by Frederick Clifton Pierce (Chicago: 1895), pages 66 - 70
Transcribed by the Whitney Research Group, 1999.
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Thomas Whitney was born in Natick prior to 1769. He sold his rights in that
town and emigrated to Westminaster. His farm he disposed of to David HANN, of
Hopkinton. He served in the Revolutionary army and was in the company from
Partridgefield; res. Natick, Mass., and Westminaster, Mass.
690. i. MARK, b. May 18, 1766.
691. ii. MEHITABLE, bap. Sept. 30, 1764; m. Jan. 12, 1797; Samuel
LAWTON. He was the Samuel LAWSON of Harriet Beecher STOWE's
"Old Town Folks"
692. iii. HULDAH, bap. Sept. 30, 1764.
693. iv. ESTHER, bap. Mar. 29, 1767.
243. GIDEON WHITNEY (Isaac, Benjamin, John), b. Hopkinton, Mass., Nov. 27,
1729; m. in Sudbury, Mar. 14, 1750, Hannah NORCROSS of Sudbury.
His estate was settled in 1752-3. He owed his cousins Jason and Mark WHITNEY
and sister Judith.
He d. in H., Dec. 2, 1753; res. Hopkinton and Holliston, Mass.
694. i. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 30, 1751.
254. ELIJAH WHITNEY (Daniel, John, John, John), b. Jan. 15, 1715, m. Hannah
-----.
In 1776 he was a member of the Warwick committee of correspondence, inspec-
tion and safety.
He d. -----; res. Roxbury and Warwick, Mass.
695. v. DANIEL, b. -----; m. Sarah GAY.
696. iii. JOHN, b. Nov. 29, 1749; m. May PAYSON.
697. i. ELIJAH, b. Sept. 23, 1744.
698. ii. ELISHA, b. Oct. 6, 1747; m. Abigail DANA.
699. iv. HANNAH, b. June 13, 1756; bap. at Roxbury same year.
259. CALEB WHITNEY (Timothy, John, John, John), b. Apr. 2, 1711; m. 1736,
Hannah CHENEY, b. June 13, 1711, dau. of Joseph. His two sons served in the
Revolutionary army in a company raised in Newton; res. Newton, Mass.
700. i. HANNAH, b. Mar. 3, 1737; m. Nov. 19, 1772, Nathaniel PARKER.
Ch: Newton, b. -----; Caleb, b. Apr. 29, 1773; m. Fanny SCOTT;
Hannah, b. Mar. 18, 1775; m. David SCOTT; Eunice, d. young.
701. ii. CALEB, b. June 17, 1740; m. Elisabeth HYDE.
702. iii. SARAH, b. Oct. 23, 1743; m. in 1769, Jas. RICHARDSON, Jr. She d.
in 1771, s. p., and he m. 2d Dorothy PACKARD, of Bridgewater.
703. iv. THADDEUS, b. July 10, 1747; m. Temperance HYDE.
260. MOSES WHITNEY (Timothy, John, John, John), b. June 20, 1714; m. in 1739,
Rebecca HYDE, b. Sept. 23, 1720.
Four of his sons served in the Revolutionary war. They were in Capt. Phinehas
COOK's Co. in Col. GARDNER's Regt. Three of his sons died in the army. Timothy
WHITNEY was admr. of his estate. He d. in 1805; res. Newton, Mass.
704. i. MARGARET, b. May 8, 1741.
705. ii. MOSES, b. Apr. 9, 1743; d. Revolutionary army.
706. iii. MARY, b. Feb. 1, 1745; m. Mar. 20, 1766, Edward RICHARDS, of
Camb.
707. iv. TIMOTHY, b. Feb. 12, 1747; m. Mary HYDE.
708. v. STEPHEN, b. Feb. 12, 1747; d. Revolutionary army.
709. vi. ELIZABETH, b. May 30, 1749; m. 1777, Asa PAYSON. Had Asa and
two daughters.
710. vii. EPHRAIM, b. June 16, 1751; m. 1774, Anna FULLER, b. June 18, 1749,
and died in the Revolutionary army in 1776; was in the company
of Capt. WISWELL, of Newton.
711. viii. REBECCA, b. Mar. 17, 1754; m. 1780, Wm. BUZZARD. Ch: Betsey
and Clara.
712. ix. RELIEF, b. Dec. 29, 1756; m. 1783, John WOODWARD, of Brookline.
713. x. GERSHAM, b. July 25, 1758, d. 1759.
714. xi. PERSIS, b. Feb 19, 1760; m. 1797, James RICHARDS, his third wife.
Ch: Sukey, b. Dec. 11, 1797; Mary, b. Aug. 6, 1800. She d. May
1833.
715. xii. JOHN b. Apr. 8, 1762; m. Polly POPE.
261. CORP. JOSEPH WHITNEY (Timothy, John, John, John), b. Watertown, Mass.,
Feb. 21, 1716; m. Mary HASTINGS; m. 2d, Mrs. Anna (PALMER?). She d. at Lima, N.Y.
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Jasper WHITNEY, writing from Thomson, Ill., states his great-grandfather's name
was Joseph WHITNEY, Samuel WHITNEY's father's name was Joseph, and Silvanus
HAYWARD, A. M., of Southbridge, Mass., in his history of Gilsum, N.H., says Joseph
WHITNEY was the son of Palmer WHITNEY, and that Palmer was the half-brother of
Samuel. From all the evidence and data I can secure, it is my opinion that Joseph
WHITNEY, of Newton, after his first wife's death married again and finally became
one of the first proprietors of Gilsum, N. H., and that his sons finally located there on
land he had purchased. In the history of Gilsum is this record: "Joseph WHITNEY
was a corporal in the seventh company in Col. Samuel ASHLEY's regiment from Gil-
sum, N. H., in 1776." Later he moved to Warwick (Orange), Mass., and still later
to Lima, N. Y., where he passed the remainder of his days. He was killed by the
falling of a tree. He d. at Lima, N. Y.; res. Newton, Mass.; Gilsum, N. H.; Orange,
Mass, and Lima, N. Y.
716. i. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 18, 1749.
717. ii. MARTHA, b. May 31, 1752.
718. iii. ANN, b. Feb. 10, 1755.
719. iv. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 7, 1758; m. Mary WHITNEY.
720. v. LOIS, b. Sept. 5, 1761.
721. vi. MARY, b. -----; m. ----- GUERNEY.
722. vii. CONTENT, b. -----; m.----- FULLER.
723. viii. PALMER, b. Oct. 6, 1777; d. in Warwick, Mass., Feb. 1, 1778.
724. ix. PALMER, b. Mar. 5, 1778; m. Judith BARBER.
725. x. EDWARD, b. -----.
726. xi. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 20, 1781; m. Samuel MARK: res. Wyoming Co.,
N. Y.
727. xii. LEMUEL, b. Aug. 15, 1784; m. Sally PRATT.
264. NATHANIEL WHITNEY (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Jan. 23, 1696;
m. June 22, 1721, Mary CHILD; b. 1699; d. Dec. 3, 1776.
They settled in Westboro where he and his wife were admitted to the church
Jan. 21, 1728. He had owned the covenant at Concord, Oct. 15, 1727.
He d. Jan. 27, 1776; res. Weston and Westboro, Mass.
728. i. EPHRAIM, b. in Groton. July, 1722; m. Thankful HARRINGTON.
729. ii. OLIVER, b. Dec. 1, 1724; m. Dorcas WARREN.
730. iii. DAVID, bap. Nov. 8, 1726, Brookfield?
731. iv. MARY, b. Feb. 15, 1727.
732. v. NATHANIEL, b. July 22, 1728; m. Abigail MARSTOP.
733. vi. ANNA, b. Mar. 8, 1730; m. May 4, 1749. David FORBUSH; b. Oct. 20,
1721. He was the son of Dea. Thomas FORBUSH, Jr., of the
earliest and most prominent citizens of Westboro, Mass. His
grandfather, Daniel FORBUSH, or FORBES, a native of Scotland,
probably of the parish of Kinellar, was undoubtedly taken
prisoner by Croomwell at the battle of Dunbar, and deported
with others to this country. He located in Cambridge, Mass.,
and finally settled in Marlboro, where he died. (see FORBES-FOR-
BUSH Genealogy by Fred C. PIERCE, also history of Grafton,
Mass., by Fred C. PIERCE.) David was a member of the Alarm
company, commanded by Capt. Samuel WARREN. He was later
in Capt. KIMBALL's company in Col. Attemas WARD's regiment
of the Revolutionary army, and marched to the Lexington
alarm, April 19, 1775. His estate was left to his son Silas. The
children of David and Anna were: Anna, b. July 7, 1750; m. Oct.
28, 1779, John WARREN of Westboro; John, b. Dec. 20, 1751; d.
Sept. 7, 1757; David, b. Apr. 18, 1754; m. Deliverence GOODELL,
who was the sister of the mother of Robert B. THOMAS, of Farm-
er's Almanac fame; res. South Royalston, Mass.; Jacob, b. Feb.
20, 1756; d. Mar. 3, 1756; Abigail, b. May 2, 1757; m. Leonard
BRIGHAM; res. Shrewsbury, Mass.; Lois, b. Sept. 27, 1759; m.
----- WRIGHT; res. Grafton, Mass.; Jonathan, b. Feb. 22, 1762;
m. Betsey HAYDEN; res. Grafton and Deerfield, Mass.; Jemima,
b. May 21, 1764; m. Sylvanus MORSE; res. Upton, Mass.; Silas, b.
May 19, 1766; m. May 14, 1789. Rhodah FISK; res. Grafton, Mass.;
their daughter, Nancy, b. Nov. 15, 1798, and married Nathaniel
SMITH, son of Nathaniel and grandson of Rev. Ralph SMITH,
Nathaniel, Sr., was graduated at Dartmouth Collage. They had
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five children, one Maria N., b. Nov. 3, 1827; m. Silas Austin
PIERCE, the parents of the compiler of this work. (See Forbes-
Forbush Genealogy by Fred C. Pierce); Joel, b. July 29, 1768;
d. Sept. 20, 1776; Ruth, b. Nov. 15, 1770; d. young; Beulah, b.
-----; m. Silas HARDY; res. Sherburne, Mass.; Mary, b. Sept. 2,
1776; m. Daniel LELAND; res. Weathersfield, Vt. Anna d. in
Westboro, Jan. 4, 1785. He, her husband, d. there in Sept. 1787.
He was in the Revolutionary war, and at the battle of Bunker
Hill.
734. vii. AMOS, b. Mar. 17, 1732.
735. viii. LUCY, b. Apr. 26, 1734.
736. ix. LOVE, b. Sept. 13, 1736; m. Mar. 30, 1772, John TAFT, of Upton.
737. x. LOIS, b. Feb. 9, 1738.
738. xi. ELI, bap. May 3, 1740; m. Elizabeth FAY and Judith HAZELDEN.
270. ISRAEL WHITNEY (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Groton, Mass.,
prob. abt. 1710; m. prob. 1732, Hannah -----.
Israel WHITNEY was a cordwainer, and was from Groton, Mass. Feb. 19, 1732,
he purchased land at Thompson Parish, Conn., and in 1783 moved to Oxford, Mass.,
where he afterward resided. His estate was valued at £655. Apr. 21, 1761, Oliver
CUMMINGS, Sibyla CUMMINGS, and the widow Hannah were the only heirs of Israel
WHITNEY, and were all of Dunstable. They deeded a moiety of his estate to Josiah
LEONARD. The inventory of his estate is dated July 2, 1746.
Israel was brother of Dr. Ebenezer WHITNEY, of Worcester, who in 1737 bought
lands in Bedford, Hampden Co., Mass. Israel was soldier in the Cape Breton
expedition in 1745. After his death his widow returned to Dunstable.
He d. in 1746; res. Groton, Mass.; Thompson, Conn., and Oxford, Mass.
739. i. SIBYLA, b. Feb. 4, 1733, at Killingly, Conn.; m. Oliver CUMMINGS;
res. Dunstable, Mass.
740. ii. JOSIAH, b. 1735; d. 1740.
741. iii. HANNAH, b. Apr. 1737; d. bef. 1761.
742. iv. TAMAR, b 1739; d. 1740.
743. v. MARY, b. July 22, 1741; d. bef. 1761.
744. vi. RICHARD, b. Apr. 22, 1743; d. bef. 1761.
272. SOLOMON WHITNEY (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John); bap. June 17, 1711;
m. Mar. 5, 1731, Martha FLETCHER. He d. -----; res. Weston and Lincoln, Mass., and
Rindge, N.H.
745. i. SOLOMON, bap. Dec. 14, 1735; m. June 14, 1761, Mary FAY, res
Rindge, N.H. He was in the Revolutionary war in the com-
pany from Lincoln, Mass.
746. ii. SARAH, bap. Aug. 28, 1737; died young.
747. iii. SARAH, bap. Nov. 5, 1738.
748. iv. LOIS, bap. Jan. 1, 1743; m. in Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1771, Richard
DAVIS. They went to Rindge, N.H., from Lincoln, in 1773. Ch.:
Silas, b. Aug. 1, 1772, in Weston, Mass.; Solomon, b. April 24,
1774, in Rindge, N.H.; Lois, b. Nov. 8, 1775, in Rindge, N.H.
749. v. ABIGAIL, bap. May 2, 1741; m. Isaiah UNDERWOOD, of Lexington,
who was born Oct. 15, 1733, d. May 29, 1771, Ch.: Israel, b. Dec.
14, 1762; Abigail, b. Dec. 21, 1764; Suanna, b. Oct. 27, 1766;
Louis, b. Dec. 2, 1768; Joseph, b. Dec. 16, 1770. The last two
were born in Hubbardston. Israel UNDERWOOD, Jr., b. Dec 14,
1762, d. Sept. 26, 1840; m. Rhoda NEWTON, who was b. Apr. 24,
1761; d. Sept. 21, 1852. Ch.: Nancy, b. June 8, 1790, d. Apr. 19, 1874
unm.; Eber, b. July 24, 1791; Sally, b. Oct. 28, 1793; Josiah, b.
June 18, 1795; Lucy, b. Oct. 15, 1796; Diodorus, b. July 1, 1798;
Rhoda, b. Feb. 10, 1800; Linda, b. Mar. 17, 1803; Eliza, b. Mar.
10, 1805.
Descendants are: Israel UNDERWOOD, Lena, Ill.; Ira UNDER-
WOOD, West Gardner, Mass.; Caroline SMITH, Petersham, Mass.;
Walter UNDERWOOD, East Templeton, Mass.; Milo HARTWELL, So.
Gardner, Mass.; Jonas JOSLIN, So. Gardner, Mass.; Charles A.
SHUMWAY, West Gardner, Mass.
Sally UNDERWOOD was born Oct. 28, 1793, and died Jan. 24,
1878; she married in 1815, Nathaniel SAWYER, of Rutland, Mass.
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who was born Mar. 26, 1786, and died Jan. 13, 1879. Ch.: Sally, b.
Apr. 30, 1817, d. Aug. 1840; unm.; Diodorus, b. Nov. 10, 1818, d.
Nov. 13, 1890; m. Amelia WASTE, of Whitingham, Vt. Had six
children, three are now living: George SAWYER, Whitingham, Vt;
Carrie, now Mrs. Fred. WHITNEY, East Templeton, Mass., and
Fred SAWYER, East Templeton, Mass. Sally and Nathaniel
SAWYER's third child is Betsey PIERCE, b. Oct. 21, 1823; m. Nov.
11, 1851, George SAWYER, of Templeton, Mass., who was b. July
28, 1818, was killed Oct. 14, 1863. They had three children: Flora
Belle, b. Nov. 27, 1853; m. Nov. 26, 1879, Schuyler W. MELENDY,
Hubbard, b. Apr. 2, 1882, d. May 21, 1888; res. West Gardner,
Mass.; Sally Emma, b. May 26, 1857; George Scott, b. May 9,
1863; res. East Templeton, Mass.
750. vi. MARTHA, b. May 14, 1754; m. May 10, 1774, William DAVIS, of
Rindge, N. H. They went from Lincoln in 1773 to Rindge, N.
H. He was in the Rev. war, and was at the battle of Benning-
ton. Ch.: Susannah, b. May 7, 1775; Martha, b. Oct. 24, 1777;
Lucy, b. Dec. 27, 1778; Lydia, b. June 2, 1781; m. Feb. 22, 1808,
Stephen DAVIS, of Enosburg, Vt.; Bathsheba, b. Oct. 2, 1783;
d. Sept. 2, 1787; Solomon, b. May 15, 1785; Israel, b. Jan. 17, 1788;
Bathsheba, b. May 13, 1793; Timothy, b. Mar. 23, 1795.
273. SAMUEL WHITNEY (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), bap. June 17, 1711;
m. Apr. 8, 1735, Elizabeth HASTINGS, of Watertown, b. 1716; d. Oct. 23, 1800, in Marl-
boro, Vt. Samuel WHITNEY resided in Weston, and in 1743 removed to Shrewsbury,
where they were admitted to the church in 1761. He died in Shrewsbury. His will
is dated May 2, 1788, yeoman; mentions wife Elizabeth, and children Samuel, Na-
thaniel, Jonas, Eliphalet, Lucy, Lydia, Susanna, Elizabeth MIXER, Sally LYON.
Asaph SHERMAN was admr. He d. Aug. 2, 1788; res. Weston and Shrewsbury, Mass.
751. i. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 30. 1735; d. young.
752. ii. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 26, 1738; m. Apr. 24, 1754, Joseph MIXER, Jr.,
son of Major Joseph; res. Shrewsbury, Mass; rem. to Athol and
d. there. Ch.: Elizabeth, b. Oct. 21, 1754; d. 1756; Joseph, b. Feb.
22, 1756; Samuel, b. Jan. 13, 1758; Moses, b. Sept. 10, 1760; Daniel,
b. Aug. 25, 1763; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 27, 1766.
753. iii. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 23, 1739; m. Phebe HARINGTON.
754. iv. LYDIA, bap. Mar. 22, 1740; d. Oct. 3, 1745.
755. v. NATHANIEL, bap. Dec. 5, 1742; d. Nov. 19, 1744.
756. vi. LUCY, b. Aug. 27, 1744; m. July 14, 1762, Asaph SHERMAN, of Graf-
ton. (See history Grafton, by Fred C. PIERCE.) He was a promi-
nent citizen of the town; was First Lieut. in Capt. Lake DRURY's
company that marched to the Lexington alarm and served
during the Rev. war. He was b. Mar. 6, 1741; res. Grafton.
Ch: Jonathan, b. July 18, 1763; Mary, b. Dec. 1, 1764; Lucy, b.
Oct. 25, 1766; Betty, b. Dec. 11, 1768; Susannah, b. Nov. 22, 1770;
Candice, b. Nov. 18, 1772.
757. vii. LYDIA, b. June 1, 1746; m. Nov. 3, 1767, William BRITTON, of
Rutland.
758. viii. SUSANNA, b. Feb. 26, 1748; m. Oct. 4, 1768, John BELLOWS, Jr.,
of Shrewsbury, formerly of Southboro. They settled on the
Samuel WHITNEY farm. She d. Feb. 1, 1805, and he d. Mar. 6, 1826.
Ch.: Martha, m. Nathan NEWTON, 1792; Chloe, m. Pelatiah ALLEN,
of Holden; Lucy, m. Oliver TORREY, of Killingly, Conn.; Anna,
m. Dr. Jacob KITTRIDGE, of Spencer; Moses, Lyscom, John, b.
Feb. 21, 1785.
759. ix. NATHANIEL, b. May 30, 1749; m. Mary HOUGHTON.
760. x. JONAS, b. June 14, 1751; m. Tamar HOUGHTON.
761. xi. SARAH, b. July 15, 1753; m. in Shrewsbury, 1777, John Fisher LYON,
of Grafton. He resided in Grafton, then in Shrewsbury, and
finally moved to Harvard, where he died. Ch. b. Shrews.; Lydia,
b. Apr. 9, 1778; John, b. Oct. 17, 1780.
762. xii. ELIPHALET, bap. May 4, 1757; m. Aug. 12, 1776, Lois HOUGHTON,
of Lancaster; res. Shrewsbury, Mass., and Marlboro, Vt.
763. xiii. MARTHA, bap. Aug. 5, 1759; d. bef. 1788; not men. in will.
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275. JOSHUA WHITNEY (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Watertown, Mass.,
Mar. 25, bap. Apr. 25, 1714; m. May 21, 1739, in Spencer, Mass., Mehitable WILSON,
of Spencer, dau. of Dea. James and Mehitable. She d. May 1, 1785.
Joshua WHITNEY in 1746 resided in that part of Leicester afterwards incorporated
as Spencer. He purchased land of Dea. James WILSON, Sr., whose dau. he married.
WILSON came from Lexington to Leicester in 1714, and to Spencer in 1730. He was
a prominent citizen, often promoted to offices of trust and honor, and was deacon in
Rev. Mr. FISK's church. Joshua moved to Stockbridge in 1758. In seating the
meeting house in 1771 the residents were given seats according to the value of their
estates. Of the sixty-eight families Joshua WHITNEY was the twenty-seventh. He is
interred in the old Norwich Hill burying ground, and his stone reads:
In Memory of
Mr. Joshua WHITNEY
He died 25 June
A. D. 1786
In the 70.
year if his age.
Death is a debt to nature due,
Which I have paid, and so must you.
Weep not for me, dry up your tears.
I must lie here till Christ appears.
He d. in 1785; res. Leicester, Spencer, and Stockbridge, Mass.
764. i. PHINEHAS, b. June 24, 1740; m. Sarah HARRINGTON.
765. ii. LEMUEL, b. 1743; m. Thankful GRIFFITH.
766. iii. BEULAH, b. 1745; m. 1765 John BALL. He was b. 1747, the son of
Eleazer, who was b. in Concord, and who was one of the first
settlers in Rutland. He d. Sept. 4, 1775, ae. 28. The children
were all born in Leicester, Mass. She d. in Langdon, N.H., in
1822. Ch.: Daniel, b. Aug. 10, 1765; Eleazer, b. May 11, 1767;
Sibbil, b. Sept. 19, 1768; Sarah, b. Oct. 6, 1771; Mehitable, b.
July 24, 1773; John, b. June 25, 1775.
767. iv. ELISHA, b. 1747; m. Esther CLARK.
768. v. JOHN, b. 1751; m. Rachel HISCOCK.
769. vi. MEHITABLE, b. 1756; m. Obadiah NEWTON; res. Spencer, Mass.,
and Granville, N.Y. Her husband died and she married a
WILLIAMS. He died and she again married a HANKS and moved
to Hopkinton, Ohio.
770. vii. JOSHUA, b. 1758; m. Esther PROUTY and ----- SARTWELL.
771. viii. SUSANNAH, b. 1762; m. William HISCOCK; res. in eastern N.Y.
772. ix. POLLY, b. Oct. 19, 1766; m. May 19, 1789, Jonathan UPHAM; res.
Windham, Vt. She d. Oct. 14, 1843. Polly lived in Dudley,
Mass., then in Gifford, Vt., and afterwards in Windham. He
was b. in Dudley, Mass., June 26, 1761, was a soldier in the Rev-
olutionary war, and d. July 15, 1827. He was a farmer. Ch.: Rox-
ania, b. Aug. 22, 1791; m. Nov. 29, 1820, Reuben PRENTISS, oldest
son of Harvey N.; res. Windam. She d. June 9, 1855; Sophia,
b. Mar. 17, 1793; m. Jan. 4, 1827, Henry MILLER, her son H.C.
res. Ovid. Iowa. She d. May 21, 1836; Mehitable, b. Dec. 25,
1788; d. Aug. 25, 1883; Jerusha, b. Sept. 11, 1794; d. Feb. 15,
1849; Polly b. July 7, 1796; d. Oct. 15, 1848; Gardner, b. May 2,
1798; res. Windham, Vt.; m. Oct. 11, 1827, Eunice A. EMORY, d.
June 23, 1848; m. 2d, Jan. 15, 1850, Marilla WAYMAN, d. Mar. 4,
1867; m. 3d, Feb. 20, 1872, Mrs. Elizabeth ABBOTT, d. Jan. 17,
1879. He is still living (1893) although he has completed his
ninety-fifth year. His health is good, and he attends church
regularly and goes to the postoffice daily, with the exception of
the very cold weather last winter. His own generation has
passed and most of the next generation, but he still remains, a
pleasant, genial companion to the old, young, or the middle-
aged, conversing with equal fluency on the incidents of his
boyhood, the current topics of the day, or any intervening
event. He was born in Guilford, Vt., but went to Windham when
six years old and spent his life there, except from 1850 to 1872
he lived in Grafton, Vt.; Jonathan, b. May 30, 1800; m. Sept. 18,
1832, Sarah M. MOORE; res. Windham. He d. May 6, 1878;