Hi All: With Dee posting extracts from the History of Ellicott, NY by Dr. Gilbert Wilkinson Hazeltine, I will post the names of people with bios in the "Return to Yesterday" A History of Wardsboro, VT by C. S. Streeter m published by Phoenix Publishing, Canaan, NH, copuright by Edith Putnam Streeter 1980. The Earliest Settlers Samuel Davis b. 01 Apr 1752 Mendon, MA m Deborah Chapin note: his 1st child d. in Busti. NY note: Samuel was desc. of Edward 1 Rawson note: many of his children married families of Wardsboro and went on to Chautauqua Co., NY John Jones b. 23 Mar 1744 m Abigail Cheney note: he was one of 8 children of Abraham and Keziah (Whitney) Jones note: one of this branch married Daniel Hazeltine Ithamar Allen b. in Sturbridge, MA m Dolly Pinchion [Pyncheon} note: had a total of 14 children and left Wardsboro in 1804 to ????? John Ramsdell b. from Warwick, Franklin Co., MA note: this family has Mayflower ancestry Rufus Harvey b. 07 Oct 1758 Taunton, Bristol Co., MA note: he has a few descendants who married into the Rawson, Jones, Braley families and some went to Chautauqua Co., NY. Dea. Lemuel Braley b. 1756 m Keziah Jones, dau of John and Abigail (Cheney) Jones note: one of their children died in Farmington, Warren Co., PA James Rae Blashfield b. 01 Aug 1763 probably Brimfield, MA {I did not verify this-Alison] m Sally Arnold who after he died, married 2) Samuel Davis above as his 2d wife Ozias Bissell, Jr. b. 12 Sep 1752 Bolton, MA note: The bio is called "The Bissell Family" Thomas Bogle b. from Oxford, MA ??? m Elizabeth Fuller note: the bio is called "The Bogle Family" Joseph Cleaveland b. of Sturbridge, MA m Jemima White Samuel Read Rawson b. Uxbridge, MA son of Thomas and Eunice (Read) Rawson note: a different branch of the Rawsons than the ones above Elisah Converse b. 13 Mary 1758 Killingly, Windham Co., CT note: he had two wives, children all from 1st wife Mary Bishop Paul Davis note: brother of Samuel Davis above. Paul married Rachel Chapin and was in Chautauqua Co., NY The Dexter Family note: background for the various Dexters who came to Wardsboro David Dexter b. 17 Jun 1760 m Mary Butler Avery Dexter b. 27 Apr 1818 m Mary White Silas Dexter b. 06 Dec 1794 m1) Irene Hall of Dover, VT her parents William and Abigail (Pease) Hall Jonathan Dexter note: brother of David Dexter m Mary F. Morse The Fairbanks Family note: back ground for the vazrious Fairbanks' who came to Wardsboro Perley Fairbanks m Rebecca Rice of Wardsboro he died in Poland, NY The Fitts Family most stayed in the Wardsboro area. Married into the Waite family etc. The Hammond Family mostly in Wardsboro. Married into the Kidder family etc. Jacob Haskins m Mary Stacy of Taunton, MA note: married into Blashfield and Kidder families Abner Holbrook Elijah Holbrook The Jones Families somewent to Chautauqua Co., NY. etc The Kidder Family some went to Chautauqua Co., NY etc The Knowlton Family Mathew Martin Asa Felton Deacon Walker Squire Elmer Jackson Newell, Esq. The Newell Family from Dudley, MA. Married into the Harvey family Abner Perry Abner Hazeltine already posted Stephen Perry ded in Minneapolis, MN Dea. Lemuel Pierce Curtis Pierce Emerson Pierce The Plimpton Family The Read Family Ebenezer Sears some of this family went to Chautauqua Co., NY Rev. James Tufts The Ward Family Joseph Twitchell Solomon Park Asa Wheelock The Waite Family some of this family went to Chautauqua Co., NY The White Family married Hazeltine, Davis, etc Luther Whitcomb The Willard Family married into the Harvey family Regards, Alison Franks Archivist, Rawson Family Association http://www.rawsonfamily.org/ afranks1@juno.com ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.