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Several Ancestral Lines 
 
 OF 
 
 JOSIAH EDSON AND His WIFE, SARAH PINNEY, 
 
 Married at Stafford, Conv., July /, I'jjg. 
 
 WITH 
 
 A Full Genealogical History of Their Descendants to the End 
 of the Nineteenth Century. 
 
 COVERING THREE HUNDRED YEARS 
 
 AND 
 
 EM BRA CING TEN GENERA TIONS. 
 
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 ASSISTED BY 
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PREFACE. 
 
 If this work, which has occupied much of our time for 
 five years, is found to be faulty in construction, it may 
 surely be depended upon as reliable. All that is written 
 here has been well authenticated. Traditions not proven 
 have been omitted. Histories and genealogies have been 
 drawn upon liberally, as the interest and value of such 
 a work cluster round the lives of the individuals. 
 
 Such as it is, we send it on down the ages, hoping it may 
 find friends all the way and among all the many branches 
 of our family, and that future generations may continue 
 the record, that no one of the family may ever be without 
 full knowledge of who they are and from whom they come; 
 and may the pages yet to be written show as few blemishes 
 in the lives of those recorded as are found upon these. 
 
 The sources from which information has been drawn 
 are: "A Genealogical History of the Edson Family;" 
 Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary;" Kingman's "History 
 of Bridgewater," Mass.; "History of Hingham," Mass.; 
 Stiles' "History of Windsor," Ct.; Harris' "History of 
 Dorchester," Mass.; Clapp's "History of Dorchester;" 
 Trumbull's "Memorial History of Hartford," Ct.; " Colo- 
 nial Records of Connecticut;" Records of Bridgewater 
 and Hingham, Mass.; Stafford, Ct. ; Randolph, Vt.; 
 
" Colonial Wars Year Book; " " Soldiers in King Philip's 
 War;" "Thomas Joy and His Descendants;" family 
 Bibles, and from living members of the family. 
 
 HARRIETTE HYDE WELLS. 
 
 HARRY WESTON VAN DYKE. 
 July 31, 1901. 
 
ANCESTRAL LINES OF SARAH PINNEY. 
 
 HOLCOMBE LINE. 
 
 1 Thomas Holcombe settled early at Dorchester, 
 
 where in May, 1634, he was made freeman. 
 In 1635 he removed to Windsor, and in 1639 
 was one of those who represented Windsor and 
 Hartford in forming the Constitution of the 
 Colony of Connecticut. He d. at Windsor, 
 Sept. 7, 1657. His wife's name, Elizabeth. 
 
 (i) Thomas. 
 
 Ehzabeth m. Nov. 16, 1654, Josiah Ellsworth. 
 Mary m. Oct. 3, 1655, George Griswold. 
 
 2 Abigail, bap. Jan. 6, 1638, m. Samuel Bissell of 
 
 Windsor, June 11, 1658; d. Aug. 17, 1688. 
 Joshua, bap. Sept. 27, 1640, m. Ruth Sherwood. 
 Sarah, b. Aug. 14, 1642, d. 1654. 
 Benajah, b. June 23, 1644, ^- Sarah Enos. 
 Deborah, b. Oct. 15, 1646, d. 1649. 
 Nathaniel, b. Nov. 4, 1648, m. Mary Bliss. 
 Deborah, b. Feb. 15, 1650, m. Daniel Birge. 
 Jonathan, b. March 23, 1652, d. 1656. 
 
 BISSELL LINE. 
 
 It is probable that this family is of Huguenot 
 origin, many of whom fled to England to 
 escape the persecutions which followed the 
 massacre of St. Bartholomew. The family in 
 England is but little known, and has but one 
 
coat of arms, which is of a rehgious rather than 
 a warHke character. Motto: "in recto 
 Decus " (In rectitude honor). 
 
 The family of John, who came to Windsor 
 in 1639, is the only one known to have come to 
 this country. 
 
 3 John (Capt.) was b. in England, 1591. The year 
 
 following his settlement at Windsor he was 
 admitted to the church and declared freeman, 
 receiving a grant of land. He secured the first 
 monopoly of the ferrying business on the 
 Scantic river, a tributary of the Connecticut, 
 the ferry still bearing his name. He repre- 
 sented his town as Deputy, and was always 
 prominent in town counsels, ^e rendered 
 military service in King Philip's war; was 
 Captain of Windsor Troopers in 1675 and '76. 
 His house was fortified and garrisoned, afiford- 
 ing protection to his family and neighbors. 
 He d. at Windsor, Oct. 3, 1677, aged 86. His 
 wife (name not given) d. May 21, 1641. 
 
 (3) John. 
 
 John, b. in England, m. Isabel Mason, dau. 
 of the famous Major John Mason. 
 Thomas, b. Eng., m. Abigail Moore. 
 Mary, b. Eng., m. Jacob Drake. 
 
 4 Samuel, m. Abigail, dau. of Thomas Holcombe, June 
 
 II, 1658. They lived at Windsor, where he 
 had 106 acres given him by his father. He d. 
 May 17, T697. 
 
 Nathaniel, b. at Windsor, Sept. 25, 1640. m. 
 (i) Mind well Moore, (2) Dorothy Fitch. 
 
 Joyce, m. Samuel Pinney, Nov. 1665. 
 
(4) Samuel. 
 
 John, b. April 5, 1659, m. Abigail . 
 
 5 Abigail, b. July 6, 1661, m. James Enos. 
 
 Jacob, b. March 28, 1664, m. Mary . 
 
 Mary, b. Sept. 15, 1666. 
 
 Samuel, b. Jan. 11, 1668, m. Mary Bissell. 
 
 Benajah, b. June 30, 1671. 
 
 Elizabeth, b. Jan. 4, 1677. 
 
 Deborah, b. Oct. 29, 1679. 
 
 Hannah, b. Sept. 18, 1682. 
 
 (5) Abigail. 
 
 6 Siisanna/i, m. Joseph Phelps, Jr. Their dau. 
 
 Susannah m. Isaac Pinney (3d). 
 
 THRALL LINE. 
 
 7 Willimn Thrall was b. 1606, Aug. 3. He was one of 
 
 the Dorchester settlers who removed to Wind- 
 sor. He had a grant of land in Windsor in 
 1640, near the old mill. He served in the 
 Pequot war, 1637, under Capt. John Mason. 
 He was called " Old Goode Thrall." 
 
 (7) William. 
 
 8 Philliiry, m. John Horsford. 
 
 (8) Phillury. 
 
 9 Sarah, m. Joseph Phelps, Sr. 
 
 HORSFORD LINE. 
 
 10 William Horsford came early to America, and was 
 the ruling Elder of the church at Dorchester, 
 Mass., about 1630, but subsequently returned 
 to England. 
 
8 
 
 (lo) William. 
 
 1 1 John was a man of considerable wealth and prom- 
 
 inence in Windsor. He served in Capt. Clark's 
 company of Dragoons during King Philip's 
 war in 1676, seeing much active service. He 
 m. PhiUury Thrall. 
 
 GRISWOLD LINE. 
 
 12 Edward Grisivold was b. at Kenilworth, Warwick- 
 
 shire, England, in 1607. He, with his brother 
 Matthew, emigrated to this country about 1640. 
 Edward brought with him a wife, Margaret 
 
 , and four children, several others being 
 
 added to the group in this country. He set- 
 tled at Windsor, and was Representative from 
 that place from 1658-61. In 1664 he removed 
 to Killingworth, as one of the leaders in the 
 settlement of that place, and was its first repre- 
 sentative. It may be inferred, also, that he 
 stood sponsor when the name was given, 
 Killingworth answering to the popular pro- 
 nunciation of his native place in England. He 
 was the first deputy from Killingworth. and 
 continued to represent that place from 1678- 
 1689. At one time his son Francis, brother 
 Matthew and himself were Representatives in 
 one Court. In 1678, when the County Court 
 took the condition of the schools into consid- 
 eration, he was one of a committee of six, he 
 representing Killingworth, to see what could 
 be done towards settling a Latin school at New 
 Haven. He d. in 1691. 
 
(i2) Edward. 
 
 Francis, b. in England 1632, d. Oct. 1671. 
 
 John, b. 1634, d. 1642. 
 
 Sarah, b. 1636, m. Samuel Phelps. 
 
 George, b. 1638. All in England. 
 
 Anne, b. at Windsor 1642. 
 13 Mary, bap. Oct. 1644, m. Timothy Phelps 1661. 
 
 Deborah, b. June 28, 1646, m. Samuel Buell 
 Nov. 13, 1662. 
 
 Joseph, b. March 12, 1648. 
 
 Samuel, bap. Nov. 18. 1649, d. 1673. 
 
 John, b. Aug. 1652. 
 
 These children were the progenitors of many 
 distinguished people who are to be found in 
 all parts of the United States. 
 
 PHELPS LINE. 
 
 The Phelps family can be traced to England, 
 where is found in the church register of 
 Tewkesbury the following: 
 
 " William, son of James, bap. 4 Aug. 1560. 
 
 William, son of William, bap. 19 Aug. 1599. 
 
 Mary, dau. of William, bap. 4 Sept. 1597. 
 
 Dorothy, dau. of William, bap. 28 Feb. 1595. 
 
 James, son of William, bap. 14 July, 1601. 
 
 Elizabeth, dau. of WilHam, bap. 9 May, 1603. 
 
 George, b. about 1605. 
 
 Richard, bap. 26 Dec. 1609." 
 
 The first Phelps name is that of James, b. 
 probably about 1520. In the parish register 
 of Tewkesbury during Lent, 1590, occurs this 
 entry: *' I granted a license to William Phelps, 
 being then extremely sicke, to eat fleshe, which 
 license to endure no longer tyme than during 
 
lO 
 
 his sickness. Ri: Curteis, curate of Tewkx- 
 burie." 
 
 The first name, William, in the above record 
 of baptisms, and to whom the Lenten license 
 was granted, was mayor or rather BailifT of 
 Tewkesbury in 1607, and probably father of the 
 emigrant Phelps brothers, William, Richard 
 and George, who came to Dorchester, New 
 England, in the " Mary and John " in 1630. 
 Richard embarked for the islands of Barbadoes 
 May 2, 1635, and nothing more was heard of 
 him. William and George became the ances- 
 tors of the larger proportion of the American 
 families of Phelps. 
 14 William was b. Tewkesbury, Gloucester, Eng. Came 
 to Dorchester, Mass., with Rev. Mr. Warham, 
 of whose church, formed in Plymouth, Eng., 
 he was an original member. He was accom- 
 panied by his wife Elizabeth and five 
 
 children, and by his younger brothers. 
 
 He was from the first a prominent and 
 highly respected citizen of Dorchester, his 
 name frequently occurring in the Mass. 
 records. 
 
 Oct. 19, 1630, he applied to be made a free- 
 man. Nov. 9, 1630, he was one of the jury 
 empaneled for the trial of Walter Palmer for 
 the murder of Austin Brotchus, the first trial 
 by jury in New England. Sept. 27, 1631, he 
 was appointed Constable of Dorchester. 
 March 4, 1634. Ensign Gibbs and William 
 Phelps were appointed by the General Court 
 to go with a committee of three " to arrange 
 the boundaries between Boston and Dor- 
 
II 
 
 Chester, and explain what each town wants." 
 May 5, 1635, he was a member of the General 
 Court from Dorchester. 
 
 In the spring of 1636 he removed with his 
 children (his wife having died) to Windsor, 
 where his brother George had preceded him. 
 
 In \\^indsor he also ranked as an honored 
 and active citizen; was a member of the first 
 Court held in Conn.. 1636, also in 1637, which 
 declared war against the Pequots; was a magis- 
 trate from 1 638-1 642; foreman of the first 
 Grand Jury 1643; deputy to General Court 
 1645-49, 51, 57; in 1658 was on the petit jury; 
 in 1641 was appointed, together with Mr. 
 Welles of Hartford, a " committee on lying." 
 
 " He was an excellent, pious and upright 
 man in his public and private life, and was 
 truly a pillar in church and state." 
 
 He m. second Mary Dover, who is said to 
 have been a fellow-passenger in the " Mary and 
 John." He d. at Windsor July 14, 1672. She 
 d. Nov. 27, 1675. 
 
 (14) William. 
 
 William, b. about 1620, m. (i) Isabel Wil- 
 son, (2) Sarah Pinney; no children. 
 
 Sarah, b. about 1623, m. Wm. Wade. 
 
 Samuel, b. 1625, m. Sarah Griswold. 
 
 Nathaniel, b. 1627, m. Elizabeth Copley. 
 
 Joseph, b. 1629, m. (i) Hannah Newton, 
 (2) Mary Salmon. 
 15 Timothy, b. at Windsor Aug. 1639, m. Mary, dau. 
 of Edzvard Griszvold. He was made a freeman 
 at Windsor in 1664; was commissioned Lieut, 
 in Capt. Matthew Allyn's company, Col. Wil- 
 
12 
 
 Ham Whiting's regiment, in 1709, and saw 
 active service in Queen Anne's war. In 1696 
 he was styled " Captain," and his will, dated 
 March 2, 171 7, is signed " Capt. Timothy 
 Phelps." He d. 1719. 
 
 Mary, b. at Windsor, m. Thomas Barber. 
 
 (15) Timothy. 
 
 Timothy, b. 1663, m. Martha Crow. 
 
 16 Joseph, b. Sept. 2-j, 1666, m. Sarah, daii. of John 
 
 Horsford, Nov. 18, 1686. She was b. same 
 day and year as her husband. He owned a 
 large tract of land in Hebron, and resided 
 there. He d. 1716. 
 
 William, b. Feb. 4, 1668, m. (i) Abigail 
 Mudge, (2) Ruth Barber. 
 
 Cornelius, b, April 26, 1671, m. Sarah Mans- 
 field. 
 
 Mary, b. Aug. 14, 1673, d. May 23, 1690. 
 
 Samuel, b. Jan. 29, 1675, m. Abigail Enos. 
 
 Nathaniel (Capt.), b. Jan. 7, 1677, m. (i) 
 Hannah Bissell, (2) Abigail Pinney. 
 
 Sarah, b. Dec. 2'/', 1679, m. David Marshall. 
 
 Abigail, b. June 5, 1682, m. Samuel Filer. 
 
 Hannah, b. Aug. 4, 1684, m. James Enos. 
 
 Ann, b. Oct. 2, 1686, m. David Porter. 
 
 Martha, b. Nov. 12, 1688, m. Samuel Hol- 
 
 comb. 
 
 (16) Joseph. 
 Sarah, b. Aug. 14, 1687. 
 Mary, b. June 8, 1689, m. Matthew Griswold. 
 
 17 Joseph, b. March 16, 1692, m. Susauuah, dau. James 
 
 Enos, Jr., March 18, 171 5. He d. at Hebron, 
 Conn,, Oct. 17, 1761. Joseph saw active serv- 
 
13 
 
 ice in Queen Anne's war, in which he had a 
 narrow escape from the Indians, while a young 
 man. He was engaged in a scout under Lt. 
 Crocker, 171 2, and was very nearly taken. He 
 " lost his coat, hat, blanket and divers other 
 traps." The next year, on application of his 
 father, the sum of 30s. was allowed him for his 
 loss out of the colony treasury. 
 
 Abigail, b. Oct. 15, 1698, m. Samuel Mar- 
 shall. (?) 
 
 Edward, b. 1697, m. Deborah Griswold. 
 
 Benoni, b. June 24, 1699. 
 
 John, b. Sept. 30, 1703, m. Anna Horsford. 
 
 Abel (Capt.), b. Feb. 19, 1705. 
 
 Daniel, b. March 28, 1707. 
 
 Ichabod, b. April 3, 1708, m. Martha Tillot- 
 son. 
 
 Jonathan, 
 
 (17) Joseph. 
 
 Doubtless there were several children, but 
 we have record of only one. 
 
 18 Susannah, b. at Hebron, Conn., Sept. 23. 1731, m. 
 
 Isaac Pinney, 3d. 
 
 NEWBERRY LINE. 
 
 19 Thomas Nezvberry came from England in the " Mary 
 
 and John," in the Rev. John Warham's com- 
 pany, 1630; became one of the earliest settlers 
 and largest landed proprietors of Dorchester, 
 Mass. 
 
 He received from the General Court a grant 
 of 100 acres on Neponset March. 1634, and 
 many grants from the Dorchester proprietary. 
 He laid out a large farm in Squantum and built 
 
a house there. He was Deputy to the General 
 Court of Mass. in 1634-35. 
 
 Mr. Newberry Hved on " The Rock " in 
 1634, when he became freeman and selectman. 
 In 1635 he was appointed to oversee works at 
 the " Castle; " was early engaged in the Con- 
 necticut enterprise. He sold his Dorchester 
 property and prepared to move to Windsor, 
 but his death Jan., 1636, prevented. His 
 widow Jane afterwards became the second wife 
 of Rev. John Warham. 
 
 (19) Thomas. 
 Joseph. 
 John. 
 Benjamin. 
 Rebecca. 
 Mary, m. " Hon. Mr. Daniel Clark " of Windsor. 
 Hannah, m. Benjamin Hanford. 
 Sarah, m. Henry Wolcott, Jr. 
 
 ENOS LINE. 
 
 James Enos came to Windsor, Conn., 1648. Tradi- 
 tion says the family came from France. But 
 James Enos' trade of a Barber is as much 
 English as French. In his day no man in 
 London could vote unless he was a member of 
 one of the trade guilds of that city. Nor could 
 he be elected Alderman, Sherifif or Lord Mayor 
 of London until he had served his apprentice- 
 ship in a trade guild. 
 
 James Enos had probably learned his trade 
 of " Barber Surgeon " in the Barber Surgeon 
 Co. of London, of which Sir Astley Cooper and 
 other eminent surgeons were apprentices. A 
 
15 
 
 very curious old shaving bowl, 1663, and a 
 very ancient baptismal blanket and " fixings " 
 are owned by the family of a descendant of 
 James Enos living at Torrington, Conn. 
 
 James Enos m. Aug. 18, 1648, Hannah, dau. 
 of Richard Bidwell, or, from dates in the Bid- 
 well family, more likely Anna, widow of 
 Richard. 
 
 In 1664 James Enos, with six others, pre- 
 sented a petition to the court asking for church 
 privileges and baptism for their children. 
 
 James. 
 
 Sarah, b. June 15, 1649, m. (i) Benajah Hol- 
 combe, (2) Samuel Phelps. 
 20 James, b. Oct. 30, 165 1, m. Abigail, dau. Samuel and 
 Abigail (Holcombe) Bissell, Dec. 26, 1678. 
 She d. April 19, 1728; he d. July 16, 1714; both 
 buried in " Old Burying Ground," Simsbury. 
 He was one of the 11 petitioners, 1705, for a 
 grant of land for services in the " Swamp 
 Fight " in King Philip's war. He was Ser- 
 geant. 
 
 John, b. Dec. 2, 1654, m. Mary Dibble. 
 
 (20) James. 
 
 James, b. Sept. 23, 1679, m. (i) Mary Grant, 
 (2) Hannah Phelps. 
 
 Ann, b. April 10, 1682, m. Joseph Case. 
 William, b. Jan. 5, 1684, m. Mary North. 
 Abigail, b. March 1,1686, m. Samuel Phelps. 
 Mary, b. May 5, 1691, d. Sept. 15, 1697. 
 John, b. Jan. 5, 1693. 
 
 Samuel, b. July 7, 1696, m. Eunice Marshall. 
 (6) Susannah, b. May 16, 1699, ^- ■Joseph Phelps, Jr. 
 David, b. Aug. 12, 1702, m. Mary Gillett. 
 
i6 
 
 Susannah. 
 
 (i8) Susannah, b. Hebron, Conn., Sept. 23, 1731, m. Isaac 
 Pinney, 3d. 
 
 CLARK LINE. 
 
 21 Daniel Clark was an attorney at law, a " first settler," 
 and a man of much influence and position at 
 Windsor, Conn. He held many public offices; 
 was secretary of the colony 1 658-1 666; was in 
 the " Land Division " 1639-40 at Hartford; 
 was admitted to Windsor church June 18, 
 1643. At a meeting of Town Council May i, 
 1650, he was appointed to sit in " Great Pew " 
 in the first meeting house in Windsor. 
 
 He was Lieut, of the First Troop of Mounted 
 Horse, under Capt. John Mason, 1657; was 
 chosen as its Capt. 1664. He served as Capt. 
 until 1 68 1. He was Assistant to Governor 
 1662, 63, 64; was Clerk of Court at Hartford 
 1665, 66. 
 
 He m. (i) Mary, dau. of Thomas Newberry, 
 June 13, 1644. She d. Aug. 29, 1688. He 
 m. (2) Martha, widow of Simon Wolcott, sister 
 of William Pitkin, Esq., of Hartford. He d. 
 Aug. 17, 1 7 10, aged 87; is buried at East 
 Windsor Hill. 
 
 (21) Daniel. 
 
 Mary, b. April 24, 1645, d. in infancy. 
 Josiah, b. Jan. 21, 1648, 
 EHzabeth, b. Oct. 28, 165 1. 
 Daniel, b. April 4, 1654. 
 John, b. April 10, 1656. 
 Mary, b. Sept. 22, 1658. 
 
17 
 
 Samuel, b. Feb. 6, 1661. 
 22 Sarah, h. Aug. 7, 1663, m. Isaac Pinney, ist, 1685. 
 Hannah, b. Aug. 22, 1665. 
 Nathaniel, b. Sept. 8, 1666. 
 
 HULL LINE. 
 
 George Hull came to America in the " Mary 
 and John " in 1630. No doubt he was accom- 
 panied by a family, but we have no record of 
 any except one daughter. 
 
 Mr. Hull settled at Dorchester, where he 
 soon became prominent in affairs. He was 
 representative from that place in 1634 and 36. 
 He subsequently removed to Windsor, Conn., 
 where he became at once a man of first influ- 
 ence, being deputy to General Court (the first 
 in Conn.) over thirty times prior to 1654, when 
 he was assistant. He was frequently appointed 
 magistrate. He had a monopoly of the beaver 
 trade in Conn., and became a man of great 
 wealth, as shown by his holdings of real estate 
 in Windsor and Fairfield, Conn. His daughter 
 
 23 Mary m. Humphrey Pinney, probably in or about 
 
 1633, as one child was b. at Dorchester and the 
 next at Windsor, where they removed in 1635. 
 
 PINNEY {also Pinny, Pinne). 
 
 24 Humphrey, son of John, came to America in the 
 
 " Mary and John " with the Rev. Mr. War- 
 ham's Co., 1630, and settled at Dorchester, 
 Conn., where he m. Mary Hull, who had been 
 a fellow-passenger. 
 
 The immediate ancestry of Humphrey Pin- 
 
 2 
 
i8 
 
 ney appear to have resided in Broadway, Som- 
 ersetshire, England. 
 
 From the will of Edmund Pinney, uncle of 
 Humphrey, dated 1631, recorded Feb. 2, 1632, 
 Humphrey Pinney being administrator, we 
 learn that Edmund was buried in the South 
 Aisle of Broadway church, in a tomb called 
 " The Pinney Tomb." The will also tells us 
 that Edmund Pinney had a brother John the 
 elder and a brother John the younger, a sister 
 Alice, who m. a Way, and a sister Johanna, 
 who m. Giles Godwin. 
 
 John the elder m. Johanna and had 
 
 the following children: Elizabeth. Edmund, 
 Richard, Roger, Nicholas, Wilham, Humphrey 
 (the emigrant to Dorchester and Windsor), 
 John of Exeter, Agnes. Mary, Sarah and Alice, 
 twelve in all. 
 
 Humphrey Pinney was an original member 
 of Dorchester Church. He removed and set- 
 tled at Windsor in 1635. where he d. Aug. 20, 
 1683. 
 
 (24) Humphrey. 
 
 Samuel, b. at Dorchester. 
 
 Nathaniel, b. at Windsor 1641. 
 
 Mary, b. June, 1644, m. A. C. Phelps 1663. 
 
 Sarah, b. Nov. 19. 1647, m. William Phelps 
 1676. 
 
 John, b. Oct. 165 1, d. unmarried. 
 
 Abigail, b. Nov. 26, 1654, m. John Adams 
 
 1677. 
 
 25 Isaac, I St, b. Feb. 24, 1663, m. Sarah Clark, dau. of 
 
 Daniel Clark and Mary Nezvherry, Oct. 6, 
 
 1685. Sergeant Isaac Pinney saw active serv- 
 
19 
 
 ice during Qneen Anne's war, and d. on board 
 a vessel coming from Albany, doubtless of 
 injuries received, Oct. 6, 1709. 
 
 (25) Isaac. 
 
 26 Isaac, 2d, b. Jan. 17. 1686, m. Ahagail Filley Jan. 26, 
 
 1709. She was b. in Suffield Dec. 1685, ^"d 
 d. Nov. 1761. He d. Aug. 12, 1717. 
 
 Jonathan, b. Oct. 23, 1688. 
 
 Mary, b. March 4, 1690. 
 
 Sarah, b. March 7, 1692, d. unmarried. 
 
 Humphrey, b. Sept. 5, 1694. 
 
 Elizabeth, b. Jan. 6, 1696, d. Sept. 13, 1715. 
 
 Noah, b. July 24, 1703, m. Mary Allyn. 
 
 Hannah. 
 
 Daniel. 
 
 (26) Isaac. 
 
 Prudence, b. 1710, m. A. B. Stanley. 
 Anne, b. Jan. 24, 1712, m. Ashabel Phelps. 
 Oliver, b. March 20, 1714. 
 
 27 Isaac, 3d, b. Jan. 15, 1716, m. Susannah Phelps. She 
 
 was b. at Hebron, Ct., Sept. 23, 173 1, d. at 
 Stafford, Ct., Sept. 13, 1795. He d. at Staf- 
 ford Sept. 1 79 1. He was for over thirty years 
 Judge of Probate, and was Ensign in the 
 military service. 
 
 (2y) Isaac. 
 Susannah, b. 1749, d. 1841. 
 Oliver, b. Aug. 175 1, d. Nov. 14, 1827. 
 Lydia, b. Jan. 19, 1754, d. March 3, 1836. 
 
 28 Sarah, h. Dec. 25, 1756, m. Josiah Edson 1779. 
 
 They settled at Randolph, Vt. She d. Dec. 
 16, 1805. 
 
 Isaac, b. Dec. 18, 1758, d. Feb. 16, 1824. 
 
 Daniel, b. Dec. 17, 1761, d. June 2y, 1823. 
 
ANCESTRAL LINES OF JOSIAH EDSON. 
 
 CHUBBUCK LINE. 
 
 29 Thomas Chubbuck settled at Hingham, Mass., in 
 
 1634, and the following year received a grant 
 of a house lot at " Broad Cove." His wife's 
 
 name was Alice . He seems to have 
 
 been a thrifty farmer, for in his will he disposes 
 of several pieces of land to his sons, and pro- 
 vides for his daughters. He d. Dec. 9, 1676. 
 His wife d. 1645. 
 
 (29) Thomas. 
 
 Nathaniel, m. Mrs. Mary Gannet. 
 Sarah, b. 1637, m. Jeremiah Fitch. 
 John, b. Jan. 19, 1639, d. next Feb. 
 
 30 Rebecca, b. April, 1641, m. William Hersey.- 
 
 Mary, b. Oct. 13, 1642, m. Thomas Lincoln. 
 Deborah, b. July 6, 1645, d. March, 1650. 
 Hannah, b. Aug. 8, 1647, d. Nov. 1647. 
 John, b. Dec. 30, 1648. 
 
 HERSEY LINE. 
 
 31 William Hersey came to New England in 1635 ^"*^ 
 
 located at Hingham, Mass., with other passen- 
 gers who come in the same ship. He was a 
 native of England, but the place and date of 
 his birth have not been ascertained. 
 
 July 3, 1636. he had a home lot of five acres 
 
21 
 
 granted him on what is now South, nearly 
 nearly opposite West street. 
 
 The surname Hersey, or Hersy, is a very 
 ancient one, and probably of French origin, as 
 it appears among the list of noblemen and gen- 
 tlemen who went over to England with Wil- 
 liam the Conqueror. 
 
 In Hingham it has well represented the in- 
 dustrious, as well as the enterprising and 
 influential portion of the inhabitants of the 
 town. 
 
 William Hersey was " Husbandman " Free- 
 man March, 1638. Selectman, 1642, 1647, 
 1650. Artillery company, 1652. At the time 
 of the trouble about the election ol officers for 
 the train bands, 1644-45, he was assessed a 
 heavy fine for supporting the views of Rev. 
 Peter Hobart and his friends, and the family 
 rate towards the erection of the new meeting 
 house was the largest upon the list but one. 
 
 His wife's name was Elizabeth . She 
 
 d. at Hingham, 1671. He d. March 22, 1657. 
 
 In his will dated March 9, 1657, proved April 
 29 following, he gives " To my son William ye 
 house and home lot that he now lives in, and 
 ye fence plott before his gate, and ye Lott I 
 bought of Matthew Chafey at ye Capt's Tent," 
 etc. Also valuables to sons John and James, 
 to daus. Frances, Elizabeth and Judith £5 each. 
 " To my grandchildren John Croade and Wil- 
 liam Hersie 40s each, all ye rest of my Lands, 
 housing, goods, etc., to my wife Elizabeth dur- 
 ing her life as a widow." Wife, executrix. 
 Overseers, " Cousin John Farrington, Thomas 
 
22 
 
 Marsh, and my Sonne in Law, Richard 
 Croade." Inventory appraised April 28, 1658, 
 by Moses Collier and Thomas Marsh, at £419. 
 13s, 6d. 
 
 (31) William. 
 William, b. probably in England, and came over with 
 his parents in 1635. His first wife, whom he 
 m. about 1656, was Rebecca, dau. of Thomas 
 and Alice Chubbiick. Thomas Chubbuck settled 
 at Hingham in 1634, and the following year 
 received a grant of a house lot at Broad Cove 
 (Lincoln St.). He d. Dec. 9, 1676. He seems 
 to have been a thrifty farmer, for in his will he 
 disposes of several pieces of land to his sons 
 and provides for his daughters. They had 
 eight children of whom Rebecca was the 
 fourth. She was b. at Hingham, April, 1641, 
 and d. June i, 1686. All of William's children 
 were by this wife. His second wife was 
 " Ruhanah " as appears in his will, but no entry 
 of this marriage is recorded. 
 
 He was made Freeman in 1652, Constable 
 1 66 1, Selectman 1678, 1682 and 1690. 
 
 Frances, m. Richard Croade. 
 
 Elizabeth, m. Moses Oilman. 
 
 Judith, b. July 15, 1638, m. Humphrey 
 Wilson. 
 
 John, b. Aug. 9, 1640. 
 
 James, b. 1642. 
 
 (32) William. 
 
 William, b. Oct. 11, 1657. 
 John, b. Oct. 27, 1659. 
 James, b. Dec. 2, 1661. 
 
23 
 
 Rebecca, b. Aug. 20, 1663, m. Benjamin 
 Johnson. 
 
 33 Deborah, b. Jan. i, 1665, m. April 29, 1687, Samuel 
 
 Lincoln. 
 
 Hannah, b. Feb. 13, 1668, m. Ebenezer 
 Lane. 
 
 EHzabeth, b. May 26, 1671, m. John Beale. 
 
 Ruth, b. Feb. 20, 1673, m. Caleb Beale. 
 
 Mary, b. June 4, 1676. 
 
 Joshua, b. March 29, 1678. 
 
 Judith, b. Sept. 6, 1680, d. next year. 
 
 Judith 2d, bap. Aug. 29, 1686, m. Israel 
 Vickery. 
 
 LINCOLN LINE. 
 
 34 Samuel Lincoln came from Hingham, England, and 
 
 settled at New Hingham, Mass., 1637. His 
 age was given as eighteen. He had two broth- 
 ers who also settled at Hingham, Daniel, the 
 husbandman, and Thomas, the weaver. Daniel 
 d. here leaving considerable property to his 
 brother Samuel. Thomas d. 1675, and al- 
 though twice married he left no children. He 
 also left property to Samuel, but more to Sam- 
 uel's children. 
 
 One branch of Samuel's descendants still 
 occupy a part of the original homestead. 
 
 The christian name of Samuel's wife was 
 Martha. She d. at Hingham April 10, 1693. 
 He d. May 26, 1690, aged 71. 
 
 The descendants of Samuel Lincoln are 
 numerous and widely scattered. Many of 
 them have occupied distinguished positions in 
 public and private life. 
 
24 
 
 (34) Samuel. 
 
 35 Samuel, b. Aug. 25, 1650, m. April 29, 1687, Deborah. 
 daii. of William and Rebecca (Chiibbiick) Her- 
 sey. Both were b. at Hingham. 
 
 In 1675-6, he was a member of the brave 
 Capt. Johnson's Company, and participated as 
 cavalryman in the great Narragansett fight. 
 In 1679 his name appears upon a list of foot 
 soldiers who are willing to serve the country 
 in the capacity of troopers. At home he held 
 various military offices and was styled " Cor- 
 net." He was a carpenter. Selectman in 1694 
 and 1698. 
 
 Daniel, b. Jan. 2, 1652. 
 
 Mordecai, b. June 19, 1655. 
 
 Thomas, b. Sept. 8, 1659, d. Nov. 13, 1661. 
 
 Mary, b. March 2y, 1662, m. Joseph Bates. 
 
 Thomas, b. Aug. 20, 1664. 
 
 Martha, b. Feb. 11, 1666, d. unmarried, 
 aged 74. 
 
 Sarah, b. Aug. 13, 1669, d. same month. 
 
 Sarah 2d, b. June 17, 1671, d. unmarried, 
 aged 72. 
 
 Rebecca, b. March 11, 1673, ^n. John Clark 
 and Israel Nichols. 
 
 Abraham Lincoln, President of the United 
 States, was a descendant of one of these sons, 
 also Maj.-Gen. Lincoln, who received the 
 sword of Cornwallis after the battle of York- 
 town, wdiich closed the war of the Revolution. 
 
 (35) Samuel. 
 
 Deborah, b. June 15, 1688, m. James Lin- 
 coln. 
 
25 
 
 Samuel, b. Feb. i, 1690. 
 
 Jedediah, b. Oct. 2, 1692. 
 
 Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1694, m. Nathaniel Fear- 
 ing. 
 
 Rebecca, b. Aug. i, 1697, m. Abraham 
 Leavitt, and Nathan Stevens. 
 
 Elisha, b. Sept. 3, 1699. 
 36 Lydia, b. Sept. 14, 1701, m. Dec. 17, 1724, John Joy. 
 
 Abigail, b. Jan. 11, 1703, m. Matthew Lin- 
 coln. 
 
 Susannah, b. April 18, 1706, m. Josiah 
 Lincoln. 
 
 ANDREWS LINE. 
 
 T^y TJiomas Andrezvs and his son Joseph came from 
 Devonshire, England, and settled at Hingham 
 prior to the arrival of Rev. Peter Hobart and 
 his company in 1635. 
 
 At the first drawing of home lots, Sept. 18, 
 1635, Thomas had five acres, including back 
 land granted to him on Town (now North) 
 street. 
 
 (37) Thomas. 
 38 Joseph was b. at Devonshire, Eng., about 1597. 
 Came early to Hingham and had grant of a 
 house lot on Town St. Sept. 18, 1635, next to 
 his father's five acres, including back lands. 
 
 At the May Court in 1635, Joseph was sworn 
 as constable. In 1636, '37, '38, he was one of 
 the Representatives of the town at the General 
 Court. He was also the first town clerk of 
 Hingham. He afterwards removed to Dux- 
 bury, and in 1654 was surveyor of highways 
 and constable in 1664. 
 
26 
 
 Oct. 1 6, 1665, he and his wife Elizabeth con- 
 veyed to their son Thomas of Hingham " Our 
 home lot and dwelling house, out buildings, 
 &c., and ten acres of land which was formerly 
 given us by the town of Hingham, bounded on 
 Town St. South, Broad Cove North," etc. At 
 a later date he returned to Hingham and d. 
 there Jan. i, 1697, aged 83. His wife d. 1688. 
 
 His will, which is on file in the S. P. office, 
 and dated at Hingham, Sept. 27, 1679, men- 
 tions and provides for wife Elizabeth, gives to 
 son Joseph among other valuables " my sword, 
 gold ring, and a Bible." To son Ephraim " the 
 estate in New Jersey." Mentions daus. and 
 grandchildren, and gives *' to each of my 
 grandsons that bear my name Joseph, a pewter 
 platter." 
 
 (38) Joseph. 
 39 Thomas, b. Nov., 1632. probably in England. The 
 christian name oi his wife was Ruth. She out- 
 lived him, and d. at Hingham Oct. 23, 1732, 
 aged 97. 
 
 Thomas was chosen Constable in 1654 and 
 1661. Selectman 1670, '72, '76. '79, '85, '87, 
 '88. Representative in 1678, and to represent 
 the town in the Council of Safety in 1689. 
 
 He was for several years Captain of a mili- 
 tary company in Hingham, and on Aug. 6. 
 1690, he and a number of the soldiers of his 
 command went on board ship to go to Canada 
 with the expedition under Sir William Phipps. 
 Capt. Andrews and most of the Hingham 
 soldiers died in the expedition. Captain d. 
 Nov. 25, 1690. 
 
27 
 
 In his will he provides for wife Ruth, gives 
 to son Thomas " The dwelling house which I 
 built for him with the land about it, that was 
 Edward Pitts' that I bought of his son and dau. 
 Eastman." Son Jedediah to be '' brought up 
 to learning." Gives to other sons and daus. 
 share and share alike. 
 
 Joseph, b. about 1635. 
 
 Elizabeth, b. March, 1637. 
 
 Ephraim, b. Aug., 1639. 
 
 Hannah, m. Mr. Gannett. 
 
 Mary, m. Mr. Beard. 
 
 Hepzibah, m. Jeffrey Manning. 
 
 Abigail, m. John Wadsworth. 
 
 (39) Thomas. 
 
 Joseph, b. Sept. 22, 1656, d. unm. Nov. 24, 
 1724. 
 John, b. Sept. 30, 1658. 
 Ruth, b. Aug. 6, 1660, m. Ambrose Lx)w. 
 Thomas, b. June 26, 1663. 
 
 40 Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1665, m. Joseph Joy (109), May 
 
 22, 1690. 
 
 Ephraim, b. Oct. 27, 1667, d. Sept. 7, 1669. 
 
 Abigail, b. Jan. 6, 1669, m. Joseph Blany. 
 
 Stephen, b. March 6, 1672. 
 
 Jedediah, b. July, 1674. 
 
 Benjamin, b. March 11, 1677, m. Mary 
 Sweetzer. 
 
 ALDEN LINE. 
 
 41 John Alden was b. in England, 1599. and came to 
 
 America in the Mayflower, Nov. 1620. He 
 is the ancestor of all who bear the name of 
 Alden in this countrv. 
 
28 
 
 He is said to have been the first person that 
 landed on Plymouth rock. He did not come 
 like the others, for religious privileges, but 
 being a good mechanic (cooper) he came to 
 try to make his fortune in the new world. On 
 the voyage, however, he became imbued with 
 the religious zeal of those around him, and 
 joined them, and ever after worked faithfully 
 with them. 
 
 He was the youngest of those who signed 
 the " immortal compact " of civil government, 
 in the cabin of the Mayflower, at Province- 
 town, Nov. 15, 1620. 
 
 In 1 62 1 he m. Priscilla, dau. of William and 
 Alice Molines (commonly called Mullens) of 
 the Walloon Huguenot contingent. They 
 were also fellow-passengers in the Mayflower. 
 Her parents and brother Joseph died in the 
 " first sickness," as it was called, and which 
 proved fatal to a large proportion of the colo- 
 nists. So Priscilla was left alone, when 
 scarcely more than a child, a stranger in a 
 strange land. But kind neighbors cared for 
 her until she m. John Alden. 
 
 They lived at Plymouth a few years, then 
 removed to Duxbury, when he obtained land, 
 some of which is still in possession of his 
 descendants. He was also one of the " orig- 
 inal proprietors " of Bridgewater. 
 
 He was a man of great integrity and worth, 
 was held in highest esteem by the men of his 
 time, and filled many offices of honor and re- 
 sponsibility with great credit. 
 
 He d. at Duxbury, Sept. 12, 1687. His wife 
 d. Feb. 5, 1688. 
 
29 
 
 (4i) John. 
 
 42 Elizabeth, b. 1622 or 23; first white woman b. in New 
 
 England. She m. William Pabodie, Dec. 26, 
 1644, d. May 31, 1717. 
 
 John, b. 1624, m. Elizabeth , (2) Eliza- 
 beth (Phillips) Averill, d. 1701. 
 
 43 Joseph, b. 1627, m. Mary Simmons, 1657, of Bridge- 
 
 water. His posterity was very numerous 
 throughout that district. He d. Feb. 8, 1697. 
 
 Sarah, b. 1629, m. Alexander Standish, son 
 of Miles Standish. They had seven children. 
 
 Ruth, b. 163 1, m. John Bass, 1657. 
 
 Jonathan, b. 1633. m. Abigail Hallett, 1672, 
 d. Feb. 14, 1698. 
 
 Rebecca, b. 1637, d. leaving no children. 
 
 Zachariah, b. 1641. 
 
 Mary, b. 1643, "^- Thomas Delano of Dux- 
 bury, 
 
 David, b. 1646, m. Mary South worth. 
 
 Priscilla, alive in 1688. 
 
 (43) Joseph. 
 
 Isaac, m. Mehitable, dau. of Samuel Allen, 
 Dec. 2, 1685. 
 
 44 Joseph, b. 1667, m. Hannah, dau. of Daniel Dunham, 
 
 1690. He d. Dec. 22, 1747. She d. Jan. 13. 
 1748. 
 
 John, b. 1674, m. Hannah White, d. Sept. 
 28, 1730. 
 
 Elizabeth, m. Benjamin Snow, 1691, d. 1705. 
 
 Mary, m. Samuel Allen, 1700. 
 
 (44) Joseph. 
 
 Daniel, b. at Plymouth, Jan. 29, 1691. m. 
 Abigail Shaw, Dec. 25, 1717, d. May 3, 1767. 
 
30 
 
 Joseph, b. Aug. 26, 1693, d. Dec. 9, 1695. 
 
 Eleazer, b. Sept. 2y, 1694, m. Martha Shaw, 
 1720, d. Jan. 30, 1773. 
 
 Hannah, b. Feb. 1696, m. Mark Lathrop, 
 March 29, 1722. 
 
 45 Mary, b. April 10, 1699, m. Timothy Edson, Feb. to, 
 
 1719. They removed to Stafford, Conn. 
 ; Joseph, b. Sept. 5, 1700, d. Oct. 5, 1700. 
 ^' Jonathan, b. Dec. 3, 1703, d. Nov. 10, 1704. 
 j, Samuel, b. Aug. 20, 1705, m. Abiah, dau. of 
 Capt. Joseph Edson, 1728, d. 1785. 
 '^*' Mehitable, b. Oct. 18, 1707, d. April 11, 
 
 ^737- 
 -$* Seth, b. July 6, 1710, m. Mehitable Carver, 
 1 74 1, d. Sept. 6, 1784. He was a Capt. and 
 inherited his father's farm. {]^ 
 
 GALLOP LINE (or Gallup). — ^^ [^'r*^ 
 
 46 John Gallop (Capt.) came from England in 1630 in 
 
 the " Mary and John." His wife Christabel 
 and daughter Joan remained behind, but came 
 later, it is believed, in the " Griffin," which also 
 brought the two Puritan divines, John Cotton 
 and Thomas Hooker, and which John Gallop 
 himself piloted to her anchorage before the 
 little town. He was a skillful pilot and Indian 
 trader, and his services were accounted of 
 great value to the colony. 
 
 He was a man of dauntless courage, and 
 distinguished himself on many occasions in 
 the struggles between the whites and Indians. 
 His lands included a house and lot in the most 
 desirable part of Boston, with harbor islands, 
 
31 
 
 one of which still bears his name. His trad- 
 ing shallop was the principal means of commu- 
 nication between the Bay Colony and the 
 settlements on Narragansett Bay and Long 
 Island Sound. 
 
 Capt. John Gallop d. Jan. ii, 1650. His 
 wife July 27, 1655. 
 
 (46) John. 
 47 Joan, b. in England, m. Thomas Joy. 
 
 JOY LINE. 
 
 47 Thomas. The earliest mention of Thomas Joy, the 
 emigrant ancestor of most of the Joy families 
 in America, is found in the records of the town 
 of Boston. 
 
 Of his birth and early life nothing is known. 
 It is probable that he was b. about 1610 in 
 County Norfolk in England, and that he came 
 to America in that first flood of colonization 
 which, in eleven years (1629-1640), brought 
 more than 25,000 souls to found a new nation 
 on the shores of the North Atlantic. He was 
 by occupation a builder, and, indeed, an archi- 
 tect. He was very successful in business 
 affairs, and was soon able to purchase desirable 
 lands on which to found a homestead. He m. 
 Joan, dau. of John and Christabel Gallop. 
 Thomas Joy acquired considerable real estate. 
 He possessed three several tracts of land on the 
 east side of the peninsula, and several lots in 
 the center of the town's merchandizing and the 
 principal landing place for vessels. Up to the 
 year 1646 Thomas Joy's life in New England 
 
32 
 
 was that of a prosperous and successful man. 
 But at this juncture his spirit of independence 
 brought him into violent collision with the 
 established authorities, with disastrous results. 
 His principal resistance was against the narrow 
 policy of the colonial government, which re- 
 stricted the right of suffrage to the members of 
 the local Puritan churches, thus excluding 
 more than three-fourths of the adult male 
 population from any participation in public 
 affairs. The story is too long to be told here. 
 The movement was a failure, and Thomas Joy 
 exchanged some of his possessions in Boston 
 for property in Hingham, removed his family 
 there, and made his home in the Rev. Peter 
 Hobart's parish. He subsequently regained 
 his fallen fortune, and in 1656 is found again in 
 active participation in the business and social 
 affairs of Boston. On Aug. i, 1657, Thomas 
 Joy and Bartholomew Bernad were awarded 
 the contract to build the first Town House of 
 Boston, which marks him as the master builder 
 of the colony, and links his name forever with 
 an interesting and historic edifice. This first 
 capitol of Mass. stood for half a century. It 
 was destroyed by fire in 171 1, and on its site 
 was erected the " Old State House," one of the 
 most venerated monuments of colonial Boston, 
 Thomas Joy d. at Hingham, Oct. 21, 1678, 
 in the 69th year of his age. His wife d. at 
 Hingham, March 20, 1690. Thomas and Joan 
 Joy were buried in the churchyard on the hill 
 back of the meeting house, which still stands, 
 the most ancient Protestant church in the 
 United States. 
 
33 
 
 (47) Thomas. 
 
 Samuel, b. at Boston, Feb. 26, 1639, m. Ann 
 Pitts of Hingham. 
 
 John, b. Oct. 10, 1641, d. young, 
 
 Thomas, b. March 2, 1642, d. Dec. 2, 1648. 
 
 48 Joseph, b. April i, 1645, "i- Mary, dau. of John and 
 
 Margaret Prince, who settled at Hingham, 
 1646. Joseph was constable, carpenter and 
 farmer, and was called " Ensign." He d. May 
 31, 1697. 
 
 Ephraim, b. Feb. 7, 1646, m. Mrs. Susanna 
 (Spencer) Gattersby. 
 
 Sarah, b. April, 1648, m. Hick Dunning. 
 
 Benjamin, b. June 12, 1650. 
 
 Elizabeth, b. Jan. 7, 1653, m. Nathaniel 
 Beale. 
 
 Ruth, b. Feb. 28, 1658, m. (i) John Low, 
 (2) John Curtis. 
 
 (48) Joseph. 
 
 49 Joseph, b. at Hingham, July 30, 1668, m. Elisabeth, 
 
 dau. of Thomas and Ruth Andrezvs, at 
 Hingham. He was Constable, 1697, 171 1. 
 He d. at Hingham, April 29, 1716. His 
 gravestone, with the inscription still legible, is 
 in the Hingham churchyard. It is the most 
 ancient Joy grave mark in America. 
 
 Thomas, b. Nov. 25, 1669. m. Elizabeth 
 Stodder, 1694, d. 1718. 
 
 Margaret, b. March 6, 1670, d. next June. 
 
 Margaret, b. April 15, 1672, d. next June. 
 
 Mary, b. May 19, 1673, m. John Stodder, 
 1699. 
 
 John, b. Aug. 28, 1675, d. next Oct. 
 
 3 
 
34 
 
 Benjamin, b. Sept. 9, 1676. 
 
 John, b. Aug. 28, 1678, d. July 17, 1680. 
 
 Simon, b. Nov. i, 1679, d. July 19, 1680. 
 
 Sarah, b. April 14, 1681, m. Nathan Cud- 
 worth, 1704. 
 
 Jonathan, b. Dec. 22, 1682, d. Jan. 5, 1683. 
 
 Margaret, b. Dec. 14, 1683, m. Nathaniel 
 Chubbuck, 1707. 
 
 Deborah, b. Jan. 14, 1685, m. Thomas Mann, 
 1714. 
 
 Ruth, b. Nov. 27, 1687, d. March 28, 1688. 
 
 Lydia, b. March 12, 1689, lived only two 
 weeks. 
 
 (49) Joseph. 
 
 Prince, b. March 19, 1690, m. (i) Abigail 
 Town, (2) Hannah Orcutt. 
 
 Joseph, b. April 2-^^, 1692, m. Esther Finney, 
 1719. > / 
 
 David, b. Feb. 28, 1693, "^- Ruth Ford, 1718, 
 d. 1789. 
 50 John, b. Feb. 7, 1695, m. Lydia, dau. of Samuel and 
 Deborah (Hersey) Lincoln, Dec. 17, 1724, at 
 Hingham. " Lydia Joy was admitted to First 
 Church, Hingham, Feb. 1728." 
 
 Simon, b. Dec. 28, 1697, m. Hannah 
 Humphreys, 1720, d. 1789. 
 
 Ruth, b. March 17, 1699, d. April 12, 1774. 
 
 Abigail, b. Dec. 29, 1701, m. Joshua Bates, 
 1 72 1. 
 
 Jedediah, b. Feb. 27, 1703, m. Mary Stowell, 
 1733. d. 1798. 
 
 Jonathan, b. Jan. 26, 1705, d. Sept. 21, 1724. 
 
35 
 
 (5o) John. 
 51 Lydia, b. Oct. 5, 1725, m. Timothy Edson of Bridge- 
 water, and removed to Stafford, Conn. She 
 d. at Randolph, Vt., Aug. 23, 1806. Her 
 tombstone, with its record legible, is still stand- 
 ing in the old graveyard at Randolph. 
 
 John, b. June 4, 1727, m. Sarah Horner of 
 Boston, d. 1804. 
 
 Relief, b. Sept. 21, 1729, m. Nehemiah 
 Washburn. 
 
 Deborah, b. June 25, 1732, m. Daniel Wood- 
 ward, 1750. 
 
 Mary, b. May 9, 1736. 
 
 Benjamin, b. July 13, 1740, m. Bethiah 
 Sprague, 1762. 
 
 Huldah, b. Dec. 20, 1741, d. April 11, 1746. 
 
 EDSON LINE. 
 
 First Generation. 
 52 Deacon Samuel Edson was b. in England in 161 2. 
 He came to this country and took up his resi- 
 dence at Salem, Mass., in 1639. He is the com- 
 mon ancestor of all of that name in this 
 country. 
 
 He subsequently removed to Bridgewater, 
 where he erected the first com mill in the old 
 town, which was the only mill for a long time. 
 Samuel Edson was one of the fifty-six "origi- 
 nal proprietors of Bridgewater." The grant 
 which was seven miles each way from a given 
 point, making fourteen miles square, was con- 
 sidered little more than authority or right to 
 purchase of the Indians. For this purpose 
 
36 
 
 Capt. Miles Standish, Samuel Nash, and Con- 
 stant Southworth were appointed a committee 
 to make the purchase which they did from old 
 Massasoit himself, and following was the price 
 paid: " 7 coats, a yard and a half in a coat, 
 
 9 hatchets, 8 hoes, 20 knives, 4 moose skins, 
 
 10 yards and a half of cotton." The whole not 
 amounting to thirty dollars in value. 
 
 The deed was given March 23, 1649. The 
 Committee signed their names. Massasoit 
 made his " mark," which was a closed hand 
 with the forefinger pointing down. 
 
 The land was divided, as Gov. Hinckly, in 
 his confirmatory deed, says " as the inhabitants 
 agreed among themselves." 
 
 It is not known that Samuel was a mill- 
 wright, nor has tradition represented him as a 
 mechanic of any kind. He certainly was a con- 
 siderable farmer and probably possessed me- 
 chanical genius sufficient for the rough and 
 crude work which at that time was required. 
 
 He received his " share " oi the grant, and 
 subsequently purchased two others, and in time 
 acquired a very large estate, and held many 
 local and other responsible offices, and became, 
 as has been said, the common ancestor of one 
 of the most numerous, popular and respected 
 families in Bridgewater, some of whose de- 
 scendants can now be found in almost every 
 state in the Union. 
 
 He was appointed by the court a member of 
 " the Council of War," in 1666, and continued 
 in that office to the end of Philip's war in 1676. 
 He represented the town in General Court at 
 
Z7 
 
 Plymouth in 1676, and in the same year was 
 appointed, with Elder William Brett and 
 Deacon John Willis, to distribute Bridge- 
 water's share of the Irish contributions for the 
 distresses of the Indian Wars. 
 
 He was one of three, " by order of the 
 court," to receive a deed of conveyance from 
 the chief Pomonoho of the Titicut purchase; 
 was one of three to receive a confirmatory 
 deed of the Indian Chief Wampatuck, of all 
 the lands previously conveyed by Massasoit; 
 was foreman of a jury to lay out roads in 1667 
 and 1672; was one of three to settle boundary 
 lines, and was one of the first deacons of the 
 town from 1664 to the end of his life. 
 
 He was of a large, athletic frame and robust 
 constitution, and his moral character partook 
 of the hardihood of his physical system. He 
 was grave, somewhat austere in his manners, 
 yet kindly and sympathetic and full of benevo- 
 lence. He was a good lecturer and a good 
 debater, excessive in nothing and firm in every- 
 thing. To him consequences were less to be 
 heeded than what of right ought to be done. 
 Possessing an integrity that admitted of no 
 compromise, his counsels were heard with at- 
 tention and respected with the force of au- 
 thority. 
 
 His education was superior to that of many 
 of his associates, his intellect strong and vigor- 
 ous, perceptions quick, and memory' accurate. 
 Such men would be comparatively great in any 
 community when strong necessity and a 
 proper occasion should call them forth. 
 
38 
 
 Samuel Edson m. Susannah Orcutt about 
 1637, probably in England. His wife was fully 
 worthy of him and of the age in which they 
 lived. With education and natural abilities , 
 fully equal to his, she was his prudent and dis- 
 creet counselor and a most faithful mother to 
 their children. 
 
 She was b. in England 161 8, d. Feb. 20, 
 1699. He d. 1692. In the old town burying 
 ground the oldest monument of the kind is one 
 over the graves of Samuel and Susannah Ed- 
 son. The record is still clearly legible. 
 
 Second Gejteration. 
 (52) Samuel. 
 
 Susannah, b. in England 1638, m. Rev. 
 James Keith, first minister of Bridgewater. 
 
 Sarah, b. 1640, m. James Dean of Taunton. 
 Nov. 7, 1663. 
 
 Elizabeth, b. 1643, m. Richard Phillips of 
 Weymouth. 
 
 Samuel, b. 1645, ^- Susannah Byram, 1678. 
 
 Mary, b. 1647, "i. Nicholas Byram. 1676. 
 53 Joseph, b. 1649, m. (i) Experience Field, of Provi- 
 dence, 1678, (2) Mary Turner, 1686. They 
 resided at Ea.st Bridgewater. Joseph does not 
 appear to have acquired as much distinction as 
 his father and brothers, yet " he sustained a 
 hig'h character for integrity; was brave, vigi- 
 lant and active in the defense of the colon}-, 
 and with the gallant spirit of the soldier, en- 
 gaged in the perilous conflict of Philip's war." 
 
 He and his two brothers were of the 
 " twenty-one men who went out to join Capt. 
 
39 
 
 Church's company, but faiUng to meet it, they 
 came unexpectedly upon a party of Indians, 
 fought them and took seventeen of them pris- 
 oners, whom they brought into the settlement 
 and all of them unhurt." They also secured 
 " much plunder." These prisoners were sold 
 for money, " and the town voted that the 
 soldiers who took them should have the 
 money." He d. about 1712. 
 
 Josiah, b. 1651, m. EHzabeth Dean, both d. 
 
 1734- 
 
 Bethiah, b. 1653. m. Ezra Dean of Taunton. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (174) Joseph. (53) 
 
 Joseph, b. 1679, m. Lydia Cary, 1704. 
 
 Josiah, b. 1682. m. Sarah Packard, 1704. 
 
 Experience, b. 1685, d. young. These three 
 children were by the first wife. Experience 
 Field. She d. 1685. 
 
 Benjamin, b. 1686, m. Joanna Orcutt, 171 5. 
 
 Samuel, b. 1687, m. Mehitable Pratt, 1721. 
 
 54 Timothy, b. 1689, m. Mary Alden, 1719. They 
 
 moved to Stafford, Conn. 
 
 Mary, b. 1691, m. John Lathrop, 1716. 
 
 Susannah, b. 1693, m. Solomon Johnson, 
 1723. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 
 (54) Timothy. 
 
 Hannah, b. 1720. 
 
 55 Tiiiwthw 1). 1722. m. Lydia Joy. dale and place of 
 
 marriage not found, but the births of their first 
 
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 two children are recorded at ' Bridgewater, 
 Mass. 
 
 Anna, b. 1723. 
 
 Abijah, b. 1725. 
 
 Jonathan, b. 1728. 
 
 Mary, b. 1730. 
 
 Fifth Generation. 
 
 Timothy. 
 
 John, b. at Bridgewater, Sept. 5, 1746, d. at 
 Stafford, Dec. i, 1749. 
 
 Hnldah, b. at Bridgewater, April 13, 1748, 
 d. at Stafford, Dec. i, 1749. 
 
 Hiildah, b. at Stafford, 1750, lived to be 
 over 80. 
 
 Timothy, b. March 25, 1754. m. Susannah 
 Orcutt. 
 
 Calvin, b. July 14, 1756, m. (i) Charity 
 Thompson, (2) Azuba Greene. 
 56 Josiah, h. 1758 at Stafford, m. there Sarah Pinney, 
 July I, 1779. 
 
 Eliab, b. Oct. 27, 1760, m. Prudence Whit- 
 taker, d. Nov. 27, 1833. 
 
 Lydia, b. March 4, 1763. 
 
 Relief, b. March 16, 1765, m. Sylvanus 
 Blodgett, d. Aug. 22, 1823. 
 
 Mary, b. June 22, 1767. m. Ebenezer John- 
 son, d. Jan. 8, 1848. 
 
 Note. — This closes all that we have been able to learn 
 of the Ancestry of Josiah Edson and Sarah Pinney. Fol- 
 lowing is as full a record as we could obtain of all of their 
 descendants to 1901. 
 
GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF JOSIAH EDSON 
 AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 
 
 (56) JOSIAH EdSON, 
 
 Josiah Edson was b. at Stafford, Conn., in 
 1758, m. there Sarah Pinney, July i, 1779. 
 
 He saw active service in the war of the Revo- 
 lution, enlisting at Stafford, June 26, 1777, 
 when only nineteen years of age. He was 
 made Corporal Feb. i, 1778; Sergeant Jan. 9, 
 1779. On Jan. 25, 1780, his term of enlist- 
 ment having expired, he was honorably dis- 
 charged. His record may be found in the 
 " U. S. Pension Rolls." also in the " Record of 
 Conn. Men in the War of the Revolution," in 
 the chapter on " Men of the Second Regiment 
 of Conn. Line." 
 
 He saw more active service after his removal 
 to Vermont, about 1781 (where he had settled 
 at Randolph on a large tract of land, part of 
 which is still called " the old Edson place "), 
 in the frontier Indian warfare. About the 
 time of the burning of Royalton, Vt., by the 
 Indians and English, he organized a company 
 and went into the service as its Captain, pursu- 
 ing the Indians beyond the frontier. He was 
 afterward elected Col. of the local regiment 
 of militia, and was frequently at the head of his 
 regiment in the Indian campaigns. His serv- 
 
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 ice is mentioned in the *' Vermont Historical 
 Gazeteer," Vol. 2. Later Col. Edson, as he 
 was always called, took an active part in local 
 and State affairs in Vermont. He represented 
 his district in the State Legislature in 1792, 
 1794 and 1796; was High Sheriff of Orange 
 Co. 1 797-1802. He was also active in 
 Masonry, being at one time Grand Master of 
 the State, his son Joseph succeeding him in 
 that ofhce. 
 
 After the death of his wife, in 1805, who left 
 a large family, the oldest of whom were mar- 
 ried, he seemed to take less interest in affairs, 
 turned the management of his property over 
 to his oldest son. placed the younger children 
 among the older, and spent much of his time 
 in Aurelius, N. Y., with his oldest dau., Sarah, 
 where was also his son John Joy, and later his 
 two youngest daus. 
 
 He d. at Randolph, Oct. ij, 18 19, and was 
 buried by the side of his beloved wife and two 
 children, all of whose tombstones are still 
 standing. 
 
 Sixth Generation. 
 
 (56) JO.SIAH. 
 
 57 Alexander, b. Oct. 19, 1780. d. Randolph, Vt.. 
 
 March 6, 1801. 
 
 58 Joseph was, according to the entries in an old Bible 
 
 in the possession of his granddaughter, Mrs. 
 Spencer of Lansing, Michigan, which also con- 
 tains dates of his children's births and deaths, 
 born in Randolph, Vermont, on the 3d of 
 March, 1782. On Sept. 29, 1802, he m. 
 
MAJ.-GEN JOSEPH EDSON 
 
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 Sarah, dan. of Nathaniel de Troope (or 
 Throop), who was b. June 28, 1783, in Bethel, 
 V^t. Joseph and his wife always made their 
 home in Randolph, where their house was the 
 scene of much elegance and hospitality. He 
 was always a leading citizen of Vermont, and 
 was appointed to many local and State offices. 
 In 1805 he was elected Constable of his dis- 
 trict, serving four years, and served continu- 
 ously as School Trustee from 1815 to 1821 
 (Town Records of Randolph). In 1812 he 
 was elected High Sherifif of Orange County, 
 holding the office until 1821. He was ap- 
 pointed United States Marshal for Vermont 
 and part of New York by President Adams. 
 During the war of 181 2 he was conspicuous in 
 his town as the organizer of the expedition 
 from Randolph and neighboring towns to the 
 rehef of Plattsburgh. N. Y., in Sept., 1814. 
 At this time he held the rank of Major (see 
 iMiss A. M. Hemenway's " Vermont Historical 
 Gazetteer " for the above data, Vol. II, also 
 account of the relief of Plattsburgh, Vol. II, 
 page 998). He afterwards attained the high- 
 est military rank in his State, being elected, by 
 the Governor's Council, Brig.-General on Oct. 
 30. 1818, and Major-General Commanding 
 Vermont Militia on Oct. 2^, 1822 (see " Annals 
 of Governor and Council," published in 1878, 
 by E. P. Walton. Vol. IV. page 237, and Vol. 
 'VII, page 31). At his father's retirement he 
 succeeded to the office of Grand Master of the 
 Vermont Society of Masonry. He d. on 
 March 7, 1832, his wife surviving him many 
 years, dying June 20, 1863. 
 
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 Lydia, b. March lo, 1784, d. March 6, 1801, 
 the same day and of the same disease (scarlet 
 fever) as her brother Alexander. A double 
 headstone still marks their grave, with the 
 following inscription, composed by their father: 
 
 In love we lived, together died, 
 And here we lie now, side by side. 
 Jesus died our souls to save 
 And placed our bodies in one grave. 
 Here we shall sleep till God commands 
 Us to come forth, hand in hand." 
 
 59 Josiah, b. April 13, 1786, m. Betsey, half-sister of 
 
 George B. Porter, who was Gov. of Michigan 
 in 1 83 1. They went west and settled in Ohio, 
 where he d. about 1827. His family returned 
 to Randolph, where she d. March 18, 1832, 
 aged 45. 
 
 Josiah was a private in the war of 181 2, and 
 was with his brother's command in the expedi- 
 tion to the relief of Plattsburgh. 1814. 
 
 60 Sarah, b. Oct. 2.^, 1788, m. Parker Whitney of Aure- 
 
 lius, N. Y., in 1808, d. 1827. 
 
 61 Susan was b. Dec. 25, 1791, d. unmarried, 1840. at 
 
 Auburn, Mich. 
 
 62 John Joy, b. May 27, 1794. m. Sarah Barnes, Oct., 
 
 1816. Thev lived in Aurelius. He rendered 
 
HARRIETTE A EDSON 
 (MRS. MILTON HYDEi 
 
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 continuous service during the whole of the war 
 of 1812, bearing" at its close the rank of Ser- 
 geant-Major. At the battle of Lundy's Lane 
 he was wounded in the ankle, causing a per- 
 manent lameness. At Fort Erie he was active 
 and was in the Fort when it blew up. He was 
 also with his brother Joseph in the expedition 
 to Plattsburgh. 
 
 He d. 1823, when only twenty-eight years 
 old, leaving a young wife and four small chil- 
 dren. 
 63 Harriette Albina, b. at Randolph, April 13, 1797, m. 
 Milton Hyde at Aurelius, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1821. 
 He was the lineal descendant of ten of the 
 " thirty-five original proprietors " of Norwich, 
 Conn., who came from England between 1630 
 and 1640, also of Richard Dana, of Brighton, 
 Mass. His grandfather, Anderson Dana, was 
 killed at the battle of Wyoming, July 3. 1778. 
 His wife, Susannah (Huntington) Dana, fled 
 with her six children through the wilderness 
 back to the old home at Ashford, Conn., three 
 hundred miles. Milton's mother was one of 
 those children, then fourteen years old, and 
 there are grandchildren still living who have 
 heard her tell the pitiful story of that flight. 
 When the home was broken up after her 
 mother's death, Harriette lived with her 
 brother Joseph, attending the school of the 
 celebrated Prof. Nutting, until she was fifteen, 
 then she went to her sister Sarah at Aurelius. 
 After her marriage they settled at Geneseo, N. 
 Y., but soon removed to Livonia, and in Aug., 
 1829, they emigrated to Michigan with a 
 
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 family of six children, the oldest barely seven 
 years old, and the youngest twin girls of eight 
 months. They traveled with household furni- 
 ture and provisions to Rochester, twenty-five 
 miles, in wagons, then by Erie Canal to Buf- 
 falo, and from thence through Lake Erie to 
 Detroit on the Superior, the second passenger 
 steamer built to ply on the lake, then by wagon 
 again twenty-five miles to the little village of 
 Auburn in Oakland Co., where Mr. Hyde had 
 already purchased a farm. They were five 
 days making this journey. In their new home 
 all the native energy and capability of both 
 were called into action. Supplies in many lines 
 were remote and difficult to obtain, so that 
 every source of home helpfulness was brought 
 into use. Mrs. Hyde learned to card the rolls, 
 spin the yarn, color and weave the warm cloth- 
 ing for her family, which she also cut and made 
 for husband, boys and girls. Mr. Hyde became 
 a leader in village affairs and was as long as he 
 lived there. Justice of the Peace, the highest 
 office in the town, and was always known as 
 " Squire Hyde." He was also director of all 
 educational and most of the religious matters 
 of the village. They were Presbyterians with 
 somewhat of the old Puritan spirit. 
 
 Mrs. Hyde became a good " Samaritan " 
 throughout the town, ministering to the sick 
 and troubled with never-failing patience and 
 cheerfulness, often walking miles after getting 
 her own little ones settled for the night to care 
 for some poor invalid, always carrying a lighted 
 torch to protect her from the wolves which 
 were often seen. 
 
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 She was a wornan of splendid physique, per- 
 fect health, strong character and varied ability. 
 Hospitality, generosity, friendliness, unselfish- 
 ness, patience, fearlessness, both moral and 
 physical, and a never-failing cheerfulness, were 
 marked characteristics which never waned as 
 long as she lived. 
 
 Five more children were b. at Auburn, and 
 as they grew up, none of the boys showing a 
 liking for farm life, Mr. Hyde sold his beauti- 
 ful place and moved to the promising village 
 of Grand Rapids. In 1863, the children all 
 having married but one, and Mr. Hyde being 
 in feeble health, the home was given up and 
 they went to live with a married daughter at 
 Grosse He, near Detroit, where Mr. Hyde d. 
 June 9, 1866, aged 68. Mrs. Hyde lived to be 
 82, spending her time mostly with her youngest 
 daughter at Grosse He, but visiting other chil- 
 dren and relatives as she pleased. She d. at 
 Grosse He Aug. 30, 1879, from the effects of a 
 fall down one step, breaking her leg. She re- 
 tained full possession of all her senses and 
 faculties to the hour of her death, giving words 
 of cheer and comfort to her daughters as long 
 as she could speak to them. 
 
 64 Daniel Sherwood (so recorded, but always called 
 
 Dan Sherod), b. March 10, 1799. m. Mrs. 
 Dorothy (Goodale) Pease, a good and beautiful 
 woman who was eleven years his senior. He 
 d. about 1850. She lived to be 90, and d. at 
 the home of her youngest daughter at Granrl 
 Ledge, Mich. 
 
 65 Lydia Alexander, b. Aug. 1801, a few months after 
 
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 the death of her oldest brother and sister for 
 whom she was named. When only sixteen and 
 Hving with her sister, Mrs. Whitney, she m. 
 Ebenezer Smith of Fleming, Cayuga Co., N. 
 Y. He was b. May, 1795. 
 
 In the spring of 1825 they moved to Mich- 
 igan. After making one^pr two changes they 
 finally settled at Wacousta, CHnton Co., on a 
 farm. 
 
 Mrs. Smith, like her sister Harriette, proved 
 herself equal to pioneer life. She was wonder- 
 fully proficient in doctoring and nursing, and 
 in those early days and remote places, as in old 
 Colonial times, such abilities were rare and 
 valuable. Mrs. Smith was wanted far and near, 
 and her good heart and ready hand were rarely 
 withheld. After her daughter became able to 
 take her place at home " Aunt Lydia " be- 
 longed to everybody who needed help or a 
 friend. No one was more widely or lovingly 
 known, and her death at a still early age, 58. 
 was a public calamity and lamented sincerely 
 by the whole communitv- She d. at Wacousta, 
 
 1859- 
 
 Mr. Smith d. March, 1863. 
 
 Seventh Generation. 
 
 (58) Joseph (Edson). 
 
 66 Elizabeth, b. April 23, 1804, m. Rev. George H. 
 Williams. They settled at Pontiac, Mich., but 
 he was soon called to a chair in the University 
 of Mich., at Ann Arbor, where he remained 
 until his death. He was b. April 13, 1802, d. 
 1877. She d. Jan. 23, 1850. 
 
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 (>7 Sarah was b. in Randolph, Vermont, June 2, 1806, 
 and d. there November 20, 1851. On Jan- 
 uary 8, 1829, she m. Edmund Weston, of her 
 native town (b. February 18, 1799, at Ran- 
 dolph; d. July 14. 1870, at West Randolph). 
 A sketch of his life will be found in the '' His- 
 torical Souvenir of Randolph," 1895 (Nicker- 
 son & Cox). Mrs. Weston possessed with 
 marked degree the traits of character that had 
 been conspicuous among the women of the 
 Edson family, and left behind her at her death 
 memories of fair and noble deeds which will 
 never be obliterated in that community, where 
 she was held in such high esteem. In her 
 father's home she had exceptional social and 
 educational advantages. 
 
 She was especially talented in music, pos- 
 sessing a remarkable soprano voice, thoroughly 
 cultivated, and with her husband, who was also 
 a fine singer and performer upon the violin, 
 made their home most delightful for their 
 children and friends. 
 
 At her funeral there were crowded hundreds 
 of the poor and suffering whom she had re- 
 lieved and cared for. Her home was never 
 closed to appeals for shelter and aid; no disease 
 was so formidable or distance so great as to 
 keep her from the bedside of a needy neighbor; 
 and no gathering or enterprise in Randolph 
 was successful unless her personality and name 
 were stamped upon it. Her splended mother- 
 hood, her sweet tenderness and fine capacity 
 have given to her children a legacy and mem- 
 ory which they held dearer than the wealth 
 
 4 
 
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 that might have been theirs. After her death 
 Judge Weston married twice. His only chil- 
 dren were those born of his first wife. 
 
 68 Nathaniel, b. Oct. ii, 1808. He graduated at Union 
 
 College, Schenectady, N. Y. He studied law 
 at Albany, finishing his studies in the law office 
 of Judge Chase, at Randolph. He settled at 
 Boston, but subsequently removed to New 
 York, where he d. suddenly of heart disease 
 April 2, 1853. He never married 
 
 69 Royal, b. Jan. 5, 181 1, m. Adeline Arnold, dau. of a 
 
 retired sea captain. They lived at Woodstock, 
 where he carried on a mercantile business. He 
 d. there April 12, 1849, leaving one child, 
 Luna, who never married. After his death his 
 widow and daughter went to live with Mrs. 
 Edson's uncle, Gov. Converse, where they all 
 d. within a week of each other. 
 
 70 Olivia Chase, b. Jan. 15, 1824. She went when quite 
 
 young to visit her sister, Mrs. Williams, at 
 Pontiac, Mich., where she met and m. Rev. 
 John A. Wilson, of Baltimore, July i. 1841. 
 He graduated from both the Literary and 
 Theological departments of Kenyon College. 
 Ohio, and received his degree of D. D. from 
 that college. He became Rector of Zion 
 Church, Pontiac, but in a few years took 
 charge of St. Luke's, Ypsilanti, Mich., where 
 he was a most faithful and well-beloved Rector 
 for thirty-six years, retiring from active service 
 on account of feeble health in 1881. He d. at 
 Ypsilanti, May 7, 1883. She d. also at 
 Ypsilanti Nov. 12, 1893. She was a very 
 beautiful woman, of commanding presence, 
 
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 and was full of the hospitality and kindness 
 that so prevails in the Edson family. 
 
 (59) JosiAH (Edson). 
 
 70 Wilham, b. April 2^, 181 1, m. Martha Storey, Aug., 
 
 1844, of Randolph. William was about six 
 years old when his family moved to Ohio. 
 When his father d. and his mother returned 
 to Randolph, William was away, a pilot on the 
 Mississippi river, and he did not follow them. 
 After his mother's death he took his brother 
 and sisters to live with him at St. Louis, Mo. 
 Date of death unknown. His wife still sur- 
 vives him. They had no children. 
 
 71 Susan, b. 1815, m. L. J. Garrison, of St. Louis, Dec, 
 
 1844. They had four children, William, Olivia, 
 Elizabeth, and Tappan. No further particulars 
 could be obtained. 
 
 jz Joseph, b. 1819, d. unm. at St. Joseph, Mo., Oct., 
 ■1848. 
 
 73 Mary Ann, b. 1823, m. at St. Louis, Tully W. Stro- 
 bridge, also a native of Vermont. They went 
 in 1849 'to California by the long water route. 
 They lived in or near Sacramento several years, 
 then went to Los Angeles. Mr. Strobridge had 
 many ups and downs in business, but secured 
 sufficient to enable them to hve in ease and 
 comfort. They were a most genial, happy 
 couple; generous, hospitable, and more than 
 interesting in conversation. Their experiences 
 had been rich, full of strange events and ad- 
 ventures, many hardships, and much pleasure, 
 yet they clung to their old New England home- 
 ways and religion. 
 
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 Mary Ann d. at Los Angeles, Oct., 1893, 
 aged 70. Mr. Strobridge still survives her. 
 
 (60) Sarah (Whitney). 
 
 74 Chauncey Parker, b. at Anrelius in 1812, m. (i) 
 
 Minerva, (2) Julia , who was much 
 
 younger than he. They lived at Livonia, N. 
 Y., where he owned much real estate. They 
 had one child, Harriet, who lived only one 
 year. They brought up two girls, for whom 
 he provided handsomely, but the bulk of his 
 large estate was left to his wife. He d. 1882. 
 
 75 Constant, b. 181 5, d. 1840. His wife d. soon after, 
 
 leaving a little dau., who was brought up by 
 her Uncle Chauncey and his first wife. She 
 m. and had two children, and all three d. in one 
 week of diphtheria. 
 
 (62) John Joy (Edson). 
 
 76 Chauncey Parker, b. at AureHus, April 24, 1817, m. 
 
 Rebecca La Rue, Feb., 1834. They lived at 
 Charlotte, Mich. He d. Jan. i, 1841. 
 yy Sarah Philena,b.at Aurelius, Nov. 5, 1819. She grew 
 up a bright, ambitious girl, received a good 
 education, and went to relatives in Michigan, 
 where she taught school at Auburn and Pon- 
 tiac. She married, but after a few years, owing 
 to the unfaithfulness of her husband, she se- 
 cured a divorce. He soon married again, 
 after which she took legal measures to have her 
 maiden name restored to her, and also to be 
 given to her children, and as Edsons their 
 record is given in this book. All of this part 
 of her life was passed in Indiana and Ohio. 
 
S3 
 
 She then entered the Hterary field, at one time 
 editing a paper very successfully. When the 
 Civil War broke out she volunteered her serv- 
 ices, and joined the corps of nurses, and be- 
 came so valuable that most important work 
 was assigned to her, even being sent onto the 
 field when other women were debarred. Her 
 record may be found in a book entitled " Emi- 
 nent Women of the War." 
 
 After the war she took up her residence with 
 her children in Washington, D. C, where she 
 d. 1871. 
 
 78 Joseph Josiah, b. Jan. 24, 1821, m. Mary Hunger. 
 
 He was a physician, and they lived at Geneva, 
 Ohio. They had one child, Estelle, who d. 
 young. 
 
 79 Susan Ann, b. June 24, 1823, at Aurelius, very soon 
 
 after the death of her father. She also was 
 bright and ambitious. She was one of the first 
 women to study medicine as a profession, and 
 many were the difficulties with which she had 
 to contend. But her will was indomitable, 
 and she succeeded, and established a good 
 practice at Jefiferson, Ohio, when the Rebellion 
 broke out and she offered her services, which 
 were gladly accepted, and as nurse, physician 
 and surgeon she served at Washington and 
 Fort Monroe during the whole war, making 
 a record for herself second to none. After the 
 war she returned to Washington and resumed 
 her practice, where she gained the summit of 
 success in her profession. 
 
 Susan never m., but Avas an important factor 
 in the bringing up of her sister's children, and 
 
54 
 
 made her pleasant home a welcome resting 
 place for her mother and half-sisters and other 
 relatives. Hers was the warm heart and the 
 generous hand. Her health was greatly im- 
 paired by her devoted services over President 
 Garfield, whose family physician and long- 
 time friend she was. 
 
 She d. at her home in Washington, Nov. 14, 
 1898, after a very short illness. 
 
 (63) Harriette Albina (Hyde). 
 
 80 Joseph Edson, b. June 16, 1822, at Livonia, N. Y., 
 m. Margaret Millicent Hunt, dau. of Thomas 
 and Mary Hunt, and niece of Judge James B. 
 Hunt, M. C, at Pontiac, Mich., April 12. 1848. 
 She was b. June i, 1826. They resided at 
 Detroit until bronchial trouble compelled him 
 to give up his business (mercantile). He was 
 advised to go to Lake Superior, where he d. at 
 Eagle River, April 24, i860. He was a 
 natural student, and the best education was 
 given him that could be obtained in the home 
 school, but it was largely through his love of 
 good reading that he came to be a man of un- 
 usuallv fine intellectual attainments. His kind 
 and friendly manner and strong moral char- 
 acter won for him the respect and confidence 
 of all, and the love of many. He left a young 
 wife, beautiful in person and character. She 
 never m. again, but devoted herself to the edu- 
 cation of her only child, who m. young, and 
 with whom Mrs. Hyde has made her home. 
 She has traveled extensively at home and 
 abroad. 
 
8 1 Susan Adeline, b. Sept. 6, 1823, m. Orlando B. Clark 
 of Green Oak, Mich., May 20, 1847. I" 1^5 1 
 Mr. Clark took up a large tract of land near 
 Marengo, Iowa, built a house and settled there. 
 But some pulmonary trouble developing, he 
 decided to seek a warmer climate. In 1859 
 he rented his farm, fitted out two emigrant 
 wagons, took his family, wife and two sons, 
 twelve and ten, and twenty head of cattle, and, 
 accompanied and assisted by his hired man 
 and his wife, started for California, following, 
 but not joining, such emigrant trains as suited 
 their convenience for safety, for it was a time 
 when there were dangers from Indians and 
 wild animals, and from possible lack of food 
 and water. They were eighteen weeks mak- 
 ing the journey to Sacramento, near which 
 place they settled and remained three years. 
 In 1862 Mr. Clark decided to return to Iowa, 
 and they came back by a military stage route 
 that was in use during the Rebellion. But Mr. 
 Clark was still discontented in Iowa, so he sold 
 his farm and moved to Missouri, and settled in 
 a valley of the Oza:k mountains, and had 
 just got fairly started when a great freshet 
 devastated all his fields, covering them with 
 debris. His buildings and stock were on high 
 ground, so escaped. Discouraged, he sold out 
 at great sacrifice, and went into Kansas, where 
 he was not satisfied, and in 1879 they again 
 crossed the plains in an emigrant wagon, and 
 settled near Union. Oregon. They built a 
 comfortable house and proceeded to cut the 
 timber for use and for sale, ^^''hile thus en- 
 
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 gaged April 26, 1883, Mr. Clark was killed by 
 a branch of a falling tree. Mrs. Clark and her 
 only remaining son remained in the same place 
 until she d., Jan. 2, 1893. A detailed account 
 of this woman's life would make a most ro- 
 mantic, thrilling story. Through all her long, 
 tedious journeys and the trials they encoun- 
 tered she was cheerful and helpful, perfectly 
 contented if her husband were only well and 
 satisfied. It was bad for the boys, this Bohe- 
 mian life, and while in Missouri the oldest one 
 left them and they never saw him again. After 
 they first went to Iowa she never returned to 
 her parents but once, in 1864, but constant 
 communication was kept up, and she was 
 always in touch with all that transpired " at 
 home," and kept them well informed of her Hfe 
 in every particular. 
 82 George Randolph, b. July 24, 1825, m. Jane EHza- 
 beth Nelson at Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 28, 
 1848. He studied medicine and practiced 
 some, and he was quite successful with pencil 
 and brushes. But he was unstable, restless, a 
 most loveable, but unreliable man. 
 
 He served with the Michigan " Mechanics 
 and Engineers " during the Civil War. He 
 enlisted as private, but his medical abilities 
 were soon recognized, and he was sent to help 
 in the hospital department. After his return 
 in 1866 he decided to seek a location in the 
 west. He tried Iowa and Missouri, and 
 finally started for Montana and disappeared. 
 His wife d. Oct., 1869, leaving three daughters. 
 
 In 1898 Milton Clark, who left his father in 
 
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 Missouri, and of whom little had been heard, 
 nothing- for years, wrote to his Aunt Harriette, 
 and through him the following was learned 
 about George. Milton first came across him 
 in 1876, at Brownsville, opposite Matamoras, 
 Mexico. He was foreman of a large cattle 
 ranch. He m. that year Carmen Olivero, a 
 Castilian. " She was a lady of distinction, of 
 a high class, fair and beautiful, and made a 
 splendid wife." She was from San Diego, 
 Cal. They had two children, Carlos and 
 Annette. George was killed in the fall of 
 1884, during a " round up," by some Mexican 
 cattle thieves, from whom he and his cowboys 
 were trying to rescue them. 
 83 William Augustus, b. Feb. 25, 1827. He moved 
 with his father to Grand Rapids, where he m. 
 (i) Freelove Lenora Hyde, April 15, 1854, (2) 
 Kate Nyhart, Jan. 12, 1884. He was a skilled 
 machinist, and was especially fond of lathe and 
 pattern work. On Aug. 22, 1893, he was mak- 
 ing a pattern of a large gear wheel and had it 
 in the lathe, when the timber split, one-half 
 striking him in the breast, killing him almost 
 instantly. 
 
 He was a cheerful, happy-tempered man, 
 thinking no evil himself and suspecting none 
 in others, a great favorite in social circles and 
 everywhere else. 
 
 As a citizen he was always interested in the 
 welfare of his adopted home. He joined the 
 fire company and eventually came to be chief 
 engineer of that department. He served sev- 
 eral terms as Alderman. " In later years he 
 
58 
 
 was an active spirit in labor organizations, not 
 an agitator nor an advocate of stern measures, 
 but directed his thoughts and his efforts to the 
 permanent advancement and welfare of the 
 toilers as a class. He was cool and conserva- 
 tive, considerate of the rights and opinions of 
 others, and as an adviser in the council cham- 
 ber his word had weight, and his opinions were 
 worthy of consideration." " He was a man of 
 profound convictions, strong and resolute pur- 
 pose, endless patience and indomitable perse- 
 verance." He was a fine musician, playing 
 several wind and string instruments, and his 
 fine bass voice was generally heard in the choir 
 of his church, Presbyterian. He loved to read 
 good books, and his fund of knowledge was 
 wide, and his conversational powers much like 
 his oldest brother's. He was a ready, im- 
 promptu speaker, was never at a loss for some- 
 thing to say, and had a most happy way of 
 combining the instructive and amusing. 
 
 He was a man of fine physique and splendid 
 health, and but for this accident might have 
 been spared to his family many years. 
 
 Mary Sophia, Sarah Maria, twins, b. Dec. 
 14, 1828, at Livonia, N. Y. They were eight 
 months old when their parents moved to Mich- 
 igan. 
 84 Mary m. George W. Yale of Grand Rapids, Feb. 12, 
 1852. They settled on a fruit farm near Grand 
 Rapids, where they lived many years. As the 
 children left home and Mr. Yale's health failed, 
 they moved into the city, where Mr. Yale 
 owned several houses. He d. there, after a 
 
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 long and painful illness, Nov. 9, 1880. His 
 wife still survives him, dividing her time be- 
 tween a grandson and her younger sisters, a 
 benediction wherever she is. 
 85 Sarah m. William Ives of Detroit, April 12, 1853. 
 He was b. at Wallingford, Conn., April 10, 
 181 6. He was a surveyor, and worked many 
 years under Government contracts. It was 
 his compass that indicated the presence of iron 
 in the Lake Superior country, as recorded in 
 the " Geological Survey of Michigan." In the 
 spring of 1850 he was sent to run boundary 
 lines in Oregon, where he filled several im- 
 portant contracts, and gathered a fund of most 
 valuable and interesting information. But it 
 was a hard life, and in 1853 he returned to 
 Mich., married, and settled upon a beautiful 
 farm on Grosse He, in Detroit river, and there 
 they lived ten ideally happy years, when Mrs. 
 Ives d. very suddenly, leaving four little girls, 
 the youngest only six weeks old. It was to 
 this home that the parents had been induced to 
 come the fall before Mrs. Ives' death, which 
 occurred April 24, 1864. 
 
 These twins so closely resembled each other 
 in face, form, manner and voice that it fre- 
 quently puzzled their nearest friends and af- 
 forded themselves much amusement. They 
 always dressed exactly alike. They were 
 devotedly attached to each other, never 
 separated if it could be avoided. 
 
 86 Lydia Albina. b. April 24, 1831, d. Aug. 17. 1832, 
 
 from the effects of a fall down stairs. 
 
 87 Lydia Elizabeth, b. Sept. i. 1833. She was living 
 
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 lETTE HYDE WELLS 
 
HARRIETTE HYDE WELLS 
 
6i 
 
 Conn, and Jane Vanderburgh of N. Y. He is 
 a lineal descendant of Gov. Thomas Wells of 
 Conn. He was b. at Stamford, N. Y., March 
 24, 1833. His parents emigrated to Mich, in 
 1838, being eleven days making the journey to 
 Port Huron, then only a hamlet, with more 
 Indians than white people. Only the nearness 
 of old Fort Gratiot, where there was always a 
 little group of cultivated people, redeemed it 
 from utter loneliness. 
 
 Here Frederick grew up with the place, re- 
 ceiving a good education, including the clas- 
 sics, from private tutors, generally the Chaplain 
 at the Fort. As he arrived at man's estate he 
 took an active part in the improvement and 
 advancement of the then thriving little city. 
 It was a great lumbering center, and Mr. Wells 
 engaged in that business with his father, and 
 also in vessels on the lakes by himself. From 
 the time he reached his majority he was rarely 
 free from official duties. He was Mayor of 
 the city during the Civil War, when " drafts " 
 were ordered and much excitement prevailed. 
 He represented his district in the Legislature 
 three terms, one in the House and two in the 
 Senate, 1871-1877; was Eminent Commander 
 Knights Templar nine years in succession, and 
 has been since 1886 Sen. Warden in his church 
 (Episcopal), and was largely instrumental in 
 building a fine stone edifice for that denomina- 
 tion. His latest work for the city is heading 
 a Commission to build a canal from Lake 
 Huron to Black river, three miles above the 
 city, which is expected to be of great benefit. 
 
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 He is a man whose advice and opinion are 
 much sought. He has settled several large 
 estates, and arbitrated disputed questions to 
 the satisfaction of all parties. In politics he 
 always been an active Republican. Perfect 
 uprightness, justice, reliability and caution are 
 marked characteristics. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wells never had any children, 
 but they brought up and educated two of her 
 brother George's daus. and the daughter of a 
 cousin of Mr. Wells, May Randolph Hill of 
 New Haven, Conn. She lived with them until 
 she m. Giles Francis Cole, Sept. i, 1898. 
 
 89 Charles Milton, b. Dec. 21, 1838, d. Sept. 3, 1855, at 
 
 Grand Rapids. He was a fine scholar and 
 possessed great musical talent. The violin 
 was his favorite instrument. He also com- 
 posed some very sweet airs. At fifteen he had 
 finished the course in the public schools, and 
 obtained a position of trust in a book and 
 music store. He had grown rapidly, and when 
 attacked with typhoid fever had little power of 
 resistance, and so passed away. 
 
 90 Julia Josephine, the youngest of this family of eleven, 
 
 was b. June 28, 1841, m. Edward Legrant 
 Keith of Grosse He, Dec. 3, 1863. He was the 
 son of Capt. Wm. Keith of Scotland and Jane 
 Dick of Ireland. Mr. Keith was b. at Grosse 
 He, March 10, 1827. He came into posses- 
 sion of the fine old farm and home, and there 
 they passed very happily the few short years of 
 their married life. He d. after a short illness, 
 August 22, 1 87 1. She still lives on in the old 
 home with her only dau. 
 
DAN SHEROD EDSON 
 
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 (64) Daniel Sherwood (Edson). 
 
 91 Dan Sherod, b. at Springfield, Mass., Jan. 2, 1825, 
 m. Martha Halverson of Norway, Feb. 8, 1858, 
 at Spring Grove, Minn. He received such 
 education as could be obtained in the public 
 schools of that time, working meantime for 
 one and another from the time he was nine 
 years old. At the age of sixteen he decided to 
 strike out for himself. He made various ven- 
 tures, finally going on a fishing voyage to the 
 coast of Nova Scotia, which took several 
 months, which had the good result of greatly 
 strengthening a rather delicate constitution. 
 He also tried farming and iron moulding, 
 finally bought a carpenter's outfit, and in 1856 
 migrated to Minnesota. He worked with his 
 tools summers and in the lumber woods 
 winters, until Sept. 4, 1864, when he enhsted in 
 Co. E, 5th Wisconsin Infantry Vols., Capt. C. 
 R. Merritt. He was in several battles and 
 skirmishes, and finally, in the charge on Peters- 
 burg, was wounded in both legs and was sent 
 to the hospital, where he remained until dis- 
 charged, at Fort Randall hospital, Madison, 
 Wis., June 8, 1865. He then returned to his 
 family and former occupation. In 1880 he 
 moved to South Dakota, taking up 160 acres 
 of land to which he was entitled. There they 
 lived until April, 1899. when he sold out and 
 moved to Blanchard, Iowa, where he and his 
 wife, who is quite an invalid, still live in a cozy 
 home of their own in ease and competence. 
 
 In politics Mr. Edson is a " straight Rei)ul)- 
 lican." He has always interested himself in 
 
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 town affairs wherever he has lived; has held 
 many official positions, District Clerk, School 
 Director, Justice of the Peace, Town Treas- 
 urer, etc. He has from boyhood and through 
 all his trials and struggles held steadfastly to 
 principles of truth and honesty, has always 
 been prompt and faithful in all matters of trust, 
 and has won and held the confidence and 
 respect of all, wherever he lived. 
 
 92 Dorothy Ann, b. Oct. 2y, 1826, at Ware, Mass., m. 
 
 George W. Lowell of Wacousta, Mich., at 
 Huntington, Mass., June 6, 1853. They set- 
 tled on a farm near Wacousta. 
 
 She possessed in a great degree the cheery, 
 hopeful temper of the Edsons, was clever with 
 her pen, quick at repartee, hospitable, helpful. 
 She d. very suddenly of pneumonia, March 29, 
 1896. 
 
 93 Sarah Albina, b. Nov. 15, 1830. She and her mother 
 
 went to live with her sister at Wacousta, and 
 there she met and m. Calvin J. Covey, a prom- 
 inent physician of Grand Ledge. He was well 
 and widely known and much respected. He 
 d. at his home at Grand Ledge, Oct., 1896. 
 She still keeps her home, but visits a good deal 
 among her children. 
 
 (65) Lydia Alexander (Smith). 
 
 94 Sarah Pinney, b. Nov. 5, 1818, at Fleming, N. Y., 
 
 m. (i) Alanson Bacon of Pontiac, Mich., 1842. 
 He d. 1852, and she m. (2) her cousin, Gus- 
 tavus Smith, April, 1857, and d. twelve days 
 after of pneumonia. She left no children. 
 
 95 Josiah Edson, b. at Fleming, Jan. 2, 1820, m. (i) 
 
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 Arabella Keyes at Birmingham, Mich. She 
 (1. 1844, aged 28, leaving two children; (2) 
 Louisa Mosher, who d. 1858, aged 30, leaving 
 one child; (3) Mrs. Mary Treat. He d. April 
 16. 1896, and she d. Aug., 1896. He was a 
 farmer and always lived near Wacousta. 
 96 Adoniram Judson, b. March 24, 1828, at Auburn. 
 Mich. Went with his parents to Wacousta, 
 Mich., in 1837, where he m. Laura C. Lowell, 
 June 2^, 1850. 
 
 " On the spot where Mr. Smith lived and 
 died his father built his first log house, and the 
 playmates of the little white child were the 
 children of the Indians, who were still here in 
 numbers." 
 
 " He enlisted in Co. H. 23d Mich. Vol. In- 
 fantry, Sept. 13, 1864, and served until the 
 close of the war. . For the last thirty years of 
 his life he was a member of the church, living 
 a thoughtful, consistent. Christian life. Being 
 a constant reader of the best literature, he was 
 a man of superior intelligence. Holding sev- 
 eral public offices at different times in his life, 
 he always discharged their duties with fidelity 
 to the public and credit to himself. 
 
 An honorable, upright citizen, through a 
 long life lived among our people, he has en- 
 joyed the esteem of the community, the con- 
 fidence of his friends, and the love of his 
 kindred." 
 
 Eighth Generation. 
 
 (66) Elizabeth (Williams). 
 
 97 Mary, b. about 1834. m. Thomas S. Blackmar, a 
 
66 
 
 lawyer of Detroit, d. at Detroit, 1864, leaving 
 one son, Paul. Could get no further par- 
 ticulars. 
 
 98 Louisa, b. April 4, 1841, at Pontiac, Mich., m. Alfred 
 
 Du Bois, a Professor at the University of 
 Michigan at Ann Arbor, Dec. 6, 1871. He 
 was b. at New Paltz, N. Y., July 16, 1826. 
 They moved to Colorado. 
 
 (67) Sarah (Weston). 
 
 99 Edmund was born at West Randolph. Vermont, 
 
 February 6, 1830. He was entered as a cadet 
 at the Military University of Norwich, Ver- 
 mont, in 1845, pursuing his academic studies 
 at Woodstock and Thetford and completing 
 ■the same at Randolph. In 1852 he entered 
 upon the study and practice of dentistry in the 
 office of Dr. A. B. Childs, the leading practi- 
 tioner in Boston. While resident in that city 
 he became a member of the Boston Cadets or 
 Governor's Body Guard, and was with that 
 command engaged in the suppression of the 
 slave riot in Boston just prior to the War of the 
 Rebellion. He entered the University ot Ver- 
 mont in 1857, graduating from its medical de- 
 partment in the class of '59^ when he returned 
 to his native town to practice dentistry until 
 the outbreak of the Civil War. He promptly 
 responded to Vermont's call for volunteers, 
 and on September 13, 1861, received from 
 Governor Fairbanks a captain's commission, 
 thereupon organizing and enlisting from vari- 
 ous towns of the State the first company of 
 sharpshooters, which were soon after mustered 
 
DR EDMUND WESTON 
 
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 into the service as Company F, ist Regiment 
 of United States Sharpshooters, under the 
 command of Colonel Berdan. Captain Weston 
 continued with his regiment during the Pe- 
 ninsular Campaign and until forced to resign 
 by reason of disabilities resulting from rheu- 
 matic gout. He returned at once to Randolph 
 and resumed the practice of his profession. In 
 1 88 1 he went to Washington, D. C, and be- 
 came associated with Dr. D. W. Bliss on the 
 Board of Health. After the discontinuance of 
 the Board he was given a clerkship in the 
 Record and Pension Division of the War De- 
 partment, which he retained until forced to 
 give it up on account of injuries received in the 
 " Ford's Theatre Disaster " of 1893, in which 
 twenty-two clerks were killed and over one 
 hundred permanently injured. Dr. Weston 
 had always been prominently connected witii 
 Masonry. The Chapter and Commandery de- 
 grees of the York Rite were conferred upon 
 him in 1888, and in 1891 he was advanced to 
 the thirty-second degree in the Ancient and 
 Accepted Order of the Scottish Rite, holding 
 his diploma over the signature of General 
 Albert Pike. It would be impossible without 
 seeming exaggeration to describe the peculiar 
 beauty and charm of his disposition. 
 
 Perfect unselfishness was the keynote of his 
 character. Generous and chivalrous in youth. 
 he was admired and loved by all who knew 
 him. And through long years of physical suf- 
 fering and of good and evil fortune, he was 
 brave, patient, cheerful and loving. Pure in 
 
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 heart and in life, living and dying a perfect 
 Christian gentleman. He died in Washington, 
 D. C, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Van Dyke, 
 on July 3, 1901, after a brief illness and was 
 interred in the family burial lot at West Ran- 
 dolph. 
 100 Sarah Olivia was born at West Randolph, Vermont, 
 September 28, 1837. Until the age of sixteen 
 her education was supervised at home by her 
 father, who being a remarkable scholar and 
 having the utmost regard for the mental de- 
 velopment of his children, followed his own 
 ideas for their education. He provided private 
 instructors for their studies of English, classic 
 and modern languages and music. She con- 
 tinued her studies in Boston, devoting her 
 attention principally to classics and history 
 under the direction of several professors at 
 Cambridge, she being the second of the few 
 female students to whom the privilege of 
 Harvard University were granted. Her 
 thorough knowledge of the ancient languages 
 was a great service to the late Professor Elliott 
 Cones in his famous work on ornithology, 
 " The North American Birds," in which a 
 glowing tribute is paid to her attainments. 
 After her marriage, in Randolph, to Mr. Fred- 
 erick Argyle Aiken, of Vermont, a lawyer who 
 had studied law in her father's ofifice, she settled 
 in Burlington, Vermont, where her husband 
 purchased and edited a newspaper. Mrs. Aiken 
 had been from her earliest years a writer of 
 stories and poetry, some of which had so at- 
 tracted the attention not only in New England 
 
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 but of London publishers, as to be copied in 
 magazines and papers. At the time of her re- 
 moval to Burlington she wrote continually re- 
 views of books in association with John G. 
 Saxe as well as original matter. At the open- 
 ing of the Civil War, Mrs. Aiken removed with 
 her husband to Washington, D. C, where the 
 latter established himself as a lawyer, a pro- 
 fession in which he soon attained distinction, 
 having been the attorney for Mrs. Surratt, one 
 of the Lincoln conspirators. He entered the 
 army and served on General Hancock's stafif, 
 with the rank of Colonel, throughout the War 
 of the Rebellion. At the close of the war he 
 became managing editor of the Washington 
 Post, the Chronicle, and other papers of the 
 capital city, and was engaged mainly in jour- 
 nalism until his death in 1878. resulting from 
 injuries received in the war. Mr. x\iken was 
 also interested in national politics and was at 
 one time the Secretary of the Democratic 
 National Committee. After her husband's 
 death, Mrs. Aiken was obliged to enter the 
 Government service and held the position as 
 clerk in the Treasury Department until her 
 death, on May 25, 1900. She left no children, 
 loi Mary Elizabeth was born at West Randolph, Ver- 
 mont, May 29, 1839, in her father's house. At 
 the age of seven she began the study of music 
 and Latin and the elementar}^ studies at home, 
 under private tuition of law students in her 
 father's office, and of the best music teachers 
 obtainable. In a short time she attained to re- 
 markable skill on the piano and developed a 
 
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 talent that has charmed her friends ever since. 
 When ten years of age she entered the Ran- 
 dolph Academy with her sister, remaining until 
 her fourteenth year, when she was taken by her 
 father to Burlington, New Jersey, and entered 
 as a boarder at St. Mary's Hall, the Episcopal 
 Seminary for Girls, founded by Bishop Doane, 
 and still one of the best seminaries for girls in 
 the East. After her course at St. Mary's Hall, 
 she returned to her father's house and in a 
 short time was taken to the French Protestant 
 school for girls, founded and presided over by 
 Mme. Ameron, in Berthier (en haut), Province 
 of Quebec, Canada, where she continued her 
 studies in the languages and music and other 
 branches for seven years. She then went to 
 Washington, D. C, after a short visit at her 
 home, to visit with her sister who was Hving 
 at the Capital with her husband, Mr. Frederic 
 A. Aiken. It was in this city that she met Mr. 
 Howard Butler Van Dyke, a young lawyer of 
 New York City, the acquaintance beginning 
 from their mutual interest in music. Thev 
 were married on December 9, 1868, at the 
 Epiphany Church, Washington, D. C. After 
 their marriage they went to New York, where 
 their two children were born, remaining about 
 five years, then returning to Washington, 
 where her sons entered school. 
 
 (70) Olivia Chase (Wilson). 
 102 Mary Clare, b. May 2, 1842, at Pontiac. Mich., m. 
 Capt. Clinton Spencer, Aug. 11, 1865. He 
 was b. at Ypsilanti, Mich., Jan. 31, 1840. At 
 
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 the opening of the RebelHon he enlisted in the 
 1st Michigan Infantry, and was with his regi- 
 ment in every engagement until and including 
 the battle of Gettysburg, where he was 
 wounded in the leg, amputation at the hip 
 being the result. He was transferred to the 
 Veteran Reserve Corps, in which he served 
 until the close of the war. He was a lawyer, 
 but on his return to private life he was ap- 
 pointed Postmaster of Ypsilanti, which posi- 
 tion he held for sixteen years, then obtained a 
 position in the Auditor-General's office at 
 Lansing and moved his family there. 
 
 Mary possessed literary ability of a high 
 order; many gems of poetry from her pen 
 have found their way into the papers and been 
 copied far and wide. She also gave much at- 
 tention to art and music. Soon after they 
 moved to Lansing, Mary obtained the post of 
 Assistant State Librarian, which she held six 
 years, and was then promoted to State Libra- 
 rian, which position she still occupies most 
 ably and satisfactorily. The work is arduous, 
 but she knows her books and is never at fault. 
 She has instituted some advance movements, 
 *' traveling libraries," for one. She is bright 
 and cheery, quick and helpful, commands the 
 respect and good will of everybody. 
 
 103 Henry Spicer, b. Oct. 27, 1849. d. Sept. 19, 1870, of 
 
 typhoid fever. 
 
 104 John A., b. Feb. 23, 1856, m. Wilhelmina M'Elchran, 
 
 Aug. 5, 1 88 1, at Ypsilanti. 
 
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 (73) Mary Ann (Strobridge). 
 
 105 William Tully, m. Sarah Marvin at Sacramento, Cal. 
 
 Edson, d.when five years old, at Sacramento. 
 
 (74) Chauncey Parker (Edson). 
 
 106 Sarah, b. Dec. 6, 1834. tl* 
 
 107 Mary Jane, b. Aug. 6, 1836, m. (i) John R. Beck, (2) 
 
 Daniel Spencer. 
 
 108 Harriet, b. June 24, 1838, m. (i) Andrew Nicholson, 
 
 (2) John Warwick. No children. 
 
 {"jy) Sarah Philena (Edson). 
 
 109 John Joy, b. May 17, 1846, at Jefferson, Ohio, m. 
 
 Elizabeth Berthrong at Rochester, N. Y., 
 March i, 1869. He attended public school 
 until the outbreak of the Civil War, when at 
 the age of fifteen he enlisted in the 6ist New 
 York Volunteers, and served in the Army of 
 the Potomac under Gen'l George B. McClellan 
 and Gen'l Burnside. He participated in the 
 Virginia and Maryland campaigns, including 
 the Peninsula campaign and the battles of 
 Antietam and Fredericksburg. After a long 
 siege of typhoid fever he was discharged at 
 Armory Square Hospital. Washington, D. C.. 
 and later was appointed to a clerkship in the 
 Treasury Department, where he remained ten 
 years, meantime pursuing the study of law at 
 the Columbian University, from which he 
 graduated in 1868. He then resigned his 
 position and formed a partnership with his 
 brother, J. R. Edson, in the patent business, 
 which continued until 1881. Then he became 
 interested in building and loan associations, 
 
JOHN JOY EDSON 
 
73 
 
 and in 1879, upon the organization of the 
 Equitable Building Association, he was elected 
 secretary, serving until 1898, when he was 
 elected President, which office he still holds. 
 He is also president of the Washington Loan 
 and Trust Company, director of the National 
 Metropolitan Bank, the Potomac Insurance 
 Company, treasurer of the Washington Sani- 
 tary Improvement Company, member of the 
 Columbia Historical Society and the Cosmos 
 Club. He was for many years treasurer of the 
 Homeopathic Hospital, and also its president, 
 until appointed by President McKinley as 
 member of the board of charities. He has 
 been one of the prominent members of the 
 Washington Board of Trade, and has lately 
 entered upon his second term as president of 
 that body. He served as chairman of the 
 citizens' executive committee of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic encampment at Wash- 
 ington in 1892. 
 
 Mr. Edson served on the executive com- 
 mittee and as chairman of the auditing com- 
 mittee at Pre.sident Harrison's inauguration in 
 1889. ^^d was also a member of the executive 
 committee upon the inauguration of President 
 Cleveland four years later. In 1897 he served 
 as treasurer of the executive committee at the 
 inauguration of President McKinley, and has 
 just been tendered and accepted the chairman- 
 ship of the inaugural committee and will have 
 charge of all the ceremonies connected with 
 President McKinley's second inauguration. 
 Both President Harrison and President Mc- 
 
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 Kinley tendered Mr. Edson the position of 
 Commissioner of the District of Columbia, but 
 he was obHged to decHne the honor on account 
 of business obHgations. Still he takes great 
 interest and wields much influence in all affairs 
 of the District. 
 
 His beautiful wife and daughter are fully 
 equal to all the demands that are made upon 
 them socially, and their elegant home on Six- 
 teenth St. is the scene of many delightful gath- 
 erings. Mrs. Edson is active in church and 
 hospital work, and a member of the Dolly 
 Madison Chapter, Daughters of the American 
 Revolution. 
 I ID Joseph Romanzo, b. Aug. 17, 1847, ^^ 
 
 m. Marion Goodall at Washington, D. C, Jan. 
 10, 1876. He is a very successful lawyer, giv- 
 ing special attention to Patent Office work. 
 His wife is a very fine musician. They are 
 very hospitable and fond of society, which they 
 both adorn. They have always lived at Wash- 
 ington. 
 
 1 1 1 Sarah Levangia, b. June 4, 1849, at 
 
 m. George A. Marks at Washington, 1868. 
 He was assistant librarian in the Congressional 
 Library. He d. 
 
 (80) Joseph Edson (Hyde). 
 
 1 12 Mary. b. Jan. 14. 1850, at Detroit, Mich., m. Hartson 
 
 Gillett Barnum at Port Huron. Mich., April 
 20, 1870. 
 
 Mary was ten years old when her father died, 
 after which Mrs. Hyde took up her residence 
 at Port Huron, where she had relatives. Here 
 
75 
 
 Mary attended school four years, then entered 
 the " Detroit Female Seminary," where she 
 finished her course, after which they returned 
 to Port Huron, where they still reside. Like 
 both of her parents, Mary loved to read, and 
 she still loves to study. She has most remark- 
 able memory, not uncommon among the 
 Edsons, is a fine linguist and has traveled a 
 good deal at home and abroad. She is active 
 and a leader in church (Episcopal), in charity, 
 in Study Clubs, Library interests and in 
 society. 
 
 Mr. Barnum is a banker, and active and in- 
 terested in all city afTairs, a man whose con- 
 servative views and careful thought make him 
 a valuable member of any branch of govern- 
 ment. He has a fine voice, which is heard 
 with almost unfailing regularity in his church 
 choir year after year. He is high in Masonry, 
 and a " Son of the American Revolution," as 
 his wife is a " Daughter." Mr. Barnum be- 
 longs to a line one of whom has fought in every 
 regular war in which this country has been 
 engaged. 
 
 (8i) Susan Adeline (Clark). 
 113 Milton Claudius, b. May 20. 1848, at Green Oak, 
 Mich. He followed the footsteps of his par- 
 ents until they settled in Missouri, then he 
 started out for himself, and was heard from 
 afterwards only at long intervals. Since 1898 
 he has written quite regularly to his Aunt Har- 
 riette. Says he has lived in every State west 
 of the Missisippi between Mexico and British 
 
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 America. He is at present at Carson City, 
 Nevada. He never m. 
 
 114 William Lochlin, b. Feb. 25, 1850, at Auburn, Mich. 
 He clung faithfully to his parents as long as 
 they lived, and still remains near the home at 
 Union. Oregon. He has never married. 
 
 J 15 Emma Louise, b. at Sacramento, Cal., 1861, d. on 
 the plains near Salt Lake City on the way home 
 to Iowa, 1862. The mother carried her little 
 dead baby in her arms for hours, never letting 
 any one, not even her husband, know it was 
 dead, for fear she would be compelled to bury 
 it by the way. At night they reached Salt 
 Lake City, where the little one was buried. 
 
 (82) George Randolph (Hyde). 
 
 116 Edson Adelbert, b. Dec, 1847, ^t Auburn, d. in 
 
 infancy. 
 
 James Nelson, b. 1850, d. 1852 at Grand 
 Rapids. 
 
 117 Alice, b. Nov., 1852, at Grand Rapids, m. Lewis 
 
 Howard of Saline, Mich., April, 1872. He is 
 a farmer, and they live near Ypsilanti. 
 
 118 Harriet Lillian, b. July 25, 1854. She went when 
 
 twelve years old to her Aunt Harriette Wells, 
 who educated her. She possessed three talents 
 in a marked degree, music, art and poetry. 
 She was cultivated in all, but preferred art, with 
 which she still supports herself. She has never 
 married. 
 
 119 Carolyn, b. July 18. 1865. m. Emory Hyde of Burr 
 
 Oak. Mich., Dec. 8, 1894. She also was 
 brought up and educated by her Aunt Har- 
 riette, who took her when she was scarcelv 
 
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 four years old. She, too, had fine abilities, 
 and was given every opportunity of education. 
 She graduated at the Liggett's " Home and 
 Day School," Detroit, June, 1884. She be- 
 came very proficient with the piano, and plays 
 several string instruments. She wields a ready 
 pen also, and makes some use of it. She has 
 no children. 
 
 (83) William Augustus (Hyde). 
 
 120 Frederika, b. July 7, 1857, d. Sept. 17, 1858. 
 
 121 Elizabeth, b. Aug. 16, 1859, m. Loomis Miller at 
 
 Grand Rapids, when only fifteen, without her 
 father's knowledge. He was much older than 
 she, and the marriage proved a most unhappy 
 one, from which she finally retreated. She 
 learned stenography and became an expert, 
 and obtained a fine position under Civil Service 
 examination in the Bureau of Pensions at 
 Washington, which she still holds. 
 
 122 Joseph Edson, b. June 10, 1862, m. Mary Trupp. 
 
 Aug. 12, 1885, at Grand Rapids. 
 
 123 William Fletcher, b. Sept. 15, 1865. Is still unmar- 
 
 ried. 
 
 (84) Mary Sophia (Yale). 
 
 124 Sarah Selina, b. Nov. 24, 1852, at Grand Rapids, d. 
 
 Nov. 18, 1879. A sweet singer and a most 
 lovely character. 
 
 125 Charles Sanford, b. May 19, 1855, m. Marietta Neahr 
 
 Nov. 3, 1879, just two weeks before the death 
 of his sister who was a happy guest at his wed- 
 ding. 
 
 Charles graduated at Commercial College at 
 
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 Grand Rapids and took up the business of 
 manufacturing chemist, and was succeeding in 
 a marked degree when a violent cold ran into 
 quick consumption and he d. Nov. 9, 1885, 
 leaving a young and beautiful wife and three 
 little boys. 
 
 Mrs. Yale had a magnificent voice, which 
 was highly cultivated and commanded a good 
 church position. In June, 1896, she m. Dr. C. 
 W. Reid, a thriving dentist of Chicago, and 
 still lives there. 
 
 126 William, b. May 18, 1858, d. Jan. 14, 1859. 
 
 127 Fred Dana, b. Dec. 4, 1861, m. Elizabeth Parsons 
 
 Sept. 19, 1885, at Grand Rapids. He received 
 a good education in the public schools and 
 went into business with his older brother. 
 After Charles' death he gave up that business 
 and took up the study of law, to which his 
 taste had always inclined. He loves books and 
 study, is a good orator and pleader. He re- 
 mained a few years at Grand Rapids, but sub- 
 sequently went west and is at present located 
 at Yakima, Washington State. 
 
 128 Edson Welcome, b. April 12, 1868, d. of diphtheria 
 
 Aug. 17, 1878. 
 
 (85) Sarah Maria (Ives). 
 
 129 Mary Emma, b. Jan. 26, 1854, at Grosse He. Mich. 
 
 She was educated partly at Port Huron, mak- 
 ing home with her Aunt Harriette, finishing 
 at the " Female Seminary," Monroe, Mich., 
 where she graduated June, 1872. She then 
 took up the study of medicine with her 
 mother's cousin, Dr. Susan A. Edson, at Wash- 
 
79 
 
 ington, D. C, and in due time entered the 
 " Detroit Homeopathic Medical College," re- 
 ceiving her degree of M. D. in 1876. She 
 soon afterwards took up a special course with 
 V Dr. Clemence Lozier of New York City. She 
 
 located at San Francisco, Cai.. where the field 
 was open and promising, but she felt the sep- 
 aration from her family, so far away, and re- 
 turned and settled at Port Huron Oct., 1879, 
 where she rapidly built up a large practice, 
 winning all hearts by her tenderness and sym- 
 pathy, as well as their confidence by her skill. 
 Here she met and m. John G. Cobb. Oct. 12, 
 1 881. She d. after a short illness of blood 
 poison Oct. 20, 1886. 
 130 Harriette Lavinia, b. Oct. 26, 1856, at Grosse He. 
 She also attended school several years at Port 
 Huron, then went to the " Monroe Female 
 Seminary," where she graduated June, 1875. 
 She m. Charles Pierce Gilchrist of Port Huron 
 June 17, 1882. He obtained degree of A. B. 
 at the " University of Mich./' June, 1875, and 
 of LL. B., March, 1877, and entered upon the 
 practice of law at Port Huron, but was subse- 
 quently induced by his father to assist him in 
 the lumber business at Vermillion, Ohio, and 
 there he took his bride. In 1884 he went into 
 the vessel business also, and moved his family 
 to Cleveland, where they have a delightful 
 home. He is a great student of religious and 
 social problems, and a very thoughtful and in- 
 teresting talker. She also is a reader and 
 keeps up as well as she can with so many do- 
 mestic duties and cares. They are active mem- 
 
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 bers of the Episcopal Church. In politics 
 Charles is a Republican. They keep their cot- 
 tage at Vermillion, on the shore of Lake Erie, 
 and spend their summers there. 
 
 131 Florence Lois, b. July 30, 1861. She graduated at 
 
 the " Home and Day School," Detroit, June, 
 1880. She gives much time to Bible study, 
 and finds her happiness and usefulness in that 
 work. She is a great favorite in her family 
 and has hosts of friends, is always cheerful and 
 hopeful, finds good in everybody and every- 
 thing. She has never m. She adopted her 
 sister Mary's only daughter, Ethel Ives Cobb. 
 
 132 Sarah Maria, b. March 10, 1864. She graduated at 
 
 the High School, Port Huron, 1880, then took 
 a two years' course in Mrs. Edna Chaffee 
 Noble's School of Elocution at Detroit. Pos- 
 sessing decided talent in art, music and poetry, 
 she finally chose art for special cultivation. 
 She studied with the best masters at Detroit 
 and New York, then went abroad and spent 
 three years in Paris, part of the time in the 
 famous " Julian School," going one summer 
 with a class to the coast of Brittany, and an- 
 other spring sketching through Italy. She is 
 proficient in French and can get along very 
 well with Italian. Her letters home \Vere full 
 of interest and sparkling with fun and gems of 
 thought. In 1894 she returned to Detroit, but 
 not feeling: satisfied with the standard of art 
 there she located at New York, where she has 
 a charming studio and enjoys her work very 
 much. She has published one book of poems 
 for children called " Songs of the Shining 
 
8i 
 
 Way," very beautifully illustrated by herself, 
 which has proven very successful. She also is 
 a favorite, a most charming companion and 
 friend. 
 
 (87) Lydia Elizabeth (Ives). 
 
 133 Julia Margaret, b. Oct. 19, 1867. 
 
 134 Zayde Louise, b. June 10, 1872. As soon as possible 
 
 after Mr. Ives' death, Mrs. Ives rented the 
 Grosse He farm and bought a cozy cottage at 
 Detroit, where Juha and Zayde could attend 
 school and live at home. After finishing their 
 course in the public schools they took up the 
 " Chautauqua " Course. Zayde also studied 
 music, becoming very proficient with the 
 piano. After the farm was sold, these two 
 sisters each bought back a lot, on one of which 
 was a cottage, and have always made their 
 summer home there. After their mother's 
 death, Zayde decided to learn to be a nurse, 
 and entered Grace Hospital, Detroit, where she 
 took the full course, graduating July, 1900. 
 She proves well adapted to that work and is 
 very happy in it, and having abundant means 
 to live without it, she hopes to do much good 
 among the poor. 
 
 (90) Julia Josephine (Keith). 
 
 135 Jessie Dana, b. Feb. 5, 1865, at Grosse He, m. Frank 
 
 Dodge Whitall Oct. 6, 1887, son of Col. John 
 Whitall, of the regular army, and Catherine 
 Rucker, whose grandfather was a brother of 
 Gen'l Macomb. 
 
 Jessie, like her mother, developed a talent 
 6 
 
82 
 
 for art, to which she gave much attention, ex- 
 celling in water colors and china painting, de- 
 signing and sketching from nature. Alike in 
 character and disposition, amiable and gentle, 
 domestic in their tastes, fond of flowers and all 
 nature, they still live together in the beautiful 
 old home at Grosse lie. 
 136 Charles Angus, b. Jan. 23, 1867, m. Annie Palmer of 
 Leadville. Col., Sept. 2, 1890. Charles re- 
 ceived a good public school education, and 
 early evinced a strong desire to get to business. 
 He was with '* Parke, Davis & Co.," manu- 
 facturing chemists, at Detroit, for a while, then 
 an opening was offered him at Leadville in 
 1887 in the then great " Iron Silver Mine," a 
 position of trust which he filled so satisfactorily 
 that his advancement was sure and rapid. 
 When that mine closed in 1891 he went in the 
 interest of another company to Cripple Creek, 
 then just a little hamlet. He remained in this 
 employ for several years, gradually accumulat- 
 ing interests on his own account, until 1896, 
 when he went into the trucking business, draw- 
 ing coal to the mines and ore away. His 
 faculty of winning friends and the full confi- 
 dence of all classes made him particularly 
 successful in dealing with men. He still con- 
 tinued to reach out, investing in mines which 
 were opening up in that part of the country. 
 He met his death Aug. 29, 1899, by falling 
 down a mining shaft. He had been down in- 
 specting the mine, in which he was interested, 
 and started up. When near the top the 
 bucket became detached, and he fell 140 feet, 
 
CHARLES ANGUS KEITH 
 
83 
 
 killing him almost instantly. His death was a 
 great loss to the whole country there, where he 
 was so much liked and so useful. 
 
 137 Edward Walter, b. Dec. 27, 1870, at Grosse He. He 
 
 was fond of study, and would have liked a col- 
 lege education, but his devoted attachment to 
 his brother led him to follow him west as soon 
 as Charles could secure a good position for 
 him, 1887, and the brothers were never long 
 separated. Edward is at present at Leadville, 
 where he holds a fine and responsible position. 
 Both these brothers were of fine physique and 
 well qualified in everv way to withstand the 
 rough life which surrounded them. 
 
 (91) Dan Sherod (Edson). 
 
 138 Martha Ann, b. at Spring Grove, Minn., Dec. 13, 
 
 1858, m. Milan Stedwell, Feb. 22, 1877. 
 Martha early undertook to be helpful and inde- 
 pendent, and proved to be a woman of marked 
 business ability and strict integrity, having at 
 one time the handling of all money for three 
 elevators. At another managing the stock of 
 a store much involved so successfully that 
 many obligations were met and a sale made of 
 the entire stock. She has the respect and con- 
 fidence of all who know her. Mr. Stedwell d. 
 Oct. 8, 1888. 
 
 139 Helen Albina, b. at Spring Grove, May 22, i860, m. 
 
 Harrison S. Dewell at Rampeska, Da., June 
 27, 1883. A lovely wife and mother. There 
 is no higher position. 
 
 140 Rose Ann, b. at Spring Grove, Feb. 17, 1862, m. (i) 
 
 Aaron J. Nichols, July 3, 1881, (2) James W. 
 
84 
 
 Helme of Adrian, Mich., 1899. Rose received 
 a good public school education, and became a 
 teacher at seventeen. After the death of her 
 first husband, Sept. 25, 1892, in a railway acci- 
 dent, she went to the Pacific Coast, returning 
 in a year to Roseland, La., where she resided for 
 three years. Having been for years a student 
 of physical culture and elocution, she went to 
 Washington, D. C, 1896, and took a profes- 
 sional course in physical culture, oratory and 
 expression, in what is now known as Ralston 
 ' University, graduating with high honors in 
 May, 1897. She went to Chicago, and after a 
 brief but enviable career there she m. Mr. 
 Helme, and resides at Adrian, Mich., where 
 Mr. Helme was b. in i860. 
 
 J. W. Helme, Jr., graduated from Adrian 
 High School at the age of fifteen, took up the 
 study of law and was admitted to the bar the 
 day before his twenty-first birthday. In 1882 
 was nominated for Circuit Court Commissioner 
 on Democratic ticket and elected; was ap- 
 pointed City Attorney in 1884, and served five 
 years; was appointed Assistant Prosecutor, 
 1892. He is a good stump speaker, fearless, 
 strong. In 1900 he was elected State Senator 
 from his district, and occupied the unique posi- 
 tion of being the only Democrat in that body. 
 He attended to business all the same, and was 
 heard from in all important affairs. He will be 
 heard from hereafter. 
 
 He is a practical farmer, giving special atten- 
 tion to fruit growing and stock raising. 
 14T Malinda Ann, b. at Union, Wis., May 22, 1864, m. 
 
85 
 
 Alexander Dalton Smith, Watertown, S. 
 Dakota, Nov. 3, 1881, d. April 6, 1887. He 
 was a Methodist minister, and she was a great 
 help to him in every way. 
 
 142 Dan Sherod, b. at Little Wolf, Wis., March 11, 1866, 
 
 d. same place, 1870. 
 
 143 Mary Elizabeth, b. May 26, 1868, m. Lou Hallett, 
 
 Oct., 1889, at Hazel, S. Dak., d. at San Fran- 
 cisco, Nov. I, 1895. She was a very bright, 
 enterprising girl. She graduated at Brook- 
 ings College, S. Dak. Studied law and was 
 admitted to the Bar with honor at the age of 
 twenty-two. She also took a course of oratory 
 in Boston. Mr. Hallett is a printer. 
 
 144 Oscar Matthias, b. March 6, 1870, at Little Wolf, m. 
 
 Minnie Karn, May 15, 1895, at Castlewood, 
 S. Dak. He was educated at Brookings Col- 
 lege, the State Agricultural Col. of S. Dak. 
 He is a farmer, much resembling his father in 
 character, 
 
 (92) Dorothy Ann (Lowell). 
 
 145 Mary H., b. June 2, 1855, at Grand Rapids, Mich., 
 
 d. 1858. 
 
 146 Anna G., b. March 6, 1857, ^- Oscar A. Buck at 
 
 Grand Ledge, Mich., June 15, 1880. He was 
 b. Dec. 22, 1850, at Java, N. Y.. where they 
 reside. 
 
 147 Thomas J. W., b. March 27, 1858, m. Viola Nye, 
 
 June 2, 1880, d. Dec. 30, 1889. 
 
 148 Sarah E. M., b. Dec. 23, 1865, m. Ira B. Bowman, 
 
 June 15, 1897. They live at Denver, Col. 
 
 149 George F., b. Jan. 30, 1868, m. Lillian J. Phillips, 
 
 June 25, 1890. 
 
86 
 
 (93) Sarah Albina (Covey). 
 
 150 Calvin Edson, b. at Grand Ledge, Mich., July 28, 
 
 1859- 
 
 Calvin studied medicine with his father, then 
 
 went to the University of Mich., from there to 
 
 the Homeopathic College at Chicago, where 
 
 he graduated; then went to New York, where 
 
 he took three post-graduate courses. He is a 
 
 skillful physician and surgeon. He writes a 
 
 good deal for medical journals and lectures 
 
 before colleges. His home is at present at 
 
 Chicago. 
 
 151 Dorothy Lucy, b. April 23, 1863, at Grand Ledge, 
 
 m. Fayette Webster De Puy, Oct. 7, 1889. 
 He was b. at Mount Morris, N. Y., Nov. 21, 
 1849. They live at Grand Ledge. 
 
 152 Alfred Dale, b. June 6, 1869, at Grand Ledge, m. 
 
 Jenetta Rachael Bailey at Charlotte, Mich., 
 iMarch 19, 1892. She was b. at Beechful, Ont., 
 Nov. 26, 1869. 
 
 Alfred is also a physician and a dentist, pre- 
 ferring the former and has a large practice at 
 Detroit. 
 
 (95) Josiah Edson (Smith). 
 
 153 Lydia L., b. May 14, 1844, m. Nathan Wells at 
 
 Wacousta, Mich., July 3, 1867. 
 
 154 Adoniram Judson, b. June 23, 1846, d. Oct. 24, 1864. 
 
 He served in Co. L. 15th Illinois Cavalry in the 
 War of the Rebellion. 
 
 155 Hattie S., b. Aug. 11, 1853, m. April 28, 1872. 
 
 Charles E. Drake, (2) Isaac Sanders, April 15, 
 1890. 
 
87 
 
 (97) Adoniram Judson (Smith). 
 
 156 Eva A. B., b. April 28, 185 1, m. George C. Hig-bee, 
 
 May 14, 1871, d. Feb., 1891. They Hved at 
 Marquette, Mich. 
 
 157 Sarah Pinney, b. June 10, 1857, m. Dwight W. 
 
 Lowell, Feb. 13, 1878, at Wacousta, where 
 they still reside. 
 
 158 William Herbert, b. Dec. 21, 1858, m. Lydia Grace 
 
 Noah, Sept. 19, 1889, at Brighton, Ool. 
 
 159 Theodore Josiah, b. Sept. 22, 1861, m. Rose M. 
 
 Guazeler, Jan. zy. 1893, at Denver, Col. She 
 was b. in Switzerland, Jan. 5, 1869. 
 
 Ninth Generation. 
 (98) Louise (Du Bois). 
 
 160 John Henry, b. May 6, 1873, at Buckskin, Col. 
 
 161 Katherine Elizabeth, b. June 7, 1876, at La Garita, 
 
 Col. 
 
 162 Olivia Mary, b. Oct. 2, 1878, at La Garita. 
 
 163 Alfred, b. Nov. 15, 1880, d. Aug. 11, 1882, at Lead- 
 
 ville, Col. 
 
 (loi) Mary Elizabeth {Van Dyke). 
 
 164 Edmund was born in the City of New York, No- 
 
 vember 20, 1869. When a child he was taken 
 by his parents to Washington, D. C, where he 
 attended school until the age of thirteen, when 
 he was entered at the Military School at Had- 
 donfield. New Jersey, finishing his academic 
 studies at the Emerson Institute of Washing- 
 ton, D. C. He then entered the law office of 
 Shellabarger & Wilson, the leading members 
 of the local bar, and completed his study of the 
 law at the Columbian University of Washing- 
 
88 
 
 ton, D. C, graduating with the degree of 
 LL. B. in the class of '94, and was at once ad- 
 mitted to the bar. In 1897 he was appointed 
 by President McKinley a Justice of the Peace 
 for the District of Columbia, but resigned in 
 1899 to accept the position of attorney of the 
 Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company 
 of Washington and Baltimore, a position he 
 still holds. He is unmarried. 
 1 65 Harry was bom in the City of New York, April 1 1 , 
 1872. He passed through the public schools 
 of Washington, D. C, graduating from the 
 High School in the class of '91. Prior to his 
 graduation he spent several years in Canada in 
 the Grammar School at Berthier (en haut), 
 Province of Quebec, graduating in the class of 
 '86 with the degree of A. A. He, like his 
 brother, is a member of the bar of Washington. 
 D. C, having obtained his degree of LL. B. at 
 the Columbian University in the class of '95. 
 He was admitted to the bar the same year and 
 is now in the Washington ofifice of the Messrs. 
 Coudert Brothers of New York. He also is 
 unmarried. 
 
 (102) Mary Clare (Spencer). 
 
 t66 Olivia Wilson, b. July 18, 1866. at Ypsilanti, Mich.. 
 
 m. Edgar M. Thorp, Sept. 5, 1894. 
 T67 Mary Emily, b. Dec. 19, 1867, d. April 22. 1871. 
 
 168 Zayde Bancroft, b. Sept. 10, 1870. m. Frederick 
 
 Molitor, Feb. 26, 1894. 
 
 169 Norman Lloyd, b. April 14, 1872. 
 
 170 Elizabeth, b. Dec. 15, 1875, ^- J^"- 3^- ^^79- 
 
 171 Clinton, b. Oct. 31, 1879. All at Ypsilanti. 
 
 fLefC. ■ , ; 
 
of 
 class oi '94, and was at 
 
 he w:'' Co 
 
 .:.ivuiiC_v a J UStice ■ ;..ce 
 
 -,r •'"' i-"nbia, but i...-..: ..■..\i in 
 
 ^ , , -.on 0(f attorney of the 
 
 Potomac Telenhone CompanA' 
 
 position he 
 
 nl II, 
 :'hools 
 in the 
 
 his 
 
 m 
 
 ■■' ) 
 
 311, 
 
 LL. B. at 
 class of '95. 
 ine year and 
 
 dice ot the Messrs. 
 ■^Te also '•■ 
 
 ■■pen'ceri. 
 
 nsilanti. Mich. 
 
 lU'r 1870, 1: 
 
 270- .»an. ji, 
 
 • at Ypsilrt.M.: 
 
H. W. VAN DYKE 
 
ELIZABETH EDSON 
 
89 
 
 (i04) John A. (Wilson). 
 
 172 Florence Mina, b. Dec. 26, 1882, at Ypsilanti. 
 
 (105) WiLLi.\M TuLLY (Strobridge). 
 
 173 Albert. 
 
 174 Frank. 
 
 175 William. 
 
 176 Earl. 
 
 177 Eloise. 
 
 (107) Mary Jane (Beck-Spencer). 
 
 178 Sarah. 
 
 179 John. 
 
 180 Jacob. 
 ]8i Fred. 
 182 Walter. 
 ] 83 Bessie. 
 
 (109) John Joy (Edson). 
 
 184 John Joy. Jr., b. Jan. 10, 1871, at Washington. D. 
 
 C. After finishing his school course and tak- 
 ing a trip abroad, he entered Cokimbia Col- 
 lege, where he graduated 1896. He was 
 appointed by Pres. McKinley Maj. and Pay- 
 master in the Vol. Army for the war with 
 Spain, 1898. He subsequently returned to 
 Washington and went into business with his 
 father. 
 
 185 Frederick Wade, b. May 8. 1874. d. Nov. 3. 1880. 
 
 186 Elizabeth, b. Sept. 2, 1877. She finished her school 
 
 course at La Salle, near Boston, then went 
 abroad for a year's study of French and vocal 
 music, the latter under the celebrated Madam 
 Marchesi. Her mother accompanied her. Be- 
 fore returning her father joined them and they 
 spent some months traveling on the Continent. 
 
90 
 
 ^iio) Joseph Romaxzo (^Edson). 
 
 187 Loraine. b. Xov. 4. 1S77. graduated at Vassar Col- 
 lege 1899. m. Herman Walter Schull. U. S. A.. 
 Jan. 26, 1901. 
 
 iSS Florelle. b. Sept. 13. 1883. 
 
 189 Marjorie. b. Sept., 1892. All at Washington. D. C. 
 
 (Ill) Sarah Levaxgia (Marks). 
 
 190 Effie. b. Xov. 4. 1S70. d. Aug. 5, 1S72. 
 
 101 Henry Le Rov. b. Feb. 21. 1877. at Washington. 
 
 'd. C. 
 
 (1 12) Mary (Barnum). 
 1Q2 Thomas Edson. b. May 17. 1872. at Port Huron. 
 Mich., m. Mary Belle Harrington at Chicago. 
 111.. Jime I. 1898. 
 
 He graduated in the Port Huron High 
 School. 1888. entered the University of Mich, 
 same year: took his degree of B. S. in electrical 
 engineering. 1892; then a year's expert course 
 in the Thompson-Houston Works at Lynn. 
 Mass.. and at 21 found himself ready to enter 
 upon his life work. He soon obtained a good 
 position at Chicago, but went subsequently to 
 Milwaukee. Wis., where he is now chief engi- 
 neer at the Cutler Hammer Co.. high-grade 
 electrical appliances. 
 
 193 Margaret, b. Jan. i. 1877. d. May 22. 1887. 
 
 (117) .Alice (Howard). 
 
 194 Bessie Margaret, b. Aug. 17. 1874. at Grosse He. 
 
 Mich.^ 
 105 Grace Carolyn, b. Oct. . 1884. at Ypsilanti. Mich. 
 
 (121) Elizabeth (Miller). 
 
 196 Evelyn Lenora. b. Sept. 15. 1876, at Grand Rapids. 
 
 197 Fannie Elmira. b. April 14. 1879. 
 
91 
 
 (i22) Joseph Edson (Hyde). 
 
 198 Lenora May, b. June 15. 1886, at Grand Rapids. 
 
 199 Lillian Adela, b. Jan. 5. 1889. 
 
 200 Fannie Lane, b. Nov. i. 189 1. 
 
 201 William Edson. b. Feb. 7. 1893. 
 
 (125) Charles Saxford (Yale). 
 
 202 Harold Edson, b. Aug. 21. 1880. at Grand Rapids. 
 
 m. Myrtle Butler. June. 1899. 
 
 203 Ralph, b. Sept. 9. 1881, d. Oct. 24, 1881. 
 
 204 Frederick Xeahr. b. Oct. 1, 1882. 
 
 205 Charles Milton, b. April 12. 1884. 
 
 (127) Fred Dana (Yale). 
 
 206 Fred Wallace, b. Oct. 31. 1886. d. June 30. 1887. 
 
 (129) ^L\RY Emma (Cobb). 
 
 207 Ethel Ives, b. July 24. 1882. After her mother's 
 
 death she went to her grandmother at Detroit, 
 and was the special charge of her Aunt Flor- 
 ence. She attended the public schools, finish- 
 ing at the High School. June. 1900. The next 
 Oct. she was appointed by the Gov. of Mich, 
 to a scholarship in Mrs. Cory's School of 
 Design at Xew York City, where she is at 
 work. 
 
 (130) Harriette Lavinia (Gilchrist). 
 
 208 Bessie Ruth. b. June 6. 1883. at Grosse He. She 
 
 graduated at the High School. Cleveland, then 
 entered the Woman's College of Western Re- 
 ser\e L'niversity of that city, where she is 
 studying. 
 
 209 Helen, b. Nov. 6. 1885. at Vermillion. Ohio. She 
 
92 
 
 graduated in the High School, Cleveland, 
 Prophet in a class of 98, June, 1901. 
 
 210 William Ives, b. Feb. i, 1888, at Vermillion. 
 
 211 Sarah Margaret, b. April 29, 1890, at Vermillion. 
 
 212 Frederick Wells, b. March 17, 1893, at Detroit, Mich. 
 
 213 Donald Charles, b. June 11, 1897, at Vermillion. 
 
 These children are all very fond of books 
 and school, and will have every opportunity 
 for education. 
 
 (135) Jessie Dana (Whitall). 
 
 214 Laurence Waldemar, b. July 6, 1891. at Grosse He. 
 
 215 Margaret Keith, b. June 24. 1893. Grosse He. 
 
 (136) Charles Angus (Keith). 
 
 216 Hazel, b. June 11, 1891, at Leadville, d. at Cripple 
 
 Creek, June i, 1897. 
 
 217 Erma, b. Oct. 15, 1893, at Cripple Creek. 
 
 218 Charles Angus, b. Oct. . 1895, at Cripple Creek. 
 
 219 Jean Palmer, b. Sept. 25, 1899, Cripple Creek. 
 
 (138) Martha Ann (Stedwell). 
 
 220 Joseph Francis, b. Sept. 22, 1888. A promising 
 
 young electrician, at present studying in the 
 school at Scranton, Pa. 
 
 (139) Helen Albina (Dewell). 
 
 221 Nathaniel S., b. Aug. 8, 1885. 
 
 222 Rose, b. Nov. 26, 1886. 
 
 223 Daniel Sherwood, b. Oct. 12, 1897. 
 
 (140) Rose Ann (Nichols-Helme). 
 
 224 Alexander Douglas, b. at Huron, S. Dakota, June 
 
 22, 1887. 
 
93 
 
 (141) Malinda Ann (Smith). 
 
 225 Caddie Levann, b. Sept. 11, 1882. 
 
 226 Charles Edson, b. Aug. 19, 1885. 
 
 (146) Anna G. (Buck). 
 
 227 Maya W., b. at Java, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1881, m. Clay- 
 
 ton Cooly, Jan. 24, 1898. 
 
 228 Dawn M., b. July 8, 1884. 
 
 229 Etta Linden, b. March 8, 1890. 
 
 230 Marian D., b. July 28, 1894, d. same day. 
 
 231 Sherod Edson, b. Aug. 3, 1898, d. same day. ^ 
 
 232 Dorothy Silence, b. March 3, 1896. All at Java. 
 
 (147) Thomas J. W. (Lowell). 
 
 233 Austa Harriet, b. June i, 1881, at Wacousta, Mich. 
 
 234 Frank Edson, b. Nov. 29, 1882. Also a twin, who 
 
 d. same day. 
 
 235 Mary Elizabeth, b. July 21, 1885. 
 
 236 James Russell, b. June 25, 1887. 
 
 237 Audry Bernice, b. Nov. 25, 1888. 
 
 238 Sarah Goodell, b. Aug. 19, 1890. 
 
 (148) Sarah E. M. (Bowman). 
 
 239 Eunice, b. Dec. 2, 1898, d. May 21, 1899, at Petoskey. 
 
 Mich. 
 
 (149) George F. (Lowell). 
 
 240 Helen Ann, b. April 11, 1898, at Delta, Mich. 
 
 (152) Alfred Dale. (Covey). 
 
 241 Margaret Dorothy, b. March 20, 1894. at Grand 
 
 Ledge. 
 
 (153) Lydia L. (Wells). 
 
 242 Cora, b. Sept. 13, 1873, near Wacousta. Mich. 
 
 243 Earl, b. July 12, 1876. 
 
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 94 
 
 (155) Hattie S. (Drake-Sanders). 
 
 244 Lucy L., b. April 30, 1873, near Wacousta, d. Sept. 
 
 2, same year. 
 
 245 Fayette E., b. March 26, 1875. 
 
 246 Dora E., b. Dec. 18, 1878. 
 
 247 Lulu, b. Jan. 28, 1881. 
 
 248 Lelia, b. July 15, 1883. 
 
 249 Edson, b. Aug. 30, 1892. 
 
 250 Earl, b. July 6, 1894, d. Sept. 7, same year. 
 
 (156) Eva a. B. (Higbee). 
 
 251 Bertha A., b. May 16, 1878. 
 
 252 Theodore S., b. Aug. 3, 1888. 
 
 (157) Sarah Pinney (Lowell). 
 
 253 Herman J., m. Jan. 26, 1879, at Wacousta. 
 
 254 Laura Hazel, b. Sept. 25, 1881. 
 
 Tenth Generation. 
 
 (166) Olivia Wilson (Thorpe). 
 
 255 Darius Douglas, b. Feb. 17, 1898. at Lansing. Mich. 
 
 256 Helen, b. Oct. 28, 1899. Lansing. 
 
 (168) Zayde Bancroft (Molitor). 
 
 257 Eric, b. Sept. 11, 1896, at Lansing. 
 
 258 Carl Frederick, b. Sept. 16, 1899, Lansing. 
 
 (227) Maya W. (Cooley). 
 
 259 Nathan Claude, b. Feb. 10. 1899, at Java, N. Y. 
 
 (192) Thomas Edson (Barnum). 
 
 260 Charles Norman, b. June 12, 1901. at Milwaukee. 
 
 Wis. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Adams, i8. 
 Aikin, 68. 
 
 Alden, 27, 28, 29, 39. 
 Allen, 29. 
 Allyn, 19. 
 
 Andrews, 25, 26, 33. 
 Arnold, 50. 
 Averill, 29. 
 
 Bacon, 64. 
 
 Bailey, 86. 
 
 Barber, 12. 
 
 Barnes, 44. 
 
 Barnum, 74, 75, 90, 94. 
 
 Bass, 29. 
 
 Bates, 24, 34. 
 
 Beale, 23, 33. 
 
 Beard, 27. 
 
 Beck, 89. 
 
 Berthrong, 72. 
 
 Bidwell, 15 
 
 Bissell, 5, 6, 7, 12, 15. 
 
 Birge, 5. 
 
 Blackmar, 65. 
 
 Blany, 27. 
 
 Bliss, 5. 
 
 Blodgett, 40. 
 
 Bowman, 85, 93. 
 Buck, 85, 93. 
 Buell, 9. 
 Byram, 38. 
 
 Carver, 30. 
 
 Gary, 39. 
 
 Case, 15. 
 
 Chubbuck. 20, 22, 34. 
 
 Clark, 14, 16, 18,24,55,75,76. 
 
 Cobb, 79, 91. 
 
 Cooley, 93, 94. 
 
 Copley, 1 1. 
 
 Corey, 64, 86, 93. 
 
 Cudworth, 34. 
 
 Croade, 22. 
 
 Curo, 12. 
 
 Curtis, 33. 
 
 Dean, 38, 39. 
 Delano, 29. 
 De Puy, 86. 
 Dewell, 83, 92. 
 Dibble, 15. 
 Dover, 1 1. 
 Drake, 6, 86, 94. 
 Du Bois, 66, 87. 
 
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 Dunning, 33. 
 Dunham, 29. 
 
 Edson, 19, 30, 35, 36, 37, 38, 
 
 39, 40, 41,42, 43» 44, 45, 46, 
 47,48,49, 50, 51,52, 53,63, 
 64, 72, 73, 74, 83, 84, 85, 89, 
 90. 
 
 Ellsworth, 5. 
 
 Enos, 5, 7, 12, 14. 
 
 Fearing, 25. 
 Field, 38. 
 Filer, 12. 
 Filley, 19. 
 Finney, 34. 
 Fitch, 6, 20. 
 Ford, 34. 
 
 Gallop, 30, 31. 
 
 Gannett, 20, 27. 
 
 Garrison, 51. 
 
 Gattersby, 33. 
 
 Gilman, 22. 
 
 Gilchrist, 79, 91, 92. 
 
 Gillett, 15. 
 
 Goodall, 74, 
 
 Grant, 15. 
 
 Greene, 5, 40. 
 
 Griswold, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13. 
 
 Guazeler, 87. 
 
 Hallett, 29, 85. 
 Halverson, 63. 
 Hanford, 14. 
 Harrington, 90. 
 
 Helme, 84, 92. 
 Hersey, 20, 21, 22, 24. 
 Higbee, 87, 94. 
 Holcombe, 5, 12, 15. 
 Horsford, 7, 8, 12, 13. 
 Horner, 35. 
 Howard, ']6, 90. 
 Hull, 17. 
 Humphreys, 34. 
 Hunt, 54. 
 
 Heyde, 45, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 
 59, 60,62, 74, 'je, 77,91. 
 
 Ives, 59, 60, 78, 79, 80, 81. 
 
 Johnson, 23, 39, 40. 
 
 Joy, 25, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39. 
 
 Karn, 85. 
 
 Keith, 38, 62, 81, 82, 83, 92. 
 
 Keyes, 65. 
 
 Lane, 23. 
 
 La Rue, 52. 
 
 Lathrop, 30, 39. 
 
 Leavitt, 25. 
 
 Lincoln, 20, 23, 24, 25, 34. 
 
 Low, 27, 33. 
 
 Lowell, 64, 65, 85, 87, 93, 94. 
 
 Mann, 34. 
 Manning, 27. 
 Mansfield, 12. 
 Marshall, 12, 13, 15. 
 Marks, 74, 90. 
 Marvin, 72. 
 
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 Mason, 6. 
 McElchran, 71. 
 Miller, ']'], 90. 
 Molitor, 88, 94. 
 Moore, 6. 
 Mosher, 65. 
 Mudge, 12. 
 
 MulHno (MoHnes), 28. 
 Munger, 53. 
 
 Neahr, j"]. 
 Nelson, 56. 
 Newberry, 13, 16, 18. 
 Nichols, 24, 83, 92. 
 Nicholson, 72, 
 Noah, 87. 
 North, 15. 
 Nye, 85. 
 Nyhart, 57. 
 
 Orcutt, 34, 38, 39, 40. 
 
 Pabodie, 29. 
 
 Packard, 39. 
 
 Palmer, 82. 
 
 Parsons, 78. 
 
 Pease, 47. 
 
 Phelps, 7,9, 10, II, 15, 18, 19. 
 
 PhilHps, 38, 85. 
 
 Pinney, 6,^, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 
 
 18, 40. 
 Porter, 12, 44. 
 Pitts, 33. 
 Pratt, 39. 
 Prince, 33. 
 
 Salmon, 11. 
 Sanders, 86, 94. 
 Schull, 90. 
 Shaw, 29, 30. 
 Sherwood, 5. 
 Simmons, 29 
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 ith, 48, 64, 65, 85, 86, 87, 
 
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 Snow, 29. 
 
 Southworth, 29, 
 Spencer, 70, 88, 89. 
 Sprague, 35. 
 Standish, 29. 
 Stanley, 19. 
 Stedwell, 83, 92. 
 Stevens, 25. 
 Stodder, 33. 
 Storey, 51. 
 
 Strobridge, 51, ^2, 89. 
 Stowell, 34. 
 Sweetser, 27. 
 
 Thompson, 40. 
 Thorp, 88, 94. 
 Thrall, 7. 
 Throop, 43. 
 Tillotson, 13. 
 Town, 34. 
 Treat, 65. 
 Trupp, yy. 
 Turner, 38. 
 
 Van Dyke, 70, 87, 88. 
 Vickery, 23.. 
 
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 Wade, II. 
 
 Wadsworth, 27. 
 Warwick, 72. 
 Washburn, 35. 
 Weston, 49, 66, ^1, 68, 69. 
 Wells, 60, 61, 86, 93. 
 White, 29. 
 Whitall, 81, 92. 
 
 Whitney, 44, 52. 
 
 Whittaker, 40. 
 
 Wilson, II, 22, 50, 70, 71, 89. 
 
 Williams, 48, 65, 66. 
 
 Woodward, 35. 
 
 Wolcott, 14, 16. 
 
 Yale, 58, Tj, 78, 91. 
 
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