a  very  pretty  barne ;  a  boy  or  a  child, 
I  wonder?"  has  not  much  weight  when  it  is  remembered 
that  the  scene  of  that  drama  was  laid  in  a  foreign  country,  of 
Slavonic  origin,  filiated  with  the  Teutonia  If  Prof.  Caro  is 
correct  in  his  exhaustive  commentary  on  that  drama,  recently 
published  (1878).  Shakespeare  founded  it  upon  an  old  Lithu- 
rian  ballad,  brought  to  England  in  the  fourteenth  century.  In 
this  case  he  may  have  followed  the  original  text.  It  is  more 
than  probable  that  the  use  of  the  word  child,  for  progeny,  came 
from  an  earlier  and  similar  differentiation  in  the  Keltic  and 
Gothic  tongues.  There  was  an  unipersonal  blending  of  the 
generative  principle  inherent  in  all  cosmologies,  and  especially 
those  of  the  sun  or  nature  myths.  The  scheme  and  nomencla- 
ture of  the  northern  mythologies  was  derived  from  Aryan 
roots. 

Terms  denoting  both  muliebrity  and  virility  have  been  de- 
rived from  those  androgynous  roots,  and  applied  arbitrarily 
and  interchangeably  by  different  nations.  The  Teutons  called 
the  sun  female  and  the  moon  male.  Hild  was  a  Norse  term 
for  both  hero  and  maiden  ;  from  the  latter  came  Kulla,  mean- 
ing a  maid  and  a  brood,  in  Danish,  and  Hilda  and  Hulda,  almost 
generic  terms  for  maiden,  in  English.  Cen,  cyn,  kyn,  in  Cymric 
are  allied  words  of  .kindred  meaning.  Some  etymologists  have 
derived  child  (offspring)  from  Anglo-Saxon  cenned  or  Danish 
kulla,  the  past  participle  of  kennen,  and  kullden,  to  bring  forth, 
while  others  trace  it  to  the  Gothic  kilthei  (womb)  and  Latin 
cyma,  from  the  Greek,  a  sprout  or  embryo.  However  derived, 
early  English  writers  use  the  word  freely,  and  with  some  inflec- 
tions rarely  used  now.  Wyclif  uses  the  phrase  "Evechylded," 
«fcc.,  in  his  translation  of  the  Bible,  1380.  Chaucer  uses  chylded 
and  kinded  for  begotten — '^chosen  of  Joseph  whom  he  took 
to  wive,  unknowing  him  childed  by  miracle."  Drayton 
writes, 

"Who  having  in  her  youth  her  childing  felt  the  woe, 
Her  lord's  embraces  she  never  more  would  know." 

Addison  Child. 


30  ORIGIN  AND  ETYMOLOGY  OF  THE  SURNAME  CHILD. 

It  may  interest  some  to  know  that  in  the  various  works  of 
Heraldry,  in  which  we  have  made  diligent  and  exhaustive 
search  for  the  establishment  of  the  line,  the  arms,  and  the 
name,  of  which  the  more  prominent  are  Clark,  DeBret,  Lodge, 
and  numerous  editions  of  Burke,  we  have  never  found  the 
name  written  with  the  terminal  "5."  For  the  curiously  in- 
clined we  append  this  list  of  names  in  the  differing  spelling, 
as  culled  from  these  works  : 

r  Enfant,  Chylde, 

Infans,  Chyld, 

Le  Chylde,  Child, 

Le  Child,  Child— Villiers, 

Hooke—ChilA, 

Child — Pemberton. 


Sketches  and  Incidents  of  English  Families. 


Sir  John  Child  of  Sural,  E,  L ;  Sir  Josiah  Child  and 
Sir  Francis  Child  of  London^  Eng. 

These  three  men  were,  perhaps,  the  most  noteworthy  and 
distinguished  individuals  of  any  bearing  the  name  of  Child. 
They  all  raised  themselves  to  eminence,  occupied  prominent 
positions,  both  in  public  and  private  life,  and  became  the 
founders  of  opulent  families  in  the  last  half  of  the  seventeenth 
century.  The  first  as  a  civic  and  military  ruler,  the  second  as 
a  merchant,  political  economist  and  philanthropist,  and  the  lat- 
ter as  a  banker,  goldsmith  and  sociologist 

They  were  descendants  of  a  family  whose  chief  was  among 
the  first  to  adopt  a  surname,  and  probably  assumed  his  Saxon 
title  (Childe)  as  such,  towards  the  end  of  the  Saxon  domination 
in  England.  Following  the  usage  of  the  higher  classes,  after 
the  Norman-French  conquest,  members  of  the  family  took  the 
Latinized  French  form  of  the  name  (L'Enfant)  for  some  gener- 
ations.' Several  individuals  of  the  name  were  concerned  in 
Henry  Second's  conquest  of  Ireland  and  its  subsequent  govern- 
ment in  the  twelfth  century  ;"  and  others  seated  themselves  at 
Shrewsbury,  Salop  county,  and  Pool-Court,  Pennock  and  North- 
wick,  in  the  county  of  Worcester.'  Baldwin  Childe  and  Robert 
L'Enfant  are  mentioned  in  the  Cartulary  of  St  Nicholas,  Es- 
sex, and  the  latter  was  Provost  of  Shrewsbury  in  Henry  Third's 
time,  and  signed  Robert  L'Enfant  as  a  witness,  and  Le  Childe 
to  other  documents.*  Richard  Le  Child  was  lord  of  the  manor 
of  Northwick  in  1320,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  two  sons — 
WiUiam  Le  Childe  m  1350,  and  Thomas  Le  Childe  in  1353, 
and  by  his  grandson,  Thomas  Le  Childe,  who  was  escheater  for 
the  county  in  1428.     The  latter  was  the  progenitor  of  William 

*  Bourne's  London  Merchants.  *  Lodge's  Peerage  of  Ireland. 

'  Fuller.  *  Collectanea  Genealogica. 


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SKETCHES  AKB  INCIDENTS  OF  ENGLISH  FAMILIES. 


Childo  of  Northwiclv,  Edmund  Childe  of  the  same,  and  Wra, 
Child  high  sheriff  of  Worcestershire,  in  1586.  and  Willis 
Child  of  Pensax,  high  sheriff  in  15!i)y,  iind  William,  loit 
of  the  manor  of  Northwiek,  in  IfiM.  The  sons  of  the  lati 
ter,  Thomjus  of  Northwiek,  William  and  John  Child,  one  oi 
more  of  whom,  probably  the  two  younger,  migrated  to  thij 
neighborhood  of  London  previous  to  Charles  First's  timeJ 
They  intermamed  with  the  Wheeler  family,  originally  of  Wilt- 
shire, but  goldsmiths  of  ''  The  Mar^^gold,"  Temple  Bar,  Fleet 
street,  London,  in  James  First  s  time.  A  son,  Richard  Childe, 
the  father  of  Sir  John  and  Sir  Josiah  Child  of  this  aitiele,  be- 
came a  merchant  of  London,  trading  with  the  West  Indies  aiid^y 
the  American  colonies,  and  high  sheriff  of  Bedfordshii*e  at  thj^| 
commencement  of  the  long  Parliament  in  lit»40.*  He  was  the 
great  grandson  of  the  second  high  sheriff  of  Queen  Bess'  time, 

There  is  some  diversity  in  statements  regarding  the  paren 
age  of  Sir  John  Chi  hi.     Both  Collins'  and  Betham'  state  that  h 
was  a  son  of  John  of  London,  gentleman,  by  Fi-ances,  danghte 
of  Francis  Goodyear  of  Hereford,     Macau  lay/  Bourne,  and  late: 
writers  say  he  was  a  brother  of  Sir  Josiah,  whose  father  w 
Eiehard,  and  as  they  quote  from  his  contemporaries,  Wliite; 
Carey,  Pierce,  Butler,  Hamilton,  Papillion,  and  the  records  of 
the  House  of  Commons,  they  are  most  likely  to  be  right, 
Palfi-ey'**  speaks  of  ''  that  astute  London  merchant,  Sir  Josia] 
Child,"  as  the  brother  of  the  ''  factious  Dr.  Child,  whose  experi- 
ence in  Massachusetts  was  not  likely  to  have  made  his  brother 
friendly  to  that  colony/'     If  they  bore  this  ^relationship,  the 
subject  of  this  article  must  have  been  the  Maj,  John  Child  who, 
defended  his  brother  (the  Doctor)  so  ably  in  the  "  Jonah  casi 
up  in  London,"  1647,  and  who  subsequently  sought  a  moi 
independent  field  of  action  in  the  infant  English  colony  of  th« 
east     Dn  Robert  Child  was  a  distinguished  graduate  of  Ben- 
net  s  College,  of  the  University  of  Cambridge,  and  of  the  m" 
renowned  medical  sch<x>l  of  the  world,  that  of  Padua,  Italyj 
from  which  he  received  his  medical  diploma/"     He  came 
Boston  by  the  advice  of  such  men  m  Emanuel  Downing,  Joh 
Winthrop,  Jn  and  Hugh  Peters,  with  other  capitalists,  to  assi 

*  Boanie*s  Celebrated  Loudon  Merchants,  "  Ibid, 
'  Wotten*8  Ed.  British  Baronetage,  Loudon,  1741      '  KngH^h  FamiJie9. 

•  History  of  England.     '*  His.  New  Eng.      "  Wiuthrop's  His.  New  Eng] 


SKETCHES  AND  INCIDENTS  OF  ENGLISH  FAMILIES.  33 

in  developing  the  mineral  wealth  of  the  new  country.  He  in- 
vestigated, at  that  early  day,  the  deposit  of  black  lead  in  Wor- 
cester county,  Mass.,  and  of  iron  at  Braintree  and  Saugus,  Mass., 
and  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  the  iron  works  at  the 
latter  places,  the  first  established  in  America. 

He  purchased  of  Sir  Eichard  Vines,  in  1645,  the  site  of  Bid- 
deford.  Me.,  and  was  invested  with  the  Patent,  "livery  and 
seisin  "  of  the  same,  which  William  Phillips  of  Boston  subse- 
quently acquired.*'  That  same  year  the  notable  Eev.  Hugh 
Peters  wrote  Gov.  John  Winthrop :  "  Dr.  Child  is  come ;  that 
honest  man,  who  will  be  of  exceeding  great  use,  if  the  country 
know  how  to  improve  him ;  indeed  he  is  very,  very  useful.  I 
pray  let  us  not  play  tricks  with  such  men  by  our  jealousyes."  " 
How  necessary,  but  disregarded,  this  admonition  was,  subse- 
quent events  proved.  Having  enlarged  views,  he  held  that  the 
Charter  guaranteed  political  and  religious  liberties,  that  were 
arbitrarily  abridged  by  the  Puritan  rulers.  His  claiming  the 
right  of  petition,  and  resorting  to  it  for  redress,  so  roused  the 
ire,  hatred  and  fear  of  the  colonial  magistrates,  that  they  not 
only  traduced,  amerced,  imprisoned  and  expelled  him  from  the 
country,  but  invoked  the  vengeance  of  God  upon  his  head,  and 
did  not  hesitate  to  ascribe  the  accidental  stumble  and  injury  of 
a  messenger  carrying  his  petition,  the  burning  of  a  house,  and 
the  natural  phenomenon  of  a  storm  at  sea,  to  his  special  infter- 
vention."  John  Cotton,  in  his  sermon,  compared  his  petition 
to  a  Jonah,  and  precatorily  exhorted  passengers  by  sea,  in  case 
they  perceived  God's  special  anger  rising,  to  search  for  the  hid- 
den petition,  appease  Him  and  exorcise  their  ship  by  giving  it 
to  the  clamorous  waves."  '*  This  they  afterwards  alleged  they 
piously  affected,  and  "  God  stilled  the  troubled  waters."  They 
and  the  All-Seeing  were  imposed  upon,  however,  by  a  counter- 
feit The  bona  fide  Jonah  (petition)  arrived  with  them  safely 
in  London.  These  incidents  suggested  the  title  to  Major  John 
Child's  disquisition,  "  New  England's  Jonah  cast  up  at  Lon- 
don." 

Gov.  Winthrop  says  Dr.  Child's  "  hopes  and  endeavors  had 
been  blasted  by  the  special  providence  of  the  Lord."'"  He 
remained  in  England,  but  retained  the  friendship  and  became 

"  Mass.  His.  Collections.  ^'  Ihid,  "  Strong. 

"  Mass.  His.  CoUections.  "  His.  New  Eng. 


34 


SKETCHES  AND  INCIDENTS  OF  ENGLISH  FAmLIES, 


a  valued  correspondent  of  John  Wiiithrop,  Jr..  imparting 
him  the  developmeats  made  in  the  world  of  science,  lo  whictf 
he  henceforth  devoted  himself     The  names  of  these  two  indi* 
vidiials  seldom  appear  in  the  annals  of  New  England  after  this^ 
but  that  of  their  younger  bmtlier,  Josiah,  is  often  referred  to. 
Little  else  is  known  of  Maj.  John  Child,  except  that  he  had 
command  of  a  regiment  in  Kent/*  until  he  went  to  India,  in 
1658,  and  was  subsequently  made  Governor  of  Bombay  and 
Calcutta,  and  commander  of  all  the  lan<l  and  naval  forces  of   i 
England  in  the  East.     The  title  of  *'  His  Exeelleney  *'  was  cq^H 
ferred  upon  him  by  Parliament  in  1^82,"'  and  King  Jame«i  I^^ 
made  him  a  baronet  as  '' Sir  John  Child  of  Snrat/'  in  168-L 
He  was  a  powerful  coadjutor  of  his  brother^  Sir  Josiah,  execut- 
ing his  imperious  instructions  witli  a  swift,  sure  hand, 
enemies  asserteil  that  he  wtUi  grasping  and  violent^  rulinar  ar 
trarily,  and  that  he  assumed  sovereign  jx)wers,  declaring 
and  governing  by  manial  law  u}>on  his  own  resj>onsibility. 
This  his  friends  justified  upoti  the  ground   that  it  requii 
twelve  months  to  transmit  instruction  from  the  home  govei 
mentf  and  while  suiTounded  by  powerful  and  warlike  enemies, 
there  were  times  when  there  was  not  a  government  armed  ves- 
sel within  ten  tiiousand  milea'"     He  was  much  blamed  as  all 
English  Colonial  GLivernors  have  ever  been  since,  under  similar 
cin?amstances.  for  becoming  at  war  with  the  Gi*eat  Mogul,  King 
Aurengzebe,  but  history  has  shown  that  it  was  made  necessa: 
by  the  machinations  of  liis  political  enemies.     All  recrimi 
tions  were  ended  by  his  death,  in  1691,  just  after  he  had  sign 
a  protocol  of  peace,"     Later  writers  say  ^'  he  had  tliereputati« 
of  being  a  person  of  sobriety,  wisdom,  trutli,  and  courage, 
teemed  and  beloved  by  all  the  people  of  all  the  tiations  of 
East"^*"     He  had  two  sisters  married  to  members  of  the  Ei 
Indian  Company  at  Bombay/'     He  married  Mary,  daughter 
Jolin  Shiu'kston,  cleputy  governor,  antl  had  issue^ — JL>hn  w 
died  in  1718,  aiul  Sir  Ciesar,  who  marrierl  Hester,  daughter 
John  Yance  of  Loudon,  goldsmith,  by  whom  he  had  Sir  Caisi 
the  father  of  Sir  Caesar,  with  whom  the  baronetcy 
extinct,  in  1753.'' 

*'  Winthrop*a  Letters.       *'  Wintkrop.       *'  Macaulay.       *  Pierce  ButU^ 

'*  Mfteaulay.  **  Ibid,  »  Bourne's  Grout  London  Merchantj 

••  Burke's  Irish  Peers.  ''  Jbid, 


SKETCHES  AND  INCIDENTS  OF  ENGLISH  FAMILIES.      35 

Sir  Josiah  Child,  bom  in  1630,  younger  brother  of  Governor 
John  Child,  and  son  of  the  London  merchant,  Richard  Child, 
succeeded  to  his  father's  business.  He  became  the  first  royal 
contractor  for  supplying  the  naval  docks  at  Portsmouth,  Eng- 
land, with  ship  timber  from  the  coasts  of  North  America. 
British  archives  show  that  government  furnished  his  ships  with 
convoys  through  the  pirate-infested  English  Channel,  and  that 
they  awarded  him,  in  1665,  £25  and  £33  each  for  masts,  twenty 
and  twenty-five  inches  in  diameter."  He  also  engaged  in  brew- 
ing, and  at  the  death  of  Timothy  Alsop,  he  succeeded  him  as 
brewer  to  the  King.  In  1666  Charles  IL  recommended  him  to 
the  "Honorable  Company  of  London  Brewers,"  as  "having  done 
faithful  service  in  supplying  the  royal  household  and  navy 
with  beer.""  But  his  greatest  achievement  was  in  the  East. 
The  wealth  and  importance  of  the  Jndies  were  concressive 
and  concurrent  with  his  own.  Thornbury  styles  him  the 
"eminent  political  economist,  president  and  formulator  of 
the  first  East  India  Company.""  The  two  cities  which  he 
practically  founded,  Calcutta  and  Bombay,  aggregate  more  in- 
habitants to-day  than  the  prefounded  cities  of  New  York  and 
Boston.  "Sir  GTeorge  Gough  attributes  his  wealth  and  eleva- 
tion to  having  had  while  young  the  advice  of  the  great  Sir 
Josiah  Child.""  But  his  sound  judgment,  liberal  views,  com- 
mercial enterprise  and  personal  patronage  were  not  unrecog- 
nized in  the  Western  Hemisphere.  William  Vaughn,  a  wealthy 
merchant  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  when  unjustly  imprisoned  by 
Governor  Cranfield,  in  writing  his  friend,  William  Weare,  who 
had  escaped  to  London  says :  "I  send  you  a  letter  to  my 
master.  Sir  Josiah  Child ;  wait  on  him  while  he  reads  it,  and 
attend  to  his  directions,  if  God  moves  his  heart  to  do  aught  for 
us."" 

Palfrey  says :  "Sir  Josiah  w^  not  an  acknowledged  noncon- 
formist, but  had  always  upheld  religious  liberty,  and  was  a 
judicious  counselor  for  the  colonies;"  that  "he  was  one  of 
that  class  of  active  and  important  traders  whose  stubborn  char- 
acter and  whose  heavy  purse  had  for  fifty  years  prolonged^  the 
doubtful  conflict,""  meaning  that  waged  between  the  colony 

'•Green's  Callender  State  Papers.  '"Bourne. 

'^Old  London  and  New.  "Wotten's  English  Baronets. 

^Bouton's  Provincial  Papers  of  N.  H.  "History  New  England. 


SKETCHES  ASm  »CIDEKT3  OF  ENGLISH  FAHILIES. 


and  the  home  government.  He  questioned  the  expediency 
enacting  the  Navigation  Act>  which  required  all  British  colonii^ 
to  confine  their  commerce  to  the  ships  and  ports  of  the  moth< 
country,  and  which  proved  so  obnoxious  lo  the  colonies  ;**  bx 
doubted  whether  the  inconvenience  it  bi-oughi  with  it  be  n^ 
greater  than  the  convenience  T"  but  he  upheld  its  principle 
and  urged  that  a  '^country  was  better  off  without,  than  with,  a 
colony  competing  with  home  interests."'*  In  his  **New  Deij^H 
cource  on  Trade"  he  compai^ed  the  colonies  of  the  Round  Hea<S^ 
in  New  England  with  those  of  the  Cavaliers  in  Virginia  and 
Antigua,  and  showed  the  superiority  of  the  first,  and  warn€ 
his  countrymen  *'that  New  England  was  the  most  prejudicia 
plantation  to  the  kingdom,  for  the  reason  of  its  competition  in 
articles  produced  in  England,  its  capacity  for  building  shij 
and  rafeing  seamen,  and  coiLsequent  growing  naval  strengt 
and  Ijecause  of  it«  compamtive  freedom  from  negix>  slavery. 

Sir  Josiah  was  the  first  to  i>erceive  and  warn  his  governmen 
of  the  correlation  between  the  stubb<'>rn  bigotry,  self-will  ac 
obstinacy  of  the  Puritan  character  and  the  event  that  climax€ 
at  Bunker  Hill  a  centurv  afterwards,  in  religious,  eomme 
and  politicAl  independence.     Sir  Josiah 's  national  sympathid 
were  always  with  the  New  England  colonies  and  unaffected  1 
the  narrow  bigotry  and  petty  tyrannies  of  their  rulers ;  but 
large  gra.sp  of  commercial  |x>lity  made  him  cosmopolitan,  ai 
when  the  colonies  differentiated  their  interests  from  those 
the  mother  country  his  pati-iotism  led  him  to  uphold  the  latt 
Thornbur}^*'  states  that  Sir  Josiah  was  once  a  partner — at! 
others,  that  he  was  a  brother — of  Sir  Francis  Child,  founds 
of  the  banking  firm  of  Child  &  Co.,  but  T.  G.  R  Price/' 
present  member  of  that  firm,  who  has  access  to  their  earl 
books,  says  that  both  these  statements  are  incorrect,  but  th^ 
he  was  closely  related  to  him  through  his  father,  and  ala 
through  the  WheelerSw     He  was  born  May  7,  1630,'*  andmus 
with  all  his  other  enterprises,  have  l>ecome  interested  in  orient 
trade  early  in  life.      Tyndal  says  that  *'He  applied  hit 
chiefly  to  the  East  India  trade,  which,  by  his  management  w^ 

"  Palfrey's  Hist.  New  Engljmd.  "  New  Discourse  ou  Trade. 

»♦  md.  •  Ibid,  *•  Old  London  «nd  New. 

^  I^ndon  and  Middlesex  Archji*.  Soo,  1875. 
*  Morant's  Hist,  and  Anti»|uity  of  Essex, 


SKETCHES  AXD  INCIDENTS  OF  ENGLISH   FAMILIES.  37 

raised  so  high  that  it  drew  much  envy  and  jealousy  upon  him- 
self and  the  company."  The  shares  in  the  East  India  Company 
advanced  during  his  presidency  from  £70  in  1664,  to  £370  in 
1691.  Macaulay'*  says :  "There  was  one  great  man  pointed  out 
on  the  Royal  Exchange,  as  having  by  judicious  or  lucky  pur- 
chases of  stock,  created  in  no  long  time,  an  estate  of  twenty 
thousand  a  year.  This  commercial  grandee,  who  in  wealth  and 
in  the  influence  that  attend  wealth,  vied  with  the  greatest 
nobles  of  his  time,  was  Sir  Josiah  Child."  He  was  by  far 
the  richest  member  of  the  East  India  Company,  with  one-third 
of  its  stock  on  his  own  hands  and  that  of  his  dependents." 
Bourne"  says :  "From  the  time  of  Charles  Second's  accession  Sir 
Josiah  became  a  favorite  at  Court,  doing  his  share  of  money 
lending  to  the  spendthrift  king,  and  gaining  esteem  by  the 
honest  deporment,  which  even  the  most  dishonest  well  knew 
how  to  appreciate."  Macaulay  devotes  many  pages  to  him  in 
his  History  of  England,  Vol.  IV.,  pp.  108  to  119,  describing 
his  immense  wealth,  superior  talent,  great  force  of  character  and 
potency  in  controlling  not  only  his  associates,  but  "  opposing 
majorities  in  Parliament,  kings,  queens,  and  the  powers  of  the 
East.'*  Sir  Josiah  had  always  been  a  whig,  and  won  the  special- 
hatred  of  the  Duke  of  York  by  his  tolerant  spirit  and  bold  de- 
fence of  schismatics  :  but  on  the  dissolution  of  the  Oxford  Par- 
liament he  separated  from  his  old  friends  and  formed  a  close 
alliance  with  the  tories.  "When  the  Court  was  all  powerful 
in  the  state,  he  became  all  powerful  at  the  Court" 

He  distributed  his  wealth  with  a  judicious  prodigality. 
Charles  IL  accepted  a  present  of  10,000  guineas  and  his  brother, 
the  Duke  of  York,  a  like  sum  of  10,000  guineas,  and  readily 
became  a  stockholder  in  his  company.  "All  who  could  help 
or  hurt  at  Court,  ministers,  mistresses,  priests,  were  kept  in 
good  humor  by  presents  of  shawls  and  silks,  bird's  nests  and 
attar  of  roses,  purses  of  diamonds  and  bags  of  guineas."" 
Very  soon,  however,  all  was  changed,  the  revolution  of  '88 
brought  in  a  whig  government ;  the  connections  that  had  been 
his  boasts  were  now  its  weakness.  The  king  was  in  exile,  the 
judge  who  had  decreed  his  doings  legitimate  was  a  prisoner,  the 
great  whig  merchants  whom  he  had  expelled  from  the  direction 

*•  History  of  England.  **»  Peirce  Butler's  Tale,  1680. 

**  Celebrated  London  Merchants.  **  Macaulay*s  Hist,  of  Eng. 


Vi 


^«rraw»  a^p  i^oukjtb  or 


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fi  ^^^fgn  widb  Wittmi  sod  Ibrr,  awl  \as  eoemies  reporfed 
iImi  be  g»re  tW  kidets  oi  P«rfinms  lOO.UOv  posnils  ssatisg 
to  fMrre  iM  ikm  itfMuJ  of  the  Aasyen  of  his  a»p«i j.  These 
pr4ftiri»]  ^jf/fjcttiiila  MCQiecl  bolii  UiiMelf  sod  bis  brother*  Sir 

^remor  of  tba  Etft  Indies,  of  tbe  most  Mgfatfal  ai 
iir  p,  uxufpAtiofUi  uid  pondervKiB  briberies  in  the  adminisLmtit 
of  ibe  OQinpftajr'i  diSahiL  Scores  of  TolmBes  of  ^leeebes,  let- 
%t^n  and  mmy^  opon  tbe  exciting  subject  were  printed  and 
ffsmL  During  all  tbbi  the  most  exalt€d  faLmilies  in  tbe  reahn 
w«r^  net-king  atlianiia  with  his,  iintl  William  IIL  conferred  a 
barcmetey  on  bij  fion  Joaiah/*  His  powerful  enemies  went 
*  *  demand  bin  diamiflfial  forever  from  tbe  direction 

]pany>  and  reported  that  the  Great  Mogul  ha«l  made  a 
Iik«;  ilrgradation  of  bi«  brother,  Sir  John,  a  condition  of  peace 
Bill  ^wffam  imy  action  wai^  taken  death  relieved  the  latter^  tear- 
ing Sir  Josiah  Uy  climTj  )^uece,*^i?full\^  the  excelsior  hei^'hlii  o;* 
bin  ambition  alone. 

lie  iieeiuH  to  havt'  Ix-en    the    best    Ir.ued    man    of    bis   da^ 
But  after  the  political  animosities  of  the  day  had  been  ass 
by  time,  unci  nil  jculousj  and  envy  put  to  rest  by  his  deal 
numt  nnthoriticH  ngrutj  in  characterizing  him  as  a  man  of 
prcibity  and  crdiglikvnctl  vIowh.     Maeaulay*'  says  that  his  si 
mm  in  a<!<'iniiulating  great  wealth  and  in  forwarding  the  in 
<^i4lM  nf  the  ron\jmny  of  which  he  was  the  liead,  madebimsome- 
whnt  Imiiglity  and  imperious,  and  gave  color  to  some  of   the 
t^nviiMiH  I'hiirgus  hmnght  ji^^ainnt  him  by  his  enemies;  but  tliat 
Itll  conemled  '^liat  with  all  his  love  of  money  making  his  main 
nhjiM't  wiw  to  cHlahliBh  the  sovereignty  of  England  in  the  East; 
and  tu  him»  more  than  any  other  man  is  this  due."*'      Even  at 
that  »uu'ly  day  he  was  assiduous  in  urging  the  Japanese  ambas- 
wnltii'?*,  tht^n  in  Ijondon,  n>  open  the  trade  of  their  count r 
Kngland.     l^yndal  says  that  **he  had  a  etmipass  of  knowj     ,^ 
and  apjuvhension  unusual  to  men  of  bis  profession.**      His 
♦*( Observations  Concerning  Trade  and   Interest  on    Mo 
written  at  his  ei>untry  st^it,  Wanstead,  during  a  leisure  f  .     . 
uinnt  him  by  tXw  prevalence  of  the  great  plague  of  1665,  con- 
tain itlivis  far  in  ad^inco  of  his  day  and  generation^      At  that 
^  Bultw*»  TVil*.  **  Burk*?,  **  Uktorj  of  Ri^luid.  -  JM 


SKETCHES  AND  INCIDENTS  OF  THE  ENGLISH  FAMILIES.      39 

time  the  commerce  of  England  was  in  the  hands  of  the  opulent 
Netherlanders.  He  gave  fifteen  reasons  why  his  countrymen 
should  imitate  their  policy,  the  soundness  of  which  the  course 
of  trade  since  has  proven.  Only  the  most  advanced  commer- 
cial nations  have  yet  arrived  at  the  truth  of  the  ideas  he  evolved 
on  the  use  and  interest  of  money.  He  wrote  an  Essay  on  the 
best  practical  methods  of  elevating  the  lower  classes  of  London, 
and  did  much  personally  to  ameliorate  their  condition.  He 
was  a  patron  and  large  benefactor  of  Christ  Hospital  The  ad- 
vanced thoughts  which  he  put  forth  were  combatted  by  the 
conservatives  of  the  day,  especially  those  on  the  science  of 
money,  in  a  paper  war  that  continued  long  after  his  death. 

Evelyn's*^  assertion  "  that  there  were  those  who  remembered 
him  as  a  merchant's  apprentice,  sweeping  out  one  of  the  count- 
ing-houses of  the  city,"  was  probably  true,  but  that  implied  no 
menial  service,  for  in  those  days  every  young  aspirant  for  com- 
mercial eminence,  had  to  begin  at  the  bottom  round  and  mount 
the  ladder  through  a  regular  apprenticeship,  however  well  born. 
While  looking  after  his  royal  contracts  for  shiptimber  at  Ports- 
mouth, England,  in  early  life,  he  met  with  and  married  Anne 
Bout  **  of  that  city,  by  whom  he  had  two  sons  who  died  young, 
and  one  daughter  who  "nobly  wedded."  He  manied  second 
Mary  Atwood  of  Hackney,  by  whom  he  had  a  son,  baroneted 
as  Sir  Josiah  Child  by  William  III.,  1692,  who  died  without 
issue,  in  1704,  and  two  daughters,  who  also  "nobly  wedded." 
He  took  for  his  third  wife  Emma,  daughter  of  Sir  Henry  Ber- 
nard, and  had  by  her  Bernard  Child,  who  died  in  1698,  and 
Sir  Eichard  Child,  made  Baron  of  Newton  and  Viscount  Cas- 
tlemaine  in  1718,  and  Earl  Tylney  in  1782.  Sir  Eichard  mar- 
ried Dorothy,  daughter  of  John  Glynne,  and  granddaughter  of 
Francis  Tylney  of  Eotherwick,  and  added  Tj^lney  to  his  name. 
He  had  Eichard,  first  Earl  Tylney,  and  John,  second  Earl  Tyl- 
ney, both  of  whom  died  childless,  and  a  daughter  Emma,  who 
married  Sir  Eobert  Long  of  Dracott,  and  had  Sir  James  Tylney 
Long,  who  died  without  issue,  and  Catherine,  who  married 
"William  the  Worthless,"  Viscount  Wellesley,  fifth  Earl  of 
Morniugton,  who  assumed  the  name  Tylney  Long.  His  son, 
William  Eichard  Arthur  Pole  Tylney  Long  Wellesley,  sixth 

*'  Evelyn's  Diary.  *"  Macaulay's  Hist,  and  Antiq.  of  Essex. 


40      SKETCHKS  AND  IN't'IDENTH  OF  THE  EKHLiSH  FAM1LIE.S. 

Etirl  of  Wellsley*  '*euded  tliL'  richest  merchant  family  of  thei 
seventeenth  century.*'* 

The  first  Sir  Josiah's  third  wife-,  Enima^  survived  her  hus-I 
band  twenty-six  veal's,  d>  ing  in  1725,  "  at  which  time  she  waaj 
j^o  nearly  allied  to  so  nmny  of  the  prime  nobility,  that  eleven! 
dukes  ami  duchesses  used  to  ask  her  blessing,  and  above  fiftyj 
gj-eat  families  went  into  mourning  for  her/'  *"' 

Soon  afier  his  lirst  marriage  Sir  Josiah  purchased  Wnnstead 
House,  where  eighty  years  before  the  Earl  of  Leicester  enter] 
tained  most  devotedly  his  royal  mistress,  Queen  Elizabeth.' 
Here  the  great  mercli ant  ''expended  imniense  sums  in  excavatitigj 
tish  i>onds  and  in  planting  whole  square  miles  of  barren  landl 
with  walnut  trees/*  *^     He  was  made  a  baronet  by  Charles  H] 
in  1678j  and  died  at  Wanstead,  in  1GV*9. 

While  Sir  Jc^siah  was  ae<j^uiriug  distinction  in  unfolding  the] 
ntaxints  and  laying  the  foundations  of  modern  coinmerHie,  suc- 
cessfully contending  with  and  controlling  whig  cabals  and  toryj 
cabinets,  amassing  wealth,  with  his  hand  on  the  rudder  of  hisi 
fortune  ten  thousand  miles  away,  his  cousin.  Sir  Fmncis  Child  J 
was  gaining  a  like  distinction  by  initiating,  and  opulenoy  bjj 
practicing,  the  system  of  modern  banking. 

Descending  from  the  same  ancient  stock,  his  iminediate  pro-J 
genitors  seated  themselves  at  Heddington,  Wiltsliii-e,  from] 
wljcnce  Francis  migrate*!  to  Tendon,  in  Charles  Fi last's  reign/ 
He  was  apprenticed  to  a  goldsmith  s  firm  whose  business  ha 
been  (.»ouducted  by  his  relative^  the  Wheeler's,  at  the  sign  ofl 
*'Y"  Marrigold,  Temple  Bar,  No,  1  Fleet  street/'  from  time! 
immemorial.  Francis"  says  ''the  books  of  Child  k  Ca  go 
back  lo  1620,  a?id  refer  to  previous  documents/'  He  marriedj 
his  cousin  Elizabeth,  only  daughter  and  heii*ess  of  his  uncle,J 
the  second  William  Wheeler,"  of  the  firm  of  which  he  and  hia 
descendants  subsequently  became  the  head. 

Previous  to  the  introduction  and  manufacture  of  fictile  warea^ 
in  Europe,  iu  the  eighteenth  century,  the  lower  classes 
wtwjden,  the  middle  jiewter,  and  the  higher  classes  and  nobility 
used  services  of  orotd  and  silver;  articles  of  the  latter  for  the, 


••  Bourne's  Celohmted  Londnn  Merrhuiits,  *^  Jbid, 

*'  Morant*i>  Hist,  and  Autiq.  of  Ei-scx,  -'"^  Macaulay. 

"  Price's  London  und  MiddJeseat  Arclui>ologicikl  Society,  187, 

**  History  of  Bank  of  England.  **  Evelyn's  Diary. 


SKETCHES  AND  IXCIDENTS  OF  THK  EKt^LISH  FAMILIES,      41 


toilet  and  table,  costintr  pounds  wbere  tlie  saine  in  porcelain 
cost  shilling  now.  This  made  the  goldsmith's  craft  an  import- 
ant and  lucrative  one.  Formerly  the  nobility  and  wealthy 
classes  kept  their  money  and  valoables  in  ^'cash  boxes/*  in 
their  castles  and  domiciles,  but  as  their  wealth  increased  and 
their  aimed  retiii tiers  decreased,  this  became  unsafe.  They 
then  used  the  mint  in  the  Tower  of  London  as  a  safe  deposit 
But  Charleys  L  p<3rfidiously  seized  and  coTifiscate<l  all  those  de- 
posits. They  thtm  made  the  rich  goldsmiths  their  custodians. 
This  led  tlie  latter  to  keeping  **  running  cashes''  and  to  making 
interest  bearing  loans  to  tradespeople,  and  others,  on  pawns 
or  pledges,  thus  adding  incipient  banking  to  their  craft  Child 
&  Co.  are  inserted  in  the  little  London  Directory  for  1677,  as 
**  goldsmiths  keeping  running  cashes."  They  were  the  first  to 
sepamte  the  two  callings.  Francis*"  states  ''  that  the  celeb- 
rity of  the1ii"si  banking-house  belongs  by  common  consent  to 
Mr.  Francis  Child."  There  is  an  account  on  their  ledgers 
opened  in  1B69,  before  they  divorced  the  two  vocations,  under 
the  head  of  ^'  Pawns/'  changed  a  few  years  later  to  '*R"  which 
has  been  bmuglit  forward  from  ledger  to  ledger  under  this  title 
as  their  colhiteral  loan  account,  for  two  hundred  and  ten  years. 
The  record  of  this  family  of  bankers  is  so  interwoven,  warp 
and  wcK>f,  with  that  of  Temple  Bar^  the  Marygold  and  their 
environs,  that  any  narrative  of  either,  without  frequent  refer- 
ence to  the  others  would  be  perfunctory  indeed.  Many  of 
their  eust<^>mers  addressed  their  clieques  to  ^*  Mr.  Alderman 
Child  and  partnei',  at  y*^^  Marygold,  next  door  t*^  Temple  Bar;'' 
sometimes  '^  next  door  to  the  Devil  Taverne/'  When  the  heads 
of  the  firm  were  lord  mayors  of  London,  the  Earl  of  Oxford 
addressed  his  cheques  **  To  the  Worshipful  the  Lord  Mayor 
&  Co.,  at  Temple  Bar."*'  Like  most  of  the  distinctive  appella- 
tions of  the  goldsmiths  of  London,  the  sign  of  the  Marygold 
originated  in  that  of  a  tavern.  It  was  the  usage  for  succeeding 
occupants  to  retain  the  sign,  without  reference  to  the  vocation. 
**  Messrs.  Child  s  banking  house  was  in  King  James  First's 
reign,  a  public  ordinary,  the  sign  Ix^ing  the  Marygold." "'  When 
it  c^me  into  the  occupation  of  the  goldsmiths  is  not  definitelv 
known,  but  probably  about  1620,  as  the  Ust  mention  of  it  as 
a  public  house  was  on  St.  Thomas'  day,  December  21,  1619^ 
**  Ilbtory  Hank  mT  Enu^UuMl.  '•  Price.  ""  Bettufoy'«i  Tokens, 


42      SKETCHES  AND  IXCmENTS  OF  THE  ENGLISH  FAMILIES. 


wlien  it  wa5  presented  to  the  ward-mote  **for  disturbiug  its  next 
iieigbbfjrri  late  in  tbe  nights,  from  time  to  time,  by  ill  disor- 
dei-s.*'  *"     The  goldsmiths  held  it  on  a  ground  rent     Sir  Fran* 
cis  Child  put  the  present  front  to  the  Marygold  in  1666,  the 
year  of  the  great  fire  of  London,  although  the  conflagration  did 
not  reach  it     An  old  document,  still  extant,  shows  that  Sir 
Francis  renewed  his  leixse  of  the  Marygold  from   the  *'  Feast 
of  St  Michael  the  archangel,  1707,  and  the  Sugar  Loaf  and 
Green  Lettuce^'  1714,  at  a  yearly  rental  of  £60  for  sixty-on^ 
years.*'     The  Sugar  Loaf  was  an  old  London  tavern,  directly 
in  the  rear  of  the  Marygold.    Sir  Francis  repaired  it  in  1707  and 
added  it  to  his  banking  premises.     He  subsequently  pmx^hased  I 
for  £2,800  the  famous  tavern  popularly  called  the  *^  Old  Devil  ^' 
from  its  sign.     ^'St  Dunstan  pulling  the  Devil's  nose^**  which 
adjoined,  aud  erected  a  bhxjk  of  houses  now  known  as  *'  Child's 
Place/""    The  ''Old  DeviF'  was  the  favorite  resort  of  Ben  Jonaon, 
where  he  lorded  it  over  his  confreres  that  were  "sealed  of  the 
tribe  of  Ben."    Here  he  sometimes  met  Shakespeare.    He  wrote 
**  Drink  tx>  me  with  thine  eyes,"  &a,  at  this  famous   resort*^ 
Child  &  Co.  have  with  characteristic  conservativeness  preserved  ' 
many  very  interesting  relics  of  these  three  historical  houses,  i 
They  have  the  original  sign  of  the  Marygold  and  Sun,  made) 
of  oak,  stained  gi^een,  with  gilt  border,  with  the  motto  ^^Ainsi  ^ 
mon  mne^'^  now  put  up  over  the  door  between  the  front  and 
back  olhce,  and  retain  it  on  the  water-raark  of  their  cheques,  &a  J 
The  old  passageways  of  the  Sugar  Loaf^  with  their  woo<len 
hat  pegs,  tlie  old  dining  rooms,  kitcheus  and  larders,  with  their 
wooden  meat  hooks,  are  preserved  as  they  were  two  and  thi 
centuries  ago.     In  one  of  the  rooms  over  tlie  old  kitchen  mai 
be  seen  the  bust  of  Apollo,  and  the  tablet  on  which  the  line 
of  welcome  to  the  Apollo  Room,  by  Ben  Jonson,  are  eugravi 
in  gold  letters."*     Those  were  on  the  chimney  piece  of  the  great 
room.     When  Sir  Cliristopher  Wren  rebuilt  Temple  Bar, 
1 666,  Child  &  Co.  rented  the  chambers  over  the  arcade  adjoinl 
ing  their  premises,  of  the  city  of  London,  at  a  yearly  rental  of 
£20,  wliich  they  used  as  a  soi't  of  muniment  room  for  the  sa£q 
keeping  of  their  old  pajiers  and  hooks  of  accounts,  until  th^ 
excavations  for  the  foundations  of  the  new  Inner  Courts 
Law,  in  1875,  caused  Temple  Bar  to  settle  so  much  that, 
*«  Ik'ivufoy,  *"  Price.  "*  Sec  Tatler,  No.  79, 


SKETCHES  AND  INCIDENTS  OF  THE  ENGLISH  FAMILIES.      4S 


1877,  the  city  gave  them  notice  to  vacate  on  ''next  midsum- 
mer  s  day ;"  what  a  notice  to  give  and  receive ;  a  notice  to  quit 
forever  premises  filled  with  the  familiar  associations  and  the 
daily  records  of  one's  ancestors  for  centiiines  !  The  wideiiing  of 
Fleet  street  demanded  for  public  convenience  the  demolition  of 
the  time-honored  banking  house,  and  the  erection  of  another, 
one  door  east  covering  the  site  of  Child's  place,  anciently  that 
of  the  *' Old  Devil/'  to  which  the  firm  moved  on  next  bank 
holiday,  April  15,  1879."  They  are  still  on  ancestral  ground 
Among  the  many  interesting  pre-Elizabetlian  relics  found  in 
excavating  the  foundations  of  Sugar  Loaf  and  the  Old  Devil 
taverns,  iti  1878,  the  most  curious  is  an  ancient  llagon,  filled 
with  a  ruby  wine,  intact,  the  glass  of  which  has  been  oxidized 
into  iridescent  colors  by  contact  with  the  earth  for  centuries. 

During  a  larger  part  of  their  tenancy  the  heads  or  quarters 
of  those  who  suffered  for  political  offences  were  exposed 
upon  Temple  Bar,  directly  op[>osite  the  wimlows  of  the  bank. 
It  sometimes  hapjiened  that  the  bankers  were  obliged  to  look 
daily  upon  the  ghastly  features  of  a  former  friend  and  client  for 
long  years  after  the  jirocurator  of  the  crown  liad  covered  in  to  the 
public  treasury  the  forfeited  balances  of  their  accounts.  Dick- 
ens*' characteristically  described  Child  &  Co.  under  the  pseu- 
donym of  Tellson  k  Co.,  as  they  were  in  the  days  of  the  French 
revolution.  Up  to  that  time  crimes  against  property^  theft, 
forgery,  false  coining,  the  unauthorized  opening  of  a  letter^ 
were  punished  by  death.  He  says  **that  their  bank  liad  taken 
so  many  lives  in  its  day,  that  if  the  heads  laid  low  by  it  had 
been  ranged  on  Temple  Bar,  they  would  probably  liave  ex- 
cluded what  little  light  the  ground  floor  had  in  a  rather  signifi- 
cant manner."  He  hardly  exaggenitcs  when  he  says  :  *'The 
house  was  foundcii  a  hundred  and  fifty  years  previously/*  or 
caricatures  in  saying,  "  their  bank  by  Temple  Bar  was  an  old- 
fashioned  place,  even  in  the  year  one  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  eigjity.  It  was  very  small,  very  dark,  very  ugly,  vx*ry  in- 
commodious. It  was  an  old-&ishioned  place,  moreover  in  the 
moral  attribute  that  the  j^artncrs  in  the  house  were  proud  of 
smallness,  proud  of  its  darkness,  proud  of  its  ugliiiess,  proud 
of  its  incommodiousness.     They  were  even  boastful  of  its  emi- 


•»  Lond&n  TimeM^  Febrnary  22,  1877. 
'  London  Telegraph,  January  28»  1870. 


•*  Tales  of  Two  Cities, 


44      SKETCHES  AND  INCIDENTS  OF  THE  ENGLISH  FAMILIES, 


nence  iti  those  partiouUu^t  ^^^^  were  iired  by  an  express  con- 
victioii  that  if  it  were  less  objectionable,  it  would  be  less  re- ' 
spectabla     This  was  no  passive  belief,  bnt  an  active  weapon 
which   they  flashed  at  more    convenient  places  of  business. 
Tellson's  (they  said)  wanted  no  ell>ow-rooni,  Tellson's  w^anted ' 
no  light,  Tellson's  wanted  no  embellisliment..     Noakes  and  Co/s  j 
might,  or  Snooks  Bros,  might;  bnt  Tellson's,  thank  Heaven  !— ' 

^*  Any  one  of  these  partners  wonld  have  (hsinherited  his  son 
on  the  question  of  rebuilding  Tellson's.  In  this  respect  the! 
house  was  much  on  a  par  w^ith  the  Country ;  which  did  very 
oft*^ii  disinhent  its  sons  for  suggesting  improvements  in  laws 
and  customs  that  had  long  been  highly  objectionable,  but  were 
only  the  more  respe^'tahle. 

"  Thus  it  had  come  to  pass^  that  Tellson's  was  the  triumphant] 
perfection  of  inconvenience.     After  bursting  open  a  door  of  J 
idiotic  obstinacy  wuth  a  weak  rattle  in  its  throaty  you  fell  into 
Tellson  s  down  two  steps,  and  came  to  your  senses  in  a  miser- 
able little  shop^  with  two  little  counters,  where  the  oldest  of 
men  made  your  check  shake  as  if  the  wnrid  rustled  it,  while 
they  examined  the  signature  by  the  dingiest  of  windows,  which 
were  always  under  a  shower-bath  of  mud  from   Fleet  street, 
and  which  were  made  the  dingier  by  their  own  iron  bars  proper^  j 
and  the  he^^ivy  shadow  of  Temple  Ban     If  your  business  neces*| 
sitated  your  seeing  'the  Ilouse/  you  were  put  into  a  specieal 
of  Condemned  Hold  at  the  back,  where  you  meditated  on 
missj>ent  life,  uiitil  the  House  came  with  its  hands  in  its  pock- 
ets, and  you  could  hardly  blirdc  at  it  in  the  disnud  twilight.] 
Your  money  came  out  of,  or  went  iiitu,  wormy  old  wooder 
drawers,  particles  of  which  flew  up  your  nose  and  down  your ' 
throat  when  they  were  opened  and  shut     Y*>ur  bank  note^ 
had  a  musty  odor,  as  if  they  w^ere  fast  decomposing  into  rags 
again*     Your  plate  was  stowed  away  among  the  neigh borinc 
cesspools,  and  evil  communications  corrupted  its  gootl  polisF 
in  a  day  or  two.     Your  deeds  got  into  extemjK)rixed  strong 
rooms  made  of  kitchens  and  sctdleries,  and  fretted  all  the  fat 
out  of  their  parchments  into  the  banking  house  air.      Your^^J 
lighter  boxes  of  family  papei's  went  up  stairs  into  a  Barm^idtii^l 
nH)m,  that  always  had  a  great  dining  table  in  it  and  never  had^ 
a  dinner,  and  %vhere,  even  in  the  year  one  thousand  seven  hun- 
dred and  eighty,  the  first  letters  written  to  you  by  your  old 


*  SKETCHES  AND  INCIDENTS  OF  THE  ENGLISH  FAMILIES.      45 

love,  or  by  your  little  children,  were  but  newly  released  from 
the  horror  of  being  ogled  through  the  windows,  by  the  heads 
exposed  on  Temple  Bar  with  an  insensate  brutality  and  ferocity 
worthy  of  Abyssinia  or  Ashantee. 

"Cramped  in  all  kinds  of  dim  cupboards  and  hatches  at 
Tellson's,  the  oldest -of  men  carried  on  the  business  gravely. 
When  they  took  a  young  man  into  Tellson's  London  House 
they  hid  him  somewhere  till  he  was  old.  They  kept  him  in  a 
dark  place,  like  a  cheese,  until  he  had  the  full  Tellson  flavor 
and  blue-mould  upon  him.  Then  only  was  he  permitted  to 
be  seen,  spectacularly  poring  over  large  books,  and  casting  his 
breeches  and  gaiters  into  the  general  weight  of  the  establish- 
ment" 

Child  &  Co.  had  a  branch  house  in  Paris,  with  the  accounts 
of  the  noblesse  which  were  transferred  to  London  during  the 
revolution,  together  with  their  valuables,  to  be  used  to  eke  out 
a  miserable  existence,  or  to  to  be  settled  smis  compte  rendu  par 
Les  Etats  executifs^  the  guillotine. 

The  Marygold  became  the  headquarters  of  the  Emegrh  during 
the  reign  of  terror,  and  its  secret  couriers  were  constantly  pass- 
ing between  the  two  cities.  So  great  was  the  crowd  anxious  to 
get  the  latest  news  from  Paris,  that  bulletins  were  posted  in  its 
windows  giving  the  names  of  the  daily  victims  of  the  guillo- 
tine. 

The  banking  firm  retain  many  old  time  usages,  probably  in- 
herited from  their  ancestors,  the  goldsmiths.  They  call  their 
front  office  "  the  shop,"  and  that  in  the  rear,  where  the  ledgers 
are  kept,  "  the  counting  house,"  where  they  "  cast  up  the  shop  " 
once  a  year.  Use  cheques  written  (never  printed), on  paper  bear- 
ing their  trade-mark,  the  Marygold,  in  its  water  mark.  They 
adhere  to  the  good  old  fashioned  rule  now  too  little  practiced, 
of  advancing  their  clerks  by  seniority  and  merit,  and  eventu- 
ally admitting  them  as  partners. 

The  firm  has  usually  consisted  of  a  head  and  five  or  six  act- 
ive partners,  restricted,  as  a  rule,  to  one  of  a  family  at  a  time, 
but  open  to  hereditary  succession,  other  things  being  equal.  A 
member  of  the  Child  family  has  always  succeeded  to  the  firet 
position,  and  the  gaps  made  by  time  among  other  partners  have 
been  filled  from  the  well  seasoned  stock  of  head  clerks,  selected 
in  the  sapling  and  cat-efully  bred  in  the  soil  favorable  to  the 


46      SKETCHES  AND  INCIDENTS  OF  THE  ENGLISH  FAMILIES. 

best  growth.  This  selection  and  survival  of  the  fittest,  together 
with  inherited  conservativeness,  seems  to  have  been  favorable 
to  longevity.  Eight  head  partners  of  four  generations,  presided 
from  ir)63  to  1867.  The  last  was  of  the  fou-th  from  the  first 
Sir  Francis  Child,  while  he  was  of  the  sixth  generation  from 
his  contemporary,  VereFane,  third  Earl  o"f  Westmoreland,  who 
opened  an  account  with  their  bank  in  1678.  During  these  two 
centuries  there  were  about  fifty  active  partners,  with  an  average 
tenure  of  about  thirty  years,  and  nearly  as  many  more  as  clerks. 
There  were  three  John  Wormalds,  father,  son  and  grandson, 
partnei-s  in  the  firm  collectively  eighty -nine  ^''ears,  and  clerks 
ninety-four  years.  The  last  died  in  1874,  having  been  taken 
ill  on  the  sixtieth  anniversary^ of  the  day  he  began  his  appren- 
ticeship. Eiilph  and  George  Addison  averaged  about  the  same 
time  as  partners,  and  Robert  Dent  was  a  partner  forty- three 
3'ears. 

The  exceptional  prosperity  and  contiuuitj'  of  this  banking 
firm  is  largely  due  to  the  wisdom  and  forethought  with  which 
the  first  Sir  Francis  Child  laid  its  broad  foundations.  The  con- 
sensus that  he  evolved  and  the  remarkable  clauses  that  he  in- 
serted in  his  will,  together  with  their  innate  conservativeness, 
have  enabled  his  descendants  to  conduct  a  large  and  increasing 
,  business  successfully  through  the  perturbations  of  two  centuri^ 
and  more.  This  is  probabl}'  an  unique  instance  of  a  vocation 
having  descended  from  one  generation  to  the  next,  without  a 
consanguinal  break,  in  the  ^^'^me  building,  for  more  than  two 
hundred  yeai-s ! 

"  Within  that  time  how  many  an  empire  hoar 
And  young  republic  flushed  with  wealth  and  war 
Alike  hath  changed  the  ermine  for  the  shroud." 

The  first  Sir  Francis  Child  was  a  careful,  shrewd  man  of 
affairs,  conservative  in  many  things,  but  the  originator  of  many 
of  the  maxims  and  forms  of  modern  banking.  That  he  was  a 
man  of  little  political  or  religious  bias,  is  shown  by  his  popu- 
larity with  men  differing  widely  on  these  subjects.  His  old 
ledgers  show  that  he  had  the  accounts  of  Oliver  Cromwell, 
Charles  IL,  his  queen,  his  mother,  his  ministers,  his  mistresses, 
his  natural  sons,  the  Dukes  of  Richmond  and  Monmouth,  his 
brother,  James  IL,  William  and  Mary,  and  the  leading  men  of 
their  several  reigns.     The  Middlesex  and  London  Arcluoologi- 


SKETCHES  AND  INCIDKNTS  OF  THE  ENGLISH  FAMILIES.      47 

cal  Society  published  a  list,  in  1875,  of  some  scores  of  noblemen 
and  leading  men  who  opened  iiecounts  with  his  bank  previous 
to  17nO,  whose  descendants  are  still  keepirtg  their  bank  aecouiits 
there.  Among  the  many  valuable  autographs  and  relics  pre- 
served in  the  bank  is  a  cheque  drawn  by  the  Duke  of  Bolton 
to  the  order  of,  and  endorsed  by  the  notorious  Titus  Oats;  one 

lior 

signed  ''  Ellen  X  Gwin/'a  bond  signed  by  four  dukes  and  eai'ls 

mark 

agreeing  to  pay  her  indebtedness  to  the  firoi,  by  overdrawing 
her  account  £0,000,  after  deducting  her  plate,  14,400  ounces 
turned  in;  Dn  Hurreirs  receipt  ''in  full  for  all  remedies  mid 
medicines  delivered  to  Miss  Ellen  Gwin,  deceased/'  dated  1699, 
twelve  years  after  her  exit;  a  cheque  for  £200,  payable  *'  upon 
producing  and  delivering  to  them,  the  Kings  pardon  to  James 
Ho<:*per  for  high  treason ;"  an  autograph  note  of  the  Duke  of 
Leeds,  dated  1H94,  pmying  '^lis  very  good  friend,  Sir  Francis 
Child,  goldsmith,  neare  Ternple  Bar/'  'Ho  subscribe  foure  thou- 
sand pounds  for  meeto  the  stock  of  the  Bank  of  England,"  then 
forming;  a  school  receipt  dated  ltJ85,  for  £2.18.5  tuition  for 
his  sons  Robert  and  John  at  a  private  school,  wiiich  small  sum 
includes  their  books,  ''a  Cato  and  Corderius,  a  Horace,  a  Livyi 
a  Cornelius  Nepos,  and  a  French  master;"  another  for  £2.5.10 
for  JohUj  including  the  above  and  '^dinners  for  ten  weeks  less 
five  holidays."  His  son  James'  bill  for  1702,  including  '*  books, 
light,  fire,  etna  eh  hire,  pocket  money,  glove--^,  mending  clothes, 
cutting  hair,  tuition,  pole  money,  and  full  board  for  six  months" 
was  £12.2.6;  another,  including  all  the  above  and  ^*tlie  board 
and  expenses  of  a  private  tutor,  writing,  Frencli  and  dancing 
masters,  powder,  oyl  and  church  dues/'  £23.16,8, 

There  is  a  spirited  cancature  by  Hogarth,  extant,  of  the  Duch- 
ess of  Marlbom*  as  she  appeared  at  the  bank,  Temple  Bar,  fol- 
lowed by  porters  carrying  the  most  remarkable  articles  of  silver 
and  gold  plate  which  she  had  hastily  collected,  on  hearing  of  a 
threatened  run  on  Child's  bank,  to  tide  them  over.  During  a 
panic  in  1663,  Pepys*'  says:  *'I  cannot  have  my  two  hundred 
pieces  of  gold  again  for  silver,  all  being  bought  up  last  night 
that  were  to  be  had,  and  sold  for  twenty-four  and  tw^enty-five 
shillings,  so  I  must  keep  my  silver  by  ma"  Forgetting  that 
similar  acts  had  brought  the  ^*grey  crowned  head"  of  his  father 

■•  Pepys*  Diary. 


SKETCHED  XSl)  INCIDENTS  OF  THB  BXaLfSH  FAMILIES 


to  the  block,  Charles  II.  treacherously  closed  the  exchequer  in 
1672,  entailing  ruin*  bankruptcy  and  want  upon  all  classes^  es- 
pecially the  goldsmiths^  who  had  large  amounts  deposited  there, 
and  among  them  Alderman  Back  well,  of  *'  the  Grasshopper/' 
Lombard  street,  to  whom  the  Crown  owed  £296,OCiO.  After 
great  distress,  tbe  King  issueil  six  per  cenL  annuity  bonds  to 
Backwell  and  others,  but  repudiated  them  before  any  interest 
was  paid,  and  Backwell  died  in  prison.  After  many  years, 
William  III.  reinstated  those  debts  which  Charles*  prodigality 
bad  cauised,  and  this  was  the  beginning  of  the  present  public 
debt  of  England.  A  late  number  of  the  British  Review  naively 
remarks,  that  "'Barbara  Villiei-s  was  the  foundation  of  this  public 
debt/' 

After  Alderman  Backwells  failure, his  son  married  u  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  Francis  Child^  and  became  a  partner  in  that  bank, 
taking  his  books  and  valuable  accounts  with  him,  many  ol 
whidi  are  still  on  their  booka  **  Sir  Francis  acted  as  messen- 
ger and  banker  of  tbe  lottery  of  Prince  Rupert's  jewels^  valued 
at  £20,000,  at  which  the  King  himself  took  part,  counting  out 
tbe  tickets  among  the  lords  and  ladies.''  *'  There  was  much 
jealousy  and  rivalry  between  Child  k  Co.  and  the  Bank  of  Eng- 
land. Previous  to  the  establishment  of  the  latter,  the  former 
had  found  it  popular  and  lucrative  to  issue  notes  of  circulation, 
which  privilege  the  bank^s  charter  took  fmm  them,  within  sixly- 
tive  miles  of  London.  They  then  put  their  certificates  of  de- 
posit into  circulation,  which  soon  commanded  a  premium,  while 
the  notes  of  the  bank  were  at  a  discount  Stung  by  this,  and 
to  retaliate,  the  l>ank  secretly  Iwught  up  a  large  amount  of  their 
certificates,  hoping  to  break  Child  &  Co.  by  presenting  them  all 
at  once*  Hearing  of  this,  the  latter  applied  to  their sui-e  friend, 
the  TJuehess  of  Marllioro',  who  loaneil  them  £700,000  in  a 
single  chef[ue  on  the  Bank  of  England.  Holding  this  until  the 
ct*rtificates  were  presented,  a  preconcerted  signal  caused  a  clerk 
to  draw  the  bills  for  it.  and  return  with  thera  long  before  the 
cool  headed  banker  had  summed  up  the  total  of  the  certificates, 
when  lie  \mA  them  off  with  the  bills.  He  was  able  to  buy 
them  the  next  day  (to  pay  the  Duchess  back),  at  a  large  dis- 
count*" Some  time  after  this,  Sir  Francis  attempted  to  break 
the  bank,  by  refusing  publicly  to  receive  its  notes ;  not  succeed- 

*•  Londoh  Gaietk.  Dec,  3.  1083.         *'  Francis'  Hist,  Bauk  of  England- 


.aPL£TOHSS  ANIi  INCn>BNT8  OF  THE  ENOLiBH  FAMILIKf?. 

ing  in  this,  he  essayed  to  effect  it  by  their  own  device,  quietly 
collecting  £100,000  of  their  billi=  and  demaiidinp:  their  redemp 
tion ;  they  tided  over  this  by  paying  out  only  sixpences,  mis- 
Gounting,  and  keeping  their  counlers  thronged  by  their  own 

^^prvants,  who  retiunied  the  silver  privately  to  the  bank  after 

Nbaiiriiig  it. 

Sir  Francis  was  arraigned  in  parliament,  of  which  he  was 
then  a  member,  for  injuring  the  government  and  helping  its 
enemies,  by  trying  to  break  the  Bank  of  England/'  He  uurried 
it  off  with  a  high  hand,  saying  every  *'  tub  must  stand  on  its  own 
bottom/'  or  fall.  This  rivalry  and  warfare  was  ke]:«t  up  for  half 
a  centuryi  and  long  after  the  lii^st  and  second  Sir  Francis  were 

I  dead.  In  the  year  (1745)  that  the  Stewarts  made  their  last, 
most  brilliant,  aiid  almost  successful  attempt  to  recover  the 
crown  of  their  ancestor,  under  the  guidance  of  the  youthful  and 
comely  Charles  Edward,  the  notes  of  the  Bank  of  England  were 
at  a  fearful  discounts     **The  directors,  alarmed  at  the  great  de* 

I  preciation  of  their  paj^er,  and  attributing  it  to  the  high  estima- 

I  tion  in  which  the  house  of  Child  &  Co.  still  remained,  attempt- 
ed, by  very  unfair  arti flees,  to  ruin  tlieir  reputiitiou/*  But  like 
that  of  the  Pretender,  the  assault  ended  in  strengthening  the 

'  assailed.  Smites'"  says  that  when  the  Duke  of  Bridgewater  be- 
came embarrassed  in  the  construction  of  his  great  canal,  in  1760, 
**  taking  the  road  to  the  city  on  horseback,  attended  only  by  his 
groom,  to  try  what  could  be  done  with  his  London  bankers, 
Child  k  Co.,  Temple  Bar,  then  the  principal  banking  house  in 
the  metropolis,  as  it  is  the  oldest,  and  where  most  of  the  aristo- 
cratic families  kept  their  accouots."  He  elTeeted  a  loan  on  hy- 
pothecating the  revenues  of  the  canal,  that  enabled  him  to  com- 
plete it. 

The  first  Sir  Francis  Child  was  a  man  of  great  executive 
ability^  public  spiritj  and  benevolence.  Besides  conducting  his 
busiiiess  through  four  rather  panicy  reigns,  with  much  sngacity 
and  success,  discounting  revohrtions,  holding  the  '* sinews '  arid 
patronage  of  whig  or  tory  alike,  he  held  respectively  the  officer 
of  alderman,  high  sheriff,  colonel  of  the  honorable  artillery 
company,"  and  lord  mayor  of  London.'"  He  i*epresented  the 
city  in  Queen  Anne's  first  parliament,""  and  was  president  and 
••  Fmneis*  Hij<L.  of  Bank  of  Englttnd.  "  IhifJ, 

""*  Lives  of  th»*  Enpnoers-  '^  Hii^hiiioro,  "'  I.  B,  Firih. 

^»  Falkficr*s  Uht,  FtiJkner,  &<•, 


SKEl'CHES  A>'D  INCIDEHTS  OP  TRE  ENGLISH  PAMILTEa 


a  large  benefactor  of  Christ's  Hospital,  rebiiikltng  the  ward  over 
the  east  cloisters/'  which  bears  a  marble  tablet  inscribed  '^Annc 
17^5.  This  ward  was  rebuilt  at  the  sole  charge  of  Sir  Francii 
Child.  Knt,  soaie  time  lord  mayor,  aud  now  president  of  thi 
house.'*  '*  Fall  length  portraits  of  Sir  Franris,  and  his  son  SB 
Francis,  who  was  also  president  of  the  institution  and  lor 
mayor  of  London,  adorn  the  centre  of  the  great  hall,  opposil 
to  the  fine  portrait  of  its  founden  Edward  YL'* 

Sir  Francis  purchased  the  ningnilicent  est^ite^  Osterly  Hous 
in  1711,  but  died,  two  years  later,  without  occupying  it,  in 
mansion  which  he  built,  called  East  End  House.  The  ^'Beac 
ties  of  England  and  Wales"  has  a  fine  view  of  Osterl}^  Houa 
Sir  Fmncis  had  ihi-ee  brothers:  Daniel,  who  lived  wrth  him,  at 
Parson's  Green ;  Edward,  who  lived  at  Burghley,  and  John, 
I>evizes,  and  twelve  sons  arid  three  daughteiu  Sir  Robert,  S| 
Fmncis  and  Sir  Samuel  succeeded  their  inlher  puri-passu  as  he 
of  the  banking  house.  Stephen  Child  foundefl  a  separate  banl 
ing  house  previous  to  1718,  under  the  name  of  Stephen  Child 
Co.j  which  has  been  doing  business  ever  since  at  the  *'Crown|^ 
near  Popes  Head  Alley,  under  varying  titles,  but  as  Willis, 
Percival  &  Co.  for  several  genemtion8,and  hfus  had  dealings  at 
an  open  account  with  Child  &:  Co.  for  one  hundred  and  sixty-si^ 
years,  as  shown  by  their  books."  John  was  a  clerk  in  his  fath 
ers  bank,  where  the  following  undertaker's  bill  is  still  preserve 
''  For  the  burial  of  John  Child  of  the  Marvgold,  Esq.,  in  the 
vault  of  the  Temple  Church,  February,  1702,''  total,  £6.10.00 
of  which  the  principal  items  are  ^*  for  candles  for  the  church, 
XCl2.r>;"  '4or  the  six  bearers  in  gowns,  £2,0.0,"  George  was 
in  holy  ordera;  Thomas  a  merchant;  James  and  William  died 
early,  and  were  buried  in  Falbani  cluircliyard,  with  their  fathc 
and  sister  Martha,  who  married  A.  Collins ;  Jane  died  yoaiij 
and  Elizabeth  married  Tyrringhani  Backwell  who  became 
partner  in  Child's  bank,  as  did  his  two  sons,  Barnaby  and  WilliaE 
what  became  of  Leonard  and  the  other  two  sons,  is  not  knowj 

The  eldest  son,  Robert,  as  has  been  said,  succeeded  his  fath4 
as  head  of  the  firm ;  he  was  also  alderman,  and  colonel  of  the 
honorable  artillery  company,  and  was  one  of  the  four  citizens 
m  his  accession,  in  17 14-,  in  compliment 


igh 


George 


^*  Trollop's  Hist.  Christ's  HospiUl. 
'"  Allen 'i<  Hist,  of  London. 


^*  Jhid, 
"Priee. 


SKETCHES  ANH  INCIDENTS  OF  THE  ENOIJSH  FAMILIES,      51 


to  the  city  of  London/*  yet  he  paid,  according  to  his  cash  book 
of  25th  Septeuiber,  **£86.11.6  for  the  honor  of  knighthood/' 
lie  was  the  first  of  the  family  who  resided  at  Osterly^  where  he 
died  without  issue,  in  1721,  and  where  his  portrait,  by  Miehael 
Dahl,  can  be  seen.  His  next  brother,  Francis,  alderman  1721, 
high  sheriff  1722,  lord  nriayor  and  baronet  1732,  president 
Christ  Hospital,  or  "blue  coat  school*'  1727-1740;  member  of 
parliament  (or  the  city,  and  director  in  the  East  India  Company, 
lived  at  Osterly,  to  which  he  added  Northall,  in  1726,  at  a  cost 
of  £19,501,  and  died  there,  in  1740,  Full  length  portraits  of 
himself  and  his  father,  both  in  the  robes  of  lorf  maj^or,  may  be 
seen  there.'* 

He  was  succeeded  as  liead  of  the  bank  and  at  Osterley  by 
his  younger  brother,  Sir  Samuel  Child,  bamnet  and  member 
of  parliament.  He  lived  in  Lincoln  s  Inn  Field,  and  married 
Miss  Agatha  Rlgar,  by  w^hom  he  had  two  sons,  Francis  and 
Bobert,,  and  a  daughter.  There  is  a  beautiful  groop  of  these 
thiee  children  at  Osterley,  by  Dandridge,  and  also  of  Sir  Sam- 
uel and  Lady  Child,  by  L  Vanderbank.  Sir  Samuel  was  sue- 
ceeded  as  head  of  the  firm  at  his  death,  in  l75*i,  by  his  widow* 
Mrs.  Agatha  Child,  until  her  decease  in  1763,  when  lier  eldest 
son,  Fmncis,  took  her  placa  He,  however,  died  the  same  year, 
leaving  two  of  his  partner's,  Devon  and  Lovelace,  £20,000  each, 
and  .£20  each  to  their  seven  clerks  for  mourning.  It  is  remark- 
able that,  under  the  good  old  rule  of  the  house,  all  these  seven 
clerks  became  partners  in  the  firm  within  the  next  twenty-seven 
yeais,  the  youngest  reaching  that  goal  in  1790.  Francis  Child 
iji-as  a  man  of  cultivated  taste  and  refined  discrimination.  He 
expended  large  sums  in  rebuilding  Osterley  House  in  1760,*" 
preserving  the  ancient  ground  plan  generally,  but  covering  the 
square  court  in  front  by  a  spacious  portico,  and  changing  Oster- 
ley chapel,  where  the  beautiful  Anne  Waller  was  married  to 
Sir  Philip  Harcourt,  in  1601,  into  the  present  servants'  hall." 
He  purchased  a  fine  painting,  by  Rubens,  in  Holland;  which 
ornameDts  the  grand  staircase;  subject,  "The  Apotheosis  of 
William  I,  Prince  of  Orange,'* 

Osterley  Manor,  according  to  Lyson,  was  a  line  old  i>laee  in 
Edward  First's  reign,  in  the  thirteenth  century.     Having  be- 


^*  Allen's  Hist,  of  Ijojidon. 
*•  Lypon*s  Environs  of  London. 


*  Lyson. 
'  Lyson. 


52      SKETCHES  AND  IKCIDENTS  UF  THE  ExNGLISH  FAMILIES- 


longed  to  the  convents  of  Sheen  and  of  Sion,  it  reverted  toth 
Crowu  on  the  suppression  of  the  monasteries,  and  Wiis  grant 
successively  to  the  Marquis  of  Exeter  and  the  Duke  of  Some 
set,  and  was  forfeited  by  both  oq  their  attainders,"   Coming  int^» 
the  possession  of  Sir  Thomas  Gresham,  the  founder  of  the  Royi 
Exchange,  he  enclosed  the  park,  rebuilt  the  Miuior  House,  an 
entertained  Queen  EHzabcth  there  in  1578  most  sumptnousljj 
The  Queen  having  remarked  tliiit  the  great  court  *'  would  Ic 
handsomer  if  divided  bj'  a  wall  in  tlte  centre/'  Sir  Thomas,  whe 
the  Queen  retired  for  the  night,  procured  workmen  from 
don  and  hail  the  wall  built  before  she  rose  in  the  morning 
Eesult,  a  jmn,  that  it  was  '*  no  wonder  that  a  man  who  coul 
build  a  'Change  could  change  a  building^'  '*     Like  iinto  **  rain 
water  sherry/'  one  wondei-s  how  such  a  weak  pun  could  faai^H 
been  preserved  so  long.  ^^ 

Osterley  House  stands  in  the  centre  of  a  fine  park  of  three 
hundretl  and  fifty  acres.     It  is  140  by  117  feet     ''The  interic 
which  is  fitted  up  with  great  taste  and  magnificence,  was 
ished  by  Robert  Child,  who  succeeded  to  his  brother  Fmnc 
estates  in  17*>3/'*''     The  most  remarkable  of  the  rooms  are 
noble  gallery,  130  feet  in  height,  (sic)  containing  a  good  coUe 
tioo  of  pictures  by  the  old  masters,  and  some  valuable  portrai! 
^^  The  state  bedroom,  very  magnificently  furnished,  and  a  dij 
ing  r<:K>m  hnng  with  beautiful  tapestry,  procured  at  a  great 
pense  from  the  Gobelins  manufactory  in  1775.""'     *'The  libr 
contains  a  large  and  most  valuable  collection  of  books,  of  which 
there  is  a  printed  catalogue,  drawn  up  by  Dn  Morell,  in  1771 

Robert  Child  succeeded  his  brother  as  head  of  the  lirui,  ai! 
amasse<l  the  largest  private  fortune  of  the  eighteenth  century. 
He  sold  his  house  in  Lincoln's  Inn  Field,  and  purchased  tlij 
of  the  Duke  of  Mauche^ter,  in  Berkley  square,  in  17*>7, 
£10,500.     This  is  still  the  town  re^iidence  of  the  family.     With 
all  his  magnificent  expenditures,  he  was  a  close,  penurious  ma 
He  once  asked  Sheridan^  who  lived  neighbor  at  Osterley, 
write  him  a  sermon*     He  took  for  his  text,  '*  A  Rich  Ma 
and  described  his  neighbor's  (the  bankers)  characteristic  foil 
so  accurately,  that  it  was  patent  to  every  one  whom  the  subj€ 
of  the  discourse  was  intended  for.     He  married  Sarah,  daughter 


■*  Lvsoti. 


"  Wolton*s  English  Baronets, 
»  Lvson.  ^  Ibid. 


Ibid 


SKETCHES  AND  INClDENTt^  OF  THE  EXaLISH  FAMILIES.       53 


of  Gilbert  and  Mary  (Craddock)  lodrell,  of  Ankerwicke  Pri- 
ory/' (This  Priory,  on  the  banks  of  the  Tlmmes,  wjis  the 
refage  of  King  John  the  night  before  he  was  compelled  to  sign 
Magna-Charta  of  Runoymede.)  Their  only  child,  Sarah  Anne, 
eloped  from  her  fathers  house  in  Berkley  square  on  the  night 
of  the  17th  January,  17S2,  with  John  Fane,  tenth  Earl  of 
Westmoreland,  eausing  a  great  sensation  at  the  time.  Her 
father  took  post-chaiae  and  pressed  the  lovers  so  closely  in 
Northamptonshire,  '*  that  the  Earl  was  obliged  to  stand  up  in  his 
carriage  and  shoot  the  leading  horse  of  the  pursuers,  capsizing 
the  vehicle,  thereby  causing  a  delay  that  enabled  the  level's  to 
reach  Gretna  Green  and  be  married  by  the  blacksmith  before 
the  father  arrived.""  The  incensed  father  never  forgave  his 
daughter,  but  disinherited  her  and  debarred  her  right  of  succes* 
sion  to  the  firui,  bequeathing  that  valuable  rigfit  and  his  im- 
mense estates  to  her  eldest  daughter.  He  died  within  the  year, 
when  his  widow,  Mrs.  Sarah  Child,  succeeded  him  as  head  of 
the  firm.  She  subsequently  married  Lord  Ducie,  who  signed 
the  balance  sheet  with  her  on  the  *^  casting  up  of  the  shop,"  in 
1791,  and  receipted  for  her  at  her  death,  in  171)3,  from  which 
time  to  the  majority  of  her  granddaughter,  Tjady  Sophia  Child 
Fane,  in  1806,  the  headship  of  the  firm  was  held  in  abeyance 
for  the  first  time. 

Lady  Ducie  was  an  accomplished  artist,  and  many  of  her 
paintings  are  to  be  found  at  Osterley,  where  she  continued  to 
live.  There  are  to  1>e  seen  there  several  paintings  of  her,  and  a 
joint  one  of  her  as  Lady  Ducie  and  her  daughter,  the  Countess 
of  Westmoi-eland ;  and  also  several  of  Robert  Cliild:  one  by 
Romney,  which  is  considered  his  best  work.  He  is  commem- 
orated by  a  fine  monument  of  white  marble  in  the  south  chan- 
cel of  Hesttin  Church,  near  Osterley,  designed  by  Adams,  archi- 
tect 

The  Earl  of  Westmoreland  was  of  the  fifth  generation  from 
Vere  Fane  3d  Earl,  who  opened  an  account  with  his  contempo- 
rary, the  first  Sir  Francis,  in  lt>78,  which  account  he  still  kept 
open.  He  was  dining  with  Hubert  Child  at  the  bank,  Temple 
Bar,  a  few  days  before  the  elopement,  when  he  asked  the  banker 
confidentially  what  ha  would  do  **  if  he  was  in  love  with  a  girl^ 

•*  Lyson's  Beau  Lies  of  Buckinghamshire. 
'^London  Gaiette,  July,  17H2. 


54      SKETCHES  AXD  INCIDENTS  OF  THE  ENGLISH  FAMILIES. 


whose  parents,  he  had  good  reason  for  believing,  would  nc 
consent  to  the  marriage/'  and  was  answered,  '*run  away  witj 
befi  of  course/'  the  banker  little  thinking  thai  **the  girl^  was 
his  own  daughter.  She  had  one  son,  John,  the  eleventh  Earlj 
who  married  Priseilla  Ann  Wellasley,  neioe  of  the  great  Dul 
of  Wellington,  and  sister  of  the  fifth  Earl  of  Mornington,  wl 
married  Catherine^  daughter  of  Sir  James  Tylney  Long,  ar 
great  granddaughter  of  Sir  Josiah  Child/"  and  three  daughter 
the  second  of  whom  married  Earl  Morey,  and  for  her 
husband  Sir  Arthur  Paget;  and  the  third  married  the  Ea« 
of  Bessborough.  The  eldest  daughter,  Lad}^  Sophia  Child  Fane 
became  the  head  of  the  firm  of  Child  &  Co.  at  her  majoritj 
March,  4,  1806.  When  they  ''cast  up  the  shop,"  as  they  stU 
term  it,  the  head  of  the  firm  visits  their  counting  housei  exac 
ines  and  signs  the  '^balance  sheet/'  concurrently  with  all  tl 
partnem,  and  afterwards  dines  with  them  in  the  old  Sugar  ' 
dining  room,  up  one  flight  of  stairs,  at  the  Marygold- 

Ori  the  occasion  of  Lady  Sophias  assuming  her  hereditary 
position  at  the  head  of  the  table  and  firrn^  a  full-length  }>ortrai« 
of  her,  by  Sir  Thomas  Laurence,  was  placed  over  the  Eliza- 
bethan chimney  piece  of  the  old  dining  roon),  where  it  hassinee^ 
remained,  and  the  old-time  day  of  reckoning  changed  iron 
October  3d  to  March  4th,  in  honor  of  her  birthday.     This  sli| 
of  Gretna  Green  proved  of  thoroughbred  tissue.     She  preside 
longest  of  any  of  her  blocjd — sixty-one  years.     She  became ; 
reigning  beauty  of  the  Court  of  George  IV.,  ^'succeeded  bj 
bequest  t^^  the   immense   fortune  of   her  grandfather,  Rober 
Child,  and  married  George  Villiei's,  fifth  Earl  of  Jersey,  who 
was  twice  lord  chamberlain  of  George  lY.,  and  twice  master  o| 
horse  to  Victoria."     He  was  enabled,  by  act  of  parliament, 
assume  the  additional    arms  and  surname  of  Child,  in  1815 
He  dieil  in  1859.'"     Issue:  George  Augustus  Frederick  Child-= 
Villiers,  sixth  Earl  of  Jersey;  Augustus  John,  who  married 
daughter  of  Viscount  Keith  ;  F.  W.  Chi  Id- Villiei's,  who  marric 
a  sister  of  the  Earl  of  Athlone  ;  Francis  and  three  daughters^! 
one  of  whom  married  Prince  Esterhazy.     George,  sixth  Earl^ 
iniirried  a  daughter  of  the  late  Sir  Robert  Peel,  and  predeceas 
his  mother,  who  was  succeeded  as  head  of  the  firm,  at  her  death 
in  1867,  by  his  eldest  son,  Victor  Albert  George  Villiers-ChildJ 
•*  Burke's  Peerage.  •"  Burke's  Peerage. 


SKETCHES  AND  INCIDENTS  OF  THE  ENGLISH  FAMILIES.      56 

seventh  Earl  of  Jersey,  who  married  a  daughter  of  Lord  Leigh, 
of  Stone  Leigh,  and  has  a  son,  Henry  George  Child-Villiers, 
bom  1873,  who  is  heir-apparent  to  his  father  s  position  as  head 
of  the  family  and  Child  &  Co.'s  bank.  The  present  Earl  was 
bom  in  1845,  educated  at  Eton  and  Oxford ;  is  Baron  Hoo  and 
Viscount  Grandison,  Magistrate  for  Oxen,  Lord  of  Middleton 
Park,  Bicester,  and  Osterley  Park,  Hounslow,  where  he  has 
countiy  seats,  and  resides  in  Berkley  square,  city.  He  is  a 
direct  descendant  of  several  noble  families,  who  opened  accounts 
with  his  great  ancestor.  Sir  Erancis  Child,  previous  to  1700, 
and  of  Edward  Villiers,  Governor  of  Ireland,  father  of  the 
beautiful  Barbara  Villiers,  mistress  of  Charles  IL,  Duchess  of 
Cleveland,  Countess  of  Castlemaine,  who  kept  an  account  with 
Child  &  Co.,  and  whose  autograph  cheque  that  firm  still  hold, 
beginning,  '*  Pray  paye  Fifty  Ginneys  to  berer,"  dated  1689, 
and  of  the  lineage  of  the  Earls  of  Bridgewater,  Derby,  Cumber- 
land, descendants  of  the  Duke  of  Suffold,  who  married  Mary, 
sister  of  Henry  VIIL,  through  whom  he  has  the  right  to  quar- 
ter the  royal  arms. 

If  any  apology  is  due  for  the  prominence  given  to  the  com- 
mercial relations  of  the  family  herein  imperfectly  sketched,  it 
may  be  found  in  the  fact  that  it  was  eminently  a  commercial 
family  ;  that  its  members  were  potent  factors  in  the  establish- 
ment of  an  importixnt  commercial  colony,  now  grown  to  be  a 
great  political  empire,  with  hundreds  of  millions  of  subjects, 
and  the  founders  and  are  the  managers  of  the  first  and  now  the 
oldest  bank  among  English-speaking  people ;  that  these  rela- 
tions have  been  the  prime  source  of  wealth  and  eminence,  and 
are  so  interwoven  with  its  history  that  if  less  accentuated  this 
article  would  have  been  more  imperfect 

Note. — The  writer  of  the  above  sketch  is  indebted  for  many 
of  the  incidents  of  the  family  and  bank  to  an  article  thereon 
written  by  a  present  member  of  the  firm  of  Child  &  Co.,  F. 
Hilton  Price,  and  published  in  the  proceedings  of  the  London 
and  Middlesex  Archaeological  Society,  for  1875. 

Addison  Child. 


56      SKETCHES  AND  INCIDENTS  OF  THE  ENGLISH  FAMILIE?^ 

Some  fragmentary  items  of  various  persons  of  the  name  ; 
herewith  given.    One  is  a  metrical  account  of  an  affaire  de  ceou 
published  some  years  ago  in  England,  which  I  found  in  %h 
**  Book  of  Days."     In  the  same  book  was  found  the  item  in  re- 
gard to  Lady  Child     These  are  of  an  amusing  character. 

In  1750^  Charles  Baldwin  marrie<l  a  daughter  of  Sir  William 
Lacon  Childe,  and  assumed  the  name  and   arms  of   Childe. 
Their  present  representative  is  William  Lacon  Childe,  of  Shrc 
shire.     Symonijs'  Diary  says  that,  ''Charles  L  encamped 
Childley,  an  ancient  house  near  Oxford  ;  also  at  Childton,  near 
Hungerford,  in  1644,  and  in  1645  at  ChildX  Wiekham,  Gloa'^ 
tersliire.  fl 

John  Child  was  in  the  secTOt  service  of  Charles  XL  and 
James  II.,  and  was  sent  by  the  latter  to  St  Christopher's  as 
chaplain,  in  1685.  He  may  have  been  the  son  of  Sir  Fr 
Child  of  London,  who  died  in  1703. 

BowLANB  Davis  speaks  of  William  of  Orange  lodgin'g" 
Child's  house  at  Cullen,  near  Tipperary,  Ireland,  in  1690, 

From  the  Book  of  Days  we  quote:    ''Dr.  Plott  in  his  Na 
ural  nistory  of  Shropshire,  1686,  gives  many  instances  of  cen 
tenarians  of  his  time/'     After  citing  some  of  these,  he  says! 
*'  This  is  much  the  same  that  Zuingerus   reports  of   a  nobh 
matron  of  the  family  of  Dolburger,  the  archbishop  of  Ment 
who  could  thus  speak  to  her  daughter: 

**(l)  Mater  ait  (2)  natar.  Die  (3)  nalur,  Filia,  (4)  Haiam 
Ut  move^,  (5)  natar  ftangert  [%)filiolamr 

That  is,  the  **  Mother  said  \o  her  daughter,  daughter,  bii 
thy  daughter  tell  her  daughter  that  her  daughter's  daught 
cries!"  He  adduces  as  jiroof  how  far  tliis  case  is  from  beii 
difficult  of  belief T  that  a  Lady  Child  of  Shropshire,  being  ma 
ried  at  twelve^  her  fii^t  child  wa^i  born  before  she  was  compleU 
thirteen :  this  being  repeated  in  the  second  generation,  Ladjj 
Child  found  herself  a  grandmother  at  haenty -seven.  At 
same  rate  she  miglit  have  been  a  beldam*^  at  sixty  six,  and  ha 
slie  reached  one  hundred  and  twenty,  as  has  been  done  bjj 
othei's,  it  was  possible  that  nine  generations  might  have 
isted  together."  It  will  be  found  that  Lady  Child  of  Shrop-' 
shire,  is  not  the  only  matron  in  the  Child  family  at  tht*  age  o£^ 

**  One  who  sees  the  sixth  genemtion. 


SKETCHES  AND  INCIDENTS  OF  THE  ENGLISH  FAMILIES.      57 

twelve^  as  feenjamin  Child,  son  of  the  emigrant  of  that  name, 
married  Grace  Morris  when  she  was  only  twelve.* 

In  this  same  Book  of  Days  we  find  an  extract  from  "  The 
Berkshire  Lady's  Gariand:"  *^  March  29th,  1679,  is  the  date  of 
a  baronetcy  conferred  on  a  Berkshire  gentleman,  William  Ken- 
rick  of  Whitley,  which,  however,  expired  with  the  second  gen- 
eration, about  the  close  of  the  century.  The  second  baronet  left 
his  property  to  an  only  daughter,  who  is  understood  to  have 
soon  after  disposed  of  herself  in  marriage,  in  a  very  extraordi- 
nary manner.  Tradition  and  a  contemporary  broadside  ballad 
concur  in  representing  this  young  gentlewoman  as  paid  court  to 
by  many,  but  refusing  all,  and  keeping  herself  disengaged,  until 
attending  a  wedding  at  Beading,  she  met  a  young  and  hand- 
some, bui  poor,  attorney,  named  Benjamin  Child,  with  whom 
she  fell  violently  in  love  on  the  spot  For  some  days  she  rea- 
soned with  herself  on  the  subject,  trying  to  shake  herself  free 
of  this  sudden  passion,  but  all  in  vain.  Then  feeling  that 
something  must  be  done,  but  unable,  from  confusion  of  mind, 
to  devise  a  proper  course,  she  took  the  extraordinary  course  of 
sending  the  yonng  man  a  letter,  demanding  satisfaction  for  in- 
juries she  alleged  he  had  inflicted  on  her,  and  appointing  time 
and  place  for  a  hostile  meeting.  Mr.  Child  was  much  surprised, 
and  quite  at  a  loss  to  conceive  who  the  challenger  could  be. 
By  the  advice  of  a  friend,  however,  he  resolved  to  attend. 
The  meeting  may  be  described  in  the  words  of  the  ballad : 

*  Early  on  a  summer*s  morning, 
When  bright  Phoebus  was  adorning 
Every  bower  with  his  beams, 
The  fair  lady  came,  it  seems. 

At  the  bottom  of  a  mountain. 
Near  a  pleasant  crystal  fountain. 
There  she  left  her  gilded  coach. 
While  the  grove  she  did  approach. 

Covered  with  her  mask  and  walking, 
There  she  met  her  lover,  talking — 
With  a  friend  that  he  had  brought. 
So  she  asked  him  whom  he  sought." 

"  1  am  challenged  by  a  gallant 
Who  resolves  to  try  my  talent, 
Who  he  is  I  cannot  say. 
But  I  hope  to  show  him  play." 

"It  is  I  that  did  invite  you; 

.  You  shall  wed  me,  or  I'll  fight  you 

*  An  error,  as  later  record  proves. 
£ 


58      SKETCREA  .IND  INCIDElSrTS  UF  THE  EXiiLLSH  FAMILIES. 

Underneath  these  s|>rPK!iii|^  tre^s; 
Wherefore'  finxjsc  from  whieh  you  pli*tt^. 

Vou  shall  Utitl  I  do  not  vapour j 
I  tirtve  j^ou;^hl  ray  trusty  nipitn*; 
Therefore  take  your  choice,'*  said  she: 
"Either  ftghtj  or  marry  aie!" 

Said  he,  '*Madam,  pray  what  mean  you? 
In  my  life  Fve  never  seen  you; 
Pray  unnmsk,  your  visage  shew 
Then  Fil  toll  you  aye  or  no." 

**  I  will  jiot  ray  face  uncover 
Till  the  raarriage  ties  are  over; 
Therefore  choose  you  which  vou  will, 
Wed  me,  sir,  or  try  your  skill. 

St^p  within  that  pleasant  bower 
AVith  your  friend  one  singles  hour; 
Strive  your  tlumghLs  la  reconcile, 
And  ril  wander  hert^  the  while/' 

Whik»  the  beauteous  lady  w»ii ted. 
The  young"  b*whelor  delmted 
What  was  hest  for  to  he  done, 
Quoth  his  friend,  '*Th<*  hazanl  run. 

If  my  judg^jiieut  can  be  truste<l» 
Wed'her  tin^t,  you  eau*t  be  worsted; 
If  she's  rich,  yonll  rise  to  famt\ 
If  fthe*s  [loor,  why  you're  the  same." 

ne  eoui^ented  to  be  married ; 
All  three  in  a  coich  were  t»arried 
To  a  cbun-h  wttlioul  delay, 
Where  he  weds  tlie  lady  gay. 

Thou^-h  siweet  pretty  cupid?  hov^^red 
Round  lier  eyes,  her  face  was  covered 
With  a  ma-k'»— he  took  her  thut?,    ' 
Jtisfc  *'  for  better  or  for  worse." 


Xow  he  clothed  in  rich  attire, 
Not  inferior  to  a  I^t|uire; 
Beauty,  honor,  riches'  sti>re, 
What  can  man  desire  more? 

The  ballad  goes  on  to  state  tliat  the  pair  went  in  her  coach 
the  lady's  elegant  mausion,  where  leaving  him  iu  a  ))arlor,  sh 
retired  to  di*ess  herself  in  her  finest  attire,  and  by-and-l>y  brob 
upon  his  vision,  as  a  young  nnrl  hnmlsome  woman,  ami  ]ii>  ile 
voted  wife. 

It  appears  that  Mr.  Child  t*juk  u  position  in  society  suiiabli 
to  the  fortune  thus  conferred  njion  bim,  and  was  high  sheriff  ' 
the  county,  in  ITH." 

**  Entire  ballad,  with  notes,  in  *' Ancient  Ballflds  and  Songs  of  the  Pe 
antry/*  edited  by  Robert  Bell,  1857, 


Of  the  Coat  of  Arms. 


That  a  Coat  of  Arms  should  be  represented  in  the  Geneal- 
ogy of  a  family  long  residing  in  a  republic,  may  to  some  seem 
incongruous ;  indeed  we  have  in  our  intercourse  with  this  wide- 
spread household,  found  those  who  have  expressed  more  than 
indifEerence  to  this  matter.  Those  who  think  highly  of  such 
memorials,  will  not  need  the  following  resume  of  the  original 
use  of  such  heraldic  devices,  but  we  believe  we  can  make  it 
apparent  that  if  we  are  truly  entitled  to  cherish  these  favors 
long  ago  conferred  upon  some  unknown  ancestor,  we  shall  find 
all,  eager  for  their  preservation.  I  shall  therefore  make  extracts 
from  Burke,  and  DeBrete,  (indisputable  and  well  known  au- 
thorities on  such  matters,)  and  from  a  very  admirable  little 
compilation,  by  Hugh  Clarke,  entitled  ''Introduction  to  Her- 
aldiy:" 

"  Heraldic  devices,  truly  so  called,  make  their  first  appear- 
ance in  Europe  in  the  middle  of  the  twelfth  century,  and  about 
one  hundred  years  later  we  find  Heraldry  a  science  in  high  re- 
pute, without  being  able  to  trace  its  intermediate  progress,  or 
discover  the  names  of  those  who  first  laid  down  its  laws,  or 
subsequently  promulgated  them.  The  earliest  Heraldic  docu- 
ment of  which  even  a  copy  has  come  down  to  us  is  a  Roll  of 
Arms,  that  is,  a  catalogue  of  armorial  bearings  of  the  Kings  of 
England,  and  the  principal  barons,  knights,  &c.,  in  the  reign  of 
Henry  Third,  and  from  internal  evidence,  supposed  to  have 
been  compiled  between  the  years  1240  and  1245."  In  the 
reign  of  Henry  Third  armorial  ensigns  became  hereditary, 
marks  of  cadency  distinguishing  various  members  of  a  family. 

The  use  of  arms  at  that  period  was  to  distinguish  persons  and 
property,  and  record  descent  and  alliance,  and  no  modern  in- 
vention has  been  found  to  supersede  it  Only  the  members  of 
a  particular  family  can  lawfully  bear  certain  armorial  ensigns, 
and  the  various  branches  of  that  family  have  their  separate 
differences  to  distinguish  one  from  the  other. 


9^J 


Of  TBE  COAT  OF  AAMa 


Tfce  shield,  or  escutcheon,  ({toeh  the  Latin  word  ^rutuffK  a 
hide,  of  which  shields  are  supposed  to  have  been  originally 
made,)  represents  the  defensive  implement  of  that  name  used 
in  war,  and  on  which  armorial  ensigns  were  originally  borne. 
The  ground,  or  surface,  m  called  a  fieid,  and  here  are  depicted 
the  fibres  which  make  up  the  coat  of  arm&  The  position  of 
these  ilifferent  figures  mark  the  distinct  and  different  arms. 

CrefitM  were  anciently  marks  of  great  honor,  because  they 
were  worn  only  bv  hemei*     *  ^  valor  iiud  hi^L  rank,  that 

they  might  be  the  better  A\-  ed  in  an  engagement;  and 

thereby  rally  their  men  if  dispersed.  Crests  appear  on  the  hel- 
mets of  knights  a?  early  as  the  thirteenth  century:  and  after  the 
institution  of  tht?  Order  of  the  Garter,  and  in  imitation  of  Ed- 
ward m.,  who  was  the  first  King  of  England  that  bore  a  crest  on 
his  helmet,  all  knights  companions  of  the  Oi'der  began  to  wear 
cresta  This  practice  soon  became  more  general,  until  at  length 
they  were  assumed  at  discretion^  by  all  who  considered  theoi*^ 
selves  entitled  to  bear  arma  They  are  at  present  cousidered 
mere  ornamenta  The  crest  is  the  highest  pjirt  of  the  ornaments 
of  a  coat  of  arms^  and  is  placed  upon  a  wreath,  unless  it  is  ifigu- 
ant  from  a  coronet,  or  standing  on  a  chapeau.  In  the  middle 
ages,  no  man  who  was  under  the  degree  of  knight  ha*!  his 
crest  on  a  wreath,  which  is  composed  of  two  nills  of  silk  twisted 
together,  and  of  the  color  or  metal  of  the  arma 

Mottoes  are  not  always  hereditary,  and  have  been  changed, 
varied,  and  relinquished  at  the  pleasure  of  the  bearer.  As 
many  now  in  use  have  been  originally  war  cries,  and  most  are 
presumably  aaso<:'iai^d  with  some  deed  of  prowess  or  i^oble  sis 
piration,  it  would  seem  desirable  to  retain  those  handed  down, 

ArmB  are  divided  into  eleven  classes:     1st  Arms  of  Domin- 
ion, such  as  kings  and  emperors  bear  constantly  on  coins,  stand* 
ards,  seals,  etc,     2d.  Arms  of  Pretension,  as  the  quartering  of 
the  arms  of  France  with  those  of  England,  until  180L     3d- 
Arms  of  Community,  as  those  of  bishoprics,  cities,  universities, 
eta     4th.  Arms  of  Assumption,  formerly  allowed  when  onej 
captured  a  prisoner  of  higher  rank  than  himself,  he  took  bisj 
arma     6tL  Arms  of  Patronage,  such  as  governors  of  provinc^js, ' 
patrons  of  benefices,  add  to  their  family  arms.     6th,  Arms  of  1 
Succession,  taken  by  those  who  inherit  lands,  manors,  &a,  hy\ 
will,  entail,  and  donation,  and  which  they  add  to  their  own. 


OF  THE   COAT   OF  ARM&  61 

7th.  Arras  of  Alliance,  as  when  heiresses  many  into  families, 
are  taken  by  their  issue,  to  show  their  descent,  paternal  and 
maternal.  8th.  Arms  of  Adoption,  like  arms  of  succession, 
called  "of  adoption"  because  the  last  of  a  family  may,  by  will, 
adopt  a  stranger  to  possess  his  name,  estate,  and  arms.  9th. 
Arms  Paternal  and  Hereditary,  such  as  are  transmitted  from 
the  first  possessor  to  his  son,  grandson,  and  succeeding  genera- 
tions. 10th.  Arm?  of  Concession,  are  augmentations  granted 
by  the  sovereign,  of  part  of  his  ensigns,  or  regalia,  to  such 
persons  as  he  pleaseth  to  honor  therewith.  11th.  Canting  or 
Allusive  Arms,  are  coats  of  arms  whose  figures  allude  to  the 
names,  professions,  &c.,  of  the  bearer,  as  three  herrings  for  Her- 
ring, a  caineL  for  Camel,  three  covered  cups  for  Butler,  a  pine 
tree  for  Pine,  etc.  Such  arms  have  been  mistakenly  supposed 
by  some  to  be  of  an  inferior  order,  whereas  there  can  scarcely 
be  greater  proof  of  their  antiquity,  and  highly  honorable  char- 
acter." 

There  are  other  distinctive  marks  attached  to  arms  to  mark 
the  different  sons  of  a  house,  and  descent  therefrom ;  the  dupli- 
cation or  combination  of  these  distinguishing  figures  carries  on 
the  ratio  and  line  of  descent  There  are  nine  of  these  defining 
figures ;  that  of  the  eldest  son  is  of  this  form    /  \ 

and  is  tenned  a  label ;  the  second  is  a  cres-    —         —         — ^ 

cent;    \ /   the  third  is  called  a  mullet ;  S^  the  fourth  a 

martlett  (or  small  martin).  v^j^^We  give  the  marks  of  dis- 
tinction so  far,  for  a  reason  apparent  farther  on.  We 
think  what  we  have  quoted  from  these  authorities  will  be  a 
sufficieut  explanation  of  the  desire,  if  we  may  lawfully  do  so, 
t<>  hold  as  a  memento  of  past  worth,  a  coat  of  arms. 

We  have  found  in  the  American  families,  what  may  be  called 
three  coats  of  arms,  or  more  strictly,  two.  One  bears  upon  its 
field  three  doves,  the  motto  being  "'  Imltari  Qiiam  Invidere.''^* 
The  other  has  three  eagles,  in  the  same  positions,  with  the  same 
crest,  and  motto ;  the  third  is  a  variation  of  the  second,  in  hav- 
ing in  its  centre  a  small  shield  with  a  martlett,  indicating 
the  bearer  to  be  the  fourth  son  of  the  first  house.  Had 
the  researches  prosecuted  years  since  through  Mr.  Horatio 
G.    Somerby,   and   later   by   some   members  of    the   family, 

"  Imitate  rather  than  env). 


.- I' ■'•••••. I.- i  ill  r-.^-t:./-..:..  *;.•■  .::.'•  :V..ru  which  the  Aniericiin 
la!'::!;.-  arr-  .iv->:..;-  ;.  w^  ■  •','  \  .■-.  ;:■:!•/--  know  with  measiir- 
;i!'l"  ••er;i::.:v. .  '.\\.'\  •".  -\r-  •..-->•  •••.••:!'•  L  Failiij*r  thi^^,  we  give 
r:.»'  _:•••;:. -i-  ;'•  •:.  v!.  •!.  v  •  --  -ir  ir-ision.  ;in.i  preface,  with 
::it*  f:i.-*  :h::-  r;'-;-  ':.-  M..-  :"  ''..■-  K'-v- 'luliMn,  and  later,  a 
.!••:.:.  <'  •'•  ;:!.  ;  ..:-  -•••.  :..:  iv  :"  \:'\:'  '■•i<n*'<<  to  furnish  fanii- 
li'S  V.:.. .  .•»•-:•.*•[  •..-:...  ■  *-  :  -.r:..-:  ti.r-se  wer»»  not  wholly 
j'-a^'-u". -::.-.  a-  :..•'.  _•  .•:•.;".'.'.  :  :.■•••  -.".vav.-.  iravi*  those  which 
wt'V'-  :••  :•:..•  -.y  -  •.•■  *:::.■.  v  :'  •  ..  -.••::."  ii  tin.-  in  Great  Britain. 
Later  r- •-'•;.:•■'.  ■.::-  -..   -v    :  .  c.-    :'  -'.—.•  w.-rks  tt»  be  spurious. 

'r[.''_:iv;:t  Lii;:.  iia:  .-  i*  :  ''.-  ■...'  :!  :• -:  'iiis  book.Mr.  HeniT 
Cb.i'.l  .•;■  \V...M^'.  .  \.  (:..  ■  :■;•  ■•.  -;  •  vr-ars  17ol-2  a  lar^^e  ami 
i*«^iii:ii«'«.ii..];>:  ':...••<:•  :'  ••  '  ^  •'  •  .  'v.  .••  i  as  :*  ^'rMMl  up<»n  a  prin- 
cipa!  :ia»r'-:;j:. :':.:•.:;•.  !  •  '•  •  :*:••.  i  "•  e  t.»wn,  he  ojiened 
rl  t'V«:\  a-  I'  '  .  ;.-.  ;  ■;■  «  •  :  v  .>  I:  ii-i^n  a  transcript  of  a 
.■«\'!:  ..•  :i!--.-.  :'■  ■<  -  r  .  •  '  •.  '  :  -  :•'.;'*:••!:  ttiiouLrh  it  ceased 
•»>  s\v  •  _: .  :*  --v.  ::■■'■  -'  :\  ■  ::.:•:•  ::.:  i.v  years  a.LW.  bears 
:•.::. :-:a\a'''\  •:••;••.  -..".•  ••:•_•••.,!•. an  n-lative  tells  us. 
•'  ;■•  ••  •  V.-.-  a''.\.-.\^  .  ■■  :  ''  :'••. .•'.••  ■  •  •.:  ■  •:  arms,  arul  the  tiir- 
inv<  Wi-.\^  :  .ta-  *  •  •  ;  '.  •  -  ii  v.  1»:-  Wi.lar-l  CliiM  (my  un- 
v'.«'  :'>'i"..l  -.•:\«^  \.\  •■-  -  •  .  ■  •'."  •".  [  ..•♦:.>-t»»a*l,  a  torn  f«»py 
!»:"  a  vi»;/  .'•'  a"':.>.  •'    •      \  *        "_  .:•  -  ;vL'«'  t*vi«lently  «loves. 

Tni-*-  .'<.;i;  «•  •'•."  .  •  •••.  ■  •  ..-  ••  -.«''-  :::-.i:.i:acturi'S.  as  they 
a!:ti'.hri'  ••:-  •••  •  ":  •  -  \V  -"  "  •'  :-'.-  :*  .-n  iiive  the  cnat  •»{ 
arrrs.'i'  ;':•  Iv  ..•-  .  :  "  .  "  -  ".  •  '  •  "*./.'  f-'inty  <»f  Kngland 
•uw::-'    •■a-    N.  \    !'_'.•    i  ^•.."•-     .:.\«-   bot»n    thoujiiht   to 

ha\tM»: "l:"  a*»  i.  "    ..'•  •  ^    !   •.    -.    .;    :     '-  ::  M. 

lutlct*«i  Ui'  ".\.  ••  ■•  .  •  -  .'  :.  •.  •••:  anus  in  several 
faniilie-   a".:    "•a-        \-  .      ^    *  •   -  •  :.  • -.t/vS  «»l  Eilwiinl  and 

Manran-!  WrM  C-' [  ,.■  .  ■  ".  --.v  .  •• -^-'a-^  alikt'  in  main 
ptM!ii>,  but  \\:t:»  -v'- •«  -■•^' :  •..:  ..••••.-.  h\  the  Watertown 
braiir'h,  in  liu'  I'.iii'.'v  .^**  Iv  •.  •.  v.".  '.  '..  .1:*..  ^'f  Rutland,  and 
Wi-st  r>o\Ui.»v.  Ma<-.  !••  :  iv.-  -•.''•'  !\:!i.-ii  in  the  family 
of  Ur.  Tiuiotiw  C'\''.  I^  ..-  •  •  .:  V;:.. '.v  •  :'  .•:.'*  «'f  the  soutiiern 
braui'ho. 

Mr.  Addis* Ml  i''ir..i.  w";.^  --..iS  ...  ;  i  .-  !r;U«.h  in  furnishing 
the  s\*hoIarly  arta\'<  »*vov  '..:>  s-^- ./  iv.  has  given  much 
thought  U»  this  luattr'*,  a- .•  wo  *:..•*.  .  :.  •:.  t.on<ultation  with 
him,  JUveptiHl  his  \a\\.  w'-.a*    w  -  •/.  >  >  ::::  \\\\ 

Tlio  poiventav:*e  ot'  laia^'-v^  Iw.v.-.:  :".-.o  ar::is  with  the  eagles 
^{h:^!!  tho  lield  is  so  \v'r\  ••'la*.   :\:r  '.a:.:,  r.  taat  anv  other  ft»rm 


OF  THE  COAT  OF  ARMS.  68 

is  but  an  occasional  exception,  therefore,  presumably  the  coat 
of  arms  of  the  family  would  bear  the  eagles.  2A  Each  advance 
we  have  made  in  establishing  a  Unit  between  the  American  and 
English  families  has  pointed  more  and  more  strongly  towards 
a  family  bearing  the  eagles  upon  their  arms,  circumstantially 
indicating  a  kinship  with  Eichard  Child,  father  of  Sir  John  and 
Sir  Josiah  Child,  whose  notable  careers  are  so  graphically  out- 
lined for  us.  Sir  Josiah  Child  had  Arms  "  Gules,  a  chevron  en- 
(/railed  ermine,  between  three  eagles  close  argent.  Crest,  an  eagle 
wings  expanded  argent  enveloped  with  a  snake  proper.^'  Motto 
"  Imitari  Quam  Invidere." 

Sir  John  Child  had  Arms,  ^^Vert  two  bars  engrailed,  between 
three  leopard^ s  faces  or.  Crest  a  leopard's  face  or,  between  two 
laurel  branches  proper^  Motto,  "Spes  Alit"  We  do  not  know 
when  he  took  these  Arms,  but  his  baronetcy  was  conferred 
upon  him  in  1()S4,  while  he  was  resident  in  the  East  Indies. 
He  might  then  have  adopted  the  leopard's  faces,  as  the  leopard 
was  a  frequent  enemy,  and  some  deed  of  prowess  may  easily 
have  led  to  this  assumption,  always  such  arms  are  regarded  as 
most  honorable  His  title  became  extinct  in  1753,  aud  his 
Arms  are  not  at  present  borne  by  any  of  the  name,  or  othei-s 
quartering  the  Child  arms  with  their  own. 

As  some  persons  have  a  deep  interest  in  armorial  bearings, 
we  give  a  condensed  and  abbreviated  summary  of  facts  on  this 
point,  gathered  in  our  exhaustive  search  in  the  best  collections 
of  Heraldic  lore  available  in  America.  In  Burke's  "  General 
Armory  of  England,  Scotland,  Ireland  and  Wales,"  we  found 
eighteen  families  of  the  name,  with  their  arms,  &c.;  with  eight 
the  motto  was  given,  and  five  had,  "  Imitari  Quam  InviderV' 

In  Berry's  "  Encyclopedia  Heraldic  and  Dictionary  of  Her- 
aldry," of  eleven  families  Child,  we  find  but  one  marked  dif- 
ference in  the  arms :  "  Ermine  on  a  chief  indented  gides,  three 
escallops  or,^^  Of  the  larger  number  the  Arms  are  ^^Qules,  a 
chevron  engrailed  ermine,  between  three  eagles  close  argent. 
Crest,  an  eagle,  wings  expanded  or  elevated  argent  enveloped 
with  a  snake  proper. ''  Motto  "Imitari  Quam  Invideri."  This 
is  the  coat  of  arms  we  present  as  that  which  we  may  accept 
with  large  confidence. 

In  the  account  by  Burke  of  the  family  of  the  present  Sir 
Smith  Child,  who  was  made  baronet  in  186S,  we  find  his  grand- 


64 


OP  THE  COAT  OF  ARMa 


father  to  have  been  **  Admiral  of  the  Blue,-'  and  that  "he  en- 
tered the  Tia\7  in  1747,  imder  Earl  Gownrs  auspices,  and  emi' 
nently  distiugiiished  himseW  in  the  service.     He  commandedl 
the  *  Europe*  in  the  two  actions  off  the  Chesapeake;  subse-I 
qnently,  in  1790,  he  took  command  of  the  *  Commerce  de  Mar- 
seilles^' one  hundred  and  twenty  (120)g una,  and  attained  his  flagj 
in  1799.''     He  may  have  been  accompanied  by  his  son,  Smith* 
Child,  whom  w^e  find  to  have  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Parsons, 
daughter  of  Timothy  Parsons^  Esq.,  oi  Mnssaehusetts,  U.  Suj 
He  died  early,  leaving  one  son,  the  present  baronet 

The  family  of  Child,  North  wick,  Worcestershire,  (as  found 
in  the  38lh  edition  of  Burke's  '*  Baronetage  and  Peerage 
Great  Britain/')  have  Arms^  *'  6  tiles  a /esse  ermine,  between  ikr 
doves  argeiiL      Crest  a  dove^  wings  expanded  argent^  with  n  snai 
Uvining  about  her  7ieck  and  body  or^ 

Should  any  desire  to  have  a  copy  of  these  arms  blazoned 
hang  in  their  homes,  we  append  herewith  the  proper  tinctur 
or  coloi*s  for  the  Child  arms,  in  such  terms  as  will  be  readily^ 
apprehended ; 

Shield  gides  (or  red)  in  the  groundwork,  chevron  white,  en- 
grailed black,  ermine  black,  outlines  of  the  shield  gilt,  eagles 
argent  (or  silver),  the  coils  of  the  wreath  alternate  red  and  gilt,, 
eagle  silver,  snake  black     We  give  also  a  brief  glossary  of  thej 
heraldic  terms  used : 

The  Chevron  is  formed  of    two  lines 

TINCTURES.  1         1  .         1       J-  f  - ,  , 

^     ^  ,,  „  placed  m   the  form   or   a   pyramid,    and 

Or — Gold,  or  vullow.  *.  i  -       -     ^  *  .      # 

Argent— ^\\y^x,  or  white,  desceudnig  jn  form  of  a  pair  of  compasses 
(?«/«*— Red.  to  the  extremities  of  the  shield. 

Aiure^lWw.  Tlie  Fesse  is  formed  by  two  horizont 

lines  across  the  shield   comprising  th^ 
centre  third  jiart  of  the  escutcheon,  emJ 
blematic  of  the  military  girdle  worn  over  the  armon     The  Bar}i 
a  diminutive  of  fesse 

Engraikd,  \j^,j^  ,  ermine^  sable  spots  on  a  white  field,  the 
tiiil  terminating  io  three  haii-s;  trminois^  black  spots  on  golc 
field,      Nebuleey   r\f\/\/\/  Indented  VWV    Cross  croslet, 
a  cross  crossed  again  at  the  extremities,  at  a  small  distance  from" 
each  of  the  ends;  cross  croslet  litchee,  so  termed   when   the, 
under  limb  of  the  cross  ends  in  a  sharp  point 


SMe—BUck 
Vert^Greeu. 


AMERICAN    FAMILIES; 


CHAPTER  L 


1.     EPHEALM  CHILD. 


Could  we  give  the  parentage  of  this  first  emigrant,  Ephraira 
Child,  it  would  be  exceedinglj^  gratifying.  Since  prosecuting 
this  work,  we  have  learned  that  the  same  uncertainty  as  to  the 
paternity  of  the  emigrants,  has  perplexed  the  chronicler  of  other 
families,  arising  as  we  have  said  elsewhere  from  the  necessity 
for  a  quiet  embarkation.  The  difficulty  of  restoring  these  lost 
links  may  be  more  easily  undei'stood,  when  it  is  remembered 
that  many  of  the  early  emigrants  were  led  to  come  from  the 
motherland  for  greater  freedom  in  their  religious  faith,  and 
often  sailed  from  some  minor  port,  and  no  list  of  passengers  was 
made  or  desired.  That  this  was  true  of  our  emigrating  ancastry, 
we  do  not  know,  it  may  have  been,  as  but  few  of  the  name  are 
found  on  any  preserved  list  A  Michael  Child  and  Thomas 
Child  sailed  from  London  to  Virginia,  and  in  connection  with 
their  names  it  is  stated  that  they  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  to 
the  established  church. 

Ephraim  Child,  born  in  England  in  1593,  came  to  America 
in  1630,  accompanied  as  seems  probable  by  his  nephew,  Benja- 
min Child. 

The  marriage  of  P]phraim  Child  to  a  widow,  the  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth Palmer,  is  recorded  at  Nay  land,  Suffolk  county,  England, 
on  the  bth  of  February,  1625.  Mrs.  Palmer  is  presumed  to 
be  the  daughter  of  Jonas  Bond  of  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  of  the 
same  county.  Ephraim  Child  was  admitted  freeman  May  18th, 
1631,  applied  therefor  the  year  previous. 

By  virtue  of  his  seniority  and  prominence  in  colonial  affairs, 
Ephraim 'Childs  takes  precedence  in  the  Genealogy,  though  not 
generally  believed  to  have  left  descendants  to  bear  his  name  or 


66  EPBRAIM  CHILD. 

retain  his  honors.  He  is  known  as  the  personal  friend  of 
Governor  John  Winthrop  of  Massachusetts,  and  from  this 
circumstance  may  have  arisen  the  impression  that,  like  Grov. 
Winthrop,  Mr.  Child  was  a  native  of  Suffolk  county,  England 

Mr.  Ephraim  Child  occupied  a  leading  position  in  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts ;  a  man  of  property,  and  piety,  he  was 
often  chosen  to  places  of  trust  and  responsibility  in  town  and 
county  affairs ;  and  held  office  in  the  church  as  one  of  the  first 
deacons.  For  twelve  years  he  is  found  a  representative  at  the 
Gederal  Court,  a  post,  then,  bestowed  only  upon  those  of  known 
integrity,  mental  power,  and  financial  ability. 

His  judgment  is  also  attested  in  his  appointment  by  the 
County  Court  one  of  the  Commissioners  to  "end  small  causes ;" 
and  from  the  esteem  of  his  fellow-citizens  he  was  elected  one  of 
the  selectmen  of  the  town  for  fifteen  years. 

His  death  occurred  on  the  thirteenth  of  February  1663,  when 
seventy  years  of  age.  His  will  dated,  the  tenth  of  November, 
1662,  is  given  as  of  interest,  and  from  the  fact  that  we  gather 
therefrom  certain  clues  to  further  record.  Bond,  one  of  our 
authorities,  says,  "the  appraisal  of  his  homestall  and  the  amount 
of  his  inventory  (£770  15)  show  that  he  was  one  of  the  most 
affluent'  of  the  settlers,  and  the  distribution  of  his  widow's 
wardrobe  and  furniture  by  her  will,  show  that  she  had  some  of 
the  elegancies  as  well  as  the  comforts  of  life.'' 

Will  of  Ephraim  Child, 

Novemb.  20th        I  give  UDto  William  Bond,  father,  forty  acres  of  my  Lands 
1663.  on  the  hither  Plain,  and  I  give  unto  Richard  Child  and  John 

Child  all  the  rest  of  that  Land  with  all  other  lands  abrcMult 
namely,  ray  remote  meadow,  my  Farm  any  upon  the  further  plain,  with  the 
land  called  Township-land,  to  the  end  that  before  my  estate  be  broken,  care 
and  endeavour  be  used,  either  by  improving  or  by  sale,  my  Debts  may  be  se- 
cured and  all  have  their  own,  and  withal  ray  will  is  that  there  be  twenty 
cord  of  Wood  cut  out  every  year  if  it  be  there  for  the  use  of  my  wife,  so  long 
as  she  lives.  I  give  unto  my  dear  and  Io>ing  wife  my  dwelling  house  ftnd 
Lott  with  all  that  appertains  thereunto,  also  my  Divident,  Dorchester  Field, 
and  my  meadow  upon  the  other  side  of  the  river,  with  all  my  Goods  and 
Chattels  for  her  maintenance  as  long  as  she  lives,  and  allow  her  Te — [o6/»Y- 
erated]  pounds  of  that  Estate  then  in  being  to  dispose  of  as  she  pleases  pr 
de^[obliterated]  being  dead.  My  will  is  that  Ephraim  Child  the  son  of 
Benjamin  Child  should  inhabit  my  dwelling-house  and  Lott:  with  one  half 
my  Divident  and  Dorchester  field,  my  coz.  William  Bond,  the  Father  the 
other  half  of  my  Divident  and  the  meadow  upon  the  other  side  of  the  river, 
and  the  remainder  of  the  Estate  which  then  shall  be,  be  cciually  divided. 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS.  67 

both  Goods  within  (as  nothing  be  defaced,  but  all  that  is  nailed  last  remain 
to  the  house)  and  all  the  Chattels  abroad  unto  Richard  Child,  John  Child, 
Ephraim  Child,  and  William  Bond  above  named.  And  to  that  end  I  do 
appoint  my  dear  wife  and  ray  loving  Coz.  Willian  Bond  to  be  my  executors. 
I  give  unto  my  dearly  beloved  Pastour  ten  pounds,  to  Mary  Rowles  wife 
to  John  Parker  a  Cow  with  Clf .  I  give  forty  shillings  a  year  forever  to  be 
paid  out  of  my  lands  towards  the  maintenance  of  a  Schoolmaster  in  Water- 
town.  I  give  my  servant  David  one  Cow,  bullocka  and  unto  Samuel  Burk 
two  Ewes. 

This  is  the  will  of  me, 

Ephraim  Child. 


BENJAMIN  CHILD. 
[First  Generation.] 

2.  Benjamin  Child,  who  emigrated  from  Great  Britain 
to  America,  and  became  the  head  of  the  larger  number  of  the 
families  of  the  name  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic,  from  strong 
presumptive  evidence  was  the  nephew  of  Ephraim  Child  of 
Watertown,  with  whom  we  commence  this  Genealogy.  Patri- 
archal in  the  best  sense,  we  find  Mr.  Child  to  have  been  earnest 
in  character,  and  in  the  promotion  of  that  puritan  stamp  of 
piety  for  which  the  Massachusetts  settlers  were  especially  dis- 
tinguished Mr.  Benjamin  Child  was  of  that  order  of  nobility 
bearing  the  stamp  aflBxed  at  the  departure  from  Eden.  Metho- 
dical and  exact  in  habit  Mr.  Child  is  known  to  have  been ;  and 
legal  manuscripts  carefully  preserved  at  the  present  time  by 
some  of  his  descendants,  attest  his  familiarity  with  affairs,  and 
fine  standing  in  the  community. 

In  the  records  of  Eoxbury,  Mr.  Benjamin  Child  is  stated  to 
have  been  of  the  thirty  who  contributed  the  joint  sum  of  £104. 
05s.  for  the  erection  of  the  First  Church  of  Eoxbury;  one  of 
the  customs  peculiar  to  the  period  connected  with  the  building 
of  this  "meeting-house,"  was  a  "raising,"  the  bill  of  expenses 
and  provisions  amounting  to  £20  15s.  lOd.  and  £9  5s.  "to  the 
hands  for  et  ceteras." 

Bearing  the  name  of  the  youngest  son  of  the  Head  of  the 
Israelites,  Mr.  Benjamin  Child,  like  that  patriarch,  "  in  the  land 
wherein  he  was  a  stranger,"  became  the  father  of  twelve  chil- 
dren, an  example  his  descendants  have  satisfactorily  emulated. 
We  are  very  glad  also  to  say  in  this  connection,  that  the  pro- 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBCEY,  MASS. 


bitr.  Sterling  integritv,  and  devout  conscientiousness  of 
progenitor,  are  foand  to  have  been  tranBmitt<?d^  in  cor 
verification  of  tlie  strong  assurances  of  the  Decalogue. 

Of  the  time  or  place  of  Mr.  Benjamin  Child's  marriage,  we 
are  ignorant,  and  only  know  that  his  wife  bore  the  sweet  name, 
Mary,  was  like  her  scriptural  predecegsors  a  follower  of  the 
Master:  *'was  admitted  to  the  Chun.^h  of  Ruxbury  in  1658;' 
she  survived  her  bio^sband,  though  we  know  not  for  what  ler 
of  time,  Mr.  Benjamin  Child  died  the  fourteenth  day  of 
lief,  1678,  residing  at  that  time  in  Rrjxbury,  near  Jamaica  Pond 
(or  the  Gi-eat  Pund),  as  it  was  then  called ;  and  his  estate  the 
has  been  the  homestead  of  his  direct  descendants  until  a  fo 
years  since 

The  accompanying'  uiv^ntory  of  his  estate  and  effects, 
original  of  which,  complete  and  clear,  is  held  in  choice  keepii^ 
in  the  family,  is  appended,  that  his  poster! t3%  scattered  throti 
nearly  every  State  in  the  Union,  may  be  informed  of  the  ea 
fortune  left  by  their  greatest  grandfather  in  America : 

1679. 
BeV JAMDC  CmiD,  flIS  iKvsyroET, 

[Copy] 

An  Jur*7ttonj  of  Ik*  EsiaU  of  Benjamin  Child,  iate  of  Roxhuryy 
14/ A  fit  tuber  f  in  the  veur  of  oar  Lord  1678. 


A  House  and  Biinn* . . , . . 

80  acres  of  Land  conveniently  adjuiriing  to  y*  3d  huuiiiijg 

13  acres  in  the  thousand  acre^ 

2  cows  at  503.  per  e^w,  and  more  at  4Cs. :  2  yearling  lieifers  at  40s, 

One  horse  and  a  mare  at  40s.  f3  each  and  one  sow  at  16s , . . 

Money  in  the  Hou^e  and  in  good  liands 

In  the  parlor:  3  silver  spoons  and  one  wine  cup 

One  sUnding        w***  curtains,  valines,  old  rog,  2  blankets,  i 

bolster  and  pillow (  '  •  •  - 

One  trundle  bedstejid  w*^  a  feather  bed,  bolster,  blankets  anil 

covering, » 

One  old  court  cupboard.  1G»  ;  3  chests,  2(te  . 

8  pair  of  sheets  at  8s 

3  ftne  Table  cloths,  being  woroe,  lOs,:  11  napkins,  7s.;  3  pair  jf^ 

pillow  bears,  Itte C 

All  his  wearing  clothes,  woolen  &  linen,  shoes,  stockings,  and  ) 

hats f 

One  carbine  12s ,  one  fowling  piece  18b.,  one  RApier  5s. 

Parlor  chamber:  one  feather  bed  and  a  Hock  bed  under  it,  w»^    ) 

bfjlstprs  to  them  and  pillows  to  the  feather  bod ;   2  old  V 

blankets  and  an  old  Rug , J 


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20  00  00 

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AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  69 

lOJbof  Flax ! 10  00 

In  the  Kitchin:  Brass  4^  10s.  Pewtar  35s.  spoons  &  tinners  ware  3s.    6  08  00 

fire  pan-tongs,  1  old  spit,  2  pair  tramels,  an  old  frying  /  .^  qq 

pan,  an  old  Iron  pot  and  two  pair  of  poot  hookes f 

A  kneading  trough  2s.,  and  old  table  2s.,  2  chairesand  a  woolen  I  «g  ^ 

wheel  4s f  "o  "^ 


tjhore,  jonn  weia  ana  jnary  uniiae,  aaraitx"  Aara-  maae  uarn  m  uonrt  pre 
May  1679.  to  the  truth  of  the  above  Inventory,  and  that  when  more  appeares 
they  will  adde  it.    Attests,  Is*  Addington,  Cler. 

Vera  Copia  of  its  Original  on  j*  file  of  Inventory'  Ann**  1679. 

Attest e*:  Is*-  Audington,  Cler. 

[Second  Generation.]    Children : 

3.  i.  Ephraim  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  1654.  killed  in  battle.  • 

4.  ii.  Benjamin  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass,  1656,  m.  Mar.  7,  16S3,  Grace 
Morris. 

5.  iii.  Joshua  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  1658,  in.  May,  9,  1685,  Eliza- 
beth Morris. 

6.  iv.  Mart  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  Aug.  8,  1660,  m.  Jan.  24,  1683, 
Jacob  Chamberlain. 

7.  V.  An  infant,  no  name,  b.  1662. 

8.  vi.  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  Dec.  2,  1663,  unm. 

9.  vii.  Margaret  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  Dec.  21, 1665,  unmarried, 
d.  July  15,  1742. 

10.  viii.  John  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  Jan.  8,  1667,  d.  yg. 

11.  ix.  Mehitable  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  June  29, 1669,  m.  Samuel 
Perrin. 

12.  X.  John  Child  2d,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  Aug.  1,  1671,  m. 

13.  xi.  Joseph  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass,  June  1,  1678,  d.  yg. 

14.  xii.  Joseph  Child  2d,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  Dec.  10,  1674. 

[Second  Generation]  ^ 

3.  i.  Ephraim  Child,  second  of  the  name  in  America,  and 
eldest  son  of  Benjamin  Child  of  Eoxbury,  was  born  in  Rox- 
bury in  1654.  He  was  baptized  a  few  years  later  with  two 
3^ounger  brothers,  by  the  Rev.  John  Elliot,  pastor  of  the 
Church  in  Roxbury,  of  which  his  parents  were  members.  He 
was  made,  by  his  great  uncle,  Mr.  Ephraim  Child  of  Watertown, 


BKNJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS, 

heir  to  a  large  portion  of  his  estate ;  he  had  not  long  entered 
upon  these  possessions  when  the  Massachusetts  colony  was  dia- 
tracted  and  devastated  by  the  relentless  slaughter  of  many  of 
its  inhabitants,  in  combats  known  as  ^Thillip's  War."     Ephrai 
Child,  with  other  valiant  young  men  under  eommand  of  Capt^ 
Beers,  was  skin  by  the  Indians  at  Nortlifield^  Massachusetts 
on  the  23d  of  September,  1875. 

Thus  was  Mr.  Benjamin  Child  called  t^3  seal  his  faith  in  th^ 
consecration  of  his  eldest  born  upon  the  altar  of  patriotis 
and  the  young  man,  though  leaving  no  wife  or  child  to  mon 
his  early  death,  has  yet  iMiqueathed  to  those  of  liis  race  an  her" 
itage  of  hLUiorable  Belf-sacrilice,  for  native  land  and  for  ih 
right.     Ilis  property  was  shared  by  his  brothers  and  sisters. 

[Second  Generation,] 

4.  ii.  Benjamin,  second  son  and  child  of  Benjamin  an 
Mary  Child  of  Roxbury,  was  born  in  Roxbury,  in  1656.  Tfc 
death  of  his  elder  brother,  Ephrai m  Child,  gave  him  the  se 
iority  in  his  father's  family,  and  the  British  laws  of  prinioger 
tui'e  being  then  in  force  in  the  colonies,  he  was  thereby  the 
heritor  of  the  larger  share  of  his  father's  property,  or  the  Ben" 
jamic  ''double  portion '' 

He  remained  at  the  homestead,  and  we  believe  felt  constrained 
to  follow  in  all  good  ways  the  example  of  his  parents.     Move 
by  the  charms  of  a  fair  young  maiden,  he  asked  lier  hand 
marriage,  atid  on  the  7th  of  March,  1683,  he  was  united  in  ho^ 
wedlock  to  Grace  Morris,  wlio  was  born  Feb.  17,  1661,  a  daugl 
ter  of  De^icon  Edward  and  Grace  Bett  Morris.     "  Dea.  Mor 
was  one  of  the  projector  and  earl}^  settlei's  of  the  town 
Woodstot'k,  Cl     From  1677  t*>  16S4,  he  was  one  of  the  sele 
men  of  Roxbur\^,  and  during  the  same  period  wtis  also  a  de 
uty  fi'om  that  town  to  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts,  an 
during  part  of  tlie  time  Colonial  Auditor.     Grace  Morris 
admittetl  to  the  church  June  21,  1681/' '     The  goodly  numl 
of  twelve  sons  and  daughters  again  made  cheery  the  Puritan 
demure  household.     Deed  of  sale  of  the  property  of  his  brothd 
Ephraim,  is  on   record  in  the  name  of  Benjamin  Child,  wl 
acted  for  the  heirs.     We  give  the  quaint  doctument  accompanj 
ing — ^wherein  he  settles  with  brothers  and  sisters  in  the  par 
tion  of  the  paternal  heritage,  as  many  will  be  interested  to  k 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  71 

in  this  way  into  the  past'  This  union,  so  complete,  was  bro- 
ken by  death,  but  for  an  exceedingly  brief  period.  Mrs.  Grace 
Morris  Child  died  on  the  10th  of  December,  1723,  and  her  hus- 
band joined  her  on  the  24th  of  January,  1724. 

[Third  Generation.]    Children: 

15.  i.  Ephraim  Child,  b.  in  Koxbury,  Mass.  Dec.  18,  1683,  m.  1710,  Pris- 
cill&  Harris. 

16.  ii.  Benjamin  Child,  Jun.,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  July  19,  1685,  m. 
1712,  Patience  Thayer. 

17.  iii.  Edwaed  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  Nov.  1, 1687,  ra.  1712,  Mar- 
garet Weld. 

18.  iv.  Grace  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  Oct  27,  1689,  m.  Timothy 
Walker. 

19.  V.  Mary  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  Oct.  25,  1691,  ra.  June  9, 1715, 
Peter  Walker, 

20.  vi.  Ebenezer  Child,  b  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  Sept.  7,  1698,  m.  1720, 
Elizabeth  Bacon. 

21.  vii.  Mehitable  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  Jan.  5,  1695; 

23.  viii.  William  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  Oct.  14,  1697,  m.  1723, 
Deborah  Goddard. 

23.  ix.  Penubl  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  Sept.  3,  1699,  m.  March  7, 
1724,  Dorothy  D wight. 

24.  X.  Richard  CniLD.b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  Oct.  22, 1701,  d.  May  18, 1759. 

25.  xi.  Thomas  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  Nov.  10,  1708,  m.  Sep.  27, 
1729,  Anna  Morris,  dau.  of  Ebenezer  Morris,  and  gr.  dau.  of  Dea.  Edward 
Morris. 

26.  xii.  Margaret  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  May  26,  1706. 

*  This  account  is  given  by  a  descendant  of  Dea.  Edward  Morris. 
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CHAPTER   If, 


WOODSTOCK  FAMILIES. 


It  will  be  found  by  a  close  obaervatioii  of  the  recordSj  that  a 
restless  spirit  bas  moved  upon  the  family  at  intervals,  resulting 
in  an  emigration  of  numbers.  The  lirst  movement  of  this  kind 
in  America  was  made  from  Eoxbury,  Mass.  to  the  new  settle- 
ment of  New  Roxbury,  made  as  it  was  supposed,  witbin  the 
bounds  of  the  Massach  usetts  colony,  "  Need  for  more  extended 
pasturage/'  awakened  the  residents  of  floxbury  to  action,  and 
resulted  in  accordance  with  the  custom  of  the  period,  in  refer- 
ring the  matter  to  the  minister,  the  Rev.  Johti  Elliot,  first  pastor 
of  the  Roxbury  church :  a  man  whose  labors  on  behalf  of  the 
Indians  has  consecrated  his  name  forever.  In  the  various  jour- 
neyings  Mr.  Elliot  had  made  in  this  missionary  work,  he  hadl 
noted  very  correctly  the  soil  and  climate  of  the  Massachusetts j 
and  Connecticut  cohinies,  and  upon  his  commendatioa  the  \ 
leetmen  of  Roxburj^  petitioned  the  General  Court  of  the  Maasa^ 
cbusetts  colony  for  a  grant  of  land,  then  supposed  to  be  within 
the  boundaries  of  that  colony,  which  was  awarded  them,  anc 
some  thirteen  of  their  number  were  appointed  **  to  spy  out  and 
take  possession/'  The  section  witbin  which  selection  was  made 
at  that  peri^^d  was  known  as  the  '^Nipmuck,  or  Nipmungcoan- 
try/'  but  few  Indians  remained  in  the  immediate  vicinity,  the 
larger  number  had  been  slain  in  **King  Phillip's  War."  Thu 
Indian  name  for  the  location  was  **  Wabquassit,  or  Wappaqua 
sit.*'  Uere  the  ''Apjostle  Elliot''  had  preai'hed  to  the  Indiar 
on  the  16th  of  September,  1674,  and  the  culnnisis  felt  a  blea 
ing  must  attend  a  place  thus  consecrated. 

Reluctant  to  unlink  them  from  the  hnmesteads,  tlie  new  set-l 
tlement  was  for  a  period  called  New  Roxbury,  but  froai  this 
would  seem  some  conflicting  claims  arose,  and  petition  was  hs 
to  the  General  Court  for  a  change  of  name,  granted  to  them  on 
the  eighteenth  of  Maa-b,  1690,     The  private  diary  of  Judj 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTa  75 

Samuel  Sewall  of  Boston,  says,  "I  gave  New  Eoxbury  the 
name  of  Woodstock,  because  of  its  nearness  to  Oxford,  for  the 
sake  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  the  notable  meetings  that  have 
been  held  at  that  place  bearing  the  name  in  England,"  Wood- 
stock, Connecticut,  lying  eight  miles  apart  from  Oxford,  Massa- 
chusetts, as  do  the  old  towns  of  the  names  in  Great  Britain. 
A  brief  enumeration  of  some  of  the  historical  associations  clus- 
tering in  and  about  the  old  town  of  Woodstock  in  the  mother- 
land, may  not  be  amiss  for  the  instruction  of  the  younger  mem- 
bers of  this  clan,  resident  in  Connecticut,  or  claiming  descent 
therefrom.  The  Saxon  and  Norman  kings  made  this  place  a 
royal  residence ;  here  King  Alfred^  whose  religious  and  literary 
culture  was  so  superior  for  the  time,  pursued  his  studies ;  here 
Princess  Elizabeth  was  retired  to  escape  the  intriguing  machi- 
nations of  Queen  Mary's  suspicious  advisers.  Sir  Walter  Scott 
founds  one  of  his  Waverley  novels  upon  a  legend  of  the  town. 

An  amusingly  brief  and  explicit,  classification  of  the  people 
of  Roxbury  is  made  in  the  records  of  transfer  to  the  new 
settlement ;  those  emigrating  were  termed  "  Goers,"  those  re- 
maining "Stayers."  The  division  of  the  land  was  made  by 
lot,  at  a  meeting  held  for  the  purpose,  the  minister  opening 
with  prayer.  After  appropriating  a  certain  number  of  acres 
for  a  site  for  the  "meeting  house"  and  the  "burial  ground," 
with  a  reserved  quarry  for  "  hearth  and  building  stone,"  a  por- 
tion of  twenty  acres  for  each  householder  was  made,  the  exact 
location  of  this  homestead  being  attained  by  the  lot.  We  find 
the  minister  drew  the  third  lot  The  local  name  given  to  this 
village  location  was  "  Plain  Hill,"  now  known  as  the  "  South 
Parish  Hill  of  Woodstock."  The  erection  of  a  pastor's  house 
was  decided  upon  at  a  town  meeting  on  the  27th  of  October, 
1690,  with  the  details  of  size,  "  four  stacks  of  chimneys  and 
gables,"  the  building  to  be  sufficiently  completed  for  use  within 
two  years.  As  a  defence  from  the  ravages  of  fire,  each  inhab- 
itant was  ordered  to  provide  a  ladder  and  buckets  for  his  house 
before  a  stated  day,  and  "  Jonathan  Peak  was  to  see  that  this 
was  dona"  This  ordinance  for  ladders  and  buckets  we  find  to 
have  been  made  six  years  before  the  establishment  of  the  first 
fire  insurance  company  in  England.  Mr.  John  Chandler,  Jr., 
by  an  act  at  a  regular  town  meeting,  ".was  requested  and  pro- 


cured  to  teach  the  children  to  read,  write  and  cipher/' ' 
colony  thus  sent  out  into  the  wilderness  was  never  foi*gotten  I 
by  those  renuiining  in  Roxbury,  but  was  "the  constant  subject] 
of  prayer  by  the  Roxbury  church,  the  Rev,  Mr.  Elliot  being  j 
wont  on  every  Sabbath  in  his  public  prayers  in  the  church  uni- j 
formly  to  pray  for  the  'colony  in  New  Roxbury/"     But  on' 
one  occasion,  when  the  congregation  had  assembled  on  the  Sab- 
bath for  worship,  the  pious  Elliot  neglected  to  mention  in  hisj 
prayers  the  '^colony  of  New  Roxbury/*  closed  and  took  his] 
seat     This  neglect  of  the  minister  was  noticed  by  the  gocMilyl 
fathers  and  mothers  of  the  churel)  with  great  pain,  and  they] 
began  Ui  fear  the  children  at  New  Roxbury  would  be  devoured 
by  the  wild  beasts  or  destroyed  by  the  Indians,  and  the  iniquity 
of  the  fathers  visit  iheir  children,  because  they  had  been  omitted  | 
by  the  godly  Elliotv     Wliile  the  gotxl  mothen^  were  thus  sit-J 
ting  depressed  in  spirit  at  so  great  a  n^lect,  it  oocuri^  U>  th€ 
minister  that  he  Iiad  not  made  mention  of  the  New  RoxbuiyJ 
colony  in  his  prayer,  and  he  immediately  arose  in  his  pulpil 
and  exclaimed :  **  Alas  1  alas !  I  foi*got  to  pray  for  our  sons  andl 
daughters  at  New  Iioxb\iry,  and  therefore  let  us  again  pray  !  *'i 
He  made  a  most  fervent  prayer,  especially  for  the  colony,  mucb 
to  the  comfort  and  relief  of  the  congregation. 

We  do  not  find  any  of  the  Child  name  on  the  list  of  the 
first  '^  goers,"  but  a  few  yt'ars  later  the  name  occurs  frequently 
upon  the  town  records,  as  actors  hi  the  di tiering  posts  of  iionor 
anJ  toil,  in  affaii^s  of  the  town,  and  in  the  defence  of  colony  and 
country  from  internal  and  external  foes.     At  this  ejirly  period  J 
we  find  seven  brothers  of  the  Child  name  settled  In  the  nortli 
part  of  the  town.     The  scarcity  of  *'neat  cattle"  in  the  neif 
world  limited  the  sujiply  so  that  many  who  would  wish  to  (h 
so  were  unable  to  owtj  any.     One  cow  was  owned  by  these  sevei 
brothel^,  Child,  and  they  took  turns  in  the  use  of  her,  one  weeli 
at  a  time^  exce]it  immediately  before  the  Thanksgiving  DayJ 
when  the  elder  brother  was  allowed  to  keep  the  cow  long  enougk 
to  accumulate  a  supply  of  milk  which  should  suffice  to  enabl^ 
the  gathered  households  to  enjoy  a  **  Thanksgiving  Supper 
Imsty  pudding  and  milk."     On  one  occasion  of  the  animal  gaifc 
ering  of  the  seven  households,  beneath  the  elder  brother  s  roaf 

*  The  niAJor  portioo  of  these  lucts  were  culled  from  a  work  by  Hoir 
Amraidown,  E*vfj,,  entitled  *^  Historical  Colleclions.** 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  77 

the  supper  was  duly  prepared,  and  set  forth  upon  a  large  "  fall- 
leaf -table,"  each  family  provided  with  their  wooden  bowls  and 
wooden  spoons.  According  to  their  custom,  all  were  standing 
around  the  frugal  supper,  while  the  elder  brother,  as  patriarch, 
asked  the  Divine  blessing ;  while  thus  solemnly  engaged,  the 
large  watch  dog,  in  passing  under  the  table,  moved  the  leg  up- 
holding the  leaf,  and  down  went  table,  milk  and  pudding.  The 
younger  brother  saw  the  table  falling,  and  cried  out,  "  Stop, 
brother !  Stop  !  stop  1  The  pudding  is  gone,  and  the  milk  is 
gone,  and  of  what  use  is  the  blessing  now ;  hut  kill  the  dog !  " 
The  Puritan  training,  though  thoroughly  observed  and  rever 
enced,  could  not  wholly  subdue  the  natural  temper,  or  exclude 
all  humor  from  the  occasional  gatherings  of  young  or  old. 

In  1690,  a  Congregational  Church  and  Society  was  organized, 
and  religious  services  maintained  for  several  years  without  a 
settled  minister,  when  the  Rev.  Josiah  Dwight  was  installed  as 
pastor,  which  relation  he  held  for  thirty-seven  years  with  mutual 
satisfaction  of  pastor  and  people,  when  an  unfortunate  diflEerence 
with  regard  to  church  discipline  and  some  other  matters  sprung 
up  which  led  to  the  termination  of  the  pastorate.  Mr.  Dwight 
was  esteemed  as  a  man  of  decided  talents,  and  religiously  de- 
voted to  the  interests  of  his  charge  during  his  long  pastorate. 
The  revolution  in  this  church  led  to  the  organization  of  the 
church  and  society  in  "  Muddi  Brook,"  now  East  Wood- 
stock, in  the  year  1759,  by  the  majority  who  claimed  to 
be  the  first  church  of  Woodstock.  A  new  house  of  worship 
was  erected  in  this  parish  ;  the  church  records  were  retained  by 
this  majority,  and  a  pastor.  Rev.  William  Graves,  was  installed, 
while  the  minority  remained  undisturbed  in  their  original  place 
of  worship,  and  in  possession  of  the  Society's  property. 

[Third  Generation.] 

15.  L  Efhraim  Child,  first  child  of  Benjamin  and  Grace  Mor- 
ris Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Dea  18,  1683,  m.  1710,  Pris- 
cilla  Harris,  dau.  of  Dan'l  Harris  of  Brookline,  Mass.  He  d. 
Nov.  22,  1759.  She  was  b.  June  4,  1684.  She  d.  June  26. 
1780,  a3t  96. 

Ephraim  Child  was  the  eldest  of  the  seven  brothers  who  mi- 
grated from  Roxbury,  Mass.,  to  "New  Roxbury,"  Ct  (afterwards 
called  Woodstock).     He  removed  shortly  before  or  immediately 


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BENJAMIN  GUILD  OF  ROXBUIIV,  MASS. 


after  his  marriage^  in  1710,  and  settled  in  that  part  of  the 
now  culled  East  Woctdatock  (anciently  known  as  Maddi  Brook), 
erecting  for  himself  a  house,  which,  with  some  additions,  has 
been  retained  in  the  line  of  his  male  descendants  till  the  pres- 
ent time,  covering  a  period  of  quite  170  years.  Its  enlarge- 
ment, at  a  somewhat  early  period,  made  it  as  it  now  staads,  a 
common  lions  and  attmctive  home.  Its  site  is  in  a  beautiful 
vale,  about  half  a  mile  east  of  East  Woodstock  village.  It  was 
probably  at  this  house  where  occurred  the  amusing  incident  OQ 
a  Thanksgiving  occasion,  which  is  fyund  recorded  in  the  early 
part  of  this  chapter.  Many  pleasant  memories  cluster  around 
this  ancient  home.  It  has  been  the  birthplace  of  sons  and 
daughters,  whose  history,  with  that  of  a  long  line  of  descend- 
ants, it  is  pletisant  to  trace.  In  this  house  hospitalities  for 
many  generations  have  been  ]il>erally  dispensed  to  kindred  and 
alienSj  particularly  on  the  Sabbath,  when,  in  the  interval  be- 
tween the  morning  and  afternoon  religious  service,  numbers  of 
worshippers  living  remote  from  the  place  of  worship,  accepted 
as  an  accorded  right,  a  hearty  meal  of  boiled  meats  and  vege* 
tables,  or  a  soporific  lunch  of  hasty  pudding  and  milk;  this 
latter  being  the  favorite  repast,  particularly  of  one^  who  could 
not  resist  the  luxury  of  a  quiet  nap  under  the  afternoon  sermon. 

These  were  the  good  old  times  which  the  elder  men  of  the 
present  age  like  to  recall,  and  which  link  them  to  the  memory 
of  uncles,  aunts,  grandfathers  and  grandmothers. 

Before  this  ancient  dwelling  stands  a  magnificent  elm,  whose 
trunk  and  outspreading  branchas  are  emblematical  of  a  noble 
ancestor  and  his  sturdy  descendants.  In  1876  this  stately  elm 
was  christened  the  "Centennial  Tree.'*  More  than  one  hun- 
dred years  had  passed  since  man  and  beast  had  rested  beneath 
its  grateful  shade. 

Mr,  Ephraim  Child  was  a  prominent  man  of  his  day.  He 
was  intelligent,  patriotic,  enterprising,  generous  and  self-sacri- 
ficing, llis  patriotism  was  kindled  by  the  stirring  incidents  of 
the  times,  and  he  was  among  the  fii*st  of  the  early  defenders  of 
colonial  interests.  In  1753  he  held  a  commission  as  Lieutenant 
in  Company  17,  in  llth  Regiment  uf  Infantry,  in  Connecticut, 
and  was  active  in  the  revolutionary  struggles  for  independence. 
He  was  a  man  of  broad  views,  of  a  warm  and  sympathetic  na- 
ture, living  for  othei^s  quite  as  much  as  for  himself     Eameat 


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AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  79 

in  eflEorts  for  the  public  good,  he  drew  around  him  men  less 
brave,  who  shared  in  his  sympathies  and  profited  by  his  counsels. 
In  church  affairs  he  was  conscientious,  steadfast  and  reliable,  a 
leader  whose  integrity  and  wisdom  secured  the  confidence  of  his 
Christian  brethren,  and  rendered  him  a  fit  man  to  transmit  to 
posterity,  attractive  and  valuable  characteristics. 

[Fourth  Generation.]    Children: 

27.  i.  Ephraim  Child,  Jr ,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Jan.  15,  1711,  m.  Jan.  20, 
1734,  Mary  Lyon. 

28.  ii.  Daniel  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Jan.  1,  1713,  m.  first  Jan.  1, 
1747,  to  Ruth  Ammidown  Curtis,  second  m.  to  Abigail  Bridges. 

29.  iii.  Priscilla  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Mar.  7, 1715,  d.  Sep.  6, 1786. 
80.  iv.  Henry  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  28, 1717,  m.  twice,  first 

1742  Rebecca  Bacon.  She  d.  Nov.  2, 1772.  His  second  m.  was  July  6,  1757, 
to  Dorothy  Child. 

31.  V.  Mehttable  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June  8,  1718,  m.  July  8, 
1741,  Nehemiah  Lyon. 

32.  vi.  Mary  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  April  12,  1721,  m.  first  March 
20,  1746,  Job  Revere,  m.  second  June  11,  1747,  Stephen  May. 

33.  vii.  Esther  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  6,  1722.    Not  known 
whether  she  married.     Died  April  9,  1789. 

34.  viii.  Elisha  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.  Feb.  11,  1725,  m.  Jan.  20, 
1750,  Alice  Manning. 

35.  ix.  Peter  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  July  6, 1727,  m.  Dec.  10, 1756, 
Susanna  Child. 

36.  X.  Johanna  Child,  tyin  sister  of  Peter,  b.  July  6, 1727,  d.  Mar.  21, 1756. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

27.  i.  Ephraim  Child,  first  child  of  Ephraim  and  Priscilla 
Harris  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock  Ct,  Jan.  15,  1711,  m.  June,  20, 
1734,  Mary  Lyon.  He  d.  Sept  12,  1775.  She  d.  April  21, 
1790.     They  had  four  children.     Residence  in  Woodstock,  Ct 

[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

37.  i.  Priscilla  Child,  b.  1787,  m.  Jonathan  Bacon. 

38.  ii.  Incbeasb  <:;hild,  b.  Dec.  18,  1740,  m.  Nov.  3,  1702,  Olive  Pease. 

39.  iii.  Asa  Child,  b.  April  6,  1743,  m.  Nov.  16,  1793,  Elizabeth  Murray. 

40.  iv.  Theoda  Child,  bapt  April  7,  1745,  d.  Dec.  12,  1748. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

38.  ii  Increase  Child,  second  child  of  Ephraim  and  Mary 
Lyon  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Dec.  13, 1740,  m.  Olive  Pease 
of  Somers,  Ct,  Nov.  3,  1762.  She  was  b.  March  10, 1738,  d.  July 
5,  1822,  in  Greenfield,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  d.  June  10, 
1810,  in  the  same  town.     They  had  nine  children. 


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From  papers  furriislied  by  one  of  the  descendants  of  Incr 
Child^  we  obtain  items  of  his  histoiy  which  reveal  a  somewhat] 
eventful  life,  showing  manliness,  patriotism^  and  personal  vir-! 
tuea     Captain  Increase,  as  he  comes  to  our  notice^  is  a  lusty,.] 
barlj  youth,  of  a  mercurial  temperament,  of  an  adventurouaj 
disposition^  not  content  with  the  monotony  of  a  home  devoid  of  I 
excitements,  bent  upon  knowing  and  seeing  what  was  going  on 
in  the  world.     At  scarcely  sixteen  years  of  age,  when  Israel 
Putnam  was  commissioned  by  the  Connecticut  colony  as  cap- 1 
tain,  in  1755,  in  the  French  war,  young  Increase,  in  response  [ 
to  the  cal!  for  volunteers,  was  among  the  first  to  be  enrolled, 
and  served  through  the  seven  years'  campaign  of  this  wan     He 
fought  in  the  battles  at  Crown  Point  and  Ticondaroga     At  the^ 
time  of  Putnnm's  capture,  in  1756,  young  Child  yas  marching 
near  hiiiL     The  Indians  sei/.ed  Putnam  and  bound  him  to  a 
tree,  where  he  was  exposed  to  the  fire  of  both  frieuds  and  foea 
How  Putnam  was  extricated  from  his  position,  our  informant 
does  not  tell     But  he  lived,  as  we  know,  to  light  the  battles 
of  the  Revolution,     Returning  to  the  old  homesbe^id  at  the  closei 
of  this  war,  he  tarried  but  a  short  time,  when  he  left  and  went 
to  Dutchess  county,  N.  Y.,  and  engaged  in  school  teaching  in  a 
place  called  "Oblong,"  deriving  its  name  pmbably  from  its] 
peculiar  shape,  as  a  point  of  land  adjacent  to  the  Hudson  river. 
After  spending  a  few  years  in  tcachitig,  he  returned  to  W(x>d' 
stock,  Ct,  and  married  Miss  Pease  of  Sotners      He  made  Wood- 1 
stock,  Cl,  bis  home  for  a  number  of  yeai's,  rearing  some  of  hia 
children,  if  not  all,  in  this  town,  vhen  the  attractions  of  the  then 
west  brouglit  him  back  to  the  b(»rders  of  the  Hudson  river. 
Taking  his  eldest  son  (Salmon  Child),  then  a  hid,  on  hoi'sebackj 
behind   him,  he  went  to   Dutchess  county,  N.  Y.,  provided  a 
home,  and  brought  over  his  funiily,  and  setded  thei^. 

When  the  Revolutionary  war  broke  out,  he  enlisted  under^ 
General  Schuyler,  as  captain.     Under  Generals  Schuyler  and! 
Gates  he  served  throngfi  the  war  and  obtained  an  honorable 
discharge.     In  this  campaign  Ids  son  (Salmon)  acted  at  first  as 
a  waiter  for  his  father,  being  too  young  at  the  coiumenceraetii ' 
of  the  war  to  be  taken  as  a  soldier,  but  before  its  close  his  j 
name  was  enrolleil  on  the  list  of  voluuteei's.     The  cxcitementai 
and  liardships  of  war  during  an  eight  years*  service  were  not 
sufficient  to  break  the  force  of  will  and  purpcise  in  Captain  In- 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  ,  81 

crease  Child  The  northern  section  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
through  which  the  army  of  Schuyler  and  Grates  had  been  led, 
presented  such  attractions  to  Captain  Child  that  he  resolved  to 
make  it  his  future  home.  His  settlement  was  in  Milton,  Sara- 
tov county,  N.  Y.,  where  he  became  a  permanent  and  useful 
citizen.  The  early  .opportunities  of  Captain  Increase  Child  for 
a  substantial  education,  that  should  qualify  him  for  practical  life, 
had  been  well  improved.  He  was  an  excellent  penman,  and  a 
competent  surveyor  and  conveyancer,  and  a  man  of  excellent 
general  business  capacity.  The  inherent  force  of  character 
evinced  by  Increase  Child  in  budding  youth  did  not  expend 
itself  in  riper  years;  nor  did  it  expire  at  his  death  and  leave  no 
traces  in  the  long  line  of  descendants  of  this  remarkable  man. 
As  we  trace  the  history  of  this  branch  of  the  family  name,  there 
lies  along  the  entire  line,  at  not  very  wide  intervals,  the  most 
robust  and  sturdy  qualities  of  mental  and  physical  manliness 
and  moral  worth.  The  children  of  Captain  Increase  Child  were 
among  the  best  and  most  enlightened  citizens  of  their  day.  Nor 
have  succeeding  generations  exhibited  less  noble,  manly,  patri- 
otic and  intelligent  characteristics. 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children : 

41.  i.  Havilan  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Aug.  13,  1768,  d.  Aug.  19, 
1766. 

42.  ii.  Salmon  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sep.  19,  1765,  m.  Jan,  7, 
1787,  Olive  Rose. 

43.  lii.  Roxalana  Child,  b  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June  17,  1767,  d.  young. 

44.  iv.  Roxalana  Child,  2d,  b.  in  W^oodstock,  Ct.,  May  3,  1769,  m.  Robert 
Ackerman,  d.  at  Pillar  Point,  X.  Y. 

45.  V.  Mark  Anthony  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  10,  1771,  m. 
Dec.  8,  1793,  Hannah  Benedict,  m.  2d  1819,  SuBinit  Peacock. 

46.  vi.  Ephbaim  Child,  b.  May  10,  i773,  m.  Jan.  1,  1796,  Mary  Wood- 
worth. 

47.  vii.  OuvE  Child,  b.  Mar.  11,  1775,  m.  1798,  Alfred  Bosworth. 

48.  viii.  WiLUAM  Child,  b   Jan.  4. 1777,  m.  Feb.  5,  1820,  Polly  Weed. 

49.  ix.   Asa  Child,  b.  May  21,  1780,  m.  1806.  Lois  Foote. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

42.  ii.  Judge  Salmon  Child,  second  child  of  Captain  Increase 
and  Olive  Pease  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Sept.  19,  1765, 
m.  Jan.  7,  1787,  Olive  Rose.  She  was  b.  Oct  23,  1763,  and 
died  May  2,  1825.  He  died  at  East  Troy,  Walworth  Co., 
Wisconsin,  Jan.  28,  1856.     They  had  five  children. 


BISNJAMIN  CITILI),  uK  ROXBrRY,  MASS. 


Judge  Sfilmon  Child  in  his  boyhood  receiveil  his  education 
amid  the  stirnng  scenes  of  the  Colonial  Revolution.  His  sur-, 
roundiogs  in  his  youth  were  of  a  character  to  foster  manly  sen 
timents  and  noble  aspirations.  His  contact  witli  men  of  lar 
ideas  and  elevat-ed  purposes  helped  to  develop  liim  into  th< 
man  he  wa.s  in  after  life.  When  his  father,  Captain  Increu 
Childj  returned  from  the  French  War»  with  experiences  ftiU 
stirring  incident,  the  son  could  but  catch  the  spirit  and  imbil 
the  sentiments  of  ilic  father,  Thui?  was  laid  tlie  foundation 
a  noble  character  in  the  great  and  good  man  he  came  to  be  i 
aft>er  life.  \s  already  i-clated  in  li  is  father's  history,  he  enter 
the  EevolutioTuiiy  army  at  an  early  age,  serving  as  his  father 
waiter,  being  too  young  for  regular  servica  When  arrived 
the  proper  age,  he  put  on  the  trapping?*  of  the  soldier, 
fought  the  battles  of  freedttm  by  the  side  of  bis  patriot  sir 
At  the  close  of  tlu^  war  he  went  with  his  father  to  Saratov 
county,  N.  Y.,  and  elTeeted  an  inde|M?ndeut  settlement  in  the' 
town  of  Greenfield  in  that  county.  In  17S7  he  married  Olive 
Rose,  and  entered  upon  a  new  career  of  lifa  His  expeiience 
in  the  ai-my,  conjoined  with  inherent  qualities  of  sound  seufl 
and  uncommon  sagacity,  fitted  him  for  the  duties  of  civil  Hfd 
His  influence  as  a  le^iding  citizen  in  town  and  county  was  earK 
acknowledged,  and  the  confidence  reposed  in  him  by  his  fellow 
citizens  is  clearly  indicated  by  the  official  jiositions  to  which  i 
was  electetl  by  their  suffrages.  But  it  was  not  in  a  civil  cap 
ity  alone  that  Judge  Child  contributed  a  healthful  influence  l 
the  conditions  of  society.  Few  men  could  be  found  at 
period  more  truly  conscientious,  and  who  comprehended  more 
clearly  the  importance 'of  educational  and  religious  institution 
in  establishing  a  pn*spcrous  community.  The  estimate 
which  Judge  Child  was  hehi  in  the  town  and  county  where 
spent  a  long  life  will  be  seen  in  an  obituary  notice^  taken  from 
a  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  weekly  paper,  which  we  give  in  this  connc 
tion  : 

DIED. — January  28,  1856,  m  Walworth  county,  WisK?oiisiii,  Hon. 
51  ON  Child. 

Judge  Siilriion  Child  was  far  n  long  time  a  resident  of  Saratoga  csfrtiii 
N.  Y.    He  was  one  f»f  the  first  settlers  in  West  Green  field,  more  thun  seven 
years  ago,  and  resided  there  until  a  few  years  miv(%  when  he  and  his  fiiii 
renaoTed  West,     He  whj?  u  pensioner,  having  when  quit©  young  gone  i 
with  his  father,  who  was  a  eaptain  in  the  Revolutionary  war.     He  wad| 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.. 


sa 


prominent  member  of  the  Bapti^it  Thtirt^h,  and  had  much  to  do  in  its  forma- 
|IWou  iin«i  mtunfcnanee  whcro  he  r\*sidt?(L  lie  wtis  one  of  the  M%  or  eight 
men  in  Greenfield  who  forminl  one  of  the  first  t-empemnce  societies  in  this 
county,  in  1H09,  He  was  a  t>Uin  fHrnier,  a  plain  common-sense  man,  And 
ever  ^ti^t^iined  an  irrepnjtteimb'<%  maral  and  relig^iouj^  eharueler;  t!ie  ^reat 
weight  of  which  brought  him  into  public  life.  He  was  twice  elected  as 
Member  of  Assembly  from  thiij  coimty»  and  was  appointed  and  servt^d  for  a 
nurnln^r  of  years  jts  first  judge  of  the  county.  He  was  elected  in  1821  a  niem- 
bor  of  the  eonvention  to  amend  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of  New  York. 
Perhaps  no  non-professional  man  ever  rceeiveti  a  greater  sharit  of  public 
offices  iu  llie  county.  He  has  served  out  a  long  life  (91  yrs  )  of  ueefulness. 
He  died  calmly  and  in  peace,  and  htm  entered  upon  the  rest  prepared  for 
the  people  of  God. 

We  append  the  following  qnotationB  from  the  writings  of 
Judge  Salmon  Child,  as  illuj^timting  his  times  and  himself.  In 
part,  tltcy  art^  from  a  long  letter  addressed  to  his  granddaiiLrhter 
aad  her  hns^batid,  when  ttie  Judge  was  eighty-tive  years  of  age, 
find  from  an  article  prepared  for  a  newspaper  publitvation  called 
the  RejXisiiory,  The  letter  begins  with  a  clear  statement  of  his 
religious  faith,  esj>ecially  his  strong  V>elief  in  the  Trinity,  quot- 
ing from  the  Old  and  New  Testaments,  passages  elueidating 
id  verifying  his  dcdnctiojis,  binnging  out  witlt  unmistakable 
iphiisis  the  doctrines  of  fiee  will  and  moral  i-esponsibility, 
losing  this  portion  of  the  letter  with  these  words: 

The  hiistorv  both  of  the  Old  Tostwrnont  and  the  New,  and  of  the  f'hiirth 
Christ  down  to  the  presi-nt  day,  teaches  us  that  settling  down  on  a  form  of 
tliness,  without  the  spirit  or  jMnver  thereof,  (.IikI  alihors.    And  it  is  the 
>nghold.  the  foundation  of  anti-CliriBt^s  kingdom.     As  long  as  a  Christian 
a  Christian  ehureh  live  in  the  failh,  in  the  love,  spirit  and  obedience  of 
ie  Gospel  of  Christ,  they  will  grow  in  graee  and  in  knowledge  daily,  antl 
feome  the  **8alt  of  the  earth/'  the  light  of  t!ie  worlds  a  '*city  set  on  a  hill 
T^hftt  cannot  be  hid." 

lie  then  gives  some  account  of  his  early  life: 
My  fiarents  and  grandparents  lived  in  Woodstock,  Connecticut.  My 
indfather  Iwlonged  to  what  was  then  called  the  "Standing  Order,"  since, 
f Congregation alists/*  They  were  very  strict  in  keeping  the  Snblmth  and 
the  forms  of  religion,  as  they  understo  d  them.  They  kept  Sat urtlay 
fht.  All  kind  of  lnlM»r»  in  doors  ttnd  out,  was  laid  aside  hs  yocm  ajs  the 
in  set,  and  if  it  was  noeessHry  they  should  boil  victuals  for  the  Snldwth, 
rery  thing  was  prepared  and  put  into  the  f>ot  before  the  sun  ?fet.  They 
>k  the  whole  fnmily  to  rneefing,  nod  after  retiirning,  and  supper  was  over, 
children  were  t^iught  the  Westminster  catechism,  or  other  religious  ex- 
5i!<c9,  until  the  sun  set,  which  wbs  watched  vnry  clonely  by  ua  children, 
id  not  forgotten  l«y  thcelders^  The  moment  it  was  said,  "  It  is  siin<lown/* 
the  men  were  out  preparing  for  the  week's  work,  the  women  making  all 
things  rojfcdy  for  the  wjish*tuK  and  the  children  all  hiltin'ty.     When  I  was 


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mm  hsw^  Undv  theie  cifnoMtMieefi,  tba  |«triolM 
e  B^ frtbrr  waiiffi.  fannd  ial^a lunnte  coni|mj.  to 

■Tflu  fif  ftiitriT  nm  Mj  imkm  ~w  called  to  tbe  Ciiy  «f 

^ftm«fAfBL  fla  fii  aiv  «^  iVB^tKinmid  Willi  lri> 
itvtida  liitt^  •YV**"**  ^c<K  Falsi,  lor  Um  !itir]ioK«( 
«,  ao  » In  Tiiy  naTJf^liM  na  iIm  flajliiiiia,  of  Bntbli  sisp- 
fiiif  gma^  «|>  ta  tibe  iMad  ol  nai^piin«  vttdb  woaU  leave  IrH  Ml  or  iO 
Biles  «f  l«ad  fir  aa  aiWT  DO  4i«ee  la  Sbf»  iMBad  eff  Laloe  Cfcaw] 
to  iwiwataail  t^  fortify  Wfst  Pcaat  «ad  tbt  Hlgbkads.  tltfil  a'ttsmts 
mHu  uj  taafc  llmr  »i»  caadtr  14  yei»  lor  wt^kewK  tlat  aQ  Ibe  i 
a«B  aoglil  Mf^R.  Mf  IkAmt  ioal^  wm  miw  ia  vj  tii^wlli  Tcmr. 
e^ly  taa  ■iiibi  Ob  iba  Mitf  ApA  ITH^  dl  «y  iitiNr*a  resoa 
«|««ii*  attt  be  hiaitid  n  dalt.  la  HH.  Ibe  Bcititfb  msii  an  ann j  ftoa 
Kev  Teck  ap  lb»  H«dean  a^i  MirtiiT  Inn  Menmal  Ui  Biaet  at  ABian^ 
Tbr  fliw  Iroi  iba  wtb  tff»fc  ^t  Hiemge—; ,    Had  tbe  Baliib  aneaoeded 

tof^axa^baaaL  iHiii  1 1  labataMtedlwHb  caa 
after,  mj  fbtbfr  berMar  cafnan «f  a  neufMoy  «r  foJealunik  raided  lo  sli 
Ibe  pf^^gtass  nf  B«i|-ofac.  IV  ecae^aaj  jobeoi  fiaftes*  anaj  ai  Stilli 
Svabife  coanty,  whtrw!  ibtj  sUTPd  amil  tbe  matsAr  eff  tbe  Britbh  annj . 
Mj  &tb««'  «a»  ae  vei  eailad  vitb  tbe  IbbI  bi  ^^ftwfes,  be  batsatnid  for 
aiu««abo«ittbfi!aw9asfMR  whmm  tbr  brtllea  e^ee  fen^ii^  and  be  aoi 
njf>«lf  a^ml  tbcvt  oi  ]iaff«!lw  |gf|ieiiii  InrflMl  f«l  in  Jiiaof  fTatn,  aad  a  fa^ 
4eft»  end  b#  fwtenwd  fef  ibe  nHilf « 

Ubiiilga^widedoewafayweadbwrliBlgeCfbefenaaMartiLitttbf  j5^^ 
mnbereflbebodieeitfaHivmliBeBd.  11»?^  bed  ta«  bwied  in  »  ibeK 
hm  a  fvave,  tiw  Mi>%i<ing  9i  %bt»  1^  vaHes  bad  ^mg  iSkmm  up  mM>d  pai^ 
tial^  d»<aawid  Ibem*  dene  feat^  «€  ibe  banks  bed  baeii  hm^%  •«-  '^'^ 
INMlw  I  tbiiik  il  tt«$  ibr  ar^  irtHlvir  a  m^vh,  sent  to  tbe  iroods  « 
asr  la  diKif  tivc^  iMl  ertainiai^  be  aaa  eaanbed  Ipc,  Mid  it  was  Ibiiuii  cir 
badbaigblii  Urfv  nwrtin  fd iNimk fciiled  ti»w  wiUi  bbaie.biit  tbee^ett 
lea  aanemasi  and  bad  bOM  «Md  fMi^  «ikBi  bba.  Wdl^vs  «viv  an  ptot; 
ibiiif*<ienidbebe|iieinlyliy  bnnini^e»inaebwepap  m  nigbt, 

Hiai  y«^U,  irbe bnd aa< #n|<iyad 4i iilligwii  ntmiifiPWi .  WaewflbOcMal 
INitnnni(lbanllilj^iata^<wniBdsti9«ltbaFNBMii  wbk.  nnd  vns  wHbitt 
a  Urn  iMt  of  bna  wben  tb*  ImiRmns^  iief<Tid  bbe»  Mf  letbw  waa  a  vb^, 
end  IIvp4  ta  a  iM^IEbbnebiviA  «d  vbffr^  V  of  ««e«Rife.  beefrd  mecii  ssid  aboet 
*K.  ««..,*  ||„,|  i^trv  fian»f«  ia  ibe  IM^^  iBntiewimt,  and  altboii^  • 
-iM^  lo  an  old  Ste|Hbli  dlttiennn  to  ted  Uie  meewiing  of  tbiae 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  85 

peared  on  the  countenances  of  the  more  aged.  The-  original  meaning  of 
whig  I  found  to  be  whey,  buttermilk,  or  small  beer,  and  was  first  applied 
to  those  in  Scotland  who  held  their  meetings  in  the  fields,  their  food  being 
buttermilk ;  afterwards  a  nickname  given  those  who  opposed  the  court  and 
high  church  party  in  the  times  of  King  Ch  rles  and  James  II.  The  word 
tory  was  used  in  Ireland  to  signify  robbers,  murderers,  who  stood  outlawed 
for  their  crimes;  subsequently  a  name  given  the  opulent,  overbearing,  eccle- 
siastical and  political  aristocracy  of  the  British  Government.  I,  of  course, 
venerated  the  whig  party,  and  abhorred  the  other.  There  was  another 
source  from  which  I  learned  much.  At  that  time  there  was  published  a 
small  weekly  newspaper,  under  the  heading  Common  Sense,  several  arti- 
cles appeared,  giving  a  very  clear  and  discriminating  view  of  the  principles 
of  the  British  Government  and  contrasting  them  with  a  republican.  Prom 
these  sources,  I  formed  the  opinions  which  have  been  my  polar  star  through 
my  three  score  years  and  ten.  Great  honore  have  been  bestowed  on  the 
patriot  soldiers  of  the  Revolution;  but  the  mothers,  wives  and  daughters  of 
those  noble  men  bore  their  full  share  of  the  sufferings  of  those  times,  and 
are  equally  with  them  entitled  to  the  gratitude  of  the  present  and  future 
generations. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

50.  i.  Increase  W.  Child,  b.  in  Greenfield,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  9, 
1787,  m.  Jan  12,  1810,  Desire  Frink. 

51.  ii.  Esther  Child,  b.  in  Greenfield,  N.  Y.  Dec.  27,  1790,  d.  July  24 
1796. 

52.  iii.  Olive  Child,  b.  in  Greenfield,  N.  Y  ,  Jan.  21,  1795,  d  young. 
63.  iv.  William  Child,  b.  in  Greenfield,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  4,  1798,  m.  Feb.  6. 

1820.  Susan  Deake. 

54.  V.  pRisciLLA  Child,  b.  in  Greenfield,  N.  Y,  Sep.  8,  1800,  m.  Mr. 
Petit,  d.  April  1,  1877. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

50.  i.  Dr.  Increase  W.  Child,  eldest  child  and  son  of 
Judge  Salmon  and  Olive  Rose  Child,  b.  in  Greenfield,  N.  Y., 
Oct  9,  1787,  m.  Jan.  12,  1810,  Desire  Frink,  dau.  of  Colonel 
Henry  Frink  of  Milton,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.  She  was  b.  Feb. 
10,  1791,  d.  Sep.  23,  1824.  He  d.  in  Fayette,  Seneca  Co.,  N.  Y., 
Feb.  1,  1846. 

As  a  physician  and  surgeon,  Dr.  Child  was  eminent  not  only 
in  Saratoga  county,  for  many  years  his  field  of  practice,  but 
attained  a  high  standing  in  the  state.  His  medical  associates 
held  him  in  great  esteem  for  his  personal  qualities  as  well  as 
superior  skill  in  his  profession.  His  services  as  a  lecturer  in 
his  profession  were  often  sought  and  obtained  by  the  medical 
colleges  in  the  country,  and  his  opinions  in  critical  cases  were 
deferred  to  by  the  medical  fraternity.  His  private  virtues  se- 
cured for  him  the  confidence  of  all  classes,  and  gave  him  com- 


86  BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 

maiiding  influenca  His  patroos  were  not  altogether  among 
the  ridi  aiid  intlueutial ;  the  humble  dwelliDga  of  the  poor  aiiJ 
lowly  were  never  shuDDed  bj  Dr.  Child.  Endowed  by  nature 
with  noble  and  generous  feelings,  expanded  and  deepened  by 
the  force  of  a  Christian  faith,  he  was  drawn  to  the  needy, 
whom  he  freely  expended  bis  counsels  and  aid  without  fee  " 
reward.  As  a  public  benefactor,  he  ei^rly  espoused  the  tem* 
perance  reform,  and  from  his  personal  popularity,  reclaime 
some  from  habits  of  intemperance,  and  saved  many  by  his 
suasions  and  his  methods  for  prescribing  for  his  patients  fro 
falling  into  these  habits.  Seldom,  if  ever,  did  he  preacril 
alcoholic  liquors  as  a  tonic. 

Mre.  Child  was  scarcely  less  popular  among  her  extensi^ 
ac.(|uaintances  and  her  husband's  patients.  By  nature  and  cuP 
ture,  she  was  a  lady  of  gi'cat  pei'sonal  attractions.  Her  quali* 
ties  of  heart  were  among  her  greatest  charms.  She  seems  to 
have  been  the  counterpart  of  her  noble  luisband.  One  of  her 
daughters  says  of  her,  *^by  her  ladylike  qualities  and  kin<^ 
ness  of  heart  she  gained  many  frienda  Many  a  time  hav< 
seen  her  fill  a  basket  with  delicacies,  provisions  and  clothin" 
for  poor  families,  the  patients  of  m}'  father,  to  be  conveyetl  hi 
him  in  his  round  of  visits  to  their  humble  abodes."  In  sf 
iiig  of  her  mother,  in  the  portrayal  of  her  excellencies,  anoth 
daughter  says,  '^I  cannot  say  enough  in  her  praise/^  And  I 
her  burial,  her  clergyman  speaks  of  her  as  embodying  all 
is  lovely  and  attractive. 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Children : 

55.  i.  Benry  Fbtnk  Child,  b.  in  Milton,  Saruioga  (  o..  N.  Y,,  Ort  25,  18l{ 

56.  ii   Salmon  CniLi>,  b.  in  Miltoiu  N.  Y,,  Oct.  25»  1812,  m.  Cuthar 
Lewis. 

57.  iii    Marion  CnrLi3,  h.  in  Miltirn,  N.  Y.,  March  2,  1814,  m.  Add 
Wynkoop 

58.  iv,  Caroline  Cbilij,  Ii.  in  MWUnu  N.  Y.,Sep.  7, 1815.  in.  Dan'l  Ba 

59.  y.  Hannah  Frink  Child,  l».  in  Milton,  N.  Y.»  Dee,  17,  1816»  m.  Israel 
Howe 

00.  vi.  OuvK  Child,  b  in  Milton. N.  Y.,  .Inne  1, 1818»  d.  Aug.  la^  un 

61.  vii.  Bexjamtn  K.  Child,  h  in  Milton,  N.  Y.,  Oct  2, 1819,  a».  Catli 
line  Cole. 

02.  viii.   Mabv  Child,  h  in  Milton,  N.  Y.,  Am^,  8,  1821.  lives  with  MnT 
Barr<?t  at  Fairfnv,  C.  IL,  Va,  tuimurri<^!h 

m,  ix.   Sarah  Chilk  b.  in  Milton.  N.  Y.,  Jan.  27,  1823,  m.  Nov.  SI,  18 
Paris  PeUit, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  87 

64.  X.  Martha  Child,  b.  in  Milton,  N.  Y.,  June,  30,  1825,  m.  Nov.  25, 
1848,  Andrew  Van  Gieson 

65.  xi.  Melinda  Child,  b.  in  Milton,  N.  Y.,  May  7,  1827,  m.  Nov.  2, 
1851,  Bernard  M  Madden. 

66.  xii.  Frances  Frink  Child,  b.  in  Milton,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  18,  1829,  m. 
Nov.  17,  1847,  William  Gates. 

67.  xiii.  Desire  Frink  Child,  b.  in  Milton,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  5,  1880,  m.  Dan*l 
Barrett,  her  brother-in-law,  at  Falls  Church,  Fairfax  Co.,  Va. 

68.  xiv.  Isaac  Frink  Child,  b.  in  Milton,  N.  Y.,  June  21,  1882,  m.  Oct. 
11,  1862,  Jennie  E.  Kellogg. 

09.  XV.  Increase  W.  Child,  Jr.,  b.  in  Milton,  N.  Y ,  Nov.  12,  1885,  d. 
1872.    Was  a  merchant  in  New  York  city,  unmarried. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

55.  i.  Henry  Frink  Child,  eldest  child  of  Dr.  Increase  W. 
and  Olive  Kose  Child,  b.  in  Milton,  N.  Y.,  Oct  25,  1811,  was 
a  physician,  and  established  himself  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y., 
where  he  had  an  extensive  practice ;  was  popular  as  a  man,  and 
acquired  a  high  reputation  in  his  profession.  He  died  Sept 
1871,  much  lamented  by  his  friends  and  acquaintances.  He 
never  married. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

56.  ii.  Salmon  Child,  second  child  and  son  of  Dr.  Increase 
W.  and  Olive  Rose  Child,  b.  in  Milton,  N.  Y.,  Oct  25,  1812, 
m.  Catharine  Lewis  of  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.,  moved  to  Virginia, 
purchased  a  large  tract  of  land  six  miles  from  Georgetown,  and 
became  a  successful  planter.  He  died  Dec.  29,  1860,  leaving 
a  wife,  but  no  children. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

57.  iii.  Marion  Child,  eldest  dau.  and  third  child  of  Dr. 
Increase  W.  and  Desire  Frink  Child,  b.  in  Milton,  N.  Y., 
March  2,  1814,  m.  Adam  Wynkoop,  a  wealthy  farmer  of  Hope- 
well, Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

70.  i.  Cara  C.  Wynkoop. 

71.  ii.  Desire  P.  Wynkoop. 

72.  iii.  John  Wynkoop. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

58.  iv.  Caroline  Child,  second  dau.  and  fourth  child  of  Dr. 
Increase  W.  and  Desire  Frink  Child,  b.  Sep.  7,  1815.  She  had 
a  thorough  education.  Started  a  young  ladies'  seminary  in 
Dutchess  Co.,  N.  Y,  of  which  she  was  for  some  years  principal. 


She  uttiiied  Bund  Barrali  ia  ibat  eemmy^  and  tfaer 
lo  FixrCuL  Cq^  Ya.  Xr.  Bnrett  teame  in  extenaTe  pkiiter. 
llf&  Barrett  died  in  1861  Mr.  Barrett  mumd^  aecnid,  Descre 
Fiink  CliOd,  aster  ctf  lus  first  wife*  There  were  na  dukbeo 
bjr  thk  marrageL  He  died  in  1S74.  Mr.  Barrett's  hoi»7  was 
of  ten  the  headquarters  of  OeoL  McOeUan  and  ataff.  Mf&  Bar- 
rett resides  as  Fairfax.  C  H^  Ya. 

pCMtkOgfratian]    CIuUrb  of  Qualiae  Child  wMi  Liteiiei  Ban^U : 
7X  L  HaiBTRAaacn; 
74  iL  Baxcwi,  EAaaarr. 
73u  uL  CAaoun  BAmaarr. 
in  It.  KAzaAXDEi  BAaacrr. 

fSi^itk  GawimtiQa.] 

59.  T.  Hansab  Ffiixs:  Chilis  third  dao.  and  fifth  child  < 
Dr.  Inczeage  W.  aod  De»ire  Friak  Child,  k  in  Miltoti,  N. 
Ike,  17,  1^^,  m.  loadl  Hawe  ol  Gurham,  Ontario  Ckx,  N. 
removed  to  Sanfocd^  Broome  Ca^  X.  Y. 
[Hiatli  GettPratioii.]    Clikim: 

77.  L  Patto  Hon.  b.  in  Got^b^  Oiilano  Cb^  K.  T.  Fcfet  IS,  180^ 
0ce.  SS.  1879,  Dellft  Baker. 

m  IL  BaHA  P.  Hon,  II  ia  Gor^a^  OM«m  Qx,  H.  T^  Oct.  2U  IdH 
a.  Aa^.  1883L  loo.  E.  fVelei|gfa«  iMde  ia  Floyii  Gou.  Iowa. 

7I».  tii.  Ai-Tix  BrsB  Howz,  b.  ia  GoiiMa,  OatviciGov  N.  T^  April  aO, 
1817,  «.  Mat  U,  imK  P^tkaoe  A.  Sewacd. 

aOl  hr.  Ainis  D.  Howe.  b.  m  Gotham,  Oataiio  Ooc,  N.  T.,  Aug.  7,  i8Cli_ 
ii  a  Icadicr  in  •  ladies'  fcbool  at  Dolib's  Fmx,  on  the  Hadam  rivter. 

fBiglitli  Geaetataofi-] 

81-  viL  Bbkjamin  R  Child,  seventh  child  of  Dr,  Inc 
W.  and  Desim  Frink  Child,  h.  in  Miltom  N,  Y,,  Oct  2,  18l», 
OL  Catharine  Cole,  dao.  of  Jadge  Cole,  of  New  York  City. 

[Xlntli  Geoeratioci,]    Cbildtvo: 
ai.  L  HcrvT  CiUL0. 
81  iL  HcarairrrA  Chiux 

[Bgfatb  Gimenticm,] 

63v  ix.  Saeah  a  Child,  sijcth  dan.  and  ninth  child  of  Dr. 
Increaae  W.  and  Desire  Frink  Child,  k  in  Milton^  N.  Y.,  Jan* 
27,  1823,  UL  Now  %  1S50,  Paris  Petti t  son  of  William  Bilej 
and  Priscilla  Child  Pettit,  (the  mother  of  Paris  P.  was  daiL 
of  Jndge  Salmon  Child,)  by  Rev.  John  J.  Stearns»  in  Qor- 
ham,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.  They  reside  at  Fort  Atkinson,  Jeffc 
son  oonnty^  Wi&     Mr&  Petti t  is  by  profession  a  teacher. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  89 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

88.  i.  Agnes  Child  Pettit,  b.  in  Troy,  Wis.,  Aug.  19,  1852,  d.  April  22, 
1853. 

84.  ii.  Ma&ion  Cornelia  Pettit,  b.  in  Troy,  Wis.,  April  15,  1854 

85.  iii.  Fannie  Frink  Pettit,  b.  in  Troy,  Wis.»  March  9,  1856. 

86.  iv.  Auce  Smith  Pettit,  b.  in  Troy,  Wis.,  June  3, 1858,  d.  Nov.  5, 1863. 

87.  V.  Henry  Paris  Pettit,  b.  in  Troy,  Wis.,  July  25,  1862. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

64.  X.  Mabtha  Child,  seventli  daiL  and  tenth  child  of  Dr. 
Increase  W.  and  Desire  Frinlc  Child,  b.  in  Milton,  N.  Y.,  June 
2,  1825,  m.  Nov.  2, 1848,  Andrew  Van  Grieson,  son  of  John  and 
Cynthia  Bush  Van  Gieson  of  Lodi,  Washtenaw  Co.,  Michigan, 
by  Eev.  Mr.  Tozer,  in  Fayette  N.  Y.  Mr.  Van  G.  is  a  farmer, 
Mrs.  Van  G.  is  a  teacher.  They  Eeside  in  Beloit,  Rock  Co.,  Wis. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

88.  i.  Feed  L.  Van  Gieson,  b.  Feb.  6,  1854,  in  Broome  Co,.  N.  Y. 

89.  ii.  Chables  Bush  Van  Gieson,  b.  March  25,  1860,  in  Rock  Co.,  Wis. 

90.  iii.  Clara.  Bell  Van  Gieson,  b.  Nov.  7,  1866,  in  Rock  Co.,  Wis.    • 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

65.  xl  Melinda  Frink  Child,  eighth  dau.  and  eleventh 
child  of  Dr.  Increase  W.  and  Desire  Frink  Child,  b.  in  Milton, 
N.  Y.,  May  7,  1827,  m.  Nov.  2,  1851,  Bernard  M.  Madden  of 
Seneca  Co.,  N.  Y.,  now  residents  in  Elkhorn,  Walworth  Co., 
Wis. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children^ 

91.  i.  Frances  Lillian  C.  Madden,  b.  in  Elkhorn,  Wis.,  Jan.  15, 1854.  She 
is  principal  of  the  high  school  in  Elkhorn. 

93.  ii.  Mary  Child  Madden,  b.  in  Elkhorn,  Wis.,  July  10, 1856 

93.  iii.  Isaac  Child  Madden,  b.  in  Elkhorn,  Wis.,  Oct.  18,  1860.  Is  a 
law  student. 

94.  iv.  Melinda  Child  Madden,  b.  in  Elkhorn,  Wis.,  May  22,  1863. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

66.  xii.  Frances  Frink  Child,  ninth  dau.  and  twelfth  child 
of  Dr.  Inei'ease  W.  and  Desire  Frink  Child,  b.  in  Milton,  N.  Y., 
Jan.  18,  1829,  m.  Nov.  17,  1847,  William  Gates,  son  of  Cyrus 
and  Jane  Wycoff  Gates  of  La  Crosse,  Wis.,  by  Rev.  John  G 
Stearns.     Reside  in  Beloit,  Wis. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

95.  i.  Adelbbrt  Gates,  b.  in  Tuttle,  Rock  Co.,  Wis.,  June  27,  1849,  d. 
by  railroad  accident  Aug.  27.  1877. 

96.  ii.  Jennie  Gates,  b.  in  Tuttle,  Rock  Co.,  Wis.,  July  3,  1861, 

97.  iii.  Harry  Blwood  Gates,  b.  in  Tuttle,  Rock  Co.,  Wis.,  Apr.  18,1857. 

G 


90 


BENJAMIN  GKILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


98.  iv.  OscAft  Elmore  Gates,  b  in  Tuttb,  Rock  Co,.  Wis.,  Dec.  20.  ia59j 
d.  Oct.  31,  I860- 
09.  V.  Edna  S.  Gates,  b  in  Tuttks  Ri:>ck  Co.,  Wis  ,  Jan.  14,  1869. 

100.  vi.  Lois  C.  Gates,  b.  iu  Tuttle,  Rock  Co.,  Wis.,  Sep.  14,  ISTO. 

[Eighth  GeijeratioB.] 

68.  xiv.  Isaac  Frink  Child^  fourth  son  and  fourteentli 
child  of  Dr.  Increase  W.  and  Desire  Frink  Child,  b.  in  Milton, 
N.  Y.,  Jan.  21,  1832,  m.  Oct  10,  1862,  by  Jack  Lynes,  Esq., 
Jennie  E.  Kellogg,  dan,  of  Helinoiit  and  Electa  Washburn  Kel- 
logg of  New  Bloomfield,  Callaway  Co.,  Mo. 

Mr.  Child  was  a  di'y  goods  merchant  at  Dryersburg^  Te: 
nessee.     His  death  has  occurred  but  recently,  (March  9j  1879, 
and  was  very  sudden.      Mrs.  Child  writes  us  that  **  He  di 
of  a  congestive  chill  fever.       A  few   days   previous   to   his 
death,  while   in    health,  he    received   your   letter  asking  for     , 
his  family  record,  when  he  expressed  himself  greatly  pleased™ 
at  the  prospect  of  a  genealogy  of  the  Child  family,  and  haa^ 
set  apart  the  very  day  of  his  death  for  preparing  his  family 
record,"  the  melancholy  duty  falling  upon  his  wife,  which  she 
has  faithfully  performeil     Mr.  Child  was  popular  as  a  citizei 
in  Dryersburg,  once  Mayor  of  the  city,  and  esteemed  for  hi 
probity,  magnanimity  and  generosity.     He  removed  to  Tenn 
see  in  1859,  and  through  the  sectional  strife  adhered  to  the  ol 
Hag  of  the  Union,  affording  ample  prcx)f  that  the  blood  of  h 
Puritan  ancestry  was  ninning  in  his  veins  not  less  warmly  than 
in  the  veins  of  the  fathers  in  the  days  of  the  Eevolution. 
f Ninth  Generation.!    Children: 

101.  I  MATiGE  Cnn^n,  b,  Oct  3. 1S«4. 

102.  ii.  GeroU)  Child,  b.  Aug  18,  1865. 

103.  iii.  GBbT^HEN  Cnnjj.  b.  March  15.  1868. 

104.  iv.  Stamford  Cnn.D,  b.  Oct,  5. 1870. 
103.  V.  Guy  CfiiLi>,  b,  June  6.  1873. 

106.  vi.  May  Tenth  Child,  b.  May  10,  1875. 

107.  vii.  Uav  Child,  b.  April  25,  1878. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

53.   iv,  William  Child,  second  son  and  fourth  child  of 
Judge  Salmon   and  Olive  Eose  Child,  was  b.  in  Greenfield 
Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  4,  1798,  m.  Feb.  5,  1820,  to  Susa 
Deaka     She  was  b.  Dee.  25,  1 798.     On  the  14th  of  May,  1861 
Mr.  Child  writes  to  his  cousin  Olive,  dau.  of  Dr.  Increase 
Child,  sending  to  her  a  copy  of  the  family  record  from  thej 


AND  HIS  DESCEf 


family  Bible,— ^^Wni,  Clnld,  k  Jan.  4,  1798,  m.  to  Susan 
Deake  Feb*  5,  1820,  and  are  this  day  living  joyfully  together, 
through  the  mercy  of  God,  May  14,  1861/* 

Mr  William  Child  was  the  youngest  son,  and  the  home  son,  until 
the  spring  of  1836,  when  he  moved  to  Grorham,  Ontario  county, 
where  he  resided  some  eleven  yeara  In  1847,  he  again  moved 
with  his  family  to  Walworth  county,  Wis.,  and  here  remained 
until  his  death.  His  children  were  born  in  Greenfteld,  Saratoga 
county,  N.  Y.  In  statuVe  five  feet  ten  inches,  like  his  mother's 
family  (the  Kose)  he  was  spare,  but  with  the  Child  complexion 
and  eyea  Fragile  in  health  in  early  years,  he  used  to  say  of 
himself  that,  **  he  grew  up  a  punj^  petted  and  spoiled  child," 
owing  some  unusual  indulgence  to  the  frequent  absence  from 
home  upon  public  affaii's  of  his  father,  Judge  Child  He  was 
kind  and  tender  in  lieart,  impulsive,  and  sometimes  irritable  in 
temper,  but  never  retaining  ill-will  Of  hunting  and  fishing,  he 
was  passionately  fond,  and  always  loved  his  dog  and  gun.  An 
admirer  of  Burns  and  Shakespeare,  whom  he  read  effectively, 
and  thus  instructed  and  enterUiined  his  children  in  the  long 
w^inter  evenings  ;  with  his  family,  he  shared  all  his  jmrsuits  and 
pleasures  in  a  marked  degree.  Indeed,  he  attributed  his  con- 
versign  to  the  lovely  christian  life  and  daily  prayers  of  his  wife^ 
though  he  had  an  inheritance  of  godliness.  After  his  removal 
to  the  west,  he  became  an  earnest  Christian  worker.  Linked  with 
the  Baptist  denomination,  he  served  almost  gratuitously  the 
**Wisconsin  Baptist  State  Missionary  Convention,"  for  some  tinie» 
in  a  quiet  and  effective  manner,  collecting  and  dispensing  funds* 
and  awakening  a  strong  sympiithy  between  the  ditferent  Baptist 
churches  in  the  State  With  equal  enthusiasm  he  regarded  the 
causes  of  education  and  politics.  The  last  outside  activities  of 
this  fond  husband  and  wife,  were  ministrations  in  the  household 
>f  a  poor  German  family,  w*ho  were  all  sick.     Mra  Child  caught 

'the  fever,  and  her  death  from  it  occurred  on  the  17th  of  April, 
1865 ;  two  days  previous  President  Lincoln  had  been  assassi- 
nated.  Mn  Child  was  an  ardent  admirer  of  President  Lincoln, 
and  the  shock  of  these  two  deaths  was  too  severe.     With  no 

^organic  disease,  he  succumbed  on  the  24th  of  the  same  month. 
Walking  from  the  fire  to  his  bed,  he  lay  down,  waved  his  hand 
to  his  son  James  standing  near,  and  smiling  said,  *'  Good-bya** 

-These  incidents  are  related  by  his  son,  Rev.  Increase  Child. 


92 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURT,  MASS. 


[Eighth  GeDeration.]    Children: 

108   i.  Javes  Child,  b.  Aug,  23,  1828,  m,  Sep.  15,1847.  Esther  Diiismore, 
100.  ii.  Olive  Chum,  b.  xMny  6,  1825,  m.  Feb.  U,  1850,  Alfred  Pujoe. 

110.  HI  Increase  Child,  b.  Dee.  10.  1827,  m   June  5.  1850,  Artime^iji 
Lincoln,  rn.  2d  S^ept.  2,  1875,  Adaline  Flag^fr, 

111.  iv.   Dexter  Child.  K  Nov.  7,  1820*  d.  May  8.  185^,  beloTedbjAl) 
who  knew  him. 

112.  V.  Abuev  Child,  b  May  4,  1836,  m.  Ndv.  12,  1850,  to  Cyras  S.  Pkul- 
lips. 

[Eighth  Genera  I  ioa  J 

108.  I   Jamks   Child,  first  cliild   of   William  and  Susan 
Deake  Child,  b.  Aug.  53, 1823,  m.  Sep.  15,  1847.  Esther  Dins* 
more.     She  was  b,  March  4,  1827-     They  reside  in  East  Troy* 
Walworth  Co.,  Wis. 
[Ninth  GeDerHlioB  ]     Children : 

113.  i.  Melzar  Chili*,  b,  Aug.  20,  1848,  d,  Sep.  29,  184i. 

114.  ii.  HuLDAH  Child,  b  April  6,  1850,  m.  T-  H.  Conklin.    She  d.  !f< 
29.  1872. 

115.  iii.  StT8AN  Child,  h  MiireJi  7,  18o2,  d.  April  22,  1809. 

116.  iv,  William  Child,  b.  Feb.  14.  1854,  d,  Oel.  3,  1855. 

117.  V,  William  Child,  2d.  h.  Jiiw?  27,  1856. 

118.  vi.  Hexry  Dk.xtkr  Child,  b.  Oct.  25,  1858,  d.  S<^p.  1,  1866. 

119.  vii.  Emma  Child,  b.  Mureh  17,  1861. 
130.  viu.  CHAUNrEY  CiiiLi*,  b.  May  0,  1863,  d.  Sep.  5,  1864. 

121.  ix.  AmEx  L.  Ciini),  b.  Sep,  9.  18tj4. 

122.  X.  Esther  M.  Child,  b.  Fi-b,  13, 1869,  d.  Sep.  21.  1869, 


[Eighth  Generation.] 

109,  ii.  Olive  Child,  ehlestdau.  and  second  child  of  Willian 
and  Susan  Deake  Child,  b.  in  MiUon  N.  Y.,  May  6,   1825, 
Feb.  14, 1850,  at  Spring  Prairie,  Wis.,  Alfred  Payne  of  Pic^ua,  Oj 
a  portrait  and  landscape  painter.     They  reside  in  Hinsdale,  III. 
[Ninth  GeBeriitioia.]    Children: 

123.  T.  Susan  Payne,  b.  in  Hinsikle,  III,  Feb.  23,  ia5l,  is  ti  teacher  of 
English  Literature  in  the  Latin  High  School,  Chicago,  111. 

124.  ii,  Emma  Paysb,  b.  in  Hinsdale,  Hi.,  May  10,  iai3,  m,  April  9, 187^ 
Charles  K.  Erskine,  of  the  firm  of  Chase  k  Co.,  manl.  of  threshing  m«chiii^ 
and  porttible  fumaees, 

125.  ill.  Henby  Payne,  b.  in  Hinsdale,  111.,  Oct.  23,  1865,  is  a  teacher 
Hinsdale,  111. 

126.  iv.  Wn-LiAM  CmLD  Payne,  b.  in  Hin^sdale,  111.,  July  28,  1861. 

127.  V.  Elsie  Payne,  b.  in  Hinsdale,  HI ,  April  27,  1864. 

128.  vi.  Bertha  Payne,  b.  in  Hins^dale,  III.,  January  20,  1867. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  98 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

124.  ii.  Emma  Payne,  second  dau.  and  second  child  of  Olive 
Child  and  Alfred  Payne,  b.  in  Hinsdale,  111.,  May  10,  1853,  m- 
April  9,  1874,  Charles  E.  Erskine. 
[Tenth  Generation.]    Child:  ♦ 

129.  i.  Alfred  M.  Erskine,  b.  June  12,  1875. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

110.  iii.  Rev.  Increase  Child,  second  son  and  third  child  of 
William  and  Susan  Deake  Child,  b.  Dec.  10, 1827,  m.  1st  Arti: 
mesia  Lincoln,  June  5, 1850.  She  was  b.  Dec.  31, 1829,  d.  June 
21,  1875  ;  m.  2nd  Sept  2,  1875,  Adaline  Flagg.  She  was  b. 
Nov.  6,  1838. 

Rev.  Mr.  Child  is  an  inheritor  from  his  paternal  and  mater- 
nal ancestry,  of  that  "mercy  unto  thousands  of  them  that  love 
Me  and  keep  my  Commandments,"  and  lives  to  perpetuate  the 
promise  to  future  generations.  The  wonderful  transmission  of 
characteristics  peculiar  to  different  families,  has  found  in  him  a 
dual  manifestation.  In  early  life  he  seemed  to  partake  entirely 
of  the  mental  features  of  his  mother's  family;  with  advancing 
years  these  were  largely  overgrown  by  the  Child  qualities.  In 
the  work  of  the  ministry,  Mr.  Child  has  found  his  sphere,  and 
by  it  has  been  compelled  to  conquer  that  vis  inertice  which  is 
thought  to  be  a  Child  characteristic,  often  hindering  them  from 
being  and  doing  all  they  might  Chastened  by  afflictions,  he  is 
the  true  consoler  of  the  sorrowing;  craving  knowledge,  he  is  fit- 
ted to  instruct  and  elevate  others ;  loving  his  Master,  he  labors 
untiringly  to  win  his  flock  into  the  fold  of  the  good  Shepherd, 
Quick  in  his  sympathies,  he  has  been  earnest  in  his  efforts  to 
aid  in  this  memorial  work  of  a  noble  ancestry. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

130.  i.  Henry  Lincoln  Child,  b.  Aug.  10,  1851,  d.  Feb.  11,  1852. 

131.  ii.  Mary  Lincoln  Child,  b.  March  18,  1854,  d.  July  8,  1854. 

132.  iii.  Ellen  Lovisa  Child,  b.  June  20,  1855,  m.  Feb.  6,  1875,  J.  Clin- 
ton Ransom. 

133.  iv.  Julia  L.  Child,  b.  Feburary  1,  1858.  d.  June  11,  1861. 

134.  V.  Charles  M.  Child,  b.  April  11,  1866,  d.  April  13,  1866. 

135.  vi.  Clement  Dexter  Child,  b.  May  15,  1868. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

112.  V.  Abbey  Child,  second  dau.  and  fifth  child  of  William 
and  Susan  Deake  Child,  b.  May  4,  1836,  m.  Nov.  12, 1856,  Cyrus 


BENJAMIIf  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


Sl  PhilUpa     He  was  b. 

Johnson  Co.^  Nebraska- 

[Ninth  GenerntioD.]    Child: 

130.  i.  Jjottje  Phwufb,  b, 


April  18,  1828,    Resides  in  Tecumsel 


Dec. 


15. 1808. 

t 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

45.  V.  Mark  Anthony  Child,  third  son  and  fifth  child  of 
Increase  and  Olive  Pease  Child|  b.  in  Stillwater,  Saratoga  Co., 
K  Y„  May  10,  1771,  d.  in  St  Lawrence  Ca,  N.  Y,,  Feb.  1843 
pL  Hannah  Benedict,  Dec.  8,  1793.     She  was  b.  Jan.  1,  177^ 
d.  1818 ;  m.  2nd  about  1819,  Submit  Peacock.     Had  eleve 
children  by  the  first  wife,  and  five  by  the  second. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

137,  i  Mary  Child*  h.  Feiiruary  5,  1795.  d.  same  day. 

188.  \L  Alfred  Bosworth  Child,  b,  in  Greenfield,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  19,  1796? 
m.  March  19,  1817,  [Villy  Barber. 

139.  ill.  Kporaim  Cbild,  b,  in  Milton,  N.  Y.,  May  15,  1798,  m.  about  1819, 
Margaret  Van  Tas^eL 

14D.  iv.  John  Child,  b.  in  Milton,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  18,  1800.  m.  Jan,  18.  1824, 
Betsey  Harris. 

14l'  v,  Betsby  Child,  b.  Sept-  5,  1803,  m.  Wm.  Harris,  1823.  M 

142.  vL  PjLULrs-A  Child,  b.  Nov.  8,  1803.  m.  Walter  Hewitt.  f 

143.  vii.  Pahkllsl  CmLi>,  b,  Aug.  28, 1804,  ra.  Lyman  Wooater,  March  0, 
1850, 

144.  viii.  Reksselaer  Child,  b.  Oct,  17,  1809,  ra.  Charlotte  Bumhain, 
Sept.  1.  1831. 

145.  ix.  HA5NAH  Child,  h,  Oct.  16,  1810,  m,  Amos  H.  Bumham,  1834. 

146.  X.  Emellve  Cun.D,  b.  Jan.  19,  1815,  m.  Jan.  27.  1835.  Alanson  Bar- 
ber, m.  2nd,  March  11,  1862,  Amos  Burn  ham. 

147.  xl.  Mark  Anthony  Child,  Ja.,  b.  Jan.  13, 1817,  m.  1837,  Lydia  Rob- 
inson. 

[By  second  Marriage]: 

148.  xii.  PoLLV  B.  Ck[ld.  h,  m  Milton,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  9,  1830,  m.  May  10, 
ia38,  Charles  Porter  Bennett. 

149.  xiii.  Harriet  Child,  Ik  1823,  m.  James  Purdy  who  lives  in  Ionian 
Mich.sthe  d.  1871.  J 

160.  xiv.  Walter  Child,  d.  at  17  years.  ■ 

161*  XV.  HB30UETTA  CHILD,  m.  Edmund  Robinson. 

152.  xri,  Charlotte  Child,  b.  Nov.  18, 1883,  m.  Nov.  17,1864,  Mr.  Riddle. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

138.  ii.  Alfred  Bosworth  Child,  second  child  and  first  son 
of  Mark  Anthony  and  Hannah  Benedict  Child^  b.  in  the  town 
of  Greenfield,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  19,  1796,  ra,  March  19^ 
1817,  Polly  Barber  who  was  b.  March  30,  1799.     She  was 


daughter  of  Ichahod  and  Anne  Deake  Barber. 
1852.     They  had  twelve  childmn. 


He  died  Dea  22j 


I 


The  somewhat  eventful  liiatory  of  Mr.  Alfred  Bosworth 
Child,  which  we  here  annex,  is  furnished  by  one  of  his  sons, 
Warren  Gould  Child,  who  passed  through  many  of  the  experi- 
ences of  the  father^  and  has  much  of  his  zeal  foe  the  Mormoii 
faith : 

Alfred  Bosworth  Child,  luy  father,  was  marrtud  to  Polly,  daughter  of 
Ic^habf^d  iind  Anne  Deake  Barher.  He  soon  after  his  marriag-e  moved  to 
the  town  of  Morristown,  St.  Lawrenfe  county.  New  York,  whure  he  pur- 
ehasetl  rt  small  farm^  of  which  he  citjared  and  cultivated  some  thirty  acres, 
and  through  economy  and  industry  acquired  a  limited  amount  of  projjcrty. 
Jt  wu-s  here,  in  the  year  18Ji7,  that  tho  princi|ilesof  MormonisLu  were  sounded 
in  his  ear?L,  and  after  a  careful  investij^^ation  of  tho  &amo  he  enibrat'ed  Mor- 
monism,  sold  hi.s  farm  and  moved  West  r.o  Kirtland,  Ohio.  Staying  there 
but  a  few  months,  he  then  left  with  his  family  for  Caldwetl  county ^  Missouri, 
where  he  arrived  in  the  fall  of  the  same  vuar  havin^^  made  the  entire  journey 
with  only  one  team  consisting  of  two  horses. 

The  family  had  beon  settled  upon  a  farm  purchased  by  them,  when  the 
persecutions  commenced  nimn  tlie  Mormons,  We  were  eompeUed  to  leave 
in  tb*  following  spring'.  The  farm  and  one  horse  were  taken  and  eonflscat* 
ed  by  the  niob. 

He  next  settled  in  Lee  county,  Iowa,  in  the  year  1840^  takings  up  and  im- 
proving a  farm  on  what  was  known  as  the  Jialf  breed  track,  reuuiining  there 
about  seven  years.  In  1841,  he  accepted  the  posiiion  of  postmaster  at  what 
is  known  as  Spring  Prairie  pctst  office,  which  position  he  held  us  long  as  he 
remained  in  the  county,  ivhi^h  he  left  through  the  persecutions  of  the  Mor- 
mon people,  in  1847,  He  then  started  further  We^st,  travelling  through  that 
portion  of  the  sta.te  which  at  that  time  w^is  inhabited  by  the  Pottowatt^imie 
Indians.  He  settled  again  at  or  near  when?  Council  Bluffs  City,  Iowa,  now 
stands,  taking  up  and  ijnproving  anotlier  farm  on  which  ho  lived  about 
live  years. 

Salt  Lake  Va!ley  having  l>een  selected  as  a  last  resort  for  the  more  peace- 
ful settlement  of  the  Mormoti  people,  he  ag?un,  now  the  fourth  time,  left 
all  he  had.  On  the  8th  day  of  July,  1852,  he  started  for  Salt  Lake  Valley, 
where  he  arrived  on  the  first  day  of  the  following  October,  having  travelled 
in  wagons  drawn  by  oxen  and  cows  over  one  thousand  miles  iicross  uninhab- 
ited desert  and  mountainous  country.  On  the  23nd  day  of  the  next  Decem- 
ber ho  died  of  disease  of  the  lungs,  brought  on  through  exposure  and  the 
haniships  of  his  journcyings.  His  age  was  ^  years,  1  mo,  and  7  days.  He 
left  a  wife  with  four  sons  and  three  daughters. 
[Eighth  GenfTation.]     Children: 

153.  i.  IrHABon  CniLD,  b.  April  20,  1818,  d,  young. 

154.  ii,  3Iaky  Child,  b.  March  15,  1819,  d.  young. 
157.  lib  Joseph  Child,  b.  January  19,  1S20.  d.  young, 

156.  iv.  Poi.Lv  Ann  Child,  b.  July  20,  1822,  m.  R.  E.  Richardson, 

157.  V.  Majik  Alfred  Child,  b,  October  19,  1833,  d.  unmarried, 

Mark  Alfred  Child  enlisted  m  the  U,  S.  Army  at  Fort  Leaven- 
'  worth,  Mo.  J  Id  1844.     He  marched  overland  to  Mexico  as  one  of 


96 


BEXJA)CIX  CHILD  OF  ROXBURT.  MA8S. 


Gen.  Kearney  s  staff,  which  positioD  he  held  daring  the  war  ' 
Mexico^  where  he  received  a  lance  wound  in  the  neck,  and 
ball  wound  in  the  instep,  which  disabled  him  from  activ^eservic 
At  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  discharged  with  a  peusion.  Af- 
ter recovering  from  his  wounds  he  went  to  Upper  California : 
was  there  in  the  great  gold  excitement,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
ranching  business,  was  very  successful  for  a  time,  when  the  In- 
dians made  a  raid  on  his  stock  driving  it  ofL  He  with  a  posse 
went  in  f>ui^uit,  in  which  they  were  ambushed  in  a  cafion  and 
their  entire  party  killed. 

158.  vi.  MvBON  Babsek  Chh^  b.  Nov.  25,  1835,  m.  Feb.  14,  1846, ' 
line  Elmer. 

159.  Tii.  Hannah  Polina  Child,  b.  Jan.  S4,  18S8,  tn.  March  SO, 
William  Elmer. 

160.  TiiL  JoH»  LoKSOK  Cbilo,  b.  Oct.  26,  1830,  m.  Jan,  M,  X850, 
Curtiss. 

161.  ix.  Phebe  Woosteb  Child,  b.  Jan.  17,  1S33,  m.  May  14,  1848.  C. 
Riclmrdfloo. 

102.  X.  Wabren  GorLD  Cmui,  b.  Feb.  2h  1835»  ni.  Jan.  6,  1853,  Hannah 
A.  Wilder. 

Id3.  xi.  Orville  Rensselaer  Chh^d,  b.  Oct.  11,  1838,  m,*  Feb.  13.  1850, 
Uririda  Raw8<>n. 

im.  xil  Asa  Thosias  Child,  b,  July  28,  1841,  d.  May  3, 1848.    Lived  i 
died  in  Lee  county,  Iowa. 

[Eighth  Generation] 

15B.  iv.  Polly  AxN  Child,  second  daiL,  and  fourth  child  of 
Alfred  Bosworth  and  Polly  Barber  Child,  b.  Jaly  20,  1S22,  m* 
R  K  Richardson  about  1847. 
[Nil!  tb  O vna rn U o [i . ]     Ch i I d ren  r 

1(35.  i.  Alfrkii  Bos  worth  Hichardso:*,  b.  in  Pottawottamie  Co.,  Ion 
Feb.  18,  184^,  cL  May  111,  1848. 

166   iL  Warren  Child  Bcwwoaru  Richaedson,  b.  May  4,  1850.  m,  &h 
1871,  Olive  E.  Singleton, 

167.  iii,  KeEyoEH  liirHARDSON,  b,  Oct.  11,   1852,  m.  aWut    1877, 
Singleton. 

168.  iv-  Anuelixe  RiciLiRDsoy,  h.  Aug.  31,  1857»  in  Oardon  CUv.  V.  TorJ 
id,  S.  Draney. 

169.  V.  Levi  IiicHARJ)Soy,  b.  Oct.  Ifi,  18fi0,  in  i>i,nlen  City,  i  .  ier. 

170.  VL  Orville  RiriiAUDsaN,  h.  JiilylU  1^112,  in  Ogden  City,  U.  Te 
d.  January  8,  1865. 

[Ninth  Gcnenition  1 

166.  ii.  Warren  Child  Bd9\tohth  Richardson,  seo'>o^ 
child  of  Polly  Ann  Child  and  R  K  Richaixlson,  b.  May  4,  185fl 
oi.  Olive  E.  Singleton,  about  1871. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  9i 

[Tenth  Generation.]    Children: 

171.  i.  Olivb  Richardson,  b.  July  17,  1872. 

172.  ii.  Harrust  W.  Richardson,  b.  November  7,  1874. 

173.  ill.  Thomas  E.  Richardson,  b.  August  25,  1876. 

174.  iv.  Annie  Richardson,  b.  April  29,  1878. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

167.  iii.  Ebenezer  Richardson,  third  child  of  Polly  Ann 
Child  and  R  E.  Richardson,  b.  Oct  11,  1852,  m.  about  1877, 
Miss  Singleton.     Lives  in  Eldorado  Co.,  Cal. 

[Tenth  Generation.]    Child : 

175.  i.  Emma  Erinda  Richardson,  b.  October  25,  18T8. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

168.  iv.  Angeline  Richardson,  fourth  child  of  Polly  Ann 
Child  and  R  E.  Richardson,  b.  Aug.  21,  1857,  hl  S.  Draney. 
Residence,  Ogden  City,  Utah. 

[Tenth  Generation.]    Children : 

176.  i.  Samuel  E.  Draney,  b.  August  9,  1874. 

177.  ii.  John  H.  Draney,  b,  August  5,  1876. 

178.  iii.  Joseph  0.  Draney,  b.  August  6,  1878. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

158.  vi.  Myron  Barber  Child,  sixth  child  of  Alfred  Bos- 
worth  and  Polly  Barber  Child,  b.  Nov.  25,  1825,  m.  Feb.  14, 
1846,  Emeline  Elmer,  who  was  b.  July  27,  1828,  in  Chittenden 
county,  Vt 

Warren  G.  Child  writes  of  M.  B.  Child : 

M.  B.  Child,  now  in  his  54th  year,  crossed  the  plains  to  Utah  in  1850,  and 
settled  in  or  near  Ogden.  Is  a  farmer  and  a  prominent  citizen ;  has  held  var- 
ious offices  of  profit  and  trust,  and,  like  all  bearing  the  name  of  Child,  with 
whom  we  have  formed  any  acquaintance,  stands  high  and  unblemished  in 
society.  Is  in  stature  of  medium  height,  active  and  jovial,  and  rather  inclin- 
ed to  l)e  corpulent. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

179.  i.  WiLUAM  Wabhen  Child,  b.  in  Lee  county,  Iowa,  Feb.  26,  1848, 
m    1868.  Jennette  Fife. 

180.  ii.  Asa  Lonson  Child,  b  in  Lee  county,  Iowa,  Dec.  29,  1849,  unm. 

181.  iii.  Alfred  Bosworth  Child,  b.  in  Pottawattamie  county,  Iowa, 
July  8,  1852,  m.  S.  J.  Stonebraker. 

182.  iv.  Myron  Barber  Child,  b.  in  Pottawattamie  county,  Iowa,  July  3, 
1854.  d.  Nov.  4,  1854. 

183.  V.  Mark  Anthoxy  Child,  b.  in  Wel)er  county.  Utah  Ter..  Dec.  22, 
1855. 

184.  vi.  Emeline  Lucina  Child,  b.  in  Wel)er  county,  Utah  Ter.,  Nov.  21, 
1858,  m.  Alexander  Patterson. 


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BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MA8S. 


185.  vii.  Cynthia  Louisa  Child,  h.  in  WokH?r  county,  Utah  Ter,  Dec.  14 

18G.  viii.  Jons  HqmzK  Chtld,  b.  in  Webtr  Lmiinty.   Utah  Ter^  JuIt  ^ 
1864V 

187.  Lx.  Chauncey  CjirLi>.  b.  in  Weber  county,  Ut4ih  Ter,  Aug.  IS,  18 
d,  Aug.  6,  1878 

188.  X.  Polly  Child,  b.  in  Weber  county,  Umh  Ter„  Xov.  13,  1868. 
180,  XL  Hen  BY  Increase  Child,  b.  in  W*!ber  eonnty,  t'u^h  'IVr,,  Sept. 

1870. 

[By  t*econd  wife,  Serepfj*  Cole]: 
190,  xii  Nathah  Child,  b.  Oct.  24,  1801,  in  O^den  City,  Utah  Ter. 
101*  xiii.  Haxnah  S.  Child,  b.  July  12,  1868,  in  Ogdeu  City,  UUih  Ter. 

192.  xiv.  Myron  Bakber  CniLt>,  b.  March  7,  187'2,  in  Ogden  City,  Utah  T. 

193.  XV.  GEomtB  C.  Child,  b.  July  22,  1877,  in  Og^den  City,  Utah  Ter. 

[Ninth  Generation. J 

179.  L  WrLLL\M  Warren  Child,  eldest  child  of  Myroii 
Barber  and  Emeliue  Elmer  Child,  b.  in  Lee  coupty,  Iowa,  Fel 
26,  1848,  m.  1808,  Jenuette  Fife  of  Ogden  City,  Utah  Ter. 
[Tenth  (feneration.]     Cliildren: 

194.  i.  WiLLUM  Warrkn  Child,  Ja.,  b.  Aug.  81.  18«9,  d.  1878. 

195.  ii,  Myhon  Barber  Child,  b.  Sept.  1,  1869,  at  Rivt3rdttle,  Utah. 

196.  iii,  Nettie  Ellen  Child,  b  April  4,  1873,  at  Hixiper  City,  Utah. 

197.  iv.  John  Abkam  Child,  b.  Nov,  2l»  1875,  d.  Oct.  6,  187(S,  si  Ho 
City,  Uttth. 

198.  V.  Mary  A.  Child,  b.  1877. 
**♦*.  vi.  LorisA  Emeline  Child,  b.  June,  1879. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

181.  iii.  Alfred   Bosworth  Child,  third  child  of  Myro^ 
Barber  and  Emeline  Elriier  Child,  b.  July  S,  1852,  in.  Oct 
1872,  S.  J.  Stonebraker. 
[Tenth  Generation.]    ChiMren: 
IW,  i.  Alfred  Child,  b.  Sept.  13,  1874, 

200.  ii.  Nettie  Pearl  Child,  b,  Oct.  11,  1876. 

201.  iii.  Adele  Child,  b.  Nov.  22,  1878. 


[Ninth  Generation,] 

184.  vi.  Emeline  L.  Child,  sixth  child  of  Myron   Barber 
and  Emeline   Elmer  Child,  b.  Nov,  21,  1858,  m.  Alexander 

Patterson,  about  1875, 
[Tent h  Gene ra ti o n . ]     Ch i Id ren : 

202.  i,  Alexander  Patterm:)??,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  28,  1876,  in  Utah  Ter. 

203.  ii  Lucy  E.  Patterson,  b.  Miiy  26.  1878.  in  Ultih  Ter. 


ipnirmtmityof 

AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  vJjW'hIGKH       ' 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

159.  vii.  Hannah  Polina  Child,  seventh  child  of  Alfred 
Bosworth  and  Polly  Barber  Child,  b.  Jan.  24,  1828,  m.  March 
26, 1846,  William  Elmer,  son  of  John  and  Sallie  Eeque  Elmer. 
He  was  b.  Sept  16,  1820,  in  Norwich,  Vt 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

204.  i.  John  Samuel  Elmee,  b.  Oct.  13,  1847,  d.  1858,  in  Utah  Ter. 
205    ii.  Mark  Alfred  Elmer,  b.  in  Pottawatamie  Co.  Iowa,  Dec.  10, 1848, 

m.  Minnie  Jost. 

206.  iii.  William  W.  Elmer,  b.  in  Pottawatamie  Co.  Iowa,  Jan.  10,  1850, 
m.  A.  Hall.  • 

207.  iv.  Cynthia  Triphenia  Elmer,  b.  in  Ogden,  U.  Ter.  Dec.  16,  1852, 
m.  John  Leavitt. 

208.  V.  Hannah  Pauuna  Elmer,  b.  in  Ogden,  U.  Ter.  Feb!  18,  1853,  d. 
Dec  1856. 

209.  vi.  Polly  Ann  Elmer,  b.  in  Ogden,  U.  Ter.  Dec.  6,  1856,  m.  1876, 
J.  M.  Taylor. 

210.  vii.  Phebe  Wooster  Elmer,  b.  in  Payson,  U.  Ter.  Sept.  19,  1858, 
m  M.  Hall,  Jun. 

211.  viii.  Rosabell  Elmer,  b.  in  Ogden,  U.  Ter.  Nov.  1, 1861. 

212.  ix.  Sarah  J.  Elmer,  b.  in  Ogden,  U.  Ter.  April  15,  1868. 

213.  X.  Delecta  Ann  Elmer,  b.  in  Ogden,  U.  Ter.  Jan.  20,  1866,  d.  in 
Ogden. 

214.  xi.  Charles  A.  Elmer,  b.  in  Ogden,  U.  Ter.  Aug.  1867,  d.  July  3, 
1870. 

215.  xii.  Hiram  B.  Elmer,  b  in  Ogden,  U.  Ter.  1871,  d.  1872. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

205.  ii.  Mark  Alfred  Elmer,  second  child  of  Hannah  Po- 
lina Child  and  William  Elmer,  b.  Dec.  10,  1848,  m.  Minnie 
Jost,  about  1872. 
[Tenth  Generation.]    Children: 

216.  i.  Minnie  M.  Elmer,  b.  Nov.  1873. 

217.  ii.  Ella  M.  Elmer,  b.  July  18. 1875. 
218   iii.  John  A.  Elmer,  b.  1877. 

219.  iv.  Ida  A.  Elmer,  b.  1878. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

206.  iii.  William  W.  Elmer,  third  child  of  Hannah  Polina 
Child  and  William  Elmer,  b.  in  Pottawatamie  Co.  Iowa,  Jan. 
10,  1850,  m.  A.  Hall,  about  1873. 
[Tenth  Generation.]    Children : 

220.  i.  Martha  A.  Elmer,  b.  1874. 

221.  ii.  William  W.  Elmer,  Jun.  b.  1877. 


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[Ninth  G<>neralio!L] 

207.  iv.  Cynthia  Triphenia  Elmer,  fourth  child  of  Han 
nah  Pohna  Child  and  William  Elmer,  b.  Dec.  16,  1852,  m.  lS7i 
John  Leavitt 
[Tenth  Generation.]     Children. 

2S8.  L  John  Leavitt,  Jr .  Ix  Deo.  4,  1873. 

228.  ii.  A  DELE  Leavht.  b.  Aug.  22, 1875. 

284.  iii.  Mlsme  Leavitt,  b.  June  27,  1878. 

[Kinth  Generation.] 

209.  vi.  Polly  Ann  Elmer,  sixth  child  of  Hannah  Polio 
Child  and  Wm.  Elmer,  k  Dec.  6, 1856,  m.  J.  M.  Taylor,  187( 
[Tenth  General  ion.]     Children: 

225.  i.  Euzaheth  Tavloe,  U   lR7fi. 

226.  ii-  John  Taylor,  K  July  1,  1879. 

[Ninth  Generation] 

210.  vii,  Phebe  W.  Elmer,  seventh  child  of  Hannah  Polina 
Child  and  Wm.  Elmer,  b.  Sept.  19,  1858,  nh  1874,  M.  Hall,  Jr. 
[Tenth  Generation.]     Children: 

227.  i,  Mark  Hall.  b.  SepL  1875,  d.  July  25,  1878. 
288.  ii.  Charles  Hall,  h.  Mareh  12.  1877,  d  March  29. 1877. 
320.  iiL  John  Hall,  b.  Feb.  12,  1878,  d.  at  birlh. 


[Eighth  Oeuemtion  ] 

100.  viii.  John  Lonson  Child,  eighth  child  of  Alfred  Bos:_ 
worth  and  Pollj  Barber  Child,  b.  probably  in  Greenfield,  N. 
Oct  26,  1830,  m.  Jan.  24,  1850,  Eliza  J.  Curtiss,  dau.  of  Una 
and  Phebe  Martin  Curtiss  of  Pottawattamie  Co*  Iowa.     She  wa 
b.  April  30,  1830,  in  Fountain  county,  Ind.      Second  m, 
Mary  M.  Cm^tiss. 
[Ninth  (Jeriemtinn  1     Childrvu: 

230.  i.  Samaii  Ann  Child,  l»  in  Pothiwattjmiie  Co.  Iowa,  No%%  3.1850,^ 
in  Ogden  City.  V.  Ter.  Jan.  3,  18.54. 

231.  ii.  John  Columbus*  CiiiLn,  b.  in  Pottawftttumie  Co.  Iowa,  March  1 
1852,  m.  Miss  Pattei'son. 

232.  iii.  Mary  Kosalie  Child,  h.  in  Weber  Co.  U.  Ter.  Jnn.  3.  1854,  i 
JuJv  28,  1H<JU,  C.  T.  Ki(  hardson. 

333.  iv.  CHAHLEf^  ITuiAii  CitiLD.  Ik  in  WiiV»er  Co.  U.Ter  ,  Nor,  2,1855.1 
Sept.  10,  1877,  Atelia  Thompson, 
234.  V.  Lester  Aauon  Child,  b.  in  Weber  Co.  U.  Ter.,  Feb.  8,  1858, 

I  By  scfond  luurrittg^e— Alan-  M.  Cnrtiss.] 
285.  vL  Emma  C.  Child,  b.  Nov  2.  181)1.  m.  1870.  A.  Bybee. 
236.  Til.  Phebe  PAirLiKA  Child,  b.  April,  18^. 


AND  HIS  descendants:  101 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

231.  ii.  John  Columbus  Child,  second  child  and  eldest  son 
of  John  Lonson  and  Eliza  J.  Curtiss  Child,  b.in  Pottawattamie 
Co.  Iowa,  March  3,  1852,  m.  Mary  Patterson,  Oct  1875,  Eiver- 
dale,  Utah. 

[Tenth  Generation  ]    Children: 

237.  i.  Lettie  (-hild,  b.  Aug.  28,  1876. 

238.  ii.  Mary  Eliza  Child,  b.  May  12, 1878. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

232.  iii.  Mary  Eosalie  Child,  third  child  of  John  Lonson 
and  Eliza  J.  Curtiss  Child,  b.  in  Weber  Co.  Utah  Ter.,  Jan.  2, 
1854,  m.  July  28,  1869,  to  C.  T.  Eichardson. 

[Tenth  Generation.]    Children: 

239.  i.  Carrie  Richardson,  b.  July  22,  1874. 

240.  ii.  Martha  Richardson,  b.  Nov.  26, 1875. 

241  iii.  John  Richardson,  b.  April  17,  1877. 

242  iv.  Dean  Richmond  Richardson,  b.  Dec.  11,  1878. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

233.  iv.  Charles  Uriah  Child,  fourth  child  of  John  Lon- 
son and  Eliza  J.  Curtiss  Child,  b.  Nov.  2,  1855,  in  Weber  Co. 
Utah  Ter.  m.  Atelia  Thompson,  Sept  10,  1877. 

[Tenth  Generation.]    Child : 

243.  i.  Clarence  Child,  b.  June  5.  1878,  Riverdale,  Utah. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

161.    ix.    Phebe  Wooster  Child,  ninth,  child  and  fourth 
daughter  of  Alfred  Bosworth  and  Polly  Barber  Child,  b.  in 
Greenfield,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  17, 1833,  ra.  May  14, 1848,  C.  Eichardson 
of  Pottawattamie  county,  Iowa. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

244.  i.  Amanda  Malyina  Richardson,  b.  Aug.  24, 1849,  in  Pottawatta- 
mie county,  Iowa,  m.  Dudley  Chase,  August  15,  1868. 

245.  ii.  Charles  Child  Richardson,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  Utah  Ter.,  May 
23,  1851,  m.  Oct.  27,  1873,  A.  Allred. 

246.  iii.  Franklin  Richardson,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  Utah  Ter.,  May  9, 1853, 
m.  Oct.  25,  1875,  Louisa  L.  Shurtleff. 

247.  iv.  Cornslius  Richardson,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  Utah  Ter.,  Mar.  20, 
1855. 

248.  V.  Chauncey  Richardson,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  Utah  Ter.,  Apr.  5, 1858. 

249.  vi.  Alfred  Richardson,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  Utah  Ter.,  Apr.  12, 1861. 

250.  vii.  John  Lyman  Richardson,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  Utah  Ter.,  March 
8,  1863,  d.  1866. 

251.  viii.  Myron  Richardson,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  Utah  Ter.,  Feb.  21, 1865. 


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852.  ix.  William  RicnAHDsox,  b.in  Ogden  City.  UUih  Ter..  April  l.M 

253.  X.  Ezra  Chase  Richabdson,  b.  in  Ogdcii  City,  Utah  Ter.,  MejI 

254.  xi,  Jo!?EPH  RiC'HARDsoN,  b.  hi  Ogden  City.  Utah  Tcr .  July  1.  187L 
[Ninth  GeneraliojiJ 

244,  i.  Amanda   Malvina  Bichahdson,  eldest  child   of 
Phebe  Wooster  Cliild  and  C.  Eichardson,  K  Aug.  24,  1849,  in. 
Aug.  15, 1S6S,  Dudley  Chase.    Reside  in  Ogden  City,  Utah. 
[Tenth  Gent'mtionJ    Cbiltireui  

255.  i.  Terza  Chase,  K  Jan.  a,  1870, 

256.  ij.  Ezra  Cha8E.  b.  March  10.  1871. 

257.  iii.  Dudley  Cbabe,  b.  Dec.  27. 1875. 

258.  iv,  IxjLY  Ann  Chasb,  b.  July  8.  1W74. 
359.  V,  Elsie  Chase,  b.  Dev,  2,  1875. 
280.  vi,  Nancy  A,  Chase,  b.  May  22,  1878. 

[Ninth  Generation. J 

245.  ii.  Charles  Child  Richardson,  second  cliild  of  Phel] 
Wooster  Cliild  and  C,  Ricliardsoiij  b.  in.  Ogden  Cit}^,  Utah,  May 
23,  1851,  m.  Oct  27,  1873,  A.  Allred, 
[Tenth  Generation  J    Cbiidreu : 

261.  i.  Chables  D.  Richardson,  b,  Aug.  30, 1874. 
2d2.  ii.  JosEi'H  R  Richardson,  b.  Muy  29,  1876. 
363.  iii.  LuLT  Ann  Rich.akdson,  b.  June  ISJ,  1878. 


[Ninth  Generation.] 

246.  iii,  Franklin  Richardson*  third  child  of  Phebe' 
ter  Child  and  C.  Richardson,  b,  in  Ogden  City,  Utah  Ter.  MaJ 
9,  1853,  in.  Oct.  25,  1875,  Louise  L.  Sbintliif! 
[Tenth  Generation.]     Children; 

264.  i.  Pheue  L.  Richardson,  b.  Get.  15.  1876. 

265.  ii.  Laura  A.  Richarhson,  b,  Oct.  16.  1878. 

[Eighth  Generation.  | 

162.  X.  Warren  Gould  Child,  tenth  child  and  sixth  son  < 
Alfred  Bosworth  and  Polly  Barber  Cliild,  h  in  Greenfield,  Sara- 
toga county,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  21,  1835.  His  tirst  marriage  was  on 
Jan.  6,  1853,  to  Hiinnah  A.  Wilder,  daughter  of  Austin  and 
Sally  M,  B.  Wilder  of  Elba,  Genesee  county,  N.  Y.  His  second 
marriage  was  to  Miirtha  Jane  Elmer,  daughter  of  David  and 
Wealthy  Elmer^  who  was  b,  Mai-cli  2,  1838,  in  the  state  af_ 
Indiana.  His  third  mannage  was  u>  Jane  Bybee,  daughter 
Lee  and  Nancy  Bybee.     She  d.  Jan.  19,  1878, 


HIS  DESCEIi 


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le  have  already  intimated  that  Mr.  Warren  Gould  Child 
is  a  mormoiL  Wliile  having  no  sympathy  whatever  with  those 
addicted  to  such  false  views  of  social  life  and  progress,  as  we 
deem  them^  it  is  yet  quite  in  accordance  with  our  plan  of  doing 
justice  to  all  so  far  as  it  is  possible,  to  let  each  one  naake  his 
own  presentation  of  himself  and  hh  family  from  his  own  stand- 
point of  thought  and  feeling.  It  is  easy  to  see  from  his  history 
in  Utah,  that  he  is  a  man  of  robust  constitution,  of  great  phy- 
sical endurance,  hold^  feai-less  and  of  untiring  energy;  shrewdy 
f  jagacious,  fai*  seeing  in  business,  and  persistent  and  determined 
in  his  undertakings.  The  following  incidents  are  from  his  own 
pen: 

Warren  G  Child,  now  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  at  Ogdi^n,  be- 
sides the  various  travels  with  his  father's  family,  has  crossed  the  plains  to 
and  fmm  Utah,  nine  difTerenI  times,  five  times  with  ox.  cow  and  lioi'se  |>ower. 
Was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Utah,  settliiiij  in  Ogden  City  in  1852;  mar- 
ried Miss  Hannah  A,  Wilder  of  Elba,  N.  Y.,  in  the  winter  of  1858.  In  the 
spring  of  '54,  aecompanied  by  his  wife^  he  crossed  the  plains  and  visited 
their  friends  in  the  State  tif  New  York.  While  on  the  desert  our  small  party 
was  attacked  by  Indians,  who,  except  for  the  interposition  of  a  friendly  In- 
dian actuated  by  a  higher  power,  would  doubtless  have  znassaered  the  whole 
of  our  fiarty.  Our  losses  were  |a*o virions  and  other  valuables.  Having  lost 
our  provisions,  death  by  starvation  stronj^ly  presented  itself  to  onr  view,  for 
we  were  several  hundred  miles  from  any  settlement.  But  again,  like  the 
children  of  Israel  who,  through  the  pro\idt?nee  of  GckI,  were  provided  for, 
wo  too,  were  met  by  a  party  of  emigmnt,s  of  whom  wo  procured  sufficient 
food  to  last  U5  to  the  nearest  j*ettlement. 

We  remained  with  our  friends  in  the  East  nearly  two  years  and  again  re- 
turned to  Utah,  crn?;sing  the  plains  with  tive  wagons  drawn  t)y  ox  and  cow 
power.  During  this  tedious  journey  of  three  tnonths  duration  and  alwut 
mid  Way,  near  the  foot  of  the  Black  Hills,  onr  second  son  was  given  tis,  five 
hundred  railei*  from  the  nearest  settlement..  This  almost  proved  too  much 
for  my  wife  and  child,  being  exposed  to  the  broiling  sun  by  day  and  the 
eold  mountain  breezes  by  night,  with  ^nily  canvas  covers  to  shelter  them, 
but  they  both  survived.  We  arrived  at  and  settled  in  Ogden,  and  engaged 
in  farming  under  many  disadvantages,  having  our  crops  (raised  only  by  arti- 
ficial irrigation)  for  several  yearn  in  succession  destroyed  by  locusts  and 
crickets,  and  for  a  time  famine  was  at  our  doors.  Flour  could  only  be  had 
at  the  price  of  twenty  tx>  thirty  dolhirs  per  sack  of  one  hundred  pounds,  and 
but  little  at  these  figures;  many  were  compelled  to  live  on  root-s,  herbs,  etc. 
The  winter  following  being  of  such  a  severe  character,  and  so  much  snow 
having  fallen,  we  could  obtain  no  food  for  our  stock  (which  had  Lweii  by  this 
time  reduced  to  mere  skeletons)  except  that  browsed  from  felled  trees,  and 
famine  throughout  our  laurl,  with  even  more  serious  results  seemed  immi- 
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The  locusts  aud  pests  that  did  not  deposit  thentselTes  in  the  Oreal  i 
Lake,  left  our  pastures  for  others  more  green*  and  we  were  enabled  lo  i 
bountiful  crops  which  commanded  good  prices,  this  being  a  recruiting  pou 
for  the  Ov^erland  California  and  Oregon  Emigration.     Rich  mines  of  goU 
Silver  and  lead  were  discovered  in  all  partes  of  our  territory,  demanding  mo 
easy  transit  to  and  through  our  country.     Soon  the  great  Continentid 
other  mi  I  road*  were  built,  making  Ogden  the  centre  of  four  diflierent  i 
road$  and  the  junction  of  the  U.  P,  ^  S.  P.  Railroads. 

But  a  few  years  ago  our  country  a  desert,  and  pronounced  unproduetjf 
is  now  dotted  for  three  hundred  miles  south  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  mil 
north,  with  towns  and  villages  and  rich  fields  of  grain,  making  a  pie 
and  healthful  res->rt  for  eastern  tourists  and  invalids.     The  popolatiou 
Utah  now  numbers  ^ome  160,000,  three-fourths  of  which  number  ar*  that 
peculiar  people  called  Mormons  ^ih  whom  the  writer  o{  this  is  num^ 
Oe  is  44  year?  old  at  this  writing,  1879,  is  ihe  father  of  twenty-five  cLi: 
twenty  of  whom  are  now  living,  four  of  them  are  married,  he  hiks  nin^ 
grandchildren.     His  mother,  nc>w  living,  ha^^  had  near  two  hundred 
and  great  gnindcliildren,  all  of  whom  are  l<X!at4L*d  in  Utah  Territory. 

Since  my  arrival  in  Utah,  ray  travels  have  been  various.  In  the  spring  I 
'58, 1  was  called  with  a  number  of  others  to  go  north  to  Salmon  River.  Id 
where  a  settleinent  had  been  formed  by  people  of  our  faith,  which  had 
beseiged  by  Indians,  who  had  killed  ,<ome  three  or  four  of  their  iiumher* 
Upon  our  arrival  we  were  placed  on  the  defensive,  but  before  any  furthtT 
troubles  arose  we  effecte+i  a  settlement  with  the  **  Reds,"  recovering  from 
them  part  of  our  lost  property.  Our  party  then  started  for  their  homes 
in  the  south »  and  on  our  way  we  were  attacked  by  Indians,  who  killed  imO 
scalped  one  of  our  numl>er.  Other  and  like  scenes  I  have  gone  through,  but 
my  scalp  has  been  and  is  to-day  my  own  property. 

Xot  wishing  to  occupy  too  much  space,  1  do  not  wish  to  say  more  only  hy 
way  of  advice,  and  encouragement  to  those  of  our  family  following  after. 
I  would  have  them  first  learn  the  characters  of  their  fiirefathers,  and  then 
strive  with  all  their  powers  to  keep  up  the  reputation  which  has  bt*«i  so 
dearly  iKiught  and  mftintainetl  up  t-o  the  present. 
fKinth  Generation,]     Children: 

26d,  i*   AusHiTiw  Wilder  Cbild,   b,  in  Ogden  City,  Utah.  Ten,  F^b.  1 
1864,,  m.  Nov.  1.  1872,  Mrs,  Mary  Thompson,  of  Riverdale.  Utah  Ter. 

267.  ii.  Wabhen  Mould  Child,  Jr,  b,  in  Nebraska,  Aug.  15,  185fi, 
Dec.  27.  1977,  Luella  Chase. 

208   iii,  HAi?7fAH  Mahia  Cuild,  b.  in  Payson,  Utah.  Ter.  Ang.  20,  18 
m.  AiUni  Russell  of  Scotland.  1874, 

269.  iv,  Rachel  Teresa  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  Utah  Ter,.  SeptJ 
I860,  m.  J.  M,  Browning, 

270.  v,  Henry  Hakkison  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City.  Jan.  23,  1868. 

271.  vi.  Heber  TitoMAS  Child,  b,  in  Ogden  City,  May2[»,  1865. 
372.  vii.  Julia  Abelaide  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  Mny  2,  1868, 
278.  viii.  Nella  Doha  Child,  b  in  Ogden  City,  Oct.  11,  1870, 

274.  ix.  JE8ftE  Child,  b  in  Ogden  City,  July  22,  1872. 

275.  X.  ZiLFiiA  A.  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  April  12,  1875.  d.  yonng. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  105 

[By  second  marriage — Martha  Jane  Elmer.] 

276.  xi.  RosBTTA  Jane  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  March  26,  1859,  m. 
Ambrose  Shaw. 

277.  xii.  Susan  W.  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  Sept.  28,  1860. 

278.  xiii.  Charles  A.  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  July  28. 1863. 

279.  xiv.  Eliza  L.  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  Aug.  31*1l864,  d.  Feb.  1865. 

280.  XV.  William  W.  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  Oct  14. 1865. 

281.  xvi.  David  J.  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  Aug.  31,  1857,  d.  March  3, 
1868. 

282.  xvii.  Sylvia  A.  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  April  11,  1869. 

283.  xviii.  Theodore  F.  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  April  24,  1871. 

284.  xix.  Simon  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  July  24. 1873.  {      Twins, 

285.  XX.    Elliott  Child.  "  **        -  )  d.  Jan.  1874. 

286.  xxi.  Lilly  Edith  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  April  30,  1876,  d.  July, 
1878. 

287.  xxii.  'Infant,  not  named,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  July  11,  1879. 

[By  third  marriage — Jane  Bybee.] 

288.  xxiii.  Effa  Bell  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  Jan  6,  1874. 

289.  xxiv.  Warren  Lee  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  Oct.  4,  1875. 

290.  XXV.  John  A.  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City.  July  5,  1877. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

266.  i.  Austin  Wilder  Child,  first  child  of  Warren  Gould 
and  Hannah  Wilder  Child,  b.  in  Ogden  City,  Utah  Ter.,  Feb. 
II,  1854,  m.  Mary  Thompson. 

[Tenth  Generation.]    Children: 

291.  i.  Ann  G.  Child,  b.  Feb.  18,  1876. 

292.  ii.  Hannah  E.  Child,  b.  Nov.  22,  1878. 

293.  iii.  Austin  Child,  b.  Sept.  8, 1877,  d.  young. 

294.  iv.  John  Francis  Child,  b.  Feb.  8,  1879. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

267.  ii.  Warren  G.  Child,  Jr.,  second  child  of  Warren  Gould 
and  Hannah  A.  Wilder  Child,  b.  Aug.  15,  3856,  m.  Dec.  27, 
1877,  Luelle  Chase. 

[Tenth  Generation.  ]    Child : 

295.  i.  Luelle  C.  Child,  b.  1878. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

268.  iii.  Hannah  Maria  Child,  third  child  of  Warren 
Gould  and  Hannah  Wilder  Child,  b.  Aug.  20,  1858,  m.  Oct. 
13,  1874,  Adam  Eussell. 

[Tenth  Generation.]    Children: 

296.  i.  Hannah  E.  Russell,  b.  July  23, 1875,  d.  Nov.  27,  1870,  in  River- 
dale. 

297.  ii.  Warren  A.  Russell,  b.  May  81,  1877,  in  Riverdale. 

298.  iii.  William  Francis  Russell,  b.  April  26. 1879. 

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[Ninth  Generation.] 

269.  iv.  Rav'HEL  Child,  fourth  child  of  Warren  Gould  »5J 
Hannah  A.  Wilder  Child,  U  Sept  1860,  m.  J.  M.  Brownii 
[Teoih  Generatioa]    One  child  (not  named),  b.  1879. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

163.  xi.  Orville  Rensselaer   Child,   eleventh  child 
Alfred  Boswurtli  arid  Polly  Barber  Child,  b.  Oct  II,  1838, 
in  Hauoock  Co.,  Ill,  Feb.  13,  1859,  Urinda  Rawson,  dau. 
Cyrus  S.  ami  Eliasa  Coffin  Rawsoii.     She  was  b.  in  New  Yorl; 
Feb.  8,  1844. 
[Ninth  Generation  J    ChUdren: 

299.  i.  Oktillk  Rensselaer  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  8.  1860,  in  Ogden  Cil| 
rt«h  Ter. 

800.  ii.  Sarah  Ann  Coir.D.  b  Nov.  14,  1861,  in  Og^en  L^ity. 

801.  iii.  Wn>LiAM  Alfred  Chfld,  b.  April  3.  1864,  in  Ogden  Cil}% 

803.  iv.  POLLT  Y.  Child,  b.  May  3.  1866,  in  Ogflen  CTity. 

309.  ▼.  Elizabeth  Child,  b,  Aug.  11,  1868.  in  Ogden  City. 

804.  vi  Mauy  Eliza  Ciuld.  b.  April  11,  1S72.  in  Ogden  City. 
305.  viL  Hannah  L.  Child,  b.  Marth  30,  1874,  in  Ogden  City. 

[Ninth  Generation  J 

300.  ii.  Sarah  Ann  Child,  second  child  of  Or^-ille  Beni 

selaer  and  Urinda  Rawsuii  Child,  h  N(»v,  14,  1861,  ni,  Jobf 

Dewey. 

[Tenth  Generation.]     Child; 
306-  i.  Name  not  given 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

139.  iii.  Ephraim  Child,  third  child  and  second  son  of  Mar 
Anthony  and  Hannah  Benedict  Chilil,  b.  in  Milton,  Saratog 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  May  15, 1798,  in.  about  1819,  Margaret  Tan  Ta 
who  was  b.  Feb.  26,  1799. 

Mr.  Child  wiis  a  man  at  large  stature  and  great  strength-' 
is  aaid  he  could  raise  a  thirty-two  gallon  cask  of  cider  from  the 
ground,  with  ease,  and  drink  from  the  bung.     He  was  a  ma 
by  tmde,  and  resided  at  Saratoga  Si>rings,  N.  Y.     He  died  ij 
Saratoga  Springs,  K  Y.,  Feb  8,  LsyO,  n^t.  82  yra.  8  mos. 
[ Eigb th  0  e ntsm 1 1 on  J    C h ild rv n : 

307.  i.  Hannah  La  tin  a  Child,  b.  in  Greenfield,  Saratoga  Co.»  X. 
March  30,  1820,  m.  Feb.  3,  1S48,  Isaac  Dunwkk. 

808.  ii.  Almon  Child,  b,  in  Greenfield.  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  March  25, 18 
d.  date  not  given. 

800.  iii.  Emily  Child,  b.  in  Greenfield.  Saratoga  Co.,N.Y.,  July  12,  IS  3 

310.  iv.  Marietta  Child,  k  iu  Gret^nfieUl,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  U,  182U.  m. : 
Bnrge-^s,  Jan.  28,  1852. 


AND  filS  DESCENDANTS.  107 

311.  ▼.  Vesta  Ann  Child,  b.iii  Greenfield,  N.  Y.,  March  4,1886,  m.  Nov. 
30,  1858,  William  S.  Balch. 

312.  vi.   Delia  Adelaide  Child,  b.  in  Greenfield,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  21,  1888, 
d.  June  13, 1859. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

307.  i.  Hannah  Lavina  Child,  eldest  child  of  Ephraim 
and  Margaret  Yan  Tassel  Child,  b.  in  Greenfield,  N.  Y.,  March 
30,  1820,  m.  Feb.  3,  1848,  Isaac  Dun  wick. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

313.  i.  William  Dunwick,  b.  July  18,  1849. 

314.  ii.  Maky  Louisa  Dunwick.  b.  Aug.  29,  1851. 

315.  iii.  Frederick  Johnson  Dunwick,  b.  Jan.  31,  1853. 

[Eighth  Generation] 

310.  iv.  Marietta  Child,  fourth  child  of  Ephraim  and 
Margaret  Van  Tassel  Child,  b.  Oct  12,  1829,  m.  Jan.  28,  1852, 
Eli  Burgess. 

Ninth  Generation.]    Children:  ~  * 

316.  i.  Edward  A.  Buroess,  b.  Dec.  5, 1852. 

317.  ii.  Austin  C.  Burgess,  b.  Jan  19,  1856. 

318.  iii    William  E.  Burgess,  b.  June  6,  1859. 

319.  iv.  Elwood  W.  Burgess,  b.  Nov.  3.  1865. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

311.  V.  Vesta  Ann  Child,  fifth  child  of  Ephraim  and  Mar- 
garet Van  Tassel  Child,  b.  in  Greenfield,  N.  Y.,  March  4,  1836, 
IP.  Nov.  30,  1858,  Wra.  S.  Balch,  ER  conductor.  Besides*  at 
Saratoga,  N.  Y. 

[Ninth  Generation]    Children: 

320.  i.  Carrie  Vesta  Balch,  b.  in  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  June  24,  1860. 

321.  ii.  Nellie  W.  Balch,  b.  in  Saratoga.  N.  Y.,  Feb.  21, 1865. 

322.  iii.  Lillie  Emilt  Balch,  b  in  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  Mar.'  24,  1868,  d 
Feb.  8. 1869. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

140.  iv.  John  Child,  fourth  child  of  Mark  Anthony  and 
Hannah  Benedict  Child,  b.  in  Milton,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.  Jan. 
18, 1800,  m.  Jan.  18, 1821,  Betsey  Harris;  m.  2nd,  Sarah  Kelsey. 

He  was  a  hotel  keeper,  industrious,  and  a  prominent  mati 
in  Milton,  N.  Y,  and  in  Eock  Co.,  111.,  to  which  place  he  re- 
moved from  Milton.  He  was  large  of  stature, — about  six  feet 
high, — of  great  physical  strength,  weighing  about  two  hundred 
pounds. 


108  BEXJAMIX  CHILD  OF  ROXBITRY,  KASS. 

[Eighth  Generation.]     t'hildren: 

323.  i  Bahsjey  Child,  b.  in  Saratoga  Co.,  Aug,  4. 1821,  *h  in  Rock  Cflj 
WiB.  1855. 

321.  ii,  Lewis  CntLD,  b,  Sept.  23,  1821  iu  Milton,  Saratoga  Co.  N.  ^4 
m,  first*  Rhoda  Fraser;  second  m,  Sophronia  Conrad, 

325.  iii    Hannah  H.  Child,  b.  Jan.  5,  1828,  d,  July,  183-2. 

320.  iv.  £MKLtK£  B,  eniLD,  b.  Mur.  21.  1831,  unm  ,  resides  with  her 
mother. 

327.  V,  Alphkd  Child,  h.  April,  1833,  in  Saratoga  Co ,  N.  Y..  d.  1849.  in 
Wisconsin.  ^ 

328.  vi.  Betsey  Can.D,  b.  Sept.  17, 1835,  d.  early.  1 
339*  vii.  Betsey  Amelia  Child,  (by  second  marriage,  no  date  of  birth 

given,)  m.  a  Mr,  Mtixon  of  Lima  Centre,  Wis.  ^ 

[Eighth  Genemtion.] 

324.  ii.  Lewis  Child,  second  cliild  and  second  son  of  John 
Child  and  Betsey  Harris,  b.  Sept.  23, 1824,  in  Saratoga  Co.^  N. Y. 
lo.  1st  ab«->in  l>i5T,  Rhoda  Fnizer;  rn.  2d,  Sophronia  Conrad 
Resided  in  Monistowu,  St  Lawrence  Co.^  N.  Y.  Commence 
life  as  fi  merchant 
[Ninth  Genenitivm  )     Chiiflren : 

330.  i.  Henry  John  CntLD.  b  in  Rock  Co.,  Wis.,  1858- 

331,  ii.  Allen  Child,  h.  in  Roek  Co,,  Wis.,  1860. 
832.  iii.  Adam  v'hild,  b.  in  Rot'k  Co.,  Wis.,  18(J7.  d.  young 

[Seventh  rJeueration.] 

14L  V.  Bei^sey  Ch[li>,  tiftli  cliildand  second  dau,  of  Marl 

Anthony  and  Hannah  Benedict  Child,  b.  in  Milton,  N.  Y,,  Sepft 

15,  1802,  ni,  l823,Wm.  Harris  of  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y. 

[  E i gh  th  G e n em t  km .]    Child  re n  : 
333.  i.   Benjamin  Franklin  Uauhis,  h,  Apnl  0.  1824,  m.  Polly  Jewetl 
384.  ii.  Hannah  Foliha  Oarrjs.  b.  July  9.  1827,  m.  Jonathan  Mills. 

335.  iii.  John  Renh^elaer  Harkis,  b.  Dim-.  18.  1834. 

336.  iv,  PAMitLfA  Harris,  b.  April  19,  18;ia. 

337.  V.  Mark  Harris,  b.  Ot-t.  16. 1842. 

[Ki^'hth  Generation.] 

^33.  i.  Benjamin  Franklin  Harris,  eldest  child  of  Hem 
Child  and  William  Harris,  b.  April  tJ,  1S24,  m.  Polly  Jewel 
about  1S48.     She  wm  b.  Dec.  9,  1828, 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Chiidreii: 

338.  i.  Lyman  VVooster  Harrib,  b  Nov.  3,  1840,  il.  Dec.  31,  18(J3. 
839.  li.  Wm,  Henry  Harris,  b.  Oct.  19,  1851.  d.  Dec,  2«.  1862. 
34t).  iii.  ALit  E  Harihh,  b.  Nov.  15,  1853. 

341.  iv.  FREDERtim  HAiiRi^,  b.  Get.  10,  1854. 

342.  v.  Alfred  Haeris,  b  July  4, 1855. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  109 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

334    ii.   Hannah   Polina   Harris,   eldest  daughter  and 
second  child  of  Betsey  Child  and  Win.  Harris,  b.  July  9,  1827, 
m.  about  1854,  Jonathan  Mills,  who  was  b.  1810,  in  Saratoga 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  now  of  Austin,  Moore  Co.,  Wis. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

343.  i.  Albert  Mills,  b.  1855. 

344.  ii   Emma  Mills,  b.  June  25. 1857,  d.  young. 

345.  iii.  Byron  Barnard  Mills,  b.  Nov.  18,  1859. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

142.  vi.  Paulina  Child,  sixth  child  of  Mark  Anthony  and 
Hannah  Benedict  Child,  b.  Nov.  8,  1803,  m.  Walter  Hewitt, 
of  Stillwater,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Mr.  H.  went  early  to  Detroit,  Mich.,  with   his  family,  and 
finally  to  Ypsilanti,  where  he  has  resided  for  many  years.     He 
has  been  engaged  in  mercantile  business,  prosperous  and  suc- 
cessful.    His  children  were  born  in  Detroit 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

346.  i.  Edmund  Hewitt,  b.  in  Detroit.  Mich.,  Nov.  14.  1829,  m.  Lucy 
Post. 

347.  ii.  Mabt  Hewitt,  b.  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  1831,  m.  Wra.  Cheever. 

348.  iii.  Louis  Hewitt,  b.  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  July  33, 1834. 

349.  iv.  Charles  Hewitt,  b.  in  Detroit,  Mich..  Oct.  3,  1836. 

350.  V.  Walter  Hewitt,  b.  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  Sept.  28,  1839,  m.  Carrie 
Cook. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

346.  i.  Edmund  Hewitt,  eldest  son  of  Paulina  Child  and 
Walter  Hewitt,  b.  Nov.  14,  1829,  m.  Lucy  Post  of  Ypsilanti, 
Mich. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children ; 

351.  i.  Lucy  Hewitt,  d.  at  birth. 

352.  ii.  Arthur  Child  Hewitt,  d.  young. 

353.  iii.  Mary  Hewitt. 

354.  iv.  Helen  Hewitt. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

347.  ii.  Mary  Hewitt,  dau.  and  second  child  of  Paulina  Child 
and  "Walter  Hewitt,  b.  1831,  m.  Wm.  E.  Cheever,  son  of  Eev. 
Mr.  Cheever.  He  was  b.  1835.  Mr.  Cheever  resides  in  Ypsi- 
lanti, does  business  in  Detroit. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children; 

355.  i.  Walter  Hewitt  Cheever,  b.  Feb.  27. 1859. 

356.  ii.  Fanny  Cheever,  b.  July  9,  1862. 


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O^OriN  CHILD  OF 


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[Eighth  Generatiou.] 

350.  V,  Walter  Hewiit,  soo  of  Paulina  Child  and  Walter , 
Hewitt,  K  Sept  28,  1839,  m.  Carrie  Cook. 
[Ninth  Genemtion.]    Children: 

357.  i.  WAI.TKII  Hewitt,  b.  May  18.  1868. 

358.  ii,  Florbsck  Pauliwa  Hewitt,  b.  1870. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

143.   vii.  Pamelia  Chijaj,  seventh  child  of  Mark  Anthonj 
and  nanriah  Benedict  Child,  b.  Aug.  28,  1604.  uu  Maixih 
1830,  Lyman  Wooster  of  Morristown,  St,  Lawrence  Co.»  N. 
Removed  to  North  Hammond,  N,  Y. 

Mr.  Wooster  d.  Feb.  22, 1849.  His  sons  continued  in  Nortfi 
Hammond,  St  Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y,,  managing  the  estate  till 
1855^  when  most  of  the  family  removed  to  Rock  county,  Wis 
consin.     Now  reside  at  Fort  Atkinson,  Jefferson  county^  Wis. , 

Mr.  Wooster  is  a  descendant  of  an  honorable  family  of  earlj 
emigrants  from  Worcestershire,  England,  who  settled  in  Wop 
cester,  Mass.  The  name  was  originally^  Worcester.  Gradt 
ally,  from  an  easier  pronunciation,  it  was  shortened  to  Woost 
It  was  a  family  some  branches  of  which  flourished  in  the  Hev^ 
olution.  An  early  member  was  a  General  in  the  army,  and  fell 
in  battle,  in  honor  of  whom  government  has  appropriate 
§25,000  for  a  monument.  On  the  mothers  side  the  family 
allianre  is  with  the  Barber  family  of  Rhode  Island,  and 
French  descent  This  alliance  connects  with  the  Gould  familyJ 
from  which  has  descended  the  great  railway  king,  Jay  Goult] 
Among  the  descendants  of  the^e  early  English  emigrants, 
tind  many  active  and  enterprising  citizens  of  the  present 
well  as  past  generations. 

Charles  Abram  Wm^ster  of  Hammond,  St  Lawrence  countj 
N.  Y.»  is  a  worthy  scion  of  this  stock.     His  father,  Abr 
Wooster,  Was  a  native  of  Oneida  county,  N.  Y,,  born  in  1^ 
While  yet  a  boy,  he  went  from  his  father's  home  to  Nor 
Hammond,  N.  Y*,  then  a  wilderness,  and  commenced  busine 
for  hinii^elf.     His  outfit  cunsist&l  of  a  rifle  (of  which  he  wn 
ver}^  proud  as  **a  dead  shot''),  an  axe,  an  extra  shirt,  and  five 
or  six  dollars  of  money.     He  engaged  in  the  business  of  luiii 
bering,  takint^  his  lumber  and  timber  in  rafts  to  Quebec,  Ca 
ada.     From  this  business  and  successful  farming  operations  ! 
has  become  quite  wealthy,  and  is  enjoying  a  happy  old 


AND  HIS  DESCEND ANTa.  Ill 

(now  80),  hale  and  hearty,  in  the  town  of  Hammond.  His  rifle 
is  still  his  pet,  and  his  boast  is  that  he  can  yet  bring  down  a 
deer  at  forty  rods.  He  had  a  brother,  David  Wooster,  who  was 
popularly  known  for  thirty  years  as  a  hotel  keeper  in  Oneida 
county,  N..  Y. 

Charles  Abram  Wooster,  from  whom  we  obtain  this  account 
of  the  Wooster  family,  is  a  son  of  Abram  and  Phebe  Wooster, 
a  prominent  citizen  of  Hammond,  a  man  of  much  general  intel- 
ligence, of  large  enterprise,  connected  with  railways,  banking, 
&c.,  in  St  Lawrence  county.  He  married  Ellen  A.  Savage  of 
Hammond,  and  has  the  following  children  : 

1.  Charles  Chandler  Wooster,  b.  Sept.  17,  1807,  d.  1874. 

2.  Lena  Laola  Wooster.  b.  May  0, 1878. 
3   Eva  Loblla  Wooster,  b.  May  7,  1870. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 
359.  i.  Lydia  Elizabeth  Wooster,  b.  Jan.  27,  1831,  d.  Aug.  21,  1848. 

300.  ii.  Lybian  Augustus  Wooster,  b.  Feb.  10, 1833,  m.  Henrietta  Foltz. 

301.  iii.  Wm.  Harris  Wooster,  b.  Jan.  22. 1835.  Mr.  Wooster  enlisted  in 
the  Union  Army  on  the  breaking  out  of  the  late  rebellion,  where  by  expos- 
ure he  was  prostrated  and  sent  home,  and  died  on  the  3rd  of  March,  1862,  at 
Quindaro,  Kansas.    Was  a  farmer. 

302.  iv.  George  Washington  Wooster,  b.  April  10,  1837,  m.  Annie  M. 
Cornell. 

303.  V.  Hannah  Maria  Wooster,  b.  Sept.  3,  1839,  m.  Chas.  Edward 
Green. 

304.  vi.  Sarah  Amelia  Wooster,  b.  Dec.  14,  1843,  m.  James  M.  Coakley,- 
M.D. 

305.  vii.  John  Child  Wooster,  b.  Feb.  3,  1840,  d.  May  2,  1847,  in  Ham- 
mond. N.  Y. 

300.  viii.  Lyman  Child  Wooster,  b.  Aug.  1, 1849.  Resides  with  his  mother 
at  Whitewater,  Wis. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

360.  ii.  Lyman  Augustus  Wooster,  eldest  son  and  second 
child  of  Painelia  Child  and  Lyman  Wooster,  b.  Feb.  10,  1833, 
rxL  Henrietta  Foltz,  d.  Dec.  27,  1878,  at  Fort  Atkinson,  Wis. 
Carpenter. 
[Ninth  Generation]    Child: 

307.  i.  Mary  Wooster,  b.  March  7,  1808,  in  Lima,  Rock  county.  Wis. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

362.  iv.  George  Washington  Wooster,  son  of  Painelia 
Child,  and  Lyman  Wooster,  m.  Annie  M.  Cromwell,  Nov.  1860 
[Ninth  Generation  ]    Children: 

308.  i.  Myrtie  Wooster,  b.  Nov.  5,  1802. 

309.  ii.  George  Henry  Wooster,  b.  Dec.  18,  1S04. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  1 18 

[Seventh  Generation.]  ^ 

145.  ix.  Hannah  Child,  ninth  child  and  fifth  dau.  of  Mark 
Anthony  and  Hannah  Benedict  Child,  b.  in  Milton,  Saratoga 
county,  N.  Y.,  Oct  16,  1810,  m.  1834,  Amos  H.  Burnham,  who 
was  b.  Jan.  22,  1811.  Soon  after  marriage  they  removed  from 
Saratoga  county,  N.  Y.,  to  Hebron,  Jefferson  county.  Wis.  Mrs. 
Burnham  died  Feb.  25,  1861,  leaving  six  children. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

381.  i.  James  M.  Burnham,  b.  in  Hebron,  Wis.,  June  9, 1836,  m.  Aug.  18, 
1865,  Eveline  Abbey. 

382.  li.  George  C.  Burnham,  b.  in  Hebron,  Wis.,  June  10, 1839,  ro.  April 
17,  1867,  Charlotte  Stagg. 

383.  iii.  Charles  Burnham,  b.  in  Hebron,  Wis.,  March  26, 1841,  m.  Jan. 
1.  1868,  Almira  Torrey. 

384.  iv.  Charlotte  I.  Burnham,  b.  in  Hebron,  Wis.,  May  9,  1843. 

385.  V.  Rensselaer  Burnham,  b.  in  Hebron.  Wis ,  May  12,  1845.  ra. 
May  22,  1870,  Mary  Garlock.  Was  in  the  Union  Army  for  the  suppression 
of  the  Rebellion,  in  the  33d  Vol.  Infantry  of  Wisconsin.  Was  in  many  bat- 
tles and  skirmishes— at  Holly  Springs,  Vicksburg,  Red  River,  Nashville  and 
Mobile,  besides  many  smaller  engagements.  In  all  these  battles,  he  never 
received  a  wound  He  served  under  Gen'ls  Grant,  A.  J.  Smith  and  Thomas, 
No  children  given  of  this  marriage. 

386.  vi.  Olive  T.  Burnham,  b.  in  Hebron,  Wis ,  Aug.  8,  1851. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

381.  i.  James  N.  Burnham,  eldest  son  of  Hannah  Child  and 
Amos  H.  Burnham,  b.  June,  1836,  in  Hebron,  Wis.,  m.  Aug. 
13,  1865,  Eveline  Abbey. 

Mr.  Burnham  served  in  the  Union  Army  through  the  entire 
war  of  the  Rebellion.  He  was  captured  by  the  rebel  forces  and 
imprisoned  for  nine  months  in  a  prison,  where  the  suffering 
and  barbarity  were  almost  equal  to  those  endured  by  our  men 
in  Andersonville  prison.  Mr.  Burnham  was  in  the  13th  Wis. 
Vol.  Infantry.  He  served  under  Gen'ls  Grant,  Rosecrans  and 
Sherman,  and  was  in  the  battle  at  Athens,  Ala.,  and  in  the  fight 
at  Donaldsonville,  and  Lookout  Mountain. 

[Ninth  Generation.  ]    Children : 

387.  i.  Hannah  D.  Buenham,  b.  Aug.  2,  1867. 

388.  ii.  Frank  D.  Burnham,  b.  Nov.,  1889. 
389   iii.  Maud  M.  Burnham,  b.  Sept.  14,  1871. 
390.  iv.  Annie  E.  Burnhan,  b.  Aug.  15,  1876. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

882.  ii.  George  Burnham,  second  child  of  Hannah  Child 
and  Amos  H.  Burnham,  b.  June  10,  1839,  m.  April  17,  1867, 
Charlotte  Stagg. 


114 


BENJAMIN'  CHILD  OF  ttOXBLTRY,  MASS. 


[Ninth  Genenition.]     Chlldrpn: 
391.  i.  Flora  M.  Bitbnuam,  h.  Ailg.  27,  18ft8. 

892.  \l  Olivk  K  Burn  ham,  b.  Deo.  12»  1809. 

893.  iii    Fred  B.  Burnham,  b.  April  18,  1S72. 

394.  iv,  Charlie  J.  Br  rn  it  am,  h,  April  21,  1874, 

{Eigblh  Gcncratir>iL] 

383.  iii,  Charles  Burnham.  third  child  of  Hannah  Chile 
and  Amos  El.  Burnham,  b,  in  Ilebron,  Wia^  March  26^  1841^ 
m.  Jan.  1,  1808,  Ahnira  Torrey. 
[Ninth  Genenition.]     Children: 

395.  i.  ALBKRT  E.  Burnham,  b,  O^^t.  15.  1868> 

396.  ii.  Amos  U  Burnhan.  b.  July  14,  1870. 

397.  iii.  Emma  E  Bi:rnham»  h.  Sept.  10.  1873. 
898.  iv.  Alice  M.  Buknham.  b.  Mny  1,  1875. 

[Eighth  Generation  ] 

38t>.  vi,  Olive  T.   Burnham,  sixth  chihl  of  Hannah  Child, 
and  Amos  H.  Burnham,   b.   Aug.  8,  1861,  m.  Nor.  13,  ISTSJ 
Will  Mui>;hnll 
I  Ninth  Generation  ]     Children: 

399.  i.   Will  OTrs  Marj^hall,  b.  Sept.  iJ,  1775. 

400   ii.  Curtis  W.  Marshall,  b.  May  27,  1879. 

[Seventh  Oenemtioii  ] 

146.  X.  Emeline  Child,  tenth  child  of  Mark  Anthony  and 
Hannah  Benedict  Child,  b.  Jan.  19, 1815,  m.  li^t,  Alanson  Barl>er, 
m.  2nd,  Amos  H.  BuiidianL  the  former  husband  of  her  sister 
Hannah.  All  her  children  wt^re  by  her  first  raarriaga  Mr. 
Btirnham  died  May  10,  1878,  leaving  his  family  in  good  circum- 
stances. 
[Eighth  Generation  ]     Children  of  Mn?.  Emeline  Bftrl:>er,  now  Mrs.  Burobam. 

401.  I  Polly  Barrkr,  b,  Mareb  4.  1835,  d,  S^^pt.  4,  1835, 

402.  ii.  Benjamin  Franklin   Bahhkk,  b.  ,Ttily  31,  1837.      Was  in  the 
Tniofi  Army  for  Mipprcssin^  the  F{ein'llion,  in  1861,  died  early  in  the  war 

403.  iii.  M.utiAN  E.  Barukr,   b.  Jan.  12,   1839,  m.  Nov.  15. 18.S7,  John. 
UiUsimade. 

404.  h\  Myhon  Crtld  Barber,  h.  Nov.  9,  1840. 
405   V.  vVarrbv  Gould  Bahber,  b.  Dec,  13,  1842     He  enlisted  in  th 

Cnion  Army  at  the  eomineiieemeiil  of  the  Rebellion,  but  throu^^h  exposur 
and  sii'knesii  lost  his  slight,  and  nviurned  home  and  died  in  1863. 

406.  vi,  John  Child  Barber,  b.  Deo  12,  1844.  m  May  4,  1868,  Mar; 
Fmnees  Craig  Ffe  is  by  LH'enpiition  n  mailer  car  builder,  now  of  Miaaour 
Kimsas  and  Texas  Railway. 

40T.  vii    Lyman  Wooster  B.%.rber.  b,  April  7,  1845. 

406*  viii,  Joseph  Lawrence  Barber,  b.  Jun.  2,  1847. 

409.  ii.  Ann  Elizabeth  Barber,  b.  Jan.  12,  1852. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  116 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

403.  iii.  Marian  E.  Barber,  third  child  of  Emeline  Child 
and  Alanson  Barber,  b.  Jan.  12,  1849,  in  North  Hammond, 
N.  Y.,  m.  Nov.  15,  1857,  John  Hillsmade,  of  Sedalia,  Mo. 
[Ninth  Generation  ]    Children : 

410.  i.  Nellib  Emeline  Hillsmade,  b.  Nov.  4,  1858. 

411.  ii.  Myron  Warren  Hillsmade.  b.  Dec.  17,  1860. 

412.  iii.  John  Salls  Hillsmade,  b.  Jan.  22,  1862. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

147.  xi.  Mark  Anthony  Child,  Jr.,  eleventh  child  of  Mark 
Anthony  and  Hannah  Benedict  Child,  b.  in  Milton,  Saratoga 
Co.,  N.  Y  ,  Jan.  13, 1817,  ra.  in  1837  Lydia  Eobinson,  of  Ver- 
mont, who  was  b.  April  27,  1 818  ;  they  reside  at  Lima  Centre, 
Rock  Co.,  Wis. 

Mr.  Child  is  of  full  stature,  of  about  190  lbs.  weight ;  has 
been  deputy  postmaster  in  Lima  Centre  for  six  or  seven  years 
past. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

413.  i.  Adaline  Demarics  Child,  b.  in  Morristown,  St.  Lawrence  Co., 
N.  Y.,  Nov.  17.  1840,  ra.  Orson  Freeman. 

414.  ii.  Clinton  Demaricjs  Child,  b.  in  Morristown,  N.  Y.,Dec.  29, 1842, 
m.  July  1, 1863,  Samh  King. 

415.  iii.  Martha  Jane  Child,  b.  in  Morristown,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  28,  1844, 
m.  Dec.  21,  1865,  William  Freeman. 

416.  iv.  John  Rensselaer  Child,  b.  in  Morristown,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  14, 1848, 
d.  Aug.  19. 1852. 

417.  V.  Mark  Alonzo  Child,  b.  Oct.  5,  1849.  m.  Dec.  22. 1877,  Mary  Mc- 
Coneghy. 

418.  vi.  George  Washington  Child,  b.  Sep.  28,  1852,  in  Lima  Centre. 
Wis. 

419.  vii.  Louisa  Amelia  Child,  b.  Sep.  29,  1854,  in  Lima  Centre. 

420.  viii.  Vesta  A.  Child,  b.  Aug.  11,  1856,  in  Lima  Centre. 

421.  ix.  Charles  Herbert  Child,  b.  Dec.  12, 1858,  in  Lima  Centre. 

422.  X.  Freddie  Boardman  Child,  b.  April  13, 1864,  in  Lima  Centre. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

414.  ii.  Clinton  Demarius  Child,  second  child  of  Mark 
Anthony,  Jr.,  and  Lydia  Robinson  Child,  b.  in  Morristown, 
N.  Y.,  Dec.  29,  1842,  m.  July  18,  1864,  Sarah  King,  who  was 
b.  in  Plymouth,  Yt.,  Jan.  5,  1845. 

Mr.  Child  served  two  years  in  the  Union  Army  in  the  war 
of  the  Rebellion.     He  is  in  the  mercantile  business,  and  is 
postmaster  at  Lima  Centre,  Wis. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

423.  i.  Alabel  Child,  b.  in  Plymouth,  Vt.,  April  17,  1865. 


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[Eighth  Gouenit km] 

415.  iii.  M.iRTHA  Jane  Child,  third  cliild  of  Mark  Anthony, 
Jr.,  and  Lydia  Robinscjii  Child,  K  in  Morristown,  N.  Y.^  Aug. 
28,  1844,  m.  Dec.  21,  1865,  William  Freeman. 

Mr.  Freeinun  served  iu  the  Union  Army  in  tlie  war  of  th^ 
Rebellion,     lie  is  a  black.^inith, 
[Ninth  Genemtion  ]     Chilrken: 
423^  i    Ohh>n  EunENE  Fkekman,  b,  Mwy  10.  1867. 

424.  ii.  Medoha  Etta  Fiieeman,  h.  May  9, 1871. 

[Seventh  Genemtion.] 

14S.  xii.  Polly  B.  Cuili^,  twelfth  child  (and  first  l.»y  Su| 
mit  Peacock)  of  Mark  Anthony  and  Submit  Peacock  ChiM, 
in  Greenfield,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Nov,  9,  1820,  m  May 
1888,  Charles  Porter  Bennett,  who  was  born  in  the  village  < 
Mifkleton»  Gloncestershire,  England.  July  S,  1812.     Reside  i^ 
Ypsilanti,  Mich. 
[Eightii  Gtnjemtion]     Cliiliheii: 

425.  L  Make  Bennett,  1j  iu  Ypsilanti,  Washt<5naw  Co..  Mich..  M^y  H 
1841.  d.  Aug.  12,  184  L 

426.  ii,  CHARLEt*  Benkett,  1>  ill  Yji.silHnti.  Mich,.  April  10, 1843,  d. 
3,  1845. 

427.  iii.  Hannah  Frances  Be>'nktt,  Ik  in  Ypsihinti,  Mich.,  April ! 
1840»m,  March  11,  184J7,  John  Alkin.  Jr. 

428.  W   Mart  Porter  Bennett,  b.  in  Ypsilmiti.  Mich,  Auja:.  5,  1848,  i 
Charles  M,  Phillips 

429.  V.  Walter  Benneti",  b.  in  Ypsilaiiti,  Mich,,  May  20, 18o2.<l   3tari 
10, 1955. 

480,  vi.   Charles  Walter  Bennett,  It.  itt  Vp.iilrtnti.  Mich.,  Feb.  167 
1858. 


[Eighth  GenerRtioH  ] 

427,  iii,   Hannah   Fr.ances  Benneit,  Jliu.  of   Polly 
Child   and    Charles    Porter   Bennett,    b,  in   Y]>silanti,  Mich^ 
April  2i>,   1846,  m.  Mitrch   11,  18r»7,  John  Atkins,  Jr.,  in  th 
town  of  Milford,  0;jkland  Co*,  Mich. 

[Kjjitli  Generation.]    Children: 

431.  i.  Mauv  Bennett  Atkins,  b.  in  Milford,  Oakland  Co.,  Mich,,  Sep 
5.  !8ft8. 

432.  ii.  Charles  Bennett  .^tkink,  b.  in  Milford.  Mich.,  May  22.  1871. 

433.  iii.  Alice  Polly  Atkins,  b.  in  Miliord,  Mich.,  April  <J,  1874. 

[Eig-hth  Generation,] 

428.  iv.  Mary  P,  Bennett,  dan,  of  Pollv  B,  Child  mi 
Charles  Porter  Bennett,  b.  in  Ypsilanti,  Mich ,  Aug.  6,  184S 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  117 

m.  June  6, 1876,  Charles  M.  Phillips,  of  Milford,  Oakland  Co., 

Mich, 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

434.  i  Fanny  Eliza  Phillips,  b.  in  Mason,  Ingham  CJo.,  Mich.,  Oct.  21. 
1877. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

151.  XV.  Henrietta  Child,  dau.  of  Mark  Anthony  and 
Submit  Peacock  Child,  m.  Edmund  Robinson.  Mrs.  Eobinson 
d.  in  Milton,  Rock  Co.,  Wis.,  1865,  where  Mr.  R.  lived  in  1873. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

435.  i.  Sylvester  Robinson. 

436.  ii.  Dextek  Robinson. 

437.  iii   Edmund  Robinson,  b.  July  27,  1849. 

438.  iv.  Walter  Hewit  Robinson,  b.  1853. 

439.  V.  Augusta  Robinson,  b.  185(5. 

440.  vi.  Willie  Robinson,  b.  1861. 

441.  vii.  Hekbbrt  Robinson,  b.  186:1 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

152.  xvi.  Charlotte  Child,  sixteenth  child  of  Mark 
Anthony  and  fifth  by  Submit  Peacock,  b.  Nov.  18,  1833,  m. 
Nov.  17,  i8«4,  Mr.  Riddle. 

[Eighth  Generation  ]    Child: 

442.  i.  (Name  not  given.) 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

46.  vi.  Dr.  Ephraim  Child,  sixth  child  of  Capt.  Increase 
and  Olive  Pease  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  May  10,  1773,  m. 
Mary  Woodworth,  youngest  child  of  Ephraim  and  Anna  More 
Woodworth  of  Stillwater,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  1,  179f». 
She  was  b.  Feb.  2, 1781,  and  d.  July  18, 1843,  at  Syracuse,  N. Y. 
He  was  a  physician,  and  practiced  his  profession  in  Stillwater, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  June  10,  1830.     They  had  ten  children. 

Dr.  Ephraim  Child  was  a  cousin  of  the  celebrated  lawyer, 
Ambrose  C.  Spencer.  The  mothers  of  Mr.  Spencer  and  Mrs. 
Child  were  sisters.  Ambrose  C.  Spencer  s  first  two  wives  were 
sisters  of  Governor  DeWitt  Clinton ;  his  third  wife  was  a  Norton. 
He  survived  them  all. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

443.  i.  Eliza  Ann  Blbeker  Child,  b.  in  Stillwater,  N.  Y.,  May  18, 
1799,  m.  Sept.  20,  1841,  Zalmon  Rice,  who  d.  July  6,  1844.    No  children. 

444.  ii.  Ephraim  Child,  b.  in  Stillwater,  April  10,  1801,  m.  1st,  Jan. 
25, 1825,  Elizabeth  Curd  Redford;  m.  2nd,  Betsey  Jewell ;  m.  3rd,  Ann  Eliza 
Olmstead. 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  0¥  ROXBCTBr.  HASSL 

44$.  iii.  OKrnjje  Wbitmoes  Cnio»,  b.  in  StiUwaier»  Dee,  ^  1808.  a. ' 
Mbtmi  1828,  Matj  G.  Eno. 

44d.  IT.  TuKBESA  PE.ISE  Child^  b.  in  Stillirat^r,  Jan.  2a,  18Q3,  m.  tbtmi 
1828,  CoL  John  Flt2gei«]d,  decemseiL 

447.  T.  NOA01AII  MOO0T  CHILD,  b.  in  Stillwater^  Dw.  SO.  1806.  m,  Ij< 
October,  1899,  3Iartbii  Brewer;  m.  Snd,  Jan.  28,  188&,  Sanh  Elizabetii 
Dawei. 

448,  Ti,  Qeket  Djin«  Chiuv  b.  in  Stillwater*  Dec.,  1806,  m.  Julia  Ami 
Perkins. 

4t9.  iii.  fiSKKiETTA  ScBinxBR  Csuji,  b.  ID  Stillwater,  Dee.  23,  16 
m.  Not.  12,  18^4^  Luke  AironL 

460.  TiiL  Maxly  Anna  Hollabd  Coiij),  b.  in  Stillwater,  Oct.  18v  1813^  iil 
1844^  Jarob  A.  Stjiats  of  Liiuisvllle,  Ky.,  d.  Jnlr  4,  1850* 

451.  ix,  Re*hetta  WiLLAKD  Chiu),  b.  in  Stillwater.  Jan    19,  1817,  m, 
John  H.  Pope.     Lived  at  the  cor.  State  and  Magatine  ^ts., (Itfa  District,  N|{ 
Orleans. 

452,  X.  Cabounk  Ca.xfield  Child,  b  in  Stillwator,  Aug.  13,  1821, 
Cajit.  Charles  Barger,  Julr  0.  1848.     He  d.  March  4,  l8o4S.     She  m. 
G.  W  Germb,  now  of  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

443.  i.  Miss  Eliza  A.  B.  Child  was  early  betmtbed  icT^ 
Cyreoius  W.  Canfielcl  of  Rochester,  New  York.     Theacijuaint 
ance  was  made  when  Miss  Child  was  a  pupil  of  the  AcadeW 
and  Mr.  Can  field  a  student  of  Union  College,  Sclienectadj 
N,  Y.     The  engagement  was  a  long  one,  for  both  were  joung 
and  Mr.  Canfield  had  his  coll^ate  course  to  finish,  and  hi^ 
professional  one  to  pursue,  and  then  to  enter  \ipon  its  dntie- 
and  emoluments  before  they  could  expect  their  union.     But 
each  was  true,  and  the  golden  ho|>es  of  success  illumined  the 
years  of  waiting. 

Earnest  study  and  courageous  toil  were  opening  the  doors  to 
an  honorable  and  gifted  manhood^^fond  parents  rejoicing  iu 
fulfilled  expectations, — friends  pxophesying  high  attainmeiil 
and  a  prominent  career,— a  bright  and  loving  maiden  puttii 
on  the  festive  robes;  suddenly  the  end  came;  a  few  daj 
illness,  and  the  life  of  earth  was  left  for  the  life  of  et 
Parents*  hopes  crushed,  friends*  bright  anticipations  ov€ 
thrown,  sable  garments  exchanged  for  bridal  sheen,  the 
riage  week  lieeame  that  of  entomljment.  Comforted  by  ti 
readv  and  full  recognition  of  her  lovers  talents  and  aequb 
ments,  made  by  his  friends  anrl  legal  associates.  Miss  Child 
time  could  smile  again.  In  Septemljer,  1841,  she  became  tl 
wife  of  Mr.  Zalmon  Rice  a  merchant  of  Lyons,  Wayne  Co., 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  119 

New  York,  whom  she  has  survived  many  years.  But  the  glow- 
ing tints  of  her  morning  have  not  wholly  faded  from  the  even- 
ing of  her  life,  and  to  meet  the  chosen  one  of  early  days,  is 
one  of  the  joys  of  anticipation  crowning  the  future  existence. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

444.  ii.  Ephraim  Child,  second  child  of  Dr.  Ephraim  and 
Mary  Woodworth  Child,  b.  April  10,  1801,  m.  first,  Jan.  25, 
1825,  Elizabeth  Curd  Bedford;  m.  second  to  Betsey  Jewell; 
m.  third  to  Ann  Eliza  Olmstead.  Resides  in  Weedsport,  K  Y. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

453.  i.  Orville  Child,  b.  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  9, 1827.  Resides  in  Syra- 
cuse 

454.  ii.  Wallace  Child,  b.  Feb.  22,  1831,  d.  June  9, 1831. 

455.  iii.  Martha  Rknetta  Child,  b.  June,  1832,  m.  Floyd  Johnson. 

456.  iv.  DeWitt  Clinton  C^hild,  b.  June,  1834,  d.  Oct.  21,  1844. 

457.  V.  Eliza  Ann  Child,  b.  April  23,  1836,  m.  Dec.  27,  1858,  Samuel 
Everhart. 

458.  vi   George  W.    Child,  b.  Dec.  1,  1839,  in  Lysander,  Oswego  Co., 
X.  Y.,  m.  April  23,  1865,  Mary  Cordelia  La  Fever. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

457.  V.  Eliza  Ann  Child,  fifth  child  of  Ephraim  and  Eliz- 
abeth Curd  Eedford  Child,  b.  April  23, 1836,  m.  Dec.  27, 1853, 
Samuel  Everhart  of  Lyons,  N.  Y.;  he  was  b.  Nov.  10,  1829, 
in  Newfield,  Tompkins  Co.,  N.  Y.;  removed  to  Berlin,  Mich. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

459.  i.  Floyd  Johnson  Eveuhart,  |  «p^;«s  (  b.  at  Nayland,  Allegan. 

460.  ii.  Ephraim  Everhart,  )  "  \  Co.,  Mich..  Apr.  11, 1855. 

461.  iii.  Carrie  Estella  Everhart,  b.  at  Berlin,  Mich.,  Nov.  24,  1857. 

462.  iv.  Geo.  Wright  Evehji art,  b.  at  Berlin,  Mich.,  Oct.  29,  1863. 

[Eighth  Generation.! 

458.  vi.  George  W.  Child,  sixth  child  of  Ephraim  and 
Elizabeth  Curd  Bedford  Child,  b.  Dec.  1,  1889,  m.  April  28, 
1865,  Mary  Cordelia  La  Fever.  She  was  b.  August,  1848,  at 
Hector,  N.  Y.     Beside  at  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

I  Ninth  Generation .  ]    Children : 

463.  i.  Charles  Sanford  Child,  b.  at  Muskegon,  Mich.,  Feb.  17,  1867. 

464.  ii.  Wm.  Orville  Child,  b.  Jan.  6,  1869,  in  Muskegon,  Mich. 

[Seventh  Generation] 

445.  iii  Orville  Whitmore  Childs,  third  child  and  second 
son  of  Dr.  Ephraim  and  Mary  Woodworth  Child,  b.  in  Still- 
water, N.  Y.,  Dec.  29,  1803,  m,  Mary  G.  Eno.     (The  date  of 


lao 


BEXJJLMIX  CHILD  OF  EDXBrRT.  KA^& 


the  msxriiige  or  birtli  of  children  we  huTe  been  atiable  to  i 
laiD.} 

Onrille  W.  Childs  was  cme  oi  the  foretnosi  and  abkst  pincti- 
cd  civil  eogiiieers  in  this  coootiy.  He  wss  eari  j  in  the  employ 
of  the  State  of  New  York^  and  oar  magnificent  public  works 
attest  his  genius  and  hts  akflL  Hi?  labors  and  accomplish- 
ments  were  not  confined  to  this  State  alone,  but  were  extended 
to  and  embracai  other  gigantic  enterprises  and  works  of  national 
interest  and  renown- 
He  had  charge  of  a  large  amount  of  work,  and  was  engaged 
in  the  survey  and  tx^nstructioQ  of  the  Champlain  canal  improve- 
ment, in  1824-0,  and  the  building  of  the  Osw^o  canal  in  182^S. 
He  made  the  sur^^ey  and  plans  for  the  improvement  and  nav- 
igation of  the  Oneida  river  in  1829-30,  which  were  adopted, 
and  the  work  was  completed  in  1850.  He  was  next  engaged 
with  John  R  Jervis  in  constructing  the  Chenango  canal,  in 
1833-6,  and  in  the  latter  year  commenced  his  labors  on 
Erie  canal  enlargement,  which  was  divideil  into  tliree  di\isioi] 
he  being  the  chief  engineer  of  the  middle  division  of  that  wor 
which  extended  from  Symcuse  to  Rochester.  He  was 
pied  upon  this  enlargement  during  most  of  the  many  years  \ 
took  to  complete  that  great  work :  but  not  as  a  division  en- 
gineer only,  for  in  1840  he  was  appointed  chief  engineer  of  the 
New  York  State  work^  entire^  which  position  he  held  aa 
filled  with  signal  ability  and  honor  for  a  period  of  seven  yc 

In  1848  he  was  the  Democratic  candidate  for  the  office  i 
slate  engineer,  then  created,  but  was  defeated  with  the  rest  i 
the  ticket     He  was  the  companion,  adviser  and  trusted  frien 
of  Governor  William  C.  Bouck^  Azariah  C.  Flagg,  Henry 
mour,  Jonas  Earll,  Jn,  Michael  Hoffman,  Stei>ben  Van  Ren 
selaer  and  their  contemporaries,  and  shai*ed  with  John  B*  Jef- 
via  and  William  J.  McAlpine  the  celebrity  and  honors  aria 
from  the  plans  upon  which  the  enlarged  Erie  canal  were 
Of  those  eminent  engiueei-s  who  grew  up  with  him  or  iind^ 
him  and  reached  prominence  in  their  profession  are  Van , 
Richmond  and  Sylvan  us  H  Sweet,  each  having  filled  the  offi^ 
of  8tate  eiigiuwr  seveml  different  times,  and  John  IX  Fav.  tl 
eminent  canal  commissioner. 

In  1848-9  he  was  chief  engineer  in  the  survey  and  coiistnj 
tion  of  the  N.  Y.  Ceotnil  RE,  from  Syracuse  to  Rochester  (d 


rect  road).  He  left  tliis  to  accept  a  like  position  at  the  instance 
of  the  American  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Ship  Canal  Ca,  of  which 
Cornelins  Vanderbilt  and  others  were  at  the  head,  and  who 
had  a  grant  from  the  government  of  Nicaraiigua,  Central 
America,  to  bnild  an  inter-oceanic  ship  canal  across  that  coun- 
try, and  in  this  gigantic  enterprise  he  was  occupied  in  1850-52. 
His  reports,  maps,  surveys  and  estimates  of  this  work  at- 
tracted universal  attention  throughout  this  country  and  Eu- 
rope, and  are  regarded  as  models  of  thorough,  exact  and  re- 
liable scientific  and  practical  skill.  It  was  and  is  still  hold  to 
be  the  most  feasible  and  perfect  survey  of  that  routCj  which 
extended  from  the  harbor  of  Grej^town  on  the  Atlantic,  to  tliat 
of  Brito  on  the  Pacifia  The  difficulties  which  were  ovei'come, 
both  of  an  engineering  and  physical  character,  to  accompMsh 
this  work,  together  with  the  prominence  of  the  enterprise  and 
the  ability  with  which  it  was  conducted,  established  and  con* 
firmed  his  high  rank  in  his  profession.  He  also  surveyed  the 
route  across  the  country  from  Lake  Nicaraugoa  to  the  Pacific, 
of  the  Accessory  Transit  Co.  s  passenger  route,  and  aftenvards 

Iviisited  Europe  with  Commodore  Vanderbilt  and  othei's  in  rela- 
tion to  raising  the  necessary  capittd  for  constructing  tiiis  ship 
canal,  and  was  received  there  with  marked  attentions  and  honor. 
The  above  reports  made  by  him  have  now  become  scarce,  out 
of  pnnl:^,  and  are  highly  valued, 

Subsequently  he  became  cliief  engiiieerj  and  surveyed  and 
constructed  the  Terre  Haute  and  Alton  RR  in  1855-8;  was 

(one  of  a  commission  of  three  to  report  on  the  practicability  of 
putting  a  tunnel  under  the  Hudson  river  at  Albany,  and  made 
a  survey  and  important  investigation  in  l>ehalf  of  the  State 
of  New  York,  for  the  purpose  of  designating  and  fixing  the 
limits  and  boundaries  of  the  City  and  County  of  New  York, 
and  to  determine  the  extent  of  the  encroachments  thereon,  and 
afterwards  was  engaged  in  the  matter  of  tlie  harbor  defences 
about  that  city. 
B  He  removed  from  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  where  he  had  resided  for 
the  greater  part  of  his  life,  to  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  about  1860, 
where  he  was  engaged  as  one  of  the  patentees  and  proprietors 
of  the  sleeping  ears,  then  newly  invented,  and  in  other  railroad 
tinteresta  Was  president  of  the  Central  Transportation  Co., 
I 


P  BESJAXIS  CHILD  OF  BOXBTBT,  MAfl& 

Md  the  Philadelphia  Car  Worka,  mod  died  tn  tfaat  citr  Sejl 

e,  187a 

Htfi  name  waa  ayncmjrmoiia  wrth  integrity^  imflaggjog  iDdoa- 
Uy  aud  high  moral  aod  loteDeeliial  worth.  He  wms  m  doae^ 
hard  rttident,  perRevering,  and  of  high  and  exalted  ideaa  as  u> 
hia  profettiion^  in  which  he  Ux>k  great  pride,  and  saogfai  br 
every  means  in  his  power  to  derate  its  standaid  to  the  highest 
pilch*  He  liad  profound  contempt  for  all  who  were  idle,  shift- 
leas,  di«lt4if>e^  or  tinambitioufi.  He  was  indefatigable  in  ac- 
complishing whatever  be  undertoo)^  and  was  npright,  honMOj 
and  incomiptiblei  without  the  shadow  of  a  blemish  in  his  who 
profieaaional  careen  The  labors  of  his  pen  will  be  fcmnd  j 
tered  through  the  public  documents  and  statute  books  of 
Stale  during  a  period  of  forty  years  prior  to  his  death,  and  1 
c<>ntributed  much  to  profes&ioDal  literature.  He  prepared  the' 
majority  of  the  canal  reports  to  the  Legislature  during  Ins  Um^ 
Always  carefuii  a>nsiderate  and  exact  to  the  minutest  poiat 
the*je  habits  of  thought  and  action  made  him  a  safe  <x>anseIW 
and  guide^  and  hij*  opinion  and  advice  was  much  sought  aftar. 
In  all  the^  qualities  he  left  a  noble  example  in  his  profession 
aa  well  as  out  of  it.  He  was  of  dignifieil,  impressive  bearing, 
and  unusually  fine  looking,  of  full  habit  and  excellent  fes&tufCSt 
and  left  a  handi;«*me  fortune.  His  conversation  was  deeply  ia- 
tcTcsting,  his  manner  forcible  and  sincere,  and  bis  utterances 
always  curried  weight  Vigorous,  inflexible  in  his  conviction^ 
and  accustomed  to  push  all  his  undertakings  to  a  succes«f 
laAue,  he  justly  earned  the  appellation,  "an  extraordioa 
man/' 
[ICigblb  GeDerotion.]    Cbildren: 

*♦••  u  Carolwe  Mary  Ch[U>b,  b.  18a«,  m.  1st,  William  T.  ShearJ 
John  H.  Nyp,  3d,  M.  B.  Weaver.     Mrs.  Weaver  resides  at  W^averlr,  K. 

*♦**  ii.  John  Hinman  CmLDs,  b,  1830,  in.  Oct,  7, 1863,  Frances  Aroc 
Burt4jii»  tbiii.  of  Burr  and  Luura  M.  Burton,  at  Syarcuse,  N,  Y.  Shei 
b.  ttt  Syracuse,  Feb.  8,  1844. 


[Kinth  Generation,]    Children  of  John  Hinman  and  France*  Burton  < 

♦♦•♦  i.  Orvillk  Bukton  Cuilds,  h.  June  3,  1864,  d.  Jnly  26, 1865. 

♦*♦♦  ii.  Fannie  Childs,  K  Auj^,  19,  1865. 

*♦•♦  iii,  MAiiY  O.  CiniJJS,  h.  Dee.  13»  1866. 

*♦♦♦  iv.  John  Ciiild^,  b.  June  10,  1868. 

♦*•♦  v.  Cakiue  Chillis,  b,  Aug,  2G,  1874. 

*♦♦»  vi.  FlA>RENOE  Childs,  b.  Sept.  6,  1877. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTa  128 

[Seyenth  (feneration.] 

446.  iv.  Theresa  Pease  Child,  fourth  child  and  second  dau, 
of  Dr.  Ephraim  and  Mary  Wood  worth  Child,  b.  in  Stillwater, 
Saratoga  county,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  25,  1805,  m.  about  1828,  Col- 
John  Fitzgerald.  Col.  Fitzgerald  died  at  Phoenix,  N.  Y., 
where  Mra  F.  still  resides. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

465.  i.  Ephraim  Fitzgerald,  b.  in  Stillwater,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  28,  1830,  m. 
Ella  Alvord. 

466.  ii.  Ctremus  Cakfield  Fitzgerald,  b.  in  Clifton,  Saratoga  county, 
N.  Y.,  March  19,  1882;  m.  1st,  Maria  Gonez,  m.  2nd,  Mary  Porter;  m.  3rd, 
Willie  M.  Graves. 

467.  iii.  Frankun  Alvord  Fitzgerald,  b.  May  28,  1834,  m.  1854,  Ada 
H.  Leland. 

468.  iv.  George  Fitzgerald,  b.  1843,  d.  at  8  months. 

f£ighth  Generation.] 

465.  i.  Ephraim  Fitzgerald,  eldest  child  of  Theresa  Pease 
Child  and  CoL  John  Fitzgerald,  b.  in  Stillwater,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  28 
1830,  m.  Jan.  20,  1854:,  Ella  Alvord,  dau.  of  Thomas  Alvord, 
Esq.,  of  Homer,  N.  Y.,  at  one  time  Lieut  Gov.  of  New  York. 
Mr.  Fitzgerald  was  a  hardware  merchant  in  Phoenix,  N.  Y. 
[Ninth  Genaration.]    Child: 

409.  i.  Elizabeth  Fitzoekald,  b.  Sept.  28,  1860. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

466.  ii.  Cyrenius  Canfield  Fitzgerald,  second  child  of 
Theresa  Pease  Child  and  Col.  John  Fitzgerald,  b.  in  Clifton, 
N.  Y.,  March  19,  1832,  ra.  Dec.  1858,  Maria  Gonez,  of  Leon, 
Nicaragua,  Central  America.  She  died  in  Chenondaga,  Cen- 
tral America,  Nov.  30, 1867.  He  m.  second,  Mary  Porter,  dau. 
of  John  K.  Porter,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.  She  lived  but  three 
months  after  marriage.  He  married  third,  in  1870,  Willie  M. 
Graves  of  New  Haven,  Ct.  They  reside  at  Venezuela,  South 
America.  Mr.  Fitzgerald  is  a  mining  engineer,  on  a  salary  of 
twenty  thousand  dollars  a  year. 

[Ninth  Generation  ]    Children: 

470.  i.  RiNALDo  Fitzgerald,  b.  in  Chenandoga,  Cent.  America,  Sept.  14, 
18e0. 

471.  ii.  Geo.  Edwin  Fitzgerald,  b.  in  Chenandoga,  Cent.  America,  Aug. 
14.  1862. 

472.  iii.  Theresa  Fitzgerald,  b.  in.  Chenandoga,  Cent.  America,  Aug. 
17,  1864. 

473.  iv.  DoNNiE  Felipe  Fitzgerald,  b.  in  Chenandoga,  Cent.  America, 
Nov.  29,  1867. 

Three  of  these  children  are  now  in  Claverick  College,  N.  Y.,  and  one  in 
school  at  New  Orleans,  La. 


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BEKJAMtN  CHILD  OF  BOXBURV»  MASS. 


[Eighth  Generation.] 

467.  liL    Fra>*klin  Alvord  Fitzgerald,   third   child 
Theresa  Pease  Cluld  and  CoL  John  Fitzgerald,  b.  in  Salina^ 
Onondaga  county,  N.  Y.,  May  28,  1834,  m.  1854,  Ada  H, 
land,  dau.  of  Judge  Leland  of  Steuben  county,  N.  Y. 
[Kinth  Goneration*]    Chiklren : 

474.  i.  L,   Amelia  Tueeesa   FrrzoEEALD,  k  Sept  28,  1855,  in 
county,  N.  Y. 

475.  iL  John  L.  FiTZfJEKALD,  b.  Sept.  2S,  1859,  member  of  Union  Colli^ 
and  trill  graduate  1880. 

470,  iii  Nellie  Fitzgerald,  b.  in  Half  Moon,  N.  Y..  Sept.  28,  1861. 
477.  iv.  LouiiiA  8TILLMAN  FiTSMifiRAiJ),  b*  in  Bninawick,  Ga.,  July  l| 
1875. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

447.  V.  NoADiAH  Moody  Childs,  fifth  child  and  third  son  i 
Dr.  Epbraim  and  Mary  W<:K>d worth  Child,  b.  in  Stillwater,  Sar. 
atoga  county,  K  Y,,  Dea  6,  1806,  m.  first  Oct  1839,  Martha 
Brewer,  dait  of  Simeon  and  Eunice  Brew^er  of  Provndence,  R 
L  She  was  b.  Aug.  23,  1821,  and  d,  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y,,  Aug 
31,  1863.  His  second  m.  was  in  Jan.  26,  1865,  to  Sarah  Eliz 
beth  Dawes,  dau.  of  Ebenezer  Dawes,  Esq. 

Daring  the  first  half  of  his  life,  Mr.  N.  M.  Childs  was  a  cii 
engineer  like  his  brother  Orville  W.,  and  with  him  assisted  in  the 
running  and  construction  of  the  Oswego  canal,  in  1828-9,  the 
Oneida  river  improvement  in  1829-30,  and  the  Chenango  caoa 
in  1835.     He  was  then  appointed  superintendent  of  the  Oswc 
canal,  which  office  he  filled  until  1839,  and  had  charge  of  the  < 
traordinary  repairs  and  improvements  made  in  this  canal  durin 
that  time.     He  was  engaged  as  an  engineer  on  the  Erie  cana 
enlargement  from  Syracuse  to  Lyons  in  1839-40.     In  1841,  he 
entered  into  mercantile  business,  and  the  manufacture  of  salt  i 
Syracuse,  (then  Salina)  taking  up  his  residence  there,  and  has  ev< 
since  been  so  engaged  to  quite  a  large  extent     He  was  one  of 
commissioners  of  public  schools  of  Syracuse,  and  was  presideD 
of  the  board  of  education  in  1855.     He  was  one  of  the  truste 
of  the  Syracuse  Salt  Company,  and  was  president  of  that  i 
pany  in  1872,  and  a  prominent  citizen  of  Syracuse,  where  h? 
still  resides. 

Martha  Brewer,  the  first  wife  of  Noadiah  M.  Childs,  (bor 
1821,  died  1863)  was  a  woman  of  remarkable  sweetness  of  oha 
acter,  deep  piety,  and  good  deeds.     She  practiced  a  liberal  cl 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  125 

ity,  was  quiet,  unobtrusive,  and  took  a  prominent  part  in  church 
matters.  She  was  one  of  those  who  first  organized  Plymouth 
Church  at  Syracuse,  and  died  in  the  midst  of  her  useful  life, 
deeply  befeaved  by  all  who  knew  her. 

[  Eighth  Generation.  ]    Children : 

478.  i.  Ei.iZABBTH  Bell  Childs,  b.  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  29,  1840,  m. 
Feb.  9,  1869,  Theodore  L.  Scott. 

479.  ii.  Daniel  Bbbwbr  CHHiDS,  b.  in  Syracuse,  May  5,  1848,  m.  Dec. 
24.  1867,  Mary  P.  Powers  Vanderworker,  of  Waterford,  N.  Y. 

480.  iii.  William  Augustus  Childs,  b.  in  Syracuse,  March  9,  1846. 

481.  iv.  Franklin  Earl  Childs,  b.  in  Syracuse,  Oct.  16,  1848. 

482.  v.  Anna  Louisa  Child,  b.  in  Syracuse,  Sept.  3, 1855,  m.  June,  1877, 
Henry  D.  Dillaye,  Esq.,  attorney  at  law,  of  the  firm  of  Vaun,  McClennan  & 
Dillaye ;  reside  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

478.  i.  Elizabeth  Bell  Childs,  eldest  child  of  Noadiah 
and  Martha  Brewer  Childs,  b.  in  Syracuse,  N.Y.,  Oct  29, 1840, 
m.  Feb.  9,  1869,  Theodore  L.  Scott,  Esq.,  cashier  of  the  Na- 
tional Albany  Exchange  Bank,  at  Albany,  K  Y. 

[Xinth  Generation.]    Child : 

483.  i.  Martha  Bell  Scott,  b.  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  29, 1876. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

479.  ii.  Daniel  Brewer  Childs,  second  child  and  eldest 
son  of  Noadiah  Moody  and  Martha  Brewer  Childs,  b.  in  Syra- 
cuse, N.  Y.,  May  5,  1843,  m.  Dec.  24,  1867,  Mary  R  Powers 
Vandenverker,  dau.  of  Eobert  and  Margaret  Vanderwerker  of 
Waterford,  N.  Y. 

Mr.  Childs*  graduated  at  Yale  College,  in  1868,  and  at  the 
Albany  Law^  School,  in  1864.  He  entered  the  law  office  of 
Sedgwick,  Andrews  &  Kennedy,  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  and  re- 
moved to  the  City  of  New  York,  January  1st,  1866,  where  he 
entered  into  partnership  with  the  lion.  Amos  G.  Hull,  and 
practiced  law  under  the  name  of  Hull  &  Childs  for  four  years. 
Hi.s  health  l)ecoming  impaired,  he  suspended  practice  for  a 
year,  when  he  resumed  under  his  own  name,  in  1871.  In  1874 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  Hon.  Herbert  G.  Hull,  subse- 

♦  We  are  indebted  to  the  kindness  of  Daniel  B.  Child,  Esq.,  of  New  York 
City  (195  Broadway),  for  brief  notices  of  some  of  the  members  of  his  branch 
of  the  family.  In  connection  therewith,  he  remarks:  "I  will  add  that  my 
uncle,  On'illo  W.,  and  my  father  were  the  first  to  add  the  final  "«"  to  our 
name,  in  our  line,  a  thing  I  regret." 


126 


BKNJAMIK  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


quently  Assistant  U,  S.  District  Attorney,  under  the  name 
Chi  Ids  Sc  Hull,  which  firm  still  cootinues,  having  its  office 
the  Western  Union  Buildings  196  Broadway,  N.  Y.,  he  resi 
ing  at  Englewood,  New  Jersey.     The  firm  has  been  enga; 
in  many  important  and  prominent  suits  in  that  city,  and  does 
a  large  civil  business. 

He  was  a  director  in  the  Manhattan  Quotation  Telegra 
Co.,  in  IHT-i  and  ltS75,  and  was  one  of  the  original  projectoi 
of  the  Law  Telegraph  Co.,  in  1874^  by  which  lawyers  and  their 
clients,  and  merchants  geaenxlly,  were  put  into  telegraphic  com- 
munication with  each  other,  the  courts  and  public  buildings  in 
New  York  and  Brooklyn,  and  in  which  telephones  are  now  used, 
and  he  has  been  from  its  organization  a  director,  and  the  vice 
president  of  that  eonipauy. 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

480.  iii.  WrLLiAM  Augustus  Childs,  third  child  and  sec- 
ond son  of  Nondiah  MocKly  and  Martliii  Brewer  ChikKs,  b.  ai 
Syraeuse,  N  Y,  March  9,  18i6,  m.  Dec.  5,  1878.  Julia  Maria 
Selleck,  dau.  of  James  W.  and  Elizabeth  Selleek  of  Englewood, 
N.  Y     She  was  b.  at  Brooklyn,  N  Y.,  Jan.  25,  1850. 

Mr.  Ckilds  studied  at  the  University  of  Michigan,  at 
Arbor,  and  removed  fmm  Syracuse  to  the  City  of  New  Yo] 
early  in  1866.     He  entered  tlie  wholesale  woolen  house  of  IIuI 
Holmes  k  Ingersoll,  in  Walker  street,  and  after  remaining  ther^J 
a  few  years,  he  went  into  the  employ  of  the  Standard  Life  l^^M 
su ranee  Co.,  of  which  he  was  made   ttssistant  secretary.     In 
1871  he  received  the  apj>ointment  of  superintendent  of  agen- 
cies of  the  Manhnttan  Life  Insurance  Co.,  and  in  1874,  became 
interested  with  his  brother  Daniel,  in  projecting  the  Law  Tel 
graph  Co.,  heretofore  described,  and  devoted  his  entire  time  a 
energies  to  Vniilding  it  up  to  its  present  successful  conditi 
From  its  organization  he  has  been  a  director,  its  treasurer  ai 
manager. 

The  office  of  the  Company  is  at  140  Fulton  street,  N 
and  he  resides  at  Engl  e wood,  N.  J. 
[Ninth  Gi?neratifm.]    Child: 

****    i.  Arthur  Cbilds,  b.  ftt  Englewood,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  16,  1879. 

[Eighth  Generation,] 

481.  iv.  Fraxklin  Earl  Childs,  fourth  child  and  third  son 
of  Noadiah  Moody  and  Martha  Brewer  Childs,  b.  in  Syrai 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  127 

N.  Y.,  Oct  16,  1848,  m.  Nov.  20,  1878,  Mary  Irene  Sabin, 
dau.  of  John  and  Cora  Irene  Scranton  Sabin,  b.  Jan.  8,  1858. 
She  is  the  granddaughter  of  Edwin  Scranton,  Esq.,  who  was 
editor  of  the  first  newspaper  published  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.  Mr. 
Childs  graduated  at  Hamilton  College,  Clinton,  N.  Y,  class  of 
'59.  Residence  Bay  City,  Mich, 
plinth  Generation.]  Child : 
****  i.  Emaltta  Phillips  Childs,  b.  in  Bay  City,  Mich.,  Oct.  21,  1879. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

448.  vl  Henry  Davis  Child,  sixth  child  of  Dr.  Ephraim 
and  Mary  Woodworth  Child,  b.  Nov.  16, 1808,  in  Stillwater, 
N.  Y.,  m.  Aug.  1832,  Julia  Ann  Perkins.  She  d.  in  Wilming- 
ton, Will  Co.,  111.  July  17,  1878.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  died 
in  W. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

484.  i  Celia  Ann  Child,  b.  Nov.  24,  1834,  m.  1st,  Z.  F.  Hanford,  m, 
2nd,  A.  Wilkins. 

485.  ii.  Helen  Child,  b.  May  20,  1841,  m.  R.  D.  Loudon,  farmer. 

486.  iii.  Frank  Child,  (adopted.) 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

484.  i.  Celia  Ann  Child,  first  child  of  Hemy  Davis  and 
Julia  Ann  Perkins  Child,  b.  Nov.  24,  1834,  m.  first,  ^Nov.  24^ 
1852,  Zalmon  F.  Hanford,  at  Wilmington,  111.,  m.  second  April 
11,  1872,  Abraham  Wilkins,  of  Wilmington,  HI. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

487.  i.  Harriet  Hanford,  b.  at  Rockville,  Kankee  Co.,  Ill,  Oct.  21, 1868, 

488.  ii.  Abbie  J.  Hanford,  b.  at  Manteno.  Kankee  Co.,  Oct.  7, 1863. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

487.  i.   Harriet  Hanford,  first  child  of  Celia  Ann  Child 
and  Zalmon  F.  Hanford,  ra.  Sep.  3, 1872,  at  Chicago,  111.,  Eugene 
Sue  Kimball. 
[Tenth  Generation]    Children: 

489.  i.  Mark  Rebsb  Kimball,  b.  at  Chicago,  111..  July  15,  1878. 

490.  ii.  Harriet  Sue  Kimball,  b.  at  Chicago.  111.,  Dec.  7, 1874. 

491    iii.  Helen  Elizabeth  Kimball,  b.  at  Chicago,  III.,  Sep.  19, 1876. 
492.  iv.  Eqoejtb  Sue  Kimb\ll.  b.  at  Chicago,  111.,  March  19,  1879. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

485.  ii.  Helen  Child,  second  child  of  Henry  Davis  and 
Julia  Ann  Perkins  Child,  b.  May  20,  1841,  m.  at  Wilmington, 
IlL,  March  13,  1862,  Eodney  D.  Loudon. 


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BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  BOXBURT,  MASS. 


[Nintli 


GeDeratioii. 

L  Mary  LorooN, 


hildre 


h.  at  Wilmington,  III.  April  13,  1863,  d   MajrJ 


493. 
1864. 
4{f4.  ii.  Fred  Loudon,  b.  at  Wilmingtoo,  111.,  Jan.  27,  1866. 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

449.  vii.  Henhiei^a  Schuyleh  Child,  seventh  child  of 
Dr.  Ephraim  and  Mary  Wood  worth  Child^  b,  at  Stillwater, 
Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct  22,  1810,  m,  at  Symcnse,  N.  Y.,  Nov. 
12,  1834,  Luke  Alvord,  eldest  son  of  Dioclcsian  Alvord.  He 
is  an  architect,  and  resides  at  Vallejo,  Cal.  ■ 

[Eighth  Geiieriition.]    Children: 

405.  i.  Cas8  L.  Alvord,  b.  at  Syracuse^  N.  Y.,  Sep.  13, 1836^  m.  Martin 
Taylor. 

496.  ii.  Hblen  Boknett  Alyord,  K  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Aug,  30. 184^ 
m.  at  VttUejo>  CaL,  July  0,  1867.  William  H.  Tripp. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

495.  i.  Cass  L,  Alvord,  son  of  Henrietta  S.  Child  and  Ltik 
Alvordj  b.  Sepi.  IS,  1836,  m.  Martha  Taylor,  neice  of  Geo. 
Zachary  Taylor.  Mr,  Alvord  is  a  civil  engineer,  and  resides  at 
Springfield,  111.  (I87a) 
[Ninth  Generation,]     Chililren: 

497.  i.  LuKJt  Edward  Alvord,  b  Marth  22,  1807,  at  Springfield, 

498.  ii.  HoHACB  Alvord,  b.  April  3,  1861*,  at  Springfield,  lU. 

499.  iii.  Maby  Alvord,  b.  May  4,  1873,  at  Springfield,  111. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

496,  ii.  Helen   BuHNErr    Alvoed,  dau.  of  Henrietta  & ' 
Child  and  Luke  Alvord,  b,  at  Syracuse,  N,  Y.,  Aug.  20,  184c 
m.  Wm.  H,  Tripp  of  Yallejo,  Cal.,  July  9, 1867.     Mr.  Tripp 3 
profei=isor  of  Penmanship,  and  resides  with  his  fatnily  at  Va 
lejo,  Cal 
[Nintli  Gt-neration.]     Children  i 

5(M).  i.  Spe>ckk  L.  Tripp,  b.  at  Vallejo,  Culiromia.  July  25,  1870 
501.  ii.   (X>K  EvEiiETT  Tkipp,  b.  at  Vallejo,  Culifoniia,  June  3,  1877. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

450.  viii,  Mary  Ann  Holland  Child,  dau.  of  Br.  Epbf 
and  Mary  Woodworth  Child,  b.  OcL   16,  1818,  at  Stilh 
N.  Y,,  m.  FeU,  1831,  Samuel   McCleary,  superinteodent 
public  works.     Mr,  McCleary  was  b.  May  13,  1809,  at  WateiS 
vliet^  Albany  county,  N.  Y.     They  had  one  child  who  died  in 
infancy.     Mru  McCleary  in.  1844,  Jacob  Staals,     She  was  a 
successful  teacher  of  French,  possessed  excellent  musical  abilitj 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTa  129 

and  was  the  organist  of  the  church.  Religious  in  sentiment, 
she  cordially  gave  her  aid  as  an  instructor  in  the  SaBbath  school. 
She  was  a  member  of  an  order  termed  the  "Federal  Arch."  Her 
death  was  sudden,  from  an  attack  of  the  cholera,  and  occurred 
upon  a  steamer  on  which  she  had  taken  passage  at  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  for  Galena,  111.  All  care  and  attention  were  rendered  by 
the  captain  of  the  steamer,  in  her  illness,  and  death  ;  he  caused 
her  to  be  honorably  buried  with  the  service  of  the  Episcopal 
church  at  Leavenworth,  Ind. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

452.  X.  Caroline  Canfield  Child,  dau.  of  Dr.  Ephraim 
and  Mary  Woodworth  Child,  b.  Aug.  18, 1821,  m.  July  6,  1848, 
Capt  Charles  Barger,  at  Galena,  111.  Capt  Barger  died  at  New 
Orleans,  at  the  residence  of  his  cousin,  Dr.  Jones,  Feb.  22, 1857. 
A  Galena  paper  gives  the  following :  "Capt  Chas.  Barger  has 
been  for  many  years  past,  extensively  known  as  one  of  the  best 
and  most  accomplished  steamboat  captains  on  the  Mississippi 
river,  both  on  the  upper  and  lower  trade,  and  by  his  gentle- 
manly deportment,  by  his  decision  of  character,  by  his  upright 
and  honorable  action  and  bearing  on  all  occasions,  he  won 
universal  confidence  and  esteem.  His  sickness  was  long  and 
painful,  terminating  in  consumption.  He  died  in  the  full  as- 
surance of  Christian  faith,  leaving  a  devoted  wife  and  friends 
everywhere  to  mourn  his  loss.  The  funeral  of  Capt.  Barger 
was  attended  by  many  of  our  citizens  at  the  Episcopal  church. 
He  was  buried  with  the  honors  of  Odd  Fellowship.''  Mrs.  Car- 
oline C.  Barger  was  again  married  some  years  afterwards.  May 
16,  1868,  at  the  residence  of  her  sister,  Mrs.  John  H.  Pope,  in 
New  Orleans,  to  G.  M.  Gerrish,  Professor  of  Metallurgy,  of  San 
Francisco,  Cal.     His  native  place  is  Portland,  Maine. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

47.  viL  Olive  Child,  seventh  child  of  Capt  Increase  and 
Olive  Pease  Child,  b.  in  "Oblong,"  town  of  Armenia,  Dutchess 
Co.,  N.Y.,  March  11,  1775,  m.  1798,  Alfred  Bosworth,  of 
English  ancestory,  his  earliest  ancestor  in  this  country  came 
sometime  after  the  year  1630,  and  settled  in  or  near  Bristol, 
K.  L  Alfred  Bosworth  was  b.  in  Bristol,  E.  I.,  Feb.  26,  1773, 
and  removed  to  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  about  1797.  He  died 
July  11,  1861,  at  Dundee,  111.  They  had  six  children.  She 
died  Aug.  20, 1847. 


13U 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


[SeveDlh  Gencmtion.]    Children: 

502.  i.   Mary  Church  Bosworth,  b.  in  Milton,  Saratoga  Co*,  N.  Yj 
Oct.  17,  1799,  fli.  Sep,  13,  1818,  Harry  Weed. 

503.  ii.  Benjamin  F.  Boswohtb,  b.  in  Qreenfleid,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  7,  1801, 
m.  1st,  Almira  Smith,  m,  2iid,  Elizabeth  Nixon. 

504.  iii.   Olivek  C.  Boswokth,  b.  m  Greenfii^dt  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Yj 
Dec.  30,  1803. 

505.  iv.  LuciNDA  S.  BoewoRTH,  b.  in  Greenfield.  N,  Y.,  March  29,  1806^^ 
m>  Alfruil  Edwards. 

5t>(i.  V.  AivKiAiL  M.  BoewoRTH,  tn.  Ben  jam  in  Si  mo  mis;  have  no  ehildreo. 
607.   vL  Increase  Bosworth,  b*  io  Greenfield,   Saratoga  Co,>  N.  Y, 
April  2,  1813. 

1 

[  Se V  f  n  t  h  G  «•  n  ernt  ioi; ,  ] 

5n2.   L   Maky  Church  Bosworth,  eldest  child  uf   Olive^ 
Child  and  Alfred  Bosworth,  h.  in  Milton^  Saratoga  Co.,  N,  Y., 
Out  13,  1799,  m.  Sep.  13,  1818,  Harry  Weed.     She  d.  Sep.  19," 
184a 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

508.  i.  Alfeeii  Bohwoeth  Weeh,  b.  Dee.  9, 1820,  in.  May  2,  1841,  Bcteef  j 
Rice. 

500.  ii.  Mauy  Ann  Weeu,  b.  N<»v.  0,  1832,  m.  Samnel' J.  Smith,  Oct  17, 
184;i 

510.   iii.   Oscar  Fitzai.lan  Wked,  b.  Nov.  26,  1824,  m.  Jan.  16,  1845, 
Laura  Conger. 


[Eighth  Oenemtion,] 

508.   i    Alfred  Bosworth  Weed,  eldest  child  of  Mary 
Church  Bosworth  and  Ilarry  Weed,  b.  Dec.  9,  1820,  itl  Ma, 
2,  1841,  Betsey  Rice.     He  d."  Feb.  25,  1850. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

511.  i.  George  Ceom WELL  Weed,  Ik  F(^l».  5,  1843,  m.  Jan.  7,  1866,  Ellen" 
Wlnto, 

513.  ii.  Helen  M,  Weed,  b.  June  25,  1844,  m.  Feb.  22,  1860,  Fmnciti 
RntTerty. 

513.  iii.  CnARLEs  S.  Weep,  b.  Nov.  6,  1846,  m.  Dee.  23,  1875,  Ada 
man. 


I 

Ml       ^ 


[Ninth  Generation.] 

611.  i,  George  Cromwell  Weed,  eldest  child  of  Alfred 
Boswortli  and  Betsey  Rice  Weed,  h,  Feb.  5,  1842,  m.  Jan. 
lSn6,  Elleu  White,  ^ 
[Tenth  Genemtion.]    Children: 

614.  i.  Minnie  XL  Weed,  b.  Get  0,  1860. 

515,  ii.  Etta  M.  Weed,  b.  Miiy  1,  187 L 

516,  iii.  Nora  Weeo,  b.  April  30,  1874. 

517,  iv.  Edith  Weed»  b.  Oct,  28,  1776. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  131 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

512.  ii.  Helen  M.  Weed,  second  child  of  Alfred  Bosworth 
and  Betsey  Eice  Weed,  b.  June  25,  1844,  m.  Feb.  22,  1860, 
Francis  Eafferty. 

[Tenth  Generation.]    Children : 

518.  i.  Albourne  Eleanor  Rafferty,  b.  July  28,  1861. 

519.  ii.  EsTELLA  Rafferty,  b.  April  22,  1863. 

520.  iii.  Frank  Rafferty,  b.  Oct.  23. 1866. 

521.  iv.  Cora  Rafferty,  b.  June  7,  1870. 

522.  V.  Thomas  Rafferty,  b.  July  8.  1872. 

523.  vi.  Nellie  Rafferty,  b.  April  8,  1876. 

524.  vii.  Marietta  Rafferty,  b.  Aug.  13,  1878. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

513.  iii.  Charles  S.  Weed,  third  son  of  Alfred^B.  Weed 
and  Betsey  Eice  Weed,  b.  Nov.  5,  1S46,  ra.  Dec.  23,  1875, 
Ada  Eossman. 

[Tenth  Generation.]    Child: 

525.  i.  Della  Leona  Weed,  b.  Jan.  13,  1877. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

509.  ii.  Mary  Ann  Weed,  second  child  of  Mary  Church 
Bosworth  and  Harry  Weed,  b.  Nov.  1,  1822,  m.  Oct  17, 1843, 
Samuel  Smith.  Mr.  Smith  died  in  1849.  She  m.  2nd,  Nov.  6, 
1858,  Henry  B.  Beeves. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

526.  i.  Franklin  B.  Smith,  b.  Feb.  7,  1846,  d.  June  6,  1847. 
627.  ii.  George  M.  Smfth,  b  Nov.  29,  1847,  d.  Nov.  14,  1848 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

510.  iii.  Oscar  F.  Weed,  third  child  of  Mary  Church  Bos- 
worth and  Harry  Weed,  b.  Nov.  26,  1824,  m.  Jan.  16,  1845, 
Laura  Conger. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

528.  i.  Alfred  Bosworth  Weed,  b.  Aug.  5.  1850. 

529.  ii.  Frederick  C.  Weed,  b.  April  1,  1854,  m.  Belle  Stowe,  1874. 

530.  iii.  Della  M.  Weed,  b.  April  16,  1856,  m.  Oct.  16,  1873,  Bdson  E. 
Gordon. 

[Tenth  Generation.]    Children  of  Delia  M.  Weed  and  Edson  Gordon : 

531.  i.  Laura  L.  Gordon,  b.  May  9,  1875. 

532.  ii.  Alfred  Weed  Gordon,  b.  Feb.  27,  1878. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

603.  ii.  Benjamin  F.  Bosworth,   second  child  of  Olive 
Child  and  Alfred  Bosworth,  b.  in  Greenfield,  N.Y.,  Oct  7, 1801, 
m.  first  to  Almira  Smith;  m.  second,  Elizabeth  Nixon.     He  died 
Sept  8,  1843,  in  McHenry  Co.,  111. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child,  by  Almira  Smith : 

533.  i.  Franklin  8.  Bosworth,  b.  Dec.  17,  1832,  m.  Sarah  E.  Hunt. 


m 


lAMlS  CHILD  OF  BOXBUBY,  MASS. 


[Eighth  GeDemdon.] 

^d:^,  i.  Fbakkj^ix  S.  Boswobth,  eldest  and  probably  ody 
child  of  Benjamiii  F.  Bosiworth  umI  Almini  Smith,  b.  Dea  17j 
18S2,  m.  185S,  Sarah  K  Hunt, 
[Ki&th  Genention.]    Chlldreo: 

894.  L  Ez>frA&D  IjecmKASX  Boswobtv,  h.  Jm.  10, 16$1. 

m  ii.  Makt  a.  Boswobts,  b,  ScfC  dS»  18117. 

§m,  m,  F&axK.  H    BocfwOKTH,  b.  ScfA.  t,  1970. 

[Sereolh  G^ocntiott.] 

5i>4,  Hi.  OLirKK  C-  BoswoBTfl*  ihinl  child  of  Olire  Chill^ 
Alfml  B.i^WL>rth.  h  in  Greeafieli  K  Y..  Dec  30,  1803, 
m.  — ;  d.  in  NashvUle,  ChMtaoqu  Ca,  X.  Y^  July  16, 1835. 
[El^tk  GcMBptioft.]    CkOdttii: 

587,  i   rmjjfKUOf  H.  BoevtMcn,  b.  — ;  bl  Frf>.  »,  1S51,  Mmrj  Wis 


i.  WtLLUJI  A. 


iu  Die.  X  IBHz  n.  Segit. 


1857.  A.  L 


687.  i  Fkakkldt  H.  R-^worth,  eldea  duld  erf  Olirer  Q  j 
BoewoftK  bw  — ;  QL  Fek  SS.  1S51.  Marr  Waxham. 
pTaitli  GcMntML]    €%iUnii: 

ML  it  ALPmm  K  Boerami.  K  Jw»  It,  1891 
542.  m.  Outs  e  Bw^wons.  k  Mat.  St,  ldi&. 

oSa  oL  JojA  Bosiro«ra«  AM cUUirf  Olnrer  CI  Bosworlk, 

od ^^  K  ]>ec  3L 16SL  ul  Sept  M,  18S7.  iL  L  Bisbop. 

P&ifclTianitfiiM]    ddt: 

a&  L  XAsr  ftMw,  k  J^  li,  mi. 

oOql  it.  Lgcceuul  Boswosnt  fautk  ebild  cf  Olxre 
and  Al£i«d  B<«mftk  K  ia  e««niddL  S«ta«a  Oow  K.* 
Mar.  ».  1  dM.  B.  JqIt  &  IfflSL  AlfM  Edvanis  of  Gtmifirid 
K.Y.    ]b&Ednnkd.J«lTUl|lSt9L 


UL  L  ban 
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AND  HIS  DESCENDANT&  138 

549.  vi.  Oliyia  Adelaide  Edwards,  b.  March  2,  1840. 

550.  Tii.  Abbey  Annette  Edwards,  b.  May  22,  1845. 

551.  viii.  Louisa  Stillman  Edwards,  b.  Aug.  27,  1846. 

552.  ix.  Ella  Lucinda  Edwards,  b.  June  27, 1849,  m.  Sept.  20,  1870,  E. 
F.  Cleveland,  M.  D. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

545.  ii.  Mary  Edwards,  second  child  of  Lucinda  Bosworth 
and  Alfred  Edwards,  b.  Aug.  19,   1882,  m.  April  26,  1852 
Julius  Angelo  Carpenter  of  Dundee,  111. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

553.  i.  Ella  Carpenter,  b.  Dec.  27,  1854. 

554.  ii.  Alice  May  Carpenter,  b.  May  17,  1860. 

555.  iii.  Infant  son,  b.  Dec.  27,  1872. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

547.  iv.  Henry  Edwards,  fourth  child  of  Lucinda  Bos- 
worth  and  Alfred  Edwards,  b.  July  14,  1835,  m.  April  17, 
1866,  Adelaide  Dunton  of  Dundee,  IlL 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

556.  i.  Alfred  Dunton  Edwards,  b.  Feb.  18, 1867. 

557.  ii.  Florence  Edwards,  b.  June  2,  1869. 

558.  iii.  May  Edwards,  b.  May  26,  1872. 

559.  iv.  Lucinda  Edwards,  b.  Feb.,  1868. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

548.  V.  Elizabeth  B.  Edwards,  fifth  child  of  Lucinda  and 
Alfred  Edwards,  b.  March  2,  1838,  m.  Feb.  23,  1860,  Jedediah 
Charles  Wilder. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

560.  i.  Charles  E.  Wilder,  b.  Jan;  11,  1861. 

561.  ii.  Ella  May  Wilder,  b.  March  21, 1867. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

552.  ix.  Ella  Lucinda  Edwards,  ninth  child  of  Lucinda 
and  Alfred  Edwards,  b.  June  27,  1849,  m.  Sept.  20,  1870,  Ed- 
mund Francis  Cleveland,  M.  D.,  of  Dundee,  HL 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

562.  i.  Annabel  Cleveland,  b.  Oct.  6,  1871. 

563.  ii.  May  Elizabeth  Cleveland,  b.  Dec.  10,  1875. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

507.  vi.  Increase  C.  Bosworth,  sixth  child  of  Olive  Child 
and  Alfred  Bosworth,  b.  April,  1812,  in  Greenfield,  N.  Y.,  m. 
about  1844. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

564.  i.  Alfred  Bosworth,  b.  April  1,  1846,  m.  Sept.  10,  1872,  Eleanor 
Wheeler. 


19ft 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  lIASa 


865.  ii.  WiLLUM  KuGKKS  BoswoBTH.  b.  Get.  8,  1848,  m.  Maj  If.  187| 
Ida  Woodniff . 
5C0.  iii.  Abbby  L.  Boswoeth,  b.  June  1, 1851. 
M7.  ir,  HEiniT  I.  Hosworth,  b.  Sept.  20,  18M. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

56^.  L  Alfred  Bosworth,  eldest  child  of  Increase  C.  Bo&^ 
worth,  b.  April  1, 1S46.  m.  Sept  10,  1872,  Eleanor  Wheeler. 
[Ninth  GenorationJ    Children: 

568.  i.  Eleanor  Bri^woRTH,  b.  SepL  2,  1673« 

569.  ii.  Neil  Boswobth*  b.  Maj  25,  1878. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

565,  ii.  William  Eugene  Bosworth,  second  child  of  In- 
crease C,  Bosworth,  in.  May  12,  1874,  Ida  Woodruff. 
[Ninth  Generation.]     Children: 

570.  i.  Cyrls  Inceease  BoswoEta,  b.  March  2^,  1875. 

571.  ii.  Charles  E.  Bosworth,  b.  Jan.  29.  1878. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

48.  viii.  William  Child,  eighth  child  of  Increase  and  Oli^ 
Pease  Child,  b.  in  Wooilstock,  Ct.,  June  25,  1777,  m.  Pollj 
Weed,  "a  pretty  orphan  girl.'*    Hed.  1840,  in  Jefferson,  Hi 
dale  Co.,  Mich. 

The  following  obituary  notice  of  Mr.  William  Child  is  fur* 
nished  by  Mrs.  Dr.  Jones  of  Chicago,  111. » his  niece,  taken  from 
a  Michigan  paper : 

The  deuth  of  William  Child,  Esq.,  at  Jeffei^ui,  HiUs^ale  coanty,  Mieh 
occurred  on  the  3 1st  of  March»  1840,  in  thesixty-thirdyearof  hi**  age.  Mo 
rhun  niprcdy  **  he  is  d(^ml  "  is  due  to  the  numiory  of  Mr.  Child.  He  was  cc 
ncetcd  with  the  newiiprtper  press  of  New  York  Stute  many  years.  He  *«nfa 
his  apprenticeship  with  Solonit>n  Stadhwick,  then  South wiek  &  Bar 
printem,  iJi  AHmny.  He  lii^t  eonducted  a  firiper  in  Saratoga  Co.,  in  JelTfil 
son's  exciting  times,  and  warmly  espoused  his  causc.  He  afterwards 
moved  t^  John:*l'i\Yii  and  eondufted  Ihc  Montgomery  RepubUcan^  with 
bn>ther  Asmi.  after  which  he  published  the  Ballstou  Spa  GazMie,  In  18 
he  removed  to  Seneca  Co..  N.  Y.,  and  for  several  years  directed  his  attentioi 
to  agrieultural  purisuits.  But  his  pen  was  not  idle:  he  contributed 
to  the  eohunns  of  one  or  more  pa]^ven«— jP/r^rr  Bot^  among  the  rcs1»  on  i 
cultural  and  other  suiijecls.  He  was  one  of  the  earlier  ad vix'^les  of  teaif 
ancts  in  pHiit,  having  in  1818  or  1819  prepared  a  pamphlet  called  '*A  Bio 
at  the  Bottle/'  getting  forth  the  alarining  effects  of  the  all-prevail ing  ^i<3 
which  he  printed  and  gratuitously  and  liU^rally  circulated.  In  1833 
j«urchused  onu  of  the  riewspnper  establishments  in  Genesee  Co,,  N,  Y.,  whifl 
he  conducted  with  great  ability  till  1837,  He  also  edited  an  anti-mosoa 
paper,  which  was  the  cause  of  great  commotion^  and  made  him  many  en 
mies  among  the  masons.     It  is  no  more  than  justice  to  say  that  few  pap 


AKD  HIS  DESCEXDANTa 


135 


in  Western  New  York  were  edited  with  more  nbility  than  tho  Genesee 
Farmer,  by  William  Child.  In  the  fall  of  1838,  Mr.  Child  came  to  Penn 
Yan,  and  for  some  months  conducted  the  Ikpweraiit  Whti/;  but  finding 
himself  too  far  advanced  in  years  to  endure  the  fatigues  and  perplexities 
attending  thft  publiejilion  of  a  political  paper,  hi?  detorminei!  to  retire  from 
the  bustle  of  a  printing  office  and  seek  in  Michigan  a  quiet  retreat  for  his 
old  age*  Soon  after  his  arrival  in  that  slate  he  was  appointed  one  of  the 
judges  of  Ingham  Co.  He  was  elected  judge  with  a  large  majority.  His 
friends  ca,lled  upon  him  in  the  evening  to  congratulate  him,  and  staid  till  a 
late  hour.  Shortly  after  retiring  he  spoke  to  his  wife  and  said,  *'Iam 
dying,"  Before  a  physician  could  arrive  he  wa:^  speeehless,  and  lived  hut  a 
short  time.  To  say  that  WiJliam  Child  wtus  an  homst  man  in  the  full  im- 
port of  tho  wortls  is  an  all-suflicient  epitaph,  and  thone  who  knew  him  will 
readily  bear  testimony  to  its  truth.  His  priiici[}ies  were  not  purchasable. 
His  patriotism  had  no  pn'te.  What  was  right  in  his  view  must  he  done, 
oven  at  a  sacrifice.  As  a  husband,  parent  and  friend,  he  was  kind  and 
affectionate  and  warm  hearted.  So  he  lived  and  so  he  died,  suddenly,  in  a 
moment,  as  it  were,  one  of  the  noblest  works  of  his  Creatcu",  But  when  the 
summons  eauie  he  was  ready »  long  having  cherished  and  professed  a  well- 
grounded  hope  of  a  glorious  resurrection  and  acreplancein  and  thh>ugh  the 
merits  of  his  Saviour  Jesus  Christ. 

^^Se venth  Generation .  ]     Child ren  : 

^K    573.  i.  Jkxnette  Chili>,  m.  Rev.  Mr.  Lewis,  a  Baptist  clergyman,  in  Sen- 

■sea  Co..  NY. 

^r  578.  ii.  William  CijiLn:  he  was  a  printer  and  editor;  first  lived  in  l^yons, 
Wayne  Co,  N.  Y.;  m. :  left  Seneca  Co  ;  it  is  not  known  to  what  place  he 

^^ent/~ 

^B    574.  ill.  MaEtY  Ann  CiiiLU,  ni,  a  Mr.  Sylvester,  a  druggist  who  lived,  in 

■}8aa,  in  WnterlcHi.  N.  Y. 

^B    575.  iv.  George  CtiiLix 

^m    576.  V.  Ji>H.N  Child. 

^K    577.  vi.  Faber  Child. 

^■Siztb  Generation.] 

4:9,    ix-    Asa  Chili*,  sixth  son  and  nioth  cliikl  of  Increase 
md  Olive  Pease  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  21,  1780, 
1.  in  1800,  LoisFooteof  Kingsborough,  Fulton  Co,,  N.  Y.    lie 
"cL  in  1828,  in  the  Citv  of  New  York.     Mi^.  C.  was  b.  in  1783, 
-and  d.  ill  Chicapfo  in  1S75,  in  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs, 
)r.  Jones,  oet  ninety -two  3''ears, 

Mr.  Child  was  the  yonngest  of  the  nine  children  of  Captain 
Increase  and  Olive  Pease  Child.  His  life  was  spent  as  a  jonr- 
jalist-  He  was  a  genuine  man^  of  solid  physical  proportions, 
itnd  of  Diarked  intellectual  force  The  manliness  of  Mr.  Child 
ras  conspicuous  in  his  varied  relations  in  life.  Just  in  his 
jfeelings,  conscientious,  transparent,  his  bearing  was  dignified 
ad  winning.     While  serving  the  public  at  the  head  of  a  weekly 


1M 


BEK-lASfDT  CHILD  OF  BOXBirBV,  MASS. 


journal,  he  was  actuated  by  the  most  bononible  motives, 
gave  currency  to  what  he  deemed  the  soundest  principles 
good  goveramftnt  No  flattery  or  denuDciatiou  could  aJter 
him  an  honest  con-viction.  By  nature  unobtrusive  and  retir- 
ing, he  studious!}'  avoided  collision  with  tboee  diff^ng  froi 
him  on  questions  of  public  concern.  But  he  was  not  pusill; 
imous  or  craven.  Occasions  sometimes  brought  out  the 
and  force  of  character  which  lay  hidden  ordinarily  beneath 
unmfBed  surface.  It  15  related  of  him  that  on  one  occasion 
a  time  of  high  political  excitement,  a  man  who  felt  him 
aggrieved  at  a  published  article  in  Mr.  Child's  paper,  went 
the  office,  and  in  bitter,  offensive  language  denounced 
Child,  whose  quiet^  unruflled  temper  so  increased  the  anger 
his  assailant  as  to  provoke  an  assault.  A  violent  blow  across 
his  shoulders  from  the  cane  of  the  angered  man  brought  Mr. 
Child  to  his  feet,  when  he  seized  his  assailant  and  pitched  him 
headlong  into  the  street  He  could  teach  his  enenaies  to  fear 
his  strength  and  respect  his  opinions.  But  he  by  no  mi 
lacked  magnanimity.  He  was  warm  hearted,  socially  a 
ive,  sympathetic  and  benevolent,  drawing  to  his  side  men 
like  instincts,  whom  he  entertained  by  his  wit  and  humi 
But  with  aU  his  natural  excellences,  his  aims  in  life 
promptetl  by  higher  impulses  than  mere  natural  instincts, 
power  of  a  Christian  faith  transformed  the  inner  and  controU^ 
the  outer  life.  His  death  in  the  meridian  of  life  was  a  publi( 
loss,  and  sincerely  mourned  b\^  his  friends  and  those  who  km 
his  worth.  An  obituary  notice  at  the  time  of  his  death,  writ- 
ten by  Eev.  Dr.  Samuel  Hanson  Cox,  of  whose  chiirch  Mr.  , 
Child  was  a  member,  published  in  the  New  York  Stafesman,  i^M 
a  just  tribute  to  his  memory,  and  is  worthy  of  preservation  i^^ 
this  record: 

DIED.— In  New  York  City,  on  the  Ifltb  of  March,  1827,  lifter  a  distress 

ing  sickness  of  six  months,  Asa  Child,  printer,  and  formerly  editor  of 
M(mfgomery  ReptihUcan  of  Johnstown,  N.  Y.     Mr.  Child  was  in  his  for&fi 
seventh  year,  nnd  hus  left  a  widow  and  four  children  to  mourn  the  l<*ss  of  1 
aJTef'tionatc  huslmnd  and  tender  father.     For  fourteen  years  he*  had 
a  pn^jfeswsor  of  the  religion  of  Jf?sus  Christ,  in  whom  a  deep  sense  of  his  01 
sinfulness  and  wants  had  brougiit  him  to  trust  as  his  Saviour  and  his  rigbti 
eousness.    Mr.  Child  always  evinced  a  low  and  abasing  conception  of  hi 
self.     SeLf-dlstmst  was  a  trait  in  his  Christian  character  which  result^ 
from  an  enlightened  conviction  of  the  perfidy  of  the  human  heart  and  < 
the  real  grandeur  and  excellency  of  a  true  disciple.    In  the  first  sti^ge  of  his* 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  137 

illness  this  diffidence  seemed  oppressive  and  painful,  owing  much  perhaps 
to  the  nature  of  his  disease  and  the  medicines  administered ;  but  in  its  con- 
cluding scenes  the  prospects  brightened  for  immortality.  His  mind  rose  by 
faith  above  the  ruins  it  was  soon  to  leave :  it  acquired  calmness,  confidence 
and  hope  in  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.  His  bodily  strength  gradually  wasted 
away,  while  his  soul  serenely  waited  for  the  signal  of  its  release.  He  gently 
sunk  into  the  embraces  of  death,  without  a  struggle  or  a  groan,  in  the  spirit 
of  submission  and  the  consolation  of  hope ;  leaving  to  a  large  circle  of  rela- 
tives and  friends  a  legacy,  of  all  the  most  desirable  and  precious,  the  legacy 
of  a  Christian  hope,  a  happy  death-bed  and  a  good  name.  ''Henceforth 
there  is  laid  up  for  me  a  crown  of  righteousness,  which  the  Lord  the  righteous 
judge  shall  give  me  at  that  day,  and  not  to  me  only,  but  unto  all  them  also 
that  love  his  appearing." 

Mrs.  Dr.  Jones,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Child,  says : 

He  (Dr.  Cox)  not  knowing  the  history  of  my  father,  did  not  give  particu- 
lars of  his  life.  I  think  my  father  with  his  brother  William  were  in  Solo- 
mon Southwick's  office  in  Albany,  N.  Y.  I  well  remember  the  time  when 
politics  were  running  so  high  in  Governor  Clinton's  day.  The  Democrats 
had  no  press  in  Johnstown  at  that  time,  and  were  obliged  to  get  their  print- 
ing done  at  my  father's  office.  And  one  night  they  went  in  and  demolished 
the  form  that  was  ready  for  the  press  in  the  morning,  and  scattered  the 
type  in  every  direction.  The  excitement  was  so  great,  we  trembled  for  my 
father's  life.  Judge  Cady  of  Johnstown  was  one  of  the  leading  spirits  of 
the  Whig  party,  and  was  constantly  upholding  and  defending  the  rights  of 
the  party  to  which  he  belonged ;  and  I  believe  he  was  one  of  Governor  Clin- 
ton's personal  friends,  as  he  was  of  my  father. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

578.  i.  Olive  Pease  Child,  b.  in  Waterloo,  Seneca  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  1808, 
m.  in  1848  to  Dr.  Elijah  Jones  of  Bristol,  Mich.,  moved  to  Galena,  111.,  in 
1844,  thence  to  Chicago,  1872,  where  they  now  reside;  no  children. 

579.  ii.  Caroline  Child,  b.  in  Johnstown,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  18,  1810,  d.  Oct. 
4,  1812. 

580   iii.  Chauncey  Child,  b.  in  Johnstown.  N.  Y..  May  17,  1812,  d.  1813. 

581.  iv.  Caroline  Child,  2d,  b.  in  Johnstown,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  7,  181«'>,  m. 
Julius  Peck.     Reside  in  Zumbrota,  Min. 

582.  V.  William  Chauncev  Child,  b.  in  Johnstown,  Montgomery  Co., 
X.  Y ,  Aug.  16. 1817.  m.  Dec.  1840,  Phebe  W.  Sanford. 

583.  vi.  Louisa  Child,  h  in  Johnstown,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  5,  1819,  m.  in  New 
York  Citv  to  Nelson  Stillman. 

584.  vii.  Asa  Barnes  Child,  b.  in  Johnstown,  N.  Y.,  March.  1824,  d.  in 
New  York  City,  Feb.  25,  1826. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

582.  V.  Rev.  William  Ciiauncy  Child,  D.  D.,  second  son 
and  fifth  child  of  Asa  and  Lois  Foote  Child,  b.  in  Johnstown, 
N.  Y.,  Aug.  16, 1817,  m.  Dec,  1846,  Phebe  W.  Sanford,  dau.  of 
Giles  Sanford  of  Albany,  N.  Y.     Dr.  Child  died  Jan.  14,  1876. 

K 


138 


Hiu.^j.Ajii>i  CHILD  Of  KOXBUEY,  MASS, 


The  youth  of  Dr.  Cliild  gave  promise  of  a  future  which  ^ 
fully  reali2©d  in  the  developmeut  of  styme  of  the  most  at 
ive  and  useful  ehamcteristics.  Nature  in  the  bestowmeof  i 
her  gifts  ujx>n  him  was  not  parsimonioua  Inheritiiig  the 
qualities  of  intelligent  and  Christian  parents,  he  eoiiuneiioed^ 
life  under  mo^  favorable  circumstances,  which  happily  shaped 
his  course  in  maturer  years.  Gifted  with  more  than  ordinaty 
intellect^  endowed  with  a  disposition  of  peculiar  sweetnega,  he 
readily  secured  warm  and  lasting  friendships.  His  public 
leaves  record  of  his  wisdom  and  Christian  activities.  A  thorl 
ough  education  fitted  him  for  positions  in  the  higher  spheres 
of  life  At  twenty-four  years  of  age  he  was  honorably  gradu- 
ated from  Union  College,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.  He  at  once  < 
tered  upon  his  professional  studies  at  the  BaptiBt  Theologic 
Seminary,  in  Newton,  Ma^^  The  honorary  d^ree  of  Dc 
of  Divinity  was  conferred  upon  him  by  his  Alma  Mater. 

His  public  service  was  commenced  by  his  settlement  as 
tor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Charlestown,  Mass.     Late 
he  was  installed  over  the  Baptist  Church  of  Framingham, 
Some  years  after,  he  became  connected  with   the   Americ 
Tract  Society,  as  one  of  its  officers.     He  was  also  conneetedl 
with  a  widely  circulated  Baptist  weekly  journal,  bearing  the 
title  of    WaicfiTnan  and  Rejiector^  published  in  Btistrm,   Mass 
The  varied  experiences  of  Dr.  Child  guve  to  him  that  complet 
ness  of  character  which  lacked  nothing  of  attractiveness,  and 
increased  greatly  his  effieieney  in  his  public  career.     His  est 
mable  wife,   whose  companionship  contributed   much   to  hi 
domestic  hapf>iness,  as  well  as  his  ministerial  usefulness,  saj 
in  a  note  to  us^  as  indicative  of  the  secret  of  his  success  in  life 
'*  My  esteemed  husband  was  characterized   by  an    unusuall} 
genial  temperament     He  was  gentle,  affectionate  and  courte- 
ous.    The  Rev.  Dr.  Kirk  of  Boston,  once  spoke  of  him  at ; 
public  meeting  of  the  Tmct  Society,  as  being  *  a  sweet  Chi 
among  us/     The  expression  was  so  appropriate  it  made  me 
member  it.     He  cncourageil  the  unfortunate,  strengthened  th 
weak,  and  caused  many  to  admire  the  source  from  whence 
drew  his  spiritual  comfort'' 
fEighth  Genemtioa.J    Children : 

5H5.  i,  Anna  Gkhtkldk  Child,  b.  March  21,  1851,  in  Boston,  Mass., 
April  26,  1871,  fSimison  D.  WhittDmare. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  139 

586.  ii.  Willis  Sanfohd  Child,  b.  Aug.  2,  1857,  ra.  June  8,  1879, 
Nettie  Griffin  of  Newbury,  Kansas.  Mr.  Child  is  engaged  in  stock  raising 
in  Kansas;  resides  at  Newbury. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

585.  i.  Anna  Gertrude  Child,  eldest  child  of  Kev.  Dr 
Chauncey  and  Phebe  W.  Sanford  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass., 
March  21,  1851,  m.  April  26,  1871,  Samson  D.  Whittemore  of 
Boston,  Mass.,  son  of  Alvin  and  Sophia  Whittemore  of  Paris, 
Me.  He  was  b.  Dec.  18,  1842,  in  Paris  Hill,  Me. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

****  i.  Grace  Whittemore,  b.  Sep.  18,  1873. 

****  ii.  William  Child  Whittemore,  b.  Sep.  6, 1874. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

583.  vi.  Louisa  Child,  dau.  of  Asa  and  Lois  Foote  Child, 
b.  in  Johnstown,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  5,  1819,  m.  Feb.  25,  1839,  in 
New  York  City,  Nelson  Stillman  of  Colebrook,  Ct  Mr.  Still- 
man  was  a  merchant.  He  died  Aug.  31,  1871.  Mrs.  Stillman 
lives  in  Zumbrota,  Minn. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

587.  i.  Mary  L.  Stillman,  b.  in  Galena  111..  Dec.  6,  1845. 

588.  ii.  Charles  Phelps  Stillman,  b.  in  Galena,  111.,  June  25,  1852. 

589.  iii.  Isabellb  Stillman,  b.  in  Galena,  111..  July  17,  1857. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

39.  iii.  Asa  Child,  second  son  and  third  child  of  Ephraim 
and  Mary  Lyon  Child,  b.  in  "Woodstock,  Ct,  April  6,  1742,  m. 
Nov.  26,  1762,  Elizabeth  Murray.  He  d.  Oct  20,  1826,  of  old 
age;  his  wife  was  b.  Sept  15,  1741,  d.  April  28,  1790. 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children : 

590.  i.  Thede  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Aug.  24,  1763,  d.  unm.,  Jan. 
25,  1833. 

591.  ii.  Dexter  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Jan.  19,  1766,  d.  unm., 
April  19,  1833. 

592.  iii.  Rensselaer  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  15, 1769,  m.  Nov. 
28,  1797,  Priscilla  Corbin. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

592.  iii.  Eensselaer  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Sept  15, 
1769,  m.  Nov.  28,  1797,  Priscilla  Corbin  of  Thompson,  Conn. 

Mr.  Child  bore  the  sobriquet  of  "  Master  Eans"  for  his  prom- 
inence as  a  teacher  at  one  time,  he  was  a  man  of  much  native 
talent,  and  well  educated  for  the  times.  He  was  influential,  and 
esteemed  for  his  personal  worth,  and  justly  intrusted  with  pub- 


14(; 


BEyjAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MJJSSL 


lie  offic^«.     The  following  extract  m  from  *'H.  Ammidown's  1 
torical  Collections :'' 

RensseLtier  C^hiUl  was  largelf  engaged  as  8iinre3ror  and  caoTeyancer  oTer  a 
circuit  of  counlry  of  eonsiderable  extent  in  that  vicinity ;  and  as  the  recotds 
will  »liow,  thh>  class  of  busines^t  for  a  number  of  rears  among  the  farming 
cofl&ftinnitr,  wa^  monopolised  by  him;  he  was  a  man  of  large  stature,  and 
potaeased  more  tlian  the  ordinary  powers  of  intellect. 
[Seventh  Generation^]    Children : 

593.  i.  Asa  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  2,  i:9f*,  m.  Feb,  13.  182%j 
Alice  n.  Goddard.  1 

584-  il  Pkleo  Cobbin  Caii^D,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Cl,  July  11,  1800,  nu 
Sept.  10,  1829,  Abigail  Bullock. 

5§5.  iii.  l^nim  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct*.  Feb.  27,  1803,  m.  Oct. 
18^,  Berenthia  Mason. 

Sm.  iv.  Myra  C^hild,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Feb.  18,  :8a4,  d.  iinm. 
15,  1825. 

607.  v.  Levinii  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ot.,  Nov.  4,  1806,  m.  May 
1832,  Henry  Ingalls. 

598.  vL  CLJLR1S5A  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  26,  1810,  ni.  Ju 
18,  1841,  Charles  Chaodier. 

69d.  vii.  PaistiLLA  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  It.  Oct.  2,  18l2,  m.  April 
37,  1840*  Rensselaer  WoodrofT.     She  d.  Oct.  10,  1841,  she  left  m*  children. 

(KM),  viii.  Ephrjlui  Child,  b.  m  WoodsU>ck,  Ct.,  May  31.  1818.  d. 
30.  1B27. 

601.  ix.  Renssrlaee  Child,  Jb.,  b.  in  Ct.,  Woodstock^  March  6,  16 
m.  Aug.,  1842,  Maria  Marcy. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

593.  i.  Hon.  Asa  Child,  eldest  child  of  Rensselaer  and 
Priscilla  Corbia  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Dec  2,  1T9S, 
Feb.  13,  1828,  Ahce  Hart  Godclard,  dau.  of  the  Hon.  Calvii 
Goddard  of  Norwich,  Ct  Judge  Goddard  was  au  eminent 
lawyer  in  Connecticut  He  wii«  twice  elected  to  Congre 
when  the  Federal  party  was  in  power,— was  for  many  year 
Major  of  the  City  of  Norwich,  Ct, — Speaker  of  the  Houst^ 
Re[:^resentatives  in  the  Connecticut  Legislature, — Judge  of  the 
Superior  Court  and  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Errors  in  Cor 
necticut, — his  wife  was  the  daughter  of  the  Bev,  Levi 
D.D,,  of^Preston,  Ct.,  and  granddaughter  of  the  Rev.  JosepI 
Belhimy,  D.D.,  of  Bethlehem,  Ct,  who  d.  May  12,  lb32. 

Hon.  Asa  Child  wa-s  in  stature  six  feet,  of  full  habit  and  finol 
personal  appearance.     Descended  from  a  stock  talented  and  I 
influential,  his  early  life  commenceil  with  very  favorable  sur- 
roundings.    Possessed  of  more  than  ijrdinarj  intellectual  abili- 
ties, with  a  thorough  education,  he  became  prominent  in  unblic 
life. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS..  141 

He  was  graduated  at  Yale  College,  N^w  Haven,  Ct.,  in  1821, 
pursued  his  preparatory  studies  for  the  law  in  the  office  of  Hon. 
Calvin  Goddard  of  Norwich,  Ct  He  was  prominent  as  a  law- 
yer in  Connecticut,  afterwards  in  Baltimore,  Maryland,  and 
later  in  New  York  City.  He  held  at  one  time  the  office  of 
United  States  District  Attorney  for  Connecticut,  under  the  ad- 
ministration of  President  Jackson.  He  died  at  Norwich,  Ct, 
May  11,  1858. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

602.  i.  Julia  Goddard  Child,  b.  at  Norwich,  Ct.,  April  20,  1828,  m.  May 
12.  1852,  Levi  W.  Allen. 

603.  ii.  Edward  Child,  b.  in  Hartford,  Ct.,  Oct.  11,  1829,  d.  Aug.  23, 
1830. 

604.  iii.  Alice  Hart  Child,  b.  in  Norwich.  Ct.,  Aug.  23, 1832,  d.  at  Stam- 
ford, Ct.,  April  27,  1873. 

605.  iv.  Calvin  Goddard  Child,  b.  in  Norwich,  Ct.,  April  6,  1834,  m. 
Sept.  16,  1858,  Kate  Godfrey. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

602.  I  Julia  Goddard  Child,  eldest  child  of  Hon.  Asa 
and  Alice  Hart  Goddard  Child,  b.  in  Norwich,  Ct,  April  20, 
1825,  m.  May  12,  1852,  Levi  W.  Allen  of  South  Hadley,  Mass. 
He  was  b.  Oct  12,  1817,  and  d.  May  22;  1872.  His  parents 
were  Peter  and  Abby  Wright  Goodrich  Allen  of  Weathersfield, 
Ct.  His  mother  was  granddaughter  of  Oliver  Wolcott,  Gov- 
ernor of  Connecticut,  and  one  of  the  signers  of  the  "Declaration 
of  Independence." 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

606.  i.  Charles  Goddard  Allen,  b.  in  South  Hadley,  Mass.,  July  22, 
1853.  d.  Feb.  13,  1858. 

607.  ii.  Abby  Wright  Allen,  b.  at  South  Hadley,  Jan.  24,  1856. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

605.  iv.  Hon.  Calvin  Goddard  Child,  second  son  and 
fourth  child  of  Hon.  Asa  and  Alice  Hart  Goddard  Child,  b.  in 
Norwich,  Ct,  April  6,  1834,  ra.  Sept  16,  1858,  Kate  Godfrey, 
dau.  of  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  Hubbell  Godfrey.  Mrs.  K.  G. 
Childs  was  born  Dec.  12th,  1837.     Eesidence  Stamford,  Ct 

The  prominent  positions  occupied  by  Hon.  Calvin  Goddard 
Child,  furnish  ample  proof  of  the  confidence  reposed  in  him  as  a 
public  servant  His  early  surroundings  were  favorable  to  the 
development  of  the  proper  elements  of  character  for  success 
and  usefulness  in  Ufa  Graduated  with  honors  at  Yale  College, 
New  Haven,  Ct,  in  1855,  he  chose  for  his  profession  the  law. 


14^  BENJAiriN  CHILD,  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 

for  which  his  taste  and  talents  eminently  fitted  him.     Sit 
1870  he  has  held  the  oMce  of  United  States  District  A.tt<jrn^ 
for  the  State  of  Connecticut;  receiving  his  first  appointmei 
from  President  Grant,  and  his  present  appointment  from  Presi- 
dent Hayea 

As  a  citizen,  Mr.  Child  has  the  respect  and  esteem  of 
community  where  his  influence  contributes  laigely  to  promo 
the  moral  and  materiid  interests  of  his  adopted  homa 

[Ninth  Generation.]     Children: 
008.  I  Kate  Godfeey  Child,  b.  in  Norwieh,  Ct..  Aug.  31,  1859. 

609.  ii.  Calvin  Goddahu  Child,  Jr.,  b.  in  Norwich,  Ct.,  Aug.  27,  18 

610.  iii.  Wn^LiAM  BurKiNcuiAM  Child,  b.  in  Stamford,  Ct,  Nov.,  1^5. 

611.  iv,  Elizabeth  Chjlu,  b.  in  Stamford,  Ct.,  Aug,  20,  1888. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

594  ii.  Peleg  Child,  second  child  and  second  son  of  Rcns 
laer  and  Priscilla  Corbin  Chikl^  b.  in  Woodstock,  Cl»  July  11^ 
1800,  m.  Sept  16,  1829,  Abigail  Bullock.  He  died  Oct  20, 
1861,  on  tlie  old  homestead  of  his  father.  Mra  Child  did  not 
long  survive  him.  They  liad  only  one  child — an  adopted 
daughter — who  vrm  an  amiable  uad  intelligent  girl,  and  the 
light  of  their  dwelling  for  many  years^  when  the  frosts  of  deat 
cut  down  the  Qower  in  its  full  bloom,  and  iilled  their  cheer 
home  with  sadness. 

Mr,  Peleg  Cliild  wtis  of  a  stiilwart  frarae^  whose  avoirdupojd 
would  overleap  two  hundred  pounds.  In  intellect  he  was  mucf 
alxjve  mediocrity ;  was  fond  of  reading,  and  well  posted  in  ma 
tera  of  Church  and  State,  He  was  specially  interested  in  the 
}K>Hticsof  the  country —a  pronounee<l  Democrat  Kinship  wa 
no  barrier  to  his  onslaught  upon  his  opf>onents.  Ue  was 
morselessly  severe  and  unrelenting  in  his  attacks  upon  me 
and  measures  opposed  to  his  views.  His  neiglibors  w^ere  oft 
entertaineci  and  amused  when  listening  to  the  eanjest  debat 
on  political  questions  between  him  and  his  brother,  the  Hon 
Linus  Child,  w!jo  had  as  little  sympathy  with  the  Democrat 
jiarty  as  Peleg  had  for  the  Old  Whig,  and  later  Republican 
Both  equally  tenacious  of  their  opinions,  waxed  waim  as  thi 
discussion  progressed,  till  both  were  ready  to  adopt  the  lan- 
guage of  Macbeth, 

**Lay  on,  McDuff, 
And  damn*d  be  him  whn  first  cries,  FToldf  enough!'* 


AWD  HIS  DESC*Em>ANl'S. 


U3 


The  storm  of  words  having  expended  itself,  calm  was  soon 
restcn*e<l  in  each  breast,  and  fraternal  relation?^  remained  undis- 
turbed. Mr.  Child  was  a  valuable  member  of  society,  identi- 
fied witli  all  its  interests.  He  resided  on  his  father's  homestead, 
north  of  Village  Corners,  in  the  town  of  Woodstock,  and  was  a 
thrifty  farmer. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

595.  iii.  Hon.  Linus  Child,  third  child  and  third  son  of 
Rensselaer  and  Priscilla  Corbin  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct, 
Feb.  27,  1803,  m.  Oct.  27,  1827,  Bcrenthia  Mason. 

*'Hv)n.  Mr.  Cliild  passed  his  early  years  on  his  father^s  farm, 
with  the  nsual  attendance  upon  the  public  school.  He  began 
bis  preparation  for  College  under  the  tuition  of  Rev.  Samuel 
Backus  of  East  Woodstock,  and  completed  kis  preparatory 
studies  at  Bacon  Academy,  in  Colchester,  Connecticut,  in  the 

i autumn  of  182n.  The  following  winter  he  entered  Yale  Col- 
lege, New  Uaven,  whence  he  graduated  in  182-^.  Mr,  Child 
[did  not  reach  the  highest  rank  in  college  as  a  scholar;  but  for 
tonest,  actual  mastery  of  the  prescribed  course*  few  were  before 
"him.  Aft^r  he  graduated,  he  became  a  member  of  the  Law 
School  in  New  Haven,  and  studied  in  the  office  of  S.  P.  Staples, 
He  was  also  under  Judge  Dagtifett's  instruction.  Six  months 
hiter  he  became  a  student  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Ebenezer  Stod- 
dard»  in  the  west  parish  of  his  native  town,  and  after  eighteen 
months'  study  there,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Connecticut. 
He  spent  a  year  in  the  otlice  of  Hon.  George  A.  Tufts  of  Dud- 
ley, Masa,  when  he  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  courts  of 
Worcester  ouuity,  upon  this  he  established  himself  in  South- 
bridge,  Wore.  Co.,  Mass.  He  resided  in  Southbridge  some 
eighteen  years,  during  this  period  he  was  six  times  electtMl 
Senator  from  Worcester  county  to  the  State  Legislature  In 
1845  he  removed  to  Lowell,  and  held  the  agency  of  one  or  two 
of  the  large  manufacturing  corporations  of  tliat  city.*' '  He  pos- 
lessed  the  unusual  stature  and  frame  of  his  father  and  grand- 
father, was  cordial  and  genial  in  look  and  manner.  Earnest 
in  the  promotion  of  al!  efforts  for  the  puhiic  weal,  and  promi- 
nent in  church  and  missionary  interests,  a  member  of  the  Amer- 
ican Board  of  Foreign  Missions.     Tu  1862,  Mr.  Child  removed 


n.  A  lumidown's  Hiatoricftl  CoUection, 


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BEBTJAim?  CHCLB  OF  BOXBITBT,  MASa 


to  Boston^  and  resumed  bis  professional  duties,  asaociatmg  wit 
him  his  son^  Linus  IL  Child,     Hon,  Mn  Child  died  in  Hing- 
ham,  Maaa,  Sifter  a  short  illness,  un  the  26th  August  1870. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     ChUdrea: 
613.  i.  MrKA  Bkrexteia  Cwild^  b.  in  Scmthbridge,  Mass.,  Xot.  M.  18M. 

613.  ii    Li!(L's  Masox  Child,  b.  in  Southbridge,  Mass.«  March  13.  1835, 
m.  Oct ,  186*3,  Helen  A.  Bjimes. 

614.  iil  Abbtr  BvhUJCK  Coild,  b.  in  SoathbriUge,  Mass,,  April  3,  1840. 

[Eighth  Generation,]  j 

613,  iL  Linus  Mason  Child,  Esq.,  second  child  and  only  ' 
son  of  Hon.  Linos  and  Berenthea  Mason  Child,  b,  March  13, 
1835,  m.  Oct.,  1862,  Helen  A.  Barnea     Mr.  Child  graduated 
at  Yale  College,  New  Haven,  Ct,  in  1855,  and  is  a  lawyer  in 
Boston,  Mass. 

We  will  preface  a -brief  sketch  of  Mr.  Child,  having  had  no 
personal  acquaintance  with  him,  by  saying,  we  have  aimed  in 
the  compilation  of  this  work,  on  the  one  hand,  to  avoid  the 
chaise  of  flattery,  and  on  the  other^  to  escape  the  suspicion  j 
of  detraction.      To  place  on  record  in  a  pleasing  light  every] 
member  in  every  branch,  truthfully,  is   our   pleasant    uffice.  [ 
From  what  one  says  and  does,  history  is  made,  this  is  the  basia] 
of  what  we  say  of  Mr.  Child.     From  a  late  ^^Bosion  Herald^''  which  J 
has  just  fallen   into  our  hands.  (Mai'ch  26,  18S0)   containing* 
an   argument  by  Linus  M.  Child,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  before  a 
Massachueetts  Legislative  Com  mi  tee,  in  support  of  a  petition  j 
for  a  charter  from  the  legislature  for  an  elevated  railway  ioj 
Boston,   may   be   gathered   some    elements  of  his   character,^ 
which  entitle  him  to  be  placed  in  our  record  in  a  pleasant  light 
From  a  cui"sory  perusal   of  his  argument,   we  are  impressed j 
with  the  fact  that  Mr.  Child  must  have  attained  to  a  very  com«l 
mendable  rank  in  his  profession,  to  have  l>een  entrusted  witk] 
matters  of  so  much  magnitude.     His  argument  evinces  a  know- 
ledge of  facts    which  none  but  a  close  observer  would  have! 
treasured  up.     His  deductions  are  logical  and   forcible,  whilej 
sound   judgoient,    legal    acumen,  and    broad    financial    views,' 
are  so  clearly  evinced  as  to  entitle  hira  to  the  confidence  re- 
posed in  him  by  his  clients.     Descended  from  a  stock  possess- 
ing .sturdy  physical  and  mental  qualities,  and  having  enjoyed 
the  best  opportunities  for  mental  culture,  and  with  more  than 
ordinary  natural  abilities,  a  failure  to  reach  an  enviable  emi- 
nence, could  hardly  be  looked  for. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  145 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

615.  i.  Helen  Louisa  Child,  b.  in  Boston.  Mass.,  Oct.  9,  1863. 

616.  ii.  Linus  Mason  Child,  Jr.,  b.  in  Boston,  Dec.  21,  1865. 

617.  iii.  Myra  Lind  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  March,  17,  1870. 

[Seventh  Generation.]  ^ 

597.  V.  Lavinia  Lyon  Child,  fifth  child  and  second  dau. 
of  Rensselaer  and  Priscilla  Corbin  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct., 
Nov.  1,  1808,  in.  May  3,  1882,  Henry  Ingalls,  who  was  born  in 
Abington,  Ct  They  moved  immediately  after  their  marriage 
to  Illinois,  and  reside  now  in  North  Branch  Station,  Chisago 
county,  Minnesota.     Their  children  were  born  in  Illinois. 

From  a  letter  to  me  since  my  work  of  preparation  commenced, 
from  Mrs.  Lavinia  Child  Ingalls,  we  give  the  following  extract, 
v\'lnch  will  interest  many: 

**My  great  grandfather,  Ephraim  Child,  was  one  of  seven  brothers  who 
Emigrated  from  Roxbury,  Mass,  to  Woodstock,  Windham  county,  Ct.  I 
"k  liink  they  laid  out  the  town  and  located  themselves  in  different  parts  of  the 
^kaiiie."  [From  other  data  we  think  the  town  had  been  surveyed  and  bounded. 

Ed.]  "I  have  no  dates  that  I  can  rely  upon  with  regard  to  this  early  history. 

X  will  give  to  you  from  memory,  what  1  have  heard  my  father  and  my  grand- 
father say.  The  town  of  Woodstock,  where  these  stalwart  men  (we  infer 
Trom  other  record,  they  were  of  large  stature)  and  women,  commenced  their 
Hew  homes,  was  seven  miles  long  and  five  miles  wide.  It  was  no  prairie 
<5r)untry,  the  tall  trees  had  to  be  leveled.  These  noble  men  and  women  were 
inured  day  by  day  to  privations  and  hardships,  and  their  children  were  trained 
to  endurance,  like  the  ancient  Spartans.  Notwithstanding  their  laborious 
duties,  they  did  not  neglect  the  education  of  their  children.  As  soon  as 
they  got  their  own  cabins  tenantable,  they  built  a  cabin  schoolhouse  as  near 
central  as  they  could,  and  started  a  school  for  the  winter  months.  The 
children  who  could  make  their  way  through  the  deep  snows,  boarded  at 
home.  Those  who  could  not,  boarded  at  the  nearest  uncle's.  My  grand- 
father usetl  to  tell  me  many  reminiscences  of  those  early  days.  My  grand- 
father (Asa)  and  his  brother  Increase  Child,  were  among  those  that  boarded 
out  (Ephraim  Child,  who  married  Mary  Lyon,  was  their  father.)  The  aver- 
age number  of  boartlers  was  from  twelve  to  fifteen,  and  on  stormy  nights, 
the  numl)er  increased  to  twentv  or  twenty-five.  The  "brindle"  cow  had 
nr»t  come  in  yet,  and  bean  porridge  and  the  brown  loaf,  were  the  supper 
and  the  breakfast,  and  fK)tatoes  roasted  in  the  ashes  for  the  dinner.  A  great 
round  bowl  that  some  of  the  inost  ingenious  ones  had  du;j  out  of  a  big  log, 
that  would  hold  a  plump  pailfull,  was  the  common  dish.  As  many  boys 
and  girls  as  could,  gathered  around  this  festive  board,  each  with  his  wooden 
.•i[HX>n,  and  when  sufficed  would  give  place  to  others.  Thus  were  laid  the 
foundations  of  a  prosjMjrous  society.', 
[Eisrhth  Generation.]    Children: 

618.  i.  Linus  Child  Ingalls,  b.  Aug.  16. 1833,  d.  Nov.,  1833. 

619.  ii.  Ephraim  Child  Ingalls,  b.  Oct.  25,  1835,  m.  Cordelia  . 


14*S 


BEXJAMIX  CHILD  Of  ROXfitJRTf  JUim 


620*  liL  HxintT  Fraxcw  UroAiiU^  b.  Aug.  28»  1817,  d.  in  dtisago, ! 
1$,  1863,  mad  y  barM  At  the  immHj  homt  in  MiDiifaota. 

621.  It.  BsarssKL^fi  C.  I?cgai.la,  b.  Jftnuaty  15»  1830. 

683.  V.  £DMEr3n»  Ij^galla.  b.  June  4,  1S41,  m.  Sept  29.  1S7S.  Rvtfc  A. 
Payioek 

[Ei^btb  Gcoeradon.] 

619.  il  Ephraiii  Child  Ixgalls,  second  son  of  Lairia 
Lyon  Child  and  Henry  Ingalls,  K  OcU  25.  1^Z5,  hl  Cotdeiii 


[Kintb  Genemtion.]    Child; 
683.  i.  AxKA  Cfiii^D  Ikgalus*  b.  18G0. 

[Eighth  Generatioti  ] 

*]22.  V*  Edmln'D  Ikgalt^  fifth  son  of  Lavinia  Lyon 
and  Henry  Ingalls,  b.  June  4,  1S41,  m.  Sept  29,  1S72,  Bath 
A.  Pennock,  who  was  b.  Aug.  9,  1847.  Mr.  logalls  is  a  pro 
minent  business  man,  residing  in  Duluth,  St  Louis  oountyJ 
Minnesota, — a  citizen  highly  esteemed  for  his  activity  and 
tegrity. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 
634.  i.  Rlth  LA\^3cu  Ixoaixs,  b,  Oct.  5,  1873. 

625,  ii.  LiLLie  Almjra  Ittoalls,  b.  Jaly  2b  1675. 

626,  iii.  Flobenck  Klizabetq  Ixgalls,  b.  April  13,  1877, 

627,  iv.  Bdhuitd  Ixoalls,  Jit.,  b.  Aug.  5,  1878, 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

508.  vi.  Clarissa  Child,  sixth  child  and  third  datt  of 
Belaer  and  Priscilla  Corbin  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Sept 
26,  1810,  m.  io  1S42,  Dr,  Charles  Chandler.     She  died  March 
13,   1874.      Dr,  Chandler  is  a  prominent  man  and  pbysiciam  in 
Chanel lerv die,  Cass  county,  Illnois. 
[Eighth  Genenitinn.]     Children: 

028.  i.  Alice  Child  Chaxdlkb,  b.  in  ChandlervilJe,  III.,  Sept,  1848.  d. 
Mar  1,  ia52. 

620.  ii.  JoBN  Thomas  CaAyDLER,  b.  in  Chandlenrille,  April  36. 1845. 

630.    iii.    Li?cus  CaiLD  Chandlbe^   b.  tn  Chftndlerville,   Aug.  0»  1816. 
m.  Sarah  L.  Bcane,  Sept.  5,  1873. 

[Eighth  Genemtion.] 

629.  ii.  John  Thomas  Chandler,  second  child  and  eldc 
son  of  Clariissa  Child  and  Dr.  Charles  Chandler,  b.  in  Chandler- 
ville,  III,  April  26,  1845,  m.  1st,  Mary  C.  Ricard,  Oct  12,  1S52, 
n».  2d  J  Emnm  Morse,  July  Ist^  1849,  daiL  of  Alrnira  and  John  H. 
Morse^  andgnuiddaughter  of  Elias  Child,  of  West  Woodstock, 
0>nnecticuL 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  147 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

631.  i.  Charles  Chandler,  b.  June  27, 1870. 

632.  ii.  Mtrtis  Child  Chandler,  b.  May  27, 1873. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

630.  iii.  Linus  Child  Chandler,  third  and  youngest  child 
of  Clarissa  Child  and  Dr.  Charles  Chandler,  b.  Aug.  9,  1846,  m. 
Sept  6,  1873,  Sarah  L.  Beane  of  Lisbon,  N.  H.  He  graduated 
at  Harvard  University  Law  School,  Cambridge  Mass.,  June 
1871,  is  a  lawyer  in  Chandlerville,  111.,  has  been  District  At- 
torney for  Cass  County,  111.,  for  four  years. 
[Ninth  Generation]    Children : 

633.  i.  Carl  Beane  Chandler,  b.  Feb.  16,  1876. 

634.  ii.  William  Charles  Chandler,  b.  Feb.  21,  1879. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

601.  ix.  Rensselaer  Child,  Jr,  youngest  child,  and  fifth 
s3on  of  Rensselaer  and  Priscilla  Corbin  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock, 
Ct,  March  6, 1820,  m.  1841,  Maria  Marcy  of  Southbridge,  Mass. 
She  was  b.  July  2,  1824.     He  died  1864,  in  the  Union  Army. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

635.  i.  Peleo  Child,  b.  in  Chandlerville,  111.,  July  10,  1842. 

636.  ii.  DwioHT  Stacy  Child,  b.  in  Chandlerville,  111.  Jan.  2,  1845. 

637.  iii.  Mary  Lois  Child,  b.  in  Chandlerville,  111.,  Aug.  29,  1847. 

638.  iv.  Johnson  Corbin  Child,  b.  in  Chandlerville,  111.,  Dec.  1,  1849. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

28.  ii.  Daniel  Child,  second  child  and  second  son  of  Eph- 
raim   and  Priscilla  Harris  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Jan.  1, 
1713,  m.    1st,  Ruth  Ammidown,  Jan.  1,  1747,  m.  2d,  Abigail 
Bridges.     He  died  1776. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

639.  i.  Daniel  Child,  Jr.,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Oct.  8,  1747,  d.  young. 

640.  ii.  Zereiah  Child,  bapt.  in  Woodstock,  Ct..  Dec.  12,  1748. 

641.  iii.  Stephen  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  27,  1749,  m.  Sept.  7, 

1 778,  Mercy  Chase. 

642.  iv.  Abel  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Oct.  15,  1752,  m.  March  11, 

1779,  Rebecca  Allard. 

643.  V.  Abigail  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct. 

644.  vi.  Daniel  Child,  2d,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

641.  iii.  Stephen  Child,  third  child  and  third  son  of  Dan- 
iel and  Ruth  Ammidown  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Nov.  27, 
1749,  m.  Sept  7,  1778,  Mercy  Chjise  of  Sutton,  Mass.,  dau.  of 
Daniel  and  Alice  Corbit  Chase.  She  d.  Dea  27,  1835,  aet  80 
yrs.     He  d.  May  24, 1831,  a^t  82  yrs,  in  Cornish,  N.  H.,  to  which 


MS  BENJAMIK  CHILD  OF  ROXBURl 

town  he  early  emigrated  from  Woodstock,  Cl     Mr.  Child 
one  of  the  early  proprietors  of  Bethel,  Vt,  bat  never  became  i 
resident  of  the  town. 
[Sixth  Generation.]     Children: 

045.  i.  Daniel  Ciuld,  b.  in  Cornish,  N,  H.,  Aug.  6,  1779»  m.  Nov,  11, 
18D4»  Appama  Lyraan. 

646.  ii.  KuTH  Hxhris  Child,  b.  in  Cornish,  N,  H,,  Dec.  25, 1780,  m.  Ifi 
Samuel  March  Chase,  who  was  b.  Nor.  13,  1772,  at  Walpole,  N,  H,,  audi 
March  11,  1866,  at  Jubilee,  Colorado. 

647.  iii.  Exos  Child,  b.  in  C<>miah|  N.  H.,  Jan.  10,  1783,  m.  Aug. 
1806,  Sarah  Beniis. 

648.  iv.  Ursula  Child,  b.   in  Cornish,  N.  H,,  June  2,  1785,  m.  Not. 
1806,  Ebenezer  Cummings. 

649.  V.  Alice  Cqilb,  b.  April  9,  1797,  in  Cornish,  N.  H.,  m.  Dec  ! 
1812,  Bela  Chase. 

650.  vi.  ErnociA  CniLD,  h.  in  Cornish,  N.  H.,  Jan.  27,  1789,  m.  Jane( 
1806,  Benjamin  Freeman, 

651.  vii.  Aeaminta  Child,  b.  in  Cornish,  N.  IL,  Sept.  3,  1791,  d.  OcUj 
1701. 

852.  vtii.  Stephe>^  Child,  b.  in  Cornish,  N.  H.,  Aug.  30,  1792,  m.  MarH 
20,  1S22,  Eli/.H  Alwoud. 

653.  ix.  Wercv  Child,  b.  in  Coniish,  N.  H.,  May  10,  1704,  m,  March  in 
1819,  Abraham  Chtise  Pahner,  at  Langdon,  Vt.  f 

654.  X.  Jane  Child,  b.  in  Cornish,  N,  H.,  Nov,  4,  1797,  m.  March  13, 
182(1,  Jacob  Johnston  SatTord. 

655.  xi.  PttLTJENTiA  Child,  b.  in  Cornish,  N.  H.,  March?.  18O0,  d.  Aug. 
25,  1802. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

645.  i,  Daniel  Child,  eldest  child  of  Stephen  and  Mercy 
Chase  Child,   1>,   in  Cornish,  N.  H.^  Aug.  6,  1779,  m,  Appama 
Lyrnnn,  Nov.  11,  1804.     She  was  the  dan.  of  Josiah  and  Eunic 
Tiffany  Ljmaii,  and  niece  f>[  Rev.  Elijah  Ljman^  a  well  knov 
clergyman  of  the  Congregational  church  of  that  period. 
was  b.  Sept  15.  1783,  at  Lebanon,   K    H.,  d.  in   Bethel,  Vt" 
Sept.  21,  1854.     He  d.  Jan.  7,  1853.     They  had  nine  children 

Daniel,  with  his  brother  Enos,  early  settled  in  the  town 
Bethel,  Vt.      When  a  young  man  he  went  to  Brookfield,  Vti 
and  started  a  mercantile  business-    After  marrying,  be  settled 
R€>chester  Hollow^  Vt,  as  a  fanner.     Here  he  made  a  beginnii 
in  the  wilderness.     In  the  autumn  of  1818  he  moved  to  Bethel, 
Vt,  where  he  lived  until  his  death,  in  1853.     His  place  was  th^H 
home  of  the  Child  family  during  his  life.     Mr.  Child  died  vei^^ 
suddenly,  dropping  dead  upon  the  street  in  Bethel  villaga    He 
built  the  house  on  the  home  farm  in  1827,     Illustrative  of  the 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  149 

times,  the  contract  for  building  the  house  was  let  to  two  parties 
for  a  specified  sum,  including  what  rum  they  could  drink  !  Two 
of  the  boys  were  deputed  to  bring  the  rum  from  the  village, 
which  they  did  in  an  old-fashioned  gallon  measure,  carried  on  a 
stick  between  them,  making  a  trip  almost  daily  !  During  his 
life  in  Bethel,  Mr.  Child  was  a  man  of  some  prominence  in  local 
public  affairs.  He  was  the  clerk  of  the  district  in  which  he 
lived  ;  clerk  of  the  Episcopal  church  of  which  he  was  a  member, 
and  was  very  careful  and  methodical  in  making  and  preserving 
all  the  records  with  which  he  had  anything  to  do.  His  care  in 
these  respects  is  specially  noticeable,  and  it  is  owing  to  it  that 
the  town  and  church  are  now  in  possession  of  some  valuable 
records  of  an  early  date.  He  was  town  clerk  for  some  years. 
He  was  well  known  as  a  surveyor  of  lands  in  all  these  parts,  and 
he  knew  better  than  any  one  else  all  the  old  land  marks,  in 
fact,  his  word  came  to  be  authority  in  all  such  matters ;  and  the 
records  of  surveys,  *'notes"  and  "field  books'*  which  he  left  are 
even  now  appealed  to,  to  settle  the  location  of  disputed  corners 
and  lines.  He  was  careful  to  preserve  all  his  papers,  and  when 
he  died,  left  a  large  quantity  which  he  had  accumulated-  The 
Woodstock  (Vt)  Mercury^  used  to  be  the  local  paper.  Mr.  Child 
was  accustomed  to  visit  the  post  office  on  each  Friday,  take  the 
papers  belonging  to  the  subscribers  in  the  north  part  of  the 
town,  carry  them  up  to  the  church  on  Sunday  morning,  and  be- 
fore service  scatter  them  through  the  pews  for  their  respective 
owners.  And  so  constant  and  regular  was  he  in  the  performance 
of  this  duty,  that  it  came  to  be  associated  in  the  mind  of  the 
postmaster  as  an  inseparable  part  of  Friday,  and  in  the  minds 
of  the  subscribers  who  received  their  papers  in  this  way,  an  m 
separable  part  of  Sunday.  It  nearly  answered  the  purpose  of 
a  calendar.  * 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

656.  i.  Emily  Mart  Feancbs  Child,  b.  at  Rochester,  Vt.  Aug.  23,  1806, 
m.  March  1,  1829,  Richard  W.  Roche. 

657.  ii.  Laura  Child,  b.  in  Rochester,  Vt.,  Nov.  11,  1808,  m.  Dec.  28, 
1826,  Jay  Wilson. 

658.  iii.  DocT.  Abel  Lyman  Child,  b.  in  Rochester,  Vt.,  Aug.  9, 1810,  m. 
1st,  Oct.  3,  1833,  Margaret  Tozier;  m.  2d,  Dec.  25,  1847,  Rebecca  Coates, 
m.  3d,  April  25,  1849,  Eliza  Hampton;  m.  4th,  Aug.  16,  1856.  Cora  Wood- 
ward. 

'  The  above  is  from  a  printed  record  famished  by  Dr.  Abel  L.  Child,  a  son. 


150 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASa 


059,  iv.   PflitAKDKE  C.  Child,  b.  in  Rochester.  Vt.,  July  18,  \Bi% 
March  12,  1810. 

660,  V.  Eliza  A,  Child,  b.  in  Rochester,  Vt,  July  10,  1814,  m.  Sei 
Sterling. 

661.  vi.  Elmab  Ly«ax  Child,  h.  in  Roehester.Vt.July  81, 1816,  m.  Jaat 
20,  1838,  Eliza  B.  Blanchaud, 

002.  vii.  Lucy  C.  Child,  b.  in  Rochester.  Vt.,  June  23,  1818,  m.  Jaa. 
1841.  Levi  DovoU,  at  Albrtny,  N.  Y.     He  was  accidentally  shot.     They  lei 
no  children. 

003.  \iii.  Rev.  Stephen  H.  Child,  b,   in  Bethel,  Vt,,  Dec.  31,  1819, 
Nov.  2li,  1849,  Miiry  S.   Belther,  at  Brim  field,  III.     Fie  was  an  Epi:4C0] 
clergyman.     He  d.  tit.  Decatur,  III.,  1854.     They  hud  three  children,  names 
are  not  given, 

604.  ix.  Unity  R,  Child,  b.  at  Bethel  Vt.,  March  1,  1822,  m,  Oct. 
1844,  Charles  W.  Lillie. 


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[Seventh  Generation.] 

656.  L  Emtlv  Mahy  Fhances  Child,  eldest  child  of  Di 
and  Appama  Lyman  Child,  b.  in  Rochester,  Vt,  Aag.  23,  1806, 
m,  Miircli  1,  1829.  Richard  W.  Roche  of  Boston,  Miiss,  He  J, 
at  Chicopee*  Masa,  Oct  16,  183t>.  She  d.  of  a  disease  sup- 
posed to  be  yellow  fever,  communicated  from  bales  of  cotton 
when  opened  in  the  mills  in  that  place.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roche 
were  Ronianistj^  in  their  religious  belief. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

665.  i.  Joanna  Roche,  b.  in  Charlestown,  Mass,  1830,  now  Lady  Ab 
in  a  convent  in  Montreal^  Canatlu. 

666.  ii.  CONSTANTKNE  RocHE,  b,  at  Calwtsville.  Mass,,  now  in  California 
607.  iii.  FitANKLiN  Roche,  b.  at  CatMJtsviBe,  Mii5s„  now  in  Mi^ssourL 


^hetM 


[Sere nth  Genemtion.] 

<)57.  ii.  Laura  Child,  second  child  and  second  dau.  ot  Dan- 
iel and  Appama  Lyman  Child,  b.  in  Rochester,  Vt,   Nov,  11 
1S08,  m.  Dec.  28,  1826,  Jay  Wilson.     Reside  in  Bethel,  Vt 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

068.   i.  Jame»  J.  Wilson,  b,  1831,  m.  Jane  Fl.ynD  nf  BetheL  Vt,, 
seven  children,  but  no  names  given,     iln?.  Jane  Flyrui  Wibon  died,  ai 
Mr,  Wilson  murried  Mary  L.  McCoy  of  Louisiana.    Mr.  Wilson  is  an  ati 
n*iy  l>y  profession,  convei^sant  with  the  affairs  of  state,    wa^i  elected  from 
Windsor  Co,,  Vt.,  to  the  stiite  senate.     He  resides  in  Bethel,  Vt, 

669.  ii.  Maiuh  Cha^e  Wilson,  b.  May  4,  1834,  d.  in  1852. 

670.  iii.  Oliver  S.  Wilson,  b. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  151 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

658.  iii.  Dr.  Abel  L.  Child,  third  child  and  eldest  son  of 
Daniel  and  Appama  Lyman  Child,  b.  in  Rochester,  Vt,  Aug. 
{K  1810,  m.  1st,  Oct.  3,  1833,  Margaret  Tosier,  at  Manchester, 
Ind.,  m.  2d,  Dec  .25,  1847,  Rebecca  Coates,  at  Cincinnati,  O., 
m.  3d,  April  25,  1649,  Eliza  Hampton,  at  Munroe,  O.,  m.  4th, 
Aug.  16,  1856,  Cora  Woodward,  at  Walnut  Hills,  O. 

Dr.  Child  left  Vermont  in  the  summer  of  1833,  and  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  at  Manchester,  Ind.;  thence  he 
went  to  Cincinnati  and  attended  lectures  in  the  old  Ohio  Medi- 
cal Collie,  and  afterwards  practiced  for  several  years  in  Indiana. 
In  1839  he  left  his  profession  and  took  charge  of  the  Ports- 
mouth, O.,  public  schools,  as  superintendent.  In  1848,  he  re- 
moved to  Cincinnati  and  took  charge  of  the  Cincinnati  High 
School  (coloreii).  In  1850  he  became  principal  of  the  Walnut 
Hills  High  School.  In  the  spring  of  1857  he  removed  to 
Nebraska,  bought  land,  and  became  a  farmer,  at  the  same  time 
commenced  raetallurgic  observations  and  Teporting  to  the 
Smithsonian  Institute.  These  observations  are  still  continued, 
and  reports  made  to  the  U.  S.  Signal  Office.  In  1867  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  a  constitutional  convention  of  the  state, 
and  in  1869,  elected  probate  judge  of  Cass  county,  which  office 
he  still  holds  (1880). 

The  experiences  of  Dr.  Child  have  been  in  many  respects 
most  remarkable.     His  life  has  been  one  of  great  activity.     Fol- 
lowing the  bent  of  an  inquisitive  mind,  he  has  seen  and  known 
much  of  men  and  things.     The  natural  force  of  character  and 
versatility  of  talent  which  have  marked  his  career  have  been 
important  elements  in  reaching  results.     As  a  pioneer,  future 
generations  will  read  his  history  with  interest  and  profit     His 
reminiscences  of  the  town  of  Plattsmouth  and  county  of  Cass, 
in  Nebraska,  contained  in  a  little  pamphlet  entitled  "Centennial 
Hi-story  of  Plattsmouth  City,"  &c.,  are  instructive  and  amusing, 
exhibiting  much  of  wit  and  humor  in  the  author ;  and  as  a  book 
of  reference,  will  always  be  valuable.     His  indomitable  courage 
lind  pr>wer  of  endurance  are  striking  features  in  his  history,  and 
such  as  are  always  prime  elements  in  pioneer  life.     Of  boldness 
ami  daring  in  adventure,  we  have  a  thrilling  illustration  in  a 
narrative  from  his  pen.  which  we  here  insert : 


152 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBITRY,  MA.- 


A  REMI3II9CEKCE  OF  NIAGARA  FALLS,    OR,  TBE  OLD  INDlAX    LAODKR* 

I)uriDg  a  re$idem-e  of  several  moQths  at  Niagara  Falls,  in  the  summer  < 
1632,  much  of  mj  time  was  spent  in  wandering  about,  above,  below  and  i 
der  the  Falb,  searching  out  the  various  grand  viewn,  recesses  and  curiod 
ties  of  the  vicinity.  One  morning  in  June  I  had  descended  iho  old  spiiil 
stairway  to  the  foot  of  the  American  Fall,  and  after  a  time  spent  among  tlw 
rocks  and  s^pray,  W4i.s  al^mt  to  i*etum,  when  a  legend  occurred  to  me  uf  on 
old  Intlinn  ladder,  said  bv  some  to  exist,  or  to  htvve  existed  in  former  timee. 
by  wiiich  accent  had  been  made  from  the  river  to  the  top  of  the  cliffs  abort 
(some  200  feet),  and  U>  bo  ioeuted  froiri  oue-lmlf  mile  to  one  mile  b^low  the 
Falls.  The  existence  of  such  a  ladder  had  been  disputed  in  my  he 
several  times  by  the  oldest  resilient*,  ami  often  sought  for  from  the  clil 
above  by  othen*  as  well  as  by  myself,  but  nothing  hiid  heen  discovered  in 
eating  its  existence. 

The  search  from  l>elow  un  the  river  bank  had  not  been  attempted,  i 
was  held  to  be  imposi>ible  for  a  human  being  to  pass  down  the  river  l*etwe 
the  cliffs  and  water,  as  in  places  the  ix:>ck3  projected  to  the  very  margin  < 
the  rapid  iumultutm.s  turrent,  and  the  portions  where  the  solid  walls  i 
ceded  were  filled  either  with  broken,  jagged  rocks  or  dcnsly  matted 
thorny  bushes  and  bni'^h,  living  and  dead,  forming  a  barrier  hardly  pen 
trable  to  any  animal  larger  than  a  squirrel  or  rabbit. 

Withbut  very  little  thought  or  consideration.!  resolved  at  once  toi 
the  imfMissahle  (?)  and  search  from  Iwlow.  I  soon  learned  from  sore  experieQ 
that  the  difficulties  of  the  path  had  not  been  magnified.  It  was  inde 
fearfully  hard  road  to  travel.  But  1  persevered  till  the  etrlamty  of 
fearful  track  to  be  retraced,  in  case  of  retreat,  overshadowed  the  [ifis^lbll 
tics  of  the  iwlvance,  I  therefore  continued  to  press  forward  At  leuu 
after,  to  me,  a  very  long  half  mile's  travel,  I  was  rewarded  with  u  %i\ 
of  something  like  a  ladder.  It  lofjked  ancient  and  much  decayed,  many  i 
the  rounds  broken  out  and  gone.  It  was  some  25  feet  long,  and  stood  with 
jtti  top  resting  against  a  shelf  or  table  fkrojected  from  the  face  of  the  f»eqKik 
dicular  wall  extending  some  tifty  or  sixty  feet  above  it. 

The  ladder  seemed  wejik  and  dangerous,  and  the  n:>ugh  and  ragged  rock? 
about  its  foot  argued  no  pli^ti^ant  bed  in  case  of  even  a  slight  fall.  But  ii 
^&:i  the  I iMlder  or  refreat:  and.  wilh  some  hesitation.  1  Xrx)k  to  the  bidder, 
With  bated  breath— touching  each  round  ho  fure/w//^— changing  from  one 
side  to  the  other.  )ts  the  one  seemed  more  *lecayed,  or  cracked  undf^r  my 
weight,  1  slowly  worked  my  way  up.  It  was  with  extreme  difficulty  thai  l_ 
passed  over  the  niis*iiug  rounds,  and  off  from  two  which  broke  under  i 
feet  without  shocks  and  jars  which  might  send  the  ladder  and  myself  inl 
crash  to  the  rocks  below.  But  over  all  I  reached  the  top  and  could  then  sk 
that  the  shelf  against  which  the  ladder  rested  was  from  twelve  to  fiftacQ 
inches  in  width.  To  the  right  it  decreased  in  width  till,  at  some  tweiicy 
feet  distance,  it  disappeared.  On  the  left  it  ran  with  uneqaal  widths  from 
ten  to  twelve  in^'hes,  about  the  same  distance,  and  was  then  lost  behind  a 
sharji  angle  of  the  rock.  Escafic  to  the  right  there  was  none;  to  tlu' 
could  1  possibly  succeed  in  reaching  I  ho  angle  I  w»is  there  a  path  h*-, 
If  not,  why  was  this  ladder  ever  placed  here?  The  presumption  was  im 
favor  of  a  passage,  and  I  would  try  it.  But  to  leave  the  ladder  for  »n  up- 
right position  on  the  shelf,  as  also  to  traverse  this  narrow  ledge,  with  tbt 


riS  DESOEND^VNTS. 


153 


perpefidiculttr  rfnik  above  crowding  you  off,  when  ont'e  on  it,  was  a  work  of 
peril,  A  slight  touch  of  the  rock  alxjvp  ini^ht  iipt^et  my  htiknce,  when 
nothing  couhi  save  me  from  the  ragged  rocks  twenty-five  feet  Ih'Iow.  That 
every  movement  was  oaleuhited,  limed  and  measured  previons  to  aetuiil 
motion,  1  need  not  say. 

At  length  my  feet  rested  on  the  sheK,  And,  then,  as  I  gradually  raised 
inyaell,  a  part  of  the  shelf  under  my  ftx>t  crumbled  ar.d  felL  I  also  fell, 
with  my  face  to  the  shelf  But  in  my  struggle  to  save  myself  1  pressed  my 
foot  so  hard  against  the  liwlder  that  it  wh,s  displaced,  and  wilh  ii  terrific 
crash  it  lay  in  fragments  on  the  rocks  helow,  leaving  nie  witli  all  rfiretti  ut- 
terly cut  off.  Completely  exhausted  and  unner\^ed,  1  lay  like  one  dead  for 
several  minutes,  when  the  qiiesUon  of  a  |)assage  around  the  angle  of  the 
rock  oc-enrred  to  my  mind,  and  instimtly  rebraeed  every  nerve  and  muscle. 
Cautiously  I  raised  myself  on  to  my  hunds  and  knees  and  crept  along  a  few 
feet,  till  the  shelf  heeame  so  narrow  that  there  wa^  not  room  for  hoth  knees. 
Slowly  and  carefully  I  rose  to  my  feet,  grasping  with  thumb  and  finger  ends 
upon  the  small  proieetionss.  crevices.  Sec.  of  the  rt»cks  ahove  me,  and  ad- 
viincing  one  foot  a  few  inches  and  then  bringing  the  other  up  behind,  as 
there  was  no  room  to  pass  one  by  the  other. 

Thus  at  last  I  reached  the  dreaded  angle.  But  there,  the  light  blazed  out 
lipon  me.  Around  the  angle,  and  a  couple  of  stepfc;,  and  I  was  lying  at  rest 
on  a  Ijeautiful  hut  ?ligiitly  inclined  greensward.  Luxurious  as  my  couch 
was,  it  was  not  devoid  of  thorns,  as  I  could  not  forget  that  I  had  yet  some 
one  hundred  and  seventy-five  feet  more  to  climb,  and  ^orue  harrier  must  be 
interf^osed,  somewhere,  else  this  place  would  have  been  di.«covered  from 
above.  I  noticed  while  iying  here,  for  the  first  time^  that  my  finger  ends 
were  batlly  cut^  by  the  inlensity  of  my  grip  on  the  rocks  over  my  narrow 
path. 

My  anxiety  increasing  as  to  what  I  had  still  to  eneonnter  above,  I  arose 
and  commenced  my  upward  way.  Evidently  I  was  on  a  large  slide  of  for- 
mer days*  arrested  in  its  movemenl.  On  a  very  crooked  track  I  found  no 
difficulty  in  ascending  to  about  twenty  feet  from  I  he  top  of  the  cliffs,  but 
here  I  met  the  apprehended  barrier,  in  a  solid  perpendicular  wall  of  about 
twenty  feet,  I  followed  this  wall  to  the  right  till  the  slide  joined  it  in  a 
sheer  descent  of  one  hundred  feet.  No  escape  there.  Then  to  the  left  with 
a  like  result,  only  fifty  feet  worse.  The  Old  Bastile  of  France  was  not  a 
safer  prison.  The  remains  of  another  old  ladder,  utterly  decayed,  showed 
how  formerly  travelers  had  ascended.  But  hold,  a  ray  of  light  produces  a 
throb  of  hope.  In  the  angle  produced  by  the  wall  and  slide  on  the  left, 
grows  a  smalJ  white  birch  tree,  with  the  roots  inserted  partly  in  the  crevices 
of  the  wall,  and  partly  in  the  earth  of  the  slide.  It  rose  some  thirty  feet, 
leaning  from  both  the  wall  and  the  slide  at  an  angle  of  some  ten  degrees, 
EDd  over  the  fearful  abyss  below  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet.  Its  diame- 
ter at  the  ft>ot  was  some  four  or  five  inches.  Again,  an  old  log  of  about 
one  fool  in  diameter  (but  how  long  I  could  not  see),  projected  from  the 
ihtly  sloping  Imnk  above,  the  lower  end  nearly  reaching  the  while  biR-h 

n  feet  from  the  root.     Here  was  a  bridge  that  a  squirrel 

I  safety,  bul  toM  1? 

w  the  tree  must  bear  it  down,  and  away  from  the  end  of 
nt  of  reach  of  it,  and  suspend  tne  over  the  terrible 


154 


BENJAMIN  ClilLn  OV  HOXBURY,  MASS 


ahrss  below.  No,  nol  I  could  never  travel  over  that  road.  But,  whal  Uienl 
What  other  resource?  There  was  really  no  other  way  of  escape  from  ray 
prison^  and  to  remain  there*  w^as  only  a  long  lingering  death  fn^m  stnn;* 
Uon.  I  well  knew  that  the  roa#i  ii-om  the  Falb.down  the  river  U^  the  ^vIhi  I 
j>ool^  pas^i^ed  a  full  half  mile  distant.  It  was  a  lonely,  out  of  the  way  pia  . . 
and  hardly  a  chance  of  a  human  l>eing  coming  within  reach  of  the  k)u*hI  si 
my  voice  at  any  lime. 

A  full  examination  of  all  my  resources,  showed  clearly  that  the  only  choice 
there  was  in  the  matter,  wa:«  death  by  starvation,  long  and  cni**l,  or  a  sud- 
den, yet  fearful  one,  on  the  rocks  below.  If  I  dio^  the  latter,  llwte  wm^  » 
ImtbIy  pii4usible  chance  of  escape.  The  love  of  life  was  then  strong  with  roe, 
and  the  almost  intinitely  small  chance  for  it,  sent  roe  to  the  fo*it  of  the  Trei», 
The  suiall  limbs  were  frt;i|ucut.  and  up  I  climbed.  My  anticipations  wei^ 
realized.  By  the  time  I  wa^  up  twelve  feet  on  the  tree,  it  had  bent  over  &o 
as  to  be  enlirelv  out  of  reach  of  the  log  hIm>vc,  and  one  glance  into  the  fear* 
ful  depths  below  induced  such  gidiliness*,  .sickness,  and  intent  fear,  that  it 
was  with  the  utmost  diflicviliy  that  I  held  tt>  the  tree,  as  I  hastened  to  the 
ground.  1  dropped  to  the  eartli  in  a  dujl,  stupified  despair.  ^11  kiop«  wts 
dead.  ........ 

I  have  no  recollection  of  any  process  of  thought  ar  reason.     I  knew  noth- 
ing— but  a  sensation  of  ufier  hopeh^^tfjus.     How  long  I  lay  in  this  nUle,  I 
know  not,  time  was  forgotten.     But  at  length  I  found  myself  upon  toy  feet, 
and  making  for  the  tree  again ;  why.  or  for  what,  I  knew  not.     Simply  as  a 
machine  I  went  to  the  tree,  and  recoinnienced  its  ai-cent.     Devoid  of  all  fi*r 
or  nervoui»ncsis,   I  reached  the  height  of  the  log  on  the  bank,    now  R^nif 
three  feet  from  my  extended  hand  and  arm.     Next  I  found  myself  swaying 
the  tree  back  and  forth,  to  bring  it  within  reach  of  the  log — over  and  o^er. 
down  and  (Joitii  I  went  toward  that  awful  abyss,  again  and  again  befon*  th 
reaction  bmught  me  within  reai^h  of  the  log.     As  I  reached  it,  I  threw 
arm  over  it,  and  tbu^f  for  an  instant  I  hung.    The  recoil  of  the  tree»  «issbi 
by  my  weight,  was  fnilling  upon  my  arm  with  a  force  it  could  not  eiidn 
At  that  ins.'ant  a  fullconsciousnei^s  of  my  j>osilion  and  its  fearful  peril  bml( 
upon  me,  ami  as  full  a  sense  that  then  «nd  fher^  was  no  time  or  pliice  ^ 
thought  or  conjjideration.     I  let  the  tree  loose,  and  with  a  desi>erate  efforl 
threw  my  other  arm  over  the  log,  and  then,  after  two  fruitles=>  effort*,  li^^kc 
my  feet  around  the  log  alx>ve  my  hand^. 

And  then  I  felt  that  the  hg  iraH  Miowty  sliding  doten  ottr  the  hank,     Y^ 
— it  was  surely  going— I  could  feel  it  and  see  it  move — it  was  all  but  over 
that  would  be— annihilation— .      All  feoir,  fatigue,  and  nervous  weakiiii 
left  me,  I  was  at  perfect  etise.     Time  again  utterly  failed  me.     How  loogJ 
was  thus  suspended  I  have  no  knowledge.     But  at  last.  I  became  con 
that  the  log  had  *st^»pped.     1   ct»uld  see  where  it  had  rubbed  and  grotil 
along  on  the  edge  of  the  rock  about  a  frxtt,  and  then  caught  on  a  knotT 
Then  I  tried  to  move  myself  up  toward  the  bank,  but  found,  suspended  a* 
I  was,  and  with  the  inclination  of  tbc  log  ;sf»me  ten  degrees),  I  cod 
I  rmtaf  get  on  ttip  of  the  big— and  I  did  so — but  Iwtr  I  have  no  recoli 
From  thence  I  reached  the  bank  and  fell  upon  the  grass.     There  men 
ceased,  and  all  was  blank.         .         ,         .         ,         As  consciousne^* 
returned,  1  began  to  realize  that  if  I  had  a  Ix^dy,  it  was  utterly  dend. 
wa*  f^urroundod  by  the  blackest  of  darkness,  and  could  neither  move  or  J 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  155 

any  member  of  my  body,  if  I  had  one.  By  degrees  I  recalled  the  perilous 
scenes  through  which  I  had  passed,  and  a  somewhat  indefinite  conclusion 
followed  that  by  some  means  I  had  fallen  from  the  cb'ff,  and  that  the  body 
was  dead. 

But  the  old  habit  of  contrelling  the  body  through  the  mind  was  still 
strong,  and  in  my  continued  efforts  in  that  direction,  one  of  my  hands  fell 
from  my  body  to  the  ground,  producing  a  cold  and  wet  sensation.  This 
produced  a  shock  and  upset  my  conclusion  as  to  my  death,  and  1  worked 
away  more  vigorously  to  get  control  over  the  body.  In  a  few  minutes,  I  so 
far  succeeded  as  to  find  myself  lying  on  the  wet  grass.  With  still  further 
effort  I  found  a  log  near  by,  lying  much  as  I  recollected  the  one  did  on 
which  I  reached  the  bank,  and  knowing  that  the  higher  end  lay  from  the 
precipice,  and  in  the  direction  of  the  road,  I  followed  it  on  my  hands  and 
knees  to  the  end,  and  then  succeeded  in  getting  on  to  my  feet  and  started 
in  the  direction  of  the  road. 

After  several  mishaps,  from  contact  with  brush,  stumps,  trees,  &c.,  and 
several  falls,  with  the  returning  circulation,  my  sight  also  began  to  return. 
I  began  to  see  stars,  but  of  course  no  sun.  The  day  had  passed  and  it  was 
some  time  in  the  night.  At  last  I  found  the  road,  and  reached  my  board- 
ing house  at  the  Falls,  at  2  o'clock  a.  m. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children. 

[By  Margaret  Tozier.] 

674.  i.  Lucy  Marion  Child,  b.  at  Manchester,  Indiana,  Aug.  12,  1834, 
m.  July  4,  1853,  Washington  Walts. 

675.  ii.  RoLLiN  Almanzor  Child,  b.  at  Manchester,  Ind.,  Aug.  6,  1836, 
d.  same  day. 

676.  iii.  Philander  Ronald  Child,  b.  at  Campbell,  Ind ,  Nov.  10,  1837, 
m.  Jan.,  1860,  Lizzie  Zeodorski. 

677.  iv.  Laura  Almira  Child,  b.  at  Portsmouth,  0.,  July  11,  1840,  m. 
Mar.  14,  1856,  William  Simmons. 

678.  V.  EvERARD  Seymour  Child,  b.  at  Portsmouth,  0.,  Jan.  7,  1842,  m. 
Aug.  6,  1865.  Hannah  E.  Thomdike. 

679.  vi.  Ella  Olivia  Child,  b.  at  Portsmouth,  0.,  Dec.  14,  1843,  d.  June 
19,  1845. 

[By  Rebecca  Coates  Child.  ] 

680.  vii.  Harry  Preston  Child,  b.  at  Clermont  Phalanx,  0.,  Oct.  2, 
1848;  for  some  ten  years  past  yard  master  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  stock  yards. 

[By  Eliza  Hampton  Child.] 

681.  viii.  Julia  E.  Child,  b.  Nov.  10,  1850,  at  Walnut  Hills,  0.,  m.  June 
29,  1879,  James  W.  Thomas,  at  Plattsmouth,  Neb. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

674.  i.  Lucy  Marion  Child,  eldest  child  of  Dr.  Abel  Ly- 
man and  Margaret  Tozier  Child,  b.  in  Manchester,  Ind.,  Aug. 
12,  1834,  m.  at  Harmonia,  Ind ,  July  4,  1858,  Washington 
Walts.  She  d.  in  Oregon,  Feb.  12,  1865.  Mr.  Walts  resides 
in  Oregon  with  his  two  sons. 


B£KJAM1X  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  ILkSS. 

[XiniK  Generation.]    Children: 
m2.  i.  Aloszo  L.  Walts,  b,  at  New  Albfmy,  Ind.,  1854.  d.  1857- 
66a.  ii.  HEJiRy  Walts,  h,  at  Sugar  Grove.  Ind.,  Aug.  10,  1856. 
084.  iii.  Marclis  Walts,  b.  at  Glendale.  Neb.,  Jun.  1880. 

[Eighth  Generation  ] 

d76.  iii.  Philander  Ronai,d  Child,  third  child  and  sec-     , 
ond  son  of  Dr.  Abel  L  and  Margaret  Tozier  Child,  h.  at  Camp^fl 
bell,  Ind.,  Nov.  10,  1837,  m.  Jan.,  1860,  at  St  Louis,  Mo.,  Uz^ 
zie  Zeodorski     He  was  engaged  in  a  railroad  tunnel  in  Cali- 
fornia, in  April,  1875,  sinc€  which  time  he  has  not  been  heard 
from  ;  it  is  presumed  he  is  dead,     lie  served  in  the  late 
war  in  the  Union  army. 
[Ninth  Generation]    Children: 

e58S.  i.  MtcHABL  Child,  b.  at  St  Umis,  Mo.,  1861. 

088.  ii.  Benon  Child,  Ik  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  1863. 

687.  iiL  WU.UE  Child,  b,  at  Glendale.  Neb.,  18^6. 

These  tliree  children  are  living  in  Saunders  Co.,  Ne 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

677.  iv.  Lacka  Almira  Child,  fourth  child  and  second 
dau,  of  Dr.  Abel  L.  and  Margaret  Tozier  Child,  b.  in  Port9M 
mouth,  0„  July  11,  1840,  m,  March  14,  1856»  William  Sim-^ 
mens,  at  Lafayette,  Inti     They  reside  at  Lafayette,  Ind. 

[Ninth  Genenitiori.]    Children; 

688.  i.  George  Simmons,  b.  at  Lafayette.  Ind.,  April  22, 1858.  d.  samedaf. 
mi.  ii.   He\ry  L,  Simmons,  b.  lit  Lafayette,  Ind,  Feb,  I,  I860,  d.  Aug, 

10.  1864,  at  St.  Louis.  Mo. 

6»0   iii,  LucT  E    Simmons,  b,  at  Lafayette,  Ind.,  May  13,  1868,  d.  Feb. 
1^,  181>5.  ^ 

60L  iv,  William  E.  Simmons,  l».  at  Lafayette,  Ind  ,  March  $4. 1865.       ^f 

68£.  V.  Minnie  Issabkl  Simmons,  b.  at  Lafayette,  Ind»,  Jan.  24  I860. 

6^,  vi.  Mahoaret  .rANKTTE  SiMMONS,  b.  In  GUmdale,  N(?b.,  July  20,  ISTi. 

004.  viL  Charles  Lester  Simmons,  b.  in  Glen  dale,  Jan.  22,  1875. 

695.  viii.  Eakl  Chase  Simmons,  b.  at  Lafayette,  Ind,.  Sepr   Im    isTT 

[Eighth  Generation] 

678.  V.  EvERARD  Seymour  Child,  fifth  child  and  thin! 
son  of  Dr.  Abel  L  and  Margai*ct  Tozier  Child,  b.  in  Ports- 
mouth, 0.,  Jan.  7,  1842,  m.  Aug.  6,  1865,  Hannah  E.  Thorn- 
dike.  Keside  at  Afton,  Neb.  Mn  Cliild  served  through  the 
civil  war;  is  postmaster  and  county  surveyor. 
[Ninth  Generalion.]    Children: 

{J06   i.  LoRENA  P.  Child,  b.  June  2, 1866,  at  Glendale,  Neb, 
697,  ii.  Earl  L.  Child,  b,  Feb,  15,  18tj»,  al  Glendale,  Neb, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS..  157 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

660.  V.  Eliza  Augustin  Child,  fifth  child  and  third  dau. 
of  Daniel  and  Appama  Lyman  Child,  b.  in  Eochester,  Vt, 
July  6,  1814,  m.  about  1843,  Seth  Sterling. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

698.  i.  Maurice  Sterling,  b.  in  Warren,  Vt.,  1844,  m.  Elraina  Freeman 
of  Warren. 

699.  i\,  Emily  Sterling,  b.  in  Warren,  Vt.,  1847,  m.  Godfrey  Sumner  of 
Braintree,  Vt.     Lives  in  Warren. 

700.  iii.  George  Sterling,  b  in  Warren,  Vt..  1849,  m.  Mary  Bucklin. 
Lives  in  Warren,  Vt. 

70l  iv.  Laura  Sterling,  b.  in  Warren,  Vt.,  1854,  m.  Wm.  Prosser  of 
Hancock.  Vt. 

702.  V.  Ida  Sterling,  b.  1859. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

661.  vi.  Elijah  Lyman  Child,  sixth  child  and  third  son 
of  Daniel  and  Appama  Lyman  Child,  b.  in  Eochester,  Vt,  July 
31, 1816,  m.  June  20,  1838,  Elizabeth  Blanchard,  at  Woodstock, 
Vt  He  lives  in  Bethel,  Vt,  a  merchant  there  for  thirty  years. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

703.  i.  Elizabeth  Janette  Child,  b.  July  1. 1840,  lives  in  Bethel,  Vt 

704.  ii.  Daniel  Lyman  Child,  b.  June  25,  1852,  lives  in  Bethel,  Vt. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

664.  ix.  Unity  R  Child,  ninth  child  and  fifth  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  Appama  Lyman  Child,  b.  in  Bethel,  Vt,  March  1, 
1822,  m.  Oct  30,  1844,  Charles  W.  Lillie,  at  Bethel,  Vt 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

705.  i  Juliette  A.  Lillie,  b.  in  Bethel,  Vt ,  Dec.  3. 1845,  m.  Sept.  17, 
1863,  E.  C.  Belt.    Reside  at  Corning,  Iowa. 

706.  ii.  Charles  W.  Lillie,  Jr.,  b.  in  Bethel,  Vt.,  April  7, 1849,  d.  May 
5.1863. 

707.  iii.  Elbert  Ray  Lillie,  b.  inHethel,  Vt.,  April  11, 1851,  d.  in  Cal- 
ifornia, Aug.  18,  1875. 

708.  iv.  Samuel  Lillie,  b.  in  Bethel.  Vt.,  Dec.  8,  1853,  d.  same  day. 

709.  V.  Daniel  Lillie,  b.  in  Sugar  Grove,  Ills.,  Nov.  17,  1854,  d.  Oct.  6, 
1860. 

710.  vi.  Lizzie  A.  Lillie,  b.  in  Hazleton,  Iowa,  Dec.  1857. 

711.  vii.  Edwin  Lillie,  b.  in  Hazleton,  Iowa,  Mar.  1,  1862. 

712.  viii.  Francis  G.  Lillie,  b.  in  Independence,  Iowa,  Feb.  14,  1865. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

647.  iii  Enos  Child,  third  child  and  second  son  of  Stephen 
and  Mercy  Chase  Child,  b.  in  Cornish,  N.  R,  Jan.  10,  1783, 
m.  Aug.  23,  1806,  Sarah  Bemis,  who  was  b.  in  Spencer,  Mass., 
Sept  3,  1783.  He  removed  from  Cornish  to  Bethel,  Vt,  1812 
or  1813,  where  he  d.  Jan.  30,  1839. 


158 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURT,  UABB. 


[Seventh  Generation]    Children: 

713*  i,  Abigail  Mary  Chili\  b.  in  Bethe],  Vt.,  May,  24,  1807,  m,  Jan* 
19,  1820,  Benjamin  Rice  of  Rf>yak4in,  Vt.  They  lived  in  Royalton.  He  d. 
May  12,  1867:  she  d.  April  25,' 1868. 

714.  ii.  W.  Chase  Ciiij.d,  b.  in  Bethel,  Vt..  June  24,  1806,  d.  March  13, 
1813. 

715.  iii.  Alice  Cokivit  Ch!j,d,  b.  in  Bethel,  Vt,  Feb.  26,  181Q.  m.  1889.  | 
Hiram  TwiehelL 

716.  iv%  Mehct  Child,  b.  in  Bt^thol,  Vt ,  Oet.  12,  1811,  ra.  Majr  4,  1883,  I 
Justin  Lilly. 

717.  w  Asaph  Bemis  Child,  h,  in  Bethel,  Vt,.  Aug^.  22,  1813|  m.  Jan.  7,  | 
i840.  Eust^bja  Stibiiie, 

718.  vi.  Saijah  Child,  b.  in  Bethel,  Vt.,  Aug.  17,  1815,  m.  S^pt.  14,1854. 
John  Nasely.  in  Randolph,  Vt.     She  d.  Sept.  18.  1856. 

719    vii    Ruth  Chilp,  b.  in  Betliel,  Vt..  Nov.  22,  1817.  m.  Sept.  12.1837, 

Win.  BiiHs. 

730.  viiL  Rachel  Dawhon  Child,  b.  in  Bethel,  Vt.,  Nov.  4,  1819,  d.  1822.  i 
72L  ix    Enos  DENKiftiJK  Child,  b.  in  Bethel,  Vt.,  May  7,  1822,  m.  June  ' 

7,  1846,  Ellen  VVilliams,  b.  April  14,  1839.     Settled  in  Ironton,  0.  in  1844, 

and  died  there.     No  children. 

722  X    RACUEt  Child,  3d,  b.  in  Bethel  Vi  ,  June  25,  1824.  in.  May  7,] 
1844,  Dr  David  G.  Williams. 

ISeventh  Generation.] 

716.  Hi,  Alice  Corbit  Child,  third  child  and  second  dau, 
of  Eims  and  Samh  Bemis  Child,  b.  in  Bethel,  Vt,  Feb.  26, 
1810,  ra.  1S39,  Hiram  Twiehell  of  Belhel,  b.  March  3,  1813. 
Four  ehildreiL 
[Eighth  Generation*]     Children: 

723  i.  Alice  Child  Twichell,  b.  in  Bethrl.  Vt,  Miuch  27.  1840. 
T24.  ii.  Mary  Janktte  Twichell,  b  in  Bethet  Vt.,  July  18,  1843. 
725.  lii.  Sarah  Twichkll,  b.  in  Bethel,  Vt.,  Oet.  23.  1843. 
786.  iv.  Frakk  Twichell,  h.  in  Bi^thel,  Vt.,  Sept  7, 1848. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

716.  iv.  Mercy  Chiu>,  fourth  child  qikI  third  dau.  of  Eiiogj 
and  Sarah  Bemis  Child,  b.  Oct  12,  1811,  in  Bethel,  Yt,  m.  i 
May  4,  1833,  Justin  Lilly,  b.  Oct.  5,  1S07.  She  d.  Feb.  27,  ] 
1838.  Lived  in  Barnard,  Vt. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

727.  i.  Dudley  Cnn-D  Lilly,  b,  Oc-t.  19,  1834. 

728.  ii.  Alice  Child  Lilly,  h.  June  7,  1836. 

729.  iii.  Daniel  Lilly,  b,  Jan.  31,  1638. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

717,  V*  Asaph  Bemis  Chlld,  fifth  child  and  second  son 
Enos  and  Sarah  Bemis  Child,  b,  in  Bethel,  Vt.  Aug.  22,  1813^^ 
m.  Jan.  7,  1840,  Eusebia  Sabine,  who  wiis  bom  FeU  20, 1813, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  159 

d.  Sept  16,  1873.  Mr.  Child  d.  March,  1879,  in  the  66th  year 
of  his  age. 

Soon  after  the  birth  of  Asaph  Bemis  Child,  his  parents  moved 
into  Bethel,  Vt.,  then  comparatively  new  and  wild,  where  he 
led  a  truly  pioneer  life.  Asaph  Bemis  grew  to  be  a  stalwart 
boy  by  the  exercise  of  his  muscular  powers  in  helping  to 
bring  into  culture  the  new  home.  He  came  to  be  a  power,  ere 
he  had  reached  the  age  of  twenty-one.  in  clearing  the  farm  and 
sustaining  the  household.  At  an  early  day  the  elements  of  a 
strong  mind,  and  a  robust  constitution,  began  to  be  developed. 
While  his  hands  were  industriously  and  efficiently  employed  in 
the  field,  his  leisure  hours  were  spent  in  reading  and  study,  till 
his  knowledge  of  the  primary  branches  of  education  was  suffi- 
cient to  qualify  him  to  teach  a  common  school.  For  several 
winters,  while  in  his  minority,  he  taught  school,  and  returned 
to  work  on  his  father  s  farm  in  the  summer.  After  reaching 
his  majority,  he  spent  two  winters  at  the  Academy  in  Eandolph, 
Vt,  boarding  with  his  uncle.  Judge  Chase,  Chief  Justice  of  the 
State  of  Vermont;  working  for  his  board.  So  faithful  and 
efficient  was  he,  that  his  uncle  declared  he  accomplished  more 
than  any  other  laborer  on  the  farm,  and  that  he  was  so  studi- 
ous he  kept  his  standing  in  his  class.  Such  was  the  force  of 
character,  and  the  unflagging  mental  application  exhibited  at 
this  period,  foreshadowing  what  the  future  would  be  in  attain- 
ments and  efficiency. 

Having  passed  his  twenty-second  year,  and  acquired  such 
knowledge  as  his  limited  means  would  allow,  he  commenced 
the  study  of  medicine,  and  attended  a  course  of  medical  lectures 
at  Dartmouth  College,  N.  H  Afterwards  he  attended  a  medi- 
cal course  in  Boston,  Mass.,  when  he  returned  to  Bethel,  Vt, 
and  read  and  practiced  with  Dr.  Alfred  Page  of  that  town,  and 
gained  much  favor  among  the  people  for  skill  and  urbanity. 
To  complete  his  medical  studies  he  went  to  Burlington,  Vt, 
and  graduated,  receiving  his  medical  diploma  from  that  insti- 
tution. His  thoroughness  as  a  student  cannot  be  questioned. 
But  he  was  not  satisfied  with  the  medical  practice.  He  went 
to  Boston  and  connected  himself  with  the  office  of  Messrs.  Ellis 
cV  Dana,  leading  dentists  in  that  city.  For  two  years  he  indus- 
triou.«ly  applied  himself,  and  became  a  skillful  dentist  He 
then  opened  an  office  of  his  own,  and  proved  himself  to  be  one 


160 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBrRT,  MASS. 


of  the  most  popular  dentists  of  the  city.  Natorally  of  a  sf 
Illative  turn  of  mind,  he  began  at  this  period  to  write  and  put 
lish  articles  ou  Cjuestions  of  public  interest  His  first  dis 
tion  was  a  treatise  an  the  ''Care  and  Preservation  of  the  Teetb 
These  literary  efforts  led  to  the  publication  of  a  monthly 
azine  called  The  AtJietnvnm.  He  was  much  interested  in  th 
subject  of  education^  and  for  some  time  was  an  aetiv^e  memli 
of  the  Public  Schoul  committee  of  Boston.  He  finally  becan 
much  interested  in  the  new  philosophies  and  spiritualistic  mac 
ifestations,  so  called  In  support  of  these  he  was  very  earne 
and  is  thongbt  to  have  made  many  converts. 

The  development  of  his  philosophies  is  before  the  public,  an 
the  fi'uits  will  be  judged  of  variousl)^  as  the  opinions  of  me 
a}>proximate  to  or  diverge  from  his  own. 
[Eighth  GpnemtioD.l     Children: 

730.  i.  John  Tukoim:>he  Citild,  U   .hme  13,  1841.  ni.  .Tune  4,  1863,  Sfirsti 
Gerry. 

731.  ii.  Henrv  Child,  b,  Juii.  Ifl,  1847,  in  Boston.  Mass. 
733,  iii    Ca.utLEs  Edward  Child,  h.  July  31,  1853.  in  Boston,  MasR. 

[Eighth  Genenition.J 

730.  i.  John  Theodore  Child,  eldest  child  of  Asaph  BemSl 
and  Eusebia  Sabine  Child,  b.  June  13,  18-Jrl.  m,  June  4,  1863, 
Sarah  Gerry. 
[Ninth  Genemtion.]     Children: 

733.  i.  Sahah  Gerthi  de  Child,  \k  1864* 

734.  iL  Mad  ALINE  Eliza  detu  I'hild,  b,  1867. 

735.  iii,  RiTTu  Lavikl^  CniLD,  b.  Dec,  7,  18G8. 
73ft.  iv.  Beunicb  Theodore  Can/D.  b.  Feb.  1,  1872, 

[Seven  t h  G  e  ivenAt  i  o  u .  ] 

719.  vii.  Ruth  Child,  seventh  child  and  fifth  dau.  of  Enc 
and  Sarah  Bemis  Child,  b.  in  Bethel,  Vt,  Nov,  22,  1817, 
Sept  12,  1837,  Wni.  Basfi  of  Braiiitree,  Vt,  b.  March  14,  181( 
She  died  at  Jefferson  City,  Mo.,  1861, 
[  Ei gh  I  b  Cr  on e mt  m  n .  ]     C h  i  1  rl  re  n  : 

737.  i    Wm.  Edwarh  B.vt*8,  b.  An^'.  16,  18-'8,  in  Bmintree.  Vt. 

788.  ii.  ENoa  Cnn-D  Babs,  K  in  Braintr  e,  Vt  .  July  20,  1840 

739,  ill,  Dlidley  Chase  Ba^s*.  h,  in  limintree,  Vt  ,  Aug,  10,  1842 

740,  iv.  Sarah  Agnes  Bass,  b.  in  Brain tri^o,  Vt ,  Dec,  2,  1844. 

741,  V.  Charles  Henkv  Ba^s,  b.  in  Bmmtret^,  Vt.,  Jiilj  23,  1848. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

722,  X.  Rachel  Child,  2)j,  tenth  child  and  seventh  dao, 
Enoa  and  Siirah  Bemis  Cbild,  b.  in  Bethel,  Vt.j  June  25,  1824 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  161 

m.  May  7, 1844,  Dr.  Gardner  Williams.     She  d.  May  17, 1868, 
in  Boston,  Mass. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

742.  i.  EusBBiA  Sabinb  Williams,  b.  March  8,  1845. 

743.  ii.  Grace  Williams,  b.  Feb.  6,  1849. 

744.  iii.  Clarik  Williams,  b.  Sept  26,  ia51. 

745.  iv.  Uletbttr  Williams,  b.  Jan.  27,  1855. 

746.  V.  Alice  Child  Wn.LiAMS,  b.  May  24. 1858. 

[Sixth  Generation] 

648.  iv.  Ursula  Child,  fourth  child  and  second  dau.  of 
Stephen  and  Mercy  Chase,  b.  in  Cornish,  N.  H.,  June  2,  1785, 
m.  Nov.  2,  1806,  Ebenezer  Cummings,  at  Cornish,  N.  H.  He 
was  b.  June  24,  1779.     She  d.  Jan.  29,  1834,  in  Cornish. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Child : 

747.  i.  Dudley  Cummings,  resides  at  Palmyra,  Mo. 

Sixth  Generation.] 

650.  vi.    Eudocia  Child,  sixth  child  and  fourth  dau.  of 
Stephen  and  Mercy  Chase  Child,  b.  in  Cornish,  N.  H.,  Jan.  27, 
1789.  m.  June  8,  1806,  Benjamin  Freeman,  who  was  born  Aug. 
6,  1781,  at  Plainfield,  N.  R 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

748.  i.  Philander  Chase  Freeman,  b.  in  Plainfield,  N.  H.,  Aug.,  1807, 
m.  May,  1838,  Sarah  Norton. 

749.  ii.  James  Freeman,  b.  in  Plainfield,  N.  H.,  Aug.,  1812,  d.  May, 
1877. 

750.  iii.  Mercy  Freeman,  b.  in  Plainfield,  N.  H.,  Oct,,  1814,  m.  1837, 
March  Chase. 

751.  iv.  LucLi  Freeman,  b.  in  Plainfield,  N.  H.,  Nov.,  1817,  m.  1848, 
Benj.  C.  Daniels. 

752.  V.  Clara  Freeman,  b.  in  Plainfield,  N.  H.,  Dec,  1820.  Lives  in 
Plainfield,  N.  H. 

753.  vi.  John  Freeman,  b.  In  Plainfield,  N.  H.,  April,  1825. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

748.  i.  Philander  Chase  Freeman,  eldest  child  of  Eudo- 
cia Child  and  Benjamin  Freeman,  b.  in  Plainfield,  N.  H.,  Aug., 
1807,  m.  May,  1838,  Sarah  Norton  of  Plainfield,  N.  R 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

754.  i.  Frederick  Freeman,  b.  in  Claremont,  N.  H.,  March,  1839,  d.  in 
Newburgh,  N.  Y.,  1S67. 

755.  ii.  Frank  Grannis  Freeman,  b.  in  Claremont,  N.  H.,  April,  1844, 
d.  Nov.  1844. 


162 


BEKJ.UnX  CHILD  OF  fiOXBURT.  %A36. 


[Seveatb  Gcnentioo.] 

7aO.  iii.  Mercy  Freeman,  third  child  and  eldest  dau.  of 
Eadocia  Child  and  Benjamin  Freeinan,  h.  in  Plainlield,  N.  IL, 
Oct,  1814,  m.  Jan,,  1837,  March  Chase  of  Langdon,  N.  R 
[Eighth  GeneratiODu]     Child: 

75$.  i.  John  Ciui»e^  b.  in  Laagdon,  N.  H..  Oct.,  1840,  m*  April,  ISH 
Sleaiior  6.  Spaulding  in  Lebanon,  X.  H.     Thej  had  one  child. 
[Ninth  GeoetatioD.]    Child: 

797*  i.  LccT  Cbass,  h.  in  Langdon,  K.  H.,  Mairh,  1887. 

[Serenth  Generation  ] 
75L  iv.  LcciA  Freesian,  fourth  child  and  second  da«L  d 

Eiidocia  Child  and  Benjamin  Freeman,  b.  Nov.,  1817,  m.  Jane^ 

1843,  Benjamin  C.  Daniels.     She  died  Jane,  1847. 

[Eighth  GeDeradon  ]     Children : 
758.  L  Nelus  K-  Danjels.  b.  March,  1S44,  m.  Oct.  11^4,  Emma  J,  Halt 
750.  ii.  James  Morkis  Da^xiels,  b.  Aug,,  1846,  d.  Jan.,  18^. 

[Eighth  Generation,] 

758.  i*  Nellis  K.  Daniei^^  eldest  child  of  Lucia  Freeman 
and  Benjamin  C.  Daniels,  and  grandson  of  Eudocia  Child  Fr 
man,  k  Marcb^  1844,  m.  Oct,  1874,  Emma  J.  Hall  in  Lebaa 
on,  N.  H. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child : 
760.  i.  Blakcbb  L.  Daxiels,  b.  Aug ,  1879. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

652.  viii.  Stephen  Child,  Jr.,  eighth  child  and  third  son  ol 
Stephen  and  Mercy  Cliase  Child,  b.  in  Cornish,  N.  H.,  Aug.! 
20,  1792,  m.  March  20,  1822,  Eliza  Atwood,  at  Cornish  Flat 
N.  n.     She  was  born  April  21,  1801,  at  Pelham,  N.  H.     Mr 
Child  lived  and  died  in  Cornish. 
[Seventh  Generation,]     Children: 

76L  i.  Eliza  Janb  Chh^d,  b.  iu  Comish.  N.  H.,  June  E3, 1823,  m.  Maj 
4,  18G8,  Freeinaii  Woodward  of  Greenfield,  Mass. 

762.  ii.  PiiiLAKDEK  Chase  Child,  b,  in  Cornish,  N,  H.,  Sept  30,  1814, 
m.  Sept.  20,  1S40,  Sarah  Hodge  of  Cornish. 

763.  iii,  George  Fra^nklin  Child,  b.  in  Cornish.  N.  H.,  July  18,  IW, 
d.  Aug.  22.  1834. 

764.  iv,  WrLLL\M  Henrv  Child,  b.  iu  Cornish,  N.  H.,  Dec.  22, 1832»i 
Jan.  1.  1857,  Ellen  Frances  Leigh  ton. 

765.  V.  Mahion  Ella  Child,  b,  in  Cornish.  S,  IT.,  Oct.  0.  18S4,  ra.  Jnl] 
10,  1867,  Gen.  Joseph  Hartllnger  of  Hungary,  Europe,  now  of  Dover,  N,  i 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

764.  iv.  William  Henby  Child,  fourth  child  and  thirds 
of  Stephen  and  Eliza  Atwood  Child,  b.  in  Cornish,  N.  H,, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  163 

22,  1832,  m.  Jan.  1,  1837,  Ellen  Frances  Leighton  of  Hartford, 
Vt     A  farmer,  lives  at  Cornish  Flat,  N.  H. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

766.  i.  William  Palmbr  Child,  b.  Noy.  15, 1857,  in  Cornish,  N.  H. 

767.  ii.  Frank  Eugene  Child,  b.  April  19,  1^59,  in  Cornish,  N.  H.,  d. 
1860. 

768.  iii.  Hattie  Lillian  Child,  b.  Dec.  28^  1863,  in  Cornish,  N.  H. 

769.  iv.  Edwin  Lbiohton  Child,  b.  May  28,  1867,  in  Cornish,  N.  H. 

770.  V.  Eva  Child. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

054.  X.  Jane  Child,  tenth  child  and  seventh  dau.  of  Stephen 
and  Mercy  Chase  Child,  b.  in  Cornish,  N.  H.,  m.  Jacob  J.  Sat- 
ford.  They  lived  at  Eoyalton,  Vermont,  a  few  years  and  then 
moved  to  Cold  water,  Mich.,  and  resided  there  till  the  time  of 
their  death.  Their  children  were  all  born  in  Eoyalton,  Vt 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

771.  i.  Heney  Safpord,  was  a  clergyman  of  the  Episcopal  church;  has 
been  settled  in  Vermont,  Michigan  and  Indiana. 

772.  ii.  Hebek  Chase  Sappord. 

773.  iii.  Philander  Safford. 

774.  iv.  Prudentia  Safford. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

642.  iv.  Abel  Child,  fourth  child  and  fourth  son  of  Daniel 
and  Euth  Ammidown  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Oct  18, 1752, 
DO.  March  11, 1779,  Eebecca  Allard.  She  was  b.  1760,  A  1820, 
in  Woodstock.  He  d.  Nov.  12, 1807,  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  where 
he  had  always  lived.  They  had  eight  children. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children : 

775.  i.  Uriah  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  5,  1779,  m.  April  2, 
1807,  Polly  Carpenter. 

776.  ii.  Salome  Child,  b  July  8,  1781,  m  Sept.  3, 1803,  Abiel  Chamber- 
lain. 

777.  iii.  Stephen  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  April  21, 1783,  m.  Abigail 
Carter. 

778.  iv.  Nabby  Bridges  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  March  28,  1785, 
unmarried. 

779.  V.  Rebecca  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  6,  1790,  m.  Jan.  28, 
1822,  Nathan  Morse. 

780.  vi.  Abel  Child,  Jr,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  6,  1792,  m.  1st, 
March  16,  1826,  Dorothea  Child,  m.  2d,  Feb.  16,  1831,  Sophia  Child. 

781.  vii.  Alvin  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock  Ct.,  April  23,  1795,  m  May  3, 
1824,  Mary  May. 

782.  viii.  Daniel  Child,  b.  in  Woodst09k,.Ct.,  Dec.  2,  1797,  m.  April  9, 
1827,  Lucy  Carpenter. 


BEKJAMIK  CHILD  OF  ROXBtlRY,  MASS. 

[Sixth  Generation,] 

775,  i.  IJRrAir  Child,  first  child  of  Abel  and  Rebecca  AUard 
Child,  b.  ill  Woodstock,  Ct,  Dee.  5,  1779,  m.  April  2,  1807,  Pollj 
Carpenter.  Soon  after  bis  marriage  he  removed  to  Norwich, 
Chenango  county,  N.  Y.,  and  settled  on  a  farm  a  few  miles  from 
the  village  of  Noj'wicL  He  died  Jul}^  4, 1812,  leaving  a  wife  and 
three  young  children.  For  several  years,  previous  to  bis  mar 
riage.  he  was  a  school  teacher ;  with  some  military  aspirations 
he  held  a  captain's  comniissiou  in  a  company  of  Infantry,  whieL 
he  supported  with  credit  to  his  skill  as  an  officer.  At  his  death, 
Mrs.  Child  was  left  to  cultivate  the  farm  and  care  for  the  chi 
dren.  Being  a  woman  of  great  energy,  and  possessing  a  vigorou 
constitution,  under  many  discouragements,  succeeded,  in 
aging  successfully  the  farm  till  her  sons  grew  to  manhood,  \ 
relieved  her  of  much  of  her  burdens.  She  died  in  Norwici 
1834. 
[Seventh  OeneraUoTi.J     Children: 

783  i.  Abkl  Child,  b.  in  Norvrich,  Chen,  county,  N.  Y„  Dee.  20,  18 
He  never  mnrrieJ.  Fie  held  the  office  of  captain  in  a  company  of  InfwDt 
He  died  Sept.  24.  mU. 

784.  ii.  Ann  Cfir.iA  Child,  b.  in  Norwich,  N.  Y,,  Dec.  12, 1809,  m»  Ma 
10,  1840,  Samuel  Aldiieh.      He  died  Jan.  25,  1873,  leaving  no  cbildreli? 
Hrsi.  Ahlrich  lives  in  the  village  of  Norwich,  N.  Y. 

785.  iii.  Joseph  Uriah  Child,  b  in  Norwich.  N.  Y  ,  Feb.  12.  1»12» 
1st,  Dec  5,  1850,  Limnna  Pnge.    She  died  Jan.  30,  1858,  and  he  ra.  3d,  OIH 
Eeclestun,  whose  maiden  name  was  Benedict.     He  died  May  6,  1879. 
Child  was  a  farmer,  and  resided  in  Preston,  N.  Y. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children  of  Joseph  Uriah  Child,  by  his  first  wile:  J 
TO6,  i.  Cklia  L.  Child,  b.  April  15,  1855. 
787.  ii-  John  P.  Child,  b  Jan.  35,  1&58. 


[Sixth  Generation. 

776,  ii.  Salome  Child,  second  child  of  Abel  and  ReVn 
Allard  Child,  h.  in  Woodstock,  July  H,  1781,  m.  Sept  3,  IS 
Abiel  Chamberlaiu. 

[Seventh  Generation,]    Child: 

788.  i,  John   Newton  Chantberlain,  b   May  26,  1812.  m.  1838.  l^r 
Plympton.     Had  seven  children. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children  i 

789.  i.  Rebecca  Plympton  CHANnjERLAiii,  b.  Nov.  12,  1839,  m  1859» ' 
H.  Baker,     Had  live  ehildren. 

700.  ii,  John  Newton  CnAMBERLAiN^  b.  Feb.  20,  1841,  m,  Abbie  Buo 
791.  iii.  ALVtN  Bond  Chamberlain,  b.  Dec,  16, 1842,  m.  Oct,  10,  18 
Mary  L.  Fvink, 


SESCI 


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702.  i\\  Ellen  S.  Cfiambeeilain,  b.  Jan»  13,   184^,   m.  Nov.  ao,  18G7, 
Emery  Andrews.     Havu  two  children. 

793.  \\  Emily  U  Chamberlain,  b.  May  3,  1847.  m.  186S,  Warren  How- 
ard.   Have  one  ehild. 
I      794.  Ti.  Mary  D.  Chambeulain,  b,  April  24,  1849. 

795.  vii.  EowtN  H.  Chamberlain,  b.  Feb.  2,  1852,  m.  1876,   Clam  C. 
Wallace.     Have  one  child, 

[Sixth  Generation.  J 

777.  iii.  Stephen"  Child,  second  son,  and  third  child  of  Abel 
and  Rebecca  Allard  Child,  h  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  April  21, 
1783,  m,  Abgail  Carter,  of  Dudley,  Mass.,  who  was  b.  March 
22,  1783,  She  lives  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  in  the  home  to  which 
she  was  taken  at  her  marriage,  which  must  have  been  in  18  U, 
or  1812^  her  age  being  96  years. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children : 

796.  i.  Elizabeth  M.  Child.  l\  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  in  lttl3,  m.  April  4, 
1843,  Rev.  L.  Burleigh. 

797.  ii.  Caholine  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct.,  in  181t5,  m.  William 
Chandler. 

7m  iii.  Abbey  Child,  b.  in  Woodstack,  Ct.,  1818.  m.  A.shlcy  Mills. 

799.  iv.  Abel  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1831  >  in.  Ellen  Biigt>ee. 

800.  V.  Harhiet  F.  C  kilo,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1837,  ra.  Harris  May. 

[Seventh  Generation  ] 

79ti.  i.  Elizabeth  Morse  Child,  eldest  child  of  Stephen 
and  Abigail  Carter  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1813,  m.  by 
Rev.  Thomas  Boiitwell,  April  4, 1848,  to  Bev  Lucien  Burleigh. 

This  Burleigh  family,  into  which  Elizabeth  Morse  Child 
married,  is  one  of  such  prominence,  from  their  unusual  ability 
and  devotion  to  the  great  refin'ms  of  the  day,  we  are  glad 
their  alliance  to  the  Child  name  permits  us  to  sketch  thern, 
briefly  though  it  mnst  be.  Their  lives  are  of  such  as  we  gladly 
ofl[er  the  youth  of  our  kindred  for  ensamples.  Rev.  Lueiea 
Burleigh  is  the  son  of  Rinaldo  and  Lydia  Bradford  Burleigh. 
Mrs.  Lydia  B,  Burleigh  was  a  direct  descendant  of  Governor 
Bradford,  who  came  to  the  new  world  with  the  first  band  of 
emigrants  in  1620,  on  board  the  May-flower.  Of  the  family  of 
nine  children  given  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rinaldo  Burleigh,  two  died 
in  infancy,  the  other  seven  attained  mature  yeai-s,  six  sons  and 
one  daughter.  The  physical  development  of  these  sons  was 
so  remarkable,  they  were  sometimes  termed  ^'The  thirty-six  feet 
of  Burleigh  boys."  The  eldest  son,  John  Oscar  Burleigh,  was 
born  in  Plaiiifield,  Ct,  where  his  father,  who  was  a  graduate  of 


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lie  offices.     The  folio  wing  e> 
torical  Collections  :'* 

Rensselaer  (^hiltl  was  largely  eti 
circuit  of  con u try  of  coiisideraldo  i 
will  show,  thi?i  (!liiS5  of  lHisine!>s,  fid 
coraniuaitY,  was  muiiopolized  by] 
possessed  more  Thaa  the  or<linary  j 
[Seventh  Gencraiif^iL]    Children: 

593.  i.  A^A  Child,  b.  in  Woo 
Alice  n.  Goddard, 

594.  ii    Veleu  CnauiN  Child, 
Sept.  10,  18*20,  Abigail  Bullock. 

595.  iii,  Linus  Child,  k  in  Wci 
1 827^  Be  re  n  th  la  Mason . 

Sm  iv,  Myra  Child.  K  in  Wo 
15,  1825. 

597.  V.  Lettnia  Child,  b.  in 
1832,  Henry  Ing&lls. 

598.  vi.  Clarissa  CBfLD,  b.  in 
18,  1841,  Charles  Chandler. 

599.  vii.  Pris<  iLLA  Child,  b,  idf] 
37,  1840,  EeiiKst^laer  Woodruff. 

GOO.  viii.  ErHKAiM  Child,  b. 
30.  1837. 

601.  ix.  RsNi^sELAEib  Child,  Jm.^ 
m,  Aug.,  1842,  Miiria  Marey. 

[Seventh  Genemtion.] 

593.  i.  Hon.  Asa  Child, J 
Priscilk  Corbin  Child,  b.  iiij 
Feb.  13,  182fi,  Alice  Hart 
Goddard  of  Norwieli^  Ct 
lawyer    in    Connecticut     He'j 
wlieu  the  Federal  party  wa 
Mayor  of  the  City  of  Nor 
Representatives  in  the  Conne 
Superior  Court  and  of  the  I 
nectieutT — ^liis  wife  was  the 
D.R,  of;iPrestoDj  Ct.,  and 
Bellamy^  D.D.,  of  Bothlehera, 

Hon,  Asa  Chilrl  was  in  statu! 
personal  appearanee.     Daseeiid 
influential,  his  early  life  comn 
Po.ssessed  of  tnorc  \ 


roundings. 

ties,  with  a  thorough 

life. 


education,! 


166 


BENJAMIN  CliTLD  OF  ROXBITRY,  MASSw 


Yale  College^  was  residing,  being  the  principal  of  tbe  Plainfie^ 
Academy.     Mr.  John  O.  Boi^leigh  wai5  educated  at  the  Plaii 
field  Academy^  and  at  the  Connecticut  Literary  Institute  at 
Suffield.     He  Ijecaiiie  a  teacher  in  the  public  sch<:>ols  of  Kill- 
inglj,  Ct,  Oxford  and  Brookline,  Masa     While  prLncipal  of 
the  high  Bchool  at  Oxford  Plains,  he  married  Miss  Evaline 
Moore,  of  that  place.     He  had  four  children.     The  secou<l  chi 
of   Rinaldo  and   L.    B.    Burleigh,    was   a   daughter,    Franc 
Mary  Bradford  Burleigh,  who  maiTied  Jesse  Arms,  and  reside 
in  Vineland,  New  Jei^sey.     The  third  child  wa^  Charles  Cali^ 
ter  Burleigh.     **He  was  a  bright  scholar  at  an  e^rly  age ;   wa 
fitted  for  college  before  he  was  twelve ;  commenced  teaching 
when  he  was  fourteen.     He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  as  a  lai 
yer,  in  Windham  county,  Ct."     At  this  time  he  gave  promifl 
of  great  brilliancy  arid  distinction  in  this  profe^ion.     For  two 
years  before  his  admission  to  the  bar,  in  the  years  1833  and  '3 
lie  edite<:l  the  first  anti-slavery  paper  in  Connecticut     From  i 
deep  sense  of  duty,  he  gave  up  his  legal  aspirations,  and  devc 
ed  himself  to  the  cause  of  the  slave,  which  he  plead  with  ui] 
equaled  logic,  and  great  eloquence,  until  the  hour  of  emanci^ 
pation.     He  then  became  a  preacher  and  ministered  to  an  **Ih'_ 
dependent  Congregational  Society"  in  Florence,  Mass,,  a 
tion  he  held  for  most  of  the  remaining  years  of  his  life, 
was  injured  by  a  passing  train  when  at  a  railway  station,  resu 
ing  in  his  death  ten  days  later.     The  highest  testimony  to 
intellectual  and  moral  worthy  was  rendered  by  his  fi*iends,  Sa 
uel   May^    William   Lloyd   Garrison,    and  other  able  men 
the  time  of  his  decease.     The  fourth  child  in  the  family,  wa 
William   Henry   Burleigh ;   as  a  boy,  possessed  of  a  sunnj 
mirthful  temper,  which  dubbed  him  the  *' rogue'*  in  boy  ho 
and  cheei'ed  and  sweetened  his  manhood     With  less  ac^dcc 
cal  training  than  his  bi*others,  he  made  for  himself,  neverth 
less,  a  ]>lace  in  the  ranks  of  reformei^.     He  became  a  print 
and  editor,  and  bravely  and  effectively  labored  in  tlie  temj 
ance  and  anti-slavery  causes.     In  1S37,  he  removed  to  Pitlj 
burgh,  Pa.,  and  published  there  the  ChriMian  Witness,  and  lat 
the  Ihrtpemnce  BfJfmer.     The  ^'ears  of  his  residence  in  PeuD 
sylvania,  were  busy,  useful,  honorable  and  honored.     In  1S4S, 
he  returned  Uy  Connecticut,  and  in  Harlfortl  edited  the  Chrut^ 
tan  Fr^iernaiif  soon  changed  to  Charter  Oak.     One  who 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  167 

him  well,  and  was  capable  of  judging  wisely,  says  of  him :  "He 
had  few  equals,  and  no  superiors,  as  a  writer,  speaker,  editor, 
poet,  reformer,  friend,  associate :  it  was  the  universal  testimony 
of  those  knowing  him  best,  and  esteeming  him  most  truly,  that 
he  stood  in  the  forefront  of  his  generation."  * 

In  1849,  Mr.  W.  H.  Burleigh  went  to  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  in 
the  employ  of  the  New  York  State  Temperance  Society,  as 
lecturer,  secretary,  and  editor  of  their  paper,  which  position 
he  held  five  years-  In  1855,  he  received  the  unsolicited  ap- 
pointment of  harbor  master  from  Gov.  Myron  H.  Clark.  In 
1863,  heavy  afflictions  came  upon  him,  and  the  loss  of  father, 
wife,  daughter  and  grandson  in  rapid  succession,  so  told  upon 
his  health,  he  was  speedily  compelled  to  seek  restoration  in 
change  of  scene.  Somewhat  more  than  a  year  after,  he  was 
invited  to  attend  a  silver  wedding  in  Syracuse ;  unable  to  be 
present,  he  sent  the  accompanying  little  poem  of  regrets: 

**0n  this  auspicious  day,  could  all  my  wishes 

That  peace  be  yours,  and  happiness,  and  health, — 
Assume  the  varied  form  of  silver  dishes, 
How  would  your  tables  glitter  with  their  wealth. 

But  since  no  sprite  can  work  this  transformation, 

I  send  my  simple  blessing  in  this  rhyme ; 
With  hearty  love,  and  honest  admiration 

That  still  grows  stronger  with  the  passing  time. 

May  the  good  angels  evermore  attend  you 

And  make  your  days  all  beautiful  and  fair. 
And  since  no  other  silver  can  I  send  you, 

I  send  a  lock  of  my  own  silver  hair." 

He  passed  away  on  the  18th  March,  1871 ;  John  Chadwick 
said  of  him,  at  his  funeral,  "He  loved  everything,  from  rocks, 
woods,  and  waters,  up  to  truth  and  God." 

The  fifth  child  of  Einaldo  and  Lydia  B.  Burleigh  was  Lu- 
cian,  who  married  Elizabeth  (or  "Betsey")  Morse  Child;  he 
.was  born  in  Plainfield,  Ct.,  on  the  3d  February,  1817,  and  is 
yet  living  in  the  house  where  he  was  .born.  He  studied  for  the 
ministry,  and  became  a  Baptist  clergyman :  he  was,  however, 
early  inspired  with  the  reformatory  bias  of  his  family.  -  At  six- 
teen years  of  age  made  his  maiden  speech,  upon  temperance, 
and  years  of  his  life  have  found  him  devoting  time  and  talent 

*  Hon.  Francis  GiUette,  M.  C. 


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promotion  of  this  reform.  Id  1850,  he  became  sec retarr 
of  the  "Society  for  the  Suppression  of  Gambliog."  In  1854, 
he  was  again  in  hia  native  place,  engaged  in  teaching,  much  of 
the  time^  in  the  Plainfield  Academy,  of  which  institution  he 
has  published  an  extende<:l  history.  For  a  number  of  yeai^  he 
has  re^sided  upon  the  ancestral  farm,  cultivating  the  soil,  and 
acting  as  agent  for  the  Conn.  Temperance  Union,  also  preach- 
ing when  called  U{>on.' 

The  fifth  son  of  this  line  was  Cyrus  Moses  Burleigh,  born  id 
Plainfield,  Ct,  8th  Feb,  1820,  dying  at  Sunnyside.  Pa.,  7th 
March,  1855.  ''Though  ending  life  in  the  rieliness  an 
strength  of  his  mental  manhood,  the  years  he  had  lived  we 
full  of  earnest,  hearty  toil  for  the  amelioration  of  the  colored 
race,  for  the  release  of  the  intemperate  from  the  thraldom 
vice,  and  for  the  advance  of  all  efforts  to  uplift  his  fellow- 
ings.'*  The  last  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  the  State 
Penns^'lvania,  editing  the  Pennsylvania  Freeman, 

The  youngest  of  these  sods  was  George  Shepard  Burleig 
who  was  born  in  Plainfield,  in  1822 ;  he  is  now  in  the  fall 
turity  of  a  noble  physical  and  mental  manho*:Ml,  and  is  widet] 
known  as  a  poet  of  much  strength  and  beauty  of  though 
Several  years  since  he  published  in  Philadelphia,  Pa,,  a  volun 
of  poems,  entitled,  *^The  Maniac,  and  other  Poems."     At  tl 
time  of  the  Fremont  campaign  he  published  a  volume  of 
ems,  on  incidents  in  the  life  of  X  C.  Fremont,  called,  **  Sign 
Fires  on  the  Trail  of  the  Path-Finder/'     He  has  written  many 
articles  for  periodicals,  which  would  fill  several  volumes  if  ( 
lecteA     He  married  Miss  Rutii  Burgess  of  Little  Coraptciij 
R,  L,  where  he  now  resides. 

Of  the  succeeding  generation  we  say  but  a  few  words.  Ther 
seems  a  remarkable  development  of  artistic  taste  and  talent,  from 
which  we  may  hope  such  good  work,  in  the  promotion  of 
aesthetic  culture,  as  the  parents  have  wrought  in  reform. 

[Eighth  Generation  ]     Chi  Idren : 

801.  i.  Qkktrudr  Eltzabetu  Btnu.EtGM,  li,  in  Woodstock,  Ct., 
to,  1844. 

80S.  ii.  Harkikt  FRASCEg  Bchleigh/Ii.  in  Plainfield,  Ct,  July  10,  IW. 

803.  iiL  Cauqline  Ella  BiRLEmn,  h,  m  PlaiQfiel(3,  Ct„  Jaly  28^  1819, 
m.  Frank  Tjler.    She  resides  in  Ihniielsonvine,  Ct, 


*  Tu  him  we  are  indebted  for  the  tnftin  facts  given  of  this  band  of  brothers 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  169 

804.  iv.  LuciEN  RiNALDO  Burleigh,  b.  in  Plainfield,  Ct.,  Feb.  6,  1853. 

805.  V.  Wm.  Bradford  Burleigh,  b.  in  Plainfield,  Ct,  July  18,  1855. 

806.  vi.  John  Carter  Burleigh,  b.  in  Plainfield,  Ct.,  May  18,  1857. 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

797.  ii.  Caroline  Child,  second  dau.  and  child  of  Stephen 
and  Abigail  Carter  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  1816,  m.  Jan. 
1,  1844,  William  Chandler,  son  of  Capt  John  and  Deborah 
Eddy  Chandler  of  Dudley,  Mavss.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Chan- 
dler were  married  by  Rev.  Thomas  Boutwell. 

William  Chandler  is  one  of  a  family  of  ten  children — nine 
sons  and  one  daughter.  His  eldest  brother,  John  Chandler, 
went  as  a  missionary  to  India,  in  Oct.,  1S46,  and  has  continued 
there  till  the  present  time.  He  has  had  nine  children,  two  of 
whom  have  died ;  the  others  have  received  an  education  in  this 
country  ;  three  married  and  returned  to  India — two  as  mission- 
aries. Joseph  Chandler,  another  brother  of  William,  is  a  cler- 
gyman settled  in  Minnesota,  and  has  had  six  children,  three  of 
whom  are  living.  Augustus  Chandler,  the  youngest  brother 
of  William,  is  a  clergyman,  preaching  in  Brattleboro,  Vt,  till 
compelled  by  failing  health  to  relinquish  his  charge,  and  is  now 
editor  of  a  paper  in  Vermont*  Of  the  two  remaining  brothers 
of  William  Chandler  now  living,  one.  Daman,  is  a  farmer  in 
Woodstock,  Ct.;  the  other,  Amasa,  is  the  proprietor  of  a  hotel 
on  Woodstock  Hill,  Ct  He  has  four  children ;  the  two  eldest 
are  graduates  from  Yale  College,  New  Haven,  Ct  The  sister 
of  Mr.  William  Chandler  married  Royal  Hatch  of  Strafford, 
Vermont,  and  has  had  nine  children.  The  farm  owned  at  the 
present  time  by  Mr.  William  Chandler,  has  for  several  genera- 
tions past  been  in  the  Child  name.  Mrs.  Stephen  Child  came 
to  this  place  on  her  marriage,  and  is  still  living,  at  the  age  of 
ninety-six.  At  the  annual  gathering  at  this  ancient  home  on 
Thanksgiving  days,  four  generations  have  been  represented  for 
several  years  past. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

807.  i.  J.  F.  Chandler,  b  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June  27,  1845. 

808.  ii.  Hattie  E.  Chandler,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  April  22,  1849,  m. 
Sept.  14,  1870,  Chauncey  Morse. 

809.  iii.  Abbik  C.  Chandler,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Feb.  14,  1852,  m. 
May  15,  1873,  Monroe  Ide. 

'  Rev.  Mr.  A.  Chandler  has  deceased  since  the  writing  of  the  above. 
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7t&  iii  Abskt  Child  (AbigBil  EloMiorX  da  a.  of  Si 

Ab^ail  CWner  duld,  K  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Aug.  11,  ISia 

In.  AprU  6,  ISii  Ashler  Milk,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  PoUr 

Toartelotte  Mills  of  Thompson,  Ct     Marri^  by  Bew  Tboow 

Boatwell- 

bib  G«iieimli{iii.]    ChiMreo: 

817.  i.  Abigail  Ei^kakor  Mtuj».  b.  io  Thompeon,  Ct.,  F#b.  ISt,  1| 
Aug.  2^  1&I«. 

818,  ii.  Xathajtikl  Ch[u>  Mills^  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct^  April  21«  llHI, 
d.  in  Boston,  Oct.  13,  1872, 

8ld.  iii.  AiHLET  P.  MtLLS,  b.  in  Tbompson,  Ct.,  Sept.  35,  1847. 

820.  ir,  drsPRKK  CsiLD  Mills^  b.  io  Thompson.  Ct»»  Aug.  20,  IBSOi  d. 
^6ept.  29,  1850. 

821.  T.  Charlbs  Et:oe2^e  Mills,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct.,  Jan.  12,  1858, 

822.  vL  Wm.  Caktkb  Mills,  b.  in  Thompson,  CL,  Nor.,  1854- 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

799.  iv.  Dea.  Abel  Cbild,  sou  of  StephcM  and  Al»igair 
tcr  Child,  K  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  July  27, 18-21,  m.  April  2,1S51 
Ellen  Matilda  Bugbee,  dau-  of  Hezekiah  and  Jemima  Hanlin 
Biigbee     She  was  b.  Nov,  2T.  1S31.     Reside  in  So.  Woo 
«ioclc  Ct. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  171 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children:  * 

8^3.  i.  Clarence  Harding  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct.,  May  14,  1855. 

824.  ii.  Charles  Carter  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  30,  1861. 
d.  Sept.  12.  1866. 

825.  iii.  Ellen  Maria  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  16,  1866. 

826.  iv.  Herbert  Chauncy  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  18,  1868, 
d.  March  12. 1872. 

fSeventh  Generation.] 

800.  V.  Harriet  F.  Child,  fourth  dau.  and  fifth  child  of 
Stephen  and  Abigail  Carter  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Jan. 
7,  1826,  m.  March  18,  1856,  Charles  Harris  May,  son  of  Asa 
and  Sally  May  ;  he  was  b.  Sept  2,  1823. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

827.  i.  Julia  A.  May,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct.,  March  25,  1857. 

828.  ii    Charles  H.  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  July  1,  1858. 

829.  iii.  Hbrbbrt  May,  b.  in.  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  27,  1860. 

830.  iv.  Asa  L.  .May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct ,  Jan.  6,  1864. 

831.  V.  Marion  F.  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Feb.  18,  1866. 
832   vi.  John  S.  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct..  Feb.  25,  1868. 

833.  vii.  Everett  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct ,  April  22,  1870. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

779.  V.  Eebecca  Child,  fifth  child  of  Abel  and  Eebecca 
Allard  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  1790,  m.  Jan.  28,  1822, 
Nathan  Morse  of  Woodstock,  Ct;  he  was  b.  1785,  d.  1853. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

834.  i  George  Morse,  b,  in  Wookstock.  Ct,  March  29,  1825,  ra.  April 
5,  1852,  Sylvia  Child  May,  dau.  of  Trenck  and  Cynthia  Child  May  of  North 
Woodstock,  Ct.     They  have  no  children. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

780.  vi.  Abel  Child,  Jr.,  third  son  and  sixth  child  of  Abel 
and  Eebecca  Allard  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  July  1,  1792, 
m.  1st,  March  16,  1826,  Dorothea  Child,  dau.  of  Capt  Elias 
and  Sophia  Morse  Child.  She  d.  July  4, 1829.  He  m.  2d,  Feb. 
16, 1831,  Sophia  Child,  sister  of  his  first  wife.  He  d.  in  Wood- 
stock, Ct,  May  4,  1878,  aet  86.  His  widow  resides  in  Boston, 
with  one  of  her  sons. 

[Seventh  Generation,]    Children: 

(By  his  first  wife,  Dorothea,) 

835  i.  Edwakd  Child,  b.  Dec.  17,  1826,  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  m.  April  6, 
1851,  Maria  Child. 

836.  ii.  Frederick  Newman  Child,  b.  March  19,  1829,  in  Woodstock, 
Ct.  Was  killed  in  battle  at  Spottsylvania,Va.,  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
May  10,  1864. 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  HOXBURY,  MASS. 


(By  his  second  wife,  Sophia,  he  hud:) 

837.  iii.  Spencek  Child,  h.  in  Wcjodstock.  Ct ,  May  19,  1832,  in*  Apn 
1861,  Eliza  Goodi-ich. 

838.  iv.    Ellen  Dorotrra  CnrLD,  b.  in  Woodstock,  CL,  Dee.  5,  1833? 
m.  April  29,  1858.  Henry  May. 

839.  V.  AXDREW  Jackson  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct ,  Jan.  IJi,  1838. 
April  91,  Annt"  E.  Brown. 

[Sereuth  Generation.] 

835.  i,  EDW.AJtD  Child,  sou  of  Abel  and  Dorothea  Child, 
Dec.  17,  182C,  m.  April  16,  1851^  Maria  Child>  daa.  of  Lemue 
Cliild,  who  was  the  sou  of  Moses  OhiltL  He  d.  April  10, 1862 
Mrs.  Child  resides  in  Xoith  Woodstockj  Ct 
{Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

840.  i.  EcGENE  CiTiLD»  h.  Mav  18,  1853. 

841.  ii.  Pdwajid  Child,  U  Jim.  28,  1863,  d.  April  10.  1862. 

[Seven til  Generation.] 

837.  iii.  Spencer  Cuilu,  son  of  Abel  and  Sophia  Child, 
May  19,  1832,  m.  April  3, 1S61,  Eliza  (xoodrich.  dau.  of  Saml 
A.  and  Elizabeth  Wheeler  Goodrieli.     She  was  b.  July  2,  183^ 
Reside  at  226  Broadway,  Cambridgeport,  Mass.     Business  171 
State  street,  Boston. 
[Eighth  Genemtion.]    Children: 
843.  i.  Louise  E,  Child,  h,  March  14,  1S62. 

843.  ii.  EiiNEST  G.  Child,  b.  July  0.  ie<}8. 

844.  iii.  HowAUD  Child,  b.  Xuv.  4,  1871,  d.  Jan.  3.  1873. 

845.  iv.  Wallace  Spencer  Child,  b.  1872.  d.  Dec.  13.  1874. 

846.  V.  Alice  May  Child,  b.  1874,  d.  Nov.  10.  1875. 

[Seventh  Generation] 

83S.  iv.  Ellen  Dorothea  Child,  only  dau.  of  Abel  and 
Sophia  Child,  U  in  Wocwlstock,  Ct,  Dec  5,  1833,  m.  April  29,J 
1858,  Henry  May,  son  of  Trenck  and  Cynthia  Chi  hi  May  ol 
North  Woodstock.     Mr.  May  was  appointed,  under  President 
Li  ncol  n's  admi  nistration,  as  commercial  agent  at  Gaboon,  Africa.  ] 
[Ei^bth  GenenvHon.]     Children: 

847.  L  Flokence  E,  May,  b.  June  14,  1861. 

848.  ii.  Gkorob  H.  May,  b.  April  3,  18(i7. 

[.Sixth  Genemtion.] 

78L  vii.  Alvix  Child,  fourth  son  and  seventh  child  of 
Abel  and  Rebecca  Allard  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  April] 
23,  17^*5,  m.  May  3,  1824,  Mary  May,  dau.  of  Ephraim  MajJ 
Met  Ins  death  by  accidental  burning. 
[Seventh  Genenition,]    Child: 

849.  L  Alvus  Child,  b.  1825. 


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mnd  iDiloeQce  in  Woodstock-     The  character  of  bis  desoendantj 
of  wbom  more  is  known,  will  certaialj  justify  the  opinicMi,  i 
phjBicallj  and  ititellectually^  be  ranked  among  the  best  clsaij 
of  eitizena  of  that  ti>wn.     Immediately  on  hb  marriiige,  he  weni 
with  bis  brotben  Peter,  from  Moddy  Brook,  now  East  Wood- 
stockf  to  ibe  Xonhwest  part  of  the  town,  known  afterwards 
the  "English  neigblxmrhood."    Thii?  part  of  the  town  was  tl 
mostly  forest,  and  had  been  the  banting  ground  of  the  Indians, 
and  the  hubitiitioo  of  bears  and  other  wild  beasts ;  and  still  con- 
tinned  to  be  frequented  by  the  Indians.     This  gave  rise  to  many 
fears  of  the  mother  of  these  youthful  pioneers,  last  tbey  should^ 
be  eaten  by  bears  or  muidered  by  Indians,     Henry  and  Pet 
located  lota  adjoining.     Henry,  after  spending  some  years  in  a  I 
small  cabin,  erected  in  the  year  J  760,  a  commodioos  hoi] 
which  still  stands  in  good  condition  upon  the  original  site,  own* 
e<l  and  occupied  by  one  of  bis  descendants     This  house  MrJ 
Child  kept  many  years  as  an  Inn.     Around  this  early  home  olus 
ter  interesting  memories.     It  stood  on  the  great  thoroughfare 
from  the  Western  settlements  of  the  colony  to  the  seaUjard.  and 
afforded  shelter  and  rest  to  many  a  weary  traveller.     Often  it 
became  the  resting  place  of  the  patriot  sulci ier  in  his  marches  to 
and  from  the  battlelield  during  the  Revolutionary   struggle, 
when  the  hospitalities  of  the  patriotic  landlord  were  unstinted- 
ly dealt  out     Often  the  iioovs  of  the  parlor,  kitchen  and  barrooc 
were  covered  for  the  night  with  sturdy  soldiera      Sometimes  i| 
was  used  as  a  hall  of  justice.     On  one  occasion  an  excitin| 
trial  of  one  Bugbee,  who  had  headed  a  town  riot,  took  place| 
there.     He  resi.sted  the  legal  authorities^  in  collecting  the  town 
taxes.     The  trial  ended  in  bis  con\nction  and  punishment. 

Of  late  years  the  quiet  hospitalities  of  successive  beads 
families  of  the  line  have  been  cheerfully  dispensed,  and  the  fr 
quent gatherings  of  descendants,  to  the  tifth  generation  fnim  the 
patriarch  Henry,  have  kept  alive  the  memories  of  the  past 
One,  as  memorable  among  them,  was  the  gathering  in  honor  ' 
Oa|>t.  Wilhml  Cliild,  a  son  of  Uenry  and  successor  totlie  home 
stead,  which  uccurnid  in  1842,  when  the  venerable  fatherj 
tden  in  his  eiglity  third  year,  sat  as  priest  amidst  children 
graudchiklren  and  great  grandchildren  t^)  the  number  of  130 
pronouncing  the  coveted  benediction  upon  the  waiting  and  haj 
pV  throtig-     The  closing  scene  was  one  of  song  and  tbaul 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  175 

giving ;  recognizing  the  beneficent  Providence  which  had  ever 
vouchsafed  His  guardianship  to  this  numerous  household. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

860.  i.  Infant,  not  named,  b.  1742,  d.  young. 

861.  ii.  Amasa  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June  13,  1745,  m.  Feb.  1, 
1770,  Joanna  Carpenter. 

862.  ill.  Levi  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct.,  Jan.  10,  1747.  Was  a  soldier 
in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  died  in  the  army  at  New  Castle,  N.  Y.,  Nov. 
15.  1776. 

863.  iv.  Cynthia  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Jan.  19,  1749,  m.  Jan.  11, 
1770,  Amasa  Carpenter. 

864.  V.  Dinah  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Oct.  21,  1751,  d.  unmarried. 

865.  vi.  Willard  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  7,  1758,  m.  1st,  Jan. 
10,  1781,  Lydia  Morse,  m.  2nd,  May  7,  1795,  Sylvia  Child. 

866.  vii.  Ephkaim  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June 7, 1760,  m.  June  12, 
1792,  Betsey  Bacon,  died  without  issue.  His  widow  married  Minerva  Cush- 
man,  of  Exeter,  Otsego  county,  N.Y. 

867.  viii.  Joanna  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Aug.  26,  1762,  \ 

died  Nov.  27,  1762.  ( 

868.  ix.  Rebecca  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Aug.  26,  1762,   f^wms. 

m.  Nov.  27,  1794,  Luther  Baldwin.  ' 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

861.  ii.  Amasa  Child,  eldest  son  and  second  child  of  Henry 
and  Eebecca  Bacon  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Jan.  13,  1745? 
m.  Feb.  1,  1770,  Joanna  Carpenter.     He  d.  Sept.  8,  1820. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

869.  i.  Royal  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1770,  bap.  Oct.  17,  1772,  d. 
1775. 

870.  ii.  Dorothy  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Oct.  4,  1772,  bapt.  May 
26,  1776,  d.  unmarried. 

871 .  iii.  Aaron  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June  19,  1794,  m.  1st,  Lucy 
Burn  ham ;  m.  2nd,  Mary  Spring. 

872.  iv.  Sally  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June  9,  1796,  m.  William 
Duncan,  and  resided  in  New  York  City. 

873.  V.  Levi  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  March  8,  1778,  d.  young. 

874.  vi.  Levi  Child,  2d,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June  13,  1779. 

875.  vii.  Polly  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock  Ct.,  Aug.  19,  1781,  d.  unm. 

876.  viii.  Betty  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  4,  1783,  d.  Feb.  1796. 

877.  ix.  Irene  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Sept.  4,  i785. 

878.  X.  Persis  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  March  25,  1787. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

871.  iii.  Capt.  Aaron  Child,  third  child  and  eldest  son  of 
Amasa  and  Joanna  Carpenter  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  June 
19,  1794,  m.  1st,  about  1804,  to  Lucy  Burnham,  dau.  of 
Capt.  Jotham  Burnham,  of  Ashford,  Ct  By  her  he  had  one 
child.     Mrs.  Child  died  soon  after  the  birth  of  this  child.     He 


BKXJAMIX 


CBCftY,  MJUSL 


Ilk  2nd,  about  1814,  Mar}'  Spring  of  Petersham.  Mass.     She  d 
in  Woodstock,  June  1^  1857.     He  d*  in  WixidsUxrk,  Ct   April] 
18t  185L     He  held  a  captain's  commission  in  a  company  of  Ian 
fantrj  for  many  years.     Like  many  others  who  are  not  bor 

with  a  silver  spoon  in  their  mouth,  he  struggled  hard  through  life 
to  obtain  it»  without  success.     He  poeses^^ed  a  kindly  ndtunS|| 
full  of  good  humor,  and  given  to  hospitality ;  so  that  his  soeiiJJ 
life  brought  and  conferred  compensating  pleasures.     As  a  ueigh-1 
Lor,  none  were  more  ready  to  confer  friendly  offices^  and  even  tol 
make  sacrifices  for  the  benefit  of  others.     As  an  instance  of 
pleasant  humor,  on  one  occasion  his  neighbor  employed  him  to 
do  a  piece  of  work.     When  the  job  was  finished,  he  received  as 
compensation  only  the  employers'  thanks.     Taking  it  all  in 
good  part,  he  spoke  of  it  humorously,  and  frequently   to  his 
neighbors  as  a  generous  compensation,  and  as  the  firet  instancel 
of  prompt  pay  for  his  services  since  he  had  resided  in  the  towrL.  1 
He  was  a  whig  in  politics,  patriotic  in  his  feelings  and  a  warm 
advocate  for  the  emancipation  of  the  enslaved  colored  race. 

[Seventh  Genenilimi.]    Cbildreu: 

87».  i.  H(RAM  BiRN'HAM  Child,  b.  10  Woodstock.  Ct.,  Dec.  5,  1805.  ni.1 
Oct.  %  183t?,  Fannie  Nye. 

[By  his  deoond  marriage:] 

880.  ii.  Lrrv  Burxham  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,.  Oct.  *3l,  1815,  m,] 
l8t,  1834.  Ralph  Russell;  m.  2ud,  1844,  Charles  T,  Wortlej. 

881.  iii.  Georiie  Washixoton  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  CU,  April  IS, 
1818,  d.  Feb,  9,  1843. 

882.  iv.  Levi  Lincoln  Child,  b,  in  Woodstocki  Ct„  Sept.  18,  1820,  m. 
Chmrlotte  Sheldon,  of  Soniers,  Ct.    They  i^ide  in  New  London,  Ct. 

883.  V,  Caroline  Amanda  Child,  b.  March  31,  1823.  m.  Georges  Bajrli^ 
of  SoiithbridjLce,  Mas>. 

884.  vi.  Amas^a  Child,  h,  in  Woxl^stock,  Ct.,  Dec.  !6,  1825»  iii,  Feb.  ^\ 
1851,  Sariih  L.  Child. 

885.  viL  Aa»on  Child.  Jr.,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct.,  Oct.  30,  1827,  m.  Nov. 
14,  1870,  Mary  Carpenter.  - 

[Seventh  Generatinn.]  ■ 

879.  i.  HiRAM  BcRNHAM  Child,  eldest  child  of  Capt,  Aaron 
and  Lucy  Burnham  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Dec.  5,  18(»5, 
ITL  Oct  8,  1S28,  Ffimiy  Nye,  of  Keeiie,  N.  H. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     ChiMren. 

880.  i.  Charles  Child,   b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,   Aug.  8,  1829.  resides  to 
Atco,  Camden  county,  N.  J. 

887.  ii.  LuRA  Irene  Child,  b.  in  WiTodstock,  Ct.,  April  1,  1831,  m,  D«c, 
L  1852,  Jtirae?  Alton,  of  Atco,  Camden  county,  N.  J. 


AND  HIS  DESCEXDAXTS.  177 

888.  iii.  Ltdia  Benson  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June  3,  1888,  d.  in 
Dudley,  Mass.,  Jane  27, 1855.    . 

889.  iv.  LccY  BcRNHAM  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Aug.  12,  1887,  unm. 
Resides  in  Danbury,  Ct. 

890.  V.  Louisa  Makia  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  6,  1848,  m. 
July,  1863,  Walter  W.  Kimball.    Resides  in  New  York  City. 

891.  vi.  Sabah  Euzabeth  Child,  b.  in  Webster,  Mass.,  June  18,  1846, 
in.  Oct.  2,  1874,  Geo.  S.  Purdy.     Resides  in  Danburj',  Ct. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

880.  ii.  Lucy  Burnham  Child,  second  child  of  Capt.  Aaron 
Child,  by  his  second  wife,  Mary  Spring,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct, 
Oct  21,  1815,  m.  1st,  1834,  Ralph  Russell;  m.  2nd,  1844, 
Charles  T.  Wortley. 

[Eif^hth  Generation.]    Children.     By  Ralph  Russell : 
rjO'2,  i.  Makt  Russell,  m.  1859,  Ephraim  Snyder. 

893.  ii.  Jane  Russell. 

[By  Mr.  Wortley:] 

894.  iii.  Herbert  C.  Wortley,  b.  Aug.  13,  1846. 

895.  iv.  Lizzie  C.  Wortley,  b.  Oct.  3,  1852. 

896.  V.  Willie  J.  Wortley,  b.  April  18,  1856. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

b87.  i.  Mary  Russell,  eldest  child  of  Lucy  Burnham  Child 
and  Ralph  Russell,  m.  Ephraim  Snyder  about  1859. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

897.  i.  Alanthia  Sxyder,  b.  1860. 

898.  ii.  Harris  Sxyder,  b.  1863. 

899.  iii.  Frederick  Snyder,  b.  1867. 

900.  iv.  Ralph  Snyder,  b. 


[Seventh  Generation.] 

884  iv.  Amasa  Child,  sixth  child  and  fourth  son  of  Capt. 

Aaron  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Dec.  16,  1825,  m.  Feb.  28, 

■^•^51^  Sarah  L  Child,  dau.  of  Charles  and  Almira  Holmes  Child. 
^^'  Child  is  a  farmer.      lie  removed  from  Woodstock,  Ct.,  in 
"^^39,  to  Adams  county,  Iowa,  thence  to  the  town  of  Jefiferson, 
-'''een  county,  Iowa,  where  he  now  resides. 
^^**?hth  Generation.]    Children: 

^L  i.  Mary  Ella  Child,  b.  in  East  Wocnlstock,  Ct.,  June  14,  1852. 

^2.  ii.  Emma  Almira  Child,  b.  in  East  Wwdstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  9,  1857. 

^3.  iii.  Eva  Floretta  Child,  b.  in  East  Woodstock,  Ct ,  Feb.  15, 1857. 

^04.  iv.  Charles  Freeman  Child,  b.  in  East  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Fob.  9. 

5*05.  y.  Leonard  Holmes  Child,  b.  in  Eust  Woodstock.  Ct.,  Oct.  0. 


i 


WAMIX  CHlLli  OF  ROXBUBY,  K^ISS. 

P^ifth  Generation.] 

865.  vl  Capt  WiLLARi»  Child,  sLsth  child  and  third  golj 
of  Heiiiy  and  Dorothy  (Child)  Child — she  was  the  daught€ 
of  Nathaniel  and  Dorothy  Johnson  Child — b.  in  Woodsiocl 
Ct,  in  the  northwestern  part  of  the  town,  knuwii  as  the  '*EDg 
lish  neigh lx>urhood/-  May  7,  175S,  m.  1st,  Jan.  10,  l781,Lydii 
Morse,  daiL  of  Deacon  Jedediah  and  Sarah  Child  Morse,  anq 
the  sister  of  Rev.  Dr.  Jedediah  Morse  of  Cbarlestovm,  Ma 
The  account  of  the  Morse  family  as  alli4?il  to  the  Child  familjrj 
is  fully  treated  in  another  place.     Mt>\  Willard  Child  was  i 
in  WcHxlstock,  Ct,  June  22,  1759;  she  d.  Dea  9,  1702. 
m.  2d,   1795,  Sylvia  Child,  dau.   of  Capt   Elisha  and  Ahc 
Manning  Child  of  East  Woodstock,  Ct;  siie  was  b.  Oct  28 
1762,  d.  1824.     Capt  WiUard  d.  Nov.  1,  1844 

Capt.  WiUard  Child  was  descended  from  a  stock  botli  int 
Ugent  and  enterprising.  He  was  also  allied  by  marriage  witi 
intelligence  and  muml  worth;  consequently  his  siLrroumling 
were  of  a  healthful  and  elevating  tone.  He  belonged  to  aola 
of  thoughtful  and  substantial  men  who  gave  character  and  dig 
nity  to  the  age  in  which  tliey  lived.  Measured  by  the  stand 
hrd  of  intelligence,  morality  and  practical  Christianity  of  thi 
age,  which  was  by  no  means  of  an  indifferent  character,  fel 
men  Htood  ou  a  higher  plane.  He  was  prominent  and  influeutia 
in  private  and  public  affaii*s.  His  opinions  were  sought  in  dfl 
termini ng  dithcult  mutters  in  church  and  state  His  wisdoEi 
probity  and  sagacity  gave  him  deserved  prominence  among 
fellow  townsmen. 

He  lived  iu  warlike  times.     At  an  early  age  his  surrouc 
ings  were  such  as  to  awaken  patriotic  feelings.     The  spirit 
independence  in  governmental  affairs  in  the  colonies  then  prei 
alent  was  aroused  in  his  own  breast,  and  in  the  ardor  of  robua 
youth  he  enlisted  in  the  service  of  his  country,  and  serve 
through  the  Revolutionary'  War. 

Army  life  has  its  amusing  incidents,  as  well  as  its  more 
ous  and  trying  experiences.  The  following  anecdote  was  mai 
years  ago  related  to  me  liy  one  of  my  grandfather's  comrade 
The  hour  of  supper  in  the  camp  was  approaching.  The  tit 
had  come  for  filling  tlieir  pitchers  with  milk  for  the  evenii 
repast,  from  the  cows  in  a  field  adjoining  the  camp.  Tlie  owi 
of  the  herd  kept  a  close  lookout  for  the  array  boya     Aware  I 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  179 

this  fact,  a  roguish  comrade  fell  behind  his  companions  on  the 
wa}^,  and  paused  while  they  filled  their  pitchers.  As  they  were 
leaving  the  field,  he  stealthily  approached  within  gunshot,  and 
with  an  old  root,  resembling  in  the  twilight  a  musket,  took 
steady  aim  at  young  Child,  and  with  the  click  of  his  tongue  he 
aroused  his  attention — who  seeing,  as  he  supposed,  the  old 
farmer  with  his  gun  sighting  for  a  deadly  shot,  started  on  the 
double  quick  for  the  camp.  In  great  fright  he  reached  his 
tent  with  an  empty  pitcher.  Discovering  that  he  had  been 
made  the  victim  of  a  joke,  and  taking  it  all  in  good  part,  he  • 
returned  and  obtained  the  needed  supply  of  milk,  and  enjoyed 
a  good  supper  as  well  as  a  good  joke ! 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children : 

905.  i.  Nancy  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  3,  1782,  m.  1st,  1802. 
Klisha  Child,  in.  2d,  Sept.  29,  i831,  Dea.  Dudley  Child. 

{For  record  of  children^  see  Elisha  Child,  No.  1340.) 

906?  ii.  Haknah  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  April  2,  1785,  m.  Jan.  24, 
1804,  David  Morse,  Jr. 

907.  iii.  Clarissa  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  March  5,  1787,  m.  Jan. 
21,  1808,  Charles  Thompson  Child. 

{For  record  of  children^  see  Charles  Thompson  Child,  No.  1342.) 

€08.  iy.  Henry  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Jan.  3,  1789,  m.  1st,  1813, 
Lucretia  Child;  2d,  April  3,  1818,  Henrietta  May;  3d,  Nov.  10,  1833,  Lucy 
May;  4th,  Betsey  Buel. 

909.  V.  Luther  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Mar.  19,  1791,  m.  1st,  Jan. 
25,  1815.  Pamelia  Child,  2d,  Miss  Susan  Walker. 

[By  Sylvia  Child.] 

910.  vi.  WiLLARD  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  14,  1796,  m.  Sept. 
13,  1827,  Katharine  Griswold  Kent. 

911.  vii.  Lydia  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  July  29.  1798,  in.  Nov.  11, 
1821,  ErastusMay. 

912.  viii.  Sylvia  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct.,  Jan.  28,  1800,  m  Elisha 
Walker. 

913.  ix.  Cynthla  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  April  2,  1804,  m.  Dec.  16, 
1828,  Trenck  May. 

[Sixth  Generation  ] 

90G.  ii.  Hannah  Child,  second  child  of  Capt.  Willard  and 
Lydia  Morse  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  April  2,  1785,  m. 
Jan.  24,  1804,  David  Morse,  son  of  Dr.  David  and  Anna  New- 
man Morse  of  Woodstock,  Ct.  He  was  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct, 
•  Jan.  29,  1777.  His  father  was  the  son  of  Dr.  Parker  Morse, 
A.  M.,  and  Hannah  Hughes.  The  father  of  Dr.  Parker  Morse 
was  Capt  Abel  Morse,  of  the  fourth  generation  of  the  Morses; 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Colonial  Legislature  one  or  more  terms ; 


BEXJAMIX  CaiLD  OF  ROXBCBY,  UAB& 


was  h.  Oct  5, 1792,  m.  1st,  Grace  Parker,  1714,  2d.  Mary  Kim- 
ball,  1757.     His  father^  Benjamin  Moi'se,  of  the  third  geoc 
tion,  h.  1668,  m.  Susanna,  dau,  of  Abel  Memll,  aod  grac 
daughter  of  Aquilla  Chase  of  Com  wall,  Eng.     His  father 
Deacon  Benjamin  Mor^?e  of  the  second  generation,  b.  Marth 
1640,  and  raarried   Ruih  Sawyer.     Benjamin  Morses  faih^ 
was  Anthony  Morse^  of  the  first  generation  in  America, 
emigrati^  to  America  in  1635,  and  settled  in  Newbury,  Ma 
Immediately  on  their  marriage,  Mr,  and  Mrs.  Da\rid  Mop 
removed  from  Woodstock  to  Exeter,  Otsego  Ca,  N  Y.,  and 
settled  on  a  farm  in  the  southeast  part  of  the  town,  whe 
they  lived  till  1822,  when  they  removed  to  Barrington,  Ya& 
Co,,  N.  Y.,  where  they  both  died— Mr,  Morse  Sept.  27,    182 
and  Mrs.  Morse  in  1842.     Mr*  Morse  was  a  man  of  unusu 
energy  of  character,  sound  judgment  and  executive  ability, 
sterling  int^rity  and  of  decided  Christian  principles^     He  wa 
a  wise  and  aflfectionate  father,  and  a  kind  husband.     He 
an  earnest  and  consistent  member  of  the  Congregationul  chur 
and  when  his  work  was  finished,  died  in  the  ChristiaD  faith,  i^ 
the  full  belief  of  a  glorious  resurrection. 
[Seventh  Generatian.J    Children: 

914.  i.  LiDiA  MoR^E.  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,Jaii.  21,  1B05,  m.  March 
1831,  Cameron  Goff. 

915.  ii.  Infant,  unvhmtened,  b.  iu  Exeter,  N.T.,  Jan.  31,  1805.  d,  jg* 

916.  ill.  Eabl  Morse,  h.  in  Exeter.  Otsego  Co,,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  37,  1806.  d 
KoY.  1,  1833. 

917.  iv    Roscius  Moese,  Ii.  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co..  N,  Y.,  April  29.  1806^ 
m.  in  1837.  Mary  Ann  HilL 

918.  V,  Ll\u»  Morse,  b.  in  Exeter.  Otsego  Co,,  N.  Y„  April  80,  1810, 
Julj  18,  1839,  Jane  McCain. 

919.  vi.  Henry  Child  Morse,  b  in  Exeter.  N.  Y.,  May  23,  1811,  m.  U 
184S.  Samb  May  Child,  2ti,  1858.  Caroline  Lincoln  (Hammond). 

920.  rii.  Haxnah  Morse,  b.  in  Exeter.  N.  V\  Oct.  33,  18l3.ro.  Xot.1 
1839,  Wilitiim  Egbert  Crane. 

921.  viii.  Na.ncy  Mott.sE,  b.  in  Exeter,  X.  Y..  Dec.  8.  1815,  d.  unrn..  P^ 
7,  1845. 

922.  ix.  Mary  Morse,  b,  in  Exeter,  N.  Y,.  July  12,  1817,  lives  at 
tield.  Ills. 

923.  X.  Emily  Morse,  U  in   Exeter,  X.  Y.,  Aug.  13,  1818,  d. 
185L 

934.  xi.  Cellva  Mors^e,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y..  Mar.  16, 1820,  lire®  at : 
field,  1115. 

925.  xii.  Sherman  MoRi*E,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  12,  18S1,  m.  Ko^ 
29.  1872,  Sumh  0.  Halcom. 

V3(l.   xiii.  Albkrt  Morse,  b.  in   Exeter,  X.  Y..  April  19,  1822.  farmer 
iti  Ridgefteld,  lib. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  181 

927.  xiv.  Infant,  unchristened,  d.  young. 

928.  XV.  Floyd  Moesb,  b.  in  Bamngton,  Yates  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  20,  1825, 
m.  Mary  Amanda  Pierce. 

929.  xvi.  WiLLABD  Child  Morse,  b.  in  Barrington.  Yates  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct. 
20.  1826,  m.  April  6,  1853,  Mary  Erwin  Cooper. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

914.  i.  Lydia  Morse,  eldest  child  of  Hannah  Child  and  Da- 
vid Morse,  b.  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  2,  1805,  m. 
March  1,  1831,  Cameron  W.  Goff  of  Howard.  Steuben  Co., 
N.  Y,;  removed  to  Nunda,  111.,  where  she  died  Feb.,  1878. 

They  had  five  children ;  two  only  lived. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

930.  i.  Hexbietta  Goff,  b.  1832,  ra.  Columbus  Howe. 

931.  ii.  WiLUAM  Watson  Goff,  b.  in  1837,  m.  Laura  Paine  of  Nunda, 
Ills.     Have  four  children,  names  not  given. 

[Eighth  Generation] 

930.  I  Henrietta  Goff,  eldest  child  of  Lydia  Morse  and 
Cameron  Goff,  and  grand  dau.  of  Hannah  Child  Morse,  b.  1832, 
m.  Columbus  Howe,  and  live  in  Osage,  Iowa. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

932.  i.  BAEyETT  Howe. 

933.  ii.  Egbert  Howe. 

934.  iii.  WiLLABD  Howe. 

935.  iv.  Lizzie  Howe. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

917.  iv.  Dr.  Roscius  Morse,  fourth  child  and  second  son 
of  Hannah  Child  and  David  Morse,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y,  April 
29.  1808.  m.  April,  1837,  Mary  Ann  Hill.  She  d.  Dec.  30, 
1870.     He  d.  March  26,  1877,  in  EIniira,  K  Y. 

In  his  boyhood  Dr.  Morse  enjoyed  the  advantages  of  a  com- 
mon school  education,  by  which  he  was  fitted  for  teaching  in 
early  youth :  an  occupation  which  he  followed  for  several  sea- 
sons, when  he  commenced  the  study  of  mediciiie  with  Dr.  Carr 
of  Canandaigua,  N.  Y.     Completing  his  medical  studies,  he 
entered   upon   the  practice  in   Barrington,  Yates  Co.,  N".  Y. ; 
thence  he  went  to  Penn  Yan,  in  the  same  county,  where  he 
irained  more  than  a  local  rei:)utation  in  his  i)rofession.     After  a 
number  of  years  of  successful  practice  in  Penn  Yan,  he  remov- 
eii  to  Elmira,  Chemung  Co.,  N.  Y.     His  success  as  a  ])hysician 
Wing  preceded  him,  he  readily  secured  an  extensive  and  lu 
crative  practice,  extending  over  some  fifteen  years,  at  the  close 
•»f  which  he  died  a  happy  death,  much  lamented  by  his  family 
and  a  numerous  circle  of  friends.     A  touching  incident  which 


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BENJAMIN  CUILU  UP  KUXBURY,  UASS. 


occurred  in  his  last  houiis  is  worthy  of  reconL     The  DoSSF 
bad  become  much  attached  to  a  horse,  which  had  fur  mauj 
years  been  his  faith  fill  servant^  carrying  him  safely  over  roug 
paths  and  dangerous  places,  amid  ternpe?;ts  of  min  and  driv^JE 
snow-storms.     That  he  might  take  a  farewell  look,  and  bid 
final  adieu  to  this  noble  animal,  the  Doctor  directed  him  to 
brought  from  his  stall,  after  he  had  been  neatly  groomed,  an 
tfy  be  led  l>y  the  window  of  the  room  where  he  was  lying, 
the  animal  passed  by  and  returned,  the  Doct-or  waived  hiswhill 
handkei\:bief  and  said^  "good*bye,  old  friend.''     Dr.  Morse  wa 
a  thorough  business  man,  as  well  as  a  successful  practitioner  J 
conscientious  Christian,  an  esteemed  and  useful  citizen,  a  tr 
and  sincere  fiiend. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 
930,  i.  Barnkt  W.  Moa.SE,  m.  Henrietta  Scott. 

937.  ii-  Roscirs  Morsik,  died  earlr. 

938.  tii   Hosi'ii  s  C.  Morse,  m.  Lonisii  Westlako, 

939.  iv,  Mary  Morse,  ni.  Junius  U.  Clark. 

940.  V.  Henry  Child  Morse. 
94L  vi.  Lucia  Bentox  Mobsl. 

942.  vii.  Jeknik  Morse. 
♦**  viii.  An  infant  unbttptixed, 

[Ei;^hlh  Gcnptfttion,] 

9i5ti.  i.  Dr.  Barnet  W.  Morse,  eldesst  child  of  Dr.  Roscius 
and  Mary  Hill  Morse,  m.  Henrietta  Scott  of  Soutbport.  Che- 
mung Co..  N.  Y,  He  was  etlueated  a  pliysician,  and  is  prac- 
ticing in  Elmira^  N.  Y.  He  was  a  surge<in  in  the  Union 
in  the  late  civil  war, 
plinth  Generntion  ]    Children : 

943.  L  Lucia  Benton  Morse. 
944*  ii.  Fannie  Morse. 
945.  iii.  Jessie  Morse,  d,  yg. 

[Eighth  Generation  ] 

1*38,  iii.  lloscius  C.  Morse,  third  child  and  third  sou  c 
Roscius  and  Mary  Hill  Moi*se,  m.  Loisa  We^tlake  of  Cleve 
O.     Mr.  Morse  is  a  merchant  in  Elmira,  N.  Y.     They  have 
three  children  ;  names  not  given, 

[Eighth  Genemtion.] 

939.  iv.    Mary  Hastings  Moesk,  (uurth  child  and  eldest 
dau.  of  Dr.  Roscius  and  Mary  Hill  Morse,  m.  Sept  25,  1S75. 
Junius?  R.  Clark,  Esq.,  a  lawyer  of  Warren,  Pa, 
[Nintti  Generiition*]    CMld: 

949.  i.  Son.  b.  March  19,  1877. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  188 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

918.  V.  Linus  Morse,  fifth  child  and  third  son  of  Hannah 
Child  and  David  Morse,  b.  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  April 
20,  1810,  m.  July  18,  1839,  Jane  McCain,  dau.  of  Joseph  Mc- 
Cain of  Barrington,  Yates  Co.,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Morse  moved  from 
Barrington  to  Nunda,  111.,  thence  to  Nebraska.  He  served  in 
the  Union  army  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

850.  i.  Elizabeth  Mokse,  m.  Martin  Kellogg  of  Ridgefteld,  111.  Ilave 
four  children. 

951.  ii.  Alfred  Morse,  served  in  the  army  of  the  Union  in  the  late  war 
of  the  Rebellion.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  settled  in  Nebraska,  on  a  sol- 
dier's claim;  is  a  conductor  on  a  western  railroad. 

»52.  iii.  Webster  Morse,  in.  a  Miss  Stickney  of  Nunda.  III.  They  re- 
side in  Nunda.    He  is  a  mail  agent  from  Chicago,  111.,  to  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

953.  iv.  Frances  Morse,  m.  Mr.  Friend;  have  several  children,  names 
and  dates  of  birth  not  given. 

954.  v.  Mary  Morse,  m.  Mr.  Jenkins,  and  settled  in  Nebraska. 

955.  vi.  Helen  Morse,  unmarried. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

919.  vi.  Kev.  Henry  Child  Mokse,  six  child  and  fourth 
.son  of  Hannah  Child  and  David  Morse,  b.  in  Exeter,  Otsego 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  March  22,  1811. 

Mr.  Morse  was  graduated  at  Yale  College,  New  Haven,  Ct., 
in  1^39.  Daring  the  three  following  years  he  was  principal  of 
Nichols  Academy,  Dudley,  Mass.  He  studied  theology  in 
Andover,  Mass.,  and  in  Auburn,  N.  Y.;  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  Windham  County  Association,  Ct ;  soon  after  settled  over 
a  church  in  Lima,  IncL  Afterwards  removed  to  Tyrone,  Steu- 
ben Co.,  N.  Y;  thence  to  Union  City,  Mich.,  where  he  held  the 
pastorate  of  the  Congregational  Church  for  five  years,  when  he 
was  called  to  take  charge,  as  principal,  of  La  Grange  Institute, 
Iiid.  During  his  connection  with  the  Institute,  he  supplied  desti- 
tute churches  in  the  vicinity  of  La  Grange  as  opportunity  offered. 
A  year  and  a  half  later  he  returned  to  Union  City,  and  settled 
on  a  farm,  where  he  has  since  resided,  beloved  by  a  large  circle 
f»f  friends.  His  Christian  activities  have  not  been  relaxed.  The 
Sabljath  schools  in  Union  City  and  feel)le  churches  in  the  vi- 
cinity, have  largely  profited  by  his  labors.  The  personal  (qual- 
ities of  Mr.  Morse  have  won  for  him  many  friends.  Open- 
hearte«l,  frank,  and  Ijenevolent,  he  readily  finds  his  way  to  the 
li^rtsof  the  people  and  commands  their  confidence  and  respect 


184 


BEXJAillN  CHILD  OF  BOXBL'RV,  MA.S8. 


Mn  Morgue  has  l^een  twice  married  ;  fin>t  in  May,  1S43.  to  Samh 
May  Cliikl,  dau,  of  Deacon  Luther  and  Paraelia  Child  of  Wood* 
stock,  Ct  She  died  in  Union  City,  Mich.,  1848,  leanng  no 
children.  His  second  marriage  was  in  1858^  to  Caroline  Lin- 
coln (Hammond),  widow  of  Samuel  J,  Mills  Hammond^  Es«|,, 
attorney  at  law^,  and  son  of  Judge  Chester  Hammond,  an  early 
settler,  an  influential  and  much  esteemed  citizeQ  of  Unici 
City. 


[Ef^hth  Genemtioud    Cliild : 
ft56.  i.  Ubnbt  Maxs  Mobile,  b.  in  Union  Oty,  Mieh., 


Dec .  1855. 


[Seventh  Generation] 

920.  vii.  Haxnah  Morse,  seventh  child  and  second  dauu  of 
Hannah  Child  and  David  Morse,  b-  in  Exeter,  OUego  Ca, 
K  Y,,  Oct  23,  1813,  m.  Nov.  7,  1839,  William  Egl>ert  Cntne, 
son  of  Im  Crane  of  Barrington,  Yates  Ccx,  N.  Y.  Soon  after 
their  marriage  they  raoveil  to  Bradford,  Steuben  Co.,  N.  V^ 
where  they  still  reside.  Mr.  Crane  has  been  an  extensive  and 
successful  farmer,  and  accumuhited  a  handsome  property,  uj:>oo 
which  he  has  retired  to  spend  his  declining  years  in  independ- 
ence and  ejxse.  They  have  but  one  child. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 

^7.  i.  Georoiana  Chane,  b.  in  Bmilfor«K  N.  Y  ,  June  30.  lR4fl. 
32,  1867,  Gyms  M,  Merrinmn. 


[Eighth  Generation.] 

957.  i.  GeorgianaCrane,  only  child  of  Hannah  Morse  an 
Willinin  Egbert  Cmne.  U  in  Brarlford.  K  Y.,  June  30,  1840, 
May  22,  1S67,  Cyrus  M.  Menimun,  mn  of  Hiram  MeiTiinan,j 
lumber  merchant  in  Williamsport,  Pa.     Mr.  Cyrus  M,  Mer 
man  pot^sesse^a  fine  business  talents,  and  holds  the  office 
justice  of  the  peace  in  Bradford,  N.  Y 

[Ninth  Generation.]    rhildren: 
068.  i.  Egbekt  Crane  Mektiiman.  i\  u\  iimdford.  N.  Y..  May  i^,  \> 
059.  ii.  Augusta  Cttrrifts  Merriman,  b.  in  Bradford,  N.  Y..  June  15, 

1870.  ~ 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

925.  xii.  Dn  Shekman  Morse,  twelfth  child  and  fifth 
Hannah  Child  and  Davi<l  Morse,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.. 
12,  1821,  m.  Nov,  9,  1872,  Sarah  Orthonett  Halcom  of 
don,  N.  H.     He  was  in  the  Union  array  in  the  late  civil 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  185 

as  physician  and  surgeon ;  afterwards  settled  in  Eidgefield,  111., 
where  he  now  resides,  following  his  profession,  and  farming. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

960.  i.  Annie  H.  Morse. 

961.  ii.  Flotd  S.  Mobse. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

928.  XV.  Dr.  Floyd  Morse,  fifteenth  child  and  seventh  son 
of  Hannah  Child  and  David  Morse,  b.  in  Barrington,  Yates 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  April  11,  1825,  m.  Mary  Amanda  Pierce,  dau.  of 
Dea.  Allanson  and  Sylvia  Pierce  of  Cooper's  Plains,  Chemung 
Co.,  N.  Y.  Dr.  Morse  entered  upon  his  practice  in  Tuscarora, 
Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y.,  afterwards  removed  to  Painted  Post, 
Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  died,  Sept  20,  1858. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children, 

962.  i.  Emma  Pierce  Morse,  b.  Oct.  31,  1850,  m.  Sept.  1,  1875,  Rev. 
Giles  H.  Hubbard,  a  Baptist  Clergyman. 

963.  ii.  Benjamin  Rush  Morse,  b.  Oct.  21,  1852. 

964.  iii.  Flotd  Herbert  Morse,  b.  Aug.  31,  1854. 

965.  iv.  Annie  L.  Morse,  b.  May  23,  1856. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

929.  xvi.  WiLLARD  Child  Morse,  youngest  child  and 
eighth  son  of  Hannah  Child  and  David  Morse,  b.  in  Barring- 
ton,  Yates  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct  20,  1826,  ra.  April  6,  1853,  Mary 
Erwin  Cooper,  dau.  of  Dr.  John  Cooper  of  Coopers  Plains, 
Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Morse  is  a  well-to-do  farmer  and  an 
esteemed  citizen  of  Painted  Post,  Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

966.|i.  John  Cooper  Morse,  b.  in  Painted  Post,  Sept.  22,  1854. 
967.  ii.  Lizzie  Evans  Morse,  b  in  Paint«d  Post,  Feb.  19,  1857,  d.  Oct. 
21,  1864,  at  Cooper's  Plains. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

908.  iv.  Henry  Child,  fourth  child  and  eldest  son  of  Capt 
Willard  and  Lydia  Morse  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Jan.  3, 
1789,  m.  Oct.  1.  1813,  Lucretia  Child,  dau.  oi  Neherniah  and 
Eliza  Shipman  Child.  She  d  April  3,  1816 ;  he  m.  2d,  April 
3,  1818,  Henrietta  May,  dau.  of  Ephraim  and  Abigail  Chan- 
dler May.  She  d.  Jan.  28,  1822;  he  m.  3d.  Nov.  10,  1823, 
Lucy  May,  dau.  of  Asa  and  Anna  Fillebrowne  May.  She  d. 
March  20,  1843 ;  he  m.  4th,  April  28, 1845,  Betsey  Buel.  She 
d.  June  18,  1877.  Mr.  Child  was  a  farmer  in  West  Fairlee, 
Orange  Co.,  Vt.,  where  he  died  April  8,  1861. 

N 


l^t, 


WA31i>'  CniLl»  OF  BOXBL  RY'.  MASgt 


Mr.  Chilli  was  a  man  of  fine  cocistilQtioii,  of  raddj 
|>lexion,  in  stature  nearly  or  quite  six  feet,  hroad  shoulc 
ileej>  cliestedt  weighing  uearly  2i)0  f»ounda  He  first  settled 
WrK>d5toek,  Ct,  afterwards  reraovt^l  to  West  Fairlee,  Yt 
where  he  spent  the  liaknce  of  his  days.  He  was  a  citizen 
much  pul)ltc  spirit,  of  earnest  purj»oses,  sMJUiid  iii  judgmen^ 
which  gave  efficiency  to  a  life  of  usefulness  and  gained  the  i 
teem  of  his  fellow  townsmen.  He  was  au  intrV  _  *  luan 
well  informed  on  the  topics  of  the  times,  a  tni^ 
philanthropist,  and  a  sineei-e  Christian,  He  died  in  the  se%*enly- 
second  yefir  of  his  age.  m 

(Seventh  Geoemtion.]    t'hiidrtfu :  ^ 

[By  first  tuturiMire.] 

I»G8   u  Ei.itAJKOR  LrcKKTiA  i-'HiJ^D,  b.  in  WocxUtoek*  C\..  April  1,  iSli, 
m.  Ralph  Perrr.  I 

[0v  seootid  mttrring^  ]  1 

dOi),  iL  Abbie  Chjitcdlbb  C01LO.  b.  hi  Woodstock.  Ct^  April  32;  1S19. 
in.  Calvin  M   HoJbTi>ok- 

970.  til   Epuraim  Child,  b.  in  West  Fwrlee^Tl,.  Aug.  1,  1Q31,  d,  Sep 
^4,  1823. 

[Bj  third  taarringej 

971.  \y.  Asa  May  Child,  b.  in  West  Fnirlee.  Vt.,  Not.  &,  1834,  m.  OcC 
22,  1857.  Man  E,  Wadleigh. 

972.  V    Henky  Child,  Jr  ,  h.  in  West  Fnirlee.  Vt,  Mjirch  HI.  Id% 
Murrh  24,  1875.     No  children. 

973.  vi,  Oeorgk  Mav  Child.  K  in  West  Fiuriei%  Vt..  April  24,  183l»  i 
Rrisinn  Falls. 


[Seventh  Gonenition.] 

968.  i,  Eleanor  Lucretia  Child,  eldest  child  of  Qenr 
and  Lucretia  (Child)  Child,  b.  in  Woodst*xtk,Ct,  April  1,  ISK 
HL  Dea  2<5,  1638,  Ralph  Perry,  a  farmer  of  Chester,  Vt 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

974.  i    Maky  Lucuetia  Pbhry,  b  Sept  2,  1839,  m.Sept.7»  1878. 
Fred  Bigelow. 

975,  ti.  Newsome  Perhy,  b.  April  14.  1841,  d.  Aug,  3.  1848. 
97fi.  iii.  George  WiLt*oN  Perry,  h.  Aug.  4,  lhl2. 

977.  lY.  Anna  Perry,  b.  Sept.  13,  1S44,  d,  Dec.  10.  1845. 

978,  V.  Elizabeth  Perry,  b,  July  24,  1846,  d.  Nov  30,  1850. 
979-  Ti,   Henry  Child  Perry,  b    Jan.  25,  1848.  m.  Jan  iVy  1*^73.] 

iHiklee.     She  d.  Jan.  26.  1875. 

980.  vii.  LrcY  May  Perry,  b,  Aug.  30.  1850. 

981.  Wii.  Elmira  Rosbtta  Perry,  b.  Feb.  15,  1832,  m    N'or,  9,  1^ 
Wiillaee  Miles  Knowlton. 

982.  ix,  John  Perry,  b.  May  5.  1853.  d.  July,  1854. 

983.  X.  Alice  SoraiA  Perry,  b  May  189,  1855,  d.  Nov,  10,  1803. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDAliTS.  187 

984.  xi.  Jambs  Madison  Perry,  b.  Juno  17,  1857,  m.  June  28,  1879, 
Lura  Annette  Perry. 

985.  xii.  Edoar  Everett  Perry  b.  Aug.  21,  1859,  d.  Nov.  6, 1863. 

(Seventh  Generation. 

969.  ii.  Abbie  Chandler  Child,  second  child  and  second 
dau.  of  Henry  Child,  by  Henrietta  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct, 
April  22,  1819,  m.  Sept  22,  1848,  Calvin  M.  Holbrook,  of  West 
Fairlee,  Vt     She  d.  Feb.  11, 1852.     He  died  Dec.  29,  1870. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

986.  i.  A^iE  Child  Holbrook,  b.  in  West  Fairlee,  Vt.,  July  14,  1849. 

987.  ii.    Henrietta  May  Holbrook,  b.  in  West  Fairlee,  Vt.,  Oct.  5, 
1851. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

971.  iv.  Asa  May  Child,  fourth  child  and  second  son  of 
Henry  Child,  by  Lucy  May,  b.   in   West  Fairlee,  Vt.,  Nov.  8, 
1824,   m.  Oct   20,   1857,  Mary  E.  Wadleigh,  of  Lyme,  K  H. 
Mr.  Child  is  a  farmer  in  West  Fairlee,  Vt 
[Eighth  Geneiation.J    Children: 

988.  i.  Alice  May  Child,  b.  it  West  Fairlee,  Vt.,  Aug.  1,  1863. 

989.  ii.  Nellie  May  Child,  b.  in  West  Fairlee,  Vt.,  April  17,  1866. 

990.  iii.  Asa  Irving  Child,  b.  in  West  Fairlee,  Vt.,  Jan.  11,  1868,  d. 
April  13.  1879. 

991    iv.  Lucy  May  Child,  b.  in  West  Fairlee,  Vt.,  Oct.  4,  1872. 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

973.   vi.  Georoe  May  Child,  sixth  child  and  third  son  of 
Henry  Chrld,  by  Lucy  May,  b.  in  West  Fairlee,  Vt,  April  24, 
1831,  m.   Rosina  Falls,  of  Westford,  Mass.      They   reside   at 
Aver.  Middlesex  county,  Mass. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Child: 

992.  i.  George  Henry  Child,  b.  in  Ayer,  Marss.,  Se[)t.  26,  1863. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

969.  V.  Dea.  Luther  Child,  fifth  child  and  second  son  of 
Capt.  Willard  and  Lydia  Morse  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct, 
March  19,  1791,  m.  twice:  1st  Jan.  25,  1815,  to  Pamelia  Child, 
dau.  of  Col.  Chester  and  Sarah  May  Child,  of  Woodstock,  Ct.  : 
she  was  b.  1790,  d.  April  15,  1851 ;  2nd,  to  Susan  Walker^ 
'lau.  of  Leonard  and  Chloe  Child  Walker,  of  Stafford,  Vt  She 
was  b.  May  22, 1 792.  She  still  lives  at  88  years  of  age.  He  died 
Jan.  30,  1S60,  on  the  old  homestead,  when  the  ovnership  went 
into  the  hands  of  one  of  his  children.  Deacon  Child  was  a  man 
^'f  much  inielligcnce,  and  active  in  the  affairs  of  life.     His  can- 


BENJAMIN  Cim.D  OF  ROXBrBY,  UABSL 


<lor,  aimablft  disposition  and  clear  judgment,  rendered  bira  a 
safe  and  reliable  counsellor.     In  1824,  he  was  elected  Bea 
in  the  C.^ingregatiunal  charcb,  which  he  held  till  his  death, 
cheerful  hospitality  mtjdered  his  home  a  place  of  pleasant 
for  kindred  and  friends,  while  the  stranger  was  treated  with  t\i 
sideration  and  kindness.     His  memory  is  warmly  cheri^shi 
a  large  circle  of  acquaintances. 
fSevenih  Generation.]    Children: 

(>03,  i.  Clinton  Child,  b.  in  Woodstwk.  Ct.,  May,  8,  1817,  Ures  nnwu 
in  the  old  homestead. 

984.  ii,  Sarah  May  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Ckt.  18,^818,  m 
Henry  Morse,  d.  in  Union  City,  Afich  ,  without  children. 

f»9v5.  iii.  Aba  Tiiuhbton  Child,   b,  in  WtxHi^oek^  Ct.,  June  7,  18130, 
March  11,  1845,  Roxftna  l-iyon. 

^6.  iv.  Edward  Muitsii  Child,  b,  iti  VV'oiKlstock,  Ct,  April  15,  I 
d.  young, 

\m.  V    Luther  S,  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct ,  May  12,  1824,  d    youoj 

mi8.  vi.  Mary  Ann  Child,  k  in  WoofJst-oek,.Ct.,  May  16,  1826,  m.  Mi 
12,  1852,  J .  VV.  Lcavitt. 

{Ml  vii.  Pamelia  Hj^rrib  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  July  12, 1889, 

1000    viii.  EzuA  Child,  h  in  WocKlstcKi-k,  Ct.,  April  0,  1830,  d.  young 

1001.  ix.  ScisAN  A.  Child,  h.  in  W<iodstock,  Ct.,  Oct.  3,  1831,  nnnn., 
suIph  in  Wo<idstfKk. 

1002.  X,  Lydia  M0R6K Child,  l».  in  W.»>dstiK'k,  Ct  .  A(*nl  4,  1884,  d  yg 


I 

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■■4 


[Seventh  GcncrBtion.] 

995.  ill.  Dea.  Asa  Thurston  Child,  thinl  child  and  second 
son  of  Dea,  Luther  and  Pamelia  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct, 
June  7,  1820,  m.  by  Rev.  Mn  Marsh,  March  U,  1845,  to  Rox- 
aua  Lyon,  daiL  of  Dea.  Moseys  and  Tryphena  Lyon^  of  Wood- 
stock, Ct  He  died  Feb,  10, 1850,  Mrs,  Child  resides  in  Sontb 
Wt^odstock,  Ct.  The  substantial  characteristica  of  an  honored 
father  seem  to  have  been  the  inheritance  ot  a  worthy  stm.  In 
lelligent  and  earnest  pur^x>ses,  gave  impulse  to  his  activities. 
After  his  marriage  he  settled  as  a  farmer  in  South  Woodstock, 
Ctw,  and  identified  himself  in  the  moral  and  material  intei'ests 
of  the  parish.  The  wisdom  of  his  counsels  was  manifest  by  the 
esteem  and  confidence  in  which  he  was  held  by  his  fellow  citi- 
zens. He  was  specially  valued  as  a  pillar  in  the  church  of 
which  lie  was  an  esteemed  officer,  having  been  early  chosen  as 
one  of  its  deacona 
[Eighth  GenpmHon.]    Children: 

lOOa.  i.  Hknry  Thurston  Child,  b.  in  South  Woodstock,  Ct..  June  36, 
1846,  m.  Miiy  5.  1875,  EUh  E,  Filts. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  189 

1004.  ii.  Mart  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  in  South  Woodstock,  Ct.,  March  26, 
1849,  m.  Nov.  29,  1875,  John  Newton  Green. 

1005.  iii.  Edward  Moses  Child,  b.  in  South  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Aug.  24, 
1851.    A  physician  in  Meriden,  Ct. 

1006.  iv.  Fi/ORENCE  Augusta  Child,  b.  in  South  Wcw>dstock,  Ct.,  Oct. 
31,  1858. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1003.  i.  Henry  Thurston  Child,  eldest  child  of  Dea.  Asa 
Thurston  and  Roxana  Lyon  Child,  b.  in  South  Woodstock,  Ct., 
June  26,  1846,  m.  by  Rev.  H.  Hyde,  in  Pomfret,  Ct,  May  5, 
1875,  to  Ella  E.  Fitts,  dau.  of  Lyman  and  Harriet  Fitts,  of 
Pomfret,  Ct.  Mr.  Child  resides  in  South  Woodstock,  Ct.,  on 
his  father's  homestead.  A  man  held  in  high  esteem  by  his  fel- 
low townsmen,  as  honorable  and  upright,  intelligent,  enterpris- 
ing and  successful  in  business.  A  warm  supporter  of  educa- 
tional and  religious  institutions;  and  like  his  father  and  grand- 
father, a  worthy  office  bearer  in  the  Congregational  church. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

1007.  i.  Alfred  Thurston  Child,  b.  in  South  Woodstock,  Ct ,  March 
10, 1876. 

1008.  ii.  Edward  Lyman  Child,  b.  in  South  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Oct.  6, 
1877. 

1009.  iii.  Richard  Lyon  Child,  b.  in  South  Woodstock,  Ct..  March  3, 
1879. 

[Eighth  Generation.) 

1004.  ii.  Mary  Elizabeth  Child,  second  child,  eldest  dau. 
of  Dea.  Asa  Thurston  and  Roxana  Lyon  Child,  b.  in  South 
Woodstock,  Ct,  March  26,  1849,  m.  by  Rev.  K  Beach,  Nov. 
29,  1875,  to  John  Newton  Green,  son  of  John  J.  and  Hannah 
Green,  of  Putnam,  Ct.  The\^  reside  in  Greenboro,  North  Car- 
olina. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

1010.  i.  Henry  J EWETT  Green,  b.  1878. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

998.  vi.  Mary  Ann  Child,  sixth  child  and  second  dau.  of 
Dea.  Luther  and  Pamelia  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  May  16, 
1826,  m.  March  10,  1852,  J.  W.  Leavitt.  He  d.  Dec.  4,  1864. 
Mra  Leavitt  resides  on  the  old  homestead,  built  by  Henry  Child, 
her  great-grandfather,  the  ownership  having  been  retained  by 
his  direct  descendants  to  the  present  date. 


190 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBl'RY,  MASS. 


May  26,  1853.  m 


[Eightli  Geiierntioo.]    Children: 

101 1    i.  Herbert  Leavitt,  b.  Woodstocki  Ct 
la,  1874,  EvelyD  L.  Hebbard. 

1012.  ii.  Luther  Leavitt,  b.  in  WcKidstJx^k,  Ct.,  Ftb.  26,  1855. 

1013.  Hi.  SuBAN  A.  Leavitt.  \h  in  Wocxlstot'k,  Ct.,  May  21,  18S8 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

loll.  L  Herbert  Leaviti^  eldest  child  of  Mary  Ann  Child 
and  J,  W.  Leavitt^  b.  may  26,  1S51,  in.  Aug,  19,  1874,  Evelyn 
L.  Hebbard. 
[Ninth  GenerationJ     Child: 

1014.  i,  Wallace  Hfjii\ebt  Leavitt,  b.  Miiy  *^8,  1878 


[Sixth  GinujiBtinn.] 

910.  vi.  Rev.  Wtllaiu)  Chilo,  D.D.,  sixth  child  of  Capi 
Willard  Child,  by  Sylvia  Child,  (2nd  m.)  third  son,  b.  in  Wood- 
stock,  Ct,  Nov.  14,  1790,  m.  Sept  13,  1827,  Katherine  Gris* 
wold  Kent,  dan,  of  Rev,  Dan  and  Betsey  Griswold  Kent,  of 
Benson,  Vt  She  was  b.  in  Ben.son,  Feb.  7,  1805,  and  d.  Feb, 
2€\  1851.  lie  d.  Nov.  13,  1877,  81  years  of  age.  He  graduat- 
ed at  Yale  College,  New  Haven.  Cl,  the  year  we  are  not  able  ta, 
state.  I 

Dr.  Child  was  a  man  of  quiet  and  easy  dignity ;  justly  admir- 
ed for  bis  attractive  personel.  In  stature  he  was  nearly  six  feet>, 
possessing  a  fine  physical  development  Hi.s  muscular  power 
in  early  youth  was  unusual  In  his  schoobboy  days,  he  was 
the  pride  of  his  associates;  he  stood  at  their  head  as  an  athletic, 
and  usually  won  the  victory  in  warmly  contested  games.  I 
riper  manhood,  hi.s  strength  was  vigorously  tested  in  resistin, 
an  attack  by  an  insane  man  of  great  muscular  power,  which  oc- 
curred on  his  father's  farm  on  the  occtision  of  one  of  his  visits 
the  ancestral  home,  being  suddenly  attjicked  while  in^the  field 
near  his  fatlier's  laborers,  by  the  man  alhided  to.  Tlie  men 
were  astonislied  at  the  ease  with  which  the  Dr.  held  his  assailant, 
till  he  was  bound  with  cords  and  rendered  harmeless.  Th 
was  a  charm  of  great  fascination  about  Dr.  Child.  His  la 
blue  eye,  beaming  with  the  light  of  intelligence;  his  benignant 
countenance,  and  his  deep  and  mellow  voice,  invested  him  with 
a  power  Uy  win  those  who  came  within  the  reach  of  his  magnetic 
presence.  The  simplicity  of  his  manners,  his  graceful  and 
easy  bearing,  his  sympathetic  nature,  his  abounding  good  will, 
were  elements  of  his  power  over  rnen.     Buoyant,  hopeful 


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AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  191 

anecdote,  he  was  always  a  welcome  guest  among  friends  and 
acquaintances.  By  his  personal  attractions,  he  drew  to  his  side 
such  as  valued  the  instructions  of  a  wise  and  intelligent  teacher. 
His  intellectual  grasp  was  of  high  order.  His  native  powers, 
which  were  of  no  ordinary  cast,  received  a  culture  which  gave 
him  rank  among  scholars  and  statesmen. 

As  a  public  man,  he  was  admired,  honored  and  trusted ;  he 
was  without  ostentation  and  undue  ambition.  To  his  social 
nature  all  ambitious  longings  were  subordinated.  Life  was 
much  more  to  him  in  the  quiet  circle  of  appreciative  friends, 
than  in  the  glare  of  public  fame.  To  serve  the  Master  in  hum- 
ble private  homes,  in  ministration  to  the  sick  and  bereaved,  was 
far  more  congenial  to  his  feelings  than  to  receive  the  adulations 
of  an  admiring,  popular  assembly  ;  and  his  power  to  hold  the 
attention  of  an  audience  was  scarcely  excelled.  In  pulpit  oratory, 
in  which  he  was  by  no  means  deficient,  there  was  nothing  of 
the  florid  and  gushing  method.  Language,  simple  and  direct, 
conveyed  his  thoughts  to  the  conscience  and  the  understanding 
of  his  audience  with  great  effect  But  the  social  element  in  Dr. 
Child  was  the  secret  of  his  success.  His  free  and  kindly  man- 
ner with  all  classes  gave  him  influence  over  men,  and  won  to 
his  confidence  a  large  element  in  the  community.  Entering,  as 
he  readily  did,  into  the  sympathies  of  men  in  their  varied  pur- 
suits and  experiences,  he  easily  touched  the  springs  of  their 
nature  and  drew  them  into  sympathy  with  sentiments  of  high 
morality  and  christian  obligation.  Among  the  marked  charac- 
teristics of  Dr.  Child,  was  his  love  of  nature. 

But  the  great  work  of  his  profession  was  paramount  His 
ministry  was  a  prolonged  one,  covering  a  period  of  more  than 
half  a  century.  The  obituary,  written  by  one  unknown  to  us, 
taken  from  the  Congregalionalisi^  briefl}'  sums  up  the  fields  of 
his  laboi-s,  and  pays  a  just  and  beautiful  tribute  to  his  memory : 

Willard  Child.  D.  D.,  born  at  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  14.  1796;  graduated 
at  Yale  College  and  Andover  Seminary;  settled  as  pastor  successively  in 
Pittsford,  V't.,  Norwich,  Ct.,  Lowel,  Mass.,  and  Castleton,  Vt  ;  performing 
snbseijuently  several  years'  ministerial  labor  in  North  Brookfield.  Mass., 
Crown  Point  and  Mooers,  N.  Y.,  and  dying  at  the  last  named  place  Nov.  13, 
1877  (lacking  thus  but  one  day  of  eighty-one  years)— such  are  the  chief  out- 
ward facts  of  the  histor}'  of  a  man  affectionately  remembered  by  all  to  whom 
he  ever  ministered  in  the  gospel,  or  who  camo  within  the  sphere  of  his  per- 
sonal acquaintance. 


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BRXiAXcr  cmiLD  or  anxBTBr. 


ltd  asBum  m 
Vv.  if  SBT,d 
re  tlnu)  Hrwfl 


ThrjM*  mcn^  Cftet*  i^ire  nrtd«OGs  €iC  m  fao^  filfe  Mid  a  vmneid 
RifniMtrj  r{«»|pwlii«l^  fmrarnlltfeaail^eBPiMrjal*  v^Mm 
c^mmuii,  utid  li«?  «»»  a)iW  lo  fulfill  •ome  mmtimiBl  blxir  to  ^ 
ativdjr  fi'W  maath^  of  hb  flwlh,  Um^  tlHtvfiifc.  Im*  I— j 
fKiirf'hon  whit^ht  on  th<*  ^nxifif!  of  its  i 
of  piitrtic  tiatiee 

But  Or  CHflci*»  ministeriiil  acrriee  is  not  to  be  - 
rm)y.     lU  rjiiiiHtir  Wfu«  more  marked  tban  it#  cootuia 
fDAni  hfivf^  brought  into  mir  Conf^r^gatkMMl  serrioe  •  H« 

Wb(<th«*r  loijkod  at  nn  iU  inUy\lt<*UM]  oremoCitMnl  vide;  wliciber  oosMfarN^I 
in  ri*«»|x-c't  U>  the  nci4*iit  antJ  quftlit)^  of  it*  enllivslioB,  or  its  ▼arioss  powi^^ 
to  in(1ii<tfir'i^  Mid  touch  iXher  men,  h»  wv  •  ipifit  of  luntsul  op»}emjtM 
eriUo  Willi*  tit. 

And  ihii»  Inrgi;,  rieb  imtitre  was  well  tuibitifil  tn  ft  siagmlarlx  pleMB|r  9mi 
oummtxtiiWun:  WnlDy  prr^ti^e.  Itiileed,  wh^n  the  jp/nstnt  writer  IooIk  iMiok 
i^«»*ntv«Hv>«  yi>iirn«  utuI  tulb  tip  to  hi>  mimi  lltA  t^mi  tnmmSie  of  Dr.  CInUV 
fM«'i*fn('(\  nmniHT,  vaict%  itnc)  stubstAntUI  uttemoi-L*.  a»  be  tlicti  ivmctiiben 
lurii  In  thr-  pulpit,  Ir'  i^  fixn*  to  ^ay  that  the  wliolr^  WKsiitf  cia»r  |M*ff ectKm  »^ 
hi*  hn*  rvi^r  known. 

MiH  frlirlrv  i>f  i'Kpru^(<iun,  hiH  aptneiMt  of  quot4iioit«  htsdeUeacT^of  mild 
iM'trayi**!  n  fatniliiirily.  <nnli*  uniif<ual  in  cvrn  our  most  cu1tiTAtf4  rl«r|7, 
wltit  Ihr  whoh'  rnngo  of  f^i-ncrul  tilenitnre,  and  e^fieciAUj  itjs  fitieiic  d«pirt* 
numi.     III'  wti.H  in  truth  a  jx>6t.  withotit  the  ImMt  of  rer^.     Vet  bis  pmcb- 
Sn((  wnnh'd  nnlJiing  of  ihe  rip^r  mid  muriUnes^  more  i<iitiiiiio<i  to 
Icnii  r^fhuMl, 

With  niu  h  «|urUitlMitiou!;<.  it  is  not  ^iirprisin^  thnt  Dr  Child  ^bnuld  h«nf| 
hri'ii  II  wiili'ty  iMhuiri»*i  f>r^'jirhi*r.     Yel  iin^jnestiofnibiy  a  wid^r  und  roomj 
tihiliiriii^  n^piitc*  would  hiivr  beJongtMl  to  htin  hiid  he  he«ti  a  n\ 
futtn,  iind  not  hm  rij>iiy  conriMitrd  wilU  the  j^at  is  factions  of  fh*-  mhI  of  | 

h^MtkiH  II «  h*'  wji?«      lit*  hirki'd  sojnr'thintf  of  that  ??^t re nuousnes*  which  ^ 
iMH'*»«i*nry  lo  lirln/^^  nui  thf  iye^i  |K>ssibililifs  of  hi^  reputation. 

Hut  fo  h(ini**r>ir  Htid  to  hi*  iumiediate  acquaintanee.  any  such  less  toa;  \ 
woj]  hiivi*  |j<M»n  nouln  gtxid  hy  rhp  »*DJoyment  given  and  received  in  that 
noi'iiil  iij(/tvm.mrHLv  whicii  wai^at  ontiea  plefwsure  and  a  power    Through  Ihi*  1 
^ihahorl  wi*nl  fHit  fnun  him  not  a  Uttlp  portion  of  his  best  efRciene y  in  hd{>*  I 
lo)(  o(h<T«,     And  by  it  hundreds  who  have  known  him  will  reoiernljer  him 
alTi^^'Honnlidy  iind  lon^,  us  oiw  of  Mie  most  attractive  and  inspiring  men  and 
julniMi^ri  tlii^y  h»v«*  wt^v  tiw\. 

l\\H  nuunluM  wi'iT  brniij^hi  from  Mooenrt  to  Pittsfortl.  the  st'ene  of  h)$  cur 
Hi'i^i  niii»t«try.  imd  hiirird  innidp  ihoise  of  his  earlfe?it  friends: 

**  Amonjf  rninl^liar  Dftme»  to  met, 
And  Id  llie  placei  of  hSe  )outli." 


[;Vv«»n(li  iM'Ui'riilitiii.i     Children: 

l(Mr».   i.   V\nJ<AKuA   <;un.n,  b  in  I'ittsfnrd.  Vi..S«pt.  10.  182tS,  ai.  aiireh 
2fb  iH>^^^»  Hnitnii  Kuapp 

Itmi    Ji,  i'r;fiirH  fl.  rniui,  b.  in  Pittsford.  Vt.,  Jiul  17,  1880,  d.  Au|r,  81.| 

mar 

tC)17,   iii     Katharike  Kbnt  Vmu>,  bAu  Pittsford.  Vt ,  Ftdj.  8.  18:W.  hlJ 
!ii»v.  Kdward  A.^hJov  Walker.  Mimh  *25.  18f33. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  193 

1018.  iv.  Fannie  F.  G.  Child,  b.  in  Pittsford,  Vt..  Oct.  1,  1838,  d.  Nov. 
23.  1843. 

1019.  V.  Chaeles  H.  Child,  b.  in  Pittsford.  Vt..  Dec.  20,  1840,  d.  Nov. 
14,  1843. 

1020.  vi.  Emma  Juliette  Child,  b.  in  Pittsford.  Vt.,  Jan.  25,  1846,  d. 
Aug.  14.  1847. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1015.  i.  WiLLARD  A.  Child,  M.  D.,  eldest  child  of  Rev. 
Dr.  Willard  and  Katharine  Kent  Child,  b.  in  Pittsford,  Vt., 
Sept.  16,  1828,  m.  March  26, 1863,  Emma  Knapp,  dau.  of  Abel 
Knapp,  Esq.,  of  Mooers,  Clinton  Co.,  N.  Y.  Esq.  Knapp  went 
to  Mooers  at  an  earl}^  day  and  established  himself  in  the  mer- 
cantile and  lumber  trade,  which  he  still  successfully  pursues. 

Dr.  Willard  A.  Chil4  was  graduated  at  the  Medical  Col- 
lege at  Castleton,  Vt,  in  1857,  and  commenced  his  practice 
in  the  town  of  Mooers,  N.  Y.,  afterwards  removed  to  Pitts- 
ford, Vt.,  his  native  town.  Previous  to  his  medical  course 
he  made  several  sea  voyages,  one  of  which  was  around  the 
world.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war.  Dr.  W.  A.  Child 
was  the  first  in  the  town  of  Pittsford,  Vt,  to  enroll  for  volun- 
teer service  in  the  Union  Army;  He  was  immediately  ap- 
pointed assistant  surgeon  in  the  4th  Volunteer  Regiment  of 
Infantry  of  Vermont  At  the  expiration  of  the  three  raontiis' 
service  he  returned  to  his  home,  but  soon  after  went  back  to 
the  arm}^,  and  was  again  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  tlie  4th 
Eegiment  Shortly  after  he  was  promoted  to  surgeon  in  the 
10th  Vol.  Reg't,  Vt,  then  to  brigadier  surgeon,  and  finally  to 
the  post  of  division  surgeon,  and  served  through  the  entire 
war.  He  performed  the  first  surgical  operation  on  the  field^ 
which  took  place  at  Big  Bethel.  His  army  record  is  a  highly 
honorable  one.  He  was  in  twenty -eight  or  twenty-nine  battles. 
After  his  marriage  in  1863,  his  wife  was  with  him  during  the 
greater  part  of  the  remaining  campaign,  rendering  sympathy 
and  aid  to  wounded  and  dying  soldiers.  At  the  close  of  the 
war,  Dr.  W.  A.  Child  resumed  his  practice  in  the  town  of 
Mooers,  N.  Y.,  where  he  spent  the  balance  of  his  life.  His 
health  was  impaired  by  exposure  in  the  camp,  and  his  days 
were  mjch  shortened  in  consequence.  His  professional  life 
was  a  busy  one,  and  one  which  secured  him  flattering  regard 
among  his  patrons.  Dr.  W.  A.  Child  was  talented  and  well 
educated.     His  opportunities  for  general  knowledge  were  un- 


HU  BENJAMI^iilLD  OF  RoSluBY^IAe 

usually  favorable  and  well  approjiriated.  He  formed  intelligeni 
opinions  from  filij^ervation  and  reading,  whicli  made  him  ^t 
iiome  among  literary  as  well  as  business  men.  While  be  pos* 
sessed  the  characteristics  and  qualifications  that  fitted  him  for 
manly  duties  in  his  profession  and  as  a  citizen,  the  finer  feel- 
ings, developed  only  in  the  sanctuary  of  the  domestic  circle, 
were  not  lacking.  His  love  for  his  revered  and  aged  father 
prompted  the  tender  ministries  which  filial  affection  only  «*iin 
supply.  The  last  years  of  his  father  were  spent  in  his  family, 
where  he  enjojed  the  attentions  and  loving  sympathies  of  a 
dutiful  son^  and  not  less  self  sacrificing  and  cheerful  minisira- 
tiims  of  a  much  loved  daughterindavv,  whose  devotion  could 
not  have  been  more  earnest  and  loving  in  an  own  child.  It 
wa.s  in  his  last  sickness  only  thnt  Dr.  W.  A.  Child  learned  of 
(jur  enterprise  of  publishing  a  Genealoc^y  of  the  Child  Family. 
In  a  communication  from  bis  surviving  companion,  which  was 
received  soon  after  his  decease,  she  infoVraed  me  that  her  hus- 
band expressed  much  interest  in  the  success  of  tlie  work,  aricj 
that  it  liad  been  his  purpose  U*  contribute  some  incidenis  and 
experiences  in  his  own  historyj^-a  failure  which  we  sincerelj 
regret. 
[Ei|^litli  Generation.!    i'hilil: 

102L  i.  Edwakd  Willarp  Uevi  Chu^d,  h.  in  Mooers,  Clinton  Co..  K# ' 
Dw.  2I>.  1863. 

f Seventh  Ganerfttion.] 

lull  iii.  Katharine  Kent  Child,  third  child  and  eldc 
dan.  of  Rev.  Dr.  Wiltard  and  Katharine  Griswold  Kent  Child 
b.  in  Pittsford,  Vt,  Feb.  8,  1 833,  m.  March  25, 18fi3,  Rev.  Ed  war 
Ashley  Walker,  son  of  Alfj'cd  and  Eunice  Minor  Walker 
New  Haven,  Ct. 

Mr.  Walker  was  a  clergyman  of  the  Congregational  ebi 
settled  in  Worcester,  Mass..  and  died  of  consumption  a  let 
years  after  his  settlement     Mrs.  Katharine  Child  Walker  is  a 
lady  of  much  udent  of  soine  literary  taste  and  ability,  and  ha 
written  i*everal  juvenile  b<3oks  for  Sabbath  schools,  and  conlf 
buted  oc<:^asionally  articles  for  the  monthlies.     She  resides 
New  Haven,  Ct. 
[Eighth  Gim<'n*rioii.)    CUilth 

I02'l.  i.  Ethel  C.  Walker,  b  Feis  25.  18GI. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  195 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

911.  vii.     Lydia  Child,  seventh  child  and  fourth  dau.  of 
Capt  Willard  (by  Sylvia)  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  CL,  July 
29,  1798,  m.  Nov.  11,  lb21,  Erastus  May  of  Woodstock.     He 
was  b.  Nov.  2,  1796,  d.  May  3,  1878.     She  d.  Jan.  11,  1871. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

1023.  i.  George  M.  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June  14,  1823,  d.  Jan.  11, 
1825. 

1024.  li.  Betsey  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Nov.  14,  1825. 

1025.  iii.  Edward  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  23,  1828. 

1026.  iv.  Irving  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  March  27,  1830. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

912.  viii.  Sylvia  Child,  eighth  child  and  fifth  dau.  of  Capt. 
Willard  (by  Sylvia)  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June  28,  1800, 
m.  Sept  80,  1824,  Elisha  C.  Walker,  son  of  Capt  Alfred  and 
Betsey  Child  Walker.  He  was  b.  Sept ,  1797,  d.  March  28, 
1871.     Mrs.  Walker  died — date  not  given.  iS^O 

Mr.  Walker  was  a  man  of  earnest  and  honest  purposes,  and 
devoted  to  every  public  enterj^rise  looking  to  the  benefit  of  so- 
ciety ;  a  man  of  decided  temperance  principles,  and  a  warm  ad- 
vocate for  the  abolition  of  slavery ;  a  man  whose  aims  in  life 
were  broad  and  benevolent — living  for  others  quite  as  much  as 
for  himself. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

1027.  i.  Henry  Kirk  Walker,  b.  Aug.  7,  1827,  ra.  June,  1854,  Mary- 
North  rop. 

1028.  ii.  Mary  Ann  Walker,  b.  Aug.  6,  1829,  unm ,  resides  with  her 
brother  in  New  Haven,  Ct. 

1029.  iii.  Alfred  Ashley  Walker,  b.  Sept.  5,  1831,  shot  through  the 
chest  in  the  late  civil  war,  at  Vicksburg,  Miss ,  May  22,  1863. 

1030.  iv.  JAMB8  Walker,  b.  March  18,  1834,  m  Aug.  30,  1864,  Martha 
Johnson. 

1031.  V.  Sylvia  Elizabeth  Walker,  b.  May  18,  1837,  teacher  in  Chi- 
cago.  111. 

1032.  vi.  Francis  Elisha  Walker,  b.  Jan.  22,  1840,  m.  1867,  Lucy  R. 
Pitney. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1027.  i.  Henry  Kirk  Walker,  eldest  child  of  Sylvia  Child 
and  Elisha  Walker,  b.  Aug.  27,  1827,  m.  June,  1854,  Mary 
Northrop.  Mr.  Walker  is  a  cabinet  ware  dealer  in  New  Ha- 
ven, Ct 


196 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBLTRV,  KASS. 


[E  i  gfli  1 1 1  G  e  1 1  e  m  t  if  >  h .  J     C  h  i  I  d  rt^n  i 
1033.  i.  Alfkeu  Elihha  Wai^ker,  b.  Au^.  27,  1855. 
1034  iL  Maky  Nouthhop  Walkjeh,  b.  Aug.  3l»  1867. 
1035.  iii.  Lizzie  Maui>f,  Walkkr,  \k  .hily  L^  1859. 
1086.  i\-.  Henuy  Kirke  Walkkm,  J  a.,  b.  Jaa,  16.  1864, 

1037.  V.  VroLETiE  Walkeii,  II  Oct.  18»  187L 

1038.  vL  Emilv  Smrn  Walker,  h.  Sept.  28,  1972. 

f Seventh  Genemtton.] 

1030,  iv.  James  Walker,  fuurtli  child  iukI  tbuu-Mn  uf^ 
viu  Child  and  Elisha  Walker,  k  March  18,  I83i,  m.  Aug.  30, 
)8tS4,  Martha  JohnsoiL  Mn  Wiilker  is  a  partner  with  his 
brother^  Henry  Kirk  Wnlker,  in  the  cabinet  business.  Resides 
ill  New  Haven,  Ct. 
[Eiifhtli  Gencratioii.]     Childroo: 

1039.  i.  Edjtk  Cm  LI*  Walker,  b,  July  0,  ISlio. 

1040.  iL  Cornelia  Howe  Walker,  b,  June,  18C^8. 

1041.  ill.  Mari;aret  Ashley  Walker,  U  SopL  I.  1869. 

1042.  iv,  Alice  Johnson  Walker,  b  Aug  13,  1871     *^ 

1043.  V   James  Walker,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1874. 

1044.  vi.  Cdrtis  Howk  Walker,  b,  1^*77, 

[Seventh  Goneration.] 

1032.  vi.  Fkancis  Klisha  Wai.kkh,  sixth  cliild  and  foB 
son  cjf  Sylvia  Child  and  EHaha  Walkei\  b.  Jan,  22.  1840,  in. 
1867,  Lucy  R.  Pitney.  Mr.  Walker  is  a  vety  enGrgetic  and 
reliable  citizen,  in  Chiiuigo,  111. :  a  bridge  and  car  builder. 

[Eighth  Genemtion.]     Children: 

1045.  i.  Frank  Ashley  Walker,  b.  April  8,  1869. 

1046.  ti.  Ernst  Leighton  Walker,  b.  Juae  31,  1871. 

1047.  iii.  Amy  W\\lkkr,  b.  June  1,  1873. 

[Sixth  Generfttion.J 

*J13.  ix.  Cynthia  CH1L^^  ninth  cliild  and  sixth  daiL 
CapL  Willard  and  Sylvia  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock^  Ct,  An 
13,  1804,  m.  Dee,  16,  1828,  Ti^enek  May,  son  of  Nehennah  a 
Nancy  Mor^e  May ;  he  was  b.  in  WrHjdstock,  Ct,  Oct  19, 1^ 
and  rL  Aj>ril  27,  1S7*S.  As  his  father  befom  him,  Mr.  May 
an  extensive  cattle  dealer,  as  well  as  successful  fanner,  Bos- 
ton, Albany  and  New  York  were  his  princi]>al  markelis  Mrs 
Cynthia  Child  May  is  the  youiige^t  child  ui  Capt  Willani  atid 
Sylvia  Child,  and  the  last  representative  in  her  generation  of 
her  fnther^s  family.  As  a  mother  and  friend^  she  is  loved  fCHH 
her  atlectionate  disposition  and  her  gentleness  of  manners;  p€^H 
sonallj  attractive,  lier  charms  are  crowned  with  sincere  anJ 
consistent  piety. 


I 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  197 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

1048.  i.  Henry  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Oct.  13,  1829.  m.  Ellen  D. 
Child.     [Children  given  in  connection  with  the  mother,  No.  838.] 

1049.  ii.  Sylvia  Child  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  25,  1831,  m. 
George  Morse.    They  have  no  children. 

lOoO.  iii.  WiLLARD  Child  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  1,  1834,  d. 
JiUy  2,  1840. 

1051.  iv.  EiXBN  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Oct.  4,  1836,  m.  Rev.  Henry 
Francis  Hyde. 

1052.  V.  Willard  MAY.b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  23, 1840;  lives,  unm.^ 
on  the  homestead. 

1058.  vi.  Matilda  Jane  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June  21,  1843. 

1054.  vii.  Anna  Cynthia  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  April  15, 1847.  m.  June 
21,  1877,  Darius  Mathewson  Adams,  a  farmer  of  Pomfret,  Ct. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1051.  iv.  Ellen  May,  second  dau.  and  fourth  child  of  Cyn- 
thia Child  and  Trenck  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Oct  4, 1836, 
ra.  about  1862,  Rev.  Henry  Francis  Hyde,  son  of  Wm.  Henry 
and  Harriet  Young  Hyde  of  Brookline,  Ct.  He  graduated 
from  Amherst  College,  Mass ,  in  1859,  studied  Theology  in 
Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York  City,  and  at  East 
Windsor,  Ct ;  now  settled  over  the  Congregational  church  in 
Rockville,  Tolland  county.  Conn. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

1055.  i.  Arthur  May  Htdb,  b.  Sept.  14,  1S64. 

1056.  ii.  Ernest  Alprbd  Hyde,  b.  March  27,  1867,  d.  Dec,  1867. 
-     1057.  iii.  Clara  Anna  Hyde,  b.  Dec.  11,  1868. 

1058  iv.  Margaret  Ellen  Hyde,  b.  Dec.  14,  1870. 

1059.  V.  Bkrtha  Child  Hyde,  b.  June  17,  1874. 

1060.  vi.  Mabel  Harriet  Hyde,  b.  Dec.  7,  1877. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

868.  ix.  Rebecca  Child,  ninth  child  and  fifth  dau.  of  Henry 
and  Dorothy  Child  (Dorothy  a  dau.  of  Nathaniel  Child),  b.  in 
Woodstock,  Ct,   Aug.   26,  1762,  m.   Nov.   27,   1794,  Luther 
Baldwin. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children : 

1061.  i.  Dolly  Child  Baldwin,  b.  Sept.  13,  1795,  lives,  unm.,  in  North 
Woodstock,  Ct. 

1062.  ii.  Henry  Baldwin,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  12,  1797,  d.  Aug. 
15,  1868. 

1063.  iii.  Levi  Baldwin,  b.  Jan.  8,  1798,  d.  Aug.  11,  1870. 

1064.  iv.  Sally  Baldwin,  b.  Nov.  26, 1800,  unm..  resides  in  North  Wood- 
stock, Ct 

1065.  V.  Luther  Baldwin,  Jr.,  b.  July  14, 1803,  d.  Oct.,  1876. 

1066.  vi.  Thomas  Baldwin,  b.  Feb.  26,  1805,  d.  Aug.,  1866. 


lya 


CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


(Fourth  Gene  rat  ion,  J 

31,  V*  Mehitable  Child,  fifth  child  ami  second  dan.  of 
Epbraim  and  Priseilla  Harris  Child,  1>.  in  Woodstock,  Cl,  J irtie 
8,  1718,  riL  July  3,  1741,  Keherniah  Lyon,  h.  1719,  in  W 
stock,  Ct. 

[Fifth  Geriemiion.]    Ctuldr<?n: 

1(M7.  i.  Mautha  Lyon,  b.  in  Wood-^tock,  Ct  ♦  1742,  tii.  Eliakim  May 

1008.  ii.  Eusu.v  Lvo\%  b.  in  Woodstoek,  Ct..  1744,  d.  17(S7,  by  the  aeci- 
denUU  ♦lischargo  of  a  gun  at  a  military  training.  J 

I0ti9.  iii.  Amasa  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1745,  in.  Martha  Dana.      ^ 

1070,  iv.  Aahon  Lyon,  b.  in  Wt>odstook,  Ct.,  174^,  ni,  Elizabeth  May; 
no  children* 

1071, 
1788. 

1072. 
1777, 

1073, 
Corbin, 


V.  Levina  Lyon,  b  in  Woodstock,  CL,  1750,  m.  Peleg  Corbin:  d. 
vi  Lymak  Lyon,  h  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  1853,  m.  Hannah  Corbin, 
vii,  Mkihtahle  Lyon,   b.  in   WiMxbr-ock,  Ct.,    175S,   ni.  Sami 


f Fifth  Generation,] 

1067.  i.  Martha  Lyon,  eldest  child  of  Mehitable  Child  and 
Nehemiah  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ci,  1742,  m.  Eliakim  May, 
March,  1770,  d,  1815. 
[Sixth  Generation.]     Children: 

1074.  i,  Mahy  May,  b,  in  Woodstot  k,  Ct.,  1772,  m.  Jerry  Sheppard 

1075.  ii.  NEHfciMiAH  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1773,  m.  Xaney  Morse," 
da»i.  of  Dr.  David  Morse  of  Woodstock,  Ct.,  who  rt*movod  wUh  his  son,  Da- 
vid Morse,  Jr..  to  Exeter,  (Jtsego  cotinty,  N,  Y. 

1076.  iii.  MRnrTABLii  May,  b  in  Wrxxbtork.  CL,  1774,  m.  John  Phillips, 

1077.  iv.  Elfakim  May,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct..  1776,  m.  Hannah  Brad- 
font 

1078.  w  Ezra  May.  b.  in  Winnistnck.  C/t  .  1780,  ni  Chloe  Plunil*. 
1071*.  vi,  Ama^a  May.  h.  in  Wofjdstock,  Ct  ,  178'^  m.  Bet'^y  Clark, 

(Sixth  Geiiemtion.] 

1074.  i.  Mary  May,  eldest  child  of  Martha  Lyon  and  Elia- 
kim May,  and  grandchild  of  Mehitable  Child  and  NehemiahMI 
Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1772,  ni.  Jerry  Sheppard,  whoaet-^ 
tied  in  Exeter,  Otsetro  county,  N.  Y. 
JScvcnth  Gen^ratinn-]     Chiblrt'ii: 

1080.  i.  EiJsiiA  S?iiEi^rABr*,  in.  Jenisha  Angell  of  Exeter,  N.  Y, 

1081.  li.  Mautha  Lyon  Shei'Pahd,  sti.  Copeland,  Ixith  dead. 

1082.  iii,  OlJVE  SnErPAKD,  d  nnm. 
108:1  iv.  Eliaktm  Sheppabd,  m.  Miss  Coatcii. 

1084.  v.  Jkrhy  Sheppahd,  Jk  ,  ni.  Lanra  Curtisst,  dau  of  Agur  Cui 

1085.  vi    David  SiittrpAUi^  m.  a  Mi.»*s  Bailey. 
ltJ80.  vii.  Mary  Siieppari>,  m.  Jos,  Robinwn, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  199 

1087.  viii.  Caroline  Sheppakd,  d.  uniii. 

1088.  ix.  Asa  Shefpabd,  m. 

1089.  X.  Parbbnia  Sheppakd,  ra.  a  Mr.  Richards. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1075.  ii.  Nehemiah  May,  eldest  son  and  second  child  of 
Martha  Lyon  and  Eliakim  May,  and  grandchild  of  Mehitable 
Child  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  177''^,  m.  Nancy  Morse,  dau. 
of  Dr.  David  Morse  of  Woodstock,  Ct. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

1090.  i.  Don  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1799. 

1091.  ii.  Trenck  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct..  1800,  m.  Cynthia  Child. 

[See  general  No.  1048.] 

1092.  iii.  Pitt  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct. 

1093.  iv.  Malona  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct. 

1094.  V.  Martha  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct. 
1096.  vi.  Matilda  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1076.  iii.  Mehitable  May,  third  child  of  Martha  Lyon  and 
Eliakim  May,  granddau.  of  Mehitable  Child  and  Nehemiah  Ly- 
on, b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  1774,  m.  1794,  John  Phillips,  who 
settled  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  soon  after  his  marriage. 
He  had  ten  children,  two  eldest  born  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  the 
others  were  born  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.  He  died  in  1843. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

1096.  i.  Polly  Phillips,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct..  Aug.,  1795,  m.  1818,  Na- 
than Tucker. 

1097.  ii.  Tempa  Phillips,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  July,  1796,  d.  unin.,  in 
Ezeter,  1823. 

1098.  iii.  John  Phillips,  Jr.,  b.  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y..  Oct.,  1798» 
m.  1832,  Olive  Babcock. 

1099.  iv.  Ezra  Phillips,  b.  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  1800,  d.  1804. 

1100.  V.  Christiana  Phillips,  b.  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  1802, 
lives  in  Bingharoton.  unm. 

1101.  vi.  Mandana  Phillips,  b.  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec,  1804^ 
d.  July,  1863,  unm. 

1102.  vii.  Marietta  Phillips,  b.  in  Exeter.  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  July. 
1807,  m.  Dr.  John  C.  Gorton. 

1103.  viii.  Seth  Phillips,  b.  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y..  1809,  ni.  1st, 
1834,  Mary  Carver,  2d, . 

1104.  ix.   Marcia  Maria  Phillips,  b.  in  P^xeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y., 
March,  1811,  m.  April,  1832,  Edward  McKinney. 

1105.  X.  Levantia  Phillips,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  15,  1815,  m.  Aug., 

1849,  James  Dobbin.     He  d.  .    She  resides  in  Providence,  II.  I.,  with 

an  only  child,  a  son. 


BKKJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBrRY,  MASa 

WV^^  l  P*>LLV  PuiLLtFB,  eldest  child  of  Meliitable  May  and 
Jnlm  Phillips,  and  great-grandchild  of  Meliitable  Child  Lyon, 
U  in  WoodsKick,  Ct.,  Aug.,  1795,  m.  1818,  Nathan  Tucker, 
who  wng  born  in  WcFodstock,  Ct.,  1790.  Mrs.  Tucker  died  in 
Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  1S75. 
[Eighth  Generation, ]     Cbik]n?n : 

1106.  i,  Cahlo^?*  Tuckbh,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  in  \S2%,  is  raarned*  (name 
hot  ipvenj  hhs  children;  is  h  j:»racticin|^  pbysiciHn  in  Now  York. 

1107.  ii.  Pitt  L.  TurKER.  b,  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  184J6,  m.  I860,  Cornelia 
SUgg  of  Stratford,  Ct.     He  Ib  editor  of  the  Bir^hamton  Dail^  Hepnbtierm. 

(Seventti  Generfttion.] 

1098.  iii.  John  f*HiLLiPS.  tlnrd  child  and  eldest  son  of  Me- 
bitable  May  and  John  Phillips,  and  great  grandchild  of  Mehit* 
able  Child  Lyon,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  Oct.,  1798,  m.  May  22, 
18S2»  Olive  Babcock,  dan,  of  Dea.  Jo[jfLs  Babcock  of  Westford, 
N.  Y.  She  was  born  May  5,  1805,  in  Westford,  N.  Y.  Mr. 
Phillips  d.  in  Exeter,  Dee.  9,  1861. 

Mr.  Phillips  spent  hii=  days  in  Exeter,  Hving  on  the  ohl  hotne> 
.stead  ;  was  an  influential  and  valuable  citizen  in  the  town  and 
county.  He  was  specially  efficient  in  promoting'  the  interests 
of  the  Presbyterian  chnrch,  in  which  he  was  a  respected  elder 
and  deacon  for  nearly  thirty  years.  Mrs.  Phillips  was  not  less 
esteemed  for  estimable  ipialities  n^  a  mother  and  neighbor,  as 
well  as  for  her  Christian  consistency  and  fidelity,  Mr?.  Phillips 
resides  in  Oneonta,  N.  Y* 
[Eighth  Generation,]     Children: 

U08.  i.  VVakd  Irving  Piuixips.  Kin  Exeter,  Otsego  tV,  N,  Y.,  Sept. 
U,  1833- 

1100.  ii.  OWKN  Phillips,  Ii  in  ExH^r,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  April  27,  1337. 

1110.  iii.  Judith  Camphell  Phillips,  b,  in  Exeter.  Otsego  Co.,  N  Y, 
May  23»  1830,  m.  April,!  872,  David  Thompson,  and  re.*qdcs  at  Mt.  PleiisAnt, 
I  own. 

1111.  iv.  JviAx  Ellkn  Phillips,  b.  in  Exeter.  N.  Y.»  Not.  8, 1842. 

1112.  V    Amelia  Phillip?,  h.  in  Exeter,  N  Y.,  Feb.  6,  1845. 

1113.  vi.  Edwahd  PniLLipfl.  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  July  14,  1847.  is  a  civil 
fngineer. 

1114.  vii.  Elixabeth  CnE.<TER  Phillips,  b.  in  Exeter,  3J.  Y.,  Nov.  14, 
1849,  d.  Jan  20,  1857. 

1115.  Tui.  MAiiY  Ellen  Phillips,  b.  in  Exeter.  X.  Y..  Dih!.  21.  185K 

ift^venth  Generation.] 

1102.  vii.  Makietta  Phillips,  seventh  child  of  Mehitable 
May  and  John  Phillips,  and  great-grandchild  of  Mehitable  Child 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  201 

Ljon,  b.  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  July,  1807,  m.  Dr.  John 
C.  Gorton,  Nov.,  1828.  She  d.  Dea,  1842.  Dr.  Gorton  was 
for  many  years  a  practicing  physician  in  Gilbertsville,  Otsego 
county,  N.  Y.,  and  Norwich,  Chenango  county,  N.  Y.,  but  sub- 
sequently removed  to  Detroit,  Mich. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 

1116.  i.  Helen  M.  Gorton,  b. ,  m.  Israel  Holmes,  a  lawyer,  now  in 

Chicago,  HI. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1103.  viii.  Seth  Phillips,  eighth  child  and  third  son  oi 
,  Mehi table  May  and  John  Phillips,  and  great  grandchild  of  Me- 
hitable  Child  Lyon,  b.  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y,  in  1809,  m. 
1st,  1834,  Mary  Carver,  2d,  Mrs.  Amelia  (Bradley)  Beebe. 

After  his  first  marriage,  Mr.  Phillips  settled  at  Chenango 
Forks,  N.  Y.  Some  years  afterwards  he  removed  to  Exeter, 
Ots^o  Co.,  N.  Y,  his  native  place,  and  was  for  many  years  an 
influential  citizen  in  the  town,  as  well  as  in  the  county,  holding 
the  oflSce  of  justice  of  the  peace  many  yoars.  Since  his  second 
marriage,  his  home  has  been  in  Ml  Upton,  Chenango  Co.,  N.Y. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1117.  i.  John  Phillips,  b.  June  5, 1839,  m.Feb.  20, 1862,  Mary  S.  Scrib- 
ner. 

1118.  ii.  Hannah  Rebecca  Phillips,  b.  Jan.,  1841,  m.  Sept.,  1868,  An- 
drew P  Merchant. 

1119.  iii.  Mandana  Amelia  Phillips,  b.  Sept.,  1848,  m.  1861,  Alonzo 
H.  Sumner. 

1120.  iv.  Marietta  Phillips,  b.  1845,  m.  1862,  Judah  Colt. 

1121.  V.  Sarah  E.  Phillips,  b.  1847,  m.  Dec,  1868,  Geo.  W.  Robinson. 

1122.  vL  ScEVA  Phillips,  b.  1849,  unm. 

1123.  vii.  William  Henry  Phillips,  b.  1851,  unm. 

1124.  viii.  Harriet  Ann  Phillips,  b.  1853,  m.  1878,  Franklin  Noyes. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1117.  i.  John  Phillips,  eldest  child  of  Seth  and  Mary  Car- 
ver Phillips,  b.  June  5,  1839,  m.  Feb.  20,  1862,  Mary  S.  Scrib- 
ner,  dau.  of  John  and  Kate  Scribner,  b.  in  1841.     Mr.  Phillips 
resides  in  Utica,  N.  Y. ;  is  a  cai-penter  and  joiner  by  trade. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

1135.  i.  Katb  Mary  Phillips,  b.  July  15, 1866. 
1126.  ii.  John  Teft  Phillips,  b.  May  5, 1879. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1118.  ii  Hannah  Eebecca  Phillips,  second  child  of  Seth 
Phillips  and  Mary  Carver,  b.  Jan.,  1841,  m.  Sept,  1868,  An- 
drew P.  Merchant 

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[Kin th  Generation.]    Cluld: 
1127   L  Pelbg  AlfDBEw  MRRCfiAKT.  b.  SepL,  1870. 

[Eighth  Gener&tioQ.] 

1119.  iii.  Manpana  Amelia  Phillips,  third  child  of  Setl 
and  Mary  Carver  Phillips,  b.  Sept,  18-^3,  m.  1S61,  Alonzo  H. 
Sumner,  sod  of  Charles  Sumner  and  Martha  Lyon  Sumner 
He  resides  in  II ion,  X.  Y. 

fNin th  Generation.]    Child : 

1128.  i.  AlbivRT  £.  SuMHER,  b.  Sept.,  18S7. 
fEighth  Generation.] 

1120.  iv.  Marietta  Phillips,  fourth  child  of  Seth  and 
Mary  Can-er  Phillips,  b.  in  1845,  m.  in  1M%  Judah  Colt  of 

'  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N,  Y. 
[Ninth  Generation,)    Children: 

1129.  i.  Ln^LiAN  Colt,  b.  Julr,  1804. 
liaO,  ii,  Nellie  Colt,  b.  1868. 
113L  iii.  Mary  Astn  Colt,  b.  1871. 

[Seventh  Generation. J 

1104.  ix.  Makcia  Maria  Phillips,  ninth  child  and  sixtb 
daiL  of  Mehitabte  May  and  John  Phillips,  and  great  grandchild 
of  Mehitable  Child  Lyon,  b.  March,  1811,  m.  April,  1832,  Ed- 
ward McKinney,  a  merchant.  Mr.  McKmney  died  many  years 
since.  Mra  McKinney  resides  in  Bingbamton. 
[Eighth  Generation]    Children: 

1132.  i.  Edwaiid  McKtNKEY,  Jr.,  a  graduate  of  Yale  College.  \b  engaged 
in  niereantile  business  in  Binghaniton,  N.  Y.;  is  married  and  has  three  ehil- 
dren;  nAme?^  not  given. 

1133.  ij.  Wm,  a.  McKiNNKY,  a  graduate  of  Yale  College,  is  a  pmctieing 
attorney  in  Bingham  ton,  X.  Y. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1078.  V-  Ezra  May,  fifth  child  of  Martha  Lyon  and  Eliakim 
May,  and  grandchild  of  Mehitable  Child  and  Nehemiah  Lyon^ 
b,  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  8,  1780,  m.  about  1804  to  Chloe 
Plumb,  daiL  of  Josej^h  Plumb  of  New  Haven,  Ct  They  set- 
tled in  the  town  of  Otsego,  Otsego  Ca,  K.  Y,,  at  the  foot  of 
Schuyler's  Lake.  This  part  of  the  town  was  afterwards  attach  > 
ed  to  Exeter  in  Otsego  Ca,  N.  Y,  Mrs.  May  died  Nov.  24, 
1816.  Mr.  May  died  Nov.  22,  1826. 
[Seventh  Generation,]    Children: 

1134.  i.  Martha  Lvok  May,  b.  in  Otsego,  N.  Y.,  May  39,  1808,  m.  May 
21,  1838,  Charles  Sumner. 

1185.  ii.  Ezra  Ma\%  Jr.,  b.  in  Otsego,  N.  Y.,  May  20,  1808,  in.  Juliette 
Terry, 


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AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  203 

1196.  iii.  Chloe  Ann  Mat,  b.  June  8,  1810,  d.  1868.  unm. 

1137.  iv.  JiCNNETTB  Mat,  b.  Oct.  3,  1812,  m.  Alfred  Furman. 

1188.  V.  Earl  May,  b.  in  Otsego,  N.  Y.,  June  6,  1816,  d.  Oct.  25,  1816. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1134.  i.  Martha  Lyon  May,  eldest  child  of  Ezra  and  Chloe 
Plumb  May,  b.  in  Otsego,  K  Y.,  May  29,  1806,  m.  May  25, 
1828,  Charles  Sumner,  son  of  Dea.  Moses  Sumner  of  Burling- 
ton, Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Charles  Sumner  was  b.  in  1795,  d. 
March  12,  1872.  Mrs.  Sumner  resides  in  the  village  of  Mo- 
hawk, Herkimer  Co.,  N.  Y. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1139.  i.  Ambrose  D.  Sumnsr,  b.  in  Otsego,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  29, 1829,  m.  Ger- 
trude Van  Volkenburg. 

1140.  ii.  Alonzo  H.  Sumner,  b.  Nov.  12,  1881,  m.  1861,  Mandana  Phil- 
lips. 

1141.  iii.  Juliette  Sumner,  b.  in  Otsego,  N.  Y.,  March  3, 1834,  resides 
in  Mohawk,  unm. 

1142.  iv.  George  B.  Sumner,  b.  in  Otsego,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  6, 1836,  m.  Al- 
zin  Angell. 

1143.  V.  Erasmus  E.  Sumner,  b.  in  Otsego,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  20, 1840,  d.  Oct. 
8,1868. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1139.  i.  Ambrose  D.  Sumner,  eldest  child  of  Martha  Lyon 
May  and  Charles  Sumner,  b.  in  Otsego,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  24,  1829, 
m.  1857,  Gertrude  Van  Volkenburg,  dau.  of  Rev.  Daniel  Van 
Volkenburg  of  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Van  Volken- 
burg was  for  many  years  the  much  esteemed  pastor  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  Exeter,  N.  Y. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

1144.  i.  Helen  Norton  Sumner,  b.  Sept.,  1858. 

1145.  ii.  William  Sumner,  b.  April,  1860.  d.  early. 

1146.  iii.  Sara  Sumner,  b.  April,  1862,  d.  early. 

1147.  iv.  Charles  Sumner,  b.  April,  1864. 

1148.  V.  Julia  Tracy  Sumner,  b.  Dec,  1868. 

1149.  vi.  Mary  Gertrude  Sumner,  b.  July  8, 1874. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1142.  iv.  George  B.  Sumner,  fourth  child  of  Martha  Lyon 
May  and  Charles  Sumner,  b.  in  Otsego,  K  Y,  Sept  6,  1836, 
m.  March  19,  1866,  Alzina  Angell,  dau.  of  Caleb  Angell  of 
Exeter,  K  Y. 

Mr.  Angell  was  a  son  of  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  the  town 
of  Exeter,  N.  Y,  and  like  his  father,  Caleb  Angell,  was  greatly 
esteemed  as  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  that  town.     The  name 


SOi 


BEKJ^UflN  CHILB  OF  BOXBCRY,  MASS, 


suggests  a  carioo^  incideDt  which  occurred  nuiny  years  since, 
in  the  locality  where  niany  of  the  name  resided.  It  was  a  mar- 
riage between  two  of  the  name  of  remote  kinship,  and  recorded 
in  the  (hoperstown  Journal  as  follows :  *'  Marbled— On  ~  inst,H 
OD  Angell  Hill,  by  Hon,  William  Angell,  Mr.  Ira  Angell  to 
Miss  Lucy  Angell,  in  the  presence  of  seventy  Angell&'' 
[Ninth  Generation  J    Children : 

1150.  i,  Agnbs  E,  Suin^KR,  b.  Dee.  30,  1862. 

1151.  ii,  ABTHtfi  M,  SuMNKR,  ^  .    .        \  b.  April  27, 1870 

1152.  iii.  Aniiie  M.  Sumner,     )  ^^"^^  ( 

[Sixth  Generation*] 

1079.  vi.  Amasa  May,  sixth  child  of  Martha  Lyon  and 
akim  May,  b,  in  Woodstock.  Ct,  1783,  m.  about  ISIO,  Betsey 
Clark  of  Schuyler's  Lake.  Otsego  Ca,  N*  Y. 
[Seventh  Generation]     Children: 

1153.  i,  Eliza  Jajte  Mat.  b.  in  Otsego,  N.  Y.,  Hay,  181S,  m.  1818.  Rich- 
ard Tunniclif  of  Schuyler^s  Lake. 

1154.  iL  Abelard  May,  b,  in  Otsego,  N.  Y.,  May  6,  1813,  m. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1154.  it  Abelard  May,  second  child  of  Amasa  May  and 
Martha  Lyon,  b.  May  6,  1813,  m. 
[Eighth  Generation, ]    Child: 

1155.  i.  Obobge  a.  May,  keeps  :i  hotel  in  BoanTiUe,  N.  Y. 

[Fifth  Qenemtion.] 

1069.  lii.  Amasa  Lyon,  third  child  of  Mehitable  Child  and 
Nehemiah  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ot,  1745,  m.  Martha  Dana« 
He  died  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children : 

1156.  i,  Salt.y  Ltok,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct. 

1157.  ii.  JtTDAU  Lyon,  b.  in  Woo<l8t43ck,  C*t,.  m.  Feb.  18, 1802,  MehitabI) 
Child,  dau.  of  Dea.  Charles  Child  of  East  Woodstock.    (For  children  see  J 
1235.) 

1158.  iii.  Amaba  Ltok,  Jr.,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,,  17T7,  m.  n  Penniman 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1156,  i.  Sally  Lyon,  first  child  of  Amasa  Lyon  and  Marthi 
liana^  granddaughter  of  Mebitable  Child  (general  Na  31),  b*  in 
Woodstock,  Ct,  m.  Ebenezer  Bishop,     She  d.  1832. 
[Seveoth  Gene  ration,  J    Children ; 

1158^.  L  Amasa  BfSHor. 

U5fl.  ii.  Elisha  Bishop. 

1160.  iii.  A0ALINE  Br&HOP. 

1161.  iv.  Hkzekiah  Bishop. 

1162.  V.  TAJirruA  Bishop. 
116a.  yi«  Ebbkszer  Bishop,  Jr. 


Am)  HIS  DESCENDANTS..  205 

[Sixth  Geoeration.] 

1158.  iii  Am  ASA  Lyon,  Jr.,  third  child  of  Amasa  and 
Martha  Dana  Lyon,  and  grandson  of  Mehitable  Child  Lyon,  b. 

1777,  m.  1 802, Penniman  of  Woodstock,  Ct     He  d.  1840. 

[Seventh  Qeneration.]    Children: 
1164  1.  Sarah  Wuichestbr  Lton,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  in  1808. 

1165.  ii.  Aaron  M.  Lton. 

1166.  iii.  JB88B  P.  Lyon. 

1167.  iv.  Amasa  P.  Lyon. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

1071.  V.  LE\aNALY0N,  fifth  child  of  Mehitable  Child  and 
Nehemiah  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  1750,  in.  1773,  Peleg  Cor- 
bin.     She  d.  1778. 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children : 

1168.  i.  Patty  Corbin,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct. .  1774,  d.  1844,  unm. 

1169.  ii.  Priscilla  Corbin,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1776,  m.  Rensselaer 
Child.    (See  No.  592.) 

1170.  iii.  Eliakim  Corbin,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1777,  m. 

1171.  iv.  IcHABOD  CoRBiN,  b  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1780;  had  no  children. 

1172.  V.  Aaron  Corbin.  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct..  1781,  m.  Betsey  Johnson. 
1178.  vi.  Lbyina  Corbin,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct ,  1786,  m. Perrin. 

[Sixth  Generation  ] 

1170.  iii.  Eliakim  Corbin,  third  child  of  Levina  Lyon  and 
Peleg  Corbin,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  1777,  m. 
[Seventh  Generation  ]    Children : 

1174.  i.  Arian  Corbin,  m  Rev.  Amos  Hollister. 

1175.  ii.  Abel  Corbin. 

1176.  iii   Horace  Corbin. 

1177.  iv.  Lbyina  Corbin. 

1178.  V.  Eli  Corbin. 

1179.  vi.  AuANDA  Corbin. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1172.  V.  Aaron  Corbin,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1781,  m. 
Betsey  Johnson.  Aaron  was  the  fifth  child  of  Levina  Lyon  and 
Peleg  Corbin,  and  grandchild  of  Mehitable  Child  and  Nehemiah 
Lyon. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Child:. 

1180.  i.  Johnson  Corbin. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1173.  vi.  Levina  Corbin,  sixth  child  of  Levina  Lyon  and 
Pel^  Corbin,  and  grandchild  of  Mehitable  Child  and  Nehemiah 
Lyon,  b.  1786,  m.  Perrin. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

1181.  i.  Polly  Perrin. 


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[Fifth  Generation,] 

1072.  vi.  Lyman  Lyon,  sixth  cliild  of  Mehitable  Child  and 
Nehemiah  Lyon,  b.  in  WooodstcxikT  Ct,  1753,  m.  1777,  Hau- 

nah  Corbin;  m.  2nd,  Nov.,  1801,  Philina J 

[SUth  Generation.]    Clilldren;  ■ 

1182.  i.  £i4iAKm  LvoN,  b.  in  Wf)odstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  3, 1779,  <L  Jnne  20, 

1183.  ii.  Samuel  Lyon,  h,  in  Wooflstock,  Ct,  Sept.  17,  1784,  d.  April  le, 
1848. 

1184.  iii-  Nkhk.miah  Lyon,  Ji.,  b,  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Oct.  15,  1786,  d. 
April  4,  1840. 

1185.  iv,  Lyman  Lyon,  li.  in  Wombtoek,  CL,  Aug.,  1794,  d,  April  18, 

1186.  V.  Mekitablk  Lyon,  b,  in  WoodskR^k,  Ct.,  Dec.  25,  1779. 

1187.  vi.  Patty  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  17,  1781.  d.  Sept  2% 
1807. 

1188.  vii.  Haknab  Lyon,  b.  In  Woo«3stock^  Ct*,  Sept.  6,  1789.  d.  July 
1650. 

1189.  riii.  Nancy  Lyon,  \k  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  June  23,  1798, 

[By  his  second  wife;] 

1190.  iv.   WillabdLyon,  h.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Aug.  9. 1803.    Mrs.  Lyon, 

d,  1805.  ■ 

[Fonrth  General  ion,] 

32,  vi*  Maby  Child,  sixth  child  of  Ephmim  and  Priscilla 
Harris  Child,  b.  in  Woodstot^.k,  Ct,  April  12,  1711,  ra.  June  16, 
L747,  St€^phen  May,  of  Woodstock,  Ct     He  was  b.    Nov,  10, 
1721. 
[Fifth  Gene mti on.]    Children: 

119L  i.  Elizabeth  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  10.  1748,  m.  1770, 
Deac.  Aaron  Lyon,  mn  of  Nehemiah  Lyon  and  Mehitable  Child, 

1195,  ii,  LrcY  May,  \k  in  Wo<xistock,  Ct,  1750,  d.  unmarried. 

1193.  iii,  Molly  (Mauy)  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Aug.  25,  1752,  m. 
Alpha  Child,  son  of  Nathaniel  Child.  (Alpha  was  the  father  of  Darius 
GrilTIn  and  Spencer  Child,     (See  1193  repeated.) 

1194.  iv.  Htephen  May,  Jr.,  b.  May  23,  1755,  in  WrKMlBtock,  Ct..  m, 

Lived  in  Fairlee,  Vt. ;  left  a  family. 

1195,  v.  Joanna  May,  b.  Feb.  8,  1757,  d,  nnmarried, 

1196,  vi.  Ephraim  May,  b.  Nov,  32,  1759,  tn.  Abigail  Chandler. 

1197,  vti.  Sarah  May,  b.  Nov.  30,  1761,  m.  Cot  Chester  Child,  of  North 
Woodstock,  CI.. 

1198.  YiiL  ASA  May,  b  in  Woodstock,  Ci  ,  ?;ept.  4, 1704,  Lived  in  Pair- 
leC!,  Vt. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

1196-  vi,  Efhraim  May,  sixth  child  of  Mary  Child  and 
Stephen  May,  b,  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Nov.  22,  1759,  m.  Abigail 
Chandler,  about  1700. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  207 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children : 

1199.  i.  Hestribtta  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Nov.  18,  1791,  m.  Henry 
Child.    (See  his  general  No.,  908.) 

1200.  ii.  Asa  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  a.,  Aug.  24,  1798,  ni.  Sally  May, 
dau.  of  John  May. 

1201    lii.  Stephen  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1796,  d.  1800. 

1202.  iv.  Seth  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1798,  d.  1801. 

1203.  V.  E1.IZABETH  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1800,  m.  Elias  Mason. 

1204.  vi.  Maby  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1803. 

1205.  vii.  Julia  Anna  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1809,  d.  1832,  unm. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1200.  ii.  Asa  May,  second  child  of  Ephraim  and  Abigail 
Chandler  May,  and  grandson  of  Mary  Child  and  Stephen  May, 
b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Aug.  24,  1793,  m.  about  1820,  Sally  May, 
dau.  of  John  and  Sally  May. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

1206.  i.  Elizabeth  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  July  10,  1821,  m.  Eras- 
mus Rawson ;  had  no  children. 

1207.  ii.  Charlbs  Harris  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  2,  1823,  m. 
Harriet  P.  Child.    (For  children  of  Harris  May,  see  No.  827.) 

1208.  iii.  Ezra  C.  May,  b.  in  Woodstoc^k,  Ct,  Oct.  13,  1825,  m.  Abbey 
E.  Chandler.    She  died  leaving  no  children. 

1209.  iv.  Carlo  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  3,  1839,  m.  March  23, 
1853,  Sarah  M.  Child,  dau.  of  Dea.  Wm.  Child,  of  East  Woodstock,  Ct. 
(For  children,  see  nnder  Dea.  William  Child ) 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1203.  V.  Elizabeth  May,  fiftb  child  of  Ephmim  and  Abi- 
gail Chandler  May,  b.  in  1800,  in  Woodstock,  Ct.  m.  1824, 
Elias  Mason. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

1210.  i.  Lucy  Mason,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  in  1825,  m.  Augustus  Mason, 
d.  1848. 

1211.  ii.  Abbey  C.  Mason,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1829. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

34.  viii.  Capt  Elisha  Child,  eighth  child  and  fourth  son 
of  Ephraim  and  Priscilla  Harris  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct, 
Feb.  11,  1725,  m.  Jan.  6,  1750,  Alice  Manning,  who  was  born 
172y,  d.  1798.     He  d.  Nov.  22,  1796. 

Captain  Elisha  Child  was  a  man  of  strong  character  and  much 
intelligence,  and  was  everywhere  prominent  in  affairs  of  town, 
state  and  church.  A  man  of  quick  perceptions,  cool  and  accur- 
ate judgment,  withal  of  that  kindly  spirit  which  wins  and 
retains  firm  friendship.  ■  His  abilities  found  ready  recognition, 


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BENJAMIX  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MAaS. 


and  lie  held  various  offices  of  responsibility  and  honor  moSi 
creditable  to  liiinself  and  fellow  citizens,  Capt  Child  repre- 
sented the  town  of  Woodstock  in  the  General  Court  of  the  CoM 
ony  of  Connecticut  for  several  terms.  The  patriotic  enthusiasm 
of  the  people  of  this  town,  kindled  with  the  first  watch-fires  oj 
the  revolution. 

**  Al  ft  very  full  mectin;if  of  the  inhftbitaiits  of  the*  town  of  WiKxUt»M'k, 
legally  wanieri  ami  held  at  said  Wo<Klf*t-o<"k^  on  the  21st  day  of  Jane,  A.  D. 
1774,  Nalhaiiiol  Chil(L  Esq.,  was  chosen  Moderator.     The  resolves  of  the 
House  of  Representatives  were  presented  by  a  eominittee  of  this  corporated 
body»  for  their  consenting  to  and  voting'  the  above  resolves,  in  conjunction 
with  the  other  representatives  of  this  Colony,  in  General  Court  a^HetnbledJ 
As  said  resiilves  do  honor  hi  the  worthy  representatives  of  a  free,  loyal  and  J 
virtuou.s  people,  are  very  expressive  of  the  sentiments  of  the  inhabitants  ofT 
this  town,  and  by  Ihem  judged  necessary  in  sueh  a  day  as  this,  whc>n  wei 
have  the  most  convincing  proofs  of  a  fixed  and  determined  plan  of  the 
British  administration,  to  overthrow  the  liberties  of  America  and  subject 
these  ciiionies  to  a  l>ondage  that  our  fathers  did  not.  would  not, — and  f!i*d j 
into  the  wildenieSvS  that  they  might  not— and  Gfwl  grant  that  we,  their  p«n 
terity,  never  may — bear. 

2ndly.  Being  animated  from  the  consideration  of  the  absolute  importan 
of  atlopting  every  ralional  and  pr«>bable  means  in  our  power  for  the  poUti^ 
cal  salvation  of  our  countr\\  we  engage  to  contribute  our  utmost  exertloti 
in  defence  of  our  Amerieau  liberties  and  privileges,  and  stand  ready  to  join 
our  brethren  in  this  and  the  other  American  colonies  in  e%'ery  possible  me 
ure  that  may  infltienee  Great  Britian  to  withdraw  her  oppressive  hand;  at^ 
the  same  time  we  apprehend  that  a  General  Congress  consisting  of  delegates 
from  each  colony  on  the  Continent  is  necessary,  speedily  to  be  formed  that 
the  sentiments  of  the  whole  may  be  known  and  such  an  unity  in  measur 
be  established  as  raay  constitute  a  strength  invincible  by  tyranny,  and  breaki 
out  in  one  general  burst  against  the  atti^mpts  that  are  made  and  making  to  ] 
destroy  the  Constitution  of  these  Governments. 

3rdly.  And  ii^asmuch  as  the  promotion  of  industry,  frugality,  economy, 
arts  and  manufactures  among  ourselves  is  of  great  importance  to  the 
of  a  community,  we  determine  from  this  very  day  to  live  as  much  within 
ouri5elves,  and  purchase  as  few  British  goods,  wares,  and  merchandises 
possible,  and  give  all  due  encouragement  to  every  useful  art  among  us. 

4thly.  It  having  been  judged  needful  at  this  alarming  crisis,  and  general]]! 
come  into,  that  committees  of  correspondence  be  appointed,  etc.,  etc.  vot 
ed  that  Capt,  Elisha  Child,  Charles  C.  Chandler,  Jedediab  Morse,  Esq..  C«pt 
Samuel  McLethin,  and  Nathaniel  Child,  Estj,,  be  a  committee  for  main tiun^ 
ing  a  correspondence  with  the  towns  of  this  and  the  neighboring  colonies. 

5thly.  Voted,  that  a  copy  of  these  votes  be  prinle*!  in  the  Xete  London 
Oaiette,  to  manifest  the  deep  sense  we  have  of  the  parliamentary  invai^ioiij 
of  the  constitutional  rights  of  British  Amenca. 

(A  true  copy,) 
Attest,  ELISEA  CHILD,    Toten  Chri\ 


AKD  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  209 

On  the  requisition  of  the  Contenental  Congress,  troops  were 
raised  in  all  the  colonies  Connecticut  was  prompt  to  furnish 
her  quota.  -  Capt  Elisha  Child  was  placed  in  command  of  one 
of  the  first  companies  organized.  On  the  news  reaching  Con- 
necticut of  the  rencontre  at  Lexington,  Mass.,  Woodstock  sent 
several  companies,  one  under  Capt.  Child,  also  one  under  Capt. 
Benjamin  Lyon,  one  under  Capt  E.  Manning,  one  under  Capt 
Daniel  Lyon,  and  a  troop  of  horse  ^  under  command  of  Capt. 
Samuel  McLellan. 

We  first  find  Capt  Elisha  Child 'recorded  as  a  member 
of  the  General  Court  in  the  Session  of  1775,  when  Jonathan 
Trumbull  was  Governor,  and  Mathew  Griswold  Leiut.  Gover- 
nor. During  this  Session,  "Capt  Elisha  Child,  Col.  Samuel 
Chapman,  Capt  Henry  AUyn,  Joseph  Hopkins,  and  Mr.  Isaac 
Doolittle  were  appointed  a  committee  severally  or  in  conjunc- 
tion, to  search  after  lead  mines  in  the  colony,  and  directed  to 
inform  the  Governor  if  any  were  discovered,  that  the  Governor 
might  inform  the  Continental  Congress  in  the  summer  session 
of  1776." 

At  the  same  meeting  of  the  General  Court,  we  find  Capt 
Child  and  others  were  added  to  a  committee  previously  appoint- 
ed "  to  procure  fire-arms,  and  gun  locks  to  supply  the  State 
Militia  in  the  war.'' 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children : 

1212.  i.  Charles  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  then  Muddy  Brook  Parish, 
now  East  Woodstock,  Sept  15,  1750,  d.  young. 

1218.  ii.  Charlbs  Child,  2d,  b.  in  East  Woodstock, Ct.,  Nov.  22, 1751,  ra. 
^prii  13,  1777,  Eliza  May, 

1214.  iii.  Alice  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  11,  1753,  d.  Oct.  25, 
:i756. 

1215.  iv.  Capt.  Elias  Child,  b.  in  W'oodstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  28, 1755,  m  1st, 
^farch  18,  1779,  Dorothea  Morse,  dau.  of  Dr.  Parker  Morse;  in.  2nd,  Mar. 
18,  1790,  Sophia  Morse,  dau.  of  Dr.  David  Morse. 

1216.  V.  Thompson  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Feb.  12,  1758,  d.  May 
12,  1760. 

1217.  vi.  Alice  Child,  2nd,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June  15. 1760,  d.  Nov. 
1.  1781. 

1218.  vii.  Sylvia  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Oct.  31,  1762.  m.  May  7, 
1795,  Capt.  Willard  Child.     For  her  children,  see  Capt.  Willard,  No.  865. 

1219.  viii.  Betsey  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  2»,  1764,  d.  early. 

1220.  ix.  Chloe  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  March  ?8,  1767,  m.  March 
8,  1790,  Leonard  Walker. 

1221.  X.  PRISCILT.A  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  19,  1769,  d.  Oct. 
8,1775. 


210 


1222.  xi.  Betsky  Child,  2na.  b.   in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1778,  in.  Feb,  »t 
1797»  Alfreil  WiUkt;n 
122S.  xii.  A  fhiiighter;  nHitie  not  g-ivmi. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

1213,   il   Dea.  Charles  Child,  son  of  Capt  Elii 
Alice  Maouing  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Nov.  22,  1751,  m. 
April   13,  1777,  Eliza  May.      She  was  b.  1756,  d.  1838, 
Woodsto€k,  Ct,     She  was  the  daughter  of  Caleb  May,  of  Wc 
gtock 

Dea,  Charles  Child  rliarks  an  era  in  family  descent  as  the 
inheritor  of  the  liomestead  of  two  preceding  generations.  He 
was  a  man  of  fine  appearance  in  his  prime,  and  in  old  age  the 
stamp  of  youth  had  not  altogether  disappearetL  He  was  a  staid 
and  snbstiintial  citizen  ;  a  worthy  deacon  m  the  Congregational 
chnrch.  Social,  hospitable  and  benevolent.  His  descendant 
are  numerous,  and  oceupying  honorable  positions  in  varioi] 
callings  in  Hfa 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

1224   i.  Meijitable  Child,  Ij.  in  WotMlstock,  Ct..  Aug.  22, 177©,  m.  Feb, 
18,  1802,  Capt.  Judiih  Lyon,  of  Wondstocik,  Ct*  - 

1225.  ii.  Calkb  Child,  h.  in  WtxKtstrx-k,  Ct.,  Sept  30,  1761,  rl.  June  Ifl 
1853,  uninnrriod, 

1220    iii.  Ar.icBCnn.D,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct.,  Oeb,  21,  1783,  m.  Oct  16, 
180«,  Ueorgu  Patter,  of  W*HMlst<M'k. 

1227.  iv.  Hannah  May  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  April  29,  1786, 
in  1817,  unniHfried: 

1229.  V.  Sally  Sumnem  Child,  b. in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Mimh  9,  1787,  d. 
Jtin.  11,  1792, 

1229^  vi.  Jr»uN  Child,  b.  in  Wnod^tock,  Ct,,  1789.  ni.  Sept  11,1881,  Alic 
Manning  Walker. 

1230.  ni.  Chaklbs  Child,  ,iu.,  h.  in  W<K)dstoek,  Ct.,   1791,  m.   Marct 
30,  1817,  Almira  Hobnes. 

1231.  viii,  Eliza  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  24,   1793,  m,  AprU 
23,  1803,  Rensselaer  Coomlig. 

1232.  ix.  Sally  Slmkeii  Child,  2nd,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,,  Aug  19. 
1795,  d.  Jnly  20,  1859.  unmarried, 

1233-  X.  Elia«  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Oct.  80,  1797,  m,  April  19, 
1827,  Sophronia  MejicbanL 

1234,  xi,  Abiel  Child,  b,  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  6»  1799,  m    Feb.  i| 
1831,  Henrietta  Hall. 

[Sixth  Genemtion.l 

1224.  i.  Mehitable  CninD,  eldest  child  of  Dea.  Charles  and 
Eliza  May  Child,  b.  Aug.  22,  1779,  iti  East  Woodstock,  Ct,,in* 
Feb.  18,  1802,  Judah  Lyon,  son  of  Ainasa  and  Mart'      '^ 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  211 

La^on  of  Woodstock,  Ct,  and  grandson  of  Mehitable  Child,  who 
rx^ .  Nehemiah  Lyon. 
_^^renth  Generation.]    Children: 

1285.  i.  Elisha  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1803,  m.  Lucy  May,  1882. 

1236.  ii.  Eliza  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1804,  m.  Dr.  Witter. 

1237.  iii.  Martha  D.  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1806,  m. Bishop. 

1238.  iv.  Mehitable  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1810,  m.  Anson  Fowler. 
She  died  early,  and  left  no  children. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1235.  i.  Elisha  Lyon,  eldest  child  of  Mehitable  Child  and 
Jadah  Lyon,  in.  1st,  Lucy  May,  1832.     She  d.  soon  after  the 
birth  of  her  only  child,  and  Mr.  Lyon  m.  2d,  Rebecca  Rice. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

(By  first  marriage.) 
1289.  i.  Elisha  May  Lyon,  b.  May  11,  1839,  ra.  Oct.  3,  1872,  Charlotte 
W.  Day;  had  no  children. 

(By  second  marriage.) 

1240.  ii.  Lucy  May  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  5,  1842,  m.  Dec.  7, 
1865,  Geo.  P.  Whitney. 

1241.  iii.  Abbie  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Jan.  5,  1844,  d.  young. 

1242.  iv.  Charles  E.  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Feb.  28,  1845,  m.  Mar. 
9,  1868,  Mary  M.  Spaulding. 

1243.  V.  Oliver  P.  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  March  3,  1847,  m.  Dec.  2, 
1874,  EUen  M.  Spaulding. 

1244.  vi.  WiLLL/iM  P.  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct.,  Oct.  19,  1852,  unm. 

1245.  vii.  Sarah  E.  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  April  25,  1854,  m.  Nov. 
18, 1874,  John  B.  Morse. 

1246.  viii.  Hattie  E.  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  14,  1855,  unm. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1240.     ii.  Lucy  May  Lyon,  second  child  of  Elisha  Lyon 
and  Rebecca  Rice,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  June  5,  1842,  m.  Dec. 
7,  1865,  Geo.  P.  Whitney. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child : 

1247.  i.  Ernest  W.  Whitney,  b.  Aug.  11,  1877. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1242.  iv.  Charles  E.  Lyon,  fourth  child  and  second  son  of 
Elisha  and  Rebecca  Rice  Lyon,  b.  Feb.  28,  1845,  m.  March  9, 
1868,  Mary  M.  Spaulding. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

1248.  i.  Edward  Sumner  Lyon,,  b.  Feb.  21,  1874. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1243.  V.  Oliver  P.  Lyon,  fifth  child  and  third  son  of  Elisha 
and  Rebecca  Spaulding  Lyon,  b.  March  3,  1847,  m.  Ellen  W. 
Spaulding,  Dec.,  1874. 


212 


BENJAMIK  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASa 


[Ninth  Geiierfltion,] 
1249,  i.  Habel  R. 


Child: 
Lvox,  b,  Miireh  26,  1877- 


lEighth  Generation.  I 

1245.  vii.  Sarah  E.  Lton,  sixth  child  of  Elisha  and  Re- 
becca Rice  Lyon,  b.  April  25,  1854,  m,  Nov.  18»  1874,  John  B. 
Morse. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 
1250.  i.  JostE  £.  MoBSE,  b.  March  19,  1876. 


[Seventh  Generation.] 

1236.  ii.  Eliza  Lyon,  second  child  of  Mehitable  Child 
Judah  Lyon,  and  gmnddaughter  of  Dea»  Charles  Child,  b.  in 
Woodstock,  Cl,  1814,  m.  1S27.  Dr.  Asa  Witter  of  Woodstock, 
Ct,  who  settled  in  East  Woodstock,  Ct,  as  physician  and  sur 
geon,  and  gained  much  reputation  for  his  skill  as  a  practitioni 
He  was  highly  esteemed  and  greatly  beloved  by  citizens 
Woodstock  and  vicinity.  Mrs  Alice  W.  Child  of  East  Wood* 
stock,  Ct,,  says  in  one  of  her  many  helpful  letters  to  us,  * 'Doctor 
Asa  Witter  was  our  physician  here  in  Blast  Woodstock  for  a 
good  many  years,  very  much  beloved.  Three  of  his  sons  are 
physicians  and  men  of  character,  viz.,  John,  Ebenezer,  and  Wil* 
ber  Fisk  Witter,  men  of  ability  m  their  profession,  and  highly 
esteemed  as  citizens  in  their  respective  ci^m  muni  ties.*' 
[Eighth  Generation.  ]    Children : 

3251.  I.  JoHX  Wrrr£E,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.  DecSl,  1831,  m.  Maiy 
Paine. 

IS53.  ii  JunAH  L.  WrrrcJi,  b.  in  Woodstock,  CL,  1833,  m.  Ruth  Ricli 
ardson. 

1958.  iii.  Mabtha  Jaxe  WnrKB,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1837,  nnm. 

1254.  iv.  EaEirEZER  Wittkk,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct .  1839,  m.  £ll«ii 
Wright- 

1255.  V.  Asa  WrrrEK,  Jr..  b.  in  Woodstock,  Cu,  1846, 

1256.  vi.  WiLBEB  Fisk  Witter,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Vt^  1848. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1251.  i  John  Witter,  M.  D.,  eldest  child  of  Dr  Asa  Witter' 
and  Eliza  Lyon,  b.  1831,  m.  April  13,  1856,  Mary  K  Paine  ^ 
she  was  b,  1835.     He  is  a  physician,  settled  in  Putnam,  Ct 
[Kinth  Generation]    Children: 

1257.  i.  Wm.  Pawi:  Witter,  b.  Joly  23.  1858. 
1258  ii.  Frank  E,  Witter,  b  Mar  21.  1861. 
1250.  uL  Mary  Aojtrs  WnrKB,  b.'  Feb.  W.  1863, 
l2l&fL  iv.  EL12A  Lyon  Wittke,  b.  March  9.  1865.  k 

1261.  V.  Abbie  Rica  bo  WnrBB.  b.  Mar,  0. 1865,  d  Sept.  17, 1867.  f 

1262,  vi.  Hkkbv  Paixk  Witter,  b.  Aug.  29, 1969 


i 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  213 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1252.  il  JuDAH  L.  Witter,  second  child  of  Dr.  Asa  Witter 
and  Eliza  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  1838,  m.  Ruth  Richardson, 
1S64. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

1263.  i.  Wendell  Witteb,  b.  1807. 

1264.  ii.  Frank  Wittkr,  b.  1869. 

1265.  iii.  Gracie  Witter,  b.  1874. 

[Kighth  Generation.] 

1254.  iv.  Ebenezer  Witter,  ]tf.  D.,  fourth  child  and  third 
son  of  Dr.  Asa  Witter  and  Eliza  Lyon,  b.  1839,  m.  1867,  Ellen 
S.  Wright     Is  a  physician,  and  settled  in  Sturbridge,  Mass. 
[  Ninth  Generation.]    Child : 

1266.  i.  Nelue  Witter,  b.  1868. 

[  Eighth  Generation.] 

1256.  vi.  WiLBER  FiSK  Witter,  M.  D.,  sixth  child  and 
fourth  son  of  Dr.  Asa  Witter  and  Eliza  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock, 
Ct.,  1849,  m.  1874,  Sally  Hooker.  They  have  two  children- 
no  nanoes  given.  Dr.  Wilber  F.  Witter  resides  in  Brookfield, 
Mass. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

1237.  iii.  Martha  D.  Lyon,  dau.  and  third  child  of  Mehit- 
able  Child  and  Judah  Lyon,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  1806,  m. 
Hezekiah  Bishop,  son  of  Dr.  Ebenezer  Bishop  and  Sarah  Lyon. 
Ur.  Bishop  settled  in  East  Woodstock  in  1800,  or  before,  and 
was  practicing  when  Dr.  Witter  entered  upon  the  profession  in 
the  same  parish,  in  1825  or  6.  Mrs.  Bishop  d.  Dec  23,  1877. 
[Kijrhth  Generation.]     Children: 

1207.  i.  Sarah  Bishop,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct.,  1839. 

1268.  ii.  Ebenezee  Bishop,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1841. 

1269.  iii.  Anna  Bishop,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1844. 

1270.  iv.  Esther  Bishop,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct..  1845. 

1271.  V.  Martha  H.  Bishop,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1850. 

[.Sixth  G(?nerHtion.] 

1226.  iii.  Alice  Child,  third  child  and  second  dau.  of  Dea. 
Charles  and  Eliza  May  Child,  b.  in  W<x)dstock,  Cl.,  Oct.  21, 
1783,  m.  Oct.  6, 1806,  Geo.  Potter  of  Woodstock.     She  d.  1878, 
in  her  95th  year.     lie  d.  1816. 
[S<'vcnth  Generation.]    Children: 

1272.  i.  Stephen  L.  Potter,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1808,  m.  Saruh  C. 
Morse. 

1273.  ii.  Benjamin  Potter,  b.  in  W^oodstock,  Ct.,  1810,  m.  Mary  Cham- 
berlain. 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 

1274.  iii.  Charles  C.  Pottbr,  b.  in  Wmxl stock,  Ct.,  1812. 

1275.  !v,  George  Potter,  b.  in  Woodstwk,  Ct..  1814,  d.  183e. 

1276.  V.  Rhobes  W.  Potter,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  18ie,  d.  ISSe. 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

1272.  i,  Stephen  K  Pottkr,  eldest  child  of  Alice  Child  anc 
Geo.  Potter,  b.  iti  Woodstock,  Ct,  1808,  ni.  Sarah  C.  Mofse^ 
[Eighth  Generation,]     Cliildron: 

1277.  1.  Geoeoe  M.  Potter,  b.  1836,  ra.     Lives  in  Minnesota. 

1278.  ii.  Wm.  Rhodes  Potter,  b.  1837,  d.  in  the  U.  S.  service,  1808, 
the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 

1279.  iii.  Mary  K  Potter,  b.  in  1838. 

1280.  iv.  Albert  E.  Potter,  b.  1899,  nj.  Mary  E.  Snnmer,  186©* 
1231.  V.  Charles  H.Potter,  b.  1842»  m,;  no  children;  served  in  IT* 

Hrmy  in  latf  rpbtllion;  lives^  in  Nobmska. 

1282.  vi.  S.  DwKinT  Potter,  b.  1844,  d.  1874, 

1283.  vii.  Calkb  C.  Potter,  b,  1846, m.  Itwidore  Brown:  no  children;  liv 
in  Pitll  River,  Mass. 

1384.  viii,  Sarah  Alice  Potter,  b,  1848.  d.  1667. 
13%,  \x.  Henry  J.  Potter,  Ik  1850. 
128<J.  X.  Newton  R.  I'otter,  b.  1858. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1273.  ii.  Benjamin^  Prn^ER,  second  child  and  second  aonof 
Alice  Child  and  George  Potter,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Cl,  1810,  m., 
Mary  Chamberlain. 
[Eighth  Gaueratinn]     Children: 

1287,  i,  Mary  E,  Potter, 

1288.  ii.  Elisha  Potter,  ni.  lives  in  N.  Y.  City, 
•    12811,  iii   Cvars  D,  Potter,  m.  Einiiiti  Dean. 

1290.  iv.  Frakk  Potter,  is  r  clerg>'mAn. 
1201.  V.  Harris  Potter. 

1292.  vi.  Milton  Potter,  lives  in  Chicago. 

1293.  vii.  Charleh  H.  Potter. 

m 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1274.  iii.  Charles  C.  Potier,  sou  of  Alice  Child  and 
Potter,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  1812,  m.  1838,  Maria  Walker. 
She  d.  1848. 
[Eig-hth  Generation]     Child i 

1294.  i.  Maria  Elizabetb  Potter,  b.  1842. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1280.  iv.  Albert  E.  Potter,  son  of  Stephen  L.  and 
C.  Morse,  b.  1839,  m.  Mary  Elizabeth  Sumner,  1869. 
fXinth  Generation.]    €-hildren: 

1295.  i.  Geo.  Sltmner  Potter,  b.  1870. 
1206.  ii.  Sarah  Alice  Potter,  b.  1874. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  215 

f  Sixth  Generation.] 

1229.  vi.  John  Child,  sixth  child  and  second  son  of  Dea. 
Charles  and  Eliza  May  Child,  b.  in  East  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1789, 
m.  Sept.  11, 1831,  Alice  Manning  Walker,  dau.  of  Leonard  and 
Chloe  Child  Walker  of  Stafford,  Vt.  Mrs.  C.  was  b.  in  Staf- 
ford, Vt,  Nov.  23,  1791. 

Mr.  Child  has  been  a  successful  farmer  in  this  parish  for 
many  years — a  citizen  esteemed  for  his  probity  of  character — of 
clear  and  discriminating  judgment  in  all  practical  matters, 
whose  influence  has  always  been  found  on  the  side  of  right ;  an 
early  and  persistent  supporter  of  the  temperance  reform.  His 
patriotism  placed  him  in  the  foremost  ranks  of  his  country's 
hel|)ers  when  threatened  with  domestic  invasion  ;  and  without 
a  murmur  he  surrendered  to  the  uncertainties  and  dangers  of 
warfare,  the  son  on  whom  he  was  relying  for  support  in  his 
waning  years.  Ninety  years  of  life  have  been  given  him,  not 
in  vain. 

Mrs.  Child,  inheriting  the  characteristics  of  parents  remarka- 
ble for  intellectual  strength  and  physical  vigor,  to  which  are 
added  excellent  qualities  of  heart  not  less  inherited,  of  pleasing 
and  commanding  personal  appearance,  lives  in  the  midst  of  a 
large  domestic  circle,  a  central  figure,  surrounded  by  children 
and  grandchildren,  ministering  in  kind  and  motherly  offices  to 
all  around  her.  Our  recognition  of  her  as  a  cheerful  and  effi- 
cient helper  in  our  work,  is  noticed  elsewhere.  They  reside  in 
East  Woodstock,  Ct, — Mr.  Child  in  his  9 1st  year,  and  Mrs. 
Child  in  her  89th  year. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 

1297.  i.  JoHX  Spencer  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct..  Sept.  30,  1833,  m. 
1859,  Lvdia  Lyon. 

1298.  ii.  Geo.  Walkee  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  1836,  m.  Dec. 
18,  1861,  Martha  Agnes  Child,  dau.  of  Krastus  and  Rhoda  Ricard  Child  of 
Woodstock.  CI;. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1297.  i.  John  Spencer  Child,  eldest  child  of  John  and 
Alice  Manning  Walker  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Sept  30, 
18*33,  m.  1858,  Lydia  Lyon.  Mr.  Child  resides  in  Rockford, 
Iowa. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1299.  i.  Harris  Mannincj  Child,  h.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June  24,  1859. 

1300.  ii.  Alice  Sabka  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Juno  15,  1861. 

1301.  iii.  Mary  Lyon  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Jan.  19.  1804. 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBUBY,  MASa 


tM«  tv.  Anka  GtutTmiTDB  CttUJi,  b.  in  Woodstock,  CL»  Aug.  22,  1867. 
laOB.  V.  LSCiecABD  Walksr  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  2^,  1874  . 

1S9^.  ii  GjBOftGK  Walker  CeiLD,  secoml  child  of  John  and 
Aticy  Mwnii^  Wmlkex  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock^  Ct.,  Dec.  18, 
ISMk  m.  I>«v  IS,  1S61,  Manila  Agnes  Child,  dau.  of  Erastu8«| 
Mid  Rlicaa  Bk-mni  Child  of  Woodstrxik,  Ct  V 

0^4.  ii«%«ee  W.  Child  bad  the  honor  of  serving  his  couotrj 
HH  li*  ^intiy  in  the  late  war  of  the  rebellion.     He  mised 

iufuutry  in  his  native  place,  over  which  he  was 
^nin.  He  was  in  several  engagements  and  showed 
iM«iW4i  iirv>rthy  of  his  honors.  He  came  out  unharmed  and  re* 
I^M^mkI  tk\  ihc  close  of  the  war  to  his  home  and  his  farm,  which 
li^  f^^Mil  i\%ii%e  as  congenial  as  the  strife  of  battles. 
|||||4'  (ion.  I    Child  rea: 


!X 


.  \  KIIABTU8  Child,  h.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  July  5,  1868. 
^iyi^^  \l  AiacK  HuoDA  Child,  Ik  in  Wwdstock,  Ct,  Atig.  7,  1870. 
\$m.  tit  Aa^KsCiiJLii,  \k  in  Woodstock,  Ct.  April  11,  1874. 


a 


^\|K  Hi'iu^rHtloiL] 

\^M  \\l  Charles  Child,  third  son  and  seventh  child  of 
tHHi  Ohnrloj*  and  Elizabeth  May  Child  of  Woodstock,  Ct,  b.  i 
Wmnl^loi^k,  Ct,  1791,  m,  March  20,  1817,  Almira   Holmes, 
^.lu.iu  of  i)livfr  Wendell  Holmes,  the  poet  physician  of  Cam 

Mr,  VUM  \\i\s  a  thrifty  and  skillful  farmer  in  East  Wood 
iiKH^k,  OL  tn  stature  he  was  six  feet,  and  of  stalwart  framei 
with  miiiKJwhat  llorid  complexion;  a  man  of  correct  and  sober 
luO»iK  Like  many  of  his  kinsmen  bearing  the  Child  name,  he 
WHf(  li^iiHciuuj*  of  his  own  opinions,  acting  from  his  own  convic- 
iion«  mlhtir  than  iijH>n  tlie  opinions  of  others^  a  trait  of  charac- 
Ipi'  to  ht*  comnu^niled  when  based  uptm  enlightened  views; 
»HWi»r  yit^lding  a  point  to  pltsa&e  one  differing  from  him  in  opin- 
lonn.  Such  an  one  must  ndcessarily  make  his  way  through  the 
Wtn  III  by  warm  encounters  with  opponents,  but  with  the  ap* 
Uluval  of  friends. 
|M»  v»Milh  tli^rhTHlioju]    ChiWren: 

tItUT    I,   Li^oNAun  U0LMK8  CiitLi).  b.  in  Woodsrtock,  Ct,  April  24,  1S18, 
ii    Mny  t  IHUK 

mm   il  AMiltL  t*nuj»,  K  iu  WcKHlslcjck,  Ct,  Mdj  20, 1880,  d.  yoimg. 

lUtlU,   lit.   Hauaii  TftMrRUAKt  k  CtiiLD,  h.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  I>ec.  8, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  217 

1810.  iv.  Mary  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct ,  July  25.  1826, 
<i^.  Feb.  25,  1851,  John  Bacon  Healy,  son  of  Jedediah  and  Abigail  Bacon 
Bealy  of  Brimfield,  Mass.    Mr.  Healy  is  a  farmer.     They  have  no  children. 

1811.  V.  Sarah  Lucinda  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  14,  1829, 
^ti,  Feb.  28,  1851,  Ainasa  Child,  son  of  Capt.  Aaron  ('hild  of  Woodstock,  Ct. 
^or  children  see  No.  901. 

1812.  vi.  Hannah  Almtra  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Feb.  28,  1831, 
m.  April  15,  1851,  Edward  KiUam. 

1313.  vii.  Emma  Mariah  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June  23,  1833, 
m.  Dec.  18,  1867,  Geo.  Child  Phillips. 

1314.  viii.  Susan  Ellen  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.„  April  4,  1836, 
oniu. 

1315.  ix.  Annette  Matilda  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  8, 1838, 
m.  May  10, 1865,  Samuel  Gildersleeve,  of  New  York  City. 

[Seventh  Generation.! 

1312.  vi.  Hannah  Almira  Child,  sixth  child  and  fourth 
dau.  of  Charles  and  Almira  Holmes  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock, 
Ct,  Feb.  28,  1831,  m,  April  15,  1851,  Edward  Killam.  Mrs. 
Killam  died  Dec.  10,  1872. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1316.  i.  Charles  Henry  Killam,  b.  March  19,  1852.  m.  March  19, 1878. 

1317.  ii.  Julia  Elizabeth  Killam,  b.  Dec,  26,  1854,  unm. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1313.  vii.  Emma  Mariah  Child,  seventh  child  and  fifth 
.  dau.  of  Charles  and  Almira  Holmes  Child,  b,  in  Woodstock, 

Ct,  June  23,  1833,  m.  Dec.  18,  1867,  by  Rev.  D.  G.  Ashley, 

George  Child  Phillips,  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Zuriah  Phillips, 

he  was  b.  4rth  April,  1836.     Removed  to  West  Woodstock,  Jan., 

1873. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1318.  i.  George  Child  Phillips.  Jr.,  b.  March  15,  1873. 

1319.  ii.  Annette  Zuriah  Phillips,  b.  Feb.  15,  1875. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1315.  ix.  Annette  Matilda  Child,  seventh  dau.  and 
youngest  child  of  Charles  and  Almira  Holmes  Child,  b.  in 
Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  8,  1838,  m.  May  10,  1865,  by  Rev.  S. 
Bourne,  Samuel  Gildersleeve  of  New  York  City.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Gildersleeve  are  connected  with  the  House  of  Refuge  in  New 
York  City. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1820.  i.  Charles  Child  Gildersleeve,  b.  in  Northport,  Long  Island. 
N.  Y.,  April  28,  1866. 

1321.  ii.  Susie  Almira  Gildersleeve,  b.  in  Northport,  Long  Island, 
N.  Y.,  March  26,  1869. 
P 


218  BENJAMIX  CHILD  OF  KOXBL  HY,  MASS. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1233,  X.  Elias  Child,  tenth  child  and  fourth  son  of  Dea. 
Charles  and  Eliza  May  Child,  b.  in  Wtjodstock,  Ct,  Oct.  30, 
1797,  m.  April  19,  1827,  Sophronia  Meiicham.  She  d.  Jan.  31,^ 
187a     Mn  Child  d.  Oct.  20,  1879. 

Mr.  Child  was  the  suc^jessurof  his  father,  Dea.  Charles  Chile 
to  the  owoership  of  the  old  homestead,  the  fouith  generation 
from  the  original  owner,  Ephraim  Child,  who  came  from  Ro:s 
bury,  Mass*,  to  Woorlstock  about  1710.  Mr.  Elias  Child  be 
longe<l  to  the  old  school  class  of  men,  who  feel  that  the  former 
days  are  better  than  the  present,  and  he  was  not  easily  drawn  into 
any  reforms  or  changes  of  the  present  day.  He  was  a  laborious 
and  thrifty  farmer  when  in  bis  prime,  and  left  a  handsome  pro- 
perty to  his  only  child,  John  H*  Child,  who  sneceeds  to  the 
ownemhip  of  the  old  homestead ,  now  in  possession  of  the  fifth 
generation  from  Ephmim  Child,  the  first  occupant 
[Seventh  Genemtiou.]     Child: 

1323.  i,  John  Holbruok  Child,  h.  in  East  Woodabock,  Ct ,  April  3, 183< 
m   Ist,  April  30.  185L  Julia  Sanger.     She  d,  Aug.  1870.    He  ra,  2d,  March^ 
29,  1880.  Ruth  Witter, 

f Eighth  Geneitirioii.]     Children: 

1323.  i.  Jennie  E.  Child,  b.  in  East  Woodstock,  Ct..  1860,  ro.  Aug. 
ISn,  Henry  Pratt, 

1324.  it.  John  Frank  Child,  b,  in  East  Woodstock,  Ct,,  1863. 

[Sixth  Geueratitni.] 

1*234.  xi.  Abiel  Child,  eleventh  child  and  fifth  son  of  Dea, 
Ciiarles  and  Eliza  May  Child,  b-  in  Woodsti>i:?k,  Ct,  Nov.  6, 
1799,  m.  Feb.  IS,  1826  or  1827,  Henrietta  Hide.  He  d.  Julvg 
4,  1859, 
[Seventh  OtniemtioiK]     Children: 

1325.  i.  Hannah  Elizabeth  Chh.d»  b.  April  1,  1828|  m.  Jerome  Pom 
eroy. 

1320.  ii  Charles  Dukerman  f*HiLD,  b.  June  29.  18^0,  m.  1st.  Cornelii 
MuDson,  2d,  Emily  Jones. 

1337.  iii.  Caleb  llAttRis  Child,  b.  May  25,  1H34,  m.  May  22,  1861,  Emily 
M.  Hobbins. 

1328.  iv.  Della  H.  Cihld,  b.  in  Siimeld,  Ct,  Oct.  26,  1848,  m.  Oct.  19, 
1809,  Sdimivl  T.  Biiel 

[Seventh  GenemtioH.] 

1325.  i,  Haxnah  Elizabeth  Child,  eldest  child  of  Abiel| 
and  Henrietta  Hale  Child,  b.  April  1,  1828,  m.  June  2,  1852^ 
Jerome  Pomeroy.     Residence,  Brooklyn,  N,  Y. 


! 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  219 


[Eighth  Generation .  ]    Children : 

1329.  i.  Henrietta  Child  Pomeboy,  b.  April  8,  1855. 

1330.  ii.  Henbt  Chj^d  Pomeroy,  b.  Nov.  8.  1859. 

1331.  iii.  John  Miner  Pomeroy.  b.  May  31,  1864. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1326.  ii.  Chables  Dlckerman  Child,  second  child  and 
eldest  son  of  Abiel  and  Henrietta  Hale  Child,  b.  June  29,  1830, 
m.  1st,  abt  1854,  Cornelia  Munson,  m.  2d,  Jan.  1,  1868,  Emily 
Jones  of  Wallingford,  Vt. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1829i.  i.  Mary  Cornelia  Child,  b.  in  Wallingford.  Vt.,  May  17,  1855. 

1330i  ii.  Charles  Munson  Child,  b.  in  Wallingford,  Vt.,  Nov.  17,  1856, 
d.  1857. 

1331^.  iii.  Emeline  Munson  Child,  b.  in  Wallingford,  Vt.,  Sept.  13, 1859. 

1332.  iv.  WILLLA.M  Day  Child,  b.  in  Wallingford,  Vt ,  April  13.  1864. 

[Seventh  Generation] 

1327.  iii.  Caleb  Harris  Child,  third  child  and  second  son 
of  Abiel  and  Henrietta  Hale  Child,  b.  JVtay  25,  1834,  m.  May 
22,  1861,  Emily  M.  Bobbins  of  Hartford,  Ct  Mr.  Child  is 
descended  from  a  vigorous  and  robust  stock  physically  and 
mentally,  is  well  developed,  standing  six  feet,  of  good  pro- 
portions, of  florid  complexion  of  regular  and  comely  features, 
wears  a  countenance  full  of  vitality,  and  vigor  marks  his  move- 
raenta  He  is  a  prosperous  jobber  in  dry  goods  at  No.  87 
Worth  St,  New  York  City. 

The  genealogy  of  Mi^s*  Child  was  written  by  her  little  daugh- 
ter of  twelve  years,  at  my  request,  whose  sweet  little  note  it  is 
our  pleasure  here  to  insert : 

New  Yoek  City,  Nov.  8,  1879. 
Dear  Mr.  C^ild  : — 1  received  your  letter,  and  I  am  very  sorry  I  have  not 
answered  it  before.  My  great-grandmother's  maiden  name  was  Emily  Hol- 
lister.  She  first  married  my  great-grandfather,  Mr.  Strickland,  and  on  his 
death,  Mr.  Savage.  My  grandmother's  maiden  name  was  Emily  Malvina 
Strickland ;  she  married  my  grandfather,  Philemon  F.  Robbins,  who  is  still 
living.  My  mother's  maiden  name  was  Emily  Malvina  Robbins:  she  mar- 
ried my  father,  Harris  Child,  and  my  name  is  Emily  Robbins  Child.  The 
last  time  we  sat  down  at  the  same  table  together  was  at  a  Thanksgiving  din- 
ner at  Hartford,  Ct.,  at  my  grandmother's,  in  1873.  My  great-grandmother 
was  hale  and  hearty  as  ever.  She  died  in  1874,  and  my  grandmother  in 
1W7.  From  your  little  friend, 

Emily  R.  Child, 

No.  50  East  68th  St. 


BEXJAMCr  dflLD  OF  ROXBrRT,  MASa 

[Eighth  QeiterAt )■>».]    Children: 
1333.  i.  Infant,  unehristened. 
1884.  ii.  EsfiLT  Robdixs  Chii  d,  b.  in  Hertford,  Ci.,  July  15.  1867. 

1335.  lit  CAEOLtjfE  Adelaide  Child,  b  in  New  York  City.  June,  31,  I8T0 

1336.  ir.  Harris  Robbixs  Child,  b.  in  New  York  City,  March  28.  1872. 

1337.  V.  Marv  Hall  Cbild.  b.  in  Xew  York  City,  Feb.  18,  1874. 
1338    Ti.  LorisA  R^^encts  Child,  I>.  in  New  York  City.  Jau  21,  1876, 

[Seventh  Generation  ] 

1328.  iv.  Bella  H.  Chilh.  fourth  child  and  second  dauT 
Abiel  aud  Ilenrietta  Hale  Child,  b.  in  Sutlield,  Cl,  Oct.  28^ 
1848,  m.  Oct  19,  18«59,  Samqel  T.  BueL      Reside  in  Mechan- 
icsviUe,  Cedar  Co.,  Iowa* 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

1339.   i.   sUmcel  Kbnseth  Bveu.  b   in  MeclMnicsnUe.   Iowa,  Not,  16, 
1872. 

1340   ii.  Son,  unehristened  b,  Julr  10, 1879. 


[Fifth  Generation*] 

1215.  iv.  Capt  Elia8  Child,  the  fourth  child  of  Capt  EHsha 
and  Alice  MuiiniDg  Cliild,  b.  Bee,  28,  1765.  m.  Ist  March  1?: 
1779,  Doruiheii  Morse,  U  July  24,  1760,  dau-  of  Doct.  Parke 
and  Hannah  Huse  Moi^se.  She  d.  1786.  He  m.  2d,  March  18, 
17i>0.  Sophia  Morse,  dau.  of  Doct  David  and  Anna  Newman 
Morse,  a  niece  of  his  first  wife.  She  d,  Feb.  28, 1826  Those, 
intei'ested  in  the  genealogy  of  the  wives  of  Capt  Elias  Child,  wi 
find  it  more  fully  treated  in  coiJiiectioTi  with  David  Mor^e,  whc 
married  Hannah  Child,  (No.  906)  dau.  of  Capt  Wiilard  Chile 
on  ]>3ge  1 79,  and  in  connection  with  No.  1480, where  the  marria 
itl  Sarah  Child  to  Jedediah  Morse,  Esq.,  first  allies  the  tw< 
families  afterwanls  so  repeatedly  linked. 

It  may  be  noticed  that  military^  titles  are  often  affixed  to  th^ 
names  of  men  who  lived  in  colonial  times.  The  title  mean| 
something  in  that  period— for  those  who  bore  it  were  in  actua 
service,  or  in  training  as  minute  men,  liable  to  be  called  to  th^ 
field  at  any  moment  They  were  patriotic  men,  ready  to  peril 
life  and  property  in  defence  of  American  liberty.  We  ar 
therefore,  particular  to  give  the  title  as  handed  down  to  us  in  the 
record,  Capt  Elias  Child  was  the  son  of  a^man  in  whom  thi 
Colr»njal  G<jvernment  rep«jsed  confidence  for  his  abilities  and 
his  devotion  to  the  American  cause.  This  son  partook  largelj 
of  his  father's  spirit  and  his  ideas,  and  bore  some  of  hii 
fathers  h<mora     Less  in  public  life  than  his  father,  because 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS..  221 

the  fruits  of  the  Revolution  were  being  quietly  enjoyed  he 
was  content  with  less  military  honor,  and  more  absorbed  with 
civil  pursuits.  Capt  Elias  Child  ranked  among  the  best  of 
citizens,  and  was  recognized  bj^  his  neiglibors  as  a  man  of 
sound  and  discriminating  judgment,  and  upright  in  all  his 
business  transactions.  He  was  known  in  his  time  as  a  pros- 
perous and  wealthy  farmer,  a  warm  supporter  of  moral  and  re- 
ligious institutions,  and  was  a  consistent  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church.     He  died  April  3,  1834 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children.    By  first  wife — four  children : 

1340^.  i.  Elisha  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Feb.  11,  1780,  m.  1802, 
Kancy  Child. 

1341.  ii.  Parkee  Morse  Child,  b.  March  13,  1782.  d.  Aug.  6,  1795. 

1342.  iii.  Charles  Thompson  Child,  b.  in  North  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Feb. 

15,  1784,  ra.  Jan.  21,  1808,  Clarrissa  Child. 

1343.  iT.  Ellas  Sewall  Child,  b.  in  North  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Mar.  2, 1786, 
d.  Mar.  18,  1786. 

[By  second  marriage — four  children.] 

1344.  V.  Elias  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  19,  1791,  d.  Feb.  15, 
1793. 

1345.  vi.  Erastus  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  3,  1793,  m.  Feb.  24, 
1824,  Rhoda  Ricard. 

1346.  vii.  Dorothea  Morse  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Aug.  2, 1797,  ra 
March  16,  1826,  Abel  Child. 

1347.  viii.  Sophll  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  2,  1800,  m.  Feb. 

16,  1831,  Abel  Child.     (See  Abel  ChiUVa  record— ISO.) 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1340^.  i.  Elisha  Child,  eldest  child  of  Capt  Elias  and 
Dorothea  Morse  Child,  b.  Feb.  11,1780,  m.  1802,  Nancy  Child, 
eldest  dau.  and  child  of  Capt  WilLard  and  Lydia  Morse  Child, 
of  North  Woodstock.  He  d.  Oct  13,  1822.  She  d.  March  25, 
1853,  the  widow  of  a  second  husband. 

As  the  accredited  compiler  of  this  genealogy  it  will  not  be 
deemed  an  offence  against  good  taste,  if  in  this  connection  I 
adopt  the  use  of  the  first  person  while  chronicling  my  father 
and  family.  In  opening  correspondence  for  this  genealogy  my 
name  to  many  was  unfamiliar ;  by  others,  while  familiar,  it  was 
not  readily  traced  to  its  legitimate  branch.  It  will  possibly 
gratify  an  innocent  curiosity  if  I  introduce  the  reader  to  my 
immediate  ancestor. 

My  father  Elisha  Child,  son  of  Capt  Elias  Child,  of  North 
Woodstock,  Ct.,  was  among  the  early  settlers  (about  1805)  in 


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BENJAMIX  CHTLB  OF  ROXBURY,  TWASS. 


the  town  of  Exeter,  Otsego  County,  N.  Y.  My  earliest  recol- 
lections place  me  in  a  sparsely  settled  neighborhood  conipoeed 
mostly  of  New  England  people.  The  pioneers  of  the  town 
were  the  Tunniclifs  and  the  Herkimers ;  soon  after  the  Cush- 
mans.  Williamses,  Brookses.  Curtisses  and  the  Sumners .  then 
the  Chi  Ides  and  the  Morses.  My  father  and  my  uucle^  Charles 
Thompson  Child,  and  David  Morse,  their  brother  in-law,  came 
very  nearly  together.  These  later  pioneers  were  from  Connect- 
icut To  them  the  school  house  and  the  house  of  worship 
were  of  the  first  importance  Thus  early  were  laid  the  foun* 
dations  of  a  moral  and  Christian  community.  These  fathers  i 
and  their  children  constituted  a  substantial  society,  observant] 
of  religions  institutions^  and  zealous  promoters  of  all  enterpriser 
thai  promised  permanency  and  prosperity.  My  father  was  ] 
reared  a  farmer  and  continued  to  cultivate  the  soil  during  his 
life.  In  stature  he  was  six  feet  high  and  well  proportioned,  of 
fine  personal  appearance  and  bearing,  of  sanguine  tempera- 
ment of  a  well  balanced  mind,  of  sound  judgment,  of  good 
executive  ability,  of  strict  integrity,  and  a  sincere  Christian* 
He  was  a  man  of  average  intelligence  for  the  times  and  was 
held  in  much  esteem  by  his  neighbt>rs  and  acquaintances  for 
his  manly  bearing  and  stiibility  of  cliaracter ;  and  was  often  the 
rbitrator  in  church  and  secular  differences.  His  excelleot 
musical  abilities  rendered  his  position  in  church  affairs  oue  of  B 
nuu'h  importance?.  As  my  father  passed  away  before  I  was  of™ 
tiuflicient  age  to  fully  appreciate  his  characteristics,  I  write  the 
account  as  given  by  those  who  were  cotemporary  with  him, 
aiul  some  of  whom  were  intimately  associated  with  him  in  the 
iilTnirs  of  life.  It  will  not  be  out  of  place  to  mention  a  pleas- 
ing  incident  which  oceurreil  some  few  years  since  On  the  oc- 
casion, I  was  brought  into  company  with  an  intelligent  anc 
It'iuliug  citizen  of  oue  of  the  towns  adjoining  my  native  town,i 
(mysii!f  a  stranger  to  him)  who  was  an  intimate  associate  of  my 
fathta*.  Incidentally  our  family  name  was  mentioned,  but  in 
u\*  way  t4r  indit*ate  that  I  Ix^re  the  name.  The  gentleman  re- 
marked tliat  in  earlier  life  (he  was  now  quite  aged)  he  had 
'Miiul  u  very  pleasant  acquaintance  with  Elisha  Child,  of 
Kxctci';  ho  was  a  superior  man  and  one  who  was  highly 
t^tfttn^mcd  as  a  citizen/^  As  the  compliment  was  paid  to  the  J 
nunntn'V  of  my  father,  in  ignorance  tif  my  relationship,  I  have 
v\'vr  chvnAivd  it  with  peculiar  satisfaction. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTa  228 

My  mother,  Nancy  Child,  was  the  eldest  child  of  Capt  Wil- 
lard  and  Lydia  Morse  Child.  Her  mother  was  the  sister  of 
Rev.  Dr.  Jedediah  Morse,  the  great  American  Geographer,  who 
was  the  father  of  Samuel  F.  B.  Morse,  LL.  D.,  the  inventor 
3f  the  **  Morse  Telegraph.*'  She  was  in  stature  somewhat 
ibove  the  average  of  her  sex,  of  fair  complexion  and  comely 
features.  Her  younger  brother,  the  late  Eev.  Dr.  Willard 
Child,  once  said  to  me,  "  your  mother  when  a  young  lady  was 
in  my  youthful  eye  the  perfection  of  a  beautiful  girl."  Her 
characteristics  were  such  as  might  be  looked  for  in  a  descend- 
ant of  a  good  family  of  Puritan  stock.  She  was  marked  with 
much  strength  of  intellect ;  her  intelligent  ideas  upon  matters 
3f  church  and  public  interest  are  found  in  her  diary,  which  for 
many  years  she  was  accustomed  to  keep.  The  religious  ele- 
ment was  prominent  in  her  character.  The  education  of  her 
family  in  high,  moral  principles,  with  a  view  to  meet  the  prac* 
tical  duties  of  life,  was  to  her  a  matter  of  first  importance. 
Her  children  cherish  her  memory  with  warm  aflfection,  venera- 
tion and  gratitude,  for  her  tender  and  faithful  devotion  to  their 
happiness  and  usefulness  in  life.  Some  years  after  my  father's 
death  she  married  Dea.  Dudley  Child,  of  Bath,  N.  H. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

1348.  i.  Parker  Morse  Child,  b.  in  North  Woodstock,  Ct.,  March  27, 
1808,  m.  March  27,  1824.  Sabrina  Robinson. 

1349.  ii.  Harriet  Child,  b.  in  North  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  18,  1804,  m. 
March  28,  1827.  Lemuel  Southard. 

1350.  iii.  EuAS  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  3,  1806,  m. 
1st,  Aug.  29,  1831,  Melissa  Ilollister;  m.  2d,  May  14,  1833,  Sylvina  Thorp; 
m.  3d,  Get.  16,  1867,  Susan  P.  Cleaveland. 

1351.  iv.  Willard  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  April  17,  1808,  m.  Dec. 
Jl,  1833,  Dorothea  Child. 

1352.  V.  Charles  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y..  April  27,  1810,  m.  1st,  Oct. 
7.  1846,  Diantha  Cushman ;  m.  2d,  July  3.  1866,  M.  Augusta  Thorp. 

1853.  vi.  Elisha  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  June  14,  1812,  m.  Lucia 
Whitney. 

13.54.  vii.  Nancy  May  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  April  8,  1814,  m. 
May  16,  1833,  Dwight  P.  Child.  {For  children,  see  record  Dvjight  P.  Child, 
!>/  BatK  A.  //.) 

1355.  viii.  Hannah  Child,  b  in  Exeter,  N.  Y..  May  21,  1816,  m.  Nov.  17, 
1887,   Bradley  Child.     {For  children,  see  record  Bradley  Child,  of  Bath, 

1356.  ix.  William  Graves  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  June  28,  1818,  m. 
Dec.  6,  1840,  Jane  Simpson. 

1857.  X.  Horatio  Henry  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  July  16,  1820,  ra. 
1849,  Betsey  Brand. 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 

1358.  xi.  Henrietta   Amelia   Vuild,  h.  in  Exeter,  N,  Y„  May  2S,  18 
youngest  and  posthumous;  uk  Geo.  Miiiot,  of  Bath.  X.  H.     They  remofiSi 
to  Coventn',  Vermont,  where  Mr.  Minot  died  aorae  years  before  his  wife 
She  died  Nov.  20,  185B.     They  had  no  children. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

134S.  L  Parker  Morse  Child,  eldest  child  of  EHsha  and 
Nancy  (Child)  Child,  h  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  March  27,  180S,  j 
m.  March  27,  1824,  Sabriiia  RobiiiHon,  of  Exeter,  N,  Y.,  dan.  of 
Lemuel  Robiaaou,  Sr.,  hit^^  of  Bru're,  Mass.    Slie  was  U  in  Barre. 
Mass.j  July  15,   18i>5,  d  Jan.  1,  18S0,  in  Utiea,  N.  Y.,  at  the] 
house  of  her  son,  Lnciutj  C,  Child&     Mr.  P.  M.  Child  d,  Sept. 
10,  1887,  ill  Exeter,  K  Y, 
P^ighth  Generation.]     Children: 

1359.  i.  Mary  Axy  Chilu,  h.  in  Esteter,  N.  Y..  Feb.  4,  1825,  in,  Nov,  18»  ' 
1844,  Henrj*  Hatch  (*nrTis!i. 

1860.  ii.  Llkrjs  CiTHTisis  Child,  h.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y..  Nov.  24,  1831,  m.  ' 
Jan.  13,  1853,  Anna  Jane  Tuf^ping. 

[Eighth  Genera tioa.] 

1359.  1.  Mary  Ann  Child,  eldest  child  of  Parker  Morse  \ 
and  Sabriiia  Robinson  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  I 
Feb,  4,  1825,  m.  Nov.  13,  184:t,  Henry  Hateh  Curtiss,  son  of 
Abel  Curtiss,  an  early  settler  in  Otsego  County,  N.  Y.     Mr. 
Curtias  cjime  to  Utica  nearl\'  forty  3^ears  ago,  and  established 
himself  in  the  printing  businesi>,  which  he  has  successfully  cxsn* 
ducted  till  the  present  time,  now  the  head  of  thelirm  of  Ciirtissj 
&  Chillis.     Ho  is  among  the  most  respected  citizens  of  the  city,  i 
and  has  long  been  an  esteemed  and  ellicient  elder  in  the  West- 1 
minster  Presbyterian   church  of  Utica,     He  has  been  twice 
married.     His  first  wife  dying  Aug.  f>,  1849  ;  lie  m.  2d,  Oct  16, 
1850,  Mary  Burt  Cooley,  dau.   of  John  and  Sabra  Cooley,  of  ' 
Longmeadow,  Mass.     She  wa^  b.  Oct  10,  1814,  and  d.  March 
12,  1879. 
[Eighth  Generfttion,]     Children: 

1381.  J,  Marv  STOftRS  CirRTiss,  b  in  Utioft,  N,  Y„  Mart'h  1.  1845.  Im- 
mediately upon  her  g:mduarion  from  the  High  Sehool  of  her  HAtive  city, 
Miss  Mary  S.  Curttss  l^egjin  to  teaeh  in  one  of  the  public  sehoo)»,  and 
has  made  herself  a  most  stiei-essful  atid  esteemed  instnictor,  bringing  to  her 
work  a  conscienliou.s  fidelity  and  thoroughness,  carried  often  l>eyond  her 
physie-al  strength  in  her  toils,  by  a  t*ineere  enthusiasm. 

186S.  ii.  Hakriet  AMANnA  CtrRTiss,  b,  in  Utica.  N.  T.,  Oct.  26,  1818^  , 
[By  Mr.  Curtias*  second  marriage.] 

laes.  iii.  Clara  Everts  Cuetiss,  b.  in  Utiea,  N.  Y..  Jan.  9,  185$. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  226 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1300.  ii.  Lucius  Curtiss  Childs/  second  child  of  Parker 
Morse  and  Sabrina  Robinson  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co., 
N.  Y.,  Nov.  24,  1831,  m.  Jan.  13,  1853,  Anna  Jane  Tapping, 
dau.  of  Isaac  and  Jane  Tapping,  of  Utica,  N.  Y.  Having 
ae<iuired  his  trade,  Mr.  Chiids  first  established  himself  in  busi- 
ness in  Boonville,  N.  Y,  becoming  the  editor  and  publisher  of 
the  Boonville  HeraM,  a  local  paper  in  the  interest  of  the  old 
Whig  party.  After  several  years  continuance  in  this  connec- 
tion he  disposed  of  his  interests  in  Boonville,  and  established 
a  business  in  Utica.  Four  years  later  he  foraied  a  partnership 
with  his  brother-in-law,  Henry  H.  Curtiss,  where  they  have 
built  up  and  still  conduct  a  prosperous  business.  Commenc- 
ing with  but  little  capital,  except  a  thorough  knowledge  of  his 
trade,  Mr.  Chiids  has  risen  to  the  status  of  a  successful  and 
popular  business  man;  having  the  public  confidence  for  his 
thoroughness  and  unswerving  integrity. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

1864.  i.  Chables  Paekbr  Childs.  b.  in  Utica.  N.  Y..  Oct.  10. 1854,  d.  July  30, 
1862.  This  child  was  much  endeared  to  his  parents  by  his  precociousness  and 
future  promise,  had  he  lived  to  mature  manhood.  At  the  tender  age  of 
eight  years  he  gave  pleasing  proof  of  his  ripeness  for  a  higher  and  happier 
state  of  existence. 

1365.  ii.  Alice  Jane  Childs,  b.  in  Boonville,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  20, 
1857. 

1366.  iii.  WiLLDLM  Tapping  Childs,  b.  in  Utica,  X.  Y.,  July  1,  1862. 
1367   iv.  Carrie  Louisa  Childs,  b.  in  L'tica,  N  Y.,  Dec.  17,  1867. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1349.  ii.  Harriet  Child,  second  child  of  Elisha  and  Nancy 
(Child)  Child,  b.  in  North  Woodstock,  Ct,  Nov.  18,  1804,  m. 
March  28,  1827,  Lemuel  Southard,  of  West  Fairlee,  Vt  He 
(1.  1876  or  1877.  She  d.  March  29,  1833.  They  had  two 
children. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1368.  i.  Elias  Child  Southard,  b.  in  West  Fairlee,  Vt ,  Aug.  10, 1828,  d. 
Jan  31,  1850. 

1369.  ii.  hisva  Southard,  b.  in  West  Fairlee.  Vt.,  Jan.  24  1832,  d.  

(Seventh  Generation.] 

1350.  iii.  Elias  Child,  tliird  child  and  second  son  of  Elisha 
and   Nancy   (Child)  Child,  was  born  in    Exeter,  Otsego  Co., 

*  Mr.  L.  C.  Childs  adopted  the  terminal  (s.) 


236 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBUEY,  MASa 


New  York,  on  the  3d  September,  1806,     Has  been  three 
married,  first  marriage  on  the  29th  August,  183 1  ^  by  Rev.  1 
L.  Perrine,  Prof,  of  Auburn  Seminary*  to  Melissa  Holli.ster. 
Second   marriage  on    the    lltli   of  May^  1833,  by  the  Bev. 
('hauncey  Goodrich,   to  Sylvijia  Thorp.      Third  marriage  by 
Kev.  J.  P.  CleavelandD.  D.,  on  the  16th  October,   1867,  to  ^ 
Susan  P.  Cleavelaud. 

Mr  Child's  first  wife,  Miss  HolHster,  was  the  daughter  of 
Roswell  and  Esther  Guernsey   Hollister,  of   South   Ballstont , 
Saratc^gu  Co.,  N.  Y.     Possessed  of  an  unusually  attractive  facerl 
her  large,  soft,  dark  eye,  and  broad  brow,  betokened  the  sweet 
ness  of  disposition,  and  strength  of  intellect,  which  especially 
characterized  her.     Even  at  the  time  of  her  marriage,  her  health 
was  impaired  by  pulmonary  difficulty,  and  her  wedded  life  was 
very  brief,  after  the  birth  of  an   infant,  who  did  not  survival 
hen     Mrs.  M.  H.  Cliikl  died  in  Tompkins,  Delaware  Co..  N.  Y. 
on  the  ISth  of  July,  1832.'     Miss  Thorp,  the  second  wife,  was 
the   daugliter  of  Edward   and   Sylvina   Tremaine  Thorp,  of] 
Butternuts,  Ot^^ego  Co,.  N.  Y*     Inheriting  fmm  lier  father  a 
strong  love  for  reading,  and   fine   intellectual   abilities,  Miss] 
Thorp  had  a  highly  caltivateil  mind,  and  t-nttTed  upon  the 
Hfe  of  a  clergyman's  wife,  with  unusual  qualifications  to  fill  the  J 
position.     Notwithstanding  many  cares  and  occupations,  Mraj 
S.  T.  Child  found  always  time  for  readinji,  indeed,  she  ever 
preferred  a  book  or  her  pen  to  society,   though  possessed  of 
rare  conversational  powers.       Mrs.  Child  left  in  manuscript 
some  fine  products  of  her  ready  pen,     Her  death  occurred  in 
New  York  City,  on  the  5th  of  October,  18t>5.' 

The  third  wife  is  the  daughter  of  Eev.  Dr.  J.  P.  and  S.  H. 
D.  Cleavehmd.  Dr.  Cleaveland  was  a  clergyman  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church  ;  settled  first  in  &dem,  Essex  Co.,  Mass.,  and 
from  thence  remove^l  to  Detroit,  Michigan.  While  in  Michi- 
gan he  was  connected  as  President  with  Marshall  College,  after- j 
wards,  we  believe,  merged  with  the  University  at  Ann  Arbor 
Later  Dr.  Cleaveland  was  settled  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  Pro- 
vidence, R  L  At  the  time  of  the  late  war,  Dr.  C.  became 
chaplain  of  a  regiment  of  the  Gulf  Squadron.     Dr.  Cleaveland 

'  Further  record  of  tho  Ilullii^ter  family  in  the  Appondix. 
'  Further  notice  of  Mrs*.  Thorp  Child's  family  is  found  in  the  appendix. 


AND   HIS   DESCENDANTS.  227 

died  at  his  home  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  on  tlie  Ttli  of  March, 
1873. 

Mrs.  S.  P.  Cleaveland  Child  was  educated  under  the  careful 
supervision  of  her  father,  and  at  the  Ingham  University  at  Le 
Roy,  Genesee  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  at  Andover,  Mass.,  in  the  Abbott 
Female  Seminar}'.  Her  signature  has  become  familiar  to  many 
of  the  name,  as  the  amenuensis  of  her  husband  in  the  prepara- 
tion of  this  genealogy.' 

**Mr.  Elias  Child  was  early  consecrated  by  his  parents  in 
baptism,  and  as  was  so  often  the  custom  of  New  England  fam- 
ilies, dedicated  to  the  ministry  should  his  spirit  thus  incline 
him  with  increasing  years.  With  this  in  view,  he  was  sent  to 
fit  for  college  at  an  academy  in  Stockbridge,  Mass.  Here  he 
was  encompassed  with  the  best  possible  influences  for  mental 
and  moral  growth.  Boarding  in  the  famil}^  of  the  parents  of 
Prof.  Hopkins,  his  room-mate  was  the  **Bob''  Hopkins  of  boy- 
hood, who  became  in  after  years  the  honored  Prof.  Hopkins  of 
Williams  College.  The  society  of  this  town  was  comjiosed  and 
controlled  by  the  New  England  aristocracy  of  cultured  refine- 
ment ;  the  influence  of  which  was  felt  b}'  young  Child,  and  never 
forgotten.  During  this  period  of  preparatory  study,  Mr.  Child's 
father  died,  and  henceforth  he  knew  little  of  home.  He  enter- 
ed Union  College,  Schenectady,  in  1824,  graduating  in  1828, 
under  the  presidency  of  Eliphalet  Nott,  D.  D.,  and  went  soon 
to  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  where  he  studied 
with  the  Rev.  Drs.  Richards,  Mills  and  Pcrrine,  men  eminent 
in  their  denomination.  Mr.  Child  was  settled  in  two  parishes 
of  his  native  state,  from  whence  he  removed  to  Michigan,  being 
called  to  Albion,  Calhoun  Co.  A  very  earnest  and  studious 
man,  he  devoted  himself  to  his  profession,  and  was  considered 
a  chaste  and  able  sermonizer.  Enthusiastic  by  nature,  he  be- 
came early  in  life  the  zealous  friend  of  the  slave,  at  a  ]:)eri(Kl 
when  such  friendship  was  not  popular.  A  bronchial  difficulty 
resulted  in  a  withdrawal  from  the  active  service  of  the  ministry. 
Business  life  has  been  intermitted  by  the  superintendency  of 
two  charitable  educational  institutions,  the  only  links  to  the 
early  professional  life,  which  his  reverence  for  the  office  would 
permit.  Excellent  natural  abilities  are  shrouded  by  an  ex- 
tremely modest  estimate  of  himself,  arising  in  part  from  a  proud 
*  In  the  appendix  will  also  be  found  further  notice  of  the  Cleaveland  faniily. 


228  BENJAMIN   CHILD   OF   ROXBURY,  MASS. 

sensitiveness  of  spirit,  and  the  sketch  so  brief  here  given  of 
him,  would  never  have  appeared  in  this  genealogy  of  his  com- 
piling, had  not  a  friend  who  knew  him  well,  oflFered  to  prepare 
a  notice,  due  to  him  and  his  descendants."       *        .*         * 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children.    By  first  marriage : 

1370.  i.  Infant,  unchristened,  b.  July  IS,  1832.  d.  same  day. 

[By  second  marriage  :J 

1371.  ii.  Charles  Henry  Child,  b.  in  Unadilla.  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug. 
9,  1835,  d.  in  Albion,  Mich.,  March  16,  1841. 

1372.  iii.  Caroline  Cleaveland  Child,  b.  in  Albion,  Calhoun  Co.,  Mich., 
Jan.  30,  1842,  d.  in  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  July  4,  1848.  A  sweet  and  lovely  child 
of  great  promise. 

1373.  iv.  Charles  Henry  Child,  2d,  b.  in  Clinton,  Mich.,  March  21, 
1843,  d.  March  22.  1843. 

1374.  V.  Charles  Henry  Child,  3d,  b.  in  Oaksville,  Otsego  Co.,  X.  Y.. 
Aug.  24,  1844,  m.  July  28,  1876,  Charlotte  C.  Leland. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1374.  V.  Charles  Henry  Childs/  son  of  Elias  and  Sylvina 
Thorp  Child,  b.  in  Oaksville,  Otsego  Co.,  N.Y.,  Aug.  24, 1844, 
m.  July  28,  1876,  Charlotte,  dau.  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  M. 
Conkling  Calhoun,'  of  New  York  City.  Mr.  Childs  is  agency 
clerk  in  the  publishing  house  of  Ivison,  Blakeman,  Taylor  &  Co., 
New  York  City,  where  he  has  been  the  last  fifteen  years. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

1375.  i.  Cleaveland  Childs,  b.  at  Fort  Lee,  N.  J.,  Sept.  17,  1877. 

1376.  ii.  Ethel  Thorpe  Childs,  b.  in  New  York  City,  Jan.  5,  1879. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1351.  iv.  WiLLARD  Child,  fourth  child  and  third  son  of 
Elisha  and  Nancy  (Child)  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y., 
April  17,  1808,  m.  Dec.  31,  1838,  Dorothea  Morse  Child,  dau. 
of  Charles  Thompson  and  Clarissa  (Child)  Child,  of  Exeter, 
N".  Y.  He  was  a  farmer  in  the  town  of  Bradford,  Steuben  Co., 
N.Y. ;  and  d.  March,  1842.  His  widow  m.  Dea,  Cyril  Sumner, 
of  East  Pharsalia,  N.  Y.,  and  both  still  survive. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1377.  i.  Edwaed  Child,  b.  in  Bradford,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  3,  1836,  d.  Sept.  12. 
1850,  in  Woodstock,  Ct. 

1378.  ii  Clarissa  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  in  Bradford,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  16, 1839. 

1379.  iii.  Loretta  Fidelia   Child,  b.  in  Bradford,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  24, 1842, 

'  C.  H.  C.  adds  the  terminal  *'  s  '*  to  his  name. 
*  See  appendix  for  further  account  of  the  Calhoun  family. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  229 

m.  Sept.  26, 1860,  Samuel  Reed,  of  Osco,  Henry  Co.,  111.    They  had  one 
child  which  died  young. 

[t^Tonth  Generation.] 

1352.  V.  Charles  Child/ fifth  child  and  fourth  son  of  Elisha 
and  Nancy  (Child)  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  April  27,  IblO, 
m.  1st,  Oct.  7,  1846,  Diantha  Cuahman,  eldest  child  of  D^vid 
and  Hetty  Curtiss  Cushman,  of  Exeter,  N.  Y.  She  was  b.  JN  ov. 
16, 1819,  d.  Aug.  18,  1861.  He  m.  2d,  July  6,  1866,  Mary 
Augusta  Thorp,  dau.  of  Hon.  Henry  and  Mary  Buckley  Thorp, 
of  Butternuts,  N.  Y. 

Passing  the  period  of  childhood  and  early  youth  with  the 
ordinary  educational  advantages  obtained  in  common  schools 
of  that  period,  Mr.  Child  commenced  business  as  a  clerk  in  a 
country  stora  After  a  term  of  service  in  this  capacity,  he  pur- 
chased a  part  interest  in  a  line  of  stages,  with  U.  S  mail  con- 
tract. Later  he  became  connected  with  a  cotton  manufactur- 
ing business  in  Oaksville,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.  After  several 
years  in  this  connection,  he  disposed  of  his  interest  and  turned 
his  attention  to  farming,  connecting  it  with  the  produce  com- 
mission business.  He  has  for  thirty  years  been  a  resident  of 
Oaksville,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.  Possessing  good  business  talents, 
he  has  shared  the  public  confidence  in  the  several  official  posi- 
tions, entrusted  to  him  in  town  and  county.  He  held  for  many 
successive  years  the  office  of  post-master :  for  six  years  he  was 
R  R.  commissioner  for  the  town  of  Otsego,  N.  Y.  ;  for  several 
years  one  of  the  Directors  of  the  Cooperstown  and  Susquehanna 
B.  R, — and  for  many  years  he  has  been  an  officer  of  the  Otsego 
County  Agricultural  Society.  In  all  public  interests  relating 
to  district,  town  and  county  affairs,  he  has  always  been  a  cheer- 
ful and  liberal  supporter, 
[fiighth  Generation.!  Children  by  1st  marriage: 
137H*     Infant  son,  unchristened. 

By  second  marriage : 
1380.  i.  Helen  Augusta  Child,  b.  in  Oaksville,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Feb. 
14, 1868. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1358.  vi.  Dea  Elisha  Child,  sixth  child,  add  fourth  son  of 
Elisha  and  Nancy  (Child)  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y., 
June  14,  1812,  m.  March  4,  183I*,  Lucia  D.  Whitney,  dau.  of 
Dea.  Job  and  Nabby  E.  Whitney,  of  Woodstock,  Ct. 
'  Mr.  Charles  Child  adds  the  (s.) 


^^ 


BENJAMIN  CHIU>  OF  ROXBCBY,  Ma- 


Mr.  Child  early  made  his  home  at  North  Woodst<:>ck,  ana  m 
mtktHTB  maohood  settled  on  the  farm  where  he  now  resides.    A 
Mud  and  thoughtful  man,  his  position  has  been  an  honorable 
and  useful  one  in  town  and  church  affaii^     The  office  of  dea- 
con in  the  Congregational  church  in  North  Woodstock,  he  has 
for^any  years  faithfull}"  and  uoceptably  maintained.     His 
chosen  life-lung  companion  is  among  the  l^ea^t  loved  of  her  i 
for  her  many  amiable  and  excellent  pergonal  qualities.     He 
musical  endowments  have  enlarged  the  circle  of  her  friends  at 
made  her  for  years  an  essential  element  in  the  choir  of  the  Co< 
gregational  churck     The  rai"e  christian  grace  of  loving  devd^ 
lion  and  self-sacrifice  to  aged  parents  and  kinsfolk,  illumined 
their  later  days  and  secured  the  gracious  promise  of  the  fifth 
Commandment 

[Eighth  Geueration.]    Children: 

1381.  i.  Ni^TY  Child,  b.  in  Wcxjdstock,  Ct.,  April  26,  1841,  m,  11 
Dftniel  James  WhitDey» 

1382.  li,  Abbev  e/ Child,  k  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  April  17.  1843^  ra.  Ja 
1868,  Ejsra  C.  Child,     (For  children  see  Xo.  147 L) 

1383.  iii.  HtTi!  Knapp  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct  March  1,  1849. 
1884.  iv.  Son— unchristened,  b.  in  Woixistock,  Ct.,  185K 
1385»  V.  Henrietta  Amelia  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Cl.,  Dec.  26,  185«, 

[Eighth  Generation  J 

1381.  i.  Nancy  Child,  eldest  child  of  Deac  Elisha  and 
Lucia  D,  Whitney  Chilrl,  b.  April  26,  1841,  m.  1864,  Dani^ 
Jame.s  Whitney.     She  d.  Dec,  25,  186S. 
[Xinth  Generation.]    Child: 
Ism.  i.  Xancy  Whitney,  h.  in  1865. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

135H.  ix.  William  Gravks  Child,  ninth  child  and  sixth 

ison  of  Elisha  and  Nancy  (Child)  Child,  b,  in  Exeter,  Otsego 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  23,  ISls/m.  Bee.  16,  1840,  Jane  M.  Simpaoq^ 
dau.  of  Robert  and  Esther  Simpson,  of  Belfast,  Ireland.     SId^| 
wasb.  Aug,  IS,  1818. 

Mr.  Child  went  to  Woodst(x;k  in  his  early  Uiyhood,  wher 
he  has  since  resided.  On  reaching  manhood,  he  establishe 
himself  in  bii?iness  iis  a  wheel-wright,  but  later  as  a  farmer, ; 
occupation  better  suited  to  his  taste  and  genius,  Intereste 
and  active  in  the  material  interests  of  parish  and  town,  his  in 
fluence  h  salutary  and  efficient.  Mrs.  Child  was  a  successfu 
teacher  before  her  marriage  ;  her  untiring  enei^  of  charact 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS,  281 

and  earnest  resolution  to  educate  her  children,  has  enabled  her 
to  triumph  over  delicate  health  and  accomplish  marvels.  She 
justly  draws  from  us  our  warmest  esteem  and  gratitude  for  her 
cheerful  and  indefatigable  efforts  to  advance  our  work.  Intel- 
ligent, thoughtful  and  energetic,  she  has  been  quick  to  compre- 
hend and  supply  needed  information. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1887.  i.  EsTHBE  Simpson  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.  Jan.  25, 1842.  With 
great  energy  and  success  has  devoted  herself  to  teaching. 

1388.  ii.  Mary  Jane  Child,  b.  Jan.  30,  1844,  d.  young. 

1389.  iii.  Cassius  M.  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct..  Sept.  13,  1845,  m.  Sept. 
14,  1878,  Rachel  P.  Swisher. 

1390.  iv.  Sarah  Pamelia  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  July  4,  1851,  m. 
May  80,  1879,  Thomas  Meek,  cashier  for  Collins  Axe  Company,  of  East 
Douglass,  Mass. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1389.  iii.  Cassius  M.  Child,  third  child  and  eldest  son  of 
Wm.  Graves  and  Jane  M.  Simpson  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct, 
Sept  13,  1845,  m.  Sept  14,  1873,  Rachel  P.  Swisher,  of  Eow- 
landsville,  Md.  Mr.  Child  is  a  traveling  agent  for  a  mercantile 
house  of  Baltimore,  Maryland,  resides  in  Rowlandsville,  Md. 
[Ninth  Generation  ]    Children : 

1391.  i.  Phillips  Jeremuh  Child,  b.  in  Rowlandsville,  Md.,  Sept  11, 
1874. 

1392.  ii.  Maud  Maryland  Child,  b.  in  Rowlandsville,  Md.,  Aug.  30,  1877. 

1393.  iii.  Frederick  William  Child,  b.  in  Rowlandsville,  Md.,  Sept.  27, 
1879. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

•  1357.  X.  Horatio  Henry  Child,  seventh  son  and  tenth 
child  of  Elisha  and  Nancy  (Child)  Child,  was  b.  in  Exeter, 
Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  16th  of  July,  1820,  m.  7th  of  August,  1849, 
Betsey  Brand,  dau.  of  Samuel  and  Sally  Brand,  of  Leonards- 
villa,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.  She  was  born  May  loth,  1822,  in 
Leonardsville. 

Mr.  Child  had  naturally  a  mechanical  genius,  and  was  engag- 
el  in  the  manufacture  of  agricultural  imj)lements.  After  sev* 
eral  years  of  earnest  application  in  this  calling,  failure  of  health 
necessitated  a  change;  when  with  characteristic  enthusiasm,  he 
established  himself  in  the  insurance  business,  in  which  he  is  now 
employed,  in  connection  with  a  commi.ssion  agency  in  produce. 
He  is  of  sanguine  temperament,  of  earnest  purposes,  fond  of 
reading,  interested  in  the  passing  events  of  the  day,  holds  posi- 


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BENJAMIN  CHTLD  UF  ROXBURY,  M.^SS. 


live  and  distinct  opinions  Li|H:m  political  and  religious  matter 
He  is  esteemed  as  an  honorable  and  worthy  citizen  ui  Leonardg 
ville,  N,  Y*j  hig  present  residence. 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

1394,  L  AaTHiR  Child,  h.  in  Leonardsville,  N.  Y.,  May  14»  1850.  d.  An 
2,  1870.     lie  wiiB  an  amiable,  bright  and  inUUigent  youth;  in  ii  course 
education  for  the  legal  profession,  when  he  wtis  attacked  with  maligna 
fever,  which  in  a  few  days  terminated  hii;!  life. 
1895,  ii.  Frank  Samuel  Child,  b.  in  Leonartlsville,  N.  Y.,  May  30,  1854 
Rc»v.  F.  S.  Chihl  inherited  a  somewhat  fragile  constitution,  with  the  get 
eral  mental  ehHracti^risties  and  tastes  of  his  intsther      Fond  of  his  b  iik  from" 
eariy  childho<xl,  the  quietude  residtiiig  from  not  vigon^us  healthy  was  hap- 
pily spent  in  reading.      Every  available  book  was  devoured,  and  fortunately 
the  love  for  a  desirable  class  of  literature  was  formed,  leadingto  the  dei'ide 
penchant  for  bellesdettres  which  appeared  in  his  student  life.    Mr.  Child  fit- 
ted for  college  at  the  Wbitestowii  Seminnry  in  C^neida  Co..  N.  Y„  where 
graduated  in  1871.     He  entered  Hamilton  College,  Clinton,  X.Y.,  gradua 
ing  in  the  ela-ss  of  '75,  with  a  most  honorable  standing.     Re  graduated  frofl 
Union   Theological  Seminary  in    1878.     In  January,  1879,  Mr  Child  wi 
installed  imBtor  of  the  Congregational  church  iti  6reenw*ij^h,  Ct.,  his  preACH 
charge, 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1342,  ill.  Charles  Thompson  Child,  thii*d  child  and  third 
son  of  Capt.  Elias  Chil<L  b.  in  North  Woodstoctk,  Ct,  Feb.  15, 
1784,  m.  Jan,  21,  1808,  Clarissa  Chihl,  second  dan.   of  Capt_ 
Willard  Child,  of  North  Woodstock,  Cl     She  d.  in  Exete^" 
N.  Y.,  March  14,  1847,  a-  6(>  years.     He  d.  in  Exeter,  K  Y, 
April  19,  IS54,  a?  74, 

Soon  after  their  marriage  they  removed  fj'om  Woodstock 
Exeter,  Otsego  Co,.  N,  Y,.  and  settled  on  a  farm,  where  thej 
spent  the  balance  of  their  days,  and  where  their  children  wer 
born  And  reared  to  manhood  and  womanhood  Mr  Child  was 
a  man  of  a  most  kindly  nature,  of  genial  temperament^  fon^ 
of  his  friends,  of  untiring  industry,  noted  for  his  probity  aui 
conscientionsness  in  all  liis  business  transactions  ;  a  supporter  ( 
all  useful  reforms,  and  a  devout  christian.  With  a  life  lor 
companion  in  full  sympathy  with  him  in  domestic,  social  ani 
religious  life,  the  mother  of  thirteen  children,  twelve  of  whoi 
grew  up  to  manhcKxl  and  wornanhood  under  her  sweet  maternd 
influence,  and  settled  in  life. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Childnm; 

1399.  i.  Ephraim  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  N,  Y.,  Nov.  1,  1808,  m,  NoTj 
1830»  Armenia  Higgijis?. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  233 

1400.  ii.  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  April  11,  1810,  m.  1834, 
Harmon  Edmunds. 

1401.  iii.  Marcus  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  16, 1811,  m.  1st  May, 
25,  1836.  Elmira  Eaton;  m  2d,  Cynthia  Sillick. 

1402.  iv.  DouoTHEA  Morse  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  m.  Ist, 
Dec.  31,  1883,  Wiliiard  Child;  m.  2d,  Cyril  Sumner.  (For  children,  see 
WY/Zard— 1351.) 

1403  V.  Luther  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  July  19,  1815,  m.  Jan.  10, 
1841,  Augusta  Coates. 

1404.  vi.  Erastus  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  4,  1817,  ra.  April  29, 
1846,  Rachel  Foster. 

1405.  vii.  Clarissa  Pamelia  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  30. 1818^ 
m.  Oct.  8,  1847,  Chas.  Hill,  d.  June,  29.  1^53.     No  children. 

1406.  viii.  PiNLEY  Breese  Child,  b  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  22,  1821,  m. 
Ist.  Feb.  15,  1848,  Emeline  Adkins;  m.  2d,  March  6, 1851,  Libbie  Denton; 
m.  3d,  June  18,  1876,  Nancy  M.  Dixon. 

1407.  ix.  Charles  Mason  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  1,  1822,  m. 
March  6,  1851,  Seba  Ann  Carr. 

1408.  X.  Hetty  Curtis  Child,  b.  in  Exeter.  N.  Y.,  Dec.  5, 1824,  d.  Feb. 
9.  1826. 

1409.  xi.  Aaron  Putnam  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  25,  1827,  m. 
Sept.  2,  1855,  Emily  L.  Babcock. 

1410.  xii.  FiDELLi  Todd  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  11,  1828,  m. 
Dec.  7,  1865,  Lyman  B.  Ferris. 

1411.  xiii.  Floyd  Cushman  Child,  b.  in  Exeter.  N.  Y.,  Nov.  19,  1831,  m. 
Feb.  24,  1869,  Sarah  Felton. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1399.  i.  Ephraim  Child,  first  child  of  Charles  Thompson 
and  Clarissa  (Child)  Child,  b.  in  Exeter,  K  Y.,  Nov.  1,  1808, 
m.  Nov.  25,  1830,  Armenia  Higgins,  dau.  of  Darius  Higgins, 
of  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  d.  Feb.  6,  1833,  leaving  two 
children. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1412.  i.  Celestia  Esmina  Child,  b. 20,  1831,  m.  Aug.  17, 1849.  Ben- 
jamin Child,  of  Lenox,  N.  Y.,  They  had  three  children.  (See  Benjamin 
Child,  of  Lenox,  N,  Y.) 

1413.  ii.  Lucy  Melissa  Child,  b.  July  26,  1833,  m.  John  Cancross;  re- 
sides in  Iowa. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1400.  ii.  Elizabeth  Child,  eldest  daughter  and  second  child 
of  Charles  Thompson  and  Clarissa  (Child)  Child,  b.  in  Exetei, 
Ots^o  Co.,  N.  Y.,  April  11,  1810,  m.  1834,  Harmon  Edmunds, 
of  Exeter,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Edmunds  is  a  hotel  keeper,  now  in  San- 
gerfield,  N.  Y.  Has  been  sheriflE  of  Otsego  Co.,  N. Y.,'one  term, 
and  quite  popular  as  a  politician. 

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BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBUBY,  MASS. 


[Eighth  Generation,]    Children. 

1414.  }.  Leveket  Edmunds,  b.  in  Exeter,  K,  Y.,  Julj  4. 1836.  m.  Nov, 
11,  1856,  Jalia  Hatcb, 

1415.  ii.  Pitt  Edmunds,  b.  Dec,  21,  1841,  d.  early. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1414.  I  Leveret  Edmunds,  son  of  Elizabeth  Child  and 
Harmon  Edmunds,  of  Exeter,  N.  Y.^  b.  July  4,  1836,  m,  Nov, 
11,  1856,  Julia  Hatch,  dau.  of  widow  Elizabeth  Hatch,  of 
Cooperstown,  N.  Y.  Residence^  Sangerfield,  N.  Y. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

1416.  i.  Flora  E.  Edmukds,  b.  in  Cooperstown,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y., 
15.  1858.  m.  June  14,  1876,  Frenerick  Terry. 

1417.  ii.  Eddib  Edmunds,  b.  in  C^Kiperstown,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Bee.  dS, 
1863. 

1418.  iii.  Lulu  Maud  Edmunds,  I        .       b.Nov.  22, 18«7,  d.  Oct  2, 1868 

1419.  iv.  Lela  May  Edmunds,      f  ^"^^^^^  h.  Nov.  22,  1867,  d.  Aug.  3,  IS 

1420.  V.  LiLLLLN  May   Edmunds,  b.  in  Ccxjperstown.  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y„ 
Dec.  31,  1870. 

1421.  vi.  Hannah  Edmunds,  b.  in  Coopen?to¥rn^  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y,.  Ji 
11,  1873. 

[Ninth  Generation  ] 

1416.  i.  Flora  E.   Edmunds,  eldest  child  of  Leveret  and' 
Julia  Hatch  Edtoumis,  grand-daughter  of  Elizabeth  Child  Ed- 
munds»  b.  in  Co<>|>erstown,  N.  Y.,  Aug,  IS,  1858,  m.  June  14, 
1876,  Frederick  Terry,  son  of  Delos  Terry,  a  wealthy  farmer 
the  town  of  Sangerfield,  Oneida  Co.^  N.  Y. 
[Tent  h  Generation .]     Child : 

1422.  i.  Haheiet  Terry,  b.  in  Sangerfield,  N.  Y.,  June  20,  1877, 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

140L  iii.  Mabcus  Child,  third  child,  second  son  of  Charles 
Thompson  Child  and  Clarissa^  his  wife,  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  Y., 
Dec.  16,  1811,  m.  1st,  Elmira  Eaton,  May  25,  1836;  m.  2d, 
Cynthia  SiUick,  of  Schenectady,  N*  Y.  Settled  in  Saratoga, 
N.  Y.»  where  he  died  in  1866.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Marcus  Child 
have  one  adopted  daughter,  Anna  Child. 
[Eighth  Generation,]     Children.     By  first  wife: 

1423.  i.  Eaton  Child,  b.  Aug.  3,  1837,  d.  Feb.  10,  1857. 

1424.  ii.  Lawrence  Allen  Child,  b.  Feb.  3,  18*9,  d.  Oct.,  1&48. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1403,  V,  Luther  Child,  third  son,  and  fifth  child  of  Charle 
Thompson  and  Clarissa  (Child)  Child,  k  in  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  Julj 
19,  1815,  m.  by  Rev.  Mr.  Wall,  Jan.  10,  1841,  Angeline 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  236 

dau.  of  Bansome  and  Patience  Coates,  of  Bradford,  Steuben  Co., 
N.  Y.     She  was  b.  May  11,  1816,  d.  April  10,  1863. 

Mr.  Child  removed  from  Steuben  Co.,  N.Y.,  in  the  year  1856, 
to  the  State  of  Michigan,  and  finally  settled  in  Fowlersville^ 
Livingston  Co.,  Mich.,  where  he  now  resides,  a  thrifty  farmer. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children : 

1425.  i.  Amanda  Jane  Child,  b.  in  Bradford,  Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  6, 
1841,  d  June  25,  1869,  unmarried. 

1426.  ii.  Fidelia  Child,  b.  in  Woodhull,  Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y.,  April  27, 
lS4d,  d.  April  6.  1849. 

1427.  iii.  Ellen  Child,  b.  in  Bradford,  N.  Y.,  July  26,  1844,  d.  June  6, 
1849. 

1428.  iv.  Mary  Child,  b.  in  Bradfoi-d,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  28,  1845,  m.  Feb.  10, 
1863,  Nathaniel  Brayton. 

1429.  V.  Marcus  Child,  b.  in  Bradford,  N.  Y.,  March  24,  1847,  m.  Nov. 

23,  1867,  Adella  Tanner. 

1480.  vi.  Patience  Child,  b.  in  Bradford,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  26,  1849,  m.  Jan. 

24,  1872,  Myron  Green. 

1481.  vii.  Loretta  Child,  b.  in  Bradford,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  14,  1852. 

1432.  viii.  Matilda  Child,  b.  in  Bradford,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  14,  1854. 

1433.  ix.  Frank  Child,  b.  in  Plymouth,  Wayne  Co.,  Mich.,  March  16, 
1858. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

142S,  iv.  Mary  Child,  fourth  dau.  and  cbild  of  Luther  and 
Angeline  Coates  Child,  b.  in  Bradford,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  28,  1845, 
m.  Feb.  10  1863,  in  Howell,  Livingston  Co.,  Mich,  Nathaniel 
Brayton,  a  miller  by  trade. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

1434.  i.  Frank  Brayton,  b.  in  Howell,  Mich.,  July  2, 1868. 

1435    ii.  Leon  Brayton,  b.  in  Howell,  Mich.,  March  1,  1871,  d.  young. 
1486.  iii.  Bertie  Brayton,  b.  in  Howell,  Mich.,  July  8,  1873. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1429.  V.  Marcus  Child,  eldest  son  and  fifth  child  of  Luther 
and  Angeline  Coates  Child,  b.  March  24,  1847,  m.  Nov.  21, 
1867,  Adella  Tanner,  of  Conway,  Livingston  Co.,  Mich.  She 
d.  Feb.  21,  1874.  Mr.  C.  is  a  miller,  a  man  of  enterprise,  and 
with  his  brother-in-law,  Nathaniel  Brayton  is  a  mill  builder  in 
Kent  Co.,  Mich. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

1437.  i.  Lena  Child,  b.  in  Conway.  Li\'ingston,  Co.,  Mich.,  Pec.  14, 1870. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1430.  vi.  Patience  Child,  fifth  dau.  and  sixth  child  of 
Luther  and  Angeline  Coates  Child,  b.  Feb.  26,  1849,  m.  Jan.  24, 
lb72,  Myron  Green,  of  Handy,  Livingston  Co.,  Mich. 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBITBY^  MASS. 


[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 
143a.  i.  Anoie  Green,  U  in  Handy,  Mich.,  Aug.  21,  1873. 

[Seventh  Genemtion.] 

1414.  vl  Ekastus  Child,  foarth   son   and  sixth  child  of 
Charles   Thompson  and  Clarissa  (Child)  Childj  b.  in  Exeter, ^J 
Olsego  Co.,  K  Y.,  Oct  4,  1817,  m.  by  Rev.  Beriah  Green,B 
April  29, 1846,  Rachel  Foster,  of  Whitesboro,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.       i 
Mr.  Child  evinced  a  love  of  books,  and  very  early  resolved      ' 
on  obtaining  an  education  that  should  lit  him  for  professional      ' 
life.     His  mature  youth  was  devoted  to  school  teaching.    Later, 
he  entered   Oneida   Institute   at   Whitesboro,    N.   Y.,    where 
he  continued  for  some  years,  acquiring  a  fair  education,  and 
gradnated  in  1841*     He  then  pursued  a  course  of  theological 
studies  under  the  late  Rev.  Beriah  Green.  He  became  thoroughly 
imbued  with  the  views  of  his  teacher  on  questions  of  slavery, 
then  agitating  the  country,  and  identified  himself  with  the  party 
that  held  n<»  church  fellowship  with  slaveholders  or  their  syrnpa- 
thizem    With  characteristic  earnestness  and  sincerity,  he  sough 
to  bring  public  sentiment  to  his  views.     The  suooesa  of  th* 
party  was  not  great.     Though  licensed  as  a  clergyman,  his  pub 
lie  services  in  his  profession  were  brief.     Failure  of  health  made 
it  necessary  for  him  to  seek  other  employment,  and  after  a  brief 
residence  in  Whitesboro,  N.  Y.,  in  secular  pui-suits,  he  removed 
to  Oneida,  Knox  County,  111.,  where  he  now  resides,  acting  as 
reporter  for  a  weekly  paper  in  Galesburg,  11J»,  and  cultivating 
and  adorning  his  beautiful  home.     His  life  has  been  marked 
witlj  usefulness  in  the  community  where  he  resides :  and  his 
u  prig  lit  and  conscientious  course  has  won  the  confidence  and 
esteem  of  all  who  knew  him.     A  christian  mothers  training  iH^I 
Lis  cliildhxxMl  has  largely  shaped  his  moral  feelings,  and  giveii^^ 
him  the  deepest  abhorance  of  immoralities  of  every  kind.     Not 
long  since  he  wrote  me  that  a  pmfane  word  had  never  escaped 
his  lips,  that  the  remembrance  of  ane  rough  word,  not  profane, 
to  an  elder  sister,  when  a  small  boy,  always  gives  him  pain. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children:  ^B 

143U.  i,  Sarah  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  in  Wbiteslwrn,  N.  Y„  May  U,  184^ J^^ 
m.  Nov.  28,  1877,  bv  Rev,  A.  \\\  Cliiimberlain,  Fielding  Bradford  Webb,  of 
Bedford,  Taylor  Co.,  Iowa.     Mr.  Webb  was  b.  in  Maquoinj  II].,  April  80» 
1851;  he  is  a  miller,  resides  in  Bedford,  Taylor  Co.,  Iowa. 

1440    ii.  Charles  T,  (/hild,  b.  in  WMtesboro,  N  Y.,  April  4, 1852,  d.  July 
1,  1854,  by  scalding. 
144L  ill   JuLU  Irewa  Child,  b.  in  Oneida,  Knox  Co.,  Ill,  May  80,  1869. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.. 


237 


[Seventh  Generation.] 

1406,  viii,  FiXLEY  Breese  Child,  eighth  child  and  fifth 
son  of  Charles  Thompson  and  Clarissa  (Child)  Child,  b.  in  Exe- 
ter, Otsego  Co.,  N,  Y.,  Jan.  22,  1821,  m.  1st,  Feb.  16,  1848, 
Emeline  Adkins  of  Buriington,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y*  She  d.  April 
7,  1868;  m.  2d,  Libbie  Denton,  She  d  Feb.  16, 1874;  ra.  3d, 
June  18,  1876,  Nhdcj  Dixon,  who  was  K  March  7,  1846,  in 
Bloom ington,  Grant  Co.,  111. 

Passing  his  boyhood,  without  special  incident,  except  such  as 
^sometimes  crops  out  in  boys  in  livhoni  is  pent  up  an  exuberant 
'  store  of  fun,  in  advancing  years  he  showed  courage  and  inde- 
pendence in  grappling  with  the  realities  of  life,  and  wa,s  not  easily 
daunted  by  failures  in  his  plans.     He  commenced  life  as  a  far- 
mer in  Steuben  County,  N.  Y.     From  thence  he  removed  to 
Springville,  Erie  Co.,  N.  Y.,  thence  to  Oneida,  Knox  Co-,  III 
Twelve  years  later,  he  removed  to  the  town  of  Oak,  Nuckolls 
Co.,  Nebraska,  where,  with  grown  up  sons,  he  established  his 
Tiomefor  the  balance  of  hfe.     Repossessed  the  essential  ele- 
ments of  a  pioneer.     He  was  energetic,  persevering,  self  sacrific- 
ing, hopeful     He  was  a  man  of  sterling  integrity,  and  a  useful 
man  in  society^  often  caring  more  for  others  than  himself.     His 
death  occurred  at  his  sister's,  Mrs.  Ferris,  in  Oneida,  Knox  Co., 
IlL,  on  the  2nd  of  July,  1880,  of  a  pulmonary  difficulty,  which 
had  long  been  underr/xiniug  his  once  vigorous  constitution-     A 
[portion  of  the  last  yeara  of  his  life  was  spent  as  a  colportuer  and 
ISabbath  school  agent 
[Eighth  Generation,]    Children.    By  first  marriage: 
144$.  i.  Adelbert  Child,  b,  July  11,  1850, 

1443.  ii,  Herbert  Child,  b.  Sept.  19,  1S53. 

[By  thiril  ruarrwge;] 

1444.  iij.  Charles  Tracy  Chjld,  h  May  :iO,  1877* 

1445.  iv.  TfiERON  Floyd  Child,  b  ScpL  17.  1878. 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

1407.  ix.  Charles  Mason  Child,  ninth  child  and  sixth  son 
of  Charles  Thompson  and  Clarissa  (Child)  Child,  b.  in  Exeter, 
Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  1,  1822,  m.  March  6,  1S51,  Seba  Aon 
Carr. 

On  attaining  his  majority,  the  California  gold  fever  carried 
bim  across  the  plains  and  mountains  to  the  gold  mineii,  where 
a  few  yeara  of  hard  toil  secured  for  him  moderate  gains,  when 
he  returned,  married  and  commenced  life  as  a  miller  in  the 


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BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASa 


village  of  Millville,  Masa,  his  present  residence.     Industrious, 
conscientious  and  upright,  he  is  esteemed  as  a  worthy  and  use- 
ful citizen. 
[Eighth  Generation,]     Children: 

1446.  i.  Clarencb  Merrisiax  Child,  b.  Feb.  18,  1852,  d.  Sept.  6.  1868, 
bj  aecidentiil  drowning  in  the  mill  pond, 

1447.  ii  Horace  Edward  Cuild»  b*  Dec.  11,  1857,  ra.  1878,  Harriet  E- 
While. 

1448.  iii.  Geo.  Mason  Child,  (adopted)  b.  Nov.  24,  1866. 

[Eighth  GenorutionJ 

H4I  ii.  HoKACE  Edward  ChUiD,  second  child  of  Cha 
Mason  and  Seba  Ann  Carr  Child,  b.  Dee,  11,  1857,  ol  1878, 
Harriet  E.  White. 
[Ninth  Generfttion,]     Child: 

1440.  i.  Ada  Bartlet  Child,  b.  April  18, 1870. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1409.  xi.  Aaron  PiTTN AM  Child,  eleventh  child  and  seventh 
son  of  Charles  Thompson  and  Clarissa  (Child)  Child,  b,  in 
Exeter,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  25,  1827,  m.  Sept.  2,  1855,  Emily  L.  Bab- 
cock,  dan.  of  Lester  and  Amelia  Maiming  Babcock,  of  West- 
foi-d,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.     She  was  b.  May  16,  ISSl. 

Mr.  Child  was  reared  a  farmer ;  commenced  active  life  as  a.J 
teacher,  in  which  capacity  he  wa.s  popular  and  successful  Soon 
after  marrying  he  removed  to  the  town  of  Oneida,  Knox  Co., 
m.,  and  commenced  farming.  After  a  few  years  of  success  and 
accumulation,  he  removed  to  Creston,  Iowa,  where  he  now  re 
sides.  Here  his  <x!OUpatton  is  farming  in  connection  with  the 
harness  making  business.  He  is  energetic  and  sagacious  and 
usually  compasses  his  plans  and  is  known  as  a  successful  busi- 
ness man.  Inheriting  the  best  instincts  of  a  worthy  ancestry, 
his  aims  are  elevated  and  his  practical  bearing  is  beneficent  and 
christian. 
[Eighth  Generation,]    Children: 

145Q.  i.  Charles  Lester  Child,  b.  in  Oneida,  IlL,  Oct.  32,  1856,  d. 
Sept.  13,  1875. 

1451.  ii.  Flora  Elmira  Child,  b.  in  Oneida,  III.,  March  6, 1860. 

1452.  iii.  Kate  Kekt  Child,  b,  in  Oneida,  IlL,  June  6,  1808. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1410.  xii.  Fidelia  Todd  Child,  twelfth  child  and  fifth  dau. 
of  Charles  Thompson  and  Clarissa  (Child)  Child,  b.  in  Exeter^ 
N.  Y.,  Nov.  11,  1828,  m.  Dec.  7,  1805,  Dea.  Lyman  B.  Ferris, 


AND  HIS  DESCEXDANTa 


well-to-do  farmer  in  Walnui  Grove,  Oneida^  111.     He  was 
'b.  in  Iluntington,  O.,  Fek  16,  l«2a 
[Eighth  (iejieralion  ]     Child: 

1453.  i.  Mary  Ferris,  b.  in  Oneida,  111,.  Feb.  17,  1868* 

fSeventh  Generation.] 

141L  xiii  Floyd   Cushman  Child, 'thirteen th  child  and 
eighth  sou  of  Charles  Thompson  and  Clarissa  (Child)  Child,  b.  in 
'Exeter,  Otsego  Ca,  N,  Y.,  Nov.   19,  IS'U,  m,  Feb,  24,  1869, 
PSarah  Felton,  of  Marlboro^  Masa     She  was  b.  Sept  3,  1842, 

Mr.  Child  was  the  Benjamin  of  the  family.  For  several  years 
he  staid  on  the  homestead,  caring  for  as^ed  parents  and  a  widow- 
ed sister  with  two  young  daughteiu  When  the  rebellion  broke 
out  he  was  drafted  into  the  U.  S.  service.  The  alternative  was 
rfore  him,  to  obey  the  soraraons  in  person  or  procure  a  substi- 
ite.  His  duties  under  the  paternal  roof  seemed  imperative; 
pience  he  procured  a  substitute.  His  parents  passing  away,  and 
his  sister  remarrying,  he  removed  to  Iowa  and  settled  in  Cres- 
ton,  his  present  home. 
[Eighth  Generation.  J     Child ; 

1434.  i.  Etta  CnrLi*,  b.  May  22,  1870. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1345.  vi.  Erastus  Child,  sixth  child  of  Capt    Elias  and 

Sophia  Morse  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Sept  3,  1793,  m. 

?eb.  24,  1824,  Rhoda  M.  Riekard.     She  wash,  in  Dudley,  Mass., 

?eb.  1,  1801,    He  A  Aug.  13,  1853.     Mrs.  Child  lives  in  North 

''ootlstock,  Ct 

Mr.  Child  was  a  farmer  and  the  posseasor  of  the  old  home- 
stead of  his  father;  and  ranked  among  the  intelligent  and 
worthy  citizens  of  the  town :  a  man  of  sound  and  discrimina- 
ting  judgment,  a  nice  sense  of  right  and  of  strict  probity. 
As  a  neighbor,  he  was  kind  and  obliging,  genial  and  happy  in 
his  domestic  relations ;  his  home  was  ever  open  for  cheerful 
hospitality.  An  under  current  of  humor  was  a  characteristic 
which  frequently  cropped  out,  as  well  in  his  family  as  among 
his  neighbors,  Mra  Child  did  not  always  escape  his  facetious 
bantering.  Her  gooil  humour,  however,  was  equal  Uy  her  hus- 
band s,  and  her  wit  was  always  at  her  command,  when  needed 
to  parry  a  joke.  A  standing  panacea  was  ''  Erastus,  the  only 
evidence  of  superior  judgment  in  the  Child  family  I  ever  saw, 
was  that  exhibited  in  the  choice  of  their  wives.'^    But  the  milk 


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BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


of  bumaii  kindness  flowed   perpetually  tbrough  their  kindly 
natures,  and  domestic  bappiness  was  uninterrupted  through  a 
long  life.     Mrs.  Child  was  of  French  descent.     Her  ancestors 
may   have  been  of  those  Huguenot  Refugees  who  found  an 
asylum  from  persecution  in  the  New  World      She  possesses! 
that  sparkling,  piquant  vivacity  chamcteristic  of  that  nation  ;  \ 
thoroughly  lovable  and  domestic  in  her  character,  genial,  affa- 
ble and  courteous,  she  is  a  universal  favorite  iu  the  neighbor- 
hood and  circle  of  her  acquaintance,  and  withal  a  sincere  christ- 
ian woman. 
fSeveDth  Generation.!    Chihlren: 

14i55.  L  Newman  GERiusn  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  CL,  Sept.  10*  182U, 
d.  Sept.  1,  1826. 

1456.  ii.  Peter  Hamilton  CnrLD.  b.  in  Wiudsloek,  Ct..  Jan.  0*  1837, 
m.  Jan  5,  1865,  Mary  Ann  StetsoiL 

1457.  iii.  Martha   Agnes  Cun.D,  b,  Oct.  \%  1840»  m.  Dec,  1861,  G€o. 
Walker  Child,     {For  i:htldren.  ^e.*'.  page  210,  No.  12»8.) 

[Seventh  Generationd 

1456.  ii.  Peter   Hamilton  Child,  second  son  and  second! 
child  of  Emstus  and  Rhoda  Rickanl  Child,  K  January  6, 1827J 
m,  Jan.  5,  1865,  Mary  Ann  Stetson,  of  Woodstock.  Ct.     Mr. 
Child  succeeded  to  the  homestead  of  his  father,  where  he  died» 
July  n,  1872, 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 
14fi8.  i.  Mary  Agnes  Child,  b.  in  W(>odstf)ek»  Ct.,  April  1.  1806. 

1459.  ii.  Abbie  Rickard  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct„  Jan.  21,  1868,  d.J 
Oct.  22.  1879. 

1460.  iii.  Henry  Hamilton  Child»  b.  hi  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  21,  W72*\ 
[For  Nos.  ix.  and  xi.  Children  of  Capt  Elisha  Child,  see  tht    WfUke 

branrh  ul  the  end  of  thapier  II L] 

[Fourth  GeoerationJ 

35.  ix.  Peter  Chii.d,  ninth  c-hild  and  fifth  son  of  Ephmini ' 
and  Priseilla  Harris  Child,  U  in  Woodstock.  Ct.  July  6,  1T27,, 
in,  Dec.  SO,  1756,  Susanna  Child,  dau.  of  Nathaniel  Child,  whoj 
was  probably  one  of  the  eldest  sons  of  John  and  Elizabetk| 
Child.  Peter  Child  d.  in  1810,  le.  83.  She  died  Aug,  J  2,  iSQtS. 
fFifth  GenerntionJ    Children: 

1461.  i.  Chester  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Oct.  7,  1737,  m,  Feb.  U.J 
1790,  Sarah  May. 

1462.  ii    Ezra  Ciiild,  h    in  Wmjdstock,  Ct.,  June  1.  ll-'iO,  m.  March  H),1 
17a%  Hannah  Child»  b,  July  14,  1762,  dau.  of  Richanl  Child,  and  sister  of] 
Capt.  John  and  Dea.  Dudley  Chitd,  of  Bath,  N.  H,     Mr.  Child  whs  one  of  J 
the  pioneer  tiettlers  of  the  town  of  Bath.    A  man  of  good  intellectual  abilities 
and  generally  well  informed  j  was  n  man  of  a  good  deal  of  prominence,  ojid 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  241 

a  useful  member  of  society;  date  of  his  death  or  wife's  death  not  ascertained. 
They  died  childless. 

1463.  iii  WiNSLOW  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Oct.  7,  1763,  d.  Dec.  80, 
1765. 

1464.  iv.  Joanna  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  June  16,  1765. 

fFifth  Generation.] 

1461.  i.  Col.  Chester  Child,  eldest  child  of  Peter  and  Sus- 
anna (Child)  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Oct.  7,  1757,  m.  Feb. 
11,  1790,  Sarah  May,  dau.  of  Sarah  Child  and  Stephen  May. 
He  d.  April,  12,  1823. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children :  > 

1465.  i,  Pamelia  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  9,  1790,  m.  July25' 
1816.  Dea.  Luther  Child,  son  of  Capt.  Willard  Child.  She  d.  April  15,  1851 
{For  children,  seepage  188,  No,  993.) 

1466.  ii.  Ezra  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  6,  1792,  m.  March  25, 
1820,  Betsey  May,  dau.  of  Caleb  May.  He  d.  Nov.  17,  1860,  ab.  68.  They 
had  no  children. 

Mr.  Child  was  one  of  the  prominent  business  men  of  the  town ;  of  much 
energy  of  character,  self-reliant,  and  of  positive  opinions ;  was  usually  suc- 
cessful in  carrying  out  his  purposes.  A  worthy  citizen,  and  for  many  years 
a  justice  of  the  peace.    He  enjoyed  the  esteem  of  his  fellow  townsmen. 

1467.  iii.  Susan  Chh.d,  b.  June  7,  1796,  m.  May  20, 1828,  Spencer  Child, 
son  of  Alpha  and  Mary  May  ChUd.  He  d.  in  Woodstock,  July  25,  1882. 
She  d.  1870,  in  Woodstock.    No  children. 

1468.  iv.  Mary  Ann  Child,  b.  Aug.  27,  1798,  d.  July  15,  1823. 

1469.  V.  Chester  Child,  Jr.,  b.  June  24,  1802,  m.  Feb.  24,  1881,  Pru- 
dence Carpenter. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1469.  V.  Dea.  Chester  Child,  second  son  and  youngest 
child  of  Col.  Chester  Child,  hl  Feb.  24,  1831,  Prudence  Car- 
penter,  dau.  of  Cyril  Carpenter,  of  Woodstock,  Ct  He  was  a 
oian  much  esteemed  in  the  community  for  his  excellent  quali- 
fies. Twenty-one  years  he  held  the  office  of  Deacon,  in  the 
Congregational  church  ;    and  was  prominent  in  town  affairs. 

^e  lived  on  the  homestead  of  his  father  and  grandfather  in  that 

Part  of  the  town  of  Woodstock,  known  as  the  English  neighbor- 

l^ood. 

l^venth  Generation.]    Children ; 

1470.  i.  Chester  Edward  Child,  b.  Oct.  18,  1836.  He  served  in  the 
^nion  Army  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  of  1861-65,  in  the  26th  Connecti- 
cut Regt.  of  Infantry,  under  Capt.  Geo.  Walker  Child.  He  d.  Aug.  10, 
^868,  of  disease  contracted  in  the  army. 

1471.  ii.  Ezra  Carpenter  Child,  b.  April  15,  1841,  m.  Jan.  1,  1868, 
Abbie  E.  Child. 

1472.  iii.  Abbie  Prudence  Child,  b.  April  21,  1843,  m.  Feb.  6,  1878, 
Merrick  Paine. 


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BENJAMIN  CHILP  OF  HOXBUBY,  MASS. 


1473.  iv.  Brain AKD   Wijfatjow  Child,  b,  in  Woodstoelc,  CL,  Aug.  29 
1846.     He  served  in  the  Uaion  Army  in  the  war  ol  the  Kebelliou,     Reside 
in  the  West. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1471.  ii.  Ezra  Carpenter  Child,  second  child  and  second 
son  of  Dea,  Chester  and  Prudence  Carpenter  Ciii!d,  K  in  Wood- 
stock, Ct,  April  15,  1841,  m,  Jan.  1,  18*>8,  AbbieE.  Child,  dau. 
of  Ben.  Elisha  and  Lucia  Whitney  Chikl     Hed.  May  13,  1876. 

Mr  Child  was  justly  held  in  high  esteem  by  his  fellow  towns- 
men. At  his  death  he  had  served  three  years  on  the  board  of 
the  selectmen  of  the  town  of  Woodstock.  For  a  number  of 
years  he  was  the  efficient  superintendent  of  the  Sabbath  school 
in  the  congregation  of  which  he  was  an  active  member,  and  bat 
a  short  time  before  his  death  he  was  elected  deacon  of  the 
church.  The  elements  of  an  influential  man  were  largely 
developed.  His  companion,  not  less  esteemed,  was  in  full  sym- 
pathy with  her  husband  in  all  that  pertained  to  home  and 
society* 
[Eighth  Generation]    Children. 

1474*  i.  Lizzie  Cakpbhtkr  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  April  23,  18 

1475.  ii.  Chester  Elisha  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,,  Auf^.  1,  1873. 

1476.  ill.  Ghace  Annie  Cnn^n,  b.  in  W^vodstoek,  Ct.,  June  0,  1875. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1472,  iii.  Abbie  Prudence  Child,  third  child  and  only  dau. 
of  Dea.  Chester  and  Prudence  Carpenter  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock, 
Ct.,  April  21,  1843,  nx  Feb,  6,  1873,  Merrick  Paine,  sod  of 
John  Paine,  of  East  WoodstcK^k,  Ct 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children,' 

1477.  i.  Robert  Paine,  b.  Dee.  18,  1874. 

1478.  ii  John  Bhaia'ard  Pauje,  b.  Feb.  5,  1877,  d.  Oct  8,  1877, 


AND  HIS  DE8CBNBANT&  2^ 


CHAPTER  JII. 

[Third  Generation.] 

16.  ii.  Capt.  Benjamin  Child,  second  child  and  second 
son  of  Benjamin  and  Grace  Morris  Child,  b.  in  Eoxbury,  Mass., 
July  19,  1685,  m.  Sept.  1712,  Patience  Thayer,  of  Mendon, 
Mass.  They  removed  soon  after  to  Woodstock,  Ct.,  then  called 
"New  Eoxbury."  "They  joined  the  church  in  Woodstock  in 
1740;  Patience  joined  by  letter."  She  d.  March  16,  1764. 
[Fourth  Generation.]    Children : 

1479.  i.  Benjamin  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Ma?s„   Aug.  28,   1713,  m. 
Patience ,  1740. 

1480.  ii.  Gracb  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  July  22,  1716,  m.  1737, 
Moees  Lyon. 

1481.  iii.  Nathaniel  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  April  18,  1717,  m^ 
1st.  Aprils.  1747.  Jemima  Bugbee;  m.  2d,  Sept.  19, 1776,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Fox. 

1482.  iv.  Elijah  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Aug.  5,  1719,  d.  Sept.  5, 
1736. 

1483.  V.  Patience  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct ,  June  22,  1721,  pub.  Oct. 
18,  1746,  with  Joseph  Wild,  of  Boston,  Mass. 

1484.  vi.  Sarah  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  19,  1722,  m.  Feb.  19, 
1746,  Dea.  Jedediah  Morse. 

1485.  vii.  Moses  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Oct.  27, 1725,  m.  June  24, 
1752,  Mary  Payson. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

1479.  i.  Benjamin  Child,  Jr.,  eldest  child  of  Capt  Ben- 
jamin and  Patience  Thayer  Child,  b.  in  Eoxbury,  Mass.,  Aug. 

28,  1713,  m.  about  1740,  Patience . 

[Fifth  Generation.]    Children : 

1486.  i.  Chloe  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  March  9,  1741,  m.  Oct.  3, 
1764,  Luther  Cady. 

1487.  ii.  Sarah  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  20,  1742,  d.  early. 

1488.  iii.  Eluah  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  3,  1744,  m.  Hannah 
Harris. 

1489.  iv.  Phineas  Child,  bapt.  Sept.  21,  1746,  ra. . 

1490.  V.  Maey  Child,  bapt.  Jan.  22, 1748,  m.  April  9, 1767,  Parker  Bacon. 

1491.  vi.  Levina  Child,  b.  Jan.  24,  1851,  m.  March  10,  1774,  Eleazer 
Jackson. 

1492.  vii.  Sarah  Child,  2d,  b.  Jan.  16,  1758. 

1493.  viii.  Cephas  Child,  b.  Sept.  7, 1756,  m.  Feb.  18, 1782,  Martha  Child. 

1494.  ix.  ZiLLAH  Child,  b.  Aug.  27,  1757. 

1495.  X.  Lyman  Child,  b.  Oct.  29,  1759,  m. . 

1496.  xi.  Freeman  Child,  b.  Nov.  16, 1762.    All  the  children  of  Benjamin 
and  Patience  were  bom  in  Woodstock,  Ct. 


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BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBITRT,  MASS. 


[Fifth  Generation.] 

14S8.  Hi  Elijah  Child,  third  child  and  ehiest  sou  of  Bea^ 

jarain,  Jr^  and  Patience Child*  bapt  in  Wotxlstock,  Ct 

Dec  3, 1744,  m.  Hiiiniah  Harris,  dau,  of  Timothy  and  Elizabeth 
Stevens  Harris,  of  Brookline,  Ct     She  was  b.  Aug.  14,  1754 
d.  June  5,  1808,     He  d,  July  14,  1825. 
[Sixth  Generatioij,]    Cliihl: 

1497,  i,  Timothy  Harris  CH£Lr>,  b.  Feb.  14,  1784,  d.  July  19,  1S50,  unc 

[Filth  Generation.] 

1493.  viii.  Cephas  Child,  third  son  and  eighth  child 
Benjamin,  Jr.,  and  Patience  Child,  was  b.  Sept  7,  1756, 
Connecticut  He  with  a  bmther,  Lyman  Child,  removed  to 
Yermont  at  an  early  period  of  their  lives.  Mn  Lvman  Chile 
settling  in  Hartford,  Vt.,  while  Mr.  Cephas  Child  made  hi: 
home  in  West  Fairlee,  Orange  Co.,  Yt,  where  he  mamed  on 
the  18th  of  FeLrnarv,  1782,  Martha  Child.  Mi's.  Martha  Chile" 
died  in  West  Fairlee,  Yt,  un  the  6th  of  February,  1795.  Aft€ 
her  decease,  Mr.  Child  resided  in  the  family  of  his  daughter 
Mra  Moses  Chamberlain,  in  Bradford,  Yt,  until  his  own  death, 
which  occurred  the  30th  of  April,  1836,  Mr.  Child  was  a 
Eevolutionary  soldier,  and  in  his  later  years  drew  a  peusion  for 
his  services. 
[Sixth  Gerif^ ration.]     Children; 

1498.  i.  Nancy  Child,  b.  Jime  15.   1784,  in  West  Fairlee,  Vt..  ni.  Thule 
WilHard.  of  Hflrtlftmi,  Vt.     She  died  thtm!  June  2e,  1838,    Left  no  children. 

1490.  ii.  Martha   Child,  b.   in  We,st  Fnirlee.  Vt.,  1780,  m.  Jan.  1806* 
Capt  Moses  Charnberliiin. 

1500.  ill.  Sally  Chilij,  b.  Sept.  7»  1788»  ra.  Andrew  Luce/ 

1601.  iv,  Mary  Child,  b.  Nov.  20.  1798,  ra.  Feb.  20,  1814.  CoL  Mo 
Ch&mberlain. 

1502.  V.  Bknjajiin  Child,  b.  Mitrch  80,  1704,  d.  May  30. 1818»  in  the  army. 

[Sixth  GeHeratioiid 

14it9.  iL  Martha   Child,  secoml  duiJL   and  third  child  ot 
Cephas  and  Martha  (Child)  Child,  was  b.  in  West  Fairlee,  Yt 
in  1786,  m.  Cajit.   Moses  Chamberlain,  January.   1806, 
sided   in   Bradford,  Yt      Caj>t    Moses  Chamberlain  and 
brother,  Col.  Moody  Chamberlain,  who  married  Mary  Child 
the  fourth  daughter  of  Cephas  Child,  were  sons  of  Col  ReiK 
embrance  Chaml>erlain,  an  early  emigrant  from  Connecticut 
Yermont;  himself  the  son  of  Dea  Moses  and  Jemima  Wrigl 
Chamberlain,   of  Conneeticut     **  There^s  many  a  true  wor 

^  Record  of  this  family  will  lie  found  in  the  appendix  if  obtained. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  245 

spoken  in  jest,"  is  a  proverb  finding  such  fulfillment  in  the  life 
of  Col.  Remembrance  Chamberlain,  we  believe  others  beside 
the  family  will  be  interested  in  its  relation.  Coming  to  New- 
bury, Vt,  in  1770,  he  settled  in  the  southern  part  of  that  town, 
and  boarded  with  a  Mr.  Johnson,  who  used  to  ask  him,  in  a 
joking  way,  why  he  did  not  marry.  In  like  spirit,  he  would 
reply,  *'  I  am  waiting  for  your  widow."  1775,  Mr.  Johnson 
died.  Threatened  by  an  invasion  of  Tories  and  Indians  from 
Canada,  Mrs.  Johnson  took  her  three  sons,  the  youngest  an  in- 
fant of  months,  upon  a  horse  with  her,  and  rode  to  Chester, 
New  Hampshire,  to  the  home  of  her  parents  The  next 
year  she  returned  to  Newbury,  and  became  the  wife  of  Col. 
Remembrance  Chamberlain,  and  the  mother  of  eight  Chamber- 
lain children.  That  blessings  should  attend  this  line,  we  can 
but  believe,  so  thoroughly  have  they  obeyed  the  command  to 
''  Honor  father  and  mother."  We  find  Col.  R  Chamberlain 
brought  to  Vermont  his  parents  and  in  his  large  household,  they 
held  honored  and  honorable  positions,  until  called  to  their 
heavenly  homa  The  same  chivalric  courtesies  were  extend- 
ed to  Mr.  Cephas  Child  by  his  son-in-law,  Capt  Moses  Cham- 
berlain. Capt  Chamberlain  died  in  Bradford,  Vt.,in  Novem- 
ber, 1854,  aged  77  years.  Mrs.  Martha  Child  Chamberlain, 
his  wife,  having  died  some  fifteen  years  before,  on  the  25th  of 
November,  1839. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

1503.  i.  John  E.   Chamberlain,  b.  Nov.  4.  1806,  m.  March,  1831,  Laura 
Willard. 

1.504.  ii.  Cephas  Child  Chamberlain,  b.  Jan.  28,  1809,  m.  Alice  Mallen. 

1505.  iii.  Martha  C.  Chamberlain,  b.  April  10,  1811,  m.  Oct.  1839,  John 
G.  Cross.     Mrs  Cross  died  on  January  30,  1843. 

1506.  iv.  Mary  C.  Chamberlain,  b.  Aug.  9, 1813,  m.  March  9.  1837,  Ben- 
jamin Chamberlain. 

1507.  V.  Moses  R.   Chamberlain,  b.  April  28,  1816,  m.  Sept.  25,  1849, 
Ruby  S.  Johnson. 

1508.  vi.  Elizabeth  A.  Chamberlain,  b.  Aug.  1,  1818,  d.  March.  20,  1821. 
1500.  vii.  Benjamin  F.  Chamberlain,  b.  Dec.  21,  1^21,  d.  April  2,  1845. 

1510.  viii.  Elizabeth  E.   Chamberlain,  b.  Aug.  16,  1823,  m.  March  26, 
1855,  Jared  M.  Ilazeltine. 

1511.  ix.  Amanda  N.   Chamberlalv,  b.  May  22,  1826.  m.  May  23.  1849, 
Henry  E.  Sawyer. 

1512.  X.  AzuBA  A.  W.  Chamberlain,  b.  Sept.  2,  1831,  m.  Oct.  20,  1853, 
Luther  S.  Grover, 


BENaAMx>  CHIUI  OF  HOXBITBT,  llA5g. 

[Seventh  Generation  J 

1603,  i.  John   E.    Chamberlaut,  eldest  son  and  child  of 
Martha  Child  and  Capt  Moses  Chamberlain^  k  in  Bradford, 
Vt,  4th  November,  1806,   m.  March,  1831,  Laura  Willari 
Besidence,  Newbury.  Vt 
[Eighth  Genemtion.]    CbOdren: 

1513.  L  GtDEOK  W.  Cbamberlaxs,  b.  March  9,  1832.  m.  Mrs.  Elixa  H&r- 
titoti. 

1514.  ii  Ho&Ai  8  E.  Chamberlain,  b.  Not.  30, 1834. 

1515.  iii    RKneMBiLAKrE  W,  CsAJiBEaLAix,  b.  March  31^  1837,  m.  Helen 
CorlisA,     Two  children. 

1515.  iv.  Lalra  EvALTiP  CnAXBKuaiJi.  b.  April  9.  1842,  m.  John  W, 
Cnrrier,  of  West  Troy,  Vl 

1517.  V.  Elle9(  a.  Cbaxderlaim,  b.  Aug.  L  1845,  m.  George  B. 
man,  of  Bradford,  Vt. 

1518.  ri.  Chaelcs  W.  Cbaicd^ladi,  h.  Not.  4,  184d. 

[SeTenth  Geneiation.] 

15(4.  il  Cephas  Child  Chamberlain,  second  son  and 
child  of  Martha  Child  and  Capt  Moses  Chamberlain,  b.  in  Brad- 
ford, Yt,  28th  Januaiy,  1809,  m.  abt  1835,  Alice  Mallen,  of 
Boston,  Mas&f  where  they  resided  until  Mr.  Chamberlain^s 
death,  in  that  city,  on  the  1st  of  February,  1876. 
[Eighth  Generation.!    Children: 

151^.  i.  Alfred  W.  Cbasiberlain,  b. in  Boston,  Mas. 

1520   ii   SU8AN  E    CaAMBsaLAur,  b.  SepU  33,  1840,  in  Boston,  Mi 
A  Mr.  Bart  lei  t,  of  same  city. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

150a  iv.  Mart  Child  Chamberlain,  second  dau. 
fourth  child  of  Martha  Child  and  Capt  Moses  Chamberlain^ 
b.  in  Bradford,  Vt,  9th  August,  1813,  m.   9th  March,  1837, 
Benjamin  Chamberlain.     Residence,  Bradford,  Vt 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children:  M 

1521.  i.  Ellek  a.  CHAMEERLAor.  b.  Sept.  8,  1838,  m.  Sept.  d6,  1860,  NeP 
son  R.  Doe. 

1522.  ii.  Martha  A.  Cbahberlain,  b.  Dec  29. 1840.  m.  Not.  21,  ISOe, 
Benjanjin  F  Prllsbury. 

LVia   iii.  Geoeoe  Z.  CoAMBEBLArN.  b  Feb.  28,  1843,  d.  April  1,  1844. 

1524.  iv.  Benjamix  F.  Chamberi^in,  b.  July  30,  1845. 

^Eighth  Generation  ] 

1521.  i.  Ellen  A.  Chambehlain;  eldest  dau.  and  child  of 
Mary  Child  Chamberlain  antl  Benjitniin  F.  Chamberlain,  b.  8th 
of  September,  1838,  m,  2*ith  September,  18*JU,  Nelson  R.  Doe. 
{Ninth  Generation  ]    Children: 

1525.  i.  Fbei*  E.  Doe,  b.  Sept.  29,  1863. 

1526.  ii.  LoKisoN  Wesley  Doe,  b.  July  10,  1865. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  247 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1522.  ii.  Mabtha  A.  Chamberlain,  second  dau.  and  child 
of  Mary  Child  Chamberlain  and  Benjamin  F.   Chamberlain, 
b.  Dec.  29th,  1840,  m.  2l8t  November,  1860,  Benjamin  T.  Pills- 
bury. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

1527.  i.  Alice  Z.  Pillsbury,  b.  Jan.  12,  1868. 

1538.  ii.  Mary  Child  Pillsbury,  b.  Aug.  12,  1871. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1507.  V.  Moses  R  Chamberlain,  third  son  and  fifth  child 
of  Martha  Child  and  Capt  Moses  Chamberlain,  b.  in  Bradford, 
Orange  Co.,  Vt,  28th  April,  1816,  ra.  25th  September,  1841, 
Ruby  S.  Johnson.  Mr.  Chamberlain  is  a  farmer,  of  the  ener 
getic,  progressive  order,  seeking  to  improve  and  elevate  this 
most  noble  calling.  Is  an  extensive  dealer  in  fine  stock ;  in 
swine,  sheep  and  cattle.  He  resides  upon  the  homestead  of  his 
grandfather,  Col.  Remembrance  Chamberlain. 
[Eighth  Generation .  ]    Children : 

1529.  i.  Martha  E.  Chamberlain,  b.  Oct.  7,  1842,  d.  May  13,  1846. 

1580.  ii.  Frank  R.  Chamberlain,  b.  May  15, 1844,  m.  Feb.  9, 1868,  Abbie 
F.  Manser. 

1531.  iii.  Martha  E.  Chamberlain,  2d,  b.  July  26,  1847,  unm. 

1582.  iv.  John  W.  Chamberlain,  b.  Dec.  5, 1848,  d.  May  25,  1864. 

1588.  V.  Ruby  J.  Chamberlain,  b.  Not.  16,  1856,  unm. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1580.  ii  Frank  R  Chamberlain,  eldest  son  and  second 
child  of  Moses  R  and  Ruby  S.  Johnson  Chamberlain,  and  grand- 
son of  Martha  Child  Chamberlain,  was  born  on  the  ancestral 
farm  Bradford,  Vt,  15th  May,  1844,  married  9th  February, 
1868,  Abbie  F.  Manser.  Mr.  Chamberlain  is  associated  with 
his  father  in  the  culture  of  the  old  home  estate,  and  in  the  rear- 
ing of  blooded  stock,  at  Bradford,  Vt 
Ninth  Generation]    Children : 

1534.  i.  John  W.  Chamberlain,  b.  Sept.  18,  1870. 

1535.  ii.  Gertie  M.  Chamberlain,  b.  March  21,  1876. 

1536.  iii.  Sarah  S.  Chamberlain,  b.  Aug.  29,  1878. 

[Seyenth  Generation.] 

1510.  viii.  Elizabeth  E.  Chamberlain,  fourth  dau.  and 
eighth  child  of  Martha  Child  and  Capt  Moses  Chamberlain, 
b.  in  Bradford,  Vt,  16th  August,  1823,  m.  26th  March,  1855, 
Jared  M.  Hazeltine.     Reside  in  Janesville,  Wis. 


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[Eighth  Genera tbn.  ]    Children : 

1537.  i.  Charles  H,  Ha2ELTINE»  b.  Jan.  1850,  in  JanesviUe,  V 

1538.  ii.  Hyatt  Smith  Hazeltine.  b,  Jan.  1857,  lo  Janesville,  Wis. 
1639.  iiL  Fraxklin  C.  Hazeltine,  b.  March  17,  1864.  in  JauesvilJe,  Wis. 

[Seventh  Generation.]  ■ 

1511  ix.  Amanda  N.  Chamberlaik,  fifth  dau.  and  ninth 
child  of  Martha  Child  ami  Capt  Moseys  Charaberlain,  k  in  Brad- 
foi-d,  Vt,  25d  May,  1826,  m.  May  23d,  1849,  Henry  E.  Sawyer. 
Residence^  Chicago.  Ill 
[Eighth  Generationd     Child : 

1540.  i,  Harky  C.  SawybRp  b.  Nov.  21,  1854,  in  Janesville,  Wis, 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1512.  X.  AzuBA   A   W.  Chamberlain^  eighth  dau, 
tenth  child  of  Martha  Child  and  Capt  Moses  Chamherlain,  b. 
in  Bradford,  Vt\  September   2d,   1831,  m.  Oct  20th,    1853, 
Luther  S.  Grover.     Residence,  White  River  Junction,  Yt 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1541.  i    Edward   Maffland  Gbovkr,  b.  Aug.  26,  1854,  in  Burling 
Vt.,  m.  Miss  Clark,     Resides  in  Boston,  Mass.;  one  child. 

1542.  ii.  Charles  F.  Grover,  h.  Dec.  13,  1858,  in  Lebanon,  K.  H.,  unm 

1543.  iii.  Mary  E.  G rover,  b.  June  2,  1803. 

1544.  iv.  Georob  B.  Grover,  b.  July  9,  1869. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

15f*l.  iv.  Mary  Child,  fourth  child  and  daiu  of  Cephas  and 
Martha  Child,  b.  in  West  Fairlee,  Vt,  20th  November,  1793,  m. 
20th  Febriuiry,  1814,  Col.  Moody  Chamberlain,  of  Newburj^ 
Vt     Mrs.  Mary  Child  Chamberlain  died  8th  August,  18H« 
OoL  Chamberlain  died  at  Newbury,  Vt,  July  24,  18f53. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

1645.  i.  Johnson  Chamberlahj,  b.  Nov.  16,  1814,  m.  Oct.  12,  1838,  Olil 
Ann  Hazcltine. 

1546.    ii.    Harriet  CnAMBEaLAi.v,  h.  July  19,   1816.  m.  May  18.  183 
J  Ames  M.  Chiidwiek. 

1647.  iii.  Moody  CBAJinERLAiN,  Jr.,  h.  Nov.  28,  1818. 

1548.  iv.  Ezra  R.  Chambeslain^  b.  May  9,  1821.  d.  young. 

1549.  V.  Elizabeth  E,  Chamberlajn,  b,  March  9,  1823,  m.  July  11,  ] 
WilliKm  B.  Hibhaixl. 

1550.  vi.  Ezra  B    Chamberlain,  2d,  h.  June  14,  1825,  m.  Kov.  25,  1852, 
Elizabeth  11.  Bay  ley. 

1651.  vil  Emeline  B.   Chamberlah*!  b.  Feb.  4,  18^,  m.  Nov.  25,  lt^52, 
Ettrry  Pox. 
1552.  viii.  Mary  Child  Chamberlain,  b.  Sept  21,  1830. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1545.  i.  Johnson   Chaiiberlain,  eldest  son  and  child 

Mary  Child  and  Col.  Moody  Chamberlain,  h  in  Newbury,  Vt 


.W3^er. 

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in,  b. 
1853, 

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latt  November,  1814,  m.  12th   October,    1838,   Olive  Ann 

Snzeltina 
—L^ilfhth  Generation.]    Children: 

K     1658.  i.  Charles  CBA3iB£tiLAiN.  b,  July  14,  1B40,  d.  young, 
™      1554.  ii.  Wright  Chamberlain,  b.  Aug,  27, 1843.  ra.  Nov.  25,  l&OS,  Abbie 

^,  Smith. 

tl555.  ili.  Francis  Chambtsulain,  b.  Feb,  4,  1845. 
1556.  iv.  Charles  Chamberlain,  2dj  b.  Jan*  13,  1840. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1554.  ii  Wright  Chamberlain,  second  son  and  child  of 
Johnson  and  Olive  A.  Hfizeltine  Chamberlain,  and  grandson  of 
Mary  Child  Chamberlain,  b.  27th  August,  1843,  m.  25tli  Nov- 
ember, IS 68,  Abbie  F.  Smith,  dau,  of  Charles  K  and  Susan 
Smith,  of  Corinth,  Vt  besides  in  Lancaster,  Coos  Co.,  New 
Hampshire 
[Eighth  Generation  ]      Children: 

1567.  i.  Amelia  K.  CHAJtBERLAUJ,  }  Twitic  J  ^*  ^^E-  27.  1869»  Amelia  d* 
m      1558.  ii,  Alice  S.  Chamberlain,    f  ^^^"®' }     Mar.  10. 1878. 

■  1559,  iii.  Susie  0.  Chamberlain,  b,  Jan,  S8,  1871,  d.  Feb,  18,  1878. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

(1546.  ii,  IIarkiet  Chamberlain,  eldest  dau,  and  second 
child  of  Mary  Child  and  CoL  Moody  Chamberlain  b.  in  New- 
biiiy,  Vt,  19th,  July,  1816,  ra,  18th  May  1836,  James  M.  Chad- 
wick. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child : 

■  1560.  i.  Ellen  F.  Chadwick*  b.  June  11,  1839. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1549.  V.  Elizabeth   R    Chamberlain,  second  dau.  and 

■  fifth  child  of  Mary  Child  and  Col.  Moody  Chamberlain,  K  in 
Newbury,  Vt,  9th  March,  1823,  m.  July  11th,  1850,  William 
B.  Hibbard 
(Eighth  Generation  J    Children : 

1561.  i.  Elizabeth  CnAMBERLAix  IlmBARii,  b.  April  30.  1851,  m.  Feb.  24^ 
1874,  J.  W.  Baxter, 

15^2.  ii,  Mary  Emeline  Hibbard,  b.  April  15,  1856,  in  Elkhart,  Ind.,  m. 
April  15.  1879»  Franklin  W.  Hall 

1563.  iii.  Cahrie  Frances  Hibbard,  b.  Jan.  10,  1863,  in  Chicago. 

[Bigbth  Generation.] 

1561.  i.  Elizabeth  Chamberlain  Hibbard^  eldest  child 
of  ElizaVjeth  E.  Chamberlain  and  William  B.  Hibbard,  and 
granddaughter  of  Mary  Child  Chamberlain,  b*  30th  April,  1851, 
m.  24th  February,  1874,  J.  Walter  Baxter,  son  of  John  and 
Rosa  Ann  Baxter.     Reside  in  Clinton,  Iowa. 


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BESJAMIS  CHILD  OF  EOXBUKT,  MASS. 


[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

1504.  i.  Ed8E  Mav  Baxter,  b.  Nor,  30,  1874,  d,  March  4,  1877. 
1565.  it,  William  Walter  Baxter,  b  Feb.  20»  1875. 
1560.  lii.  Maub  Irexk  Baxter,  b.  Miiv  10,  1878 

[Seventh  Ge aeration.] 

1550.  vi.  Ezra  B,  Chamberlain,  fourtli  son  aud  eighth 
child  of  Marj  Child  and  CpL  Moody  Cham]>erlain,  b.  in  New- 
bury, Yu,  4th  June,  1825,  m,  25th  November,  1852,  Elizabeth 
H.  Baj'ley.     Reside  in  Newbory,  Vt 

[Eighth  Generation.)    Children: 
1567.  L  Sarah  B.  Chamberlain,  b.  Jan.  16,  1858. 
1668.  ii.  Harry  B.  CiiAJtfBERLAJX.  b,  Kov.  1,  1802. 
156d.  iii.  Martha  P.  Chamberlain,  b.  Xov.  34,  1866 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1551.  vii.  Emeline  Buxton  Chamberlain,  third  dnn.  and^ 
seventh  child  of  Mary  Child   and  Col.   Moody   Chamberlain, 
h  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  February  4th,  1828,  ra.  25th  November, 
1852,  Harry  Fox,  who  was  bom  Sept.  29th.  1S26.     Evidence 
Chicago,  111. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

1570,  i.  Harry  Chamrerlaut  Fox,  b.  April  60,  1856,  d.  July  W,  1856- 

1571.  ii.  Harriot  Amoret  Fox,  b.  Feb.  10,  1858. 
15ra.  iii,  Alice  Elizabeth  Fox.  b.  Dec,  13,  I860,  d.  Maj  30,  1861, 
157a.  iv>  Frederick  Hurlburt  Fox,  b.  March  94,  1868. 

1574.  V.  Infant  son,  unchristened,  b.  March  20,  1864,  d,  June  20,  1864. 

1575,  ri.  Baby  Habht  Fox   b,  Nov.  6,  1866,  d.  Feb.  28.  1867. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

1495.  X.  Lyman  Child,  fourth  son  and  tenth  child  of  Ben 
jamin,  Jr.,  and  Patience  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,,  29th 
1759.  Removed  to  the  State  of  Vermont  when  quite  young 
with  his  brother,  Cephas  Child.  Lilce  his  brother,  he  served  ii 
the  army  of  the  Kevolution,  and  drew  a  pension  in  his  latt 
day&  Mr.  Lyman  Child  married  and  resided  in  Hartford  and 
Hartland,  finally  settled  in  Sharon,  Windsor  Co.,  Vt,  but  we 
have  been  unable  to  ascertain  to  whom  he  was  married.  He  had 
several  daughters  and  one  son.  One  daughter  married  a  Dim- 
mick,  and  removed  to  the  State  of  New  York.  Another  married 
James  Elliott,  of  Newbury,  Vt,  they  removed  to  Canada ;  ar 
aaid  to  have  had  several  children.  The  son  is  said  to  have  die 
in  Sharon,  Vt.,  but  we  are  not  able  to  trace  the  line  further. 


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[Fourth  Generation.] 

l4!iL  iii.  Nathanel  Chtld^  tliird  child  and  second  son  of 
Capt.  Benjamin  and  Patience  Thajer,  b.  in  Woodstock^  Ot, 
April  13, 1717,  m.  1st,  May  28,  1747,  Jemima  Bugbee,  b.  1726, 
d.  Oct  29,  1769  ;  m.  2d,  Sept.  19, 1776,  Mrs,  Eleanor  Fox,  He 
d.  Jane  19,  1791,  (e.  74.  Mi-s.  Eleanor  F.  Childs  d.  Nov.  1822, 
«e.  94. 

[Fifth  Generationd     Childreo: 

1576.  i.  Darius  CiiiLi>.  b  in  Woodstock,  Ct,,  April  25,  1748,  d.May  29, 
1759. 

1577.  ii.  Nehemiah  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Feb.  3»  1751,  m,  1st* 
May  24.  1774.  Elizabeth  Shipniuu;  in.  2d,  17^5,  Unry  McClellfUi. 

1578.  iii.  Alpha  i'niLD,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Aug.  10,  1753,  m.  March 
31.  1777,  Mary  May. 

1579.  iv,  SPENCEit   Child,  b    in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  April  11,   1756.     A 
oldier  in  the  Eevuluti*)ni  and  d.  1784, 

1580.  V.  JeiMiMA  Child,  Ij.  in  Woodytix-k,  Ct.,  May  28,  1700,  m.  1st,  Dec 
19,  1782,  Samuel  Jones;  m.  2il,  a  Mi  Bacon.     8h©  d.  April  18,  1788. 

158L  vi.  CHARiry  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Got  ai,  1762,  d.  Nov.  18, 
1764. 

1582.  vii.  Cyril  Chilb,  b  in  Woodstock.  Ct.,  Sept,  23, 1771. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

1577.  ii.  Nehemiah  Child,  second  son  and  second  child  of 
Nathaniel  and  Jemima  Bagbee  Uhild^  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct., 
Feb.  3,  1751,  m.  1st,  May  24, 1774,  Elizabeth  Shipman  ;  m.  2d, 
1785,  Mary  McClellan.   ^H6  d.  Jan.  2,  1838. 
[Sixth  Generation,]     Cliildreii.     By  first  marriage: 

1583.  i.  Ch All ITY  Child,  b.  1775,  m.  Eleazer  Clark,  of  Belchertown,  Mass. 

[By  second  marriage:] 
1884*  u,   William   Child,  b,  in  Woodstock.  Sept.  24,  1786,  m.  lat.  Jan. 
tS,  1813,  Sally  Lyon;  m.  2d,  Oct.  21,   1818,  Sally  Moore;  m.  3d,  Jane  28, 
1829,  Sophia  Selby. 

1585.  iii.  Faith  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  March  10,  1790,  d.  Aug. 
12,  1824,  unmarried 

1586.  iv.  LccRETiA  CniLD,  h.  in  W(K>dstock,  Ct.,  April  2,  1701,  m.  Oct. 
1813.  Henry  (^'hild.     [.SVp  pat^e  18.'>,  iVy.  UfB,  fur  Cfnldren.] 

1587.  V,  Mary  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct.,  Aug.  8.  1793,  d.  March  5, 
1859,  unmarried. 

1588.  vi,  Nathaniel  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,,  Feb.  15,  17911,  d.  1824, 
Qnm&rried. 

1589.  vii.  Bktbey  Child,  b  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1800,  d.  1848,  unni 

[Sixth  Generation  ] 

1584,  ii.  Dea.  William  Child,  second  child  and  eldest  son 
of  Nehemiah  and  Mary  McCkllan  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct, 
Sep.  24,  1786,  married  three  times— 1st,  Jan.  23,  IS  12,  Sally 


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BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  BOXBrBY,  MASGL 


Lyoa     She  A  April  4, 1816 ;  m.  2d,  Oct  2.  1818,  Sidly  Moore. 
She  d.  J  ane  2, 1 821 ;  m.  3d,  Jane  SS,  1899,  Sophia  Sdbj.    She 
d.  May  10,  1874.     Date  of  hia  death  not  aeoertasBed. 
[SerenUi  Genjeniioii.]    CliiMmi.    Bf  llist  OMmags: 
1500.  L  SAMUflL  CmuK  t>.  ta  Woodstock,  Vt,  Ang,  181!!. 
[By  third  inaiTiage.J 

1591,  iL  Saikah  If,  Chu^,  b.  June  5,  1890,  nu  Mmnh  S3, 1853,  Cuio  Mmj> 

1592.  iii  NATSAinKL  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct ,  March  5,  1833»  m* 
Iflt,  Gcofgiaiia  SJbdes,  m.  2d.  October  $7,  1856,  Xanej  Maj. 

im£,  IT.  Wm.  L.  Ciinj>,  b.  ia  Woodstock,  Ct,  Aug.  IS,  1839. 


[80Yenib  Geoeimtion.] 

1591.  ii.  Sarab  M.  Child,  second  child,  and  only  Jaa,  of 
William  and  S<jphia  Selby  Child,  b.  Jane  18.  1830,  m.  March 
23,  1853,  Carlo  May^  son  of  Maj,  Asa  May,  of  Woodstock,  Ct 
[Eighth  Geoeratkm.]    Children : 

1594   i.  LiLLEAW  Mat,  b.  An^.  18,  185S,  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  d.  March  27, 
1868. 

1505.  ii   Ezra  Mat,  b.  Sept  9,  1857.  in  Woodstock,  Ct 

1506.  iiL  Mary  L.  Mat.  b.  April  0»  I860,  in  Woodstock,  Ct, 
1597.  iv.  Frase  N.  Mat,  b.  Joljr  20,  1888,  in  Woodstock,  Ct 


arch 

f  Ct 

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[Screoth  GeneratioD.] 

1592.  iii,  Nathaniel  Child,  third  child,  second  son  of  Dea. 
William  and  Sophia  Selby  Child,  b.  March  5,  1833,  married 
twice^lst,  March  20,  1856,  Georgiana  Shules.  of  Brookline,  C 
She  was  b.  June  13,  1837,  d.  March,  1S5T ;  m.  3d,  Oct.  27, 
1858,  Nancy  May,  dau.  of  Chester  May,  b.  March  18,  1833. 
[Eighth  Generation. ]    Child : 

1598.  i.  Wn.nEMi^A  Can^.  b.  Oct  5,  1857,  m.  S«pt  1,  1874,  Geo.  A. 
Paine,  son  of  John  Patae,  d.  Aug.  4,  187o.  i 

[Ffflb  Generation.] 

1578.  iii.  Alpha  Child,  third  child  and  third  son  of  Nath- 
aniel and  Jemima  Bugbee  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Aug.  19, 
1753,  m.  March  21,  1777,  Mary  May,  dau.  of  Stephen  and 
Mary  Child  May,  of  Woodstock,  Ct  He  d.  Jaa  20/l809. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

1599.  i.  Dakius  Cmtn,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Dec.  26»  1T77,  m.  Feb. 
1802,  Letitia  Morm. 

1600.  ii.  Pamklia  Child,  b,  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  April  15,  1780,  d.  Jnly^ 
27,  1782. 

1601.  iii.  Spenceb  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  15, 1782,  m.  March 
JBO,  1828,  Susan  Child,  dau.  of  Col.  Chester  Child,  of  Woodstock,  He  d. 
July  21,  1832.     She  d.  1870.     No  children. 

1602.  iv.  Griffin  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Jan.  25,  1784,  m.  twice, 
1st,  Aug.  15,  1811,  Nancy  Feck;  2d,  Samh  Field. 


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h  Generation.^ 
1599.  i.  Darius  Child,  eldest  ctild  of  Alpha  and  Mary  May 

Child,  b  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Dec.  26,  1779,  m.  Feb.  2,  1802, 

Ijetitia  Morria     Mr*  Cbild  was  a  large,  portly  man,  of  200  lbs. 

"weight,  and  of  fine  personal   appearance.     The  recoixl  of  Mr. 

Child  and  descendants  brings  out  some  points  of  interest 
worthy  of  note.  Soon  after  marrying  he  removed  from  Wtx^d- 
stock,  Cl,  to  Fairlee,  Orange  County,  Vt,  where  he  spent  his 
long  and  active  life.  The  country  was  mostly  covered  with 
forests,  and  required  many  a  sturdy  blow  to  bring  the  soil 
into  a  productive  state.  There  was  no  lack  of  musele  or 
energy  in  Mr.  Child  to  reach  results  that  should  afford  ade- 
quate support  for  a  growing  family.  He  possessed  a  vigorous 
mind  and  powerful  physical  constitution.  His  enterprise,  in- 
dustry and  probity  secured  him  prominence  among  his  fellow 
townsmen,  by  whom  he  was  often  promoted  to  official  stations 
in  the  town  and  the  commonwealth.  He  attained  to  easy  pecu* 
niary  circumstances,  and  closed  his  days  peacefally  in  his 
cherished  home,  Dec.  10, 18G2,  at  the  advanced  age  of  85  years. 

■  (Seventh  Gonemtion.]    Children: 

I  11503,  i.  Alpha  Chlld,  1j.  in  Pairlee,Vt.,  Nov.  15,  1802.  He  was  a  prom- 
ising yourh,  but  iiied  hi  early  manhnfMJ,  Aug,  21,  1834. 

1604,  ii.  Almika  Child,  b.  in  Fairke,  Vt,,  May  28,  1805,  d,  July  13, 
1805. 

1605  ii,  William  Cuilo,  b,  in  Fairlee,  Vt,  June  14,  1806,  ni.  June  1, 
1831,  Lucrotia  FuUon, 

mm    iv.  Maky  May  Child,  b    in  Fairlee,  Vl.,  May  3.  18(}8.  m.  Hon. 

■  Alexander  Gilrnore. 

"  1607*  V.  Pahelea  Child,  b.  in  Fairlee,  Tt,  Nov.  21»  18U,  m.  Rev.  Dan- 
iel Blodgett,  Of  him,  his  hmther-in-lawj  Judge  Child,  says:  "He  prepared 
for  college  at  the  academy  in  his  native  town.  Entered  Dartmouth  college 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1818.  Was  soon  licensed  to  |)reach  as  a  Con-' 
gregiitional  minister.  Was  ordained  by  the  Eoyalton  Association  of  Minis- 
ters in  1825.  St4tled  as  pastor  in  three  or  four  diffi^reiit  parishes;  died  in 
Randolph,  Vt.,  1855,  One  incident  in  college  life  is  perhaps  worthy  of 
(oention.  At  the  tiuie  of  the  battle  at  Plaltsburg,  (1814)  Mr,  Blodgett^  with 
four  other  members  of  bis  class,  in  obedience  to  his  country's  call,  enlisted 
io  the  IT.  S,  service  for  the  common  defonoe.  Went  to  the  scene  of  action 
and   remained    until    honorably    discharged,  and    returned  to  his  Alma 

I    Mat^r."    No  issue  from  this  marriJ^e. 

I  1608,  vi,  Edwin  Skkncer  Child,  h,  Oct.  20, 18t4.  m.  Aug,  1843,  Juliette 
Riehmonds.  He  d.  July  5,  1844,  leaving  no  children.  Says  Judge  Child, 
**His  widow  is  a  lady  of  flue  qualities,  respectably  connected,  a  genial,  social 
companion  with  all  her  associates." 

ieO».  vii.  Ephraim  Mat  Child,  b.  in  Pairlee,  Vt.,  Nov,  8, 1874,  d.  Apiii 
17,  1830, 


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[Seventh  Genemiion,] 

1*^05.  ill.  Judge  William  Child,  third  child,  and  second  son 
of  Darius  and  Letitia  Morris  Child,  b.  in  Fairlee,  Vt.,  June  15, 
IS06,  m.  Jan,  1,  1831,  Lucretia  Fulton,  dau.  of  Alexander  and 
Sarah  Blair  Fulton,  of  Deeri ug,  N.  H*  She  was  b,  in  1808, 
They  had  six  children.  ■ 

In  stature,  Judge  Child  is  six  feet,  of  spare  proportions,  bear-  ™ 
ing  more  the  type  of  his  mother's  family  than  the  father  s,  with 
strong  marked  features  indicating  strength  and  decisicm  of 
character.  He  has  been  an  influential  citizen  in  town^  county 
and  state  from  early  manhood.  A  man  esteemed  for  his  quali- 
ties of  heart  and  mind ;  justly  entrusted  with  official  responsi- 
bilities, he  has  i^eodered  much  public  service*  Three  years  he 
represented  his  town  in  the  State  Legislature,  Two  years  he 
held  the  Governor's  commission,  as  Associate  Judge  of  the 
County  Court  of  Orange;  he  has  held  a  commission  as  Justice 
of  the  Peace  for  thirty- five  or  forty  years. 

While  the  Judge  claims  to  be  a  plain  farmer,  it  has  neither 
dwarfed  his  intellect  noi:  blunted  his  seusibilitie^s,  his  liberal  and 
enlightened  opinions  bear  the  stamp  of  wisdom  and  justice.  In 
our  frequent  correspondence  with  him  in  the  progress  of  this 
work,  we  have  been  impressed  with  a  manliness  and  dignity  of 
bearing  which  are  the  result  of  cultivation  of  heart  and  intellect 
The  following  ex  tract  from  one  of  his  letters  to  us,  reveals  among 
other  things,  the  effect  of  his  early  training  under  a  pious  grand- 
mother.    He  remarks: 

**  YoQ  ftllude  to  my  residence  in  Muddy  Brook  parish  in  Woodstock,  CtiJ 
Many  recollet'tions  of  my  short  stay  in  that  strictly  Puritan  locality  fn 
qitentJy  return  to  my  mind.     It  was  there  I  was  first  inducted  (under  a  good  1 
grandmutljer's  instruct  ions)  into  the  mysteries  of  the  Westminster  catechism,] 
although  in  ray  then  unripe  years  I  understi3od  no  more  about  "  tho  chief 
end  of  man"  than  1  did  ahoni  the  j^la  tides  of  Patagonia;  but  it  served  asaaj 
exercise  to  my  mind,  and  left  an  impression  of  scripture  truths  thftt 
never  be  effaced  while  reasr>n  lasts." 
[Eighth  Goneratjon. ]    Children : 

1610.  i.  Alpha  Child,  b.  in  Fairlee,  Vt.,  in  183K    Died  of  a  fever 
NorthlieId»  Vt.,  Jan.  26.  1853.  w.  22. 

161L  ii.  Li'CT  Jane  Child,  h.  Nov  l83Jjj  m.  Charles  Hartshorn. 

1612.  iii.  I^ieuL  DAUtut*  GntFFiN  Child,  b.  in  Fairlee,  Vt..  in  1836,  d. 
July  20,  1862,  at  New  Orleans,  in  U,  S.  army,  in  war  of  Rebellion,  te   26. 

1613.  iv.  Lieut,  Lewis  Child,  b,  in  Fairlee,  Vt„  in  1838,  m.  Dec  ,  1865, 
Sarah  F»  Mathewson. 

1614.  V.  Willard  H.  Child,  b,  in  Fairlee,  Vt,,  in  1840,  m.  Dec,  25, 
1866,  Julia  A.  Manii.     Was  in  the  Union  army. 

1615.  vi.  Ella  9.  Child,  b.  in  Fairiee,  Yt.,  in  1848,  d. -. 


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[Eighth  Generation*] 

liill,  ii*  Lucy  Jane  Child,  gecond  child  and  eldest  dau.  of 
Judge  William  and  Lucretia  Fulton  Child,  b.  in  Fairlee,  Yt, 
Nov.  1833,  m,  Charles  HartshorD,  of  Littletown  N.  H, 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

1616.  i.  CHARLKft  C.  Hartshohn,  b.  (date  not  ascertained.)    Killed  while 
'coasting  on  an  iry  hilL 

ldl7.  ii.  William  C.  HAHTSHnay.  b.  (date  not  ascertained,)    Is  iitting 
,  (1879)  for  college  under  Rev.  Wm,  Spencer  Child,  Newport,  R.  L 

1(U8.  iii.  flAnRY  Hartsiiorj*.    Said  to  be  a  bright,  active  boy  of  much 
[pro raise  and  of  fine  talents. 

[Eighth  Generation. 

1613.  iv.  LtEUT.  Lewis  Child,  fourth  child  and  third  son  of 
fudge  William  ami  Lucretia  Fallon  Child,  b.  in  Fairlee,  Vt, 
in  1838,  m.  Dec.  6,  1865,  Sarah  F,  Mathewaon,  grand-daoghter 
of  Griffin  Child,  of  Providence,  R  L 

[Ninth  Generation.]     Children. 

IGIO.  i.  Lewis  F.  Child,  b.  in  Pairlee,  Vt.,  1867,  d.  1868. 

1620,  ii.  Akna  M.  Child,  b,  in  Pairlee,  Vt.,  1869. 

[Eighth  Generation  ] 

1614.  V.  WiLLARD  H.  Child,  fifth  child  and  fourth  son  of 
Hon.  Wm.  and  Lucretia  Fulton  Child,  b.  in  Fairlee,  Yt.,  1840, 
m.  Dea  25,  1866,  Julia  A.  Mann. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Chiidren: 

1621.  i    Howard  P.  Child,  b.  in  Bradford, Vt.,  May,  1868,  d.  Sept,  1868. 
1632.  ii.  RoBEitT  A,  Child,  b.  in  Bradford,  Vt.,  May,  1871. 

1623.  iii.  Charles  H.  Cheld,  b.  in  Bradford,  Vt.,  Feb.  1874,  d.  July, 
1875,  at  Newport,  Vt. 

1024.  iv  Lewi^  a.  Child,  b.  at  Newport,  Vt.,  Feb.  1876,  d.  at  Fairlee, 
«ept.  1876. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1606.  iv.  Mary   May   Child,  fourth  child  and  second  dan. 

of  Darius  and  Letitia  Morris  Child,  b.  in  Fairlee,  Vt.,  May  3, 

1808,  m.  Hon.  Alexander  H.  Gilmore,  who  was  bom  at  Acworthj 

N.  H-t  1804,  d.   at  Fairlee,  1873.     Mr.  Gilmore  was  a  farmer 

by  occupation,  and  in  that  calling  accumulated  a  handsome 

estate.      Being  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  ability  and  intelli- 

[gence  he  arose  to  prominent  positions  in  public  affairs.     He 

'  served  five  terms  aa  a  member  of  the  Vermont  State  Legislature  ; 

held  the  office  of  Judge  of  Probate  for  eight  yeai-s  in  succession ; 

j  was  one  year  County  Judge. 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Children : 

1625.  i.  Leticia  Ja>^e  Utlmore,  b.  Sept.  1831,  d.  1847. 
1036.  ii.  Spbnceu  C.  Gilmore,  b.  1833,  d.  1855. 


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1027.  iii.  Edwiit  A.  OiufORX,  b*  1835,  m  Maty  B.  Russel).  of 
N,  H.     Went  to  Delhi.  Iowa,  aod  aoon  after  died  of  consumption, 

1628.  IT.  Jamba  B,  GujtfOR£,  b.   18d7»  m.  1860,  Maria  AUlrioh:  haye 
Lbree  children,  names  not  ascertained.    Residence,  Topeka,  Kansas. 

1629,  V,  Wm.  H.  GiLMORfi,  b.  in  1839,  m.  3Iary  T.  Haseltine,  of  Oxford, 
K   H.     They  live  on  the  old  homestead  in  Fairlee,  Vt.  with  the  mother  of  ^ 
Mr.  Gilmore.     They  have  a  son  and  daughter,  names  not  ascertained. 

1030.  vi.  Maky  a.  Gclmoee,  b.  1841,  d.  1852. 
1631.  vii.  Pamelia  C.  Gilmohk,  b.  1844,  d.  1851 
1639    viii.  Jake  Cathik  GiLMonE,  b,  1849,  d.  1865.     All  the  death^ 
in  this  family  are  from  consumption. 

[Sixth  Generation.]  * 

1602.  iv.  Griffin  Child,  fourth  child  and  third  son  ot 
Alpha  and  Marj-  May  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Jan.  25,1 
17«4,  married  twice— 1st,  Aug.  15,  1811,  Nancy  Peck,  b.  1775 J 
d.  April  15,  1816 ;  m.  2d,  Jan.  22,  1818,  Sarah  Field,  b.  June' 
23,  1796,  d  1855.     He  ±  Feb.  12,  1862,  ae,  78. 

Mr,  Child  was  a  man  of  imposing  appearance,  being  six  feet 
in  height  and  of  solid  proportions,  his  weight,  when  in  healtb|  m 
being  200  lbs.  or  over;  of  a  florid  complexion,  with  dignified  m 
bearing,  he  looked  the  man  of  mark  he  was,  having  the  unmis- 
takable signs  of  intellectual  strength  and  decision  of  eharacter,M 
He  passessed  a  clear  and  logical  mind,  and  was  usually  success-" 
fill  in  maintaining  his  positions.     He  was  a  man  of  much  culture 
and  for  a  number  of  years,  in  early  manhood,  a  successful  edu- 
cator, popular  and  influential  among  the  intelligent  and  cul- 
tured classes,  and  held  in  high  esteem  by  all  his  acquaintances. 
On  relinquishing  his  profession  i\s  a  teacher,  he  established  him- 
self in  the  mercantile  business  in  Providence,  R.  L,  where  he^ 
spent  the  balance  of  his  life,  becoming  quite  opulent.  | 

[Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 

1633.  J.  Lewis  Peck  Cheld,  b.  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  Nov.  28, 1812,  unm. 

1634.  it.  Jaii£8  Ghiffln  Cbild^  b.  in  Providence,  R.  L,  Au^^.  15,  1815, 
d.  Aug.  15,  1821, 

1635.  iii.  Wm,  Spencer  Cain>,  b.  in  Providence,  E.  L,  Nov.  14,  1818,  ituj 
July  27,  1841,  Georg^iana  Clough  Jones,  ra.  2d,  Jessie  Isabella  Davis. 

1636.  )Y.  Anna  M.\ria  Child,  b.  in  Newport^  R.  I.,  Oct.  17.  1820.  m.] 
Jan.  13,  1841.  Geo.  Malhtjwson. 

Itili?.  v.  James  Griftin  Child,  2d,  b,  in  Providence,  R.  1.,  Jan,  24, 1885.^ 
1638.  vi    lofant,  unchrist^ned,  b.  Aug.  3,  1827.  d.  Aug.  10,  1827. 
1689.  vii.  Hakah   Field  Wabbihoton  Child,  b.  in  Proviaence,  R.  I, 
Feb.  22,  1835,  d.  Dee.  Ifi,  1836.  fl 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1635.  iii.  Rev.  William  Spencer  Child^  D.  D.,  third  child 
and  third  son  of  Griffin  and  Sarah  Field,  b.  Nov.  14,  1818,  m. 


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Georgiana  Clough  Jones,  by  whom  he  had  six  children.  She 
died  and  he  married  second,  Jessie  Isabella  Davis,  and  by  her 
he  had  three  children. 

Mr.  Child  is  a  prominent  clergyman  of  the  Episcopal  church, 
and  resides  in  Newport,  R.  I.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Brown  Uni- 
versity, and  has  received  the  honorary  degree  S.  T.  D. 

Rev.  Dr.  William  Spencer  Child  has  established  in  Newport, 
Rhode  Island,  a  school  for  young  men,  called  the  "  St  John's 
School,"  the  standard  of  whose  scholarship  is  so  high  that  none 
can  graduate  therefrom  without  honorable  and  thorough  attain- 
ments. In  the  repon  of  the  school  year,  ending  14th  of  July, 
1880,  we  find  the  committee  on  compositions,  stated  in  their 
w^ritten  report,  that  they  "commend  with  especial  emphasis  three 
features  in  the  essays,  namely,  their  marked  originality ;  their 
extraordinary  accuracy  of  spelling  ;  and  their  ease  and  clearness 
of  style,  rising  in  some  instances  to  genuine  elegance."  Else- 
where we  read :  "None  receive  a  first  testimonial  unless  the 
average  of  his  scholarship  for  the  year  is  95  per  cent,  or  up- 
wards; or  a  second  testimonial  unless  90  per  cent,  or  upwards." 
Several  prizes  were  competed  for,  some  offered  by  the  Rector,  Dr. 
Child,  others  by  friends  of  the  institution.  Dr.  Batterson,  of 
Philadelphia,  and  Dr.  Malcolm.  We  are  pleased  also,  to  record 
the  promise  for  the  future  of  the  Child  name,  that  a  Miss  Edith 
Child,  and  a  son,  Clarence  G.  Child,  of  the  Rector,  were  award- 
ed prizes  for  declamation  and  Latin.  The  school  is  finely  locat 
ed  on  the  Point,  near  the  bay  in  this  most  healthful,  attractive 
watering  place. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1640.  i.  Wm.  Pope  (^hild,  b.  in  Newport,  R.  I ,  Dec.  10,  1843,  d.  Jan. 
29,  1845. 

1641.  ii.  Lewis  Peck  Child,  b.  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  June  14, 1847.  Busi- 
ness 26  Exchange  Place,  New  York  City. 

1642.  iii.  Spekcer  Child,  b.  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  Nov.  22, 1849,  d.  Nov.  12, 

ia52. 

1648.  iv.  Samuel  Penny  Child,  b.  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  Dec.  3,  1854. 

1644.  V.  Annie  Maria  Child,  b.  in  Newport,  R.  I ,  Nov.  21,  1855. 

1645.  vi.  Wm.  Spencer  Child,  Jr.,  b.  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  Dec.  23,  1856. 

1646.  vii.  Herbert  Doane  Child,  b.  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  May  26,  1862. 

1647.  viii.  Clarence  Griffin  Child,  b.  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  March  22, 
1864. 

1648.  ix.  John  Child,  b.  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  Dec.  14,  1865. 


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BENJAMIN  CHILD  UF  RQXBITRY,  MAS 


[Seventh  Generation.] 

16B6.  \\\  Anna  Mabia  Child^  fourth  child  and  eldest  dau. 
of  Griffin  and  Sarah  Field  Child,  b.  in  Newport,  R  L,  Oct  17r 
1820,  m.  Jan.  13.  1841,  Geo.  Mathewson. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

1649,  i.  Sarah  Field  Mathkwsok,  b.  in  Newport.  R,  I.,  Nov.  3*  1841, 
ra.  Dec.  6,  1805,  Lieut.  Lewis  Child. 

1650.  ii.  Amy  Matbewson,  b.  in  Newport,  R,  I,  May  11.  1843. 
1(^51.  iii.  Brockholst  Mathkw&on,  b.  in  Newi>oirt,  R.  I.,  Oct.  17»  18 
1652.  iv.  Mary  VVaitk  Mathewson*  b.  in  Newport^  R,  L»  Mny  23,  18 
I65a.  V.  Ann  Makia   Mathkwsok,  b.  in  New^wrt,  R.  L,  Nov.  20,  1847" 

d.  Auk.  27.  1848, 

1654.  vi.  GBOHaB  Mathewson,  b.  in  Newpi>it«  R.  I.,  Sept.  19,  1849»  tlgj 
May  2,  1850. 

1055.  vii,  Wm.  Spencer  MathewboNi  b.  in  Newport.  R.  1.,  Feb.  20» 
1851,  d.  Jan.  1,  1853. 

1656.  viii.  Lewis  Child  Mathewson,  b,  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  Jane  8^, 
1854. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

1484  viii.  Sarah  Child,  sixth  child  and  third  dau.  of  Capti 
Benjamin   and  Patience  Thayer  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct^ 
Nov.  lit,  1722.  m.  Feb.   19,  1746,  Jedediah   Morse,  of  Wc 
stock.     This  family  became  distinguished,  and  frequently  allie 
to  the  Child  family  in  subsequent  years. 

Deacim  Jedediah  Mor.se  was  a  man  of  very  strong  individu- 
ality of  character,  he  was  born  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  in  1726.    In 
1783,  wc  find  he  was  chosen  a  deacon  of  the  church,  at  or  near 
the  same  time,  another  deacon  was  chosen^  they  had  been  mar«^i 
ried  at  very  nearly  the  same  date,  and  together  they  served  thl^f 
church  for  over  fifty  years ;  the  wives  of  each  deceased  about^" 
the  same  time,  alter  being  married  nearly  sixty  years — and  the 
closely  united  friends  after  surviving  their  wives  some  fourtee 
years,  were  scarce  separated  in  death.     Dea.  Jede<liah   Mor 
was  chosen  selectman  in  1763,  and  in  1704,  representative 
the  General  Court  of  Connecticut,  a  ix)sition  he  held  for  thif 
one  years.     In  1764,  he  was  chosen  town  clerk,  and  held  thi| 
office  twenty-seven  years.     lie  was  made  Justice  of  the  Pe 
in  1774,  and  continued  in  this  office  until  1801,     He  was  a  i 
very  methodical  in  all  his  modes  of  thought  and  act,  and  a 
quaint  resume  of  his  life,  recapitulating  his  numerous  olBcial 
acts  in  the  diftering   offices  held  by  him,  with  sundry  com- 
ments thereon,  in  the  same  measured,  singular  phraseology, 
yet  in  the  custody  of  a  descendant     Mrs.  Sarah  Child  Mor 


AND  HIS  DBSCENDANTa  26^ 

died  on  the  5th  of  April,  1805,  aged  83,  having  been  married 
fifty-eight  years.     Dea  Morse  died  in  1819,  aged  98. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

1657.  i.  Dorothy  Mobsb,  b.  Dec.  20,  1747,  d.  April,  1755. 

1659.  ii.  Jonathan  Morse,  b.  April  80,  1850,  m.  Azubah  Lyon. 

1659.  iii.  Calvin  Morsb,  b.  June  30,  1853,  m.  Sophia  Mason. 

1660.  iv.  Amos  Morse,  b.  1755-6,  d.  young. 

1661.  V.  Dorothea  Morse,  b.  April  29,  1757,  married  twice— Ist,  Silas 
May;  2d,  a  Mr.  Bliss. 

1662.  vi.  Ltdia  Morse,  b.  June  22,  1759.  m.  Jan.  10,  1781,  Capt.  Willard 
Child.    [See  page  179  far  children.] 

1668.  vii.  Jedediah  Morse,  b.  Aug.  23,  1761,  m.  March  14,  1789,  Eliza- 
beth Ann  fireese. 

1664.  viii.  Leonard  Morse,  b.  Nov.  11,  1763,  d.  Dec.  16,  1763. 

1665.  is.  Sarah  Morse,  b.  Jan.  2.  1765,  d.  Feb.  5,  1765. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

Ifi63.  vii.  Rev.  Jedediah  Morse,D.D.,  fourth  son  and  seventh 
child  of  Sarah  Child  and  Dea,  Jedediah  Morse,  b.  in  Wood- 
stock, Ct,  Aug.  23, 1761,  m.  March  14,  1789,  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
Ann  Breese,  of  Shrewsbury,  N.  J.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Yale 
College,  New  Haven,  Ct,  in  1783. 

Dr.  Morse  was  a  prominent  clergyman  of  the  Congregational 
denomination  during  a  long  settlement  at  Charlestown,  Mass. 
He    was,    however,   better  and   more   widely  known   as   the 
*'  Father  of  American  Geography."     His  first   work   on   this 
Subject,  and  the  first  of  the  kind  published  in  America,  he 
prepared   and  printed  while  yet  a  tutor  in   Yale  College,  in 
1784.     This  was   succeeded   by  larger  works  on  Geography, 
tilso  several  gazetteers.     But  not  alone  was  Dr.  Morse  absorbed 
in    these  geographical    and   historical  studies;  he  was  also  a 
rioted  polemic — in  opposing  the  Unitarian  belief.     He  was  sole 
editor  of  the  PanopUsl^  a   magazine   published   in   Massachu- 
setts for  several  years.     Dr.  Morse  s   life  was  one  of   unusual 
activity  for  a  clergyman  of  that  period ;  we  find  he  was  at  one 
^ime  under  appointment  of  the  United  States  Government,  sent 
to  the  Northwest  to  examine  into  the  condition  of  the  Indians, 
as  a  result  of  this  tour  he  published  a  volume  entitled  "Indian 
Report"     He  also  published  a    '*  History  of   New  England." 
The  University  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  in   recognition  of  his 
scholarly  attainments  conferred  upon  him  his  Doctorate.     At 
the  age  of   sixty-five  Dr.  Morse   closed  his  full  and  respected 
life  in  New  Haven,  Ct,  June  9,  1826,  leaving  a  family  honor- 


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BESSJAUiy  CHILD  OF  BOXBUBY^  I14as> 


ably  sustaining  the  father's  repute ;  two  of  his  sous 

marked  literary  and  scientific  ability,  with  UDUJSual  inTenti^ 

geniua 

[Sixth  GeDer&tion.]    Children: 

1666.  i.  Samuel  Fi>lkt  Beeesb  Mobss.  b.  April  27, 1791,  m*  twice— 1st, 
Oct.  6,  18ia  Lacrvtia  Walker;  m.  2d,  Aug.  10,  1848,  8anh  GiiswoliL         J 

1607,  ii.  Edwaeds  Mobse,  b.  Oct.  4,  17»2,  d.  17»3.  " 

IW8.  iiL  £iiWAiLD9  SiDSTET  MoKSB,  b.  Feb,  T,  1794*  m.  April  1,  1841, 
Catherine  Ltring^ton. 

!«<»-  iv  Richard  Cart  Mobsc,  b.  May  (S,  1797,  m.  twice— 1st,  1828, 
LouLsa  Darifi;  m,  2d«  Aag.  1856»  Harriet  Messenger. 

1«70.  T.  Elizabetth  a.  Morse,  b  Julr  12,  1798,  d.  1804. 

1671.  tL  Jjjits  K  MoRSR,  h,  June  W.  ISOl,  d.  young- 

1672.  rii.  EuzABETa  Moe^e,  b.  Jan.  27,  1803,  d  in  infancy, 

[Sixth  Generation,] 

1666L  i  Prot  Samuel  Fixlet  Beebse  Morse,  LL.  D.^ 
eldest  son  and  child  of  Rev.  Dr.  Jedediah  and  Elizabeth  A. 
Breese  Morse,  and  grandson  of  Sarah  Child  and  Dea.  Jedediah 
Morse,  was  bom  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  on  the  27th  April, 
1791,  was  twice  married,  his  first  marriage  to  Miss  Lucretia 
Walker,  daughter  of  Mr.  Charles  Walker,  of  Concord,  K,  H., 
on  the  6th  Ck-tober,  1818.  Mrs.  L.  W,  Mor^e  died  on  the  7th 
February,  1827.  Prot  Morse  was  married  on  the  10th  Au- 
gust, 1 828,  to  Miss  Sarah  Griswold. 

Dr.  Morse  s  name  is  so  prominently  linked  with  the  applica-^ 
tioo  of  magnetism  to  telegraphyt  as  almtist  to  obscure  the  otheej 
talents  of  this  distinguished  man.    He  was  a  graduate  of  Yall 
College,  New  Haven,  Ct,  in   1810.     The  year  following  he 
went  to  England,  in  the  company  of  Washington  Allston,  theH 
artist ;  and  while   there  became   the   pupil  of   the  celebratec^^ 
Benjamin  West,  in  painting,  to  which  pursuit  he  devoted  many 
years  ;  was  so  successful  while  yet  in  Great  Britain  as  to  entered 
one  of  his  pictures,  '*  The  Dying  Hercules,"  at  an  exhibition  ol^^ 
the  Royal  Academy.    In  1813  he  received  the  gold  medal  of  the 
Adelphi  Society  of  Arts,  at  the  hands  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk, 
Prot  Morse  returned  to  America  in  1815  and  spent  most  of. 
his  time  for  the  suooeeding  ten  or  twelve  ^^ears  in  portrail 
painting.     In  1829  Prof.  Morse  again  crossed  the  Atlantic^  re^ 
maining  abroad  s^m^  years;  upon  his  return  voyage,  in  1832, 
the  *'  idea  of  a  permanent  recording  telegi'aph  was  suggested  ] 
to  him  by  a  fellow  voyager,  Dr.  Jackson,"     From  this  tim€ 
Prot  Morse  was  absorbed  by  this  project  nntilj  in  1S44,  his"' 


AKD  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 


lalx>rs  were  crowned  with  success  by  the  establishment  of  the 
first  electric  telegraph  in  the  United  States.     The  history  of 
his  toils  and  disappointments  cannot  \)e  written^  but  the  linal 
triumph  compensated.     Dr.  Morse's  invention  was  accepted  in 
Germany^  and  ready  recognition,  with  due   honors,   were  be- 
stowed upon  him  by  the  sovereigns  and  literary  and  scientific 
associations  of  Europe.     From   his  Alma  Mater,  Prof.  Moi-se 
received  the  Doctonite  of  Laws  in  1846.     Dr.  Morse  lived  to 
see  the  world  almost  girdled  w^ith  the  magic  wires  of  tele- 
graphy.    He  died  in  New  York  City  on  the  2d  April,  1872. 
National  honors  in  rnemoriam  were  accorded  him  in  the  Hall 
of  Representatives,  at  the  Capitol  in  Washington,  D.  C,  on  the 
night  of  Tuesday,  the  16th  April,  1872,  on  which  occasion  we 
received  as  relatives  the  following  invitation  : 


T/ie  Auiiional  Telegraph  Memorial  Assoeiation 

Requests  the  honor  of  your  presence  at  the 

Mmorial  Services  in  honor  of  the  late  Sam'!  K  B.   Morse^ 

to  be  held  in  the  Hail  of  Representatives^ 

Tuesday  evening,  April  i6th^  1872,  «/  7  J^  o* clock. 

Committee  of  3.rtan9cmcnt$. 

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HOM  A  no  K-rNG, 

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a.  s,  HitomcK, 

KICh'd    WALtACM, 

R.    M.    CORWINE. 

H.  AMmoK.  Sec'y. 

A. 

s 

S01.OMOKS,  Ch 

StAtr  XLtiilitr  j^rijvidid /or  ike  Invited  gutftf  0/  the  Ass&ci€Uion  and  the  iadics 
acfftH/a  nyftt£  them. 


The   services  were  of   unusual  interest^  nothing  common- 

l^lacc  or  trite  was  uttered,  tlie  accompanying   programme  of 

^^rvices  but  epitomises,  we  can  do  no  more.     The  marvellous 

^tivention  was  its  own  testimony  on  the  occasion  from  in  front 

^^e  speakers  desk,  the  ticking  so  slight  as  not  to  interrupt 

^te  speeches,  tolled  oJI  its  weird,  sibyllistic  charactei^s,   flash- 

'^Hg  words  of  greeting  to  all  the  principal  cities  of  the  Union, 

^nd,  most  strange  of   all,  was  the   sending  to  His  Honor,  the 

Jkfayor  of  London,  and  the  immediate  response,  dated  London, 

Wednesday  morning,  one  o'clock  the  17th  April,  I'eceived  in 

the  Hall  on  Tuesday  evenimj^  the  16th,  before  eleven  p.  m. 


^62 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBUBY,  HASS. 

©rbct  of  lllcmorial  Settiircs 

IS    MONuK    OF    THE    LATK 

SAMUEL   F.   B.   MORSE. 

IN    IHM 

Hall  of  the  Ho^jte  or  f(epf««antatlves,  Tyeiday  Ev'g,  Apdl  1 6,  1 6  72. 


ChiAirm»n,  MR.  SPEAKER  BLAINE, 

ASSISTBI>   13 V    lltB  VtCE   I'RESIUBtrT  OF  THB   (JKITKO  STATS&, 


Prayer  by  the  Rev.  Dr,  W,  Adams,  D.  D„  of  New  York. 

Mr.  Sfeakrr  Blaisb  wfll  announce  the  Onier  of  Proceedings. 

Mu&ic  by  the  Marine  Band. 

sentatioh  of  Resolutiotis  by  Hon.  C.  C,  Cox,  M,  D.,  of  WasKinffton,  D.  C." 

Address  by  Hok.  J,  W.  Patterson,,  of  Xew  Hampeihire. 

Address  by  Hon.  Frhnakdo  Wood,  of  New  York. 

VocaI  Ma«c  by  the  Choral  Society  of  Washtn^no. 

Address  by  How.  J,  A    GARj'mi.D,  of  (3hio. 

Addreu  by  Hon.  S.  S.  Coit,  of  New  York. 

Music  by  the  Marine  B*nd, 

Address  by  Hon,  D.  W.  VouiUf££5t  <^i  Indiana. 

Addrcas  by  HoK^  K.  P.  Banks,  of  MatsachuMtts. 

Vocal  Music  by  the  Choral  Society  of  Wafthington, 

Benediction  by  tbe  Rev.  Un,  WHfieueit,  of  Poughkeep&ie,  New  York. 


Can%miiiee  of  Arrangemenim. 

ON  THE  PART  OF  THE  CONGRESS  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 
E.  H.  RonBRT*,  New  York*  F,  W.  Palmsa,  Iowa.  F.  E.  Smobbm,  North  Carolifl 


C.  P.  STANSHUBV.  H.  1>.  COOKH,  M,  G.  BUBRY, 

D.  W.  DLIiiS.                      L.  A.  G08RICHT,  O.  B.  »AaCOCIC, 
RICH'd    WA1.UACH,        S>  A.  DUNCAK,  R,  M.  CX>BW»rBf 

H.  AjilDOS,  Secrtiary. 


C.  C.  cox,  J.  8.  fTBRR. 

A«  J.  MVB^  HOJRATIO  taNQ 

B*  S.  HBDNICK. 

A.  S.  Soi^oMDNs,  CkmirmtiW^ 


.[Seventh  Generation.]    Children. 

1673,  U  BusAN  Walker  Mor.se.  b.  Sept.  2,  1810,  m.  about  1830  Edwa 
Xiind. 

1674,  ii  Chakles  Walker  Morse,  b.  March  17,  18^,  m,  June  15; 
Mannette  Lansing. 

1075,  ill,  James  FofLEV  Morse,  b,  Jan.  20,  1825. 

1676.  iv.  HAMt  EL  Ahtmur  Breesb  Morse,  b.  July  24,  1840,  d.  July  17* 
1876,  in  New  Orleans,  La. 

1677.  V.  Cornelia  Livjngston  Morsse,  h.  April  8,  1851. 

1678.  vi.  William  Goodrich  Morse,  b.  Jan.  31. 1853»  m.  Oct,  2,  1€ 
Katherine  Crabhe. 

1679.  vii.  RnwARD  LiyD  Morse,  b.  March  39,  1857. 

[Seventti  Genemtiun.] 

1673,  L  Susan  Walker  Morse,  eldest  daughter  and  cluld 
•of  ProL  S.  F.  B.  Morse,  LL.  D.,  wa^  borii  on   the  2d  Septen 


AND  HIS  DESCEND  ANTa. 


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I 
I 


her  1819,  about  1839  was  married  to  Mi'.  Edward  Lind,  a  mer- 
chant and  planter  in  Arroyo,  Porto  Rico^  West  Indiea 
t Eighth  Generation.]     Child, 

ItiSO.  h  Chaeles  Walker    Lind,  b.  about  1840.      Business  agetit  of 
sagar  estates  in  Arroyo,  Po!to  Rico,  W,  L 

[Seventh  GeneratumJ 

1674.  ii.  Charles  Walker  Morse,  eldest  son  and  second 
child  of  Prof,  S.  R  B,  Morse,  LL.  I).,  wus  born  March  17,  1823, 
and  15th  June,  1849,  married  Miss  Mannette  Lansing,  who 
was  born  3d  April,  1830,  a  daughter  of  Bleecker  B.  Lansing. 
(Eighth  Genemtion.]    Children : 

1681.  i.  Bleeckkr  Lanbit^'g  Morse,  b.  Sept.  29,  1850,  in.  Sept.  29, 1879, 
in  Texas. 

1682.  ii.  Samuel  FmLEY  B.  MoitsE»  b.  N<»v.  24,  1854. 
1688.  iii    Henry  Lmn  Mobse,  b,  Jan.  4,  1861).  d.  April  4,  1863. 
1684.  iv.  Susan  Likd  Morse,  b.  Jan  20,  1863. 

ISeventh  Generation  ] 

1678.  VL  William  G.  Mohse,  fourth  son  and  sixth  child  of 
Prot  S.  F.  B.  Mru'se,  LL.  !>.,  h,  January  3t  1853,  m,  October 
2,  1873,  Katherine  Crabbe,  of  Havana,  Cuba, 
[Eighth  Gen<»rationJ     Child: 

lti84i.  i.  Leila  LiTiNoftTON  Mouse,  b,  June  25.  1878. 

[Sixth  Generation  ] 

1668.  ill.  Sidney  Edwards  MorsEj  third  son  and  child  of 
Dr.  Jede<iiah  and  Elizabeth  A.  Breeze  Morse,  and  grandson  of 
Sarah  Child  and  Dea.  Jedediah  Morse,  wasliorn  in  Churlestown, 
Mass.,  on  the  7th  Ffbruary,  1794,  niiirriedon  the  1st  Apiil,  1841, 
Catherine  Livingston,  dau.  of  Rev.  Dr.  Gilbert  R  Livmgston, 
of  Philadelphia,  Pa,  She  was  born  on  the  24th  September,  1813. 
Mr  Morse  giWuated  at  Yale  College,  New  Haven,  Ct,  in  1811  ; 
was  associated  with  his  brother,  Prof.  S.  R  B.  Morse,  in  the 
development  of  several  of  his  mechanical  inventions.  He  was, 
however,  known  widely  as  a  joni-nalist,  first  in  1815  establish- 
ing a  weekly  religious  paper  in  Boston,  Mass.,  called  the  Bos- 
ton Recorder;  with  this  paper  his  connection  was  brief,  and  in 
IS23,  he  united  with  his  younger  brother,  Rcv.EichaRl  Morse, 
in  establishing  the  New  York  Observer^  the  earliest  religious 
paper  in  the  St;ite.  He  inherited  the  literary  tastes  of  his  father, 
and  was  himself  the  compiler  of  works  upon  physical  and  poli- 
tical geography.  **In  June,  1839,  he  in  connection  with  Henry 
A-  Mnnson,  produced  by  a  new  art  termed,  Cerography,  map  i 


BENJAMIK  CHILD  OF  ROXBURV,  MASS. 

prints  superior  to  those  hitherto  known."     His  death  occurre 
in  the  City  of  New  York,  on  the  23d  December,  187L 
[Seventh  Genenifion.]     Children: 

J685.  i.  (liLBBRT  liivENosTON  M0118K,  b.  Feb.  8,  1842,  m.  Feb.  8,  1871jj 
Mary  Coles, 

urn.  ii.  LucuETiA  Morse,  b.  Dec.  28,  1843,  m.  Oct,  8,  1862,  Charles 
Flerrick, 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

1685.  i.  Gilbert  Livingston  MoRSE^  eldest  child  of  Sidney 
E.  and  Catherine  Livingston  Morse,  b.  in  New  York  City,  oi 
the  8th  February^  1842,  married  on  the  bth  Februaiy,  1S71J 
Mary  Coles,  dau.  of  John  Coles,  of  Worthing,  England.  Sh| 
was  b.  May  18th,  185(L  Mr  Moi-se's  business,  rentier,  on  Nassat 
street,  New  York  City,  Residence  in  Yonkers,  Westehestei 
Co.,  N.  Y. 

[Eighth  Oeneralioii,]     Children; 

1687.  i.  Maud  LIVI^'«STON  Mouse,  b,  Dec.  17,  1871. 

1688.  iL  Sidney  E.  Morse,  h.  Jan.  29.  1874. 
1669.  iii.  May  Morsk^  b.  May  3,  1870. 
1690.  iv.  EL8IE  MoBSE,  b.  Oct.  8,  1878. 

[Seventh  Clenoration.] 

Iiib6*  ii.  LucRETiA  Morse,  only  dan.  of  Sidney   Edwards^ 
and  Catherine  Livingston  Moi^e,  was  bom  in  the  City  of  Ne^ 
York,  on  the  28th  December,  1843.  married  on  the  2d  October,| 
1862,  to  Charles  K.  Herrick  ;  separated,  she  resumes  her  patema 
name,  as  do  her  children. 
[  Eighth  Gentn-alion.  ]    Children : 

169L  i.  Livingston  Bv  Morse,  b.  Aug,  20,  1863. 

1692.  ii.  Luck  ET I A  Morse,  d.  in  infancy. 

1693.  iii.  Kate  Mouse,  d.  in  infuney, 
1§94,  iv.  Edna  Morse,  b.  Aug.  23.  1^69. 

[Sixth  Generation.  J 

1669,  iv.  Richard   Gary   Morse,  fourth  son  aod  child  of 
Rev,  Dr.  Jedediah  and  Catherine  Breese  Morse,  and  grandson 
of  Sarah  Child  and  Dea.  Jedediah  Morse,  was  bom  in  Charle 
town,  Mass.,  on  the  6th  May,  1797,  married  twice — lst>,  in  1828,"* 
to  Louise  Davis;  married  2d,  in  August  1S66,  Harriet  Mess- 
enger. 

Rev.  Mr.  Morse  grudnatefi  from  Ya]e  College,  New  Haver 
Ct.,  in  1812.    Studied  for  the  ministrj^  and  received  his  licensure 
but  was  not  long  uceupied  with  the  duties  of  that  professionJ 
In  1823,  he  became  the  partner  of  his  brother,  Sidney  E.  Morse 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  265 

in  publishing  the  widely  circulated  journal,  the  New  York  Ob- 
server^ a  pioneer  enterprise  in  this  State,  now  a  fixed  fact   The 
possession  by  this  family  of  such  distinctive  and  unusual  talents, 
verify  the  theories  of  transmission. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

ld95.  i.  Elizabeth  Morsb,  b.  Aug.  5. 1829,  m.  1858,  Samuel  Colgate. 

1606.  ii.  Charlotte  Morse,  b.  1881,  m.  Aspinwall  Hodge. 

1697.  iii.  SiDNEV  E.  Morse,  b  Nov.  25,  1885,  m.  Nov.  1,  1859,  Annie 
Church. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1695.  i.  Elizabeth  Morse,  eldest  dau.  and  child  of  Rev. 
Richard  Gary  and  Louisa  Davis  Moi'se,  b.  5th  Aug.  1829,  m.  in 
1853,  Samuel  Colgate. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 
1697^.  i   Richard  Morse  Colgate. 
1698  ii  Gilbert  Colgate. 
» 1699.  iii.  Sidney  Colgate. 

1700.  iv.  Austen  Colgate. 

1701.  V.  Samuel  Colgate,  Jr. 
1802.  vi.  Russel  Colgate. 

[Seventh  Generation. 

1696.  ii.  Charlotte  Morse,  second  dau.  and  child  of  Rev. 
Richard  Gary  and  Louisa  Davis  Morse,  b.  in  1831,  m.  Aspin- 
wall Hodge. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1703.  i.  Bayard  Hodge,  d.  in  infancy. 

1704.  ii.  A8PIKWALL  Hodge,  Jr. 

1705.  iii.  Richard  Hodge. 

1706.  iv.  Hugh  Hodge. 

1707.  V.  Samuel  C.  Hodge. 

[Seventh  Generation. 

1697.  iii.  SiDXEY  E.  Morse,  eldest  son  and  third  child  of 
Rev.  Richard  Cary  and  Louisa  Davis  Morse,  b.  26th  Nov- 
ember, 1835,  m.  IstNovember,  1859,  by  Stephen  H.  Tyng,  D.D., 
Miss  Anna  Matilda  Church,  dau.  of  John  Bartsee  and  Maria 
Trumbull  Silliman  Church,  and  grand-daughter  of  Prof.  Silli- 
man,  of  Yale  College,  New  Haven,  Ct  She  was  b.  August  8th, 
1889.  Mr.  Morse's  business,  rentier  140  Nassau  St,  New  York 
City. 

fliighth  Generation.]    Children : 

1708.  i.  Mart  Trumbull  Morse,  b.  Dec.  7,  1862. 
1700.  ii.  Elizabeth  Brbese  Morse,  b.  June  16, 1864. 

T 


266  BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBLtRY,  MASS. 

[Fourth  GetierRtion,] 

1485.  vii.  Moses  Child,  seventli  child  and  foiinb  son  o^ 
Capt  Benjamin  and  Patience  Thayer  Child,  b.  in  Woodstoclj 
Ct.,  Oct  27,  1725,  m.  June  24,  1752,  Mary  PaysoiL 
[Fifth  Generation.]     Childreji. 

1710.  L  LuCEETiA  Child,  b,  in  WtM>tist<jek .  Ct.,  Aug.  17,  175<J,  (L  yoim^j 

1711.  ii,  RuFis  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,   Ct ,  Aug  BO,  1762,  m.  twice- 
UU  Miss  Marcy,  she  died  Feb.  3,  1789,  in.  ad,  Jan.  18,  1795,  Ann*  Bamnti 

1713.  iii.  John  Patson  Cuilb,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  17tJ3, 

1713.  iv.  Olitee  Child,  b  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  July  12,  1764. 

[Filth  Generation.  1 

1711.  ii.  EuFiTS  Child,  el dast  child  of  Moses   and   Marj 
Payson  Child,  b.   Aug.   30,    1762,  rn.  1st,  Miss   Marey,  she  d.| 
Feb,  2,  1789;  he  m,  2d,  Anna  Barnum. 
[Sixth  Generationd    Child. 

1714.  i.  LucRETLi  Ann  Child,  b.  in  Woudstock,  Ct.^  Aug  0, 170(3. 

[Fifth  Generation  d 

1220,  ix.  Chloe  Child,  fifth  daughter  and  ninth  child  of 
Capt  Elisha  and  Alice  Manning  Child  of  Woodstock^  CouilJ 
kin  Woodstock,  March   28th,   1767,  m.   March  31st  l79o/ 
Leonard  Walker,  eldest  son  of   Phineas  and  Susanna  Hyde 
Walker,  of  Woodstock. 

Mr.  Leonard  Walker  was  a  mechanic  and  his  ingenuity  wa 
remarkably  versatile.     His  father  teing  a  blacksmith,  he  could 
Bot  well  avoid  that  trade.     He  learned  also  the  art  of 
making,  which  was  then  after  a  most  primitive  fashion  ;  each^ 
tooth  of  the  card  being  made  singly,  and  by  hand,  and   the 
holes  in  the  leather  for  the  insertion  of  the  teeth  were  made  ii 
the  same  slow  and  laborious  manner.     After  the  leather  and 
teeth  were  prepared,  they  were  sent  to  all  the  families  in  the 
region  who  would  receive  tbera,  that  the  women  and  children 
might   push   the  teeth  into   their  place  in  the  leather,     Mr. 
Leonard  Walker  was  a  pioneer  in  devising  a  method  to  accom- 
plish  this  work   by  machinery.     Mr,  and  Mrs.  Walker,  with 
their  family,  at  that  time  consisting  of  four  children,  in  the 
year  1797  removed  fi*om  Woodstock,  Conru,  to  Strafford,  Vt 
In  this  new  settlement,  where  mechanics  were  few,  his  ingenu'^ 
ity  had  ample  range,  for  not  only  everything  that  could  by  anj 
possibihty  come  under  the  name  of  blacksraithing  was  done^ 
by  him,  but  clocks,  fowling-pieces,  spinning-wheels,    pocket- 


AND  HIS  DESCENDA^TS. 


267 


cnives,  brass-kettles,  trunk-locksj  jews-harps,  tin  horns  and 

teapots,  when  out  of  order,  were  brought  to  him  ;  and  he  felt 

as  much  at  home  in  soldering  a  gold  finger-ring,  or  ear-ring,  as 

lie  did  in  splicing  a  crow -ban     As  a  citizen  he  was  active  in 

every  enterj^rise  that  was  a  benefit  to  a  new  country,  took  a 

deep  interest  in  having  the  best  schools ;  was  foremost  in  the 

[  erection  of  the  meeting-house,  whose  beautiful  situation  on  the 

knoll  at  tlic  north  end  of  the  green  is  unsurpassed     He  made 

the  vane  for  the  steeple  in  that  *' universal  manufactory,"  and 

his  son  Charles,  (afterward  the  Rev.  Charles  Walker,  D.  D.,) 

then  eight  years  old,  sawed  the  laths  for  the  plastering.     His 

whole  influence  was  in  favor  of  law  and  order ;  he  early  em- 

[  braced  the  cause  of  temperance,  and  gave  up  !iis  much  loved 

I  pipe.     In  all  these  good  w^ays  and  wx>rks  Mrs.  Walker  w\^s  a 

f thorough  help-meeL     Guiding   Iter   children   and   her  w^liole 

1  lioustih<ild  in  paths  of  pleasantness  and  peace,  a  true  *'  Mother 

in  Ismel.*'     For  abtmt  twenty  yeai's  Mrs  Walker  rei^d  Scott's 

^m  Family  Bible  through  each  year,  with  all  the  notes  and  obser- 

^Pvationa      Never   had   a   numerous  family  a   more   excellent 

mother.     Mr.  George  Walker,  the  eighth  child  of  Mr.  and  Miu 

I  Leonard  Walker,  remained  at  home  until  he  w^as  of  age,  and 
does  not  remember  ever  hearing  an  angry  word  pass  his  moth- 
ers lips.  Mrs.  Walker  died  on  September  1st,  1843,  her  hus- 
band survived  her  seven  years,  passed  from  earth  uii  the  9th 
September,  lt>5L  [Thi^  sketch  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  Walker  ia 
famished  us  by  Mn  Geo,  Walker,  of  Northford,  Ct] 

I|Sl3ctb  GeDeratioti,]     Cluldrtin : 
1715,  i.  Charles  Walkkk,  1)    Feb.  1,  17^1,  m.  Sept,  22,  1^8,  Lucretia 
Ambrose. 
( 
Chi 
I 


ii.  Susan  Walkeh,  b.  May  23,  1702»  in.  De^.  Luther  Child. 

uL  Benjamin'  Walker,  I).  Oct,  11,  1793,  d.  young. 

IT.  Leonard  Walker,  b.  Oct.  1,  1794,  riu  Sept.  U,  1822,  IlaiiuaU 

{See  deseendanis  of  VapL  John  Cliild^  of  Bath,  iV^,  H.^  for  ckil- 


V.  Alice  Walker,    b,    March  23.    1790,    tm  Sept.  3,  1831,  John 

(Seepage  215,  ^\V/  1229,  for  chMnn.) 
1720.  vi   Silvia  Walker,  b.  March  13,  1798,  d.  April  28,  1874, 
172 L  vii,  Chix)e  Walker,  b,  Nov.  30,  1799,   "a  sweet  singer,''  d.  Sept 
80.  1832. 

1722.  viiL  George  Walker,  b.  March  8,  1802.  hl  Jan.  2,  1832,  Minerva 
oadley, 

1728.  ix   Frekman  Walker,  b,  Feb.  4.  imh  d.  Sept.  21,  1837. 
1724.  at.  Eliza  Walker,  b.  June  6,   1805,  ni.   MaR-h  29,  1820,  Andrew 
handler,  d.  Dec,  9,  1827,  one  child. 


BEI^JAMIN  CHILD  OF  BOXBURY^  MASS, 


1725.  xi.  PfliKias  Walker,  h.  .Jmi,  13,   1807,  m.  Aug.  10,  1880,  Mahala 
Walker. 

1726.  xii.  Lucius  Walker,  b.  Feb.  1,   18^9,  m,  Jan.  I,  1837,  Henriet 
Davenport*  d.  June  80,  1878. 

1727.  xlii.  Aldace  Walker,  U  July  20,  1812,  m,  April  30,  1841,  Ma 
A.  Baker,  d.  July  24,  1878. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1 715.  i.  Rev.  Charles  Walker,  D.  D.,  eldest  son  of  Chloe 
Child  and  Leonard  Walker,  b.  in  Woodstoc^k,  Conn.,  1st  Feb- 
ruary, 1791,  was  a  vigorous,  active  and  wide  awake  youths  fond 
of  sports  and  athletic  games,  but  loving  books  better ;  often  he 
would  leave  his  playmates  to  sit  happily  beside  his  mother,  read- 
ing such  old  standard  works  as  Doddridge,  Milton,  Young  and 
Baxter.     But  he  had  little  leisure  for  play  or  reading,  for  the 
exigencies  of  a  new  settlement  left  small  space  for  pastime. 
The  saw-mill,  shop  and  farm  kept  him  (and  his  younger  broth- 
ers) busy,  and  his  labom  were  performed  with  a  willing  mind 
and  deft  hand.     When  he  was  of  age  he  went  to  Woodstock, 
Conn,,  among  the  friends  of  his  parents,  and  his  own  infat 
days;  through  the  influence  of  these  relatives  he  obtained 
position  in  a  woolen  mill,  and  such  was  his  dexterity,  inherit 
from  his  father,  with  tlie  training  of  tlie  ''  universal  manufiw 
tory ''  of  tlie  home  in  Vermont,  that  he  was  soon  at  the  hea 
of  the  establishment,  where  he  continued  a  few  years,  givir 
entire  satisfaction  to  his  employer's.     Under  the  preaching  of 
the  Rev.  Samuel  Backus,  he  was  led  to  embrace  the  truth  in 
Jesus  the  Christ,  and,  like  Paul,  the  first  question  was  **  Lord, 
what  wilt  Thou  have  me  to  do?''      He  decided  to  devote  him- 
self to  saving  others,  and  he  never  lost  sight  of  that  aim,  keep^^ 
ing  to  it  most  singly  through  a  long  and  very  useful  life.  ^H 

Mr.  Walker  devote<l  himself  to  study  for  the  ministry  of  the 
Congregational ist  order.     His  fii-st  settlement  was  at  Rutlanc 
Veimont,  and  hither  he  brought  his  bride.  Miss  Lucretia  Ar 
brose,  of  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  to  whom  he  was  marri€ 
on   the   twenty  second  of   September,  1823.     Mr.  Walker 
mained  with  the  church  in  Rutland  for  ten  years.     After 
period  of  unusual  labor,  his  voice  failed  utterly  and  he  wa 
comiielled  to  resign  his  parish.     Mr.  Walker  took  charge 
the   high  school   in    Castleton,   Vermoot,  and   in   abotit   tv 
years  recovered  his  voice  and  was  settled  over  a  Congreg 
tioual   church   in    Brattleboro,    Vermont,  in  January,    1835," 


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where  for  eleven  years  lie  was  a  beloved  and  successful  pastor. 
A  very  decided  stand  taken  on  tlie  tempenince  question  gave 
offence  to  some  of  the  pui'ish,  and  le-st  injury  should  befall  the 
church  Mr.  Walker  withdrew,  preferring  the  good  of  others  to 
his  owji  ease— though  firm   in  his  \iews  of  the  right  in  his 
position.     In  August,  1846,  Dr.  Walker  was  installed  as  pastor 
of  a  church  in  Pittsford,  YermontT  where  he  continued  till»  from 
advanced  age,  he  felt  impelled  to  resign — a  ministry  of  more 
than  eighteen  years  had  greath'  endeared  him  to  tliis  people 
In  the  words  of  one  who  knew  him  well,    "Dr.  Walker  was 
endowed  by  natu»'e  with  a  mind  of  vigorous  and  substantial 
wer.     He  was  clear,  consecutive  and  strong.      Few  men  saw 
r  than  he  did  the  main  points  on  which  the  truth  of  an 
argument  depended     Few  men  could  put   those  points  into 
statements  more  simple,  logical  and  conraicing.      His  intellect 
was   healthful.     There  was   nothing   morbid,  still   less   senti- 
mental, in  his  constitution.     The  robustness  of  his  physical 
health,  as  well  as  the  practical  character  of  his  early  training 
contributed,    doubtless,  to    this  sound   quality  of  his    mental 
action.     This  characteristic  gave  his  judgment  great  weiglat 
He  was  a  man  strong  for  counsel     In  tlie  decision  of  vexed 
questions  of  controversy,  in  ecclesiastical  or  social  mattei-s^  his 
verdict  was  pretty  certain  to  be  right.     Hence  few  men  were 
oftener  called    into    requisition    when    diSiculties    arose    in 
churchea     His  service  upon  councils  was  no  smalt  or  unim- 
portant part  of  his  work.     Without  being  a  strenuous  or  in- 
tense thinker,  his  mind  was  active  and  retained  it.s  alertness  to 
the  last     He  lived  in  his  age.     He  looked  with  always  inter- 
ested eye  upon  the  pj:'ogress  of  affairs  in  state  and  society.     He 
read  history  for  its  lessons  of  pT^actical  and  present  instruction. 
He  had  delinite  u]:jinions  in  prilitics.    He  applied  the  principles 
of  the  gospel  to   public   atfairs.      Hence  his   occasional  dis- 
courses, drawn  out  b}^  events  in  the  social  and  political  world, 
were  always  instructive  and  intei*csting.     As  a  sermonizer  he 
was  marked  by  some  signal  merits.     His  stjde  of   composition 
was  singularly  clear  and  chaste.     He  wrote  good  English,    No 
one  ever  mistook  his  meaning.      This  directness  and  effective- 
ness of  address  was  aided  by  a  pulpit  manner  in  a  high  de- 
gree impressive.     Dr.  Walker  was  a  large,  digni6ed  and  hand- 
some man,  a  man  whose  presence  commanded   respect  and 


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attention*     His  voice  was  penetmting  and  powerful.     It  waa 
also  expressive  of  tender  and  strong  emotions,  so  that  in  his 
more  earnest  passages  he  held  his  heiirers  in  an  intense  and 
solemn  grasp.     In  his  so<2ial  character  Dn  Walker  was  genia 
and  aflfectionate.     Not  a  great  talker,  he  was  fond  of  good  coa^ 
vei-sation.     Ho  was  loved  by  all  the  children.     The  success 
others  pleased  him.     He  did  not  think  that  wisdom  was  dead 
or  the  world  growing  worse  all   the  time.     But   perhaps  the' 
most  characteristic  trait  of  Dr.  Walker  was  his  simplicity.     He 
was  a  man  utterly  incapable  of  finesse  or  duplicity.     Few  men 
ever  carried  such  demonstration  of  sincerity  in  all  they  did 
Of  exceedingly  few  could  it  be  said  with  equal  truth,  he  was  a 
*man  in  whom  there  was  no  guile.'"     Dr.  and  Mrs.  Walker 
had  six  children.     His  death  occurred  on  the  28th  of  Novem- 
ber, 1870.  at  Pittsfoi'd,  Vermont  . 

[ftJeventh  Generation*]     CluMreii :  m 

1738,  L  CeAttLEs  A.  Walker,  b,  Sept.  tO.  18-34,  d.  Aug.  12,  1838. 
1720.  ii.  Anne  A.  Walker,  b.  Aug.  26,  1826,  m.  Aug.  15.1866,  toGeorg 

N,  BtmrdmBn,  Prof,  in  the  Theo.  Sera,  in  Chicago. 

1730.  iii.  GE<jR(iE   Leok   Walker,  b.  April  10,  1830,  m.  Sept,  16,  1858," 
Maria  Wil listen. 

1731.  iv.  LucRETiA  A-  Walker,  b,  May  4,  1832,  d.  July  18,  1833, 

1732.  V.  Stephen  A.   Walker,  h.  Now  2,  1835,  unra.    Lawyer  in  New 
York. 

1733.  vi.  Henry  F.  Waj^ker,  b,  July  3,  1838.    Physician;  unm. 

[Serenth  GeneVation.] 

1730.  iii.  Rev.  George  Leon  Walker,  D.  D.,  son  of 
Dr.  Charles  and  Lucretia  Ambrose  Walker,  born  in  Rutland,T 
Vermont,  married  Sept  W,  1858,  Miss  Maria  Williston.  Dr. 
Walker  is  a  clergyman  of  the  Congregationaliat  order.  Settled  in 
Hartfordj  Ct  Ee  has  never  known  vigorous  health,  jet  bas^ 
been  able  to  sustain  himself  well  as  a  sermonizer ;  is  an  interest^] 
ing,  not  to  say  fascinating  preacher.  The  lawyer  and  the  child 
being  equally  attracted.  Dr.  Walker's  health  has  been  so  frail 
as  to  compel  the  resignation  of  several  settlements,  but  as 
strength  permits,  he  still  labors  for  the  Master.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Walker  have  had  two  children. 
[Eighth  GeneratioiL]     Chiklitn: 

1734.  i,  WiLLLsToN  Walker.  l>.  Jyly  !,  1860. 

1735.  ii.  Charles  A.  Walker,  h.  Sept.  27,  1861,  d,  July  23,  1869. 

1722.  viii.  George   Walker,  eighth  child  of  Chloe  Child 
and  Leonard  Walker,  b.  in  Strafford,  Yt,  8th  March,  1802» 


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m.  Miss  Minerva  Hoadley,  daughter  of  Jairus  Hoadley,  Esq., 
of  Northford,  Ct.,  2d  January,  1832. 

Mr.  Walker  was  a  mechanic  and  manufacturer.  He  spent 
his  youth  upon  the  home  farm,  in  the  saw-mill,  and  more  pleasur- 
ably  in  the  "universal  manufactory"  of  his  father,  and  inherited 
largely  the  peculiar  gifts  of  his  father  of  brain  and  hand.  Up- 
on attaining  his  majority  he  left  home,  and  was  fully  and  suc- 
cessfully employed  for  some  eight  years  in  various  machine 
shops.  Upon  his  marriage  he  settled  in  New  Haven,  Conn., 
where  he  established  a  lucrative  business  in  stoves,  etc.  Mr. 
George  Walker  was  the  first  to  introduce  patent  warm  air 
furnaces  into  churches  and  dwellings  in  that  city.  After  resid- 
ing in  New  Haven  about  fourteen  years,  Mr.  Walker  in  the 
year  1844,  removed  with  his  family  to  the  City  of  New  York, 
and  for  fifteen  years  his  was  the  leading  house  in  the  city  tor 
warming  dwellings  and  public  buildings.  He  sold  out  and 
occupied  the  next  ten  years  in  many  kindly  acts  of  service  for 
others,  making  this  his  business  as  it  was  truly  his  pleasure ; 
this  included  the  investigation  of  the  mining  and  metal  resources 
of  the  country,  involving  three  journeys  to  the  Eocky  Moun- 
tains of  Colorado,  ma^e  by  mule  teams.  Not  being  a  writer, 
Mr.  Walker  has  never  published  an  account  of  these  trips, — 
though  the  home-fireside  and  social  board  are  often  enlivened 
by  reminiscences  of  the  varied  and  amusing  experiences  of  those 
long  journeys.  Not  unremunerative  were  they  either  to  Mr. 
Walker  or  his  associates.  The  evening  of  life  is  spent  by  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Walker  in  the  home  of  Mrs.  Walker's  infancy,  where, 
as  in  all  the  years  of  their  united  life,  happiness  gilds  their  un- 
selfish lives,  and  competence  gives  ease. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1724.  X.  Eliza  Walker,  fifth  daughter  and  ninth  child  of 
Chloe  and  Leonard  Walker,  b.  in  Strafford,  Vermont,  June  5, 
1805.  m.  29th  March,  1825,  Andrew  Chandler.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Chandler  had  one  child,  a  daughter,  who  married  and  has  sev- 
eral children.  Mr.  Chandler  died  IDth  Dec.,  1827. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

1736.  i.  EIlmina  Chandler,  married  to  Mr.  Richard  Lakeman,  of  Boston. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1736.  i.  Elmtna  Chandler,  only  child  of  Andrew  and  Eliza 
Walker  Chandler,  and  granddaughter  of  Chloe  Child  Walker, 
married  about  1863,  Eichard  Lakeman. 


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[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

1737,  i.  Feank  Lakeman,  b.  July  14»  1854, 

1738.  ii  Emma  J.  Lakeman,  b.  Nov.  24,  1857. 
173^.  ill.  RtcHARO  J.  Lakeman,  b.  Jan.  17,  1S61. 

[Sixth  Genemtion,] 

1725,  xi.  Phineas  Walkek^  sixth  son  and  eleventh  ehild 
of  Chioe  Child  and  Leonard  Walker,  b.  in  Stratford,  Vermont, 
13tL  January,  1807,  m.  19th  August,  1839,  Miss  Mahala 
Walker,  daughter  of  Freeman  Walker,  of  Connecticut 

Mr,  Phineas  Walker  was  the  home-&on,  and  was  such  a  son 
to  his  parents  in  their  years  of  tntirmity  througb  age^  as  we  ar 
warranted  to  expect  a  son  to  be,  whose  training  is  that  of  scri| 
tural  command.  It  is  only  a  truthful,  though  high  praise  to" 
say  of  him,  ^^He  is  a  good  specimen  of  honest  New  England 
character ;  is  a  deacon  in  the  church,  and  a  substantial  sup- 
poner  of  those  things  that  are  of  good  report"  Mn  Walker 
combines  the  farm  pursuits  with  mechanical  as  did  his  father. 
This  fertility  of  brain  jxiwer  seems  a  frequent  possession  of 
tiie  genuine  New  Englander,  Three  children  were  given  then 
of  whom  onh^  one  remains. 
[Seventh  Generation.  ]  Children : 
1740.  i,  Leonarp  Walkejc,  b.May  L  1836,  <t  July  1. 184t 
174L  ii    Hahru:t  Walkek.  h,  Jan.  2,  1888,  d.  Doc.  15>  1858. 

1742.  iii.  SisAN  Walker*  b.  July  7,  1842,  m.  Perlej  Chandler. 
[Seventh  GenerHtion] 

1742,  iii,  Su3ANWALKER,thirdchild  of  Phineas  and  Mahala 
(Walker)  Walker,  b.  7th  July,  1842,  in.  Perley  Chandler,  a 
jeweler  of  Borre,  Vermont,  November  11,  1867.  Has  twc 
children, 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1743.  I  Dattie  Chandler,  b.  Mnv  9,  1860, 

1744.  ii,  Minerva  Chandler,  b.  May  24,  1875,  d.  Sept.  5,  1875* 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1726.  xii,  Lltcius  Walker,  seventh  son  and  twelfth  chiW 
of  Chloe  Child  and  Leonard  Walker,  b,  i!i  Strafford,  Yermont* 
Feb,  1,  1801),  ra.  Miss  Ilenrietta  Davenport,  Jan.  1st,  1837,  Of 
four  children  granted  to  them,  only  one  is  now  living.  Two 
noble  sons  of  rare  intellectual  powers  in  early  manhood  rest 
from  their  labors,  and  went  home  almost  on  the  threshold  o| 
their  young  manhood.  Mr.  L.  Walker  d.  June  30,  1878. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 

1745.  i.  Alda€E  Atwcmjd  Walker,  b.  Jan,  30,  1839,  d.  Oct,  23,  1861. 

1746.  ii.  Alice  H,  Walkek,  b.  Feb.  10.  1841,  d.  April  12,  1845. 


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1747.  ii.  Edna  Minerva  Walker,  b.  Oct,  23,  1843,  m.  Fitzhugh  M.  Dibble* 

1748.  ir.  Luotus  Piebpont  Walkbr,  b.  Maroh  29,  1845.  d.  July  13,  1873. 

[Seventh  Generation  J 

1745.  i.  Aldace  Atwood  Walker,  eldest  son  of  Lucius 
and  Henrietta  Davenport  Walker,  k  January  30,  1839.  Was 
a  genuine  scholar,  educated  at  the  Free  academy  iii  New  York 
Oity*  He  was  a  young  man  of  great  proraise,  and  though  so 
joung  when  called  home,  had  already  become  a  successful 
teacher.  He  died  of  consumption^  on  the  23d  of  Oct  1861. 
[Seventh  Generation,] 

1748.  iv.  Lucitjs  Pierpont  Walker,  fourth  child  and 
second  son  of  Lucius  and  Henrietta  Davenport  Walker,  b. 
March  29,  1846. 

Lucius  was  in  some  respects  a  i^emarkable  child.  When  only 
four  years  old  be  would  repeat  on  his  sister's  metodeon  any 
tune  she  would  play  ;  simple  airs  of  course,  as  she  was  young  ; 
at  6rst  not  keeping  time,  but  would  touch  every  note,  and  soon 
would  get  the  lime.  At  eight  years  of  age  he  did  not  incline 
to  music  at  all,  but  was  wholly  absorbed  in  his  studies.  He 
would  give  the  diameter  of  each  planet,  with  its  distance  from 
the  sun,  the  length  of  it8  day  and  yean  with  the  relative  size  of 
each,  and  number  of  their  moons,  as  fast  as  he  could  speak. 
And  on  the  blackboard  he  would  make  a  diagram  of  the  whole, 
and  in  doing  it  he  would  make  the  chalk  fly  rapidly.  At  fifteen 
years  of  age  he  was  a  sly  rogue,  manifested  in  sundry  ways 
beside  running  away  and  enlistmg  in  the  2d  Connecticut  Heavy 
Artillery,  under  the  assumed  name  of  Charley  Morris,  so  that 
his  parents  could  not  find  him*  But  when  once  with  the  array, 
he  wmte  to  his  parents,  and  ever  after  was  as  regular  in  his  cor- 
respondence with  the  home  friends  as  the  exigencies  of  war  would 
permit  He  was,  what  lie  looked,  a  mere  boy,  but  he  carried 
his  musket,  haversack  and  other  accoutrements  like  a  veteran, 
and  never  flinched^  though  marching  twenty-four  and  even 
thirty -six  hours  consecutively.  He  \vas  with  Gen.  Sheridan  in 
all  the  battles  of  the  Shenandoah  Valley,  in  his  own  words 
we  give  an  incident  of  his  Shenandoah  experience : 

**  At  that  time  I  was  stationed  at  Corps  Headtiuarters  in  the  capacity  of 
•Provost  Guard.'  and  in  eonipaiiy  with  others  of  tlie  gimrd  used  frequently 
to  go  into  the  countn^  on  foraging;  expeditioTis,  On  such  ncf^asloni*  we  gen- 
cmllj  went  ten  or  twelve  miles  froui  the  earnp,  and  were  of  course  liable  to 
the  attacks  of  guerrillas  with  whom  the  eouutry  swarmed.    At  this  time  we 


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started  ^iLh  the  teams  about  daylight,  and  after  travelling  about  four  houj'?, 
halted  at  a  bam.  which  jstood  near  the  road;  the  maia  part  of  our  sqaad  ^ 
(about  twenty  in  all)  e<nnmenc<?d  loading  the  waiifons  with  hay»  sending  out 
six  of  us  'sheep-hunting,'  which  always  formed  an  irnportanl  fiart  of  ouf 
expeditiouij;  having  the  reputntifm  of  a  good  shot,  I  was  chosen  one  of  th»J 
six.     We  did  not  find  any  until  we  had  gone  fully  half  a  mile  from  the 
wagons,  when  we  saw  a  la rgii  floek  in  an  inclosed  lot.     When  suflicientlyl 
near,  we  opened  fire.'     The  echoing  report*  of  our  pieces  had  scarcely  died  j 
away  when  we  suddenly  saw  three  pulfs  of  white  smoke  arise  tnnn  a  beltl 
of  wood  directly  Ijefore  vlh,  about  two  hnndrtnl  yanls  distant,  and  three  ] 
bullets  with  their  peculiar  zip,  zip,  zip.  flew  past  our  hea<ls      As  ttur  mtis- 
kets  w^re  discharged  we  could  not  return  the  flre.  but  started  for  the  wagons 
at  fuil  speed,  followed  by  a  scattering  volley  uf  musketry  from  at  least  twenty 
mounted  guerrillas,  whom  we  could  now  see  emerging  from  the  wood  on  the  j 
gallop  toward  us.     As  we  were  on  foot  we  knew  it  would  b©  useless  to  try  to 
outrun  them,  and  consequently  determined  to  fight  it  out.     For  this  purpose 
we  selected  an  old  building  composed  of  huge  pine  logs,  which  Pro  video  rial  I  jr  J 
stood  near.     On  arriving  here  we  loatled  our  pieces,  and  as  the  guernllas^J 
came  wnthin  fifty  yards  we  fired  into  them,  which  knocked  one  man  over 
and  brought  the  rest  to  u.  halt     For  a  f<^w  moments  all  was  quiet     Then 
one  of  them  approached  waving  a  handkerchief  and  calling  on  us  to  surren-J 
der  if  we  did  not  want  our  d-<l  throats  cut;  we  told  him  we  could  not  see] 
the  point,  when  he  departed  cursing  like  a  pirate,  in  which  he  was  assisted  ] 

by  his  comrades,  who  all  tried  to  see  who  could  vituperate  the Yankees^j 

the  worst,  treating  us  with  an  occasional  bullet,  but  not  dari  g  to  advance-] 
We  kept  up  a  random  fight  for  a  short  time*  but  fearing  our  ammunitioa  | 
would  become  exhausted,  resolved  tu  f  ease  firing  until  they  made  sf*me  new 
hostile  demonstration.     In  a  few  moments  we  saw  they  were  trying  to  flank 
us,  about  half  of  them  going  on  our  right,  and  the  rest  on  tmr  left.     Pres-  ^ 
ently  wi*  sj'iw  they  were  jircparing  for  a  charge:  acconlingly,  three  of  us 
took  one  side  and  three  the  other,  fixed  our  bayonets  and  resolved  tc*  s^ll 
our  lives  dearly.     Soon  they  advanced,  receiving  our  fire  which  killed  two] 
of  them  when  within  twenty  yards  we  rose  and  prepared  to  give  them  cold 
steel*  when  suddenly  an  overwhelming  volley  was  poured  into  them  by  a 
party  of  our  cavalry,  which  were  out  on  a  scout.     At  this  new  turn  of  affairs 
the  surviving  rufflans  instantly  ma<ie  tracks,  but  were  pursued  and  taken 
pris<jners  before  they  could  reach  their  horses.     Among  the  nine  prisonei-s 
was  the  notrjrious  Dick  Saunders.     Thirteen  <  ther  guerrilJa^  lay  on  the 
ground  kilU'd  and  wounded.     After  this  we  left  for  our  wagons,  not  however  j 
forgetting  oursheep/^ 

In  his  sketch  of  his  army  life,  he  thus  describes  the  battle  of 
Cedar  Ci^eek  : 

*'Just  l^ifore  morning  we  heaitl  several  volleys  of  musketry,  but  at  first 
paid  little  attention  to  it,  as  we  thought  it  picket-firing.  We  were  soon  in-  ] 
formed  of  our  mistake  tor  orders  came  to  pack  up  and  fall  in.  We  formed 
in  line  and  marched  toward  the  firing,  halting  in  the  road  just  in  front  of  a 
ravine.  The  morning  was  foggy,  and  we  could  not  see  far.  but  presently 
diseoveiisd  two  lines  of  battle  in  front  of  us,  which  we  t*wk  to  be  our  own 
men.     But  on  receiving  a  volley  from  them  learned  our  mistake.     We  re- 


AND  ntS  DESCENDANTS. 


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plied  to  their  fire  for  about  fifteen  raioQtes,  and  then  being  ordered  to  fall 
back,  a  panic  seemed  to  seize  everybwi j,  and  fnr  about  two  miles  we  made 
c|uick  time,  unti'  we  were  stopped  by  a  Une  uf  our  cavalry,  when  we  (the  0th 
corps)  halted  and  soon  after  gave  the  Rebels  two  tremendous  volleys  which 
had  the  effect  of  making  them  t^top  quite  !*udden)y.  We  then  were  put  on 
the  skirmish  line  for  about  three  hours,  when  the  arrival  of  Shpfidau  fixed 
things  up  by  forniiog  for  a  charge  which  was  sewn  done,  and  in  all  my  army 
life,  I  never  saw  a  m*)re  desptTute  cimrge.  The  Johnnies  stood  as  long  as 
they  could  and  then  left,  and  when  night  came  we  found  ourselves  in  our 
old  camp,  and  thus  ended  the  battle  of  Cedar  Creek.'* 

After  Lee's  surrender  he  had  an  honorable  discharge.  He 
had  not  grown  ranch  in  his  three  years'  service,  and  his  musket 
shoulder  was  drawn  down  so  much  we  feared  it  might  prove  a 
permanent  deformity.  But  he  soon  began  to  grow,  his  shoulder 
obtaiiia:!  it!?  right  pasition,  and  he  became  a  good-sized^  well 
fornied  man.  The  family  moving  from  New  Haven,  Conn.,  to 
Louisville,  Kentucky,  and  his  four  year  old  pasvsion  for  music 
reviving,  he  was  soon  at  the  head  of  the  musical  profession  in 
Louisville;  and  was  by  a  unanimous  vote  elected  leader  of  the 
Organist  Club.  He  composed  several  airs.  He  never  used  to* 
bacco,  never  took  intoxicating  drinks,  though  both  were  so  com 
mon  in  the  artiiy.  He  became  a  communicant  of  the  church, 
and  ivas  in  every  respect  an  exemplary  young  man.  His  death 
was  sudden  and  unaccountable,  He  was  bathing  with  others 
in  the  Ohio  river,  sank  and  did  not  rise.  His  death  was  upon 
the  14Th  July,  1872,  when  in  his  twenty-tifth  year.' 
[Sixth  Generation  ] 

1727.  xiii.  Rev.  Aldace  Walker,  D.  D.,  thirteenth  child 
and  eighth  son  of  Chloe  Child  and  Leonard  Walker,  was  bora 
in  Strafford,  Vernioiit,  10th  July,  1812.  He  was  an  ex- 
oee<lingly  pleasant  boy  an<l  a  studious  youth.  At  the  age  of 
eighteen  he  was  converted,  and  immediately  commenced  prepa- 
ration for  the  ministry.  He  graduated  from  Dartmouth  Col* 
lege,  Hanover,  New  Hampshire,  in  1837;  and  from  the  Theo- 
logical Semir*ary  in  Andover,  Mass.,  in  1840.  In  the  same 
year  he  was  called  to  settle  over  the  Congregational  church  in 
West  Rutland,  Vermont,  where  he  remained  until  1862,  when 
failing  health  compelled  him  to  give  up  the  pastorate,  to  the 
lasting  regret  of  his  people.  After  two  years  his  health  was  so 
far  restored  m  to  permit  him  to  accept  a  call  to  Wallingford^ 
Vermont,  where  he  remained  until  his  death. 

•  We  Me  indebted  tt*  his  Tncle  Mr  George  Walker  for  this  sketch. 


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Early  in  his  ministry  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  corpo- 
ration of  Middlebury  College,  to  whose  interests  he  was  ever 
after  devoted.     He  was  for  many  ye'dvs  a  corporate  member  of 
the  **  American  Board  of  Foreign  Missions/'     In  the  language 
of  one  who  knew   him    well»    **  The  character  of   Dr,  Alda 
Walker  was  a  harmonious  one,  centered  upon  an  abiding  pur 
pose,  and  distinguished  by  sound  judgcnent,  such  as  usually 
comes  from   absence  of  selfishneas,  and  devotion   to  a  great 
cause.     Such  a  character  drew  to  itself  duties  as  well  as  digni- 
ties.    In  die  general  convention  and   in   the  councils  of  the 
church,  as  well  as  in  the  affairs  of  his  own  parish,  his  wise  ad- 
vice was  sought  and  followed     He  wfts  a  leader  by  the  divine 
right  of  superior  wisdom,  tact  and  fidelity.     It  was  impossible 
to  come  within  the  reach  of  his  character   without  being  im- 
pressed with  its  sincerity ;  its  entire  freedom  from  disturbing 
ambition,  and  the  depressing  influence  of  a  conflict  between  the 
outward  surroundings  of  life  and  its  inward  purpose.     In  his 
ministry  of  twenty  one  years  in   West   Rutland,   he   became 
identirted  with  his  parish  in  an  unwonted  degree.     His  wor 
were  received  with  respect  by  his  people  who  always  trust 
hinu     Revivals  marked  his  ministry,  which  had  no  drawbacl 
to  its  success.     It  stands   a   monument  of  his   life.     lie  wa 
happy  in  his  work,  which  never  fretted  him.     He  had  a  facalty 
of  saying  and  doing  things  easily.     His  power  was  in  the  pul- 
pit, where  he  showed  bis  capacity  to  lead  men.     He  never  mis- 
led his  hearera  or  left  them  in  doubt,  that  it  was  best  for  them 
to  accept  the  truth.     As  trustee  of  Middlebury  College  he  was 
always  self-possessed,  and   never  doubted    that  a  way  would 
open  out  of  all  difficulties.     No  one  had  a  calmer  head^  or 
firmer  decision.''     Dr.  Aldace  Walker  was   married   to   Miss 
Mary  A.  Baker,  April  30th,  18il,  in  the  same  year  of  his  grad^y 
nation  from  the  Theological  Seminary  and  settlement  at  Wefl^^ 
Rutland.  YermouL     Dr.  Walker^s  death  wcurred  at  Walling-     ' 
ford,  Vermont,  the   place  of  his   last  parochial  charge.  24ti 
July,  1878. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

1749,  i.  Alpace  F,  Walker,  b.  Maj  11,  1842,  m.  April  6, 1868,  Katie 
Shaw* 

1760.  ii,  Leonard  Bakee  Walker,  K  Oct.  5,  1845,  d.  Aag.  6.  1840. 

175L  iii.  Mary  Malvixa  Walker,  b.  Nov.  18,   185l|  is  a  teacher  in 
Brattleborough,  Vermont. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  277 

[Seventh  Oeneration.J 

1749.  i.  Aldace  F.   Walker,  eldest  child  of  Rev.   Dr. 
Aldace  and  Mary  A.  Baker  Walker,  b.  in  West  Rutland,  Ver- 
mont, m.  Miss  Katie  M.  Shaw,  April  6,  1868.      Mr.  Walker  is 
a  lawyer  and  resides  in  Rutland,  Vt 
[Eighth  Oeneration .  ]    Children : 

1752.  i.  RiCHAED  Walkee,  b.  Oct.  25,  1872,  d.  Jan.  19,  1876. 

1758.  ii.  Robert  Walkee,  b.  Aug.  24,  1874. 

1754.  iii.  Haeold  Walkee.  b.  June  5,  1876. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

1222.  xi.  Betsey  Child,  seventh  dau.  and  eleventh  child 
of  Capt  Elisha  and  Alice  Manning  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock, 
Ct.,  1778,  m.  Feb.  21, 1797,  Alfred  Walker,  son  of  Phineas  and 
Susannah  Hyde  Walker.  An  excellent  mechanic  doing  busi- 
ness in  East  Woodstock,  Ct,  the  place  of  his  birth.  A  man  of 
genial  disposition,  affable,  hospitable,  of  strict  integrity,  and  a 
most  excellent  citizen.  A  worthy  father  of  seven  children, 
who  have  not  failed  to  honor  their  parentage.     Mr.  Walker 

was  born  March  29,  1774,  d. 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

1755.  i.  Emily  Walkee,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Feb.  3,  1797,  m.  1883, 
Isaac  E.  Smith. 

1756.  ii.  Elisha  Child  Walkee,  b.  Sept.  1799,  m.  Sept.  30,  1824,  Sylvia 
Child,     (For  children  see  No.  912,  p.  195.) 

1757.  iii.  Adaline  Walkee,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct.,  1801,  m.  August  14, 
1821,  John  Hibbard. 

1758.  iv.  Elviea  Walkee,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Aug.  5, 1803,  d.  1880, 
unmarried.  Much  admired  for  personal  beauty,  loveliness  of  character  and 
accomplishments  as  a  singer. 

1759.  V.  Alfeed  Walkee,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct..  July  29,  1805,  m. 
Eunice  Minor.  Mr.  W.  is  a  real  estate  and  loan  broker  in  New  Haven,  Ct. 
Had  several  children. 

1760.  vi.  James  Walkee,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  March  12,  1808,  m, 
Isabel  Hibbard.  Farmer  and  mechanic,  resides  in  Woodstock,  Ct.  Had 
two  daughters,  not  living. 

1761.  vii.  William  Walkee,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  15,  1810,  m. 
Marie  Dunham  in  1886.  d.  March  27.  1870. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1755.  i.  Emily  Walker,  eldest  dau.  and   child  of  Betsey 
Child  and  Alfred  Walker,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Feb.  3,  1797, 
m.  Ib33,  Isaac  E.  Smith,  a  lumber  merchant  of  New  York  City. 
She  d.  October  29,  1870. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

1762.  i.  Edwaed  A.  Smith,  b.  in  New  York,  July  25,  1835,  m.  March  3, 
1868,  Mrs.  Melissa  Heath. 


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17G3.  ii    Ernest  L.  Smith,  b    in   Xes?  York,  N<»v,  29,  1837,  lu.  Ajirif 
18156,  CHioline  VV.  Marther;  have  no  f'hiKlri*n,     Mr.  Smith  is  iu  the  IuibIh?^ 
business  with  his  father  in  New  York  tity. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1762.  i.  Rev.  Edward  A.  Smith,  eldest  son  of  Emily  Walker 
and  Isaac  E.  Smith,  and  grandson  of  Betsey  Child  Walker,  b, 
July  25.  1835,  m,  March  3,  1868,  Mrs.  Melissa  Heath  {ne 
Knox),  dau.  of  Charles  W.  Knox  of  Chester,  Mass.  Rev.  MrJ 
Smith  is  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  in  FariningtouJ 
Ct.;  have  two  children. 
[Eighth  Genera  Hon.]    Chi  hi  rem 

1701.  i,  Herbeet  K.vox  oMrrn.  h.  in  Chester,  Ma^s,,  Nov.  7,  1869. 

1765.  ii,  Earnest  Wjllkeb  Smith,  b  iu  Farmington,  Ct.,  Jtiut*  5,  187y 

[Sixth  Genomtion.] 

1757.  lii.  Ajmlinh  Walker,  third  child  of  Betsey  Child 
and  Capt  Alfred  Walker  of  Eiist  Woodstock,  Ct.,  b.  1801,  m. 
Aug.  14  1821 J  John  Hibbard,  naoved  to  Dundee,  III,  d.  July 

24,1857. 

[Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 
,  1760.  i.  John  HiBBARn.  b.  Dee.  24,  18^6,  m.  Nov.  18»  1851.  Cathnrinel 
Thompson. 

1767.  ii.  Atjeline  Hibbard,  b.  aliout  1838,  in.  Nov.  8.  1865,  L.  D.  Ken- 
dAlL 

1708.  iii.  Elvira  Hibbaed,  b.  Dec.  25,  1881,  m.  Jan.  15,  1852,  Geo.  E.J 
Skde. 

1760.  iv,  Emily  HiBBAiiD,  b.  Dec.  25,  1831,  d,  Maj  7,  1^57. 

1770.  T.  MiNEavA  Hlbbard,  b.  Jan.  23,  1836,  m.  Set>t.  20,  1859,  Frank 
Slade. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

176<>.  i.  John  IIibbahd,  first  child  of  Adaline  Walker  and] 
John  Kibbiird,  and  grandson  of  Betsey  Chihl  Walker,  b.  Deci 
24,  1826,  m.  Nov.  18,  1851,  Catharine  Thompson,  she  d.  July] 
6,  1857  ;  ni.  2d,  Elizal^eth  GtK>dwin,  she  d.  1861» ;  m.  3d,  Le*] 
vantia  Richards. 
[Eighth  GenerRtion.]    Childri^n: 

By  first  marriiiijfe. 

1771.  i.  John  LiiWKENCE  IJiBBARn,  V».  July  2,  1857. 

By  second  ninrrittge. 

1772.  ii   Prank  G.  Hibbard,  b.  May  \\  1807. 

By  third  nuirriage. 

1773.  iii.  LoL  li*  R.  Uihbard.  b  July  8,  1874 

1774.  XV.  Kate  E.  UraiiARD,  b.Sept,  19,1877. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  279 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1767.  ii  Adeline  Hibbard,  second  child  of  Adaline 
Walker  and  John  Hibbard,  and  granddaughter  of  Betsey 
Child  Walker,  b.  about  1828,  m.  L.  D.  Kendall,  Nov.  8,  1850. 
[Eighth  Generation.  ]    Child : 

1775.  i.  Arthur  D.  Kendall,  b.  July  3. 1852. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1768.  iii.  Elvira  Hibbard,  third  child  of  Adaline  Walker 
and  John  Hibbard,  and  granddaughter  of  Betsey  Child 
Walker,  m.  Jan.  15,  1852,  Geo.  E.  Slade. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1776.  i.  Emily  Slade.  b  Nov.  8,  1852,  m.  Dec.  25,  1872,  Emmet  O'Con- 
nell. 

1777.  ii.  Charles  W.  Slade,  b.  March  18,  1857. 

1778.  iii.  Addie  W.  Slade,  b.  May  1,  1861. 

1  Seventh  Generation.] 

1770.  V.  Minerva  Hibbard,  fifth  child  of  Adaline  Walker 
and    John    Hibbard,    and    granddaughter    of    Betsey    Child 
Walker,  b.  Jan.  23,  1836,  m.  Sept.  20,  1859,  Frank  Slade. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1779.  i.  Harry  G.  Slade,  b.  March  22,  1861. 

1780.  ii.  Susie  Slade,  b.  April  17,  1867. 


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CHAPTER  Tl\ 


Edward  Child,  the  tkird  cliild  of  Capt  Benjamin  and 
Morris  Chi!d^  was  not  of  the  families  that  went  to  Woodstoci 
Ct     lie  remained  on  the  old  homestead  and  raised  a  family  in* 
Boxbur3^  Mass.     We  note  this  fact,  as  we  give  the  other  sot 
as  emigrating  to    Woodstock,    under  head   of   WoodstocI 
Families. 

[Third  Geueratiori.] 

17,  ill.  Edward  Child,  third  child  and  son  of  Benjamin 
and  Grace  Morris  Child,  and  grandson  of  the  Emigrant  Benja- 
min Child,  b.  in  Koxbury,  Mass.,  Nov.  1,  1687,  m.  1712  Mar-^ 
garet  Weld  He  was  the  possessor  of  the  old  homestead 
the  successor  of  his  father  Benjamin  Child,  Jr.  He  was  well 
known  as  a  glazier  and  as  a  farmer,  and  noted  as  a  large 
landholder,  holding  grants  in  numerous  deeds,  copies  of  which 
and  a  number  of  originals  are  in  the  possession  of  David  Weld 
Child,  of  Boston,  and  later  of  Auburndale,  Mass., of  theseventh| 
generation. 

[Fourth  Generation.]    Children. 

1781.  i.  Hanxah  Ch(ld,  b.  in  Roxbiiry.  Mjuss.,  l>ec.  7,  1713,  m.  April  18,, 
1734,  Thomas  Baker,  Jr. 

1782.  ii.  John  Ciuld,  b.    in  Hoxbury,  Mass.,  Jan.  20,  1714,  m.  Jan.  23,| 
1742,  Esther  Child. 

1783.  iii,  Eleazbb.  Child,  b.  in  Roxburj,   Mass.,  March  11,  1717,  d.  yg. ' 

1784  iv.  Stephen  Cbild,  b.  in  Roxbary,  Mass.,  Aug.  19.  1719,  m. 

178-V  V,  En  WARD  CritLD,  Jr.,   b.   in  Roxbury,   Mass.,  Sept.  13,  1721,  m 

Misis  Perrin. 

[Fourth  Generation,] 

1782.  ii.  John  Child,  second  ehild  and  eldest  son  of  Ed 
ward  and  Margaret  Weld   Chikl,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Jan.^ 
26,  1714,  m.  Jan.  26,  1742,  Esther  Child. 
I  Fifth  GeneraHon  ]     Children. 

1786.  i,  Hanxaii  Ohild,  b.  in  Rijxbary,  Mass.,  April  30,  1743,  d»  young. 

1787.  ii,  MARQAgET  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  April  8,  1745,  d,  April 
26,  1775. 

1788.  iii.  Pri5h:tlla  t*KiLD,  b,  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Dec,  20,  1748.  d.  April 
14,  1750, 

17S9.  iv.  Hannah  Child,  2d.  b.  in   Roxbury,  Mass.,  Jan,  80,  1750,  m. 
March  17,  1774,  Abner  Crart. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  281 

1790.  V   Esther  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  March  3,  1753,  d.  young. 

1791.  vi.  John  Child,  Jr.,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  June  16,  1756.  He 
was  successor  to  Edward  Child,  his  grandfather,  to  the  old  homestead  of 
Benjamin  Child.  He  also  was  well  known  as  a  glazier,  as  well  as  a  large 
possessor  of  landed  estates,  there  being  twenty  or  more  original  deeds  and 
copies  of  which  he  was  the  grantee.  He  died  unmarried  at  Wrentham, 
Sept.  2,  1825. 

1792.  vii.  Stephen  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Aug.  10,  1758,  m.  May 
25.  1786,  Sarah  Weld. 

1793.  viii.  Johanna  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Oct.  10,  1760. 

1794.  ix.  Ann  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Jan.  22,  1762,  unmarried. 

1795.  X.  Catharine  Child,  b  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Sept.  3,  1764,  m.  John 
Dale. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

1792.  vii.  Stephen  Child,  seventh  child  and  second  son  of 
John  and  Esther  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,   Mass.,  Aug.  10,  1758^ 
m.  May  25,  1786,  Sarah  Weld. 
[Sixth  Generation.]     Children. 

1796.  i.  Stephen  Child.  Jr.,  b.  in  Roxbury.  Mass.,  March  16,  1787,  ra. 
Dec.  3,  1813,  Hepzebah  Coburn  Richards. 

1797.  ii.  John  Weld  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass..  Feb.  8,  1789,  m.  April 
24,  1817,  Sarah  Richards. 

1798.  iii.  Margaeet  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  March  11,  1791,  m. 
Feb.  9,  1814,  Benjamin  Williams. 

1799.  iv.  Harriet  Child,  b.  April  11, 1798,  m.  Augustus  Perrin. 

1800.  V.  Sarah  Weld  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass ,  June  9, 1795.  d.  1811. 
1801    vi.  David  Weld  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,   Mass.,   June  27. 1798.  d. 

Sept.  20, 1798. 

1802.  vii.  David  Weld  Child,  2d,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass..  Aug.  2,  1799,  d. 

1816,  by  a  fall  which  fractured  the  spine. 

1808.  viii.  Edward  Augustine  Child.  )  ^.  Aug.  8,  1804,  m.  Sarah  Wales. 

>  Twms. 

1804.  ix.  Esther  Child.  )  b.  Aug.  8,  1804,  d.  1805. 

1805.  X.  Euzabeth  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  July  28,  1805,  d.  Aug. 
7.  1805. 

1806.  xi.  Benjamin  Franklin  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Oct.  12, 
1806.  m.  Aug.  17, 1886,  Helen  Brown. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1796.  i.  Stephen  Child,  Jr,  eldest  child  of  Stephen  and 
Sarah  Weld  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  March   16,  1787,  m. 
Dec.  2,  1813,  Hepzebah  Coburn  Richards.     Mr.  Child  was  a 
coal  and  lumber  dealer  in  Boston. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children. 

1807.  i.  Sarah  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Jan.  6,  1815,  m.  Dec,  1840, 
Elbridge  Gerry  Dudley,  by  Rev.  John  Pierrepont. 

1808.  ii.  William  Henbt  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Oct.  8,  1816,  d. 
Nov.  28,  1816. 

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BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY^  MASa 


Oct  10,  1820,  tn. 


1809.  Hi.  Margaret  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Jan.  4,  1818|  m.  Jn 
14.  1854,  John  Albree. 

1810.  iv,  Martba   Ann  Child,  b,  in  Boston,  M 
Nov.  19,  1857»  E.  G.  Dudley. 

1811.  V.  David  Weld  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Aug.  7,  1823,  in,  Ja 
13,  1848,  Olive  Turner  Thayer 

1812.  vi,  Stephen  Franklin  Child,  b,  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Dec.  8,  18S4»  ] 
March  27,  1851,  Mary  E.  Follett. 

1813.  vii,  Daniel  Weld  Child,  b,  in   Boston,  Mass,  Jan.  35»  1828.  m. 
May  5.  1850,  Ellen  B.  Cunningham.  ^ 

1814.  viiL  Marv  Rh'Hard8  CniLD,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.  Nov.  7,  1831.     V 

1815.  ix.  Elizabeth  Ricbarus  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass ,  March  4,  1835, 
d.  Nov.  27,  1835. 

[Seventh  Generation.]  ^ 

1811.  V.  David  Weld  Chtld,  fifth  child  and  second  son  of 

Stephen^  Jr.,  and  Hepzebuh  Cob  urn  Child,  K  in  Boston,  Mass^ 

Aug.  7,  1822,  ni.  bj  Rev.  Dr.  N.  Adams,  Jan.  13,  1848,  < 

Turner  Thayer,  dan*  of  Geo.  W.  Thayer^  a  merchant  of 

ton.     Mrs.  C.  was  b.  May  7,  1823.     Mr.  Child  was  formerly. 

grain  dealer;  later  a  i*eal  estate  broker  in  Boston,     Besides 

Wci^t  Newton,  Mass, 

fEighlh  Gpneration.]     Children: 

1810.  i.  LrcY  CniLD,        )  b-  in  Boston,  Dec.  28,  1848,  d.  soon. 
V  Twins. 

1817.  ii.  Waltkr  Child,  )  b.  in  Boston,  Dee.  38,  1848,  d  Nov.  5,  1862, 

1818.  iiL  Caroline  Child,  b  June  2S,  1852,  in  Boston,  Mass. 
1810.  iv.  Harriet  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  July  25,  1851 

1820.  V.  Geo.  Stephen  Child,  )  ^^-  J"  Boston,  Ap,  17,  '58.  d.  Ap.  21,  '5 

[  Twins. 
1831.  vi.  GRArE  Morris  Child,  )  b,  in  Boston,  Ap.  17,  '58,  d.  Ap.  18,  '5 

1822.  vi).  Frances  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Aug.  21,  1850. 

1823,  viii.  Stephen  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Aujb^.  14,  1866. 


{Seventh  Generation,] 

1813.  vii.  Daniel  Weld  Child,  seventh  child  and  fourth, 
son  of  Stephen,  Jr.,  and   Hepzebah  Gobuni   Richanls  Cbil 
in  Boston,  Jan.  25,  1828,  m.  1859,  Ellen  B.  Cunningham. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

1824.  i.  Edith  ('hild,  k  in  Boston.  Mass,  Oct.  31,  1859. 

1835.  ii.  Makgaeet  Child,  I*,  in  Boi^ton,  Mass.,  Oct.  21,  1862, 

fSiith  Generation*] 

1797.  ii.  JoHX  Weld  Cen.D,  second  child  and  second  son 
of  Stephen  Gbild,  Jr.,  and  Sarah  Weld  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  Feb.  8,  178t^,  m.  April  24,  1817,  Sarah  Richards.  She 
was  born  Aug.  9,  1794,  d.  1832;  he  d.  March  21,  1864. 
{Seventh  GenemtionJ    Children: 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  283 

1826.  i.  Mary  Caroline  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Jan.  15,  1818,  m. 
May  2,  1840,  Stephen  Jenks. 

1827.  ii.  Esther  Maiua  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  May  12,  1819,  m. 
Feb.  10,  1842,  J.  Metcalf. 

1828  iii.  John  Avery  Richards  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Aug.  29, 
1821,^  lives  in  Dorchester,  Mass. 

1829.  iv.  John  Weld  Child,  Jr.,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  June  6,  1823,  d. 
1840. 

1830.  V.  Edward  Augustus  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Feb.  28,  1825, 
m.  1854,  Amanda  Peet. 

1831.  vi.  Sarah  Richardson  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Oct  24,  1827. 
She  was  a  popular  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  Dorchester,  to  which  she 
was  for  many  years  attached.     Her  death  was  much  lamented. 

1832.  vii.  Stephen  Child,  b.  Oct.  5,  1831,  d.  young. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1806.  xi.  Benjamin  Franklin  Child,  ninth  child  and 
sixth  son  of  Stephen  and  Sarah  Weld  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  Oct  12,  1806,  m.  Aug.  17,  1836,  Helen  Brown.  He 
resided  at  Hardin,  Calhoun  county,  111.,  where  he  died  (date  of 
death  not  ascertained). 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

1833.  i.  Margarbi'  Child,  b.  in  Hardin,  Calhoun  Co.,  111.,  June  3, 1838, 
d.  Aug.  17,  1839. 

1834.  ii.  Stkphen  Child,  b.  in  Hardin,  Calhoun  Co.,  111.,  June  20, 1840. 

1835.  iii.  Bbkjahin  Franklin  Child,  Jr.,  b.  in  Hardin,  Calhoun  Co., 
m.,  July  11,  1842,  d.  Jan.  22,  1848. 

1836.  iv.  Thomas  Brown  Child,  b.  in  Hardin,  Calhoun  Co.,  111.,  June 
25,  1844,  d.  Sept.  3,  1845. 

1837.  V.  Joseph  Pkrrin  Child,  b.  in  Hardin,  Calhoun  Co.,  III.,  Oct.  9, 
1845,  d.  Sept.  28,  1846. 

1838.  vi.  Edward  Child,  b.  in  Hardin,  Calhoun  Co.,  111.,  May  2,  1849, 
d.  of  cholera,  Aug.  8,  1851. 

1839.  vii.  Harriet  Helen  Child,  b.  in  Hardin,  Calhoun  Co.,  111.,  June 
14,  1849,  d.  Aug.  22,  1851. 

1840.  viii.  George  Brown  Child,  b.  in  Hardin,  Calhoun  Co.,  111.,  June 
12, 1851. 

1841.  ix.  Sarah  Child,  b.  in  Hardin,  Calhoun  Co..  111..  Oct.  30,  1853. 

1842.  X,  Frank  Child,  b.  in  Hardin,  Calhoun  Co.,  III.,  Aug.  27,  1855. 
The  unusual  mortality  in  this  family  is  remarkable,  the  cause  or  causes  of 

which  in  most  instances  are  not  reported. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

1784.  iv.  Stephen  Child,  fourth  child  and  third  son  of 
Edward  and  Margaret  Weld  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Aug. 
17,  1719.  Was  a  soldier  in  the  successful  expedition  under  Gen- 
eral Pepperell,  (afterwards  Sir  William  Pepperell,  made  Baronet 
for  his  prowess,  the  first  of  the  American  Colonists  to  receive  a 


284 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBUKY,  MASS. 


title ;)  mostly  from  Boston  and  vicinity — to  Port  Royal^  in  1745, 
at  a  period  when  England  was  disputing  claims  with  the  French. 
Port  Royal  then  in  possession  of  the  French,  was  captnred  and 
became  a  British  Province,  under  the  name  of  Nova  Scotia. 
When  Louisburg,  whicli  had  been  called  the  Gibmltar  of 
America,  was  taken,  and  the  army  had  entered  the  city,  th^ 
soldiers  were  filled  with  amazement  at  the  ease  with  which  thi 
had  possessed  it.  The  fortifications  had  c^ist  five  millions 
dollars,  and  had  been  regarded  as  impregnable.  Yet  an  nndisci- 
plined  army  of  four  thousand  farmers  and  fishermen  had  gained 
an  easy  possession.  They  seemed  inspired  with  the  words  of 
Whitefield,  then  in  Boston,  to  the  little  army  as  it  was  about  to 
set  sail  i  '^  Nothing  is  to  be  despaired  of  when  Christ  is  the 
leader;^  M 

Having  no  date  by  which  to  determine  with  certainty  the  fac^^ 
and  time  of  Stephens  Child's  marriage,  our  knowledge  of  his 
descendants  is  inferential  rather  than  positive.  But  there  ib 
strong  circumstantial  evidence  that  Aaron  Child,  bom  in  Box- 
bury,  Mass.,  in  1741,  was  the  son  of  this  Stephen  Child,  of  the 
Port  Royal  expedition.  We  think  that  perfect  assurance  may 
sometime  be  obtained.*  Lemuel  Child  who  kept  the  famous 
Peacock  tavern  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  is  known  to  have  been  a 
brother  to  this  Aaron  Child 

An  amusing  incident  is  related  as  occurring  at  this  popular 
place  of  resort  '^  When  the  British  oflScers  were  in  Boston, 
Mass.,  they  frequently  made  up  skating  parties  for  sappers,  and 
after  exercising  at  the  pond,  would  ride  over  and  partake  of  the 
good  cheer  of  the  Peacock.  Upon  one  of  these  occasions,  so  say^^ 
tradition,  the  "pretty  maid"  of  the  iVin,  afterwards  Mrs.  Wi^| 
liams,  a  niece  of  the  inn-keeper,  was  followed  by  one  of  the  gay 
young  bloods  ioto  the  cellar,  whither  she  had  gone  for  supplies 
for  the  tabla  Being  familiar  with  the  premises,  she  blew  out 
the  lighted  candle  she  held  in  her  hand  and  made  her  escape, 
not  forgetting  to  fasten  the  cellar  door  behind  her.  After 
thumping  his  head  against  the  rafters  in  the  vain  effort  to  follow 
her,  her  persecutor  was  finally  obliged  to  alarm  the  house  before 

*  It  any  of  Lemuel  Chlld^s  des^ieadants  should  see  this  volume  and  have 
hi  th*?ir  possession  any  data  relative  to  the  ancestry  of  Aaron  Child,  borti 
1741,  they  mil  eotifer  a  favor  by  communicating  with  Stephen  Child  ot 
New  Hartford,  Oueida  county,  New  York, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTa  285 

he  could  be  released  from  his  awkward  position.'*  Washington 
and  other  distingushed  officers  were  frequent  visitors  here  dur- 
ing the  siege.  Lemuel  Child  led  the  minute  men  of  the  third 
parish  in  the  Lexington  battle. — {Roxbury  paper,) 

[Fifth  Generacion.] 

1843.  Aaron  Child,  son  of  Stephen  Child  of  RoxburJ, 
Mass.,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Masa,  in  1741,  m.  Nov.  9,  1869,  Susan- 
nah Gridlej,  who  was  b.  in  Roxbury,  in  1746,  died  Jan.  10, 
1835.     Mr.  Aaron  Child  died  Aug.  6, 1795. 

[Sixth  Generation]    Children : 

1844.  i.  Aaron  Child,  Jr  ,  b.  Jan.  1. 1770,  m.  Mary  Hall. 

1845  ii.  Stephen  Child,  b.  July  17,  1771.  m.  Dec.  22,  1803,  Rebecca 
Williams. 

1846.  iii.  Susannah  Child,  b.  Aug.  22,  1776,  m.  1804,  William  Blake. 

1847.  iv.  Anna  Child,  b.  Sept.  3,  1779,  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  d.  Oct.  14, 
1866. 

1848.  V.  Mary  Child,  b.  Feb.  4,  1788,  m.  about  1808,  Rufus  Babcock. 
Pour  other  children  were  bom  to  this  couple,  two  named  Lemuel,  one  Sam- 
uel, and  one  William,  but  they  died  in  infancy,  and  neither  the  dates  of 
their  births  or  deaths  are  known. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1844.  i.  Aaron  Child,  Jr,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Aaron  and 
Susannah  Gridley  Child,  b.  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  Jan.  1, 1770,  m. 
about  1794,  Miss  Mary  Hall,  who  was  b.  Oct  21, 1772,  in  New- 
ton, Mass.,  and  died  July  26,  1847.  Mr.  Child  died  May  11, 
1847. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

1849.  i.  Aaron  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  21,  1795,  d.  Aug.  3,  1839.  ».  44. 

1850.  ii.  Mary  Miller  Child,  b.  Oct.  16,  1799.  m.  David  Hall. 

1851.  iii.  WiLUAM  Child,  b.  Aug.  21,  1802,  m.abt.  1826,  Hannah  Howes. 

1852.  iv.  Catherine  Eliza  Child,  b.  Feb.  2,  1805,  d.  June  11, 1859,  ae.  54. 
1858.  V.  Edward  Hall  Child,  b.  April  11,  1808,  m.  Miss  Haskell,  d.  in 

Boston,  Sept.  16,  1826. 

1854.  vi.  Emilt  Child,  b.  March  15,  1811,  m.  1st,  George  Hodges ;  m.  2d, 
Mr.  Kipley. 

1855.  vii.  Rebecca  B.  Child,  b.  Aug.  8,  1815,  m.  abt.  1842,  Hiram  Hall. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1851.  iii.  William  Childs,  third  child  and  second  son  of 
Aaron  and  Mary  Hall  Child,  b.  in  Eoxbury,  Mass.,  Aug.  21, 
1802,  m.  about  1826,  Hannah  Bradford  Holmes,  who  was  b. 
Aug.  16,  1S04.  Mrs.  H.  B.  H  Child  d.  Dec.  7,  1875.  Mr. 
Wm.  Child  was  a  real  estate  broker  in  Boston.  Residence, 
Dorchester,  Masa,  where  he  died  April  22,  1878,  ae.  76. 


286 


BENJAHTX  CHILD  OF  BOXBCBY,  UASS. 


[Eighth  Geuenition.]   Children: 

1856.  L  WiLLiAJi  Childj^,  Jr.,  b.  1£®7,  imm.    Resides  in  California. 
185T.  ii  Mary  Axif  Chjld^  b.  Man  h  11. 1831,  m.  1853.  Isaac  W.  Pierce. 
18%.  iii.  CcTRTLS  Childs,  b.  March  4.  1$35,  m.  1860,  Louisa  Ereleth. 

1859.  iv.  Ajirok  Chiij>sk  d.  at  17  years  of  age. 

1860.  T.  Oeo&oe  CaiLDS,  d.  at  10  years  of  age. 
18<51.  vi.  Ab^er  CttRTis  Ceiu*s,  d.  one  year  old* 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1857.  ii.  Mary  Ann  Childs,  eldest  dau.  and  second  child 
of  William  and  Hannah  B.  Holm^  Childs,  b.  March  11^  1831» 
m.  1852^  laaac  W.  Pierce,  who  was  born  July  24, 1827,  and  died  ] 
April  20.  1876. 
[Niixtb  Generation.]    Children: 

1862.  i,  JjlUeh  PiERCB,  b.  Feb  6,  1853. 

1803.  ii.  Lizzm  Pierce,  U  June  19,  1862. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1858.  iii.  CuHTis  Childs,  second  son  and   third  child  of 
Willijirn   and   Hannah   B.   Holmes  Childs,  b.  May  4,  1835, 
1860,  Louisa  Eveleth,  who  Wiis  bora  June,  1837, 
[Ninth  Generation,]    Children: 

1804.  i.  Jennte  Childs,  b.  March  22,  1862. 

1865.  ii,  Lucy  CmLDe,  b.  Dec.  17,  1864. 

1866.  iii.  Hannah  Chu.ds,  b.  May  16»  1867. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1856.  vii,  Rebecca  B.  Childs,  fonnh  dau.  and  seventh  child 
of  Aaron  and  Mary  Hr*ll  Child,  b.  Aug.  8,  1815,  m.  Hiram  Hall, 
abt  1842.  Mrs.  R.  B.  Child  Hall  died  in  Jamaica  Plains,  on 
the  19th  January,  1873. 
[Eighth  Gcaerntion  )     Children. 

1807,  i.  Ei>WARii  C.  Halu  Ik  April  3,  1843. 

1808.  li,  lliRAM  Oall,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1844. 
180».  iii.  Heney  G.  Hall,  b.  Jan.  23,  1849. 

1870.  iv.  Emma  R.  Hall,  b,  Aug.  23,  1853. 

1871.  V.  Walter  D.  Hall,  b.  Dec.  13.  1855. 

1872.  vi.  Albert  B.  Hall,  b.  April  13,  1858. 


[Sixth  Generation  J 

1845.  ii.  Stephkn  Childs,  second  gon  and  child  of  A 
and  Siiaannah  Gridley  Child,  b.  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  July  17, 
1771,  m.  Dec.  22,  1803,  Rebecca  Williams,  of  Dorchester,  She 
was  K  at  Hoxbuiy,  Mass.,  March  29,  1781,  and  d.  Jan.  3, 1865. 
Mrs.  Rebecca  W.  Childs  was  a  descendant  of  Gov.  Winslow,  of 
Massachusetts,  her  mothers  maiden  name  being*  Rebecca  Wins- 
low.     He  «1.  Jan.  16,  1863,  aged  91. 


17.       \ 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTSw 


287 


[SeTenth  Oenomtiun.]    Children: 

1873.  i*  Bebbcca  Winslow  Cmilds,  b.  1804,  m.  June  12,  1832^  Reuben  M, 
StaekfHjle. 

1874.  ii.  SuSAXXAH  Chilps.  b.  Mamh  2,  1806.  m,  Feb.  10,  1836,  Galen  V. 
Bowditoh, 

1875.  lii.  Stephen  Cbilds.  Jr.,  K  Jan.  25,  1808,  m.  Oct.  1,  1845,  Harriet 
Richardson. 

1876.  iv.  Henev  Cbilixs  h.  Dec.  31,  1800,  m.  May  10,  1863,  Elleu  J.  Neal. 

1877.  V-  MiRTBA  Williams  Cbilm,  h.  Feb.  7,  1812,  m.  Juno  12,  1838, 
Galen  V.  Bowditch. 

1878.  vi    Nathaniel  RtonLEs  f^HtLOS,  b.  July  15,  1814,  lo.  1p1.  April  30, 
1846,  Eliza  Etta  Stone;  m,  24,  Nov.  9.  \m9,  Cari4iue  1>.  llaydnn. 

187^.  vii,  Samuel  Ghidley  Thilds,  b.  >Iay  20,  1817,  d.  Jan.  lU,  1818. 

1880.  viii.  Sarah  Wlvslow  C'hildh,  b.  Det:-,  5,  1818,  m.  June  l,1848,Wm, 
J.  Hyde. 

1881.  iiL  Albert  Childs,   b.   May  3,  1821,  m.   Dec,  3,  185<S,  Anna  M, 
Dudley, 

1882.  X,  George  Childs,  b.  Dec.  37,  1823,  d.  Feb,  15,  1869,  unm. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1873.  i.  Rebecca  Winslow  Childs,  eldest  child  of  Stephen 
and  Rebecca  Williaoie  Childs,  b.  in  Roxbury»  Mass.,  m  1804^ 
m.  June  12,   1832,   Reuben  Markhnm  Steickfxile^  who   was  b. 
April  8,  1792.     Reside  at  Boaion  Highlands, 
[Eighth  GencraUon,]    Children: 

11883.  i.  I'tiARLEs  Markiiam  Stackpole,  b. Sept,  23,  1833,  d.  Aug.  24,  1834. 
1884.  ii.  Horace  Markham  Stagkpole,  b,  March  16,  1835,  d.  Sept.  7, 
1887. 
,    1885.  iii,  Anxa   WiNsrx»w  Stackpole,  b.  Jan.  3,  1838»  m.  July  28,  1  f  04 
^(dward  MouIUdu  Lanea-fter, 
I    188«,  iv.  George  Reuben  Stackpole,  b.  Sept.  23,  1839,  d.  Sept.  15, 1858. 
1887.  V.  Frederick  William  Stackpole,  b.  Aug,  20,  1841. 
1888.  vi.  Stephen  Henry  Stackpole,  b.  July  24,  1843,  in.  Oct.  18,  1871, 
JnUa  Langley  Faunce. 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

1885.  ill.  Anna  Winslow  Stagkpole,  eldest  dau.  and  third 

child  of  Rebecca  W.  Cbilds  and  Reuben   M.  Stackpole,  b.  in 

Roxbury»  Mass.,  Jan.  2,  1838,  rn.  July  28,  18<]4,  Prof.  Edward 

Motilton  Lancaster,  who  was  b.  March  29, 1832.     Prof,  Lancas- 

^ier  is  the  Principal  of  the  High  School,  at  Hyde  Park,  Mass., 

^Ae  has  rec^ently  edited  a  '^History  of  England''  for  schools, 

f      [Ninth  Generation,]    Children: 

1880.  i.  Edward  Winslow  LANrAwTER,  b.  March  2,  1806. 

1890.  ii.  Alice  Rebecca  Lancaster,  b.  Oct  15,  1869. 

1891,  iii.  Helen  Abbie  Lancaster,  b.  July  29,  1879. 
p      [Eighth  Generation,] 

kK  1888*  vi.  Bev.  Stephen  Henry  Stackpole,  youngest  son 
^Tnd  child  of  Rebecca  Winslow  Childs  and  Reuben  M.  Stack* 


S88 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBUBY,  MASS. 


pole,  h  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  July  24,  1843,  m.  Oct  18,  1871, 
Julia  Langley  Fauoce,  who  was  b.  FeK  1843.  Rev.  Mn  S.  H* 
Stack  pole  is  a  clergyman  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  now  ro- 
dent at  Saxtoos  River,  Windham  Co.,  Vt 
[Ninth  Generation,]    Children: 

1892.  i.  Markham  WiNSLOW  Stackpole,  b.  June  5,  1873. 

18^S,  ii.  PiZRPONT  Lakolet  Stackpole,  b.  Feb.  Its,  1875. 

[Seventh  Generation,! 

1874.  ii.  Susannah  Childs,  second  dau.  and  child  of  Ste- 
phen and  Rebecca  Williams  Childs,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Mch, 
2,  1806,  m.  Feb.  10,  1836,  Galen  V,  Bowditcb.  Mrs.  Sasannal 
C.  Bowditch  was  the  second  wife  of  Mr.  G.  V.  Bowditch,  hi^ 
first  wife  was  her  younger  sister,  Martha  WilHams  Childs, 
whom  Mn  Bowditeh  was  m.  June  12,  1833.  She  d.  Feb. 
1834.  Mrs.  Susannah  C.  Bowditch  d.  Oct  17,  1869. 
[Eighth  Geiiemtion.]     ChiJdi-^^n.: 

18D4.  i.  Spsan  Bowditch,  d.  in  infancy, 

1895.  ii    Galen  Bowditch,  b.  Nov.  23,  1837,  in  Roxbury,  Mass 

1896.  ill.  Mabtha  Chelus  Bowditch.  b.  .Jan.  5*  1810,  in  Roxbury, 

1897.  iv.  Joseph  E^tv  BowDmn,  b.  Mch.  1843.  d.  Jan.  5.  1871. 

[Seventh  Genenition.] 

1875.  iii,  Stephen  CeiLDS,  Jr.,  eldest  son  and  third  child  of 
Stephen  and  Rebecca  Williams  Childs,  Ix  in  Rt:>xbiiry,  Mass., 
Jan.  26,  1808,  m.  Oct  1st,  1845,  Harriet  Richardson,  dau.  of 
Jonathan  and  Lois  Parker  Richardson.  She  was  b.  Sept  25, 
1820.  Mr.  Stephen  Childs,  Jr.,  removed  to  New  Hartford, 
Oneido  Co.,  New  York,  in  1830,  and  carried  on  the  tanning 
and  currying  business  for  many  years  with  much  success.  Mr. 
Childs  is  a  man  of  pleasing  presence,  and  much  esteemed*  Mrs. 
Childs  belongs  to  a  family  of  high  respectability,  and  is  a  lady 
of  most  noble  qualities.  Residence  New  Hartford,  Oneida 
N.  Y. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1898.  i.  Stephen  Hekry  Childs,  b.  Sept.  7. 1846,  m.  1876,  Mary  Elizaliet 
Jenkins, 

1890   ii.  Alhkrt  Nathaniel  Childs,  b.  Feb,  20,  Wm,  d.  April  9,  1850. 

1900.  jii,  Emily  Lois  Chhjjs,  b,  July  9.  1852. 

1901.  iv.  Sarah  ELizAnETH  Childs,  b.  Feb.  5,  1854,  d-  June  16,  185«. 

1902.  y.  WiLLiAH  Richardson  CaiLDf!,  b,  Dec.  18,  1856,  d.  June?  25,  1878 

1903.  vi.  Edward  Winsjxjw  Childs,  b.  Ma?  SO,  1859» 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

1898.  i  Stephen  HE^^tY  Childs,  eldest  son  and  child  of 
Stephen  and  Harriet  Richardson  Childs,  b.  in  New  Hartford,  Ne 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 

York,  Sept  7,  1846,  m.  in  1876,  Mary  Elizabeth  Jenkins,  daiL 
of  William  and  Delia  Hall  Jenkina     She  was  b.  in  New  York 
City,  Sept  13, 1854. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

1904.  i.  Willie  Richardson  Childs,  b.  April  30,  1877. 

1905.  ii.  Edith  May  Childs.  b.  Feb.  21,  1880,  in  New  Hartford,  Oneida 
Co.,  N.Y. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1876.  iv.  Henry  Childs,  second  son  and  fourth  child  of 
Stephen  and  Rebecca  Williams  Childs,  b.  in  Roxbury,  IVIass., 
Dea  31,  1809,  m.  May  10,  1853,  Ellen  Jane  Neal.  Mr.  Henry 
Childs  d.  Jan.  25,  1876.  Resided  in  Boston,  and  Cambridge- 
port  He  was  a  printer. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 

1906.  i.  Harrt  Nbal  Child,  b.  Nov.  8,  1854. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1878.  vi.  Nathaniel  Ruggles  Childs,  third  son  and  sixth 
child  of  Stephen  and  Rebecca  Williams  Childs,  b.  in  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  July  15,  1814,  m.  April  30,  184(),  Eliza  Etta  Stone,  who 
d.  June  12,  1857.  Mr.  Childs  m.  2d,  Nov.  9,  1859,  Caroline 
D.  Hayden.  Resided  in  Dorchaster,  New  Bedford  and  Rox- 
bury, Mass.;  engaged  largely  in  the  shoe  and  leather  business. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

1907.  i.  Martha  Winslow  Childs,  b.  Jan.  25,  1847,  m.  Dec.  27,  1870, 
Edward  W.  Nash. 

1908.  ii.  Nathaniel  Ruqgles  Childs,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  1849,  resides  in 
Elgin.  111. 

1909.  iii.  Mary  Stone  Childs,  b.  Aug.  18,  1850,  d.  Feb.  20,  1854. 

1910.  iv.  Eliza  Etta  Childs,  b.  May  16,  1852. 

1911.  V.  Frances  Stone  Childs,  b.  Nov.  6,  1853,  d.  March  25. 1854. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1880.  viii.  Sarah  Winslow  Childs,  fourth  daughter  and 
eighth  child  of  Stephen  and  Rebecca  Williams  Childs,  b.  in 
Hoxbury,  Mass.,  Dec.  5,  1818,  m.  June  1,  1848,  William  J. 
Hyde.  Reside  in  Brookline,  Mass.;  bricklayer  by  occupation. 
[Eighth  Generation]    Children: 

1912.  i.  Mart  Elizabeth  Hyde,  b.  May  11.  1849. 

1913.  ii.  Rebecca  Williams  Hyde,  b.  March  19,  1851. 

1914.  iii.  Harriet  Childs  Hyde,  b.  March  19, 1854,  m.  June  15.  1876, 
Robert  Watson  Standart. 

1915.  iv.  Albert  Childs  Hyde,  b.  Oct.  18,  1858,  d.  May  9, 1864. 

1916.  ▼.  George  William  Hy*de,  b,  June  4,  1861. 


290 


BENJAMIN  CmLD  OF  ROXBUBY,  MASS. 


[Eighth  Genemtion.] 

1914.  iii.  Harriet  Childs  Hyde,  third   dau.  and  child  oP 
Sarah  Wioslow  Childs   aud   William  J.   Hyde,  b,  March   10, 
1854,  m.  June  15,  1876.  Robert  Watson  Standart  of  Detroii,^ 
Mich.     Hardware  merchant,  of  the  firm  of  *' Standart  Broth-^ 
ers,"  in  Detroit 
[Ninth  Generation.]     Children: 

1917.  i.  Sa&ah  Wi>s^Law  Standart,  h  gept.  23,  3877.  d,  JuJy  6.  1878,  ii| 
Detroit,  Mich, 

1918.  ii.  William  EsTY  Stakdart,  b.  Oct,  25,  1879,  in  Detroit.  Mich. 

[Sevt'Uth  Geuemtioii.J 

1881,  ix.  Albert   Childs,   fifth  son   and   ninth   chOd  ofl 
Stephen  and  Rebecca  Williams  Childs,  b.  in  Roxbnry,  Mass.,] 
May  3,  1831,   m.   Dec  3.  1850,   Anna  M,  Dudley.     Beside  ir 
Roxhury,  Mass.;  leather  merchant^  Boston. 
[Eighth  Genettttion.]    Childrt^n : 

1919.  i,  Albert  Walter  Cuilds,  b.  April  11,  1861t  in  Roxbury,  Mass. 

1920.  ii.  FiiEDBtticK  Tracy  Childs,  b,  April  16,  1866,  in  Roxbury,  Muss. 

[Sixth  Genemtinn.] 

1846,  iii.  Susannah  Child,  eldest  dau.  and  third  child 
Aaron   and    Susannah    Gridley  Child,  K  in  Brookline,   Mass., 
Aug.  22,   1776,  m.   1804,  William  Blake.     She  d.  in   Boston, 
Mass.,  Ang.  31,  1866,  re.  90  years. 
[Seventh  Gi^ne ration.]     rhildren : 

1921.  i.  WrLLtAM  Blake,  Jr.,  [date  of  birth  not  ^ven]  iL  1839. 

1922.  ii,  Jakes  Blake,  [date  of  birth  not  given]  went  to  Indiana. 
1938.  iii.  John  Blake,        **  "  **        m.  abt.  1833  Lucretia  - 

[Seventh  Generation  ] 

1923.  iii.  John  Blake,  third   son   and   child  of   Susannah" 

Child  and  William  Blake,  m.  about  1833  Lucretia  ^ 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Children:  ^M 

1024.  i,  Anna  M.  Blake,  b.  Nov.  2,  1834,   ra.  Sept.  6,  1854,  Francis  H,       < 
Holton. 

1925.  ii.  Walter  F.  Blake,  b  June  13.  1836 

1926.  iii.  Edwin  H.  Blake,  b.  Nov.  2,  1838,   m,  June  1,   1802,  Mary  E. 
Parkhnrst. 

1927.  iv.  Clara  M.  Blake,  h,  Aug.  31,  1841,  m.  Jnne  23.  1874,  Dr.Bj 
R.  Harmon, 

1928.  V.  Theodoee  E.  Blake,  b.  Dec.  30,  1843, 

1929.  vi.  Evelyn  Amelia  Blake,  b.  Jan.  13,  1845,  m.  Nov.  8, 1868,  Eben. 
Pratt, 

1930.  vii.  Fbeperick  Wflliam  Blaki:.  b.  May  I,  1848. 
1981.  viii.  Arthur  Wellesi-bt  Blake,  b.  Oct.  14,  1851, 
1933,  ix.  Irene  Adelia  Blake,  b.  April  13,  1854.  d.  Jnly  30,  1876, 

1933.  X.  JosiAQ  QuiNi'Y  Blake,  b.  March  30,  1856,  d.  Sept.  9,  1858, 

1934,  xi,  GEOR«iE  Wash lnu ton  Blake,  b.  Feb.  4,  1861. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  291 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1924.  i.  Anna  M.  Blake,  eldest  child  of  Jbhn  and  Lucretia 
Blake,  and  granddaughter  of  Susannah  Child  Blake,  b.  Nov.  2, 
1834,  m.  Sept.  6,  1854,  Francis  H.  Holton. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

1»35.  i.  Francis  H.  Holton,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1856. 

1936.  ii.  Frederick  Blake  Holton,  b.  Dec.  23,  1858,  d.  April  1,  1864. 

1937.  ui.  Anna  M.  Holton,  b.  Nov.  80,  1864,  d.  Feb.  18,  1866. 

1938.  iv.  Edward  L.  Holton,  b.  May  4,  1867,  d.  Aug.  1,  1868. 

[Eighth  Generation] 

1926.  iii.  Edwin  H.  Blake,  third  child  and  second  son  of 
John  and  Lucretia  Blake,  and  grandson  of  Susannah  Child 
Blake,  b.  Nov.  2,  1838,  m.  June  1,  1862,  Mary  E.  Parkhurst 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

1939.  i.  Charley  Earnest  Blake,  b.  June  4. 1863,  d.  Oct.  26,  1863. 

1940.  ii.  Eddi|glena  Marion  Blake,  b.  Aug.  7, 1864,  d.  Aug.  27, 1864. 

1941.  iii.  Alfred  Elma  Blake,  b.  May  27,  1866. 

1942.  iv.  Clarence  Willpred  Blake,  b.  July  27,  1869. 
1948.  V.  John  Quincy  Blake,  b.  Oct.  14,  1874. 

1944.  vi.  Edwina  May  Blake,  b.  Dec.  11,  1875. 

[Eighth  Generation] 

1927.  iv.  Clara  M.  Blake,  second  dau.  and  fourth  child  of 
John  and  Lucretia  Blake,  and  granddaughter  of  Susannah 
Child  Blake,  b.  Aug.  31,  1841,  m.  June  23,  1874,  Dr.  Byron 
R.  Harmon. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

1945.  i.  Bertie  Clayton  Harmon,  b.  Aug.  15,  1876,  d.  April  10,  1878. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1929.  vi.  Evelyn   Amelia  Blake,  third  dau.  and  sixth 
child  of  John  and  Lucretia  Blake,  and  granddaughter  of  Su- 
sannah Child  Blake,  b.  Jan.  29,  1845,  m.  Nov.  2,  1866,  Eben. 
Pratt 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

1»46.  i.  Frederic  Lincoln  Pratt,  b.  Jan.  9,  1867. 

1W7.  ii.  Alice  Evelyn  Pratt,  b.  Feb.  16,  1873. 

1948.  iii.  SuBAN  Whbaton  Pratt,  b.  Feb.  16,  1875. 

1949.  iv.  William  Earnest  Pratt,  b.  Nov.  21,  1878. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

1848.  V.  Mary  Childs,  third  dau.  and  fifth  child  of  Aaron 
and  Susannah  Gridley  Childs,  b.  in  Brookline,  Mas&,  Feb.  4, 
1788,  m.  abt.  1808,  Rufus  Babcock,  of  Boston.  She  d.  in 
Helrose,  Mass.,  Sept.  2, 1864. 


292 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASa 


[Seventh  Generatinn.]    Child: 

1950.  i.  Caeoune  A  Bad€OOK.  h.  S«pt.  6,  1809,  in  April 20, 1M4,  Jos^plj 
H.  Greene,  of  Deerfield,  N.  H.  She  d.  in  MtMrose,  Muss„  April  19,  1871 
He  d.  Dec-.  8,  1867. 

[Eighth  Generation  ]      Children: 

1951.  L  JosEPB  Waraen  Gkcene,  b.  April  26,  1837,  in  Boston,  d.  April 
1,  1S44 

1»53  ii.  Bkkjamin  Fra.vkuk  Greene,  b.  April  2a.  1889,  in.  June 4,  IB^Ij 
Sarah  P.  Holmes. 

19?S3.  iii.  Caroline  Josephixe  Greene,  b.  March  24,  1842,  m.  Sept.  l1 
1802.  Hour)-  A.  Leonard. 

1954.  iv/  Mary  A.  Greejte,  b.  Oct.  10.  I81«,  m.  Sept.  8, 1808,  Dr.  Joseph^ 
Eeber  Smith 

[Eighth  Generatioir.] 

1952.  iL  Benjamin   Franklin  Gtheene,  second  son  an 
child  of  J<>sepli  EL  and  Caroline  A.  Babcock  Greene,  and  grand 
son  of  Mar)^  Cbilds  Bubcock,  b.  April  23,   1 H39,   m.  June  4f 
1861,   Sarah  F.  Holmes,   in  Melrose,  Masj?.     She   was  U  ia 
Charlestown,  Mass.,  Nov.  8,  1839. 
[Ninth  Genpration.]     Children: 

1955.  i.  Edito  FftANt  ks  Greene,  b.  June  12,  1868,  iix  Melrose,  Mft 

1956.  ii.   Lillian  Evelyn  Greene.  Ii,  Jan.  28,  I8»i5,  in  Chicago,  \ 

1957.  iii.  Phillip  Holmes  Greene,  i>,  S^pt.  2,  1869,  in  Chicago,  '. 
1058.  iv    JchHRPH   Greene,  b.  Jan.  2»,  1872,  d.  June  7,  1878.  in  ( 

111.,  ».  4  nio, 
1959.  T.  F&ANKLiN  Babcock  Gbeenk,  b.  May  28,  1878,  in  Chicago,  lU* 

[Eighth  GenerntioD.] 

1953.  iii.  Caroline  Josephike  Greene,  eldest  dau*  an<j 
thiiii  child  of  Joseph  H.  and  Caroline  A.  Babcock  Greene,  as 
granddaughter  of  Mary  t^hilds  and  Riifns  Babcock.  K  in  Bostoij 
March   24,   1.S4'2.  m.  Se\it.   17,  1802^  in  Melrose,  Mass,,  Henf 
A.  Leonard,  of  Taunton,  Mass. 
[Ninth  Generation-]    Chihln»n : 

1900.  i.  IIenrt  Franklin  Leonard,  b.  July  10,  1863,  in  MelrD8«,  Must 

1961.  ii.  Caroldce  Mat  Leonard,  b.  Aug,  22,  1865,  in  Melrose,  Maoi, 

[Eighth  Generation] 

1954.  iv.  Maky  a.  Greene,  second  dau.  and  fourth  child  < 
Joseph  H.  and  Caroline  A.  Babcock  Greene,  and  granddaugliter 
of  Mary  Childs  and  Rufua  Babcock,  K  in  Boston,  Mass.  OeL 
10,  1846,  m.  in  Melrose,  Mass.,  Sept  3, 1S68,  Dr.  Joseph  Heb 
Smith. 
[Ninth  Genemtion]     Chihlren: 

1962.  i.  Arline  Smitq,  h,  Dec.  8,  1871,  In  Melroac.  Mass. 
1968.  ii.  CoKRAD  Smith,  b.  Get.  27,  1878,  in  Melros«,  Mass, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  293 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

1 785.  V.  Edward  Child,  fifth  and  youngest  child  of  Edward 
and  Margaret  Weld  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Sept.  13, 1721, 
m.  abt.  1750,  a  Mrs.  Perrin,  mother  of  Augustin  Perrin. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children : 

1964.  i.  Sarah  Child,  b.  May  19,  1746,  m.  by  Rev.  Mr.  Adams,  Jan.  30, 
1771,  James  Wheaton. 

1965.  ii.  Rachel  Child,  b.  Aug.  28,  1752,  m.  by  Rev.Wm.  Gordon,  June 
13,  1776,  Payson  Williams. 

[Third  Generation.]  ' 

18.  iv.  Grace  Child,  fourth  child  and  eldest  dau.  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Grace  Morris  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Oct.  27, 
1689,  m.  May  14,  1713,  Timothy  Walker,  of  Rehoboth,  Mass., 
who  was  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Martha  Ide  Walker,  b.  Sep.  14, 
16S7.'  Mrs.  Grace  Child  Walker  was  admitted  to  the  church 
14th  June,  1724,  her  death  occurred  about  five  years  later, 
30th  Oct  1729.  Mr.  Walker  was  a  man  of  influence  in  the 
community,  and  of  wealth  for  that  period ;  he  re-married  30th 
Jan.,  1730,  Miss  Rachel  Beverly. 
[Fourth  Generation  ]    Children : 

1966.  i.  Elizabeth  Walker,  b.  April  26, 1714,  m.  March  12, 1740,  Jasiel 
Perry,  Jr. 

1967.  ii.  Martha  Walker,  b.  April  22,  1716,  d.  May  1,  1733. 

1968.  iii.  Timothy  Walker,  b.  July  25,  1718,  m.  Dec.  10,  1841,  Eliza- 
beth Carpenter. 

1969.  iv.  Huldah  Walker,  b.  Jan.  19,  1721,  m.  Oct.  25,  1742,  Josiah 
Carpenter. 

1970.  V.  Alathea  Walker,  b.  Dec,  1724,  m.  Aug.  14,  1746,  James 
Dexter. 

1971.  vi.  Eunice  Walker,  b.  Sept  4, 1728.  m.  May  11, 1749,  James  Hill. 

1972.  vii.  Martha  Walker,  2d,  b.  Feb.  17, 1739,  m.  Stephen  Hastings. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

1966.  i.  Elizabeth  Walker,  eldest  child  of  Grace  Child 
and  Timothy  Walker,  b.  in  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  April  26, 1714,  m. 
March  12,  1740,  Jasiel  Perry,  Jr.,  son  of  Jasiel  and  Rebecca 
Perry. 

[Fifth  Generation.]    Children : 
1978.  i.  Rebecca  Perrt,  b.  Sept.  4,  1742,  d.  young,  in  Rehoboth,  Mass. 

1974.  ii.  Timothy  Perrt,  b.  Aug.  8, 1744,  m.  Huldah  Hill,  of  Attleboro. 
Mass.     Had  three  children. 

1975.  iii.  Rebecca  Perrt,  2d,  b.  Aug.  5,  1746,  bapt.  as  Mehitable. 

1976.  iv.  Stephen  Perrt,  b.  May  4,  1751. 

'The  record  of  Grace  Child  who  married  Timothy  Walker  and  that  of  her 
sister  Mary  Child,  who  married  Peter  Walker  is  largely  obtained  from  *'The 
Walker's  of  the  Old  Colony  and  their  Descendants." 


294 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


1977.  V.  JABiEt  Perry,  Jr.,  b.  Juoe  15,  175B,  m.  Betsey ,    Had 

eight  children. 

1978.  vi.  Elizabeth  Perry,  b.  Dec.  16,  1755. 

1979.  vii.  Grace  Perry,  b.  April  7.  1758- 

[Fourth  GenerafcioTiJ 

€968.  ill,  CoL  Timothy  Walkjjr,  eldest  son  and  tliird  child 
of  Grace  Child  and  Timothy  Walker,  b.  in  Rehoboth,  Mass., 
July  26,  1718,  m.  Dec.  10,  1741,  Eli/.abeth  Cai'peuter,  dau.  of 
Ebenezer  Carpenter^  of  Attleboro,  Masa  She  was  U  April  iil, 
1720.     She  d.  July  2,  1780.     Mr.  Walker  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Patience 

.     Col.  Walker  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution.     He  wa^y 

chosen  as  selectman  of  Rehoboth,  represented  the  town  in  thl^l 
General  Court  of  Massachusetts,  and  was  a  delegate  to  the  Pro* 
vincial  Congress  1774-5.  ^_ 

[Fifth  Genomtion.]     Children;  ^H 

1980.  i,  Lk.piiA  Walker,  b.  Aug.  4,  1743,  m.  April  16. 1761.  Joho  Peny, 
Hud  six  (.'hildren* 

1981.  ii,  Sarah  Walker,  b,  July    14,  1745.    m.    May  21,    1766,   Jofc 
Bishop.     Had  five  childr<^n. 

1982.  ill.  Betty  Wai.kkr.  h.  April  8,  1747»  d.  imni, 

1983.  iv.  Lydia  Walker,  b.  May  1.  1749,  m.  Nov,  16,  1767,  Amos  Rend. 

1984.  V.  Timothy  Walkkii,  b.  May  22,  1751,  m.  June  2,  1774.  Molly 
Wilmarth.  who  had  seven  children,  d.  Sept.  7,  1791;  m.  2d,  July  ll»  1793, 
Lucy  Kedwny.  who  had  seven  children. 

1985.  vi  HrLt>AH  Walkeh,  h.  April  29,  1755,  m.  179U  Joseph  Ch&ITer. 
Had  f  u u  r  child  re n . 

1980.  vit,  Martha  Walkek,   b.  June  13,  1758,  m.  Feb.  8,  1780,  Jo 
Davis.     Had  nine  ehildreu. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

19f)9.  iv.  HuLDAn  Walker,  third  dau,  and  fourth  child  of 
Grace  Child  am]  Timothy  Walker,  b.  in  Rehobotb,  Masa,  Ja 
19,  1721,  ni.  Oct.  25,  1742,  Josiah  Carpenter,  son  of  01 
Carpenter,     Resided  in  Cumberland,  R.  L     She  d.  in  1747* 
[Fifth  Generation.]     Children: 

1987.  i.  (  YRiL  Carpkntkh,  b.  Aug.  27,  1743,  m.  Nov.  2d.  17^,  Lq 
Lang  or  Lajie.     Had  *?leven  i-hildren. 

1988.  ii.  Josiah  CARPKNTKit,  b.  Jan.  5.  1747,  m.  Sept.  21, 1769,  Ha 
befch  Wilmarth.    Had  five  children. 

[Foarth  Genemtinn.] 

1970.  V.  Alathea    Walker,  fourth  daiL  and  fifth  child  oE^ 
Grase  Child  and  Timotliy  Walker,  b,  in  Rehoboth,  Maa&^Dea^ 
1734»  m.  Aug,  14,  1746,  James  Dexter,  of  Attleboro,  Maaai    Re- 
sided in  Cumberland,  R,  I. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  295 

[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

ld89.  i.  HopfiSTiLL  Dexter,  b.  about  1747,  m.  Benjamin  May;  had  seven 
children. 

Id90.  iL  Jambs  Dexter,  m.  Rebecca  Wheeler. 

1991.  iii.  HuLDiTH  Dexter,  m.  1st,  Stephen  Brown;  m    2d,  Mr.  FoUett. 

1992.  iv.  OuYBR  Dexter. 

1993.  V.  Mercy  Dexter,  m.  Benjamin  Wolcott. 

1994.  vi.  Simeon  Dexter,  d.  unmarried. 

1995.  vii.  Esek  Dexter,  m.  Margaret  Coleman 

1996.  viii.  Benjamin  Dexter,  m.  Mary  Dexter. 

1997.  ix.  Nancy  Dexter,  m.  Jeremiah  Whipple. 

1998.  X.  All\thea  Dexter,  d.  unmarried. 

1999.  xi.  Lucina  Dexter,  m.  Dea  John  Dexter 

2000.  xii.  Timothy  Dextbr,  m.  Sarah  Messenger. 

f  Fourth  Generation.] 

1971.  VI.  Eunice  Walker,  fifth  dau.  and  sixth  child  of 
Crrace  Child  and  Timothy  Walker,  b.  in  Rehoboth,  Mass., 
Sept  4,  1728,  m.  May  11,  1749,  James  Hill,  a  man  remarkable 

for  his  integrity  and  punctuality.      Mrs.  Hill  d.  Dec.  31,  1772- 

[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

2001.  i.  Barbara  Hill,  d.  unmarried  in  Rehoboth,  Mass. 

2002.  ii.  Phcebb  Hill,  d  unmarried  in  Rehoboth,  Mass. 
2008.  iii.  Eunice  Hill,  d.  unmarried  in  Rehoboth,  Mass. 

2004.  iv.  James  Hill,  Jr.,  m.  Freelove  Andrews;  had  six  children. 

2005.  V.  Hannah  Hill,  m.  Jonathan  Hayes;  had  nine  children 

2006.  vi.  John  Hill.  m.  Mehitable  Waiker ;  resided  in  Clarendon,  Vt. 

2007.  vii.  C^TNTHiA  Hill,  m.  Asa  Angell ;  resided  in  New  Berlin,  N.  Y. 

2008.  viii.  Sarah  Hill,  m.  John  Lamed;  resided  in  (Uarendon,  Vt. 

2009.  ix.  Daniel  Hill,  m.  Sarah  Hutchins;  resided  in  New  York  and 
had  several  children. 

2010.  X.  Lucy  Hill,  ra.  David  Hill ;  had  two  children. 

[Third  Generation.] 

19.  V.  Mary  Child,  second  dau.  and  fifth  child  of  Benja- 
min and  Grace  Morris  Child,  b.  in  Eoxbury,  Mass.,  Oct.  26, 
1791,  m.  Jan.  9,  1715,  Peter  Walker,  who  was  b.  Sept.  18, 
1689,  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Martha  Ide  Walker.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Walker  were  admitted  to  communion  Oct.  10, 1724.  Mrs.  Mary 
Child  Walker  d.  between  1730  and  '32.  Mr.  Walker  was  twice 
married  after — 2d  m.  Jan.  18,  1733,  Mrs.  Martha  Read ;  3d  m. 

Bethiah .     At  his  death  his  inventory  amounted  to  £238. 

[Fourth  Generation.]    Children : 

2011.  L  Mary  Walker,  b.  Aug.,  1716,  m.  March  9,  1737,  Daniel  Perry. 

2012.  ii.  Samubl  Walker,  b.  July  14,  1718,  m.,  had  1  son.l 

d.  before  1746.  I  Twins. 

2013.  iii.  Peter  Walker,  Jr.,  b.  July  14, 1718,  m.  Hannah  [ 
FnUer,  of  Willington,  Ct. ;  had  six  children.  J 


296  BEKJAKIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 

2014.  iv.  Patibnce  Wjllker,  b,  April  27, 1720.  d.  Jaly  19,  1741. 

2015.  T.  John  Walkkr,  b.  Oct  3,  IT2U  id,  Molly  -^^~. 

2016.  vi,  Hannah  Walker,  \k  March  6,  172^,  m.  John  Peck. 
2011  vii,  Grace   Walker,   /  «.   .       \.    ^     ..  ^^^  d  Dec  14 

2019.  ix.  Moses  Walkek,  b.  Nov.  2,  1?25,  d.  Nov.  21,  1725. 

2020.  X,  Moses  Walker,  2d.  b,  Oct.  5,  1726*  ra.  MArch  15,  1753,  isar 
Bowea.  who  d.  March  or  May  3,  1768;  ra.  2d.   Miireh  2,   1769,  Deliveraiic 
Carpienter  Read;  m.  3dj  Mrs.  Jemimii  Walker  Bishop. 

2021.  xi.  Aaron  Walker,  b.  0<t.  1%    17ZS,  m.  Jan.  30,  1755, 
Carpenter;  m.  2d,  Dec.  22,  1763,  Huldah  WhilUker. 

2022.  xiL  OR.4CB  Walkek,  b.  Dec.  28,  4780. 

2023.  xiii.  Ephraim  Walkeh.  b.  Dec.  1.  1736,   m.  Dec.  26,  1771, 
Idc. 

pp^ourth  Geoeration.J 

2011.  I  Mary  Walker,  eldest  cliild  of  Mary  Child  and 
Peter  Walker,  b.  in  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  August.  1716,  m,  Marcb 
9,  1737,  Daniel  Perry  of  fiehoKith. 
[Fifth  GeneratioQ.]    Children: 

2024-  i.  Daniel  Perry,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  15,  1739. 

2025.  ii,  Ezra  Perry,  b.  May  22.  1741. 

2026.  iii.  Noah  Perry,  b.  Oct.  3.  1743. 

2027.  iv.  Mary  Perry,  b.  Aug.  5,  1745. 

2028.  V.  Daniel  Perry,  b.  April  3.  1748. 
2039.  vi.  Lydia  Perry,  b.  April  30,  1750, 
8030.  Til.  EuJAtt  Pe&ry,  b.  ^ov.  19,  1752. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

2013.  iii.  Peter  Walker,  Jr.,  second  son  and  third  child 
of  Mary  Child  and  Peter  Walker,  b.  in  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  July 
14,  1718,  m.  Hannah  Poller  of  Willington,Ct.;  resided  in  Ash- 
ford,  Ct 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

2031.  i.  S.iMC EL  Walker,  b.  Sept.  2,   1748,  m.  Alice  Case;  had  eleven 
children. 

2032.  ii.  Peter  Walker,  b.  1760,   rn.  Sally  Carpenter;  had  three  chil-" 
dren. 

2033.  iii.  Mary  Walker,  m,  David  TuUle;  had  six  children. 

2034.  iv.  .Sarah  Walker,  m.  Jonathan  Peck;  resided  in  Randolph,  Vt 

2035.  V,  Hannah  Walker,  in.  Ebenezer  Cross;  resided  in  Canada. 

2036.  vi,  Grace  Walker,  in.  Levi  Wakefield;  six  children,  resided  in 
Stafford,  Ct. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

2015.  V.  John  Walker,  third  son  and  fifth  child  of  Maryl 
Child  and  Peter  Walker,  b.  in  Rehoboth,  Masa,  Oct.  3,  1721, 
m,  Molly      — —  about  1751.     He  was  a  "Capt  and  Gent,'"  in 
1788  ;  and  a  noted  man  io  Rehoboth,  sergeant  of  the  Minute 


AKD  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 


297 


b.  Nuv.  1.  1752,  rU  iinmtimed,  1831 

lU,    1780^    Phoebe 


Men  in  Lexington  alarm,  from  Rehoboth,  and  sa^w  service  in 
the  Revolution. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 
20S7.  i.  John  Walker,  Jr  , 

20.HS.  ii.  Calvin   Walker,  U  Jan.  5.  1754,   "i-  F^^^- 
LCole;  ha<l  eight  children. 

r      2039.  iii,  Molly   Walker,   \\   Dec.  6,  1756,  m.  Sept  23,    17—    Caleb 
Ormsbte  *>t  PD*viilence,  R.  I, 

3040.  iv,  Petkh  Walkbr,  b.  March  29^  1759;  sailed   froru   Providence 
and  never  again  heard  from* 

8041.  V.  JosiiLPH  Walreh,  h.  Feb,  24,  1761,  m.  Dec.  8,  1784,  Sarah  T^nej 
reaided  in  Nelson,  N.  Y.;  eight  children. 

2043.  vi.  Amy  Walker,  l>.  Feb.  24,  1762,  d.  young. 

3043*  vii.  Elizabeth  Walker,  b,  Feb.  27,  1763,  d.  in  early  womanhood, 

.      ^044.  viii.  Luther  Walker,  b.  Jan.  7,  176*5,  m.  Maiy  Weaver,  dan.  of 

'  Capt,  Lewis  Weaver  of  Lansingbiirgh,  N,  Y. :  had  five  children.     Resided 

at  one  time  in  Troy,  N.  Y  ,  and  while  there  he  built  for  himsell  the  first 

two-story  house  in  Troy. 

204*1.  ix.  Lydja  Walker,  b,  Feb.  10,  1768,  m.  Aug  30.  1796,  Nathaniel 
'  Croade  of  North  Pruvideiice,  R,  I. 

3040.  X.  George  Whitefibld  Walker,   b.  Feb,  7,  1770,  m,  April  14, 
1 796,  Mehitable  Bucklin;  hnd  eight  children, 

2047.  XL  BoswoRTH  Walker,  b,  Marrh  1,  1773,  m.  Feb.  9,  1803,  Eliza- 
Weaver,  dftu,  of  Capt.  Lewis  Weaver;  hafl  seven  children. 
'  '0048,  xii,   Wn^LiAM  Walker,  b.  March  27,  1775,  d,  in  infancy. 
2040.  xiii.  Elwam  Walker,  b,  Feb,  10,  1777,  d.  in  yuuth. 

[Fonrth  Generation.] 

2019.  X.  LieuL  Moses  Walker,  filth  son  and  tenth  child 

of  Mary  Child  and  Peter  Walker,  b.  in  Rehoboth^  Mass.^  OctN, 

b6j  I72t>.     He  was  three  times  married— Ist^  March  15,  1753, 

ISarah  Bowen,  daoghter  of  Peter  and  Susannah  Bowen,  she  d* 

(in  1768;  m,  2d,  Mch.  2^   1769,   Deliverance  Carp^enter  Read, 

Bbe  d.  Mch.  20,  1789  ;  ul  3d,  Mrs.  Jemima  Walker  Bishop, 

i^ifth  Generation.]    Children : 

2050.  i.  SuaAJSNAii  Walker,   b.  July  1,  1754,    m.   David  Bliss;  three 
Bhildren. 

a05L  ii.  HtjLBAH  Walker,  b.  Sept.  20,   1756,  ra.  Feb,  15,  1785,  Isaac 
Brown ;  resided  in  Barnet,  Vt, ;  sieven  children, 

2052.  iii,  MosE^  Walker,  b.  Dee.  16,  170U,  m,  Ist,  April  10,  1788,  Anna 
Brown:  m,  2d,    Aug.   14,    1787,   Mar>'   Whittaker;  m.  3d,   1700,  Hannah 
Carpenter. 
k     2053.  iv.  Sarah  Walker,  b.  June  13,   1763,  m.  Ebentizer  French;  re- 
■sided  in  Halifax,  Vt. 

3054,  V.  Ethel  Walker,  b.  Aug.  28,  1769,  ra.  Nov,  35,  1795,  Susannah 
f  Carpenter.   He  d.  in  Webster,  Mich.,  **  not  of  age  but  of  medicine,"  says  his 
t>n,  who  is  an  M,  D,;  had  eleven  children. 

W 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASa 

2055.  vi.  Benjamin  Walkkr,   b.  Oct.  19,   1770,  in.  Nov.  22,  ISOl" 
sannali  BuUock.     He  was  farmer,  selectman,  lister,  justice  of  the  peace  aa 
representative  to  state  legislature;  resided  la  Lyndoa,  Vt.;  had  4  ehildr 

8056.  Tii.  Aabok  Walker,  b.  Jan.  9,   1776,  m.  1^00,  Betsey  Hoifma 
who  d.  Oct.  la  1836;  m  2d,  Feb.  25,  1827,  Mrs.  Sally  Gould  Leman. 
was  first  a  Methodist,  second  of  United  Brethren,  third  a  Cumberland  Pr 
byterian,  fourth  a  Dunkard,  and  fifth  a  Baptist.**     Had  twelve  children. 

2057,  viri.   Un.LE  or  Delia  Walker,  b.  Aug.  21,  1772.  ni.  April  7.  1^ 
Henry  Hoffman;  resided  in  Verniout;  thi-ee  children. 

2058.  ix.  Lucy  Walker,  b.  April  3,   1774,   m.  Feb.  26.  1793,  Abel  Wil^ 
luarth ;  five  children. 

205».  X.  HAriNAH  WAi^KKR  b.  Dec,  23,  1777,  d.  befoiv?  1806. 

2000.  xi.  Ezra  Walker,  b.  Oct.  28,  1780.  m,  1st.  Martha  Blanding.  whq 
d*  &3ept.  1,  1816;  m,  2d,  Dec  1»  181d»  Mary  Eohinson ;  resided  in  Attlebor 
Mass. ;  h»vd  eleven  children. 

f Fourth  Generation.] 

2021.  xi.  Lieut  Aaron  Walker,  sixth  son   and  eleventh 
child  of  Mary  Child  and  Peter  Walker,  b.  in  Rehoboth,  Mas&, 
Oct  19,  1728,  m.  1st,  Jan.  30,  1755,  Esther  Carpenter,  dau, 
Abiah  and  Experience  Carpenter,  she  d.  Jane  16,  1763; 
2d,  Dec.  22,  1763,  Hukkh  Whitlaker,  dau.  of  Israel  and  Ma^ 
garet  W.     He  d.  in  Roxbury,  at  the  siege  of  Boston,  of  camf 
fever, 
[Fi  ft  h  G  e  ne  ml  ion .  ]    Chi  Id  ren : 

200L  i.  Patiknck  Walkkh,   b.  Mch.  21,  1756,   m.  July  30.  1778,  Ezra 
Reed;  resided  in  Langdou,  N.  H.;  had  five  children, 

2062.  ii.  Hannah  Walker,  b.  Mch.  7,  1758,  m.  May  29,  1777,  Elksn 
French;  had  eleven  <r"hild ren. 

3063.  iii.  Abiah  WALiiEtt,  b.  Mch.  2,  1760,  d.  unmarried  about  18a0, 

2064.  iv.  Samuel  Walker,  b.   Feb  4,  1702,   m.  1784,  Anna  Carpent 
had  five  children. 

2065.  v    Esther   Walker,   b.  Oct.  27.  1764.  m.   July  1,   1790,   John 
White:  six  children, 

2060   vi.  WAI.TEU  Walker,  h,  Nov.  16,  1766,  m,  June  11,   1801,  Grace 
Loomis;  resided  in  Clarendon,  Vt. ;  had  seven  children. 

2067   vii.  Relief  Walker,   b    June  25,    1769,    m.  Mch.  9,  1798»  Oti 
Walcott;  resided  in  Pawtucket,  R.  L;  seven  children. 

20«8.  viii.  Nancy  Walker,  b,  July  19,  1771,  rn,  Dec.  30,  1793,  Georgia 
SweetUnd  of  Attleboro.  Maf^s.:  two  children. 

20O9.    ix.    PAMELtA   Walker,   b.   Nov.   22.    1778,   m.  Sept  27,  1796| 
Joseph  Baker;  resided  in  Providence,  R.  I,;  seven  children. 

[Third  Generation.) 

20.  vl  Ebenezer  Child,  sixth  child  of  Benjamin/' 
and  Grace  Morris  Child,  b.  in  Eoxburj,  Mass.,  Sept  7,  1^93, 
m.  Elizabeth  Bacon  about  1720.  Mr.  Child  left  the  Roxbury 
home  and  settled  in  the  township  then  called  New  Roxburj. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 


299 


Tater  Woodstock — a  colony  of  Massacluiselts,  till  the  change  of 
boundary  line  gave  the  town  to  the  State  of  Connecticut,  here 
Lieut  Child  resided  many  years.     When   his   son,  Ebenezer, 

^  wished  to  remove  to  Vermont,  he  was  found  ready  to  encoun- 
ter anew  the  disconi foils  and  rigors  of  pioneer  lifa  'Lieut 
Child  was  a  man  of  energetic,  resolute  firmness,  but  with  a 
/nost  true  Jiffection.     His  death  occurred   in  1773,  at  Union, 

r  Orange  Co,,  Vt.      Mrs.  Elizabeth    Bacon   Child   d.  Nov.    30, 

[Fourth  Generation*!    Children: 

,  2070  i  Obadiah  Child,  h.  in  Woodstock,  Aug.  30. 1721,  d.  Dec,  3,  1722» 
I  2071.  ii.  Elizabeth  Chilb,  h.  in  Woodstock,  May  $,  1728,  d,  Jan.  20, 
^  1742. 

2072,  iii.  Susanna  Chu^d,^  b.  in  Woodstock,  Mch.  24, 1725,  **  published 
in  bans  of  matrimony,**  April  10,  1744,  to  John  Newell,  in.  Dec.  80,  1756, 
Peter  Child*     {Record  ivith  Peter  Child,  page  24*).) 
^      2078,  iv.  Ebenezkr  CeiLn,  Jr.,  h.  in  Woodstock,  April  17,  1732,  m.  Ist^ 
f  1754,  Chanty  Bugbee;  m.  2d,  1775,  Alice  Cobh 

2074.  V.  Mart  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Feb.  24,  1733,  m.  Col.  PreemaD 
of  Sturbridgp,  Mass. 
I      2075.  vi.  Kbziah  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,   Feb.  18,  1734,  m.  June  20, 
1754,  John  Bacon* 

2076.  rii.  Hannah  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Jan.  13,   1735,  m.  June  17, 
1752,  Japheth  Bicknell. 

2077.  viii.  Jemima  Child,    b.  in   Woodstock,  Feb.  12.  1736.  m.   1704, 
Beajainin  Freeman. 

2078.  ix,  Deborah  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Oct,  27,  1738. 

2079.  X,  Obadiah  Child,  2d.,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Oct.  23,  1740,  unm. 

2080.  xi,  Margaret  Child,  b.  — -,  d.  JulylS,  1742. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

2073.  iv,  Ebenezer  Child,  Jr.,  second  son  and  fourth 
child  of  Ebenezer  and  Elizabeth  Bacoo  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock^ 
Ct^  (then  called  New  Roxbnry,  Mass,,)  April  17,  1732.  Mr. 
Child  was  twice  married — first  in  1754  to  Miss  Charity  Bug- 
1  bee,  who  was  b,  in  Woodstock  in  1728,  was  the  mother  of  hia 
}  children,  and  a  woman  of  mast  lovely  character.  A  son  writes 
of  her,  "  she  died  as  she  had  livedo  a  meek  and  humble  chris- 
tian, Dec*  20,  1772 ;  she  was  courteous  to  servants,  and  one  m 
whom  the  poor  found  a  friend,  and  the  needy  was  rarely  sent 
empty  away."  The  same  son  writes  of  the  second  mother, 
Alice  Cobb,  who  m.  Mr.  Ebenezer  Child,  Jr.,  in  1776,  as  a 
most  kind  parent  and  lovely  woman. 

I  *  This  Susim  Child  who  miirried  Peter  was  erroneooaly  stated  to  have  been 
duughter  of  Nathaniel  Child. 


sou 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  BOXBUBY,  KAS3. 


Mr.  Ebenezer  Child,  Jr.,  was  a  man  of  indomitable  will  and 
when,  by  any  stress  of  circumstances,  diverted  from  the   pur- 
suit of  his  regular  business,  he  immediately  turned  to  the  best 
work  offering.     So  we  finc|  him  on  the  first  winter  after  his  re- 
moval to  Leicester,  Vt,  when  the  rigors  of  the  northern  winten™ 
prevented  further  toil  upon  his  farm,  teaching  io  Eutland,  Vol 
The  farm  he  had  chosen  was  wholly  unredeemed,  and  the  cut- 
ting of  large  forest  trees,  with   the  sturdy  stnikes  of  the  axe, 
was  an  initiative  step  lo  open  the  soil  to  the  sun  before  any 
crops  could  be  looked  for.     The  trees  felled,  a  primitive  plow- 
ing around  the  thick-stauding  stiimps  made  ready  the  groun^H 
for    corn    and    wheat       Patriotic    also,    he   was   engaged   i^H 
the  warfare,  which  darkened  the  early  years  of  the  colonies. 
He  served   in  the  French   war  under  Generals  Putnam  and 
Durkea     The  severities  of  exposure  and  labor  proved  too  vie 
lent,  and  Mr.  Child  succumbed  to  an  inflammatory  fever  at 
died  in  the  town  of  Leicester,  Addison  Co.,  Vt,  June  7,  1791 ! 
he  had  been  received  into  the  communion  of  the  church  in  1740. 
Upon  the  organization  of  the  town,  he  had  been  chosen  its  first 
town  clerk-     Mrs.  Alice  Cobb  Child  d.  Mck  22,  1801. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

2081.  i.  Sophia  Chiij>,  b.  Mch,  7,  1755.  m.  Simon  Wright. 

2062.  ii.  Pkkfel  Chu.d,  b  Mch.  7,  1757,  m.  1st,  Oct.  11, 1780,  Cb&rlotte" 
Looinis;  m.  2d,  Oct.  2*3,  1^15.  Mrs,  fiiibni  Henry. 

3083.  iii.  Perlet  Child^  b.  Dec  6^  1759,  in,  Lucy  Sjmons. 

2084,  IF.  Ebenezek  Child,  b.  Nov.  12,  176  3,  d.  Aag.  3,  1768,  in  Wood- 
stock, Ct. 

3065.  T.  Bktuiah  Chii-d,  b,  June  22,  1765,  d.  Sept.  3,  1768,  in  Wood-, 
stock.  Ct, 

8066,  vL  Elizabeth  CHn*D,  K  Dec.  29,  1767,  ro.  Abner  Brigham. 

3087.  vii.  Ebenezkr  Child,  2d,  b.  Aug,  7,  1770,  m.  Dec.  6,  1793, 
Grey. 

[Fifth  Generation. J 

2081,  i.  Sophia  Child,  eldest  daiL  and  child  of  Ebenezer^ 
Jr.,  and  Charity  Btigbee  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Mch.  7/ 
1755,  in.  abt  1774,  Simon  Wright     Mr.  Wright  was  b.  Fel^^ 
27,  1754,  and  d.  Jan.  1,  180S.     Mrs.  Sophia  Wright  A  Julj 
12,  1819. 
[Sixth  Generation.!    Children : 

2088,  i.  Garoxkr  WmaHT,  b.  Mar.  17,  1775,  m.  Mck  88, 17d7,  Jemima 
Rice, 

2089.  ii*  CHAArrr  Wright,  b.  Nor.  18, 1777,  d.  Dec.  30»  IBM. 
9000,  iii.  Polly  Wright,  b.  Sept.  16,  1780,   d.  June  13,  1818. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  301 

2091.  iv.  Emzabbth  Wright,  b.  Mch.  16,  1783,  d.  May  28, 1840. 
3092.  V.  Nancy  Wright,  b.  Aug.  7,  1785,  d  Sept.  1829. 

2093.  vl.  John  Wright,  b.  Aug.  19,  1788. 

2094.  vii.  Loyal  Wright,  b.  Dec.  25,  1791. 

2095.  viii.  Walter  S.  Wright,  b.  Aug.  3,  1794.  d.  Aug.  1829. 

2096.  ix.  Danpord  Wright,  b.  April  1,  1797. 

2097.  X.  Simeon  Wright,  b.  June  8,  1809. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2088.  i.  Gardner  Wright,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Sophia 
Child  and  Simeon  Wright,  b.  in  Vermont,  Mch.  17,  1775,  m. 
Mch.  28,  1797,  Jemima  Eice. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

2098.  i.  Joseph  W.  Wright,  b.  May  18, 1798.     Resides  in  Kalamazoo, 
Alich. 

2099  ii.  Julia  M.  Wright,  b.  Mch.  16,  1800,  d.  Meh.  16,  1825. 

2100  iii.  Alfred  Wright,  b.  Mch.  8,  1802. 

2101.  iv.  Charity  Wright,  b.  Jan  3,  1804,  d.  Feb.  21,  1841. 

2102.  V.  Betsey  Wright,  b.  Nov.  20,  1806,  m.  Mr.  Knowlton,  of  Bran- 
€3on,  Vt. 

2103.  vi.  Sophia  Child  Wright,  b.  Mch.  13,  1810. 

2104.  vii.  William  B.  Wright,  b.  Nov.  26,  1814,  d.  Oct.  25,  1848. 

2105.  viii.  George  W.  Wright,  b  Jan.  17. 1817,  d.  April  15,  1849. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

2088.  ii.  Penuel  Child,  eldest  son  and  second  child  of 
Ebenezer  and  Charity  Bugbee  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct, 
May  8,  1757,  m.  Oct.  11,  1780,  Miss  Charlotte  Loomis. 

While  quite  a  young  man,  filled  with  energy  and  cheerful 
acceptance  of  toil  and  trouble,  and  delight  in  conquered  obsta- 
cles, Mr.  Child  with  his  j^oung  wife  found  a  home  in  the  Green 
Mountain  State,  and  there  set  up  his  penates.  Mrs.  Charlotte 
Loomis  Child  died  in  Brandon,  Vt,  Jan.  11,  1815,  at  the  age 
of  fifty.  Mr.  Child  married  second  on  the  22d  October,  1815, 
Mrs.  Sabra  Cannon  Henry,  widow  of  Daniel  Henry,  of  Bran- 
don, Vt,  and  adopted  daughter  of  Mary  Winslow,  all  origi- 
nally from  Hardwick,  Mass.  Mrs.  Sabra  C.  H.  Child  died  at  the 
home  of  Penuel  Child,  Jr.,  in  Pittsfield,  Vt,  on  the  7th  March, 
1 855.  Mr.  Child  died  in  the  same,  place  August  22, 1^48,  ae.  87. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

2106.  i.  Ralpha  Rodolpha  Child,  b.  in  Union.  Ct.,  Feb.  12, 1782,  m. 
Nov.  27.  1805,  Hannah  Demming. 

2107.  ii.  John  Burnap  Child,  b.  in  Union,  Ct..  June  25, 1786,  m.  Mch. 
6,  1808,  Polly  Ganson. 

2108.  iii.  Frederick  Augustus  Child,  b.  Dec.  11,  1788,  m.  Mch.  28, 
1818,  Charlotte  Sessions. 


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BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY^  MASS. 


2109.  iv.  Penurl  Child,  Jr.,  h.  May  fl,   17H  m.  Mch.  lOp  1834,  MSy 
Henry. 

2110.  V.  Daniel  Putnam  Child,  b.  Jim.  12,  1808,  d.  Dec.  29,  184U  *t 
Schoolcraft,  Mich, 

2111.  vi.  Henry  Loomib  Child,  b.  Oct.  6,  1816,  ra.  D.  B.  H&Ie,  of  Mid- 
dlebury,  Vt. 


[Sixth  Generation.] 

2106.  i.  Ralph  A  Rodolpha  Child,  eldest  son  and  child  of 
Penuel  and  Cliarlotte  Loornis  Child,  b.  in  Union,  Ct,  Feb.  11, 
1782,  m.  No%^  27^  1S05,  Hannah  Dcmming,  daiL  of  Jonathan 
Demniing.  She  was  b*  Jan.  13|  1786,  in  Goshen,  Mass.  Mr. 
R  R  Child  d.  April  22,  1824. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 

2112.  i.  Charlotte  Child,  b.  May  9,  1807,  m,  Samuel  Granger. 

2113.  ii.  James  McCluer  Child,   b.  Mch.  31,   ISf^,  m.  Miss  Whit«»  o(j 
Water  town,  N.  Y. 

2114.  iii.  Emilia  Child,  b.  May  24,  1811,  m.  James  Brainard,  of  Wey« 
bridge,  Vt. 

2115.  iv.  John  s^chityleb  Child,  b.  Sept.  19,  1813. 
2110.  T.  Llthkh  Demmjng  Child,  b.  Meb.  5,  ISlfi. 

2117.  vi.  Henry  Rodolphus  Child,  b.  Oct.  3,  1822;  a  very  brijcrht  andffl 
lovely  ycmng  man,  who  died  in  early  manhood,  at  the  house  of  his  sisterJ 
Mrs*  C.  C.  Granger^  Castleton,  Vt. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2107.  ii.  John  Burnap  Child,  second  son  and  child  of' 
Penuel  and  Cliarlotte  Loornis  Child,  b,  in  Union,  Ct,  June  25, 
178M,  m.  Mcli,  G,  1808,  Polly  Gansoti.     He  d.  in  Pittsfield,Vt,,  ' 
Nov.  23,  1840.     Mi-s.  P.  G.  Child  d.  in  Brandon,  Vt.,  Feb. 
1822. 

[Seventh  Generation. |     Children: 

2118.  i,  Chbury  Child,  b.  June  11.  1808,  ra.  Simeon  Bigelow, 
2110.  ii.  Mart  Child,  b.  July  4,  1810.  m.  Royal  D.  Far, 

2120.  iii.  John  Jay  Child,  b.   Aug.   12,   1814,  m.  Mary  Smith. 

2121.  iv.  Jof?EPH  Putnam  Child,  b.  Aug.   12,   1815,  m.  May  :2,  IS 
Mary  Ann  Smith. 

2122,  V,  Martha  Gema^ldine  Child,  b.  Aug.   29,   1818,   m.   Freeman 
Mathews. 

2123,  vi.  PEifUEL  Gakbon  Child,  b,  Dec.  17,  1821. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2121.  iv.  Joseph  Putnam  Childs,  second  son  and  fourth 
child  of  John  Buraap  and  Polly  Ganaon  Child,  b,  in  Pittslield, 
Vt,  Aug.  12,  1815,  m.  May  12,  1844,  Mary  Ann  Smith,  dau- 
of  Robert  Smith,  of  Bellingham,  Mass.  Mr.  Childs  is  a  florist 
Residence,  Woonsocket,  R  L 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTa  808 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 
3124.  i.  Martha  Eyalihb  Ghilds,  b.  Nov.  12,  1846,  d.  Jan  9,  1849. 

2125.  ii.  Ida  Evaline  Childs,  b.  Mch.  21, 1850,  d.  Dec.  26,  1856. 

2126.  iii.  Frank  Allen  Childs,  b.  Nov.  7, 1851,  m.  Nov.  4,  1875,  Mary 
E.  Ballon. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

2126.  iii.  Frank  Allen  Childs,  only  son  of  Joseph  P.  and 
Mary  A.  Smith  Childs,  b.  Nov.  7,  1861,  m.  Nov.  4,  1875, 
Mary  E  Ballon,  dau.  of  Levi  T.  Ballon,  of  Cumberland,  R  1. 

Reside  in  Woonsocket,  R  I. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

2127.  i.  Bertha  Eloibe  Childs,  b.  Nov.  25,  1876. 

2128.  ii.  Frank  Howard  Childs,  b.  April  12,  1878. 

r  Sixth  Generation.] 

2108.  iii.  Frederick  Augustus  Child,  third  son  and  child 
^Df  Penuel  and  Charlotte  Loomis  Child,  b.  in  Union,  Tolland 
do.,  Ct,  Dea  11,  1789,  m.  Mch.   28,  1818,  Miss  Charlotte  Ses- 
sions, dau.  of  Walter  and  Anna  Loomis  Sessions     Mrs.  Char- 
lotte S.  Child,  b.  in  Union,  Ct.,  Feb.  21,  1795,  d.  Oct.  3,  1875. 
Mr.  F.  A.  Child  d.  Feb.  21,  1860,  in  Brandon,  Eutland  Co., 
Vt,  where  his  home  had  been  for  many  years. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

2129.  i.  Caroline  Frances  Gulnare  Child,  b.  Oct.  18,  1818,  m.  Mch. 
5, 1840,  Moses  J.  Enos. 

2130.  ii.  An  infant,  unchristened,  b.  1820. 

2131.  iii.  Charlotte  Child,  b.  Feb.  3, 1822,  d.  ae.  three  years  in  Middle 
bury,  Vt. 

2132.  iv.  Helen  Maria  Child,  b.  Aug.  22,  1823,  m.  Aug.  3,  1843,  Har- 
rison Ward. 

2133  V.  Antoinette  Madaline  Child,  b.  June  3,  1825;  resides  in 
Forestdale,  Rutland  Co.,  Vt. ;  teacher. 

2134.  vi.  Adeliza  C.  Child,  b.  July  1,  1828,  ra.  Feb.  25,  1847,  John 
Capen. 

2135.  vii.  Harry  G.  Child,  b.  April  30,  1830,  m.  May  12, 1852,  Juliette 
C.  AUen. 

2136.  viii.  Augusta  A.  Child,  b.  Jan.  29,  1832,  m.  Oct.  10,  1854,  Major 
Freeman  Allen. 

2137.  ix.  Sabrina  A.  Child,  b.  Oct.  28,  1834,  d.  Aug.l,  1852,  in  Bran- 
don, Vt. 

2138.  X.  George  Carroll  Child,  b.  Feb.  8,  1837,  unm. ;  resides  in 
Forestdale,  Rutland  Co.,  Vt. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2129.  i.  Caroline  Frances  Gulnare  Child,  eldest  child 
of  Frederick  Augustus  and  Charlotte  Sessions  Child,  b.  in 
Brandon,  Vt,  Oct.  18,  1818,  m.  Mch.  5,  1840,  Moses  J.  Enos, 


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BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBtTRY,  MASS. 


who  i  in  Eagle,  Wisconsin^  Mch.  9,  1877,     Mr.  Eqos  was 

native  of  Leicester,  Addison  Co.,  Vt,  where  he  was  b.  Feb.  ISg^ 

1799. 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

2139.  i.  Fhakces  a.  Enob,   h,   Feb.  10.  1S41,  at  Leicester,  Vt,.  d,  8ept^ 
13,  1844,  at  Eagle,  Wis. 

9140.  ii   Clarence  H.  Enos,   b.   Nov.  88,   1845,   d,  Bee.  24,    1854,    at 
Eagle,  WU. 

2141,  iii.  AoDiE  Ekos 
Wilbur, 


b.   May  6,  1851,  m.  Oct.  5,   1^71 ,  S,  De  Witt 


[Eighth  Generation.] 

2141.  iii,  Addie  Enos,  third  child  and  second  da  a.  of  Car 
line  F.  G.  Child  and  Moses  J.  Eoos,  b.  at  Eagle,  Waukesha  Co,j 
Wia,  May  6,  1851.  m.  Oct  5,  1871,  &  De  Witt  Wilbur,  who 
was  h.  at  Palmyra^  Jefferson  Co.,  Wis.^  July  5, 1854.  Eeaidence 
Eagle,  Wis. 
[Ninth  Generation.]     Children: 

2142.  i.  Evelyn  Bell  Wilbitk,  b.  Aug.  20,  1872,  at  Eiigle.  WLs. 

2143.  ii.  Pearl  May  Wilbur,  Yk  Nov.  14,  1875,  at  Eagle,  Wis. 
2144  iii.  MiXNiE  Daisv  Wilbur,  b,  Jun  L  1S79,  itt  Eagle.  WU. 

f Seventh  Generation.] 

21i{2,  iv.  Helen  Mari^  Child,  fourth  dau.  and  child  of 
Frederick  Augustus  and  Charlotte  Sessions  Child,  b.  in  Salis- 
bury,  Addisou  Co.,  Vt,  Aug.  22,  li!^23,  m.  Aug.  3,  1843,  Har- 
rison Ward,  who  was  b.  Dec.  18,  1812,  and  d.  near  Fort 
Elliott,  Texas,  Jan.  8,  ^79.  Their  residence  was  in  Wau- 
kesha, Wis.,  and  Mrs.  Helen  M.  Child  Ward  is  yet  a  resideat, 
of  Waukesha, 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Childr«?n: 

2145.  i.  Hehmak  Melancthon  Ward,  b.  Jan.  5,  1845,  in  Eagle,  Wan 
kesha  Co.,  Wis,;  m.  and  re^^ides  in  Oakland,  r»l. 

2146.  ii.  Ida   Helen  Ward,   h,  Feb,  25,   1848,  m.  Mat  13, 1867,  J.  B. 
Curtisa. 

2147.  ill.  Fredbrick   Augustus  Ward,   b.  Mch.  21,   1850,   in   E^li 
Wis,;  re^^ides  at  Fort  Elliott,  Ttjxjvs. 

2148.  iv   Cassics  Clay  Ward,  b,  June  6,  1852,  in  Eagle.  Wis.;  resida 
in  Waukesha,  Wis. 

2140.  V,   Walter  Capen  Ward,  Vk  Oct.  7,  1854,  ni.  Hattie  Meyers. 
2150.  vi.  Henry  Beecheh  Ward,  b.  Feb.  11,  1857,  iu  Waukesha,  WU 
where  he  resides. 

fEighth  GenemtionJ 

2146.  ii.  Ida  Helen  Ward,  only  dau,  and  second  child  of 
Helen  M.  Child  and  Hanison  Ward,  b.  in  Brandon,  Vt,  Feb. 
26,  1848,  HL  in  Waukesha,  Wia,  May  13,  1867,  John  Barney 
CorliBB*     Besidence  Chicago,  HL  _ 


f 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.. 

f^inth  Generation.]    Children : 

2151.  i.  John  Baknby  Curtiss,  Jb.,  b.  Jan.  28, 1873,  in  San  Francisco, 
C3al..  d.  Oct.  18,  1878. 

2152.  ii.  Hblbn  Chandler  Curtiss,  b.  Jan.  23. 1875,  in  San  Francisco, 
<L^al..  d   Feb.  2,  1877. 

t Eighth  Generation.] 

2149.  V.  Walter  Capen  Ward,  fourth  son  and  fifth  child 
of  Helen  M.  Child  and  Harrison  Ward,  b.  in  Eagle,  Waukesha 
Ca,  Wis.,  Oct  7,  1864,  m.   Hattie  Meyers.     Eesidence  San 
Francisco,  Cal. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child : 

2153.  i.  Infant  unnamed. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2134.  vi.  Adeliza  Charlotte  Child,  sixth  dau.  and  child 
of   Frederick  Augustus   and   Charlotte   Sessions  Child,  b.  in 

-Brandon,  Vt,  July  1,    1828,  m.   Feb.   25,  1847,  Hon.  John 

Oapen,  who  was  b.  in  Goshen,  Vt,  Mch.  23,  1818,  and  d.  Jan. 

^,  1878,  in  Brandon,  Vt     A  sister-in-law  writes  of  him,   "If 

^ver  a  man   was  perfect  in  all  his  ways  and  habits  he  was, 

strictly  honest  and  upright  in  all  his  dealings.     His  business 

"%^as  that  of  a  lumber  dealer  and  practical  land  surveyor.     He 

"was  elected  to  fill  the  posts  of  town  clerk,  grand  juryman  and 

justice  of  the  peace  ;  he  also  represented  the  town  in  the  State 

Legislature  several  times,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Vermont 

constitutional  convention.     He  was  in  early  years  a  successful 

and  honored  instructor."     Mrs.  A.  C.  Child  Capen  resides  in 

Brandon,  Vt 

[Eighth  Generation.  ]    Children : 

2154.  i.  Mart  Charlotte  Capbn,  b.  Aug.  9,  1859,  d.  Aug.  11,  1859,  in 
Goshen,  Vt. 

2155.  ii.  John  Bernard  Capbn,  b.  May  21.  1866,  d.  Sept.  23,  1866,  in 
Brandon,  Vt. 

2156.  iii.  Flavia  Antoinette  Capen,  b.  Aug.  11,  1867. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

2135.  viL  Harry  G.  Child,  eldest  son  and  seventh  child  of 
Frederick  Augustus  and  Charlotte  Sessions  Child,  b.  in  Bran- 
don, Vt,  April  30,  1830,  m.  May  12,  1862,  Juliette  C.  Allen. 
Mr.  Child  removej^  soon  after  marriage  to  the  West,  is  now  a 
resident  of  Berlin,  Green  Lake  Co.,  Wisconsin,  and  engaged  in 
a  large  commercial  business. 

[Eighth  Generation  ]    Children : 

2157.  i.  Herbert  W.  Child,  b.  April  24,  1854,  in  Brandon.  Vt. 

2158.  ii.  Hiram  A.  Child,  b.  Jan.  23,  1858,  m.  Jan.  13,  1878,  Jennie  M. 
Burr. 


308  BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 

[Eighth  Generation  1 

2158.  a  Hiram  A.  Child,  second  son  and  child  of  Harrjl 
G.  and  Juliette  C.  Allen  Child,  b.  in  Kingston,  Green  Lak« 
Co.,  Wis.,  Jan.  23,  1858,  m.  Jan.  13,  lb78,  Jennie  M.  Burr; 
reside  in  Berlin,  Wis. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

2159.  i.  Haury  BtniR  Child,  b.  Mch.  30.  1879. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2136.  viii.  Augusta  Alice  Child,  seventh  dau.  and  ei( 
child  of  FVederick  Augustus  and  Chai  lutte  Sessions  Child, 
in  Brandon,  Vl,  Jan.  2i),  1832,  m.  Oct.  10,  1854,  Major  BV 
man  Allen  «>f  Brandon,  Vt,  who  was  b.  in  RcK'hester,  Winds 
Co.,  Vl,  Dec.  20,  1829. 
[Eighth  Genemtiotu]    Children : 

2160.  i.  John  Scott  Anderson  Allen,  b.  May  17, 1961,  drowned  Aag 
21,  1872  in  a  freshet,  which  cotiipelled  the  fninily  t^  fle«  from  their  horn 
the  boy  was  held  by  his  father  until  exhauHtioii  relaxed  his  hold,  and 
own  Life  was  nearly  saoriliced. 

2161.  IK  Lottie  Mat  Allen,  b.  Jan.  27.  18fi7,  d.  Dec.  IS.  1878.  Tn 
more  lovely  und  endearing  children  are  rarely  given  to  fond  parents.  &n 
their  early  deaths  have  cast  shadows  tieyond  the  home  circle. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

210S>.  iv.  Penuel  Child,  Jr.,  fourth  son  and  t-hild  of  Peniie 
and  Charlotte  Looniis  Child,  b.  in  Union,  Ct,  May  l^  17U4, ; 
Mch.  10,  1824,  Miss  Mary  Henry,  dau.  of  Daniel  Henry, 
Brandon,  Vt  Mr,  Pcnucl  Child,  Jr.,  d.  in  Clintun,Wrsconsii] 
SepL  4,  1868.  His  widow  resides  in  Edgarton,  Wis. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

2162.  i.  Wn.LiAM  Wallace  Child,  b.  Nov.  11,  1834,  ra.  April  25.  184$| 
Eluthra  Caroline  Harrison  Hfttch. 

31G3.  ii,  HoLiN  RoDoLPHUS   CHtLO^   b.  Oct.  21,  1827,  m.  May  85.  18M, 
Marieltf)  Yonng. 

2164.  iii.  Marv  Chilp,  b.  May  29,  1831,  m.  abt.  iaii>,  R.  R,  Brown. 

2165.  iv.  Ellek  Child,  b.  May  15.  1835,  m.  abt.  1856.  n.  B  Delong, 
9166.  V.  A  daughter— unchristene*!. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2162.  L  William  Wallace  Child,  eldest  child  of  Penuej 
Jr.,  and  Mary  Henry  Child,  b.  in  Brandon,Vt,  Nov.  11,  1S24,  tt 
by  the  Rev.  J  B,  Clark,  April  25, 1848,  El ut lira  Caroline  Harr 
son  Hatdi,  who  was  b.  in  Pittstield,  Vt,  Aug.  18,  1820.  ilau 
of  Orton  and  Pamelia  Harrison  Hatch.  Resides  at  Edgerton 
Rock  Co.*  Wisconsin.  Is  engaged  in  business  as  dealer  an 
packer  in  leaf  tobacco, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 


SOT 


'^tMghth  Genemtion.]    Children : 

3167.  i.  Floiienok  Eluthka  I'hild*  b.  Sept,  24,  1840,  at  Eagle*  Wis. 
2168.  ii  Hauold  Wallace  Cnihiy,  b,  Nov,  16,  1S51,  at  Engle,  Wis, 

ItifBiienth  Generation.] 

2163.  ii.  fioLLiN  RoDOLPHUS  Guild,  secoiid  child  and  son 
of  Penuel,  Jr.,  and  Mary  Henry  Child,  b.  in  Braudou,  Vt,Oct 
2J,  1827,  ni.  May  25,  1854,  Muriette.  Young,  of  Lake  Mills, Wis. 

-Reside  in  Clinton,  Rock  Co.,  Wisoonsin. 

/Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

^169.  h  Gkrtrude  Majiy  Child,  b.  Sept  27,  I8f*5,  d.  young^. 

^170.  ii.  BcTBERT  Henry  Child,  b.  April  4,  1857,  in  Albion,  Wis. 

3171.  iii.  Chahles  Rolik  Child,  h  Oct.  0,  1801,  in  AU>ion,  Wis. 

^S173.  iv.  Ellen  Eluthra  Child,  b.  April  3,  1863, 

"3178.  y.  Grace  Evelyn  Child,  b.  Feb.  1,  1867. 

^174.  vi,  Clifton  Pctnam  Child,  t Twins  h   4iiff  9ft  iRAfi 
*2175    Tii.  Clayton  PE^rEL  Chh-d,  \  ^'^^''^*  *'*  -^^^-  ^'  **^' 

2176.  viii    1s<jra  Maky  Child,  b.  Mch.  15,  1875. 

venth  Generation.] 

2164.  ill.  Mahy  Child,  eldest  daa*  and  third  child  of  Penael^ 
nd  Mary  Henry  Child,  h.  in  Pittsfield,  Vt,  May  29,  1831,  m. 

R.  Brown,  libt  1859. 
t  Eighth  Generation.]     Children  i 

2177.  i.  PKNrEL  Child  Brown,  b.  Sept.  11,  1860. 
8178-  ii    Wallace  tiCHUYLEH  Brown,  b.  Oct.  16,  1863. 
S179.  iii.  Mary  Obrtkudk  Brown,  b.  Jan*  12,  1808. 

2180.  iv.  GEORfiE  HitrHAHD  Bhown»  b.  Nov  0,  1873. 

fSeventh  Generation.] 

2165.  IV.  Ellen  Child,  second  daiL  and  fourth  child  of 
f^enuel,  Jr.,  and  Maiy  Henry  Child,  b.  in  Pittsfield,  Vt^  May 
15,  1835,  HL  H.  B.  Delong,  abt  1855. 

Lfe^hth  Generation  ] 

2181.  i,  IsoRA  Mary  DeLokg,  b.  April  26,  1857. 
3183.  ii.  Lillian  E.  DkLoncj.  b.  Mch.  19,  1860. 
2183.  iii-  John  Henry  DeLono,  b.  Aug.  14,  1871. 

t  Sixth  Generation. J 

2111.  vi.  Henky  Loomis  Child,  youngest  child  of  Peuuel 

^nd  Charlotte  Loomis  Child,  b.  in  Brandon, Vt,  Oct  5,  1816, 

lias  been  three  times  married — 1st,  in  1839,  Diadatna  Burt  Hale, 

of  Middlebury,  Vt;  2d,  Katharine  Winter;  3d,  Dec.  26,  I8W, 

Mary  Helen  Post     Resides  in  Troy,  N.  Y.     Occupation,  that 

of  ship  carpenter. 

Mr.  Child  in  early  manhood  had  a  vigorous  constitution^  and 
a  fondness  for  adventure  not  altogether  free  from  harilships 
^d  exposure  to  danger.     His  love  for  hunting  wild  game  led 


808 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBUHY,  MASS. 


him  to  the  Adirondac  MouQtaiDS,  whei*e  his  winters  for  some 
years  were  spent  hunting  the  deer  and  other  wild  animals 
abounding  in  those  forest s^  making  his  mode  of  life  an  oppor- 
tanity  for  gain  in  the  valuable  furs  and  hides  which  he  was 
able  to  bring  to  a  paying  market.  Few  were  r^arded  aa  a 
better  ''shot"  than  Mr.  Child,  The  vigor  of  former  years  has 
given  place  to  iufinnities  which  enfeeble  his  declining  yeans. 
[Seventh  Generation. J    Children: 

3184.  i.  Obenna  Child,  b.  184©. 

9185.  ii.  Penukl  Benjamin  Child,  b.  1842, 

2186.  iii.  Li  CY  Sabkina  Child,  b.  Feb.  4,  1844,  lo.  Mob*  27.  1864,  Ch«»- 
Vayette. 

2187,  iv.  Daniel  Henhy  Child,  b,  Feb.  27,  1846,  m,  Mary  Webster. 
3188.  T,  Francis  Marion  Child,  U   April  20,  1848,  m.  April  27,  186^, 

Samh  Breslin, 
218i>.  vi.  William  Wallace  Child,  b.  1860. 
2190,  tIL  Alice  Katharine  Child,  b,  1805, 
219L  viii.  Fkederick  Augustus  Cheld,  b.  1868. 

2192.  ix.  Charlotte  Child,  b,  1&70 

[Seventh  Genemlion.] 

21S6.  iii.  Lucy  Sabhina  Child,  second  dau.  and  third  child 
of  Henry  Loomis  and  Diadama  B.  Hale  Child^  b,  in  Stock- 
bridge,  Vt.,  Feb.  4,  1844,  m.  by  the  Rev,  Lewis  Derush^  in 
Whitehall,  N.  Y.,  Mch.  27,  1864,  Charles  Vayette,  who  was  b^ 
in  Whitehall,  K  V„  Aug,  18,  1886.  Mr.  Vayette  is  a  truck- 
man by  occupation,  in  Whitehall,  N.  Y. 
(Eighth  Goneratian  ]    ChiMren: 

2193.  i.  Oraanna  Vayette.  b.  Deo,  m,  1864. 

2194.  ii.  William  Francis  Vaykttb,  b.  Jan.  14,  1867,  d.  April,  It! 
2105.  iii,  Chaklka  Uknhy  Vayette,  U.  July  8,  1869.  d.  sarae  month. 

2196.  iv.  George  Vayette,  b.  June  24.  1870.  d,  July  7. 1870. 

2197.  V.  Sarah  Elizabeth  Vayette,  b.  Meh.  25,  1871.  d.  Mny,  IH7U 
21 118.  \1.  WiLLLAM  Vayette,  b,  Jan.  24,  1873,  d.  July,  1873. 
2199.  vii.  Acguutus  Vayette^  b.  Oct,  4,  1875. 
2300.  viii.  Edward  Ellsworth  Vatette,  b.  Dee.  2. 1877, 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2187.  iv.  Daniel  Henry  Child,  second  son  and   fotuth 
child  of  Henry  Loomis  and  Diatiama  B.  Hale  Child^  b.  in  Mid* 
dlebiiry.Vt,,  Feb.  27, 1846,  m.  Mary  Wek^ter,  of  East  Paltnej, 
Vt     Besides  at  Sutherland  Falls,  Rutland  Co.»  Vt. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2201.  i   John  Hknky  Child,  b.  1880. 

2802.  ii,  Maky  Child,  b.  1873. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  309 

t~ Seventh  Generation.] 

2188.  V.  Fbancis  Mabion  Child,  third  son  and  fifth  child 

^f  Henry  Loomis  and  Diadama  B.  Hale  Child,  b.  in  Middle- 

Wy,  Vt.,  April  29,  1848,  m.  April  27,  1869,  by  the  Rev  J.  J. 

ItcDonald,  in  Whitehall,  N.  Y.,  Sarah  Breslin,  who  was  b.  in 

i     Hemingford,   Canada  East,  July  23,  1847.     Mr.  F.  M.  Child 

F     ^hen  four  years  of  age  lost  his  mother,  and  went  soon  after  to 

J^ide  in  Whitehall.     He  has  been  engaged  in  various  kinds  of 

business ;  at  twelve  years  of  age  began  his  care  of  himself.    He 

-i^sT  associated  himself  with  his  brother  in-law,  Charles  Vayette, 

^^»x  business,  and  resides  in  Whitehall,  N.  Y. 

L^^Sighth  Generation. J    Children : 

2208.  i.  Chablbs  Francis  Child,  b.  Mch.  28, 1870. 

2204.  ii.  Patriot  Hbnry  Child,  b.  May  16, 1872. 

2205.  iii.  William  Albert  Child,  b.  Jan.  6,  1876. 

2206.  iv.  Mary  Agnbs  Child,  b.  July  26,  1878. 

ClU'ifth  Generation.] 

2083.  iii.  Perley  Child,  second  son   and   third  child  of 
^^benezer  and  Charity  Bugbee  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct., 

^ec.  6,  1859,  m.  Miss  Lucy  Symons.     He  d.  May  30,  1812,  in 
Pittsfield,  Vt. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

2207.  i.  Polly  Child,  m.  Mr.  Farnham. 
2206.  ii.  Sophia  Child,  m.  Mr.  Salisbury. 

2209.  iii.  Betsbt  Child,  m  Mr.  Farnham. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

2086.  vi.  /  Elizabeth  Child,  second  dau.  and  sixth  child  of 
Ebenezer  and  Charity  Bugbee  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct, 
Dec.  29,  1767,  m.  Abner  Brigham. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

2210.  i.  Betbbt  Brigham. 

2211.  ii.  William  Bkigham. 

2212.  iii.  Sophia  Brigham. 

2213.  iv.  Nanot  Brigham. 

2214.  y.  Lucius  Brigham. 

2215.  vi.  LoxnsA  Brigham. 

2216.  yii.  Asa  Brigham. 

2217.  yiii.  Charles  Brigham. 

2084.  V.  Ebenezer  Child,  fourth  son  and  youngest  child  of 
Ebenezer  and  Charity  Bugbee  Child,  b.  in  Union,  Ct,  Aug. 
17,  1770,  m.  at  Brandon,  Vt,  Dec.  t>,  1792,  Miss  Anna  Gray, 
of  Worcester,  Mass. 


310 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


Mr.  Child  had  an  inheritance  of  strong  intellectual  and  mo^ 
qualities^  and  so  far  conquered  all  iinpropitious  surrounding 
as  to  make  them  contribute  to  the  development  of  a   stronj 
mind,  in  a  sti*ong  physical  S3^8tem.     Early  in  life  he  was-i 
puny  boy^  and  alwa3^s  regarded  much  younger  than  he 
was.     When   past  ninety  yeai-s  of  age,  he  waites  most  tone 
ingly  and  tenderly  of  being  lifted  by  his  father  to  look  upon 
the  pale,  silent  face  of  the  lo\nng  mother  whose  care  he  woi 
never  know,  and  of  whom  this  act  would  prove  the  sole  remen 
brance  ;  he  was  then  about  three  years  old.     The  death  of  his 
mother,  when  he  wfis  so  young,  led  to  his  being  placed  in  the 
home  of  an  elder  married  sister,  with  whom  he  remained  uut 
the  second  marriage  of  his  father,  and  the  family  removed  froi 
Connecticut  to  Vermont^  when  he  bravely  shared  the  perils  ar 
deprivations,  toil  and  lonehness  of  a  home  in  the  sparsel}*  s€ 
tied  Green  Mountain  State.    After  aiding  his  father  to  build  the 
log-house  and  gather  in  the  grain  raised  around  the  stumjis 
trees  on  their  lately  flejired  land  in  the  summer  and  autumn 
their  entrance  inU^  Vermont,  in  the  late  autumn  he  made  his 
way  on  foot  and  alone,  to  the  old  home  and  friends  in  Co< 
necticut    He  was  then  about  twelve  years  old.     With  the  d€ 
kindred  he  spent  the  w^inter.     Early  spring  found  him  on 
rudely  constructed  vehicle,  with  the  new  mother,  and  their  small 
household  supplies,  making  his  w^ay  amid  cold  and  snow  to 
Vermont.  ^i 

His  father's  death  occurring  a  few  years  later,  Mr.  Ebenezi^H 
Child  settled  the  estate  and  started  a  new  farm  for  himself,  t^^ 
which  he  brought  his  young  bride,  with  strong  courage  and 
manly  pride  to  carve  out  his  own  fortuoes,  and  r^.r  a  large 
family.     For  many  years?,  tUl  quite  past  the  threescore  ye 
and  ten,  his  activities  were  laborious,  continuous  and  eflicieolj 
The  wonderful  i-etention  of  the  mental  faculties  until  his  deat 
when  ninety -six  yeai-s  of  age,  help  to  prove  that  it  is  undue  at 
extreme  use  which  destroys.     Mr.  Ebenezer  Child  very  earlj 
in  life  took  such  a  decided  and  intelligent  stand  in  the  lowB 
ship  upon  all  questions,  j3i>litical,  religious  and  scx^iid,  as 
render  him  a  power  for  good,  and  a  frequent  recognition  by  1 
fellow   townsmen  in  the  bestowal  of  differing  olliees,  attest 
their  appreciation.     At  the  age  of  seventj^one,  we  find  him  to 
have  delivered  an  addi-ess  at  Pittsfield,  Vermont,  on  the  fc 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 


an 


matiori  of  a  Lyceum  in  that  town.  For  many  years  Mr.  Child 
was  a  regular  contributor  to  certain  local  newspapers  of  articles 
upon  most  of  the  leading  topics  of  the  day,  and  as  at  this  period, 
the  differences  of  the  Arminiau  and  Calvin  istic  Creeds  were 
deeply  moving  the  New  England  mind^  Mr,  Child  was  especi- 
ally interested  and  active  in  the  discussions.  The  Masonic 
order  found  in  him  a  friend  and  defender,  and  the  gi*owth  and 
development  of  the  young  republic  of  the  United  States,  awak- 
ened  his  deepest,  heartiest  enthusiasm.  After  passing  into  the 
four-acore  years  some  infirmities  of  body  rendered  locomotion 
more  difficult  and  the  amusements  and  occupations  were  limit- 
eii  to  the  use  of  the  pen  and  reading.  Sizeable  folios  were  filled 
with  copied  letters  and  manuscripts  of  his  composition,  as  lega- 
cies for  his  fondly  cherished  grandchildren,  towards  whom  he 
entertained  the  most  lavish  aflection,  in  whose  progress  he  took 
pride,  and  whose  ambition  he  sought  to  kindle  for  noblest  effort 
and  attainment.  One  or  two  extracts  fi^om  letters  addressed  to 
the  gmndsons,  Don  Alonzo  and  Chas.  Q,  Child,  of  New  York, 
"vrill  evince  his  own  clear  mind,  and  true  interest  in  them. 
Trom  a  letter  bearing  date  Sept  25,  1865,  we  give  a  sketch  of 
Tiis  daily  life,  which  he  says  he  furnishes  them  as  they  may  not 
l>e  able  to  understand  how  a  man  so  aged  could  pass  the  daj'', 
(then  being  ninety -five): 

As  a  great  poet  hm  said— 

*Tis  but  one  youth  at  most  that  mortals  have^ 

And  one  old  age  pr*?|iare>*  us  for  the  grave,* 

J  retire  at  7  o'clock  p.  m.,  iind  Jlorpht-'U^   soon  louks    up   the   sensitive 

Ofgans  in  quiet  and  balmy  shinibers.  which  I  generally  enjoy  until  some- 

^hmg  like  4  o^clock  a.  m.     1  then  fetum  thanks  ta  the  great  Author  of  my 

*iiAny  blessings,  and  indtilgu  half  an  hour  in  roptiiiting  and  singing  (o  my- 

^If  those  old  hymns  and  psahris  I  used  to  indulge  in  sixty  or  seventy  years 

^go.     I  arise  about  G  a.  M.,  afler  dressing  myself,  by  the  aid  of  my  staff 

^ith  some  bodily  exertion  walk  the  piazzii.  then  return  to  my  mom,  wash, 

t^ke  haJf  or  three-fourths  of  a  wine-glass  of  bitt-ers;  by  this  time  I  heiir  the 

%lad  voiee  sounding,  *  Brt^akfa-^t  ready.  FatfiHrr  of  whi<;h  1  partake  heartily. 

*Xhe  amusements  of  the  day  you  know  well,  when  you  think  of  reading 

^mpers,  writnig,  and  scrap-book,  etc.     My  vacant  hours  of  late  dwell  much 

^nii  moral  and  seientific  siubject.?.    As  1  see  tlio  flr^t  rays  of  morning  light 

tjreaking  forth  from  the  Eawl,  T  Bay,  here  is  another  incontestible  evidence 

of  the  living  of  a  Supreme  Creator.     Nothing  less  than  Almighty  power, 

which  creates  and  governs  a  universe  of  eighty  nidUons  of  worlds*  could 

keep  in  order  this  inconceivably  great  and  mysterious   niRichine,  whereby 

&tni  and  moon»  stars,  comet^s  and  their  satellites,  move  in  such  harmony  for 

thousands  of  years  without  the  least  variatiou. 


S12 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


Again  lie  writes — 

•  •  *  Tlie  mind  of  man  evidently  designed  fof  progressive  im- 
provemeoU  not  to  end  with  life,  but  to  continue  in  another  ^tate  of  im- 
proved existence  forever,  if  we  ocmtinue  to  improve  our  intellectaid  facul* 
ties  whiJe  living  here  on  earth.  Youth  seems  to  be  the  favorable  time  for 
the  cuHivation  and  maturing  of  our  moral  and  social  natures  and  ennob- 
ling faculties  that  will  enable  us  to  bocomo  worthy  and  reispeoted  members 
of  society.  Says  a  great  and  good  man:  *The  youth  who  cultivates  hi$ 
intellect  and  habitually  obeys  the  preeepts  of  Christianity,  will  in  tnatore 
life  enjoy  within  him!M?U  a  fountain  of  moml  and  intellectual  happiness,  th© 
appropriate  reward  of  i  i>edience,^  Man  when  viewed  in  one  aspect  resem- 
bles a  demon,  in  another  he  bears  the  impress  of  the  image  of  God,  When 
seen  in  his  crimes  he  might  resemble  a  devil »  when  contemplated  in  his 
charities,  hii3  discoveries  in  science^  his  vast  combinations  for  the  benefit  of 
his  race,  he  appears  a  bright  intelligence  from  heaven.  I  have  illustrate 
these  facts  for  your  especial  consideration  that  yon  may  now  in  yonl| 
profit  by  the  comparison;  make  choice  and  habitually  pursue  a  course  < 
life  tending  to  refinement  in  mind  and  manners. 

In  another  letter  lie  writes— 

November   has   been  very  mild  and  aceonimrxlatingt  though  his  hoar 

and  hollow  breath  l>etokens  his  sudden  dissokitjon,  then  stem  and  gloomj 

December  will  usurp  his  iron  rule  and   unrelenting  winter  follow  in  ht 

train.     These  rough  November  blasts  have  alre^idy  attacked  this  old*  dilap 

dated   and   decaying  tenement,  that  has   endured  the  chill  frosts  of  tnop 

than  four  score  and  ten  winteiN  and  can  make  but  feeble  defence,  and 

are  now  fortifying  a  place  for  i^treat  during  cold  winter's  unwelcomj 

rigor»  which  will  require  a  covenng  like  Ihe  shield  of  Ajax,  *  With  seven 

thick  folds  o^er  cast  of  tough  buirs  hide,  and  solid  brass  the  last/ 

'  But  let  chill  winter  bind  the  crystal  streams^ 

Withdraw  from  earth  the  sun*s  enlivening  t>eams 

And  scatter  snow-flakes  o'er  the  frozen  sea» 

Thou  canst  not  freeze  the  streams  of  true-eyed  charity.* 

We  close  these  extracts  which  might  be  much  multiplic 
with  his  pleasant  wishes  for  theae  grandsoDs,  written  them  oi 
the  incoming  of  a  New  Year — 

May  your  happiness  increase  with  your  virtues,   may  generous  heartg 
true  friendships,  peaceful  and  happy  firesides,  be  the  rewai^  of  your  ] 
of  love,  is  the  sincere  desire  of  your  old  grandfather. 
[Sixth  Generation]     ChBdren; 

S218.  i.  Sallie  Warner  Child,  b.  Oct.  19,  1793,  in  Brandon,  Vt,,  d 
March,  1S43,  at  Pittslield^  Vt  ;  unmarried. 

2219.  ii.  Horace  S,  Child,  b.  Feb.  6,  1796,   m.  Oct.  15,  1817,   Mary  P, 
Rice- 

2230,  iii,  CaAUNcKr  Child,  b,  :Wch.  10.  1798,  uu  Frances  Cecelia  MoiMb. 

223L  iv,  Anna  Maria  CHiLt>,  h.  April  7, 1801 »  at  Brandcm,  Vt,,  d.  i 
1867,  at  Castleton,  Vt, ;  unmarried. 

2222.  V.  Eahl  Child,  b.  Mch.  13,  1803,  m.  Louisa  Keyes  of  Stock  bridge^ 
Vt. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS..  313 

2223.  vi.  Almira  Child,  b.  Mch.  7, 1805,  m.  May.  1828,  Edward  Whit- 
comb. 

2224  vii.  Alonzo  Child,  b.  July  21,  1807,  m.  Aug.  28.  1838,  Mary 
Goodrich. 

2225.  viii.  Benjamin  Feanklin  Child,  b  May  27,  1809,  m.  April  80, 
187,  Esther  Hicks. 

2226.  ix.  Julia  Child,  b  April  27,  1811.  m.  Oct.  1840.  Chester  Baxter. 

2227.  X.  Pearley  A.  Child,  b.  April  8. 1813,  m.  1st.  April  13, 1834.  Helen 
Pratt;  m.  2d.  Aug.  1877,  Miss  Hawley. 

2228.  xi.  WiLLLiM  Gray  Child,  b.  Oct.  8.  1815.  in  Brandon,  Vt ,  d.  in 
Michigan;  unmarried. 

2229.  xii.  Eliza  Greenwood  Child,  b.  May  12,  1819.  at  Brandon,  Vt. 
Resides  in  Orange,  N.  J. ;  unmarried. 

2230.  xiii.  Jane  Bethia  Child,  b.  Oct,  27,  1822,  at  Brandon.  Vt.,  d.  Jan. 
16,  1862,  at  Castleton,  Vt. ;  unmarried. 

To  all  these  children  Mr.  Ebenezer  Child  secured  the  best  possible  advan- 
tages for  education  available,  in  the  true  New  England  spirit  considering  it 
the  surest  endowment  he  could  secure  to  them. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2219.  ii.  Horace  S.  Child,  second  child  and  eldest  son  of 
Ebenezer  and  Anna  Gray  Child,  b.  in  Brandon,  Eutland  Co., 
Vt,  Feb.  6,  1796,  m.  Oct.  15,  1817,  Miss  Mary  P.  Eice,  of 
Hardwick,  Worcester  Co.,  Mass.  Mr.  Child,  like  many  others 
of  his  race,  found  a  home  and  final  resting  in  the  West,  where 
he  closed  his  long  and  useful  life  in  Geneseo,  Henry  Co.,  111., 
on  the  4th  of  March,  1872,  at  seventy-two  years  of  age. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 

2231.  i.  Horace  Rice  Child,  b.  Oct.  23,  1818,  ra  Miss  Mary  Lee,  of 
Springfield.  Vt. 

2232.  ii.  Ellen  Maria  Child,  b.  Aug.  18,  1820,  m.  Oct.  15,  1839,  Henry 
S.  Ford. 

2233.  iii.  Orange  Watson  Child,  b.  Aug.  29, 1824,  m.  Aug.  6, 1851,  Susan 
Stickney. 

2234.  iv.  Ann  Melissa  Child,  b.  Oct.  19, 1826.  m.May  11,  1847,  Benjamin 
P.  Baker. 

2235.  V.  Sarah  Jane  Child,  b.  Mch.,  1830,  m.  Jan.  10,  1850,  James  G. 
Goodrich. 

2236.  Ti.  Albert  Alonzo  Child,  b.  June,  1832,  m.  Frances  Page. 

2237.  vii.  Francis  Pearley  Child,  b.  Mch.  31,  1836,  m.  July  15, 1856, 
Celia  Gillespie. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2281.  i.  Horace  Eice  Child,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Horace 
S.  and  May  P.  Eice  Child,  b.  in  Brandon,  Vt,  Oct  23,  1818, 
ra.  in  Springfield,  Windsor  Co.,  Vt.,  Miss  Mary  Lee. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children : 

2288.  i.  George  Child. 

2239.  ii.  Elizabeth  Child. 
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SI4 


BEXJAJknX  CHILD  OF  ROXSrRT,  KASS. 


2240.  iii.  Sarah  Child. 

2^1.  iv.  Herbert  Crilb.  i  *v-,^^ 

2242.    V.   Henry  Child,     f  ^^i"«' 

[S^»votith  Geoemtion.] 

:>232.  ii.  Ellex  Maria  Child,  eldest  dau,  and  second  child 
of  Horace  S.  and  Mary  P.  liice  Child,  k  in  Rutland^  Yl,  Aug. 
18.  I«20,  m.  Oct  15,  1839,  Mr.  Henry  S,  Ford,  of  MendoD,  Vr. 
Residti  in  Geneseo,  Henrj^  Co.,  IlL 
[Eighth  Getiemtion.]    Children: 

2t24;{.  i,  Watson  R,  Ford.  h.  Nov.  18,  1840,  at  Mendon.  Riitiimd  Co.,  Yt  , 
d.  Dec.  12,  1S03,  in  Diinvili**  Prison,  from  wnnnds  received  in  the  war  in 
im\.    lU  belanirea  to  Co.  L,  112th  Iditiois  Volunteers. 

2244.  ii.  Sarah  E  Ford,  h.  April  27,  1846,  ra.  Oct.  15.  1869.  Mill  P, 
Pftrker. 

2245.  iiL  J.  Dayton  Ford.  h.  June  0.  1847,  m.  Dec.  29,  1870.  MiDnie  K. 
Weston. 

2240.  iv.  Ella  B.  Ford,  K  July  11.  1849,  m.  Dee.  29,  1h:4,  Georg:e  W. 
Beale. 

2247.  V.  Horace  C  Ford,  h  Meh.  2,  1853,  m  Feb.  29. 1878.  Nettie  J, 
Sargent, 

2248.  VI.  Fa^xt  M.  Ford,  h.  Mny  25.  1759.  at  Geneseo,  III 

2249.  vii,  Fred  L,   Ford,  b.  July  20,  1861.  at  Geneseo.  111.  d.  Ang.  15^  ] 
1875. 

2250.  viii,  Henry  L.  Ford,  b  Meh.  31,  1865,  at  Geneseo.  IlL,  d  June  19*  j 
1860. 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

2244.  ii.  Sarah  K  Ford,  eldest  dau.  and  second  child  of 
EUeD  M.  Child  and  Henry  S.  Ford,  b.  in  Mendon.  Vt.,  April 
27,  1846,  m.  Oct.  15,  1809,  Mill  P.  Parken  Reside  in  Kinsley, 
Edwards  Co.,  Kanza?, 
[Ninth  Genenition,]     Children: 

2251-  i.  Jessie  E.  Parker,  b.  Sept.  4.  1870. 

2252.  ii.  James  Parker,  b.  Sept.  1,  1872,  d,  Meb.  28.  1873. 

2258.  iii.  Guy  W.  Parker.  K  Mrh.  19.  1873,  d.  July  25,  1878. 

2254.  iv.  F  Blanth  Parker.  \k  Muy  18.  1874.  d.  Aug.  22,  1878. 

2255.  V.  LiLLiE  Parker,  b.  Sept.  9,  1878. 
[Eighth  GeneriilionJ 

2245.  iii.  X  Dayton  Ford,  second  son  and  third  child  of^ 
Ellen  M.  Child  and  Henry  S.  Ford,  h.  in  MendoRj  Vt,  June  6^; 
1847,  m.  Dec.  29,  IbTO,  Minnie  K.  Weston. 
[Ninth  Generation.]     Children: 

2250.  i,  Ellen  H.  Ford,  b.  Oct.  17,  1874. 

2257.  ii.  Harry  T.  Form,  b,  April  16,  1875. 
[Eighth  Genenition.] 

234ti.  iv.  Ella  B.  Ford,  second  dau.  and  fourth  child  of 
Ellen  M.  Child  and  Henry  S.  Ford,  b.  in  Mendon,  Vt,  July  ll,j 
1849,  m.  Dec,  29,  1874,  George  W.  Beale. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  815 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

2258.  L  George  A.  Beale.  b.  Dec.  26, 1875. 

2259.  ii.  E.  Blanch  Beale,  b.  April  5, 1879. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

2247.  V.  Horace  Child  Ford,  third  son  and  fifth  child  of 
Ellen  M.  Child  and  Henry  S.  Ford,  b.  in  Mendon,  Vt,  Mch.  2, 
1853,  m.  Feb.  29,  187S,  ISTettie  J.  Sargent 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

2260.  i.  Guy  D.  Foed,  b.  Mch.  8,  1879. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2233.  iii.  Orange  Watson  Child,  second  son  and  third 
child  of  Horace  S.  and  Mary  P.  Rice  Child,  b.  Aug.  29,  1824, 
in  Castleton,  Rutland  Co.,  Vt.,  m.  in  Boonville,  Oneida  Co., 
New  York,  Aug.  6,  1851,  Miss  Susan  Stickney.  Mr.  and  Mra 
O.  W.  Child  reside  in  Elizabeth,  Union  Co.,  New  Jersey. 

Mr.  Child  is  largely  engaged  in  railway  enterprise,  in  Nassau 
Street,  New  York  City — supplying  railway  corporations  with 
equipments  for  operating  their  roads,  such  as  steel  and  iron  rails, 
locomotives,  cars,  etc.  We  are  much  indebted  to  Mr.  Child 
for  the  interest  he  has  taken  in  our  work,  and  for  essential  aid 
in  furnishing  family  records. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2261.  i.  William  Child,  b.  Oct.  3,  1854.  d.  same  day  in  Boonville,  N.  Y. 

2262.  ii  Josephine  Child,  b.  Jan.  23,  1856  at  Boonville,  N.  Y.,  d.  Jan. 
8,  1859,  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri 

2268.  iii.  Feank  Watson  Child,  b.  Dec.  12,  1859,  at  Boonville,  N.  Y. ; 
resides  in  Elizabeth.  New  Jersey. 

2264.  iv.  Jennie  S.  Child,  b.  Aug.  4.  1861,  d.  May  16,  1862,  in  Tarry- 
Town-on-the-Hudson.  N.  Y. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2234.  iv.  Ann   Melissa  Child,  second  dau.  and  fourth . 
child  of  Horace  S.  and  Mary  P.  Rice  Child,  b.  Oct.  19,  1826, 
m.  May  11,  1847,  Benjamin  Franklin  Baker,  of  Pittsfield,  Vt. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baker  are  now  resident  in  Chicago,  111. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2265.  i.  MaeyEdnah  Baker,  b.  Mch.  18, 1848,  m.  abt.  1861,  Albert  Smith. 

2266.  ii.  Clara  Maria  Baker,  b.  Oct.  1,  1858,  at  Rock  Island,  111. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

2265.  i.  Mary  Ednah  Baker,  eldest  child  of  Ann  Melissa 
Child  and  Benjamin  F.  Baker,  b.  in  Pittsfield,  Vt.,  Mch.  18, 
1848,  m.  about  1861,  Albert  Smith.     Reside  in  Chicago,  111. 


BEXJAMIK  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 

[Ninth  Geoeration.]    Children: 

2267.  i.  Lathie  E,  Smith*  b.  May  1,  1802,  in  Chicago,  ID. 

2268.  ii    Frank  Baker  SsirrH.' 
2360.  iii.  Kate  Stevens  Smith. 

2270.  iv.  Carrie  Smith, 

[Seventh  Generation] 

2235.  V.  Sarah  Jane  Child,  third  dan.  and  fifth  child  of 
Horace  S.  and  Mary  P.  Rice  Child,  K  Mcb.  1830,  at  Glens 
Falls,  Warren  Co.,  N.  Y.,  m.  Jan.  10,  1S50,  in  St  Louis,JMis- 
souri,  to  Mr.  James  G.  Goodrich ;  removed  from  St  Louis  in 
1863.  to  4V>  Michigan  Ave.,  Chicago,  El.,  with  their  family. 
[Eighth  6 eiie ration  ]    Children: 

2271,  i.  JIarv  Wallace  Goodrich^  b.  Nov.  26,  1850,  at  St.  Louis.  Mo. 
3272.  ii.  Jliults  G.  Goodrich,  b,  Oct,  6.  1852,  at  St,  Louis,  Mo. 

2273.  iii,  Nellie  Goodrich,  b.  Jan,  8,  1855,  at  St  Louis,  Mo. 
2274  IV.  Sarah  Child  GooiiRice,  I  rp    ■       (  b.  Aug,  6,1857,  St.  Louis, Mo. 
2275.   V.   James  G.  Goodrich,        f  ^"^^^^  "f  d.  Sept  "10.  1857.  ^ 

2:276.  vi.  Harry  Goodrich,  b.  July  11,  11*67,  in  Chicago,  111. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2236.  vi.  Albert  Alonzo  Child,  third  son  and  sixth  child! 
of  Horace  S.  and  Marj  P.  Rice  Child,  b.  June,  1832,  m.  Frances^ 
Page,  at  Nashua,  N.  H.     Mr,  Child  is  in  business  in  Chicago,  IIL 
[Eighth  Generation]    Children. 

2277.  i.  Jessie  Child. 
2i78.  li    Georoe  Child, 
227U.  iii.  I^aiqe  Child, 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

3237.  %ni.  Fra:^is  Pearley  Child,  fourth  son  and  gevemE 
child  of  Horace  &  and  Mary  P,  Hice  Child,  b.  in  Pittsiield,Vt, 
March  31,  1835,  m.  July  16,  1856.  Ceha  Gillespie,  and  reside 
at  present  in  Cliicago,  III. 
[Eighth  Generation,]  Child: 
22l*D.  i,  Francis  Child, 

[Sixth  GeneralionJ 

2220.  iii.  CflAUNCEY  Child,  second  son  and  third  child  of 
Ebenezer  and  Anna  Gray  Child,  b.  in  Brandon,  llutland  Co., 
Vt,  March  10,  179S,  m.  Jan.  1,  1841,  Miss  Frances  Celia  MorseJ 
at  Brighton,  Livingston  Co.,  Michigan.     Mr.   Chauncey  ChildJ 
died  at  Staunton,  Mt  Calm  Co.,  Michigan,  Nov.  26,  1875, 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

2281.  i.  EuzA  Ceceua  Child,  b.  July  29,  1843.  m.  June  5,  1860,  Joseph  ^ 
F.  Jewett 

2282.  ii.  Chauncey  Euoene  Child,  b.  April  15, 1844,  in  Hartland*  Liviiigs.  ^ 
ton,  Co.,  Mich.,  d.  Jan.  10,  1845, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  817 

2283.  iii.  Frances  Eugenie  Child,  b.  April  29, 1846.  in  Hartland,  Ijivings- 
ton  Co.,  Mich.,  d.  Sept.  1. 1848. 

2284.  iv.  Ebenezeb  G.  Child,  b.  Mch.  11. 1848,  in  Hartland,  Livingston 
Co.,  Mich.,  m.  at  Greenville.  Mich.,  July  3,  1877,  Miss  OUie  Sharp. 

2285.  V.  Emma  Louisa  Child,  b.  Oct.  14,  1850,  in  Hartland  Livingston 
Co.,  Mich. 

2286   vi.  Franklin  Gray  Child,  b.  Oct.  1,  1852.  in  Hartland,  Livings- 
ton Co..  Mich.,  d.  Jan.  23,  1859.  in  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

2287.  vii.  Burr  Julius  Herbert  Child,  b.  Mch.  13,  1835,  m.  Dec.  31, 
1.874,  Alice  M.  Cannon. 

^Seventh  Generation.] 

2281.  i.  Eliza  Cecelia  Child,  eldest  dau.  and  child  of 
Ohauncey  and   Frances  Celia   Morse  Child,  b.   in  Hartland, 
Xivingston  Co.,  Mich.,  July  20,  1842,  ra.  in  Cleveland  Ohio, 
June  5,  1860,  Joseph  F.  Jewett     Reside  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2288.  i.  Laura  Heppie  Jewett.  b.  Mch.  21,  1861,  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

2289.  ii.  Jennie  Louise  Jewett,  b.  Aug  31.  1862,  at  Cincinnati.  Ohio  d. 
Sept.  3.  1805. 

2290.  iii.  Helen  Maria  Jewett,  b.  April  13, 1864.  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

2291.  iv.  Carrie  Louise  Jewett.  b.  Aug.  11,  1866,  at  Wyoming,  Ohio. 

2292.  V.  Joseph  P.  Jewett,  Jr.,  b.  July  11,  1868,  at  Wyoming.  Ohio. 

2293.  vi.  Grace  Eliza  Jewett,  b.  Sept  13,  1870,  at  Wyoming.  Ohio. 

2294.  vii.  Max  Jewett,  b.  Nov.  17, 1872,  at  Wyoming,  Ohio. 

2295.  viii.  Cecelia  Child  Jewett,  b.  Dec.  26,  1874.  at  Wyoming,  Ohio. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2287.  vii.  Burr  Julius  Herbert  Child,  fourth  son  and 
seventh  child  of  Chauncej   and  Frances  Celia  Morse  Child,  b. 
in  Milford,  Oakland  Co.,  Mich.,  m.  at  Mill  Brook,  Mich.,  Dec. 
31,  1874,  Miss  Alice  M.  Cannon. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 

2296.  i.  Lewis  Herbert  Child,  b.  Oct.  26,  1876. 

[Sixth  Generation] 

2222.  V.  Earl  Child,  third  son  and  fifth  child  of  Ebenezer 
and  Anna  Gray  Child,  b.  in  Brandon,  Rutland  Co.,  Vt,  Mch. 
13,  1803,  m.  at  Stockbridge,  Vt,  ISTov.  4,  1827,  Miss  Louisa  W. 
Keyes,  who  was  b.  in  Bridgewater,  Vt,  Sept  13,  1813.  Mr. 
Earl  Child  died  in  Hartland,  Mich.,  April  9, 1862.  Mrs.  Child 
died  in  Brighton.  Mich.,  June  14,  1845. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children. 

2297.  i.  A  daughter— unchristened—b.  Feb.  10, 1829,  d.  same  day  in  Pitts- 
field,  Vt. 

2298.  ii.  Eael  Keyes  Child,  b.  Mch.  21.  1830.  in  Pittsfield,  Vt.,  m.  May 
80,  1852,  Jennette  Harrington. 

2299.  iii.  A  son — unchristened — b.  April  5,  1832,  d.  same  day,  in  Bran- 
don, Vt. 


315  BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURT,  MASa 

2300,  iv.    MiNON  J,   Child,   b.   Jan.   26,   1833,   d.   Jan.    31,    X833/ 
Leicester^  Vt. 

2301,  T.  Aanx  Maem  Child,  b.  Jan.  0,  18S0,  m.  Oct.  23,  1854.  John  S^ 
Toppings 

230-3.  vL  Helen  Pratt  Child,  b.  Feb.  31,  1839,  ra.  Feb.  28*  1861,  Robert 
B.  Smith. 

[Seventh  Generation.]  1 

230L  V.  Anna  Maria  Child,  fifth  child  of  Earl  and  Louisa. 
W.  Kejes  Child,  b.  ie  Green  Oak,  (afterwards  Oakland)  Mich*^ 
Jan.  9,  1836,  ni.  Oct  23,  1854,  John  S.  Topping,  at  Tarrytown, 
N.  Y. 

[Eighth  Generation  J    Children ; 

2303.  i.  Mary  Louise  Topfiji'q,  b.  Oct.  IL  1857.  in  New  York  City.     

2304.  ii.  Jessie  Patience  Topping,  b.  Dec.  9,  18(J0.  in  Alton,  III. 

2305.  iii,  Helen  Maria  Topping,  \\  July  25,  18*53,  in  Alton,  III. 
2300*  iv.  Erastus  Doane  Topping,  b.  Oct.  27,  1866,  in  Alton.  Ill 
2307.  7.  Alonzo  Child  Topping,  b.  Jan.  25,  1809,  in  Alton,  III 
2806.  vi,  Gracie  Sheldon  Topping,  b.  Oct.  10.  1871,  in  Alton,  HL 

2309.  vii.  John  Rvder  Toppino,  b.  Feb.  1,  1875,  in  Alton,  III. 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

2302.  vi.  Helen  Prait   Child,  sixth  and  youngest  child 
of  Earl  and  Louisa  W.  Keyes  Cliild,  b.  in  Hartland,  Livingston 
Co.,  Mick.  Feb.  21, 1859,  m.  Feb.  28, 1861,  Robert  B,  Smithy 
Alton,  ni 
[Eighth  Generation,]    Child : 

2310.  i,  Earl  Clarendon  Smith,  b.  April  20,  1862.  in  Alton,  III. 

[Sixth  Generation,] 

2223.  vi.  Almira  Child,  third  daii.  and  sixth  child  of 
Ebenezer  and  Anna  Gray  Child,  b.  at  Brandon,  Ratland  Co.* 
Vt,  March  7,  1805,  m.  May,  1828,  Mr.  Edward  Whitcomb,  at 
Pitt^field,  Vt.     Reside  at  Le  Roy,  Mower,  Co.,  Minnasota.  J| 

[Seventh  Generation.]     Children:  ^1 

2311.  i.  Julia  Whitcomb,  b.  Oct.  9,  1834,  in  Fredonia»  ChautAnqua  Co., 
New  York.  (L  Aug.  9,  1853. 

2312.  ii.  Helen  Whitcomb,  b.  June  13,  1630.  in  Fredonia,  X.  Y.,  d.  May 
1844. 

2313.  iii.  Anna  WniTcoMB,  b,  Si^pt.  10,  1838,  in  Hiram,  Portage  Co., 
Ohio,  m.  Sept,  20,  1856.  Alt>ert  Allen,  at  Le  Roy,  Minn.  Resides  in  Cali- 
fornia, 

2314.  iv.  Edward  B.  Whitcomb,  b,  Oct,  5,  1841.  in  Spring  Prairie,  Wis.,  S 
ra.  Feb.  22,  1868,  Maggie  Taylor,  at  L*  Roy,  Minn,  S 

2315.  V.  Emma  WHrrcoMB.  b.  Mch.  19, 1846,  at  Burlington.  Wis.,  d.  April 
9,  1848. 

2316.  vi.  Adelaide  Whitcomb,  b.  Oct.  16,  1849,  in  Burling^ton,  Wis,  m, 
Au^.  10,  1807,  Simuel  Biicon.  in  Le  Roy,  Minn. 


AND  HTS  DESCEND ANTa 


[Sixth  Generation*] 

2224.  viL  Alonzo  Child,  fourth  son  and  seventh  child  of 
Ebenezer  and  Anna  Gray  Child,  b.  id  Brandon,  Vt,  July  21^ 
1807,  ra.  Aug,  28,  1838,  in  Pittslield,  Vt,  Miss  Mary  Goodrich, 

dau.  of  Mr.  James  Goodrich  ;  a  Scotch  family.     Mrs.  Goodrich, 

the   mother  of  Mrs.  Alonzo  Child^  was  a  Wallace,  said  to  be 

in  direct  descent  from  the  hero  of  Scotland. 

Mr.  Alonzo  Child^  like  his  brothers  and  sisters,  was  educated 

ia  the  common  schools  and  academies  of  New  England,  but 
from  the  rapid  growth  of  the  frame  which  early  attained  more 
than  average  stature,  there  resulted  much  physical  weakness, 
resulting  in  an  affection  of  the  eyes  whicli  ultimately  destroyed 
the  sight  of  one.  Skillful  treatment  from  the  leading  physicians 
of  Massachusetts  saved  him  from  utter  blindness.  Though  thus 
tried  at  his  entrance  upon  the  activities  of  life,  he  was  nothing 
daunted,  but  with  cheerful  zeal  began  the  career  which  resulted 
for  him  in  such  pecuniary  success.  His  debut  was  made  in 
Lowell,  Mass.,  a  large  manufacturing  city.  Hither  he  bent  his 
steps,  entrustetl  by  Dr.  Eliphalet  Nott,  President  of  Union 
College,  Schenectady,  N*  Y.,  with  a  consignment  of  the  stoves 
invented  and  patented  by  Dr.  Nott,  for  the  use  of  anthracite 
coaL  The  venture  was  an  entirely  successful  one,  attesting 
anew  the  quick  apprehension  of  character,  and  whole-hearted 
generosity  of  the  learned  Doctor,  as  well  a^^  the  thorough  busi- 
ness capabilities  of  the  young  merchant.  This  location  though 
pleasant  to  Mr.  Child  in  many  respects,  did  not  offer  the  oppor- 
tunity for  that  enlargement  of  business  of  which  Mr.  Alonzo 
Child  felt  capable.  Closing  his  affairs  in  Lowell,  Mr.  Child 
went  to  the  West  and  found  in  the  stirring  haste,  and  breadth 
of  method,  the  kind  of  business  atmosphere  for  which  he  was 
especially  adapted.  He  made  St  Louis^  Missouri,  the  btise  of 
his  operations,  which  proved  an  eminently  wise  decision.  Mr. 
Child  made  for  himself  a  name  and  |K)sition  among  the  mer- 
chant princes  of  that  city.  His  interests  were  wide  and  deep  ; 
unostentatious  in  charities,  he  was  yet  always  ready  to  help  on 
every  movement  which  promisetl  elevation  to  his  fellow-beings, 
either  pecuniarily  or  morally.  M  any  prosperous  business  houses 
to-day  owe  largely  their  success  to  some  kindly  loan  or  start  in 
life  from  his  easily  sliding  purse-string.  With  all  this  extreme 
activity,  Mr.  Child  was  a  man  of  strong  home  attachmentsi 


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BENJAMIX  CHILD  OF  B0XJ3l'in',  Mi 


delightiiipr  to  render  his  abode  otie  of  attraction  fn>m  its  luxury 
of  comforta     In  the  yeai^  1843^,  Mr.  Child  was  in  Europe 
combining  business  profits  and  intellectual  culture.     From  the 
year  1850^  Mr.  Child  became  a  resident  of  Tarry -town  on-the- 
Hudson,  not  far  from  New  York  City,  though  continuing  hit^ 
business  houses  in  the  West  and  usually  passing  a  hirge  partS 
of  each  winter  in  St  Louis.     Of   his  patriotism  we  will  permit 
the  accompanying   resolutions    to   speak,  premising  that  Mr,^ 
Child  had  reached  the  close  of  his  life,  so  full  of  large  interest! 
in  the  West,  and  of  pleasant,  useful,  honorable  characteristic 
in  the  social  world  of  his  eastern  home,  on  the  third  of  June, 
1873.     Mr.  Child   wns  trustee  of  the  Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co.,  o^ 
New  York  City,  and  director  of  the  Westchester  Savings  BarikjH 
aiding  largely  in  the  formation  of  the  latter. 

At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Mutual^ 
Life  Ins*  Co.^  of  New  York  City,  held  June  4,  1873,  the  PresL^ 
dent  announced  the  death  of  Alonzo  Child,  a  Trustee  of  tbi 
company  fur  many  yeai^.     Judge  Davis  addressed  the  Chain 
follows,  presenting  the  appended  resolutions: 

**Jl/r.  Premdfnl:  TJje  announceiaent  you  havo  just  made  of  the  detrease  ( 
one  of  tbe  ruost  respected  and  esteemed  members  of  this  Board,  must 
every  heart  with  profound  sorrow  and  dee])  sympathy*    Alonzo  Child 
be<jn  a  nssful  and  honored  member  of  this  Board  for  many  year*»  alway 
fait hfii!  to  duty,  wis<?  in  council  and  ready  to  discharge  every  obligatioa 
with  fidelity  and  integrity.     Mr.  Child  was  distingniT^bed  for  a  long  and 
honored  niwrcantile  career.     HjscommtTcial  integrity  was  never  qne^tione 
and  he  ever  sti*od  in  the  front  ranks  of  those  who  have  transacted  the  lm$i- 
ness  affairs  of  oiir  country.     But   I  desired  to  refer  particnlarly  to  the  in- 
valuable and  patrioiie  services  he  rendered  to  the  country  in  its  late  strug 
gles  for  national  existence.     Mr.  Child  iiad  a  large  mercantile  house  estat >lishJ 
ed  at  St.  Louis,  ami  through  it,  for  more  than  thirty  years  proioas  to  1861 
had  furnished  the  gpovernniont  with  all  needful  supplies  in  the  line  of  hii 
business,  for  its  armies  in  the  West,  and  the  Indian  tribes  dependent  upon 
the  government  for  their  annual  need*.     At  the  commencement  of  the  warj 
his  firm  at  St   Louis  invested  ev<*rything  they  had  fi^r  the  purpose  of  main*!] 
tnining  the  government  of  the  United  Slates.     They  had  at  one  time  nske 
over  a  million  of  dollars  in  supplies  furnished  to  maintain  troops  in  the^ 
field      They  were  the  first  to  hang  out  the  star;*  and  stripes  on  Main  St.,  in 
St  Louiis^  and  were  always  willing  to  trust  the  government  with  anything 
they  wanted  and  to  imperil  their  whole  fortune  in  its  support     The  mer 
chants  in  St.  Louis  would  not  sell  to  or  trust  the  government,  but  Mc 
Child's  house  did,  until  his  resident  partner  thought  they  were  ready  I 
break,  and  telegraphed  to  Mr  Chihl,  at  New  York,  to  know  if  they  should 
go  on,  to  which  Mr.  Child  replied:  'Proceed  to  the  extent  of  every  dollar  i 
have,  and  all  you  can  raise.*    His  efforts  to  sustain  the  government  were ' 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  82.1 

characterized  by  its  officers  as  nearly  superhuman,  and  the  name  of  no  man 
should  be  held  in  more  grateful  remembrance  than  that  of  Alonzo  Child, 
for  his  unrequited  and  priceless  services  in  sustaining  this  nation  in  its 
hour  of  peril.  1  quote  from  the  record  for  these  facts  in  a  case  in  which  I 
acted  professionally  for  Mr  Child ;  and  I  shall  ever  blush  for  my  country  at 
the  injustice  it  meted  out  to  him  in  the  matter. 

But  peace  to  his  memory.  He  has  gone  where  the  wicked  cease  from 
troubling  and  the  weary  are  at  rest  Let  us  ever  cherish  in  grateful  remem- 
brance his  many  virtues,  his  kind,  genial  and  quiet  manners,  and  imitate 
his  self  sacrifices,  patriotic  devotion  to  his  country,  and  fidelity  in  the  dis- 
charge of  every  duty." 

Macb  more  of  like  character  was  here  said,  and  by  the  Trustees 
of  the  Westchester  Savings  Bank,  as  well  as  by  the  press,  one 
sentiment  pervading  every  utterance  that  of  thorough,  ready, 
exordial  recognition  of  the  entire  honesty  of  his  life. 
[Seventh  Generation.  ]    Children : 

2817.  i.  Don  Alonzo  Child,  b.  Aug.  30,  1840,  m.  Dec.  1*2,  1865,  Annie 
Cromwell. 

2318.  ii.  Dayton  Child,  b.  July,  1840.  d.  June,  1841.  in  St  Louis,  Mo. 

2319.  iii.  Julius  Peatt  Child,         )  H  ( Resides  in  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

[i'\b  Feb.  14. 184.^^.    [Wheelwright. 

2320.  iv.  Charles  Gardner  Child,  )  p   f  m.  April  16,  1871,  Carrie 


V.  George  Franklin  Child,  b.  1847,  d.  1847,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
vi.  Mary  Emma  Child,  b.  April  23, 1849,  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  m.  Dec. 
16,  1869,  Stephen  C.  Millett. 

2328.  ^ii.  Henry  Clay  Child,  b.  May  6,  1852.  at  Tarrytown.  N.  Y.,  m. 
July  15,  1875,  Lizzie  Ferguson,  of  New  York. 

2324.  viii.  Kate  Maria  Child,  b.  Aug.  10,  1853.  m.  Dec.  7.  1875.  Daniel 
C.  Millett. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2317.  i.  Don  Alonzo  Child,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Alonzo 
and  Mary  Goodrich  Child,  b.  in  St  Louis,  Mis.,  Aug.  30, 1840, 
m.  Dec.  12,  1S65,  Miss  Annie  Cromwell,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Don  Alonzo  Child  reside  in  New  York  City. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

2325.  i.  Cromwell  Child,  b.  July  8,  1867,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
ii.  Mary  Goodrich  Child,  b  Nov  8..  1868,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


[Seventh  Generation. 

2320.  iv.  Charles  Gardner  Child,  twin  son  with  Julius 
Pratt  Child,  of  Alonzo  and  Mary  Goodrich  Child,  b.  in  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  Feb.  14,  1845,  m.  April  16,  1871,  Miss  Carrie 
Wheelwright,  of  New  York  City,  in  which  place  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Chas.  G.  Child  reside,  at  125  W.  47th  st.  Mr.  Charles  G.  Child 
is  a  broker  on  Wall  st.  New  York  City. 


BENJAMIN  CHILP  OF  HOXBURY,  MASS. 


[Eighth  Generation.]    ChUdren : 
2027.  i   Charles  Gamkver  Child,  Jr.*  b,  Mch.  1873,  in  New  York. 
2S28.  ii.  Bessie  Wheelwtught  Child,  b.  Oct.  1877,  in  Xew  York. 

[Seventh  Generation  ] 

2322.  vi.  Mary  Emma  Child,  eldest  dau.  and  sixth  child 
of  Alonzo  and  Mary  Gciodrich  Child,  b.  in  St  Louis,  Ma, 
April  23,  1649,  m.  Dec.    16,  1«69,  Stephen  C.   Millett     Mr. 
Millett  died  in  Columbia,  South  Carcjlina,  Feb.  24, 1874.     Mrsi 
Millett  resides  in  Orange,  N.  J. 
[Eighth  Generaiiou]    Children: 
232^.  i.  Mary  Goodrich  Millett.  h.  Dec.  7,  1870,  in  Beaufort.  S.  C 
24130    ii    Kjitie  Child  Millett,  b.  Sept.  13,  1872,  in  Beaufort,  S.  C. 

2331.  iii,  Stephex  Colwell  MiLLErr.  b.  Dec.  5,  1873,  in  Beaufort,  S.  C. 

[Seventh  Generation*] 

2B24  viii,  Kate  Makia  Child,  second  dau.  and  youngest 
child  of  Alonzo  and  Mary  Govxlrich  Child,  b.  in  Tarry^town- 
on -'the  Hudson,  Aug.  10,  1853,  m.  Dec.  7,  1875,  Daniel  C. 
Millett,  at  South  Orange,  K  X  Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  C  Millett 
reside  in  Milwaukee,  Wis, 
[Eiglith  Genemtiun.]    Child: 

2332.  i.  Akna  Gray  Millett.  b.  Sept,  3,  1877,  in  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

[Sixth  Generation  J 

2225.  viii.  Benjamin  Franklin  Child,  fifth  son  and  eighth 

child  of  Ebenezer  and  Anna  Gra}*  Child,  b.  in  Brandon,  Vt, 
May  27,  ISUD,  in.  Aj^ril  30,  18^7,  Esther  Hicks,  at  Benningtoi] 
Vt ;  died  in  Shiawa.^see  Co.,  Mich. 
[Seventh  Genenition.l     Children: 

2im.  i.  GmmE  CerLo,  b  May  13,  1848,  ra.  Dec.  1870. 

2334  ii,  Aho^im  P.  Child,  bf  July  21,  18W,  ra.  July  21,  1875,  at  Lane 
barg»  Mich.;  d.  April  29.  1877,  at  same  place. 

2335.  iii.  Watjs^is  Child,  b.  Nov.  21,  1801,  at  Shionapa,  Mich-     Re^idf 
in  Lanesburg.  ^Mab. 

233tJ.  iv.  Edwin  Child  h  Oct.  K  1866,  at  Lanesburg,  Mich, 

[Sixth  Generation,] 

2226,  ix.  Jl'LIA   Chii.d,    fourth  dau.    and    ninth   child 
Ebenezer  and  Anna  Gray  Child,  b.  in  Brandon,  Rutland  Co., 
Vt,  April  27,  1811,  m.  Oct..  1840,  Chester  Baxter,  at  Pittsfielc 
Vt.  and  died  at  Castleton,  Vt.,  April  4,  1867,  aged  5H  ye^irs. 
[Seventh  Geopration]    Children: 

2837   i    Ellen   Dasa   Baxter,  b.  July,  1841,  in  Pittsfield,  Vt.,  m. ' 
10  1808,  John  H.  Langdon. 

2338   ii,  Eljzajietu  MoasE  Baxtes,  b.  A[iril.  184.'),  in  Pittsfield,  Vt,  i 
April  4,  1870,  Bensnti  Ferris.     Resides  at  Pn  nee  ton.  111. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTa  323 

[Sixth  Qeaeration.] 

2227.  X.  Pkarlky  Augustus  Child,  sixth  son  and  tenth 
child  of  Ebenezer  and  Anna  Gray  Child,  h.  in  Brandon,  Vt, 
April  8,  1813;  has  been  twice  married — Ist,  April  13, 1834, 
by  "Rev.  Elisha  Tucker,  to  Helen  Maria  Pratt,  in  Buffalo,  N.Y,. 
where  she  was  b.  Dec.  1,  1817.  Mra  H.  M.  Pratt  Child  died  at 
West  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  April  14,  1866.  Mr.  Child  m.  2d,  Aug., 
1877,  Miss  Hawley,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Child  is  engaged 
in  the  hardware  business,  in  the  stove  manufacturing  depart- 
ment He  is  a  man  of  strong  presence  and  genial  spirit;  a  well 
proportioned  man  six  feet  in  height  He  was  associated  with 
his  brother,  Alonzo  Child,  in  the  hardware  trade  in  St  Louis, 
Missouri,  for  some  years,  where  they  were  most  extensive  and 
successful  operators, 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

2889.  i.  Helen  Pratt  Child,  b.  Mch.  8,  1835,  m.  Dec.  17,  1856,  Lorenzo 
D.  Colt. 

2840.  ii.  Frances  Rachel  Child,  b.  Nov.  12. 1886,  m.  Oct.  6,  1859,  Clark 
Lockwood  Carpenter. 

2341.  iii.  Pascal  P.  Child,  b.  Oct.  25. 1888,  m.  Nov.  10, 1861,  Charlotte 
H.  Clarke. 

2842.  iv.  Hiram  Herendean  Child,  b.  Oct.  26,  1840.  d.  Aug,  14,  1849, 
at  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

2343.  V.  Marilla  Allen  Child,  b.  Aug.  2,  1842,  d.  Feb.  4,  1847,  at 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

2344.  vi.  Julia  Maria  Child,  b.  Sept.  28,  1848,  m.  Dec.  12. 1873,  Mark 
L.  Filley. 

2345.  vii.  Pearlet  Augustus  Child,  Jr  ,  b.  July  24,  1857,  at  Cleveland. 
Ohio. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2339.  i.  Helen  Pratt  Child,  eldest  child  of  Pearley 
Augustus  and  Helen  M.  Pratt  Child,  b.  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Mch 
8,  1835,  m.  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Dec.  17,  1856,  Lorenzo  D.  Colt 
Resided  in  West  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  she  d.  May 
1,  1866. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2846.  1.  Pascal  Chester  Colt,  b.  May,  1859,  at  West  Exeter,  N.  Y. 

2847.  ii.  Charlotte  Henrietta  Colt,  b.  Nov.  21,  1860,  at  West  Exeter, 
NY. 

234^.  iii.  James  Denison  Colt,  b.  July,  1862,  at  West  Exeter,  N.  Y. 
2849.  iv.  Lorenzo  Colt,  b.  Dec  1863,  at  West  Exeter,  N.  Y.,  d.  at  same 
place  Dec.  1868. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2340.  il  Frances  Rachel  Child,  second  dau.  and  child  of 
Pearley  Augustus  and  Helen  M.  Pratt  Child,  b.  in  Buffalo, 


824 


m 


tiN  CHILD  OF  BOXBITRT, 


N.Y., 
Lockw 

[Eighth 
235t 

at  West 
2853- 

N.  J. 
2354. 


Nov.  n,  1S36,  m.  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Oct  6,  1859,  CM 
fnyd  Carpenter.     Reside  in  Lansingl'>iirgb,  N,  Y. 
Generation.]    Children: 

i.  Clark  Hiram  Carpenter,  b.  Dee.  29,  1860,  at  Kansas  City.  Mo,j 
ii.  Pearley  Augustus  Carpenter,  1».  Aug.  19,  1802,  at  St.  Loui^ 
Aug.  23,  1805,  at  West  Exeter,  N.  Y. 

iii.  Helen  Maria  Carpenter,  Ij.  Aug.  13,  1864,  d.  Aug   12, 1865.1 
Exeter,  N.  Y. 
iv.  Frederic  Auoltstl's  Carpekter^  b.  Mch.  14.  1868,  atOr^Tigfl,, 

V.  Prances  Lucille  Carpenter,  b.  Aug.  5. 1872.  at  Lansingburgli 


[Seventh  Generation,] 

2341.  iii.  Pascal  Pratt  Child,  eldest  son  and  third  child  of 
Pearley  Augustus  and  Helen  M.  Pratt  Child,  b.  in  BiifiEalo, 
K  Y.,  Oct  25,  1S3S,   m.   in  St  Louis,  Mo.,  Nov.   10.   1^61, 
Charlotte  H.  Clarke. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

23^0.  i.  Pas^^al  CHtLD,  b,  1862,  and  d.  in  St  Louis,  Mo, 

2356.  ii,  Helen  Child,  b.  July  5,  1804,  iu  St   U^uis,  Mo, 

2357.  iii.  Harry  Child. 
2858.  iv.  Hirax  Child,  d,  at  Carlyle,  111. 
2359,  V.  Cha^otte  CKtu>. 
2360*  vi.  Frances  Rena  Child. 
2361.  Tii.  Jclia  CmLn. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2344.  \i.  Julia  Maria  Child,  fourth  dau.  and  sixth  chil| 
of  Pearley  Augustus  and  Helen  M.  Pnttt  Child,  b.  in  Buffalo 
N.  Y.,  Sept  28,  1848,  m,  at  Lansingburgh,  N.  Y,  Dett.  Ij 
18T3,  Mark  L.  Filley.     Beside  in  Lansingburgh,  N,  Y. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 
2362   i.  Olivsr  Dwigut  Fillet,  b.  Mch.  14. 1876,  in  Lansln^burgh^  X,' 
9863   ii.  Marcis  L.  Filley,  b.  Sept.  18,  1878,  in  Lansingburgh,  X.  Y. 

2364.  iii.  Frederic  Child  Filley.  b.  M»j30, 1879,  in  Lanaingburgh^  N,l 

[Third  Generation.] 

23.  viii.  William  Child,  eighth  child  and  fifth  soo  of 
Benjamin  and  Grace  Morris  Child,  b.  iu  Boxbury,  Masa,  Oo^| 
14,   1677,  m,   1723,  Delx»rah   Goddard,   dan.  of  Joseph   an^^ 
Deborah  Goddartl     Ue  early  removed  to  Woodstock,  Ct 
[FouKh  Generation.]    Children 

2365.  i.  LrcY  Child,  b    in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Sept  30,  1729,  m.  April 
1753,  Thomas  ^lay. 

2366   ii.  Jonathan  Child,  h.  in  Wtiodslock.  Ct ,  Dec  17.  1731.  m.  J 
12,  1755,  Dinah  Bacon. 
2307.  iii.  WtLLUii  C^ild,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct^  1733,  d.  1734 


/ 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  325 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

2366.  ii.  Col.  Jonathan  Child,  second  child  and  eldest  son 
of  William  and  Deborah  Goddard  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct, 
Dec.  17,  1731,  m.  June  12,  1755,  Dinah  Bacon,  dau.  of  Thomas 
Bacon.  She  was  b.  I7d5,  and  d.  Jan.  3,  1814.  He  d.  April  5, 
1814,  in  Thetford,  Vt.  He  obtained  his  military  title  of  colonel 
in  the  Revolutionary  army.  He  was  engaged  in  the  battles  of 
Bunker  Hill  and  Bennington,  as  well  as  other  battles. 

Col.  Jonathan  Child  was  among  the  early  emigrants  from 
Woodstock,  Ct.,  to  that  part  of  New  Hampshire  bordering  on 
Vermont,  and  settled  in  Orford,  N.  H.  At  what  date  we  are 
not  informed,  but  probably  between  the  years  of  1770  and  75. 
Hon.  William  Child,  of  Fairlee,  Vt,  who  is  familiar  with  the 
history  of  that  part  of  the  State  of  Vermont  upon  which  Orford 
'orders,  and  who  has  supplied  a  chapter  of  history  for  a  "His- 
^rical  Gazetteer''  of  Vermont,  says  : 

**  In  my  researches  for  scraps  of  history  for  that  work,  I  found  Col.  Jona- 
^**a.ii  Child,  then  of  Orford,  N.  H  ,  was  with  others  quite  prominent  in  the 
^*^t  organization  of  Fairlee,  Vt,  as  a  town,  which  was  then  a  small  parcel 
^^  the  territory  known  as  the  *New  Hampshire  Grant,'  and  as  a  matter  of 
^^Virse,  several  of  our  first  town  meetings  between  the  years  1770  and  1780, 
^'^re  warned  and  held  in  Orford,  N.  H.  Col.  Child,  I  think,  afterwards 
'^oved  to  Lyme,  N.  H ,  and  possibly  might  have  crossed  the  river  and  locat- 
^^  in  Thetford,  Vt.  At  any  rate  his  son  William,  who  spent  a  large  pro- 
perty as  commissary  for  the  purchase  of  supplies  for  our  Revolutionary 
Midlers,  located  on  a  river  farm  in  Thetford,  Vt.,  where  some  of  his  descen- 
dants are  still  residing." 
I  Fifth  Generation]    Children. 

2368.  i.  Cyril  Child,  b.  May  5, 1756.  Killed  in  battle  in  Pennsylvania, 
July  4,  1778.    A  soldier  of  the  Revolutionary  war. 

2369.  ii.  William  Child,  b.  Dec.  10, 1757,  m.  Sept.  28, 1780,  Mary  Heaton. 
23T0.  iii.  Zeriah  Child,  b.  Oct.  9.  1759. 

2371.  iv.  Persis  Child,  b.  Aug.  23,  1761,  d.  Jan.  29,  1786. 

2372.  V.  Lucy  Child,  b.  Aug.  24,  1763,  m.  Israel  Newton,  M.  D. 

2373.  vi.  AzuBAH  Child,  b.  Jan.  13,  1765,  d.  Oct.  27,  1784. 

2874.  vii.  Asenath  Child,  b    Dec.  29,    1767,   m.  Day.     Had  one 

daughter,  Mrs.  Asenath  Pettibone  of  Muscatine,  Iowa. 

2375.  viii.  Deborah  Child,  b.Dec.  15,  1769,  d.  July  31,  1799. 

2376.  ix.  Abiel  Child,  b.  Jan.  22,  1772,  at  Lyme,  N.  H.,  d.  May  5. 1773. 

2377.  X.  Hannah  Child,  b.  Oct.  31,  1774. 

2378.  xi.  Polly  Child,  b.  July  24,  1777,  m.  Rev.  Asa  Burton. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

2369.  ii.  William  Child,  second  child  and  son  of  Col. 
Jonathan  and  Dinah  Bacon  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Dec. 
10,  1757,  m.  Sept  &8, 1780,  Mary  Heaton,  who  was  b.  in  Swan- 


828 


BEKJAKIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


sey,  N,  K,  Oct.  14^  1756,  dau.  of  Captain  William  IleatoiL 
She  A  at  Tlietford,  Vt.,  Dec.  23,  1836.     He  d.  at  Tbetfor4" 
Vt,  Aug.  27,  IS43,  aged  86. 

Mr.  Child  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  and  fought  with 
Jonathan  Child,  his  father,  m  the  battle  of  Bennington,  and 
in  other  battles.  He  settled  in  Thetford,  Tl,  where  he  was  ^ 
extensive  property  holder  ;  a  man  of  much  influence  and  relii 
bility ;  an  earnest  and  self-sacrificing  patriot,  having  spent 
large  share  of  bis  handsome  estate  in  aiding  the  triamph  of  th^ 
American  cause. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

2377.  i.  LucLVDA  Child,  b.  in  Thetford,  Vt ,  July  4, 1781,  m.  1828, 1 
mon  Childs,  of  Henniker,  N.  H.,  where  she  d.  Jan.  20,  1862,  leaving 
children. 

2378.  ii.  Olive  Child,  b.  in  Thetford,  Vt ,  June  3, 1783,  d.  Jtine  30. :      _ 

2379    iii.  Cyril  Cuili*,  b.  in  Thetford,  Vt,.  April  20,  17^1  m    Polly T 

2380.  iv  JoNATHAX  CeiLn,  b.  in  Lyme,  N.  IT.,  Jan.  30,  1785,  m.  May  7, 

1818,  Soph  ill  Eliza  Roehestor. 

9881.  V.  Bela  CffiLi),  b,  in  Thetford.  Vt.,  Dec.  28.  1780.  m.  let,  Feb.  28, 
1812,  Hosalindii  (Impnian,  m  2d.  Feb.  3,  1834,  Sally  Belding  Page. 

2382.  vi,  Abiel  CaiLi>.  b.  in  Thetfonl,  Vt..  Jan.  12,  1789,  d,  Jan,  178^. 

2383    FiL  AzLTBAB   Cbtld,  b.  in  Thetford.  Vt.,  Jan.  10,  1790,  m.  Josep 
Kinney. 

2384.  viii.  Persis  Child,  b.  in  Thetford.  Vt„  Jan.  31.  1792,  to.  July 
1815,  Benjamin  l^lnltby, 

2885.  ix.  Eber  Child,  b.  Feb.  28,  1794,  d.  Jan.  10,  1795. 

2386.  X.  Elon.i^  Child,  h,  in  Thetford,  Vt.,  Feb.  9,  1796,  d.  num.,  Ap3 
22,  1863. 

2887.  xl  Kber  Child.  2d,  b.  in  Thetford,  Vt.,  July  31,  1798,  m.  Kau^ 
Tyler. 

f  Sir  til  Generation.! 

2379.  iii.    Cyril    Child,   third   child   and  eldest  son 
William  and  Mary  Heati»n  Child.  U  in  Thetford,  Vt,  April  1 
1783,  ni,  Polly  - — -,     Had  seven  children;  he  d  April 
1849, 
[Seventh  G^^ncrationJ    Children: 

2388.  i.  Mary  Child,  jn.  Mr.  Thmsher. 

2389.  ii.  LuciiTi*  Child,  m.  Miss  Maltby. 
239Q.  iii.  Maria  Child,  m,  Mr.  Mullby. 
2:i9L  iv.  Emily  Child,  m.  Mr  Bickford. 

2392.  V.  HAftRiET  Child,  m.  Mr  Bjckford. 

2393.  vi.  Cynthia  Child,  unni, 

2394.  vii.  AzinAH  Ciuld,  unm, 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2380.  iv.  Major  Jonathan  Child,  fourth  child  andsecRS 
son  uf  William  and  Marv  Ileaton  Child,  b.  in  Lvme.  N. 


►  Same  person 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 


327 


J'nn,  30,  1785,  m.  May  7,  1818.  Sophia  Eliza  Rochester,  second 
ciau,  of  Hoik  Nathaniel  Rochester,  the  fotander  of  the  city  of 
Rochester,  N.  Y.  He  died  in  Buifalo,  N.  Y.,  Oct  27,  1860, 
£i.Tid  was  buried  at  Mt  Hope  Cemetery  in  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
*Tbey  had  five  sons  and  foar  daughtei's. 

Mr.  Jorjathan  Child  descended  from  worthy  ancestors  whose 

P^^obilitv  of  birth  was  derived  not  of  royal  blcwxl,  but  of  inherit  - 
virtues,  that  imparled  dignity,  stability  and  commanding 
fliience   to   their   possessor.     His   history   evinces   traits   of 
laracter  that  fitted  him  to  occupy  prominent  and  influential 
positions  in  society,  both  from  his  moral  virtues  and  his  intel- 
tual  force.     The  esteem  in  which  he  was  held  by  his  fellow 
;iiizens  shows  him  to  have  been  a  sagacious,  discreet  and  con- 
ientious  man.     His  record  is  one  that  his  descendants  may  look 
:ck  upon  with  pride,  and  with  desire  to  emulate. 
As  a  patriot,  he  inhented  the  spirit  and  courage  of  aneestora 
whose  love  of  country  was  conspicuous  in  the  Revolutionary  War, 
in  which  father  and  son  fouglit  side  by  side.     When  the  call  went 
forth  for  volunteers  in  the  war  of  lbl3,  Mr.  Jonathan  Child, 

N(the  subject  of  this  notice)  was  enrolled  as  a  volunteer,  and 
fought  in  the  battle  of  Fort  Erie,  and  acquired  the  title  of  Major. 
At  home  he  was  as  popular  as  he  was  inflaeutial  abroad.  The 
popular  favor  conferred  upon  him  the  honor  of  the  Jirst  Mayor 
of  the  City  of  Rochester ;  and  elected  him  one  or  more  terms  a 
member  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York,  from 
Ontario  countj^  Few  men  have  a  deeper  hold  on  the  confi- 
dence and  esteem  of  their  fellow-citizens  than  did  Mr,  Child. 
We  hav^e  been  furnished  with  the  following  editorial  articles, 
published  in  one  of  the  Rochester  papers,  (the  name  of  the 
per  was  not  given)  on  the  occasion  of  his  death,  showing  the 
timate  in  which  he  was  held  in  the  community  where  he  had 
ipent  the  larger  part  of  his  active  life: 

DEATH    OF    EX-MAYOR    CM  ELD. 

*'  It  will  he  litiinl  with  pain,  but  not  with  surprise,  that  our  kte  fellow- 

itizen,  the  vfMienil^le  Jonathivii  Child.  i?i  no   more.     Up  died  at  the  resi- 

ience  of    his  iiflujti:hter,  Mvs  Asher  P.  Nirhols.  in  Biiffnhi,  at  tralf-jiast  one 

i>'clm'k  this  mornini*:.      Mr,  Child  had  iieen  in  feel>le  liealth  for  a  year  past, 

iid  for  a  few  weeks  he  hnd   t)een   hoptdej^sly  pr<j:>trale.     Hi^  ui^sense  was  ari 

SEection  of  the  heart.     He  had  been  at  Buffalo  some  tiiiit\  under  the  care 

^tif  his  daughter,  whose  aiteniions  he  required  to  smooth  his  pathway  to  the 

grave,  and  make  his  last   monieiu^  com  fort  able.     Mr.  Child  wa:?  born  at 


838 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  BOXBUBT,  MASS. 


Lyme,  New  Hampshire,  on  the  30tli  Jany.,  1785.    His  grnndfiither,  bearing  | 
the  rianie  name,  vvas  a  soldier  of  the  Rovolntioti,  a^  was  his  father.    Hii! 
father  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1813  and  Mr.  Child  was  also  in  ttmt  8ee-| 
vice,  having  held  the  post  of  major  and  paymaster  in  the  militia  of  th«.j 
Stale  of  New  York.     He  was,  we  believe,  present  at  the  battle  of  Lake  Erie.1 
Deceased  came   from   New  Enghiiid   to   Uticit   in    1806,  and  there   taught 
sehcHji,  and  was  sobaeqiiently  a  clerk  for  Walts  Sherman,  an  extensive  met' 
chant  of  that  eity.    In  1810  Mr.  Child  came  to  what  is  now  Monroe  eountj,  J 
and   loi  ated  as  a   merchant  at   Charlotte.     He  subsetjuently  removed  tol 
Bhiomfield,  Ontario  county,  and  was  there  in  the   mercantile  busine?*  tiUl 
abont  1820.     He  then  came  to  Rochester,  and  was  subsequently  an  exten* 
give  conTraclor  on  the  canal.     He  had  a  large  contract  at  Loekport  for  cul^ 
ting  through  the  moantain  ridge  for  the  eanal.  and  he  also  kept  a  store  In 
the  village. 

**lr\  1827,  under  the   new  village  charter  of  Roehe.*iter,  Mr.  Child  wss 
chosen  a  trustee  to  represent  the  third  ward,   and  he  was  reelected  m  1830. 
In  I8S4.  when  the  city  charter  was  obtained,  the  cominon  council  elected j 
Mr.  Child  mayor.     He  served,  however,  but  a  short  time  and  resigned  oil 
the  23d  day  of  June     He  wa^  a  conscientious  advocate  of  temperance  arv 
not  agreeing  with  the  policy  of  lht>  Ijoard  in  granting  licenses,  he  resignei 
that  he  might  not  sacrifiee  his  principles  or  clog  the  whet-la  of  govern  meat* 
of  the  new  city.     In  his  letter  of  resignation  Ui  the  board  he  taid :     *  It  I 
comes  incumbent  on  me.  in   my  oftlcial  character,  to  Mgn  these   papefl 
(licenses)      I  am  constrained  to  act  according  to  my  most  solemn  conviQj 
tiona  of  moral  duty  and  eatimation  of  legal  right  in  all  cases  eonnecte 
with  the  office  intrusted  to  me     When  1  find  myself  so  jsituated  in  my  offi- 
cial iitation  tis  to  be  obliged,  either  on  the  one  hand,  to  violate  thef^e  high 
obi igar ions,  or,  on  the  other,  to  stand  in  opposition  tn  the  declared  wisha 
of  a  large  majority  of  the  board,  ami  through  them  of  tlieir  conatitiients- 
ray  valued  friends  and  fellow-eitraens — I  dare  not  retain  the  public  static 
which  expi^?e.s  me   to   this   unhappy  dilemma,    1,  therefore,  now  mo.«t 
spectfully  resigo  into  your  hands  the  office  of  mayor  of  the  city  of  Kochc 
ter.'    This  was  nobly  done,  and  we  do  not  care  t-o  point  to  a  better  index 
the  character  of  Hon.  Jonathan  Cldld  than  this  extract  from  his  letter  to 
the  board  presents, 

**In  the  later  years  of  the  life  of  Mr.  Child  he  was  uofortiinate  in  boa 
ness,  and  was  deprived  of  all  the  gains  of  early  life,  Init  he  met  all 
losses  wirh  fortitude,  aiid  moved  on  with  the  same  equanimity  of  tern  pa 
and  eheerf Illness  that  characterized  him  in  youth.  In  this  respect  he  wi 
Indeed  a  remarkable  man,  and  a  model  for  his  ft^Uow-citixena.  No  ma 
was  more  esteemed  than  the  deceased.  He  had  no  enemiea  and  was  beJove 
by  all.  He  was  a  sincere  christian  and  member  of  St.  Luke's  church  fgi 
many  years,  and  up  to  tlie  last  hour  of  consciousness  on  earth  he  mail] 
tained  that  calmness,  serenity  and  abiding  confidence  in  his  faith  which 
rt^al  christian  always  i>osseflses, 

[Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 

3395,  i,  MAttY  LoL'tsA  Child,  b,  Feb.  8,  1810,  m.  t3ct  38,  1841.  Washir 
ton  Gibbons,  Esq. 

2300.  ii.  Nathaxtel  Rochester  Child,  b.  in  Rochester.  N.  Y..  Nov,  ^ 
1820,  m  June  26,  1844,  Elixabeih  Stone  Prince. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTa  829 

2897.  iii.  William  Gumming  Child,  b.  Sept.  8,  1822,  d.  July  1,  1828. 

2898.  iv.  WiLLLiM  Child,  b.  April  27,  1824,  d.  Dec.  2, 1824. 

2899.  V.  Emily  Child,  b.  July  10,  1825,  m.  Aug.  18,  1851,  Hon.  Asher 
P.  Xichols,  comptroller  of  the  State  of  New  York  and  senator  one  term  in 
New  York  State  Legislature.     No  children.     Mr.  Nichols  d.  May  80,  1880. 

2400.  vi.  Sophia  Child,  b.  in  Rochester,  N.  Y ,  Aug.  20, 1827,  d.  July  15, 


2401.  vii.  Jonathan  Henet  Child,  b.  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  26, : 
Mr.  Child  is  a  business  man  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  was  recently  editor 
of  the  Geneva  Gazette,  Geneva,  N.  Y. 

2402.  viii.  Cornells  Rochester  Child,  b.  Sept.  8, 1832.  d.  Oct.  3,  1856. 

2403.  ix.  Thomas  Coleman  Child,  b.  July  25, 1887,  d  Aug.  17,  1837. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2395.  i.  Mary  Louisa  Child,  eldest  child  of  Maj.  Jona- 
than and  Sophia  Eliza   Rochester  Child,  b.  Feb.  8,  1819,  m. 
Oct   28,    1841,   Washington    Gibbons,    Esq.,   attorney-at-law 
and  city  recorder  in  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
[Eighth  Generation  ]      Children: 

2404.  i.  Jonathan  Child  Gibbons,  b.  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  12,  1842; 
d  March  28. 1845. 

2405.  ii.  Sophia  Rochester  Gibbons,  b  in  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

2406.  iii.  Nathaniel  Rochester  Gibbons,  b.  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  June 
1-3,  1847,  d.  Sept.  6.  1856. 

2407.  iv.  Mary  Stafford  Gibbons,  b.  in  Rochester,  N.  Y..  May  15,  1851» 
d.  Dec.  17,  1858. 

2408.  V.  Montgomery  Gibbons,  b.  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  15,  1854. 

2409.  vi.  Emily  Nichols  Gibbons,  b.  in  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2:396.  ii.  Nathaniel  Eociiester  Child,  second  child  and 
eldest  son  of  Major  Jonathan   and    Sophia   Eliza  Kochester 
Child,  b.  in   Eochester,   N.  Y.,   Nov.   20,   1820,  m.  June  26, 
1844,  Elizabeth  Stone  Prince,  he  d.  October  8, 1848. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

2410.  i.  Anna  Cutler  Child,  b.  March  8,  1845,  d.  1851. 

3411.  ii    Nathaniel  Rochester  Child,  b.  July  2,  1848,  d.  October,  1849. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2381.  V.  Bela  Child,  fifth  child  and  third  son  of  William 
and  Mary  Heaton  Child,  b.  in  Thetford,  Vt,  Dec.  28,  1786,  m. 
twice — 1st  Feb.  28, 1812,  Rosalinda  Chapman  of  Keene,  N.  H., 
she  d.  Oct.  3,1831:  Mr.  Child  m.  2d,  Feb.  3,  1834,  Sally 
Belding  Page,  she  d.  1879  ;    he  d.  in  Thetford,  Vt,  July  30, 

1866. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

2412.  i.  Irene  Kino  Child,  b.  in  Thetford,  Vt.,  July  14,  1813,  d.  Aug. 
30, 1840,  unmarried. 
Y 


330 


BENJAMO 


CASSw 


3413.  ii.  WiLiJAM    flEATox   CuiLThlK  iti   Thetford,  Vt.,  Oct.6.  ISKffl  ^ 
twice — lst»  La  YIN  A  Mokkv;  ro.  2d,  Jan,  21,  18tS3,  Samh  Jane  Howaril. 

2414.  iii.  Jonathan  Chapman  Child,  h.  in  Thetford,  Vt.,  April  10,  U17, 
m  1848.  Emily  Eliza  Roberls. 

2415.  iv   Eleanor  Clabinda  Child,  b  Dec.  24,  1818.  unmarried. 
24lC.  V.  Lucv  Ann  Cbild,  b.  Aug.  23,  1823,  unmarried. 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

2413.  ii.     William  IIeaton  ChilDj  elrle-st  son  and  secnSf^ 
child  of  Belli  and  Rosalinda  Cbapman  Child,  b.  in  ThetforA*  , 
Vt,  Oct  (>,  1814,  m.   Mch.  6,   1S89,    Laviaa    Murej,    dau.  c^'^ 
Alanson  Morcj  of  Tliettoi-d,  Vt,  she  A  Jan.  18,  18ti0;  he 
2d,  Sarah  Jane  Howard,  Jan.  21,  1863. 
[Eightli  Gtmemtiond    Children  i     By  fins t  marriage. 

2417.  i.  WiLLfAM  Arthur  Child,  b  Out  20,  1843.  d.  Nov.  22,  laiO. 

2418.  ii.   Infant  (unchristened),  1>,  Xov.  15.  1848,  d.  March  25,  1841). 

2419.  iii.  Bela  Child,  \k  May  21  isr,2,  m.  Grat-c  E.  Lord  May  24,  1879-- 
andd.  July  3,  1879. 

By  stN'oiid  iiiarriag'*?. 
245)0.  iv.  William  Child,  b,  April  10,  1864,  d.  Sept,  16,  1864. 
3421.  V.  Mary  Lucv  Child,  b.  Jan,  27,  1866. 
2422.  vi,  L12ZIE  Howard  Child,  b.  March  HI,  1868. 
9423.  vii.  Jonathan  Henry  Chu.d,  h.  Feb.,  1872. 
2423*/.  viii.  Emily  Alida  Child,  b.  Sept.  29,  1874. 
[Seventh  Genemtion.] 

2414.  iii.   Jonathan    Chapman  GHiti>,   third  child  anti 
second  son  of  Bek  and  Rosalinda  Chapman  Child,  b.  in  TheV^ 
ford,  Yt,  April  16,  1817,  m.   1848,  Emily  Eliza  Roberts,  at 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 
[Eighth  Generation,]    Chihlren: 

3434.  i.  GEORtiE  Henry  Child. 

3435.  it  Anna  Gale  Child, 
2436.  ill  Emily  Child, 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2383.  vii.  Azubah  Child,  seventh  child  and  third  dau. 
William  and  Mary  Ileaton  Cliild,  b.  Jan.  10,  1790,  m.  JosepUj 
Kinney;  she  d.  in  Thetford,  Vt,  May  9, 1867. 
[Seventh  Generation. J    Children : 

2427,  i.  Lorenzo  Child  Kinney,  m   Sophia  Strong. 

3428,  ii.  PLORC.M  Kinney,  m.  Laura  South  worth, 

242©,  iii.  Adino  Kinney,  hl  Sabrah  Southworth, 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2427.  i.  LoRKNzo  Child  Kinney,  eldest  child  of  Azubah"' 
Child  and  Joseph   Kinney,  m.  Sophia  Sti'ong. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children; 

243^0.  i.  Joseph  Child  Kinney,  m.  Louisa  Rugg. 

2431.  ii.  Lorenzo  AVillibtox  Kikney. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  331 

3432.  iii.  Lucinda  Azubah  Einnet. 

2483.  iv.  Chables  Newton  Kinney,  m.  Mary  Sophia  Snow. 

2484.  V.  Harriet  Louisa  Kinney 

2435.  vi.  Israel  Strong  Kinney,  m.  Carrie  M  Preston. 

[fiighth  Generation.] 

2430.  i.  Joseph  Child  Kinney,  eldest  child  of  Lorenzo 
Child  Kinney  and  Sophia  Strong,  m.  Louisa  Eugg. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

2436.  i.  George  Edward  Kinney. 

2437.  ii.  Phineas  Child  Kinney. 
2436a.  iii.  Alice  Sophia  Kinney. 
2437a.  iy.  Linda  Mabel  Kinney. 

fTEighth  Generation.] 

2433.  iv.  Charles  Newton  Kinney,  third  son  and  fourth 
child  of  Lorenzo  Child  and  Sophia  Strong  Kinney,  m.  Mary 
Sophia  Snow. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

2438.  i.  Gertrude  May  Kinney. 

2439.  ii.  Jessie  Eveline  Kinney. 

2440.  iii.  Mabel  Southworth  Kinney. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

2435.  vi.  Israel  Strong  Kinney,  fourth  son  and  sixth 
child  of  Lorenzo  Child  and  Sophia  Strong  Kinney,  m.  Carrie 
M.  Preston. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child : 

2441.  i.  Ethel  Maud  Kinney. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2428.  ii  Florus,Kinney,  second  child  and  son  of  Azubah 
Child  and  Joseph  Kinney,  m.  Laura  Southworth. 

[Eighth  Generation.]  Children : 
.    2438a.  i.  Sidney  Kinney. 
2489a.  ii.  Niram  Kinney. 

[Seyenth  Generation. 

2429.  iii.  Adino  Kinney,  m.  Sabrah  Southworth,  sister  of 
Laura  Southworth. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 
2440a.  i.  Fanny  Fern  Kinney. 
2441a.  ii.  Lilly  Kinney,  d.  aged  11  months. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2384.  viiL  Persis  Child,  eighth  child  and  fourth  dau.  of 
William  and  Mary  Heaton  Child,  b.  in  Thetford,  Vt,  Jan.  31, 
1792,  m.  July  5,  1815,  Benjamin  Maltby.  The  nephew  and 
niece  of  this  Benjamin  Maltby  married  children  of  Cyril  Child, 


832 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBUBY,  MASS. 


brother  of  Mrs.  Maltby.     Persis  Child  MaJtby,  d.  Jan.  5, 18H5, 

ill  Thetford,  Vt 

[Seveolh  Generation  J    Children  i     All  died  unraarried. 

2442.  L  HuLDAn  8.  Maltbv.  b.  May  7.  1810,  d.  Nov,  23,  1833, 

2443.  ii.  Marv  Cmilu  Maltbv,  b.  April  23.  1820,  d.  Nov.  19,  1845. 

2444.  iii.  Wjuja^  S.  Maltby,  b.  Dec.  20,  1823,  disappeared  Sepwmber, 
1844f  supposed  to  have  been  drowned  in  Ohio  river. 

2445.  iv.  Kakc  V  M.  Maltbv,  b.  Jan.  20,  1824,  d.  Sept.  21,  1843. 
2440   v.  Eber  U.  Maltbv,  b.  Dt^c.  21,  1826,  d,  Oct.  17,  1845. 
2447.  vi.  Ellen  S.  Maltby,  b.  May  14,  1828.  d.  Dec  4,  1843. 

[Sixth  (feneration  J 

2387.  xi.  Rev.  Eber  Child,  eleventh  child   and  young 
SOB  of  WilliaiJi  aod    Mary  IleaUjii  Child,  h.  in  Thetford,  Vt  J 
July  31,   1798,  m.    Nancy   Tyler,  about   1828.      Mr.    Child 
pursued  his  academic  studies  in    Randolph    Academy.   Ver-j 
mont,    graduated    at    Dartmouth   College,    New   Hampshire,] 
and  taught  for  a  senson  in  Groton  Academy,  Massachusetti 
Studied    theology   at    Andover    Theological    Seminary,  waa' 
licensed  and  ordaiued   as   an   evangelist,  settled  as  pastxjr  in 
Deering,  N.    H.,   afterwaixls  in   Calais,    Ma,   and   in    Byron, 
Genesee  county,   N.  Y.      A   portion  of   his  active   life  wa 
spent  in  promoting  the  moral  reforms  of  the  day.     He  w; 
scholarly  in  his  attainments,  possessing  a  good  knowledge  of 
Latin,  Greek,  Hebrew  and  French,  and  had  much  reputation 
as  an  elocutionist     Personally  he  possessed  warm  social  qual- 
ities, with  sincere  and  earnest  piety,  and  was  deservedly  influ' 
ential    among   his  acquaintances.     He  died  in  Fultou,  Wia, 
Dec.  15,  1S47. 

[Seventh  Generation]     Children: 
244H.  i    Mauv  Elizabeth  CnrLD,  b,  April  7.  1820.  d,  1847» 
2449    ii.  William  Hknky  riKLD,  b.  Svpt.  6,  1830,  d.  in  infancy. 
2150.  iii    Henuv  Y,  CiifLD.  b!  April  27,  1832,  m.  Feb.  18,  ISas/Angeline 
Ad  Jims. 

2451.  iv.  Francis  Brown  Child,  b.  Feb.  29,  1834^  m.  Feb.,  1878,  Fran- 
oes  M.  Chuesbro 

2452.  v.  Chahles  Cahrol  Child,  b.  Jan.  9,  1886,  d.  1848. 

2453.  vi.  Fhkdekick  Orerlin  Cnn.D,  b.  Dec.  15.  1838,  m  Ut.  Jan.  1,] 
imX  Maggie  G.  Shx;  m   2d,  Sep!.  ItJ.  1870,  Man'  Ea^tmnn. 

2454    vii    Ellen  LoiisA  Cihld.  Ii.  Sept.  14,  1844. 

[Seventh  Geticmtinn] 

2450.  iii.  Uenry  Y.  Child,  third  child  and  second  son  of  J 
Rev,  Eber  and  Nancy  Tyler  Child,  b.  April  27,  1832,  m.  FebJ 
18,  1858,  Angeline  Adams,  dan,  of  Thomas  and  ChariottQl 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS..  333 

Adams,  of  Jeffei'soii  county,  Miss.;  she  was  b.  June  29,  1837^ 
at  Vicksburg,  Mi.s.s,  Mr.  Child  d.  Nov.  2,  1876.  Mrs.  Child 
resides  with  her  famil}^  at  Yicksburg,  Miss.  Mr.  Child  emi- 
grated to  the  south  in  early  manhoodj  and  established  himself 
ia  the  mercantile  business  in  Natchez,  Miss,  His  business  was 
prosperous  for  many  years,  until  the  failure  of  his  health. 
He  closed  his  life  peacefully  after  a  lingering  illness,  tenderly 
cured  for  by  his  devoted  family  and  kind,  sympathising  friends. 

[Bighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2455   i.  Maky  Bell  Child,  b.  in  Natehoz.  Miss,  Dec.  16.  1858. 
24.10.  ii.  LoTTA  C.  Child,  b.  in  Natchez,  Miss.,  Oct.  14,  ISfJO. 

5457.  iif.  Thomas  Ebkii  Cuild,  b,  in  Natcbex,  Mi^s.,  Jitn,  32,  18*32. 

5458.  iv.  BicAJ^DoN  Tyleh  Child,  b.  ai  Church  Hill,  Miss.,  Oct  7,  1864, 
d.OcL  14,1804. 

24oS>-  V.  Fred.  Cahhol  Child,  b,  at  Natchez,  Miss..  Nor.  18,  1865, 
2460    vi.  AN^■IE  liUTH  Child,  b.  at  Natchez.  Miss.,  Jan.  28,  1868. 
2461,  rii.  Alkk  Johdan  Child,  b.  at  Natchez,  Mish.,  April  16,  1870. 
3463.  viii,  Ella  Lee  Child,  b.  at  Natchez,  Miss,,  April  16,  187L 
^463.  ix.  Stella   ilENitiETTA  Chu.d,  b    at   Natchez,  Mis.s.,   March  16, 
1873. 

12464.  X,  JOUK  Clifton  Child,  b.  at  Natchez,  Miss.,  May  7.  1875. 
fSoventh  Generation,] 
2451.  iv.  Francis  Brown  Child,  fourth  child   and   third 
son  of  Rev.  Eber  and  Nancy  Tyler  Cliild,  b.  Feb.  22,  1834,  m, 
Teb.T  1878^  Frances  M.  Cheesbro.     On  the  breaking  out  of  the 
Tebellion  Mr.  Child  enlisted  in  the  13th    Wis.  Vol  Regt  of 
Infantry  in  the  Union  array,  and  served  three  years.     He  held 
the  office  of  first  lieutenant  in  the  Qaarterm aster's  Guj|rd.     He 
is  now  a  farmer  in  Emerald  Grove,  Wis. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Child: 
M65.  i,  Carl  Victor  Child,  b,  in  Emerald  Grove,  Wis.,  May  11,  1879. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

12453.  vi*  Frederick  Oberlin  Child,  sixth  child  and  iifth 
8on  of  Rev.  Eber  and  Nancy  Tyler  Child,  b.  at  Dinnmerstoo^ 
Vt,  Dea  15,  1837;  in,  twice-^lst,  Jan.  1,  1863,  Maggie  G. 
Sax  of  Lima,  Rock  county,  Wis.;  2d,  Sept  19,  1870,  Mary 
Eastman  of  Benton  Harbor,  Mich.,  dau.  of  Amos  and  Sophro- 
nia  Eastman. 
I  Eighth  Generation.]     Children:    By  first  marriage. 

2466.  i.  CH.\iiLEa  Fremont  Child,  b.  at  Ls,  Prdirie,  Wis. 
By  second  raarriEgc. 

2467.  ii  LtJELLA  Majiy  Chlld,  h.  at  Bradford,  Wis.,  Feb.  2,  1872. 
2468   iii.  Maggib  Child,  b.  at  La  Prairie,  Wi.s.,  Sept.  2,  1875. 


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2469.  iv.  Henry  Y.  CnrLD,  b.  at  La  Prairie,  Wis.,  Oct.  11,  1876. 

2470.  V.  ttuTHiE  SOPHRONIA  CHILD,  b.  at  La  Prairie,  Wis.,  July  10,  1879, 

[Fifth  Generatioa.] 

2372.  V.  Lucy    Child,   fifth    child   and    second    dau. 
Col.  Jonathan  and  Dinah  Bacon  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct, 
Aug.  24,  1763,  m.  Di\  Israel  Newton.    They  bad  seven  childr 
no  record  is  obtained  of  any  except  Persis. 
[Sixth  Generation.!    Child  i 

2471.  i,  Peh&is  Newton,  m.  Ebenezer  Boardman. 

[Si:£tli  Generation*] 

2471.  i.    Persis   Newton,   m.    Ebenezer  Boardman ; 
three  children,  record  only  of  Maria. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 
2473.  i.  Mahia  Boahdman,  in.  John  Loveland  of  Norwich,  Vt. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2473.  i    Mahy  Loveland. 

2474.  ii.  LtzziK  Lovei^and, 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

2378,  xi.  Polly  Child,  eleventh  child  and  seventh  dau. 
of  Col.  Jonatlian   and  Dinah  Bacon  Child,  b.  in  Woodstocl 
Cl,  Dec,  15,  1760,  m.  Rev.  Asa  Burton,  D.  D. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

2475.  i.  Mercy  Burton,  m.  Preshury  West. 

2476.  ii.  ,  (daughter)  in.  Skinner. 

2477.  iii.  ,  (daughter)  m.  Ludu;^  Garj  of  Galesburg,  Hi.     They 

one  daughter,  Lizzie  Gary.     They  are  now  living  at  Galesburg,  HI. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2475.  i.  Mercy  Burtox,  eldest  child  of  Polly  Child  an<3 
Bev.  Asa  Burton,  D.  D.^  m.  Presbnry  West;  reside  in  Lac 
ter,  N.  H. 

[Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 

247tki.  i.  PitESBUitY  West,  Jr.^  m. . 

2477o,  ii,  Asa  Burtox  West,  m.  —  and  had  four  children. 


CHAPTER    V. 


PENUEL  CHILD. 

In  few  words  we  would  call  the  especial  attention  of  the 
reader  to  the  founders  of  this  branch  of  the  Child  family.  As 
the  homes  in  Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  filled  rapidly  by 
the  large  number  of  children,  (a  fashion  of  that  date  not  wholly 
dropped  by  the  name  even  now,  though  not  universal  as  of 
yore,)  the  sons  and  daughters  went  out  to  brave  the  perils  and 
test  the  joys  of  pioneer  life,  as  their  grand-parents  had  done 
in  coming  to  America.  Indeed,  we  can  but  feel  that  just  the 
kind  of  energy,  fortitude,  and  unconquerableness  which  char- 
acterized those  early  Puritans,  was  an  absolute  necessity  to  en- 
able them  to  attempt  obtaining  a  livelihood  from  the  Granite 
Hills.  Nor  can  we  doubt  that  the  prophetic  words  of  the 
Psalmist,  and  of  Isaiah  and  Joel,  were  their  strong  staff ;  in- 
deed, we  can  almost  hear  the  sweet-voiced  women  reading 
those  comfortable  words,  "I  will  lift  up  mine  eyes  unto  the 
hills,  from  whence  cometh  my  help."  "For  ye  shall  go  out 
with  joy,  and  be  led  forth  with  peace  ;  the  mountains  and  the 
hills  shall  break  forth  before  you  into  singing."  When  the 
crops  were  like  to  fail  did  they  not  gain  courage  from  these 
further  words :  "  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day  that 
the  mountains  shall  drop  down  new  wine,  and  the  hills  shall 
flow  with  milk."  Nor  can  we  marvel  that  looking  upon  the 
bent  frames  and  toil-worn  hands  which  had  wrung  by  the 
hardest  "  sweat  of  the  brow  "  the  small  farms  from  amid  the 
rocks,  that  later  generations  should  joyously  turn  them  to  the 
luxuriant  prairies  and  oak-openings  of  the  Western  States. 
[Third  Generation.] 

23.  ix.  Capt  Penuel  Child,  sixth  son  and  ninth  child  of 
Capt  Benjamin  and  Grace  Morris  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass., 
Sept.  3,  1699,  m.  March  7,  1724,  Dorothy  Dwight,  dau.  of 
Rev.  Josiah  and  Mary  Partridge  Dwight  of  Woodstock,  Ct 
Rev.  Josiah  Dwight,  father  of  Mrs.  Penuel  Child,  was  in  the 
third  generation  from  his  earliest  American  ancestor,  John 
Dwight,  who  came  to  the  Massachusetts  colony,  in  1634  or  5, 


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with  his  family  then  coDsisting  of  a  wife  and  three  children 
one  of  whom   was  Capi.  Timothy  Dwight,  the  father  of  Rev3 
Josiah  D wight     Capt  Timothy  D wight  mtirried  Anna  Flini 
Dwight,  daughter  of  Rev.   Henry  Dwight  of  Braintree,  Mas 
Rev.  Josiah  Dwight  married  Marv  Partridge,  daughter  of  Co 
Samuel  Partridge,  of  Hadley,  MiLss.     Rev.   Mr,   Dwight   wa 
the  first  past^^r  of  the  Congregational  church  of  Woodstock,  Ct 
(then  New  Roxbnry),  being  settled  there  in  the  summer 
1690,     Rev.  Mr.  Dwight  was  a  man  of  strong  vvil],  jiersteve 
ance,  and  real  piety.     We  sketch  thus  specifically  the  parent 
age  of  Miu  Child  that  test  may  be  made  of  the  pi-overb  tha 
**  like   begets  like."     Most  honorable,   and   strictly  religious 
fervent  and  patriotic,  were  the  ancestors  of  Mrs.  Child.     Wi 
claim   no   less    for   the  projenitors  of   Mr.  Penuel  Child,  tin 
reader  must  be  jury  after  the  perusal  of  the  re<2ord  which  wi 
he  as  full  and  correct  a  portrayal  of  the  descendants  tis  it  has 
been  possible  to  obtain.    It  should  be  observed  that  Mrs.  Child 
is  one  remove  farther  Ii*oni  her  emigrating  ancestor  than  he 
husband*     We  call  attention  to  this  fact  that  those  possessiuj 
the  most  admirable  ^'Genealogy  of  the  Dwight  Family,'^  P**<^pfl 
ed  by  Rev.  Prof.  Dwight,  D.  D..LL.D.,  of  Clinton,  N.Y.,  may  nc 
imagine  an  error.     In  thi^  work  Mr.  Child  ut  course  takes  the 
lead,  and  in  the  other  Mrs.  Child  follows  her  parents.    Captaij 
and  Mrs.  Penuel  Child  resided  in   Thompson,  Ct.     From  Mr. 
Dwight's  Genealogy  we  quote  what  he  there  writes  of  Captain 
Penuel  Child:  **IIe  joined  the  church  at  Thompson  at  its  or- 
ganiaition  in  1730,  and  wavS  appointed,  as  the  records  sUiV 
^quorister  for  us  in  the  public  woi-ship.'      The  gift  of  song 
was  almost  universal  in   the  Child   name,  though  none  hiivl 
been  especially  distinguished  in  the  musical  profession.      Son 
ten  children  were  given  to  Mr.  and  Mi's.  Child,  hut  Capt  Child 
did  not  live  to  see  many  of  them  entering  upon  their  own  in^ 
dependent   careers;  he   died  October  24,  1760.     His  widowj 
Mrs.  Dnrothy  Dwight  Child   married    on   Novemlier  24,  1761 
Robert  Goddard  of  Sutton,  Mass, 
[Fourlh  Generation.]     Children: 

2478.  i.  JOBiAH  Child,  b.  Man-h  6,   1725,  m.  twice— 1st,  Feb.  0.  174^ 
Sarah  Oreen  of  Thompson,  Ct.;  in.  2d,  1763.  Sarah  Adams  of  Killingly.  CL.I 

2479.  it.  Martha  Cnn.D,  b.  Aug.  18,  1726,  ni*  Jan,  81,  1754,  Isaac  Whil*  ' 
more  of  Thompson.  Ct, 

2480   ill.  Eunice  Child,  b.  Oct.  7,  1788,  in,  Marth  19,  1740,  Sellt  Hilj 
bert  of  Thompson.  Ct, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  337 

2481.  iv.  Lois  Child,  b.  April  26,  1730.  d.  unmarried. 

2482.  V.  Timothy  Child,  bap.  Dec.  19, 1731. 

2483.  yi.  Richard  Child,  bap.  March  11,  1733,  m.  Feb.  1,  1759,  Abigail 
Green. 

2484.  vii.  Silence  Child,  bap.  June  8,  1785,  d.  Nov.  6, 1840. 
2486.  viii.  Eleazer  Child,  bap.  Oct.  2,  1737. 

2486.  ix   Grace  Child,  bap.  Aug.  12,  1739. 

2487.  X.  Dorothy  Child,  bap.  May  28,  1742. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

2378.  i.  JosiAH  Child,  eldest  sou  and  child  of  Capt  Penuel 
and  Dorothy  Dwight  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct.,  March  6, 
J  725.  Mr.  Josiah  Child  was  married  twice — 1st,  Feb.  6,  1745, 
Miss  Sarah  Green  of  Thompson,  Ct,  a  da\L  of  Capt  Henry 
and  Judith  Guile  Green,  b.  Sept.  21,  1696  ;  m.  2d,  Sept  1,  1763, 
Sarah  Adams  of  Killingly,  Ct  Mr.  Josiah  Child,  like  his 
father,  was  a  tiller  of  the  soil — one  of  the  staid,  substantial 
j)eople  who  have  given  the  old  "  Nutmeg  State "  its  wide- 
spread repute  for  shrewd  steadiness. 
^Fifth  Generation.]  •  Children: 

2488.  i.  BsNJAMiK  Child. 

2489.  ii.  Silence  Child,  bap.  Jan.  10,  1747,  d.  Nov.  14,  1751. 

2490.  iii.  Zeruiah  (Gervish?)  Child,  bap.  March  18,  1750,  d.  Dec.  6, 
1754. 

2491.  iv.  William  Child,  bap.  Nov.  1,  1752. 

2492.  V.  Silence  Child,  2d.,  bap.  Nov.  10,  1754,  m.  July  7, 1780,  John 
Blackman  of  Woodstock,  Ct. 

2493.  vi.  Penuel  Child,  b.  Feb  22, 1757,  m.  abt.  1782,  Sarah  Woodward. 

2494.  vii.  Judah  Child,  bap.  March  14,  1758. 
2496.  viii.  Martha  Child,  bap.  Jan.  14,  1760. 

2496.  ix.  Dwight  Child,  b.  about  1762. 

2497.  X.  Jesse  Child,  b.  about  1764. 

2498.  xi.  Theodore  Child/  b.  about  1766. 

2499.  xii.  Michael  Child,  b.  about  1768. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

2493.  vi.  Penuel  Child,  fourth  son  and  sixth  child  of 
Josiah  and  Sarah  Green  Child,  b.  Feb.  22, 1757,  m.  about  1782 
Sarah  Woodward,  who  was  b.  Oct  22,  1761.  Mr.  Penuel 
Child  removed  with  his  father  to  Sand  Lake,  (now  East 
Poestenkill,)  Eensselaer  county,  N.  Y.,  *4n  the  year  of  the  cold 
summer,"  said  to  have  been  the  year  1816.  Here  Mr,  Child 
reared  a  large  family,  and  here  he  died  Jan.  16,  1813.  Mrs. 
Sarah  W.  Child  died  Dec.  24,  1843. 

*  The  record  of  Theodore  Child's  family  we  hope  to  receive  in  season  for 
the  appendix. 


338 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY»  MASa 


[Sixth  Genemtion.)    Cbildren: 

2500.  i.  Lucii9Dik  Child,  b.  Oct,  17,  1783,  m.  John  AmidoD. 

2501.  ii.  William  Chtld,  b.  June  17,  I7a5.  in  Igt,  Dec.  35,  1*309,  Eulma 
Clark;  m.2d,  1^3  Samh  Whiting. 

2502.  iii,  Matilda    Child,   b.   Nor.  7,    1787,   m,  about   1807.  Joseph 
Aroidon. 

2503.  It.  Dolly  Child,  b.  Jutift  23,  1789,  m.  Otis  Oou]d/ 

2504.  V.  Tkyphosa  Child,  b,  April  27,  1792,  m.  Sept.  14. 1814.  William 
a^rk. 

2505.  ri.  Iluba  Child,  b.  Aug.  5,  1794,  m.  about  1815,  David  Horton. 

2506.  vii,  Ltmak  P.  Child,  b,  Jan.  21,  1797,  m.  Jan.  6,   1822,  Mary 
Gould. 

2507*  viii.  Jesse  Child,  b,  July  5,  1799,  m.  about  1827^  Sarah  Heath 

2508.  ii.  Sarah  Child,  b.  Dec.  8,  1803,  iii.Oct  8, 1822.  Phillip  Amidon. 

[Sixth  Generatiou.]  I 

2501.  ii,  William  Child^  second  child  and  eldest  son  of 
Penuel  and  Sarah  Wotjdward  Child,  b.  June  17,  1785,  rrt 
twice— 1st,  Dec.  25,  1809,  Zulyma  Clark,  who  was  b.  Oct  10, 
1792,  d.  July  28,  1829;  m.  2d,  1833,  Sarah  Whiting.  Mr. 
Child  died  June  2,  1868. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

2509.  i.  Ltdia  R.  Child,  b.  July  11, 1811,  m.  Jan.  13, 1841,  Royal  South- 
wick. 

2510.  ii.  William  C.  Child,  b.  June  25, 1815,  m.  Jan.  18,  1846,  Suiih 
Dunham. 

2511.  tii.  Horace  Child,  b.  June  25,  1817,  m,  Oct.  21,   1839,    Ruby 
Cooley. 

2512.  iv.  Mklvin  Child,  b.  July  26.  1820,  m.  1850,  Rachel  Ann  Vosburg. 

2513.  V,  MiJCSRYA  F.  Chh^d,  b.  June  17,  1822,  m  Jan.  8,  1863.  Edwanl 
H.  Bennett, 

2514.  vi.  Ilura  Child,  b.  Nov.  19,  1824. 

2515.  vu.  Zcn.TMA  Child,  b.  June  18.  1835,  d.  June  25,  1866. 
8516.  viii.  AMELIA  Child,  b.  July  16,  1836.  m.  Sherbury  Calkins, 

2517.  IX.  Frances  E,  Child,  b.  Nov.  13,  1838,  m.  Paul  Anthony. 

2518.  X.  Grace  E.  Child,  b,  Feb.  26,  1841,  m.  Charlie  Calkins. 

2519.  xi.  Lucy  A.  Child,  b,  Jan.  28,  1843,  m.  David  Richards. 

2520.  xii.  Sarah  J.  Child,  b  Feb.  17,  1845,  m.  David  Byum, 
2521-  xiii.  Mauy  E.  Child,  b.  July  13.  1847,  m.  John  Richmond, 
2522.  xiv.  WiLBiTR  Child,  b.  June  I,  1849,  m.  Paul. 

[Seventh  Generation  .J 

2509.  i.  Lydl4u   R,   Child,   eldest  ehild  of  William  anX 
Zulyma  Ciark  ChUd,  b.  July  11, 181  [,  m.  Jan.  13, 1841,  Royal 
Southwick  ;  reside  in  Somerset,  Niagara  county,  N.  Y. 


'The  record  of  the  family  of  Dolly  Child  and  Otis  Goald  is  not  yet  ob- 
tain e<l.     Should  it  be  sent  in  aeason  it  will  be  placed  In  the  appendix. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  339 

[flEighth  Generation]    Children: 

2523.  i.  Alice  M.  Southwick,  b.  Aug.  6,  1842,  m.  March  5,  1863,  Wil- 
i.~lAm  G.  Williams. 

2524.  ii.  Lydia  A.  Southwick,  b.  Oct.  21,  1843. 

2525.  iii.  Mary  E.  Southwick,  b.  Nov.  7,  1846,  m.  Feb.  18,  1869,  Silas 
:»f .  Oliphant. 

2526.  iv.  Martha  J.  Southwick,  b.  Jan.  6,  1850. 

2527.  V.  Maria  L.  Southwick,  b.  Dec.  20.  1851,  m.  Dec,  20,  1875.  An- 
drew Bowers. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2510.  ii.  William  C.  Child,  eldest  son  and  second  child  of 
William  and  Zulyma  Clark  Child,  b.  June  25,  1815,  m.  Jan. 
18,  1846,  Sarah  Dunham. 

r£ighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2528.  i.  George  Child,  b.  June  22,  1849. 

2529.  ii.  William  Child,  b.  Dec.  24,  1851. 

2530.  iii.  Eliza  Ann  Child,  b.  March  3,  1854.  d.  Jan.  27,  1865. 

2531.  iv.  Frank  Child,  b.  July  3,  1858 

CSeventh  Generation.] 

2511.  iii.  Horace  Child,  second  son  and  third  child  of 
"William  and  Zulyma  Clark  Child,  b.  in  Sand  Lake,  Rensselaer 
C30unty,  N.  Y.,  June  25,  1817,  m.  Oct  21,  1839,  by  George 
lEastman,  Esq.  to  Ruby  Cooley.  She  was  b.  Dec.  19,  1820,  in 
Murray,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Mr.  Horace  Child  accompained  his  uncle,  Jesse  Child,  to  the 
county  of  Ashtabula,  in  Ohio,  in  the  autumn  of  1838.  Here 
he  found  his  wife.  Soon  after  his  marriage  he  returned  to  the 
State  of  New  York,  he  was,  however,  not  long  content,  but 
two  years  sufficied  him,  and  he  was  again  in  Ohio.  On  the 
30th  November,  1849,  he  moved  with  his  family,  which  consist- 
ed of  a  wife  and  four  small  children,  to  the  township  of  Rome, 
Ashtabula  Co.,  carrying  his  household-goods  across  Grand 
River  on  the  stringers  of  a  floating  bridge,  moving  back  into 
a  heavy  forest,  half  a  mile.  His  house  was  fourteen  by  twenty 
feet,  of  his  own  building,  cutting  away  the  trees  so  they  would 
not  fall  upon  the  house  in  the  high  winds;  driving  his  cow 
and  a  few  sheep  nine  miles  round  to  get  them  to  his  new  home. 
Then  he  b^an  clearing  off  his  farm,  and  as  he  had  no  team, 
lie  was  obliged  to  draw  his  logs  out  from  the  woods  by  hand. 
"But  endowed  with  wonderful  energy  and  perseverance,  he  suc- 
ceeded in  winning  for  his  family  a  pleasant  home  and  comfort 
The  hardships  he  endured  bore  heavily  upon  him,  and  before 


340 


BENJAMIN  CHILD 


3URY,  MASa 


the  three-score  he  passed  peacefully  to  his  deaths — March  T» 
1874,  aged  56  ^^eai-s,  8  oioDths  and  10  days,  leaving  a  wife  aad 
eight  children  to  mourn  the  loss  of  a  kind  husband  and  in- 
dulgent parent 
[Eighth  GerjeratioD.]     Children; 

2533.  i.  William  R.  Chjldb,  b.  Sept,  21,  1S40,  ra-  Feb.  19,  1876,  An 
E  Gould. 

2533.  il  Synthia  J.  Childs,  b.  Oct   11,  1M3.  m.  Jtiii,  1,  1863,  Myron  1 
Dutton, 

3534.  iii.  Marietta  U  T,  Childs  b.  Jan.  29,  IB^,  in  Sheffield.  Ohio. 

2535.  iv.  Oben  H.  Cuilds,  b    April  28,  1848,  m.  Aug.  15,  1867,  Josie 
Aldernmn. 

2530.  V.  Ali€E  M.  Childs,  b.  Oct.  30,  1850,  in.  May  25.  1875,  Benjamin 
Baker. 

2537.  vi.  Melvtn  A.  Childb,  )  H  i  b.  Feb  6,  1854.  d.  Nov.  23,  1874,  M 

[±]         Rome,  Ohio  ] 

2538,  vii    Mary  A.  Cuilds,      )  i  (  b.  Feb.  6.  1854. 

2536.  viii.  Nelson  P.  Cuilds,  b.  May  20,  1856,  iu  Rome.  Ashtabula  Co-t"! 
Ohio. 

2540.  ix.  HniAM  F.  A    t'liiLus,  h    Mt^h.   30,   1859,  in  Rome,  Ashtabuli 
Co.,  Ohio. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

2532.  i.  William  R  CHiLi>s,  eklest  child  of  Horace  am 
Ruby  Coolej  Child,  b.  in  Sheffield,  Ohio,  Sept  21,  1840, 
by  Noah  Hnskins,  Esq.,  in  Jefferson,  Ashtabula  Co.,  Ohic 
Feb.  IS).  1876,  to  Ann  K  Goukl  She  was  U  June  13,  1S38, 
Burton,  Ohio. 
[Ninth  GenoriitionJ     Child: 

254L  L  Horace  M.  Childs,  b.  Jhil  11.  1877  d.  Jan.  29.  1877. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

2533.  ii.  Synthia  J.  Childs,  eldest  dan.  and  second  cl 
of  Horace  and  Ruby  Cooley  Child,  b.  in  Pembroke,  Gene 
Co.,  N.  y.,  Oct  11,  1842,  m.  by  Rev.  E.  Johnston,  in  Rora^ 
Ohio,  Jan.  1,  1863,  to  Myron  L.  Button,  who  was  b.  Aug, 
184fK     Mrs.  Synthia  J.  Childs  Button  d.  in  Thompson,  Geai 
Co.,  Ohio,  Nov.  22,  1870,  a?,  28. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

2542.  i.  Infant  Son,  tmchristened,  b.  Dec.  10,  1863,  d.  Dec.  24,  1863. 

2543.  ii.  Doha  A.  Du-rroN,  b,  Feb.  14,  1865,  in  Thompson,  Geauga  < 
Ohio. 

2544.  lib  Walter  Ddtton,  b.  Oct.  22,  1807,  in  Denmark,  Ohio. 

2545.  iv.  Minnie  Dltton,  b,  Feb,  15,  1870,  in  Thompscm,  Ohio. 

[Eighth  Generution.] 

2535*  iv.  Oken  H.  Childs,  second  son  and  fourth  child  of 
Horace  and  Ruby  Cooley  Child,  b.  in  Sheffield,  Ohio,  April 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  841 

23,  1848,  m.  by  Rev.  P.  P.  Pinney,  in  Willoughby,  Lake  Co., 

Ohio,  Aug.  15,  1867,  to  Josie  Alderman,  who  was  b.  June  5, 

1845. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

2546.  i.  Katy  J.  Childs,  b.  May  7,  1871.  in  Orwell,  Ohio.  d.  Jan.  37, 
1876,  in  Rome.  Ohio. 

2547.  ii.  Wheaton  Childs,  b.  Dec  1,  1874,  in  Kirtland,  Lake  Co.,  Ohio, 
d.  March  24,  1878,  in  Denmark.  Ohio. 

2548.  iii.  Wina  Childs,  b.  June  13,  1877,  in  Rome,  Ashtabala  Co.,  Ohio 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

2536.  V.  Alice  M.  Childs,  third  dau.  and  fifth  child  of 
Horace  and  Euby  Cooley  Childs,  b.  in  Eome,  Ashtabula  Co., 
Ohio,  Oct.  30,  1850,  m.  by  Charles  Babcock,  Esq.,  in  the  same 
town,  May  25,  1875,  to  Benjamin  Baker. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

2549.  i.  Cora  M.  Baker,  b.  Dec  27.  1876,  in  Orwell,  Ashtabula  Co..  Ohio. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2512.  iv.  Melvin  Child,  third  son  and  fourth   child  of 
William  and  Zulyma  Clark  Child,  b.  JuJy  26,  1820,  m.  1850, 
Rachel  Ann  Vosburg. 
f Eighth  Generation.  ]    Children : 

2550.  i.  Emilt  Child,  b.  June  5,  1851,  lb  Berlin,  Wis. 

2551.  ii.  Ella  Child,  b.  June  7,  1853,  m.  Sept.,  1879.  Mr.  Jackson. 

2552.  iii    Ernest  Child,  b.  July  1858,  m.  Sept.  1878,  Kittie  Clough. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2o02.  iii.  Matilda  Child,  second  dau.  and  third  child  of 
Penuel  and  Sarah  Woodward  Child,  b.  Nov.  7,  1787,  in  Rens- 
selaer Co.,  N.  Y.,  m.  about  1807,  Joseph  Amidon,  b.  1782,  d. 
1846.  Mrs.  Matilda  Child  Amidon  d.  Dec.  23,  1833.  Resided 
in  Rensselaer  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  all  their  children  were  bom. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

2547a.  i.  Cyrd»  Amidon.  b.  Aug.  13.  1808,  m.  1822,  Maria  Uretta  Crop- 
sey;  he  d.  Dec.  14,  1857. 

2548a.  ii.  Martin  Amidon,   b.  Sept.  9.  1812,  m.  July  12,  1834,  Polly 
Burritt. 

2549a.  iii.  Ilura  Amidon,  b.  Jan.  27,  1815,  m.  1st,  Sept.  1833,  Barney 
Clapper:  m.  2d.  1838,  John  Wyland. 

2550a.  iv.  Sophia  Amidon,  b.  Jan.  21,  1817.  m.  1835,  Seely  Burritt. 

2551a.  V.  Dexter  A.  C.   Amidon,  b.   April  9,   1819,  m.  May  1,  1839, 
Marandy  Cropsey. 

2552a.  vi.  Joseph  P.  Amidon,  b.  Feb.  17,  1822,  m.  Feb.  15.  1844,  Weal- 
thy A.  Wright. 


S42 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBUBT,  MASa 


[Sixth  Generation  ] 

2504.  V,  TiurHOSA  CorLi*,  fourth  dan,  4)f  Penuel  and  Sai-ali . 
Woodwaixl  Child,  k  April  27,  1792,  m.  Sept  14,  18i4,  Wil{ 
liam  B.  Clark.     Mrs.  T.  Child  Clark,  A  July  27,  1873. 
[Seventh  GeneraLion.]    Children : 

2558.  i.  Auonzo  Clark,  b.  June  2.  1815,   in.   Feb.  8,  1840,  Mary  Ann 
Blood. 

2554.  ii,  Claramond  M.  Clark,  b.  March  31. 1817.  m,  July  1,  1838,  John 
Dunham.  ■ 

2555.  iii,  Alvot  Clark,  b.  Aug,  26,  1818.  f 
2656.  iv.  William  Clark,  b.  Sept  5.  1819,  m.  Jan,  T,  1846.  Samh  Dnn- 

bam. 
3557.  V.  Freeman  Clark,  b.  July  13,  1831. 

2558.  vi,   Edwahd  Clakk.  b.  June  2B,  l»*2a,  m  Dec.  27.  1845.  Sabriua  U,^ 
Bennett;  residence  Chcseniog,  ."^lich. 

2559.  vii.  Zepiiakiah  Clare,  h,  Jan.  7»  18S5. 
2.5G0,  Fill.  Matilda  Clark,  b.  Feb.  10,  1828. 
256L  ix.  iLiTiiA  Clark,  b.  Nov.  1,1829. 
2562,  X.  George  Clark,  b  Nov,  I,  1832»  d.  Dec.  8,  1875. 
2-t63.  xi.  Abel  R,   Clark,  h.  8«pt,  20.  1834,   m.  Sept.  4,   1867, 

Rowley;  residenc^c  Carlton.  Oriennij  Co..  N.  Y. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2553.  I  Rev,  Alokzo   Clahk,   ddest  child   of  Trvj^hc 
Child  and  Williuin  B,  Chirk,  b.  Jtine  2,  1815,  m.  Feb.  8,  184 
Mary  Ann  BIochtI,     Mr.  Clark  is  a  Methodist  clergyman; 
dence  Carleton,  Orleaius  Co,,  N,  Y. 
[Eij;:hth  Generation.]     Children: 

3504.  i.  Mkhitable  Thtphosa  Clabe. 
2565.  ii,  Orrin  Clark. 
2566   ill,  George  Clark. 
2567,  iv.  Mart  Clark, 
2568-  V.  Hattie  Clark. 

[Seventh  Generation] 

2554.  ii,  Clakamond  M.  Clark,  cld<3;st  dau.  and   sadon 
child  of  Tiypliosa  Child  und  William  B.  Clark,  b.  March  31 
1817,  m*  July  1,  183S,   Johu  Dunham;  reside  in    Mont 
Mioh, 
[Kighth  Generiition,]    Children: 

256S1,  i,  Sarah  Minerva  Dltnaam, 
2570.  ii,  George  Uimiam. 
257L  iii.  RuBSEL  Du^'HAM,  d.  in  the  army, 
2572,  iv.  Morris  Dunu.vm. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2556.  iv.  William  Clark,  third  son  and  fourth  cbild 
Tryphosa  Child  and  Williani  B,  Clark,  b.  Sept  5.  1819. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  343 

Jan.  1,  1846,  Sarah  Dunham;  reside  in  Carleton,  Orleans  Co., 
N.  Y. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2573.  i.  Db  Witt  Clark. 

2574.  ii.  Mary  Clark. 

2575.  iii.  Allib  Clark. 

2576.  iv.  William  Clark,  Jr. 

[Sixth  Creneration.] 

2505.  vi.  Ilura  Child,  fifth  dau.  and  sixth  child  of  Penuel 
and  Sarah  Woodward  Child,  b.  Aug.  5,  1794,  in  Eensselaer 
Co.,  K  Y.,  m.  about  1815,  David  Horton.  Mrs.  Ilura  Child 
Hortond.  about  1822. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 
2573ft.  i.  Mblissa  Horton,  b.  1816. 
2574ft.  ii.  David  Horton,  b.  1818. 
2575ft.  iii.  Mart  Horton,  b.  1820. 
2576ft.  iv.  Ilura  Horton,  b.  1822. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2506.  vii.  Lyman  P.  Child,  second  son  and  seventh  child 
of  Penuel  and  Sarah  Woodward  Child,  b  in  Sand  Lake,  N.  Y, 
Jan.  21,  1797,  m.  Jan.  5,  1822,  Mary  Gould,  dau.  of  Bezaleel 
Gould,  formerly  of  Woodstock,  Ct,  who  was  b.  Sept  1,  1802. 
Mr.  Child  moved  to  Genesee  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  settled  upon  a 
farm  in  the  parish  of  Corfu. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

2577.  i.  Darius  Child,  b.  Sept.  4.  1822,  m  May  28.  1848,  Charlotte  E. 
Patterson. 

2578.  ii.  LuciNDA  Child,  b.  April  21,  1824,  m.  March  18,  1840.  Norman 
L.  Knox. 

2579.  iii.  Alpha  Child,  b  April  4,  1827,  m.  Feb.  9,  1850,  Martha  B. 
Wigent. 

2580.  iv.  George  Child,  b.  Aug.  14,  1829,  d.  March  27,  1849,  in  Pem- 
broke, N.  Y. 

2581.  V.  Emeline  Child,  b.  Aug.  13,  1831,  d.  Aug.  27,  1831,  in  Pem- 
V)roke.  N.  Y.  * 

2582.  vi.  Clark  Child,  b.  Aug.  16,  1838,  m.  1855.  Mary  A.  E.  Campbell. 

2583.  vii.  Ophir  Child,  b.  Aug.  17,  1835,  d.  May  1,  1854,  in  Pembroke, 

:n.  y. 

2584.  viii.  William  Eaton  Child,  b.  Nov.  1,  1837,  m.  Nov.  20,  1858, 
Emeline  Wigent,  dau.  of  Samuel  Wigent. 

2585.  ix.  Otis  Child,  b.  April  4,  1842,  d.  in  the  army,  during  the  war  of 
the  rebellion,  March,  1862. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2577.  i.  Darius  Child,  eldest  child  of  Lyman  P.  and  Mary 
Gould  Child,  b.  in  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  Sept  4,  1822,  m.  May  28, 
1848,  Charlotte  E.  Patterson :  resides  in  Ohio. 


344  B£KJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBCRY,  MASSw 

[Eighth  Geueratiori.J    Children: 
2*586,  i.  George  Thoaiab  Child,  b.  June  13, 1849. 
2587.  iL  JfTLTETTK  ISABKLLA  CHILD,  b.  May  8, 1852. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2578.  iL  LrcjNDA   Child,  eldest  dau.  of  Lyman   P, 
Mary  Gould  Child,  h.  in  Pembroke,  Genesee  Co.,  N.  Y,,  Apri" 
21,  1824,  m,  Alarch  IS,  1S40,  Norman  L.  Knox,  who  ,was 
Jan.  25,  1820. 
[Eighth  Generation]    Children: 

S588.  i,  John  T,  Knox,  b.  April  18,  1S4L 
2589,  il.  Fredekick  W.  Knox,  b,  Jan  7.  1843. 
3590,  iii.  Eliza  A.  Knox.  b.  Jan.  15,  1845, 

2591.  [y    Norman  L.  Knox,  Jh.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1847. 

2592.  V.  George  L,  Knox.  l>.  JviJy  12,  1850. 
259a.  vi,  JAMEtA  P.  Knox,  K  May  21,  1852. 
2504.  vii.  Myron  W,  Knux,  K  May  1,  1855. 

2595.  viii.  Gilbert  H.  Knox,  I>.  March  2.  1857, 

2596.  ix.  Darius  C,  Knox,  b.'  Jan.  27,  1858. 

2597.  X.  Mary  E.  a.  Knox,  b.  Jan,  27,  1859. 

2598.  xi.  Ida  B.  Kkox,  b.  Mart^i  6,  1861. 

2599.  xii,  Adelbert  D,  Knox,  b  May  19,  1868. 

2600.  xiii,  Willie  Knox,  b.  March  10,  1866, 

2601.  xiv.  Rosa  L,  Knox,  b.  Aug.  12,  1807, 
3602.  XV.  Edward  E.  Knox,  b.  Sept,  13.  1870. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2579.  iii.  Alpha  Chilus,  second  son  and  thiiTj  child  o| 
Lyman  P.  and  Mary  Goiild  Chikls,  b.  in  Pembroke,  N.  YJ 
April  4,  1S27,  m.  Feb.  9,  1S50,  Martha  B.  Wigent,  who  was 
June  9,  1833, 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2603.  1.  RoBETT  A.  Childs,  b.  Dec.  10,  1851,  m.  Jan.  I,  1868.  John  Mc 
Milkn. 

2604.  ii.  Mary  A.  Child?,  b.  Feb.  14.  1853,  m.  Sept.  13,  1871.  John 
Miller. 

2605.  Hi.   DwioiiT  F.  Childb.  b   Sept.  27,  1855. 
3606.  iv,  Charles  A.  Childs,  b.  Jing,  17,  1856. 

2607.  V.  Lyman  E,  Chflds,  b.  July  8»  1859. 

2608,  vi.   VViLLi\M  J.  Childb,  b.  Hay  31,  1867. 
2600,  vii.  Martha  E.Childs,  b,  Dec.  20,  1875. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2582,  vL  ( 'LARK  Child!<,    fourth   son    and    sixth    child  of 
Lyman  P.  and    Mary  Gould  Child,  b.   in  Pembroke,  N.  Y, 
Aug.  16,  1833,  m.  aVumt  1855,  Mary  A.  E,  Campbell,  dau. 
Hi:>nier  Campbell,  she  was  b.  Aug.  31,  1834,  in  Barry,  Orlear 
county,  N.  Y.;  reside  in  Corfu,  N.  Y. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  345 

[  Eighth  Generation.]    Children ; 

2610.  i.  Gborob  L.  Childs,  b.  April  35,  185(5,  d.  same  <lay  in  Pembroke, 
N.  Y. 

2611.  ii.  Keziah  L.  Childs,  b.  July  24,  1857,  d.  Sept.  22,  1858,  in  Pem- 
bn>ke.  N.Y. 

2612   iii.  Albert  L.  Childs,  b.  Sept.  26,  1859,  in  Pembroke,  N.  Y. 

2613.  iv.  Charles  K.  Childs,  b.  Sept.  2,  1863,  in  Pembroke,  N.  Y. 

Sixth  Generation.] 

2507.  viii.  Jesse   Child,    third    son   and   eighth   child   of 
Penuel  and  Sarah  Woodward  Child,  b.  in  Williamstown,  Mass., 
.July  5,  1799,  m.  about  1827,  Sarah  Heath,  who  d.  Jan.  8, 1873 : 
lie  resided  in  Ohio  and  Michigan. 
[St^venth  Generation.)    Children: 

2614.  i.  Sarah  E.  Child,  b.  March  18,  1829,  m.  Nov.  16,  1848,  Alexan- 
der M.  Johnson. 

2615.  ii.  Henrietta  Child,  b.  July  4,  1831,  d.  Oct.  29,  1842. 

2616.  iii.  Matilda  Child,  b.  March  23.  1834,  d.  April  23,  1834. 

2617.  iv.  Simon  P.  Child,  b.  Dee.  27,  1836,  d.  in  the  army  Jan.  6,  1863. 

2618.  V.  iRviN  J.  Child,  b.  Aug.  10,  1839,  m.  1st,  Dec.  12,  1867,  Jane 
Briggs:  ra.  2d.  April  24,  1873,  Elizabeth  R.  Briggs. 

2619.  vi.  Mary  E.  Child,  b.  July  11,  1841,  m.  Themlore  Metcalf;  she  d. 
Jan.  1,  1857. 

2620.  vii.  James  W.  Child,  b.  Xov.  2,  1843. 

2621.  viii.  Martha  A.  Child,  b.  Aug.  6,  1846. 

[Seventh  (Ti'nc'i-aticm  ] 

2614.  1.  Sarah  E.  Child,  eldest  child  of  Jesse  and  Sarah 
Heath   Child,  b.  in  Barr\\  Orleans  county,  N.  Y.,  March    18, 
1829.  m.  Nov.  16,   1848,  Alexander  M.   Johnson  ;  resides  in 
East  Rockpoit,  Ohio. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

2622.  i.  Sarah  Minerva  Johnson,  b.  Sept.  30,  1849,  in  AshUibula,  Ohio. 

2623.  ii.  Alfred  A.  Johnson,  b.  Nov.  17,  1858,  in  Paw  Paw,  Mich. 

2624.  iii.  James  M.  Johnson,  b.  March  27,  1857,  in  Paw  Paw,  Mich. 

2625.  iv.  Lawrence  T.  Johnson,  b  Oct.  28,  1859,  in  Bay  City,  Mich. 

2626.  V.  Waltek  B.  Johnson,  b.  Doc.  21,  1862,  in  Bay  City,  Mich. 

[Seventh  Generation. J 

26i.S.  V.  Ikvtn  J.  Child,  second  son  and  tifth  child  of  Jesse 
an<l  Sarah  II<,'ath  Child,  b.  in  Ashtabula,  Ohio,  Aug.  10.1839, 
ni.  twice — Ist,  in  Howell,  Mich.,  Dec  12,  1867,  Jane  Briggs; 
in.  2d.  April  24.  1873,  Elizabeth  Rosling  Briggs,  both  daugh- 
ters of  Thomas  and  Grace  Briggs ;  resides  in  Faii-field,  Clay 
county,  Nebraska. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2627.  i.  Jesse  Child,  b.  Sept.  4,  1870,  in  Howell,  Mich. 

2628.  ii.  ANNA  Child,  b.  Aug.  2,  1872.  in  Howell,  Mich 
A-l 


BE>j.uti>  emu*  or  roxburt,  iuusb. 

[Sulli  6«ticmtioii.J 

2506.  ix.  Sjleah  Chiuj,  sixih  dau.  mod  mnih  cfciJd  of  Peuu 
and  Sanili  Woodward  Cblld,  bi  Dea  8.  l^Oa,  io  Swd  Lake. 
N.  Y.  tn.  ia   Bata\^  X.  Y.,  Oct  8,   IbS:^,  Pliillip  AmidoiL 
who  Wii*  U  Aug-  1».  179^,  ill  Keene,  New  Hamjishire:  ^on 
Philip  and  Jerci^lui  Smith  Ainidon.    Mrs.  Sanib  Child  Amide 
died  Jalv  11,  1S(>7.     Kesidence  East  Pembroke,  Gent?s«^ ' 
N.  Y. 
[SeTent  b  Gencnlioo. }    CMMreti : 

i0S»,  i.  Otis  Ahidox,  k  Sept,  4.  1833,  m.  Oct.  T.  1h47.  '.r  U^y, 

'    ae30.  U,  Geoiirrr.   Ajiidox,  U  Aug.  t2,   18$5»  d.  Aug,  22.  >,:,    i.  Pen 
hwke,  S,  Y. 

2$ai.  iiL  ILiKJKiET  AMmoK.  K.  Mat  16,  1837»  d.  Jim.  31,  18S4.  m  IVa 
broke,  X.  Y. 

SaaS.  ir.  SUuirUA  AiiiDosr.   b.   Mch.  94,  18S0,  m.  Jun.  1.  tt^.  Ii>Mm 
J.  Casie. 

2033.  r.  Hjiii%ix  C.   Amidol,  \k  May  24.  1832,  m,  Oct.  26.  l*^,  ^ 
Fishell. 

3634,  Fi.  Matilda  J.  AxTDf^N.  k  Nov.  U,  1»34,  m.  April  5,  I8S2.  All 


Albcet  A3itix>!i.\  Ik.  Jim.  2,  183T,  m.  Mch,  12,  1%0B^  Kbjh-j  i 
tLmKiCT  A.  AttiBosr,  b.  Dee.  97.  1839.  m,  Feb.  t.  1850.  Jo 


Bftker, 

2696.  riii 
Gowdy. 

2697.  ut.  Sarah  A.  Axido^',  b.  July  15,  1842.     A  teucher. 
0688.  %,  Vyavs  p.  Amuos,  b.  Mmy'l9.  1645,  rn.  Oct.  4. 1867.  M*rT  Browii 

rSeveiith  Generation,] 

2621*.  I  Otis   Amidon,  eldest  child   of  Sarah  Child   at 
Philip  Amidon,  b.  in  Batavia,  K  Y.,  Sept-  4.  1823,  m.  Oct 
1847.  Grace  O>olejj  who  wa^  b.  in  Yates  Ca^  N.  Y.,  May 
1820.     Mr.  Amidon  died  Sept  29,  1864 
[Eighth  (ferif^ratlon.]    ObUdren; 
2@.m  i.  Sa&ah  A.  Amidon,  b.  July  5.  1846,  d.  July  30. 1648. 

2640,  ii,  Mary  J.    Amidon,  b.  Mch.  30.  1850,  in.  Dec.  23,  1875, , 
Ingabbee. 

2641.  iii.  Qkosue  £.  Amidon,  b.  Jane  11,  1852. 
3642,  iv.  AiJCE  J,  Amtoon.  b.  Sept.  28,  1855, 
2648.  V.  Elmer  O.  Amidon,  b.  April  9,  1861. 

(Kigbrb  Oenemtloii.] 

264n.  jL  Mary  J.  Amidon,  setjoud  dau.  of  Otis  and  Grace_ 
Cooley  Amidon,  and  ^randdaugliter  of  Sarah  Child  Amidol 
h.  Mek  80,  1850,  ni.  Dec.  23,  1875.  Julius  Tngalsbee,  who  wi) 
b.  l>r.  16,  1851. 
(Ninth  (kmeratioti.]     Children: 

2644.  i.  Frank  l.N(iAL^Be£:,  b.  .Sopt.  14:,  1876. 

2fl4r>,  ii.  EroKNE  IsiSALftBKK  b.  Jan.  3B.  1878. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  847 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2632.  iv.  Malinda  Amidon,  second  dau.  and  fourth  child 
of  Sarah  Child  and  Philip  Amidon,  b.  in  Pembroke,  N.  Y., 
Mch.  24,  1830,  m.  Jan.  1,  1849,  Ichabod  J.  Case,  who  was  b. 
Feb.  24,  1829. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 
2046.  i.  Marvin  J.  Case,  b.  Nov.  24,  1849.  d.  Sept.  10,  1851. 

2647.  ii.  Helen  L.  Case,  b.  Sept.  18,  1851,  m.  July  4.  1870,  Frederick 
Sunricker. 

2648.  iii.  Sakah  A.  Case,  b.  Feb.  5,  1864,  ra.  Dec.  31,  1871,  Albert  King. 

2649.  iv.  Louis  Case.  b.  Jan.  13,  1856,  m.  Dec.  31,  1879,  Lizzie  Carlisle. 

2650.  V.  Phillip  J.  Case,  b.  July  17,  1868. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

2647.  ii.  Helen  L.  Case,  eldest  dau.  of  Ichabod  J.  and 
Malinda  Amidon  Case,  and  granddaughter  of  Sarah  Child  and 
Phillip  Amidon,  b.  Sept.  18,  1851,  m.  July  4,  1870,  Frederick 
Sunricker,  who  was  b.  Oct.  12,  1843. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children. 

2651.  i.  Jay  D.  Sunricker,  b.  Oct.  6,  1872. 
2662.  ii.  Willie  M.  Sunricker,  b.  Mch.  12,  1874. 

2653.  iii.  Lewis  J.  Sunricker,  b.  April  4,  1876. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

2648.  iii.  Sarah  A.  Case,  second  dau.  and  third  child  of 
Ichabod  and  Malinda  Amidon  Case,  and  granddaughter  of 
Sarah  Child  Amidon,  b.  Feb.  5,  1854,  m.  Dec.  31,  1871,  Albert 
King,  who  was  b.  Nov.  18,  1848. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

2654.  i.  Sylvia  J.  King.  b.  Nov.  24,  1872. 

2655.  ii.  John  J.  Kino,  b.  Oct.  6,  1873. 

2656.  iii.  Melinda  H.  Kino.  b.  Mch.  12,  1876. 

2657.  iv.  Linda  C.  King,  b.  Feb.  12, 1879. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2633.  V.  Marvin  Child  Amidon,  third  son  and  fifth  child 
of  Sarah  Child  and  Phillip  Amidon,  b.  in  Pembroke,  N.  Y., 
May  24,  1832,  m.  Oct  26,  1854,  Susan  Fishell,  who  was  b. 
Oct  25,  1835. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2668.  i.  Frank  Amidon,  b.  Feb.  8,  1858,  m.  Nov.  1,  1878,  Emma  Tacker, 
who  was  b.  Oct.  26,  1862. 

2669.  ii.  John  Amidon,  b.  Oct.  28,  1871,  in  Pembroke,  N.  Y. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2634.  vi.  Matilda  J.  Amidon,  third  dau.  and  sixth  child 
of  Sarah  Child   and  Phillip  Amidon,  b.  in  Pembroke,  N.  Y., 


m» 


BENJV^MIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBLTRY,  MASa 


Nov.  11,  1834,  m.  April  5,  1852,  Albert  Cups,  who  was  b=z 
Jan.  +,  1831.  Mrs.  Matilda  .L  A  Cnps  fbed  July  U,  1874.  m 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Childrrn:  ^1 

2660.  i.  Or»a  S,  Cvv^,  b.  July  24,  1855.  m.  Xnv.  20,  197*3,  Kmnk  Crops^.* 

2G61.  ii.  George  Cl'i^,  b.  Aug.  23,  1S58. 

2662.  uL  William  Cufs.  \k  June  13,  mm. 

2663.  iv.  Nelue  Cups,  b.  July  4,  1865. 

2664.  V.  Bertie  Cups,  h.  Oct.  20.  1»68. 
36<J5.  vi.  LuHA  Ci'PN,  b.  Julv  4.  1875. 


[Eighth  Generation. 

2t)60,  i.  Orra  S.  ClPS.  eldest  t^liitd  oi  Matildn  J.  Amidon 
and  Albert  Cups,  and  granddaiigliter  of  Sarab  Child  Amidon, 
b.  July  24,  1855,  rn.  Nov.  20.  1872.   Frank   Crop.sy,  wh<i   was 
b.  Oct  27,  1842. 
[Ninth  Generation.)     <;*hildren: 

2(m6.  i.  MisA  Cropsv,  b.  Oct.  25,  1873, 

20C7.  ii.  MiNA  Croi'sv.  b.  Feb.  1CJ875. 

2668.  iii.  Court  T.  Cropsv,  b.  Mch.  12.  1877. 

2669,  iv.  Frank  G.  Cropjjy,  b.  Nov.  17,  1878. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2H35.  vii.  Albert  Amidon,  Umnh  ^oti  and  seveutb  al 
of  Sarah   Child  and   Pbib|>  Aniicluii,  U  in  Penibr<jke,  N.  Yi 
Jan.  2,  18:37,  m.  Mch,  12,  1868,  Nancy  J.   Baker,   who  was 
Feb.  4,  1S52. 
[Eighth  GeneratioiL]     Chiltlreu: 

21170.  i.  Brrtie  Amiikjn.  \k  May  24.  18«0. 

2671.  ii.  Warren  E.  Amiuon,  b.  >Jfh.  'M,  1H7L 

2672.  iii.  Vesti  P.  Amidon.  b.  Oct.  34,  1878. 

[Seventh  Generation .] 

2030.  viii.  Hakriet  A.  Amidom,  f*>ortli  dau.  and  t^igbtl 
child  of  Sarah  Child  and  Philliji  Amidon,  b.  in  Pembroke 
N.  Y.,  Dec.  27,  1839,  m.  Feb.  2,  1859,  John  Gowdy,  who  was 
b.  Jidy  23,  1838. 
[Eij^hth  Genemtiond     Children: 

2«73,  i,  Levi  Gownv,  K  Deu.  2,  1859. 

2674.  ii.  Eva  E.  Gowuv,  b.  Jan.  4,  1867. 

2»75.  iii.  JkssieGowdv,  Ii.  Aug.  1.  1871. 

[8<»vefith  Geaomtjon.l 

263S.  X.  Cyrus  P.  AMn>ON,  youngeiji  child  of  Sarah  Child 

and  Phillip  Amidon,   b.  in  Pembroke,  N.  Y.,  May  19,  184J 

rn.  tJ(rt.  4,  18H7.  Mary  Brown,  who  was  b.  Jnne  20,  184*5. 

[Eighth  GtMienitioii.J    Child: 

2076.  i.  Nellie  Amiiwx,  b.  July  15,  1868. 


lo  was 

i 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  349 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

2498.  iii.  Theodore  Child,  third  son  and  child  of  Josiah 
and  Sarah  Green  Child,  was  b.  abt  1 766,  married  and  had  the 
following  children,  but  we  cannot  obtain  further  knowledge 
of  the  family. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

2677.  i.  John  Child. 

2678.  ii.  Luther  Child. 

2679.  iii.  Geoeoe  Child. 

2680.  iv.  Nathaniel  Child. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

2479.  ii.  Martha  Child,  eldest  dau.  and  second  child  of 
Capt.  Penuel  and  Dorothy  Dwight  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct., 
Aug.  18,  1726,  m.  Jan.  31,  1754,  Isaac  Whitmore  of  that  town. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Whitmore  were  the  parents  of  thirteen  children, 
of  whom  we  can  only  obtain  the  record  of  three. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

2681.  i.  Tamae  Whitmore,  bapt.  Feb.  2,  1755. 
3682.  ii.  Sabra  Whitmore.  bapt.  Mch.  24,  1756. 

2683.' iii.  Jabez  Whitmore,  bapt.  Feb.  12,  1758,  m.  Sept.  20, 1781,  Miss 
Hannah  Lamed. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

24:bO.  iii.  Eunice  Child,  second  dau.  and  third  child   of 
Capt  Penuel  and  Dorothy  Dwight  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct, 
Oct   7,   1728,  m.  in  the  same  place,  Mch.  19,  1749,  Mr.  Seth 
Hibbert 
Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

2684.  i.  Lois  Hibbert.  bapt.  Sept.  2,  1750. 

2685.  ii.  Gbrvish  Hibbert,  b.  April  15,  1755: 

2686.  iii.  Elisha  Hibbert,  b.  Jan.  13,  1758.. 

2687.  iv.  Aaron  Hibbert,  b.  Feb.  1,  1761. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

2488.  vi.  Eichard  Child,  third  son  and  sixth  child  of  Capt 
Penuel  and  Dorothy  Dwight  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct,  Mch. 
11,  1733,  m.  Feb.  1,  1759,  Abigail  Green,  dau.  of  Capt  Henry 
and  Judith  Guile  Green,  of  Thompson,  Ct.  She  was  b.  at  Kill- 
ingly,  Ct,  May  7,  1738,  d.  Aug.  1, 1830,  aged  92  years,  2  mo. 
24  d.  Bichard  Child  died  in  1781. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children : 

2688.  I.  Timothy  Child,  b.  Mch.  17,  1760.  bapt.  Jnne  23,  1760,  m.  May 
15, 1788,  Amy  Parish. 

2689.  ii.  Hannah  Child,  b.  July  14,  1762,  m.  Ezra  Child,  son  of  Peter 
Child  of  Woodstock,  Ct.,  d.  Nov.  29,  1844.     Recorded  with  her  husband. 


350 


BENJAMLN  CHILI*  OF  ROXBLBV,  MAifS. 


2m).  iiL  KLxtoE  Child,  b.  July  lU,  wid  bnpt.  July  15,  1164,  m.  IslJ 
Uia«s;  2d  Jun.  29,  17»2,  Kbenezer  Demming. 

aeOL  iv.  Joitjf  Child.  l».  Mch,  U,  1766^  and  biipt.  Sept,  T,  m.  Kot,  li| 
1792,  Martha  Hutcliins. 

Sft>2L  V.  MabtCbiu),  Ik  J*il  32, 1770,  m.  Jan.  3.  17tl5.  Bbenexer  Sanborru 

8893,  vi.  Abigjul  Child,  b.  July  14.  1T71,   m.   Xov.  27,  1794,  Samuelj 
West. 

3694.  vii.  Ho»t  A.v?fA  Child,  b.  Dee.  30.  ITTSt.  m.  Ji»n.  1,  1794,  Samuel 
Hotehins, 

2695.  vhi.  Dn>LEY(  HiLD,  b.  May  7, 177«.  m,  April  24, 1»00,  MoUy  W^ks; 
m.  2d.  Mrs.  Nancy  Child,  dau.  of  C^ipt,  Willard  Child  and  widnw  of  Klisha 
Child. 

'26m,  ix.  MATIL0A  C1U1.D,  b.  Aug.  8, 1778,  m.  May  15,1798,  David  W«ek 

2«97.  L  Maktba  Cbild,  h.  abL  1780. 

[Fifth  Geuerotiou.] 

2688.  i.  Timothy  Child,  eldest  sou  and  child  of  Richard 
and  Abigail  Green  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Cl,  Mch.  17,  1760, 
ECL  May  15,  1788.  Miss  Amy  Parish,  who  was  b  in  IIM, 

Mr.  Timothy  Child,  like  most  of  his  name  who  were  of  suf 
cient  age,  entered  personal!}'  into  the  heroic  struggle  for  national 
enfranchisement,  and  lived  to  enjoy  the  fruit  of  the  victory,  ic 
the  peaceful  prosperity  which  speedily  resulted.  After 
decease,  his  widow  received  a  small  pension  in  rec«)gnition 
his  ser\'ices  in  the  Revolutionary  contest.  In  179*J  Mr.  miA 
Mrs.  Child  with  their  children,  then  numbering  six:,  remov4 
to  Sullivan  Co.,  New  York.  Hei*e  they  labored^  clearing 
the  forest  trees,  to  make  for  themselves  a  home  and  farm,  endiu 
ing  many  hardships  unknown  to  the  pioneer  of  to-day. 
first  schoijl  establishe<i  in  the  place,"  writes  his  youngest  sot 
''was  t^rganized  by  my  fathers  benevolence,  in  procuring 
teacher  and  a  few  spelling-books.  No  grist  mill  nearer  thaij 
Bloom ingburgh,  a  distance  of  some  sixteen  miles,  the  road 
which  would  now  be  hard  travelling  for  a  wood-rrjad,^*  The 
strong  attachments  to  the  New  England  homes,  were  every| 
where  evidenced  in  tlie  re|>etition  of  the  names  of  towns  ar 
hamlets,  which  were  themselves  in  memoriam  of  the  far  awaj 
motherland.  Mr.  Timothy  Child  was  no  exception  to  thii 
general  local  attachment,  and  gave  to  his  new  home  in  Sulliva 
county  the  name  of  his  native  place  in  Connecticut  After 
life  of  honor  and  usefulness,  Mr.  Child  died,  Feb.  5,  1825.  His 
widow  survived  him  some  twenty  years,  dying  July  5,  184S 
[8ixth  Generation  ]    Children : 

3698.  i.  Laciukda  Child,  b.  May  33, 1789,  m.  April  19,  1807,  BenjamiB'" 
Loi^,  of  Newark.  N.  J. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  351 

2G99.  ii.  B&ADLEY  Child,  b.  1790,  d.  at  the  age  of  21,  in  Riverton,  N.  J. 

2700.  iii.  Richard  Dwioht  Child,  b.  Sept.  4,  1792,  m.  1st,  Feb.  20, 1817, 
Mary  Andrews;  m.  2d,  Dec.  18,  1857,  Abigail  Andrews. 

2701.  iv.  Obadiah  Cnnji,  b.  Dec.  25,  1794,  m.  May  9.  1815,  Charity 
Thompson. 

2702.  V.  Abigail  Child,  b.  1796,  d.  young,  in  Sullivan  Co.,  N.  Y. 

2703.  vi.  Akchippus  P.  Child,  b.  Dec.  31,  1797,  m.  Dec.  27,  1818,  Mar- 
garet Sax. 

2704.  vii.  Abigail  Child,  2nd,  b.  ^an.  3,  1800,  m.  Mch.  25, 1821,  Nathan 
Anderson. 

2705.  viii.  Jambs  Brioham  Child,  b.  Dec.  24,  1803,  m.  1st,  1826,  Ann 
Willsie;  m.  2d,  1861,  Mrs.  Weston. 

2706.  ix.  John  G.  Child,  b.  Oct.  10,  1805,  ni.  1st,  1829,  Lois  Ann  Grant; 
TO.  2d.  May  16,  1875.  Mrs.  Hoyt. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2698.  i  Laurinda  Child,  eldest  child  of  Timothy  and  Amy 
Parish  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct.,  May  22,  1789,  m.  April  19, 
1807,  Benjamin  Lord,  son  of  John  Lord  of  Thompson,  Sullivan 
Co.,  N.  Y. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lord  shared  life  for  forty -seven  years,  most  of 
this  time  resident  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  carefully  edu- 
cating and  training  a  large  family  into  mature  years,  before 
death  came  to  break  up  the  homa  Mr.  Lord  died  near  Tren- 
ton, N.  J.,  May  27,  1854.  Mrs.  Laurinda  Child  Lord  survived 
her  husband  some  seventeen  years;  attaining  her  own  rest 
Jan.  9,  1871,  when  past  fourscore.  For  a  time  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Lord  resided  near  Rahway,  N.  J.,  and  here  their  first  child  was 
bom  ;  while  he  was  an  infant  they  removed  to  the  immediate 
vicinity  of  Trenton,  N.  J.,  and  the  other  eight  children  were 
bom  near  or  in  that  city. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

2707.  i.  William  G.  Lord,  b.  Feb.  7,  1809.  m.  1st,  Mch.  23,  1837,  Anna 
Margaret  Beach,  who  d.  July  7,  1841;  ra.  2d,  Jan.  11,  1843,  Elizabeth  H. 
Hays. 

53708.  ii.  John  Allen  Ijord,  b.  Feb.  4,  1811.  m.  Nov.  1843,  Amelia 
Morton. 

2709.  iii.  Richard  D.  Lord,  b.  Jan.  24,  1813.  m.  Jan.  24,  1838,  Jane 
Capner. 

2710.  iv.  Ebenezer  Bradley  Lord,  b.  May  2, 1816,  m.  1st,  July  15, 1844. 
Mary  Ann  Hays,  who  d.  June  9,  1850;  m.  2d,  June  20.  1855.  Elmira  Hays. 

2711.  V.  Benjamin  Lord,  b.  Aug.  21, 1819,  ra.  1st,  May  23, 1843,  Amanda 
Potter,  who  d.  May  81,  1870;  m.  2d,  Dec.  6,  1871,  Julia  Fowler. 

2712.  vi.  Laurinda  Lord,  b.  Nov.  9, 1821,  d.  Sept.  6, 1825,  ip.  4  yrs  2  mo- 
3  days. 

2718.  vii.  Timothy  W.  Lord,  b.  Jan.  22,  1824,  m.  1st,  June  3,  1846^ 
Martha  Homell,  who  d.  June  9,  1877;  m.  2d,  June  19, 1878,  Ellen  Fowler- 


SS2 


BEXJAM fX  i^HILli  OF  ROXBURY,  MA^^^L 


2714.  riii.  Hbzekuh  T.  Ix>ed.  b.  Sept,  11,  18^6,  i«.  June  4, 1S44,  Emaii( 
IL  SeiDor. 

3715.  ix.  Mary  Laurixda  Ix>mo.  Ii.  Oct.  4. 18^.  in.  Xov.  18. 1851.  Arthti 
Hornell. 

[Seventh  Geri«niUou.J 

2707.  i.  William  G.  Lokd,  eldest  son  and  child  of  I/auriu- 
da  Child  and  Benjamin  Lonl,  b.  neiir  Rahway,  N.  J,,  Feb.  7^ 
180tK     Has   been   twice   married^lst,   Mcb.    23,  1837,  Auti 
Maj'gai^t  Beach,  dau.  of  Cyrenus  and  Mary  Beaeh»  all  of  Nev 
ark,  N.  J.     Mrs.  Anna  M.  B.  Lord  d.  July  7,   1841,  leaving  i 
infant  only  four  weeks  old.     Mr.  Lord  m.  2d,  Jan.  11,    It 
Elizabeth  H.  Hays,  dau.  of   Michael   and  Eliicabeth   Hays, 
Burlington,  N.  J.     When  about  22  years  of  age  Dr.  Lord  wen 
to  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  studied  dentistry  :  in  March,  1834^  I 
went   to   Newark,  N.  X»  and  oj.>ened   a  dental  oftite.      In  tb| 
constant  and  successful  pursuit  of  this  profession  Dr.  Loni  ha 
passed  the  years  succeeding,  always  residing  in  Newark, 
Dr.  William  G.  I^ord  we   are  indebted  for   this  recortl  of  hi 
mother  and  her  descendants : 
fEijErbthGenemtion.]     Chiidreu:  ® 

2716.  i.  Ansa  Makoabet  I^ord.  Ii.  June  11  1641,  m.  Mcb.  IT,  1871 
Chiirle^  A,  Boucher, 

2717.  \\  Wijxuii  G.  Lord,  Jr.,  h.  Jttn.  22.  1.H44.  in,  Feb.  17,  1S7< 
Mariith  l^^iusii  tellers,  dau.  of  Kobert  E«  and  Man»h  L.  SelliTts,  of  Pitt 
burg.  Fa, 

2718.  ill,  ELiZARETn  Ha\>  hoKV,  \k  Aug.  2.  1^5.  iti,  Oct.  19,  IHT 
Horace  S,  Stiuier. 

2719.  iv.  Lai-binua  Amanda  Lord,  b.  Nm-.  28,  1847.  iL   Meli.   12.  15 
very  suddenly,  when  visiting  in  Pittsburg.  Pa. 

2720.  V.  Marv  Ayy  ArorsTA  IjORD,  k  Oft.  6,  1849. 

2721.  vi.  Careie  Franc  es  Lord,  b,  Feb.  5.  1852, 
2r22.  vii.  Frank  Howard  Lord,  b.  Si^pL  2L  1854. 

f  E i gb  til  Gun t*rat ton .  ] 

271*).  i,  Anna  Mahgaket  Lobik  dau.  of  Dr.  William 
and  Anna  Margaret  Beaeli  Lord,  and  granddaughter  of  LatiJ 
rinda  Child  Lord,  b.  in  Newark,  N.  J,,  June  12,  1S41,  m.  Mel 
17,  1860,  Charles  A,  Kuueher.     Through  deep  waters  has  Mr 
Boueher  been  called  to  pas?>,  live  ciiildren  have  been  given  her 
only  to  be  transplanted  to  the  heavenly  gardens^  and  last  her 
husliand  has  entered  intn  rest,  leaving  her  a  childless  widow,  ii 
February,  1879, 
[Eighth  Geueratiou.] 

*2718.  iii,  EuzAHETH  Hays  Loud,  eldest  dau,  of  Dr.  Will 
liam  G.  and    Elizabeth    H.  Ilay.s  Lord,  and   ifranddaugliier 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  358 

Laurinda  Child  Lord,  b.  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  Aug.  2,  1815,  m. 
Oct  19,  1870,  Horace  S.  Squier.  of  Newark. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

2723.  i.  Sheldon  Squier. 

2724.  ii.  Lizzie  Squiee. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2708.  ii.  John  Allen  Lord,  second  son  and  child  of  Lau- 
rinda Child  and  Benjamin  Lord,  b.  in  Trenton,  N.  J.,  Feb.  4, 
ISll,  m.  Amelia  Morton,  dau.  of  John  and  Amelia  Morton,  of 
New  York  City,  November,  1848.     He  died  suddenly  in  Ber- 

^gen    Hill,  N.  J.,  where  he   resided.   Nov.  23,   1801,  aged   50 
years.     Eight  children  were  given  them,  of  whom  six  survive 
the  father,  and  with  their  mother  reside  in  the  vicinity  of  New 
York  City. 
[Eighth  Generation  ]      Children : 

2725.  i.  William  Allen  Lord,  b.  July  24,  1842,  d.  Aug.  12,  1842. 

2726.  ii.  William  Allen  Lord,  2d.,  b.  July  24,  1843. 

2727.  iii.  Amelia  Morton  Lord,  b.  Sept.  11.  1845. 

2728.  iv.  John  Lord,  b.  July  24.  1849. 

2729.  V.  Kate  Lord,  b.  July  17.  1852. 

2730.  vi.  James  DeMott  Lord,  b,  Nov.  4,  1854. 

2731.  vii.  Adaline  Lord,  b.  Aug.  30,  1856. 

2732.  Wii.  Frederic  Lord,  b.  Aug.  31,  1859. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2709.  iii.  Eichard  D.  Lord,  third  son  and  child  of  Laurin- 
da Child  and  Benjamin  Lord,  b.  in  Trenton,  N.  J.,  Jan.  24, 
1813,  m.  Jan.  24,  1838,  Jane  Capner,  dau.  of  Thomas  and  Jane 
Capner.  Mr.  E.  D.  Lord  died  in  Trenton,  December  21,  1853. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2733.  i.  Laurinda  Lord,  b.  Feb.  25.  1840,  d.  Oct.  1,  1865. 

2734.  ii.  Anna  Margaret  Lord,  b.  Mch.  17,  1841. 

2735.  iii.  Sarah  Jane  Lord.  b.  Jan.  15,  1845. 

2736.  iv.  Thomas  Capner  Lokd,  b.  Sept.  2,  1847,  d.  Sept.  18,  1849. 

f Seventh  Generation.] 

2710.  iv.  Ebenezer  Bradley  Lord,  fourth  son  and  child 
of  Laurinda  Child  and  Benjamin  Lord,  b.  in  Trenton,  N.  J., 
May  2,  1816,  m.  twice — 1st  m.,  July  15,  1844,  to.  Mary  Ann, 
Hays,  dau.  of  Michael  and  Elizabeth  Hays,  of  Burlington,  N.J. 
Mrs.  Mary  A.  H.  Lord  d.  at  the  home  of  her  parents  June  9 
1850.  Mr.  Lord  m.  2d,  Elmira  Hays,  sister  of  his  first  wife, 
June  20,  1855.  Mr.  Ebenezer  B.  Lord  d.  at  the  residence  of 
his  father-in-law  Aug.  7, 1856.  His  widow,  Mrs.  Elmira  H.  Lord, 
m.  2d,  Judge  Elias  Doughty,  of  Vineland,  N.  J.,  Oct.  29, 1873. 


354  BKNJAMIN  CHJLD  OF  KUXBIKV,  VASa 

f  Bighih  Generation .  ]    Ch  ildr en : 

3737,  i.  Mabv  Clara  Li>kd»  m,  Oct.  7,  1871.  Natii«ti  Ining,  of  Treiitou^  j 
N.J. 

273S.  ii.  ELtZABfiTH  Hays  IjOED,  d.  in  infancy. 

I  Seventh  Genoi'ation,] 

2711.  V.  Benjamin  Lord,  J k.,  fifth  mn  anil  child  ui 
rinda  Child  and  Benjamin  Lord,  b,  in  the  cit}'  of  TrentOD| 
N.  J.^  Aug.  21,  1819,  was  twice  maiTied — 1st  in,,  May  23, 
1843,  Araanda  Potter,  dan.  of  Isaac  and  Abigail  Potter  of  Newg 
Providt?nce,  N.  J.  Mm.  Amanda  Potter  Tiord  d.  in  New  York 
City  May  31,  1870.  Dr,  Loid  m,  2d,  Julia  Fowler,  dau.  of 
Charles  and  Lillius  Fowler,  of  New  York  City,  Dec*.  6,  1871. 
Dn  Benjamin  Lord  is  of  the  dental  profession,  residing  on  We 
Twenty-eighth  Street,  New  York 
I  Eiijlith  Genemt ion  .1    Child  rcn : 

2739.  i.  Benjamin  PoTTEft  Lord.  b.  Mch.  10.  1845,  d.  Mch.  13,  1845. 

3740.  ii.  fiEOR.iTANA  Li>Rrn  \k  Ucr.  2,  1846. 

274L  hi  Joseph  Edwin  Loro,  t».  Feb.  B,  1848. 

(Seventh  (feneration,  ]  

2713.  vii,  Timothy  W.  Lohd,  sixth  s^on  and  seventh  child 
of  Laurinda  Child  and  Benjamin  Ix>rd,  b.  in  Trenton,  N.  J., 
Jan.  22,  1824,  m.  IsL  June  :i  1846,  Martha  Hi^rnell,  dau.  of 
Richard  A.  and  Mailha  Hornell.  Mi's.  M,  H.  L<jrd^  d.  Juoe  9, 
1877.  Mr.  T.  W.  Lord  ni.  2<1,  June  19,  1878,  Miss  Ellen 
Fowler,  i^i.ster  of  the  second  Mra  Benjamin  Lord, 
f Eighth  Gt^neratioiiJ     Children: 

2742.  i.  Anna  Amelia  Lonn,  b,  Feb.  IJ,  1848,  d.  Apnl  18, 1850. 

2743.  ii.  Benjamin  Chilo  liORD,  b.  Oct.  15,  1849,  d.  Nov.  14,  1857. 

2744.  iii.  Rn  HARP  Hornbll  Lord,  b.  Nov.  38,  1851. 

f Seventh  (ienatitiou.  j 

2714,  viii.   Hezkkiah  F.  Lord,  seventh  sod  and  eightli  child 
of  LauriiMla  Child  and  Benjamin  Lord,  b.  in  the  city  of  Tr 
ton,  N.  J.,  Sept  11,  182B,  m.  June  4,  1844,  Emma  M.  Seir 
dau.  of  William  and  Catherine  8einoi\  of  New  York  City. 
[Eighth  Generation. J     Children: 

^745,  i.  Marv  J.  Lord,  b.  Mi-Ii.  4,  1845. 
274H,  ii.  Emma  S.  Lord,  b.  Nov.  16.  1840. 
3747.  iii.  Benjamin  F.  Lord,  K  Feb.  12,  1848. 

2748.  iv.  Katk  S.  Lord.  h.  Dee.  8,  1852, 

2749.  V.  William  G,  TjORI>.  b.  Aug.  2,  1854,  tJ.  Aug.  9,  1850. 

[Seven th  Generation,  j 

2715-  ix.  Mary  Laukinda  Lord,  second  dau.  and  ninth 
ehild  of  Lunrinda  Child    and    Benjamin    Lord,  b.  in  Trentoi^ 


AND  HIS  DESCKNDANTS. 


S55 


f 


N.  J.,  Oct,  4,  182S,  m.  Nov.  18,  1851,  Arthur  Horoell  of  Tmn- 
too.     Mt».  Mary  L.  L  Hornell  d  Mai-ch  24,  185ii. 
[  Eighth  Creneration.  ]    Child : 

3750.  i.  Anki  M.  Hoenvll,  resides  in  Camden,  N.  J. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2700,  iii.  RiCHARji  Dwight  Child,  thiixi  cliild  and  second 
Hon  of  Timotliy  and  Amy  Parish  Child,  l\  in  Thompson,  Ct, 
Sept.  4,  1792,  wa.s  twice  nmrried— Ut,  FeU  20,  Is  17,  Mary 
Andrews,  who  was  b.  April  12,  1796,  dau.  of  Francis  and  Sabra 
Parsons  Andrews,  and  d.  Mch*  19,  1855.  Mn  Richard  D.  Child 
HI*  2d,  Dec  18,  1^57,  Abigail  Andrews,  who  was  b.  in  1799,  and 
d,  Jan.  10,  1877.  Mr,  Child  was  a  man  of  business,  and  so 
efficient  in  whatever  he  undertook,  that  once  placed  by  the 
will  of  his  fellow  citizens  in  pla^e  of  j»ower  or  tru^t,  they  were 
reluctant  to  accept  a  chaTige,  We  iind  him  holding  the  office 
of  supervisor  of  Neversitik,  for  three  yeai-s,  from  1825  to  1628, 
In  1828  he  was  elected  shenff  of  Sullivan  Co,,  New  York.  He 
nnade  his  home  in  Grahamsville,  New  York,  residing  in  one 
home  some  forty-seven  yei\rs. 

seventh  Generation.]     Children: 

^T.^il.  i.  Maria  I'jnui,  h.  Aug.  a,  1818,  iii.  Dee.  1840,  iuhn  H.  Diviue. 

2752.  ii.  ClariSvSA   Andrews   Child,  h.  Xuv.  14,  1821,  ai.  June  29,  1849, 

IJ^athan  C.  tljirk. 
I   3753,  iii.  Betsey  Smith  Child.  U  June  26,  182«,  d.  Nov.  23,  1B51. 
I   2754.  iv.  Harriet  Andrews  Cnn.Li.  h.  Dee,  11, 1828.  d,  July  23,  1834. 
I   3755.  V.  Gkor^e  Bbadlkv  CHn.D,  k  Feb.  %  1838,  ni.  1st,  Jiii.e  12,  1360. 
kaelirt  Decker,  who  d.  Mch.  30,  ISOU:  (ii,  2fl,  Mrh,  14, 1873,  Naney  P.  Smith, 
■Seventh  Generation.] 
^    ii751.   i.  Maria  Child,  eldest  child  of  Richard  Dwight  and 
Mary  Andrews  Chikl.  b.  in  Grahanisville,  Sullivan  Go,,  N.  Y., 
ug,  3,  1818,  m.  Dee.  1840,  Jnhn  II.  Divine,  d.  Nov.  U,  1850. 
esidence  at  Jioelisheldrake,  Sullivan  Co.,  N,  Y. 
li^hth  Generation.]     Childivn: 

^756.  i.  DwiGHT  DivjNE,  b,  Meh,  1842.     He.sidesi  in  ElleuvilJe,  N.  Y. 
2757,  ii.  .Tames  Divink,  I>.  June  1,  1849.  .1.  Aug.  10,  1870, 

yenth  Generation.] 

2752.  ii.  Clarissa  x^ndrews  Child,  second  dau.  and  child 
of  Riehard  and  Mary  Andrews  Child,  b  in  Graham.sville,  N,  Y., 
Ni»v.  14,  1821,  m,  June  29.  IS4H,  Nathan  C.  Clark.     Residence 

I      Grahamsville,  N,  Y. 

■mEtghth  Generation,]     Children: 

^^  2758,  i,  Marv  Hohton  Clark,  b.  Au^.  18.  1S5.1.  KeHide>  in  Grfthains- 
ville. 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBUBY,  MASS. 

3750.  ii.  Richard  Dwicjht  C'laak.  b.  July  11,  1857.     Rf^sides  in  Uud^t 
Ulster  CcK,  N.  V. 

2760,  iii.  MARitrfi  EroKSK  Vuh%K,  h.  Aug.  12,  Idm,    Eemde&in  Graha 
ville. 

[Seventh  Gtuemtion.J 

27a5.  V.  Georgk  Bradley  Child,  only  son  aod  junng 
child   of   Richard   Dwight   and    Marv    Aiidi*ew^  Child,  b.  ii 
Grahamsville,  Sullivan  Co..  N.  Y.,  Feb.  9,  1S38,    lirus  twio 
niarried — 1st,  June  12.  IhfiO.   Adelia  Deckerj  she  d.  Mck 
1869;  m.  t2d,  Mcli.  U,  1S72,  Nairn'  P.  Smith.     Mr.  Child  is" 
follow in_£fc I osel^^  in  the  footsteps  of  \m  most  worthy  father:  i^ 
a  resident  of  Grahamsville,  and  has  there  been,  like  his  father, 
super vitior  of  Neversink^  from  1807  in  187tS,  smmefive  years. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2701.  i,  Anna  Child,  b.  July  21.  186i,  tl.  .luly  27.  1864. 

2762.  ii.  Amy  Child,  b.  July  15,  1873. 

2763.  iii.  Ricbard  Timothy  Chili*,  b.  i Ut.  S2.  1878. 

I  Sixt  h  GeBeratiori.  ] 

2701.  iv.  Obadiah    Chili*,  third  son  and  fourth  child 
Timothy  and   Amy  PariMi  Child,  h.  in  Thompson,  Ct. 
2o,  1794;  removed  from   Connecticut  with  his  father  in  179i 
to  Sullivan  Cu ,  N.  Y.     In  1615,  on  May  9,  lie  m.  in  Neve 
sink.  Chanty  Thompson,  who  was  b.   in   Marbletown,  Ulst 
Co.,  N.  Y  .  Dec.  14,  1795,  a  dan,  of  John  and  Anii  Thompson 
of  Keversink,  Ulster  Co.,  and  afterwards  of  Homer,  Cayuj 
Co..  N,  Y.     A  daughter  of  Mr,  Obadiuh  Child  (Mi's.  Vrandc 
burg)  sends  us  a  most  pleasant  sketch  of  him  : 

**  My  father  wa>  n  merah-or  of  thi^  Buptisi  ehiirt'h,ati  tiftivi*  ntid  umsC 
christian,  iilwuys  wiiling  to  make   any  ^^at-rifiee  to  attend  with  hh 
upon  the  servtreis  <jf  the  Sanctuary.     A  rlon?  stiid<>nt  of  the  Bib!**,  and 
niArkfibU' or  poruiiar  for  his  apt  f|uotations  of  scriptnre  in  convi^rsfitio 
Gifted  with  a  sweet  power  ttf  nieKxly.  In*  de%hted   in  the  service  of  sou 
And  was  often  tht*  lender  in  this  pari  of  tin*  serviee-s.     A  very  favorite  hyo 
was  one  eommeneing  *Weleome,  !*weet  day  of  rest/     A  fund  husband.  ai9 
indulgent  father,  he  whs  ever  ready  to  expend  his  means  in  the  purchase < 
bookii  and  other  nK'thods  for  the  edueation  of  hisehildren;  but  exeeeding 
particular  in  [he  observanee  of  the  J^ublndh.     His  ta.st  illness (typhtdd  fev« 
WU.S  brief  but  severe.     On  bis  last  earthly  Sabbath,  a  beauLiful  elesr  rnor 
iiig,  ho  i^iid:     'This  is  Sunday,  and  I  am   very  happy.'     *The  lime  for 
singing  of  birdi^  has  come,  and  the  voire  of  tfie  turtle  it*  heard  in  the  land 
He  died   April  81  h,   1867,  a(    Wawarsing,   Ulster  Co.,  New  York,  and 
memory  iiN   |ireeioti.s  to  us.      Mrs.  Charity  Thompson  Child,  my    moth€ 
survived  my  father  a  1  tout   nine   years*.      She  always  enjoyed   that   'peace 
which  pasiietli  oiiderstanding.  froni  her  constant  Irujit  in  Jesus.     She  loved 
the  New  Testanieni  wLlh  a  di'V<jtion  sehk>m  witnessed:  her  life  was  an  i 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  357 

emplifieation  of  the  sweet  spirit  of  Christ.  I  often  thought  her  name  suit- 
table,  for  her  life  was  love.  She  was  very  happy  through  her  last  short 
sickness.  I  asked  her  near  the  close,  *Are  you  happy  trusting  in  Jesus  T 
her  answer,  *0  yes;  happier  than  I  ever  expected  to  be,'  with  such  a  light 
beaming  on  her  countenance  as  I  never  saw  elsewhere.  She  tried  to  say 
more,  we  could  only  understand  'pure  in  heart,'  and  then  she  entered  into 
*perfect  peace,'  March  9th,  1875,  from  Neversink,  Sullivan  Co.  N.  Y." 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

2764.  i.  Charles  C.  Child,  b.  Dec.  26,  1819,  m.  twice. 

2765.  ii.  Mary  Ann  Child,  b.  July  8, 1822,  m.  Feb.  16, 1847.  John  Vraden- 
burg. 

2766.  iii.  Lorinda  Child,  b.  Nov.  19,  1825,  m.  Sept.  21,  1852,  Herman 
Sarr. 

2767.  iv.  Amy  Child,  b.  Sept.  20,  1828,  m.  1858,  Wm.  C.  Carson. 

2768.  v.  John  Thompson  Child,  b.  Mch.  17,  1831,  d.  Aug.  30,  1849. 

2769.  vi.  Sarah  Child,  b.  Feb.  22,  1834,  in  Rhinebeck,  Duchess  Co.,  N.V. 

2770.  vii.  Abigail  Child,  b.  Oct.  11,  1837,  m.  Oct.  23, 1878,  H.  Atherton. 

2771.  viii.  Bradley  Child,  b.  Dec.  8,  1840,  d.  Feb.  11,  1841. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2765.  ii.  Mary  Ann  Chh.d,  eldest  dau.  and  second  child 
of  Obadiah  and  Cliarity  Thompson  Child,  b.  in  Liberty,  Sulli- 
van Co.,  July  8, 1822,  m.  Feb.  10, 1847,  Eev.  John  Vradenburg, 
at  Grahamsville,  Sullivan  Co  ,  N.  Y.  Their  residence  has  been 
in  New  Paltz.  now  Clintondale,  Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y.  '^Mr.  John 
Vradenburg  is  a  clergyman,  most  active  and  successful  in  his 
manifold  labors,  especially  in  revival  seasons,  often  his  duties 
calling  him  to  distant  fields  of  labor."  Mrs.  Maiy  A.  Child 
Vradenburg  is  an  intelligent,  earnest,  christian  wife  and  mother. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2772.  i.  Louisa  Vradenburg,  b.  Dec.  9,  1847,  ra.  June  27, 1880,  Eli  Van- 
Wagner. 

2773.  ii.  Charles  Vradenburg,  b.  Nov.  29,  1848,  d.  May  21,  185:1 

2774.  iii.  James  Vradenburg,  b.  Jan.  26,  1853,  d.  May  21,  1853. 

2775.  iv.  Minnie  Vradenburg,  b.  Mch.  8,  1854,  m.  Aug.  28,  1879. 

2776.  V.  Carrie  Vradenburg.  b.  Jan.  12,  1860. 

2777.  vi.  Jennie  Vradenburg,  b.  April  21,  1865. 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

2772.  i.  Louisa  Vradenuurg,  eldest  child  of  Mary  Ann 
Child  and  Eev.  John  Vradenburg,  b.  in  New  Paltz,  Ulster  Co., 
N.  Y.,  m.  June  27,  1866,  Eli  Van  Wagner.  In  1869  they  re- 
moved to  Corning,  Adams  Co.,  Iowa,  where  Mr.  Yan  Wagner 
is  engaged  in  mercantile  business.  They  are  active,  prominent 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Mrs.  Van  Wagner 
is  the  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the  Women's  Foreign  Mis- 
sionary Society. 


358 


BENJAMIN  tmiLli  OF*  ROXBUnr.  MAS?^ 


INitith  Generation.]    fhilUren: 

2778.  I  LiLLiE  Vas  WAciNEa.  h.  Muy  31,  1807,  iii  New  Pdtz,  X.  Y. 

2779.  ii.  Marv  Van  Wagner,  Ip.  July  7.  1H(J8,  in  New  Pulu,  K,  Y, 

2780.  iii.  Ltzkie  Van  Waoner,  h.  July  21,  1876*  in  Coming*  Iowh, 

2781.  iv,  Maui>e  Van  WAoxEBt  t».  May  6,  1877.  in  Corning,  lown. 

2782.  V,  lnf»nt— oTinamiid — b,  Sepr,  11,  1871),  in  Coming,  Iowa, 

[Seventh  Generation.  | 

3766.  iii.  Lorixda  Child,  second  duu.  and  tlnitl  child  ^ 
Obadiiih  and  Charity  Thompson  Cliild^  b.  iu  RtK'kluntl»  Sulli" 
vanCo.^N,  Y.,  Nov.  19,   1JS25,  m.  Sept.  21,    1852,  Herman 
Sarr,  of  Grahamsville,  Sullivan  Co.,  N.  Y.     They  reside  at 
Council  Bluffs,  Pottawattatri  ie  G(» .,  Iowa. 

[Eii^hth  Generation,]     Children: 

278H.  i.  Mary  Alk  e  Sarr,  li.  July  19,  lb58»  d.  S<>pt.  21,  1854,,  at  F»Hj 
Imrgh.  N.  V, 

2784.  ii.  Viola  Sarr.  b.  Aug.  *J,  1855,  u\.  1875,  J.  B.  Matthew*. 

2785.  iii.  Ej.len  Sarr,  b.  Oct.  22,  185t).  in  Fninklin.  Polk  Co.,  lown, 

2786.  iv.  John  Sarr,  b.  Mch.  23,  IHUa  <!.  Dec.  7,  I8mi, 

I  Eighth  Generation.] 

2784.  ii.  Viola  Sarr,  serund   diiu.  uml  child  of  I^>nud 
Child  and  Herniiui  Sarr,  b.  in  Fallsburgh,  Sullivan  Co.,  N. 
Aug,  6,  18  >5,  m,  in  1875,  J.  B.  Mathews. 
[Ninth  Oenemtion.]    Chihl: 

2787.  i.  Berman  P.  Mathews,  h,  April  15.  1878. 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

2767.  iv.  Amy  Child,  thinl  duu.  and  fourth  child  of 
diah  and   Charity  Thompson  Child,  b.  in  Rockland,  SulHval 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  Sept.   20,  1828,  m.    April  12,  18«a  William 
Carson.     Before  her  niurriagc,  Mrs,  Cai'Sfui    was  a  teacher 
Diibnque,  Iowa,  now  resides  at  Council  Bluffy  Iowa. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     ChildrLHi: 

2788.  i.  Ida  Carhon,  b.  April  8,  ISMl. 
278a  ii.  Etta  Carson,  b.  Sept.  11,  mm,  d.  May  11.  ISfln. 
2790.  iii.  Edith  Carson,  b.  Feb.  17.  18C>5. 
270L  iv.  WiLLiB  Carson,  b.  May  3)0,  1808,  «l.  Jan.  18,  1870. 

|Stxth  Generation.] 

2703.  vi.  Archippi's  Parij^h  Child,  (ouith  son  and  so 
child  of  Timothy  and  Amy  Parish  Ohild^  b,  in  Sulliv^an  CoJ 
N.  Y.,  Dec.  31,  1797,  hl  in  Stoddardsville,  Pa.,  Dec  27.  1S1( 
Margaret  Sax,  wlio  was  b.  Oct  16,  1803. 

Mr*  A,  P.  Child  upon  his*  marriage  settled  in  Wilkes  Bar 
Luzerne  Ca,  Pa.;  two  yesLTs  latter  he  removed  to  Stoddar 
ville,  and  engaged  in  carpentry,  making  the  building  of  mills" 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  859 

lis  especial  work.  He  built  a  number  of  steam  mills  in  Luzenie 
jounty,  Pa.,  both  grist  and  saw  mills,  and  was  considered  a 
eading  mill-wright  of  the  State.  In  1839,  Mr.  Child  moved 
;o  Hickory  Run,  and  while  resident  here,  rose  to  a  fine  position 
n  his  business.  In  1851  lie  again  moved,  and  now  settled  in 
Montoursville,  Lycoming  Co.,  Pa.,  where  he  continued  his  busi- 
less  until  his  death,  Feb.  19,  1860,  aged  62.  Mi*s.  Margaret 
Sax  Child  survives  her  husband,  and  is  residing  with  her  son, 
r.  Sintcm  Child,  in  Montoursville,  Pu. 
Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

2792.  i.  Bradley  Childs,  b.  Dec.  5,  1819,  in.  Jan.  4,  1849,  Margarey  S. 
Willson. 

2793.  ii.  Julian  Childs.   b.  Oct.  25.  1821,  m.  April  17,  1841.  John  C. 
Strong. 

2794.  iii.  Maria  L.  Childs,  b.  Aug. -15,  1824,  in.  June  26,  1843,  George 
Lowinan. 

2795.  iv.  Harriet  Childs,  b.  May  5, 1827,  m.  July  5, 1846,  William  Steel. 

2796.  V.  Isabella  Childs,  b.   Nov.  27,  1829,  in  Stoddardsville.   Pa.,  d. 
Dec.  3,  1849,  a*.  20,  in  Hickory  Run,  Pa.  # 

2797.  vi.  MAR«iARET  Childs,  b.  April  12,  1832,   ni.  Jan.  1,  1851,  Gerard 
L.  Staples 

2798.  vii.  Joseph   Sinton  Childs,  b.  Sept.   24,  1835,  m  Jan.  18,  1865, 
Mary  Mecuni. 

2799.  viii.  James  Bingham  Childs.  b.  June  1,  1838,  in  Stoddardsville,  . 
Pa.,  d.  May  13,  1844,  in  Hickory  Run,  Pa. 

2800.  ix.  Mary  Childs.  b.  April  16.  1841.   in  Hickor>'  Run,  d.  Aug.  24. 
1869,  in  Montoursville.  Pa 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2792.  i.  Bradlev  Childs,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Archip- 
pas  and  Margaret  Sax  Child,  b.  in  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.,  Dec.  5, 
1819,  m.  Jan.  4,  1849,  Margarey  S.  Willson.  Is  an  extensive 
and  successful  business  man,  resides  in  White  Haven,  Luzerne 
Co.,  Pa  Lumber  manufacturer. 
[Eighth  Generation .  ]    Children : 

2801.  i.  Elizabeth  Watson  Childs,  b.  Dec.  18,  1850,  d.  May  22,  1852. 

2802.  ii.  NoRAH  S.  Childs,   b.  Au^.  29,   1852,   m.  May  28,  1872,  George 
W.  Koons. 

2803.  iii.  Archie  Parish  Childs.  b.  Sept.  5,  1854,  m.  Aug.  2,  1873,  Ella 
Bechtell. 

2804.  iv.  Alexander  M.  Childs.  b.  Aug.  31,  1856,  d.  June  6,  1862. 

2805.  V.  Bradley  W.  Childs,  b.  Sept.  2.  1858. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

2802.  ii.  NoRAH  S.  Childs,  second  dau.  and  child  of  Bi-ad- 
^y  and  Margarey  S.  Willson  Childs,  b.  in  White  Haven,  Pa., 
^ug.  29,  1852,  m.  May  28,  1872.  George  W.  Koons. 


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|KinUi  Genefft&ioTKJ     Children: 
280S.  L  Alexaxder  W,  KnoHs,  b,  June  12,  1^$. 
$m:,  ii.  BftADLPA  Koo.Xh.  ti.  Mch.  1*^,  1875. 

2808.  Ui.  Gkoeub  Wiu^i.v  Koon:*,  K  Meh.  21. 1877. 

[Eighth  Gen  era!  ton,} 

2^03.  iii.  Akcuik  Parish  Childs,  eldt^>L  :?fni  luid  third  child 
of  Bradley  and  Margai>?y  S.  Wills^^Jii  Childs^  \x  in  While  HaveuJ 
Pa..  Sept.  5,  1854,  m.  Aug.  2,  1873,  Ella  Bechtell. 
[Nmth  Generation.]    Children: 

2809.  i.  Gi  Y  B.  Childs,  l>.  June  31,  1874,  d.  Jan.  25,  1878. 

2810.  ii.  Makgarky  Childs.  b.  Nor.  25,  1875. 

[Seventh  Gejieratiun.] 

2793,  ii.  Ji'LiAN  CHiLDg,  eldest  dan.  and  seooiid  cluld 
ArchippMs  P.  and  Margaret  Sax  Childs,  b.   in   Stoddanl^vill€ 
Pa,  Oct  25,  1821,  iii.  April  17,  1841,  John  C.  Stnmg.     R^^i. 
in  White  Haven,  Luzerne  Co.,  Pa. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2811.  i.  James  StRoXfi,  b.   Feb.   16,  1842.   m.  SepL  2*1,  186^,  Am&n4 
Hupert. 

2812.  ii.  Mary  Margaret  Strong,  b.  Jan.  25.  184*1,  in.  Dec.  SO,  Ii 
Samuel  Watson, 

2813.  iii.  Georgk  Bhadi.by  Strong,  b.  <3ct  4,  1849.   m.  Aug.  20,  1871 
Su5te  Waiuatj. 

2814.  iv.  Sarah  T^ahella  Stboko,  b.  Dec.  6,  1854.  m.  SepU  18,  tfl 
L.  E.  Tennant. 

2815.  V.  Archie  Parish  Strong,  b.  Not.  8.  1856, 
88l«.  vi.  John  Cuktib  Strong,  b.  .\pnl  5.  1*59. 

[Eighth  Genemtion.] 

2811.  i.  James  SrKuNii,  eldest  child  of  Julian  ChiMs  an 
John  C.  Strong,  1).  Feb,  16,  1841  m,  Sept.  26,  1865,  Aniand 
Rupert. 

[Ninth  Genemtion.]     Children: 
2817,  i    CrRTis  Rdpbrt  Strong,  b.  Juue  16,  1867,  d,  Sept.  B,  lM*i7. 
28ia  ii.  Akchik  Mekwiwk  Strong,  b,  Dec.  24.  1860,  d.  Jun«  5.  1874.] 
3810.  iii    Ueokok  Strong,  b.  Feb,  2,  1871,  d  April  15,  1875. 
2830.  iv.  Edward  Stronu,  b.  June  5,  1873, 
2891.  V,  Charlie  Strong,  b  Dee.  15,  1875. 

[Kighth  Generation,] 

2812.  ii.  Maky  MAutiAKET  Stkoxg.  tildast  dau.  and  secor 
child  of  Julian   Childs  and  John  C.  Strong,  h  Jan,  25,  ISij 
m.  De<v.  20,  18*16,  Samuel  Watson. 
[Ninth  Genernlinn,]     Children  r 

2822    i.  Clarabel  Watson,  b,  Aug.  12.  1868. 

2823,  ii.  Sadie  JruA  Watso.v.  b.  July  24.  1873. 

2824.  iii.  John-  L'vRiia  Wat.so.>%  b.  April  20,  1875. 
28*5.  iv.  AiuttTE  BuTTLAit  Watson,  b.  Dec,  18,  1878. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  361 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

2S13.  iii.  George  Bradley  Strong,  second  son  and  third 
child  of  Julian  Childs  and  John  C.  Strong,  b.  Oct  4,  1849,  m. 
Aug.  29,  1874,  Susie  Waman. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

2826.  i.  Sarah  Jennie  Strong,  b.  Nov.  15,  1875. 

2827.  ii.  JuuANNA  Strong,  b.  'Nov.  29,  1876. 

2828.  iii.  James  Parish  Strong,  b.  Dec.  8,  1878. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

2814.  iv.  Sarah  Isabell  Strong,  second  dau.  and  fourth 
child  of  Julian  Childs  and  John  C.  Strong,  b.  Dec.  6,  1854,  m. 
Sept.  16,  1873,  L.  E.  Tenant. 
FNinth  Generation.]    Children: 

2830.  i.  John  Curtis  Tenant,  b.  Nov.  18,  1874. 

2831.  ii.  Bradley  Child  Tenant,  b.  June  24,  1879. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2794.  iii.  Maria  II  Childs,  second  dau.  and  third  child  of 
Archippus   and   Margaret   Sax   Childs,  b.  Aug.  15,  1824,  in 
Stoddardsville,   Pa.,  hl  June  6,  1843,  George  Lowman.     Be- 
sides in  Troy,  Bradford  Co.,  Pa. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2832.  i.  Mary  Eijzabeth  Lowman,  b.  Nov.  10,  1844,  d.  Feb.  2,  1847. 

2833.  ii.  Kate  Lowman.  b.  June  5,  1846,  m.  Oct.  1. 1867,  Herrick  Mc- 
Ream. 

2834.  iii.  Archie  Pabish  Lowman,  b.  Sept.  20,  1848,  d.  Feb.  5,  1849. 
2885.  iv.  Charles  Wesley  Lowman,  b.  Mch.  29,  1861,  m.  Mch.  24, 

1877,  Kate  McCormick. 

2836.  V.  James  B.  Lowman,  b.  April  12,  1853,  m.  Nov.  15, 1877,  Maranda 
Morgan. 

2837.'  vi.  Helen  A.  Lowman,  b.  Nov.  4,  1866,  m.  April  12, 1874,  H.  Bald- 
win. 

[Eighth  Generation] 

2833.  ii.  Kate   Lowman,  second  dau.  and  child  of  Maria 
L.   Childs  and  George  Lowman,  b.  June  5,  1846,  m.  Oct  1, 
1867,  Herrick  McEeam. 
[Ninth  Generation  ]    Children : 

2838.  i.  Essie  M.  McReam.  b.  Feb.  10, 1871. 

2839.  ii.  Nellie  M.  McReam,  b.  July  15,  1872,  d.  Oct.  3,  1879. 

[Eighth  Generation.  ] 

2836.  V.  James  B.   Lowman,  third  son  and  fifth  child  of 
Maria  L.  Childs  and  George  Lowman,  b.  April  12,  1853,  m. 
Nov.  15,  1877,  Maranda  Morgan. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child : 

2840.  i.  Alice  M.  T^owman,  b.  Sept.  16. 1879. 
B-i 


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BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBITRY,  MASS. 


Steele,  eldest  child  of  Harriet 
b.  Mcli.  6.  184S,  m.  Dec.  7,  1875, 


[Eighth  Genemtion.] 

2837.  vi.  Helen   Aualine  Lowman,  third  dan.  aod  sixtli 

child  of  Maria  L.  Cbilds  and  George  Lowman,  b.  Nov.  4,  1865, 

iiL  April  12,  1874,  H.  Baldwin, 

pfinth  Generation.]    Child: 

384L  *L  William  F»  Balowik,  b.  Sept.  39,  1879. 

[Seventh  Generfttion] 

2795.  iv.  Harriet  Childs,  third  dau.  and  fourth  child  of 
Archippus  and  Margaret  Sax  Childs,  b,  in  Stoddardsville,  Pa., 
May  5,  1827,  m.  July  5,  1846,  WLUiam  feteel.  Reside  in 
Nicholson,  WyoraiTig  Co  ,  Pa. 
[Eighth  Generation  J     Children: 

2842.  i.  Edgar  Alokzo  Steelk,  h.  Mth.  fi,  1848,  m.  Dec.  7,  1875.  Alio 
Brown. 

2848.  ii.  Mart  Alice  Steele,  b.  Nor.  13.  1851.  m.  June  17,  1872.  Wi] 
IMG  Biutholomew. 

2844.  iii    Emma  Francis  Steei-b,  K  July  31,  I8ri4,  »n,  June  28, 1871 
Frank  McDonnld. 

2845,  iv   SfNTON  Elroy  Stkelb,  b.  Mth.  27,  1858. 

[Eighth  Genemtion.] 

2842.  i.  Edgar  Alonzo 
Childs  aod  William  Steele, 
Alice  Brown* 

(Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 
284«.  i.  Charles  Eiwar  Steele,  i\  April  2.  1878. 

|Eighth  Generation.] 

2843.  ii.  Mary  Alice  Steele,, eldest  dau.  and  second  child 
of  Harriet  Childs  and  William  Steele,  b.  Nov.  13,  1851,  in. 
June  IT,  1872,  William  Bartholomew. 

fNinth  Generation.]     Children: 

2847.  u  Brulah  Benton  BAHTHOLnMKW,  U  June  20,  1877, 

2848,  ii.  WiLLL\M  Havie  Bartbolomew,  h    M«y  2.  1870, 

[Eighth  Generation. J 

2844  iii.  Emma  Fkancis  Steele,  second  daiL   and  third 
child  of  Harriet  Childs  and  William  Steele,  b.  July  31,  1854, 
m.  June  28,  1H73,  Frank  McDonald. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

3849.  i.  Harriet  May  McDonald,  b.  May  9,  1874. 

2850.  ii.  Eva  Frajscis  McDonald,  b,  Oct.  30,  1877, 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2797,  vi.  Margaret  Childs,  fifth  dau.  and  sixth  child  of 
Archippus  and  Margaret  Siix  Cliilds,  b.  Ajiril  12,  1832,  in 
Stoddardsville,  Piu,  m.  Jan.  1,  IS51,  Gerard  L.  Staples,  Reside 
at  Jersey  Shore^  Lycoming  Co.^  Pii. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  36S 

[Bighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2851.  i.  Gbrtrxtdb  R.  Staples,  b.  May  80,  1853,  m.  June  19,  1875, 
Joseph  Stevenson. 

2852.  iL  Byron  E.  Staples,  b.  April  14,  1855. 

2858.  iii.  Edward  Eugene  Staples,  b.  Not.  19,  1857. 

2854.  iv.  Jennie  S.  Staples,  b.  June  20,  1862. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

2851.  i.  Gertrude  R.   Staples,  eldest  child  of  Margaret 
Childs  and  Gerard  L.  Staples,  b.  May  30,  1853,  m.  June  19, 
1875,  Joseph  Stevenson. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

2855.  i.  Maud  Estella  Stevenson,  b.  Sept.  7,  1877. 

2856.  ii.  Frank  N.  Stevenson,  b.  Aug.  10,  1879. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2798.  vii.  Joseph  Sinton  Childs,  second  son  and  seventh 
child  of  Archippus  and  Margaret  Sax  Childs,  b.  Sept  24, 1835, 
in  Stoddardsville,  Pa.,  m.  Jan.  13, 1865,  Mary  Mecum.   Resides 
at  Jersey  Shore,  Lycoming  Co.,  Pa. 
f Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2857.  i.  Harry  Sinton  Childs,  b.  April  9,  1867. 

2858.  ii.  Qeoroe  Bradlet  Childs,  b.  Sept.  5,  1869. 

2859.  iii.  Robert  Otto  Childs,  b.  June  Ii,  1872,  d.  Sept.  15, 1877. 

2860.  iv.  Irvie  G.  P.  Childs,  b.  May  3,  1875,  d.  May  10,  1875. 

2861.  V.  William  Hesser  Childs,  b.  April  9,  1877. 

2862.  vi.  Ida  Mary  Childs,  b.  Aug.  25,  1879. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2704.  vii.  Abigail  Child,  third  dau.  and  seventh  child  of 
Timothy  and  Amy  Parish  Child,  was  born  in  Thompson,  Sulli- 
vafi  Co.,  N.  Y.,  on  the  3d  January,  1800,  married  25th  March, 
1821,  Nathan  Anderson,  son  of  George  and  Matilda  Anderson. 
Mr.  Anderson  died  26th  March,  1826.  Mrs.  Anderson  resides 
in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  where  she  "celebrated  her  eightieth  birth- 
day anniversary,"  as  she  writes  her  nephew.  Dr.  William  G. 
Lord,  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  on  the  21st  January,  1880,  having 
walked  alone  in  her  widowhood  for  fifty -four  years. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2705.  viii.  James  Brigham  Child,  fifth  son  and  eighth 
child  of  Timothy  and  Amy  Parish  Child,  born  in  Thompson, 
Sullivan  Co.,  N.  Y.,  on  December  24, 1802,  married  twice — 1st, 
to  Ann  Willsie;  m.  2d,  in  1861,  to  Mrs.  Weston,  widow  of 
Rev.  Horace  Weston.  Mr.  James  B.  Child  began  his  business 
career  in  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.  In  1848  moved  to  Bllenville^ 
Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  died  there  on  February  14,  1878. 


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[Sevetitti  GeQerstion.]    Children : 

2863.  L  Qeorok  Booaa  Child,  b  Mch.  tH^,  18S7, 

2mi.  ii.  NiAL  TowBTLKT  Child,  b.  April  13^  Wm,  ik.  imiem-  -lAiwMuU, 
1B53,  AJrir«  Weston,  who  d.  AprU  U,  186S;  m.  M,  Jul  K  18ii,  Manlb 
Weston. 

2de$.  Hi.  Jaio^  Brigham  Child.  Jr.,  b,  Xor. 2, 1»8^  m.  Occ  2«  1^10. 
JUnrgaret  H*  firown,  dmr  of  lUv.  Paul  R.  Brown. 

eTenth  QeDenUion  ] 

2864.  ii.  NiAL  Town  ley  Child,  second  son  and  cbild 
James  Brigharn  and  Ann  Willaie  Child,  b.  in  MiiiMnk,  Orange j 
Co.,  N.  y..  Ai»nl  13, 1830 ;  m.  twice— 1st,  Jan.  M,  1S53,  Aliiial 
Weston  ;  Mra.  Alvira  Weston  Child  d.  April  11, 1863  ;  m.  3d, 
Jan.  3,  18Pr4,  Marilla  Weston.     Mr  Child  is  a  tanner,  and  Be- 
sides in  NieholiRm,  l*a. 
[Eighth  GunerutionJ    CbUdren; 

2860.  L  QmmaK  Wrmlicv  Child,  b.  April  15,  1854. 

2867.  ii.  AKfCJk  ELi/.AifKTir  Child*  b.  Meh.  8,  1850. 

2868.  iii  Ellrn  ADficeTA  iUuhV,  b.  April  3.  I860. 
2660.  iv.  HouAce  Wjcwton  Cuild,  b  M«y  12.  1861. 
2d70.  V.  JA«Ea  How  iUD  Child,  b,  Aug,  15,  1869. 
2871    vi    Willi  AH  McKikhtry  Child,  b.  Sept,  1,  1871,  <L  Feb.  6.  1875 

[Seventh  Genemtion.  | 

28t55.  iii.  Jamkh  Bkioham  Child,  Jr.,   third  son  and  child 
of  James  B.  and  Ann  Willsie  Child,  b,  in  Orange  Co.,  N.Y*,^ 
Nov.  2,  1838,  ni,  Oct.  2,  1860,  Margaret  H.  Brown,  daa.  of  Rev.B 
Paul  R  Brown,  of  the  New  York  conference,  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.     Mm.  Margaret  XL  Brown  Child  b.  Dec.  29, 
1878. 
P^  i  1^' }  1 1  h  G  e  n  e  ntt  i  tm  J     Child  nm : 

3873.  i.  ICatik  L.  Child,  b,  Moh,  9,  1&65. 

2878.  ii  Mary  E.  Child,  b.  Hepi.  5.  1875. 

[iSixth  Generation /| 

2706.  ix.  Judge  JojfN  Grkenleaf  Cjiilp,  sixth  son 
youngest  uliild  of  Timothy  and  Amy  Parish  Child,  h,  in 
Thompson,  Sullivan  Co,,  N.  Y.,  OcL  10,  1805,  Has  been  m. 
twice— 1st,  in  1829,  to  Lois  Ann  Grant;  2d  m..  May  16,  1875, 
Mra  Hoyt,  widow  of  Charles  Hoyt  Judge  Child  is  a  man  of 
position  in  the  town  of  Napanock,  Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y.,  a  man 
who  may  be  accTediteil  most  emphatically  self-made.  His 
school  training  continued  but  twenty -seven  days  after  he  was 
twelve  yeai's  old,  yet  from  his  sixteenth  year  to  his  twenty- 
second  he  taught  in  the  winters,  working  upon  bis  father*a 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  365 

farm  in  the  summer.  The  succeeding  four  years  he  served  as 
clerk  and  manager  at  the  Ulster  Iron  Works.  In  1835  he 
moved  to  Sullivan  Co.,  and  was  appointed  under  sheriff  and 
served  three  years,  and  elected  sheriff.  In  1863  he  was  elected 
special  county  judge,  and  special  surrogate,  and  served  six 
years.  In  1870,  Judge  Child  settled  in  Napanock,  and  in  1878 
served  as  justice  of  the  sessions.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1858  at  Albany,  having  prepared  himself  for  his  examina 
tion  and  practice  of  the  law  without  a  tutor,  qualifying  himself 
in  like  manner  as  a  successful  surveyor.  In  his  seventy -fifth 
year  he  is  yet  in  the  active  exercise  of  his  profession,  and 
serving  as  justice  of  the  peace. 
[Seventh  Generation  J    Children : 

2874.  i.  John  T.  Child,  b.  May  16,  1831,  in.  Louisa  Holmes. 

2875.  ii.  Amos  G.  Child,  b.  Nov.  2,  1833,  m.  Margaret  

2876.  iii.  Billings  G.  Child,  b.  Dec.  27,  1835,  ra.  Celia  Vandermark. 

2877.  iv.  Emily  Child,  b.  March  4,  1838. 

2878.  V.  Mary  Child,  b.  Nov.  1839. 

2879.  vi.  Arthur  P.  Child,  b.  Oct.  1,  1843. 

2880.  vii.  Archibald  N.  Child,  b.  March  11,  1846. 

2881.  viii.  James  E.  Child,  b  July  11,  1848. 

[We  have  made  innumerable  efforts  in  differing  ways  to  obtain  the  proper 
dates  in  the  five  families  following,  but  in  vain.  ] 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

2874.  i.  John  Traverse  Child,  eldest  son  and  child   of 
Judge  John  G.  and  Lois  A.  Grant  Child,  b.  in  Sullivan  Co.  on 

May  16, 1831,  and  in. Louisa  Holmes  of  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Mr.  John  T.  Child  was  a  civil  engineer  and  served  in  the  late 
war  with  great  efficiency  in  this  capacity.  He  d.  in  Pittsburg, 
Pa,  in  1869. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

2882.  i.  Willie  Child. 

2883.  ii.  Carrie  Child. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2875.  ii.  Amos  Grant  Child,   second  son   and  child   of 
Judge  John  G.  and  Lois  A.  Grant  Child,  b.  in  Sullivan  Co.  on 

Nov.  2,  1833,  and  m.  Margaret .     Mr.  Amos  G.  Child  was 

like  his  elder  brother,  a  civil  engineer,  and  like  him  did  good 

service  in  the  war  of  the   rebellion.     Mrs.    Margaret 

Child  died. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

2884.  1.  Clinton  S.  Child. 

2885.  ii.  A  daughter. 


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fScventh  Generfttion] 

287»».  ill  Billings  U.  Child,  third  suq  and  eliild  of  Judge 
John  G,  and  Lois  A.  Grant  Child,  b.  in  Sullivan  Co.,  Dec  27fH 
1835,  HL  Celia  VandermarL     Of  this  tlurd  son  of  Judge  Child  " 
we  can  make  the  same  recoixl  as  of  the  two  brothers  elder, 
Mr.  B.  G.  Child  d.  in  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  in  1870. 

f Eighth  Generation.]     Children : 
2886.  I  A.NNA  T.  CaiLB. 
3887.  ii-  LiLLiE  Child. 
2888   iii.  Carrie  Child. 

[Seventh  Generation] 

287R  vi.  Abthur  Parish   Child^  fourth   son  and  sixtB 
child  of  Judge  John  G.  and  Lois  A,  Gnint  Chdd,  b.  in  Sulli* 
van  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct  1,  1843,  m.  and  has  three  children. 
[Eigh  th  G  0  n  e  ration .  ]    Ch  ild  r e  n : 

2889.  i.  Anna  Child. 

2890.  ii.  Lois  Child, 
289 L  iii,  Antoinette  Chh-d. 

[Seventh  Generationd 

2880.  vii,  AucHiB.AXD    N.  Child,  filth   i5on   and   sevenTh 
child  of  Judge  John  G.  and  Lois  Grant  Child,  b.  in  Sullivan 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  March  11,  1846,  ra  and  has  two  children. 
[Eighth  Generatioii-J    Children: 

2892   i.  OEOitQE  Child. 

2893,  ii.  Infant  unnamed. 

[Fifth  ficiieration,] 

2691.  iv.  Cai:iL  John  Child,  second  son  and  fourth  child  of 
Ricliaiti  and  Abigail  Green  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Conn.^ 
March  11,  1766,  m.  Nov.  15,  1792,  Martha  Ilutchins,  who  was 
k  in  Haverhill,  Essex  Co.,  Masa,  Jan.  9,  1773.  Mrs.  Martha 
Hutchins  Child  was  a  daughter  of  Jeremiah  Hutchins,  who 
had  removed  from  Massachusetts  to  Bath,  N,  H..  when  Mrs. 
Child  was  very  young.  Mr.  Child  was  early  apprenticed  to 
Mr.  John  May  of  Woodstock,  Conn.,  a  kinsman;  this  transac- 
tion was,  therefore,  not  effected  in  a  stricth^  legal  manner, 
^pon  attaining  his  majority  the  remuneration  for  his  services 
iras  referred  to  two  friends  of  Mr.  May  and  Mr.  Child^  who 
settled  the  affair  amicably  or  satisfactorily  to  each^ — in  the 
r|uaint  phraseology  of  the  time  ''chalked  a  like  amount  *^ — 
which  enabled  Mr.  Child  to  provide  himself  with  an  outfit, 
consisting  of  a  French  horse,  a  saddle  and  bridle^  a  st 
clothing  and  a  gun— the  cost  of  all  perhaps  would  not  e: 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  367 

fifty  dollars.  Thus  equipped  Mr.  Child  joined  his  brother-in- 
law,  Mr.  Ezra  Child,  in  Bath,  N.  H.  More  surely  armed  with 
cheerful  determination  and  strong  hope,  he  was  so  well  skilled 
that  he  commanded  readily  the  highest  wages  of  the  times, 
viz.,  $8  per  month.  The  accumulations  arising  therefrom  en- 
abled him  to  marry  in  the  simple  style  of  the  country,  with 
stock  consisting  of  his  horse,  a  black  cow  (said  to  have  "  given 
blue  milk/')  a  black  swine,  and  a  black  sheep.  His  competent 
husbandry  soon  increased  his  store  and  want  was  known  only 
when  the  grain  crop  of  one  year  scarce  sufficed  to  meet  the  in- 
coming harvest  of  the  succeeding;  this  insufficiency  of  bread 
was  met  by  the  good  black  cow  and  plenty  of  potatoes.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Child,  indifferent  to  luxuries,  found  their  happiness  in 
meeting  their  labors  with  one  will  and  heart,  and  trained  a 
noble,  handsome  family  of  sons  and  daughters  to  be  good  citi- 
zens, true  wives,  and  in  time  parents  of  a  goodly  posterity, 
honoring  their  name,  and  winning  new  honors  for  it  in  turn. 
Mr.  Child  d.  in  Bath,  Grafton  Co.,  N.  H.,  April  18,  1841;  Mrs. 
Child  survived  her  husband  some  twenty- three  years.  For 
some  years  before  her  decease,  her  anniversary  birthday  was 
celebrated  by  the  home  gathering  of  children  and  grand- 
children— the  last  occasion  observed,  in  1863,  her  descendants 
numbered  112.  Gathered  home  like  the  full  ripened  grain, 
when  past  the  four  score  and  ten,  she  jiassed  from  earth  in  the 
full  assurance  of  a  comfortable  hope,  in  18t)4. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

2894.  i.  Mbhitablb  Child,  b.  Jan.  20,  1794;  d.  Sept.  14,  1794. 

2895.  ii.  Abi(*ail  Child,  b.  April  22,  1798.  m.  Dec.  2,  1819.  Hon.  John 
Hibbard. 

2896.  iii.  Hannah  Child,  b.  May  25,  1800,  m.  Sept.  11.  1822,  Leonard 
Walker. 

2897.  iv.  Martha  Child,  b.  Jan.  11,  1802,  m.  Mch.  14, 1822.  William 
I^n^. 

2898.  V.  LuviA   Child,  b.  Feb.  23,   1804,   m.  Sept.  11,  1823,  Henry  H. 
Lang. 

2899.  vi.  John  May  Child,  b.  .Tan.  23, 1806.  m.  1828,  Sally  Randall. 

2900.  vii.  Ezra  Child,  b.  Jan.  26,  1808,  m.  1st,  Oct.  31,  1834,  Hannah 
Walden ;  m.  2d,  1864,  Martha  Eastman. 

2901.  viii.  DwiGHT  Penuel  Child,  b.  July  9,  1810,  m.  May  16,  1833, 
Nancy  May  Child. 

2902.  ix.  RosANNA  Child,  b.  April  30,  1812.  m.  Mirand  A.  Witcher. 

2903.  X.  Susan  L.  Child,  b.  Nov.  23,   1814,  m.  Jan.  1,  1835,  William 
Ung. 

2904.  xi.  Bradley  O.  Child,  b.  Sept.  24,  1818,  m.  Nov.  17, 1837,  Hannah 
Child. 


pis  BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

281)5.  ii.  Abigail  Child,  second  dau.  and  child  of  Cap 
John  and  Martha  Hutch  ins  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  Apri 
32,  1798,  m.  Dec.  2,  1819,  Hon.  John  Hibbard,  of  the 
town,  b.  Sept*  14,  1782.     Mr.  Hibbard  for  years  represent 
the  town  of  Bath  in  the  New  Hampshire  Legislature^  and 
home  has  been  one  of  the  custodians  of  town  affairs  in  th 
position  of  selectman.     He  is  a  wealthy  farmer. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

2905.  i.  Hannah  C.  Hibbard,  b.  Mch.  8,  1821,  in  Bath,  N.  H .,  in.  Dl* 
32,  1842,  Dudley  Child, 
2905.  ii.  Chester  Hibbard,  b.  Feb.  25.  1823,  in  Bath»  N.  H, 
2»07,  iii,  Adeline  Hibbard,  b.  Nov.  1,  1824,  in  Bjith,  N.  H, 
3908.  iv,  JonK  Hibbard,  Jr.,  b.  Mch.  3.5.  1826,  in  Biith,  N.  H..  d.  An 
la,  1826. 
2900.  V.  REBBt-CA  Hibbard,  b.  May  24,  1837,  in  Bath,  N.  H. 

2910.  vi.  Elihp  Hibbard,  b.  Jan.  7, 1829,  d.  Doe.  18,  1874,  in  Bath.  X.  1 

2911,  vii.  Infant— unchiistened—b.  Sept. 5, 18M,d  Sept.8, 1830,  in  Biitl 
N.  H. 

2012  viii.  RosANNA  C.  Hibbard.  b  Fob.  5,  1832,  d.  April  18»  18C4, 
Bath,  N.  H. 

2013.  ix.  John  Newell  Hibbard,  b,  Xov.  19,  1833.  d.  Aug.  30,  1878, 
Bath,  N.  H. 

2914.  X.  Martha  J.  Hibbard,  b.  Jan.  1,  1836. 

S915.  xi.  Warhen  Hibbard,  b.  June  19,  1837. 

2916.  xii.  Arthur  Hibbard,  b.  Ott  18,  1839. 

2917.  xiii.  Seraphina  Hibbard,  b.  June  24.  1842. 

[Sixth  Generation-l 

2896.  iii.  Hannah  Chilt>,  third  dau*  and  child  of  Capl 
John  and  Martha  nutchins  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  May  25? 
1800,  m.  Sept  11,  1822,  Leonard  Walker,  son  of  Chloe  Cfiild 
and  Leonard  Walker,  of  Strafford,  Omnge  Co.^Vt.     Mr. Walker 
was  a  farmer  and  resided  in  Bath,  Grafton  Co.,  N.  H.,  wher 
he  died  SepU  21,  1840,     Mi^s.  Hannah  Child  Walker  died  ther 
Nov.  4,  1805. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 
3918.  i.  Charles  Edwin   Walker,  b.  July  22,  1828,  d.  Sept.  18,  18 

2919.  ii.  Martha  Hitchins  Walker,  b.  Fob.  5,  182.5,  m.  Mch.  4,  1846, 
Jonathan  Child.  Mrs,  Martha  H  W,  Child's  record  of  family  i?  glr^n  in 
connection  with  the  family  of  her  hnsband. 

2920.  iii    Hai«nah  Loraine  Walker,  b.  July  5,  1827.  d.  Aug,  17,  183 

2921.  iv.  Freeman  Walker,  b.  May  31,  1829,  d.  Aug  16.  1830. 

2922.  V.  John  Cnn.D  Walker,  b.  Oct.  10,  1830,  m,  April  26,  IS64,  Jenul 
C.  Weeks. 

2923.  vi.  Eliza  C.  Wai.kbr,  b.  Deo,  1,  1832.  d.  Get.  3,  1853. 


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vii  Charles  Lbok  Walker,  b,  Jan.  2,  1835,  m.  Nov.  12,  1864, 
Louisa  M.  Wilcox. 

2925.  viii.  Fkebmak  Walker,  2d.  b.  April  13,  1837,  d.  Nov.  20»  1837. 

2926.  ix.  Chlok  Child  Walker,  b.  June  3,  1839,  d.  June  3,  1846. 

fSeventh  Generation.] 
!         2922.  V.  John  Child  Walkeh,  third  son  and  fifth  child  of 
I      HaDnah  Child  and  Leotiard  Walker,  b.  in  Bath,  Grafton  Co., 

N.  n.,  Oct  10,  1830,  m.   April  26,  1S64,  Jenoie  C.  Weeks. 

Mr.  and  Mi^.  John  C.  Walker  resided  in  Grinnell,  Iowa.    Mrs. 

Walker  died  May  10,  1879. 
^{Eighth  Generatinu  ]    CliiMreni 
^k    2927.  i.  Lbonakd  Walker,  b.  Meh.  17,  1865. 
H    2928.  u.  Charles  Edwiw  Walker,  b.  April  11,  1867. 
^H    2939.  iii.  Alice  Lizzie  Walker,  b  Jan.  25, 1870. 
I         2030.  iT.  Ernest  Walker,  b.  Dee,  35.  187L 

2931.  V,  BES!*rE  Wkeks  Walker,  b,  Mt-h.  17.  1873. 

2932,  vl  Martha  Walker,  b,  JuaeSl,  1875,  d,  Sept.  28,  1875, 
I          2933.  vii.  John  Child  Walkeh,  Jr..  b.  Dec.  19,  1878, 

^■{Seventh  Genemtion.] 

^B  2924.  vii.  Charles  Leon  Walkek,  fourth  son  and  seventh 
^ child  of  Hannah  Child  and  Leonard  Walker,  b.  in  Bath,  Graf- 
ton Co*,  N.  H.,  Jan.  2,  18:35,  ra.  Nov.  12,  1864,  Louisa  M, 
Wilcox.  Tliree  children  of  the  family  of  nine  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Leonard  Walker  snrvive,  two  sons  and  one  daughter.  Mr. 
John  Child  Walkei',  Mrs.  Jonathan  Child  and  Mr.  Charles 
Leon  Walker  are  the  survivors.  Very  fortunately  they  are 
riot  separated,  though  settled  far  from  their  native  hills ;  they 
have  their  homes  in  the  growing  town  of  Grinnell,  Iowa. 

rli^htb  GeneraHon.]     Cbildrtu: 
2934.  i.  Cora  Loi;i8A  Walker,  b.  Feb.  17,  1867. 
2935.  it.  Kf-nt  «t.\c:y  Walker,  b  Dec,  17,  1869. 

(Sixth  Generation.] 
2897<  iv.  Martha  Child,  fourth  dan.  and  child  of  Capt. 

John  and  Martha  Hutchins  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  Jan,  11, 
[1802,  m.  Mch.  14,  1822,  Hon,   William  Lang.     Mr.  Lang  is 

now  a  resident  in  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  and  like  his 
B  brother-in-law,  has  enjoyed  the  honor  of  a  seat  in  the  State 
^^Legislature.  For  some  eight  yeai-s  he  acted  as  selectman  of  the 
^vtawn  of  Bath.  Mrs.  Martha  Child  Lang  died  in  Bath,  N.  H., 
^rMay  5,  1834^ — she  was  the  mother  of  four  children. 

[Serenth  Generation.]     Children : 

2936.  i.  John  CntLD  Lang,  b.  Feb.  8,  1823,  in  Buth,  N.  H. 

2937.  iL  Mehitable  Cuild  Laijo,  b.  Meh.  17,  1825,  in  Bath»  N.  H. 


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SXBURY,  VA<< 


2938.  iii.  William  Dwjoht  Lan«,  b,  .Fuly  27,  1827,  in  Bath,  N.  H. 

2939.  iv.  Alice  Walker  Lang,  b,  July  22,  1820,  in  Bnth,  N.  fl. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

2698,  V.  LuviA  Chij.d,  fifth  dau.  and  child  of  Capt*  John 
and  Martha  Hutciiiiis  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  Feb.  23,  18W 
m.  Sept.  It,  1823,  Hon.  Henry  H.  Lang,  who,  like  the  oth« 
gons«in*law  and  sons  of  the  family,  was  an  influential  man  ill 
affaifs  of  the  town;  chosen  by  his  townsmen  their  represent 
tive  in  the  State  Legislature,  and  for  years  an  excellent  select- 
man. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

2940.  I  Martha  M.  C.  Lang,  b.  Jiiil  «.  1825. 
[Sixth  Generatian-l 

2899.  vi,  John  May  ChiliJj  eldest  son  and  sixth  child  of 
Capt.  John  and  Martha  Hotchins  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N,  R, 
Jan.  23,  1806,  nj.  1828,  Sally  Randall,  of  Danville,  Yt.  A 
fanner,  and  resided  at  Monroe  Plain,  Grafton  Co.,  N,  H.  Mr. 
John  M,  Child  died  Aug  11,  1879. 
[Seventh  GcmemtitJiL  ]    Children : 

2941.  i.  LucLNDA  Child,  b.  July,  1829, 

2942.  ii.  Enwi^  W.  Cen.n,  b.  May,  1831,  iii.  Eliza  Sterling. 

2943.  iii.  Israel  R.  Chtld.  b.  1833,  d.  young. 

2944.  iv.  Susan  Chtld,  l^,  183/i,  m,  Robert  Beattie. 
294.5.  V.  G.  OsMORE  Chu^d.  b.  July,  1840,  in,  Eliza  Ash. 
2046.  vi.  SAHAe  Child,  b.  Jan  1848. 

[Sixth  GtHieration.] 

290(\  vii.  Ezra  Child,  second  yon  and  seventh  child  of  Caji 
John  and  Martha  HvJtcliins  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  Jan.  2j 
1808,  ni.  Oct.  31,  1834,  Hannah  Walden  of  Newbury^  V^j 
Mr.  Child  m.  a  second  time,  18B4,  Martha  Eastman,  b.  Dec  1^ 
181«,  audd.  in  1869;  bed.  Sept,  17,  1870. 
[ Se V e n th  U e ri e ra tioTi .J     C h il d rei i : 

2947.  i.  LoRAixE  W.  Child,  b.  March  10,  1835. 

2948.  ii.  .\Bm  Ass  Child,  b.  May  7,   183?»  m,  Xov.  23,  1866,  George  < 
Learn ed- 

2949.  iii.  Frekman  Chh.d,  b,  Jan.  1.  1845.  d,  March  10,  1845. 
'^S.'in.  iv.  Lewis  Stdne  Child,  h.  April  10,  1840. 

[Seventh  Generation  ] 

2948.  ii.  Abby  Ann  Child,  second  dan.  and  child  of  Ez 
and  Hannah  Wahlen  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N,  H.,  May  7,  183| 
m.  Nov.  28,  1860,  George  C.  Learned. 
[Eighth  GennriitionJ    Children: 

2951.  i.  Abby  U.  Learned,  b.  Aug.  IL  1867. 

2952.  iL  John  W.  Learned,  b.  Aug.  37. 1869. 

2953.  iii.   Orwell  N.  Learned,  b.  Jan.  15,  1875. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  371 

Lxth  Generation.] 

2901.  viii.  Hon.  Dwight  Penuel  Child,  third  son  and 
ghth  child  of  Capt.  John  and  Martha  Hutchins  Child,  b.  in 
ath,  N.  H.,  July  9,  1810,  m.  May  16,  1883,  Nancy  May 
bild,  b.  April  8,  1814,  in  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  a  daugh- 
r  of  Elisha  and  Nancy  (Child)  Child.  It  is  often  said  that  the 
eternal  surroundings  of  early  years  leave  strong  imprint  upon 
le  mental  and  moral  natura  We  cannot  doubt  this,  we  can 
equally  believe  that  the  physical  system  is  affected  by  these 
ifluences ;  and  a  guerdon  of  personal  beauty  seems  the  gift  of 
he  mountains  to  those  born  in  their  shadows.  Upon  this 
amily  of  Capt  John  and  Martha  Hutchins  Child  the  dower  of 
in  attractive  exterior  has  been  widely  bestowed,  though  unac- 
jompanied  with  the  vigorous  health  we  are  apt  to  believe 
issured  to  the  dwellers  among  the  hills.  Hon.  Dwight  P. 
]liild  makes  no  departure  from  this  inheritance  and  has  helped 
/O  pass  on  the  gift  to  a  large  family  of  honorable  sons  and 
laughters.  Living  upon  the  farm  his  father  redeemed  from 
ihe  wilderness,  Mr.  Child's  dwelling  faces  the  bold  heights  of 
he  White  Mountain  range,  not  far  removed,  the  lights  and 
shadows  ever  diversifying  the  rugged  sides  and  sharpened 
peaks  afford  constant  interest  and  alluring  charm.  Here  child- 
lood,  youth  and  manhood,  have  sped  their  swift  years,  bring- 
ng  cares  and  troubles,  but  much  more  of  joy  and  plenty. 
Fertile  acres  and  full  garners  attest  the  joint  inheritance  of 
wise  thrift  and  intelligent  foresight  Serving  his  fellow- 
sitizens  for  years  as  a  town  official,  Hon.  Mr.  Child  has  also 
represented  them  in  the  halls  of  their  State  Legislature.  The 
liome  has  found  its  charm  and  true  light  in  the  mother  whose 
modesty  deprecates  notice,  but  whose  works  praise  her. 
Seventh  Generation  J    Children. 

2954.  i.  William  Graves  Child.  M.  D.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1884,  m.  1st,  March 
8. 1858,  Caroline  Buck  Lang,  she  d.  May  10,  1867;  m.  2d,  Sept.  3,  1868, 
'Qvia  Lang. 

2955.  ii.  Elisha  Child,  b.  May  5,  1835,  d.  June  9.  1835,  in  Bath,  N.  H. 

2956.  iii.  Henry  H.  L.  Child,  b.  July  22,  1836,  m.  Sept.  19,  1860, 
bigail  Kimball. 

d957.  iv.  Parker  Morse  Child,  b.  June  10,  1838,  m.  Oct.  29,  1861. 
bigail  Hatch. 

2958.  V.  Harriet  Child,  b.  Feb.  8, 1840,  d.  Aug.  17, 1846,  in  Bath.N.  H. 

2959.  vi.  Sylvina  Thorpe  Child,  b.  Sept.  8,  1841.  m.  William  H. 
*wyer  of  Worcester,  Mass. 

2960.  vii.  John  D.  Child,  b.  Dec.  29,  1842,  m.  March  22, 1871,  Julia  E. 
[)ow. 


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BENJAMIN  CHILI)  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


2961.  viii,  tlENHiETTA  A.  Chjld,  1».  Oct.  3.  1844,  cL  May,  186S,  irTl 
N.  II. 
296S.  iit.  Adeline:  H.  Child,  b.  Dec.  27,  1S47. 
9903.  X,  Albert  Child,  I>.  Jan,  18,  18-50,  d.  July  23.  1853. 
29(H    xi.  Mary  Jame  Child,  b.  Oct.  4, 1*52. 
20e5.  xn.  JuLTET  Chfld,  b.  Nov.  1,  1857, 

[Seventh  GeDeration,] 

2954.  i.  Hon.  William  G,  Child,  M.  D.,  eldest  son  am 
child  of  HofL  Dwight  R  and  Nancy  May  (Child)  Child, 
Batli,  N.  H  .  Feb.  4,  1834^  and  bus  twnce  married.     His 
marriage  tx>  Miss  Caroline  Buck  Lang,  March  18^  1858. 
Caroline  B.  L.  Child  died  May  10,  1807,     Dr.  Child  rn.  sec* 
Miss  Luvia  Lang,  Sept.  5,  186S  ;  these  ladies  were  sisters,  aoil 
daughters  of  Sherburne  and  Mehi table  Rieker  Lang. 

Dr.  William  G,  Child  read  medicine  in  New  York 
walking  the  hospitiils  there,  and  closed  his  medical  coun^e  hi 
the  department  of  medicine  of  Dartmouth  College,  in  Hanover, 
N  H.,  graduating  in  1857.  Dr.  Child  settled  in  Bath  for  liis 
professional  duties  until  the  war  of  the  Rebellion.  Of  his  army 
life  we  quote  the  account  given  by  Bev.  Prof.  B.  W,  Dwight 
in  his  Genealog}^  of  the  Dwight  Fninily:  M 

*'He  entpred  tht>  U.  S.  A.  of  VoK.  Aug,  13.  1862,  as  assistant  siirgcotflP 
the  5th  Hegitnetit,  N.  H.  Vab.,  and  wa»  com  mi  fusion  ed  surgeon  tn  tbr 
same  rt^g'iment,  Nov.  4,  1864^  and  served  initil  July,  I860,  thi*  close  of  the 
war.  He  was  in  the  battles  of  Snuth  Mountain,  Antietam,  Fredericksburffa, 
Brandy  Station,  Getlysburgh.  llianec  Horsvi!le,  Cold  Harbor,  Petersburgb, 
iX'f'p  Bottom,  i\i\  Whil«  at  Point  fjookoul,  he  wa? detailed  to  5U()«riDt«t)^ 
the  hoBpitjil  for  rebel  prii^oiiei's  of  war,  where  he  often  hud  5()0  men  on  the 
siek  list.  He  had  eight  assii^tftnt  sur|reons  under  him,  ruo^t  of  them  rebels 
He  was  (>resent  in  the  theairu  when  President  Lincoln  was  shot.** 

When  discharged  from  army  service,  Dr.  Child  returned  to 
his  native  place,  and  resumed  his  practice^  with  greatly  enlarg- 
ed experience,  and  has  takeu  a  prominent  position  in  the  med- 
ical profession  of  the  State,     Dr.  Child  has  made  a  special  || 
study  of  diseases  arising  from  malarial  induences,  and  of  the  | 
hercdititry  transmission  of  disease.     With  a  widely  exteadei 
ride  for  practice,  he  has  found  time  to  serve  honorably  his ooft-* 
stituents  in  the  State  Legislature.     A  very  marvellous  personal 
resemblance  to  the  distinguished  divine  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y^ 
Rev.  Rcnrv  Ward  Beecher,  has  resulted  in  'much  amiisei 
to  the  genial  M,  D. 
fEighth  Generation.]    Children  ^ 

2066.  I  Wn.LiAM  Clinton  Child,  b,  March  1,  1859,  in  Bath.  N.  R. 

8967.  il  Kate  Child,  b.  Sept.  22.  18G0.  in  Bath,  N.  H. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  378 

2968.  iii.  Bernard  Vandekkiept  Child,   b.   Nov.  28,  1862,  in  Bath, 
r.  H. 

2969.  iv.  Susan  Wade  Child,  b.  Dec.  4,  1865,  in  Bath,  N.  H. 

2970.  V.  John  Leslie  Child,  b.  Aug.  1,  1870,  in  Bath,  N.  H. 

2971.  vi.  James  Dwight  Child,  b.  May  12,  1875,  in  Bath,  N.  H. 

^Tenth  Generation.] 

2956.  iil  Henry  H.  L.  Child,  third  son  and  child  of  Hon. 
Dwight  P.  and  Nancy  M.  C.  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  July  22, 
1836,  m.  Sept  19,  1860,  Abigail  Kimball,  who  wash,  in  Bath, 
June  11,  1835,  a  daughter  of  James  Kimball  of  that  town. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  H.  L.  Child  reside  in  Sparta,  Monroe  Co., 
Wis.  Mr.  Child  is  connected  with  the  firm  of  Fisk  &  Irish, 
dealers  in  agricultural  implements  of  all  kinds. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

2972.  i.  Irving  Child,  b.  Oct.  20,  1861,  in  Bath,  N.  H. 

2973.  ii.  DWIGHT  Child,  b.  Dec.  3,  1864,  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  d.  Dec.  25, 
1873.  in  Sparta,  Wis. 

Seventh  Generation.] 

2967.  iv.  Parker  Morse  Child,  fourth  son  and  child  of 
Bon.  Dwight  P.  and  Nancy  M.  C.  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H., 
June  10,  1838,  m.  Oct  29,  1861,  Abigail  Hatch,  who  wa»  b. 
April  11,  1841,  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  is  a  daughter  of  Abel  Scott 
and  Abigail  Hatch  of  Barnet,  Vt  Mr.  P.  M.  Child  is  general 
agent  of  the  Massachusetts  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Co.,  for 
Milwaukee,  Wis. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

2974.  i.  Blanch  May  Child,  b.  Jan.  17,  1863. 

2975.  ii.  Henry  Hatton  Child,  b.  Jan.  24, 1865. 

2976.  iii.  Scott  Parker  Child,  b.  May  30,  1867. 
13977.  iv.  Alice  Maude  Child,  b.  Nov.  30, 1870. 
3978.  V.  Abby  Child,  b.  April  3,  1873,  d.  Sept.  16,  1873. 
2979.  vi.  Ralph  Sutherland  Child,  b.  March  7,  1878. 

^venth  Generation.] 

2959.  vi.  Sylvina  Thorp  Cihld,  second  dau.  and  sixth 
hild  of  Hon.  Dwight  P.  and  Nancy  M.  (Child)  Child,  b.  in  Bath, 
!^.  H.,  Sept.  8,  184 J,  m.  Jan.  4,  1870,  William  A.  Sawyer  of 
Worcester,  Mass.  Mrs.  Sylvina  T.  Child  Sawyer  d.  Sept.  23, 
1872.  Mr.  Sawyer  is  an  enterprising  lumber  merchant  of 
Worcester. 
(Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 

2980.  i.  Gertrude  May  Sawyer,  b.  Feb.  13, 1871,  in  Worcester,  Mass., 
d.  Jan.  29,  1872. 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURT,  MASS. 


(  Seventh  Generation.  ] 

2960.  viL  John  D.  Child,  fifth  son  and  seventh  child 
Hon.  Dwight  R  and  Nancy  M.  (Child)  Child,  b.  Dec  29.  1S4| 
in  Bath,  Grafton  Co.,  K  H.,  ni.  Mck  22,    1871,  Julia  E.  DoK 
Mr.  John  Child  remains  upon  the  home  farm,  occupying  1 
house  in  which  hia  parents  dwelt  during  the  earlier  years  i 
their  mamcd  life*    A  noble  specimen  of  the  young  manho 
of  the  Granite  State. 
I  Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

3981.  i.  Etta  Aiuse  Child,  h.  Jan.  1,  1873,  in  Buth,  X,  H. 

2082.  ii.  Edith  May  Cbilu,  k  Sept.  15,  1873.  in  Bath,  N.  H. 

2963.  iii.  Dwight  Pbnubl  Cbild,  b.  Oct.  1,  1877,  in  Bath,  K.  H. 

[Sixth  Oenumtion*] 

2903.  X.  Srs AN  L,  Child,  seventh  daughter  and  tenth  cbild 
of  Capt  John  and  Martha  Hutchins  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  E, 
Nov.  23,  1814,  m.  lier  brother-in-law,  William  Lang,  of  Wa^ 
ren,  N.  H.,  Jan.  1,  1835. 

[Seventh  Generationd    Children : 
298C  i.  Martha  Lano,  h.  Oct.  17,  1837.  in  Bath.  N.  H. 
2981  ii.  Cbaeli>  Samlel  Lang,  b.  Aug.  SO,  1844,  in  Bath,  N,  B, 

[Sixl^  Generation.  J 

2904  X.  Hon.  Bradley  G.  CiriLii.  fonrtli  son  and  eleveSl 
child  of  Capt   John  and  Martha  Hutchins  Child,  b.  in  Bath, 
N.  H.,  Sept.  24,  1818,  m.  Nov.  17,  1837,  Miss  Hannah  Child, 
third  dau.  and  eighth  child  of  Elisha  and  Na!)cy  (Child)  ChiWi 
of  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  she  wvl^  h.  May  21,  1816. 

Of  such  uniform  excellence  and  prominent  citizenship 
this  family  of  Capt,  John  Child,  that  one  might  wiite  a  descrip* 
tion  of  character  and  deed  for  one  member  and  then  apply 
regularly  to  sons  and  sons  in-law  indiscriminately,  and  yet 
oneness  of  success  has   nowhere  oblitorated  individuality 
character.      Enougli   of  sterling  sound  sense,  keen   busi 
ability,  and  uprightness  of  diameter  remained  to  supply  ampl 
the  eleventh  child.     The  piercing  yet  genial,  kindly  black 
is  surmounted  with  ample  brain  room,  and  ci'owmed  with 
early  almond  blossom.s  of  a  gracious  itge,  whose  decades  ai^ 
scarce  credited  by  the  alert  step  and  vigorous  healthful  figu^| 
a  most  noble  specimeu  of  the  New  England  thoughtful  farm^^ 
Mr.  B.  G.  Child  has  graced  the  board  of  selectmen  for  his  town, 
and  held  counsel  on  ailairs  of  the  State  in  its  legislative  halls 
at  Concoi*d,  N.  H.     Of  a  large  family.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Child  have 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  375 

been  called  to  resign  many  to  the  "Stern  Reaper  whose  name  is 

Death." 

QSeventh  Generation.]    Children : 

2986.  i.  Gn^EBT  Child,  b.  Meh.  24,  1839,  d.  July  29,  1879. 

2987.  11.  Edgar  Child,  b.  Sept.  3.  1842,  d.  Aug.  23,  1853. 
298S.  ill.  Charles  Henry  Child,  b.  May  28. 1846. 

2989.  iv.  Flora  E.  Child,  b.  June  12,  1850,  d.  Sept.  28,  1853. 

2990.  V.  Martha  H.  Child,  b.  June  15,  1852,  d.  Aug.  15,  1853. 

2991.  vi.  Alice  Child,  b.  Jan.  21. 1855,  m.  June  3, 1880,  Harry  H.  Jones. 

2992.  vii.  Myra  H.  Child,  b.  Sept.  17,  1858. 

2993.  viil.  Flora  H.  Child,  b.  Oct.  30,  1860. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

2692.  V.  Mary  Child,  third  dau.  and  fifth  child  of  Richard 
and  Abigail  Green  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct,  Jan.  22,  1770, 
m.  Jan.  3,  1795,  Ebenezer  Sanborn,  who  was  b.  Oct.  13,  1772. 
Mr.  E.  Sanborn  d.  Oct.  28,  1839,  aged  67  years.  His  occupa- 
tion that  of  a  farmer.  Mrs.  Mary  Child  Sanborn  survived  her 
husband  some  years,  dying  at  the  age  of  88,  April  13,  1853,  in 

Jay,  Vt.     This  family  has  been  widelj''  scattered,  and  the  record 

is  not  as  full  as  could  be  desired. 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

2994.  i.  Matilda  Sanborn,  b.  Mch.  2,  1796,  m.  Enoch  Sanborn. 

2995.  ii.  Louisa  Sanborn,    )      ra.  April  3,  1819,  Nahum  Downs. 

^  Twins  Vb.  Nov.  26,  1797. 

2996.  iii.  Lanson  Sanborn,  )     m.  Mch.  26,  1833,  Almira  A.  Dodge. 
29^.  iv.  Henry  Sanborn,  b.  Dec.  19.  1799,  d.  Mch.  17,  1825.  aged  25 

yrs.  3  mo. 

2998.  V.  Anna  Sanborn,  b.  Nov.  2,  1801,  m.  Adna  Crandall. 

2999.  vi.  Hannah  Sanborn,  b.  Nov.  29,  1803,  m.  Stoddard  Meeker. 

3000.  vii.  Bradlet  Sanborn,  b.  Dec.  2,  1805,  m.  Emeline  A.  Lamb. 
8001.  viii.  Mary  Sanborn,  b.  April  19,  1808,  d.  Sept.  19,  1810,  aged  2 

yrs.  5  mo. 
3002.  ix.  Edmund  Sanborn,  b.  April  16,  1812,  m.  Harriet  R.  White. 

8003.  X.  Martha  Sanborn,  b.  May  28,  1814,  ra.  Mch.  22,  1832,  William 
Williams. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2994.  i.  Matilda  Sanborn,  eldest  dau.  and  child  of  Mary- 
Child  and  Ebenezer  Sanborn,  b.  Mch.  2,  1796,  m.  about  1817, 
Enoch  Sanborn. 
ISeventh  Generation.]    Children: 

8004.  i.  Jane  Sanborn,  b.  Nov.  6,  1818,  ra.  May,  1848,  Abram  Renter. 
Beside  at  Potter,  P.  Q. 

3005.  ii.  Horace  Sanborn,  b.  Jan.  4,  1821,.  m.  Jan.  27,  1850,  Harriet 
Hatch.    Beside  at  North  Troy,  Vt. 

8006.  iii.  David  Sanborn,  b.  1824;  not  living. 

8007.  iv.  Chester  Sanborn,  b.  Nov.  29.  1827,  ra.  May,  1^6,  Philena 
Walker.     Reside  at  North  Troy.  Vt. 


376 


BENJAMIN  CHlLi'  ut   ituXbi  »Y,  MASSL 


aO08.  T.  LiDORA  Anr  Sa^boui,  b.  Not.  ^,  IBSS,  m,  Mch,  9,  1853,  JohS*^ 
S.  BttooD.     B«side  in  Hallej,  P.  Q. 

dfN)0.  Ti.  Emelute  SAXBOR5.  b.  1831 :  not  living. 

aOlO.  vii.  O&iicr  SASBomK,  b,  M*j  18,  1883,  m*  18S9,  Juie  Currier, 
side  in  Lowell,  Massv 

301 L  riiL  Jcua  S^i^BOESi*  b.  Jime  9. 183$»  m.  186$«  Solookon  EUdns,  ol^ 
North  Troy,  Vt 

3012.  ix.  ALuntA  Sa3iboR5,  b.  Oct,  SS.  1838,  m.  1986,  Isaac  Harris 
Fide  in  Piennont,  N.  H. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2995.  il  Louisa  Sanbobn,  second  dan.  and  child  of  Ma 
Child  and  Etenezer  Sanborn,  b.  Nov.  26, 1797,  m.  Feb.  3, 181 
Nabum  Downs, 
[Seventh  feneration,]    ChOdren: 

3013w  i.  AuGLTjrrA  A^fs  Dowks.  b.  Sor,  2.  1819.  m.  Mr.  Gore  of  White- 
field,  N.  H. 

3014.  ii*  ItAVKA  Dotnts,  b.  Oct  9,  1831,  m.  Mr.  Harriman  of  8L  Job 
huTg.  Vt. 

3015.  m.  AzBo  Buck  Downs,  b.  Sept*  1,  1823.  _ 

3016.  iv.  Hexey  Dow>s,  b.  April  3, 1635.    It  is  reported  that  this  familf^ 
hare  all  died,  but  the  d^tcs  cannot  be  ascertained. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

299t^.  ill  Lauson  Sanborn,    twin  child   and   first   son 
Mary  Child  and  Ebenezer  Sanborn,  b.  Nov.  26,  1797,  na-  Mc 
26,  1833,  Almira  Azuba  Dodge,  who  was  U  in  January  IS 
(Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

8017.  i.  JosEPHiyK  SASBoay,  b.  March  1,  1837.  in.  Maroh  18,  1857.*: 
nej  Wood;  reside  in  Lowell^  Mas$. 

3018.  iL  Mabvl'anau  Sanbo&n,  b.  Feb*  35,  1810,  m.  Dec.  6,  1858* « 
R.  Bartlett,  a  wealthy  farmer  in  Jay.  Vt. 

[Sixth  Generation,] 

2998.  V.  Anna  Sanbobn,  third  dau.  and  fifth  child  of  Morv 
Child  and  Ebenezer  Sanborn,  b,  Nov.  2,  ISOl,  m.  Adna  Cran- 
dall 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

3019.  i.  Mart  Ceantjall, 
3020*  ii.  George  Wasbinoton  Craitdau.. 
3021.  iii.  Ebexxzer  Crandall. 
3(123.  iv.  SvLTANrs  Crandaix. 
3023.  y.  6&ADLKT  Grand  all. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2999.  vi.  Hannah  Sanborn,  fourth  dau.  and  sixth  child  of 
Mary  Child  and  Ebenezer  Sanborn,  b.  Nov.  29,  1803,  m.  Stod- 
dard Meeker.  Unable  to  obtain  the  date  of  the  marriage  i 
any  record  of  the  children  except  their  names,  and  that 
child  married- 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  377 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children:    (None  of  which  are  li ring.) 
3024.  i.  Caroline  Meekeb. 
3035.  ii.  Martha  Meeker. 

3026.  iii.  Pebsis  Meeker. 

3027.  iv.  Hannah  Meeker. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3000.  vii.  Bradley  Sanborn,  third  son  and  seventh  child 
of  Mary  Child  and  Ebenezer  Sanborn,  b.  Dec.  2, 1805,  m.  Mch. 
20,  1833,  Emeline  Amanda  Lamb.     Mr.  Sanborn  d.  Nov.  28, 
1863 :  resided  in  Lowell,  Vt 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

3028.  i.  Louisa  Maria  San6orn,  b.  June  1. 1834.  m.  Dec.  5, 1855,  William 
C.  Lyman :  reside  in  Michigan. 

3029.  li.  Sullivan  Hutchins  Sanborn,  b.  Nov.  5,  1835,  d.  Dec.  1869. 

3030.  iii.  Moody  Evander  Sanborn,  b.  Oct.  16, 1837,  m.  June  11,  1872, 
Sarah  Scott;  reside  at  Eden,  Vt. 

3031.  iv.  Amanda  Matilda  Sanborn,  b.  Aug.  17,  1839,  d.  1844. 

3032.  V.  Charles  B.  Sanborn,  b.  Aug.  5, 1841,  m.'  Aug.  7,  1867,  Ann  M. 
Shannon ;  reside  in  Winchester,  Mass. 

3033.  vi.  Lanson  O.  Sanborn,  b.  Oct.  5,  1843,  ra.  Nov.  10,  1870,  Inez  A. 
Morse;  reside  in  Lowell,  Vt, 

3034.  vii.  Franklin  Henry  Sanborn,  b.  Nov.  8,  1845,  ra.  May  13,  1866, 
mien  Kicker;  reside  in  Lowell,  Vt. 

3035.  viii.  Adelaide  Victoria  Sanborn,  b.  Aug.  22,  1847,  d.  Oct.  9. 1867. 

3036.  ix.  Madelon  Sanborn,  b.  July  12,  1850,  m.  Dec.  7,  1865,  John 
Meares;  reside  in  Manchester,  N.  H. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

«S002.  ix.  Edmond  Sanborn,  fourth  son  and  ninth  child  of 
Mary  Child  and  Ebenezer  Sanbora,  b.  April  16,  1812,  m.  Mch. 
15,  1835,   Harriet  Rand  White,  who  was  b.  Feb.   28,  1821. 
Reside  in  Texas. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

3037.  i.  Rebecca  Newell  Sanborn,  b.  Dec.  15,  1835,  married  twice— 1st, 
Jan.  1,  1856,  Darwin  Squires,  who  J.  April  2,  1859;  ra.  2d,  April  26, 
1860,  William  Jaquis:  reside  in  Colton,  N.  Y. 

3038.  ii  Charles  C.  Sanborn,  b.  Dec.  10,  1837,  m.  June  5,  1865,  Eliza- 
beth Leonard ;  reside  in  Texas. 

3039.  iii.  Sarah  Jane  Sanborn,  b.  Jan.  11,  1840,  m.  Oct.  20,  1859,  Royal 
B.  Squires;  reside  in  Minnesota. 

3040.  iv.  Henry  Bradley  Sanborn,  b.  Sept.  10, 1845,  m.  Feb.  20,  1867, 
Ellen  M.  Wheeler;  reside  in  Texas. 

3041.  V.  Hattie  a.  Sanborn,  b.  Jan.  1, 1859. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3003.  X.  Martha  Sanborn,  sixth  dau.  and  tenth  child  of 
ifary  Child  and  Ebenezer  Sanborn,  b.  May  28,  1814,  m.  Mch. 
22,  1832,  William  Williams,  who  was  b.   Feb.  5,  1803.     Of 
c-i 


378 


BENJAJillN  CHILO  uF  ROXBrRY,  MASS. 


the  large  family  given  to  Mr.  and  Mrs,  Williams  eight  have 
attained  inatiirity,  and  eiUeretl  upon  succiessful  busiue.s8 
ciircei-a  Five  are  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  in  Provi* 
deuce,  R  I.,  two  in  business  in  Chicago,  III.  One  dau.  only  is 
living,  married  to  a  farmer  in  easy  circumstances^  and  resides 
near  her  parents,  whose  home  is  in  South  Troy,  Vt.  To  Mrs. 
Williams  we  are  much  indebted  for  her  kindly  aid  in  obtain* 
iug  such  statistics  as  we  have  of  hei*  brathers,  and  sisters  and 
their  families. 
[Seventh  Gene  rati  011.  J     Children: 

3043.  i  Effingham  Huwaku  Williams,  h.  .rune  9,  1834»  m.  M^reh  28, 
1859.  Thirza  June  liarrris;  reside  in  Providence,  R,  I. 

3043.  ii-  EuzA  Jank  Wiujams,  b,  Ott.  21,  ISSO*  ni,  Jnly  7,  1859.  Horace? 
Freeman  Bartlett;  reside  in  N^ewport,  Vt, 

a044,  iii.  Marcellus  Dow  Williams,  b,  Dec.  8.  1838.  ra,  Juoe  7,  lt*70, 
Hattie  Jane  Thompson;  residi*  in  Providence,  R.  1. 

3045.  iv.  MAH.THA  Ann-  Williams,  b.  Sept,  8»  1H40.  in.  Marcdi  28,  I85«, 
Darius  Loring-  Ilildreth.  Mrs,  M.  A.  Willinnis  IlildreLh  d.  in  I8i5'l  in 
Newport,  Vt. 

3(M(k  V.  William  Uahvev  Williams,  h,  Jan.  27,  1844,  m.  Sept.  25.  1869» 
Ahhy  Jane  Gilpin  t  reside  in  Providence,  R.  I. 

3047.  vi.  Mark  Byhox  Williams,  b.  Feb.  27,  184ft,  d.  1852. 

3048.  vii.  EuuENE  Lohen  Williams,  b.  Aug.  22,  1«48,  nu  Uet.  31.  1875, 
Lucia  Durell;  resifie  in  Providenc^e,  K    L 

3049.  viii.  Ohcar  Birton  Williams,  \k  Sept.  14,  1851,  m.  May  12.  1878. 
Minnie  Jane  Mills;  reside  in  Providence,  R.  1. 

3050.  ix.  Ii»a  WiLLL^Ms,  b.  July  2,  185:^,  d.  1854. 

^051.  X.  Dojr  FERNANno  Williams,  b.  June  U,  1855;  n»sjdes  in  Chi- 
cago, III. 

3052.  xi.  CoETEZ  Elmer  Wn.LiAMs,  b.  May  30,  18S9;  resides  in  tlhi- 1 
cago.  III, 

[Fifth  Generation,] 

2693.  vi.  AhigaIL  Child,  ^^mtli  dau,  and  sixth  child  of 
Richard  and  Abigail  Green  Child,  1>.  in  Tliompson,  Ct.,  July 
<i,  1771,  m.  in  Strafford,  Vt,  Nov.  27,  1794,  Samuel  West. 
who  was  b.  Sept  17.  1768.  Mrs.  Abigail  Child  West,  pos- 
sessed of  the  best  qtialities  of  head  and  hearty  brought  upj 
her  large  family  U>  ref^pect  goodiie8s  and  aim  for  its  attainment, 
to  cultivate  and  care  for  mind  and  buiy  tis  sure  and  certain 
avenues  to  upright   lives.     A  gmndson,  Mr.  George  E.  West, 

writes : 

"My  grandmother  died  24  ye^trs  ago,  in  my  father's  fttmily,  when  I  was  ' 
only  16  years  of  age,  but   1   remember  her  very  distinctly  as  a  woman  of 
sterling  worth,  who  could  repeat  from  memory  more  pai^^sages  of  Scripture 
and  Watts'  Hymna,  than  any  other  person  I  ever  knew.     I  greatly  revere 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTa  879 

her  memory,  and  for  me  to  collate  these  records  of  her  posterity  has  been 
indeed  *  a  labor  of  love.*  *' 

Mr.  Samuel  West  died  Nov.  20,  1865,  se  87.  Mrs.  Abigail 
Child  West  died  Nov.  9, 1856,  ae  85.  ''  Her  children  arise  up, 
and  call  lier  blessed." — Pro  v.  31.  28.  From  the  Vermont 
Chronicle  we  make  the  following  extracts,  as  illustrating  the 
public  estimate  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  West  The  dates  of  their 
deaths  we  have  previously  given,  so  will  omit  the  statistical 
portion  of  these  obituary  notices ;  oul}'  premising  that  the 
deaths  occurred  almost  exactly  one  year  apart : 

•*Mr.  West  was  bom  in  Concord,  X.  H.  When  quite  young  his  parents 
removed  to  Strafford,  Vt.,  where,  and  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  he  resided  until 
1827.  when  he  removed  to  Troy,  Vt.  He  was  a  worthy  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church,  exemplary  and  punctual  in  all  the  duties  both  of  a  chris- 
tian and  a  citizen,  beloved  and  respected  by  all  who  knew  him,  and  has  at 
last,  full  of  years,  left  the  congregation  of  the  church  militant  on  earth  to 
join,  as  we  humbly  hope,  the  assembly  of  the  church  triumphant  in 
heaven.'*  Of  Mrs.  West  it  is  said:  '*  She  resided  most  of  her  life  in  Bath, 
N.  H.,  and  Troy,  Vt.  In  early  life  she  united  with  the  Congregational 
church,  of  which  she  has  been  a  consistent  member,  and  died  as  she  had 
lived  in  the  faith  and  hope  of  the  gospel.'* 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

3053.  i.  Richard  Child  West,  b.  May  29,  1795,  m.  July  29,  1822,  Sarah 
Dickerson. 

3a'>4.  ii.  Jonathan  West,  b.  Jan.  26,  1797,  m.  Oct.  31,  1824,  Sarah  Law- 
rence. 

3055.  iii.  Timothy  West,  b.  Oct.  28.  1798,  m.  March  28,  1830.  Mary 
Gordon. 

3056.  iv.  Samuel  West,  Jr.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1800,  m.  Feb.  21,  1828,  Miss 
Thomas. 

3057.  v.  Abiel  West,  b.  Nov.  13,  1802,  m.  1st,  Jan.  7,  1838,  Sophia  Ann 
Piatt;  m.  2d,  Sept.  20,  1846,  Louisa  Ashley. 

:^58.  vi.  Harry  Love.joy  West,  b.  May  3,  1805,  m.  1st,  April  7,  1827. 
Phoebe  Dickerson;  m.  2d,  Oct.  8,  1851,  . 

8059.  vii.  Erastus  West,  b.  July  17,  1807,  m.  Dec.  3,  1855,  Maria  Marsh; 
resides  in  N.  Troy,  Vt. 

3060.  viii.  Dudley  West.  b.  Oct.  15,  1809,  m.  Jan.  1,  1839,  Mary  K. 
Powers. 

3061.  ix.  Hannah  West.  b.  Feb.  18,  1812,  m.  Feb.  24,  1856,  Edward 
Stevens;  reside  in  Troy,  Vt. 

3062.  X.  Theeon  West,  b.  Aug.  28,  1814,  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  d.  Feb.  25, 
1815.  ».  5  mo.,  27  d. 

3063.  xi.  Theron  West,  2d,  b.  Aug.  15, 1816,  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  d.  April  16, 
1829,  in  Troy,  Vt..  te.  12  y.  8  mo.  1  d. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3053.  i.  Richard  Child   West,  eldest  son  and   child  of 
Abigail  Child  and  Samuel  West,  b.  in  Strafford,  Vt.,  May  29, 


iAMlS  CBUM  or  BOiBrBr, 


17f5^  OL  July  89,  Ib^  Smtnk  Diektrnm.     He  d.  ia   1857, 
«.  ffi;  al  Flufllied  Poet,  SlirabeD  Oo^  K  V. 

mm.  u.  Skmad  Hnn  Wan:.  K  Jaa.  91 1885«.  d.  Mf  1, 1901. 
«ilL  iuL  loKt  Wj»ss  Wot,  b.  Fcli.  17.  18n«  ^  Ai^  1^  ISSa 
awr.  tY.  AMA»A  Bom  Wnr.  be  Joae  18,  laSL 
SML  T.  Bm)xrrAWM;kJk|Ka  180.4.1851. 
Mm  vl  MAKi  Cabousb  Wnc 

lStebG»«atio«.l 

30^  it  Jonathan  West,  deootid  suoi  mad  ASH  of  Abigsil 
CWM  and  Samoc!  We^  b.  in  SmffottL  Vt^  Jan.  2«,  17^7,  nt 
Ore  St  1S24.  Sarah  I^wieocae.  He  d  Mck  19,  1876c  m.  79, 
as  Port  JcTvid,  Onmge  Co,  X-  Y* 
[grwatfc  Gramtkwi.)    tUldrea: 

itsai  L  WtLLtAM  L^wunz  Wor.  b.  OeC  9>.  Ifil 

M71.  iL  JUaaar  Suirai.  Wnr.  K  FelK  39;»  I8SL 

WK^  tit  GaoaeaCLomis  Wan.  Ii.  SepC  1%  ISMl 

WTSl  i^.  HoTBT  FAasnni  Wbbe,  h.  Se|iL  t8^  ISMIl 

a974.  T.  Sa&aa  AaifiAm  Wist,      i  fau  P^  If.  IMSL 

-Trtika. 

aOIS.  Ti  Mamt  CAkoLDne  Wist,  \  U  Feb.  It.  IMl  d.  c^,  i  v..  :£  d, 

MQi^  ni.  AyT!  Mjlmia  Wfpn^  h.  Nor.  14,  1€34. 

1977.  Tni  IhnMLKT  Feajn^  Wncr.  b.  ISMw 

aiQS.  ix.lcnsCaiuiVlaBr»bLDaa.Mwl8M. 

(»itb  6fw»t](ia.1 

-3i>o5  tii  TXMOTHT  West,  thin!  son  aial  child  of  AbJgaO 
OiM  and  Samtid  Wes^  bi  in  Stia&ri  Yu  OeL  2»,  1798,  m. 
Mdk.  2%  1830,  Mary  Gonloa.  He  d.  MeL  &  1875,  af.  76 ; 
4  mo ,  10  d.,  at  Sooth  Hadle}*  Falk,  Ma^ 
fSertmili  GcaermtJOB.]    Cbildivn: 

»:».  i,  aurm.  Cram  Wan,  b.  Mweb  fiS.  18S1.  d.  Mareli  IS.  Ida?. 

MM.  iL  JL&at  LrrwrriA  Wisr.  b.  "S^jv.  tU  l^M. 

M6L  m.  FactaE  Ja^  Wiot,  b.  Jni.  7, 18S4,  d.  Dec  37,  IMIL 

MMl  ir.  Wnx^H  Edvdt  West,  b.  lUj  M,  I88S, 

aOM.  ▼.  Somu  Ainr  Wist.  b.  lUj  iOl  1M7. 

aMC  Ti.  Dahii  BAai>  West.  b.  Jan.  K  ISM, 

M88l  vu.  CKiaLis  HasaT  Wnr,  b.  Dec  t,  1841. 

M6t.  TiiL  Aaar  J^aa  Wan,  bt  June  IS,  IBA 

8M7.  ix.  BinBT  Easuaa  Wbt.  K  Umxth  1, 1817.  d.  Get.  $,  1873. 

Plilb  fkncfvfiioa.  J 

3068.  IT.  Samfel  tf  est,  Jil,  fourth  son  and  child  of  Abigail 
Chad  and  Samuel  West,  h.  m  Straff<»d,  Vt.,  Nov.  30, 1800,  m. 
Feb.  21. 1828,  Mias  Tbomaa ;  readeooe  Lnmbeirknd,  K  Y, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  381 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

3C88.  i.  Oscar  Thomas  West,  b.  Dec.  11,  1828. 

8089.  ii.  James  West,  b.  May  11,  1880,  d.  Nov.  25,  1840. 

3090.  iii.  Almira  West.  b.  Feb.  16,  1832. 

8091.  iv.  Mary  Caroline  West,  b.  1834,  d.  Jan.  18,  1887,  ».  3  years. 

8092.  V.  Sarah  Matilda  West,  b.  Oct.  1835. 

3093.  vi.  Harlan  Page  West,  V  April  13,  1839. 

3094.  vii.  Phcebe  Maria  West,  b.  May  11,  1841,  d.  Dec.  29,  1841. 
8095.  viii.  Marietta  West,  b.  Nov.  18,  1848. 

3096.  ix.  Theodore  West,  b.  Aug.  12,  1845. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

3067.  V.  Abiel  West,  fifth  son  and  child  of  Abigail  Child 
and  Samuel  West,  b.  Nov.  13,  1802,  in  Strafford,  Vt.,  married 
twice— 1st,  Jan.  7,  1838,  Sophia  Ann  Piatt;  m.  2d,  Sept  20, 
1846,  Louisa  Ashley.  Mr.  Abiel  West  d.  Oct.  12,  1S78,  se. 
75  years,  10  months  29  days,  at  Glens  Falls,  Warren  Co.,  N.  Y. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

3097.  i.  Sarah  Jane  West.  b.  Oct.  22,  1838,  d.  Nov.  7,  1839. 

3098.  ii.  Charles  Henry  West,  b.  Sept.  8,  1840,  d.  Oct.  1841. 

Children  by  second  wife : 

3099.  iii.  George  Henry  West,  b.  July  1,  1847. 

3100.  iv.  Chandler  Abiel  West,  b.  Aug.  5,  1849. 

3101.  V.  Nancy  Abigail  West,  b.  Jan.  1,  1852. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3058.  iv.  Harry  Lovejoy  West,  sixth  son  and  child  of 
Abigail  Child  and  Samuel  West,  b.  in  Bath,  Grafton  Co.,  N.  H., 
May  8,  1805,  m.  twice—lst,  April  7,  1827,  Phoebe  Dickerson ; 
m.  2d,  Oct  8,  1851.  He  d.  March  31,  1868,  aged  62  years,  9 
months,  28  days,  at  SpaiTowbush,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

3102.  i.  Marietta  West,  b.  Nov.  21,  1827. 
3108.  ii.  Hannah  West,  b.  June  28,  1829. 

3104.  iii.  Frederick  Aioustus  West,  b.  June  2,  1831. 

3105.  iv.  Adaline  West. 

3106.  V.  Adaline  Augusta  West,  b.  Aug.  25,  1836. 

3107.  vi.  George  West,  b.  July  30,  1839. 

3108.  vii.  Martha  Jane  West.  b.  Feb.  4,  1842. 

3109.  viii.  Delia  Ann  West,  b.  Sept.  11,  1845. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

3U60.  viii.  Dudley  West,  eighth  son  and  child  of  Abigail 
Child  and  Samuel  West,  b.  in  Bath,  Grafton  Co.,  N.  H.,  Oct. 
15,  1809,  m.  Jan.  1,  1839,  Mary  E.  Powers.     He  d.  Dec.  22, 
1862,  aged  53  years,  2  months,  7  days,  in  Bath,  N.  H. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

3110.  i.  George   Edwin  West,  b.  Oct.  24,  1839.     [To  whom  we  are  in- 
debted for  the  record  of  the  West  family.] 


3^2 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBl  RY,  MASS. 


8111,  iL  Auau&Tus  Dudley  West.  b.  July  13,  1841.  d.  May  1«,  1869, 
3112.  iii.  DwKJBT  Lang  Wk^jt,  b.  Meh.  27,  1843. 
aiia.  iv,  Sar^h  Jane  West,  b.  Feb.  25,  1845, 

3114.  y.  Hknry  Green  West,  k  Sept.  11,  1«46,  d.  Mib.  3,  1871. 

3115.  vi.  hvruL  Sjlbrina  West,  b.  Jati,  6,  184&,  d.  Jim,  13,  1861. 

tFifth  G(>nemlion.] 

26H4.  vii.  Rosa  Anna  Child,  fifth  dan.  and  seventh  child 
oi  Elehard  and  Abigail  Gi-een  Child,  b.  Jan,  2, 1774,  m.  in 
Thninpsoii,  Windham  Co.,  Ct,  Jan.  I,  1794*  Samuel  Hutehina  ] 
Mr,  niitf'hins  was  b.  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  in  r7f>9.  He  com- 
biried  mercantile  and  agricultural  pursuits  with  large  success, 
and  was  yet  farther  enriched  with  the  patriarchal  complement 
of  children,  Mr,  Hutchins  d,  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  in  1830.  Mrs. 
Hutchins  surviving  hijB  some  foui1:een  years,  d.  Jul}^  10,  1844, 
at  the  age  of  seventy.  | 

[Sixth  Generation.]     Children: 

3116.  i.  Hannah   Hi'TCHiNS,   b.   Sept.   29,   1794,   m.   May  9,  1812,    Im 
Qood&\L 

8117.  ii.  Ezra  V.  Hutchins,  K  A\m\  10.  1796,  m.  Feb.  7.  1821.  Augustft 
A.  F.  Simlair, 

3118.  ill.  Samuel  HutcbiNs^,  Jr,,  b.  Dec.  26,  1797,  ra.  UU  Mch.  20.  1829, 
Martha  Rix;  m.  2d,  Au^^.  1841,  RebeecA  Moore, 

3119.  IV,  Lucrktia  HuTcmi^!*.  b.  Sept.  8,  170U,  m.  Oct.  1819.  Goo.  John 
Wilson. 

3120.  V.  PEHST8  Hutchins,  b.  July  16,  1801,  m.  May  1823,  John  Hiird. 

3121.  vi,  RosANNA  HuTiKLVs,  b.  Jan.  26,  1803,  in.  Ltither  Foote.  I 
S122.  vii,  CBE8TKR  C.  HuTCHJNS.  b.  July  6,  1805,  in.  Feb.  12,  1835,  Jan© 

Swan, 

3123.  viii,  MtusEs  P.  nuT,HiNb,  b.  June  8,  1808,  m»  l^t,  Jane  Johnstone; 
m.  2d.  ¥A\zu  Morris:  m.  3d,  Jane  Grey. 

3124.  is.  HoRAUE  G.  Hutchins,  U.  July  20,  1811,  m,  Oct.  22, 1844,  JiiUa  ^ 
lliinl. 

3125.  X.  Martha  IIutuhins,  b.  Dec.  ir>,  1813,  d.  June  17,  1815. 

3126.  xi.  Martha  S.    Hutphins,    b.    Mcb.    1817.    m.   1840,  Warren   D, 
Gookin. 

3127.  xii.  Hbnry  (\  Hitchins,  b.  Aug.  1,  1820,  m,  Oct.  0, 1845,  Mary  L. 
Groat. 

[Sixth  Geiii^riitlon,] 

3116  i.  Hannah  Hutchins,  eldest  child  of  Hosanna  Child 
and  Samuel  Hutchins.  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  Sept.  29,  1794,  m- 
May  9,  1812,  Hod.  Ira  Goodall,  Esq.,  of  Bath,  N.  H.;  a  lawyer  of  ] 
mark  in  tlie  State.  Mrs.  Hannah  II.  Goodall  d.  June  3,  1872, 
in  West  Philadrlphia,  Pa.  P]sq.  Goodall  d.  Mch.  3,  1868,  id 
Madison,  Wis. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  383 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

3128.  i.  David  G.  Qoodall,  b.  Mch.  19,  1813,  m.  June  29,  1835.  Maria 
D.  French.  Mr.  Goodall  was  first  resident  in  Lisbon,  N.  H.,  as  a  merchant; 
since  removed  to  Beloit,  Wis. 

3129.  ii.  Hannah  C.  Goodall,  b.  Dec.  17,  1814. 

3130.  iii.  LucRETiA  W.  Goodall.  b.  Feb.  9, 1817,  m.  July  1840,  John  L. 
Carleton,  a  lawyer  of  Bath,  N.  H. 

3131.  iv.  Ellen  B.  Goodall,  b.  Nov.  27,  1818,  m.  Dec.  3, 1845.  John  H. 
French. 

3132.  V.  Ira  E.  Goodall,  b.  June  25,  1820.  m.  Sept.  26,  1842,  Mary 
French.  * 

3133.  vi.  Samuel  H.  Goodall,  b.  Mch.  31,  1823,  m.  1st.  May  1850;  m. 
2d.  Sept.  26.  1867,  E.  P.  Nelson. 

3134.  vii.  Horace  H.  Goodall,  b.  Mch.  20,  1826,  d.  Aug.  21,  1827. 

3135.  viii.  Horace  H.  Goodall,  b.  Mch.  21,  1828,  d.  Aug.  23,  1829. 

3136.  ix.  Jane  E.  Goodall,  b.  June  17,  1830,  m.  Dec.  13,  1854,  Thomas 
P.  Sargent. 

3137.  X.  Julia  R.  Goodall,  b.  April  14.  1833,  m.  Nov.  2,  1853,  Alonzo 
P.  Carpenter,  Esq. ;  lawyer  in  Bath,  N.  H. 

3188.  xi.  Edward  B.  Goodall,  )  m.  Mch.  5. 1863.  Louise  Bartlett. 

-      Twins  l^b.  Jan.  10,  1838. 
3139.  xii.  Francis  H.  Goodall,  )  m.  Aug.  24,  1865,  Ophelia  P.  Brewer. 

[Edward  B.  Goodall  is  a  dentist  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  Francis  H.  Good- 
all  a  lawyer,  and  clerk  in  Second  Auditor's  Office,  Treasury  Department, 
Washington,  D.  C] 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

2695.  viii.  Dea.  Dudley  Child,  third  son  and  eighth  child 
of  Richard  and  Abigail  Green  Child,  b.  in  Thomspon,  Wind- 
ham Co.,  Ct,  May  22,  1776,  m.  1st,  April  24,  1800,  Molly 
Weeks,  who  was  b.  Nov.  12,  1778,  d.  in  1831.  Dea.  Child 
m.  2d,  Sept.  1832,  Mrs.  Nancy  Child,  widow  of  Elisha  Child, 
of  Exeter,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  dau  of  Capt.  Willard  Child, 
of  Woodstock,  Ct. 

Dea  Dudle}^  Child  removed  when  quite  a  young  man  to 
Bath,  N.  H.,  sharing  with  his  brother,  Capt.  John  Child,  and 
his  brother-in-law,  Mr.  Ezra  Child,  the  privations  incident  to 
the  settlement  of  a  new  country.  These  three  families  formed 
a  nucleus  around  which  a  neighborhood  of  industrious,  hardy 
and  sober  people  gathered  ;  laying  the  foundations  of  a  pros- 
perous community  which  grew  rapidly  in  numbers  and  import- 
ance. When  the  religious  element  was  embodied  in  a  Con- 
gregational church,  Dea.  Child  was  early  chosen  an  office-bearer, 
and  served  in  the  capacity  of  deacon  with  efficiency  till  his 
death.  The  Scotch  element  was  a  noticeable  feature  in  the 
order  and  theological  phase  of  this  community,  having  been 


384 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


tlnis  moulded  by  the  Rev.  Mr,  Sutherland,  a  Scotch  Presby-j 
terian,  whose  impress  remamed  upon  this  people  long  after  the 
stero  old  divine  had  entei-ed  into  his  reward.  Dea.  Dudlej 
Child  died  May  22,  1846.  Mrs.  Nancy  (Child)  Child  died  March 
23,  1850*  Her  children  were  of  her  first  marriaL^e,  Dea.  Dud^ 
ley's  children  of  his  union  with  Mrs.  M,  W.  Child* 
[Sixth  Generation.]     Children: 

3140.  i.  Charity  Child,  b.  April  11,  1801.  d.  Oct.  8,  1807,  in  Bath,  N. 

3141.  ii.  TuEODosu  Child,  b.  Sept.  17.  1802.  m.  Sept.  23,  1824.  Stephe 
N.  BttfUett. 

:il42.  Hi,  David  Child,   b.   Mch.  20,  1805,  in,  Mch.  22,  1827,  ChftrtotJ 
MoulboD. 

3143.  iv.  Li  THEHA  Child,   b.   Oet.  25.  1806,  tij.  Muy  (i.  1627,  Amoe  1 
Heath. 

3144.  V.  Molly  Child,  b.  Feb.  7,  1809,  rl.  Meh.  31,  1812. 
8145.  vi.  Dudley  Chiij>.  b.  Oct  21,  1810.  d.  Aug.  21.  1814. 
314e.  viL  WiLLARD  Can-D,  b.  Aug.  23,  1812.  d.  Jan.  23,  1813. 

3147.  viiL  Rn  hard  Chilb.  b.  Feb.  20,   1814,  m.  Sept.  1,  ISSiJ,  Adulinf 
Smith* 

3148.  ix,  Maby  Chu^d,  b.  Mch,  13, 1816,  m.  Jan.  25, 1838,  Smith  MouUoq 

3149.  X,  DrDLEY  Child,  2d,  b,  Mrh,  27,  1819,  in.  Dec.  22.  1H42.  Hanna 
Ilibbftrd. 

3150.  xi.  Jonathan  Child,  b.  Feb.  10,  1821,  di.  Meh.  4,  1846,  Blarthn  Nj 
Walker. 

3151.  xib  WiLLAiiD   Child,  2d.  b,  Nov,   10.    1823,  d.    Dec.  15,  1857,  J 
GrinneU,  Iowa. 

[Sixth  Generation  ] 

3141.  ii.  Theodosia  Child,  second  dan.  and  child  of  De 
Dudley  and  Mary  Weeks  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H ,  Sept.  ITJ 
1802,  ni.  Sept.  28,  1824,  Stephen  N.  Bartlett,  by  the  Revi 
David  Sutherlancl.  Mr.  Stephen  N.  Bartlett  is  the  son  of  Amc 
and  Eunice  K.  Noyes  Bartlett,  of  Batli,  N.  IL  Mr.  and  Mr 
Stephen  N.  Bartlett  reoioved  to  Grinnell,  Iowa,  in  May  I855J 
with  their  family  of  five  children,  where  he  died  l8BiK 
[Seventh  Generation.]     C!hildren: 

3152.  i.  Eliza  Ann  Bartlett,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H..  Sept,  18.  1828,  d.  Oct. 
27.  1804,  ill  Grinnell,  Iowa. 

3153.  iL  Emery  S,  Bartlett.  h.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  Sept.  7, 1882. 

3154.  iii.  Moses  W.  Bartlett,  b.  in  Bath.  N.  H..  Feb.  20,  1834. 

3155.  iv.  Stanley  M.  Bartlett,  b.  in  Bath.  N.  H..  Dec.  4,  1836. 
815«.  V.  Pbilomela  M.  Bartlett,  b.  in  Bath,  N-  H.,  July  23,  1839, 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3142.  iii.  David  Child,  eldest  son  and  third  child  of  De 
Dudley  and  Mary  Weeks  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  Mch.  29j 
1805,  m,  Mch.  22,  1827,  Charlotte  Moulton,  who  was  b.  Mcb 
13,  1 8 1 1  :  is  a  dau.  cf  John  and  Mary  Moulton,  of  Lyman^  N, ! 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  386 

Mr.  David  Child  as  the  elder  son  of  a  pioneer,  made  early 
acMjuaintance  with  the  hardships  inevitable  in  a  new  country. 
His  surroundings,  however,   were  not  unfavorable  to  the  de- 
v^elopment  of  sturdy  and  manly  qualities,  suited  to  fit  him  for 
5^  respected  and  useful  citizenship  in  the  town  of  his  birth. 
His  education  was  such  as  the  town  schools  of  that  period 
ivfiorded,  and  quite  sufficient  to  awaken  him  to  the  full  value 
^nd  appreciation   of  good   scholarship.      His   marriage  to  a 
^vorthy  daughter  of  honorable  parentage  was  the  beginning  of 
^  new  era  and  an  added  stimulus  to  his  efforts  in  the  life  strug- 
gle.    His  industry  and  economy  enabled  him  not  only  to  gain 
^  competence  for  himself  and  his  growing  family,  but  to  ac- 
cumulate a  handsome  property.     In  the  spirit  of  enterprise, 
^^Kerent  and  fostered,  he  left  his  native  hills,  with  the  honor- 
^^g  good- will  of  his  townsmen,  and  settled  in  Nevada,  Story 
^o,,  Iowa.     Surrounded  by  a  goodly  family  of  sons  and  daugh- 
^x*s,  he  expects  here  to  spend  the  evening  of  life,  trusting  the 
'^c^nest  toil  of  the  morning  will  gild  the  sun -setting. 
L^^venth  Generation.]    Children: 

^157.  i.  Chester  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  July  24, 1828,  m.  Dec.  25, 
'-^^j  Margaret  A.  Daley,  dau.  of  Wilson  and  Margaret  Daley,  of  Nevada, 
'^^^^a.     Mr.  Chester  child  d.  at  Nevada,  Iowa,  Oct.  24,  1867. 

3158.  ii.  Charity  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  Sept.  1830,  m.  Feb.  1,  1852, 
^^lieodore  Lawrence,  of  Saratoga,  N.  Y. 

3159.  iii.  George  Child,  b.  Dec.  15, 1832,  m.  Oct.  9,  1853,  Lavina  Hall. 

3160.  iv.  Eliza  Child,  b.  April  3,  1835,  ni.  Feb.  19,  1825,  S.  S.  Webb. 

3161.  V.  Smith  M.  Child,  b.  Oct.  5,  1836,  m.  June  10.  1867.  Rachel  L. 
'X'nimbull. 

3162.  vl.  Le  Roy  Child,  b.  Oct.  1,   1838,  ra.  Dec.  27,  1864,  Lida  J. 
I^eizer. 

3163.  vii.  Samuel  M.  Child,  b.  June  27,  1840,  m.  June  1867,  Mary  E. 
Harding. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3168.  ii.  Charitf  Child,  eldest  dau.  and  second  child  of 
^avid  and  Charlotte  Moulton  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  Sept. 
*     ^830,  m.  Feb.  1,  1862,  Theodore  Lawrence,  of  Saratoga,  N.  Y. 
^r.  and  Mrs.  Lawrence  reside  in  Peoria,  111. 
(.  Eighth  Generation. ]    Children : 

3164.  i.  Albert  Lawrence,  b.  at  Peoria,  111..  June  2,  1853,  d.  Jan.  17, 
^B54. 

S166.  ii.  Hattib  Lawrence,  b.  at  Peoria.  111.,  Feb.  2,  1855,  unm. 
9166.  iii.  Alyah  Lawrence,  b.  at  Peoria,  111.,  June  16,  1857,  unm. 
3167.  iv.  Mat  Charlotte  Lawrence,  b.  at  Peoria,  111.,  May  2, 1860,  unm. 
8168.  V.  Lublla  Lawrence,  b.  at  Peoria,  111.,  Sept.  1,  1862,  unm. 


sm 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBUHY,  MASvS. 


319a  vi.  Cora  LAWRKXtii,  b.  at  Peoriii,  IIL,  July  %  1865,  d.  Oct.  9, 18 
3170*  vii.  Ida  H^lizabeth  Ijawrence,  k  in  Peorin,  ILL,  Jan,  3,  1868. 
317J.  ^iii.  Dav  ru  i\    Lawrence,  \h  in  Peorm,  IIJ.*  July  9,  1870*  d.  OeL 
26*  1878. 

3172.  ix,  Walter  Chester  Lawrence,  b.  in  Peoria,  IIJ..  Jiwi.  2.  187C, 

[Seventh  Gene  nit  ion.] 

3159.  iii,  George   Child,  secDiul  son  and  tliird  child  Qi2 
David  aod  Charlotte  Moulton  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  Dec 
1832,  m,  Oct  0,  1853,  LavinaHall,  dan.  of  Alba  and  Elizal 
Hall,  of  Hanover,  N.  II.     She  wrus  b.  April  14.  1883. 
[Eighth  Generation  J    Children: 

3173.  i,  Fanny  Child,  b.  ;n  Nevada,  Iowa,  Jan.  27,  1857, d.  July  26. 18 

3174.  ii.  HattieC.  Cbild,  b.  m  Nevrida,  Iowa,  Oet.  6,  1859. 

3175.  iii.  WtLLrE  W,  t'liiJ^D,  b,  in  Nevada,  Iowa,  Jan,  7,  186*2. 

3176.  iv.  Georhe  C.  Child,  b.  in  Nevaila.  Iowa,  Sept.  2.  1854. 
8177.  v.  Harry  P.  Cbild,  b.  in  Nevada,  Iowa,  Oct.  3,  1868. 

3178.  vi.  Burt  B,  Child,  k  in  Nevada.  Iowa,  Frb.  2.  1871. 

3179.  vii.  Mary  E.  Child,  b.  in  Nevada,  Iowa,  Sept.  18,  1875. 

3180.  viii,  Freddie  E.  Chfld,  b.  in  N*»vmln,  Iowa,  Dect.  22,  1877. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3160.  iv.  Eliza  Child,  second  dau,  and  fourth  child  of 
David  and  Charlotte  Monlton  Cliild.  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  April 
3,  1835,  JO.  Feb.  1,  1852,  8.  8.  Webb,  who  was  b,  Aug.  15. 
1834,  in  Charlestown,  Mass.  Mr.  and  Mrs,  Webb  resirle  al 
Ba:»ne,  Iowa. 
fEigbtb  Genei-ation,]    Children: 

3181.  i.  Charles  P.  Webis,  b,  at  Nevada,  Iowa,  June  19.  1857. 

3182.  ii    Etta  F.WEan,  b.  at  Neviuia,  Iowa,  May  6,  1861, 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3161.  V,  Smith  M.  Child,  third  son  and  fifth  child  of  Di 
and  Charlotte  Moultoii  ChitcU  b.  in  Bath,  N.  U.,  Oct.  r>,  1 
m.  June  10,  1867,  Rachel  L.  TrnmbnlL     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Si 
M.  Child  reside  al  Dunlaj),  Iowjl 
[Eighth  G«ueration  ]     Children : 

3183.  i.  Charlotte:  M.  Child,  b.  at  Dnnlap.  Iowa,  May  8»  1868,  d. 
2'6,  1870. 

3184    ij.  SamcelT.  Child,  b.  at  iHinlap.  Iowa.  OeL  13,  1871,  d.  Oct, 
1871. 
8185,  iii,  Edward  A.  CtirLD,  b.  at  Dunlap,  Iowh.  Mch,  9»  1873. 
3186.  iv.  Davuj  B.  Child,  K  at  Dnnlap.  Iowa,  June  1.  1875, 

[  Se  ve  n  th  G  e  n eratio  n .  ] 

3162.  vi.  Le  Rov  Child,  fourth  .son  and  sixth  child  of 
David  and  Charlotte  Moulton  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H,,  Dec. 
17,  1638,  rn.  Dec.  21,  1864,  Lida  J.  Ileizer,  tlau.  of  Mathew 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  387 

ind  Mar^'  Heizer,  of  Indianapolis,  Indiantt     She  was  b.  June 

I,  1846.     Mr.  and  Mi-s.  Le  Roy  Child  reside  in  Indianajyolis, 

Indiana. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

3lb7.  i.  Jbssb  Child,  b.  Sept.  28,  1865,  at  Nevada,  Iowa. 

:^18^.  ii.  Pearl  Child,  b.  Mch.  6,  1878,  at  Indianapolis.  Ind. 

:U89.  iii.  Fred  Child,  b.  .June  20,  1875,  at  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3163.  vii.  Samuel  M.  Child,  fifth  son  and  seventh  child  of 
David  and  Charlotte  Moulton  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  Jan.  27, 
1840,  ni.  June  1867,  Mary  E.  Harding,  who  wasb.  July  2,  1846. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  M.  Child  reside  in  Atlantic,  Iowa. 
[Eighth  Generation.]      Children : 

3190.  i.  Lulu  Child,  b.  May  5,  1869.  at  Atlantic,  Iowa. 
.  3191.  ii.  Charlie  C.  Child,  b.  July  19,  1871,  at  Atlantic.  Iowa. 

3192.  iii.  Lizzie  H.  Child,  b.  Aug.  15, 1873,  at  Atlantic,  Iowa. 

319:].  iv.  Gertie  (Jhild,  b.  Nov.  23,  1875,  at  Atlantic,  Iowa. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3143.  iv.  LuTHERA  Child,  fourth  child  and  third  dau.  of 
Dea.  Dudley  and  Mary  Weeks  Child  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  Oct. 
25,  1806,  m.  May  6,  1827,  Amos  K.  Heath,  who  was  b.  Sept. 
30,  1800. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children; 

3194.  i.  Joseph  Heath,  b.  Feb.  26,  1828,  m.  abt.  1859,  Anna  Karney. 

3195.  ii.  Dudley  Child  Heath,  b.  March  11,  1830. 

3196.  iii.  xMary  C.  Heath,  b.  Aug.  23, 1832. 

3197.  iv.  Abner  F.  Heath,  b.  March  2,  iaS5,  ni.  April  17,  1869.  Susan 
Page. 

3198.  V.  Sophia  T.  He.\th,  b.  Dec.  11.  1837,  m.  Henry  0.  Sargent. 

3199.  vi.  EvERKTT  K.  Heath,  b.  April  23,  1840,  in.  June  6.  1872,  Ella 
Gould. 

3200.  vii.  William  VV.  Heath,  b  Sept.  3,  1842,  d.  May  5,  1864. 

8201.  viii.  Henky  K.  Heath,  b.  .Tan.  30, 1845,  m.  March  17,  1868,  Sarah 
Scales. 

3202.  ix.  Willahd  C.  Heath,  b.  May  23.  1846,  m.  June  0,  1872,  Anna 
Gould. 

;«0:i  X.  Edward  K.  Heath,  b.  June  17.  1849. 

fbevvnth  (feneration  ) 

3194.  i.  JoSKPH  Heath,  eldest  child  of  Luthera  Child  and 
Amos  K.  Heath,  b.  Feb.  26,  1828,  ni.  abt.  1859,  Anna  Karney 
of  Melbourne,  Australia. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

.3204.  i.  Amos  K.  Heath,  b.  1860. 

32a'>.  ii.  Joseph  Heath,  b.  1869. 


)8 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OP  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


[Seventh  Generation.] 

3l9d,  vi.  Everett  IL  Ueath,  fourth  son  and  sixth  child  ( 
Lutliera   Child   and   Amos  K.   HeMh,  b.  April  23,   1840,  mj 
June  6,  1872,  Ella  (Tould. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Child: 

3206.  i.   WirjjAM  VV,  Hjsath,  h.  .Jm,  20,  1878. 

[Seventh  Gent?mii<m.J 

3201.  viii.  Henry  K,  Heath,  sixth  son  and  eighth  chili 
Lutbera  Child  and  Anios  K,  Heath,  b.  Jan.  30,  1845,  m.  Mcb, 
17,  1872,  Sarah  Scales. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child-. 

3207.  i.  Nellie  S.  Heath,  b,  Sept.  4,  1872,  d,  Aug,  3,  1878. 

[Sixth  Generiitron.] 

3 147.  viii.  Richard  Chilt^  fourth  son  and  eighth  chil 
Dea.  Dudlej  and  Mary  Weeks  Child,  b.   in  Bath,  K  H..  Feb, 
W,  1814,  ni,,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Nichols,  Sept.  1,  ls3i»,  Mi^s  Adaliue 
Smith,  who  was  b.  Sept  29,  1816,  and  is  a  dan.  of  Reuben 
Lydia  Hill  Smith,  of  Lyman,  N,  H.     Mr.  Richard  Child, 
of  the  younger  sons  of  Dea.  Dudley  Cliild  spent  the  earfief 
part  of  liis  life  in  his  native  town.     His  struggles  with  the 
difficulties  of  life  have  thoroughly  taxed  his  nerve  and  coor- 
age,  but  fxjssessing  an  earnestly  industrious  temperament,  lie 
has  not  known  want      Hoping  to  win  more  readily  the  smile^s 
of  fortune,   Mr,  Child  removed  with   his  family,  in    1S68,  to 
Nevada,  Story  Co.,  Iowa,  where  ampler  fields  awaited  cultiva- 
tion with  less  severe  tax  upon  all  the  vital  energies,  and  better 
opportunities  offered  fijr  the  advancement  of  his  children. 
[Seventh  Generation,]     Cliiklrerj; 

8208-  i.  Excellence  Augusta  Chfld,  h.  April  34.  l&4i,  ni  Jan.  14, 
liy  Rev,  Dudley  Kimbnll  to  Ephmiin  Page  Colby,  Unmoved  to  lo^ 
October  1871. 

3209.  ii.  Lydja  Ann  Child,  b.  Mrh.  UK  1843,  ra.  April  0.  1870,  J( 
Belhirnore. 

:^210,  iii.  Mary  Arvilla  CniLu,  b.  Aug.  25.  1845,  m.  Feb.  2,  1 
Rev.  Mr.  Miird,  in  Iiidimi  Town,  Iowa,  to  Abel  Ruggle-s. 

;i211  iv  Nancy  Mahia  CutLn.  h.  Ju!y  28.  1847,  m,  Nov.  1,  1873, 
CoRiii. 

mi2.  V,  DuDLKY  RiCHAao  Child,  b.  Jan.  17,  1849,  d.  Aug.  5,  1858. 

3213,  vi.  Emily  Abenath  Child,  b.  Feb,  2. 1852,  in,  April  5.  1870, 
P   Willson. 

3214.  vii,  Reuben  Le  Koy  Cihld,  b.  Uet.  29,  ia58,  m.  Dec.  25, 
hmfv  CHppen, 

8215,  viii.  Infant— unchrtstened—b  Sept.  29,  1855,  d.  same  d*y. 

3210.  ix.  Infant— nnchristened—b,  Oi-t.  10,  la^?.  d.  same  day. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  389 

Seventh  Generation.] 

3209.  ii.  Lydia  Ann  Child,  second  dau.  and  child  of  Rich- 
ard and  Adaline  Smith  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  Mch.  19, 1843, 
m.  in  Indian  Town,  Iowa,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Hurd,  April  6,  1870, 
Joseph  Bellamore. 
lEighth  Generation.]    Child : 

3217.  i.  Albert  Hbnrt  Bellahorb,  b.  Oct.  31. 1874. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

3211.  iv.  Nancy  Maria  Child,  fourth  dau.  and  child  of 
Richard  and  Adaline  Smith  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  July  28, 
1847,  m.  in  Nevada,  Story  Co.,  Iowa,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Thompson, 
Nov.  1,  1872,  Albert  Coffin. 
fKighth  Generation.]    Children: 

3218.  i.  Albert  R.  Coffin,  b.  Dec.  19,  1874. 

3219.  ii.  Mary  Adaline  Coffin,  b.  Nov.  1, 1876. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

3213.  vi.  Emily  Asenath  Child,  fifth  dau.  and  sixth  child 
of  Eichard  and  Adaline  Smith  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  Feb. 
2,  1852,  m.  in  Nevada,  Iowa,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Williams,  April  5, 
1870,  John  P.  Willson. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

8220.  i.  ADALINE  Almira  Willson,  b.  Oct.  9,  1872. 

8221.  ii.  Mary  Ella  Willson,  b.  Sept.  1,  1874. 

8222.  iii.  Elizabeth  Livingston  Willson,  b.  Sept.  25,  1876. 

3223.  iv.  Richard  Augustus  Willson,  b.  Aug.  21,  1877. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

3214.  vii.  Reuben  Le  Roy  Child,  second  son  and  seventh 
child  of  Richard  and  Adaline  Smith  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H., 
Oct  29,  1858,  m.  in  Nevada,  Iowa,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Reed,  Dec.  25, 
1876,  Lucy  Crippin. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 

3224.  i.  Edgar  R.  Child,  b.  Jan.  6, 1878. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

3148.  ix.  Mary  Child,  fifth  dau.  and  ninth  child  of  Dea. 
Dudley  and  Mary  Weeks  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  Grafton  Co.,  N.  H., 
Mch.  13,1816,  m.  Jan.  25,  1838,  Smith  Moulton. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

3225   i.  Gillespie  Moulton,  b.Oct.  11, 1838,  d.  Sept.  20,  1839 

3226.  ii.  Charity  S.  Moulton,  b.  April  30,  1840,  m.  Feb.  12,  1861,  R. 
Manson  Ash. 

3227.  iii.  Julia  E.  Moulton,  b.  June  3,  1842,  m.  Dec.  4,  1872,  James  L. 
Catting. 

3228.  iv.  Mary  L.  Moulton,  b.  March  11,  1844,  m.  March  29,  1876, 
Henry  C,  Nelson. 

3229.  V.  Dudley  C.  Moulton,  b.  Dec.  10.  1847,  m.  May  26,  1870,  Mary 
J.  George. 


390 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBl'Hr,  MASS. 


[Seventh  Genemtion.] 

322t>.  ii.  Charity  S.   MoirLTOX,  eldest  dau.  and  se 
child  of  Mary  CbilJ  and  Smith  Moullon,  b.  April  30,  1840J 
Feb.  12,  1861,  R.  Manson  Ash. 
[Eighth  GenemtioB,]    Children: 

3230,  i,  FR.OfK  H.  Ash,  b.  Dec.  21,  186L 

3231,  ii.  CuNTON  M,  Ash,  K  Feb.  17,  1863.  d.  Feb,  23,  1872. 

[Seventh  Generatian. 

3229,  V.  Dudley  Child  Moi'Lton,  youDgest  son  and  child  ( 
of  Mary  Child  and   Smith   Moultoii.  k  Dee.  10,  1847^  m.  May 
2H,  1870,  Mary  J.  George. 
[Eighth  Gentn-atioiu]     Child: 

3232.  i.  Lizzie  A.  Moct.ton,  In  July  12,  1871. 

[Sixtli  (Tt*ner«tion.| 

3149.  X,  Dudley  Child,  Jr.,  lifth  son  and  tenth  chil 
Dea  Dudley  and  Mary  Weeks  Child,  b.  in  Bath^  Grafton  Ca, 
K.  H.  McK  27,  1S19,  m.  Dee.  22,  1842.  Hannah  Hibbard^dau, 
of  Hon.  John  and  Abigail  Child  Hibbard. 

Upon  his  father's  decease,  he  was  installed  a«  possessor  of 
the  old  homestead.  From  an  elevation  o(  land  a  few  rods  from 
his  door,  with  a  gVdSS^  one  can  discern  the  Summit  House  on 
Mount  Washington,  the  highest  point  of  ascent  in  the  White 
Mountains:  while  the  long  panorama  of  mountains  stretch  out 
and  up  their  bold,  rugged  peitks  in  full  view.  Mr.  Dudley 
Child  is  the  only  one  of  his  father's  numerous  family  remain* 
ing  in  Bath.  The  fertile  prairies  of  the  West  having  allured 
most  of  them  to  imigrate.  Mr.  Child  may  be  regarded  one  of 
the  subst4Uitial  citizens  of  the  town;  a  man  of  stead)*  liabi 
excellent  farmer,  and  a  cordial  supporter  t^f  the  institutio; 
leaniifig  and  religion.  He  and  his  eoasins,  Hons.  Dwigt 
and  Bradley  G.  Child,  share  almost  alternately  the  trust 
ship  of  their  school  district. 
[  8e  ve  n  th  Gen  e  rut  ion  .1    Chi  Id  ren : 

3233.  i    Ellen-  M.  CtiiLD,  b.  Sept.  28,  ISIu^  d.  Dec.  24,  186S.  in  Bath.  ] 
3234   li.  Faasma   1L    Chili*,  b.  June  27, 1849.  d.  Feb,  24,  1859,  in  ttith,' 

N.  IL 

3235.  iii.  EuwiN  \\\  Chujj,  b.  May  4,  1852,  in  Bnth.  N.  H. 

32;M.  iv.  LizzjE  J.  Chilij.  b.  Nov.  22,  1855.  in.  April  tj,  1880,  Sanbor 
Heldcn,  of  Brixjklyn,  N.  Y. 

3237.  V.  Franklin  L.  Child,  b,  Det-.  31,  1858.  in  Bath,  N.  H. 

3238.  vi    Jony  HiBBARn  CirrLD.  b.  May  1,  1852,  d,  1863,  in  B»th,  N.  I 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  391 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3150.  xi.  Jonathan  Child,  sixth  son  and  eleventh  child  of 
Dea.  Dudley  and  Mary  Weeks  Child,  b.  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  Feb. 
10,  1821,  m.  in  the  same  place  by  Rev.  David  Sutherland,  Mch. 
4,  1846,  Martha  Hutchins  Walker,  dau.  of  Hannah  Child  and 
Leonard  Walker,  of  Bath.  Mr.  Jonathan  Child,  youngest  but 
one  of  twelve  children,  came  upon  the  stage  of  life  after  the 
severities  of  pioneer  days  in  Bath  were  passed ;  he  escaped 
therefore  much  which  the  elder  brothers  and  sisters  so  cour- 
ageously overcame.  For  him  life  opened  with  more  of  sun- 
shine, the  progress  of  society  in  matters  civil  and  religious, 
rendered  all  its  conditions  easier.  His  natural  endowments 
enabled  him  to  command  the  respect  of  his  fellow-citizens  in 
his  native  town,  while  resident  there,  and  qualified  him  to  win 
equal  honors  and  esteem  when  established  in  the  western  home, 
to  which  he  removed  in  the  spring  of  1868.  In  the  flourishing 
town  of  Grinnell,  Iowh,  Mr.  Child  has  made  for  himself  an 
honorable  position.  In  all  the  ways  through  which  he  has 
been  called  to  walk,  he  has  found  a  true  help-meet  in  his  wife, 
whose  honorable  parentage  guaranteed  all  which  time  has 
wrought  out. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

3239.  i.  Chloe  Walker  Child,  b.  Dec.  24,  1846,  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  a  deaf 
mnte,  educated  at  Hartford,  Conn. 

3240.  ii.  Sylvia  Hannah  Child,  b.  Oct.  16,  1850,  d.  Oct.  18,  1850. 

3241.  iii.  Aldace   Walker  Child,   b.  Jan.  11,  1852,  m.  Sept.  7,  1875, 
Alice  B.  Weeks. 

3242.  iv.  Arthur  Leon  Child,  b.  Nov.  8,  1854.     An  artist. 

3243.  V.  Hattie   Martha  Child,   b.  Dec.  12,   1858,  m.  July  28,  1878, 
Walter  Ford  Hammond. 

3244.  vi.  Willie  James  Child,  b.  July  17,  1861,  d.  July  19,  1861. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

8241.  iii.  Aldace  Walker  Child,  eldest  son   and   third 
child  of  Jonathan   and   Martha  H.  Walker  Child,  b.  in  Bath, 
N.  a,  Jan.  11,  1852,  m.  Sept  7,  1875,  Alice  B.  Weeks;  reside 
in  Grinnell,  Iowa. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 

3345.  i.  Clinton  Centennial  Child,  b.  July  4,  1876. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

2696.  ix.  Matilda  Child,  sixth  dau.  and  ninth  child  of 
Richard  and  Abigail  Green  Child,  b.  Aug.  8,  1778,  m.  May  15, 
1798,  David   Weeks,  who  was  b.  July  14,  1774.     Mr.  David 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROl 


r»  MASS. 


Weeks  a.  June  11,  1842,     Mrs.  Matilda  Child  Weeks  d  Oct 

3,  1847*     The  great  grandchildren  of  this  couple  now  number 

forty-severL 

[Sixth  Generation.]     Chiltiren: 

334(1    i,  Laitra  Wkeks.  b.  Miiy  W,  17&0,  uumarriixl. 

;i247.  ii.  John   Child   Weeks,  b.  Dee,   10,  It'OO,  m.  Ist^^Dec.  3, 
Miirin  Powers;  m,  2(1,  Mt-Iu  27,  1842,  Ascennth  Smith. 

^248,  iii.  Mary   CniLn   Weeks,  b.   Dec.  25,  1802,  m.  Sept.  37,  \m, 
Mtirtiii  C.  Powers. 

3249.  iv.  DuDLEV  Child   Weeks,  b.    Dec.  24.  1804.  ni.  April  20,  1858, 
Lucy  ToplilT. 

3250.  V.  Alfred   Webkh.  b.  Dec.   12,  1800,  uu  Jan.  2,  1835,  Cmidftce 
J'nrter, 

3251.  vi.  JoNAraAN  Weeks,  b.  Dee.  2,  1808.  m.  Dec.  10,  1840.  Bet^y 
Chamberlain. 

3252.  vii,  Mojieb   Meuiuso.x    Weeks,  b.  Fob.  4,  1811,  m.  Dee,  2Q,  1841), 
Sally  Mi  not. 

3253.  viii.  Willakd  Child  Weekh,  b.  April  21.1813,  m.  April  20. 
Lest i lie  Merrill. 

3354,  ix,  EzKA  Hutcdins  Wkeks,  b.  July  21,  1810»  d.  Sept.  1,  lS4fl, 
3255,  X.  Emily   Weeks,   \k  July  16.  isfs,  m.  April  14,  1842,  Williiui 

Minot. 
3250,  xi.  Eliza    Weeks,   b.   April  10,   1821,  la.  Deo.  2&.  1840,  (h 

Chftniberlain. 

I  Sixth  Generation.] 

3247.  ii.  John  Child  Weeks,  eldest  son  and  second  child 
^.>f  Matilda  Child  uiid  David  Weeks,  b.  in  New  Haropshire, 
Dec.  10,  1800,  twi<'e  married— 1st,  Dec.  3,  1826,  Maria  Powei^; 
in.  M,  Mcli.  27,  1842,  Ascenath  Smith,  Mr.  John  C.  We 
a.  June  23,  1874. 
[Seventh  Genemtinn.l     ('hilcireii. 

3257,  i.  Mauy  P.  Weeks,  b.  Meh.  3,  1843. 

3258.  ii,  Charles  Auon^Tr^  Weekj^,  b.  May  7,  1831,  <L  Feb,  I,  1861] 
3250    iii.  Luella  Weeks,  b.  Feb.  8,  1834.  cl,  Feb.  1.  1867. 
32<iO,  iv    David  Weeks,  b.  Jan.  5,  1836. 

3261.  V,  Lcv[A  Lang  Weeks,  k  March  13,  1840. 

3262.  vi.  Makia  Weeks,  l>,  April  9.  1842. 

3263.  vii,  Fkanklin  Weekn  b.  July  I.  1843, 

3264.  viii,  Ellen  Frances  Weeks,  b.  July  11,  1847,  iL  Dee,  30,  18 
3205,  ix.  Isaac  Smith  Weeks,  b.  April  15,  1856. 
3366.  X.  Moses  \V.  Week^  b.  Dec  28,  1858. 
3267.  xi.  Hauky  Eugene  Weeks,  b,  Nov.  5,  1863. 

[Sixth  G en e ration  ] 

3248.  iii.  Mary  Child  Weeks,  second  Jau,  and  third  cl 
of  Matilda  Child  and  David  Weeks,  b.  Dec.  25, 1802,  doubt 
considered  the  most  perfect  Christmas  gift  ever  bestowed  upon 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  398 

er  parents.     Mary  Child  Weeks  m.  Martin  C.  Powers,  Sept 

7,  1826. 

Seventh  Generation,]    Children: 

3268.  i.  Charles  Powers,  b.  Aug.  20,  1828. 

3269.  ii.  Laura  W.  Powers,  b.  Aug.  30, 1831. 
8270.  iii.  John  Marcus  Powers,  b.  Oct.  18, 1834. 

3271.  iv.  Walter  Powers,  b.  July  19.  1836. 

3272.  V.  Maktha  Ellen  Powers,  b.  Nov.  15,  1837. 

3273.  vi.  Maria  W.  Powers,  b.  Dec.  29,  1859,  d.  June  15,  1870. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3249.  iv.  Dudley  Child  Weeks,  second  son  and  fourth 
child  of  Matilda  Child  and  David  Weeks,  b.  Dec.  24,  1804,  m. 
April  20,  1853,  Lucy  TopliflF. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

3274.  i.  Horace  Weeks,  b.  Nov.  17, 1832. 

3275.  ii.  Adaline  Weeks,  b.  Oct.  15, 1834. 

3276.  iii.  Annette  Weeks,  b.  Sept.  29, 1836. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3250.  V.  Alfred  Weeks,  third  son  and  fifth  child  of  Ma- 
tilda Child  and  David  Weeks,  b.  Dec.  12,  1806,  m.  Jan.  2, 
1838,  Candace  Porter. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

3277.  i.  Lucia  P.  Weeks,  b.  Jan.  23,  1841. 

3278.  ii.  WiLLARD  H.  Weeks,  b.  Jan.  26,  1844. 

Sixth  Generation.] 

3251.  vi.  Jonathan  Weeks,  fourth  son  and  sixth  child  of 
Matilda  Child  and  David  Weeks,  b.  Dec.  2,  1808,  m.  Dec.  10, 
1840,  Betsey  Chamberlain.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jonathan  Weeks 
died  within  a  few  days  of  each  other,  in  June,  1 878 ;  Mr.  Weeks 
the  18th,  Mrs.  Weeks  the  14th,  of  the  month. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

3279.  i.  Elizabeth  C.  Weeks,  b.  Sept.  1,  1842. 

3280.  ii.  Jane  C.  Weeks,  b.  Oct.  10,  1844. 

3281.  iii.  Alice  B.  Weeks,  b.  July  7, 1848. 

3282.  iv.  Emily  M.  Weeks,  b.  Feb.  10,  1853. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3252.  vii.  Moses  Merrison  Weeks,  fifth  son  and  seventh 
child  of  Matilda  Child  and  David  Weeks,  b.  Feb.  4,  1811,  m. 
Dec.  29,  1840,  Sally  Minot. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children:  ' 

3283.  i.  MiNOT  Weeks,  b.  Dec.  31,  1841. 

3284.  ii.  Harriet  P.  Weeks,  b.  Oct.  6,  1844. 

3285.  iii.  Wilmot  Weeks,  b.  June  37, 1848. 

3286.  iv.  Elbridge  Weeks,  b.  Feb.  4,  1851. 
D-i 


31*4 


US  CHILD  OF  ROXBLTHV, 


[Sixth  General  ion  J 

3263.  viii.  Willard  Child  Weeks,  sixth  son  and  eighth 
child  of  Matilda  Child  and  David  Weeks,  k  April  21,  1S13, 
m.  Ajiril  20.  1853,  Lestine  Merrill. 
[Seventh  Genemlion  ]     Childrt»n: 

3287.  i.  Ezra  Euoene  Wehks,  b,  ,)nly  31,  1854. 

3288.  ii.  Lowell  Mason  Weeks,  \k  Aug.  7,  1857. 

3289.  iii.  Nellie  Wekks»  b.  Aug.  10,  iarj9. 
3200.  iv.  Effie  Weeks»  b.  Oct,  30.  imu 
3291.  V.  Claea  Ktta  Weeks,  b.  June  28,  18f^. 

[Sixth  GenerHlion.J 

3255.  X.  Emily    Wekks,    thij'd   dau.    and   tuntli    child  of 

Matilda  Child  and  David  Weeks,  b.  July  Ifi,  1818,  m.  April 

14,  1842,  William  Mi  not. 

[Seventh  Genemtion.J     Children; 

a3U2.  i.  Eliza  Mksot,  b.  May  15.  1843. 

3293.  li.  Mariax  is.  Mjnoi\  b,  Muy  3,  1850. 

3294.  ill.  Mahtha  W.  Minot,  b.  No^r.  3,  18*13. 

3295.  iv.  Jonas  Minot,  h.  May  22,  1857. 
[Sixth  Genemtioii.J 

325t>.  xi.  Eliza  Weeks,  fourth  dau.  and  eleventh  child' 
Matilda  Child  and   David  Weeks,  b.  April  10.  1821,  in. 
29,  1840,  George  Chamberhiiii. 
[Seventh  Generation.  |     Children  : 
8296.  i.  WiLLAaD  W.  Chamberlain%  b.  May  80.  1842. 

3297.  ii.   Et>w[n  Chamberlain,  b.  Jan,  27,  1844. 

3298.  iiL  SAiii  KL  X.  Cbamberlain,  b.  April  4,  1855, 

8299.  iv,  Jennettk  Chamberlain,  k  July  2,  1858. 

8300.  V.  Emilie  M,  Chamberlain,  b.  Aug.  2*,  I860. 

[Fourth  Generulion,] 

2485.  viii.  Eleazer  Child,  fourth  son  and  eighth  child  of 
Capt.  Penuel  and  Dorothy  Dwight  Child,  b.  in  Thorap.stm,  Ct,, 
Oet.  2,  1737,  TIL  though  to  whom  not  yet  ascertained, 
[Fifth  Genemtion,]    Children: 

8301.  i.  Sabra   CfliLiL  bttpL  May  18,  1763,  lu.  Dee,  21,  17»*,  Ebene 
Carroll,  of  Killingly,  Ct, 

3302.  ii.  Thankfi  L  Child.  bapL  May  18,  1763. 

3303.  iii.  DoftOTHY  Child,  bnpL  Nov.  24.  1705. 

3304.  iv,  ELTZABETn  Child,  bapt.  Nov.  24,  ntiii, 

[Third  GcnenAtlon.l 

25,  xi.  Dea.  Thomas  Child,  eleventh  child  and  eighth 
of  Benjamin  and  Grace  M^jrns  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass? 
Nov.  10,  1703,  m.  by  John  Chandler,  Esq.,  Nov.  24,  1729, 
Anna  Morris^  dau,  of  Dea,  Edwanl  Morris.  He  was  one  of 
seven  bj^otliers  wh(>  emigrated  from  Roxbury  to  Woodstock : 


AND  HIS  DESCENDAKTS.  395 

and  was  one  of  the  early  deacons  in  the  Congregational  church 
of  Woodstock,  Ct     He  d.  July  19, 1762,  aged  59.     She  d.  Aug. 
11,  1806,  in  her  95th  year. 
[Fourth  Generation.]    Children:    All  bom  in  Woodstock. 

3305.  i.  MiLTHEA  Child,  b.  Aug.  12, 1730,  bapt.  Aug.  20,  d.  Aug.  26,  1730. 

3306.  ii.  Maboabkt  Child,  b.  July  28,  1731,  bapt.  Aug.  29, 1731,  d.  July 
26.  1742. 

3307.  iii.  Sybil  Child,  b.  Mch.  3,  1733,  m.  Mch.  15,  1756,  Edward  Ains- 
worth. 

3308.  iv.  Anna  Child,  b.  Aug.  17,  1734,  bapt.  Aug.  18,  1734. 

3309.  V.  Alithea  Child,  b.  Aug.  4.  1736,  m.  Nov.  19,  1761,  Thos.  Peake. 

3310.  vi.  William  Child,  b.  May  15, 1738.  bapt.  July  4, 1738,  d.  Feb.  6, 
1752. 

3311.  vii.  Dobothy  Child,  b.  April  3, 1740,  m.  1st,  Oct.  23.  1763,  Solomon 
Atherton;  m.  2d,  Feb.  26.  1766.  Joshua  Child. 

3312.  viii.  Lois  Child,  b.  June  18,  1742,  m.  Nov.  17. 1768,  Joseph  May. 

3313.  ix.  THOMAsCHiLD,Jr.,b.  July  15, 1744.  m.  Jan.  26, 1775,  Lucy  Gage. 

3314.  X.  Lemuel  Child,  b.  Jiily  12,  1747,  m.  Nov.  16,  1768,  Dorcas  Perry, 

3315.  xi.  HuLDAH  Child,  b.  Nov.  19,  1749,  m.  April  28,  1769.  Stephen 
Skinner. 

3316.  xii.  WiLLUM  Child,  2d,  b.  Dec.  4, 1752,  m.  Dec.  29,  1784,  Susannah 
Corbin. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

8313.  ix.  Thomas  Child,  Jr.,  ninth  child  and  second  son 

of  Dea.  Thomas  and  Anna  Morris  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct., 

July  15,  1744,  m.  Jan.  26,  1775,  Lucy  Gage.     She  d.  Feb.  3, 

1795. 

[Fifth  Generation.]     Children:* 

3317.  i.  Walter  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  15,  1776. 

3318.  ii.  Anna  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  1,  1778. 

3319.  iii.  Asa  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  17,  1780.  ^ 
[Fourth  Generation.] 

3314.  X.  Lemuel  Child,  tenth  child  and  third  son  of  Dea. 
Thomas  and  Anna  Morris  Child,  b  July  12,  1747,  m.  Nov.  16. 
1768,  Dorcas  Perry.     She  was  b.  Dec.  22,  1741,  d.  Mch.  26, 
1825.     He  d.  May  6,  1808. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children : 

8320.  i.  HuLDAH  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  ft.,  Aug.  19,  1769,  d.  Feb.  27, 
1855,  unmarried. 

3321.  ii.  Thomas   Perry  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  20,  1770,  d. 
Nov.  27,  1773. 

8322.  iii.  Stephen  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Feb.  24,  1772,  d.  Oct. 
19,  1783. 

3328.  iv.  RowENA  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  3.  1775,  ra.  Nov.  26, 
1795.  Alba  Abbott. 

8324.  V.  Nancy  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  20,  1778,  m.  Jan.  7. 
1799,  Willard  Abbott. 

8825.  vi.  Perry  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Oct.  6,  1780. 

8826.  vii.  Dolphus  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Mch.  25,  1785,  m.  Dec. 
1,  1808,  Chloe  Jackson. 


S9ft  BEXJAinN  CHILD  OF  ROXBlBTy  UJkSB. 

[Fifth  Genemtion.) 

3326.  vii,  DoLPHfg  Child,*  seventh  child  and  fourth  son  of 
Lemuel  and  Dorcas  Perry  Child  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Mch» 
25,  1785,  nu  Dec  1.  ISOs/Chloe  Jackson.  He  d  Mch.  1867. 
She  (I  Feb.  18,  18*59,  near  Clymer,  Chautauqua  Co.,  N.  Y. 
[dixth  Genemtion.  J     Children : 

aaar,  L  Justus  Cbilds,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Cl,  Sept.  31.  l^.  m.  SepL  2U 
1834,  Bets^j  Budlong. 

3828.  ii.  Hascy  CaiLD,  b,  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Aag.  27«  1813.  m.  A.  Hj 
Pftlraer. 

3320.  iii.  LEsruEL  Mohrib  Cbild,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Feb.  7. 1616«  m,\ 
Amy  Colgrove. 

3330.  iv.  TROXJkJT  Pehry  Chii^ds,  b,  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June  8,  1817,  m* 
Altezera  E.  Eaton. 

3331.  V.    RowENA  Cbu^,  b.   in  WoodsU>ck,   Ct.,   Au^.    1(S,    1622. 
William  Burnett. 

3332.  vi,  Mary  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,Jalj  16.1824,  m.  Samuel  Cooley^^ 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

3327.  i.  Justus  Childs.  eldest  child  of  Dolphus  and  Chk 
Jackson  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  21,  1809,  m.  Sept 
21,  1834,  Betsey  Budlong,  dau.  of  Joseph  Budlong,  Esq.^ 
Bridgewater,  N.  Y.,  a  wealthy  and  influential  farmer  in  tha 
town.  MrsL  Justus  Childs  was  b.  in  Paris,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y^ 
Jan.  31,  1815.     Mr.  Childs  d.  May  24,  1868. 

Mr.  Justus  Childs  commenced  active  life  as  a  farmer  in  tb 
town  of  Paris,  Oneida  Co.,  N,  Y,,  which  occupation  he  sue 
fully  followed  for  a  number  of  years,  when  from  his  accumulaJ 
tions  he  established  himself  in  the  manufacture  of  agricultural 
implements,  in  the  city  of  Utica,  N.  Y,  The  business  gi-ew  on 
his  hands  to  large  proportions,  taxing  his  energies  to  an  exleni 
which  seriously  impared  his  health.  In  the  prime  of  manhc 
and  amid  busincs.s  activities,  he  fell  into  a  decline  which  tern 
inated  his  useful  life,  Mr.  Childs  was  a  man  highly  e^teej 
for  his  integrity,  tjjenerosity  and  business  talent. 
[Sovenlli  Geoeration,]     Children: 

'd'Si'l,  I  SAftAn  LouiBA  Childs,  b.  iti  Bridgewater,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  18,  1835 
Ml.  Alexander  B  Roberts  of  rtici*,  d.  Oct.  20.  1870 

3334,  ii  Joseph  Moriuis  Childs,  b.  in  Bridguwati^r.  N  V..  April  17, 
1840.  m,  Sept,  U  18«4,  Coia  Bntwn. 

H;^3r>   iii,  Wallace   Bidloxu  Childs,  b.  in  Bridge  water,  N.  Y.,  July  I 
1842      Griiduated  lU    Hamilton  Collej^e,  CliiUoti.  Oneida  Co.,  N,  Y.,  in  thj 
Cltiss  of  ia04;  studit^d   bw  uiid  entered  upon  his  profession,     M.  S4>i)L 


1869,  Kate  C.  Van  Burcn  of  Dtitikirk,  X 
3JJ!i6.  iv,  Orlando  Justus  Childs.  b. 

1844,  m.  Dec  10.  1874,  Klhi  A.  Jonet«. 
3JJ37.  V.  Kate   ELiy>Aiii;TH  Childs,   b 


d.  in  CUc»  N.  Y,  in  1870. 
Bridiftjwater,  N".  Y.,  July  ! 


1848,  UL  April  13,  1873.  Churlois  ii.  BamN 


Bridi^ewater,   N,  Y„  July  10, 

3338.  vi,  Chakles  Hknry  Childs,  b.  in  Bridgewater,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  26»  1 
*  Two  i!on*  <if  r>olphii^  Child  have  udded  the  *'  s**  to  their  name. 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBUBY,  MASS.  397 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3334.  ii.  Joseph  Morris  Childs,  second  child  and  eldest 
son  of  Justus  and  Betsey  Budlong  Childs,  b.  in  Bridgewater, 
N.  Y.,  April  17,  1840,  m.  Sept.  1,  1864,  Cora  Brown,  dau.  of 
Charles  Brown  of  Unadilla  Forks,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.  The 
eldest  sons  of  Mr.  Justus  Childs,  J.  Morris  and  Orlando  J., 
were  the  immediate  successors  of  their  father.  The  business 
of  this  house  has  been  successfully  carried  on  for  a  number  of 
years  in  the  hands  of  these  brothers,  who  are  men  of  integrity 
and  thorough  business  habits.  A  recent  change  in  the  firm, 
by  the  withdrawal  of  Mr.  O.  J.  Childs,  leaves  the  business  in 
the  management  of  J.  Mprris  Childs  and  his  younger  brother 
Charles  H.  Childs,  as  junior  partner.  The  firm  is  known  as 
extensive  wholesale  dealers  in  agricultural  implements,  con- 
ducting a  lucrative  business  on  Fayette  street,  Utica,  N.  Y. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

3339.  i.  Walter  B.  Childs,  b.  in  Utica,  Sept.  18,  1867. 

3340.  ii.  Fannie  M.  Childs,  b.  in  Utica,  June  28,  1672. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

3336.  iv.  Orlando  J.  Childs,  fourtli  child  and  third  son  of 
Justus  and  Betsey  Budlong  Childs,  b.  in  Bridgewater,  N.  Y., 
July  25,  1844,  m.  Dec.  10,  1874,  Ella  A.  Jones,  dau.  of  Jona- 
than Jones  of  Utica,  N.  Y.  Mr.  O.  J.  Childs  withdrew  from 
the  old  firm  as  before  stated,  to  enter  into  new  business  rela- 
tions, and  formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother-in-law,  Frank 
Jones,  under  the  firm  name  of  Childs  &  Jones,  in  Utica,  N.  Y 
They  are  extensive  dealers  in  dairy  apparatus  and  general  hard- 
ware, extending  their  trade  to  the  southern  states. 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Child: 

3341.  i.  Wallace  J.  Childs.  b.  in  Utica,  Oct.  5,  1875. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

3337.  V.  Kate  Elizabeth  Childs,  fifth  child  and  second 
dau.  of  Justus  and  Betsey  Budlong  Childs,  b.  in  Bridgewater, 
N.  Y,  July  10,  1848,  m.  April  13,  1872,  Charles  G.  Bamber ; 
residence  Lockport,  N.  Y 

I  Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

3342.  i.  Gerteude  Bamber,  b.  April  17,  1875. 

3343.  ii   William  Bamber,  b.  Sept.  29,  1876. 
3343a   iii.  Bessie  Bamber,  b.  1879. 

ISixth  Generation.] 

3328.  ii.  Nancy  Child,  second  child  and  eldest  dau.  of 
Dolphns  and  Chloe  Jackson  Child,  b.  Aug.  27,  1813,  m.  Sept. 
28,  1834,  A.  H.  Palmer;  reside  in  Sandwich,  111. 


S88  BENJA30N  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MAS& 

[Seveoth  Oeiieraticm,]    Children ; 
334i.  i,  OscAE  B.  Palmer,  b,  Aug.  20,  1835. 
3345.  ii.  Morris  M.  Palmer,  b.  Jan.  24.  1837. 
3340.  ill.  Camillls  J.  Palmer,  b.  Aug.  24. 1838,  d.  Feb,  24, 1839. 

3347.  iv.  Clixton  R.  Palmer,  b.  Dec.  13,  1839. 

3348.  V.  Camillls  H.  Pai^mer,  2u.  b.  Aug.  16,  184U  d.  Jan.  13,  18«8. 

3349.  vL  James  B.  Pakmhr,  b.  Dw.  9,  1842,  d.  May  1.  1847. 

3350.  vii.  Frances  Palmer,  b.  Oct.  18,  1844.  d.  Sept.  19,11845. 

3351.  viii.  France;^  Palmer,  3d.  b.  June  9,  1846. 

3352.  ix.  Clara  Palmeu,  b.  N<.v.  5,  1848. 

3353.  X,  Mary  E.  Palmer,  b.  May  20,  1851. 

3354.  xu  LsADORA  Palmer,  b.  Dec.  21.  1854. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

3329.  iii.  Lestitel  Morris  Child,  third  child  and 
son  of  Dolpliiis  and  Chloe  Jackson  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock^ 
Ct.,  Feb.  7,  1816,  m.  Amy  Colgrove,  then  of  Clymer,  N.  Y^ 
He  I'emoved  to  Baxter  Springs,  Cherokee  Co.,  Kansas,  and  i 
thej-e  Aug.  9,  1878. 

[8e  V  e  n  t  h  G  e ne  ra t  i  o  n .  ]     Ch  i  Id  ren : 

3355.  i.  JirsTus  Child;  lives  At  Parker^s  LanHing,  Pa. 
3356    ii.  Frank  Chit.u;  lives  at  Baxter  Spring:^  Kansas. 

[Sixth  Generation  J 

3830.  iv.  R<?v.  TnoM.AS  Perry  Ghilds,  fourth   child   a53 

third  son  of  Dolphus  and  Chloe  Jack.^n  Child,  b.  in  Wc 

st4Xjk,  Ct„  Jan.  8,  1817,  lA.   Sept  21,  1840,  at  Troy,  Ohic 

Altezera  E,  Eak>ii,  dau.  of  He  v.  Zelva  Eaton.     Mr.  Childs  is  i 

clerg\'man  of   the  Baptist   denomination.     He  is  exiensivelj 

and  favorably  known  its  the  discoverer  of  a  catarrh   remedj 

called    '*  Childs'  Catarrh   Spet^ific/*     Much   success  seems 

have  attended  his  efforts  in  this  dii^ection,  as  would  be  indij 

cated  by  the  numerous  flattering  testimonials  which  have 

published  fram  those  who  have  been  benefitted  by  its  use; 

sides  in  Troy,  Ohio. 

[Seventh  Generation. J     Children: 
33.'i7.  r.  Almira  Childs,  b.  Jul?  22..1«41,  nj.  Nov.  23, 1865,  Dr.  J.  H.Gr^en 

3358.  ii.  Abbott  Eaton  Childs,  b  Aug.  29,  lS4o,  m,  Olive  A,  Shillinj 

3359.  iii.  Edwin  Douglass  Childs,  Ii.  May  15.  1850.  d   An^^  30.  1850. 
3860-  iv.  Mary  Estbkr  Childs,  b.   Aug.  18.    1853,   m.  Dee.  25,   187 

Albert  D.  Knitk. 
3301.  V.  Altezera  Childs,  b.  Jnne  28, 1S56,  d.  Aug,  21,  1856 

3362.  vi.  Clara  Chm.dk,  \  ^  fK  Julv  22,  1858,  d.  July  28,  1858. 

3363.  vii   cUlla  Child?.  )  m  n>.  July  22,  1858,  d.  Oct.  23,  1858. 

3364.  viii.  Frank  Perry  CmLDji.  b.  Aug.  «P,  1660* 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

3357.  i.  Almika  Childs,  eldest  child  of  Eev.  Thos.  Perry 
and   Altezera  E.  Eaton   Childs,  K  Jan.  22^  1841,  m.  Nov.  23/ 
181^5,  Dr.  J.  H,  Green. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  399 

ghth  Generation.]    Child: 
3465.  i.  Anna  Mart  Grbbn,  b.  Jan.  19,  1871. 

eventh  Generation  ] 

335S.  ii.  Abbott  Eaton  Childs,  second  child  and   eldest 
on  of  Rev.  Thos.  Perry  and   Altezera  E.  Eaton  Childs,  b- 
Aug.  29,  1845,  m.  May  11,   1875,  Olive  A.  Shilling;  reside  in 
Troy,  Ohio. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 

3366.  i.  Thomas  Maxwell  Childs,  b.  Dec.  30,  1877. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

3360.  iv.  Mary  Esther  Childs,  fourth  child  and  second 
dau.  of  Rev.  Thos.  Perry  and  Altezera  E.  Eaton  Childs,  b. 
Aug.  18,  1852,   m.   Dec.   25,   1873,  Albert  Dye  Knick ;  resi- 
dence Troy,  Ohio, 
f  Eighth  Generation  ]    Child: 

3367.  i.  Albbrt  Dye  Knick,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1875. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3331.  V.  RowENA  Child,  fifth  child  and  second  dau.  of 
Dolphus  and  Chloe  Jackson  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Aug. 
16,  1822,  m.  Mch.  10,  1844,  William  Bennett,  b.  Feb.  18, 1821, 
d.  Oct  15,  1853. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

3368.  i.  M.  Ledru  Rollin  Bennett,  b.  Aug.  19,  1846.  m  May  12,  1867, 
Dora  Lamora  Rogs;  she  was  b.  Aug.  20,  1846. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3332.  vi.  Mary  Child,  sixth  child  and  third  dau.  of  Dol- 
phus and  Chloe  Jackson  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  July  16, 
1824,  m.  Nov.  1,  1859,  Samuel  I.  Cooley,  son  of  Job  M.  and 
Eugenie  Cooley.  He  was  b.  in  Phansalia,  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y., 
March  6,  1831, 

(Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 
3869.  i.  Dolpbus  Job  Cooley,  b.  Sept.  6.  1861. 

3370.  ii.  Carroll  Abbott  Cooley,  b.  July  28.  1863. 

3371.  iii.  Clarbncb  Dana  Coolby,  b.  July  30,  1865. 

3372.  iv.  Chloe  Euob^ib  Cooley.  b.  Jan.  3,  1869. 

f  Fourth  Generation.] 

3316.  xii.  William  Child,  2d,  twelveth  child  and  fourth 
son  of  Dea.  Thomas  and  Anna  Morris  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock, 
Ct,  Dec.  4,  1752,  m.  Dec.  29,  1780,  Susannah  Corbin. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children : 

3878.  i.  Lillib  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  16,  1781. 

8374.  ii.  Abigail  Lillib  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  March  23,  1786. 


CHAPTER    VL 


JOSHUA  CHILD. 

The  reader  wlio  lias  become  fti miliar  with  the  name  o( 
Isaac  Child  of  Boston,  who  gathered  much  of  the  early  stat 
embodied  in  this  work,  will  observe  his  descent  from  Benjamtf 
the  emigrant,  through  the  Joshua  Child  who  beads  this  Chap-^ 
ter. 
[Secoud  Genemtion.J 

5*  iii.  Joshua   Child,  third  child  aiul   son   of   Benjamij 
Child,  tlie  emigrant,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  1658.    We  learn  tl 
**Apostle  Elliot"  laid  upon  his  head  the  consecrating  waters  i 
baptism,  giving  to  him  the  name  Joshua,  on  the  20th  of  J\ir 
1H5S  ;  at  the  same  time,  in  like  manner  enfolding  the  elder  soli 
Ephraim  and  Benjamin.     The  happy  union  of  his  brother  Ben* 
jamin  witli  Grace  Morris,  brought  Joshua  into  pleasant  frien 
ship  with  the  Morris  family,  and  resulted  in  his  alliance  May 
1685,  with  Elizabeth  Morris^  a  sister  of  Giw;e,  she  was  born  Mar 
26^  1(566.     A  memorandum  upon  a  legal  paper  belonging 
Mr.  Benjamin  Child,  signed  by  Mr,  Joshua  Child^  states  ti 
he  had  received  his  full  part  of  the  estate  of  his  late  fatl 
some  time  before;  bestowed  upon  him  dtrubtless  by  Ins  fatfc 
at  the  time  of  his  marriage,  with   a  view  to  Viis  comfortal 
establishment  in  life.     Mr.  Joshua  Cliild  made  his  home  a  she 
distance  west  of  the  old  homestead  in  the  now  pleasant  \*\\\% 
of  BiTtokliue,  Mass.     Here  generation  after  generation  of  tb" 
family   lived  and   died  for  nearly  two  hundred   years,     M^ 
Joshua  Child  was  a  man  much  respected,  and  held  numeroil 
offices  of  importance  and  lionor  in  this  town  uj)  to  the  time  ( 
his  decease.     His   health   l^ecame  much  impared,  and  entii 
loss  of  sight  shadowed  his  latter  days,  so  that  his  death  on  Hi 
18th  of  January,  172^1,  was  unto  !iim  indeed  an  entrance  in|| 
light     The  full  imtriarehal  number  of  children  gratred  tW 
bome,  thougli  not  all  of  the  twelve  grew   to  maturity.     Mu 
Elizabeth  Morris  Chih!  died  March  6,  1754,  aged  88. 
[Third  Geoenition.  ]    ChjUJrx?n : 

8375.  i.  Joshua  Child.  Jr.,  b.  June  20, 1687,  m.  Sept.  6,  1715,  Df^hnn 
Weld, 

3a76,  ii.  Isaac   C«rLf>,  U  Dfc.  30,  1688,  ra.  1st*  1718.  Sarah  Newell; 
«d,  1716.  Elizabeth  Welti. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  401 

3377.  iii.  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  July  20,  1691,  m.  Dec.  18,  1711,  John 
May  of  Roxbury,  who  removed  to  Woodstock,  Ct. 
8378.  iv.  Mehitablk  Child,  b.  Oct.  27,  1693. 

3379.  V.  Joseph  Child,  b.  Jan.  7, 1696,  m.  Nov.  29. 1722,  Abigail  Bridges. 

3380.  vi.  Abigail  Child,  b.  Mch.  15;  1698,  m.  Nov.  12, 1719,  Jas.  Draper. 

3381.  vii.  Ann  Child,  b.  April  8,  1700,  m.  Joshua  Murdock,  of  Newton, 
Mass. 

3382.  viii.  Dorothy  Child,  b.  May  5,  1701,  m.  May  2,  1723,  Ebenezer 
Draper. 

3383.  ix.  Prudence  Child,  b.  July  22,  1703. 

3384.  X.  Samuel  Child,  b.  Nov.  7,  1705,  d.  young. 

3385.  xi.  Samuel  Child,  2d,  b.  Feb.  4,  1707. 

3386.  xii   Caleb  Child,  b.  Sept.  16, 1709.  m.  Oct.  19, 1728,  Rebecca  Dana. 

[Third  Generation.] 

3375.  i.  Joshua  Child,  Jr.,  eldest  child  of  Joshua  and  Eliza- 
beth Morris  Child,  b.  June  20,  1687,  m.  Sept  6,  1715,  Deborah 
Weld. 

[Fourth  Generation.]    Children : 

3387.  i.  Abijah  Child,  b.  Feb.  24, 1717,  d.  Dec.  3,  1719. 
3888.  ii.  Mary  Child,  b.  Dec.  24,  1718.  d.  Dec.  21,  1719. 

3389.  iii.  Abuah  Child,  2d,  b.  Nov.  21, 1720,  d.  young. 

3390.  iv.  Joshua  Child,  Jr.,  b.  April  21, 1722,  d.  young. 

3391.  V.  Joshua  Child,  2d,  b.  April  22,  1726. 

[Third  Generation.] 

3376.  ii.  Isaac  Child,  second  child  of  Joshua  and  Elizabeth 
Morris  Child,  b.  Dec.  20,  1688,  m.  1st,  1713,  Sarah  Newell  :  m. 
2d,  1716.  Elizabeth  Weld. 

[Fourth  Generation.]    Children.     By  Sarah  Newell : 

3392.  i.  Sarah  Child,  b.   April  11,   1715,  m.  Ezra  Davis,  of  Roxburj', 


By  Elizabeth  Weld: 

3393.  ii.  Isaac  Child,  Jr.,  b.  April  30,  1717,  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  d.  yg. 

3394.  iii.  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  June  12,  1718,  in  Brookline.  Mass.,  m. 
June  15,  1738,  John  Payson. 

3395.  iv.  Esther  Child,  b.  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  Feb.  17, 1720,  d.  young. 

3396.  V.  Isaac  Child,  2d,  b.  in  Brookline,  Mass ,  May  1,  1722,  m.  Dec. 
12,  1745,  Elizabeth  Weld. 

3397.  vi.  Esther  Child.  2d,  b.  in  Brookline.  Mass ,  Nov.  14,  1724,  m. 
Josiah  Murdock,  of  Newton.     He  d.  May  23,  1794. 

vii.  Abigail  Child,  b.  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  April  15,  1727. 
9.  viii.  Anna  Child,  b.  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  April  24,  1730. 


[Fourth  Generation.] 

3396.  V.  Isaac  Child,  Jr.,  fifth  child  of  Isaac  and  Elizabeth 
Weld  Child,  b.  May  1,  1722,  m.  Dec.  12, 1745,  Elizabeth  Weld. 
He  A  May  23,  1794. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

3400.  i.  David  Child,  b.  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  Nov.  2,  1740,  d.  Oct.  16. 
:766. 


WAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  UASS. 

3401.  ii    Abu  An  Child,  U.  in  Brookiine,  Mii&^   Dec    7,  1748,  m 
Uavis,  of  Eoxburr.    She  wa«  b.  Oct.  9.  1748»  d.  July  34»  18S(>. 

d403.  ill.  Makt  CatLD,  b.  in  Brookiine,  Mas&,  Mjiy  2,  1750.  m.  Dmiid 
White,  of  Brooktine. 

fi^O^,  iv.  Abigail  Child,   b   in  Brookiine,  Mass*  Feb.  5*  1753,  m  Jahft^ 
Colbnm,  of  Sturbridge,  Masvs. 

3404.  T.  Daxiel  caiLO,  b    in  Brookiine,  Mass..  Feb.  19.  1754^  m  Qoi.| 
29,  1781,  Reb€<*ca  Riehjirds. 

3405.  VI.  £Liz%KeTH  Child,  b.  in  Brookiine,  Mass.,  Feb  9»  175«,  d  jg. 

3406.  vii.  Elizabeth  Child.  2d,  b.  in  Brookiine.  Mi^s^  Jnljr  2^1 1758^ 
d  young. 

34(r7.  riti.  Sa&aii  Child^  b.  in  Stnrbridge,  Man  «  May  1,  1760.  d.  jcMing 
3408.  ix.  Amf  Child,  b  in  Sturbridge,  Mas^^  Jan.  11,  ITHl,  d  young. 
3409*  3L  Isaac  CittLD,  b.  in  Sturbiidge.  Maas..  Mht  2.  1703,  tn   E^hei 
Bifcrdwell. 

3410.  xi,  JoaSPfi  Child,  b.  in  Stnrbridge,  Hass ,  Oct  16,  1763, 

3411.  xii.  David  Weld  Child,  b.  in  Stnrbridj^e,  Mass,,  Feb,  10*  U 
m.  April,  1801,  AbigHJI  Dnrr.  dan.  of  Ebenezer  Dorr,  merchaiit. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

8401.  ii,  Abu  AH  Child,  second  child  of  Isaac  and  Elizab 
Weld  Child,  b,  in  Brookiine,  Ma»,  Dec,  7,  1748,  m  abt.  17T1 
Loig  Davis,  of  Boxbury,  who  was  b.  Oct  25,  174 J*,  d.  May  l( 
1S24.     Mr  Abijah  Child  first  settled  in  Roxbury,  Mass..  and 
thence  removed  to  Sturbridge,  Mass. 
[Sixth  Genexation.)    Children: 

a41S.  i.  Mary  Child,  b.  July  5,  1778,  ra   Peres  Walker,  of  Starbrid 
&la». 

3413.  ii.  William  Child,  b.  in  Sturbndg^t  Mass.,  April  15, 1780.  unni. 

3414.  til.  Sarah  Child,  b.  in  Sturbrid^e.  Mass.,  Meh.  1,  1782,  ni.  Lyman 
Morse,  of  Sturbridge,  Masi. 

3415.  is  AMAi^A  Child,  b.  in  Sturbridge.  Mass.,  Mch.  31,  1784,  m.  De^— r 
1, 1808.  CvTHhitt  Freeman,  dau.  of  Comfort  Freeman.  She  wash  Oct.^H 
1784,  d.  July  9,  1630.    He  d.  Dec.  27,  1828.  1^ 

3416.  V,  Najic  T  Child,  b.  in  Sturbridge,  Mass..  June  80. 1786.  rn.  Lyniana 
Johnson. 

[Sixth  Oonenition  J 

3412,  i.  Makv  Child,  elde:?t  child  nf  Abijah  and  Dns 
Child,  b.  Jnly  5,  1778,  m.  Perez  Walker,  of  Sturbridge, 
[Seventh  Genoralton  J    Children : 

3417.  L  LoriSA  Walksr,  b.  Feb  23,  1800. 

3418.  ii.  Mauv  Walker,  b.  0<?t.  ^,  1804. 

3419.  iii.  CHEeTEH  Walker,  b.  Oct,  28,  1802 
.-1430.  IT.  Clorikda  Walker,  b.  Mch.  26,  1809 

[Sixth  Generation,] 

3413,  ii.  William  Child,  second  child  of  Abjjari  and 
Davis  Child.     Was  a  leading  and  successful  merchant  in  Bait 
more,  Maryland.     He  was  never  married,  but  has  left  memorials 
in  his  successful  and  useful  life,  which  his  friends  will  be  glad 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  403 

to  preserve  in  these  records.  The  knowledge  of  the  history  of 
Mr.  Child  as  a  representative  man  of  the  branch  to  which  he 
l^elonged,  obtained  from  one  of  the  line,  will  justify  some 
pleasant  inferences : 

It  is  a  prominent  feature  in  the  characteristics  that  distin- 
guish the  family  surname,  that  practical  life  partakes  of  the 
sober  and  robust  cast,  derived  from  the  age  in  which  the  Puri- 
tans lived,  and  gave  complexion  to  the  moi*al  and  social  phases 
of  society.     The  successes  of  life,  though    not    remarkably 
striking,  with  few  exceptions  have  grown  out  of  the  vitalizing 
and  enduring  elements,  which  underlie  the  structure  of  sub- 
stantial and  prosperous  communities.     We  find  this  happily 
illustrated  in  the  brief  history  of   Mr.  William  Child,  second 
^on  of  Mr.  Abijah  Child,  of  the  5th  generation.     His  personal 
"V-  irtues  were  the  basis  of  his  active  and  useful  life.     They  won 
^or  him  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  his  fellow  citizens,  and 
^^>Qade  him  a  benefactor  to  his  race.     His  kinsmen  may  proudly 
^^herish  the  memory  of  so  worthy  a  representative  of  their  line, 
'^he  estimate  in  which  he  was  held  as  a  citizen  of  Baltimore 
>nay  be  seen  in  an  article  copied  from  the  Baltimore  American, 
^n  the  occasion  of  his  death  February  11,  1862.     It  says  : 

**No  citizen  was  more  remarkable  for  his  punctuality  and  uniformly 
Tegular  deportment  than  the  deceased,  and  his  amiable  and  benevolent  dis- 
position was  well  known  and  endeared  him  to  a  large  circle  of  intimate 
friends.  The  regularity  of  his  habits  may  well  be  judged  of  when  we  state 
that  for  forty-eight  years  he  never  failed  to  appear  at  his  counting  room 
before  breakfast,  and  during  that  long  period  he  was  never  once  known  to 
be  absent  from  his  pew  in  church.  For  the  city  of  his  adoption  Mr.  Child 
entertained  the  liveliest  feelings  of  affection  and  regard ;  and  when  the  in- 
vasion by  the  British  took  place,  in  1814,  he  stood  manfully  in  its  defence  in 
Port  McHenry.  Cherishing  warmly  the  principles  of  christian  philanthropy 
he  shaped  the  whole  action  of  his  life  by  the  golden  rule  of  *  doing  unto 
others  as  he  would  be  done  by.'  " 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

8414.  iii.  Sarah  Child,  third  child  of   Abijali   and  Lois 
Davis  Child,  b.  Mch.  1,  1782,  m.  Lyman  Moi*se  of  Sturbridge, 
Mass. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

3421.  1.  William  Child  Morse,  b.  in  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  Feb.  23,  1805. 

3422.  ii.  JuLLA.  Morse,  b.  in  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  March  29,  1809. 

3423.  iii.  Samuel  Morse. 

3424.  iv.  Lyman  Morse,  Jr.,  d.  1858. 

3425.  V.  Sarah  Morse,  d.  1863. 


404 


BKXIAMTK  CHILO  OF  ROXBtTBT,  M.iSS. 


fSiitli  Getiemttoii.] 

8415.  iv.  Capt  AMAi^A  Child,  fourth  child  and  second  i 
of  Abijah  and  Lois  Davis  Child,  h,  in  Sturbridge,  Mas8.,  Mch 
21,  1784,  HL  Dee.  1.  1808,  Cynthia  Freeman,  dau.  of  Comfort 
Freeman  of  Sturbridge,  Of  the  substantial  men  of  the  perio 
Mr.  Child  runked  among  the  most  popular  of  h\s  fellow  town 
men  for  intelligence,  sturdy  principles  and  general  prooperitj 
As  a  tiller  of  the  soil  he  was  prosperous,  and  successful  ill 
securing  the  means  for  a  comfortable  independence  for  hims 
and  family.  As  a  patriot  he  gave  to  his  country  willing 
unconstrained  service  at  the  time  of  the  British  invasion  i 

1812.  In  this  war  he  held  a  captain's  commission  and  serv( 
to  its  close,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged  to  serve 
couTrtr}^  in  a  civil  capacity.    His  public  ser\'iees,  as  a  repr 
tative  from  the  town  of  Sturbridge,  for  a  term  of  ^-ears  in  s« 
cession  in  the  Massachusetts  Legislature,  are  proofs  of 
confidence  repose<i  in  him  hj  his  fellow  townsmen.     He  di€ 
in  mature  manho*id,  beque^ithing  to  a  large  family  of  inter 
ing  sons  and  daughters  the  virtues  of  a  worthy  father. 
ISeventh  (jenerHtton.]    Children : 

a42«.  i.  ALPHUN80  Chm.d,  b.  in  Sturliridge.  Mas*,  Sept.  10,  1809j 
Aug.  28  1830. 

3427.  ii,  AMAKDi  Cifn.Or^t»  in  Sturbridge,  Mu-^s ,  Saw  15,  181 K  ru.  Mi 
4,1831,  Fit?,hu*rh  Mors<?. 

5J428.  iii    CvsTHrA   Fiikkman  Child,  b.  in  Sturbridge,  Mass..  Sept  l(| 

1813,  m,  Oct.  6.  183*1,  Howard  Upbam. 
3420.  iv    Abuau  Chtlo,  b.  in  Starbndge,  Mass.,  Dec.  8.  1815,  m,  Sep 

24.  1840,  Hftiumb  Tpham, 

3430.  V    Anna  Child,  b.  in  Sturbridge,  M»ss  .  Mart-h  30,  181». 

8431.  vi.  Adoihox   Child,   b.  in   Stnrbrid^e,    MAi*.*^,.  Jan.  30,   1821. 
Abbie  Cunmn/?ham  Child 

3432,  vii.  Adalinb  Sophia  Chii.d,   b.  in  Sturbridge,  3[ass.,  March  1^. 
1828,  m.  May  16,  1855,  Henry  Porter. 

8438.  vili  Clarinda  Cnn.D.  b.  in  Sturbridge,  Mas».»  Oct.  25,  1830,  < 
Feb.  3,  1827. 

8434.  ix.  Amaia  Davis  Child,  b  in  .3turbridg*»  Mass..  July  9L  18 
d.  July  14, 1829. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

342T,  ii.  Amanda  Child,  ekle^t  dau.  unci  second  child 
Aniasii  and  Cynthia  Freeman  Child,  U  in  Sturbridge,  Ma 
Nov,  15,  1811,  m.  May  4,  ISHl,  Fitzlnigli  Morse:  she  d,  Apr 
1  7,  18ti7. 
[Eighth  Genemtion.]    Children: 

343.1  I  Henry  Alfhon^o  Morsb.  b.  March  2T,  1838,  m.  Sept.  29.  18 
Joey  D.  Cunningham. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  405 

^436.  ii.  Amaba  Child  Mokse.  b.  Oct.  24,  1838,   ra.  1858,  Mary  Ann 
South  wick. 

3437.  iii.  Fitz  Albert  Morse,  b.  May  25,  1839,  m.  May,  1875,  Helen  D. 
Colting. 

3438.  iv.  Ellen  Eugenia  Morse,  b  Oct.  20,  1844,  m.  Sept.  29,  1870, 
Kev.  Richard  Metcalf. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

3435.  L  Henry  AlphonscI  Morse,  eldest  child  of  Amanda 
Chad  and  Fitzhugh  Morse,  b.  Mch.  27,  1832,  m.  Sept  29, 
1857,  Joey  D.  Cunningham. 

I     [Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 
3439.  i.  Ruth  Morse,  b.  1858. 

3440.  ii.  Abba  Child  Morsb,  b.  1861. 

3441.  iii.  Gertrude  Morse,  b.  1864. 

fEighth  Generation.] 

3436.  ii.  Amasa  Child  Morse,  second  chil^  and  son  of 
Amanda  Child  and  Fitzhugh  Morse,  b.  Oct  24, 1833,  m.  1858, 
Afary  Ann  South  wick. 

C^inth  Generation.]    Children: 

3442.  i.  William  Child  Morse,  b.  1859. 

3443.  ii.  Anna  Southwick  Morse,  b.  1860. 

3444.  iii.  Edna  Southwick  Morse,  b.  1862. 

3445.  iv.  Henrt  Alphonso  Morse,  b.  1870. 

V]Eighth  Generation.] 

3437.  iii.  FiTZ  Albert  Morse,  third  child  and  son  of 
Amanda  Child  and  Fitzhugh  Morse,  b.  May  25,  1839,  ra.  May, 
1875,  Helen  D.  Colting. 

[Ninth  Generation. J    Children : 

3446.  i.  Robert  Cunningham  Morse,  b.  1877. 

3447.  ii.  Albert  Child  Morse,  b.  1878. 

[Seventh  Generation  ] 

3428.  iii.  Cynthia  Freeman  Child,  third  child  and  second 
(lau.  of  Amasa  and  Cynthia  Freeman  Child,  b.  Sept  15,  1813, 
m.  Oct.  6,  1836,  Howard  Upham;  she  d.  1873. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

3448.  i.  Lucius  Everett  Upham,  b.  1838,  m.  1858,  Emily  Dorman. 

3449.  ii.  Addison  Child  Upham,  b.  1842. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3429.  iv.  Abijah  Child,  fourth  child  and  second  son  of 
Amasa  and  Cyithia  Freeman  Child,  b.  in  Sturbridge,  Mass., 
Dec.  8,  1815,  m.  Sept  24,  1.^40,  Hannah  Upham  ;  he  d.  Dec. 
11,  1875. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

3450.  i.  Alphonso  Freeman  Child,  b.  1841,  d.  Au^.  20. 1864,  a  prisoner 
of  war  at  Andersonville. 


40ti 


BENJAMIN  CHILI)  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


3451.  ii.  Flohknck  C.  Child*  h  1845,  m.  WiMiara . 

3452.  iii,  William  Child,  b.  1846. 

3453.  iv.  Ada  Lois  Child,  b,  1848. 
^454,  V.  Hannah  Clara  Child,  b.  1850,  ni,  Clureru'C  Sb  urn  way,  I 

[Seventh  Generation  ] 

34'Ml  w  Anna  Child,  third  Jau.  and  fifth  child  of  An 
and  CvHthiu  Freeirian  Child,  b.  in  StiirbridgCj  Masa.^  Mch. 
1S19.  She  was  a  teacher  of  pleasant  meniury,  in  Virginia  and 
California;  she  died  in  the  latter  State  Aug.  6j  1865,  greatlj 
respected  and  lamented,  as  well  iar  her  philanthi'opv  an  for  ber 
capacity  ^is  an  instructor.  The  Boston  C/trwlian  H^gt^ter  of 
September  3,  1S65,  pay.s  the  following  deserved  tribute  to  ibe 
memorv  of  Miss  Child  : 

"  Th<?  subject  of  this  notice.  Miss  Anna  Chiitl,  wb<>si>  death  we  elirnnk 
to-diiy,  wtks  a  nutiveof  Stiirbridg<.\  Mass*  She  becanit*  early  in  lifi*  a  teHch^r 
in  the  South,  but  living  in  the  midst  of  slavery  her  views  in  regiird  t*i  it 
became  grarluftlly  so  niut-'b  at  variance  with  thme  with  wliem  ^Jic  daClj 
asso-ciattid  that  she  found  t*ho  must  veil  ber  j*entiments.  and  sacrifice  oithcr 
her  personal  feelings  or  her  sphere  of  usefulnetis  there.  She  cho#«?  ih# 
Ifttttr  ami  rcLurned  to  the  North,  iilthoiigh  in  so  doifig  she  pitrted  with 
many  warm  and  estimablr  pers^inal  friends  there.  After  spending  fcin^ 
years  at  home,  she  determined  to  seek  a  nt'W  and  enlorg^od  ftpbert?  tif  doio^ 
gcMxl,  and  went  to  California,  in  lt^i9y  in  the  same  steamer  iliai  carried  oal 
oar  lamented  SUir  Kin^  and  fumily.  She  opened  n  scliool  for  ^rls  th«nt^ 
which  she  eontinaed  to  the  time  of  ber  last  illness^,  oftentiraejs  nx'e?ing  aii4 
instructing  such  as  were  unable  to  pay  for  it.  She  wa.M  a  eonsUnt  and  »tii- 
cere  worshipper  at  the  Unitarian  churi-h.  and  was  an  efHoiciit  and  o)n9cif 
tious  teacher  in  the  Sunday-sehooL  during  Mr.  King's  ministry  and  «in 
and  as  Mr  Stebbins  writes,  'found  her  own  happine*!*  in  making  oth 
happy,'  Iler  funeral  was  in  the  Unitarian  *-'hureh,  Ang.  7,  att*!tnde«l 
many  in  em  liens  of  the  Sauday-sehool  and  n  goodly  number  of  (hossf 
had  1  le  e  n  att rae  t ed  by  h  e r  u  n  se  1  fi sh  giyodn  ess,  A  t  th  e  regu  1  a  r  teac  h er> *  mfi 
ing,  held  Aug.  14th,  the  following  preamble  and  r^^solu lions  were  piiamhJ  : 

*God  in  bis  infinite  wisdom  has  remaned  one  of  our  niimtier  bydeatJ 
Anna  Child  was  for  many  years  conneeted  with  this  Sunday-School^ 
her  faithful  and  uiitinng  serviee.  her  gentle  disposition  and  unfallJI^ 
for  the  school^  bad  won  the  esteem  and  affection  of  all  who  knew  \wr. 
we  miss  her  from  her  sphere  of  duty,  and  wonder  why  one  «o  useful  shoiUii 
be  so  suddenly  taken  away;  it  i>  at  lea.^t  some  eousMlatiou  to  belio 
for  her  '  U>  du*  h  gain/  still  it.  is  becoming  us  to  reoinxnise  our  lam^ 
tender  otir  synipivt by  to  ber  In-reHved  friends.     Therefore,  Jlrttnitt 
theSu]jerint'emU*nt  be  instructed  bi  convey  to  the  friends  and  familyl 
Chihl  our  sense  of  her  worth,  and  the  loss  we  have  sustained  m   herl 
and  offer  our  sympathy  with  them  in  their  bereavement* 

San  Fkan€iscc»,  <'al  ,  Au\;   14,  18t>5,  Sahuel  S.  CrxTEit. 

Supt.  Pilgrim  tSniiday  SchonlJ 

[Seventh  Uent-ratlon.j 

3431  vi.  Addison  Child,  thiixl  son  arrd  sixth  cbtidj 
Amasa  and  Cynthia  Freeman  Cliild,  b.  in  Sturbridgc, ; 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  407 

Jan.  30,  1821,  m.  Abbie  Cunningham  Child,  dau.  of  Joshua 
and  Lucretia  Dorr  Child,  who  was  b.  1817,  d.  May  20,  1874. 

Mr.  Addison  Child  is  a  thorough  Anglo-Saxon  in  personnel, 
six  feet  in  height,  symmetrical  in  figure,  and  of  a  fine  pres- 
ence. A  goodly  inheritance  of  strong  physical  and  mental 
qualities,  have  been  developed  and  cultivated.  The  advantages 
of  home  and  foreign  travel  have  enlarged  his  powers,  and  in 
the  refinement  of  cultured  society  he  finds  his  true  home.  His 
literary  attainments  are  finely  shown  in  the  able  articles  over 
his  signature  in  the  earlier  part  of  this  book.  Of  the  mercantile 
house  of  Lewis  Audenraid  &  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.,  he  has  made 
his  financial  success  a  means  of  enjoying  the  delights  of  genuine 
rural  life,  in  St  Lawrence  Co.,  New  York,  devoting  time  and 
means  to  the  best  development  of  a  wooded,  hilly  township. 
Looking  to  the  future,  he  has  stocked  the  lakes  and  streams 
from  the  fish  nurseries  of  Western  New  York. 

fSeventh  Generation.] 

3432.  vii.  Adaline  Sophia  Child,  fourth  dau.  and  seventh 
child  of  Amasa  and  Cynthia  Freeman  Child,  b.  in  Sturbridge, 
Mass.,  Mch.  19,  1823,  m.  May  16,  1855,  Henry  Porter. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 
3455.  i.  Theodore  Child  Porter,  b.  1860. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

3404.  V.  Daniel  Child,  fifth  child  and  third  son  of  Isaac 
and  Elizabeth  Weld  Child,  b.  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  Feb.  19, 
1754,  HL  Oct   29,  1781,  Rebecca  Richards,  who  was  b.  Dec.  18, 
1760,  d.  May  10,  1826.     He  d.  Oct  27,  1844. 
[Sixth  Generation]    Children: 

8456.  i.  Betsey  Child  b.  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  Jan.  24,  1772.  m.  May  5, 
1803,  Oliver  Fisher,  of  Boston.  He  was  b.  Feb.  28,  1778,  d.  April  6.  1830. 
She  d.  Oct.  17. 1858. 

3457.  ii.  Richards  Child,  b.  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  Dec.  9, 1783,  m.  Oct.  4, 
1812.  Elizabeth  Richards. 

3458.  iii.  Joshua  Child,  b.  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  Dec.  28, 1785,  m.  Aug. 
5, 1815,  Lucretia  Dorr. 

3459.  iv.  John  Richards  Child,  b.  in  Brookline,  Mass..  Aug.  28, 1788, 
m.  in  1820,  Hannah  Richards. 

3460.  V.  Isaac  Child,  b.  in  Brookline,  Mass,  Mch.  15,  1791,  d.  April  4, 
1791. 

3461.  vi.  Isaac  Child.  2d.  b.  in  Newton,  Mass.,  May  1. 1792,  in.  1st,  Eliza 
Billings;  m.  2d,  Maria  M.  Eastman;  m.  3d,  Abigail  Baker. 

3462.  vii.  Hannah  Child,  b.  in  Newton,  Mass.,  Aug.  3, 1794,  d.  Feb.  27, 
1809. 

3463.  viii.  Catharine  Richards  Child,  b.  in  Newton,  Mass.,  Feb.  27, 
1797,  d.  Oct.  19,  1873,  unmarried. 


4V-- 


iAMiS  CBILti  or  BOXBIRT.  ILA^a 


UU.  i%,  JvuA  CmtUK  bL  Ui  tUabmwf,  Mm^  Jiim  97.  I79t,  d.  Sept.  1^ 
IfM.  II 

MB.  s.  Ojitih  Csiui^  h,  m  Bo(sbnrj.  JIIm&*  Jidj  15.  tdOt.  d.  is  CEmiii- 
luti,  Olw»,  UMO,  Kitnftfmd. 

MMw  xi.  Dajtiki.  Tmjlsklix  Cbum,  h,  m  Ma^bmrr,  Mmt  ,  M»t  16^  180. 
01.  Nov,  14«  1839.  lUrf  Dsrk  Guild. 

Mf7.  itL  HAniAM  Cbu^.  tD.  If.  Mcb,  17«  1801,  d.  bf  dmwatft^  in  a  vdl. 

34o7.  ii.  RicujLBJis  Child,  aecond  child  aod  eUkest  sfm 
Dmiiiet  aad  Beberxa  Rieh&rds  ChUd«  K  in  Bnookline, 
Decv  9,  178a  m.  Oct.  i,  1812,  Elizabeth  Bkhards,  dao.  of  FaQ 
Dudley  and  Ano^  May  RichardsL    She  was  b.  Aug.  IS,  17S1 
d.  tti  Boston,  DecL  13^   I87&     Mr.  Child  d.  Not.  38,   U 
Tlie  follbwtng  obituair  from  the  Boston  Aij2y  Journal  of 
Child  will  be  read  with  interest : 

"0i;A'f9  Oir  k  Rsx^iLitABLE  OtJ>  Ladt,— Mrs.£U£ab«tii€%tld.oBttol1 
oldest  reddentR  of  Boston^  died  at  her  rpssdenee.  No.  1  Hollb  stf««t«  1 
liMNising,  at  the  A^  of  !>7  years.  3  mooths,  25  *lajs.    Al>out  nn^  jretr  < 
ille  oeiiifiid  to  g-o  down  ^tairs«  hot  she  hits  been  able  lo  walk  aUiut  htfr  cbam- 
beii  until  within  three  months.    She  did  not  take  her  bed  until  within  a  ^nrt 
time  of  her  decease,  and  she  possessed  her  facnlties  until  the  last. 

Mni.  Child  wns  the  daug^hter  of  Paul  Dudley  Richards,  who  died  In  1^ 
6t  th<^  ag^  of  82  years,  and  was  a  descendant  in  a  dinH.*t  line  of  Tti 
Dudley,  one  of  the  drst  Governors  of  the  Province  of  Massachusctt^s  Bay«  I 
conncctinjur  links  in  the  geni'alogical  chain  being  GoTemor  Joseph  Dudkjj 
WilKam  Dudley,  KUjtaWih   Dudley  Richards  and   Paul   Dudley   Richi 
She  wa?*  lK>ru  Auj^iAt  18  1781.  on  Bctmet  street^  near  the  eiirii»T  of  Wa 
tngton,  her  parentis  having  bat  one  other  child,  Joseph,  who  died  in  18 
Marrying  Mr.  Uie hards  Child,  of  thb  city,  she  had  two  children,  both 
whom  she  outlived-    These  children  were  EtizalK'th.  wife  of  the  late  Dr,  At] 
Ball  (deeeai»ed  in  1656),  and  Henr>^  R  Child  (deceased  in  li^T).     Her  hti 
hand  died  in  1840,    At  the  pre^nt  time  her  nearest  liring  relatives  are  J 
grnndnon,  Mr.  Dudley  R.  Child  of  this  city,  and  sei'eral  nephews  and  iiie 
For  many  years  nhe  ha*  lived  in  the  old  houst*  nt  the  corner  of  Hollis  and 
Wushington  streets,  which  was  bnilt  by  her  father  in  1790,  he  having  pu 
ehaned  the  land  soon  after  the  great    fire   of   1787.  paying  thenjfor  ifa 
Hum  of  £100     She  has  always  lived  within  200  yanh  of  this  spot.     Ma 
Child  was*  a  woumn  of  much  inlelUgence,  and  reUiined  her  mental  facultit 
t^»  the  liwt.  not  only  poHse^^sing  vivid  reeollcetions  of  old-time  events   bt 
taking  an  interest  in  current  events  which  led  her  to  keep  fully  iiifor 
concerning  them,    11  er  eyesight  was  remarkable,  and  she  iwt^r  was  oblig 
to  ui?e  glaaees,  bnl  up  to  a  few  weeks  before  her  death  she  read   for  her 
the  news  of  thB  time  as  given  in  the  columns  of  Thi*  DitUy  Journal, 
which  ^h«  hns  been  a  constant  sub5enbt?r  "iince  186!,  at  which  time  she  gal 
up  the  Vmtrit^r  on  ari^niint  of  its  secession  proclivities  which  did  notaccofl 
with  her  oUl-fashioncd  ''  Whig  "  sentiments     She  w«s  a  devout  chrit^tii 
and  a  mem  her  of  the  Hollis  Street  Church,  in  which  she  owned  a  pew  inher 
od  f  rotu  her  tincestora.      She  held  pleasant  memories  of  her  former  paste 


I 
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I 


AKD  HIS  DESCE^IDANTS.  409 

Bew   Mr.   Wight,    Rev.   Siitnuel  West^    Row    Homre   Holly,  and  others. 
Among  her  memories  ot  general  evenLs  wns  thut  of  having  s^een  Geiu  Wash- 
ington on  Orange  ?>treet,  now  Washington  street,  when  she  was  ahout  Lweh^e 
years  of  age      In  her  cliarities  Mrs.  Child  was  unostentatious  and  aetuated 
bj  good  juc!graent      Her  way  of  livnig  wa^^  quiet  and  her  dir^position  peace- 
ful, and  to  thes^e  facts,  together  with  her  possession  of  a  sound  eonstitution* 
may  he  attributed  the  great  length  of  her  life.     In  some  respects  she  was 
peculiar,  never  having  been  inside  an  omnibus  horse-car  or  steara-car.   Still 
she  hns  visited  the  White  Mountains,  the  State  of  Maine,  and  various  parts 
of  this  State,  always  traveling,  however,  in  a  carriage  or  stage  coach     Given 
fo  industry  throughout  her  life,  she  wru  able  to  At^w  and  knit  to  within  a 
short  time  of  iier  deuth.     Her  last  days  hftve  been  eomioited  by  the  lender 
ministrations  of  her  faithfnl  eompanion.  Miss  Lydia  Ball,  who  has  resided 
Willi  her  over  twenty-seven  yeans.    She  was  in  many  respects  a  very  retnark- 
j^hlc  wora&n,  and  her  decease  removes  one  more  of  those  who  are  living  ties 
tDctween  the  last  centnry  and  the  present  '* 
[Seventh  Genemiion]    Children: 

MeS>  i,  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass  ,  July  24,  1813,  m.  June 

•24, 1845.  Dr,  Abel  Ball,  of  Northborough,  Mas.¥.,  son  of  Dr.  Stephen  Ball,  of 

^orthbortjugb.   Mass.     He  was  b.  in  1810.    We  are  without  the  date  of  his 

death.    The  folUtwing  brief  notice  is  from  the  New  £Itigland  fltHforuuil  and 

fhnatUof/icfii  Etgister  : 

**Dr.  Ball  studied  medicine  with  hli  father  in  Northbonmgh  Mass.  He  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  Bowdoin  College  in  1837,  since  which  he 
has  been  in  the  practice  of  dentistry.  Hl*  marned  Etizabelh  R.  OhihL  The 
death  of  Dr.  Ball  was  very  sudden,  lie  was  on  a  visit  to  Phihidelphia,  and 
lifMl  attended  the  Centenm'al  Exhibition  during  the  day,  and  on  his  rL-turn 
to  the  Gloljc  Hotel  he  fell  dead  in  the  wash-rrnjm  in  the  aet  of  [uitting  his 
band  to  the  water  fiiucet.     The  cause  of  his  death  was  disease  of  the  h\?art. 

His  relative  and  friend,  Mr  ln^aac  Child,  says  of  him:  **HiH  reputation 
for  skill  in  his  profession  was  very  high.  He  was  truly  a  man  whom  to 
know  wraa  to  love.  He  had  a  heart  as  iendtT  as  a  child,  and  his  synipathies 
Were  ever  ready  to  flow  out  to  ^rt^ry  one  who  needed  them.  His  amiable 
and  alTectionate  nature  botind  his  friends  to  him  in  the  strongest  tit'Sf,  and 
deep  and  universal  will  be  the  inonrning  for  his  sudden  ami  nnexpeeted 
de|»arture."  He  was  admitted  a  member  of  the  New  England  Histori- 
f*ai  Genealogical  S<»ciety  in  Nov,  4,  18(35. 

3460.  ii.  Henby  CniLD,  h,  in    Boston,  Mass,,  July  17,  181 5,  d.  April  6, 

347(>.  iii.  IlKxav  CuiLD,  2n.  b.  in  Buslou.    Masn,,  July  25,  IBIO,  m.  June 
24.  1844*  ^arnh   Slnirtlitf    Freeman,    dan.   of   Dr.  Benjamin   ShnrtlifT   and 
widow  of  Benjamin  Freeman,     Mn  Child  was  a  merchant  in  Hill8lK>rop  HI. 
Mrs   Child  was  b.  in  IHia  d.  Aug.  8,  18T6. 
[Eighth  Oeneralion.]     Child: 

3171.  i.  DcnLEY  Ki<  uards  CniLn,  b.  June  2.  1645,  m.  Oct,  Vd,  1866, 
Missouri  Stock  well. 

fNinth  Generation  J     Children  of  Dudley  Richards  and  Missonri  Child: 
8472.  ).  Dudley  Kickards  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  16.  1867. 

3473,  ii*  Edith  Child,  b,  Sept.  37,  1870, 

3474.  ill.  JESSIE  Child,  b,  March  5,  1879. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

3458,  iii.  Joshca  Child,  third  cbikl  and  second  son  of 
Daniel   and   Rebecca  Eichat^s  Child,  b.  in  Brookline,  Mass.^ 


410 


BENJAMIX  CHILD  OF  ROXBUBr»  MASS. 


Dec,  28,  1785,  in.  Aug.  5,  IS  16,  Lucretia  Dorr,  dau.  of  Ebeue 
zer  Dorr,  of  Boston  ;  she  was  b  pjiiiie  11^,  173^1,  cL  Dee.  16,  1S63 
[Seveuth  Generation,]     Children; 

8475*  i.  Abbie  Cunningham  Child,  b.  in  I^>ston,  Mni!^..  Sept,  10, 1817,  i 
Addi»an  Child,  son  of  Amasa  and  Cynthia  FreeniAn  Child,  d.  May  24**  1874 

a476.   ii.  Hknry   I>orr   Child,   h. ,  d.   May   24   1874,  in    Florenc 

Italy,  unmarried.     It   is  considered  a  remarkable    coincidenee  that    Mifl 
Henry  Dorr  Child   and   his  sister,  Abhie  Cunnin^hAiii  Child,  wife  of  Mr 
Addiifton  Child, should  have  died  about  the  same  time  thoagh  3»0O0  or  4,IK)(> 
miles  apart  and  in  different  eountries, 

[Sixth  Generation.  1 

;M59.  iv.  John  Richards  Child,  fourth  child   and   thii 
son  of   Dniiiel   and   Rebecca   Richards  Child,  b.  in  Brookliiie 
Ma8s.,  Aug.  28,   1788,   ni.   1820.    Huniiah  Rieharrl:^,    dua.  oi 
Joshua  and  Debomli  Davis  Richai"ds ;  she  was  b.  April  IS 
17D7.     Mr.  Child  removed  to  Cincinnati,  ().,  where  he  was  en^ 
gaged   for  manj^  years  in  a  prosperous  business.     He  was 
man  of  large  benevolence,  esteemed  for  his  manly  and  nobl<| 
(innlitie,s:  bed.  Aug.  24,  186^. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 

3477.  i.  EuzABETH  Fi^jher  Child,  b.  in  Ronton,  Mass.,  1831,  m.  George 
Henry  Davis;  lived  in  Cincinnati  and  New  York  City. 

3478.  ii.  John  Richards  Child,  Jr.,  b,  ta  Boston,  ^lass.,  Jan.  29,  Ifi 
m.  Frances  Wood  of  Cineinnati,  O. 

3474).  iii.  (Jarolixe   Fran*  es  Child,  K  m  Clneinnati,  0.,  Jan.  15,  1835 
d.  Sept,  27,  1826. 

3480.  iv.  Joshua   Richards  Child,  b.  in   Cincinnati,  0..  Mar  22,  18^ 
d,  March  30,  1829. 

a481.  V.  Richard  E,  Chii^,  )  b.  In  Cincinnati,  0.,  Aug,  3,  1888J 

[•Twin?.  [d.  June  28,  1840.^ 

3482.  vi.  WARRE^•  Habti^horn  Chh^d.  )  b.  in  Cincinnati,  0.,  Aug.  S,  It 
iiL  lfeK35,  Molly  Edmondston. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3477.  i,  Elizabeth  Fisher  Child,  eldest  child  of  Jolml 
Kicliards   luid    Haiiuah    Richards  Child,  b.  in  Boston^  Masa,  i 
1821,  m.  about  1645,  George  Henrv Davis;  they  reside  in  New 
York  Citj. 
fEi>;hth  Generation.]    Children: 

3483,  i.  Hknhy  Davis,  b.  Jan.  8,  1847. 
8484.  ii.  Carlton-  C.   Davi.s,  b.  June  18,   184S,   m.  Jmh.  12.  1875, 

Helen  Force. 
3485,  iii,  Walter  John  Davi&,  b.  May  18,  1860. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

3484,  ii.  Carlton  C.  Davis,  second  child  and  smi  of 

al>eth  Fisher  Child  and  George  Henry  Davis,  b.  in  Cincioiiati,, 

*  On  page  407,  the  date  of  death  of  Mrs,  Abbie  Cunningham  Child  is  givenl 
Mwy  30,  1874.    The  discrepancy  is  owing:  lo  different  date§  in  the  reoord  sent 
na— -discovered  too  late  to  be  remedied. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 


411 


O.,  June  18,  1848,  la  Jan.  12,  1875,  Julia  Helen  Force  of 
Pittsburg,  Pa.;  she  was  b.  in  Pittsburg,  Pa,   Nov.  12,  1853. 
She  is  the  dau,  of  William  and  Mary  A.  Forve,     Mr.  Child 
resides  in  Denver,  Col 
fNinth  Getierntion.l    Child: 

3486.  i,  Oaeltok  Chables  Davis,  b.  in  Denver,  Col.,  Nov.  26,  187*j. 

[Seventh  Generation. J 

3478.  ii.  John  Eichards  Child,  second  child   and  eldest 
son  of  John  KicLards  and  Hannah  Richards  Child,  b.  m  Boston, 
Mass.,  Jan.  29,  182S,  m.  about  1846,  Frauees  Wood. 
^[Eighth  GeneraHon.]     Chiklren: 

3487.  i.  William  Woui>  CinLr*,  1».  in  Cinciimiiti,  O.,  Aug.  8.  1847. 

3488.  11.  John  RirnARDs  Child,  Jb„  b.  in  Cincinnati,  0.,  Fob,  Di,  1849. 

3489.  iii.  Ha>'nah  Frances  CaiLt*,  b.  in  Cincinnati,  O,,  1853. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

34tiL  vi.  Isaac  Child,  2d,  sixtli  child  and  fifth  son  of 
Daniel  and  Rebecca  Richards  Child,  b,  in  Newton,  Mass.,  May 
1,  1702,  m.  three  times— Lst.  Nov,  22.  1821,  Eliza  Billingi^, 
(lau.  of  Benjamin  and  Susanna  Weld  Billings  of  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  she  was  b.  1798;  rn.  2d,  July  4,  1848,  Maria  M.  East^ 
man,  dau  of  Phiueaa  and  Judith  Gale  Eastman  of  Franklin, 
N.  H.,  she  d.  April  3,  1S53,  and  he  m.  ^d,  May  31,  1854, 
Abigail  Baker,  dau.  of  Eli  Forbes  Baker,  Esq.,  of  Steuben.  Me., 
she  was  b.  Mch.  7,  1816.  Mi-s.  Eliza  Billiogs  Child  was  in- 
tered  at  West  Roxburj,  Mass.,  and  Mrs.  Maria  Eastman  Child 
at  Forest  Hill  Ceoietery,  Roxbur^^ 

Mr.  Isaac  Child  by  reason  of  his  great  age,  eligible  family 
connections,  and  many  years  of  special  devotion  to  genealogical 
reseaixih  i*elating  to  our  family  name,  is  justly  entitled  to  a 
pleasant  notice  in  this  connection.  He  was  Ixoru  in  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  on  the  fii-st  of  May,  17l>2,  raalcing  his  age  at  this  date 
(Sept  I,  1880,)  88  years  and  4  mouths.  One  possessed  of  the 
physical  and  intellectual  stamina,  whicli  it  lias  been  the  for- 
tune of  Mr.  Child  to  inherit  from  a  robust  ancestry,  could 
scarcely  live  to  his  age  without  an  instructive  history  of  much 
interest  We  should  look  for  intelligence  and  manliness,  and 
all  the  best  results  of  an  indu.strious  and  virtuous  life.  The 
fchannel  of  Mr.  Child's  activities  has  brought  him  in  contact 
"with  rnen  of  intelligence  and  culture,  and  enabled  him  to  have 
rnemories  which  future  generations  will  contenijilate  with  no 
little  interest     His  early  life  was  spent  in  mercantile  pursuits 


4ia 


BENJAMIN  CHILI)  OF  ROXBUKY,  MASa 


1 

^m 


either  in  his  own  interest  or  that  of  othei's,  which  was  charac-] 
terized   by  efficiency   and    entire   nprightness.     During  these  i 
many  years  of  business  employments,  his  reading  and  observa- 
tion have  been  quite  extensive,  resulting  in  humane  and  benev- 
t4ent  views  of  life,  as  well  ns  in  the  adoption  of  opinions  andj 
theories  on  moral  and  religious  questions,  which  have  drawn '1 
him  aside  from  the  generally  accepted  current  systems  of  the 
present  day.     Without  detracting  from   his  moral  worth  he 
might  be  regarded  as  somewhat  eccentric.     Whether  his  medi-^ 
umklic  tendencies  should  be  classed  among  his  eccentrieitied^ 
we  express  no  opinion.      He  claims,  to  quote  liis  own   lan- 
guage, "  a  foretaste  of  the  future  life  as  immediately  connected^ 
with  the  present^  as  fully  exhibited  by  the  whole  character  of^ 
Jesus  ....  overlooked  or  evaded  by  the  christian  world  of 
the  present  times/'     We  discover   in    this   no  very  great  ad- 
vance in  christian  experience  over  the  rest  of  the  christian 
world.     And   he   adds :     '*  Universal    kindness,    forgivenesaifl 
goodness,  and  unselfishness  in  every  possible  way  are  sure  to 
raise  us  toward  God  and  a  happy  futui*e.'^     There  can  be  no 
doubt  that  thase  attainments  are  the  legitimate  fruits  of  tru|^| 
faith  in  Christ,  which  is  the  common  belief  of  the  bulk  of  pro- 
fessing christians.     His  moral  honesty  cannot    be  questioned. 
The  drift  of  his  researches  for  many  years  have  been  in  the 
direction  of  genealogical  lore  and  antique  curiosities.     Speci- 
mens of  the  latter   constitute   an   unclassided  cabinet  full  o^_ 
interest.     Here  one  lives  among  the   ancienta*     The  lesson^H 
allorded  are  suggestive  of  instnictive  and  amusing  events.     It 
would  be  folly  to  call  some  of  the  results  of  a  long  life  thu^_ 
displayed,  a  waste  of  time,  and  a  proof  of  an  aimless  life — eac^| 
man  fills  a  s[>here,  no  man  lives  in  vain.     His  emanations  are 
full  of  instructive  lessons  that  should  be  used  to  make  us  wis 
and  better.     In  the  line  of  genealogical  investigations  in  beha 
of  our  familj'  name,  Mr.  Child  has  been  indefatigable.     Whil 
bodily  infirmities  are  bowing  his  once  noble  form,  his  ment 
powers  are  still  remarkable  for  vigor.     His  domestic  felicitie 
have  been  shared  and   enhanced  by  three  sucoessive  comj 
ions  in  holy  wedlock,  whose  iutelligeace,  amiability  and  mor 
worth  have  constituted   no  small  part  of  his  home  corn  for 
the  last  of  whom  still  lives  to  sympathize  with  and  care  £o 
his  declining  yeara 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.. 


413 


[Seventh  Generation.]    Children  of  Isaac  Child  by  1st  marriage  t 
8490.  L  Sophia  Bucki^nd  Child,  b.  in  Bostonj  Mass.,  Aug.  11,  1822,  m. 

Sept,  15,  1842,  James  Guild,  son  of  Samuel  Guild,  of  Roxbury,  Mass.     She 

d.  Dec,  2,  1S57.     They  had  no  ("hildreiu 

By  second  marriage : 
3491,  ii.  Susan  Rebecca  Ohilu,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Sept.  21,  1855,  d. 

Aug.  1858.  at  Steuben,  Me,    This  was  a  remarkably  mature  yhild,  and  gave 

great  promise  for  the  future. 
34f»2.  iii.  Elizabeth  Ball  Cbild,  b.  June  1,  1858,  d.  July  30,  28tlO, 

(Sixth  Generation.! 

3466.  xi.  D^iNiEL  Franklin  Child,  eleventh  child  and 
seventh  sob  of  Daniel  and  Kebecca  Richards  Cliild,  b.  in  Rox- 
bury,  Mass.,  May  10,  1803,  m.  Nov.  4,  1839,  Mary  Davis  Guild, 
dau.  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Mears  Guild,  She  was  b.  Dec.  23, 
1807,  d.  Jan.  25,  1861.     He  d  suddenly  Oct  18,  1876. 

Mr.  Daniel  F.  Child  is  so  thoroughly  presented  in  the  obit- 
uary notices  of  him  iti  three  of  the  leading  papers  of  Boston, 
the  CofmuonweaUli,  Transcript  and  Advertmr^  that  we  feel  we 
cannot  do  better  than  make  excerj>ts  therefrom  : 

'*  He  was  eoniiected  with  the  Boston  locomotive  works  and  the  Hinkby 
and  Drury  loconiolive  works,  as  treasurer*  more  than  forty  years.  He  was 
favored  from  youth  to  manhood  with  ample  means  for  early  training  and 
education ;  whoever  shared  in  the  noble  and  characteristic  justice  of  this  man 
was  made  better  and  more  happy  for  life  thereby.  Ilo-pitabl©  to  new  truth, 
though  not  carried  away  by  delusion,  he  examined  every  new  theory  in 
physics  and  morals,  and  if  his  faith  waned  he  was  as  frank  in  iU5  abandon- 
ment as  be  had  been  chivalrous  in  its  defence.  A  parishoner  and  warm 
friend  of  Theodore  Parker;  exceedingly  t^^nacious  of  opinion,  and  lirm  as 
sted  in  his  protest  against  public  wrong,  Mr.  Chihl  was  in  his  private  re- 
lations the  most  gentle  and  genial  of  men.     He 

"Never  found  fault  with  you,  never  implied 
Your  wrong  by  (his)  right;  and  yet  men  at  (his)  side 
Grew  noljlcr,  girls  purer.*' 
His  nature  seemed  proof  against  trial;  strong  and  sweet  to  the  core.     Some 
of  the  happiest  hours  of  Ins  life  were  pa:*scd  in  solitary  visits  to  his  farm  in 
West  Roxbnry.     He  was  on  his  way  to  this  favi>rite  haunt  when,  without 
A  sigh,  he  passe<l  away  in  the  railway  train,  on  the  18th  October,  1876.'' 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children  r 

3403.  i.  Mary  Louisa  Everett  Guild,  b,  in  Boston,  Mass.,  May  27,  1841, 
ra.  Oct.  5,  IStia.  Francis  Bush. 

3404.  ii.  Feanklin  David  CniLD,  b,  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Nov.  24,  1842,  m. 
at  th«  St,  James  Hole],  Boston.  Mass.,  b^  Rev.  Minot  J,  Savage, Nov.  6,  187U» 
Ebza  C.  Howard,  dau.  of  the  late  Wilham  H.  Howard. 

3495.  iii.  George   Fbkderick  Child,  b,  in  Boston,  Mans.,  Aug.  0,  1844. 
400,  iv.  Samuel  Guild  Ckiu),  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  July  21,  1549, 
B7,  V,  Sophia  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  June  3,  1853. 

ITifth  Generation,] 

340*.^  X.  Isaac  Chili>,  Jr,  tenth  child  and  fourth  son  of 
Isaac  and  Elizabeth  Wi-ld  Child,  b,  in  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  May 


414 


%  1763,  UL  Sept  30,  1792,  Esther  BardwelL     She  d    i    ^ 
1835.     He  i  April  5,  184U.     This  family  removed  to  Crafts- 
bury,  Vt;  at  what  date  is  not  given. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

3498.  i.  Esther  Child,  b.  in  Stiirbridge.  Mass.,  July  %%,  1793,  d.  same  day. 

3499.  ii.  David  Cuild,  b.  in  Sturbridge.  Mass.,  Aug.  28, 1794,  m.  Jan.  1, 
1822.  Abigail  Junes, 

3500.  iii.  Charles  Lewis  Child,  b,  in  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  Jan.  24,  1796, 
d.  young, 

3601.  iv,  Abu  AH  Child,  h.  in  Sturbridge,  Mass.^  Mch.  7,  1798,  d.  same 
day. 

3502.  V,  Charles  Lkwis  Child,  2d.  b.  in  Sturbridge,  Mas?*.,  Sept.  5,  18D0, 
in.  twice— Ul.  April  10,  1623,  Harriet  Leach;  m.  2d,  Dec,  16,  1827,  Malinda 
Leach. 

3503.  vi.  AzuBAH  Bard  well  Child,  b.  in  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  Dec.  5,  1803, 
d.  Nov.  4,  1821, 

3504.  vii.  Elizabeth  Baedwkll  Child^  b.  in  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  Jan.  18, 
1808,  m.  Mch,  16.  1828,  Ansel  Robbins.  i 

[Sisth  Generation,] 

3499.  ii,  David  Child,  second  child  and  eldest  sou  of  Isaac 

and  Esther  BardwcU  Child,  b.  in  Stnrbndge,  Mass.,  Ang.  23, 

1794,  m,  Jan.  1,  1822,  Abigail  Jones.     She  was  b.  July  3,  ISOL 

Lived  in  Craftsbury,  Vt.,  and  removed  to  Union  Centre,  Ohio. ; 

[Seventh  Generarion,]    Children: 

3505.  i.  Marian  Winfield  Cen.i>,  h,  June  12,  1826,  d.  June  5,  1R29. 

3506.  ii.  Isaac  Child,  b,  June  15,   18;J0.   m,  Mch.  24,  1864,  Clarissa  S*  j 
iKiwner. 

3507.  iii.  Simon  Bard  well  Child,  b.  April  2,  1834,  m.  April  14,  1859, 
Susan  Michael. 

8606.  iv.  William  Mason  Lewis  Child,  b.  July  10,  1838,  d.  May  2.  1839. 


3510. 


V.  Mary  Child, 
vi.  Martha  Child, 


) 


-  Twiu^.     b,  Sept.  24,  1846, 


[Seventh  Generation,] 

3507,  iii.  Simon  Hardwkix  Child,  third  child  and  second 
son  of  David  and  Abigail  Jones  Child,  b.  April  %  1834,  ra* 
April  14,  1859,  Susan  Michael. 
[Eighth  Generalion.]     Children: 

8511,  i,  Carrie  Child,  Ii.  Jud.  ao,  1860,  d.  Aug.  %  1863. 

3512.  ii.  HA'nME  M,  CHfLD.  b.  Jan,  1,  1862,  d.  May  18,  1864. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3502.  V.  Charles  Lewis  Child,  2ik  fifth  cliild  and  fourt 
Bon  of  Isaac  and  Estljer  Bardwell  Cliild,  b.  Sept.  5,  18(K),  m. 
twice — let,  April  10,  1823,  Harriet  Leach;  she  d.  Jan.  14, 
1825;  m.  2d,  Dec.  10,  1827,  Malinda  Leaeh,  sister  of  the  first 


wife;  she  d,  Ang.  7,  1879. 


Cliild  d.  Mch,   8,  1880,  in 


Deoorah,  Iowa.     Mrs.  Sallee,  a  daughter,  writes  of  her  father 
iis  a  great  but  patient  sufferer  in  the  last  months  <fi  his  life; 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  416 

but  they  were  brightened  and  cheered  by  the  prospect  of  a 
happy  future  in  his  anticipated  surroundings  in  the  spirit  world. 
He  was  an  upright  man,  well  infoimed  on  the  general  topics 
of  the  day  ;  a  man  of  genial  temperament  and  pleasant  humor. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  Decorah,  Iowa,  having  locat- 
ed there  in  1853 ;  was  active  in  the  affairs  of  town  and  county. 
(Seventh  Generation.]    Children.    By  first  marriage : 

3513.  i.  Sylvanus  Leach  Child,  b.  Dec.  16. 1824,  d.  Mch.  31, 1841. 

By  second  marriage: 

3514.  ii.  John  ICillum  Child,  b.  Sept.  3,  1828,  d.  Sept.  4,  1830. 

3515.  iii.  Sabah  Jemima  Child,  b.  Feb.  17,  1830,  m.  Jan.  11, 1849,  James 
B.  Hartgrave. 

3516.  iv.  Maey  Ann  Child,  b.  Mch.  19,  1833,  m.  Dec.  25,  1851,  John  H. 
Davin. 

3517.  V.  Esther  Child,  b.  May  25,  1835.  m.  May  25.  1856,  Daniel  C. 
Jerold. 

3518.  vi.  Darius  Child,  b.  July  17,  1837,  m.  Dec.  25,  1861,  Amanda 
Malvina  Moore. 

3519.  vii.  George  Child,  b.  April  7, 1840,  d.  Mch.  4,  1849. 

3520.  viii.  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  April  30, 1842,  ra.  Oct.  11, 1865,  William 
Sallee. 

3521.  ix.  Amasa  Child,  b.  Aug.  24,  1844,  m.  Mary  A.  Jenkins. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

3515.  iii.  Sarah  Jemima  Child,  eldest  dau.  of  Charles  Lewis 
and  Malinda  Leach  Child,  b.  in  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  Feb.  17, 
1831,  m.  Jan.  11,  1849,  James  B.  Hartgrave.  Mrs.  Hartgrave 
d.  Nov.  1,  1875,  in  Floyd,  Floyd  Co.,  Iowa,  to  which  place  the 
family  removed  from  Tazwell  Co.,  111.  Mr.  Hartgrave  is  by 
occupation  a  blacksmith. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

3522.  i.  Harriet  Leach  Hartgrave,  b.  in  Tazwell,  Co.,  111.,  Oct.  18, 
1849,  m.  Henry  Lawrence  In  man. 

3523.  ii.  Charles  Lewis  Hartgrave,  b.  in  Allamakee  Co.,  111.,  May  8, 
1853.  m.  Sept.  19,  1879,  Geneva  Gifford.     Resides  in  Wellington,  Kansas. 

3524.  iii.  Susan  Jane  Hartgrave,  b.  in  Decorah,  Iowa,  May  8,  1855,  m. 
July  14,  1872.  Lewis  Miller. 

3525.  iv.  Pamelia  Rebecca  Hartgrave,  b.  in  Decorah,  Iowa,  Nov.  2, 
1856,  m.  Dec.  25,  1873,  Charles  Sibley. 

3526.  V.  Lucia  Malinda  Hartgrave,  b.  in  Decorah,  Iowa,  Sept.  4,  1858. 

3527.  vi.  IsABELL  Marion  Hartgrave,  b.  in  Decorah,  Iowa,  Mch.  22, 1862. 

3528.  vii.  Sarah  Senora  Hartgrave,  b.  in  Decorah,  Iowa.  Feb.  22, 1865. 

3529.  viii.  James  Hartgrave,  b.  in  Decorah,  Iowa,  Dec.  14. 1868,  d.  same 
day. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

3522.  i.  Harriet  Leach  Hartgrave,  eldest  child  of  Sarah 
Jemima  Child  and  James  B.  Hartgrave,  b.  in  Tazwell  Co.,  LI., 
Oct.  18,  1849,  m.  Mch.  27,  1S69,  Henry  Lawrence  Inman  of 
Winter,  Burton  Co.,  Iowa;  reside  in  Wellington,  Sumner  Co., 
Kansas. 


UKJAMIN  CHILD  OF  HOXBURY,  MASS. 


B^iiiini*' ""  ]    Ch iJ d re n : 

i,  ArsTiN  James  Inmax,  b.  in  Winter,  Iowa,  Jftn,  20,  1870. 
;|MI,  ii    NoiUB)£LL  lyiiAN,  b«  in  Winter.  Iowa,  Aug*  31,  187L 
KSBi  iiu  Uknry  Lawkexck  Ixman.  Jr.,  b.  in  Winter,  la,  Mch.  6» 
3flM  iv.  Sarah  Melvixa  Ikmax,  b.  in  Floyd,  Iowa.  Mcb.  9,  1876. 
^5SH«  V,  Hattie  Leokk'E  Inman,  b.  in  WelllngtoD,  Sumner  Co.,  KauM 
Vm^U.  1879. 

[IC^hrh  Generation. 

8524    ill    Susan    Jane    HARTaKAVE,    third    child    an 
second  dau,  of  Siimh  Jemima  Child  and  James  B.  Hartgi'ave, 
h  in  Decorah^  Winneshiek  Co.,   Iowa,  May  8,  1853,  m, 
14,  1872,  Lewis^Miller  of  Flojd,  Floyd  Co.,  Iowa  ;  they  r 
in  Floyd,  Iowa. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

3535.  i.  Pearla  C.  Miller,  b.  in  Floyd,  Iowa,  May  14, 1873. 

8536.  ii.  James  Miller,  b.  in  Floyd,  Iowa,  Aug.   1875. 

3587.  iii.  Coral  Belle  Miller,  \\  in  Floyd,  Iowa,  April  7,  1878. 
[Eighth  Genenitioti  ] 

3525.  iv.  Pamelia  Rebecca  Hartgrave,  fourth  chile 
11111x1  dan.  of  Samh  Jeminia  Child  and  James  B.  Hartgrave,  b^ 
in  Decorali,  Winneshiek  Co.,  Iowa,  Nov,  2,  1856,  m.  Dec 
1873,  Charles  Sibley. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children:  _ 

3538.  i-  Freddie  Siblev,  b.  Nov.  1874. 

3539.  ii.  Grace  Sibley,  b.  May  1877. 
[Seventh  Geneiulion.] 

3516.  iv.  Mahv  Ann  Child,  steond  dau.  of  Charles 
and  Melinda  Leiich  Child,  b.  Mcb.  19,  1833,  m.  Dec.  25,  If 
John  Henry  Davin  of  Tiizwell  Co.,  III.;  reside  in  Urbana,  Burti>i| 
Co.,  Iowa. 
[Eighth  Generation]     Children: 

3540.  i.  Emily  Jane  Din.v,  b.  in  Decorah.  Iowa,  April  28.  1853.  m.  John 
Gunn,  Dec.  23.  1875:  reside  in  Jewell.  Jewell  Co.,  KausaiS. 

3541.  ii.  ELizABirrrH  Davin,  b.  m  Decorah,  Iowa.  Oct,  4»  1855,  m.  Mar 
187<J,  Spencer  Johnson. 

3542.  iii.  Elvira  Mali^da  Davin.  b,  in  Decorah,  Iowa,  Jan.  1.  185&. 

3543.  iv,  Ann  Davin,  b.  in  Deeorah,  Iowa,  June  2«,  18tf0. 
:^544.  v.  Clara  Davtn,  b.  in  Decorah,  la..  Sept.  3,  1863.  d.  Sept.  10,  1€ 

3545.  vi.  Philip  Davin.  b.  in  Burton  Co..  Iowa,  May  28,  1860,  »1.  Oct, : 
1866. 

3546.  vii.  AMAbA  Davin.  b,  in  Burton  Co.,  Iowa.  Feb.  17,  1868. 

3547.  viii.  Malvina  Davin.  b,  in  Burton  Co  ,  Iowa,  Feb,  83,  1871. 
f  Eighth  Generation.] 

3541.  ii.  ELI7.ABET1I  Davin.  second  child  and  dau.  of  Mar 
Ann  Child  and  John  Henry  Davin,  b.  in  Decorah,  Iowa,  Oct 
4^  1855,  nu  Mai'ch    1876,  Spencer  Johnson ;  they  reside  n€ 
Winter,  Iowa. 


AND  HIS  DESCEND ANTa  417 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 
8548.  i.  Elsie  Johnson,  b.  Jan.  17,  1877. 
3549.  ii.  Charles  Leslie  Johnson,  b.  Dec.  1878. 

[Seventh  Oeneration.] 

3517.  V.  Esther  Lucinda  Child,  third  dau.  of  Charles 
Lewis  and  Malinda  Leach  Child,  b.  May  25,  1 835,  m.  May  25, 
1856,  Daniel  C.  Jerold  of  Decorah,  Iowa;  reside  in  Lime  Springs, 
Howard  Co.,  Iowa. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

8550.  i.  Sarah  Matilda  Jerold,  b.  in  Decorah,  Iowa,  Nov.  2, 1857. 

8551.  ii.  Emma  Malinda  Jerold,  b.  in  Decorah,  Iowa.  Dec.  11,  1861,  d. 
June  14, 1862. 

8552.  iii.  Samuel  Elmer  Jerold,  b.  in  Tioga  Co.,  Pa.,  June  2,  1864. 
8558.  iv.  Daniel  Amasa  Jerold,  b.  in  Tioga  Co.,  Pa.,  Oct.  22,  1867 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3518.  vL  Darius  Child,  fifth  child  of  Charles 'Lewis  and 
Malinda  Leach  Child,  b.  July  17,  1837,  m.  Dec.  25,  1861, 
Amanda  Malvina  Moore. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 
3554.  i.  Etta  Lucia  Child,  b.  Dec.  14,  1862,  in  Decorah,  Iowa. 
8555.  ii.  Jambs  Lewis  Child,  b  April  3,  1865,  in  Decorah,  Iowa. 

3556.  iii.  Laura  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  March  18,  1867,  in  Decorah,  Iowa. 

3557.  iv.  George  Leslie  Child,  b.  Sept.  9,  1871,  in  Decorah.  Iowa. 

f  Seventh  Generation.] 

3520.  viii.  Elizbeth  Child,  fourth  dau.  of  Charles  Lewis 
and  Malinda  Leach  Child,  b.  in  Craftsbury,  Vt,  April  30, 1842, 
in.  Oct.  11,  1865,  William  Sallee,  of  Decorah,  Iowa.  He  d. 
Sept  27, 1880.  He  was  sergeant  in  Co.  H,  9th  Iowa  Vet  VoL; 
woundfed  at  Pea  Ridge.  Mrs.  Sallee  resides  in  Decorah,  Iowa, 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

8558.  i.  Charles  Wilber  Sallee,  b.  in  Emmet,  Iowa,  Oct.  7,  1866. 

8559.  ii.  Darius  Abram  Sallee,  b.  in  Benton  Co.,  Iowa,  April  18,  1868. 

3560.  iii.  Alma  Malinda  Sallee,  b.  in  DePue.  Bureau  Co.,  111.,  Dec.  81, 
1874. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3621.  ix.  Amasa   Child,  fifth  son  of  Charles  Lewis  and 
Malinda  Leach  Child,  b.  in  Craftsbury,  Vt,  Aug.  24,  1844,  in. 
about  1873,  Mary  A.  Jenkins.     Residence  Decorah,  Iowa. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

3561.  i.  EsTELLA  May  Child,  b.  in  Juniata,  Adams  Co.,  Nebraska,  Jan. 
27,  1874. 

3562.  ii.  Charles  Lewis  Child,  b.  May  7,  1875,  in  Juniata,  Nob. 
3568.  iii.  Alice  Rosamond  Child,  b.  June  11,  1877,  in  Juniata,  Neb. 
3564.  iv.  Addie  Cora  Child,  b.  Nov.  15,  1878,  in  Juniata,  Neb. 


418 


BENJAMI>*  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS 


[Fifth  Generation.] 

3411.  xii.  David  Weld  Child,  twelfth  child  and  seveiitli 
son  of  Isaac,  Jr.,  and  Elizabeth  Weld  Child^  b.  in  Sturbriilge, 
Mass.,  Feb.  19,  1792,  m,   April   ISnj,  Abigail   Dorr,  dau.  of 
Ebenezeranii  Abigail  Cuoninghani  Dorr,  a  merchant  of  Bustria,^ 
[Sixth  Generation  ]    Children: 

3565,  i.   David  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  June  6,  1803,  *L  young:- 

3560.  ii.  Edwahd  Vernon  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass  ,  March  13,  IS 
m,  in  1831,  Miilinda  Katharine  Lee. 

3567,  iii.  Abigail  Dorr  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  MikSJ«.,  Aug.  10.  1806.  d. 
Sept.  27,   1807. 

3508.  iv.  William  Henry  Child,  b.  in  Boston*  Mass.,  Dec,  22, 1809,  d. 
Xov.  12,  1811.     • 

[Sixth  Generfttion.] 

3566,  ii.  Edward  Vernon  Childe,  second  child  and  son  o^ 
David  Weld  and  Alngail  Cunningham  Dorr  Child,  b.  in  Bos- 
ton, Ma.ss:,  Mel).  13,  WH,  ra.  1831,  Malinda  Katharine  Lee. 
daiL  of  General  Henry  Lee  of  Baltiinoi-e,  Md. :  she  d.  1861, ; 
Paris,  France.  Reside  in  Pari.s,  Fmnce. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children. 

3.569.  i.  Edward  Lee  Childe.  b.    in   Baltimore,  Md.,   1839.   m.  1809^ 
Blancfie  De  Triquite  of  Paris.  France. 

3570.  ii.  Arthur   CHUJiE,   b.  in   Boston,   Mass.,    1834,  d.  in   Mameb, 
Bavaria. 

357L  iii.  Florence  Childe,  h.  in  Florence,  Italy,  1838,  ra.  1853,  Count 
Henry  Soltyk  of  Craeow.  Polaiid. 

3572.  iv.  Mary  Childe.  b  in  Paris,  France,  1841,  m.  1859,  Robert  Hoff- 
man  of  Baltimore,  Md.,8he  d,  1865, 

[Seventh  Generation.]  ^U 

3571.  iii.  Florence  Childe,  thirtl  child  and  eldest  daiL  m 
Edward  Vernon  and  Katharine  Lee  Childe,  b.  1838,  in  Flor- 
ence, Italy,  ni.  1 853,  Count  Henry  Soltyk  of  Cracow,  Poland. 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Child: 

3573.  i.  Stanislaus  S<jltyk.  b.  in   1854.     He  is  a  midshipman  in 
Austrian  Navy. 

[Third  Qeneration.] 

3377.  iii.  Elizabeth  Child,  third  child  and  eldest  dau. ! 
pToshim  and  Elizabetli  Morris  Child,  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Jtl 
20,  1691,  ni.  Dec  18,  1711,  John  May,  of  Roxbury,  Mass. 
was  b.  1686. 

Immediately  after  marriage  Mr,  May  removed  to  Woodstc 
where  he  s]>eut  a  long  and  useful  life.     We  are  indebted  to  1 
diary  of  this  Mr.  May,  coverinrr  the  years  of  1711-12-13. 
establishing  the  identity  of  John  Child  of  Woodstock,  who 
m.  Eli5i:abeth  — — ^,  as  the  tenth  child  of  Benjamin  Child 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  419 

emigrant.  Mr.  John  May  was  of  the  fourth  generation  in  descent 
from  his  emigrant  ancestor.  His  father  was  John  May,  born 
in  Eoxbury,  Mass.,  May  19,  1663,  married  Prudence  Bridge* 
His  grandfather  was  John  May,  who  was  born  in  England,  1631, 
who,  with  his  brother,  Samuel,  emigrated  with  their  father  to 
America.  His  great  grandfather,  John  May,  was  born  in  May- 
field,  Sussex  Co.,  England,  1590.  He  came  to  America  in 
1640,  and  settled  in  that  part  of  Roxbury,  Mass.,  known  as 
Jamaica  Plains.  He  married  twice,  the  name  of  first  wife,  or 
date  of  marriage,  is  not  given.  She  died  1651.  Her  death  is 
mentioned  by  the  "Apostle  Elliot"  where  he  says  "Sister  Maye 
died  a  very  gracious  and  savory  christian."  His  second  mar- 
riage was  to  Sarah  .     According  to  tradition,  Mr.  May, 

was  master  of  the  vessel  called  The  James,  which,  as  early  as 
1635»  sailed  between  the  port  of  London  and  New  England. 
He  died  April  28,  1670.     Mrs.  May  died  the  same  year.* 

[After  giving  the  descendants  of  John  May,  who  married 
Elizabeth  Child,  we  shall  give  some  account  of  his  brother, 
Nehemiah,  the  eighth  child  of  John  and  Prudence  Bridge  May.] 

[Fourth  Generation  ]    Children.  All  the  children  were  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct: 

*♦    i.  Elizabeth  May,  b.  Oct.  18. 1712. 

•♦  ii.  John  May,  Je.,  b.  Sept.  9,  1714.  He  and  one^f  his  brothers  were 
killed  in  bed  by  lightning. 

**    iii.  Joshua  May,  b.  Oct.  16,  1716,  m.  Anna  Bacon. 

♦♦  iv.  Caleb  May,  b.  Sept.  13,  1719,  m.  twice— Ist,  Elizabeth  Child: 
m.  2d,  Mehitable  Holbrook. 

♦*    V.  Stephen  May,  b.  Nov.  10,  1721,  m.  Mary  Child. 

♦♦    vi.  Thomas  May,  b.  Feb.  14,  1723,  m.  Lucy  Goddard  Child. 

♦♦    vii.  Prudence  May,  b.  Mch.  22,  1725,  d.  1728. 

♦♦    viii.  Esther  May,  b.  Jan.  7. 1727,  d.  July  6,  1729. 

♦♦    ix.  Prudence  May,  2d,  b.  1728. 

♦♦    X.  Esther  May,  2d,  b.  1729,  d.  young. 

♦♦    xi.  Prudence  May,  3d,  b.  April  11,  1730. 

♦♦    xii.  Joseph  May,  b.  April  3, 1732. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

**  iii.  Joshua  May,  third  child  and  second  son  of  Eliza- 
beth Child  and  John  May,b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Oct.  16,  1716, 
nL  Jan.  20,  1741,  Anna  Bacon. 

•We  are  indebted  to  Henry  A.  May,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  who  is  revising  a 
Genealogy  of  the  May  Family,  for  this  item  of  history.  The  record  of 
Elizabeth  Child  May  and  her  descendants  reached  us  too  late  for  the  regular 
numbering. 


BEKJAMIK  CHILD  OF  ROXBURT,  MASS. 

[Fifth  Generation.]     Children : 

»♦*  i.  Joseph  Mat,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Fob.  28,  1743.  m.  Lois  ChiJ 
.     ***  ii.  Hannau  May, 

♦*♦  iii,  John  May,  b.  in  Woodstock^  Dec.  29,  1749,  m.  Hannab  Bugb 

♦**  iv.  Hakmon  May. 

♦*♦  y.  Joshua  May, 

♦**  vi,  Walter  May. 

I  Fifth  Generation] 

***  ill.  John  May,  third  eliild  and  second  son  of  Jo?l 

and  Anna  Bauun   MaVj  b.  in   Woodstoclc,  Dee,  29,    1749, 

Melu  12,  1778,  Hannah  Biigbee;  she  was  b,  June  ti,  1755|^ 

Nov.  15,  1857. 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 
****  i.  .Mary  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Jan,  28.  1779,  m    Lntbcr  lUf 
♦♦•*  ii.  Penuel  May.  b  in  Wf>ndstock,  Ai)ril  10,  1781,  d.  Sept.  20,  17 
♦♦♦*  iii.  ERA8TIT8  May.  b.  in  Wond^itock.  Feb.  8.  1783,  d  Feb,  8,  1787. 
****  iv.  Chakleb  May.  b.  in  WtK>dstock,  April  17»  178^1,  ni.  Mrs  MmrU 

Chandler. 
****  V.  John  B,  May,  b.  io  Woodstock,  Jan.  7,  1787.  m.  SylYiit  Alb 
*♦'*  vl.  Sophia  May.  b  in  WcKnlstoek,  Nov,  30.  1789,  d.  Mch.  2.  1% 
♦***  vii.  Betsey  May.  b.  in  Woodsloek,  Dee,  11.  1791.  d.  180«. 
#♦#♦  yy^i  Sally  May,  b,  in  Woodslwk,  Oct.  15»  1793,  m.  Abu  U^j, 
**•*  ix,  ERABTirii  May,  2d,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Nov.  2,  1700,  m.  Lfdi*^ 

Chi  Id ,     { For  r  /i  l  Idre  n  see  page  1 95,  3V>.  911.) 
♦♦*♦  X.  SoFitiA  May,  2d.  b.  OH.  3.  1798,  m.  Dexter  W,  Jones. 

[Sixth  Generation] 

**#4t    Yjjj    s^j^i^v    May,  eighth   child   of  John    May 
Hannali  BuglM^e,  and  granddaughter,  of  Elizabeth  Child  an3 
John  May,  b.  in  WoodsUit-k,  Ct.,  Oct  15»  1793,  m,  Mch.  181 
Asa  May. 
(Seventh  Generation. ]     Children: 

♦»•***  i.  ETjzABKTn  May.  b.  July  10.  1821,  in.  Lutiier  Rttwson. 

♦***♦  ii.  Charles  Harris  May.  b,  F*di.  2.  1829.  in.  M^-b.  20.  1850.  lUrriM 
F.  Child,  ditu.  nf  Stephen  and  Ahiit^ail  Carter  Child.   {For  rhifdren  arf  /».  171^^ 

*•♦*♦  iii.  Ezra  C.  May,  b.  Get,  13,  18\?5,  m.  Ebie  E.  ChamWrliiin. 

♦♦»*»  jv.  Carlo  May,  b.  Sept.  3,  1H29.  ni.  Mch.  23,  1858,  Sarah  M,  CI 
dau.  of  DeA.  Williiira  tmd  Sophiii  Selby  Child.     {For  children  scf  p,  \ 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

**    iv.  Caleb  May,  fourth  child  and  third  Bon  of  EJii 
beth  Child  and  John  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Sept  13, 17$ 
m*  twiee— ht,  Oct.  15,  1751^  Elizabeth  Child,  dmi.  of  Ebenel 
and  Elizabeth  Child,  of  AVoodstock;  Ct;  she   wjv^  U    May 
1723;  m,  2d,  Mehitable  Holbrook. 
[Fifth  Generation. ]     Children : 
♦*»    I  HANNAri  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1752, 
***    ii.  ABmAiL  May.  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct..  Jan,  24.  1758. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  421 

frourth  Generation.] 

**  V.  Stephen  May,  fifth  child  and  fourth  son  of  Eliza- 
beth Child  and  John  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  10, 1721, 
m.  June  11,  1747,  Mary  Child,  dau.  of  Ephraim  and  Priscilla 
Barns  Child  She  was  b.  April  1,  1721,  d.  Mch.  18,  1807. 
He  d.  May  3,  1794. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

*♦*  i.  Elizabeth  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  10, 1748,  m.  Aaron 
Lyon. 

***    ii.  Lucy  May,  b.  Mch.  6,  1750. 

*♦*  iii.  Mary  May.  b.  Aug.  25,  1752,  m.  Mch.  21,  1777,  Alpha  Child, 
son  of  Nathaniel  and  Jemima  Bugbee  Child,  of  Woodstock,  Ct.  {For 
children  seepage  252,  No,  1578.) 

***  iv.  Stephen  May,  Jr.,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Mch.  23,  1755,  m. 
Hannah  Murray. 

***    V.  Joanna  May,  b.  Feb.  8,  1757. 

***  vi.  Ephraim  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  22,  1759,  m.  Abigail 
Chandler. 

***  vii.  Sarah  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  21,  1761,  m.  Col. 
Chester  Child;  she  d.  Feb.,  1826.     {For  children  seepage  240.) 

***  viii.  Asa  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  4,  1764,  m.  Annie 
Fillibrown;  he  d.  Nov.  17,  1825. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

**    vi.  Thomas  May,  sixth   child  and  fifth  son  of  Eliza- 
beth Child  and  John   May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Feb.  14, 
1723,  m.  1755,  Lucy  Goddard  Child,  dau.   of   William   and 
Deborah  Goddard  Child,  she  d.  Dec.  17,  1790. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 
***    i.  Silas  May.  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1753,  d.  1805. 
***  ii.  William  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  1760,  d.  Dec.  12,  1849. 
*»*    iii.  Abel  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  1762,  d.  Oct.  10,  1767. 
**♦    iv.  Chlob  May.  b.  in  Woodstock,  1764,  d.  Sept.  17.  1767. 
***    V.  Prudence  May.   )  b.  in  Woodstock,  1766,  d.  June  24,  1831. 

[  Twins. 
***    vi.  Jonathan  May.  )  b.  in  Woodstock,  1766,  d.  1836. 
***    vii.  Abigail  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  m.  Cyril  Carpenter. 
*♦*    viii.  Thomas  May,  b.  in  Woodstock,  m.  Mary  Hunt  Mills. 
We  notice  also  Nehemiah  May,  a  brother  of  the  John  May  who  married 
Klizabeth  Child,  as  some  of  his  descendants  have  married  into  the  Child 
family.    He  emigrated  with  his  brother  Joljn  to  Woodstock,  Ct..  where  he 
reared  a  family  of  seven  children.     His  youngest  son,  Eliakim  May,  married 
Martha  Lyon,  daughter  of  Mehitable  Child  and  Nehemiah  Lyon.    Eliakim 
and  Martha  Lyon  May  had  six  children  {see  page  198).     His  second  child, 
Nehemiah  May,  married  Nancy  Morse,  daughter  of  Dr.  David  Morse,  of 
Woodstock,  Ct.     Nehemiah  and  Nancy  Morse  May  had  six  children ;  their 
second  child,  Trenck  May,  married  Cynthia  Child,  daughter  of  Capt.  Wil- 
lard  Child.    {For  record  of  Trenck  May,  seepage  199.) 


422 


BENJAMIK  CHILD  OF  ROXBCRY,  MASS. 


[Third  Geueraiioti.j 

3379.  v^  Joseph  Child,  fiftL  child  and  third  son  of  Joslm 
and  Elizabeth  Morris  Childj  b.  in  Roxbury,  Masa,  Jan.  7, 169 
m.  Nov.  2U,  1722,  Abigail  BridgevS.     Removed  to  Wc 
Ct.,  where  the  births  of  his  children  are  recorded     He  d  176 
aged  69.     She  d.  Jan.  24,  1788. 
[Fourth  Generation.]     Children: 

3574.  i.  Akna  Child,  b.  in  \Voodst4xik.  Ct.,  June  17,  1725,  m.  N«tl 
Johnson,  Jr. 

3675.  ii.  Abigail  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct..  Jan.  15,  1727,  m.  Ocl.l 
1752,  Ebenfizer  Haron. 

3576.  iii.  Phlhence  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Jnlv  22,  1739,  m.Jy 
15.  1752,  Uriah  Allurd. 

8577.  iv.  Rkliek  Child,  h.  in  Woodstock.  Ct.»  Feb.  12,  ISaO. 

3578.  V.  Rebecca  Child,   b.  in  Woodstock,  Cl.,  April  11,  1733,  d,  Oct 

18,  1736. 

3571),  vi.  Francis  Child,  b.  Dec.  28,  1735,  d.  April  H>,  1738. 

3580.  vii.  Kkbecca  Child,  2d,  b.  in  WoudKtock.  CU,  Mch.  13.  1338. 

3581.  vWu  JosEi'H  CHILI5,  Jr.,  b.  in  WocnIstoek,  Ct.,  Mch.  4,  1789,  m. 
Abignil  - — .  lie  d.  Get.  20.  1760.  at  Groenbush,  N.  Y,     Shera,  again,  Kq 

19,  1767,  Nathaniel  Blake,  of  Woodstock,  Ct, 

3582.  is.  Abki.  Child,  b.  Feb.  24.  1740,  d.  M.-Il  5,  1751. 

fB^ourth  Generation.] 

3574r  i.  Anna  Child,  eldest  child  of  Joseph  and  Abigail 
Bridgeji  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  June  17,  1725,  m,  April 
1,  1756,  Nathaniel  Johnson,  Jr.;  shed.  Aug.  29,  1804. 
Johnson  was  army  nurse  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and 
of  smalbpox  at  Fishkiil,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  buried. 
[Fifth  Gciierntion.]     Children:     All  born  in  Wtxjdstock,  Ct. 

3583.  i.  Stephen  Johwson. 

3584.  ii.  William  Johnson,  b.  Oct.  13,  1700. 

3585.  iii.  Petku  Johnkjn, 
3580.  iv.  SiLAH  JoHNfioK,  b.  Jnne  29,  1703.  ra.  March  31,  Uiildah^ 

with. 

3587.  V.  Levi  Johnson,  b,  March  25,  1706,  in. Bishop. 

3588.  vi.  Sarah  Johnson,  m. Moi-se. 

3589.  vii.  Asa  Johnson,  b.  Oct.  10, 1707,  m.  at  Bolton,  Ct.,  April  ; 
1794,  Claris*!a  Carver, 

359(1  viii.  anna  Johnson,  b.  Dec  25,  1771,  bl  Nathaniel  Brown, 

3591.  ix.  Mary  Johnson,  b.  — ,  m.  — — ~  Lyons. 

8592.  X.  N ATH AN IKL  Johnson,  Jr.,  b.  June  5,  1775,  m.  Lydia  Chandler, 
d.  Dec.  31,  1851.  

3593.  xi.  Polly  Johnson,  II  Aug.  33,  1770.  Of  the  seven  sons^ 
Nathttiiiel  Johnson,  Jr..  four  were  patriot  soldiers  of  the  Revolution-^ Pi 
was  first-lieulenanl. 

[Fifth  Ooneration.J 

3589.  vii.  Asa  Johnson,  seventh  child  and  sixth  son 
Annt^  Child  and  Nathaniel  Johnson^  Jr.^  b.  Oct.  l^s  1767, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANl'S. 


428 


April  24,  1794,  Ckrissa  Carver,  of  Bolton,  Ct,     Clarissa  Carver 
was  a  descendant  of  Gov.  Carver,  of   the  Plymouth  colony^ 
and  a  decided  christian  woman. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

3594.  i.  Q^AHisaA  Johnson,  b.  in  Bolton,  Ct.,  Jan*  %%  1796,  m.  Capt. 
Asa  Lawrence. 

3595.  ii.  Mauy  Johnson,  b.  itj  BoUoii,  Vi.  Sept.  34,  1798,  unnmrrioa. 
359(1.  ill.  Pamblja  Johnson,  b.  in  Deerfleld,    Mas^.,  Juiip  23.  1800,  <L 

Dec.  SI*  1858,  unmarried. 

3597.  iv.  Asa  .hmNSON,  Jk.,  b.  in  Deerfield,  Ma^s..  Feb.  13. 1803,  m.  July 
4^  imo,  Julia  Warner  Sadd. 

3598.  V.  Carvek  Johnson,  b.  in  Dee rfldd,  Mass.,  Jiint>  30,  1801. d.  April 
9,  1868, 

3599.  vi.  Harvey  Child  Johnson,  b,  in  DL>erJieId,  Mass.,  Sopt.  30, 1806, 
a.  Mch.  15,  1858. 

3600.  viL  Nathaniel  Trcmuull  Johnson,  b,  in  DeeHii'ld,  M*iss.,  Nov, 
17,  1808. 

3601.  viii.  Ebenezer  Johnson,  b.  in  Deerfield,  Mas«.,  April  10,  1811. 
f Sixth  Generation.] 

3597.  iv.  Rev.  Asa  Johnson,  fourth  child  and  t-ldest  son  of 
Asa  and  Clarissa  Carver  Johnson,  a.nd  grandson  of  Anna  Child 
and  Nathaniel  Johnson,  Jr.,  b.  in  Decrticld,  Mass.,  Feb.  13, 1S02, 
in.  July  4t  1830,  Julia  Warner  S^idd,  dim.  of  Dea.  Ghauncey 
and  Cynthia  Barbour  Saddof  Wind^or^  Ct  Mrs  Johnson  died 
March  23,  1852,  at  Goahen,  Ind.  Rev.  Mr.  Johnson  gradii* 
ated  at  Union  College,  SchenectadVi  N.  Y.,  in  1827,  and  at 
Auburn  Theological  Seminary,  in  1830.  His  pastorates  as  a 
Presbyterian  clergyman  have  been  in  Cape  Gemrdeau,  Mo.: 
Kiclimond  and  Nunda,  N.  Y.;  Peru»  Ind;  Adel  and  Redfield, 
Iowa.  He  resides  with  his  son,  Rev.  E.  P.  Johnson,  in  Mar- 
fihalf,  Mich.;  four  children, 
[Se vent h  Ga neral ion .  ]    C h  i  I d  re n  : 

8602.  u  Cynthia  Ma  hi  a  Johnson,  b.  May  3,  1831,  m.  June  U,  1800, 
Rev,  Francis  Z.  Rossi ter,  ?ion  of  Eev.  Dndlev  Denison  Rossi ler  and  Eliza 
WtHjdbridge  Rogers.  Rev.  Mr.  Russiter  was  b,  in  Boston,  Mass^,,  June  8. 
1831.  He  graduated  at  Marietla  College,  Ohio,  in  1850,  and  at  Lane  Tbeo- 
logical  Seminary  in  1859.  His  pastorates  as  a  Presbyterian  ciergyraan  have 
been  in  Huron.  Ohio;  Osbkosb  and  Oniro,  Wis  :  iw'ehildren, 

3003.  ii.  Elkanor  Emkhhon  Johnson^  I).  Oct.  22,  18:^3,  ni,  84^pt,  25, 
1855.  Rev.  F.  S.  McCal>e  D.  IK,  of  Topeka,  Kansas.  Dr.  MtCabe  wiis  suc- 
ceseor  of  his  father-in-law,  Rev.  Asa  Johnson,  in  Peru,  Ind. 

3*)04.  iii.  Rev.  Edwakd  Payson  Johnson,  b,  Jan.  2t),  1850,  in.  March 
23,  187H,  Cora  Brown.  Mr.  Johnson  ha.s  Vieen  settled  nt  Sandy  FTill,  N.  Y., 
and  is  now  the  [Mi.'^torof  the  Presl>yterian  ehurtdi  in  Marshall,  Mieh. 

3605.  iv.  Mary  Clarissa  Johnson,  l>.  June  5, 1855. 
fThinI  Generation.] 

3382.  viii*  Dorothy  Child,  eighth  child  and  fifth  daiL  of 
Joshua  and  Elizabeth  Morris  Child^  b.  in  Roxburj,  Masa,  May 
5,  1701,  m.  May  2,  1T23,  Ebeuezer  Draper. 


424 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  BOX  BUB  Y»  MASS. 


[Fourth  Generfttion.J    Children:  , 

3606.  i.  DoRt>TiiY  Drapek,  b-  Feb.  1.  1724. 
SeOT.  iL  Ann  Draper,  b.  Mny  23,  1725. 

[Third  Gen  unit  ion.] 

3386.   xii,    Caleb   Child,    twelfth  child  and  sixth  sod 
Joshua  and  Elkcabeth  Morris  Child,  b.  in  Eoxbiiry,  Mn&s.,  Sep 
16,  1709,  in.  Oct,  19,  ITSn,  Rebecca  Dana. 
[Fourth  GenertitioD.j    Children: 

3608.  i.  Anna  Child,  b.  Dec.  16,  1730,  d.  Oct.  15,  1747. 

mm,  iL  Mehitable  Cim.p,  b.  Mch.  23.  1740,  d.  Sept.  28.  1747. 

3610.  liL  Abigail  Chfld,  b,  Aug,  10,  1744,  d.  Nov,  10,  1746. 

3611.  iv.  Caleb  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1746,  d.  Oct.  16,  1747. 
8612.  V.  PHI1IBA8  Chilp,  bapt.  Sept.  3,  1749,  m.  abt.  1775,  Elizabetls^- 

Briggs. 

3613.  vi.  Solomon  Child,  b,  Sept.  13.  1752,  in.  1803,  widow  WilHwim. 
Wiswell. 

3614.  vii.  Caleb  Child,  Jr.,  2d,  b.  May  7,  1750,  in.  1799,  Sarah  Brain  — 
hall. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

3612.  V.  Phineas  Child,  fifth  child  and  second  son  of  CaU 
and  Rebecca  Dana  Cliild,  bapt.  Sept  ".,  1749;  m.  abt  ITl 
Elizabeth  Briggs,  dau.  of  Jamci^  Briggs,  of  WestRoxbury,  ] 
Mr.  Child  d.  1S14.     Mrs.  Child  d.  Sept  28,  1800. 

f Fifth  Generation.]     Children: 

36irj.  i.  Phineas  CriiLD.  J iL.  b.  April  25. 1777.  m.  Sept  20, 1801,  Susam 
Whitney, 

3«10.  ii.  THOMAts  Child,  b.  Jwn.   10,   1779.  m,  1803,  Harriet  WiUja 
Uved  in  Cambridge,  Mass. 

3017.  iii.  Solomon  Cbild.  Ij,  .Tan,  30,  1781,  d,  at  Putnam,  Ct.  May, ' 
1816 

8818.  iv,  Bbtsey  Child,  b.  D«c,  3,  1783.  m,  Nov.  8.  1812,  Aaron  Rboaa 

3619.  V,  Reijkca   Child,  b    Nov,  21.   1784.  m.   Dec    14.  1807,  WUliaja" 
Tucker,  of  Biwt<>H,  Mani.,;  she  d.  St^pt.  10.  1842. 

362*X  vi,  Polly  Child,  b.  Oct.  15,  1786.  d.  Deo.  14,  1867,  unmarriMl, 

362L  rii.  Ahigail  Child,  b  May  17,  1789,  d.  May  10,  1795. 

m22,  nil    Anna  Child,  b    July  13,  1792,  m.  Thonin*  Dillaway;  fthe  < 
ill  Boston,  July  1820. 

8623.  ix.  Sabah  Child,   b.   Dec  G,  1795,  m.  Andrew  Hyde,  of  Pre^tott, 
Mass.,  d.  Jitu  4.  1847- 

fFifth  Cft^neration  ] 

B615.  i.  Phineas  Chii.u,  Jr.,  eldest  child  of  Phtiiea^  an^ 
Elizabeth  Briggs  Child,  b.  April  25,  1877,  m.  Sept  20,  1801 
Susanna  Whitney,  of  Warwick,  Mass.     She  was  h.  Jan.  31 
1773.     Resided  in  Warwick. 
[Sixth  Generation.]     Children: 

3624.  I  Phinkas  Child,  Jr..  b,  March  18,  1804,  d.  Jan.  16,  1852. 

3625.  ii.  Daniel  Child,  b.  Dec.  20.  1805.  d.  Jan.  0,  1828,  unomrricd 

3626.  lii.  SusAKXA  Child,  b.  Sept  27,  1807,  unmarried. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 

[  [It  is  with  very  sincere  regret  that  I  learn  upon  the  issue  of 
my  last  circulars,  announcing  the  completioa  of  my  work,  that 
the  record  sent  me  of  the  descendants  of  Joshua  Child,  is 
quite  incomplete,  and  also  that  numerous  errors  in  dates  and 
names  are  found  in  other  families  of  this  line,  besides  those 
herewith  amended,  yet  too  late  to  correct. 

When  I  was  preparing  the  material  sent  me  of  the  Caleb 
Child  who  married  Sarah  Bramhall,  I  felt  that  there  should  be 
later  report,  and  wrote  to  Mr.  Isaac  Child  for  some  address  by 
which  1  might  obtain  it,  but  could  get  none.  In  sending  my 
last  circulars  I  have  found  the  gmndchildren  of  this  Kev. 
Caleb  Child,  and  I  most  gladly  welcome  from  them,  especially 
Mr.  Ethan  Allen  Doty,  the  following  most  interesting  account 
of  this  talented  man  and  his  worthy  and  honorable  descendants. 

It  may  not  be  amiss  to  state  in  connection  with  this  supple- 
ment that  I  have  compared  the  record  sent  me  of  early  history, 
with  copies  made  personally,  or  by  agents,  of  town  records,  in 
Woodstock,  Ct,  iJpton,  Deerfield,  Rutland  and  Boston,  Ma^s., 
and  of  the  Roxbury  church  records.] 

Rev.  Caleb  Child,  M.  D.,  whose  record  is  very  brief  on 
page  425,  was  b.  May  13,  1751),  and  m.  July  21,  1799,  Sarah 
Bramhall.  In  1792  he  went  to  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  opened  a 
school  there,  with  a  recommendation  signed  by  "  Samuel  West, 
minister  of  the  Church  of  Christ,  Hollis  street,  Boston," 
''  William  Heath,  late  Major  General  in  the  American  army, 
Roxbury,"  "  and  twenty  other  persons  of  respectability "  to 
the  effect  that,  *'  Mr.  Caleb  Child,  the  bearer,  has  taught  school 
to  general  satisfaction,  and  with  great  success,  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  this  place  for  five  years  past,  during  which  time  he 
has  occasionally  supplied  the  pulpit  at  the  Third  Parish  in 
Roxbury,  having  at  a  proper  time,  and  in  a  regular  manner, 
entered  on  the  work  of  the  Gospel  ministry."  In  June,  1795, 
Deacon  Caleb  Child  was  recommended  for  admittance  to  the 
Order  of  Priests,  by  a  certificate  signed  by  Bishop  Seabury 
and  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  Con- 
necticut, and  addressed  to  the  Bishop  of  New  York.  He  was 
granted  a  certificate  as  physician  by  Gilbert  Livingston, 
Master  in  Chancery  at  Poughkeepsie,  June  1, 1798,  and  March 
3,  1803,  was  appointed  by  the  Governor,  *' Surgeon  of  the 
Reg  t  of  Militia  in  the  county  of  Dutchess."  From  this  time 
until  his  death  he  preached  the  Gospel,  practicing  at  the  same 
time  as  a  physician,  and  for  at  least  a  portion  of  the  time  while 
residing  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  kept  an  apothecary  store.  Rev.  Dr. 
Child  could  not  have  filled  all  these  varied  callings,  had  he 
not  been  a  very  methodical  man  ;  a  large  volume  of  sermons 
in  manuscript  testifies  to  his  power  as  a  minister,  as  well  as  to 
his  neatness  as  a  penman.  A  medallion  portrait  of  him  on 
ivory,  taken  apparently  about  his  fortieth  year,  remains  in  the 
family  ;  it  represents  him  in  clerical  costume,  with  a  pleasing 
and  attractive  face,  and  strong  characteristics.  His  marriage 
to  Miss  Bramhall  was  not  pleasing  to  her  parents,  and  the  ser- 


BEKJAMIK  CHILI)  OF  ROXBURV,  MASa 

vice  was  performed  by  William  Latliroji,  Esq.,  at  the  boma^ 
her  uncle  Elislia  Barlow,   Esq.,  the    brother   of  her   mother 
Tlie  Bramhalls  and  Barlows  were  among  the  earliest  settlers  oi 
Amenia,  N.  Y..  the  Bramhalls  having  come  from   PlynM>nthJ 
Mass*,  and  the  Barlows  from  Sandwich  on  Cape  Cod. 

[Fifth  Generation  J     Children: 

i.  Edmund   Bkamuall  Child,  b.  Dec,  23,  1800.  m  nbr.  1823.  Fntinjr  1^ 
Ijockwoodi. 

ii.  Cjileb  CuiLi),  b  May  31,  1803,  in  Poughkeep?*ic,  N  Y.  He  n^oelvi* 
n  fair  cK^lueation  imd  bcciime  a  printer.  In  iy»32,  he  left  Now  Yi»rk  City  fa 
the  South.  Hh  rlied  at  New  Orleans.  Lh„  of  yellow  fever,  Oct.  ».  1833/ jufll 
H^  he  hal  been  eallfd  to  the  editorship  of  a  newspaper  in  Mobile,  Ala,  11^ 
wa>  a  man  of  varied  ultuinmonts.  and  died  greatly  regretted. 

iii.  Mary    Kt,JZA   CHir.n,  k  in   Pnughkeepsie    Oct.  25,  1805^  d.  at  Tmy, 
K.  Y..  May  30,  1611. 

iv.  RhBEC'CA  Anna  CmLU,  b  .4pnl  4, 1808,  m.  May 2, 1847.  Isaac  D  WeU^Il 

V   Sabah  Merftablk  CniLn,  b.  Sept,  19,  1810,  in.  Oct.  15.  1830,  Warr 
S,  L»otv. 

vi,  SoLoMOK  Child,  b.  in  Troy^  N.  Y.,  Julv  19,  1813.  Became  a  print«>r| 
left  New  York  City  in  1832,  and  settled  finally  in  Montgomery,  Aln„  wht-fi 
he  became  editor  and  part  owner  of  the  Montgomery  AdtrrftHfr:  at  tha 
time  the  second  in  value  of  newspapers  in  the  State.  lie  died  lhfrc»  un 
njarried,  1838  or  "By. 

vii.  J08KPH  Hka>ihaij.  Child,  b    lune  8,  1815,  m.  1858»  Sarah  B.  Uamhu 
[Fiftli  General  ion,  J 

Edmlni)  BRA.MHALLCHiLn,  the  eldest  souandehild  of  Revj 
Caleb  aitd  Sarah  Bnuohall  Child,  h,  in  Stamford,  Ct,  Dec.  23 
18(10,  rn,  about  1S23,  Fannie  N.  Lock  wood,  dau.  of  Millington 
Lockwood.  uf  Albany,  N.  Y.  The  family  of  Dt\  Caleb  Clnl<i 
inherit  the  literary  tastes  aixd  talents  of  the  fatliei',  three  of  thi 
sons  becoming  jonnialist.*?  Mr.  E.  B.  Child  was  for  several] 
yeat\s  conneeled  with  the  Albany  Argun  He  jvubli^hetl  thij 
EscTclor^  a  masonic  pa|)er,  also  the  American  Mason ick  Jitr/ini 
in  that  cit3^  He  was  the  publisher  of  the  Albany  Director^ 
for  a  number  of  yetirs.     Il<^  di^'il  in  Albany  in  1840. 

(Sixth  Ot-n»era!ion,l     Children: 

i.  Heniiy  Clav  Child,  b   April  25,  1814,  m,  Jan.  30.  1848,  Gcorglana  Tj 
IL  Howinan. 

ii.  KiisiUND   Bramhali.  Child,  b.  Sept*  2,  1826.  m.  Oct.  7.  1855.  Rcboo 
AiitiR  Ilarystnnin 

iii.  Jane  Ijockwood  Child,  h.  Atij;.  5.  1830,  m,  Capt  John  Baxter  of  C4 
Cod,    Two  children,  son  and  daughter:  nainef  not  ^ent, 

iv,  Charlk!^  AcGCsTi!*  CttiLD,  b  Sept,  13.  1834,  m.  and  has  four  ohiliimni 
uaaie*  not  g^iven      Mr.  <1nld  is  President  of  the  American  Union  Btpn 
Co.,  New  York  City, 
[Sixth  General  ion.  J 

i.  Henhv  Clay  CmLT),  eldest  child  of  Edmund   Bramhal| 
and  Fanny  N.  Lockwood  Cltild,  b.  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  April  25 
1K24,  m.  Jan.  3u,  1848,  l»y  Rev,  William  Adams,  D,  D,»  of  Cor 
iral  Presbyterian  Chureli,  New  York  City,  Georgiana  T.  HJ 
Bowman.     Residence^  Sb  8th  street,  Hoboken,  N.  J.    A  printerj 
(Seventh  (feneration  1     ('hildreu: 

i,  Fanny  MiLLtxtJToN  Child,  b.  in  New  York  Citv.  I>e*^,  24.  1S4S,  m.  Jail«* 
a  1868,  James  IL  Wikon.     She  d.  May  i\,  ISW,  withuut  children, 

ii.  Emma   Bertoa   Child,  b.  in  New  York  City,  Aug.  6.  1851.  ni.  Oct.  S5^ 
1876,  David  B.  Idcll 

iii.  Laura  Amkija  Child,  b  in  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  Ang.  90, 1S58,  d.  Mar  t, 

iv.  Ella  (lERTReDE  Child,  b.  in  IJot>oken,  N,  J,,  April  7,  1857.        [l6s7^ 

v.  Grace  Charlotte  Child,  b   tn  Hok^ken^  N.  J.,  Si^pt.  8,  I85t. 

vi.  Jexxie  Lorise  Child,  b.  in  Hoboken,  N.  J  ,  April  :!:&,  1SG4. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 

yii.  George  Henrt  Child,  b.  in  Hobciken,  N.  J..  Nor.  80,  1866. 
viii.  Frank  Malcoxb  Child,  b.  in  Hoboken,  N.  J..  Jan.  1870. 
ISixth  Generation.] 

ii.  Edmund  Bramhall  Child,  b.  Saturday  Sept  2,  1826, 
in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  m.  Oct  7,  1855,  on  Sunday,  at  the  home  of  the 
bride,  in  Morrisania,  Rebecca  Anna  Harystman,  dau  of  Arthur 
Berryhill  and  Katherine  Eliza  Drummond  Harystman,  who 
were  among  the  original  settlers  of  Morrisania,  now  a  part  of 
the  City  of  New  Yorlc,  an  active  participant  in  public  affairs, 
was  elected  and  re-elected  to  various  offices,  and  was  for  many 
years  Justice  of  the  Peaca  Mr.  E.  B.  Child  attended  the 
schools  of  Mr.  Morse  and  Mr.  Steele  of  Albany.  Learned  the 
printing  business;  became  an  editor  and  publisher  in  New 
York  City.  Actuary  of  Mechanics  Institute  in  that  city 
several  years,  and  much  valued  in  that  position  for  his  efficien- 
cy.  Is  a  democrat  in  politics.  Is  a  writer  for  the  press.  En- 
gaged in  Fire  Ins.  business.  Residence,  New  York  City. 
(Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

i.  Edmumd  Bhamhall  Child.  Jr..  b.  Monday,  July  11,  1864,  in  Morris- 
ania, N.  Y.    Attended  Miss  Coyles*  school,  and  the  **  Suburban  Seminary'' 
of  Rev.  Edwin  Johnson. 
[Fifth  Generation.] 

iv.  Rebecca  Anna  Child,  second  dau.  of  Rev.  Caleb  and 
Sarah  Bramhall  Child,  b.  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  April  4, 
1808,  m.  May  2,  18*7,  Isaac  Dennison  Wetsellof  Albany,  N.Y. 
He  was  b.  in  Catskill,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  21,  1811 ;  son  of  James  and 
Katherine  Van  Bergen  Van  Valtenberg  Wetsell.  Mrs.  R.  A.  C. 
Wetsell  d.  Nov.  10,  1S79. 

(Sixth  Generation.]    Child: 

i.  Sarab  Harriet   Wetsell,  b.  Oct.  27, 1849.  m.  Oct.  20.  1874.  John  T. 
Bramhall. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

i.  Sarah  Harriet  Wetsell,  only  child  of  Rebecca  Anna 
Child  and  Isaac  D.  Wetsell,  b.  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  27,  1849, 
m.  Oct.  20,  1874,  John  Tobias  Bramhall,  who  was  b.  Oct  6, 
1849,  at  Ghent,  Columbia  county,  N.  Y. ;  son  of  Charles  Hurl- 
burt  and  Eliza  Hogeboom  Bramhall. 

f Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

i.  Laura  Elbertje  Bramhall.  b.  in  Falls  Church,  Va.,  Oct.  14,  1875. 

iL  LiDA  Martin  Bramhall.  b.  in  Albany.  N.  Y.,  Oct.  25  1877. 

iii.  Frederic  Dennison  Bramhall,  b.  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  April  16, 1880. 
{Fifth  Generation.] 

V.  Sarah  Mehitable  Child,  third  dau.  of  Rev.  Caleb  and 
Sarah  Bramhall  Child,  b.  Sept  19,  1810,  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  m.  at 
Niscayuma,  Albany  county,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  15,  1830,  Warren 
Samuel  Doty,  who  was  b.  in  Renssalaer  county,  N.  Y.,  May  6, 
1810;  a  son  of  Ethan- Allen  and  Keturah  Tompkins  Doty.  He 
was  a  lineal  descendant  of  PJdward  Dotey,  one  of  the  original 
pilgrims  of  the  ^'Mayflower."  Mrs.  Doty  was  early  thrown  on 
her  own  resources  by  the  death  of  her  parents ;  was  a  woman 
of  superior  natural  gifts,  self-reliant,  energetic,  and  thoroughly 
devoted  to  the  care  of  her  family  circle.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Doty 
removed,  in  1831,  to  NewYork  City,  and  for  several  years  both 
worked  as  map  mounters  in  the  map  establishment  of  the  Coltons. 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBUKY,  MASS. 

Mr.  Doty  later  went  into  the  business  of  engraving  and  print- 
ing, in  which  he  continued  until  his  death  ;  he  was  a  successful 
business  man.  and  won  the  respect  and  esteem  of  all  who 
knew  him.  He  died  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  14,  1855.  Mrs. 
Sarah  M.  C.  Doty  died  at  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  July  23,  1878,  aged 
68.  Funeral  services  were  held  Thursday  the  25th,  from  her 
late  residence  97  St  Felix  street.  She  was  buried  in  the  family 
lot  at  Greenwood  beside  her  husband.  Affectionate,  kind  and 
devoted  parents,  their  memory  will  ever  be  cherished  by  their 
children."*^ 

[Sixth  Generation.!    Children : 

i.  Mary  Eliza  Doty,  b.  in  New  York  Gity,  July  5, 1831,  unra;  merchant; 
lives  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

ii.  George  \Vashinoton  Doty,  b.  in  New  York  City,  Oct.  5,  1884,  d.  in 
Brooklyn,  No v^ 6,  1870.     Clerk:  unmarried. 

iii.  Ethan  Allen  Doty.  b.  in  New  York.  June  14,  1837.  m.  Jan.  22,  1861, 
Ellie  Eliza  McFarlan,  who  was  b.  in  Brooklyn.  Aug.  23. 1839;  dau.  of  James 
and  Margaret  Cronk  McFarlan.  Mr.  Doty  was  educated  at  the  public 
schools  and  college  of  New  York  City,  where  he  is  now  a  merchant  and 
manufacturer,  of  the  firm  of  Doty  &  McFarlan. f 

iv.  C^ATHERiNB  LoNo  DoT^',  b.  in  New  York,  Nov.  5,  1839,  m.  Feb.  15, 
1861,  Gilbert  R.  Lindsay. 

V.  Rebecca  Anna  Doty,  b.  in  New  York,  April  10,  1842.  unm.  Resides 
in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

vi.  Sarah  Mkhitable  Doty,  b.  in  New  York,  Juno  7,  1845,  d.  in  Brook- 
lyn. July  6, 1849. 

vii.  Warren  Samuel  Doty,  b.  in  Brooklyn,  Sept.  22,  1848,  unm ;  clerk. 
Lives  in  Brooklyn. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

iv.  Catherine  Lonc;  Doty,  second  dau.  of  Sarah  M.  Child 
arrd  Warren  S.  Doty,  b  in  New  York  City,  Nov.  5,  183y,  m. 
in  Brooklyn,  Feb.  15,  ISO),  Gilbert  Robertson  Lindsay,  who 
was  b.  in  New  York,  Jan.  31,  1834,  son  of  Gilbert  Robertson 
and  Susanna  Brower  Lindsay  Reside  in  Rahway,  N.  J., 
where  he  is  a  practicing  lawyer  and  Superintendent  of  Public 
Schools. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

i.  Kate  Lindsay,  b.  Oct.  5,  1865.  in  Brooklyn. 

ii:  Robert  Lindsay,  b.  Sept.  14,  1869,  in  Rahway,  N.  J. 

iii.  Sarah  Agnes  Lindsay,  b.  Aug.  19,  1875,  in  liahway,  N.  J. 
[Fifth  Generation.] 

Joseph  Bramhall  Child,  seventh  and  youngest  child  of 
Kev.  Caleb  and  Sarah  Bramhall  Child,  wns  a  printer,  receivecl 
a  fair  education.  In  June,  1847,  he  left  Xew  York  City  as  a 
sailor  and  was  not  heard  from  till  his  return  to  the  city  in 
1^52.  having  in  the  mean  time  sailed  mainly  between  the  coasts 
of  Africa  and  England.  About  1855  he  removed  to  Grand 
Detour,  Ogle  county.  111.,  where  he  married,  in  185^,  a  widow 
whose  maiden  name  was  Sarah  B.  Hamlin  (first  husband's  name 
unknown).  Mr.  Child  died  in  the  autumn  of  1864,  in  Grand 
Detour.     Communications  have  failed  to  reach  his  family  since 

1866.  ^ 

[Sixth  Generation.!    Children: 

i.  Mary  Eliza  Child,  b  Mch.  13,  1859. 

11.  Ida  Francks  Child,  b.  July  5,  1860. 

iii.  Edmund  Bramhall  Child,  b.  1863. 

iv.  A  daughter,  b.  Dec.  10,  1864. 

*The  brief  mention  of  Mrr.  Doty'e  death  Ib  tnm  an  ''In  mc moritm**  raid.  1 
1 1!>  collecllpg  material  for  the  Genealogy  of  the  ••  Dotey  or  Dcten  flimlly.^*    J 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTa  425 

3627.  iv.  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  Jan.  25, 1810,  m.  Ebenezer  Bird  of  Fram- 
ingham,  Mass. ;  she  d.  July  20, 1860. 

3638.  V.  Ann  Maria  Child  b.  Aug.  26,  1812,  m.  May  21,  1841,  Harvey 
Barber;  they  lived  in  Warwick,  Mass. 

3629.  vi.  Sophia  Whitney  Child,  b.  June  23,  1815,  d.  July  18,  1816. 

3630.  vii.  William  Thomas  Child,  b.  Oct.  6,  1817,  m.  Sept.  10, 1847, 
Mary  R.  Watts. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3630.  vii.  William  Thomas  CniJiD,  seventh  and  youngest 
child  and  third  son  of  Phineas  and  Susanna  Whitney  Child,  b. 
Oct  6,  1817,  m.  Sept.  10,  1847,  Mary  R  Watts.  Reside  at 
Gates,  Mo. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

3631.  i.  ANN  Makia  Child,  b,  in  Gates,  Mo.,  May  1,  1849,  m  Mch.  11, 
1868,  Milton  Barnes. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

3613.  vi.  Solomon  Chills  sixth  child  of  Caleb  and  Rebecca 
Dana  Child,  b.  Sept  13,  1752,  m.  1803,  the  widow  of  William 
Wiswell,  of  Newton,  Mass. 

[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

3632.  i.  BuLAH  Child,  b.  1804. 

3633.  ii.  Mary  Ann  Child,  b.  1805. 

3634.  iii.  Rebecca  Child,  b.  1806. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

3614.  vii.  Caleb  Child,  2d,  seventh  child  and  fourth  son  of 
Caleb  and  Kebecca  Dana  Child,  b.  May  7,  1759,  m.  1799,  Sarah 
Bramhall,  dau.  of  Edmund  and  Mehitable  Bramhall  of  Armenia, 
Dutchess  Co.,  N.  Y.  She  d.  1806,  at  Canaan,  Columbia  Co., 
N.  Y.  Mr.  Child  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard  University,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.     He  lived  and  died  in  Albany,  N.  Y. 

[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

3635.  i.  Edmund  Bramhall  Child,  b.  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  23, 1800, 
in.  Isabella . 

3636  ii.  Caleb  Child,  Jn.,  b.  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  May  31,  1803,  d.  of 
yellow  fever,  at  Mobile,  Ala.;  unmarried. 

3637.  iii.  Mart  Eliza  Child,  b.  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  1806,  d.  1811. 

3638.  iv.  Rebecca  Ann  ('hild,  b.  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  April  4, 1808, 
m.  Dennison  Weskell,  of  Albany,  N.  Y. 

3639.  V.  Sarah  Mehitable  Child,  b.  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  18,  1810,  ra. 
Warren  Doty;  now  lives  in  New  York  City,  and  has  six  chilaren.  names  and 
dates  of  birth  not  given. 

3640.  vi.  Solomon  Child,  b.  July  18,  1813;  lives  in  Texas;  unmarried. 

3641.  vii.  Joseph  Bramhall  Child,  b.  June  8,  1815,  d.  in  Illinois  a  few 
years  since,  after  an  adventurous  life. 


F-i 


CHAPTER    VI L 


JOHN  CHILD. 


It  seems  necessary  to  introduce  this  line  with  a  preface,  as 
there  has  been  some  G[uestion  as  to  its  paternity,  and  it  booomes 
lis  to  state  the  premises  and  our  reasons  for  the  oondusioD 
have  reached  in  the  matter.  Our  first  point  will  1>p 
that  Benjamin  and  Mary  Child  of  Roxbury.  "h^ 
to  America,  had  a  son  John,  their  tenth  cliilt* 
The  second  point  is  to  identify  said  John  and  \ 
as  there  are  found  two  lines  quite  distinct  in  ti 
families  who  have  been  supposed  to  be  his 
will  give  then,  here,  the  reasons  for  the  couclusi 

We  find  that  by  far  the  larger  number  of  the 
Benjamin   Child,  emigrant,    removed   from   Ri 
colony  established  in  the  town  now  called  Woo* 
necticut,  though  we  have  no  evidence  that  ai 
went  there  unless  it  should  seem  that  his  yo 
did  go  there.     If  we  find  John  did  go  to  Woo^ 
plexity  ends.     We  have   upon   the  Woodstocli 
births  of  a  large  family  of   children  to  John 
ChilcL     At  the  time  of  the  sending  of  the 
from  Roxbuiy  to  the  colony  then  called  New  B 
sons  of  Benjamin  Child,  the  second  son  \A  the  Er 
name,  were  old  enough  to  go,  some  were  marrie 
ried  after  removing;  John,  the  younger  sou  of 
was  not  much  the  senior  of  some  of  his  nepht* 
have  felt  he  could  better  estiiblish  a  family  in  tl 
try.     A  very  strong  point  in  the  presumptive 
cannot  call  it  positive)  is  that  the  families  fron 
times  always  held  themselves  to  be  clo.sely  alii 
proof  comes  to  us  from  an  old  diary  of  one  J 
married    in    1711   Elizabctli  Child,  the  daugh 
Child,  (Joshua  being  the  son  of  Benjamin  Child, 
In  this  diary,  which  we  have  carefull}'  read,  we 
calls  the  John  Child  of  Woodstock,  Ct.,  '^  Unci 
would  be  the  uncle  of   his  wife  Elizabeth  Ch' 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 


427 


were  the  son  of  the  emigrant  and  so  the  brother  of  Joshua,) 
while  Ephraim,  Benjamin,  &c.,  the  grandchildren  of  the  emi- 
grant, he  always  calls  "cousin.''  Others  beside  ourselves  have 
examined  the  Woodstock  records  on  this  point,  and  entertain 
no  doubt  that  the  John  whom  we  place  at  the  head  of  this 
chapter,  and  whose  long  line  of  posterity  we  record,  is  the  son 
of  Benjamin  Child,  the  emigrant.  We  therefore  register  him 
as  we  have  done  the  others. 
[Second  Generation.] 
■  1:^.  v^    JnlT^^  r.jjni,  fiftli  fl/^ia^^tua^A-.^—^  ehild  of  Benjamin 

671,  m.  about  1696 

few  Roxbur\',  after- 

l  in  that  part  of  the 

a  good  old  age  he 


1698,  m.  Dec.  7,  1721, 

.  Sept.  3,  1699,  m.  Dec. 

e  week. 

•..  May  27,  1727.  Keziah 

18,  1728,  Dorcas  Aiiis- 
aonth. 

Q.  July  30,   1738,  John 

19,  1790. 

.  June  20,  1712. 
.  June  10,  1712. 

>f  John  and  Eliza 
abt.  1697  or  1698, 

t.  6,  1722. 
12,  1724. 

pt.  17,  1726,  m.  twice— 
■)hn.son. 
an.  1,  1728,  m.  Oct.  10, 

ug.  8, 1733,  m.  Jan.  22, 

Aug.  13,  1735,  m.  Dec. 


BEXJAStlN  CHILD  OF  ROXBt 


3659.  vii.   Benaiaei  Cm  La  h  m  W<Midstock%  Ct.,  Ainil  17,  1740. 
3G60.  \iii,  Ha^nnaii  Child,  Ij.  in  WtKidi^iuck,  Vi.,  OvU  a,  1742. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

3055.  iii.  Abijah  Child,  third  child  of  John  and  Ab^ 
Ainsworth  Child,  1>.  in  Wwdstock,  Ct,  Sept.  17,  1726,  m. 
Priscilla  Moi-se,  Oct  29,  1748;    m.  2d,   abt.  1750,   Abigailj 
Johnson. 
[Fifth  Genemlion  J    Chiltlren:     By  first  marriage. 

mm.  i.  AniJAH  Child,  Jr.,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct..  Sept.  3.  1749.  m.  Feb.^ 
17,  1774.  Saruh  Maseraft, 

By  second  roamage. 

3662.  it    EuMrE  Child,  b  in  Wooilstock,  it.,  May  3,  1730,  m.  May  I7,J 
1770,  Siinm€!l  Buggies. 

mm.  ill.  Sahah  Child,  h.  iff  Woo<lsto<!k,  Ct..  Feb.  18.  1752,  m.  Jan.  19,^ 
1775,  Elijah  Mason. 

3G64.  iw  Hannah   Carpenter  Child,  b.   in  Wrjodstock,  Ct.,  April  M,\ 
1751 

3C(i5.  V.  Benaiah  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  April  19,  1756, 

3066.  VI.  Fanny  Child,  b.  In  WixKistock,  Ct.,  April  (3.  1759. 

8667.  vii.  Asa  Child,  h  in  Woodsroek,  Ct.,  Juno  IS,  17^1.  tn.  A|tnl  20, 
1791,  Abigail  Adara^. 

[Fifth  Gent^mtionJ 

36t>l.  i.  Abwah  Child,  Jr,  eldest  child  uf  Abrjah  Child 
and  Priscilla  Morse,  b  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Sept.  tJ,  1740,  m^ 
Feb,  17,  1774,  Sarah  Mascraft,  in  Pomfiet,  Ct,  and  I'emove 
to  Pomfi'et,  Yt,,  which  town  Ix^gan  to  be  settled  in  1770. 
[Sixth  tiein^miion  I    Children: 

360a  i.  Jacob  Cstld,  h.  Feb.  11,  1775»  m.  March  d,  IWXI,  Abigail  Drur.] 

3669.  ii.  Sahah  Child,  b.  Sept.  13.  1776,  m.  Dee.  1.  1796,  John  Lamb 

3670.  iii    Abu  ah  Child,  Jb,,  b.  May  18,  1778,  unnvamod. 

3671.  iv.  SANFnRD  Child,  ^  s  M\  Mt-h.    /  in,  Dec.  4, 1S(>6,  Pollv  Conant,4 
V,  Clakinda  Child,  ]  ^  (    3,  1780,  \  ni.  Mob.  5,  1810,  Jo&n  WooiVi 


3672. 


3673.  vi.  Oahdnkr  B.  Child,  b.  Feb.  22.  1782,  in.  Mch.27,  1816,  l^abelli 
Martin. 

3674.  viL  JoHX  Chili*,  b.  Dec.  14,  1783,  m.  1812.  Lorain  Meigs. 

3675.  viii.  Ikena   Child,   b.  May  27.  1704,  m.  Aug.  22,  1833.  Truma 
Dixon 

[Sixth  tTi'ueratiou.] 

36t)8.  i.  Jacob  Child,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Abijah  an<5 
Sarah  Mascraft  Child,  b.  in  Pomfi-et,  Vt,  Feb.  11,  1775, 
Mch,  3,  IBuO,  Abigail  Drew;  i*emovod  soon  after  his  marriage 
to  Franklin  Co.,  N.  Y. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

34i76.  i.  Angelina  Child,  b.  Nov.  6,  1800.  ni.  April  8,  1817.  John  Cargm.J 

3677.  ii.  John  Child,  b.  March  29,  1802.  ni.  Sybil  Clark. 

3678.  iii.  Jacob  Child,  Jr.,  Ij,  Fell.  13,  1804,  ni.  Samantha  8umu«r. 

3679.  iv.  Marv  F.  Child,  b.  Oet.  8,  1808. 
8680.  V.  Georc*e  Child,  b.  June  2,  1812.  m.  1st,  July  1886.  Mary  C.  Nu^ 

ter;  in.  2d,  Calistn  Cofferin. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  429 

3681.  vi.  Chauncey  Child,  b.  June  5,  1814,  m.  May  11,  1837,  Caroline 
Taylor. 

3682.  vii.  William  S.  Child,  b.  Dec.  21.  1815,   m.   March  16,   1841, 
Sophronia  Coonley. 

3683.  viii.  Caroline  A.  Child,  b.  Dec.  16,  1821,  m.  Feb.  2,  1841,  Tru- 
man Hale  of  Chateaugay,  N.  Y. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

367T.  ii.  John  Child,  second  child  and  eldest  son  of  Jacob 
and  Abigail  Drew  Child,  b.  in  Pomfret,  Vt,  Mch.  29,  1802, 
m.  May  20,  1824,  Sybil  Clark.  Mr.  Child  d.  Dec.  21,  1836. 
Mrs.  Child  m.  2d,  July  23,  1844,  Joseph  Pike,  and  d.  Feb.  27, 
1879.  Eesidence  Castle  Rock,  Minnesota. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

mi4.  i.  CLAttK  Child,  b.  Jan.  10,  1826,  m.  Dec.  24,  1848.  Mary  Goke. 

3685.  ii.  Temple  Child,  b.  April  23,  1828.  ra.  Sept.  27,  18a3,  Cornelia  M. 
Hastings. 

3686.  iii.  Henry  D.   Child,  b.  Oct.  17,  1830,  m.  July  3. 1856,  Eliza  R. 
Howell. 

3687.  iv.  Melinda  Child,  b.  April  16.  1833.  m.  May  7,  1851,  George  P. 
Smith. 


8.  V.  LuciNDA  Child,  b.  April  18,  1835,  d.  June  1,  1853. 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

3f)86.  iii.  Henry  D.  Child,  third  son  and  child  of  John  and 
Sybil  Clark  Child,  b.  Oct  17,  1830,  m.  July  3,  1856,  Eliza  R. 
Howell.     Residence  East  Castle  Rock,  Dakota  Co.,  Minn. 
I  Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 
3689.  i.  John  H.  Child,  b.  July  12,  1857. 
♦»**    ii.  Herbert  E.  Child,  b.  Jan.  1, 1860. 
♦**♦    iii.  Temple  A.  Child,  b.  Nov.  9,  1872. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

8678.  iii.  Jacob  Child,  Jr.,  second  son  and  third  child  of 
Jacob  and  Abigail  Drew  Child,  b.  in  Pomfret,  Vt,  Feb.  13, 
ISOtl:,  m.  about  1831,  Samantha  Sumner,  of  Malone,  N.Y.  Mr. 
Child  d.  Sept  13,  1873.  Mrs.  S.  S.  Child  d,  in  Constable, 
Franklin  Co.,  N.  Y.,  May  28,  1846. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children :  ^ 

8690.  i.  Delia  Child,  b.  April  5,  1832,  m.  Nov.  18, 1857,  Nahum  B.  Rob- 
bins,  of  Constable. 

3691.  ii.  Daniel  Child,  b.  June  18,  1833. 


iii.  George  W.  Child,  b.  April  3.  1835.  m.  Sept  19,  1861,  Arabel 
Wentworth. 


8.  iv.  Clarissa  Child,  b.  Sept.  6,  1836,  m.  George  W.  Shears. 
i.  V.  John  F.  Child,  b.  Dec.  27,  1837. 

5.  vi,  Bbtsey  Child,  b.  Oct.  14.  1839,  m.  John  Watson. 

6.  vii.  Putnam  F.  Child,  b.  Dec.  27,  1841. 
3697.  viii.  Willl4m  A.  Child,  b.  Oct.  14,  1844. 


430 


BENJAMTN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


[Eighth  Generation.] 

3692.  iii.  George  W.  Child^  second  son  iiud  tliiixl  child  ofj 
Jacob,  Jr.,  and  Samantha  Sumner  Cliild,  k  April  3,  1835,  taJt 
Sept.  19,  18H1,  Arabel  Wentwonh,  Beside  in  Constable.  N,Y.] 
[Ninth  GeueniLion.]     Children: 

mm,  i.  Alice  B.  C*hild,  h'.  Aug.  22,  1S62,  in  Constable,  N.  Y. 

3G®9.  ii.  CAftRiE  E.  Child,  b.  0(-t.  3,  1864,  in  Constable,  N.  Y. 

3700.  iii.  Warren  H.  A,  Child,  b.  July  8,  1868,  in  Constable,  N.  Y, 

370L  iv.  (iEOROE  W.  f'niLD.  Jn.,  \x  Jane  6,  1870,  in  Constable,  N.  Y.,  d. 
Ottt.  «,  1873. 

[St'vcnth  rJeneralion.] 

3680.  V.  George  Cihlu,  third  .son  and  fifth  child  of  Jacob 
and  Abigail  Drew  Child,  b.  in  Windsor  Co.,  Vt,  June  2,  1812,1 
m.   twice— 1st  July   1836,   Marj  C.  Nutter;    ra.  2d,  Calistaj 
Cofferin,      Mr,  Child  resided   in  Malone,  Fmnklin  Co.,  N.  Y, 
In  1S53  he  removed  to  Illinois,  and  resided  near  Belvidei*e,  in 
Boon  Ct^,  from  thence  he  removed  to  Colorado*  thence  to  CaU| 
ifornia,  in  1858. 
I  E ig h  t !i  Q  e  11  e nil  l o 1 1 .  ]    Ch  i I d tv n : 

3702.  i.  George  Albion  Child,  h.  1840  d. . 

3703.  ii.  Mary  Elzadir  Child.  Ii.  1842,  d. . 

3704.  iiL  Robert  A.  (^ihld.  h.  Midi.  22.  IU%  nu  Dec.  24,  1873,  Mary  E.^ 
CofferiiL 

370^.  iv.   Henry  Phaxklin  Child,  h.  1846.     Resides  in  Decatur,  111, 

3706.  V.  John  Samuel  Child^  b* ,  d.  »l    Hii:i,ntis   Place,   Arkan 

Oct,  1870. 
:i707.  vi,  Oraxub  Scott  Child. 

3708.  vii*  Gurvdon  Child,     }  ^  i  Keside>  at  Dubi].|ue,  Iowa, 
0700.  viii.  Cornelia  Child,  s  £  S  *J*  aged  4  years. 

3710.  ix.  Abbte  CarLD. 
[Eighlh  Generation,  1 

3704.  iii.  Robert  A.  CHiLr>,  second  son  and  third  child  ofj 
George  and  Mary  C.  Nntter  Chi  Ids,   b.  in   Antwerp,  Jeffersoa 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  Meh!^  2%  1845,  m.  Dec.  24,  1S73,  in  Normal  Me^ 
Lean  Co ,  llUiuji^,  by  Rev^  Mr.  Leonard,  Mary  E.  Cofferin,  dau.  I 
of  William  W.  G.  and  Helen  R  Lester  Coiferin,     Mr.Willianij 
W.  G.  Coferin  died  Sept.  1866.     Mrs.  H.  E.  L,  Cofferin  resides 
with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Robert  A.  Child,  in  Hinsdale,  111.     Mn 
Ri:>bert  A.  Child  enlisted   March,  1861,  in  the   Faleral  army, 
and  served  until  AiJij:ust,  1865,  in  the  armies  of  the  Mississippi^ 

and  rhe  Cumberland,  respeetively,   tinder  Generals  Fr^'-Tnont, 

Hunter,  Grant,  Sherman,  and  Thomaa 

[Ninth  Generation  ]     Children: 

3711.  i.  LE.STER  CoFFKRiN'  Chtld,  b.  Oct.  11,  1874,  in  Ilinsrlale,  111, 
3713,  ii.  WrLrjAM  Robert  Child,  b,  Sept.  27. 1876,  in  Hinsdale,  lU, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS..  481 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3681.  vi.  Chauncey  Child,  fourth  son  and  sixth  child  of 
Jacob  and  Abigail  Drew  Child,  b.  June  5,  1814,  m.  May  11, 
1837,  Caroline  Taylor.  Kesidence  Malone,  Franklin  Co.,  N.Y. 
fEighth  Generation.]    Children: 

3713.  i.  Edson  R.  Child,  b.  May  28. 1838. 

3714.  ii.  CoBNEUA  C.  Child,  b.  Oct.  29,  1839. 

3715.  iii.  Malvina  J.  Child,  b.  Jan.  28, 1840. 

3716.  iv.  Maeion  Child,  b.  Aug.  22,  1843,  d.  Feb.  4, 1859. 

3717.  V.  Augusta  J.  Child,  b.  July  22,  1845. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3682.  vii.  Dr.  William  S.  Child,  fifth  son  and  seventh 
child  of  Jacob  and  Abigail  Drew  Child,  b.  Dec.  21,  1815,  m. 
Mch.  16,  1841,  Sophronia  Coonley,  of  Constable,  N.  Y.  Mr. 
Child  studied  for  the  medical  profession  with  Dr.  George 
Darling  of  Constable,  N.  Y.  Settled  in  Chateaugay,  Franklin 
Co.,  N.  Y.;  commenced  practice  as  a  surgeon  and  physician, 
and  gained  the  reputation  of  being  skillful  in  his  profession ; 
a  worthy  and  esteemed  citizen.  He  died  Aug.  21,  1846. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

3718.  i.  Saeah  a.  Child,  b.  Oct.  3,  1843,  m.  1871,  William  Lockley,  of 
Boston. 

3719.  ii.  WiLLiAMiNE  S.  Child,  b.  Jan.  13,  1847,  in  Chateaugay,  N.  Y. 

f Sixth  Generation.] 

3671.  iv.  Sanford   Child,  third  son  and  fourth  child  of 
Abijah  and  Sarah  Mascraft  Child,  b.  in  Pomfret,  Vt,  Mch.  3, 
1780,  m.  Dec.  4, 1806,  Polly  Conant     Eemoved  early  to  Frank- 
lin Co.,  New  York. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 

3720.  i.  Gaednee  A.  Child,  b.  May  14,  1808,  m.  1st,  Dec.  27,  1836 
Adelia  M.  Berry;  m.  2d,  Adelaide  Parker. 

3721.  ii.  Leonard  C.  Child,  b.  July  23, 1809.  m.  1st,  May  15, 1837,  Betsey 
B.  Peck;  m.  2d,  Nov.  6,  1843,  Elvira  White. 

3722.  iii.  Lucy  Child,  b.  July  12,  1811,  m.  July  26,  1836,  Enoch  Miller. 

3723.  iv.  Justin  Child,  b.  June  27. 1813,  m.  Dec.  25, 1839,  Delilah  Daggett. 

3724.  V.  Maey  Child,  b.  Sept.  17,  1816.  d.  unra.  1859. 

3725.  vi.  Benjamin  F.  Child,  b.  Jan.  14,  1819,  d.  unm.  Nov.  1.  1842. 

3726.  vii.  Chaeles  Child,  b.  May  7,  1821,  d.  unm.  1847. 

3727.  viii.  Thomas  J.  Child,  b.  July  4,  1823,  d.  unm.  1845. 

3728.  ix.  Catheeine  E.  Child,  b.  Dec.  30,  1827,  m.  Wilhelm  Alexander. 
[The  last  seven  of  these  children  have  been  teachers  of  the  public  schools 

in  this  State.    The  three  elder  sons  are  farmers  in  Malone,  Franklin  Co., 
N.  Y.] 

[Seventh  Generation.  J 

3720.  i.  Gardner  A.  Child,  eldest  child  of  Sanford  aud 
Polly  Conant  Child,  b.  in   Pomfret,  Vt.,  May  14,  1808,  m. 


4SS 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MAS& 


twice— 1st,  Dec,  27,  1836,  Adelia  M,  Berry;  m.  2d,  Adelaid 

Parker;  residence  Malone,  Franklin  Co.,  K  Y.:  a  farmer. 
plighth  Generation.]    Children: 

3731K  i,  SAXFORn  A.  Child,  b.  Oct.  3,  1837,  in  Malone,  N.  Y.,  m.  Oct.  25. 
1871.  Esther  Keeler. 

3730.  ii.  HiEAM  G.  CniLii,  b.  Sept,  25,  1841.  in  Malonf*.  X.  Y..  ra.  Nov. 
1866,  Elizabeth  Mott. 

5t731.  iii.  Deija  A.  Child,  \k  Oct,  5»  1862. 

37^3.  iv.  Fred.  P.  Child,  b.  Sept.  5,  1866. 

[Eighth  GeiierHtioD.] 

3729.  i.  San  FORD  A.  Child,  eUast  child  of  Gardner  A.  ai 
Adelia  M.  Berry,  b,  iti  Malone,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  S,  1837,  m.  Oct  2^ 
1871,  Estlier  Keeler;  residenee  Malone,  N.  Y. 

[Ninth  Generation.]     Children: 
3783-  i.  Sarah  A,  Child,  b.  Aug.  13,  1872,  in  Malone,  N.  Y. 
8734.  ii.  MiRAM  R.  Child,  b.  Oct.  21.  1873,  in  Malone,  N.  Y. 

3735.  iii.  Lwv  M.  Child,  b,  Nov,  1,  1876,  in  MaloEe.  N.  Y. 

3736.  iv.  Clara  C.  Child.  Ii.  Miiy  28,  1878,  in  Malone,  N.  Y. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

3730.  ii.  HiKAM  G.  Child,  second  «on  and  child  of  Gai-dm 
A.  and  Adelia  M.  Berry  Child,  b.  in  Malone,  N.  Y,  Sept  2d 
1841,  m.  Nov,   1866,  Elizabeth   Mott,  in   Chateaugay,  N, 
where  they  resided,  and  in  that  i>lace  Mr.  II,  G.  Child  d,  No^ 
14, 1873. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

3737.  i.  Cdra  Chu.d,  b.  Jsept.  2,  1868,  in  Chateaugay,  N.  Y. 

[Seventh  Qenerfttion.J 

3721.  ii.  Lkonahu  C.  Chili*,  second  son  and  child  of  I 
ion\  and  Polly  Conant  Child,  b.  in  Pomfret,  Vt,  July  23,  ISC 
m.  twice— 1st,  May  15,  1837,  Betsey  B.  Peck;  m.  2d,  Nov, 
1843,  Elvira  White.     He  is  a  tanner  and  shoemaker, 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

3738.  i.  Clarinda  Cho.d,  b  Jhh.  28,  1839.  m.  May  13, 1862,  Rodney  | 
Bell. 

3739.  ii.  Dorcas  Child,  b.  May  13,  1845. 

3740.  iii.  Elmtna  Crild.  b.  April  27.  1847,  d,  April  17.  1848. 

3741.  iv,  Catherink  E.  Child,  \k  May  18,  1841K  m,  Jnlv  2,  1868,  Danl 
H.  Tarble. 

8742.  v,  Mary  P.  Child,  b.  March  13,  1851,  d,  April  2,  1851. 
3743,  vi.  Flavel  H.  Child,  b.  May  20,  1852,  m.  Nov.  14,  1876,  Angel  ii 
Purdy. 
8744.  vii.  Frank  L,  Child,  b.  Nov.  28,  1854. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3723,  iv.  Justin  Child,  third  .^on  and  fourth  child  of  Sa^ 
ford  and   Polly  Conant  Child,    h.   in   Pomfret,  Vt,  June  2T, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  483 

1813,  m.  Dea  25,   1839,  Delilah  Daggett;  residence  Malone, 
Franklin  Co.,  N.  Y.* 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

3745.  i.  Ella  R.  Child,  b.  Dec.  6,  1846,  m.  April  15,  1874.  James  M. 
Gregory. 

3746.  ii.  Alice  E.  Child,  b.  Dee.  80,  1848,  d.  May  18, 1852. 

3747.  iii.  Feed.  D  Child,  b.  Oct.  16. 1850,  m.  May  1, 1872,  Lizzie  Burch. 

3748.  iv.  Lucy  E.  Child,  b.  Dec.  14.  1852. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

3745.  i.  Ella  R  Child,  eldest  child  of  Justin  and  Delilah 
Daggett  Child,  b.  in  Malone,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  6,  1846,  m.  April  15, 
1874,  James  M.  Gregory  of  Stockton,  Cal.     Mrs.  E.  E.  Child 
Gregory  d.  in  San  Jose,  Cal.,  April  11,  1876. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

3749.  i.  Archie  Gbeooby.  b.  April  24, 1875. 

f  Eighth  Generation.] 

3747.  iii.  Fred.  D.  Child,  only  son  of  Justin  and  Delilah 
Daggett  Child,  b.  in  Malone,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  16,  1850,  m.  May  1, 
1872,  Lizzie  Burch. 
1^ Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

3750.  i.  Louis  Child,  b.  July  4,  1875. 

3751.  ii.  Ella  R.  Child,  b.  Oct.  10,  1876. 

3752.  iii.  William  Child,  b.  Jan.  26,  1878. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3672.  V.  Clakinda  Child,  second  daiL  and  fifth  child  of 
Abijah  and  Sarah  Mascraft  Child,  b.  in  Pomfret,  Vt.,  March  3, 
1780,  a  twin  with  her  brother,  Sanford  Child.  She  m.  March 
5,  1810,  John  Wood  of  Malone,  Franklin  Co.,  N.  Y.  Mrs. 
Clarinda  Child  Wood  moved  to  Janesville,  Wia,  with  her 
elder  daiL  Mrs.  Trowbridge,  abfc.  1855  or  1856,  but  survived 
only  a  year  or  two  the  change  of  climate. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

3753.  i.  Sarah  Wood.  b.  in  Malone,  N.  Y..  m.  Pardon  Trowbridge  of 
Bombay,  Franklin  Co.,  N.  Y.  They  removed  to  Wisconsin,  but  lived  only 
two  or  three  years  in  the  new  home,  leaving  several  small  children  orphans 
by  their  early  demise.  But  one  name  of  these  little  ones  has  reached  us, 
Safford  Trowbridge. 

3754.  ii.  Eliza  Wood,  m.  Melvin  Allen  of  Constable,  Franklin  Co.,  X.  Y.. 
and  about  1837  or  1838  removed  to  Michigan. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3674.  viL  John  Child,  fifth  son  and  seventh  child  of  Abi- 
jah and  Sarah  Mascraft  Child,  b.  in  Pomfret,  Windsor  Co.,  Vt, 
nL  in  1812,  Lorain  Meigs,  and  moved  to  Franklin  Co.,  N.  Y. 

*  To  Mr.  Justin  Child  we  are  largely  indebted  for  the  statistics  of  this 
family,  descendants  of  Abijah  and  Sarah  Mascraft  Child. 


4S4 


BErNJAJUX  L'HILII  OF  E 


[Seventh  GeneraUon.]    Children: 

:1755.  i,  O&PHA  Chilh,  b.  Dec  1814,  m. 
Malone. 

S756.  ii  HrLDJhH  Child,  b.  Jan.  1816,  o 
ington,  Canndii  Bust,  and  d.  Met  1850. 

[Fourth  Oeiiemtion,]  , 

3 05 7.  V.  JoHK  Child,  fifth  chilJ 
and  Abigail  Ainsworth  Child,  b.  ini 
1733,  m.  Jan.  22,  1756,  Sybil  Bogb 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Cbildn?n : 

3757.  i.  Elias  Child,  b.  in  West  Wood 
25,  1701,  PoHy  Deinng.  ' 

3758.  ii.  OuvE  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodi 
%  1779,  Elia^i  Keves,  of  Ashford,  Ct  f 

3759.  iii.  Irene  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodf 

28.  1790»  Elijatj  Perry. 
37<j0.  iv,  JoNATBiJc  Child,  b.  in  West  ^ 

April  10,  1703. 
370L  V.  E»thzk  Child,  h,  in  West  W*oi 
8762.  vi.  JoHX  Child,  Jh.,  b.  in  West  Wi 

29.  17«8.  m.  April  29,  1800.  Betsey  Thayer. 

[Fillh  Generation.] 

3757.  i.  Elias  Child,  eldest  chil 
bee  Child,  K  in  West  Woodst4ick. 
25,  1791,  Polly  Dewing. 
[Sixth  Generatiori.J     rhildr«?n: 

37(J3.  1.  Almira   Child,  h.  in  West  Woodstock.  Ct.,  Hay  30,  171tt.l 
Junes,  ISll.WHldoFox. 

3764.  ii.  Sally  Child,  b,  in  West  W«XHl!?tt>cIi,  Ct.,  Oct.  4,  17»3. 

3705.  iii.  Soi'HJA  Chu.d,  b.  in  West  Wcxxl^itock,  Ct.,  Jan.  16,  17117, 
Daniel  Perry. 

37(WL  iv.  Elfas  Child,  Jr.,  h.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct.,  April  2. 1799,  m. 
Dec,  8.  1825.  Nancy  Perrin, 

3707.  V,  HoRATJo  Nelsox  Child,  b,  in  West  Woodstiick,  Ct,,  Aug,  1, 1€ 
m,  Jan,  30,  182(1,  Dolly  M.  Paine. 

3768.  v'l.  MAurAH  Child,  b,  in  West  Woodstot-k,  CL,  June  1805. 

3769.  vii.  Caholink  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June  «4,   lH 
ni.  July  23,  1844,  Ansrm  Paul,  of  Canada, 

[Sixth  GfneratitmJ 

3765,  iii.  Sophia  Child,  third  child  «it  h^Vnis  and  Polly  ! 
ing  Child.  )r  in  W.st  W.M-lsti>rk.  Ct.,  J:ni.  Ul  17t:>7.  m.  Dani^ 
Perry, 

[f?eventh  (Tt'iunitinii.l    L'liihl: 

3770.  i,  Wh.  H.  Perrv,  (date  of  birth  not  obtained)  of  Wheeler  &  Wil 
M'fg  Co,    Two  other  children,  but  names  not  obtained, 

JSixth  Generation. I 

3766.  iv,  Elias  Child,  Jr,  fourth  child  and  eldest  son 
Elias  and  Polly  Dewing  Child,  b.  in  WoodBtock,  Ct,  April  % 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  485 

1799,  m.  Dea  8,  1825,  Nancy  Perrin,  dan.  of  David  Perriir. 
Mr.  Elias  Child  d.  1866. 
[Seventh  Generation.!    Children: 

8771.  i.  Myrtis  C.  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  2,  1827,  m. 
;  Mm  McClay  Smith. 

■  .8772-  ii.  Almiea  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  1,  1829,  in. 
f^lfe78,1847,  J.  H.  Morse. 

^78.  iii.  Mary  Augusta  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept.  12, 
San.  m.  Aug.  1854,  J.  H.  Lee. 

;  ■  8774.  IV.  Emma  Child,  b.  Mch.  1883,  d.  June  1834. 
]J|V75.  ▼.  Emma  J.  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct.,  1835,  m.  Nov.  13, 
1»  Allen  F.  Phillips. 

yi.  Henry  P.   Chiij),  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct,  Nov.  12,  1839. 
I  in  Newark,  N.  J. ;  unmarried.     Agent  for  Wheeler  &  Wilson  Mr'fg 
827  Broad  St.,  Newark. 

sventh  Generation.] 

8771.  i.  Myrtis  C.  Child,  eldest  child  of  Elias  and  Nancy 
Perrin  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct,  Dec.  2,  1827,  m. 
fJBb2,  John  McClay  Smith,  merchant  of  Peoria,  111.     She  d. 
Mch.  17,  1866. 
t    fBighth  Generation.]    Children: 

3777.  i.  Arthur  McClay  Smith,  b.  July  17, 1853.  m.  1875,  Kittie  Jackson. 

3778.  ii.  Frederick  A.  Smith,  b.  Jan.  23,  1857.  d.  Sept  15.  1874. 

3779.  iii.  Herbert  C.  Smith,  b.  Dec.  21,  1858.  All  the  above  children 
were  born  in  Peoria,  111. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3772.  ii.  Almira  Child,  second  child  of  Elias  and  Nancy 
Perrin  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct  Nov.  1, 1829,  m.  May 
3,  1847,  J.  H.  Morse,  son  of  A.  C.  Morse  of  Belchertown,  Mass. 
Mr.  Morse  is  a  jeweler,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children; 

3780.  i.  Emma  A.  Morse,  b.  Mch.  13,  1848,  m.  July  1,  1869,  John  T. 
CTiandler. 

3781.  ii.  John  C.  Morse,  b.  Oct.  13,  1850,  in  Peoria,  111. ;  is  a  diniggist. 
8782.  iii.  James  M.  Morse,  b.  in  Peoria,  111.,  Aug.  22, 1853,  ra.  Oct.  18, 

1875,  Agnes  Armstrong,  of  Peoria,  111.     He  is  a  lawyer. 

3783.  iv.  Charles  Morse,  b.  Jan.  24,  1856,  in  Peoria,  111. ;  is  a  lumber 
merchant. 

3784.  V.  Frank  Morse,  b  Oct.  9, 1858,  in  Peoria,  111. ;  is  a  machinist. 

3785.  vi.  Van  Horn  Morse,  b.  Aug.  21,  1862,  in  Peoria,  111.,  d.  Aug.  15, 
1866. 

3786.  vii.  Irving  J.  Morse,  b.  June  10,  1870,  in  Peoria,  111. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

3780.  Emma  A.  Morse,  eldest  child  of  Almira  Child  and 
J.  H.  Morse,  b.  Mch.  13,  1848,  m.  July  1,  1869,  John  T. 
Chandler,  son  of  Clarissa  Child  and  Dr.  Charles  Chandler  of 
Chandlerville,  IlL  ;  a  druggist  in  Jacksonville,  111. 


436 


BENJAMIN  CUILD  OF  ROXBCRT,  BSASS. 


[Ninth  GenemUon.]     Children: 

3787.  1,  Charles  Chandler,  b.  in  Chandiersville.IlL,  Jan,  27,  1870, 

3788.  ii.  Mvatis  Child  CflANDLna,  l>.in  Chandlersdlle,  111.,  May  37.  IS78 

[Se  venth  U  e  d  e  rat  ion .  J 

3773.  iii.  Mary  Augusta  Child,  third  child  and  duu.| 
Elias  and  Naiicy  Perrin  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Cl,  Sept , 
1S31,  m.  Aug.  1854,  J.  H.  Lee;    mercantile  agent  in 
York  City. 
[EifThlh  General  ion  I     Chiia ; 

3789.  i.  Hattik  a.  Ler,  h  in  New  York  City,  July  17,  1855,  d  soon. 

fSeventh  Generation  ] 

3775,  V.  Emma  J.  Child,  lifth  child  ;uid  davL  of  Elias 
Nancy  Perrin  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodstock.  Ct,  1835,  in.  N<j 
13,  186  L  Allen  F.  Phillips,  of  West  Woodsttxjk,  Ct. 
[Eiglith  Generatlrm.]     Children: 

3790.  i.  Hdbert  C.  Phillips,  U,  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  16.  I86i 
3701.  ii.  Mvaris  PniLLtPS,  h,  hi  New  York  City,  Oct.  19,  1867. 

3792.  iii.  Ida  A.  Phillips,  b.  in  Rot-kfnrd,  ItL,  Mch.  22. 1877. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3767.  V.  Horatio  Nelson  Child,  fifth  child  of  CapiT 
and  Polly  Dcwiog  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Aug 
1802,  ra.  Jan.  30, 1826,  DoUy  M.  Paine,  dau.  of  Abram  W.  Pa 
Mr.  Chihl  d.  Oct.  18,  1844.'    Mi-s.  Child  lives  with  her  dau? 
ter.  Mi's.  Foster,  in  Woi'cest^r,  Muss. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Ciiildroii: 

3793.  i.  Sarao  Child,  h  in  West  Woodstix^k,  Ct.,  Jan,  32,  1827,  kl  1 
—1st,  Nov.  1840,  Olis  Stetson;  ni.  2d.  1863.  C.  i\  Foster. 

3794.  ii.  Frank  P.  Child,  h,  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct..  Jan.  29.  n 
Feb.  18.56.  Emma  Weber. 

3795.  iii.  SiDNK Y  E,  Child,  h,  m  West   Wcxklstoc^k,  CL.  Feb,  7,  Ii: 
185T.  Sarah  Van  Siekle. 

8796.  iv.  Edwin  M.  Cdild.  K  in  Wci^l  Woodstock,  Ct..  SepL  10,  1^ 
1858,  Mary  Cox. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3793.  i.  Sarah  Child,  eldest  child  of  Horatio  Nelson  a? 
Dolly  M.  Paine  Child,  b.  in  W.  Woodst»ji!k,  Ct»  Jan.  22, 18jJ 
m.  1st,  1846,  Otis  Stetson;  he  d  1860, and^she  m.  2d,  by 
J.  Sessions,  May.  1862,  C.  C.  Foster.     Mr.  and  Mi's.  Fc 
are  both  teachers  in  the  jmblic  schools  in  Worcester,  Ma 
(Eighth  Generation.]    Childi"en:    By  first  marriage, 

3797.  i.  Charles  Nelson  Stetson,  b.  Dec.  1847,  d.  Aug.  28,  1864. 

By  second  marriage ; 

3798.  ii.  Sadie  M.  Poster,  l».  March  12.  1863,  d.  Feb.  12,  ie«4. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  437 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3794.  ii.  Frank  P.  Child,  second  child  and  eldest  son  of 
Horatio  Nelson  and  Dolly  Mason  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock, 
Ct,  Jan.  29,  1830,  m.  Feb.  1856,  Emma  Weber,  dau.  of  Geo. 
R  Weber.     Mr.  Child  is  a  teacher. 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Child: 

3799.  i.  Sadie  M.  Child,  b.  Oct.  1860. 

fSeventh  Generation.] 

3795.  iii.  Sidney  E.  Child,  third  child  of  Horatio  Nelson 
and  Dolly  M.  Paine  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Feb.,  7,  1833, 
TIL  twice — 1st,  1857,  Sarah  Van  Sickle;  m.  2d,  1874,  Susie 
Van  Sickle,  sister  of  fii*st  wife.  Mr.  Child  resides  in  Gaysville, 
Deadwood  Mines,  in  the  Black  Hills,  Col. 

f  Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

3800.  i.  Frank  Paine  Child,  b.  in  Aurora,  111.,  Dec.  25,  1858. 

3801.  ii.  Willie  E.  Child,  b.  in  Aurora,  111.,  1859. 

By  second  wife. 

3802.  iii.  Grace  Mary  Child,  b.  Sept.  1875. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3796.  iv.  Edwin  M.  Child,  fourth  child  and  third  son  of 
Horatio  Nelson  and  Dolly  M.  Paine  Child,  b.  Sept.  10,  1837, 
in  W.  Woodstock,  Ct.,  m.  1858,  Mary  Cox,  dau.  of  John  Cox. 
Mr.  Child  is  a  teacher. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

3803.  i.  Charlie  N.  Child. 

3804.  ii.  Alice  M.  Child. 
[Fifth  Generation.] 

3762.  vi.  John  Child,  sixth  child  and  third  son  of  John 
and  Sybil  Bugbee  Child,  b.  Aug.  !29,  1768,  m.  April  29,  1800, 
Betsey  Thayer. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

3805.  i.  William  Norris  Child,  b.  in  W.  Woodstock  Aug.  6,  1801,  d. 
Jan.  23,  1802. 

3806.  ii.  Russell  Child,  b.  in  W.  Woodstock  Jan.  31,  1803,  m  Caroline 
Marrone. 

3807.  iii.  Gurdox  Hicks  Child,  b.  in  W.  Woodstock  Aug.  1,  1804,  m. 
Julia  Richards. 

3808.  iv.  Eliza  Child,  b.  in  W.  Woodstock  March  22,  1807,  m.  John 
Paine. 

3809.  V.  William  Edwin  Child,  b.  in  W.  Woodstock  May  12,  1808,  m. 
Eliza  Tait. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3806.  ii.  Russell  Child,  son  of  John  and  Betsey  Thayer 

Child,  b..in   W.  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Jan.  31,  1803,  m.  abt.  1835, 

Caroline  Marrone. 


488 


im  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


[Seventh  Genemtioii,]    Children: 

8810,  i.  Sarau  Child,  d.  in  infancy. 

8811.  it.  Emma  Child,  b.  ApriJ  6,  i838»  d.  July  6.  1844. 
a812*  ilL  William  S,  11.  Child,  b.  Feb.  18,  1840»  m.  Maiia  Eversley* 
8813.  iv.  Julia  Elizabeth  Ciulu,  \k  Nov,  13. 1843,  m,  Edwiu  fi«tinei 

[Seventh  Generution,] 

3S12.  iii,  WibLiAM  S.  H.  Child,  only  son  and  third  child  of 
Russell  and  Caroline  Maiix>ne  Child,  b.  Feb.  18,  1840,  m.  Nor. 
16,  1864,  Maria  Evei^ley. 
[Eighth  GenenitioTT.]    Children: 

3814.  i.  EvKRSLEY  CurLD,  b  FeU  0,  1807. 

3815.  ii.  Rlssell  Chjld,  h.  Uee.  28,  1873,  d,  Dt'c  8,  18T8. 

3816.  iii.  WiLLfAM  MAaRONB  CniLU*  ^  ^'  f  1     i,  ^1  ti    la^*? 

3817.  iv.  Harold  BENSK-rrCHiLii,     >  ^  ( '^'  ^^^^  **'  ^^^' 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

3813.  iv.  Julia  Elizabeth   Child,  daiL  of  iiu^^self  t^n^ 
Caroline  Murrone  Cliild,   k  Nov,  13,  1843,  m.  Th-t   on,    i^fl 
Edwin  Bennett 

[F#ighth  Genemtion.]    Children: 

3818.  i,  Edwin  Benneit.  Jr..  I*.  June  1,  imB,  d.  Juin^  5,  18W. 

3819.  ii.  Willie  R.  Bpnnett,  b.  Nov.  17,  1867. 

3820.  iii.  Julia  Anna  He.vnett,  b.  Oct.  31,  1870. 

3821.  iv,  Alick  BK>^^rErr,  b,  June  30,  1874,  d.  July  5,  1874. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3S07.  iii.  GiTRDON  HiCKS  Child,  third  son  and  child 
John  and  Betsey  Thayer  Child,  b.  Aug.  1,  1804,  m.  Aug 
1829^  Julia  Richards;  resides  in  West  Hartford,  Ct 
[Se  ven  th  G  en  e  ra  tion  ]     Ch  ild  pen  ; 

3822.  i.  Emery  E,  Child,  Ik  m  W.  Woodstock  Jan.  8»  1832.  m.  Maryl 
Slyek. 

3823.  ii.  Julia  Elizabeth  (^hild.  b   in  W,  Wood^stock  ^pt,  3«,  1884.  *!. 
Oct,  6,  1830. 

3824.  iii.  Aliieht  Thayer  Child,  h.  in  W,  Woo<lstfH}k  Feb.  21.  1844 
Julia  Litrkhiim. 

3825.  iv    Fra.vk  Rwssell  Child,  b,  in  W.  Woodstock  April  29,  18 
May  2t  18?2. 

3826.  V.  Carrie  Eliza  RET  H  CaiLt*,  b.  in  W.  Wood  stuck  April  29,  tSSi 

3827.  vi.  William  Mamhn  Child,  b.  in  W.  Wood.-to<'k  Man  }i  7,  18 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3822,  i.  Emehy  E.  Child,  son  and  first  child  of  Gurdou 
and  Julia  Eichards  Childs,  b.  Jan.  8,  1S32,  m.  June  S,  WW. 
Mary  E.  Van  Slyck. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Childr<?n: 

3828.  i.  James  Van  Slyck  Child,  b.  Feb  20,  1859. 
3820.  ii.  Grace  Child,  b.  Nov.  16,  1802. 
mm.  iii.  Mauy  Child,  b.  Dee.  12,  1865, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  439 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3824.  iii.  Albert  Thayer  Child,  second  son  and  third 
child  of  Gurdon  Hicks  and  Julia  Richards  Child,  b.  Feb.  21, 
1844,  m.  De6.  3,  1869,  Julia  C.  Larkham. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

3831.  i.  Ernest  L.  Child,  b.  Feb.  29,  1868. 

3832.  ii.  Bertie  Child,  b.  March  10,  1871. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

3809.  V.  William  Edwin  Child,  son  of  John  and  Betsey 
Thayer  Child,  b.  May  12,  1808,  m.  June  1,  1837,  Eliza  Tait, 
who  d.  April  1,  1876. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

3833.  i.  Anna  Eliza  Child,  b.  July  18,  1843,  m.  July  19,  1870.  Thomas 
Henry  Osbom. 

3834.  ii.  Julia  Helen  Child,  b.  Oct.  11,  1844. 

3835.  iii.  Edwin  ^.  G.  Child,  b.  July  11,  1846.  m.  Jan.  11,  1876,  Ida 
Xora  Woodruff. 

3836.  iv.  Charles  Sidney  Child,  b.  Dec.  3,  1849,  d.  Dec.  23,  1852. 

3837.  V.  Emery  Thayer  Child,  b.  Jan.  12,  1851,  m.  Ophelia  Woodruff. 

3838.  vi.  William  Clendenning  Child,  b.  June  15,  1854,  d.  Aug.  25. 
1854. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3833.  i.  Anna  Eliza  Chili )S,  dau.  of  William  Edwin  and 
Eliza  Tait  Childs,  b.  July  18, 1843,  m.  Thomas  Henry  Osbom 
July  19,  1870. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 
3800a.  i.  William  Tait  Osborn,  b.  Aug.  15,  1871. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3835.  iii.  Edwin  M.  G.  Child,  son  of  Wilham  Edwin  and 
Eliza  Tait  Child,  b.  July  11,  1846,  m.  Jan.  11,  1876,  Ida  Nora 
Woodruff. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 
8801a.  i.  Ray  Edward  Child,  b.  Nov.  30,  1876. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3837.  V.  Emery  Thayer  Child,  fifth  child  of  William 
Edwin  and  Eliza  Tait  Child,  b.  Jan.  12,  1851,  m.  March  15, 
1874,  Ophelia  Woodruff. 
[Eighth  Generation]    Children : 

3802a.  i.  Ida  Wilde  Child,  b.  July  6,  1875,  d.  Oct.  5,  1875. 

3803a.  ii.  Mary  Child,  b.  July  30,  1877,  d.  same  day. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

3658.  vi.  Doct.  Shubael  Child,  sixth  child  and  third  son 
of  John  and  Abigail  Ainsworth  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodstock, 
Ct.,  Aug.  13,  1735,  m.  Dec.  27,  1759,  Abigail  Bowen.  She  d. 
May  14,  1788.     He  d.  June  7,  1811. 


Ui) 


BKNJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBrRY,  MASS. 


[  F if t h  (TenL'miion. ]    Child ren ; 

;i804&.  i.  Cynthia  Cdild,  b.  in  Wept  Woodstock,  i'L.,  Oct,  20,  ITttO. 

3805^',  ii.  Charles  Crilp,  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct.»  May  9.  17ft2. 

3806*.  iii,  Erastuh  Child,  b,  in  West  Wwilstuek,  Ct.,  Ngv.  17,  1763. 

38076.  iv    Hannah  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  C*t.,  Nov.  2«,  1705. 

3808A.  V.  Epaphkas  Child,  b,  in  We.^t  Wowlstock,  Ct*.  Sept.  1,  1767.  i 
H^x^ut  1796,  Sally . 

3809&.  vi.  LvDiA  Child,  b.  in  West  WcM>d^ock.  CI,  April  3,  1769, 

38106.  vii.  Noadjah  Child,  b  in  West  Woodstock,  Ut.  Feb.  15,  1771, 

38116,  viii,  A  son — uncbristened — b.   in  West  WocMistock,  Ct.,  Jim. 
1773. 

m\2h^  ix,  Maky  Child,  b.  in  West  Wootbioek,  Ct.,  Jan,  1.  1776. 

:i8136,  X.  Prentice  Child,  b.  in  West  Womlstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  10.  1777. 

38146.  xi.  Jared  Child,  b,  in  Wi'St  W*MKlstock,  (*t ,  Nov.  25,  177H, 

I  Fifth  (Tcnomtion  ] 

3S0SIk  v.  Epaphras  Child,  fifth  child  and  third  son  of  Doct. 
ShuVjael  and  Abit^ail  Bowen  Cliild,  b,  in  AV est  Woodstock,  < 
Sept  1,  1767,  m.  uhont  179r>,  Sally , 

[Sixth  Generation  ]     Children: 

miob.  i.  Betsey  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Oct.  12,  1797. 

38106.  ii.  Gborgk  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Mch.  2,  1799. 

38176.  Hi.  Seth  Child,  b.  in  West  Wm>dstock,  Ct.,  Mch.  5,  1803. 

38186.  iv.  Sally  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov  21,  180^. 

38196.  V.  Emeline  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct„  Oct.  14,  18D-. 

37206.  vi.  John    Phentiss  Child,  b.  in  West  Wooilslof^k,  Ct.,  Feb, 
1814. 

88216.  vii.  Mary  Ciriui,  1>.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Jan.  13,  1817. 

[Thirfl  Generation.] 

3643.  ii,  Nathaniel  CHiLt),  second  son  and  child  of  Joj 
and  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Sept.  3,  1699, 
Dec.  8j  1 726,  Dorothy  Johnson.     Mr.  Nathaniel  Child  I'emoii 
to  Thompson,  in  the  same  coiintv  (Windham),  and  there  rear 
a  large  family.     Bnt  of  several  of  his  children  we  t»btain 
certain  data,  and  can  present  but  two  sons  with  their  desoefl 
ant«?.     These,  however,  rank  with  the  noblest  of  the  name  1 
alert  intelligence  and  i>rabity. 
[Fourth  General ioil  [     Children : 

3839.  i.  Natoantel  Cuild,  b.  al»t.  1730,  lu.  ttbt.  1765,  SosMnnnh  WiUin 

3840.  ii.  Elijah   Child,    b.   April  11,  1737.  m.  Mch.  24.  1759.  Rn 
Palmer. 

f Fourth  Generation.] 

3839.  i.  Nathaniel  Child,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Dorut 
Johnson  Child,  b.  abt.  1730,  m,  abt.  1765,  Susannah  Williui 
of  ButTelville,  Rhode  Island  ;  a  descendant  ot  Roger  Wiliar 
Mr   Child  pa^^sed  his  long  life  of  some  ninetj-six  years 
Thompf^on.  Ct;  his  occupation  was  that  of  a  farmer. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  441 

[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 
*    3841.  i.  Jbssb  Child,  m.  Lydia  Brown. 

3842.  ii.  Lydia  Child,  m.  Asa  Winter. 

3843.  iii.  Hannah  Child,  m.  Martin  Spencer. 

3844.  iv.  Arinda  Child,  m.  June  22,  1790,  Elijah  Corbin. 

3845.  V.  Dollt  Child,  m.  Chester  Upham. 

3846.  vi.  Chlob  Child,  m.  Mr.  Chapman. 
3S47.  vii.  Olive  Child,  m.  Mr.  Brown. 

3848.  viii.  Nathaniel  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Nov.  8,  1779,  m.  May  31,  1804, 
Nancy  Whitford. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

3841.  i.  Jesse  Child,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Susannah  Wil- 
liams Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct,  and  settled  in  Webster,  Mass. 
He  m.  Lydia  Brown.     Six  of  their  eight  children  reached  years 
of  maturity,  and  married.* 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children : 

3849.  i.  Alvan  Child. 

3850.  ii.  Clarissa  Child,  m.  Smith. 

3851.  iii.  Layinia  Child,  m.  John  Albee. 

3852.  iv.  Almira  Child,  m.  Gideon  Brown. 
8853.  v.  Harriet  Child,  m.  Thomas  Pope. 

3854.  vi.  Emilt  Child,  m.  Otis  Stone. 

3855.  vii.  Ziba  Child. 

8856.  viii.  Willard  Child. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

3845.  V.  Dolly  Child,  fourth  dau.  of  Nathaniel  and  Susan- 
nah Williams  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct.,  m.  Chester  Upham, 
of  the  same  place,  to  whom  were  given  three  sons  and  three 
daughters. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

8857.  i.  Arad  Upham. 

3858.  ii.  CHB8TBR  Upham. 

3859.  iii.  Davis  Upham. 
8860.  iv.  Polly  Upham. 
3861.  V.  Arbida  Upham. 

3.  vi.  Julia  Upham. 


[Fourth  Generation.] 

3848.  viii.  Nathaniel  Child,  youngest  son  of  Nathaniel 
and  Susannah  Williams  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct.,  Nov.  8, 
1779,  m.  May  81,  1804,  Nancy  Whitford,  dau.  of  Joseph  and 
Nancy  Rawson  Whitford.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Child,  through  their 
long  and  useful  lives,  were  residents  of  their  native  town.     Mr. 

*We  have  been  imformed  that  many  of  this  family  are  Hying.     We  have 
sought  them  by  advertising  in  the  Webster,  Mass.,  papers,  and  by  corres- 
pondence, but  vainly. 
G-i 


442 


BENJAirar  cHiu>  or  roibury.  masbl 


Nathaniel  Child  died  April  11,  1864     Mre.  Nancy  Whitfor 
Child  was  bom  iu  Dudley^  Mass.,  April  15,  17 ?7,  and  died 
Thompson,  Ct,  May  21,  1877,  more  tliau  rouridiog  out  h  ceil 
tury  of  life  by  thirty -six  days. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

3»63.  u  W\LOo  CifiLD.  h,  June  24, 1B05,  ni.  Dec.  24,1&4S,  Ureola  To 
djia,  of  BtazH  niid  Melvina  Yoang,  of  KiHinglj-,  Ct,    They  were  mAme_ 
by  Rer,  Isaac  Dny,     Mr.  Waldo  Child  was  a  machinist.    His  death  occmred 
AprQ  27, 1878. 

3864.  ii.  Mahcus  Child,  b,  Mch.  30.  1807.  m.  Sept  16,  1830,  Ch!<i 
Talbot 

3865.  ill.  Oitft  Cbild,  b.  May  25,  1809.  m.  Meh.  30,  1834.  Marr  E.  Ri< 
who  d.  Feb.  4.  ISai;   m.  2d,  June  3.  lim,  Mrs.  Louisa  Kingr^bury, 

3866.  ir.  Elsea  D.  Child,  k  July  11.  1811,  m.  Anthony  Ernlott, 

8867.  T.  8ILA8  Child,  b.  May  9,  1814,  m.  Jan.  1,  18:19.  LndnA  Lent 

8868.  Ti-  Nawct  W.  Cbild,  b.  Meh.  12, 1817,  ra,  Anthony  Ernlott 

[Pifth  Generation] 

3864.  iL  Hon.    Marccs  Chiiji.  j?ecoDd  eon  and    child 
Nathaniel  and  Nancy  Whitford  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct 
Mch,  SO,  1807,  m  Sept  16, 1830,  by  the  Rev,  Abial  Williai 
of  Hadley^  Ma*^s.,  Chloe  Talbot,  dau.  of  Simeon  and  Nancy 
Talbot,  of  Kilhngly^  Ct.      Mr.  Marcus  Cliild  resides  in  WJ 
sonville,  a  parish  of  the  town  of  Thompson,  Ct,  and  is  boti 
a  farmer  and  manufacturer.     He  has  twice  represented 
town  in  the  SUite  Legislature. 
[Stith  Generation.]     Childnpn: 

3869.  i,  James  L.  Child,  b.  May  31,  1833»  d.  Sept  6, 1832.  &t  Web$ton^ 
Mms. 

3870.  ii,  Elsie   D.  Child,  b.  Feb.  1, 1834.  m.  Oct  7.  1863.  William  De 
Witt 

3871.  iii.  Nathaniel  Cnn.D.  b,  Jnne  17,  1836.  at  Killingly,  Ct,  m.  by 
the  Rev.  Justin  t«.  Barnjws,  Nov.  25,  1858,  at  Chicopee,  Mass.,  Mi^  Annie 
A.  Scott,  daughter  of  Svlve.ster  and  Mary  Ann  White  Scott  uf  ChicoDee, 
Mr.  Nathaniel  Child  enlisted  on  January  4.  1^64.  tu  the  14th  unattached 
Co.  of  Mass.  Heavy  Artillery,  afterwards  Co.  I.  3d  Regt  Hea%y  Artillery, 
(acring:  eng'ineers  and  pontoons).  Served  until  rnuittei^ed  out  in'Septembr"^ 
1865,  at  the  close  of  the  war,  thus  adding  another  name  to  the  long  roll 
patriot*,  who  have  honored  the  Child  blood  and  name.  Mr.  Child  is  1 
occupation  a  moulder,  and  is  also  a  farmer  iu  Thompson.  C\. 

387*3,  iv.  HAt-riE  Akn  Cnn.D,  b.  June  3,  1841,  m,  Feb.  22,  1S64,  Jolt 
A.  Moulton. 

3878.  V.  Joseph  B.  Child,  b.  Mch.  11,  la'il,  m.  Sept.  11.  1871,  Ann 
E.  Moseley.  of  Elfjin,  111,  where  Mr.  Child  resides, 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3870.  ii.  Elsie  D.  Child,  second  child  and  eldest  dau, 
Hon.  Marcus  and  Chloe  Talbot  Child,  b.  in  Webster,  Ma 
Feb.  1,  1834,  m.  by  Htev.  Mr.  Chapin,  in  Thompson,  Oct 
1853,  to  William  De  Witt  who  was  b.  Jan.  5,  1825  ;  the 
of  Hoi  lis  and  Sarah  Harris  De  Witt,  of  O.xfoixl,  Mass. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  443 

[Seventh  Generation.J    Children : 

3874.  i.  Frank  Db  Witt,  b.  in  Fiskville,  R.  I.,  Feb.  25,  1855.  married 
and  resides  in  Elgin,  111. 

•3875.  ii.  Ada  Jane  Dk  Witt,  b.«in  Thompson,  Ct.,  Jan.  12,  1856,  d. 
S^pt.  29, 1857,  at  Oxford,  Mass. 

3876.  ill.  Clinton  Db  Witt,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct.,  Dec.  3,  1858. 

3877.  iv.  William  De  Witt,  Jr.,  b.  March  6,  1860;  resides  in  Webster, 
Mass. 

,8878.  V.  Elmer  L.  De  Witt,  b.  in  Chicopee,  Mass.,  Oct.  1,  1861. 

[Sixth  Generation.J 

3872.  iv.  Hattie  Ann  Child,  second  dau.  and  fourth  child 
of  Marcus  and  Chloe  Talbot  Child,  b.  in  Killingly,  Ct.,  June 
3,  1841,  m.  in  Thompson,  Ct,  by  Rev.  Anthony  Palmer.  Feb. 
22, 1864,  John  H.  Moulton  of  Westminster,  Mass..  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Moulton  reside  in  Elgin,  111. 
[Seventh  Generation. J    Child: 

3879.  i.  Hattie  L.  Moulton,  b.  June  3.  1865. 

[Fifth  Generation.J 

3865.  iii.  Otis  Child,  third  son  and  child  of  Nathaniel  and 
Nancy  Whitford  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct,  May  25,  1809, 
m  March  30,  1834,  by  Eev.  John  Francis,  Mary  E.  Eice,  dau. 
of  Luke  and  Mary  Davis  Eice  of  Southbridge,  Mass.  Mrs. 
Mary  E.  Eice  Child  d.  in  Thompson  Feb.  4,  1861.  Mr.  Otis 
Child  m.  2d,  June  2,  1863,  by  Eev.  Anthony  Palmer,  Mrs. 
Louisa  Kingsbury,  dau.  of  Mark  and  Sallie  Barnes  Elwell  of 
Dudley,  Mass.  Mr.  Child  is  a  machinist  and  farmer,  residing 
in  Dudley,  Mass. 
[Sixth  Generation.!    Children: 

3880.  i.  Gershom  P.  Child,  b.  March  14,  1835,  ra.  May  12,  1858,  Eliza 
J.  Dennison. 

3881.  ii.  Fred.  R.  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct.,  Oct.  20.  1853.  Remem- 
berinff  that  though  it  is  said  **  Man  shall  not  live  by  bread  alone,"  yet  that 
it  is  also  said  by  the  same  authority,  "  In  the  sweat  of  thy  face  shalt  thou 
eat  thy  bread,"  Mr.  Fred.  Child  caters  for  the  *•  inner  man  "  of  his  fellow- 
citizens  by  baking,  amid  the  heat,  their  **  daily  bread." 

[Sixth  Generation.J 

3880.  i.  Gershom  P.  Child,  eldest  son  of  Otis  and  Mary  E. 
Rice  Child,  b.  in  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  March  14,  1835,  m.  in 
Mystic,  Ct,  May  12,  1858,  by  Rev.  Ebenezer  Blake,  Eliza  J. 
Dennison,  who  was  b.  in  Norwich,  Ct,  March  22, 1840,  dau. 
of  John  J.  and  Olive  Jillson  Dennison  of  Groton,  Ct  Like 
many  others  of  this  family  Mr.  Child  has  a  double  occupation, 
attending  to  a  farm  and  superintending  the  weaving  in  one  of 
the  innumei'able  manufactories  which  cause  the  perpetual  hum 
of  industry  with  which  the  New  England  States  resound. 


444 


BENJAMIN  CHIIJ>  OF  ROXBURT,  MASS. 


[Senenth  Genemtion.  ]    Children : 
8888,  I  MiNiri£  D.  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct,  Oct.  11,  1861. 
388S.  iL  LsKKiE  J,  Cnuj>^  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct,,  Mun^b  4,  1865, 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

3867.  V.  Silas  Child,  fourth  son  and  fifth  child  of  Nathan* 
id  and  Nancy  Whitford  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct.,  May  9, 
1814,  HL  Jan.  1,  183d,  by  Rev,  Mr.  Robinson,  Lucina  Leav- 
ens, dan,  of  Oliver  and  Anna  Talbot  Leavens  of  Killingly,  Ct 
Mta  Lucina  Leavens  Child  was  b.  in  Thompson,  May  8,  183 lH 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Silas  Child  reside  in  Thompson^  Ct»  where  his 
business  is  that  of  machinist. 
[Sixth  GeneraUon.]    Children: 

3884.  i.  W[LLAig>  H.  Child,  b.  Ang.  29,  1S40,  m.  m,  MariA  Darling; 
m.  2d, 

8885.  ii,  Georoa  D.  CmLn,  b.  Oct.  2.  1843,  d.  Oct  12,  1863.  in  Thomp* 
son,  Ct. 

38Se.  iii.  Luther  M.  Child,  b.  Aug.  17,  1818,   m.  April  10.  1870.  Ella 
F.  Uphnrn. 

[Sixth  Genemtion] 

3S86.  iii.  Lctheb  M.  Child,  third  child  and  son  of  Sila 

and   Lucina  Leavens  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct^,  Aiig,  17, 

1848,  m.  in  Thompson,  April  19,  1870,  by  Rev.  Alfred  Prcs^ 

ley,  Ella  F.  Uphara,  who  was  K  in  Thompson,  Sept.  26,  184^9 

a  dau,  of  William  J.  and  Mary  Underwood  Upham.      Mr. 

Child  is  a  musician,  residing  in  Webster,  Mass, 

[Seventh  Genemtion.]    Children: 

8887.  i.  MsRTON  L,  Child.  \  S  }  k  ^  u^^TS^k  rn     a««-i  i«»  id 

8888.  u.  MTRA  L.  Child,     )  |  f  ^-  "*  Norwieb.  Ct..  April  17,  IS 

fFourth  Generational 

3840.  ii.  Elijah  Child,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Dorothj 
Johnson  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct,  April  11,  1737,  m.  Marcl 
24,  1759,  Rachel  Palmer  of  Dudley,  Masa     As  the  chile 
attained  their  majority  they  removed  to  the  State  of  Vermont! 
and  ab^^ut  the  year  1796  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elijah  Child,  with  sudl 
of  their  family  as  had  not  preceded  them,  completed  the  exo- 
dus settling  in  Sharon,  Vt.     Mrs.  Rachel  Palmer  Child  was  a 
more  than  ordinarily  gifted  woman,  especially  in  her  metric 
talent     A  poem  of   hers  upon  the  celebrated  "  Dark  Day,^ 
whose  shadows  fell  at  noon -tide  and  whose  weird  gloom  si 
witn^sed,  was  considered  of  much  merit.     It  is  unfortunatelj 
lost,  so  we  may  not  hand  it  down  to  her  descendants. 
fFifth  Generfttion,  1    Children : 

888d.  i.  Asa   Child,   b.  Jan.  7,  175L    Enlisted  in  the  KeTolutiooftry 
arm)r  under  legal  age  for  a  soldier,  and  fell  a  Tictim  to  the  small-pox  in  1777. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 


445 


3800.  it  Rachel  Child^  b.  April  5,  1762,  d.  young:  in  TKompson,  Ct. 
3bOL  ill  Stephen  Child,  b,  1763,  nu  Zilplm  Brooks. 
S892.  iv.  David  Child,  b.  Feb.  25,  1704,  m.  1st,  Ruth  Browa;  m.  2d, 
Mrs.  Billingsby. 

3893.  V.  Mary  Ciiild,  b.  July  24,  1767,  d.  1797  unmarried. 

3894.  vi.  Simeon  Child,  K  Ojt.  31,  1769,  m.  Miss  Perrr. 

3895.  vii,  Abner  Chtld.  b.  April  13,  1772,  m.  lst>  Jtiiu  23.  l&Xi,  Achsah 
Carpenter;  m.  2d,  Dolly  

389*6.  viii,  Aktemas  CaiLi>,  b.  Jau,  10,  1775,  m.  Dee,  3»  1796,  Hannah 
Ormsby. 

3897.  ix.  Daniel  Child,  b.  No 7.  10,  1777,  tn.  Rebecca  Howe, 

3898.  X.  Elias  Child,  b,  April  22.  1780,  m.  abt.  1803,  Tamar  Vincent, 
3S99.  xi.  Rachel  Child,  3d,  b.  May  0, 1783,  tn.  May  20,  1800,  Jepther 

Keitb. 

[Fifth  Gone  rat  ion  J 

3891.  iii.  Stephen  Child,  third  child  and  second  sod  of 
Elijah  and  Rachel  Palmer  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct,  in  17t>3, 
m.  Zilpha  Brookfl ;  was  settled  first  in  Morrlstowo^  Vt.,  re- 
moved to  Sharon,  and  from  thence  to  Pornfret,  in  the  same 
State,  where  he  died.  After  his  decease  his  family  removed  to 
Massac  hosetts. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Childr«?n: 

S900,  i.  Matilda  Child. 

3901.  li.  Haknah  Child, 

3902.  iii.  Elizabeth  Child. 

3903.  iv.  Thkda  Child. 

3904.  V.  VViLLAUD  Child. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

3S92.  iv.  CAin^,  David  Child»  third  son  and  fourth  child  of 
Elijah  and  Rachel  Palnier  Child,  h.  in  Thompson,  Ct,,  Feb.  25, 
176-1-,  was  twice  m. — m.  1st,  abt.  1782,  Ruth  Brown :  m.  2d,  Mra 
Billingsby.  Mr.  Child  earh'  removed  to  the  State  of  Vermont, 
and  settled  in  Sliaron,  Windsor  Co.  Mr,  David  Child  was 
dmwned  ia  White  River,  near  Sharon,  July  22,  1824, 
(Sixth  Genc?rtttion.]     Chilflron: 

3905.  i,  Nathan  Ciiild,  b.  Feb.  9,  1783,  m.  May 28, 1807,  Belinda  Uayes. 

3906.  ii.  Elijah  Child,  b.   Nov.   M  1785,  ra,  1st,  Jan,  !5.  1810,  Eliza 
Brownell,  who  d.  Oct.  10,  1823;  lu.  2d.  Jan.  29,  1824.  Pha^be  Carr, 

3907.  iii.   David  Child,  b.  Sept.  15,  1787,  in,  1808,  Susanna  Tinkham, 

3908.  iv.  Ruth  Child,  b.  April  7, 1789  ,m.  Nov.  20, 1807,  Isaiah  Tinkham. 

3909.  V,  Abner  Child,  b.  ,Jan,  13,  1793,  m.  June  12.  1817,  Rhoda  Fay» 
of  Poinfret,  Vt. 

3910.  vi,  Polly  Child,  h.  Oct.  1793.  m,  Feb.  18,  1813,  Eohiml  Leonard, 

3911.  vii.  JoKL  Child,  b.  May  16,  1790,  in.  Oct,  4,  1833,  Electa  Colling. 

3912.  viii.  Huldak  Child,  b.   May  3,   1798,  m,  Nov.  1817,   Gamaliel 
Leonardo 

3913.  ix.  Lyman  Child,  b.  1799. 


l»U.  li  Sfi.rui«»  Cwu.  b.  laft.  If.  1»5.  m.  Sot.  1«.  1«7.  BmsM 
Ii14  tit  Bqxasxj.  Cinuv  b.  Jsne  i^  lAHL  m,  Mmj  %  1837.  P^iicr 

rSilliGttMiioii.1 
39061  i  Natoak  CfinJi,  eldest  Mil  and  ckild  of  C34»t.Dmv 

lad  Bath  Biuvn  Cliild,  b.  in  Skafoo,  Vl,  Fetx  9, 1785,  m. : 

28,  W}7,  BeltDda  Hajee,  who  was  h  Jaa  97, 1786.    Mr. 

d-  Aug.  7,  1828.     Mrk  Child  i  April  OT  1*^5*!?,  ^nniviag  bcfl 

bitfbftod  some  twentyfive  jeaia. 

[0€T«i}tJl  GcocaitkNi.]    CWJdmi: 
89ia  I.  IftliMrt,  dwL  (viiekriM«9Md)  fa.  IHee.  9S,  1818.  d.  mmt  duf . 
Ifit   ii  PsnuAjmA  Cbiu>.  b.  Dec.  ll«  1810,  m.  Aarxi  Fkks. 
ami.  m.  KAnA9  Cfiiu>,  Jm^  b.  Feb.  Vi,  ISl^  d.  Mek  14,  IfiM^ 
392L  iv.  Lc%tJn»A  CmLD,  b.  Juljr  S,  ISIH^  m.  Honce  CharclL 
aOSfl;.  r.  ILuiT  EL  CbtlOv  b.  Xs^  21«  18M.  m.  Bosfarod  E  Gifaun. 

[flixtli  6ciwffittoii.J 

^900.  ii.  Elijah  Child,  second  mn  and  child  of  CapL 
aod  Balh  Brown  Child,  Ix  in  Sharon,  Vt.,  Nov,  15,  IT85, 
twice — 1st,  Jan,  15,  1810,  Elizii  Brownell,  who  d.  in  Shai 
Oct.  10,  1828 ;  m-  2d,  Jao.  29,  1824,  Phoebe  Carr,  who  was 
Mf'h.  6,  1790.     Mr.  Elijah  Child  d.  Nov-  7, 1878. 
^S^vcnlh  G*ner*tjoo.l    ChilOreo; 

a923.  L  Otmst  Child,  b;  Dec,  14.  1812,  d,  April  5,  181^5,  in  Sharon,  VL 

9924.  il  LuciCH  Child,  b.  Dec  15,  1814.  m.  A^ril  1S40,  Frmnces  lUiu 
Biagg- 

dins,  iii,  RxTFTd  B.  CHtLD,  b.  Dee.  4,  1910.  nu  Occ  ^.  1655,  HAJUiab  B. 
Hamilton. 

11026,  i^.  Alkxa^dksl  B.  Chcld,  b.  Dec.  10,  1819,  m.  Mcb.  1. 18I0.  Sa 
K.  Ballard. 

WStr,  V.  David  V,  Child,  b.  Dec.  4,  1834,  in.  Jtil/4,  1858,  Aag 
Knickerbocker. 

9028.  vi.  BuzA  M.  Child,  b.  June  It,  1826,  tn.  May  a,  1838,  Edi 
Tttmcr. 

a029  vii.  CHARi^Ei  H.  Child,  b.  Sept  30.  1827,  tn,  Oct.  6,  185a,  Esther 
A.  Hawkina, 

3930,  Hii.  Jo«RPH  C.  Child,  b.  Jan.  25,  1830.  tn,  let,  Dec,  12.  1854, 
Nancy  M,  Bunthani,  who  d.  May  1859;  tn.  2d,  Jnly  4, 1862,  ChrisliaaaS, 
Clark. 

89181.  ix.  HosatXA  Child,  b.  Mch.  22,   1831,  m.  Noy*  15,  1758,  Ex 
Ferrit. 

8982.  X.  Ruth  Chii.d,  b.  Mch,  81,  1834,  d,  Nov.  4.  18:37,  iii  Wjuren.Vt.] 

3938,  si,  Catherinis  M.  Cnn^D,  b,  Feb  1.  1837.  m.  Jan.  26. 1864,  Abn« 
Lnll, 

8984.  xii,  HcLOAH  A.  Child,  b,  Mmy  14,  1841,  m,  April  80,  1859. 
man  Ct  Ackky. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANT&  44:7 

[Seventh  GenemtionJ 

3924.  ii.  Lucius  Child,  second  child  and  son  of  Elijah  and 
Eliza  Brownell  Child,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  Dec.  14,  )814,  m. 
April  1840,  Frances  Maria  Bragg,  who  was  b.  Mch.  12,  1818. 
Mr.  Lucius  Child,  d.  in  Granville,  Vt,  Nov.  12,  1863.  Mrs. 
F.  M.  B.  Child  d.  in  Waitsfield,  Vt.,  Feb.  23,  1852. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

3935.  i.  Annora  Child,  b.  Sept.  1847,  d.  Jan.  24,  1854. 

3936.  ii.  Augustus  F.  Child,  b.  Feb.  15.  1852,  m.  Aug.  18,  1875,  Emma 
E.  Bruce. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3925.  iii.  RuFUS  B.  Child,  third 'son  and  child  of  Elijah 
and  Eliza  Brownell  Child,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  Dec.  4,  1816,  m. 
Oct  28,  1855,  Hannah  B.  Hamilton,  who  was  b.  in  Birds  Run, 
Guernsey  Co.,  Ohio,  Dec.  13,  1836.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rufus  B. 
Child  reside  in  Parkersburg,  Butler  Co.,  Iowa. 

[Eighth  Generation]    Children: 

3937.  i.  Charles  W.  Child,  b.  April  26, 1858,  in  Hope,  Bartholomew  Co., 
Illinois. 


8.  ii.  M.  Ada  Child,  b.  May  28,  1861. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

3926.  iv.  Alexander  B.  Child,  fourth  son  and  child  of 
Elijah  and  Eliza  Brownell  Child,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  Dec.  10, 
1819,  m.  Mch.  1,  1849,  Sarah  E.  Ballard,  who  was  b.  Nov.  15, 
1828.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander  B.  Child  reside  in  Granville^ 
Vt  Mr.  Child  has  been  very  efficient,  in  collecting  and  for- 
warding data  of  his  branch  of  the  family  for  this  book  ;  but 
for  his  very  cordial  aid  much  would  have  been  lacking.  -^ 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 

3939.  i.  Mary  E.  Child,  b.  Aug.  27,  1850,  in  Pomfret,  Windsor  Co.,  Vt. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

3927.  V.  David  V.  Child,  fifth  son  of  Elijah  and  eldest 
child  of  Elijah  and  Phoebe  Carr  Child,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  Dec. 
4,  1824,  m.  July  4,  1856,  Angenette  Knickerbocker,  who  was 
b.  Mch.  2, 1838.  Reside  in  Moreau  Parish,  South  Glens  Falls, 
Saratoga  Co.,  N.Y. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

3940.  i.  George  H.  Child,  b.  May  18,  1857,  m.  Aug.  11,  1878,  Jemima 
Jones. 

3941.  ii.  Fabyan  Child,  b.  Mch.  16,  1860,  d.  Sept.  26,  1862. 
3949    iii.  Elmare  E.  Child,  b.  Feb.  28,  1862. 

3943.  iv.  Herbert  S.  Child,  b.  Feb.  13,  1864. 

3944.  V.  Faban  E.  Child,  b.  Sept.  9,  1867,  d.  Aug.  12,  1873. 

3945.  vi.  Angenetta  Child,  b.  July  24,  1869. 

3946.  vii.  Albert  E.  Child,  b.  May  23,  1876. 


44o 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASa 


[Sevienth  Generation  ] 

3928.  VL  Eliza  M.  Child,  eldest  dau,  of  Elijah  and  Phoebe 
CaiT  Child,  b.  m  Sharon,  Vt,  June  12,  1826,  m.  May  3,  1858, 
Edward  Tamer,  who  was  b.  in  Cornwall,  England,  June  4, 
1832,  Mr.  Turner  A  Nov.  30,  1878.  Family  reside  in  Tom- 
hannock,  Rensselaer  Co.,  N.  Y. 
[Eighth  Generatioi>J     Children: 

3947.  i.  Ida  L,  Turner,  b.  Mck  19,  1859. 

3048.  ii.  LiBBiR  M.  TuiiMER.   b.  July  31,  1861,  in  Malta,  Saratoga 
N.  Y,,  m.  May  2.  1876,  Robert  Hudson.     Reside  in  Iowa. 

3049.  iii.  John  Turker,  b.  Aug.  14,  1865,  in  Jay*  Essex  Co,,  N.  Y. 
3950.  iv.  Eddie  Turkkh,  b.  Jnly  19,  18(i6,  in  Jay,  Essex  Co,,  N.  Y. 
3051.  V,  Hattib  Turner,  b.  Feb.  24,  1870,  in  Peru,  Clinton  Co.,  N.Y, 

[Serenth  Generation.] 

3929.  vii.  Charles  H.  Child,  seventh  child  of  Elijah  and 
third  child  of  Elijah  and  Phccbe  Carr  Child,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt 
Sept.  SO,  1827,  m.  Oct.  6,  1853,  Esther  A.  Hawkins,  who  wo 
b.  Feb.  10,  1835.     Mr.  and  Mrs.   Charles  H.  Child  i-eside 
Ash  Grove,  Iroquois  Co,,  Illinois, 
[Eighth  Generation.]    ChiUlren: 

3952.  i.  Charles  H.  Child.  Jr.,  b.  Sept  7,  1854,  at  Aah  Grove.  Ill, 

3053.  ii.  PiitKBK  E.   Child,   b.  Sept.  17,  wm,  d.  Aug.  31,  I860,  in  As 
Grove,  111. 

8054,  ul  Louisa  Child,  b.  Mch.  31,  1858,  m.  July  0, 1876,  Edwin  Ash. 

3055,  iv.  John  C.   Child,  b,  Mch.  27,   18«0,  d.  June  17,  I860,  at  A^l 
Grove»  111. 

3956,  V.  Sabah  J.  Child,  b.  Dec.  29.  1861,  d,  Mch.  12,  1864.  at  Ash 
Grove,  III. 

3057.  vi.  Lewis  G.  Child,  b  May  3,  1866,  d,  Oct  3. 1809,  at  Aah  Grove,  lU 

3058.  vii.  Robert  L.  Chlld,  b,  June  26, 1868,  d,  Nov.  15.  1869,  at  As 
Grove,  111. 

3050.  viii,  HuLDAH  A.  Child,  b.  Oct.  28,  1869,  at  Ash  Grove,  III. 
3960,  is.  Wkslky  Child,  b.  Mch  31, 1872»  at  Ash  Grove,  111. 
3061.  X.  William  Child,  b.  Feb.  22,   1874,  d.  Feb.  24,   1874,  in  Ash 

Grove,  ni. 

I  Eighth  Geiieriition,] 

S954.  iii.  Louisa  Child,  third  child  and  second  dau.  of 
Charles  H,  and  Esther  A,  Hawkins  Child,  b.  at  Ash  Grove 
Iroquois  Co.,  Ill,  March  31,  l>i58.   rn.  Jnly  9.  1S76,  EdwiB 
Ash,  who  was  b.  in  Lancashire  Co.,  Eogland.    Reside  in  Ulinoia 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

3962,  i.  RosAj^NA  Ash,  b.  April  4,  1877. 

3968.  ii,  John  A8H.  b.  Dec.  14.  1878. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3930.  viii.  Joseph  C.  Coild,  eiglith  child  of  Elijal 
fourth  of  Elijah  and  Pha3be  Carr  Child,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  449 

25,  1830,  m.  Dec.  12,  1854,  Nancy  W.  Burnham,  who  d.  May 
1859.     Mr.  Child  remarried  July  4,  1862,  Christiana  S.  Clark. 
Reside  in  Hanover,  N.  H. 
[Eighth  Generation.!    Children. 

3964.  i.  Arthur  B.  Child,  b.  Dec.  18,  1858. 

8965.  ii.  Mabel  H.  Child,  b.  Nov.  25, 1865. 

8966.  iii.  Myrtie  C.  Child,  b.  Oct.  1,  1867. 

8967.  iv.  Marcbllus  C.  Child,  b.  June  15,  1876. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3933.  xi.  Catherine  M.  Child,  eleventh  child  of  Elijah 
and  seventh  of  Elijah  and  Phoebe  Carr  Child,  b.  in  Sharon, 
Vt,  Feb.  1,  1837,  m.  Jan.  26,  1864,  Abner  Lull,  who  was  b. 
May  31,  1836.    Residence  Granville,  Addison  Co.,  Vt. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

3968.  i.  Dora  P.  Lull  b.  April  1,  1868. 

3969.  ii,  LuLA  E.  Lull,  b.  Jan.  8,  1873. 

8970.  iii.  In  a  Albertha  Lull.  b.  Aug.  9. 1875. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3934.  xii.  Huldah  Ann  Child,  twelfth  child  of  Elijah  and 
eighth  child  of  Elijah  and  Phcebe  Carr  Child,  b.  in  Thurman, 
Warren  Co.,  N.  Y.,  May  14,  1841,  m.  April  30,  1859,  Lenman 
C.  Ackley,  who  was  b.  Nov.  25,  1837.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ackley 
reside  at  Glens  Falls,  Warren  Co.,  N.  Y. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

8971.  i.  Charles  E.  Ackley,  b.  April  21,  1860,  d.  March  81,  1862. 

8972.  ii.  Edward  C.  Ackley,  b.  Oct.  19,  1868,  d.  Aug.  6,  1865. 

8973.  iii.  Lanetta  S.  Ackley,  b.  July  21,  1866. 

8974.  iv.  Frank  E.  Ackley,  b.  Oct.  24, 1868. 

3975.  V.  Fred.  C.  Ackley,  b.  Nov.  10, 1871. 

3976.  vi.  Elbertha  Ackley,  b.  Feb.  20,  1875. 

f  Sixth  Generation.] 

3907.  iii.  David  Child,  Jr,  third  son  and  child  of  Capt 

3)avid  and  Euth  Brown  Child,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt.,  Sept  15,  1787, 

m.  in  1808  Susanna  Tinkham,  who  was  b.  in  Pomfret,  Vt,  May 

^0,  1791.     Mr.  David  Child,  Jr.,  died  in   Sharon,  Nov.  24, 

1862;  Mrs.  Susanna  T.  Child  died  June  27,  1870. 

[Seventh  Generation.]     Children : 

3977.  i.  Alvin  Child,  b.  Jan.  30, 1809,  m.  March  9, 1830,  Clarinda  Hall. 

3978.  ii.  Orlando  Child,  b.  Jan.  2,  1812,  m.  Sept  14,  1837,  Luth  L. 
Pere. 

3979.  iii.  Justin  L.  Child,  b.  July  28,  1815,  m.  Aug.  16,  1836,  Elvira 
Shacher. 

8980.  iv.  David  Lorenzo  Child,  b  Aug.  28,  1816,  m.  Nov.  26,  1889, 
Margaret  L.  Dysart. 

8981.  V.  Alice  S.  Child,  b.  April  2,  1822,  m.  March  21,  1839,  Austin 
Leonard. 


450 


BENJAMIX  CHILD  OF  ROXBirBYt  MASS, 


396S.  vi,  LoiUETTE  A.  Child, 
G.  Jackmati. 


h.  JiUi.  29,  1833,  lu.  March  *i4,  1851,  Ja 


[Seventh  Generation.] 

3977,  i.  Alv^in  Child,  eldest  child  of  David,  Jr.,  and 
siinna  Tiukham  Child,  K  in  Sharon,  Vt ,  June  30,  1809,: 
Man?h   9,  1S30,  Clarinchi   Hall.     Mr.  Alvin  Child  resides 
Claremont,  K  H*,  biU  his  early  home  and  the  birthplace  of  1 
children  was  Pomfret^  Vt,  in  which  place  Mrs.  Clarinda 
Child  died  June  5,  1877. 
[Eighth  GcnerationJ    Children: 

3963.  L  LuTifEB.v  Child,  h.  May  2.  1631.  m.  Isaiic  AUen. 

8084,  ii.  Victoria  Cnir.D.  b,  Dec.  10,  1832,  m.  Calvin  Wa^hbam. 

39^5.  iiL  Rd?8eu.  Child,  h.  Sept.  18,  1834,  d.  1836. 

3986.  iv.  Oscar  Child,  b.  Dee.  3,  1837. 

3987.  \\  Alvin  Child,  Jr,.  b.  Nov.  21.  1844 

3988.  vi  Amelia  CiirLD,  h,  Feb.  4,  1846,  in.  Albro  Martin. 
[Seventh  Gcneration.j 

S978.  ii.  Orlaxik)  Child,  second  son  and  child  of  David, 
Jr.,  and  Susanna  Tinkhum  Child,  b.  in  Sharou,Vt„  Jan.  2, 18 
m.  Sept  14,  1837,  Luth  L.  Pere.     Reside  in  Hanover,  N* 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

3989.  i.  Edwin  O.  Child,  b.  Jan.  1»,  1841,  d,  June  29,  1842. 

3990.  li.  Emily  L.  Child,  b.  July  10,  1843,  d.  May  22,  1845. 

3991.  ill.  Ellis  T,  Child,  b.  Mck  12,  1846.  d.  Sept.  7, 1847. 

3992.  iv.  Lttra  A  Child,  b  Ang  6,  1848.  tL  Xov.  15,  1819. 

3993.  V.  Edwijj  W.  Cbiij).  b.  Sept.  1,  1850.  d.  Aug.  9, 1853. 

3994.  vi.  A  LICK  C.  Child,   b.  Feb.  4,   1854.  m    Dec   U,  1875,  Mjuc  K. 
Walker.  — 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

3994  vi.  Alice  C.  Child,  only  child  of  six  of  the  family 

Orlando  and  Luth  L.  Pere  Child  who  lived  to  maturity,  b.  F6 

4,  1854,  m.  De^^  2h  1875,  Max  K  Walker,  whr,  was*  k   Mc 

4,  1852. 

[Ninth  Genenition.J     Child: 

3995.  i.  Max  O.  Walker,  b.  Mch.  18.  1877. 
[Seventh  GenernIion.J 

3S>79.  ill.  JusTix  L.  Child,  third  son  and  child  of  Davii 
Jr.,  and  Su:*anna  Tinkham  Child,  b.  July  28,  1815,  m.  Aq 
16,  1836,   Elvira  Shacher,  who  was  b.  Dec.  25,  ISltS. 
in  West  Randolph,  Vt 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

899e.  i.  Edgar  A.  Child,  b.  Aug.  14,  1889,  d.  May  2,  1840,  ns  Omiif 
111. 

3997.  ii.  iPscAit  B.  Cunuo,  b,  Jnne  4,  1841,  at  Pouifrel,  Vi.,  m.  Sept.  27, 
1807.  Mary  L.  Bjidger. 
mm.  iii    Elsib  V.  Child,  b.  March  5,  ISiS, 
n  ti    iv     HsRBStr  kJLS^vs  Child,  b.  Jum^  20,  ISdU  d.  Maioh  e,  18^ 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTa  451 

[Eighth  Greneration.] 

3997.  ii.  Oscar  B.  Child,  second  son  and  child  of  Jrstin 
L.  and   Elvira    Shacher  Child,  b.  in    Porafret,  Vt,  June  4, 
1841,  m.  Sept.  27,  1867,  Mary  L.  Badger,  who  was  b.  June  16, 
1841.    Beside  in  West  Bandolph,  Vt 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

4000.  i.  Lelia  May  Child,  b.  Nov.  17,  1870,  at  Bethel.  Vt. 

4C01.  ii.  Mary  Badger  Child,  b.  Oct.  20,  1874,  at  West  Randolph,  Vt. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

398<>.  iv.  David  Lorenzo  Child,  fourth  son  and  child  of 
David,  Jr.,  and  Susanna  Tinkham  Child,  b.  Aug.  28,  1816,  m. 
Nov.  26,  1839,  Margaret  L.  Dysart     Mr.  David  L.  Child  d- 
April  29,  1871,  in  Granville,  111. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children:     • 
.4002.  i.  Susan  E.  Child,  b.  May  28. 1842. 

4003.  ii.  Clarinda  Child,  b.  April  22,  1844. 

4004.  iii.  LuciNDA  A.  Child,  b.  Aug.  27,  1846. 

4005.  iv.  David  W.  Child,  b.  Nov.  9, 1848. 

4006.  V.  Archibald  P.  Child,  b.  July  19,  1850. 

4007.  vi.  Kate  L.  Child,  b.  Dec.  25. 1852. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3981.  V.  Alice  S.  Child,  eldest  dau.  and  fifth  child  of 
David,  Jr.,  and  Susanna  Tinkham  Child,  b.  April  2,  1822,  m. 
March  21,  1889,  Austin  Leonard,  who  was  b.  Jan.  30,  1820. 
Reside  in  Rochester,  Windsor  Co.,  Vt 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

4008.  i.  Leonora  Leonard,  b.  1840. 

4009.  ii.  Caroline  S.  Leonard,  b.  March  23,  1842,  m.  Feb.  4, 1864, 
George  E.  Marsh. 

4010.  iii.  Elmer  J.  Leonard,  b.  Aug.  5,  1844,  was  killed  in  the  recent 
war  on  March  3,  1864. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4009.  ii.  Caroijne  S.  Leonard,  second  dau.  and  child  of 
Alice  S.  Child  and  Austin  Leonard,  b.  in  Rochester,  Vt,  Mch. 
23,  1842,  m.  Feb.  4,  1864,  George  E.  Marsh,  who  was  b.  June 
4,  1839.     Reside  in  Hancock,  Vt 
pJ^inth  Generation.]    Children: 

4011.  i.  Carrie  M.  Marsh,  b.  Mch.  21, 1865. 

4012.  ii.  Clinnie  E.  Marsh,  b.  Sept.  25,  1867. 

4013.  iii.  Leslie  L.  Marsh,  b.  June  29, 1868,  d.  Feb.  17,  1869. 

4014.  iv.  Dana  G.  Marsh,  j^.  Aug.  20,  1874. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

3982.  vi.  LoRiETTE  A.  Child,  second  dau.  and  sixth  child 
of  David,  Jr.,  and  Susanna  Tinkham  Child,  b,  Jan.  29, 1833, 


4Si 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  BOXBFRY,  KABS. 


m  Pomfret,  Vt,  iil  Mch,  24,  1851,  James  G.  Jackmaii,  of 
field  Centre,  N.  H.,  who  was  h.  Oct  21,  1826.     Beside  i 
field,  N  a 
[£ighth  Generation.  ]    Children : 

4015.  i.  James  L\  Jackmas,  b.  Aug,  2,  195S. 

40ie.  iL  Floaelkce  Jackmajt,  b.  Aug.  34,  1856. 

4017,  iiL  LoitAK  CHJ1.D  Jackkaj?,  b.  Oct  2»  1858 

40)8.  ir.  LuRA  A.  Jackman,  b.  Feb.  20.  1861. 

4019.  r.  Allsn  H.  Jacxmak*  b.  SepL  8,  1866. 

[Sixth  Generatioii.  j 

39U8.  iv.  Ruth  Child,  eldest  dau-  and  fourth  child  o£ ' 
David  and  Ruth  Brown  Child,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt ,  April  7,  I7i«^, 
m.  Nov.  26,  ISO 7,  Isaiah  Tinkham,  who  was  b-  June  15,  1782. 
Mr.  Tinkham  A  Oct  14,  1851.  Mrs.  Rath  Child  Tinkham  i 
May  2,  1859. 
[SeTenth  Generarion.J    Children: 

4030.  i    CHARLEd  Tinkham,  b.  Nov.  33,  1806,  m.  1837,  AmAndx  Baron; 
reside  At  Queechee,  Vt. 

4031.  iL  Bl'Th  Tixbjiam,  b.  Jan.  8,  1810,  m.  1838,  W.  L.  Bragg; 
at  Queechee.  Vt. 

4022.  ill.  Emily  Tinkham,  b.  Jan.  26, 1813,  m,  Oct  20,  1832,  Otis  Warren. 

4023.  iv.  Celia  Tinkham,  b  Feb.  4,  1817,  m.  Feb.  %  1840.  G.W.  lITartin; 
reside  at  West  Randolph.  Vt, 

4034,  v.  Jane  Tinkham,  b.  Ma]r25,  1818,  m.  Feb  31,  1S44,  H.  L.  WIK^ 
Uams:  reside  at  Woodstock.  Vt.  h 

[Sixth  Generation,] 

3909,  V.  Abxer  Child,  fourth  son  and  fifth  child  of  Caj 
David  and  Ruth  Brown  Child,  b-  in  Sharon,  Vt.,  Jan.  13,  17^ 
m.  June  12,  1817,  Rboda  Faj,  who  was  b.  in  Sharon, Yt,  Jn 
13,  1797.     Mr.  Abner  Child  d.  in  Ponifret,  Vt,  Aug.  9,  18^ 
MrsL  Rhoda  Fay  Child  A  in  the  same  place  Nov,  30,  1873. 
[Seventh  Generation  J    Children: 

4035.  i.  Moses  Fat  Chu.d,  b.   Mch.  3,  1818,  m.  Maj  4^  1841.  Liicii 
Pails. 

4026.  ii.  MakcelhTB  Child,  b.  Mch.  17.  1819,  m,  Feb  1,  1848.  Desde- 
mona  Udal ;  resides  in  Pomfret,  Vt, 

4027.  iii    Marcia  M.  Child,  b.  Oct.  17,  1830,  m.  Jnne  17. 1840,  Philander 
C^k. 

4028.  iv.  Alba  Child,  b.  ApriJ  18.  1823.  m.  twice— 1st,  Dec.  6.  lSi4, 
Hester  Ann  Rogers:  m.  2d,  Aug.  7,  1853,  Adeline  Robinson. 

4020.  V   Zkha  Child,  h.  Meh,  9.  1824,  m.  OcL  10,  1848.  Caroline  Torre j. 
He  d.  Oct.  6,  1852:  resided  in  Wejmouth,  Mass. 

4030    vi.  Chaunckt  Child,   b.  Dec.  2,   1826,   au  Jan,  6.  1848,  Jana 
Howard. 

4031.  vii.  QuiNCY  A. Child,  b.Oct,  19.1828,  d.  July  13. 1847,  in  Sharoa»^ 

4032.  viii.  Mklinda  S.  Child,  b.  Oct.  S,  1830,  m.  Nov,  20, 1849,  Jjor 
Church. 

4033.  ix.  Edwin  W.  Child,  b,  Oct.  28,  1833,  m.  Oct.  W,  1859.  Diantlia 
Harrington,  of  Pomfret,  Vt.     He  d.  Nov.  7,  1865,  in  Sharon.  Vt. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS., 


453 


4034.  X,  Jasper  H.  CerLO,  b  July  21.  1838,  was  drowned  in  White  River, 
^Shinron,  Vt.,  near  the  spot  where  his  grandfather  lost  his  life^  thirty  years 

'  Bfore,     Mr.  Jasper  Child  was  drowned  Aug,  5,  1857, 

"^ISeventh  Generation.] 

4026.  i.  Moses  Fay  Childv  eldest  son  and  child  of  Abner 
smd  Rhoda  Fay  Child,  h  in  Sharon, Vt,  Mch.  8,  1818,  m.  May 
4,  1841,  Luciiida  Fails,  and  removed  to  Hancock,  Addison 
Co.,  Vt,  where  he  now  resides. 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

4035.  i,  Edwin  A.  Chii^d,  b.  April  20,  1846.  d.  Sept.  30.  1857,  in  Han- 
cock, Vt. 

4036.  ii.  M08EB  Alba  Child,  b.  Dec.  26, 1847,  in  Hancock,  Vt.  Besides 
in  Hillsborough  Bridge,  N  H. 

404i7.  iii  Edwin  R.  Child,  b.  Aug,  1,  1850,  in  Hancock,  Vt.  Resides 
in  Hillsborough*  N.  H. 

4038.  iv.  Caholine  Child,  b.  Jan,  10,  1853,  in  Hancock,  Vt. 
[Seventh  Generation- ] 

4027.  iii.  Makcia  M,  Child,  eldest  dau.  and  third  child  of 
Aboerand  Rhoda  Fay  Child,  b.  Oct  17,  1820,  in  Sharon,  Vt, 

June   17,   1S40,    Philander   Cook.      Mr.  and   Mrs.   Cook 
resided  some  years  in   Holyoke,   M:iss.,  removing  thence  to 
Bureau  Co ,  111.,  where  Mrs.  Cook  d  Aug,  28,  1848, 
[Eighth  Generation.!    Children: 

4089.  L  Marcellus  Ccm^k,  b  June  2*5^  18* I ;  resides  in  Buroau  Co.,  111. 

4040  ii  Lucia  M.  Cook,  b,  Sept.  18,  1843,  m.  a  Mr.  Blanchard;  ha?  one 
child*  Ida  Blanchanl 

4011,  iii.  Artquk  Cf>OK,  b.  May  7,  1845;  resides  in  Bureau  Co.,  HI, 

4043.  iv.  Alba  Cook,  b.  July  10.  1848,  d.  July  30,  184S. 
^  ISeventh  Generation.] 

4028.  iv.  Alba  Child,  third  son  and  fourth  child  of  Abner 
'and  Ehoda  Fay  Child,  b.  April  18,  1822,  in  Sharon,  Yt,  m, 

twice— 1st,  Dec.  6,  1844,  Ilester  Ann  Rogei^s,  who  d.  July  22, 
1852»  aa  26  years;  m.  2d,  Aug,  7,  1853,  Adeline  W.  Robinson. 
[Eighth  Generation,]    Child: 

4043.  i  Inez  Child,  b.  Sept.  4,  1850,  m  Dec.  11.  1878,  A.  D.  Whitmore; 
residea  at  Spring  PraHe,  Walworth  Co.,  Wis. 

fgeTenth  Generation  ] 

4030,  vi,  Chauncey  Child,  fifth  son  and  sijxth  child  of 

Abner  and  Rhoda  Fay -Child,  b.  Dec,  2,  182f],  in  Sharon,  Vt., 

m,  Jan.  ♦>,  184S,  Jane  Howard.     Resides  in  Pomfret,  Vt 

[Eigtith  Generation.]     Children: 

4044.  i.  Qdincy  E.  Child,  b.  Aug.  2.  1848,  m.  Nov.  16,  1869,  Sarah 
Frink, 

4045.  ii,  Edwik  C.  Child,  b,  March  4,  1850,  m.  Fanny  King  of  Pomfret. 
Vt, ;  reside  in  Cottonwood  Falls.  Kansas. 

404(J.  iii.  WiNPiKLD   Scott  Child,  b.  June  8,  1853,  m.  Jan,  12,  1874, 
Jennie  Brooks. 
4017.  iv.  Edith  Child,  b.  July  2, 1872, 


454 


WJAMiy  CHILD  OP  BOlOIIIMr,  MA^SL 


[Eightli  Gcaeatkfi.] 

4044  I  QriKCT  E.  CniLn,  elde^  son  and  chiW  of  Cbaonc 
and  Jane  Hawanl  ChiLi  K  io  Pomfret,  Yu  Aug.  2,  IS48, 
Nor.  1^  1869,  Samh  Friok.     BemoTed  to  KassiaL 
[Xmth  GcnenlMii  1    Cliild : 

1N8.  i   Waihk  Cmnj>,  h.  IBTL 

[&gktk  GetMfsHofi.] 

40lo.  ill  WiHFiKLO  SooTT  Ceildv  third  eon  and  child 
Chaufioe?  and  Jane  Howard  Child,  k  in  Pom&et^  Yt ,  Junej 
1S52,  nu  Jan.  12,  1874  Jennie  Brooks,  ol  Pomfret,  where 
reside, 
fNtntli  Geomtioii.]    ChOd: 

iMi   I  FljOwacsCnii.n,  b.  Feb.5. 1877. 

[Sevvntli  OesenittcNi  ] 

4032.  Till  Meonda  S.  Child,  aeoond  daiL  and  eighdi 
child  ol  Aboer  and  BhtiMk  Fay  Child,  h.  in  Sharon,  Tt,  On, 
2,  1^30.  m.  Nor.  29,  1S4^,  I/jreuzo  Chunih.  Mn  Church  i 
Feh  7.  ia55,  aged  30  years  Mrs.  Chureh  m.  2d,  May 
1S57,  George  Snow.  Mrs.  Snow  A  Aug.  28,  1 86a 
[Eighth  GeDemtion  ]    Children : 

4050,  i.  ErriE  Mat  Church,  b.  De^*.  4,  1853,  d.  Sept  12,  18^. 

4051    it.  JabPER  Hkrbbbt  Skow,  b.  Maf  18. 18S8. 

4052.  iiL  EuMH  Siiow,  b.  Dec.  ^  18lfi. 

(Sixth  (Tenemtion.J 

3910.  vT.  Polly  Chiljj,  second  dau.  and  sixth  child  of  ( 
David  and  Ruth  Brown  Child,  b,  Oct.  1793,  in  Sharon, 
m.  Feb.  la  1813,  Riland  Leonaid.     Mrs.  Polly  Child  Leonarf^ 
d.  March  8,  1878.     Their  residence  was  in  Rochester,  Wii 
8or  Co.,  Vt„  where  all  their  lar^e  family  were  born. 
[Seretith  Generation.]    rhiUiren: 

4053.  i.  An   iNFAirr  (iinchristened),  b.  April  29,  1814,  d.  in 
VL.  May  10.  1814. 

4054.  ii.  Ait  iNPAirr  (uDehristened,)  h,  Mafvh  12.  181<»,  d.sooii  in 
ter,  Vt, 

4055.  ill.  Leandkr  Lbohard,  b.  in  Rochester,  Tl,.  Jan.  20. 1810. 
4050.  IT.  Alecta  Lkonaiid.  b  Sor,  2V,  1817. 
40(57.  V.  Louisa  Le<»naho»  b.  Oct.  22.  1819.  * 
4058.  vL  Eiv'KiCK  Lroxard,  b.  Mnrch  2y.  1821. 
4')50.  vIL  AoRO  Lkoxaud,  b.  April  10,  1823. 
4000.  Till.  AuKTLLA  LeoT4AHr>,  b.  Jan.  29,  1825. 
Ami,  ix.  Orph.  Leunabd.  b.  Oct  5,  1827. 
4M2.  X.  Alvosa  Leonard,  b,  Nov,  20,  182$. 

4003.  xl  Mahy  Leonard,  b.  Oct.  30,  1830. 

4004.  xii.  Albkrt  Lkoxaro,  b.  May  1,  I8a2. 

4005.  xiiL  Mary  J.  Leonard,  b.  Sept.  30, 1834. 
4060,  xiv,  Edoar  6.  Leonard,  b.  Dec.  10, 1837. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  455 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3911.  vii.  Joel  Child,  fifth  son  and  seventh  child  of  Capt 
David  and  Ruth  Brown  Child,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  May  16,  1796, 
m.  Oct  4,  1833,  Electa  Colling  of  Derby,  Vt,  who  was  b.  Feb. 
11,  1812.     Mr.  Joel  Child  d.  Oct  3,  1877. 
[Seventii  Generation.J    Children: 

4067.  i.  Myron  Child,   b.  Aug.   3,  1834,   m.  Sept   14.  1861,   Sophia 
Spaulding. 

4068.  ii.  Mary  Ann  Child,  b.  Sept.  15,  1836,  m.  June  5,  1857,  N.  C. 
Davis. 

4069.  iii.  Belinda  J.  Child,  b.  in  Coventry.  Vt..  Nov.  7,  1839,  m.  July 
23,  1861.  Eugene  L.  Barnes.    Mrs.  B.  J.  Child  Barnes  d.  April  11. 1862. 

4070.  iv.  Cynthia  H.  Child,  b.  Nov.  2,  1842,  m.  Aug.  24,  1870,  S.  A. 
Lewis. 

4071.  V.  Ella  M.  Child,  b.  June  20,  1855,   m.  May  5,  1872,  Francis 
Lamb. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4067.  i.  Myron  Child,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Joel  and 
Electa  Colling  Child,  b.  in  Coventry,  Vt,  Aug.  3,  1834,  m. 
Sept  14,  1861,  Sophia  Spaulding.     Reside  in  California. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4072.  i,  Frank  E.  Child,  b.  May  4,  1866. 

4073.  ii.  Floribell  Child,  b.  March  13, 1870.  ' 

4074.  iii.  Alfred  H.  Child,  b.  Dec.  20, 1872. 

4075.  iv.  Renetta  M.  Child,  b.  May  10,  1877. 

[Seventh  Generation.J 

4068.  ii.  Mary  Ann  Child,  eldest  dau.  and  second  child  of 
Joel  and  Electa  Colling  Child,  b.  in  Coventry,  Vt,  Sept  15, 
1836,  m.  June  5,  1857,  N.  C.  Davis.  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Child 
Davis  d.  Feb.  3,  1871. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 

4076.  i.  Floribell  Davis,  b.  Aug.  9,  1858.  d.  March  5,  1865. 

[Seventh  Generation  ] 

4070.  iv.  Cynthia  H.  Child,  third  dau.  and  fourth  child 
of  Joel  and  Electa  Colling  Child,  b.  in  Coventry,  Vt,  Nov.  2, 
18*2,  m.  Aug.  24,  1870,  S.  A.  Lewis. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4077.  i.  Frank  H.  Lewis,  b.  Feb.  18,  1875. 

4078.  ii.  Grace  J.  Lewis,  b.  July  12,  1877. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4071.  V.  Ella  M.  Child,  fourth  dau.  of  Joel  and  Electa 
Colling  Child,  b.  in  Pomfret,  Vt,  June  20,  1855,  m.  May  5, 
1875,  Francis  Lamb. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 

4079.  i.  Gborob  A.  Lamb,  b.  at  Randolph,  Yt. 


456 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBL^BY,  MASS. 


I  Sixth  Generation  J 

3912.  viii.  Huldah  Child,  tliird  dau.  and  eighth  child  of 
Capt  David  and  Ruth  Brown  Child,  b,  in  Sharon,  Yt,  May  3, 
1798,  m.  Nov,  1817,  Gamaliel  Leonard.  Mr.  Leonard  d, 
28,  1850 ;  Mrs.  Huldah  Child  Leonard  d.  Oct.  25,  1865. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

4080.  i.   Amanda  Lkokard,  b,  Aug.  11,  1810,  cl.  Sept  20,  1819. 

4081.  ii,  PiiCEBB  Leonard,  b,  July  13,  1820,  m.  Jan.  21,  1845.  Chauno 
Perry. 

4082.  ill.  Ruth  C.  Leonard,  b.  Not.  28,  1821,  m.  Jan.  4,  1847, 
Perry, 

4083.  iv.  Amanda   Leonard,   2d.,  b.  Dec.  28,  182S,  m.  June  6.  1840^ 
Reuben  MunselJ, 

4084.  V.  Amity  A.  Leonard,  b,  March  29, 1826,  m.  Jan.  4,  1847,  Gilbert 

D.  Allen. 

4085.  vi.  Harvey  Leonard,  b.  Oct.  6, 1827,  m,  April  23,  1854,  Josepbiol 

E.  Davis,  ^ 

4086.  vii,  Laura  Leonard,  b  Jan.  15, 1833,  d.  Ap.  7,  1841,  at  Sharon.Vt. 

4087.  viii.  Daniel  H.   Leonard,  b.  Mar  23,  1837,  d.  Aug.  3,  1863,  «l 
Sharon,  Yt 

4089.  ix.  David  E.  Leonard,  b.  Aug.  18,  1844,  d.  in  Douglas  Hospital. 
Washington.  D.  C,  Aug.  13,  18(J4, 

[Seventh  ^Teneration.] 

4082.  iii.  Ruth  C.  Leonard,  thii-d  dau.  and  child  of  Htj 
dah  Child  and  Gamaliel  Leonard,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  Nov. 
lJi21,  m.  Jan,  4,  1847,  Lester  Perry,  who  d  Feb.  15, 1859. 
[Eighth  Generalitm.]    Child: 

4089.  i.  LuviLLA  E.  Perry,  b.  Oct.  25, 1853,  m.  Oct  25,  1871,  Fmn^ 
S.  Snow  of  Sharon,  Vt. 
[Ninth  Generaliond     Child: 

4000.  i.  LtrvfA  Maria  Snow,  b.  April  7,  1875. 
[Seventh  Generationd 

4083.  iv.  Amanda  Leonard,  2d,  fourth  dau.  and  chila  ot 
Huldah  Child  and  Gamaliel   Leonard,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  De 
23,  1823,  m.  June  6,  1840,  Reuben  Munsell  of  Sharon,  whoi 
Jan.  28,  lS6fi. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Childpen: 

4001.  i.  John  Mlnsell.  b.  June  28,  1843,  m.  Suei©  Butler, 

4092.  ii.  Ruby  A.  Munsell,  b.  Jan.  9,  1846,  m,  July  29, 1860,  Stephen! 
Ranisdell. 

4093.  iii.  Laura  J.  Munsell.  b.  Dec.  27,  1847.  d.  Oct.  18.  1850. 

4004.  ir.  Claba  Munsell,  b.  Sept,  21,  1850,  ra.  May  16, 1874.  Eemj  C, 
Tow  no,  of  Boston. 

4095.  V.  Cakoline  Mijnskll,  b.  Aug,  10,  1852,  d.  Sept.  27.  1867. 

4006.  vi.  Abbie  J.  Munselll,  b.  Feb,  6,  1855,  m.  Aug.  15,  1876,  Cha 
M.  ilitzen. 

4097.  vii.  Sarah  B,  Munsell,  b.  Dec.  31,  1856,  d.  Nov.  6,  1878. 

4098.  Till.  William  W.  Munsell,  b.  July  28.  1859. 

4099.  ix.  Clinton  R.  Munsell,  b.  April  19, 1863, 

4100.  X.  Chestee  Muxsell.  b.  Aug,  8,  1865,  d.  Jan.  12, 186C. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  457 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4091.  i  John  Munsell,  eldest  child  of  Reuben  and  Amanda 
Leonard  Munsell,  and  grandchild  of  Huldah  Child  Leonard,  b. 
in  Sharon, Vt,  June  28, 1843,  m.  Susie  Butler,  of  Lowell,  Mass. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

4101.  i.  MiNA  Mat  Munsell. 

4102.  ii.  Fay  Willis  Munsbij..  b.  April  9,  1878. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4092.  ii  Ruby  A.  Munsell,  eldest  daiL  and  second  child 
of  Reuben  and  Amanda  Leonard  Munsell,  and  granddaughter 
of  Huldah  Child  Leonard,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt.,  Jan.  9,  1846,  m. 
July  29,  1866,  Stephen  F.  Ramsdell,  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

4103.  i.  Stephen  L.  Ramsdell,  b.  July  18,  1867,  d.  Feb.  29,  1868. 

4104.  ii.  Susie  P.  Ramsdell,  b.  Aug.  14,  1870. 

4105.  iii.  Stephen  G.  Ramsdell,  b.  April  37, 1878. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4096.  vi.  Abbie  J.  Munsell,  fifth  dau.  and  sixth  child  of 
Eeuben  and  Amanda  Leonard  Munsell,  and  granddaughter 
of  Huldah  Child  Leonard,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  Feb.  6,  1855,  m. 
Aug.  15,  1876,  Charles  M.  Hazen,  of  West  Hartford, Yt.,  where 
they  reside. 
LNinth  Generation.]    Children: 

4106.  i.  Clara  A.  Hazen,  b.  Sept.  29,  1877. 

4107.  ii.  Embia  Euza  Jane  Hazen,  b.  April  18, 1879. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4084.  V.  Amity  A.  Leonard,  fifth  dau.  and  child  of  Huldah 
Child  and  Gamaliel  Leonard,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  Mch.  29,  1826, 
m.  Jan.  4,  1847,  Gilbert  D.  Allen,  of  Pomfret,  Vt. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4108.  i.  Ethan  U.  Allen,  b.  Oct.  11,  1847,  in  Granville,  Vt.,  m.  Aug.  28. 
1873,  Mary  A.  Vaughn. 

4109.  ii.  Laura  M.  Allen,  b.  Aug.  20, 1849,  in  Pomfret,  Vt.  • 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4108.  i.  Ethan  U.  Allen,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Gilbert 
D.  and  Amity  A.  Leonard  Allen,  and  grandson  of  Huldah 
Child  Leonard,  b.  in  Granville,  Vt,  Oct  11, 1847,  m.  Aug.  28, 
1873,  Mary  A.  Vaughn,  of  Woodstock,  Vt 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

4110.  i.  Florence  E.  Allen,  b.  Nov.  20,  1875,  in  Pomfret,  Vt. 

4111.  ii.  Lucy  E.  Allen,  b.  July  25. 1877,  in  Pomfret.  Vt 
H-i 


458  BENJAillN  CHILD  OF  ROXBUHY,  MASS. 

ffeeventh  Generatiou.] 

4085.  vi.  Harvey  Leonard,  eldest  son  and  sixth  child 
Haldah  Child  and  Gamaliel  Leonard,  h  in  Sharon,  Vt,  Oct 
1827j  m.  April  23,  1854,  Josephine  K  Davis,  of  Sharon. 
[Eighth  Generation .]     Children : 
4112,  i.  Howard  G.  Leonard,  b.  July  tlQ,  1857,  in  Rojalton,  Vt, 
4UZr  ii.  Jasper  D,  Leonard,  b.  May -15,  186f>,  in  Bridgewater,  Ct. 

[Sixth  Genemtiou.] 

3014.  X.  Amity  A.  Child,  fourth  dau.  and  tenth  child  ol 
David  iind  Ruth  Brown  Child,  b.  in  Sharon, Vt,  April  9,  ISOlJ 
DL  1st,  Mek  12,  1823,  Levi  Rtxlgers,  who  wash.  Mch.  19,  1800  ;1 
Mr.  Rodgers,  d  Dec.  1,  1833.     Mrs.  Amity  Child  Rodgers  m 
2d,  Mch.  8,  1834,  Elijah  Russell     Mrs.  Amity  A.  Child  Rus* 
aeU  d  Jan.  8,  1S71.     Mr.  Russell  d.  Dec.  3,  1844 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Chiidren: 

4114.  i.  Almira  IloDOERS,  b.  July  2,  1824,  d,  Jan.  23, 1848,  at  Norwich,  Vt,  | 

4115.  iL  GEOR^iE  D.  RoDOERS^  b.  April  22,  1826,  d.  Aug.  12,  1862.  at  May- 
field,  N.  Y. 

4110.  iii.  Jane  E.   Rod«ees.  b.  Sept.  25,  1828,  d.  Feb.  18,  1852,  at  May-^ 
field,  N,  Y. 

4117.  tv.  Sarah  E.  Russell,  b.  Mch.  12, 1836,  m.  June  9,  1855,  Au 
tiis  Yintou. 

4118.  V.  Levi  H.  Russell,  b.  Oct.  2,  1838,  in  Rochester,  Vt. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4117.  iv.  Sarah  E.  Russell,  fourth  child  of  Amity  Child 
and  eldest  child  of  Amity  Child  and  Elijah  Russell,  b.  in 
Rochester,  Vt^  Mek  12,  1836,  m.  June  8,  1856,  Augustus 
Vinton.  Reside  in  Granville,  Vt. 
[Eighth  Genemtion.]    Children: 

4119.  i.  LeKuy  a.  Vinton,  b.  Jan.  31, 1857,  at  GranvilK  Vt. 

4120.  ii.  Wlllie  R.  Vinton,  b.  Aug.  27.  18«l,  Rt  Granyille,  Vt. 

4121.  iii.  llATnE  E.  Vikton,  b.  Aug.  W,  1867,  at  Granville,  Vt 

[Sixth  Generation."] 

3916.  xii.  KoxANNA  Child,  fifth  dau  and  twelfth  child  of 
David  and  Ruth  Brown  Child,  b.  in  Sbaron.Vt,  June  6,  180( 
m.  May  2,  1827,  Parker  Morse,  who  was  b.  in  New  Hampshir 
1803,  d  Mch.  7,  1877. 

[Sei*enth  Generation.]     Children: 

111:  ilXTtl;  i-  TTO>.    \  b.  1830.  i.  MeU.no„.  HI. 

4124.  iii.  Mabtha  Mob3E,  b,  1832,  in  Metainora,  111. 
fFifth  Generation,] 

3«94  vi.  Simeon  Child,  fourth  son  and  sixth  child  of 
Elijah  and  Rachel  Palmer  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Cl,  Oct  31^ 
176S),  m.  1797,  Miss  Peny. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  459 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children : 

4125.  i.  Sarah  Child,  b.  1798,  m.  Stephen  Gibbs. 

4126.  ii.  Rachel  Child,  b.  1800,  m.  Emery  Ashley. 

4127.  iii.  Mary  Child,  b.  1802.  m.  1st, Simons,  of  Hartford, Vt. ;  m 

2,  Morse,  of  Haverhill,  N.  H. 

4128.  iv.  Betsey  Child,  b.  1804,  m.  Seth  Hodges. 

4129.  V.  Annie  Child,  b.  1806,  m.  Jotham  Howe. 

4130.  VI.  Sarepta  Child,  b.  1808,  m.  James  Culver. 

4131.  vii.  Ruth  Child,  b.  1810,  m.  Albert  Freeman. 

4132.  viii.  Simeon  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  15, 1812.  Has  been  for  many  years 
a  much  respected  and  honored  member  of  the  community  of  Shakers,  at 
Enfield,  Grafton  Co.,  N.  H.  To  him,  through  another  member  of  the  com- 
munity, we  are  much  indebted  for  the  recoraof  the  family. 

4133.  ix.  Infant  daughter  (unchristened)  b.  1814. 

[Sixth  Generation.! 

4125.  i.  Sarah  Child,  eldest  dau.  and  child  of  Simeon  and 
—  Perry  Child,  b.  in  Royalton,  Vt,  in  1798,  m.  Stephen  Gibbs 
of  Pomfret,  Vt.     From  Vermont  they  went  west  to  reside,. but 
we  do  not  know  where,  and  have  only  a  slight  report 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

4134.  i.  Norman  Child  Gibbs. 

4135.  ii.  Laura  Gibbs. 

[Sixth  Generation. "I 

4126.  ii.  Eachel  Child,  second  dau.  and  child  of  Simeon 
and  —  Perry  Child,  b.  in  Eoyalton,  Vt,  in  1800,  m,  Emery 
Ashley  of  Hartland,  Windsor  Co.,  Vt 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

4136.  i.  Albertus  Ashley,  )  !>_,{.. 

4137.  ii.  Almira  Ashley.     J  ^*''^^- 

4138.  iii.  Sarepta  Ashley. 

4139.  iv.  Caroline  Ashley. 

4140.  V.  Charles  Ashley. 

[Sixth  Generation.]  ^ 

4129.  V.  Annie  Child,  fifth  dau.  and  child  of  Simeon  and 
Perry  Child,  b.  in  Eoyalston,  Vt,  in  1806,  m.  Jotham  Howe 

of  Enfield,  N.  EL 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

4141.  i.  Laura  Howe. 

4142.  ii.  Jane  Howe. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

4130.  vi.  Sarepta  Child,  sixth  dau.  and  child  of  Simeon 
and  —  Perry  Child,  b.  in  Eoyalston,  Vt,  in  1808,  m.  James 
Culver  of  Pomfret,  N.  H. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 
4148.  i.  William  Culver. 
4144.  ii.  Newton  Culver. 


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I 


413L  TIL  BCTH  Cbilo;  axth  dso.  md  eluM  at  Snneoa  j 
—  Perry  Cliild,  b.  in  Boyibioo,  Vu  in  ISia  iil  Albect  Vres^ 
manofLehuioii^K.  H.    [Webe&ere  there  were  otlieri 
bot  have  not  ol/taiiied  the  ittOseR.] 

4147*  i.  Cbablb  Fixnux. 

3895,  Til  Abses  ChUiD,  fifth  son  uid  dereatli 
Elijah  and  Bncbel  PaJxner  Chfld,  K  in  ThompfiOD,  Ci,,  AprO 
13,  1772,  m.  1st,  Jan.  23,  1800,  Achsah  Caipenter,  who  was  h. 
in  CoTeolry,  Cl,  Aug.  18,  17S0,  d.  April  9,  I823w     Mr.  Ahuefm 
Child  m.  2ci  Doll j  Franklin*    Mr.  Child  A  Jnne  8,   l&5y; 
Mm,  Dolly  Franklin  Child  A  Maxxjh  1,  18^;.     Mrs.  Ach 
Carpenter  Child  was  one  of  fourteen  children  who  grew  up^" 
married^  and  had  large  families, 
[dixtb  GememLion  J    ChUdren: 

4I4S.  L  Uears  Child,  b.  Sept.  22,  1801,  in.  Aug,  2$,  183S,  Kber 

4140.  tL  Hmek  CjkRPE3m&  Cbix.i>, 
Faufif  Mazlerifie, 
4150.  til.  Bktset  Ceii.i>, 


b.  Dec.  et.  180B.  m.  3Iaj  7.   1^2 


( -  )  h     \f  ^K   J  *i'  Mch,  23, 1806. 
,,  |£  )    7,  imm,  I     Hutchinson,  d.  May  11,18 


4151.  ir,  Pamklu  Catto, 

4152.  V.  IlkBY  Can.D.  b.  Mch.  9,  1810,  m,  Jan.  23^  1839,  Stepbeo  (Jc 
Spt^«d, 

4153.  tL  AcBaAfl  Cbilo,  b.  Mch.  31.  ISIS,  d.  Maj  16,  1813. 

4154.  i-ii-  Drayis  Child,  b.  Dec.  22,  1814,  m.  Sept.  20,  1837,  Fnntm. 
8trau». 

4155.  Till.  ZiLLAB  CHiLD,.b.  Jan.  16, 1820.  d.  June  16,  1820. 

4156.  ix.  HoswKtiL  Child,  b,  June  19,  1821,  m.  Nov.  22,  1813,  Abij 
Oood^p^ed. 

4157.  T,  JmxjmA  Cmij>,  b.  Mch.  25,  1823,  d.  April  7,  1828. 

'Sixth  Gcnemtion.] 

414S.  i.  Irene  Child,  eldest  child  of  Abner  and  Ac 
Carjienter  Child,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  Sept  22,  ISOl,  m.  in  Mor 
town,  Aug.  25,  1822,  Eber  Hubbard  Baxter,  who  was  b.  in 
Berlin,  Vt,  on  Sept  25,  1799.  Is  now  (1819)  residing  in 
Cascade,  Kent  Co.,  Mich.  Mr.  Baxter  is  a  man  of  strongly 
marked  characteristics,  noticeably  successful  in  the  results  at 
tending  their  development  Skeptical  of  the  good  wrought  bj 
physicians  in  the  usual  practice  of  the  profession,  he  has  nc 
called  one  to  prescribe  in  his  family  for  fifty  years;  but  has 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  461 

meantime  reared  a  family  of  thirteen  children,  to  man  and 
womanhood  While  yet  residing  in  Vermont  Mr.  Baxter, 
beside  holding  many  township  offices,  was  chosen  to  represent 
the  town  of  Fayston,  Washington  Co.,  Vt,  in  the  State  Legis- 
lature for  several  terms.  In  the  year  1851  Mr  Baxter,  with 
his  family,  removed  to  Michigan,  and  has  remained  there  in 
the  enjoyment  even  now  of  unusual  mental  and  physical 
vigor. 
(Seventh  Generation]    Children: 

415S.  i.  Albert  Baxter,  b.  Aug.  3.  1823,  m.  Feb.  22,  1849,  Elvira  E. 
Gaild. 

4159.  ii.  Bernard  Baxter,  b.  July  6,  1824,  m.  Oct.  27,  1844,  Harriet  J. 
Brigham. 

4160.  iii.  Celia  Baxter,  b.  March  16,  1826.  m.  June  20,  1849.  Elisha 
Aldis  Brigham. 

4161.  iv.  Orman  Baxter,  b.  Aug.  16,  1827,  m.  Dec.  11,  1866,  Hettie  M. 
Olmstead. 

4162.  V.  RosiNA  Baxter,  b.  April  4,  1829,  m  May  1, 1854,  Oren  N.  Cad- 
well. 

4163.  vi.  Edwin  Baxter,  b.  March  9, 1831.  m.  April  30,  1860,  Carrie  A. 
Keyes. 

4164.  vii.  Uri  J.  Baxter,  b.  Jan.  20,  1833,  m.  1865,  Maggie  Lowry. 

4165.  viii.  Zada  Baxter,  b.  in  Fayston,  Vt.,  March  28,  1835,  m.  May  10, 
1870,  Isaac  Coeman,  in  Lowell,  Mich. 

4166.  ix.  Sabrina  Baxter,  b.  Dec.  17,  1836,  m.  Jan.  1,  1875,  Justice* 
Cooper. 

4167.  X.  Ira  C.  Baxter,  b.  in  Fayston,  Washington  Co.,  Vt.,  Nov.  13, 
1838.  Enlisted  in  the  Union  Array,  in  21st  Michigan  Infantry  Regiment, 
in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  and  was  killed  in  battle  at  Chickamauga,  Sept. 
20,  1863. 

4168.  xi.  MiLO  Baxter,  b.  Aug.  15.  1841,  m.  Jan  20,  1867,  Ellen  Celia 
Rich. 

4169.  xii.  Dolly  F.  Baxter,  b.  June  12,  1845,  m.  Oct.  18,  1870,  Silas 
Beckey ;  occupation  farming,  reside  in  Cascade,  Mich. 

4170.  xiii.  Vienna  Irene  Baxter,  b  Feb.  21,  1848,  m.  July  25.  1878, 
Isaac  Coeman,  a  farmer,  and  cousin  of  Zada  Baxter's  husband.  Reside  in 
Lowell,  Mich. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4158.  i.  Albert  Baxter,  eldest  child  of  Irene  Child  and 
Hon.  Eber  Hubbard  Baxter,  b.  in  Moretx)wn,  Vt.,  Aug.  3, 
1823,  m.  in  Fayston,  Vt.,  Feb.  22,  1849,  Elvira  E.  Guild. 
Mrs.  E.  E.  Guild  Baxter,  d.  Oct.  27,  1855.  Mr.  Baxter  has 
not  remarried.  A  boyhood  in  the  vitalizing  air  of  the  Green 
Mountains,  was  strengthened  in  muscle  by  the  farm  training, 
and  tutored  in  mind  at  the  village  school,  with  brief  drill  at 
higher  academies.  Albert  Baxter  began  life  for  himself,  as  so 
many  of  his  race  have  done,  by  wielding  the  birch,  and  doubt- 
less teaching  the  youth  of  his  native  State.     But  he  could  not 


4S2 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBUKY,  ICASSL 


content  himself  with  such  a  career,  and  soon  after  reaching 
majority  he  left  Vermont  for  that  El  Dorado  of  New  £ngl 
youth,  the  West  For  a  time  he  was  an  instructor  in  Wiscon- 
sin, but  made  his  way  to  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Of  two  tcades 
he  made  himself  master,  but  his  real  work  was  in  neither. 
Buoyant  with  the  hopes  of  early  manhood,  and  fired  by  the 
very  spirit  of  ^76,  Mr.  Baxter  entered  the  political  arena  in  the 
Peninsula  State,  joined  with  spirits  akin  to  his  own  in  their 
fervid  zeal  for  righting  wrongs,  and  turning  the  nation  from 
that  oppression  of  thousands  which  nullified  her  claim  as  a 
free  republic.  The  minds  of  many  had  been  almost  uncon- 
sciously tending  to  an  overturn  in  political  sentiment,  wl 
these  zealous  souls  sounded  their  bugle  note,  under  a  new 
ner,  a  host  were  found  ready  to  join  their  ranks,  and  the  repub- ' 
lican  party  was  a  fact  Now  Mr.  Baxter  found  in  journalism 
his  true  sphere,  and  the  Grand  Rapids  Daily  Eagk  has  winged 
forth  the  strong,  earnest  words  of  a  broad  patriotism,  through- 
out the  State  of  his  adoption.  The  brief  synopsis  of  the  life 
of  Mr.  Albert  Baxter  bas  a  moral,  worthy  of  the  study  of  all 
young  men  who  desire  to  make  their  mark  in  the  world.  And 
if  it  is  no  higher  motive  than  an  ambition  not  to  be  exeelk 
the  true  method  is  contained  in  this  history.  But  a  worthierj 
higher  motive  seems  to  have  prompted  Mr  Baxter  in  his 
tivities.  His  life  has  been  marked  by  a  steady  devotion  to* 
honest  principles,  the  love  of  country,  and  a  desire  for  the 
highest  good  of  the  race.  Tlie  strength  of  a  matured  man- 
hood has  not  been  wasted  on  impracticable  theories.  The 
steady  aim  of  life  with  him  has  been  the  defence  of  right,  and 
the  maintenance  of  a  truly  republican  form  of  government  as 
instituted  by  the  fathers.  It  is  a  noble  Hfe  which  all  may 
gladly  emulata 
[Seventh  Generation  J 

4159.  ii.  Bernard  Baxter,  second  son  and  child  of  Ireni 
Cliild  and  Hon.  Ebcr  11,  Baxter,  b  in  Moretown,  Vt-,  July 
1824,  m.  Oct  27,  1844,  Harriet  J.  Brigbara* 

[Eiglith  Genemtioti.]     Children ; 

4371,  i.  WiujAM  A,  C.  Baxter,  b.  Oct,  15,  1845»  d,  young. 

4173.  ii.  AURH.L1  S.  D.  Baxter,  b.  Mch.  12, 1847,  ra.  Jan.  13, 186$*  Thus, 
J.  II  111  be  rU  ttt  CasL-wle*  Mich, 

4173.  iii.  Bernard  Nklson  Baxter,  b.  June  11,  1855.  in  Moretown,  Vt 
d.  in  Cascade,  Mieh..  iilwut  1868. 

4174.  iv.  Locy  Irene  Baxter,  b.  Jan.  15»  1852,  m.  1878.  Wra.  Hall, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 


46S 


nlh  GeneratioD.] 
'4160.  iii.  Celia   Baxter,  eldest  dan.  and  third  chiltl  ol 
Irene  Child  and  Hon.  E.  U.  Baxter^  b.  in  Moretown,  Yt,  Mch.j 
16,  1826,  m.  June  20,  1849,  Elisha  Aldis  Bri^ham,  a  farmer  ol 
FaystoD,  Vt.     Mn  and  Mrs.   Brigham   reside   in   Chippewa,  ^ 
Mecosta  Co ,  Mich.     Mrs.  Brigliam  has  written  many  poeraa 
for  the  press^  bnt  no  compilation  of  them  has  been  made. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4175.  i.  ZiBA  WeiTTiER  Briuham^  b.   May  8,  1850,  ni.  Mattie  J.  Clark; 
have  one  son. 

417ft.  ii  ELisnA  Kossuth  Brtoham,  b.  Dec,  23.  1851,  m.  Maria  C.  Green,  ^ 

4177.  iii.  Edwin  Baxtkr  Brioham,  h.  Oct,  1,  1857. 

4178.  iv.  RosiNA  Brioham,  b.  April  4,  1850,  d.  June  5.  1878. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4161.  iv.  Ohman  Baxter,  third  son  and  fourth  child  of 
Irene  Child  and  tlon.  E.  H,  Baxter,  b,  in  Moretown^Vt,  Ang* 
16,  1827,  m.  Dec.  11,  1866,  Hettie  M.  Olmstead,  at  Grand 
Haven,  Mich.  Mr.  Baxter  combines  farming  and  market- 
gardening. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    ChiUlrPU : 

4179.  i.  Infant  (unchristened)  J.  young, 

4180.  li.  Fnfant  (unchristened)  d.  young. 

4181.  iii.  Celia  Arvilla  Baxter,  h.  May  17,  1872. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4162.  V.  RosiNA  Baxter,  second  dau.  and  fifth  child  of 
Irene  Child  and  Hon,  Eber  H.  Baxter,  b.  in  Moretown,  Yt, 
April  4,  1S29,  m.  in  Paris,  Mick,  May  1,  1S54,  Oren  N.  Cad- 
well.  Went  to  California  about  IS69,  and  reside  in  Santa  ^ 
Barbara  Co.  Mr.  Cad  well  is  a  farmer  and  horticulturist 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children ; 

418"2»  i.  Ani>rew  Ieving  Cadwei^l,  b.  Feb,  17,  1855. 

4183.  ii.  Ina  [hexe  Cadwell,  b.  Nov.  23,  1800, 

4184.  iii.  LiNSiE  Banks  Cadwefx,  b.  Ji*n.  2t  1863. 

4185.  iv.  Infant  daughter  (unchristened)  b.  1866,  d.  1870. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4163.  vi.  Edwin  Baxter,  fourth  son  and  sixth  child 
Irene  and  Hon.  E,  H.  Baxter,  b,  in  Moretown,  Vt,  March 
1831,  m.  1st  at  Grand  Rapids,  Mick,  April  30,  1860,  Carrie^ 
A.  Keyes ;  Mrs.  Carrie  A.  K.  Baxter  d.  Dec  3,  1866 ;  m.  2dr 
at  Stanbridge,  Quebec  Province,  Canada,  May  23,  1868,  Ellen 
L,  Scagel.  Mr.  Edwiti  Baxter  served  in  the  recent  war  as  a 
Captain^  in  Michigan  Regt  mechanics  and  engineers.  He  is  a 
lawyer  in  successful  practice ;  at  present  Circuit  Court  Com- 


hSSIAMBf  CHILD  OF  BOXBTBT,  XAflGL 


of  Ottawa  Ca^  Mich.     His  reeideiice  is  in  Gmri 
BaTeOf  Mick 

[Eigliih  OcncfstkNi.]    OyldfCA; 
4lfilL  L  Inluxi  (sAekiiMefied)  d.  yovm^ 

ilSa  uL  Ecnny  CtaJM  Baxm,  h,  SepC  If,  1838. 
[Serentli  Geaermtidn*] 

1164.  vii.  Uri  J.   Baxter,  fifth  son  and  aerenifa  child 
Irene  Child  and  Hotl  Eber  H.  Baxter,  b.  in  Pajrsloii,  Yl,  JaiL 
90,  ISaa.  m.  in  Cascade,  Mich.,  in  IS6a,  Maggie  Lowtt.    Wbe^n 
about  eighteen,  Mn  Uri  Baxter  began  teaching,  and  oontinu^d^ 
in  that  profession  for  some  yeais ;  he  then  devoted  himself  to 
joomalism  for  a  time.      For  fourteen  years  has  hdd  varioc 
positions  of  trust  and  responsibility,  in  the  geneial  land  offic 
in  Washington^  D.  C.     Mr.  U.  J.  Baxter  is  a  lawyer,  gradnate 
of  the  Columbia  Law  School  of  New  York  City.     Was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  U*  S.    Is  at  present^ 
Acting  Chief  of  Indian  Dirisioa,  Into-ior  Dept     Keaides 
Linden,  Marj^lanA 
[Eighth  GeaemtionJ    Child: 
4180.  L  JKjrxifi  Baxteb,  b.  about  1866. 

[Sereoth  Generation  J 

4166.  ix.  Sabbina  Baxter,  fourth  dau.  and  ninth  child  of 
Irene  Child  and  Hon.  Eber  H.  Baxter,  b.  in  Fayslon,  WasM 
ington  Co.,Vt,  Dea  17»  1836,  m.  Jan.  31, 1875,  Justice  Cooper^ 
who  was  b.  in  Wright,  Schoharie  Co.,  N.  Y.,  May  7,  1S34. 
farmer,  residing  in  Evart,  Osceola  Co.,  Mich. 
fElghth  Oeneration.J    CMldren : 

4190.  i.  B4JLTKR  GiFFORD  CoopER,  b.  Feb.  10,  1876,  in  ETari,  Osceola  Co. J 
Mich. 

419L  ii.  Isrcz  Coopsa,  b.  Jane  28, 1879.  in  Evart^  Osceola  Co.,  Mich. 

[Serenth  Genemtiop .] 

4168.  xi.  MlLo  Baxter,  seventh  son  and  eleventh  child 
Irene  Child  and  Hon.  K  H.  Baxter,  b.  in  Fayston,  Yt.,  Aug! 
15,  1841,  m.  Jan.  20,  1867,  Ellen  Celia  Rich,  of  Rutland,  Barr_^ 
Co.,  Mich.     He  enlisted  in  the  21st  Mich.   Inf.  Regt 
wounded  in  the  same  battle  at  Chickamauga  as  his  brother,! 
Ira  C  Baxter.     His  wounds,  however,  were  healed,  and  he 
served  through  the  war.     He  resides  now  at  Abilene,  Dicken-; 
son  Co.,  Kansas.    Is  engaged  in  farming. 
[Eig-hrh  Generation, ]    Children: 

4193.  i.  Eber  Estes  Baxter,  b.  Nov.  18,  1867. 

4190.  ii.  Sherman  Albert  Baxter,  b.  May  27,  1872. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS..  465 

4194.  iii.  Louise  Pearl  Baxtee,  b.  Dec.  9, 1873. 

4195.  iv.  Adan  Baxter,  b.  1869. 

^.Sixth  Generation.] 

4149.  ii.  Eber  Carpenter  Child,  second  child  and  eldest 
son  of  Abner  and  Achsah  Carpenter  Child,  b.  at  Moretown,Vt., 
Bea  24,  1803,  m.  in  Moretown,  May  7, 1829,  Fanny  Hazeltina 
Mr.  Eber  C.  Child  seems  to  have  inherited  some  of  the  poetic 
talent  of  his  grandmother,  Mrs.  Rachel  Palmer  Child,  and 
3heers  his  hours  of  solitude  by  turning  his  meditations  into 
srerse,  even  now,  when  fourscore  years  have  blanched  his  hair, 
md  dimmed  somewhat  the  keenness  of  his  vision. 
Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

4196.  i.  Ruthven  Ferdinand  Child,  b.  Jan.  11,  1830. 

4197.  ii.  Cornelia  J.  Child,  b.  Sept.  19,  1832,  m,  Jan.  20,  1856,  Allen 
ZJampbell  Baker. 

4198.  iii.  Jerusha  B.  Child,  b.  May  27,  1836. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4197.  ii.  Cornelia  J.  Child,  eidest  dau.  and  second  child 
of  Eber  Carpenter  and  Fanny  Hazel  tine  Child,  b.  in  Moretown, 
Vt,  Sept.  19,  1832,  m.  Jan.  20,  1856,  Allen  Campbell  Baker, 
of  Granville,  Washington  Co.,  I^".  Y.  Mr.  Baker  has  been  a 
most  agreeable,  and  successful  teacher  in  high  schools  and 
academies. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

4199.  i.  Ellen  Louise  Baker,  b.  Feb.  27,  1856. 

4200.  ii.  Gboege  Wordsworth  Baker,  b.  Dec.  16, 1859. 

4201.  iii.  Kate  Campbell  Baker,  b.  Oct.  19,  1862. 

4202.  iv.  Fanny  Hazeltine  Baker,  b.  Mch.  6,  1867,  d.  Oct.  15,  1870. 

4203.  V.  Charles  Evarts  Baker,  b.  June  19,  1870. 

4204.  vi.  Grace  Lillian  Baker,  b.  Feb.  18,  1876. 
Sixth  Generation.] 

4152.  V.  Mary  Child,  fourth  dau.  and  fifth  child  of  Abner 
ind  Achsah  Carpenter  Child,  b.   Mch.  9,  1810,  m.  Jan.  22, 
1839,  Stephen  Goodspeed,  of  Moretown,  Vt 
Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

4205.  1.  Samuel  A.  Goodspeed,  b.  Dec.  25,  1839,  d.  Feb.  9, 1845,  at  More- 
town,  Vt. 

4206.  ii.  Myron  R.  Goodspeed,  )  ««- )     m.  Jan.  1,  1871,  Cynthia  Lamb. 

[S  >b.  Jan.  81,  1844. 

4207.  iii.  Myra  R.  Goodspeed,   )  ^  )     m.  Moses  Palmer. 

4208.  iv.  Ruth  V.  Goodspeed.  b.  Aug.  9,  1849,  m.  Feb.  15,  1874,  Frank 
C.  Lamb. 

"Seventh  Generation.] 

4208.  iv.  EuTH  V.  Goodspeed,  second  dau.  and  fourth  child 

)f  Mary  Child  and  Stephen  Goodspeed,  b.  at  Warren, Vt.,  Aug. 

),  1849,  m.  Feb.  15,  1874,  Frank  C.  Lamb,  of  Granville,  Vt. 


466 


BENJAMm  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


[Eighth  GenenUionJ    Children: 

4209.  i,  Mamie  R.  Lamb.  h.  Mch.  15,  1875»  d.  Oct  SI,  1877. 

4210.  ii.  Mabel  P.  Lamb,  b.  Oct.  31.  187e. 

[Sixth  Genemtinn.l 

41^5    vii,  Dennis  Child,  second  son  and  seventh  child  < 
Abner  and  Achsah  Carpenter  Child,  b.  in  Moretown,  Vt, 
22,  1814,  m.  in  the  same  place  Sept  20,  1837,  Franc<*s  , 
Straus. 

fSeTenth  Generatioa.]     Children; 

4311.  i.  Rrxn   Franklin  Child,   b.   July  22,  1838,    ra.   Feb.  34,  18 
Charles  W.  Bushndl. 

4^12.  ii.  Oren  D.  Child,   h.  Feb.  28,  1840,  m.  Nov.  5,   18«8,  Jen 
GootleU. 

4213.  iii,  Anna  M  Child,  b  Deo.  le.  1841.  d.  March  8,  1843. 

4214.  iv.  AsAHEL  S.  CarLD,  b.  May  6,  1843,  m.  Dec.  21,  1805.  U,  i 
Hamilton, 

4215.  V.  Alfheus  a.  Child,  b,  Aug.  27, 1846, 
*^16.  vi.  Eunice  A.  Child,  b,  Sept.  11,  1850.  m.  Not.  12.  1871,  C 

Remington* 

4217,  vii.  Maky  Child,  b,  Nov.  26.  1859.  at  Ororo,  Wis. 

[Seventh  Goneratioiu] 

4211.  i,  Ruth  Franklin  Child,  eldest  dau,  and  child  of 
Dennis    and   Frances  A.  Straus  Child,  b.  in  Moretown,  Vt., 
Jnly  22,  1S38,  m.  at  Omro,  Wis .  Feb.  24,  1868,  Charles  Vi^ 
Bu&hnell. 
[Eighth  (jJenerHlion,]    Chihhen: 

4218,  i.   Ok  Witt  Bi SHNELL.  i  ,_.„    /.     |„^^  .«   iqaa 

4220.  UL  Ethel  Bl'shnelu  b.  Get.  25*  184J2, 
[Seventh  Generation^ 

4214.  iv.  AsAHEL  Sl  Child,  second  son  and  fourth  chiW  of    , 
Dennis  and   Frances  A.  Straus  Child,  b.  in  Moretown.  Yt*     I 
May  6»  1843,  m.  Dee,  21,  1865,  H.  A.  Hamilton. 
[Eighth  Genc^mtion.]    Children: 

4221.  i.  Hattie  Child,  b.  Nov.  20,  1860,  iL  young, 

4222.  ii.  Myrtle  Child,  b.  Feb.  11, 1808. 

4223.  iii.  Ralph  Child,  b.  Oet.  10,  1874. 

[Seventh  Geaeratiou.  | 

4216.  vi.  Eunice  A.  Chilp,  thirtl  dau.  and  sixth  child] 
Dennis   and   Frances  A.  Straus  Child,  b.  in  Moretown, 
Sept  n,  1850,  DL  Nov.  12,  1871,  C.  F.  Remington. 
[Eighth  GenemtionJ    Children: 

4224.  i.  Anoie  C.  Reminotos,  b.  Nov.  15.  1871. 

4225.  ii,  Lillian  M,  RitMiNaTON,  }  -„       ^  h.  June  5,  1878. 

4226.  iii.  Ixfant  (unohristen©d).  (  *''""    (  d.  same  day. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANl'S.  467 

tSixth  Generation.] 

4156.  ix.  EoswELL  Child,  third  son  and  ninth  child  of 
Abner  and  Achsah  Carpenter  Child,  b.  in  Moretown,  Vt,  June 
19,  1821,  m.  Nov.  22,  1843,  Abigail  Goodspeed,  who  was  b. 
April  16,  1820,  in  Sharon,  Vt  Mr.  Eoswell  Child  has  always 
resided  in  Moretown,  Vt.,  and  has  been  a  man  much  respected 
by  his  fellow-citizens,  though  unambitious  of  honors  or  office. 
He  has  been  much  interested  to  advance  this  work,  for  which 
we  tender  him  our  most  cordial  thanks. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

4227.  i.  Heney  Franklin  Child,  b.  Nov.  29,  1844,  m.  July.  4,  1874,  Liz- 
zie M.  Harrison. 

4228.  ii.  Emma  Frances  Child,  b.  Aug.  2,  1846,  m.  Feb.  19,  1867, 
George  E.  Spaulding. 

4229.  iii.  Abner  Carpenter  Child,  b.  Dec.  23,  1849,  in.  Feb.  14,  1872, 
Ella  A.  Howes. 

4230.  iv.  Elia  Gertrude  Child,  b.  July  10,  1854,  m.  Sept.  13,  1871, 
John  W.  Eagan. 

4231.  V.  Udin  Percy  Child,  b.  April  12,  1856. 

4232.  vi.  Leon  Albert  Child,  b.  March  3,  1860. 

4233.  vii.  Mattie  Miona  Child,  b.  Oct.  20,  1861. 

4234.  viii.  Merril  Roswell  Child,  b.  March  25,  1865. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

4227.  i.  Henry  Franklin  Child,  eldest  son  and  child  of 
Roswell  ^and  Abigail  Goodspeed  Child,  b.  in  Moretown,  Vt, 
Nov.  29, 1844,  m.  July  4,  1874,  Lizzie  M.  Harrison. 
[Eighth  Generation.!    Child: 

4235.  i.  Charles  Henry  Child,  b.  Nov.  6,  1876,  d.  March  13,  1878. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

4229.  iii.  Abner  Carpenter  Child,  second  son  and  third 
child  of  Roswell  and  Abigail  Goodspeed  Child,  b.  in  Moretown, 
Vt,  Dec.  23,  1849,  m.  Feb.  14,  1872,  Ella  A  Howea 

f Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4236.  i.  TtfYRTiE  Ella  Child,  b.  June  23.  1873. 

4237.  ii.  EsTELLA  May  Child,  b.  Feb.  26,  1878. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

4230.  iv.  Ella   Gertrude  Child,  second  dau.  and  fourth 
child  of  Roswell  and  Abigail  Goodspeed  Child,  b.  in  Moretown, 
Vt,  July  10,  1854,  m.  Sept.  13,  1871,  John  W.  Eagan. 
fBighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4238.  i.  Herbert  John  Eaoan,  b.  June  14,  1873 

4239.  ii.  Mary  Ella  Eagan,  b.  Aug.  8.  1875. 

4240.  iii.  Abbie  Emma  Eagan,  b.  April  27,  1877. 
[Fifth  Generation.] 

3896.  viii.  Artimas  Child,  sixth  son  and  eighth  child  of 
Elijah  and  Eachel  Palmer  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct,  Jan.  15, 


468 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURT,  MASS, 


1775,  m.  Dec.  3,  1796,  Hannali  Ormsby,  who  was  b.  Sept. 

1776.  Mr.  Artimas  Child  resided  in  Sharon,  Vt,  where  he! 
Oct  5,  1S52.  Mrs.  llannuh  Orm.sby  Child  A  Feb.  15,  1868. 
fSixth  GoncrHtionJ     Children: 

4241.  i,  RoswELL  Cbili),  b.  Sept.  17,  1797,  d.  June  24,  1838,  when  bii 
ing  in  a  iiiUl  poiuL  belonging  to  his  father, 
4343.  ii.  Harv'ey  CniLDS^b.  Dec.  3,  1799,  ra.  Feb.  18. 1839;  Clarissa  Uti 

4343.  iii,  Charles  Chh^db,  b.  Dec.  14,   1802,  ra.  Dec.  13,   1837. 
Abbott. 

4344.  iv.  Nancy  Childs,  b.  May  23,  1805,  m.  April  34, 1837,  Elijah  Btj 
bam. 

4245.  V.  LucmDA  Childs,  b.  Aug.  10,  1807,  m.  Oct.  17. 1840.  AsahelBri 
ham. 

4246.  Ti,  LiURA  Childs,  b.  Mch-  3.  1811,  m.  Oct,  18.  1841,  S<»bn 
Rob]  II  son  < 

4347.  vii.  Emily  Cbjldb,  b.  Mch.  13,  1814,  m.  June  21,  1841,  Harvey  B." 
Gilbert. 

4348.  V iii.  Mart  Ann  Childs,  b.  Jan.  37,  1834,  d.  Feb.  28.  1875.  num. 

f Sixth  Generation.] 

4242.  ii.  ELiKVEY  Childs,  second  son  and  child  of  Artimas 
and  Hannah  Ormsby  Childs,  h.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  Dec  S,  1799^ 
m.  Feb.  18,  1829,  CUirissa  Little,  who  waa  b.  in  Norristown. 
Vt,  Feb.  9,  1808.  Mr.  Chi  kits  aided  his  father  in  clenritig  oiie 
of  the  densely  wooded  farms  of  Vermont.  He  built  a  mw- 
mOl,  which  enabled  them  ti3  dispose  of  the  felled  trees  wii 
profit;  he  also  became  note<i  as  a  mill- wright  and  builder^ 
bndges.  In  1838  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Illinoia,  i 
tling  in  Mendota,  La  Salle  Co,  He  is  a  thorough  bumneai 
man,  a  prosperous  farmer,  highly  esteemed  for  honesty 
fair  dealing;  has  been  postmaster,  and  for  thirty  years  just 
of  the  peace ;  now  engaged  in  money  loaning  and  land 
lation. 
[Seventh  Generation  ]    Children: 

4249.  i.  CIIAELE8  Childs,  1j.  Jan.  38,  185i€.  m,  Sept.  28»  1858,  Anifl 
Smith. 

4250.  ii.  Orson  Cbilps,  b.  April  10,  1831,  m.  Dec.  31,  1860.  Jalia  M.  1 

4251.  iii.  Edmond  Shermak  CfiiLDfi,  b,  March  39.  1834,  m.  Nov.  ft,  1| 
Eleanor  Dix 

4253.  iv.  Clarissa  Maeiah  Chords,  b  July  31,  1841,  d.  Nov.4»  1854. 

4353,  V-  III  RAM  Little  Childs,  b,  at  Perkins  Gro?e,  UL,  Jan.  36,  1S| 
Emigrated  toCalifnrDia  in  1867;  editor  for  three  years  of  the  Jnyojn 
pendent;    is    now   Depnty  U.  S,   Revenue  Collector.      H«sido0  in 
lioDO  Co.,  Cal. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4249.  i.  Charles  Childs,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Harv 
and  Clarissa  Little  Childs,  b.  in  Shamn,  Vt ,  Jan.  *28,  183U, ; 
Sept  28,  1868,  Eliza  A.  Smith  of  Conway,  Mass.     He  heli: 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  469 

his  father  in  opening  out  several  prairie  farms.  Is  a  success- 
ful architect  and  builder ;  now  resident  upon  a  farm  in  Lee, 
Lee  Co.,  111. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

4254.  i.  Viola  Alvaretta  Childs,  b.  in  Lamoille,  111.,  June  23,  1859. 

4255.  ii.  Frank  Leslie  Childs,  b.  Oct.  8,  1860,  in  Lamoille,  111. 

4256.  iii.  Lyman  Wheelock  Cbilds,  b.  Oct.  1, 1867,  in  Willow  Creek,  111. 

4257.  iv.  Nelub  Eliza  Childs,  b.  May  16,  1869,  in  Willow  Creek,  111. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4250.  ii.  Orson  Childs,  second  son  and  child  of  Harvey 
and  Clarissa  Little  Childs,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  April  10,  1831, 
m.  Dec.  31,  1860,  Julia  M.  Dix.  When  seventeen  he  left 
home  and  learned  a  carpenter's  trade,  which  he  prosecuted 
some  years  dilligently.  He  afterwards  purchased  a  farm,  and 
for  some  years  resided  upon  it.  Is  a  resident  of  Mendota,  III 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4258.  i.  Dana  O.  Childs,  b.  April  18,  1863,  d.  Oct.  1, 1864,  in  Clarion,  111. 

4259.  ii.  Della  M.  Childs,  b.  Oct.  2, 1866,  in  Clarion,  111. 

4260.  iii.  Bertha  E.  Childs,  b.  April  18,  1870.  in  Clarion,  111. 

4261.  iv.  Minnie  Dix  Childs,  b.  Dec.  1,  1874,  in  Clarion,  lU. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4251.  iii.  Edmond  Sherman  Childs,  third  son  and  child  of 
Harvey  and  Clarissa  Little  Childs,  b.  in  ]!^'orristown,Vt.,  Mch. 
29,  1834,  m  Nov.  9,  1858,  Eleanor  Dix,  of  Wilmington,  Vt. 
In  early  life  Hon.  E.  S.  Childs  was  a  helper  to  his  father 
in  farm  labors  in  the  prairie  state.  Became  an  architect,  and 
later  the  owner  of  one  of  the  beautiful  prairie  farms.  Has 
traveled  extensively  in  the  United  States.  Elected  supervisor 
of  La  Salle  Co.,  111.,  in  1873.     Is  now  (1880)  mayor  of  Mendota, 

111. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

4243.  iii.  Charles  Childs,  third  son  and  child  of  Artimas 
and  Hannah  Ormsby  Child,  b.  in  Sharon,  Windsor  Co.,  Vt., 
Dec  14,  1802,  m.  Dec.  12,  1837,  Sallie  Abbott,  dau,  of  the  late 
Daniel  and  Sallie  Abbott,  of  Mantville,  Medina  Co. ,  Ohio. 

For  the  first  thirty  years  of  his  life,  Mr.  Charles  Childs  re- 
mained with  his  father,  when  old  enough  to  do  so  aiding  in 
the  culture  of  the  farm,  and  in  the  operation  of  a  saw-mill. 
One  who  has  never  seen  a  farm  in  1^'ew  England  can  scarce 
apprehend  one  of  the  most  unceasing  labors  of  farming  in  that 
region,  the  removal  of  stone  from  the  fields,  which  the  plough 
yearly  upturns  with  a  persistant  uniformity  unequaled  by  the 


470 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXB0BY,  MASS. 


crops  sown  after  the  ploughing ;  to  gather  up  the  stones  wa 
an  early  tiisk  for  the  farmers'  boys^  and  those  returning  froi 
the  stift,  alluvial  loam  culture  of  the  West  to  look  upon  tlj 
old  homesteads^  marvel  at  the  courage  which  continues  to  cul- 
tivate the  stony  hills  and  valleys.     To  this  labor  Mr.  Childal 
was  early  inured,  aud  the  limited  scope  of  the  country  school-^ 
ing,  gnatched  at  intervals  from  farm  toil  and  mill  tending,  was 
all  the  training  he  received.    But  it  proved  sufficient  to  developc  , 
in  him  earnestness,   thoroughness  and  practical    skill  fulness. 
The  very  atmosphere  imparted  vigor,  and  the  moral  surround- 
ings wrctught  out  true  nobility  and  sterling  integrity.     In  the 
spring  of  18S'l,  Mr.  Childs  bade  farewell  to  New  England  and 
purchased  him  a  farm  in  La  Fayette,  Medina  Co.,  Ohio.    Here 
he  became  so<:>n  a  prominent  citizen,  noted  for  his  excellent 
judgnient,  wise  counsels,  indomitable  euergy  and  a  rare  gift 
of  ^'keeping  his  own  counsel/'     **Early  in  the  history  of  the 
townsliip,  he  was  elected  to  the  position  of  justice  of  the  peaeOj 
and  retained  the  office  some  thirty  years.     For  many  years  i 
postmaster  ;  and  while  ever  true  to  his  political  party  (repubU- 
can)»  he  was  cordially  esteemed  by  all     In  the  home  relation^ 
he  proved  himself  equally  the  true  man»  loving  tenderly,  wife 
and  children.     He  was  heartily  lamented  when  he  *ceaaed  from! 
his  labors'  at  threescore  years  and  ten,  on  the  first  of  March, 
1873.'^ 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

4263.  i   Charles  Franklin   Childs,  b.  Sat.  Sept.  8,  1838,  m.  April  IS^  I 
1863»  Mary  Jane  Chapin.  ' 

43R3,  ii.  Cornelia  Victoria  Childs,  b.  Tuos.  Sept.  ^0,  1840,  m.  Sept.  3. 

1865,  Peter  Miller. 

4201.  iii.  Cordelia  Malvtna  Childs,  b,  Thurs.  Aug.  18,  1842,  in.  May  S. 

1866,  Amos  Sheldon, 

4265.  iv.  Laura  Jane  Childs,  b.  Fri,  Nov.  29,  1844,  m.  Jan.  IT,  1875, 
Calvin  Brown. 

4366.  V,  William  Herman  Childs,  b.  Sun.  Sept,  13,  1846,  m*  April  1- 
1877,  Lillie  Foster. 

4267,  VI,  Emma  Eliza  Chtldb,  b.  Tue5.  Oct.  12,  1848,  m.  Dec.  28,  18' 
Joseph  McClennari  Campbell. 

4268.  vii.  Ikfaxt  (unchristened), )  d  ] 
4269   viii,        "  "  ^  S  U,  Sept.  19,  1850,  d.  same  day. 

4270.  ix.  ''  *•  )  ^) 

4271.  X.  Viola  Adella  Childs,  b.  Wed,  Dec.  31,  1851, 

4272.  Ki.  Ella  Alvatta  Childs,  b.  Mon.  July  10,  1854, 
[Seventh  Generation,] 

4262  i.  Chakles  Franklix  Childs,  eldest  son  and  child  of 
Charles  and  Sallie  Abbott  Childs,  h  in  La  Fayette,  Medina  Co  J 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  471 

Ohio,  Saturday  Sept  8,  1838,  m.  April  12,  1863,  Mary  Jane 
Chapin,  dau.  of  Dea.  Henry  and  Mary  Mansfield  Chapin  of  La 
Fayette,  Ohio.  The  ancestors  of  Mrs.  Mary  Jane  Chapin  Childs 
came  to  America  about  twelve  years  later  than  those  of  Mr. 
Childs.  The  emigrant  ancestor  of  Mrs.  Childs  was  a  Dea.  Samuel 
Chapin,  who  settled  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  in  1642,  from 
Derbyshire,  England,  though  considered  of  Welsh  origin.  The 
accompanying  brief  chronological  descent  of  Mrs.  Childs  places 
her  one  generation  farther  removed  from  the  first  of  her 
family  resident  in  America  than  her  husband : 


5th  Gen. — Ebenezer  Chapin. 

6th    **        Timothy  Chapin. 

7th     "        Henry  Chapin. 

8th    **        Mary  Jane  Chapin,  1879. 

Mrs.  C.  F.  Childs  removed  to 


Ist  Gen.— Dea.  Samuel  Chapin,  1642. 
2d     *•        Japhet  Chapin. 
3d     **        Ebenezer  Cnapin. 
4th  **        Ebenezer  Chapin. 

Upon  their  marriage  Mr.  anc 
Benzonia,  Mich.  In  the  autumn  of  1866  they  left  Michigan 
for  Durant,  Cedar  Co.,  Iowa.  Remained  there  about  two 
years,  when  for  better  educational  advantages  for  their  children 
they  again  changed  their  home  and  settled,  as  they  think,  per- 
manently in  Grinnell,  Iowa,  in  which  place  Iowa  College  opens 
its  doors  for  the  higher  training  of  the  young  in  that  growing 
State.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Childs  became  united  with  the  Congrega- 
tional church  in  1859. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4273.  i.  Ella  Viola  Childs.  b.  Aug.  14,  1864. 

4274.  ii.  Arthur  Chapin  Childs,  b.  June  1,  1867. 

4275.  iii.  Mary  Evelyn  Childs,  b.  June  1,  1872. 

4276.  iy.  Charles  Henry  Childs,  b.  Jan.  12,  1875,  d.  Feb.  8. 1875. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4263.  ii.  Cornelia  Victoria  Childs,  eldest  dau.  and  second 
child  of  Charles  and  Sally  Abbott  Childs,  b.  in  La  Fayette,  Ohio, 
Sept  29,  1840,  m.  Sept.  3, 1865,  Peter  Miller,  son  of  Jacob  and 
Sarah  Miller.  Mr.  Peter  Miller  was  one  of  the  first  to  respond 
to  President  Lincoln's  call  for  75,000  troops.  He  served  through 
the  war,  holding  the  office  of  first  lieutenant.  After  the  peace, 
Mr.  Miller  returned  to  his  family,  and  in  the  spring  of  1868, 
settled  upon  a  farm  in  Mitchell ville,  Polk  Co.,  Iowa. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4277.  i.  Fred  L.  Miller,  b.  Aug.  24,  1866. 

4278.  ii.  Charles  E.  Miller,  b.  Nov.  20,  1868. 

4279.  iii.  Ola  B.  Miller,  b.  May  9,  1878. 

4280.  iv.  Edith  M.  Miller,  b.  April  1,  1875. 

4281.  V.  Almond  D.  Miller,   ?  S  I  b.  Dec.  29,  1877,  d.  July  16,  1878. 

4282.  vi.  Edmond  G.  Miller,  J  g  )  b.  Dec.  29,  1877. 


472 


BWSfJAmS  CHILD  OP  BOXBUBT,  MASa 


[Seventh  Generstioo,! 

4264.  ill  CoRDELU  Malvixa  Childs,  seoond  dan.  and  thiid 
child  of  Charles  and  Saily  Abbott  Childs,  b.  in  La  Fayette,  Ohio, 
Aug.  18,  1842,  uu  May  3,  1866,  Amos  Sheldon,  son  of  Hlfam 
and  Irene  Sheldon,  of  the  same  place.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  SheUoD 
reside  in  La  Fayette,  Me«lina  Co.,  Ohio,  where  he  is  - 
in  farming ;  is  also  a  county  surveyor. 
[Eigbtb  Gcneration.J    Children: 

4388w  L  May  Ehvnuk  Sheldov,  b.  Juljr  11,  1867. 

4284.  ii.  Exvjk  I&eite  SHELOoar,  b,  Jan.  1,  1870. 

4285.  ill.  Bi:aT  Charles  Sheldon,  b.  Jan.  7,  1873. 

4286.  iv.  William  IIiraji  Sbeldo.^i,  b.  Sept.  97. 1675. 

[Seveoth  Geoeration.] 

4265.  iv*  Lauka  Jane  Childs,  third  dan.  and  fourth  child 
of  Charles  and  Sally  Abbott  Childs,  b.  in  La  Fayette,  Medina 
Co.,  Ohio,  Nov.  29,  1844,  m.  Jan.  17,  1875,  Cal\rin  F.  Browo, 
son  of  E.  H.  and  Eliza  Brovm.  Mr.  Brown  is  a  farmer,  and 
their  home  is  in  Mitohellville,  Iowa. 
[Eighth  Generation  ]    Child; 

4287.  !,  BRSiiE  May  Browk,  b.  Noir.  13,  1875. 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

426C  V.  WiLLiAAi  Herman  Childs,  second  son  and 
child  of  Charlea  and  Sally  Abbott  Childs,  b»  in  La  Fayet 
Ohio,  Sept  13,  1846,  m.  April  1,  1877,  LiUie  Foster  of  Cr 
ton,  Iowa,  where  he  has  made  Lis  home.     His  occupation 
farming. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child i 

428S,  i.  Charles  Mathkw  Childs,  b.  March  9,  1878,  d.  Julj  18, 1878. 

[Seventh  Generation. J 

4267.  vi.  Emma  Eliza  Ciiilds,  fourth  duu.  and  sixth  cf 
of  Charles  and  Sally  Abbott  Childs,  b.  in  La  Fayette,  Medi^ 
Co.,  Ohio,  m.  Dec.  28,  1874,  Joseph  McClennan  Campbell 
Kansas.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  MeClennan  Campbell  reside  a? 
Smith  Centre,  Smith  Co.,  Kansas,  where  he  is   engaged 
farming. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

4289.  i.  Jessie  CAMpat^LL,  b.  Oct.  17»  1875,  

4290>  ii.  Marie  Campbell,  b.  July  5,  1877, 

[Sixth  Uonemtion.] 

4244.  iv.  Nancy  Child,  eldest  dau.  and  fourth  child 
Artimas  and  Hannah  Ormsby  Child,  b.  in  Sharon,Vt.,  May! 
180^,  m.  April  24,  1837,  Elijah  Brigham.     Reside  in  Craf 
bury,  Vt.     A  farmer. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  473 

^Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

4291.  i.  Emily  Paulina  Bingham,  b.  Mch.  16,  1835. 

4292.  ii.  LucLAN  Harvey  Bingham,  b.  July  5,  1840.  Mr.  L.  H.  Bing- 
ham was  a  student  of  the  University  at  Burlington,  Vt.  Left  his  studies 
and  enlisted  as  a  soldier  in  the  recent  war,  on  the  third  of  December,  1863. 
He  was  wounded  on  the  6th  of  May  following,  and  died  from  his  wounds  on 
the  28th  May,  1864,  at  Campbell  Hospital,  Washington,  D.  C.  His  gradu- 
ation  would  have  been  in  the  August  succeeding,  but  he  had  entered  the 
Higher  School  of  suffering,  and  from  it  was  promoted  to  the  ranks  of  Pat- 
riot Martyrs. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

4245.  V.  LuoiNDA  Childs,  second  dau.  and  fifth  child  of 
Artimas  and  Hannah  Ormsby  Child,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt.,  Aug. 
10,  1807,  m.  Oct.  17,  1840,  Asahel  Bingham.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Bingham  left  Vermont  and  settled  for  a  time  in  Ohio,  from 
thence  removed  to  Roanoke,  Woodford  Co.,  111.,  where  they 
lived  upon'  a  farm.  Mr.  Asahel  Bingham  died  Aug.  22,  1874. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

4293.  i.  Emert  Edward  Bingham,  b.  April  11.  1845. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

4246.  vi.  Laura  Childs,  third  dau.  and  seventh  child  of 
Artimas  and  Hannah  Ormsby  Child,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  March 
8,  1811,  m.  Oct  13,  1841, .  Solomon  Kobinson.  Eeside  in 
Morrisville,  Vt 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

4294.  i.  Laura  Ellen  Robinson,  b.  Jan.  8,  1845,  m.  March  6,  1867, 
James  Tyler  Jewett;  reside  in  Morristown,  Vt. 

4295.  ii.  George  Platt  Robinson,  b.  March  21,  1852,  m.  June  23,  1873, 
Ida  Ellen  Cheney;  reside  in  Walcott,  Vt. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

4247.  vii.  Emily  Childs,  fourth  dau.  and  seventh  child  of 
Artimas  and  Hannah  Ormsby  Child,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  March 
23,  1814,  m.  Jan.  21,  1841,  Harvey  B.  Gilbert,  in  Princeton, 
111.  Mr.  Gilbert  was  an  Officer  in  the  Baptist  church.  He  d. 
Oct  4,  1868.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gilbert  resided  for  some  time  in 
Cordova,  111.,  and  from  thence  went  to  Burlington,  Iowa. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

4296.  i.  LiBBiE  C.  GujBERT,  b.  July  5.  1842,  m.  Oct.  31,  1865,  Joseph 
Johnston. 

4297.  ii.  Celina  J.  Gilbert,  b.  July  19.  1846,  m,  Dec.  31,  1868,  James 
Dickie. 

4298.  iii.  Amanda  M.  Gilbert,  b.  June  10,  1850,  m.  March  23, 1869,  S.S. 
Bronson. 

4299.  iv.  George  W.  Gilbert,  b.  Oct.  11,  1858. 
[Seventh  Generation  ] 

4297.  ii.  Celina  J.  Gilbert,   second  dau.   and  child  of 
Emily  Childs   and   Harvey  B.  Gilbert,  b.  July  19,  1846,  nu 
i-i 


4T4 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MAS& 


Dec.  31,  1868,  James  Dickie.     Mr.  Dickie  is  engaged  in 
lumber  bu.^iness,  and  resides  in  Montrose,  luwa. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Chiklren: 

4300.  i.  Emily  E.  DrrKiE.  b.  Aug  39,  1870. 

430L  ii.  Eleanor  CuiLits  Dickie,  b,  Jan.  1,  1874. 

[Seventh  Generation. J 

429S.  iii.  Amanda  M.  Gilbert,  third  daa  and  chil 
Emily  Childs  and  Harvey  B.  Gilbert,  b,  Jtme  10.  1850,: 
March  23,  1869,  S.  S.  Bronson.  Reside  in  Marshalltown,  lo^ 
[Eighth  Genemtion.]    Child: 

4302    i.  Etoelv-v  J.  Bjionsion,  U  Jan.  15.  1872.  

[Fifth  Generational 

3897.  ix.  Daniel  Child,  seventh  son  and   ninth  chili 
Elijah  and  liacliel  Palmer  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct,  Nov.  1( 
1877,  m.  Rebecca  Howe.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Child  resided  for  a  tin 
in  Sharon,  Vt,  then  removed  to  Potsdam,  St.  Lawrence ' 
N.Y, 
[Sixth  Generation d    Children: 

4303.  L  Avery  Child. 

4304.  ii.  ZebiiVa  CniLn. 

4305.  iii    Dillany  CniLn. 

4306.  iv.  Hannah  Child, 

4307.  V.  Chassenda  CeiLD, 

4308.  vi.  Polly  CeiLn. 

4309.  vii,  Simeon  Child. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

3898*  X.  Elias  Guild,  eighth  sun  and  tenth  child  of  Elija 
and  Rache!  Palmer  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct,  April  22, 1  il 
m.  abt  1803,  Tamar  Vincent.     Mr,  Elias  Child  made  seven 
reniovea     We  find  him  to  have  resided  in  Rochester,  N. 
then  in  Ohio,  and  lasth'  in  Kalamazoo,   Mich.,   where  he 
Nov.  8,  1847.     Tamar  Vincent  Cljild  was  b.  Aug.  12,  1781,  i 
Aug,  19,  1866. 
[Si^th  Generation.  1     Children: 

43UL  i.  Asa  CniLn,  b.  April  :i  18(H, 

431L  ii,  Tamar  Olive  CniLD,  b.  July  Ifl.  1806, 

431S.  iii.  Cknith  Culld.  b.  Oet.  28,  1808. 

4313.  iv.  EncmA  Caii^n. 

4314.  V,  Lauha  Child. 

4315.  vi.  TtMoniY  V,  CniLD.  b.  Jim.  29.  1820.     Mr.  Timothy  V,  CI 
one  of  those  men  who  posse.'^s  an  tietivo  hraiti,  jnueh  executive  »tiiln 
find  happiness  in  a  diversity  of  em  ploy  in  en  t.     According^ly  he  gntiLU 
bread  anti  boards  in  his  differing  mdls,  sell^  aH  sort^  of  coiumtKiUlcil — ^ 
store,  carries  on  a  fiirm.  the  product*;  of  whic^h  aid  him  to  verify  th# 
ness  of  the  fanaiJy  by  keeping  an  hoteh  * 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  475 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

3899.  xi.  Rachel  Child,  third  dau.  and  eleventh  child  of 
Elijah  and  Rachel  Palmer  Child,  b.  in  Thompson,  Ct.,  May  5, 
1783,  m.  in  Pomfret,  Vt,  May  20,  1800,  Jeptha  Keith,  who 
was  b.  in  Bridge  water,  Mass.,  March  15,  1774.  Mrs.  R.  C- 
Keith  was  the  only  dau.  in  this  large  family  who  married. 
Her  residence  was  in  Sharon,  Vt;  she  d.  in  Topsham,  Vt, 
June  6,  1842.  Mr.  Keith  d.  in  Enfield,  N.  H.,  Aug.  9,  1856. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

4316.  i.  Joseph  Keith,  b.  Nov.  6,  1801,  m.  Nov.  25,  1828,  Mrs.  Hannah 
Harding  Smith. 

4817.  ii.  Cyril  Keith,  b.  Jan.  1, 1804,  m.  Oct.  28, 1828,  Susan  King. 

4818.  iii.  Jonathan  Kbith,  b.  March  5, 1806,  m.  Feb.  12,  1844,  Polly  P. 
WUlson. 

4319.  iv.  Ichabod  Keith,  b.  April  19,  1808,  d.  in  Sharon,  Vt.,  Jan.  80, 
1830. 

4320.  V.  Matilda  Keith,  b.  June  20. 1810,  m.  abt.  1831,  Joel  Bixby. 

4321.  vi.  Artemas  Keith,  b.  Jan.  24, 1818;  resides  in  Topsham,  Vt.,  unm. 

4322.  vii.  Susannah  Keith,  b.  June  18,  1815,  d.  at  Enfield,  N.  H..  Nov. 
5.  1847. 

4823.  viii.  Oscar  F.  Keith,  b.  July  10  1818,  d.  at  Sharon,  Vt..  April  5, 
1827. 

4324.  ix.  Elijah  Child  Keith,  b.  Jan.  6,  1821,  m.  July  7, 1843,  Margaret 
B.  Roker. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

4316.  i.  Joseph  Keith,  eldest  child  of  Rachel  Child  and 
Jeptha  Keith,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  Nov.  6,  1801,  m.  Nov.  25, 
1828,  Mrs.  Hannah  Smith,  widow  of  Jesse  Smith,  and  dau.  of 
Joseph  and  Hannah  Baker  Harding  of  Wellfleet,  Mass.,  where 
she  was  b.  Jan.  15,  1805.  Mr.  Joseph  Keith  d.  in  Lowell, 
Mass.,  April  18,  1879. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children : 

4325.  i.  Jesse  Smith  Keith,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt.,  July  8, 1880;  after  seven 
years  of  blindness,  died  March  18,  1858. 

4826.  ii.  Emily  Ann  Keith,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt.,  May  24,  1888,  d.  in  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  Feb.  14,  1836. 

4827.  iii.  Lauraette  Keith,  b.  in  Sharon.  Vt.,  Dec.  10,  1834,  m.  Oct.  6, 
1856,  Lucian  Carlos  Tyler,  who  was  b.  Jan.  20,  1884.  Boo4  and  shoe  dealer 
and  resides  in  Arlington,  Mass. 

4338.  iv.  Emily  Keith,  b.  Feb.  21,  1842.  m.  April  18,  1864,  Wesley  Mil- 
ton Merritt,  who  d.  June  29,  1868;  m.  2d.  Feb.  28,  1877,  Robert  Skeing 
Young. 

4829.  V.  Joseph  Harding  Keith,  b.  April  18,  1848,  ra.  Dec.  7,  1878, 
Alma  Enna  Carter. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4828.  iv.  Emily  Keith,  third  dau.   and  fourth   child  of 

Joseph  and  Hannah  Harding  Smith  Keith,  and  granddaughter 

of  Rachel  Child  and  Joseph  Keith,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  Feb.  21, 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


1842,  m.  1st,  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  April  16,  1804,  Wesley  Mi 
Meriitt,  who  was  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  and  tl  in  Fitchbiirg,  Mass.,] 
June  29,  1868;  Mrs.  Merritt  m.   M,  Feb.  28,   1877,   Rober 
Skein^r  Yuang,  who  was  b.  iti  Montreal,  R  Q.,  May  28,  1834] 
Eeside  in  LowelL     Mr.  Yoimg  is  a  printer  for  J.  C.  Ayer  JcCaj 

[Eighth  GenemLion]     Child: 

4330.  i.  Walter  JosEPii  Mehriti',  b,  Jan.  29,  1807.  in  Lowell,  Mass 

[Seventh  Generatioo.] 

4329.  V.  Joseph   Hardlvg   Keith,  second  son   and   fiftli 
ehild  of  Joseph  and  Haouah  Harding  Smith  Keith,  b.  in  SharooJ 
Vt.,  April  18,  1848,  m.    in  Kearney,  Nebraska,  Dec.  7,  1S7$,| 
Alrna  Enna  Carter,  who  was  b.  in  Lowell,  Meh,  13,  1S56.    Rent 
side  in  Omaha,  Nebi'aska.     Watchmaker. 
[Eighth  Gencmtion.l    Child: 

4331.  i.  Jet  Cm  a  Keith,  Ik  April  32,  1679,  in  Omaha,  Nebraska. 

[Sixth  Generation,! 

4317.  ii.  Cyril  C.    KjeiTH,  second  son  and  child  of  Rac!i?r 
Child  and  Jeptha  Keith,   b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  Jan,  1,  1804, 
Oct.    23,    1828,  Susan  King,  who  was  b.   Aug.   27,  1805, 
danghter  of  Solomon  and  Susan  King.     Mr.  Cyril  C.  Keith  d. 
Meh,  25,  1856. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

4333.  i.  Joseph  Oscar  Keith,  b,  Fi'k  27,  1830,  m.  1855,  Sophia  Spear. 
4^S3.  ii    Edwin  8¥i.ve8TEr  Keith,  b.  Feb.  22,  1832,  m.  1856, Sarah. 

Butmati. 

4334.  iii,  Amakda  Malvina  Keith,  b.  Nov.  6,  1834. 

4335.  iv.  Maky  Arilda  Keith,  b.  Sept.  3,  1838,  m.  Dec,  8,  1857,  Jo 
E,  Loomer. 

4336.  V.  Frances  Mirabtta  Kefth, 


<§[!».  Feb. 


m.  Julr  1.  ISad. 
"i  te  r    1    ifljo  r     Edwin  L,  Tis- 

4337,  vi.  Ben.)amin  Franklin  Keith,  <  ^  )     '  ^^*  )     dale. 

4338.  vii.  Martha  Jane  Keith,  b  Dec.  28,  1843.  in.  Dec.  9, 1863,  James 
W.  Porter. 


[Seventh  Irene  ration,  J 

4335.  iv.  Mary  A,  Keith,  second  daa.  and  fourth  child 
Cyril  and  Susan  King  Keith,  and  granddaughter  of  Rachd 
Child    Keith,  b.  Sept   3,   1838,  m.   Dec.   8,  1857,  Joseph 
Loonier. 
[Eighth  Generaiioiul    Children. 

4S39.  i.  Fjx>rence  Bianca  Loomer,  b.  Sept,  19,  1858. 

434D.  iL  Carloss  Edwin  Loomeb,  b.  April  14,  1860. 

4841,  iii    Julia  Lillian  Loomer,  1j,  Aug,  23.  1862. 

4^2.  iv.  FiiED  Claubnce  Loom  eh,  b.  Dec.  30,  1865, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. .  477 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4386.  V.  Frances  Miraetta  Keith,  third  dau.  and  fifth 
child  of  Cyril  C.  and  Susan  King  Keith,  and  granddaughter  of 
Rachel  Child  Keith,  b.  Feb.  1,  1842,  ra.  July  1,  1868,  Edwin 
L.  Tisdale.     Reside  in  Rockford,  111. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4348.  i.  Susan  Ina  Tisdale,  b.  April.  1,  1869. 

4344.  ii.  Edwin  Sylvester  Tisdale,  b.  Mch.  18,  1873. 

4345.  iii.  Myron  Edwin  Tisdale,  b.  Mch.  10,  1876. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4338.  vii.  Martha  Jane  Keith,  fourth  dau.  and  seventh 
child  of  Cyril  C.  and  Susan  King  Keith,  and  granddaughter  of 
Rachel  Child  Keith,  b.  Dec.  28,  1843,  m.  Dec.  9,  1863,  James 
W.  Poi-ter. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4346.  i.  Efpie  Irene  Porter,  b.  Oct.  13,  1864. 

4347.  ii.  Walter  Winearls  Porter,  b.  Feb.  18,  1866. 

4348.  iii.  Charlotte  Elizabeth  Porter,  b.  Sept.  19, 1868. 

4349.  iv.  Clark  Avery  Porter,  b.  Jan.  1,  1871. 

4350.  V.  Laura  Alice  Porter,  b.  July  23,  1876. 

4351.  vi.  Susan  King  Porter,  b.  June  19,  1878. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

4318.  iii.  Jonathan  Keith,  third  child  and  son  of  Rachel 
Child  and  Jeptha  Keith,  b.  Mch.  5,  1806,  in  Sharon,  Vt,  m. 
Feb.  12,   1844,  Polly  P.  Willson,  who  was  b.  Sept  19,  1818. 
Residence  in  Pomfret,  Windsor  Co.,  Vt 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

4352.  i.  Marion  Adela  Keith,  b.  Jan.  12,  1845. 

4353.  ii.  Charles  Edward  Keith,  b.  Mch.  22, 1846,  m.  Jan.  26, 1871, 
Marion  A.  Gear,  who  was  b.  Dec.  19,  1839. 

4354.  iii.  Jonathan  Willard  Keith,  b.  Jilne  4,  1848. 

4355.  iv.  William  Sarin  Keith,  b.  Aug.  25,  1852. 

4356.  V.  Frederick  Eugene  Keith,  b.  Mch.  2,  1854,  m.  Oct.  18, 1877, 
Nora  A.  Vradenburg,  b.  Dec.  24,  1858. 

4357.  vi.  Mary  Alantha  Keith,  b.  June  7.  1856. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

4320.  V.  Matilda  Keith,  eldest  dau.  and  fifth  child  of 
Rachel  Child  and  Jeptha  Keith,  b.  in  Sharon,  Vt,  June  20, 
1810,  m.  about  1831,  Joel  Bixby.  Mrs.  Bixby  d.  in  Topsham, 
Vt,  Dec.  9,  1847. 

4358.  i.  Jonathan  Nelson  Bixby,  b.  Dec.  26,  1833.  m.  Sarah  Willey. 
He  d.  Mch.  19, 1863. 

4359.  ii.  Lucy  Bixby,  b.  Dec.  30,  1835,  d.  Dee.  30,  1855. 

4360.  iii.  Jason  Bixby,  b.  Nov.  9,  1837.  d.  Dec.  9,  1861. 

4861.  iv.  Jeptha  Keith  Bixby,  b.  Jan.  22,  1840. 

4862.  V.  Rachel  Adelaide  Bixby.  b.  Feb.  26,  1842,  d.  Feb.  19,  1863. 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBURY,  MASS. 


4368,  yi.  Mahoahkt  Maui  a  Bjxby,  )  m.  June  7,  18(52,  John  Avery, 

i  Twm  M'-  Nov.  28,  1846,    -     wiw  b,  Feb.  27,  IS38. 
4B64,  vii.  Makt  Maranda  Bixby,   )  m.  Hosea  Chase. 

[Eighth  Generation,] 

4824.  ix.  Elijah   Child  Keith,  sevenlli  sou   aiid   uintli 
child  of  Riielie]  Child  and  Jeptlm  Keith,  b.  in  Sharon,Vt,  Jan 
16,   1821,  m.  in   Fitchburgh,  Mass,,  July  7,  1843,  Marga 
Butler  Roker,  dau.  of  Daniel  and  Margaret  Butler  Ridker, 
Appleton,  Me.     Mi-s.  Roker  is  a  kinswoman  of  General  Butle 
of  Massachusetts.     Mr.  and  Mrs,  Elijah  Child  Keith  reside  ml 
Bala,  Riley  Co.,  Konsa,^.     Mr,   Child  has  in  his  possession 
little  brown  cream  jug,  or  pitcher,  bought  by  liis  grandmotherj 
Rachel  Palmer  Child,  when  she  was  sixteen  years  of  age^  aboul 
eighty*one  years  ago  ;  and  his  grandfather,  Elijah  Child  s  shavj 
ing  cup.     These  relics  of  the  early  times  of  our  colonies, 
becoroing  increasingly  valuable  to  the  descendants. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    ChiUlren: 

4365.  1.  Alwu.da  M,  Kkith,   b,  in  Topshnm,  Mt».,  May  4,  1846,  m.  July 
11,  18Bf>,  Joseph  H.  Mitchell,  at  Deloir,  Iowa.  ^  i 

4360,  ii.   iHwiN  E-  Keith,  b.  Jan.  3.  1848,  at.  New  Salem!  Me.,  ra.  Mciufl 


Reside  at  Neligh.  Antelop 
Resides  OD 


14,  1869,  Jennie  E.  Doljson,   at   Deloir.  Iowa. 
Co.,  Nebraska. 

4367,  iii,  Mklvin  8.  Keith,  b,  April  21, 1851,  in  Union,  3Ie 
a  farm  in  Nellfjh,  Neb.:  unmametl. 

4368  iv.  Adelphus  B.  Keith,  h,  April  24,  1855,  at  Applelon,  Me.,  m- 
July  3,  1875.  Carrie  Bieber.  of  DeUnr,  Iowa,  Reside  in  Denison,  Iowa. 
Editor  of  the  Crawford  Co,  BnUetm,  and  professor  of  practical  phrenology; 
also  lectures  upon  {)hy?ioloj,'y,  anatomy,  &U\  i 

fFoiwrth  Generation.]  ' 

3645.  iv.  S.OIUEL  ChilDj  fuuilh  child  and  son  of  John  and 

Elizabeth  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Jan.  27,  1702,  m.  May 

27,  1727,  Keziah  Hutcliins,  of  Killingly,  Ct     Samuel  d  May 
21,  1764. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

4369  i.  Anna   Child,   b.   in   Woodstock,  Ct,,  Dec.  28.  1728,  in.  Jan 
1747,  Asa  Marris,  son  of  Edward  Morris. 

4370.  ii.  SiLA.'*  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct ,  F«b.  7,  1 73 1«  in.  Jan,  20^ 
17.^6.  Jedidah  Allen. 

4371.  iii.  Samuel  Child.  Jr.,  b.  in  Woodsiwk,  Ct..  May  1,  17831,  m. 
July  %  1762.  Elizabeth  Weld,  of  PorafreU  Ct. 

4372.  iv.  Stephen  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  (^t..  May  4,  1736,  d.  Oct.  14. 
1758. 

4373.  V.  Tabitma    Child,  b.  in  Wfvodstock.  Ct,  June  21,  1738,  m.  Joljr 

28.  17«J2.  Lieut.  Richard  Peabndy.  of  Pomfret,  Ct. 

4374.  vi.  Maky  Child,  b.  in  W'oodstfxrk,  Ct,  July  6,  1740,  m.  July 
1750,  Darius  A  ins  worth. 

4375.  vii.  Esthkr   Child,    h,  in   Woodstock.  Ct,   Mav  3,   17411,  rn,  Jul 
1767,  Ebenezer  Paine. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  479 

4376.  viii.  Jacob  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  April  28.  1746,  m.  1st, 
1773.  Sybil  Sumner;  she  d.  Aug.  10. 1777;  in.  2d,  Sept.  23.  1779,  Meletiah 
Curtis  . 

4377.  ix.  Keziah  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  20,  1748. 

4378.  X.  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Jan.  17, 1760. 

4379.  xi.  Martha  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  July  2,  1753,  d.  Nov.  17, 
1754. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

4370.  ii.  Silas  Child,  second  child  and  eldest  son  of  Samuel 
and  Keziah  Hutchins  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct ,  Feb.  7, 1731, 
m.  Jan.  20,  176«,  Jedidah  Allen. 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

4380.  i.  Phineas  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Aug.  16,  1757. 

4381.  ii.  Timothy  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock.  Ct.,  Nov.  27,  1759. 

4382.  iii.  Molly  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct..  Oct.  20,  1761. 

4383.  iv.  Pamelia  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct..  Dec.  29,  1764. 

4384.  V.  Hermi  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct ,  Aug.  2, 1767. 
43a5.  vi.  Stephen  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  April  24,  1769. 
4386   vii.  Jedidah  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  21.  1770. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

4371.  iii.  Samuel  Child,  Jr.,  third  child  and  second  son  of 
Samuel  and  Keziah  Hutchins  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct., 
May  1,  1733,  m.  July  8,  1762,  Elizabeth  Weld,  of  Pomfret,  Ct, 
d.  May  1,  1783. 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

4387.  i.  AzuBA  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Jan.  10,  1763,  m.  1st,  Moses 
Chandler;  m.  2d,  Elias  Taylor. 

4388.  ii.  Harba  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  April  28,  1764.  m.  Polly- 
Lee. 

4389.  iii.  Lucinda  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  May  27,  1766,  m.  Adin  s 
Williams. 

4390.  iv.  Belinda  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  July  31,  1768,  m.  1st, 
Paul  Davidson;  m.  2d,  Mr.  Short. '  She  d.  March  23,  1806. 

4391.  V.  Anna  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  April  6,  1770.  m.  Silas 
Cx)burn. 

4392.  vi.  RoxALANA  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  20,  1772,  m. 
Jacob  Weed. 

4393.  vii.  Sarah  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  Dec.  31,  1775,  m.  Roswell 
Lee. 

4394.  viii.  Waldo  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Aug.  15,  1777,  m.  Mary 
Nicholson. 

4395.  ix.  Ezra  Child,  M.  D.,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Dec.  6. 1781.  m.  Betsey 
Bellows  He  was  by  profession  a  physician,  a  man  of  much  prominence; 
settled  in  Indiana,  was  a  member  of  the  Indiana  State  Legislature  for  two 
terms;  died  leaving  a  family,  of  whom  little  is  known. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

48S8.  ii.  Harba  Child,   second   child   and   eldest   son   of 

Samuel   and   Elizabeth   Weld   Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct, 

April  28,  1764,  m.  abt.  1786,  Polly  Lee  of  Pomfret,  Ct.,  she 


480 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  HOXBURY,  MASS. 


was  b.  1767.     Soon  after  marriage  tliey  removed  to  Hartlan^ 

Vt.,  wliere  their  children  were  born,  except  the  youngest, 

Seth  Child.     The  parents  removed,  in   1805,  to   the  town 

BarnstoD,  in  Canada,     Mr.  imd  Mrs.  Child  d.  in  Eome,  N.  Y., 

1814 

[Seventh  Getiemtion.J    Children: 

4396.  i-  Samukl  Child,  b.  iji  OartlanfL  Vt.,   Feb.  27,  1787,  in.  N&Dcr 
Drew;  she  v;m  b.  in  Maine.  Jan,  28,  1785. 

4S07.  ii.  SA1.LY  Child,  b,  in  Hartland.  Vt.,  1701.  m.  Jonathan  Wat*'r> 
man. 

4,^*98.  iii.  Lu€Y  Child,  h.  in   Ilartland,  Vt ,  1790,  m.  1st,  Ruel  Taylor  J' 
in.  2d,  Joseph  lioUins.     lioth  died  in  San  Jose,  Cal.t  h  few  years  sinM.' 

4390.  iv.  Charles  Child,  b,  in  Hartland,  Vt,  1708;  m,  —  Hemstraagld 

4400.  V.  Stephen  CniLO,  b.  in  Ilartlnrid,  Vt.,  1800,  m,  Hannah  Lyituia 
settled  in  lJUn<ji^. 

4401.  vi.  Betsey  Child,  b.  in  Hartliind.  Vt.,  1802,  m.  P,  Loosa;  settlei 
in  Illinois. 

4402.  vii.  Seth  Child,  b.  probably  in  Bamston,  Canada*  April  4. 181| 
ID.  Mart'h  2a,  1836,  Juliette  Wood. 

[Seventh  Genemtion.] 

4396.  i.  Samuel  Guild,  eldest  child  of  Harba   and  Pollj 
Lee,  b.  in  Hartland,  Vt,  Feb.  27,  1787,  m.  Nancy  Drew  al 
1814     Settled  in  Bariiston,  Canada,  whei^  he  now  resides. 
[Eiglifh  Generation.]    Cliildr<^ni 

4403.  i.  Maky  t'HiLD,  b  in  Baniston,  Canada,  April  30.  IBIS. 

4404.  ii.  Harba  Child,  b.  in  Barn«*ton.  Canada,  June  20,  1816. 

4405.  iii.  Nancv  Child,  b.  in  Bamston,  Canada,  Dec.  25,  1817. 

4406.  iv.  Samuel  Child,  Jh.,  b.  in  Barnston.  Canada.  June  9.  1810. 

4407.  V.  Marcus  Child,  h.  in  Barnston,  Canada,  Sept  6,  1821. 

4408.  vi.  Betsey  Child.  Ik  in  Barnsion.  Canada,  June  10,  1824 

4409.  \ii,  Isaac  Child,  b.  in  Baraston,  Canada,  Oct.  4,  1820. 

4410.  viii.  Abigail  M,  Child,  b.  in  Barnston,  Canada,  June  la,  1830, 

[Eighth  freneration.l 

4404.  ii.  Harba  Child,   eldest  son   and   .second   child 
Samuel  and  Nancy  Drew  Child,  m.  Ist,  Adaline  Bowley : 
2d,  June  Emerson  of  Alexandria,  N.  H.     He  settled  in  Brad* 
ford,  P.  Q,     He  was  a  man  of   much  prominence,  and   held 
various  offices  of  ti-nst  and  responsibility,  and  has  been  active?| 
Iv  engaged  in   public  affairs  much  of  hi.s  life.     He  had  on6 
child  onW,  whieli  tlied  3^oung, 

[Eighth  Generation,] 

4407.  V.  Marcus  Child,  fifth  eliild  and  tliird  son  of  Samne 
and  Nancy  Drew  Cliild,  b.  in  Barnston,  Canada,  Sept  6,  182l| 
m.  abt  1856.  Mr.  Child  was  for  a  number  of  years  a  ^uccess^ 
ful  teacher;  is  now  engaged   in   mtmicipal  affairs  in  Dixville, 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  481 

Stanstead,  P.  Q.,  his  present  residence.     Is  justice  of  the  peace, 
postmaster,  anfl  acting  treasurer  of  the  municipality.     [We 
are  much  indebted  to  him  for  the  record  of  this  family  ] 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children-: 

4411.  i.  Marcus  L.  Cnn.D,  b.  in  Dixville,  P.  Q.,  1857,  d.  1862. 

4412.  ii.  Harba  Child,  b.  in  Dixville.  P.  Q.,  July  18.  1862. 

4413.  iii.  Ira  1.  Child,  b.  in  Dixville,  P.  Q.,  Nov.  17,  1863. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4399.  iv.  Charles  Childs,  fourth  child  and  second  son  of 

Harba  and  Polly  Lee  Child,  b.  1798,  m.  Hemstraught, 

she  was  b.  near  Campville,  Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  1800,  d.  1873  at 

Owego. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4414.  i.  Charles  Childs,  Jr.,  b.  in  Scott,  N.  Y.,  1821. 

4415.  ii.  Lucy  Childs,  b.  in  Scotl,  N.  Y..  1824,  ra.  1st,  Z.  C.  Moore;  ra. 
2d,  D.  H.  Whitney. 

4416.  iii.  Elias   Waldo  Childs,  b.  in  Scott,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  1,  1827,  m. 
June  5,  1865,  Diadama  Hawley. 

4417.  iv.  Samuel  A.  Childs,  b.  Jan.  25,  1830.  ra.  May  9,  1858.  Lucelia 

0.  Whiting. 

4418.  V.  Marcus  Childs.  b.  in  1835,  unmarried.    Mr.  Childs  has  been  a 
teacher  for  eleven  years  in  the  public  schools  in  Barton,  N.  Y. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4414.  i.  Charles  Childs,  Jr.,  eldest  child  of  Charles  and 

Hemstraught  Childs,  b.  in  Scott,  N.  Y.,  1821,  m. . 

Besides  in  Cleveland,  O. 

[Ninth  Generation."!    Child: 

4419.  i.  Frances  Childs,  b.  1858. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4415.  ii.  Lucy  Childs,  second  child   and  eldest  dau.  of 

Charles  and Hemstraught  Childs,  b.  1824  in  Scott,  N.  Y., 

m.  1st,  1841,  Zopher  C.  Moore;  m.  2d,  D.  H.  Whitney.  She 
had  live  children,  only  one  lived. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child : 

4420.  i.  George  G.  Moore,  b.  1852.  m.  Margaret  Fulmer  of  Campville, 
Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4416.  iii.  Elias  W.  Childs,  third  child  and  second  son  of 

Charles  and  Hemstraught  Childs,  b.  in  Scott,  Cortland 

3o.,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  1,  1827,  m.  Jan.  5,  1865,  Diadama  Hawley, 
3au.  of  Rev.  Francis  Hawley  of  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.,  (now  living 
Ln  Westfield,  Mass.)  Mrs.  Childs  had  one  sister,  Mrs.  Jared 
Petti  bone  of  Vernon  Centre,  N.  Y.,  and   one   brother,  Gen. 

1.  R.  Hawley  of  Hartford,  Ct      Mrs.  Childs  d.  July  23,  1873. 


492 


BKKJAMl^  CHILD  OF  ROXBURT,  lLiS& 


piintli  Q««i«fsaiaii.]    Childreo: 
44:21.  L  A  Son*  vtiu  d.  m  itdM^cj,  # 

44^.  ii  A  DMtgtoer,  K  SefH.  18ii.  d.  Oct.  It.  183i. 

[Biglitli  GcaeniioiL] 

4417.  IT.  Hem.  SAJirKL  A.  CHiLDa  foUith  child  wad  thiitl 

son  of  Charter  and Uemstmtight  CUlda,  k  in  Campirille, 

Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jui>e  25.  1830,  m.  May  9,  185S,  Locelia  0, 
Whiting,  daiL  of  Anson  L  Whiting  of  Scott*  N,  Y,  fiesides 
in  Scott,  Cortland  Ca,  K.  Y.  Mr.  Child  was  a  member  of  tlie 
New  York  State  Le^&lature  from  Cortland  Co  in  18*yi». 
[Xinih  Geoentkm.]     Childfeo: 

44!^.  i.  EairnrT  W.  Cujhm,  b.  m  Scott.  N.  Y..  Ilee.  Z\.  1854. 

4424.  ii.  HKsmT  W.  Childs,  b.  in  Scott,  X.  T..  Joly  ^.  I8S9:  reside  in 
Ow^go.  N.  v.*  and  is  sehool  commissioDer  for  Tiog»  Co ,  X.  Y, 

4405.  iii    Harolu  Chiliw»  b.  Not.  3,  I860,  d.  Feb  1877* 

[Seveaih  Genermdoti,] 

4400.  V.  Stephen  Child,  tifth  child  and  third  son  of  HarlNi 
and  Polly  Lee  Child,  b.  in  Waitsfiekl,  Yt,  Jane  12,  1802L  He 
removed  with  his  parents  to  Bamston,  P.  Q,.  in  18o6.  In 
1815  they  removed  lo  Hartland,  Windbam  Ca^  Vt,  where  hotj 
parents  d.  in  1820.  Stephen  went  to  Potsdam,  St  Lawreii 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  engaged  in  school  teaching.  He  m.  March  - 
1826,  Hannah  Lyman,  who  was  b.  in  Brooktield,  Yt, 
15,  1808.  Alter  the  birth  of  their  elder  children,  they 
moved,  with  a  c^jlony  of  fifty-two  pers<:»ns,  to  Sangamon  Ca, 
Oct  26, 1833,  and  settled  in  the  village  of  Sangamon,  DL 
Child  was  a  farmer  and  teacher  through  lifa  He  was  ear 
identified  with  the  party  organized  for  the  emanci{^tion  of 
enslaved  colored  race.  Was  an  active  and  efficient  agent  of 
Underground  railroad,  and  hundreds  of  colored  people,  whi! 
fleeing  from  bondage,  found  in  him  a  friend  and  protect 
And  it  was  a  matter  of  great  satisfaction  to  Mr,  Cliild  that 
lived  to  see  tlie  tlaj"  of  emancipation  of  the  colored  bondsme 
His  death  occurred  Sept.  4,  1875.  His  widow  still  lives 
Sangamon,  III,  with  one  of  her  sons. 
[Eighth  Generation,]    Children: 

4412a.  i    JoiiJf  L.  Chfld,  b,  in  Potsdam,  St,  Lawrenc-e  Co,,  N.  Y., 
23,  1827,  m.  Feb.  17,  1&59,  Mary  E.  Anderson. 

4413a.  ii.  Mary  L  Child,  b.  in  Poti^dam,  NY.,  Sept.  27,  1831.  ra.  G. 
Seeley. 

4414a.  iii.  Martha  Child,  b.  in  S&ngHmon  Co.,  Dec.  8,  1833,  m 
25,  ia53,  T.  F.  Anderson. 

4415a   iv,  Stkfhbn  Child,  Jr.,  b.  April  14.  1848,  in  SungAinorn  Co., 
lives  in  Sangamon. 

441  fSa.  V.  Hannah  Child,  b.  in  Sang»mon.  Til..  Xov.  29,  1850,  d.  in  l^ 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  488 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4412a.  i.  John  L.  Child,  eldest  child  of  Stephen  and  Han- 
nah Lyman  Child,  b.  in  St.  Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Mch.  28, 
1827,  m.  Feb.  17,  1859,  Mary  E.. Anderson. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

44176.  i.  Frank  Child. 

44186.  ii.  Charlie  Child. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4414a.  iii.  Martha  L.  Child,  third  child  and  second  dau. 
of  Stephen  and  Hannah  Lyman  Child,  b.  in  Sangamon,  111., 
Dec  8,  1833,  m.  Dec.  25,  1852,  T.  F.  Anderson. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

4419(7.  i.  Charles  Anderson,  m.  and  lived  in  Kansas;  was  killed  1879. 

4420c.  ii.  Edward  Anderson. 

4421c.  iii.  Hbnrt  Anderson. 

4422c.  iv.  Tavner  Anderson. 

4423c.  V.  Hattie  Anderson. 

4424c.  vi.  Laura  Anderson. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4402.  vii.  DocT.  Seth  Child,  seventh  child  and  fourth  son 
of  Harba  and  Polly  Lee  Child,  b.  in  Barnstonj  Canada,  April 
14,  1811,  m.  Mch.  23,  1836,  Juliette  Wood,  dau.  of  Rev.  Luke 
and  Anna  Wood.  She  was  b.  June  27,  1818.  Doct.  Child  is 
a  practicing  physician  in  East  Hartford,  Ct 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4426.  i.  Juliette  Child,  b.  in  Hartford,  Ct.,  Mch.  4,  1837,  m.  May  1, 
1856,  Rev.  E.  Baldwin. 

4427.  ii.  Hbnry  Thkodoric  Child,  b.  in  Durham,  Ct.,  Oct.  13,  1838,  d. 
1839. 

4428.  iii.  Mary  Taylor  Child,  b.  in  Durham,  Ct.,  Jan.  18, 1841,  d.  Feb. 
3,  1844. 

4429.  iv.  Henry  Edwards  Child,  b.  in  Durham,  Ct ,  Aug.  30,  1844,  m. 
Feb.  3,  1869,  Ella  Wilcox,  of  Springefield.  Mass. 

4430.  V.  Mary  Lee  Child,  b.  in  East  Hartford,  Ct.,  Dec.  23. 1846. 

4431.  vi    Francis  Russell  Child,  b.  in  East  Hartford,  Ct.,  April  19, 
1849. 

4432.  vii.  Samuel  Bbresford  Child,  b.  in  East  Hartford,  Ct.,  Nov.  5, 
1861. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4426.  i.  Juliette   Child,  eldest  child  of  Doct.  Seth  and 
Juliette  Wood  Child,  b.   in  Hartford,  Ct.,  Mch.  4,  1837,  m. 
May  1,  1856,  Eev.  Elijah  Baldwin,  of  New  Britian,  Ct     She 
d.  Feb.  23,  1857,  at  Milford,  Ct 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

4433.  i.  Julia  Child  Baldwin,  b.  at  Milford,  Feb.  23,  1867. 


484 


BEKJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBrRr.  MASS. 


[Sixth  Generiition.] 

4S94.  viii,  Waldo  Cbild,  eighth  child  aod  second  sou  uf 
Samuel  and  Ehzabeth  Weld  Chikl,  b,  in  Woodstock,  Cl,  Aug. 
15,  1777,  m.  abt  1811,  Mary  Nicholson,  eldest  daiu  of  Wro 
B.  Nicholson,  a  Revolutionary  soldier ;  who  removed  from  the 
East  to  Norwich,  Cheoango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  about  1S06.  His 
daughter,  Mi's.  Arinah  Amelia  Child  Randall,  wife  of  Rer. 
Silas  G.  Randall  of  Pnividence,  E.  L,  gives  the  following  inter- 
eating  sket(?h  of  her  fattier  and  family  : 

"When  he  was  sii  years  of  age  his  father  died;  and  when  he  was  ten  his 
mother,  with  her  numerous  family,  moved  to  Hartland,  Vt.  He  had  i 
Bisters  and  two  brothers.  The  listers  married  in  Vermont  and  most  of  thi 
reared  large  families.  When  a  young  man,  Waldo  commenced  teaching  scbo 
often  having  a  hundred  or  more  jnipils,  and  its  books  wei-e  scarce, he  was  obli 
ed  to  give  them  problem!?  and  les^ns  of  his  own  originating,  and  for  thisl 
was  fully  competent,  being  a  man  of  broad  culture,  a  close  thinker,  and  ofl 
FBtantiye  memory*  Thuiig-h  .slender  in  person,  he  had  indomitable  ooarage 
and  perseverance,  combined  with  great  social  qualities  and  aJTable  manai?i5, 
which  made  hira  hosts  of  friends.  In  1806*  he  made  hL*  way  we^twani  into 
the  almost  unknown  jwrtion  of  New  York,  the  Chenango  Valley.  Wlief# 
the  flourishing  village  of  Norwich  now  stands,  one  log  hut  alone  marked  the 
place.  Five  miles  west  of  Norwich,  in  the  town  of  Preston,  he  took  up  h 
tract  of  land,  cleared  off  and  irupruved  many  acres,  and  nearly  paid  for  it, 
when  to  his  consternation  he  discovered  the  agent  to  be  a  rascal.  And  i 
repeated  efforts  at  great  cost  to  retain  it,  he  was  obliged  to  k-»se  it 
Nothing  daunted,  he  t<x>k  up  more  laud  and  worked  with  renewed  ened 
to  make  for  himself  a  home.  In  1611,  he  married  Mary,  eldest  daughterl 
Wm.  B,  NichoK>n,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  who  emigrated  with 
family  from  the  East  about  the  same  time  with  himselL  Here  they  U^ 
happily  many  years,  rearing  a  large  family  of  children,  eleven  in  nxxmh 
In  the  winter  of  '45,  the  typhoid  fever,  like  a  scourge,  swept  through 
place,  in  a  few  weeks  taking  four  from  their  number.*' 
[Seventh  Generation.!     Children: 

4431.  i.  Elizabeth   Child,  h.  in  Preston,  Chenangti  Co.,  N.V.,  1812, 
1868,  Lucius  Aldricb,  of  Green.  N.  Y. 

4435.  ii,   RoXALANA  Child,  b,  in  Preston,  N.  Y.,  1813,  d.  1845. 

4438.  iii.  Louisa  Child,  b,  in  Preston,  N.  Y.,  1815.     Resides  at  Gr 
with  Mrs.  Aid  rich. 

4437.  iv.  LrciACmr-D,  b.  in  Preston.  N.  Y.,  1810,  d.  1830. 

4438.  V.  Makcia  Child,  b.  in  Preston,  N,  Y..  1818,  d.  1845. 
44m  vL  Mary  Child,  b.  in  Pn-ston,  N.  Y,,  1820,  m.  David  R.  Rand 

a  lawyer  of  S4>me  eniini^nte  of  Scran  t«n,  Pa.     She  d.  1855,  leanng  one 
having  his  father's  profe^ssioii,  and  resides  in  Washington,  D,  C, 

4440.  vii.  Ezra  Child,  Ik  in  Preston,  N.  Y  ,  1822,  d.  1833. 

444L  viii.  Anna  Amelia  CutLD,  b  in  Preston,  N,  Y ,  1827.  hl  1€ 
Rev,  Silas  G,  Randall,  son  of  Rev.  Benjamin  Randall  of  West  ComwiilJ,1 
They  reside  in  Providence,  R.  L 

4^.  is.  J.\caB  Child,  b.  in  Preston,  N.  Y.,  1829,  d.  1846, 


I 


I 

I 


AKD  HIS  DESCENDANTS.,  485 

4443.  %,  Charles  Criuj,  b.  in  Prt'stou.  N.Y..  1831.  Went  s^outh  in  1848. 
In  1801,  m.  Vietorirt  Atkins  of  Loui&aiia.  Wh*?ii  ]«.yt  heard  from^  in  18ft8, 
liTed  on  Bayou  Almanrb^r,  (JO  miles  frora  New  Orleans. 

4444.  xi.  Samuel  Child,  b.  1S33.  d.  18^7. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

4376.  viii  Jacob  Child,  eighth  child  and  fourth  son  of 
Samuel  and  Keziah  Hutc^^hitit^  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Gt., 
April  23,  1746,  m,  1st,  1773,  Sybil  Sumner,  b.  1751,  shed.  Aug. 
10,  1777;  m.  2d,  Sept.  23,  1779,  Miletiah  Curtis,  He  d,  July 
2U,  1822. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

4445.  i.  Benjamin  Child,  h.  in  WoodstocJc,  Dee.  18,  1774,  m,  1803  or  8^ 
Matilda  Bolieii. 

By  second  wife. 

4446.  ii.  A8A  Cnii^B.  b.  in  VVoodsto(^k,  S<^pt.  13,  1761.  m.  ML-h.  11,  1807, 
Alathea  Stowelh 

4447.  iii.  Syb[l  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Au^,  28, 1783,  d.  Aug.  29,  1609. 

4448.  iv.  Samuel  CttiLO.  h.  in  Woodstock,  Nov.  10,  17S5,  m.  Meh.  26, 
IBll,  Alinim  Hastingi*,  of  Lelmnoii,  N.  Y. 

4449.  V.  Chester  Child,  b,  in  Woodstock,  Sept,  27,  1787.  m.  May  3, 
1830.  Mary  Blanchard,  of  Boston.  Miuss,,  K  1704,  d.  Ot-t,  15,  1858. 

4450.  vi.  ELi7,i*BETH  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,,  Jiiiio  23.  1788,  hl 
Abijah  Sessions. 

4451.  vii,  Stephen  Child,     )  ^  )  mu   Sept.   23,  1810,  Lonijijt  Dpan,  of 

[  I     b  .Mfjh.  14,  1791,  [Ashford,  Ct. 

44.52.  viii,  Jacob  Child,  Ju.,  }  ^  \  d.  Maroh.  1817. 

4453.  LJ£.  Dyku  Child,  I».  hi  Woodstock,  Ct„  Nov.  19,  1793,  m.  Imt  had 
uo  eluldren. 

4454.  X.  MoRRts  Child,  b,  in  Wtx^dstock,  Cl.,  AprO  11, 1794,  m,  had  one 
child,  Htflen  or  Elkn,     He  d.  imi. 

4455.  xi.  RoxANA  Child,  h.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  June  20,  1796.  in.  Dec. 
30,  1820,  Incriiase  Sutnner  of  Ashford.  Ct.     She  d.  July  fi,  1800. 

4456.  xii.  Hiram  Child,  K  in  Woodstock,  Ct..  Oct,  18,  1798,  m,  twice; 
had  no  children,  oni^  wife  was  Caroline  11,  Chandler,   fie  d.  Aug.  1878,  m.  80. 

[Sixth  Gent^mtion.J 

4445.  i,  Benjamin  Guild,  only  child  of  Jacob  Child  by  his 

wife  Sybil  Suomer,  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct,  Dec.  18, 1 774,  m. 

about  1803,  Matiltla  BoUes,  dan,  of  David  and  Susanna  Bolks. 

She  was  b.  Sept.  22,  1783,     Her  fathei^  is  said  to  have  been  the 

founder  of  the  first  Baptist  church  in   Woodstock,  Ct,  whose 

orcRinization  occurred  in  February,   1706,     (See  Ammidowji^s 

Historical  SJcetches,)    He  was  an  active  and  influential  member 

of  the  church.     Two  of  Ids  sons,  (as  we  are  informed  by  one  of 

his  de^scendants)  Rev.  Dr.  Lucius  and  Rev.  Matliew  Bnlles,  were 

prominent  Baptist  clergymen  in  Boston,     His  datighter,  Mrs. 

Benjamin  Child,  adliered  to  her  father's  form  of  faith,  while  her 

husband  was  not  less  attached  to  the  doctrines  and  fontis  of  the 

Congregational  church  in  which  he  had  been  educated.    But  their 


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•-1 


MalOdb  Bofltt  Quid,  fai  SepL  IB,  1801^  m.  Sov.  24. 
dvMM  Pmin.     Ha  d  JqIt  11, 1855. 
fm^MOnmmkm-l    Clnldiai: 
4m,  L  Mast  Cuuoma  Clstui^  k  ta  Wm  Woodsiack.  €X.  Dte.  It. 

4iM.  It  Lccf  t**  9.  CmiJi,  b.  ia  WesI  Woodblock,  CX,  Feb.  2S.  19»1 
4401,  lit  Uakt  %  CntUK  b.  to  Wcit  Wooditoek,  Cc,  Feb.  f ,  189t. 
4l0t.  h.  iKRC  PiiA  C]in.D,  b.  IB  Weil  WoodiloA  Ct..  Oct.  S,  ISIS. 

litTtnlli  ClMMfslioii«] 

4458,  il   Lrcius  Child,  aecc^od  child  of  Benjamin' 
liatil/la  Bollen  Child,  b.  Sepu  20.  18r>g.  nruOct,  ao.  \^M. 
Wing,  of  Uarlford,  Ct 

[KtichMi  OfUt^mUfm,]    Child: 
am,  i.  KAAUcmi  Amkma  Ciold,  h,  July  17.  18^, 

[HlxUi  Owi^mtion  J 

MIf).  ii.  Aha  Child,  second  child  of  Jacub  and  eldest . 
nf  J»4^iili  fujtl  Mil(?tiali  Curtis  Child,  b,  in  We.«t  WoodstiX!k, 
HopU  13,  1781,  in,  March  11,  1807,  AlalheaStowcU  of  Staffer 
Ct  Uo  d.  July  1854  ;  Mrs.  Child  d,  Aug.  11,  1879.  Foury< 
iiftor  UiH  marriugo  Mr.  Child  migrated  t*i  the  town  of  Eat 
Mtwlmon  Co,,  N.  Y.»  and  Bt^ttled  on  a  farm,  where  he  resided 
iiliiven  y».*ani,  whoti  ht*  it?rnnvcd  to  the  town  of  Lenox,  Madia 
Co,»  N*  Y.,  and  ]iurt:ha8ed  a  home,  where  he  spent  the  balance  \ 
hm  lifer  Th'*  eomitry  waa  new  and  the  settlers  were  expc 
t4»  iniuiy  hardi*hii)s.  Mr,  Child  poi^sessed  the  requisites  fori 
HMctn^HHfid  pioneer — courage,  energj'  and  physical  endunin<j 
Anunig  tlio  early  settlers  of  the  township,  he  was  an  effici€ 
iilenient  in  laying  the  foundations  of  a  prosperous  eomnmiiil 


I 

I 


I 


I 
I 
I 


At  an  early  day  a  Presbyterian  church  was  organized  in  the 
town,  of  which  he  was  constituted  a  ruhng  elder.  For  many 
years  he  was  active  and  efficient  in  promoting  its  growth  and 
usefulness,  when  pai*ty  feeling,  in  1834,  rose  high  on  the  anti- 
slavery  question  and  led  to  a  rupture  in  the  church.  Mr. 
Child  was  a  man  of  thorough  convictions,  and  allowed  his  con- 
science to  control  his  actions.  In  the  belief  that  the  church 
was  derelict  in  its  duty  on  this  question,  he  left  it  and  con- 
nected himself  with  a  new  organization  known  as  a  '^  Union 
church."  Be  was  u  patriot  in  the  fullest  sense  of  the  word^  as 
well  as  a  philanthropist  He  was  esteemed  for  his  unselfish 
and  manly  characteristics. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Ohiirlren: 

4404.  i.  Royal  Hibbard  Cun^D,  b.  in  West  Woodat^ek»  OL,  Jim,  17, 
1H09,  TO.  !si,  J»n.  14.  1835,  Cornelia  De  Gftass  Gates;  m.  2d,  Servilia  Gil- 
bert Benedict. 

4465,  ii.  Mary  Cnmn.  b.  in  Kftton,  N.  Y.,  May  22,  1814,  m.  May  8,  1841, 
Julius  Duncan. 

44M.  iii,  LrvAN  Chu.d,  b.  in  Eaton,  N.  Y.,  July  18,  1819,  m.  July  22, 
1846.  A  u  It  on  A.  Bdggs, 

4467.  iv,  ErjZA  Child,  b,  in  Eaton,  N.  Y.,  May  26.  1821,  in.  March  3<J, 
1843,  Thomas  McClcaiy. 

4468*  V  Benjamin  Child,  b  in  Lenox,  N.  Y.,  June  1,  1823.  m.  Aug. 
184U.  Celestia  E.  Child. 

44ny.  VK  Row  ANNCniLn,  b.  in  Lexox,  N.  Y.,  June  28,  1836.  in.  Dm.  12, 
18*SU,  Elbridge  Flower. 

4470.  vii.  Kmily  Child,  b.  in  Lenox,  N.  Y.  Sept.  26,  1820,  m.  May  26, 
1852.  Frank  Whitney, 

[Seventh  Generation  ] 

4464  i.  EoYAL  Hibbard  Child,  eldest  cliild  of  Asa  iind 
Alathea  Stowell  CiiikL  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct,  Jan.  IT, 
1809,  m.  1st,  Jan,  1,  1835,  Cornelia  De  Gaass  Gat€s  of  Leba- 
non, N.  Y.;  ahe  was  b,  in  Lebiiiioii^  N.  Y.,  Sept  25,  1814,  d, 
Oct  2,  1868.  He  rn.  2d,  Servilia  Gilbert  Benedict,  dau.  of 
Steplien  Benedict  of  Lebanoii,  N.  Y.  His  children  were  by  his 
first  maiTiage.  In  his  youtli  Mr,  Child  enjoyed  the  ordinary 
educational  advantages  of  the  period,  and  attained  to  a  degree 
of  intelligence  that  fitted  him  for  responsible  positions  in  life. 
At  mature  nianhood  he  established  a  home  of  his  own,  as  a 
farmer  in  the  town  of  Lenox,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  which 
yielded  him  fair  accumulations.  He  identified  himself  in  all 
the  progressive  movements  inaugurated  for  the  benefit  of  so* 
ciety,  and  shaped  his  conduct  by  tleep  an<l  honest  ctmvictions 
of  the  right  In  the  an ti -slavery  agitations  of  an  early  period 
he  is  found  in  full  sympathy  with  the  bondman,  and  until  his 


488 


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IAS& 


niauicles  were  stricken  from  his  limbs  by  ilie  proclamation  of 
the  martyred  President  Lincoln,  the  wrongs  of  the  slave 
ceased  not  to  burden  his  heart  Following  his  honest  con  vie- 
tions,  he  severed  his  connections  with  the  church  of  his  early 
relations  and  connected  himself  with  an  organization  in  chur 
fellowship  which  held  no  communion  with  slaveholders 
their  sympatliizei's.  Conscientious  and  upright,  his  chrtsti 
influence  has  been  stable  and  effexitive  in  the  circles  of  his  ac 
quaintance.  He  has  a  quiet  and  pleasant  home  in  the  villa 
of  Canastota,  Madiscjn  Co.,  N.  Y. 
[Eighth  Genemtion.]    Childrea: 

4471.  i.  GKORtiE  G.  Child,  h.  in  Lenox,   Mikdison  Co.,  N.  Y,,  Jan. 
1837,  d.  Jtm.  n,  1852. 

4472.  li.  Cyreke  N.  CHn.D,  b.  in  Lenox,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Ang,  28, 
1847. 

4473.  ill.  Ezra  Q,  CnrLD^  h.  in  Lenox.  Madison  Co,,  Aug.  8,  1854^111. 
May  IG.  1878,  Etta  Zeh  ot  Albany.  N,  Y. ;  he  resides  in  Moravia.  Csyngft 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  is  io  the  hutehering  business. 

[Sevunth  Generation,) 

4465.  ii  Mary  Child,  second  child  and  eldest  dan.  of  Asa 
and  Alatliea  Stowell  Child,  b.  in  Eaton,  N.  Y.,  May  22,  ISU. 
m.  May  S,  1S41,  Julius  Duncan,  of  Lenox,  N.  Y.  He  was  h. 
Nov.  28,  1814, 
[Eighth  Generation,]    Child: 

4474.  i>  Chahles  Duncan,  b.  185L  m.  Jan.  23,  1877,  Ella  Li>ucks, 

f Seventh  GenemLion.J 

44*^6.  ill.  LuVAX  Child,  thii*d  child  and  second  dau.  of 
and  Alathea  Stowell  Child,  b.  in  Eaton,  N,  Y.,  July  18,  ISlJ 
m,  July  22,  1846,  Aulton   Briggs,  a  faj-mer  in  Leroy,  Bentc 
Co.,  Mo.     He  d.   in  lown;    date   of   death    not   given.     Mr 
Briggs  regiilcs  in  Leroy,  Mo. 
[Eighth  Generalion-]     t'hildren: 

4475.  i,  Anskl  Cujld  Bhiooh,  b.  in  Bimrilman,  Stury  Co..  lawa,  Sep 
10,  1847.     rie  is  a  ulcr^'yrnan  comu'ctL'd  with  the  "M.  E.  church,  South, 

4470.  ii.  C  A  HON  A  HiRRARD   BKiOfi«,  b.  Jtil)  27,  1S49,  in  Elkador,  lov 
m.  SepL  14,  1876.  Mattie  A,  Wyatt;  is  a  t-lergyinan  of  the  M.  E.  oburcfa 
South. 

4477-  iii.  Ruoda   Dt  LCie  BRiooe,  b.  in  Elkador^  Iowa.  Sept.  3,  1851, 
June  Hi  1875,  A.  J.  iMcDrmald. 

4478,  iv.  VVnj>iAM  Floyd  BRiGr^s,  b.  in  Elkador,  lowa^  Meh.  2,181^; 
a  M  E.  ulergyinan,  connectecl  wilh  Southern  ehurt-h. 

4471>.  V,  J*iHN  riXARLEs  FniiMONT  BuiOGS,  k  in  Elkador.  Iowa,  Oct.  It 
1656,  d.  same  day. 

4480.  vi.  Aulton  Frank  Brigos,  b,  in  Contralia,  Marion  Co.,  111.,  Se| 
14,  1857:  is  a  M.  E.  clergyman  in  th(»  Southem  church.  These  foar  »c>n 
are  said  to  be  young  men  of  fme  natural  abilites,  and  give  great  promij»e  < 
usefultiesii  in  thiur  profession. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  489 

4481.  vii.  Ward  Potter  Briggs,  b.  in  Milton,  Tazwell  Co.,  lU..  Oct.  26, 
1859,  d.  in  Leroy.  Mo.,  Aug.  16,  1878. 

4482.  viii.  Alathea  Briggs,  b.  in  Centralia,  111.,  Sept.  24,  1862. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4476.  ii.  Eev.  Carona  Hibbard  Briggs,  second  child  and 
son  of  Luvan  Child  and  Aulton  Briggs,  b.  in  Elkador,  Iowa, 
July  27,  1849,  m.  Sept  14,  1876,  Mattie  A.  Wyatt  of  Warren 
Co.,  Mo. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

4483.  i.  Frank  Ansel  Wyatt  Briggs,  b.  Aug.  18, 1877,  in  Brownsville, 
Saline  Co.,  Mo. 

[Seventh  Generation  ] 

4467.  iv.  Eliza  Child,  fourth  child  and  third  dau.  of  Asa 
and  Alathea  Stowell  Child,  b.  in  Eaton,  N.  Y.,  May  26,  1821, 
m.  Mch.  26,  1843,  Thomes  McCleary,  who  was  b.  Mch.  21, 
1814  ;  was  a  farmer  in  the  town  of  Sullivan,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y. 
He.  d.  Feb.  23,  1853. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4484.  i.  Mary  McCleary,  b.  in  Sullivan,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  28, 
1843,  m.  Oct.  19,  1870,  Mortimer  Petrie. 

4485.  ii.  Betsey  McCleary,  b.  in  Sullivan,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  25, 
1846,  m.  July  1,  1869,  Battese  Revoir. 

4486.  iii.  Samuel  McCleary,  b.  in  Sullivan,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug. 
10,  1847,  m.  and  no  further  account. 

4487.  iv.  Anna  McCleary,  b.  in  Sullivan,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  4, 
1850. 

4488.  V.  Emma  McCleary,  b.  in  Sullivan,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  May  5, 
1852.  m.  Sept.  4,  1875,  Leroy  Trumball. 

[Eighth  Generation.  ] 

4484.  i.  Mary  McCleary,  eldest  child  of  Eliza  Child  and 
Thomas  McCleary,  b.  in  Sullivan,  N.  Y,  Dea  28,  1843,  ra. 
Oct.  19,  1870,  Mortimer  Petrie.  She  d.  Jan.  28,  1875,  leaving 
two  children. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

4489.  i.  Blanche  Petrie,  *b.  Feb.  26,  1872. 

4490.  ii.  Gertie  Petrie,  b.  Oct.  25,  1873. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4485.  ii.  Betsey  McCleary,  second  child  and  dau.  of 
Eliza  Child  and  Thomas  McCleary,  b.  in  Sullivan,  N.  Y.,  Jan. 
25,  1846,  m.  July  1,  1869,  Battese  Eevoir.  Besidence  Syra- 
cuse, N.  Y. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

4491.  i.  Bertie  Revoir,  b.  Sept.  20,  1877. 
K-i 


lio 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  KOXBURY,  «ASa 


[Eighth  Generation  J 

4488.  V.  Emha  McCleary,  iifth  child  and  fourth  da" 
Eliza  Child  and  Thomas  McCleaiy,  b,  in  Sullivan,  N.  Y.»  Maj 
5»  1852,  m.  Sept  4,  1875,  LerovTrumball.     Residence  Oneid 
Lake.  N.  Y. 
I Nittth  Generation.]    Children: 

44»3.  i.  BEt^sTETEUMBALUb.  July20,  1870. 

44J)3    ii.  INFANT  (anehristeoed),  d.  lU  six  months^. 

[SeTenth  Generation*) 

4468.  V.  Benjamin  Child,  fifth  child  and  second  son  uf 
Asa  and  Alathea  St<:iwell  Child,  b.  in  Lenox,  Madi^^^u  Co., 
N.  Y.,  June  1.  1S23,  m.  Aug.  17,  1849,  by  Rev.  Mr  Stickney, 
Celestia  E.  Child,  dau.  of  Ephraim  and  Armenia  Higgiii* 
Child.  Ephraim  Cliild  was  the  eldest  son  of  Charles  Thomp 
son  and   Clarissa  (Child)  Child  of  Exeter,  Otsego  Co ,  N.  Y 

Mrs.  Benjamin  Child  was  b.  Oct.  20,  1831,  d .      Resided 

in  Lenoxt  N.  Y. 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Children : 

4494  1.  Alice  CmhD,  b.  in  Lenox,  N.  Y.,  June  3. 1S50,  m.  Miireb  8. 1^ 
K  D.  Benedict. 

4495.  ii,  Frank  W.  Cbtld,  h.  in  Lenox,  N.  Y..  Nov.  28*  lail. 

4496.  ill.  Lucy  A.  Chujj,  b.  in  Lenox,  K.  Y,,  Sept.  20,  1855. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4494.  i.  Alice  Child,  eldest  child  of  Benjamin  and  Cela^ 
tiaE.  Child,  b.  in  Lenox,  N.  Y,  June  H,  3  850,  m.  March  3, 
18<»8,  E  D.  BenedieL 
[Ninth  Genenition.]     Child: 
4497.  i,  Ek^kst  Benedict,  b.  Mb)'  29,  IST;^, 

[Seventh  Gen*?  rati  on, J 

4469.  vi,  RoxY  Ann  Child,  sixth  child  and  fourth  dau. 
Asa  and  Aliithea  Stowell  Child,  b.  in  Lenox^  N.  Y..  Jan.  2fl 
1S26,  m.  Dee.  12,  1850,  Elbrklge  W.  Flower  of  Lenox,  N.  Yj 
They  emigrated  to  the  West  in  1869,  and  settled  in  Warreo 
Jo  Davis  Co.,  111.      In  1873   they  removed   to   Montgomer 
Co.,  Iowa. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children j 

4498.  i.  ALAtKEA  Flower,  b,  in  Oneidn  Co,  N.  Y.,  Mav  23.  1S53,  i 
1872,  John  K.  Yint  of  Du  Page  Co,  Iowa;  removed  to  Moiitg^imerv  Cc 
lowat  she  d.  Sept.  HO.  1878. 

4499.  ii,  Ewn^v   E.   Flowee.  b,  in  Madiiwn  Co.,  N  Y.,  July  4.  1855, 
July  11.  1856. 

45(M>   iii,  JtiiiSiE  Flower,  b.  in  Onondaga  Co.,  X.  Y,,  March  4,  1857.  in. 
April  1S78,  Wayne  K.  Frake. 
4501.  iv.  GaovK  L,  Fuiwfia,  h,  in  Onondaga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  t,  18S$. 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 


491 


4503.  T.  LiiEziB  L.  Flower, 
4503,  vi.  Mark  Flqwkr, 


l>.  in  Onoiidiiga  Co.,  N,  Y,,  April  3,  1861. 
^1 


§  >  b,  in  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  25.  180<J. 

4504.  vii.  Mattie  Fj^wee,  )  ^  ) 

4505.  viii.  Lntant  (unchrisLened),  d.  young. 

{Seventh  Generation*] 

4470,  vii.  Emily  Child,  seventh  child  and  Jifth  dau.  of 
Asa  and  Alathea  Stowell  Child,  b.  io  Lenox,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  26. 
1829,  m.  May  26,  1852,  Frank  Whitney  of  Lenox,  N.  Y,  Mr. 
W.  A  in  Cleveland,  Oswego  0:>.,  N.  Y.^  1854,  and  Mi-s.  W,  m. 
2d,  1857,  Marcus  Weaver  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  Mrs.  Weaver 
d.  Nov.  1860. 
[Eig-hth  GenemtionJ    Children:    (No  ehilclren  by  i\r^i  nmrriage.) 

4506.  i.  Ella  Wkaver. 

4507.  ii.  Mattie  Wkaver. 

4508.  jii.  Geoboe  Weaver, 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

4449.  v.  Chester  Child,  fifth  child  and  third  son  of  Jaeob 
and  Milatiah  Curtis  Child,  b.  in  West  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Sept 
27,  1787,  m.  May  3,  1820,  Mary  Blanchard  Malcom  of  Boston, 
Masa  Mrs.  Child  d  Oct  15.  1858.  Mr.  Child  is  still  livin.tr 
with  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Mary  C.  Piatt,  wife  of  the  late  Rev. 
William  Piatt,  at  Ludlow ville,  N.  Y.,  in  his  94th  year.  Mi's. 
Piatt  has  furnished  tlie  following  sketch  of  her  father,  written 
December  1877 : 

**My  father.  Mr.  Chestor  Child*  is  still  liiring,  in  his  91st  year,  in  perfect 

health  and  spirits— can  work  or  walk  all  day  long  wheneirer  hf  chooses. 

His  hearing  is  but  slightly  impaired  (some  days  not  all  perceptibly);  his 

eyesight  without  glas^ei*  is  dim,  but  with  them  he  roads  the  EiH'jiing  PoM 

through  every  day  of   his   life.     Never   iiiist*es  a  roeal  at   the  t4ible,  nor  a 

flight's  rest.     Ue  takes  a  sponge  hatb  of  the  whole  person  in  cukl  water 

every  ruorrn'iig  before  tl reusing,  summer  and  winter,  and  sle^^ps  in  a  eold 

[>m.     He  has  a  good  set  of  uatnral  teeth »  upper  and  undei*.  and  a  thick. 

■ivy  hc4id  nf  hair.     He  toasts  hi.s  feet  at  the  fire  for  inort^  tluiu  two  houra 

rery  night  before  retiring.    This  he  has  done  for  more  than  fifty  years.  At 

out  forty  years  of  age  he  gave  up  the  use  of  bis  eig&r  (tht?  otdy  form  in 

^hlch  he  ever  used  tobacco),  and  has   never  resumed  it  since.     Uses  no 

Elqnors;  is  very  simple  in  his  diet;  very  neat  aud  methndit'al  in  his  habits. 

IGp  has  been  so  induslriou&  in  his  whole  long  bfe,  that  he  cannot  bear  any 

<»uo  who  does  nut  work.     He  wrote  a  ChriHtmnjs  letter  to  his  sou  yesterday 

more  broken  than  this,  but  quite  as  legiiile  and  distinct.     I  think  I  may 

fcfely  presume  that  among  your  lint  of  numy  names  you  can  hardly  have 

ftany  whose  age  ami  comforts  have  exceeded  my  fatherV.     He  was  engaged 

ftost  of  bis  life  in  New  York  City  in   active  bnsineKJs,  until   alwut  eight 

tors  ago,  when  be  came  into  the  country  aud  made  his  home  in  my  fam- 

Jt  where  he  will  probably  spend  the  remainder  of  his  days, 

*' Yours  respectfully,  Majiv  C.  Platt." 


492 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  ROXBUKY,  MASS. 


In  a  jjostcript  Mrs.  Piatt  further  adds: 

'*My  father  travels  alone  every  summer  from  here  to  New  York  U)  vimi 
hb  son,  and  from  thenc*  to  Woodstock,  Ct.,  to  irisit  the  old   homestead^] 
which  Ls  still  in  possession  of  his  brother  Hiram;  and  while  upon  this  trip 
he  takes  in  Boston  and  several  other  places  where  relatives  live/* 

As  intiniatt^d  by  the  writer  few  can  show  a  better  record, 
than  Mr.  Chester  Child^  lim  subject  of  this  notice.  And  tliigj 
little  sketch  furnishes  a  lesson  in  favor  of  correct  habits^  atidj 
daily  (jccnpation  in  some  nseful  einployraent  Well  may  dfrj 
scendants  be  proud  of  so  worthy  an  ancestor. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    ChildreTi: 

4509.  i.  Charles  Malcom  Cawn,  b.  Mi^h,  1831,  m,  July  29,  lSi5,  AiigusQil 
Piatt. 

4510.  ii.  Mary  Caroline  Child,  h.  Sept.  26,  1828,  m.  May  15,  1848,  Be? J 
Win,  K.  Piatt.  * 

4'ill.  iii.  Cbester  Hamilton  Child,  b  Mch.  23,  1827.  d  in  Kansas  Citf^ 
Mo.,  Feb.  23,  1872:  no  children. 

4512.  iv.  Feam  IS  Henev  Child,  b.  Dee.  14,  1828.  d.  Dec.  19,  1B46. 

4513.  V.  Evalike  Child,  b,  Dec.  31,  1831,  d.  May  2,  1835. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4509,  i.  Charles  Malcom  Child,  eldest  son  and  chili  of 
Chester  and  Mary  Blanchard  Malcom  Child,  b.  Mch.  1821, 
Jtdy  21,  1845,  Augusta  Platt^  dau.  of  Richard   and  Harrie 
Piatt     He  is  a  dealer  in  oils  and  paints,  of  the  firm  of  Jesftij 
k  Chi  Ids,  225  Peari  street,  New  York  City, 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4514.  i.  Ella   Uiuisa  Childs,  b.  May  9, 184d.  m.  Henry  Hurlburt,  Jr.,^ 
broker  in  New  York  City, 

4515.  ii,  FRAKcib  Henrt  Cbilds,  b.  April  16, 1849.    Clerk  in  his  fathe 
office. 

4516.  iii,  Charles  Ausustus  Ceilds,  b.  May  28,  1851.     Clerk  in 
father V  ufllce. 

4517.  iv.  Harriet  Estblle  Cbilds,  b.  Jan.  12.  1854,  d,  Nov.  2,  1857. 

4518.  V.  Frederick  Mal<:om  CaiLi*s,  b.  Mch.  15,  1856. 

4519.  vi.  Clara  Augustcs  Childs.         /  S  ^  *5-  ^ov.  I  d.  April  25.  t86Ul 

4520.  vii    Clarence  Aiul'^tls  Childs,  S  W  )  9. 1860.  f  <1.  Aug.  21,  1861. 

4521.  viii.  AUG179TUS  Densuore  Child,  b.  Mch.  22.  1864, 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4510.  il  Mary   Cakolink   Child,  eldt^st  dan.  and  se 
child  of  Chester  and  Maiy  Blanchard  Malcom  Child,  b.  Sep 
1823,  m.  May  15,  1848,  BUiv.  Wm.  K.   Piatt,  sou  of  RicLard 
and  Harriet  Piatt.       Residence   Ludlowville,  Tompkins 
New  York. 

Mr.  Piatt  was  a  respected  Presbyterian  clergymaiL    A  natii 
of  New  York  City,  in  youth  he  uniteil  with  Rev.  Dr.  WilliaflT 


AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS.  498 

Adam's  church  in  Broom  street,  graduated  at  Union  College, 
Schenectady,  in  1840,  and  later  at  Union  Theological  Seminary, 
New  York  City,  and  was  ordained  by  New  York  Presbytery. 
As  a  pastor  he  was  beloved  for  his  devotion,  his  efficiency  and 
tender  ministrations.  Disciplined  by  sore  affliction  and  bodily 
infirmities,  his  heart  was  touched  at  the  sufferings  of  others, 
which  awakened  his  sympathies  and  called  forth  from  his  lips 
words  of  consolation  and  assurance.  His  life  terminated  peace- 
fully at  his  home,  October  30th,  1880. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

4522.  i.  Mary  Eveline  Platt,  b.  April  12,  1849,  d.  April  29, 1853. 

4523.  ii.  Harriet  Newell  Platt,  b.  Jan.  24,  1851,  d.  Dec.  14,  1857. 

4524.  iii.  Frances  Augusta  Platt,  b.  Feb.  14,  1853,  d.  Oct.  3,  1857. 

4525.  iv.  Charles   Malcom    Platt.  b.  Feb.  21,   1855.    A  graduate  of 
Williams  College. 

4526.  V.  Chester  Childs  Platt,  b.  Oct.  30,  1857;  a  druggist  in  Ludlow- 
ville. 

4527.  vi.  Marion  R.  Platt,  b.  Aug.  5,  1860,  d.  Nov.  16,  1861. 
4628.  vii.  Mary  Hattie  Platt,  b.  Oct.  5. 1862. 

4529.  viii.  William  Adams  Platt,  b.  Feb.  20,  1865. 

4530.  ix.  Clarence  Henry  Platt,  b.  Feb.  6,  1868. 

[Third  Generation.] 

8646.  V.  Jacob  Child,  fifth   child  and  son  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct,  April  25, 1703,  m.  April 
18,  1728,  Dorcas  Ainsworth. 
[Fourth  Generation.]    Children: 

4531.  i   Jacob  Child,  Jr.,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Nov.  2,  1729,  d.  Sept.  6, 
1739. 

4532.  ii.  Nathan  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct..  Sept.  19, 1733,  m.  Oct.  29, 
1760,  Dorcas  Green. 

[Fourth  Generation.]    Children: 

4532.  ii.  Nathan  Child,  second  child  and  son  of  Jacob 
and  Dorcas  Ainsworth  Child,  b.  Sept  19,  1733,  m.  Oct.  9,  1760, 
Dorcas  Green. 

[Fifth  Generation.]    Children.     All  born  in  Woodstock,  Ct: 

4533.  i.  Mary  Child,  b.  July  20,  1761. 

4534.  ii.  CHrx)E  Child,  b.  Sept.  1,  1762,  d.  Nov.  26,  1762. 

4535.  iii.  Jacob  Child,  b.  April  15,  1764. 

4536.  iv.  John  Child,  b.  Jan.  17,  1766. 

4537.  V.  Nathan  Child,  Jr..  b.  Sept.  17,  1767. 
4538    vi.  Chlok  Child,  2d,  b.  Feb.  18,  1770. 
4589.  vii.  Cyril  Child,  b.  Sept.  15,  1771. 
4540.  viii.  Cynthia  Child,'  b.  Oct.  25,  1776. 


494 


WATKRTOWN  BRANCH. 


CHAPTER    VIIL 


WILLIAM   CHILD. 


[First  Generation,] 

4541.     Mr,  Willlvm  Child,  one  of  the  early  emigrants  toj 
the  Massachusetts  colony,  appears  from  such  evidence  as  wa 
can  attain,  to  have  been  the  brother  of  Ephraim  Child^  arid  i 
have  come  to  America  either  with  his  brother  or  shortly  befon 
him.     We  have  again  to  state  that  the  necessity  for  a  quiet^ 
leaving  the  mother  country,  led  to  most  incomplete  lists  of  the 
passengers  in  the  sailing  vessels,  and  compels  the  historian  of 
to-day  to  obtain  dates  by  a  comparison  of  events  and  deeda 
Mr.  William  Child  was  made  freeman  in  1634,  and  was  a  man 
of  some  lauded  estate.     He  seems  to  hav^e  married  in  England, 
and  pi-obably  his  son  Joseph  was  born  there,  as  we  have  no 
record  of  his  birth,  while  Richard  and  John  are  found  on  the 
Watertown  records  as  born  in  that  town  in  the  years  16.31  and 
1636.     Mr.  Child  seems  to  have  died  early,  a  victim  to  th 
severe  climate.     His  widow  is  mentioned  in  the  will  of 
Ehzabeth  Palmer  Child,  who  leaves  to  her  some  of  her  ward^ 
rtiV)e,  which  was  more  ample  and  luxurious  than  that  of  mc 
of  the  coluuists.     Mr.  Ephraim  Child  was  u  true  friend  to  the 
nephews  while  living,  and  left  them  portions  of  his  estate  upod 
his  decease,  though  his  grand-nephew  and  namesake,  Ephraii 
Child,  son  of  Benjamin  Child  of  Roxbury,  was  hisacknowledj 
ed  heir. 
[Second  G  e ii  e rat  i o  ti .  1    Ch  i  I  d  rei J : 

4543,  i.  Joseph  Qwwxk  b,  alMmt.  10211,  in.  Ift54,  Sar«h  Platl. 
4'>43.  ii,   RiCHAan  Child,  b,  lu  Watortown.  Mass..  163L  tn.  Ut.  Mch.  30^ 

1CG3,  Mphit4ib!t^  Dimmick;  m  2<1,  Jan,  Ifi,  1078.  Hamnali  Tmine, 

4544,  iii.  John  Child,  b.  in  Warertown.  M»S8.,  IsatS,  m.  1st.  »boiil  1662. 
Mary ;  m.  2cl,  May  39.  1608,  Mary  Warren. 

[Second  GenerattonJ 

4542    i.  Joseph   Child,  eldest  son  of  William  Child,  b. 
England,  about    1629,  cUme   in    infancy  with  his  pa^'ents 
x\rat'rica,  and  m.  in  1H64,  Sarah  Piatt 
[Third  Generation.]     Child: 

4545,  i.  Joseph  Can^D,  Jr.,  b.  in  Watertown.  Masi^,,  Jan.  7,  1059,  m*  Is 
8^pt.2»  1«80,  Sarah  Norcross;  iti,  2d.  July  26,  1705,  Ruth  Maddook. 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  495 

[Fourth  Generation.]    Children: 

4546.  i.  Sarah  Child,  b.  Nov.  11.  1681,  m.  Nov.  18. 1710,  Daniel  Howard 
of  Maiden,  Mass. 

4547.  ii.  Joseph  Child,  b.  June  21,  1685,  m.  July  8, 1718,  Mary  Thacher. 

4548.  iii.  Mary  Child,  b.  April  11,  1687,  d.  1688,  in  Watertown,  Mass. 

4549.  iv   John  Child,  b.  Mch.  29, 1689,  m.  1715,  Thankful  Fuller. 

4550.  V.  Samuel  Child,  b.  Mch.  29,  1695,  d.  1707.  in  Watertown,  Mass. 

4551.  vi.  Isaac  Child,  b.  Mch.  5,  1700,  m.  July  2. 1729,  Eunice  Pierce. 

4552.  vii.  Lydia  Child,  b.  June  2,  1706,  m.  Dec.  9,  1729,  James  Fay,  of 
Weston.  Mass. 

4553.  viii.  Abigail  Child,  b.  Sept.  19,  1708. 

4554.  ix.  Ebemezer  Child,  b.  Jan.  19, 1712. 

/"Fourth  Generation.] 

4547.  ii.  Joseph   Child,  eldest  son   and   second   child  of 
Joseph  and  Sarah  Norcross  Child,  b.  in  Watertown,  Mass., 
June  21,  1685,  m.  July  8,  1713,  Mary  Thacher. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children : 

4555.  i.  Jonathan  Child,  b.  July  8,  1714,  m.  about  1737.  Elizabeth  -. — . 

4556.  ii.  Samuel  Child,  b.  Mch.  30,  1716,  m.  Feb.  17,  1740,  Elizabeth 
Berry. 

4557.  iii.  Mary  Child,   b.   Feb.   26,   1718,   m.   April  19,  1739,  Joseph 
Whiting. 

4558.  iv.  Joseph  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Oct.  28, 1720,  d.  May  9,  1774. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

4555.  i.  Jonathan  Child,  eldest  child  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
Thacher  Child,  b.  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  July  3, 1714,  m.  about 

1737,  Elizabeth ,  d.  1774. 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children.     Bom  in  Watertown,  Mass: 

4559.  i.  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  Jan.  1, 1738,  m.  Jan.  6. 1757,  Josiah  Norcross. 

4560.  ii.  Abigail  Child,  b.  Nov.  2,  1743. 

4561.  iii.  Jonathan  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  25,  1747,  m.  Elizabeth  Mason. 

4562.  iv.  Mary  Child,  b.  Nov.  25, 1751,  m.  April  28, 1782,  David  Learned. 

4563.  v.  Joseph  Child,  b.  Dec.  17, 1761,  m.  Oct.  3,  1782,  Lucy  Parmenter. 

[Sixth  Generation.  1 

4561.  iii.  Jonathan  Child,  Jr.,  third  child  second  son  of 
Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  Feb.  25,  1747,  m.  abt  1775, 
Elizabeth  Mason. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children  born  in  Watertown,  Mass. : 

4564.  i.  Jonathan  Child,  b.  Feb.  4,  1776. 

4565.  ii.  Abigail  Child,  b.  Mch.  26,  1779,  d.  April  16,  1855,  at  Weston. 

4566.  iii.  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  Dec.  13, 1778. 

4567.  iv.  Hannah  Child,  b.  Aug.  20,  1783. 

4568.  V.  Susanna  Child,  b.  June  3,  1788. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

4563.  V.  Joseph  Child,  fifth  child  and  second  son  of  Jona- 
than Jr.,  and  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  in  Watertown,  Dec.  17,  1761, 


4S6 


WXTZKTOWS  BRANCH. 


m.  Oct  Bj  1782,  Lucy  Parmenter;  resided  in  Lexington,  Ma&ik 
[SeTenth  Generation.]    Cbild: 

4500.  i.  MosK9   Cmiii,  b.  In  I^xington,  Muss.,  June  IS,  1787,  m.  Aug.  9, 
1810.  Mary  Bull  WUiiAm^,  of  Marlboro,  Muss.     She  was  b.  Apnl  4,  1786,  d. 
1807.    She  was  it  direct  descendant  of  Abraham  Williams,  an  original  prch 
prietor  of  Marlboro. 
[Eighth  Generation  ]    ChiUlreti : 

4570.  i.  hvKfL  Cji^RTEJt  Cbiu>«  b,  in  Lexington,  Ma^.,  Mcb.  1€,  18tl,  m. 
Dec.  10.  183.^,  liebe^^ca  A,  HaJe. 

4571.  ii.  Eu2A  W.  C  hild,  b.  in  Lexington.  Dec.  3t,  1812. 

[Eighth  Gene  ration  J 

4570.  L  LrKE  Carter  Child,  eldest  child  and  only  son  of 
Moses  and  Mury  Ball  Williams  Child,  U  in  Lexington^  Musa.^ 
Meh.  16,  1811,  ni.  Dec,  10,  1835,  Rebecca  A.  Hale.     Was 
business  man  in  Boston  for  several  years ;  withdrew  from  busi*] 
ness  and  settled  in  Lexington  on  a  farm,  in  the  year  1841*. 
[JJinth  Gfnenttion.  I    Children,  bom  in  Boston,  Mass. 

4572.  i.  Caeolixe  R.  Cbili>»  b,  Dec.  3,  1836.  d.  Feb.  21,  183$. 
4673.  \l  flE.vRY  M.  Cim.D.  b.  May  15.  1839,  d.  Nov.  16.  \UA, 

4574.  iii.  EiXBS  R.  Child,  b.  OcL  17.  1841,  d.  Sept.  14.  184D. 

4575.  iv.  Maey  E.  Child,  b  Sept,  19.  lS4a. 

4576.  V.  Edward  H,  Child,  b.  April  23.  1846,  d.  Sept.  12,  1849. 

4577.  vi.  PRA.VK  C.  Child,  b.  April  21.  1848. 

[Fifth  Generation,] 

4556.  ii.  Samuel  Child,  second  son  and  child  of  Josep 
and  Mary  Thacher  Child^  b.  m  Watertown,  Mosa,  Mcb,  *M 

1716,  m.  Feb.  5,  1740.  Elizabeth  Berry. 

rSixth  Generation,]     Children,  bora  in  Wat«?rtowiL  Mass. 

4578.  i.  Marv  Child,  b.  July  13.  1741. 

4579.  ii,  Sarah  Child,  b.  Meh.  28,  1743. 

4580.  iii    Elizabeth  Child,  b.  Feb.  7,  1740 
4681.  iv.  Sa^cel  Child.  Jk.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1748, 

4582.  V.  Lydia  Child,  h.Julj  22,  17-*50. 

4583.  vi.  Ebenezeh  Child,  b.  April  25,  1753. 

[Fourth  Generational 

45411  i  V.  John  Child,  fourth  child  and  second  son  of  Jc 
and  Sarah  Norcross  Cbild,  b,  in  Watertown,  May  29.  16S9. 
1715,  Thankfiil  Fuller. 
[Fifth  Generation.]     Children,  born  in  Watertown.  Hass. 

4584.  i.  Betsev  Child,  b.  June  13, 1716,  d.  1717. 

4585.  ii.  Epuratm  Child,  k  Sept.  16,  1718. 

4586.  iii.  Robert  Chhjj,  l>.  Feb.  28.  1720,  m.  1761.  Mar^^arct  Woodsloci 

4587.  iv.  Caleb  Child,  h.  Sept.  10.  1721.  m.  May  29, 1744,  Lucj  Oreiei| 
wood  of  Westxin, 

4588.  V.  Thankful  Cbtld,  b.Sept.  4.  1726,  tn.  Mob.  1752,  John  Capel  ( 
Waltham. 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  497 


4589.  vi.  Hannah  Child,  b.  Jan.  27, 

4590.  vii.  JosiAH  Child,  b.  April  14, 1781,  m.  Ist,  1759,  Rebecca  Segar ; 
in._2d,  Lucy  Osgood. 

4591.  viii.  Sarah  Child,  b.  Feb.  6,  1783,  d.  1755. 

4592.  ix.  Lydia  Child,  b.  April  8,  173C,  m.  1754.  Thomas  Williams,  Jr. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

4586.  iii.  Bobert  Child,  third  child  of  John  and  Thankful 
Fuller  Child,  b.  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  Feb.  28,  1720,  m.  1761, 
Margjiret  Woodstock,  of  Needhani,  Mass.     He  settled  in  New.- 
ton. 
[Sixth  Generation  ]    Child : 

4593.  i.  John  Child,  b.  in  Newton,  Mass.,  May  16,  1762. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

4590.  vii.  JosiAH  Child,  seventh  child  of  John  and  Thank- 
ful Fuller  Child,  b.  in  Watertown,  April  14,  1731,  m.  1st,  1769, 
ilebecca  Segar;  m.  2d,  1765,  Lucy  Osgood. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Newton,  Mass. 

4594.  i.  Rebecca  Child,  b.  May  18,  1760. 

By  second  marriage 

4595.  ii.  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  July  4,  1766. 

4596.  iii    Fanny  Child,  b.  Mch  9,  1768. 

4597.  iv.  Spencer  Child,  b.  May  2,  1770. 

4598.  V.  David  Child,  b.  Aug.  27,  1772. 

4599.  vi.  Lucy  Child,  b.  Sept.  18. 1774. 

4600.  vii.  Abnkr  Child,  b.  Sept.  19.  1776,  ni.  June  4,  1800,  Betsey 
Pilchards. 

fSixth  Generation.] 

4600.  vii.  Abner  Child,  third  son  and  seventh  child  of 
Josiah  and  Lucy  Osg(x>d  Child,  b.  in  Newton,  Mass.,  Sept  19, 

1776,  m.  June  4,  1800,  Betsey  Richards.     She  was  b.  July  19, 
1779,  daiL  of  Ebenezer  and  Hannah  Wiswall  Richards  ;  she  d. 
Jan.  1,  1875.     Resided  in  Roxburj^  Mass. 
ISeventh  Generation]     Children : 

4601.  i.  Anna  Parker  Child,  b.  in  Roxburv,  Mass.,  April  27,  1801,  m. 
Oct,  18.  1824,  Benjamin  Parker,  a  merchant  in  Baltimore,  Md. 

4602.  ii.  Sarah  Child,  b.  Feb.  2,  1804,  in  Roxburv,  Mass.,  d.  Aug.  20, 
1806.  .  .  fe       . 

4603.  iii.  Abner  Child,  .Jr.,  b.  Doc.  20,  1808,  in  Roxbury,  Mass. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

4551.  vi.  Isaac  Child,  sixth  child,  fourth  son  of  Joseph  and 
Sarah  Norcross,  b.  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  Mch.  5,  1700,  m.  July 
2,  1729,  Eunice  Pierce.  He  was  a  tunier  by  trade.  He  d. 
Feb.  7.  1789.  She  d.  Se])!.  1,  171^3.  They  lived  in  Waltham, 
Mass. 


WATfiBTOWK  BBANCH. 


(Fifth  Genemiion]    Children  t)om  in  WnlUiaix),  Maa^. 

4004,  L  PmsKAs  Caiun  b.   April  26,  1730,  m*  1st,  June  3.  1757.  i 
Dmkiii;  m,  2d.  April  15,  ITTO.  Rmh  Wheeler. 

4605.  ii   Isaac  Child,  Jr.,  b  Jan.  2^,  17S3,  m,  Is-u  1753.  H^nh  — 
2d*  UAtiiivh .  o^  Lineolo ;  m,  8d.  Lydia , 

4«06,  iiK  EcjiiCK  Child,  b.  April  6,  1734. 

4<M>7   iv.  Thaddevs  Cbild,  b  April  IS,  17%  in*  Jolj  %  1793,  UtptHhik 
Wtkiren,  of  LincoLn, 

4008.  T.  Abwaii  Child,  b.  April  33,  1739,  m  Oct  27.  1705,  Sanili| 

4609.  ri.  Abiuhav  Child,  b.  Aug,  12.  1741.  in.  April  2.  1767. 

441(*.  vii.  RiTTM  Child. 

4911.  vui.  David  Child,  Impt.  1746,  d,  Jane  21,  1797, 

4612.  \x.  Lvvx  Child.  b*pL  April  29,  174S. 

[Fifth  Generation.! 

46(>4-  i    Phikeas  Ciulii,  eldest  child  of  Isaac  and  EaniJ 
Pierre  Child,  b.  in  Walthani,  Mass.,  April  26,    1730,  ra.  If 
June  2,  1756,  Louisa  Dakin :   m.  2d,  April   15.  1770,  Ruti 
Wheeler.     They  resided  in  Weston,  Masa 
[Sixth  Genemtion.]    Children,  bom  in  Weston,  Maast. 

4913.  i.  Phlveas  Child.  Jii,  b.  Sept.  5.  1757, 

4914,  ii.  Molly  Child,  b.  Oct.  3.  1759. 
4915    uL  Jonas   Dako  Child,  b.  April  9,  1799,  m.  May  10, 1837,  $« 

Eltiis. 
4919.  iv.  Asfos  Child,  b,  Jnt/5,  1794. 

4917.  V.  Louise  Child,  ^  •-ift.  »  u   i„wit  i-jah  [«•  Mch,  157 

4918.  vi.  Catharine  Child,  f  TtlK  ^  b.  Jo1t6.1769.  J      j^^  ^^^^^ 

[Fifth  Generatioij.J 

4r605.  ii.  Isaac  Child,  Jr.,  second  child  and  son  of 
and  Eunice  Pierce  Child,  b.  in  Waltham,  Ma^s.,  Jan,  556,  173 

m.  Isl,   1753,  Sarah  :  nu  2d,  Hann.Hh    of  LiocoluT 

Mass.:  m.  3d,  Ljdia .     Resided  in  Liueoln,  Mass. 

[Sixth  Generation.]     Children,  boni  in  Waltham  and  Lincoln^  Mass  ; 

4919.  i.  Dajiiel  Child,  b,  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  Nov,  24.  17.^,  d.  Sept. 
1756. 

4630,  ii.  Timothy  Child,  b.  Sept   9,  1756,  d.  same  dar. 

4021.  ill.  Abel  Child,  b.  April  10. 1757,  m,  Ut,  1785.  Follj ;  m, 

Lydia  — -, 

4929,  IV.  SoLoMOK  Child,  b.  Nov,  L  1792,  m.  April  29,  1804,  BeKse; 
Sanderson. 

4923.  \\  MjiTiLDA  Child,  b.  April  18,  1794,  m,  Feb.  88.  1789.  Will 
Hobbii  of  Weston.  Mass. 

4924.  vt    LvniA  Child,  b,  in  Lineolu.  lUas.,  Sept.  9,  1768,  pnb,  Dec.  1 
1787.  lf>  Nathan  Uobbs  of  Weston,  Ma;®, 

4025    vii,  Polly  Child,  h  Sept.  17, 1771.  m.  Sept,  18,  17!)8,  Bdwani  1 
492«.  viij.  Prentice  Child,  b.  D«h?.  14,  1774,  d.  yonng. 

4927.  ii.  Phkntice  Child,  Sd,  b.  Dec   L  1775,  m.  April  3. 18U.  Ha 
Llvermore. 

4028.  Jt.  Isjur  J.  CHn.D,  Je„  b.  Feb,  7,  1778.  m.  Jnne  29,  1804. 
WolUngton. 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

4621.  iii.  Abel  Child,  third  son   and   child  of  Isaac  and 
Sarah  Child,  b.  in  Waltham,   Mass.,  April  10,  1757,  m.  1st, 

1785,  Polly ;  m.  2d,  Lydia .     Resided   in  Lincoln, 

Mass. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

4629.  i.  Polly  Child,  b.  in  Lincoln,  Mass.,  March  29,  1786. 

4630.  ii.  Mart  Child,  b.  in  Lincoln,  Mass.,  Nov.  9,  1787. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

4622.  iv.  Solomon  Child,  fourth  child  and   son  of  Isaac 

Child,  by  his  second  wife  Hannah ,  b.  in  Waltham,  Mass., 

Nov.  1,  1T62,  m.  April  26,  1804,  Betsey  Sanderson. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

4631.  i.  Leonard  Child,  b.  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  Feb.  5  or  7,  1805,  m.  Feb. 
1,  1867,  Lydia  Livermore.  ^ 

4632.  ii.  Solomon  Child,  Jr.,  b.  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  Sept.  6,  1808,  d. 
Aug.  13, 1855,  unmarried. 

4633.  iii.  Sarah  Jane  Child,  b.  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  July  7,  1812,  m. 
April  18,  1850,  Reuben  Wyman. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4631.  i.  Leonard  Child,   eldest  child  of    Solomon    and 

Betsey  Sanderson  Child,  b.  in  Waltham  or  Watertown,  Mass., 

Feb.  5  or  7,  1805,  m.  Feb.  1,  1867,  Lydia  Livermore. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4634.  i.  Lydia  Elizabeth  Child. 
4685.  ii.  Thomas  Livermore  Child. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

4627.  ix.  Prentice  Child,  2d,  ninth  child  of  Isaac  Child, 
it  may  be  by  Lydia,  b.  in  Waltham  or  Lincoln,  Mass ,  Dec  1, 
1775,  m.  April  2,  1811,  Harriet  Livermore,   she  was  b.  Sept 
25,  1787,  d.  July  3,  1865;  he  d.  May  15,  1857 
[Seventh  Generation.!     Child: 

4636  i.  WiLLLAM  Prentice  Child,  b.  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  Nov.  11,  1817, 
in.  1st,  Dec.  13,  1840,  Eunice  M.  Fuller,  she  d.  March  11, 1846;  m.  2d,  Jan. 
14,  1847,  Esther  E.  Hollis;  he  d.  Sept.  7,  1877. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Waltham,  Mass. : 

4637.  i.  Harriet  L.  Child,  b.  Oct.  27,  1841,  m.  Dec.  24,  1874,  Edward 
P.  Smith. 

4638.  ii.  William  Garland  Child,  b.  Feb.  12,  1843,  m.  Oct.  7,  1869, 
Blllen  Pierce. 

4639.  iii.  Ellen  Eunice  Child,  b.  April  7,  1845.  d.  Jan.  16,  1868. 

4640.  iv.  Oliver  Prentice  Child,  b.  June  30,  1848,  d.  Aug.  11,  1871. 

4641.  V.  Melvin  Lathrop  Child,  b.  July  3,  1849,  m.  Dec.  20,  1871, 
Sophia  George. 

4642.  vi.  Sarah  Jane  Child,  b.  June  22.  1860 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

4638.  ii.  William  Garland  Child,  second  child  and 
eldest  son  of  William  Prentice  and  Eunice  M.  Fuller  Child,  b. 


WATERTOWN  BRA^'C 

in  Waltham,  Masa,  Feb.  12,   IS43,  m.  Oct.  27.  1889,  Elle 

Pierce. 

[Kioth  Generation.  |    Children,  born  in  Waltliani,  Mass.: 

4644.  i.  AnTHtJR  Chelo,  b.  April  4*  187 L 

4645.  ii   Alice  Pierce  Child,  b.  May  4.  1873, 

4646.  iii.  WiLLUii  Bexjamjk  CatLn,  h,  Feb,  4,  1876. 

(SLstth  Geneitition.] 

4628.  X-  Capt  Isaac  Chilij.  Jr.,  tenth  child  of  Isaac  Child 

possibly  by  his  third  wife  Lydia ,  K  Feb.  7,  1778,  la  Juo 

26,  1804,  Betsey  Wellington ;  she  was  b.  Feb.  4,  1784,  d.  Julj 

30,  1865. 

fSerenrh  Generation.]  Children,  bom  in  Waltham.MaseiL; 

4647.  L  DAttitTs  CaiLD,  b.  Oct.  13,  1805,  m.  Dec.  96,  1830.  Lydb 
Chandler. 

4648.  ii.  EvALiXA  Child,  b.  June  1807.  m.  Oct.  16,  18^8,  Thomas  Sown' 

4649.  iii,  Elizabeth   Child,   b,   Dec.  1,  1800,  ra.  April  8.  ISai, 
Howe, 

4650.  iv.  Isaac  Child.  Jb.,  b.  Oct,  9,  18l3i  m.  April  7,   1835,  Manr  An 
Smith. 

4651.  V,  Prkktick  Child,   b.  Jan.  14,   1815,  ul  Jan.   14,  1847* 
Holib. 

4652.  vi.  AuGUSTUfl  Child,  b.  Oct.  »,  1818,  in.  March  9,  1853.  Blui  Ao 
Blodgett, 

465:1  vii.  Mary  Matilda  Child,  b,  Aug.  5,  18^,  in,  April  1«,  IS 
James  Wellington. 

4654.  viii    Martha  Child,  b.  Oct,  11,  1834,  m.  Feb,  10,  1847,  BilUft 
Smith. 

[Seventh  Generatic»n,j 

464 T.  i.  Darics  Child,  eldest  child  of  Capt  I^aac  andBet;?^ 
Wellingtun  Child,  b.  in  Waltham,   Mass.,  Oct.  13,  1806,  m 
Dex'.  26,  1830,  Lydia  IL  Chandler, 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

4655.  i.  William  H.  Child, 

4656.  ii,  Sarah  Cnn*D. 

jScTenth  Generation.] 

4648.  ii.  EvALiN'A  Child,  second  child  of  Cai»L  Isaac 
Betsey  Welliuxton  Child,  b.  in   Waltham,  Mass.,  Jmn-  1*^0 
ra.  Oct  16,  1&28,  Thomas  Noxon, 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4657.  i.    ELI2ABETH    N0XO.V, 

44J58.  ii.  Thomas  P.  Noxox. 

f Seventh  Generation  ] 

4649.  iii.  Elizabeth  Child,  third  child  and  second  daiL^ 
Capt,  Isaac  and  Betsey  Wellington  Child,  b.  Dec.  1,  lS09,j 
April  8,  1837,  Joseph  Howe 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  501 

eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4659.  i.  Mary  B.  Howe. 

4660.  ii.  Warren  B.  Howe. 

4661.  iii.  Joseph  M,  Howe. 

4662.  iv.  Lizzie  C.  Howe. 

4663.  V.  William  S.  Howe. 

Seventh  Generation.] 

4650.  iv.  Isaac  Child,  Jr,  fourth  child  and  second  son  of 
^apt  Isaac  and  Betsey  Wellington  Child,  b.  in  Waltham, 
rfass.,  Oct  9,  1813,  ra.  April  7,  1835,  Mary  Ann  Smith,  d. 
Tune  26,  1862. 

Eighth  Generation  J    Children: 

4664.  i.  Emily  J.  Child. 

4665.  ii.  Anna  D.  Child. 

4666.  iii.  Thomas  W.  Child. 

Seventh  Generation.] 

4651.  V.  Prentice  Child,  fifth  child  of  Capt.  Isaac  and 
ietsey  Wellington  Child,  b.  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  Jan.  14, 1815, 
Q.  Jan.  14, 1847,  Esther  Hollis;  he  d.  1862. 

Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4667.  i.  Austin  C.  Child. 

4668.  ii.  Lydia  M.  Child. 

4669.  iii.  Mart  M.  Child. 

4670.  iv.  Betsey  E.  Child. 

Seventh  Generation.] 

4652.  vi.  Augustus  Child,  sixth  child  of  Capt.  Isaac  and 
Betsey  Wellington  Child,  b.  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  Oct  9,  1818, 
ra.  March  9,  1853,  Eliza  Ann  Blodgett 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4671.  i.  Chablie  Child. 

4672.  ii.  Carlton  Child. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4653.  vii.  Mary  Matilda  Child,  seventh  child  of  Capt 
Isaac  and  Betsey  Wellington  Child,  b.  Aug.  5,  1820,  m.  April 
16,  1840,  James  Wellington. 

-Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4673.  i.  Herbert  J.  Wellington. 

4674.  ii.  Arthur  P.  Wellington. 

4675.  iii.  Warren  H.  Wellington. 

"Seventh  Generation.] 

4664.  viiL  Martha  Child,  eighth  child  of  Capt  Isaac  and 
Betsey  Wellingtoi;i  Child,  b.  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  Oct.  11,  1824, 
ra  Feb.  10,  1847,  Billings  Smith. 


502 


WATEBTOWN  BRAXCH. 


[Eighth  Generation.]    C'hilrlreiK 

4676.  i.  BiLLtNtJS  Smith,  Jr. 

4677.  ii.  LtTCv  H.  Smith, 
4078.  iii.  Willi k  Smith. 
467D.  IF.  Ralph  Smith. 
4680.  V.  Alice  M.  Smith. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

4607.  iv.  Thaddeus  Child,  fourth  child,  third  son  of : 
and  Eunice  Pierce  Child,  b.  in  Waltham,  April  13,  1736,  i 
July  2y,  1762,  Hepzebah  Warren  of  Lincoln,  Mass.,  where  h^ 
settled. 
[Sixth  Genenitioii.]    Children,  bom  in  Lincoln, Muss. 

408L  i.  Silas  Child,  b.  Feb.  1,  1763. 
4<582.  ii.  Joel  Child,  h.  Jan.  20,  1765. 

4683.  iii.  Nathan  Child,  b.  May  20,  1770. 

4684.  iv.  Anna  CiirLD,  h.  July  3»  1773. 

4685.  V.  A  A  HON'  Child,  b.  Sept,  17.  1775. 

4686.  vi.  Sally  Child,  b.  Feb.  3,  1782. 

[Fifth  Generation.  1 

4608.  V.  Abu  AH  Child,  fiftli  child  fomth  son  of  Isaac  an 
Eunice  Pierce  Child,  h  in  Waltharn,  Moi^s.,  April  23,  173 
m.  Oct.  27,  17*>3,  Sarah  Cutler,  dun.  of  Benjamin  and  Ma 
Cutler  of  Lexington,  Mass.  She  was  k  June  17,  1736, 
Moh.  ;i  1812.  He  d.  Aug.  3,  1808.  -He  settled  in  Lexiiigio 
and  was  adojitted  to  the  church  176i.  He  was  a  respectah 
citizen,  and  filled  several  town  offices.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Abiji 
Child  wei-e  called  to  pass  through  a  scene  of  affliction  whi^J 
rai'ely  falls  to  the  lot  of  parents,  as  will  be  seen  bj'  tlie  recc 
Six  of  their  children  w^ere  taken  from  them  by  death  in  tweltj 
daya  They  were  buried  in  the  old  graveyard,  and  one  lar] 
stone  tells  the  sad  tale."^/7f/fiswi\v  IKstory  of  Lexuitjlom 
[Sixth  GenemtioM.]    Children,  born  in  Lexiiiglon,  Muss: 

46B7.  i.  Sakah  Child,  b.  l>ei",  17,  1761,  d.  Aug.  28,  1778. 

4688.  it.  Eunice  <  'hild,  b.  :May  Ki  17«0,  d,  Aug.  23,  1778, 

4689.  iii.  AiiUAU  CiiiLD,  Jr..  b.  Aug.  l.  1767.  d.  Aug.  29,  1778. 
4mm.  iv.  Abioail  Child,  K  June*  18.  1771,  cL  Aug.  21*,  1778. 
409).  V.  BRN.JAMIN  Child,  b.  Nov,  16,  1773,  cl,  Aug.  S4,  1778, 
46m.  vi,  MasRS  Child,  b.  Sept,  1, 1776,  d.  Aug.  10. 1778. 
mm.  vii.  Isaac  CHttD.  b.  Oct.  11,  1777,  d.  Not,  11,  1811. 

[Fifth  Genemtion.] 

4009.  vi.  Cait.  Abraham  Cutld,  nixth  child  and  fifth  son 
of  Isaac  and  Eunice  Pierce  Child,  b.  in  Walthara,  Masa,  Aug. 
12,  1741,  m.  April  2,  1767,  Rebecca  StowcU. 


WATEBTOWN  BRANCH.  503 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children  bom  in  Watertown,  Mass. 

4694.  i.  Daniel  Child,  b.  Nov.  29,  1767,  m.  July  1793,  Phoebe  Hobbs. 

4695.  it.  Jonathan  Child,  b.  Mch.  5,  1769. 

4696.  iii.  William  Child,  b.  Sept.  16, 1770. 

4697.  iv.  Abigail  Child,  b.  May  26,  1772. 

4698.  V.  Rebecca  Child,  b.  Sept.  18.  1773. 

4699.  vi.  Abraham  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  16.  1775. 

4700.  vii.  Thomas  Child,  b.  April  21.  1777. 

fSecoud  Generation.] 

4543.  ii.  Richard  Child,  second  son  and  child  of  William 
Child,  b.  in  Watertown,  Mass,  in  1631,  m.  1st,  at  Waltham, 
Mass.,  March  30,  1662,  Mehitable  Dimmick,  dau.  of  Thomas 
Dimmick  of  Barnstabla  Their  union  of  fourteen  years  was 
blessed  with  eight  children.  Mrs.  M.  D.  Child  d.  Aug.  1, 1676, 
^nd  Mr.  Child  m.  2d,  Jan.  16,  1678,  Hannah  Traine,  youngest 
<Jau.  of  the  first  John  Traine.  Five  children  were  added  in 
this  marriage — all  were  born  in  Watertown.  Mr.  Child  shared 
with  his  brothers  in  the  l^acies  of  the  Uncle  Ephraim  Child. 
We  find  he  took  the  oath  of  fidelity  upon  attaining  his  major- 
ity. He  d.  Nov,  11, 1694. 
[Third  Generation.]    Children: 

4701.  i.  Richard  Child,  Jr.,  b.  March  30,  1668,  m.  Dee.  30. 1686,  "Mary 
Flagg;  he  d.  1691. 

4702.  ii.  Ephraim  Child,  b.  Oct.  9,  1664,  d.  Feb.  1665. 

4703.  iii.  Shubael  Child,  b.  Dec.  19,  1665,  m.  Oct.  27,  1687,  Abigail 
Saunders. 

4704.  iv.  Mkhitable  Child,  b.  1666,  m.  July  18, 1691.  Edward  Garfield. 
Mehitable  was  admitted  to  the  First  Church  April  27,  1690. 

4705.  V.  Experience  Child,  b.  Feb.  26. 1669,  m.  Sept.  20,  1689,  Benja- 
min Flagg. 

4706.  vi.  Abigail  Child,  b.  Jan.  16,  1672,  m.  1695,  Joseph  Lathrop  of 
Barnstable. 

4707.  vii.  Ebenbzer  Child,  )  ^)     d.  1675. 

va  Vb.  Nov.  10,  1674.  [Barnstable. 

4708.  viii.  Hannah  Child,     )  C  )     m.  July  30, 1702,   Joseph  Blish  of 

4709.  ix.  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  July  4,  1681. 

4710.  X.  Joshua  Child,  b.  Dec.  80,  1682,  m.  abt.  1720,  Sarah . 

4711.  xi.  Margaret  Child,  )  ^)     m  Dec.  25,  1701,  Joseph  Priest. 

[S[h,  May  16,  1687. 

4712.  xii.  John  Child,  )  ^  )      ni.  Experience  Fuller. 

4713.  xiii.  Rebecca  Child,  b.  Feb.  4, 1693. 

[Third  Generation.] 

4703.  iii.  Shubael  Child,  third  son  and  child  of  Eichard 
and  Mehitable  Dimmick  Child,  b.  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  Dec. 
19,  1665,  m.  Oct.  27,  1687,  Abigail  Saunders.  After  the  birth 
of  two  children,  Mr.  Child  suffered  from  mental  aberration. 
Very  great  ignorance  or  apathy,  rendered  the  condition  of  the 


5Ui 


WATERTOIf 


insane  at  this  period^  and  even  at  a  later  date,  oue  of  m\] 
needless  suffering.  Sympathy  with  this  greatest  po^ible 
fortune,  was  lost  in  terror  of  the  possible  acts  of  the  victit 
even  the  medical  faculty  did  little  to  cure,  or  alleviate  the  - 
ease.  No  suitable  retreats  were  pronded ;  and  when  the  dig 
became  violent  in  its  demonstrations,  close  confinement  in  son 
subterranean  room,  or  prison  cell  was  the  doom  of  the  unfor 
nate.  Mr.  Shubael  Child  was  condemned  to  this  fearful  fall 
and  died  fi'um  exix>sure  to  the  rigoi-sof  a  New  England  wint 
in  an  unwarmed  cell  of  the  county  prison.  On  the  tenth  of 
JulVf  1694j  a  {petition  was  presented  in  the  Court :  in  the  quaint 
phraseology  of  the  day,  "In  behalf  of  Shubael  Child,  for 
out  of  his  head,  who  was  frozen  in  the  county  prison." 
the  exact  nature  of  this  address  we  are  not  apprise<l»  but  i 
Mr.  Child  could  not  then  be  benefitted  thereby,  we  presume  i 
in  the  interest  of  the  widow  and  children  so  grievously  afflict 
The  two  children  grew  to  manhood,  the  elder,  Mr.  Richa 
Child,  named  for  his  grandfather,  died  when  only  twenty -tv 
[Fourth  GenorationJ    Children  ■. 

4714,  i.  Richard  Child,  b.  April  9,  1600,  d,  1712. 

4715.  ii,  Shabubl  Child.  Jk.,  b,  S^pt,  6,  1693,  ra.  abt  1717,  Marj- 
[Ponrth  GenemtioQ.] 

4715,  ii.  Shabcel   Child,  Jr.,  second   son   and   child 
Shubael  and  Abigail  Siiunders  Child,  b.  in  Watertown,  Mass 
Sept  8,  1693,  m.  abt.  1717,  Mary  — ^-     Resided  in  Weston, 
Mass.<^  where  their  chiklreu   were  bi>ru.     We  are  dependeu 
upon  tlie  baptismal  register  for  this  recoixi. 
[Fifth  Generation.]     Children: 

47t0.  i.  RiCHABD  Child,  Impt.  Sept.  17,  1719, 

4717.  ii.  Mary  Child,  bapt.  Sept.  17,  1719. 

4718.  iii.  Shubabi.  Child,  bapt.  July  17,  1721,  to.  Feb.  14,  1744,  S<*r 
Stratton. 

[Fifth  Generation. J 

4718.  ill.  SiiTBAEL  Child,  tliinl  child  and  second  son  i 
Shiibael  and  Mary  Child,  b.  in  Weston,  Mas^,  bapt.  July  l1 
1721,  DL  Feb.  14,  1744,  Sarah  Strattun.  [The  eustoin  of  ver 
earlv  cliriHtcnings  prevailed  in  New  England^  so  failiog  tli 
exact  date  of  birth,  we  approximate  very  nearly  from  th 
record  of  baptism.] 
[Sixth  Ciein^mtion  ]    Children: 

4719.  i.  Makv  Child,   h  in  WaterLown,  Mass..  Xov,  1748»  m.  DecJ 
1752,  Joseph  Allen, 

4720.  ii    Sauau   <*iiild,  h.  in  Watertown,  Mass..  Jan.  l6,  1748,  m.  8«p 
20, ,  JoiiHthftn  lStmtt<^ni,  Jr. 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  505 

[Third  Generation.] 

4711.  X.  Joshua  Child,  tenth  child  of  Richard  and  second 
of  fiichard  and  Hannah  Traine  Child,  b.  Dec.  30,  1682,  m  abt 

1720,  Sarah .     Resided  in  Worcester. 

[Fourth  Generation.]    Children: 

4721.  i.  Sarah  Child,  b.  Feb.  2,  1721. 

4722.  ii.  Joshua  Child,  Jr..  b.  Sept.  26.  1725,  m.  June  2.  1748,  Mary 
Hinds. 

4723.  iii.  Thomas  Child,  b.  Sept.  26,  1726,  m.  Nov.  23,  1753,  Anna 
Bullard. 

4724.  iv.  Hannah  Child,  b.  Oct.  10,  1T27,  m.  May  18, 1758,  Peter  Newton. 

4725.  V.  JosiAH  Child,  )    «-.„-    |b.   Dec.   |m.  Aug.  3, 1753,  Experience. 

4726.  vi.  Maky  Child,    f    '•*"**•  ]  20,  1728.  J     Read, 

4727.  vii.  Abraham  Child,  b.  April  26, 1732. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

4723.  iii.  Thomas   Child,  second  son  and  third  child  of 
Joshua  and  Sarah  Child,  b.  Sept  26,  1726,  m.  Nov.  23,  1753, 
Anna  Bullard.     Thomas  Child  resided  in  Rutland,  Worcester 
Co..  Mass.,  where  he  d.  Feb.  1,  1812,  aged  86  years. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Rutland,  Mass. 

4715a.  i.  Abiathkr  Child,  b.  Sept.  15,  1754,  m.  1st,  Mch.  13,  1780, 
Sarah  Ames;  zn.  2d,  Mch.  6,  1826,  Eliza  Newton. 

4716a.  ii.  Anna  Child,  b.  Jan.  27, 1760,  m.  Nov.  21, 1782,  Hezekiah  Met- 
calf. 

4717a.  iii.  Mary  Child,  m.  Sept.  5,  1777,  Moses  Clark  of  Hubbardston. 

4718a.  iv   Elizabeth  Shepherd  Child,  b.  Jan.  21,  1772,  d.  April  9, 
1827,  aged  53  years. 

[Fifth  Generation  ] 

4715a.  i.  Abiather  Child,  eldest  child  of  Thomas  and 
Anna  Bullard  Child,  b.  in  Rutland,  l^ass.,  Sept.  14,  1754,  m. 
1st,  Mch.  13,  1780,  Sarah  Ames;  m.  2d,  Mch.  2,  1826,  Eliza 
Newton,  being  in  his  seventy-second  year  at  the  time  of  his 
last  marriage,  and  his  bride  eighteen.  Mr.  A.  Child  d.  in  Rut- 
land, Oct.  1,  1833. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Rutland,  Mass. 

47196.  i.  Jacob  Child,  b.  Aug.  19. 1781.  m.  April  19, 1807,  Nancy  Bowker. 

4720&.  ii.  Benjamin  Child,  b.  June  22,  1782. 

47216.  iii.  Sarah  Child,  b.  Aug.  12,  1785,  m.  April  3,  1825,  Luther 
Wheeler. 

47226.  IV.  Anna  Child,  b.  Mch.  15,  1787. 

47236.  V.  Mary  Child,  b.  Mch.  17,  1789. 

47246.  vi.  Isabel  Child,  b.  April  29,  1790. 

47256.  vii.  Susanna  Child,  b.  July  17,  1793,  m.  July  4,  18H,  Cyprian 
Stratton. 

47266.  viii.  Curtis  Child,  b.  June  21,  1795. 

47276.  ix.  James  Madison  Child,  b.  Feb.  27,  1827. 
L  1 


9m  WAraffrawK  brascm. 

flliM  Gtmenxkm.  | 

4T12L  xiK  John  Chilb,  sixth  son  and   twelfth  child 
Bichaid  and  Hannah  Traine  Child^  h  in  Watertowo,  Mi 
May  18,  lr>S7,  m.  about  1714  Experience  Fuller,  who  d.i 
177(1     Mr.  Child  resided  in  Newtown.  Mas&.  where  all 
children  were  born. 
[Pottfth  Gemrrmtion.]    Childrai: 

4728.  L  Richard  CnnLD.  b.  Jan.  16«  1716 

4729.  ii.  JoHK  CBtLD,  b,  Oct.  0.  IHT,  m  1738«  Tabitlia  Sc^ar. 

4730.  iiu  Abiuail  Child,  m.  Jonas  WanL 

[Fourth  Gen^ratiofi  J 

4729.  iL  JoRS  Child,  second  son  and  child  of  John  tni 
Exjjerience  Fuller  Child,  b.  in  Newton,  Mass.,  Oct  6,  1717,  ui 
1738,  Tabitha  Segar.     Mr.  Child  settled  in  Worccsstcr,  Ma 
and  there  his  children  were  born ;  he  d,  Nov.  lo,  1745. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

4731*  L  Tabitha  Ciiild,  b.  Feb.  14.  1742, 

4730.  it.  Joux  Cun.D,  Jr,.  b.  Feb.  15,  1744. 

[Second  Genertilion.] 

4544.  iii-  John  Child,  third  son  and  child,  as  it  appears,  < 
William  Child  was  bom  after  his  parents  removal  to  Amerid 

in  1636,  in  Waterlown,  Mass. ;  m.  1st.  Mary ;  nu  2d,  Mat" 

28»  1668,  Mary  Warren,  who  was  K  Nov.  29,  1651,  and  waa^ 
granddaughter  of  John  Warren,  who  came  to  America  in  t]^| 
'*Arabella''  with  Governor  Winthiop,  in  1630.     As  it  has  been 
deemed  probable   from  certain  circumstantial    evidence   tt 
Ephraim  Child,  of  Watertown,  came  to  New  England 
Gov.  Winthrop;  it  is  also  presumable  that  William 
pained  his  brother.     Mr.  Warren,  the  grandfather  uf  Mrs.  M. 
Child,  was  one  of  the  selectmen  of  Watertf iwa,  and  a  promine 
citizen,  though  some  amusing  entries  found  in  the  town  recor 
which  were  also  church  records,  would   indicate  the  soul 
whence  some  of  his  descendants  have  drawn  their  independei 
of  character,  and  departure  from  the  early  established  orthc 
views.     First,  we  find  *'John  Warren  Rued,  Oct.  1651,  tweH 
shillings  for  an  offeoce  against  the  laws  of  baptism  "  ;  sect 
'*John  Warren  fined,  April  4,  1654,  for  neglect  of  public 
ship,  fourteen  Sabbaths,  at  five  shillings  each,  total  £3  IC 
Absenting  oneself  from  church  in  those  days  a  somewhat  i 
pensive   luxury.     The   Warren   family   was   most  credital 
and  pmminently  known  in   the  colonial  and  state  histor 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH, 


507 


chusetts,  notwithstanding  the  eccentricities  of  their  an- 
cestor. Mr.  John  Child  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  affairs 
of  town  and  colony,  and  was  chosen  representative  to  the 
General  Court  of  Massachusetts.  He  became  the  head  of  a 
large  hne  of  posterity,  who  hav^e  honored  the  name.  By  a 
nuncupative  will,  witnessed  by  his  brother  Richard  and  two 
other's,  he  left  to  his  eldest  son,  John,  his  **d welling  house  with 
its  lot  of  twelve  acres,  also  some  meadow  lands/*  and  ^^the 
reversion  of  all  lands  upon  the  little  plains.**  His  youngest 
son,  Daniel,  received  his  farm  lands.  Mr.  Child  died  Oct.  15, 
1676,  £e.  40,  Mrs.  Child  remarried  ;  and  d.  May  12,  1734,  se.  83. 
[Tliird  Generation  J     Children: 

4733.  i.  Ma«y  Child,  b,  Jan,  8,  1603. 

4734.  ii  John  Child,  b   Apr.  25,  ltf69,  iil  Oct.  5,1603,  Hannah  FretK'h« 

4735.  iii*  Eliza  Chilp,  b.  July  24,  1070. 

4736.  iv.  Dx\NiKL  Child,  b.  Juno  5,  1677,  m.  Juti.  29, 1702,  Beriah  Berais. 

f Third  Generation,] 

4734.  ii,  John  Chilh,  eldest  son  of  Jolin  CLild,  and  eldest 
child  of  John  and  Mary  Warren  Child,  K  in  Watertown,  Mass., 
April  25,  1669,  m.  Oct  5,  1693,  Hanriah  French,  dau.  of  Capt. 
William  French,  who  was  the  first  representative  of  the  town 
of  Billeric^o,  Mass.,  to  the  General  Court  in  1666.  Mr.  Child 
resided  in  the  west  precinct  of  Watertown,  of  which  he  was 
chosen,  in  1721,  one  of  tlie  **  committee  to  manage  the  pruden- 
tials." This  precinct  was,  in  1730,  incor])orated  a  separate  town» 
called  Waltharn,  and  he  was  of  the  committee  chosen  ''to  take 
effectual  care  that  learning  shall  be  advanced/'  He  possessed 
property  in  Waltham  and  Weston.  He  d.  in  Waltharn,  1743, 
^.  73.  Mrs,  H,  F,  Child  d.  Jan.  %  1766,  a^.  90.  Mr.  Child 
had  been  a  representative,  like  his  father,  in  the  General  Court. 
His  children  were  born  in  Watertown, 
P'ourth  Generation.]    Children: 

4737.  i.  John  Child,  Jk,,  h,  Aug.  5.  1694,  m.  1721,  Abigiiil  - — ■. 

4738.  ii.  Jonathan  Child,  b,  April  20,   1690,  ra.  Oct.  2,  1729,  AbigAil 
Parker. 

4739.  iii.  Barah  Child,  bap.  Nov,  19,  1704. 

4740.  iv.  Abigail  Child,  bap.  Nov,  4, 170-5* 

4741.  V.  I»aac  Child,   bap.  March  24,  1706.  m.  Ist,  Dec.  7.  1727,  Anna 
Adams;  ra,  2d,  1747,  Hitimah  Goddin. 

fa^4742.  vi.  Prudence  CnrLD,  bap.  July  16,  1708,  m.  Not.  17,  1737,  AUeu 

Wilis,  vii.  Lyhia  Child,  bap.  Oct  7.  171L 
vIT44.  viii.  JtjNAB  Child,  Imp.  June  14,  1713. 

4745.  iJU  KtrrH  Child,  lm|i.  Aug.  21,  1715,  in  Weston,  Mass. 

4746,  X.  Mehtfable  Child,  b,  Jan.  13,  1717. 


508 


WATERTQWN  BRANCH, 


[Fourth  Geueration.j 

4738.  ii.  Jonathan  Child,  second  son  and  cbild  ui  ouini 
and  Hannah  French  Childj  k  iti  Watertowii,  Mass.,  April  26, 
1696,  m.  Oct.  1729,  Abigail  Parkar,  who  was  b.  Sept  9,  1711. 
Miss  Parker  is  thought  to  be  a  descendant  of  Capt  James 
Parker,  a  noted  citizen  of  Grroton,  Mass.  Some  notice  of  him 
is  found  in  the  bistoiy  of  that  town  by  Butler.  Mr.  and  Mra, 
Child  settled  in  Grafton,  Worcester  Co.,  Mass,,  where  they 
reared  a  large  family.  Mrs.  A.  P.  Child  d.  Mek  3, 1756.  The 
following  quaint  epitaph  is  upon  the  head  stone  now  standing 
in  one  of  the  ancient  cemeteries  of  Grafton,  which  marks  the 
last  resting  place  of  Mr.  Jonathan  Child.* 

**  Here  lies  buried  the  Ixuly  ot  Mr.  Jonathftn  Child, 
Who  departed  this  life  Sept.  8th,  1787,  in  the  92  year  of  his  j 
Behold  and  see  as  yoit  pa^s  by, 
Ai*  you  are  now  so  onee  was  1, 

As  I  Mil  now  so  you  must  be. 
Prepare  for  death  and  follow  me." 
[Fifth  Generation,]     Children: 
4747*  i.  JosiAH  Child,  b.  Oct,  17,  1730.  m.  April  24,  1755,  Elizabeth 

4748.  ii,  Abigail  Child,  b,  Ang.  28,  1732.  in  Grafton,  Mass. 

4749.  iii.  Eltzadkth  Child,  b.  Oct.  28,  178f>,  in  Grafton.  Mass. 

4750.  iv.  JoNATU.^  Child,  Jk..  h,  Feb.   14.  1738.  m.  April  IG,  17^ 
Eunice  Smith. 

4751.  V,  Ri7TH  Child,  h.  Oct.  2. 1740. 

4752.  vi.  Solomon  Child,  b.  Jan.  31,  1744,  m,  April  16,  1767,  Mi 
Rice. 

4758.  vii.  Sabah  Child,  b.  Aug.  13,  1746. 
4754.  viii.  Joseph  Child,  b.  Jan.  29,  1753. 

[Fifth  OenerationJ 

4738.  i.  JosiAH  Child,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Jonatha 
and  Abigail  Parker  Child,  b,  in  Gnift<ju,  Mass.,  Oct.  17,  173C 
m.  April  24,  1755,  Elizabetli  Ball  of  Westbom,  Mass. 
17^0  Mr  and  Mrs.  Cliild  removed  to  Upton,  Masa,  where  he 
purehaseil  a  farni,  and  was  ever  after  known  as  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial and  reliable  citizens,  thougli  not  found  much  in  public 
afiairs.     It  may  be  with  propriety  mentioned  here  that  part  of 
the  descendants  of  Mr.  Josiah  Child  use  the  terminal  '*«"  uf 
their  name  :  it  is  found  that  in  the  later  yeare  of  Mr.  Chil 
life  some  records  oC  businej^s  on  the  Upton  town  books 
the  **8^"  and  a  like  statement  may  be  made  of  his  sob 
Child.     A  descendant  of  Mr.  Asa  Child,  Mr.  Walter  ChiT^ 

*  We  are  indebted  to  the  courtesies  of  Mr,  A,  A,  Ballou  of  Grafton,  Ma 
and  J.  Wilmarth»  M.  D.,  of  Upton,  for  oar  statistics  in  this  line. 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  509 

San  Francisco,  Cal.,  (who  sends  us  the  pleasing  narratives  in  his 
line,)  expresses  the  very  earnest  hope  that  "a  return  to  the  more 
correct  and  euphonious. mode  of  spelling  and  speaking  the 
name  will  not  be  delayed."  Upon  these  venerated  ancestors  the 
blame  rests,  and  between  them  we  must  divide  the  responsi- 
bility. Three  of  Mr.  Child's  children  were  born  in  Grafton, 
the  others  after  his  removal  to  Upton.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ball 
Child  d.  Aug.  23,  1793,  se.  69.  Mr.  Josiah  Child  d.  Oct.  14, 
1806,  ai.  76. 
rSixth  Generation.]    Children: 

4755.  i.  Abigail  Chtld,  b.  in  Grafton,  Mass.,  May  3,  1756. 

4756.  ii.  Stephen  Child,  b.  in  Grafton,  Mass.,  Oct.  18, 1757. 

4757.  iii  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  June  21,  1759,  m.  May  9,  1780.  Joseph 
Potter. 

4758.  iv.  John  Child,  b.  Feb.  3,  1765,  m.  Oct.  5. 1786,  Lois  Taft. 

4759.  V.  Asa  Child,  b.  June  19.  1767.  m.  1st,  Oct.  21,  1784,  Rebekah 
Taft;  m.  2d.  June  1,  1799,  Clarissa  P.  Ide. 

4760.  vi.  Josiah  Child,  b.  Feb  2,  1762. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

4757.  iii.  Elizabeth  Child,  second  dau.  and  third  child  of 
Josiah  and  Elizabeth  Ball  Child,  b.  in  Grafton,  Mass.,  June  21, 
1759,  was  published  in  banns  of  matrimony,  April  5,  1780,  m. 
May  9,  1780,  to  Joseph  Potter  of  Upton,  Mass. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

4761.  i.  Sarah  B.  Potter,  b.  Nov.  28,  1780. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

4758.  iv.  John  Child,  second  son  and  fourth  child  of  Josiah 
and  Elizabeth  Ball  Child,  b.  in  Upton,  Mass.,  Feb.  3,  1765,  m. 
Oct  5,  1786,  Lois  Taft.      Mr.  Child  remained  in  his  native 
place  an  honored  citizen  through  lifa     He  d.  Feb.  18,  1837. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

4762.  i.  Joel  Childs,  b.  Sept.  21.  1787,  m.  Nov.  17,  1806,  Mehitable 
Flagg. 

4763.  ii.  Lewis  Childs,  b.  July  23,  1789,  d.  Mch.  2, 1796,  in  Upton,  Mass. 

4764.  iii.  Levina  Childs,  b.  Jan.  15,  1792,  m.  April  20,  1818,  David 
Bachelor. 

4765.  iv.  Elijah  Childs,  b.  Jan.  8,  1794,  m.  Dec.  19,  1818,  Elizabeth 
Jenkins. 

4766.  V.  Lewis  Childs,  2d,  b.  Dec.  9,  1796,  d.  Sept.  25,  1823. 

4767.  vi.  Sanford  Childs,  b.  Mch.  9. 1801,  m.  Dec.  2,  1824,  Harriet  Le 
Sure.    Sanford  Childs  d.  July  22. 1875. 

4768.  vii.  Fisher  H.  Childs,  b.  Mch.  2,  1803,  m.  May  12,  1823.  Adaline 
Turner. 

4769.  viii.  Betsey  Childs,  b.  Jan.  25.  1805,  m.  May  24,  1825,  Hammon 
Torry. 

4770.  ix.  Julia  Childs,  b.  July  1808,  m.  Jan.  1, 1829,  Samuel  S.  Le  Sure. 

4771.  X.  Judson  T.  Childs,  b.  Aug.  21,  1811,  m.  Nov.  20,  1838,  Hannah 
A.  Taft. 


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2h  1787,  m-  Nov. 
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474SS.  L  JosL  Child6»  ddeit 
Lois  l^ift  ChikL  h.  m  UptoQ, 
1806,  Mdiitebte  T»ft  of  Uploe, 
[EigttUi  GcBcnlio^l    CUdim: 

4772.  i.  Bmxx&C.  CtoiLH,liLKfaL  St,  IST 

4773.  iL  Chasiuk  F.  CtaLSi*  h.  i&  CJpiQa, : 

|lniiw  G€9snt]BO.J    dnoRBi 

4774.  i.  Am  A,  CtaiUK.  k  Sar,  l^  IfS. 

4775u  ii  Ckaaia  E.  Chum.  ^  Mck.  SH  IML  4.  Dbc*  tl,  1631. 
477«w  iiL  Job.  C  Cbujm,  K  Smw,  %,  1883;,  i.  Mmj  19,  laa. 
tTH.  rr.  Chakubs  W,  Ckhjm,  %.  Dee.  S,  I8BL 

4778.  T.  a&&jji  O.  Gbum,  bL  Ma^j  17,  ISS,  m.  Jw,9(MgS3»  Charles  H, 
ChAmbefiajiLp  aa/A  Jwys  irtifBl  ciiildrfii,''*iH(Bcs  mbt  viiiminir^ 
4729.  fl  AMmuxA  r.  Omn^  k  AyiiL  SI,  IST.  d.  JqIj  1. 184(k 
4780.  iriL  Jams  D.  CtaitDi^  Iil  Mf  H^  DBSB^  b.  JokM  Q.  A.  OlBej«    Two 

4a8L  mL  LocTM.CKXLiK,KJuelClS4ll.d.JiBiaS5l,lMtw 

47BS.  ix.  Qmomm  K.  Orana.  h.  Xor,  ti^  1S43,  s.  Feb.  sa.  l&H,  Lucj 

418L  z.  Loer  A.  OntM^  b^  WOm,  n.  JikIj  U.  18IQ>.Byf^  H.  Prralioe, 

[SereBtli  Gtaenikm,] 

47M.  iii  Levjsa  Chilbs,  eld«sl  dfto.  and  third  child  of, 
John  and  Lois  T&ft  Child^  K  in  Upton,  Ma^.  Jan.  15,  179'i 
m.  April  9a,  1818,  Darid  Badfedor  of  Upton. 
fBigirtli  6«B«fliii0fiu J    Clt£ldR&: 

mSL  L  Joss.  Dsma  BAtmrnML  h,  April  ^  m^  b.  Sept.  83»  1843. 
CIkIbb 6.  Suadm.    Oaeeyid. 

43W  IL  DATT0  POK  BAimxOT,  b.  Jii]]r  tft,  tSSS,  b.  Not.  SI,  180a. 
flteib  lane  TaJI    Oneciiild- 

(BevBiifc  GBMflitaoou  J 

47061  iv.  EiiXTAH  Childs,  third  son  and  barth  child  oc 

Joim  and  Lois  Tah  Childs,  b.  in  Upton,  Mass..  Jan.  8.  1794,^ 

m.  Dec  19,  1818,  Elizabeth  Jenkins. 

ffUghliiaciifffilion.l    CbMren: 

4ML  L  BAaaisr  CmuM,  Ik,  OeL  IS.  ISlt, 

4f7B7.  iL  Ona  Chhjm,  b*  Jan.  S7,  1831. 

[Srr«filJi  Gaentipo.! 

4768t  TO.  FiSHSR  H.  Chujib,  sixth  son  and  ^venth  child 
of  John  and  Lois  Taft  Childs,  K  in  Upton,  Mas=L.  Mch.  2. 1803, 
m    Maj  12,  1823,  Adaline  Tnmer  of  Leicester,  tfa6&     Mn  < 

Cliild.^  d  Sept  30,  1845. 
[Ei^bth  G*?neralion.  ]    Children ; 

4788.  i.  HaRACE  Cnn^Jie,  b.  Sept.  19,  1833,  d  June  17. 1818. 

478».  iL  Aucos  Childs,  b.  Mav  18,  1826,  m.  Oct.  17, 1847.  M&rthii  M.  Faj. 

4790.  iiL  Jajix  CanJM,  b.  Dee.  11.  1830«  m,  Au^A  1852,  John  GotUdin^. 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  511 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4789.  il  Almon  Childs,  second  son  and  chilji  of  Fisher  H. 
and  Adaline  Turner  Childs,  b.  in  Upton,  Mass.,  May  18, 1826, 
m.  Oct.  17,  1847,  Martha  M.  Fay  of  Grafton,  Mass.  Resides 
in  Norwich,  Ct.     Engaged  in  straw  bleaching. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

4791.  i.  Anna  Maria  Childs,  b.  Aug.  18,  1^50,  d.  Sept.  10,  1857. 

4792.  ii.  Ida  Estella  Childs,  b.  Meh.  1, 1853. 

4793.  iii.  Fr<ank  Dexter  Childs,  b.  June  2,  1857. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4790.  iii.  Jane  Childs,  only  dau.  of  Fisher  H.  and  Adaline 
Turner  Childs,  b.  in  Upton,  Mass.,  Dec.  11,  1830,  m.  Aug.  5, 
1852,  John  Goulding. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

4794.  i.  Victor  Goulding. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4769.  viii.  Betsey  Childs,  second  dau.  and  eighth  child  of 
John  and  Lois  Taft  Childs,  b.  in  Upton,  Mass.,  Jan.  25,  1805, 
m.  May  24,  1825,  Hammon  Torrey. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4795.  i.  Almira  Torrey. 

4796.  ii.  liOUis  Torrey,  m.  Wakeman. 

4797.  iii.  Jane  Torrey,  d.  young. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

4770.  ix.  Julia  Childs,  third  dau.  and  ninth  child  of  John 
and  Lois  Taft  Childs,  b.  in  Upton,  Mass.,  July  1808,  m.  Jan.  1, 
1829,  Samuel  G.  Le  Sure. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4798.  i.  Sarah  M.  Le  Sure,  b.  Sept.  8,  1832,  d.  Nov.  17,  1866. 

4799.  ii.  William  G.  Le  Sure,  b.  1836,  m.  Dec.  3,  1863,  Clara  M. 
Bachelor. 

4800.  iii.  AUGUSTINE  F.  Le  Sure,  b.  Aug.  19,  1840,  d.  Oct.  19,  1869. 

4801.  iv.  Orlando  F.  Le  Sure,  b.  Oct.  1,  1845. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4799.  ii.  William  G.  Le  Sure,  second  son  and  child  of  Julia 
Childs  and  Samuel  G.  Le  Sure,  b.  in  Upton,  Mass.,  in  1836,  m. 
Dec.  3,  1863,  Clara  M.  Bachelor.     Resides  in  Boston,  Mass. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

4802.  i.  Willie  Augustine  Le  Sure,  b.  Dec.  7,  1868. 

4803.  ii.  Jennie  Marion  Le  Sure,  b.  Dec.  9,  1870. 

4804.  iii.  Florence  Julia  Le  Sure,  b.  April  15,  1875. 

4805.  V.  Sarah  Minnie  Le  Sure,  b.  Jan.  24,  1878,  d.  April  17. 1878. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4771.  X.  JuDSON  T.  Childs,  seventh  son  and  youngest 
child  of  John  and  Lois  Taft  Childs,  b.  in  Upton,  Mass.,  Aug. 


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21,    ISn,  m.  Nov,   20,   Ifi38,    Hannah  A.  TafL      Residei^c 

Upton. 

[Eighth  Generation,!    Children. 

4806.  I.  Betsey  R.  Childs,  b.  Jan. 
P.  ITopkins. 


29,  1840,   ra.  Nov.  16.  1804.  Edw«i| 


4007.  ii.  Ellex  E,  Childs,  h.  Nov,  II,  1841. 

4808.  iii.  Anna  Chilpjs.  b.  July  7.  1843,  d  Oct  23,  1843, 

4809.  W,  Edwin  Chii.ds,  b.  Feb.  11,  1846.  d,  Marrh  29,  1846, 

4810.  V.   Henry  M.  Ciulds,  1..  April  7, 18.50. 

4811.  vi.  Mary  A,  CirrtDs,  b  l>oc.  31,  1851, 

4812.  vii.  Prank  L.  Childs,  b.  May  31,  1858 

[Eighth  Generation,] 

4806.  i.  Betsey  R  Childs,  eldest  child  of  Judson   T.  and 
Hannah  A.  Taft  Childs,  h.  in  Upton,  Mass.,  Jan.  29,  iSiU, 
Nov.  16,  1864,  Edward  R  Hopkins  of  Northbridge. 
[Ninth  Generation.]     Children r 

4813.  i.  Fkank  B   Hopkins,  b.  May  16,  1S69. 

4814.  ii.  CiiABLBs  G.  Hopklns,  b.  April  26,  1871,  d.  Sept.  1877. 

[Sixth  GenemUon.J 

4759.  V.  Col.  Asa  Childs,  third  i?on  and  fifth  child 
Josiah  and  Elizabeth  Ball  Child,  k  in  Upton,  Mass.,  June  Ii 
1767.  m,  1st,  Oct  21,  1784,  Eebekah  Taft;  m.  2d,  June 
1799,  Mrs.  Clarissa  Partridge  Ide.  Mrs.  R  T.  Childs  was  ll 
dan  of  John  Taft,  Esq.,  town  treasurer  of  Upton,  and  a  neic 
of  Capt.  Bn!it,  Taft  of  the  armj  of  the  Eevuhition,  At  the" 
time  of  his  first  marriage  Col.  Childs  was  aV>oat  sevcntee^J 
years  of  age,  his  bride  not  fifteen.  Mrs,  E*  T.  Childs  d.  i^| 
1798.  A  touch  of  romance  attended  the  acquaintance  with  ' 
the  second  wife.  Some  time  before  meeting  ber  Col.  Childs^ 
di'eamed  one  night  that  he  was  riding,  and  came  in  view  of 
house  which  he  felt  impelled  to  enter,  upon  doing  so  be  wi 
captivated  by  the  sight  of  the  woman  he  w^as  to  mai*r_\%  anj 
then  aw^oke.  The  vividness  of  the  dream,  which  abode  wit 
him  some  time,  was  fading,  when  renewed  by  a  curious  exj 
rienca  Business  called  him  to  Norfolk  Co.;  he  was  ridir 
upon  a  road  new  to  him,  l»ut  w^as  impi'e.ssed  by  its  stranj 
familiarity,  for  which  he  could  not  account  until  be  saw  befor 
him  the  house  of  his  dreani,  which  he  determined  at  once 
verify.  Dismounting  he  made  cas^'  pi^etext  for  entering,  an^ 
actually  met  with  the  fair  lady  of  the  virion,  who  was  noB 
other  than  Mrs,  Clarissa  P.  Ide.  The  attraction  w^as  mutual^ 
Mi-s.  Ide  was  the  widow  of  Gregory  Ide,  and  a  descendant  ii 
the  fifth  generation  from  William  Partridge,  one  of  the  pr 


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priotors  of  Medway,  Mass.,  in  1650.  Mrs.  C.  P.  I.  Childs  was 
b.  June  14,  1775. 

Col.  Childs'  boyhood  was  ennobled  and  enriched  by  the 
thrilling  events  of  the  War  of  the  Revolution.  A  lad  of  eight 
years,  mounted  u[>on  a  horse  in  his  father's  Held,  he  was 
startled  by  the  firing  in  the  memorable  Concord  fight  of  April 
19,  1775.  Sept.  4,  1792,  we  find  he  was  commissioned  Ensign 
of  the  2d  Mass.  Inf.;  on  Sept  10,  1780,  made  Lieut;  and  Cap- 
tain Sept  29,  1801.  April  22,  1805,  made  Major,  and  further 
promoted  Lieut  Col.  and  Commandant  of  the  Regiment  in 
1809.  His  military  service  extending  through  the  administm- 
tions  of  Governors  Hancock,  Adams,  Sumner,  Gill,  Strong, 
Sullivan,  Lincoln  and  Gore.  A  commission  in  the  regular 
army,  tendered  him  in  recognition  of  his  military  ability,  he 
was  compelled  to  decline. 

Col.  Childs  was  a  man  of  superior  personal  appearance,  six 
feet  one  inch  in  height,  finely  proportioned,  and  of  erect 
carriaga  Social,  affectionate,  full  of  humor,  and  affable  in 
manner,  he  readily  made  and  retained  friends.  He  was  fond 
of  fine  horses,  and  appeared  at  his  best  when  mounted ;  even 
in  his  eighty -first  year  he  used  to  ride  a  spirited  grey,  and  con- 
tests between  rider  and  steed  were  said  to  have  been  exhibi- 
tions of  rare  horsemanship. 

Col.  Childs  was  early  a  successful  business  man,  and  before 
1808  possessed  a  comfortable  fortune;  at  that  time  he  beqame 
security  for  a  friend  who  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
arms,  under  a  government  contract  The  embargo  of  1807  so 
raised  the  price  of  materials  as  to  embarrass  tne  friend,  and 
lead  to  his  failure.  Col.  Childs  assumed  the  contract  and 
completed  it,  though  at  the  loss  of  almost  his  entire  fortune. 
This  unsettled  him  in  home  and  business  relations.  For  three 
years  we  find  him  seeking  opportunity  to  retrieve  his  losses. 
For  brief  i>eriods  he  was  in  Paw  tucket  and  Providence,  R  I., 
and  in  New  York  City.  Unsatisfied  with  the  openings  for 
business,  Col.  Childs  determined,  in  1817,  to  go  to  the  far 
West.  In  the  summer  of  that  year  he  went  with  his  family  to 
Buffalo,  and  thence  to  the  upper  waters  of  the  Alleghany 
river.  Here  a  flat  boat  was  procured,  laden  with  his  house- 
hold effects:  and  with  his  family  he  embarked,  intending,  if 
necessary,  to  go  to  the  Mississippi   to  secure  a  home.     Upon 


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reaching  Pittsburgh^  Pa.^  the  illness  of  one  of  the  children  eon 
polled  thcBi  to  stop  for  medical  aid.  The  boat  was  anchor 
opposite  the  Alleghany  ai-senal,  whose  commandant,  Majc 
Abi-am  B.  Wooley,  proved  a  very  true  friend.  Stone  build 
ings  were  in  process  of  erection  at  the  arsenal,  and  Majo 
Woolej  offered  CoL  Chi  Ids  the  superintendency  of  the  gf)i 
emment  quarries.  This  position  was  gladly  accepted,  and 
prove<l  the  turning  of  the  tide  of  misfortunes.  Fur  two  years 
CoL  Chi  Ids  rettiined  this  pjst  under  Major  Wooley.  Suliee:^ 
quently  he  leased  a  large  farm  in  the  suburbs  of  Birmingli 
but  left  it  for  more  lucrative  business  in  Pittsburgh*  in  182i 
Here,  through  the  success  of  his  i^ons,  he  was  again  in  the  en 
Joyment  of  an  easy  competence,  and  his  later  years  were 
in  the  love  and  honor  of  his  posterity,  and  the  respect  of  hia" 
fellow -citizens.  On  Nov.  4,  1S49»  his  cherished  wife  was 
called  suddenly  to  the  heavenly  home,  after  a  loving  compan- 
ionship  of  half  a  century.  So  great  was  the  bereavement  Col. 
Childs  could  not  support  it,  and  about  two  months  later,  Jti 
9,  1850,  they  were  reunite<l 
[Seventh  Geoei'rttioii.]  Children : 
4815.  I,  Daniel  Childs,  b.  March  13,  1785.  m.  May  24, 1807»  Anna  Wo 
4810.  ii,  Betsey  CeiLDS,  b,  Jan.  14,  1787,  d   May  4,  1706.  " 

4817.  iii.  Otis  Childs,  b.  Jan.  16.  1789. 

4818.  iv.  Jonathan  Childs,  b.  Dec,  2d,  171)0. 

4819.  V.  LuL'RETiA  Childs,  b.  Oct  14,  1793. 

4820.  vi.  WiLLARiJ  Childs.  b.  Oct  4,  1794, 
4891.  vii.  Nathaniel  (*hilds,  b,  Aug.  22,  1798. 

4822.  viiL  Austin  Ciiilds,  b.  Jan.  1,  1800.  

4823.  ix.  Harvky  Childs,  b.  March  10,  1802,  m.  Jan.  5,  1829.  Miss  Jam» 
Bailty  Lo writs. 

4824.  X.  Asa  Partridoe  Childs.  b.  Dee.  13.  1804.  m.  1st.  Sept.  4,  18 
Fmnees  C.  Bradley:  rn.  2d,  Juti.  *6,  1851,  Martha  Ilowarti. 

4825.  xi.  Lyman   Childs.    b.   July  14,    1809,    iii.  June    13,    18 
Longher. 

4826.  xii.  Edsson  Cnir.Ds.  b.  1811.  <1.  in  throt^  months. 

4827.  xiii.  Charles  Childs,  b,Dec,  1816.  dJn  Pittsburg, Pa.,  Deo.20.l820,_ 
[We  very  much  regret  that  of  the  first  ei^lit  children  of  Col.  Asa  Child 

we  have  no  record  but  the  date  of  liirth,  with  the  exception  of  the  followf 
brief  data  of  the  eldest  child :]  ~ 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4815.  i.  Daniel  Childs,  eldest  son  and  child  of  CoL  Aa 

and  Hehekah  Taft  Child,  b.  in  Upton,  Mass.,  March  13,  1788 

m.   May  24,   1807,  Anna  Wood.      Mr.  Daniel   Childs   d.  it 

Upton,  Mass.,  April  21,  1825  * 

•For  much  data  in  this  line  we  are  indebted  to  Jerome  Wilmanh,  M,  B^j 
of  Upton,  Mtviss. 


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[Eighth  Generation 0    Child  j 

4888.  i.  Anna  Childs,  b.  in  Upton,  Muss,,  d.  Aug,  SI,  1SS7. 

fSeventh  Generation.] 

4823.  ix.  Harvev  Childs,  ninth  cliiUl  of  Col  Asa  and 
secoml  child  and  son  of  Col  Asa  and  Clarissa  P.  Childs,  b.  in 
Upton,  Mass.,  Mch.  10,  1802,  m.  Jan.  5,  1829,  Jane  Bailey 
Lowrie,  eldest  dan.  of  Hon.  Mathew  B.  Lowrie  of  Pittsburgh, 
Pa.  The  losses  sustained  by  Col.  Asa  Childs  from  1808  to 
1814,  made  it  possible  for  him  to  furnish  his  j^ons,  Harvey  arid 
Asa  R,  with  but  little  pecuniary  capital  for  their  start  in  life  ; 
this  proved  but  a  tempomry  disadvantage.  Possessed  of  win- 
ning social  qualities,  and  t mined  to  regard  honor  and  lionesty 
first,  and  success  as  secondary  in  the  life  race,  these  j-oung  men 
were  not  long  in  gaining  friends  and  the  eonfidence  of  the 
growing  community  which  had  become  their  home.  Devoted- 
ly attached  to  each  other,  their  intercourse  was  ever  character- 
ise<l  by  a  courtesy  which  was  the  rivet  in  the  loving  kindness 
of  their  daily  lives,  as  charming  to  witness  as  it  was  rare  ;  in- 
deed this  harmony  and  trust  contributed  in  no  small  degiTe  to 
the  success  attending  the  various  enterprises  in  whicli  they 
were  interested. 

The  brothers  began  business  in  Pittsburgh  as  boot  and  shoe 
merchants^  in  1826.  Their  near  neighbor,  Mr.  John  Albree  of 
Boston,  (who  married  a  daughter  of  Stephen  Child,  Esq.  of 
Boston — recorded  on  jiage  282,)  came  to  Pitti?burgh  in  1lS17,  and 
established  the  first  wholesale  boot  and  shoe  house  west  of  the 
Allegheny  Mountains,  In  1830,  Mr.  Albree,  who  had  closely 
observed  the  young  Childs'  firm,  extended  the  compliment  of 
an  offer  of  partnership  to  the  elder  brother,  Mr.  Harvey  Childs, 
In  1831,  Mr.  Childs,  with  Mr.  Albree,  began  a  business  career 
noted  for  sterling  integrity  anti  prosperous  deTclopment.  This 
was  before  the  days  of  railways,  and  tranfers  of  coramoditiea 
from  the  east  were  made  by  ^'Conestoga  wagons,"  over  the  now 
almost  forgotten  national  road.  The  firm  enjoyed  for  several 
years  the  monopoly  of  their  specialty,  and  did  a  large  and  profi- 
table business.  Mr.  Childs  made  frer[uent  trips  by  stage  to 
Boston,  to  purchase  goods,  and  frequently  obliged  the  Pittsburgh 
banks  by  carrying  their  easteni  remittances,  concealed  within 
his  personal  baggage.  In  1841,  Mr.  Albree,  having  amassed 
a  fortune,  returned  to  Boston.     Mr.  Harvey  and  Mr.  Asa  P. 


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ChildU  formed  a  new  partnership  which  continued  until  the 
failing  health  of  Mr,  A,  P.  Childs,  in  1860,  led  to  his  with- 
drawal from  business.  Mr.  Harvey  Chikk  remained  at  the 
head  of  the  hoos^e  sixteen  years  longer,  leaving  then  his  son, 
Harvey  Chiltb.  Jn,  to  continue  the  well  established  house. 
Fifty  years  of  active  business  life,  in  ivhich  Mr.  Childs  held 
many  positions  of  honor  and  trust,  closely  identified  with 
many  of  the  prominent  industries  whicli  liave  developed 
resources  of  western  Pennsylvania.  In  163G,  the  Exchar 
Bank  was  founded  (now  the  wealthiest  corpoiation  of  its  kil 
in  the  city).  Mr.  Childs  was  elected  a  director.  In  1847^ 
was  elected  trustee  of  the  Western  Theolo^cal  Seminai-y,  ai] 
in  1863,  to  the  same  office  in  the  Westeni  University.  He 
a  director  of  the  Allegheny  Insiiiance  Co.,  at  its  organizati^ 
iQ  1859,  an  incorporator  of  the  Real  Estate  Savings  Ban! 
holding  all  of  thcv^  positions  until  his  death,  in  some 
forty  years.  He  was  a  founder  and  manager  of  the  Pec 
Cotton  Mill,  Pearl  Flouring  Mill,  Wampum  Iron  Furoac 
Hope  Cotton  Mills  and  Union  Woolen  Mills,  all  large  inanu^ 
factories.  With  all  these  enterprises,  demanding  each  more  < 
less  of  personal  attention,  it  will  be  seen  that  Mr.  Childs 
b<jth  a  man  of  business  and  a  busv  man.  Yet  there  was 
fact  regarding  his  character  moi-e  striking  than  that  he  ue\ 
allowed  business  to  become  the  master.  He  was  never 
busy  to  be  polite^  though  the  interruption  came  from  a  heggti 
His  reputation  as  a  benevolent  and  public-spirited  man, 
from  a  truer  source  than  mere  external  generosity  of  purse  ai 
time ;  only  those  conversant  with  his  daily  lifec^m  estimate  ii 
amount  of  self-sacrifice  cheerfully  rendered  to  all  who  were  ni 
fortunate.  His  ready  s^^mpathy  and  geniality  endeared  hil 
especially  to  young  men,  and  enabled  him  to  exercise  ov 
them  a  most  beneficent  influence.  He  regarded  a  ihonnij 
education,  cx>mbined  with  honorable  principles,  the  noblest  an 
surest  endo^vment  and  to  his  children  secured  the  choicest  i 
vantages,  Mr.  Harvey  Childs  died  at  **Shadyside,"  Pittsbur 
Pa.,  May  17,  1876.  Expressions,  both  public  and  private,^ 
regret  and  respect,  were  noruerous  in  the  city  where  he  was  i 
much  beloved,  and  with  w^hose  interests  he  had  been  identilifl 
for  half  a  century;  during  which  time  he  neve*  failed  to  me 
an  obligation,  nor  abused  a  trust  reposed  in  him.     A  pron 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  517 

aent  Pittsburgh  journal  briefly  expressed  the  general  sentiment : 
**ln  all  his  personal  intercourse,  a  charming  amenity  was  ever  observed. 
Millions  of  values  have  passed  through  his  hands,  and  his  name  has  never 
been  tarnished  by  a  doubt  of  his  high-toned,  sterling  integrity.  No  man  of 
his  day  was  more  truthful  and  conscientious  in  every  word  and  deed." 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4829.  i.  LowRiE  Childs,   b.  April  24,  1880,  m.  Bee.  2,  1851,  Margaret 
Louise  Lightner. 

4830.  ii.  Charles  Henry  Childs,  b.  Jan.  14, 1832,  d.  in  infancy. 

4831.  iii.  James  Harvey  Childs,  b.  July  4,  1834,  ra.  July  14,  1857,  Mary 
Howard  Howe. 

.  4832.  iv.  Emma  Chh^ds,  b.  Nov.  7,  1837,  d.  Oct.  1,  1868. 

4833.  V.  Albert  Henry  Childs,   b.  Nov.  29,  1839,   m.  Oct.  6,   1864, 
Nannie  McB.  Price.    . 

4834.  vi.  Clara  Codrtney  Childs,  b.  June  8,  1842.  m.  June  7,  1866. 
Oliver  McClintock. 

4835.  vii.  Walter  Cameron  Childs,  b.  Oct.  28,  1845.  m.  Oct.  5,  1879, 
Bdith  Worcester  Smith. 

4836.  viii.  Harvey  Childs,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  20, 1848,  m.  Feb.  1,  1872,  Mary 
Zug. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4829.  i.  LowRiE  Childs,  eldest  child  of  Harvey  and  Jane 
Lowrie  Childs,  b.  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa,  April  24, 1830,  m.  Dec.  2, 

1851,  Margaret  Louise  Lightner,  eldest  dau.  of  John  Lightner, 
Esq.  Mr.  Childs  graduated  at  the  Western  University,  and 
entered  at  once  upon  the  study  of  the  law.  Is  now  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession ;  residing  in  Topeka,  Kan. 

[Ninth  Generation.]     Children : 

4837.  i.  Harvey  Lightner  Childs,  b.  Sept.  3,  1862. 

4838.  ii.  Henry  King  Childs,  b.  Dec.  25,  1858. 

4839.  iii.  Emma  Lowrie  Childs.  b.  Aug.  31, 1862. 

4840.  iv.  Albert  Coolidgb  Childs,  b.  Sept.  9, 1868. 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

483  L  iii.  Col.  James  Harvey  Childs,  third  son  and  child 
of  Harvey  and  Jane  B.  Lowrie  Childs,  b.  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa, 
July  4,  1834,  m.  July  14,  1857,  Mary  Howard  Howe,  eldest 
dau.  of  Hon.  Thomas  M.  Howe  of  Pittsburgh. 

Six  feet  in  height,  Col.  Childs'  distinguished  personnel,  com- 
bined with  a  manly  grace  and  frank  sociability,  won  for  him 
quick  confidence  and  esteem  from  every  rank  in  life.  Gradu- 
ating from  Miami  College,  Oxford,  Ohio,  with  the  class   of 

1852,  he  spent  the  succeeding  year  with  the  corps  of  engineers 
in  surveying  the  route  of  the  Pittsburgh  and  Connellsville  rail- 
way. Col.  Childs  soon  after  entered  regular  business  life,  be- 
coming a  partner  in  a  large  manufacturing  establishment.  The 
breaking  out  of  war,  in  1861,  found  him  enrolled  with  the 


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first  to  respond  to  the  call  for  troops  in  the  12th  Regt,  Pent 
Volunteers.  During  tlie  three  months'  service  he  wa^  fir 
lieutenant  o£  the  ''  City  Gnanl  "  Co,  of  Pittsbiu'gh.  Upon 
disbandment  of  the  12tb  Regiment,  though  surrounded  by  cv< 
home  alluremeiit,  Col.  Chikk  quickly  arranged  his  affairs  fori 
indetiuite  absence:  quietly  saying  to  hii^  family  thai  ^*  a  time 
Jii^t  duty  is  to  his  country,  and  that  no  alternative  present 
itself  to  him  but  to  remain  in  the  field  until  relicv<Hl  by  deafj 
or  the  close  of  the  war:'  On  Oct.  18,  1801,  he  was  again  rat 
tered  into  scTvice  as  Lieut.  Col.  of  the  4th  Penna  Cavalry, 
at  (juce  joined  his  regiment.  His  soldierly  bearing  and  p 
sonal  qualities  soon  won  the  admiration  and  respect  of 
corai'ades,  and  he  was  presented  with  a  sash,  belt  and  siibre  < 
fine  workmanship,  accompanied  with  a  eomplimentnry  It-tti 
from  the  officers  of  the  regiment.  While  encampe<l  ne 
Washington,  D,  G,  CoL  Chihls  was  appointed  provost  marst 
of  Georgetown,  a  post  demanding  tuct  and  executive  abilit 
wliich  he  clearly  displayed*  At  the  unanimous  request  of  til 
regiment,  he  was,  on  March  1%  1862,  promoted  to 
Colonelcy,  Wearied  wnth  the  tedium  of  an  encampment,  ( 
Childs  sought  service  near  Richmond  where  conflict  wa5  dat] 
expect^],  and  rejoiced  when  the  sununons  came  to  proceed 
the  Peninsula.  Upon  arriving  he  was  oitiered  with  the  Per 
sylvania  Reserves  to  the  front,  and  took  position  the  ni|j 
lH3fore  the  series  of  terrible  ^truggle^  known  as  the  *'^sev| 
days  battles."  An  incident  of  the  first  day  is  worthy  of  oo| 
as  it  established  his  reputation  for  cool  judgment  HiH  i 
ment,  and  the  6th  Regt,  Cav,,  were  ordered  to  faJl  back 
a  charge  upon  the  enemy's  infantry,  who  were  found  impr 
nably  entrenched  against  cavalry.  The  i-egutars  left  the  fie 
at  a  U'ot;  Col,  Childs  to  the  surprise  of  the  dinsion  forced 
men  to  leave  at  a  walk.  When  asked  his  reason,  he  repliodj 
might  do  uy  trot  oil  a  regiment  accustomed  to  fire,  but  such  i 
exiieriment  tried  on  untested  troo{)s  like  his  would  result  | 
the  trot  becoming  a  gallop^  and  the  gallop  a  stampede,  mid 
did  not  propose  to  have  his  men  run  from  the  first  fire.  A 
few  days  later  his  undaunteil  firmness  saved  his  commajid 
from  disastrous  i-oute.  Did  the  hmits  of  our  book  pertnil 
many  other  characteristic  deeds  could  be  i*elated  of  him- 
the  illne.Hs  of  Gen.  Averill,  to  whose  brigade  the jltb  Pent 


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Cav.  was  attached,  Col.  Childs  came  into  command,  and  was 
ordered  by  Gen.  MeClellan  to  pursue  the  flying  column  of  the 
enemy's  cavalry.  Returning  from  the  pursuit  on  the  day  of 
the  battle  of  South  Mountain,  the  brigade  advanced  to  the 
Antietam  river.  The  f<>llowing  morning.  Sept.  17,  1862,  was 
fought  the  sanguinary  battle  of  Antietam.  CoL  Childs,  while 
leading  his  brigade  under  a  heavy  fire,  was  struck  in  the  thigh 
by  a  solid  shot  and  hurled  ivom  his  horse.  Recognizing  the 
fatal  nature  of  the  wound,  he  dispatched  an  aid  to  Gen.  Pleas- 
canton  to  tell  him  that  he  was  dying,  gave  other  needed  official 
orders,  then  turning  to  his  adjutant  and  personal  friend,  Capt. 
King  of  Pittsburg,  confided  to  him  his  farewell  messages  of 
love  to  his  wife  and  family.  To  his  little  son,  Howe,  he  sent 
his  watch  and  said,  *'  Tell  him  to  be  a  good  boy  and  a  useful 
man,  and  true  to  !iis  country."  A  few  minutes  later  death  re- 
leased  him  from  all  pain.  He  was,  said  Lieut.  Hughes,  ''  All 
pihat  we  could  desire  as  an  officer  and  a  gentleman ;  a  braver 
man  never  lived,  and  never  braver  died.'^  The  death  of  Col. 
Childs  awakened  deep  feeling  in  his  native  city.  From  one  of 
the  many  tributes  to  his  memory  in  the  city  press,  we  quote : 

*'We  have  already  aEriomieed  the  death  of  this  brave  young  nfRcer  on  ihe 
bloody  field  of  the  Potomac,  From  ihe  very  beginning  of  the  war  he  has 
een  a  <levote4:i  .'^oldier  of  the  repiiblic.  Siirmiuided  L>y  all  that  nmktjs  life 
pleasttnt,  wealth,  Mmed  ties  of  the  most  saercd  character,  in  the  prime  of 
manhood  and  usefulness^  he  left  all  to  fig'ht  for  the  coastitiition  of  his 
^country  and  restoration  of  the  Union.  Ho  went  into  the  iield  a  tme  soldier, 
lodesft  and  unassuming,  he  went  to  fight  in  what  ever  position  he  might 
placed.  He  sought  no  iiotoriety.  His  aim  was  t-o  do  his  duty  to  his 
fellow-riien.  Ids  country  and  his  God.  He  has  left  a  glorious  name,  one  of 
which  his  children  will  be  proud,  and  has  died  the  death  of  a  soldier.'' 

Born  on  the  anniversary  of  our  national  independence,  he  clos- 
ed his  short  noble  life  on  the  anniversary  day  of  the  adoption 
of  the  federal  constitntion. 
[Ninth  Generation.]     Children: 
4841.  i.  Thomak  Howe  Childs,  h.  May  21.  1858. 

(4842.  ii.  Mary  Rohinson  Childs,  b.  Oct.  28,  1839. 
4843.  iii.  Jkanie  LowRrE  CHn^D?,  h.  July  W,  1861. 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

4833.  V.  Albert  Henry  Childs,  fourth  son  of  Harvey  and 
Jane  B.  Lowrie  Childs,  b.  in  Pittsbnrgh,  Pa,  Nov.  29,  1839,  m. 
Oct  6,  1864,  Natinie  McDowell  Price,  dau.  of  Judge  J.  W. 
Price  of  Hillsboro,  nighknd  Co.,  Ohio,  Mr,  Childs  is  an  iron 
lerchant.     Resides  in  Pittsburdi,  Pa. 


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[Ninth  Generation  1    Chitdren: 

4844.  i.  Starling  WufSTON  Cbilos,  b.  Mch.  S5,  1870. 

4845.  ii.  Clara  Coubtnkv  CHiLDfi,  b.  Sept.  13,  1872, 

4846.  jii.  Jennie  I^jwrie  Childs,  b,  Nov.  27,  1876. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4834.  vl  Claba  Courtxby  Childs,  second  dau.  and  sS 
child  of  Hai'vey  and  JaneB.  Lowrie  Childs,  b.  in  Pittsburgh 
Pa.,  June  28,  1S42,  ra,  June  7,  1866,  Oliver  McClintock,  eld 
son  of  Washington  McClintock,  Esc{,,  of  Pennsylvania. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

4847*  i.  NoHMAN  McCliktoce.  b.  June  13,  1868. 

4848.  ii.  Walter  McClintoce.  b.  April  15.  1870, 

4849.  iii.  Emma  McClintock,  b.  Sept.  25.  1874. 

[Eighth  Generation.1 

4835.  viL  Walter  Cameron  Childs,  fifth  son  of  Harvey^ 
and  Jane  B,  Ltjwrie  Childs,  h.  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  Oct  28,  U 
m,  Oct  5,  1879,  Edith  Worcester  Smith,  dau.  of  Willard  Smitb 
Esq.,  of  San  Francisco,  Cal  Mr.  Cbilds  is  a  ppraduate  of  Yald 
College,  and  now  president  of  the  Yuma  Mill  and  Mining  i 
of  San  Francisco,  and  at  present  a  resident  of  California. 
Mr.  Cbilds  we  are  indebted  for  the  sketches  of  his  grandfathe 
father  and  others  of  his  family^  and  for  most  of  the  material 
the  Lowrie  family.^] 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child:  , 

iSTiO.  i.  Beatrice  Walton  Chi LDfi»  b.  July  31,  1880,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pi. 

[Eighth  Gpnerution.] 

4830.  viii.  II^ikvey  Coilds,  Jr.,  youngest  child  of  Harv€ 
and  Jane  B.  Lowrie  Cliilds,  b.  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa^  Feb.  20,  184 
m,  Feb,  1,  1S72,  Mary  Zug,  dau.  of  Christopher  Zug^  Esq.,  i 
Pittsburgh.     Mr,  Childs  is  a  wholesale  shoe  dealer,  having 
herited  the  business  of  his  father,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
[Ninth  Genemtion.l    Children: 

4851.  i,  Jeaneitk  Lowrie  Cuilds,  b.  Feb.  15,  1874. 

4862.  ii.  JAMEa  Harold  Ciiild8.  b.  July  5,  1878. 

[Seventh  Generation  ] 

4824.  X.   Asa  Pahtriijge  Guilds,  tenth  child  of  Col. 
and  third  son  and  child  of  Col,   Asa  and  Clarissa  Partric 
Childs,  b.  in  Upton,  Mass.,  Dec  13,  1804,  ra.  1st,  Sept  4, 182 
Fraiices  C.  Bradley,  dau.  of  Rev.  Joshua  Bradley  of  Randolpl 
Mass. ;  she  was  K  Mcb.   10,  1808,  and  d.  Mch.  17,  1848; 
2dj  Jan.  3,   1851,  Martha  HowanJ,  who  was  b.  Nov.  5,  18^ 
♦The  sketches  of  the  Lowrie  family  will  be  found  in  the  appendix. 


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The  full  sketch  of  the  elder  brother,  Mr.  Harvey  Childs,  por- 
trays the  business  careers  of  both  ;  therein,  we  find,  urbanity  of 
manner  and  strictest  integrity  to  have  been  characteristic  of 
each.  Of  the  personal  appearance,  or  individual  peculiarities 
of  Mr.  A.  P.  Childs,  we  are  not  informed,  but  we  learn  that 
he  was  the  father  of  a  large  family,  and  found  in  the  later 
years  of  his  life,  enjoyment  and  ease  in  the  society  of  his 
children,  amid  the  refinements  of  his  suburban  residence, 
"Pennsylvan'' ;  there  he  died  May  11,  1878. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4853.  i  Otis  Bradley  Childs,  b.  Jan.  23, 1829,  m.  Jan.  8, 1856,  Frances 
McCook. 

4854.  ii.  Cephas  Augustus  Childs,  b.  Feb.  20, 1831,  d.  in  infancy. 

4855.  iii.  Harvey  Gipford  Childs,  b.  July  28,  1838.  d.  Mch.  26,  1864. 

4856.  iv.  Cornelia  Childs,  b.  Jan.  14,  1836,  m.  June  17,  1856,  Jos.. 
R.  Hunter. 

4857.  V.  WiLLLAM  Riddle  Childs,  b.  Feb.  18, 1838,  m.  Mch.  31,  1864,. 
Mary  Acheson. 

4858.  Ti.  Helen  Childs.  b.  April  23,  1840,  d.  in  infancy. 

4859.  vii.  George  Asa  Childs,  b.  Mch.  23,  1842,  d.  May  17,  1864. 

4860.  viii.  Fannie  Childs,  b.  April  6,  1844,  m.  Nov.  15,  1864,  Edward 
P.  Carpenter. 

4861.  ix.  Lyman  Beecher  Childs,  b  Nov.  20. 1847,  m.  Mch.  14,  1876,^ 
Annie  Levy,  dau.  of  J.  P.  Levy,  Esq.,  of  Philadelphia. 

4862.  X   Howard  Childs,  b.  Feb.  7,  1852. 

4863.  xi.  Jennie  Childs,  b.  Aug.  20, 1853,  d.  in  infancy. 

4864.  xii.  Martha  Howard  Childs,  b.  Jan.  15,  1855. 

4865.  xiii.  Asa  Partridge  Childs,  Jr.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1856. 

4866.  xiv.  Marshall  Childs,  b.  March  14,  1858. 

4867.  XV.  Adelaide  Childs,  b.  Dec.  16,  1859. 

4868.  xvi.  James  Asa  Childs,  b.  Aug.  4, 1865. 

[Eij^hth  Generation  ] 

4853.  i.  Otis  Bradley  Childs,  eldest  child  of  Asa  P.  and 
Frances  C.  Bradley  Childs,  b.  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  Jan.  23,  1829, 
m.  Jan.  8,  1856,  Frances  McCook,  dau.  of  Dr.  George  McCook 
of  Pittsburgh,  and  a  cousin  of  the  distinguished  Generals 
McCook.  Residence  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

4869.  i.  Lizzie  Wallace  Childs,  b.  Oct.  28,  1856 

4870.  ii.  Otis  Hart  Childs,  b.  June  25,  1859. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4856.  iv.  Cornelia  Childs,  eldest  dau.  of  Asa  P.  and 
Frances  C.  Bradley  Childs,  b.  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  Jan.  14, 1836, 
m.  June  17, 1856,  Jos.  R.  Hunter.     Residence  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

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[Klnt li  Generation .  ]    Child  ren : 

4^7L  I  FaxjiUB  Rebecca  Hukter,  b.  April  26,  1857,  m.  Oct,  18,  Ifi 
B.  Gifford  BakenweU. 

4872.  jL  lORNELiA  Ella  Huttteb,  b.  Oct.  14*  18<W. 

[Ninth  Genenition.] 

4871.  i.  Fannie  Rebecca  Huxter,  eldest  child  of  Corneli 
Childs  and  Job,  R  Hunter,  b.  in  Pittsburg,  Pa.  April  26, 1851 
m.  Oct-  1»5,  1877,  B.  Gifford  Bakenwell  of  Pittsbuigh. 
[Tenth  Genemtion.]    Child: 

4873.  L  CottSEi^iA  C,  Bakeswell.  b.  Julv  5. 187S. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4857.  V.  Dr.  William  Eiddle  Childs,  fourth  son  of  Aa 
P,  and  Frances  C.  Bradley  Childs,  b,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa,.  Fei 
IS,  1838,  m,   March  31,  1S64,   Mary  Acheson.  dtiiL  of  Hoa 
Alexander  W.  Acheson  of  Washington,  Pa.     Mrs.  Mary 
Childs  d.  May  S,  1877.     Residence  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

4874.  i.  Jksnie  AciiKsaK  Chtlds.  b.  Dec.  3,  1854. 

4875.  it.  Alexakder  Acheson  Childs,  b,  Jan.  7,  1871. 
4875.  iii.  HsT«EN  Chtld^,  b.  May  14,  1873. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4S59.  \rii.  Sergt  Major  Geohge  Asa  Childs,  fifth   son 
Asa  P.  and  Frances  C.  Bradley  Childs,  b.  in  Pittsburgh.  Pi 
Mai^ch  23,  1842,  d.  from  wounds  received  in  battle  May  iJ 
1864. 

Securing  his  father*s  permission  to  enter  the  army  at  the  i 
of  twenty,  he  at  once  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  14th  Penc 
Cavalry,  commanded  by  his  friend.  Col.  Jaa  A.  Schoonnaak 
of   Pittsburgh.     From  the  interesting  account  given   by 
Schoonmaker,  of  the  army  career  of  Sergt  Major  Childs,  we 
extract  the  following: 

**Genrge  enlisteil  July  3,  1863,  while  I  was  upon  a  short  leaTe  of  absence 
at  Pitt*;burgh,  and  the  next  day  started  with  me  for  Beverly,  W.  Va.   Up 
reaching  Graf  ton.  news  carat"  that  the  enemy  bad  attacked  the  Fourteen 
and  tny  horse  was  in  waitingr.     Here  George  first  showed  his  pluck,  by  1 
aisting  upon  accompanying  me  to  the  front,  although  the  only  availa 
horse  wa*  unprovided  with  either  saddle  or  bridle.     Theise  George  imp 
Tiged  by  means  of  a  blantfet  and  rope,  and  thus  equipped  he  rode  forty  mil 
in  half  a  day.     On  the  8th  July.  1862,  George  was  promoted  to  be  serg 
major  of  the  regiment,  and  assigned  to  headquarters  for  .special  dutii 
This  appointment  was  fortunate,  for  George   possessed    brilliant  qualil 
tions  for  adjutant  duty,  wliik*  his  gaiety  and  good-fellowship  made  hii] 
universal  favorite  not  only  with  the  officergi  uf  the  Fourteenth,  but  ibp 
out  the  brigade. 


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*  'George  i)articipated  in  the  'Rocky  Gap  Raid/  bat  it  was  not  until  Nov- 
ember 1st.  at  the  figrht  of  Droop  MounUin,  that  he  had  an  opportanity  to 
take  part  in  a  geneml  engageiDent,  and  I  *<iw  whiit  was  in  him.  Th^ 
enemj  was  entrenched  witli  arttllery  at  the  siiroinit  of  a  pass,  and  the 
obstmctioDs  renderetl  H  jieces&ary  to  diismouiil  and  fight  our  way  on  foot. 
The  summit  was  carried  hy  aa.sault.  and  George's  conspicuous  gailanti7  on 
this  occasion,  won  the  admiration  of  the  old  soldiers,  and  saiisfitd  all  thai 
he  was  a  boy  in  years  only.  In  December  we  were  ordered  ujion  Ih**  exped- 
ition known  as  Avereirs  Salem  Raid,  which  wn^  eminently  *;uccesjj.ful, 
although  the  return  was  one  of  constant  peril  and  much  suffering.  The 
weather  was  intensely  cold.  Streams  easily  forded  in  the  advance  were 
found  swollen  and  full  of  ice  The  horses  were  smooth  yhod  and  t'ould  not 
be  ridden. and  the  men  had  to  drag  the  cannons  and  ambulances.  Many  of 
the  men  reached  Beverly  half  naked  and  crippled  for  life.  Averell  says  in 
his  reportj  *My  command  has  marched,  climbed,  slidden  and  swam  345 
miles  since  the  Slh,  throuffhout  this  terribh?  retreat.*  George  was  the  life 
of  us  all  at  headquarters.  No  suffering  could  dishearten  him,  and  he  nevei 
failed  in  his  duty.  He  took  charge  of  the  entire  regimental  records, 
carrying  them  in  a  haversack  upon  his  back. 

"On  the  2d  of  April,  18G4,  the  brigade  again  look  the  field.  On  the  10th 
of  May  we  encountered  Morgan,  and  the  blowly  Ijaitle  of  Coi'e  Gap  was 
fought.  During  the  engagement  I  gave  George  a  pressing  dispatch  to  be 
conveyed  to  the  general  He  bowed  in  assent,  and  the  next  thing  I  5aw  of 
the  boy,  he  was  dashing  straight  across  the  fiuld  in  the  face  of  the  enemy, 
who  was  adv^ancing  at  short  range,  Averell.  who  bad  witnessed  his  coming 
with  some  anxiety,  demanded  wliy  he  hud  not  made  a  dt^tour  to  escape  the 
balls,  to  whieh  George,  saluting,  delivered  the  dispateh  with  Excuse  me, 
general;  but  I  thought  a  straight  line  was  the  shortest  distance  between  the 
two  points/  The  adjutant  and  both  staff  orderlies  had  been  shot  down,  and 
when  George  returned  frf>nj  the  general,  I  assigned  hinj  to  the  position  of 
adjutant.  He  was  assisting  me,  with  his  accustojued  dtish  and  gallantly, 
to  reform  our  line  of  battle,  when  he  was  shot  in  the  right  side,  the  btillet 
passing  through  the  intL'stioes  and  tudgingjust  uufler  the  skin  on  the  left 
side-  Deijpite  the  wound,  he  straightened  up  upon  his  horse  and  wished  to 
remain  in  action,  but  1  directed  an  orderly  to  conduct  him  to  the  rear.  The 
enemy's  artillery  coining  up,  decided  the  day  against  us,  and  in  the  retreat, 
which  lasted  all  night,  over  mountain  roads.  George  kept  on  his  horse.  The 
next  day  we  were  forced  to  bid  him  farewell  in  the  enemy *s  country,  for 
suifering  and  weakness  at  la<-t  conquered,  and  he  could  ride  uo  further.  All 
that  could  l>e  done  was  ^o  carry  him  into  a  neighlwring  farm-bouse,  dress 
his  wound  and  arninge  to  have  a  doctor  called  frotu  the  tiearest  town.  We 
offered  {lo  leave  a  .*toldicr  Lo  take  care  of  him^  but  this  he  refused,  saying 
that  any  one  remaining  would  be  exposed  to  capture.  We  were  compelled 
lo  leave  him,  an<l  he  never  returned  to  receive  the  commission  so  well  earned, 
as  death  ensued  jd>out  a  month  later." 

Prom  a  northern  lady,  a  Miss  Hclano,  who  was  living  at  Mechanicsburg 
and  who  showed  the  wounded  soldier  much  kindness,  his  family  afterward* 
learned  that  Sergt.  Major  Childs  was  rallying,  with  a  fair  |>ro3pei't  of 
p&eovery.  when  a  band  of  guerrillas  came  to  the  bouse  and  subjected  him 
to  the  most   brutal   treatraenf,  robbing  him  of  money  and  everything  of 


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value,  even  to  his  clothing,  and  threatening  to  hang  hira.    They  flinty  le 
him  so  nearly  dead  that  ti  relapse  ensued,  and  he  expired  the  following  dji 

"'  As  an  adjutant,"  Bays  Col  Schoonmaker,   *  I   have   never  known 
superior.     His  dispjiu-hps,  written   in   the   midst  .of   action,  were  moilels  ( 
terseness   and   comprehensiveness*     Perfectly  cool   in   every  emergency ,  j 
never  knew  hijn  to  manifest  the  slightest  fear,  nor  lose  the  habitna]  coil 
tesy  of  his  demeanor.** 

[Eighth  GenerationJ 

4860.    viii.    Fannie    Childs,   third   dau.   of  Asa   P. 
Frances  C.  Bradley  Chikls,  K  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa,  April  6,  1844 
m.  Nov.  15,  1864,  Edward  P.  Carpenter  of  Connecticut 
[Ninth  Generation,]     diiidreu: 

4877   i.  Herbeht  Bancroft  Carpenter, 

4878.  ii.  Edward  Payisun  Carfenteh. 

4879.  ill,  Annie  Childs  CAttPENTEit. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

4752.  vi.  Solomon   Ciitlt).  tliird  son   and  sixth   child 
Jonathan  and  Abigail  Parker  Child,  b.  in  Gmfton^  Mass.,  Ja 
31,  1744,  m,  Aj^ril  16,  1767,  Martha  Kice  of  Westlx)ro,  M« 

Animated   by  the  restless  spirit  and  tireless  energy  whic 
makes  the  best  pioneer  material,  he  could  not  content  him 
remain  in   the  Massaclmsetts  colony,  then  becoming  an  oil 
community  as  it  had  always  been  a  staid  one^  but  found  h^ 
way  into  the  * 'Granite  State*'  and  settled  in  the  hill  country, 
thickly  wooded,  of  Heuniker,  Meiximae  Co.    Thefirst  emigmni 
to  this  State  were  largely  from  the  north  of  Ii'eland,  trarisptftni 
ed  Scotch,  sent  there  from  S<-'otland  to  leaven  the  Roman  Catla 
olicism  of  the  Emerald  Isle,  failing  which,  they  found  swt 
refuge  in  the  wilds  of  this  mountainous  region,  whose  acetiee 
and  climate  were  akin  to  their  loved  Scotia.     In  a  communit 
thus  penetrated  with  the  sincere  piety ,  sterling  sense,  and  phyj 
ical  vigor  for  which  the  Scotis  are  eminent,  Mr,  Child  found 
congenial  home.     Mrs.  Martha  Rice  Cliild  d.  in  Henniker,  At]| 
20,  1804,  aged  56  years.     Mr.  Solomon  Child  m.  2d,  Mnt  1 
Goodell  Ward  of  Henniker,  widow  of  Capt   Jo&iab  Ward  < 
that  town,  and  dati.  of  Nathan  and  Persia  Whitney  Goodell  < 
Marlborough,  Mass.     Mr.  S.  Child  d.  Feb  1820,  aged  84 ye 
leaving  quite  a  family  to  honor  his  memory  and  emulate 
virtues. 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children : 

4880.  i.  Elijah  Child,  b.  Oct.  10,  1768.  in  Grafton,  Utus 
4S8K  il  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  June  6,  170O»  d.  .Time  2»  1777. 
4882.  iii.  .Moses  Child,  b.  Sept.  10,  1772,  d.  Oei.  14, 1775. 


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4883.  iv.  Martha  Child,  b.  April  5,  1773,  d.  Dec.  20.  1774. 

48S4.  V.  Aaron  Child,  b.  Mch.  4,  1774,  iii.  Ist.  SrIIt  Joj^Ivd;  m.  2d,  Luc? 
WaitL 

4S85.  vi.  Martha  Child,  2d,  b.  Nov.  2.  1777,  nu  MpIu  1,  1808,  William 
Heatoii. 

4J^8G.  vii,  Sou»iON  CiiUA>,  Je,,  b.  Julv  30,  1782,  m.  Sept  21,  1806,  Mary 
hon^ot  Hopkintoo,  N.  H.  She  d.  Feb.  13. 1833:  he  m,  2d,  in  1824,  Lucinda 
Child  ul  Vt, 

4887.  T-iii.  Josiah  Child,  b.  Oct.  11.  17S4,  m.  1805.  Ahignil  Ward. 

4888    ix.  Lucv  Child,   b,  Aug.  lf»,  1787.  d,  Dch\  10,  1789   in  Heuuiker, 

N  e, 

4880.  X.  Sally  Child,  b,  Aug.  5,  1792.  m.  Jiimes  Ileaton  of  Thetford.Vt. 
Mr.  Heatou  d.  Nov.  17,  ia57.     Mrs.  Heaton  d.  Aug.  23,  1858. 

[Sixth  Qt^ntimUon.] 

4884,  V.  Deacon  Aaron  Child,  third  son  iind  fifth  child 
of  Solomon  and  Martha  Rice  Child^  b.  in  Heiiniker,  N.  H., 
Mch.  4,  1T74,  m.  1st,  abt.  1790,  Sally  Joslyn  ;  in.  2d,  aht  1799, 
Xiicy  Ward.  Mr.  Child  resided  in  Henniker  during  his  early 
manhood j  and  until  after  his  second  marriage,  when  he  reraoT- 
ed  to  Livonia,  Livingston^  Co.,  New  York,  Mrs.  Sally  Joslyn 
Child  had  two  ehildren,  but  one  survived  her,  her  deatii  occur- 
ring on  the  29th  April,  1798.  Dea.  Child  was  a  man  of  sound 
judgment  and  earnest  piety ;  he  died  in  Indiana^  whither  he 
had  removed  with  his  son,  Rev.  Ward  Child. 

[Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 

4890.  i    LixY  Cbild,  b,  abt.  17D2.  d.  young. 

48:n.  ii.  James  Child,  b.  uhL  1795,  n\.  1825,  llnnnah  nildreth. 

4892.  iii.  Ward  Child,  b,  Oct.  31,  1800,  m.  1823.  Martha  Stevenson. 

iv.  3IARTBA  Child,  b.  Dec.  17,  1803,  m.  Nov.  3, 1819,  Oliver  Par&ODB. 
V.  Lucv  Child,  U  Feb.  2,  imrj,  m.  1828.  Rev.  Joel  Gooaell, 
vi.  WiLLiA.>i    11.    Child,  b    April  1,  1807.  m.  1st,  April  15,  1838, 
Laura  Arasden:  m.  2(1,  Sept.  l^,  18«5.  Mrs.  ElizaUnh  Bkko. 
4896.  vii.  Julia  A.  Child,  b   Dec.  3,  1810,  d  at  the  nge  of  14. 
4807.  viii.  Asa  B  Child,  h.  Mch.  8,  1815.  of  whnm  the  broitior,  William 
H.  Child,  writes:     *'Thi,s  younge>'^tBon  of  my  father's  family  died  at  Uhi^rlin 
Colleee^  Ohio,  aj^ed  alKDUt'twenty  two  years' while  prcparin'g  to  he  a  mission- 
ary of  the  foretg:n  Reld,  to  whieh  si^rviee  he  had  eonseenited  himself.     Ho 
lived  a  beautiful  christian  iife^  and  died  a  mmt  tnamphant  death." 

[Seventh  Generation.  | 

4891.  ii.  James  Child,  eldest  son  and  second  child  of  Dea. 
Aaron  and  Sally  Joslyn  Child,  b.  in  Henniker,  N.  H.,  about 
1795,  m.  1825,  Hannah  Hildreth,  dau.  of  Abijah  and  Hantiah 
Hildreth.  Mr.  James  Child  d.  April  27,  1858.  Mr,  James 
€hild  was  an  ingenious  and  skillful  inechanic,  the  inventor  and 
patentee  of  one  of  the  first  if  not  the  lirst  cooking-stove  ever 
manufactured  in  the  State  of  New  Hampshire.  The  date  of 
his  receiving  the  patent-right  was  about  1832.     His  only  siir- 


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viving  son  writes :  **AmoDg  my  earliest  recollections  is  learnin 
to  read  my  father's  name  upoD  our  kitchen  stove*"     An  iuher 
itance  of  the  genuine  spirit  of  loyalty  cannot  be  unexpe-ctecl  in 
these  children,  nor  can  we  marvel  that  one  of  them  should  be 
willing  to  lay  down  hU  life  for  his  country.     Mrs.   Haunii 
Hildreth  Child  was  the  daughter  of  a  revolutionary  soldie 
who  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Bunker's  Hill»  and  presem 
ed  from  capture  by  tlie  British,  through  the  fidelity-  of  a  brav 
comrade,  who  lifted  hioi  upon  his  back  and  bore  him  from  thf 
field,  when  the  Americans  retreatecL     The  oft  repeated  stories] 
of  the  adventures  of  those  trying  days,  were  the  solace  of  many 
a  winters'  night  to  the  eager  chiklreu,  - 

[Eighth  Generation^     Children:  I 

4898.  i.  Elzina  Child,  b.  June  33.  182f3.  m.  Nov,  20.  1845,  Dr.  Henff 
Whoeler  of  Royalton,  Vt.     Reside  iri'Mftnehester,  X,  U* 

4899.  ii,  James  Newton  Child,  b.  1828.  d.  Dec.  32,  1837. 
4[>0O.  iii.  William   Franklin  Child,  b.  Jan.  24,  1831,  m.  Mav  11. 1853, 

Julia  E*  Fisher,  dau.  of  Joshua  and  3Iiiierva  Fisher  of  Asscolt  township, 
Prov.  of  i^uebec, 

490!.  iv.  Elsie  Jane  Child,  b.  July  3»  ISaS.  m,  Nov.  36,  1853,  Charles 
Dver,  who  wris  b.  in  Hoi  yoke,  Mass.,  nutl  d,  in  Sherbroke,  Pro  v.  of  Quebec, 
M'ch,  26,  1867. 

4902.  V.  Horace  Joslyj*  Child,  b.  April  12,  18^*5,  d.  June  23.  1839. 

fflOa.  vi.  Jaj^n  Child,  b.  Nov.  7,  1839,  m,  Feb.  25,  1864.  Hattie  A,  FiU 
jf  Chester,  New  Iliimpshire,     Mr,  Child  entered  the  United  States  ser\'ic« 
in  the  recent  war,  was  C4i|itured  by  the  opposing  foffes  in  June.  1864.  whili 
with  the  army  under  General  W^ilson,  in  a  raid  uf>on  the  Welden  RailwavJ 
and  died  from  exposure  in  a  southern  r>riijan.     He  was  eorporal  of  Co.  KJ 
1st  New  Hampshire  Cavalry,     With  otners  he  was  removed  from  Atiderson-l 
ville  to  Florence.  South  Carolina,  to  be  exchanged,  too  late  to  save  hisl 
ebbing  life.     He  died  in  Florence,  South  Carolina,  on  the  3d  of  December, 
1864,  three  days  after  reaehini^'  there, 

[Seventh  Generation.]  ^M 

4892,  iii.  Rev.  Ward  Child,  eldest  son  of  Dea.  Aaron  and^ 
his  second  wife,  Lucy  Ward  Child,  b.  in  Henniker,  N.  H.,  Oct. 
31,  1800,  m.  in  1823,  Martha  Stevenson  of  Canandaigua,  On- 
tario Co.,  New  York,  who  was  b.  April  10,  180L     Rev.  Mr.^ 
Ward  Child  d.  Dee.  1855,  at  Chagrin  Falls,  Ohio.     Mrs.  MarthJB 
S.  Child  d,  Dec  1875,  in  Selraa,  Ohio.     Mr.  Child's  life  was 
one  of  many  changes.     His  ministry  an  earnest  and  laborious 
one.     His  temperament  such  that  he  was  sensitive  to  tbos 
trials  peculiar  to  the  ministerial  life.     His  first  settlement  wa 
at  Onondaga  Hill,  New  York;  be  removed  speedily  to  the' 
SUite  of  Ohio,  and  had  settlements  in  one  or  two  places  in  the 
**Western  Reserve.'^     His  health  after  some  years  requiring 
release  from  the  sedentary  habit  of  his  profession^  Mn  Chil 


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settled  upon  a  farm  in  Strykersville,  Wyoming  Co  ,  New  York, 

but  he  did  not  entirely  relinquish  preaching.     Returning  to  the 

Western  Reserve  he  there  closed  his  most  active  and  useful 

life. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4904.  i.  James  Eugene  Child,  b.  1824,  d.  in  infancy. 

4905.  ii.  James  Eugene  Child,  2d,  b.  July  1,  1825,  in  Lockport,  N.Y.,  m. 
Mary  Kirkpatrick  of  Geneva,  Kanzas,  where  both  died  in  1870. 

4906.  iii.  Julia  Louise  Child,  b.  Oct.  23,  1828,  in.  April  1^53,  M.  P. 
Ozanne. 

4907.  iv.  Newell  Ward  Child,  b.  Nov.  18,  1830,  in  Morgan,  Ohio.    Re- 
sides, unmarried,  at  Des.  Moines,  Iowa. 

4908.  V.  Edwin  William  Child,  b.  June  18, 1832,  ni.  July  6, 1860,  Helen 
S.  Force. 

4909.  vi.  Emma  S.  Child,  b.  Feb.  24,  1834,  unm.     Resides  in  Cleveland, 
Ohio. 

4910.  vii.  Martha  W.  Child,  b.  Sept.  20, 1835,  m.  Isaac  G.  Thorne;  lives 
in  Selma,  Ohio. 

[Eighth  Generation.  J 

4906.  iii.  JuLiA  Louise  Child,  third  child  and  eldest  dau. 
of  Rev.  Ward  and  Martha  Stevenson  Child,  b.  at  Onondaga 
Hill,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  23,  1828,  m.  April  1853,  M.  P.  Ozanne.     Re- 
sides in  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

4911.  i.  Florence  Louise  Ozanne,  b.  Oct.  13, 1855,  in  Chagrin  Falls,  Ohio. 

4912.  ii.  Charles  Eugene  Ozanne,  b.  April  14,  1865,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

4913.  iii.  Infant  daughter  (unchristened),  b.  Sept.  12,  1870,  d.  same  day 
in  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4908.  V.  Rev.  Edwin  William  Childs,  fifth  child  and 
fourth  son  of  Rev.  Ward  and  Martha  Stevenson  Child,  b.  at 
Morgan,  Ohio,  June  18,  1882,  m.  July  6, 1860,  Helen  S.  Force. 
Rev.  E.  W.  Childs  is  a  clergyman  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
now  settled  in  Jonesville,  Hillsdale  Co.,  Michigan. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

4914.  i.  Mary  Louise  Childs,  b.  Nov.  13, 1863. 

4915.  ii.  Lizzie  B.  Childs.  b.  Mch.  10.  1868. 

4916.  iii.  Eddie  P.  Childs,  b.  April  15,  1870. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4910.  vii.  Martha  Ward  Child,  seventh  child  and  third 
dau.  of  Rev.  Ward  and  Martha  Stevenson  Child,  b.  in  Warsaw, 
N.  Y.,  Sept.  20,  1885,  m.  Aug.  21,  1865,  Isaac  G.  Thorne,  and 
resides  in  Selma,  Clark  Co.,  Ohio. 
[Ninth  Generation.]     Children: 

4917.  i.  Isabel  Emma  Thorne,  b.  April  19,  1867. 

4918.  ii.  Bertha  Childs  Thorne,  b.  Nov.  12,  1870. 


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[Seventh  Generation,] 

4S93.  iv.  Martha   Child,  eldest  daiL  and  fourth  child 
Dea  Aaron  and  Lncj  Ward  Child,  b.  in  Li%^onia  Livingst 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  li,  1802,  m.  Nov.  3,  1819,  Dea.  Oliver  Par" 
sons,  at  Lewiston,  Niagara  Co.,  N*   Y.     Mrs*    Martha  Chi 
Parsons  d  at  Winnebago,  Wisconsin,  Jan.  20,  1S78. 
[Eighth  Generation.!     Children. 

4919.  i.  Harriet  Matilda  Parsons,  b.  Sept.  21,  1831,  m.  Oct.  14,  It 
Chttrles  S.  Moss. 

4920.  it.  Maria  liOuisE  Parsons,  A,  in  infuticy. 
492L  lii.  William  Goodkll  Parsons,  b.  Jon.  7,  16^,  m.  Oct.  28, 18 

Hannah  D.  Con  over. 

4922.  iY,  Edwin  Charles  Parsons,  b.  July  1827,  d.  Jtily  1831,  at 
port,  N.  y. 

4923.  V.  Julia  Ann  Parsons,  b.  Jan,  29,  1831. 

4924.  ri.  Lucy  Parsons,  d.  in  infancy,  in  Lockport,  N.  Y. 
4925   vii.  Eownf  Burton  Parsons,  b.  Feb.  16,  1836,  m.  Dec.  31,  1864. 

Abbie  L.  Fay. 

4926.  viil,  Oliyer   Morris  Parens,  b.  Aug,  19,  1840,  was  lost  on  L*ke 
Michigan,  by  the  *'Lady  Elgin''  disaster,  Sept,  8,  1880. 

4927.  ix.  Mary  Emma  Parso.vs,  b.  Mch.  31,  1846.  m.  Sept.  20.  1865, 
M.  S.  Crosswell.     Rev.  and  Mrs.  Crosswell  resided  for  a  while  in  Calif  or 
siDce  in  Amboy,  Lee  Co.,  III.     Rev.  Mr.  Crosswell  is  a  Congrcgational  clergy- 
man. 

[Eighth  Generation  J 

4919.  i.  Harriet  Matilda  Parsons,  eldest  dau.  of  Ma 
Child  and  Dea.  Oliver  Parsons,  b.  in  Lockport,  N.Y.,Sept 
1821,  m.  Oct  14,  1841,  Mr.   Charles  S,   Moss.     Mr.  and 
Moss  had  five  children.     Mrs.  Moss  d.  in  Lockpori,  April  6, 
1855. 
fNinth  Generation.]    Children: 

4928.  i.  WiLLUM  3Ioss,  d.  in  infancy. 

4929.  it.  Charles!  Moss,  d.  in  infancy. 
[Three  oUier  children  whose  nam^s  are  not  obtained*] 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4921.  iii.  WiLLLiM  GooDELL  Parsons,  eldest  son  and  thii 
child  of  Martha  Child  and  Dea.  Oliver  Parsons,  b.  in  Lockpoi 
N.  y.,  Jan.  7,  1825,  tn.  Get  28,  1857,  Miss  Hannah  D.  Conove 
Besides  in  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin. 
[  N inth  Generation.  1    Child ren : 

4930.  i.   William  CoNovEa  Parsons,  b.  Nov.  17.  18^. 

4931.  ii,  Charles  Mqrrw  Parsons,  b.  Nov.  22,  1871. 

4932.  iii.  Marv  La  Myra  Parsons,  b.  July  4. 1877. 

[Eighth  Generation.  ] 

4925.  vii.  Capt.    Edwin   Btrton  Parsons,  third  son  and 
seventh  child  of  Martha  Child  and  Dea.  Oliver  Parsons,  bi 


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Lockport,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  16,  1886,  m.  Dec.  31,  1864,  Miss  Abbie 

L.  Fay.     Capt  Edwin  and  Mrs.  Parsons  reside  in  Milwaukee, 

Wisconsin. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

4933.  i.  Abbie  Pay  Pabsons,  b.  Sept.  28,  1867. 

4934.  ii.  Alice  Gertrude  Parsons,  b.  May  24, 1869. 

4935.  iii.  Oliver  Edwin  Parsons,  b.  Nov.  8,  1877. 

[Seventh  Generation  ] 

4894.  V.  Lucy  Child,  second  dau.  and  fifth  child  of  Dea. 
Aaron  and  Lucy  Ward  Child,  b.  Feb.  2, 1805,  in  Livonia,  N.  Y., 
m.  Eev.  Joel  Goodell.  Rev.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Goodell  early  entered 
upon  the  Home  Mission  work.  In  1829,  Mrs.  Goodell  **finish- 
ed  her  course,"  received  the  "Well  done,  good  and  faithful  ser- 
vant," and  entered  into  "rest,"  leaving  one  little  infant  who  so 
soon  followed  her  that  together  they  await  the  Resurrection 
mom. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4895.  vi.  William  H.  Childs,  second  son  of  Dea.  Aaron 
and  Lucy  Ward  Child,  b.  in  Livonia,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y, 
April  1,  1807,  m.  1st,  April  15,  1828,  Miss  Laura  Amsden  of 
Phelps,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.;  m.  2d,  Sept.  13,  1865,  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth Blake.  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Childs  has  been  for  nearly  half  a 
century  an  active  business  man.  The  first  ten  years  he  was  a 
merchant,  and  since  that  period  engaged  as  a  General  Insurance 
Agent.  Genial,  hospitable,  of  large  and  warm  heart,  he  is  an 
honorable  representative  of  his  race,  of  which  he  is  justly  proud. 
Some  few  years  since  he  gathered  beneath  his  own  roof  a  most 
goodly  assemblage  of  kindred,  from  eight  different  states — one 
coming  to  the  meeting  of  that  portion  of  the  tribe  from  sunny 
Florida ;  and  it  was  asked  on  the  occason,  "if  they  knew  one 
of  the  Childs  family  who  would  be  a  discredit  to  the  name?'^ 
The  universal  response  was,  No !  Mr.  Childs  attested  his  pat- 
riotism in  giving  up  one  of  his  noble  sons  on  the  altar  of  free- 
dom, and  finds  "no  cause  to  blush  as  he  looks  upon  his  other 
children  and  grandchildren.''  He  writes,  "  We  are  proud  of 
every  one  of  them  ;  there  is  not  a  black  or  speckled  one  in  the 
whole  flock,  in  fact  I  believe  there  is  Royal  blood  in  the  Childs 

family.'^  We  hope  the  future  chronicler  may  be  able  to  report 
as  honorable  a  character  in  the  possession  of  the  descendants 
of  these  cherished  grandchildren.  Mrs.  Laura  Amsden  Childs 
d.  at  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.,  May  3,  1865. 


WATERTOWX  BRANCH, 

[Eighth  Generation^    Children: 

4936,  i,  JuLi^   Childs,  b,  April  13,  1829,  ra.  Mch.  15,  ]854,  at  Nil 
Pftlls,  John  Fowler:  she  d.  Feb.  7.1856,  in  CiUifoniia. 

4937.  ii.  Joel  Cbild^,  b.  Mch.  14, 18S1,  m.  July  20,  1854,  Laura  MorrUon. 
49:^.  iii,  William  H.  CffiLDe,  Jm.,  b.  Feb.  8, 1833,  m.  Feb.  14, 1855,  Eruba 

Blake  of  Crhicago.  III. 

4939.  iv.  Lalea  B.  Childs.  b,  July  23. 18S5,  m.  May  21, 185«,  Dr.  P.L 
Andrews. 

4940.  V,  Augusta  Childs,  b,  June  1,  1837,  m.  April  23, 1860,  John  Fooler* 

4941.  vi.  Edwaud  Childs,  b.  Aug.  23,  1839,  d.  Sept.  1,  I860,  unm, 

4942.  vii.  GeaTBrDE  Childs,  b.  Nov,  14,  1841,  in,  Oct.  8,  1862*  Julia 
Ives,  Jr. 

[Eighth  Generation. J 

49S7.  ii.  Joel  Childs,  eldest  son  and  second  child  of  Wil 
Ham  R  and  Laura  Amsdeii  Childs,  b,  Mch.  14,  1831,  m.  July  20,"^ 
lS54j  Miss  Laura  Morrison.    Mr.  Joel  Childs,  kindled  bythe  en- 
thusiasm of  patriotic  fervor  so  univei^ally  developed  during  th 
period  of  the  late  war,  inheriting  perchance  some  of  the  warhl 
characteristics  of  his  early  ancestrj^,  enlisted  in  the  45th 
ment  of  Illinois  Volunteei-s,  in  the  very  opening  of  theoont 
and  laid  down  his  life  in  the  freshness  of  his  young  manhc 
Ai»ril  6,  1862,  at  the  battle  of  Shiloh,     Mr.  Childs  left  two  son 
to  bear  his  name  and  repeat  his  praise.     Mrs,  Laura  M,  ChiW 
has  since  married,  Capt  Rufus  Ford  of  Buda,  Illinois. 
[Ninth  General  iun  1    Children: 

4943.  J    Joel  A.  CniLDS.  b.  Jtiri.  20,  1855. 

4944.  ii.  WiLLiJLM  M,  Childs,  b.  Dec.  11.  1856. 

4945.  ill.  A8A  M,  Childs,  d.  in  infancy. 

[Eighth  Generfttion.] 

4938,  iiL  William  H.  Childs,  Jr.,  second  son  of  William  IL 
and  Ljiura  Amsden  Childs,  b.  Feb.  8,  1883,  in  Geneva,  N.  Y., 
m.  Feb.  14,  1S55,  Miss  Emma  Blake,  of  Chicago,  HL  M 
Childs  d.  Dec.  29,  1863,  and  his  widow  m.  Prof.  Geo.  H.  Bang 
of  Lima,  Living.ston  Co.,  N.  Y.  One  son  survive  Mr.  Chilt 
and  wnllj  it  is  fondly  believed,  make  his  place  in  the  life  arena 
so  early  vacated,  an  honored  one 
[Ninth  Generation.]     Chihlren: 

4946.  i.  Jur.i-v  Aonks  Ciiildb,  d.  in  infimcy. 

4947.  ii,  ELiZABKTii  H.  Childs,  b.  Sept.  17,  1857. 

4948.  iii.  Frank  B.  Childs,  b.  Oct.  3,  1859* 

[Eighth  Geiienvtion.] 

4939.  iv.  Laura  B.  Childs,  second  dan,  and  fourth  child  of 
William  H,  and  Laura  Amsden  Childs,  b.  July  22,  1835^  m. 
May  21,  1856,  Dr.  F.  L.  Andrews.     She  d.  in  Creston,  loyr%^ 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  531 

leaving  seven  children.     But  the  lovely  twins  upon  whose 
birth  she  gave  up  her  own  life  soon  went  to  her. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

4949.  i.  Langdon  C.  Andrews,  d.  in  infancy. 

4950.  ii.  John  Fowler  Andrews,  b.  Jan.  25, 1859. 

4951.  iii.  Daisy  Andrews,  b  April  22,  18d0. 

4952.  iv.  Eddie  Childs  Andrews,  b.  June  23, 1862. 

4953.  Y.  Herbert  Blake  Andrews,  b.  Aug.  23.  1863. 
4954   vi.  Laura  Childs  Andrews,  b.  Sept.  23,  1867. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4940.  V.  Augusta  Childs,  third  dau.  and  fifth  child  of 
William  R  and  Laura  Amsden  Childs,  b.  June  1,  1837,  m.  her 
brother-in-law,  Mr.  John  Fowler,  April  23,  1860.      Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Fowler  reside  in  California. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

4955.  i.  William  Childs  Fowler,  b.  April  11, 1861. 

4956.  ii.  Edward  Langdon  Fowler,  b.  Dec.  18, 1862. 

4957.  iii.  Annie  Laura  Fowler,  b.  Au^.  4,  1865. 

4958.  iv.  Augusta  May  Fowler,  b.  Dec.  9, 1868. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

4942.  vii.  Gertrude  Childs,  youngest  dau.  and  child  of 
William  H.  and  Laura  Amsden  Childs,  b.  Nov.  14,  18il,  m. 
Oct  8,  1862,  Julius  Ives,  Jr.     Mr.  and  Mrs.   Ives   reside  in 
Brooklyn,  N  Y. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

4959.  i.  Charles  Taylor  Ives,  b.  April  8,  1864. 

4960.  ii.  William  Childs  Ives.  b.  June  18, 1865. 

4961.  iii.  Howard  Colby  Ives,  b.  Oct.  11, 1867. 
4963.  iv.  Theodore  Edward  Ives,  b.  Dec.  31,  1870. 

4963.  V.  Florence  Acten  Ives,  b.  April  28,  1876. 
Sixth  Generation.] 

4886.  vL  Martha  Child,  third  dau.  and  sixth  child  of 
Solomon  and  Martha  Eice  Child,  b.  in  Henniker,  K  H.,  Nov. 
2,  1777,  m.  Mch.  1,  1803,  William  Heaton,  of  Thetford,  Vt 
Mr.  Heaton  was  b.  Jan.  12,  1767,  and  d.  Mch.  7,  1849.  Mrs. 
Martha  C.  Heaton  d.  Mch.  29,  1860. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

4964.  i.  William  Childs  Heaton,  b.  Dec.  6,  1806,  m.  Aug.  14,  1838, 
Maria  D.  Wharford,  of  New  York. 

4965.  ii.  Lucy  Chapman  Heaton,  b.  Mch.  20,  1809,  m    Jan.  4,  1830, 
Dr.  H.  H.  Niles. 

4966.  iii.  Eliza  Bice  Heaton,  b.  April  10, 1811,  m.  Mch.  16,1864,  Daniel 
Dodge,  of  Post-Mills.  Vt.     Mr.  Dodge  not  living. 

4967.  iv.  Solomon  Goodbll  Heaton,  b.  June  21, 1813,  m.  July  17,  1843, 
Julia  Annette  Goodwin. 

4968.  V.  Austin  Carpenter  Heaton,  b.  May  28,  1815,  m.  Nov.  2,  1861, 
•Ariana  Jones. 


582 


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tf6f».  rl  Cklvis  Pack  Hsatos?.  b.  Aug.  90.  iai7»  m,  Sot,  91 
Mftrgaret  J.  Evbd», 

4SnQ.  fii    Maktba  Sophia  Hkatos,  b.  HcIl.  1. 1830.  m.  SepC  3.1991. 
Horace  Billings,  of  BeardstowD,  IlL 

497L  riii.  Maky  Maiha  Hkatoh.  b.  De<j.  S2,  I©3.  ra    Jolj  »,  18K, 
Thomas  Porter  Baldwin, 

[Seventh  Genentioa.] 

4904.  i.  William  Childs  Heaton,  eldest  son  of 
Child  aod  William  Heatou,  b.  Dea  6,  1806,  m.  Aug.  14.183 
Maria  D.  Wharford,  of  New  York. 
[Eighth  Genenitioii.]    Child: 

4972.  I  Ci^BENCE  D.  Heaton.  b.  Dec.  26.  1841.  m.  Oct.  11. 1863. 
Mjiriii  Gilchrist. 

[Eighth  Generfttion,] 

4972.  I  Clarence  D.  Heaton,  son  of  William  Childs  and 
Maria  D.  Wharford  Heaton,  b.  Dec.  20, 1841.  m.  Oct.  II.  1865. 
AnDa  Maria  Gilchrist,  dait  of  John  W.  and  Darietta  Gilchrist. 
Mr.  Heaton  has  long  been  identified  with  the  Irvings  Satiogs 
Bank,  at  96  Warren  St,  New  York  City,  and  is  a  man 
trusted  integrity,  giving  the  interest  of  the  banking  house  ev 
the  pre-eminence,  indeed  subordinating  all  personal  ambition.^ 
to  its  advancement  in  the  most  honorable  manner.  His  c<3 
scientious  service  is  honorably  esteemed  by  the  officers  of 
Institution. 
fNi  nth  Gene  ra  tion ,  ]     Ch  i  1  d  ren ; 

4973.  i,  William  C  Heaton,  b.  Aug.  13,  1&60. 
4074.  ii.  Hentiy  Heaton.  b.  July  23.  1872. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4965.  ii.  Lucy  Chapman  Heaton,  eldest  dau.  of 
Child  and  William  Heaton,  h.  Mch.  20, 1809,  m.  Jan.  4,  IJ 
Dr.  H.  H.  Nilea.     Mrs.  L.  C.  Heaton  Nilee  d.  Sept.  3U,  18^ 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

41>75.  i    Elizabeth  K.  Niles.  b.  Nov.  8.  1838,  ra.  Col.  James  Low  of 
ChHrlestown.  Mass,     Has  two  children. 

4976.  ii.  Frances  M.  Nu-es.  h.  April  7, 1840,  m.  William  A.  Dodge. 
one  child. 

4977.  ill    Martha  Kate  Nileb,  b.  Sept.  2, 1851,  in.  Edvrin   F,  Oaref  of 
Charlei>town»  Mass.     Has  two  children. 

[Seventh  rrenemtion.] 

4967.  iv.  Solomon  Goodell  He.4T0Nj  second  son  and  four 
child  of  Martha  Child  and  William  Heaton,  b.  June  21,  181 J 
m.  July  17,  1843,  Julia  Annette  Goodwin.     Resides  at  P^ 
Mills  village,  Orange  Co.,  Yt 
[Kighth  Generation.]     Child: 

4978.  i.  Edward  N.  Heaton%  b,  April  7,  1846.  m.  Mrs.  Nannie  C.  Stur^rS" 


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8SS 


ith  GenerationJ 

J6S.  V,  Rkv.  Austin  Carpenter  Heaton,  D.  D.,  third 
son  and  fifth  cljild  ni  Maitlia  Child  and  William  Heaton,  b. 
in  Thetford,  Orange  Ca,  Vt,  May  28,  1815.  m.  Nov.  2,  IStil, 
Ariana  Frazier  Jones.  Mr.  Heaton  commenced  his  studies 
preparatory  to  his  profession,  at  the  Academy  in  his  nati%^e 
town,  making  further  preparation  for  college  in  like  schools  in 
New  Hampshire,  and  graduated  from  Dait mouth  College,  in 
Hanover,  Grafton  Co.,  N.  H,.  in  1840.  Almost  immediately 
he  removed  to  Virginia,  and  for  some  nine  yeare  was  an  unus- 
ually sucx;essful  teacher  of  a  classical  and  mathematical  school 
in  Alexandria.  While  rcisident  in  Alexandria,  receiveti  the 
degree  of  A.  M.  from  hia  Alma  Mater.  In  the  year  1849  we 
find  him  pursuing  his  theological  sturlies  at  the  Theological 
Seminary  of  Princeton,  New  Jersey.  Ilis  licensure  was  grant- 
ed him  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  in  the 
spring  of  1850.  For  four  years  following  he  was  settled  over 
a  Presbyterian  church  at  Harpers  Ferry,  Virginia,  thence  called 
to  the  third  Presbyterian  church  of  Baltimore,  Maryland-  His 
stay  was  brief  in  Baltimore.  In  1855,  Dr.  Heaton  accepted  a 
call  to  the  church  of  his  denomination  in  Princess  Anne,  Som- 
erset Co.,  Maryland,  where  he  has  since  remained.  Some  six 
years  after  his  settlement  at  Princess  Anne,  his  marriage  to 
Miss  A.  F,  Jones  oc^curred.  "  Mrs,  Heaton  Was  a  lady  of  most 
exalted  character,  and  finished  culture,  and  of  a  most  respect- 
able and  ancient  family."  Her  death>  which  was  on  the  first 
of  January,  1878,  was  an  irrejiarable  loss  to  her  family.  The 
degree  of  D.  D.  was  conferred  upon  Rev.  Mr.  Heaton  by  the 
University  of  Delaware,  in  1877. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Obililren: 

4979.  i,  Austin  Caupentkr  riEAToN,  J  a.,  b,  Oct.  30,  X863. 

4080.  ii.  Samuel  Wilson  Hejiton.  b.  April  10»  1860. 

4981.  iii.  Ariana  Stuaut  Heaton,  b.  Aug,  28,  1868,  d.  July  27.  1870. 

4882.  iv,  Sally  Stuart  flEATON,  b,  Dec.  17,  1970. 

4083.  v.  Martha  Childs  Heaton,  b.  Nov.  0»  1873. 

^84.  vi.  WiLLLiM  Page  Heaton,  b.  Ang.  23,  1877,  d.  June  15,  1878. 

[Seventh  Gene  rat  ion.  J 

496l>.  vi.  Calvin  Page  Heaton,  fourth  son  and  sixth  child 
of  Martha  Child  and  William  Heaton,  h  in  Thetford,  Orange 
Co.,  Vt,  Aug.  20,  1817.  In  1886,  he  went  to  Illinois,  and  in 
the  autumn  of  that  year  settled  in  Carrol  ton,  Green  Co.;  rn. 
Nov.  24.  1846,  Miss  Margai'et  J.  Evans,  dau.  of  John  Evans, 


WATKBTOVrS  B&AXCH. 


Esq.,  of  CJairoltOD.  by  the  Kev.  Hugh  Barr.  In  October,  ISSS, 
Mr  and  Mrs.  Beaton  removed  from  Oairoiton  to  Virdett 
Macoapin  Ca,  HL,  where  he  resided  until  the  time  of  hi«  de 
which  was  upon  Sunday,  the  26th  o(  May,  1868.  Mr.  C. 
Heaton  was  one  of  the  partners  in  the  banking  house  of 
Heaton  &  Chesnnt ;  a  citizen  full  of  effective  interest  andactiv:. 
ity  in  all  affairs  of  the  mnmeipality.  At  a  meeting  of 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  town  of  Virden,  on  the  dayfoUowiD^ 
Mr.  Heaton 's  decease,  sincere  expra^ions  of  regret  were  made 
by  leading  members,  and  r^olutions  passed  commendatory  of 
his  noble  life  and  true  citizenship,  and  of  heartfelt  oondolet)(» 
with  his  family  in  their  great  Ijereavement. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4085,  i.  WiixiAM  Lewis  HfiAtox,  b.  June  10, 1840,  id.  Sept  9, 1875, 1 
D.  MeArthur. 

408^.  ii*  Chajiles  Page  Ueatost.  b.  April  5,  1851,  m.  Oct.  19,  1^70, 
Lane 

4087.  ill.  FRASkK  DtLLEB  Heatox.  b.  Jau.  S,  1853.  au  Mch.  10,  18T5,  i 
V.  Broolis. 

4068.  iv.  Haeby  Etaks  Heatok.  b.  \hc.  81, 1857,  m.  Sept,  %7, 1871I*  1 
Wilson, 

4080*  V.  Austin  Heatok,  b.  Jone  10,  1859,  d,  Aug.  7,  1859. 

4900.  Ti.  Horace  Btluxos  Heatox,  b.  Sept.  5.  1860.  d.  Oct,  9,  18«0< 

^»L  riu  Magoie  CttU.DS  Heaton.  b.  Feb.  2.  18<W,  d  Sept  12.  IS 

4902.  viii.  Luci*  Leonard  Heaton*.  b,  Mrh.  12.  1866.  d.  Sept,  10, : 

4903.  11,  AWA  Barber  Heaton.  b.  April  13.  1868.  d.  June  7«J 

[Serenth  Generation.  1 

4970.  vii.  Martha  Sophl*.  Heaton,  third  dau.  and  seve 
child  of  Martha  Child  and  William  Heaton,  b.  in  Tlietfon 
Vt ,  Mch.  1,  1820,  m.  Sept  3, 1S51,  Horace  Billings  of  Bear 
town,  Dl.     Mr.  Billings  was  largely  engaged  in  mercantile  pu 
suite,  and  was  personally  interested  iu  many  of  the  pubB 
improvements  of  central  Illinois,  accumulating  a  very  considfi 
able  wealth.     His  death  occurred  on  the  22d  of  February,  181 
at  Jacksonville.  I!L,  where  he  had  been  a  resident  two  ye 
The  propeity  which  Mr.  Billings  supposed   would  shield  his 
small  family  from  all  carCy  with  the  ignis  fatuus  character 
often  manifests,  took  to  itself  wings  and  fled  awaj.     Very 
innately  Mrs.  Billings  possessed  a  wealth  of  cultured  intellc 
which  enabled  her  to  meet  these  adverse  circumstances, 
ill  health  of  her  only  surviving  child,  led  her  after  a  few  y€ 
to  the  Pacific  coasts  where  mother  and  daughter  are  instructors^ 
Mrs.  Billings  is  in  the  '^State  Institution  for  the  Deaf,  Dumt^ 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  585 

and  Blind/'  at  Berkely  near  Oakland,  California.     Miss  Ellen 
E.  Billings,  has  charge  of  the  department  of  instrumental  music 
in  the  Napa  Ladies'  Seminary,  at  Napa  City,  California 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

4994.  i.  Martha  Heaton  Billings,  b.  Jan.  21,  1854.  d.  Oct.  21,  1854. 

4995.  ii.  Ellen  Elizabeth  Billings,  b.  June  26,  1856. 

4996.  iii.  Horace  Heaton  Billings,  b.  July  22,  1858,  d.  July  21,  1860. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

4971.  viii.  Mary  Maria  Heaton,  fourth  dau.  and  eighth 
child  of  Martha  Child  and  William  Heaton,  b.  in  Thetford, 
Vt..  Dec.  22,  1823,  m.  July  29,  1852,  Thomas  Porter  Baldwin. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 

4997.  i.  Mary  P.  Baldwin,  b  May  3,  1853,  m.  Frederick  A.  McDonald 
of  Jacksonville,  Illinois. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

4886.  vii.  Solomon  Child,  Jr.,  fourth  son  of  Solomon  and 
Martha  Eice  Child,  b.  in  Henniker,  N.  R,  July  30,  1782,  m. 
1st,  Sept.  21,  1806,  Miss  Mary  Long  of  Hopkinton,  N".  H. ;  m. 
2d,  1824,  Lucinda  Child,  dau.  of  William  and  Mary  Heaton 
Child  of  Thetford,  Vt.  Mrs.  Mary  Long  Child  d.  Feb.  13, 
1823.  Mr.  Solomon  Child,  Jr.,  survived  both  wives;  Mrs. 
Lucinda  (Child)  Child,  d.  Jan.  20,  1852,  her  husband  Oct  19, 
1865,  when  five  years  past  his  fourscore. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

4998  i.  Horace  Child,  b.  Aug.  10,  1807,  ra.  Matilda  R.  Taylor  of  Lemp- 
ster.  New  Hampshire. 

4999.  ii.  Enoch  Long  Child,  b.  Oct.  6,  1808,  m.  Oct.  6,  1840,  Harriet 
Long.  Graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1840,  and  taught  for  several  years. 
Resides  in  Concord,  Merrimack  Co.,  N.  H. 

5000.  iii.  Maey  Long  Child,  b.  April  17,  1810,  m.  Oct.  2,  1850,  Asa 
Whitney  of  Henniker,  N.  H. 

5001.  iv.  Warren  Story  Child,  b.  Oct.  12,  1811,  m.  Nov.  27, 1839,  Sarah 
T.  Lane  of  Candia,  N.  H. 

5002.  V.  Martha  Cleaveland  Child,  b  June  13,  1813,  m.  Sept  20, 1838, 
Benjamin  Colby  of  Henniker,  N.  H. 

5003.  vi.  DAvro  Child,  b.  June  4,  1815,  d.  April  6,  1816. 

5004.  vii.  Infant  Son,  b.  June  10,  1816,  d.  same  day. 

5005.  viii.  Celestia  M.  Child,  b.  Oct.  11, 1817,  d.  Nov.  1,  1817. 

5006.  ix.  David  Curtis  Child,  b.  Oct.  8,  1818,  d.  Dec.  12. 1837. 

5007.  X.  JuuA  Ann  Child,  b.  Feb.  26,  1821,  d.  July  30,  1854. 

5008.  xi.  Caroline  Sawyer  Child,  b.  Jan.  25.  1823,  m.  Sept.  1846,  John 
J.  Stillman  of  Bridgeport,  Ct. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5000.  iii.  Mary  Long  Child,  eldest  dau.  of  Solomon,  Jr., 
aind  Mary  Long  Child,  b.  in  Henniker,  N.  H.,  April  17,  1810; 
m.  Oct  2,  1850,  Mr.  Asa  Whitney,  of  the  same  place.     Mr. 


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mm.  iL  saui  3Uwm  irmw.  ftw  wefiL  Uw  la 


vKum, 


fiOlO.  ii  Sabah  Matilda  Whehixt.  djuL  of  Mait  Long 
Chad  ud  AiA  Whiusej,  b.  Sept.  15,  185^,  m.  Fefai  li  1874 
Engene  D*  BiDoioi  of  Ounbridge,  IbsEb 

nmi  L  MAnoai  RmoriA  BmotmM,  h.  Velu  t7,  t93& 
SOlt,  iL  Ltmajt  WAxnn  Bwkmui,  b.  Xot.  9.  I87S 
i9tlu  m.  Bmta  0.  Bbooo^  K  StpL.  It,  1838L 

[Semmdi  Genenlkm.] 

50«il.  tr.  Warrek  Story  Child,  thiid  aoii  of  SokmioB^  Jc 

and  Man-  Lang  Chikl,  b.  Oct,   11  1811,  m.  Nov*  S7»  U 

MtM  Samb  F.  L&oe  of  Candia,  N.  a 

[Bigfctfc  Gtoentioci-1    Cbildreii: 

¥M.  t.  RjcSAJto  liAjm  CmLn,  b.  Auir.  3.  1843.  i&.  Kor.  19,  l^Tl^l 
Guttemoti. 

air  or.  X.  H. 

90  Hi.  lu.  Mxmi  Aim  Chilii.  b,  Ao^.  m^  ISI9.  au  Aa^.  2,  1973,  Ftiaeis 

5017   iv    FmsDcuc  Wixxcir  Chiij>.  b.  ione  17.  185S»  <L  Au^.  21,  ISM. 
[Et^tb  Genermtkm] 

5014.  t.  fiicHA&D  Laxe  Child,  eldesi  son  of  Warren  Siorr 
and  Sarah  T.  Lane  Child,  b.  in  Henniker,  N.  K  Ang.  2,  1843, 
m.  Nov.  19,  1877,  Miss  Kate  Gutterson. 
[Ninth  Gcnismtion.]    Child: 

m\H.  I  Ax!CA  LoisCiULD.b.  Oct.  25«  1879. 

f£tghth  General  (f>n  ] 

5016.  iil  Mary  Abby  Child,  only  dau.  of  Wairen 
and  Sarah  T.  Lane  Child,  b   Aug.  29,  1849,  hl  Aug.  2,  187 
Francis  Ensor  Pendergast  of  Dublin,  Ireland 
[Ninth  Genemtion  ]    Children: 

5019.  i.  An  infant  daughter,  b.  at  De  Fere.  Wisconsin,  d^  jonog. 

50^.  ii.  JErrKRY  Joseph  Pexdo^ast.  b.  Aug.  30, 1875,  at  De  Pere, 

502t.  tii.  FaANris  PnEDERtc  Podeegast,  b.  Jalj  1,  W7d,  at  I 
Adams  Co ,  Nebraska. 

[Seventh  General  ion  J 

5002.  V.  Martha  Cleaveland  Child,  second  dau,  of  Sok 
mon,  Jr,  and  Mary  Long  Child,  b.  June  13,  1813,  m.  Sept, 
1888,  Benjamin  Colby  of  Henniker,  N.  H. 


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[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

^022.  i.  Julia  Lawrence  Colby,  b.  Dec.  5, 1839,  m.  Garland  Blanchard. 

5023.  ii.  Franklin  Edson  Colby,  b.  Mch.  31,  1842,  d.  Sept.  17,  1845. 

5024.  iii.  Alma  Edson  Colby,  b  Jan.  28,  1845,  m.  Mch.  1867,  John  S. 
Gerry. 

5025.  iv.  Enoch  Long  ('hild  Colby,  b.  Jan.  15,  1854,  m.  July  11, 1877, 
Helen  S.  Gove  of  Charlotte,  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5022.  i.  Julia  Lawrence  Colby,  eldest  dau.  of  Martha 
Cleaveland  Child  and  Benjamin  Colby,  b.  in  Henniker,  N".  H., 
Dec.  5, 1 839,  m.  S.  Garland  Blanchard  of  Hillsboro,  N.  H.    Mrs. 
Blanchard  d.  June  20,  1866. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

5026.  i.  Bbllb  Blanchard. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6024.   iii.   Alma  Edson   Colby,   second  dau.   of  Martha 
Cleaveland  Child  and  Benjamin  Colby,  b.  in  Henniker,  N.  H., 
Jan.  28,  1845,  m.  Mch.  1867,  John  S.  Gerry. 
•  [Ninth  Generation.!    Child: 

5027.  i.  Julia  Gbrrt. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5025.  iv.  Enoch  Long  Child  Colby,  second  son  of  Martha 
Cleaveland  Child  and  Benjamin  Colby,  b.  Jan.  15, 1854,  m.  July 
11,  1877,  Helen  S.  Gove  of  Charlotte,  Monroe  Co.,  K  Y. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

5028.  i.  Carrie  Alma  Colby,  b.  Oct.  23,  1878. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5008.  xi.  Caroline  Sawyer  Child,  eleventh  child  and 
fifth  dau  of  Solomon,  Jr.,  and  Mary  Long  Child,  b.  in  Hen- 
niker, N.  H.,  Jan.  25,  1823,  m.'  Sept.  1846,  John  J.  Stillman 
of  Bridgeport,  Ct  Mrs.  Stillman  d.  at  Dover,  Delaware,  July 
26,  1867. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

5029.  i.  Horace  Childs  Stillman,  b.  June  30,  1847,  m.  1869,  Anna 
Loomis. 

5030.  ii.  William  Ashbbl  Stillman,  b.  Sept.  10,  1849,  m.  Nov.  7, 1872, 
Maria  Morrison  of  New  York  City.    Three  infants  who  d.  young. 

5031.  iii.  Julia  Long  Stillman,  b.  July  1851,  d.  Oct.  1851. 

5032.  iv.  Augustus  Mungbr  Stillman,  b.  Nov.  9,  1854,  m.  Nov.  10, 
1877,  Mary  Cobum  of  Hartford,  Ct.,  where  they  reside. 

5083.  V.  Carrie  Bell  Stillman,  b.  Sept.  17.  1856,  m.  May  26,  1875, 
Sidney  Eames 

5034.  vi.  Joseph  Towne  Stillman.  b.  Nov.  12,  1858,  d.  by  drowning, 
1862,  at  the  age  of  four. 

5035.  vii.  Clara  Judson  Stillman,  b.  Dec.  12,  1860. 
5086.  viii.  Mary  Emily  Stillman,  b.  Oct.  7, 1863. 

N-l 


688 


WATERTOWK  BRAKCtfT 


5037.  ix.  John  Jilhvs  Srn,hMJLK,  b.  July  8,  18<$7.  d.  on  the  28« 
laid  with  his  mother. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5029,  i.  Horace  Childs  Stillman%  eldest  son  of  Caroline 
Sawyer  Child  aud  John  J.  Stillnmn,  b.  in  Bridgeport,  Cu,  June 
30,  1847, m,  in  1869^  Anna  Loomis  of  B^ron,  New  York.     Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Stillman  reside  in  California. 
[Ninth  Generation,]     Child: 

5088.  i.  Mak  SAWTBJt  STrLLMAS,  h.  Nor,  7,  1873. 

(Eighth  GenerttlianJ 

5033.  V.  Carrie  Bell  Stillman,  second  dau.  of  Carotin 
Sawyer  Child  and  John  J.  Stillman,  b,  in  Bridgeport,  Ct,  Septi 
17,  i856,  m.  May  26,  1875,  Sidney  Eames  of  Bridgeport,  Ct 

where  they  i-eside. 
[Mruh  Generation.]     Child: 
503a  i.  Harrit  Uerbkrt  Eambp,  b  Mar  33,  1876. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

4887,  vii.  Josiau  Child,  fourth  son  and  seventh  cUil3 
Solomon  and  Martlia  Riec  Child  b*  in  Henniker,  Oct  II,  11 
m.   1805,    Abigail  Ward,   dan.    of   Capt.    Josiah   and 
Goodell  Ward  and  step-daaghter  of  Mr.  Salomon  Child     Mr. 
Josiah  Child  d.  Feb.  1,  1862.     Mrs.  Child  d.  Jan,,  1870.     Mr, 
Child   was  an  ofiicebearer  in  the   church,  and  one   of   the 
who  largely  contributed,  by  his  personal  qualities  and  in 
virtues  developed  under  his  {)ious  care  in  his  offspring  to  sw€ 
the  number  of  whom  one  of  the  family  writes.,  "A  godly 
oestry,  and  almost  without  exception  a  godly  generation,  me 
and   women    if  not  brilliant,  yet  li\Hng  to  bless  the  world,^ 
Nor  was  Mrs.  Child  at  all  behind  her  husband  in  the  posse 
sion  of  most  genial  and  christian  characteristics,  as  herchildr 
most  fondly  attest     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Josiah  Child  were  blc 
with  eleven  children.*  ^^ 

[Sere nth  Generation  J    Children:  _^| 

5040.  i.  Aaron  CmLns,  b.  Dec.  I.  1806.  m.  Apnl  11.  1833.  Uatitiah  f^ 
Benii^. 

,'5041.  ii.  Ira  Goodell  Crntns,  b,  Feb.  6,  180U.  m.  April  6,  1834,  Abij 
Wilder. 

504*3,  iii.  Josiah  Child;;,    b.   Meh,  1,    1811,   m.    May  16,    1843,  Louia 
Toombs. 

5043.  iv.  Carlo-h  Childs,  b,  ab*t  1813,  m.  1849,  Paulina  Bmckett,  dan.  of 
Wi Ilium  Briiokett  of  Colcbrook,  N.  H. 

5044.  V.  ItosELLA  Guilds,  b.  Aug.  24,  1815,  ni.   April,  1837,  Capt,  Joli 
Whitney  of  Ijancfister,  Mhss.;  m.  M,  John  Ed^arton  of  same  place. 

*Tlie  flEU)  *  Added  bjr  the  chtldrea  lo  thft  Utte. 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH, 


n04!i  vi.  WiixuM  Caret  Citilds,  b.  Nov.  1817,  d.  Oct.  31,  1841,  Of  de- 
Tout  atid  earnest  chameter  Mr»  Childs  early  consecrated  his  life  to  the 
Bavioiir»  utid  died  while  pursuing  his  studies  prepamtory  to  the  work  of  the 
ministry. 

5040,  vii.  Seheno  Austin  Childs.  b.  1819,  iii.  Xov.  7,  1S49,  Mary  Lowe, 
diiu  of  Stephen  Lowe  of  Fitch  burg,  Muiss. 

5047.  viii.  AnmsoN  Chilus,  b.  Oct,,  1821,  d.  Nov.  5.  1844.  Like  his 
brother  Williiim  he  felt  Unit  he  could  best  '*  work  for  Jesus  "  in  the  clcnciil 
Mofession»  iMid  bsid  but  **  girded  on  his  armor  "  when  the  captftip  of  his 
ibiOlee  called  him  ti>  work  in  the  **  Church  Triinuphant.*' 

5048.  ix.  Sarah  Cuilos.  b.  April,  18J4.  d.  Au^  .  132(5, 

5049.  X.  Jamek  Weh,stkr  Cijilds,  b,  June  10,  1826,  ni.  Aujf..  1848,  Lucy 
Hubbani.  dau.  of  John  Hubbard  of  ilaremont.  X.  H. 

505C\  xi  Mary  Euzabktu  Cfiilds.  b.  Aug.  24.  1S20,  ra,  Dec.  21*  1852, 
iCalviti  Lowe  of  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

fSeventh  Generation.] 

5040.  i.  Hon.  Aaron  Childs,  eldest  sou  and  child  of  Dea. 
Josiah  and  Abigail  Ward  Childs,  b.  in  Henniker,  N.  H.|  Dec. 
1,  1806,  m.  April  11, 1883,  Hanuali  F.  Bemis,  dan.  of  Jotiathan 
Betiiis  of  Windham,  Vt.  All  the  children  of  Dea.  Josiah  and 
fMrs.  Abigail  Ward  Child,  were  born  in  his  own  native  place  in 
the  Granite  Stute,  but  as  Daniel  Webster  said  of  it,  ^^New 
Hampshire  was  an  excellent  State  to  eiiiigrate  from/'  so  it  ap- 
peared to  this  large  household  of  sons.  The  eldest  set  the 
example.  The  year  after  his  marriage  Mr.  Chi  Ids  with  his 
bride  removed  to  the  then  wilds  of  Michigan,  he  purchased  a 
tract  ot  land  in  Washtenaw  Co.  and  established  a  home.  His 
daughter  writes,  **  For  many  years  he  experienced  the  manifold 
trials  incident  to  pioneer  life,  at  that  period  From  the  organ- 
ization of  the  township  in  which  he  resides,  he  has  been  con- 
nected  with  it  in  official  capacities.  For  fifteen  years  he  was 
its  Snpervis<:>r.  In  1870  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
State  Legislature."  Thougti  privation  of  luxuries  may  have 
been  the  unavoidable  lot  of  these  early  settlers  of  the  Penin- 
sular State,  long  since  ease  and  plenty  have  crowned  their 
toils,  and  none  arc  held  in  mom  thorough  esteem  than  the  Hon. 
Aaron  Childs  and  his  numerous  family. 
[Eighth  GenerationJ     Children  r 

5051.  i.  Jonathan  Cbu^us.  b,  Mch,  14,  1834,  m.  Ist.  May  29,  180G,  Fran- 
ces Crawford;  m.  2d»  1873,  Fannie  Ganse. 

5052.  ii.  Lewis  E,  Cniuis,  b.  May  25,  1830,  m.  June  12,  1866,  Frances 
Rif  hard  son. 

5053.  iii  Lavinia  L.  Cuum,  K  Jan.  21,  1841,  ra.  Aug.  21,  1861,  Robert 
Campbell,  Jr. 

5054.  iv.  William  K.  Chilui*.  b.  July  12,  1843,  m.  Dec.  2,  1863,  Fidelia 
Oate, 


WATERTOWK  RIUHOH, 
9055.  ?.  KuocTi  M.  Vmuas^  b  Mftv  t».  184<!,  isu  Sf^pt  I7»  1878;  I 

6056   vi.  ALU*  C  Cutuw.  b.  Aj>nl  S.  1850,  in  AujowU.  Mlcb,* 

5057.  tU.  i^XK!f  A,  Citttns,  K  Juno  Vi,  185t,  m.  Ma?  1»5,  ld74«    rUttuii^ 

G,  Ost>orii«i.  '  ~ 

50S!!t.  viiu  tUjOfAa  H   CoiUMi.  b.  0<^t  It.  1654.  d.  Not.   II».  t6M* 

Auiriistiu  Mich. 

5050.  tx.  Rmiu  riiiius*  b.  F<^U  5»  iaS6«  d.  F»U.  ^.  1856.  in  An 
Mich, 

(Kighth  GcnitnitiniK  1 

5061.  i  Col.  Jonathan  Cuiuds,  eldest  son  and  child 
lion.  Aaron  and  llannah  F.  Bemia  Child»»  K  at  Laoni,  CI 
uu<nm  Co ,  N.  Y.,  Mck  II,  1834.     CoL  Childs  nt  Ut,  May  S9] 
1866,  Miss  FmncoH  Crawford*  at  Api>alaohieola,  Florida ;  si 
cL  in  Jacki^onviile,  Flii..  Dec,    1871*     (n   1873  ho  m«    Mi: 
Fannie  (innst*,     *' Col.  JiMiutlmn  W,  Cliilds^  at  the  begi 
n(  the  war  of  the  Ri^liellioii,  was*  apjx)inted   Major  in  lh< 
Mn'h.  Infantry.     Afterwards  Lieut.  Col  and  Col.  of  ihc 
Rcg't,     He  pass^iHl  thitviigh  many  of  the  severe  K'lttlcs  of  ih 
Army  of  the  Potomac."     At  the  close  of  the  war  he  went 
Florida,  wheitj  he  iv^idcil  several  ye«in*.     In  187<1  he  njmo^ 
Uy  Anderson,    Howard  V<x,   Maryland.      Mrn,  Fannie   Oai 
Cliildii  \A  a  ivJative  of  the  late  niinii^ter  to  HiLHiiia,  Ute  Uom* 
Bayanl  Taylor. 
[Niiuh  Gi^nrmtioa.]    CIvlMrcn? 
50(M).  L  EL4i}fK  CuiLi>«L«  b.  Mob.  5,  1674.  in  Riohmond,  V^ 
5061.  ii   Anm%  Blakcak  CRlLtl^  b.  April  0.  1876^  in  Wftshtngifiii,  IX 
d.  Juac  8,  1^75, 

[Kighth  Ot^iiemtioti.  ] 

505*i.  11,  CAPr.  Lkwib  K.  CUILD8,  Fieeond  son  and  child 
Hon.  Aaron  and  Hannah   F.  Bemis  ChihK  h.  in   Augu«tU,1 
Mich,.  May  25.  I83fl.  m.  at  Fitclibnrg.  Mtw.,  Jnne  H  ISMJ 
KratiiM^   Rioharvlson,  dau*   of  WiUiani  Kichard^n.    (.>iptaifl 
(Muld.s  at  the  l>e^inning  of  the  Inte  war,  joineii  the  I  lib  Miet 
Infantry.     He  served  ihi'wi  years  in  the  Army  of  tlic  Outsit 
land.     At  the  battle  of  Chickamaugii,  Sqit  2,  166S,  lie  wi 
severely  woundcil  and  taken  prifioner,  aftefwardu  oxohftngfd.' 
He  now  n^sidc^  in  Ypsilanti,  MicK 
[Ninth  Oenerntitm. I    Chililrt^n: 
50(12,  i.  IIitatiiciiT  WAUt)  rittLr>»,  U.  Si^jiL^,  im7,  at  Fitrhbarg.  Mi 
50({3.  kl.  {Utot.ti  lUitrriNi  Cdh.o«,  U.  Mch.,  1800.  tL  Aaf*,  tSIIP»i 
ilJaati,  Mich. 

•Ta  MiM  AlBi  C.  CtiiM*  wa  an  lBd«blid  tm  Mcb  of  our  BAttrtftl  to  i«f  1 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  541 

5064.  iii.  William  Roscoe  Childs,  b.  Jan.  1870,  d.  Aug.  1870,  at  Ypsi- 
lanti,  Mich. 

5065.  iv.  Mabel  Frances  Childs,  b.  Nov.  1878,  d.  July  1874,  at  Ypsi- 
lanti,  Mich. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5053.  iii.  Lavinia  L.  Childs,  eldest  dau.  and  third  child  of 
Hon  Aaron  and  Hannah  F.  Bemis  Childs,  b.  in  Augusta, 
Washtenaw  Co.,  Mich.,  Jan.  21,  1841,  m.  Aug.  21, 1861,  Robert 
Campbell,  Jr.  of  Augusta,  from  which  place  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Campbell  removed  to  Pittsfield,  in  Hillsdale  Co.  Mr.  Camp- 
bell is  descended  from  a  sister  of  Oliver  Cromwell ;  and  also  a 
kinsman  of  Thomas  Campbell,  the  poet 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

5066.  i.  Walter  Wbbstbk  Campbell,  b.  May  4,  1862,  in  Augusta, 
Mich. 

5067.  ii.  Elizabeth  Alma  Campbell,  b.  Aug.  7,  1868,  in  Pittsfield,  * 
Mich. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5054.  iv.  William  K  Childs,  third  son  and  fourth  child  of 
Hon.  Aaron  and  Hannah  F.  Bemis  Childs,  b.  in  Augusta, 
Mich.,  July  12,  1843,  m.  in  Highland,  Mich.,  Dec.  2,  1868, 
Miss  Fidelia  Cate,  dau.  of  Franklin  Cate.  William  K.  Childs 
was  no  whit  behind  his  elder  brothers  in  patriotism,  and  was 
himself  a   soldier   in   the  Western  Division  of  the  Northern 

*  Army.     He  is  at  present  serving  his  second  term  as  Sergeant- 
at-arms  in  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  State  Legis- 
lature, at  Lansing,  Michigan. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

5068.  i.  Wallis  L.  Childs,  b.  Oct.  4,  1870,  in  Pittsfield,  Mich. 

5069.  ii.  Lella  M.  Childs,  b.  June,  1875,  in  Pittsfield,  Mich. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6055.  V.  Eugene  M.  Childs,  fourth  son  of  Hon.  Aaron  and 
Hannah  F.  Bemis  Childs,  b.  in  Augusta,  Mich.,  May  28,  1846, 
m.  Sept.  17,  1873,  to  Miss  Emma  A.  Osborne,  dau.  of  Rev. 
William  F.  Osborne.     Reside  in  Augusta,  Mich. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

5070.  i.  Edith  M.  Childs,  b.  Feb.  4,  1875,  in  Augusta,  Mich. 

5071.  ii.  Addis  Winifisd  Childs,  b  Mch.  3,  1977,  in  Augusta,  Mich. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5057.  vii.  Ellen  A.  Childs,  third  dau.  and  seventh  child 
of  Hon.  Aart)n  and  Hannah  F.  Bemis  Childs,  b.  in  Augusta, 
Michigan,  June  12, 1851,  m.  May  25,  1874, William  G.  Osborne 
of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  where  they  now  reside. 


5^  WA!TKseroins  br45ch. 

tlllaiiniBiiiliiii  ]    CkMrmt: 
ma.  i.  nm  Wiuxui  Ovkka.  b.  lUf  IK  VSn^  i.  Scfil.  liSi.  tSTS. 
W3.  H.  AuiA  CslUK  Qsaosvi;  U  July  S,  18ZS^  at  Diover,  AUeeui  4 

{Scrwrtii  Of  ftliwi.] 

9ML  ti  Ira  Goooell  Childsl  seoood  son  and  child 
Dea.  Joaah  and  Abigail  Ward  Ckilds,  b.  in  He 
FeK  6,  1809,  m.  April  6,  1834,  Afaignil  Wilder, 
Wilder  of  Lancaster,  Has&     Hr.  ChUds  was  a  man  'i-eTered 
and  knred  by  aD  who  knew  bim.     He  paased  awa j  in  the  prima^j 
of  an  honomble  and  useful  life,  on  the  19th  of  August^  1859,^ 
in  Aogob-ta,  Michigan,  where  he  had  eaiij  joined  his  eld 
bfoiher,  Houl  Aaron  Childa     In.  1861,  IfrsL  A  W.  ChOds  m.  ^ 
Imel  Ttask  of  BeYeiiy,  Mass.,  whom  she  surviTed  sevenl 
ycsars.    She  A  Mch.  20,  18T-I. 
[Eighth  G«iieffttioiL]    Children: 

5074.  i  Jogixa  Gqodeix  CHna>s,  b.  Dec.  20.  183S,  in  LttaoMter, 
d.  June  1. 18%  in  Augusta,  Mich* 

5075.  ii.  Jo^LiH  Waild  Crti.d^,  b.  Jone^  ],  1838,  m.  Get  19,  18701,  Pbebe 
Ann  ShemuiTi. 

h  Jan.  5,  1811,  m.  Xot.  W,  1878,  John 


5076.  ill.  Sakab  Aws  Chjlo8. 
Ffmds  Bowditeb. 

[Elf  bib  Generation  ] 

5075.  ii.  JosUH  AVard  Chilm,  second  son  and  child 
Ira  Goodell  and  Abigail  Wilder  Childs,  b.  in  Lancaster.  Mass., 
June  1,  1838,  m.  in  Braintree,  Mas&,  Oct  19,  1S70,  Phebe 
Ann  Sherman,  dau.  of  William  Sherman.  She  was  bi  Sept. 
27*  1844,  Residence  Braintree,  Norfolk,  Co^  Mass. 
[ Ninth  Genemtion.  1    Children : 

5077.  i,  Awnat  WiLiJBB  CHatJS,  b.  July  12,  1872,  in  Braintree, 

5078.  ii.  WiwuAU  Shm^mjls  Childs,  b  Maj  26,  1875,  in  Brmintree,  MamtJ 

5079.  til.  RicBJLiin  Ward  CHn^ns,  b.  Jan.  17. 1877,  in  Btmintiee*  Man. 

[Eif^hth  Generation  ] 

5076.  iii.  Sarah  A^x  Childs,  only  dan.  of   Ira  Goodell 
and   Abigail  Wilder  Childs,   b,   in  Lancaster,  Uass ,  Jan. 
1841,  m.  Nov.  SO.  1877.  John  Francis  Bowditch  of  Boston 
Mash\,  who  was  b.  Oct  17*  1S47.     Residence  Boston,  Ma6& 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

5080.  i   Joua  Clisto!^  Bowditch,  b.  Nov.  4, 1878,  in  Boston,  Milssu 
fScvenr.h  Generation  J 

5(42.  iii.  Dea.  Josiah  Childs,  third  son  and  child  of 
Josiah  and  Abigail  Wai-d  Childs,  b.  in  Henniker,  N.  H,,  Ml 
1,  1811,  m.  May  16,  1843,    Louisa  Toombs,   dau.   of  Lewid 
Toombs  of  Lancaster,  Ma8&     Dea  Childs  removed  to  Augusta^ 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  543 

Mich.,  whither  his  two  elder  brothers  had  preceded  him.     "A 
man  of  eminent  character  and  piety,  his  influence  in  the  com- 
munity where  he  resides  is  attested  by  the  numerous  offices  of 
trust  to  which  he-has  been  elected."     Resides  in  Augusta. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

5081.  i.  Addison  Childs.  b.  June  10. 1,844,  ra.  Dec.  7, 1870,  Juliette  Smith 

5082.  ii.  Anna  G.  Childs,  b.  July  17,  1846,  m.  Nov.  25,  1871,  David 
Horner. 

5083.  iii.  Louisa  A.  Childs.  b.  July  27,  1848,  m.  Dec.  81,  1872,  Orville 
Hawkes  of  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

5084.  iv.  JosiAH  Sklwyn  Childs.  b  Nov.  23,  1850,  m.  Mch.  2, 1875, 
Charlotte  A.  Smith. 

5085.  v.  Serbno  a.  Childs,  b.  Aug.  19,  1852,  d.  June,  1862,  in  Augusta, 
Mich. 

5086  vi.  RosELLA  Childs,  b.  Feb.  18. 1855. 

5087.  vii.  Ira  Qoodbll  Childs,  b.  Feb.  15,  1858,  d.  June,  1862,  in 
Augusta,  Mich. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5081.  1.  Addison  Childs,  eldest  child  of  Dea.  Josiah  2d, 
and  Louisa  Toombs  Childs,  b.  in  Augusta,  Mich.,  June  10, 
1844,  m.  in  the  same  place  Dec.  T,  1870,  Juliette  Smith,  dau. 
of  Daniel  Smith.     Bemoved  to  Ypsilanti,  Mich. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children. 

5088.  i.  Horace  Childs,  b.  Sept.  1871,  in  Augusta,  Mich. 

5089.  ii.  Harold  Childs,  b.  Nov.  1878,  in  Ypsilanti,  Mich. 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

5082.  ii.  Anna  G.  Childs,  eldest'  dau.  and  second  child  of 
Dea.  Josiah  2d  and  Louisa  Toombs  Childs,  b.  in  Augusta, 
Mich.,  July  17,  1846,  m.  Nov.  25,  1871,  David  Horner  of  Yp- 
silanti, Washtenaw  Co.,  Mich. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

5090.  i.  Gbrtrudb  Childs  Horner,  b.  May  13, 1875,  in  Ypsilanti,  Mich. 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

5084.  iv.  Josiah  Selwyn  Childs,  second  son  and  fourth 
child  of  Dea.  Josiah  2d  and  Louisa  Toombs  Childs,  b.  in  Au- 
gusta, Mich.,  Nov.  23,  1850,  ra.  Mch.  2,  1875,  Charlotte  A.* 
Smith,  dau.  of  Daniel  Smith  of  Augusta,  in  which  place  they 
continue  their  home. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

5091.  i.  Ellen  Louisa  Childs,  b.  Jan.  1,  1878,  in  Augusta.  Mich. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

5044.  V.  BosELLA  Chii^ds,  eldest  dau.  and  fifth  child  of 
Dea.  Josiah  and  Abigail  Ward  Childs,  b.  in  Henniker,  N.  H., 
Aug.  24,  1815,  m.  1st,  in  April,  1837,  Capt.  John  Whitney 
of  Lancaster,  Mass. ;  m.  2d,  John  Edgarton  of  Lancaster. 


544 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH, 


[Eighth  Cieueration,]    Child: 

5092.  i.  Wai^tkr  Hbnky  Knox  Whitney,  b.  in  1845,  tit  Clinton,  Bin 
m.  in  1807,  Emma  Hiidky  of  Sterling,  Mik^      Mr.  Walter  H.   K,  WhitiM 
d.  Oel.  8,  1873»  in  Woice^hT*  Mtts.s.,  leHviiig  one  cliiUL 
[Ninth  Genenvtion.]     Child : 

6093.  i.  UKnTRUDEF,  VVhitnicy,  b.  July  8,  1861*. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5046.  vii.  Sereno  Austin  Childs,  s?ixtli  son  and  seveni 
child  of  Dea,  Josiah  and  Abigail  Ward  Childs,  b.  in  Hennike 
N.  11.,  in  1819,  m.  Nuv.  7,  1849,  Mary  Djwe,  dan.  of  Steph« 
Lowe  of  Fiteliburg,  Ma.ss.,  where  Mr.  Cliilds  has  made  his 
idence. 
[Eighth  Generfltion,]     Child: 

5094.  i.  Fredkhick  A.  CeiLns.  b.  Sept.  5,  1856. 

[Seventh  Generation.! 

5049.  X.  James  Webster  Guilds,  eighth  son   and  ien« 
child  of  Dea,  Josiah  and  Abigail  Ward  Childs,  b.  in  Henniker, 
N.  H.,  June  16,  1S26,  m,   Aug.  1848,  Lucv  Hubbard,  dau. 
John  Hubbard  of  Clureniont,  N,  II.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jame^  Wl 
Cliikls  removed  at  once  to  Micliigan. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children; 

5U9n  i.  Camlob  Wt^nsTKR  Cmi.i>B,  h.  June  10,  1855,  m.  A|)ril  24  |g 
Eil»  Hjuletun. 
509i\  ii.  Mahy  A.  Childsi,  b.  Aug.  2,  1858. 

[Eighth  Gene  rati  on,] 

5095.  i.  Carlos  Webster  Chilijs,  eldest  child  i»f  Jam6 
Webster  and  Lucy  Hubbard  Childs,  b.  in  Augusta,  Mich 
June  10,  1855,  m.  April  24,  1878,  Ella  Hrusleton  of  Hurtfor 

Mich. 

[Ninth  Geiierution,]     Child: 
5097.  i,  Edna  Ehhh  Cmum,  b.  Feb.  22,  187», 

[Seventh  General  ion.] 

5050,  xi.  Mary  Elizabeth  Childs,  third  dan.  and  eleveni 
child  of  Dea.  Jo.^iah  and  Abigail  Ward  Childs,  b.  in  Heruiikei^ 
K  a,  Aug.  24, 1829,  m.  Der.  31,  1862,  Calvin  Lowe  of  Kik>h 
burg,  Mass.,  removed  to  Michigan  the  same  year  aacl settled 
Augusta,  Wa^shtenaw  C'o.,  where  they  now  reside. 
[Kightb  CiHtieralion.]     Children: 

50^.  i.  Edward  GonuELL  Lowe,  b,  Mch.  8,  1854,  d.  Jun.  6.  1877. 
5(WR,  ii.  AuRTfN  CiitLDH  Lowe,  b  Feb.  12.  1856,  m.  Mch,  81.1979,  li« 
Angeliiio  Davis  of  Ypgibinti.  MityJh 
6100.  iii,  Abbie  F^^ijisa  Lowe,  b.  April  25,  1858.  d.  May  !!>»  187V. 

5101,  iv.  LccY  KosELi.A  Lowe,  b,  Jun.  5,  I8«I,  d.  May  4.  inm. 

5102.  V,  Mary  Lavina  Lowe,  b  UvU  22,  1852.  d.  P<*h.  3,  188*^, 
3im.  vL  UvvY  Edith  Lowe,  b  April  13,  1887. 


WATERTOWX  BRANCH. 

5104.  vii.  James  WEBftTEn  Lowe,  b.  Feb.  22,  I860. 
,6105.  viii.  Caklos  Wix,l[am  Lt>w«.  b.  McU,  2,  1871. 
|;ei08.  Ls,  Mary  Elizabeth  I^we,  b.  Jan.  22,  1873,  d.  Aug.  18,  1873. 

I'Pourth  Generation.] 

4741.  V.  lsA.4C  Child,  fifth  child  and  third  sou  ot  John  and 
Hannah  French  Child,  b.  in  Watertown,  Mas.?.,  Mch.  24,  1706, 
m.  1st,  Dec  7,  1727,  Anna  Adams;  she  d.  Feb.  16,  1746;  m- 
2d,  April  1, 1747,  Hannah  Goddiu.  He  d.  in  Walthani,  Mass., 
Feb.  16,  1788. 

[Fiftb  Generation.]     Children: 

5107.  i.  Nathanibl  Child,  b.  in  Walthain,  Mass.,  Oct.  81,  1728,  d.  May 
15,  1731, 

5108.  ii.  Moses  Child,  h.  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  April  (J,  1731,  ni.  Mch,  28, 
1758,  Sarah  Styles. 

5109.  iiL  EtJxicB  Cnn^D,  b.  in  Walthara.  Mass.,  April  14,  1734. 

5110.  iw  Amob  Child,  b.  in  Walthani,  Mat»s.,  ab't  1753,  m.  ab't  1778. 

(Fifth  Goneratinn.J 

5108.  ii.  Moses  Child,  second  son  and  child  of  Isaac  and 
Anna  Adams  Cliild.  h.  in  Walthara,  Mas8.,  April  6,  1731,  m. 
Mch.  28,  1758,  Sarah  Styles.  Slie  was  born  in  Lnnenljnrgh, 
Mass.,  June  13,  1734,  d.  June  3,  1818.     Ee  d.  Feb.  8,  1793. 

The  record  of  Moses  Child  is  derived  from  two  sources. 
One  account  furnished  by  Mr.  Isaac  Child  of  Boston,  whose 
manuscripts  are  gathered  mostly  from  Boston  records,  gives 
his  birth  as  the  son  of  Isaac-  Child  of  Waltham,  Mass.,  in  1731, 
and  m.  to  Sarah  Styles  of  Walthani.  The  other  account  fur- 
nished by  a  descendant  of  Moses  Child,  gives  him  as  the  son 
of  an  English  emigrant,  who  landed  in  Casco  Bay,  Maine,  in 
1730,  and  that  he  was  born  on  ship-board  in  the  bay.  We 
have  not  been  able  to  verify  fully  these  records.  He  may 
have  been  bom  in  a  vessel  and  in  Casco  Bay,  ei^en  if  it  had  not 
sailed  from  England.  His  parents  may  have  been  among  the 
emigrants  from  Massachusetts  who  were  seeking  new  settle- 
ments in  Maine,  as  we  know  many  of  the  family  name  went 
and  settled  in  Maine  from  the  earlier  settled  portions  of  Massa- 
chusetts, Both  agree  subi?tantially  as  to  date  of  birth,  and  to 
details  of  his  subsequent  history.  The  fact  that  these  descend- 
ants cannot  give  any  names  of  the  emigrating  parents,  and  no 
such  are  found,  or  any  of  their  records,  renders  it  more  prob- 
able that  he  is  the  son  of  Isaac  and  Anna  Adams  Child  of 
Walthani,  Mass.,  who  might  have  been  on  their  way  to  Maijie 
to  settle,  or  visit  those  resident  there,  at  the  time  of  his  birth  ; 
rendered  the  more  probable,  that  communication  with  Maine 


546 


WATEKTOWN  BRANCH. 


was  then  by  water  more  than  by  land.     He  was  a  prominent 

citizen  of  his  day.  He  was  commissioned  a  lieutenant  in  th 
old  French  War,  by  Gov,  Shirley,  and  bore  the  same  rank 
our  Revolutionary'  struggle.  He  was  at  the  capture  of  Qt 
Bui^ovne,  previous  to  which  he  r(*ceived  a  commission  (rt>i 
Gen.  Washington  to  repair  to  East  Maine  and  Nova  Scotia  : 
inquire  into  the  condition  of  those  colonies  The  following  i 
a  copy  of  the  commission  : 

•*  Btf  his  Exrdlency^  Geo,    WcmhimjlijHr,  En<ji,,  Commnndifr  in-ChUf  of  H^ 

United  CotoHifS^ 
To  MOSKS  C'HILD,  E&q: 

'*The  ilonorable,  the  ContineiiUl  Congress,  hiivitig  lately  pAss^  a 
solve^  containi^d  in  the  foUowitig  words^  to  wit:  Thiit  two  persons  be  scnf" 
Ht  thB  i^xpijnsL^  (tt  these  Colurues,  to  Nova  Seotia*  to  iiTfjuire  into  the  wtjil*  of 
that  Colony,  the  disposition  of  the  inhnliitants  towards  the  American  ciiu!<ie, 
nnd  the  condition  of  the  fortificatiuns,  dock  yiirds.  the  quantity  of  the  wnt^ 
like  *itores,  nnd  the  niunh^tfrof  soldiers,  sailors  and  Mp»  of  whf  thff^;  mod 
to  transmit  the  earliest  inlellig-ence  to  Gen.  Washington. 

'*1  do  thereby  constitute  and  appoint  you,  the  said  Mo^e^  Child,  to  U* 
one  of  the  persons  to  undertake  this  business.      And  aa  the  $ea£ion  i?  U 
and  this  a  work  of  great,  ijuporlance^  I  entreat  and  request  that  you  will  ( 
the  utmost  dispatch,  attention,  and  fidelity  in  the  execution  of  it. 
necessity  of  acting  with  a  proper  degree  of  caution  and  secrecy  is  too  i 
parent  to  need  reeominendation-     Yoti  wilJ  keep  an  accurate  acctoiint 
your  expenses,  and   upon  your  return  you  will  be  rewarded   in  &  ^iittatt 
manner  for  the  fatigue  of  your  journey  and  the  sei-v ices  you  render  yo 
country,  by  conducting  and  discharging  this  business  with  expedition  i 
fidelity.    Given  under  ray  hand  this  24th  day  of  Nov,  1775. 

**  George  WAsaixoTOSl,"' 
[Sixth  Generation,  J     Children,  bom  in  Waltharu  and  Graf  ton,  Mass.: 
5111,  i.  Aba  Chh^d,  b,  April  8, 1753,  d.  Feb.  8,  1759, 
5113.  ii.  Sarah  CarLD,  b,  Meh.  26,  1760,  d-  May  25,  17«0. 

iii,  JAMEifeCmLD,  b.  April  4,  1702,  ra.  1781,  Hannah  Co^hiDfT 

iv.  Sarah  Cnn.D,  2d,  b.  June  20,  1763. 

V.  ScsANNA  Child,  b,  July  2'i,  1766,  m.  Judge  Ebcnezer  Cbampni^ 

vi.  ELI8HA   Child,  b.   Oct,   31,  1767,  ra,    Feb.    17,    171K5,   Mi 


5118. 
5114. 
5115. 
5116. 
Abbott 
5117. 
5118. 


vii.  PatiDKiNCE  Child,  b.  Aug.  30,  1769*  ^*  Sept>  6.  1805. 
viii.  BETBEif  Child,  b.  Nov, 3. 1771, m,  lat, Spnulding;  m. 


Spalter, 

5119.  ix.  Isaac  Child,  b.  July 27,  1774,  m.lst,  S&rah  Rockwood;  mJ 
Polly  Kimball. 

5120,  X.  Anwa  Child,  b.  Sept.  27,  1770,  d.  Oct.  17,  1779. 

[Sixth  Generation] 

5113.  iii,  JamI':*s  Child,  third  child  and  second  son 
Hoses  and  Sarah  Stylts  Child,  K  in  Grafton,  Masg.,  April 
1762.     He  rasided  in  Grafton,  Mass.,  in  Ilallowell,  Maine,  ai 


W, 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  547 

in  Augusta,  Maine.  He  m.  in  1781,  Hannah  Gushing,  daiL  of 
Adam  and  Sarah  Reed  Gushing  of  Abbington,  Mass.  She 
was  b.  April  10,  1762,  and  d.  at  Augusta,  Maine,  Nov.  20, 
1842.  Mr.  Child  emigrated  to  Hallowell  when  the  country 
was  almost  a  wilderness,  bringing  with  him  as  his  only  patri- 
mony, a  good  name,  a  sound  and  robust  constitution,  high 
principles  of  honor  and  integrity.  He  was  accompanied  by  a 
brother-in  law  with  whom  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness. Their  first  stock  of  goods  was  purchased  on  credit  of  a 
Boston  firm.  Connecting  the  fur  trade  with  the  Indians  with 
their  other  business,  they  were  quite  successful  in  the  results 
of  their  first  purchase,  realizing  an  amount  of  profits  nearly 
sufficient  to  pay  the  bills  they  had  contracted.  Mr.  Child 
went  to  Boston,  paid  his  bills  and  obtained  from  the  same 
house  a  new  supply  of  goods.  In  returning  to  his  place  of 
business  the  vessel  bearing  himself  and  goods  was  wrecked  on 
the  coast,  his  goods  were  a  total  loss,  and  his  own  life  was 
scarcely  saved.  On  reaching  his  home  he  found  other  misfor- 
tunes had  befallen  him,  which  left  him  penniless,  caused  by 
tjie  absconding  of  his  partner.  With  the  burden  of  debt 
incurred  in  the  last  purchase  resting  upon  his  shoulders,  to- 
gether with  the  entire  lack  of  family  supplies  for  the  winter 
which  was  just  upon  him,  and  no  resources  but  his  own  ener- 
gies, he  addressed  a  note  to  his  Boston  creditors  giving  a  full 
statement  of  the  case,  asking  for  their  forbearance,  and  prom- 
ising full  payment  for  his  purchases  as  fast  as  his  earnings  in 
some  business  would  allow.  His  creditors  gave  him  their  sym- 
pathies and  their  assurances  that  they  would  not  trouble  him. 
This  nerved  him  afresh  for  new  enterprise.  He  established  a 
tannery  as  promising  remunerative  returns  for  his  labors.  His 
lack  of  practical  knowledge  was  supplied  by  the  kindness  of  a 
clerical  friend,  Eev.  Jason  Livermore,  who  had  been  reared  a 
practical  tanner.  This  enterprise  proved  a  success ;  he  re- 
trieved his  lost  fortune,  and  liquidated  his  entire  indebtedness. 
This  turning  point  in  his  financial  affairs  was  the  beginning  of 
prosperity,  which  followed  him  through  after  life.  In  later 
vears  his  home  seems  to  have  been  in  Augusta,  Me.  He  was 
unong  the  organizers  of  the  first  Congregational  church  of 
;hat  town,  and  contributed  largely  to  the  erection  of  a  house 
)f  worship,  at  whose^  altars  he  worshiped  till  his  death.     He 


om 


WATEMTOWS  BttAJRS. 


VIS  o&e  of  tbe  otpoimen  of  the  fiisl  biibk 
mad  tar  jreun  a  diicdor.     Publie  onpfiiifiify  g»^«  i 
oSeeB  of  tniA — futek  m  loBpoekx^  jiHwn    of  the 
far  Uiifleeii  jcub  town  tjeunrer.    Of  a  dieetful 
be  WW  lioelaoafi.  foH  of  imiKn^  wd 
foodest  of  hk  cinii  abflitiea^  Msebl  and 
cad  life  he  pomemed  infleziblie  Iiooestr  and 
ehrutiaii  character  was  oooafltent^  exexoplair  and  < 
t8ef«<h  Gfpmtloa-]    dnUmi: 

$»L  L  ASM  Chilis  h.nGiiiUaiu)la«^.IW.tt.i:8e,d.«&C:^ait1 

$122.  iL  OaxxswcMiD  Craw»e  doLiik.  V.  la  6fotaa«  Vmj  .  Jaa^j 
17BS.  ai.  Xor.  17,  ISIJiw  Li>e?  Bame  FWIacr. 

$121.  itL  Jaxe*  ttmiMti  Ckeia  h-  Maj    3U  171^  a.   Xor    1%  tm 
Jaae  Haie  of  Porfiuid,  Mc^ 

$IZL  hr.  B^yjiAJB  Cauui,  h.  dbl.  l?19w  m.  Hot.  ]£.  1S14,  FEiaebSwaft. 

5129.  r.  EuiHA  CathtK  h.  Kov.  tf,  ITST.  wk.  Bee.  4, 1«S,  Mum  Pklnir. 
512a.  tL  itjair  CMild\,  d.  ia  miantj. 
Sltl,  TO.  Samah  Child*  tL  . 

[Sereatb  G«»etBlioa.) 

5122:  ii.  Greexwood  Ctshikg  CmLD,  sfcood  child  of 
James  aod  Haxioab  Cashing  Child,  b,  in  Grolon,  MasEL^  Jme 
24,  1785,  dlKov.  17,  1815,  Locv  Howe  Palmer  of  AQgosIa, 
Ife.,  she  d.  in  Masisachiid^ts  May  17,  1d66L  He  residdH 
in  Augusta,  Me^  aad  d.  JqIj  24,  1855.  He  wi^  a  merchant 
of  exteoaiTe  boaioeas,  was  characterized  bir  an  exooeding 
lifgefieaB  and  oprigfalaesg  of  dealiiig.  He  beqaealhed  a  large 
estate  to  his  widow  and  childreo ;  with  an  atier  distaste  fisr 
mingling  in  public  aiZaiis  he  declined  all  oflioa 
[Eiielilli  6«icfatioii.T  Cliildiieii,  bom  in  Angaita*  Me. 
'  §!».  i  Samam  Reed  CuLn,  b.  Dec.  12.  ISli.  m.  Jalf  2S,  1S44  Wa 
Walker.    Tbej  bare  do  cKUdreci.     Reside  in  Bcmintree,  Umm. 

$120.  it  Lcrr  Palmxk  Caiu*,  b.  Feb.  14,  1819,  la.  Juae  17,  1^49;  Cipt 
SwBitel  Qfjre.     An  anderrriter :  tbej  reside  in  Earofie. 

5130.  liL  ILuiT  CaiLD,  b,  Mch,  17.  1821,  m.  Oct  4.  18QQ.  3Urit  F. 
Dnacklee,  He  wms  b.  in  GiiBenJIeld.  N.  H.,  Dec.  91,  1824;  amlKwytrhf 
IwofeasiotL     Besideiiee.  Brmintree,  Mmm^ 

51S1.  tT.  GaotiSK  Albcbt  Ckild.  b.  Jolj  9. 1823.  m.  Jaa.  9. 1842.  Cbariotta 
K.  HvshalL     He  d.-^ia  dale— IfATing  one  dan,.  Unsng  ta  Mmaom^  JCe. 

5132.  T.  Jamvs  Bt rts  Cbiij>,  b.  Oct.  7.  18SS,  m.  Aii|;.  iS,  18S2,  Maipual 
Bridies.     He  was  a  cotton  planter  in  Georgia;  d.  leaTtng  time  dangbtersw 

5182.  rL  WnxiAx  Caiu>.  h.  Nor.  8^  1827.    Besides  tn  Aagfosta;  anau 

51 M.  rii.  Mabcia  Gaaonraoii  Clour,  b.  April  dO,  1820.  Raaidea  ia 
Braintree,  Maesi. 

51^  Till.  HKLE5  CusBore  CaiLii,  b.  Jnlj  2, 1882,  d.  Feb.  21, 1822^ 
[Sereoih  Generation.] 

5123.  ill.  James  LoRiNii  Cbilh,  third  child  of  Jamea  and 
Hannah;  CushiDg  Child,  K  in  Augusta,  Ige,  May  SI,  17»8^  m. 
>T.  10,  18^22,  Jane  Hale  of  P.trtlan.l  Maine 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH. 


549 


Mr.  James  L.  Child,  after  the  usual  common  school  tmining, 
entered  the  Hallowell  Academy,  designing  to  fit  for  college.  A 
casualty  serionsly  injuring  his  knee  disabled  him  for  months 
and 'changed  his  plans.  Upon  his  recovery  he  entered  at  once 
upon  the  stady  of  the  law^  which  he  was  obliged  to  make  a 
long  term  of  five  yeai's.  With  a  U\ste  for  belles  letters,  he  was 
a  writer  of  some  most  pleasing  prose  and  verse.  He  also  made 
a  practical  study  of  surveying.  His  first  legal  partnership  was 
with  Hon.  Thomas  Rice  of  Winslow,  Me.  ;  the  election  of  Mr. 
Kiceas  representative  in  Congress,  caused  an  early  dissolution  of 
this  firm  ;  but  Mr.  Child  retained  the  lucrative  business  of  the 
office.  At  this  p<'riod,  1812,  the  war  with  Great  Britian 
awakened  much  milittiry  enthusiasm.  In  January,  1814,  Gov. 
Strong  of  Massachusetts,  appointed  Mr.  Child  captain  of  the 
Augustii  militia ;  and  justice  of  the  peace  for  Kennebec.  Ill 
health  soon  rendered  change  of  scene  and  rest  imperative,  and 
Mr.  Child  travelled  both  in  the  United  States  and  abroad.  An 
acfpiaintiuiee  formed  in  England  led  Mr.  Child  to  form  a  com- 
mercial partnership  in  Charlesttni,  S.  C. ;  the  failure  in  Liver- 
pool of  Mr.  Witherspoon,  a  bi^other  of  Mr,  Child's  partner, 
abruptly  terminated  the  business.  Mr.  Child  returned  to 
Augusta,  Me,  and  resumed  his  professional  duties,  and  was 
not  long  after  an  active  participator  in  the  ceremonies  and  labors 
attending  the  separation  of  Maine  from  Massachusetts,  and  the 
formation  of  a  distinct  state  government ;  this  was  in  1820. 
Mr.  Child  had  won  so  fine  a  reputation  for  business  dispatch, 
that  he  was  a1,  once  chosen  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Eejiresenta- 
tives  of  the  new  Stiite,  a  post  he  held  for  eleven  yeara  Later 
he  was  made  a  Councillor  of  the  United  States  District  Court 
of  Maine  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature, 
but  declined  to  serve.  In  all  municipal  interests  he  was  an 
active  and  able  organizer  and"  directc^r.  He  was  one  of  the 
directoi*s  of  the  Augu.*ita  bank,  and  in  uniform  attendance  till 
the  ilay  before  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1862.  His  life 
was  market!  by  great  energy,  vei'satility  of  talent  and  executive 
ability. 

[Eighth  Genemtion.]     Childwn^  boni  in  Aliia  liiid  Augusta,  Mf. : 

5136,  i.  Damel  Carlton  Child,  b.  Ott.  27,  1833,  was  drownc^d  in  Cohim- 
bU  river,  Oregon,  Meli.  35,  imi. 

5137.  ii.  AN^'  Eliza  Child,  b.  Mch,  26,  1825,  ra,  Aug.  31»  1843,   Lieut. 
Robert  Auchmuly  Wiiinwnght,  U,  S.  A. 


5da 


rATERTOWy  BEANCB. 


513$,  ill  *r  ASi7ii  Lonnco  Child,  Js  .  b  Feb  ^  1867,  m.  Nor. 

91^.  tv.  OKKsrrnxE  Hauc  Cmuj,  b,  Jan.  SO,  1929,  m  Cinuiolte  3f>  Blf» 
Imrd. 

5110,  V.  BSBCCCi  Jaxi  Cbild.  b.  Sept.  2.  1830.  d  Feb  26,  1833- 
514L  n,  Rebccca  Ja5E  Child.  2d.  b.  Oct    a,  Itm,  m.  Sept.  3.  11531 
Gardner  H.  dishing. 

5142   rii.  Uaxnah  Swav  Ckdj).  b.  Oct.  S.  18S0,  m.  Maj  17, 1657,  He 
Wefl«  Severance. 

5143.  viiL  Horace  Chilo,  b,  July  25,  1840,  d.  Jan.  4,  1845. 

5144.  ix.  Alice  Wainwright  Cbii.d,  b.  Jan.  8,  1844.  il.  Jan,  IS.  1S44 

5145.  X.  Robert  Wainwrigbt  Coild.  b.  Jan.  15.  1^146.  m.  Anna  Canfj. 
He  bad  two  children ,  both  died.    He  i$  a  lumber  dutreyor  of  Boston,  M^. 

[Eighth  Generation;] 

5137.  ii.  Ann  Eliza  Child,  :*econd  child  of  James  Lorin 
and  Jaue  Hale  Child,  b.  io  Alna,  Me.,  Mch.  26,  1825,  m.  Au^ 
21,  1843.  Lieut  Robert  A*  Wainwright,  U.&  A.     He  wasb.  ~ 
Newjx>rt,  R  1.,  d.  at  Benieia  Ai-senal,  Cal,  Dec  22,  1866 
[Ninth  Generation  ]    Children: 

5145.  i.  Robert  D.  Waixwrigut,  now  Lieut,  of  the  Marine  Corps  17.  Sw  1 

5147.  ii.  Isabella  M.  Waixwrigrt,  d.  in  Deiroit,  Mich  «  1871. 

[Eighth  Generation  ] 

6138.  iii  Bev.  James  Loring  Child,  b.  in  Alna,  Me.,  Fe 
20.  1827,  m.  Nov.  19,  1848,  Mrs.  Elizabt^ih  McCrea  of  Xq 
York  City  ;  wfis  a  clergviaan  of  the  M.  E.  church.     He  redid 
in  Michigan:  d.  1873,  in  Denver,  Colorada 
[Ninth  Generation.]     Children .     They  reside  in  Leavett.  Mich, 

5148.  i    Benjamin  WAixwBroHT  Cutlo. 
5140.  ii.  Ja.se  Hale  Child. 
5150.  iii.  IsABELL  Kimball  Cbild. 
515L  iv.  Franklln  Artair  Cbild. 

5152.  V.  Caroi^ixe  Amelia  Cbild. 

5153.  vi,  Anna  Pab«»o  Child. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5125.  V,  Elisha   Child,  tifth  child  of  Jam^  and  Har 
Cashing  Child,  b.  Nov,  12,  1797,  m,  D^.  4,  1822,  Maria  P^ 
mer.     Both  d.  in  Augusta,  Me. 
[Eighth  Generation  ]    Children,  born  in  Augtista,  Me, 

5134.  i.  CBARI.01TE   Elizabeth   Cbild.  b.  1825,  m.  Daniel  Fales  of  N 
York  City,     Merchant. 

5155.  ii.  Hannah  Maria  CniLD.  b  Jan,  S7,  1838,  ni.  Dec.  9, 185^,  J 
W,  Jftunes.     Lawyer,  Biddeford,  Me. 

5156.  iii.  Paulina  Palmer  Cbild,  b.  May  21,  1880,  ni.  LlewUyn  W.  1 
gow  of  A^gusLa,  Me, 

5167»  iv.  M  ABO  A  RET  E,  Cbild,  b.  1833,  unm. 

5158.  V.  Edward  Styles  Child,  b,  Sept.  17;  ia?4,  d,  Oct,  3,  X844-; 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  551 

[Sixth  Geiieration.J 

5116.  vi.  Elisha  Child,  sixth  child  and  third  son  of  Moses 
and  Sarah  Styles  Child,  b.  in  Groton,  Mass.,  Oct.  31,  1767,  m. 
Feb.  17,  1795,  by  Rev.  Abel  Fisher,  Martha  Abbott,  of  Wilton, 
N.  K  She  was  b.  Dec.  11,  1772.  Resided  in  Temple,  N.  H. 
He  d.  April  5,  1853.  She  d.  Dec.  15,  1861. 
fSeventh  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Temple,  N.  H. 

5159.  i.  Moses  Child,  b.  Jan.  30,  1796,  d.  June  29,  1796. 

5160.  ii.  Patty  Child,  b.  May  16,  1797.  d.  Feb.  29,  1868,  unm. 

5161.  iii.  Sarah  H.  Child,  b.  Mch.  22,  1799,  m  Nov.  24,  1825,  James 
Killam. 

5162.  iv.  Polly  Child,  b.  Mch.  25,  1801,  m.  May  17,  1825,  Nathaniel 
Ford  ,Locke. 

5163.  V.  James  Child,  b.  Sept.  20,  1802,  ni.  May  10,  1827,  Mary  Locke 
Laws. 

5164.  vi.  Nahum  Child,  b.  July  3.  1805,  m.  Nov.  12, 1833,  Betsey  Wright. 

5165.  vii.  Harriet  Child,  b.  July  9,  1807,  m.  Mch.  5,  1829,  Samuel 
MitcheU 

5166.  viii.  Betsey  Child,  b.  April  8,  1809,  m.  Sept.  9,  1829,  Francis 
Killam  of  Temple,  N.  H. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5161.  iii.  Sarah  H.  Child,  third  child  of  Elisha  and  Martha 
Abbott  Child,  b.  in  Temple,  N.  H.,  Mch.  22,  17D9,  m.  Nov. 
24,  1825,  James  Killam. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

6167.  i.  Rodney  A.  Killam,  b.  July  11,  1828. 

5168.  ii.  James  0.  Killam.  b.  June  27.  1831. 

5169.  iii.  Eliza  M.  Killam,  b.  Nov.  28,  1841. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5162.  iv.  Polly  Child,  fourth  child,  third  dau.  of  Elisha 
and  Martha  Abbott  Child,  b.  in  Temple,  N.  H.,Mch.  25,  1801, 
m.  May  17, 1825,  Nathaniel  Ford  Locke  of  Peterborough,  N.  H. 
[Eighth  Generation.!    Children : 

5170.  i.  Maetha  C.  Locke,  b.  July  28.  1827. 

5171.  ii.  Almena  Frances  Locke,  b.  May  16,  1832. 

5172.  iii.  Albeet  D.  Locke,  b.  Feb.  3,  1836. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5163.  V.  James  Child,  fifth  child,  second  son  of  Elisha  and 
Martha  Abbott  Child,  b.  in  Temple,  N.  H.,  Sept  20,  1802,  m. 
May  10,  1827,  Mary  Laws.  She  was  b.  Jan.  19,  1799,  in  Bil- 
lerica,  Mass.  She  was  the  dau.  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Locke 
Laws.     Resided  in  Peterborough,  Mass. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 

5173.  i.  Nahum  Abbott  Child,  b.  Nov.  9,  1828.  in  Temple,  N.  H.,  m. 
April  11,  1860,  Ellen  Sargent.    She  was  b.  Nov.  28,  1836. 


552 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH. 


[K^inth  GiincmUon,]    ChiKirefi 

5174.  i.  Jam£S  Edward  Child,  b.  in  Temple.  N.  H,,  Feb.  13,  16 

5175.  ii,  Samuel  Mitchell  Child,  b.  Sept.  10,  i862»  in  Temple,  N.  HJ 

5176.  ill.  Martha  Jane  Child,  b.  in  Toiiiple,  N.  H.,  April  1^,  1865, 

5177.  iv.  Infant,  (unchristetied)  b.  Sept,  13,  1872^  d.  soon. 

[Seventh  Geofrntion,] 

5164,  vi,  Nahum  Child,  sixth  child  and  third  son  of  Elisi 
and  Martha  Abbott  Child,  b.  July  3,  1805,  m.  Nov.  13,  1S33, 
Betsey  Wright. 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Child; 

5178.  i.  Maey  Child. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

51H5.  vii.  Harriet  Child,  seventh  child  and  fourth  dau.of 
Elisha  and  Maitlia  Abbott  Child,  b.  in  Temple,  N.  H.,  July 
9,  1807,  in.  Mch.  5,  1829,  Samuel  Mitchell  of  Hancock,  N. 
[Eighth  Generation  J    Children: 
5170.  i.  Geo.  P.  A.  Mitchell,  b.  May  17,  1838,  d.  May  8,  1863, 

5180.  ii*  Fra:ncis  Mitch kll»  b.  — d.  May  6.  1857.  «t  LAwreaofk 

Kanstis. 

5181.  iii.  Betsey  C,   Kujjim   Mitchell,  b, ,  m.  Not*  3$.  li 

John  M.  Gmharn  of  Waterloo.  Kansas, 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

51 H+.  ix.  Isaac  Child,  ninth  child,  fourth  son  of  Hoaesind 
Sarah  Styles  Child,  b.  in  Watertownor  Waltham,  1774,  m.  li 
1808,  Sarah  Rockwood.  She  was  b.  in  1781,  d.  Oct  17, 1815? 
m.  2d,  April  5, 1816,  Polly  Kimball.  She  wash.  Feb  10»  1785. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children,  horn  in  Lancaster.  Mass. 

5189.  i.  RuFUs  Child,  b.  Dee.  9»  1809. 

5188.  ii.  Sarah  Pease  Child,  b,  April  8.  181L 

5184.  iii.  James  E.  Child,  b.  Sept  9,  1818,  d.  Feb.  23,  1882. 

5185.  iv.  Maby  C.  Cbtlb,  b  Nov.  11.  1830»  d.  July  li,  1836. 
6186.  V.  James  Child,  b.  Jnne  30.  1823. 

5187.  vi.  Obokoe  Child,   b.  Get.   13,    1824.   m.  Sept.   4,  t8^  Lom/i 
Edwards. 

5188.  viL  Jajsk  A.  Child*  b.  June  11.  1837. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

5110.  iv.  Amos  Child,  child  of  Isaac  and  Hannah  GoddiAj 
Child,  b.  abL  1753^,  m.  abt  1778-9.     He  lived  in  Lincoln,.] 
Mass.,  and  Nelson,  N.  H. 
[Sixlh  Generation.]    Children: 

5180*  i,  Anm  Child.  Jit.,  b.  nbt.  1780.  m.  Naomi  UarUhoni. 

5100.  ii.  Jonas  Child.  U,  Sept.  86,  1782,  in  Nelson.  N.  H.,  m.  Mj 
Bttasett.  abt.  1807. 

5191.  iii.  Sally  Child,  unmarried. 

5189.  i.  Amos  Child,  Jr.,  eldest  chUd  of  Amos  and - 
Child,  b.  abt  17S0,  ni.  Naomi  Hartshorn. 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH. 


553 


[Seventh  Generation  ]    Children : 
511^2.  i.  Amos  Child»  Jr. 

5193.  ii.  Ha^knah  Child. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

5190.  ii.  Jonas  Child,  second  child  of  Amos  and  Hannah 
Goddin  Cliild,   b.   in  Nelsun,  N.  H.,  Sept.  26,  1782,  m.  about 
1807,  Patty  Basaett.     Lived  in  Boston,  Mas&L 
[Seventh  Generation. J    Children: 

5194,  i,  Samuel  Bas^ett  Child,  b.  June  19,  1S08,  in  Boston.     Lived  in 
Indiana:  m.  Ave  times. 

6195.  ii.  pRisc'iLLA  Griffin  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Sept.  27,  1809,  m.  J« 
Kingsbury  of  ihe  *'Chortaw  Mission.** 

6196.  iii.  Martha  Beldinu  Child,  K  in  Boston,  Mase.j  Feb.  23,  ] 
Ibll,  m.  Jnspph  Longley^  Keene^  N.  H.  [  -_ 


5197.  iv. 


Jonas  Dakin  Guild,  b.  Feb.  23,  181 1,  m.  May  11,  1837, 
Susan  Elini*. 


5198.  v,  William  Lawson  Child,  h,  in  Boston,  May  25,  1814*  in.  Elma 
Alfc^rd. 

5199.  vi.  Nathan  Madak  Child,  b.  Dec.  29,  181S,  in  Boston,  m.  a  Miss 
Springer.     Reside  at  Keene,  N.  H. 

5200.  vii.  Betty  Baksett  Child,  b.  in  Boston*  Mch.  25»  1826,  d.  soon. 

5201.  viii.  Sarah  J  axe  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  April  18,  1827.  m.  Emanuel 
Small,  New  Liberty,  Ky, 

[Third  Gen  era!  ion.] 

4736.  iv.  Daniel  Child,  fourth  child,  second  son  of  John 
and  Mary  Warren  Child,  b.  in  Watertown,  1677,  m.  Jan.  29, 
1702,  Beriah  Bemis.     He  d.  1724.     His  widow   ni.   Aug.  12 
1736,  Josepli  Pierce.     She  J.  aged  88. 
[Fourth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Watertown,  Mass. 

5202.  i.  Sarah  Child,  b.  Sept.  14,  1702;  m.  June  13. 1734,  John  Pisk, 
520S.  ii,  Susanna  Child,  b.  Mch.  6,  1705. 

5204-  iii.  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  Feb,  18,  1707,  in.  July  21, 1725,  Dea.  Isaac 
Stearns  of  Waltlmni.  Mass. 

5205.  iv.  Daa^iel  Child.  Js.,  b. 
Bri^jht. 

.V206.  v.  David  Child,  \k  Dec.  27,  1711,  m.  1st,  Get.  23,  1737,  Grace 
Brown.     Settk-d  in  Shrewsbury:  m,  2d,  M eh i table  Riehardson. 

5207.  vi.  JouN  Child,  b.  Dee.  2.  17ia  m,  Aug.  15,  1758,  Ruharaa  Piertje. 

5208.  viL  JosHLTA  Child,  b.  M^rh.  2,  1717,  m,  April  30,  174L  Grace  Bemis. 
On  Oct.  23,  1774,  they  were  transferred  from  the  church  of  Watertown  to  that 
of  Lincoln. 

5209.  viii.  Samkel  Child,  b.  Feb.  7.  1719,  in,  1st,  Oct.  19,  174'5,  Mary 
Ball;  m.  2d,  Esth*?i' ;  m,  3d,  April  8,  1799,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Stimpson, 

5210.  ix.  Elibha   CniLD,  b,  Feb.  16,  1721,  m,  1st,  Mary ;  m,  2d, 

Mtfhit able  Garfield. 

5211.  X.  Mary  Child,  b.  June  10,  1722,  m.  Mch.  11,  1743,  Joseph  Whit- 
ney of  Weston. 

[Fourth  Generation,] 

5205.  iv.  DA>iiEL   Child,  Jk,,   fourth  child,  eldest  son  of 

Daniel  and  Beriah  Bemis  Child,  b,  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  April 

0  1      .^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^1^^ 


April  9,  1709,  m.  Jan.  13,  1729»  Mary 


WATERTOWN  BRAXCH.    ' 

9,  1709,  m.  Jan.  IS,  1729,  Mary  Briglu,  daiL  of  Nathaniel ' 

Bright.     He  was  a  select mao  of  Walthfim. 
[Pifth  Generation.]    Children,  lioni  in  Wttltlmm,  Mass. 

5312.  I  Anna  Child,  b.  July  0.  1730. 

5213,  iu  Danmel  Child,  b.  April  26,  1732,  (L  May,  1733. 

5314.  iii.  Abliah  Child,  k  Jan.  13,  1734.  m.  Ist,  Dec.  15,  175».  BeuUh 
Harrington;  m.  2d,  Dec,  2,  17&0,  Ann  Beinis, 

5215,  iv.  Daniel  Child,  2d,  b.  Feb.  21,  1730. 

5216    V.  Lydia  CeiLD.  b.  Feb.  25,  17.^?.  m.  Ck-t.  20, 1758,  William  FXtkgg 

6217.  vi.  Sarah  Child,   b.  Aug,  11,  1740,  m.  Jan.  2,  1760.  Wm.  Bcd- 
jamin, 

52ia  viL  Jonas   Child,   Vi.   Sept.   30,   1743.   m.  Jan.   11,   1770,  Bannah 
Sanderson. 

5219.  viii.  Mary  Child,  li.  Oct.  14.  1745»  m.  Oct.  6,  1703.  Wm.  Hiuwr  of 
Waltham. 

5220.  \x.  BKTTm  Child,  b,  Mch.  9,  1748,  d.  Sept.  34,  175L 

5221.  X.  JosiAH  Child,  b,  June  17.  1750,  d.  Sept,  24,  1757. 

5222.  xi.  Efhbaim  Child,  bapt.  June  30,  1754. 

[Piftb  Generation.] 

5214  lit.  Abuah  Child,  third  child,  second  son  of  Daniel, 
Jr.  and  Mary  Bright  Child,  b.  in  Waltham,  Jan.  12,  1784,  ra.  IsU 
Dec.  15,  1759,  Beulah  Harrington ;  m.  2d,  Dec.  2,  1790,  Aon 
Berais.  He  was  cai>tiiiti  in  25th  Regl  of  the  Continental  army 
of  the  Revolution^  in  1775.  He  was  selectman  of  Waltham^ 
Mass.,  in  the  years  1774-5  and  1787. 
[Sixth  Generation  ]    Children  born  in  Wallbara,  Mass. 

5223.  i.  Ephraim  Chtld,   b.  July  2«,   1760,    m.  Nov.  0,  178<   Lydi< 
Livermore. 

5224.  ii.  AbijahChild,  JH.,b.  Jan  14, 1702. '  ^  !  ^*  youn^.   [Benjuitin  * 
6225.  iii.  Beulah  Child,  b.  Jan,  14,  1763,  Tfi  '  m.  Feb.  16, 1780,  Wm^ 

5226.  iv.  Sarah  Child,  b.  June  3,  1764,  d,  July  H.  176». 

5227.  V,  Daniel  Child,  b.  July  3,  1706.  m.  Jan,  7. 1787.  Pbebe  Paite^ 
6238.  Ti.  William  Child,  b.  May  14,  1768. 
5220,  vii.  Phkbe  Child,  b.  Nov.  4,  1769. 
523 J.  viii.  Edward  Child,  b.  Jan.  12,  1772* 
5231.  ix.  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  Dec.  8,  1773,  m.  Nov,  28,  1802.  Ant 

Maynard. 
5332,  X,  Anha  Ckii^d,  b.  Nov,  8, 1775.  m.  April  1,1701,  Nathaniel  i 
5233.  xi.  Abuah  Cnn.©,  Jr  ,  b,  Jan,  25, 1770,  m.  1807,  Polly  Satid«r»cm.^ 

fSixtb  Generation  J 

5223.  i,  Ephraim  Child,  eldest  child  and  son  *»f  Abijah  ao 
Beulah  Harrington  Child,  h.  July  26,  1760,  m.  Nov.  6,  178 
Lydia  Livermore.  Ephraim  fimt  resided  in  Waltham,  iher^ 
he  removed  to  Livermore,  ilaine,  or  more  probable  he  removei:: 
to  Livermore  after  the  birth  of  his  fifth  child,  Amos,  h  178 
in  Waltham,  Mass, 


WATBRTOWN  BRANCH.  555 

[Seventh  Generation.]  Children,  bom  in  Waltham,  Mass. : 

5234.  i.  Polly  Child,  b.  April  20,  1785. 

5235.  ii.  Lydia  Child,  b.  April  14,  1788. 

5236.  iii.  William  Child,  b.  July  7,  1790. 

5237.  iv.  Ephiiaim  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Mch.  22,  1792. 

5238.  V.  Amos  Child,  b.  May.  16,  1794. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

5218.  vii.  Jonas  Child,  seventh  child  and  fourth  son  of 
Daniel,  Jr.  and  Mary  Bright  Child,  b.   in  Waltham,  Sept.  80, 
1743,  m.  Jan.  11, 1 770,  Hannah  Sanderson.     She  d.  1808. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Waltham,  Mass. 

5239.  i.  Abigail  Child,  b.  1770,  d.  soon. 

5240.  ii.  JosrAH  Child,  b.  Aug.  2,  1771. 

5241.  iii.  Francis  Child,  b.  Aug.  11,  1774. 

5242.  iv.  Hannah  Child,  b.  Nov.   17.  1776,  m.   Feb.  21,  1799,  Jona& 
Green. 

5243.  V.  Mary  Child,  b.  April  6,  1779,  m.  Oct.  27, 1796,  Daniel  Tower. 

5244.  vi.  Jonathan  Child,  b.  April  16,  1781. 

5245.  vii.  John  Child,  b.  Dec.  8. 1783. 

5246.  viii.  Jonas  Child,  Jr.,  b.  April  6,  1786,  m.  Hannah . 

5247.  ix.  Thomas  Child,  b.  Feb.  4. 1791. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

5246.  viii.  Jonas  Child,  Jr.,  eighth  child  of  Jonas  and 
Hannah  Sanderson  Child,  b.  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  April  6,  1786, 

m.  about  1803,  Hannah . 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

5248.  i.  JosiAH  Child,  b.  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  Jan.  1804,  d.  Jaly  26, 1804. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

6206.  V.  David  Child,  fifth  child  and  second  son  of  Dan< 
iel  and  Beriah  Bemis  Child,  b.  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  Dec.  27, 
1711,  m.  1st,  Oct  23, 1737,  Grace  Brown.  Settled  in  Shrews- 
bury, Mass. ;  m.  2d,  Nov.  29,  1759,  Mehitable  Richardson  of 
Worcester. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Shrewsbury,  Mass: 

5249.  i.  Beulah  Child,  b.  June  4, 1739,  m.  Feb.  27,  1766,  Samuel  Lee  of 
Rutland,  Vt. 

5250.  ii.  Susanna  Child,  b.  June  6,  1741. 

5261.  iii.  David  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1745,  m.  1774,  Lydia  Stevens. 
5252.  iv.  Zachariah  Child,  b.  Nov.  19, 1763,  m.  in  1784,  Lydia  Bigelow. 
5258.  V.  Akos  Child,  b.  Aug.  27,  1765. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

6252.  iv.  Zachariah  Child,  eldest  child  of  David  and  his 
second  wife  Mehitable  Richardson  Child,  b.  Nov.  19,  1763, 
m.  1784,  Lydia  Bigelow,  dau.  of  David  Bigelow  of  Worcester, 
Alass.  He  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier  and  lived  at  West 
Boylston,  Mas& 


VAT13ETOWX  BRANCH. 


T.  Walter  child,  b.  iw«.  d,  in 

vi.  Asocis  Child,  b.  1805,  m* —  Howe,  d,  in  Derby,  Vf, 

vii.  Lydia  Child,  b  1807,  d.  tuim.  in  West  Bojlston,  M&ss. 

Tiii,  8U&A2I  l.*HtLD,  b,  1808.  m. Andrus  of  Derby  Vt. 

131.  Maria  Child,  b.  1811,  m.- -Raskins,  West  Boylstou,  Hifli 


fBiztli  eeoention.]   C3iildi«ii: 

82$4  L  MAibcns  Child,  b.  abH  1790,  m.  Lydia  Cliadwick.  '^  H»^ 
to  8»«nftttid,  CaiudA,  P.  Q.  at  an  early  day  of  it^  aeCUeiiMfBU  asd  via  en* 
ploTed  by  LeTi  Billow  aa  a  c^eik.  At  a  later  period  ht  fwrmmtm  a  paftMr 
with  Mr.  Bigelow  in  the  drag  bostons  on  Stanatead  Plaun.  Mr.  Cnild  be- 
came rerr  promineDt  and  h^Sd  many  olftoea.  He  repnaeiited  ti»e  Comity  of 
Stanateaa  in  the  Provincial  ParUament  for  a  nnnibcr  of  jeara.  In  tlie 
EeTolntion  of  18^7-9  he  waa  identified  with  the  Radical  aad  Refomatoiy 
Party,  and  for  a  time  was  proficnbed  and  eom|>elled  to  leare  tlia  eoitiiliy. 
Hia  party  came  agam  into  power,  and  be  returned  and  was  anLin  eleetad  to 
the  ProviDcial  Parliament  for  Btanstead  eounir.  He  remoTed  to  Co 
and  died  there.     Be  left  a  eon  at  Ckmtaeook  by  the  name  of  Geo.  M. 

5355.  ii,  Le\t  B.  Child,  b.  ab't  1793,  m.  — — . 

525e.  iii.  Datid  Lxk  Cbild^  b.  July  8,  1794,  m.  Oct.  28,  1828,  Lydia  3L 
Franc  b. 

5257.  ir    Joux  CutLD.  b.  iib*t  1802,  m.  lst«  Mch.  13, 183^  lAiiia  Dwight: 
m,  2d.  Oct.  23.  1856,  Ellen  W.  Healy. 

5258.  T.  Walter  Child,  b.  180^.  d.  in  Watertown.  Mass.. 
525«>. 
5260. 
52dl. 
5202. 

fgixth  Generation.] 

5255.  ii    Levi  B.  CeiLD,  b.  1792,  m.^ — . 

[Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 
5203.  i.  Chablks  B.  Child,  lives  in  Cincinnad.  0. 
526*,  it.  John  Stark  Child,  in  Carson  City,  Nevada, 
5265.  iii.  Wm.  Howe  Cho^d.  Gainsville.  Ala 
5366.  iv.  ScTKAK  Paris  Child,  m.  J,  W.  Kt^lley,  Manchester.  Iowa** 

5267.  V,  Ank  M.  Child,  m. White  j  d.  in  Indiana. 

5268.  vL  Katie  F,  Child,  ra. — Martin,  lives  in  Carson  City,  Nevadi^ 

626».  vii.  Blth  M.  A.  Child,  m. Frazier.  West  Derby,  Vl. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

5256.  iii.  David  Lee  Child,  third  son  and  child  of  Za 
riah  and  Lydia  Bigelow  Child,  b.  in  West  Boylston,  Ma 
July  8,  1794,  m.  Oct,  28,  1828,  Lydia  Maria  Francis^  who  wl 

b.  in  Mefifonl,  Mass.,  in  18U2. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  L.  Child  merit  at  our  hands  an  especil 

notice,  for  by  their  philanthropic  and  literary  labors  they  hav 
attained  deserved  notability.     Mr.  Child  was  educated  for  th^ 
legal  profession,  but  was  more  devoted  to  journalism  and  othe 
literary  work  than  to  the  practice  of  the  law.     "  For  sevc 
years  Mr.  Child  was  the  editor  of  the  MassachnseUs  Jonmo 
published  in  Boston.     In  1841,  Mr.  Child  and  his  gifted  wif 
removed  to  New  York  City,  and  became  joint  editors  of  th^ 
newspaper  called  the  And  Slavery  Standar-d     He  published 
large  pamphlet  on  the  taking  of  Texas  from  Mexico,  calk 

*  W«  ftre  tDflebtL'd  to  Mr.  J.  W.  Eel  ley  for  ttali  reeord. 


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HahotK's  Vineyaixl^  also  a  small  volume  on  the  manufacture  of 
beet  sugar :  pamphlets  and  articles  for  various  papers  and  mag- 
azines mt^stly  on  political  topics  of  the  day/'* 

Mr^  Child  has  for  some  years  resided  in  Wayland,  Mass.,  in 
one  of  the  cosy  homes  surrounded  by  noble  elms,  so  frequent 
in  New  England*  Mrs.  Lydia  M.  Child  was  the  daughter  of  Mr. 
David  Francis  of  Medford,  Mass.  Mr,  Francis  was  somewhat 
widely  known  iu  New  England  as  the  manufacturer  of  a  sort 
of  biscuit  ciilled  the  Medford  cracker;  he  was  a  man  of  good 
mind^  and,  with  his  wife's  efficient  aid,  gave  to  his  children  the 
best  advantfiges  for  education^  with  an  inheritance  of  good  in- 
tellectual powers.  Their  earliest  American  ancestor  of  the 
name,  settled  in  Medford  in  1638.  Rev.  Con  vers  Francis,  D.  D., 
of  Harvard  University,  a  clergy nian  of  the  Unitarian  church, 
is  an  elder  brother  of  Mrs.  Child^  and  was  largely  instrumental 
in  the  development  of  her  **early  love  of  literature/*  In  the 
home  of  Dr.  Francis,  Mrs.  Child  wrote  her  first  romance, 
**nobomok/'  suggested  to  her  by  tlie  perusal  f>f  Dr.  Palfrey's 
article  on  Yamoydan  in  the  North  American  Review.  The 
succeeding  year  was  issueil  *'The  Rebels ;  A  Tale  of  the  Revolu- 
tion.'' In  this  work  are  found  two  gems, — a  speech  which  she 
makes  James  Otis  utter,  is  so  full  of  patriotism  and  strength  as 
to  ha%'e  been  often  ileclaimed  as  Otis  own  words;  and  a  ser- 
mon of  Whitefield  which  many  presumed  the  genuine  work  of 
the  great  divine.  In  1826,  Mrs.  Child  etlitcd  a  monthly  mag- 
__  the  Juvemk  MkceUany^  which  she  sustained  eight  years. 
She  also  wrote  a  cook  book,  **Tlie  Frugal  Housewife/*  ''TheGirVs 
Own  Br»ok,"  '*  The  Mother's  Assistant"  These  were  followed 
hj  a  "  History  of  the  Condition  of  Women  in  all  Ages,"  **Phil- 
a  Greek  Romance/'  of  the  time  of  Pericles.  During  the 
ice  of  Mra  Child  in  New  York,  she  became  the  close  friend 
of  Isaac  T.  Hopper,  so  widely  known  as  the  friend  of  the  slave» 
and  after  his  death  Mrs.  Child  wrote  the  very  fascinating  story 
of  his  life  We  cannot  mention  all  her  writings,  but  **collec- 
tively  they  number  over  a  hundred."  We  close  our  brief  notice 
of  this  most  noble  and  thoroughly  practical,  I  rue,  love^ble 
^oman  in  the  words  of  the  North  American  Review  : 

**We  are  not  sure  thst  any  woman  in  our  country  would  outrank  Mrs. 
<?hU<L    This  lady  has  Igng  been  before  the  public  a.^  an  author  with  rmich 

*T!ieMi  liemv  of  Mr  Child'*  public  \\U  were  received  from  the  p.-n  of  Mrt.  L.  M,  Cblld. 
^xHm  widow. 


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siaceesj?,  and  she  well  deserves  it,  for  m  tdl  her  wurks  we  thiuk  that  nothin 
can  be  found  which  does  uot  commend  itself  by  its  tone  of  healthy  monilit^ 
and  good  sense.     Few  feraale  writers,  if  any^  have  done  more  or  better 
things  for  our  literature  in  its  lighter  or  graver  depths." 

On  the  20th  of  October,  1880,  Mra  Lydia  Maria  Child  dk 
at  her  home  in  Waylaod  Funeral  services  were  conducted  i 
a  most  quiet,  iiiiosten tuitions  manner  as  she  had  wished.  Re^ 
Mr.  Salter  of  Rc*xbiirj  officiated,  taking  for  his  text  portioi] 
of  Mrs.  Child's  latest  book,  "Aspirations  of  the  World/*  Hon, 
Wendell  Phillips  pronounced  a  chaste  and  just  eulogy- 

By  will  Mrs.  Child  left  $50,000  to  the  Hampton  Agricul 
tnral  College  of  Virginia,  and  $9,000  to  several  charitable  in- 
stitutions. 

[Siith  CtenerationJ 

5257.  iv.  Capt.  John  Childe,*  fourth  child  and  son  of  Zael 
ariah  and  Lydia  Bigelow  Child,  b.  in  West  Boylston,  Ms 
Aug.  30,  1802,  m.  Mch.  13,  1832,  Laura  Dwight,  b.  Dec.  23 
1809^  daiL  uf  Jtimes  Scott  and  Mary  Sanford  D wight  of  Spring 
field,  Mass.  Mr.  Childe  added  the  terminal  'V  to  his  nam^ 
which  is  really  the  only  cotTect  addition  to  be  made.  He  wa 
a  graduate  of  West  Point.  He.  was  1st  Lieut  and  Capt.  in^j 
the  U.  S.  army,  and  a  superior  civil  engineer.  He  constructe^H 
'*The  Westeni  Railroad/'  (from  Pitt^field  to  Albany)  the  ^HlJon^^ 
necticut  River  Railroad,*'  and  also  *'The  Cleaveland  &  Colura.-. 
bus  Railroad;*  and  **The  Mobile  k  Ohio  Railroad/^  the  laa 
(three  hundred  miles  long)  l>eing  his  great  work  as  an  engineer 
He  was  a  man  of  high  toned  character,  well  educated,  verj 
energetic,  and  generous  in  the  use  of  his  means.  Mrs.  Laur 
D.  Childe  was  lost  in  the  ^' Arctic,'^  SepL  27,  1854,  with  he 
daughter,  Lelia  Maria  Childe,  on  her  return  voyage  from 
tour  of  pleasure  through  Europe.  He  m,  Oct.  23,  1856,  hilj 
second  wife,  Ellen  Wills  Hcaly.  Capt  John  Childe  d. 
Springfield,  Mass.,  Feb.  2,  1858. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 

5270,  L  FuANcis  Dwight  Childe,  b.  Jan.  18,  1833,  d.  Sept.  20.  1833. 

iS271.  ii.  Lel[a  Mahia  Childe,  b.  April  11,  1835;  was  lost  iit  tsen  in 
•'Arctic."  Sept.  37,  1854, 

5273.  iii.  Maiiy  Dwioht  Childe,  b.  Aug.  9,  1845, 
By  get-on  d  wife: 

5873.  iv.  John  Healt  Cnn.DE,  h  Jan.  18,  1858. 

*  This  ftcooQiit  Se  tftken  from  Dr.  B.  W,  Dwigbt'c  OeneitD^  ofllie  Dwigtat  Pftiotty. 


WATBRTOWN  BRANCH.  559 

f Fourth  Generation.] 

5208.  vii.  Joshua  Child,  seventh  child,  fourth  son  of  Dan- 
iel and  Beriah  Bemis  Child,  b.  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  Mch.  2, 
1717,  m.  April  30,  1741,  Grace  Bemis.  Dismissed  in  1774 
from  the  church  in  Watertown  to  that  in  Lincoln. 

[Fifth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Waltham,  Mass. 

5274.  i.  Anna  Child,  b.  Nov,  13,  1741. 

5275.  ii.  Lucy  Child,  b.  Mch.  1,  1744. 

5276.  iii.  Joshua  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Mch.  26, 1749,  m.  Feb.  24, 1781,  Elizabeth 
Hammond. 

5277.  iv.  Daniel  Child,  b.  Dec.  24.  1752,  m.  Molly ,  ab*t  1777. 

5278.  V.  Betty  Child,  b.  Sept.  1,  1755. 

5279.  vi.  Beria  Child,  b.  Feb.  5,  1758,  d.  unm.  1816. 

5280.  vii.  Elijah  Child,  b.  Nov.  17,  1760.  m.  1st,  Sept.  3,  1807,  Mary 
Knight;  she  d.  1809.     He  m.  2nd,  Nov.  29,  1810.  Anna  Uosmer. 

5281.  viii.  Mical  Child,  b.  July  15,;i766,  d.  Feb.  1778. 
[Fifth  Generation.] 

5276.  iii.  Joshua  Child,  Jr.,  third  child  and  eldest  son  of 
Joshua  and  Grace  Bemis  Child,  b.  Mch.  26,  1749,  in  Water- 
town,  Mass.,  m.  Feb.  24,  1781,  Elizabeth  Hammond,  dau.  of 
Jonathan  and  Lydia  Stratton  Hammond  of  Waltham,  Mass» 
She  d.  May,  1824. 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Lincoln.  Mass. 

5282.  i.  John  Child,  b.  Oct.  19,  1781.  d.  July  13,  1825. 

5283.  ii.  Polly  Child,  b.  April  13,  1784. 

5284.  iii.  Joshua  Child,  Jr..  b.  June  25,  1785. 

5285.  iv.  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  April  10,  1788. 
[Fifth  Generation.] 

5277.  iv.  Daniel  Child,  fourth  child,  second  son  of  Joshua 
and  Grace  Bemis  Child,  b.  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  Dea  24, 1752, 
m.  aVt  1777,  Molly . 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children : 

5286.  i    William  Child,  b.  in  Watertown.  Mass.,  Nov.  23,  1778. 

5287.  ii.  Daniel  Child,  Jr.,  b.  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  Sept.  22,  1780. 

5288.  iii.  Polly  Child. 

5289.  iv.  Timothy  Child. 

5290.  V.  Cynthia  Child. 

5291.  vi.  Betsey  Child. 

5292.  vii.  Nathaniel  Child. 

5293.  viii.  Harriet  Child. 
5294   ix.  Jonas  Child. 

5295.  X.  Lucy  Child. 

5296.  xi.  Frances  Child. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

5209.  viii.  Ensign  Samuel  Child,  fifth  son  and  eighth  child 
of  Daniel  and  Beriah   Bemis  Child,  b.   in   Watertown,  Mass., 


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WATERTOWK  BRANCH. 


Fob.  7,  1719,  m.  Jst,  Oct  19,  1746,  to  Mary  Ball,  who  d.  Nn 
18,  1748  ;  m.  2nd,  in  1760,  Esther  - — — ,  who  d.  SepL  lOj 
1778;  BtL  ard,  April  8,  1779,  Mi^  Elizabeth  Stimpson. 
the  later  years  of  his  life  Ensign  Child  removed  with  his  lar 
family  of  children  and  grand-children  to  Vermont,  and  became 
thus  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Addison  county  in  that  State. 
There,  surrounded  by  a  most  noble,  cheri'^hed  line  of  descend- 
ants, he  sleeps,  after  a  long  and  useful  life.  He  d.  Dec  18,  18G3, 
ae.  85  yrs.  10  mos.     Mrs.  E.  S.  Child  i  April  8,  1803. 

[Fifth  Generation.)    Children: 
521*7.  L  Dakiel  Child,  b.  Nor,  IS,  1748,  d.  Feb,  1749  in  Weston,  M« 
5298.  it.  Esther  Ciiild,  b.  April  18,  1751,  m.  Sept.  9,  1773.  Benjftmu 

5209.  ill.  Maby  Child,  b.  Jan.  12, 1753,  m.  April  21, 1773,  Roger  Bigelow. 

5300.  iv.  Lucy  Child,  b.  April  18,  1755,  d.  Feb.  1756,  in  Weston.  Mass. 

530L  V    Lucy  Child,  2nd»  b.  April  lU  1757,  ro.  Oct.  34,  1777,  Joka 

Shep^ard. 

5302.  Ti.  Moses  Child,  b.  Aug.  8,  1858  in  Weston.  Maas, 

5303.  viL  Anna  Child,  b.  Meh.  26,  1769.  d.  y'g  in  Weston,  Mass. 

5304.  viii.  Eunice  CinLD,  b.  Nor.  6.  1760,   m.   Dec.  15,  1784,  Danii 
Twiteheli. 

5305.  is.  Samuel  Child,  Jr..  h.  Nov\  1.  1762,  m.  1st,  Aug,  8,  1784, 
igail  8heppard,  m,  2nd,  Nov.  9,  1789,  Hannah  Lamson. 

5306.  X.  Anna  Child,  2d,  b.  Nov.  2,  1760  in  Weston,  Mass. 

[Fifth  Generation,] 

5208.  ii.  EsTHEK  Child,  Rldest  daii.  and  second   chile 
Ensign  Samuel  and   Esther  Child,  b.  in  Weston,  Masa,  Apr 
18,  1751,  m.  Sept  9,  1773^  Benjamin  Hagar,  who  was  b.  Jai 
26,  1749.     After  the  birth  of  their  children  Mr.   and    Mr 
Hagar  i-emoved   to  Weybridge,   Vt,  from    Waltham,   Mb 
where  they  had  resided.     Mrs,  Esther  Child  Hagar  d.  in  Wey 
}>ndge,  Vt,  in  1837. 
[Sixth  Generation  j    Children: 

5807.  i.  BsKJAMiN  Hahar.  Jb..  b.  Feb,  S3,  1774.  ra.  Jan.  10»  1801,  i 
Martin. 

5308,  ii.  Betbey  Ha*^ak,  b.  Jan.  3.  1776,  m. Steornsi. 

530Q.  iii.  Esther  Haoar,  b.  July  12,  1778,  d.  young. 

5310.  iv.  Jonathan  Hagar,  b.  Sept   13,  1779,  uj.  Jan    1806,  Lonra 
Tmdeaiix. 

63U.  V.  Thomas  HAOAii.b.  Oct  19,  1781,  m.  Jan  26,  1803,  Polly  FiU^h 

5312.  vi.  Abnbr  Hagah,  b.  Jan.  31,  1784,  tn.  Aug.  1816,  Hannah  Barker] 

5313.  vii    Luther   Hagar,    b.  Oct   8,  1786,  in.  Aug.   25.  1813,  Sara* 
Adams. 

5314.  viii.  CAL\^N  Hagar.  b.  May  2,  1789,  ui.    Dec.    1%  1833,  Samb 
Comtnersi. 

5315.  ix.  Jonas  Hagar,  b.  May  2t  1791.  d.  Dec.  10,  1701. 
5316    X,  Jonas  Hagar,  Snd.  It.  Sept.  10,  1793,  m.  Xov.  29,  1822.  Elmir 

M.  Mishar. 


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[Sixth  Generation  J 

5307,  i.  Bekjamin  Hagar,  Jr.,  eldo:?!  child  of  Esther  Child 
and  Benjamin  Hagar,  h  in  Waltham,  Mans.,  Feb.  23,  1774^  m. 
Jan.  16,  1801,  Sarah  Martin,  who  was  b.  Jan.  28,  1808,  and  d. 
May  2,  1865,  in  Wey bridge,  Vt.  Mr.  B.  Hagar,  Jr.»  d.  in 
Berbice,  South  America,  Jan.  29, 1821. 
[SeTentb  Generiition.J     Children: 

5B17.  i.  Benjawin  Hacjah,  Jh,  b.  Feb.  8,  180^1,  d.  Oct.  6,  1837. 

5318.  u.  LOTiiEii  Martik  Haoar,  b.  Sept.  24,  18Q4,  m.  Feb.  19,  1927» 
Clarissa  Read. 

5319.  iii.  Jonathan  Haoah,  b.  Feb.  t9»  1807,  m,  and  had  two  children. 
He  a.  Nov.  16,  1879. 

5320.  iv.  Hannah  Hagar,  b.  Dec  1,  1809,  in.  Wm.  Green;  d.  Deo.  6. 
1870,  at  Marion,  N.  Y.     Left  two  daughter*. 

5321.  V,  Henry  Willja.m  Hagar.  b.  Aug.  24.  1813,  m.,  and  d.  AprU  ^4, 
1853,  at  We) bridge,  Vt,     Left  three  ciiildren. 

5322.  vi.  Abneb  Baqar,  b,  Dec  28,  1814,  m.  Dec.  3,  1841,  Tamson 
Hnbbaivl  and  has  been  a  fiaecessful  physician  for  some  years,  in  Marengo,  IlL 

[Seventh  Generation.! 

5317.  i.  Benjamin  Hagar,  eldest  child  of  Benjamin  and 
Sarah  Martin  Hagar,  and  grandson  of  Esther  Child  Hagar,  b. 
Feb.  8,  1803,  d.  Oct.  6,  1827,  in  Washington,  D.  C.  ^'He  was 
a  fine  seholar,  a  graduate  of  Middlebury  College,  Vt,  and  had 
studied  medicine.  He  was  principal  of  a  school  for  young 
ladies  in  Washington  at  the  time  of  his  death.'' 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5318.  ii.  Luther  Martin  Hagar,  second  son  and  child  of 
Benjanain  and  Sarah  Martin  Hagar,  and  grandson  of  Esther 
Child  Hagar,  h.  Sept  24,  1804,  m.  Feb.  19,  1827,  Clarissa 
Bead.  Mr.  Hagar  was  fitted  for  college,  but  after  the  death  of 
his  father,  was  led  to  cliange  his  plans,  went  to  Sherburne, 
Vt.,  and  entered  a  store  ;  he  became  a  suecessful  merchant  in 
that  town.  In  1842  he  removed  to  Burlington,  Vt.,  with  his 
family  who  were  all  born  in  Sherbnrne,  Vt. 

[Eighth  Generation,]     Children: 

5323.  i.  Sarah  Clara  Hagar,  b  Dec.  8,  1827.     Reside!*  in  Europe. 

5324.  ii.  Maria  Ellen  Haoau,  b.  Sept,  18.  1829, 

5335.  iii.  Julius  Martin  Haoau.  b,  July  5, 1831.  Resides  in  Boi.se  City, 
Ada  Co.,  Idaho. 

5326,  iv,  Kathbrinic  Alkira  Haoar.*  )  ^'  t  b.  July  IJL  1833. 

5327.  V.  t^AROLiNK  FiiANCKS  Haoar,    f  B  }  d.  Juiie  8,  1856. 

5;J28.  vu  UEOR<tE  Ingersqll  Haoar.  b'^ct.  1835,  ni,  Sept.  27,  1868* 
Lucia  LyoQ.     Has  five  children. 

•  We  are  fndehlBd  to  MJsn  KatheriMe  A.  Hagiir  of  Burlington,  Vt..  for  thL«  acconnt  o!  the 
4«fleefid*ute  at  Eftthcr  Child  &ad  BenJnniiD  Qo^^r. 


5*2 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH. 


[Seventh  Generation.] 

5S19-  iii.  Of  Jonathan  Hagah,  third  son  and  child  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Sarah  Martin  Hagar,  and  grandson  of  Elstber  Child 
Hagar,  we  have  only  outlines  We  know  that  he  was  b.  Feb. 
19,  1807,  was  m.  and  had  two  children,  and  that  his  death  oc- 
ciired  on  Nov.  16,  1879,  in  Plainfield,  III  ;  but  this  extract_ 
from  an  obituary  notice  is  appended,  because  it  is  said  to 
press  the  general  characteristics  of  the  Hagar  family, 
good  business  management,  excellent  investments,  econon 
and  industry,  Mr.  Hagar  succeeded  in  amassing  considerable 
wealth,  a  portion  of  which  he  judiciously  invested  in  real  es- 
tate. He  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church  at 
Plainfieldj  an  earnest,  energetic  christian  who  believed  that  a 
religion  worth  having,  was  worth  praying  and  working  fa 
and  his  liberal  donations  to  the  chui-ch,  and  all  other  worthj 
objects,  as  well  as  his  zeal  in  the  cause  of  temperance^  attested 
the  sincerity  of  his  belief,  and  the  purity  of  his  religious  char- 
acter." One  of  the  family.  Miss  K*  A.  Hagar,  while  doubting 
the  claim  made  for  them,  that  they  were  **  men  of  mark/*  sayi?, 
''  they  are  usual  I}^  verj'  honest,  often  very  pious,  refined,  ca 
tivated,  kind-hearted  men." 
[Sixth  Generation. J 

5308,  ii.  Betsey  Hagar,  eldest  dau.  and  second  child  i 
Esther  Child  and  Benjamin  Hagar,  b  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  Ja 
3,  1 776,  m.  Mr,  Stearns. 
[Seventh  GenemtionJ    Children: 

^M9,  \.  Abu  AD  Stearks. 

53S0.  ii.  John  Steakkb, 

53;il.  iii,  Sylvia  Steahnh. 

5332.  iv.    ElJZA  STEAKN8. 

5333.  y,  Katheriite  Stearns. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

5310.  iv.  Jonathan  Hagab,  second  son  and  fourth  chi] 
of  Esther  Child  and  Benjamin  Hagar,  b.  in  Widtham,  Masa 
Sept  12,  1779,  ni.  Jan.  1808,  Louise  Tmdeaux.  They  hi 
fifteen  children  ;  eight  dau.  livetl  and  m.,  seven  died  in  in 
fancy.  Mr.  and  Mi^.  Jonathan  Hagar  resided  in  Middlebur 
Vt,  and  there  he  died,  in  April  1855. 
fSeventh  Generation.]     Children: 

5334.  i.  Mary  Louise  Hagau,  m  Gias  Seymuun 

5335.  ii.  EsTiiEH  Uabau,  m.  Nelson  Rogers. 
63;je,  ill.  Clara  J.  H.\oab,  m.  6.  F.  Niles. 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  56S 

5337.  iv.  Sybil  A.  Hagar,  m.  Charles  D.  Nash. 

5338.  V.  Julia  Hagar,  m.  Mason  Perkins. 

5339.  vi.  Electa  N.  Hagar,  m.  Walter  Johnson. 

5340.  vii.  Emma  S.  Hagar,  m.  Samuel  Marshall. 

5341.  viii.  Harriet  H.  Hagar,  m.  Louis  Ricard. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

5311.  V.  Thomas  Hagar,  third  son  and  fifth  child  of  Esther 
Child  and  Benjamin  Hagar,  b.  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  Oct  19, 
1781,  m.  Jan.  26,  1802,  Polly  Fitch.  Lived  in  Montreal,  Can- 
ada. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

5342.  i.  George  Hagar. 

5343.  ii.  Emeline  Hagar. 

5344.  iii.  Charles  Hagar. 

5345.  iv.  Clara  Hagar. 

5346.  V.  Edward  Hagar. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

5312.  vi.  Abner  Hagar,  fourth  son  of  Esther  Child  and 
Benjamin  Hagar,  b.  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  Jan.  31,  1784,  m. 
Aug.  2,  1816,  Hannah  Barker.  Lived  and  died  at  Plantagenet, 
Canada. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

5347.  1.  Emma  Hagar,  d.  young. 

5348.  ii.  Abner  Hagar,  Jr.,  d.  young. 

5349.  iii.  Amelia  Hagar,  d.  aged  16  years. 

5350.  iv.  Albert  Hagar,  member  of  the  Canadian  Parliament  at  Ottawa. 

5351.  V.  Maria  Hagar. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

5313.  vii.  Luther  Hagar,  fifth  son  of  Esther  Child  and 
Benjamin  Hagar,  b.  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  Oct.  8,  1786,  m.  Aug. 
25,  1813,  Sarah  Addams.  Lived  and  died  at  Cumberland 
Head,  K  Y. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

5352.  i.  Charles  Hagar. 

5353.  ii.  Jonathan  Hagar. 

5354.  iii.  Maria  Hagar,  deceased. 

5355.  iv.  Albert  Hagar. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children : 

5314.  viii.  Calvin  Hagar,  sixth  son  and  eighth  child  of 
Esther  Child  and  Benjamin  Hagar,  b.  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  May 
12,  1789,  m.  Dec.  22,  1812,  Sarah  Commers.  Eesided  in 
Whitehall,  Lynn  Co.,  111.     Died  in  1846. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

5356.  i.  Caroline  Hagar,  deceased. 

5357.  ii.  Calyin  Hagar,  Jr.,  m.  A  dau.  of  this  Calvin  Hagar  and 
grand-daughter  of  Esther  Child  Hagar,  *  *  was  one  of  the  army  of  heroic 


WATCBTOWK  BBJLSTCH. 


BttESM  who  9OT«d  ill  Ui0  Iwqiital  of  Si.  Lo«i»  dnbo^  tlie  graOir  j 
tbe  war.  Sbe  v«s  coaiannaiicd  at  her  (wn  wwnwif  to  work  om 
Nalieiial  F^icdncoV  Aid  Onmmaamam^  of  Hew  ToriL  in  Vicksbaig,  i 
wtmcrof  18t€.    In  ApfH  she  w»  bOn  ttck  with  Bilacial  levvr  MM 

[Suth  O^ncEwtloci.] 

53ia  X.  Jonas  Hagar,  ad  eighth  son  of  Esther  Child  i 
Btejamiii  Hagar,  hi   in  Walth^n,  Mass.,  ScpL   10,  1793,  m. 
Kor.  as,  1623,  Ebniia  M.  Mkhar.     Resided  in  New  Bnms^ 
wick.  N.  J. 
|S«v«alh  euttaOmm.]    ChiMren: 

39B$»  L  Ummkw  Hawar.  dtccMed. 

J39i.  it  Ttsmmm  Hajsar. 

SMI  tii.  Jghas  Hjlgak,  Iitcs  in  Bodoa^MiOBL 

JMl.  iT.  fiiMA  Hagab,  b.  Mr.  Bo^eiaL 

[FifUi  Geikftratioa.] 

53M.  TiiL  ElTNlce  CHnj>«  sixth  dao.  mud  eighth  child  i 
Ens^  Samuel  &Dd  Ei«th^-  ChiM,  b.  in  Weston,  Ibas.,  Nor. 
1760,  iiL  Dec.  15.  17*1,  Daniel  Twitehell  of  Newtaci, 
Mr.  Daniel  Twrtcfaell  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  oT  the  Bevci 
tioQ,  beginning  in  the  battle  of  LexinglotL  He  nearljr  lost  hb 
life  in  recaptaring  a  oumoo  tsken  br  the  eneoij.  Mr.  and  Mis. 
TwitcbeQ  fotmed  a  part  of  the  band,  compoitwd  of  her  pttrents^ 
grand-pareniBj  htotfaers  and  sisteis  with  their  hmtlim,  who  re- 
mored  to  Vt,  aad  seuled  in  Addiaoo  cotmly.  Mr,  TwitcheH 
wai9  severelT  injnred  bj  the  faU  of  a  heavr  limb  from  i 
upon  his  bead ;  after  months  and  jeais  of  great 
died,  in  1800,  leaTring  bis  widow  with  seven  cfaildreii  lo  \ 
up  ar^ht,  and  a  (arm  apon  which  was  a  large 
Mm  K  C  Twitchdl  was  a  woman  of  great  eoetgr  of 
and  mind,  and  equal  to  the  great  harden  caet  upon  her.  Her 
farm  she  ckaied  from  debt  her  cfaildreo  were  hcooght  up  to 
heoome  self-reliant,  upright,  hoooimUe;  SBCieaBfiil  members  of 
societT.  In  earij  life  Mrs.  Twitdidi  united  widk  the  Methods 
v^  chnrelu  bat  ^obeeqneotlj  |otiied  the  Sorielj  of  Friendss 


wfai^  body  she 
dowed  widi  rare  j 


bithfal  member^  being 
i  of  speech.      Unixsitat  phjsical  i 


waa  ben  thromghont  her  life,  eubling  her  when  fnQj  foi 
soofe  to  attend  to  her  dairr,  milking  her  cows*  and 
hotter  wltboot  aid ;  indeed  bom  ehoioe  die  Hved  rnkxie  tn 
later  jeais  of  her  life,  communing  with  high  and  hoir  thoiiglilB. 
Shediedin  18MagriS4jeam     For  thisakjetoh  of  oneof  tke 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  566 

noblest,  truest  christian  women  of  the  Child  family  we  are 
largely  indebted  to  her  grand-daughter  Mrs.  Weltha  P.  T. 
Griswold  of  Greenfield,  HI. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

5362.  i.  Lydia  Twitchell.  b.  April  18,  1785,  m.  Dec.  2,  1810,  David  E. 
Griswold. 

5863.  ii.  Daniel  Twitchell,  Je.,  b.  1787,  m.  Sara  Clark. 

5864.  iii.  Sawin  Twitchell,  b.  1789,  d.  1791  in  New  Haven,  Vt. 

5365.  iv.  Timothy  W.  Twttchell,  b.  1791,  m.  1818,  Pamelia  Marsh. 

5366.  V.  Sophia  Twitchell,  b.  1794.  d.  1803  in  New  Haven,  Vt. 

5367.  vi.  Jonas  Twitchell,  b.  Feb.  29,  1796,  m.  May  3,  1820,  Sarah 
Weeks. 

5368.  vii.  John  Twitchell,  b.  1798,  m.  1818,  Anna  Sandford. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

5362.  L  Lydia  Twitchell,  eldest  child  of  Eunice  Child 
and  Daniel  Twitchell,  was  b.  in  Weston,  Masa,  April  18, 
1785,  m.  Dec.  2,  1810,  David  Evarts  Griswold,  who  was  b. 
Dec.  18,  1789.  This  marriage  took  place  in  New  Haven,  Vt 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Griswold,  with  her  brother  Mr.  John  Twitchell 
and  wife,  emulating  the  example  of  their  parents,  sought  a 
home  in  a  new  country,  and  with  their  families  took  up  many 
acres  of  uncultivated  land  at  Apple  Creek  Prairie,  Green  Co., 
IlL,  where  they  became  opulent  farmers,  and  have  left  their 
families  in  ease  and  comfort  Mrs.  Lydia  T.  Griswold  died 
near  Whitehall  Aug.  17,  1845.  Mr.  Griswold  died  at  the 
same  place  Aug.  24,  1874  Mr.  Griswold  married  a  second 
time,  in  1846,  we  do  not  know  to  whom. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

5869.  i.  Melissa  A.  Griswold,  b.  Aug.  5,  1812,  m.   1832,  William  P. 
Burroughs. 

5370.  ii.  Sophia  L.  Griswold,  b.  Dec.  8,  1818,  m.  Sept.  14, 1884,  Ransom 
Swallow. 

5371.  iii.  Oscar  Damon  Griswold,  b.  Dec.  12,  1815,  m.  Dec.  11,  1834, 
Lutheria  Swallow. 

6372.  iv.  HiLON  Griswold,  b.  July  25,  1817,  d.  Dec.  5,  1818. 

5373.  v.  Edgar  Griswold,  b.  Jan.  20,  1820,  m.  Mch.  12,  1840,  Lucy 
North. 

5374.  vi.  Edwin  Griswold,      )  ^  (  m.  1844,  Weltha  P.  Twitchell. 

(•S-J     b.  Dec.  7,1822. 


5375.  vii.  Evarts  Griswold,  )  i^  (  d.  Oct.  24,  1823. 

5376.  viii.  Infant  unchristened,  b.  Jan.  19,  1625,  d.  same  day. 
[Seventh  Generation] 

6369.  i.  Melissa  A.  Griswold,  eldest  child  of  David  E. 
and  Lydia  T.  Griswold,  b.  in  Vermont,  Aug.  5,  1812,  m.  in 
1832,  William  P.  Burroughs.  .  Settled  near  Greenfield,  Green 
Co.,  111.,  where  they  became  wealthy  land  owners. 


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WATERTOWN  BRANCH. 


I  Eighth  Generation,]     Children: 
5377.  i.  David  Burrouohs,  m.  and  has  two  children. 
5B78,  ii.  A  tiaiL  now  Mrs.  Smith  Jaquns. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6870,  il  Sophia  L,  Griswold,  second  dau.  and  chil 
David  E,  and  Lydia  T.  Griswold,  b.  in  Vei*mont^  Dee,  8,  18ll 
in.  Sept.  l^j  1834,  Ransom  Swallow,     Mr,  Swallow  was  a  s?j 
cessfol  merchant  and  farnier.     He  d.  Feb.  22,  1845,  in 
Chester^  SeoU  Co ,  IJL,  where  their  home  had  been   for  son 
years.     Mrs.  Swallow  still  resides  there. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

&ii79.  i.  George  K.  Swaij^ow,  b,  Aug,  2\,  1833,  ni.  Virginia  Darisi,  ( 
of  Ahijiih  Davis  of  Jerseyville,  IIL     Mr.  Geo.  R.  Swallow  was  in  busin 
in  Vincennos,  Imi,  at  tht^  time  of  the  iate  war.     He  joined  the  7fh  In 
Battery,  Sept.  21,  18t)l,  as  a  private,  wa^  soon  proniotej,  iifxm  t' 
tiori  of  the  eapiaiii  to  hi.H  uost.     After  the  battle  of  Missionary  l\ 
the  IDth  1  Till,  I 'aval ry  and  wivs  su I' eessively  advanced  to  a  Co|>.i.t  >.j»^| 
wounded  in  Tennessee,  but  served  till  I  he  close  of  the  war.     Mr.  Swi 
now  cashier  of  the  Xational  Bank  of  Trinidad,  Colorado^  where  he  i 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Swallow  are  active  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

&a80.  ii  Albert  L  Swallow,  b,  July  14,  1^43,  m   sipt  5,  1865.  Ma 
Beaton,     Bad  six  children. 

5381.  lii.  Lvnu  Anna  Swalu>w,  b.  Feb.  3$,  1845,  m.  Fob.  Z\  1868»  Vii^ 
A.  Stuart  of  Ffiirniount,  Fillmore  Co.,  Nebraska,  where  they  reside. 
Stuart  deals  largely  in  grain,  t^attle,  &c      Mr.  and  Mrs  Stuart  are  tneinlN 
of  the  Presbyterian  eliurch,  and  earnest  workers  in  the  SablMith  ^cdinol 
Fairnionnt,  to  which  place  t hoy  removed  in  1871.     They  have  five  livtl 
children, 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

5371,  iii.  Os€AR  Damon  Griswold,  eldest  son  and  ibil 
child  of  Mrs.  Lydia  T.  and  Daniel  E.  Griswold,  and  granddoti 
of  Mrs.  Eunice  Child  Twitchell,  b.  io  New  Haven,  Vt,  De 
12,  1815,  m.  Dec,  11,  1834,  Lutheria  Swallow,  who  was 
West  Windsor,  Vt,  Nov,  18,  1817.     Mr.  0.  Damon  Gfi^ 
died  near  Whitehall,  IIL,  Aug,  24,  1854, 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

5382.  i.  Oscar  Gbiswold,  b,  Nov,  4.  1835.  d.  May  15,  183-,  in  C« 
Vt. 

5383.  ii.  Fredkbick   GaiswoLo,  b,  Oct.  23»  1842,    was  drowned 
crossing  the  Platte  river  on  his  way  to  California,  May  29,  I85ii. 

5384.  iii.  Alice  Griswold,  b.  Aug  6, 1849,  m.  1870,  WUli&m  C.  Bal&tr, 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5384.  iii.  Alice  Griswolb,  only  dau,  of  O.  Damon  and 
Lutiieria  Swallow  Griswold,  b,  near  Whitehall,  111,,  Aag.  ti, 
1849,  m.  1S70,  William  Baker,  who  wjus  b.  near  Winche 
Scott  Co.,  Ill,  Ang.  16,  1848.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baker  reside  J 
the  homestead  near  Whitehall,  111. 


WATERTOWN  BKAKCH. 


567 


[Ninth  GeDeration,]    ChilJren.  bom  near  Whitehall,  111: 

5385.  i.  Mabel  E.  Baker,  h.  June  SO,  187L 

5386.  ii.  FftEDERicK  E.  Bakkr,  h.  July  1,  1873. 
^5387.  iii.  Edciar  D.  Baker,  K  May  37,  1975. 

iy.  Charles  Baker,  h.  Aug*  8,  1877,  d.  Dec,  39,  1877. 
53»y.  V.  Nellie  Bakku.  b,  Dec.  8,  1878. 

[Seventh  Generatioii,] 

5373.  V.  Eih^tAH  Griswold,  third  son  and  fifth  child  of 
David  E»  and  Lydia  T.  Griswold,  and  grand-son  of  Mrs. 
Eunice  Child  TwitchoU,  b.  in  New  Hav€fn,  Vt.,  Jan.  30,  1820, 
m.  Mch.  12,  1840,  Lucy  North,  %vho  was  b.  Mch.  12,  1822, 
near  Whitehall,  111.  Mr.  Oris  wold  accompanied  his*  parents 
on  their  removal  to  tlie  West,  and  is  now  resident  on  the 
home  place  near  Whitehall,  III. 
rEIighth  GenenitionJ    Clnldreu : 

5300.  i.  Perry  D.  GmswrjLO,  b.  Apnl  14,  1842,  m.  July  24,  1864,  Oiive 
Stone. 

5891.  ii.  Seth  N.  Griswold.  b.  Jan.  18,  1843.  ni,  Dec.  tl.  1871,  Etta 
Whiteside,  who  was  h.  Sept.  17,  1849.     Reside  at  Whitehall  111. 

5302.  iii.  Che8tkr  S,  Griswoll*,  b.  Dec.  22,  1844,  d.  Oct.  8,  1845. 

5393.  iv.  Mary  E.  Gri8Wold,  b.  Aug.  17,  1847,  tn.  Dec.  13,  1870,  Edward 
S.  Boulton. 

5394.  V.  Sylvia  J.  Qrtbwold,  b.  Jan.  19,  1850. 

5395.  vi,  Maktha  A.  CtRtswoLD,  b.  Sept.  10,  1852,  d,  Sept.  25, 1853. 
639d.  vii.  Damon  A,  Griswold.  b.  Oct.  31.  1855.  m.  July  11,  1875,  Etna 

Baldwin. 

5397.  viii.  Lydia  Griswold,  b.  Mny  7,  1858,  d«  Sept  1,  1858. 

5398.  ix.  *  Caroline  Griswold,  h  Oct.  1(3,  1859. 

5399.  X.  George  A.  Griswot.o,  b.  Aug.  15,  1803,  d.  Aug.  23,  1866. 

5400.  xi.  Epward  A.  Griswold,  h,  June  20,  1866. 

[Eighth  Geiif?ratiori.] 

5390.  i.  Perry  D.  Griswold,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Edgar 
and  Lucy  North  Griawold,  b.  in  Whitehall,  III,  April  14, 
1841,  m.  in  Sonoma  Co.j  California,  July  24, 1864,  Olive  Stone, 
who  wa.s  K  Nov.  8,  1844,  in  Kalamazoo  Co.,  Mich.  "Mr 
Perry  D.  Griswold  started  for  California  April  9,  1S62,  accom' 
panied  by  Frederick  Griswold,  his  cousin,  son  of  Damon  Gris- 
wold, and  several  others.  While  crossing  the  Platte  river, 
Frederick  and  others  of  the  party  were  drowned.  The  rest 
of  the  party  continued  their  saddened  journey'.  Mr.  Griswold, 
remained  some  yeai's  in  California,  returned  for  a  time  to 
Whitehall,  Green  Co.,  IlL,  his  old  home,  but  has  now^  settled 
in  or  near  Solomon  City,  Kansas.'' 

*  We  are  much  indebted  to  Miss  Caroline  Griswold  for  enabling  us  to 
make  this  record  so  complete. 


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MK.  Y,  tcTT  e^  0«itwou>.  h.  Imm  1, 1971,  n  Gneft  Cb^  DL 
i4ll§  n,  Waltsk  B.  QREnroLD.  b  Aojf.ST^UITi.HiOaavmCki., 
M97.  vIL  MAacdi  Ost«w«)Ci».  b.  5ot.  39.  193S» »  Ottsn  Co., 

(figllllil2€MKi<«.; 

SMS,  hr.  Mast  E,  Gbi^wolb,  eldest  dan.  and  foartfa  diild 
of  Edffkr  and  Loej  North  Gmwold,  b.  at  WliiteliaU«  Atig. 
17,  tU\  m.  DecL  IS,  1870,  Edward  SpeUon  Boolton,  wlio  wis 
K  in  Orksns  Co.,  K.  T.,  Maj  U,  1S37.  OcscupatioEi,  fanner^ 
emjfmxteTs  Besideoce  Greeofield,  Graen  Co^  IIL 
[XMk  G«omti0B.]    Cbild: 

MOi.  L  flrjjnoir  Srocawnx  Bocxioai.  b,  Feb.  28^  1874,  ntmr  PftlmTn, 
MaeoQiiliiCdw,  lU. 

[Eij^Ui  OenciBtkiii,] 

53W,  vii*  Damon   A.  Griswold,  fourth  son  and  sereni 
child  of  Edgar  and  Lucy  North  Griswolil,  K  in  Whiteh 
Green  Co,,  III.,  Oct  31,  1855,  m.  July  11, 1875,  Etna  Baldwin, 
who  was  b.  Mch.  28,  1856.     Fanner  by  occupation. 
fKmtb  Genentioii  ]    ChiJdreii: 

5100.  I  Lbwi»  £.  GBtswoLD.  b  JtUj  5.  1S76,  in  WbitebAll.  111. 

5410.  tu  LccY  H.  Geiswold*  b.  J&o.  7,  1878,  id  Blaemonnd^  Macosi  Cb^ 
lUiadii, 

fSixth  Gifnemtioti] 

5365.  iv.  Timothy  W*  Twitcheix,  third  son  and  fourth 
ehild  of  Eunice  Child  and  Daniel  Twitchell,  b.  in  Weston, 
Maga,  1701,  m.  in  1813,  Pamelia  Marsh. 

Mr.  Twitchell  purchased  a  comlortable  house  near  his 
mother's  homei  here  his  children  were  bom  and  here  he  dwelt 
for  many  yeans.  He  was  an  extend  ve  contractor  fur  the  erec- 
tion  of  factories  and  other  large  buildings  and  covered  bridges. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  energy,  excellent  habits  and  noble 
character,  one  who  was  always  held  in  the  highest  esteem 
by  the  large  circle  of  his  acquaintance.  For  twenty -two  yc 
he  held  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace ;  wa^  also  often 
other  posts  of  honor  as  the  choice  of  his  townsmen,  A  fall, 
resulting  in  a  fractured  Jiip,  compelled  a  temporar\^  i^est^ 
gave  him  time  to  think  of  vi.siting  some  of  hii?;  elder  child 
who  had  removed  to  the  West  Not  daunted  by  his  lainene 
or  his  wi^s  precarious  health,  he  took  her  with  him  to  Illinoi? 


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and  was  so  charmed  with  the  countrjr  he  i^mained,  and  wroCfe 
to  bis  children  in  Vermont  to  sell  the  home  and  come  to  him. 
For  a  few  weeks  he  was  rejoicing  in  the  reunion  of  his  eight 
children  in  their  new  home;  suddenly  the  Asiatic  eholeni  came 
and  swept  away  "  the  choice  ones  of  the  flock/'  a  son,  (the 
youngest)  a  fine  young  man  of  twenty  years,  and  a  most  promis- 
ing daughter  of  seventeen.  A  few  weeks  later  another  son, 
twenty 'three  years  old,  died  of  quick  consumption  ;  this  was 
followed  not  long  after  by  the  death  of  his  wile.  Chastened, 
but  susUiined  in  his  sorrows  by  his  christian  hope,  Mr.  Twitchell 
lived  on,  like  his  mother,  in  earnest  work,  and  patient  waiting 
until  nearly  fourscoie  and  two  years  of  age.  The  last  months 
of  his  life,  intense  suffering  from  the  injury  of  years  previous, 
shadowed  his  days,  but  no  murmur  was  permitted  to  escape 
his  lips.  He  died  Nov.  1872. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children; 

541 L  i,  Julius  Sawlh  Twitchell,  b.  Jan^  26,  1818,  m.  The,  80,  1847, 
Emily  Robley. 

5412.  ii.  Melvln  Twitchell.  b.  Dec.  39,  1819,  m,  Sept.  29,  1852.  Elixa- 
beth  Brendel, 

54ia.  iii.  Emulilts  Twitcbbll.  b,  1832,  in  Weybridge,  Vt. ;  moved  to  III- 
inoiti.     Is  ft  wealthy  umn,  unmarried. 

5414.  iv,  Weltua  P.  Twitchell,  b   1824,  m,  1844,  Edwin  Griswold. 

5415.  V.  Cyntfiu  .L  Twitchell,  b.  1826.  id.  Ist^  1840»  lieinsieii  Prindle; 
m.  2d.  1876,  Stephen  Ostrander. 

5416.  vi.  Cyrus  Twitchell,  b,  Nov,  1882,  d.  April  1856,  of  lung  disease. 

5417.  vil  MvHON  A,  Twitchell,  b.  Mch   1834,  d.  Aug.  1855,  of  c^holera. 
6418.  riii.  Julia  Sophia  Twitchell,  b.  1837,  d.  Aug.  1855,  oX  cholera, 

[Seventh  Generfttion.} 

5411.  i.  Julius  Sawin  Twitchell,  eldest  child  of  Timothy 
'and  Pumelia  Marsh  Twitchell^  and  grandson  of  Mrs  Eunice 
Child  Twitchell,  b.  in  Weybridge,  Vt.,  Jan.  26,  1818,  m.  Dec. 
30,  1847,  Emily  Rt^bley,  dau.  of  Capt  Richard  and  Desire 
Griswold  fiobley,  b.  April  22,  1826,  in  Illinois.  He  d.  Oct. 
8,  1872.  Mi^.  E.  R  Twitchell  d.  Sept  22,  1872. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

5410.  i.  Mary  Alice  Twitchell,  i  «^  )  b.  iMav  17,  1850,  d.  Jnlv  25, 

yg  [     1851.  [ion  Wilder. 

5420.  ii.  Marie  Alletta  Twitchell^  )  ^  )  m.  Aug.  28,  187S,  John  Mil- 

5421.  iii,  LoKA  Twitchell,  b,  June  18,  18511 

5422.  iv,  Adah  Ellkn  Twitchell,  b.  Feb.  It,  1850,  ra.  Sept,  27,  1877, 
Gef»rge  Washington  Melvin. 

5423.  V.  Ralph  Rowley  Twitchell,  b.  July  10, 1859. 
54S4.  vi.  Julius  Gbant  Twitchell,  b.  June  12, 1804. 


570 


rATERTOWN 


1855,  m.  Nov.  5,  1879,   MtttUda 
Resuleii  in  Concordia,  Cloud  Co.,  Kansas.    Grocer  and  caf- 


JEighth  Generation.] 

54ii2.  iv,  Adah  Ellen  TivrTCHELL,  fourth  dau.  and  child 
of  Julius  S.  and  Emily  Robley  Tvritchell,  and  great^gr'aod- 
daughter  of  Mm  Eunice  Child  Twitehell,  b.  Feb.  11,  1856,  m. 
Sept  27,  1877,  George  W.  Melvia  A  farmer,  iu  IlHnoia. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child  i 

5425,  i.  Emtlv  Luklla  Melvtn,  b.  Aug.  A,  1878. 
[Seventh  Generation,] 

54ia.  ii.  Melvin  Twitchell,   second  son   and   child   or 
Timothy  and  Panielia  Mnrsli  Twitchell,  and  grandson  of  Mrs. 
Eunice  Child  Twitchcll,  b.  Dec.  29,  1819,  in  Weybridge,  Yt.,_ 
m.    Sept    29,    1852,   in    Audubon,    III,    Elizabeth     Brcndel 
Parmer.  Residence  Lemars,  Plymouth  Co.,  Iowa, 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

5430.  i.  Mynwm   ErcsttNE  Twitciiell*  b.  Sept.  29»  1853  in  Audubon*^ 
111      Ri^sides  with  liis  father*     A  teacher. 

5427,  ii,  Cyrcs  Twitch kll,  b.  .Fuly  ll, 
Jane  liigley. 
penter. 

5428.  iii.  MviioN  Ansos  Twitcbkll,  b,  Jan.  31, 1857.  aear  Gre^iiMd 
Gre<>n  Co.,  Ill,    Teacher. 

[Seventh  Genemtiou.] 

5414.  iv.  Weltha  P.  Twitchell,  eldest  dau.  and  four 

child  of  Timothy  and  Pamelia  Marsh  Twitchell,  and  granddau 

ghter  of  Mrs.  Eunice  Chihl  Twitchell,  b  in  Weybridge,  Vt 

1824,  m.  1844,  Edwin  Griswold,  son  of  Da\rid  R  and  Lydi^ 

Twitchell  Griswokl,  and  grandson  of  Mrs-  Eunice  Child  Twitcl 

ell,  b.  Dee.  7,  1822.     Of  eight  children  born  of  this  niarria 

but  two  surviva* 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Chiklren: 

5429,  i.  Arthur  Ghihwold,  h.  1847.  

5430.  ii.  Albert  M.  Oriswold,  b.  1840.    These  sons  remain  with  tb< 
parents  npon  their  large  farm  in  Greenfield,  Green  Co.,  111. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5415*  V.  Cynthia  J.  Twitchell,  second  dau,  and  fift 
child  of  Timothy  and  Pamelia  Marsh  Twitchell,  and  granc 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Eunice  Child  Twitchell,  h.  in  Wejbridg^ 
Yt,  in  1826,  m.  1st,  in  1849,  Reniscn  Prindle,  sou  of  Eldc 
Lyman  Frindle.  Mr.  Remsen  Prindle  died  of  consumption  in 
1860.  Mrs.  Prindle  m.  2d,  in  1376,  Stephen  Ostrander,  and 
resides  iu  West  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.  h 

[Eighth  Generation,  j     Cbiklreni  ^ 

5431,  i.  LiNNiE  PurNDLE,  b.  1850,  in  Addison  Co..  Vt.     Gmdiiated  fmrn 
a  Normal  Sehotd  and  became  prineipal  of  the  Hi^^h  School  of  Whilehalt  111, 

*  To  iHn.  W.  P.  T>  Griiwcild  we  are  macb  Indebted  for  dita  of  lier  ttrtDdi* 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH. 


571 


Married  Miss  Kate  Bowman,  and  resides  in  Kansas,    Has  one  son  and  one 
daughter;  is  engaged  in  farming. 

54^32.  iL  LYMA3f  Prim>le,  b.  1857,  Has  been  a  teacher,  is  now  whole- 
sale dealer  in  earthern  ware* 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

53fi7.  vi.  Jonas  Twitchkll,  fourth  son  of  Eunice  Cliild 
and  Daniel  Twitchell,  b.  in  Middlebury,  Vt,  Feb.  29,  1796,  m. 
May  a,  1&20,  Sarah  Weeks,  who  was  k  April  13,  lb03. 

Early  life  was  passed  in  the  pioneer  limes  of  tlie  Green 
Mountain  State,  inured  thus  to  meeting  deprivations  and  over* 
coming  obstacles,  there  seemed  to  him  no  need  to  fear  the  trials 
incident  to  western  raigraiions.  In  1831,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Twitchell 
with  their  children  moved  to  Michigan,  and  resided  there  some 
years.  Ilis  son,  Dr.  R  W.  Twitchell,  having  established  him* 
self  in  Minnesota,  desired  his  father  to  be  with  him,  and  again 
Mn  Twitchell  made  removal  to  a  new  country,  but  with  all 
cheer.  An  exceedingly  industrious  and  upright  man,  lie  would 
never  seek  wealth  but  through  open,  legitimate  metliods.  His 
life  closed  in  a  quiet  sleep  on  the  27th  of  September,  1877-  in 
Chittiield,  Minn.  Mrs.  Twitchell  was  a  native  of  Long  Island^ 
her  parents  belonged  to  the  Society  of  Friends ;  she  died  on 
the  I9th  of  November,  1847.  Mr.  Jonas  Twitchell  died  at  the 
home  of  his  son,  R.  W.  Twitchell,  M.  D.,  in  Chatfiekl  Minn., 
in  his  82d  year.  A  littiug  memorial  notice  was  contributed  to 
the  county  paper  by  one  who  knew  him  well,  summing  up 
the  characteristics  of  the  man  and  the  varied  experiences  of  his 
life,  commending  the  industry  which  was  untiringly  manifested 
and  the  integrity  always  maintained.  Closing  with  an  account 
of  the  end,  which  we  think  can  be  most  fittingly  described  in 
the  words  of  the  Psalmist,  ''So  He  giveth  His  beloved  sleep/* 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

5433.  i.  Ei'Nictt  Sarah  Twitchell,  b.  Feb.  27,  1821,  m.  Jan.  S,  WW, 
Ebenezer  Prindle. 

5434.  ii.  Eefjne  Weeks  Twitchell,  b.  Mch.  29, 1823,  nu  May  23, 1852» 
Martha  J.  Carpenter. 

5435.  ill.  Ellen  Twitchell,  b,  Jan.  27,  1825,  d.  Jan  30,  1825. 
543e.  Iv.  Jacoh  W.  Twitchell.  b.  Feb.  21,  1820,  d,  Jan.  17,  1827. 

5437.  V.  John  J.  Twitchell,  b.  May  30.  1828,  d.  Sof>t.  25.  1829. 

5438.  vi.  William  Penx  Twitchell,  b.  S«pt.  0,  1830,  d.  Feb.  1836,  in 
Greenville,  Ohio. 

5439.  vii.  Danikl  Sawin  Twitchell,  b.  April  11, 1KI33. 

5440.  viii,  Ann  Eliza  Twitchell,  b.  May  3,  1835,  ni.  Sept.  8,  1868, 
Korman  Ca^. 


672 


WATSSaOWSS  RRANCIL 


543a  L  ErxicE  Sajuh  Twitciikll,  eUest  difld  of 
and  Samb  Weeks  Twitcbell,  and  giandcfaild  of  Ecuuoe 
TwitcheU,  U  Feb-  87, 1821,  m.  Jan.  3, 1889,  Ebmmar  PniwUe^ j 
who  waab  June  22;  1817.     Mr.  Prindle  is  a  real  estate 
uisonuiee  ageot,  in  Evanston,  OL    Mis.  Prindle  d.  Jan. 
18T2. 
[Eigticli  Geaenilioa.]    Clilldfvii: 

M4K  L  Lbwu  Ebks  pKnrnts,  b,  Oct.  23.  IMIl    Eeoides  ia  Kanaiia Ord 
Ma    BuUctrikr. 

M48.  ii  LmicEsrmR  Cortdok  PRoriiiLB.  bt  Oct.  8,  18fl.     Bendes 
EFanston^  IlL    Cashier  Western  firuich  Hartloini  Fire  Ins,  Co..  Cbieasii,  IILl 

544^.  lit  William  Pekh  PEorDLK,  b.  Sept  13, 1846.    Beadesio  Ikak«U. 
Farmer. 

5444.  iv.  Theodork  KErnfB  Pbh^dle,  b.  An^.  18, 1849,  d.  Feb.  10, 1874. 

5445.  T,  Sarah  Ella  PRfKDLE,  b.  3iaj  15.  1855.    Besides  in  Evanslon, 
I]]«    Instructor  in  prepaiatorj  department  of  Northwestern  UntTei^tjr. 

5446.  ri.  £mma  May  PRn<DLB«  b.  Feb.  17.  1880.     Re^de«  in  Eranston. 
Ul.    Student. 

[Serenth  Generation.] 

6434  ii.  Dr.  Refine  W,  Twitchkll,  eldest  son  and  second 
child  of  Jonas  and  Sarah  Weeks  Twitchell,  and  grandson  o| 
Eunice  Child  and  Daniel  Twitchell,  b.  in  Middlebury,  Yt,  Mch«| 
29,  1823,  m.  May  23,  1852,  Martha  J.  Carpenter  of  Baldwin^^ 
Tille,  N.  Y.     When  eight  years  old  Dr.  Twitchell  left  Vermoni 
with  his  father  and  went  to  Michigan,  where  he  spent  his  boy^ 
hood  and  early  manhood     In  1854   with  Lis  wife  and  one 
child,   Dr.  Twitchell  removed  to  Chatfield,  Minnesota;    hi 
ftccond  child  was  the  first  child  bom  in  that  town.     Daring  th^ 
late  war,  Dr.  Twitchell  served  as  surgeon  through  the  tox 
years,  the  first  two  years  connected  with  a  Minnesota  reg't  anc 
the  laftt  two  in  the  Volunteer  Dep't  of  the  U.  S.  A.     At  the] 
close  of  the  war  Dr.  Twitchell  returned  to  Minnesota,  and  has 
ever  since  devoted  himself  to  his  profession  with  great  assidu- 
ity and  success. 
[Eighth  OeneralionJ    Children; 

5447.  h  Sarah  Edna  Twitchell.  h.  Sept  1853,  in  Somerset,  Mich. 
fi448.  ii.  Hkrbkkt  Eugene  Twitchell.  b   Mch.  29,  1855,  in  Chatfield.j 

Minn  ;  now  a  medical  student  in  Cincinnati*  Ohio. 

MtD.  ill    Btepben Carpenter  Twitchell  b,  April  8, 1857,  d.  Sept  11. 1857,1 
in  Chutfleld*  Minn. 

545^>,  iv*  CAHinK  Carpenter  Twitchell,  b.  Feb.  24. 1859. 

5451.  V.  Martha  A»  Twitchell,  b.  Aug.  7,  1867. 
[Seventh  Generation,] 

5-140,  viii»  Ann  Eliza   Rebecca  Twitchell,  third  dau. 
and  eighth  child  of  Jonas  and  Sarah  Weeks  Twitchell,  and 


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673 


^rand-daugliter  of  Mrs.  Eunice  Child  Twitchell,  b,  in  SylvaB^ 
Washtenaw  Co.,  Mick,  May  3, 1835,  m.  Sept.  8,  1853,  Norman 
Case,  in  Sylvan*  Micli*  Present  residence  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Mrs*  A.  E.  R  T.  Case  lias  quite  a  loeal  distinction  for  her  ren- 
dition of  Sliakespeare  and  other  authors.  Mr.  Case  d.  Jan.  5, 
1871 
[Eighth  GonBmtimi.]    Children: 

5452.  i.  Alice  E.  R.  Case,  b    Aug.  27,  1854,  d.  Nov.  23,  1809.  in  Mich. 

5453.  ii.  WiLLJE  D  Case.  b.  Mch  7,  1856,  d.  Oct.  15,  I8(>9.in  Michigan. 

5454.  iii.  Cauhie  L  bang  he  Case,  b.  Aug,  21,  1858,  in  Michigan. 

5455.  iv.  Johnnie  Weeks  Case,  b,  Aug,  15,  18(50,  in  Michigan. 

5456.  V.  Ci^uo  M.  Case,  b.  Mt-h.  19,  I866»  in  Minnesota. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

5368.  vii*  Joiix  Twitchell,  fifth  son  and  seventh  child  of 
Daniel  and  Eunice  Child  Twitehell,  b.  in  Weybridge.Yt.,  1798, 
m.  1818,  Anna  Sandford.  Mr.  and  Mi-s.  Twitchell  settled  in 
New  Haven,  Vt,  on  their  marriage,  and  here  four  of  their 
children  were  born ;  they  moved  to  Waltham  about  1825,  four 
more  children  were  born  to  them  in  Waltham,  In  1831,  the 
family  removed  to  Illinois;  in  1833,  Mr  Twitchell  '^entered 
land"  in  what  is  now  known  as  Jersey  Co.,  111.  On  the  10th 
of  August,  in  that  year,  he  died,  leaving  his  widow  with  seven 
small  children  to  endure  the  hardships  of  a  new  country.  But 
the  patient  care  and  struggle  have  been  successful,  and  all  have 
attained  to  manhcHxl  and  wooiaohood  with  comfortable  liomes. 
[Seventh  Generntion.J     Chiklrim: 

5457.  i.  Gaston  D.  Twitch  ell,  b.  1810,  in  New  Haven,  Vt.  Resides  nn- 
niiirried  with  his  mother  in  Virderij  III. 

5458.  ii.  Mabv  Ass  Twitchell,  b.  in  New  Haven,  Vt.,  182e,  m,  1842» 
Augustus  Steams, 

5459.  iii,  Lvdu  Twitchell,  b,  1822.  in  New  Ilftven,  Vt.  Kesides  in 
Vinien,  III. ;  unmarried. 

5460.  iv,  Anjanetta  Twitch ell^  b.  1824.  in  New  Haven,  Vt.,  d.  1827,  in 
Waltham,  Vt. 

5461.  V.  LoRETTE  Twitchell,  b.  1826,  m.  1846,  Nathan  Chamberlin, 
54^2.  vi.  SiiiNEY  L.  Twitchell.  Ij.  1827.  ra,  1st,  1851,  Celia  C,  Sanders, 

who  d.  Dee,  8.  18€1 ;  m.  2d,  1873.  Mrs.  Augusta  V.  Cox. 

5403.  vii.  Jane  S.  Twitchell.  b  1829,  in.  1856.  John  Ryan, 

5404.  riii.  I^rank  H.  Twitchell,  b.  1831.  in  Walthftm,  Vt.  Resides 
with  her  mother  in  Virden,  lb. 

]Seventh  Generation,  1 

5458  ii.  Mary  Ann  Twitchell,  eldest  dau.  of  John  and 
Anna  Sandford  Twitchell,  and  grand-daughter  of  Eunice  Child 
Twitchell,  b.  in  New  Haven,  Vt.,  1820,  m.  18-12,  Augustus 
Stearns. 


574 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH. 


[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 
5422a,  i,  Lucy  A.  Stearns,  b,  1848,  m,  18fU,  Mr,  Murphy. 
5423a.  ii.  Alice  J.  Stearns,  b.  1848,  m.  18flS,  Mr.  Kayser, 
5424o.  iii.  Charles  D.  Stearns,  b.  1853,  m.  1879. 
5425fl[,  iv.  Ella  C,  Strarns,  h,  1857,  m,  1870,  Mr,  Elllfis. 

[Eighth  Generation,] 

5422a..  1.  LuoY   A.   Stearns^,   eldest    child    of   Mary 
Twitchell  and  Augustus  Steams,  b.  1843,  m.  1864,  Mr.  Murphy^ 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

5426A.  i.  Alice  L.  MtrRPHY.  b.  1865. 

5427ft.  ii.  Mary  J.  MuiirnY,  b.  1867,  d.  1867. 

5428*.  iii>  Matilda  I.  Murphy,  b  1870,  d.  1874. 

♦♦*♦  iv,  IIermox  M,  MrBPHY»  b.  1871. 

54296.  V.  Julia  !..  Murfhy,  U  1873. 

5430A,  vi.  George  A.  Mr  urn  y.  b.  1874. 

543U.  vii.  Lydia  L.  Mciu'HYy  b.  1876. 

5432^>.  viii.  Ruth  L.  Murphy,  b.  1877. 

54336.  is.  Charles  D.  Murphy,  b.  1870,  d.  1879. 

54346.  X.  Hellen  E.  Murphy,  b.  1880. 

[Eighth  GenerHtton.] 

5423a.  11.  Alice  J.  Stearns,  second  dan,  of  Augustus  anJ 
Mary  Ann  Twitchell  Stearns,  and  granddaughter  of  Eunic 
Child  Twitchell,  b.  1S48,  m.  about  1868,  Mr.  Kayser. 
[Ninth  Generation  ]     Children: 

54356.  i.  Effie  Kayskr,  h,  1869. 

54366.  ii.  Aj^bbht  C,  Kayser,  b.  1870. 

54376.  iii.  Emma  Kayser,  b.  1873. 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

5424fi.  iiL  Charles  D.  Stearns,  great-grandson  of  Eunice 
Chdd  Twitchell  and  son  of  Mary  A,  Twitchell  and  August 
Stearns,  b.  1853,  m.  about  1879. 
[Ninth  Generation.]     Cliild: 

54386.  i.  Gaston  D.  Stearns,  b.  1880. 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

5425a.  iv.  Ella  C.  Stearns,  youngest  child  of  Angusl 
and  Mary  A.  T.  Ste4irn8,  and  great  grand -daughter  of  Eu 
Child  Twitchell,  b.  1857,  m.  about  1878-9,  Mr.  Ellas. 

Ninth  Generation.]     Child: 

54396.  i    Mabel  Ellas,  b.  1880. 
[Seventh  Generation  ] 

5461,  V.  Lorette  Twitchell,  fourth  dau.  of  John  a5 
AunaSandford  Twitchell,  and  grand-daughter  of  Eunice  Child 
Twitchell,  b.  in  Walthani,  Yt,  1826,  m.  1846,  NathaL  Cham- 
berliiL  Residence,  Virden,  III  Mrs,  L.  T.  Chamberlin  d, 
Oct  18,  1880. 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  575 

FEighth  Generation.]    Children: 

5440a.  i.  Edgar  G.  Chambbrlin,  b.  1846,  d.  1861. 

5441a.  ii.  Leonora  L.  Chambbrlin,  b.  1848. 

5442a.  ill.  Julia  W.  Chamberlin,  b.  1849,  d.  1861. 

5443a.  iv.  Annie  J.  Chambehlin,  b.  1853,  m.  about  1873,  Mr.  Turner. 

5444a.  V.  David  H.  ChajiiBEhlin,  b.  1855,  d.  1856. 

5445a.  vi.  Ella  E.  Chambehlin,  b.  1856. 

5446a.  vii.  Minnie  F.  Chamberlin,  b.  1862. 

5447a.  viii.  Carrie  H.  Chamberlin,  b.  1864. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5443a.  iv.  Annie  J.  Chamberlin,  third  dau.  of  Nathan 
and  Lorette  Twitchell  Chamberlin,  and  great  grand-daughter 
of  Eunice  Child  Twitchell,  b.  1853,  m.  about  1873,  Mr.  Turner. 
[Ninth  Generation.!    Children: 

5448^.  i.  Mary  L.  Turner,  b.  1874. 

54496.  ii.  George  N.  Turneh,  b.  1876. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5462.  vi.  Sidney  L.  Twitchell,  s^ond  son  of  John  and 
Anna  Sandford  Twitchell,  and  grand-son  of  Eunice  Child 
Twitchell,  b.  in  Waltham,  Vt,  1827,  m*  1st,  1851,  Celia  C. 
Sanders,  who  d.  Dec.  3,  1861 ;  m.  2d,  1873,  Mrs.  Augusta  V. 
Cox. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

5450a.  i.  Allena  L.  Twitchell,  b.  1853. 

5451a.  li.  Ransom  L.  Twitchell,  b.  1855,  ra.  about  1879. 

5452a.  iii    George  S.  Twitchell,  b.  1857,  d.  1860. 

54o3a.  iv.  Ernest  W.  Twitchell,  b.  1859. 

5454a.  V.  Clara  I.  Twitchell,  b.  1860,  d.  1860. 

5455a.  vi.  Albert  Twitchell,  b.  1874,  d.  1874. 

5456a.  vii.  John  Twitchell,  b.  1878. 

5457a.  viii.  Eugene  Twitchell,  b.  1879. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5451a.  ii.  Eansom  L.  Twitchell,  eldest  son  of  Sidney  L- 
Twitchell,  and  great  grand-son  of  Eunice  Child   Twitchell,  b. 
1865,  m.  about  1879. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child : 

5458A.  i.  Edith  S.  Twitchell,  b.  1880. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

6463.  vii.  Jane  S.  Twitchell,  fifth  dau.  of  John  and  Anna 

Sandford    Twitchell,   and   grand-daughter  of    Eunice   Child 

Twitchell  b.  1829,  in  Waltham,  Vt,  ra.  1856,  John  Eyan. 

[Eighth  Generation. J    Children : 
5459a.  i.  Jennie  M.  Ryan.  b.  1857. 
5460a.  ii.  John  H.  Ktan,  b.  1858. 
5461a.  iii.  Emma  A.  Rtan,  b.  1859. 


576 


WATERTOWN  BBAKCH. 


5408^.  y   Fu)RA  O,  Ryak,  b.  1861. 

54e5a  vii.  Jajces  B.  Ryak,  b.  1805. 

[Filth  Qeneration.] 

5306.  ix.  Samuel  Child,  Jr,  third  sou  and  ninth  child  of_ 
Ensign  Samuel  and  Esther  Child,  b.  in  Weston,  Mass.,  Nov. 
1762,  m.  1st,  Aug.  8, 1784,  Abigail  Sheppard  of  Newton,  ] 
m.  2d.  Nov.  19,  1789,  Hannah  Lamson.  Ensign 
Child,  accompanied  by  his  son,  Samuel  and  family,  and  the 
families  of  his  daughters,  Mra  Esther  Child  Hagar,  Mrs.  Ma 
Child  Bigelow,  Mra  Lucy  Child  Sheppard  and  Mrs.  Eunice 
Child  Twitchell,  early  moved  to  Vermont  and  settled  in  Addi* 
son  Co.,  and  their  descendants  have  been  the  most  influentia 
citizens,  giving  tone  and  weight  to  the  entire  county,  M| 
Samuel  Child  was  a  man  of  more  education  than  was  usual 
that  region  at  that  period. 
[Sixth  Genemtion.J     Children; 

5405.  i.  Alexander  Cehld.  b.  Feb.  22.  1785.  m.  1813,  6eii8|r  ^r*Wm 

5406.  ii  Mali^da  Cbild,  b  — ,  m.  181^.  Joseph  Boies. 
6407.  iii.  Julta  CerLD,  b.  1792. 4,  1900,  aged  8  years. 
5408.  iv.  Betsey  Child,  b.  Oct.  31, 1794.  m,  Oct.  5. 18ia.  John  G.  RW 

5469.  V.  John  Child,  b.  Dec.  8,  1790.  m.  Ist,  'Sow  1, 1830,  Abigail  Wrigli 
m.  ^i,  F«jb.  18.  1844.  Mahala  B.  Pratt. 

5470.  Ti.  Ebe.vezeb  Child,  b.  Oct.  8,  1790»  m.  1822,  Atirelia  HuiiL 

5471.  TiL  Sahuel  Cbild,  b.  1800,  m.  1880,  Eoxana  Winch. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

5465,  i.  Alexander  Child,  eldest  son  and  child  of  San 
Jr.,  and  Abigail  Sheppard  Child,  b.  in  Weston,  Middlesex  C^ 
Mass.,  Feb.  22,  17B5,  m.  in  Highgate,  Vt,  in  1813,  Betsey  H« 
kins,  Mr,  Alexander  Child  died  in  Manasha,Wbconsin»  Auj 
4,  1863.  Mrs,  Betsey  Haskins  Child  died  in  the  same  pin 
Nov,  1st,  1866.  Mrs.  Child  was  descended  from  the  Lit 
fields  of  Connecticut,  a  family  of  prominence  and  worth,  as 
modt  patriotia  Her  father,  'Seth  Haskins*  enlisted  and  serve 
as  an  artificer  in  the  war  of  1812.^'  Gifted  with  a  poetic  imag^i 
ation,  Mr.  Ilaskiiis  wrote  some  pieces  of  considerable  me 
Mrs.  Child  inherited  the  gift  of  song.  The  wandering  mat 
which  impels  many  to  encounter  the  hanlships  and  overcor 
obstiibles  incident  to  a  pioneer  life,  seemed  to  have  taken  a  strot 
hold  upon  Mr,  Child,  leading  him  into  eastern  New  York.  Sei 
eral  removes  within  that  State  resulted  in  a  settlement  in  Barre, 


WATBRTOWN  BRANCH.  577 

Orleans  Co.,  where  he  made  his  home  for  some  twenty  years, 
engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits — this  was  at  the  time  the  Erie 
canal  was  being  made,  and  its  construction  brought  farm  pro- 
ducts into  a  wider  market  Not  however  satisfied  with  the 
slow  accumulations  of  this  small  town,  Mr.  Child  concluded  to 
make  another  move,  and  went  with  his  large  family  to  Joliet, 
111.  A  very  fatal  epidemic  prevailing  in  that  vicinity  deter- 
mined him  to  pitch  his  tent  elsewhere,  and  in  Milwaukee, Wis., 
he  once  more  sought  a  home.  Here  a  number  of  his  children 
were  engaged  in  brick  making,  others  taught.  The  nomadic 
life  had  interfered  with  the  education  of  the  family,  somewhat, 
but  all  appreciated  the  advantages  of  higher  culture  and  have 
sought  to  secure  it  for  their  children.  In  the  year  1848  or  '49, 
the  entire  family  emigrated  to  the  Fox  River  Valley  in  Wis- 
consin, and  are  there  permanently  located.  Mr.  Alexander 
Child  was  not  a  religious  man,  but  a  man  of  integrity  and  up- 
rightness. Mrs.  Child  was  a  very  earnest  christian,  and  her 
sincere  piety  has  proved  a  rich  dower  to  her  large  family  of 
children, 
f Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

5472.  i.  Sidney  Smith  Childs,  b.  Jan.  18,  1814,  ra.  186*2,  Katie  E.  Linch. 

5473.  ii.  Samuel  B.  Childs,  b.  1815,  m.  1846,  Malinda  Church. 

5474.  iii.  John  W.  Childs,  b.  1817,  m.  1847,  Sarah  E.  Marshall. 

5475.  iv.  Nelson  B.  Childs,  b.  1819,  m.  Ist,  1843, ;  m.  2d,  1848, 

Jane  Church. 

5476.  V.  Abigail  S.  Childs.  b.  1821,  m.  1839,  George  Gerty. 

5477.  vi.  Seth  Haskins  Childs,  b.  1823.  m.  1st,  1845,  Elsie  Stevens;  m. 
2d,  1852,  Lavina  Church. 

5478.  vii.  Sybil  D.  Childs,  b.  1826,  m.  1st,  1850,  Darius  Newman ;  m.  2d, 
Hugh  Gear. 

5479.  viii.  Alexander  Childs,  Jr.,  b.  1828,  d.  1859. 

5480.  ix.  Charles  B.  Childs,  b.  1831,  m.  1859,  Charlotte  McMinnen. 

5481.  X.  Julia  Childs,  b.  1834,  ro.  1854,  John  Hodgdon. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6472.  i.  Sidney  Smith  Childs,  eldest  child  of  Alexander 
and  Betsey  Haskins  Childs,  b.  in  New  Haven, Vt,  Jan.  18, 1814, 
m.  in  1862,  Katie  E.  Linch.     Resides  in  Menasha,  Winneba- 
go county.  Wis. 
[Kighth  Generation  ]    Children : 

5482.  i.  Alexander  Childs,  b.  1863. 
5488.  ii.  William  Childs,  b.  1865,  d.  1869. 

5484.  iii.  Frederick  Childs,  b.  1868. 

5485.  iv.  WiLUS  Childs,  b.  1871. 


WATEBTOVnS  BRJJCCH. 

M7S.  iL  SAJcrKL  R  Chuds,  secood  son  mod  diikl  ol  Aki 
ander  aod  Betsy  Hawkins  ChOda,  b-  in  Iladlej,  K.  T-  in  18H 
m.  1M6.  Malinda  Church.    Besides  in  Wrightstown,  Brcmr 
catioij^  Wis. 
[Eighah  G^nenikm.J   CluldTcii: 

iiSS.  tiu  S^MriL  B.  CmuM,  Jk.,  h.  18SD^  m.  1979. 
$48i,  IT.  Peajtelxs  Childs,      ^  .^^    t .    .^.^ 

5101.  rt.  Tbx-hasi  Cailds,  b.  1854. 

5402.  Tii.  Eta  Chiuw,  b.  1855,  m.  1875,  Bofaert  Morry, 

54ia.  Till.  LrciAX  Cbilos,  b.  1858. 

54M  ix.  CAftUffTS  Cbilss,  b.  1880. 

5105.  X.  Alice  CsiLDe,  b.  1854. 

iSeTeotfa  Genentiofi.l 

5474.  iii.  John  W,  Childs,  third  son  and  child  of  Alexa 
der  and  Betsy  Haskins  Childs,  l>.  in  Richmood,  N.  Y.,  18lj 
m.  in  1847.  Sarah  K  Marshall.     Mrs,  Child  d  in  187a 
dence  Bosc^^l^eli,  Wis. 
I  Eighth  Generation,]    Children: 

5496.  i.  EnuA  Childs,  b.  1851.  m.  1870,  Oscar  Angle. 

5407,  ii.  Albert  Child^,  h,  ISSB,     Resides  in  Independence,  Ioi*i 

5408.  iii.  John  Childs,  h,  1855.     Resides  in    food  River,  Xeb 
5400.  ir.  Lewis  G.  Childs,  b.  1857.     Resides  in  Independence,  Iowa^ 

5500.  V.  Laltea  Child©,  b.  I860,  m,  1878,  Daniel  Pallado 

5501.  ri.  Al»DicR.  Childs,  b.  1852. 

5502.  vii.  Sarah  M.  Cbilds,  b.  1864. 

5503.  viii.  Ella  M.  Childs,  b,  1868. 

5504.  ix.  Ransom  Childs,  b.  1871. 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

5475,  iv.  Nelson  B,  Childs,  fourth  son  and  child  of  Ak 
ander  aud  Betsy  Haskins  Childs,  b.  in  Lima,  N.  Y.,  in  18U 

m.  1st,  1843, ■:  m.  2d,  1848,  Jane  Church.     Mi^  N. 

Childs  d.  in  1847, 

[Eighth  Generation,  j     Children: 
5»505.  i.   Infant,  (unchriBtened.) 

5506.  ii.  Infant,  (no christened.) 

5507.  iii*  Alvira  Childs,  h.  1840,  rn.  1876,  Frederick  Hillman. 

5508.  iv,  Charles  Chjlds,  b,  18.il,  in.  1877. 
55<m.  V.  Sidney  Cuilus,  b.  1852,  m.  1878, 
5510,  %i.  Mary  CBU.m,  b.  laifJ.  ra.  IHlil,  (;haHie  Watson. 
55n.  vii,  Jank  Childs,  h,  185??,  oi.  1877,  Charles  William?. 
5513.  viii.  Adelaide  CoiLDi,  h.  I8f)l,  ra.  1877. 
5518.  ix.  James  Cbtlds,  b,  1863. 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  579 

5514.  X.  Carlous  Childs,  b.  1867. 

5515.  xi.  Ella  Childs,  b.  1869. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5476.  V.  Abigail  Sheppard  Childs,  eldest  dau.  and  fifth 
child  of  Alexander  and  Betsey  Haskins  Childs,  b.  in  1821,  m. 
in  1839,  George  Gertj.  Residence  Kaukauna,  Outgamie  Co., 
Wisconsin. 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

5516.  i.  Matilda  Gerty,  b.  1840,  m.  1857,  Simon  Clough. 

5517.  ii.  Geoeoe  Geety,  b.  1842,  ra.  1869. 

5518.  iii.  Barney  Gerty,  b.  1845,  m.  1867. 

5519.  iv.  Abigail  Gerty,  b.  1849,  ra.  1857,  Lewis  McAbee. 

5520.  V.  Betsey  Gerty,  b.  1851,  m.  1870,  John  Powers. 

5521.  vi.  Maggie  Gerty,  b.  1856,  m.  1872,  Peter  Duban.    She  d.  1873. 

5522.  vii.  Sally  Gerty,  b.  1859,  m.  1877,  John  Savine. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5477.  vi.  Seth  Haskins  Childs,  fifth  son  of  Alexander 
and  Betsy  Haskins  Childs,  b.  in  Barre,  N.  Y.,  in  1823,  m.  1st, 
1845,  Elsie  Stevens,  who  d.  the  following  year ;  m.  2d,  1852, 
Lavina  Church. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

5523.  i.  Elsie  Childs,  b.  1854,  m.  1874,  Robert  Hamilton. 

5524.  ii.  Alexander  Childs,  b.  1857. 

5525.  iii.  George  Childs,  b.  1873. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5478.  vii  Sybil  D.  Childs,  second  dau.  of  Alexander  and 
Betsey  Haskins  Childs,  b.  in  Barre,  N.Y.,  in  1826,  m.  1st,  1850, 
Darius  Newman,  who  d.  in  1855;  m.  2d,  1857,  Hugh  G.  Gear. 
Residence  Menasha,  Wis. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children. 

5526.  i.  Henry  Clay  Newman,  b.  1852.     Residence  Wood  River,  Neb. 

5527.  ii.  Clarie  Newman,  b.  1854,  d.  1863. 

5528.  iii.  Betsy  Ann  Geak,  b.  1860. 

5529.  iv.  Charles  Childs  Gear,  b.  1861. 

5530.  V.  Willie  Hugh  Gear,  b.  1863. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5480.  ix.  Capt.  Charles  B.  Childs,  seventh  son  of  Alex- 
ander and  Betsey  Haskins  Childs,  b.  in  1831,  m.  in  1859, 
Charlotte  McMinnen.  Captain  Charles  Childs  is  supposed  to 
have  been  lost  from  a  government  steamer  wrecked  on  the 
Pacific  coast  in  1877.  Mrs.  Childs  resides  at  1803  Madison 
street,  Chicago. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child : 

5531.  i.  Minnie  Childs,  b.  1859,  d.  1864. 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH, 


[Seventh  Generation,] 

5481.  3L  Julia  Childs,  third  dau.  of  Alexander  and  Beti 
Haskins  Childs,  b.  in  Barre,  N.  Y.,  in  1S34,  m.  in  1S54.  Job 
Hodgdon, 
[Eighth  Generation. J    Children: 

5533.  i.  Inez  Hodgdox,  b»  June  10,  1855. 
6583,  ii.  Willie  Hododon,  b,  Sept.  13,  1857. 

5534.  iii.  Alice  M.  Hodgdon,  b.  Feb.  12,  18(50. 

5535.  iv.  George  IIodgi>o>%  b.  Mch.  27,  1862. 
553<S.  V.  John  W.  IIododon»  b.  May  4,  18U5. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

5468.  iv.  Betsey  Child,  third  dau,  of  Samuel  and  Hatina 
Lamson  Child,  b.  in  Weybridge^   Addison  Co.,  Vt,  Oct 
1794,  m,  Oct  5,  1813,  John  G.  Rider  of  New  Haven,  Yt 
and  Mrs.  Rider  moved  to  western  New  York  at  that  perio 
sparsely  settled,  and  more  remote  from  the  luxuries  of  life  ihau 
are  many  of  our  territories  to-day.     The  daughter,  Mrs.  D* '. 
Taylor,  writing  us,  says  : 

*^  Our  mother  was  a  woman  of  great  worth ;  through  all  the  hardship*  ind 
vicisvsitudes  incident  to  a  pioneer  life,  she  ever  maintained  a  high  and  nr^ble 
charticter.  As  a  mother,  she  was  affectionate  and  true,  and  no  childrai 
could  hold  in  higher  esteem  a  tnother  than  do  hers,  their  mother.  Shc^f«f 
retained  her  love  for  her  native  State,  and  dwelt  much  on  the  didlghta  ol 
her  Green  Mountain  home." 

Mn  J,  G,  Rider  d.  in  Le  Roy,  Genesee  Co,,  N,  Y.,  Aug,  12, 
1874.  Mrs.  Betsey  Child  Rider  d.  in  the  same  place  I>tv-  It 
1878. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

5632^1.  i.  Julia  Child  Rider,  Ik  April  21,  1815,  m.  May  20, 1889.  WUlj 
A,  Kebay. 

5583ki,  ii.  Louisa  Rider,  b.  Dec.  14,  1810.  m.  May  7.  1887.  C,  S.  Tiiyfc 

Bethiah  Clark  Rider,  b,  Feb.  18^  1821,  m«  June  3, 1840>.  Jmmm 


IIanxab  Jake  Hider,  b.  Jan.  18,  182S,  m.  Dec.  IS,  184^  CS^ 
Dorcas  Lorena  Ridbb»  b.  Aug.  12.  1826,  m.  Aug.  26,  1846^  A 


5534a.  ill. 
S.  Tew. 

6535<i.  iv. 
Taylor, 

553«r/.  V. 
B,  Taylor. 

5537,  vi,  Vanxesse  Rider,  b.  April  8,  1830,  d.  April  10,  1833. 

55S8,  vii.  Ebenezrr  Rtder,  b.  Sept,  3.  1833.  m.  Sept,  14,  1854,  Fj 
Hovey, 

5539,  viii,  Elizabeth  Ridee,  b.  Sept.  18,  1837,  d.  Sept.  27,  1888. 

f Seventh  Generation.] 

5532a.  i.  Julia  Child  Rider,  eMej5t  duu.  and  child  of  ] 
Child  and  John  G.   Rider^  b.  in  Addison  Co.,  Vt,  April , 
1815,  m.  May  20,  1839,  William  A,   Kelsev,  in  Chili,  N^ 
Residence  Le  Roy,  New  York-     Mra.  J.  CL  R  Kelaey 
Le  Roy,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  28,  1880. 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  581 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

5540.  i.  John  Rider  Kelsey,  b.  Aug.  30,  1841,  m.  Sept.  1864,  Sarah 
Brown. 

5541.  ii.  Herbert  Sartello  Kelset,  b.  June  17,  1844,  m.  Dec.  34,  1870, 
Ida  Joslin. 

5542.  iii.  Eleanora  Malinda  Kelset,  b.  Sept.  14, 1840,  m.  Dec.  24. 1866, 
John  L.  Sawyer. 

5543.  iv.  Albion  Hall  Kelset,  b.  Aug.  0,  1851,  m.  Nov.  24,  1870,  Dora 
Powers. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5540.  i.  John  Eider   Kelsey,  eldest  child  of  Julia  Child 
Rider  and   William   A.    Kelsey,  b.  in  Le  Roy,  Genesee  Co., 
K  Y.,  Aug.  30, 1841,  m.  Sept.  1864,  Sarah  Brown  of  Cortland, 
111.,  where  they  now  resida 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

5544.  i.  Stella  May  Kelsey,  b.  July  18,  1865,  in  Cortland,  111. 

5545.  ii.  Clara  Estheb  Kelsey,  b.  Sept.  6,  1871,  in  Bristol,  Ind. 

5546.  iii.  John  Albion  Kelsey,  b.  Aug.  21,  1876. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5542.  iii.  Eleanora  Malinda  Kelsey,  only  dau.  of  Julia 
Child  Rider  and  William  A.  Kelsey,  b.  in  Le  Roy,  N.  Y.,  Sept. 
14,  1849,  m.  Dec.  24,  I'SBG,  John  L.  Sawyer. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

5547.  i.  CoRWiN  Sawyee. 

5548.  ii.  Charles  Sawyer. 

5549.  iii.  Wiluam  Sawyer. 

5550.  iv.  Verna  Grace  Sawyer. 

5551.  V.  Gertie  Sawyer. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6533a   ii.  Louisa  Rider,  second  dau.  and  child  of  Betsey 
Child  and  John  G.  Rider,  b.  in  Le  Roy,  Genesee  Co.,  N.  Y., 
Dec.  14,  1819,  m.  in  the  same  place.  May  7, 1837,  C.  S.  Taylor. 
Mrs.  L.  R  Taylor  d.  Oct  12,  1841. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

5552.  i.  Celestia  Taylor,  b.  Dec.  12,  1839,  m.  Dec.  23,  1867,  Dr.  John 
Ellison  Best. 

6553.  ii.  Louisa  Taylor,  b.  Oct.  8,  1841,  m.  May  1,  1863,  Lyman  H. 
Smith. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5552.  i.  Celestia  Taylor,  eldest  child  of  Louisa  Rider  and 
C.  S.  Taylor,  and  granddaughter  of  Betsey  Child  Rider,  b.  in 
LeRoy,N.  Y.,  Dec.  12,   1839,  m.  Dec.  23,   1867,  Dr.  John 
Ellison  Best,  in  McHenry  Co.,  111. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

5554.  i.  Emma  Best,  b.  Dec.  9,  1873. 

5555.  ii.  Bruck  Taylor  Best,  b.  Dec.  3,  1876. 


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[Eighth  Generation,  i 

5553.  ii  Louisa  Taylor,  second  dau.  and  ebild  of  Lou 
Rider  and  C.  S.  Taylor,  and  granddaughter  of  Mrs.  Betsey 
Child  Rider,  h  in  Le  Roy,  N.  Y.,  OcL  18^,  m.  in  Huntlry, 
MtjHenry  Co.,  Ill,  May  1,  1863,  Lyman  Henry  Smith,  w^ 
was  b.  in  Conneautj  Ashtabula  Co.,  Iowa,  July  22, 184  L  R« 
denee  Elt^in,  III 
[Ninth  Generatioti]     Children : 

.1556.  L  Daughter,  (un christened,)  b.  and  d.  Jan.  31*  1905,  in  Wo 
III. 

5557.  ii.  Howard  Tayix)r  Smitb,  b.  Nov.  25, 18dS.  in  Elgin^,  Kane  €>>.,  ] 

f Seventh  GenerBtion.] 

55346?.  iii.  Bethia  Clark  Rider,  third  dau.  uud  cn»i<j 
Betsey  Child  and  John  G.  Rider,  b.  in  LeR<:»y,  N.  Y.,  Feb. 
1821,  m.  June  3,  1840,  James  S.  Tew.     Mrs.  R  C  R,  Tew] 
at  her  fathers  home  in  LeRoy,  Aug.  5,  1872. 
[Eighth  Genemtion.]     Child: 

5558.  i.  BKi^s^iEY  R[DER  Taw,  b  1841.  m.  Nov.  11,  1861,  Mftior  Frmnk] 
Peats,  shenfl  of  W  iiniebago  Co.,  III.     Hesidenco,  Eockford,  IIL 
[Ninth  Genemtion.]     Child; 

5^>59.  i.  Mabel  Peats,  b.  May  13,  ISm,  in  Rockford,  III. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5535a.  iv.  Hannah  Jane  Rider,  fourth  dau,  andnhild 

Betsey  Child  and  John  G.  Rider,  b.  in  LeRoy,  Gei  '  ^ 

N.  Y„  Jan,  IS,  1823,  m.  Dec.    13,  1S42,  her  bruUn 
Channcey  S.  Taylor.     Reside  in  Belvidere,  111. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

5560.  i,  Infiint  son  nnehristeiied,  b.  Feb.  3,  liJ44,  d.  Feb.  0,  1-41. 

5501.  ii.  CEtJA  M.  Tayu>r.  b.  Sept.  19,  1849,  in  Elk  Grove,  d.  April 
1853,  in  Chica^'o,  III. 

55<i2.  iii.  Edka  Jaxb  TAVl.im,  b.  Oct.  1,  1850,  in  Pleasant  Vj^Her,  Ut 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5636^.  V.  DoROAs  Lorena  Rider,  fifth  dau,  and  child  \ 
Betsey  Child  and  John  G.  Rider,  b.  in  LeRoy,  N.  Y.,  Aug, 
1826,  m.  in  same  place  Aug.  2d,  1S46,  A,  B.  Taylor. 
dence,  Helena,  Montana  Territory. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

5563.  i,  AtnroN  RinEU  Tayu>ii,  b.  Dec.  4,  1848,  in  ChicAgn,  lU  , 
29,  1849,  in  Chieaj-o,  111. 

55IJ4.  ii.  Leai!   1x»rena  Taylor,  b.  Dec.  25»  1854,  tu  Rockford,  lU.," 
Oct.  22. 1859. 

5565.  iii.  Vbuna  Emzabeth  Cnn.D  Tatlok,  b,  Meh.  ii,  1859.  in  L*Ro|^, 
N.  v.,  m,  April  18, 1878,  Wm.  C.  Swett,  in  Helenn,  Monuna  Territory. 

5666.  iv.  Maua  Sigourney  Tayt^k.  b.  June  15,  1808^  in  Ilockfottl.  111. 


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[Seventh  Generation.] 

5538.  vii.  Ebenezer  Rider,  second  son  and  seventh  child 
of  Betsey  Child  and  John  G.  Rider,  b.  in  LeRoy,  Genesee  Co., 
N.  Y.,  Sept.  5,  1833,  m.  Sept.  14,  1854,  Fanny  Hovey.  Mr. 
Rider  resides  on  the  old  homestead,  in  LeRoy,  purchased  by  his 
father  in  the  early  part  of  the  present  century. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

5567.  i.  Carrie  Adelb  Rider,  b.  July  25,  1855,   ra.   May  11,  1875, 
George  W.  Kelsey. 

5568.  ii.  Frank  LeRoy  Rider,  b.  Aug.  10,  1856. 

5569.  lii.  Celia  Vbrnepo  Rider,  b.  Dec.  15,  1857. 

5570.  iv.  Hattie  Louisa  Rider,  b.  Aug.  29,  1861. 

5571.  V.  Jay  G.  Rider,  b.  April  4, 1869. 

5572.  vi.  Charlie  Hovey  Rider,  b.  Aug.  29,  1875. 

5573.  vii.  Cora  Antoinette  Rider,  b.  Feb.  23,  1877. 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

5567.  i.  Carrie   Adele  Eider,  eldest  child  of  Ebenezer 
and  Fanny  Hovey  Rider,  and  grand-daughter  of  Betsey  Child 
Rider,  b.    in   LeRoy,  Genesee   Co.,  N.   Y.,  July   25,  1855,  m. 
May  11,  1875,  George  W.  Kelsey. 
I  Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

5574.  i.  Flora  Adelia  Kelsey,  b.  Mch.  1876. 

5575.  ii.  Florence  May  Kelsey,  b.  May  1877. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

5469.  V.  Hon.  John  Child,  second  son  of  Samuel  and  eld. 
est  son  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  Lamson  Child,  b.  in  Weybridge, 
Vt,  Dea  8,  1796,  m.  1st,  Nov.  1,  1826,  Abigail,  only  dau.  of 
Daniel  and  Bathsheba  Frost  Wright  of  New  Haven,  Vt.;  m. 
2nd,  Feb.  18, 1844,  Mrs.  Mahala  Briggs  Pratt,  widow  of  Elisha 
R  Pratt  of  Weybridge,  and  dau.  of  Apollos  and  Stella  Briggs 
of  Rochester,  Vt  "Mr.  John  Child  received  his  education  at 
the  common  school,  supplemented  by  instruction  by  his  father, 
who  at  that  time  was  reputed  to  be  the  best  educated  man  in 
that  town.  When  thirty  years  of  age  he  married  his  first  wife, 
who  was  but  seventeen  years  old  ;  the  young  wife  was  naturally 
ambitious,  and  developed  strength  of  character,  with  great  exe- 
cutive ability  and  an  amiable  disposition,  which  rendered  her 
truly  a  help-meet  The  children  of  this  union  were  three 
sons  and  five  daughters,  four  of  whom  died  in  girlhood  ;  one 
daughter  and  the  sons  are  still  living.  During  the  first  fourteen 
years  of  his  married  life  Mr.  Child  resided  in  Panton,  Vt.; 
May  7,  1840,  he  removed  to  Weybridge,  where  he  remained 
until  his  death.     On  July  26,  1843,  the  wife  and  mother  was 


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taken  from  her  family  by  death  Jeaving  her  husband  and  eight 
children  to  mourn  her  loss.  This  great  void  was  filled  the 
following  jee^  by  Mr.  Child's  second  marriage  to  Mrs.  Pratt, 
a  woman  of  f5  ne  presence,  and  lai*ge  benevolence.  She  combined 
the  rare  traits  of  character  wliich  fitted  her  U*  fill  the  dJlTicali 
and  responsible  position  of  step  mother,  to  a  large  family  in 
such  a  way  as  to  make  lier  re^^pectetl  and  beloved  by  the  whole 
circle.  The  children  oi  this  marriage  were  three  sons,  two  of^ 
whom  died  in  boyhood.  Soon  after  his  first  marriage  Job 
Child  united  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  which 
he  was  an  active  member  till  his  death.  He  gave  generoush 
to  support  the  gospel  and  for  benevolent  objects,  contributic 
largely  for  the  erection  of  the  present  M.  E.  church  edifice  in 
Weybrid^a  As  a  business  man  he  was  successful  in  accumij 
lating  a  large  property,  which  was  never  lessened  or  wasted 
speculation  or  mismanagement  He  was  by  occupation  a  ge^ 
tleman -farmer,  and  during  his  later  years  indulged  much 
piscatorial  sports  of  which  he  was  always  passionately  fond 
In  politics  he  was  an  ardent  Republican,  a  firm  believer  I 
sound  currency^  a  protective  tariff,  and  honest  men  for  officS 
stations ;  he  filled  at  times  most  of  the  various  town  office 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Vermont  assembly  in  1852-3. 
the  age  of  75  he  was  stricken  with  pneumonia  and  died  Mc 
2Tj  1872,  beloved  and  respected  by  all  for  his  sterling  traits  i 
character,  not  least  among  them  his  compassion  for  and  gcni 
osity  in  assisting  the  ]30or.  His  widow,  four  sons  and  on^ 
daughter  survive  him.*'* 
[S^Tenih  GeneratioiL]    ChiMreit: 

5576.  i.  Julia  Abtgau.  Child,  b,  in  Panton,  Vr,,  Oct.  1»  1827,  d., 
31,  1843. 

5577.  ii.  John  Adams  Child,  b.  June  20,  1629,  m,  Mch.  10,  1858, 
Louis^rt  Dmke. 

5578.  iii.  Louisa  Melissa  CniLD,  b.  in  Pan  ion,  Vt.,  Oct.  S.  1831,  d 
22,  1846. 

5570.  W.  Esther  Mary  Child,  b.  in  Pan  ton,  Yt,»  Nov.  32, 1838,  d. 
13,  1847. 

5580.  r.   Andrew  Jackbon  Child,  b,  Feb.  7,  1830,  m.  Jan©  I,  1882, 
Miir>'  E,  Burt. 

5581,  vl  Harriet  Hannah  Chilh,  b,  April  23,  1838,  ni.  Dec.  21,  li 
Charles  Carroll  Colby. 

5.582.  viL  Da:niel  Whioht  Child,  b.  June  13,  1840,  m.  Sept.  i9»  t 
Nevada  ( 'lia;^. 

5583.  viii.  Julia  Abigail  Child,  2d,  b.  in  Weybridge,  Vt„  Feb. 
1843.  d,  Sept.  20.  1847. 

•  ThI*  pleftBiD) 


:  iketcb  of  a  noble  mAn  &ad  bli  beloved  wlvvfl  \b  fiuslilied  us  tnr  bii  tM 
[.  CbiJd  of  Wey bridge,  Vt. 


fATERTOWN  BRANCH. 


585 


5584.  ix.  Samuel  Ebbnezbh  Child,  b,  in  Weybridge^Vt,  June  23, 1846, 
d.  Sept,  1,  1847. 

558.5.  X.  Samitel  Phatt  Cjiild.  b.  in  Wejbridge.  Vt,  Jan.  2G,  1849»  d, 
Jan.  9,  1857. 

5586.  xi.  Ue^.rgk  Edwakd  Child,  b.  Feb,  22,  1851,  m.  Jan.  25,  1879, 
Susan  H.  Wright. 

Mary  Ellen  Pkatt.  only  elViM  of  Mrs.  Mahak  B.  Pratt  Child,  by  hot" 
marriage  to  Elisha  K,  Pratt;  ilied  in  Weybridge.  Vt .  July  23,  1848,  aged 
atxjut  11  years. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5577.  il  Hon.  John  A.  Child,  eldest  son  of  Hon.  John  and 
Abigail  Wright  Child,  K  in  Panton,  Vt.,  Jime  20,  1S29,  m.  Mch. 
iOj  lb52,  Sarah  Loiiii^i  Drake,  eklast  daiL  of  Dea.  Elijah  G.  and 
Harriet  Brewster  Drake^  b.  m  Weybridge,  Vt,  May  10,  1830. 
Mrs.  Sarah  L.  R  Child  receival  an  academic  education  at 
Bojalton,  Vt,  the  rcsidence  of  an  uncle,  Be  v.  Cyrus  B.  Drake, 
for  forty  years  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  of  that 
place  ;  at  the  age  of  sixteen  she  became  a  teacher,  in  which 
occupation  she  continued  until  her  marriage.  The  cause  of 
education  being  of  deep  interest  with  her,  the  somewhat  unus- 
ual compHraent,  in  Vermont,  of  appointing  ladies  to  office  was 
^ tendered  her^  in  repeated  elections  to  the  position  of  school 
superintendent.  Energetic  and  active  in  matters  of  moral  re- 
form, the  temperance  cause  finds  in  her  an  untiring  and  effici- 
ent supporter.  Early  in  life  she  united  with  the  Congregation- 
al church  of  Weybridge,  and  continues  prominent  among  its 
members,  and  as  a  teacher  in  the  Sabbath  school     Mr.  J.  A 

■  Child  received  an  academic  education  at  Vergennes^  Vt.  In 
the  autumn  of  DS53,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  A.  Child  located  in  Wey- 
bridge, where  they  now  reside.  Mr.  Child  is  by  occupation  a 
farmer,  and  breeder  of  fine  horses,  and  merino  sheep,  the  last 
named  being  with  him  a  specialty.  Ilis  religions  sympathies 
■  are  with  the  Congregational  denomination,  with  which  church 
he  united  soon  after  marriage.  In  politics  he  is  Republican  to 
the  core,  and  for  the  past  twenty  yeai-s  has  labored  earnestly 
for  the  maintenance  of  the  principles  of  that  party.  Promi- 
nent among  the  offices  bestowed  upon  him  is  that  of  town 
clerk,  to  which  he  was  elected  in  1867,  and  has  held  continu- 
ously to  the  present  time,  1880." 

■  [Eighth  Generation.]     Children,  bom  in  Weybridge,  Vt. : 
5587.  i.  Willis  Bryant  Child,  b.  Jan.  12,  1854,  ni,  Nov.  12,  1877  Flora 
Eflle  Mott,  elde.st  dan.  of  Rqw  John  S.  and  Maria  Gre^R:  Mott,  of  the  M.  E, 
Troy  Conference.     She  wri«  b.  Nov.  17,  1854,  in  Cambrtdpe.  Vt. ;  received  an 
et»ic  education,  music  being  made  a  specialty.    A  taiJy  of  rare  execu- 
R-i 


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tiv0  ability,  high  moral  prineiple*  engaging  manners  and  amiable 
turn;  she  carries  sunshine  to  tne  hearts  of  all  her  fri<.*Tids.     Mr.  Wfi 
Child  received  a  thorough  aeudL»m it;  tram i tig.     Hi«  minority,  except  i 
spent  in  travel  in  the  west,  was  spent  with  his  parents,  and'  with  them  h»* 
continues  to  reside  since  his  rnarrioge.     liy  oteupationt  a  farmer,  devoliu 
special  attention  to  tht?  breeding  of  tine  horses*     A  true  son  of  the  Ur 
Mountain  State,  in  politics  he  is  soundly  Republican. 

5588.  ii.  In f tint  daughter,  d.  young. 

558!).  iii.  Harriet  Emlly  Chilu,  b  Sept.  2ii  1857,  ra.Ocl.  1, 1879,  Charle 
Snmner  Crysler,  a  rising  young  lawyer  of  Independence,  Mo.  Mrs.  H. 
t'hild  Crysler  was  educated  at  the  S'tanstead,  P.  tj.,  Female  College,  dero, 
ing  much  time  to  drawing  and  painting,  for  which  she  evinced  decide 
Client.  Portrait  painting  and  crayoning  were  her  special  favorites,  and  1 
better  perfect  herself  in  these  branches  she  spent  a  year  at  the  St.  Lna| 
School  of  Design,  Endowed  with  nvm  gifts  and  winning  manners,  an^ 
possessing  the  sterling  qualities  of  mind  and  heart  that  command  respcc 
sh<3  is  a  favorite  with  all  who  know  her. 

["Seventh  Generation.] 

65S0.  V.  Col.  Andrew  Jackson  Child^  second  soa  aod  fiftl 
child  of  Hon.  John  and  Abigail  Wright  Child,  h.  in  PantOB 
Addison  Co.,  Vi,  Feb.  7,  183ti  rn.  June  1,  1862,  Mary  Elii 
Bm%  dan.  of  Henry  and  Edna  Boynton  Bnrt,  She  was  b. 
Ticouderoga,  N.  Y.,  Oct  5,  1835. 

Col.  Child  wa»  educated  at  Fort  Edward,  N.  Y.,  Collegiati 
Institute.  He  went  into  service  with  the  14th  Eegt,  VermoD 
Vols,,  in  Oct  1862,  as  Second  Lieutenant  and  served  unti 
mustered  out  in  1863.  He  was  promoted  successively  as  Fir 
Lieut,  Major^  and  Lieut  Col.  of  Militia  in  18(54-5,  Moved 
Independence,  Missouri,  in  1869.  In  1876  he  again  move 
and  has  settled  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.  A  man  of  energy,  buoyanc 
of  spiritj  and  earnest  purpose,  Col.  Child  honors  the  ancesirj 
he  is  proud  to  descend  from.  He  is  at  present  purchasit 
agent  for  the  Missouri  State  Grange. 
[Eighth  Generation  J    Children  i 

55110.  i,  PuiLn*  SRERUiAN  C11U.D,  h.  Oct,  24,  1S64.  in  Weybridge,  Vt. 

5591.  ii.  John  Henry  Child,  b,  Dec.  20,  !865,  in  Weybridge,  Vt. 

559^,  iii.  Carroll  Colby  Child,  I).  May  8,  1808,  in  Wey bridge,  Vt. 

5J>93.  iv*  Charles  Jewett  CniLO,  b.  -Jan.  1<1,  1870,  in  Independence, 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

5581,  vi.  H/VRHiET  Hannah  Child,  only  surviving  dau. 
Hon,  John  and  Abigail   Wright  Child,  b  in  Pantoo,  Addif 
Co.,  Vt,  April  23,  1838,  m,  in  Weybridge,  Vt,  Dec  21,  ISS 
Charles  Carroll  Colby.     Residence  Stanstead,  P.  Q.,  Canada. 
[Eighth  Geiieratiun.]    Childrtiu; 

56&4.  J,  Abut  Lehira  Culby,  b.  Sept  27,  1859. 

5505,  ii,  JEiiSiE  Maud  Colby,  b.  Nov.  11,  1861. 

5596.  iii.  EwrLY  Stewart  Culhy,  b.  Feb,  1.  1864,  d.  Sept.  IT,  1865.  ^ 

55d7.  iv.  CHARLEa  William  Colby,  b.  Meh.  25,  1867. 


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587 


5508.  V.  Carholt.  Child  Colby,  b,  Sept.  7,  1869,  d.  Sept.  28,  1809. 

5599.  vL  Hareiet  Alice  Colby,  b,  Sept.  5,  1870,  d.  Aug.  30,  1871. 

5600.  vii.  John  Child  Colby>  b.  Nov,  24,  1873, 

[Seventh  GeneratioiL] 

5582.  vii.  Danikl  Wright  ChilDj  third  son  of  Hon.  John 
and  Abigail  Wright  Child,  b.  in  Weybridge,  Vt.,  June  12, 
1840j  ra.  in  Independeocej  Jackson  Co.,  Mo,,  Sept.  13,  1S70, 
Nevada  Chase.  Residence  Greenhorn,  Pueblo  Co.,  Colorado. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Qiildren: 

5601.  J.  KuTH  Chase  Child,  b.  June  26.  1874,  d.  May  3,  18T8. 

5602.  ii.  Charles  Daniel  Cbili)»  l>.  Miiy  21.  1876. 

5003.  iii.  Thomas  Edward  Child,  b  Feb.  25,  1879. 

[Seventh  GenemtioiLj 

5586.  xi.  George  Edward  Child,  youngest  child  of  Hon. 
John  and  Mahala  B.  R  Child,  b.  in  Weybridge,  Yt,  Feb.  22, 
1851,  m.  Jan.  25,  1877,  Susan  H.  Wright,  dan.  of  Edwin  S. 
and  Sarah  L.  Brevoort  Wright.  She  was  b.  May^  1855.  Most 
thoroughly  educated,  she  is  a  lady  of  refinement  and  culture, 
and  much  esteemed  by  a  large  circle  of  friends.  Mi-.  George 
Edward  Child  was  educated  at  the  Fort  Edward  Institute,  N.  Y*; 
bis  minority,  when  not  at  scbool,  was  spent  in  the  paternal 
home.  He  resides  at  the  *^  Child  Homestead"  in  Weybridge  ; 
is  by  occupation  a  farmer  and  dealer  in  merino  sheep,  and  has 
also  an  extensive  sheep  i*anch  in  Heurfano  Co.,  Colorado.  His 
religious  sympathies  arc  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
to  which  he  is  a  liberal  contributor.  Like  his  father,  he  is  a 
Btaunch  Republican 

[Ninth  Generation.]     Child: 

5004.  i.  Cecil  Maud  Chlld,  b.  Nov.  15,  1878. 

[Sixth  Generation. I 

5470,  vi.  Ebekezer   Child,  second  son  and  fifth  child  of 
Samuel  and  Hannah  Lamson  Child,  b.  in  Weybritlge,  Vt..  Oct 
I       8,  1T99,  m,  in  1S22,  Aurelia  Hunt,  who  d.  Feb.  20,  1878. 
I  In  1826,  Mr.  Ebenezer  Child  moved  from  Vermont  to  De- 

I       Kalb,  St  Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y,,  making  the  removal  with  a 

5 pair  of  oxen  to  draw  his  large  covered  wagon  in  which  were 
closely  stowetl  his  wife  and  two  small  children,  with  most  of 
their  household  effects*  He  moved  slowly  over  the  rough 
roads  driving  two  cows.  The  following  year  Mr.  Child  re- 
turned tci  Vermont  for  a  few  things  left  behind  them,  and  for  a 
Bum  of  one  hundred  dollars  which  his  brother  John  paid  him  for 
bis  **birth-right''     With  about  two  hundred  dollars  of  money  he 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH. 


Started  on  his  hrm^  then  ail  wcM>d&  By  industry  and 
omy  he  hs^  come  inU^  the  enjoyment  of  a  Eann  of  some  three  ' 
btiiidred  icres,  well  stocked,  and  money  at  interest,  and  in  his 
biter  days  can  rest  without  anxiety.  The  patient  toil  and 
Btrotig  courage  required  at  the  time  Mr*  Child  and  his  youog 
wife  entered  the  woods  of  St  Lawrence  Co.,  fifty-four  yeara 
sinee,  can  scarce  be  understood  by  those  who  yearly  visit  it  now 
(1880)  for  pleasure  and  escape  from  the  weary  round  of  toil  in 
our  large  cities^  at  that  period  many  of  them  only  small  villager 
[Serenth  Generation  J    Children: 

5d05.  i,  CiuEX  JA.VX  Chilii,  b.  Jane  3.  1823^  m.  Xot.  1,  1948,  R.  D.  Rido; 

neoa.  ii    Bkaixekd  E.  Child,  b,  Aug.  19.  1825»  d.  Mch,  23: 1S45. 

5607.  iiu  Sakuel  M.  Child,  b.  July  20.  1828,  d,  Mch,  20,  1!^45.  | 

5608.  ir,  Julia  F.  Ciin^D,  b.  about  1830,  m.  Sepi,  1854,  J.  E.  Barber.     1 
560»,  V,  SEVxauR  P,  Child,  b,  July  6,  1835.  d.  Oct.  5,  1839. 

5610.  Ti.  Sidney  O  Child,  b.  June  8,  1838,  m.  Dec.  31,  1867,  Lonna  & 
Hardock. 

5611.  Tii.  Emma  A.  Child,  b.  Aug.  17,  1841*  m.  Not.  1865,  WUlJMn  H> 
Bentley. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5605.  i.  Clara  Jaxe  Child,  eldest  child  of  Ebenezer  and 
Aurelia  Hunt  Cliild,  b.  iu  Wey bridge,  Vt,  June  3,  1823,  in 
Nov,  1,  1848,  R.  D.  Eider  of  Weybridge,  where  they  reside. 
Mr.  Rider  is  a  farmer. 
rEightb  Generation.!    Children: 

5612.  i,  LucT  Jane  Rider,  b.  Sept.  9, 1849;  Prof,  of  ^&taral  Scieoees 
in  Kendree  College,  Lebanon.  III. 

5613.  ii,  Ebenezee  Child  Rider,  b.    Oct.  19.  1855.  m.   Oct,  8,  1879, 
Emma  A.  Allard;  occupation  farming.     Eesiidence  Weybriclsfe,  Vl 

5614.  iii.  Ellsworth  Rider,  b.  June  18(12;  attendint?  bchool  in  I^banofi 
111. 

[SevcDth  Generation  J 

5608.  iv.  Julia  F.  Child^  second  dau.  and  fourth  child  of 

Kbenezer  and   Aurelia  Hunt  Child,  b.  in  St.  Lawrence  Cc 

N.  v.,  about  J830t  m.  in  Sept.  1854,  J.  E.   Barber,  a  farmc 

residing  in  Rensselaer  Falls,  N.  Y. 

[Eighth  Genemlion.]     Child: 

miTK  I  LtLLiAN  A.  Baiibeu.  b.  alxmt  1855»  m,  Oct,  *^0.  1878.  Morris  D., 
Thompsim,  clerk  on  boat  upon  the  Chippewa  river,  Wis. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5610.  vi,  SmXET  0.  Child,  fourth  son  and  sixth  child  ^ 
Ebenezer  and  Aurelia  Hunt  Childj  b.  in  St  Lawrence  CaJ 
N.  Y.,  June  6,  1S38,  in.    Dea   31,  1867,  Lovina  S.  Murdock 
Mr.  Child  is  resident  with  his  father  upon  the  home  farm  i| 
Rensselaer  Falls,  N.  Y. 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  589 

JEighth  Generation.  1     Child : 

5616.  i.  Ernest  M,  Child,  b.  Nov.  14,  1876. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

5471.  vii.  Samuel  Child,  third  son  and  sixth  child  of  Sam- 
uel and  Hannah  Lanison  Childj  b.  in  Weybridge,  Vtj  Feb. 
20,  1S03,  iiL  Mek  18,  1S20,  in  Pittsford,  kutland  Co.,  Vt, 
Boxana  Winch.  She  was  b,  in  Franiiogbara,  Mass.,  Aug.  18, 
1802,  a  dau.  of  Bijab  and  Eebenca  Winek  Mr.  Samuel  Child 
d.  in  Cherry  Valley,  Ashtabula  Co.,  Ohio,  Sept.  18,  1870,  hav* 
ing  moved  there  from  Wej^bridge,  Vc,  in  the  fall  of  1S34 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Childi'en: 

5017.  i.  RoxANA  HEBErcA  CiHLD,  h  Fell.  1,  1S30,  m.  July  25.  1848, 
Elisha  Halh  Jr. 

mm  ii.  EmuY  Child,  b.  Feb.  0.  18:^3.  ni.  Dec.  3L  1840,  Charles  Edward 
Petrif, 

5019«  ill  Eunice  Melvika  Child, h.  Oct.  10, 1830.m.  Jhd.  1, 1857,  Puhiski 
Janjes  Wood. 

5620.  iv.  Melissa  Cjhli>,  b.  Dec.  20,  1841,  d.  Feb.  16.  1842,  in  Cherry 
Valley,  Ohio. 

[Seventli  Generation.] 

5617.  L  EoxANA  Rebecca  Child,  eldest  child  of  Samuel 
and  Roxana  Winch  Child,  h  in  Weybridge,  Vt,  Fek  1,  1830, 
m.  July  25, 1848,  Elisha  Hall,  Jr.  Mrs.  R  R  C.  Hall  d.  Mch. 
23,  1867,  in  Cherry  Valley,  Ohio,  having  returned  to  this  place 
some  tlirec  years  previous,  from  California. 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Chthlren: 

5621.  i.  Samuel  Arthuii  Hall,  b.  May  3,1852,  in  New  Lyme,  O.m.  Jan. 
1874,  Cornelia  Tom  as, 

5622.  ii.  RoMULDs  Strong  Hall,  b  Nov.  27,1856,  in  San  Francisco^ 
CaI.,  d.  Nov.  :28,  1868.  in  Chicago.  Ill 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

561S.  ii.  Emily  Child,  second  child  and  dau.  of  Surauel 
and  Roxana  Winch  Child,  b.  in  Weybridge,  Vt,  FeU  9,  1833, 
in.  Dec  31,  18i9,  Charles  Edward  Petrie.     Reside  in  Cherry 
Valley,  Ashtabuhi  county,  Ohio. 
[Eighth  Generation]    Children: 

5fi2:i  i.  Walter  Hknrt  Petrie,  b.  Jnly  5,  1855,  m.  Nov.  97,  1877, 
M&rthii  Mealh. 

Gfi24.  U.  Eabnkst  Charles  Petrie.  b.  Jan.  23,  1801. 
:   5625.  lit.  Iva  Mel  VINA  Petrie.  b.  Dec.  10.  1808.  d.  bept.  4. 1875. 

[Eighth  Generation  ] 

5623.  i.  Walter  Henry  Petkie,  eldest  child  of  Emily 
Child  and  Charles  E.  Petrie,  b.   iu  Cherry  Valley,  Ohio,  July 
5,  1855,  ni.  Nov.  27,  1877,  Martha  Heath. 
[Ninth  Gcnemtion.]    Child: 

5626.  i.  Alton  Fern  Petrie,  b.  Oct.  9,1878. 


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[Seventh  Generation.] 

5619,  iii.  Eunice  Melvina  Child,  third  cUm.  and  child  of 
Samuel  and  Roxana  Wioch  Child^  b.  in  Cherry  Valley^  Ohio, 
Oct  10,  1836,  m.  Jan.  1,  1857,  Pulaski  James  Wood.  Reai- 
deoce  Cherry  Valley,  Ashtabula  county,  Ohio. 
[Eighth  Generation  1    Children: 

5027.  i.  HujjEHT  PuLASKt  Wood,  b.  May  23,  1861. 

5e2«.  ii,  Emily  Roxana  Wood,  b.  Dec.  30,  1866. 
[Fourth  Geuemtion.] 

5210.  ix.  Elisha  Child,  ninth  child,  sixth  son  of  Daniel 
and  Beriah  Beniis  Child,  b.  in  Water  town,  Mass.,  Feb.  16, 
1721,  m.  1st,  Mary  — :  m.  2od,  June  1,  1760,  Mehitable  Gar- 
field 
[Fifth  Generation,]    Childa^n.  born  in  Watertown,  Miksa. 

mn.  L  Maey  Chd^d,  b.  Sept,  30.  1753, 

56^,  ii.  Beitlah  Chilo.  b.  June  2,  1754 

5631.  ill.  Wm,  Lincoln  Child,  b.  June  16,  1759. 

5632.  iv.  Nabby  Child,  b.  Aug,  31,  1761. 

5633.  V.  Sabah  Child.  \h  May  18,  1763,  d.  so-on* 

5634.  vi.  Saraei  Child,  2nd,  b   May  17.  1764. 

5635.  vii.  ELiaHACeiLD.  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1770,  m.  about  1790,  Abigail  — ; 
she  d.  Oct.  27,  1877.    Hi^  d.  July  19,  1823,  ■ 

[Fifth  Generation.]  .  " 

5635.  vii.  Elisha  Child,  Jr.,  fourth  child  of  Elisha  and 
Mehitable  Garfieki  Child,  b.  Feb.  28,  1770,  m.  about  179C 
Abigail  — . 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Watertown,  Mass. 

5636.  i.  Polly  Cutld,  b.  S^pt.  8, 1791, 

5637.  ii.  Elisha  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Mch.  24,  1794, 
5636.  ill,  Jonas  Child,  b,  July  24, 1796. 
5639,  iv.  Abioail  Child,  b,  1798. 


[This  record  should  have  been  placed  immedifttely  after  that  of  the  de- 
scendants of  Josirth  Child  on  page  524,  but  it  was  not  obtained  until  othr" 
matter  had   beun  placed  in  the  pri  titers*  hands.    We  therefore  bring  it  inti 
as  close  order  as  possible,] 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

4760.  iv.  Jonathan  Child,  Jr.,  second  son  of  Jonatha 
and  Abigail  P*arker  ChiUl,  b.  in  Grafton,  Mass.,  Feb,  14,  1738 
m.  April  IB,  1787,  Eunice  Smith  of  Westbom,  Mass. 
and  Mrti.  Child  were  peof)le  of  earnest  piety,  and  so  traine 
their  children  that  they  too  grew  into  most  devout  Christiana 
and  to  the  third  and  fourth  generations,  the  blessings  have  de-^ 
scended,  as  we  learn  from   a  grand  daughter,  Mrs.  Hannah 
Child  Whiting  of  West  Medway,  Mass.,  from  whom  we  learn 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH, 


691 


tliat  her  grand-father   '^resided  through  his  long  life  in  one 
house,  and  there  died  in  the  town  of  Weatboro,  Mass.,  in  1808, 
a^  70;  his  widow  died  1813^  «?  75. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

5640.  i.  EsTHBJi Child,  b,  1768,  m.  Thoraii^  Smith. 

5641.  iL  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  abuiit  1769,  d.  umnArried* 

5642.  iii,  Samuel  Child,  b.  about  1770,  d.  unnmrried. 

5643.  iv.  Ephralm  Child,  h.  1772.  rij.  Nov.  6,  1794,  Katherine  Whitney. 
^^     5644.  V.  A  son,  ruime  not  itscertained. 

^P     5645.  vi.  Sarah   Child,   m.   VaiA-  Christopher  Nason;  three  children, 
^^  one  i-^on.  Cliftrlcs  Niison,  m.  Martha  Stone  of  Oroton,  Mas^s. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

5640.  I  Esther  Child,  eldest  daii.  of  Jonatlinn,  Jr.  and 
Eunice  Smith  Child,  b.  in  Westboro,  Mass.,  1768,  ni.  Thomas 
Smith  and  resided  in  Smithfieki  R.  L,  where  her  children 
were  horn,  and  she  died  leaving  two  daughters,  (t%vo  sons  died 
ToungJ  who,  with  their  father  went  to  the  West  and  cannot  he 
traced. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children. 

^^     5046.  i.  ELii&ABETH  Smith. 

^P     5647.  ii.  Eunice  Smith. 

[Sixth  Generation.  | 

5643.  iv.  Efbbaim  Child,  second  son  and  fourth  child  of 

Jonathan,  Jr.,  and  Eunice  Smith  Child,  b.  in  Westboro,  Mass., 

about  1770,  m.  Nov.  6,  17M,  Katherine  Whitney  of  Grafton. 

Mr.  Child  resided  in  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  a  few  yeai^s,  then  at 

the  request  of  his  father  returticd  to  Westboro,  and  remained 

during  the  life  of  his  father. 

[Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 
.  5648.  i    Polly  Child,  \\  Aug,  9.  1705.  m.  1S19,  Lawson  Graves. 

^K     5649.  ii.  LrcY  Child,  b.  May  27,  1797,  d.   Mch.  1,  1830,  a  moi^t  lovely 
^^chri^tiaD. 
"      5650.  iii.  Ha^tnah   Child,  b.   Oct.    16,  1798.  ra.  July  10,  1851,  Mason 

Whitinir. 
5651.  iv.  Ephraim   Child.  Jr.,  b.  April  27,  1802,  in,   3ept.   17,  1825, 
U       Bnrenda  Oolt. 
K^  5652.  V,  Abigail  Child,  b.  Out.  25,  1803,  in.  Nov,  20,  1820,  Joseph  H. 

^m     5653.  vi.  ELr  W.  Child,  b.  June  23,  180ft,  m.  Julv  4.  1830,  Maria  M, 
■Ho 


1843,     His  widow  in.  2ii«i,  Samiiel  Biniister; 


iHorse.     Mr  Child  d.  Aijril  ' 
abed.  1846;  no  children. 

5654.  vii.  Ma«y  Child.  K  Nov,  15,  1810,  d.  Mch.  19,  1819. 

5655.  viii.  Simeon  Child,  b.  1812,  d.  Oct.  30,  1813. 


^    5€ 

^ft^^venth  Generation.] 

^m    5648.  i*  Polly  Child,  eldest  child  of  Ephraim  and  Kathe^ 

rine  Whitney  Childs,  b.  in  Sturhridge,  Mass.,  Aug.  9, 1795,  m. 


592 


WATKRTOWN  RRANCH. 


1819,  Lawfion  Graves,     Eleven,  children  were  given  thenif  three 
died  in  infancy :  and  as  we  have  no  dates  of  birth  may  not  hate 
given  them  in  due  clironological  order. 
fEighth  Generation.]    Children: 

5656.  i.  Eli  Whitnet  Gkates,  went  to  Californiti  and  died  on  his  retitm, 
in  New  York  City,  tigtd  25  years. 

5657.  ii.  William  B.  Geaves*  tn.  Jane  Frost  of  Hubbardston,  Massv:  had^ 
three  children ^  one  died  in  infancy;  a  son  and  daughter  Hviij^,     Molfae 
died  1875, 

5658.  iii,  Simok  W.  Graves,  removed  to  the  State  of  New  York. 

5659.  iv    Henry  Graves^  resides  in  Worcester,  Mass. 

5660.  V.  CATHEBrNE  Graves,  m. William  Frost;  four  children,  two  dau 
ters  died  1877.     Mother  died  1875. 

5661.  vi.  Marla  Gra%'es,  m.  Eion  G,  niggins. 

5662.  vii.  Albert  P.  Graves,  m.  1st,  Elvira  Bonney;  rn.  2d.  Matikti 
Randolph.  Mr.  Graves  prepared  for  the  ministry  and  was  settled  over  the  I 
Greenwood  Church.  Brocjklvn,  N.  \.  After  some  years  labor  in  the  pastofir 
ate.  Mr.  Gravels  felt  it  his  duty  to  enter  upon  the  work  of  an  Evangelist^ 
and  in  this  way  has  labored  in  many  States  with  etuinent  success.  L'l 
the  death  of  hfs  6rst  wife,  leaving  two  young  sons,  he  devotedly  watcn 
over  and  educated  them. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

56t>L  vi.  Maria  Graves,  second  dau.  of  Polly  Child  aui 
Lawson  Graves,  b.  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  m.  Elon  G.  Higgins, 
merchant  of  Worcester,  Mass.    Four  sons  are  with  ibeir  fatli« 
in  business. 
[Ninth  Generation.!     Children: 

5668.  i.  Frederick  Hiogins,  d.  1879,  aged  23  years 

5664.  ii,  Charles  IltGGOfs. 

5665.  iii.  Frank  Hiooins. 

5666.  iv.  William  Higgixs. 

5667.  V.  Edward  L.  HioorNS. 

5669.  vi   Etda  E.  Hiogins. 
5660.  vit.  Arthur  Higgins. 

5670.  viii.  Infant  son,  (iinchristened.) 

5671.  ix.  Infant  daughter,  (unchristened.) 

[Seventh  Generation  ] 

5650.  iii.  Hannah  Child,  third  dau.  and  child  of  Ephr 
and  Katherine  Whitney  Child,  b.  in  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  Oct  1^ 
179S,  m.  in  Worcester,  Mass,,  July  10,  1851,  Mason  Whitin; 
Mrs.Whitingj  now  in  her  S3d  year,  has  kindly  f  urnighed  u<^  much 
of  her  line.  She  is  the  \n&t  of  her  generation  in  the  household  of 
her  father.  Delicate  from  childhood,  she  has  long^gurvivcd  the 
more  rugged,  aud  still  performs  the  domestic  duties  ol 
household  Through  her  long  life  she  has  tenderly  watc^  "" 
the  sick  and  dying,  lovingly  ministering  ti3  their  phy^ 
spiritual  necessities.     With  her  beloved  husband  she  awiiit 


WATERTOWN  BRANCH.  598 

the  ^'Inasmuch  as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these 
my  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  unto  me."  Reside  in  West  Med- 
way,  Norfolk  county,  Mass. 

[Seventh  Generation] 

5651.  iv.  Ephraim  Child,  Jr.,  eldest  son  of  Ephraim  and 
Katherine  Whitney  Child,  b.  in  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  April  27, 
1802,  m.  Sept  17,  1825,  Durenda  Holt  of  Holden,  Mass.  Mr. 
Child  died  at  Rutland,  Mass.,  Jan.  6, 1847.  Three  sons  in  this 
family,  in  mature  years,  changed  their  christian  names  ;  in  our 
record  we  give  both.  Mrs.  D.  H.  Childs  resides  in  West 
Boylston,  Mass. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

5672.  i.  Simon  W.  Childs,  (now  George  Childs)  b.  Oct.  7.  1826,  m.  Feb. 
24.  1850,  Ellen  Wallace.     Resides  in  California     Three  children. 

5673.  ii.  Mary  Childs,  b.  Sept.  24,  1829,  d.  Aprir28, 1838,  in  Worcester, 
3Iass. 

5674.  iii.  Joel  (now  William)  Childs,  b.  July  15,  1831,  in  Worcester* 
Mass.,  m.  July  21,  1860,  Mrs.  Jane  A.  Hall.  He  mysteriously  disappeared 
from  a  diving-bell  scow  at  the  government  works  at  Hell  Gate,  about  1868. 

5675.  iv.  Daniel  Childs,  b.  Nov.  8,  1833,  d.  May  10,  1838,  in  Worcester, 
Mass. 

5676.  V.  Eli  Independence  (now  George  Eli)  Childs,  b.  May  10, 1836,  m. 
Nov.  25,  1861,  Mrs.  Julia  A.  Knapp. 

5677.  vi.  Nancy  Maria  Childs,  b.  Feb.  13. 1838,  m.  1st,  April  14.  1856, 
Samuel  S.  Stevens;  m.  2d,  May  1,  1865,  John  W.  Adams. 

5678.  vii.  David  E.  Childs,  b.  Oct.  22,  1889,  m.  Dec.  25,  1865,  Anna 
Newell. 

5679.  viii.  Henky  W.  Childs,  b.  Oct.  7,  1841,  m.  Oct.  7,  1886,  Mary  P. 
Robbins  of  Nova  Scotia.    Two  children. 

5680.  ix.  Jonathan  E.  Childs,  b.  at  Rutland,  Mass.,  Aug.  13,  1843.  On 
his  ninteenth  birth-day,  Aug.  13.  1862,  enlisted  in  the  10th  Mass.  Battery, 
Light  Artillery,  and  died  in  an  army  hospital  in  Washington,  D.  C,  Nov. 
15.  1862. 

5681.  X.  Ehhraim  PRESCOxf  Childs,  b.  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  April  23, 
1847,  d.  Oct.  5,  1868,  in  same  place. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5676.  V.  George  Eli  Childs,  fourth  son  and  fifth  child  of 
Ephraim  and  Durenda  Holt  Childs,  b.  in  Worcester,  Mass., 
May  10,  1836,  m.  Nov.  25,  1861,  Mrs,  Julia  A.  Knapp  of 
Fitchburgh.  On  his  marriage  to  Mrs.  Knapp,  Mr.  Child  adopt- 
ed her  son  of  the  previous  marriage  and  gave  him  his  name. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

5682.  i.  Frank  Childs,  of  Fitchburgh. 

{Eighth  Generation.] 

5677.  vL  Nancy  Maria  Childs,  second  dau.  and  sixth  child 
of  Ephraim  and  Durenda  Holt  Childs,  b.  in  Worcester,  Mass., 
Feb.  13,   1888,  m.  1st,  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  April  14,  1856, 


5M 


WATEBTOWN   BRANCH- 


Samuel  S.  Stevens  of  Washington,  D.  C. ;  m.  2d,  May  1, 1861 
at  West  Brocjkfield,  Mass,  John  W.  Adams.     Residence  Wc 
Rutland,  Mass.* 
[Ninth  GeQeralion.l    Children: 

5683.  i.  FRA.VK  Elmer  Adj^ms.  b.  April  0, 1867,  at  West  Rutland,  Mjub, 

5684.  ii.  Mary  Edith  Adams,  b.  May  12.  1871.  d.  May  SI,  1874,  in  West 
Rutland.  

[Eighth  Generation  ] 

5t>7S,  vii,  David  R  Childs,  fifth  son  of  Ephralm  and' 
enda  Holt  Childs,  b.  in  Worcester^  Mass,,  Oct  22,  1839, 
Dec.  25,  1865,  Anna  Newell  of  Sprtngiield,  Mass.,  who  was  h 
Feb.  2D,  1840.     Eesides  in  New  Haven,  Ct;  is  a  mechanic; 
fNinth  Generation.]    Children: 

5685»  i,  BfAitY  Belle  Child,  b.  Feb.  6,  1870,  d  Mch.  97, 1870,  in  Spring- 
field, Mhss. 

5686.  ii.  Eddie  Prescott  Child,  b.  June  4,  1871,  d,  Aug.  1,  1871.  ia 
Springfield.  Mass. 

5687.  iii.  HAttiiY  laNwooD  Child,  h,  Mch.  13,  1872,  in  New  Haven^  { 

5688.  iv.  Webb  Newell  Child,  b.  Mch.  29, 1877,  d,  July  10,  1877,  i 
New  Haven^  Ct. 

5689.  y.  Frank  Holt  Child,  b,  Aug.  6. 1878,  in  New  Haven.  Ct 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

567U.  viii.  Henry  W.   Childs,  eighth  child  and  sixth  i 
of  Ephraiii),  Jr,^  and  Burinda  Holt  Childs,  b.  in  WorcesD 
Mass.,  Oct  7,  1841,  m,  Oct  7,  1866,  Mary  Porter  Eobbios 
Nova  Scotia,  of  Scotch  and  English  parentage.     Mr.  Child 
resides  in  Worcester,  Mass,,  at  No.  8  Portland  street;  is  ship^ 
ping  agent  for  several  manufacturing  hrms  in  Worcester, 
[Ninth  Generation.]     Children: 

**  i.  Jo  UN  Freemont  Childs,  b.  April  9,  1867, 

**  ii.  Jennie  May  Childs,  b.  May  1,  1872» 

*♦  iii.  A  .Son,  b.  May  22,  1870,  d.  soon, 

*♦  iv,  A  t>oN,  b.  Oct.  33,  1878,  d.  soon. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5652,    V.    Abigail  Child,   fourth   dau.   of  Ephraiin   ar 
Katberine  Whitney  Child,  b.  in  Stnrbridge,  Oct  25,  18ii3, 
Nov,  27,  1S20,  Joseph  H.  Muzzy.     Mr.  Muzzy  d,  Nov,  21, 
1843,  aged  46  years. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

5690.  J,  Mary  CATiiEitiNK  Muzzy,  b.  Dec.  10,  1836,  d,  Sept.  3,  18i6. 

5691.  ii.  ADijLPUtTS  Tjieodore  MrzzY,  b,  1829,  m.  T,   Emma  Strentrnfl 
Reside  in  Boston. 

•To  Mtp.  AdHm0  we  are  Induhlcd  for  most  vafu&ble  Infomiatioii  of  tier  famiiy.  ona  au  i^ 
dltloD  to  our  namlier  ofcopks  of  the  coat§  of  arms  beld  in  thu  fumily  uame. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

JOHN  CHILD  OP  BOSTON. 

The  evidence  is  so  strong  which  points  to  the  John  Child  of 

Woodstock,  Ct,  who  married  Elizabeth ,  as  the  son  John 

of  Benjamin  Child  the  emigrant,  that  it  has  been  accepted  and 
so  recorded.  We  are,  therefore,  compelled  to  search  the  early 
records  and  find,  if  we  can,  some  progenitor  for  the  family  in 
Boston  and  vicinity  who  have  been  supposed  hitherto  in  this 
Benjamin  line  We  find  no  less  than  three  of  the  name  of 
John  Child  on  the  early  records,  from  any  one  of  whom  this 
line  may  have  come.  One  is  a  John  Child,  a  brother  of  Dr. 
Robert  Child,  who  distinguished  himself  in  Boston,  as  else- 
where recorded.  These  brothers  are  supposed  to  be  of  the 
family  of  Sir  Joshua  and  Sir  John  Child  of  London  and  India. 
Another  John  Child  gave  testimony  at  the  age  of  twenty-five,  in 
1653.  And  a  third  was  a  somewhat  noted  tailor  of  the  times, 
a  man  of  property,  some  of  whose  descendants  removed  to 
Maine.     There  has  been  a  supposition  that  John  Child  who 

married  Elizabeth ,  may  have  married  for  his  second  wife 

Sarah  Blake,  thus  making  him  identical  with  John  Child  of 
Boston  ;  but  this  could  not  be,  for  John  Child  of  Boston  was 
married  to  Sarah  Blake  in  1710,  while  the  youngest  child  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  was  born  in  1712.  There  is  another  hypo- 
thesis quite  reasonable  and  not  impossible,  that  John  Child  of 
Boston  may  have  been  a  descendant  of  Joseph  Child  who  was 
bom  1674,  the  youngest  son  of  Benjamin  the  emigrant,  of  whose 
life  we  have  no  record.  We  strongly  incline  to  the  latter  theory 
from  the  frequent  repetition  of  the  name  Joseph  among  the 
descendants,  the  like  custom  noticeable  in  other  lines.  We 
cannot  establish  the  direct  line  at  present,  but  time  may  reveal 
the  missing  link.  We  therefore  record  the  following  name  as 
in  the  second  generation. 
[Second  Generation.] 

5692.  i.  John  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Aug.  1,  1671,  m. 
by  Rev.  Benjamin  Wadsworth,  Feb.  10,  1710,  Sarah  Blake. 
[Third  Generation.  I    Children : 

5693.  i.  John  Child,  Jr.,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass ,  Feb.  8,  1714,  m.  Dec.  23, 
1736,  Jane  Lawrence. 

5694.  ii.  Sarah  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Mch.  1716. 


596 


A  BOSTON  FAMILY  AND  DESCENDANTS. 


[Third  Generaiioti.J 

5693.  i.  John   Child^  Jr,,  eldest  child  of  John  and  I 
Blake  Cliikl  h.  FeK  8,  1714,  m.  Dec.  2:^,  1736,  Jane  Lawrend 
[Fourth  Generation.  I     Children,  born  in  Boston,  Mass. 

5m*5,  i.  JijflN  Child.  Jr.,  b.  Sept,  13,  1737.     He  was.  killed  in  Mile  j 
the  siege  of  Lewisburg  or  Bell  Isle. 

50ft6.  ii.  Joseph  Child, b.  Dec.  21,  1730,  d,  young. 

5097.  iii.  Natbinikl  Child,  b.  Mcb.  15,  I74L 

56§y.  ]Y.  Joseph  Child.  2d,  b.  July  15,  1744,  d  young, 

561>9.  V.  Sarah  CHtL».  b.  Feb.  2,  174«. 

0700.  vi.  James  Chili>,  b.  June  13,  1748, 

5701.  vii   Joseph  Child,  3d,  b.  Oct.  29,  1749,  in.  1st.  Anna  Brett;  m. 
Susan  (imj, 

5702.  viii.  Benjamin'  Child,  b,  S^pt.  1,  1751. 
[Fourth  Generation.  ] 

570  L  vii.  Joseph  Child,  seventh  child  and  sixth  son 
John  and  Jane  Lawrence  Child,  h.  Oct  *29,  1749^  ra,  1st,  Ann 
Brett;  hl  2d,  Susan  Gray. 
[Fifth  Generation.]     Children: 

5703.  i,  Ann  Brett  Child,  d.  young. 

5704.  ii.  John  Child,  b,  April  13,  17S4,  m,  Nov.  1808.  Lucy  Howard. 

5705.  iii.  Hannah   CLouaH  Child,  b,  Sept.   10,  1787,  d.  Get.  29. 18 
aged  y7, 

5706.  iv,  Jane  Lawrence  Child,  b.  June  25,  1790. 

5707.  V.  Joseph  CHtLD,  Jit„  b,  Aug  19,  1702,  ui.  1st,  Mary  James;  m.24 
Maria  Fisk,  who  d.  April  2,  1879. 

570.H.  vi.  Nathaniel  Child,  b,  1795,  m.  April  20,  1821,  Katharine  St] 
son  uf  Charlestown,  MaKS. 

5709.  vii.  Benjamin  Guav  Child,  b.  Dec.  19,  1797,  m.  1821,  Eliza  Tread- 
well.     She  d.  June  26,  18G6. 

5710.  viii,  Nicholas  Gray  Child,  b.  Sept,  4,  1802,  m.  Sept.  1838, 
erine  Col  well 

5711.  ij£.  Eliza  Tread  well  Chili>,  b.  1805,  d.  Aug.  9,  1876,  unm. 

5712.  s.  Ann  Brett  Child,  2d,  b.  1808,  d.  July  31,  1876,  unm. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

570+.  ii.  John  Child,  eldest  son  of  Jtjseph  and  Susan  Gray 
Child,  k  Ajjril  13,  1784,  m.  Nov.  1S08,  Lucy  Howard. 
[Sixth  Generation.]     Children,  born  in  Boston,  Mass. 

6713.  i.  Georoe  Howard  Child,  b.  1800,  m.  May  21,1835,  Abigail  Diirvn. 

5714.  ii.  Henbirtta  Child,  b.  1811,  in.  Thoiuas  Comer.    Had  two  or  tfa 
children, 

5715.  iii,  Amelia  Child,  b.  about  1813,  d.  young. 
5710.  iv.  John  Chilb,  b,  about  1816,  d.  young, 

5717.  V.  Ellen  Child,  b.  about  1817,  in.  Timothy  House. 

5718.  vi.  Ad  ALINE  Child,  b.  atiout  1819,  m.  in  New  York  or  Brooklyn. 

5719,  vii.  Ann  Jane  Ceild,  b.  1821,  d.  young. 

5720,  viii.  John  Child,  Jr.,  b.  May  30,  1826,  d,  utnn. 


A  BOSTON  FAMILY  AND  DESCENDANTS.  597 

[Sixth  Generation.! 

5713.  i.  Geo.  Howard  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Ma<^.,  1809,  m. 
May  21,  1835,  Abigail  Duren.     He  d.  Nov.  6,  1867. 

From  the  Boston  Transcript^  of  Nov.  7, 18<*»7,  we  copy  the  fol- 
lowing notice  of  Mr.  Child  on  the  occasion  of  his  death : 

"Mr.  Geo.  H.  Child  died  yesterday  p.  m.,  after  a  lingering  illness,  at  his 
residence  in  Dover  street.  He  was  a  gentleman  widely  known  and  respected. 
His  genial  nature,  generous  disposition  and  rare  varied  information  made 
hini  a  universal  favorite.  In  early  manhood  he  was  treasurer  of  the  Old 
Tremont  Theatre;  afterward,  for  years,  the  chief  clerk  of  Mr.  Jonas  ('hick- 
ering,  and  Chickering  &  Sons.  During  the  war  he  had  charge  of  an  import- 
ant branch  of  the  military  department  of  the  government  (State).  In  all 
these  positions  he  was  found  adequate  to  the  most  pressing  exegency. 
Through  his  long  and  painful  illtiess  he  was  cheered  by  the  warm  sympa- 
thies and  attention  of  hundreds  of  devoted  friends.'* 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

5721.  i    Eliza  F.   Child,  b.  April  4. 1836,  m.  Nov.  20,  1854,  Francis  L. 
Tileston. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

5721.  i.  Eliza  F.  Child,  only  child  of  George  Howard  and 
Abigail  Duren  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  April  4,  1836,  m. 
Nov.  20,  1854,  Francis  Tileston,  son  of  Edmund  Tileston  of 
Dorchester,  Mass.  Mrs.  Eliza  F.  Child  Tileston  resides  in  Dor- 
chester, Mass. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

5722.  i.  Helen  McLean  Tileston,  h.  Aug.  18,  1855. 

5723.  ii.  Edmund*  Pitt  Tileston,  b.  Aug.  18, 1857. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

5717.  V.  Ellen  Child,  third  dau.  of  John  and  Lucy'How- 
ard  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  abt  1817,  m.  Timothy  House. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Child: 

5724.  i.  Edward  Howard  House,  a  man  of  letters,  now  resident  in  Japan. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

5707.  V.  Joseph   Child,  Jr,  fifth  child  and  second  son  of 
Joseph  and  Susan  Gray  Child,  b.  Aug.  19,  1792,  m.  1st,  1819, 
Mary  James.     She  d.  Sept  1839  ;  m.  2d,  Maria  Fisk,  d.  Oct. 
2,  1879.     He  d.  Sept.  20,  1878. 
[Sixth  Generation]    Children,  bom  in  Boston,  Mass. 

5725.  i.  Mary  Ann  James  Child,  b.  April  30,  1820,  m.  1842,  William 
Winslow  Emerson. 

5726.  ii.  Wm.  Capers  Child,  b.  Feb   5,  1822,  m.  1843,  Mary  Emeline 
Smith. 

5727.  iii.  Francis  James  Child,  b.  Feb.  1, 1825,  m.  1862,  Elizabeth  Ellery 
Sedgwick. 

5728.  iv.  Sarah  Child,  b.  Aug.  12,  1827,  m.  Benjamin  Delmont  Lock. 

5729.  V.  Joseph  Child  Jr.,  b.  May  4,  1829,  m.  1860,  Frances  Ellen  Sul- 
livan. 


A  BOSTON  FAMILY  AKD  DE»CENT)AKtS. 

5730.  vi.  ELii£A  Ja.xe  Child,  b.  Mat  19,  1831,  m.  1$$2,  John  Wsro  1 
573 L  vii    Annette  CiiiLP,  b.  3iaf  M,  1834, 
5732.  viiL  Carolikb  Child,  b,  Mch.  7, 1887,  m.  OcL  ^7,  1870.  Aidqb  K. 
Fiske  of  New  Vork. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

5725.  L  Mary  Ann  James  CniLn,  eldest  child  of  Jc 
Jr..  and  Mary  James  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  April  30, ' 
m.  1842,  Wm.  Winslow  Emersou. 
[Seventh  Generation  J    Children : 

57a-i.  i-  Marv  FttA3ffCEs  Emer^ox*.  b.  Mar  26,  184S. 

5734,  ii.  WiLLUM   He&bebt   Eherson,  b.  Dec.  30,  1841$,  m,  Dec. 
Helen  Shearer. 

[Serenth  Generation] 

5734  ii.  Wm  Herbert  Emerson,  second  child  and  onl: 
son  of  Mary  Ann  James  Child  and  Wm,  Winslow  Emerson. 
Dec  30, 1846,  m,  Dec.  1871,  Helen  Shearer. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

5735,  i,  RoBKRT  Leo.vard  Emerso>'. 

5736.  ii,  Helen  Emebson. 

5737.  iii,  Elliot  E^iERmjK. 

[Sixth  QenemtJoD.] 

5726.  ii.  William  Capers  Child,  second  child  and 
son  of  Joseph.  Jr.,  and  Mary  James  Child,  h  in  Boiston,  M» 
Feb.  5,  1822,  m*  Nov.  19,  1848,  Mary  Emeline  Smith  of  San- 
gus,  Mass.,  who  WHS  b.  Aug.  1,  1822. 
[Seventh  Genenvtion,]    Children,  born  in  Boston.  Mass. 

57^8.  i.  Wm,  Sweetskr  Cruj),  b.  July  81,  1844,  m.  Nov,  IS,  1867, 
Eleanor  Stearns. 

5730,  ii.  Charles  Kimball  Child, 
Man  a  Louisa  Itoger^. 


b.  May  20,  1849,  m.  May  19,  J8 


[Seventh  Generutjon.] 

5738.  i.  William   Sweetser   Child,  eldest  child  of  Wn 
Capers  and  Mar}^  Emeline  Smith  Child,  b.  July  31,  1844.  nij 
Nov,  13, 1867,  Isadore  Eleanor  Stearns.     She  wash,  in  Bostonj^ 
Dec.  21,  1S44. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 
^  5740.  i.  Warrkn  Jacobs  Child,  b.  in  Medfoni,  Mas$.«  Jan.  94.  180d. 

574L  ii.  Henry  Tyler  Child,  b.  in  Medford,  Mass,,  July  31,  187tJ. 
[Seventh  Generation.  ] 

5739.  ii.  Charles  Kimball  Child,  second  chiUl  and  sod 
of  Wm.  Ca}>ers  auil  ifary  E.  Smith  Child,  b.  in  Boston.  M&S&, 
May  20,  1849,  m.  May  18,  1873,  Maria  Louisa  Rogers. 
[Eighth  Generutinn]     Children: 

5742.  i.  Wm,  Henry  Child,  b.  in  Medford,  Mass.,  April  8,  187$. 
5748.  ii,  Alice  Kimoall  Child,  b.  in  Medford,  Mass.,  Aug.  U,  1»T8, 


A  BOSTON  FAMILY  AND  DESCENDANTS.  599 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

5727.  iii.  Prof.  Francis  J.  Child,  Ph.  D.,  third  child  and 
second  son  of  Joseph.  Jr.,  and  Mary  James  Child,  b.  in  Boston, 
Masa,  Feb.  1,  1825,  m.  1862,  Elisabeth  Ellery  Sedgwick.  She 
was  b.  in  New  York  City  Jan.  7,  1825. 

Professor  Child  was  graduated  at  Harvard  University,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  in  1846.  He  was  tutor  in  mathematics  for  some 
time  in  the  same  institution.  In  1848,  Harvard  College  gave  him 
the  position  of  tutor  in  rhetoric  and  history.  In  1851,  he  was 
advanced  to  a  professorship  in  rhetoric  and  oratory.  In  1876, 
he  was  still  further  promoted  to  the  Chair  of  English  Literature, 
a  position  which  he  still  fills.  In  1854,  the  honorary  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Philosophy  was  conferred  upon  him  by  the  "Uni- 
versity oi  Gottengen."  In  1849,  he  visited  Europe,  where  he 
spent  two  years  in  study  and  travels.  He  is  especially  distin- 
guished for  his  thorough  acquaintance  with  early  English  litera- 
tura  As  a  Chaucer  scholar,  he  has  perhaps  no  superior  in 
America  or  Europe.  He  is  the  author  of  the  admirable  article 
on  "Ballard  Poetry"  in  Johnson's  Encyclopedia.  Dr.  Child  is 
also  the  compiler  of  "English  and  Scottish  Ballads,"  in  8  vols., 
Boston,  1860,  which  contains  all  but  two  or  three  of  the  ancient 
ballads,  known  to  scholars,  and  is  a  most  valuable  and  rare  col- 
lection. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

5744.  1.  Helen  Maria  Castilia  Child,  b.  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Oct.  12, 
1863,  m.  Timothy  House. 

5745.  ii.  Susan  Sedgwick  Child,  b.  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Aug.  14, 1866. 

5746.  iii.  Henrietta  Ellbrt  Child,  b.  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Nov.  2, 1867. 

5747.  iv.  Francis  Sedgwick  Child,  b.  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  June  12, 
1869. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

5729.  V.  Joseph  Child,  Jr.,  2d,  fifth  child  and  third  son 
of  Joseph  and  Mary  James  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  May  4, 
1829,  m.  Mch.  29,  1860,  Frances  Ellen  Sullivan.  She  was  b 
Mch.  18,  1837,  in  Exeter,  N.  H. ;  dan.  of  Thomas  and  Frances 
Ann  Sullivan.  Residence  in  West  Cambridge,  Mass. 
f Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

5748.  i.  Mary  Jane  Child,  b.  in  West  Cambridge,  Jan.  15,  1861. 

5749.  ii.  Alice  Child,  b.  Feb.  28,  1863,  d.  May  29,  1870. 

5750.  iii.  Edith  Frances  Child,  b.  May  25,  1867. 

5751.  iv.  Arthur  Warren  Child,  b.  Nov.  30,  1868. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

6730.  vi.  Eliza  James  Child,  sixth  child  and  third  dau.  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  James  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Mch.  19, 


600 


A  BOSTON  FAMILY  AND  DESCENDANTS. 


1831,  DL  Nov,   10,  1S52,  Joliii  Ware  Davis,  who  was  b.  m 
Boston,  Mass.,  Jan.  19,  1830.     She  d.  Mch.  30,  1874* 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Child: 

57.52.  i.  CfiARLEa  LowKirL  T.  Davis,  b.  in  Cainbridgeport,  Aug.  14,  \i 
d.  Mch.  27,  1873. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

5732.  viii.  Caroline  Child,  eighth  cliild  and  lifth  daiL  of 
Joseph,  Jr.,  and  Mary  James  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Masa,  Mch, 
7,  1837,  m.  Oct  27,  1870,  Amos  Kidder  Fiske  of  New  Yoii^ 
City. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

6753,  i.  Philip  Sidney  Fjsice,  b,  Sept.  27.  1872. 

5754.  ii.  Annette  Fiske,  l^.  Oct.  Vi,  1873. 

5755,  iii.  Mauqukkite  Fiske.  b.  JaQ»  ^,  18764 

iFifth  Generation.] 

5708.  vi.  Nathaniel  Child,  sixth  child  and  third  son  of 
Joseph  and  Susan  Gray  Cliikl,  b.  in  1795,  m.  April  26,  1821. 
Catharine  Simpson  of  Charlestown,  Mass.  She  was  b.  May  1, 
1793,  and  d.  Jan.  17,  1S80.  Mr.  Child  d.  Sept.  1,  1821.  Th^ 
following  obituary  of  Mra  Child  is  from  a  Boston  paper. 

The  death  of  Catherine  Stiinp^nn  Child,  whieh  occurred  in  this  distr 
on  Thursday  (^veniujjj,  removes  from  our  iiddsl  ouo  whose  gentle  kindu« 
and  devoted  life  made  her  dearly  loved,  and  will  cause  her  departure 
be  sincerely  niourned.     She  was  born  in  ClmrleHtown   in   1793,  and 
life  was  a  busy  and  active  one.  In  every  duty  of  which  she  was  faithfol  and 
sincere.     Her  purity  of  thought  and  action,  her  sweetness  of  dLspositioti  < 
deared  her  to  all  who  knew  her,  and  no  one  can  forget  the  tenderness  of  I 
sympathy  for  all  who  needed  it.     Hers  was  a  life  well  spent  through  all 
length,  and  the  reward  of  good  service  on  this  earth  was  certainly  gaine 
by  her.     She  could  trace  directly  her  descent  from  George  Bunker^ 
whom  the  noted  battle  ^ite  of  the  Hevohition  derives  its  name,  John  Stinijjj 
son  having  married  a  Rebecca  Bunker,  in  1709,     She  leaves  on©  son,  Fmncis 
Child,  of  this  district, 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Child: 

575G.  i,  Fkancih  Chtld,  b.  in  Boston,  Ha»s.^  July  38, 182€,  m.  Feb. 
1840,  Juliet  Bearing. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

575t}.  i.  i'RAXCis  Child,  only  child  of  Nathaniel  and  Cat 
erine  Simpson  Child,  h.   in  Boston,  Mass.,  July  28,  1820, 
Feb.   2,  1840,  Juliet  Wilcox  Dearing  of  Cliarlestown,  Mass 
she   was   born  Meh.  9,  1824.     Hesidcnce,  Charlestown,  Masft* 
Mr.  Child  is  recognized  in  the  circle  of  his  acquaintance  as  a 
man  of  intelligence  and  culture,  possessing  good  business  talent^ 
a  man  of  strict  integrity,  and  engaged  in  successful  mercantile 


m.  II«rlHCt  R,  lln^1^{*'. 
U  JBAU  n.  C.  M.  niixloi. 

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[SeTenlli  Generatioct.] 

575S.  iL  Geo.  TH£ODDRe  Child,  second  cbild  mnd  eid 

son  of  Francis  and  Juliet  W.  Bearing  Child,  k  SepC  7,  184^ 
in.  Sept  1»,  1866.  Lucy  Ella  Byrnes,  k  Oct  22,  1S42. 
[Eighth  GeoenilioQ.J    Childreo: 
5772,  i.  Abthcr  Frai;c[9  L^bild,  Ix  Sept,  10.  1808. 

5775.  ii-  Jn.iET  XEUjeos  Chii^d,  b.  Ilch.  21,  18TO. 
5774.  til.  Mabkl  BataBAM  Chii^d,  h.  I>ec.  16.  1972 
6775.  JT.  Ajcka  Ciiiuj.  b.  1874. 

5776.  V.  B^icoLD  Chod.  b.  April  7.  1879. 

[Serenth  Genenitiofi.] 

5761.  V,  RCBV  Moore  Child,  fifth  child  and  third  dau. 
Francis  and  Juliet  W.  Bearing  Child,  b.  June  2*i,  1^48, 
1869,  Herbert  K  Burrage, 
[Eighth  OenGmtian.]    Children, 

5777.  i.  FaAJffcis  J>  BnutA^E,  b.  1870. 

5778.  ii,  Habut  L,  Biiiiraok.  b.  1872. 

5779.  ill.  Alice  B,  Bubhagk,  b.  1874. 

[SSerenth  Generation,] 

5762.  vi.  Catharink  Stutpson,   Child,  sixth  child 
fourth  dau,  of  Francis  and  Juliet  W.  Bearing  Child,  b.  Apri 
22,  1851,  m.  Meh.  3,  187t5,  C  iL  Buxton. 
[Eighth  GenerattonJ    Children : 

5780.  i.  Horace  C.  Bcxtok»  b.  Jan.  15,  1877. 

5781.  ii.  Edward  U.  Buvtok,  b.  May  20,  1879, 

(Seventh  Generation,] 

5764.  viii.  Carrie  Madeline  Child,  eighth  child,  sTS 
dau.  of  Francis  and  Juliet  W.  Bearing  Child,  b.  Aug.  6, 1| 
m.  Bee  7,  1876,  Charles  W,  Porter. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

5782.  i.  William  F.  Porter,  b,  Dec.  1,  1877. 

5783.  ii.  Charles  I.  Porter,  b.  May  12,  1879. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

57o9.  V  ii.  Benjamin  Gray  Child,  seventh  child  and  fourth 
Bon  of  Joseph  and  Suisan  Gray  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Masis.,  Dec. 
19,  1797,  m.  1821,  Eliza  Treadwell ;  she  d.  Jan.    2«,   H 
Mr.  Child  resides  in  St,  Louis^  Mo.     In  a  letter  written  to 
Isaac  Child  of  Boston  dated  Jan.   186S,  Mr.  Benjamin  Gi 
Child  speaks  of  **the  loved  one:*  who  have  flowji   frrmi  tim< 
in  early  infancy  and  winning  childhoixl,  showing  a  remarkab^ 
iDstance  of  mortality t  equaled  perhaps  by  one  case  only  i 
corded  in  this  volume. 


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[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

5784.  i.  Richard  D.  Child,  b.  Aug.  12,  1822,  d.  Sept.  26,  1828. 
6785.  ii.  Eliza  Child,  b.  Aug.  17,  1823,  d.  May  5,  1825. 

5786.  iii.  Eliza  Child,  2d,  b.  Feb.  9,  1825,  d.  Jan.  18, 1827. 

5787.  iv.  Benjamin  Gray  Child,  JE.,b.  April  11,  1827,  d.  Sept.  6, 1828. 

5788.  V.  Maria  J.  Child,  b.  May  11, 1829,  d.  April  27,  1839. 

5789.  vi.  Elizabeth  I.  Child,  b.  Dec.  27,  1830. 

5790.  vii.  Mary  Child,  b.  Jan.  24,  1833,  d.  April  9,  1839. 

5791.  viii.  Emma  Child,  b.  Mch.  3, 1835,  d.  April  17.  1889. 

5792.  ix.  Benjamin  Gray  Child.  2d,  b.  June  2,  1837,  d.  April  19, 1839. 

5793.  X.  Amelia  Child,  b.  Jan.  24,  1840. 

5794.  xi.  Halcyon  Child,  b.  May  6,  1842,  m.  Charies  F.  Child  of  War- 
ren. He  d.  Feb.  15,  1866.  Mr.  Charies  F.  Childs  was  a  man  highly  re- 
spected for  literary  and  other  attainments. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

5710.  viii.  Nicholas  Gray  Child,  seventh  child  and  fifth 
son  of  Joseph  and  Susan  Gray  Child,  b.   Sept  4,  1802,  m. 
Sept.  1823,  Catharine  Caldwell.     He  is  a  professional  chemist 
Resides  in  Cambridge,  Mass. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Cambridge,  Mass. 

!}795.  i.  Sarah  Jane  Child,  b  Feb.  10,  1824,  m.  Dec.  10,  1844,  Reuben 
Sherburne. 

5796.  ii.  RiCHAKD  Dbvans  Child,  b.  1826,  m.  July  16.  1851,  Martha  A. 
Sawyer. 

5797.  iii.  Catharine  ChiliJ,  b.  Nov.  28,  1829,  m.  Nov.  17, 1850,  Stephen 
B.  Chandler. 

5798.  iv.  James  Bonticon  Child,  b.  Nov.  21,  1831,  m.  Nov.  30,  1852, 
Fannie  L.  Dodge. 

5799.  V.  Nathaniel  Gray  Child,  b.  Nov.  19,  1834,  ra.  1855,  Mary 
Emma  Freemantle. 

[Sixth  Generation] 

6795.  i.  Sarah  Jane  Child,  eldest  child  of  Nicholas  Gray 
and  Catharine  Caldwell  Child,  b.  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  Feb. 
10,  1S24,  m.  Dec.  10, 1844,  Reuben  Sherburne  of  Boston,  Mass. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

5800.  i.  Edward  Child  Sherburne,  b.  in  Boston  Jan.  24, 1850, ) 

m.  Oct.  21,  1873,  Emma  S.  Dimmic  of  Cambridge,  Mass.  >•  Twins. 

5801.  ii.  Frank  Staples  Sherburne,  b.  Jan.  24, 1850.  ' 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

5796.  ii.  EiCHARD  Devans  Child,  second  child  of  Nicholas 
Gray  and  Catharine  Caldwell  Child,  b.  1826,  m.  July  16,  1851, 
Martha  A.  Sawyer  of  Palmyra,  Maine,  dau.  of  John  and 
Thankful  Sawyer.  Mr.  R  D.  Child  is  an  agent  in  Boston  "Water 
Works  Office. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Charlestown,  Mass 

5802.  i.  Geo.  Shbrburne  Child,  b.  July  24,  1853,  in.  Mch.  25,  1875, 
Prances  L.  M.  Lawrence. 


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5603.  Vu  Richard  Gray  Child,  b.  Mch.  3.  1656,  d,  Jqly  3,  ld59« 
56UL  Hi,  John  Howard  Child,  b.  Mch.  13. 1660. 

[Seventh  Generation.! 

5802.  i.  Geo.   SHEBBirRNE   Child,  eldest  child  of  Kichard 
Devans  and  Martha  A.  Sawyer  Child,  b.  in  Charlestown,  Maa^^ 
July  24,  1856,  m.  Mch.  25,  1875,  Frances  Laurella   Margar^* 
Lawrence, 

[Eighth  Generation.!     Child: 
5605.  i.  Richard  Devahs  Cun.D,  b.  Nov,  2,  1876,  d.  May  10.  1679^ 

fStxtb  Generation  J 

5797.  iii.  Catharine  Child,  third  child  of  Nicholas 
and  Catharine  Caldwell  Child,  h-  iu  Cambridcre,  Ma^ss.,  Nov, 
1829,  m.   Nov.   15,  1850,   Stephen  Baker  Chandler  of    J^ 
Hampshire. 
[Seventh  GenpraUun  ]     Children: 

5800.  i,  Walter  Sherwood  Chaxdlkr,  b.  Oct.  8, 1851,  d,  Aug,  7, 1653. 
5807    ii.  Herrert  Hamii^ton  Chandler,  b.  Nov.  5,  1653. 
66C^.  iii.  Lizzie  Adelaide  Chandlkr,  b,  Dec.  H,  1855. 
5809.  iv.  Edward  Daka  Chandler,  b.  April  4.  1859. 
5810   V.  Sarah  Jane  Chandler,  b,  .Tun*?  *2L  1862. 

5811.  vi.  Harry  Winthrop  Chandler,  b.  Mch.  31.  1860. 

5812.  vii.  Fra«k  Sherburne  chandler,  b,  Sejit.  14.  1871. 

[Sixth  Generation,! 

5798.  iv.  James  Bonticon  Child,  fourth  child  of  Nicholi 
Gray  and  Catharine  Caldwell  Child,  b.  in  Cambridge,  MasaJ 
Nov.  21, 1831 ,  m.  Nov.  30,  1852,  Fannie  S.  Dodge.     He  reside 
in  Charlestown,  Mass. 
[Seventh  Generation. J    Children,  Ixirn  in  Charlestown,  ^Lslss, 

5813.  i.  Fredkriik  E.  Child,  b.  Nov.  30,  1853. 

5814.  ii.  Fraj?k  Child,  b.  1856. 

5815.  iii.  Ella  Frances  Child,  b.  1861. 

[Sixth  Generation  ] 

5799.  V.  Nathaniel  Gray  Child,  fifth  child  of  Nicholas , 
Gray  and  Catharine  Caldwell  Child,  b.  in  Cambridge,  Mnss»|| 
Nov.  19,  1834,  m.  1855^  Mary  Emma  B'reemantle.     He  d.  Jan€ 
19,  1862. 
[ik'veritb  Generiilion.J     Children: 

5816.  J.  Frederick  S.  Child,  b.  July,  1856. 
5817*  ii.  Emma  Adelaide  Child,  b.  Dec.  9,  18^. 


Tins  chapter  iotroduces  an  emigrant,  undoubtedly  allied  to 
the  Roxbnry  Jamilies^  but  in  what  degree  we  have  no  record  to 
determine.  We  rely  upon  the  ancient  public  records  for  much 
information  of  this  line,  and  they  do  not  furnish  as  much  detail 
as  we  could  desire.  A  conflicting  of  opinions  seems  to  exist 
between  ''Freeman''  and  ''Savage,''  two  authorities  upon  colon* 
ial  matters,  in  mgard  to  the  Richard  Child  who  heads  the  follow- 
ing large  posterity:  From  "Freeman  "  we  are  led  to  believe 
him  the  son  of  Samuel  Child^  while  "Savage''  regards  him  as  a 
brother  of  said  Samuel.  If  Richard  was  born  in  America,  as 
the  record  of  the  date  of  bis  birth  would  indicate,  (stated  to 
have  been  in  1624.)  then  we  must  conclude  that  "Freeman'^  is 
correct,  and  Samuel  Child  wa.s  the  emigrant.  If  this  is  true^  it 
also  makes  Samuel  Child  the  first  of  the  name  who  came  to  the 
colony  of  Massachusetts,  In  that  case  the  Samuel  Child  slain 
by  the  Indians,  March  26,  1675,  wouhi  probably  have  been  a 
brother  of  Richard,  as  the  father  would  have  been  too  aged,  it 
would  seem,  to  have  undertaken  to  go  into  battle.  Yet  we 
have  a  statement  from  **Freeman''  that  Samuel  Child  was  slain 
by  the  Indians  at  Rehoboth  March  25»  1675;  in  the  same  bat- 
tle was  also  slain  a  Samuel  Linnet,  brother  of  his  son  Richard's 
wife,  Mary  Linnett;  while  '^Savage"  in  his  Genealogicid  Coh 
lections,  page  285,  gives  Richard  Child  as  one  of  the  earW 
settlers  of  Barnstable,  and  brother  of  Samuel   Child. 

Richard  Child's  ance>stry  is,  thercfore,  in  somewhat  the  same 
obscurity  as  that  of  Benjamin  Child  of  the  Roxbury  liue  of  de- 
scendants, and  that  of  the  Waterlown  line.  But  the  fact  and  date 
of  this  nuarriage  we  have,  A  large  line  of  descendants  are  traced 
directly  from  his  son  RiehajTl,  who  are  found  in  western  Mas- 
sachuasetts,  on  leaving  Cape  Cod,  and  thence  spreading  into 
Vermont  and  westward.  Another  line  of  de4?ctmdants  of  Rich- 
ard, the  elder,  it  is  supposed  are  found  in  Maine,  As  the  fii'st 
settlement  of  Plymouth  colony  was  in  1620,  if  Richard  Child 
was  bom  in  1624,  in  New  England,  we  know  that  his  father 


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FABLE  BRANCH, 


must  have  been  an  emigrant  of  the  Plymouth  Colony;  and 
**Freeman'*  states  him  to  have  been  the  Samuel  Child  who  was 
slain  by  the  Indians.  As  no  other  pei-son  competes  for  the 
paternity  of  Riehard  Child,  we  accept  Samuel  Child,  tlierefop 
as  the  head  of  this  long  Barnstable  line. 

[Second  Generation,] 

5818.  i.  Richard  Child,  the  accepted  son  of  Samuel  ChiM 
b.  16M,  m.  Oct  15,  1049,  Mary  Linnett  of  Barnstable,  Masa 

[We  are  able  at  present  to  give  but  one  child  of  Richa 
and  Mary  Ljnnett  Child,  though  prol>ably  they  had  others.] 
[Third  Generation.]     Child" 

5819.  i.  Rr'haud  Child,  Jr.,  j^on  of  Hichnrd  and  Mary  Linnett  Child. b. 
in  Barnstable,  Mass ,  Mch,  1653.  ui,  about  1078,  Elizabeth  Crocker,  daiu  oi 
John  Cn>eker.     She  was  b.  Oct.  7,  1660,  d.  Jan.  15.  1716, 

* 'Freeman"  in  his  "  History  of  CrtpeCod**  gives  Richard  a  second  wife» 

Haniiali ,    Richard  Child  ranked  among  the  prominent  eitizens  of  fiam- 

sitable,  and  was  an  honored  deacon  in  the  Congregatiooal  ohurcii  of  that 

place.     He  died  Jan.  15,  17] 0. 

fFoiirlh  Generation,]     Children,  born  in  Barnstable,  Miuss. 

58^30.  i.  Samuel  Child,  b,  Nov  6. 1679,  m.  July  7, 1709,  Hannah  Barna 

582L  ii.  Elizabeth  Child^  b.  Jan.  25,  1681. 

5822,  lii.  Thomab  Child,  b.  Jan.  10,  1682.  tJi.  Mary 

6823.  iv,  Hannah  Child,  b, 23, 1684,  m.  July  80, 1702,  Joseph  BUsh. 

5824.  V.  'liMOTHY  Child,  b.  Sept.  22,  1686,  m.  Nov.  26,  1719,  Hannah 
Chapin. 

5825.  vi,  Ebenezer  Child,  b.  Mch.  1601,  ijl  Hope . 

5826.  vii.  Elizabeth  Child,  2d.  b.  June  6.  1692. 

5827.  viii.  JAMEa  Child,  b,  Nov.  6,  1094,  m,  Sept.  27.  1722^  Eluabet! 
(*roeker 

5828.  ix.  MercvI'hild,  1>.  May  7,  1697. 

5829.  X.  Joi^Eru  Child,  b.  Mt-h.  o,  1699,  m  April  23,  1724,  Deliverance 
Hamblin. 

5830.  xi 
Hamblin. 


Tha.\kful  Child,  b  Aug.  15, 1702,  m,  Oct  26. 1722,  Ebenezer 


[Fourth  Generation.] 

582(».  i.  Dea,    Samuel   Child,  eldest  child  of  Kiuhard 
Elizabeth  Cmcker  Cliild,  b.  in  Barnstable^  Masi^.,  Nov,  6,  161 
m.  1st,  Julj  7,  1709,  Hauiiali  Barnard,     She  d.  May  16,  1721 

DL  2d,  about  1721>,  ExperieDce .     Experience  d.  May 

1744;  tn.  3d,  according  Xfy  one  record,  June  25,  1750, 
Philip  Matiooii  Field,  widow  o£  Zachariah  Field  of  Northficld 
Muss.     She  d.  Mch.  21,  1752,  aged  (53  years.     Dea.  Sara t 
Child  d.  Mch,  18, 1756,  aged  77.      He  i-emnved  from  Barnstat 
to  Deerfield  at  an  early  period,  where  he  was  esteemed  as] 
man  r»f  character  and  influence,  being  a  deacon  of  the  Conge 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH. 


eoT 


n 


.  gational   church  and  prominetit  in  town  affairs.     He  was  a 
blacksmith  by  occupation. 
[Fifth  Generation,]     Children,  born  in  Deerfield,*  Ma55. 

5831.  i.  Hannah  Childs.  Ik  July  8,  1710.  m,  Nov.30, 1732,  Mosrs  Smith, 

5882.  \l  Samhei.  Childs,  Jr  ,  b,  Sept.  20.  1712,  ru.  Dec.  13,  17;i0,  Sarah 
Wriifht, 

5833.  iiL  Asa  Child?^.  b,  Jan.  a.  1715,  m,  Oct.  31,  1737.  Rhoda  Wright. 

5884.  iv,  David  I'll itDi?,       )  ^i  id.  Feb.  28,  1744,  Rebecca  Arms. 
[§[      b.  March  23.  1718. 

5835.  V.  Jon  .\  THAN  Childs.  )^\  rii.  Hel>ecca  Scott. 

5830.  vi.  Ebknezeh  Childs.  b.  Nov,  11,  17'2U,  m.  abt.  1750,  Rachel . 

5837-  vii.  Elizabeth  Childs,  b.  Ang.  5,  1724,  m.  Mvh.  10,  1750,  Nath- 
aniel Phelps. 

5838.  viii.  Exi^ERiENC£  CHILD8,  b.  June  7,  1734),  m.  July  11,  1751,  Jona- 
than Holt. 

[Fifth  Generation.  | 

5832.  ii.  Samiel  Childs,  Jr.,  second  child  and  eldest  son 
of  Samuel  and  Hannah  Barnard  Cliiid,  b.  Sept.  20,  1712,  m. 
Dec.  13,  1739,  Sarah  Wright  He,  like  his  father,  wa.s  a  dea- 
con of  the  Congregational  chnrch  in  Deerfield,  Masts.  He  d. 
Jan.  15,  1786.  Mrs.  Sarali  Wright  Cliitds  d.  Nov.  26,  1797. 
[Sixth  Generation  1     Children,  burn  in  Deerfield,  Miiss. 

5830.  i.  AmzlChilds,  b.Sept.21,  1740,  m.  Jan.  22,  17(i2,  Submit  Wright. 

6840.  ii.  Sarah  CniLDfi.  h.  Sept.  27*  1742* 

5841.  iii.  8AMDEL  Chu.ds,  Jn.»  b.  Oct.  28,  1745,  in  Nov.  29,  1770.  Mary 
Nims. 

5842.  iv.  Hannah  Childs,  b.  Sept.  20,  1740.  m,  Dec.  3,  1771,  David  Field- 

5843.  V.  Simeon  Chii-d?.  b.  April  25.  1753,  d.  Dec.  12,  1755. 

5844.  vi.  ExpEHiENCE  Cun.Ds.  h.  Feb.  20.  1757, d.  Sept,  28,  1758. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

5839.  i.  Amzi  Childs.  eldest  child  of  Samuel  Jr.,  and  Sarah 
Wright  Childs,  b.  Sept.  21,  1740,  m.  Jan.  22,  1767,  Submit 
fW^right.  He  d,  No7.  2,  1817.  Submit  Wright  Childs,  d. 
Sept.  2, 1824. 

[Seventh  Generation.]     Children,  horn  in  Deerfield,  Mass. 

5845.  i.  ELr/.ABETH  Ciiilp:*,  b.  Dec.  29,  1767,  d.  April  20,  1708. 

5840.  ii.  Elizabeth  Childs,  2n,  b.  Feb.  17,  1769,  in.  Feb.  0,  1704,  Selah 
Root  of  Montague,  Mass. 

5847.  iii.  Davip  Wkight  CntLnet.  h.  May  13,  1771.  d.  May  21,  1771. 

5848.  iv.  Simeon  Childs.  b.  June  0,  1772.  d.  Jan.  24,  1834. 
5840.  V.  Amzi  Childs,  Jit.,  b.  Oct.  1,  1774. 
5850   vi    Submit  Childs,  b.  Dee  6.  1770,  d.  April  20,  1833. 
5851.  vii.  David  Wright  Childs,  2d.  b.  Nov.  27,  1778.  m.  Jane  — . 
5952.  viii.  Jame«  Childh,  h.  Mav.  10,  1780,  d.  Oct.  2.  1800. 

5853,  ix.  EliASTtTs  Childs.  b.   Oct.  31,   1782.   m.  Jan.  8,  1811,  Mercy 
lawks. 

5854.  X.  Henry  Childs.  b.  Feb.  27,  1784,  rn.  Matilda—. 

'in  the  Deerfield  records  we  UBiially  Hod  the  Dame  wrineo  vrilb  the  termlDAl  "s/^  thoagb 
never  on  the  BatDttAble  records. 


BARKSTABLE  BRA?fCH. 

66S5.  xi.  S^LBJkH  Childs,  b,  Aug.  2,  1787*  m.  OU^  HnbbMii  of  1 
Mam,    She  d  Oct.  29,  1831. 

585fl.  xii.  Alvajs  Childs.  b.  Aug.  11,  1780.  m.  Sophia  — . 

5857    xiti,  CEAm/rrrK  Cniioa.  b    Ang.   11,  17»2.  m.  Sept,  19, 
Samuel  Billings  of  WooMer,  Ohio.    She  d.  Oct.  S9,  1831. 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

585L  viL  David  Wright  Childs,  2d,  seventh  child  an 

fourth   son  of  Amzi  and  Submit   Wright  Childs,  b.  Nov.  2 

m.  1778,  Jane  — .     She  d.  Sept.  28,  1867. 

f Eighth  Generation.]  Children^  bom  in  Deerfield,  Mass.: 
5858.  i.  Mahiak  E.  Chu.ds,  h.  — ;  m.  Aug.  12.  ia^3.  B.  Zebina  Stebbjn 
5850   ii,  Henry  Bkyholr  Chiliis,  b.  Sept,  4,  1844,  m    l>ec.  7,  IS 

Lucy  E.  Grout.  ~ 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5858.  i,  Marian  Chtlds,  b.  in  Deerfield,  Mass.,  m.   Au| 
12,  1853,  B.  Zebiim  Stebbins. 

[Ninth  Generation.]     Children,  born  in  Deerfield,  Mass.   ' 

5860.  h  Ryland  Zbbina  Stbbbi?i!S,  b.  Aug.  4,  1854.  d.  Jan.  10,  1855. 

5861.  if.  Fanny  Maria  Stebbin**.  b.  Jan,  14,  1856. 

5862.  iii    Frederick  R.  Stebbins,  b.  July  15»  1857, 

5863.  iv.  Benjamin  Zebtna  Stkbbiks.  Jr.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1865. 

I  Eighth  Generation  1 

5859.  JL  Henry  Seymour  CinLDS,  second  child  of  Davi| 
Wriijrht  and  Jane  Childs,  b.   Sept   4,  1844,  m.   Dec.   7,  li 
Lucy  K  Gmut. 
[Ninth  General  ion.]     Children,  born  in  DecrMd,  Mass. 

58(S4.  i-  Herbert  Leslie  Childs,  b.  Jnn,  4.  1867. 
5865.  ii.  Jennie  Laura  Childs,  b.  Feb.  12,  1869. 
mm.  iii.  Ralph  Daytd  CniLDs,  b.  April  18,  1872. 

5867,  iv.  eAHRVtiHOUT  Childs,  b.  Feb.  21,  1874,  d.  Sept  38,  1974., 

5868,  V,  Alfkeii  Childs,  Ij,  Feb.  29,  1876. 

[Seventh  Generation. ] 

5853.  ix.  Erasti's?  Childs,  ninth  chi[d  and  .sixth  sort 
Amzi  and  Submit  Wri«;ht  Childs^  b.  in  Deerfield^  Mass  ,  Oc 
SI,  1782,  m.    Jan.    8,  1811,  Mercy   Hawks.     He   d.    Feb.   11 
1858.     Sbed.  Dec.  28,  1854. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Deerfleld,  Mas^. 

5869,  i.  Hannah  Dickenson  Childs,  b.  Oct.  22,  1811.  m.  Apnl  7,  t€ 
Boyden  Arms. 

5B70,  ii.  JAMEtJiCeiLDft,  b.  July  31,  1813. 
5871.  iii.  Rnom>i-rHU8  Childs,  b.  Oct.  18,  1815. 
5873.  iv.  Calista  CmLDi^,  1>.  July  15. 1819,  m.  Nov.  86,  1840.  NAthiotl 
Hiteheoek. 

5873.  V.  Ralfh  Cbilds.  b.  Feb.  5.  18'22,  m.  Louisa  W.  Benham. 

5874.  vi.  Robert  Childs,  b.  Aiiril  23.  1824,  m.  Jan.  8, 1851.  Mary  , 
Warner.  ' 


BARNBTABLE  BRANCH. 


609 


[Eighth  Generation  ] 

5872,  iv,  Calista  Ciiilus,  fourtb  child  and  second  dau.  of 
Erastas  and  Mercj  Hawks  Childs,  k  July  15,  1S19»  m.  Nov. 
2«s  1840,  Nathaniel  Hitchcock. 

[Ninth  Generation.]     Child: 

5^75.  i.  James  Cjiilds  BvrcHVtKK.  h.  in  Deerfield  Nov.  28,1B41,  d  Sept. 
18,  18t>4;  a  Koldier  of  oiirorrnj»  died  n\  Aiidersvonville.  Geo. 

I  Eighth  Generation  ] 

5873.  V.  Ralpu  Guilds,  fifth  I'luld  and  tliirdsonof  Erastus 
and  Mercy  Hawks  Cliild,  b.  in  Wapping  [Old  Detrfidd),  Mass., 
Feb,  5,  1822,  m,  April  16,  1844,  Louisa  W.  Benbam.  She 
was  b.  at  New  Haven,  Cl  Jan.  27,  1825.  Mr.  Cliikis  d.  Dec. 
12,  18H7.  Mr.  Childs  liad  a  somewhat  eventful  life,  but  the 
incidents  which  make  up  a  brief  history,  served  to  develop 
manly  characteristics.  His  youth  was  spent  in  labor  on  his 
fathers  farm,  where  habits  of  industry  were  formed  and  prac- 
tiual  business  knowledge  ocipxiretl  which  served  him  in  coming 
veal's.  After  a  series  of  varied  fortunes  in  several  business 
enterprises,  we  find  liira,  in  the  meridian  of  life,  rendering  mili- 
tary service  to  his  country.  In  1864  he  entered  the  Union 
army  and  joined  the  1st  Massachusetts  **  Light  Battery.** 
Soon  after  reaching  the  battle-field  he  was  appointed  inspector 
of  "repairs,"  a  trust  which  he  faithfully  fulfilled,  and  his  ser* 
vices  recognized  by  his  colonel,  in  the  pi*esentation  of  a  valu- 
able horse  and  equipments  ;  also  a  sword.  He  was  a  favorite 
among  his  comrades  on  account  of  his  kind  and  obliging  dis- 
position. Before  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  badly  kicked  by 
a  horse  from  which  injury  he  never  fully  recovered.  He  was 
with  diflSculty  removed  to  his  home,  where  the  sympathy  and 
tender  care  of  his  family  and  f  tnends  partiall y  restored  his  liealth ; 
at  length  he  w^as  attacked  with  typhoid  fever  which  terminated 
his  life.  Mr.  Childs  was  a  man  of  warm  and  abiding  friend- 
ships. He  was  esteemed  and  loved  for  his  manly  and  gen- 
erous qualities. 

Mrs.  Childs  was  left  at  the  death  of  her  husband  with  a 
family  of  y^ung  children  dependent  upon  her  exertions  for 
support  and  education,  a  care  which  required  courage,  eneigy 
and  enduriTig  i>atience.  She  proved  herself  equal  to  the  task. 
Her  children  have  grown  to  maturity  under  a  discipline  and 
culture^  through  a  christian  mother's  guiding  counsels  and  pR> 
vident  cai^e,  which  qualify  them  for  useful  and  responsible  po- 
sitions in  life. 


610 


BAHNSTABLE  BRANGI 


[Ninth  Generation  |     r'hildren 

5876.  i.  Ralph  Stklhbink  1'hilb$.  b.  in  Dcvrficild,  Mn^ .  Aug  11,  1845. 
unmarrieiL  Heneral  insurance  agent  for  the  Benefit  Life  Co.,  Ebodt 
Island.  Mr.  Chihls  has  lor  many  years  been  identified  with  the  temfierMioe 
reform  J  has  rendered  much  active  service  in  the  cause;  is  i'  "  '  '^ 
leader  in  this  department  of  benevolent  work;  has  been  |  i 

highe-st  afflees  in   the  diltereni  orders  iu  that  organization  .;,  ....  .....     I 

Rhode  Island  and   has  resolved  to  make  the  serviec  in  this  cnase  his  lifr 
work.     Mr.  Chi  Ids  resides  in  Providence,  R.  L 

5877.  ii.  Cjiaules  H.  CeiLDS,  U  in  Deerfield»  Mass..  Julv  17,  1&47,  d. 
April  25,  1853. 

5878.  iii.  Homer  B.  ("hu.dh.  b.  Aug,7,  1850,  d.  April  27.185:i. 

5879.  iv.  Ida  L.  Ceiilds,  b.  at  Shelburne  Falls.  Mass.,  May  11,  1654  d, 
July  20.  1858. 

5880.  V.  Isabella  J.  CinLDs,  b.  in  Shelbume  Falls,  Mass.,  Nov.  13. 18 
d.  July  22,  1858. 

58S1.  Ti.  CuAULES  H.  CiiiLDs,  2d,  b.  in  Shelbume  Palls.  Has9,  Nov.  1 
1858,     Is  a  printer. 

5882.  VTL  Homer  B.  Child^,  3d,  b.  in  Colerano.  Mass.^  Jane  11,  18 
Is  a  jeweller. 

5883.  viii,  Julia  L,  Childs.  b,  in  Colerane.  Mass.,  Feb.  7,  1865, 

[Eighth  Generation] 

5874.  vi.  RoBKKT  Childs,  sixth  i-hild  and  fourth  son" 
Erastiii<  and  MerL-y  Hawks  Childs,  b.  April  22,  1824,  tn,  Jao 
8,  1851,  Mary  Ann  Warner.  She  d.  June  8,  1870,  and  he  ni. 
2d,  April  n\  1878,  Mrs.  Phehe  B.  Atwell  Childa. 
[Ninth  Generation.]     Children,  liorn  in  Deerfleld,  Mas^j. 

5884,  i.  A  dau,  um-hristened,  b.  July  26,  1854,  d.  — . 

5885,  ii,  RoBKttT  Waio«er  CEn.J>s,  b.  May  28.  1862. 


5886.  iii,  Francis  R.  Childs,    } 

5887.  iv.  Alice  Eliza  Childs,  f 


b.  Sept  26.  1875. 


[Seventh  Generation.] 

5854.  X.  Henry  Childs,  tenth  child  and  seventh  son 
Amzi  and  Submit  Wright  Childs,  b.  Feb.  27,  1784,  m.  Matildm" 
—  about    1816,     Matilda   d.   June   11,  1825,  and   hem. 
Catharine  — ,  who  li  a  widow  Oct  12,  1870 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Chihlren.  bom  in  Deerfteld,  Mass. 

588H.  i.  AM7A  CniLUft.  b.  Nov.  1,  1817. 

5889.  ii    HENii¥  CniLDi*.  Jr.  b.  July  18,  1810,  ra,  Aug.  Ifl,  1847. 

5800.  iii.  DextkrI^htlds,  b.  June  13,  1822,  ra   June  6,  I860,  Eluf%bet 
Briggs. 

5891.  iv.  Matilda  Cmilds,  b.  June  19,  1824,  m.  Dec,  20.  1848,  Erand 
Q.  Stebbins. 

[Eighth  Generation  ] 

5y9(X  iii.  Dextek  Childs,  third  child  and  son  of  Henry  a^ 
Matilda  Childs,  b.  Jnne  13,  1822,  m.  June  6,  I860,  Eljzal 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

5892.  i.  Son  unchnstened,  b.  Dec.  22.  1862,  d  — . 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH. 


611 


I 


[Eighth  Genemtioti  ] 

5891.  iv.  Matilda  Chim:>Sj  fourtli  child  and  only  dan.  of 
Henry  and  Matilda  Childs,  b.  June  19, 1824,  m.  Dec.  20, 1848, 
Evander  G.  Stebbins. 
[Ninth  Qcneitition.]     Childrun,  l>orn  in  Deei-field^  Mass. 

6893.  i,  William  Stebhins.  b.  Dec.  6,  I84i^ 

5894.  ii,  CHAULE8  Henky  Stebbiki?i,  h  June  34,  1859. 
[Se veil  t  h  ft  eu  era t  i  on .  ] 

5856.  xii.  Alvjn  CfliLDS,  twelfth  child  and  eighth  aon  of 
Amzi  and  Submit  Wright  Childs,  b.   Aug.  11,  1789,  m,  1st, 
about   1811>,  Sophia  — .     Sophia  d.  July  12,   1835;    m.  2d, 
May  4,  1836,  Lucretia  B.  Clark  of  Monlitgue,  Mass. 
[Eighth  Gtvrieration/j    Chiklreii.  bom  in  Deorfiftld,  Maas. 

581^5.  i,  Cynthia  Cbilds.  Ij.  Ayg.  15,  1820. 

580G.  ii.  Lucy  Childs,  b.  Meh.  7,  1S23.  d.  June  10,  1824. 

5897.  iii.  Ibraei.  Childh.  b.  Jan.  27.  18S4.  m.  Jan.  12,  1850,  Elizabeth  J. 
Adams, 

5898,  iv.  Jarvis  Childs,  b,  Feb,  20.  1837. 
6899.  V.  Simeon  Childs,  b.  Mah.5, 1837. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

584[.  iii.  Samuel  Childs,  Jr.,  third  child,  second  son  of 
Samuel  and  Sarah  Wright  Childs,  b.  in  Deerfield,  Mass.,  Oct. 
28,  1745,  m.  Nov.  29,  1770,  Miiry  Nims.     He  d.  Get  27, 1808. 
Shed.  Jan.  7,  1821. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children,  born  in  Deerfield,  Mass. 

5900,  i.  MAur  Culli>s,  b,  Sept.  22.  1771. 

5001.  ii,  JgRARL  Childs,  b  June  17»  1773,  d.  Aug.  8»  1777. 

59{J3.  iii,  ExPKUiEN<^E  Ciulds.  b.  June  3.  1775.  d.  Aug.  2.  1777. 

5903.  iv,  Samuel  Ciiilus,  Jm.,  b.  July  1.  1777,  m   Anna  — . 

5954.  V.  Ihrael  Childs,  2d,  b.  July  25,  1779.  removed  to  Sholburno. 

5905.  vi,  Wn-LTAM  Chh.ds,  b.  OoL  13,  1781,  d.  Jan.  5,  1812. 

5906.  vii.  ExFEHiENLK  Childs,  3d,  b,  Jan,   27,  17f:!4,  in.  Jnn.   19,  1808, 
Kbenezer  Barnard  of  Waits  fie  Id.  Vt. 

5907.  viii.  Rufub  Cnn.Ds.  b,  F«b.  28,  1786. 

5908.  ix.  Sophia  Chi:ld8,      }  „•  i  b.  July  21.  1788. 

[  g  -  [Hender^irn,  N.  Y. 

5909.  X.  CLARt»6A  Childs,    \  ^  (  m.  Oct.    rS,  1810,  Shiilml   Allertoii  of 

5910.  xi.  Sarah  Ciiu.ds.  b.   Miiy  l4.  1791,  m.  Dec.  11,  1828,  Giles  Hidv 
bard  of  Leverelt,  Ma»s«, 

[Seventh  Generation.! 

5903,  iv.  Samcel  Childs.  Jr.,  fnurth  child,  second  son  of 
Sarnuel  and  Mary  Niras  Childs,  b.  July  1,  1777,  m.  Anna  — , 
about  1905.     Ue\i  May  24,  1830.     She  d.  Jnly  31,  1*854. 
[Eighth  Heneration  1    Children,  born  in  DeerftehL  Mass. 

591L  i.   Mauy  Ciiildb.  b.  Jan.  6.  1804J. 

6912.  ii.  MiNEKVA  CiULPS,  b,  Jon.  16,  1808  \  "'Nov.  17, 1830.  Alfred  0. 

591:1,  iii.  Mautha  Cnn.Ds,  b.  Jau  19,  1810/ 


(toodenougb.    The  record 


is  not  clear. 


612 


BARK^TABLK  BRANCH. 


5014.  iv.  PMti>ELiA  CRfLD8.  U.  April  15,1818,  m-  Nov,  27.  1837. 
Hjiniiltoti  of  Couway*  Ma««. 

5»I5.  V.  Samuel  C^hilds,  Jr  ,  b.  Oct.  4.  1815,  m.  Not,  26.  1837, 
Sheldon. 

5016.  ri.  Akx  €atLD»,  b.  Mch.  17. 1816, 

fEii^bth  Genemtion.  ] 

6912.  iL  Minerva  Chjlds,  &ecx)nd  child  and  second  dau.  of 
Samuel  Jr.,  and  Anna  Childs.     Or, 

5913.  iii.  Martha  Childs,  third  child  and  dau.  of  Samuel 
Jr.,  and  Anna  Childs.     One  of  these  sisters  m.  Nov.  17,  li 
Alfred  0.  Goodeuuugh,  and  died  May  10,  1847, 
[Ninth  Generation.]     Children.  1>orn  m  Deerfield,  Mas&. 

5917.  i.  Mart  Etta  Qoodenoigii,  b.  1831,  d.  Mch.  G.  1857,  »  11»  yeare. 

5918.  ii.  Alfukd  Qoodbnouoh,  b.  s^ept.  5,  1844^  d.  Aug,   5,    18<S3,  at 


Mound  City,  Ark«nsa.s 
bellion 


a  soldier  in  the  Union  armv  in  the  war  of  the  Re- 


fl^ighth  Generation.] 

5915-  V.  Samuel  Childs,  Jr.,  fifth  child  and  only  son 
Samuel  and  Anna  Childs,  b.  in  Deerfield,  Masa,  Oct  4,  18U 
m.  Nov.  2B,  1837,  Mary  Sheldon.     He  d.  Feb.  17,  1874. 
(Ninth  Goneratiou  ]    Children: 

6919.  i.  Alokzo  Childs,  \k  — ;  m.  Oct.  27,  184i4,  Melissa  A.  Ri«-e. 

5920.  ii.  Samuel  Childs,  b.  — ;  in  Nov,  26,  18«J8.  Harriet  E.  Mn^on. 

5921    iii,  Mary  B,  CttiLW,  b,  Nov  29.  1852,  m,  Nov.  17.  1860.  Andrew" 
B.  Jackflon. 

5922.  iv.  HaftieM.  Cbildb.  b.— :  in  Oct.  30, 1873, Stephen C. Kiogsl^y. 
[Ninth  UenenitionJ 

5919,  i.  Alokzo  Chilos,  eldest  child  uf  Samuel  and 
Sheldon  ChildB,  rn.  Oct.  27.  1864.  Melissa  A.  Rice. 
[Tenth  Goneraiion.]     Children,  born  in  Deerfield,  Mass. 

,^923.  i.  Harry  Stkphkn  Cnri.OB,  b.  An^.  1,  1866,  d.  Pek  27,  U 
5924.  ii.  LovKLL  Alonzo  Childs,  h.  April  5.  1871 
15925.  iii.  Merrill  Ferbush  Childs,  b.  July  26. 1872. 

[Ninth  Oeneraticm.J 

5920.  ii.  Samuel  Childs,  Jr..  second  child  and   son  ol_ 
Sanuiel  and  Mary  Sheldon  Childs,  m.  Nov.  20,  1868,  Harric 
E.  Mason.     She  d.  April  2 a,  1876. 
[Tenth  Oeueratiun.]     Child reij,  bom  in  Deerfield,  Mass. 

5926.  i.  Anna  Fidelca  Childs,  b.  July  15.  1870. 

5927.  ii.  A  son  unchnstened,  h.  Dec.  10.  1873.  in  Dublin.  N,  H. 

5928.  iii.  Hajiry  E.  Chxlds.  Ij  M<;h  15,  1876,  d.  Jnly  25,  1876. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

5833.  iii.  AsA  Chilus,  third  child  and  son  of  Samuel 
Hannah  Barnard  Childs,  b.  in  Deerfield,  Mass.,  Jan.   3,  1715, 
m.  Ort,  31.  1736,  Rhoda  Wright 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  613 

[Sixth  Qeueration.]    Children,  born  in  Deerfield,  Mass. 

5929.  i.  Charity  Childs,  b.  1737,  m.  June  13.  1757,  Daniel  Nims. 

5930.  ii.  ASA  Childj*,  Jk.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1738,  m.  Dec.  22,  1768,  Elizabeth 
Hawks. 

5931.  iii.  LiBBBUS  Childs.  b.  Oct.  3, 1740,  m.  Oct.  4,  1767,  Sarah  Walker. 

5932.  iv.  Samuel  Childs.  b.  Nov.  13, 1742.  in.,  Sept.  27.  1768,  Eunice 
Wright. 

5933.  V.  Rhoda  Childs.  b.   April  30,  1746,  m.   Oct.  25,   1768,   Moses 
Hawks. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

5929.  i.  Charity  Childs,  eldest  child  of  Asa  and  Ehoda 
Wright  Childs,  born  in  Deerfield,  Mass.,  1737,  ra.  June  13, 
1757,  Daniel  Nims. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Deerfield,  Mass. 

5934.  i.  Abigail  Nims,  b.  April  29,  1758. 

5935.  ii.  Asa  Nims.  b.  Jan.  11,  1860. 

5936.  iii.  Daniel  Nims,  b.  Nov.  9,  1761. 

5937.  iv.  LcciNDA  Nims,  b.  Nov.  14.  1763. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

5931.  iii.  LiBBEUS   Childs,  third  child  and  second  son  of 
Asa  and  Ehoda  fWright  Childs,  b.  in  Deerfield,  Mass.,  Oct  3, 
1740,  m.  Oct  4,  1767,  Sarah  Walker.     After  the  birth  of  his 
two  eldest  children  he  removed  to  Conway,  Mass. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

5938.  i.  David  Childs,  b.  in  Deerfield,  Mass.,  April  19,  1768. 

5939.  ii.  Enos  Childs.  b.  in  Deei-field,  Mass.,  Mch.  23,  1770. 

5940.  iii.  Oliver  Childs,  b.  in  Conway,  Mass.,  July  27,  1783,  m.  1st, 
Electa  Whitmore. 

[Seventh  Generation.  J 

5940.  iii.  Oliver  Childs,  third  child  and  third  son  (as  given 
in  this  record)  of  Libbeus  and  Sarah  Walker  Childs,  b.  in 
Conway,  Mass.,  July  27,  1783,  m.  1st,  Electa  Whitmore,  dau. 
of  Oliver  Whitmore  of  Seneca,  Ontario  county,  N.  Y.  She  d. 
Aug.  2,  1816,  leaving  no  children;  m.  2d,  Nancy  Hart,  dau. 
of  Joseph  and  Huldah  Hart  of  Seneca,  N.  Y.  Shed.  April 
30,  1831  ;  m.  3d,  Betsey  Gilbert,  dau.  of  John  Gilbert  of 
Seneca,  N.  Y. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children,  b.  in  Seneca,  N.  Y.    By  second  marriage: 

5941.  i.  Electa  Emeline  Childs,  b.  April  17,  1809,  d.  —. 

5942.  ii.  Theron  Hart  Childs,  b.  Mch.  20, 1812,  m.  1st,  Esther  Tallman ; 
in.  2d,  Caroline  Benjamin. 

5943.  iii.  Augustus  Walstein  Childs,   b.   Mch.  22,   1814,  m.  Amytis 
Warner. 

5944.  iv.  Edmund  Childs,  b.  June  7,  1816,  ro.  Eunice  Richardson. 

5945.  V.  Benjamin  Childs,  b.  April  8,  1819,  m.  Laura  Sherwood. 

5946.  Yi.  Emeline  Childs,  b.  June  26,  1821. 


m0.  Is,  fiSASur  Aum»Cui«,  ki  M»f  It.  188L 
mOl  jL  y^^rv  AremA  CviLtaw  K  Aug,  SS,  18R. 

Si942L  if.  Tq£BD5  Bamt  CBiUm,  aeoDod  etLild  umI 
•on  of  OliTer  and  Ntocr  Hjut  Childs,  K  in  Seneea,  N.Y,  Mdi? 
2«»«  IBIS,  m.  IJt.  hec,  31,  1832,  btlier  Tallmjui,  dao.  af  John 
and  CUriaaa  VroamaQ  Taltman.    She  d  Feh  U,  1S4S ;  m.  t 
May  23^  1849,  Caioltne  Benjamifi.  daiL  of  Natliaii  and  Jc 
Wi^bsler  Benjumo  of  Phelps,  N*  Y.     Bolb  mamiigea  by  Ber J 
Stephen  Porter  of  Geneva,  N.  Y.    Mr.  Theitm  H.  OxOda  d  Oct 
19^  1869. 
[Klnth  OmwermiUm.}    CtMrm^  born  in  HeiMcm,  K.  T. 

HOQSL  t  MnAk  A?(B  CiirLD9,  b.  Oct.  12.  IBSa,  m.  Oct.  5.  1866^  Im  ] 
ittdd.  too  of  Joarpb  M.  Judd.     Mr,  Judd  is  conductor  on  the  Ithaca.  * 
kad  k  Elmirtt  BAtlrood,     Ucsidenec  FreeviUe,  Tompkins  coontj,  N.  T. 

MSa*  if.  i^AVAJi  FtLAifcts  CBttjm^  b.  Feb.  24.  1S;I7,  m.  Mar  1,  18i0O,  ]  _ 
Pafion  Pr>rter,  Mm  of  Bev.  Stephen  Porter  Mr.  Porttr  is  Statistical  See*" 
r^tarf  of  the  Hundaf  School  Union  in  Chicago.  ilL 

MSI.  ill.  THSBoii  TALLaA.'T  Canj}^  b.  Aug.  17.  1843,  m.  Aug.  17,  IB$^ 
Ummm  August  A  Brown. 

[Kinth  Oeiiemtion,] 

6054,  iii.  Therox  TaLlman  Childs,  third  child  and  d 
mn  of  Theron  Hart  arid  Esther  Tallinan  Childs,  b.  in  Sene 
N.  Y,  Aug.  17,  1843,  m,  Aug.  17,  1868,  by  Rev.  B.  R  Gr 
of  GmarHliiigua,  N,  Y ,  Emma  Augusta  Brown,  dau.  of 
Talfiott  RnHftell  aod  Pilecta  Hart  Brown  of  Geaeva,  N.  Y, 
Tlieron  Tallnmn  Childs  is  a  telegraph  operator  in  Chicago^  ll 

[ToTjih  Oenenition.l    Children,  bom  id  Chicago,  IlL 
5955,  i,  WiNNKFRBD  Ki^THER  Childb,  b.  Jufie  32,  1870. 
Wntl  ii.  Jm-^K  f  Jart  Childs,  b.  Feb.  I),  1874. 
5957.  iii.  FnASttf^  J  irt>u  C»(iujf>,  h.  Aug.  25,  1876. 

[Eighth  0 ft ne ration,] 

5y43.  iii.  A u< JUSTUS   Walstein   Chilis,  third  child  ar 
»ecoBd   «ou  of  Oliver  and   Naiicv  Hart  Childs,  b.  in  Sene*ii 
K  Y,  Mch.  22,  1814,  m.  May  27,"  1841,  Amytis  Warner,  dau, 
rif  Ru.sHrll  iind  Msiry  Warner.     Mr.  Childs  is  a  farmer,  and 
sides  ill  HmcI.soii,  Lenawee  county,  Micb. 
[Niiilh  lii'riemlkind    Children,  born  in  Hudson,  Mich. 

51)58.  i.  AiTuiKTUs  Oliver  Childs.  1j.  July  2U  1844. 

5U5y.  it*  Pklora  Aofxlk  Childs,  b,  Nov.  27,  1847. 

©960.  iiL  Frank  Mariok  Guilds,  b.  Nov.  80*  1849, 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  6 15 

5961.  iv.  Willie  Childs,  b.  June  6,  1851. 

5962.  v.  Theron  Charles  Childs.  b.  June  8.  1858. 

5963.  vi.  Gracie  M.  Childs.  b.  April  4,  1861. 

5964.  vii.  Jennie  Augusta  Childs.  b.  Nov.  16. 1864. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5944.  iv.  Edmund  Childs,  fourth  child  and  third  son  of 
Oliver  and  Nancy  Hart  Childs,  b.  in  Seneca,  N.  y.,  June  7, 
1816,  m.  in  Marathon,  Cortland  county,  N.  Y.,  by  Rev.  Wm. 
Bradford,  April  9, 1841,  Eunice  Richai-dson,  dau.  of  Jacob  and 
Lucy  Tilden  Richardson  of  Lebanon,  N.  H.  He  removed  to 
Michigan  the  same  year  and  settled  in  Wheatland,  Hillsdale 
county.  In  1845,  he  returned  to  New  York.  In  1849,  he 
went  again  to  Michigan  where  he  now  resides,  a  farmer  in  the 
town  of  Wheatland. 

[Ninth  Generation.!    Children: 

5965.  i.  Emeline  Celestia  Childs,  b.  in  Wheatland,  Mich.,  Aug.  27, 
1842. 

5966.  ii.  Harriet  Jones  Childs,  b.  in  Wheatland,  Mich.,  May  27,  1844. 

5967.  iii.  Eugene  Childs,  b.  in  Seneca.  N.  Y.,  July  2.  1846. 

5968.  iv.  Leander  Hobert  Childs,  b.  in  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  May  14,  1848. 

5969.  V.  Edmund  Childs,  Jr.,  b.  in  Wheatland,  Mich.,  July  6,  1850. 

5970.  vi.  Eunice  Fox  Childs,  b.  in  Wheatland,  Mich.,  Mch.  12,  1853. 

5971.  vii.  Charles  Henry  Childs,  b.  in  Wheatland,  Mich.,  Feb.  10, 1855. 

5972.  viii.  Samuel  Pease  Childs,  b.  in  Wheatland,  Mich.,  Nov.  12, 1857. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5945.  V.  Benjamin  Ohilds,  fifth  child  and  fourth  son  of 
Oliver  and  Nancy  Hart  Childs,  b.  in  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  April  8, 
1819,  m.  May  29,  1843,  by  Bev.  Geo.  Hyde,  Laura  Sherwood, 
dau.  of  Homer  and  Electa  Hotchkiss  Sherwood  of  Fairfield, Vt. 
He  d.  Jan.  27,  1878,  in  the  town  of  Seneca,  N.  Y. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Phelps,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y. 

5973.  i.  Homer  Sherwood  Childs,  b.  May  23,  1845. 

5974.  ii.  Albert  Sherwood  Childs,  b.  Sept.  18,  1852. 

5975.  iii.  Hattie  Electa  Childs,  b.  Sept.  29,  1867. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

5947.  vii.  Joseph  Childs,  seventh  child  and  fifth  son  of 
Oliver  and  Nancy  Hart  Childs,  b.  in  Seneca,  Ontario  county, 
N.  Y.,  Oct  8,  1823,  m.  by  Eev.  Mr.  Eussell  of  Seneca,  N.  Y, 
to  Julia  A.  Belding,  dau.  of  Wm.  and  Clarissa  Belding  of 
Seneca,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Childs  is  a  farmer  and  resides  in  Seneca, 
New  York. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

5976.  i.  William  Ezra  Childs.  b.  in  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  15,  1848,  m. 
Nellie  E.  Tiflfany. 

5977.  ii.  Mary  E.  Childs,  b.  in  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  April  24,  1859. 


eie 


BARNSTTABLE  BRANCH. 


[Ninth  Generation.] 

5976.  i-  William  Ezra  Childs^  eldest  child  of  Joseph  and 
Julia  A.  Beldiiig  Childs,  b.  in  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  15,  lt>48^ 
m.  in  Phelps,  Onturia  coimty,  N.  Y.,  Nellie  E.  Tiffany,  datLof 
Lamont  and  Sophia  Tiffany  of  Phelps^  N.  Y. 
[Tenth  Generation.]  Child: 
5978.  i,  JosKPg  L.  Childs,  b.  in  SenecA,  N.  Y..  Oet,  5,  1878. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

6932.  iv.  Samukl    Childs,  fourth  child  and   third  son 
Asa  and  Rhoda  Wright  Chikls,  b.  in  Deerficld,  Mas^.,  Nov.  1] 
1742,  m.  Sept.  27,  1768,  Eunice  Wright,     He  d.  Mch.  1,  18H 
[Seventh  Generation  J     Children,  born  in  Deerlleld^  Mass. 

5970.  J.  Noah  Wainnr  CntLiw,  U  Aug.  20,  1769.  ni,  Dec,  lU,  1701.  Ma 
Graves. 

rmo.  ii.  Asa   Cujlii8,  h.  Aug.  23,  1771,  in.  Jan.  25,  1798,  Polly  Gnindj7 

598L  iii.  Esihkk  CniLUS,  h.  Au^j.  16,  1773,  d.  Jan.  15,  1799. 

5982.  iv.  Rboua  Childs,  b.  Sept.  5,  1775,  d.  Oct.  2,  1775.  M 

5983.  V.  Rhoda  Guilds,  2d,  b.  Oct,  13,  1776.  1 

5984.  vi.  EuKiCE  Caitns,  b.  Aug.  17,  1778,  m.  April  25,   1700,  Oliver 
Morton. 

5985,  vii,  Tirza  Childs,  b,  July  12>  1780,  m.  Jan.  7, 1824,  DeA,  Jmnea 
Northfield,  Miiss. 

5086.  viii,  LEStDEL  rHjLDK.  b.  Aug.  28,  1782,  d.  Feb.  25.  1808. 

5087.  ix.  Samuel  Childs,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1784,  m,  about  1812.  ElecU* 

5988.  X.  Cephas  Childs.  b.  Feb.  2,  1787,  m,  Eleanor—. 
5089.  xi.  Ca»oui«b  Childs.  b.  Mch.  1.  1790, 

[Seventh  Gcneratinn.] 

5979,  i.  Noah  Wright  Childs,  eldci^t  child  of  Samuel  ai 
Eunice  Wright  Childs?,  b.  in  Deerfield,  Mass.,  Aug.  26,  176j 
m.  Dec.  10, 1791,  Mary  Graves  of  Sunderland,  Mass.  She  w| 
b.  Mch.  30,  1773,  d/Sept  10,  1859,  He  d.  Oct  4,  1825. 
record  received  from  a  descendant  of  Noah  Childs  writes  th 
middle  name  Wehter-^  while  the  Deerfield  records  give  it  as 
Wright;  and  this  descendant  says  Noah's  mother  was  a  relative 
of  Noah  Wt^bster  the  Lexicographer,  and  that  Mary  Graves 
was  of  Huguenot  origin.  At  what  date  Mr.  Childs  reraovt 
from  Deerfiokh  Mass.,  we  are  not  informed.  Eight  of 
eleven  children  are  recorded  in  the  Deerfield,  Mass.,  tov 
records  as  born  in  that  town  ;  the  youngest  of  these  in  1804. 
His  removal  was  after  this  date.  He  went  from  Deerfield  to  it 
tow*n  of  Sullivan,  Madison  countj^,  N,  Y*,  and  puix'hastxl  a  lara 
tract  of  land,  connected  with  which  were  grist,  saw  and  plji 
mills.     In  the  war  with  England,  in  1812,  he  was  called  int 


I 

I 


KARJiSTABLE  BRANCH.  617 

ervice  in  the  U.  S.  army,  and  held  the  office  of  sergeant  in  the 
livision  stationed  at  Buffiilo,  N.  Y. 
[E  ghth  Generation  1    Children: 

501)0.  i.  TFiEoi>oRrr  Childs,  K  Meh.  30,  17112,  m.  May  14,  1814.  Jane 
CrawEnrd.  Ho  had  three  aon^  ami  five  daughters  living  in  Fair  view  and 
that  vicinity.     He  d.  July  iti,  1834. 

50&1.  ii.  William    Pahsons  Childs,  1j.   May  14,   1793,  ni.  Ist,  Dec.  12, 

1 182H,   Mabel  Worcester;  iii.  2d,  Minerva  Bltiekinaii;  in.  3d.  Betsey   Rose. 

PBe  hiu\  two  ^oBs  and  two  daughrers*     Kdwiird  CidULs  hi.s  ehlest  son,  lives 

in  Warren  TeiiLre,  Iowa,     One  daughter  is  livini?"  in   Albany,  N.  Y.     One 

son  and  and  daughter  have  died.     Mr.Wui.  Pardons  Chikls  sL  April  13, 187k 

ofl92.  iii.  Harriet  Chili>s,  b.  Jan,  13.  1705,  d.  Fel>.  24,  lim. 

mm,  \\\  Haukiet  CniLDs,  2i>,  b.  Get.  6,  179«.  d.  Jan.  Q,  ISm, 

51)94.  V  Julia  F.  Childs,  b.  April  13,  1798,  m.  May  7.  18S4,  WarJ 
Walton.  They  had  fc^ur  (.hikireu,  one  son  and  three  daughters;  all  dead 
except  on©  daughter  who  is  married  to  Frederick  Childs  and  lives  in  Kenton, 
Hardin  eounty.  Ohio. 

5^5.  vL  James  Hectoh  CniLns,  b.  Nov.  16,  ISni,  m.  Oct.  28,  1829, 
Lyey  Hayden;  d.  Sept.  7,  1866.  leaving  no  children. 

50m  vii,  Calista  CiiiLDfl,  ^  ^  b.   April  23,  1804;  Carlos  d.  Sept. 

5997.  viii.  Caiilos  Childs,  )  ^'^^^^'  'i      5,  1825;  CalisUid,  Sept  18,  18ti0, 

5998.  ix.  George  Morris  CKn^iip,  b.  May  13.  1808,  m.  Palmyra  P. 
Wadaworth ;  had  one  son,  Theodorie  Childs  living  in  Bridgeport,  Madison 
county,  N.  Y. 

5999.  X.  Alonzo  W.  Cmilds.  b.  April  4,  1811,  m.  iBt,  Mch.  5,  1833, 
Catharine  M.Marvin;  2d  and  3d  m.  not  known;  had  four  sons  nnd  on© 
dun.     Resides  in  Minnesota. 

fiOOO.  xi.  Edwaiu>  (^niLDs,  b.  July  15,  1813,  m.  Isl,  June  22,  1841,  Clara 
Gross  Burr;  m.  *2d»  Nov.  5,  18GG,  Martha  Nichols, 

[Se venth  Generation,] 

6000.  XI.  Edward  Childs,  eleventh  child  and  seventh  son 
of  Noah  W.  and  Marj  Graves  Childs,  1>.  July  15,  1813,  m.  Ist, 
June  2%  184L  Clara  Gross  Burr;  she  d.  July  19,  1866;  m. 
2d,  Nov.  5,  1866,  Martha  I^  Nichols ;  she  A  Sept  29,  1874  at 
Norwicbj  N.  Y.  Mr.  Childs  was  sheriff  of  Chenango  county, 
N.  Y.J  for  the  years  1861-2  and  '63.  He  served  two  terras 
previously  as  under  sheriff.  He  was  also  special  agent  and 
Deputy  Provost  Marshal  of  the  1 9th  New  York  district  during 
the  civil  war.  Mr.  Clrilds  was  killed  SepL  29,  1874,  hy  a  col- 
lision on  the  Dehiware,  Laekawnnna  k  Western  RR.^  acting  at 
the  time  as  mail  agent  between  Utica  and  Binghamton.  Hia 
residence  was  in  Utica, 

6001.  i.  Charles  Edward  Childs,  b.  SepL  29,  1843,  m. 
Sept.   27,  1866,  Hattie  E.  Close  of  Johnstown,   N.   Y.     Mr. 
Childs  resides  in  Norwich ,  N.  Y. 
Kinth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Norwich,  N*  Y. 

6W2.  i,  Clara  Louise  Childs,  b.  1807. 

6003.  ii.  Edward  Stuaut  Childs.  b.  1808, 

6004.  iii.  Catharine  PbrLbb  C-hilds,  b.  1872 


618 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH. 


fSovcnth  OeijprationJ 

6980,  ii.  Asa  Childs,  second  son  and  cliild  of  Samuel  and 

Eunice  Wright  Childs,  b.  in  Deerfield,  Mass.,  Aug.  23,  1771^ 

m.  Jnn.  25,  1798,  Polly  Gnmdy. 

[Eighth  G*iiiemti*'>n.]    Childron,  burn  hi  Deerlleld,  Miiss. 

6005.  i.  Chahles  CiiiLDS,  b.   Feb.  14,  1799,  ru.  April  25,  1823. 
Wells. 

600^).  ii.  Lewis  Ciiild6,  b  Oct  39.  1800. 

6007.  ill.  EsTiiKR  Childs,  b,  Nov.  JJ.  1802. 

6008.  iv.  Matiy  ('hildb.  b.  Jan.  U,  1805. 
6000.  V,  Catiiaujne  Childh,  b.  Dee.  17,  1806. 
fiOlO.  vi.  LucTNDA  CniLDS,  b.  Jan.  24,  180D,  iii.  Deo.   17.1857   M« 

Alexander. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6987.  ix.  Samuel  Childs,  nintb  child  and  fourth  j^oij 
Samuel  nnd  Eunice  Wrij/lit  Cliilds.  b.  Sept  8»  1784,  ni.  it  ap 
peai-s  about  181:2,  Electa  — ;  she  d.  Jan.  2^K  1876. 
fEighth  Generation.  I     Children,  born  in  Deei*fl eld.  Mass, 

GOll.  i.  ALRETtT  Cutlds.  h,  Der.  m,  IQH,  in.  about  1852,  Martha  L. 

6012.  ii.  TuEoixjnE  CeiLDs,  h  April  L  1818. 

6013.  iii.  8iJ»AN  Gates  Cnn.DS,  h,  An^'.  10.  1821,  m.  May  25,  184!:*,  Caleb' 
A.  Starr, 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

€011.  i.  Albert  Child.s,  eldest  child  of  Samuel  and  Ele 
—  Childs,  b.  Dec.  28,  1814,  m.  about  1852,  Martha  L— . 
[Ninth  Genemtton.]    Children,  bom  in  Deerfleld,  Mass 

6014.  i.  Theodore  Cnti.Ds,  b,  Mch.  10,  1853. 

6015.  ii,  A  dftnght(*r  unchristened,  h.  Dec.  19,  1854. 
6010,  iii.  Annas  Cnri-DJ?,  h,  Sept.  27,  1857. 

[Eighth  Generation,] 

6013,  iii.  Susan  Gates  Chilus,  third  child  and  only  dau. 
of  Sunjuel  and  ElecUi  Chikk  b,   Aug.  10^  1821,  ni.  May  25" 
1848,  Caleb  A.  Starr. 
[Ninth  Generation]    Children,  born  in  Deerfield,  Mass, 

6017,  i.  Mary  Houohton  Btakr,  b,  April  \H,  1849, 

6018.  ii    William  Weslev  Stark,  b,  Jan  9.  1851. 

[Seveath  Generation.] 

5988.  X,  Cephas  CHitns,  tenth  rhild  and  6fth  son  of ! 
nel  and  Eunice  Wriglit  Chilri^,  h  Feb.  2. 1787,  m.  about  18C 
Eleanor  Root.     He  cl.  April  14,  18SI,     She  d.  Sept  13,  186(1 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children,  Ixirn  in  Springfield  and  Deerfleld,  Mass.' 

noiU    i.  Lemcel  Ciur.DH,  b.  Mity  13,  1810,  m  1847,  Almira  Allen. 

0020,  ii.  Franklin  Cniht>B,  b.  Oct  31.  1813,  d.  June  8,  1840. 

603L  iii.  Geoh<*e  CniLi>s,  b.  Dee   13,  1814. 

60a2.  iv    Caiuiijnb  CHTLD8,  b  Nov,  10,  1818. 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  619 

6023.  V.  Jonathan  Root  Childs,  b.  May  10,  1822. 

6024.  vi.  Cephas  Root  Childs,  b.  Aug.  26,  1S24. 

[Eighth  Generation. J 

6019.  i.  Lemuel  Childs,  eldest  child  of  Cephas  and  Eleanor 
Eobert  Childs,  b.  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  May  18,  1810,  m.  about 
3847,  Almira  Allen. 
Ninth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Deerfield.  Mass. 

6025.  i.  Edward  Smead  Childs,  b.  Mch  22,  1848. 

6026.  ii.  George  Franklin  Childs,  b.  Jan.  30.  1850. 

6027.  iii.  Julia  Ella  Childs,  b.  Dec.  14, 1852,  m.  Dec.  28,  i870.  Walter 
Arnold. 

6028.  iv.  Mary  Jane  Childs,  b.  Oct.  14,  1854. 

6029.  V.  Jonathan  R.  Childs,  b.  June  27,  1862,  in  Springfield,  Mass. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

6027.  iiL  Julia  Ella  Childs,  third  child  and  eldest  dau. 
of  Lemuel  and  Almira  Allen  Cliilds,  b.  Dec.  14,  1852,  m.  Dec. 
28,  1870,  Walter  Arnold. 
I  Tenth  Generation.  J    Child : 

6030.  i.  Ella  Maud  Arnold,  b.  Jan.  1878. 

[Fifth  Generation  ] 

5834.  iv.  David  Childs,  fourth  child  and  third  son  of  Sam- 
uel and  Hannah  Barnard  Childs,  b.  in  Deerfield,  Masa,  Mch. 
23,  1718,  m.  Feb.  28, 1744,  Eebecca  Arms.  He  d.  May  8, 1760. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Deerfield,  Mass. 

6031.  i.  Rebecca  Childs,  b.  Feb.  8,  1745. 

6032.  ii.  Abigail  Childs,  b.  Dec.  21,  1747,  m.  Dec.  17,  1767,  Wait- 
still  Hawks. 

6033.  iii.  David  Childs,  b.  April  11,  1750,  d.  June  13,  1760. 

6034.  iv.  Lemuel  Childs,  b.  Mch.  24,  1752,  m.  Rebecca  — . 

60a5.  V.  Ruth  Childs,  b.  Aug.  12,  1754,  m.  Dec.  10. 1773,  Israel  Nims. 

6036.  vi.  Joanna  Childs,  b.  Sept.  29,  1767,  m.  Feb.  18,  1778,  Peter 
Gates. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

6034.  iv.  Lemuel  Childs,  fourth  child  and  second  son  of 
David  and  Rebecca  Arms  Childs,  b.  Mch.  24,  1 752,  m.  about 
1778,  Rebecca  — . 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Deerfield.  Mass. 

6037.  i.  Joanna  Childs,  b  Sept.  5.  1779. 

6038.  ii.  Rebecca  Warner  Childs,  b.  Jan.  15,  1781. 
{Sixth  Generation.] 

6035.  v.  Ruth  Childs,  fifth  child  and  third  dnu.  of  David 
and  Rebecca  Arms  Childs,  b.  Aug.  12,  1754,  m.  Dec.  10, 1773, 
Israel  Nimp. 

ISeventh  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Deei-field,  Mass. 

6039.  i.  Jeremiah  Nims,  b.  Mch.  2,  1776. 

6040.  ii.  Rebeckad  Nims  b.  Nov.  10,  1777,  d.  Dec.  13.  1778. 


620 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH. 


av)41.  iiL  Eebeckah  Nihs.Sd,  b.  Sept.  9,  1779, 

6042.  iv,  Pliny  NiMS,  b  July  12,  1791. 

[Fifth  Generation.J 

5835.  V  Jonathan  Chllds,  fourth  son  (or  twin  with  David 
Childs),  of  Surnuel  and  Hannah  Barnard  Childs,  b.  Mch.  23, 
1718.  m.  about  1739,  Rebecca  Scott,  who  was  b.  Jan.  9,  170^ 
Mr.  Jonathan  Childs  was  born  in  Deerfield^  but  early  removi 
to  Harciwick,  Worcester  county,  Mass,,  where  he  died  Mo 
18^  1793»  80  75.  Mrs.  Rebecca  Childs  was  a  woman  of 
veHous  health  and  strength,  and  lived  to  moi'e  than  roand  tl 
hundred  and  first  year.  It  is  said  she  could  lift  a  barrel  ( 
cider  from  the  cart  outside  the  door,  and  bring  it  into 
house  without  help.  She  died  in  1809.* 
rSixth  Genemtion.]    ChjJdren: 

6043.  i.  JEitsiK  Ciiin>s,  h.  Oct.  1740. 
e044.  )i.  HANfjAH  Childs,  b.  Sept,  17,  1742. 
6045.  iii.  Ebenbzer  Cuildb,  b.  Jan.  25,  1744,  m.  Nov.  15»  1769,  Abii 

Willis. 
6O40.  iv.  Joi:*EPH  Guilds,  b,  Mch.  3,  1746.  m,  Susanna  Tr*sk. 
6047.  V.  Jonathan  Childs,  Jr.,  b.  Oct.  13,  1748.  d.  young. 
<M)48.  vi.  Elizabeth  Chords,  b.  Nov.  29.  1750, 
tf04y.  viL  MosKS  Childs.  b.  April  3,  1752. 

6050.  viii.  Sarah  Cnn.Ds.  b.  April  2,  1755. 

6051.  ix.  Jonathan  Chtlds,  2d,  b.  Oct.  24,  1756,  m.  1st,  DeliTcmnce 
FreemutK  rn.  2tl,  Annn  Thamj  son. 

6052.  X.  Rebecca  Childs,  b.  Oct.  8,  1758. 
§053.  xi.  David  Childk,  b    Nuv.  16,  1760,  m.  nboitt  <7»6,  Lydim 

men  way. 
6054.  xii   Sarah  Guilds,  2d,  h.  April  22, 1763. 

[Sixth  Generation. ] 

6045.  iii.  Ebenezer  Childs,  third  cLild  and  second  son  ( 
Jonathan  and  Rebecca  Scott  Childs,  b.  Jan.  25,  1T44,  cried 
Hardwick  for  marriage  to  Abis^rail  Willis,  Nov.  15,  1769, 
d.  Mrh.  7.  1801i     She  d.  Dec.  26,  ISIO. 
[Seventh  (ItMieraiioti J     Children: 

0055.  i.  Betsey  Chh.ds,  b.  ar  Xew  Salem,  Mft«8,  Mny  87,  1773,  d.  18 

0056.  ii.  Ben  J  AM  LN  Willis  Childs.  b  at  Barre.  M««s.,  Oct  5,  177*.  i 
Anna  Washburn. 

6057.  iii.  Moses  Childb,  b  at  Barre.  Mass.,  July  6,  1777. 

6058    iv.  Ebenezer  Childj?,  Jr,  b  tit  Hardwick,  Mass.,  Mch.  21,1784*1 
d.  Meh.  7.  1786. 

605fl.  V.  Ebenezer  Childs.  2d.  b.  at  Hardwick,  Mass.,  Jnly  2  Hf^T.  m. 
1st,  ilaiinah  Lowell;  m.  2d,  Pede  Johnson;  m  3d,  Mary  Bullen 

6060.  vi.  Anna  Childs,  b.  — ;  in.  —  Tenney  of  Barre.  Mass. 

*  We  have  faUed  lo  obtAin  ■»  complete  s  record  of  the  deKendaDta  or  Joofttbu  ip4 
Rebecca  i^coU  OblMe  ^9  we  cotlM  wteb,  thoa^h  no  lutUble  effort  on  onr  part  h§»^^ 
WAOtiog. 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  621 


[Seventh  Generation.] 

6056.  ii,  Benjamin  W.  Childs,  eldest  son  and  serond  child 
of  Ebenezer  and  Abigail  Willia  Childs,  b.  Oct.  1774^  m,  about 
1798,  Anna  Washburn.  She  was  b.  May  21,  17S0,  and  d.  Oct 
1844,  They  lived  for  several  yeai^s  in  Barro,  Masa,  and  raised 
a  large  family*  He  was  for  many  years  a  deucxm  in  the  Con- 
gregational church  in  Barre,  and  held  in  high  esteem  ;  he  died 
Jan.  13,  1838. 
[Ki^hth  fSenuration/J     Children,  born  in  liarrtv  Mass. 

mmi.  I  Brkjamin  Willis  Childh,  Jr.,  b  Nov.  »j.  1799.  m  JutL  24, 
1837.  Elizabeth  South  wort  b. 

60«i.  ii.  TnvPiiBNr.v  C^hilds,  b.  Aug,  13.  \&n,  m.  Ely  Copley. 

6063.  iii.  Alhelia  Childs,  b   Jun*?  28  1803»  ra   Wm,  Biirnap. 

60fi4.  iv.  Evelina  Childs,  b.  May  28,  1805,  d.  J«n.  3L  184'2. 

(1065,  V,  Fuankltk  U  CI1ILD8.  b.  Sept.  10.  1807,  m.  Marg^iirer  Marsh. 

6066,  vi.  Tylek  C^hilds,  b.  June  18*  1800,  ni,  Nuney  Willinnis. 

6067,  vii.  Marten  Ldtreu  Childs.  b  June  2,  1811,  m.  Jan.  (3.  1840, 
Mercy  Holmes  Chapiu. 

6068,  viii.  Ann  W,  Childs,  I*  May  26,  1813,  m.  1st,  Oct  18.  1832, 
Lyman  Hawks;  lu.  2d.  1840,  Elitis  Ayres, 

GOaO.  ix.  Julia  Ann  CiirLOR,  h.  Aprils,  1815,  m.  Oct.  1838,  Rev.  Gideon 
Dana  of  Amherst.     They  had  only  anv  uhild  which  died  in  infancy. 

6QTQ  X,  Alkxasdbb  Hanson  Guilds,  b.  Feb  26,  1817,  m.  Phelw 
Htevens. 

I     6071.  xi.  William  Allen  Crilds,  b   June  2.  1820.  m.  Oet.  29.  184'$. 
Olive  Hinckley. 
0072.  xii.   Elixabrth  Ho\T  Chtlds  b  Jan.  21,  IH'26.  d.  1850. 
r 


[Eighth  UenerAtioii  J 

*i06L  I  Benjamin    Willis  Chili>>.  Jr.,   eldest  child  of 
rBenjamin  W*  and  Anna  Wa,^hbnrn  Childs,  b.  in  Barre,  Mass,, 
'Nov.   B,    171*9,  OL   Jan.  24,  18*27,  Elizabeth  South  worth.     He 
died  in  1867. 

rrinth  Generation.]     Children: 
6073.  i,  ANNA  CniLi>B,  h.  Dee.  10.  1827,  nnraarried. 
60^4,  ii.  A  son  uiiehristened. 
6075    iii.  Fanny  Cho.dj*,  h.  Mch.   21,  1834.   m,    Haniard    V^asHiilJ;    no 
chUflren. 

6076.  iv.  Benjamin  Willis  Childs,  Jr,  b,  Jjin.  15,  1839,  m»  Sept.  30 » 
^^865,  Maria  Chamberlain. 

I      t^'inth  Generation.] 

6076.  IV.  Benjamin  Willis  Childs,  Jr.,  fourth  child  and 
second  son  of  Benjamin  W.  and  Elisixbeth  Sonthworth  Childs, 
h.  Jan.  15,  1839,  m.  Sept.  20,  1865,  Maria  Chamberlain. 
(Tenth  Generation,]     Children: 

6077.  i.  Thomas  Childs,  h.  Aug.  13,  1800. 

6078.  ii.  Fannie  Makia  CniLiis,  b,  Jan   3,  1868: 
607d*  iii,  Alice  LotiieE  Childs,  b.  Aug.  23,  187B 


I 


023 


BAHNSTABLE  BRANCH. 


0080.  iv.  MABEt  Chambehlaik  Childs,  b.  Nov.  13»  1875. 

6081.  V.  Annie  C.  CHtn>e,  b.  Sept.  29,  1877. 

[Eighth  Generation.  1 

6062.  ii,  Tkyphenia  Childs,  second  child  and  eldest  dao. 
of  Benjamin  W.  and  Anna  Wasbbuni  Childs,  b.  in  Barre, 
Mass.,  Aug.  13,  1S(»K  m.  Feb.  16,  1829,  Eli  Cooley  of  SouiU 
Deerfield,  Mass. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    v  inUJivu; 

6082.  i.  Dennis  Coolby,  b.  Dec.  1.5,  1829.  m.  May  11,  1855,  Celeitia  ] 
Hawks. 

6083.  ii.  Mahia  P.  Cooi-bt*  h.  Sept.  4,  1832.  m.  Aug.  7,  1852,  Alfomo  : 
Graves* 

6084.  uL  CuARLBfl  COOLBV.  b.  Nov.  19.  1834.  m  — . 
G08d.  IV.  Tkrtius  C.  Cooley,  b.  Oct.  24, 1837,  m.  Nov.  19,  186S.  Mary 

Bates  of  Wisconsin, 

6090.  V.  Ehtly  G.  CoaLBY,  b.  Jan.  20. 1840,  m.  Augustus  Bates  of  H«dlef  ~ 
Mas.4. 

6087,  vi.   HArtRiKT  N.  Cooley,  b.   May  9,  1843.  m.  Jan,  21.  1860.   Oeov 
W.  Chi  rk  of  East  Hampton,  Mass. 

TNinth  Generation.] 

608*J.  i.  Dennis  Cooley,  eldest  child  of  Trjphenia  ChiT 
and  Eli  Cooley,  b.  Dec.   15,  1829,  m.  May  11,  1S55,  Celestii 
M.  Hawka 

[Tenth  Generation.]     Cliild: 
(i088   i.  Emma  C.  Cooley.  k  April  94,  1858,  d  July  29,  iai9. 

[Ninth  Generation,] 

6063.  ii.  Maeia  F.  Cooley^  second  child  and  eldest  dau.  of 
Tryphcria  Childs  and  Eli  Cooley,  h.  Sept  4,  1832,  m.  Aug.  7^ 
1852,  Alfonso  K.  Graves* 
[Tenth  Generation.]     Children  : 

6080.  i.  Emma  T.  Graves,  b.  Oct,  4,  IS.'SQ. 

6090   ti    Raynold  C.  Graves,  b.  July  14,  1857. 

6091.  ill.  Hattie  Graves,  b.  Oct,  24.  18fl0. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

6085.  iv.  Tertius  0.  OooLEY,  fourth  child  and  third  SOD 
Tiyplienia  Chikls  and  Eli  Cooley,  b.  Oct  24,  18^*7,  m.Nov,  19, 
]  86S,  Mary  A.  Bates. 
[Tenth  Generation.]     Child: 

6()S12.  i    JEsstB  Ida  Coolby,  b.  April  5.  1872. 

fKinth  General  ii)n.  ] 

60S7.  vi.  Hattie  N.  Cooley,  sixth  cjiild  and  third  dau.  o£, 
Tryphena  Childs  and  Eli  Cooley,  b.  May  9,  1843,  m.  Jan.  81, 
lS6i>,  Geo.  W.  Clark.     She  died  Nov,  28,  1874. 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  623 

[Tenth  Generation  ]    Children: 

0093.  i.  Arthur  Ci.ark,  /  -_.__    (  b.  Jan.  10, )  d.  June  14,  1870 

6094.  ii.  Aknie  Clark,    f  ^WIBS.  ^ .     jg^Q^     ^ 

6095.  iii.  Hattie  L.  Clark,  b.  Nov.  21,  1871. 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

6063.  iii.  Aurelia  Childs,  third  child  and  second  dau.  of 
Benjamin  W.  and  Anna  Washburn  Childs,  b.  in  Barre,  Mass., 
June  28,  1803,  m.  Wm.   Burnap  of  Paxton,  Mass.     She  died 
Mch.  8,  1868. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

6096.  i.  Julia  Burnap. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6065.  V.  Franklin  L.  Childs,  fifth  child  and  second  son 
of  Benjamin  W.  and  Anna  Washburn  Childs,  b.  in  Barre, 
Mass.,  Sept  10,  1807,  m.  Oct.  6,  1840,  at  Urba-na/ Champaign 
county,  Ohio,  Margaret  Marsh  of  Beekmantown,  Clinton  county, 
N.  Y.     Resides  at  Marysville,  Ohio. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

6097.  i.  Martha  E.  Childs,  b.  in  Urbana,  0..  Aug.  2,  1842.  d.  at  Marys- 
ville. Mch.  17.  1864. 

'  6098.  ii.  Anna  E    Childs.  b.  in  Urbana,  0.,  Aug.  26, 1844,  m.  Jan.  3, 
1866,  Professor  T.  S.  Evans. 

6099  iii.  Esther  A.  Childs,  b.  in  Woodstock,  0.,  Mch.  25,  1848,  m. 
Sept.  9,  1869   W.  T.  Caldwell,  and  resides  in  Chicago,  III. 

6100  iv.  Charles  H.  Childs,  b.  in  Marysville.  O.,  Dec.  23,  1^61,  Re- 
sides in  Marysville.  0. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6066.  vi.  Tyler  Childs,  sixth  child  and  third  son  of  B,en- 
jamin  W.  and  Anna  Washburn  Childs,  b.  in  Barre,  Mass., 
June  18, 1809,  m.  Nancy  Williams  of  Vermont.  Is  in  the  milk 
trade.     Residence,  Springfield,  Mass. 

[Ninth  (feneration]    Children: 

6101.  i.  Francis  Lee  Childs,  b.  in  Montague,  Mass.,  July  3, 1831,  m. 
Sept.  26.  ia58.  Olive  W.  Markham,  dau.  of  Vine  and  Polly  Markham  of 
Albion,  Calhoun  county,  Mich.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Markham  were  among  the 
first  settlers  in  Albion  and  much  esteemed  for  moral  worth,  and  for  their 
efficiency  in  laying  the  foundations  of  a  prosperous  society  in  the  infancy 
of  this  town.  Mrs.  Markham.  whose  deatli  occurred  July  26,  1880.  at  the 
liouse  of  her  daughter  Mrs.  F.  L.  Childs,  in  Rockford,  11  .,  at  80  years  of 
age.  was  one  of  the  charter  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Albion, 
Mich.,  organized  in  1836-7.  She  was  an  earnest,  energetic  lady,  whose 
christian  zeal  and  self-sacrificing  effort  imparted  life  and  growth  to  ihe 
church. 

Mr.  Childs  was  married  in  Iowa  City.  Iowa,  by  Rev.  Peter  S.  Van  Est. 
Mr.  Childs  graduated  at  the  Normal  school  of  Westfield.  Mass..  Feb.  27, 
1855.  With  the  characteristic  energy  of  his  race,  he  started  out  in  life  with 
the  laudable  ambition  of  building  his  fortune  from  the  application  of  his 
energies  to  such  enterprises  as  promised  the  best  results.  For  ten  years  he 
followed  school  teaching  as  professor  in  Worcesl  er.  Brookfield.  and  Brimfield, 
Mass..  and  later  in  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  where  he  erected  a  building  for  echo)! 


6M 


BAKNSTABLE  BRAXCH. 


purposes  in  which  he  taught  for  several  years.     He  beeune  identifled  in  i 
material  interests  in  thiji  growing  town,  and  a  leader  in  all  activ<.^  lunvtt 
raents  promising  general  prosperitj«  such  as  orgaiii2ing  and  c 
Sabbatn  dchoctb.  and  giving  tone  to  the  observance  of  rehgions  in- 
After  several  years  of  thorough  pioneer  hilnir  in  this  town  he  retunu*!  ro] 
MA&yKhiisett«  and  devoted  himself  to  teaching  and  trade  for  a  while,  whe 
he  returned  to  the  West  and  entered  upon  teaching  in  the  city  of  1> 
Mich.,  under  very  au_spieiou5   circumstance*;  hi^  pupils   numbering 
and  requiring  a  Itir^e  corps  of  eflScient  assistants.     In  the  height 
success  his  health  failed,  when  he  wits  com^jelled  to  give  up  his  »ehoi>l  i 
seek  for  restoration  of  health  In  less  exacting  duties.     The  Northwest, 
the  region  of  Lake  Superior,  opened  a  new  field  for  future  work  in  the  tine 
of  the  hook  trade  which  bears  a  kinship  to  all  his  habits  of  life^ 

6102.  ii.  JiLiA  Augusta  Chtlds.  b.  June  18, 1838. 

6108.  iii.  Geo.  Chambehlaij*  CaiLDe,  b.  Sept  15, 1844.  was  drowoad  i 
the  Connecticut  river,  Sept.  18,  18ti2. 

6104.  iv.  Haiti E  L.  Childs,  b,  Feb.  7,  18«8, 

f Eighth  Generation. J 

fiO(57»  vii.  Dea.  Martin  Ll'ther  Childs,  seventh  child  In? 
fourth  son  of  Benjamiy  W.  and  Anna  Waishburn  Child^^ 
in  Barre,  Mass.,  June  2,  1811,  m.  Jan.  6,  184Q,  Mercy  Holme 
Chapin.     She  was  b.  Aug.  17.  1816*     He  was  one  of  the  fir 
deacons  in   the   Seeond   Congregational  ehurch   in  Holyokc 
Mass.      He  is  large! v  engaged   in  the  manufacture  of  briefc 
Residence,  Springfield,  Mass. 
[Ninth  Generation. J    ChiJdrt'n: 

6105.  i.  AiTGCsTUB  LuTHEU   C'bilos,  b.   in   Fitehbtirg»  Mii«5.»  Oct 
1640.  m.  Jan   1,  1808,  Martha  Hiee. 

n\m.  ii.   Henhv  Mahtin  CHtLDB,b.  in  Springfield,  Ma^,.  June  11,  lSt5. 
d.  ?->pt.  17.  1845. 

6107,  iii.  Ellen  Julia  (^hilds,  b.  in  Springfield.  Mass..  Nov,  24,  1848. 
m.  Dec  10,  1808,  Hpury  L.  Searle 

0108.  iv.  FRBDeiHKrK  Ltman  Thilds.  b.  in  So.  Hadle^.  Mas^.  Get, 
1861:  a  maehinist  in  Braltteboro,  Vt 

tJlOO.  V.  ALBKitT  Chapin  Ciiildw.  b.  in  Sprinefield.  Mas>,  Jan.  17,  1880 
is  a  book-keeper  k>r  a  wholesale  grain  firm  in  V*  ilbraham,  Mass, 

[Ninth  Generation  J 

6105.  i    At^GtiSTrs  LrrHKU  Childs,  eldest  rhild  of  Detu 
Martin  L.  and  Menzj  Holmes  Chapin  Childs,  b.  in   Fitchburg^j 
MasA,  Oct.  28,  1840,  m.  Jan.  1,  1868,  Martha  Riiie. 
[Tenth  Generation  ]    Children,  liorn  in  Springfield,  Masn. 

flllO.  (.  Wilms  Aigustus  Ciiilds,  b  Nov.  9,  1800. 

lUll.  ii    AnTnrn.  Rive  Childs,  b.  1871,  d.  same  year. 

01 13.  iii.  Robert  Pkkntiss  UniLt^s,  b.  May  31.  1874 
[Ninth  Generation,] 

6107.  iii.  Ellen  Jtlia  Ciiilds,  third  cliild  and  eldest 
of  Dea  Martin  Luther  and  Mercy  Holmes  Chapin  Childs*  bJ 
in  Springfield,  Mass.,  Nov.  24,  1846,  m.  Dec.  10,  1868,  Henry] 
Lyman  Searle     He  wa.s  b.  Oct  24,  18-^6.      Kesidence,  Spring- 
iield,  Mass. 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  625 

[Tenth  Generation.] 
6118.  i.  Frbdehick  Albert  Sbable,  b.  Dec.  15,  1869. 

6114.  ii.  Franklin  Henry  SEAnLE,*b.  Dec.  16. 1871. 

6115.  iii.  Alfred  Luther  Searls«  b.  Mch  6.  1875. 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

6068.  viii.  Ann  W.  Childs,  eighth  child  and  fourth  dau.  of 
Benjamin  W.  and  Anna  Washburn  Childs,  b.  in  Barre,  Mass., 
May  26,  1813,  m.  1st,  Oct  1,  1832,  Lyman  Hawks.  He  d. 
Feb.  18,  1839;  m.  2d,  in  1840,  Elias  Ayrea  She  resides  in 
Prince  Williams  county,  Va. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children:    By  1st  marriage. 

6116.  i    George  C.  Hawks,  b.  Mch.  10.  1836,  d.  Sept.  25,  1863,  unm. 

6117.  ii.  Elvira  Childs  Hawks,  b.  July  11.  1838,  m.  April  4,  1866, 
Henry  Ayrps. 

By  2d  marriage. 

6118.  iii.  Martha  A.  Ayres,  b.  Feb.  12,  1845,  m.  Jan.  6,  1869,  Charles 
E.  Donehue. 

6119.  iv.  Ellen  E.  Atres,  b.  Mch.  31,  1847,  unmarried. 

6120.  V.  Emma  V.  Ayres,  b  Mch.  25,  1849,  unmarried. 

6121.  vi.  James  T.  Ayres,  b.  June  22,  1851.  unmarried. 

6122.  Wi.  Daniel  W.  Ayres,  b.  Feb.  17, 1853,  unmarried. 
[Ninth  Generation.] 

6117.  ii.  Elvira  C.  Hawks,  second  child  of  Ann  W.  Childs 
and  Lyman  Hawks,  b.  July  11,  1838,  m.  April  4,  1866,  Henry 
J.  Ayres. 

[Tenth  Generation.] 

6123.  i.  Anna  W.  Ayres,  b.  Aug.  3,  1871. 
6124   ii.  Mary  Ellen  Ayres,  b.  Feb.  24, 18T3. 

6125.  iii.  Eva  V.  Ayees.  b.  Dec.  8, 1874. 

6126.  iv.  Geo  Hawks  Ayres,  b.  Nov.  7,  1876. 

6127.  V.  J.  Wilbur  Ayees,  b.  Nov.  22, 1878 
[Ninth  Generation.]  ^ 

6118.  iii.  Martha  A.  Ayres,  thii-d  child  of  Ann  W.  Childs 
and  eldest  by  Elias  Ayres,  b.  Feb.  12,  1845,  m.  June  6,  1869, 
Charles  E.  Donehue. 

(Tenth  Generation.]    Children: 

6128.  i.  Alvan  T.  Donehue,  b.  Oct.  18,  1869. 

6129.  ii.  Emma  E.  Donehue,  b.  June  20, 1871. 

6130.  iii.  Maud  E.  Donehue,  b.  Sept.  4,  1872. 
•6131.  iv.  Gertrude  B.  Donehue,  b.  Nov.  26,  1873. 

6132.  V.  Sallie  A-  Donehue,  b.  Jan.  5,  1875. 

6133.  vi.  Charles  J.  Donehue,  b.  Oct.  13,  1877. 

6134.  vii.  Mary  E.  Donehue,  b.  Mch.  20,  1879. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6070.  X.  Dea.  Alexander  Hanson  Childs,  tenth  child 
and  fifth  son  of  Benjamin  W.  and  Anna  Washburn  Childs, 


BAEN8TABLE  BRANCH- 

b.  in  Barre,  Mass.,  Feb    26,   1817,  m.  Nov.  28,  1839,  Phe 
Stevens.     Is  a  coal  dealer  in  Holyoke,  Mas;^. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

6135.  i.  Levi  Alexajidre  Chiij»8,  b.  OvL  31.  1840,  in.   May   21,  IH 
Lftura  Farr. 

6136.  ii.  Mary  Ann  Childs,  b.  Aug.  14*  1845,  in.  June  3,  1869,  Robert 
Prenlias.     No  tihildren. 

[Ninth  Generation  ] 

6135.  L  Levi  Alexander  Childs,  eldest  child  of  Deac 
AlexandeivHansonand  Phebe  Stevens  Childs,  b.  Oct  31,, 
m.  May  21,  1862,  Umro,  Farr. 
[Tenth  Oeneriition.  |     Child : 

6137.  i,  Viola  L  Child?,  l>.  Oct>  30,  1863. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

607L  xi.  William  Allkn  Childs,  eleventh  child  and  sL 
son  of  Benjamin  W.  and  Anna  Washburn  Cliilds,  b.  in  Bar 
Mass.,  Jan.  2,  182(i,  m.  Oct  29;  1845,  Olive  A,  Hinkley, 
[Ninth  GenerHtion.J    Children: 

«n38.  i.  Henky  H.  CniLDs.  b,  July  10,  1817,  m.  Jan.  I,  1868. 

6130.  ii,  Benjamin  Hanson  Cmilds,  b.  Oct  17,  1848,  m.  July  31,  18f?S, 
lantha  M.  Smith. 

6140   iii.  Chahles  Hanson  Cuilds,  b.  Sept.  28,  1850,  unmarried. 

6141.  iv.  Amy  Elizabeth  Childs,  b.  Dec.  8,  1854,  tl.  — . 

6142.  w.  Gaurik  AuHELiA  Childs,  b.  Sept  11,  1850,  d.  — . 

6143.  vi.  Elm  Bit  Ellsworth  rinLos.  b.  Sept  11,  186L 

[Ninth  Genenui<*n.j 

6138.  i.   Henhy  U.  CHiLDi>,  eldest  son  of  William  Alleo^ 
and  Olive  A.   Hinkley  Childa,  b.  July  19,  1S47,  m.  Jim. 
1868,  — . 
[Tenth  Genemiion.J    Children:  

RH4.  i.  <JErti'nuDE  Fkan^es  Ciiildb.  b.  Dec.  24,  1868. 

6145.  ii.  (iEotUJK  E.  Childs,  K  July  9.  1870. 

6140.  ill.  Olive  E,  Childs,  b.  Dec.  1,  1872. 

6147.  iv   Chahlkj*  H.  Childs,  b.  Sept.  13,  1874 

6148.  V,  WjllardT  CHILD8,  b.J Illy  20.  1876. 
6140.  vi.  Fkedehick  H  Childs,  b.  Feb.  28,  1878 
6150.  vii.  KoBEKT  8.  CH1LD9,  b.  Dec.  26.  1879 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

(>LS1^.  ii.  Benjamin  Hanson  Cbilds,  second  child  nni 
of  William  Allen  and  Olive  A.  Hinklev^  Childs.  b.   Ort  ll 
184^  m.  July  21,  1875,   lantba  M.  Smith. 
[Tenth  UenerationJ     C'hildren: 

6151    i.  William  Heubeut  Childs,  h,  Oct  22,  1876. 

6ir>J,  ii,  Bkhnice  C'HiLDS,  b.  Aug.  7,  1878. 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  627 

[Seventh  Generation.]  .    . 

6059.  V.  Ebenezer  Chilus,  2d,  fifth  child  and  fourth  son 
of  Ebenezer  and  Abigail  Willis  Childs,  b.  in  Hardwick,  Mass., 
July  2,  1787,  m.  1st,  Hannah  Lowell;  she  d.  July  16,  1834, 
leaving  no  children ;  m.  2d,  Pede  Johnson,  who  d.  Jan.  30, 
1854,  le  54  years ;  m.  3d,  Mary  Bullen,  who  d  Feb.  14,  1876. 
He  d.  Sept  1,  1874,  se  87.  Mr.  Childs  bore  a  conspicuous 
part  in  the  war  of  1812  with  Great  Britain.  He  held  the  oflSce 
of  Captain  in  the  9th  Eeg't  U.  S.  Eegulars,  and  fought  in  the 
battles  of  Sacketts  Harbor  and  Fort  Erie,  receiving  wounds 
which  entitled  him  to  a  pension  of  $240  a  year  which  he  con- 
tinued to  draw  for  over  fifty  years.  Mr.  Childs  was  a  man  of 
much  public  spirit,  known  as  a  hard  shell  Baptist,  and  influ- 
ential in  that  denomination.  He  contributed  liberally  towards 
the  building  of  the  1st  Baptist  church  at  Farmington,  Maine, 
where  he  died. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children:    By  his  2d  marriage. 

6153.  i.  Calvin  Nkwton  Cullds,  b.  Jan.  15,  1838. 

6154.  ii.  James  Upiiam  Childs,  b.  Oct.  19,  1840. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

6046.  iv.  Joseph  Child,  fourth  child  and  third  son  of  Jon- 
athan and  Rebecca  Scott  Child,  b.   in  Hardwick,  Mass.,  1746, 
m.  Susanna  Trask. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

6155.  i.  Samuel  Child. 

6156.  ii.  Abigail  Child. 
6157   iii   Hannah  Child. 
6158.  iv.  Elijah  Child. 

6150.  V.  Susanna  Child,  b.  April  1781,  m.  1800,  John  Horr. 

6160.  vi.  Moses  Child,  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  June  25,  1783,  m.  April 
3,  1816,  Sarah  French. 

6161.  vii.  Eliza  Child. 

6162.  viii.  Lydia  Child,  b.  June  1790. 

6163.  ix.  Lorain  Child,      /  if™*.-    ju   Tiilv   17Q2 

6164.  X.  Diadama  Child,   \  ™^-  .}  ^'  "^^^^^  *^^^- 

6165.  xi.  Joseph  Child,  Jr.,  b.  June  1796. 

6166.  xii.  Infant  unchristened. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6159.  v..  Susanna  Child,  fifth  child  of  Joseph  and  Susanna 
Trask  Child,  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  April  1781,  m.   1800, 
John  Horr. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

6167.  i.  Isaac  Horr.  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass ,  Mch.  12.  1801. 

6168.  ii.  Lot  Horr,  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  Sept.  8,  1803. 


aAH>dTAIIL£  BKA>*JHr 


1826.  Lr 

[Eighth  iieiietmttOD,] 

«l6a  iii*  SrsAKNA  IluKK,  thirf  child  and  only  fkiL  of 
Susanna  Cliilds  and  John  Horr,  b.  in  Witre,  Ma^.,  Jan.  SO, 
lb(m.  m.  May  IS,  1S26,  Lilley  &  Manly. 
[KiDih  Generation  [    Children,  bom  in  HatdiHek,  Mass. 

11170.  I  ADA1.IKR  MA51.Y,  h.  Mch.  R  i^^. 

«I71.  ii    DwioKT  Manlt,  b.  Nov,  U.  1828,  d.  -. 

tfl72.  iiL  (JEORfiE  MA3n.T.  b.  OeL  17, 1830. 

9179.  it,  CARLiitA  Mahi^y^  b.  Jah.  20.  1833. 

«174,  T,  I'urrifEaiA  Maslt,  b.  Feb.  13, 18:i5. 

11171  Ti.  FAKJfT  MA9iLr,  b.  XoT.  5,  1830. 

6170.  vti   Clarissa  JlASLr.  b.  Jan.  11.  1839 

0177   Tin*  DiriGHT  Manlt,  2ri,  h.  Mny  13,  IS4L 

0178.  i%.  BBXJAMts  Manly,  b  Mch.  8.  184:1 

0179.  %.  Jambs  Mamly.  b  Sept.  10,  1843. 


0180.  xi.  Cbaulbs  Ma?(lt.  i 
018K  tlL  Ell&n  Maklt.     ( 


b.  I>ec.  ^.  lt*4» 


[SeYenth  Generation  | 

6160.  vL  Moses  Chii^ds,  son  of  Joseph  and  Sasanna ' 
Cbild^  b.  in  New  Salem.  Franklin  county,  Mas&,  Jane  25, 
1783,  m.  April  3.  1816,  Miss  Sarah  French  of  Amhersrt  N. 
Mr.  Moses  Childs  died  April  30,  1839,  in  Cab<»tviHe,  Mi 
aged  58,  leav-ing  three  children.      Mis.  Sarah  F.  Childs 
married   Aug.   13,   1844,  to  Mr.  Joseph  Carr  of  Boston, 
upon  his  death,  married  in  Feb.   1S63,  Mr.  Nathaniel  Sav 
of  Booton,  whorn  she  survived,  and  died  in  the  family  of 
eldest  j5on,  in  Nilas,  Mich..  Oct  13,  1879,  le  88  years,  9  ma 
[Ei|fbth  Generation  J    t*hildren: 

0182.  i   Modss  F  CaiLne.  b.  Jan.  4. 181S,  m.  Uhy  n,  1842,  Naticjr 
Horn. 

0  83.  li,  ErnnAm  F.  Childs.  b,  Dec.  35.  1821,  in*  April  0,  1841.  Maty 
Ann  Aldrifh 

0184   lit.  Saiiah   Marta  Child6.  b.   Aug,   10,  1837.  m.  Sept.  U  U 
George  D.  Baldwin. 

018J9.  iv.  Gborgb  Albert  Childs,  b  Jar.  17. 1830.  d,  Aug,  %  1807,^ 
Cftbotville,  MfiS9. 

pSighth  Generation.] 

6162.  i.  Moses  F.  Childs,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Mc 
and  Sarah  French  Childs,  b.  in  Baltimore,  Md*,  Jan*  4,  18| 
m.  in  Cabotville,  Mas&.  May  22,  1S42,  Miss  Nancy  Tan  He 
Resides  in  Niles^  Berrien  county,  Mich.     Occupation,  cat 
ter  and  joiner. 
[Ninth  Generation,]    Children: 

mm.  i.  GEORciK  A.  Childs,  b.  Mch.  4,  1845.  in  CabotYilie.  Mass. 

0187   ii.  Emma  ELrzABETw  Ooilds,  b.  Aug,  U,  1853.  in  HowArd.  Mioti 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  629 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6183.  ii.  EphraimF.  Childs,  second  son  and  child  of  Moses 
and  Sarah  French  Childs,  b.  in  Ware,  Mass.,  Dea  25,  1821,  m. 
in  Niles,  Mich.,  April  6,  1845,  Miss  Mary  Ann  Aldrich.  Mr. 
Ephraim  F.  Childs  removed  from  Massachusetts  to  Michigan 
in  the  spring  of  1840,  where  he  resided  until  the  autumn  of 

1878,  when  he  removed  to  Omaha,  Nebraska,  where  he  now 
resides. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

6188.  i.  George  R.  Childs.  b.  Nov.  16,  1846,  in  Bertram,  Mich.,  m. 
Feb.  17, 1876,  Eunice  Eliza  Abbott,  of  South  Bend.  Ind.  Resides  in  Avoca, 
Pottawattamie  county,  Iowa. 

6189.  ii.  Charles  W.  Childs,  b.  Oct.  12,  1848,  m.  Sept.  9,  1874,  Julia 
E.  Riddle. 

6190.  iii.  Jennie  E.Childj?,  b.  April  2, 1851,  m.  Jan.  27, 1877,  Chauncey 
W.  Reed. 

6191.  iv.  Frank  F.  Childs,  b.  Dec.  17,  1^57,  d.  Oct.  7, 1865,  in  Howard, 
Mich. 

6192.  V.  LuMBARD  B.  Childs,  b.  Mch.  28,  1860.  in  Howard,  Mich.  Re- 
sides in  Omaha,  Neb. 

6193.  vi.  Nellie  Maria  Childs,  b.  July  8,  1862,  d.  July  13,  1864,  in 
Howard,  Mich. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

t)189.  ii.  Charles   W.   Childs,  second  son  and  child  of 
Ephrairn  F.  and  Mary  Ann  Aldrich   Childs,  b.  in  Howard, 
Mich.,  Oct  12,  1848,  m.  in  Niles,  Berrien  county,  Mich.,  Sept. 
9,  1874,  Julia  E.  Eiddle.     Reside  in  Omaha,  Nebraska. 
[Tenth  Generation.]    Child: 

6194.  i.  Oracb  Irenb  Childs,  b.  Feb.  4,  1876,  in  Howard,  Mich. 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

6184.  iii.  Sarah  Maria  Childs,  only  dau.  of  Moses  and 
Sarah  French  Childs,  b.  in  Ware,  Mass.,  Aug.  16,  1827,  m. 
Sept  1,  1850,  in  Boston,  Mass.,  George  Dj  Baldwin,  son  of  Dr. 
Dexter  and  Caroline  Peabody  Baldwin  of  Antrim,  N.  H. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  D.  Baldwin  reside  on  Michigan  avenue, 
Chicago,  111. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

6195.  i.  Mark  Louise  Baldwin,  b.  Dec.  18,  1851,  m.  Oct.  14,  1875, 
Charles  N.  Barrett. 

6196   ii.  George  Frederick  Baldwin,  b.  Oct.  27,  1853,  m.  Feb.  27 

1879,  May  Scott  of  Boston. 

6197.  iii.  Fannie  Caroline  Baldwin,  b.  Aug.  5,  1855.  d.  Jan.  16,  1857. 

6198.  iv.  Fannie  Florence  Baldwin  b.  Feb.  10,  1859,  d.  Aug.  27, 1860. 

6199.  V.  Frank  Ward  Baldwin,  b.  Feb.  20.  1866,  d.  Mch.  5,  1868. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

6051.  ix.  Major  Jonathan  Childs,  fifth  son  of  Jonathan 
and  Rebecca  Scott  Childs,  b.  in  Hardwick,  Mass.,  Oct  24, 1756, 


630 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH, 


m.  Isi,  Deliverance  Freeman,  who  d.  Dee.  30,  1785  «!.  25:  m." 
2d,  1786,  Anna  Thompson,  who  was  b.  Feb.  29,  17<^4.     Major 
Childs  died  July  31,  1819:  hLs  widow  Mrs,  Anna  Thompson 
Child»tdiedOct  3,  1838*    Major  Childs  left  Massachusetts  when 
quite  young  and  settled  in  Wilmington,  Vt,^  whsre  he  dwelt  ilie 
remainder  of  his  long  and  active  life,  embracing  the  most  thrijj 
ling  and  soid-stirring  period  in  the  history  of  the  American  ' 
public,  when  [>ai?sing  from   colonial  dependence   upon  Gr»*4t 
Britain  to  ihe  independent  position  of  a  separate  and  uniiju*^ntt 
tionality*    The  strong  mental  forces  of  such  a  man  would  inevit- 
ably make  themselves  felt  a  power  for  good  or  ilh     A  true 
patriot,  Major  Cliilds  took  most  decided  stand  for  the  Ubertii 
of  the  yonng  confederuoy  of  American  colonies.     Possessed  < 
the  warm,  entliusiastie  temperament  characteristic  of  the 
Major  Chi  Ids  made  his  eountry*s  welfare  his  own,  and  was  oil 
of  those  Vermont  braves  whose  [jatriotism  was  a  proverb, 
commission  iis  Sergeant  of  the  5th  Company  of  Infantry, 
the  State  of  Vermont,  Judah  Moore,  Captain,  and  Josiah  Fia 
Colonel,  in  command  of  the  *M  Reg*t  in  the  2d  Briga<le, 
lovingly  cherished  by    his  venerating  grand^children.       Th 
quaint  jihraseology  and  embellished  pnge^  render  it  deserviB 
a  fac  simile  transcript  in  this  volume,  thus  placing  it  in 
keeping  of  each  descendant     Major  Childs  home  was  uponi 
farm  some  two  mites  from  the  village  of  Wilmington,  nfK>ntlj 
bank  of  the  Deerfield  river,  rendered  now  a  most  attmctii 
beautiful,  and  restful  site,  by  the  stately,  graceful  elms  whic 
so  thrive  in  the  New  England  soil  ;  many  of  these  noble  tr 
were  set  out  by  Major  Childs'  own  hand     Major  Childs  h« 
two  children  of  his  first  marriage*  but  we  have  been  unable  ' 
learn  much  of  them,  beyond  tlie  fact  that  the  daughter 
a  Mrs.  Sage, 
[Seventh  Generarion.l     ChililrHii: 

6200.  i.  A  dau.  who  m.  n  Mr.  Sage. 

eSOL  ii,  A  son. 

620-2.  iii.  Betsey  Childs,  h.  Miiy  6.  1787.  m.  Fek  9,  1815,  Thomas  Wa 

<>203.  iv.  Jxiaus  Cnn^us.  b.  Feb,  19.  I7m),  m,  Betsey  Jones. 

G301  V   ( 'L^ttiasA  Childs,  b.   Feb.  \  1703»  m.   April  18,  1814,  Sppne 


Jonathan  Childs,  Jr..  b.  Aiig.  4,  1704,  m,  June  2,  1683, ' 


Alvord, 

02U5.  vi 
thiit  fjijsk. 

mm}   vii.  Fkbvman  Crin.Ds,  b.  Feb  17.  17l»7.  m.  Dee.  18,  IS'IS,  Elisali 
Root. 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH. 


«31 


6207,  viii.  Adnab  B.  Chilbs,  b.  Feb.  a»  1799.  m.  Mch.  9,  1826,  HiUHiah 
Lamb. 

6208.  ix.  William  Childs.  b.  July  8,  1802,  m.  May  10»  1829,  Manila 
Lamb 

(^Seventh  Generation.  J 

6^02.  iii  Betsey  Chilus,  eldest  ditu.  of  Major  Jouathan 
and  Anna  Tbonipsoii  Childs,  b.  in  Wilmington,  Vt,  May  6» 
1787,  m.  Feb.  9,  1815,  Thomas  Wait,  of  Coventry,  R  L 
Mj-s.  Betsey  Childs  Wait  died  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  on  Oct 

18,  1S71,  Mr.  Wait  died  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  SO,  1830.  Mrs. 
Wait  was  a  woman  of  gre^it  energy,  some  traits  of  lier  strong 
character  were  of  that  positive  and  projective  nature,  which  we 
term  ec(^(*ntric. 

[Ei|?hth  Generation.]     Children i 

mmi  I  EuzA  AN-y  Wait,  b.  Miiy  2«,  1810,  d.  Mch.  11.  1838. 

0210,  ii  IlAaHrKT  -J.  Wait,  b.  Jaiu  5, 1810,  lit  Rodman,  Jefferson  eounty. 
N,  Y.  m.  1st.  April  8.  1S47,  Praneis  Diuia  Hyde;  in.  2d,  Sept.  23,  1857* 
Wilkrd  Gorham;  m.  ;id,  June  13.  1877.  Calvin  Wales  Alvoid. 

0211.  iii.  Orvis  C,  Wait.  b.  Sept  13,  1821,  d.  Mtih.  15,  1859. 

(Seventh  Gt^neration,] 

6203.  iv.  Jairus  Childs.  eldest  son  of  Jouatlian  artd  Anna 
Tbonipson  Childs,  b.  in  Wilmington,  Windliam  county,  Vt., 
Feb.  19,  1790,  m.  abont  1814^,  Betsey  Jones^  who  was  b.  Nov. 

19,  1795,  in  Dover,  Vt  Mr  Jairus  Childs  resided  in  his  native 
town,  and  there  reared  a  goodly  family,  now  widely  scattered. 
Mrs.  Betsey  Jones  Childs  died  Mch,  10, 1836.  Mr.  Childs  snr^ 
vived  bat  a  short  time  dying  Jnly  3,  1837. 

[Eigbtii  GenerntionJ    Children: 

6212.  i.  Lab.\x  Jones  Chi Lt»»,  b.  Mch.  :il,  1815,  m.  Aug  3,  1837,  Betsey 
Ba^sett. 

6213.  ii.  Ai>EN  Tnniii^sox  Childs.  b.  April  27.  1817,  m.  in  Whitingham, 
Vl,  Sarali  Roberts, 

0214.  iii.  Lorenzo  Whitney  Childs,  b,  July  31,  1819,  m.  April  11,  1847, 
Mary  Ernirm  Morse. 

6215.  ir.  Jairus  Frakklin  Chilus,  b,  June  10,  1822,  in.  Mana  Crossctfc 
of  Benniugton,  Vt.  Mr  Cinid>  is  a  Bapti-st  clergyman  and  i'e!*ide«  in  Des 
Moines,  Polk  county,  Town. 

min   V.  Fka\ci.s  LkKov  Childs.  b.  Sept.  22,  1825.  m.  Betsey  Johnson. 

6217.  vi.  Mahy  An.\  Chili^j*.  b.  Feb.  16,  1827.  in.  Dr.  W&kleyand  resiides 
111  Wheaton,  DuPago  t^ounry,  111. 

<>3I8.  vii.  Henry  Clay  CuiLns,  b.  May  2,  1820.  in.  Cathftrine  PHnniilfU! 
of  Wilrainj^ton,  Windhftin  eniinty,  Vt.  Mr.  iind  Mrs,  CliildiS  removed  to 
the  West  and  reside  near  Colorado  Springs ;  tliiir  P.  O  address  being  Man- 
ilou,  Paso  county.  Colorado. 

6219.   viii    DeWitt  Clinton  Chili>s,  b.  Jan.  22.  1833.  d.  Aug.  18.  1851, 

B220.  ix.  Betsey  Clarissa  Childs,  b.  Jan.  31.  183i),  d.  Mch.  15,  1836. 


e82 


BAA2ISTJLBLK  BRAXCU. 


6S12.  i.  Laba>'  Jones  CHiLDa,  eldest  son  of  Jairus  $sii 
Betsey  Jones  Childs^k  in  Wilmington,  Windham  county,  Vi 
Mch-  31,  1815,  TXL  Aug.  3, 1837,  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Dana  Hyde  i 
Biattleboro,  Yl,  Misb  Betsey  B^eett  For  two  yeara  after  hb 
marriage  Mr  diilds  resided  at  the  homestead  ;  bat  the  Bedooiik 
element  of  which  we  have  made  as  entering  somewhst 

largely  into  the  general  mental  <  3 on  of  the  Chiids  fam- 

ily, was  working  upon  Mr.  Childs'  spirits  and  made  itsdf  m&ih 
Uest  by  a  removal  to  Jacksonville,,  Vt,  where  Mr.  ChiKU  wa$ 
engaged  in  mercantile  btisine&&  Bound  to  make  gO(xl  h\& 
claim  to  the  talent  requisite  (according  to  the  proverb).  Ml 
Childs  retorned  to  Wilmington  in  1845.  built  and  kept  a  hotel 
for  some  six  years.  The  glowing  pictures  of  Western  life 
were  too  alluring  for  his  contentment,  and  in  Sept.  1852,  the 
family  removed  to  St*  Charles,  Kane  county,  111.,  and  became 
agriculturists;  but  Illinois  was  becoming  a  central  State, 
the  rich  farming  lands  of  the  rapidly  growing  State  of  loi 
were  so  attractive,  that  again  Mr.  Childs  became  a  pioneer,  and 
invested  in  a  large  farm  about  fifteen  miles  from  the  city 
Council  Bluffs,  in  Poitawattaraie  county,  Iowa.  About  thir 
years  since  Mr,  Childs  made,  as  he  thinks,  his  last  remove  a] 
became  a  resident  of  the  thriving  city  of  Council  Blufl 
Two  children,  a  son  and  daughter,  were  given  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Labm  J.  Childs,  but  the  daughter  was  early  called  to 
heavenly  home. 
[Ninth  Genemtiun.]    Children: 

a22I.  i.  Fraxiis  Laban  Childs.  1».  Feb.  26,  1S43,  m.  Mch.  1865, 
Margaret  Pewey. 

622*3    ii.  Betsey  Ellen  Childs.  b.  Nov.  22,  1860,  d.  Sept.  10,  1863. 
[N  in  til  Ge  nitration.] 

6221.  i.  Fkaxcis  Labax  Childs,  only  son  of  Laban  Jon 
and  Betsey   Bo.ssett  Cliikls,  b.  in  Jacksonville,  Vt,  Feb. 
1843,  m.  Mch.  1865,  Miss  Margaret  Dewey.     Mr.  Childs  resid 
upon  the  farm  which  his  father  laid  out  in  1S57  not  tar 
Council  BliiiT^. 
[Tenth  Geni^rution,]     Children: 

G223.  J.  Ellen  Childs. 

0234*  il.  FoiiDy  Chiliis, 

6225,  Hi.  GEoaoK  UHrLDs, 
[Eighth  Genemtioti. 

6214.  iii.  Lorenzo  Wuitnev  Childs,  third  son  of  Jair 
and  Betsey  Jones  Childs,  b.  July  31,  1819,  in  Wilmington^ 


Windham  county,  Vt ,  m.  April  6,  1847,  Miss  Mary  Ermiua 
Morse  of  New  Faiie,  Yt  Cukshiiig  the  wandering  mani:i  quite 
diffused  through  this  family  of  sons,  Mr.  Lorenzo  W.  Childs 
followed  kis  two  elder  brothers  westward,  and  established  him- 
self in  YilHsca,  Montgomery  couuty^  Iowa,  where  he  .serves 
'^Uncle  Sam"  in  the  post-otliee  department  in  that  town. 
[Ninth  GeTiemtioiu]    ChUdren: 

6*226,  i.  Adbie  Adell  C^hilds  b.  Jan.  16,  1848.  in,  M<!h.  18,  1869,  Austin 
E.  Mitchell  nf  rhnrclim,  Oliio,     Reside  now  in  Viliiscu,  Iowa. 

6227.  ii.  Frank  Cuxtox  Childs,  b.  July  12.  1853.  in  Wilmington.  Vt,, 
d.  Nov.  aO,  1853.  in  ChicB^^o.  Ill 

62S8.  Ui.  Mary  Feakcis  Childs.  b.  May  8,  1855,  in  Chicago,  III.,  m.  July 
25.  1873,  Henry  H.  McCiU-tDcy  of  Villisea,  lowii.  d.  Sept.  0,  1873,  aged  18 
years. 

6229.  iv.  EsTELLE  Maeia  <  'hilds,  h.  Sept.  10,  1&57.  in  Wheaton,  Til,  m 
May  4.  1878,  Arnold  B.  MiCouHie  of  Chicago,  III 

023a.  V.  Katie  Adah  I^hilds,  b.  Get.  1,  1865,  d.  Mav  15,  1807,  in 
Wheaton,  III 

6231.  vi.  Lorenzo  A.  Childs,  b.  Deo.  10,  1808,  in  Wheaton,  111 

0232.  vLl  Feeddie  Mather  CuUiDS^  b.  May  8,  1870,  in  VilliBca,  Iowa. 

[Ninth  Generstion.] 

6220.  iv.  EsTELLE  Maria  Childs,  third  dau.  and  fourth 
t-bild  of  Lore!izo  Whitney  and  Mary  E.  Morse  Childs^  b.  in 
Wheaton,  DuPage  county,  I]h,Sept.  10,  1857,  m.  May  4,  1878, 
in  Villisca,  Montgomery  county,  Arnold  B.  McCourtia  Resi- 
dence, Chicago,  IlL 
[Tenth  Generation.]    Child: 

0233,  i.  Frankie  Bell  McCourtje,  b.  April  16,  1870.  in  Chicago.  IlL 

[Eighth  neneration*} 

6216,  Y.  Francis  LeRuy  Childs,  fifth  son  of  Jairus  and 
Betsey  Jones  Chikk,  b.  in  Wilmington,  Yt.,  Sept.  22^  1825, 
td.  Miss  Betsey  Johnson  of  Shaftesbury,  Vt  Not  to  be  out- 
done by  his  brothers,  Mr.  Childs  pressed  toward  the  sun -setting, 
and  with  tlie  redoulii!)le  watchwords  echoing  in  his  ear,  ''  Go 
West  young  nian,*'  settled  upon  a  farm  in  Greeley,  Colorado. 
[Ninth  Generation  ]    Children  i 

0234.  i  Chables  Laba.v  Chilu^,  b.  Sept.  15,  1860.  d,  Aug.  25,  1866. 

0235,  ii.  Ellen  Dewey  Chlids,  Ik  May  8.  186SI 
6236.  Ui.  Uatford  Frank  Childs,  1).  July  27,  1871 
6337»  iv.  George  Chilbs,  b.  Jan.  10, 1877. 

[Seventh  Generation] 

6204.  V.  Clarissa  Childs,  second  dau.  of  Major  Jonathan 
and  Anna  Thompson  Childs,  b.  in  Wilmington,  Windham 
county,  Vt.,  Feb.  5,  1792,  m.  April  13,  1814,  Spencer  Alvori 


«84 


?CH. 


tm  L  0m9mwc9  Sn^ET  Ai-tobu.  k  about  ISlSu  s.  1st,  OeC   iSH. 
Sofikk  H*Mii»|pi;  n.  Sd,  Oct.  SL  Ifi&i.  Ckristt  Ha^tiii^ 
mm.  iL  CNtAAHiry  Amtab  Ai.«mzi,  b.  — :  at.  Amg.  ta  l^H,  Sanh  gopyi 

«M0.  iii  rruAEMA  Fmekmax  Alvoui,  K— :  bl  i§ff^  %  lSi4  SubivI 
Jomm  Htteh«ick     M»,  Airord  died  in  18111. 

0Ui.  tr.  BUiociA  Maua  ALromi»,  b  — :  a.  Aug,  3S.  1S45.  JMOMlwi 
SmitJi.    Brides  In  Brstdebom.  Vt. 

iML  T.  Ha»9asa  Ayy  Alvoeh,  b.— :  to.  M»t  10.  laW,  Fretfnaii  Utflipf:^. 

[Rigtkth  Cfenemtiofi.] 

dS38.  i.  Orpbeus  Sidney  Alvord,  eldes^t  ^.  d  iiii  rr.    i 
ClaiiiMa  CliUd&  and  Spencer  Alvord,  k  in  Wiimitigtitn.  Tt,. 
m.  1st,  Oct  1^9.  Sophia  Hastings :  m.  2d,  Oct.  1555,  Cbriv-v 
Hastings,  mster  of  the  first  wife 
INinih  (leoemtioiij    Child: 

^^43.  I  Owraevs  H,  Alvo&u.  b.  Xor,  27.  1$I3,  m.  Jjui,  2:!,  1801^ 
Cftrn^l  of  Dover  Vt.     He  4ie<l  in  Xew  York  Se|»l.  «v  1675. 

fRifhtb  Geoemtion.] 

6242.  V.  Barbara  Axn  Alvord.  third  dau.  and  tiftli 
of  Clarissa  Childi?  and  Spencer  Alvord,    m.    May    10,  I 
Freeman  Liithrop,  who  was  b.  July  23, 1837,  in  Hawley,  MasSi; 
a  »nn  of  George  and  Mary  Lnthrop. 
[Sintti  Gencratjoo.]    Children: 

6244.  i.  Claea  May  Lathrop,  »».  Oct.  8.  18<J6. 

6S45.  it   JEBf«t£  OiiovKR  Lathrop.  b.  JnQ.  15, 1868. 

624<}.  iii.  SiDKET  George  Lathkop,  b.  Dec.  14,  1871. 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

6205.  vi.  Jonathan  Childs,  fourth  child  and  second  R>n 
of  Major  Jonathan  and  Anna  Thompson  Childs,  K  in  Wil- 
mington, Windham  county,  Vt,  Aug.  4,  1794,  m,  about  ISSJ^H 
Cynthia  Lusk,  Mr.  and  Mi*s.  Jonathan  Childs  resided  si:»rj^^ 
years  in  Pittsford,  Monroe  county,  N.  Y.  Later  in  life  they  ] 
Vcmoved  Ui  Pottawattamie  county,  Iowa,  whei^e  they  died. 
[Ei|?htli  Generation,]     Chiliiren: 

0247,  L  John  Lusk  CHfLDs,  b.   Mch.  2.  18*33,  in.  Jan.    15,    1851, 
Van  Derlip  Merrian). 

0M8,  ii.  Gkofkik  Childh. 

6249   iii.   VVm.  F.  CiHLm.  Ii.  Aug.  6,  1834,  m.  April  4.  I860,  Add] 
J,  Snel»on, 

0250.  iv,  FKKiiERif  K  C,  Cnti.i}8>  b.  Sept.   20,  1842,  ra.  Nov.  T,  1 
Kli/,aFHHli  K\ng, 

[hjightli  G*Mienition.] 

6247,  i.  John  LrsK  ChilD8,  eldest  son  of  Jonathan  ai 
Cynthia  LuhIv  Childs,    b.  in  Williamstown,   Mass.,   MeU. 
1823,  m,  Jim.  15,  1851.  Sara   Van  Derlip  Men-iam.  dau. 


I^aac  Merriam.  The  character  of  Jr>ha  L.  Chllcls  htis  Ijeen 
drawn  in  manner  most  fitting  antl  chaste  by  his  last  pfi.-^ttir, 
^ev.  J.  0-  Means  of  Boston  Highlands^  in  a  small  vohime, 
piititled  ^'  Everywhere  a  Christian/'  from  which  we  make  some 
extracts.  The  parents  of  Mr  Childs  removed  to  Pitt.^fonl, 
Monroe  county,  N.  Y.^  when  he  was  abont  live  years  old,  and 
such  opportunities  as  the  village  pnblic  school,  and  good  home 
training  afforded  were  his  until  he  was  fourteen,  when  at  his 
own  request  he  was  permitted  Xaj  enter  a  store  as  clerk  :  here 
very  strong  temptations  were  about  him,  but  he  was  delivered 
and  enabled  to  acquire  a  reputation  for  perfect  integrity  and 
more  than  usual  ability.  At  this  period  he  adoj>ted  Cliancellur 
Kent's  course  of  reading,  and  to  this  in  after  years  ascribed 
his  literary  tastes  and  cultura  His  eighteenth  year  was  spent 
in  the  Iligh  School  of  Hoehester,  N.  Y.,  with  a  qaiekened  un- 
derstanding and  love  for  study  which  iiisnred  liim  suecesa 
From  these  pursuits  he  was  recaltetl  by  the  creditoi's  of  his 
late  employer,  (whose  affairs  had  become  embaiTassed)  for 
upon  examination  of  the  books  kept  by  him^  they  were  anxiuns 
to  put  the  business  into  his  bands  to  be  closed,  a  task  he  ac- 
complished most  satisfactorily.  At  this  time  he  became  deej)* 
ly  impressed  with  the  duty  of  personal  acceptance  of  the  truths 
of  Christianity,  and  thereafter  his  life-light  shone  with  steadily 
increasing  lustre  till  merged  in  the  brighter  light  of  heaven. 
-  Mr.  Childs  went  to  Boston,  in  1844,  and  entered  a  jobbing 
■louse,  upon  a  salary  so  small  as  to  be  inade^juate  to  his  needs 
but  for  previous  economy.  He  promptly  connected  himself 
with  the  church  of  which  Dr.  Edward  N.  Kirk  was  ptustor, 
and  soon  became  the  close  friend  and  frequent  fissistant  of 
Dea  Daniel  Safford^  a  man  well  known  in  New  England  for 
his  piety  and  benevolence.  In  1851,  the  year  of  his  marriage, 
we  tind  him  a  partner  in  the  dry-goods  house  of  Wliitney  & 
Fenno,  a  position  attainetl  by  his  intelligent^  upright  business 
habits.  Severe  sickness  two  years  later  compelled  him  to 
withdraw  fi-om  the  business,  and  seek  health  in  a  warmer 
climate,  and  he  was  restored*  For  a  period  he  resided  at  the 
West  and  everywhere  left  a  strong  impress  of  his  rarely  beau- 

^tiful   living.        GkNTLENESS,    CoIiKTEOUSNESS,    CtlEERFrLXESS 

id  Humility  w^ere  noticeable  characteristics  of  Mr.  Childs, 
rliile  they  came  in  some  measure  by  natui-e  they    came  more 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH. 


largely  by  gmce,  and  they  were  sedulously  cultivated  m  in 
portant  elements  of  the  Christ  life.  He  made  it  a  matter 
prayerful  self -disci  pi  iue  Uj  correct  infelicities  of  temper,  anj 
overcome  peculiaritias  which  might  annoy  others  Courteou 
Dess  perhaps  does  not  so  well  as  huma7ie?iess,  designate  th 
large  consideration  he  had  for  the  feelings  of  others,  and  hi 
carefulness  by  no  tone  of  voice,  or  coldness  of  manner, 
momentary  forgetfuhiess^  and  by  no  impatience  of  attitude, 
omission  of  the  civilities  of  speech  to  fail  in  the  ameaities  i 
social  intercourse.  At  home,  to  his  children  and  those  eo 
ployed  in  his  household,  there  was  the  same  unvar3^ing  gei 
tleness  and  courtesy.  '*  Religion  was  not  with  him  a  Sabbat 
day  garb/'  writes  one  qualified  to  speak,  *'  it  was  everything.^ 
One  who  did  not  share  Mr.  Childs'  religious  opinions,  but  wl 
knew  him  through  and  through,  from  long  business  aeqiiaiE 
ance,  and  who  had  seen  him  wrong-side  out  and  seam -side  ou 
if  there  was  such  a  side  to  his  chamcter,  when  he  heard  of  his 
death,  exclaimed  :  '*  He  was  the  best  man  I  ever  knew  :  I  be 
lieve  he  was  the  best  man  that  ever  lived.''  It  was  his  good 
foitune  to  accumulate  some  wealth  ;  from  the  age  of  tweutjf 
one  he  consecrated  a  tenth  to  tlie  Lord,  and  often  exceeded  thi 
amount  in  special  l>enefactions.  His  last  activity  was  the  pur- 
chase of  many  valuable  books  wherewith  to  entertain  and  im- 
prove the  young,  esjieeially  young  men.  He  was  ab<:»ut  to 
ter  a  new  home  in  Easthampton,  Mass.,  where  he  hoped  to 
much  for  Christ,  among  the  young  men  gathered  in  the  sclic 
of  that  town,  but  the  insidious  disease  consumption,  which 
been  for  yeai's  subtily  undermining  his  strength,  wrought  ou^j 
its  sure  course,  from  earthly  repose  into  that  blessed  ^leef^f 
which  God  giveth  to  **  His  beloved/'  Mr.  Ohilds  entered  ih^" 
everlasting  rest  Nov,  16,  1868.  ^J 

[Ninth  Generation.  1    Children:  ^B 

*5i51,  i.  Frederick   Mkrrum   Child,  b,   in  Boston,  Jan,  2S,  IB^2,  w*^^ 
drowned  when  bathinjG:  in  Lake  Michigan  at  31ilwaukee,Wis.,  Aug  15, 1SG2 

625i.  ii.  Harriet  Xewkll  Child,  I>,  in  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  July  23,18vlft. 

6253.  iii.  James  Mkrriam  ("HiLit.  b.  in  Boston,  Aug.  28,  1858. 

rt354.  iv.  Jennie  Louisa  Cbild,  k  in  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Sept.  28,  1861.  j 

[Eighth  Generation.! 

6249.  iii.  William  F.  Childs,  third  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Cynthia  Liisk  Chikb,  b.  at  Pittsford,  Monroe  county,  N.  Y"j 
Aug.  6,  1834,  m.  April  4,  1860,  Miss  Adelphia  J,  Snelsoo, 
Council  Bluffs,  Iowa. 


BABNSTABLE   BRAJSTCH. 


637 


[Xinth  GenemUon.1    Children: 
C(255.  i.  Fkederick  J.  Chilus.  b,  Oct.  22,  1861. 

6256.  ii.  William  H,  Childs.  b.  Dec.  8,  1863,  ti  May  16,  1871, 

6257.  iii,  Anna  Chillis,  b.  Nov.  24,  186,5.  d.  Oct.  27,  1868* 

6258.  iv.  Fannje  Ch[ldk,  k  Mch.  20,  1800. 
~ka^9.  V.  Ida  W.  Childs,  b.  July  14.  1871,  d.  Sept.  3.  1872. 

m,  vi.  Will  Childs,  h.  Feb.  ii.  1875. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6250.  iv.  Frederick  C.  Childs,  fourth  son  of  Jonathnu  and 
Cynthia  Lask  Chikls,  b.  in  Pittsford^  Monroe  county,  N,  Y., 
Sept  20,  1842,  m.  Nov.  7,  1S6»5,  EHzabetli  King,  at  Council 
Bluffs,  Iowa. 
[Ninth  Genemtion,] 
626L  i.  Hahrtet  K.  CHn-DS,  b.  Aug,  27,  1807, 

6262.  ii.  William  F,  CJhtlds,  b.  Oct.  31.  1860, 

6263.  iii,  FaANK  Chili>s,  b.  Feb,  23,  1874. 

[Seventh  Generation  J 

6206.  viL  Freeman  Childs,  third  son  und  liftli  rhild  of 
Major  Jonathan  and  Anna  Thompson  Childs,  b.  in  Wilmington, 
Vt.,  Feb.  17,  1797,  m.  Dec,  IS,  1833,  Mis.s  Elizabeth  Root  of 
Montague,  MtLsa  Freeman  Childs  d  in  Wihnington,  Vt,  Feb. 
12,  1849. 

[Eighth  Genemtian.]     Children,  born  in  Wilmington,  Vt, 

6264.  i.  Edward  Vincent  CtiiLOs. 

f\2fl!y,  ii.  Ellen  Elizameth  Childs,  ra.  Aug,  I860,  Orm  .SMibin^,  sht* 
d.  in  Greenfield,  Miu^s* 

6266.  Hi.  AoELAmE  A.  Chilus.  hi.  Orra  Stebbins. 

6267,  iv.  Bralvaed  Freeman  Childs,  ni.  — . 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6207,  viii.  Adnah  B.  Childs,  fourth  son  and  eighth  child 
of  Major  Jonathan  and  Anna  Thompson  Childs,  b.  in  Wilming- 
ton, Vt,  in  the  last  year  of  the  eighteenth  centur^^  Feb,  17, 
179D,  m.  Meh.  19,  1826,  Mi^a  Hannah  Lamb,  dan.  of  Major 
Jonathan  and  Hannah  Hoyt  Hamilton  Lamb. 

So  admirable  a  sketch  was  given  at  the  time  of  his  decease,  of 
the  man  and  of  his  position  in  life,  that  we  feel  we  cannot  improve 
upon  it,  and  can  only  say  that  such  characters  won"!  portray  in 
words ;  the  look  and  tone  so  fre<(uent  with  humor,  and  true- 
hearted  sunshine,  must  have  been  seen  and  heard  to  be  known 
We  give  therefore  entire  the  article  referred  to: 

**Ma,jor  A.  B.  Chikls  departed  this  life  at  his  re^iidonce  m  Wilmingtoxi, 
on  the  8th  day  of  January,  1874,  aged  74  years,  11  months  and  5  days.  The 
deceased  was  a  iiaiivf  of  Wdmingtnn.  and  hm  lieeii  one  of  its  roost  noted 
and  influential  citizens.     He  was  the  first  uierc'haiit  in  the  vilkgc*:  a  prom- 


BARXSTABLE  BRANCH. 


inent  Free  Mjiison  for  fifty-three  years;  post-master  under  every  Den 
administnitioD,  beginning  with  President  Jackson's,  holding  the 
twenty-four  years.  He  was  also  deputy  sheriff  many  years,  and  held 
places  of  tniat»  in  all  of  which  he  performed  his  duties  with  great  exactno 
and  perfect  fidelity.  But  in  his  sticial  connection,  more  especiaUy,  we  l& 
to  regret  his  loss.  He  was  one  of  the  original  founders  of  the  L* niversaliist 
Society  in  Wilmington,  and  afterwards  of  the  church  connected  therewith. 
He  was  decided,  but  not  hitter,  in  his  religious  and  political  sentiments,  and 
catholic  in  his  l>earing  towartls  all*  Strictly  honest  in  hisbusriuess  trausao^ 
lions  and  temperate  in  his  personal  habits.  His  home  has  been  a  favor 
rei^ort  of  bright  and  pleasant  people,  and  there  the  penniless  wanderer  fotafl 
abtmdance  of  cheer.  His  intercourse  with  the  community  was  always  cbe 
fill  And  peculiarly  geniaL  Mr  ChilJs  married  young  to  a  most  est i ma 
lady.  Mis-s  Hannah  La nib»  also  a  native  of  Wilmington,  whose  death  precede 
his  in  August  2S,  1870.  They  were  blessed  with  a  family  of  twelve  childr 
ten  of  whom  still  survive  to  muum  their  departure.  In  his  family  noi 
could  i>ct  better  examples  or  manifest  more  devoLedness  to  the  Inter 
moral  and  pecuniary »  of  all  its  members,  and  these  children  now  rise 
and  bless  his  memory.  Without  a  murmur  or  complaint,  in  perfect  resigna- 
tion to  the  Providence  of  God  and  full  i>f  hope  and  faith  in  the  unii? 
retiemption  of  the  race,  he  pussed  away 

*  Like  oDfl  who  fotda  the  drmp«ry  ol  hit  coach  about  hUa, 
And  lies  down  to  pleanuot  dreiuns.^ " 

The  apprc^eiatioii  in  wbich  the  subject  of  this  notice  was  1 
A-as  fully  evinced  by  the  multitude  that  gathered  to  pay 
tribute  of  respect  on  the  occasion  of  his  obsequies, 
[Eighth  Generation. J     Children: 

6269.  i    John  MuedockChjlds,  I»,  Ap,  lij,  1827,  m.  Nov.  20, 1849^  MjuttiJi 
Anna  Winchester, 

<>209.  ii.  WrLUAM  Hknry  Childs,  b,  in  Boston,  Sopt.  17,  i8S8,  m.  I 
24,  1854,  Anim  Purker  Goodrich, 

6270.  iii.  ILvnnak   Anx  Childs,  b.  Aug.  26,  1830,  ra.  1st,  Ap  9.  1^ 
Welb  S.  Snow,  he  d.  Oct.  28,  1863;  she  m.  2d,  Nov.  14, 1874,  Harry  I^n 
Williarnif, 

627L  iv.  Jane  Mary  Childs,  b.  July  16,  1832,  m.  Ap.  9,  1850,  Ed% 
Thayer 

6272.  V.  Adna  Lyman  I'nrLDs,  b.  Aug.  26,  1884,  in.  Jan.  6,  1861,  AnneC 
Fox. 

627a,  vi.  Helen  Marilla  Childs,  b.  Aug.  8,  1836,  m,  Sept.  8, 1856,  Jolm 
E.  Clary. 

6274,  vii,  Ueorge  Lewlh  Cbtlds,  b.  Miiy  10,  1888.    Drowupd   m 
Ljike  in  Minm^snta,  June  4,   1857.      **He    was  a   young    man   of 

f»ronii!?t\  bclovi'd  In  nil  who  knew  him.  iioble-heartetl,  generou?  and  i 
w  gavp  up  his  own  life  in  the  vain  effort  to  save  the  life  of  a  comp 
His  rejoHinn  were  recovered,  and  rest  with  kindred  dust  iti  the 
Mountain  Stale." 

6275.  viii.  A&aph  Parma  lee  Childs,  b.  June  10,  1840,  m.  J11I7  8,  II 
Surah  Cmly. 

0270,  ix.  Esther  Maria  Childs,  b.  Mch.  9,  1843,  ra.  July  1,  18<M),  KiC 
re(]ge  Hnsknis, 

11377.  X,  Rolllv  Skinner  Childs.  b.  Oct.  11.  1845»  m.  May  2,  187S,  i 
Witminglon,  Vt.,  yViss  JuHr  Ksterbrooks  dun.  of  George  und  Anrm  Kst 


BARNSTABLE  BBAKCH, 


639 


brookg.     Mr.  Chi  Ids   is?  associated  with    his  bother,  A.  P,  Child^.  in  the 
insurance  husiiness  m  Beniiini^ion,  Vt. 

0278.  xl  Sarah  Martha  CuiLLJst,  b.  Aug,  13.  1847,  in.  Feb,  17,  1876,  Mr. 
I  Cbttrles  D.  Kidder  of  Springft^dtl,  Mass ,  son  of  Dwi^ht  and  Kate  Kidder, 
271).  xii,  FftKDERirK   WiLLiAHD  Childs,   b-  Sept.  16,   1840,  m,  Jan.  8, 
1878,  Emma  Maria  Fiillerton. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6268.  i.  John  MtJRUOCK  Childs,  eldest  son  and  child  of 
Maj.  A.  B.  and  Hannah  Lamb  Chihis,  K  in  Wihiiington,  Vt, 
April  16,  1827,  in,  Nov.  20,  1849,  Miss  Mnrtha  Ann  Win- 
f Chester  of  Marll^'o,  Vt.  Mn  Childs  d.  July  2,  1869,  and 
Mrs.  C.  Sept.  15,  1876, 
[Ninth  Generatipri  ]     Childreu: 

(mo.  I  Waltkr  Henry  Chiliks,  b.  Ang.  5,  1853,  m.  May  2,  1875,  Clara 
I  I>a\is, 

6281.  ii,  LizztE  Jaxe  Childs,  U  Feb.  16,  1856.  d,  Aug,  17.  1856. 

0282.  111.  Arthur  WiNrHEiiTER  i'luhi^i^,  l».  Meh.  2!*,  1859. 

^  [Ninth  Generation,] 

628'^.  1.  Walter  Henry  Ciiilds,  eldest  son  and  child  of 

John  M,  and  Munha  Ann  Winchester  Childs,  b.  in  Wilming- 

^  ton,,Vt.,  Aug.  5,  1852,  m.  May,  1875,  Miss  Clara  Davis,  dau.  of 

John  B.  Davis  of  Brattleboro,  Yt,     Mr,  Childs  is  of  the  bnsi- 

Ines,^  house  of  Estey  &  Co.,  oi*gan  m  an  u  fact  Orel's. 
[Tenth  Generation.]    Child: 
0283,  i,  Ckakles  Fbederh  k  Childs,  b.  Feb.  1870. 
I  Eighth  Generation.] 
6269.  ii.   William  Henry  Chh.ds,  second  son  of  Major  A. 
B,  and  naniiah   Liuuh  Childs,  b.   in   Boston,  Mass.,  Sept  17, 
1828,  m.   Miss  Anna  Parker  (roodrich,  dan.  of  Capt.  James 
Goodrich  of  Poitsmouth,  N.  H.,  who  was  born  Sept.  7,  1S30. 
Mr,  Williann  Childs  left  selioul  and  liome  at  the  age  of  17,  en- 
tering a  dry-goods  store,  in   lioxhury,   Mass.  ;  his  employer 
(Kdwin  Latuist,  Esq.,  after  a  time  was  chosen  postniaster,  and 
young  Childs  was  placed  in  the  ]>Dst-office.     A  few  years  later 
he  went  into  a  banking  house  in  Boston,  Mass.,  where  lie  con- 
tinned  until  impaired  health  compelled  a  change  of  climate. 

IAVitli  his  wife  Mr.  Childs  removed  to  St  Paul,  Minnesota,  in 
the  winter  of  1855,  and  entered  upon  pioneer  life  with  enthu- 
siasm* locating  his  home  in  Lexington,  Miini.,  upon  the  shore 
of  a  charming  lake.  Identifying  himself  with  energy  in  the 
advancement  of  the  new  territory,  Mr.  Childs  made  for  liimself 
a  place  of  honor  and  was  by  his  fellow-citizens  plaeal  in  many 
offices  of  responsibility.      An  invasion  of  the  Sioux  upon  the 


640 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH. 


settlement,  shadowed  and  endangered  every  home ;  women  auf 
children  were  placed  in  safety^  while  fathers,  husbands  au^ 
brothers,  remained  to  save  the  homes.  This  experience,  all 
most  iiiiDiediately  succeeded  by  the  war  of  the  Rebellion 
necessitated  changes,  and  many  pioneer  homes  were  deserte 
Mr.  Chi  Ids  entered  the  service  of  the  American  and  U. 
Express  Co.X  ^^d  settled  with  his  family  in  St  Paul,  Minr 
Some  ten  3'ears  later,  about  1873|  another  removal  led  liim 
the  shores  of  the  Pacific,  wlience  his  next  transfer  will 
BO  doubt  to  Japan,  or  Australia.  In  San  Francisco.  Mlj 
Childs  serves  his  country  under  '*"  Uncle  Sam  "  as  store  keer 
[Ninth  Generation.]  Child; 
0284.  i.  Ida  Aoneb  Cnn.DS,  b.  Oct.  26, 1856,  in  Wilmintfton,  Tt. 

fEighth  Generation.  I 

0270.  iii.  Haxxah  Ann  Chilus,  eldest  dau.  of  Major 
B.  and  Hannah  Lamb  Cliilds,  h.   Aug.  26,  1830,  in  Wilming 
ton,  Yt,  m.  1st,  April  9,  1851,  Wells  S.  Snow,  in  Wilming^ 
ton,  Yt.  ;  Mr.  Snow  died   in   Oct.  18t>3,  leaving  one  son; 
2d,  Mr.  Harry  Long  Williams,  engineer  of  the  l^.  S,  ArmonV 
Springtieki  Mass. 
["Nmlh  Geiiei-iilioi^.]    Children: 

6285.  i.  CHAH1.E8  Lewis  Snow,  b.  Sept,  18o3. 

6286»  ii*  Frederick  Childs  Williams,  b,  Nov.  30,  1875, 

[Eightb  Generation.] 

6271.  iv.  Jane  Mary  Childs,  second  dan.  and  fourth  c1 
of  Major  A.  B,  and  Haiuiah  Lamlj  Childs,  b.  July  16,  183i 
in  Wihiiington,  Vt,  m.  April  9, 1850,  Edwin  Thayer  of  Greeu 
field,  Mas.^, 

[Xmth  Gene  rat  ion]     Cbildren:  ^ 

6387.  i   Jenntk  Mahia  TnAYER.  \k  Oct,  37,  1853,  in  Grecnfleld,  Mnsis 
6288.  ii.  William  Lyman  Thayer,  b,  Oct  8,  ltJ55.  in  \VUmingrr,n,  Vi 

[  Eighth  Generation.] 

6272.  V.  Adna  Lymak  Chili>s,  third  son  and  fifth  child 

Maj.  A.  B.  and  Hannah  Lamb  Childs,  b,  in  Wilmington,  Vt,| 
Ang.  26,  1834,  ni.  Jan.  6,  1861.  Miss  Aonette  Fox,  danghi 
of  Alonzo  and  Calista  Fox  of  Woodford.  Vt.     Mr.  Childs  is  ii 
business  in  his  native  place,  catering  for  tli*i  home  comforts 
his  townsmen. 
[Ninth  Gt^neralion.l     Child: 
mm.  i.  FaANK  Fox  Childs.  U  Feb.  180o. 


[Eighth  Genemtioti  ] 

6273.  vi.  Helen  Marilla  Childs,  third  dan.  and  sixth 
child  of  Maj.  A.  B.  and  Hannah  Lamb  Childs,  b.  in  Wilming- 
ton, Aug.  8,  1830,  iru  Sept  3,  1856,  Mr  John  E,  Clary  of  Deer^ 
field,  Masa  Mr.  Clary  died  in  Wilmington,  Sept.  4,  lS61t  and 
Mrs.  Helen  M,  Childs  Clary  res^ides  with  her  eliildrenj  in 
Deerfield,  Mass. 

[Ninth  Genemtion.]     Children: 
0200,  i.  George  Lewis  Clary,  b.  Aug.  21,  1857.  in  Deerfield,  Mass. 
6291.  \L  Mn.LiE  Alue  CLAav,  b.  Nov.  30, 1858. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6275.  viii.  Asaph  Parmalee  Childs,  fifth  son  and  eighth 
child  o!  Maj,  A.  B.  and  Hannah  LainbCbilds^  b.  June  10,18411 
Grraduated  at  Powers  Institute,  Bernardston,  Mass.,  in  1S58. 
On  the  breaking  out  of  the  late  civil  war,  Mr.  Childs  enlisted 
in  Company  F»  of  the  16th  Vermont  Regiment ;  was  detailed 
iato  Quartermaster  Woodford's  office.  He  served  three  years. 
After  the  war  Mr.  Childs  entered  upon  the  study  of  the  law, 
and  graduated  with  high  honors  from  the  Colombian  Law 
School,  Washington,  D.  C  Mr.  Childs  has  not  practiced  hiw 
actively,  but  is  associated  with  a  brother  in  Insurance.  During 
the  period  of  Centennial  anniversary  celebrations  iu  Vermont, 
Mr.  A-  P.  Childs  and  a  younger  brother  published  a  small 
paper  c*mtaining  addresses,  accounts  of  festivities,  notices  of 
valued  and  valuable  relics  of  the  revolutionary  period  and 
association,  and  other  items  incident  to  such  times  and  deeds  ; 

j  very  retidable  little  sheets,  deserving  preservation  for  reference 
at  the  next  Centennial.     Mr.  A.   P.  Childs  married  in  July, 
1873,  Miss  Sarah  P.  Cady,  daughter  of  David  Cady,  Esif.,  of 
Bennington,  w^lMre  they  now^  reside. 
[Nioth  Genemiion.]     (Miildren; 

mm.  i    Etoel  CHH.DS*.  b.  Aug  80,  1874. 

62113.  ii.  liUriA  Lamb  CHiLrjs,  I*.  Dec.  H,  187G. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6276.  ix.  Esther  Marl\  Childs,  fourth  dau.  and  ninth' 
child  of  Maj.  A.  B,  and  Hannah  Lamb  Childs^  b,  March  9, 
1843,  in  Wilmington,  Windham  county,  Vt,  m.  July  1,  I860, 
Kittredge  Haskins,  Esq.,  counsellor  at  laws  now  of  Brattle- 
boro,  Vt,  son  of  Asaph  and  Amelia  Haskins  of  Dover,  Vt. 
Idr.  Haskins  is  a  commendable  exemplification  of  the  native 
American  power  to  conquer  circumstances,  and  make  fate,  un- 


tided  bf  mireaufiom^  i 


He  ^odieil  Imw  inWa- 
lD  the  bar  in  18M.  In  18SV  wtck 
foetid  mthaMMuiu  m  mJmiied  wiOk  ifce  moe  nontfae  tioops 
to  Gx  I,  of  die  14kb  Tt  BcgL:  wm  admoed  to  lieat  and 
Aedng  Hmtermm^bs^  vlule  id  flenrice.  r'poii  bk  Teuuii  to 
Termoot  be  remored  to  Braldeboro^  ever  ^titce  kis  litMiie,  an 
has  become  one  of  the  leMdiog  men  of  liis  Stale,  aenruig  i 
diffefiTiil  pofilB  most  bomocablj  to  his  consliliieBls  and 
ttbl  r  to  hisnaelL  Mol  ffiwlriw  pcwBcawA  most  iDsrkedlj 
Child  chanM^emticii,  foil  of  the  bonbommie  ackI  ready  repanee 
wbich  lendered  her  father  so  attmetive  in  the  social  circle,  with 
a  most  fdicitoiLS  lue  of  the  pen;  and  serving  the  Master  with 
heart  aod  vmoe  in  the  beaanful  chants  of  the  cborcU. 
f  KtnUi  GetwfBeioii.]    Cliild : 

6904.  I*  JoajTKm  Adsa  Cmojm  Hjusms,  b,  Jsne  1,  I8S1.  en 
rQle.  Vl,  A.  Mtkfch  27, 1664. 

[Eighth  Gf^nenuioo.] 

6279,  xiL  Frederick  Willard  Childs,  Ae  sixth  sc 
twelfth  and  youngest  child  of  Maj.  A.  B.  and  Hannah 
CWIdfl,  h.  Sept  16,  1849,  in  WilmiDgton,  Vt.,  m  Jan.  8,  18787 
£mma  Maria  Fullerton,  dau.  of  the  late  Frederick  K.  and 
Pbilette  Wentworth  FallertoQ,  and  granddaughter  of  the  Hon. 
Merrick  Wentworth  of  Chester,  Vt.  There  seems  thronghot 
the  Child  family^  in  the  different  branches,  a  strong  desire 
havcall  the  world  innywrerf  against  something ;  whether  thisarises^ 
from  the  large  philanthropy  of  the  race,  or  no,  we  leave  othc 
to  judge.  It  will  be  ffjund  a  noticeable  pursuit  of  the  livni 
rnt'inbers  of  this  great  tribe,  and  we  find  Mr.  F.  W.  Child 
aft*T  a  training  of  some  years,  in  the  military  school  of  Pr 
Charles  Nile8  of  Brattleboro,  Yt,  and  the  Wifliston  Seminal! 
in  Etust  Hamptfin,  Ma.s.s,  has  devoted  himself  to  thus  preservii: 
the  lives  and  property  of  others,  as  well  as  his  owul 
[Ninth  Gencmtifm.]    VhMi 

mm.  I.  Urru  Wentworth   Coilds,  b.  June  27,  1880,  "atlrlOo'clo 
p.  M  *•     TliH  fittlii-r  ill  II  tHlegriim  says;     "Sh<?  is  bright  a^  a  button,  ha 
Uiiirk  iiH  tMiat.  liir^t'  liluo  eyes,     Baby*s  fur  Hanooek  and  English!"     [i 
dftir  rh  ihi.  (mfjinH  lifr  in  dimippointment  in  i/te  reMnlt  of  h^r  fimt  t^afe  . 

[Six ill  (lencmlion;! 

rt(>r>8.  xi.  David  Childs,  fifth  son  anil  eleventh  child 
Jonatliun  and  Kebeccu  Scott  Childs,  b,  in  Haixiwick,  Worcest 
cniinty,  Mass.,  Nov.  iC\  1760,  m.  abt.  1785,  Lydia  Hemmc 


BARXSTABLE  BRANCH. 


643 


way  of  Prescott^  Maaa,  who  was  b.  June  20;  17^6.     Mr.  Childs 
d.  at  New  Salem,  Franklin  cuunty,  Ma&s.,  in  1858^  aged  97, 
[Seventh  Genemtion.]    Children; 

62%.  i.  Polly  Childs.  h.  Nov,  11,  1787,  ni.  Mr.  Ballard,  d.  Aug  8,  18^2. 

d297.  ii.  RnoDA  Childs,  b.  Jan.  5.  1789. 

6298.  iii.  Aukuil  Childs,  b.  Jnly  0,  17^1. 

029®,  iv,  AuKiAiL  Cn[Li>s,  2d,  b.  April  5,  1794. 

G300.  V.  Fanny  Childs,  b   Sept  7.  ITSKj,  m,  Mr  Squires  of  New  Haven, 
Ct.,  d,  Meh.  23,  1835. 

6301.  vi.  Lydia  Childs,  b.  M*h.  21,  1800.  m.  Dec.  1837,  Smith  Kelley. 

0302.  vii.  Sajiuel  Childs,  b.  Doc,  20,  1804,  d.  Sept.  10,  1875. 

[Seventh  Generation.! 

6301.  vi,  LvDiA  Childs,  8ixth  dau.  and  child  of  David  and 
Lydia  Hemmenway  Childs,  b.  in  New  Salem.  Mass.,  Mch.  21^ 
180n,  Bi.  Dec.  1837,  Smith  Kelley  of  Greenwich,  Mas&  Mr, 
Kelley  is  a  wealthy  farmer  of  that  town.     Mrs.  Lydia  Childs 

»Kelley  d.  Sept.  23^^  1879. 
[Eighth  Genemtiim.]     ChildrtiK 
6303.  i,  CAHitiK  Adelia    Kelley,  b,   Nov.  30,  1838.  m.  Jan.  14,  1868, 
George  WashingUj>n  Wheeler, 
0304.  ii.  SopiuA  Celestina  Kelley.  \k  Feb. 28, 1841,  m.  1st,  Mch.5,1871. 
Hiram  Leavens,   who  d.  July  1»71 ;  in.  2d,  May  21.  1870,  .Menirk  Sly  of 
Dudley,  Mas;?. 
H  '   ft3a'5.  iii,  Mary  Fbakces  Kklley,  b.  Mch.  12,  1847,  d.  Feb.  13,  1865. 

[Eighth  Ot*rit'ration.] 

6303.  i.  Carrie  Adelia  Kelley,  eldest  child  of  Lydia 
Childs  and  Smith  Kelley,  b,  in  Greenwich,  Masa,  Nov.  30^ 

11838,  m.  Jan.  14,  1S6S,  George  Washington  Wheeler.     She  d. 
Ang,  2, 1873. 
[Ninth  Ge miration.]     Child: 
6300.  i,  FiSTKLLE  Wheeler,  lived  a  few  hours. 
(Fifth  Genemtion.] 
5S36.  i.  Ebenezer  Child,  sixth   child   and   fifth  son   of 
Samuel   and  Hannah  Barnard  Child,  b.    in    Deei-fieldj  Mass., 
Nov.    11,   1720,  m,  abjut  1750,  Raclicl  — ,  and  remove<i  to 
Shntesbury,  Mass*     He   wa^*  prominent  in  church  a  ad  town 
affairs,  for  many  years  a  worthy  deacon  in  the  Congregational 
chui*ch,     Ue  removed  from  Shutesbury   to  Shelbume,  Mass.^ 
about  1774,  or  '5,  and  with  his  wife  joined  the  Congregational 
H-  church  in  that  town.     He  died  in  Shelbume  in  1774.     Tlie 
Shutesbury  Town  Clerk  says  : 

**  Ebetiexer  Child  was  selectman  for  about  ten  years,  ppoprietnr  clerk 

■  alioiit  twelve  years,  two  or  three  ytmrj*  town  clerk  ajid  wat;  of  great  note  in 
town  affairs,  in  those  days,  as  I  fnid  his  name  in  almost  all  town  business." 


€U 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH. 


EBexfizER  CfliLD,  Jr*«  b.  Aug,  22^  1756,  in.  Jhq.  1778,  EHxali^i^ 
iiL  David  Cqild,  b.  Not.  4  1760,  m.  Mch.  1784,  CUmsa  DU 
IT.  Bacsel  Cbild*  b.  Mek,  2S,  1764,  d.  Jiul  27.  1768,  in  SbiiU 


IteacoQ  Ebenezer  Child  is  on  the  certified  list  of  tax  pajer^ 
in  Shelburae  with  his  son  Ebenezer ;  the  father  pajring  £2»  and 
the  son  £i,  annual  tax.  In  furnishing  some  acDOiini  »>j 
family.  Rev,  Theophilus  Packard,  says  ; 

"  I  cotild  fumUh  some  furt  o  liites  eoncemiog 

aU  of  the  above  nAined,  and  ulfttits  also  I  can 

you  by  consuking  my  TiotJ?«>  nui    vHri'm:-  u^  '     "f  siiefa  matteri^s 

wh&t  you  wish  for  the  Child's  genealo^.  I  h^T^  mMif  nllH 

able  $'uti«tic3i  a*  to  the  tribes  of  the  Childse^   i  ,  -dlj  and  irmtuitowidT 

furnish  them  to  tou  if  you  deem  them  suitable  for  your  prof<iand  wotk. 
Still  as  I  mav  not  liTe.to  answer  a  letter  to  you,  I  will' name  a  few  persons 
with  their  address,  who  c«n  f^ye  particulars." 

Then  follow  the  names  with  the  address.     Letters  add 

to  them  were  never  answered  and  the  particalars  desired  nev 

obtained.      The  aged,  infirm  and  our  unseen  friend  pmbabl 

did  not  live  lo  render  further  aid,  as  letters  subsequently 

dresse*!  to  him  were  not  answered,  with  one  or  two  exceplio 

f Sixth  Generation.]    Children:    Four  ohildreo  are  recorded  in  th«  tomn 
records  of  Shutesbury,  Mass*  there  may  ha^e  been  moitj 

6307,  i    MtHrY  Chilh,  b.  April  2H,  17o3.  in  Shutesbury»  Mass. 

6308.  ii 
Fniry. 

6309. 
son. 

6S10. 

bury. 

[Si^tth  Generation,] 

6308,  ii,  Dr,  Ebexezeb  Guild,  second  child  and  eldest 
of  Ebenezer  and  Rachel  Child,  b.  Aug,  22,  1766.  iu  Sha 
bury,  Mass,,  rn,  Jan,  1778,  Elizabeth  Fiuiy  of  Deertield, 
Rev,  Mr.  Packard  sajs : 

*  They  joined    the  Shelbume  church  by  profession   in    IT7S, 
Child  was  a  most  excellent  and  godly  woman.    Dr,  Child  was  hyng  a  hig-hl 
respected    physician  in  Shelbume.     I  knew  him  well  nnd  hare  takenli 
piib  when  a  boy.     My  father,  who  lived  a  while  in  hU  family,  ha^  told 
ijiteresfing  Incidents  respecting  him."    He  d.  Nov,  13,  1B13.  a*.  57;  sli«  d. 
in  ltj34. 

[Seventh  Generation.]     Children.     The  defendant*!  of  this  branch  odd 
terminal  ''s* "  and  were  all  born  in  Shelburne,  Masg, 

6811    i*  Elizabeth  Cbilds,  b.  1780,  d   Mch.  29.  1783* 

031S.  ii.  Nathan-  Chilbs,  b,  1783.  d,  1793, 

O^ilS.  iii.  Ebenelzbr  Cbilds,  Jr.,  b.  17H((,    This  son  was  a  phys^ioiatt,  and 
practiced   in   Shelbume,  Mass,  many  ve^irs.     fie   had  s^vcr?*!   -Jui-JrvT.    ,^i 
whom  were  Albertus  and    Eben  Ch'ilcls,  rerwrtcd  lo  be  rt 
eolton,  Lincoln  county,  N,  C„  with  whom   the  father  is  sai  <|. 

some  three  years  since  at  90  yeai-s  of  age     Our  efforts  to  obuaii  a  tiiiii 
account  of  this  branch  have  Ijcen  unavaiUng^. 

6314.  iv,  Charles  DooLirrLE  Childs,  b,  1788,  m,  Catharine  Ann*. 

6315.  V,  Llsls  Childs,  b.  17i>0,  d.  unra,  in  the  Statt;  of  New  York  m*n 
years  since* 

6  JO.  vi.  Lloti>  Cbilbs,  b,  1?J3,  d,  youn>r* 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH. 


6i5 


Kfie 


i 


0317.  vii.  Thankful  Childs,  b,  1794,  d.  in  18S4.  in  York,  Livingston 
eounty,  K,  Y. 

6318.  viii,  Betsey  On  I  LPS,  b  1 796.  m.  Sylvarms  Allen  of  Shdburnt\  Mass; 
lived  and  died  in  Iho  State  of  New  York, 

(5319,  ix  Kaciikl  Chilus,  b,  1778,  m.  Apnleton  Skinner,  of  Shelburne. 
Mass.,  where  ihey  lived  and  died,  leaving  one  aaiighter,  Maria  Childs  Skinner, 
who  died  a  numlier  of  years  since,  while  teaching  in  the  Stale  of  New  York. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6314.  iv.  OoARLES  DooLiTTLE  Childs,  fourth  child  and  third 
son  of  Dr.  Ebenezer  and  Elizabeth  Frary  Childs,  b.  in  Shelburne, 
ass.,  July,  1788,  m,  Feb.  13,  1813,  Catharine  Arms  of  Green- 
ekl,  Mass.  He  ernignited  to  the  Stiite  of  New  York  in  1827, 
aad  settled  in  ihe  town  of  York,  Livingston  county,  N,  Y.  He 
was  a  tanner  and  enrrier  by  traile.  After  his  removal  to  the 
State  of  New  York,  he  was  not  eoiifined  to  this  branch  of  busi- 
ness, but  engaged  in  other  enterprises  which  rewarded  his  fore- 
sight and  well-laid  plans  for  legitimate  and  handsome  acsciimu- 
ations.  A  man  of  enlarged  views,  of  high  and  noble  aims, 
his  influence  was  efficiently  and  happily  felt  in  the  community, 
and  no  good  moral  and  religious  enterprise  lacked  his  hearty 
support  Mrs*  Childs  was  not  less  highly  esteemed  for  her 
^personal  virtues,  her  genial  disposition,  her  firmness  of  princi- 
ple, her  devotion  to  the  interest's  of  her  household  and  consci- 
entious discharge  of  all  christian  duties.  They  had  live 
children,  all  born  and  baptized  in  Shelburne,  Masa 
[Eighth  Generation]    Children: 

632tX  i.  Haebiet  Newei-l  Cnu^na,  b.  June  15,  1815.  d.  Aug.  1831.  A 
iremarkably  amiable  and  attractive  child;  died  hy  swallowing  a  Ssh-bone, 

6321.  ii  Catjiarine  Arms  Cnn^Ds,  b.  May  9,  1818,  m.  July  17,  1845,  Rev. 
Edwanb  Mai-sh. 

0323.  iii.  Charles  Dwioht  Cuilds,  [k  June  5,  1830,  m.  1st,  Jan,  13,  1843, 
Loni^  Hamilton;  m.  2d.  Elizabeth  Illender. 

6323,  iv.  Harriet  Newele.  Childs,  2d,  b,  Oct,  37,  1831,  m,  Deo.  10,  1850, 
D.  W.  Vitium, 

0324,  V.  Georok  Arms  CnrLtre,  b.  Mch.  37,  1835,  ni.  Meh,  4,  1856,  Susan 
Doty  of  Lock  port,  N.  Y. 

lEighth  Generation.] 

6321.  ii,  Catharine  Arms  Childs,  second  child  and  dau, 
of  Charles  Doolittlc  and  Catharine  Arms  Childs,  b.  in  Shel- 
burne, Mass,,  Mch.  9,  1818,  m.  July  17,  18J5,  Rev.  Edward 
Marsh.  Mr,  Marsh  was  born  of  christian  parents.  His  father 
was  an  honored  minister  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  whose 
ancestry  is  traced  to  Oliver  Cromwell.  This  sou  was  reared 
amid  the  influences  of  happy  domestic  relations  and  favorable 
conditions  of  society,  for  bringing  out  the  best  elements  of 


BARXSTABLE  BRANCH. 


character^  all  conspiring  to  fit  him  for  healthful  and  efBcie 
public  lifa     Known  to  us  during  his  i^reparatorv  studies  fa 
piYjfessional  life,  it  is  our  pleasure  to  speak  of  him  as  a 
and  a  christian,  of  the  best  characteristics.    He  carried  in 
face  the  marks  of  an  ingenuous  and  unselfish  nature,  almc 
sui-e  tAj  captivate  the  favor  and  confidence  of  any   one  wl 
could  appreciate  the  signs  of  a  noble  liearL      Earnest  as  a 
christian,  laborions  as  a  minister,  his  life  was  by  no  means  a  neg- 
ative one.     His  intluence  was  positive,  aggressive      The  re^ 
suits  of  his  earnest,  active  life,  ai-e  favorably  known  in  tl^H 
fields  of  labor  which   he  successfully  cultivateil  till   He  wa^^ 
called  by  the  Master  to  the  higher  life. 

Mr.  Marsh  was  twice  married,  fortunately  in  both  instanc 
His  fii*at  marriage  to  a  Miss  Thompson,  a  niece  of  Kev, 
Ferine,  Professor   in   Auburn  Theological   Seminary,    nndei 
who^  training  in  part  Mr.  Marsh  received  his  thecjlogical  edu- 
cation*    By  this  marriage  he  had  five  children.     It  would  be 
oiu*  pleasure  to  record  their  names  had  they  been  given  ua 

His  seconrl  marriage  to   Miss  Catharine  Arms  Childs  wi 
not  less  fortunate.     She  was  the  daughter  of  a  worthy  an 
esteemed  ftmiily  of  the  New  England  stamp,  which  brongl 
to  their  new  hurne  in  Western  New  York,  the  refining  and  ell 
vating  influences  of  thorough  christian  training.     Tlie  posiiic 
of  her  family  secured  for  her  education  and  refinements,  wbic 
justly  gave  her  influence  in  si>cioty,  and  rendered  her  a  value 
companion  to  her  worthy  husband.      There  were  no  childr 
by  this  marriage. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6325.  iii.  Charles  Dwight  Childs,  third  child  and  eld< 
son  of  Charles  Doolittle  and  Catharine  Arms  Childs,  b.  in  Sh^ 
bunie,  Mass.,  Jane  5,  1820,  ni.  1st,  Jan.  12,  1843,  Louisa  Ha 
illon  ;  m.  2d,  April  21>,   1866,   Elizabetli  Iltender.     Resident 
of  Mr.  Childs,  Ionia,  Mich. 

In  boyhood  and  early  youth  Mr,  Cliilds  enjoyai  tiie  advan 
tages  of  an  ordinary  education.  Having  been  trained  by 
judicious  father  in  habits  of  industry,  he  was  qualified  fd 
po^^itiona  of  much  responsibility,  lie  obtained  einploymea 
as  a  clerk  in  a  store  where  he  developed  the  essential  characterii 
tics  of  a  successful  business  man.  He  was  not  long  in  securin 
promotion  in  business  relationj%     Though    naturally  ditHden^ 


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^ 
^ 
^ 


smd  retiring,  be  possessed  sufficient  self-reliance  to  assume  re- 
sijoosibilities  wbieh  never  suffei'ed  at  liis  hands.  His  industry, 
^his  pcrseverence  and  integrity  in  work  furnished  him,  won  the 
^nfidence  of  thorough  business  men  who  knew  the  value  of 
such  habits  in  a  trusted  agent  and  associate.  It  has  lieen  no 
part  of  the  purpose  of  his  Hfe  to  Uve  solely  for  himself.  What- 
|ever  has  been  vital  to  the  progress  of  sound  morality  and  religion 
enlisted  his  sympathies  and  his  cordial  support.  lie  holds 
lie  offices  of  auditor  and  general  purchasing  agent  of  the 
Detroit  &  Lansing  Railroad  Company.  Michigan. 
fN  in  1  h  it e r I e rat i n n . ]     Cli  i  1  d re n .     By  first  wife: 

6325.  I  Harriet  Louisa  CinLDs/b.  Nov.  3U,  1845,  d.  Feb.  25,  1870. 

6326.  ii.  George  Euoene  Childs,  b.  Jan.  27. 1847.    Resides  at  Flint.  Wiolh 

6327.  iii.  CaARLEs  D,  Childs.  Jr..  b.  Feb.  14,1856.  Resides  at  Flint, 
Mieh. 

[Eightb  (lenemtion-] 

tj320.  iv.  Haheiet  Newell  Chilps,  2d,  fourth  child,  third 
dau.  of  Cbiirles  D'jolittle  and  Catharine  Arms  Chi  Ids,  b.  in 
Shelbunic,  Mass.,  Oct  29,  1821,  m.  Dec,  19, 1S50,  D.W.Yittum. 
Mr.  Vittum  is  from  an  iionoralde  family  in  New  IXnmpshire. 
He  went  to  Illinois  when  quite  young ;  ultimiitely  engaged  in 
the  merc<intile  business.  Identifled  himself  with  every  good 
enterprise  for  the  {)ropt:r  devel<>praeat  of  the  country  and  for 
the  promotion  of  morality  and  religion.  They  have  three 
children,  names  not  ascertained.     The  family  rc.^ide  in  Canton, 

ni 

[Eighth  Generation.! 

6324,  V.  Georue  Arms  Chilps,  second  son  of  Charles^ 
Boobttlc  and  Catliarine  Arms  Childs,  b.  Mcb.  27,   1825,  in 

helbume,  Mass.,  m.  M<'h.  4,  1856^  Susan  E.  Dotj  of  Lock- 
port,  N.  Y.,  she  was  b-  Dec.  S,  IS33.  For  many  years  Air. 
Cliilds  was  a  prosperous   hardwai-e   merchant  in  Des  Moines, 

!owa ;  later  he  removed  to  Chicago,  III,  and  opened  a  bank- 
ing house.  The  home  training  by  intelligent  christian  parents 
shaped  his  character,  and  gave  a  healthful  direction  to  his  life 
liabits.  Among  his  prominent  characteristics  was  unswerving 
dntegi'ity;  his  business  was  conducted  upon  principles  of  high- 
^esi  honesty.     He  d.  Mcb.  31,  187?*,  at  Chicago,  111. 

1  Ninth  Generation,]     Children,  bom  in  Des  Moines.  lown,  nud  reside  iji 
Chiea^o, 
6828.  i.  Frederick  William  Childs.  b.  Jau.  3,  1857. 
6329.  ii»  C'ATHAiiiNtc  Aumi*  Childs,  h.  Meh.  10,  18f>l. 
0330.  iii.  William  Doty  Childb,  b.  July  27,  18G2. 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH. 

[Sixth  Gene  ratio  II.  J 

G309.  iiL  David  Childs,  third   child  and   se<;ond   .sou 
Ebenezer  and  Rachel  Childa,  b.  Nov.  4,  1760,  in  Shutesbur 
Mass.^  m.  March,  1784,  Clarissa  Dickeuson  of  Hatfield,  Masfl 
she  was  h  July  21,  1762.     Mr.  ChiUk  d  McL    15,   l^i 
a*  68 ;  Mrs.  Childs  d.  April  7,  1844     They  reaide^l  in  Coij 
way,  Mass. 
[Sevt^nlh  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Conway,  Mass. 

ea81.  i.  PoLixANA  Chtlds.  b.  Jan.  2,  1785,  ni.  June  1806,  Stephen  3 
derson. 

0332.  ii.  Caltsta  Chilos^  b.  Feb.  18.  1787.  m.  Oct.  7.  1812,  Ueo, 

6333.  iii.  Otis  Childs,  b.  Ap.  4,  1790,  m.  1st,  Jan  13.  1813.  HiUlv  Fie 
in.  2(1,  Dec,  14,  1820.  Electa  Ckrv;  m.  3tl,  Feb.  22.  1827,  Lois  Parsfjns; 
4th.  Aug,  28,  1844.  Mrs.  Aim  Dickenson. 

(j334-  iv.  Silas  Dickenson  Chh^ds,  b.  May  29, 1T&4,  ni,  Roxana  Parker; 
they  left  no  children. 

13335.  V.  Jut^TUs  Childs.  b.  Oct.  6, 1799.  d.  June  18.  1828.  n?  29  years. 

6336.  vi.  Franklin  CtiiLUS,  b.  June  28,  1802,  m.  1st,  July  24,   1^ 
Laurinda  Field;  dl  2d,  July  12,  1868,  S.  Clary. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6331.   L    PoLiXANA   Childs,   eldest  child  of    David   aB 
Clarissa  DickensoTi  Childs,  b.  in  Conway,  Masa,  Juoe  2,  17^ 
m,  Jan,  1806,  Stephen  Sanderson  of  Whately,  Maaa ;  he 
born  Jan.  18,  178*i  :  he  died  in  Conway,  Masa,  May  SI, 
She  died  Mch.  28,  1847,  ti-^  62  years. 
[Eighth  Generation,]    Children,  horn  in  Conwiiy.  Mass, 

0337.  i.  Edwakd  Sandbhson,  b.  April  28,  1807,  d.  July  21,  1800. 

6338.  ii.  OnPHEUs  Sandehson,  b.   April   13.  1809,  lu,  Aug.   lll»  1880. 
.Sally  C.  White. 

(1339,  iii.  R  ten  A  RD  Montague  Sajiderson.  b.  Jan.  3.  1811,  ra.  Mch, 
1837.  Mary  A,  Thwing. 

6340,  iv,  Chari,E8  Sanderson.   t».  April   7,   1813,  ra.  June  27,  18 
Mnria  Morse. 

m4i,  V.  AtJftTDf  Sajidehson,  b.  Mch.  28, 1815.  m.  Aiig.  28,  J888.  ChArb 
G.  Wells. 

6342.  vi.  Diaoama  Sanderson,  b»  April  34.  1817.  d.  Mc-b.  24,  1840. 

6848,  Tii.  Tryphenia  Sanderson,  b.  Aug,  11.  1819.  d.  Feb.  12,  1840. 

6944,  viii.  Mart  Sanderson,  b.  Oct.  6,  1821.    Now  living  in  Vineland, 
New  Jersey. 

[Eighth  Generation.  J 

61^46,  ii.  Olpheus  Sanderson,  second  child  and  second ; 
of  Polixana  Childs  and  Stephen  Sanderson,  b.  in  Conwai 
Mass.,  July  13,  1809,  rn.  Aug.    19,  1830,  Sally  C.  White 
Southport  N.  Y.     She  was  b  Oct.  21,  1814. 

[Ninth  Generation.]     Children: 

6345.  i.  Mary  Elizabeth  Sanderson,  b.  in  ElBnira,  N.  Y,.  June  17,J 
m.  Dec.  27,  1850.    Lives  in  Lavonia.  N.  Y. 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  649 

6346.  ii.  Charles  M.  Sanderson,  b.  in  Wells.  Pa.,  Jan.  15,  1883.  m.  in 
Corning,  N.  Y.,  June  19.  1855. 

6847.  iii.  Tryphena  Polixana  Sanderson,  b.  in  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  8, 
1834,  m.  July  3. 1849,  in  Catharine,  N.  Y.,  d.  in  Havana,  N.Y ,  May  11, 1852. 

6348.  iv.  Seth  White  Sanderson,  b.  in  Veteran,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  29. 1836. 

6349.  V.  Josephine  Diadama  Sanderson,  b.  in  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  24. 
1837,  d.  in  Veteran,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  17,  1839. 

6350.  vi.  LoRETTA  Elvira  Sanderson,  b.  in  Veteran,  N.Y.,  Aug.  7,  1889, 
ni.  in  Tioga,  Pa.,  June  17. 1855. 

6351.  vii.  Emily  Orlina  Sanderson,  b.  in  Elmira.  N.  Y.,  Dec.  6,  1842. 

6352.  viii.  Ellen  Isadore  Sanderson,  b.  in  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  June  27, 1847 
6363.  ix.  Austin  Alanson  Sanderson,  b.  in  Catharine,  N.Y.,  Jan.  4, 1848 

6354.  X.  Franklin  Childs  Sanderson,  b.  in  Corning,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  6, 1860. 

6355.  xi.  Marquis  De  Lafayette  Sanderson,  b.  in  Tioga,  Pa.,  April  11, 
1851. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6339.  iii.  Hichard  Montague  Sanderson,  third  child  and 
son  of  Polixana  Childs  and  Stephen  Sanderson,  b.  in  Con- 
way, Mass.,  Jan.  3,  1811,  m.  Mch.  16,  1837,  Mary  A.  Thwing. 
She  was  b.  July  20,  1809.  He  A  April  19, 1838,  aged  27.  She 
m.  2d,  Sept.  28, 1844,  Eandall  Graves  of  Whately.  He  was  b. 
July  28,  1800. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

6356.  i.  Richard  Sanderson,  b.  in  Conway,  Mass.,  Mch.  18,  1838;  now 
lives  in  Vineland,  N.  J. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6340.  iv.  Charles  Sanderson,  fourth  child  and  son  of 
Polixana  Childs  and  Stephen  Sanderson,  b.  April  7,  1813,  m. 
June  27,  1839,  Maria  Morse.  She  was  b.  April  1,  1815,  in 
Leominster,  Mass.  Eesided  in  Leominster  where  he  died  June 
8,  1846,  aged  33. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Leominster,  Mass. 

6357.  i.  Mary  Jane  Sanderson,  b.  April  3, 1840. 

6358.  ii.  Ellen  Maria  Sanderson,  b.  April  7, 1843. 

6359.  iii.  Antoinette  Elvira  Sanderson,  b.  Jan.  17,  1845. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6341.  V.  Austin  Sanderson,  fifth  child  and  son  of  Polix- 
ana Childs  and  Stephen  Sanderson,  b.  Mch.  28,  1815,  in  Con- 
way, Mass.,  m.  Aug.  23,  1838,  in  Guilford,  Vt,  Charlotte  G. 
Wells,  she  was  b.  Ap.  4,  1810,  in  Greenfield.  Austin  Sander- 
son d.  Dea  27,  1850,  in  Conway,  89.  35. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

6360.  i.  Tryphena  Jennette  Sanderson,  b.  Dec.  1,  1840,  in  Conway, 
Hass.,  m.  and  resides  in  Amherst,  Mass. 

6361.  ii.  Stephen  Wells  Sandbbson,  b.  Feb.  25,  1842,  in  Conway,. 
Mass.,  d.  Sept.  5, 1842. 

W-i 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH, 


[Seventh  Oenerntiou.J 

6332.  iL  Oalista  Childs,  second  ebikl  aad  second  dau. 
David   and    Clarissa   Dickenson   Childs,  k  FeK  18,  1787, 
Conway,  Mass,,  m.  Oct  7,  1812,  George   Rogers,  he  was 
Aug,  6, 1779,  in  Tisbury,  Mass.     She  d.  Sept  11,  1850,  a%  63| 
hed,  June  a  1852,  le.  73. 
[Eightli  Gunemtion,]    Ohilxlren,  bom  in  Conway,  Mn^s, 

0362.  i    DAVtD  CaiLDS  Rogers,  b.  Mny  23,   18J3,  m.  Nov,  g8.  18 
Amelia  Ann  Foot. 

fVM'S,  ii,  JoHHUA  Knowlton  Rogers,  b.  Dee.  91,  1814,  m.  Jap.  1, 18 
Patnt'lia  Barllett. 

0304.  iii.  Clauipsa   Dickeksok  RoQERfl,  b.  June  14,  1817,  m.  Not. 
1839,  Rodolplms  Clnrk, 

Ii305.  iv.  C.\Li8TA  Childs  Rooeuh.  b.  July  5.  1810,  d.  Mch.  3,  18^. 

&3m    \\  Edwin   Kooers,  b.  July  1,   1831,  m,  Nov,  37,  1844,  in  Norti 
AdnniB,  Sebuett  S»  St<>veiis  of   Swausey,  N.  H.,  where  she  was  b,  ik*pt. 
1B20.     Mr.  Uogers,  a  man  of  CMirdial  hospitalities,  ha:»  lon^  been  one  of  t 
leading  business  men  of  North  Adams,  for  many  vears  he  has  l»een  tli 
populiir  postmaster  of  the  town,  in  whieh  enpaeity  he  has  served  the  pub 
lie  with  lldelity  and  acceptance,  and  by  his  courteous  and  obliging  mil 
ners  has  woii  the  esteem  of  the  community, 

0367.  vi.  Causta  Childs  Rogkiis,  2d,  b.  Oet.  23.  18*23. 

6368.  vii.  OEoiiGE  Rogehs.  Ju.,  b.  July  13,  1836,  d,  Oct.  11,  1844,  tt*  18 

fEig-hth  Generation,! 

6362.  i.  David  Childs  .Rogers,  eldest  child  of  Calist 
ChiMs  und  Geo,  Rogers,  b.  in  Conway^  Mass.,  May  25,  1813 
m.  in  t^arne  place,  Nov.  28,  1838,  Amelia  Ann  Foot,  daughte 
of  David  Foot  She  was  born  in  Perti,  Mass.,  April  25,  1815 
Reside  in  Greenfield,  Mass.  Mr.  Rogers  has  for  many  yc 
been  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  Greenfield,  recenti] 
retired,  leaving  a  lucrative  manufacturing  business  to  his  son 
[Ninth  Generation,]     Children: 

0)0.  i.  Mahtha  Akn  R<>aBR6.  b.  in  West  Springfield,  Oct.  10  1838,  m  " 
Charles  (t.  Parsons. 

6370.  ii.  Frances  Nash  Rogers,  b.  in  West  Springfield,  Mnas.,  May  30. 
1842,  rn.  April  18.  1880.  — , 

037L  ill.  Ueoroe  Enwm  Rogers,  b.  in  North  Adams,  June  lU,  I84d, 
m.  CUarn  Claik. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

63fil>.  i.  Martha  Ann  Rogers,  eldei^t  child  of  Da^Hd  CliTT 
and  Amelia  Ann  Fcjot  Rogers,  and  grand-daughter  of  Calist 
Ohilds  Rogers,  b.  in  West  Springfield,  Mass.,  Oct  10,  183S 
m,  Cliarles  G.  Parsons  of  Boston,  Mass. 
(Tenth  Generation,]    Children: 

6373»  L  Georok  Parsons. 

6873.  ii   Mattik  R  Parsons. 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  651 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

6371.  iii  George  Edwi*  Eogers,  third  child  and  only  son 
of  David  Childs,  and  Amelia  Ann  Foot  Rogers,  b.  in  North 
Adams,  June  10,  1849,  m.  Clara  Clark.    Mr.  Rogers  is  a  manu- 
facturer. 
[Tenth  Generation.]    Child: 

6374.  i.  Ethel  C.  Rogers,  b.  Nov.  8,  1877. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6363.  ii.  Joshua  Knowlton  Rogers,  second  son  and  child 
of  Calista  Childs  and  George  Rogers,  b.  Dec.  21,  1814,  ra.  Jan. 
1,  1842,  Pamelia  Bartlett,  who  was  born  in  Conway,  Feb.  5, 
1817. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  North  Adams,  Mass. 

6375.  i.  Calista  Childs  Rogers,  b.  Oct.  8,  1845. 

6376.  ii.  Sarah  Bartlett  Rogers,  b.  Jan.  14, 1848. 

6377.  iii.  Ellen  Pameua  Rogers,  b.  April  4,  1850. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6364.  iii.    Clarissa  Dickenson  Rogers,  third  child  of 
Calista  Childs  and  George  Rogers,  b.  in  Conway,  Mass.,  June 
14,  1817,  ra.  Nov.  28, 1839,  Rodolphus  Clark.     He  was  b.  Feb. 
16,  1815,  in  Conway,  Mass.     Reside  in  Dubuque,  Iowa. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Conway,  Mass. 

6378   i.  Sarah  Gbiffeth  Clark,  b.  Sept.  25,  1841. 

6379.  ii.  Anna  Bartlett  Clark,  b.  Jan.  37,  1844. 

6380.  iii.  Infant  son,  (unehristened,)  b.  July  15,  1846.  d.  Aug.  3,  1846. 

6381.  iv.  Clara  Elizabeth  Clark,  b.  Jan.  29,  1850. 

6382.  V.  Mary  Calista  Clark,  b.  Oct.  18, 1852,  d.  July  2,  1853. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

6833.  iii.  Otis  Childs,  third  child  and  eldest  son  of  David 
and  Clarissa  Dickenson  Childs,  b.  in  Conway,  Mass.,  April  4, 

1790,  m.  1st,  Jan.  13,  1813,  Sally  Field.     She  was  b.  Mch.  27, 

1791,  d.  Dec.  29,  1819,  aged  28;  m.  2d,  Dec.  14,  1820,  Electa 
Clary,  b.  June  6,  1795,  d.  July  28,  1826,  aged  31  years;  m. 
3d,  Feb.  22,  1827,  Lois  Parsons,  b.  Mch.  8,  1796,  d.  Feb.  22, 
1844;  m.  4th,  Aug  28,  1844,  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Mrs.  Ann 
Dickenson,  b.  in  Rome,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  14,  1798. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children, — ^by  1st  marriage — born  in  Conway,  Mass: 

6383.  i.  Edward  Childs,  b.  Dec.  31,  1813,  m.  1st,  May  6,  1841,  Sarah 
Adams;  m.  2d,  May  5,  1852,  Emily  Porter. 

6384.  ii.  William  Sullivan  Childs,  b.  May  28,  1816,  m.  June,  1839, 
Lydia  Frary. 

6385.  iii.  Henry  Childs,  b.  Jan.  28,  1818,  m.  1st  Sept.  22,  1842,  Mary 
A.  Graves;  m.  2d,  Jan.  13,  1852,  Esther  L.  Kinsley. 

6386.  iv.  Sarah  Field  Childs,  b.  Dec.  21,  1819,  m.  Oct.  5,  1842,  Samuel 
W.  Barber. 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH. 


By  seeood  marnage: 

0387.  V.  Charles  Childs,  b,  Jan,  20.  m22,  m.  Nov.  II,  1847,  ELixabetli 

W.  Webster.  j 

6388.  vi,  Intaut.  \k  Oct,  23.  1833,  d,  young,  ' 

6389.  Yi\.  Silas  Dickenson  Childs,  b.  July  \9,  1826.  in.  April  11.  1850, 
Htirriet  A.  Warron. 

6390.  v:ii.  Electa  C.  Chilos,  b.  Jan.  24,  1828.  She  was  the  eldcsl  child  ] 
of  Otis  and  Lois  Parsons  Childs  She  m.  Sept.  20,  1848.  E.  FUher  Ames. 
He  was  b.  in  Amhers^t.  Mass.,  May  10.  1822.  Mrs.  Electa  Childs  Ames  d, 
in  Conway,  Mass  .  A\ug  11. 1850,  leaving  no  children,  Mr,  Ames  m,  Agmn 
Auf^.  4.  1853,  in  Elizabeth,  N.  J,,  Carolintj  Brown.  She  was  b.  in  New 
York,  Nov.  29,  1822. 

6391.  ix,  Dayid  Childs,  b.  Nov.  11,  1880,  ra.  Sept.  27,  1855,  M.  Elizabeth 
Ladd. 

63^2.  X.  Lois  Parsons  Guilds,  b.  July  15, 1833,  d.  Nov.  5.  1833. 

6393.  xi.  Lois  P.  Childs,  2o»  b.  Sept.  28,  1838,  m.  —  Wood. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6383.  i,  Edward  Childs,  eklest  child  of  Otis  and  Sally  J 
Field  Childs,  b.  in  Conway,  Mas^s.,  Dec.  31,  1813,  m.  Ist,  Maj^| 
6,  1841,  Sarah  A.  Adams,  who  was  b,  Feb.  23,  1815,  d.  in  ~ 
Montreal.  Caimda,  Oct.  14.  1850,  te  35 ;  m.  2d,  in  Northamp- 
ton, Mass.,  May  t>,  1852,  Emily  Porter,  who  was  born  in  Ches- 
ter field,  Mass.,  July  18,  1814. 
pfiuth  Generation.]     Children: 

6394.  I  Edward  Adams  Cutlds.  b.  in  North  Ad&ms,  Mass.,  Sept.  9, 1812. 

6395.  ii.  OTi?i  F t eld  Child 3,  b.  in  North  Adams,  Mas?..  May  7,  1844. 

6396.  iii.  Sakau   Ann  Childs.  b.  in  North  Adams,  Oct.  6.  1847.  d.    in 
Guilford,  Vt,  Au^.  22,  1S')2. 

6397.  iv,  Mauy  Luceba  CfftLDS,  b,  in  Montreal,  Canada.  Nov.  11,  tSI9^ 

By  tjiecond  marriage. 
0398.  V.  W.vLTER  Albbut  Childs,  b,  in  Guilford,  Vt..  July  3»  1854, 
Sept.  10,  1854. 
G309.  vi.  Sarah  Emily  Child.s,  b.  in  Toronto,  Canada,  Nov.  15,  1856w 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6384.  ii.  William  Scllivan  Childs,  secoiid  oirild  and  ^SB^ 
of  Capt.  Otis  and  Sally  Field  Childs.  b.  in  Conway,  Mass.,  May- 
28,  1816,  m.  June  4, 1839,  Lydia  Frary  of  Whately,  Maaa   She] 
was  K  Mch.  4,  1820. 
[Ninth  Generation  ]     Child  ren : 

640O.  i.  Ellen  Irene  Uhjlds.  b.  in  Conway,  Mass..  July  19,  1840,  m,  Jan. 
6,  1866,  Dr,  James  Alfred  Baziii. 

640L  ii.   LvDiA  Sioourney   Childs,  b.  in  Whitehall,  N.   Y..   Aug,  %^ 
1843,  ra.  William  B.  Giltord 

6402.  iii.  William  Sullivan  Childs,  J&.,  b.  in  Montreal,  P.  Q.,  Oct.  l«,j 
1846,  d.  Oct  27,  1847. 

fl4<)3.  iv.  William  Frederkk  Childs,  b,  in  Montreal,  P  Q* , Not. 3, 18$2. 
He  resides  in  Victoria,  Ellis;  county.  Kan.-^as. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

6400.  i.  Ellen    lKE>fE   Childs,  eldest  child   of   Willjarn 
Sullivan  and   Lydia  Frary   Childs,  b.  in  Conway,  Mass.,  Ji 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  653 

19,   1840,  m.  at  Montreal,  P.  Q.,   Canada,  Jan.  6,   1866,  Dr. 

James  x\lfred  Bazin  of  Boston,  Mass. 

[Tenth  Generation]    Children,  bom  in  Montreal,  P.  Q.,  Canada. 

6404.  i.  An  infant  daughter,  b.  Feb.  28,  1 868,  d.  same  day. 

6405.  ii.  Maey  Irene  Bazin,  b.  Mch.  3,  1869. 

6406.  iii.  Lydia  Caroline  Bazin.  b.  June  19,  1870. 

6407.  iv.  Alfred  Turner  Bazin,  b.  Dec.  31, 1872. 

6408.  V.  A  Son,  b.  Oct.  15.  1879. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

6401.  ii.  Lydia  Sigourney  Childs,  second  child  and  dau. 
of  William  Sullivan  and  Lydia  Frary  Childs,  b.  in  Whitehall, 
N.  Y.,  Aug.  29,  1843,  m.  Jan.  16,  1868,  at  Montreal,  P.  Q., 
Canada,  William  Benjamin  Gifford  of  New  York  City.  They 
reside  in  Montreal,  P.  Q. 
[Tenth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Montreal,  P.  Q. 

6409.  i.  Miriam  Childs  Gifford,  b.  Oct.  25,  1868. 

6410.  ii.  Alfred  William  Gifford,  b.  Feb.  10,  1873. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6385.  iii.  Henry  Childs,  third  child  of  Otis  and  Sally 
Field  Childs,  b.  in  Conway,  Mass.,  Jan  28,  1818,  m.  Ist,  Sept 
22,  1842,  Mary  A.  Graves;  m.  2d,  Jan.  13,  1852,  Esther  L. 
Kinsley  of  Stoughton,  Mass. ;  she  d.  Aug.  28,  1872 ;  m.  3d, 
Feb.  18,  1874,  Mary  D.  Phillips  of  Northampton,  Mass.  Mr. 
Childs  is  of  the  firm  of  Bridgman  &  Childs  of  Northampton, 
Mass.,  blank  book  manufacturers  and  book  sellers,  a  connec- 
tion of  more  than  forty-five  years  continuance. 
[Ninth  Generation.]  Children,  born  in  Northampton,  Mass. 
B^  first  marriage: 

6411.  i   Sarah  Eliza  Childs,  b..  Jan  28.  1844,  m  Sept.  10,  1873.  Her- 
bert B.  Murlless. 

6412.  ii.  Mary  Louisa  Childs,  b.  April  27,  1845,  m.  Jan.   18,  1869, 
Edward  C.  Crafts. 

6413.  iii.  Albert  Bates  Childs,  b.  July  24,  1846.  d.  June  9,  1848. 

6414.  iv.  Albert  Bates  Childs,  2d,  b.  Oct.  5,  1848,  d.  Aug.  29,  1849. 

By  second  marriage : 

6415.  V.  Ella  Kinsley  Childs,  b.  in  Oct.  26,  1852,  m.  Sept.  6,  1876 , 
William  Wamock. 

6416.  vi.  Edith  Dunbar  Childs,  b.  Dec.  5,  1867. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

6411.  i.  Sarah  Eliza  Childs,  eldest  child  of  Henry  and 
Mary  A.  Graves  Childs,  b.  in  Northampton,  Mass.,  Jan.  28, 
1844,  m.  Sept  10,  1873,  Herbert  B.  Murlless  of  Rockville,  Ct 
[Tenth  Generation.]     Child : 

6417.  i.  Herbert  Childs  Murlless,  b.  Oct.  5,  1877. 


664 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH. 


[Niuth  lienerHtion.] 

641ii.  ii.  Mary  Louisa   Childs,  second  child  and  dan. 
Henry  and  Maiy  A.  Gmves  Cbilds^  b.  Apnl  27,  1846,  m,  Jji 
28,  I860,  Edwal^l  a  Crafts.     He  d.  May  12,  1874. 
[Tenth  Generation.]    Children: 

641^.  i.  Habiiy  Clinton  Ceafts,  K  Feb.  8. 18T0. 

6410.  ii.  David  Chilus  Crafts,  b.  Dec.  24, 1871. 

[Ninth  Generation.) 

6415.  V,  Ella  Kinsley  Childs,  dau.  of  Henry  and  Esther 
L.  Kinsley  Childs,  \x  Oct.  26,  1852,  m.  Sept.  6,  1876,  William* 
War  nock. 

[Tenth  Generation,]    Child: 
642(1  i,  Henry  CniLns  WAaNocK.  b,  Nov,  8,  1877. 

[Eight h  Genemtion.] 

63S6.  iv.  Sarah  Field  Childs,  fourth  child  and  eldest  dau. 
of  Otis  and  Sally  Field  Childs,  b.  in  Conway,  Mass*,  Dec. 
1819,  HL  Oct.  5,  1842,  Samuel  W.  Barber,  b.   in  Charlemont 
Mass.,  Sept  28,  1B12. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Heath,  Mass, 

64'3L  i,  Albert  CniLDs   Barber,  ii.   Aug.   16.  1843»  d.  July  31.   U 
aged  11  years. 

6422,  ii.  Henry  Dwioht  Barber,  h.  Jan.  3,  1845. 

642^^.  iii,  Mary  Abbie  BABBRa.  b.  Mch.  10. 1852,  d.  April  17. 1852. 

[Eighth  Generation  ] 

6387.  V.  Charles  Childs,   fifth  child  and   fourth  son  of 
Otis  and  eldest  child  of  Otis  and  Electa  Clary  Childs,  b.  in 
Conway.  Mas?,,  Jan.  20,  1822,  m.  Nov.  18,  1847,  Elizabeth  W.\ 
Webster,  b.   in  Goshen,  Mass.,  April  24,  1822.     Live  at  Moq«| 
treal,  Cana<la, 
[Ninth  Generation.]     Child: 

6424.  i.  Elect .V   Claev  Cnin>a,  b.  in  Conway,  Masa.,  Sept.  ^.  1850,  la.] 
Nov.  17,  1875»  Wm.  Stephen  Patterson  of  Montreal,  P.  Q. 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

6424.  i.  Electa  Clahy  Childs,  dau.  of  Charles  and  Eliaa-i 
beth  Williams  Webster  Childs,  b.  in  Conway,  Mass.,  Sept.  29,1 
1850,  FD.  Nov.  17,  1875,  Wm.  Stephen  Patterson  of  M«nitrr;tl. 
P.  Q.,  Canada. 

[Tenth  Generation.]     Children,  b.  in  Montreal,  P.  CJ.,  Canada 

6425.  L  Kate  Elizabeth  pATTERi*<»N.  b.  Sept.  20,  1876. 

6426.  ii.  Robert  CBiLna  Patterson,  \k  April  29.  1878. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6389.  vii.   Silas  D.   Chllus,   seventh   child  of  Otis  anc 
second  son  of  Otis  and  Electa  Clary  Childs,  b,  in  Conway,  Ma8&, 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  665 

July  19,  1826,  m.  in  Montreal,  April  11, 1850,  Harriet  A.  War- 
ren, b.  Aug.  9,  1834,  in  Providence,  R  I.  He  d.  in  Montreal, 
Canada,  1860. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

6427.  i.  WiLUAM  Henry  Childs,  b.  in  Montreal,  P.  Q.,  Canada,  June  2, 
1851,  m.  Dec.  13,  1877,  Charlotte  E.  Cable  of  New  York  City;  is  salesman 
in  a  wholesale  dry-goods  house  in  New  York  City. 

[Eighth  Generation] 

6391.  ix.  David  Childs,  ninth  child  of  Otis  and  eldest  son 
of  Otis  and  Lois  Parsons  Childs,  b.  Nov.  11,  1830,  m.  Sept  27, 
1855,  M.  Elizabeth  Ladd.  She  was  b.  in  Newbury,  Vt ,  Dec.  21 , 
1830,  dau.  of  Peabody  W.  and  Eliza  Lowell  Johnson  Ladd. 
He  d.  at  Newbury,  Vt.,  Dec.  22,  1863.  Mrs.  David  Childs 
resides  at  Newbury,  Vt 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

6429.  i.  Chaeles  Ezra  Childs,  b.  Oct  22,  1856,  at  Montreal,  P.  Q.,  Can- 
ada ;  resides  at  Chicopee  Falls. 

[Eighth  Generation] 

6393.  xi.  Lois  P.  Childs,  youngest  child  of  Otis  and  Lois 
Parsons  Childs,   b.  in  Conway,  Mass.,  Sept  28,  1838,  m.  — 
Wood,  and  resides  at  Newbury,  Vt. 
[Ninth  Generation  ]    Children: 

6430.  i.  Walter  Wood. 

6431.  ii.  Allie  Wood. 

6432.  iii.  Lyman  Wood.       }  -_,|„.    ) 

6433.  iv.  Clarence  Wood,  f  *''^-  ) 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6334.  iv.  Silas  Dickenson  Childs,  second  son  of  David 
and  Clarissa  Dickenson  Childs,  b.  in  Conway,  Mass.,  May  29, 
1794,  m.  Eoxana  Parker  of  Utica,  N.  Y. 

The  following  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Mr.  Childs  is  taken 
from  "  Historical  Sketches  of  Presbyterianism ''  withip  the 
bounds  of  the  Synod  of  Central  New  York,  by  Eev.  Dr.  Fowler : 
Mr.  Childs  commenced  a  clerkship  in  his  native  place ;  removed  to  Utica 
in  1816.  He  first  took  a  place  in  the  dry-goods  store  of  Stalham  Williams, 
then  went  as  a  book-keeper  to  the  office  of  Jason  Parker,  widely  known  as 
the  proprietor  of  extensive  stage  lines.  Marrying  the  daughter  of  his  em- 
ployer, he  was  admitted,  together  with  the  Hon.  Theodore  S.  Faxton,  to  a 
partnership  with  him  in  1820;  his  business  associations  with  Mr.  Faxton 
lasting  for  forty  years,  and  their  stage  business  till  1836.  Alive  to  the  public 
welfare  he  attended  to  the  public  interests  in  such  stations  as  bank  and 
factory,  and  railway  directorships,  and  as  trustee  of  the  Female  Academy 
and  the  Orphan  Asylum  and  Cemetery  Association.  Upright,  faithful, 
honorable,  kind  and  sympathising,  he  was  always  the  quiet,  modest  and 
dignified  gentleman,  never  suffering  taint  or  suspicion.    Dropping  instantly 


606 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH. 


dead  in  a  banking-room,  the  whole  community  felt  the  shock  nnd  shap 
the  bereavement  and  g^rief.     He  made  liberal  donfitions  to  public  institutio 
Among  them  $30,0(}0  endowing  a  professorship,* ^^lled  ''Childs/*  for  Haa 
iUon  College,  Clinton,  N.  Y,,  tu  which  Mtu  Ciiildi*  synjpalbising  with 
husband,  added  $(M),tH)0,  rtlso  erecting  at  her  own  expense  a  lieautifuJ  chap 
for  the  Uticrt  eemelery. 
[Sevtmth  GentjnitioruJ 

6336,  vi.  Fkanklin   Childs,  sixth  and  youngest  child  of 
David  and  Clarii^sa  Dickenson   Childs,  b-  in  Conway,  Ma 
June  28,  1802,  m.  Jnly  24,  1828,  Liirinda  Fiekl  who  was 
in  Conway,  June  8,  1798,  d.  Mch.  4,  1668;  m,  2d,  S.  Clar 
He  d.  in  Conway,  Mass.,  McIl  1880, 
[Eighth  Generalion  ]     Children : 

6434  i  Justus  Crilds,  b,  in  Conway,  Mass  ,  Sept,  lU  1S32.  d.  July  IB; 
1800 

6435,  ii.  Ellek  L,  Ciulor.  \k  in  WiOmmsburg,  Sept.  28.  1840. 

[Filth  Generation.] 

5838.  viii.  Experience  Childs,  eighth  child  of  Samuel  and^ 
only  dau.  of  his  second  wife.  Experience  —  Chikls,  h.  June 
1730,  m.  1751,  Jonathan  Iloit.     He  d.  May  7,  1813,     She 
Jan.  28,  1814.  _ 

[Sixth  OenerutionJ    Children,  horn  in  Deerfield,  Mass. 

6436.  i    Clument  Hoit,  b,  Dec.  8.  1751, 
6437*  ii.  Rett  RAH  Hoir,  l>,  Feb  18,  1753, 

6438.  iii,  Expehienck  Hoit,  b.  Nov.  11,  1754,  d,  Sept.  19,  1758. 

6439.  iv,  Cephas  Hoit.  b,  Dec.  19.  1756,  d,  Oct  19.  1758. 

6440.  V.  Cephas  Uuit.  2d,  h,  July  3,  1759. 

6441.  vi.  E>:rERiENCE  lloiT,  2d,  b.  May  2,  1761,  drownetl  Sept  19, 15 

6442.  vii,  Abigaji.  Hoit,  h.  Sept..  11,  17153. 
(i443.  viii.  Hannah  Hon*,  b  July  27,  17i>5. 

6444.  ix.  ExrEiUENCE  F.  Hoit.  b.  May  11,  1767. 

6445.  X.  Sarah  Hoit,  b  April  2G,  1770. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

5822.  iii.  Thomas  Child,  third  eliild  of  Richard  atui  ETTa 
beth  Crocker  Cliild,  b,  in  Bnn«^t.Ml.l.^  Mnss    Jnir  10,  ]m2. 
about  1710,  Mary  — . 

[Fiftli  Geiicrntion.]     ChiMren,  born  ia  Piarustalile.  Mik-s. 
644fS,  i,  David  CtiiLD,  b.  July  20,  1711,  m.  Jao.  20.  1734,  HaniiAh  Cob 

6447,  ii,  Jonathan  Child,  b.  Xor.  27,  1713.  ra.  May  19»  1757.  Thunkfiit 
Howlrttid, 

6448.  iii.  tsiLAft  Chit-d,  b.  Mch    10,  1715,  and  removecl  to  Rhode  LhUiuI. 
644fl.  iv.  Hannah  Chilh.  U  July  2ft,  1720,  m.  Prince  Tiiylor  *>f  Ooan. 
6450,  V    Benjamin  Cnn.D,  b.  Dec.  4. 1727.  ( Willii*  savs  1781,)  m.  Rel 

— ,  of  Portliiiid,  Maine.     ("  Fix?omnn  ■*  ^uys  he  m.  2d.  llunnah  — .) 

•A  profeesortbip  of  At;r!cultore  ar.d  Chemiatry-t 

f  A  verj  Urge,  line  pkLMre  of  Mr.  Childf  adornt  with  thoee  of  otiier  prominQiit  f 
trfbDtoni  to  the  fuodp  of  Ihe  colt«g«,  tbe  wmlli  of  the  coll«^  llbmr;^ 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  667 

6451.  vi.  Thomas  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1781,  in.  1772,  Mary  FFeeman. 

6452.  vii.  Mary  Child,  b.  April  1.  1738. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

6446.  i.  David  Child,  eldest  child  of  Thomas  and  Mary  — 
Child,  b.  July  20,  1711,  m.  Jan.   29,  1734,  Hannah  Cobb. 
[Sixth  Generation  ]    Children,  bom  in  Barnstable,  Mass. 

6453.  i.  David  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1735,  m.  April  4,  1758.  Hannah 
Davis. 

6454.  ii.  Jonathan  Child,  b.  Dec.  25,  1737. 

6455.  iii.  Annah  Child,  b.  Aug.  18,  1739. 

6456.  iv.  AsBNATH  Child,  b.  Feb.  28,  1741,  m.  —  Linnett. 

6457.  V.  Josiah  Child,  b.  Sept.  7,  1745,  m.  —  Lewis  of  Sturgis. 

6458.  vi.  Edward  Child,  b.  Sept.  13,  1747,  m.  Mary  Lathrop. 

[Sixth  Generation.! 

6453.  i.  David  Child,  Jr.,  eldest  child  of  David  and  Hannah 
Cobb  Child,  b.  in  Barnstable,  Mass.,  Feb.  7,  1735,  m.  April  4, 
1758,  Hannah  Davis. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children,  born  in  Barnstable,  Mass. 

6459.  i.  SusANxVA  Child,  b.  July  30,  1762. 

6460.  ii.  Asenath  Child,  b.  Sept.  2.  1765. 

6461.  iii.  Job  Child,  b.  Sept.  8, 1767. 

6462.  iv.  Hannah  Child,  b.  Nov.  17,  1769. 

6463.  V.  Anna  Child,  b.  Nov.  4,  1771. 

6464.  vi.  JosiAH  Child,  b.  Dec.  14,  1773. 

6465.  vii.  David  Child.  Jr.,  b.  July  8, 1775. 

6466.  viii.  Shubael  Davis  Child,  b.  Dec.  16,  1777. 

6467.  ix.  Benjamin  .Child,  b.  Aug.  11,  1779. 

6468.  X.  Edward  Child,  b.  Mch.  9,  1783. 

I  Fifth  Generation.  | 

0450.  V.  Benjamin   Child,  fifth  child  and  fourth  son  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  —  Child,  b.  in  Barnstable,  Mass.,  Dec.  4, 
1727,  m.  1751,  Eebecca  —  of  Portland,  Me.,  to  which  place  he 
removed.     "Freeman"  says  he  m.  2d,  Hannah  — . 
[Sixth  Generation.!    Children: 

6469.  i.  Thomas  Child,  b.  Sept.  25,  1752. 

6470.  ii.  Isaac  Child,  b.  Feb.  10,  1755. 

6471.  iii.  Rebecca  Child,  b.  Mch.  3,  1769. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

6451.  vi.  Thomas  Child,  Jr.,  sixth  child  and  fifth  son  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  —  Child,  b.  in  Barnstable,  Mass.,  Sept  10, 
1731,  m.  1772,  Mary  Freeman,  dau.  of  Enoch  Freeman. 

Willis,  in  his  History  of  Portland,  Me.,  says : 
**Thomas  Child  was  bom  in  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1731 ;  removed  to  Portland, 
Maine.  1764;  entered  Government  service  in  the  Custom  House,  in  1769,  in 


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BARNSTABLE  BRANCH. 


which  he  cootinued  till  hi:^  dt^ath,  first  as  "  Land  Waiter,"  *'  Weigheri 
Ganger."  and  m  Nnviil  offictir  under  the  Government  of  Massachusetts* 
1772.  he  married  Mary  Freeman,  daughter  of  Enoch  Freeman.     8be  wn*  K 
1752,     Mr.  ChUd  died  Dt^v  1787,  and  his  widow  died  in  Boston,  1832. 
[Sixth  Generation]    Children: 

6472.  i.  Susanna  Child,  h.  Nov.  16,  1773.  d.  May  25,  1856. 

<i473,  ii.  Thomas  Cuilo,  Jr  ,  b.  Sept.  8^  1775.  d.  young, 

6474.  iii*  Mary  Child,  h.  Sept.  15,  1776,  m.  David  Halle, 

G475.  iv,  Uahella  Cbu*u,  k  May  9,  177^. 

C476,  V.  Thomas  Child,  2r>.,  b.  Jnne  5,  1782.  m.  June  22,  1805,  Chwio 
Buckmon. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

6476.  V.  Thomas  Ohild,  Jr.  fifth  and  youngest  child  oT 

Thomas  and  Mary  Freeman  Child,  b.  Jmie  5,  1782,  in. 

22,  1805,  Charlotte  Buckinan. 

[Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 

15477.  i.  Charlotte  Ann  Child,  b.  Moh.  23,  1806,  m.  Aug.  15, 1831  Ji 
L.  Clendenning. 

6478.  ii,  Thomas   Haile  Child,  b.  Sept.  15»  1808,  m.  Nov,  24»  184«, 
Almira  J.  Meleher  Appleton. 

6479.  iii.  CHAItLE^^   William   Child,  b.  Aug,  15.  1810,  ro.  Jan.  19,  ISE* 
Harriet  Thaxton. 

6480.  iv    Frederick  Child,  b.  Jan.  11,  1813,  d.  Mch.  2,  1842. 
64SL  V.  George  He.vry  Child,  b.  Nov,  12,  1814.  d.  Aug.  21,  1847. 

6482.  vi.  Edward  Buckman  Child,  b.  Sept.  21,  1817.  rn.  Dec.  29,  U 
Aim  D,  Ruekjey. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6477.  1.  CHARLon^E  Ann  Child,  eldest  child  of  Thomas 
and  Charlotte  Buckman  Child,  b,  Mch,  2S,  1806,  m.  Aug/l5, 
1831,  John  L.  CleTidenning. 
[Eig-hth  Genenition.]     Ciiildren; 

6483.  i.  Kllen  Hukter  Clkmdennlvg,  b.  Sept.  3,  1832. 

6484.  ii.  Charlotte  Susie  Clendennino.  b.  Feb.  26.  1835,  d.  Sept.  82, 
1836. 

6485.  iii.  John  Edward  CLENDB.vNrao.  b.  Aug.  15,  1840,  d,  Dec,  24. 1844, 

[Seventh  Genertttion.] 

6478.  ii.  Thomas  Haile  Child,  second  child  and   elde 
son  of   Thomas  and  Charlotte  Buckman  Child,  b.   Sept 
1808,  m.  Nov.  24,  1846,  Mrs.  Almira  Meleher  Applet<jn. 

[Eighth  Gunertition.]     Children: 

6486.  i.  Thomas  Fredkiiii ;k  Child,  b.  Oct.  6.  1847. 
0487.  ii.  William  B.  B.  Child,  b.  May  6, 1851,  m.  Oct.   10.  1872, 

Williams  Potter. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

64S7.  ii-  William  B,  B.  Child,  second  child  of  Thoiii 
Haile  and  Mrs.  Almira  Meleher  Appleton  Child^  b.  May 
1851,  m,  Oct.  16,  1872,  Clara  Williams  Potter. 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  669 

[Ninth  Geoeration.]    Child: 

64%.  i.  Arthur  Warren  Child,  b.  Oct.  22,  1873. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6479.  iii.  Charles  William  Child,  third  child  and  second 
son  of  Thomas  and  Charlotte  Buckman  Child,  b.   Aug.  15, 
1810,  m.  Jan.  19,  1832,  Harriet  Thaxton. 
[Eighth  Generation.  I    Children: 

6489.  i.  Charles  T.  Child,  b.  Nov.  8,  1833. 

6490.  ii.  Harry  A.  Child,  b.  Mch.  6,  1838. 

6491.  iii.  ALBERT  W.  Child,  b.  Mch.  10,  1840. 

6492.  iv.  Harriet  Louisa  Child,  b.  1842.  d.  1844. 

6493.  V.  Ella  A.  Child,  b.  Jan.  1,  1851. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6482.  vi.  Edward  Buckman  Child,  sixth  child,  fifth  son 
of  Thomas  and  Charlotte  Buckman  Child,  b.  Sept  21, 1817,  m. 
Dec  29,  1846,  Ann  D.  Buckley.     He  died  May  26,  1869. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

6494.  i.  Fkancis  D.  Child,  b.  June  24,  1842. 

6495.  ii.  James  M.  B.  Child,  b.  Oct.  23,  1844. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

5824.  V.  Timothy  Childs,  fifth  child  and  third  son  of 
Eichard  and  Elizabeth  Crocker  Child,  b.  in  Barnstable,  Mass., 
Sept.  22,  1868  ;  removed  to  Deerfield,  Mass.,  m.  Nov.  26,  1719, 
Hannah  Chapin  Sheldon,  dau.  of  Japhet  Chapin  and  widow 
of  John  Sheldon  of  Deerfield.  She  is  said  to  have  been  at  the 
burning  of  Deerfield  by  the  Indians  and  the  French,  and  to  have 
jumped  from  the  old  Indian  House  and  sprained  her  ancle, 
and  was  captured  and  taken  to  Canada  with  other  prisoners. 
She  died  Sept  30,  1765.  Timothy  Childs  died  July  26,  1776. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  Jn  Deerfield,  Mass: 

6i96.  i.  Timothy  Childs,  Je  ,  b.  Sep.  18,  1720,  ra.  July  12,  1744,  Mary 
Wells. 

6497.  ii.  Anna  Childs,  b.  Aug.  2,  1723.  ra.  Dec.  5,  1740,  Dr.  Thomas 
Williams. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

6496.  i.  Capt.  Timothy  Childs,  eldest  child  of  Timothy 
and  Hannah  Chapin  Sheldon  Childs,  b.  in  Deerfield,  Mass.,  Sept 
18,  1720,  m.  July  12,  1744,  Mary  Wells.  [Very  much  of  the 
minutiae  of  the  following  records,  apart  from  its  dates,  is  kind- 
ly furnished  by  Mrs.  Dr.  Geo.  S.  Boardman,  great  grand- 
daughter of  Capt.  Timothy  Childs.] 

Capt.  Timothy  Childs,  of  Deerfield,  was  a  distinguished  patriot  of  the 
Revolution.  He  led  a  company  of  minute  men  from  Deerfield  on  receiving 
the  news  of  the  battle  of  Lexington,  (Mass.)    His  son,  Dr.  Timothy  Childs 


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of  PiU«»fieId,  Mmb^  was  marching  is  Ideut.  witli »  similar  corps  at  iKe  9 

time  from  Fittsfleld, 

[Sixth  GeDeration.]     rhildreD,  born  in  Dee^iSeld^  Mas^ 

MIS.  i-  TiJfcrTHY  CaiLDS,  Ja,,  d.  young. 

MM.  ii.  Mary  Childs,  b.  Jan.  21,  1746.  _ 

fiSOO.  iii.  TiJi<>rHY  Childs,  Ja..  2p,  b.  Apnl  »,  1748,  n.  Feb.  t, 
Rachel  Ea^on  of  Pittsfield.  ^lass. 

6501.  (T,  Jmxatbas  CinLD«,  b.  Kov  21.  1750. 

0508.  V.  Eliphaz  CeiLDs,  b,  Oct.  I.  1752. 

[Bixth  Generaluin.] 

6500.  iiL  Da  Timothy  CHn^ns.  third  child  and  secoi 
of  Capt  Timotby  smd  Mary  Wells  CLilds,  b.  ia  D< 
Mass.,  April  9,  1748,  m.  Feb.  1,  177S,  Rachel  Easton,  dan.  of 
Col  James  Easton  of  Pittsfield,  Masa,  who  commaoded  the 
trooj:^  under  Ethan  Allen  in  the  storming  of  Tioonderoga  Col 
Easton  sacrificed  his  whole  fortune,  with  the  most  uncalcuUtiiig 
patriotism,  in  the  service  of  his  ctmntry.  Mra  Boardmm 
writes: 

*'  Dr.  Timothy  Childs.  with  his  father,  was  in  the  ttattle  of  LpxiogUw 
commanding  a  company  of  minute  men,  like  his  father,  thoagh  but  a  Liett- 
tenant,  and  waa  noted  for  im  bravery  and  patriotism.  Be  waa  ao  ardent 
advocate  of  tlie  people*s  rights,  and  of  our  Kepublican  form  of  GorcniiDini. 
During  the  atnaggle  for  independence  he  participated  actively  and  zeali 
by  every  means  in  his  power,  to  promote  the  views  and  the  obje^cls  of 
heroes  and  patriots  of  the  Revolution.  As  a  physician.  Dr.  Timothy  Cbi 
wa»  eminently  sueeessftil  and  Ujjeful  As  a  public  man  he  was  faithful 
able.  As  a  testimony  of  the  people's  confidence,  they  for  many  years  eitcUA 
him  to  represent  them  in  the  Legislature  of  Massachu setts,  both  in  thtf  Houst 
and  in  the  Senate;  which  stations  he  filled  to  the  perfect  satisfaction  of  bis 
friends.  lie  died  at  the  age  of  70,  having  long  enjoyeil  the  confidence  «od 
esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens.  His  death  was  regarded  as  a  j»ublic  {*im>  I>r 
Timothy  Childs  and  his  noble  wife  reared  a  family  of  eight  chtldreo^  §*♦ 
sons  and  three  daughters,  whose  public  record,  particularly  that  of  the  Ht* 
sons,  has  obtained  an  honorable  eminence." 

Mm.  Dr.  Powers  of  Coldwater,  Mich,,  a  granddaughter  of 
Dr.  Tiiaotliy  and  Racliel  Easton  Cliilds*  and  daughter  of  Mrs, 
Sophia  Childs  Ledyard,  in  a  letter  to  her  cousin,  Mrs.  Dr. 
Boardmau,  writes : 

'*  I  feel  agrejit  pride  In  my  mother's  family.  H9  I  recall  them  coming  and 
going  at  the  aid  home  in  PitlsfleUl.  the  years  I  was  there;  I  did  not  take  it 
all  in  then,  the  significance  of  all  they  said  and  did,  hut  the  facts  madoj 
indelible  impression  und  as  I  recall  them  now  I  know  that  the  actons 
a  company  of  superior  men  and  women.     Grandma  Childs  was  a  worn. 
great  pride  in  family  and  education,  consequently  those  two  point* 
been  the  foundation  of  my  estimate  of  people  ever  since.     If  money 
with  them  well  and  gofd,  it  is  a  great  blessing,  but  gold  makes  vnl^ 
more  vulgar,  and  ignorance  more  unt»ertmhle.    Grandpa  and  gnindma  Child5 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  671 

had  spent  their  lives  in  contact  more  or  less  with  the  best  stamp  of  New 
^England  people,  and  grandma  had  great  good  sense,  and  freshness  of  char- 
acter, which  led  her  into  sympathy  with  us  girls,  and  made  her  very  watch- 
ful of  our  tendencies.  1  bless  her  dear,  memory  every  day  of  my  life,  for 
what  she  did  for  me,  and  my  child  also  reaps  the  benefit  of  it,  and  so  on  to 
the  generations  yet  to  come,  if  so  be  there  are  any." 

This  charming  sketch  of  the  characters,  and  characteristics 
of  one  of  the  quiet  homes  of  New  England,  and  the  light  ever- 
more radiating  therefrom,  is  one  more  blessed  fulfillment  of  the 
fifth  command  of  the  Decalogue  with  its  unfailing,  gracious 
promise. 
[Seventh  Generation]    Children,  bom  in  Pittstield,  Mass. 

6503.  i.  Pekry  G.  Childs,  b.  about  1779,  m.  in  1807,  Catharine  Ledyard. 

6504.  ii.  David  W.  Childs,  b.  1781,  m.  Susan  Trowbridge  of  Utica,  N.  Y. 

6505.  iii.  Henry  H.  Childs,  b.  Jan.  7,  1783,  m.  Sarah  Allen. 

6506.  iv.  Timothy  Childs,  b.  1785,  m.  Miss  Dickenson. 

6507.  V.  Sophia  Childs,  b.  Oct.  4,  1789,  m.  Jan.  15,  1816,  Samuel  Led- 
yard. 

0508.  vi.  Mary  W.  Childs,  b.  1791,  m.  Mr.  Bowers. 

6509.  vii.  Ann  Childs,  b..  1793,  d.  unmarried  in  Pittsfield,  Mass. 

6510.  viii.  Thomas  Childs,  b.  1796,  m. — 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6503.  i.  Perry  G.  Childs,  eldest  child  of  Dr.  Timothy  and 
Rachel  Easton  Childs.  b.  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  1779,  m.  1807, 
Catharine  Ledyard,  dau.  of  Benjamin  Ledyard  of  Aurora,  N.Y. 
Mrs.  Boardman,  the  third  daughter,  writes: 

**  He  was  one  of  the  most  esteemed  and  influential  citizens  of  Cazenovia, 
N.  Y.,  in  which  town  he  settled  in  his  early  active  life.  He  was  a  lawyer 
by  profession,  a  man  of  fine  talents  and  finished  education,  and  as  a  public 
man  he  was  not  only  esteemed  in  his  immediate  circle,  but  his  influence  was 
happily  felt  far  beyond  the  village  where  he  resided.  His  death  was  regard- 
ed as  a  public  loss,  which  occurred  in  his  fifty-sixth  year.  He  left  three 
sons  and  four  daughters. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.: 

6511.  i.  Catharine  Childs,  m.  Augustus  W.  Smith. 

6512.  ii.  Helen  Childs,  m.  Sidney  L.  Fairchild. 

6513.  iii.  Heney  Childs,  d.  in  Mobile,  Ala.,  of  yellow  fever,  1838  or  9. 

6514.  iv.  Sophia  L.  Childs,  ra.  Rev.  Geo.  8.  Boardman,  D.  D. 

6515.  V.  Jane  S.  Childs,  ra.  R.  N.  Gurtreau  of  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 

6516.  vi.  Perry  G.  Childs,  Jr.,  lives  in  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

6517.  vii.  I.  D.  Ledyard  Childs,  m.  Eunice  L.  Litchfield,  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6511.  i.  Catharine  Childs,  eldest  child  of  Perry  G.  and 
Catharine  Ledyard  Childs,  b.  in  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.,  m.  Hon. 
Augustus  Smith.  Mr.  Smith  was  a  professor  in  the  Naval 
Academy  at  Annapolis,  Maryland,  and  died  there  in  1866. 


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[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

6518.  i.  Pkrrv  G.  Smith,  lives  in  AppietoD,  Wis. 

6519.  ii,  Adgustus  L.  Smith,  \\xc.s  in  Apijletan*  Wis. 
65^,  iii.  Helen  P.  Smith,  is  lady  principal  in  Wells  CoUe^  Al  Aup 

New  York, 

6521.  iv,  Catharine  Smith,  m.  Professor  Bill,  of  thcTorpt*do  Station, 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6512.  ii.  Helen   Childs,  second  child  uf   Perrj   G. 
Catharine  Jjedyaixl   Cliilds,  b,   in  Cazenovia,  N.  Y^  m* 
Sidney  L  Fairchild,  who  was  for  several  terms  Attorney 
era!  of  the  Stat^  of  New  York. 
[Ninth  Generfttion.]    Children: 

6522.  i.  CATttARJNK  Fa!Rchiu>,  m.  Jno.  Stebbins  of  Cazenovlft,  N*  T. 

6523.  i!.  Sophia  C.  Fair^ioild. 

6524.  Hi.  Charles  S.  FAiRCBiLn*  m.  HcOi^n  Linckhien  of  Cnzenorb. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6514  iv-  Sophia  L  Childs,  fouilh  child  and  third  daa. 
of  Perry  G.  Cliilds  and  Catharine  Ledyanl,  in.  Rev*  Geo.  S. 
Boiirdman,  D.  D.     Dr.  Boaixlman  was  for  many  yean*  pi 
of  the  Presbyterian   chureli    iti   Cazenovia.     They   Jmve 
cbildreo. 

Dr.  George  S.  Boardman  was  a  divine  of  the  Presbytei 
church,  well  known  and  beloved.  Born  in  Albany,  N.  Y., 
the  29th  Dee.  1796.  At  sixteen  years  of  age  he  entered  Un^ 
College,  Schenectady,  N,  Y,  When  twenty4hree  yeans  old 
graduated  from  Princeton  Theological  Seminary.  N.  J., 
entered  at  once  upon  the  work  of  the  ministry.  With 
zeal  for  two  years  he  lal>ored  in  an  evangeli.<Jtic  fornti  in 
States  of  Ohio  and  Indiana.  Hi?  first  settlement  w*a8  in  Wai 
town,  N,  Y,  and  from  various  causes  he  was  led  to  m; 
several  changes,  at  one  time  settled  in  Rochester^  N*  Y.  His 
last  pastorate  was  in  the  beautiful  village  of  Cazenovia,  N. 
A  residence  there  of  fifteen  years,  closed  in  1865,  at  which  it 
he  went  to  Europe  with  his  wife,  returning  after  foui 
months  absence,  rested  and  strengthened.  Rev.  Dr.  Torry,  Dt 
Boardman's  successor  in  Cazenovia,  says  of  him  in  a  xuemodiit 
pamphlet,  containing  Dr.  Boardman's  last  sermon  preached  oo 
the  29th  De^.  1876,  (his  eightieth  birthday): 

"His  prefw^hing  hasbec^n  charaolerizetl  by  u  fre«hn<?9a  und  rigor  of  thoofbt, 
and  a  fullness  of  intellectual  strength,  and  nn  elegiince  Jind  i^lo€ja«no»4^ 
style  sometimes,  and  a  fire  of  eHriiestni^iJ^  and  aininatioti  in  tlie  dtUtffy* 
which  Imve  been  frequently  spoken  of  hs  wonderful  by  thos<i  wbnharehtfri 
hira." 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  673 

Dr.  Boardman  "  went  home  "  on  the  7th  of  February,  1877. 
[Eighth  Generation. J 

6515.  V.  Jane   S.    Childs,  fifth  child  and  fourth  dau.  of 
Perry  G.  and  Catharine  Ledyard  Childs,  b.  in  Cazenovia,  m. 
E.  N.  Guitreau  of  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.     They  reside  in  Farming- 
ton,  Minnesota. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

6525.  i.  Fanny  Guitreau,  m.  a  Mr.  Wood  of  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

[Eighth  Generation. 

6517.  vii.  I.  D.  Ledyard  Childs,  seventh  child  and  third 
son  of  Perry  G.  and  Catharine  Ledyard  Childs,  m.  Eunice  L. 
Litchfield  of  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.     He  d.  in  Litchfield,  111.,  about 
1859. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

6526.  i.  Perry  G.  Childs,  lives  in  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6o04r.  ii.  David  Wells  Childs,  second  child  and  son  of 
Dr.  Timothy  and  Kachel  Easton  Childs,  b.  in  Pittsfield,  Mass., 
1781,  m.  Susan  Trowbridge.  For  the  following  interesting 
history  of  Mr.  Childs  we  are  indebted  to  Dr.  Bagg's  '*  Pioneers 
of  Utica" : 

**  David  Wells  Childs,  son  of  Dr.  Timothy  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  was  born 
1781.  Was  graduated  at  Williams  College  in  1800.  Four  years  later  he 
established  himself  in  law  in  Utica,  N.  Y.  Was  clerk  of  the  first  board  of 
trustees  of  the  village.  Director  of  the  Bank  of  Utica,  1812 ;  bank's  attorney 
and  notary  public.  His  profession  and  other  business  secured  for  him  much 
wealth.  He  was  an  extensive  real  estate  owner  in  the  village.  His  resi- 
dence was  on  Whitesboro  street,  now  occupied  by  John  F.  Seymour,  Esq. 
He  was  a  man  highly  esteemed  for  his  integrity  and  liberality.  He  died 
July  27,  1826,  of  consumption.  By  his  will,  provisions  were  made  for  lega- 
cies to  thefollowing  institutions:  $250  to  the  Utica  Sunday  School ;  legacies 
to  Auburn  Theological  Seminary,  Western  Education  Society,  and  American 
Bible  Society,  $500  each.  His  wife  died  Dec.  14,  1820." 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Utica,  N.  Y. 

6527.  i.  Rachel  Guilds,  b.  — ;  m.  Bushrod  Burch.  Mr.  Burch  is  in 
Treasury  Department,  Washington. 

6528.  ii.  Sarah  Childs. 

6529.  iii.  Mary  Childs. 

6530.  iv.  Susan  Childs,  b.  — ;  m.  Mr.  Blackburn,  Rock  Island,  111. 

6531.  V.  Name  not  ascertained. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

6505.  iiL  Doctor  Henry  H.  Childs,  third  child  and  third 
son  of  Dr.  Timothy  and  Mary  Easton  Childs,  b.  in  Pittsfield, 
Mass.,  Jan.  7,  1783,  m.  Sarah  Allen  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.  He 
died  1868.     **He  graduated  at  Williams  College,  Mass.,  1802. 


674 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH. 


Entered  the  medical  profession,  and  liecarae  eminent  as  a 
siciao  distinguished  in  medical  science,  and  was  the  founder  < 
Berkshire,  Mass,,  Medical  Institute,  which  became  a  college 
1837,  in  which  he  was  professor  of  the  theory  and  practice  o? 
medicine  and  president  until  1868.  He  was  a  Jefferson ia^J 
Democrat.  In  the  affairs  of  State  he  was  justly  inftuentia^^ 
and  promoted  to  official  positions  where  statesmanship  and  ' 
patriotism  were  essential  qualifications ;  having  served  in 
legislative  halls  of  Massachu.setr.s  and  once  filled  the  office  i 
Lieut-Governor.  He  had  several  children  but  all  died  befo 
him  except  Mrs,  Elias  Mer%vin  of  Boston,  Mass."  {See  Die 
of  Am.  Biog.  pa*^e  18S» 
[Eighth  Generation^     Child, 

6531a.  i.  Mrs,  Elias  Merwin,  Boston,  Mass. 

6507.  V.  Sophia  Childs,  eldest  dau.  of  Doctor  Timothy  and 
Mary    Easton  Childs,  b.  in  PittsfieUl  Mass.,  Oct.  4,  1789, 
Jnn.  15,  1816,  Samuel  Ledyard,  who  was  born  Jan*  29,  1782 
Mr  Ledyard  died  at  Pultney  ville^  N.  Y,,  Nov.  27,  1866,     Mrs. 
Sophia  Childs  Ledyard  brought  to  her  Western  home  the  refic 
inent  and  culture  of  New  England's  best,  and  reared  her  lar 
family  in  the  love  of  things  noble  and  true»  and  now  (1881) 
hai-vest  of  her  early  cares  and  love  is  returned  to  her  in  the  i 
fectionate  devotion  of  her  children  and  ^r>4 nil-children.     Mo 
than  foui-score  years  and  ten  have  been  allotted  her,  yet  sh 
awaits  the  lengthening  of  the  shadows  in  sweet  peace- 
[Efghth  Generation  J     Children: 

ft532.  i.  Kai'UEL  CiiiLDS  Ledyard,  b.   Dec,   10,  1816,  m.  Oct.  4,  18 
Lysiinder  B.  Wilcox. 

f^TM,  ii.  Benjamin  Led  yard.  b.  April  %1,  I8l«, 

6534.  iii.  Samuel  Foreman  Ledyard,  b.  Feb.  37,  1921,  m    April  10, 
1850,  Virginia  Hunter. 

65^5.  iv.  TiMOTwy  Childs  Lkdvabd,  b.  Aug  3,  182S,  m,  June  2S,  184§, 
Jjine  A,  BclL 

6530.  V.  .l«iHN  Hbnry  Ledyard,  b.  May  17,  1824,  m.  Dec,  26, 1850,  Li« 
M.  Fielil.  *  _ 

0537.  vi.  T.  SroTT  Lki>yari>,  h.  June  12.  1817.  ni.  IsU  Oct.  1^,  ISSlT 
Au|i:usta  Todd;  m.  2d,  Sept.  10.  \m\.  Ellen  M.  Nichols, 

6538,  vii,  Margaret  Cuylbk  Lkdyahd,  b.  June  14, 1830,  m.  June  1850» 
Di\  David  C.  Powers. 

6539.  viii.  Ulen  Cuyler  Ledyard,  b.  Juno  21,  1834, 

[Eighih  Gttneratmii  J 

B532.  i.  Kachel  Childs  Ledyard,  eldest  child  of  Sopl 
Childs  and  Samuel  Ledyard,  b.  Dec  10,  18iB,  m.  Oct  4,  183 
Ljsmider  B*  Wilcox  of  New  York. 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  675 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

6540.  i.  Ledtard  Wilcox. 

6541.  ii.  HoEATio  Thboop  Wilcox. 

6542.  iii.  Sophia  Childs  Wilcox. 

6543.  iv.  WILLU.M  J.  Wilcox. 

6544.  V.  Jennie  Lbdtabd  Wilcox. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6534.  iii.  Samuel  Foreman  Ledyard,  third  child  and 
second  son  of  Sophia  Childs  and  Samuel  Ledyard,  b.  Feb.  27, 

1821,  rn.  April  10,  1850,  Virginia  Hunter  of  Virginia. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

6545.  i.  HuNTEE  P.  Ledtard. 

6546.  ii   Virginia  Childs  Ledyard. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6585.  iv.  Timothy  Childs  Ledyard,  fourth  child  and 
third  son  of  Sophia  Childs  and  Samuel  Ledyard,  b.  Aug.  3, 

1822,  m.  June  22,  1848,  Jane  A.  Bell  of  Pa. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

6547.  i.  Henry  Childs  Ledyard. 

6548.  ii.  Helen  K.  Ledyard.  • 

6549.  iii.  Frank  Bell  Ledyard. 

6550.  iv.  Mary  Ledyard. 
[Eighth  Generation  ] 

6536.  V.  John  Henry  Ledyard,  fifth  child  and  fourth  son 
of  Sophia  Childs  and  Samuel  Ledyard,  b.  May  17,  1824,  m, 
Dea  26,  1859,  Lizzie  M.  Field  of  Mass. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

6551.  i.  Henry  Field  Ledyard. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6537.  vi.  T.  ScoTT  Ledyard,  sixth  child  and  fifth  son  of 
Sophia  Childs  and  Samuel  Ledyard,  b.  June  12,  1827,  m.  1st, 
Oct  12,  1852,  Augusta  P.  Todd ;  m.  2d,  Sept.  10,  1861,  Ellen 
M.  Nichols  of  New  York. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

6552.  i.  Grace  Ledyard. 

6553.  ii.  Maud  Ledyard. 

6554.  iii.  Fred  Childs  Ledyard. 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

6538.  vii.  Margaret  Cuyler  Ledyard,  seventh  child  and 
second  dau.  of  Sophia  Childs  and  Samuel  Ledyard,  b.  June 
14,  1830,  m.  June  1850,  Dr.  David  Cooper  Powers. 

Mra  M.  C.  L.  Powers  was  educated  at  one  of  the  best  schools 
in  New  England,  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  residing  at  the  time  in  the 
family  of  her  grandmother,  Mrs.  Dr.  Timothy  Childs,  a  woman 
x-i 


ere 


MAmfStABlJL  ERAKCfL 


of  tnoBl  nobk  natore  aod  adminblj  qanlified  to  gutde»  i 
ekrale  iboee  with  whom  she  mm  wmodrntsA  To  the  ^ 
loving  Qoufisels,  and  beautiful  dailj  life  of  ber  gmndfzioclier, 
Ura  Powers  deligbt^  tt>  attribute  her  best  &mbt(k»:»  *3utid 
noblest  qoalilieEL  Dr.  David  Cooper  Powers  ts  a  osdve 
Croydon.  Sullii^an  county,  K  H. ;  his  grandfather  D»t 
Powers,  was  oae  of  four  brothers  who  removed  frocn  Ma 
choBettB  t4i  New  Hamps^hire  in  17^,  The  Cooper  Ikmily 
also  a  leading  one  in  the  same  town,  and  fmm  ench  family 
there  are  found  indivkluals  taking  prominent  parts  in  the  fie 
olutionary  strutrgle.  'Hie  Powers  family  were  cbararte 
by  giaiit  fratne^  ^eat  pbysiual  streogth  and  vigun>ns  in^eJhxi 
Mr.  Powers'  father  removed  to  the  State  of  New  fork  in  18S0, 
and  eettletl  io  Cayuga  county.  At  the  Giyuga  Ac 
Auburn  N.  Y.,  Dr.  Powei-s  was  educiUed.  He  read  m€ 
in  the  office  of  his  brotherin-Iaw,  Dr.  Nathaniel  Learitt*  \ 
graduated  at  the  Berkshire  Medical  College,  Pitt-  '  '  Ml 
iri  184&  The  years  1848  and '49  he  spent  in  ( 
1850  he  returned  and  resided  in  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  but  in  II 
went  again  to  the  Pacific  coast  fur  two  years.  In  18di5^  I 
settled  ir)  Cold  water,  Mich.,  where  he  yet  resides  in  the  Inc 
tive  practice  of  his  profession*  At  the  period  of  the  Imte 
he  wafl  enrolled,  a^  a  surgecjn  attached  to  Loomis  Battery, 
was  in  active  service  for  three  years  in  the  field  or  in  charge  of 
hospitals  in  the  army  of  the  Cumberland  at  HuDtsville  and 
Nashville,  Tenn.  Devoted  to  his  profe^^^sion.  Dr.  Powers  has 
found  little  time  for  public  affairs,  but  for  some  years  has  1 
a  director  of  the  Si>uthern  Michigan  National  Bank,  and  fori 
much  longer  time  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education,  (q 
three  years  maj^or  of  the  city.  Always  interested  for  publ 
improvements  and  actively  zealous  in  word  and  deed  in 
support  of  church  intercists.  He  is  held  in  high  esteem  by  ti 
metlical  fraternity  and  his  patrons  for  his  skill  and  cautioij 
and  regarded  by  the  community  as  a  most  honorable  and  hjj 
minded  citizen. 
[Ninth  Getiemtion.]     Children: 

0555,  i.  Mahv  L.  Powers,  died. 

0550.  ii.  Sophia  CniLDs  Power8,  dietl. 

41557.  iii    Helen  Ledyard  Po^veus. 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  677 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6506.  iv.  Timothy  Childs,  fourth  son  of  Dr.  Timothy  and 
Mary  Easton  Childs,  b.  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  1785,  m.  Miss 
Dickenson.  Settled  as  a  lawyer  in  Eochester,  N.  Y.  He  was 
a  man  of  much  culture,  and  successful  in  his  profession.  He 
represented  his  district  one  or  more  sessions  in  U.  S.  Congress, 
also  held  the  office  of  judge.  A  man  of  great  integrity  and  use- 
fulness.    He  left  no  children.     {See  Diet.  Ain.  Biog. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6510.  viii.  General  Thomas  Childs,  son  of  Dr.  Timothy 
and  Mary  Easton  Childs,  b.  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  1796,  m.  Jan.  5, 
1819,  Ann  Eliza  Coryton,  only  child  of  Josiah  and  Catharine 
Cory  ton  of  Alexandria,  Va.  He  died  Oct.  8,  1853,  ae  57. 
General  Thomas  Childs  has  a  brilliant  army  record  which  has 
been  furnished  to  us  by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  General  Woodbury, 
as  also  that  of  her  husband,  as  found  in  General  Geo.  W. 
Cullum's  "Lives  of  Officers  of  the  Army:" 

**  Major  Childs  was  cadeted  in  the  war  of  1812  with  Great  Britain,  in  the 
campaign  of  1814.  On  the  Niagara  frontier,  engaged  in  the  capture  of 
Fort  Erie ;  afterwards  in  the  defence  of  Fort  Erie  until  the  siege  was  raised 
by  the  successful  sortie  from  it  Sept.  17,  1814,  for  which  a  brass  quadrant, 
captured  from  a  gun  by  him,  was  presented  to  him  by  Government,  in  the 
Florida  war,  1836-43.  Made  Brevet  Major  Aug.  21,  1836,  for  planning  the 
attack  on  the  Indians  at  Fort  Drane,  Florida,  and  good  conduct  in  that 
affair.  Made  Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel  Feb.  1,  1841,  for  gallant  conduct 
and  repeated  successes  in  the  war  against  the  Florida  Indians.  Was  Colo- 
nel of  the  artillery  batallion  in  the  military  occupation  of  Texas,  the 
**  Army  of  Occupation"  as  it  was  called,  from  1845  to  1847.  In  the  war 
with  Mexico  was  made  Brevet  Colonel  May  9,  1846,  for  gallant  conduct  in 
the  battles  of  Palo  Alto  and  Besaca  de  la  Polma;.  was  in  the  battle  of  Mon- 
terey, Sept.  21;  siege  of  Vera  Cruz,  Mch.  9,  1847;  battle  of  Cerro  Gordo, 
April  17,  1867;  skirmish  of  La  Hoya  June  20;  defence  of  Peubla  where  he 
commanded  from  Sept.  13,  to  Oct.  12.  Military  Governor  of  Jolapa.  Made 
Brevet  Brigadier  General  Oct.  12,  1847,  for  gallant  and  meritorious  conduct 
in  the  defence  of  Peubla,  Mexico;  was  General  commanding  in  the  military 
operations  in  East  Florida,  where  he  died  Oct.  8,  1853." 

Of  nine  children  of  General  Thomas  Childs  three  only  lived 
to  adult  age. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

6.5oS.  i.  Catharinb  R.vciikl  Childs,  b.  — ;  ra.   Dec.  22,  1845,  General 
P.  Woodbury. 

6559.  ii.  Feedbrick  Ly.sn  Childs,  b.  — ;  m.  June  12,1856,  Mary  Hooper 
Anderson. 

6560.  iii.  Mary  Virginia  CniLDi,  b.  — ;  m.  Dec.  27,  1855,  Dr.  Wm.  W. 
Anderson. 


6T8 


BARXSTABLE  BttANCH. 


[Eighth  Generation.  1 

6558,  i,  Catharine  Rachel  CHiLDSjdau.  of  Greneral  Thorns 
and  Ann   Eliza  Coryton   Cliilds,  b.  — ,  hl   Dea   12,  1S45,  i 
Soutliville,  N.  C ,  GenH  Dauiel  P.  Woodbury,  U.  8.  Corpse  > 
Engineers.     He  d  at  Key  West,  Florida,  of  yellow  fever,  wl 
Id  i'ummand  of  the  department  of  Key  West  and  Torti 
Aug.  15,  1864,  aged  52  years. 

'^General  VViMidhury  graduated  af  W<?si  Point,  and  was  appointed  n  Fir 
Lieut,  in  the  (V>rps  of  EngineeFs,  July  7.  1838.  Served  as  a*si slant  eng 
neer  in  the  construction  of  the  defence  of  Washington,  l86l-*tV2  Partic 
pat(;d  in  lheMafm<sas  campaign,  making  importantreconnoissancein  whic 
was  hased  the  order  of  hatlle  of  Bull  Run,  which  led  Colonel  Hunter 
column  to  pass  the  enemy "f^  left  flank.  In  the  Virginia  Peninsula  campaig 
also  in  command  of  the  Engineer  Brigade,  participating  in  the  sie>re  \ 
Yorktowu  April  nml  May,  1862,  and  in  the  subsequent  operations  of  the 
campaign  in  the  construction  of  roads.  Held  works  and  bridges,  particul&rly 
for  the  passage  of  the  army  m  its  injuieiLse  trains  over  the  Chickahomia| 
river.  White  Oak  Swamp,  and  on  the  retreat  to  Harrisons  Landing.  Ma 
Brevet  Cnhmel  -Tidy  1,  lHtS'2,  f(ir  gallant  and  meritorious  services  during  tli 
Penin?^ula  caiupaign.  He  was  engaged  in  the  hattle  of  Fredericksburg,  id 
throwing  pontoon  bridges  for  the  advance  and  retreat  of  the  army  of  tJi 
Potomac  across  the  Rappahannock.  He  wiis  made  Brevet  Brig,  ilenec 
Dec.  Ki,  1^6'i.  for  gallant  and  meritorious  services  at  the  battle  of  Frcde 
ickshiirg*  Va,  He  had  comuumtl  of  the  troops  in  the  district  of  Key  W< 
and  Tortngas.  Promoted  Brevtit  Major  Gfueral  for  gallant  and  meritorioH 
services  during  the  Rebellion  (General  Woodbury  was  the  anthar  of  | 
work  on  Sustaining  W^alls  1S45.  and  on  the  Theory  of  the  Arch,  in  \l 
Died  Aug,  15,  lb04^  aged  52  years  " 

[Ninth  Generation]     Children: 

imv,  i    Ann  Eliza  WuouHiritY,  m.  May  80,  i86G,  Qemrdua  H.Wynkoop, 
M.  IK 
6562.  ii,  Thomas  Childs  Woodbuey,  Lieut.  U  S.  army 

650:1  ill,  CoBVTON   Messengkr   Wooduury,  ni    June  26.  1879.  Mary 
Nicolh  daiK  r'f  Williani  Nicoll.  Esq.,  blip.  L.  L,  New  York. 

0564,  iv.  Kate  DeKosser  WoouBtRY. 


[Ninth  Genei-ution,] 

t>5fU.  i.  Ann  Eliza  WoooBirRV,  eldest  child  of  Catharir 
Rachel  Child  and  Gen.  Daniel  P.  Woodbury,  m.  May  80,  18<?fl 
Gerard  us  H.  Wyriko{>[>,  M.  D.,  of  New  York  City. 

[Tenth  Oeueration.]     Children: 
ai65.  i.  Gehardus  Wynkck*p.  d.  young. 
t35fiO   ii.  GERARnus  Wynkoop,  2d. 
6507.  iii    Kate  Wv.vkoop. 
05  08,  iv.  Dan  J  el  Wynkcm^p, 

0569.    V.    EU55ABETH  OeI,LI5  WyKKOOP, 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  679 

[Eighth  Generation.  ] 

6559.  ii.  Frederick  Lynn  Childs,  second  child  and  only 
surviving  son  of  Gen'l  Thomas  and  Ann  Eliza  Coryton  Childs, 
m.  June  12,  1856,  Mary  Hooper  Anderson,  dau.  of  W.  W. 
Anderson  of  Stateburg,  S.  C. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

6570.  i.  William  Wallace  Guilds. 

6571.  ii.  Annie  Coryton  Childs. 

6572.  iii.  Thomas  Childs. 

6573.  iv.  Mary  McKenzie  Childs. 

[Eighth  Generation.! 

6560.  iii.  Mary  Virginia  Chclds,  youngest  child  of  Gen- 
eral Thomas  and  Ann  Eliza  Coryton  Childs,  m.  Dec.  27,  1865, 
Dr.  William  W.  Anderson  of  the  U.  S.  army. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

6574.  i.  Elizabeth  Waters  Anderson. 
6575   ii.  Ann  Catharine  Anderson. 

6576.  iii.  William  Wallace  Anderson. 

6577.  iv.  Mary  Virginia  Anderson. 

6578.  V.  Benjamin  Mackenzie  Anderson. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

6497.  ii.  Anna  Childs,  second  child  of  Timothy  and 
Hannah  Sheldon  Childs,  b.  in  Deerfield,  Mas&,  Aug.  2,  1723, 
m.  Dec.  5,  1740,  Dr.  Thomas  Williams. 

Dr.  Williams  was  bom  at  Newton,  Mass.,  April  10,  1718. 
He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from  Yale 
College,  about  the  year  of  1737.  Studied  medicine  with  Dr. 
Wheat  of  Boston  ;  settled  in  Deerfield,  Mass.,  as  surgeon  and 
physician,  about  the  year  1739.  {See  the  Williams  Genealogy.) 
Dr.  Thomas  Williams  was  a  brother  of  Col.  Ephraim  Williams, 
Jr.,  the  founder  of  Williams  College,  and  brother  to  Abigail 
Williams,  whose  first  husband  was  Eev.  John  Sargeant,  and 
whose  second  husband  was  Gen'l  Joseph  Dwight,  father  of 
CoL  Elijah  Dwight  Mrs.  Ann  Childs  Williams  d.  May  17, 
1746. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Deerfield,  Mass. 

6580.  i.  Elizabeth  Wiluams,  b.  Aug  25,  1741,  ra.  Dr.  Lemuel  Barnard, 
at  Sunderland,  Mass.,  Nov.  25,  1804. 

6581.  ii.  Anna  Wiluams,  b.  Sept.  16,  1743,  m.  Elijah  Dwight.  Esq. 

6582.  iii.  Thomas  Williams,  b.  May  5,  1746,  d.  July  10,  1776. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

6581.  Anna  Williams,  second  child  of  Anna  Childs  and 
Dr.  Thomas  Williams,  b.  in  Deerfield,  Mass.,  Sept.  16,  1743, 


680 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH. 


m.  Col,  Elijah  Dwigbt  of  Gt  Barringtoni  Mass.  Col.  Dwighi 
was  tbe  son  of  Geiri  Jusepli  Dwiglit  and  Mary  PyDcljoii.  Hi 
was  first  Clerk  of  Court  for  tlie  county  of  Berkshire,  and  lat 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  At  the  early  age 
eighteen,  he  was  heat  of  his  fathers  brigade^  sent  to  reduc 
Tieondaroga  in  1758,  He  died  at  Brooktield,  June  12,  1794 
on  his  way  to  Boston.  Mrs.  Anna  Williams  Dwight  sustaine 
the  character  of  a  highly  sensible  and  religious  woman.  Active 
universal  benevolence  was  one  of  her  characteristics.  She  die 
Feb.  21,  1710,  at  Deeriield,  Mjxss.  [Of  the  nine  children  give 
them  only  four  survived  more  than  a  few  hours.  Commencini 
with  the  sixth  child,] 

[Sixth  Generation]     Children,  l>orn  m  <iU  BaiTington.  Mass. 
a'183,  vi.  EijJAii  DwiGnT.  b.  Jmi   12,  1778.  d.  May  28,  1788. 

6584,  vii    Hobaie  Dwuiirr  b.  Sct«L  13,  1780,  d.  Dec  25,  1780. 

6585,  viii    Thomas  DwitiiiT,  b.  June  2*^.  1783.  d.  Oct.  4,  1782. 

6586,  ix    Col.  .Joseph  I>wiijht,  b.  Sopt.  13,  178ri.  m  Oct.  29,  1814.  (*jilhi^ 
fine  Cliirk,  dan.  of  Kev,  He  nry  nark  of  Brookfield,  Madison  (^ounty.  K.  Tf 
Hi3  left  h\^  [irtiperty  to  tiw  Komaii  Catholic  ehurcdi.     IIl^  resided  in    Utic 
{Seti  Dwighfs  Genealogy/) 

[Fourth  Oenerution.] 

5825.  vi.  Deacon  Ebenezeb  Child,  sixth  child  and  fount 
son  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth  Cmcker  Child,  h.  in  Barnstabl^ 
ifasa,  Meh.  1*591,  m.  about  1710»  Hope  — . 
[Fifth  Generation  ]      Children : 

6567.  1»  Elizabeth  Child,  b.   in    BamFtable,  MfkSs.,JuJ7  18.  1?20, 
Sept.  18,  1720, 

6588.  if    Ebbnezer  CHn.u.  Ja.,  b.  in  Barnstable,  Mass.,  April   10,  ITS 
in.  1st.  Jan.  15,  174(3»  HHiinnh  Croekerj  m.  *id,  Abigail  Freeman. 

6589»  id,  Rachel  CutLD 

G590.  iv.  M AH y  Child. 

6691.  V.  MKRty  Child. 

[Fifth  Generation  J 

658S.  ii.  Ebenezer  Child,  .second  child  and  eldest  sot 
Bea.  Ebenezer  and  Hope  Child,  b.  in  Barnstable^  Masa,  Apr 
10,  1723,  rn,  Ut,  Jan,  15,  1746,  Hannah  Crocker ;  she  d.  Fefj 
25,  1755;  m.  2d.  Abigail  Freeman. 
[Sixth  Genemtiun.]    Children,  born  irj  Barnstable^  Mass. 

6592.  i    Ebknezer  CiriLD,  Jh.,  h.  Nov.  3,  1747, 

6^3»  ii.  Joseph  rnrLD,  b.  Aii^.  8.  174». 

6594.  iiL  Hannah  Child,  b.  Sept  10,  1761. 

6595.  iv-  David  Child,  b.  Mch.  2.  1754. 

6596.  V.  Jonathan  Child.  \.k  May  13, 1757. 

6597.  vi.  ABir.AiL  t^niiji,  h.  Dee.  26,  1758. 
6698.  Tii.  Htn'K  Crild,  b.  Jan.  21,  17QI. 


BARNSTABLE  BRANCH.  681 

[Fourth  Generation] 

5827.  viii    James  Child,  eighth  child  and  fifth  son  of  Rich- 
ard and  Elizabeth  Crocker  Child,  b.  in  Barnstable,  Mass.,  Nov. 
6,  1694,  m.  Sept  27,  1722,  Elizabeth  Crocker. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Barnstable,  Mass. : 
6599   i.  Samuel  Cbild,  b.  July  15,  1723. 

6600.  ii.  James  Child,  Jr..  b.  June  5, 1755,  m.  April  22. 1725,  Mary  Parker. 

6601.  iii.  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  Dec.  20.  1730,  m.  May  29,  1748,  Daniel 
Crocker. 

6602    iv.  Sarah  Child,  b.  April  9,  1736,  m.  May  2,   1754,  Jonathan 
Crocker. 

6603.  V.  Thankful  Child,  b.  Aug.  4,  1741,  m.  Mch.  27. 1760,  Joseph 
Lawrence. 

6604.  vi.  Richard  Child,  b.  Mch.  22,  1743,  m.  Mary  — .    He  d.  1808. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

5829.  X.  Joseph  Child,  tenth  child  and  sixth  son  of  Kich- 
ard  and  Elizabeth  Crocker  Child,  b.  in  Barnstable,  Mass.,  Mch. 
5,  1699,  m.  April  23,  1723,  Deliverance  Hamblin. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Barnstable,  Mass.: 

6605.  i.  Joseph  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  17, 1724. 

6606.  ii.  James  Child,  b.  Mch.  4,  17—. 


6S2 


RBLBEN  CHILDS  AND  DESCENDANTS. 


CHAPTER    XL 


REITBEN  CHILDS  AND  DESCENDANTS. 


Unfoitunatelj  the  connecting  link  of  this  branch,  betwe 
Reuben  Childs,  its  known  head  and  his  emigrant  ancestor 
been  lost.      Much   effort  has  been  made  to  trace  this  line, 
members  of  it  and  bj  ourselves;  the  impression  has  prevailc 
in  the  family  that  they  were  of  the  Deerfield  line  or  BarnstabJ 
branch ^  as  we  term  it.    W e  have  procu red  an  accredited  ti'anseri i 
of  the  Deerfield,  Mass*,  town- records,  as  relating  to  the  Childs 
name,  bnt  we  fail  to  find  there  the  birth  or  parentage  of  tli 
Reiiben  Childs  whose  descendants  we  here  give.       It   is  quit 
possible  that  this  familv   may  l>elong  to  what  we  term  tl 
Watertown  branch  ;  there  were  those  in  this  line  ( Watertnwc 
who  would   have  been  contemporary  with  the  father  of 
Reuben   Childs»  who  married »  but  whose  descendants  we 
to  traca     It  is  known  that   nicnibers  of  these  families  raov< 
into  the  middle  and  western  counties  of  Maasachusetts  auj 
made  new  settlements  ;  another  coincident  is  found  in  the  fa 
tliat  some  of  the  Watertown  families,  like  the  Deerfield,  adde 
the  terminal  ^*s/'     We  give  these  incidents  as  possible  clue 
We  have  linked  many  livin*?  menibei'S  hv  following  clues 
slight. 

6607.     Eel  jiEX   Childs,  (father  unknown)  m.  about  178<I 
Thankful  Bliss.     He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolulionarj  annj 
Was  at,  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  and  also  in  the  ex[.>edit]c 
to  Ticondaroga.  1776  or  '77.     We  place  him  in  the  fifth  gene 
at  ion. 
[Sixth  Genemtioiu]    ChiMrvn : 

5G(^.  i.  Skth  CiUT-n.s  m.  Emily  Kiieeliuui. 

6609   ii-  Joshua  Chilks.  1..  Nov  20  1784.  m.  Jan   30.  1810  Susiwi  King 

6610,  iii.  Sor'HiA  Cuii.Dsi.  UTiruamet!. 

m\\.  iv.  Denmis  Cnu.Dft  ni   ("huence  Key»*a. 

6613.  V.  Ho  HACK  Bliss  Cm  LD8,  iii,  M«ry  Ckrk  Jetiney. 
6fil8   vi.  Sylvkstek  CinLDt*.  m,  Mur}^  Keyes. 

6614.  vii,  Thakkfii.  Cuu.d^,  m.  Oliver  Smith, 

[Sixth  Gt'uerntiofi.J 

6609.   ii.  JosHrA  Ghilbs,  second  child  and  son  of  Reutieu 
and  Thankful  Bliss  Childs.  b.  Nov.  29,  1784,  m.  Jan.  30,  1810, 


REUBEN  CHILDS  AND  DESCENDANTS.  688 

Susan  King,  dau.  of  Asaph  and  Mary  Bobbins  King.     She 
was  b.  in  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  April  14,  1789,  d.  Mch.  25,  1872. 
Mr.  Childs  d.  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  Mch.  28,  1847. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

6615  i.  Otis  (Childs,  b.  in  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  Mch.  19,  1811,  m.  Feb.  14, 
1838.  Abby  Holman. 

6616.  ii.  Mary  King  Childs,  b.  in  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  Mch.  10,  1813,  m. 
Oct.  3.  1833,  Hon.  Walter  Lowrie. 

6617.  iii.  Charles  Childs,  b.  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  Mch.  25,  1815,  m. 
1st,  Nov.  13,  1838.  Hannah  Loomis.  at  Pompey.  N.  Y. ;  m.  2d,  Catharine 
J.  McCaslin,  at  Beloue,  Nebraska.    Reside  at  Omaha,  Nebraska. 

6618.  iv.  Susan  K.  Childs,  b.  in  Springfield,  Mass ,  Dec.  8, 1816,  m.  Oct. 
18,  1838,  Joseph  Ingle. 

6619.  v.  Asaph  King  Childs,  b.  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  Dec.  9, 1820,  m. 
Jan.  17,  1856,  Susan  Ingle. 

6620.  vi.  Thomas  Spencer  Childs  b.  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  Jan.  19, 
1825,  m.  1st,  Mch.  7,  1855,  Mary  E.  Porter;  m.  2d,  Aug.  24,  1864,  Jane 
Lawrence  Perkins. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6615.  i.  Otis  Childs,  eldest  child  of  Joshua  and  Susan 
King  Childs,  b.  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  Mch.  19,  IWl,  m.  Abby 
Holman,  dau.  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Warriner  Hojman  of  Spring- 
field, Mass.  She  was  born  in  Wilmington, Vt,  Dec.  7,  1813,  d. 
Sept  23,  1879.  Mr.  Childs  is  a  jeweller  and  resides  at  Newton, 
Mass. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

6621.  i.  Mary  Lowrib  Childs.  b.  at  Milledgeville,  Ga..  Oct.  11,  1841, 
d.  at  Wilbraham.  Mass.,  Sept.  19, 1848. 

6622.  ii.  Nelly  Sargeant  Childs,  b.  at  Milledgeville,  Ga.,  May  21, 1848, 
m.  Oct   16,  1867.  Thomas  Weston,  Jr. 

6623.  iii.  Elizabeth  Delancy  Childs,  b  at  Milledgeville,  Ga.,  Nov.  13, 
1845,  d.  at  Milledgeville,  Ga.,  Sept.  26,  1847. 

6624.  iv.  Edwin  Otis  Childs.  b.  at  Milledgeville.  Ga.,  Sept.  29, 1847, 
m,  June  25.  1874.  Caroline  A.  Chaffin. 

6625.  V.  Charlotte  Clifford  Childs.  b.  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  May 
24.  laiO,  d.  at  Springfield,  Aug.  1,  1851. 

6626.  vi.  Clara  Hamilton  Childs,  b.  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  Feb.  6, 
1852. 

6627.  vii.  Anna  Clifford  Childs,  b.  at  Springfield.  Mass.,  Mch.  11, 
1854,  d.  Aug.  14,  1854. 

6628.  viii.  Ralph  Warriner  Childs,  b.  at  Springfield.  Mass.,  Aug.  29, 
185o,  merchant  in  Springfield,  Mass. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6622.  ii.  Nelly  Sargeant  Childs,  second  child  and  dau. 
of  Otis  and  Abby  Holman  Childs,  b.  at  Milledgeville,  Ga., 
May  21,  1843,  m.  Oct.  16,  1867,  Thomas  Weston,  Jr.,  son  of 
Thomas  and  Thalia  Weston  of  Boston,  Mass.  Mr.  Weston  is 
a  lawyer  and  resides  in  Newton,  Mass. 


*384 


RKLTBEN  CHILDS  ANJ>  DESCENDANT?, 


I Shnh  Generation.!     Children : 
5629.  i.  OUAOK  Weston,  b.  *it  Springfield,  Mass,  M»y  15,  1870, 
*JB30.  ii.  Ahby  Childs  WBaxoN,  b.  at  Newtoii,  Mass.,  July  21.  1873. 
0031.  iii    Thomas  Weston,  Jk,.  b.  at  Newton,  Mass,,  Aug    12,  1875. 

[Eighth  GeneralionJ 

(JG24  iv.  Edwin  Otis  Childs,  fourtli  child  and  eldest 
of  Otis  aad  Abhj  Holiami  Childs,  K  at  Milledgeville,  Ga.,  Sep 
20,    18-47,  m.   at  Newton,  Mass.,  June  25,  1874,  Caroline  . 
Chaflin,   dan.   of  Edwin    and   Caroline  A.  (Gore)  Chaffin 
Newton,  Mass.     Mr.  Childs  is  City  ClerL 
[Ninth  Genemtioii.]     Children,  brim  in  Newton,  Mass. 

6032.  i.  Mary  Chaffin  Ciiij.ds,  b  Jane  10,  1873. 

6633.  ii.  Edwin  Otis  Ciijlds,  Jr.,  b  Aug.  10.  1876. 

6634,  iii.  CUkrie  Helfenstinb  Ciulds,  b.  Kov.  32.  187><. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

661f>.  ii.  Mary  King  Childs,  second  child  and  eldest  da 
of  Joshua  and  Susan   King  Childs,  b.  in   Wilbraham,  Ma 
Mch,  10,  181^3,  m.  Oct  3,  IH33,  Hon.  Walter  Lowrie,  secoii 
si>n  of  John  and  Catharine  Cameron  Lowrie.     Mrs-  MaryKii 
Childs  Lowrie  fras  iKtrii  in  the  home  of  her  maternal  ancestr 
with  the  very  beautiful  scenery  of  the  Connecticut  valley 
educate  her  budding  powders,  and  with  like  sarroandings  sli 
grew^  to  womanhood.      Her  father's  home  was  in  Springfiel 
Masa      With  most  helpful  moral  and  intellectual  atmosphe 
she  attained  an  early  and  gratvious  maturity.     At  the  age 
fifteen   she  opened  a  private  school   and  was  so    manife 
gifted  as  an  instructor,  that  thi-ee  years  later  she  was  called 
the  charge  of  a  select  school  in  Wiishington,  D.  C.     In 
metropolis  .<*he  met  Dr.  Lowrie  and  became  his  wife  and 
very  conscientious,    loving  mother  of   his  children,  winnilj 
their  hearts  and  training  them  with  fond  tenderness  ;  they  e% 
reverenced  her.     Mrs.  Low^rie  was  of  strong  atlections,  and  il 
tense  inner  life  ;  her  early  religious  training  developed  a  rar 
symmetrical  character,  and  it  isflillieult  to  specify  exoellenci^ 
where  the  harmony  was  so  entire.      Thoroughly  united 
Mr.    Lowrie  in  his  very  single-eyed  devotion  to  the  Mil 
s^vioe,  she  very  cordially  and  quietly  accepted  the  self-denii 
brought  upon  her  thereby.     Upon  the  removal  to  New   Tor 
City,  the  home  of  Mn  and  Mrs.  Lowrie  became  the  headquart 
of  the  missionaries^  whether  en-route  to  the  distant  homes  w 
hopeful  zeal,  or  returning,  worn  with  toils  and  discouragemeE 


REUBEN  CHILDS  AND  DESOENDANTa  685 

A  thoroughly  ordered  household,  where  a  wise  economy  ren- 
dered possible  a  generous  hospitality,  was  the  result  of  Mrs. 
Lowrie's  systematic  mind ;  her  equable  temper  and  genial 
spirit  made  a  sunny  home.  The  correspondence  of  Mrs. 
Lowrie  with  the  sons  in  the  mission  fields,  has  furnished  not 
only  a  story  of  their  experiences  otherwise  unknown,  but 
most  sweet  expression  of  their  fond  love  and  reverence  for  her. 
Mrs  Lowrie  made  time  also  for  numerous  interests  outside  the 
home ;  she  was  for  years  the  accurate  and  efficient  treasurer  of 
^'  The  House  of  Industry ;"  and  much  interested  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  Presbyterian  Home  for  Aged  Women.  The 
services  of  the  Sabbath  were  deemed  a  privilege  not  to  be 
easily  relinquished.  One  writes:  "In  the  winter  of  her  last 
sickness  this  seemed  to  me  a  weekly  miracle.  She  received 
strength  to  dress  and  walk  to  church  by  half  past  ten,  while 
every  other  day  she  was  overcome  by  sleep  until  about  eleven.'* 
Very  earnestly  she  prayed  for  strength  to  care  for  her  husband 
through  his  life,  and  it  was  given  her.  The  disease  which  had 
been  for  years  subtilely  undermining  her  powers  was  stayed 
until  her  loved  husband  was  taken  home ;  then  it  overpowered 
her  and  she  sank  speedily.  During  these  last  months  she  was 
in  the  home  of  her  brother  Rev.  Thomas  S.  Childs,  D.  D.  of 
Norwalk,  Ct,  (now  of  Wooster,  Ohio)  the  sweet  trust  and 
hope  of  her  life  was  darkened ;  and  for  a  time  she  was  filled 
with  doubts,  but  at  **  evening  time  it  was  light."  and  the  lov- 
ing friends  watched  her  quietly  enter  into  peace.  We  gather 
these  facts  from  an  interesting  memorial  prepared  for  private 
distribution,  and  sent  us  by  Dr.  Thomas  S.  Childs,  the  brother 
of  Mrs.  Lowrie,  in  whose  home  she  spent  the  last  months 
of  life.  The  accompanying  sketch  of  her  husband  is  sent  to 
us  by  Mr.  Walter  0.  Childs  of  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Hon.  Walter  Lowrie  was  the  second  son  of  John  and  Cathe- 
rine Cameron  Lowrie,  and  was  born  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland, 
Dea  10,  1784  :  came  to  America  in  his  ninth  year.  He  first 
married  Miss  Amelia  McPherrin  of  Butler,  Pa. ;  second  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Mary  King  Childs.  During  his  early  years  he 
manifested  a  most  earnest  love  of  study  ;  his  attainments  were 
not  confined  to  the  English  branches,  he  made  the  study  of 
Latin,  Greek  and  Hebrew  a  delight,  and  in  later  years  was 
versed  in  the  Chinese  language.  He  designed  to  enter  the  min- 
istry but  was  by  circumstances  kept  in  secular  life. 


686 


RETBETS"  CHtLDS  ANP  DESCEKDAKTa 


From  a  memorial  address  by  the  Rev.  Wm.  M,  Paxtoa 

New  York  City,  we  extract : 

*'  His  life  was  8ueh  as  to  win  the  eoafidcnce  and  esteem  of  the  cotnmtinity 
in  which  he  lived.    In  1811,  at  the  age  of  twenty-seven,  he  was 
representative  to  the  Legistamre  of  Pennsylvania,  a  position   he  h 
seven  years      During  this  time  he  so  ro^  in  the  confidence  of  th«?  {Mfopk 
that  in  1818  he  vsas  made  United  Statefi  Senator  for  six  year^.     This  waa  a 
period  of  great  interest  in  the  history  of  our  country  from  the  importance 
of  the  mea^ure^f  agitated  and  the  great  men  who  guided  the  coancils  of  the 
nation.     Webster,  Clay,  Calhoun.  Randolph,  Benton  and  othf^rs,  only  lea 
illustrious,  wei-e  members  of  the  Senate.     Among  these  distinguished  states- 
men Walter  Lowrie  oecupied  a  position  of  honorable  prominence.     lam 
informed  by  one  who  was  present  at  that  time,  that  he  was  reganle 
Senatorji  who  knew  him  best,  as  an  authority  upon  all  questions  of 
history  and  eonstitutlonal  law.     During  the  discussion  of  the  Missouri  i 
promise  he  made  a  speech  which  is  described  as  of  great  power  and  foreel 
argument,  in  which  he  took  stronggrounds  against  the  extension  of  slaverr, 
and  uttered  his  protest  against  the  establishment  of  slave  labor  upon  a  single 
foot  of  free  territory.    Upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  as  Senator,  he  wis 
elected  secretjtry  of  the  U.  8  Senate;  in  this  office  he  continued  twelve  yea*?!. 
He  had  but  Iw^  predecessors  in  office,  each  continued  till   death.     Very 
much  surpri*«pd,  therefore,  were  the  frietidti  of  Hon.  Mr.  Lowrie  to  ieam  j 
his  resignation  in  1H30,     His  reason  for  so  doing  was  tlrnt  he  might  dev 
his  life  (o  I  he  cause  of  missions,  which  he  thenceforth'  served  with  untiring 
zeal  and  self-i4acriflce,  giving  to  it  his  time,  his  moans,  and  his  sons.    Hoii|_ 
Walt<*r  Lowrie  died  Dec.   14,  1808,  aged  84.     His  eldest  son,  Dr,  John< 
Lowrie,  labored  in  India     His  thinl  son,  Rc^v,  Walter  M,  Lowrie,  ent^ft 
the  field  in  China,  where  he  lost  his  life  at  the  hands  of  Chinese  pirates, 
Aug.  18,  1847.     He  was  regarded  a  man  of  fine  talents,  and  an  accoraplisb- 
ed  scholar.     The  fourth  son,  Rev.  Reuben  Lowrie,  succeeded  his  brother  in 
China,  but  after  six  years  fell  a  vittim  to  the  climate. 

Rev.  Dr  John  C  Lowrie  returned  from  India  and  waa  his  father's  sac- 
ccsAor  in  the  secretaryship  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Missions;  a  post  { 
father  had  most  etbcicntly  filled  for  thirty  years." 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6618,  iv.  SlTSAN  K.  Childs,  fourth  cliilA  atid  second 
of  Jo.shuii  and  Susan  King  Childs,  b,  in  Springfield,  Mass., " 
8,  1816,  m.  Oct  18,  1S38,  Joseph  Ingle  of  Washington,  D.  C^ 
She  d.  at  WashingUw,  D.  C,  Sept.  U,  1856,  ~ 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

(363ri.  i.  EowAan  H.  I.xuue. 

0030.   ii.  Si'sAN  1x0 LK,  died. 

6637.  iii.  Mahy  P  Ikole,  died. 

66;B.  iv,  JosErn  Lowaie  Inole. 

We  were  unable  to  obtjiin  dales  of  birth  of  theae  children.  Edward 
Ingle  is  an  Episcopal  clergyman  in  Athena,  Ga.  Joseph  Lowrie  Ingle 
physician  in  Bid tj more.  Md. 


REUBEN  CHILDS  AND  DESCENDANTS.  687 

[Seventh  Generation.]  ^ 

6619.  V.  Asaph  King  Childs,  fifth  child  and  third  son  of 
Joshua  and  Susan  King  Childs,  b.  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  Dec. 
9,  1820,  m.  Jan.  17,  1856,  in  Christ  church,  Washington,  D.  C, 
Susan  B.  Ingle,  dau.  of  John  P.  Ingle  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

Mr.  Childs  left  his  native  place  in  early  youth  and  went  to 
Milledgeville,  Ga.,  where  he  spent  ten  years  as  clerk  in  a  jewelry 
store.  In  1846,  he  went  to  Athens,  Ga.,  and  commenced  busi- 
ness for  himself.  Here  he  was  prosperous  and  accumulated  a 
handsome  property,  but  the  civil  war  swept  nearly  all  away. 
At  the  close  of  the  war,  in  1864,  he  established  himself  in  busi- 
ness again  in  the  hardware  trade.  For  the  last  five  years  he 
has  held  the  office  of  president  of  the  Northeastern  Railroad  of 
Georgia  His  residence  is  Athens,  Ga. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Athens,  Ga. 

66:i9  i.  Fannie  Ingle  Childs,  b.  Oct  18,  1857,  ra.  Feb.  5. 1879,  Prof. 
David  C.  Barrow.  Jr. 

6640  ii.  Walter  Lowbie  Childs.  b.  June  29.  1859 

6641.  iii  Susan  King  Childs,  b.  Nov.  9,  1866,  d.  in  Washington,  D.  C, 
June  2,  1872. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6620.  vi.  Rev.  Thomas  Spencer  Childs,  D.  D.,  sixth  child 
and  fourth  son  of  Joshua  and  Susan  King  Childs,  b.  in  Spring- 
field, Mass.,  Jan.  19,  1825,  m.  1st,  Mch.  7,  1855,  in  Hartford, 
Ct,  Mary  E.  Porter,  dau.  of  Haynes  Lord  Porter,  a  descendant 
of  Gov.  Haynes,  the  first  Governor  of  Connecticut;  m.  2d,  Aug. 
24,  1864,  Jane  Lawrence  Perkins,  at  Boston  Highlands,  Mass. 

The  surroundings  of  Dr.  Childs  from  childhood  have  been 
eminently  favorable  to  the  development  of  the  best  elements 
of  a  manly  character.  Always  living  in  the  atmosphere  of  in- 
telligent and  refining  influences,  his  training  and  culture  have 
lacked  nothing  to  give  strength  to  a  well  balanced  intellect. 
That  there  has  been  no  waste  of  appliances,  the  fruits  of  an  indus 
trious  and  beneficent  career  bear  ample  testimony.  His  pre- 
paratory studies  for  entering  college  were  pursued  under  Rev. 
Sanford  Lawton  of  Springfield,  Mass.  In  1843,  he  entered  the 
University  of  the  City  of  New  York,  and  graduated  with  first 
honors  in  1847,  the  part  of  Valedictorian  having  been  assigned 
him.  He  entered  the  same  year  Princeton  Theological  Semin- 
ary and  graduated  in  1850.  Spending  a  fourth  year  in  the 
Seminary  in  special  studies,  he  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the 
Presbytery  of  New  York,  April  1 7,  1850.     His  first  ministry 


♦58S 


REUBEN  CliiLi»>  .\Sl)  UESCKM>ANTS. 


was  brief  in  Berkeley  count}-,  Va„  and  Southanipu»ii* 
In  1851,  he  commeuced  ministerial  labors  in  Uartfonl^  Ct » i 
in  1852,  at  the  organization  of  the  First  Presb^^teriau  cliti 
in  Uial  cit3%  he  was  ordained  its  pastor,  where  he  *^ 

1865,  when  he  was  called  to  the  Fij-st  Congreg;«t  imf 

ill  Norwich,  Ct,  the  pastorate  of  which  he  fillefl  till  l^Tt*,  wl 
he  was  elected  professor  of  Biblical  and  Ecclesinstiral  Hi^t*] 
in  the  Theological  Institute  of  Connecticut,  at  Hartford,  whi 
he  continued  till  1878.  In  1880,  he  was  elected  professor  J 
Mental  und  Moral  Science  in  the  University  of  Wooster,! 
Woostcr,  01)10,  The  esteem  in  which  Dr.  Childs  is  held  ; 
private  and  public  man  in  Hartford^  Ct,  is  indicated  by  a  brief 
notice  in  the  Hartford  Times  of  his  apix)intment  to  the  Wooetcr 
University  Professorship : 

*"The  mnny  friends  of  the  Hev.  Dr.  Thomas  S,  Childs,  of  this  city,  will  I 
with  interes^t  that  he  hm  acL-epieJ  a  professor^ihip  in  the  Pr^»byt*?ri»ii  I 
versity  ut  VVooster,  Ohio,    This  institution,  though  young  in  ywif*',  i-^  \ii 
pering  greatlvt  and  atreatly  has,  m  its  variou:*  depart  men  t^i,  b 
and  flvi^  hundred  students..     Dr.  Cliildsj  Lakes  Ihe  chair  of  Mfiiin  i 

Sc4ence~a  |>ositinn  of  resj^^Mmsilnlity,  and  one  which  calls  for  ju»i  sueh  in 
lectual  flhility,  ?onncl  tiioral  principle  and  careful  training  tksa  Dr,  Childs  1 
in  a  marked  degree,     While  regretting  to  part  with  him  here,  hia  iiuiiH«f^ 
friends  will  rejoice  to  know  that  he  is  going  into  »i»  good  a  (loaition. 
Childs  will  spend  the  winter,  with  his  family,  in  Washiiigloti  City,  mh 
he  has  an  engagynient  to  preach  in  tlie  Western  Preshyterian  chnrt*h.  ni 
Lafayette  Square.     His  practical  duties  in  the  collegia  will  Iwgin  lat<?r  (iqj 
the  coming  year." 

Dr.  Childs  is  publicly  and  favorably  known  through 
published  articles;  various  sermons;  tracts^  pamphlets  and  a 
cles  in  the  Princeton  Review^  and  the  "Heritage  of  Peace/*  arfef 
issues  of  his  pen.  One  of  hia  late  articles  is  a  lectui-e  deliver 
in  the  spring  of  1880,  to  the  Unitarian  congregsition  of  Hart 
ford,  Ct.,  at  their  request— topic,  Christ  His  Own  WiTN'Bas»- 
published  in  the  Hartfoixl  Times,  and  printed  in  tract  form  I 
the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Publication,  aa  a  valuable  itemj 
religious  literatui^e  adapted  for  general  circulation.  The  hi| 
esteem  entertoined  for  Dr.  Childs  by  those  holding  differ 
religious  opinion^*  from  himself,  is  proof  of  his  candor  in  the  i 
fence  of  his  christian  faitb^  and  of  his  ability  lo  convince  and  win 
an  honest  inquirer  after  truth.  Personally,  Dr.  r^  ' '  gifti 
with  charaeteristics  which  render  his  social  life  a i 
oessible,  affable  and  communicative,  he  finds  his  way  easily  I 
the  confidence  of  ail  who  are  drawn  within  reach  of  lu«  ^ 
fljieiice. 


REUBEN  CHILDS  AND  DESCENDANTS.  689 

Of  Mrs.  Childs,  his  first  wife,  to  whose  memory  a  fitting  tri- 
bute has  been  paid  and  preserved  in  a  little  volume,  from  which 
we  quote,  it  may  be  said  she  possessed  qualities  of  heart  and 
mind,  not  less  marked  than  some  of  those  which  give  the  Dr. 
deserved  prominence. 

Mrs.  Mary  Porter  Childs  b.  in  Hartford,  Ct.,  April  11, 
1826,  only  dau.  of  Haynes  L.  Porter,  Esq.,  of  that  city,  and  a 
descendant  of  Governor  Haynes  of  Connecticut  and  Massachu- 
setts, a  family  of  honor  in  both  States  at  an  early  period.  For 
her  native  city  and  state,  Mrs.  Childs  cherished  an  especial 
fondness,  she  counted  it  one  of  the  joys  of  her  life  that  she 
was  permitted  always  to  dwell  in  it.  She  completed  her 
school  education  under  the  able  tuition  of  Eev.  Thomas  H. 
Gallaudet,  and  continued  to  cultivate  her  mind  by  careful  and 
extensive  reading.  To  a  few  choice  friends  she  gave  a'most 
ardent  love,  but  the  fondest  affection  was  for  her  mother.  It 
will  not  seem  strange,  therefore,  that  in  her  home  she  found 
greater  charm  than  in  society ;  a  distrust  of  her  own  powers 
contributed  to  her  shrinking  from  prominence  anywhere. 
When  just  past  fifteen,  in  1841,  she  was  taken  into  the  church 
of  the  Kev.  Dr.  Hawes.  Her  religious  life  was  one  of  earnest- 
ness and  conscientiousness,  though  her  doubts  and  native  reti- 
cence hindered  expression  of  faith,  while  her  natural  buoy- 
ancy hid  with  a  gleeful  manner  much  of  her  depth  of  experi- 
ence. In  her  marriage  Mrs.  Childs  was  peculiarly  happy,  the 
doubts  which  had  shadowed  her  christian  life  fled  away,  and 
in  her  home  she  was  the  cheerful  christian  wife  and  mother, 
finding  fullness  of  joy  in  her  cares  and  quiet  pleasurea  The 
chastening  hand  of  the  Lord  which  she  had  keenly  felt  before, 
and  to  which  she  had  learned  to  bow  in  the  high  attainment  of 
a  cheerful  submission,  came  into  her  tenderly  loved  fold  and 
bore  away  one  of  her  lambs — even  now  she  sorrowed  in  hope. 
In  1863  another  child  was  given  her,  but  after  a  few  days  she 
became  alarmingly  ill,  her  sufferings  were  most  intense — a 
gleam  of  hope  came,  only  to  be  shrouded.  The  fears  and 
doubts  of  life  disappeared,  and  in  sweet  calm  she  bade  her 
loved  ones  farewell,  and  "  walked  with  God."  The  accom- 
panying lines  of  the  gifted  Mrs.  L.  H.  Sigourney,  on  the  occa- 
sion of  her  death,  will  most  fittingly  close  our  brief  sketch  : 


690 


REUBEN  CHILDS  AJ^D  DESCENDANTS 


"Mrs.  MARY  PORTER  CHILDS, 
Wife  of  tha  Rev.  Dr.  Childs.  and  only  daughter  of  Hajnes  L,  Portair,_ 
Died  at  Hartford,  April  4,  1863." 
HcT  lip  no  longer  tastes 
Our  Clip  of  cares  and  pains; 
The  pale  kin^  vnunts  his  s^haft  no  more; 
The  struggle  and  the  piing  are  o*er; 
The  victory  remains. 
Her's  was  the  home-delight 
In  womaifs  Bphore  that  lies. 
The  love  of  life,— yet  fearless  trust 
That  looks  complacent  on  the  dost 
Prnni  whence  rhe  soul  shall  rise. 
Self-forgetfuL  and  serene. 
Guiltless  of  ambition's  sway, 
Her*s  were  those  duties  free  from  strife. 
That  make  a  faithful  Pastor*s  wife 
The  hlessing  of  his  way. 
Babe, — that  in  ihy  Pather^s  arras 
Her  coflin-hed  beside^ 
Dost  take  the  dear,  baptismal  seal 
On  thy  fair  brow,  ton  young  to  feel 

What  loss  doth  thee  betide. 

May  its  crystiil  wash  away 

Sinning,  sorniwing  tears. 

And  guide  thee  like  a  golden  thread, 

Iti  thy  blest  mother's  steps  to  tread. 

Through  all  the  coming  years. 

Little  daughters,  in  your  hearts 

Plant  the  germ  of  Christian  love. 

Spreading,  ripening  more  and  more. 

Till  you  find  the  opening  door 

Leading  to  her  Home  above. 
Tuesday,  April  7,  186^.  L.  H,  SiGot*JM< 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children:     By  1st  marriage. 

6fi4*2,  i.  Mary  LowmE  CaiLDi*,  b.  in  Hartford,  Ct.,  Jan.  1856. 

6643.  ii.  Fanny  Graham  Cbilds,  b.  in  Hartford,  Ct .  J*d.  28,  1837. 

mu.  iii.  Aliok  liEK  Cbilus,  b.  May  16,  1858,  in  Hartford,  Ct.,  d.  Ai 
12,  1859. 

By  2d  marriage, 

0645   iv.  TaoMAS  Childs,   b,   March   24,    1866,   in  Norwalk.   Ct.,   d. 
infancy. 

[Sixth  Generatinn.] 

6612.  V,  Horace   Bliss  Childs.   fourth  son  of    Reubeo 
Cliilds,  m,  Mary  Clark  Jennej,     Resided  in  Conway,  Mass. 
[Seventh  Generation  ]    Children: 

6639*.  i.  Edwin  L.  Crilds,  m.  Harriet  Newell  Towne. 

6640*.  ii.  M.UIY  Elizabeth  Childs. 


REUBEN  CHILDS  AND  DESCENDANTa  691 

We  much  regret  that  we  are  unable  to  link  the  following 
names  with  the  ancestor  Eichard  or  Samuel  Child  of  Barnstable 
Mr.  George  A.  Childs  of  San  Francisco,  sent  us  the  accompany- 
ing  items  of  his  immediate  family,  and  we  have  endeavored 
vainly  to  obtain  further  intelligence;  those  possessing  the  data 
being  negligent  in  sending  it  in  season.  We  are  compelled^ 
therefore,  having  waited  to  the  last  moment  to  print  this  in- 
complete record.     We  head  the  family  with  the  late 

6641a.  Capt.  Alexander  C.  Childs  of  Cotuit,  Barnstable 
county,  Mass. 
[Second  Generation.]    Children: 

6642&.  i.  A  daughter. 

6643^.  ii.  George  Alexander  Childs,  b.  in  Cotuit,  Barnstable  county, 
Mass..  m.  in  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  July  24,  1872,  Miss  Susan  L.  C.  Nye,  dau. 
of  Albert  G.  Nye,  Esq..  of  that  city,  and  formerly  of  Pocasset,  Mass.  Mr. 
George  A.  Childs  is  of  the  California  furniture  manufacturing  company. 

[Third  Generation.]    Children: 

6644c.  i.  Cora  Ashley  Childs,  b.  July  8,  1875,  d.  Aug.  8, 1875,  in  San 
Francisco. 

6645c.  ii.  Louise  Christine  Childs,  b.  Dec.  25,  1876.  May  she  live  to 
see  her  anniversary  birthday  on  Christmas,  1976,  and  keep  our  second  cen- 
tennial.* 

*  The  generations  here  are  given  from  the  parties  known.  Ck>ald  we  make  the  link  they 
woald  be  very  different. 


Y-l 


692 


JEREMIAH  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS. 


CHAPTER  XIL 


JEREMIAH  CHILD  OF  SWANSEA  AND  DESCENDANTS, 


[First  GeneraUon.] 

6646.  Jeremiah   Child.      The   first   known  of  Jeremia 
CI)nd  is  what  is  gathfretl  from  the  town  records  of  Swans 
Mass.,  that  he  was  born  in  1645.     Who  his   parents  were  wd 
are  not  informed.     His  marriage  is  recorded  and  birth  of  hi 
ehildren  and  numerous  descendants  to  the  pi-esent  day. 
was  a  man  of  considemble  prominence;  became  a  ** f reejuaii ^ 
in  1680 ;  a  selectman  in  1682  ;  is  possessed  of  real  estate  drawl 
by  lot  in  1686  ;  conveys  to  his  son  John  a  tract  of  land  io 
Wari*en,  R   L,  costing  £8  16s. »  as  recorded  in  the  town 
ords  of  Taunton,  Mass,     Married  Martha  — , 

George  W.   Chase^  Esq.,  of  Providence.  B.  I.,  one  of  th 
descendants,  in  answer  to  inquiries  as  to  the  ancestor  of  Jc 
raiab  Child,  says : 

*'  I  hflive  been  uoable  to  trace  the  origin  of  Jeromiah  Child,     fie 
three  ebildruTi  that  we  kimw  of,  possibly  he  had  more.     He  was  pmiwihijj 
twicjd  married.     In  a  detni  dated  108^,  ke  refers  to  '*  my  now  wif*> "  lliirtht 
In  one  deed  he  is  called  tin  innkeeiier  j  in  nnnther  n  merchant.     He  w*a  j 
milled  *'  freeman  '*  of  Plymouth  Colony,  June  1»  1681.  having  been  a 
idetit  of  I3wanseii  for  some  years  previous." 

Mn  Chase  says : 

,,f:le  married  2d,  Elizabeth  Thurber  Estiibrook»  widow  of  Thonnis  Est 
a-nd  dmij^rhter  of  John  nnd  MaryTliurber;  bis  first  wife  waa  motbtrof  I 
his  ehildren/' 
[Se c on d  G en e rat  in w ,  ]     C  h  i  kl re 1 1 : 

Ci047.  \.  JuuN  CmLD,  bv  iti  Swjinsea.  Mass,,  l^Tl,  (O.  W.  Chase  mys,  ItTli 
m.  Margery  Howard^  about  1GU2* 

4^648.  ii.  JEUEiMiAii  Child,  Jr..  Ik    in  SwatiBca.  MAM,,  Sept*   t»  IQ 
Jeremiah  Child,  Jr^  ts  nienlloned  hy  Savage  and  the  date  of  his  birth  given! 
the  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Miirtha  Child  of  Swun^a, 

mi49.  iii.  Mauoahet  Child. 

[Second  Generation.! 

6647.  i.  John  Chiij),  eldest  child  of  Jeremiah  and  Manfa 
—  Child,  k  tn  Swansea,  Mags.,  1672,  m.  Margery  noward,  alKiia 
1692.  She  was  b.  1673,  d.  Sept  6, 1726.  Iletl  JaiK  16, 17311 
leaving  an  estate^  beque^tlied  to  him  by  his  fulherf  to  bts  di 
soendants  whicli  is  held  by  them  tcj  the  present  time;  In  * 
letter  written  alx>ut  1864,  Mn  John  Throop  Child  says: 


JEREMIAH  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS.  693 

**  My  grandfather's  record  says,  his  grandfather  John  Child,  died  Jan.  16, 
1739,  ae  67  years.    In  the  ancient  graveyard  at  Eickemuic  in  Warren,  R.  I. 
is  a  stone  in  memory  of  Margery,  wife  of  John  Child,  who  died  Sept.  12, 
1726,  ae>  53,  and  near  it  another  grave,  probably  her  husband's." 
[Third  Generation]    Children,  born  in  Swansea,  Mass.: 

6650.  i.  Sarah  Child,  b.  April  3,  1693. 

6651.  it.  Margaret  Child,  b.  Jan.  6,  1696. 

6652.  iii.  Susanna  Child,  b.  Jan.  26,  1699,  m.  John  Luther.     She  d. 
Aug.  12,  1791.     He  d.  Jan.  4,.  1771. 

6653.  iv.  John  Child,  b.  1702,  m.  Abigail  Eddy. 

6654.  V.  Patience  Child,  b.  1704. 

6655.  vi.  Martha  Child,  b.  Sept.  7,  1706. 

6656.  vii.  James  Child,  b.  Sept.  5,  1708,  m.  June  3,  1729,  Sarah  Haile. 

6657.  viii.  Mary  Child,  b.  Aug.  10,  1710,  m.Mch.  26, 1730,  David  Wood. 

6658.  ix.  Oliver  Child,  b.  April  2,  1714. 

6659.  X.  Cromwell  Child,  b.  Jan.  14,  1716. 

6660.  xi.  Bethul  Child,  b.  June  15, 1718. 

[Third  Generation.] 

6653.  iv.  John  Child,  fourth  child  and  eldest  son  of  John 
and  Margery  Child,  b.  1702,  in  Swansea,  m.  Abigail  Eddy,  dau. 
of  Rev.  Michael  Eddy  of  Newport,  R.  I.     John  Child  d.  Jan. 
17,  1788.     She  d.  Mch.  7,  1794. 
[Fourth  Generation.]    Children: 

6661.  i.  Cromwell  Child,  m.  1st,  —  Miller;  m.  2d,  —  Turner. 

6662.  ii.  Caleb  Child,  m.  twice,  both  time.s  a  Cole. 

6663.  iii.  William  Child,  m.  — . 

6664.  iv.  James  Child,  m.  twice. 

6665.  V.  Jermiah  Child,  m.  Patience  Cory.    He  d.  Dec.  29,  1825. 

6666.  vi.  Abigail  Child,  m.  Edward  Eddy. 

6667.  vii.  Ann  Child,  m.  a  Cole. 

6668.  viii.  A  daughter,  m.  a  Salisbury. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

6661.  i.  Cromwell  Child,  first  child  of  John  and  Abigail 
Eddy,  m.  1st,  —  Miller ;  m.  2d,  —  Turner,  in  Warren,  R  I. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

6669.  i.  John  Child,  killed  by  the  Indians. 

6670.  ii.  A  daughter,  married  a  Varnum. 

6671.  iii.  Ann  Childs,  married  a  Bowen. 

6672.  iv.  A  daughter,  married  a  Turner. 

6673.  V.  A  daughter,  married  a  Turner. 

[FourtlvOeneration.] 

6662.  ii.  Caleb  Child,  second  child  of  John  and  Abigail 
Eddj  Child,  m.  twice,  a  Cole  each  time. 

[Fifth  Generation.]    Children : 

6674.  i.  Calkb  Child,  Jr. 

6675.  ii.  Cromwell  Child,  m.  Sally  Luther. 


BM 


CHILD  A3a*  IiBBCKKDA^Tfa 


MTI.  &  Cteivrorapi  Ckilo.  b   177^  m,  Aug.  IT.  I7t6«  Mftrr  ftej- 

MT7*  tir.  SsniAXL  Pbcs  CanjD,  h,  1770.  b.  PmesQft  BndliDfil  ChikL 

W7S.  T.  DAjmo,  CcnuK  Chu^,  b.  17^ 

^979i.  Ti.  Sahcki.  Couk  Cftiu)^  b.  17S7,  m.  Msrf  Jtsuif • 

M9II.  Tii«  A  dAugiitcr,  who  <L  joon^ 

fPifUi  Oeoc7«iacmO  

6676,  iii  Chbistophkr  Child,  third  child  of  Caleli  and  — 
OAe  Child  U  1775;  m.  August  17,  1798,  Mary  Beynoldi 
Cliild,  daiL  of  Sylvester  and  PridciUa  Bradloid  Child ;  b€  d  in 
Smithfield,  Pa. 

fSiith  Genermtioii.]    Childreo: 

6661.  i  Catti«TOFHBB  CHn.D,  Jr.,  b,  abt.  1800,  m.  18S1»  Hairkl 
Wright ;  bftd  thre«  sons. 

00d2,  it,  EffEKBT  Child,  b.  1803,  cL  fit  se^  1823. 

I  Fifth  Genemtioo  | 

6077.  iv.  Shi  BAEL  Peck  Child,  fourth  child  aod  son 
Caleb  Child  and  —  Cole  Child,  m,  1st  Priscilla  Child,  dau. 
Sylvester  and  Priscilla  B.  Child ;  she  d.  Dea  1840  ;  m.  2d,  Maj 
1843.  Adaline  Croad.  Resided  in  Rehoboth  and  Warren,  R  I. 
[Sixth  ricnemtion^J  Children: 
6663.  i.  Mary  Cole  Chfld, 

6684.  ii.  Chaklbi^  TuomI'sun  Child. 

6685.  iii.  Harriet  Nkwbll  Child. 


0686. 
6687. 


} 


TWtBI.  [  daughters,  d.  young. 


[Fifth  Generation.] 

(5679.  vi.  Samtki.  Cole  Child^  sixth  child  and  son  ol 
Caleb  Child  and  —  Cole,  his  wife,  b  1787,  in  Warren,  RLH 
went  to  Baltimore,  Md:  ra,  Mary  Jenny  of  Baltimore,  M*lJ 
she  was  b.  17*J2  and  d.  1862:  he  d."^  Oct  18,  1826.  Resided  m\ 
Baltimore,  Md, 
[Sixth  Generation.!      Children:* 

6688.  i.  RisiiKCcA  W,  Child. 

6081*.  ii.  Danikl  Citild, 

6000.  iii.  JusKrH  Child, 

fI691t  iv^.  Sophia  Child. 

[Third  Generation.] 

6056.  vii,  James  Child,  seventh  child  of  John  and  Mattery 

Child,  U   in  Swansea,   Mass.,  Sept  5,  1708,  m.  June  8,  1729J 
Sarah  Uaile,  dan.  of  Bernard  and  Abigail  Haile.     Be^n  house- 
keeping in  Warren,  R,  L,  Feb.   10,   1730,     She  was  b.   1713. J 
James  Child  d.  Feb.  10, 1738.     Sarah  m.  2d,  Jolrn  Throop,  Jr.i 
of  Bri.^tol  R.  I.      Had  by  him  two  ehildren. 

*  Much  time  and  effort  tiave  been  pat  forth  to  obtain  dates  tu  Lhe  lines  without  avail 


JEREMIAH  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS, 


695 


[Fourth  GenerAtioD.l    Children,  bom  in  Warren,  H,  I.: 

6602*  i.  SvLVESTER  Chfld,  h.  Meh.  10,  1730,  at  1  r.  m..  m.  1st.  Abigail 
Miller,  i<he  d  Oct.  31,  1757:  in.  2d,  Dee  2H.  1858,  Joatiria  Baraaby:  she 
d.  May  18,  1773;  m,  3d.  Jan,  13,  1775v,PnscillH  Bmdfofd. 

nmi  n.  T.YDrA  Child,  b.  July  12.  1731.  at  10  p.  m.,  in,  Elisha  Burr  of 
Rtdioboth.  Mass.     She  d.  Mch.  7,*1790.     He  d.  Nov.  7,  1815. 

tyiiiH.  lib  J.  JoHx  Ceii^D,  b.  Jan.  20,  1733.  one  hour  before  sud rise,  Satur- 
day Illuming,  m.  Nov,  23,  1758,  N.  S.,  Rosabella  Cole. 

61105.  iv.  Hezbkjah  Chili!>  b,  Aug,  3,  1732,  m.  Jan.  13,  1750,  Patience 
Barton. 

6600.  V.  Patience  Child,  b.  June  31,  1737.  ou  Tuer^day,  *'a.  m,,  sun  one 
hour  high-*-  • 

0607.  vi.  James  Ciih,d,  Jr..  b.  Sept.  3,  1738,  '"on  Sablmth  morning,  sun 
onti  hour  high,"  ra,  flanuah  Kelley, 

Fourth  Generation.] 

6692.  i.  Sylvester  Child,  eldest  child  of  James  and  Sarab 
Ilaile  Child,  b.  in  Warren,  R.  I,  Meh.  17,  1730,  riL  Ist,  abont 
1748,  Abigail  Miller;  she  d.  Oct.  31,  1757;  m.  2d,  Dec,  28, 
1758,  Joanna  Barnaby  ;  she  d  May  18,  1773  ;  ni.  3d,  Jan.  13, 
1775,  Priseilla  Bradfr>rd. 
[Fifth  Generation.]     Children,  born  in  Wii rreii,  R.  I. 

6008.  b  Peudew-e  Child,  b.  Aug.  5,  1749,  ra.  Barnard  Salisbury. 

6000,  ii.  James  Child,  b.  Meh.  6,  1751.  ra.  Miss  Short,  dan.  of  James  Short 
of  Swansea;  removed  to  Wt.**4iford,  Otj^^go  county,  N.  Y.,  about  1790.* 

0700,  iiL  Sauah  Child,  b.  Aug.  7,  1752,  m.  Rev.  Charles  Thompson. 

0701,  iv,  Abtel  MtLLKR  Child,  b.  Oet  16, 1756,  d.  Aug.  8,  1759. 

6703.  T.  Abigail  Child,  b.  Sept.  5,  1759.  d.  Nov.  29.  1761. 
0703.  vi.  Gakdineh  Child,  b.  April  9.  176L 

6704.  vii.  Sylvebteii  Child,  Jr.,  b,  Sept.  11,  1764.  m.  Patience  Luther, 
dau.  of  Martin  Luther.     She  d.  Jan.  20,  1851.     He  d.  Sept.  4,  1828. 

6705.  viii.  Elizabeth  Child,  \k  July  2,  1766,  ra.  John  Croade;  she  d. 
Aug.  24,  1841. 

0706.  ix.  Lydia  Child,  b.  Oct.  32.1768  m,  Joseph  Adams.  Bed.  .^pnl 
aO,  1837.     She  d.  Sept.  28,  1800,  aged  91  years. 

6707.  X.  JoHANKA  Child,  b.  June  27»  1771,  d.  Dec.  4.  1790, 

6708.  xL  A  dau.  unbaptized,  d.  Ang,  9,  1774. 

6709.  xii.  Robert  Child,  b.  Feb.  1777,  d.  April  23,  1704. 

6710.  .xiii.  Mary  Reynolds  Child,  h.  May  26,  1770.  m.  Aug.  1798, 
Christopher  Child. 

6711.  xiv.  Priscilla  Child,  b.  May  27.  1781,  hk  Shnbael  Peck  Child. 
He  d.  Dec.  1840. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

6294,  iii.  J.  John  Child,  third  child  of  James  and  Sarah 
Haile  Child,  b.  in  Warren,  R.  I.,  Jan.  20,  1733,  in.  Nov.  23, 
175S,  N.  S.  EosabcUa  Cole,  dau.  of  Ebenezer  Cole.  She  was 
b.  Jan.  4  1739,  d.  May  19,  1820.     He  d.  Sept  29,  1819, 

*The  def€«iidHiitf  of  JacaeM  Ctiilcl  arc  yet  in  Otaej^o  €^o.,  hut  we  have  been  anabte  to 
obtain  tbeir  record  forpro|j«riiiaaTtion. 


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JEREMIAH  CHILD  AXB  DESCENDAI9T& 


[Fifth  Generation.!    Children,  bom  in  Wikrren,  R,  L 

e7l2,  L  Abigail  Mii.Li.R  Child,  K  Sept.  26, 1759.  m,  Dec,  3,  1772,  Wn 
Baris  of  Boston,  Mass. 

6713.  iL  JoHJf  Throop  Child,  l*.  No?.  0. 1701.  m.  Dec,  9.  1787,  Molly  t^ 
MiUai-* 

6714.  ill.  SAifUEL  Child,  b.  June  21,  1765,  m.  Jan.  20^  1790.  Kaoey 
Luther.    She  d.  April  16,  1841.     He  d.  April  11,  1831. 

6715.  iT.  Nathan  Child,  b,  July  18,  1767.  m.  Nor,  17,  17l>3.  tkmms  tlb- 
bitts.     She  d.  Oct.  5,  1853.     He  d.  Sept.  29,  182». 

6716.  V.  Rosabella  Child,  b.  Juir  25.  1769.  m,  Feb,  20,  1803,  Edward 
Gardiner,  who  wa^  b.  1770,  d.  July  2l'  1824.    She  d.  Aug.  20,  1855. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

6713.  ii.  John  Thboop  Child,  eldest  son  and  second  child, 
of  J.  John  and  Rosabella  Cole  Child,  h.  in  Warren,  R.  L,  Nc 
6,  1761,  m.  Dec,  29,  1787,  Molly  Turner  MUlar.     They 
one  child — ^if  more,  they  are  not  given. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Child : 

6717.  i.  JoHX  Throop  Child,  Jr,,  b,  in  Warren,  R.  L,  May  7, 1790,  m. 
S^pt.  19. 1811,  Iktscv  Millar  Burr.    She  was  b.  in  Pitt«Uiwn.  N.  Y.,  Dec  \ 
17V1,  d  Sept.  5  1852:  m.  2d,  18o2,  Manr  Ann  Mason^  dan.  of  James  BCaaon,^ 
who  was  b.  April  a,  1827. 

The  documents  furnished  by  Mr.  Ifsaac  Child  contain  the  foUoidn^  hiikff^, 
of  Mr.  John  Throop  Child: 

**Capt.  John  Throop  Child  wa«f  an  eminent  ship-master  of  Warren, 
and  baa  Tery  kindly  aided  in  coilt'ctin^  the  iitati^tic^  of  his  family  1 
^Ten.  In  ihe  »iceoQnt  of  his  family  he  write*:  *  31y  wife,  Belsey  ! 
Burr  Child,  began  to  &ail  with  me  on  Dec.  16.  1816,  and  continued  with  me 
on  tny  numerous  Toyag«s  until  Oct  1834,  when  we  retired  to  Wwren,  R.  V 
Thus  sailing  with  her  husband  eighteen  years.  Capt.  Throop,  if  linui;jlt 
thb  date,  (1880)  is  90  years  old. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children,  by  seocind  wife:  bom  in  Warren,  R- 1 

6718.  i.  Infant  son,  (unchristened).  b.  Dec  26,  181^1,  d.  young. 

6719.  ii-  Infant  son,  (unchristened),  b.  Nor,  6,  1855,  d-  young. 

6720.  iii.  Molly  Trm.^na  Chilo,  b.  Jan.  11,  1858. 
6731.  IT.  BrrscY  Millai^  Child,  b.  May  II,  1859,  drovned  1861. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

6695.  iv.  Hezekiah  Child,  fourth  child  of  James  and ! 
Haile  Child,  b.  in  Warren,  R,  L,  Aug.  3,  1734,  m.  Jun*  13, 
1756,  Patience  Barton,  dau.  of  Samuel  and  Lillie  Baru>n*  She 
was  hi  1744,  d  Feb.  14,  1846.  He  d.  Dec  4,  1798. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children,  bc^m  in  Warren,  R.  L: 

6722.  i.  BENJAMiy  CaiLii.  Ik  Sept.  13. 1757.  d.  1807.  anmarried. 

6723.  ii.  Haile  Child,  b.  Jan  23,  1759.  m.  Jan.  131,  1780.  Amy  KinnieoUi 

6724.  iii.  Willl&m  Child,  b.  Mch.  29. 1761,  m.  Betaey  Ormsb«e.     He  was 
lost  at  sea  in  1798. 

6725.  iv.  LiLUC  Tukner  Child,  b.  Jan.  90.  1763.  m.  Seth  Beck. 

6726.  T,  Patikkcb  Child,  b.  June  33,  1765.  m.  Jonathan  Hicks. 
6797.  ri.  Nascy  Child,  b.  Oct.  3.  1767,  m.  Levi  Clark. 
6738.  Tii.  Mary  Child,  b.  Oct  2,  1769,  m.  Edward  Eddy. 
6729,  viii.  Sasah  Thboop  Child,  b.  Not.  5,  1771,  m.  Jndah  Roe 


JEREMIAH  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS.  697 

6730.  ix.  Lydia  Child,  b.  Mch.  29,  1774,  m.  Benjamin  Barton. 

6731.  X.  Rebecca  Child,  b.  Nov.  14,  1776,  m.  James  Barnes. 

6732.  xi.  Ruth  Child,  b.  Feb.  16,  1778,  m.  Levi  Clark. 

6733.  xii.  James  Child,  b.  Aug.  16,  1780.  d.  Mch.  14, 1787. 

6734.  xiii.  Abigail  Child,  b.  Aug.  23,  1788,  m.  1st,  Sherebiah  Talbot; 
m.  2d,  Lawton  Spencer. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

6723.  ii.  Capt.  Haile  Child,  second  child  of  Hezekiah 
and  Patience  Barton  Child,  b.  in  Warren,  R  L,  Jan.  23,  1759. 
Lived  in  Higganum,  Ct;  m.  Jan.  13,  1780,  Amy  Kinnicutt 
She  was  b.  Feb.  8,  1761,  d  Mch.  23,  1841.  He  d.  Feb.  10, 
1815. 
[Sixth  Generation."!    Children,  bom  in  Warren,  R.  I. 

6735.  i.  Lydia  Child,  b.  Nov.  25, 1781,  m.  Oct.  81.  1802,  Lewen  Cran- 
ston.    She  d.  June  6. 1864. 

6736.  ii.  William  Child,  b.  April  10. 1784.  m.  Mch.  7,  1808,  Lucinda 
Thurber. 

6737.  iii.  Gardiner  Child,  b.  April  8,  1786,  ra.  Oct.  21,  1811,  Millie  — . 
Both  d.  1864.    She  was  of  Newborn,  N.  C.    No  children. 

6738.  iv.  James  Chh.d,  b.  Oct.  7,  1788,  m.  Nov.  8,  1810.  Betsey  Pettis. 

6739.  V.  Haile  Child,  Jr.,  b.  April  19,  1891.  m.*June  22,  1823,  Mary 
Ann  Burnett.     He  d.  May  6.  1863. 

6740.  vi.  JoRN  KiNNicuT  Child,  b.  June  10. 1794,  m.  August  16,  1819, 
Mary  Ann  Newhall. 

6741.  vii.  Daniel  Child,  b.  Oct.  29,  1796,  ra.  July  11,  1819,  Mary  Ann 
Cole. 

6742.  viii.  Nathan  Child,  b.  Jan.  21,  1799,  m.  Jan.  11, 1830,  Louisa 
Child  Clark.  Both  lived  in  Providence,  R.  I. ;  had  one  child,  d.  at  six 
months. 

6743.  ix.  Henry  Child,  b.  Mch.  5,  1801,  unmarried;  d.  of  consumption. 

6744.  X.  George  Child,  b.  Sept.  1803.  m.  May  11, 1824,  Sarah  M.Bever- 
ley. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

6735.  i.  Lydia  Child,  eldest  child  of  Capt  Haile  and  Amy 
Kinnicutt  Child,  b.  in  Warren,  R.  I.,  Nov.  25,  1781,  m.  Oct. 
31,  1802,  Lewen  Cranston.  She  d.  1864.  Had  two  children. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

6745.  i.  Mary  Cranston,  dead. 

6746.  ii.  Lydia  Cranston,  b.  — ,  m.  a  Mr.  Hoffman. 

J  Sixth  Generation.] 

6736.  ii.  William  Child,  second  child  of  Capt.  Haile  and 
Amy  KinnicQt  Child,  b.  in  Warren,  E.  L,  April  10,  1784,  m. 
Mch.  7,  1808,  Lucinda  Thurber.  He  d.  Sept  20,  1831.  She 
d.  1864. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Warren,  R.  L: 

6747.  i.  Eliza  Ann  Child,  b.  Jan.  13. 1809,  m.  July  1,  1829,  Jacob  M. 
Smith.    She  d.  in  California,  Mch.  18,  1863. 

6748.  ii.  Gardiner  Child,  b.  Jan.  ^,  1811,  d.  Oct.  11,  1811. 


JEREMIAH  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTSL 


6740.  hi.  Lybia  Child,  b.  June  25,  1813,  m.  1st,  Patrick  Rjan;  m. 
a  Mr.  Fmrser, 

0750.  iv.  Hatle  Cbild,  b.  May  18,  1816»  d.  Sept.  1,  1840. 

6751.  V.  Amy  Klnnjcut  Child.  U  April  35.  181»>,  U.  OcL  23,  1838. 

6732.  vi.  Henry   Child,   h.  July  k4, 1823»  m,  Jan.  22.  1848.  MlDerra  1 
J^enekes. 

6752*  vii.  Mary  Maria  Child,  b.  Jan.  1»  1826,  m.  Sylvester  B.  Alwo 

6755*.  viii.  Lewis  Wiixum  CmtD,  b.  Aug.  19. 1828,  d.  July  19,  1850. 

[Sixth  Gene  ration.  J 

6738.  iv.  James  Child,  fourth  cliild  of  Haile  and  Amjj 
Kinnicut  Child,  b.  Oct.  7, 1788.  m.  Nov.  8»  1810,  Betaey  Pe 
[Seventh  Qenemtion.]    Children,  bom  in  Warren,  R.  L    They  reaide  iia* 

New  York  City: 

6754.  i.  Mary  Chilu,  b.  Nov.  28,  181 L 

6755.  ii.  Lal:ra  Child,   b.    April  19,   1813,   in.  May   14,  1837,  Xe 
Purnierlee. 

6756.  iii,  James   H.   Child,   b.  MaY  20,   1816,  m.  Sept.  15,  1848,  ] 
Allen.    He  d.  Oct,  23,  1867. 

6757.  iv.  XoAH  Cuild,  b.  Feb.  14,  1817,  d.  S«pt.  18,  1855. 

6758.  V.  Betsey  Child,  b.  Dec  20,  1818,  m.  Sept.  20,  1843,  Levi  Tiffany. 
6750.  vi.  Gardixhr  Child,  b.  Jan.  26,  1820,  d.  McIl  18,  1846. 

6760.  viL  John  H.  Cuilds,  b.  Mob.  5.  1823,  d.  Jan  9,  1872.  1 

6701.  viii.  Amy  Cnnjj,  b.  Nov.  6,  1825,  d.  Sept.  6,  1855.  " 

6762.  ix.  Gkorok  H.   Chujj,  b,  Dec,  6,  1827,  m,  July  4, 1847.  Josepliifie 
Tiffany, 

[Si3tth  Generation  J 

6740.  vi.  John  Kinnicct  Child,  sixth  child  of  Capt,  Hail! 
and  Amy  Kinnicut  Chih],  b.  June  10,  1794,  ni.  Aug.  16,  181S 
Mary  Ann  NewhiilL     He  d.  May  2,  1855. 
[Sevenib  tieneriition.]     Children,  bom  in  Warren,  R.  I. 

6763.  i    John  Nkwhall  Child,  b.  Feb.  7,  1821,  m.  Dec.  1,  1846»  Waiti 
8,  Luther  Bates, 

6764.  ii.  Hetty  N,  Child,  b.  April  27.  1824.  m.  Ebenescer  Allen. 
G7(55.  iii.   Henky  Child,  b.  July  4,  1827,  m.  Julia  White.     Iled.MuTt 

1859. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

674-1.  vii.  Daniel  Child,  seventh  chihl  of  Haile  and  Amjj 
Kiiinieut  Child,  U  Oct.  29,  1796,  m.  July  11, 1819,  Mary  Col^ 
dau.  of  Jonathan  and  Betsey  Cowan  Cole.      He  d.  JuW   U 
1860. 

[Seventh  Generation,]     Children,  born  in  Wiirren,  R.  L 

6766.  i.  Mary  Child,  b.  Feb.  9,  1821,  in.  Sept.  14,  1840.   Edwuitl 
Chase. 

6767.  ii,  Betsey  Colk  Child,  b.  Oct.  8, 1822.  d,  Dec.  18,  18^2. 

6768.  iii.  Abbie  Cole  Cnn.D,  b.  Nov.  4, 1823,  m.  Carl  Kugler,     She  iL" 
April  7,  1871, 

0769.  iv,  Julia  Ann  Child,  b.  April  14,  1826  m,  Henry  Smith. 
6770.  V.  Rebecca  Ellis  Child,  b.  Feb.  13. 1828,  m.  Oliver  Snow, 


JEREMIAH  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTa  699 

6771.  vi.  Robert  Hbnbt  Child,  b.  June  14, 1830,  m.  Sarah  Chadbunu 

6772.  vii.  Charles  Edwin  Child,  b.  Oct.  26,  1832,  d.  Jan.  8,  1885. 

6773.  viii.  Antoinette  Child,  b.  April  9,  1835;  unmarried. 

6774.  ix.  Charles  Edwin  Child,  2d,  b.  Dec.  16, 1836,  m.  Arintha  Acker, 

6775.  X.  Geo.  William  Child,  b.  April  2,  1838,  m.  Rachel  Tripp. 

[Seventh  Generation. J 

6766.  i.  Mary  Child,  eldest  child  of  Daniel  and  Mary  Cole 
Child,  b.  in  Warren,  R  L,  Feb.  9,  1821,  m.  Sept.  14,  1840, 
Edward  S.  Chase  of  Newport,  R.  I.  They  have  two  children. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

6776.  i.  Tbeodoee  F.  Chase. 

6777.  ii.  Geo.  W.  Chase. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6768.  iii.  Abbie  Cole  Child,  third  child  of  Daniel  and 
and  Mary  Cole  Child,  b.  in  Warren,  R.  I.,  'Nov.  4,  1823,  m.  Oct 
29,  1853,  Charles  Kugler.     She  d.  April  7,  1871. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

6778.  i.  Geo.  Ernst  Kugler.  b.  Aug.  9, 1854,  d.  Jan.  20,  1857. 

6779.  ii.  Annie  Louisa  Kugler,  b.  Feb.  24,  1857. 

6780.  iii.  Harriet  Augusta  Kugler,  b.  Aug.  25,  1860. 

6781.  iv.  Emma  Laura  Kugler.  b.  Sept.  1,  1862,  d.  Mch.  1,  1864. 

6782.  V.  Otto  Ernest  Kugler,  b.  Oct.  80, 1864. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6769.  iv.   Julia  Ann  Child,  fourth  child  and  dau.   of 
Daniel  and  Mary  Cole  Child,  b.  in  Warren,  E.  I.,  April  14, 
1826,  m.  Sept  1843,  Henry  W.  Smith  of  Norton,  R  L 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

6783.  i.  Minerva  C.  Smith. 

6784.  ii.  Walter  Henry  Smith. 

6785.  iii.  Marilla  Hodges  Smith. 

6786.  iv.  Frank  Smith. 

6787.  V.  Minnie  Smith. 

6788.  vi.  Mary  Smith. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6770.  V.  Rebecca  Ellis  Child,  fifth  child  and  dau.  of 
Daniel  and  Mary  Cole  Child,  b.  Feb.  13,  1828,  m.  May  1,  1848, 
Oliver  Snow  of  Nantucket. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children. 

6789.  i.  Mary  Louisa  Snow,  b.  Feb.  26,  1849,  d.  Jan.  18,  1851. 

6790.  ii.  Mary  Hattik  Snow,  b.  Aug.  22,  1851,  d.  May  11,  1859. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6774.  ix.  Charles  Edwin  Child,  2d,  ninth  child  and  third 
son  of  Daniel  and  Mary  Cole  Child,  b.  in  Warren,  R.  L,  Dec. 


700 


JEREMIAH  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS. 


16,  1836,  m.  Arintba  Acker  of  New  York.     He  is  clerk 

New  York  City  post  office. 

[Eighth  Generation,]     Child r  ^ 

0791.  L  Charles  Edwin  CaiLD,  Jr. 

[Seventh  Gorieratjon.l 

6775,  X.  Georc^e  William  Child,  tenth  aad  young 
child  of  Daniel  and  Mary  Cole  Child,  b.  in  Warren,  BJ 
April  2,  1S38,  m.  Nov.  25,  1857.  Rachel  S.  Tripp  of  Wesif 
Mass.  He  was  in  the  Union  Army  in  the  late  war  of  the 
bellion,  was  in  the  29tli  Massachusetts  Reg  t,  Co.  F. ;  was  tali 
prisoner  at  Savage  Station,  Virginia,  and  imprisoned  in  RiJ 
mond,  Va.  Three  children  of  whom  the  father  says  he  is  ji 
piond. 

[Eig-lith  Cenerntion.]    Children: 
0702.  i.  TnxiE  R  CmLO.  b.  Oct.  23,  1836,  in  South  Dartmouth, 
0793.  ii.  Etta  Louise  Child,  k  JuTie  30,  1865,  in  Taunton,  Mom 
671 W.  iii.  Minerva  Child,  h.  Nov.  1865,  in  Westford,  Mass. 

[Sixth  Generation.  J 

6744.  X.  Capt.  George  Chtld,  youngest  and  tenth  eKif 
Capt  Haile  and  Amy  Kinnicut  Child,  b.  in  Warreit,  R  L,  Si?^ 
18,  1803,  m.  May  11,  1824,  Samh  Maria  Beverley  of  Prow 
dence,  R  I.,  a  descendant  of  the  Ogdens  of  England.     Ca 
Child  was  a  boy  of  twelve  yeiu's  at  the  time  of  liis  father's  < 
ceasa     He  developed  a  love  for  the  sea  and  rose  to  the  com- 
mand  of  one  of  the  bast  of  the  Long  Island  Sound  steame 
At  the  time  of  the  burning  of  the  **  Lexington  *'  he  was 
commander  and  nobly  sacrificed  his  own  life  to  save  the  livei  j 
the  ptissengers. 
[Sf^vtnith  GMieration.]     Children: 

0795.  i.  Frances  Vihointa  Child,  m.  Henry  F,  Mitlcr 

6796.  ii.  Oeohge  Hknky  Child,  m.  Rosalie  Boyd. 

6797-  iii.  Edwin  Fohkst  Child,  m.  Sarah  Wilhur. 

0701^.  iv,  Thomas  Tiikusdkll  Child,  m.  iwit-e. 

6799,  V.  Jane  Beverly  CiirLD,  m.  Edward  R  CrowelL 

6800.  vi.  WiLLFAM  CoMRTocK  CHILD,  m,  Miirv  MAcFurkne. 

[Scvt^nlh  Gent' rut  ion,  J 

6795.  i.  Kraxces  Virginia  Child,  eldest  child  of 
George  and  Sarah  M.  Beverley  Child,  m,  Henry  Fi-anklin  Mili 
manufacturer  of  organs  and  jiianofortes.  Boston,  Mass.     Fr 
Mrs.  Miller,  through  her  son  Edwin  Child  Miller*  we  have  I 
ceived  our  record  of  this  immediate  line,  tbougli  without 
dates  so  desirable 


JEREMIAH  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS.  701 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

6801.  i.  Henry  Franklin  Miller,  Jr.,  m.  Mary  Ann  Gavett. 

6802.  ii.  Walter  Herbert  Miller,  m.  Mary  Alice  Edwards. 

6803.  iii.  Frances  Virginia  Miller,  m.  George  Smith  Burton. 

6804.  iv.  James  Cook  Miller,  m.  Fannie  Lamson  Rockwood. 
680o.  V.  Edwin  Child  Miller. 

6806.  vi.  William  Thomas  Miller. 

6807.  vii.  Alice  Ogden  Miller. 

f  Eighth  Genei-ation.] 

6801.  i.  Henry  Franklin  Miller,  Jr,  eldest  son  and 
child^of  Frances  Virginia  Child  and  Henry  F.  Miller,  b.  in 
Boston,  Mass  ;  m.  in  that  city  to  Mary  Ann  Gavett. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

6808.  i.  Margaret  Ogden  Miller. 

[Eighth  Generation.! 

6802.  ii.  Walter  Herbert  Miller,  second  son  and  child 
of  Frances  V.  Child  and  Henry  F.  Miller,  b.  in  Boston,  m. 
Mary  Alice  Edwards,  dau.  of  James  R  Edwards,  late  of  Balti- 
more, Maryland,  and  a  descendant  of  the  Frye  family. 

[Ninth  Generation.!    Children: 

6809.  i.  Mary  Alice  Miller. 

6810.  ii.  Frances  Virginia  Miller. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6803.  iii.  Frances  Virginia  Miller,  eldest  dau.  of  Frances 
V.  Child  and  Henry  F.  Miller,  b.  in  Boston,  m.  George  Smith 
Burton.  The  Burton  family  have  been  gathered  into  a  gene- 
alogical work  by  one  of  its  members. 

[Ninth  Generation.!    Child: 

6811.  i.  Ethel  BuETON. 

[Eighth  Generation.! 

6804.  iv.  James  Cook  Miller,  third  son  of  Frances  Virgin- 
ia Child  and  Henry  F.  Miller,  b.  in  Boston,  m.  Fannie  Lamson 
Eockwood. 

[Ninth  Generation.!    Children : 

6812.  i.  Burton  Rockwood  Miller. 
6818.  ii.  Florbnce  Hale  Miller. 

[Seventh  Generation.! 

6796.  ii.  George  Henry  Child,  eldest  son  of  Capt  George 
and  Sarah  Maria  Beverley  Child,  m.  Eosalie  Boyd,  and  died 
some  years  since. 
[Eighth  Generation.!    Child: 

6814.  i.  Marion  Child. 


702  JEREMIAH  CHILD  AXD  DESCEKBANTS* 

f Seventh  Generation  ] 

0797-  iil  EDwm  FoRR^T  Child^   second    son    oP 
George  a^d  Sarah    M.  Beverley  Child,  irt  Sarah  Wilbad 
Providence,  R  L     Resides  in  San  Francisco,  Cal 
[Eighth  Generation.J    Children: 

6815.  i.  Haiibv  Wilbik  Cbild, 

<*816.  it.  Georqe  Bkvkrley  Child. 

6817.  Ui,  Kate  Child, 

6818.  iv.  Edwin  Child. 

6819.  Y.  Florence  Child. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

6798*  iv.  Thomas  Treisdell  Child,  third  son  oV 
George  and  Sarah   M,  Beverley  Child,  was  twice  married 
we  cannot  learn  to  whom.     Mr.  Child  is  a  most  earnest  bosi- 
ness  man,  residing  at  538  Washington  St,  San  Francisco,  QiL 

fEighth  Generation.]    Children; 
1^20,  i,  Charles  Child,  d.  young. 
&i'll    ii.  Narae  not  aseertainecL 

[Seventh  Genemtioti.j 

6799.  v.  Jane  Beverley  Child,  sec*ond  dau.  of  Capt  < 
and  Sarah  M.  Beverley  Child,  m.  Edward  R  Crowell  of  . 
dence,  R  I.,  where  they  reside. 
[Eighth  Oenemtion.]    Children: 

«822>  i,  Ida  Crowell. 

6833.  ii.  Akkie  Ogdek  Crowell, 

6824.  iii.  Edward  Coowell. 

6825.  iv.  Jennhe  Beveblev  Crowell. 

6826.  V.  Maegarkt  Crowell* 
6807.  vi.  Florence  Mary  Crowell. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6800.  vi.  William  Comstock  Child,  youngest  child  erf 
Capt  George  and  Sarah  M.  Beverley  Child,  m.  Mary  MacF«^ 
lane.  Residence  Helena,  Montana, 
[Eighth  Generation  ]    Children : 

68S8.  i.  Alta  Child. 
6829.  ii.  Fannie  Child. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

6724.  iii.  William  Child,   third  child  of   Hezekiah  aafl 
Patience  Bart«:>n  Child,  b.  in  Warren,  R  L,  Mcli.  29,  1761,] 
about  1 783,  Bets^ey  Ormsbee.     He  was  lost  at  sea  179S. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Warren,  R.  I. 

68; JO.  i.  JosiiirH  Child,         f  iP-riM    ^k    t*„  Tjoit 

6831.  ii.  Benjamin  Child,  f  ^WlilS.  j  b.  Jan.  1785. 

6832.  iii.  Samuel  Smith  Child,  b.  1787. 

6833.  iv.  William  Hknky  Child,  b.  1780. 


JEREMIAH  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS.  708 

6834.  V.  Betsey  Child,  b.  1791. 

6835.  vi.  Nancy  Child,  b.  1794. 

6836.  vii.  William  Burton  Child,  |  m^.^   ),    -^^^ 

6837.  viii.  Ezra  Ormsbee  Child,      f  '^^**^»  f  °-  ''^"• 

6838.  ix.  Amanda  Child,  b.  1798. 

6839.  X.  Sally  Child,  b.  1800. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

6697.  vi.  James  Child,  Jr,  sixth  and  last  child  of  James 
and  Sarah  Haile  Child,  b.  in  Warren,  R  L,  1738,  removed  to 
Higganum,  Ct.,  about  1^765,  m.  about  1760,  Hannah  Kelly. 
She  died  Mch.  2,  1817.     He  died  same  day. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children,  b.  in  Warren,  R.  I.  and  Higganum,  Ct. 

6840.  i.  Margaret  Child,  b.  June  12, 1762. 

6841.  ii.  Jambs  Kelly  Child,  b.  Aug.  30,  1763,  m.  three  times. 

6842.  iii.  Thomas  Child,  b.  April  18,  1765,  m.  — . 

6843.  iv.  Sylvester  Child,  b.  Nov.  10,  1766,  m.  May  Cone. 

6844.  V.  Lydia  M.  Child,  b.  Aur.  7,  1768. 

6845.  vi,  John  Child,  b.  Mch.  10,  1770,  m.  Clara  Qriswold. 

6846.  vii.  Sarah  Child,  b.  Mch.  8,  1773. 

6847.  viii.  Patience  Child,  b.  Jan.  20,  1775. 

6848.  ix.  Samuel  Child,  b.  Sept.  6..  1777,  disappeared,  supposed  to  have 
been  abducted. 

6849.  X.  Hannah  Child,  b.  Jan.  10,  1779. 

6850.  xi.  Gardiner  Child,  b.  June  6. 1781.  m.  1st,  Sept.  1,  1802,  Fanny 
Doane;  m.  2d,  Nov.  1824.  Mrs.  Esther  Higgins  Tyler. 

6851.  xii.  Heman  Child,  b.  June  12,  1784,  m.  about  1804.  Sally  Thomas. 
[Fifth  Generation.] 

684:1.  ii.  James  Kelly  Child,  second  child  of  James  and 
Hannah  Kelly  Child,  b.  Aug.  30, 1763,  m.  1st,  Prudence  Brain- 
ard  ;  m.  2d,  Jane  Brainard ;  m.  3d,  Amelia  Crane. 
[Sixth  Generation. [    Children,  bom  in  Higganum,  Ct. : 

6852.  i.  Wealthy  Child,  b.  Oct.  6, 1786.  m.  1812,  Geo.  W.  Smith,  a  Rev- 
olutionary soldier.     Resided  in  Alexandria,  La. 

6853.  ii.  William  Child,  b.  Jan.  7. 1788,  m.  Ann  Clark,  Utica,  N.  Y. 

6854.  iii.  Hannah  Child,  b.  Feb.  4,  1790,  d.  1792. 

6855.  iv.  Chauncey  Child,  b.  Jan.  17,  1792,  m.  Betsey  Clark. 

6856.  V.  Cynthia  Child,  b.  Jan.  13,  1794,  unmarried. 

6857.  vi.  Beulah  Child,  b.  April  18,  1796,  unmarried. 

6858.  vii.  Hezekiah  Child,  b.  April  10.  1798,  m.  Concurrence  Seward 
Wilcox.     Lived  in  Higganum. 

6859.  viii.  Diodate  Child,  b.  Mch.  19,  1800.     Resided  at  Carrolton,  Ala., 
where  he  died  1838,  unm.     Was  at  one  time  Marshal  of  the  State  of  Ala. 

6860.  ix.  Georoe  Gilbert  Child,  b.  Dec.  2,  1802,  m.  Lucinda  Child 
Mitchell. 

6861.  X.  Harvey  Child,  b.  Aug.  20,  1804.  unm.,  and  resided  with  his 
two  sisters  at  the  old  homestead. 

6862.  xi.  Theodore  Child,  b.  June  19, 1806,  m.  Mary  Church  of  Haddam, 
Connecticut. 

*  To  Mrs.  Laara  Dewey  Child  we  are  indebted  for  these  dates  in  her  hasband^s  family. 


704 


JEREMIAH  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS. 


[Sixth  Oeneraiion,] 

6653.  ii.  William   Child,  second  child   of   Jame^ 
and  Prudence  Brainurd  Child,  b.  in  Higgunum,  Jan.  7,  it 
m,  Ann  Clark  of  Utiea^  N.  Y.     Resided  in  Springfield, 
since  1815. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    ChOdren: 

0808.  L  Ctntiiia   Axn   Child,  h.   Nov.  12,  1813,  m.  JuneS,  1888, 
Brown  of  Springticld.  Mass.     A  druggist. 

C8(54.  ii.  Hahriet  Jesks  Child,  h.  July  39, 1815,  m.  Oct,  24.  1884,  Ed^ 
IngersolL 

6865,  iii,  James   Kelly  Child,  b  April  17,  1817,  in  Spriugfleld, 
m.  Sept.  10,  185(4,*  Lniim  Dewev  of  Palmer,  Muss ,  where   he  residej 
whore  ho  died  Aug,  22,  1873, 

680fL  ir,  William  Clark  Chfld,  b.  April  13,  1820,  m.  Sei>U  a  Z9IS^ 
Martha  E.  Dewey. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6804.  ii.  Harriet 'Jenks  Child,  second  dau.  and  child  »»f' 
William  and  Ann  Clark  Child^  h  in  Springfield,  Mas&,  Jiilj 
29,  lS15,m.  OcL  29,  1834,  Edward  Ingersoll,  pajraa,ster  in 
U.  S.  Army. 
[Eighth  Generation.!     Children: 

68(t7.  i,  Hahhikt  Jenks   Ingkiisoll,  b,  Oet,  1,  1835,  m,  Auff.  I^tlcoi-i 
Chftflei*  P.  11.  Ripley. 

0868    ii.  Caroline  Phelps  Imoerboll,  b.  Feb.  1,  1838,  m.  An 
1872.  liiehunl  S,  Ely. 

08G9.  iii.  Wm.   Edwai^d   Ingeksoll,  b.  in  Springfield,  Mass,,  Se|4«1 
1842,  m.  May  10,  1872,  Anna  Gardiner  Hart. 

6870,  iv,  JoRN   Martin  Ingeusoi^.  b.  Jan.  26,  1845,  m,  Nov.  13, 1^ 
Sabrift  Anna  Arnold. 

6871,  w  Jamks  Child  Ii^gersoll,   b.  SepL  27,  1848,  m.  June  4.  Ii 
Nellie  Newi^ll. 

6872,  vi.  Isabella   Inoersoll,  b.  in  Springfield,  Maas.*  Sept.  It.  IISO^ 
m.  June  4.  1872,  George  Endicott  Wilder. 

[Eighth  General  ion  J 

6867.  i.  Harriet  Jenks  Ingersoll^  eldest  child  and 
of  Harriet  Jeiiks  Child  and  Edward  Ingersoll,  h  in  Spring^ 
field,  Mass.,  Oct.  1,  1835,   m.   Aug.   13,  1856,  Chiu-lea  P. 
Ripley  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
[Ninth  Generation.]     Chlldrc^n: 

687a.  i,  Charles  Stkdm AN  Ripley,  b.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  JntieSO,  l8S3»j 

6874.  ii.  Edward  Inoersoll  Riplky.  b,  Nov.  16,  1858, 

6875.  iii.  James  Uuntinotok  Riplky,  b.  Oct.  3,  1^50. 
6870.  iv.  Henry  Brown  Ripley,  b,  in  New  York  City,  Maj23,  18 

at  Springflcld,  Mass.,  Sept.  10,  1864. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6868.  ii.  Caroline  Phelps  Ingersoll,  second  child" 
dau.    of  Harriet  Jenks   Child,  and   Edward  Ingersoll,  \x 


JEREMIAH  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS.  705 

Savannah  Ga.,  Feb.  1,  1838,  m.  in  Springfield,  Masa,  April 
18,  1872,  Eichard  S.  Ely  of  New  York. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  New  York  City. 

6877.  i.  Richard  Fenwick  Ely,  b.  Nov.  4,  1874. 

6878.  ii.  Maud  Ingbrsoll  Ely,  b.  Feb.  29,  1876. 

[Kighth  Generation.] 

6870.  iv.  John  Martin  Ingersoll,  second  son,  fourth 
child  of  Harriet  Jenks  Child  and  Edward  Ingersoll,  b.  in 
Springfield,  Mass.,  Jan.  26,  1845,  m.  in  Haddam,  Ct.,  Nov. 
13,  1872,  Sabria  Anna  Arnold. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Haddam,  Ct. 

6879.  i.  Harriet  Arnold  Ingersoll,  b.  Aug.  17,  1875. 

6880.  ii.  Charles  Arnold  Ingersoll,  b.  Aug.  8,  1878. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

6871.  V.  James  Child  Ingersoll,  fifth  child,  third  son  of 
Harriet  Jenks  Child  and  Edward  Ingersoll,  b.  in  Springfield, 
Mass.,  Sept.  27,  1848,  m.  in  Springfield,  June  4,  1873,  Nellie 
Newell. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Springfield,  Mass. 

6881.  i.  Robert  Newell  Ingersoll,  b.  Jan.  29,  1875. 

6882.  ii.  Elizabeth  Martin  Ingersoll,  b.  Aug.  2,  1877. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6866.  iv.  Wm.  Clark  Child,  fourth  child,  second  son  of 
William  and  Ann  Clark  Child,  b.  April  13,  1820,  m.  in  Palmer, 
Mass,,  Sept.   18,  1845,  Martha  Emily  Dewey.     He  d.  in  Pal- 
mer, Mass.,  Feb.  18,  1861 ;  his  wife  died  June  27,  1873. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

6883.  i.  William  Alonzo  Child,  b.  Nov.  15,1848,  m.  1st,  Feb.  23, 1875, 
Sophronia  Shepard;  she  d.  April,  1875;  m.  2d,  Sept.  1875,  Mary  Cowan. 

6884.  ii.  Charles  Dewey  Child,  b.  at  Palmer,  Mass.,  May  22,  1856,  d. 
Mch.  4,  1858. 

6885.  iii  James  Brewer  Child,  b.  at  Palmer,  Mass.,  June  9,  1858,  d. 
Mch.  7,  1865. 

fEighth  Generation.] 

6883.  i.  Wm.  Alonzo  Child,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Wm. 
Clark  and  Martha  E.  Dewey  Child,  b.  in  Palmer,  Mass.,  Nov. 
15,  1848,  m.   1st,  Feb.   23,   1875,  Sophronia  Shepard;  m.  2d, 
Sept.  1875,  Mary  Cowan. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

6886.  i.  James  Brewer  Child,  b.  May  29,  1876. 

[Sixth  Generation.]  n 

6855.  iv.  Chauncey  Child,  fourth  child,  second  son  of 
James  Kelley  and  Prudence  Brainard  Child,  b.  in  Higganum, 


706 


JEREMIAH  CHILD  AND  DESCENDAJfTS. 


Ct,  Jan.  17, 1792,  m.  about  1820,  Betsey  Clark  of  ITticsa,  N.  Y| 
she  was  b.  in  Utica,  1793,  and  died  at  Higganum,  Oct.  2,  U 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

6887.  i.  Charles  Chau^cey  Child,  b,  Aug.  1»  1822.  m.  M&ry  B, 
Ing  of  Sault  St,  M»ry»  Mich. 

6888.  ii.  Carton  Clare  Chti.d,  b.  in  Higganutn,  Ct..  Oct.  3,  l&M^  d-«^ 
sea,  Dec.  28,  1854,  four  days  out  from  Batavia  on  the  bland  of  Jara^  Wei 
Indies. 

iSixth  Generation,  J 

6858.  vii.  Hezekiar  Child,  seventh  child  of  Jarae^  Keller 
and  Prudence  Braiimrd  Child,  b.  in  Higganum,  Ct.,  April  1^ 
1798^  in.  Conciirr<*nce  Sewai'd  Wilcox 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

6889.  i.  Cornelia  Josephine  Child,  in.  Stephen  Sears  Smith  of  3lid- 
dletown,  Ct,,  reside  in  California, 

6890.  ii  Car ix>s  Oscar  Child,  b,  in  Higeanum,  Ct.,  Nov.  26,  18S7,  m 
Mary  Gillett  of  Painf^viUe.  Ohio.  Carlos  Child  Is  n  merchant  in  Maytriile, 
Wisconsin,  t'oEnec:i<?d  with  the  North  We.stern  Iron  Company. 

6891.  iii.  GcsTAVUB  Child,  b.  in  Higganunj,  Ct,  May  8,  1833,  d,  Jfl 
22,  18:^4. 

6892.  iv,  Mary  Emily  Child,  b.  in  Higganum,  C*t„  June  27,  1836. 

[Bijcth  Generation.] 

6860.  ix.  Geokhe  Gilbert  Chilt),  ninth  child  and  fil 
son  of  James  K,  and  Prudence  Brainard  Child,  b.  in  Higgt* 
niim,  Ct,  Dec.  2,  1802,  removed  to  Alabama  in  1822,  m.  18SS, 
Lucinda  Child  Mitchell  He  was  .sheriff  of  Pickens  county* 
Ala.,  from  1834  to  1840.  He  removed  to  Mobile,  Ala, 
1840,  where  he  resided  till  1879*  He  dieil  in  New  Orlcan 
April  19.  1871*,  while  on  a  visit  to  that  city. 
[Seventh  iiem*riition.]     Children  i 

689*3.  i.  Beulah  Makia  Child,  b.  at.  Pic  kens  ville,  Ala.,  1829,  m,  1!? 
YonniE?  Burt  Obvp,  a  plnnter  in  Alaluima. 

6804.  ii,  Jame8  K.  Child,  b.  1831.  in  Pickens  ville,  Ala.,  d.  young. 

6895,  iiL  Duff  Dkwitt  Child,  b.  1833.  in  Piekcnsvilie,  Ala.,  ro.  1864, 
France?  Bniirr,  in  Birmingham,  Ala. 

6896,  iv.  (Jeoikik  (iiLRKRT  t*Hii.D.  Jr,.  b.  at  Carrol  ton,  Ala,,  Ptb. 
1838,  m.  3biy  1,  18*11.  Chrisritie  DePriis      Reside  in  Augusta,  Oa. 

6897,  V.  William  Fu^kklfn  Child,  b.  at  Cottage  Hill,  April  1,  18 
Resides  at  Mobile,  Ala,:  unmarried. 

0898.  vi.  Mary  Jomepuine  Child,  b.  at  Cottage  Hill,  Ala.,  1848,  d.  j 
Mobile,  Ala.,  1860. 

[Seventh  Generation.]  , 

6893.  i.  Beui.ah   Makia   Child,   eldest   child  of  Geoi 
Gilbert   and   Lucinda  C.   Mitchell  Child,  b.  in  Pickensvil 
Ala.,  1829,  m.  1850,  Yoimg  Burt  Olive.      Residence,  Camd 
Madison  county,  Miss. 


JEREMIAH  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS.  707 

I  Eighth  Generation.]  Children: 

6899.  i   Andrew  Vincent  olive,  b.  1856. 

6900.  ii   George  Burt  Olivb,  b.  1862. 
6901   iii.  Mary  Josephine  Olive,  b.  1864. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6896.  iv.  George  Gilbert  Child,  Jr.,  fourth  child,  third 
son  of  George  Gilbert  and  Lucinda  0.  Mitchell  Child,  b.  in 
Carrolton,  Ala.,  Feb.  5,  1838,  m.  May  1, 1861,  Christine  DePras. 
Residence,  Augusta,  Ga. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

6902.  i.  Gilbert  i.'hild,  b.  June  1,  1862. 

6903.  ii.  John  Child,  b.  Feb.  1864. 

6904.  iii.  Latham  Child,  b.  Feb.  22,  1868. 

6905.  iv.  ANNA  DePras  Child,  b.  June  26,  1870. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

6862.  xi.  Theodore  Child,  eleventh  child  and  seventh  son 
of  James  Kelley  and  Prudence  Brainard  Child,  b.  June  19, 
1806,  in  Higganum,  Ct.,  m.  Mary  Church  of  Haddam,  Ct 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

6906.  i.  James  Harvey  Child. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

6842.  iii.  Thomas  Child,  third  child,  second  son  of  James 
and  Hannah  Kelley  Child,  b.  April  18,  1765,  m.  about  1787, 
to  whom  not  ascertained.  ^ 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Warren,  R.  I. 

6907.  i.  Thomas  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1788,  m.  May  1810,  Fanny  Grid- 
ley. 

6908.  ii.  BuLKLEY  Child,  b.  Aug.  6,  1789,  m.  Aug.  31,  1811.  Sally 
Tracy. 

6909.  iii.  Olivia  Child,  b.  1791. 

6910.  iv.  David  Tryon  Child,  b.  Nov.  4,  1796,  m.  Dec.  12,  1822, 
Almeda  Alden. 

6911.  V.  William  Henry  Child,  b.  Oct.  12, 1800. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

6907.  L  Thomas  Child,  Jr.,  eldest  child  of  Thomas  Child^ 
b.   in  Warren,  R  I,  Feb.  2,  1788,  m.  May  10,  1810,  Fanny 
Gridley  of  Middletown,  Ct,  and  removed  to  Eochester,  N.  Y.y 
in  1825;  died  in  1835. 
[Seventh  Generation  ]    Children : 

6912.  i.  Elizabeth  Child,  m.  Elbert  Cranston  of  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

6913.  ii.  Harriet  Child,  m.  John  Winslow  of  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
6914  iii.  Frances  Child,  m.  Albert  Walker  of  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
6915.  iv.  Sarah  Jane  Child,  m.  Dellon  Dewey  of  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

A- 2 


708  JEREMIAH  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

6908.  il  BuLKLEY  Child,  second  son  of  Thomas  Child,  b. 
Aug.  6,  1789,  m.  Aug.  81,  181  J,  Sally  Tracy  of  Colchester, 
Ct     She  died  Dea  6,  1837. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

6916.  i.  Hannah  Tryon  Child,  m.  G.  W.  Harris  of  Middletown,  Ct. 
She  d.  May  13,  1840. 

6917.  ii.  Emily  Johnson  Child,  m.  Benjamin  B.  Worthington.     She 
d.  Jan.  9,  1859. 

6918.  iii.  Harkiet  Wetmorb  Child,  m.  William  W.  White  of  Hartford, 

a. 

6919.  iv.  Sarah  Janb  Child,  m.  Charles  C.  Larkum. 

6920.  V.  Mary  Gardiner  Child,  m.  John  A.  Bumham  of  Hartford.  Ct. 

6921.  vi.  Susan  Eliza  Child,  in.  John  S.  Sperry. 

6922.  vii.  Thomas  Child,  m.  Fannie  A.  Rogers  of  Hartford,  Ct. 

6923.  viii.  Danirl  Tracy  Child,  m.  Sarah  Amanda  Harvey  of  Hartford, 
Ct. 

6924.  ix.  Martha  Amelia  Child,  m.  Abram  G.  Pettibone  of  Hartford, 
Ct. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6922.  vii.  Thomas  Child,  seventh  child  of  Bulkley  and 
Sally  Tracy  Child,  m.  Fannie  A.  Rogers  of  Hartford,  Ct 
{Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

6925.  i.  Maurice  W.  Child,  b.  in  Warren,  R.  I.,  and  lived  in  Hartford, 
Ct. 

6926.  ii.  Charlotte  Louisa  Child. 

6927.  iii.  Maggie  Williams  Child. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

6923.  viii  Daniel  Tracy  Child,  eighth  child  of  Bulkley 
and  Sally  Tracy  Child,  in.  Sarah  Amanda  Harvey. 

[Eighth  Generation.    Children: 


8.  i.  Nellie  Child. 

6929.  ii.  Clara  Bell  Child. 

6930.  iii.  Hattie  Child. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

6910.  iv.  David  Tryon  Child,   fourth  child  of  Thomas 
Child,  b.   in  Warren,  R   I,  Nov.  4,  1796,  m.   Dec.    12,  1822, 
Almeda  Alden  of  Stafford,  Ct     He  died  1855. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

6931.  i.  Adaline  E.  Child,  m.  John  Carrier  of  Middle  Haddam,  Ct. 

6932.  ii.  Evelyn  Augusta  Child. 

6933.  iii.  John  Alden  Child. 

6934.  iv.  Sophia  Louisa  Child. 

6935.  V.  Almeda  Alden  Child. 

6936.  vi.  Helen  Louisa  Child. 

6937.  vii.  Hknuy  Eugene  Child. 

6938.  viii.  Frederick  Augustus  Child. 


JEREMIAH  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS.  709 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

6843.  iv.  Sylvester  Child,  fourth  child  of  James  Child,  Jr., 
and  Hannah  Kelly,  his  wife,  b.  in  Warren,  E.  I.,  Nov.  10, 1766, 
m.  Mary  Cone ;  she  was  b.  1758,  d.  1803.  He  d.  Dec.  19, 1794. 
[  Sixth  Generation.!    Children : 

6939.  i.  Samuel  Child,  m.  1st,  Charlotte  Bailey;  m.  2d,  Fanny  Cotton. 

6940.  ii.  Betsey  Child. 

6941.  iii.  Nancy  Child,  b.  Jan.  1792. 

6942.  iv.  Sarah  Child,  b.  June  2, 1794,  m.  May  20,  1813,  Rut^er  Clark. 
He  was  b.  1792. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

6939.  L  Samuel  Child,  eldest  child  of  Sylvester  and  Mary 
Cone  Child,  m.  1st,  1810,  Charlotte  Bailey  of  Middletown,  Ct.; 
m.  2d,  Fanny  Cotton.     He  d.  Sept  18,  1826. 
J  Seventh  Generation.]    Children:    By  first  marriage: 

6943.  i.  Sarah  Starr  Child. 

6944.  ii.  Francis  Child. 

6945.  iii.  Elizabeth  Child. 

By  second  marriage : 

6946.  iv.  Sylvester  Child. 

6947.  V.  LucRETiA  Child. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

6845.  vi.  John  Child,  sixth  child  of  James  and  Hannah 
Kelly  Child,  b.  in  Higganum,  Mch.  10,  1790,  m.  Clara  Gris- 
wold  of  Haddam. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Child: 

6948.  i.  Julia  Child,  m.  John  Tyler,  d.  at  Mobile,  Alabama,  leaving  three 
sons. 

[  Fifth  Generation.] 

6850.  xi.  Gardiner  Child,  eleventh  child  and  fifth  son  of 
James,  Jr.,  and  Hannah  Kelley  Child,  b.  in  Higganum,  Ct., 
June  6,  1781,  m.  1st,  Sept.  1,  1802,  Fanny  Doane ;  she  was  b. 
Mch.  31.  1782,  d.  May  4,  1824  ;  m.  2d,  Nov.  1824,  Mrs.  Esther 
Higgins  Tyler.  He  d.  Dea  2,  1832.  He  resided  in  Haddam, 
Ct. ;  was  a  ship  builder. 
[Sixth  Generation.]     Children,  bom  in  Haddam,  Ct.; 

6949.  i.  Jonathan  Doane  Child,  b.  May  6,  1803,  m.  Dec.  1824,  Charlotte 
Stewart  of  Middle  Haddam. 

6950.  ii.  Fanny  Mariah  Child,  b.  Aug.  1, 1805,  m.  1828.  Erastus  Bidwell. 

6951.  iii.  Gardiner  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Nov.  3.  1807,  d.  Nov.  27,  1827. 

6952.  iv.  Gardiner  Child,  Jr.,  2d,  b.  April  2.  1809,  m.  1st,  Enza  Good- 
rich of  Rocky  Hill ;  she  d.  on  day  of  marriaire ;  m.  2d,  Eliza  Cook  of  Brook* 
lyn,  N.  Y. 

6953.  V.  Phebe  Horton  Child,  b.  Oct.  29,  1811,  m.  Feb.  22,  1835.  Oliver 
P.  Smith  of  Haddam. 

6954.  vi.  Samuel  Bowen  Child,  b.  June  13,  1814,  m.  Adaline  Bevlns  of 
E.  Haddam,  Ct. 


710  JEREHIAH  CHILD  AST)  DESCEXDAKTS. 

0955.  Tii.  Ey ALINE  Eellet  Child,  b.  June  28, 1817;  was  residing  in  1864, 
at  Sandwich  Islands. 


viii.  Ralph  Post  Child,  b.  Dec.  8. 1819. 
By  second  marriage: 

6957.  ix.  Sarah  Eleanor  Child,  b.  Dec  2,  1831,  m.  Piiilo  J.  Warner  of 
Chicago,  111. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

6851.  xii.  Hem  AX  Child,  twelfth  child  of  James,  Jr.,  and 
Hannah  Kelley  Child,  b.  in  Higganum,  Ct.,  June  12,  1784,  m. 
about  180-1,  Sally  Thomas.     Resided  in  Derby,  Ct. 
[Sixth  Generation  ]    Children,  bom  in  Derby.  Ct. : 

6958.  i.  George  A.  Child,  b.  Sept.  28, 1805,  m.  about  1831,  Abigail  Allen. 

6959.  ii.  Patience  Child,  b.  Aug.  17,  1807,  d.  Oct.  17,  1817. 

6960.  iii.  Heman  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  15,  1809,  m.  Jan.  1.  1835,  Jul  ette 
White. 

6961.  iv.  Alexander  Child,  b.  Mch.  12,  1812,  m.  Nov.  24,  1839,  Eunice 
Frances  Standish. 


V.  Mary  A.  Child,  b.  Dec.  17,  1^14. 

6963.  vi.  Hannah  Child,  b.  Mch.  12. 1815,  m.  Feb.  28, 1837,  M.  DeForest 
Canfield,  b.  April  21,  1809;  a  machinist. 

6964.  vii.  John  Child,  b.  Dec.  25,  1818,  m.  Nov.  16. 1848.  Jennette  B. 
Post. 

6965.  viii.  Edwin  Child,  b.  Dec.  17,  1821,  d.  young, 
ix.  Edwin  Child,  2d,  b.  Feb.  28,  1824. 


[Sixth  Generation.] 

6958.  i.  Geobge  A.  Child,  eldest  child  and  son  of  Heman 
and  Sally  Thomas  Child,  b.  in  Derby,  Ct,  Sept  28,  1805,  m. 
about  1831,  Abigail  Allen.     He  was  a  carpenter. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children,  born  in  Derby,  Ct.. 

6967.  i.  Alexander  N.  Child,  b.  Mch.  12,  1832. 

6968.  ii.  Sarah  Ann  Child,  b.  Mch.  17,  1834,  d.  Sept.  28,  1835. 

6969.  iii.  George  Henry  Child,  b.  April  17, 1836. 

6970.  iv.  Mary  R.   Child,  b.  Dec.  25.  1839,  m.  Jan.  8,  1859,  John  R. 
Kelley. 

6971.  V.  George  Edgar  Child,  b.  Dec.  3,  1841. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

6960.  iii.  Heman  Child,  Jr.,  third  child  and  second  son  of 
Heman  and  Sally  Thomas  Child,  b.  Feb.  15,  1809,  m.  Jan.  1, 
1835,  Juliette  White. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children,  born  in  Derby,  Ct. : 

6972.  i.  Evelyn  L.  Child,  b.  Jan.  19,  1836. 

6973.  ii.  Frances  J.  Child,  b  Mch  31.  1839. 
0974.  iii.  Sarah  J.  Child,  b.  May  12,  1842. 

6975.  iv.  John  C.  Child,  b.  May  22,  1847. 

6976.  V.  Edward  M.  Child,  b.  Mch    19,  1849. 
0977.  vi.  Willie  A.  Child,  b.  Feb.  24,  1852. 

6978.  vii.  Charles  C.  Child,  b.  July  4,  1854,  d.  Jan.  16,  1857. 

6979.  viii.  Ellen  A.  Child,  b.  1857. 


JERBMIAH  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANT&  711 

L  Sixth  Generation.) 

6961.  iv.  Alexander  Child,  fourth  child,  third  son  of 
Heman  and  Sally  Thomas  Child,  b.  in  Derby,  Ct,  Mch.  12, 
1812,  m.  Nov.  24,  1839,  Eunice  Frances  Standish ;  she  was  b. 
Jan.  10,  1820.     He  was  a  woodturner  by  trade. 
[Seventh  Generation]    Children,  born  in  Derby,  Ct. : 

6980.  i.  Harriet  Frances  Child;  b.  July  22,  1844. 

6981.  ii.  Isabella  Child,  b.  Aug.  5, 1847. 

6982.  iii.  Alexander  Franklin  Child,  b  Sept.  16,  1849. 

6983.  iv.  Rothschild  Child,  b.  June  3,  1854. 

6984.  V.  Charles  Fremont  Child,  b.  Aug.  20,  1856. 

6985.  vi.  Herbert  Standish  Child,  b.  April  27,  1859. 

6986.  vii.  Winfield  Scott  Child,  b.  Feb.  21,  1861. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

6964.  vii.  John  Child,  seventh  child,  fourth  son  of  Heman 
and  Sally  Thomas  Child,  b.  in  Derby,  Ct.,  Dec.  25,  ISIS,  m. 
Nov.  16,  1848,  Jennette  E.  Post. 
[Seventh  Generation]    Children,  born  in  Derby,  Ct. 

6987.  i.  George  Henry  Child,  b.  Jan.  16,  1851. 

6988.  ii.  John  Russell  Child,  b.  Nov.  10, 1855. 

6989.  iii.  Sarah  Jennette  Child,  b.  April  29,  1860. 

6990.  iv.  Edgar  Ambrose  Child,  b.  Mch  5,  1862. 

[Second  Generation.] 

6t)48.  Jeremiah  Child,  Jr.,  second  child  of  Jeremiah  and 
Martha  Child,  b.  in  Swansea,  Sept.  2,  1683,  m.  1st,  Mary  — ; 
she  d.  Feb.  23,  1734,  ae.41 ;  m.  2d,  June  26,  1735,  Mary  Hatch  ; 
she  d.  Oct  29, 1753,  ae  63.   His  children  were  by  the  first  wife. 

Jeremiah  was  admitted  freeman  in  May,  1729.  The  town 
records  of  Newport  R  L,  where  he  resided,  were  destroyed 
during  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  hence  we  have  little  infor- 
mation of  the  members  of  this  family.  Jeremiah  was  at  first 
a  cooper  by  trade,  later  a  baker.  On  his  gravestone  appears 
the  following  quaint  epitaph  : 

**  Whether  we  rest  or  labour,  work  or  play. 
The  world  and  glory  of  it  pass  away; 
This  day  is  past  or  near  its  even  grown. 
The  next  succeeding  is  to  us  unknown." 
[Third  Generation.]    Children : 

6991.  i.  Jeremiah  Child,  m.  July  24,  1739,  Elizabeth  Dyer. 

6992.  ii.  Esther  Child,  b.  1720.  m.  July  11, 1838,  David  Lindsay;  she  d. 
July.  1802  a  82. 

6993.  iii.  Martha  Child,  m.  June  10, 1740,  Saals  Carr. 

6994.  iv.  Thomas  Child,  m.  May  17,  1738,  Mary  Toman. 

6995.  v.  Mary  Child,  b.  1728.  d.  April  1730. 


712  BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  WATERTOWN  AND  DESCENDANTS, 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  WATERTOWK. 

This  is  one  of  the  instances  where  we  have  not  been  sue 
ful  in  establishing  the  connection  with  the  emigrant  anc 
The  earliest  reeord  found  verified,  is  that  of   Benjamin  Child 
born  in  1697,  in  Watertown,  and  resided  probably  in  NewtoBy^ 
Mass.     Married  May  24,  1722,  Elizabeth  Greenwood,     Thia 
renders  it  probable  that  his  ancestc^r  was  among  the  early  sefe 
tiers  of  the  name  in  Watertown,  and  allied  to  those  whose  birthj 
place  is  traced  to  that  town.     The  future  may  reveal  the  f urthe 
history  which  will  lead  to  the  exact  facts  in  the  casa     Wd 
conclude  therefore  to  place  Benjamin  in  the  generation  of  his 
contemporaries.  j 

[Third  Generation]  ■ 

^996.  Benjamin  Child,  of   Watertown,  Mass.,  b.  in  169Tt 
m.  May  24,  1722,  Elizabeth   Greenwood  of  Newton,  Mass. 
she  d.  1769.     lie  was  a  turner  by  trade. 
[Fourth  Generation.]    ChildrtJH,  born  in  Wfttertown,  Mass.: 

6997.  i.  Samuel  Child,  b.  April  28,  1723,  m.  1745,  Elizabeth  Wincheiter,^ 

0998.  il  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  Feb.  23,  1729,  d.  1732. 

6999.  iii.  Haxnah  Child,  b.  Jun.  3.  1701,  m.  Feb.  14,  1750,  Will 
Nason  of  Newton,  Mass.,  and  Lexington  aud  Dedharo,  according  to 
Harris;  she  d.  Jan,  0,  l!?17. 

7000.  IV.  Eliza liKTH  Child,  2d,  b,  Jan.  4,  1733. 

7001.  V.  James  Child^  b,  April  17,  1735*  d.  same  year. 
700^,  vi.  Aaeon  Child,     1  ^\      m.  Phebe  Jackson. 

7008.  vii.  MiftiAM  Child,  )  S 


b.  Sept,  U.  1736* 
d,  Dec.  1744. 


[Fourth  Generation  J 

6'^^7,  i.  Samuel  Child,  eldest  child  and  son  of  Benjaraii 
and  Elizabeth  Greenwood  Child,  b.  in  Watertown,  April  2SJ 
17S3,  m,  in  1745,  Elizabeth  Winchester;  she  d.  1786. 
[Fifth  Generation.]     Children,  bom  in  Newton,  Mass.: 

7004.  i.  Benjamin  CniLO.  h.  Dec.  24.  1745, 

70Q5.  ii.  Isaac  Child,  b.  1747,  t!.  voung. 

7006.  iii.  Miriam  Child,  b.  Aug.  lO,  1748. 

7007.  iv.  Mary  Crild,  b.  Nov.  0»  1749, 

7008.  V.  Samlibl  Child.  Jr..  b.  Jan.  13.  1751. 

7009.  vi.  Isaac  Chtli>.  2d.  b.  Jan.  20,  1753. 

7010.  vii   Jonathan  Child,  b.  Nov.  6.  1756. 

7011.  viii.  ELiZABtn-fl  Child,  b.  July  27,  1760. 

7012.  ix.  Simeon  Child,  b.  Aug.  25,  1764,  id,  about  1788,  Grace  Win* 

[Fifth  Generation] 

7012.  X.  Simeon  Child,  tenth  and  last  child  of  Samuel  and 
Elizaheth  Chiid,  K  in  Newton,  Mass,  Aug,  25, 17W,m. 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  WATERTOWN  AND  DESCENDANXa   713 

1788,  Grace  Winship  of  Lexington,  Mass.  She  was  b.  May 
17, 1761,  and  died  at  Cambridge,  in  1831.  He  died  at  Temple, 
N.  H.,  Feb.  1,  1816,  from  injuries  received  when  felling  a  tree. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children : 

7013.  i.  Simeon  Child,  Jr.,  b.  in  Concord,  Mass.,  April  8. 1789,  m.  June 
16,  1822,  Maria  Little. 

7014  ii.  Gracb  Hurd  CniLD^b.  in  Temple,  N.  H.,  Mch.  25,  1791,  m. 
1820,  Mr.  Smith,  son  of  a  Capt.  Smith  of  the  Revolutionary  army.  She  died 
Dec.  6,  1866.     He  died  1S54. 

7015.  iii.  Isaac  Stephen  Child,  b.  in  Billerica,  Mass.,  1794,  m.  1833,  a 
Miss  Norton;  removed  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  has  a  family,  children  not 
given. 

7016.  iv.  Abigah.  Child,  b.  in  Wilton,  N.  H.,  Mch.  26,  1796,  m.  1818, 
Ralph  Richardson. 

7017.  V.  Nehemiah  Kidder  Child,  b.  in  Temple.  N.  H.,  Mch.  2, 1798, 
m.  April  26,  1832.  Lydia  B.  Norton. 

7018.  vi.  MosBS  Winship  Child,  b.  in  Temple,  N.  H.,  1800,  m.  Rebecca 
Child.    He  d.  at  Stoneham,  Mass..  1865. 

7019.  vii.  Benjamin  Child,  b.  in  Temple,  N.  H.,  1802,  d.  unmarried 
Dec.  7,  1870. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7013.  i  Simeon  Child,  Jr.,  eldest  child  of  Simeon  and 
Grace  Winship  Child,  b.  in  Concord,  Masa,  April  8,  1789,  m. 
June  16,  1822,  Maria  Little  of  East  Marshfield,  Mass.     He  d. 
April  8,  1815,  at  Dunallen,  N.  J. 
I  Seventh  Generation.  |    Children,  bom  in  Boston,  Mass. 

7020.  i.  C'YRUS  Child,  b.  Aug.  12,  1823,  m.  1st,  Mch.  1,  1843,  Emily  A. 
Dearborn;  she  d.  April  26,  1844;  m.  2d,  Nov.  2, 1846.  Elizabeth  Parsons ; 
m.  3d,  1865,  Linda  Wright. 

7021.  ii.  Andrew  Child,  b.  April  16, 1825,  m.  April  11,  1854,  Alice 
Lowell. 

7022.  iii.  Hiram  Child,  b.  Feb.  28,  1827,  d.  June  3,  1827. 

7023.  iv.  Ellen  Maria  Child,  b.  Nov.  24. 1828,  m.  April  26,  1848,  John 
T.  Pierson. 

70-24.  V.  Mary  Caroline  Child,  b.  Nov.  14,  1832,  m.  1st,  Oct.  18, 1850, 
Charles  Gifford.  He  d.  May  17. 1861.  She  m.  2d,  Nov.  1864,  Dr.  Carl 
Lewthstrom, 

7025.  vi.  Augustus  Child,  b.  Dec.  29,  1833.  d.  Dec.  13,  1834. 

7026.  vii.  Alpha  Child,  b.  Mch.  24, 1836,  m.  Mch.  11, 1869,  at  Rome,  N.Y., 
Estelle  Clement.     He  d.  in  Milwaukee,  April  30.  1870. 

7027.  viii.  Lucy  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  Dec.  16,  1839. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7020.  i.  Cyrus  Child,  eldest  child  of  Simeon  and  Maria 
Little  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Aug.  12,  1823,  m.  1st,  Mch.  7,  1843, 
Emily  A.  Dearborn ;  she  d.  April  26,  1844 ;  m.  2d,  Nov.  2, 
1846,  Elizabeth  Parsons ;  m.  3d,  1865,  Linda  Wright. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children.    By  first  marriage : 

7028.  i.  Frederick  Willis  Child,  b.  in  Boston.  Jan.  1,  1844,  m.  1869, 
Clara  Olmstead  of  New  Canaan,  Ct.,  where  they  reside. 


714  BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  W^ATEBTOWN  ANB  DESCENDANTS. 

By  second  marriage: 

7029.  ii,  Gardner  Davis  Child,  b.  in  Delafield,  Wis.,  May  21.  I^IS,  : 
Nov  1??,  1867»  Josie  Bloomfield. 

7030,  iii.  Emily  Francis  Chtld,  b.  in  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Oct.  3.  18*1!.  i 
June  16.  1872.  John  Evans.     ReMde  in  diioagx),  111.     Soe  was:  li  n| 
DuimUen,  N.  J.,  at  the  anniversan-  of  her  grand falhers*  golden  v.« 

7U41.  iv,  Horace  Andrew  Cuij^I),  b  rn  Milwaultce.  Wis,,  Ocl.  0,  lbo3, 

7032.  V.  SiAiiTON  Child,  b,  in  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Jan.  18.  1862. 

By  third  marnagi*: 

7033.  vi.  Hosier  Child,  b.  in  Franklin,  Pa*.  April  2,  I860 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

7029.  il  Gardiner  Davis  Child,  second  child  aud  son 
Cvrus  and  first  bj  Elizabeth   Parstjns,  b.  in  Delafield,  Wia 
May  21,   184S,  m.  Nov.  1 867,  Josie  Bloomlleld  of  DunaUcn 
They  reside  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
[Ninth  Generation.!     Child. 

7034.  i.  FiiEDKHiCK  Child,  b,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  V. 

[Seventh  Generation  J 

709L  ii.  Andrew  Child,  second  son  and  child  of  Sin 
and  Maria  Little  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  April  15,  1825,  ra.  Apr 
11,  1854,  Alice  Lowell  of  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
[Ei^Hilh  Generation.]    Children: 
7035    i.  Cbakleb  Lowell  Child,  b.  in  New  York,  Jtdr  6.  1858L 

7036.  ii.  Clara  Josephine  Chcd,  b.  in  Dunallen,  N*  J.,  Jan.  2V»  ISCf"^ 

[Seventh  Generation*] 

7023.  iv.  Ellen  Maria  Child,  fourth  child  and  eldest  daiLj 
of  Simeon  and  Maria  Little  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Nov,  24,  18S 
m.  April  26,  1848,  John  T.  Pier.soa 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

7037.  L  Edwahd  Clakkxcb    Pierson,  b.  in  Newburyport.  Mass,.  Ac 
7.  1819. 

7038.  ii.  Alice  Pi£r:»ox,  b.  in  DelaMd,  Wis.,  Jun«  1850.  d.  in  Kcl 
York,  Dee.  1»,  1854. 

7039.  iii.  Walter  Frekmont   Pierson,  b.  in  Morrisania,  X.  Y-, 
15,  1856. 

704if.  iv.  Akthuu  PmRSON,  k  in  Fl.dnfield,  N.  J..  1860.  d.  same  fear, 

7041.  V.  Eva  Pikrson.  b.  in  Plainfield.  N.  J.,  1868. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7024.  V*  Mary  Caroline  Cuild,  fifth  child  and  seoand  daa 
of  Simeon  and  Maria  Little  Child,  U  in  Boston,  Nov.  14, 18SS, 
m.  Ist,  Oct.  18,  1850,  Charles  Gifford;  he  d.  May  17,  imi;l 
m.  2d,  Nov,  1864,  Dr.  Carl  Lewthstroni. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children,  born  in  Milwaukee,  Wia.: 

7042,  i,  Edith  aiKFOHD.  b.  Oct.  15.  1851. 
7048.  ii.  Akthur  Gjfford.  b.  April  25»  1853. 

7044,  iii.  Bessie  Gifford,  b.  Dec.  19,  1854. 

7045,  iv,  Harold  GiFFOBD,  b.  Oct.  18,  1858. 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OP  WATERTOWN  AND  DESCENDANTS.    715 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

7016.  iv.  Abigail  Child,  fourth  child,  second  daiL  of 
Simeoi]  and  Grace  Winship  Child,  b.  in  Wilton,  N.  H.,  Mch. 
26,  1796,  m.  1818,  Ealph  Eichardson,  who  d.  1855,  at  Sand- 
grove,  Vt     She  d.  1861. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 
7046  i.  George  Washington  Richardson,  b.  1820. 

7047.  ii.  Elmira  Minerva  Richardson,  b.  Mch.  25,  1823,  m.  Ezra 
Green. 

7048.  iii.  Lewis  Boardscan  Richardson,  b.  Sept.  16, 1824,  d.  Mch.  10, 
1871. 

7049.  iv.  Henry  L.  Richardson,  b.  Mch.  12, 1826. 

7050.  V.  Ann  Augusta  Richardson,  b.  Dec.  5,  1838,  m.  Gilbert  L. 
Hilliard.  who  was  slain  at  Fort  Hudson.  1863.    She  d.  June  20.  1857. 

7051.  vi.  Frances  Freelove  Richardson,  b.  April  19,  1831,  m.  Geo. 
S.  Parker.    Reside  at  Pultney,  Vt. 

7052.  vii.  Joseph  R.  Richardson,  b.  April  30,  1833.  Resides  at  Chester, 
Vt. 

7053  viii.  Serrel  Allen  Richardson,  b.  Feb.  1835.  Resides  at  Lon- 
donderry, N.  H.  . 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7017.  V.  Nehemiah  Kidder  Child,  fifth  child,  third  son 
of  Simeon  and  Grace  Winship  Child,  b.  Mch.  2,  1798,  in 
Temple,  N.  H.,  m.  April  26, 1832,  Lydia  B.  Norton.  She  was 
b.  Oct  22, 1807,  in  Newbnryport,  Mass.  They  reside  in  Som- 
erville,  Mass. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7054.  i.  Sarah  E.  Child,  b.  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Feb.  14,  1833,  m. 
Nov.  30,  1858,  Joseph  H.  Clark. 

7055.  ii.  Harriet  M.  Child,  b.  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  April  5,  1835. 
Reside  in  Somerville,  Mass. 

7056.  iii.  Frances  L.  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Dec.  29,  1836 

7057.  iv.  George  W.  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  April  26,  1839,  d.  at 
Somerville,  Mass.,  Oct.  2,  1868. 

7058.  V.  Josephine  Child,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Mch.  16,  1842,  d.  April 
8,  1842. 

7059.  vi.  Charles  E.  Child,  b.  in  Boston.  Mass.,  May  18, 1844,  m.  Sept. 
12,  1869.  Sophia  Vickory. 

7060.  vii.  Joseph  H.  Child,  b.  Aug.  6. 1847,  d.  Mch.  18,  1851. 

7061.  viii.  Frank  A.  Child,  b.  Dec.  24,  1849. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7054.  i.  Sarah  E.  Child,  eldest  child  of  Nehemiah  Kidder 
and  Lydia  B.  Norton  Child,  b.  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Feb.  14, 
1833,  m.  Nov.  30, 1858,  Joseph  H.  Clark;  she  resides  at  Somer- 
ville. 
[Eighth  Generation.!    Children,  born  in  Somerville,  Mass. 

7062.  i.  Sarah  Adelaide  Clark,  b.  April  29,  1860. 

7063.  ii.  Harriet  Frances  Clark,  b.  Mch.  18, 1863.  d.  Aug.  30.  1863. 


T16  BENJAMIX  CHILD  OF  WATERTOWX  A^'D  DKSCEXDANT3. 

[SeTeDth  Generation.] 

7059.  VL  Charles  E.    Child,   sixth   child,   third  son 
Nehemiah  Kidder  and  L3'dia  B.  Norton  Child,  b.  May  18, 1*H^ 
m.  in  Boston^  Sept  12,  1869,  Sophia  Vickory. 
[Eighth  Generation  J    Children*  bom  in  Boston,  Mass. 

7064.  i.  Edward  Lorino  Child,  b.  Sept.  11 »  1&70 

7065.  ii.  Charles  Herbert  CnrLD.  b.  Oct.  8,  1873.  d.  April  5, 1874. 

[Fourth  Generation,! 

7002.  vi.  Aaron  Child^  sLxth  child  of  Benjamin  and  E^ 
abeth  Greenwoml  Child,  b.   in  Watertown,   Mass.,   Sept   ll 
1736,  ni.  1761,  Phebe  Jackson,  dau.  uf  Michael  Jackson: 
waab.  Mch.  28,  1738,  d.  1817. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    ChiJdrcn,  b.  in  Watertown.  Mass 

706G.  i.  AjtfARiAFi  CFriLD,  b.  July  28.  1765,  m,  1st,  Riith  Larkin;  na.Sd, 
Mr».  Ann  Larkin:  ro,  3d,  Betsey  Larkin. 

7067.  ii.  Phebe  Child,  b.  Oct.  23»  1775,  m,  —  Dixon  of  Pljmoulh,  I 

7068.  iii    Miriam  Ciiild,  b.  1777,  m.  Mr.  Coen  of  Dorchester,  '. 

[Filth  Generation,] 

7066.  i.  Amariah  Child,  eldest  child  of  Aaron  and  Phe 
Jackson  Child,  b.  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  July  28,  1765,  hl  1^ 
1791,  Ruth  Larkin ;  she  was  b.  Aug.  1,  1765,  d.  July  S,  ISll 
m.  2d,  Mrs.  Ann  Larkin,  an  English  lady,  widow  of  his  fifi 
wife's  brother, — her  maiden  name  was  Eogers ;  she  d.  181^ 
m.  8d,  1820,  Betsey  Larkin,  sister  of  his  first  wife ;  she  li 
Maiden,  in  1854.  lie  d.  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  Jan.  21,  1848. 
[Sixth  Generation.  1     Children,  born  in  Lynn.  Maes. 

7069.  L  Eliza  Jackson  Citild,  b.  Oct.  27.  1702,  m.  April  8,  1818,  C^Wi 
Wiley. 

7070.  ii.  Mariar  Olivia  Child,  b.  June  1794,  m.  Elijah  Bigeloir^^ 

7071.  ill.  Rebecca  Child,   i  i^  1  m.  Rev.  Ebenezer  Nelson. 

[§[     b.  Aug.  23,  1795.  _ 

7073.  iv,  RuTU  Child,         )  ^  \  d.  1873,  at  FTyde  Park.  unm.  w  78. 

7073.  V.  Amariah  L,  Child,  b.  Aug.  23,  1797,  d.  1834,  at  CalcnUA.  EmJj 
Indies,  unm..  a"  23  year;?. 

7074.  \i.  Eben    Lahkin   Child,  b.  May  0,  1799,  m.  1st,  1820,  SArnh 
Ltirkin;  m.  2d.  Oct.  33.  1873,  Mrs.  FAmi  Jinym. 

7075.  vii,  Isaac  Child,  b.  Feb.  1, 1801,  m.  O^t.  10,  1838,  Sosan  Hatbori 
707«.  viii.  Catharine  Child,  1>  Dec.  20,  1802,  in.  Sept  14, 1835.  Dan 

Breed . 

7077.  ix.  Mary  Ann  Child,  b.  June  35.  1807,  d,  unm.  in  Jsckson,T» 
1831,  aged  34  years. 

7078.  X.  t^AMUEL  Capbn  Child,  b.  May  22,  1800,  m,  Mary  Burditt  of 
Lynn. 

7079.  xi.  Geouge   Eowrx  Child,  b.  Oct.  12,   1814,  m.  Sarah  Reed,  d, 
about  1855,  in  Jeffei^on\ille,  Ind. 

7080.  xii.  Soi'HiA  Lincolk  Child,  b,  Ang,  14,  1S21,  m.  1845,  Wm. 
Webster. 

7081.  xiii.  M  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  July  6.  1823,  m.  Wm,  J.  Eames. 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  WATEBTOWN  AND  DESCENDANTS.   717 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7069.  i.  Eliza  Jackson  Child,  eldest  child  of  Amariah 
and  Euth  Larkin  Child,  b.  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  Oct.  27,  1792,  m. 
April  8,  1813,  Caleb  Wiley  of  Lynn,  Mass.,  d.  Nov.  6,  1869» 
in  Lynn,  Mass.,  aged  78.     Had  ten  children. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Lynn,  Mass. 

7082.  i.  Hknry  G.  Wiley,  b.  Oct.  27,  1792,  m.  Lizzie  Perry. 

7083.  ii.  Ruth  Ann  Wilby,  in.  Ezra  Hathorne. 

7084.  iii.  Rebecca  Child  Wiley,  m.  Thomas  Cowden. 

7085.  iv.  Makia  O.  Wiley,  m.  Theodore  Prentice. 

7086.  V.  Eliza  C.  Wiley,  m.  Rev.  Jos.  H.  Towne. 
7vJ87.  vi.  Caleb  W.  Wiley,  ra.  Georgia  Nutting. 

7088.  vii.  Catharine  Lucy  Wiley,  m.  L.  W.  Spooner.  Three  children, 
names  not  ascertained. 

7089.  viii.  Mary  Ann  Wiley,  m.  Thomas  McPhail.    No  children. 

7090.  ix.  Elizabeth  Larkin  Wiley,  m.  Joshua  Cobb. 

7091.  X.  Caroline  A.  Wiley,  m.  Clarence  Gay.  One  child,  name  not 
ascertained. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7082.  i.  Dr.  Henry  G.  Wiley,  eldest  child  of  Eliza  J.  Child 
and  Caleb  Wiley,  b.  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  Oct.  27,  1792,  m.  Lizzie 
Perry. 

He  was  a  physician  of  much  prominence  in  his  profession  in 
Boston,  and  a  citizen  highly  respected.  The  following  extract 
from  an  article  in  Calvin  Cutler's  "  Treatise  on  Anatomy  and 
Physiology,"  (published  in  a  school  book,)  gives  the  peculiar 
circumstances  of  his  deatti : 

"The  highly  respected  Dr.  Wiley  of  Boston,  lost  his  life  by  poisonous 
matter  from  the  body  of  a  patient,  subjected  to  a  post-mortem  examination. 
He  removed  from  his  finger,  previous  to  the  examination,  a  hang-nail, 
and  the  poison  from  the  dead  body  was  brought  into  contact  with  the 
denuded  part,  and  through  the  agency  of  the  lymphatics,  it  was  conveyed 
into  the  system."    He  left  no  children. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

70S3.  ii.  EuTH  Ann  Wiley,  second  child  of  Eliza  Jackson 
Child  and  Caleb  Wiley,  m.  Ezra  Hathorne. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children. 

7092.  i.  Ida  Hathorne. 

7093.  ii.  Mary  Hathorne. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7084.  iii.  Eebecca  Child  Wiley,   third  child  of    Eliza 
J.  Child  and  Caleb  Wiley,  m.  Thomas  Cowden. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 
7094  i.  Henry  W.  Cowden. 

7095.  ii.  Annie  Cowden. 

7096.  iii.  Caroline  Cowden. 


718   BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  WATERTOWN  AND  DESCENDANTS. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7085.  iv.  Maria  0.  Wiley,  fourth  ehild  of  Eliza  J.  Child 
and  Caleb  Wiley,  m.  Theodore  Prentica 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 

7097.  i.  Theodore  Prentice,  Jr. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

70S6.  V.  Eliza  Child  Wiley,  fifth  child  of  Eliza  J.  Child 
and  Caleb  Wiley,  m.  Eev.  Joseph  H.  Towne.  Had  six  childrraL 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

7098.  i.  Joseph  H.  Towne,  Jr. 

7099.  ii.  Joshua  Towne. 

7100.  iii.  Arthur  'J'owne. 

7101.  iv.  Kate  W.  Towne. 

7102.  v.  Walter  Towne. 

7103.  vi.  Name  not  sent. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7087.  vi.  Caleb  W.  Wiley,  sixth  child  of  Eliza  J.  ChUd 
and  Caleb  Wiley,  m.  Georgia  Nutting. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 

7104.  i.  Rebecca  Wiley. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7090.  ix.  Elizabeth  Larkin  Wiley,  ninth  child  of  Eliza 
J.  Child  and  Caleb  Wiley,  m.   1st,  Joshua  Cobb ;  m.  2d,  — 
Abbott, 
f Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

7105.  i.  Caleb  Cobb. 

7106.  ii.  Clarence  Cobb. 

I  Sixth  Generation.] 

7070.  ii.  Maria  Olivia  Childs,  second  child  of  Amariah 
and  Euth  Larkin  Childs,  b.  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  June  1794,  m. 
Elijah  Bigelow.  She  resided  in  Jackson,  Tenn.,  and  died 
there  in  1872. 

From  the  daughters  of  Mrs.  Maria  0.  Childs  Bigelow,  we 
receive  a  beautiful  tribute  to  the  worth  and  talents  of  their 
mother  : 

*' Our  parents  were  pioneers  of  this  State  (Tenne^ee),  and  first  met  in 
Nashville,  Tenn.  My  mother,  on  the  completion  of  her  education,  came  to 
Tennessee  and  taught  in  the  Nashville  Academy,  then  one  of  the  first  in- 
stitutions of  the  Soutli.  After  six  years  my  mother  was  married,  and  with 
her  husband  removed  to  Jackson,  Tenn.  Our  father  was  a  graduate  of 
Harvard  University,  Cambridge,  Mass.  He  built  the  first  brick  residence 
in  the  town.  Five  yeai*s  after  their  marriage  our  father  died,  leaving 
my  mother  with  three  children.  I  must  especially  record  my  mother's 
indomitable  energy  and  devotion  to  her  children,  whom  she  educated  until 
my  brother  went  to  college." 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  WATBRTOWN  AND  DESCENDANTS.    719 

For  forty  years  Mrs.  Bigelow  was  engaged  in  teaching  after 
ler  marriage. 
Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 

7107.  i.  Eltza  Maria  Bigelow,  m.  Dr.  Mason. 

7108.  ii.  Amanda  C.  Bigelow,  b.  Dec.  20,  1829,  m.  April  2, 1857,  Dr. 
Tones. 

7109.  iii.  Elijah  Childs  Bigelow,  b.  Oct.  1, 1861. 

Elijah  Childs  Bigelow  was  **  educated  by  his  mother  until  he  entered 
college,  where  he  displayed  such  intelligence  and  fine  abilities  as  to  induce 
our  mother  to  consent  to  his  studying  law.  Whilst  thus  engaged  he  was 
seized  with  hip  disease  and  after  three  years  suffering  died,  just  twenty-one 
years  of  age.  Not  once  did  he  mm*mur;  beautiful  and  cheerful  was  that 
sick  room ;  he  died  triumphant.    '  He  being  dead  yet  speaketh.* " 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7107.  i.  Eliza  ]tf  aria  Bigelow,  eldest  child  of  Maria  0. 
Childs  and  Elijah  Bigelow,  b.  in  Jackson,  Tenn.,  m.  Dr.  Joseph 
D.  Mason  of  that  place,  son  of  Daniel  and  Dorothy  L.  Smith 
Mason.  The  father  of  Dr.  Mason  was  a  cousin  of  Gen.  Win- 
field  Scott ;  the  family  were  of  English  descent  When  fifteen 
years  of  age.  Miss  Bigelow  went  to  Washingtx)n,  D.  C,  to  visit 
her  uncle,  Eben  L.  Child,  of  the  U.  S.  Postoffice,  and  while 
there  was  confirmed  by  Bishop  Whittingham  of  Maryland. 
From  Washington  she  went  to  Boston  and  its  vicinity  to  visit 
her  relatives,  and  in  Boston  received  instruction  in  music,  for 
which  she  inherited  an  especial  fondness.  Eeturning  to  Jack- 
son, she  married  Dr.  Mason,  and  has  been  blessed  with  a  lovely* 
gifted  family  of  children. 
[Eighth  Generation  ]    Children : 

7110.  i.  Maria  F.  Mason,  m.  Mr.  Nolan.  "She  came  like  a  flower,  and 
so  passed  away,  when  a  young  wife  and  mother,  and  with  her  infant  son 
awaits  the  resurrection  of  the  just." 

7111.  ii.  Mary  S.  Mason,  "distinguished  by  her  excellent  and  finely  cul. 
tivated  Toice  and  dignified  manners,  and  firmness  of  character." 

7112.  iii.  Georgia  A.  Mason.  **A  heart  of  gold,  full  of  peace  and  good 
will,  full  of  enersry.  A  most  acceptable  teacher  of  music  on  piano  and 
guitar,  in  Troy,  Tennessee. 

7113.  iv.  Hattie  Mason,  d.  young. 

7114.  V.  Eunice  Mason,  d.  young. 

7115.  vi.  Amanda  Mason,  d.  young. 

7116.  vii.  Cassity  Mason,  "most  talented  and  highly  educated;  her 
special  gift  is  for  art,  and  her  instructor  pronounces  her  abilities  most 
superior." 

7117.  viii.  Joseph  Daniel  Mason,  "generous,  truthful,  and  talented." 

7118.  ix.  Ida  Bigelow  Mason,  a  bright  little  girl  who  promises  to  equal 
in  gifts  and  graces  her  elder  sisters.* 

«  By  some  nnintentioDAl  overtlght  the  dates  of  this  family  were  not  sent. 


720   BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  WATERTOWN  AKD  DESCENDANTS. 

[Seventh  Generation. J 

7108.  ii.  Amanda  C.   BicxELow,  second  dau.  aud  child | 
Maria  Olivia  Childs  and  Elijah  Bigelow,  b.  in  Jackson,  Teo 
Dec.  20,  1829,  m.  April  2,  1857,  Rev.  A.  W.  Jones,  D. 
clergyman  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church;  a  gradnatej 
Randolph  College,  Macon,  Virginia.     For  more  than  n  fjuju 
of  a  century  Dr.  Jones  has  been  the  president  of  the  Mem]il 
Conference  Female  Institute,  in  Jackson,  Tenn. 
("Eigh t h  Gen e mti o n ,  ]    C b Wd rt»n : 

7110.  i.  Ida  Bioklow  Jones,  b,  Jim.  2B.  185^.  '^Opadtmte  of  fhf  In 
tute  of  whioh  Ikt.  father  is  Presi(it;nt.  sho  hjis  in  the  Const?rratory  ri(_Mu 
in  Boston  continued  her  education,  with  speoial  instruetion  in  iUo 

7120.  ii.  (iEOROE  Child  Joneb,  h.   An^,  20,    l^-lft,     "  Grfidiiiifiii 
the  South  Western   I'niversitjr  of  Jackson,  Tenn. »  I.H*fore  ' 
iered  the  Vanderbilt  University  at  Nashvilie,  Torin.,  au't 
the  degree  of  A.  M*,  after  three  years  st«idy.  not  having?  ttitunr  ^  u-  H  _ 
eth  year    He  expects  to  devote  liis  talents  to  the  service  of  the  Mitst^r,' 

7121.  iii,  Edwin  Tujineu  Jonks,  h.  June  24,  1804.  d.  Oct*  U,  1^*00. 

7122.  iv.  Chaules  FtJLLEu  Jones,  b.  Oct.  10. 1867,  d.  OcU  15,  18G7. 

7123.  V.  Ammatille  C,  Jones,  b.  Dec.  8,  1869,  **  a  bright,  pnreocia 
child." 

I  Sixth  Generation.] 

7071.    iii.    Kebkcca   Child,  thirtl   child  and  twin  dari.^ 
Amariah  and    Ruth   Larkin    Childs,  m.  Dec.  11,  1822. 
Pjbenezer  Nelson,  a  Baptist  clergyman^  d  at  Hyde  Park»  MmLi 
1876,  aged  62  yearsv     Mr,  Nelson  held  pa^it^jrates  of  differifl 
lengths  in  Lynn,  West  Cambridge  and  Middlebom^  Mass. 
[Seventh  Generatjon]    Childrpn: 

7124.  i.  Rebecca  H.  C.  NELeoN,  b,  Sept.  7,  1823.  m.  Geo  B.  Bkthm 

7125.  ii.  Eliza  Fiske  Williams  Nelsoiv,  b.  McH.  5«  18dlS»  m.  Ef>r., 
Cftrr. 

7126.  iii.  Ann  Mary  Nklson,  h.  at  Lynn,  Haas.,  JuJf  G,  18S7,  iLJu 
la  18^2. 

7127.  iv.  Amahiah  C.  Nelson,  b.  at  West  CUimhridgc*,  Mjiss^Maji 
1829.  m.  at  Mt  Hope,  Aiabamai,  Annie  Sinmions. 

7128.  v.  Abiue  M.  Neli*on,  b,  April  4,  1831.  m.  Wm,  li*?jul  Bueh. 

7129.  vi.  Eben   LAnKi>'   Nki.son,  b.   Dec.  ;j»  1881,  xu   V..v    }km,  ] 
Emma  Cobb  Mott,  d.  Dee.  4,  1859.     No  children. 

[Seventh  Generatjcm.] 

7124.  i.  Reuecca   R   C.   Nei^on,  eldest  dau.  of  Il<?l 
Child  and  Rev.  Ebenezer  Nelaon,  b.  Sept.  7,  1823,  m*  (je»>. 
Richmond,  b.  Nov.  9,   1822,  in  New  Bedford,  Mass. ;  ^hci 
July  ai,  1863,  in  New  Beilford,  Mass. 
[Eighth  Generation]     Children; 

7130.  i.  William  Tallman  Russkll  RicaMOKD,  b.  at  New  Bedfofd^i 
7,  1845. 

7131.  ii.  Gko.  N.  RicHMnifD,  b.  in  Mtddleboro,  Sept.  8, 184$,  d.  Jwlr,  IMI^ 
7132   iii.  Kmma  Clinton  Hicrmond,  b,  at  New  Bedford,  J»n,  9.  1851 


% 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  WATERTOWN  AND  DESCENDANTS.    621 

7133.  iv   Charles  Nelson  Richmond,  b.  at  New  Bedford,  May  6, 1853. 

7134.  V.  George  Barstow  Richmond,  b.  at  New  Bedford,  July  24, 1856 

7135.  vi.  Henry  Jackson  Richmond,  b.  at  New  Bedford,  May  1,  1863,  d. 
July,  1865. 

f  Seventh  Generation.] 

71 '25.  ii.  Eliza  Fiske  Williams  Nelson,  second  child  of 
Eebecca  Childs  and  Rev.  Ebenezer  Nelson,  b.  in  Lynn,  Mass., 
Mch.  5,  1825,  m.  Aug.  7,  1850,  Rev.  Alexander  Waterman 
Carr,  a  Baptist  clergyman ;  has  been  settled  in  Rowley,  Fram- 
ingham,  Medfield  and  Dighton,  Mass.,  a  most  acceptable  pastor. 
fEighth  Generation.!    Children,  bom  in  Rowley,  Mass. 

7136.  i.  Allan  Percy  Carr,  b.  Feb.  16,  1852,  m.  Feb.  21,  1873,  Sarah 
Eliza  Bullard  of  Medfield.  Mass. 

7137.  ii.  Cora  C.  Carr,  b.  May  29, 1857,  m.  Oct.  14, 1875,  Hubert  Francis 
Morse. 

7138  iii.  Alice  VV.  Carr,  b.  May  9,  1860,  d.  Oct.  8,  1863,  in  Framing- 
ham,  Ma.<*s. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7128.  V. .  Abbie  M.  Nelson,  fifth  child  of  Rebecca  Child 
and  Rev.  Ebenezer  Nelson,  b.  at  W.  Cambridge,  Mass.,  April  4, 
1831,  m.  Oct.  1,  1855,  Wm.  Read  Bush  of  Fall  River,  Mass. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children,  born  at  Fall  River,  Mass. 

7139.  i.  Walter  Nelson  Bush,  b.  Sept.  12,  1856. 

7140.  ii.  Arthur  Richmond  Bush,  b.  April  30.  1859. 

7141.  iii.  Annie  Child  Bush,  b.  April  18,  1867. 

7142.  iv.  Georgie  Brayton  Bush,  b.  June  30,  1871. 

7143.  V.  Lizzie  Lincoln  Bush,  b.  Aug.  18,  1875. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7074.  vi.  Eben  Larkin  Child,  sixth  child  and  second  son 
of  Amariah  and  Ruth  Larkin  Child,  b.  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  May 
6,  1799,  m.  1st,  1826,  Sarah  P.  Larkin,  his  cousin  and  dau.  of 
Mr.  —  Larkin  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  a  descendant  also  on  her 
mother's  side  of  the  Wentworth's  of  New  Hampshire.  Mrs. 
Child  was  one  of  twenty-three  .children,  of  one  father  and 
mother,  but  of  whom  there  are  no  male  descendants  to  perpet- 
uate the  name.  Married  2d,  Oct.  23,  1872,  Mrs.  Eliza  Speiden 
Bayne.  He  died  while  on  his  wedding  tour,  on  the  29th  of 
the  same  month  in  Albany,  N.  Y.  He  was  for  many  years 
connected  with  the  General  Posioffice,  Washington,  D.  C,  in 
the  division  termed  the  Dead  Letter  Department  He  was 
highly  Valued  for  his  fidelity  and  efficiency  as  a  public  officer, 
and  greatly  esteemed  for  his  personal  qualities. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

7144.  i.  Rev.  Wentwokth  Larkin  Child,  b.  in  Portsmouth,  N.  H., 
1827,  m.  1855,  Louisa  Murdock,  dau.  of  Wm.  C.  Murdoek,  Esq.,  of  Bellvue, 


722    BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  WATERTOWX  AND  DESCKN0J 


D.  C     ne  d.  i860*  leATing  no  children.     He  was  a  niao  of  fine  initXU 
and  thoruagh  edacation.  but  not  of  a  robost  eonstitntion,     He  was  a  clef] 
man  of  much  promise  in  the  Episcopal  churth      *'"   ^t..,..T    high  in 
esteem  of  his  a*s»:»ciaies  in  the  ministry  and  wai*  -  :    by  a  f 

circle  of  pergonal  friends      He  was  an  only  child,  t  j  ^  AreniJ 

felt  keenly  their  lo>^  in  hm  comparatively  eaHy  deaUi. 

[Sixth  Generation.  \ 

7075.  vil    Isaac  Child,  seventh  child  and  third  son  of 

Amariah  and  Ruth  Larkin  Child,  b.  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  Feb.  L, 

1801,  in.  Oct  lOj  lS38j  Susan  H.  Hathorne  of  Lynn,  Maaa 

[Sevt;nth  Generation.]    Child: 

7t4o.  i.  Isaac  Hehbert  Child,  b.  in  Lynn«  Mass.,  June  20,  1630,  m. 
JuJia  Ann  Hathorne.     She  was  b.  Oct.  7,  iMd, 

[Sixth  Generation,  | 

7076.  viiL  Cathabine  Child,  eighth  child  of  Amariah  ami 
Ruth  Larkin  Child,  b.  Dea  20,  1803,  m.  CoL  Daniel  N.  Bree^J 
of  LyiiD,  Mass.  Residence  Sacramento,  Cal..  CoL  Breed  il 
at  San  FranciscOy  Cal,  Sept  IS,  18t>S. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Lynn,  Mag^ 

7140.  i.  Kate  Ann  Breed,  b.  Aug.  14,  18S6.  m.  Aug.  14.  1S5S,  Jo«.  1 
Lord. 

7147.  ii.  e.  MAiirA  Breed,  b.  Jan.  12,  1838.  m  Samuel  K.  ^Tiite, 

7148.  ill.  Harriet  Otis  Breed,  b.  April  17.  1831,  d.  Mch.  23,  1^2. 

7149.  iw  Daniel  Child  Breed,  b.  June  8,   I8i4    in    Aug.  33.    l^ 
Nellie  E.  Hastings 

[Se\'entb  Generation.] 

7146.  i.  Kate  Axx  Breed,  eldest  child  of  Catharine  Ckii 
and  Col,  Daniel  N.   Breed*  b,  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  Aug.  14  WS 
nL  Aug.  24,  ls59,  Joseph  D,  Lonl  of  Sacramento,  Cal. 
[Eighth  Generation  1     Children: 

7150.  i,  Emma  Maria  Lord,  b.  in  Sacnunento,  Jan.  19, 1&6:.    Qmdti 
at  Sacramento  .Seminary,  May.  187-. 

7151.  ii.  Frederick  Breed  lx»RD,b.  tn  Grass  Valley,  Cal..  June  ID,  18 

7152.  iii.  Joseph  D.  Lord,  Jr.,  b,  in  Sacramento,  Cal.,  Nov.  16. 1S80. 
[Seventh  Generation] 

7147.  ii.  II.  Mahia  Breed,  second  child  of  Catharine  Cliil 
and  Col.   Daniel   Breed,  h   in  Lynn,  Mass.,  Jan.  12,  1828. 
1st,  Sept  14,  lb53,  at  Lynn,  Ma.ss.,  Sarnnel  K.  White  of  Charie 
town,  Mass.;  Mr.  White  d.  May  5,  1854;  Mrs.  White  m  ^ 
June  24,  1S63,  Eev.   Charles  R.   Hendriekson,  D.  D.,  ati 
Francisco,  Cat     They  reside  in  Jackson.  Tenn. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

7153.  i.  CiiAKLKa  Breed  HEKDaicK80>',  b,  at  Stockton,  Gal.,  Jane  IT 
1804,  d.  May  3,  1865. 

7154.  ii.  Gr.\ce  Hhndricksox,  b.  at  Stockton.  Cal..  Nov.  21,  18W,  d.  >r 
San  Fmnciseo,  Cal.,  Mch.  20,  1870 

7155.  iii,  Edward  Breed  Hendhickson^  i*  ftf  Rm)  Franeison  Tn! .  Jun* 
7,  1860.  d.  Dee.  2,5,  1869. 


BENJAMIN  CHILD  OF  WATBRTOWN  AND  DESCENDANTa    723 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7149.  iv.  Daniel  Child  Breed,  fourth  child  of  Catharine 
Child  and  Col.  Daniel  N.   Breed,  b.  at  Lynn,  Mass.,  June  8, 
1834,  m.  Aug.  23, 1864,  Nellie  Hastings,  at  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Reside  at  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.: 

7156.  i.  Arthur  Hastings  Breed,  b.  Nov.  27,  1865. 

7157.  ii.  Herbert  Lincoln  Breed,  b.  May  24,  1878. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7078.  X.  Samuel  Chapin  Child,  tenth  child  and  fourth 
son  of  Amariah  and  Ruth  Larkin  Child,  b.  May  22,  1809,  m. 
Mary  Burdell  of  Lynn,  Mass.      Resided  in  California,  died  at 
Stockton,  Cal.,  1869,  ae  60  years. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7158.  i.  Edward  Child,  killed  in  the  battle  of  Chickamauga,  Va.,  in 
the  war  of  the  Rebellion. 

7159.  ii.  Catharine  Child. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7080.  xii.  Sophia  Lincoln  Child,  twelfth  child  of  Ama 
riah   and  Ruth  Larkin  Child,  b.  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  Aug.  14, 
1821,  m.  1845,  William  W.  Webster.     Had  three  children. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

7160.  i.  Name  not  given,  died. 

7161.  ii.  Isabel  Webster,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Dec.  10  1847,  m.  Oct.  6, 
1869,  Judge  W.  E.  Green. 

7102.  iii.  Reginal  Webster,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Jan.  28, 1857. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

7161.  ii.  Isabel  Webster,  dau.  of  Sophia  Lincoln  Child 
and  William  W.  Webster,  b.  Dec.   10,  1847,  m.   Oct.   6,  1869, 
Judge  W.  E.  Green  of  Oakland,  Cal.     Had  four  children. 
[Eighth  Generation]    Children,  born  in  Oakland,  Cal.  , 

7163.  i.  Carlton  W.  Green,  b.  Aug,  4,  1870. 

7164.  ii.  Mabel  E  Green,  b.  July  26,  1872. 

7165.  iii.  Ethel  A.  Green,  b.  Aug.  31,  1877. 
■  7166.  iv.  Unnamed  b.  June  1,  1879. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7081.  xiii.  Elizabeth  Child,  thirteenth  child  of  Amariah 
and  Ruth  Larkin  Child,  b.  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  July  6,  1823,  m. 
Wm.  J.  Eames  of  Maiden.     Resides  in  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
[Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

7167.  i.  Wallace  Eames,  b.  July,  1858. 

7168.  ii.  Malcolm  Eames. 

7169.  iii.  Arthur  Eames. 

7170.  iv.  Grace  Eames. 

7171.  V.  Bessie  Eames. 


724  AMHERST  CHILD  AXD  DESCEXDANTSl 

AMHERST  CHILD  AND  DESC'EXDANTS. 

The  first  record  we  obtain  of  Amherst  Child  is  in  the  town 
of  Rutland,  Mass.,  where  his  marriage  is  registered  :  and  eight 
years  later  (1798)  the  town  records  state  him  to  be  the  owner 
of  land  valued  at  $412.  We  have  followed  all  known  clues 
to  ascertain  his  parentage,  or  birthplace,  unavailinglj.  He 
may  be  of  the  Barnstable  or  Watertown  lines,  as  descendants 
of  each  are  found  in  Rutland.  We  give  these  in  the  generations 
of  their  contemporaries  in  other  lines. 

[Fifth  Generation.! 

7172.  Amherst  Child,  b.  Aug.  1,  1769,  m.  June  20,  1790. 
Lucy  Moore ;  she  was  b.  in  Rutland,  Dec.  1, 1769.     The  eldest 
child  was  bom  in  Worcester.  Mass.,  the  others  in  Rutland. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

7173.  i.  Gardner  Child,  b.  April  28, 1791,  in.  June  27, 1815,  Lucy  Wilson. 

7174.  ii.  Nathaniel  B.  Child,  b.  Feb.  12.  1793.  m.  abt.  1830,  Jane  Hall. 

7175.  iii.  Eleanor  Child,  b.  Oct.  31.  1795,  d.  Nov.  4,  1876. 

7176.  iv.  Samuel  Child,  b.  Aug.  26,  1796. 

7177.  V.  Amherst  Child,  b.  June  5,  1799,  m.  Nov.  12,  1828,  Lavissa 
Southwick. 

7178.  vi.  Mary  M.  Child,  b.  June  1,  1801. 

7179.  vii.  RoxY  Child,  b.  Feb.  6,  1803. 

7180.  viii.  Submit  S.  Child,  b.  Oct.  2,  1804,  m  Enos  Kent. 

7181.  ix.  Lucy  W.  Child,  b.  Nov.  25,  1806.  m.  William  Beal. 

7182.  X.  Tyrus  M.  Child,  b.  Mch.  27. 1809 

7183.  xi.  Eunice  C.  Child,  b.  Aug.  16,  1811. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7173.  i.  Gardner  Child,  eldest  child  of  Amherst  and  Lucy 
Moore  Child,  b.  in  Worcester,  Mass,  April  2S,  1791,  rn.  June 
27,  1815,  Lucy  Wilson,  who  was  b.  April  8,  1794.     Gardner 
Child  d.  May  18,  1871,  his  widow  Mch.  23,  1879. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7184.  i.  George  A.  Childs.  b.  May  28,  1816. 

7185.  ii.  Stephen  W.  Childs,  b.  May  4,  1821,  m.  July  3.  1841.  Penina 
Langdon. 

7180.  iii.  Gakdiner  C  Childs,  b.  Dec.  22,  1822.  m.  1st,  July  1,  1S45. 
Susan  Sherman;  m.  2d.  Nov.  1849,  Mary  Ellen  wood. 

7187.  iv.  WiLUAJi  K.  Childs,  b.  Sept.  23,  1824. 

7188.  v.  Mary  M.  Childs.  b.  Oct.  2,  1826.  d,  Dec.  12,  1836. 

7189.  vi.  David  M.  Childs,  b.  Feb.  12,  1829,  m.  Jan.  13,  1856,  Elizabeth 
Lemon. 

7190.  vii.  Tyrus  M.  Childs,  b.  Aug.  27,  1833,  d.  Mch.  4. 1837. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7186.  iii.  Dr.  Gardner  C.  Childs,  third  son  and  child  of 
Gardner  and  Lucy   Wilson  Childs,  b.  Dec.  24, 1822,  m.   1st. 


AMHERST  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS.  725 

Susan  P.  Sherman,  July  1,  1845,  who  d.  June  184:7  ;  m.  2d, 
Nov.  1847,  Mary  A.  Ellinwood.      Besides  in  Clyde,  Wayne 
county,  N.  Y. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

7191.  i.  KiTTiB  F.  Childs. 

7192.  ii.  John  H.  Childs. 

7193.  iii.  Cora  S.  Childs. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7189.  vi.  David  M.  Childs,  fifth  son  and  sixth  child  of 
Gardner  and  Lucy  Wilson  Childs,  b.  Feb.  12,  1829,  hl  Jan. 
13,  1856,  Elizabeth  Lemon,  who  was  b.  Sept.  1,  1830. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

7194.  i.  Lucy  E.  Childs.  b.  Nov.  25,  1856,  d.  Nov.  20,  1865. 

7195.  ii.  Alice  May  Childs,  b.  Mch.  18,  1859. 

7196.  iii.  Louisa  Bbllb  Childs,  b.  Oct.  12, 1862. 

7197.  iv.  Amherst  Lbmon  Childs,  b.  July  23,  1867. 

7198.  V.  Gala  David  Childs,  b.  Dec.  8,  1873. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7174.  ii.  Nathaniel  B.  Childs,  second  son  and  child  of 
Amherst  and  Lucy  Moore  Child,  b.  in  Eutland,  Mass.,  Feb.  12, 
1793,  m.  about  1831,  Jane  Hall.     Mr.  N.  B.  Childs  died  Dec. 
21,  1865. 
[Seventh  Generation]    Children : 

7199.  i.  Geoege  Childs,  b.  May  6. 1832. 

7200.  ii.  John  Childs,  b.  Jan.  12,  1834. 

7201.  iii.  Lucy  Jane  Childs,  b.  Feb.  12, 1836. 

7202.  iv.  Caeoline  Childs,  b.  Mch.  21,  1838. 

7203.  V.  Henry  Otis  Childs,  b.  Oct.  17,  1841. 

7204.  vi.  William  Albeet  Childs,  b.  Aug.  24,  1846. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7177.  V.  Dr  Amherst  Childs,  fifth  child  and  fourth  son 
of  Amherst  and  Lucy  Moore  Childs,  b.  in  Rutland,  Mass.^ 
June,  1799,  m.  Nov.  12,  1828,  Lavissa  Southwick,  daughter  of 
Major  David  Southwick,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Seneca  county, 
New  York.  Mrs.  Lavissa  S.  Childs  was  born  April  1,  1811. 
Mr.  Childs  came  to  Seneca  county,  N.  Y.,  about  the  year  1820, 
entered  the  Fairfield  Seminary,  in  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county, 
and  graduated  from  the  medical  department  He  also  studied 
medicine  with  Dr.  Gardner  Welles  of  Waterloo,  Seneca  county, 
and  attended  lectures  in  Albany.  Dr.  Childs  was  for  many 
years  a  successful  and  honored  practitioner  in  Waterloo ;  here 
he  married,  as  we  find,  in  1828,  and  here  closed  the  laborious 
life  of  a  country  physician,  whose  ride  is  often  of  many  miles, 
June  17,  1869. 


726  AMHERST  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS. 

So  V  enth  Generation.]     Children : 

7205.  i.  David  Amherst  Childs,  b.  Aug.  12. 1830.  d.  Dec.  4,  1880. 

7206.  ii.  Jane  E.  Childs,  b.  June  15,  1882.  m.  1st,  May  18, 1853,  Norman 
P.  Childs,  who  d.  June  28,  1865;  m.  2d,  April  12,  1869,  Elias  Ronig. 

7207.  iii.  Eunice  Maria  Childs,  b.  Aug.  .5, 1834.  m.  May  13,  1857,  S.  H. 
Gridley,  Jr. 

7208.  iv.  Henry  Amherst  Childs,  b.  Nov.  7,  1836,  d.  Oct  8,  1864,  after 
a  life  of  invalidism. 

7209.  V.  Albert  Lucas  Childs,  b.  April  12,  1840. 

7210.  vi.  Lucy  M.  Childs,  b.  Nov.  6,  1843,  m.  Jan.  4,  1864,  JohnS. 
Herrick. 

7211.  vii.  Annie  P.  Childs.  b.  Mch.  17, 1848. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

7206.  ii.  Jane  E.  Childs,  second  child  and  eldest  dau.  of 
Dr.  Amherst  and  Lavissa  Southwick  Childs,  h.  in  Waterloo, 
Seneca  county,  N.  Y.,  June  15,  1832,  m.  1st,  May  18,  1853, 
Norman  Parsons  Child;  m.  2d,  April  12,  1869,  Elias  Ronig 
of  Waterloo.  Mr.  N.  P.  Childs  was  a  son  of  Benjamin  N. 
Childs  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  b.  June  4, 1827.  For  several  years 
Mr.  Childs  was  in  practice  as  a  dentist  in  Waterloo,  N.  Y.  He 
returned  to  his  native  city  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
wire.  In  1865,  Mr.  Childs  accompanied  by  his  family,  remov- 
e^l  to  Jaomel,  Hayti,  West  Indies.  A  form  of  yellow  fever 
appeaixxl  on  the  island  and  one  daughter  died  of  this  disease : 
returnincT  at  once  to  the  United  States,  but  bringing  with  him 
the  fatal  epidemic,  Mr.  Childs  diet!  in  the  Boston  hospital  two 
days  after  landing,  Jup.e  23.  IS65.  Mr.  Xorman  P.  Childs  is 
doubtless  oi  the  Watertown  line. 
[Kisrhth  Uononuion.]    Childrt»n: 

r:*12.  i.  Edward  Paysox  Childs,  b.  at  Waterloo.  N.  Y.,  July  22.  18M 
pnn>art'il  for  oolloiro  at  Wilhraham  .\oademT.  Mass.  Entered  Williams 
Collo4^^  St^pl.  l>iT.  with  the  ministry  in  view' 

T'^l«.  ii  Frances  Maria  Childs,  b.  at  Worcester.  Mass.,  Oct.  IT.  1859. 
d.  at  tlaomol  Hayti.  West  Indies,  May  27,  1S65. 

7214  iii.  Jessie  Parsons  Childs,  b.  at  Worcester.  Mass..  July  1st,  IS^. 
Lives  with  hor  nunhor  Mrs.  Ronig  in  Waterloo.  X.  Y. 

[Stnonth  Generation.] 

720V.  iii.  ErxiCE  Maria  Childs.  third  child  and  second 
dau.  i^f  Dr.  Amherst  and  Lcivissa  Southwick  Childs,  b.  in 
\Vator!^.x^.  Soutva  oouiity.  N.  Y..  Aug.  5,  1S34,  ul  May  13. 
1  >^7.  S,  II.  Gridlov.  Jr.,  s<^!i  of  Rev.  Samuel  Hart  Gridley.  D.  D. 
ar.d  Mary  Aii!i  liar:.  Mr.  Gridley  is  a  pix)duce  dealer  in 
\Va:or\x\  X.  V.  Rev.  Dr.  Gridley  the  father  has  been  forty 
voai^  jastv^r  of  :::o  Presbyterian  church  of  Waterloo,  N  Y. 
,  Kiarh:  h  Ge :;or:i: *>n.  ]    Childrvn : 

T^IV  i.  Mart  I^^rissa  Uridlky,  K  Feb.  S.  1S«L 

r>l6.  ::.  LwRA  M\Ri\  Gridlkt,  K  Mch.  (5.  ISdS. 


AMHERST  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS.  727 

7217.  iii.  Amherst  Childs  Gridlby,  b.  Feb.  12,  1870,  d.  Aug.  10,  1870. 

7218.  iv.  Samuel  Childs  Gridley,  b  Sept.  2, 1871,  d.  Meh.  21,  1873. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7209.  V.  Hon.  Albert  Lucas  Childs,  third  son  and  fifth 
child  of  Dr.  Amherst  and  Lavissa  Southwick  Childs,  born  at 
Seneca  Falls,  N.  y.,  April  12,  1840.  Eeceived  an  early  phys- 
ical training  upon  a  farm,  which  also  fitted  him  to  graduate,  in 
1861,  at  Hamilton  College,  Clinton,  N.  Y.  He  studied  law  in 
the  office  of  Hon.  S.  G.  Hadley,  and  was  admitted  to  practice 
in  1865.  Was  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature  for  Seneca 
county  in  1877.  He  has  delivered  a  number  of  lectures,  and 
is  well  known  as  a  public  speaker  throughout  Western  New 
York.  At  present  is  editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Seneca  County 
News,  a  very  lively,  spicy  sheet,  that  is  a  general  favorite  in 
Seneca  county  and  vicinity.  A.  L.  Childs  has  held  a  number 
of  positions  of  trust  and  responsibility.  Has  been  U.  S.  gan- 
ger a  number  of  years  ;  clerk  of  the  superintendent  of  Cayuga 
and  Seneca  canal ;  justice  of  the  peace,  &c.,  positions  which 
he  has  filled  with  credit  and  ability.  Is  author  of  a  poem- 
Ifecture,  the  "  Song  of  the  Shoe,"  of  a  humorous  nature,  that 
has  found  favor  before  many  audiences.  The  accompanying 
little  poem,  one  of  many  flowing  from  the  facile  pen  of  the 
Hon.  editor,  we  insert  as  a  specimen  of  his  humorous  rythmical 
gifts: 

''THE  SHOE  IS  OX  THE  OTHER  FOOT." 

We  always  when  in  fine  array, 

The  best  foot  forward  try  to  put, 
Yet  often  find  to  our  dismay 

The  shoe  is  on  the  other  foot. 

One  morning  when  the  Sabbath  bell 

Was  tolling  with  a  solemn  sound, 
Inviting  sinners  by  its  call. 

From  all  the  peaceful  village  round ; 

The  gentle  folk  with  guarded  talk 

And  faces  dignified,  serene ; 
In  Sunday-dress  with  measured  walk 

All  moving  toward  the  church  were  seen. 

By  some  misfortune  un revealed, 

Old  Deacon  Marble,  clever  soul. 
Was  hurrying  churchward  through  the  field. 

Because  the  bell  had  ceased  to  toll ! 

But  soon  he  reached  the  meadow  brook. 

And  stopped  and  laid  his  Bible  down ; 
The  swollen  stream  with  laughter  shook 

To  see  the  Deacon  wear  a  frown. 

A  single  leap  would  not  suffice. 
And  Deacon  had  no  time  to  lose ; 


728  AMHERST  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS. 

To  jump  a  stream  of  such  a  size 

Would  take  the  polish  from  his  shoes! 

He  eyed  his  shoes  with  troubled  look, 

And  hesitated,  sore  perplexed; 
And  wondered  could  he  wade  the  brook 

In  time  to  hear  the  Parson's  text! 

A  happv  thought  came  by  and  by ; 

One  shoe  and  stocking  off  he  took, 
And  thought  with  one  &re  foot  to  try 

And  cross  this  saucy  laughing  brook ! 

With  one  foot  bared,  and  one  foot  dressed. 
With  shoe  and  stocking  and  his  book. 

Our  Deacon  with  an  earnest  zest 
Prepares  to  cross  the  swollen  brook. 

By  this  economy,  thought  he, 

I  soon  the  other  side  shall  reach. 
And  then  to  church  will  safely  be 

In  time  to  hear  the  Parson  preach. 

Such  Sunday  work  is  sure  no  sin ; 

But  never  did  the  Deacon  dream 
That  he  might  put  the  wrong  foot  in 

The  middle  of  the  laughing  stream. 

By  this  m  Id  bit  of  compromise 

ril  keep  one  foot  from  getting  wet; 
So  back  the  Deacon  steps  and  tries 

Upon  the  other  side  to  get. 

Now  up  he  comes  with  lively  leap. 

Most  eagerly  the  task  to  try. 
But  dumps  the  wrong  foot  in  the  deep. 

And  lands  the  bare  foot  high  and  dry ! 

With  sorry  phiz  he  sighs  to  see 

II  is  Sunday  stocking  all  wet  through. 
While  giggling,  rippling  brook  with  glee 

Pokes  fun  at  Deacon's  dripping  shoe! 

Too  late  he  now  counts  up  the  cost. 

Because  the  wrong  foot  in  was  put; 
The  text  and  sermon  both  are  lost. 

The  shoe  was  on  the  other  foot! 

So.  often  we  in  fine  array, 

Our  best  foot  forward  try  to  put, 
And  often  find  to  our  dismay, 

The  shoe  is  on  the  other  foot! 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7210.  vi.  Lucy  M.  Childs,  third  dau.  and  sixth  child  of 
Dr.  Amherst  and  Larissa  Southwick  Childs,  b.  in  Waterloo, 
Seneca  county,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  G,  1843,  m.  Jan.  4,  1864,  John  T. 
Herrick,  a  civil  engineer,  and  lived  several  years  in  Denver, 
Colorado.*  Mrs.  Lucy  M.  Childs  Herrick  died  at  Clifton 
Springs  Water-Cure,  where  she  had  gone  for  her  health,  Aug 
14,1871. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Child : 
7219.  i.  Larissa  Childs  Herrick,  b.  Jan.  10, 1865,  d.  Oct.  5,  1865. 


CHARLES  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS.  729 

CHARLES  CHILD. 

We  must  preface  this  group  of  the  Child  name,  and  the  two 
succeeding  with  the  same  regretful  unlinking  to  an  emigrant 
ancestor.  Several  of  these  groups  would  doubtless  come 
rightly  in  other  positions,  for  there  is  presumptive  evidence  ol 
their  relationship.  We  have  had  strong  hope  to  find  the  miss- 
ing links,  and  while  writing  up  the  other  parts  of  the  work, 
have  been  constantly  following  every  thread  presented,  if  it 
might  be,  the  labyrinth  should  be  revealed. 

The  three  following  branches,  unknown  perhaps  to  each 
other  are,  we  cannot  doubt,  the  descendants  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  Child  of  Woodstock,  Ct,  (see  page  427,)  through 
their  son  Nathaniel'who  is  with  his  known  children  given  on 
page  440 ;  as  we  there  state,  Nathaniel  is  known  to  have  had  a 
large  family  of  children,  but  we  find  and  trace  but  two  sons 
We  have  deemed  it  wise  to  place  these  lines  in  such  order  of 
generation  as  we  find  their  contemporaries  to  be  whose  line  of 
descent  we  are  able  to  trace  connectedly,  as  being  more  nearly 
correct,  than  to  place  them  in  the  first  and  second  generations 
and  so  on  from  the  earliest  known  of  the  particular  line. 
[Sixth  Generation. "I 

7220.  Charles  Child,  b.  probably  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  (no 
date  given  of  birth,)  m.  1st,  abt.  1783,  Olive  Hammond;  m. 
2d,  Olive  Griffith  of  Hampton,  Ct. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children:    By  first  marriage. 

7221.  i.  Oliver  Child,  b.  April  7, 1785.  d.  Oct.  18, 1802 

7222.  ii.  Hannah  Child,  b.  June  18. 1786,  m.  Dr.  Charles  Eldridge. 

7223.  iii.  Matilda  Child,  b.  Mch.  15,  1788.  ra.  abt.  1818,  Charles  Hen- 
shaw. 

7224.  iv.  Horace  Child,  b.  Jan.  6,  1791,  d.  July  9,  1794. 

7225.  V.  Julia  Child,  b.  July  17,  1793.  d.  April  5,  1806. 

7226.  vi.  Sarah  Child,  b.  Oct.  9,  1795,  d.  Oct.  18,  1802. 

7227.  vii.  Charles  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  31.  1798.  d.  Oct.  16,  1802. 

7228.  viii.  Infant,  (unchristened,)  b.  Nov.  15,  1801,  d.  young. 

7229.  ix.  Charles  Horace  Child,  b.  Dec.  28. 1802,  d.  Aug.  16.  1819. 

7230.  X.  ElishA  Child,  b.  Mch.  19,  1805,  m.  1st,  Mch.  31,  1828;  m.  2d, 
Sophia  M.  Aldrich. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7222.    ii.    Hannah   Child,   second  child,   eldest  dau.  of 

Charles  and  Olive  Hammond  Child,  b.  June  18,  1786,  m.  Dr. 

Charles  Eldridge  of  Brookline,  Ct.     Settled  in  East  Greenwich, 

R.  I.     She  d.  Oct.  24,  1819. 


730- 


CHARLES  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS. 


[Eighth  Generation.]     Children : 
7281.  i.  CHARLE8  Eldrid<?e.  m.  Sarah  Pierce,  d.  1846 or  '47;  tive  childr 

7233.  ii  LrcT  Gaij.up  ELonroGK,  m.  Israel  Sheldon  of  Omnge,  N,  Jl 
have  no  children.  ^ 

72?3.  iii.  James  Eldbidge,  m  Aunn  T.  A.  Herishaw;  tiav'e  two  childreD 
[Eig^hth  Qenemtion.J 

7233.  iii.  Dr  James  Eldridge,  third  child  of  Dr-  Charli 
and  Olive  Hammond  Child  EldridgeT  m.  AniiaT.  A.  Henshaw. 
[Ninth  Genei'fttion,]    Children: 

7234.  i.  An  NIK  Eldhidge. 
72:j5.  ii.  Emily  liOLF  Eldridoe,  hi.  —  noll*r->(tk.  and  lives  in  Miuu 

apolij>,  Atiunesota. 

[Seventh  Generation  J 

7223.  iii.  Matilda  Child,  third  child  of  Charles  and  OUk 
Hammond  Clnld,  h  McK  15,  1788,  in.  about  1818,  Chark 
HeiLshaw  of  Boston,  Mass. 
[Eighth  Generation.)    Childi*en: 

723tJ.  i.  Laura  Math^da  Hbnbuavv,  b.  April  L'5,  1819,  in,  Oct.  24,  18 
John  M.  Cnine. 

7237.  ii.  (*HAiiLEs  Child  Hknshaw,  h,  Meh,  30,  1821.  m.  Igt,  OcL  22| 
1843,  Elizabeth  Fisher  of  Boston;  she  d,  Meh.  1849:  m.  2d.  Georgia 
Hamnioud,  dau.  of  EdMrard  and  KHzii  Smith  llammond.  Charles  C.  Hen- 
shaw died  Jan.  11.  imS,  of  taneer.     Mrs.  H.died  Jan.  10,  1872. 

7238.  iii.  Infant  unchrislened. 

72.39.  iv.  David  Henshaw  h.  July  10,  1824,  ni.  Jan.  28. 1847,  Fninc«s_ 
A.  Daniels,  " 

7240.  V.  John  Henshaw,  Ii.  Au|,'.  1(5,  1826,  d.  in  East  Medway*  Sept.  l^ 
1876  of  eon  sumption. 

7241.  vi.  George  Henshaw,  b.  Jan.  L  1B20.  Resides  in  Boston,  unrt 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

723G.  i.  Laura  Matilda  IIensoaw,  eldest  t'bil<l  (»f  Matil.J 
Child  and  Charles  Henshaw,  b.  April    15,  I81l»,  m.  OcL  24 
1855,  John  Martin  Crane,  son  of  Rev.  Silas  Axtelle  and  Ma 
Elizabeth  Martin  Crane  of  East  Greenwich,  R,  I. 
[Ninth  Getierarion  ]     ChiMren: 

7242.  i.  Charles  Henshaw  Crane,  b.  Aug.  80.  1857,  d.  Mav  1,  11?63, 
7243   ii.  Hknuy  Axtelle  Crane,  b.  Oct.  3U,  1858.  m.  May  29.  1879,  Id 

Loinse  Mason  of  East  JL?dway.  Mass. 

7244.  liL  CLARENtE  Mitchell  Crane,  b.  June  7.  18^12. 

[E  igh  th  G  en  e  rati  on .  1 

7239.  iv.  Uavid  Henshaw,  second  mn  of  Matilda  Chil 
and  Charles  Henshaw,  b.   July    19,  1824,  m,   Jaa.  28,  18i1 
Fmnces  A.  Daniels  of  Chester,  Ct,     He  d.  in  Boston,  Meh,  Ifl 
1872.     Mrs.  H.  resides  in  Boston,  Mass, 
[Ninth  Generation.  1    Children : 

7245.  i.  Francls  M.\tili>a  HENsaAW,  b.  Dec.  2,  194-*^,  ni  April  25,  l^Tt 
Alonzu  M.  C<Klniajh 

724H    ii.  Charles  Daniels  Henshaw.  b.  Meh.  11,  1&.W. 

7247.  iii.  David  Henshaw,  Jr.,  b.  Nov,  24. 1852. 

7248.  iv,   William  Isaac  Hensmativ,  b.  An?.  4.  1814. 


CHARLES  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS.  .    .    731 

[Ninth  Generation.] 

7245.  i.  Frances  Matilda  Henshaw,  eldest  child  of  David 
and   Frances   A.   Daniels   Henshaw,   and   grand  daughter   of 
Matilda  Child  Henshaw,  b.  Dec.  2,  1848,  m.   April  25,  1872, 
Alonzo  Mortimer  Codman  of  Hillsboro,  N.  H. 
[Tenth  Generation.]    Child: 

7249.  i.  Charles  Henshaw  Codman. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

7230.  X.  Elisha  Child,  tenth  and  youngest  child  of  Charles 
and  Olive  Hammond  Child,  b.  Mek  9,  1805,  m.  1st,  Mch.  21, 
1S28,  Lora  Davison  ;  she  was  b.  Sept  18,  1803  ;  m.  2d,  Sophia 
M.  Aldrich,  b.  1856.     Hed.  Dec  14,  1878. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Pomfret,  Ct. 

7250.  i.  Charles  Henshaw  Child,  b.  Moh.  18,  1829,  d.  Mch  26,  1847. 

7251.  ii.  ULivE  Ann  Child,  b.  Jan.  31.  1831,  m.  John  McClellan. 

7252.  iii.  George  Clinton  Child,   b.  Jan.  27,  1833,  m.  Eliza  A.  F. 
Congdon. 

7253.  iv.  Emily  Matilda  Child,  b.  Oct.  18,  1834,  d.  Mch.  30. 1838. 

7254.  V.  Laura  Matilda  Child,  b.  Oct.  14.  1836.  d.  Feb.  13,  1837. 

7255.  vi.  Elizabeth  Child,  b.  Nov.  21,  1838,  d.  Mch.  8,  1842. 

By  second  marriage : 
I  Williams,  dau.  of  Calone  Williams  of  Pomfret,  Ct. 

7256.  vii.  Frederick  Marcy  Child,  )  «5  (  m.  Nov.  14.  1877,  Mattie  A. 


•g-^    b.  June  12. 1857. 


7257.  viii.  Ellen  Child.  J  ^  (  d.  Sept.  10,  1857. 

7258.  ix.  Mary  Child,  b.  Mch.  7,  1858. 

7259.  X.  Horace  Child,  b.  July  27,  1860. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

7251.  ii.  Olive  Ann  Child,  second  child,  eldest  dau.  of 
Elisha  and  Lora  Davison  Child,  b.  Jan.  31,  1831,  at  Pomfret, 
Ct,  m.  Feb.  16,  1859,  John  McClellan  of  Woodstock,  Ct 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Woodstock,  Ct. : 

7260.  i.  John  McClellan,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  20,  1859,  d.  July  15. 1863. 

7261.  ii.  Mary  Trumbull  McClellan,  b.  June  31. 1861.  d.  July  13, 1863. 

7262.  iii.  Jesse  Trumbull  McClellan,  b.  Aug.  30,  1863. 

7263.  iv.  Percy  Tell  McClellan.  b.  June  6,  1866. 

7264.  V.  George  Eldridge  McClellan,  b.  Oct.  16,  18C8. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

7252.  iii.  George  Clinton  Child,  third  child  of  Elisha 
and  Lora  Davison  Child,  b.  in  Pomfret,  Ct ,  Jan.  27,  1833,  m. 
Jan.  22,  1857,  Eliza  A.  F.  Congdon  of  Hopeville,  Ct ;  she  was 
b.  in  Thompson,  Ct,  June  27,  1834.  Reside  in  Oxford,  Mass. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

7265.  i.  Charles  C.  Child,  b.  Nov,  2,  1857,  d.  July  4,  1862. 

7266.  ii.  Ezra  L.  W.  Child,  b.  Oct  4,  1859.  d.  July  2,  1861. 

7267.  iii.  Frank  S.  Child,  b.  Dec.  7,  1860, 

7268.  iv.  Mary  A.  W.  Child,  b.  Dec.  9,  1862. 

7269.  V.  George  C.  Child,  Jr..  b.  Jan.  4,  1868. 

7280.  vi.  Lora  F.  Child,  b.  Sept  26,  1869,  d.  Jan.  16,  1873. 
7271.  vii,  Edwin  W.  Child,  b.  Feb.  19. 1872,  d.  Dec.  28,  1872, 


TSSACHAR  CHILI)  A^'D  DESCENBANTB. 


ISSACHAR  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

7372,  In  the  town  records  of  Woodstock,  Ct^  is  iound  m 
corded  the  name  of  Issacliar  Child,  m.  Nov,  20,  ITGG^  Alathea 
Mofifat  He  was  b,  1749  and  A  July  13,  1797.  She  i  Oct  5, 
1812,  w  68.  We  have  been  unable  to  trace  his  ancestrv. 
There  is  little  doubt  that  he  was  of  the  Roxbury,  Mass,,  line  \ 
emigrants. 

This   record   is   supplemented   by   one   of  his  de3ceridat!( 
Casper  C.  Childs,  Esq.  of  New  York  City.      Mr.  C.  adds 
**s;'^  it  is  not  a  tenninal  in  the  Wood.'^tock  TOCords. 
[Sixth  Genemtion.J     Children: 

7273.  i  EvANDEK  Child,  b.  in  Wmxlstock,  CU,  May  16,  1707.  m.ML 
May  11,  1790  Murgarotta  Bush,  dim.  of  Charles  itmi  Catharine  Bash ;  m  s?il. 
May  18,  18(>0.  Mary  Vermilycn. 

7S74.  ii.  IsgACHAB  Cuilj>,  Jh^  h.  in  South  Briniflcid,  Mass,,  Aug.  S3, 
1768. 

7375    iii.  Epaphras  Chtld,  h.  in  SUifford  Springs,  Ct.,  Mch,  17.  1770. 

7S7(?.  iv.  Casi'er  Child,   b.  in  SUilTiml  Springs.  Ct .   Julv  15*    1773 J 
July  15,  1707, 

7277.  V.  Lemuel  CmtD,  b.  in  Schenectacly,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  12, 1774«  d.  Aa 
12.  1795. 

7278.  vi.  Alathea  Child,  b,  in  Albany.  N,  Y.,  June  1.  1776,  d.  Juue  K 
1770. 

I  Sixth  (feneration.  J 

7273,  i,  EvAXDER    Child,  eldest    child    of  Issachar    an 
Alathea  Child,  b.   in   Woodstock,  Ct,  May  16,  1767,  fiL    la 
May  11,  1790,  Margaretta  Bush  ;  ra.  2rl,  May  18,  1800,  Ma 
Verrnilyea.     Margaretta  Cliild  dial  Aug.  3,  1797,     Mary  Va 
railyea  Child,  died  April  28,  I8il,     He  died  Jan.  1851.  * 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children.     By  first  nmrriage : 
7379.  i.  Chahlks  Bubu  CmLD.-!!,  b.  Doc.  20,  1791,  died. 
T2S0.  ii.  Chaules  Bush  CaiLDt*.  2d.  b  Nov,  2, 17»3, 
7281.  iii.  CATnAniNB  Chiloh,  h  Dec.  19.  1795,  d.  Aprils,  187«. 
By  2d  marriage. 

7283.  iv.  Caliper  C,   Childs.  h.   Dec.   3.    ISm,  m.   1st.  Jnh-  2:1.   18 
Sophronia  FTorton;  m,  2d,  June  13,  1871.  Sarnh  V.  Bail 

728a.  V.  Evander  Childs,  Je,,  h.  Oct.  '60,  1805. 

7284.  vi.  Augustus  F.  Chjlds.  b.  iMch.  11,  1908. 
T28o.  vii.   Walter  L.  Cutlds,  b,  Nov.  21,  1811. 
7280.  viii.  John  V.  Guilds,  h.  Nov,  15,  1813. 
7387.  ix.  Mary  V.  Childs,  b.  Nov,  6. 1817. 

I  Seventh  Genemtion.  ] 

7282*  iv.  Casper  C,  Childs,  fourth  child  and  third  son  ol 
Evander  and  Mary  Yermilyea  Child,  b.  Dec  3,  1803,  m,  1^ 
July  23,  182B,  Sophronia  Horttin ;  m.  2,  June  13,  1371, 
Sarah  C.  Ball. 


JOHN  P.  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS.  733 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

7288v  i.  Mary  V.  Childs,  b.  April  30.  1827,  m.  about  1858,  Mr.  Bliss. 

7289.  ii.  SoPHRONiA  Childb,  b.  Dec.  81,  1828. 

7290.  iii.  Casper  C.  Childs,  Jr.,  b.  Aug,  13,  1830. 

7291.  iv.  Louisa  Childs,  b.  Mch.  16,  1832.  m.  about  1862,  Mr.  Bell. 

7292.  y.  Clarissa  Childs,  b.  June  22,  1835. 

7293.  vi.  Sarah  Ann  Childs,  b.  Dec.  11,  1837. 

7294.  vii.  Charles  B.  Childs,  b.  Feb.  9,  1841. 

7295.  viii.  Walter  L.  Childs,  b.  1843. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

7288.  i.  Mary  V.   Child,  eldest  child  of  Casper  C.  and 
Sophronia  Horton  Childs,  b.  April  30,  1827,  m.  about  1858, 
Mr.  Bliss. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

7296.  i.  Frank  Bliss,  b.  Jan.  12,  1859. 

7297.  ii.  Andrew  K.  Bliss,  b.  April  2,  1863. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

7291.  iv.  Louisa  Childs,  fourth  child  of  Casper  C.  and 
Sophronia  Horton  Childs,  b.  Mch.  16,  1832,  m.  abt.  1862,  Mr. 
Ball. 
[Ninth  Generation. J    Child : 

7298.  i.  Edward  B.  Ball,  b.  April  12, 1863. 


JOHN  P.  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS. 
[Fifth  Generation.] 

7299.  John  P.  Child,  somewhat  like  Melchizedech  without 
father  or  mother,  is  yet  found  to  have  married  Judith  Williams. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Child. 

7300.  Benjamin  Child,  b.  Dec.  18,  1789,  in  Pomfret,  Ct 
m.  in  Killingly,  Ct.,  Jan.  27,  1825,  by  Rev.  Roswell  Whitmore, 
Mary  Foote,  dau.  of  Israel  and  Mary  Hale  Foote  of  Marlboro, 
Ct ,  where  she  was  b.  Mch.  20, 1798.     They  removed  from  Marl 
boro,  Ct.,  to  Pomfret,  Ct.,  in  1828.     They  removed  from  Pom 
fret  to  Killingley,   in  1868.     He  died  there  in  1872.     Mrs. 
Child  resides  with  her  son  Geo.  D.  Child  at  4342  Bellevue 
avenue,  Chicago,  111.,  to  which  place  she  removed  in  1876. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

7301.  i  Geo  D.  Child,  b.  at  Pomfret,  Ct.,  Sept.  17. 1831,  m.  Dec.  23, 
1855.  Cordelia  Lurabard,  dau.  of  Corlis  and  Arraina  Stoddard  Lumbard 
of  Pomfret.  Ct.  Mr.  /jumbard  died  at  Pomfret.  Ct..  Feb.  4.  1857.  Mrs. 
Armina  Lumbard  resides  with  her  daughter  Mrs  Geo.  D.  Child,  at  4342 
Bellevue  avenue,  Chicago.  A  commendable  obedience  to  the  Fifth  Com- 
mandment. Thus  caring  for  parents  who  have  cared  for  them  in  their  in- 
fancy. Mr.  Child  is  a  Western  traveling  agent  for  the  Worcester,  Mass., 
Corset  Co. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Child : 

7302.  i.  Mary  Ella  Child,  b.  in  Freeport,  111..  April  28,  1862. 


HENKY  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS. 


CHAPTER    XIII. 


HENRY  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS. 

This  line  of  the  Child  name  in  America  is  the  only  one 
any  considemble  numbers  whose  home  in  the  mother  count 
is  known  with  certainty. 

7303.  Henry  Child  resitled  in  Coklsliill,  in  the  parish 
Kindershanij  Hertford  county,  England;  or  tis  another  accoui 
says,  at  Horring  Crook^  England.     He  had  quite  a  family 
children,  only  one  of  whom  seems  to   have  emigrated  to  th 
New  World.     The  family  were  of  the  society  of  Friends, 
many  of  them  still  ara     From  William  Penn,  Henry  Chil^ 
made  purchase  of  500  acres  of  land,  for  which  he  paid  £10  ^ 
the  2()th  of  January,   1687.      Henry  Chikl  accompanied 
young  son  Ceplias  to  America,  in  1693,  and  the  purchased  b 
was  then  located  in  Plumstead,  Bucks  county^  Pa.,  near  tl 
headwaters  of  the  Neshamony.     Cephas  Child  was  placed  fa 
a  time  in  some  family  in   Philadelphia,  where  he  was  taugl] 
the  carpenter^s  trade.     In   1715,  Henry  Child,  '*  for  the  loi 
and  aflEection  lie  bearetli  U)  his  son  Cephas,''  gave  the  abo^ 
mentioned  five  hundred  acres  of  land  to  him.     With  the  deed 
Cephas,  and  some  others,  went  from  Baltimore  to  Philadelphia 
on  foot.     Cephas  Child  married  Mary  Atkinson  and  settled 
Plumsteatl,  Pa.     Henry  Child  did  not  remain  long  in  Americ 
We  have  the  copies  of  two  most  loving  letters  addressed  by  hi| 
to  his  son  Cephas,  whieh  we  would  give  entire  for  the  intere 
to  descendants  did  our  space  permit.     Each  of  these  lett 
dale  from  Horring  Crook,  the  first  date :     **  Ye  2d  of  4 

1729  '^ ;  the  second : 

**Ye32o  op  3  mo..  1788. 
*'Dear  Cnn.D:— I  thought  I  might  have  had  a  line  from  thc«  by  some  Jit 
our  yearly  meeting.  1  should  be  glad  to  hear  what  family  thou  hast,  &i|^ 
how  things  prosper  witfi  thee.  I  desire  thou  niayt'tit  seek  the  Lord  aV»«>f 
all,  that  His  wisdom  may  guide  thee  in  all  thy  undertakings,  that  His  nati 
and  truth  may  he  honored  by  thee,  that  Hi.s  blessing*  and  inereies  may 
with  thee,  through  the  great  roerey  of  the  Lord.  I  and  my  family  are 
health,  and  thy  sij^ters  and  their  families,  I  gave  thee  fiocount  <»f  \\ 
brothers  dep^irture  in  my  last  letter  to  thee;  so  with  love  to  thee  and 
wife  and  friends,  in  the  truth  of  our  Lord  Je^us  Christ,  I  rest  thy  lovia 
father.  HENRY  CHILD. 


These  four  died  by  burn- 
ing. 


HifiNRY  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANl'S.  *  736 

We  felt  the  gracious  words  of  this  epistle  from  the  father  of 
this  line,  would  prove  a  genuine  benison  for  his  descendants, 
having  lost  none  of  its  sweetness  in  the  one  hundred  and  forty- 
three  years  since  it  was  penned. 

[Second  Generation.] 

7304.  Cephas  Child,  son  of  Henry  Child  of  Hertford  county, 
England,  was  bom  in  England  and  came  to  America  in  1693,  and 
married  Feb.  1716,  Mary  Atkinson.  A  most  sad  fate  befell 
the  first  four  children,  they  were  burned  in  the  accidental  con. 
flagration  of  the  homestead. 

[Third  Generation.]    Children : 

7305.  i.  Henry  Child,  b,  Jan.  22,  1717. 

7306.  ii.  Cephas  Child,  b.  Oct.  30,  1718. 

7307.  iii  John  Child,  b.  June  10, 1720. 

7308.  iv.  Isaac  Child,  b.  Mch.  1, 1722. 

7309.  V.  Abraham  Child,  b.  1724. 

7310.  vi.  Henry  Child,  2d,  b.  Jan.  1,  1725-6. 

7311.  vii.  Cephas  Child.  Jr.,  2d,  b.  Jan.  18,  1727-8,  ra.  1st,  Percilla 
Naylor;  m.  2d,  Mary  Cadwallader. 

7312.  viii.  John  Child,  2d,  b.  June  14,  1730,  m.  Sept.  12,  1751,  Sarah 
Shoemaker. 

7313.  ix.  Isaac  Child,  2d,  b.  Mch.  14. 1734,  m.  1759,  Rachel  Bradshaw. 

[Third  Generation.] 

7311.  vii.  Cephas  Child,  Jr.,  seventh  son  and  child  of 
Cephas  and  Mary  Atkinson  Child,  b.  1727,  in  Plumstead, 
Bucks  county,  Pa.,  m.  1st,  about  1750,  Percilla  Naylor ;  m.  2d, 
about  1775,  Mary  Cadwallader.  Of  the  sons,  Abraham  and 
Henry,  elder  than  Cephas,  we  have  no  direct  record,  though 
we  think  some  of  their  descendants  are  living  in  and  about 
Baltimore,  Md.  He  (L  July  12,  1815,  aged  88,  in  Plumstead, 
Pa. 
[Fourth  Generation.]    Children: 

7314.  i.  Mary  Child,  b.  Nov.  31,  1751. 

7815.  ii.  Joseph  Child,  b.  Oct.  29,  1753.  in.  Dec.  27,  1780,  Hannah 
Burgess. 

7316.  iii.  Cephas  Child,  Jr.,  b.  April  10,  1755. 

7317.  iv.  William  Child,  b.  Feb.  9,  1757. 

7318.  V.  Jane  Child,  b.  Feb.  20,  1759. 

7319.  vi.  Richard  Child,  b.  Jan.  3,  1761. 

7320.  vii.  Naylor  Child,  b.  July  15,  1762. 

7321.  viii.  Percilla  Child,  b.  May  15,  1768. 

7322.  ix.  Cadwallader  Child,  b.  Aug.  18,  1776,  ra.  1800,  Elizabeth  Ray 
or  Rea. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

7315.  ii.  Joseph  Child,  eldest  son  of  Cephas,  Jr.,  and  Per- 
cilla Naylor  Child,  b.   in  Plumstead,  Pa.,  Oct.   29,  1753,  m. 


736  HENRY  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS. 

Dec.  27,  1780,  Hannah  Burgess  of  Fallsington,  Backs  county, 
Pa.  He  moved  to  Jefferson  county,  New  York,  in  1804,  and 
dwelt  there  till  his  death,  which  occurred  in  Le  Ray,  Feb.  24, 
1829,  at  the  age  of  77.  Mrs.  K  B.  Child  d.  Mch.  22,.  1830, 
aged  77. 
IPifth  Generation.]    Children: 

7323.  i.  Daniel  Child,  m.  Anne  Gardner. 

7324.  ii.  Samuel  Child,  m.  1st,  Anna  Brownel;  m.  2d,  Hannah  Curby; 
m.  3d,  Rachel  Gardner. 

7325.  iii.  Joseph  Child,  Jr.,  m.  Lois  Rowland. 

7826.  iv.  Moses  Child,  b.  May  12, 1789,  m.  May  24, 1814,  Nancy  Burdick. 

[Fifth  Generation.]    • 

7323.  i.  Daniel  Child,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Joseph  and 
Hannah  Burgess  Child,  b.  about  17S2,  in  Bucks  county,  Pa., 
m.  Anne  Gardner.* 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

7327.  i.  Lois  Child,  unmarried. 

7328.  ii.  Phebe  Child,  deceased. 

[Fifth  Generation.! 

7324  ii.  Samuel   Child,  second  son  and  child  of  Joseph 
and  Hannah  Burgess  Child,  b.  about  1784,  in  Plumstead,  Pa., 
m.  1st,  Anna  Brownel ;  m.  2d,  Hannah  Curby ;  m.  3d,  Rachel 
Gardner. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children.     By  first  marriage : 

7329.  i.  Phebe  Child,  m.  George  Hart. 

7330.  ii.  Rachel  Child,  m.  William  C.  Burdick. 
733L  iii.  Thomas  Child,  m.  Margaret  Middleton. 
7832.  iv.  Eunice  Child,  m.  Stephen  Roberts. 

7333.  V.  Mary  Child,  ra.  Ay  lor  Barber. 

7334.  vi.  William  Child,  m.  1st,  Irene  Barber;  m.  twice  after,  but  we 
have  neither  the  names  of  the  wives  or  children. 

By  second  marriage : 

7335.  vii.  Joseph  Child,  b.  Jan.  18,  1825,  m.  1st,  April  3, 1851,  Mary 
Jane  Cory;  m.  2d,  July  11,  1863,  Mary  E.  Carey. 

7336.  viii.  Anna  Child,  deceased. 

By  third  marriage : 

7337.  ix.  Lydia  Child. 

[Sixth  Generation.! 

7329.  i.  Phebe  Child,  eldest  child  of  Samuel  and  Anna 
Brownel  Child,  b.  in  Bucks  county,  Pa.,  m.  George  Hart. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 
7838.  i.  Eunice  Hart,  m.  Hiram  Rowland. 

7339.  ii.  Mary  Hart,  m.  and  has  one  child,  names  not  known. 

7340.  iii   Eliza  Hart,  m.  Stephen  Howland. 

*  We  much  regret  that  we  coald  obtain  so  few  dates  in  this  line. 


HENRY  CHn^D  AND  DESCENDANTS.  *    737 

7341.  iv.  Lucy  Habt,  m.  Ebenezer  Fredenburgh. 

7342.  V.  Chables  Habt. 

7343.  vi.  Thomas  Hart. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7388.  i.  Eunice   Hart,  eldest  child  of  Phebe  Child  and 
George  Hart,  b.  in  Pennsylvania,  m.  Hiram  Howland. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

7344.  i.  Phebe  Howland. 

7345.  ii.  Amos  Howland. 

7346.  iii.  Joseph  Howland. 

7347.  iv.  Ebvine  Howland. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7330.  ii.  Kachel  Child,  second  dau.  and  child  of  Samuel 
and  Anna  Brownel  Child,  b.  in  Bucks  county,  Pa.,  m.  William 
C.  Burdick. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7348.  i.  Anna  Burdick,  ra.  Winchester  Wright. 

7349.  ii.  Hannah  Burdick,  m.  Curtis  Corey. 

7350.  iii.  Ephraim  Burdick,  m.  Rosilla  — . 

7351.  iv.  Merct  Jane  Bubdick,  deceased. 

{"Seventh  Generation] 

7349.  ii.  Hannah  Burdick,  second  daughter  and  child  of 
Eachel  Child  and  William  C.  Burdick,  b.  in  Pennsylvania,  m. 
Curtis  Corey. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

7352.  i.  William  Corey. 

7353.  ii.  Maroarbt  Coret,  and  four  others,  names  not  known. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7331.  iii.  Thomas  Child,  eldest  son  and  third  child  of 
Samuel  and  Anna  Brownel  Child,  b.  in  Pennsylvania,  m. 
Margaret  Middleton. 

(Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

7354.  i.  Andrew  Child,  m.  1st,  Mary  Hoyle;  m.  2d,  Emma  Hicks. 
(Eighth  Generation.]    Children:       By  second  wife: 

7355.  i.  Thomas  Child. 

7356.  ii.  Edward  Child. 

7357.  iii.  Mart  Child. 

(Sixth  Generation] 

7332.  iv.  Eunice  Child,  third  dau.  and  fourth  child  of 
Samuel  and  Anna  Brownel  Child,  b.  in  Pennsylvania,  m. 
Stephen  Eoberts. 

(Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

7358.  i.  Samuel  Roberts,  m.  and  has  children,  names  not  ascertained. 
7859.  ii.  Adelaide  Roberts. 

7360.  iii.  Eliza  Roberts,  m.  Francis  Plank. 


738  HENRY  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTa 

[Eighth  Generation]    Child : 

7861.  i.  Elizabeth  Plank. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

7333.  V.  IdARY  Child,  fourth  dau.  and  fifth  child  of  Sam- 
uel and  Anna  Brownel  Child,  b.  in  Pennsylvania,  m.  Aylor 
Barber. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7362.  i.  Thomas  Barber,  married. 

7363.  ii.  Charles  Barber,  married. 

7364.  iii.  Infant. 

7365.  iv.  William  Barber,  deceased. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

7335.  viL  Joseph  Child,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Samuel 
and  his  second  wife,  Hannah  Curby  Child,  b.  in  Le  Raysville, 
N.  Y.,  Jan.  18,  1825,  m.  1st,  April  3,  1851,  Mary  Jane  Cory, 
who  was  b.  May  8,  1830,  d.  May  24,  1862  ;  m.  2d,  July  11, 
1863,  Mary  E.  Carey,  who  was  b.  Feb.  7,  1838,  in  Wilna,  Jeff- 
erson county,  N.  Y.  Reside  iri  Le  Ray,  N.  Y. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7366.  i.  Byron  Madison  Child,  b.  June  5,  1853.    Resides  at  330  Hudson 
Ave.,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

7367.  ii.  Samuel  Child,  b.  April  10,  1857.    Resides  in  Le  Ray. 
[Fifth  Generation.] 

7325.  iii.  Joseph  Child,  Jr.,  third  son  and  child  of  Joseph 
and   Hannah  Burgess  Child,  b.  in  Le  Ray,  Jefferson  county, 
N.  Y.,  m.  Lois  Howland. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Child: 

7868.  i.  Hannah  Child,  unmarried. 
[Fifth  Generation.] 

732t).  iv.  MosES  Child,  fourth  son  and  child  of  Joseph  and 
and  Hannah  Burgess  Child,  b.  May  12, 1789,  m.  May  24,  1814, 
at  May  field,  Montgomery  county,  N.  Y,  Nancy  Burdick. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

7369.  i.  Amos  Child,  b.  June  19,  1815,  deceased. 

7370.  ii.  Lydia  Child,  b.  May  13.  1817,  deceased. 

7371.  iii.  Hannah  B.   Child,  b.  Oct.  25,  1822,  m.  May  18,  1848,  Daniel 
B.  Price. 

7372.  iv.  James  Child,  b.  Feb.  6,  1825,  m.  1st,  Mch.  3,  1848,  Susan  Dopp: 
m.  2d,  Elizabeth  Lewis. 

7373.  V.  Amos  Child,  2d,  b.  Sept.  18,  1827,  deceased. 

7374.  vi.  MosES  Child,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1831,  m.  Susan  — . 

7375.  vii.  Mahlon  M.  Child,  b.  Mch.  19,  1835,  m.  Mary  W.  Barton. 

[Sixth  Generation.  I 

7371.  iii.  Hannah   B.   Child,  third  child  and  second  dau. 
of  Moses  and  Nancy  Burdick  Child,  b.  in  Jefferson  county, 


HENRY  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS.  739 

N.  Y.,  Oct.  25,  1822,  m.  at  Le  Raysville,  N.  Y.,  May  18,  1848, 
Daniel  B.  Price.     Besides  at  Fallsington,  Bucks  county.  Pa.* 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7376.  i.  R.  Anna  Price. 

7377.  ii.  Clinton  Price,  deceased. 

7378.  iii.  Elizabeth  Price. 

7379.  iv.  Mary  C.  Price. 
[Sixth  Generation.! 

7372.  iv.  James  Child,  second  son  and  fourth  child  of 
Moses  and  Nancy  Burdick  Child,  b.  in  Henderson,  N.  Y.,  Feb. 
6,  1825,  m.  1st,  at  Western,  Oneida  county,  N.  Y.,  Mch.  3^ 
1848,  Susan  Dopp ;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Mary  Elizabeth  Lewis.  Re- 
sides in  Henderson. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7380.  i.  Nancy  Child,  b.  May  1852,  m.  Feb.  17. 1868,  William  Williams. 

7381.  ii.  Willard  Child,  b.  April  6, 1855;  fitting  himself  to  teach. 
7383.  iii.  Stella  Child,  b.  Dec.  27.  1860. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7380.  i.  Nancy  Child,  eldest  child  of  James  and  Susan 
Dopp  Child,  b.  May  1852,  in  Henderson,  N.  Y.,  m.  Feb.   17, 
1868,  William  Williams.     He  d.  1872. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

7383.  i.  Walter  Willlams,  b.  1869. 

7384.  ii.  Susan  Willlams,  b.  1871. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

7374.  vi.  Moses  Child,  fourth  son  of  Moses  and  Nancy 
Burdick  Child,  b.  Dec.  25,  1831,  m.  Susan  — . 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7385.  i.  William  D.  Child. 

7386.  ii.  Carrie  Louisa  Child. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

7375.  vii.  Mahlon  M.  Child,  fifth  son  and  seventh  child 
of  Moses  and  Nancy  Burdick  Child,  b.  in  Jeffei-son  county, 
N.  Y.,  Mch.  19,  1835,  m.  Mary  W.  Burton.  Mr.  M.  M.  Child 
is  a  real  estate  broker  and  conveyancer  in  Wilmington,  Dela- 
ware.    A  most  genial  gentleman. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 
.  7387.  i.  William  Lee  Child,  b.  about  1858. 

7388.  ii.  Henry  Child,  deceased. 

7389.  iii.  Lucy  Child,  b.  about  1867. 
[Fourth  Generation.] 

7322.  viii.  Cadwallader  Child,  eighth  child  of  Cephas 
Child  and  only  son  of  Cephas  and  Mary  Caldwallader  Child, 

*  To  Mr9.  H.  B.  Child  Price  we  are  Indebted  for  much  information  in  her  line,  and  reirret 
only  that  ehe  could  not  send  more  dates. 

C-2 


740  HENRY  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS. 

b.  in  Plumstead,  Bucks  county,  Pa.,  Aug.  18,  1776.  He  re- 
ceived as  good  an  English  education  as  the  schools  of  the 
period  afforded.  Working  upon  his  father's  farm  in  the  in- 
tervals of  school  terms.  When  twenty  years  of  age  he  became 
himself  a  teacher,  and  was  thus  employed  four  years.  In  1800 
he  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Rea,  daughter  of  John  and  Jane 
Forman  Rea,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa  Some  five  years  later  he 
moved  with  his  family  to  Philadelphia,  Jefferson  county,  N.  Y., 
"took  up"  440  acres  of  land,  and  settled  for  life.  During 
the  earlier  years  of  his  residence  in  Jefferson  county  he  was 
employed  as  agent  and  surveyor  by  Mr.  James  LeRay  De 
Chemont,  a  wealthy  land-holder  of  France.  Mr.  Cadwallader 
Child  died  April  3,  1851,  ae  74  years,  7  months,  15  days. 
Mrs.  E.  R.  Child  died  Dec.  '27,  1863,  se  90. 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children : 

7390.  i.  Aaron  Child,  b.  Jan.  19,  1801,  m.  Mary  Hicks. 

7391.  ii.  Joseph  A.  Child,  b.  Sept.  1,  1803,  m.  May  9,  1827.  Merriam 
Wattson. 

7392.  iii.  Oliver  Child,  b.  Feb.   16. 1807,  m.  1st,  July  29,  1830,  Edith 
Shaw;  m.  2d,  Sept.  12.  1844.  Eliza  Shepard. 

7393.  iv.  Mary  Child,  b.  Mch.  30.  1809,  m.  July  8,  1845.  Amos  Evans. 
7894.  V.  Gainor  Child,  b  June  6,  1812,  d.  unmarried  Feb.  19.  1847,  at 

Philadelphia,  Jefferson  county,  N.  Y. 

7395.  vi.  NAYI.OR  Child,  b.  Dec.  25, 1815,  m.  Aug.  22,  1864,  Julia  Rogers 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

7890.  i.  Aaron  Child,  eldest  child  of    Cadwallader  and 
Elizabeth  Kea  Child,  b.  in  Bucks  county.  Pa.,  Jan.   19,  1801, 
m.  Mary  Hicks. 
[Sixth  Generation.]      Children: 

7396.  i.  Joseph  Child,  m.  Asenath  Mosure. 

7397.  ii.  Oliver  Child. 

7398.  iii.  Noah  Child. 

7399.  iv.  Henry  Child. 

7400.  V.  Jemima  Child. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

7391.  ii.  Joseph  Ambler  Child,  second  son  and  child  of 
Cadwallader  and  Elizabeth  Eea  Child,  b.  in  Bucks  county. 
Pa.,  Sept.  1,  1803,  m.  May  9,  1827,  Merriam  Wattson.  In  the 
autumn  of  1870,  Mr.  Joseph  A.  Child  removed  to  Iowa,  and 
resides  with  his  elder  son. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

7401.  i.  Wattson  Child,  b.  April  14,   1832,  m.  Nov.  10,  1859,  Dnisilla 
Sheldon. 

7402.  ii.  Vincent  Child,  b.  May  15,  1885,  m.  Dec.  29.  1863,  Helen  F. 
Pierce. 


HENRY  CHILD  AND  DESCEND  AN 'J  "S.  741 

[Sixth  Generation.! 

7401.  i.  Wattson  Childs.  eldest  child  of  Joseph  A.  and 
Merriam  Wattson  Child,  b.  in  Le  Eay,  Jefferson  county,  N.Y., 
April  14,  1832,  m.  at  the  Willet  House,  Rome,  N.  Y.,  by  the 
Rev.  William  E.  Knox,  Nov.  10,  1859,  Drusilla  Sheldon  of 
Lee,  Oneida  county,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Wattson  Childs*  settled  in  Iowa 
in  Febuary,  1855  ;  is  now  a  resident  of  Manchester,  Delaware 
county,  Iowa. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

7403.  i.  Clara  H.  Childs,  b.  Dec.  29, 1863. 

7404.  ii.  Edith  L.  Childs,  b.  July  23,  18(57. 

7405.  iii.  Wilbert  V.  Childs,  b.  Sept.  2<J.  1871. 
7400.  iv.  Elmer  W.  Childs,  b.  Aug.  20,  1874. 

7407.  V.  Robert  E.  Childs,  b.  June  13,  1876. 
[Sixth  Generation.! 

7402.  ii.  Vincent  Childs,  second  son  and  child  of  Joseph 
A.  and  Merriam  Wattson  Child,  b.  in  JTefferson  count}',  N.  Y., 
May  lo,  1835,  m.  Dec.  29,  1863,  Helen  F.  Pierce  of  West 
Union,  Iowa.  Mr.  Childs  was  a  member  of  the  legal  fraternity. 
He  d.  Mch.  18,  1873. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

7408.  i.  George  W.  Childs,  b.  Oct.  18,  1804. 
[Fifth  Generation.! 

7392.  iii.  Oliver  Child,  third  son  and  child  of  Cad wallader 
and  Elizabeth  Rea  Child,  b.  in  Brownville,  Oneida  county, 
(now  Jefferson  county,)  N.  Y.,  Feb.  16,  1807,  m.  1st,  by  Peter 
Cooper,  Esq.,  of  Lehigh  county.  Pa.,  July  27,  1830,  Edith 
Shaw  ;  Mrs.  Edith  S.  Child  d.  1842;  m.  2d,  Sept.  12,  1841 
Eliza  Shepard  of  St  Lawrence  county,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Child  d.  Feb. 
28.  1878.  Mrs.  Eliza  S.  Child  resides  in  Philadelphia,  N.  Y. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

7409.  i.  Hamilton-  Child,  b.  Mch  17.  1836,  m.  Jan.  8,  1861,  Eunice  M. 
Read. 

7410.  ii.  Mary  J.  Child,  b.  Aug.  26,  1838,  m.  May  3.  1869,  Edward  J 
Stannard. 

7411.  iii.  Lewis  J.  Chh^d,  b.  Aug.  12,  1840,  ni.  Oct.  23,  1867.  Lydia  M. 
Wait. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7409.  i.  Hamilton  Child,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Oliver 
and  Edith  Shaw  Child,  b.  in  Philadelphia,  Jefferson  county, 
N.  Y.,  Mch.  17,  1836,  in.  Jan.  8,  18(51,  Eunice  M.  Reed  of 
Utica,  Oneida  county,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Child  is  an  active  business 
man,  and  has  made  his  extensive  acquaintance  in   his  native 

*  Mr.  Wattfon  ChUde  writes  that  he  and  h\»  brother  added  the  "0'*  to  their  names. 


742        ■  HENRY  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS. 

State  an  efficient  aid  to  the  compilation  of  this  Genealogy. 
He  is  the  publisher  of  the  "Peoples'  Comprehensive  Diaries.'' 
Kesidence,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7412.  i.  Jennie  Edith  Child,  b.  April  13.  1862,  d.  April  13.  1868,  at 
Ogdensburgh,  N.  Y. 

7413.  ii.  Carrie  Louisa  Rachel  Child,  b.  Nov.  1,  1865,  in  Philadel- 
phia, Jefferson  county,  N.  Y. 

7414.  iii.  Edith  Mary  Shepard  Child,  b.  Feb.  15,  1873,  in  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.  . 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7410.  ii.  Mary  Jane  Child,  only  dau.  of  Oliver  and  Edith 
Shaw  Child,  b.  in  Philadelphia,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  26, 1838,  m.  May 
3,  1869,  Edward  Judson  Stannard,  who  was  b.  Dea  12,  1829. 
His  parents  were  Heman  and  Minerva  Smith  Stannard,  and 
were  married  Sept.  5,  1809.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  J.  Stannard 
reside  at  Broadaxe,  Montgomery  county,  Pa. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7415.  i.  Ethlyn  Mikbrva  Stannard,  b.  July  7,  1870. 

7416.  ii.  Oliver  Edward  Stannard,  b.  Nov.  2,  1871. 

7417.  iii.  Lewis  Judson  Stannard,  b.  May  3,  1875. 

7418.  iv.  Edith  Stannard.  b.  Feb.  18, 1877.  d.  Aug.  26.  1877. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

7411.  iii.  Lewls  J  Child,  second  son  and  third  child  of 
Oliver  and  Edith  Shaw  Child,  b.  in  Philadelphia,  Jefferson 
county,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  12,  1840,  m.  Oct.  23,  l867,  Lydia  M. 
Wait.  Mr.  L.  J.  Child  resides  on  the  homestead,  a  portion  of 
the  land  purchased  by  his  grandfather  Cadwallader  Child,  in 
the  town  of  P[iiladeli)hia,  Jefferson  county,  N.  Y.  To  him 
we  are  indebted  for  the  first  regular  record  of  this  line,  most 
cordially  sent  us. 

[Seventh  Generation.]     Child: 

7419.  i.  Lewis  Eugene  Child,  b.  July  30,  1868,  in  Philadelphia,  N.  V. 
[Fifth  Generation.] 

7303.  iv.  Mary  Child,  only  dau.  of  Cadwallader  and  Eliz- 
abeth Kea  Child,  b.  in  LeRay,  Jefferson  county,  N.  Y.,  Mch. 
30,  1809,  m.  July  8,  1845,  Amos  Evans  of  Evans  Mills,  N.  Y. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

7420.  i.  Cephas  John  Evans,  b.  Jan.  27,  1847. 

7421.  ii.  Eliza  Gainok  Evans,  b.  Oct.  22,  1849,  m.  Nov.  27,  1871. 
(ilalard  DeLaney. 

7422.  iii.  Ci.aua  Abbey  Evans,  b.  July  19,  1852,  m.  Dec.  22,  1877. 
Byron  Jackson. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7421.  ii.  Eliza  Gainor  Evans,  eldest  dau.  and  second 
child  of  Mary  Child   and   Amos  Evans,  b.  in  Philadelphia, 


HENRY  CHILD  ANl)  DESCENDANTS.  748 

Jefferson  county,  N.  Y.,  Oct   22,  1849,  m.  Nov.   27,  1871, 
Galard  DeLancey  of  Orleans  county.     Residence,  Medina,  Or- 
leans county,  N.  Y. 
[Seventh  (ieneration.l    Child: 

7423.  i.  Maud  DbLanct,  b.  July  15,  1872. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7422.  iii.  Clara  A.  Evans,  second  dau.  and  third  child  of 
Mary  Child  and  Amos  Evans,  b.  in  LeRay,  Jefferson  county, 
N.  Y.,  July  19,  1852,  m.  Dec.   22,  1877,  Byron  Jackson,   at 
Carthage,  and  resides  in  Champion,  Jefferson  county,  N.  Y. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

7424.  i.  Bertha  May  Jackson,  b.  Nov.  20,  1878. 
[Fifth  Generation.] 

7395.  vi.  Naylor  Child,  youngest  child  of  Cadwallader 
and  Elisabeth  Kea  Child,  b.  in  Philadelphia,  Jefferson  county, 
N.  Y,  Dea  25,  1815,  m.  Aug.  22,  1864,  Julia  Sogers,  dau.  of 
Samuel  and  Kachel  Eogers.  Mr.  Naylor  Child  is  a  farmer  in 
easy  circumstances.  Besides  in  Masonville,  Iowa. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

7425.  i.  William  Stanley  Child,  b.  June  8,  1865. 

7426.  ii.  Frank  Henry  Child,  b.  Aug.  2,  1867. 

7427.  iii.  Mary  Annella  Child,  b.  Nov.  11,  1870. 
7428   iv.  Irving  Howard  Child,  b.  Dec.  24,  1876. 

[Third  Generation.  ] 

7312.  viii.  John  Child,  eighth  son  and  child  of  Cephas  and 
Mary  Atkinson  Child,  b.  in  Plumstead,  Bucks  county.  Pa.,  June 
14,  173y,  m.  Sept.  19,  1751,  Sarah  Shoemaker,  dau.  of  George 
and  Grace  Shoemaker  of  Warrington,  Pa. ;  they  were  married 
at  Friends  meeting.  He  d.  1801,  at  Frankfort,  Pa. 
[Fourth  Generation.]    Children: 

7429.  i.  Henry  Child,  b.'Oct.  12,  1753.  m  May  22,  1788,  Sarah  Kirk. 

7430.  ii.  Grace  Child,  b.  Jan.  31,  1754,  d.  in  her  sixth  year. 

7431.  iii.  Saeah  Child,  b.  Nov.  20,  1755,  m.  Benjamin  Lloyd. 
7482.  iv.  Elisabeth  Child,  b.  Nov.  15.  1757,  m.  Thomas  Parry. 

7433.  V.  Mary   Child,  b.   Nov.  19,  1759,    m.  Caleb  Hallowell.  d.  July  5. 
1842. 

7434.  vi.  Iseael  Child,  b.  Dec  6,  1701,  d.  in  his  third  year. 

7435.  vii.  Abraham  Child,  b.  Mch.  4,  1764.  d.  in  his  sixth  year. 

7436.  viii.  Grace  Child,  2d,  b.  Dec.  26,  1765,  m.  Joseph  Kirk. 

7437.  ix.  John  Child.  Jr.,  b.  Nov.  25,  176S,  d.  in  his  second  year. 

7438.  X.  Hannah  Child,  b,  Oct.  28,  1770,  m.  Thomas  Walton,  d.  May  18, 
1797. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

7429.  i.  Henry   Child,  eldest  child  of  John   and   Sarah 

Shoemaker  Child,  b.   Oct.  12,   1752,  m.  May  22,  1788,  Sarah 


744  HENRY  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANT& 

Kirk,  dau.  of  Isaac  and  Mary  Kirk  of  Upper  Dublin  Town- 
ship, Montgomery  county.  Pa.,  at  Abington  Meeting. 
[Fifth  Generation.  I    Children: 

7439.  i.  John  Child,  b.  Sept.  20,  1789,  ra.  about  1811.  Rachel  Teas. 

7440.  ii.  Mary  Child,  b.  Nov.  30,  1793,  d.  1804. 

7441.  iii.  Elisabeth  Child,  b.  Aug.  20,  1797,  m.  Isaac  K.  Wright,  d. 
Nov.  4,  1856. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

7439.  i.  John  Child,  eldest  child  of  Henry  and  Sarah  Kirk 

Child,  b.  Sept.  20,  1789,  m.  about  1811,  Rachel  Teas,  d.  June 

18,  1876. 

ISixth  Generation.!    Children : 

7442.  i.  John  Teas  Child,  b.  Dec.  14,  1812.  d.  Aug.  24,  1832,  of  cholera. 

7443.  ii.  Samuel  Teas  Child,  b.  Oct.  6,  1814,  m.  Mch.  25,  1840.  Sarah 
Lloyd. 

7444.  iii.  Hesey  Teas  Child,  b.  Aug  16,  1816,  m.  1st.  Mch.  28,  1839, 
Anna  R.  Pickering;  m.  2d,  April  25,  1843,  Sarah  Ann  Nicholson,  m.  3d, 
Jan  18.  1854.  Ellen  M.  Hancock. 

7445.  iv.  Isaac  T.  Child,  b.  Oct.  29,  1818,  d.  Aug.  15,  1832.  of  cholera. 

7446.  V.  Thomas  T.  Child,  b.  Aug.  15,  1820,  m.  1st,  Dec.  25,  1843,  Elis- 
abeth Kenderdine;  m.  2d,  Oct.  13,  1847,  Anna  Martin. 

7447.  vi.  Mary  T.  Child,  b.  Dec.  27.  1824,  m.  June  26.  1845,  Hector  C- 
Ivins. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7443.  ii.  Samuel  Teas  Child,  second  son  and  child  of 
John  and  Rachel  Teas  Child,  b.  Oct.  i\  1814,  m.  Mch.  25, 
1840,  Sarah  Lloyd.  Supposed  to  reside  in  Philadelphia,  Pfi. 
[Seventh  Generation  ]    Children: 

7448.  i.   Harry  L.  Child,  b.  Jan.  23,  1841. 

7449.  ii.  Mary  T.  Child,  b.  Dec.  8,  1846. 

7450.  iii.  Alice  B.  Child,  b.  Jan.  9.  1855.  d.  June  18,  1868. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

7444.  iii.  Henry  Teas  Child,  M.  D.,  third  son  and  child 
of  John  and  Rachel  Teas  Child,  b.  Aug.  \6,  1816,  m.  1st, 
Mch.  28,  1839,  Anna  R.  Pickering;  she  d^  May  19,  1840  :  m. 
2d,  April  25,  1843,  Sarah  Ann  Nicholson  ;  she  died  Dea  5, 
1852;  m.  3d,  Jan.  IS,  1854,  Ellen  M.  Hancock.  Residence, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.  Dr.  Child  furnished  the  descendants  so  far 
as  we  have  them  of  John  and  Sarah  Shoemaker  Child. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children:    By  first  marriage. 

7451.  i.  Anna  R.  Child,  b.  May  13,  1840,  d.  Dec.  24,  1840. 

By  second  marriage : 

7452.  ii.  Anna  R.  Child.  2d,  b.  Jan.  23,  1844.  d.  Dec.  24.  1^50. 

7453.  iii.  Lizzie  N.  Child,  b  Nov.  24,  1845. 

7454.  iv.  John  M.  Child,  b.  Sept.  22.  1847. 

7455.  V.  William  H.  Child,  b.  Mch.  11,  1851.  d.  Mch.  12,  1851. 

7456.  vi.  Sarah  Ann  Child,  b  Nov.  11,  1852.  d.  same  day. 


HENRY  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS.  745 

By  third  marriage : 

7457.  vii.  William  Hbnrt  Child,  b  April  5,  1855. 

7458.  viii.  Anna  Maria  Child,  b.  Dec.  18, 1857,  d.  Jan.  10,  1858. 

7459.  ix.  Edward  Southwick  Child,  b.  Feb.  21,  1859. 

7460.  X.  Thomas  Hancock  Child,  b.  Dec.  20, 1860. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7446.  V.  Thomas  Teas  Child,  fifth  son  and  child  of  John 
and  Rachel  Teasi  Child,  b.  Aug.  15,  1820,  m.  1st,  Dec.  25, 
1848,  Elisabeth  Kenderdine ;  she  d  Dec.  1,  1844 ;  m.  2d,  Oct. 
13, 1847,  Anna  Martin. 

[Seventh  Generation  ]    Children: 

7461.  i.  Elisabeth  K.  Child,  b.  Aug.  21,  1848.  d.  same  day. 

7462.  11.  Geoege  C.  Child,  b.  Mch.  5,  1851. 

7463.  iii.  Elisabeth  K.   Child.  2d.  b.Oct.  26. 1853,  d.  Feb.  22,  I860. 

7464.  iv.  Rachel  Ann  Child,  b.  Sept.  21,  1856. 

[Sixth  Generation.  | 

7447.  vi.  Mary  Teas  Child,  only  dau.  of  John  and  Rachel 
Teas  Child,  b.  Dec.  27, 1824,  m.  June  26, 1S45,  Hector  C.  Ivins; 
he  d.  Jan.  17,  1869. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

7465.  i.  Arthur  C.  Ivins.  b.  Sept.  15,  1845. 

7466.  ii.  Thomas  C.  Ivins,  b.  Sept.  26,  1848. 

7467.  iii.  Rachel  C.  Ivins,  b.  Dec.  27,  1850,  d.  June  1,  1866. 

7468.  iv.  Margaret  Ivins,  b.  Aug.  9,  1855. 

[Third  Generation.] 

7313.  ix.  Isaac  Child,  youngest  child  and  son  of  Cephas 
and  Mary  Atkinson  Child,  b.  in  Plumstead,  Bucks  county, 
Pa,  Mch.  14,  1734,  m.  1759,  Rachel  Bradshaw.  Isaac  Child 
was  a  minister  among  the  Friends,  and  possessed  of  unusual 
spiritual  gifts  and  grace.  In  1757  he  had  a  ^'  vision  ''  a  full 
record  of  it  is  in  the  possession  of  one  of  his  descendants  ;  we 
would  gladly  have  given  some  portion  of  it,  or  abstract,  had 
it  been  in  our  powei.  Upon  the  descendants  of  Isaac  Child  a 
most  loving,  devout  spirit  has  been  transmitted.  Isaac  Child 
died  April  6,  1769. 
[Fourth  Generation.]    Children: 

7469.  i.  Jonathan  Child,  b.  June  13,  1761,  m.  Feb.  2, 1799,  Deborah 
Michener. 

7470.  ii.  Rachel  C:hild,  b.  Feb.  9.  1763,  m.  Joseph  Atkinson. 

7471  iii.*  Isaac  Child,  Jr.,  b.  July  2u,  1765,  d.  Sept.  9. 1803,  unmarried, 
in  New  York  City,  or  Philadelphia,  Pa.* 

7472.  iv.  Ruth  Child,  b.  May  4.  1767,  m.  Jonathan  Brown. 

7473.  v.  Israel  Child,  b.  Mch.  28,  1769.  m.  — . 

*Aii  acrontlc  by  this  »ou  of  Isaac  Child  will  be  found  in  the  appendix— not  being 
obtained  in  season  to  be  placed  elsewhere. 


746 


HENRY  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS. 


I  Fourth  Generation  | 

7469.  i  Jonathan  Child,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Isaac 
and  Kacliel  Bradshaw  Child,  h  in  PluriHtead,  Bucks  couutyi 
Pa,  June  13,  1761,  m.  Feb.  7,  1799,  Deborah  Michenen 
[Fiflh  Generation.  I     ChUdrtm:, 

7474.  i  Isaac  Child,  b,  Dec*  15»  1799,  ni.  but  we  Qo  not  learn  u>  whon^ 
and  have  no  aet?(>unt  of  his  desceridantB.  Tie  lia^  sent  us  the  letters  of  hU 
ancestor,  Henry  Child  of  Eiiglund,  und  the  Muro.slie 

7475.  ii.  Geokoe  M.  Child,  b.  Mch.  27,  1801,  m.  Nov.  26,1829.  Sarah  lij 
Wood. 

7476  iii,  Rachel  B  Child,  b.  April  1,  1803.  m  Nov.  11,  1836,  David 
Hutchinson.  M,  IX 

7477.  iv,  IstiAEL  Child,  b,  Jan.  16,  1805.  m.  Nov.  11,  183l|  Ann  AinblerJ 

7478.  V.  Jonathan  Child,  Jr.,  b.  May  26,  1807.  d.  Oot.  9.  1821. 

7479.  vi.  Joshua  Child,  b.  Aug,  3.  1810.  d   Aug.  3.  1637. 
(Fifth  Generation] 

7475.  ii,  George  M.  Child,  seeoiul  son  and  child  of  Jona 
than  and  Deboi'ah  Michener  Cbikh  b.  Mch.  27,  1799.  m.  No^ 
26,  1829,  Surah  H.  Wood,  daughter  of  James  and  Tacy  Wood 
She  died  Oct  19,  184^. 
[Sixth  Generation.!     Children : 

7480.  i.  RANDOLpn  Child,  b.  Mch.  4,  1836,  d  Aug.  24,  1836 

7481.  ii.  Mahy  T.  Child,  h.  April  12,  1838,  ni.  Oct.  13,  1870,  Josenb 
Walter,  M.  D.* 
[Fifth  Generation] 

7476.  iii.  Rachel  B.  Child,  only  dau.  of  Jonathan  atij 
Deborah  Michener  Child,  b.  April  1.  1803,  m,  Nov,  11,  1836i 
David  Hutehinson.  M.  D.,  who  d.  Dec.  31,  187L 
[Six th  G e m* ra t i on .  ]    Ch i I d re n : 

7482.  i.  Elizaukth  HtTTCHiN.soN,  b.  Dec.  23,  1837.  d.  April  11.  1842. 

7483.  ii.  HEoRaE  W,  Hittchinson,  )  «  /  *^.  1841. 

-  §  -      b.  Feb.  7,  184-. 

7484.  in.  Edward  Manley  HrTCHrKSoN,  i  e-  i  in,  1869  or  *70.  Ckv  Anna 

Lloyd.     Have  two  children;  reside  at  Cannelton  W.  Virginii 

7485.  iv.  James  Prmbeeto.v  HuTcHrNsoxV,  b,  Oct.  3,  ]843. 
[Fifth  Gen<?ration.] 

7477.  iv,  LsHAEL  Child,  third  son  of  Jonathan  and  Deboral 
Micbener  Cbild,  b.  Jan,  16,  1805,  m,  Nov.  IL  1S31,  Ann 
Ambler,  she  d,  Nov,  1,  1853. 
[Sixth  Generation,]     Children: 

7486.  I  Kdwakii  Hknky  Child,  b   Feb  12,  1833,  m, 
gurot  P.  iJniwn. 

7487.  ii.  Thomas  Bromley  Child,  b.  Julv31, 1834,  m.  1st,  Louise  I 
fieUl;  m.  2d.  Oc'.  31,  1878,  Sallie  Curtb. 

7488.  iii,  Hannah  Coild,  b.  Aug  24,  1836,  d.  young. 

7489.  iv.  JoiLN  M.  Child,  b,  Nov.  Iti.  1837.  d.  May  29,  1870,  in  Austifl 
Nevada, 

7490.  v.  Marjktta  H.  Child,  b.  Mch,  13.  1841,  d.  June  6,  1864. 

*  To  Mrs    M   T.  Cblld  WAltcr  we  arv  todcbted  for  much  Id  tbtt  Hue,  und  Ci 
tender  our  tlnauks. 


Meh   10,  1866,  Mil 
Linli 


HBNRY  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS.  747 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7487.  ii  Thomas  Bromley  Child,  second  son  and  child  of 
Israel  and  Ann  Ambler  Child,  b.  July  31, 1834,  m.  1st,  Louise 
M.  Linkfield,  who  d.  Dea  1,  1869;  dl  2d,  Oct.  31, 1878,Sallie 
Curtis.     Beside  in  Austin,  Nevada. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7491.  i.  Infant,  d.  young 

7492.  ii.  Haeold  Child,  b.  Nov.  16, 1879. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

7470.  ii.  Bachel  B.  Child,  eldest  dau.  of  Isaac  and  Bachel 
Braidshaw  Child,  b.  Feb.  9,  1763,  m.  Joseph  Atkinson  of  Bris- 
tol, Pa 
[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

7493.  1   Isaac  Atkinson. 

7494.  ii.  Sallie  Atkinson,  m.  Mr.  Hough. 

7495.  iii.  Rachel  Atkinson. 

7496.  iv.  Ruth  Atkinson,  m.  William  Moody  of  Baltimore.  Had  five 
children,  all  are  dead. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

7494.  ii.  Sallie  Atkinson,  eldest  dau.  of  Bachel  Child  and 
Joseph  Atkinson,  m.  Mr.  Hough. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Child: 

7497.  i.  Makietta  Sophia  Houoh.  resides  in  Baltimore,  Md. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

7472.  iv.  BuTH  Child,  second  dau.  of  Isaac  and  Bachel 
Bradshaw  Child,  b.  May  4,  1767,  m.  Jonathan  Brown.  Besided 
in  Bahway,  N.  J. 

[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

7498.  i.  Maey  Beown. 

7499.  ii.  Andeew  Beown. 

7500.  iii.  Saeah  Beown. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

7473.  V.  Israel  Child,  youngest  son  and  child  of  Isaac  and 
Bachel  Bradshaw  Child,  b.  Mch.  28,  1769,  m.  Permelia  — . 

[The  aex^ount  of  this  family  was  to  come  througli  one  of  the 
sons,  Henry  C.  Child  of  Freeport,  Stevenson  county.  111.  We 
have  deferred  to  our  latest  possible  time  the  arranging  of  this 
record,  trusting  the  intended  communication  should  reach  us; 
we  are  compelled  most  regretfully  to  publish  the  incomplete 
report,  presuming  some  unforseen  occurrence  has  delayed  or 
prevented  the  expected  record.] 


748  HENRY  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS. 

[Fifth  Generation.]    Children: 

7501.  i.  Henry  C.  Chiij>. 

7502.  iL  Isaac  Child,  b.  July  15.  1809.  m.  Mch.  16.  1837,  Susanna  W. 
Devers.  We  understand  there  were  other  children  but  do  not  receive  the 
names,  nor  do  we  know  if  those  given  are  in  due  chronological  order. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

7502.  ii.  Isaac  Child,  son  of  Israel  and  Permelia  Child,  b. 
July  15, 1809,  m.  Mch.  16,  1837,  Susanna  W.  Devers.  Isaac 
Child  d.  May  16,  1875. 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

7503.  i.  Elizabeth  D.  Child,  b.  Jan.  17.  1838.  m.  Mch.  19,  1865.  Fred- 
erick Morley. 

7504.  ii.  RuTHANNA  (^HiLD.  b.  Oct.  5,  1839,  in.  Mch.  29.  1862.  Benjamin 
M.  Collins. 

7505.  iii.  John  W.  Child,  b.  May  17,  1841,  m.  April  6.  1870,  Lavinia 
S.  Early. 

7506.  iv.  Alice  D.  Child,  b.  Mav  10.  1845,  m.  Dec.  24,  1868,  Joseph  T. 
Hart. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7503.  i.  Elizabeth  D.  Child,  eldest  child  of  Isaac  and 
Susanna  W.  Devers  Child,  b.  Jan.  17,  1838.  m.  Mch.  19, 1865, 
Frederick  Morley. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

7507.  i.  Agnks  S.  Morley.  b   April  26,  1866,  d.  Jan.  5.  1872. 

7508.  ii.  Maktha  M.  Morley,  b.  Dec.  30.  1870. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7504.  ii.  Ruthanna  Child,  second  dau.  and  child  of  Isaac 
and  Susanna  W.  Devers  Child,  b.  Oct  5,  1839,  m.  Mch.  29, 
1862,  Benjamin  M.  Collins. 

[Seventh  (feneration.]     Children: 

7509.  i.  E.MMARETTA  K.  Collins,  b.  June  16,  186;3. 

7510.  ii.  Rebecca  S.  Collins,  b.  April  27,  1865.  d.  Aug.  8,  1867. 

7511.  iii.  Mary  Anna  Collins,  b.  Nov.  16.  1866,  d.  July  17,  1867. 

7512.  iv.   Alden  M.  Collins,  b.  Mch.  10.  1869. 

[Sixth  Generation.  | 

7505.  iii.  John  W.  Child,  only  son  of  Isaac  and  Susanna 
W.  Devers  Child,  b.  May  17,  1841,  m.  April  6,  187u,  I^vinia 

S.  Early. 

I  Seventh  Generation.]     Children: 

7513.  i.  and  ii.  Twin  sons,  d.  young. 

7514.  iii.  Albert  R.  Child,  b.  Mch.  11,  1874. 

[Sixth  Generation.) 

7506.  iv.  Alice  D.  Child,  youngest  child  of  Isaac  and 
Susanna  W.  Devers  Child,  b.  May  10,  1846,  m.  Mch.  19,  1865, 
Joseph  T.  Hart     Residence  Solebury,  Bucks  county.  Pa. 


HBNBY  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTa  749 

[To  Mrs.  Hart  we  are  happy  to  acknowledge  our  indebtedness 
for  our  record  so  far  as  we  possess  it  of  the  descendants  of 
Israel  and  Permelia  Child.] 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7515.  i.  John  C.  Haet.  b.  Nov.  14.  1870,  d.  Mch.  26,  1873. 

7516.  ii.  Charles  H.  Hart.  b.  Dec.  20.  1872. 
'  7517.  iii.  Isaac  C.  Hart,  b.  Mch.  21,  1875. 

7518.  iv.  Susanna  C  Hart.  b.  Mch.  4.  1877. 

7519.  V.  Mercy  H.  Hart,  b.  Mch.  7,  1879. 


We  give  next  all  we  have  received  of  another  branch  of  this 
line,  doubtless  descendants  of  Abraham  or  Henry  Child,  sons 
of  Cephas  and  Mary  Atkinson  Child,  born  in  Plumstead,  Bucks 
county,  Pa.,  in  the  years  1724  and  1726.  It  is  known  to  those 
now  living  in  Morristown,  Pa.,  that  their  grandfather  came 
from  Bucks  county,  and  was  of  the  society  of  Friends ;  his 
name  was  John  Child,  and  he  had  brothers  named  George  and 
Jesse,  this  is  all  we  know  of  them.  We  therefore  place  the 
known  head  of  this  family  in  the  fourth  generation,  as  he 
would  be  if  the  son  of  one  of  the  two  brothers  mentioned. 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

7520.  John  Child,  b.  in  Plumstead,  Bucks  county,  Pa., 
about  130  or  140  years  ago,  m.  Mary  Phipps,  daughter  of  a 
neighbor.  "  They  left  Bucks  county,  and  settled  near 
Plymouth  Meeting  in  Montgomery  county,  about  110  years 
ago ;  had  twelve  children  (all  now  deceased),  eight  of  whom 
lived  to  be  men  and  women. 
[Fifth  Generation. J    Children: 

7521.  i.  Mary  Chh^d,  m.  Mr.  Pitt  of  Delaware  county,  had  a  large  fam- 
ily, and  has  many  descendants,  not  traced. 

7522.  ii.  Petar  Child,  m.  twice. 

7523.  iii.  Sarah  Child,  m.  John  Conrad,  raised  a  family  of  twelve  child- 
ren, nine  sons  and  three  daughters.  Nine  still  living,  married  and  with 
large  families  are  settled  near  their  old  home  at  Plymouth  Meeting,  Pa. 

7524.  iv.  James  Child,  unmarried,  lived  to  be  nearly  70  years  old. 

7525.  V.  Tact  Child,  unmarried,  lived  to  be  over  70. 

7626.  vi.  Elizabeth  Child,  m.  John  Robinson,  moved  to  Ohio;  had  two 
children,  a  son  and  daughter,  neither  of  them  living  and  only  one  descend- 
ant, a  great-grandson,  3  or  4  years  old.     (1880.) 

7527.  vii   John  Child,  Jr.,  m.  1824,  Ann  Moore. 

7528.  viii.  Margaret  Child,  m.  John  Davis  of  Delaware  county,  had  four 
children  who  grew  up  but  have  since  died,  leaving,  it  is  believed,  no  issue. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

7522.  ii.  Petar  Child,   eldest  son    of   John    and    Mary 

Phipps  Child,  b.  probably  in  Montgomery  county,  Pa.,    and 


ffEOKOE  WILLTAM  OHHiim 

twice  married*  but  we  possess  no  dates,  neither  tho  tintrMSi 

his  wives. 

f Sixth  Generfttion.l     Children: 

7529.  i.  Jambs  Chill\  ni,  and  hjis  Iwn  flmi^rhters,  mimes  not  «M?nt* 

7530.  ii.  Sakah  Child,  ra.  und  hms  »  family,  no  datj*  thereof. 

7531.  ill,  8.  P,  Corr-ii,  m.  and  has  three  sons  and  thre<j  dau^hu>f»> 
and  dates  deficient. 

fPifth  GenemticjnJ 

7527.  xii.  John   Child,  Jr,  youngest   child   of  Jobn  an 

Marj^  Pliijips  Chikls^  b.  in  Montgomery  county,  Pa..  1796, 

Feb.  1822,  Ann  Moore,  and  d.  Mch.  1325.      We  had  wrilt- 

bim  as  tlie  seventh  child,  as  in  that  order  be  had  betiir  usLUif 

and  as  no  dates  were  given  we  could  not  tell  w^here  be  she 

come.     Have  since  learned  he  was  the  twelfth  child 

fStstth  Generation,]     Chililrt^n: 

7582.  i.  Jacoh  CiriLO  in.  and  ha^  two  stonsi  and  two  daiijerhlerw.  Kp 
Mr.  Child  we  a»eeiveaU  this  record,  and  great Iv  regret  that  hi^did  IKK  M 
the  names  of  his  children.  To  liim  we  exi^ret^s  nur  indrhfj'dn^ss  fori 
piea»Hnt  response. 

753:1  ii.  Infant  K>n  died  young". 


GEORGE  WILLIAM  CHILnS-Philaaelidiia.  IVnn. 

One  of  the   leiiding  descendants  of  Henry  Child  of 
Hill,  Eiig.,  whose  record  w^e  have  just  closed,  writes  us  tlytt 
George  William  Childs  is  of  their  line.      For  this  reas<>n 
place    him  in  jnxtuposition  to  this  liranch.      It  is  jdt^asant 
think  that  Mr.  Childs  belongs  to  so  noble  a  brancb. 

The  record  we  have  of  Mr.  Childs  is  mainly  that  of  cxtrac 
from   printed  sketches  of    his   life,  which  have   been    ealle 
forth  by  such  incidents  as  have  marked  Ins  Idstory,     He 
b<>rn  in  Baltimore,  Md,,  in  1829. 

mn  m)Ynoot). 

Mr.  James  Piirlon  in  a  sketch  written  in  1870.  saya: 

Uh  early  friends  in  Bfdtiin<^r«do  no!  dcplet  him  as  in  the  lon^t  rf*** 
tht*  idt^at  hoy  of  nimliTn  tiovels — the  Tt*m  Browne,  who  jnit  fur 
whole  soul  in  foot-hall  and  cricket,  and  l>estow  the  n?Uift*nt  n^doi* 
the  serious  husiiines^  of  sch<H*l,  With  sineer«>  di^ferenr**  ti>  onr  \w 
guniiU  Mr.  Tlnnnas  Hughes,  I  mnst  l>eg  leave  to  »lat4?.  that  sufM^Hfir  men, 
who  learn  to  govern  iheinselvc*  and  direct  affairs,  do  not  sftend  their  boy- 
hood »o.  Noi  in  the  Ktighy  »tyle  do  tiie  JefToreon^i  Frankhnii*  PitU,  ^mk^ 
Watt.s.  nor  the  great  men  of  Itusine^  nor  the  tin  mortal  of  ttt<*nituni  ami 
art  paiHs  the  jiriceless  hours  of  Ixiyhood  and  youth  Such  Iwjys  do  fwitd^ 
epise  1  he  oarand  iheliat.  hut  Ihey  do  not  esalt  th^  sporuof  the pUT.ftt»it| 


GEORGE  WILLIAM  CHILDS.  751 

to  the  chief  place  in  their  regard.    This  boy  certainly  did  not.     He  exhib- 


h-  'I     •       •       : 

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GEORGE  WILLIAM  CHILDS.  751 

to  the  chief  place  in  their  regard.  This  boy  certainly  did  not.  He  exhib- 
ited, even  as  a  child,  two  traits  seldom  found  in  the  same  individual:  a 
remarkable  aptitude  for  business,  and  a  remarkable  liberality  in  giving 
away  tha  results  of  his  boyish  trading.  At  school  he  was  often  bartering 
boyish  treasures— knives  for  pigeons,  marbles  for  pop-guns,  a  bird-cage  for 
a  book;  and  he  displayed  an  intuitive  knack  in  getting  a  good  bargain  by 
buying  and  selling  at  the  right  moment.  At  a  very  early  age  he  had  a 
sense  of  the  value  of  time,  and  a  strong  inclination  to  become  a  self-sup- 
porting individual.  Ho  has  told  his  friends  that,  in  his  tenth  year,  when 
school  was  dismissed  for  the  summer,  he  took  the  place  of  errand-boy  in  a 
bookstore,  and  spent  the  vacation  in  hard  work.  This  was  not  romantic, 
but  it  was  highly  honorable  to  a  liitle  fellow  to  be  willing  thus  to  work  for 
the  treasures  that  boys  desire.  At  thirteen  he  entered  the  U.  S.  Navy,  and 
spent  fifteen  months  in  the  service ;  an  experience  and  discipline  not  with- 
out good  results  upon  his  health  and  character. 

He  was  a  favorite  among  his  boyish  friends.  One  of  them,  Hon.  J.  J, 
Stewart,  of  Maryland,  has  recently  said:  "  He  was  then  what  you  find  him 
now.  His  heart  was  always  larger  than  his  means.  There  is  but  one  thing 
he  always  despised,  and  that  is  meanness;  there  is  but  one  character  he 
bates,  and  that  is  a  liar.  When  he  left  Baltimore,  a  little  boy,  the  affec- 
tionate regret  of  all  his  companions  followed  him  to  Philadelphia;  and  the 
attachment  they  felt  for  him  was  more  like  romance  than  reality  in  this 
every-day  world.  ...  I  remember  that  he  wrote  to  me  years  ago, 
when  we  were  both  boys,  that  he  meant  to  prove  that  a  man  cauld  be  liberal 
and  successful  at  the  same  time.** 

Let  us  see  if  the  career  of  the  man  has  fulfilled  the  dream  of  the  boy. 

LTpon  reaching  Philadelphia,  a  vigorous  lad  of  fourteen,  he  knew  but 
one  family  in  the  city,  and  they,  soon  removing,  left  him  friendless  there. 
He  found  employment  in  his  old  vocation  of  shop-boy  in  a  bookstore. 
Paying  strict  attention  to  business ,  working  early  and  late  for  his  employer, 
disdaining  no  honest  service,  he  soon  had  an  opportunity,  young  as  he  was, 
of  showing  that  he  possessed  the  rarest  faculty  of  a  business  ma.n— Judg- 
ment. After  shutting  up  the  store  in  the  evening,  he  was  entrusted  by  his 
employer  with  the  duty  of  frequenting  the  book  auctions  and  making  pur- 
chases; and  by  the  time  he  was  sixteen,  it  was  ho  who  was  regularly  deputed 
to  attend  the  book  trade-sales  at  New  York  and  Boston 

BUSINESS. 

After  serving  in  this  capacity  for  four  years,  being  then  eighteen  years  of 
age.  having  saved  a  few  hundred  dollars  capital,  and  accumulated  a  much 
larger  capital  in  character,  in  knowledge  of  business,  and  in  the  confidence 
of  business  men,  he  hired  a  small  slice  of  the  Ledger  building,  and  set  up 
in  business  for  himself.  Already  he  felt  that  his  mission  was  to  conduct  a 
great  daily  paper;  already,  he  had  said  to  himself,  that  paper  shall  be  the 
Public  Ledger, 

ENTRA^'CE    UPON   BUSINESS   AT   EIGHTEEN   YEARS   OF   AGE. 

In  his  narrow  slip  of  a  store  in  the  Ledger  building,  he  bestirred  himself 
mightily  and  throve  apace.  Faculty  is  tilways  in  demand;  and  I  say  again, 
a  young  man  generally  gets  a  step  forward  in  his  career  about  as  soon  as  he 
is  able  to  hold  it. 


GEORGE  WILLIAM  CHTLBS. 


BECOlfES  A   MEMBER  OF  THE   FIRM   OF  R.   E.    PETER&a^  a  Ca« 

Before  he  was  quite  twenty-one,  we  find  him  a  member  of  that  publisblfl 
firm  which  afterwards  obtained  so  much  celebrity  and  success  iiml«>r  rhe 
title  of  Childs  &  Peterson,      The  intelligent  head  of  the  old  firm  of  K 
Peterson  &  Co.  had  the  diseemment  to  »ee  his  capacity,  autl  sought 
alliance  with  him.     It  was  a  strong  firm:  for  the  talent  it  eontained  was  i 
once  great  and  various.      Mr,  Peterson  and  hi^  family  had  conifidenib 
knowledge  of  st^'ionce  and  litoratiire,  and  Mr  ChiUU  posjsessed  tJiat  sui] 
intuitive  judgment  of  the  public  taste  and  the  public  needs  without  whio 
no  man  can  succeed  ti^  a  publisher.     He  had,  also,  that  strong  confidenc 
in  his  own  judgment  whteh  gave  him  courage  to  ri^k  vast  amounts  of  cap 
tal>  and  even  the  solvency  of  the  firm,  upon  enterprises  at  which  many  a 
more  experienced  publisher  would  have  ^^haken  his  lie»id. 

There  \^  no  business  so  diflk'ult  as  that  of  publishing  books.      Few  i?u 
ceed  in  it.  and  still  fewer  attain  a  success  at  all  eomme^urate  with  the  cne 
gy  and  risk  which  it  demands.      In  the  firm  of  Childs  and   Peterson  th« 
was  much  of  lK>th  kinds  of  judgment— that  which  cornea  of  general  knov 
edge,  and  that  which  results  from  a  knowledge  of  the  world,     Consequeutijj 
nearly  all  of  its  ventured  were  succe^fuK      They  published  few  bi>t»k 
but  they  frequently  contrived  to  make  a  great  hit  once  a  year.      Mr.  Pct€ 
son  compiled  a  work  from  various  sources  called  "Familiar  Science,"  whlc 
Mr  Childs*  energy  and  tact  pushed  toasaieof  two  hundred  thousand  topie 
and  secured  for  it  a  footing  in  many  schools,  which  it  retains  to  this  dail 
We  all  remeudier  with  what  skill  and  pei*sistence  Mr  Childs  trumpeted  Til 
brilliant  works  of  Dr  Kane  upon  *'  Antic  Explorations,"  and  how  he  miw 
ns  all  buy  the  volumes  as  they  appeared  at  five  dullar«,  and  how  glad 
were  we  had  bought  them  when  we  came  to  read  them.     Xor  ums  Ijf    Ku 
ill-pleased  to  receive  a  copy-rigbl  of  ab«>ut  $70,0(K). 

Among  the  massively  useful  books  bearing  his  imprint,  there  is  ihai  un\ 
extraordinary  enterprise,  *'  Dr,  Allibone*s  Dictionary  of  Englisli  and*Ame 
ican  Authors,'*  which  is  dedicated  to  Mr,  Childs.  Jt  is  questionable  if  thc^ 
has  ever  been  produced  by  one  man  a  book  involving  a  greater  amount 
labor,  or  one  containing  a  smaller  proportion  of  eiTora.  than  this  coli>sa 
dictionary.  Uft-eu  as  I  have  had  ix-casion  to  use  it,  I  have  never  done 
without  a  new  sense  of  its  wonderful  character.  Probably  when  Mr.  Child 
undertook  its  publication,  there  was  hardly  another  publishing  house  in  th 
world  that  would  have  given  the  laborious  author  any  encouragement:  an 
it  is  safe  to  add  that  but  for  the  outbreak  of  the  war,  he  would  have  puslm 
it  to  a  compensating  sale  Other  costly  works  published  by  Mr.  Childs  i 
*'Bouvier*s  Law  Dictionary,"  *' Bouvier's  Institutes  of  American  Law.l 
"Sharswood's  Blackstone,"  *'  Fletcher's  Brazil,"  and  **  Lossing's  lllustmK 
History  of  the  Civil  War,*' 

POWER   TO  30LKE  FRIENDS. 

His  career  has  not  been  all  triumph ;  nor  can  he«  any  more  than  other  uied 
justly  cJaim  that  his  success  is  due  to  his  unassisted  powers.  The  stron^c^ 
man  needs  the  aid  of  his  fellows,  and  he  is  the  strongest  man  who  knoi 
best  how  to  win  and  deserve  that  assistance.  Such  a  man  as  Mr.  Child 
makes  friends.  It  *M?longs  to  bis  hearty,  hopeful,  and  generous  nature  | 
inspire  rc^gard  in  kindred  minds;  and  even  minds  that  have  little  im 


GEORGE  WILLIAM  CHILDS.  753 

mon  with  his  owd,  love  to  bask  in  the  sunshine  of  his  influence.  It  so 
chanced  that,  among  the  friends  who  were  drawn  to  him,  early  in  his  Phil- 
adelphia career,  was  the  celebrated  banker.  Mr.  Anthony  J.  Drexel,  a  gen- 
tleman whose  name  in  the  metropolis  of  Pennsylvania  is  suggestive  of 
everything  honorable,  liberal,  and  public  spiriied.  Mr.  Childs  is  proud  to 
acknowledge  that,  at  many  a  crisis  in  his  life,  Mr.  Drexel's  sympathy  and 
ever-ready  help  have  been  a  tower  of  strength  to  him. 

In  the  long  run.  however,  a  man  stands  upon  his  own  mdividual  merits. 
No  external  aid  can  long  avail  if  there  are  radical  deficiencies  in  his  own 
character.  It  is  his  own  indomitable  heart  and  will  that  carry  every  man 
forward  to  final  victory. 

PERSONAL   HABITS. 

**  Meanness."  says  Mr.  Childs,  *' is  not  necessary  to  success  in  business, 
but  economy  is,"  He  has  been  an  economist,  not  only  of  money,  but  of  his 
health,  his  strength,  his  vital  force,  the  energy  and  purity  of  his  brain.  It 
has  been  his  happiness  to  escape  those  habits  which  lower  the  tone  of  the 
bodily  health  and  impair  the  efficiency  of  the  mind— such  as  smoking  and 
drinking— which,  at  this  moment,  lessen  the  useful  energies  of  civilized 
man  by,  perhaps,  one-half!  He  tells  the  young  mon  about  him  that 
Franklin's  riile  for^guccess  in  business  is  about  the  best  that  can  be  given — 
simple  as  it  is.  It  consists  of  three  words:  "Temperance,  industry,  and 
frugality." 

PURCHASE   OF   THE    PUBLIC    LEDGER. 

Rev.  Dr.  Prime,  editor  of  New  York  Ohserver,  says : 
In  1864,  the  Public  Ledger,  a  daily  penny  paper,  rapidly  losing  money, 
was  for  sale,  and  Mr.  Childs  bought  it. 

He  converted  it  at  once.  This  is  the  point,  and  for  this  only  is  this  letter 
written.  Mr.  Childs  excluded  from  the  paper  all  details  of  disgusting  crime ; 
all  reports  of  such  vice  as  may  not  be  with  propriety  read  aloud  in  the 
family;  that  poison  the  minds  of  young  men.  inflame  the  passions  and  cor- 
rupt tHe  heart;  all  scandal  and  slang,  and  that  whole  class  of  news  which 
constitutes  the  staple  of  many  daily  papers.  The  same  rule  was  applied  to 
the  advertising  columns,  and  from  them  was  excluded  all  that,  in  any  shape 
or  form,  might  be  offensive  to  good  morals.  The  friends  of  the  new  pub- 
lisher predicted  an  early  and  total  failure,  and  the  more  speedy  because  he 
doubled  the  price  of  the  paper  and  increased  the  rates  of  advertising.  The 
effect  of  this  sudden  change  was  at  first  to  sink  the  sinking  concern  still 
lower  A  class  of  readers  and  advertisers  fell  off.  A  less  conscientious  and 
a  less  courageous  man  would  have  staggared  in  the  path  he  had  marked 
Not  so  with  Mr.  Childs.  He  employed  the  best  talent,  and  paid  fair  wages 
for  good  work.  He  published  six  days  in  the  week  only,  and  on  the  seventh 
day  he  rested  from  his  labors.  His  paper  and  his  principles  began  to  obtain 
recognition  in  the  city.  He  made  it  a  family  journal.  It  gained  the  confi- 
dence of  the  best  people,  who  became  its  daily  readers,  and  therefore  it  was 
sought  as  the  best  medium  of  advertising. 

PUBLIC   LEDGER  BUILDING. 

The  following  description  of  this  magnificent  building  is 
taken  from  the  Paper  World,  published  at  Holyoke,  Mas..  June 
1880. 


J&G£  WILLIAM  CHILDS. 


Un  tht^  3(Hh  of  J  one.  1867,  a  new  ledger  buiUliug  wju#  fortimlly  open« 
which,  for  magriiflcence  and  the  completeness  i)f  aH  it*  tippoifitmenis,  j 
without  H  rivid  among  newspaper  establish ruentK  in  the  world.  It  is  liter 
an  industrial  palace — one  of  the  finefit  Brehiteetunil  adornmenUof  PbiJadfl 
phifti  and  planned  throughout  with  special  reference  to  the  health  andcoa 
fort  of  those  who  are  employeil  in  it.  The  warming,  lighting  ami  veniili 
tion  are  as  perfect  as  they  can  be  made^  while  at  frequent  intenrals  throu 
out  the  structure  are  well-appointed  bath  rooms  for  ovory  class  of  eraploya 
The  business  office  is  pnDbably  the  most  elegant  apartment  of  the  kind 
the  continent,  and  the  editorial  rooms  are  fitted  up  in  luxurious  style,  too 
after  the  raanner  of  an  author's  private  study  than  the  typical  ^nctum. 

In  this  connection  we  may  conveniently  speak  of  Mr.  Childs'  suped 
library*  **the  like  of  which  is  not  to  be  fovind  in  this  country,  if  in  the  world*! 
His  widt?  and  intimate  acquaint^ince  among  the  literary  men  of  hb  tin 
joined  to  his  ample  mean^,  have  afforded  him  such  opportunities  to  beoon 
pofisesseil  of  the  rarest  souvenirs  of  literature  as  are  seldom  enjoyed*     la  j 
noble.piom  on  the  Hi"st  floor  of  his  elegant  Walnut  street  home  are  enshrine 
the  choicest  of  the«e  treasures.     It  is  a  place  where  one  who  knows  *'tli 
sure  companionship  of  books"  might  well  love  to  linger.     In  the  center  < 
the  apartment  is  a  massive  and  well-loaded  library  taVde.  made  of  ebon 
brought  from  Africa  for  Mr.  Childs  by  Paul  Du  Chaillu,     By  it  stands  tl 
library  chair,  also  of  ebony,  and  a  ftic  simile  of  WilJinm  Beckford's  chair  i 
Font  hill      Against  the  walls,  which  are  further  adorned   with   portraits  tl 
oil  of  George  I'eabody  and  Henry  W.  Longfellow,  are  richly-wrought  cboa 
book-easest,  rising  six  feet  from  the  floor,  and  filled  with  rare  volumeiS,  ooi| 
Uining  autographic  iuscriptions  by  their  authors.     But  it  is  in  a  beautiful]; 
curved  cabinet,  standing  between  the  two  windows,  that  the  nio»t  preciod 
of  these  works  are  shielded  from  dust  and  careless  touch      Here  we  find  th 
original  manuscript  of  a  sermon  by  Cotton  Mather,  written  in  a  fine  m^ 
hand,  und  dated  May  17,  17(Ki.     Near  it  is  a  copy  of  the  rare  Moxnn  i^ditio 
of   LeijL^h   Htint^s  poetical   works,  contjiining  the  autograph   inscripiioq 
**Charlos  Dickens,  from  his  ponstimt  admirer  and  t)blidged   friend,  \m^ 
Hunt."     With  this  is  a  copy  of  Hoo<rs  "  Goraic  Anuual  "  for  1^2,  with 
poetieal  inscription  in   Hood's  hafidwriting.     Other  works,  of  yet  gn^at^i 
interest,  are:  The  original  manuscript  of  Nathaniel  HawthorneV  **(.on9Uli| 
Experiences,"  written  in  the  author'.^  own  V>eautifal  hand  throughout:  ill 
original  manuscript,  complete,  of  Charles  Dickens'  **Uur  Mutual  Prienu] 
dated  *  "Thursday.  Fourth  January,  1800,"  and  prefaced  by  an  outline  skel^ 
ton  of  the  jslory,  surh  as  Dickens  always  sketched  before  entering  on  fl 
tinal  coiuposilion;  the  manuscript,  written  by  herself  and  adorned   wit 
port  rails,  of  Harriet  Mariinejin'ti  **Rctn:)ivpect  of  Wt  stern  Travel:"  Willla 
Cullen  Bryant's  manuscript  of  his  first  book  of  the  "Hiad:*'  f»ortious  of  tfa 
original  iiuiuuscript  of  Mary  Cowdeii  Clarke's  '*Comf)lete  Ct»nconlancc 
Shakspeare,"  and  the  original  manuscript  draft  of  Genernl  Grant's  a«1dr 
at  the  opening  of  the  Centennial  Exhibition,  May  10,  1876,    All  of  the 
besides  many  priceless  manuscripts  and  letters  of  M<K>re,  Bynjn,  Gray,  Hur 
Pope,  Coleridge,  Schiller,  Lamb  and  others, are  elegantly  bound  in  folios*  < 
quartos,  in  a  manner  befitting  their  inestimable  value. 


GEORGE  WILLIAM  CHILDS.  756 

PUBLIC   LIFE. 

Speaking  of  Mr.  Childs  in  the  use  of  his  wealth,  Mr.  Frank 
H.  Norton,  assistant  librarian  Astor  Library,  New  York,  says : 

But  there  are  more  ways  of  dispensing  wealth  to  public  advantage  than 
by  charity  alone.  By  freely  opening  his  elegant  residence  in  hospitality  to 
visitors  from  foreign  lands,  Mr.  Childs  has  doubtless  done  muqh  for  the 
credit  of  his  country  in  this  particular,  while  ho  has  brought  about  associa- 
tions among  distinguished  personages  which  could  scarcely  fail  to  inure  to 
the  public  benefit  in  some  way.  Probably  no  such  gathering  of  distinguish- 
ed and  notable  people  was  ever  collected  together  in  the  parlors  of  a  private 
citizen  in  this  country  as  met  by  invitation  at  Mr.  Childs'  Philadelphia  resi- 
dence on  the  evening  of  May  10th,  1876,  the  day  of  the  opening  of  the  Cen- 
tennial Exhibition  in  Philadelphia.  On  this  occasion  there  were  present 
President  Grant,  with  his  wife;  all  the  members  of  his  Cabinet,  with  their 
wives;  the  Chief  Justice  and  Associated  Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States,  and  their  wives;  the  Emperor  and  Empress  of  Brazil;  the 
Diplomatic  and  other  representatives  of  Great  Britain,  France,  Spain, 
Austria,  Prussia,  Russia,  Italy,  Belgium,  Turkey.  Japan,  China,  and  other 
powers  of  Europe  and  Asia;  the  governors  of  Maine,  New  Hampshire, 
Massachusetts.  Rhode  Island.  Kentucky,  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey.  Dela- 
ware, and  Maryland,  with  their  staff  officers;  leading  members  of  the  United 
States  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives;  Generals  Sherman,  Sheridan, 
Hancock,  McDowell;  Admirals  Porter,  Rowan,  Scott.  Lardner,  Turner, 
Jenkins,  Alden;  Centennial  Judges  and  Commissioners  from  foreign 
countries  and  the  United  States;  famous  military  and  naval  officers,  eminent 
judges,  leading  lawyers,  prominent  divines,  presidents  of  colleges,  authors, 
journalists,  artists;  in  fact,  men  famous  in  every  branch  of  professional  and 
private  life.  And  this  instance,  except  in  the  remarkable  comprehensive- 
ness of  its  scope,  as  to  the  guests,  merely  illustrates  the  rule  in  Mr.  Childs' 
social  life.  Scarcely  a  prominent  visitor  from  abroad  arrives  in  this  country 
who  is  not  furnished  with  letters  of  introduction  to  Mr.  Childs,  and  enter- 
tained by  him.  Compare  suc^h  generous  courtesy  to  the  representatives  of 
foreign  aristocracy,  wealth,  and  intelligence,  with  the  refinement  of  delicate 
appreciation  which  induced  Mr.  ('hilds,  during  the  continuance  of  the 
Centennial,  to  furnish  with  the  means  to  visit  the  great  fair  not  only  num- 
bers of  poor  women  who  would  otherwise  not  have  seen  it,  but  also  as  many 
as  two  thousand  children  who,  through  Mr,  Childs'  liberality,  were  sent 
happy-hearted  to  the  wonderful  Exhibition  at  Fairmount,  and  furnished 
with  good  dinners  while  there  enjoying  the  show.  Children  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Deaf  and  Dumb  Asylum,  the  Church  Home,  and  those  of  other 
public  institutions  of  that  city  were  thus  favored,  and  in  the  case  of  the 
House  of  Refuge,  it  illustrates  the  peculiar  quality  of  his  thoughtfulness 
that  he  made  a  special  request  that  its  inmates  should  be  permitted  to- lay 
off  the  uniform,  which  is  their  badge,  while  visiting  the  Exposition,  and 
wear  new  suits  to  be  supplied  and  paid  for  by  him.  It  is  in  his  peculiar 
happy  faculty  for  discrimination  in  the  awarding  of  his  benefits  and  in  his 
methods  of  distribution,  as  much  as  in  the  lavishness  with  which  he  yields 
up  to  public  and  private  uses  such   a   large  portion  of  his  fortune,  that 

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756  GEORGE  WILLIAM  CHILDS. 

Mr.  Childs  is  specially  distinguished.  Not  an  unsuitable  illustration  of  this 
characteristic,  possibly,  was  his  gift  of  a  memorial  window  in  Westminster 
Abbey  in  honor  of  the  poets  George  Herbert  and  William  Cowper.  This 
munificent  gift  was  merely  occasioned  by  the  receipt  on  the  part  of  Mr, 
Childs  of  a  circular  from  the  committee  of  English  g«  ntlemen  who  had  the 
matter  in  hand. 

In  considering  this  instance  of  the  refinement  of  generosity,  it  should  be 
remembered  that  it  illustrates  the  patriotism  of  the  man,  no  less  than  his 
liberal  impulses.  The  placing  of  an  elegant  stained  glass  memorial  window 
in  Westminster  Abbey — the  shrine  of  all  the  memories  that  by  the  English- 
speaking  population  of  the  world  are  held  dearest— was  a  truly  graceful  act, 
associating  the  American  people  with  their  English  brethren  in  a  most  gen- 
erous and  most  fitting  tribute  to  names  the  world  delights  to  honor. 

At  the  time  of  the  appointment  of  its  official  representatives  at  the  Cen- 
tennial Ex{  osition,  the  British  Government  honored  Mr.  Childs  by  designa. 
ting  him  to  the  service  referred  to  in  the  following  highly  complimentary 
acknowledgment  on  the  part  of  the  Duke  of  Richmond  and  Gordon.  Lord 
President  of  the  Council: 

[Copy.] 

London, 
Hh  January,  1877. 

Sir:  I  have  heard  with  much  pleasure  from  Colonel  Sandford  of  the 
valuable  and  important  assistance  you  have  rendered  me.  as  one  of  the 
Honorary  Commissioners  for  Great  Britain,  her  Colonies  and  Dependencies, 
at  the  Philadelphia  International  Exhibition  of  1876. 

It  will  gratify  you  to  know  that  Her  Majesty's  Government  have  express- 
ed their  highest  approval  of  the  administration  of  the  British  section,  towards 
the  success  of  which  in  America  you  have  been  good  enough  so  much  to 
contribute. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  sir,  vour  obedient  servant, 

(Signed)        '  RICHMOND  AND  GORDON. 

Georok  W.  Childs,  Eaq  . 

Honorary  Conunissioner  for  the  United  Kingdom. 

We  close  our  extracts  with  an  item  from  the  pen  of  Col.  J. 
W.  Forney,  which  furnislies  a  sort  of  resume  of  the  life  of  Mr. 
Childs  : 

No  charity  appeals  to  Mr.  Childs  in  vain:  no  object  of  patriotism;  no 
great  enterprise;  no  sufferer  from  misfortune,  whether  the  ex-Confederato 
or  the  stricken  foreigr.er.  He  enjoyes  the  confidence  of  President  Gnint, 
and  yet  was  among  the  lirst  to  send  a  splendid  subscription  to  the  monu- 
ment to  Greeley.  He,  more  than  any  other,  pushed  the  subscription  of  over 
$100,000  for  the  family  of  the  dead  hero,  George  G.  Meade,  and  yet  Alex- 
ander H.  Stej)hens.  of  Georgia,  has  no  firmer  friend.  His  list  of  unpublished 
and  unknown  benevolences  would  give  the  lie  to  the  story  that  he  craves 
notoriety.  When  I  carried  letters  from  him  to  Europe  in  1867,  his  name 
was  a  talisman,  and  it  was  pleasant  to  see  how  noblemen  like  the  Duke  of 
Buckingham  honored  the  endorsement  of  an  American  who,  thirty  years 
ago.  was  a  poor  boy.  He  made  his  money  himself,  not  by  speculation  or 
otfice,  and  got  none  by  inheritance.  He  coins  fortune  like  a  magician,  and 
spends  it  like  a  man  of  heart.  He  likes  society,  and  lives  like  a  gentleman. 
He  is  as  temperate  as  ever  Horace  (ireeley  was,  and  yet  he  neyer  denies  his 


NATHANIEL   CHILDS  AND   DESCENDANTS.  767 

friends  a  generous  glass  of  wine.  His  habits  are  as  simple  as  Abraham 
liincoln's,  and  yet  his  residence  is  a  gem  bright  with  exquisite  decoration 
and  rich  in  every  variety  of  art.  He  gives  a  Christmas  dinner  to  newsboys 
and  bootblacks,  and  dines  travelling  Dukes  and  Earls  with  equal  ease  and 
familiarity.  He  never  seems  to  be  at  work,  goes  everywhere,  sees  everybody, 
helps  everybody,  and  yet  his  great  machine  moves  like  a  clock  under  his 
constant  supervision. 


NATHANIEL  CHILD  and  Descendants. 

The  succeeding  account  is  without  doubt  that  of  another 
branch  of  the  descendants  of  Cephas  and  Mary  Atkinson  Child. 
Though  it  is  equally  possible  that  they  may  be  descendants  of 
a  Thonnas  Child,  who  at  the  age  of  30,  was  one  of  a  "number 
who  had  taken  the  oath  of  allegiance  in  London,  England,  and 
was  transported  in  the  ^Speedwell'  to  Virginia,  May  28,  1635.'^ 
This  does  not  imply  anything  derogatory  even  then,  it  only 
proves  that  in  leaving  England  he  was  no  political  refugee,  as 
were  so  many  in  those  troublous  days;  but  we  find  him 
possessed  of  property ;  that  persons  were  sent  him  from  the 
mother  country,  sold  for  debt  as  was  a  custom,  into  temporary 
or  perpetual  servitude.  He  is  also  found  to  be  the  owner  of 
land  and  slaves  at  the  Barbadoes,  in  the  parish  of  St  Michaels. 
The  tradition  prevailing  in  this  family  that  their  earliest 
American  ancestor  was  the  personal  friend  of  William  Penn, 
leads  to  the  belief  (with  other  corroborating  circumstances,)  that 
they  are  descendants  of  Henry  Child  who  leads  this  line  and 
chapter.  We  place  the  Nathaniel  Child  first  known  in  the 
same  generation  as  his  contemporaries.  His  descendants  add 
the  ''  s.'^ 
[Fourth  Generation.] 

7584.  Nathaniel  Child,  born  about  1745.  At  the  age 
of  twenty  three  he  was  married  to  Tamer  Brown,  in  the  year 
1 768,  and  resided  in  Elkton,  Cecil  county,  Maryland.  He  was  a 
blacksmith  and  carried  on  the  business  of  his  trade.  His  death 
occurred  in  1793. 
[Fifth  Generation.]     Childrpn: 

7535.  i.  Thomas  Childs,  m.  Temperance  Adkinson  Inloes. 

7536.  ii.  Nathaniel  Childs,  b.  1778,  ra.  1802.  Ann  Jessop. 
7537   iii.  Benjamin  Childs,  d.  in  his  20th  year. 

7538.  iY.  Rebecca  Childs,  m.  Captain  Nathaniel  Seweli. 

7539.  Y.  Mary  Childs.  m.  Mr.  Adair;  removed  to  Kentucky  and  lost 
sight  of. 

7540.  vi.  Sabah  Childs,  m.  Captain  William  McNeil. 


758  NATHAXIEL  CHILD  AND  DE3CESDASTB. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

7535.  L  Thomas  Childs,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Nathaniel 
and  Tamer  Brown  Child,  b.  in  Elkton,  Cecil  county,  Md , 
HL  in  1800,  Temperance  Adkinson  Inloes.  Resided  in  Balti- 
more, MA  He  was  a  master  builder,  and  the  first  person  in 
that  city  to  invent  and  manufacture  pressed  brick  for  the  fronts 
of  houses.  He  dierl  in  Baltimore,  in  1837. 
[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

7541.  i.  William  Childs,  d.  at  Key  West,  Florida,  in  his  22d  year,  of 
yellow  fever. 

7542.  ii.  George  Childs,  was  lost  at  sea  in  his  24th  year,  having  been 
washed  overboard  in  a  storm. 

7543.  iii.  Eliza  Childs.  d.  in  her  18th  year,  of  consumption;  a  girl  of 
rare  beauty  and  £:reat  intellectual  promise. 

7544.  iv.  Temperance  Childs. 

7545.  V.  Margaret  Amanda  Childs.  emigrated  West  in  1835. and  opened 
a  store  in  Louisville,  Kentucky.  She  was  a  woman  of  great  energy  of  charac- 
ter, and  accumulated  a  fortune.  She  travelled  abroad,  and  married  an 
English  gentleman  by  the  name  of  Pattison,  and  lives  at  this  date,  1879,  in 
St.  Pierre,  Martinique,  French  West  Indies. 

7516.  vi.  Henry  Childs,  m.,  no  names  or  dates. 

7547.  vii.  Ellinor  Atkinson  Childs,  b.  Sept.  8,  1819,  m.  Nov.  20,  1838, 
Henry  L.  Clark. 

7548.  viii.  Edward  Childs,  settled  in  the  South;  killed  in  the  late  war. 

7549.  ix.  Thomas  Childs.  settled  in  the  South;  killed  in  the  late  war. 

7550.  X.  Joseph  Childs,  planter  in  Arkansas  or  Texas. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7546.  vi.  Dr.  Henry  Childs,  third  son  and  sixth  child  of 
Thomjis  and  Temperance  Inloes  Childs,  b.  in  Baltimore,  Md.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  boot  and  shoe  making,  carried  on  the  trade 
for  several  years  in  Baltimore,  then  removed  to  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
where  he  studied  medicine  and  graduated  from  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania.  In  that  city  he  married  and  removed  thence 
to  Iowa.  He  settled  on  a  farm  in  the  valley  of  the  Des Moines 
river  of  that  State,  and  cultivated  his  farm,  and  practiced  his 
profession.  He  is  very  successful  as  a  physician,  and  has  a 
large  practice.  He  is  also  a  man  of  great  religious  influence, 
being  a  local  Methodist  preacher ;  he  fills  appointments  all  over 
the  surrounding  country.  During  the  late  war,  he  served  as 
surgeon  of  the  Sixth  Iowa  Eegiment  of  Volunteers.  The 
name  of  his  wife  has  not  reached  us  nor  any  facts  of  his  family. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7547.  vii.  Ellinor  Atkinson  Childs,  fourth  dau.  and 
seventh  child  of  Thomas  and  Temperance  Inloes  Childs,  b.  in 
Baltimore,  Md.,  Sept.  8,  1819,  m.   Nov.  20,  1838,  Henry  L. 


NATHANIEL  CHILI)  AND  DESCENDANTS.  759 

Clark,  for  many  years  and  now  secretary  of  the  Wiggins  Ferry 
Company,  at  St   Louis,  Mo.      She  died  at  St  Louis,  June  23, 
1844,  2d  t>5. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

7551.  i.  James  Leslie  Clark,  b.  Nov.  7,  1838,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  unmar- 
ried.   Resides  at  DeLassus,  St.  Francois  county,  Mo. 

[Fifth  Generation.! 

7536.  ii.  Nathaniel  Childs,  second  son  and  child  of 
Nathaniel  and  Tamer  Brown  Child,  b.  in  Elkton,  Cecil  county, 
Md.,  1778,  m.  1802,  Ann  Jessop,  who  was  b.  in  Baltimore, 
Maryland,  Feb.  10,  1789. 

"He  learned  the  trade  of  a  tailor,  and  came  to  Baltimore  in 
1799,  with  a  capital  of  seventy  five  cents  in  his  pocket  He 
worked  in  the  slop  shop  of  Thomas  Tennent  for  several  years, 
and  then  opened  a  store  of  his  own,  on  Fells  Point,  Baltimore, 
and  engaged  in  the  business  of  furnishing  sailors'  clothing  for 
ships  going  to  sea ;  in  this  he  was  successful,  and  now  ventured 
to  marry  Miss  Ann  Jessop,  a  daughter  of  William  Jessop,  a 
flour  merchant  of  Rowley's  Wharf,  Baltimore  In  this  mar- 
riage he  was  greatly  blessed  in  securing  a  woman  of  great 
personal  beauty  and  excellent  worth,  who  entered  heartily  into 
all  his  business  and  social  pursuits,  and  proved  the  crowning 
glory  of  his  life.  By  her  he  had  fourteen  children,  who  grew 
up  to  man  and  womanhood.  In  1811,  he  purchased  a  farm  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Gunpowder  Forest,  in  Baltimore  county, 
sixteen  miles  from  the  city.  At  this  farm  he  raised  this  large 
family  of  children,  and  when  they  began  to  marry  and  move 
away,  most  of  them  to  the  West,  he  concluded  to  sell  his  farm 
and  follow  his  children.  This  he  did  in  1840,  and  settled  in 
St  Louis,  Mo.,  where  he  engaged  in  business  until  1851 ;  he 
died  in  that  city  on  the  17th  of  October,  1851,  surrounded  by 
most  of  his  children.  His  wife,  Mrs.  Ann  Jessop  Childs,  sur- 
vived him  ten  years,  dying  in  August,  1862,  in  her  7-ith  year. 

Mr.  Nathaniel  Childs  was,  while  resident  in  Maryland,  a 
slave-holder,  owning  at  one  time  some  seven  men  and  more 
women.  One  of  these  men  accompanied  him  with  his  com- 
mand in  the  war  of  1812,  and  stood  with  him  in  the  battle  of 
North  Point,  Sept  12,  1814.  When  he  died,  some  time  later, 
he  was  carfully  buried  upon  the  farm  at  home.  The  estate  is 
now  in  posse^^sion  of  strangers,  but  the  grave  of  the  faithful 


760  NATHANIEL  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS. 

slave  is  preserved  with  care.  When  Mr.  Childs  removed  to 
St  Louis,  Mo.,  from  Maryland,  he  set  all  his  slaves  free.  Two 
accompanied  him  to  the  West  and  one  remained  with  the 
family  until  his  death.  The  other  made  his  home  with  Mr. 
Nathaniel  Child,  Jr.,  to  whom  he  was  much  attached,  and  whom 
he  had  rescued  from  drowning  when  Mr.  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  was  a 
child ;  nor  was  the  affection  all  on  one  side,  loving  though  the 
African  heart  was.  When  years  and  infirmities  came,  the 
*  young  master '  sorrowed,  and  at  his  death  gave  him  comfort- 
able burial  in  the  Methodist  cemetery  in  St  Louis,  and  mourned 
the  true  old  friend. 

Mr.  Nathaniel  Childs  represented  his  party  in  the  State 
Legislature  three  terms,  and  ever  commanded  the  respect  and 
admiration  of  his  fellow-citizens." 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

7552.  i.  Arietta  Childs,  b.  Aug.  1804,  m.  1826,  Josiah  Small. 

7553.  ii.  William  Childs,  b.  1806,  m.  Ellinor  Carter. 

7554.  iii.  Sarah  Childs,  b.  1807,  d.  1835. 

7555.  iY.  Nathaniel  Childs,  b.  April  24, 1810,  m.  Ist,  1837,  Eliza  J.  Stibbs ; 
m.  2d,  1852,  Margarette  Whitlocke. 

7556.  V.  Dominic  Childs,  b.  1812,  m.  1840,  Elizabeth  Miller;  both  dead. 

7557.  vi.  Edward  Childs.  left  home  to  seek  his  fortune,  in  1840,  and 
never  heard  from  again :  by  trade  a  tanner  and  currier 

7558.  vii.  Mary  Childs,  b.  Feb.  10,  1816;  a  woman  of  superior  intellect. 
She  d.  Aug.  1852,  in  her  36th  year. 

7559.  viii.  Ann  Elizabeth  Childs,  b.  1816,  d.  1838,  of  consumption,  in 
her  22d  year. 

7560.  ix.  Joshua  J.  Childs,  m.  Mary  Baker. 

7581.  X.  Caleb  C.  Childs,  b.  Jan.  17,  1822,  m.  1st,  Feb.  23.  1843.  Ann 
King;  she  d.  May  2,  1857:  m.  2d.  Feb.  24,  1858,  Mrs.  Sophronia  F.  Bacon. 

7562.  xi.  Rebecca  Sewell  Guilds,  b.  Mch.  12,  1821,  d.  April  29,  1^75, 
at  Cincinnati.  Ohio. 

7563.  xii.  Catharine  Cecilia  Childs,  b.  Jan  8,  1826.  m.  1848,  Austin 
S.  Reeves. 

7564.  xiii.  Eliza  Jane  Childs,  b.  Nov.  15,  1826,  m.  Alexander  Lyons. 

7565.  xiv.  Charles  Jessop  Childs,  b.  Mch.  12,  1826.  m.  Mch.  15.  1847, 
Elizabeth  Agnew  Ualdridge. 

I  Sixth  Generation.] 

7552.  i.  Arietta  Childs,  eldest  child  of  Nathaniel   and 
Ann  Jessop  Childs,  b.  in  Baltimore,   Md..  in  Aug.  1803,  m.  in 
1826,  Josiah  Small  of  that  city. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7566.  i.  JosiAU  Small,  Jr. 

7567.  ii.  William  Small. 

7568.  iii.  Sarah  Small. 

7569.  iv.  Mary  Small. 


NATHANIEL  CHILD  AND  DESCENDAN'l-S.  761 

7570.  V.  Edwakd  Small. 

7571.  vi.  Gbokoe  Small. 

7572.  vii.  Chakles  Small. 

7573.  viii.  Robert  Small. 

ISixth  Generation.] 

7553.  ii.  William  Childs,  eldest  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Ann  Jessop  Childs,  b.  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  Aug.  8, 1806,  m.  Oct. 
15,  1842,  Eleanor  E.  Carter  of  St  Louis,  Mo.  Mi-s.  Eleanor 
E.  C.  Childs  was  a  grand-daughter  of  Bettie  Lewis,  the  only 
daughter  of  General  Washington's  only  sister.  Besides  now 
at  Castroville,  Monterey  county,  Cal. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

7574.  i.  William  Ward  Childs,  b.  Dec.  6, 1843.  Resides  in  St.  L»ouis, 
Mo. 

7575.  ii.  Fielding  Carter  Child8,  b  Aug.  13. 1846.  Attorney,  Notary 
Public,  and  Real  Estate  Agent,  Schell  city,  Vernon  county,  Mo. 

[Sixth  Generation.J 

7555.  iv.  Nathaniel  Childs,  Jr.,  second  son  of  Nathaniel 
and  Ann  Jessop  Childs,  b.  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  April  24,  1810, 
m.  1st,  in  1837,  Eliza  J.  Stibbs,  dau.  of  Christopher  Stibbs  of 
Bath,  England ;  Mrs.  E.  J.  S.  Childs  d.  Aug.  1850,  in  St. 
Louis,  Mo. ;  m.  2d,  in  1842,  Margarette  A.  Whitlocke  of  St 
Louis.  Mrs.  M.  A.  Whitlocke  Childs  d.  Feb.  17,  1880.  A 
woman  of  rare  graces.  Upon  her  union  with  Mr.  Childs,  she 
most  graciously  and  winningly  assumed  the  duties  of  a  second 
wife  and  mother.  So  exceeding  was  her  devotion,  and  so 
gentle  her  authority,  that  she  won  the  love  and  esteem  of  the 
children,  and  no  home  possessed  more  charming  attractiveness. 
After  a  time  she  became  deeply  impressed  with  the  thought 
that  a  more  conscious  possession  of  the  Holy  Spirit  in  daily, 
hourly  life  was  ])ossible  for  all ;  that  some  were  attaining  to 
this  higher  inner  life,  and  that  she  might  reach  this  blessed- 
ness. Iler  attendance  at  this  time  was  upon  the  services  of 
the  *•  Foundry  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,"  Washington, 
D.  C.  Very  great  earnestness  attended  her  prayers,  and  the 
result  was  wonderful ;  her  peace  was  like  a  broad,  deep  river, 
rich,  full,  assured  :  in  this  she  dwelt  evermore,  until  she  enter- 
ed the  life  of  blessedness  with  her  Master.*  Mr.  Nathaniel 
Childs,  like  most  residents  of  Maryland,  was  at  one  time  a 
slaveholder.      In  1852  he  set  his  slaves  free,  but  felt  that  some 

*  Tbeee  factp  in  the  life  of  Mre.  Childs,  were  gathered  from  an  interesting  obituary  no- 
tice of  ber.  in  the  ''Central  CbriPtian  Adyocate'^of  St.  Loui?,  Mo. 


NATHANIEL  CHILD  A!n>  l>B9CBN1>A?rm. 


of  them  were  not  at  all  l>euefitted  by  the  gift  of  freedom,  mh\ 
ing  their  liberty  an  excess,  ami  shortening  their  lives  therebj 
Mr.  N,  ChiJds  writes  ns: 

*'  Kev,  Mr*  Revels,  now  of  Mississippi,  the  first  tuaii  of  ivilor  elected  \ 
the  Lhiiti^d  St«ites  Senate  since  the  war,  wass<^nt  from  Kentucky  to  Mimou 
hy  the  Bishop  of  the  A.  M,  E,  Church,  to  take  charge  of  the  Oreen  i 
Methodist  eong^regation  of  colored  people  in  SL  Louis  The  law  of  tlio  Sti 
of  M  issouri.at  thttt  tinu?,  forbade  a  nmn  of  color  to  enter  the  State  withuatpfj 
ing  bonds  for  his  good  belmviour.  Mr.  Revels  was  arrested.  H«?  w^  i 
stranger  I  went  into  court,  and  signnd  his  bt>nd  In  the  penalty  of  f  I  000. 
Afterward  he  went  South  and  1  never  met  him  until  he  cAme  to  Wivshinift^'ii, 
as  IT.  S.  Senator  from  the  Stale  of  Misi<issippi,  I  attended  a  ivceplioii 
given  him;  when  he  saw  me  he  put  his  arms  around  ray  neck  and  wept,  anrl 
thi'H  told  the  corn  puny,  among  whom  was.  SiMjator  Henry  WiJw*n  of  Mam^..  th« 
eireumstanee  of  his  urrerit,  and  my  coming  to  his  rescue.  This  U  only  \ 
of  many  incidents  in  my  history  with  slave  life/* 

Mr.  Childs  is  at  present  in  the  office  of  the  second  anaistant 
PostmtLster  General  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

[Seventh  Generation,]    Children: 

7576.  i.  Nathaniel  Chjlds,  Jr..  d,  young. 

7577.  iL  Marv  Adelaide  Childs.  b.  Meh.  4,  1840,  in.  John  T.  ¥u 
Resides  in  St.  Louis,  Mo, 

757a  ill.  TriEODORE  Francis  Childs^  b  Oct  1».  1^41.  m.  t>ec,  »,  W 
HenHcUu  Kent  Mosher. 

7570.  iv,  ARfKrrA  CarLDS,  b  Jane  1843,  d.  I860,  in  St.  Jos«pb,  Mo., 
17  yejirs. 

758<).  V.  Akn  Eusabeth  Cmum,  h,  1845.  rn.  Nov.  10,  1874,  Fmak  Rui 

758L  vi,  Wii^LiAM  Childs,  d.  young. 

7582.  vii.  EMo<iENE  Childs  d  young, 

7583.  viii    IIekry  Slicbe  Chjlds,  h,  Aug.  10,  1853,     Is  a  clerk  in 
U.  a  Pension  Office,  Washington.  D.  C* 

7584.  ix.  Sallie  S.mall  Ciulds,  b  Aug.  10,  1855.    Tenchur  ia  IImj 
schooU,  Wa.shington,  D.  C. 

f Seventh  Generation  ] 

7578.  iii.  Theodore  Fkancis  Childs^  second  son  and  tliii 
child  of  Nathaniel  Jr.,  and  Elista  J-  Stibli^  Child,  h  Oct  ll| 
1841,  m.  Dea  20,   1871,  in  Springfield,  III,  Hcnriella  Ke 
Mosher,  datight-er  of  George  Mosher  of  Clarksville,  Mo.     Hi 
Childs  was  b.  April  20, 185(1     Mr.  T.  F.  Childs  i^  an  Aitom^ 
at  Law  of  the  St.  Louis  Bar,  and  Deputy  Collector  of  liit 
Kevenue  in  the  tirst  District  of  Missouri     It  ia  said  of  H| 
Childs,  that  ''he  is  the  best  informed  man  upon  the  Revexii 
laws  of  the*  United  States  in  the  city  of  St  Louis^^  where 
resides. 
[Eighth  Genenition.]    Children,  born  in  St,  Louis,  Mo.: 

75a%  i.  Bertha  CtiiLJ)s,  b.  Aug.  18,  1878. 


NATHANIEL  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS.  763 

7586.  ii.  Mabbl  Childs,  b.  June  13,  1875. 

7587.  iii.  Edith  Childs.  b.  Mch.  11,  1877. 

7588.  iv.  Infant  son,  b.  Oct.  27,  1878. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7580.  V.  Annie  Elizabeth  Childs,  thii-d  dau.  and  fifth 
child  of  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  and  Eliza  J.  Stibbs  Childs,  b.  in  St 
Louis,  Mo.,  in  1S45,  m.  Nov.  19,  1874,  Frank  Eudd,  an  attor- 
ney in  New  York  City,  of  the  firm  of  Blair,  Snow  &  Rudd, 
Broadway.  Reside  in  Brooklyn,  E.  D. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 

7589.  i.  Una  Rudd,  b.  Oct.  3,  1875,  d.  Aug.  4,  1878. 

[Sixth  Generation.  | 

7560.  ix.  Joshua  J.  Childs,  fifth  son  and  ninth  child  of 
Nathaniel  and  Ann  Jessop  Childs,  b.  in  Maryland,  m.  Mary 
Baker  of  Missouri.  Mrs.  Mary  B.  Childs  d.  of  cholera  in  New 
Orleans,  in  1856.  Mr.  Joshua  J.  Childs  was  killed  during  the 
late  war.  He  belonged  to  Jackson's  Brigade  of  the  Confeder- 
ate army,  and  met  his  death  in  the  battle  of  Malvern  Hill,  on 
the  peninsula  of  Virginia,  when  in  front  of  McClelland's  com- 
mand. Their  children,  left  orphans  at  a  tender  age,  found  a 
home  for  a  time  in  a  French  family  in  New  Orleans ;  they  ran 
from  their  home,  and  were  conveyed  to  relatives  in  St  Louis, 
Mo.,  by  a  kindly  steamboat  captain  who  knew  their  father. 
[Seventh  Generation ]    Children: 

7590.  i.  Thomas  Baker  Childs,  d.  young. 

7591.  ii.  Beverly  Warren  Childs. 

7592.  iii.  Peter  Camden  Childs., 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7561.  X.  Caleb  Bosley  Childs,  sixth  son  and  tenth  child 
of  Nathaniel  and  Ann  Jessop  Childs,  b.  Jan.  17,  1S22,  m.  1st, 
Feb.  23,  1843,  Ann  King,  of  English  birth,  who  d.  May  2,  1857, 
in  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  m.  2d,  Feb.  24,  1858,  Mrs.  Sophronia  F. 
Bacon,  daughter  of  Col.  Benjamin  Allen,  who  emigrated  to 
Missouri  from  Vermont  in  1818.  His  second  wife  died  May 
29,  1873.  Mr.  Caleb  B.  Childs  is  a  farmer  in  New  Hope,  Lin- 
coln county,  Missouri. 

[Seventh  Generation  ]    Children : 

7593.  i.  Noah  Gorsuch  Childs,  b.  April  12,  1844,  d.  Oct.  16. 1845. 

7594.  ii.  Charles  Edward  Childs,  b.  Oct.  4.  1845,  d.  Aug.  6, 1846. 

7595.  iii.  Dominic  Jessop  Childs,  b.  Dec.  22.  1846.  d.  April  1865. 

7596.  iv.  JosiAH  Small  Childs,  b.  May  22,  1852,  d.  Dec.  25,  1860. 

7597.  V.  Ann  Rebecca  Childs,  b.  Feb.  6,  1854. 


764  NATHANIEL  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS. 

7598.  vi.  Nettie  Small  Childs,  b.  Sept.  24  1855. 

7599.  vii.  Sallie  Elizabeth  Childs.  b.  May  1,  1857,  d.  May  9.  1857. 

7600.  viii.  Imogen  Allen  Childs.  b.  Dec.  1.  1860. 

7601.  ix.  Harry  W.  Hallock  Childs.  b  Oct.  2,  1862. 

7602.  X.  JuLLA  Fannie  Kate  Childs,  b.  Sept.  3,  1864. 

7603.  xi   Ellen  Jane  Gorsuch  Childs,  b  Jan.  10,  1867. 

7604.  xii.  Ama  Farris  Childs,  b.  June  26.  1869 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7564.  xii.  Catharine  Cecilia  Childs,  sixth  dau.  and 
twelfth  child  of  Nathaniel  and  Ann  Jessop  Childs,  b.  Jan.  8, 
1826,  m.  in  1848,  Austin  S.  Reeves  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Four 
sons  and  four  daughters  have  blessed  this  union.  The  eldest 
son  a  popular  preacher  in  the  Kentucky  Conference  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  South.    Residence  Coventry,  Ky. 

[Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

7605.  i.  John  Reeves,  b.  July  10,  1849,  m.  Aug.  2,  1877,  Emma  De  Garis. 

7606.  ii.  Annie  Childs  Reeves,  b.  April  4.  1851,  m.  E.  A.  Mulford. 

7607.  iii.  George  Nathaniel  Reeves,  b.  May  3.  1853,  m.  Sept.  29,  1879, 
Susie  V,  Thompson. 

7608.  iv.  Maey  Adelaide  Reeves,  b.  May  23,  1855. 

7609.  V.  Elizabeth  Brown  Reeves,  b.  June  20, 1S57,  in  Cincinnati.  Ohio. 

7610.  vi.  Jeanette  Pisk  Reeves,  b.  Sept.  28,  1859.  d.  Aug.  5,  1859,  in 
Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

7611.  vii.  Edward  Theodore  Reeves,  b  Mch.  22,  1861,  d.  May  24, 1868, 
in  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

7612.  viii.  Austin  Albert  Reeves,  b.  April  29,  1862. 

7613.  ix    Kate  Cecilia  Reeves,  b   Feb  7,  1864. 

7614.  X.  Frederick  Reeves,  b  July  30.  1866. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7605.  i.  Kev.  John  Eeeves,  eldest  child  of  Catherine  C. 
Childs  and  Austin  Reeves,  b.  in  St  Louis,  Missouri,  July  10, 
1849,  m.  Aug.  2d,  1877,  Emma  DeGaris.  Rev.  Mr.  Reeves  is 
a  clergyman  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  South,  and 
highly  esteemed  by  his  Conference. 

[Eighth  Generation]     Children: 

7615.  i.   DkGahis  Keeves.  b.  Aug.  16,  1875. 

7616.  ii.   Walker  Reeves,  b.  Mch.  27.  1879. 

[Seventh  Generation  ] 

7005.  ii.  Annie  Childs  Reeves,  eldest  dau.  and  second 
child  of  Catherine  C.  Childs  and  Austin  S.  Reeves,  b.  in  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  April  4,  1851,  married  E.  A.  Mulford. 

[Eighth  Generation!    Children: 

7617.  i.  Edward  Aplin  Mulford,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1875. 

7618.  ii.  Bessie  Mulford,  b.  Nov.  3,  1876. 


NATHANIEL  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS.  765 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7564.  xiii.  Eliza  Jane  Childs,  seventh  dau.  and  thirteenth 
child  of  Nathaniel  and  Ann  Jessop  Childs,  b.  near  Baltimore, 
Md.,  m.  Nov.  20,  1845,  Alexander  Lyons.  Mr.  Lyons  is  a 
native  of  Germany.  Mrs.  Eliza  J.  Childs  Lyons  d.  at  Madison, 
Ind.,  in  1852. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7619.  i.  Annie  Childs  Lyons,  b.  Nov.  20,  1846,  d.  July  10,  1848. 

7620.  ii.  Blanche  Lyons,  b.  July  13, 1848.  m.   Dec.  24.  1868,  George 
Woolley. 

7621.  iii.  Alexander  G.  Lyons,  b.  Mcli  17.  1851,  in  New  Haven,  Ct. 

rSevedth  Generation.] 

7620.  ii.  Blanche  Lyons,  second  dau.  and  child  of  Eliza 
Jane  Childs  and  Alexander  Lyons,  b.  July  13,  1848,  m.  Dec. 
24,  1868,  George  Woolley. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

7622.  i   Edward  Woolley,  b.  Oct.  7,  1869. 

7623.  ii.  Charles  Woolley,  b.  Feb.  4,  1871. 

7624.  iii   George  Woolley,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1875. 

7625.  iv.  Adelaide  Woolley,  b.  Sept.  17,  1879. 
[Sixth  Generation] 

7564.  xiv.  Charles  Jessop  Childs,  M.  D.,  seventh  son  and 
fourteenth  child  of  Nathaniel  and  Ann  Jessop  Childs,  b.  near 
Baltimore,  Md.,  Mch.  12, 1826,  graduated  at  the  Eclectic  Medical 
College  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Mch.  12,  1847,  m.  McL  15, 1847, 
Elizabeth  Agnew  Baldridge,  daughter  of  Alexander  Holmes 
Baldridge,  M.  D.  Dr.  Childs  was  an  officer  of  the  5th  Reg  t,  Illi- 
nois Cavalry  during  the  war ;  served  under  Generals  Steel  and 
Curtis;  resigned  in  1863,  and  was  elected  Major  of  142d 
Beg't  of  Volunteer  Infantry  ;  served  with  General  A.  J.  Smith  ; 
was  mustered  out  at  the  close  of  the  war,  with  his  Reg't  at 
Chicago.  Besides  now  in  Coultersville,  Randolph  county.  111., 
in  the  successful  practice  of  his  profession. 
[Seventh  Generation.]     Children : 

7626.  i.  Mary  Ann  Childs.  b.  Mch.  18,  1848,  d.  June  19,  1848. 

7627.  ii.  Emma  Florence  Childs,  b.  Mch.  22,  1850. 

7628.  iii.  Nathaniel  Childs,  b.  Mch.  13,  1855.     A  lawyer. 

7629.  iv.  Charles  Alexander  Childs.  b.  June  6.  1857. 

7630.  V.  Lizzie  Mat  Child?,  b.  July  19. 1859. 

7631.  vi.  Sallib  Jane  Childs,  b.  Dec.  29,  1861. 

7632.  vii.  Thomas  Allen  Childs,  b.  Feb.  26,  1865. 

7633.  viii.  William  Holmes  Childs,  b.  Feb.  25, 1869,  d.  July  28,  1869. 
[Fifth  Generation.] 

7538.  iv.  Rebecca   Childs,  eldest  dau.  of  Nathaniel  and 


'766  NATHANIEL  CHILD  AND  DESCENDANTS 

Tamer  Brown  Childs,  b.  in  Elkton,  Cecil  county,  MA,  m 
Nathaniel  Sewell ;  resided  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  where  her  child- 
ren and  other  descendants  are  prominent  and  wealthy  citizens. 
Each  of  Rebecca  Childs  Sewell's  seven  children  married  and 
reared  large  families,  and  these  again  have  married  and  are 
numerously  and  respectably  represented  in  Baltimore  and  New 
York. 
[Sixth  Generation.  ]    Chiid  ren : 

7634.  i.  Thomas  Sewell. 

7635.  ii.  James  Sewell. 

7636.  iii.  Nathaniel  Sewell,  Je. 

7637.  iv.  John  Sewell. 

7638.  V.  Sarah  Sewell. 

7639.  vi.  Maet  Sewell. 

7640.  vii.  RiCHAED  Sewell. 

Rev.  James  Sewell,  second  son  of  Rebecca  Childs  and  Richard  Sewell, 
became  a  famous  Methodist  preacher.  His  services  were  sought  in  all  parts 
of  the  country.  He  filled  pulpits  by  special  transfer  for  the  purpose,  in 
Savannah,  Georgia;  Charleston.  South  Carolina;  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Brook- 
lyn, New  York;  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and  in  all  the  principal  appointments 
of  the  Baltimore  Conference.  He  died  a  few  years  since,  honored  and  loved 
by  all  who  knew  him 

[Very  much  which  has  been  promised  us  in  this  line  has  failed  to  reach 
us,  and  after  repeated  efforts  to  make  the  line  complete,  we  are  compelled  to 
print  without  doing  so.] 


UNATTACHED  FAMILIES. 

The  family  here  sketched  is  that  of  the  Rev.  John  Childs 
and  some  of  his  descendants.  It  is  possible  that  they  belong 
to  the  American  descendants  of  Heury  Child  of  Hertfordshire, 
Enpjland.  A  tradition  is  recalled  by  one  of  the  grandchildren, 
that  her  Aunt  Sarah  said  '*two  brothers  and  two  sisters  came 
to  America  together,  one  of  the  sisters  bearing  the  name  Cassie ;'' 
we  have  found  similar  traditions  in  almost  every  line,  yet 
facts  overthrow  them. 

764-1.  *'Rev.  John  Child,  was  born  in  Calvert  county,  Md., 
but  we  have  not  the  date  of  his  birth  or  marriage,  or  the  name 
of  his  wife.  Very  early  in  life  Mr.  Childs  was  licensed  by  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  as  a  "local  preacher.'^  In  1781>, 
he  was  by  the  Baltimore  Annual  Conference  appointed  upon 
the  Montgomery  circuit  His  labors  in  the  ministry  were  inter- 
rupted for  some  years.     In  1816,  he  was  again  in  the  active 


UNATTACHED   FAMILIES.  767 

ministry,  serving  for  a  year  or  more  in  the  Lancaster,  Baltimore, 
Montgomery,  Great  Falls,  Carlisle  and  Cliambersburg  circuits 
respectively.  In  1823,  he  was  appointed  a  local  preacher  once 
more,  but  he  preferred  the  other  line  of  service  and  was  again 
made  a  circuit  minister.  In  1829,  he  received  a  superanuated 
relation  and  retired  among  his  friends  in  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia. Too  late,  however,  to  recuperate  his  wasted  energies  on 
earth.  He  died  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Thos.  Jacobs  in  Alexan- 
dria, D.  C,  expressing  his  entire  confidence  in  God  his  Saviour.^' 

Mr.  Childs  was  the  owner  at  one  time  of  a  number  of  slaves, 
but  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  set  them  all  free  and  gave  to 
each  several  acres  of  land. 

[Of  his  family  we  can  give  but  two  children,  though  we 
understand  there  were  more  ] 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7642.  i.  Sarah  A.  Childs,  m.  Mr.  Jacobs  of  Langley,  Fairfax  county ,Va. 

7643.  ii,  John  W.  Childs,  b.  Aug.  1,  1800,  m.  1834,  Martha  S.  Rives. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

764:3.  ii.  Rev.  John  W.  Childs,  son  of  Rev.  John  Childs, 
b.  Aug.  1,  1800,  m.  1834,  Martha  S.  Rives.  Rev.  Mr.  John 
W.  Childs  d.  May,  1850,  when  his  children  were  so  young 
that  they  had  not  heard  him  speak  of  his  ancestry  at  all,  and 
as  they  were  thereafter  with  their  mother's  relatives  they  are 
unable  to  make  a  full  record.  At  the  time  of  the  late  war  the 
family  Bible  in  which  were  recorded  the  dates  of  births,  deaths, 
etc.,  was  stolen  by  the  negroes  and  the  records  destroyed. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

7644.  i.  Margaret  E.  Childs,  b.  1835,  d.  Oct.  1851. 
7645   ii.  Mary  A.  Childs.  b.  Oct  1839. 

7646.  iii.  Ann  V.  L.  Childs,  b.  Dec.  1841,  m.  Oct.  17, 1876,  R.  H.  Aylor. 

7647.  iv.  Sarah  M.  Childs,  b.  Feb.  1843.  d.  May  1851. 

7648.  V.  John  W.  Childs,  Jr..  b.  Jan.  1845. 

7649  vi.  Samuel  Wesley  Childs,  b.  July  1847.  m.  Dec.  2, 1879,  Clara 
Thomas. 

7650.  vii.  Charles  T.  Childs,  b.  Aug.  1850,  d.  July  1851. 
[Eighth  Generation.  | 

7t>46.  iii.  Ann  V.  L.  Childs,  third  dau.  and  child  of  Rev. 
John  W.  and  Martha  S.  Rives  Childs,  b.  Dec.  1841,  m.  Oct. 
17,  1876,  R.  H.  Aylor.  To  Mrs.  Aylor  we  are  indebted  for 
the  record  of  her  family,  and  regret  much  that  we  cannot  give 
a  fuller  report  of  a  family  so  true  and  devout.  Residence, 
Oak  Park,  Virginia. 

[Ninth  Generation  ]    Children: 

7651.  i.  John  Childs  Aylor,  b.  Aug.  1877. 

7652.  ii.  Mary  Rivks  Aylor,  b.  Feb.  1879. 


768 


fATTACHUW   FAMILIKS. 


JOHN  CHILDS. 


The  lateet  known  emigrant  to  America  of  tbe  name,  and 
only  emigrant  with  the  terminal  **  s  "  attached  to  the  namct. 
[First  Generation.] 

7658.  John  Childs,  b.  in  England  McL  10»  1753*  m*  Jan 
1^  1785,  Mary  Gragg.  She  was  b.  in  County  Antrim,  IrelandJ 
Oct.  12^  1763.  She  came  to  this  country  at  13  yean^  i>f  w^ 
His  mother  s  name  wa^^  Rachel  Coniton  ;  his  father  s  nnujc  w| 
do  not  obtain.  He  came  to  America  and  settled  near  Danville 
Montour  county.  Pa.     H  e  dic<  1  May  31,1  S04,  near  T '  -^  Pi^ 

[The  record  of  this  branch  we  receive  from  Hiram  A,  <  ,hj,, 

Lock  Haven,  and  his  brother  Franklin  P.  Chilcb  of  OttnwA,  UU,  gnui4mi 
of  John  Chndg] 
[Second  Generation.]    Children: 

7fi54    i.  Esther  Cnn^ns,  b,  Feb.  28. 1785,  m.  John  I^muiuif.  u,  mmfifi, 
1849. 

7055.  ii,  John  Childs.  b.  P^b,  13,  178l?»  d.  Dec,  IS.  1607.  ■ 

7056.  iii.  Anduew  Childs,  b.  June  13.  1789.  ra,  Murgaret  Amwion       I 

7057.  iv.  Nanctt  Childs,  b.  Mch.^5, 1791,  m.  Isaifth  Blue  ftnii  biul  m?r«nif 
children;  d.  Sept.  27.  li:568. 

7(J58.  V.  James  CatLDe,  b.  June  10,  17(»3,  d.  Jnn  W,  1871, 1-  * 

7059.  \i.  Mary  ('htldh,  b  July  17,  1795.  m.  Diuiiel  I'ari 

Siraon  Cameron  of  Pennsylvania.* 
7660,     vii.  Kachel  t  hjld?.  b.  Mch.  22,  1708|  m.  Hugh  Pared  and 

children. 

760!.  viii.  Makgabkt  CniLDe  b  Oct.  10. 1^01,  d.  Oct.  10,  )S34,  uani> 
7602.  ix.  Er-iZABETH  i'niLDK.  I).  Jnno  8.  180:J.  m.  John  Tamin.  am!  fp- 

mdes  in  Watsoutnwn,  Korihuniberknd  county,  Pii,      llml  u  largo  dtutiber 

of  childriHi.     Mr.  Taggart  died  I»78.  or  71». 

[Second  Generation.] 

7656.  iii.   Andrew  Childs,  third  child  and  second  mo 
John  and  Margaret  Gragg  Childs,  b.  in   New  JefBOVT  *^ 
1789,    rn,    Margaret    Arnwine,    (sometinKvs    calkfl    * 
*'  Irvine,"  ''  Irwin  "),     She  was  k  Nov.  17»  1798 ;  is  still  liri( 
on  the  old  ffirm.      He  died  May  7^  1S64,  on  a  farm  msur  Pkn^ 
ville,  Pa. 
[Third  Geneniiion.]    Children: 

7008.  i.  JoBX  O    Childs,  b.  Feb.  1,  ISIO.  ni.  abh  1870.  Mary  3loCmc« 
Residence  Paikviile.  St  Joseph  county,  Mich.  » 

7«^64.  ii.  James  W.  Chilus  b,  July  4. 1817.  m.  l^.  1840,  Mary  Giliipli«dF 
ni.  2d,  about  1850,  Sarah  King. 

7605.  iii.  Sarah  J.  CnrLDs.  b.  Aug,  12,  1818,  m.  Gforsre  W.  Pftfrce. 
d.  Aug.  10»  l^Ot*.  at  OttHWiv  City,  111.,  leaving  no  children. 

7006.  iv.  William  B.  Childr,  b.  Oct.  8.  1810.     Wm    V   '►■i.*^   i  '• 
qnite  early;  married  and  lived  in  Wisconsin;  hail   tw<^ 
and  child n?n  dm\.     He  went  tn  the  far  Wt'St  ar»d  >*«>• 


UNATTACHED   FAMILIES.  769 

seven  years,  the  family  supposed  him  dead,  when  his  mother  had  a  letter 
from  him  written  from  Idaho.  Some  few  years  later  his  brother.  Franklin 
P.  Childs.  received  a  letter  from  him,  he  was  then  in  New  Mexico.  Two  or 
three  years  later  his  mother  received  another  letter  from  him,  he  was  then 
in  Texas.    No  further  tidings  have  come  from  him. 

7667.  V.  Mart  E   Childs,  b.  Dec.  14.  1820.    Lives  in  Panville,  Montour 
county,  Pa. 

7668.  vi.  Andrew  J.   Childs,  b.  July  11,  1822,  m.  Emily  Smith.     No 
children.     Resides  in  Lee's  Summit,  Jaclcson  county,  Mo. 

7669.  vii.  Francis  Childs,  b.  May  28.  1825,  d.  Mch.  26,  1826. 

767(1.  viii.  Franklin   P.  Childs,  b.  April  28,   1826,  m.  Sept.  23,  1858. 
Maggie  M.  Price 

7671.  ix.  Hiram  A.  Childs.  b.  Aug.  3,  1828.    Lawyer;  unmarried.     Re- 
sides in  Lock  Haven,  Clinton  county.  Pa 

7672.  X.  Harriet  M   Childs,  b.  June  13,  1830,  m.  Dr.  Isaac  D.  Howard. 
7<>73.  xi    Margaret  R.  Childs,   b.  Mch.  14,  1832,  unm. ;  is  a  teacher. 

Resides  in  Montour  county.  Pa. 

7674.  xii.  Lucinda  A.  Childs.  b.  Oct.  19, 1&34,  unm.    Lives  at  Panville, 
Pennsylvania. 

7675.  xiii.  Cyrus  Childs,  b.  May  31.  1837.  m.  Sarah  Ann  Williams.    Has 
a  large  family  of  children.    Reside  in  Montour  county,  Pa. 

7676  xiv.  David  R.  P.  Childs.  b.  Oct.  16, 1838,  unm.  Residence  Mon- 
tour county,  Pa.     Carries  on  the  home  farm. 

7677.  XV   Rebecca  H.  Childs.  b.  Nov  7.  1840,  d.  Mch.  10,  1846. 

[Third  Generation. J 

7664.  ii.  James  W.  Childs,  second  son  and  child  of  Andrew 
and  Margaret  Arnwine  Childs,  b.  in  Panville,  Pa.,  July  4,  1817, 
m.  ist,  in  1849,  Mary  Campbell;  m.  2d,  in  1856,  Sarah  King. 
In  the  spring  of  1847,  Mr.  J.  W.  Childs  went  to  St.  Joseph 
county,  Mich,  and  took  up  a  farm  near  Three  Eivers,  where 
he  has  since  lived.  P.  0.  address.  Park  vi  lie,  St.  Jo.  Co.,  Mich. 
[Fourth  Generation.]    Children: 

7078.  i.  Maggie  J  Childs. 

7679.  ii.  Francis  Marion  Childs. 

7680.  iii.  Charlie  Childs. 

7681.  iv.  Della  Childs. 

7682.  V.  Frank  Childs. 

[Third  Generation.] 

7670.  viii.  Franklin  Petrican  Childs,  eighth  child  of 
Andrew  and  Margaret  Arnwine  Childs,  b.  April  28,  1826,  in 
Montour  county.  Pa.,  m.  in  Ottawa  City,  111.,  Sept.  23,  1858, 
Maggie  M.  Price.  She  was  b.  May  16,  1827,  in  Fayette 
county,  Pa.  Mr.  Childs  first  engaged  in  farming  in  Marshall 
county,  until  the  spring  of  1864,  when  he  bought  a  farm  near 
Ottawa,  111.,  where  he  resided  till  the  fall  of  1871,  when  he 
purchased  property,  in  the  town,  on  which  he  now  resides,  a 
man  of  leisura 


770  UNATTACHED   FAMILIES. 

[Fourth  Generation.]    Children: 

7683.  i.  CoEA  Ljeolen  Guilds,  b.  Jan.  18.  1860,  graduated  from  High 
School  of  Ottawa,  III.,  June  27,  1879,  graduated  from  the  Cincinnati  Wes- 
leyan  College,  June  16,  1880. 

7684.  ii.  Winnie  Velletta  Childs,  b.  Mch.  23, 1863,  is  a  member  of  the 
High  School,  Ottawa,  111. 

[Second  Generation.] 

7658.  V.  James  Childs,  fifth  child  of  John  and  Mary  Gragg 
Childs,  b.  June  16,  1793;  m.  1st,  Rachel  Appleman;  m.  2d, 
Susan  McBride ;  m.  3d,  Elizabeth  Bouch  ;  d.  Jan.  10,  1871. 
[Third  Generation.  |     Children : 

7685.  i.  James  H.  Childs,  ra.  and  has  two  children.  Resides  in  Stillwater, 
Washington  county,  Minn. 

7686.  ii.  John  Childs. 

7687.  iii.  Cordelia  Childs,  m.  —  Smith.     Resides  at  Schoolcraft,  Mich. 

7688.  iv.  Appleman  Childs,  m.  has  two  children.  Lives  in  Dansville, 
Montour  county.  Pa. 

7689.  V.  Hannah  Childs. 

7690.  vi.  Maria  Childs. 

7691.  vii.  Oscar  Childs,  m.  Resides  in  Iowa. 

7692.  viii.  Jacob  Simeon  Childs. 

7698.  ix.  Ann  Childs.  m.  Elisha  W.  Smith.  Lives  in  Muncy.  Lycoming 
county,  Pa. 


[Fifth  Generation.] 

7694.  WiLLL\M  Child,  removed  to  Maine  with  the  family 
of  Mr.  David  Marshall  from  Massachusetts,  in  1771,  and  settled 
in  what  was  then  called  Sudbury,  Canada,  now  Bethel,  Maine. 
Attacked  by  the  Indians  the  inhabitants  were  compelled  t«> 
flee,  and  this  family  were  located  in  Minot,  Maine.  Here  Mr. 
Child  married,  about  1790,  Miss  Anna  Washburn,  and  remov- 
ed to  Livermore,  in  the  same  State,  where  he  settled  u])on  a 
farm. 
[Sixth  Generation.!    Children: 

7005.  i.  Lewis  Wasiibirn  Child,  b.  1793,  shipped  with  Decatur's  flj^-t 
in  1815,  sailed  to  the  Mediterranean,  and  was  never  afterward  heard  fnun. 

7696.  ii.  Joseph  Child,  b.  Jan.  5,  1795.  m.  1st.  1816.  Olive  Woodsum:  m 
2d,  1841.  Dorcas  Andrews. 

7697.  iii.  William  Child,  Jr..  b.  April  1797,  m.  1816.Lneinda  WwKlsnni. 

7698.  iv.  Anna  Child,  b.  1799,  m.  John  Perham. 

7699.  V.  Tri:e  Woodman  Child,  b.  1802,  ra.  Miss  Smith. 

7700.  vi.  Elisha  Child,  b.  1804,  drowned  when  about  20  years  of  a^e. 

7701.  vii.  GRANViLLECniLD,b.  1806,  m.  Esther  Godding;  twelve  childnn, 
nanies  not  sent. 

7702.  viii.  Marshall  Child,  b.  1808,  ni.  about  ISiiO,  Olive  Stetson. 


UNATTACHED   FAMILIES.  771 

7703.  ix.  AuBELiA  Child,  b.  1810,  m.  Elijah  Parrington. 

7704.  X.  Eliza  Child,  b.  181?3.  m.  Sulivan  Andrews. 

7705.  xi.  Adelphla.  Child,  b.  1816,  in.  Ist,  William  Bradford:  ra.  2d, 
1843,  John  Gordon. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7(596.  ii.  Joseph  Child,  second  son  and  child  of  William 
and  Anna  Washburn  Child,  b.  in  Livermore,  Maine,  Jan.  5, 1796, 
m.  1st,  in  1816,  Olive  Woodsum  of  Saco,  who  d.  in  1840 ;  m. 
2d,  in  1841,  Dorcas  Andrews  of  Paris,  Me.  Mr.  Child  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation,  was  for  a  time  resident  in  Turner,  then 
in  Hartford,  and  finally  settled  in  Paris,  all  these  homes  in  the 
State  of  Maine.  Here  Mr.  Childs  died  in  Dea  1875. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7706.  i.  Lewis  W.  Child,  b.  1817,  m.  1844,  Emily  M.  Reed. 

7707.  ii.  Miranda  Child,  b.  1819,  m.  1838,  John  B.  Stetson. 

7708.  iii.  Elisha  N.  Child,  b  1820.  m.  1850,  Elizabeth  Martin  of  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.    Reside  in  Worcester;  seven  children,  names  not  sent. 

7709.  iv.  Julia  Ann  Child,  b.  1822,  m.  Harrison  Hayford.      Resides  in 
Belfast,  Me. 

7710.  V.  WiLLLiM  Child,  b.  1826.  m.— . 

7711.  vi.  True  W.  Child,  b.  1828,  m.  1st.  about  1855,  Eliza  Gleason;  m. 
2d,  Emily  White. 

7712.  vii.  Olive  W.  Child,  b.  1831,  m.  1st,  Mr.  Sprague  of  Abington; 
m.  2d,  Mr.  Hans  of  Brookfield,  Mass. 

7713.  viii.  Roscoe  G.  Child,  b.  1834.  d.  at  the  Isle  of  France.  1662,  unm. 

7714.  ix.  Joseph  F.  Child,  b.  1845. 
7716.  X.  Josephine  Child,  b.  1847. 

7716.  xi.  Persis  A.  Child,  b.  1849. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7706.  i.  Lewis  W.  Child,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Joseph 
and  Olive  Woodsum  Child,  b.  in  Maine,  1817,  m.  May,  1844, 
Emily  M.  Reed  of  Hartford,  Me.     Settled  upon  a  farm  in  Paris, 
Me. 
[Eighth  Generation.  ]    Children : 

7717.  i.  Henry  A.  Child,  b.  1845.  m.  1870,  Mattie  Little. 

7718.  ii.  Emily  H.  Child,  b.  Nov.  8,  1848,  unm.    A  teacher  in  Stevens 
Seminary,  Glencoe,  Minnesota. 

7719.  iii.  Elisha  Adrian  Child,  b.  Aug.  10. 1850.    Joiner  and  dealer  in 
farm  machinery,  Chicago.  111. 

7720.  iv.  Charles  A.  Child,  b.  Aug.  8, 1853.     Upholsterer,  (Chicago,  Dl.) 

7721.  V.  CoRYDON  L.  Child,  b.  Jan.  13,  1857.     Farmer,  Milton,  Me. 

7722.  vi.  True  W.  Child,  b.  Oct.  22,  1858,  ra.  about  1877.  May  Stevens. 

7723.  vii.  Sampson  R.  Child,  b.  Sept.  21,  1860.    A  teacher. 

7724.  viii.  Dana  Child,  b.  Mch.  22,  1862. 

7725.  Ix.  Dellie  Josephine  Child,  b.  Aug  29,  1867. 
[Eighth  Generation.] 

7717.  L  Henry  A.   Child,  eldest  son  of  Lewis  W.  and 

B-8 


772  UNATTACHED   FAMILIES. 

Emily  M.  Reed  Child,  b.  in  Paris,  Ma,  184-5.    Served  four  years 

in  the  army ;  studied  law,  and  established  himself  in  Glencoe, 

Minn.     Married  in  1870,  Matt:e  Little,  d.  in  Chaska,  Minn.,  in 

1878. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

7726.  i.  Ida  Child,  b.  1871. 

7727.  ii.  Lewis  H.  Child,  b.  1873. 

7728.  iii.  Dan.  Child,  b.  1874. 

7729.  iv.  Alice  Child,  b.  187G. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

772-2.  vi.  Tkue   W.    Child,  fifth  son  and  sixth  child  of 
Lewis  W.  and  Emily  M.  Reed  Child,  b.  in  Paris,  Ma,  Oct.  22, 
1858,  ra.  about  3877,  May  Stevens  of  Rumford,  Ma     Resides 
in  Milton,  Me. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Child : 

7780.  i.  Grace  Child,  b.  Oct.  5,  1879. 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

7710.  V.  William  Child,  third  son  and  fifth  child  of  Joseph 
and  Olive  Woodsum  Child,  b.  in  Maine,  in  1826,  m.  in  Abing- 
ton,  Mass.,  and  remained  in  Abington  until  1872,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Layfayette,  Indiana. 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

7731.  i.  William  Child. 

7732.  ii.  RoscoE  Child. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7711.  vi.  True  W.  Childs,  fourth  son  and  sixth  child  of 
Joseph  and  Olive  Woodsum  Child,  b.  in  Maine  in  1828,  m. 
ist,  about  1855,  Eliza  Glcason  of  Millbury,  Mass.,  who  d.  in 
1859  ;  m.  2d,  Emily  White  of  Now  Hampshire.  Resides  in 
Toledo,  Ohio  ;  is  of  the  business  firm  of  Fuller,  Childs  &  Co., 
112  and  114  Summit  St,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

7733.  i.  Clinton  A.  Childs.  b.  Dec.  1856,  m.  1879,  Ida  L.  White  of 
Toledo.  Ohio. 

7734.  ii.  Austin  Childs,  b.  1868. 

7735.  iii.  Grace  Childs,  b  1870. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7697.  iii.  William   Child,  Jr.,   third  son  and  child   of 
William  and  Anna  Washburn  Child,  b.  in  Livermore,  Me.,  in 
April  1797,  m.  in  1816,  Lucinda  Woodsum  of  Saco.     Reside 
in  Uartford,  Me.     A  farmer  and  carpenter. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7736.  i.  WiLLLkM  Augustus  Child,  b.  1819,  m.  Elizabeth  White. 


UNATTACHED   FAMILIES.  773 

7737.  ii.  Adwan  Child,  b.  1821,  m.  — . 

7738.  iii.  Mbbjnda  Child,  m.  Qeorge  Smith  of  Cohasset,  Mass. 

7739.  iv.  Albion  Child,  d.  at  sea. 

7740.  V.  Clinton  Child,  d.  in  Terra  Haute.  Ind. 

7741.  vi.  Marshall  Child,  b.  in  Hartford,  Me.,  m.  Emily  Turner  of 
Livermore,  Me. ;  has  tiiree  children  names  not  received. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7730.  i.  William  A.  Child,  eldest  son  and  child  of  William 
Jr.  and  Lucinda  Woodsum  Child,  b.  in  Hartford,  Me.,  in  1819, 
m.  Elizabeth  White  of  Whitefield,  Me. 
{Eighth  Generation.]     Child: 

7748.  i.  William  Child,  married  and  resides  in  Boston,  Mass. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7737.  ii.  Adrian  Child,  second  son  and  child  of  William, 
Jr.,  and  Lucipda  Woodsum  Child,  b.  in  Hartford,  Me.,  1821, 
m.  —  of  Rockland,  Me.     Removed  to  Terre  Haute,  Indiana,  and 
died  there. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Child: 

7743.  i.  WiiLiAM  Child,  resides  in  Bois  City,  Colorado. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7699.  V.  True  Woodman  Child,  fourth  son  and  fifth  child 
of  William  and  Anna  Washburn  Child,  b.  in  1802,  in  Liver- 
more,  Me.,  m.  a  Miss  Smith  of  Boston,  Mass. 
[Seventh  Generation.  1    Child : 

7744.  i.  Charles  Child. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7702.  viii.  Marshall  Child,  seventh  son  of  William  and 
Anna  Washburn  Child,  b.  in  Livermore,  Me.,  Jan.  25,  1808, 
m.  1830,  Olive  Stetson  of  Hartford,  Me. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Livermore.  Maine: 

7745.  i.  Martha  Child,  b.  Jan.  2.  1834,  d.  Mch.  24,  1864. 

7746.  ii.  Hiram  Child,  b.  Aug.  18,  1835. 

7747.  iii.  Asa  Child,  b.  Aug.  14, 1837.  A  soldier  in  the  Union  service, 
late  war. 

7748.  iv.  HoMBE  Child,  b.  Sept.  2,  1889. 

7749.  V.  Martha  F.  Child,  b.  April  21,  1841. 

7750.  vi.  Harriet  E.  Child,  b.  May  26,  1844. 

7751.  vii.  Emerson  Child,  /  «  .      ]  ,   Mavll   lft4fi  ^'  ^°  ^-  S-  service. 

7752.  viii.  Elihu  Child,     [  ^^^^'  }  ^'  ^^^  "»  ^^^'  d.  in  U.  S.  service. 

7753.  ix    Albert  Child,  b.  Feb.  17, 1849,  d.  April  20,  1864. 

7754.  X.  Elmer  P.  Child,  b.  Dec.  12, 1850.  d.  Dec.  19. 1865. 

7755.  xi.  Francis  O.  Child,  b.  Mch.  13,  1854,  d.  July  23,  1855. 

7756.  xii.  Albert  M.  Child,  b.  Jan.  2,  1867. 


774 


UNATIACHED   FAMILIES. 


7757.  DiL  Daniel  Child.    We  cannot  connect  Dr  Chi 
with  his  ancestor.       He  is  i*eported  as  having  been  iM^m 
Massachusetts,    Oct    8,    1747,   and    iis    marrying    in    1777. 
Rebeckah  — ,  and  removing  to  Maine,      We  place  him  in 
Fourth  Geucratiou, 
1  Fifth  Generation.]    Children,  barn  in  Pembroke  and  Turner,  Mcw 

7758,  i.  Danikl  ('iiiu>,  Jr..  Ix  Jan.  12.  1778. 

7759,  ii.  Rlth  Child,  b.  April  24.  1779. 

7760,  iii.  Anna  Child,  h.  Nov.  ^4.  1780. 
776 L  iv.  Asa  Child,  b.  Nott,  9,  1783. 
7762.  V.  Casseakblla  Cbild,  b.  Dec.  4,  1784. 


7763,  vi.  Howlanu  Child,  b.  Jati,  10.  1787.  in.  May  27, 1805»  4a 

7764. 
7765. 
7766. 


vii.  LvMAN  Child  ^  m^.       \  b.  "Un.  18.  1788* 

viii.  Infant  nnchnstened,  \   ^^^^    }i\.  Jan.  27,  1789. 
ix.  Lydia  Child,  b.  April  15,  171*1. 


[Fiftb  Generation.] 

7763.  vi.  HoWLANi)  Child,  sixth   child  and  third  ^u 
Dn  Daniel  and  liebeckah  Child,  b.  Jan.  16,  1787»  in  Turocr,| 
Me.,  m.  Ma}^  27,  1805,  Achs^ah  — .      She  was  bom  in  Saod 
Tvich,  Me.,  Sept  20,  1766.     He  died  Jan.  6,  1840, 
JSixth  Generation.]     Children: 

7767.  i.  AaNOLD  Child,  h.  id  Livermore,  Me.,  Aug,  10, 1806.  m.  — ♦ 

7768.  iL  Stephen  Child,  b.  in  Tumor.  M©.,  Oct.  30,  1807,  m.  JuM  IS. 
1831,  Lydia  Chandler. 

7760,  iii.  Mary  Ann  Child,  b.  in  Turner,  Me.,  Nov.  28,  1809, 

7770.  iv,  Emeldjb  Child,  b.  in  Turner,  Me..  April  10,  1810,  d.  July  iflll 
1843. 

7771.  V.  Mary  Jane  Child,  h.  in  Livermore,  Me.,  April  18,  ISli, 

7772.  vi.  ZiRA  Ann  Child,  b,  in  Jay,  Me,.  June  4,  1818. 
7778.  vii.  Howland  Child.  Jr.,  b.  in  Jav.  Me.,  Feb.  16.  1815,  d.  Jftif  1^ 

1816. 

7774.  Yiii.  Anna  Child,  b.  in  Jay.  Me..  Sept.  19.  1816.  d.  Dec.  18«L 

7775.  ix.  Leonard  Child,  b.  in  Jay.  Me.,  Feb.  10.  1819,  d.  April  IS,  W 

7776.  X.  Granville  Child,  b.  in  Jay,  Me.,  Sept.  11. 1820.  d.  July  L18 

7777.  xi.  Albion  H.  P,  Chili>.  b.  July  22,  1822.  m.  Nov.  29, 1^11^  1 
A,  Keyes, 

7778.  xii.  Coldhbub  Child,  b   in  Canton,  Me,,  July  21, 1885,  d.  Mftj  I 
1826. 

7779.  xiii.  Lymjln  Cbild,  b.  in  Jay,  Me..  Nov.  16,  182<J. 

[Sixth  Generation.} 

7768.  ii  Stephen  Child,  seeuud  child  and  son  of  Howfai 
and  Achsah  Child,  b.  in  Turner^  Me.,  Oct  30, 1807,  ra  Jufi 
12,1831,  Lydia  Cliaiidler,  daughter  of  Peleg  Chandler;  »1>< 
was  b.  Sept.  4,  1813, 
[Seventh  Generatinu.]    Children,  all  but  the  eldest  lx>m  In  Jay,  Me.: 

7780.  i.  Andrew   A.   Child,  b.  in  Middletwm,  Maw.  Mrh.  13,  1^,0*] 
Aug.  1862,  Helen  Adams.  A.A.  Child  was  a  physician.  They  hail  r»MchildwO- 


UNATTACHED   FAMILIEa  775 

7781.  ii.  Mary  J.  B.  Child,  b.  May  28,  1886.  m.  Feb.  28,  1861,  Daniel 
Briggs;  no  children.     Mrs.  Brings  d.  Dec.  24. 1865. 

7782.  iii.  Eliza  A.  Child,  b.  July  27, 1838.  d.  Oct.  31, 1849. 

7783.  iv.  Lysander  C.  Child,  b.  April  15, 1841,  ra.  July  16, 1865,  Paulina 
Rawson,  d.  Nov.  28. 1865;  no  children. 

7784.  V.  Lucy  8.  Child,  b.  Mch.  13,  1844,  d.  Sept.  28.  1847. 

7785.  vi.  Abbie  D.  Child,  b.  Feb.  9,  1846.  m.  June,  1876,  Moses  B. 
Thomas. 

7786  vii.  Lucy  S.  Child,  2D.b.  July  9, 1848,  m.  Feb.  1867,  Daniel  Briggs; 
she  d.  June  24,  1872.  leaving  two  children. 

7787.  viii.  Lydla.  A.  Child,  b.  May  31, 1850,  ra.  Jan.  1, 1873,  Rose  Fuller. 

7788.  ix.  Converse  S.  Child,  b.  Oct.  15, 1852,  m.  May  24,  1877,  Florence 
Spaulding.    Converse  S.  Child  is  a  physician. 

7789.  X.  John  L.  Child,  b  May  13,  1856. 

7790.  xi.  Nellie  Child,  b,  July  13,  1858. 

[Sixth  Generation.! 

7777.  xi.  Dr   Albion   H.  P.  Child,   eleventh  child  and 
sixth  son  of  Howland  and  Achsah  Child,  b.  in  Jay  Me.,  July 
22,  1822,  m.  Nov.  29,  1849,  Lucy  A.  Keyes.      He  died  July 
19,  1856. 
[Seventh  Generation]    Children,  bom  in  Jay,  Me. 

7791.  i.  Lucy  Ella  Child,  b.  Oct.  21,  1850,  d.  July  17,  1861. 

7792.  ii.  Naomi  L.  Child,  b.  Sept.  6, 1850. 

[We  have  fonnd  fome  difficaltj  In  determining  whether  the  terminal  ''  a  *'  was  need  by 
Dr.  Daniel  Child  and  his  descendants ;  but  from  the  light  we  have,  we  have  decided  to 
write  the  name  without  the  **  s.^*] 


EPHRAIM  CHILDS. 

This  family  we  suppose  to  be  of  the  Watertowu  line,  but  if 
so,  we  fail  to  find  the  immediate  paternity  of  this  Ephraim 
Childs.  We  place  him  and  his  descendants  with  other  unlink- 
ed families,  trusting  time  may  supply  the  lost  links. 

7793.  Ephraim  Childs  of  Princeton,  Mass.,  b.  April  24-, 
1787,  m.  Aug.  29,  1811,  Hannah  Cowden  of  Eutland,  Mass. 
He  d.  May  7,  1818,  aged,  31,  m  Eutland ;  his  widow  d.  June 
5,  1875,  aged  84,  in  Hubbardston,  Mass. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7794.  i.  James  Cowdkn  Childs,  b.  July  11,  1812,  m.  July  5, 1840,  Susan 
M.  Ripley. 

7795.  ii.  William  Gilmor  Childs,  b.  Oct.  1,  1814,  d.  July  4. 1816. 

7796.  iii.  George  Childs,  b.  Nov.  1,  1817,  d.  1822. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7794.  i.  James  Cowden  Childs,  eldest  son  of  Ephraim  and 
Hannah  Cowden  Childs,  b.  in  Rutland,  Mass.,  July  11,  1812, 
m.  in  Vernon,  Vt.,  July  5,  1840,  Susan  Malvina  Eipley 


776  UNATTACHED   FAMILIES. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children,  bom  in  Princeton.  Mass. 

7797.  i.  PBR8IB  Emelinb  Childs,  b.  June  19»  1841,  m  Maj  15, 18^, 
Charles  K.  Reid. 

779^1  ii.  Albbrt  Augustin  Childs.  b.  Sept.  1, 1842.  d.  Meh.  9,  1843. 

7799  iii.  Waltrr  Maynard  Childs,  b  Feb.  9, 1844.  m  Fannie  Parker. 

T^KK  iw  Addison  Elunwood  Childs,  b.  Mch.  22,  1846.  m.  Sept.  15, 
1879.  Susan  R  Grout. 

7WL  Y.  AiuuxB  Louisa  Childs,  b.  Feb.  16, 1849,  m.  Feb.  20,  1870. 
i^KKMr^  W,  Handy. 

fK^irhth  0«»«eration.J 

T7>HX  iii.  Walter  Maynard  Childs,  second  son  of  James 
Ox  {iiui  Susuu  M.  Ripley  Childs,  b.  in  Princeton,  Mass.,  Feb.  9, 
1^4^.  uu  about  1878,  Fannie  Parker. 
(N(u(h  Oonoration.]    Child: 
WW   I.  liiLLA  May  Childs,  b.  Mch.  2,  1880. 

(I^hth  Goneration.l 

7801.  V.  Adaline  Louisa  Childs,  second  dau.  and  young- 
twt  (jhild  of  James   Cowden,  and  Susan  M.  Ripley  Childs,  b. 
in   Princeton,  Mass.,  Feb.  16,  1849,  m.  Feb.   20,  1870,  George 
W.  Handy. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

7808.  i.  Geoegia  Edith  Handy,  b.  Oct.  3,  1871. 

7804.  ii.  Wilfred  Lestee  Handy,  b.  Jan.  1. 1872. 

7H05.  iii.  Charles  Leroy  Handy,  b.  Feb.  17,  1875.  d.  in  Mch.  1875. 


ISAAC  CHILDS  of  Brattleboro,  Vt. 

The  following  record  is  furnished  by  Mr.  Winchester  Child 
of  Cooperstown,  N.  Y.,  a  son  of  Isaac  Childs. 

7806.  Isaac  Childs,  lived  in  Brattleboro,  Vt  ;  removed  in 
1804,  and  settled  in  Worcester,  Otsego  county,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  spent  the  balance  of  his  life.  He  is  said  to  have  had  seven 
children. 

[Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

7807.  i.  Winchestkr  Childs,  b.  in  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  1802,  m.  Amanda 
Cuppernal. 

7808.  li.  Benjamin  Childs,  b.  in  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  1803. 

7809.  iii.  Polly  Childs. 

7810.  iv.  Phbbe  Childs. 

7811.  V.  Isaac  Childs. 

7812.  vi.  Amasa  Childs, 

7813.  vii.  SuKET  Childs. 

I  Sixth  Generation.] 

7807.  i.  Winchester  Childs,  the  eldest  child  of  Isaac 
(yhild,   n\     Amanda   Cuppernal   and  settled  in  Cooperstown, 


UNATTACHED  FAMILIES.  777 

N.  Y.,  where  he  has  for  more  than  40  years  resided,  and  where 

lie  still  lives. 

^Seventh  Generation.]    Child: 

7814.  i.  Mabt  a.   Chim),  m.  a  Mr.  Crandall;  they  reside  in  New  York 
City. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

7808.  ii.  Benjamin  Childs,  second  child  of  Isaac  Childs, 
m.  and  lives  in  Pennsylvania ;  name  of  town  not  given. 
[Seventh  Generation.]    Children: 

7815.  i.  David  Childs. 

7816.  ii.  George  Childs. 

7817.  iii.  Henry  Childs. 

7818.  iv.  Mart  Childs. 

7819.  V.  Caroline  Childs. 
7830.  vi.  Jane  Childs. 


LATEST  EMIGRANTS. 


7821.  Joseph  and  Mary  Child,  lived  and  died  in  St  Ives, 
Eng.  They  had  one  son  named  Joseph,  b.  in  St  Ives,  Eng., 
Oct  21,  1789,  m.  Oct  21,  1813,  Penelope  Tingle,  dau.  of 
Thomas  Tingle  of  Kettering,  Eng.  Joseph  Child,  Jr.,  remov- 
ed from  England  to  the  City  of  New  York  in  Sept.  1824,  and 
died  April  1829.  Mrs.  Penelope  Child  died  in  Brooklyn,  Jan 
11,  1863.     He  was  a  boat  builder  by  occupation. 

[Second  Generation.]    Children; 

.  7822.  i.  xMary  Child,  b.  in  St  Ives,  Eng,  July  18,  1814.  m.  June  1835, 
by  Rev.  E.  P.  Hatfield.  William  S.  Alexander,  son  of  John  Alexander. 
Residence,  Brooklyn ;  died  1877. 

7823.  ii.  Susan  Child,  b  in  St.  Tves,  Eng.,  Sept.  21, 1815,  m.  1st.  Simeon 
Deeker;  he  d.  1876:  m.  2d,  in  Brooklyn.  N.  Y.,  by  F.  Bailey,  May  2,  1878, 
James  H.  Holmes.     She  died  July  1878.  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

7824.  iii.  Joseph  Child,  Jr.,  b  in  St.  Ives.  Eng.,  June  1,  1817,  m.  1st, 
Aug.  13,  1845,  Fidelia  Dunning;  m.  2d,  July  6,  1853,  Agnes  Johnston. 

7825.  iv.  Penelope  Child,  b.  in  St.  Ives.  Eng.,  and  died  early. 

7826.  V.  Thomas  Child,  b.  in  St.  Ives,  Eng.,  d.  early. 

7827.  vi.  Penelope  Child,  2d,  b.  in  St.  Ives,  Eng.,  d.  early. 

7828  vii.  Charlotte  Child,  b.  in  Saffron,  Waldron,  Eng.,  June  16. 
1822,  m.  1853.  in  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,Mathew  J.  Clough;  he  d.  in  New  Orleans, 
1866;  she  d.  in  Brooklyn,  1874. 

7829.  viii.  Thomas  Child,  b.  in  Saffron,  Waldron,  Eng..  in  1823,  d.  early. 

7830.  ix.  Ellbn  Child,  b.  in  New  York  City,  1825,  m.  in  Brooklyn.  1853, 
Joseph  Harrison;  removed  to  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Mr.  Harrison  died  in 
Nevada,  Col.  She  m.  2d,  in  Brooklyn.  Brittian  Holmes,  and  resides  in 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

7881.  X.  George  Hbnrt  Child,  b.  in  New  York  City,  1828,  d. 


778  UKATTACHED  FAMIUSS. 

fSecond  Genention.j 

7824  iil  Joseph  Child,  Jr.  third  child  and  eldest  son  of 
Joseph  and  Penelope  Tingle  Child,  b.  in  St.  Ives,  Eng.,  Jane 
1,  1817,  liL  1st,  Aug.  13,  1845,  in  Fenton,  Mich.,  by  Bev.  Ira 
Dunning,  Fidelia  Dunning,  daughter  of  the  officiating  clergy- 
man ;  she  d.  Aug.  13, 1850,  in  New  York ;  m.  2d,  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  in  1853,  by  Rev.  James  Johnston,  Agnes  Johnston, 
daughter  of  the  officiating  clergyman.  Mr.  Child  was  formerly 
engaged  in  mercantile  business.     Residence  in  Troy,  N.  Y. 

[Third  Generation.]    Children.     Bj  first  marriage: 

7S32.  i.  Fidelia  Matilda  Child,  b.  in  Fenton,  Mich.,  Jnne  1,  1846,  m. 
by  Rev.  Theodore  L.  Cujler.  D.  D.,  in  1874,  Alexander  M.  Davenport,  son 
of  J  ulius  Davenport,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.     Residence,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

7833.  ii.  Caroline  Child,  b.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  May  Id,  1848.  m.  1870, 
Elias  S.  Piatt  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.     Residence,  Smithtown,  N.  Y. 

7834.  iii.  Milton  D.  Child,  b.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Mch.  2. 1850.  Was  a 
clerk;  died  in  Lansingbnrg.  N.  Y..  Feb.  16,  1872. 

By  second  marriage: 
78-35.  iv.  James  J.  Child,  b.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  April  22,  1854.      He  is 
a  book-keeper  in  Lansingburg,  N.  Y. 

7836.  V.  Agnes  Child,  b.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  15, 1856. 

7837.  vi.  Ecpuemia  Child,  b.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  11,  1858. 

7838.  vii.  Josephine  Child,  b.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  July  29. 1859. 
7889.  viii.  Kate  Child,  b.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  June  24, 1861. 

7840.  ix.  Susan  Child,  b.  in  Lansingburg,  X.  Y.,  Mch.  6, 1863,  removed 
to  New  Lebanon,  N.  Y. 

7841.  X.  Minnie  Child,  b.  in  Lansingburg.  N.  Y.,  July  1,  1865.  removed 
to  New  Lebanon,  ii.  Y. 


The  following  record  is  exceedingly  inconnplete  as  we  know 
not  when  the  family  or  any  member  of  it  came  to  America. 
We  understand  that  those  of  the  first  and  second  generations, 
as  hereafter  recorded,  did  not  come  to  America,  but  are  sent 
as  the  progenitors  of  those  now  in  America 

7842.  Thomas   Child,  resided  in  Ewhurst,  Surrey  county, 
England,  and  had  two  sons  of  whom  we  have  report. 
[Second  Generation.]    Children: 

7843.  i.  Thomas  Child,  Jr. 

7844.  ii.  Solomon  Child. 

[Second  Generation.] 

784S.  i.  Thomas  Child,  Jr.,  eldest  son  of  Thomas  Child  of 
Ewhurst,  England,  married  and  had  several  children. 
[Third  Generation.]      Children : 

7845.  i.  James  Child. 


UNATTACHED   FAMILIEa  779 

7846.  ii.  Thomas  Child,  Jr. 

7847.  iii.  Samubl  Child. 

[Third  6eneratio;i.] 

7845.  L  James  Child,  eldest  son  of  Thomas  Child,  Jr., 
married  and  had  childrea 
[Fourth  Qeneration.]    Children ; 

7848.  i.  Jambs  Child,  Jr. 

7849.  ii.  Thomas  Child. 

7850.  iii.  William  Child. 

7851.  iv.  Samubl  Child.  , 

[Fourth  Generation.  I 

•7850.  iii.  Wieliam   Child,  third  son  of  James  Child,  b. 
about  1807.     Besides  at  Red  Bank,  N.  J. 
[Fifth  Generation. I    Children: 

7852.  i.  Josbph  W.  Child. 

7853.  ii.  Hbnrt  J.  Child. 

[Second  Generation.] 

7844.  ii.  Solomon  Child,  second  son  of  Thomas  Child  of 
Ewhurst,  Surry  county,  England,  married. 
[Third  Generation.]  Children: 

7854.  i.  Edward  Child. 

7855.  ii.  Solomon  Child. 

7856.  iii.  Joseph  Child. 


Had  this  record  been  received  in  season,  it  would  have  been 
placed  in  its  due  chronological  order  on  page  248,  after  number 
1544. 

[Sixth  Generation.  J 

1500.  iii.  Sally  or  Sarah  Child,  third  dau.  and  child  of 
Cephas  and  Martha  (Child)    Child,  b.  in  West  Fairlee,  Vt., 
Sept.  7,  1788,  m.  1813,  Andrew  Luca 
[Seventh  Generation]    Children: 

7857.  i.  Benjamin  C.  Lucb,  b.  Nov.  15,  1815,  m.  Feb.  11,  1840,  Mrs. 
Rebecca  Brown. 

7858.  ii.  Charles  M.  Luce,  b.  June  10,  1818,  m.  June  1,  1845.  Jerusha 
E.  Walton. 

7859.  iii.  Louisa  Luce,  b.  Nov.  8,  1820,  m.  Mch.  1840,  John  M.  Reese. 

7860.  iv.  Marinda  Luce,  b.  Mch.  3,  1823,  m.  Feb.  5, 1843,  Egbert  B. 
Van  Vlack. 

7861.  V.  Nancy  W.  Luce,  b.  Aug.  9,  1825,  m.  June  20.  1853,  Otis 
Saunders. 

7862.  vi.  Caroline  Luce,  b.  Mch.  30,  1831,  m.  Dec.  11,  1»54,  Alvin  B. 
Barnes. 


780  UNATTACHED  FAMILIES. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7857.  i.  Benjamin  C.  Luce,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Sally 
Child  and  Andrew  Luce,  b.  Nov.  16,  1815,  m.  Feb.  11,  1840, 
Mrs.  Eebecca  Brown.  Resides  at  Half  Day,  Lake  county,  IlL 
To  Mr.  B.  C.  Luce  we  are  indebted  for  the  record  of  this  line. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

7863.  i.  Mary  M.  Luce,  b.  Dec.  2,  1840,  ra.  July  1857,  d.  Aug.  12,  1858. 

7864.  ii.  George  A.  Luce,  b.  Aug.  18,  1842,  m.  Aug.  29, 1862,  Julia  A. 
Lutzel. 

7865.  iii.  Valeria  C.  Luce,  b.  May  12.  1844,  ra.  Dec.  25,  1865,  Henry 
J.  Merrill. 

7866.  iv.  Oren  J.  Luce,  b.  April  7,  1847,  m.  Aug.  31,  1869,  Kate  S. 
Herrick. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

7864.  ii.  George  A.  Luce,  eldest  son  and  second  child  of 
Benjamin  C.  and  Rebecca  Brown  Luce,  and  gi-andson  of  Mrs. 
Sally  Child  Luce,  b.  Aug.  18,  1842,  m.  Aug.  29,  1862,  Julia 
A.  Lutzel. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

7867.  i   Earnest  M.  C.  Luce,  b.  July  14.  1864. 

7868.  ii.  Mary  Leona  Luce,  b.  Jan.  16. 1868. 

7869.  iii.  Georgie  A.  Luce,  b.  Oct.  2,  1871,  d.  Aug.  11,  1873. 

7870.  iv.  Myrtie  L.  Luce,  b.  Mch.  15. 1875. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

7865.  iii.  Valeria  C.  Luce,  second  daa  and  third  child  of 
Benjamin  C.  and  Rebecca  Brown  Luce,  and  grand -daughter  of 
Mrs.  Sally  Child  Luce,  b.  May  12,  1844,  m.  Dec.  25,  1865, 
Henry  J.  Merrill. 

[Ninth  Generation.]     Children: 

7871.  i.  Hattie  L.  Mkrrill,  b.  Jan.  28,  1867. 

7872.  ii.  Clara  E  Merrill,  b.  July  12.  1868. 

7873.  iii.  Annie  R.  Merkill,  b.  Feb.  2,  1870. 

7874.  iv.  Arthur  H.  Merrill,  b  Oct.  12,  187!. 

7875.  V.  Charles  L.  Merrill,  b.  Mch.  18,  1879. 

[Eighth  Generation] 

7866.  iv.  Oren  J.  Luce,  second  son  and  fourth  child  of 
Benjamin  C.  and  Rebecca  Brown  Luce,  and  grandson  of  Mrs. 
Sally  Child  Luce,  b.  April  7,  1847,  m.  Aug.  81,  1869,  Kate  S. 
Herrick. 

[Ninth  Generation  J    Children: 

7876.  i   Eugene  Luce.  b.  June  9. 1872. 

7877.  ii.  Gilbert  Luce,  b.  May  21,  1874. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7858.  ii.  Charles  M.  Luce,  second  son  and  child  of  Sally 
Child  and  Andrew  Luce,  b.  June  10,  1818,  m.  June  1,  1846, 
Jerusha  E.  Walton. 


UNATTACHED   FAMILIES.  781 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

7878.  i.  Julius  C.  Luce,  b.  Mch.  5,  1846. 

7879.  ii.  Jerome  E.  Luce.  b.  Oct.  8,  1847,  d.  Jan.  19. 1854. 

7880.  iii.  Thomas  U.  Luce,  b.  Sept.  6,  1850,  m.  Dec.  25,  1876,  Clara  E. 
Skinner. 

7881.  IV.'  Qeorgb  C.  Luce.  b.  Mcb.  18,  1852. 

7882.  V.  Charles  W.  Luce,  b.  Mch.  9,  1854,  m.  Oct.  17,  1878.  Edna  A. 
NiUis. 

7883.  vi.  Fayette  J.  Luce.      {  -_..-    j  u  n^f  m  iqiui 

7884.  vii.  Fremont  L.  Luce,    \  ^^'  \  ^'  ^^^-  ^^»  ^^' 

7885.  viii.  Ernst  R.  Luce,  b.  Nov.  11,  1858. 

7886.  ix.  Elmer  E.  Luce,  b.  Sept.  6,  1861. 

7887.  X.  Grant  Luce,  b.  Apnl  9,  1864,  d.  Oct.  8,  1864. 

7888.  xi.  Gertrude  R.  Luce,  b.  Aug.  8,  1868,  d.  July  28,  1869. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 
7880.  iii  Thomas  U.  Luce,  third  son  and  child  of  Charles 

M.  and  Jerusha  E.  Walton  Luce,  and  grandson  of  Mra  Sally 

Child  Luce,  b.  Sept  6, 1850,  m.  Dec.  25, 1876,  Clara  E.  Skinner. 

[Ninth  Generation.]     Child: 

7889.  i.  Gracie  A.  Luce,  b.  Dec.  5,  1878. 

[Eighth  Generation,  j 
7882.  V.  Charles  W.  Luce,  fifth  son  and  child  of  Charles 

M.  and  Jerusha  E.  Walton  Luce,  and  grandson  of  Mrs.  Sally 

Child  Luce,  b.  Mch.  9,  1854,  m.  Oct  17,  1878,  Edna  A.  Nillis. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

7890.  i.  Claude  U.  Luce,  b.  June  20,  1879. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7859.  iii.  Louisa  Luge,  third  child  and  eldest  dau.  of  Sally 

Child  and  Andrew  Luce,  b.  Nov.  8, 1820,  m.  Mch.  1840,  John 
M.  Eeese.     Mrs.  Louisa  L.  Eeese  d.  July  24,  1862. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

7891.  i.  Sylvia  Reese,  b.  1841,  d.  at  two  mouths  of  age. 

7892.  ii.  Emily  Reese,  b.  Jan.  1843. 

7893.  iii    Ellinor  Reese,  b.  Dec.  2,  1845. 

7894.  iv.  Andrew  Reese,  b.  1848,  d.  1853. 

[Seventh  Generation  J 

7860.  iv.  Marinda  Luce,  second  dau.  and  fourth  child  of 

Sally  Child  and  Andrew  Luce,  b.  Mch.  3, 1823,  m.  Feb.  5, 1843, 
ilgbert  B.  Van  Vlack. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

7895.  i.  Alta  Van  Vlack.  b.  1843,  d.  same  year. 

7896.  ii.  Clark  Van  Vlack,  b.  Feb.  27,  1845,  m.  April  20,  1868. 

7897.  iii.  Homer  Van  Vlack,  b  Oct.  22. 1849,  m  Sept  25,  1871. 

7898.  iv.  Charles  U.  Van  Vlack,  b.  Sept.  22,  1853,  d.  July  12,  1862. 

7899.  V.  Clara  Louisa  Van  Vlack,  b.  Aug.  11, 1857,  d.  April  20,  1863. 

{Eighth  Generation.] 

7896.  ii.  Clark  Van  Vlack,  eldest  son  and  second  child 

of  Marinda  Luce  and  E.  B.  Van  Vlack,  and  grandson  of  Mrs. 

Sally  Child  Luce,  b.  Feb.  27,  1845,  m.  April  20,  1868. 

[Ninth  GenerationJ    Child: 

7900.  i.  Edgar  Van  Vlack,  b.  Sept.  28,  1878. 


782  UNATTACHED  FAMILIES. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

7897.  iii  Homer  Van  Vlack,  second  son  and  third  child 

of  Marinda  Luce  and  E.  B.  Van  Vlack,  and  grandson  of  Mrs. 

Sally  Child  Luce,  b.  Oct  22,  1849,  m.  Sept  25,  1871,  — . 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

7901.  i.  WiLLARD  Van  Vlack,  b.  Sept  25, 1873. 

7902.  ii.  Phillip  A.  Van  Vlack.  b.  Oct.  24,  1876. 

7903.  iii.  George  E.  Van  Vlack,  b.  June  10,  1880. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7861.  V.  Nancy  W.  Luce,  third  dan.  and  fifth  child  of  Sally 

Child  and  Andrew  Luce,  b.  Aug.  9,  1825,  m.  June  20,  1853, 

Otis  Saunders. 


[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 
7904.  i    - 


Frank  B.  Saunders,  b.  Aug.  18, 1854,  m.  Oct.  21,  1879,  Jennie 
M.  Haggett. 
.   7905.  ii.  Frederick  U.  Saunders,  b.  Sept.  2,  1856,  d.  Aug.  18,  1858. 

7906.  iii.  Francis  A.  Saunders,  b.  July  13,  1858. 

7907.  iv.  Forest  L.  Saunders,  b.  July  24,  1861. 

7908.  V.  Flora  E.  Saundeks,  b.  Aug.  27,  1863. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7862.  vi.  Caroline  Luce,  fourth  dau.  and  sixth  child  of 
Sally  Child  and  Andrew  Luce,  b.  Mch.  30,  1831,  m.  Dea  11, 
1864,  Alvin  B.  Barnes. 

[Eighth  Generation]    Children: 

7909.  i.  Willie  B.  Barnes,  b.  Aug.  29,  1855. 

7910.  ii    Mary  C,  Barnes,  b.  Oct.  '-^2,  1857,  d.  Mch.  8,  1860. 

7911.  iii.  Carrie  L.  Barnes,  b.  Mch.  24,  1860. 

7912.  iv.  Hattie  A.  Barnes,  b.  May  21,  1862. 

7913.  V.  Mary  M.  Barnes,  b.  June  23,  1866. 

7914.  vi.  Fannie  Barnes,  b.  May  25,  1869. 


The  succeeding  record  is  furnished  by  George  L.  Child  of 
Troy,  N.  Y.  We  are  not  able  to  connect  the  family  with  its 
early  ancestry  ;  it  is  no  doubt  of  either  the  line  of  Benjamin 
Child  of  Iloxbury,  through  some  of  the  Connecticut  descendants, 
or  that  of  Jeremiah  Child  of  Swansea,  through  some  of  tlie 
Rhode  Island  families. 

7915.  Abel  Child,  thought  to  have  been  born  in  New  York 
City  between  1790  and  1800.  Removed  early  to  Troy.  N.  Y., 
where  he  was  for  many  years  extensively  engaged  in  the  coffee 
trade;  in  this  business  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son.  If  there 
were  other  children  we  do  not  learn  of  them. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Child : 

7916.  i.  Austin  Child,  b.  in  New  York  City,  Aug.  10. 1822,  m.  1st.  Eliza 
Ann  Lent  of  Troy,  N.  Y.;  in.  2d,   Marv  Elizabeth  Lawton  of  Stuyvesailt 
Falls.    Resided  at  Green  Island,  Troy,  N.  Y.,  where  he  died  Jan.  7,  1873. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

7917.  i.  Austin  Child,  Jr.,  d.  young. 

7918.  ii.  Charlotte  Louisa  Child,  b.  about  1845,  m.  J.  Harney. 


UNATTACHED   FAMILIES.  783 

7919.  iii.  Alice  Emma  Child,  b.  t852,  d.  aged  6  years. 

7920.  iv.  George  L.  Child,  b.  Sept.  31, 1854,  unm.    Resides  at  Green 
Island.  Troy ;  is  a  book-keeper  for  F.  Cluet,  269  River  street.  Troy,  N.  Y. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

7918.  ii.  Charlotte  Louisa  Child,  eldest  dau.  of  Austin 

and  Eliza  Ann  Lent  Child,  b.  in  Troy,  about  1845,  m.  J.  Har- 
ney, carriage  manufacturer  in  Sandy  Hill,  N.  Y. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

7921.  i.  Mary  Harney,  b.  Oct.  26.  1876. 


There  is  little  doubt  this  line  belongs  to  Jeremiah  Child  of 
Swansea,  a  most  numerous  family  of  whom  we  have  but  partial 
reports. 

7922.  Jonathan  Child,  b.  Sept  5,  1806,  in  Rhode  Island, 
(as  his  son  R  J.  believes),  m.  Rebecca  Lay,  dau.  of  Joseph 
Lay  of  Chatham,  N.  Y.,  about  1833.  Mr.  Child  was  Post- 
master in  West  Troy  for  some  years.     He  died  Oct.  6,  1874. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

7923.  i.  Joseph  Child,  b.  1884.  or  *35,  m.  Lois  Tripp. 

7924.  ii.  Frank  J.  Child,  b.  Sept.  5.  1838,  m  June  18,  1864,  Harriet 
Deyo. 

7925.  iii.  William  R.  Child,  b.  Sept.  28,  1843,  m.  Aug.  22,  1867,  Sarah 
Hainpson.  dau.  of  Thomas  Hampson  Mr.  Child  is  a  hotel  keeper  at 
Cohoes,  N.  Y. 

7926.  iv.  BIary  Child,  b.  1845  m.  Sept.  1863,  Martin  Deyo. 

7927.  ▼.  CoRNBiJA  Child,  b.  1848.      Resides  in  New  York  City,  unm. 

7928.  vi.  Emma  Child,  b.  1852,  m.  1876,  Mr.  Ashley,  a  lawyer.  Resi  de 
in  New  York  City. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

7923.  i.  Joseph  Child,  eldest  son  of  Jonathan  and  Rebecca 

Lay  Child,  b.  in  Chatham,  N.  Y.,  in  1834-5,  m.  Lois  Tripp, 
who  died  1874. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

7929.  i.  Frank  Child,  d.  1856. 

[Eighth  Generation.  | 

7924.  ii.  Frank  J.  Child,  second  son  and  child  of  Jonathan 

and  Rebecca  Lay  Child,  b.  in  Chatham,  N.  Y.,  Sept  5,  1838, 
m.  June  18,  1864,  Harriet  Deyo,  dau.  of  Richard  Deyo  of 
Chatham,  Columbia  county,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Child  is  associated 
with  his  brother  in  a  hotel  at  Cohoes,  N.  Y. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child: 

7930.  i.  Charlie  Child,  b.  1865. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

7926.  iv.  Mary  Child,  eldest  dau.  of  Jonathan  and  Rebec- 
ca Lay  Child,  b.  in  Chatham,  N.  Y.,  in  1845,  m.  Sept  1863, 
Martin  Deyo.     Reside  in  West  Troy,  N.  Y. 


784 


r ACHED   FAKIIJES. 


fNinth  Gcnemtion.]    Children : 
7l>Sl.  i.  Maktha  Deyo* 
7»33,  ii,  Wii.li»Oeyo. 


7933.    Thomas  B.   Childs,— North  Adams,   Mass.     Th^ 
record  of  Mr.  Childs  and  descendants  is  furnished  by  his  aon 
Luther,  of  North  Adams,  Mass.     He  was  b.  Aug.  1,  179S, 
Vermont;  his  parentage  is  not  given.     He  m.  Oct.  20,  181S 
Polly  Hitchcock,  daughter  of  Arthur  Hitchcock  of  Holly,  Mass] 
she  was  k  Mch.  2,  1799,  she  cL  April  9,  1859;  he  i  Mcb. 
1872,  in  North  Adams. 

[Seventh  (ieiiemtioii.]     Children* 

7934.  I  DiANTHA  Cflii^BS,   b.   in  Holly;  Mass.,  Aug.  28,  1820,  J.  May  8>^ 
1837. 

79d!5.  ii.  Henry  Childs,  b.  May  15>  1822,  m.  1st,  Jan.  8,  1843,  Harriet 
M.  Bliss;  m.  2«1»  Sept.  9.  la^  EUiaboih  W^inton  of  Easton,  N.  Y. 

7D36.  hi,  Polly  (or  Mahy)  Childs,  b.  May  17, 1824,  m,  Mch.  13, 1840, 
Robert  W.  LytU>  J 

7f>37.  iv.  THCiMAa  B.  Childs,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  8.  1826,  d.  Dei?.  2S,  1834.        I 

7938.  V.  Lother  CHiLDfi,  b.  Feb.  9,  1829,  m.  July  4.  1850,  Samh  Mr 
Rtiberts. 

7939.  vi.  Edwin   B.  Childs,  h    Mjiy  13,   1831,  m.   1st,  Dec   31,  1851 
Sophia  A.  McLoud:  m.  2d,  Oct  14.  1S54,  Eliza  Corbit, 
[Seventh  Generation.] 

7935,  ii.  Henry  Chtlds,  second  child  and  eldest  son 
Thomas  B.  and  Polly  Hitchcock  Childs,  b.  May  25,  1822, 
1st,  Jan.   8,  1843,   Harriet  M.  Bliss,  b.  in  Florida,  Mass. ; 
2d,  Sept,  9,  1854,  Elizabeth  Winton  of  Easton,  N.  Y.,  dau. 
Jarnes  and  Mary  Wintf>a. 

[Eighth  Genemlicju.]    Children: 

7940.  i,  Amelia  A.  Childs,  m.  Robert  Nordaby. 

7941.  ii    TnoMAfi  Cuilds.  m.   1870,  Eliy.abeth  Jewell  of  Titnsville*  Pa 
had  one  child- 

7942.  iii.   Helen  Childs,  ni.  Alonzo  Holmes. 

7943.  iv.  EuGKKE  Childs. 

7944.  V,  Infant  unchristened. 

By  second  marriage. 

7945.  vi.  CnvRLKa  W.  CniLDs.  b.  July  11.  185L 
794(3.  vii.  Fannie  E.  Childb.  b.  Nov.  20,  1857,  in.  Oct.  11,  1877,  Charl« 

E.  Bruce. 

7947.  viii.  Mary  E.  Chtlds,  b.  April  25,  1858,  ra.  1876,  HeberD.  Pier 

7948.  ix.  Eva  Jane  Cuilds,  b.  July  20,  1863. 
[Eighth  Generation] 

7940.  i.  Amelia   A.   Childs,   eldest  child  of  Henry  an<3 
Harriet  M.  Bliss  Childs,  ra.  Robert  Nordaby. 
[Ninth  Generation.]    Clrildrcn: 

7949.  i.  Hakrirt  Ann  Nordaby,  b,  in  Titusville,  Ps. 
795IJ.  iL  RoBEHT  Nokdabv,  died  young. 
795 L  iii.  Infimt  nnchristened. 

[ Se  Vi"  n  1  h  G  e n eratio n .  ] 

7936.  iii.  Polly  (or  Mary)  Childs,  third  child  and  seooc 
dau.  of  Thomas  B.  and  Polly  Hitchcock  Childs,  b.  May  11 


UNATTACHED   FAMILIES.  785 

1824,  m.  Mch.  13, 1840,  Eobert  W.  Lytle ;  she  d.  April  1 1, 1855. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

7952.  i.  Charles  Hknkt  Lyti^e,  b.  Feb.  23,  1842,  d.  Sept.  12,  1862. 

7953.  ii.  Emily  Ann  Lytle,  b.  Feb.  25,  1844.  m.  Oct.  1861.  Joseph  R. 
White. 

7954.  iiL  Sabah  Jane  Lytle,  b.  Oct.  8,  1846.  d.  Mch.  28,  1847. 

7955.  iv.  James  Edward  Lytle,  b.  Aug.  1, 1848,  m.  April  1872,  Catharine 
Douglass.     He  d.  Oct.  22,  1874. 

7956.  ▼.  William  Failing  Lytle,  b.  Sept.  1853.  ra.  June  3,   1874, 
Eugenia  Smith. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

7953.  ii.  Emily  Ann  Lytle,  eldest  dau.  of  Mary  Cbilds 

and  Robert  W.  Lytle,  b.  Feb.  25,  1844,  m.  Oct  186L  Joseph 

R  White. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children : 

7957.  i.  Anna  White. 

7958.  ii.  Lottie  White. 

7959.  iii.  Jennie  White. 

7960.  iv.  Carrie  White. 

7961.  V.  Gertie  White. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

7956.    V.    William  Failing  Lytle,  fifth  child  and  third 

son  of  Mary  Childs  and  Robert  W.  Lylte,  b.  Sept  18, 1853,  m. 

June  3,  1874,  Eugenia  Smith  ;  he  d.  June  8,  1879. 

Mr.  Lytle  was  a  young  man  of  excellent  qualities  of  heart 

and  mind.     He  was  early  left  an  orphan  and  reared  under  the 

care  of  a  most  estimable  aunt,  Miss  Jane  Lytle,  whose  care  for 

him  and  an  elder  brother,  most  tenderly  supplied  the  place  of  a 

mother.     At  the  time  of  his  death   he  was  employed  as  clerk 

in  a  wholesale  dry-goods  establishment  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  and 

held  in  high  esteem  for  his  fidelity  and  efficiency.     He  was  a 

consistent  and  devoted  member  of  Christ's  Episcopal   Church, 

Troy,  N.  Y. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

7962.  i.  Charles  Henry  Lytle,  b.  Jan.  17.  1875. 

7963.  ii.  William  Le  Roy  Lytle,  b.  May  27, 1877. 

7964.  iii.  Euoene  Lytle,  b.  June  8,  1878. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

7938.    V.   LuTiiER  Childs,   fifth   child  and  third  son  of 

Thomas  B.  and  Polly  Hitchcock  Childs,  b.  Feb.  9,  1829,  m. 

July  4,  1850,  Sarah  M.  Eoberts,  dau.  of  Abner  and  Mary  A. 

Roberts  of  Stamford,   Bennington   county,  Vt.      Resides  in 

North  Adams,  Mass. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

7965.  i.  Geo.  Dwioht  Childs,  b.  Feb.  5,  1853j  in  Adams,  Mass.,  d.  1857. 

7966.  ii.  £mma  Jane  Childs.  b.  Feb.  5,  1857,  unm. 

7967.  iii.  Wm.  Edward  Guilds,  b.  Jan.  27,  1861 ;  lives  in  N.  Adams. 

7968.  iv.  Walter  Abner  Childs,  b.  May  27,  1864 ;  lives  in  N.  Adams. 


786 


UNATTACHED   FAMILIES. 


[Seven th  Oeneratian,] 

7^39.  vi.  Edwin  B.  Childs,  sixth  child  and  fourth  son  of 

Thomas  B,  and  Polly  Hitchcock  Childs,  b.  May  13,  1831, 

iBt,  Dec,  31»  1851,  Sophia  A.  McLoud  ;  she  d.  Jaly  1853  ; 

2d,  1854,  Elvira  Corbit  of  Adams,  Mass. 

fEightli  Gencmtion.J    Children.     By  first  marriAge  j 

7^69.  I.  Edwin  Chii.ds,  d.  young. 

Bv  second  marriage: 

7970.  ii.  Herbert  D.   Childs.  b.  May  13,  1857,  m.  1877.  Marie  Burde 
of  New  tiondon. 

7071,  iii.  Charles  Edwin  Childs,  b.  in  Adams,  July  17.  1861. 


7972,  Jonathan  Willard  Child,  Ix  about  1798,  probablj 
in  Cheshire,  Mass.     He  was  an  only  son,  but  of  his  parentaj 
we  have  no  report  from  bis  son,  W.  A,  Child.     Mr.  Chi 
married  about  1819^  Susan  Aylesworth,  daughter  of  Warn^ 
Aylesworth  of  Adams,  Mass. 

[ Generation. 1     Children: 

797a.  i.  ZiLPHA  M.  Ceild,  b.  about  1820. 

7974.  ii.   Warner  A.  Child,  h  1823,  m,  Moh.  24.  1845,  Hannah  Tuft  at 
Troy»  N.  Y.     Mr,  Child  has  been  engaged  in  niereantilo  liffairs  a  portion  < 
his  life;  is  now  a  man  of  leisure  in  easy  eircum4it4nices.      Eeaides  in  Nor 
Adams  Mass, 

There  were  two  other  children  unohristened. 


The  accompanying  brief  record  is  sent  us  by  Dr.  William 
E.  Childs,  for  raai^y  years  a  resident  of  Deposit,  N.  Y. : 

'*  William  Roderkk  CuiLDS,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  my  father,  was  as 
captaint  ho  was  a  great,  good  and  worthy  man,     II u  married  a  ibiughier 
Michael  and  Sarah  Broad e  of  Philadplphia,  Pa.     kMy  father  wns  drownfl 
on  a  return  voyage  from  the  West  Indies,  whence  he  wt%s  bringiug  a  cnrj 
of  oranges.     My  mother  afterward  married  Dea. William  Hawlejof  Depos. 
N.  Y.»  and  had  one  son,  Ezra  Sherman   Ilawley,  who  married  and  hfl 
several  children;  he  is  a  raurehant  of  the  firm  of  Hawley,  Burk  &.  Co,, 
Nebraska.     Mrs,  Hawley  died  some  years  since. 
[Children  of  Capt.  W.  Ei,  Childs  :| 

i.  William  Rodekic  k  Childr,  married  but  had  no  children.  11 
studied  both  the  medical  and  legal  profei^sions, 

ii.  Theodore  D,  Childs,  married. 

iii.  Akgkline  H.  Child?*,  married  Henry  Freeman,  has  three  ehiL 
ren,  the  oldest  daughter  married  Mr  Price.  Mr.  Freeman  was  a  niilw« 
agent,  ami  wa5  killed  by  some  accident  on  the  railway  at  Deposit,  N.  V 

iv.  pRisriLLA  CiiiLDs,  married  Dr.  Campbell  of  Neoraska;  a  m$ 
of  wealth.     Has  several  children. 

ii  TiiKoiKjUE  D,  CEiLDB,  married.  lie  is  a  druggist  and  gr<-»cer; 
well  educated  and  worthy  man  ;  has  two  sous  living.  He  resides  in  Waltm 
Delaware  county.  N.  Y. 

i.  William  Childs*  resides  in  Wyoming  Territory. 

ii,  Jahk^  CuiLtw,  married  and  has  a  family;  resides  Wyomig 
Territory." 


UNATTACHED  FAMILIES.  787 

The  succeeding  record,  a  correction  and  filling  out  of  the 
record  found  on  page  326,  has  come  to  us  just  as  we  supposed 
we  had  printed  our  last  records  for  the  body  of  the  work.  As 
we  found  we  could  supplement  it  as  we  had  done  one  other 
tardily  received  report,  we  concluded  to  do  so  instead  of  plac- 
ing it  in  the  appendix. 
[Sixth  Generation.] 

2879.  iii.  Cyril  Child,  eldest  son  of  William  and  Mary 
Heaton  Cljild,  b.  in  Thetford,  Vt.,  April  20,  1783,  m.  Dec.  23, 
1807,  Mary  Collins,  she  was  b.  Sept  20,  1780,  in  Springfield, 
Mass.,  and  d.  in  Greigsville,  town  of  York,  Livingston  county, 
N.  Y.,  Nov.  15,  1863.  Mr.  Child  d.  in  the  same  place  April 
4,  1848. 

[Seventh  Generation.]    Children : 

2888.  i.  Lucius  Collins  Child,  b.  Oct.  26,  1808,  m.  Feb.  6,  1884,  Sarah 
Jane  Maltby. 

2389.  ii.  Mary  Child,  b.  June  15, 1810,  m.  1830,  John  B.  Thrasher. 

2390.  iii.  Marla.  Newton  Child,  b.  April  13.  1812,  m.  Nov.  12, 1832, 
Stephen  L.  Maltby. 

2391.  iv.  Harriet  Atwood  Child,  b.  July  14,  1814,  ra.  1st,  Jan.  3,  1839, 
Austin  Cross;  m.  2d,  Oliver  E.  Wolcott. 

2392.  V.  Emily  Child,  b.  Oct.  21.  1816,  m.  Sept.  1834.  Darius  Bickford. 

2393.  vi.  Cynthia  R.  Child,  b.  Oct.  27  1818,  unmarried. 

2394.  vii.  Azubah  H.  Child,  b.  Dec.  21,  1821,  unm. ;  resides,  at  Greigs- 
ville, York,  Livingston  county,  N.  Y. 

fSeventh  Generation.] 

2388.  i.  Lucius  Collins  Child,  only  son  and  eldest  child 

of  Cyril  and  Mary  Collins  Child,  b.  Oct  26,  1808,  m.  Feb.  6, 

1834,  Sarah  Jane  Maltby,  a  neiceof  his  aunt,  Mrs.  Persis  Child 

Maltby.     He  d.  Feb.  25,  1854. 

[Eighth  Generation]    Children: 

7975.  i.  Julia  Ann  Child,  b.  Dec.  7,  1834,  d.  Mav  17,  1856. 

7976.  ii.  Edward  Payson  Child,  b.  May  25,  1838,  m.  Sept.  10,  1861, 
Lucy  H.  Mitchell. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

7976.  ii  Hon.  Edward  Payson  Child,  only  son  of  Lucius 
Collins  and  Sarah  Jane  Maltby  Child,  b.  May  25,  1838,  m. 
Sept  10,  1861,  Lucy  H.  Mitchell  of  Missouri.  Judge  Child 
resides  at  Lincoln,  Neb.,  is  a  man  of  commanding  presence, 
being  over  six  feet  in  height,  and  weighing  225  lbs.  He  has 
been  a  county  judge  in  Missouri  for  three  years,  and  a  member 
of  the  Nebraska  legislature.  Judge  Child  commanded  a  bat- 
tery during  the  Indian  war  in  1864  ;  chief  of  artillery  for  the 
Department  of  the  Plains.  He  possesses  those  strong  and 
sterling  qualities  which  are  assential  in  the  right  development 
of  the  new  States  of  the  western  republic. 


788  ryATTACHED  FAMILIBS. 

[Ninth  Oenention  ]    Children : 
Tim.  i.  Brtha  Child,  b.  Sept.  2,  1864. 

7978.  ii.  Beta  Louise  Child,  b.  Nor.  2,  Willi. 

7979.  iiL  A95A  Child,  b.  Dec.  26. 1869. 
79^.  ir.  JuuA  Child,  b.  March  18. 1872. 

7981.  T.  Fredeeick  Child,  b.  Feb.  l7,  1875. 

7982.  vi-  WiLUAX  Abthub  Child,  b.  Not.  1878. 

fSerenth  Generation.  1 

2389.  il  Maby  Child,  eldest  dau.  of  Cyril  and  Marj  Col- 
lins Child,  b.  June  15,  1810,  m.  1830,  John  B.  Thrasher;  she 
d.  1870.  Of  the  five  children  living,  we  learn  that  ihej  are 
married  and  that  there  are  twelve  grandchildren,  but  the 
names  of  the  husbands  and  wives  and  their  children  are  not 
forwarded. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

7983.  L  Frances  Maria  Thrashee,  d.  in  1850. 

7984.  ii.  Ctril  Child  Thrasher. 

7985.  iii.  Mart  Jaxe  Thrasher,  d.  1839. 

7986.  iv.  Emma  Boxanna  Thrasher. 

7987.  V.  Harriet  Thrasher,  d.  1849. 

7988.  vi.  Lucy  Ann  Thrasher,  d.  1845. 

7989.  Yii.  Azubah  Thrasher. 

7990.  viii.  Lucius  Thrasher. 

7991.  ix.  William  H.  Thrasher. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2390.  iii.  Maria  Newton  Child,  second  dau.  of  .C>Til  and 
Mary  Collins  Child,  b.  April  13,  1812,  m.  Nov.  12,  1832, 
Stephen  L.  Maltby,  nephew  of  her  aunt,  Mrs.  Persis  Child 
Maltby. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

7992.  i.  Sarah  Prescott  Maltby. 

7993.  ii.  Martha  Sophia  Maltby. 

7994.  iii.  Harlan  Page  Maltby. 

7995.  iv.  Lucius  Child  Maltby. 

7996.  V.  Supler  Maltby. 

[Seventh  Generation] 

2391.  iv.  Harriet  Atwood  Child,  third  dau.  and  fourth 
child  of  Cyril  and  Mary  Collins  Child,  b.  July  14,  1814,  m. 
1st,  Jan.  3,  1839,  Austin  Cross,  he  d.  Sept  23,  1842 ;  hl  2d, 
Oliver  E.  Walcott. 

[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

7997.  i.  Henry  A.  Cross,  b.  Feb.  1,  1840,  m.  Sept.  29,  1874.  Mary  Mof- 
fatt  of  Brooklyn,  E.  D. 

7098.  ii.  Sarah  E.  Cross,  b.  Nov  2.  1842,  in.  Nov.  2,  1859,  A.  G.  Dore- 
mus  of  Brooklyn,  E.  I).  They  have  children  now  at  school  in  Geneseo,  N.Y. 

7099.  iii.  Horace  Clark  Walcott. 
8000.  iv.  Willis  Oscar  Walcott. 


UNATTACHED  FAMILIES.  789 

[Seventh  Qeneration.J 

2392.  V.  Emily  Child,  fourth  dau.  of  Cyril  and  Mary  Col- 
lins Child,  b.  Oct.  21,  1816,  m.  Sept  1834,  Darius  Bickford. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children: 

8001 .  i.  Edward  0.  Bickford. 

8002.  ii.  Leonard  Bickford. 

8003.  iii.  Maria  Louisa  Bickford. 

8004.  iv.  Emily  E.  Bickford. 


REV.  J.  ASPENWALL  HODGE,  D.D. 
(See  page  265.) 

At  the  time  of  printing  the  record  of  Charlotte  G.  Morse,  dau. 
of  Richard  Cary  and  Louisa  Davis  Morse,  who  married  Rev.  J. 
Aspen  wall  Hodge,  D.  D.,  we  lacked  the  dates  of  the  birth  of 
her  children,  and  were  ignorant  of  the  fact  that  her  husband 
was  a  clergyman.  For  this  reason  the  names  of  the  children 
are  here  repeated.  We  also  correct  the  date  of  Mrs.  Hodge's 
birth  and  give  the  date  of  her  marriage,  which  is  omitted  in 
the  former  record — her  birth  occurring  May  28,  1833,  and  her 
marriage  May  14,  1857.  Rev.  Dr.  Hodge  is  pastor  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  and  society  in  Hartford,  Ct.,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York. 
Children : 

1703.  i.  James  Bayard  Hodge,  b.  July  19,  1859,  d.  Sept.  21,  1860. 

1704.  ii.  J.  AsPENWALL  HoDGB,  Jr.,  b.  March  9,  1861. 

1705.  iii.  Hugh  Lenox  Hodoe.      )   »^       ) .    ^      ^^  .og. 

1706.  iv.  Richard  Morse  Hodoe.  f  ™"S    \  ^'  ^^^  ^^'  ^^*^- 

1707.  V.  Samuel  Colgate  Hodoe,  b.  April  28,  1867. 


8005.  George  Child.  The  record  of  George  Child  is  ob- 
tained from  his  son,  George  Child,  who  resides  in  Albany 
N.  Y.,  and  is  a  painter  by  occupation.  The  father  died  in 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  1873,  leaving  four  children. 

8006.  i.  George  Child,  Jr.,  b.  in  1851,  in  Rochester,  N.  Y..  m.  Anne 
Welch,  in  Albany,  N.  Y..  and  have  one  child,  Nellie,  b.  July  13,  1876.  Mr. 
0.  resides  at  838  Pearl  street,  Albany.  N.  Y. 

8007.  ii.  John  Child,  b.  about  1854. 

8008.  iii.  AxNiE  Child,  b.  about  1856. 

8009.  iv.  Henry  Child,  b.  about  1859. 

The  father  of  George  Child  may  have  been  Jonathan  Child,  who  resided 
in  Pittsford,  N.  Y.,  and  afterwards  removed  to  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  who 
had  a  son  George,  and  may  have  been  the  father  of  George,  Jr. 


790  UNAOTACHED  FAMILIEa 

1590.  i.  Samuel  Child,  (see  page  252)  eldest  child  of  Dea. 
William  and  Sally  Lyon  Child,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Aug.  1, 
1816,  m.  Jan.  29,  1840,  S.  A.  T.  Perry,  dau.  of  John  and 
Thankful  Perry,  of  Woodstock,  Ct.,  b.  June  2,  1820.  Mr. 
Child  d.  June  9,  1868. 
[Eighth  Generation.]    Children : 

8010.  i.  Anna  P.  Chhj),  b.  Feb.  24,  1841,  m.  July  1, 1868,  James  Bracken. 

8011.  ii.  Herbick  M.  Child,  b.  Jan.  21,  1845,  m.  Feb.  11,  1866,  Olive  S. 
Angell. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

8010.  i.  Anna  P.  Child,  eldest  child  of  Samuel  and  S.  A  T. 
Perry  Child,  b.  Feb.  24,  1841,  m.  July  1,  1868,  James  Brack- 
en.    Residence  Webster,  Mass. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Child. 

8012.  i.  Howard  W.  Bracken,  b.  Oct.  15,  1869. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

8011.  ii.  Herrick  M.  Child,  second  child  of  Samuel  and 
S.  A.  T.  Perry  Child,  b.  Jan.  21,  1845,  m.  Feb.  11, 1866,  OHve 
S.  A.  Angell,  dau.  of  John  C.  and  Phoebe  A  Angell,  of  Sin- 
clairville,  Chautauqua  county,  N.  Y.  Residence,  Worcester. 
Mass. 

[Ninth  Generation.]    Children: 

8013.  i.  Matelink  A.  Child,  b.  Dec.  22,  1868. 

8014.  ii.  Edith  P.  Child,  b.  May  22,  1879. 


APPENDICES. 


APPENDIX  I.— OBITUARY  NOTICKS. 


CAPT.  WILLARD  CHILD.     [See  page  178.] 

The  following  obituary  of  Capt.  W.  Child  was  found  by  his  daughter, 
jtfrs.  C.  C.  May,  after  the  printing  of  his  family  record  in  the  body  of  the 
work,  and  is  prefaced  by  a  brief  note  of  the  editor  of  the  Boston  paper  in 
which  it  was  published  at  the  time  of  his  decease : 

"The  subject  of  the  following  obituary  notice  has  been  for  many  years 
well  known  to  many  of  our  reaSers.  The  old  patriot  having  fought  a  good 
fight  as  a  soldier  of  his  country  and  as  a  christian,  died  full  of  years  on  the 
spot  of  his  birth.  He  was  on  Dorchester  Heights  the  morning  the  British 
forces  evacuated  Boston.  From  those  heights,  where  he  had  worked  all 
night  long  throwing  up  embankments,  he  saw  the  British  fleet,  as  the  sun 
rose  in  the  morning,  siowlv  sailing  out  of  Boston  harbor.  Capt.  Child  was 
also  with  the  army  of  the  North  at  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne.  — ^(?.  C(mr, 

Died  in  Woodstock.  Ct.,  on  the  13th  inst.  (Nov.  1844)  Mr.  Willard  Child, 
father  of  Rev.  Willard  Child  of  Norwich,  Ct.,  aged  86  years. 

The  following  are  extracts  from  the  sermon  preached  at  his  funeral : 

**The  subject  of  these  solemnities  was  a  christian  in  early  life.  He  made 
a  public  profession  of  religion,  and  a  long  subsequent  christian  career  has 
proved  that  he  was  in  reality  what  he  professed  to  be.  He  has  been  ever 
since  a  useful  and  consistent  member  of  the  Christian  Church,  and  by  his 
labors,  his  prayers  and  benefactions,  and  examples,  has  aided  to  sustain 
and  carry  forward  the  institutions  of  religion.  Even  in  his  last  days  his 
Church,  and  the  whole  Church  of  Christ,  were  the  objects  of  his  interest, 
love  and  prayers.  He  said  to  me  a  few  days  since,  '0,  there  is  not  a  dav 
passes  but  I  pray  for  the  Church.*  He  went  down  to  the  tomb  like  a  shocK 
of  corn  in  its  season— ripe  in  years,  ripe  for  heaven— like  a  sun  that  sets 
behind  the  horizon  without  a  cloud.  He  died  the  death  of  the  righteous, 
and  his  last  end  was  like  his.  On  the  morning  of  his  death,  in  answer  to 
several  inquiries,  he  said :  *1  feel  no  alarm  in  view  of  death ;  my  hope  rests 
on  Jesus— it  enters  into  that  within  the  veil';  *I  feel  that  I  love  the  Saviour 
more  than  any  thing  else.'  There  was  no  rapture,  no  triumph,  but  settled, 
calm,  christian  confidence.  His  death  was  like  his  life,  especially  like 
his  closing  weeks,  serene  and  peaceful.  In  the  midst  of  dearest  earthly 
friends,  who  affectionately  ministered  to  his  latest  wants,  he  peacefully 
breathed  his  last.  There  are  but  few.  comparatively,  who  leave  behind  them 
at  their  death  so  numerous  an  offspring  as  he  has  left.  Of  nine  children  who 
reached  maturity,  eight  still  survive.  All  these  are  members  of  the  Christ- 
ian Church.  One  (Rev.  Willard  Child)  is  a  minister  of  the  gospel,  of  whose 
success  and  usefulness  it  does  not  become  me  here  to  speak.  The  number 
of  his  grandchildren  are  seventy-seven,  about  sixty  of  whom  are  living. 
The  number  of  great-grandchildren  is  about  forty,  and,  if  I  am  rightly  in- 
formed, the  far-greater  proportion  of  these  are  members  of  the  Christian 
Communion:  so  that  he  could  say  in  his  last  hour,  with  Simeon  of  old, 
*Lord.  now  lettest  thou  thy  servant  depart  in  peace,  for  mine  eyes  have  seen 
thy  salvation.'  He  expected  to  meet  them  in  heaven,  to  present  them  to 
his  Master,  to  hear  their  voices  in  the  choir  of  the  redeemed,  and  to  dwell 
with  them  forever  where  no  tie  is  sundered  and  no  'farewell  tear  is  shed.' 
Let  me  die  the  death  of  the  righteous,  and  let  my  last  end  be  like  his." 
— Com. 


HON^.  CALVIN  GODDARD  CHILD.     [Se€  page  HLJ 

At  the  eoramencenient  of  the  preparation  of  this  vohime,  more  than  three 
years  siDce.  Hon.  Calvia  G.  Child  was  among  the  earliest  to  express  himself 
in  favor  of  the  enterprise,  and  up  to  the  time  of  his  decea^,  looked  forward 
with  niQch  interest  to  lis  completion.  In  the  Providence  of  God  he  has 
been  called  to  ent^r  upon  new  scenes  where  his  brilliant  intellect  and  bene- 
volent heart  find  wider  scope  in  a  higher  sphere  of  activities.  In  a  letter  I 
received  from  one  of  hia  daughters,  in  response  to  one  sent  her  mother  on 
the  occaaiou  of  his  death,  she  writer:  *'We  are  very  grateful  for  your  sym- 
pathy in  our  great  sorrow,  and  shall  be  much  pleaded  to  have  you  insert  the 
notice  of  his  death  in  the  Genealogy,  in  which  my  father  was  much  inter- 
ested/* His  service  to  his  country  for  many  years  has  been  one  of  honor 
and  usefulness.  If  pride  of  birth  is  ever  justifiable,  Mr.  Child  had  an  indis- 
putable right  to  cherish  such  distinction.  His  paternal  ancestors  for  gen- 
erations bore  the  stamp  of  men  of  robust,  physical  powers  with  decidedly 
strong  mtelleotual  characteristics;  men  of  positive  opinions,  men  of  intelli- 
gence and  unquestioned  executive  abilities.  From  his  maternal  ancestry 
also  he  inherited  largely  advantages  in  birth,  culture  and  position^  the 
Ooddards.  the  Hales  and  the  Bellarmys,  who  have  adonied  the  bar.  the 
pulpit,  the  judicial  bench  and  the  halls  of  legislation,  head  the  Une^  to  be 
connected  with  whom  is  an  honor  and  a  benediction.  Such  have  been  the 
antecedents  of  Hon.  Calvin  Goddard  Child. 

The  esteem  in  which  he  was  held  hy  his  fellow  citizens  may  be  gathered 
from  utterances  of  the  public  press  on  the  oocasion  of  his  death*  The  New 
Vork  Times,  Sept.  29,  1880,  says: 

**The  Hon  Calvin  Goddard  Child.  United  States  District  Attorney  for 
Connecticut,  died  yesterday  morning  at  his  home  in  Stamford,  in  the  forty- 
^seventh  year  of  his  age  Mr.  Child  was  Ixim  at  Norwich,  Conn.,  and  came 
of  a  family  whose  members  attained  eminent  positions  in  public  and  social 
life  in  various  parts  of  Northern  New  England.  Prominent  among  hi» 
ancesloi'swasiho  Hon.  Calvin  Goddard,  whose  name  he  b*-»re.  Shortly  after 
leaving  Yale  College  as  one  of  the  graduating  class  of  18,55.  Mr.  Child  received 
the  appointment  of  Lieut  en  ant -Colonel  on  the  staff  of  Gov,  Buckingham, 
who^  private  secretary  he  was  during  the  rebellion.  About  ten  years  ago  he 
was  appointed  United  States  District  Attorney  for  Connecticut,  an  ofBee  in 
which  he  was  thrice  confirmed  as  his  own  successor,  and  in  which  he 
earned  the  entire  confidence  of  the  Judiciar>^and  the  Bar  of  his  native  State. 
The  vigilance  with  which  he  guanJed  the  interests  of  the  Goveniment  did 
not  prevent  him  from  discharging  with  rare  fidelity,  duties  devolving  upon 
him  as  counsel  for  the  New  York  and  the  New  Haven  Railroad  Company » 
and  other  clients  His  standing  as  a  lawyer  was  very  high,  and  his  perfect 
familiarity  with  legal  decisions  relating  lo  railroads  rendered  him  a  danger 
ous  adversary  in  the  trial  suits  institut^l  in  the  higher  courts  of  this  State, 
as  well  as  at  the  Bar  of  Connecticut.  In  private*  life  Mr.  Child  was  a  gentle- 
man whose  striking  amiability  and  gentleness  attracted  many  friends,  who 
in  common  with  the  members  of  the  profession  which  he  adorned,  will  deeply 
feel  his  loss.  His  old  college  mates,  by  whom  he  was  partiouiarly  beloved. 
on  hearing  the  news  of  his  illness,  a  few  weeks  since,  suspended  the  ycsarly 
festivities  of  their  class  and  sent  him  a  telegraphic  ipcssa^'e  of  sympathy, 
and  expressed  their  regret  that  his  sickne*TS  had  prevented  him  fi\-»m  atten'- 
mg  their  twenty-fifth  anniversary.  Mr.  Child  was  married  to  Kate»  daugh- 
ter of  .lonathan  Godfrey,  of  Sou!  hport.  Conn.  His  funeral  will  take  place 
at  2  K  M.  to-morrow  from  Sr.  John's  Episcopal  Church  of  Stamford,  and  the 
interment  will  be  at  South[Jort/' 

Of  his  efficiency  and  trustworthiness  as  a  legal  adviser,  the  New  York 
Tribune  says: 


APPENDIX.  793 

**  He  has  been  counsel  lor  the  New  York  and  New  Haven  Railroad  Com- 
pany for  the  past  fifteen  years,  and  had  acted  as  attorney  for  other  corpora- 
tions in  suits  of  importance.  He  was  very  careful  ami  painstaking  in  the 
preparation  of  his  cases,  and  showed  great  skill  and  judgment  in  their  trial. 
As  an  officer  of  the  Government,  he  was  zealous  and  faithful  in  the  discharge 
of  his  trust;  as  a  lawyer,  he  was  devoted  to  the  interests  of  his  client;  and 
as  a  citizen  he  commanded  the  respect  and  esteem  of  all  who  knew  him. 
Among  his  more  intimate  friends  he  was  regarded  with  feelings  of  affection 
for  his  geniality  of  manner  and  kindness  of  neart,  as  well  as  for  his  unvary- 
ing courtesy  and  good  nature." 

The  Stamford  Herald  says : 

•'The  Hon.  Calvin  G.  Child,  one  of  Stamford's  most  valued  and  beloved 
citizens,  is  dead.  His  health  during  the  last  two  years  has  been  far  from 
good.  A  slight  stroke  of  apoplexy  last  March  caused  his  friends  great  alarm, 
and  was  the  first  premonition  of  the  disease  which  during  the  last  month 
developed  into  softening  of  the  brain,  from  which  he  died  about  5  o'clock 
yesterday  morning. 

Calvin  Goddard  Child,  son  of  Asa  Child,  a  distinguished  member  of  the 
Connecticut  Bar,  and  grandson  of  Judge  Calvin  Goddard,  one  of  Connecti- 
cut's most  distinguished  jurists,  was  bom  at  Norwich,  Conn..  April  6, 1834. 
He  was  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  the  class  of  1855,  pursued  his  legal 
studies  at  the  Harvard  Law  School,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Boston  in 
February,  1858,  and  at  once  commenced  the  practice  of  law  in  Norwich, 
where  he  remained  until  1864.  During  his  residence  in  Norwich  he  was  for 
a  time  Judge  of  the  City  Court  in  that  city,  and  also  held  the  office  of  exe- 
cutive secretary  to  Governor  Buckingham,  a  position  which  at  that  time, 
during  the  thick  of  the  rebellion,  was  peculiarly  onerous  and  exacting,  and 
the  duties  of  which  he  discharged  witn  great  fidelity  and  efficiency.  Later 
he  was  appointed  an  aid  on  the  staff  of  Governor  Buckingham  with  the  rank 
of  Colonel.  In  1864,  he  removed  to  Southport,  practicing  law  in  New  York 
City  in  partnership  with  Hon.  Thomas  E.  Stewart  until  1867,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Stamford,  and  with  Hon.  Joshua  B.  Ferris  formed  the  firm  of 
Ferris  &  Child,  and  has  since  resided  in  this  place. 

He  was  appointed  United  States  District  Attorney  for  Connecticut  by 
President  Grant  in  February,  1870,  a  position  which  he  held  at  the  time  of 
his  death,  his  third  term  expiring  in  1882.  During  his  occupancy  of  this 
office  the  business  pertaining  to  it  has  been  so  systematized,  and  conducted 
with  such  efficiency  and  at  the  same  time  so  little  friction,  that  the  District 
of  Connecticut  has  come  to  be  regarded  as  a  model  one  at  Washington. 
For  the  last  twelve  years  Mr.  Child  had  been  of  counsel  to  the  New  York 
and  New  Haven  Railroad,  conducting  all  its  litigation  in  Fairfield  county 
and  the  city  of  New  York.  He  achieved  marked  success  in  this  branch  of 
his  practice,  and  was  frequently  retained  by  and  against  other  corporations. 

Efe  had  also  a  large  general  practice,  and  was  universally  acknowledged 
to  stand  in  the  front  rank  of  his  profession  in  this  State.  His  clients  found 
in  him  not  only  a  faithful  and  judicious  counsellor,  but  an  earnest  friend  as 
well,  and  while  no  one  could  be  more  prompt  and  zealous  in  defending  their 
strict  legal  rights  against  wrongful  encroacnraent,  he  was  continually  striv- 
ing to  settle  all  controversies  if  possible  by  amicable  adjustment  on  broad 
equitable  principles.  While  lacKing  in  none  of  the  departments  of  his  pro- 
fession, he  particularly  excelled  as  an  advocate,  in  the  trial  and  presentation 
of  causes  either  to  court  or  jury,  and  his  public  speaking,  whetner  forensic 
or  otherwise,  was  justly  admired  for  its  chaste  and  elegant  English,  as  well 
as  its  force  and  directness. 

During  his  residence  in  Stamford,  Mr  Child  identified  himself  with  the 
interests  of  the  town,  and  actively  engaged  in  many  projects  for  the  advance- 
ment of  its  material  and  s  cial  interests.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  a 
director  of  the  Stamford  Water  Company  and  of  the  Telephone  Company,  a 
trustee  of  the  Ferguson  Library  and  a  m  ^mber  of  the  vestry  of  St.  John's 
Church.  He  was  elected  by  the  last  Diocesan  Convention  a  delegate  to  the 
General  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  soon  to  hold  its 
sessio  n  in  New  York  City. 


APPENDIX. 

Mr,  Child  wils  a  man  of  wide  reputntion  and  hud  a  large  circle  of  acquain- 
tanee  tliroughouL  t\w  esiuiitrv.  and  was  iiiiiversaily  respected  and  esteemed- 
Tie  WHS  oiie  whom  to  know  was  an  honor  and  a  pleasure,  whom  to  know 
well  was  a  blessing. 

He  was  niHriied  in  September,  1858,  to  Miss  Catharine  Godfrey,  daughter 
of  Capt.  Jonathan  Godfrey  of  Soutbport,  who  survives  bim,  together  with  J 
four  children." 

Of  the  estimate  of  his  influence  as  a  Christian   man,  we  quote   some] 
extracts  from  an  article  by  his  pastor,  as  found  in  the  Churchman  . 

•*He  was  also  a  devout  and  earnest  rhristian,  a  cnliivateii  scholar  and  an 
exact  thinker.  Tlie  apprcciutioii  of  the  rector  and  vestry  of  his  own  pansh 
was  shared  by  the  Bishop  and  Convention  of  the  Diocese  of  Connecticut; 
and  few  uwn  have  in  i^o  short  a  public  church  life  ficquired  so  much  con-%j 
sideration  and  influence  in  a  body  not  much  ffiven  to  recognize  new  influ-  , 
ences.  He  hud  recently  been  placed  on  the  delegation  to  the  General  Con- 
vention, Hud  the  eonscientjons  attention  which  his  trained  legal  mind  had 
already  given  to  the  constitution  and  law  of  the  church  and  to  the  j^pecial 
subjects  which  are  now  up  for  cont^ideration,  especially  the  tenure  of  cnurcb 
property  gave  great  prornii*i?  of  usefulness  as  a  member  of  that  bo<Jy." 

We  append  to  the  notice  of  Hon.  C.  G.  Child  a  correct  list  of  his  children  j 
by  some  accident  not  complete  as  given  on  j»age  142. 

i,  Kate  Godfkkv  Cuilu,  b.  Aug.  21,  1859,  in  Norwich,  Ct. 

ii.  Alice  Goddard  Child,  b.  Jan.  2. 1861.  in  Norwich,  Ct 

hi.  Calvin  Goodard  Cbild,  Je,,  b.  Aug,  27,  1702.  in  Norwich.  <.*t. 

iv.  William  Buckingham  Cbild.  b.  Nov.  1865,  in  Stamford   Ct. 

V.  Elisabeth  Chilb,  b.  Aug.  20,  1868,  in  Stamford.  Ct, 


HORATIO  H.  CHILD,  [See  page  231, J 
At  Leonard? ville,  Madison  county.  N.  Y.,  on  the  6th  Dec,  188€,  died  Mr, 
H.  H.  Child;  .suddenly  called  yet  ready  found  to  exchange  time  for  eternity. 
Engaged  in  business  at  the  time  of  bis  decease,  full  of  cneerful  activity,  he 
daily  awaited  the  sutnmons,  while  his  friends  could  not  realise  the  possibj]. 
ity.  Every  detail  of  his  affairs  was  incomplete  order,  his  very  account 
books  reveahng  his  constant  vigilance.  Stricken  with  pain  by  the  wayside, 
a  good  Samaritan  took  him  into  bis  house,  and  administered  unto  him.  but 
our  Lord  bride  him  htMue  and  he  went  willingly.  The  spiritual  life  had 
been  manifestly  growing,  purifying  and  sweetenings  A  gracious  yielding  on 
many  points  not  vital,  but  once  felt  by  him  to  be  tenaciously  held  and  con- 
tended for,  evidenced  the  attaining  of  the  ChristlikeneiSi*;  yet  no  one  could  he 
farther  renmved  from  morbidness.  Seven  weeks  previous  to  the  flay  of  his 
burial  he  attended  the  marriage  of  his  son.  Rev,  F.  S.  Child,  an  event  so 
wholly  s!i  lis  flic  lory  to  him.  that  he  felt  he  could  utter  his  nunc  ditnittia 
with  a  full  and  ready  heart.  One  half  the  small  family  are  on  the  farther 
shore  awaiting  those  who  still  iahar  ami  wnif 


ELISHA  CBILD.     \See  page  229] 

His  death  occurred  8ubse(|uent  to  the  printing  of  his  family  record.  The 
following  extract  is  frotn  nn  obituary  notice  pJiblished  in  the  /V6iam 
Fairtot,  Ct: 

As  a  young  man  Mr,  Child  had  gw>d  principles  and  steady  hahit-s.  He 
retained  this  character  thr(}Ughout  his  life  He  was  inflexible  wherever 
priDciples  were  at  stake.      Conscientious  in  all  matters,  he  was  particalArJf 


APPENDIX.  795 

so  in  all  that  seemed  to  him  duty.  He  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  men  to 
an  unusual  degree.  A  few  weeks  before  his  death  he  was  elected  to  the 
8tate  Legislature  and  was  especially  pleased  with  this  mark  of  the  esteem 
and  confidence  of  his  fellow  townsmen.  The  firmness  of  his  principles  is 
shown  by  the  fact  that  for  more  than  forty  years  he  was  a  staunch  believer 
in  total  abstinence,  and  deeply  interested  in  all  efforts  to  promote  the  cause. 
Genial  and  kind  hearted  by  nature  Mr.  Child  enioyed  meetings  for  social 
intercourse,  and  his  pleasant  smile  and  the  kindly  vein  of  humor  in  his 
nature  made  him  a  welcome  member  of  such  gatherings.  The  freshness  of 
his  feelings  was  shown  by  his  interest  in  the  young  people,  and  their  high 
regard  for  him.  But  the  great  charm  of  the  maujlay  in  the  simple  christian 
character  which  surrounded  him  as  an  atmosphere.  His  faith  was  strong, 
but  simple  as  that  of  a  child,  and  it  had  been  chastened  and  deepened  by 
the  many  trials  and  sorrows  of  his  life.  He  had  many  christian  graces  but 
the  crown  of  them  all  was  his  deep  humility.  For,  while  to  others  he 
seemed  to  grow  riper  and  riper,  he  seemed  to  himself  to  become  more  con- 
scious of  his  needs  as  a  sinner,  and  so  he  cast  himself  entirely  upon  the 
grace  of  God  in  Jesus  Christ.  For  over  forty-two  years  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Congregational  church  in  North  Woodstock,  and  at  his  death,  as  for 
many  previous  years,  held  the  oflBce  of  deacon.  Liberal,  according  to  his 
means,  in  maintaining  j)ublic  worship;  a  constant  and  active  attendant  at 
the  weekly  prayer  meeting;  above  all,  confessedly  sincere  and  exemplary 
in  his  christian  walk,  he  was  indeed  a  **  pillar"  of  the  church.  He  diea 
Dec.  15.  1880,  aged  68  years,  6  months.  Funeral  services  were  held  in  the 
church  at  North  Woodstock,  on  the  Sunday  afternoon  following  his  death, 
and  the  large  attendance. drawn  from  all  parts  of  the  town  showed  how 
wide  and  deep  was  the  appreciation  of  those  that  knew  his  life. 


The  following  brief  obituary  is  given  for  several  reasons.  The  residence 
of  Mr.  Child  was  in  the  county 4n  England  from  which  most  of  the  emigrant 
ancestors  are  supposed  to  have  come.  The  Baldwins  were  of  kindred  blood 
to  the  Child  family,  which  led  to  the  assumption  on  the  part  of  the  late 
baronet  of  their  arms  and  name ;  the  arms  being  the  same  given  in  this 
book.  The  death  occurring  as  we  are  upon  this  work,  we  think  it  fitting 
to  place  it  here,  for  the  association  of  Mr.  Child  with  men  of  note  of  his 
time  in  letters  and  statesmanship. 

WILLIAM  LACON  CHILDE,  M.  P. 

One  of  the  oldest  ex-members  of  the  British  Parliament,  Mr  William 
Lacon  Childe,  of  Kinlet  JIall,  Shropshire,  and  of  Kyre,  Worcestershire,  who 
in  three  weeks  more  would  have  attained  the  age  of  ninety-five,  died  in 
England  on  the  14th  inst.  He  was  the  only  son  of  the  late  Mr.  William 
Baldwin  (who  assumed  the  surname  and  arras  of  Childe  only),  by  his  mar- 
riage with  Annabella,  second  daughter  of  Sir  Charlton  Leighton,  of  Loton 
Park,  Shropshire,  and  was  born  on  the  3d  of  January,  1786.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  Harrow,  where  he  was  school  fellow  of  the  late  Lord  Palmerston, 
Sir  Robert  Peel.  Lord  Byron  and  the  late  Duke  of  Sutherland.  He  after- 
ward entered  Christ  Church,  Oxford.  He  sat  in  the  Honse  of  Commons  in 
the  conservative  interest,  as  member  for  Wenlock.  in  the  fii*8t  Parliament  of 
George  IV.  He  moved  the  address  in  reply  to  the  King's  speech  in  Febru- 
ary, 1823.  Mr.  Childe  was  a  magistrate  and  deputy  lieutenant  for  the 
counties  of  Worcester  and  Salop,  and  served 'as  nigh  sheriff  of  the  latter 
county  in  1859.  He  was  also  a  magistrate  for  the  county  of  Hereford.  He 
married  in  1807  Harriet,  second  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  William  Cludde, 
of  Orleton,  Shropshire,  by  whom  he  has  left  a  family.  He  is  succeeded  in 
his  estates  by  his  eldest  son  and  heir,  Mr.  William  Lacon  Childe.  who  was 
bom  in  1810,  and  married  in  1839  Barbara,  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  Thomas 
Giffard,  of  Chillington,  Staffordshire. —iTera/ff,  Dec.  26,  1880. 


796 


APPENDIX. 


Page  372,  Xo  2066.— William  Clinton  Child,  died  in  Bath,  N.  H.^  i 
35»  1880,  in  his  2Ui  year 

See  page  210* — Mra,  Almira  Holmea  Child,  wife  of  Charles  Child,  diedl 
Sept.  21,  1880. 

Pa^e  1«,  No.  5#7.— Mrs,  Laviaia  Lyon  "Child  Ingalk.  died  Dec.  187V, 
m  71  years. 

Page  17U  No,  780.— Mre  Sophia  (Child)  Child,  widow  of  Abel  Child,  Ir^ 
died  Aug,  6,  1«80,  in  Boston,  Mass,  was  buried  in  East  Woodstock,  Ct. 

Paire  fifir^  No.  6427.— On  Ash  Wednesday.  Meh.  2.  188U  Mre,  Cha 
E  VMe  ChiJdB,  wife  of  Wrn.  Henry  Childs,  died  in  New  York  City,  le 
inpj  an  infant  of  a  few  hours  old. 

Page28»,  No.  1905.— Edith  May  Childs.  died  in  New  York  City,  MarcM 
13,  1«81,  ^ 

Pag:e  7S5,  No.  7^5e,— Mrs.  Eugenia  Smith  Lytle.  widow  of  William  F. 
Lytle.  died  in  Troy.  N.  Y,.  Feb.  22,  1881. 


AFPENl>rX  TI»— SKETCHES. 

When  preparing  the  record  of  the  children  of  Hon*  John  Child,  (see  psg^i 
583)  of  Wey  bridge.  Vt-,  we  were   informed   that   Mrs.   Harriet  H.  Child  J 
Colby,  (see  page  580,)  the  only  surviving  daughter*  and  her  hu^sband,  Hon. 
Cr  C.  Colby,  were  gifted,  cultured  people,  and  we  awaited  «o  long  as  we 
could  the  facts  herewith  given ;  by  some  unfortuitous  circumstances  thejf 
were  in  season  only  for  the  appendix:* 

*'Mrj«.  H,  n.  Child  Colby  was  educated   at  the   Fort  Edward  Institute,J 
N.  Y..  where  she  sraduftted  with  the   highest  honors   Nov,  19.  1856,     Inl 
1857  nhf?  accepted  the  position  of  preceptress  of  the  Stansteail,  P.  Q.,  FemalaJ 
Seminary,  and  resigned   th«  following  year  to  become  the  wife  of  Charles. 
Carroll  (?olby.  then  a  rifling  young  lawyer  of  Stanstead.     During  her  school 
days  she  dev»ilo|>ed  a  poetic  talent,  which  won  high  encomiums,  and  some' 
of  her  publish>?d  poemsi.  written   at   that   time,  are   pronounced  by  criticf 
"very  gems/    After  marriage  the  cares  and  duties  of  a  wife  and  mother| 
with  her  had  higher  claims,  and  the  exercise  of  this  talent  was  discon-^ 
tinned.     Endowed  with  refined  sensibility,  and  superior  intelligence,  tmm 
extent ve  and  varied  reading,  brilliant  conversational  powers  and  the  inn 
amiable  disposition,  combined  with    high    moral   attributes,  Mrs.  Colb" 
truly  fitted  to  adorn  the  highest  social  circles      The  religious  sympatht 
Mr.'and  Mrs.  C<jlby  are  with  the  Wesleyan  Methodists,  liaving  united^ 
that  church  soon  after  their  marriftge." 

A  wntjQV  in  the  likhmond  Guardian,  P.  Q.,  of  January  81. 1881,  undef 
the  head  of  "Our  Leaders"  "The  Eastern  Township*?  Group,"  speaks  of 
Mr.  ColViy  as  lollows: 

rharles  Carroll  Colby.  M.  P.  for  Sianstead,  the  senior  of  the  group,  who 
was  first  returned  to  Parliament  in  1867.  A  member  of  the  House  for  so, 
many  years  his  complete  recognition  as  a  leader  in  debate,  there,  has  t»eci] 
of  coinpHralivcly  recent  date,  and  he  has  grown  slowly  and  naturally  imc 
the  position  he  now  occtipie*  an  one  of  the  acknowledged  leaders  in  debatiO 
and  an  authority  on  all  topics  which  fiertain  to  political  economy.  Mr.  CoIb| 
is  an  extremely'  modest  man.  ami  has  not  been  a  fr«H|uent  speaker.  Thi 
political  economists  of  the  House  are  few  in  number: — Sirs  K  CartwrightJ| 
and  Til  fey,  Messrs  Mackenzie.  T.  White,  Chariton  McCarthy,  Mills,  and; 
Colby  arc  the  prominent  representatives  of  the  school.  Alike,  yet  nalj 
akin;  difTering  from  each  other  in  the  breadth  and  sympathies  yet  apl 
scholars  in  the  domain  of  study  they  have  made  their  own.      As  a  rule  thii 

*  Tbb  sketch  and  ttitt  of  Duntei  W.  Child.  (#ee  page  567.)  an)  from  the  pea  of  this  ekl« 
brother.  Hoo.  Jobn  A.  Child,  of  WejbHdge,  Vt. 


APPENDIX.  797 

school  of  politicians  are  zealous  in  their  conceits,  passionately  wedded  to 
abstractions,  and  tyrannical  in  their  insistence  upon  the  adaptability  of 
their  cherished  theories  to  all  conceivable  conditions  of  society,  and  admitting 
of  no  exceptions  It  is  therefore  refreshing  to  be  able  to  lay  one's  hand 
upon  a  doctrinaire  of  the  sect  who  can  intelligently  and  effectively  apply 
the  principles  of  political  economy  in  their  essence,  yet  in  that  modified 
form  called  for  by  an  exceptional  condition  of  national  life,  without  doing 
violence  to  those  axiomatic  truths  which  it  is  the  purpose  and  function  of 
that,  by  no  means  exact  science  to  inculcate.  Mr.  Colby  is  preeminently  a 
political  economist  of  this  type. 

There  is  a  saying  of  the  poet  Pope:  *' One  science  only  will  one  genius 
fit,"  and  this  learned  essayist,  furthermore,  says,  that  not  only  is  the  genius 
of  any  particular  individual  '*  limited  to  particular  arts,"  but  that  his  knowl- 
edge is  also  **  confined  to  single  parts  of  the  particular  art "  in  which  he 
may  be  proficient.  This  is  emphatically  true  of  the  political  economist. 
Mr.  Colby  is  an  exceptional  instance  of  one  of  the  school,  who  while  grasp- 
ing the  essential  principles  is  able  to  apply  them  to  special  and  exceptional 
circumstances,  extending  to  the  minutest  detail  without  in  the  slightest 
way  compromising  admitted  truths  of  the  science.  There  is  moreover,  in 
his  speecnes  an  invigorating  sense  of  honesty,  of  outspokeness,  and  of  can- 
dor; and  they  afford  evidence  of  extensive  erudition  and  accurate  knowl- 
edge; uniting  happily  great  reading  with  that  solid  judgment  and  dis- 
crimination which  turns  the  learning  of  others  to  liberal  account  without 
the  least  compromise  of  their  freedom  of  thought;  and  his  language  is  al- 
ways pure,  melodious,  and  nervous.  He  gives  his  opinions  free  vent  and  is 
not  afraid  of  his  convictions.  His  sentences  all  abound  with  the  fervor 
and  fullness  of  feeling  which  constitutes  the  highest  form  of  oratory;  and 
on  this  account  he  is  always  listened  to  with  pleasure  and  advantage,  and 
will  hold  the  attention  of  a  wearied  and  listless  auditory  when  an  impas- 
sioned and  fervid  speaker  would  fail  to  secure  a  hearing.  He  is  not  an  im- 
passioned speaker,  nor  imaginative ;  rarely  poetical,  and  never  pathetic.  Yet 
ne  is  an  orator.  He  speaks  with  an  ease  and  readiness  which  suggest  an  ac- 
curate and  comprehensive  acquaintance  with  his  subject.  He  is  not  apt 
with  metaphor  but  is  always  happy  with  his  illustrations  and  quotations, 
though  he  rarely  uses  them';  and  he  never  fails  to  carry  conviction. 

Mr.  Colby  is  a  close  student.  If  you  are  in  search  of  him  during  a  sitting 
of  the  House,  you  will  find  him  in  the  Library  looking  up  the  facts  for  a 
meditated  speech.  When  he  is  prepared  he  will  sp^ak;  for  rather  than  fail 
to  do  full  justice  to  his  theme  he  will  forego  the  contemplated  deliverance; 
he  will  have  it  all  at  his  fingers'  ends,  and  will  be  greedily  listened  to  as 
well  by  •*  the  other  side  of  the  House  "  as  his  own.  A  reply  to  him  is  very 
rarely  attempted.  He  always  has  something  new  to  say,  and  that  some- 
thing is  true  and  terse;  he  invariably  presents  his  case  with  modesty,  yet, 
withal,  with  that  confidence  and  symmetry  of  proportions  which  character- 
izes the  master-hand  of  an  expert.  He  is  a  logical  debater  and  travels 
closely  in  company  with  his  subject;  observing  an  order  of  arrangement 
which,  like  the  scale  in  a  musical  gamut,  leads  up  evenly  and  uniformly  to 
the  predicated  conclusion.  He  is  moreover,  a  moderate  man — never  over- 
doing himself,  or  overreaching  his  theme,  and  is  one  of  the  most  amiable  of 
disputants.  Though  he  has  a  great  command  of  language,  and  that  keen 
perception  which  enables  the  logical  mind  to  penetrate  a  sophistry,  he  never 
oelittles  an  opponent  or  exults  in  the  weakness  of  his  argument.  He  pos- 
sesses in  a  remarkable  degree  the  happy  faculty  of  being  able  to  make  his 
most  subtle  ideas  perfectly  plain  to  others  by  the  use  of  simple,  yet  striking 
language.  When  he  has  done  speaking  it  is  felt  that  the  argument  is  com- 
plete; no  loopholes  are  left,  no  patching  up  necessary;  one  feels  that  a 
master  has  spoken,  that  the  deliverence  is  complete; — every  part  of  it  joint- 
ed together  with  the  mathematical  exactness  of  a  mosaic  panel. 

It  is  needless  to  say  that  Mr.  Colby  is  a  conservative ;  but  he  is  by  no 
means  a  strong  party  man.  When  principles  divide  men  into  groups  he  is 
a  tower  of  strength  in  the  ranks  of  those  who  are  in  sympathy  witn  him, 
bat  where  principles  are  absent  personal  likings  nor  the  traditions  of  associa- 
tion will  secure  his  co-operation.    Like  the  great  Robert  Hall  who  '*  would 


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not  cross  the  s^treet  \o  make  a  Baptist,  but  would  go  a  long  wny  to  muk 
Christian/'  Mr  Colhy  would  go  much  *'  out  of  his  way  "  to  inako  a  p*tii^ 
but  would  not  turn  ovi>T  his  baud  to  make  a  coust»rvalivv  TI*  Uj' 
M)u  isteui  politifiATi.  In  days  like  the  present,  which  witness  surh  st( 
chauijes  in  the  actions  and  votes  of  whole  parties,  as  wi'i  •«-  ♦'  ' '"^  -ril 
of  individuals  eonsisiency  of  conduct  and  fidelity  of  [ 
which  claim  attenr ion  by  theu-  very  rarity*  and  in»piv^ 
history  of  our  times  with  feelinp*  of  esteem  ami  contideiK^i^  Pr«s«  ; 
people,  alike,  whatever  he  their  differences  in  political  opinioth  a^rt^  wjj 
remarkable  unanimitv  in  their  estinuite  of  the  honorable  mi«mb^ 
Stanstead.  Partizauiiliip  will  frefjuently  discover  and  proclaim  blomu 
an <}pponent,  but  when,  as  in  Mr.  Coh^y'^*c«i<e  thtise  are  sjiokon  of  nv' 
by  expressions  of  good  will  ami  respect,  a  far  moip  valuuble  cot 
paid  than  would  be  any  ready  tribute  from  a  friendly  admirer, 
tion  of  the  press  which  delights  to  direct  it**  shafU*  ajtcainst  ih**  fauto^ 
often  more  imagined  than  real — of  our  public  men»  has  spared  Mr.  Colbfl 
and  the  townships  have  Just  reason  to  pride  themselvea  on  havinjf, — its  tS 
cye$  of  his  political  adversaries— at  least  <*ne  public  man  who  i«  wg — *"■ 
as  being,  like  Ca*sar*i*  wife,  '*  above  suBpiciou. ' 

Mr.  Colby  is  by  profession  a  lawyer.     Ho  was  l)orn  at    Derby.  Vt., 
1837,     His  father,*  Dr.  Colby,  represented  Stanstead  for  many  year*  in  %k 
old  Purliameut,  before  the  Union  of  1841,     He  is  a  y^raduaie  of  Dartmoutl 
College.  N.  H,,  and  is  known  t«  be  an  aceomplishetl  scholar.     He  hn*  he 
twice  returned  by  acchiination,  but  at  the  last  General  Election  wa*  foic 
to  ^o  through  the  ordeal  of  a  contest,  the  *'  frivolous  and  vcxatioue*'  ctiK 
acter  of  which  was  shown  by  the  enormous  majonty  which  was  rotlmi 
in  his  favor  by  his  entlHisiastic  constituents," 

Miss  Abby   Lemirn    Colby,  eldest   daughter  of  Charles  i\  and   Han 
(Child)  Colby,  was  cdiicultHrut  Sianstead  Female  CoUejce.  piano-fort^  ma 
being  made' a  sDecialty.  in  which  she  became  very  protlcu-iit.     Herx"*' 
days  have  also  been  suppleuicidcd  with  the  advanta|?e*  of  Amcna 
foreign  travel,     Htsr   tine   inlcllectiial   culture,   captivating   rnnnni^ 
much  Im  rtuty  of  person,  and  amiable  traits  of  character,  ren 
the  favorite  of  the  social  circle  and  an  ornament  to  the  beM 

Miss  Jessie   Maud   Colby,   H-ctmd   daughter  of  Charle- 
(Child)  Colby,  received   her  education  at  Sianstead  Foiual 
she  graduated  with  the  highest  honors  in  I  he  class  nf  IHTM,  {V .  •  , ,  ,    . 
time  a  special  degree  in  music.     Yet  the  prominent  feature  in    I^  r 
life   w/JLS   the   high  degree  of   attainment   made   in  not  a  few  bu' 
blanches  of  the  college  course.    This  symmetry  of  development  in  in 
tual  culture  finds  also  in  her  its  counterpart  in  the  development  of 
high  moral  rj nudities,  which  combined  witu  other  gracca  make  tb«>  rrlSxcd 
and  noble  woman 

Daniel  Wright  tliild.  third   son  of  John  and   Abi^rail  Wright  Child  i*» 
ceived  an  armleiriical  education  at  the  Ver^ennes.Vt.,  (frammar  Schccit,  wi^ 
Troy  Conference  Academy.     Upon  attaining  hi>  majoritv,   b^     n.'iij'.nl  -u 
general  farming,  and  specially  in  breeding  and  defiling  fn 
sheep,  with  marked  tituincial  success.     In   16*17.   he.   in  c«'i  i 

brother,  Cob  A.  J.  Child,  located   in   Indepemienee.  Missouri  aukkiog  u 
before  the  sheep  business  a  speciuby,  with  the  addition  of  brv«(ltnf^  f 
blooded  horses.     September  iiith,  1^70.  he  was  united   in    miUTiaicv 
Nevada,  eldest  daughter  of  G,  C*hace  of  Independence,  Mo. 

Mrs   Nevada  Chace  Child  was  born  in  Warren  county.  "'     '■ 
1850.      She  received   her  education  at  Vinton,  Hurlou  c*' 
J866,  Mr,  Chace  an  I  family  settled   in    Independence,  M- 
years  preceding  her  marriage  was  occupied  in  teaching  in  ti 
of  that  place.     In  the  summer  of  1672,  D.  W.  Child   and    v 
Greenhorn,  near  Pueblo.  Colomdo.  making  the  journey  acros- 
land.  with  a  large  herd  of  sheep  to  stock  his  ranch.     In  1"" 
sheep  was  largely  augmented  by  thorough  bred  Spanish  m- 
mont.     But  the  lawless  and   desperate   cattle  ranchiTien 
looked  wi^b  a  jealous  eye  upon  what  they  considered  the  eu^.   ..,  .,,„*.»ii| 
the  sheepmen,  and  speedily  organized  for  their  extermimitioii. 


APPENDIX.  799 

leader  in  maintaininfi^  the  rights  of  the  sheepmen,  D.  W.  Child  stood  firm 
and  unflinching,  and  the  concentrated  ire  of  the  desperadoes  was  launched 
on  his  devoted  head.  During  a  night's  absence  from  home  the  cowardly 
miscreants  made  a  descent  on  his  corrall  and  butchered  between  five  and 
six  thousand  dollars  worth  of  his  finest  sheep.  This  outrage  of  course 
reacted  upon  the  perpetrators,  large  rewards  were  offered  by  the  Governor 
and  others  for  their  apprehension,  and  they  were  obliged  to  leave  the  coun- 
try, and  the  sheepmen  were  left  in  the  quiet  enjoyment  of  their  rights. 
D.  W.  Child  is  an  energttic,  thorough  going  business  man.  and  succeeds  in 
what  he  undertakes.  The  breeding  of  fine  horses  (in  connection  with  sheep 
farming)  and  more  recently  mining,  have  received  considerable  attention. 

The  religious  sympathies  of  Mr.  and  Mrs  Child  are  with  tha  Baptist  de- 
nomination (not  close  communion),  with  which  church  they  united  several 
years  since.  Being  well  qualified  by  education  and  culture,  and  having 
seen  and  experienced  much  of  frontier  life,  they  have  contributed  numerous 
interesting  sketches  and  adventures  to  the  New  York  Tribune,  Jownal  of 
Aariculture,  and  Colorado  Farmer.  Many  of  the  •*Colorado  articles 
which  have  appeared  in  those  prints,  have  been  contributed  by  them.  Re- 
publican in  politics,  they  have  done  their  full  share  in  helping  to  build  up 
the  "Centennial  State.'* 


THE  LOWRIE  FAMILY. 

The  original  name  was  Lawrie  or  Laurie,  but  was  changed  after  the  family 
came  to  America  to  Lowrie,  as  it  was  commonly  pronounced.  In  the  old 
family  Bible,  the  possession  of  the  late  Chief  Justice  Lowrie  there  is  a  record 
running  through  five  generations,  from  which  we  quote,  1st,  Joseph  Lowrie 
and  Jane  McGhie  manied  April  1,  1748;  2d,  John  Lowrie,  eldest  son  of 
Joseph  and  Jane  Lowrie,  born  July  9,  1749,  married  Jan.  29, 1773,  Catherine 
Cameron;  3d,  Mathew  Bonsall  Lowrie,  eldest  son  of  John  and  Catherine  C. 
Lowrie,  born  May  12.  1778,  married  May  8,  1805,  Sarah  Anderson;  4th, 
Jane  Bailey  Lowrie.  eldest  daughter  of  Mathew  B.  and  Sarah  A.  Lowrie, 
born  Feb.  14.  1806,  married  Jan.  5,  1829,  Harvey  Childs  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
We  find  also  that  Walter  Lowrie,  second  son  of  John  and  Catherine  C. 
Lowrie,  born  Dec.  10,  1784,  married  1833,  Mary  K.  Childs,  daughter  of 
Joshua  and  Susan  King  Childs  of  Springfield,  Mass. 

John  Lowrie  and  Catherine  Cameron  were  married  by  Rev.  Mr.  McCallan 
of  Ardnamurchau ;  Catherine  was  of  the  Highland  clan  Cameron.  The 
Lowries  were  Lowlanders.  For  many  years  John  resided  in  Edinburgh,  and 
there  several  of  his  children  were  born.  In  1793,  he  emigrated  to  America, 
locating  first  in  Huntingdon  county.  Pa. ,  but  afterwards  moved  to  Butler 
county  where  he  remained.  Despite  the  difficulties  inseperable  from  rural 
life,  he  secured  his  children  an  eaucation,  the  tastes  inherited  by  his  poster- 
ity leading  them  into  professional  life.  Mr.  Lowrie  was  known  in  his  new 
home  as  a  man  of  aoility,  energy  and  integrity.  He  died  Aug.  10,  1840, 
aged  91. 

Hon.  M.  B.  Lowrie.  son  of  John  and  Catherine  Cameron  Lowrie.  was  bom 
in  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  May  12,  1778,  and  came  to  America  with  his  parents 
in  1793.  Married  May  8,  ItiOo,  Miss  Sarah  Anderson,  eldest  daughter  of 
James  and  Jane  Bailey  Anderson.  Mr.  Anderson  was  born  in  Cumberland 
county.  Pa.,  in  17(50,  married  Miss  Jane  Bailey  in  1786. 

Mr.  M.  B.  Lowrie  was  a  student  at  the  University  of  Edinburg,  when  the 
removal  of  the  family  to  America  interrupted  his  studies.  He  continued 
his  education,  however,  even  in  the  classical  branches,  and  qualified  himself 
to  become  a  successful  teacher.  In  18"7,  he  removed  with  his  wife  and 
eldest  child.  Miss  Jane  B.  Lowrie,  to  Pittsburgh.  Pa.  On  the  way  thither, 
in  Armstrong  county,  his  son,  Walter  Hoge  Lowrie,  was  bom.  After  reach- 
ing Pittsburgh,  Mr.  Lowrie  established  a  school  which  he  continued  for 
several  years,  gaining  the  respect  of  the  community  for  his  character,  edu- 
cation and  probity.  Accordingly,  in  1816,  when  the  city  of  Pittsburgh  was 
chartered,  he  was  one  of  the  first  twelve  aldermen  appointed  by  Govemor 
Simon  Snyder  from  among  the  prominent  citizens,  who  were  commissioned 


APPBNBIX, 


for  life,  »nd  from  sraong  whom  the  nuTore  of  the  eitr  were'  to  be  selectt 
hj  the  action  of  the  city  councils  In  1830  Mr  >f .  B.  L«  wrie  wiis  tbl| 
cao^en  mayor     Hon.  M,  B.  Lowrie  died  in  I  I85<*,  fr 

a  sudden  attAck  of  cholera  morbus  caused  by  y  in  the  he 

of  summer.     Poor  sous  attained  roanhooil.  ihm.  Walur  II.   Lowrie,   Mr, 
Jas.  A.  Lowrie,  ReT.  Jno.  M.  Lowrie.  D.  D.,  and  Joseph  W.  Lowne. 

Chief  Justice  Walter  Hoge  Lowrie,  LL.  D.,  eldest  son  of   Hon.  Matbc! 
B.  and  Jane  Bailey  Lowrie,  born  in   Armstrong  #coanty,    Pa.,    March  S^ 
1807:    grew  to   manhood  in   Pittsburgh^    here    he    graduated    from    it 
Western   Univepsity^  June.  1826     He  began  at  once  the  study  of  th 
law  in  the  offices  of  Hon.  Cha*,  Shaler  and  Hon.  Walter  Forward,  was 
mirred  to  the  Imr  Aug.  4*  I82d.     For  seventeen  ye&rs  he  devoted  hims 
Asriduously  to  his  profession,     August  30,  1S46,  he  was  appointed  by  do* 
emor  Shunk  pre«iaenT  judge  of  the  Dtslrict  Court  of  Allegheny  county;  he 
held  this  positron  until  185U  when  he  was  elected  to  the  Supreroe  Court  of 
Pennsylvania;  of  this  c€jurt  he  was  judge  six  years.     In  1S57,  he  became 
Chief  »ttistiee  of  Pennsylvania,  his  associate*  were  Jeremiah  S,  Blacky  George 
W.  WjxKlwanl*  John  C.  Knox,  and  William  Strong  forming  a  trench  ever 
regarded  by  the  bar  of  the  country  as  of  rare  distinct  ion.     At  the  expiration 
of  his  term,  in  186ii,  Judge  Lowrie  resumed  legal  practice  for  five  years  in 
Pittsburgh.     In  1868,  he  removed  to  Philadelphitt.     In   1870,  was  elected 
president  judge  of  Crawford  county,  and  removed  to  Meadville,  and  thcts 
resided  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties  nntil  the  time  of  his  deatfa 
October  14,  1870.     Chief  Justice  Lowne  was  one  of  Pennsylvania's  mo 
eminent  jurists.     The  Princeton  Review,  vol,  2  in  giving  a  review  of  tfa 
**  Lowrie  Opinions.'*  stiites:   **  He  is  best  known  by  bi:^  judicial  opinion.-' 
Many  of  them  contain  very  thorough  and  philosophical  discu-ssions  of  con, 
plicated  judicial  questions  fiervaded  by  a  pure  and  decided  tone  of  iudtvtj 
ual  and  social  morality   and   order    Judge  Lowrie  was  esteemed  for  hi 
perfect  faimess  and  love  of  justice,  regarding  the  spirit  of  the  law  and  no 
the  letter  as  the  law  itself.     As  a  philosophical  writer,  he  contributed 
neveral  journals,  monthly  and  quarterly,     I'he  following  are  among  his  pa^ 
lished  essays:     *  Inductive   and  Deductive   Politics,'    'The  Dissolution 
Empires/  'The  Natural  Grotmds  of  Civil  Authority/  *  Buckley's  HistoiJ 
of  Civilization,'  etc  "     In   manners  and  appearance.  Judge   Ivuwrie   was  i 
gentleman  of  the  old  school.     From  the  tribute  paid  to  his  memory  by  Hoq 
H,  C,  Kichmond,  before  the  Bar  of  Crawford  county,  we  make  one  extract 
*'We  have  known  few  men  who  pot^sessed  to  so  gr«  at  an  extent  the  {k>w«' 
of  persnnal  attraction.     Of  a  fine  pn?sence  and  a  pleasant  countenance    hi 
qualities  of  head  and  heart  were  such  as  not  only  to  command  respect,  bn 
to  win  and  hold  the  alTections.    He  was  a  leanieii  lawyer,  an  erudite  scholm 
a  devout  Christian,  and,  what  in   his  exalted  pt»sitfon  was,  if  p>«*ible  d 
greater  importance,  an  upright  and  Impartial  judge.     In  his  judicial  deciS 
ions  he  knew   neither  fnend  nor  acquaintance,  nor  stranger,  nor  foe— if 
indeed,  he  had  a  ff>e/'     Two  sons  survive  him,  Jas,  A,  Lowrie,  an  attorne 
of  Denver,  Colorado,  and  Kev.  Samuel  T,  Lowrie,  late  Prof,  of  Exegesis  an 
Literature  in  the  Western  Theological  Seminary  of  Pittsburgh, 

Major  James  A.  Lowrie.  eldest  son  of  Judge  W,  H,  Lowrie,  was  bom  in 
Pittsburgh,  Pa..  Jan  25.1^33.   Graduated  July,  1851.  from  Miami  Univcr?it| 
Oxford,  Ohio,  and  in  DecemVjer.1854  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Pittsliurgl 
In  18<il.  he  espouj4ed  the  Cfiiun  uau^»  anil  served   under  Gen.  Kesrlev.  WM 
Major  F*atterson's  coluujn.  in  Maryland  and  Virginia.     On  the  Tth  of  <L 
ber,  1861,  he  was  appointed  Assistant  Adjut^int  with  rank  of  captain? 
served  on  the  staff  or  Brig   (Jen'l  Negley,  until  after  the  battle  of  Cbic< 
mauga.     After  the  battle  of  Stone  River  he  was  promoteil  Major  and  A-^ii 
lant  Adj  Gen1.     At  this  time  he  obtained  short  lt»ave  of  al^sence  and 
married  in  Pittsburgh,  Nov,  24,  186:1,  to  Miss  Mary  J   Park,  of  that  placi 
He  WHS  then  assigned  to  the  stafT  of  Brig.  Gen 'I  Baird,  in  Muj.  <ten"l  Thomi 
Army  of  the  Cumberland,  partieipatiug  in  all   the  engagements  until  th 
fall   of  Atlanta,  Georgia,     He   then    resigned    and  i-eturned   to  his  home" 
resuming  his  profession.     In  1875,  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Colorado. 


APPENDIX.  801 

Dr.  James  A.  Lowrie,  second  son  of  Hon.  M.  B.  and  Jane  Bailey  Lowrie, 
bom  in  Pittsburgh,  Feb.  12, 1810,  graduated  from  the  Western  University 
•  of  that  city,  and  at  once  began  the  study  of  medicine  for  which  he  had  un- 
usual gifts.  Took  his  medical  diploma  at  Philadelphia  in  1831.  In  1832 
the  Asiatic  cholera  reached  New  York.  Desiring  to  be  fully  prepared  to 
grapple  with  the  disease,  he  went  to  New  York  and  devoted  himself  to  its 
study  under  the  best  physicians  and  in  the  hospitals.  He  was  so  enthusias- 
tic as  to  overw6rk,  when  exhausted  he  contracted  a  violent  cold.  He  was  a 
man  of  powerful  physique,  and  having  always  enjoyed  perfect  health  was 
at  first  disposed  to  make  light  of  it.  He  made  a  voyage  to  the  West  India 
Islands  in  January.  1833,  for  restoration,  unavailingly.  He  returned  to 
Philadelphia,  sunk  rapidly  and  died  May  1st,  1833. 

The  following  brief  outline  of  the  life  of  Rev.  John  M  Lowrie,  D.  D.,  is 
taken  from  his  memoir  written  by  Rev.  Wm.  D.  Howard,  D.  D.,  of  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. : 

John  M  Lowrie.  son  of  Hon.  Mathew  B.  Lowrie.  was  born  in  the  city  of 
Pittsburgh,  July  16.  1817.  married  in  April.  1843.  Miss  Hetty  Dusenbury, 
Dr.  Lowrie  graduated  with  distinction  from  Lafayette  College  in  the  class 
of  1840,  and  afterwards  pursued  his  theological  studies  at  the  Princeton 
Seminary.  Oct.  18, 1843,  he  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  church  of  Blairstown 
and  Knowlton,  N.  J.,  and  afterwards  officiated  as  pastor  at  Wellsville,  0., 
and  at  Lancaster,  0.  In  1856,  he  was  installed  at  Fort  Wayne,  Ind  ,  and 
there  remained  until  the  close  of  his  life. 

Dr.  Lowrie  was  a  man  of  much  more  than  ordinary  natural  gifts.  His 
attainments  in  the  classics  and  in  mathematics,  and  his  acquaintance  with 
history,  science  and  general  literature,  weie  extensive  ana  accurate.  He 
was  especially  familiar  with  poetry,  both  classical  and  English,  and  was 
himself  the  author  of  a  number  of  hymns  which  have  a  high  degree  of 
poetic  merit.  He  was  also  the  author  of  several  works  of  a  historical  and 
religious  character,  among  which  are  *'Esther  and  Her  Times,*'  "The 
Hebrew  Lawgiver,*'  &c. 

Failing  health  compelled  him,  in  1866,  to  give  up  active  work  and  seek 
recovery  in  a  European  tour.     The  relief  derived,  however,  was  but  tem- 

Sorary,  and  after  returning  home  a  steady  decline  set  in  which  resulted  in 
eath  on  the  26th  of  Sept.,  1867.     Three  sons  survive  him,  Rev.  Matthew  B. 
Lowrie,  Rev.  J.  Gibson  Lowrie  and  Harry  C.  Lowrie. 


CYRUS  B.  CHILDS. 

In  response  to  a  note  from  us  Mr.  Childs  says  his  father  was  Cyrus  Went- 
worth  Childs,  his  grandfather  was  Cyrus  Childs,  and  his  great  grandfather 
was  Ebenezer  Childs,  and  supposes  the  mention  of  these  names  will  give  us 
a  clue  to  his  line  of  ancestry  These  names,  however,  do  not  suggest  his 
line,  and  the  name  of  Ebenezer  is  so  often  used  in  different  branches  it  does 
not  indicate  the  family  to  which  he  belongs.     Mr.  Cyrus  B.  Childs  says: 

"The  earliest  history  of  the  family  that  I  am  in  possession  of,  dates  back  to 
the  early  portion  of  the  present  century,  when  their  residence  was  eighty  or 
one  hundred  miles  west  of  Boston,  Mass.  Prom  thence  I  trace  them  to 
western  New  York,  to  Ohio.  Michigan,  Illinois,  and  on  to  the  great  Ameri- 
can desert,  now  known  as  Nebraska.  I  can  give  biography  of  my  father, 
grandfather,  and  many  incidents  of  the  later  portion  of  my  great  grand- 
Eather's  life." 

We  have  been  unable  to  obtain  any  further  information  from  Mr.  Childs, 
though  several  communications  have  been  sent  him.  Mr.  Childs  is  an  at- 
torney at  law,  a  real  estate,  collection  and  insurance  agent,  notary  public 
and  general  conveyancer,  residing  in  Riverton,  Franklin  county,  Neb. 


802 


APPEKDIX. 


HOLLISTER  FAMILY. 

Solomon  Hollbt^r  was  an  early  emigrant  from  Conneclicut  to  Bern 
Bullston,  N.  Y.,  and  was  the  father  of  sererftl  sons  and  daughters^  ail 
in  that  town.     The  sods   were  men   of   marked  charact eristics,  of  robt« 
constitutions,  and  of  nturdy  principles  j  and  gave  a  healthy  moral 
ligions  tone  to  the  community.      These  song  were  HoMwell^  Kzrn^  , 
and  Solomon.     There  were  also  two  daughters— perhaps  mon\      Oneoiii 
ried  a  Mr.  Miller,  who  was  a  lawyer;  the  other  marrii'd  a  Mr»  Wateruian^l 
well-to-do  farmer  of  Ballston,     Roswell  Hollister,  the  fjither  of  Mrs.  Mc 
HolHster  Childt  (see  page  226,)  was  born  November  5,  1782.  luid  ma 
1805,  Esther  Uuernsey,  bom  October  81,  1787,    Mrs*  Hollii*U*r  wa»  of  high 
rej!^peet.able  parentage.     She  was  a  noble  christian  woman,  who«c  h*n 
and   energies  were  ever  employed    in   various  good  works.      Sli#  wan] 
kind  and  affectionate  mother,  but  sensible  and  Judicious  in  the  trt^at 
of  h<?r  household*    She  was  long  a  widow.      Mr.    Hollister  died  June 
18^5,  and  Mrs.  Ilollisterdied  November  K».  1865.     They  hatl  tight  ehildn4 
i.  Melissa,  bom  October  7,  1807,  imirried  August  2\i,  1881.  Elii**    Chil^ 
She   died   July  18,  18"ii,  in   Tompkins,  Delawaina  county*  N.  Y..  and 
buried  in  South  iJaUston,  her  native  plare;  she  hud  one  child,  dnrd 
iL  Alfred,  born  August  10,  1809.  married   December  80,  1885,   Klixa  R 
mond,  of  Ballston  Centre—there  ia  no  record  at  hanil  of  any  children: 
died  September  12,  1842.    iii,   Arzelia,   born  December  20,    18U,  tna 
October  2,  1885,  James  H.  Spear,  a  hardware  merchant  of  Ballston,  Sp 
N.  Y.;  be  died   mmB  years  t«ince     Mrs.   Spear   lives  in  GoAheiu  Onia| 
county,  N.  Y.,  where  an  only  child  and  son,  Is  enga»;(^d  in  Ihc  haidi 
trade,    James  S|iu4ir,    the  mn,    mnriied   November,    18^7,  Sarah    Hr^iwii, 
daughter  of  Silas  C.  and  Sanib   llulbert  Brown,  of  Orange  con' 
They   have    had   four   or  five    children,  two  uuly  are  living— A 
Nathan,     iv.  Zilpha,  born  May  5,  18H,  a  sweet  child  and  lovely  chrutiaa 
died  March  5,  188'3.     v.  Roswell  0.,  born  April  28,  1810»  went  at  an  i 
day  to  Savannah,  Georgia,  and  settled;  he  married  Jnne  1.  1843,  C*th«nd 
Wood;  he  has  been  an  active  business  man  for  more  than  thirty  yeiiT».| 
man  of  determined  purpose  and  manly  courage;  he  has  childtvn.  biit 
are  not  informed  of  their  names  and  number,     vi.  Nathan,  born  Seplctnh 
25,  1818.  married  1st,  about  1845,  or  1846,  Miss  Jane  Thurstmi,  of  Duch«i 
county,  N,  Y. ;  raarried  2d.  March  2,  1852,  Louisa  CorneJia  ftr-ftwn.daughU 
of  Silas  C.  and  Sarah   Holbert  Brown       Mr.  Ibillister  has  been  in  aciiij 
mercantile  business  for  forty  years  or  more,  in  Brooklyn,  Klmim.  Iiochi*«iiJ 
and  Utica,  N,  Y.     In  the  last  named  place  has  been  in  an  ext-en?»ive  Um 
trade  for  twenty  yeara  or  more,  in  which  he  still  eonlinues.      By  liic  flr»t 
marriage  he  had  two  children:  1.  Alfred,  born  November  J0»  1847, 
September  0»  1871,  E.  Evadue  Halisea.  They  have  one  child,  Alfred  \ 
born  April  19.  1879.    2.  Kate,  hKirn  August  6,  1849,marrieii  April  l©,1 
George  Flippard  of  New  York  City;  they  have  two  children  — a  daiighll 
and  son.     By  second  marriage  be  hatl  seven  children :  ].  Emma^.  Iwyrti  1 
1858,  died  in  in  fancy.    2.  Esther  Guernsey,  born  January  80,  185J 
August   30.  1875.       3.  Lewis   Brown,  born    February   6.  1857.      4.  Ja 
Thurston,  bora  April  20,  1859.  died  November  16,  18«l,     5,  Siimh  Browivl 
bom  April  6,  1801.    6.  Coni  May,  bom  May  8,  1868.    7.  NaUmii  B^McvtO, 


APPENDIX.  803 

born  April  23,  1868.  vii.  Esther,  l)om  September  28, 1821,  died  unmarried, 
October  30.  1849,  in  South  Ballston.  N.  Y.,  a  bright,  intelligent  and  beauti- 
ful girl,  as  lovely  in  disposition  and  christian  character  as  she  was  beautiful 
in  person;  tenderly  loved  in  the  family  circle;  a  girl  of  warm  affections, 
possessing  a  sympathetic  nature,  fond  of  expressing  itself  to  relieve  human 
suffering,  and  add  to  the  sum  of  human  happiness,  viii.  Ezra,  the  young- 
est, born  December  23.  1833,  was  a  prompt  and  active  lad,  left  his  maternal 
home  in  early  youth,  and  now  for  many  years  has  not  been  traced. 


THORP  FAMILY,  BUTTERNUTS,  N.  Y. 

In  connection  with  a  brief  notice  of  Mrs.  feylvina  Thorp  Child,  page  226, 
I  should  not  feel  that  I  was  doing  justice  to  her  memory  did  I  not  make 
more  than  a  passing  allusion  to  her  parentage  and  family  connection. 
Her  father,  Edward  Thorp,  Esq.,  was  a  wealthy  farmer  in  the  town  of  But- 
ternuts, Otsego  county,  N,  Y.  He  was  bom  in  the  town  of  Greenwich,  Ct., 
in  1776.  At  sixteen  years  of  age  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Butternuts, 
where  his  long  and  active  life  was  spent,  dying  1869,  at  the  age  of  ninety- 
three  years.  He  was  a  man  of  robust  constitution,  of  remarkable  physical 
endurance,  and  not  less  remarkable  for  his  intellectual  vigor  and  love  of 
literature.  When  a  severe  days'  labor  on  the  farm  had  been  closed,  the 
short  hours  of  the  night  often  found  him  absorbed  in  some  interesting 
book  or  periodical,  and  in  one  instance  a  whole  night  was  thus  unconsciously 
spent.  He  was  well  informed  upon  all  the  current  topics  of  the  day,  much 
beyond  the  average  man  of  the  period,  and  quite  at  home  among  the  old 
British  authors.  Endowed  with  a  retentive  memory,  the  reading  of  his 
younger  days  was  fresh  in  his  mind  to  the  latest,  period  of  his  life.  At 
ninety  years  of  age  he  has  been  heard  to  repeat  passages  from  "Watts'  Lyrics,'* 
which  he  had  committed  to  memory  at  nine  years  of  age,  with  the  emphasis 
and  enthusiasm  of  youth.  He  retained  his  mental  vigor,  scarcely  impaired, 
to  the  time  of  his  death;  memory  reverting  only  with  less  distinctness 
to  more  recent  events. 

In  politics  he  was  a  Federalist,  a  Whig,  and  a  Republican,  successivelyt 
as  one  form  was  adopted  for  another.  A  purer  and  more  unselfish  patriot 
could  not  be  found.  Commencing  with  the  election  of  President  John 
Adams,  in  1797,  when  his  first  vote  was  cast,  he  never  failed  to  vote  at  a 
presidential  election  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  covering  a  period  of 
seventy-two  years,  and  extending  through  the  administrations  of  seventeen 
Presidents,  including  the  accidental  administrations  of  John  Tyler,  Millard 
Fillmore  and  Andrew  Johnson.  Mr.  Thorp  was  a  man  of  unswerving  in- 
tegrity, instinctively  a  gentleman  in  his  intercourse  with  his  neighbors  and 
fellow  townsmen.  He  despised  dishonesty,  trickery  and  vulgarity  in  every 
possible  form ;  transparent  in  his  own  character,  he  could  not  endure  the 
absence  of  frankness  in  others.  He  was  a  man  of  broad  and  liberal  views 
on  all  public  questions,  yet  a  man  of  pronounced  opinions.  He  readily 
comprehended  the  public  necessities,  and  was  an  earnest  advocate  for  all 
enterprises  of  public  benefit.  He  was  efficient  in  advancing  the  cause  of 
general  education,  as  might  bo  expected  of  a  man  of  his  degree  of  enlighten- 
ment. He  was  a  living  chronology  of  all  remarkable  events  connected  with 
the  history  of  the  country,  and  was  an  authority  from  which  few  would 
G-2 


804  APPENDIX. 

▼entare  to  take  an  appeal  He  was  a  man  of  great  teoacttT  of  porpoee, 
viiicfa,  aooompaiiied  bj  soand  judgment,  r«i^ered  him  one  of  the  TaloaUe 
and  efficient  citizens  of  the  town. 

Mr.  Thorp  was  early  married  to  llias  Sjlrina  Tremain.  a  lady  of  much 
personal  worth,  possessing  qualities  of  heart  and  head  which  she  efficiently 
dcTeloped  in  the  circle  of  her  home,  and  was  an  esteemed  member  of  society- 
She  died  in  1B44.  They  had  eight  children,  all  of  whom  lived  to  settle  in 
life. 

i.  The  eldest.  Charles  A.  Thorp,  bom  in  1796.  was  graduated  at  Hamilton 
College,  in  Clinton.  N  T  ,  under  President  Backus.  Studied  law  and  settled 
in  Norwich.  Chenango  county,  X.  Y..  where  most  of  his  professional  life 
was  spent.  He  married,  in  18*29.  Susan  Avery  of  OrfonL  Chenango  county, 
N  Y.  They  had  four  children,  all  daughters.  The  eldest.  Sarah  Thorp, 
married  Mr.  William  Thomas,  an  intelligent  and  active  business  man;  now 
settled  in  the  State  of  Arkansas,  an  extensive  land  owner.  Elizabeth  Thorp, 
the  second  daughter  married  Hon.  Horace  G.  Prindle.  of  Norwich, 
N.  Y..  a  prominent  and  successful  lawyer,  who  for  many  years  held 
the  office  of  County  Judge  of  Chenango  county,  N.  Y.  The  third 
daogfater,  Mary  Thorp,  is  unmarried,  and  lives  with  her  father  in 
Norwich.  N.  Y.  The  youngest  daughter  died  young.  Charles  A.  Thorp. 
Esq..  when  in  his  prime,  held  a  high  position  as  a  lawyer  at  the  bar 
of  Chenango  county.  N.  Y.  The  thoroughness  with  which  he  prepared  his 
eases  for  court,  with  the  power  of  language  he  displayed  in  arguing  them, 
established  a  reputation  which  secured  him  a  largp  patronage.  Like  his 
Mher,  he  possessed  great  tenacity  of  purpose,  and  seldom  failed  to  aooom> 
plish  his  ends.  In  politics,  his  affiliations  were  with  the  old  Whig  party, 
and  later  with  the  Republican.  His  conversational  powers  were  unoraal, 
and  he  seldom  failed  to  interest  the  listener.  Often  his  topic  made  him 
forgetful  of  himself.  We  can  relate  an  amusing  anc-edote  without  giving 
offence.  On  return  from  Xew  York  City,  on  one  occasion,  with  several  of 
his  townsmen,  to  their  homes,  while  entertaining  them  in  conversation,  he 
folded  and  twisted,  and  picked  into  atoms  his  railmad  ticket,  which  he 
held  in  his  hand.  When  the  conductor  called  f<'«r  tickets,  his  ticket  was 
missing.  He  began  a  thorough  search  of  his  ftockets.  and  of  the  seat,  and 
of  the  flocir.  but  no  ticket  could  be  found,  till  the  remnants  of  paper  on  the 
car  floor,  when  put  together,  revealed  the  mystery.  The  incident  recalled 
the  story  of  Sir  Isaac  Xewton's  being  discovered,  boiling  his  watch  while 
holding  in  his  hand  the  egg  which  he  supftosed  was  in  the  vessel  Mr. 
Thorp  is  spending  the  evening  of  his  life  in  Norwich.  N.  Y. 

ii.  The  second  child  and  sc>n  of  Edward  and  Sylvina  Tremain  Thorp  was 
Lewis  Edward,  bom  in  179S.  He  married,  in  1S27,  Margaret  Mack.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  lived  in  Butternuts.  He  possessed  excellent  native  abili- 
ties and  had  a  fair  education.  At  sixteen  years  of  age  he  had  become  a 
competent  surveyor,  and  was  nften  employed  in  surveying  large  tracts  in 
and  about  Ot5ego  crmnty.  He  was  a  man  of  integrity  and  an  earnest  sup- 
porter of  good  society,  and  an  esteemed  citizen.  He  was  a  man  of  keen 
sensibilities  and  honorable  instincts,  of  independent  opinions,  but  courteous 
and  urbane.  He  died  in  1S4S.  leaving  no  childr.  n.  Mrs.  Thorp  died  some 
vears  later. 


APPENDIX.  806 

iii.  The  third  child  and  eldest  daughter  of  Edward  and  Sylvina  Tremain 
Thorp  was  Abigail  P.  Thorp,  born  in  1800.  She  married  Mr.  James  Boyd, 
a  merchant  in  the  town  of  Laurens,  Otsego  county,  N.  Y.,  where  he  died 
alter  several  years  of  a  successful  business.  Mr.  Boyd  belonged  to  a  highly 
respected  family.  An  elder  brother  settled  in  the  city  of  Monroe,  Mich., 
a  merchant.  A  prosperous  business  brought  him  handsome  accumula- 
tions. He  died  some  years  since,  leaving  several  children.  One,  William 
Boyd,  a  merchant  who  succeeded  his  father  in  the  business^  as  well  as  in 
the  eldership  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  Monroe.  Another  son.  Rev. 
Erasmus  J.  Boyd,  has  long  been  at  the  head  of  a  female  institute  in  Mon- 
roe, Mich.,  a  very  efficient  educator.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Boyd  had  two 
children.  Eld  ward  and  Christina,  both  died  in  youth.  Mrs.  Boyd  is  a  lady 
much  esteemed  in  the  circle  of  her  acquaintance,  among  whom  she  has 
spent  a  long  and  pleasant  life.  Her  family  passing  away  from  her  many 
years  ago,  her  intellectual  tastes  and  her  literary  resources  have  enabled 
her  to  spend  a  long  life  with  less  of  a  sense  of  loneliness  than  usually  falls  to 
the  lot  of  those  in  like  position.  She  is  well  posted  in  the  history  of  the 
country,  and  she  inherits  a  characteristic  prominent  in  the  family,  in- 
dependence in  her  opinions. 

iv.  The  fourth  child  and  second  daughter  of  Edward  and  Sylvina  Tre- 
main Thorp  is  Caroline  Matilda,  bom  in  1804,  married  in  1827,  Dea.  Elias 
Foote  of  Brighton,  N.  Y.,  and  later  of  Batavia,  Genesee  county,  N.  Y. 
Mr.  Foote  was  a  woolen  manufacturer;  the  larger  portion  of  his  life  was 
spent  in  Batavia,  during  which  time  he  was  an  active  business  man  and  a 
prominent  member  and  officer  in  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  was  a  native 
of  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  born  May  15,  1799,  and  died  in  Batavi9,,  Jan.  29, 
1875.  Mrs.  Foote  is  a  fair  representative  of  the  general  characteristics, 
prominent  in  the  Thorp  family ;  with  positive  opinions  and  persistency  of 
purpose  she  maintains  a  wise  independence  in  the  affairs  of  life.  Early 
consecrating  herself  to  the  service  of  her  Divine  Master,  her  life  has  been 
one  of  true  and  sincere  devotion  to  the  christian  faith.  Mrs.  Foote  resides 
in  Batavia.  There  were  six  children  of  this  marriage:  1.  Elizabeth,  born 
Aug.  23,  1830,  married  May  6,  1852,  Henry  S.  Worthington  of  Lenox,  Mass.; 
he  died  Jan.  23,  1853;  they  had  one  child,  Libbie,  she  died  at  nearly  three 
years  of  age.  2.  Edward,  bom  Jan.  31,  1832,  married  in  1857,  Helen  Case 
of  Honeoye  Falls;  he  died  Nov.  28,  1867;  she  died  Aug.  1876.  They  had 
two  children,  Carrie,  who  died  Nov.  1861.  aged  three  years;  Rence,  who 
died  in  1867,  aged  one  year.  3.  Henry,  born  June  28,  1834,  died  April  14, 
1855.  4.  George,  bom  March  6,  1836,  died  young.  5.  Fannie,  born  Nov. 
23,  1839.  married  in  1860,  Richard  Wells  a  physician;  they  reside  in  Mes- 
senla,  Montana,  between  the  Rocky  and  Bitter  Root  Mountains.  Their 
children  are,  Richard,  aged  14;  Ernest  Custer,  aged  3;  Bruce,  aged  1  year. 
6.  Jennie,  born  Aug.  23,  1846,  married  in  1869,  James  Rogers,  a  physician ; 
they  live  in  Sedalia,  Mo. 

V.  The  fifth  child  of  Edward  and  Sylvina  Tremain  Thorp  was  William, 
bora  in  1806;  he  was  married,  in  1846,  to  Christina  Bear.  Mr.  Thorp  was 
up  to  the  average  man  in  point  of  capacity  and  intelligence;  after  marrying 
he  settled  in  Western  Pennsylvania  as  a  lumberman  and  farmer;  he  died 
in  1877.  Mrs  Thorp  died  earlier.  They  left  one  or  two  children;  whether 
they  are  alive,  we  are  not  informed. 


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ArPENDlX. 


vi.  Sylvina,  (sco  page  226  )  the  sixth  child  fttid  third  daughter  of  Edwanl 
and  Sylvina  Trernain  Thoq*,  was  born  in  18Q9,  and  died  Octobers,  1806,  in 
rhe  City  of  New  Tork.     In  addition  to  the  brief  notice  on  page  226^  it  iril 
not  be  out  of  place  to  g:ive  here  a  further  sketch  of  her  life*  She  early  dei^eJop- 
ed  bright  intellectual  faoultie.s,  and  an  unus^ual  fondness  for  l>ooks,  and  was  | 
often   found  reading  with   eagcnie^ss.  books  beyond  the  comprehension  of 
moi*t  children  of  her  years.      Her  early  school  discipline  wa<  under  this  in- 
atruction  of  Rev.  Levi  Collins,  a  thomugh  scholar  and  disciplinarian,  aiid 
principal  of  Oiil»ert.sville  Aca^ieray,  in  the  town  of  Butternuts.      Her  ^raiK 
uation  lattn*,  after  the  completion  of  the  usual  prciscribed  course  of  studies. 
was  from  the  Oxfoni,  N.  Y.»  Academy.      Her  attiiinments  for  the  period 
were  eonsidei-etl  of  high  order,  and  subsequently  proved  as  smbslaniial  a9 
finished  scholarship  of  the  present  day.     Her  conversational  powers  were  so 
noticeable  a  gift  ns  to  elicit  frequent  compliments  from  interested  listeners.  I 
An  intelligent  gentleman  cm  orif*  occasion  having  listened  to  some  topic  un-^ 
der  discussion,  remarked  that  her  utterances  needed  no  revision  for  the  presss 
her  language  was  so  well  chosen,  sc*  In  mi  no  us  and  forcible.   Her  manners  were  | 
dignified  and  courteous.     She  was  never  charged  with  violating  the  propri-  i 
©ties  of  life  in  language  or  manners.      While  independent  in  her  opinion^St  ' 
they  were  modesttly  expreSvSed.     In  the  clome^^tic  relations,  she  was  amiable. 
judicious  and  warmly  sympathetic.     Intelligently  and  devoutly  christian  i 
in  feeling  and  sentiment,  she  was  loved  for  her  sincerity  and  consistency  of  J 
life.    Of  her  four  children  three  preceded  her  in  death.    The  youngest,  « I 
son,  survives   her,  inhenting  not  a  few   of  his   mother's  characteristics^.  [ 
At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  entere*!  the  office  of  the  Rochester.  X.  Y  ,  (iiis  | 
Light  Company  as  clerk,  under  Superintendent  George  W.  Parsons,  Esq. 
Two  years  thereafter,  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  of  the  Rebellion.  1861, 
he  was  advanced  b*  the  Chief  Clerkship,  made  vacant  by  the  enlistinont  of] 
the  superintendent's  son,  Capt.  Theron  Parsons,  in  the  Union  Army.    This 
position  he  held   fur  three  years,  till  the  close  of  the  war,  when  Capt.  T, 
Parsi.tns  returned  to  his  forjner  post,  and  young  Cliild  went  to  New  York 
City  and  entered  the  publishing  house  of  Iviscm,  Phinney  &  Co.,  now  Iviscin,  | 
Blakemau,  Taylor  &  Co.,  where  he  >itill  remains.     While  conn(?cted  with  the 
Gas  Light  Ofilce,  he  was  quite  popular  with  the  company,  superintendent! 
and  employes,  and  the  superintendent  declared  hi.«  cash  accoimt  for  the  three  1 
yearji  that  the  funds  were  parsing  through  his  hands,  *'  was  never  a  cent  out  ] 
of  the  way*'  though  eighty  or  ninety  thousand  dollars  a  year  were  the  re* 
ceipts  and  disbursements.      On  his  leaving  the  olllc*  the  employes  (fifty  in  ( 
number),  testified  their  esteem  for  him  in  the  presentation  of  a  vaUtablu 
gold  watch  chain, 

vii.  Hannah  was  the  seventh  child  and  youngest  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Sylvina  T remain  Thorp.  She  was  born  in  1814,  and  married  in  1857,  Mr. 
William  D  Babeock  of  Butternuts^  N.  Y,  Mrs.  Bal^cock  was  a  pervon  of 
great,  grxxl  sen?e,  well  informed,  of  a  most  sweet  and  lovely  disposition, 
kind  and  sympathising,  withal  possessing  the  independence  of  charatttrr, 
peculiar  to  the  Thorp  family.  She  died  in  calm,  peaceful,  christian  hope* 
in  1877,  leaving  no  children. 

viii.  The  eighth  and  youngest  child  of  Edwarfl  and  Sylvina  Tremaiii 
Thorp,  is  t  he  Hon.  Henry  Thorfi,  J>orn  in  1816,  and  married  in  1840,  Mury 
H.  Buckley,  daughter  of  the  late  pIoIiu  Buckley.  Esq.,  of  Unodilla,  K.  Tf,,  < 


APPENDIX-  807 

and  later  of  Preeport,  111.  Mr.  Thorp  is  the  Benjamin  of  the  family,  and 
occupies  the  homestead ;  a  fair  representative  in  hospitalities  and  social 
amenities  of  an  honored  father.  His  pleasantry  and  good  humor  have  made 
him  a  favorite  in  his  family  circle;  while  native  good  sense  and  sound 
judgment  have  rendered  him  a  reliable  and  safe  counsellor.  Of  generous 
impulses  and  liberal  views,  his  interest  in  public  affairs  has  been  a  promi- 
nent feature  in  his  activities,  and  by  the  suffrages  of  his  fellow  townsmen, 
has  served  a  term  as  their  representative  in  the  State  Legislature.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Henry  Thorp  have  reared  a  family  of  eight  children :  i.  M.  Augusta, 
who  married  Charles  Child.  (See  page  229)  ii.  John  B.,born  Sept.  20, 
1843;  settled  in  Lansing,  Iowa,  as  a  merchant:  married  July,  1872,  Eva 
Spenser  of  Lansing,  Iowa,  niece  of  Rev.  Dr.  Spenser,  late  of  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 
They  have  two  children — 1.  Minnie  M.,  born  May,  1873;  2.  Charles  Henry, 
bom  May,  1875.  iii.  Edward,  twin  with  John,  born  Sept.  20,  1843,  died 
Aug.  1860,  iv.  James  Henry,  bom  Aug.  13,  1845,  married  May,  1869, 
Minnie  Hurd,  daughter  of  David  Hurd,  Esq.,  an  extensive  business  man  of 
Butternuts,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Thorp  is  at  the  homestead,  a  thorough  farmer  and 
business  man ;  a  citizen  much  esteemed  for  his  probity  and  executive  ability. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  H.  Thorp  have  three  children — 1.  Benjamin  Hurd,  bom  Nov. 
7,  1870;  2.  Mary  Helen,  born  Aug.  10, 1872;  3.  James  Lewis,  bom  Feb.  11, 
1879.  V.  Eliza,  born  April  26, 1847,  married  Oct.  1867,  James  A.  Mead,  a 
physician,  in  Chicago,  111.  They  have  two  children — 1.  Allen  Henry,  born 
Mch.  17,  1870;  2.  Florence,  bom  Sept.  1877.  vi.  Lewis  Edward,  born 
April  6, 1849,  is  a  physician  and  surgeon,  settled,  but  unmarried,  in  Gilberts- 
ville,  in  the  town  of  Butternuts,  N.  Y.,  and  in  a  successful  and  lucrative 
practice,  vii.  Julia  Christena,  born  Dec.  29,  1851.  viii.  William,  born 
Feb.  11,  1854;  is  a  lawyer,  settled  in  Sidney,  Delaware  county,  N.  Y. 


CLEAVELAND  FAMILY. 

The  Cleaveland  family  is  of  mixed  blood,  French  and  Anglo-Saxon.  A 
tradition  has  been  found  iti  the  family  that  the  Norman  name  was  DeClifl- 
land,  but  of  this  we  have  no  certain  data.  In  Great  Britain  the  family  were 
residents  of  Durham  county,  one  of  the  most  northern  counties  of  England. 
The  emigrant  ancestor  was  **  Moyses  "  Cleaveland  who  married  in  England, 
in  1648,  Ann  — ,  and  removed  soon  after  from  Ipswich,  Suffolk  county  to 
America,  settling  in  that  part  of  Massachusetts  now  known  as  Winchester, 
Middlesex  county;  a  citizen  esteemed  for  his  probity  and  sterling  mental 
qualities.  One  of  the  ancient  slabs  of  dark  colored  stone  marks  his  grave. 
**Moyses*'  reared  a  large  family  of  sons  and  several  daughters.  His  third 
son,  Samuel  Cleaveland,  removed  to  Canterbury,  Ct.,  and  was  himself  the 
head  of  a  numerous  family  of  talent  and  worth ;  one  of  his  sons.  Col.  Aaron 
Cleaveland,  was  a  man  of  stalwart  frame,  and  great  executive  ability.  He 
was  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  colony,  and  in  the  military  operations 
against  the  Indians  and  French.  Capt.  Aaron  Cleaveland,  eldest  son  of 
Col.  Aaron,  was  a  "member  of  the  State  Legislature;  a  man  of  wit,  humor 
and  talent."  Several  of  his  sons  were  clergymen.  -  From  this  line,  by  their 
mother,  are  descended  Rev.  S.  Hanson  Coxe,  D.  D.,  and  Bishop  A.  Cleave- 
land Coxe,  D.  D. 


808 


APPENDIX. 


Josiali  Cleaveland,  the  eig^hth  cliiM  of  **  Movses  "  Cleaveland,  also  settled 
in  ('anterbury,  Ct.»  in  1694,  when  it  is  saiil  there  wus  but  tme  English  faiu-^ 
ily  in  the  town.  Iq  1699,  he  purchased  176  acres  of  land  from  Owruiee 
*'lhen  being  of  Peagscoranieck/'  Josiah  Cleaveland,  Jr.,  married  AbigA 
Paynei  and  two  of  his  uons,  Ebenezer  and  John,  became  clorgynieii  of  id 
Cangregationiilist  denomination,  in  MassuohuBetts,  <%(^Mnewhnt  distingiii.«he 
for  the  position  they  field  in  a  religions  movement  whoisf  followers  wet 
termed  New  Lights.  Rev.  John  Cleaveland  preached  for  a  time  in  Boston 
declining  a  settlement,  he  became  ii  pastor  in  **Chebtteco/'  now  Essex,  Mass 
be  was  a  man  of  unusual  polemic  abilities;  he  was  a  chaplain  in  the  Ucro 
lutionary  war,  and  liis  camp-chest  and  powder-horn  are  now  in  the  pfiss 
siorj  of  his  descendants,  as  well  as  his  study  chair,  and  the  office  chair  ( 
hh  son,  Parker  Ch^aveland,  M.  D.  It  may  not  be  unsnitableto  mention  her 
that  to  Mrs.  S.  P.  Cleaveland  Chilil  belonj,^  a  chair  griv^n  her  by  her  fathei; 
which  was  brought  liy  one  of  her  French  ance^stors  in  1680,  from  a  Waldeii 
aian  home;  its  age  h  pronouncetl  by  connoisseurs  of  the  anticpie  to  be  froa 
Rve  to  sis  hundred  yeart*,  the  form  being  the  int^Jt,  Tw<t  sons  of  the  Itef 
John  Cleaveland  were  physicians,  Nebeniiah  aud  Purker,  and  resided  id 
Essex  county,  Mass.;  they  were  men  of  great  stature,  and  with  well  pro po J 
tioned  forms.  Dr.  Nehennah  Cleaveland  had  four  sons,  one  Rev,  Elisti 
CleAveland,  DAK,  a  clergyman  in  New  Haven,  Ct,.  for  some  years;  auothe 
John  Cleaveland.  was  a  hiwyer,  a  member  of  the  Bar  in  New  York  Ctty. 

Parker  Cleaveland,  M.  !).»  was  a  man  of  the  genuine  Puritan  ^tamp,  and 
as  truly  and  surely  administered  to  the  souls  as  the  bodies  of  his  patient! 
He  married  for  his  second  wife  bis  couBin,  Abigail  Cleaveland,  daughter 
Aaron  Cleaveland  of  Canterbury,  Ct.^and  a  sifter  of  Gen.  Moses  Cleaveland 
who  purchased  from  the  Indiuus  ihc  site  of  itie  city  of  Cleaveland,  to  whie| 
he  gave  his  own  name.  The  eldest  s^m  of  Dr.  P.  Cleaveland  was  Parke 
Cleaveland,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  University,  Cambridge,  Mass.;  he  wa 
one  of  the  first  profes-sons  in  Bowiloin /Ail lege,  Brunswick,  Me.;  &  man 
superior  talents  and  ?<cholftrship,  holding  ;lhe  Chair  of  Chemistry  and  M\t 
eralogy;  and  member  of  several  foreign  scientific  societies.  The  sfteond 
son  was  the  Rev.  John  Payne  Cleaveland,  I).  D.,  a  graduate  of  Bciwdain 
College,  of  whom  ol  her  record  is  found  on  pages  236,  227. 

He  married  for  his  first  wife,  Miss  Susan  Hnrd  Dole,  daughter  of  Moses 
and  Sarah  Thurston  Dole.  Mr.  Dole  was  of  a  most  sunny  disposition,  neTcr 
known  to  find  faull  however  great  the  provocation.  A  man  of  the  ke+'n  •-* 
wit,  quick  at  repartee,  but  without  satire  or  sarcasm,  Hiscontact  with  in!! 
was  sure  to  alUiy  asperity,  and  awaken  pleasure,  yet  a  man  of  decided  eharifcc- 
teristics.  There  were  several  child  re  Ji  of  this  marriage,  all  of  whom  were 
naturally  brilliant  and  talented.  The  only  son  was  educate<l  for  a  cl«rgj- 
raan,  and  has  filled  a  long  and  useful  ministry  in  the  Congregation&l  Church. 
Mrs.  Cleaveland  was  a  person  of  rare  personal  beauty,  a  lady  of  brilliant 
intellect,  superior  culture.  She  was  a  pupil  of  Professor  Emerson,  an  emin- 
ent teacher  of  his  times,  She  wasi  a  clas.«mate  and  room-mate  of  Mary 
Lyon,  the  founder  of  Mt.  Holyoke  Semlnar)%  and  attained  an  excellent 
scholarship.  Her  gentleness  of  disposition  and  refinement  of  manner  render- 
ed her  attractive,  and  gave  her  great  influence  in  the  circle  of  her  acquain- 
tance. To  these  natural  characteristics  were  added  sincere  piety  and  large 
christian  sympathy.     From  this  marriage  were  two  children,  difrilgbtenh 


APPENDIX.  809 

the  youngest,  Caroline  Worcester,  a  most  lovely  and  precocious  child,  died 
at  ten  and  a  half  years  of  age.  in  Ann  Arbor,  Washtenaw  county,  Mich. 
The  elder  daughter,  Susan  Parker,  the  wife  of  the  publisher  of  this  work, 
has  been  highly  educated,  and  ranks  among  the  cultured,  refined  and  intelli- 
gent members  of  society.  The  traces  of  her  intellectual  ability  will  be  found 
on  the  pages  of  this  volume,  without  the  promise  of  which  the  laborious  aud 
perplexing  task  of  preparing  this  Genealogy  would  not  have  been  under- 
taken. Dr.  Cleaveland*8  second  wife  was  Miss  Julia  Chamberlain,  daughter 
of  Capt.  Samuel  and  Mary  Tilton  Chamberlain  of  Exeter.  N.  H.  Captain 
Chamberlain  was  for  many  years  commander  of  a  merchant  vessel,  engaged 
in  the  carrying  trade  between  this  and  foreign  countries.  Mrs.  Julia  C. 
Cleaveland  is  a  lady  of  commanding  presence,  of  dignified  manners  and 
unusually  qualified  to  adorn  society ;  a  lady  of  positive  religious  character 
and  much  devoted  to  benevolent  work. 

Almost  the  entire  line  is  found  in  the  medical,  legal  or  clerical  professions. 
Some  of  the  families,  both  in  England  and  America,  have  succumbed  to  the 
mania  for  abriding  words,  and  omit  the  a  in  writing  the  name,  though  not 
to  its  improvement. 


CALHOUN  FAMILY. 

The  Calhoun  family,  to  which  Mrs.  Charles  Henry  Childs  belongs,  has  a 
prominence  in  the  civil  and  religious  history  of  the  country,  the  brief 
sketch  of  which  cannot  fail  to  interest  and  gratify  the  friends  and  descend- 
ants of  this  alliance. 

The  original  name  was  Coquhoun,  then  Colquh9un,  which  latter  form  is 
still  retained  by  some  of  the  descendants,  and  by  others  it  is  changed  to 
Calhoun.  The  family  is  of  Scotch  extraction.  The  early  ancestor,  whose 
history  is  traced,  is  Andrew  Calhoun,  born  March  27, 1764,  in  Parish  Ray, 
Donegal  county,  Ireland.  His  parents  were  natives  of  Ayre  county,  Scot- 
land— the  family  were  probably  among  the  early  emigrants  who  were  trans- 
planted from  Scotland  under  government  arrangements  for  the  benefit  of 
Ireland's  untutored  population.  We  have  not  the  date  of  his  emigration  to 
this  country.  He  is  known  as  a  man  of  influence  and  position  in  this  coun- 
try; was  settled  in  Boston,  Mass.,  and  was  an  officer  in  the  Park  Street 
church  for  many  years.  He  had  seven  sons,  born  in  Boston,  Mass.:  1.  An- 
drew Calhoun,  the  eldest,  was  much  in  public  life — canal  commissioner  in 
the  State  of  New  York,  editor,  at  one  time  clerk  of  the  Senate  of  New  York, 
and  served  a  while  in  the  custom  house  in  New  York.  2.  Wm.  B.  Calhoun 
was  a  lawyer  and  settled  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  and  for  a  long  time  repre- 
sented the  Springfield  district  in  Congress,  and  filled  many  offices  of  trust 
in  his  native  State.  3.  Rev.  Simeon  Calhoun,  D.  D.,  was  one  of  the  oldest 
and  ablest  missionaries  in  the  Holy  Land ;  he  died  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  a  few 
years  since,  greatly  lamented  by  the  christian  public.  After  his  death,  his 
widow  returned  to  the  missionary  field.  A  son,  after  qualifying  himself  in 
both  medicine  and  theology,  has  succeeded  his  father  in  missionary  work 
in  the  Holy  Land.  4.  John  Calhoun,  a  lawyer,  has  been  much  in  political 
life,  and  under  appointment  by  Congress  as  surveyor  general  of  Kansas. 
6.  Charles  Calhoun,  a  lawyer,  and  clerk  of  Massachusetts  State  Senate. 
6.  Henry  Calhoun,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Charles  H.  Childs,  was  a  man  of 


810  APPENDIX. 

large  stature  (I  think  all  the  sons  were  above  medium  size),  of  command- 
ing presence,  affable  and  courteous  in  manners  and  highly  esteemed  for  his 
integrity  and  efficiency  as  a  public  officer.  The  New  York  2Vibune  said 
at  the  time  of  his  decease:  * 'Henry  Calhoun  was  first  a  valued  partner  in  a 
very  prominent  jobbing  house  in  New  York  city — afterwards  received  the 
appointment  of  deputy  collector  of  this  port  under  Fillmore,  continued  for 
many  years  with  distinguished  ability  and  faithfulness,  and  died  in  the 
public  service.-'  He  died  May  7, 1867.  7.  James  Calhoun,  the  youngest  of 
the  seven  sons,  a  lawyer,  was  at  one  time  a  law  partner  of  President  Abra- 
ham Lincoln — an  alliance  of  which  one  might  be  proud.  Hon.  John  C. 
Calhoun,  the  great  southern  statesman,  was  a  cousin  of  Andrew  Calhoun. 


APPENDIX  III. 

MARRIAGES. 
Page  232,  No.  1,395.— Rev.  Frank  S.  Child  was  married  Oct.  21,  1880,  m 
the  Congregational  church  of  **Sound  Beach,"  in  the  town  of  vireenwich, 
Ct.,  by  Rev.  Samuel  Scovil  of  Stamford,  Ct.,  to  Miss  Lizzie  J.  Lilly,  only 
daughter  of  the  late  General  John  and  Hattie  A.  Lilly,  of  Lafayette.  Ind. 
Mrs.  Child  was  bom  in  Lafayette  in  1859;  reared  in  easy  circumstances, 
and  enjoyed  the  advantages  of  thorough  education  in  classical  schools  at 
home,  and  the  wider  field  of  travel  abroad. 


BIRTHS. 

Page  138,  No.  585. — To  Anna  Gertrude  Child  and  Samson  Whiternore,  a 
daughter,  Edith  Sanford  Whiteniorc,  born  in  Newton  Highlands,  Mass., 
November  27,  1879. 

Page  139,  No.  586.— To  Willis  Sandford  and  Nettie  Griffin  Child,  a  son, 
Sanford  Willis  Child,  Jr.,  born  at  Newbury.  Kansas,  August  20,  1880. 

Page  190,  No.  1,011.— To  Herbert  and  Evelyn  L.  Hebberd  Leavitt,  in 
Woodstock,-  Ct ,  twins,  Kenneth  Washburn  Leavitt  and  Kathleen  Evelyn 
Leavitt,  born  May  3,  1880. 

Page  189,  No.  1,003.— To  Henry  Thurston  and  Ella  E.  Fitts  Child,  in 
South  Woodstock,  a  son,  William  Chapin  Child,  bom  September  12.  1880.  ^ 

Page  236,  No  1,439.— To  Sarah  Elizabeth  Child  and  Fielding  B.  Webb,  a 
daughter,  in  Iowa,  Grace  Green  Webb,  born  December  15,  1880. 


APPENDIX.  811 

BENJAMIN  G.  CHILD.     (See  page  603.  No.  5709,) 

The  following  were  received  too  late  to  place  them  under  the  head  of 
Obituary  Notices: 

Mr.  Benjamin  Ci.  Child,  an  old  Bostonian,  has  just  died  in  St.  Louis,  Mch. 
1881.  He  came  of  revolutionary  stock,  his  father  having  served  and  been 
disabled  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution.  Born  at  Boston.  December  19, 1797^ 
the  death  of  his  father  threw  him  at  an  early  age  into  the  whirlpool  of  the 
vrorld  to  fight  out  his  way  by  himself.  The  tendency  of  his  mind  being  of  a 
mechanical  turn. he  took  up  ship-building,inventing  many  valuable  tools  used 
in  the  exercise  of  his  craft.  When  the  war  of  1812  broke  out  he  joined  a  com- 
pany commanded  by  his  brother,  Joseph  Child,  and  made  the  campaign. 
Keturning  to  Boston  he  resumed  his  ship-building.  November  18,  1821,  he 
married  Eliza  Treadwell  Gray,  of  Boston,  who  died  in  St.  Louis,  June  26, 
1866.  Owing  to  tne  financial  crisis  in  1837,  under  the  effect  of  the  banks, 
he  felt  compelled  to  leave  Boston,  and  the  loved  associations  of  his  early 
home,  for  Cincinnati.  From  Cincinnati  he  went  to  St.  Louis,  in  1847,  still 
following  his  profession  of  steam ix)at-building,  etc.  During  the  late  war  he 
returned  East,  and  was  for  five  years  engaged  in  the  Brooklyn  and  Boston 
navy-yards.  Since  then  he  has  been  a  constant  resident  of  St.  Louis,  his 
three  dau^ters  all  being  teachers  in  the  public  schools.  Mr.  Child  was  a 
thorough  Kopublican.  a  devoted  Swedenborgian.  and  liberal  in  all  his  views. 
But  what  endeared  him  most  to  those  who  knew  him  best  was  his  thorough 
kindliness  and  charity  toward  all  men.  He  occasionally  contributed  to  the 
Com7nontvealth.  Indeed,  he  had  Vjegun,  as  we  are  informed,  a  series  of 
articles  detiiiling  his  early  reminiscences  of  Boston.  Prof,  Francis  J.  Child, 
of  Harvard,  is  his  nephew. — Boston  Conunonwealfh. 

Bessie  Child,  born  March  5,  1879,  died  March  17  or  18,  1881.  (See  page 
409.  No    3474.)  

WILLIAM  HENRY  CHILD. 
The  following  epitome  of  a  family  of  the  name  should  have  come  in  on 
page  768,  as  this  family  are  probably  descendants  of  Cephas  and  Percilla 
Naylor  Child  of  Plumsteivd,  Bucks  County.  Pa.  By  some  oversight  it  failed 
to  be  placed  in  its  natural  position.  The  account  is  furnished  by  one  of  its 
members,  Mr.  George  W.  Child  of  St.  Louis.  Mo.      • 

He  says:  "  my  grandfather  was  William  Henry  Child.  He  moved  from 
Annapolis,  Md.,  t^  a  large  farm  near  the  Mogathry  river.  He  was  so  ac- 
comiuodating  as  to  endorse  for  most  any  friend,  and  had  to  pay  all  notes  he 
endorsed,  which  amounted  to  thousands  of  dollars.  Consequently  he  was 
broken  up.     His  wife  was  a  Miss  Tropp. 

Their  children  were,  Elizabeth,  Martha  Ann,  Sarah,  William  Henry,  Jun., 
and  Zachariah ;  Zachariah  Child  was  my  father,  and  was  the  youngest  and 
is  the  only  survivor  of  the  family;  the  othei-s  died  years  ago.  William 
Henry  Jun,,  and  my  father  were  the  only  ones  that  married.     My  mother 

"was  a  Posterfit'ld.     The  children  of  Zachariah  and  Posterfield  Child 

were  three  daughters  and  .seven  sons:   Martha  Ann,  Elizabeth   Prances, 

Mary  Ann,  William  Henry,  William  Henry  2nd,  Zachariah,  Jun.,  Samuel 

Garlin,  James  Thomas,  Charles  Wesley,  and  George  W.  Child  the  writer. 

Of  the  children  the  daughters  are  married  and  are  still  living.     Of  the  sons 

none    are  living. except  James  Thomas,  and  Charles  Wesley,  both  married, 

and  myself  unmarried.     My  grandfather  had  a  brother  Benjamin  Child, 

who  lived  in  Western  Virginia.     He  had  several  sons  and  daughters,  and 

»    pw'ned  the  White  Sulphur  Springs.     There  are  a  great  many  of  our  name 

t  m  that  vicinity.     My  father's  family  were  all  born  in  the  city  of  Baltimore, 

I   and  reared  there;  my  father  owning  a  considerable  property  m  that  city." 

■   .    '^®  I'egret  the  absence  of  all  dates  in  this  history,  which  are  quite  essential 

J^,  a  Co  111  piete  and  satisfactory  Genealogical  record,  and  that  we  could  ob- 

in  '**-K*^  fuller  account  of  the  earlier  ancestors.     We  have  written,  address- 

t  K  ^^^  descendants  of  Benjamin  Child,  but  failed  to  obtain  any  reply;  the 

®«'>^r  being  returned  to  us  from  the  Dead  Letter  Office  at  Washington,  D.  C. 


FACTS   OF   INTEREST. 


The  following  statistics  of  those  of  the  name  and  descent  in  the  various 
professions  and  pursuits  is,  we  fear,  incomplete,  as  in  many  instances  we 
have  not  ascertained  these  particulars,  though  always  aiming  to  do  so.  We 
can  but  presume  for  example  the  number  of  graduates  from  the  various  col- 
legiate institutions  to  be  much  larger  than  the  number  we  record,  yet  we 
ktiow  with  certainty  only  of  this  number.  The  enumeration  does  not  in- 
clude any  who  are  only  allied  by  macriage. 

Lawyers  29  Teachers        70  Physicians  43 

College  Graduates  45  Clergymen     45  Soldiers     100 

The  soldiers  are  found  scattered  through  the  lines.  Serving  in  the  early 
French  and  Indian  Wars;  the  Kevolutionary  struggle;  the  later  contest  with 
Great  Britain,  called  the  War  of  1812;  the  Mexican  War;  and  the  War  of 
the  Rebellion. 

The  colleges  represented  are : 

Dartmouth,         Brown,  Harvard,  Hamilton,  Miami. 

Middlebury,       Oberlin,  Union,  .    Yale,  Williams. 

Vanderbilt  University,  Western  University, 

University  of  New  York. 

The  Ohio,  Vei'niont  and  Now  Hampshire  Medical  Schools. 

The  Auburn,  Yale,  Cambridge, 

Oberlin,  Union.  La  ne. 

And  Andover  Theological  Seminaries. 

The  Harvard  and  Columbia  Law  Schools. 


It  may  be  of  interest  to  the  curious  to  preserve  the  following  fact  related 
of  one  of  the  name,  by  Sir  Travers  Twiss,  in  the  meeting  of  the  International 
liaw  Congress  in  London,  August  14, 1879.  He  said:  **  The  first  Promissory 
Note  payable  to  bearer,  issued  in  England,  was  issued  by  Sir  Francis  Child, 
from  the  vicinity  of  Temple  Bar.  150  years  ago,  who  three  years  afterwards 
became  Lord  Mavor  of  r.ondon." 


INDEX-CHILD. 


The  names  of  minors  now  living,  and  the  names  of  those  who  died  young, 
are  not  given  in  the  Index;  but  will  be  found  with  the  record  of  their 
parents.  The  records  of  females  married  will  be  found  under  the  name  of 
the  husband. 


Aaron,  175,  176.  238,  285,  502,  525 

740. 
Abba,  410. 
Abbey,  93. 
Abbie,  144,  170,  187,  230,  242,  430. 

699,  775. 
Abbv,  370. 
Abel.  151,  163,  171,  164,   170,  499, 

782. 
Abiel,2l8. 
Abigail,  147,  158,  378,363.357,368, 

399,  401.  402,  422,  427,  480.  495, 

503.  506.  507,  508.  509,  590,  594, 

627.  680,  693,  696,697. 
Abijah.  402,  405,  4'^8,  502,  554. 
Abner,445,  460,  467,  497., 
Abraham.  502,  503,  505. 
Ada.  406. 

Adaline.115,  372,  407,596. 
Addison,  406. 
Adelbert  237. 
Adeliza,  303 
Adelphia.  771. 
Agnes.  778 
Alba,  453. 

Albert.  316,  439,  669. 
Albion,  775. 
Aldace,391. 
Alexander.  447.  576. 
Alfred.  94,  97. 
Alice,  141.  148.  158,  210,  430,  451, 

450.  490.  748. 
Alithea.  395. 
Allen,  108. 

Almira.  318,  434,  435,  441. 
Almon.  106. 
Alonzo,  319,  322. 
Alpha,  251,  253,  254,  344. 
Alpheus,  466. 
Alphonzo,  404,  405. 
Alvan,  172,  441. 
Alvin,  450. 

Amanda.  235,  404,  703. 
Amasa.  173,  175,  177,  404,  417. 
Amelia.  338,  450,  603. 
Amity,  446. 
Amos,  365,  498,  545,  652,  553,  555. 

738. 
Amy,  358. 


Andrew,  172,  586,  737.  774. 

Angelina.  428. 

Ann.  164.  281,  315.  401.  425,  550, 
556,596,693,  767. 

Anna,  125,  139,  255,  257,  258.  285. 
312,  318.  330,  364,  366,  395,  401, 
406,  422,  424,  439,  478,  479.  484, 
497,  501,  502.  548,  550,  554,  559, 
560,  667.  736,  788,  770,  774,  789, 
790. 

Annette,  217.  598. 

Annie,  459,  789. 

Annis,  556. 

Antoinette,  303,  699. 

Archibald.  365,  451. 

Archippus.  358. 

Arinda,  441. 

Arnold.  774. 

Arthur,  173,  232,  365.  391,  449. 

Asa.  97,  135, 139,  140.  186,  188,  395, 
428.  444.  474,  486,  512.  526,  773, 
774. 

Asahel.  466. 

Asaph.  158. 

Asenath,  325,  667. 

Augusta,  303,  431. 

Augustus.  447.  501. 

Aurelia,  771. 

Austin.  105,  501,  782. 

Azubah.  326.  330,  479,  787. 

Barney,  108. 

Bela.  329,  330. 

Belinda.  455,  479. 

Beniah,  428. 

Benjamin,  67.   70,    88,243.244,283, 

322,337,431. 485,550,  596,  602.  667, 

696,701. 
Beria,  559. 
Bethia.  693. 
Betsey,  108,  251,  277,  309,  407.  424, 

429,  440,  459.  480,  501,  546,  551, 

559.  580,  703. 
Bettv.  559. 

Beufah,  554,  555,  590.  703,  706. 
Billings.  366. 
Bradley,  351.  374. 
Brainard,  242. 
Bulah,  426. 


814 


INDEX — CHILI). 


Burr,  317. 
Byron,  738. 

Cadwallader,  739. 

Caleb.  219,  424,  425.  496,  693. 

Calvin,  141. 

Carlos,  706. 

Carlton,  501. 

Caroline,    87, 129. 137. 169. 176,  282, 

303.   429.  434,  453,  537.550,  598, 

778. 
Carrie.  366,  430,  438,  602. 
Carton,  707. 
Cassearella,  774. 
Catharine.  281.  285,  407.  431,  482, 

449,498,  602,  604,  722,  723. 
Celia,  127.  164. 
Cenith,  474. 
Cpphas,  244,  735. 
Charity,  251,  385. 
Charlie,  501. 
Charles,  101,  115,  160,  176,  210,  219, 

328, 229,  232,  237,  307,  321,  357. 

375,  414,  448.  440,  481,  485,  492, 

556,  598,  669,  694,  699,  700,  711, 

714,  716,  729.  771,  773. 
Charlotte,  94,   302.   550.   688.    777. 

783 
Chauncev,  137,  316,  431,  453,  705. 
Cherry.  302. 

Chester,  241,  385,  491.  492. 
Chloe.  243.  266.  391,  441. 
Christopher.  294. 
Chira,  588,  714. 
Clarence,  171. 
Clarinda,  483,  432,451. 
Clari.ssa,  146,  228,  232.233,  355.429, 

441. 
Clark.  344,  429. 
Clinton.  115,  188. 
Converse.  775. 
Cornelia.  431,  465,  706,  783. 
Corvdon.  430,  771. 
Cromwell.  693. 
(Hirtis.  536. 
Cynthia.  ITo.  196,  326.405.  440,  445. 

493.  559.  703,  704.  787. 
Cvrene.  488. 

Cyril.  173.  251,  325,  326.  493,  787. 
Cyru.s  713. 

Danforth,  486. 

Daniel,  147,  148,  157,  163,  282.  302, 

30H,  407,  413,  424.  429,  474,  503, 

553,  549,  554,  559,  587.  694.  698, 

708,  736.  774. 
Darius,  253,  254.  343,  417,  500. 
David.  2?S2.  384.  401,  408.  414.  418. 

445.  447,  449,  451,  497,  498,   555, 

556.  648.  667.  680,  708. 
Deborah,  290. 
Delia,  107,  429. 
Delia.  220. 


Dennis,  466. 

Desire.  87. 

Dewitt,  119. 

Dexter.  92,  139. 

Diadama.  627. 

Dinah.  175. 

Diodate.  703. 

Dolly.  338,  441. 

Dolphus,  396. 

Don  Alonzo.  321. 

Dorcas,  432. 

Dorothea.  171,  228. 

Dorothy.  175,  337.  394.  395,401.  427. 

Dudley,  383,  390,  409. 

Duff,  706. 

Dwight.  147,  337,  371. 

Dyer,  485. 


Earl.  317. 

Eben,  721. 

Ebenezer,  71,  299,  309. 317,  495, 
587.  644,  680. 

Eber,  832,  465. 

Edgar,  711. 

Edith.  282. 

Edmund.  425. 

Edson,  431. 

Edward,  172, 189,  280,  281. 283, 
I       550,  667,  669.  710,  723.   733, 
,       745,  746.  779,  787. 
I    Edwin,  253.  322.  370,  300,  437. 
;       452.  458,  527,  702,  710. 

Eleanor,  186.  330,  724. 

Eleazer.  337. 
!  Eli,  591,  593. 
!    Elias,  218,  220,  225,  434  474. 

Elihu,  773. 
!    Elijah,  157,  244,  444,  446,  524. 
j       627. 

Elisha,  207,  221,  229,  550,  551, 
I       731,  771. 

;    Elizabeth.  69, 157,  165,233,300, 

j        401.  409.  410,  414,  417.  41S. 

427.  479,  484.  485.  495.  496, 

500,  503,  508,  509,  553,  554. 

591.  603,  606,  081,  695,  707, 

j        723.  748. 

Eliza,  105,  118.  119.  157,  1«2, 
313,  317,  339,  386.  437.  448. 
507,  596,  597,  599,  627,  697, 

;     771. 

Ella,  254. 341,  433. 465, 467, 604. 
'    Ellen,  93.  172.  307.   314.   332 
;        390.499,  597,710.  714,777. 
1    Elona.  326. 
.    Elsea.  442. 
I    Elsie.  442.  450,  526. 

Elzina.  526. 

Emeline,  98,  108,  114,  219,  440, 
■    Emery.  438,  439. 
I    Emerson.  773. 

Emilia.  302. 
'    Emily.  106,  150,285,326,  329,   341, 


,496. 


285, 
737, 

439, 


559, 

590. 

,394. 
425, 
497, 
559. 
712. 

210. 
496. 
717. 

,669. 
364. 


774. 


INDEX — CHILD. 


815 


365,  389.  441,  491,  501,  589,  708, 

714,  771,  789. 
Emma,  100,  187,  217.  317.  436.  467, 

527,  588.  604.  783. 
Enoch.  535. 
Enos.  157,  158. 
Epaphras,  440,  732 
Ephraim,  65.  69,  77,  79,  111,    106, 

119.  175.  233.253,  496,  554.  55S, 

591.  593. 
Erastus,  236,  239,  440. 
Ernest,  341. 
Esther,  79,  231,  283,  401,  417,  434, 

478,  560,  591.  711. 
Eudocia,  161. 
Eugene,  172. 
Eunice,  349.  350.  428,  466,  498.  545, 

564,  590.  724,  737. 
Ephemia,  778. 
Eva.  177. 

Evaline,  500,  708,  710. 
Evander,  732. 
Everard,  156. 
Excellence,  388. 
Experience,  503. 
Ezra,  240,  241.  242,  370,  479,  488, 

703. 

Faith.  250. 

Fannie,  702. 

Fanny,  428,  446.  497,  709. 

Fidelia,  238.  778.  ' 

Finley,  237. 

Flavel,  432. 

Flora.  375. 

Florence.  189.  307,  406,  418,  702. 

Floyd,  239. 

Foster.  173. 

Frances,  89,  282,  338.  486,  559,  700, 

707,  710,  715. 

Francis.  309.  316,  333,  483,555,  599. 

600.  669.  709. 
Frank.  127, 163,  232,  283,  315,  339, 

398,  432.  437.  438,  490,  496,  601, 

604.  715,  731.  783. 
Franklin,  390,  413,  550. 
Fred.  433,  443. 
Frederick,  171,  303.  333,  604,  636, 

708.  713,  731. 
Freeman,  173,  ii43. 

Gardiner,   615,  697.  698,   709,  714, 

724. 
Gardner,  428,  431. 
George,  115,  119,  176,  187,  216.  283, 

303,  322.  330,  339.  344,  349,  356. 

364.  386.  413,  430.  440,  447,  548, 

652.  587.  597,  602,  604,  668,  698. 

700.  701,  706,  707,  710,  711,  715. 

716,  731,  733,  745,  746,  783.  789. 
Gershom.  443. 
Gertrude,  307. 
Gilbert.  375. 


G.  Osraore,  370. 

Grace,  243,  293.  337,  838.  713. 

Granville.  550. 770. 

Greenwood,  548. 

Griffin.  256. 

Gurdon,  438. 

Guy,  105. 


Haile,  697,  698. 

Halcyon.  603 

Hamilton.  741. 

Hannah.  88.  99,  105,  107, 
210.  217,  218.  223,  240, 
325.  368,  406,  411.  427, 

440,  482,  495.  497,  503. 
550.  555,  592,  596.  606, 
680,  703,  708,  710,  712, 

Harba,  479.  480. 

Harold,  307. 

Harriet,  94,  171,  ?25,  281 

441.  499,  552.  559.  586, 
694,  704.  707,  708,  711, 
788. 

Harris.  215, 

Harrv,  155.  289.  305,  669, 

Harvey,  703. 

Hattie.  386.  391. 

Helen.  127,  304, '313,  323, 

Heman,  710. 

Henrietta,  88.  94,  128.  224, 

Henry,  87,  88.  108.  118. 
ia5,  186.  189,  302,  307. 
373,  409.  410,  429,  430, 
483,  697.  698,  708,  734, 
744,  748,  771.  779,  789. 

Herbert,  237,  305,  711. 

Hormi,  479. 

Herrick,  790 

Hettv.  698. 

Hezekiah,  696.  706. 

Hiram.  176,  306,  432.  485, 

Homer,  773. 

Hope,  680. 

Horace,  238,  313,  339.  535, 

Horatio,  231,436. 

Howland.  774. 

Hubert,  307. 

Huldah,  92,  395,  434,  445. 


113. 

179, 

2S0, 

299, 

428. 

441, 

505, 

548, 

627, 

667, 

729, 

738. 

282, 

326, 

636, 

669. 

715, 

773, 

744. 


599.  708. 

,230. 
160,   173. 
321,  332. 
435,  467, 
735.  743, 


773, 
714,  731. 

449. 


Ida.  238. 

llura,  338,  343. 

Increase.  79,  85,  87,  93. 

Inez.  453. 

Irena.  428. 

Irene,  175,  329,  434.  400. 

Irvin  345. 

Isaac,  90.  401.  402.  411,  414,  480, 
497.  498,  500.  501,  545,  552,  667, 
712.  713.  722,  745,  744,  746,  748. 

Isabella.  668. 

Isabel,  550,    711. 

Israel.  746.  747. 

ls.sachar,  732. 


816 


INDEX— CHILD. 


Jacob.  428,  429.  485.  493.  750. 
James,  92,  256.  802,  345.  363,  364, 

865.  488,  442.  525,  527.  546,  548. 

550,  551,  552,  596.  004.  686.  669. 

681.  698,  694,  698.  703,  704,  749, 

750,  778    779. 
Jane,  168,  818,  550.  552,  596.  700, 

735. 
Jared,  440. 
Jason,  526. 
Jasper.  453. 
Jedidah,  479. 
Jemima,  251,  299. 
Jennie,  218,  686. 
Jennette,  135. 

Jeremiah,  692,  693,  711,  712. 
Jonisha,  465,  486. 
Jesse,  837.  845.  441. 
Joanna.  241,281. 
Job,  667. 
Joel,  445,  502. 
Johanna,  79. 
John.  69,    100.  101.  107.  160.    164. 

215.218.  266,  280,  281,  282,  288, 

802,  849,  864.  865,  866,  870.  874, 

410.  411,  437,  428,  429,  480,  434. 

487.  440,  488,  498,  496.  497,  506. 

507.  509,  553,  556,  558,  559.  583. 

585,  595.  596.  692,  693,  695.  696. 

698,  708.  709,  710.  711,  74:j.  744. 

746,  748,  749,  750,  766,  767.  775, 
•  789. 

Johnson.  147. 

Jonas.  498,  507,  553,  555,  559,  590. 
Jonatlian.  825.  326,  829,  330,  391. 

484,  495,  508,  508.  555,  590.  666, 

667,  680.  709,  712.  746.  783.  786. 
Joseph,  (H),   164,  802.  40>.  422,  425, 

442,  448.  494,  495.  508.  596,  597. 

599,  627.  (580.  681,  694,  702.  785, 

788,  789.  740,771.777.  778,  779, 

788. 
Jo.si'phino,  771,  778. 
Joshua,  69,  401.  409,  505.  559,  746. 
Josiah.  887,  497,  505.  508.  509,  588, 

555.  667.  ()69. 
Judah.  887. 
Julia.  141,   155.   818.824,  488.  489, 

527,  585.  ,->8S.  601,  699.  709.  771. 
Juliette.  844,  872.  488. 
Julius.  821. 
Justin.  482,  450. 
Justus,  898. 

Kate.  142.822.872.  451. 
Katharine.  194. 
Katie.  556. 
Keziah.  299,  479. 

Laura.  150,  156.  474.  (i98. 
Laurinda.  851,  858. 
Lavinia.  145,  441. 
Lemuel,  895,  898. 


Leonard,  216,  432.  499. 

LeRoy.  386. 

Lester.  480. 

Levi,  175,  176,  556. 

Levina,  243. 

Lewis,  108.  2,55,  256,  257,  370,  m, 

742,  770,  771. 
Lillie,  866,  399,  696. 
Linus,  143.  144. 
Lizzie.  890.  744. 
Lois,  337,  395,  736. 
Loraine,  370,  627. 
Loretta.  229.  235. 
Lorietta.  450. 
Lotta.  3^3. 

Louisa.  115,  189,  177,  448.  484. 
Louise.  498. 
Lucinda,  326,  338.   344.   370.  446, 

451,  479. 
Lucius.  225.  326.  447.  486,  787. 
Lueretia,  ia5.  266.  709 
Lucv,  150.  155.  177.  233.  255.  808, 

824.  8JJ0,  384.  3:J8.  431.  4;i8.  480. 

490.  497.  498.  529,  548,  559.  SCO. 

591.  718,  724.  775. 
Luke.  496. 

Luther.  187.  284.  802,  349.  444. 
Luthera.  887.  450. 
Luvan.  488 
Luvia.  370. 
Lydia.  177.  195.  388.  889.  440.  441. 

495.  496.  497.  498.  501.  507.  W 

555.  556.  627,  695,  697.  698,  7«3. 

736.  788.  774,  775. 
I    Lyman.  248.  843.  445,  774. 
I    Lysiinder.  775. 

I    M.  Ada,  447. 
I    Mahlon.  789. 
I    Malvena.  481. 
Marcellus.  452. 
j    Marcia,  458,  548. 

Marcus,  284.  285.  442.  480,  55*5. 
'    Marpiret,  71.  280,  281. 282. 508.  550. 

692.  693,  708.  750. 
I    Maria.  826.  855.  556,  718,  788. 
I    Mariah.  484. 
'    Marian.  6u8. 
I    Marietta.  107. 
Marion,  87.  162.701. 
Mark.  94.95.  97.  115. 
Marshall,  778. 

Martha,  89.  116.  119.  216,  344,  2:Q. 
8:i7,  845,  849.  350,  369.  414.  483. 
501.  527.  528,  531.  536.  553,  693. 
708,  711,  773. 
Marv.    86,  101.  128.  135.   147.177. 
189,  206.  217,  219.  224,  235.241. 
243.248,  251,  255,  282.  283,285, 
295,  299,  802,  :U)7.  32*2.  329.  3:tt. 
838.  345.  357.  365.  372,  375,  888. 
389,  399.  402.  413,  414.  416.428. 
431.  436.  439.  440,  445.  446.  447 


INDEX— CHILD. 


817 


480. 482. 
498,  495. 
507.  535, 
560.  590, 
693. 694, 
710.  712. 
738,  740, 
774,  775. 

730. 

401,  503. 


680, 


560,  713, 


455.  459.  465.  466,  478, 
483.  484,  486,  488.  492, 
496.  499.  501,  504,  505. 
536,  548.  553,  554,  555. 
598.  601,  667.  668.  680, 
696.  698,  699.  706,  708, 
714,  716.  731,  735.  737, 
741.  744,  746,  749,  767. 
777,  783,  788. 

Matilda.  235.  341,  391,  498. 

Maurice,  708. 

Mehitable,  69.  71.  198,  210, 
507. 

Melinaa,  89,  429.  454,  576. 

Melvin,  341,  499. 

Melzar,  92. 

Mercy.  148,  158,  606,  644, 

Merton.  744. 

Michael.  337. 

Milton.  778. 

Minerva,  338. 

Miranda.  771.  773. 

Miriam,  712,  716. 

Molly,  384. 479.  498.  696. 

Morris,  485. 

Moses,  243.  453,  496,  545, 
738. 

Mvra,  140.  144.  375,  444. 

Myron.  97,  455.. 

Myrtis,  435. 


Nabby.  163,  590. 
Nahuin,  551.  552. 

Nancv.  221.  230.  244.  371,  389.  395. 
397.  442.  480,  696.  703,  709,  739. 
Naomi.  775. 

Kathan.  446,  493,  502.  553,  696.  697. 
Nathaniel,  251,  329,  349.  427,  440, 

441.  442.  559,  596.  600,  601,  604, 

725. 
Xaylor,  735,  743. 
Nehemiah,  251,  715. 
Nellie,  775. 
Xewell.  537. 
Nial.  364. 
Nicholas.  603. 
Noadiah.  124.  440. 
Noah.  698,  740. 

Obadiah.299,  356. 

Olive.  86,  92.  112.  129,  137.434,441, 

731.  771. 
Oliver.  266,  499,  693,  741. 
Olivia.  707. 
Orange,  315.  430. 
Oren,  340.  466. 
Orena.  308. 
Orlando.  450. 
Orpha.  484. 
Orville.  106.  119. 
Oscar.  173,  450,  451. 
Otis,  343,  443. 


Pamelia,  110. 187,  188,253,  460,  479 

Parker,  224,  373. 

Pascal.  324 

Patience,    235,   243,  693,  695,  696, 

703. 
Patty,  551. 
Paulina.  109.  550. 
Pearley,  323. 
Peleg,  142,  147. 

Penuel.  301,  302,  306.  308,  335,  337. 
Percilla,  735. 
Perley,  309. 
Perry,  395. 
Persis,  175.  331,  771. 
Peter,  240. 
Petar.  749. 

Phebe.  101.  554.709.  716.  736. 
Philanda,  446. 
Philander.  156,  162. 
Phineas.  243,  424,  479,498. 
Polly,   95,    116,  175,  309.  424,  445, 

498.  499,  551.  555,  559,  596,  591. 
Prentice,  440.  499.  501. 
Priscilla.  79.  85.  140.  553.  695. 
Prudence.  402,  422.  507.  546,  695. 
Putnam,  429. 

Quincy,  453. 

Rachel,  106.  160.  293.  459,  475,  680, 
737.  745.  746,  747. 

Ralph.  710. 

Ralpha,  302. 

Rebecca.  171,  197,  286. 422.  424,  425, 
497,  503,  550,  667,  694,  697,  699, 
720. 
'    Relief.  422. 
i    Renetta,  118. 
;   Renssalaer.  112,  139,  147. 
'    Reuben.  389. 
•    Rhoda.  474. 

Richard,  71,  349,  355.  388,  503,  504. 
,'  506,  586.  606,  681.  735, 

Richards,  408. 

Robert,  430,  497,  550,  594,  699. 

Rollin.  307. 

Roseanna.  'S82,  367. 

Rosabella.  696. 

Roscoo.  771,  772. 

Rosella.  440, 

Rosetta.  105. 

Roswell.  467,  468. 

Rothschild.  711. 

Roweua.  395,  399. 

Roxalaiia,  81,  479.  484. 

Roxanna.  458,  485,  589. 

Roxy.  490.  724. 

Royal,  487. 

Ruby.  602. 

Rufus.  266,  447,  502. 

Russel,  437. 

Ruth,  148,  166.  280,  445,  460,  466. 
498.  507,  508.  556,  697,  716,  747, 
774. 


818 


INDEX — CHILD. 


Ruthven.  465. 
Ruthanna,  748. 

Sabra.  894. 

Sally,  175.  210,  244.  312,  484,  440. 
480, 502,  525,  522,  703. 

Salmon.  81,  87. 

Salome.  164. 

Samuel.  252,  257,  387,401,  413,  479, 
480,  488.  485,  496,  550,  553.  576, 
589,  591.606,  607,  627.  681,  694, 
696.  702.703,  709.  712,  723,  724. 
736.  738.  744. 767,  779,  789. 

Samson.  771. 

Sanford.  481.  432. 

Sarah,  88,  158,  177,  183,  231,  236, 
252.  258.  281,  283.  816.  388,  345, 
346.  357,  876.  401,  402,  408.  415. 
424.  425.  427,  428.  481,  436.  459. 
479.  495,  496,  497.  499,  501,  504, 
505,  507,  508.  546.  548.  551.  552, 
558,  554,  590,  591.  595.  596,  597. 
603.  681.  693,  695,  696,  708,  707, 
708.  709.  710,  711,  715,  750,   767. 

Sarepta,  459. 

Seth,  440,  483. 

Shubael.  427,  508,  504,  667,  694. 

Sidney.  487.  588. 

Silas,  444.  479,  502,  666. 

Silence.  887. 

Simeon,  458,  459,  712,  713. 

Simon,  345,  414,  598. 

Smith,  886. 

Solomon.  424,  425.499,  524  535,778, 
779. 

Sophia,  171,  800,  809,  418,  484.  694. 
708.  738. 

S.  P.  750. 

Spencer,  172,  251,  253,  497. 

Stanton  714. 

Stella,  739. 

Stephen,  147,  150,  102,  165,  281, 
282,  288.  445,  479,  482,  485. 
509.    774. 

Submit.  724. 

Susan,  178,  188.  217,  241,  870.  874, 
451.  456.  708,  777. 

Susiinna,  424,  495.  546,553.  555,  627. 
667,  608.  698. 

Susannah.  240,  290. 

Sybil.  895.  485. 

Syl Nanus,  446. 

Sylvester.  695,  709. 

Sylvia,  178.  195. 

Sylvinn,  378. 

Tabitha,  478,  506. 

Tacy.  749. 

Tamar,  474. 

Thadeus.  502 

Thankful.  394.  496.  606.  681. 


Thede.  139. 

Theodore  337.  707. 

Theodosia,  384. 

Theresa,  123. 

Thomas,  394,  395,  424, 481, 501.503. 

505.   555,  666, 667,  668. 702.  707. 

708,   711,  737, 745,  747,  748, 778, 

779. 
Timothy,  244,  337,  350,  474,  479. 

559,  669. 
True,  772. 
Tryphosa.  342. 
Tully,  700. 

Udfti,  467. 
Unity,  157. 
Uriah,  164. 
Ursula,  161. 

Vesta,  107,  115. 
Victoria,  450. 

Waldo.  442,  448. 

Wallace,  119. 

Walter,  895,  556. 

Ward.  526. 

Warren,  102,  105,  41«,  480, 536. 7«6. 

Watson,  322. 

Wealthy,  708. 

Wentworth,  721. 

Wilber.  8;^. 

Wilhelmina,  252. 

Willard.    178,  190,    193,  228.  255, 

884,441.444   789. 
William,  90.    92.    98,134.135.137. 

162.  168,  280,  251.  252,  254.2.V.. 

257.285,  806.808.  811,  315.324. 

825. 880.  887,  888,  389,  84^.  'ATI 

899,  402.  406.  411,  425,  429.  4:^. 

481,488.489.  494,  4tK).  500, 5<i:;. 

526,  529,  548,  558,  554,  555.  556. 

559.  590.  598.  608,  698,  696.  «>7. 

700.  702.  708,  704,  705.  706.  707. 

785.  786.  789.  745,  771,  772,  77:^. 

779,  788. 
Willaniine,  431. 
Willie,  886,  487,  710. 
Willis.  189,  585. 
Winfield,  454,711. 

Zachariah,  555. 
Zebina,  474. 
Zera.  452. 
Zeroiah,  147. 
Zeriah.  825. 
Ziba,  441. 
Zilla,  248. 
Zilpha.  786. 
Zira,  774. 
Zulyma.  838. 


INDEX.-CHILDS. 


The  names  of  minors  now  living,  and  the  names  of  those  who  died  young. 
are  not  given  in  the  Index;  but  will  be  found  with  the  record  of  their 
parents  The  records  of  females  married  will  be  found  under  the  name  of 
the  husband. 


Aaron,  589. 

Abbie,  633. 

Abbott.  899. 

Abigail,  579,  619,  643. 

AdaUne,  776. 

Addison,  589.  543,  776. 

Adelaide,  521,  578,  637. 

Aden,  631. 

Adnah,  637.  640. 

Albert,  287,  290,  519,  578,  615,  618, 

634. 
Alexander.  577,  579,  625,  691. 
Alfred,  608. 

Alice.  225,  341,  578,  690. 
Alma.  540. 
Almira.  898. 
Almon,  511. 
Alonzo.  612,  617. 
Altezera,  398. 
Alvan,  611. 
Alvira,  578. 
Amasa,  776. 
Amelia.  784. 
Amzi,  607.  610. 
Andrew,  768,  769. 
Angelina,  786. 

Ann.  510,  612.  625,  693,  763,  770. 
Anna  543,  618,  620,  621,  623,  671, 

679. 
Annah,  667. 
Annie.  542,  763. 
Appleman,  770. 
Archie,  360. 
Arietta,  760. 
Arthur,  639. 

Asa,  520,  521,  607.  613,  618. 
Augusta.  531. 
Augustus,  614,  624. 
Aurelia,  623. 
Austin,  514. 

Benjamin.  615.  621.  626.  777. 

Betsey.  511   512.520,578,  631,  645. 

Beverly,  763. 

Bradley.  359.  614. 

Brainard,  637. 

Caleb,  763. 

Calista.  609.  617,  650. 

Calvin,  627. 

Carlos.  588,  544.  617. 

Caroline,  616,  618,  725,  777. 


Casper.  732. 733. 

Catharine,  618,  645,  647,  671.  678, 
764. 

Cephas,  618.  619. 

Chandler,  510. 

Charity.  613. 

Charles.  225,  228,  344,  396,  468,  469, 
470,  481,  492.  510,  578,  579,  610, 
615,  617,  618,  623,  626.  629,  645, 
646,  647,  664,  665,  683,  732,  733, 
765,  784. 

Charlotte,  608. 

Clara,  520.  683. 

Clarissa,  611.  633,  783. 

Clark,  344. 

Clinton,  772. 

Cora,  725. 

Cordelia,  472,  770. 

Cornelia,  471,  521. 

Curtis,  286. 

Cynthia,  611. 

Cyrus,  769. 

Daniel,  125,  514,  593. 

David,  594,  608,  613,  619,  642,  665, 

673,  725.  769,  777. 
Delora,  614. 
Dennis,  682. 
Dexter.  610. 
Dominic.  760. 
Dwight.  344. 

Ebeuezer,  620,  627,  643,  644. 

Edmund,  469,  615. 

Edward,  288, 530,  617,  619, 637,  652. 

758. 
Edwin.  684,  786. 
Eleanor,  758. 
Electa,  613,  652,  664. 
Elias.  481. 
Elijah.  510. 
Eliphaz.  670. 
Eliza.  289,  765. 
Elizabeth,  125,  530,  607.  620.  621, 

770. 
Ella,  470,  492,  664. 
Ellen,  612,  541,  624,  687,  652,  666. 
Elsie.  579. 
Emeline.  613,  615. 
Emilia,  510. 
Emily,  288,  473. 


820 


INDEX. — CHILDS. 


Emma.  472,  517,  578,  628,  765,  785. 

Enos.  613. 

Ephraim.629,  775. 

Erastiis.  608. 

Ernest,  482. 

Estelle.  633. 

Esther,  616,  618.  623,  641,  768. 

Eugene,  541.615.  784. 

Eunice,  615,  616.726." 

Eva.  578. 

Evander,  732. 

Evelina,  621. 

Experience,  611,  666. 

Fannie.  524.  687. 

Fanny,  621.643.690,784. 

Fielding.  761. 

Fisher.  510. 

Frances,  481. 

Francis,  492.  623,  632.  633. 

Frank,  303,  398,  469.  511,  512,  530, 

614. 
Franklin,  125,  578.   618,   623,   666, 

769. 
Frederick.  290,  492.  544.  624.  637, 

642,  647.  679. 
Freeman,  578. 630. 

Gardiner.  724. 

George.  287.  5l0,  617,  618,  619,  024, 

628,  629,  634,  638,  647,  691,  724, 

725,  750.  758,  777. 
Gertrude,  531. 
Gilbert.  614. 
Gracie,  615. 

Hannah,  607,  608.  620,  640.  770. 

Harriet,  302,  510,  615.  6l7.  647,  769. 

Harvey.  468.  515.  517,  520,  521. 

Hattie.  612,  615. 

Helen.  641,  672.  784. 

Henry.  287.  363,  482,  512,  517,  593. 
594,  607,  608,  610,  626,  631,  653, 
671,  673,  725,  726.  758,  762.  777, 
784. 

Herbert.  786. 

Hiram.  340.  468.769. 

Homer.  615. 

Horace.  690. 

Howard.  521. 

Ida.  511.640. 

I.  D   Ledyard,  673. 

Ira.  542. 

Isabella.  359,  610. 

Isaac,  776. 

Israel,  611. 

Jacob.  770. 
Jairus,  631. 
James.  517,  544,  607,  608,  617,  627, 

770.  769,  775,  786. 
Jane.  510,  511,  578,  640,  671,  726. 

177. 


Janris.  612. 

Jeannie.  519. 

Jennie.  615.  629. 

Jessie.  6*20 

Joanna.  619. 

Joel,  510.  530.  593. 

John.  578,  634.  639,  698,  725,  732, 

733.  768.  770. 
Jonathan,  514,  540,   593,   620,   629, 

634.  670. 
Joseph.  302.  363,  397,  615,  627,  758. 
Joshua.  682, 763. 
Josiah,  542,  543. 
Judson.  511. 
Juli^i.  511.  530.  580,  614,  617,  619. 

621,  624, 
Julian,  360. 
Justus,  396,  648,  666. 

Kate.  397. 
Kittie,  725. 

Laban,  632. 

Laura.  472.  473.  530,  578. 

Leander,  615. 

Lemuel.  616,  619. 

Levi.  626. 

Levina.  510. 

Lewis.  540,  578,  618. 

Libbeus.  613. 

Linus.  644. 

Livinia.  541. 

Lizzie.  765. 

Lois.-  652. 

Lorenzo.  632, 

Louisa.  543.  733. 

Lowrie,  517. 

Lucien,  578. 

Lucinda,  473,  618.  769. 

Lucretia,  514. 

Lucv,  481,  510.  725,728. 

Lumbard.  629. 

Luther,  785. 

Lydia.  643.  653. 

Lyman,  344,  514,  521. 

Marcus,  481. 

Margaret.  362,  758  769,  770. 

Maria.  361,  770. 

Marietta.  340. 

Marshall.  521. 

Martha.  287,  28Jh  521,  612,  623. 

Martin,  624. 

Mary,  286,  340,  344.  359.  399.  468. 

512,  519,  544,578.  611,  612,  615. 

618.  619,  626.  631.  633,  652.  664, 

670.  671.  673.679,  684,  690.  724. 

732,  733.  759.  760,  762,  769,  770. 

777,  784. 
Matilda,  611. 
Melvin,  340. 
Minerva.  612. 
Moses,  620,  628 


INDEX. — CHILE(S. 


821 


Nancy.  472,  593,  614, 768. 
Nathaniel.  289,  614,  757,  759,  760, 

761.  765. 
Nellie.  688. 
Nelson,  840,  578. 
Nettie.  764. 
Noah.  616. 
Nora,  359. 

Oliver,  613,  614. 

Orlando,  897. 

Orson.  469. 

Oscar.  770. 

Otis,  510,  514,  521,  651,  652.  683. 

Perry,  671.  673. 
Persis.  776. 
Phebe.  776. 
Peter.  763. 
Phidelia.  612. 
Polixana.  643. 
Polly.  643.  776. 
Priscilla,  786. 

Rachel.  645,  673,  770. 

Ralph.  609.  610.  683. 

Rebecca,    287,  619,   620,  757,   760, 

765. 
Reuben,  682. 
Rhoda,  613,  616.  643. 
Rhodolphus.  608. 
Richard,  542. 
Robert.  610. 
Rollin.  636. 
Rosella,  543. 
Rosetta.  344. 
Rufus,  611. 
Ruth.  619. 

Sallie,  762. 

Samuel.  482,  578.  611.  612.  615,  616, 

618.  643. 
Sandford.  509. 
Sarah.  289,  396,  510,  542,  607,  608. 


611,  614,  620,  629,  639,  652,  658, 

654.  673,  733.  757,  769. 
Sereno,  544 
Seth.  579,  683. 
Sidney.  597.  578. 
Silas.  664.  665. 
Simeon,  611. 

Sophia.  611.672,  674.682. 
Sophronia,  733. 
Stephen,  280,  288,  724. 
Submit.  607. 
Sukey,  776. 
Susan,  618,  673,  686. 
Susannah.  288. 
Sybil,  579. 
Sylvester.  682. 
Synthia,  340. 

Thankful,  645.  682. 

Theoderic.  617. 

Theodore,  618.  762,  786. 

Theron.  614.  615. 

Thomas,  398,  599,  677,  687, 758,  784. 

Timothy,  669,  670.  677. 

Tirza,  616. 

Triphenia,  622. 

True,  772. 

Tyler,  621. 

Tyrus,  724. 

Vincent.  741. 
Viola,  469,  470. 

Wallace.  396. 

Walter,  520.  639,  687,  732,  733.  776. 

Wattson.  741. 

Washington.  578. 

Willard,  514,  578. 

William.  125, 285.  286. 340,  472, 5:2, 
530,  539,  541.  542.  616,  617,  626. 
631,  636,  639,  652,  665,  724,  725, 
7r)«,  760,  761,  769,  785,  786. 

Willie,  615. 

Winchester,  776. 


INDEX -CHILDE. 


The  names  of  minors  now  living,  and  the  names  of  those  who  died  young* 
are  not  given  in  the  Index ;  but  will  be  found  with  the  record  of  their 
parents.  The  records  of  females  married  will  be  found  under  the  name  of 
the  husband. 


Arthur,  418. 
Edward,  418. 
Florence,  418. 


I  John,  558. 
Lelia,  558. 
Mary,  418,  558. 


INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAMES. 


The  names  of  minors^  and  of  those  who  died  young  are  found  with  the 
record  of  the  parents.   - 


Page 

Abbey,  Evaline  113 

Abbott,  Alba  395 

Eunice  B.  629 

Martha  551 

Mr.  ''18 

Sally  469 

Willard  395 

Acheson,  Mary  522 

Acker,  Arintha  700 

Ackerman.  Robert  81 

Ackley.  L.  C.  449 

Adair  Mr.  757 

Adams,  Abigail  428 

Angeline  332 

Anna  545 

Darius  197 

Elisabeth  611 

Helen,  774 

Joseph  695 

J.  W.  593 

Sarah  337 

Sarah  A.  652 

Addams,  Sarah  563 

Adkins.  Emily  237 

Ainsworth.  Abigail,  437 

Darius  478 

Dorcas  493 

Edward  395 

Nathan  437 

Alba,  Sylvia  420 

Albee,  John  441 

Albree.  John  282 

Alden  Almeda  708 

Alderman.  Josie  341 

Aldrich,  Lucius  484 

Lucy  M.  570 

Maria  252 

Mary  A.  629 

Samuel  164 

Sophia  M.  731 

Alexander,  Medad  618 

Wilholm  431 

Wm.  S.  777 

Alford,  Ehna  553 

Allard.  Emma  A.  588 

Rebecca  163 

Uriah  422 

Allen,  Abbey  W.  141 

Abigail  710 

Almii^a  619 


Pa^ 


Pag 


Allen,  Ebenezer 

698 

Anderson,  Charles 

4& 

E.  U. 

457 

Edward 

488 

F. 

306 

Hattie 

483 

G.D. 

457 

Henry 

483 

Isaac 

450 

Laura 

483 

Jedidah, 

479 

Mary  E. 

483 

Joseph 

504 

Marv  H. 
Nathan 

679 

Juliette  C. 

305 

363 

L.  M. 

457 

T.  F. 

483 

L. 

141 

Tavner 

483 

Melvin 

433 

Wm.  W. 

679 

Roena 

698 

Andrews,  Abigail 

355 

Sarah 

673 

Dorcas 

771 

Sylvan  us 

645 

Emily 

165 

Allerton.  Shubael 

611 

Freelove 

295 

Allred.  A. 

102 

F.  L. 

530 

Alton.  James 

176 

Mary 

355 

Alvord.  Barbara 

634 

Sulivan 

771 

Calvin  W. 

631 

Andrus,  Mr. 

556 

Clarissa  F. 

634 

Angell,  Alzena 

202 

C.  L. 

128 

Asa 

295 

Ella 

123 

Jerusha 

198 

Luke 

128 

Olive  S.  A. 

790 

Orpheus 

634 

Angle.  Oscar 

578 

Orsamus 

634 

Anthony,  Paul 

338 

Rhoda  M. 

634 

Appleman.  Rachel 

770 

Spencer 

633 

Appleton,  Almira  J 

.668 

Ambler,  Ann 

746 

Mary  L. 

173 

Ambrose,  Lucretia 

208 

Arms,  Boyden 

608 

Ames,  E.  Fisher 

652 

Catherine 

645 

Ames,  Samh 

505 

Rebecca 

619 

Amidon.  Albert 

346 

Armstrong,  Agnes 

435 

Alice  J. 

346 

Arnold,  Sabria  A. 

705 

Cyrus  P. 
Elmer  0. 

346 

Walter 

619 

346 

Amwirie,  Margaret 

768 

Frank 

347 

Ash,  Edwin 

448 

George 

346 

Eliza 

370 

George  E. 

346 

R.  Manson 

390 

Harriet 

346 

Ashley.  Emery 

459 

Harriet  A. 

346 

Louisa 

381 

John 

347 

Mr. 

783 

John 

338 

Atherton,  Solomon 

695 

Malinda 

346 

Atkins.  John 

116 

Marvin  C. 

346 

Victoria 

485 

Matilda  J. 

346 

Atkinson,  J. 

747 

Mary  J. 

346 

Mary 

735 

Otis 

346 

Atwell.  Phebe  B. 

610 

Phillip 

346 

Atwood.  Eliza 

160 

Sarah  A. 

346 

Sylvester  B. 
Avery,  John 

698 

Amsden,  Laura 

529 

478 

INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAMES. 


828 


Paee 

Aylesworth,  Susan  786 

Aylor,  R  H.  767 

Ayers,  Elias  625 

Henry  J  635 ! 

Babcock,  Emily  L.  238 

Rufus  291 

Bachelor.  <'laraM.  511 

David  P.  510 

David  510 

J.  Dexter  510 

Bacon,  Anna  419 

Betsey  175 

Dinah  3^5 

Elisabeth  298 

Jonathan  79 

John  S.  876 

John  299 

xMr.  251 

Parker  241 

Rebecca  178 

Samuel  318 

Sophronia  768 

Badger,  Mary  L.  451 

Bailey.  Elisabeth  250 

Miss  178 

Baker,  Abigail  411 

Adelaide  432 

Allen  C  465 

Benjamin  841 

B.  F.  315 

Delia  88 

Joseph  298 

Mary  763 

Mary  A.  267 

Nancy  J.  348 

Thomas  280 

T.  H.  164 

Balch,  Wm.  S.  107 

Baldridge.  Elisabeth 

A.  764 

Baldwin,  Dolly  C.  197 

Elijah  483 

George  D.  629 

George  F.  629 

Henry  197 

H.  862 

Levi  197 

Luther  197 

Sally  197 

Thomas  197 

T  P  535 

Ball,  Elisabeth  508 

Mary  560 

Mr.  7:^3 

Sarah  C.  732 

Stephen  409 

Ballard.Charlotte  M.  550 

Mr.  643 

Sarah  E.  447 

Ballon,  Mary  E.  303 

Bamber,  Chas.  G.  397 


Barber,  Alanson 

lU 

Albert 

664 

AnnE. 

114 

Aylor 

738 

Benj.  F. 

114 

Chas. 

738 

Henry  D. 

664 

Harvey 

425 

Irene 

786 

John  C. 

114 

Joseph  L. 

114 

J.  E. 

588 

Lillian  A. 

588 

Lyman  W. 
Miirv  A. 

114 

664 

Marian  E. 

114 

Myron  C 

114 

Polly 

94 

Polly 

114 

Samuel  W. 

664 

Thomas 

738 

Warren  G. 

114 

William      . 

738 

Biirdwell.  Esthf:*r 

414 

Barker,  Charles 
Barker,  Hannah 

129 

563 

Barnabv,  Joanna 
Barnard.  Ebenezer 

695 

Oil 

Hannah 

606 

Lemuel 

679 

Barnes.  Alvin  B. 

782 

Eugene  L. 
Helen  A. 

455 

144 

James 

697 

Milton 

425 

Barnum.  Anna 

266 

Baron,  Amanda 

452 

Barrett,  Charles 

629 

Caroline 

88 

Daniel 

88 

Henry 

88 

Katherine 

88 

Samuel 

88 

Barrow,  David  C. 

687 

Bartholemew,  Wm 

362 

Bartlett.  Chas.  R. 

376 

Eliza  A. 

884 

Emery  S. 

884 

Horace 

378 

Louisa 

883 

Moses  W. 

384 

Mr. 

246 

Pamelia 

651 

Phelomela 

384 

Stanley  M. 

384 

Stephen  N. 

384 

Barton.  Benjamin 

697 

Patience 

696 

Bass,  Chas  H. 

160 

Dudley  C. 

160 

Enos  C. 

160 

Sarah  A. 

160 

Page 

Bass,  Wm.  160 

Wm.  E.  160 

Bassett,  Betsey  632 

Ellen  A.  112 

Patty  553 

Bates,  Augustus  622 

Mary  A.  622 

Waity  F.  L.  698 

Baurr,  Frances  706 

Baxter,  Albert  461 

Barnard  462 

Celia  461 

Chester  322 

Dolly  F.  461 

Eber  H.  460 

Edwin  463 

Elisabeth  882 

Ellen  322 

Ira  C.  461 

Walter  J.  249 

Milo  464 

Orman  463 

Rosin  a  461 

Sabrina  461 

UriJ.  464 

Vienna  I.  461 

Zada  461 

Bavlies,  Oeorge  170 

BjivImv,  E[i«=iHT>pthH.250 

Bayne,  Eliza  F.  721 

Bazin,  James  A.  653 

Beach,  Anna  M.  352 

Beal,  Geo.  H.  3i4 

Wm.  724 

Beane,  Laura  L.  147 

Bt'jitrie,  Kobt.  870 

Hochtell.  EUy  350 

Hwk,  t^eth  696 

Beukey,  SiUt^  461 

Beekwith,  Huldah  422 

Beleher,  Mary  F.  150 

Bddcn.Julia  A.  615 

SjinbornW.  890 

Bell,  Jane  A.  675 

Rodney  S.  432 

Bellamore,  Joseph  889 

Bellows.  Betsey  479 

Belt,  E.  C.  175 

Bemis,  Ann  554 

Beriah  553 

Grace  559 

Hannah  F.  539 

Sarah  157 

Benedict,  E.  D.  490 

Hannah  94 

Servilia  487 

Ben  ham,  Louisa  W.  609 

Benjamin,  Caroline  614 

Wm.  554 

Bennett,  Charles  116 

Charles  P.  116 

Chas.  W.  116 


INDFIX  OF  ALL  ALLIKDNAmS^^^^^B 

1 

PiWte 

P«&e 

^^^H         BenDett.  Edward  H.  SJ8 

Blackman,  John 

337 

Bracket t.  Paidina 

^^^^H 

^^^B 

438 

Minerva 

617 

Bradford,  Elish* 

tI^^^ 

^^^B                    M.LedmR. 

yiio 

Ulunchard.Uarland 

537 

Hannah 

m     1 

^^^I 

iin 

B landing,  Martha 

278 

Bradford,  Pri&eiUj» 

Hyj^B 

^^H 

341 

Blake.  Arthur  W. 

2^0 

William 

77u^^H 

^^^H                    SabrmahM. 

843 

Edwin  H. 

291 

Brad  ley »  Frances 

52^^| 

^^^H 

116 

Elisabeth 

528 

Bmdshaw,  K^Lchtil 

7I^^| 

^^^^B 

H09 

Emma 

530 

Bra^g.  Fmnets 

t^^H 

^^^^          Bentley,  Wm.  H. 

ms 

Frederick  W 

.  290 

W-  U 

49^^| 

^^H                 Berry,  Adiiline  M, 

433 

Geo.  W. 

290 

Brainanl,  Jaiow 

M^^l 

^H                            Dariicd  F. 

434 

Irena  A. 

290 

James 

7W^^ 

^^1                             Klisabeth 

490 

James 

290 

Pnuient*© 

m     1 

^^H                 Best,  John  E. 

5«1 

John 

290 

Brum  hall,  Samh 

m     1 

^^1                Bevens,  Adalinc 

709 

Josiah  Q, 

tiOO 

Bmnd,  Betsey 

m 

^^H                 Beverly.  Sarah  M. 

TOO 

Walter  F. 

290 

Braytoo,  NatiiAnteJ 

m 

^^H                 Bickford,  Darius 

789 

Wm. 

290 

Breed.  Daniel  N. 

738 

^^m                           Kdward 

789 

Sarah 

395 

Daniel  C. 

m     , 

^^H                 BieknelK  Jcpthu 

299 

Theodore.  E 

290 

Breese,  EHznhrtli 

2JJ#^H 

^^H                 BulwulK  Krastus 

709 

Bliss,  Daniel 

297 

Brendel  EUzalwth 

57^^| 

^^B                 Bicber,  I'arrie 

478 

IlarHet. 

784 

Bre<5lin»  Sarah 

aoi^H 

^^H                 Bigelow.  Elijah 

7JH 

Mr. 

733 

Brett.  Anna 

fiOi^l 

^^^^^                     Elijah 

710 

>Ir 

259 

Brewer,  Marl  ha 

12^^| 

^^^^^L                    Eujoftine  F. 

im 

Thankful 

682 

Bridge.  Margarvt 

oi^^l 

^^^^^H                    Hanimh 

430 

Blish,  Joseph 

503 

EhzabetU 

61^^H 

^^^^^B 

om 

Joseph 

606 

Bridges  Abiiptil 

I41{^B 

^^^^H 

560 

Blod^^etU  Daniel 

253 

Abiguil 

41^^| 

^^^^^^                    Simeon 

303 

"  Elij!ft  A. 

501 

Brigg»,  Ansel  C. 

■iS^^ 

^^K                BUlings.  Eliza 

411 

Blood.  Mary  A. 

343 

A  a  lion 

m     1 

^^^^^                   Ellen  K 

53.1 

Bluomtield.Josie 

713 

AuUiin  h\ 

409       1 

^^^^^k 

534 

Blue,  IsMiialj 

7i\x 

Carona  IL 

m 

^^^^H                  Horace 

535 

Board  man,  Kbenezer;Jo4 

Daniel 

TO 

^^^^m                  ftlartha  U. 

535 

Geo.  M. 

270 

Eli»Al>eth 

(45 

^^^^^H 

008 

Geo.  S. 

672 

Kh>H»»eUi 

424 

^^^^^         BUlin^'i^by,  Mrs, 

443 

Boies,  Josjejih 

570 

Jane 

Ui 

^^V                Bin^H)am«  At^hel 

473 

Bi.lles,   Matilda 

480 

J(»hri  C.  F. 

m 

^^H                          Emery  E. 

473 

Bonney.  Eliza 

590 

Uhoda  r>. 

m 

^^H                 Bird,  Eb^ncicer 

425 

BoswoHh,  Abigail 

131 

Wm.  F. 

m 

^^K^          Bibhop  Adaliite 

204 

Alfreil 

129 

BnVham.  Abiier 

30^      i 

^^H 

132 

Alfred 

134 

Edwiu  B 

46i^H 

^^^^^H 

204 

Benjamin  T, 

131 

Elijah 

l^^^l 

^^^^H 

213 

Franklin  11. 

132 

Eti^ha  A. 

411^^1 

^^^^H                    Ehenczer 

204 

InereasG  C, 

133 

Eliftha  K. 

4fl^H 

^^^^^B                   Kbenezer 

313 

Oliver  C. 

132 

Ernily  P, 
Harnet 

ITf^H 

^^^B 

204 

Wm.  E. 

134 

ni^H 

^^^^H 

213 

Bouch*  Elis^abeth 

770, 

Uuin  n 

419-^4 

^^^^^B 

204 

Boucher,  Charles  A. 

353 

R- 

m  ^ 

^^^^^H                   Hezukiah 

213 

Bon ] ton,  Eilwaini  8, 

608 

'A}h.    .. 

^K^i 

^^^^^H                  Jemima  W. 

297 

Bowiliteh.  Qaleu  V, 

286 

Bright.  Mary            , 

^^^^^B                   John 

294 

JoBeph  E, 

288 

Bnimlfv  Mi*s           1 

^^^^H 

^^^^B 

213 

John  F. 

542 

BrtM.                         ^ 

^^^^1 

^^^H 

213 

Martha  C. 

288 

BrrM 

^^^^^ 

^^^^"                    Tabitha 

2(14 

Bi>wen»  Abigail 

439 

....^.-.  D. 

^^^^H 

^^m               Bissell,  Sarah  8. 

631 

Ophelia  P. 

383 

Jerrr 

^^^^H 

^^^^^         Bixby,  Jason 

477 

Sarah 

297 

Zilpha 

^^^^H 

^^^^^L 

477 

Bowcra,  Andrew 

339 

Bn*wii,  Alio*? 

l^^^H 

^^^B 

477 

Mr. 

671 

Anna 

H^^H 

^^^^^1 

477 

Bowker»  Nancy 

505 

Annie  K 

!^H 

^^^^^1 

477 

Bowley,  Adaline 

480 

Calvin  F. 

47^^^| 

^^^^^H                  Margaret  M. 

478 

Bowman,  Kati? 

571 

CaroHne 

ftSl^H 

^^^B                   Mary  M. 
^^^V                  Rachel  A. 

47D 

Boyd,  Kosalie 

701 

Cum 

mm 

477 

Brace,  Charles  E. 

784 

Cohi 

m^ 

^^f              Blackbura,  Mr. 

673  ^ 

Bracken^  James 

770 

m 

Emma  A, 

1 

INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAMES. 


826 


Page 

Brown,  Gideon  441 

Grace  555 

Helen  288 

Henry  704 

Isaac  297 

Isadore  214 

Jonathan  745 

Lydia  441 

'  Margaret  P.  746 

Margaret  362 

Mary  348 

Mr.  441 

Nathaniel  422 

R  R.  307 

Rebecca  780 

Ruth  445 

Sarah  581 

.    Stephen  295 

Tamer  757 

firownell.  Anna  671 

Eliza  445 

Browning.  J.  M.  106 

Bruce,  Emma  E.  447 

Buck.  Abby  164 

Buckley,  Ann  D.  669 

Bucklin.  Mary  157 

Mehitable  297 

Buckman,  Charlotte  668 

Budlong.  Betsey  896 

Buel,  Betsey  185 

Sara.  T.  220 

Bugbee.  Charity  290 

Ellen  M.  170 

Jemima  251 

Sybil  434 

Bullard.  Anna  505 

Sarah  E.  721 

Bullen.  Mary  627 

Bullock.  Abigail  142 

Susanna  298 

Burch.  Bushrod  673 

Lizzie  433 

Burden,  Mary  723 

Burdett,  Maria  786 

Burdick,  Anna  737 

Ephraim  737 

Hannah  737 

Mercy  J.  737 

Nancy  738 

Wm.  C.  737 

Burgess,  Eli  107 

Hannah  736 

Burleigh  .Caroline  E.  168 

Gertrude  168 

Harriet  F.  168 

John  C.  169 

Lucien  165 

Lucien  R.  169 

Wra.  B.  169 

Bumap.  Wm.  623 

Burnett.  Mary  A.  697 

Bumham,  Amos  H.  113 


Page 

Burnham.  Charlotte  112 

Charlotte  J.  113 

Chas.  114 

George  E.  113 

James  M.  113 

John  A.  708 

Lucy  175 

Olive  T.  113 

Rensselaer  113 

Burr,  Betsey  M.  696 

Clara  G.  617 

Elisha  695 

Jennie  M.  306 

Burrage.  Herbert  E.  602 

BurrilT,  Seely  341 

Burroughs,  Wm.  P.  565 

Burt.  George  578 

Mary  E.  5^6 

Burton.  Asa  334 

Prances  A.  122 

George  S.  710 

Mary  W.  739 

Mercy  334 

Bush,  Francis  413 

Margaretta  732 

Wm.  R.  621 

Bushnell.  Chas.  W.  466 

Butler,  Susie  457 

Butman,  Sarah  476 

Buxton,  C.  M.  602 

Bybee,  A.  100 

Jane  101 

Byrnes.  Lucy  E.  602 

Byum.  David  338 

Cable,  Charlotte  E.  665 

Cadwallader,  Mary  735 

O.  N.  463 

Cady,  Luther  243 

ISarah  641 

W.  T.  623 

Caldweil,  A.  J.  463 

Caldwell,  Catherine  603 

Calhoun.  Charlotte  228 

Calkins.  Charley  338 

Sherbury  338 

Cameron,  Daniel  768 

Campbell. Joseph 

McC.  472 

Mary  769 

Mary  E.  344 

R.  541 

Cancross,  John  233 

Canfleld.M.DeForest  710 

Cannon,  Alice  M.  317 

Capel,  John  496 

Capen.  Flavia  A.  305 

John  305 

Capner,  Jane  353 

Carey,  Anna  550 

Mary  E.  738 

Cargin,  John  428 


Page 

Carleton,  John  L.  583 

Carlisle,  Lizzie  347 

Carney,  Anna  387 

Carpenter,  Achsah  460 

Alonzo  383 

Amasa  175 

Clark  324 

Cyril  294 

Elizabeth  294 

Emma  298 

Esther  298 

E.  P.  524 

Hannah  297 

J.  A.  133 

Joanna  175 

Josiah  294 

Lucy  173 

Martha  572 

Pollv  164 

Prudence  241 

Sally  296 

iSusannah  297 

Carr,  Alexander  W.  621 

Alice  W.  621 

Allen  P.  621 

Cora  C.  621 

Phebe  445 

Saals  711 

Carrier.  John  708 

Carroll,  Ebenezer  394 

Vilowa  634 

Carson,  Wm.  858 

Carter,  Alma  E.  476 

Eleanor  761 

Nathaniel  554 

Carver,  Clarissa  423 

Case,  Alice  296 

I.  J.  347 

Norman  573 

Cate.  Fidelia  541 

Chadburn,  Sarah  699 

Chadwick.  Ellen  F.  249 

James  M.  249 

Lydia  249 

Chaffer,  Joseph  294 

Chaffine.Caroline  A.  684 

Chamberlain.  Abiel  164 

Alvin  B.  164 

Anna  620 

Benjamin  F.  245 

Betsey  393 

Cephas  C.  246 

Charies  510 

Edwin  165 

Ellen  S.  1'  5 

Elsie  E.  420 

Elizabeth  E.  245 

Elizabeth  R  245 

Emily  L.  165 

Ezra  B.  250 

George  394 

Jacob  69 


826 


INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAMES. 


Ptee 
CbamberUin,  John   437 

John  164 

John  E.  246 

Johnfon  248 

Marv  214 

MarV  C.  248 

Mai7  D.  165 

Maltha  A.  245 

Moridy  248 

Moses  244 

Moses  R.  247 

Rebecca  164 
Champney.  Ebenezer546 

Chandler,  Abby  E.  207 

Abigail  206 

ACTies  E.  170 

Alice  C.  170 

Andrew  267 

Andrew  271 

Caroline  485 

Charles  146 

John  T.  146 

J.  S.  160 

Linus  C.  147 

Lydia  432 

Lydia  H.  500 

Lydia  774 

Maria  420 

Moses         ^  479 

Perley  272 

Stephen  604 

Wm.  169 

Wm.  H.  170 

Chapin  Mary  J.  471 

Mercy  634 

Chapman.  Mr.  441 

Rosalinda  329 

Chase.  Beta  148 

Dudley  102 

Edward  S  699 

Hosea  478 

John  162 

Lucv  162 

Luelle  105 

March  162 

Mercy  147 

Nevada  587 

Samuel  148 

Cheesbro.  P>ances  333 

Cheney,  Ida  473 

Cheever.  Wm.  E.  109 

Church,  Anna  265 

Horace  545 

Jane  518 

Lavina  579 

Lorenzo  454 

Malinda  578 

Mary  707 

Clapper.  Barney  341 

Clark,  Abel  R.*  342 

Alonzo  342 

Alvin  342 


I  Clark,  Ann 
I  Betsey 

Betsey 
!  Charlotte 

f  Clara 

Catherine 

Edward 

Eleazer 

Freeman 

George 

George  W. 

Ilura 

Joseph 

Junius  B. 

I^eTi 

Levi 

Louisa 

Lucretia 

Mary  A. 

Matilda 

Mattie  J. 

Miss 

Moses 

Nathan 

Richard 

Rhodolphus 

Rutger 

Sara 

Sybil 

\^m. 

Wm.  B. 

Zephaniah 

Zulyma 
Clary,  Electa 

F. 

(ieorge 

John  E. 

Willie  A. 
Cleaveland.Edw'd  F 
Cleaveland.  Susan  P 
Clenicnt.  Estelle 
( 'lendenning  John  L 
Clough.  Kittie 

Mathew  J. 

Simon 
Close,  Haltie  E 
Coakley,  James  M. 
Coates,  Angeline 

Miss 

Rebecca 
Cobb,  Alice 

Joshua 
Coburn,  Mary 

Silas 
Codman.  Alonzo  M. 

Charles  U. 
Coen,  Mr. 
Coeman,  Isaac 
Cofferin.  Cafista 

Mary  E. 
Coffin,  Albert 
Colby,  Benjamin 


704  Colby,  Charies  C. 


r06 
204 


680 
342 
251 
342 
342 


Enoch  L. 

Ephrmim  P. 
324  Colbom.John 
651    Cole.  Catherine 

Mr. 

Mary 

Miss' 

Phebe 

Rosabella 
Coleman.  Margaret 
342   Coles.  Manr 
715   Colgate.  Samuel 
182 .  Colgroye.  Amy 

696  i  Colling,  Electa 

697  ■  Collins.  Benjamin 
e97  Mary 
611 !  Colt.  Judab 
355  •  Colting,  Helen  B. 
342   Commers.  Sarah 
463  i  Conant,  Polly 
248  :  Cone,  Mary  ' 
505   Congdon.  Eliza  A.  S. 
355  I  Conger,  I^ura 
356 ;  Conklin.  T.  H. 
351  •  Conoyer,  Hannah  D. 
709 :  Conrad.  John 
565 1            Sophronia 
429  !  Cook,  Arthur 
342 !             Carrie 
342 ,             Eliza 
342 !             Marcellus 
338 1  Philander 
651 !  Cooley,  Charles 


656  Dennis 

641  ,  Eli 

641  ■  Emily 

641  !  Grace 

.131  Ruby 

226 :  Samuel 

713:  Tertius 

.668 ,  Coombs,  Rensselaer 
341  :  Coonley.  Sophronia 
777  ■  Cooper,  Justice 
579 !  Mary 

617  j  Copeland,  Mr. 
Ill  'Corbin,  Aaron 
234 1  Eliakim 

198  Elijah 

15i  I  Hannah 

299 .  Ichabod 

718  Peleg 

537  j  Priscilla 

479  Samuel 

731  !  Susanna 

731  I  Corbit,  Elvira 
716  Corey,  Curtis 
461  Mary  J. 

430  Pali'ence 

430   Corliss,  Helen 
389   Cornton,  Rachel 
536   Coryton,  Ann  E. 


537 

388 
402 

88 
693 
«96 
693 
287 
695 
295 
264 
265 
898 
455 
748 
787 
202 
405 
563 
431 
709 
731 
131 

92 
528 
749 
108 
453 
110 
709 
453 
453 
622 
622 
622 
622 
346 
339 
399 
622 
210 
431 
464 
185 
198 
205 
205 
441 
206 
205 
205 
139 
198 
399 
786 
737 
738 
693 
246 
768 
677 


INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAMES. 


827 


Pasre 

Cotton,  Fanny  709 

Cowden,  Hannah  775 

CJox,  Augusta  V.  575 

Mary  436 

Crabbe,  Katherine  263 

Crafts.  Edward  C.  664 

Thomas  280 

Craig.  Mary  F.  114 

Crandall  Adna  376 

Mr.  777 

Crane,  Amelia  703 

Charles  H.  740 

Clarence  M.  730 

Egbert  184 

Henry  A.  730 

John'M.        •  730 

Cranston.  Albert  707 

Lewin  697 

Lydia  697 

Miry  697 

Crawford,  Frances  540 

Jane  617 

Crippin,  Lucy  389 

Croade.  Adaline  694 

John  695 

Nathaniel  697 

Crocker,  Daniel  681 

Elisabeth  606 

Elisabeth  681 

Hannah  680 

Jonathan  681 

Cromwell,  Anna  321 

Annie  M.  Ill 

Cropsey,  Frank,  348 

Maria  U.  341 

Marandy  341 

Cross,  Austin  788 

Ebenezer  295 

Henry  A.  788 

John  245 

Sarah  E.  788 

Crossett.  Mariah  631 

Crosswell  M.  S  528 

Crowell.  Edward  R.  702 

Crysler  Charles  S.  686 

Culver.  James  459 

Cummings  Dudley  161 

Ebenezer  161 

Cunningham,  Ellen  B 

282 

Joey  D.  405 

Cuppemal,  Amanda  776 

Cups,  Albert  A.  348 

Carrier,  Jane  376 

John  W.  246 

Curtis.  Miletiah  485 

Ruth  A.  147 

Sally  747 

Curtiss.  Clara  E.  224 

Eliza  J.  100 

Harriet  A.  224 

Henry  fi.  224 


Paife 

Curtiss,  John  B.  304 

Laura  198 

Mary  M.  100 

Marv  S.  224 

Gushing,  (iardiner  550 

Hannah  547 

Cushman,  Diantha  229 

Cutler.  Sarah  502 

Cutting,  James  L.  389 

Daff^ett.  Delilah  433 

Dakm,  Louise  499 

Dale,  John  281 

Daley,  Margaret  385 

Dana,  Gideon  621 

Martha  204 

Rebecca  424 

Daniels,  Benjamin  162 

Frances  730 

James  M.  162 

Nellis  K.  163 

Darling,  Maria  444 

Davenport,  Alexaiid'r778 

Henrietta  272 

Davin.  Emily  J.  416 

John  U.  416 

Davidson,  Paul  479 

Davis,  Carlton  C.  410 

Clara  639 

George  H.  410 

Hannah  667 

Henry  410 

Jessie  I.  257 

John  249 

John  294 

John  W.  600 

Josephine  458 

Lois  402 

Louise  264 

Mary  A.  544 

N.  C.  455 

Walter  410 

Wm  696 

Virginia  566 

Davison.  Laura  781 

Dawes,  Sarah  E.  124 

Day.  Charlotte  211 

Deake,  Susan  90 

Dean,  Emma  214 

Louisa  485 

Dearborn.  Emily  A.  713 

Dearing.  Juliette  W.  600 

Decker,  Adelia  374 

Deekor,  Simeon  777 

De  Garis,  Emma  764 

De  Lancey.  Galard  743 

De  Long.  H   B  307 

Demming.  Ebenezer  350 

Hannah  302 

Dennison.  Eliza  J.  443 

Denton,  Libbie  237 

De  Pras,  Christina  777 


Pase 

De  Triquit€,Blanche  418 

Devens,  Susanna  W.  748 

Devoll,  Levi  150 

Dewey,  Dellon  707 

John  106 

John  C.  106 

Laura  704 

Margaret  632 

Martha  E.  705 

Dewing.  Polly  434 

De  Witt,  Ada  J.  443 

Clinton  443 

Elmer  L.  443 

Frank  448 

Wm.  442 

Wm.  443 

Dexter.  Alathea  295 

Benjamin  295 

Esek  295 

Hopestill  295 

Huldah  295 

James  295 

Dexter.  John  295 

Lucina  295 

Mary  295 

Mercy  295 

Nancy  295 

Oliver  295 

Simeon  295 

Timothy  295 

Deyo,  Harriet  783 

Martin  783 

Dibble,  Fitzhugh  273 

Dickenson.  Ann  651 

Clarissa  648 

Miss  677 

Dickerson.  Phebe  381 

Sarah  380 

Dickie,  James  474 

Dickson,  Nancy  237 

Dillaye.  Henry  L.  125 

Dilloway,  Thomas  424 

Dimmick.  Mehitable  508 

Dinsmore.  Esther  92 

Divine,  Dwight  355 

James  355 

John  H.  355 

Dix,  Eleanor  469 

Julia  M.  469 

Diton.  Mr.  716 

Truman  428 

Doane.  Fanny  709 

Dobbins,  James  199 

Dobson,  Jennie  478 

Dodge,  Daniel  531 

Fannie         .  604 

Wm.  A.  632 

Doe.  Nelson  R.  246 

Donehue.  Charles  E.  625 

Dopp,  Svisan  739 

Doremus,  A.  G.  785 

Dorman,  Emily  •  405 


[NDEX  OP  ALL  ALLIED  NAM«»,               ^^ 

1 

P«c« 

Pftice 

■ 

^ 

^^^^H           Dorr,  Abigail 

418 

Ediijunds^,  Leverett 

234 

Fay.  Marth*  M. 

511 

^^^^^H                       Lucrutin 

4in 

EdwardB,  Abbey  A 

133 

Khuda 

la 

^^^^H            Doty,  Silvan  K. 

047 

Alfred 

132 

FeltoD,  Sarah 

23d 

^^^^^H                       Warren 

425 

Esther 

132 

Ferguson,  Lixzte 

m 

^^^^^H            Doiig1a.<is,  Cath^rJtii^  785 

George 

133 

Ferris^  Bensr^n 

m 

^^^^H            Dow.  Nancy 

480 

tlenry 

138 

Elt£a 

m 

^^^^^H           Downer,  Clarissa  S. 

414 

liOiiisa  S, 

133 

Lyman  B. 

m 

^^^^H           Downs,  Atigusta  A. 

376 

Louisia  S. 

551 

Field.  David 

107 

^^^^B 

87(J 

Mary  A. 

701 

Lizzie 

m 

^^^^^H 

376 

OHvpr  A. 

138 

Luiitimla 

m 

^^^^^H 

376 

Eldridge.  Charle* 

720 

J. dm  r 

m 

^^^^^H 

376 

Charles 

780 

SHmli 

m 

^^^^^H            Drak(\  Sarah  L. 

^^•5 

James 

730 

Snna.  P    W. 

60B 

^^^H           Drane>% 

97 

Elkiii^  Solomon 

37G 

^ 

m 

^^^^^B            Draper.  Ann 

423 

Elmer,  Emeline 

97 

Fife,  J.. 

» 

^^^^H                      Dorothy 

423 

Mark  A. 

99 

Filloy.  M*4iL  U 

m 

^^^^^H                       Ebenezer 

423 

Martha 

102 

Fillibrown,  Aiidk 

m  , 

^^^^^H 

401 

Wm 

99 

Fisbell.  Stisii* 

au 

^^^^^H            Drew,  Abi^^ail 

428 

Wm,  W. 

99 

Fisher.  TCli«ibet*i 

!■ 

^^^^H            Duban.  Peter 

579 

Elms.  Susjin 

498 

,li.i«.-  ••' 

■ 

^^^^H            Dudley,  Ann  M. 

290 

SU^Kll 

553 

( ) 

a 

^^^^H                      'Elbndge  6. 

287 

El  wood,  Mary  A. 

725 

Pi»k,  M 

$m 

^^^^^B            Duklee,  Rosa 

185 

Ely.  Riehard'F. 

705 

Fiskts  Amii*  K. 

m 

^^^^H           Duncan,  Chnrks 

488 

Emetison,  Jane 

480 

F^iwjml 

m 

^^^^^H 

488 

Mary  F. 

598 

.l^.i.     : 

m 

^^^H 

175 

Wni  11. 

598 

Filch.  1 

m 

^^^^H            Dnncklee.  Murk  F. 

548 

Wm.  W 

5i>v 

».^ : . .        \ 

m/i 

^^^^^H            Dnnbam, 

342 

Emery,  Anna  L, 

17 

x. 

9 

^^^^H                      Marie 

277 

Emlott.  Anthony 

44,' 

^ — ryrwn 

jM 

^^^H 

339 

Eno,  Mary  O. 

119 

U8C 

^^^H 

343 

En  OS,  .Mosi>s  J. 

308 

Ephraim 

H 

^^^^H           Dunning,  Fidelia 

778 

Erskine.  Ubtw*.  E. 

93 

Franklin 

ifp 

^^^^^H            Diinton.  Adelaide 

133 

EsUilirooks,  Elisabeth  F, 

John 

in 

^^^^^^H            Dim  w  i e  k ,  F red  er'k  • 

f,lU7 

092 

Fiagg,  Adnllne 

m 

^^^^^H 

107 

Julia 

08$ 

Allen 

m 

^^^^^^B 

107 

Evans.  Amos 

742 

Benjamin 

m 

^^^m 

107 

Cephas  J. 
Joun 

74a 

John 

m 

^^^^^m 

378 

714 

Mary 

m 

^^^^^^H            Duren,  Aln^ail 

597 

Margart!t  J. 

533 

Wm 

m 

^^^^^B            Dal  ton,  Mvmn  L. 

340 

633 

Flower.  AUtlim 

^^^^H            Dwight,  Dororhy 

3:t5 

Eyeleth,  Louisa 

286 

Ellmdgr.  W 

m 

^^^^^H 

680 

Everhart,  Carrie  E» 

110 

Emdy  K. 

m 

^^^^^^B 

588 

Ephraim 
Fiord 

119 

tiroye  L. 

m 

^^^^^H          Dyer, 

525 

119 

JeM^ie 

m 

^^^^^B                       Elisabeth 

711 

George  W, 

119 

Fivnn.  Jaiie 

uo 

^^^^H          Dysart,  Margaret 

451 

Satnuel 

119 

Fo'Uett,  Marr  E. 

m 

Evereley,  Maria 

430 

Mr 

m 

^^^^^H           Eagan.  Jotm  W, 

467 

Foltr..  nonrietu* 

111 

^^^^^H           Eames,  Sidney 

538 

Fails*  Ijiicinda 

453 

Fi«:>t-e.  Afn^lm  A. 

pi 

^^^H                       Wmj; 

733 

Fairchild*  Catherin 

>67^ 

I.  ■ 

■■ 

^^^^H           Early,  Lavinia  S. 

748 

t ;Jia$,  S, 

672 

y\ 

^^^^^B          Eastman.  Maria  M. 

411 

Sidney  L. 

672 

Poree.  H.  -.  u  ,-. 

^^^ 

^^^^^^1 

370 

Sc»phia 

6?2 

Jnha  H 

.^^^1 

^^^^^B 

833 

Fales,  Aaioi^ 

446 

Fohl»  Fniitiv  \r 

J^^l 

^^^^^B           Ea.ston,  Haehel 

iMO 

Daniel 

500 

n 

j^^l 

^^^^^H           Eaton.  Aimira 

234 

Falls,  Eloxana 

187 

li 

M^^l 

^^^^^H                       Altezera  E. 

398 

Far,  Hoyal  D, 

808 

.) 

^j^H 

^^^^^H           Kceleston.  Olive  B. 

164 

Farnham.  Mr, 

809 

V 

nil 

^^^^B           E<id>\  Abigail 

mm 

Farr,  Laura 

626 

Fonuan   Mtrmi  >. 

^    1 

^^^^^H 

am 

Fan  nee.  Jul  raC, 

288    Foster J^  C. 

ml 

^^^^^H           Edrnonst^n.  Molly 

410 

Fay,  Abbic5  L. 

5^9 

liaehvl 

^^^^^H           Edmunds,  Harmon 

233 

m 

James 

495 

il 

Fowlor.  AiiKHi 

1 

INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAMES. 


829 


Page 

Fowler,  Ellen  354 

John  531 

John  530 

Julia  354 

Pox,  Annette  640 

Eleanor  251 

Harry  250 

Waldo  434 

Prake,  Wayne  K.  490 

Francis,  Lydia  M.  556 

Franklin,  Dolly  460 

Frary,  Elisabeth  644 

Lydia  652 

Frazer,  Rhoda  108 

Frazier,  Mr.  556 

Mr.  698 

Freden  burgh,  Ebe- 

nezer  737 

Freeman,  Abigail  680 

Albert  460 

Benjamin  161 

Benjamin  299 

Clara  161 

Col.  299 

Cynthia  410 

Deliverance  630 

Elmina  157 

John  161 

Mary  667 

Orson  115 

Wm.  116 

Preemantle,Mary  E.  604 

Freleiffh,  John  E.  88 

French.  Ebenezer  297 

Elkanah  298 

Hannah  507 

John  H.  383 

Maria  B.  383 

Mary  383 

Sarah  628 

Friend,  Mr.  183 

Frink,  Desire  85 

Mary  L.  164 

Sarah  454 

Frost,  Jane  592 

Wm.  592 

Puller,  Emma  M.  642 

Eunice  499 

Experience  506 

Rose  775 

Thankful  496 

Fulrher,  Margaret  481 

Fulton,  Lucretia  254 

Furman,  Alfred  203 

Gage.  Lucy  395 

Gaase,  Fannie  540 

Ganson,  Polly  302 

Gardiner,  Anne  736 

Edward  696 

Rachel  736 

Garey,Edwin  P.  532 


Page 

Garfield,  Edward  503 

MehiUble  590 

Gates,  Cornelia  De.  G.487 

Mr.  350 

Peter  619 

Wm  89 

Gavett,  Mary  701 

Gay,  Clarence  707 

Gear,  Hugh  G.  579 

Mary  A.  477 

George,  Mary  J.  390 

Sophia  499 

Gerrish,  G.  M.  129 

Gerry,  John  P.  537 

Lucius  334 

Sarah  160 

Gerty,  Barney  579 

George  579 

Matilda  579 

Gibbs,  Laura  459 

Norman  C.  459 

Stephen  459 

Gibbons.  Emily  M.  329 

Gibbons,  Jonathan  329 

Montgomery  329 

Mary  S.  329 

Nathaniel  329 

Sophia  '329 

Washington  329 

Gibson,  Bushrod  R.  446 

Gifford,  Arthur  714 

Bessie  714 

Charles  714 

Edith  714 

Geneva  714 

Harold  714 

Wm.  B.  653 

Gilbert.  Betsey  613 

Geo.  W.  473 

Harvey  B.  473 

Gildersleeve,  Samuel  217 

Gillespie,  Celia  316 

Gillett,  Mary  706 

Gilmore,  Alexander  255 

Edwin  A.  256 

James  H.  256 

Wm.  11.  256 

Gilpin.  Abby  J.  378 

Gleason,  Eliza  772 

Goddard,  Alice  H.  140 

Deborah  324 

Goddin,  Hannah  545 

Godding,  Esther  770 

Godfrey,  Kate  141 

Goff,  Cameron  W.  181 

Wm.  W.  181 

Goke,  Mary  429 

Gonez,  Maria  123 

Goodall.  David  G.  383 

Edward  B.  383 

Francis  H.  383 

Hannah  383 


Goodall,  Ira  3^ 

Ira  E  383 

Samuel  H.  383 

Goodell,  Jennie  466 

Joel  529 

Goodenough,  Alfred  612 

Mary  E.  612 

Goodrich.  Anna  P.  639 

Eliza  172 

Ezra  709 

James  G.  316 

Mary  319 

Goodspeed,  Abigail  467 

Goodwin.  Elisabeth  278 

Julia  A.  532 

Gookin.  Warren  382 

Gordon,  Edson  E.  131 

John  771 

Mary  380 

Gore,  Samuel  548 

Gorton.  John  201 

Gould,  Ann  E.  340 

Anna  387 

Ella  388 

Mary  343 

Goulding.  John  511 

Gove,  Helen  S.  537 

Mr.  378 

Gowdy,  John  348 

Gragg,  Mary  768 

Graham.  John  W.  552 

Willard  681 

Grandy.  Polly  618 

Granger,  Samuel  302 

Graves,  Alfonso  622 

Albert  P.  592 

Catherine  592 

Eli  W.  592 

Emma  T.  622 

Hattie  622 

Ijenry  592 

Lawson  692 

Mary  616 

Mary  A.  653 

Ravnold  622 

Simon  W.  592 

Wm.  B.  592 

Willie  M.  123 

Gray.  Anna  309 

Susan  596 

Green,  Abigail  349 

Charles  E.  112 

Dorcas  493 

Ella  112 

Ezra  715 

Jonas  555 

Joseph  112 

John  N.  189 

.      J.  H.  398 

Maria  463 

MaryC.  112 

Myron  235 


830 


INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAMES. 


PARC 

Green,  Oscar  112 

Sarah  337 

W.  E.  723 

Greene,  Benjamin  F.  292 

Joseph  H.        292 

Joseph  W.       292 

Greenwood.  Elisab'h  712 

Lucy  496 

Gregory,  James  M.    433 

Grey,  filiza  382 

Gridley.  FAnny         707 

S.  H.  72«i 

Susanna  285 

Griffin.  Nellie  159 

Griswold.  Albert  M.  570 


Arthur 

Caroline 

Clara 

Damon  A. 

David  E. 

Edgar 

Edwin 

Oscar  D 

Perry  D. 

Sarah 

Seth  N. 

Sylvia  J. 
Groate,  Mary 
Qrover.  Chas.  F. 

Edward  M. 

Luther  S. 
Grout,  Lucy  E. 

Susan  E. 
Guild.  Elvira  E. 

James 

Marv  D. 
Guitreau.  Wnny 

R.  N. 
Gunn.  John 
Gutterson,  Kate 

Hadlcy,  Emma 

Hagar,  Abner 
Benjamin 
Benjamin 

Hagar,  Calvin 
Jonas 
Jonathan 
Luther 
Luther  M. 
Thomas 
Wm. 

Ha^gett.  Jennie  M. 

Haile,  David 
Sarah 

Halcoin,  Sarah  0. 

Hale,  Diadama 
Jane 
Jane 
Rebecca 
Truman 
Hall,  A. 


Hale,  Clarinda 

David 

Edward 

Elisha 

Emma  J. 

Franklin 

Hiram 

Jane  A. 

Lavinia 

Mary 

M. 

Romulus 

Wm. 
Hallowell,  Caleb 
Hamblin,  Deliver 
ance 

Ebenezer 
Hamilton.  Gorham 

Hannah 

H.  A. 


F*ge 

4^0 
285 
286 
589 
162 
249 
286 
593 
386 
285 
100 
589 
462 
743 


570 

568 

709 

568 

565! 

567 1  Hammond.  Caroline  184 


681 
606 
612 
447 
466 


570 

Elisabeth 

559 

566 

Georgiana 

730, 

567 

Olive 

729 

560 

Walter  S. 

391 

567 

Hampton.  Eliza 

151 

567 

p^arah 

783 

382 

Hancock.  Ellt-ii  M. 

744 

248 

Hiindr.  Georgt*  W. 

776 

248 

Hanforfl,  Abbie  J. 

127 

248 

Harriet 

127 

608 

Z.  F. 

127 

776 

Hans,  Mr 

771 

461 

Harding.  Mary  E. 

387! 

413 

Harmon  Byron  M. 

291 

413 

Harney,  J. 

782  i 

673 

Harri man. George  B 

.246 

673 

Mr. 

376 

41G 

[larnngton.  Beulah  554 

530 

Uiantha 

4r>2  • 

Jcnnette 

317 

544 

Harris.  Benjamin  F 

.108 

603 

Betsey 

107 

560 

G.  W. 

708 

561 

Hannah 

244 

563 

Isaac 

376 

564 

John  B. 

108 

562 

Mark 

108 

563 

Pamelia 

108 

561 

Piiscilla 

77 

563 

Thirza  J. 

378 

554 

Wm. 

108 

782 

Harrison.  Eliza 

246 

668 

Joseph 

777 

694 

Lizzie  M. 

467 

184 

Hart,  Anna  G. 

704 

307 

Charles 

737 

548 

George 

736 

725 

Joseph 

748 

496 

Lucv 

737 

429 

Mar'y 

736 

99 

Nancy 

613 

Hart,  Thomas  TS? 

Hartgrave.  Charles 

L.  415 

Isabellc  M.  415 

James  B.  415 

Lucia  M.  415 

.     Sarah  S.  415 

Hatch.  Abigail  373 

Eluthera  306 

Harriet  375 

Julia  234 

Mar>  711 

Hathome.  'Ezra  717 

Julia  722 

Susan  722 

Hii  veils  Caroline  B.  289 

Klwnpzer  422 

Mawcs,  Ella  A.  467 

Huwkins,  Betsey  576 

Esther  448 

Uftwks,  Ct*hi^tiii  M.  622 

Elisttb^ih  613 

Lyman  625 

Mercy  608 

Moses  613 

Orville  543 

Waitstill  619 

Hawley.  Diadama  481 

Haydfn,  Lacy  617 

Ilttvcs.  Belinda  44(1 

Jonathan  298 

ilityford.  Harrison  771 

HaVs.  Elisabeth  853 

Elmira  353 

Mary  353 

Hazeltine,  Chas.  H.  247 

Fannv  465 

Hyatt  S.  247 

Jared  M.  247 

Marv  P.  250 

Olive  A.  249 

Ilazen.  Charles  M.  457 

Hazleton.  Ella  544 

Healev.  Ellen  W.  508 

'John  D.  217 

Heath,  Abner  387 

Amos  K.  887 

Dudley  C.  387 

Edward  K.  387 

Everet  K.  388 

Henrv  K.  388 

Joseph  387 

Marv  C.  887 

Martha  587 

Melissa  K.  278 

Sarah  345 

Willard  C.  887 

Heaton,  Austin  C.  533 

Calvin  P.  538 

Clarence  582 

James  525 

Maggie  566 


INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAMES. 


831 


Paire 

Hcttton,  Henry  ^25 

Solomon  532 

Wra.  531 

Wm.  C.  532 

Hebbard  E?elyn  L.  UK) 

Heizer  LidaJ  386 

Heiuenwav.  Lydta  642 

Hem^trau^htj  Miss  481 

Henry,  Mary  300 

Henshftw.  Anna  T.  730 

Charles  730 

Charles  C.  730 

Charles  D.  730 

David  730 

George  730 

John  730 

Herrick.  Charles  K.  264 

John  T.  728 

Kate  8.  780 

Hewitt  Charles  109 

Edmund  109 

Ijouis  109 

Walter  109 

Walter  110 

Hibbard,  Hannah  390 

Isabella  277 

John  278 

John  368 

Wm.  B  249 

Hibbart.  Seth  349 

Hicks,  Emma  7371 

Esther  322 1 

Jonathan  696 , 

Mary  740 

Higgins.  Armenia  233 

Elon  G.  592 1 

Hildreth,  Dennis  L.  378 

Hannah  525 

HUl,  Charles  233 

David  295 

Huldah  293 

Jafnes  295 

Mary  181 

Mr.  672 

Hilliard.Gilbert  L.  715 

Billnmn  Fmlerick  578 

Hmsiiiade,  John  115 

Hinckley,  Olive  A.  626 

Hinds,  Mwry  505 

Hitchcock,  James  C.  609 

Jones  634 

Nathaniel  609 

Hoadley,  Minerva  271 

Hobbs.  Nathan  498 

Phebe  503 

William  498 

Hodgdon,  John  580 

Hodge,  Aspinwall  265 

and  789 

Sarah  162 

Hodges.  George  285 

Seth  459 


Paw 

Hoffman.  Betsey  298 

Henry  298 

Mr.  697 

Hoit,  Jonathan  666 

Mrs.  364 

Holbrook,  Calvin  187 

Mehitable  420 

Mr.  730 

Hollis.  Esther  E.  499 

Esther  504 

Hollister.  Amos  205 

Mclis<a  226 

Holman.  Abby  683 

Holmes.  Almi'ra  216 

Brittian  777 

Hannah  B.  285 

Israel  201 

James  777 

Louisa  365 

Olivia  784 

Holt,  Durenda  593 

Holton.  Francis  H.  291 

Hooker,  Sally  213 

Hopkins,  Edward  P.  512 

HornclK  Arthur  'Vyii 

Martha  354 

Horner.  David  54iJ 

Horr,  Isaac  627 

John  627 

Lot  627 

Hort  )n,  Sophronia  732 

irosiiier,  Anna  559 

Jtimgh,  Munettrt  747 

Mr.  747 

House   Tiinothv  597 

Timothy"  599 

Hovey,  Fanny  58i5 

Ilowani,  r>]iniel  49") 

Eliza  C.  413 

IsiXiic  769 

Jane  453 

Lucy  596 

Margary  692 

Martha  520 

Sarah  J.  330 

Warren  165 

Howe,  Alvin  R.  88 

Anna  D.  88 

Columbus  181 

Israel  88 

Joseph  500 

Jcmathan  450 

Mary  517 

Mr  556 

Philo  88 

Rebecca  474 

Howell,  Eliza  K.  429 

Howland,  Hiram  737 

Lois  738 

Stephen  736 

Thankful  666 

Iloyle,  Mary  737 


Page 

Hubbard.  Giles  H.  185 

Giles  608 

Giles  611 

Lucy  544 

Tamson  561 

Hudson,  Robert  448 

Hulbert.  Thomas  462 

Hunt,  Aurelia  587 

Sarah  E.  132 

Hunter.  Jos.  R.  521 

Virginnia  675 

Hurd,  Jane  382 

John  382 

Hurlbert,  Henry  792 

Hutchins,  Chester  382 

Ezra  C,  382 

Henry  C.  382 

Horace  G.  382 

Keziah  478 

Lucretia  382 

Marthas.  382 

Moses  P:  382 

Rosanna  382 

Samuel  382 

Sarah  295 

Ilutchinsim,  David  746 

Edward  M.  746 

Ezra  M.  466 

James  P.  466 

Martha  366 

Hyde,  Andrew  424 

Francis  B.  631 

Henrv  F.  197 

Wm.J.  289 

Ide,  Clarissa  P.  512 

Leaffo  296 

Monroe  170 

Illender,  Elisabeth  646 

Ingalls.  Edmund  146 

Ephraim  146 

Harry  S.  146 

Henry  145 

Renssalaer  146 

Ingalsbee,  Julius  346 

Ingersoll,  Edward  704 

James  C.  705 

John  M.  705 

Wm.  E.  704 

Ingle,  Joseph  686 

Susan  687 

Inloes.  Temperance 

A.  758 

In  man,  Henry  L.  415 

Irving.  Nathan  354 

Ives,  Julius  351 

Ivins,  Hector  C.  745 

Jackman.  James,  452 

Jackson,  Andrew  612 

Byron  743 

Chloe  396 

Eleazer  243 


832 


INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAMEa 


pAge 

Jackson »  Kittie  345 

Mr.  341 

Phebe  716 

Jacobs,  Mr.  767 

James,  Mary  397 

Janes,  Mr.  616 

Jaques.  Samuel  W.  550 

Mrs.  Smith  566 

Jaquis,  Wm.  377 

Jenckes,  Minerva  D.  688 

Jenks,  Stephen  383 

Jenkins.  Elisabeth  510 

Mary  A.  417 

Mary  K.  289 

Mr.  183 

Jenney,  Mary  C.  690 

Mary  694 

Jerrold,  Daniel  C.  417 

Jessop.  Ann  759 

Jewell.  Betsey  1 19 

Elisabeth  784 

Jewett,  James  473 

Joseph  317 

Polly  108 

Johnson.  Abigail  428 

Agnes  778 

Alexander M.  345 

Anna  422 

Asa  422 

Asa  423 

Betsey  632 

Betsey  205 

Carver  423 

Dolly  422 

Dorothy  440 

Ebenczer  423 

Edward  423 

Flovd  119 

Ilarvev  C.  423 

Levi    *  422 

Lyman  403 

Mary  403 

Mary  423 

Mary  422 

Martha  196 

Nathaniel  422 

Nathaniel  T.  423 

Pamelia  423 

Pede  627 

Peter  422 

Ruby  S.  247 

Sarah  422 

Silas            ■  422 

Spencer  416 

Stephen  422 

Walter  563 

Wm.  422 

Johnston,  Jane  382 

Joseph  473 

Jones,  Abigail  444 

Ammatilla  720 

Ariana  533 


Jones,  A.  W. 

Betsey 

Charles 

Dexter 

Edwin 

Elijah 

Ella  A. 

Emily 

George  C. 

Georgiana 

Harry  H. 

Ida 

Jennie 

Samuel 
Joslin,  Ida 

Sally 
Josh,  Minnie 
Judd,  Ira  M. 
Keeler,  Esther 
Keith,  Adelphus 

Amanda 

Artimas 

Benjamin 

Chas.  E. 

Cyril 

Edwin 

Elijah 

Emily 

Frederick 

Ichabod 

Irwin 

Jeptha 

Jessie 

Jonathan 

Joseph  H. 

Joseph  O. 

Joseph 

Marion 
N         Mary 

Mclvin 

Oscar 

Susanna 

Wm. 
Kellogg.  Jennie  E. 

Martin 
Kelly,  Hannah 
*  JohnK. 

J.W^ 

Mary  F. 

Smith 
Kelsey.  Albion  H. 

Geo.  W. 

Herbert 

John 

Sarah 

Wm  A. 
Kendall,  Arthur 

L.  D.^ 
Kenderdine,*  Elisa- 

beth 
Kent,  Catherine 

Enos 


Page 
720 
631 
770 
420 
720 
137 
897 
219 
720 
257 
375 
720 
447 
251 
581 
525 
99 
614 
432 
478 
476 
475 
476 
477 
476 
470 
478 
475 
477 
475 
478 
475 
475 
477 
476 
476 
475 
477 
477 
478 
475 
475 
477 
90 
183 
703 
710 
556 
643 
643 
581 
583 
581 
581 
107 
580 
279 
279 

745 
190 
724 


Page 

Keyes,  Carrie  463 

Clarence.  682 

Elias  434 

Louisa  817 

Lucy  775 

Mary  682 

Kidder,  Chas.  D.  639 

Killam,  Charles  217 

Edward  217 

Eliza  551 

Francis  551 

James  551 

James  C.  551 

Julia  217 

Rodney  551 

Kimball,  Abigail  373 

Eugene  127 

Polly  552 

Walter  177 

King,  Ann  763 

Albert  347 

Elizabeth  637 

Fanny  453 

Sarah  115 

S^rah  769 

Susan  476 

Susan  683 

Kingsbury,  Louisa  443 

Mr.  553 

Kingsley,  Stephen  612 

Kinney,  Adino  331 

Charles  331 

Florus  331 

Harriet  331 

Israel  331 

Joseph  330 

Joseph  C.  331 

Lorenzo  C  330 

Lorenzo  W.  3;^0 

Lucinda  831 

Kinnicut,  Amy  697 

Kinsley,  Esther  653 

Kirby,  Hannah  736 

Kirk,  Joseph  743 

Sarah  743 

Kirkpatrick,  Mary  527 

Knapp,  Emma  193 

Julia  593 

Kneeland.  Emily  682 

Knick.  Albert  399 
Knickerl)ocker,  An- 

genetta  447 

Knight,  Mary  559 

Knowlton,  Mr.  301 

Wallace  185 

Knox,  Norman  L.  344 

Koons,  Geo.  W.  359 

Kugler,  Carl  699 

Ladd.  Elisabeth  665 

LaFever.  Mary  C.  119 

Lakeman,  Emma  273 


INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAMES. 


833 


Page 

Lakeman,  Frank  272 

Richard  271 

Lamb,  Cynthia  465 

Eineline  377 

Frances  455 

Frank  465 

Hannah  687 

John  428 

Lamson,  Hannah  576 

Lancaster,  Edward 

M.  287 

Lane.  Harriet  586 

Kate  584 

Sarah  297 

Lang,  Alice  870 

Caroline  B.  373 

Charles  374 

Henry  870 

John  869 , 

Lucy  294 ' 

Luvia  872 

Martha  370 

Martha  874 

Mchitable  369 

Wm.  874 

Wm.  369 

Wm.  D.  870 

Langdon,  John  H.  322 ' 

Penina  724  j 

Lanning,  John  768  i 

Lansing,  Mannette  268  \ 

Larcom,  Charles  708 1 

Julia  489 

Larkin,  Ann  R.  716 

Betsey  716 

Ruthl  716 

Sarah  P.  761 

Lamed,  Hannah  849 

John  295 

Lathrop,  Joseph  508 

Mary  ^  667 

Lawrence,  Asa  428 

Frances  L.M.  604 

Jane  596 

Joseph  681 

Sarah  880 

Theodore  885 

Laws,  Mary  551 

Lawton,  Mary  K.  782 

Lay,  Rebecca  788 

Leach.  Harriet,  414 

Leamard,  David  495 

Geo.  C.  870 

Leavens,  Hiram  643 

Lucinda  444 

Leavitt.  Herbert  190 

John  100 

J.  W.  189 

Luther  190 

Susan  190 

Led  yard,  Benjamin  674 

Catherine  671 


Paire 

Ledyard,  Glen  C.  674 

John  H.  675 

Samuel  674 

Samuel  S.  675 

Timothy  C.  675 

T   Scott  675 

Lee,  J.  H.  436 

Mary  813 

Mildred  418 

Polly  479 

Roswell  479 

Samuel  555 

Leighton,  Ellen  163 

Leland.  Ada  L.  124 

Leman,  Polly  G.  298 

Lemon.  Elizabeth  725 

Lent.  Eliza  782 

Leonard,  Austin  451 

Daniel  458 

David  458 

Eliza  377 

Elmer  451 

Gamaliel  456 

Harvey  458 

Henry  292 

Roland  454 

LeSure.  Harriet  509 

Levy,  Anna  521 

Lewis,  Catherine         87 

Joshua  4S4 

Mary  E.  739 

Mr.  185 

Mrs.  667 

S.  A.  455 

Lewthstrom,  Carl  714 

Lightnor,  Margaret  517 

LiUie,  Charles  W.  157 

Lilly,  Justin  158 

Linch,  Kate  E.  577 

Lincklaen.  Helen  672 

Lincoln.  Artimesia     93 

Lind,  Chas.  268 

Edward  268 

Lindsav,  David  711 

Linkfteld.  Louisa  747 

Linnett.  Mary  606 

Mr.  667 

Litchfield,  Emma  678 

Lithgow,  Llewllyn  550 

Little,  Clarissa  465 

Maria  718 

Mattie  772 

Livermore,  Harriet  449 

Lydia  449 

Lydia  554 

Livingston,  Catherine 

263 

Lloyd.  Benjamin  743 

Clay  A.  746 

Sarah  744 

Locke,  Benj.  D.  579 

Nathaniel  551 


Paee 

Lockley,  Wm. 
Long.  Harriet 

431 

535 

Mary 

585 

Longley,  Joseph 

558 

Loomer,  Joseph  E, 

476 

Loomis,  Anna 

535 

Charlotte 

801 

Grace 

298 

Hannah 

883 

Loosa,  P. 

480 

Lord,  Benjamin 

851 

Benjamin 

354 

Ebenezer 

853 

Hezekiah 

354 

Isaac 

380 

John 

353 

Joseph 

851 

Richard 

353 

Timothv 

354 

Wm.     ' 

852 

Loucks,  Ella 

488 

Louden,  Rodney 

127 

Lougher,  Annie 

514 

Loveland,  John 

334 

Low,  James 

532 

Lowe,  Abbie 

544 

Austin 

544 

Calvin 

544 

Edward 

544 

Mary 

544 

Lowell.  Alice 

714 

Hannah 

627 

Lowman,  Charles 

861 

George 

861 

James 

861 

Lowrie,  Jane  B. 

514 

Walter 

684 

Lowry,  Maggie 

464 

Luce,  Andrew 

779 

Benj. 

780 

(^has.  M. 

780 

Chas,  W. 

781 

George 

780 

Mary 

780 

Oren 

780 

Thomas 

781 

Lull,  Abner 

449 

Lumbard.  Cordelia 

733 

Lusk,  Cynthia 

634 

Luther,  John 

693 

Nancy 

696 

Patience 

695 

Sally 

693 

Lutzel,  Julia 

780 

Lyman,  Apama 

148 

Hannah 

482 

Wm. 

877 

Lyon,  Aaron 

206 

Aaron 

198 

Amasa 

204 

Azubah 

259 

(/harles 

211 

834 


INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAMES. 


Lyon,  Elisha  211 

Elisha  M.  211 

Elisha  198 

Hattie  211 

Judah  210 

Lucia  561 

Lydia  215 

Lyman  206 

Mary  79 

Moses  243 

Nehemiah  198 

Olive  211 

Roxana  188 

Sally  252 

Lyons,  Alexander  765 

Lytle,  James  785 

Robt.  784 

Wm.  F.  785 

MacParlane.  Mary  702 

Madden.  B.  M.  89 

Frances  89 

Isaac  89 

Mary  C.  89 

Maddock,  Ruth  494 

Malcom,  Mary  849 

Mallen,  Alice  248 

Maltby,  Benjamin  331 

Sarah  787 

Stephen  7^8 

Manly,  Lilley  S.  628 

Mann.  Julia  A.  255 

Manning,  Alice  207 

Mary  E.  706 

Mansur,  Abbie  247 

Marcy,  Maria  147 

Miss  266 

Markham  Olive  W.  623 

Marrone.  Caroline  437 

Marsh,  Edwards  645 

Geo.  451 

Margaret  623 

Maria  370 

Pamelia  568 

Marshall,  Charlotte  548 

Sarah  578 

Samuel  563 

Will  104 

Mafther,  Caroline  W.278 

Martin,  Albro  450 

Elisabeth  771 

Isabella  428 

Mr.  556 

Sarah  561 

S.  W.  452 

Marvin,  Catherine  617 

Mascraft,  Sarah  428 

Mason,  Abbey  207 

Augustus  207 

Berenthia  143 

Cassity  719 

Elias  207 

Elijah  428 


P*«:e 

Mason,  Elisabeth  495 

Georgia  719 

Harriet  612 

Ida  730 

Joseph  719 

Mary  719 

Mary  A.  696 

Sophia  259 

Mathews,  Freeman  302 

J.  B.  358 

Mathewson,  Amy  258 

Brocholst  258 

George  258 

Mary  258 

Sarah  255 

Max.  Mr.  108 

May.  Abelard  204 

Amasa  204 

Asa  206 

Asa  207 

Asa  421 

Benjamin  295 

Betsey  195 

Betsey  241 

Caleb  420 

Carlo  252 

Charles  171 

Charles  420 

Edward  195 

Eliakim  198 

Elisabeth  198 

Eliza  210 

Ephraim  206 

Ephraim  421 

Erastus  195 

Ezra  252 

Ezra  202 

Ezra  C.  207 

Ezra  C.  420 

Frank  252 

Geo.  204 

Geo.  195 

Henrietta  185 

Henry  172 

Irving  195 

John  418 

John  419 

Joshua  419 

John  420 

John  B.  420 

Joseph  395 

Lillian  252 

Ijucy  ion 

Lucy  211 

Mary  252 

Mary  207 

Matilda  196 

Mary  172 

Mary  252 

Nancy  252 

Nehemiah  199 

Nehemiah  421 


May,  Sally 
Silas 
Sarah 
Sylvia 
Thomas 
Thomas 
Trenck 
WiUard 


P»jee 
207 
259 
241 
171 
421 
324 
196 
196 


Maynard,  Antipas  554 
McAbee.  Lewis  579 

Mc Arthur,  Bessie  D.  534 
McCabe,  P.  S.  423 

McCain,  Jane  183 

McCartney.Henry  H.633 
McCaslin,  Catherine  683 
McCleary,  Anna        489 

Samuel  128 

Samuel  489 

Thomas  489 

McClelland,  John      731 

Mary  251 

McClintock,  Oliver  520 
McConeghy,  Mary  115 
McCook,  Frances  520 
McCracen.  Mary  768 
McCrea,  Elisabeth  550 
McCourtie,  Arnold  B.633 
McDonald,  A.  J.        488 

Frederick  535 
McFarland,  Louisa  510 
McKinney.  Edward  202 

Wm.  A.  202 

McLoud.  Sophia  786 
McMillan,  John  844 
McMinnen.Charlotte579 
McNeil.  Wm.  757 

xMcPhail,  Thomas  717 
McReam.  Herrick  361 
Meacham.Sophronia  218 
Meares,  John  377 

Mecum,  Mary  363 

Meek,  Thomas  231 

Meeker,  Stoddard  376 
Meigs,  Loraine  433 

Melvin.  Geo.  570 

Merchant,  Andrew  201 
Merriam,  Sara  V.  D.  634 
Merrill,  Henry  J.      780 

Lestine  394 

Merriman.  Cyrus  184 
Merritt.  Wesley  476 
Merwin,  Mrs.  Elias  674 
Messinger,  Harriet    264 

Sarah  295 

Metcalf,  Hezekiah     505 

J.  283 

Richard  405 

Michael,  Susan  414 

Michener,  Deborah  746 
Middleton, Margaret  737 
Miller,  Abigail  593 

Alice  701 


INDEX  OF  ALT.  ALLIED  NAMES. 


885 


Page 

Miller,  Edwin 

701 

Elisabeth 

760 

Enoch 

431 

Henry  F. 

700' 

Henry  F. 

701 

James 

701; 

John 

344! 

Lewis 

416! 

Miss 

693 

Molly  T. 

696 

Peter 

471 

Walter 

701 

Wm.  T. 

701 

Millett,  Daniel 

322 

Stephen  C, 

322 

Mills,  Ashley 

170 

Ashley  P. 

170 

Byron 

109 

Charles 

170 

Jonathan 

109 

Mary 

421 

Minnie^ 

378 

Wm.  0. 

176 

Miner,  Eunice 

277  = 

Minot,  Geo. 

224 

Sally 

303 

Wm. 

394 

Mishar.  Elmira 

564 

Mitchell,  Austin  E. 

633, 

Francis 

552' 

Joseph 

478; 

Lucinda 

706' 

Lucy 

787 

Samuel 

552 

Moflfatt.  Alathea 

732 

Mary  J. 

788 

Moody,  Wm. 

747 

Moore,  Amanda 

417 

Ann 

750 

Geo. 

481 

Lucy 

724 

Rebecca 

382 

Sally 

252 

Zoher  C. 

481 ; 

Morey,  Levina 

330  1 

Morgan,  Maranda 
Morley,  Frederick 

361; 

748: 

Morris.  Anna 

394  1 

Asa 

478 

Elisabeth 

400 

Eliza 

382 

Grace 

70 

Lctitia 

253 

Morrison,  Laura 

530 

Maria 

537 

Morse,  Albert 

180 

Amasa 

405 

Celina 

180 

Charles 

435 

Charles  W. 

263 

Charlotte 

789 

Chauncoy 

170 

Page 

Pasre 

Morse,  David 

179 

Murray,  Robt. 

578 

Dorothea 

220 

Muzzy,  Adolphus 

594 

Earl 

180 

*  Joseph 

594 

Edward 

263 

Myers,  Hattie 

305 

Emily. 

180 

Emma 

146 

Nasely.  John 

158 

Fitz  A. 

405 

Nash,  Chas.  D. 

563 

Fitzhugh 

404 

Nason,  Chas. 

591 

Floyd 

185 

Christopher 

591 

Frances 

316 

Wm 

712 

Frank 

435 

Naylor,  Percilla 

735 

George 

171 

Neal.  Helen  J. 

289 

Gilbert 

264 

Nelson,  Amariah  C. 

720 

Henry  A. 

405 

Eben  L. 

720 

Henry  ('. 

183 

Ebenezer 

720 

James 

435 

E.  P. 

383 

James  F. 

262 

Henry  C. 

389 

J.  H. 

435 

Newell,  Ann 

594 

John  C. 

435 

Nellie 

705 

John  B. 

212 

Sarah 

401 

Jedediah 

259 

Newhall.  M&ry  A. 

698 

Linus 

183 

Newman,  Darius 

579 

Lydia 

176 

Henrjr 

579 

Lyman 

403 

Newton.  Eliza 

505 

Mary 

180 

Israel 

344 

Nancy 

180 

Peter 

505 

Nancy 

199 

Nichols.  Asher  P. 

329 

Nathan 

171 

Nicholson,  Mary 

484 

Parker 

458 

Sarah 

74^ 

Richard 

264 

NicoU.  Mary  S. 

678 

Rose  i  us 

181 

Niles,  B.  F. 

f62 

Samuel  F.  B 

260 

H.  H. 

532 

Sarah 

214 

Nillis.  Edna  A. 

781 

Sidney  C. 

265 

Nims,  Daniel 

613 

Sherman 

184 

Israel 

619 

Sophia 
'      Willard 

220 

Nixon,  Elisabeth 

131 

185 

Nolan,  Mr. 

718 

Wm. 

263 

Norcross,  Josiah 

495 

Morton.  Amelia 

353 

Sarah 

494 

Oliver 

610 

Nordaby,  Robert    . 
North,  Lucy 

784 

Moseley,  Anne 

442 

597 

Mosher.HenricttaK.762 

Northrop,  Mary 

195 

Moss,  Chas.  S. 

525 

Norton,  Lydia 

715 

Mosure.  Asenath 

740 

Miss 

713 

Mott,  P:iisabcth 

432 

Sarah 

161 

Emma 

720 

Noxon,  Thomas 

500 

Flora 

585 

Noyes,  Franklin 

201 

Moulton.  Charlotte 

384 

Nutter,  Mary  C. 

400 

Dudlcv  C. 

390 

Nutting.  Georgia 

718 

John  il. 

443 

Nye,  Fannie 

176 

Smith 

389 

John  H. 

122 

Munsell,  John 

457 

Susan  C. 

691 

Reuben 

456 

Wm. 

456 

Oliphant.  Silas 

339 

Munson.  Cornelia 

214 

Olive,  Young  B 
Olmstead.  Clara 

706 

Murdock.  Joshua 

401 

713 

Josiah 

401 

Hattie 

463 

Levina 

588 

Olney,  John  Q.  A. 

516 

Louisa 

721 

Ormsby,  Betsey 

702 

Murless,  Herbert 

653 

Caleb 

297 

Murray.  Elisabeth 

139 

Eliza 

173 

Hannah 

421 

Hannah 

468 

836 


INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAMES. 


Page 

Osborn,  Thomas  439 

Osborne.  Emma  541 

Wm.  541 

Osgood,  Lucy  497 

Ostrander,  Stephen  570 

Ozanne,  Florence  527 

M.  P.  527 

Page,  Frances  316 

Sally  829 

Susan  387 

Susanna  164 

Paine,  Dolly  346 

Ebenezer  478 

Geo.  252 

John  437 

Laura  181 

Mary  212 

Merrick  242 

Pallado,  Daniel  576 

Palmer,  Abram  148 

A.  H.  397 

Elisabeth  65 

Lucy          .  548 

Mana  550 

Moses  465 

Rachel  444 

Parish,  Amy  350 

Parker   Abigail  508 

Benjamin  497 

Fannv  776 

Geo.  '  715 

■  Marv  681 

'^MilfP.  314 

Roxanna  665 

Parkhurst,  Mary  E.  291 

Parks,  Phebe  554 

Parmalee,  Catherine  631 

Nelson  698 

Parmenter,  Lucy  496 

Parrington,  Elijah  771 

Parry,  Thomas  74:{ 

Parsons,  Charles  650 

Edwin  528 

Elisabeth  713 

Lewis  651 

Oliver  528 

Oliver  M.  528 

Wm.  G.  528 

Patterson.  Alexander  98 

Charlotte  343 

Mary  101 

Wm.  664 

Pattison,  Mr.  758 

Paul,  Anson  343 

Payne,  Alfred  9^ 

Henry  92 

Susan  92 

Peabody,  Richard  478 

Peacock.  Submit  94 

Peake,  Thomas  395 

Pease,  Charles  601 


Pace 

P^f« 

Pease,  Olive 

79 

Phillips,  Charles 

117 

Peat,  Amanda 

283 

Christiana 

m 

Peats,  Frank  F. 

582 

Cyrus 

04 

Peck,  Betsey 

432 

Edward 

200 

John 

296 

John 

199 

Jonathan 

296 

John 

200 

Julia 

137 

John 

201 

Nancy 

256 

Julia 

2U0 

Pendergast,  Franci 

s536 

Mandana 

263 

Penniman.  Miss 

205 

Mary 

65;i 

Pennock,  Ruth  A. 

146 

Owen 

200 

Pere,  Luth  L. 

450 

Sceva 

201 

Perkins,  Jane  L. 

687 

Seth 

201 

Julia 

127 

Tempe 
Ward 

199 

Mason 

563 

200 

Perrin.  Augustus 

281 

Phipi 

[>s,  Mar>' 

749 

Clarissa 

486 

Plank,  Francis 

747 

Mr. 

205 

Piatt 

.  Augustus 

492 

Mrs. 

293 

Charles 

492 

Nancy 

435 

Chester 

492 

Samuel 

69 

Elias 

77» 

Perry,  Chauncey 

456 

Sarah 

494 

Daniel 

296 

Sophia 

381 

Daniel 

434 

Wm. 

492 

Dorcas 

395 

Plimpton.  Persia 

164 

Elijah 

434 

Plumb.  Chloe 

2in> 

Henry 

186 

Pomeroy,  Ilenrietl 

a  219 

James 

187 

Henry 

219 

Jasiel 

293 

Jerome 

218 

Jasiel 

294 

Pope 

,  John 

IIH 

John 

294 

Thomas 

441 

Lester 

456 

Porter,  Candace 

393 

Lizzie 

717 

Charles 

«ir> 

Lura 

187 

E  Payson 

614 

Miss 

456 

Emily 

fiTyi 

Ralph 

186 

Henry 

407 

Stephen 

293 

James 

477 

S.  A.  T. 

790 

Marv 

123 

Timothv 

293 

Mary  E. 

6S7 

Wm. 

434 

Post. 

Jenette 

711 

Petrie,  Charles 

589 

Lucy 

10t» 

Mortimer 

489 

Marv 

:m): 

Walter 

589 

Potter,  Albert 

214 

Pettibone.  Abram 

708 

Amandn 

a*)4 

Pettis,  Betsey 

698 

Benjamin 

214 

Pet  tit,  Mr. 

85 

Caleb 

214 

Paris 

88 

Charles  (\ 

214 

Pickering,  Anna 

744 

Charles  H. 

214 

Pierce,  hllen 

500 

Clan»nce 

66>' 

Eunice 

497 

Cyrus 
Elisha 

214 

Geo. 

768 

214 

Heber 

784 

(George 

2ia 

Helen 

741 

Geor^^  M. 
Hams 

214 

Isaac 

286 

214 

Mary 

185 

Joseph 

."iW 

Ruhama 

553 

Marv 

214 

Pierson,  John  T. 

714 

Milton 

214 

Pillsbury.  Benjamin  247 

Stephen 

-^214 

Pitney,  Lucv 
Pitt,  Mr. 

196 

Wm. 

214 

749 

Powers.  Daniel 

^^'} 

Phelps,  Nathan 

607 

David 

675 

Phillips,  Amelia 

200 

Dora 

581 

INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAKES. 


887 


Paw 

Page 

Powers,  John 

579 

Reuter,  Abraham 

875 

Maria 

392 

Re  voir,  Battese 

489 

Martin 

393 

Ricard.  Lewis 

563 

Mary 

381 

Mary 

146 

Pratt.  Eben 

291 

Rice,  Benjamin 

158 

nclen 

323 

Betsey 

130 

Henry 

218 

Jemima 

301 

Mahala 

583 

Mary  P. 

313 

Mary 

585 

Mary  E. 

442 

Prentice,  Elisabeth 

510 

Martha 

524 

Theodore 

518 

Martha 

624 

Prentiss,  Robt. 

626 

Melissa 

612 

Preston,  Carrie 

331 

Rebecca 

212 

Price.  Daniel 

739 

Zalmon 

118 

Maggie 

7«9 

Rich,  Ellen 

464 

Nannie 

519 

Richards.  Betsey 

497 

Priest,  Joseph 

503 

David 

338 

Prince.  Elisiibeth 

329 

Elisabeth 

408 

Prindle,  Ebenezer 

572 

Hannah 

410 

Leicester 

572 

Hepsibah 

281 

Lewis 

572 

Julia 

438 

Linnie 

570 

Levantia 

278 

Lyman 

570 

Sarah 

282 

Remsen 

670 

Wm. 

109 

Sarah 

572 

Richardson  Charles  102  | 

Wm. 

572 

i\ 

101 

Prosser,  Wm. 

147 

C  T. 

101 

Parcel,  Hugh 

768 

Cornelius 

102 

Pnrdy,  Angeline 

432 

Ebenezer 

97 

George 

177 

Frances 

540 

James 

94 

Franklin 

102 

Raflferty,  Francis 

131 

Geo. 

715 

Ramsdell.  Stephen 

457 

Harriet 

2881 

Randall,  David 

484 

Joseph 

715 

Sally 

370 

Mehitable 

555 

Silas 

484 

Ralph 

715 

Randolph.  Matilda 

592 

R.  E. 

96 

Ransom,  J.  Clinton 

93 

Ruth 

213 

Raiison,  P>asmus 

207 

Serril 

715 

Luther 

428 

Warren 

96 

Pauline 

775 

Richmond.  Geo. 

^20 

Urinda 

106 

John 

338 

Rea.  Elisabeth 

740 

Juliette 

253 

Read.  Amos 

294 

Wm. 

720 

Clarissa 

561 

Rickard.  Rhoda 

239 

Deliverance 

297 

Ricker,  Ellen 

377 

Experience 

505 

Riddle,  Julia 

639 

Redford,  Elisabeth 

119 

Mr. 

117! 

Redway,  Lucy 

294 

Rider,  Ebenezer 

583 

Reed.  Chauncey 

629 

Ebenezer 

588 

Emily 

771 

John 

580 

Eunice 

741 

Lucv 

588 

Ezra 

298 

R.  D. 

588 

Samuel 

715 

Rigley,  Mehitable 

5701 

Sarah 

716 

Ripley,  Chas.  P.  H 

.  704  1 

Reese,  John  M. 

779 

Susan 

775 ' 

Reeve-s.  Austin 

764 

Rives.  Martha 

767 

Geo. 

764 

Rix.  Martha 

382 

John 

764 

Rhodes,  Aaron 

424' 

3Iary 

764 

Robbins,  Ansel 

414. 

Reed,  Charles 

766 

Emily 

219 

Remmington.  C.  P 

466 

Mary 

594 

Robbins,  Nahum 

Roberts,  Adelaide  787 

Alexander  896 

Emily  880 

Samuel  787 

Sarah  631 

Sarah  785 

Stephen  787 

Robinson.  Adaline  458 

Edmund  117 

George  201 

George  749 

John  749 

Joseph  198 

Lvdia  115 

Mary  298 

Sabrina  224 

Solomon  478 

Robley,  Emily  569 

Roche.  Constantine  150 

Joanna  150 

Richard  150 

Rochester.  Sophia  327 

Rockwood,  Fannie  701 

Sarah  552 

Rodgers,  Levi  458 

Roe,  Josiah  696 

Rogers,  David  650 

Edwin  650 

George  650 

George  E,  651 

Hester  458 

Joshua  651 

Julia  748 

Maria  598 

Mr.  564 

Nelson  562 

Samuel  708 

Roker,  Margaret  478 

Rollins  Joseph  480 

Ronig,  Elias  726 

Root,  Eleanor  618 

Elizabeth  637 

Selah  607 

Rose,  Betsey  617 

Olive  87 

Rossitcr.  Francis  V.  423 

Rossman,  Ada  131 

Rowley,  Samuel  842 

Rudd,  Frank  768 

Rugg.  Louisa  831 

Ruggles   Abel  888 

Samuel  428 

Russell.  Adam  105 

Elijah  458 

Jane  177 

Mary  256 

Ralph  177 

Rupert,  Amanda  860 

Ryan,  Patrick  698 

Sabin,  Mary  127 

Sabine,  Eiisebia  158 


838 


INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAME& 


Sadd,  Julia 

^, 

Scribner,  Mary 

Page 
201 

Safford,  Heber 

163 

Searles,  Henry  L. 

624 

Henry 

163 

Sedgwick.  Elisabeth  599 1 

Jacob 

163 

Seeley,  G.  B. 

482  i 

Sage,  Mr. 
Salisbury,  Barnard 

630 

Segar,  Rebecca 

497 

695 

Tabitha 

506 

Mr. 

309 

Seinor,  Emma 

354 

Salee.  Wm. 

417 

Selbey,  Sophia 

252 

Sanborn  Bradley 

377 

Selleck,  Julia 

126 

Charles  B. 

377 

Sellars,  Maria 

352 

Charles  C. 

377 

Sessions,  Abigail 

485 

Chester 

375 

Charlotte 

303 

Ebenezer 

375 

Severance,  Henry 

550 

Edmond 

377 

Sewall.  James 

766 

Enoch 

375 

Nathaniel 

766 

Franklin 

377 

Thomas 

766 

Henry 

375 

Seward.  Patience 

88 

Henry  B. 

377 

Seymour,  Gias 

562 

Horace 

375 

Sharp,  Ollie 
Shacner,  Elvira 

317 

Lanson 

376 

450 

Lanson 

377 

Shannon,  Ann 

377 

Moody 

377 

Shaw,  Ambrose 

105 

Orrin 

376 

Edith 

141 

Sanders,  Celia 

575 

Katie 

277 

Sanderson,  Austin 

649 

Shears,  Geo.  W. 

429 

Betsey 

499 

Shearer,  Helen 

598 

Charles 

649 

Sheldon.  Amos 

472 

Charles  M. 

'649 

Charlotte 

176 

'           Hannah 

555 

Drusilla 

741 

Loretta 

649 

Hannah 

669 

Mary 

648 

Israel 

730 

MaryE. 
Orpheus 
Polly 

648 

Mary 

612 

648 

Shepard,  Asa 

198 

554 

Eliakim 

198 

Richard 

649 

Elisha 

198 

Stephen 

648 

Eliza 

741 

Triphena 

649 

Jerry 

198 

Sandford,  Eraiua 

573 

Josephine 

705 

Sanford,  Phebe 

137 

Sheppard,  Abigail 

576 

Sanger,  Julia 

218 

John 

560 

Sargent,  Ellen 

551 

Shelburne,  Edward 

603 

Henry 

387 

Frank 

603 

Nettie 

315 

Reuben 

603 

Thomas 

383 

Sherman,  Phebe 

542 

Sarr,  Ellen 

358 

Susan  P. 

725 

Herman 

358 

Sherwood.  Laura 

615 

Saunders.  Clarissa 

510 

Shipman.  Elisabeth  251 

Savine.  John 

519 

Shoemaker,  Sarah 

743 

Sawyer,  Harry 

248 

Sholes,  Georgianna 

252 

Henry 

248 

Short,  Miss 

595 

John 

581 

Mrs. 

479 

Man  ha 

603 

Shu m way,  Clarence  406 

Wm. 

373 

Shurtlilfe.  Louise 

102 

Sax,  Maggie  Q. 

333 

Sibley.  Cliarles 

416 

Margaret 

358 

Sillick,  Cyntliia 

234 

Scales,  Sarah 

382 

Simmons,  Anna 

720 

Scott,  Anna 

442 

Benjamin 

131 

Henrietta 

182 

Wm. 

156 

Mary 

629 

Simpson,  i'atheriuf 

;  600 

Rebecca 

620 

Jane 

230 

Sarah 

377 

Sinclair.  Augustus 
Singleton,  Olive 

382 

Theodore 

125 

96 

Skinner,  Appleton  645 
Clara  721 
Mr.  334 
Stephen  395 
Slade,  Charles  279 
Frank  279 
George  279 
Sly,  Merrick  643 
Small,  Emanuel  553 
Josiah  760 
Smith,  Abbie  249 
Smith,  Adaline  388 
Albert  315 
Almira  131 
Arthur  435 
Ascenath  39^ 
Augustus  671 
Billings  501 
Charlotte  543 
Edith  520 
Edward  278 
Edward  449 
Elisha  770 
Elizabeth  468 
Emily  769 
Ernest  278 
Eugene  785 
Eunice  590 
Geo.  P.  •  429 
Geo.  W.  703 
Geo.  773 
Hannah  475 
Heber  292 
Henry  699 
Herbert  435 
lantha  626 
Isaac  277 
Jacob  697 
John  435 
Jonathan  634^ 
Juliette  543 
Mary  302 
Mary  A.  802 
Mary  A.  501 
Mary  E.  598 
Miss  773 
Mr.  441 
Mr.  713 
Moses  607 
Nancy  356 
Oliver  709 
Oliver  682 
Robert  318 
Samuel  131 
Stephen  706 
Thomas  591 
Snelson.  Adelphia  636 
South  worth,  Elisa- 
beth 621 
Laura  331 
Sarah  331 
Spalter,  Mr.  546 


INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAMES. 


889 


Spaulding,  Florence  775 

George  467 

Mr.  546 

Sophia  451 

Spear,  Sophia  476 

Speidens,  Mary  772 

Spencer,  Lauton  677 

Martin  441 

Sperry,  John  708 

Spooner,  L.  W.  717 

Sprague.  Mr.  771 

Springer,  Miss  553 

Squiers,  Darwin  377 

Mr.  643 

Royal  379 

Stagg,  Charlotte  193 

Cornelia  2U0 

Stannard, Edward  J.  742 

Stevens,  Edward  379 

Elsie  579 

Gilbert  650 

Lydia  555 

Phebe  626 

Steward.  Charlotte  709 

Stibbs,  Eliza  761 

Stimpson.  Elisabeth  560 

Stockwell,  Missouri  409 

Stone,  Eliza  289 

Martha  591 

Olive  567 

Otis  441 

Stonebraken  E.  J.  97 

Stowell,  Alathea  486 

Rebecca  502 

Stratton,  Cyprian  505 

Jonathan  504 

Sarah  504 

Straus.  Frances  466 

Streatton,  T.  Emma  594 

Strong.  Archie  361 

George  361 

James  360 

John  360 

John  361 

Sophia  530 

Stuart.  Virgil  566 

Stugis,  Nannie  532 

Sullivan,  Frances  599 

Sumner,  Alonzo  202 

Ambrose  203 

Charles  203 

Cyril  228 

Godfrey  157 

Increase  485 

Juliette  203 

Mary  214 

Samantha  429 

Sybil  485 

Sunricker.Frederick  347  i 

Swallow.  Albert  566  | 

George  566 

Lutheria  566 1 


Swallow,  Ransom 
Sweetland,  George 
Swett,  Wm. 
Swisher,  Rachel 
Sylvester,  Wm. 
Symons,  Sarah 
Taft.  Anna 

Hannah 

Lois 

Mehitable 

Rebecca 

Sarah 
Taggart.  John 
Tait,  Eliza 
Talbot,  Chloe 

Sherebiah 
Tallman,  Esther 
Tanner,  Adelia 
Tapping,  Anna  J. 
Tarbel.  Samuel 
Taylor,  A.  B. 

Chauncey 

C.  S. 

Edna 

EliaB 

Frank 

J.  M. 

Lucien 

Magffie 

Matilda 

Martha 

Prince 

Reuel 
Teas,  Rachel 
Tennant.  L.  E. 
Tenney.  Mr. 
Terry,  Frederick 

Juliette 
Tew,  James 
Thatcher,  Mary 
Thaxton,  Harriet 
Thayer.  Betsey 

Edwin 

Jennie 

Olive 

Patience 
.Wm. 
Thomas,  Clara 

James 

Miss 

Moses 

Sally 
Thompson,  Anna 

Atelia 

Catherine 

Charity 

Charles 

David 

Hattie 

Mary 

Morris 

Susan 


Page 
566 
299 
582 
231 
135 
309 
786 
511 
509 
510 
512 
510 
768 
439 
446 
697 
614 
235 
225 
432 
582 
582 
581 
582 
479 
168 
100 
475 
318 
535 
128 
666 
480 
744 
361 
620 
234 
200 
582 
495 
669 
437 
640 
640 
682 
243 
640 
767 
155 
880 
775 
710 
630 
101 
278 
356 
695 
200 
378 
105 
588 
764 


Thorndike,  Hannah  156 

Thome,  Isaac  527 

Thorp,  M.  Augusta  229 

Sylvina  226 

Thrasher,  John  788 

Thurber,  Lucinda  -  697 

Thwing,  Mary  649 

Tibbits,  Dorcas  296 

Tiffany,  Josephine  298 

Levi  298 

Nellie  218 

Tileston.  Edmund  597 

Edmund  P.  597 

Helen  597 

Tingle,  Rachel  777 

Tinkham,  Charles  452 

Isaiah  452 

Susanna  449 

Tisdale,  Edwin  477 

Todd,  Augustus  675 

Toman,  Mary  711 

Tomas,  Cornelia  589 

Toombs,  Lousia  542 

Topliff,  Lucy  393 

Topping,  John  318 

Mary  318 

Torrey.  Almira  511 

Caroline  452 

Elmira  114 

Louis  511 

Hammon  511 

Tosier,  Margaret  161 

Towne,  Joseph  718 

Harriet  690 

Henry  466 

Tracey,  Sally  708 

Tradeaux,  Louise  662 

Traine,  Hannah  508 

Trask,  Susanna  627 

Treadwell.  Eliza  602 

Tripp,  Lois  788 

Rachel  700 

Wm.  128 

Trowbridge.  Pardon  433 

Saford  433 

Susan  673 

Trumbull,  Rachel  886 

Tucker.  Carlos  200 

Emma  847 

Nathan  200 

Pitt  200 

Wm.  424 

Tunnicliffe,  Richard  204 

Turner,  Adaline  510 

Edward  448 

Emily  773 

Ida  448 

Miss  693 

Mr.  693 

Tuttle,  David  296 

Twitchell,  Cyrus  570 

Daniel  564 


840 


INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAMES. 


Pace 
Twitchell,  Daniel  571 
Em  alius  569 
Gaston  573 
Herbert  572 
John  573 
Jonas  571 
Julius  569 
Loraine  573 
Lydia  573 
Melvin  570 
Myrwin  570 
Myron  570 
Ralph  569 
Ransom  575 
Refine  572 
Sarah  572 
Sidney  575 
Timothy  568 
Tyler,  Elisabeth  709 
John  709 
Nancy  332 
Udal.  Desde'raona  452 
Upham,  Addison  405 
Chester  441 
Ella  444 
Hannah  405 
Howard  405 
Lucius  405 
Van  Buren.  Kale  396 
Vandermark,  Celia  366 
Vander  worker,  Mary  125 
Van  Gieson,  Andrew  89 
Fred.  B.  89 
Van  Horn,  Nancy  628 
Van  Sickle,  Sarah  437 
Susie  437 
Van  Slyck.  Mary  4J38 
Van  Tassell.  Mar- 
garet 106 
VanVlack,  Egbert  B.779 
Van  Va  Ik  en  burg, 

(iertrude  203 

Van  Wagner,  Eli  357 

Varnum,  Mr.  693 

Vassal,  Barnard  621 

Vaughn,  Mary  457 

Vayette.  Charles  308 

Vermilyea,  Mary  732 

VMckory,  Sophia  716 

Vincent.  Tamer  474 

Vint.  John  490 

Vinton,  Augustus  458 

LeKoy  458 

Vittum,  D.  W.  647 

Vosburc:,  Rachel  341 

Vradenburg,  James  357 

John  357 

Minnie  357 

Nora  477 

Wadleigh,  Marv  187 
Wadsworth. Palmyra  617 
Wainwright,Isabeila  530 


Wainwright,  Robt 

sfo 

Robt.  D. 

530 

Wait,  Lydia 
Thomas 

742 

631 

Wakefield.  Levi 

296 

Wakeman,  Mr. 

511 

Wakley,  Dr. 

631 

Walden,  Hannah 

370 

Walcott,  Benj. 

295 

Oliver 

788 

Otis 

298 

Wales,  Sarah 

281 

Walker,  Aaron 

298 

Abiah 

298 

Albert 

707 

Aldace  A. 

273 

Aldace 

275 

Aldace 

277 

Alfred 

277 

Alfred  A. 

195 

Alice 

215 

Benjamin 

298 

Betty 

294 

Bosworth 

297 

Calvin 

297 

Chas. 

268 

Chas. 

269 

Chester 

402 

Chloe 

267 

Clorinda 

404 

Edward 

194 

Elisha 

195 

Ephraim 

296 

Ethel 

297 

Ezra 

298 

Francis 

196 

Freeman 

267 

George 

270 

George  L. 

270 

George  W. 

297 

Gnice 

296 

Henry 

270 

Henry 

195 

James 

196 

James 

277 

John 

369 

John 

296 

John 

297 

Joseph 

297 

Leonard 

368 

Leonard 

266 

Louise 

402 

Lucius 

272 

Lucius 

273 

Lucretia 

260 

Luther 

297 

Mahala 

272 

Maria 

214 

Martha 

391 

Mary 

402 

Mary 

195 

Mary 

276 

Walker,  May  450 

Mehitable  295 

Moses  297 

•    Perez  402 

Philena  375 

Phineas  272 

Peter  -  295 

Peter  296 

Peter  297 

Relief  298 

Samuel  295 

Samuel  298 

Sarah  613 

Stephen  270 

Susan  187 

Sylvia  195 

Timothy  294 

Timothy  293 

Walter  298 

Wm.  277 

Wm.  548 

Wallace,  Clara  165 

EUen  593 

Walter,  Joseph  B.  746 

Walton,  Thomas  743 

Walts,  Alonzo  156 

Henry  156 

Washington  155 

Waman,  Susie  361 

Ward,  Abigail  538 

Cassius  304 

Frederick  304 

Harrison  304 

Henry  305 

Herman  304 

Jonas  506 

Lucy  525 

W  after  3a5 

Warner,  A  my  t  is  614 

Mary  610 

Warnock.  Wm.  664 

Warren.  Harriet  446 

Harriet  665 

Hepsibah  502 

Marv  526 

Otis'  452 

Philo  710 

Washburn,  Anna  621 

Anna  670    c 

Calvin  450  CJ 

Waterman  Jonathan  480  O 

Watson,  Charlie  578S* 

John  429»* 

Samuel  86(r>« 

Ward  61 X*  t 

Watts,  Mary  423  s 

Wattson,  Miriam  740^ 

W^axham.  Marv  ISS^S 

Weaver,  Elisabeth  29"^. 

Marcus  *49  ^. 

M.  D.  12'S-. 

Mary  29^^ 


INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAME& 


841 


Webb,  Charles 
P.  B. 

S.  S. 
Webber,  Emma 
Webster.  Elisabeth 

Mary     . 
Weed.  Alfred 

Alfred 

Charles 

Frederick 

George 

Harry 

Jacob 

Oscar 

Polly 
Weeks,  Adaline 

Alfred 

Alice 

Alice 

Annette 

Charles 

David 

David 

Dudley 

Elbridge 

Ellen 

Elisabeth 

Emily 

Ezra 

Ezra 

Franklin 

Harriet 

Horace 

Isaac 

Jane 

Jennie 

John 

Jonathan 

Laura 

Lowell  M. 

Lucia 

Lutella 

Luvia 

Maria 

Mary 

Minot 

Molly 

Moses 

Moses 

Nellie 

Sarah 

WiUard 
Willard 
Wilmot 
V^elch,  Anne 
NiVeld,  Deborah 
Elisabeth 
Elizabeth 
Margaret 
Sarah 
>Vellington.  Betsey 
Jane 


Pase 

Page 

386 

Wells,  Charlotte 

649 

236 

Eliza 

618 

386 

Mary 

669 

487 

Wentworth,  Arabel  430 

664 

Weskell,  Dennison 

425 

308 

West,  Abby 

380 

130 

Abiel 

381 

131 

Adaline 

381 

131 

Albert 

380 

131 

Almira 

381 

130 

Amanda 

380 

no 

Ann 

330 

479 

Asa 

334 

131 

Chandler 

381 

134 

Charles 

380 

303 

David 

380 

393 

Delia 

881 

391 

Dudley 

381 

893 

Dudley  F. 

380 

393 

Dwight 

382 

392 

Erastus 

379 

391 

Frederick 

381 

392 

Geo.  C. 

380 

393 

Geo.  H. 

381 

393 

Geo.  E. 

381 

392 

Hannah 

381 

393 

Harlan 

381 

393 

Harry  L. 

381 

892 

Henry 

380 

394 

John  C. 

380 

392 

Jonathan 

380 

893 

Marietta 

881 

393 

Martha 

881 

392 

Mary  C. 

380 

393 

Mary  L. 

380 

369 

Nancy 

881 

392 

Oscar 

381 

393 

Presbury 

334 

392 

Ruby 

380 

394 

Samuel 

378 

393 

Samuel 

380 

392 

Sarah 

380 

892 

Sarah  M. 

381 

392 

Sarah  J. 

382 

392 

Sophia 

880 

398 

Theodore 

381 

383 

Timothy 

380 

392 

Wm.  E. 

380 

393 

Wm.  L. 

880 

394 

Westlake.  Louisa 

182 

571 

Weston,  Elvira 

364 

394 

Marilla 

364 

393 

Minnie 

314 

393 

Mrs. 

363 

789 

Thomas 

683 

401 

Wharford,  Maria 

532 

401 

Wheaton,  Jane 

298 

479 

Wheeler.  JEleanor 

134 

280 

Ellen 

377 

281 

Geo. 

643 

,500 

Henry 

526 

501 

Luther 

505 

PAl?e 

Wheeler.  Rebecca  295 

Ruth  498 

Wheelwright,  Carrie  821 

Whipple.  Jeremiah  295 

Whit<;omb,  Edward  318 

Edward  B.  318 

White.  Daniel  402 

Elisabeth  773 

Ellen  130 

Elvira  432 

Emily  772 

Harriet  238 

Ida  772 

John  298 

Joseph  785 

Julia  698 

Juliette  710 

Miss  302 

Mr.  556 

Sally  648 

Samuel  722 

Wm.  708 

Whiteside.  Etta  567 

Whitford,  Nancy  441 

Whiting.  Joseph  495 

Lucien  482 

Nathan  592 

Sarah  488 

Whitlocke.  Marga- 

rette  761 
Whitmore.  A.  D.  453 
Electa  613 
Whitney,  Daniel  230 
Frank  491 
Geo.  211 
James  553 
John  543 
Katherine  591 
Lucia  229 
Susanna  424 
Walter  543 
Whittaker.  Huldah  298 
Mary  297 
W  hi  ttemore,  Samson  139 
Wigent,  Emeline  343 
Martha  344 
Wilbur,  Sarah  702 
S.  DeWitt  304 
Willcox,  Concur- 
rence 706 
Ella  483 
Lysander  674 
Susie  369 
Wild,  Joseph  243 
Wilder.  Abigail  542 
Geo.  704 
Hannah  102 
Jedediah  143 
John  569 
Wilev.  Caleb  717 
'  Caleb  718 
Henry  717 


842 


INDEX  OF  ALL  ALLIED  NAMES. 


Willard,  Laura  M6 

Thule  244 

WiUey.  Sarah  477 

Williams.  Aden  479 

Alice  161 

Benj.  281 

Charlie  578 

Clarie  161 

Cortez  378 
Don  Fernando  378 

Effingham  378 

Ellen  158 

Eugene  178 

Eusebia  121 

Gardner  161 

Grace  161 

Harriet  424 

Harry  640 

H.  L.  452 

Judith  733 

Marcelus  378 

Mary  496 

Mattie  731 

Nancy  623 

Oscar  378 

Payson  293 

Rebecca  286 

Sarah  769 

Susanna  440 

Thomas  497 

Thomas  679 

Wm.  877 

Wm.  378 

Wm.  339 

Uleyette  161 

Willis.  Abigail  620 

Williston,  Maria  270 

Willsie,  Ann  363 

Willson.  John  389 

Polly  477 

Wilmarth,  Abel  298 

Hcpsibah  294 

Mollv  294 

Wilson,  Delia  534 

Harriet  150 

James  150 

Jay  150 

John  382 


Pag 


Wilson,  Lucy 

724 

Margaret 

359 

Oliver 

150 

Winch,  Roxana 

359 

Winchester.  Eliza- 

beth 

712 

Nathan 

639 

Wing,  Mary 
Winship,  (Jrace 

486 

713 

Winslow.  John 

707 

Winter.  Asa 

441 

Elizabeth 

784 

Katharine 

307 

1  Wiswell,  Mrs. 

425 

Witcher,  Mirand 

367 

"Witter,  Asa 

512 

Ebenezer 

213 

John 

212 

Judah 

213 

Martha 

212 

Ruth 

218 

Wilbur 

213 

Wm. 

212 

■  Wood,  Anna 

514 

David 

673 

i             Prances 

411 

i             John 

433 

1             Juliette 

483 

Mr. 

665 

!             Mr. 

673 

Pulaski 

590 

Sarah 

746 

Sidney 

376 

j             Walter 

665 

1  Woodbury,  Coryton  678 

;            Daniel 

678 

Katherine 

678 

Thomas 

678 

Woodruff,  Ida 

134 

Ida 

439 

Orphir 

439 

Rensselaer 

140 

,  Woodstock,Marpret47y 

i  Woodsum.  Lucmda  772 

i             Oliver 

771 

,  Woodward,  Cora 

151 

1             Freeman 

162 

Sarah 

377 

Page 

Woodworth,  Mary  117 

WooUev,  Geo.  765 

Wooster,  Geo.  Ill 

Lyman  110 

Lyman  A.  Ill 

Lyman  C.  112 

Wm.  Ill 

Worcester,  Mabel  617 

Worthington.  Benj.  708 

Wright,  Abigail  583 

Alfred  301 

Betsey  552 

Charity  301 

Danford  301 

Elisabeth  301 

Ellen  213 

Eunice  616 

Gardner  301 

Geo.  301 

Harriet  694 

Isaac  744 

John  301 

Joseph  307 

Julia  307 

Linda  713 

Loyal  301 

Nancy  301 

Polly  300 

Rhoda  612 

Sarah  607 

Simon  300 

Simeon  301 

Submit  607 

Susan  587 

Walter  301 

Wealthv  341 

Wm.     *  301 

Winchester  737 

Wyatt,  Mattie  489 

Wylan.  John  'Ml 

Wyman,  Reuben  499 

Wyncoop,  Adam  87 

Gerardus  678 

Young,  Mariette  307 

Ursula  442 

Zeh.  Etta  488 

Zeodorski,  Lizzie  156 

Zug,  Mary  520 


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