I have seen many of the names below on my 4 list......check it out ! Cynthia Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com VTWindso-L@rootsweb.com CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com NHCheshi-L@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Mount <pmount@fnr.umass.edu> > MATTHEWS, SILAS, Amherst, rem. abt. 1800 to Leverett. Children--Salome, b. > Sept. 1, 1772; Elijah, b. May 27, 1777; David, b. Dec. 27, 1779; Aaron, b. > Oct. 27, 1781; Huldah, b. Dec. 7, 1784. > > 1. MATTOON, ELEAZAR, b. in Deerfield, March 1, 1690, s. of Philip of > Springfield and Deerfield, res. for several years in Northfield, whence prior > to 1739 he rem. to Amh., where he was deacon in the (Cong.) church, and d. > Feb. 1767, ae. 78. Children--Elizabeth, b. Nov. 1, 1718, m. Joseph Day of West > Springfield, and d. Oct. 13, 1776, ae. 58; Ebenezer, b. Dec. 21, 1720, Sarah, > b. Feb. 21, 1723, m. March 27, 1746, Ephraim Marsh of Montague, and d. April > 9, 1797, ae. 74. > > 2. EBENEZER, s. of Eleazar, (1) Amh., d. April 27, 1806, ae. 87. He m. (1) > 1747, Dorothy, dau. of Dr. Nathaniel Smith of Amh. She d. June 3, 1756; (2) > 1759, Sarah, dau. of John Alvord of Nh. She was b. March 2, 1726, and d. Feb. > 27, 1803, ae. 76. Children--Dorothy, bapt. April 16, 1749, m. Stephen Smith of > Amh.; Elizabeth, bapt. July 21, 1751, m. Oliver Clapp of Amh.; Ebenezer, bapt. > Aug. 24, 1755; Sarah, b. abt. 1761, d. April 11, 1803, ae. 42; Eleazar, bapt. > Aug. 19, 1764, d. unm.; Roxana, b. Aug. 31, 1766, m. 1785, John Kellogg of > Amh., and d. Sept. 2, 1804, ae. 37; Lovisa, b. abt. 1770, m. Eli Dickinson of > Amh., and d. Jan. 31, 1845, ae. 75. > > 3. HON. EBENEZER, s. of Ebenezer, (2) Amh., grad. D. C. 1776, was > Representative and Senator in General Court, Member of Congress, Sheriff of > Hampshire County, Adjutant General of Mass. With the exception of his eye > sight, he retained all his faculties until the close of his long life. He d. > Sept. 11, 1843, ae. 88. He m. July 7, 1779, Mary, dau. of Noah Dickinson of > Amh. She d. July 30, 1835, ae. 77. Children--Mary Dickinson, b. April 4, 1780, > m. Dec. 24, 1807, Daniel Dwight, Esq., of Westmoreland, N. H.; Ebenezer, b. > Sept. 29, 1781, m. Dec. 30, 1804, > Lucina Mayo of Orange; Noah Dickinson, b. Sept. 19, 1783, grad. D. C. 1803, > lawyer in Amh. and Painsville, O., and is supposed now (1861) to be a resident > of Unionville, O. He m. (???) Billings; Dorothy Smith, b. June 25, 1785, m. > April 20, 1815, Dr. Timothy J. Gridley of Amh., and d. Feb. 16, 1820, ae. 34; > Fanny, b. Sept. 1787, d. Jan. 28, 1790, ae. 2; Fanny, b. June, 1790, d. Sept. > 4, 1792, ae. 2. > > MEACHAM, JAMES, m. (1) June 23, 1756, Lucy Rugg; (2) May 4, 1758, Ruth > Hubbard. Children--Asa, b. 1759; Ruth, b. 1761; James, b. 1761; Anna, b. July > 6, 1764; David, b. June 13, 1766; Ashbel, b. 1768, (bapt. April 24;) Seth, b. > 1771, (bapt. Feb. 10;) Benjamin, b. Dec. 30, 1773; Esther, b. Feb. 1777. > > 1. MEEKINS, THOMAS, Hat., d. Dec. 10, 1687. He m. (1) Sarah, who d. Jan. 21, > 1651; (2) Elizabeth (???), Feb. 14, 1651, who d. May 12, 1683. > Children--Joseph, bapt. in Boston, May 3, 1639; Sarah, b. in Braintree, April > 24, 1641; Thomas, b. June 8, 1643; Hannah, bapt. in Roxbury, March 13, 1647; > John, b. Feb. 28, 1649, d. May 10, 1649. He had also, as Savage supposes, dau. > Mary, who m. (1) Nathaniel Clark of Nh.; (2) Dec. 14, 1669, John Allis of > Hat.; (3) abt. 1691, Samuel Belden; and Hannah, who m. Joseph Belknap, and d. > Dec. 26, 1688. They, together with the heirs of his only son, shared his > property. > > 2. THOMAS, s. of Thomas, (1) Hat., was slain by the Indians, Oct. 19, 1675. He > m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Bunce of Hartford. She was b. Sept. 17, 1645, and m. > (2) July 20, 1676, John Downing. Children--Sarah, b. Feb. 25, 1666, m. > Peletiah Jones; Mary, b. March 28, 1670, m. James Lewis of Hartford; John, b. > Jan. 12, 1674 [1672?]; Thomas, b. Nov. 8, 1673, m. Wid. Sarah Wells, and in > 1711 was a resident of Hartford; Mehitable, b. Aug. 1675, m. Thomas Dickinson, > Jr. > > 3. JOHN, s. of Thomas, (2) Hat., prob. d. 1754, as his will executed 1753, was > presented for probate Feb. 1754. He m. April 24, 1696, Ruth Belknap. > Children--Hannah, b. Jan. 18, 1698; Ruth, b. Jan. 6, 1700, m. Zechariah > Billings; Joseph, b. March 20, 1703, d. childless abt. 1756; Mary, b. Oct. 17, > 1705, m. Thomas Miller; Martha, b. Feb. 1, 1708, was unm. in 1756; Lydia, d. > Dec. 24, 1711; Thomas, b. Oct. 1718, m. Feb. 18, 1742, Martha Smith, and d. > 1793. > > MERRICK, JAMES, b. Dec. 22, 1729, s. of James of Monson, settled in Amherst, > and d. Oct. 30, 1813, ae. 85. He m. Oct. 1754, Esther Colton of Longmeadow. > She d. Sept. 20, 1803, in 75th yr. Children--Mary, b. June 11, 1755, m. Feb. > 7, 1782, Nathaniel Sikes of Walpole, N. H.; Lucy, b. March 27, 1757, m. Elijah > Yale of Amh., Jan. 25, 1788, and d. Nov. 14, 1824, ae. 57; Sarah, b. Oct. 29, > 1758, m. Feb. 1782, Henry Chandler; James, b. Sept. 8, 1760, d. in infancy; > Samuel, b. Sept. 8, 1760, d. young; James, b. May 8, 1762, d. unm. in Amh., > July 8, 1825, ae. 63; Esther, b. Sept. 11, 1764, m. Nov. 26, 1789, Judah Clark > of Amh., and d. Aug. 30, 1849, ae. 84; Samuel, b. May, 1767, d. ae. 8; Aaron, > b. May, 1770, m. Mary Howe, June 22, 1800, d. in Amh., Dec. 3, 1843, ae. 73. > > MIGHILL, SAMUEL, s. of Rev. Thomas, b. in Scituate, 1685, grad. H. C. 1704, > taught the Grammar School in Had., and d. in So. H., April 11, 1769. He m. > 1709, Sarah Dickinson. Child--Sarah, b. April 12, 1710, m. Jan. 18, 1739, > Moses Gunn. > > MIGHILL, SAMUEL, perhaps the same with the above, formerly of Hartford, m. > 1714, Sarah Prentice, and in Nov. 1728 deserted his wife and rem. to Had. She > in 1733 sued for divorce. 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