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PROSPERITY, PENNSYLVANIA

(Continued from October, 1923)

The following data was taken from tombstone inscriptions in the Presbyterian churchyard at Prosperity, Pa. This church was organized in 1781.

LINDLY, MRS., wife of Dr. L. Lindly, and daughter of Dr. H. W. Blachley and Hanna, b. July 29, 1813,
d. June 27, 1841.
LINDLY, ANNA, b. Nov. 9, 1744, d. June 12, 1818.
LINDLY, BETHANY, d. Nov. 11, 1878, in the 86th year of her age.
LINDLY, CALEB, d. Mch. 24, 1837, aged 80 yrs. and 4 mos.
LINDLY, ELIZABETH CONKLIN, wife of Caleb Lindly, d. Aug. 16, 1822, aged 87 yrs., 3 mos., and 20
days.
LINDLEY, DANIEL, d. Aug. 10, 1795, aged 40 yrs.
LINDLY, DEMAS, d. Jany. 22, 1818, aged 85 yrs.
LINDLY, HILAS, d. July 10, 1812 aged 1 yr. and 14 days.
LINDLY, JOANNA, d. Nov. 11, 1808, aged 73 yrs.
LINDLY, ISAAC, son of Ziba and Abigail Lindly, d. July 25, 1822, aged 17 yrs., 11 mos., 21 days.
LINDLY, JOHN M., b. Oct. 27, 1814, d. Dec. 11, 1858.
LINDLY, ELIZA B., b. May 3, 1818, d. Mch. 30,1899.
LINDLY, JOSEPH, d. Apr. 23, 1803, aged 43 yrs.
LINDLY, LEVI, SR., b. Apr. 27, 1731, d. Feby. 4, 1801, aged 70 yrs.
LINDLEY, LEWIS, d. Jany. 14, 1860, aged 67 yrs.
LINDLY, SARAH, wife of John Lindly, d. Mch. 31, 1821, aged 49 yrs.
LINDLY, SARAH, b. May 25, 1777, d. Dec. (?)
LINDLY, SARAH, wife of William Lindly, Esq., b. July 15, 1794, d. Sept. 13, 1853.
LINDLY, REV. STEPHEN, b. June 8, 1770, d. Dec. 31, 1831, aged 61 yrs., 6 mos., 25 days.
LINDLY, TIMOTHY, b. June 13, 1769, d. Mch. 11, 1826, aged 57 yrs. Soldier marker at grave.


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LINDLY, WILLIAM, ESQ., b. Oct. 12, 1786, d. May 10, 1855.
LINDLY, WILLIAM, D., d. Oct. 5, 1849, aged 32 yrs., 5 mos., 12 days.
LOAFMAN, CATHARINE, b. May 20, 1771, d. Apr. 7, 1817, aged 46 yrs.
LOAFMAN, FREDERICK, d. Oct. 25, 1853, aged 86 yrs., 7 mos., 25 days.
LOVERIDGE, ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 12, 1756, d. Dec. 7, 1811, aged 55 yrs.
LOVERIDGE, MARY, wife of Abijah Loveridge, b. Apr. 16, 1759, d. June 20, 1813, aged 54 yrs.
MCCLEAN, JOHN, d. Aug. 27, 1858, aged 77 yrs. 4 mos. 26 days.
MCCLEAN, RACHEL, wife of John McClean, d. Oct. 21, 1867. aged 88 yrs., 12 days.
MCCOLLUM, ASA, d. Aug. 10, 1845, aged 60 yrs.
MCCOLLUM, ELIZABETH, wife of Asa McCollum, d. Feby. 20, 1846, aged 53 yrs.
MCCOLLUM, MELISSA, wife of Dennis D. McCollum, dau. of William Lindly, Esq., d. Jany. 19, 1843,
aged 24 yrs.
MCCOLLUM, ROBBY LINDSY, son of D. D. and E. A. McCollum, d. June 25, 1852, aged 3 yrs., 4 mos.
MCVAY, ------, son of Jacob McVay, d. Oct. 22, 1811, aged 3 mos.
MCVAY, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, d. Mch. 7, 1854, aged 33 yrs.
MCVAY, ELMAS D., b. Feby. 5, 1845, d. Aug. 6, 1868.
MCVAY, CAROLINE, dau. of S. and H. McVay, d. Sept. 18, 1838, aged 6 yrs., 6 mos., 6 days.
MCVAY, HANNAH B., b. Sept. 22, 1796, d. Feby. 24, 1884.
MCVAY, JOHN, d. Feby. 21, 1826, aged 66 yrs.
MCVAY, SAMUEL, SR., d. Nov. 29, 1869, aged 75 yrs., 7 mos., 4 days.
MCVAY, WARREN, son of S. and H. McVay, who enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, in Co. F, 15th Pa. Cavalry and
died in the serv-


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ice at Nashville, Tenn., Feby. 23, 1873, aged 24 yrs., 2 days.
MINTON, JOSEPHUS L., d. May 28, 1823, aged 11 yrs.
MINTON, MATTHIAS, b. Feby. 13, 1783, d. Apr. 25, 1864.
MINTON, NANCY, wife of Matthias Minton, d. Dec. 2, 1858, aged 77 yrs.
MINTON, SARAH, wife of Matthias Minton, d. Jan. 7, 1849, aged 49 yrs.
MITCHELL, REBECCA HANNA, b. 1829, d. 1909.
MCCOLLOUGH, SAMUEL J., b. Dec. 7, 1855, d. May 18, 1888.
MCCOLLOUGH, WILLIAM ELLSWORTH, b. May 27, c1863, d. Aug. 9, 1888.
MONTGOMERY, PHEBE, dau. of W. and H. Montgomery, d. Sept. 26, 1846, aged 3 weeks, 5 days.
OLIVER, DAVID, d. Oct. 13, 1838, aged 74 yrs.
OLIVER, DAVID MINTON, d. June 10, 1828, aged 18 yrs.
OLIVER, JOHN, d. Dec. 7, 1863, aged 74 yrs.
OLIVER, LYDIA ANN, dau. of J. M. and M. Oliver, d. Mch. 9, 1823, aged 5 yrs., 11 mos.
OLIVER, JANE, d. June 12, 1871, aged 71 yrs.
OLIVER, MARY, wife of John M. Oliver, d. Aug. 20, 1843, aged 51 yrs.
OLIVER, JOHN G., son of J. M. and M. Oliver, d. Dec. 19, 1832, aged 1 yr., 11 mos.
OLIVER, MILTON, d. June 10, 1828, aged 18 yrs.
OLIVER, SARAH, d. Apr. 28, 1857, aged 88 yrs.
OLIVER, SEBIE, d. Jany. 9, 1875, aged 67 yrs.
RAYNOR, JOHNATHAN, d. Mch. 20, 1822, aged 79 yrs.
REED, SARAH, wife of James Reed, d. Mch. 14, 1839, aged 50 yrs.
REED, JAMES, d. Feby. 25, 1845, aged 61 yrs.
ROBERTSON, REV. WILLIAM, d. Feby. 17, 1860, aged 32 yrs., 1 mo.


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ROBERTSON, JOHN, son of J. and M. Robertson, d. Nov. 23, 1843, aged 22 yrs., 9 mos., 20 days.
RODGERS, JAMES, d. July 2, 1870, aged 80 yrs. Soldier.
ROSS, DEBORAH, d. Feby. 18, 1827.
RUTAN, ALEXANDER S., d. Apr. 14, 1862, aged 23 yrs., 1 mo., 14 days. First Corporal, 14th Indiana
Regiment. Fell at Winchester, Va.
RUTAN, MARTHA, wife of Daniel Rutan, d. Mch. 14, 1855, aged 44 yrs., 8 mos.
RUTAN, SAMUEL, d. Jany. 4, 1840, aged 86 yrs.
RUTAN, SARAH, wife of Samuel Rutan, d. May 31, 1881, aged 54 yrs.
RUTAN, SAMUEL, d. Feby. 2, 1883, aged 78 yrs., 2 mos., 17 days.
RUTAN, William C., son of Israel and Kaziah Rutan, d. Aug. 27, 1820, aged 1 yr.
RYAN, ARRAMANTHA, d. 1822, aged 6 yrs.
SANDERS, ABSALOM, d. Sept. 20, 1852, aged 26 yrs.
SANDERS, ANNA, wife of Daniel Sanders, d. June 15, 1852, aged 27 yrs., 2 mos., 10 days.
SANDERS, CATHERINE, wife of Daniel Sanders, d. Oct. 28, 1867, aged 82 yrs., 9 mos., 6 days.
SANDERS, DANIEL, d. Sept. 26, 1870, aged 48 yrs.
SANDERS, EUNICE, b. Aug. 26, ----, d. May 6,1898.
SANDERS, FANCHA, wife of Reuben Sanders, d. Sept. 20, ----, aged 81 yrs., 11 mos., 14 days.
SANDERS, ISAAC P., died at Harrisburg while serving his country Dec. 4, 1862, aged 23 yrs.
SANDERS, MARY, wife of William Sanders, d. Mch. 12, 1872, aged 53 yrs.
SANDERS, MARY A., wife of Harvey Sanders, d. Aug. 2, 1851, aged 20 yrs.
SANDERS, MATTHIAS, d. Sept. 5, 1817, aged 4 yrs., 9 mos.


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SANDERS, PHEBE, d. Sept. 21, 1860, aged 80 yrs.
SANDERS, REUBEN, d. July 15, 1855, aged 68 yrs., 3 mos., 5 days.
SANDERS, STEPH, d. Apr. 2, 1850, aged 58 yrs., 10 mos., 28 days.
SANDERS, STEPHEN, d. Apr. 8, 1832, aged 82 yrs.
SANDERS, WILLIAM, d. Mch. 15, 1874, aged 54 yrs.
SAYRE, LYDIA, d. Mch. 4, 1841, aged 76 yrs.
SIBERT, ABAGAIL, wife of Peter Sibert, d. July 13, 1839, aged 35 yrs.
SIMPSON, SIMON, d. Apr. 6, 1830, aged 88 yrs.
SQUIRER, ABRAHAM, Son of Moses and Anna Squirer, d. May 29, 1822, aged 29 yrs.
SQUIRER, ANNA, wife of Moses Squirer, d. July 5, 1819, aged 49 yrs.
SQUIRER, RACHEL, dau. of Moses and Anna Squirer, d. July 12, 1821, aged 19 yrs.
STEWART, ELIZABETH, wife of James Stewart, d. Sept. 11, 1830, aged 30 yrs.
STEWART, JAMES K., d. July 17, 1888. Company K, Pa. Cavalry.
STEWART, JAMES K., d. June 27, 1887, aged 72 yrs. Company K, Pa. Cav.
STOCKDALE, HANNAH, d. June 20, 1871, aged 76 yrs.
STOCKDALE, WILLIAM, d. Dec. 27, 1862, aged 71 yrs.
STOY, MARGARET, Wife of Frederic Stoy, d. Nov. 6, 1877, aged 58 yrs., 17 days.
STROUSE, ANNA D., b. Oct. 18, 1828, d. May 16, 1883.
SUTTON, AMOS, d. Sept. 30, 1827, aged 32 yrs.
THOMPSON, ELIZABETH, wife of Samuel Thompson, d. Apr. 22, 1863, aged 32 yrs., 11 mos., 9 days.
TUCKER, AMY, wife of Thomas Tucker, d. Jany. 1, 1869, aged 70 yrs.


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TAYLOR, ISAAC, d. June 9, 1831, aged 76 yrs., 5 mos.
VAILE, M. EDITH, b. Aug. 2, 1845, d. Apr. 2, 1880.
VAILE, LEONARD, d. Mch. 10, 1873, aged 54 yrs., 2 mos.
VAILE, LEONARD M., son of L. and M. Vaile, d. Mch. 28, 1888, aged 51 yrs., 1 mo., 29 days.
VAILE, ORESTA P., d. Apr. 8, 1874, aged 27 yrs., 6 mos., 17 days.
VAILE, LOIS, wife of E. Vaile, b. in Vermont July 19, 1777, d. in Pennsylvania Oct. 9, 1855,
VAILE, EDWARD, b. in Vermont Feby. 25, 1774, d. in Pennsylvania June 29. 1859.
VAN VOORHES, ABRAHAM, b. Mch. 26, 1742, d. Apr. 19, 1819, aged 77 yrs.
VAN VOORHES, KATHERINE, wife of Abraham Van Voorhes, d. Apr. --, 1829, aged 75 yrs.
WALLACE, JOHN L., son of R. and S. Wallace, b. Jany. 4, 1842, aged 10 mos., 22 days.
WALLACE, MARY F., d. Apr. 20, 1861, aged 18 yrs.
WALLACE, SABINA L., wife of Robert Wallace, d. June 5, 1860, aged 52 yrs.
WALLACE, ROBERT, d. May 15, 1861, aged 65 yrs.
WEIR, ADAM, b. May 27, 1801, d. July 15, 1866.
WESTLAKE, ABAGAIL, d. Oct. 10, 1867, aged 85 yrs., 11 mos., 5 days.
WILSON, JOHN C., d. June 29, 1872, aged 56 yrs., 1 mo., 18 days.
WILSON, BENJAMIN, d. May 24, 1839, aged 87 yrs.
WILSON, MARGARET N., dau. of Nathan and Mary A. Wilson, d. Jany. 14, 1835, aged 2 yrs., 5 mos.,
15 days.
WILSON, MARY, d. Feby. 16, 1811.
WILSON, MARY O., d. Mch. 25, 1863, aged 45 yrs., 3 mos., 4 days.
WILSON, MARY, dau. of Nathan and Mary A. Wilson, d. May 16, 1845, aged 8 yrs., 7 mos., 9 days.


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WILSON, SAMUEL, son of Nathan and Mary A. Wilson, d. Jany. 4, 1845, aged 14 yrs., 8 mos., 14 days.
WINGET, ALISON, d. Nov. 20, 1854, aged 29 yrs., 10 mos., 16 days.
WINGET, CALEB, d. Feby. 18, 1817, aged 73 yrs.
WINGET, FLORELLA, dau. of Rev. Stephen and Kezia Winget, d. Aug. 1, 1854, aged 18 yrs., 3 mos.,
2 days.
WINGET, KEZIAH, wife of Rev. S. Winget, b. Feby. 27, 1815, d. July 7, 1879, aged 64 yrs., 4 mos.,
10 days.
WINGET, PHOEBE JANE, wife of Alison Winget, d. June 20, 1854, aged 23 yrs., 8 mos., 10 days.
WINGET, ROBERT M., son of Alison and Phoebe J. Winget, d. July 5, 1853, aged 4 weeks, 1 day.
WINGET, SARAH, d. June 8, 1830, aged 85 yrs., 6 mos.
WINGET, REV. STEPHEN, b. Oct. 22, 1808, d. Mch. 25, 1888, aged 49 yrs.
WOLFE, CHRISTOPHER, d. Apr. 1, 1847, aged 80 yrs.
WOLFE, HARVEY H., d. Mch. 12, 1853, aged 35 yrs., 6 mos., 26 days.
WOLFE, JOHN, d. July 31, 1836, aged 44 yrs., 5 mos., 29 days.
WOLFE, JOHN W., son of John and Nancy Wolfe, d. July 4, 1828, aged 3 yrs., 7 mos., 22 days.
WOLFE, MARTHA, dau. of John and Nancy Wolfe, d. Mch. 3, 1844, aged 17 yrs., 11 days.
WOLFE, NANCY, wife of John Wolfe, d. Apr. 26, 1848, aged 55 yrs., 5 mos., 28 days.
WOLFE, NOADIAH W., son of John and Nancy Wolfe, d. July 5, 1828, aged 12 yrs., 5 mos., 17 days.
WOLFE, PHOEBE, dau. of John and Nancy Wolfe, d. Sept. 1, 1836, aged 22 yrs., 5 mos., 15 days.
WOLFE, PHOEBE, wife of Christopher Wolfe, d. Mch. 31, 1813, aged 47 yrs.
WOLF, EZRA, d. June 7, 1858, aged 45 yrs., 6 mos., 22 days.


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WOLF, MILTON H. d. July 20, 1871, aged 26 yrs., 9 mos., 6 days.
DILLE, PHEBE JANE POST, wife of Wm. L. Dille, b. Dec. 1, 1856, d. Dec. 8, 1881.

BLODGETT FAMILY.

THOMAS¹ BLODGETT came from London in 1636 and settled in Cambridge, Mass. He married Susanna
--------. He died Aug. 7, 1639. Children of Thomas Blodgett and Susanna were:

1. Daniel, born in England in 1631.
2. SAMUEL, born in England in 1633.
3. Susanna, born in Cambridge, Mass., June, 1637, m. Jonathan Thompson.
4. Thomas, died in infancy.

Savage Vol. 1, p. 203; Lexington Records p. 165; Paige's History of Cambridge p. 489.

SAMUEL² BLODGETT (Thomas¹) b. 1633 in England, m. Dec. 13, 1655, Ruth Eggleston. He died May 21, 1720. Children of Samuel Blodgett and Ruth Eggleston were:

1. Ruth b. Dec. 28, 1656, m. Thomas Kendall.
2. SAMUEL b. Dec. 10, 1658.
3. Thomas b. Feby. 26, 1661, m. Rebecca Tidd.
4, Susannah b. Feby. 17, 1665, m. James Simonds.
5. Sarah b. Feby. 17, 1668, m. John Hayward of Concord, Mass.
6. Martha b. Sept., 15, 1673, m. Joseph Winn.
7. Mary, twin, b. Sept. 15, 1673, m. Joseph Richardson.
All the above children were born in Woburn, Mass.

Woburn Records Vol. 1, p. 22; Vol. 2, p. 27; Vol. 3, p. 15.

SAMUEL³ BLODGETT (Samuel, ²Thomas ¹) , b. Dec. 10, 1658, Woburn, Mass., d. Nov. 5, 1743, m. Apr. 30, 1683, Huldah Simonds, dau. of William and Judith (Hayward-Phippen) Simonds. She died Mch. 14, 1745. Children of Samuel Blodgett and Huldah Simonds were.

1. Samuel b. Dec. 2, 1683.
2. Daniel b. Mch. 24, 1685, m. Mary Mallet.
3. William b. Jany. 11, 1686.
4. Huldah b. Feby. 9, 1689, m. Ebenezer Wood.
5. Caleb b. Nov. 11, 1691.
6. JOSHUA b. Feby. 26, 1694.
7. Josiah b. Mch. 27, 1696.
8. John b. Apr. 19, 1699.
9. Benjamin b. Mch. 4, 1701.


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10. Nathan b. Mch. 15, 1704.

All these children were born in Woburn, Mass. [Woburn Records].

JOSHUA⁴ BLODGETT (Samuel, ³ Jr., Samuel, ²Thomas ¹) , b. Feby. 26, 1694, in Woburn, Mass., m. Dinah Morse, dau. of John and Dinah (Knight) Morse of Watertown, Mass. He with his brothers, Daniel, Samuel and Josiah, removed to Stafford, Ct., in 1719. They were among the first proprietors of the town. Children of Joshua Blodgett and Dinah Morse were:

1. Katherine b. July 31, 1717, in Woburn, Mass. (Woburn Records.)
2. JOSHUA, JR. b. Jany. 10, 1722, in Stafford, Ct.
3. James b. Dec. 12, 1723, in Stafford, Ct.
4. Mary b. Apr. 1, 1727, in Stafford, Ct.
5. Paul b. Aug. 7, 1729, in Stafford, Ct.

Stafford, Ct., Records furnished by Mr. E. A. Blodgett, compiler of Blodgett Genealogy, Springfield, Mass.

Tradition says Joshua left for England about 1734 in quest of some property there and was never heard from.

JOSHUA⁵ BLODGETT, JR. (Joshua,⁴ Samuel,³ Samuel, ²Thomas ¹) , b. Jany. 10, 1722, in Stafford, Ct., m. Nov. 2, 1749, Hannah Alden. "They were married by Rev. Eli Cotton" [Stafford Records]. Joshua was a drummer in the Revolution [Soldiers and Sailors, vol. 2, p. 196]. Children of Joshua Blodgett and Hannah Alden were:

1. Huldah b. June 19, 1750.
2. Joshua b. Feby. 4, 1752, d. in infancy.
3. Joshua b. Oct. 2, 1753.
4. Abigail b. Oct. 15, 1756, d. in infancy.
5. Joseph b. May 10, 1757.
6. BENJAMIN b. May 18, 1759.
7. Abigail b. Feby. 10, 1761.
8. Susannah b. Sept. 23, 1762.
9. Elenor b. Jany. 6, 1764.

Stafford, Ct., Records furnished by Mr. E. A. Blodgett of Springfield, Mass., also by Mr. John Alden Seabury, secretary of "Alden Kindred in America".

BENJAMIN⁶ BLODGETT (Joshua, ⁵Jr., Joshua,⁴ Samuel,³ Samuel, ²Thomas ¹) , b. May 18, 1759, in Stafford, Ct., m. Mary Riddle (or Riddell) of Monson, Mass. Removed to Randolph, Vt. [Vermont Historical Gazetteer, vol. 2, pp. 10-15]. Benjamin Blodgett was a private in the Revolution [Connecticut Revolutionary Rolls; Bureau of Pensions]. Children of Benjamin Blodgett and Mary Riddle were:


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  1. Luther m. Betsey Stark, removed West.
  2. Joseph m. Mariah Allen, removed West.
  3. Benjamin removed West.
  4. Mary m. 1st Jacob Foster, 2nd Mr. Humphrey.
  5. Dan m. Pamelia Childs. He died in 1855.
  6. Perley Davis (Dr. Perley) d. 1856, m. Myra Arnold who d. 1880.
  7. ELI b. Aug. 6, 1793, d. 1871, m. Irene, dau. of John and Lois (Dickinson) Blodgett,
        b. 1796, d. 1863.
  8. Heman married and removed to New Jersey.
  9. Elijah d. 1813.
10. Rebecca m. Laban Blodgett, d. 1862.
11. Hannah m. Mr. Humphrey, removed West.
12. Constantine (Reverend) m. Hannah Dana, removed to Pautucket, R. I., d. Dec. 29, 1879.
13. Caroline m. Mr. Mansfiend, removed to Massachusetts.
         All these children were born in Randolph, Vt.

ELI⁷ BLODGETT (Benjamin,⁶ Joshua,⁵ Joshua,⁴ Samuel,³ Samuel, ²Thomas ¹) , b. Aug. 6, 1793, in Randolph, Vt., m. Apr. 21, 1819, Irene⁸ Blodgett (John,⁷ John,⁶ Daniel,⁵ Daniel,⁴ Samuel,³ Samuel,² Thomas¹). Their children, all born in Randolph, Vt., were:

1. Elijah Dickinson b. May 20, 1820, d. June 18, 1904.
2. William Winthrop died in infancy.
3. William Winthrop b. July 8, 1824, d. Mch. 20, 1916.
4. Elizabeth Mandane b. May 24, 1826, d. July 18, 1909.
5. Pearl Davis b. Apr. 7, 1828, d. Mch. 15, 1903.
6. Richard Anson Hayden b. Aug. 4, 1832, d. June 17, 1904.
7. HARRIET IRENE b. Apr. 30, 1837, d. May 22,1912.
8. Augusta Maria b. July 7, 1840, d. June, 1856.

Family Bible owned by Mrs. J. E. Taylor, Crete, Neb.

Eli Blodgett, Mayflower Descendant, sixth from John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. Irene Blodgett, Mayflower Descendant, seventh from William Bradford.

Irene Blodgett, Mayflower Descendant, seventh from William Bradford.

Reference: Society of Mayflower Descendants.

HARRIET IRENE⁹ BLODGETT (Irene,⁸ John,⁷ John,⁶ Daniel,⁵ Daniel,⁴ Samuel,³ Samuel, ²Thomas ¹) , b. Apr. 30, 1837, in Randolph, Vt., m. Aug. 4, 1864, William Parmeter Bennett who died Mch. 9, 1896. She died May 22, 1912. Their children were:

1. Emily Irene b. June 3, 1865, in Randolph, Vt., d. Sept. 5,1867.
2. John Newton b. Sept. 5, 1867, in Bradford, Ia., m. Aug. 12,1896, Florence Whipple.


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3. May Belle b. Mch. 25, 1870, in Bradford, Ia., m. Aug. 4, 1897, Samuel Avery.
4. Joseph Hayden b. Jany. 12, 1873, in Mason City, Ia., m. Sept. 28, 1904, Mattie Knapp,
d. Mch. 17, 1908.
5. Elizabeth Maria b. Nov. 16, 1876, in Lyndonville, Vt., d. Aug. 31, 1893.
6. Anna Blodgett b. Apr. 22, 1879, in Lyndonville, Vt., m. Aug. 4, 1904, Joseph Elbert Taylor.
7. Paul Kendall b. Feby. 1, 1883, in Ames, Iowa, m. Sept. 20, 1911, Susie Hogue.

Reference: Family Bible.
Contributed By Mrs. Samuel Avery, Lincoln, Nebr.

WRIGHT, SAMPSON, SUMNER FAMILIES.

Some Mayflower Lines of Mrs. Benjamin F. Bailey.
Compiled by Mrs. C. H. Jenkins.

WILLIAM WRIGHT, perhaps the William who was baptized at Austerfield, England, 1588, came in the "Fortune," 1621, with wife Priscilla, daughter of Alexander Carpenter, and perhaps son Richard. Had lands assigned 1623, freeman 1633. Samuel Fuller in his will calls him "Brother." He made a will Sept. 16, 1633.

RICHARD¹ WRIGHT, Plymouth, perhaps son of the first William; proprietor 1636; able to bear arms 1643; freeman June 5, 1644. He married 6 Nov. 1644 Hester² Cooke (Francis,¹ Mayflower), and had:

1. ADAM WRIGHT
2. Esther Wright b. 1649
3. Mary Wright
4. John Wright
5. Isaac Wright b. and d. 1652.

His son John went into military service leaving a will probated 7 June 1676; his other sons Adam and Isaac and daughter Esther and the father were legatees. Richard died 1681, aged about 83 years; his wife Hester died between Dec. 28, 1668, and Jan. 3, 1669 (May. Des. 4-128.)

ADAM² WRIGHT (Richard¹) lived in that part of Plymouth which afterward became Plympton. He married (1) Sarah,³ daughter of John² Soule (George,¹ Mayflower); married (2) Mehitable Barrows. The date of Sarah Soule's marriage to Adam Wright, the date of her death, and the date of his marriage to


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Mehitable Barrows are unknown. Sarah was living 16 March 1690-1 when she signed the deed printed herewith; but she probably died before 1699, since Mehitable's son Samuel who died 5 Jan. 1773 in his 74th year must have been born about 1699. Adam Wright died 20 Dec. 1724 in his 80th year [May. Des. 1-178 and 234.] According to May. Des. 2-242, his children were:

By first wife Sarah Soule:

  1. John Wright
  2. ISAAC WRIGHT
  3. Esther Wright m. Daniel Pratt
  4. Sarah Wright m. Seth Fuller
  5. Mary Wright m. Jeremiah Gifford
  6. Rachel Wright m. Ebenezer Barlow

By 2nd wife Mehitable Barrows:

  7. Samuel Wright
  8. Moses Wright
  9. James Wright
10. Nathaniel Wright

The children of Adam and Sarah (Soule) Wright had two Mayflower ancestors, Francis Cooke and George Soule; but the children of the 2nd wife Mehitable Barrows, daughter of George, had only one Mayflower ancestor so far as known.

ISAAC³ WRIGHT (Adam,²Richard¹), son of Adam and Sarah (Soule) Wright, lived in that part of Plymouth which is now Carver; he married Dec. 19, 1717 [Ill. Soc. May. Des. 1-42], Mary, daughter of John and Susanna (Gray) Cole Mary (Cole) Wright died in Plymouth 20 July 1759 in her 63rd year; Isaac Wright made a will 2 July 1760 and died in Plympton 11 Jan. 1766 "ae. 80 years wanting 8 days" [G. S. R.]. The children of Isaac and Mary (Cole) Wright were:

1. Samuel Wright b. 1719
2. JOSEPH WRIGHT b. 1721
3. Mary Wright b. 1726 m. Ebenezer Thompson, Halifax
4. Rachel Wright b. 1732
5. Isaac Wright b. 1736

JOSEPH⁴ WRIGHT (Isaac,³ Adam,²Richard¹),was born in Plympton 16 June 1721 (May. Des. 5-202); he married 8 Nov. 1748 Sarah⁵ Brewster (Joshua,⁴ William,³ Love,² William,¹ Mayflower), daughter of Joshua and Deborah (Jackson) Brewster, born 11 Feb. 1727 in Duxbury. They removed to Plymouth.


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The children of Joseph and Sarah (Brewster) Wright were:

1. Deborah Wright b. 1749 m. Nathaniel Churchill
2. Susanna Wright b. 1751 m. Abner Rickard
3. MARY WRIGHT b. 1754 m. SYLVANUS SAMPSON
4. Joseph Wright b. 1758
5. Thomas Wright

MARY⁵ WRIGHT (Joseph,⁴ Isaac,³ Adam,²Richard¹), born in Plympton in 1754, married 20 Feb. 1772 Sylvanus⁵ Sampson (Thomas,⁴ Benjamin,³George,²Abraham), born near the end of 1747. He was a mason, and removed to Halifax and then to West Ponds, Plymouth, where he died in 1831. The children of Mary (Wright) and Sylvanus Sampson were:

  1. SYLVANUS SAMPSON b. about 1773 in Plymouth, m. RUTH BURGESS
  2. Thomas Sampson m. Mercy Burgess
  3. Joseph Sampson m. (1) Sarah Manter; (2) Zerviah Burgess
  4. Mary Sampson m. Benjamin Pierce
  5. Sally Sampson m. Consider Clark
  6. Sophia Sampson m. John Burgess
  7. Susan Sampson m. John Burgess, husband of her sister Sophia
  8. Lydia Sampson m. Nathaniel Clark
  9. Lucy Sampson m. Daniel Lewis
10. Levi Sampson (To be continued)

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38. Chappel. Wanted: the birth, death and marriage of the ancestors of William Frederick Chappel and his wife of New Haven, Ct. He and his wife kept a Sailors' Home. Their youngest child, Nancy, was born at the close of the Revolutionary War. She married Elihu Spear in 1804. He was a ship carpenter. Their daughter, Nancy Spear, born 1806, married Henry Kent. H. K. W. W.


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39. Van Giesen. Wanted: the ancestry of Juliah Van Giesen, b. Feby. 28, 1826, near Newark, N. J. Her father was Thomas Van Giesen and her mother Rhoda Crane. There were thirteen children in the family: William married Mariah Odell, Thomas married Cynthia -------, John, Charles, Ira, Israel, John who served in the Civil War and died in Libby prison, Julia married Alfred Odell, Lettie married ------ McCalmont (or some similar name), Mary Jane, Elizabeth, Rhoda married ------ Morton, and a baby girl who died in infancy. One of these girls married a Copeland and another married a man by the name of Clapp. Thomas Van Giesen and his wife died in Crawford County, Pa. H. K. W. W.

40. Journey. Wanted: the ancestry and dates of birth of Hannah, Ellen, Addie and ------ Journey. Hannah Journey married James Nesbit. Ellen Journey m. 1st William Davis, m. 2nd James Downey. Addie Journey m. 1st ------ Green, m. 2nd George Williams. ------ Journey m. ------ Cale. William Davis and ------ Green were killed by lightning abt. May 1, 1818, near Poseyville, Ind. William Davis and Ellen Journey Davis had two sons, son Joseph b. Nov. 9, 1816, m. Polly Endicott. They had eight children: Ellen m. R. L. Cushman, Martha m. 1st. ----- Snively, m. 2nd Richard Sands, John m. ----- Walker, Samuel m. ------ Rosborough, Joseph m. 1st ----- Cale, m. 2nd ------ Hindman, Molly, unmarried, Pressley m. name unknown. After the death of William Davis, Ellen Journey Davis m. James Downey. They had six children: James McGradey m. Mary A. Drysdale, Alexander Lowry, a Methodist minister, m. name unknown, Carrie m. George Reeves, George disappeared and was never heard from again, Isaac Newton m. Kate Griffin, and Permelia m. George Perry. These persons all lived in Posey County, Ind., prior to 1860. Some of them still live there. H. K. W. W.

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