First Generation 1. Lewis Hawks JOHNSON was born on 17 Apr 1879 in East Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts. Second Generation 2. Levy JOHNSON was born on 26 Aug 1852 in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died in Berkeley, Alameda, California. He was buried in Arms Cemetery, Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts. Moses Stanford, Minuteman. A Standford Family History with Connections to Other Colonial Massachusetts Families. Compiled by Lois Remington Smith, San Jose, California, 1978. p. 89. The lived on a farm at North River Bridge in East Charlemont until about 1935 when they moved to Berkeley to be near their son. Alice began teaching school when she was 15 years old at the old Zoar schoolhouse and she is said to have taught a one room school near North River Bridge for 25 years. Levy JOHNSON and Alice Arnette STANFORD were married on 27 Dec 1876 in East Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts. 3. Alice Arnette STANFORD was born on 20 Jul 1852 in Rowe, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died in 1944 in Berkeley, Alameda, California. She was buried in Arms Cemetery, Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts. Levy JOHNSON and Alice Arnette STANFORD had the following children: 1 i. Lewis Hawks JOHNSON. Third Generation 4. Lewis JOHNSON was born on 27 May 1825 in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 4 Nov 1877. Lewis JOHNSON and Maria Dorothy BASS were married on 20 Jun 1849 in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts. 5. Maria Dorothy BASS was born on 18 Dec 1831. She died on 23 Feb 1922. Lewis JOHNSON and Maria Dorothy BASS had the following children: 2 i. Levy JOHNSON. ii. Joel Mervill JOHNSON. 6. Ebenezer Hawks STANFORD was born on 11 Jun 1820 in Zoar, Berkshire, Massachusetts. He died on 16 Dec 1863 in Rowe, Franklin, Massachusetts. He was buried in Arms Cemetery, Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts. Ebenezer Hawks STANFORD and Malvina Melvina RICE were married in 1849. 7. Malvina Melvina RICE was born in Sep 1827. She died on 1 Aug 1884. She was buried in Arms Cemetery, Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts. Ebenezer Hawks STANFORD and Malvina Melvina RICE had the following children: i. Shirley Marten STANFORD was born on 20 Apr 1850 in Rowe, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 7 Nov 1925 in Madison, Lake, South Dakota. He was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Madison, Lake, South Dakota. 3 ii. Alice Arnette STANFORD. iii. Mari Selina STANFORD was born on 16 Aug 1856 in Rowe, Franklin, Massachusetts. iv. Franklin Hawks STANFORD was born on 7 Jan 1859 in Rowe, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 2 May 1879 in Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts. v. Hannah Louise STANFORD was born on 15 Dec 1861 in Rowe, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died on 23 Dec 1896. Fourth Generation 8. Calvin JOHNSON was born on 8 Mar 1799 in Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 1 Aug 1866. Calvin JOHNSON and Laura STEELE were married on 12 Jun 1823 in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts. 9. Laura STEELE was born about 1804. She died on 24 Mar 1844 in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts. Vital Records of Charlemont, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston, Mass. 1917. p. 110 Name listed as Laura Steel (?), of Shelburne, Mass. Calvin JOHNSON and Laura STEELE had the following children: 4 i. Lewis JOHNSON. ii. Lucius Warren JOHNSON was born on 5 Mar 1829 in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts. iii. Levie JOHNSON was born on 23 Nov 1833 in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died in , , Iowa. Western Fever. iv. Miranda JOHNSON was born in 1836. She died on 26 Dec 1845 in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts. 12. Ebenezer STANFORD was born on 16 Aug 1786 in Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts. He died on 10 Apr 1862 in Rowe, Franklin, Massachusetts. History of Deerfield, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. of Natick; settled at Rowe, Mass. Moses Stanford, Minuteman. A Standford Family History with Connections to Other Colonial Massachusetts Families. Compiled by Lois Remington Smith, San Jose, California, 1978. p. 17. The lived first on the farm of Moses Stanford in Zoar, which Ebenezer apparently farmed with his father from the time it was purchased in 1803. All of their twelve known children were born in the old house which still stands there on the bank of Pelham Brook. In 1838, Zoar was annexed to Franklin County from Berkshire County and divided between the towns of Rowe and Charlemont. Ebenezer STANFORD and Mary HAWKS were married on 7 Aug 1818. 13. Mary HAWKS was born on 9 Dec 1793 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died on 24 Apr 1855 in Rowe, Franklin, Massachusetts. Ebenezer STANFORD and Mary HAWKS had the following children: i. David Robinson STANFORD was born on 19 May 1819 in Zoar, Berkshire, Massachusetts. He died on 31 Mar 1901 in Larrabee, Cherokee, Iowa. He was buried in Cedar Cemetery, Larrabee, Cherokee, Iowa. Residing in Rowe, Mass. in 1848. 6 ii. Ebenezer Hawks STANFORD. iii. Samuel Smead STANFORD was born on 5 Sep 1821 in Zoar, Berkshire, Massachusetts. He died on 18 Feb 1903 in Buckland, Franklin, Massachusetts. Vital Records of Shelburne, Massachusetts - to the End of the Year 1849, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. 1931. p. 128 Unmarried, a. 27 y., mechanic, of Rowe, b. Rowe, s. E. and M., both of Rowe, 1849. iv. Candace Diana STANFORD was born on 25 Oct 1822 in Zoar, Berkshire, Massachusetts. v. Elizabeth Elmira STANFORD was born on 9 Feb 1824 in Zoar, Berkshire, Massachusetts. vi. Joseph Allen STANFORD was born on 14 Feb 1825 in Zoar, Berkshire, Massachusetts. He died on 1 Nov 1911 in North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts. Vital Records of Charlemont, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston, Mass. 1917. p. 116 of Rowe, husbandman. vii. Henry Martin STANFORD was born on 9 Mar 1827 in Zoar, Berkshire, Massachusetts. He died on 9 Sep 1904 in Binghampton, Broome, New York. Moses Stanford, Minuteman. A Standford Family History with Connections to Other Colonial Massachusetts Families. Compiled by Lois Remington Smith, San Jose, California, 1978. p. 19. Martin was a farmer and cabinet maker who lived at Lisle, N.Y. It is not known what led him to settle in that location or when he did so. viii. Mary Sophia STANFORD was born on 23 Apr 1828 in Zoar, Berkshire, Massachusetts. ix. Franklin French STANFORD was born on 9 Jul 1829 in Zoar Cemetery, Zoar, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 5 Sep 1830 in Zoar, Berkshire, Massachusetts. x. John Eastman STANFORD was born on 20 Feb 1831 in Zoar, Berkshire, Massachusetts. He died on 3 Feb 1908 in Black Earth, Dane, Wisconsin. Moses Stanford, Minuteman. A Standford Family History with Connections to Other Colonial Massachusetts Families. Compiled by Lois Remington Smith, San Jose, California, 1978. p. 19. No children. They went to Wisconsin in 1856 and were first for some time at Menasha, then at Mazomanie. They settled in Black Earth before 1866 and remained there. He was a member for many years of Stanford, Logan & Co., a grain and mercantile business from which he retired in 1902. He was a verteran of the Civil War (4th Wisconsin Regiment) and a member of the G.A.R. A newspaper account published in the 1930's about the old home in Zoar recoutns that John fell in the well there whne a child and nearly drowned. His niece, Jennie Ballou of Rowe, wrote in 1936, "I never to my knowledge saw Uncle John but have been told he was a small man and rather inferior in build to his brothers." xi. Elihu Dexter STANFORD was born on 20 Oct 1833 in Zoar, Berkshire, Massachusetts. xii. Huldah O. STANFORD was born on 21 Dec 1835 in Zoar, Berkshire, Massachusetts. She died on 24 Apr 1855 in Rowe, Franklin, Massachusetts. She was buried in Zoar Cemetery, Zoar, Franklin, Massachusetts. 14. Dennis RICE. Dennis RICE had the following children: i. Calista RICE was born in 1819. She died on 10 Jan 1848 in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts. She was buried in Zoar Cemetery, Zoar, Franklin, Massachusetts. 7 ii. Malvina Melvina RICE.