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Hatfielh Main Street.
^^ A HISTORY OF '''"
HATFIELD
MASSACHUSETTS/
IN THREE PARTS
I. Aa Account of the Developmeat of the Social and Induttrial Life
of the To WD from iti Fine Settlement.
II. Tbe HouBc* and Homei of Hatfield, with Personal ReminiaceDcei
of tbe Men and WomcQ Who Have Lived there during the Lait
One Hundred Ycari; Brief Hiitoricai Accounti of the
Religioue Socieliea and of Smith Academy;
Statiatical Tables, etc.
IIL Genealoliei of the Pamiliei of the First Selllert.
By DANIEL WHITE SHELLS ,„d
REUBEN FIELD WELLS
PUBLISHED UNDER THE D
F. C. H. GIBBONS, SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
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By Reuben F. Wells.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGE
Preface 7-9
Introduction 11-15
Part I. — The History of Hatfield.
Chapter I. — A Chapter of Beginnings. The Migration from the Coast
to the Connecticut Valley 19-28
Chapter H. — A Chapter of Preparation. The Pioneers 29-38
Chapter III, — A Chapter of Foundations. The Street and House
Lots, Division of Meadows, Mill and Meeting 39-49
Chapter IV. — A Chapter of Conflict. The Struggle Leading to the
Incorporation of Hatfield 50-56
Chapter V. — A Chapter of Establishment. The Incorporation of the
Town and the Foundation of the Church 57-64
Chapter VI. — A Period of Growth and of Preparation for the Indian
Wars, 1670-1675 65-74
Chapter VII. — King Philip's War, 1675-6, and the Indian Massacre
of 1677 75-98
Chapter VIII. — A Period of Peace, 1677-1688. A Time of Important
Beginnings. The Revolution of 1688 99-115
Chapter IX. — King William's War, 1688-1698. Progress in the Town.
Purchase of the Denison Farm. The "Hatfield Addition" 116-130
Chapter X. — Another Period of Peace, 1698-1703. The Purchase of
the Bradstreet Farm. Building the Second Meetinghouse 131-138
Chapter XI. — Manners and Customs of the Seventeenth Century 139-148
Chapter XII. — Queen Anne's War, 1703-1713. An Interval of Peace.
Father Rasle's War, 1722-1725 149-165
Chapter XIII. — A Period of Great Prosperity, 1725-1765. The Golden
Age. Prominent and Influential Citizens 166-178
Chapter XIV.— A Period of Strife, 1765-1789. The Revolutionary
War. The Ely Insurrection. Shays's Rebellion 179-201
Chapter XV. — Life in Hatfield at the Close of the Eighteenth Cen-
tury .'^Sa-T^Ti
4 CONTENTS.
PAGE
CnAiTKR XVI.— A Long Period of Peace and Prosperity, 1800-1861.
Industrial Changes. Immigration 214-224
Cii.MTKR XVII.— The Civtt War, 1861-1865 225-233
Ch.aitkr XVI it.— a Period of Qianges, 1865-1910 234-243
Part II. — Rkmixisckxcks and Historical Sketches.
1. — Kctninisccnccs of Samuel 1). Partridge 247-292
II. — Keminiscences of Daniel W. Wells 293-342
I II. — History of the Religious Societies 343-349
IV. — The Smith Family and the Institutions Founded by Them 350-362
V. — The Development of the Manufacturing Industries Since the Civil
War 363-365
I\\RT III. — Family Genealocies.
Allis i-amily 369-371
Harjlwfll I-'amily 371-374
Beldin}{ or HeUien h'amily 374-v^7S
MilliuRs l-'amily ' 379-3S4
Mrown l-'amily 3S4
Cowies l-amily 384-386
Curti.s l-amily 386-388
Dickin>on I-amily 388-396
Field l-amily 396-406
I-'itoh l-'amily 406-407
I'Vary h'amily 407-40P
C Jerry l-'amily . . . 409
<iraves l'*a!nil\ 409-417
I lastinvis l''amii\ 417-420
lluM.ard l-amil.N 420-422
LtMikrlev l"'amilv 423
Mai^li I'amily l First l-'amily ) 423
^ Second Family ) 424-425
Morton l-'amily k l-'irst I'amily) 426-431
I Svcnml Family ) 431
Partri.iuv l-'amily 431-433
Portor l-".imiiy 433-436
Smith l-\iniil> 436-44<)
StriMiji l-'amil> 440-441
Wai'a- FamilN 442-444
WariK-r l\i:inl> 444-447
WolN l-amih 447-451
Wins- !\.-ni!> . 451-455
A rr » \ : r \ 457-4%
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
Hatfield Main Street Frontispiece
An Old Indian Deed 26
The Connecticut River at Hatfield 34
A View in the Meadows 36
One of Hatfield's Oldest Houses 44
A Comer of the Old Burying Ground 62
A Page from the Proprietors' Records — Earmarks of the Cattle 70
"September 19, 1677," 91
A View on Middle Lane 129
The Curve of the Hatfield Street 142
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Old-Time Furniture 145
A Corner Cupboard 171
Dr. Joseph Lyman and Mrs. Lyman 181
The Hubbard Tavern 196
Lieut, and Mrs. David' Billings 197
Map of Hatfield in 1795 204
Ruins of an Old-Fashioned Chimney 210
The Dr. Daniel White Tavern 215
A Tobacco Field 221
Town Officers During the Civil War 226
Rev. John M. Greene, D.D 228
An Onion Storage Warehouse 235
Samuel H. and Caleb Cooley Dickinson 2Z1
Rev. Robert McEwen Woods, D.D 242
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Partridge 246
"The Jenny Lind Elm" 259
"The Old Elm" 261
House Built by Lieut David Billings 272
Doorway of the John Dickinson House 275
The Oldest House in Town 286
Memorial Hall and the Congregational Church 296
The Birthplace of Sophia Smith 305
A View on Elm Street 309
Negro Cabin on the Road to Northampton 313
St. Joseph's Church 348
Office Furniture of Oliver Smith ^^V
Q ILLUSTRATIONS.
PACE
Sophia Smith 353
Smith Academy 356
The Lathe Shop 363
The Gun Shop 364
Elijah Bardwell 372
Reuben Belden 372
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford S. Belden 378
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morris Billings 381
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Billings 382
Mr. and Mrs. Lucius G. Curtis 387
Mr. and Mrs. William Dickinson 393
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Frary 408
Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Graves 411
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Graves 412
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Graves 414
Mr. and Mrs. Justin Hastings 419
Mr. and Mrs. Roswcll Hubbard 421
Mr. and Mrs. Moses Morton 427
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Porter 434
Mr. and Mrs. James \V. Warner 446
Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Wells 449
Views of Hatfield. England 462
PREFACE.
The publication of a history of Hatfield has been urged
many times by those interested in the subject, but nothing
more formal than historical sketches has heretofore ap-
peared. With the assistance of my father, Daniel W. Wells,
who for more than thirty years has been engaged in gene-
alogical and antiquarian researches and who has contributed
the genealogies and part of the reminiscences for this work,
I have undertaken to bring together the various threads into
something that shall form a record of the life in Hatfield for
the last two hundred and fifty years.
The field has not been wholly unexplored, and the sketch
of the town contributed to the **Historv of the Connecticut
Valley'' by Silas G. Hubbard and Dr. J. G. Holland's account
in his **History of Western Massachusetts,'' as well as the
contributions to periodical literature that have appeared from
time to time, have been of great assistance. No student of
the early history of the towns of the Connecticut valley can
fail to appreciate the value of the painstaking research of
Sylvester Judd, both in his **History of Hadley" and the
collection of his unpublished manuscript now in the Forbes
Library in Northampton. We are indebted to him for both
historical and genealogical material. The accurate scholar-
ship of the veteran Deerfield historian, George Sheldon, has
also been of great aid in the story of the Indian wars. He
has very kindly given help and suggestion during the prog-
ress of my work. I have also made use of Trumbull's
^'History of Northampton'* and the two histories of the town
of Whately by Temple and Crafts.
Wherever possible, however, it has been my aim to con-
sult original sources for the purpose of verification. These
original sources are the archives of the states of Massachu-
setts, Connecticut, and New York, the public records of the
towns from which the early settlers came and of neighboring
g PREFACE.
towns, — those of greatest importance being those of Hadley
and Hatfield, — the Court records of Hampshire and Hamp-
den counties, letters, account books, diaries, newspapers
(since 1787, when the Hampshire Gazette was founded), and
contemporary accounts such as are in several instances
quoted in these pages. Among the most interesting and
valuable descriptions of the life in the early part of the last
century are the reminiscences of Samuel D. Partridge, which
are incorporated in full in this history by permission of his
relatives.
From these many sources the task has been one of com-
pilation of a connected account of the development of the
town, the weighing and sifting of evidence where records or
accounts conflicted, and the pursuit of clues to elusive facts.
Accuracy has been the aim, but further investigation or
discovery may cause a change in some of the statements and
possibly mistakes have occurred in transcribing in some
instances. A great deal of matter has necessarily been
omitted, it is hoped nothing of vital importance. Traditional
evidence has not been wholly neglected, though it is not well
to place too much faith in oral tradition, especially where it
has been handed down for several generations.
In some matters relating to the history of later years
reliance has been placed on the memory of people who were
witnesses of things of which no written record can be found.
To mention all who have assisted in this way would be to
present a long list. Thanks are here given to all who have
in any way assisted in the preparation of this work. All
custodians of public archives have been very courteous in
putting the information in their control at my disposal.
To Lewis H. Kingsley and Vernet H. Keller, both of
Hatfield, I am indebted for loan of photographs for many of
the illustrations. The pictures of former citizens were
secured from members of their families. The drawing repre-
senting the Indian attack of Sept. 19, 1677, is the work of
Miss A. Marie Elder of Chester. The facsimile of the old
Indian deed was obtained from the Hall of Records in
Springfield; the other facsimiles from the Hatfield records.
Some of the portrait cuts were loaned by Rev. C. A. Wight
of Chicopee Falls.
Whatever the future mav have in store, the historv of the
PREFACE. 9
first two hundred and fifty years is a record of which the
inhabitants of Hatfield may well be proud, and it is with a
feeling of reverence that these chronicles have been written.
While emphasis has been placed on times and events that
seemed of greatest importance to the writer or of more
striking prominence, the idea of a truthful, well-balanced
account has been kept in mind constantly, with no attempt
to minimize uncreditable performances or unduly exalt he-
roic achievements. It will be noted that no period has been
termed the modern period. "We see dimly in the present
what is great and what is small/* says Lowell, and with this
in mind the events of the last half century have been only
lightly touched upon, for no proper perspective can be gained
at such short range. What we call modern to-day may be
called old-fashioned to-morrow, and if the study of the past
has revealed anything, it is the fact that the men and women
who made Hatfield's history, at whatever day they lived,
were always abreast of or in advance of their times.
REUBEN F. WELLS.
Hatfield, Massachusetts, May, 1910.
INTRODUCTION.
The history of^a town is the story of the lives of its
inhabitants, the rearing of the structure upon the foundations
laid bv the first settlers. The aim of this volume is to trace
the development of the social and industrial life of the people
of Hatfield, two phases which are so closely interwoven
that no attempt has been made to separate them, the chapter
on the industries of the town in Part II. being merely a
gathering together of loose threads in a connected account
in a special place and the treatment of the development of
certain phases of the industrial life. So with the chapters
on the history of religious societies; they are very fit-
tingly a part of the town history into the narrative of which
they enter in large degree, but it seemed best to devote a
space to separate treatment of the subject. In a broad
sense the development of the religious life of a community
so far as it finds outward expression is as much a part of its
history as the social and industrial, and as hard to sepa-
rate.
A characteristic of the town of Hatfield has been a unity
of spirit and harmony of action during its whole two hundred
and fifty years of existence, in spite of many differences of
opinion. Its founders were men of pronounced views, differ-
ing widely from some of their neighbors: they held firmly
to these views, but thev contended onlv when conflict seemed
unavoidable. Every issue once joined has been squarely
met and fought to a decisive finish.
The movement that led to the foundation of the town
was separatist in its nature, inevitable under the circum-
stances, a continuation of the separatist movement that
peopled Massachusetts Bay with English colonists. The
removal was accomplished after struggle and with diffi-
culty. The incorporation of the town was the inevi-
table result of a division, partly geographical, but reallY
12 INTRODUCTION.
more fundamental in its origin. After a hard fought fight
Hadley and Hatfield separated, but even at that day the
real issue was only one of the time when the separation
should take place, and their citizens, mindful of a common
ancestry and history, have since worked loyally together
for mutual protection and mutual improvement, though
sometimes their private interests have clashed.
Nor did the dividing process cease with the incorporation
of Hatfield. At a later date Whately and Williamsburg
were set off from Hatfield — without a struggle — and con-
tinued as separate towns the development in the beginnings
of which Hatfield settlers played an important part. The
restless and adventurous spirit characteristic of all Xew
Englanders led many Hatfield men to identify themselves
with new and growing communities throughout the western
part of the colony.
Within the town itself and among the permanent res-
idents differences of opinion over many vital matters have
been reconciled without serious difficulty, even when at
times party feeling ran high, notably during the war for
independence and at the time of Shays's rebellion. To
what this is due we make no assured answer, but certainly
two factors are of importance, the common sense and
discretion of the inhabitants of the town, noticeable in each
generation, and the character of the leaders of thought and
action. The democratic principle of majority rule has
always guided, with the rights of the minority usually
conceded and respected, while the minority party has
yielded as gracefully as possible to the situation. With
friction to a large degree eh'minated, the progress of the
town along all lines has been steadily forward with few
periods of decline.
The leaders in affairs civil and ecclesiastical have been
courageous and determined men, of good judgment and
firm faith, upright in life and conscientious in the perform-
ance of duty, who have commanded the res])ect of their
fellow townsmen so that their leadership was followed.
Comparatively few have been figures of state or national
importance, but if their field of service was limited and
their place among the rank and file, they grasped the
op])ortunity before them and served in the ranks to the
INTRODUCTION. 13
best of their ability. Good sergeants and corporals are as
necessary to the army as the commissioned officers.
As the wave of national expansion that peopled a conti-
nent swept westward its crest bore Hatfield men, descend-
ants of those first settlers who in their generation brought
to the western part of the Commonwealth the free insti-
tutions that had been established in the little fringe of towns
along the coast — not conspicuous leaders, but men who bore
their share of the burden. Among the pioneers to the central
part of New York state were William Allis and John
Billings; the building up of the Western Reserve was aided
by Dickinsons, Graves, and Whites; to the fertile prairies
of Illinois went some of the Mortons. Across the ]\Iissis-
sippi the prosperous city of St. Louis numbered among
its citizens Arthur and Joseph Billings, George Cutter
and others, while manv other western states have received
recruits from the little town by the banks of the Con-
necticut. The rush to the gold fields of California. Dakota,
and Alaska attracted Hatfield men and some have pushed
on to the shores of island possessions. Still more dis-
tant parts have shared the influence. Much of the
wealth of Hatfield farms has gone to distant lands to spread
the gospel of Christ and men and women trained in its
schools have labored in "India's coral strand" and the
islands of the sea.
In men and women of distinction the town has not been
lacking. The heroic deeds of Benjamin Waite and his
companion Stephen Jennings are worthy of high place
among the annals of colonial warfare against the Indians.
Col. Samuel Partridge was "the most important man in
Western Massachusetts after the death of Col. Pvnchon
[of Springfield] in 1703.'' Col. Israel Williams, "ye mon-
arch of Hampshire'' and one of "the river gods,'' was at one
time commander of all the western troops in the campaign
against the French and Indians. Rev. Joseph Lyman,
pastor of the church from 1772 to 1828, was a man ol
intense patriotism, who exerted more than local influence in
the struggle against Great Britain. Hon. John Hastings
served as representative in the provincial and state legis-
latures almost continuously from 1775 to 1807.
In the field of education the town has been especially
14 INTRODUCTION.
prominent, furnishing the founders of two colleges, Wil-
liams and Smith, and early presidents of two other colleges,
Elisha Williams, third president of Yale College, and
Jonathan Dickinson, first president of the institution in
New Jersey that became Princeton. Part of the wealth
that established Smith College set up Smith Academy in
Hatfield. The founder of Smith's school in Northampton
planned for agricultural education and industrial training
long before these had become prominent in the school
svstem of the state.
The Smith Charities and the Dickinson Hospital in
Northampton relieve the want and suffering of many from
neighboring towns, including not a few born far from the
shores of America.
The list might be continued farther, but enough has
been given to show the important contributions to the life
of the larger social organizations of which the town forms
a unit. The following pages record the part played by its
citizens in all the conflicts which have torn this nation.
Hatfield has performed willingly its full duty in all the
wars for liberty, for the defense of home and fireside, and
for the rights of the oppressed.
But in the main the history of the town is one of peace.
It has not been the scene of armed conflict since Sept. 19,
1677, the day of the terrible Indian massacre. The official
seal, adopted in 1896, has for its motto the words **Industry
and Prosperity.'' (See Appendix, Note 1.) The attention
of its citizens has been directed toward the development
of its resources and it has been known from an earlv date
as a wealthy and prosperous community.
The influence of the home has been so potent in its
development that the chapters on houses and homes in
Part II. are deemed an integral part of the "History of
Hatfield." The first work of the first settlers was to build
their homes, their first fighting was for the protection of
those homes, and in succeeding years it has been for them
that they and their descendants and all others who have
joined the community have labored and fcnight.
Nor should the influence of the women of the town be
lightly appreciated. The birthplace and home of Sophia
Smith has always had a high regard for women, allow-ed
INTRODUCTION. 15
them most of the opportunities provided for the men, and
been nobly served by many devoted women. Lowell
says : —
"He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest, —
In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best?"
What impelled Waite and Jennings to brave the hardships
and dangers of a winter journey to Canada through a
wilderness untrodden before by the English — what but
the love for wife and children? The story of little Sally
Coleman trudging bravely beside her savage captors in
the northward journey is a moving incident of "Hatfield's
Great Calamity/* Little did she think on that weary
march that in time she would be the wife of John Field,
and that among her descendants would be found a justice
of the Supreme Court of the United States, Stephen J.
Field; the first man to establish telegraphic communication
across an ocean, Cyrus W. Field; and a merchant prince of
the land, Marshall W. Field. Canada Waite never dreamed
in her wigwam hut in far Sorel that she would be the
mother of the frugal Smiths, who in later years would
scatter charity and learning w^ith lavish hands.
The following pages record the filial affection of Lu-
cretia Williams, daughter of the imprisoned Tory, Col.
Israel Williams, and the business ability of Lucy Hubbard,
the tavern keeper, but fuller mention might also have been
made of the intelligence and stately grace of Mabel Par-
tridge, wife of Col. Samuel Partridge, of the beauty and
tact of Hannah Lyman, the pastor's wife, and of other
"mothers in Israel,'' whose lives and services, whether
recorded or not, are part of the heritage of every resident
of Hatfield of the past or of the present and, we may
confidently assume, of all that are to follow.
PART I.
THE HISTORY OF HATFIELD
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
CHAPTER I.
A CHAPTER OF BEGINNINGS. THE MIGRATION FROM THE
COAST TO THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY.
" Westward the course of empire takes its way."
«
Removal of colonists from Massachusetts Bay to Connecticut towns. —
Dissensions in the Hartford and Wethersfield churches. — Grants for the
settlement of a new town above Northampton. — The Engagers. — Settlement
of Hadley. — The west side, or Hatfield Engagers. — Assignment of land for
use. — Boundary troubles. — Bradstreet's and Denison's grants and their pur-
chase by the town. — Purchase of land from the Indians.
The desire for full political and religious liberty, the
impelling motive that drove the first settlers to the shores
of New England, was also the chief cause of many of the
interior settlements in the region during the first one
hundred years of its history. When dissensions arose,
as was inevitable among the independent pioneers, who
would brook no authority they could not conscientiously
yield to, groups of kindred spirits departed to settle new
communities in the wilderness. The possibility of increased
economic independence was also a consideration of great
influence on adventurous minds.
Early in the course of the building up of Massachusetts
Bay Colony a fundamental diflference of opinion led many
of the settlers under the lead of Rev. Thomas Hooker of
Cambridge, then called Newtown, to move to Connecticut.
A man liberal and democratic in his tastes and his views
of both temporal and spiritual authority. Hooker could
not live in harmony with the other leading clergyman
of the colony, the aristocratic and autocratic Rev. John
Cotton of Boston. Both leaders wiselv refrained from an
open quarrel, and in 1635 permission was obtained by the
first mentioned from Governor William Bradford, not with-
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details of the dispute which deeply stirred the whole colony
of Connecticut and was the cause of many ecclesiastical
councils. The chief point of contention was the so-called
"Half-way Covenant," by which children of parents not
members of the church could be baptized. Other issues
concerned church membership and the rights of the brother-
hood. (See Appendix, Note 2.)
At this day people can with difficulty appreciate the
tremendous conflict which the issues seemed to involve.
While a democracy has been evolved from the institutions
established by the New England pioneers, it must be remem-
bered that their first form of government was a theocracy
or church state in which control was in the hands of the
relatively small number of church members.
A crisis was reached in 1658 in the Connecticut towns
and preparations were begun for another migration. The
fertility of the valley of the Connecticut was by that time
well known. Men were sent to view the lands to the east
and north of Northampton and application was made to
the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony for a
grant of land. This was readily obtained and in 1659 an
agreement was made to settle above Northampton on both
sides of the river at a place known as Norwottuck, or
Nonotuck, meaning "in the midst of the river." The grant
by the Massachusetts authorities was made conditional
upon an orderly hearing of the diflferences between the
Withdrawers, as they were called, and their brethren from
Hartford. Accordingly a council was summoned, a recon-
ciliation was eflfected, and those who were to journey
forth again to new homes, many of them for the third
time, took their w-ay in peace.
The General Court of Connecticut in appointing a day of
thanksgiving in November, 1659, gave as one of the reasons
for thanks "the success of the endeavors of the reverend
elders of the last council, for composing the sad differences
of Hartford."
The prospect of receiving these Massachusetts men back
into the Bay Colony w-as pleasing to the General Court and
to the inhabitants of the other vallev towns. Thev were
men of ability and in comfortable circumstances, if not of
great wealth, of good social standing, law abiding and firm
22 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
in religious faith. Many of them were already well
acquainted with the Springfield and Northampton settlers.
Negotiations were entered into with Northampton for
the Capawonk meadows belonging to that town and in
October, 1658, Northampton voted to "give away" Capa-
wonk on four conditions: that the Hartford men were
to settle two plantations, one on each side of the river;
to maintain a sufficient fence against hogs and cattle; to
pay £10 in wheat and peas; and to inhabit by the follow-
ing May. This oflfer was not taken up then, though the
land was subsequently purchased and became a part of
Hatfield. An agreement or engagement of those who
intended to remove from Connecticut to Massachusetts is
dated at Hartford, April 18, 1659, concerning which Judd
tells at length in his ^'History of Hadley."
The records of the doings of the early settlers are
meager in regard to many important details and it is hard
to fix upon exact dates. Judd says of the settlement of
Hadley: "It may be presumed that the broad street and
homelots were laid out in 1659; that a number of the
Engagers came up to inhabit at the said plantation, in
1659, and built rude dwellings, where they lived during
the next winter. Who, or how many, passed the winter
there, cannot be known. The seven men, chosen Nov. 9,
1659, *to order all public occasions,' and called Townsmen,
were at the new plantation and made a rate, Nov. 22,
1659, and they, or a majority of them, probably wintered
there with others. One of these Townsmen, Thomas
Stanley, made his will, Jan. 29, 1659-60, in which he dis-
posed of his house and land, *that are here at the new
plantation,' proving conclusively that he then lived in the
new town." The date of the will is given in old style
reckoning, which w-as used by the first settlers. The error
in computing the length of the solar year in the so-called
Julian calendar was corrected by Pope Gregory in 1582,
but the new style of reckoning was not adopted in England
or her colonies till 1752. In the old style reckoning
March 25 was the beginning of the year. After the
adoption of the new style, or Gregorian calendar, January
1 was taken as the beginning of the year and double
dates are often used to indicate the time between Jan. 1
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 23
and Mar. 25. There was an error of J 1 days in the reckon-
ing, which must be added to any date given in the old
style to change it to the new.
At a meeting held in the house of Andrew Warner
in Hadley, Oct. 8, 1660, the following provisions were
made: that no person should be owned as an inhabitant
or have liberty to vote or act in town aflfairs until he
should be legally received as an inhabitant; that the in-
habitants on the west side of the river should be one with
those on the east side in both ecclesiastical and civil mat-
ters which were "common to the whole/* they paying all
charges from their engagement and all purchase charges
from the beginning; that those admitted for inhabitants
on the west side should be inhabiting there in houses of
their own by the next Michaelmas, Sept. 29, 1661 ; and that
they should sign an engagement by themselves or others for
them. There were twenty-eight persons who signed the
votes and agreements at this meeting, perhaps all who had
up to that time signified an intention of becoming settlers
of the new town and including, very likely, some who had
not brought up their families from Connecticut.
The name Hadley. or Hadleigh, was chosen from the
Hadleigh in Suflfolk County, England. The church of
Hadley probably dates from the establishment of the town.
as there is no record of a reorganization, and those who
removed from Wethersfield comprised the pastor, Rev.
John Russell, and the majority of his church, though not
of his congregation or of the town.
Some of those who intended to settle on the west
side of the Connecticut signed an engagement at this
October meeting, or their friends for them, others in
January, February, and March of the next year. By
Mar. 25, 1661, twenty-five heads of families had engaged
to settle on the Hatfield side: Aaron Cook, Thomas
Meekins, William Allis. Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr., John
Coleman, Tsaac Graves (with his father, Thomas Graves),
John Graves, Samuel Belding, Stephen Taylor, John White,
Jr., Daniel Warner, Richard Fellows, Richard Billings,
Edward Benton, Mr. Ritchell (with his son). Ozias Good-
win, Zechariah Field, Lieut. Thomas Bull, Gregory Wilter-
24 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
ton, Nathaniel Porter, Daniel White, William Pitkin, John
Cole, Samuel Church, Samuel Dickinson.
Of these prospective settlers Cook and Church did not
move across the river; Goodwin, Bull, Wilterton, and Pit-
kin remained at Hartford; Mr. Ritchell and Edward Benton
at Wethersfield; and Nathaniel Porter at Windsor; leaving
sixteen who became residents of Hatfield. Two of these,
Thomas Meekins and William Allis, belonged to the Bay
Colony and lived at Braintree. Of the others ten came
from Hartford: Billings, Cole, Fellows, Field, John and
Isaac Graves, Taylor, Warner, John White, Jr., and Daniel
White; four were from Wethersfield: Belding, Coleman,
and the Dickinsons.
What the proposed boundaries of the new plantation
were to be may be seen by the report of the committee
to the General Court, Sept. 30, 1639. The report was not
accepted by the magistrates and Hadley never extended
its boundaries as far as expected. It ran as follows: —
"In obedience to an order of the much Honored General Court in May
last, appointing us whose names are subscribed, to lay out the bounds of the
new plantation at Norwottuck on the river Connecticut! for the supply of
those people that are to settle there; considering what people are to remove
thither and the quality of the lands thereabouts, we have thought good to
lay out their bounds on both sides of said River, viz. on the East side of
said river their southerly bounds to be from the head of the falls above
Springfield and so to run east and by north the length of nine miles from
the said river; And their Northerly bounds to be a little brook called by the
Indians Nepasoaneage up to a mountain called Quunkwattchu, and so running
eastward from the river the same length of nine miles; from their southerly
bounds to the northerly bounds on the east side of the river is about 11 or 12
miles. And on the west side of the river their bounds on the south are to
join or meet with Northampton bounds, (which said bounds are called
Capawonk and Wequittayyagg) And on the north their bounds to be a great
mountain, called Wequomps: and the North and South bounds are to run
west two miles from the great river ; And from North to South on that
side the river is about 6 or 7 miles.
John Pynchon
Elizur Holyoke
Sigrned by Samuel Chapin
William Holton
RuHAkn Lyman."
The mountain called Quunkwattchu was Toby: We-
quomps was Mt. Sugar Loaf. The northern bounds of
Northampton were about the same as at present.
During the years 1639 and 1660 no allotments of land
were made, but the settlers cultivated parts of the common
land temporarily assigned them for use. It was uncertain
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. ?S
how many of the Engagers would really settle in the new
town. Many were discouraged at the difficulties encoun-
tered in fixing the boundaries of the township and in
securing a sufficient amount of meadow land. Negotiations
were being made for the purchase of lands from the Indians
w^ith the assistance of Maj. John Pynchon and other Spring-
field men, but grants by the General Court to individuals of
parts of the same territory . complicated the matter.
For the first forty years of its history the colonial gov-
ernment was accustomed to give large grants of land to
individuals of rank, either in payment for services to the
colony, or in grateful acknowledgment, or both, or in the
settlement of claims. Such grants were for the most part
made arbitrarily, with little regard to township lines, and
sometimes the grantee was allowed to choose his own
location; usually in a town grant a clause was inserted,
"reserving properties formerly granted to any person."
In 1659. the same year that a grant was made to the
Connecticut Engagers for their proposed town, a grant of
500 acres was made by the Massachusetts Bay Colony to
Simon Bradstreet, a Magistrate and later governor of the
colony, and one of 500 acres to Maj. Gen. Daniel Denison
with the liberty to locate anywhere west of the Connecticut
river full six miles from the place intended for the North-
ampton meeting-house in a straight line. Mr. Bradstreet,
who had the first choice, took his grant in Hatfield North
Meadow, extending one mile west from the river. Maj.
Gen. Denison took his part just north of the division of the
meadows known from earliest times as Bashan, extending
250 rods from the river and one mile north and south.
Thus these two proprietors had some of the best interval
or meadow land in the new^ township and on the ground
that they were not six miles from the Northampton meeting-
house the Engagers petitioned, but without avail, to have
the location of the grants changed. The struggle went on
for five years and finally the town of Hadley in justice
to the west side settlers was obliged to purchase of Mr.
Bradstreet the North Meadows. His terms were £200 and
1000 acres of land elsewhere. The money was paid by the
town and the General Court granted him the land, which
he took just north of the Denison farm one mWe ^.wtV ?^ \v^\
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. . 27
north and south on the river and including a large part
of the meadow land now in the limits of the township of
Whately. His west line was a little west of the present
Straits road and his north one the upper side of the wood lot
north of the S. W. Allis farm ; the south line of the Denison
grant was along the bank of the swamp below the village
of Bradstreet. Both these grants were within what were
supposed to be the limits of the new township of Hadley.
The farms were later bought by a company of proprietors
made up in Hatfield and division was made to private
owners. Samuel Symonds and Gen. Humphrey Atherton,
who also received grants at Norvvottuck, took their land
elsewhere to accommodate the new town.
The early settlers took pains to secure valid title to their
lands by purchase from the Indians. These purchases
were not costly, payments being made in clothing, trinkets,
and wampum, the currency of the Indians, at that time
legal tender for debts to the value of 40 shillings. The
deeds are now on record at the Hall of Records in Spring-
field. The first purchase from the Indians was made Dec.
25, 1658, and comprised the territory east of the Connecti-
cut from the mouth of Fort river and Mt. Holyoke on the
south to the mouth of the Mohawk brook and Mt. Tobv
on the north, a distance of about nine miles, and running
east nine miles into the woods. The price paid was 220
fathoms of wampum and one large coat, equal in value to
£62, 10s. The deed was signed by the Norwottuck sachems
Umpanchala, Chickwallop, and Quonquont, who claimed
ownership on both sides of the river and had forts and
planting grounds at intervals.
The land for the town of Hatfield was secured in three
purchases. The first, made July 10, 1660, comprised the
land west of the Connecticut between the Capawonk brook,
now Mill river, on the south, **to the brook called Wunck-
compas which comes out of the Great Pond,'' following the
line of the brook and extending west into the woods for
nine miles. The price paid was 300 fathoms of wampum
and small gifts, equal in all to £75 in value. The deed was
signed by the sachem Umpanchala and approved bv his
brother Etowonq. They reserved for their use the "Chick-
ons or planting Field'' — now Indian Field — ?vt\(\ \\V>eT\.N N.c>
V
28 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
hunt and fish, to set wigwams on the common and to cut
trees for use.
The next purchase was the meadow called Capawonk,
south of the brook of that name. This meadow had been
bought by Northampton of the chief Chickwallop in 1657»
for 50 shillings. It was deeded by the Northampton
settlers, Jan. 22, 1663, for £30. These tw^o purchases
included all the land claimed by Hatfield at the time of its
incorporation in 1670. The third was the tract of land
north of the North Meadow, including Bradstreet and most
of the township of Whately, from the heirs of Quoncjuont.
The deed was signed Oct. 19, 1672, by the sachem's
widow Sarah Quanquan, or Quonquont, his son Pocuno-
house, his daughter Majessit and two others, Mattatabange.
a squaw, and Momecuse. The price paid was fifty fathoms
of wampum valued at five shillings to the fathom. The
northern boundary was where the Pocumtuck path crossed
the Weekioanuck brook, the line running east to the **great
river" and west for six miles.
Upon these deeds from the Indians rest the titles of all
later possessors and the reservations made by the red
men of the hunting and fishing privileges, the use of wood
and timber, and the liberty to pitch wigwams are in oper-
ation at the present day if their descendants should wish
to take advantage of them.
CHAPTER II.
A CHAPTER OF PREPARATION. THE PIONEERS.
" They were men of present valor, stalwart old iconoclasts."
The journey from Connecticut. — The first inhabitants and their families. —
Topography of the township in 1660. — Changes caused by action of the
Connecticut river. — Work of the pioneers in preparation for settlement. —
Annual burning of the land by the Indians. — Scarcity of timber. — Intervals or
meadows. — Domestic animals.
In spite of the many difficulties in the way, the Engagers
kept coming in greater numbers and some others joined
with them in the attempt to settle the northernmost valley
towns. The journey from Connecticut was a difficult one,
as the cart roads were not built at that time and all streams
had to be forded. The route was up the valley to West-
field, then called Woronoke, to Springfield and Northamp-
ton. The tradition is that ten days were needed to
accomplish the trip.
The Hadley street on the east side of the river was
laid out in 1661 and house lots assigned. It is probable
that several families established themselves on the Hatfield
side as early as 1660 and passed the winter there, for, at
a meeting held in Hadley in January, 1661, *Tt was voted and
agreed upon that all those that have taken up allotments
on the west side of the river put into the Rate that
is to be made for this year and shall pay all charges for
this present year as we ourselves on this side of the river
doe." Others kept adding themselves to the first comers
till by the year 1668 most of the original Engagers had
taken up their lands and the west side settlement numbered
about 100 souls. It is very difficult to determine accurately
when the different settlers established themselves in their
new homes. Richard Fellows was probably the first to
locate on the west side of the river. He built a house at
what seemed to him a desirable location and the Hatfield
street was later laid out from his house northward. John
Cole is also often mentioned as being one of the pioneers,
30 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
but this is doubtful because the Hadley records indicate
renewals of his grant of a house lot, showing that he did
not fully keep the terms of his engagement and reside with
his family on his grant. He may have returned to Con-
necticut in 1660. His home lot was the one next north of
Fellows's. There were probably at least four others resid-
ing on the west side of the river in 1660, Zechariah Field,
Richard Billings, Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr., and John White,
Jr.
Richard Fellows was in Hartford in 1643. He removed
to Springfield in 1659 and from there to Northampton. He
had a family of five children when he located in the new
settlement that became the town of Hatfield, — Richard,
Samuel, Sarah, John, who was baptized Nov. 1, 1646, and
Mary, baptized Feb. 9, 1650, the oldest probably nearing
manhood. He died soon after and his widow, Ursula
Fellows, took his place in the distribution of land. Widow
Fellows is mentioned in the Hadley records Dec. 19, 1661.
His homestead, as stated, was at the southern end of the
street as originally laid out, though the place is now south
of the end of Main Street. The house on the Fellows allot-
ment is now occupied by Mrs. Samuel Fellows Billings and
her family. They are not descendants of Richard Fellows,
but the name was given to Samuel Fellows Billings because
of the fact that he was born on the spot where Fellows
built, according to tradition, the first house in town.
Zechariah Field was also living in Northampton at the
time of the settlement of Hadley. He chose for a building
site the one at the corner of Main and Maple streets. As
the three men first mentioned selected their homesteads
close together near the fertile meadows it is probable that
thev and the other three had familiarized themselves with
the proposed location of the new village before any other
settlers took up residence and it was their prospecting that
determined the location of the west side street and its
house lots. The other three pioneers chose sites adjoining
on the opposite side of the street a little farther north,
the third, fourth, and fifth house lots as laid out in 1661. It
is not certain whether these six pioneers moved their
families and possessions at first to their new homes. The
chanp^e of residence seems to have been accomplished
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 31
gradually during a period of several years, for the records
of the Connecticut towns show that the men who moved
to the Massachusetts towns at least had real estate holdings
after their departure for the settlements farther up the
river.
John Cole was a resident in Farmington in 1652, later
moving to Hartford. The name was also spelled Coule and
later became Cowls and Cowles. The date of his birth is
not known, but there is a record of his death in Hatfield
in September, 1675. He was made a freeman in 1666. His
family at the time he settled in Hatfield consisted of his
wife and seven children, the eldest probably about 19 years
old, John, Hannah, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Samuel, and
Esther. Little has been discovered concerning him pre-
vious to his coming to Hatfield. The Cowles homestead
remained in the hands of direct descendants till 1898 when
the property was sold by Rufus H. Cowles to Patrick T.
Boyle.
Concerning Zechariah Field much information has been
preserved in the Field genealogy compiled by Frederick
Clifton Pierce of Chicago. He was a man of over three-
score years at the time he settled in Hatfield, having been
bom in East Ardsley, Yorkshire, Eng., in 1596, the son of
John Field and the grandson of John Field, the English
astronomer. He probably came to New England through
Wales, sailed from Bristol, arrived in Boston in 1629 and
settled in Dorchester. At the time he removed to Con-
necticut he was in the prime of life and was one of the
42 men furnished by Hartford to take part in the Pequot
war. His house in Hartford was upon Sentinel Hill near
the present north end of Main Street. He was prosperous
and the owner of a large amount of land, upon part of
which is Asylum Street. The land records of Hartford
contain a number of transfers made bv or to him from 1639-
62. He removed to Northampton in 1659 and engaged in
business, trading extensively with the Indians. He was
one of the twenty-five west side Engagers and was one of
the committee to lay out the street and house lots. He
also had to renew the terms of his engagement. His allot-
ment was on the west side of the street at the corner of
the highway leading to Northampton. A house on the lot
32 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
is now owned by Reuben Field Wells, a direct descendant,
though the place has had many changes of ownership. In
1660 Field's family consisted of his wife and five children:
Mary, aged 17, Zechariah, 15, John, 12, Samuel, 9, Joseph.
2. He continued his trading operations in Hatfield, then
the Hadley west side, but the business was not very
profitable and he made an assignment in 1664. He died
June 30, 1666.
Of Richard Billings not very much has been discovered.
He was in Hartford in 1640. His wife's name was Margery
and they had one child Samuel, probably a man of mature
years at the time of the settlement of Hatfield for the
allotment was made to the two men together. Their place
was on the east side of the street, the third house lot from
the south end, and it has remained in the hands of direct
descendants down to the present day, Mrs. Mary A. Bil-
lings Dickinson owning the house on the original allotment.
Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr., was a youth of seventeen when
he came to Hatfield, if the record of his birth is correct,
Aug., 1643. He was probably married at that time or
expected to be soon, for he shared in the distribution of
lands with the other heads of families. He was born in
Wethersfield, where his father was a man of prominence,
town clerk in 1645, representative in 1646-56. Nathaniel,
Sr., removed to Hadley in 1659 and was made a freeman in
1661. He w^as a deacon and the first recorder, or town
clerk. The homestead of Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr., in Hat-
field was the fourth from the south on the east side of the
street, the lot on which the Sophia Smith house stands.
He w^as made a freeman in 1690 and died Oct. 11, 1710.
Of John White, Jr., not very much is known. His father.
Elder John White, who was born in Chelmsford, Essex
County, Eng., probably before 1600, was a passenger on the
ship Lyon which sailed from England, June 22, 1632, arriv-
ing in Boston, Sept. 16: he settled in Cambridge. John
White, Sr., moved to Hartford with Mr. Hooker's company
and took a prominent part in the aflfairs of the town and
of the South Church of which he was an elder. His name
stands fifth on the list of Engagers to settle the Norwottuck
plantations and he was one of the first Townsmen chosen
at Hadley to "order all publick occasions.'* He returned
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 33
to Hartford about 1670 and died about the first of the year
1684. John White, Jr., the third of the six children of
Elder John, was buried in Hatfield, Sept. 15, 1665. His age
is not known, but it was probably less than thirty-five years^
His house lot was the next above that of Nathaniel Dick-
inson, now owned by Daniel White Wells, who is not,
however, a direct descendant. He was a man of some
wealth and owned a house and land in Hartford, of which
he retained possession after leaving that town.
These men and the others who soon came to aid them in
establishing the town were for the most part men well
along in years. It has been stated that the average age
of all the persons who made the journey from Connecticut
was thirty-three, but it must be taken into consideration
that there was a large^ number of children, and few very
old persons attempted the trip. From what has been said
it will be seen that they were already experienced in the
building and governing of towns. The founders of Hat-
field were men in the prime of life, of maturity of judgment,
and experienced in the work before them.
Comparatively few natural obstacles had to be overcome
to prepare the chosen site for habitation. The region of
the Connecticut vallev was described bv travelers who had
explored it as a pleasant land. The general features of
the country in the vicinity of Hatfield at the time the first
settlers came were much the same as now. There was the
same broad expanse of fertile meadow land near the river;
the same small streams, ponds, and marshy places, probably
in about the same locations; the same upland plains with
sandy soil: the same surrounding hills. The "great river''
was probably much the same in appearance then as now,
with its banks fringed w^th trees and bushes, its sand bars
and stretches of sandy beach, its ever shifting channel and
its destructive tendencies in time of flood.
These floods have been the cause of great changes in the
bed of the Connecticut river since the settlement of its
valley by the whites. A gradual wearing away of the
bank on one side and addition on the other is constantly
going on. The oxbow at the point known as the **Turn
of the River" above Hatfield village was formed by the
river cutting an entirely new course in 1862. The wear-
34 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
iiig away on the Hadley bank and the gains on the Hat-
field side have been particularly noticeable at the curve
where the river swings to the westward at the north end
of the Hadley streets. Judd writing in 1847 said, "Opposite
to this grass meadow, the inroads of the river upon Hadley
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have been destructive. The homesteads where some of the
early settlers lived and died, the lands which they culti-
vated, and the highways which they traveled, iiave been
carried away, and more serious consequences have been
threatened."
The serious consequences threatened — the possibility of
the river cutting off another oxbow and taking its course
through the village — have been guarded against by the
"rip-rapping" of the Hadley bank by the state authorities.
A similar protection on the Hatfield side was gained by
the building of a dike in 19l>4 running from the street to
the river on the lot given the town by Samuel H. Dick-
inson and southward along the crest of the first elevation
above the bank. Disastrous effects were feared from the
strength of the current that flowed unchecked through the
home lots on the east of the street at every time of high
water. The opening back of John McHugh's house and
the ditch across the lots were dug in 1706 to allow the
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 35
water to drain out of the lots back into the river, but it
afforded an inlet as well as an outlet during floods. (See
Appendix, Note 3.)
A large part of the wearing away on the Hatfield side
from the ferrv to Indian Hollow has been done within the
memory of the men of the last two generations. The piece
of land owned by Mrs. H. S. Hubbard a short distance
below the Old Bridge Place contains only about four acres,
whereas it was formerly fourteen. Bishop F. D. Hunting-
ton, who died in 1906, stated that he remembered the time
in his boyhood when the land between his father's barns
in North Hadley and the river was less than half an acre in
extent. On the opposite side of the river at that point five
apple trees set fifty feet apart in a row running east and
west have disappeared one after another in the water within
the memory of men now living.
The Connecticut river abounded in fish in the earlv davs
so that its waters were an important source of food to the
savages and the whites and also a source of considerable
revenue before the dams were built across it. Salmon and
shad used to come up the stream to spawn, the latter being so
common that at one time they were not thought worthy
of a place on the table and families surprised by unexpected
guests would apologize if shad happened to be on the
bill of fare. Often they were thrown contemptuously back
into the water as "pumpkin seeds" are when hooked by the
angler to-day.
It is not likely that Mill river, the Capawonk brook of
Indian times, has changed its winding course to any appre-
ciable extent since the first coming of the white settlers.
Some of the swamps have been drained by the residents of
the town and some ponds created by artificial means.
The clearing of forests was not a part of the work of
the first settlers in preparation for establishing themselves
in their new homes, for the meadows and uplands were kept
free from underbrush and to a large extent of trees by the
annual burnings by the Indians every November to check
the growth of brush so that they could get about more
easily to hunt and fish and to have cleared land for culti-
vation. The fires once started were allowed to burn them-
selves out and consumed the young forest growth iov \v\\\^s
36
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
around. It is doubtful if there was much timber withii
the present boundaries of the township, a reason for th«
specification in the Indian deeds of the right to cut tree;
for use. The forest growth now covering the hills at tht
west of the town and parts of the plains is of comparatively
recent development.
The early settlers made stringent regulations against
the unnecessary felling of any tree and the town of Hatfield
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 3/
voted in 1671, the year after its incorporation, that no man
should sell clapboards, shingles, or rails out of town, and
coopering stuff was not to be delivered out of town unless
made into casks. For white pine in any quantity they had
to go as far as Northfield. Pine and chestnut and other
soft woods could not stand the ravages of the fires, but
there was probably a considerable quantity of oak and elm
scattered about through the meadows, standing in clumps
or as isolated trees. The swamps were heavily wooded,
mostly with oak. The elm in front of the Congregational
church that blew down in 1868 was probably there before
the white men came.
The first white inhabitants adopted the Indian custom
of annual burning to keep the unused land free from bushes,
which became a source of great annoyance if allowed to
grow imchecked. 1^he practice was common throughout
the colony and was continued till 1750 or later, when the
danger from unlimited burning of the woodlands was finally
realized and the practice stopped. The colonial govern-
ment of Massachusetts in 1743 passed a law to restrain
such fires because they impoverished the soil, prevented
the growth of wood, and destroyed fences.
The intervals or meadows thus cleared by burning were
readv for immediate cultivation and thev were covered with
a growth of native grass which could be cut at once for
live stock. The earlv settlers deemed most desirable the
grass from the low bottom lands, or as they called them
*'boggy meadows." Grass seed was not sowed for some
years after the settlement and there arc some parts of
Indian Hollow to-day which perhaps have never been
plowed and reseeded. That part of the meadow was
the best for hay and commanded the highest price per acre
of any land in town till 1862 when the disastrous flood
of that year buried it deep in sand. The higher parts of
the intervals were used by the first settlers for cultivated
crops.
Few domestic animals were brought by the pioneers
on account of the length and difficulty of the journey from
Connecticut and their nmnbers increased slowly during the
early years of the settlement. Cows and oxen wxre of
course necessary, and some sheep and hogs were kept and
38 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
probably some poultry. Horses were not abundant and
were not indispensable, for they were of little use except in
the saddle, as there were no carriages in any of the valley
settlements and almost all the farm work was done with
oxen.
CHAPTER III.
A CHAPTER OF FOUNDATIONS. THE STREET AND HOUSE
LOTS. DIVISION OF MEADOWS, MILL AND MEETING.
• They huilded beltr-r than they knew."
First Steps in the establishment of the west side plantation. — Laying out
of street and assignment of house lots. — Names of the proprietors and
subsequent changes in ownership. — Meaning of the term "estate." — Lumber
used by first settlers and its preparation. — Building of the gristmill. — Division
of the meadow lands. — The common land. — Fencing the meadows and house
lots.
It was necessary for those of the Hadley Engager>
who intended to take up their residence on the west side
of the Connecticut to be inhabiting the spot by Sept. 29.
1661, to fulfill the terms of their engagement, and there
was little delay about the matter. Following the lead of
the six pioneers the other west side Engagers took definite
steps to lay the foundations of their town. The purpose
to have at first two villages of one town separated by the
river as they had been at Hartford is evident, but later
developments cannot be well explained except on the sup-
position that in the minds of some at least was the plan
for two distinct towns as soon as they were large enough.
The fact that a majority of the west side Engagers were ^
from Hartford has been pointed out in Chapter I. Many
of those who came soon after the first settlement were from
places other than Wethersfield and while the views of the
settlers on both sides of the river were in general in accord
with those of the pastor. Rev. John Russell, it seems a
reasonable inference that some of his congregation early
hoped to be able to have as their leader a more discreet
and tactful man such as Mr. Hooker had shown himself
to be. Mr. Russell had a successful pastorate in Hadley
and was able and courageous, but he was engaged in many
controversies and the last vears of his life were embittered
by a quarrel over the school funds. Agreement was made
to have two ministers if necessary, probably one, as ?lss\s1-
40 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
ant, to give his attention to the work on the west side of
the river, but the Hatfield men, independent to the last
degree, merely bided their time and when another minister
was secured it was to be the settled pastor of the church
of a town wholly free and independent. Rev. Samuel
Hooker, son of Rev. Thomas Hooker, was preaching
at Springfield and the settlers of the Norwottuck plan-
tations appointed a committee in 1660 to **confer together
and send propositions to Mr. Hooker about his removal to
us." Under date of Dec. 12, 1661, this entry appears on
the Hadlev records: —
"The Inhabitants on the West side of the river proposing that there might
be some of them added to the committee chosen for the looking out for
another minister that soe they might be one with us, According to a former
agreement :
"The town ordered that Gdman Meekins and Gdman Alice should be
added to the committee aforesaid/'
The negotiations did not accomplish anything and Mr.
Russell continued alone in his labors in Hadlev.
Jan. 21, 1660/61, a committee, consisting of William
Westwood. Xathaniel Dickinson, Sr., Samuel Smith, Thomas
Coleman. Peter Tilton, and Zechariah Field, was appointed
**to lav out a tract of land on the West side of the river for
houselots." The 4th of March, William Allis, Zechariah
Field, Isaac Graves, Thomas Stanlev, Andrew Warner,
Philip Smith, and Samuel Porter were "to take a survey
of the land on the other side of the river and as near as
they can to equalize the ap])ortionmcnt of those that have
taken u]) lots there; and the Inhabitants on the other side
of the river are to remain there : and to make report to the
town thereof: and if both parties cannot agree to a free
choice then a lot to determine it."
The street was surveyed that spring or summer, probably
without the aid of a compass. Its location was the same in
width and extent as at the present day, running nearly
north and south for the distance of a mile. A wide space
was reserved near the south end for a common as was the
custom in most Xew England towns, following the English
practice. This helps to confirm the supposition that the
likelihood of two towns was borne in mind by the founders.
The street was ten rods wide through most of the part built
upon at first. The upper end is now and probably was
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 41
then somewhat narrower, but for what reason is unknown
unless it was to equalize the acreage of the house lots,
keeping the frontage the same. Few of the house lots
at the upper end were assigned till after the incorporation
of Hatfield. They were probably staked out at the begin-
ning, however, and reserved for later comers as was the
case with the meadow lands when they were distributed.
Some of these lots at the upper end were assigned by the
west side inhabitants previous to their separation from
Hadley. i
The committee made allotments to 28 individuals of 192
acres on both sides of the street. All the lots on the east
side were 16 rods wide except that of John Wells, which
was 18 rods. The proprietors in order beginning at the
south were Thomas Bull, Daniel Warner, Richard Billings,
Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr., John White, Jr., Edward Benton, ii
Samuel Dickinson, William Gull, Samuel Belding, John
Coleman, John Wells, Samuel Gillett, Philip Russell. The
allotment of Thomas Bull was the place now owned by
A. W. Morton at the corner of Bridge Lane and that of
Philip Russell is part of the W. H. Dickinson estate, his
north line being near the large buttonball tree in front of
the Dickinson house. The width of the lots has not been
changed much, though some of the homesteads have passed
through several changes of ownership. The distance be-
tween the south line of Thomas BulTs allotment and the
north line of Philip Russell's was 210 rods with no highway
to the east between. Fixed points to measure from are
the north line of the Billings allotment and the boundaries
of the John White, Jr., allotment, which are believed to be
the same as when originally staked out. Both these home-
steads, as noted in the previous chapter, have been passed
down in the family, though not without change of name.
After the lapse of 250 years there is not a single place that
has been handed down from father to son in an unbroken
line from the beginning.
The lots on the west side of the street varied somewhat
in width. Those of Richard Fellows and John Cole were
south of the highway to Northampton. They contained
eight acres each. Eleazer Frary's allotment of four acres,
six rods in width, was exactly in the middle of that side o(
42 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
the Street between the highway to Northampton and the
Middle Lane, or Mill Lane, now School Street. It is now
occupied by Roswell Billings. Many changes have been
made in the original boundaries of the lots by subsequent
transfers. South of Eleazer Frary's were the house lots of
John Graves, Isaac Graves, Stephen Taylor, Ozias Goodwin,
and Zechariah Field, each twelve rods wide and containing
eight acres. North of Eleazer Frary's, allotments were
made to Thomas Meekins, William Allis, Daniel White, Jr.,
and John Allis of eight acres, twelve rods in width, and to
Obadiah Dickinson and Samuel Kellogg of four acres each,
six rods wide. Above Middle Lane, for which eight rods
were reserved, was the allotment of John Hawks of four
acres and sixteen rods wide. The highway to Northampton
was eight rods wide ; the distance from the northern boun-
dary of Hawks's lot to the southern side of the Northampton
road was 158 rods, from the south side of Middle Lane to
the north of the Northampton road, 126 rods. School
Street is now only four rods wide, three rods having gone
to the lot on which Smith Academy and the buildings west
of it stand and one rod to the lots on the north of the
street. The lots on the west side of the street ran back
to Mill river as far as its course was north and south:
beyond that they had a depth of 80 rods. The boundary
between the Academy lot and the Israel Morton place,
the original allotments of Samuel Kellogg and Obadiah
Dickinson respectively, has never been changed. Directly
opposite their line was the boundary between William
Gull and Samuel Belding.
The chart on the opposite page shows the location of
the first house lots with the width of each and the location
of the highways. Against the name of each settler is put
his ^'estate." This did not mean the amount of his prop-
erty. Some were undoubtedly possessed of more than the
amounts set against their names and others had less, but
as will be seen the estates ranged from £50 to £200, most
bein^ £100. The amount of each one's estate was set
arbitrarily with the desire to secure a substantial equality
among all the settlers and to serve as a basis for distribut-
ing the land. Church members and freemen had no
advantage over others. Thomas Graves had no house lot
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
43
l-lsIAIc.
Acres.
Rods wide. R(xls wide. Acres.
16 Philip Russell 4
l<:sUte.
16 Samud Gillett
18
John Wells
4^
4
John Hawks
16
16
16
John Coleman
Samuel Belding
4
Middle Lane or Mill Lane
8
4
4
Samuel Kellogg
Obadiah Dickinson
6
6
8
8
John Allis
12
16
William Gull
8
£100
200
200
{00 00 00
Daniel White, Jr.
William Allis
Thomas Meekins
12
12
12
16
16
Samuel Dickinson
Edward Benton
8
8
50
100
150
4
8
8
Eleazer Frary
John Graves
Isaac Graves
6
12
12
16
16
John White, Jr.
Nath'l Dickinson, Jr
8
. 8
50
8
Stephen Taylor
12
16
Richard Billings
8
100
8
Ozias Goodwin
12
12
16
16
Daniel Warner
Thomas Bull
8
125
8
Zechariah Field
8
Hig
:hway to Northampton
8
150
8
John Cole
100
8
Richard Fellows
ilOO
100
100
100
100
100
100
150
100
100
125
Pla.n or Tin: House Lots in Hatfield Allotted 1661-1670.
[nclosure shows the line of first stockade, built in King Philip's War.
l:S r-lfZ isAiC lO
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r- iil'i in l*"*'!. were plenty ol sawyers
I -oine mere ?ui>>tantial dwellings and
ii^y have Ijeeii Imllt at the very begiti-
ulier ha^ been alliideil to. White oak
■\Mirk. hewed .tikI sqiiared by hand.
1 building; material did not seein to be
■;irly settlers in tlii> rcfiion and niany
lay wliifli date baek ti) colonial times
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 45
are framed and studded with oak. Oak seems to have been
used in preference so that the scarcity of pine probably
caused the first settlers little concern.
Boards had to be sawed by hand in a saw pit. The man
who stood above and guided the saw was called the **top-
nian/' and received a little higher wages than his fellow
laborer in a pit below, who was called the **pit-man.''
Wages of 2s. and 2s. 6d. per day were common for this work
and two men were expected to saw 100 feet of boards a day
when the logs were hewed and drawn to the saw pit. Oak
was the commonest material for boards also, chestnut, of
which there was some quantity accessible, being used
chiefly for fences. The price of sawed boards was very
high. Judd says that before Pynchon built his sawmill in
Springfield in 1667 they were 7s. per 100 feet, afterwards
4s. 6d. Tfie edges of the boards were chamfered by hand
to make a snug joint.
The side covering of houses and barns was in many cases
clapboards nailed to the studs. They were split by hand
like shingles and could be made much more rapidly and
easily than boards. Any wood that could be split easily
was called "rift timber" or "cleft timber." The wages of
"rivers of clapboards" were regulated by law in some parts
of the colony. Coffin's "History of Xewbury" gives this
derivation : "Clapboards were originally cloven, not sawn,
and were thence called clove-boards, and in process of time
doboards, claboards, clapboards.'' They were of varying
length, three to five or six feet, and made smooth by
hewing or shaving.
There was probably no interior finish in most of the
houses. Lath for plastering is rarely mentioned in any con-
temporary accounts in the seventeenth century. The windows
were closed with shutters, as glass did not come into general
use till after 1700 on account of the difficulty of getting it.
Possibly oiled paper or some similar material was used as
a substitute. One of the settlers, Philip Russell, was a
glazier by trade. He came to Hatfield about 1666.
The roofs were covered with split shingles two or three
feet long. Barns and perhaps some of the houses at first
were thatched. There was plenty of clay at hand for
making bricks for chimneys or for laying up chimneys of
\
\
\
45 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Stone in clay. For hearthstones there was red sandstone
in abundance.
The old expression "to mill and to meeting" is significant
of many things. The corn mill and the meetinghouse
were the first public structures necessary to the early set-
tlers and thev both ministered to wants which could not
well be met without them. Public worship in Hadley was
conducted on the east side of the riv^er where the pastor.
Rev. John Russell, lived and the first mill was set up on
the vvest side. Negotiations for its building were begun in
April, 1661, and in December after he had "expended con-
siderable estate in building a miir' the town of Hadley
voted to have all the grain ground by Thomas Meekins
"provided he make good meal." In the same month prep-
arations were begun to build a meetinghouse, but it was not
raised until 1665 and probably not wholly finished until
1670. A house was hired in which to seat the congregation
while the building operations were under way.
Thomas Meekins was a millwright by trade. His mill was
built on the Capawonk brook, which thereafter was called
Mill river, near the site of the present Hatfield gristmill.
The ridge of red sandstone that shows outcroppings at
various points in the vicinity made a waterfall in the
brook and the stone was easily quarried for millstones. It
is not known whether any dam was built at first, but
probably greater power was secured by throwing some
sort of obstruction across the stream. Meekins was given
twenty acres of land near the mill and he moved from the
street and built a house on the hill where M. \V. Bovie
has his residence.
The east side inhabitants brought their grain across the
Connecticut to be ground. The Hadley records show that
on the 8th of November, 1662. they agreed with Thomas
Wells and John Hubbard to carry their grain over the river
to mill on the second and sixth days of the week and bring
back the meal, at threepence per bushel, to be paid in
wheat at 3s. 6d., and Indian corn at 2s. 3d. per bushel.
No corn mill was built on the east side till 1671, when a
portion of the Hopkins Grammar School funds was in-
vested in a mill at North Hadlev. It was burned in 1677
and the Hadley people again brou^^ht their grist across the
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 47
river; rebuilt in 1678 or 1679, and was operated by the
Boltwoods for a while, finally coming back to the trustees
of the Hopkins Grammar School fund.
The meal and flour were bolted at home or used unbolted.
Bolting mills moved by water power were not at all common
in England when the colonists first left the mother country
and they did not come into use in New England for nearly
one hundred years. Sometimes the bran was separated
from the flour by the use of sieves.
Thomas Meekins also assisted in setting up corn mills
in other towns. He built the first sawmill in Hatfield in
1669 and had one in operation on the east side of the
river perhaps as early as 1662 in company with Robert
Boltwood. They were granted liberty to build a saw-
mill in Hadley in that year. Dec. 19, 1670. the town of
Hatfield voted that Meekins's sawmill should be free from
the town rate for three years. It is thought to have been
located about where Maj. C. S. Shattuck's gun-shop stands.
In the distribution of the meadow land made from 1661
to 1663 the estates of the different settlers served as a
basis for divisions. Drawings were by lot and those whose
lots came out first had first choice. Each flOO estate
drew 27 acres and 60 rods on the west side of the river
and larger estates correspondingly larger amounts. The
east side proprietors also drew lots on the west side and it
is difficult to ascertain the amount of land divided on the
Hatfield side because the lands of several of the proprietors
are not recorded. Considerable allowance was made for
swamps, ponds, and light lands. It is estimated that about
1,200 acres were included in the four main divisions of the
Hatfield meadows as follows : —
1. The Great, North, or Upper Meadow, purchased of Mr.
Bradstreet and including a swamp adjoining, was separated
into six divisions, — Fifty Pound Lots, Long Lots, Cow
Bridge, Turn of the River, Upper Hollow, and Bashan.
Each west side proprietor received a lot in each division
and some were reserved for others. The names given to
the divisions are those in use at the present time, but they
probably were applied at a very early day.
2. Little Meadow was at the north end of the street
and part of it east of the North Meadow. It was in twof
,^ HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
divisions, Little Meadow proper and Little Meadow Hol-
low.
3. The South Meadow, or **the meadow adjoining to
the street" in the early records, was called Wequetayag
hv the Indians and Great Pansett, Pontius, or Ponsett in
the records of Peter Tilton, the first recorder of lands in
Hadlev. It contained about 430 acres at the time of
division with little waste land. The east side or Hadlev
proprietors had the west part, called 205 acres, and the w^est
side proprietors the east part. 225 acres, including Indian
Hollow or Indian Bottom. The divisions known at the
present dav. East and Middle Divisions, Great Ponsett,
Brix^k Hollow. Indian Hollow, The Nook, and Indian Field,
were probably so called very early in the history of the
town and the roads through this meadow were the same
as noNN« Hcforo the choice of lots was made the roads were
staked out. Tbo road that led to the landing at the north
v>t the Hadlev street was the one by the Richard Fellows
!iou<c. now \*alley Street. A road was laid out along the
Im\»\\ of the hill above Indian Hollow and Indian Field
w Inoh IS not in use as a traveled way at present during
Hx \\lu»le extent. The so-called Baker's Ferry road, across
\\w lot^ m hnlian Hollow, is of later origin.
) I ho StMit Invest, or Capawonk Meadows, also called
Vinponi'hn^. Little Pansett. Ponsitt, or Ponsett. was sepa-
\A\v\\ lioni (iieat Ponsett by the Capawonk brook, or, as
someinne'' i-.illecl. Napanset river. The east side pro-
luirloi^ h.nl nil <»f this except the upper part called the Plain,
winir iIm' west side proprietors had the Plain at two acres
l,ii oitr The extent of this meadow after rejecting ponds
,iihl wMillilrss swamps probably did not exceed 275 acres.
I hi : iiphnul pl.'iin was considered of little value until quite
titiHlU .nid w;is tised for corn and rye land. The names
III Ihi iliN I'HMiis. .Scotland, Lower Plain, New Field, Thomp-
MiiM I Ml. uihI the Park, are of comparatively recent origin.
I hi iMiniber of west side proprietors who drew lots
{,, ih) '.iiiiih ;umI Little Meadows was 22, the amount of the
i.|.,li : I *.M)0: 23 drew in the North Meadow. Probably
iimI -ill llii- l'.ii^»agers had arrived when the division was
Minh HIM) rstjites drew as follows and larger or smaller
|f o Ml |ilM|inl tinn :
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 49
Acres. Rods.
In 3 divisions in South Meadow 8 144
In the Meadow Plain 2 55
In 2 divisions in Little Meadow 2 22
In 6 divisions in North Meadow 13 159
27 "SQ
The rest of the land was used in common for wood
and pasturage and there was no call for a division of the
upland plains west of the town for many years.
A large amount of fencing had to be done as a protection
against roving animals. Fences were built of posts and
rails and often had a ditch and embankment on the out-
side. Some traces of the ditch in the South Meadow could
still be found in the nineteenth century. The house lots
probably did not have ditches with the fences. All fences
were to be sufficient protection against horses, cattle, sheep,
and hogs, and were four or five rails high with gates where
needed. It was considered a serious misdemeanor, pun-
ishable by a heavy fine, to leave a gate open. Great and
Little Ponsett were fenced as early as 1662 by united labor
of the settlers on both sides of the river, the Hadley men
doing about 500 rods of the southern part. In that year
also, Indian Field was ordered to be fenced "after the
proportion of 2 rod to each £100 estate." It was then used
by the savages for their planting ground. Fence viewers
were appointed yearly, usually two on each side of the
river. In 1663 each proprietor was ordered to have his
land marked by "meer-stones" and it was common to have
initials cut on the posts of the fences to indicate the owner-
ship of the lots. There was a division fence between the
land owned by the east and west side proprietors in South
Meadow. The meadows north of Hatfield were fenced,
at least in part, before 1670.
CHAPTER IV.
A CHAPTER OF CONFLICT. THE STRUGGLE LEADING TO THE
INCORPORATION OF HATFIELD.
" They have rights who dare maintain them."
The early town records. — Local self-government by the west side inhab-
itants at their "side meetings.'' — Desire for full independence. — Petition to
the General Court for separation and its signers. — Number of families on
the west side in 1667. — Counter petition of east side inhabitants. — Attempted
adjustment of the dispute. — Preparations of west side inhabitants for a
minister and house of worship. — The end of the conflict. — Articles of agree-
ment.
The public records of the settlers on both sides of the
river during the ten years following 1660 are quite full,
containing many votes that now seem of slight importance
though they were at the time no doubt the cause of rnuch
serious debate. On the other hand many things were not
recorded that would throw great light on the proceedings
if fully known.
The west side inhabitants were allowed from the first
a large degree of local self-government and held frequent
"side meetings/' of w^hich a record has been preserved.
The first entry bears the date of Mar. 31, 1662. How the
notes of the transaction of public business wxre kept at the
start is not certain, or by whom, perhaps on loose sheets
of paper, but they were written out in their present form
in a bound volume by the first town clerk of Hatfield,
John Allis, about 1670. The inference is that he also, kept
the records for the first ten vears. The entries are not in
chronological order.
During the first part of this ten year period the desire
for full independence on the part of the west side settlers
was growing till it led to a sharp contest and culminated in
the separation of Hadley and Hatfield in 1670. The num-
ber of families did not increase as rapidly as was expected
and it was not practical to separate till each settlement
could support itself alone.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 5I
In March, 1665, the .town of Hadley voted that the inhab-
itants on either side should nxake and maintain all their \
own highways and bridges except the mill bridge, the
expense of which was borne equally, and in June of the
same year it was voted to carry on the work of the town
and church as one "until the Lord makes it appear that
one part of us have a call to be a society of ourselves."
The subject of separation seems to have been agitated
by the west side inhabitants.
No petition on the subject was sent to the General Court
for two years, but from 1667 that body was flooded with
petitions and letters about the controversy. The first one
given in full below is dated May 3, 1667: —
"To the Honored Governor, Dep. Governor, Assistants and Deputies, now
in General Court assembled:
"The petition of us whose names are underwritten, being inhabitants of
the west side of the river at Hadley, sheweth — (May 3, 1667,) — that, whereas
it hath pleased God to make you the fathers of this Commonwealth, and it
hath pleased the Lord, by your great care and diligence under him, to
continue our peace and plenty of outward things, and in a more especial
tnanner the chief test and principal of all, the Gospel of peace, with the
liberty of his Sabbaths, which mercies your humble petitioners desire to be
thankful unto God and you for, that you are so ready and willing for to
help those that stand in need of help, which hath encouraged us your humble
petitioners for to make this our address, petition and request, to you for
relief in this our present distressed state and condition.
"First, your petitioners, together with their families within the bounds of
Hadley town, upon the west side of the river, commonly called by the name
of Connecticut river, where we for the most part have lived about 6 years,
have attended on God's ordinances on the other side of the river, at tine
appointed seasons that we could or durst pass over the river, the passing
being very difficult and dangerous, both in summer and winter, which thing
hath proved and is an oppressive burden for us to bear, which, if by any
lawful means it may be avoided, we should be glad and thankful to this
honored court to ease us therein, conceiving it to be a palpable breach of the
Sabbath, although it be a maxim in law: nemo debet esse judex in propria
causa, yet by the Word of God to us, it is evidently plain to be a breach of
the Sabbath : Ex. xxxv : 2 ; Levit. xxiii : 3, yet many times we are forced to it ;
for we must come at the instant of time, be the season how it will. Some-
times we come in considerable numbers in rainy weather, and ^je forced to
stay till we can empty our. canoes, .that are half full of water, apd before
we can get to the meetinghouse, are wet to the skin. At other times, in
winter seasons, we are forced to cut and work them out of the ice, till our
shirts be wet upon our backs. At other times, the winds are high and
waters rough, the current strong and the waves ready to swallow us— our
vessels tossed up and down so that our women and children do screech, and
arc so affrighted that they are made unfit for ordinances, and cannot hear
so as to profit by them, by reason of their anguish of spirit ; and when they
return some of them are more fit for their beds than for family duties and
God's services, which they ought to attend.
"In brevity and verity, our difficulties and dangers that we undergo are to
us Extreme and intolerable; oftentimes some of us have i^allen jnto the
river. through the ice, and had they not had better help than themselves, they
had been drowned. Sometimes we have been obliged to carry^otbcil^vjV^^n
S> HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
they have broken in, to the knees as they have carried them out, and that
none hitherto hath been lost, their lives are to be attributed to the care and
mercv of God.
••"there is about four score and ten persons on our side of the river,
that are capable of receiving good by ordinances, but it is seldom that above
half of them can go to attend, what through the difficulty of passage and
staying at home by turns and warding, some being weak and small whkh,
notwithstanding, if the means on our side the river, they might have the
benetit of the ordinances which now they are deprived of to the grief of us
all Further, when we do go over the river, we leave our relatives and
estates King on the outside of the colony, joining to the wilderness, to be a
prev to the heathen, when they sec their opportunity. Yet, notwithstanding,
our greatest anxiety and pressure of spirit is that the Sabbath, which should
he kept bv us hvJy to the Lord, is spent with such unavoidable distractions,
Knh of the mind and of the body. And for the removing of this, we
onaniiDixisIv have made our address to our brethren and friends on the
ocher side of the river, by a petition that they would be pleased to grant us
;i«^^^- lo I* a society of ourselves, and that we might call a minister to
dt<Mr:» ih* ^'^^ ^^^ ^'*^* ^^ "^' ^"* ^*^^^' ^y t^iem, would not be granted,
a^^wH^ «i the OKMUh of June, in the year 1665, it was agreed and voted
It 1 ^**tl me^tii^. that when the west side had a call of God thereto, they
9Rw:>^* V a JOciet,v of themselves. We sent a second time to them, entreating
SjJ"^xNWins u^ J^i^J agreement they would grant our request to put it to a
ScM»*-Tt«. Nit they will not. so that we, your humble petitioners, have no other
iiAx oc tiKvanis thai wc know of, but to make our humble address to this
S.CN>r<si cv^rt for relief, in this our distressed state, humbly praying this
S^Ny^ AHirt to vouchsafe your poor petitioners that favor as to be a
«.vtcO V** \Hir*clvos. and have liberty to settle a minister to dispense the
0«\h«v*wixs of the Lord unto us, which wc hope will be for the furtherance
v^t W ^^^''^ **' ''^^* l.oTiX amongst us, and for our peace and safety. Not
tHai ^v desirt' to make any breach among brethren, for to attain our desires,
^H^ \<^ ^^ hinder the groat work of the Lord amongst us, but that which we
aim at i* ^^^^ \>*ntrary. Thus, committing our cause to God and this honored
xNHiit. A«^J «*'* **'****'" >■**"*' ^'<^?R*^ty affairs, we leave to the protection and
*>»hM«kv of the .Mniighty, which is the prayer of your humble petitioners.—
*'Vh\^^>^'* NU^kins, Sk.. Danifx White. John Allis.
\\ M \n»!*» John Weixes, Ob.\diah Dickinson,
Km^n iVn^*. Sh . Nath'l Dickinson, Jr., Samuel Gilet,
)\vv* i;n\\>**, lu.KAZER Frary, John Field,
Kuiivtii^ Mm I IN*;, Samuel Billing, John Coule, Jr.,
\\ M lirii. Samuel Dickinson, Ursula Fellows,
VvMUi^i IUn»rN. Thomas Meekins, Jr.. Mary Field."
ioMN tinvN^**. Samuel Kelog.
\\\\i»ii Wnmnim. Harnahas Hinsdell,
rho \i\*i\ lNVt> signatures were those of the widows of
|<hlwu»l lM*llt)\vs anil Zechariah Field, who had represen-
t^ion a** llu* huatls of their families. Fellows died in 1663
i\\\\\ l'h*l»l in !(»(>(>. Two of the other original settlers had
^In^l. h»lni Wliito. Jr., and Stephen Taylor, both in 1665.
I h^Mu lurnlv tivo families were surely living on the west
mIiIu mI Ihr rt»nnooticut in 1667. The names of John Cole-
Mhui. rhilip Ktissull, Samuel Allis, and Benjamin Waite do
jiill n|>|M'<n «»ii til** petition: perhaps they had not then taken
^Ik ii)iMi n^sidunor on the west side though they did so
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 53
very soon after. Benjamin Waite's name first appears on
the town records in 1664, when four acres of meadow land
were granted him "in some place or places as convenient.**
A counter petition on the part of the town of Hadley —
the east side inhabitants — was also sent to the court,
stating their view of the matter, their principal objections
being that the communities were not yet strong enough
to separate and that to have granted the request of those
who desired to withdraw would have been to "sin against
the Lord, ourselves, and them.'' It ^ was signed by forty-
four people.
The town sent the pastor, Rev. John Russell, to Boston
with Samuel Smith and Peter Tilton to look after its
interests, while the west side inhabitants were represented
by Thomas Meekins, William Allis, and Isaac Graves. The
court judged it best to make no division at that time, but
advised that the two parties in the dispute jointly settle '
another minister. The petition of the west side people was
presented again in the month of September, 1667, but no
agreement was reached. An attempt was then made to settle
the matter between the factions by correspondence, lasting
for over a year. The east side did not object to having a
second minister, but would not consent to the formation of
two societies and expected the west side to worship with
them except when crossing the river was difficult. The
west side people were firm in their intention to have a
minister constantly with them and to be a society by them-
selves.
In April, 1668, the east side made another answer by
petition to the General Court written by Mr. Russell, part
of which ran as follows : —
"When we moved to this plantation, we engaged to each other to have
two ministers. We gave to poor men liberty to suit themselves, and those
who had more estate denied themselves, not taking up half as much as they
might have done, no man having more than 45 acres of interval land. This
was done in respect to maintaining the ministry and ordinances. When
those on the west side of the river took up land there, they did it on
condition that they were to be one with us and to come to the east side on
the Sabbath except in extraordinary times, one of the ministers would go
over to them. The meetinghouse was to be set where it is, for their sakes,
to our great inconvenience. The difficulties of crossing the river were pre-
sented to them at first, and they chose to go. In some other towns, the
river is crossed on the Sabbath. It is doubtful whether they can make a
plantation of themselves. The place does not afford boggy meadows or such
like, that men can live upon, but their subsistence must be from theu Vvomt^
54 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
lots and intervals. A great part of these men are in near relation to us
and we would not injure them. If the Court judge that our brethren have
a call of Grod to be by themselves, we trust we shall do our duty wiUiout
disturbance. Our place is hard, remote and inconvenient. In asking that
the river may be the bounds between them and us, and all the land on tliat
^y side pay public charges to them, they demand what is unjust. We are about
' 46 or 4/ families, and if the river be the bounds, we shall not have so mudi
\ land to maintain public ordinances as they, who are a little more than half
as many." — Signed by Henry Clarke, John Russell, Jr., William Goodwin,
Andrew Bacon, and William Lewis, in the name of the rest of the inhabitants
of Hadley, on the east side of the river."
In reply Willialm Allis and Isaac Graves contended that
while the west side inhabitants stood by the covenant of
1660, they "did not suppose such a covenant perpetual
when, things should so change as to require an alteration."
They felt that they had a clear call of God to be a society.
They pointed out the danger from the Indians and men-
tioned the fact that one of their houses was burned on the
Sabbath not long before.
And so the struggle continued at Boston and at home
and much bitter feeling was aroused. The west side people
were so determined to have a minister of their own at the
least that, without waiting for further authority from the
colonial governfment or agreement with their fellow towns-
men, a committee was appointed Nov. 6, 1668, to provide a
boarding place for a minister during the winter and make
arrangements for his comfortable support. At the same
time it was also voted to choose a committee to draw up a
list of all the timber necessary for building a meetinghouse
30 feet square, and to assign work to each man in felling
timber or getting it ready for use.
The next day, Nov. 7, the General Court at Boston
voted : "In answer to the petitioners on the west side of the
river at Hadley, the Court judgeth it meet that they be
allowed to procure an able minister to settle with them on
their side of the river, for whose maintenance they are
carefully and comfortably to provide, and shall be freed
from the maintenance of the minister on the east side, unless
the inhabitants on the east side of the river and they shall
agree together for the maintenance and allowance of both
jointly; provided that the inhabitants of the west side
shall not rate any of the estates or lands of the inhabitants
of the east side lying on the west side of the river, toward
the maintenance of their ministry."
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 55
On Nov. 21st at a "side meeting" it was voted to choose
Thomas Meekins, Jr., William Allis, and John Graves a
committee to procure a minister, and on the 17th of the
succeeding May, 1669, it was "manifested" that they were
willing to call Rev. Hope Atherton to the ministry and a
salary of £50 was authorized. Evidently word of the action
was hastened to Boston, for in the same month Thomas
Meekins and Isaac Graves informed the General Court
of what had been done about the meetinghouse and that
they had "already pitched upon a man who is recommended
to us by sundry reverend and godly persons and hope we
shall obtain his help. The man whom we have in our eye
is one Mr. Atherton, a son of the late Worshipful Hum-
phrey Atherton of Dorchester." Very likely Mr. Atherton
had been preaching in his new field during the preceding
winter.
Mr. Russell and his followers still fought against the
separation, raising again the difficulty of dividing the land
as an issue, and the lack of sufficient "boggy meadows,"
but they finally yielded as gracefully as they could to the
inevitable and the conffict was ended on the 22d of Decem-
ber, 1669, by the following agreement, here given in full,
signed by men from each side of the river : —
"Articles of agreement between the inhabitants on the east side of the
river in Hadley with those of the same town on the west side of the river.
"1. It is covenanted and agreed that those on the east side of the river
do grant and give to those on the west side, liberty to be a distinct town or
township of themselves, and so of and among themselves to carry on all
their common or town occasions; and this to take place as soon as the
Gen. Court shall grant their approbation or allowance thereof.
"2. For the bounds of each society or town, those on the east side are
to have and enjoy now and forever the free and full disposal of all the land
on the east side of the river, for the maintaining of all common charges
respecting things ecclesiastical or civil.
"And on the west side, the bounds between the two societies or towns
are to be the highway between their several furlongs of land, viz. the
highway running from the river to the Widow Fellows her house; and from
thence downwards, the fence to be the bounds until it comes to the Mill
river, and then the river to be the bounds until it meets with Mr. Webster's
lot in Little Ponsett; and from thence the fence of Little Ponsett to be
bounds unto Connecticut River, where the end of the said fence is ; this to
be and remain forever the bounds of each society or town, for the main-
taining of the rights and privileges of each; viz. all the land on the lower
or southwest side of the highway shall be unto the society or town of
Hadley on the east side of Connecticut, and all every parcel thereof to pay
all common charges to the said town of Hadley on the east side of the
river. Except those lands within the said highway and fence which are
already either given or sold to inhabitants on the west side; which land or
parcels of land are the whole accommodations of Mr. Terry ou tVv^ >Nt^\.
56 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
side of the river; and the whole accommodations of Nathaniel Dickin-
son, sen. and half of Mr. Webster's accommodations there, and John Hawks
his whole accommodations, and all Joseph Kellogg's, and all Adam NichoUs
his, and that which was Samuel Gardner's in Little Ponset, and Goodman
Crow's in Little Ponsett, and Nathaniel Stanley's in Little Ponsett, and
Richard Montague's in Great Ponsett ; and Jos. Baldwin's whole accommoda-
tions, and John White's in Great Ponsett, and John Dickinson's in Little
Ponsett; and except 12 acres and a half above and besides all this when it
shall be given or sold to ah inhabitant or inhabitants on the west side of the
river; all the other land within the lower part or S. West side of the high-
way and the forenamed fence to be to the town on the east side of the
river forever.
"And the Society on the west side of the river are to have for their
bounds all the land on the west side of the river of Connecticut, except
what lies within the highway from the river to the widow Fellows her
house, and within the fence abovenamed. All the rest of the land not
within the said highway and fence to be to the town and society on the west
side of the river and at their free and full dispose forever, for the main-
taining of all common charges respecting things civil and ecclesiastical. And
they also are to have all the land within the highway and fence on the
south west or lower side of the river, that is already given or sold to any
inhabitant on the west side, which land in all the particulars and parcels of
it is above specified, with 125^^ acres more, which shall be next given or sold
to any inhabitants etc.; to be to the society and town on the west side for
the maintaining of all common charges forever. Only provided they shall
not dispose of any land without the consent of the town, to any that arc not
approved and settled inhabitants of the town, until the General Court have
granted them to be a town of themselves, and then forthwith and forever
to have the full dispose of all the land on the west side of the river except
that above excepted, for the maintenance of all common charges.
"3. It is mutually agreed and covenanted that the society or town of
Hadley on the east side of the river, have liberty to get fencing stuff on the
west side of the river, for their land lying on that side of the river, both
now and from time to time always, as also to get timber if any see cause to
build a barn or shelter for securing his fruits raised there. The present
fence in being, and the rest of the common fence [an omission here].
"4. The inhabitants of the west side shall allow to those on the east side
the sum of £6 as the remainder of what is due for purchase money to the
said inhabitants on the cast side.
**5. In case there shall hereafter be a ferry between these two places,
this agreement shall be no detriment with respect thereto to those on either
side more than if they continued one town,
"Hereunto as a full and final issue of all controversy respecting our
bounds of each society, and the manner or way of maintaining their public
charges, (notwithstanding all manner of sales or gifts that shall or may be,)
we who were chosen by each Company, viz. those on the east and those on
the west side the river respectively, and impowered to issue the said differ-
ence, have set to our hands, this present 22d of December, 1669.
"Henry Clarke, Tho. Meekins, Sen.,
John Russel, Jr., William Allice,
Samuel Smith, John Coule, Sen.,
Nathan'l Dickinson, sr., Isaac Graves,
Peter Tillton, Samuel Belden."
CHAPTER V.
A CHAPTER OF ESTABLISHMENT. THE INCORPORATION OF
THE TOWN AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH.
"And plant amid the wilderness
The hamlet and the town **
The act of incorporation. — Name. — First town meeting. — The freeman's
oath. — Application of colonial laws regarding citizenship. — Establishment of
the church society. — Building of the meetinghouse. — Rev. Hope Atherton
accepts call. — Specifications for his house. — The burying ground. — Organiza-
tion of the church.
The town of Hatfield was incorporated May 31, 1670,
authorized by the following act of the General Court: —
"In answer to the petition of the inhabitants of Hadley on the west side
of the riuer, that they may be allowed to be a toune of themselves, distinct
from Hadley on the east side, the deputy of Hadley certifying that that toune
haue consented to release them if this Court doe approove thereof, etc. this
Court doe therefore allow them on the west side of the riuer, to be a
touneship distinct from them on the east side of the riuer, and doe grant
them a tract of land westward, sixe miles back into the woods from the
great riuer ; their southerly bounds to be Northampton northerly bounds, and
the land which Hadley reserves to themselves, and from their sajd southerly
Ijne to ninne vp the riuer northerly upon the square sixe miles; their north-
erly bounds likewise to runne backe from the great riuer sixe miles westward,
as before, reserving proprieties formerly granted to any person; and that
this toune be called Hattfeilds."
The land reserved by Hadley was the part on the South
Meadow owned by east side proprietors as stated in the
articles of agreement.
The name was taken from that of a town on the river
Lea, Hertfordshire County, in England. Whether any of
the settlers came from there is not known, but it is highly
probable that some at least were from that vicinity. The
names of Allis and Morton were borne by former residents
of the English town. Hadleigh and Northampton in the
old country are situated not far distant, though not as
close as in New England. (See Appendix, Note 4.)
The first town, as distinguished from "side," meeting was
held Aug. 8, 1670, and the following votes are recorded: —
"At a Town meeting in the Town of Hatfield the eighth of August. 1670
the Town hath manifest that they were willing to grant to Mr C^\tVi
58 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Wattson a hundred pound allotment with an eight acre houselot provided
they and he do agree upon terms when they shall speak together.
"The 8th of August 1670 the Town of Hatfield hath granted to allow
Mr Hope Atherton sixty pounds per year during his work in the ministry
amongst us, provided they are free from providing him wood for his firing.
'The 8th of August 1670 the Town of Hatfield hath granted Richard
Billings liberty to mow the grass yearly that is in the Highway which goetii
through the hollow in Little meadow to the great Bridge."
It was apparently a great source of pleasure to the clerk
to be able to write in full "the town of Hatfield." After a
few meetings this longer form was dropped and the record
says merely, "The town hath voted," or "at a meeting
in Hatfield."
The first selectmen were Nathaniel Dickinson, Sr.,
William Allis, John Cowles, Sr., Isaac Graves, John Cole-
man.
To become a legal citizen of the Massachusetts Bay
Colony every man over twenty years of age and six months
a householder was required to take the freeman's oath,
the original draft of which, made by John Winthrop,
is in the Boston Public Library. It is interesting to note
that the first work of the first printing press set up in the
English speaking colonies of America was to print this
oath, in 1638. It read as follows: —
"I, , being by God's providence, an Inhabitant and Freeman, within
the Jurisdiction of this Commonwealth ; do freely acknowledge my self to
be subject to the Government thereof; And therefore do here swear by die
great and dreadful Name of the Everlasting God that I will be true and
faithful to the same, and will accordingly yield assistance and support there-
unto, with my person and estate, as in equity I am bound; and will also
truly endeavor to maintain and preserve all the liberties and priviledges
thereof, submitting my self to the wholesome Lawes & Orders made and
established by the same. And further, that I will not plot or practice any
evil against it, or consent to any that shall do so; but will timely discover
and reveal the same to lawful! Authority now here established, for die
speedy presenting thereof.
"Moreover. I doe solemnly bind my self in the sight of God, when I
shall be called to give my voyce touching any such matter of this State, in
which Free-men are to deal, I will give my vote and suffrage as I shall
judge in mine own conscience may but conduce and tend to the publike w^
of the body, without respect of persons, or favour of any man. So help me
God in the Lord Jesus Christ."
According to the early laws of the colony none but
clutrch iiienihers could be freemen and none but freemen
could hold office or vote, but before Hadley and Hatfield
were settled the laws had been modified so that non-free-
men could vote in town affairs and hold town offices. Judd
savs: "In Hadlev the distinction of freemen and non-free-
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 59
men is seldom alluded to in the records. It is evident
that the town meetings were open to all and that all came
together and debated and voted freely respecting town
affairs. Only freemen voted for Magistrates or Assistants,
County Commissioners, and Treasurer, and they chose dep-
uties to the General Court." The Magistrates were a
legislative body similar to the Senate.
The holding of town office was thought by some to be
burdensome and for that reason some men neglected
to qualify as freemen to escape holding office. Later it
became a law that all who were chosen to office should
serve or pay a fine. Even then some chose the fine rather
than the work.
The early records of Hatfield contain nothing to indicate
that the niceties of the law in regard to who should par-
ticipate in town affairs were considered of great importance.
The severities of the struggle for existence, — the physical
battle against natural obstacles — and the greater struggle
for independence, begun in the towns on the Bay, continued
in Hartford and Wethersfield, and culminating in the long-
drawn-out and bitter contest with their brethren on the
east of the river had so united the settlers in spirit as well
as in action that finespun distinctions were disregarded.
All who were freemen in spirit were probably regarded as
freemen within the meaning of the law when it came to
action in town affairs.
Great care was exercised, however, regarding those who
were allowed to become residents and none who were con-
sidered undesirable were permitted to take up land. At
the early date of 1672 a vote of the town prohibited even
the entertainment of strangers, except relatives or friends
for short visits, without permission from the selectmen.
Equal in importance with the establishment of civil gov-
ernment was the establishment of a church society, or, in
the language of the early settlers, "the setting up of
ordinances," for in those days there was no distinction
between town and parish. No plantation was considered
a town till it had made or was able to make provision for
a minister and a meetinghouse. The action of the Hatfield
men in opening negotiation for securing a minister and
in building or preparing to build a house of worsh\\i beloT^
60 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
the dispute with the mother town was settled by the tri-
bunal to which it was referred undoubtedly had great weight
with the members of the General Court, so that in spite of
the arguments of the Hadley men their cause fell to the
ground and the separation was authorized. The delay in
building the Hadley meetinghouse must have been known
at Boston.
The meetinghouse in Hatfield was built in 1668, though
evidently not wholly completed. The records of that year
relate chiefly to the work upon the structure, which was
pushed as rapidly as possible, each man doing his part.
It stood in the middle of the street facing east and west,
probably not far from the site of all the subsequent meet-
inghouses till the present Congregational church was built
in 1849, a few rods south of the present edifice. A pulpit
was built at the west and about two years later another
one, the boards of the old pulpit being given to Isaac
Graves "to recompense him for maintaining the committee
that came up to decide the difference between Hadley and
us." The seats were rude benches at first, making a divi-
sion of the house, which was thirty feet square, into four
sections, though perhaps the benches in front ran without
break the whole width of the interior except for side
aisles, for at the time of the renovations it was voted that
an "alley'' should be left from the east door to the pulpit.
Probably square pews and galleries were then built. Per-
haps there were doors at the north and south sides also
and several windows closed with shutters. It had a four
sided roof flat on top. There were no means of heating.
In 1669 a rate was ordered to purchase glass for the
windows, but it is doubtful if the windows were glazed
at that time. The selectmen were appointed to arrange
for the seating of the people.
Rev. Hope Atherton of Dorchester, a graduate of Har-
vard College in the class of 1665, accepted the call extended
to him in May, 1669. It was voted to give him in
addition to his house lot a ministerial allotment in the
meadows, to build him a house and to allow him £60 a year,
two thirds in good merchantable wheat and one third in
pork, with the stipulation that "if our crops fall short so
that we cannot pay him in kind, then we are to pay hrm
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 61
in the next best we have." It was also provided that if
he left the church before his death he was to refund certain
sums. If he remained in his pastorate till his death the
allotments of land and the house were to become the pos-
session of his heirs. His meadow allotment was in East
Division, the six acres now owned by D. W. Wells just
below the houses on South Street. His house lot was the
Goodwin place now owned and occupied by G. A. Billings.
The specifications for his house given in the records show
that he was to have a dwelling much superior to any others
in the settlement: the side agreed to build a house "forty
foot long and twenty foot wide, double story and a porch
seven foot square below to be fitted proportionately above
the first story and to lay two floors of joists throughout
the house and in the porch and to close the house with
clapboards and to board the roof of both and to cover them
with good shingles and to build fire chimneys and to under-
pin the house well with stone and also lath and fix up the
walls of the house and to set up at each gable end priamidy
and flueboards." The meaning of "priamidy" is rather
obscure. Probably it refers to ornamentation on the out-
side of the house. The "old Indian house" at Deerfield
had pinnacles projecting as ornaments and George Sheldon,
who was consulted for an explanation of the term, sug-
gested that ornamental pyramids were probably to be a
feature of the gable ends. The flueboards, more commonly
called flashboards, were probably projected as an ornamental
cornice.
Another act accomplished before separation was author-
ized was to provide for a burying ground on the west of
the river. These votes are taken from the town records,
the dates being old style (really in 1670) : —
"Feb. 14, 1669. The side hath chose a committee being John Cowles, Senr.,
Richard Billings, Isaac Graves, Samuel Belden and Daniel White for to view
a piece of land for a burying place upon the Plain near Thomas Meekins
his piece of land that lyeth on the southwest side of the mill river beyond
the bridge that is in the highway that goeth over toward Northampton."
"Feb. 16, 1669. The side at a meeting did agree that it should be twenty
rod long easterly and westerly and eight rod wide southerly and northerly,
and that it should be in the place where they have determined it should be,
which is by the side of the aforesaid land of Thomas Meekins."
It may be taken for granted that it was located forth-
with where they "determined'' and has been from lVv^.\.
g2 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
time onward. No permanent markers tor the graves were
used at first. The earliest date on a stone in the old
burying ground on "the Hill" is on the grave of Capt,
John Allis, 1691, There is a tradition that at first a portion
of the South Meadow near the street was used as a ceme-
tery and another that some land near the Connecticut
at the end of the house lot of John White. Jr., was the site
of the first graves, but no discoveries have ever been made
tending to confirm these traditions. The probability is
that the settlers who died before 1670 were buried on the
other side of the river in "the Hadley burying ground.
The exact date of the organization of the church in
Hatfield is problematical. Holland in his "History of
Western ilassachusetts" places it at the beginning of the
year 1671. Hubbard in the sketch in the "History of the
Connecticut Valley" gives the date as Feb. 1, 1671, and
Temple in his "History of Whately," April 1, of the same
year. The reason for these dates being taken is the refer-
ences in the town records to a fast held in the last part of
January of that year "in view of the great work of setting
up the ordinance.'i" and to the "gathering in of the church,"
In 1670, Kev. Hope Atherton requested of the County
Court libcrtv to "enter into church estate." A letter from
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 63
Rev. Stephen Williams, pastor in Longmeadow and author
of the Appendix to "The Redeemed Captive," to President
Ezra Stiles of Yale College, dated June 8, 1781, mentioned
by Sheldon in his "History of Deerfield," states that Mr.
Atherton was ordained May 10, 1670. Where was he
ordained except in Hatfield?
The Hatfield church is the fourth in point of age in the
Connecticut valley in Massachusetts, the others being
Springfield, 1637; Hadley, 1659; Northampton, 1661.
Mr. Atherton had been with the people some of the time
at least for two or three years previous to 1671. The
haste to finish the meetinghouse would seem to indicate
that preaching services were held in it by the fail or winter
of 1668. The difficult question to determine is whether
the first inhabitants considered the establishment of the
church made when the minister was installed or whether a
further formal organization was necessary, probably the
latter. The votes alluded to in a previous paragraph are
here given in full, the dates being old style : —
*^ail. 13, 1670. The town considering of the great and weightiness of the
work they have hitherto by the help of God been endeavoring after, viz ; the
settinir up of God's ordinances amongst us, and having by the goodness of
God been carried in our desires that way so far as we are, do think it our
duty to undertake the gathering of a church in this place and in preparation
to that work have appointed the twenty-first day of this instant February to
be kept a day of humiliation to ask the Lord for his help and guidance in a
work of so great concernment and do give liberty to as many of the town
as do desire to be present upon that day.
"Jan. 26, 1670. The inhabitants of Hatfield now present at a meeting do
unanimously consent that the choice of such as shall begin a church in this
place shall be attempted amongst ourselves we have also manifested that
they were willing that Mr. Atherton and all the members of other churches
that are inhabiting this place shall be the persons that shall first begin the
gathering of a church in this place and have also farther manifested that they
were willing to have full power of chosing three persons to make up nine
to join in the aforesaid work into the hands of the persons aforesaid, viz:
Mr. Atherton and the members aforesaid."
These eight men, who with the pastor were the nucleus
of the church, are supposed to have been Thomas Meekins,
Sr., William Allis, John Coleman, John Cowles, Sr., Isaac
Graves, Samuel Belden, Richard Billings, and William
Gull.
Himself well versed in church and local history, Temple
in his "History of Whately" makes this comment on the
puzzling records: "The exact import of this last clause
is not apparent. As seven is the least number by which
54 HISIORY OF HATFIELD.
the rule of church discipline in the eighteenth chapter of
Matthew can be reduced to practice, that number has been
held necessary to form a church. Also at Westfield, in
1679, seven men called .'foundation men,' were selected
to be formed into church state."
The number of church members secured is also unknown,
but the little band, firm in faith if few in numbers, deter-
mined and resolute, had secured for themselves and their
children the liberty to worship as they pleased, a liberty
dearer to them than freedom from civil restrictions, and
they were not daunted by the prospect of supporting the
pastor of their choice.
CHAPTER VI.
A PERIOD OF GROWTH AND OF PREPARATION FOR THE
INDIAN WARS, 1670-1675.
'* Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,
Their homely joy and destiny obscure."
Growth of the town in population and territory. — Additional home lots
granted by 1675. — Increase of wealth. — Methods of payment. — Currency. —
Public works. — Division of the swamps. — Relations with Jthe Indians. — Re-
straints on the sale of firearms and intoxicants. — The River Indians and their
tribes. — Their numbers. — The United Colonies and organization of militia. —
Hampshire County. — Contribution for Harvard College.
In the preceding chapters the birth of the town has been
recorded and the events of its period of adolescence dwelt
upon with some degree of fullness. To pursue the figure
further, May 31, 1670, should be called the date when it
attained its majority, and this and succeeding chapters will
relate its progress toward maturity and age.
The rhythmic or periodic development of the life of indi-
viduals is a phenomenon which has been observed by
investigators. There are periods of rapid physical growth
followed by periods of rest and of preparation for other
changes; at other periods the mental development is rapid,
followed by a period of inactivity that surprises the ob-
server. There is a recurrence of these periods all through
life and each has sharply defined characteristics, though
the transitions are gradual in many cases. While no exact
rule can be laid down that covers all individual cases they
seem to follow a general law of growth. That history
repeats itself is . a rather trite saying. The student of
history can but mark* the periods or eras into which his
subject naturally divides itself, seen no less in the history of
a town than on a larger scale. This rhythmic, seemingly
wavelike, progress, with periods of growth, of storm and
stress, of rest, perhaps also of decline, in the history of
Hatfield follows very closely the rhythmic movement of the
great national development of which it is a part, with
56 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
some variation due to particular circumstances aflfecting
the town or region alone.
Hatfield's growth for the first five years after incorpora-
tion was not rapid, but it was steady. The years 1670 to
1675 were a period of peace and of preparation for the
struggle against the Indians, which resulted in the complete
mastery of the Connecticut valley by the whites and the
settlement of other frontier towns.
Additional territory was secured by the purchase from
the Indians of the meadows and uplands comprising the
present town of Whately in 1672. This purchase has been
spoken of in Chapter I. There is a note in the town
records of approval of the terms of the bargain. At about
the same time the planting field of the Indians in the South
Meadow was secured and the Indians rented land for use,
the settlers often doing the fitting of the land and the
cultivation of the crops.
An attempt to extend the town boundaries southward
failed. In 1672 a petition was sent to the General Court
to "preserve the bounds within Northampton. *' There
was dispute over the matter till 1720.
The town records from Apr. 7, 1673, to Aug. 17, 1677,
\ are missing and with them beyond any question of doubt
a valuable treasury of first hand information.
Many grants of home lots to prospective inhabitants
were made by the **side'' before 1670 and by the town
from 1670 to 1673. The chart on the opposite page shows
the location of the homesteads on the street above Middle
Lane, now School Street, in the year 1675, those printed in
italics appearing also on the chart showing grants made in
1661-70. Not all the lots were built upon, however, till
after King Philip's war. They were mostly of eight
acres each. The highway north from Philip Russell's was
to be seven rods wide.
Some changes should be noted in the locations on
the earlier chart, as some of the lots had been forfeited
and regranted. No one occupied the Bull lot for many
years and it was granted to Mr. Atherton, though not
used by him for residence. He lived, as previously
noted, on the Goodwin lot. Nicholas Worthington married
the widow of John A\'hite, Jr., and took his allotment.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
67
Barnabas Hinsdale married the widow of Stephen Taylor
in 1666 and lived in her house. Nathaniel Dickinson, Sr.,
had moved from Hadley and lived for a few years on the
Benton lot. He returned to the other side of the river,
where he died June 16, 1676. Thomas Meekins, Jr., lived
on his father's lot when the latter moved his residence to
the mill. Richard Fellows, 2d, and John Field owned the
lots originally granted their fathers, who had both died.
Rods wide. Rods wide.
WiUiam King
Samuel Field
Benjamin Waite
John Graves, Jr.
Samuel Ball
Robert Danks
16
16
16
16
16
16
Deerfield Lane
8
Isaac Graves, Jr.
Samuel Northam
Richard Morton
Town lot
John Hawkes
16
16
20D
Blacksn
16
16
Thomas Bracy
Highway to the river
20 Hezekiah Dickinson
20 William Scott
16 Daniel Belden
16 Samuel Allis
16 Samuel Marsh
16 Nathaniel Foote
16 Philip Russell
16 Samuel Gillett
18 John Wells
shop.
16 John Coleman
16 Samuel Belden
Middle Lane
Chart op the House Lots at the Upper End of the Street,
Granted by 1675, those in italics also appearing on previous chart.
The wealth of the settlers increased at a moderate rate.
There was not a great deal of trade. Supplies which could
not be produced at home were bought of the Pynchons in
Springfield in exchange for farm products. Grain, wool,
yarn of woolen or flax, cloth, pork, and probably some beef
were sent down the river to find a market in Boston or the
Connecticut towns. In the almost patriarchal state of
society that then existed the increase of the flocks and
herds was the chief source of addition to property. As
the animals became more numerous more land was brought
under cultivation.
There was little currency in circulation and little need
of it. "Provision pay" was legal tender for public and
private debts. What money there was in circulation con-
sisted mostly of Spanish reals and pieces-of-eight, the
former being silver coins worth ninepence, or twelve and
58 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
one half cents. The pieces-of-eight derived their name
from the fact that they contained eight reals, or rials.
They were not called dollars till the middle of the eighteenth
century. Double and half reals were also in circulation.
The English pound of that time was worth about three
dollars. The currency was in denominations of crowns
(five shillings or one fourth of a pound), half crowns, shil-
lings, pence, and farthings. Most of the coins were of
silver, even the smaller pieces, as the English did not like
a copper currency. Massachusetts began in 1652 to coin
money, which passed readily in some of the other colonies
also. It was 22j^ per cent, lighter than the English money,
for the purpose of keeping the money at home, and of the
same purity. Pieces of a shilling, six, three, and two pence
were coined by the mint, which was in operation for about
thirty years. The shillings, called pine tree shillings from
the fact that one side contained the likeness of a pine tree,
weighed 72 grains. The new currency was put on a firm
basis in 1672, when the value of pieces-of-eight of full weight
was fixed at six shillings. In 1642 their value had been
fixed at 4s. 6d. in England.
Wheat was the most used medium of exchange in the
valley towns, though corn and pork were also standard
and peas and oats were sometimes used. One duty of the
constables was to collect the rates, or taxes, of grain, which
were made at very frequent intervals. A vote of Jan. 14.
1672-3, fixed the price of winter wheat in Hatfield at 3s. 6d.
per bushel. At the same time a town rate of £10, 10s. was
ordered. Besides the town rates there were county and
colony rates payable in grain at fixed prices. While not
adapted to twentieth century methods of business and
probably used by the early settlers more from necessity
than for any other reason, wheat and other provisions
furnished a sufficiently good circulating medium and served
the purpose well, just as the iron currency of the Spartans
did for them when Sparta was young. Business relations
with the Athens of America had hardly begun in 1672.
Public improvements in the town went on rapidly. Some
work in clearing the highways of brush was done each year,
for neglect of which the inhabitants were fined. Fencing of
higlnvavs and meadows received considerable attention and
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 59
additional highways were made through the North Meadows.
Making a highway often meant only surveying and staking
out its course, the traveled way being made by use. Some
of the swamps were drained at the expense of the town
and additional land for mowing thereby gained. A general
division of the Mill Swamp was begun in 1672, a few lots
having been granted in it previously, and two or three
roads were ordered to be made to render the lots easy of
access. According to agreement, before the drawings for
lots were made, those who could not easily get to their
land were allowed to cross the lots of others. Drawings
were made in order of the house lots beginning with
Tho^mas Meekins and then up the west side of the street
from south to north and down the other side. House
lots not yet occupied were also granted swamp land. The
lots in the swamps were numbered and Z7 were drawn.
At about the same time part of the swamp land north of
the Great or North Meadow was taken up, each proprietor
receiving ten acres, if in the Mill Swamp, and a little more
if in the other.
Much labor was performed by united effort. All the
buildings were raised in that way, as is the case to-day with
barns. The fences were made by individuals, but if any
man did not complete within a specified time the fencing
required for mutual protection and decreed by common
consent in town meeting, he was fined and in addition
had to pay any damages arising from neglect.
The practice of pasturing the flocks and herds together
on the undivided common land was begun at an early date,
each man taking his turn at herding at first, and each
owner had an ear mark to distinguish his stock. August 12,
1672, the town voted that each man having three or more
cattle must take his turn or be fined 2s. 3d. and pay
damages arising from neglect. When at a later date, 1680,
a cattle keeper was appointed at a fixed rate of pay, the
owners had to take turns on the Sabbath to allow the
herdsman to attend public worship. The cows and other
good neat stock were taken out by an hour after
sunrise to good pasturage and returned before sundown.
The inhabitants took turns in keeping a bull. After the
crops were gathered the cattle were turned loose in the
50 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
the dispute with the mother town was settled by the tri-
bunal to which it was referred undoubtedly had great weight
with the members of the General Court, so that in spite of
the arguments of the Hadley men their cause fell to the
ground and the separation was authorized. The delay in
building the Hadley meetinghouse must have been known
at Boston.
The meetinghouse in Hatfield was built in 1668, though
evidently not wholly completed. The records of that year
relate chiefly to the work upon the structure, which was
pushed as rapidly as possible, each man doing his part.
It stood in the middle of the street facing east and west,
probably not far from the site of all the subsequent meet-
inghouses till the present Congregational church was built
in 1849, a few rods south of the present edifice. A pulpit
was built at the west and about two years later another
one, the boards of the old pulpit being given to Isaac
Graves "to recompense him for maintaining the committee
that came up to decide the difference between Hadley and
us." The seats were rude benches at first, making a divi-
sion of the house, which was thirty feet square, into four
sections, though perhaps the benches in front ran without
break the whole width of the interior except for side
aisles, for at the time of the renovations it was voted that
an "alley'' should be left from the east door to the pulpit.
Probably square pews and galleries were then built. Per-
haps there were doors at the north and south sides also
and several windows closed with shutters. It had a four
sided roof flat on top. There were no means of heating.
In 1669 a rate was ordered to purchase glass for the
windows, but it is doubtful if the windows were glazed
at that time. The selectmen were appointed to arrange
for the seating of the people.
Rev. Hope Atherton of Dorchester, a graduate of Har-
vard College in the class of 1665, accepted the call extended
to him in May, 1669. It was voted to give him in
addition to his house lot a ministerial allotment in the
meadows, to build him a house and to allow him £60 a year,
two thirds in good merchantable wheat and one third in
pork, with the stipulation that "if our crops fall short so
that we cannot pay him in kind, then we are to pay him
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 61
in the next best we have." It was also provided that if
he left the church before his death he was to refund certain
sums. If he remained in his pastorate till his death the
allotments of land and the house were to become the pos-
session of his heirs. His meadow allotment was in East
Division, the six acres now owned by D. W. Wells just
below the houses on South Street. His house lot was the
Goodwin place now owned and occupied by G. A. Billings.
The specifications for his house given in the records show
that he was to have a dwelling much superior to any others
in the settlement: the side agreed to build a house "forty
foot long and twenty foot wide, double story and a porch
seven foot square below to be fitted proportionately above
the first story and to lay two floors of joists throughout
the house and in the porch and to close the house with
clapboards and to board the roof of both and to cover them
with good shingles and to build fire chimneys and to under-
pin the house well with stone and also lath and fix up the
walls of the house and to set up at each gable end priamidy
and flueboards." The meaning of "priamidy" is rather
obscure. Probably it refers to ornamentation on the out-
side of the house. The "old Indian house" at Deerfield
had pinnacles projecting as ornaments and George Sheldon,
who was consulted for an explanation of the term, sug-
gested that ornamental pyramids were probably to be a
feature of the gable ends. The flueboards, more commonly
called flashboards, were probably projected as an ornamental
cornice.
Another act accomplished before separation was author-
ized was to provide for a burying ground on the west of
the river. These votes are taken from the town records,
the dates being old style (really in 1670) : —
"Feb. 14, 1669. The side hath chose a committee being John Cowles, Senr.,
Richard Billings, Isaac Graves, Samuel Belden and Daniel White for to view
a piece of land for a burying place upon the Plain near Thomas Meekins
his piece of land that lyeth on the southwest side of the mill river beyond
the bridge that is in the highway that goeth over toward Northampton."
"Feb. 16, 1669. The side at a meeting did agree that it should be twenty
rod long easterly and westerly and eight rod wide southerly and northerly,
and that it should be in the place where they have determined it should be,
which is by the side of the aforesaid land of Thomas Meekins."
It may be taken for granted that it was located forth-
with where they "determined'' and has been from that
62
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
time onward. No permanent markers for the graves were
used at first. The earliest date on a stone in the old
burying ground on "the Hill" is on the grave of Capt.
John Allis, 1691. There is a tradition that at first a portion
of the South Meadow near the street was used as a ceme-
tery and another that some land near the Connecticut
at the end of the house lot of John White, Jr., was the site
of the first graves, but no discoveries have ever been made
tending to confirm these traditions. The probability is
that the settlers who died before 1670 were buried on the
other side of the river in the Hadley burying ground.
The exact date of the organization of the church in
Hatfield is prnblematical. Holland in his "History of
Western Massachusetts" places it at the beginning of the
year 1671. Hubbard in the sketch in the "History of the
Connecticut Valley" gives the date as Feb. 1, 1671, and
Temple in his "History of Whately," April 1, of the same
year. The reason for these dates being taken is the refer-
ences in the town records to a fast held in the last part of
January of that year "in view of the great work of setting
up the ordinances" and to the "gathering in of the church."
In 1670. Kev. Hope .\therton requested of the County
Court liberty to "enter into church estate," A letter from
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 63
Rev. Stephen Williams, pastor in Longmeadow and author
3f the Appendix to "The Redeemed Captive/' to President
Ezra Stiles of Yale College, dated June 8, 1781, mentioned
Dy Sheldon in his "History of Deerfield," states that Mr.
\therton was ordained May 10, 1670. Where was he
Drdained except in Hatfield?
The Hatfield church is the fourth in point of age in the
Connecticut valley in Massachusetts, the others being
Springfield, 1637; Hadley, 1659; Northampton, 1661.
Mr. Atherton had been with the people some of the time
It least for two or three years previous to 1671. The
baste to finish the meetinghouse would seem to indicate
that preaching services were held in it by the fall or winter
oi 1668. The difficult question to determine is whether
the first inhabitants considered the establishment of the
chujrch made when the minister was installed or whether a
farther formal organization was necessary, probably the
letter. The votes alluded to in a previous paragraph are
bere pven in full, the dates being old style : —
•yan. 13, 1670. The town considering of the great and weightiness of the
wonc they have hitherto by the help of God been endeavoring after, viz ; the
setting up of God's ordinances amongst us, and having by the goodness of
(iod been carried in our desires that way so far as we are, do think it our
duty to undertake the gathering of a church in this place and in preparation
to that work have appointed the twenty-first day of this instant February to
be kept a day of humiliation to ask the Lord for his help and guidance in a
work of so great concernment and do give liberty to as many of the town
as do desire to be present upon that day.
**Jan. 26, 1670. The inhabitants of Hatfield now present at a meeting do
unanimously consent that the choice of such as shall begin a church in this
place shall be attempted amongst ourselves we have also manifested that
they were willing that Mr. Atherton and all the members of other churches
that are inhabiting this place shall be the persons that shall first begin the
gathering of a church in this place and have also farther manifested that they
were willing to have full power of chosing three persons to make up nine
to join in the aforesaid work into the hands of the persons aforesaid, viz:
Mr. Atherton and the members aforesaid."
These eight men, who with the pastor were the nucleus
of the church, are supposed to have been Thomas Meekins,
Sr., William Allis, John Coleman, John Cowles, Sr., Isaac
Graves, Samuel Belden, Richard Billings, and William
Gull.
Himself well versed in church and local history, Temple
in his "History of Whately'' makes this comment on the
puzzling records: "The exact import of this last clause
is not apparent. As seven is the least number by which
54 HISIORY OF HATFIELD.
the rule of church discipline in the eighteenth chapter of
Matthew can be reduced to practice, that number has been
held necessary to form a church. Also at Westfield, in
1679, seven men called /foundation men,' were selected
to be formed into church state."
The number of church members secured is also unknown,
but the little band, firm in faith if few in numbers, deter-
mined and resolute, had secured for themselves and their
children the liberty to worship as they pleased, a liberty
dearer to them than freedom from civil restrictions, and
they were not daunted by the prospect of supporting the
pastor of their choice.
CHAPTER VI.
A PERIOD OF GROWTH AND OF PREPARATION FOR THE
INDIAN WARS, 1670-1675.
'* Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,
Their homely joy and destiny obscure.*'
Growth of the town in population and territory. — Additional home lots
granted by 1675. — Increase of wealth. — Methods of payment. — Currency. —
Public works. — Division of the swamps. — Relations with Jthe Indians. — Re-
straints on the sale of firearms and intoxicants. — The River Indians and their
tribes. — Their numbers. — The United Colonies and organization of militia. —
Hampshire County. — Contribution for Harvard College.
In the preceding chapters the birth of the town has been
recorded and the events of its period of adolescence dwelt
upon with some degree of fullness. To pursue the figure
further, May 31, 1670, should be called the date when it
attained its majority, and this and succeeding chapters will
relate its progress toward maturity and age.
The rhythmic or periodic development of the life of indi-
viduals is a phenomenon which has been observed by
investigators. There are periods of rapid physical growth
followed by periods of rest and of preparation for other
changes; at other periods the mental development is rapid,
followed by a period of inactivity that surprises the ob-
server. There is a recurrence of these periods all through
life and each has sharply defined characteristics, though
the transitions are gradual in many cases. While no exact
rule can be laid down that covers all individual cases they
seem to follow a general law of growth. That history
repeats itself is . a rather trite saying. The student of
history can but mark* the periods or eras into which his
subject naturally divides itself, seen no less in the history of
a town than on a larger scale. This rhythmic, seemingly
wavelike, progress, with periods of growth, of storm and
stress, of rest, perhaps also of decline, in the history of
Hatfield follows very closely the rhythmic movement of the
great national development of which it is a part, \v\U\
65 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
some variation due to particular circumstances affecting
the town or region alone.
Hatfield's growth for the first five years after incorpora-
tion -was not rapid, but it was steady. The years 1670 to
1675 were a period of peace and of preparation for the
struggle against the Indians, which resulted in the complete
mastery of the Connecticut valley by the whites and the
settlement of other frontier towns.
Additional territory was secured by the purchase from
the Indians of the meadows and uplands comprising the
present town of Whately in 1672. This purchase has been
spoken of in Chapter I. There is a note in the town
records of approval of the terms of the bargain. At about
the same time the planting field of the Indians in the South
Meadow was secured and the Indians rented land for use,
the settlers often doing the fitting of the land and the
cultivation of the crops.
An attempt to extend the town boundaries southward
failed. In 1672 a petition was sent to the General Court
to "preserve the bounds within Northampton.*' There
was dispute over the matter till 1720.
The town records from Apr. 7, 1673, to Aug. 17, 1677,
\ are missing and with them beyond any question of doubt
a valuable treasury of first hand information.
Many grants of home lots to prospective inhabitants
were made by the "side" before 1670 and by the town
from 1670 to 1673. The chart on the opposite page shows
the location of the homesteads on the street above Middle
Lane, now School Street, in the year 1675, those printed in
italics appearing also on the chart showing grants made in
1661-70. Not all the lots were built upon, however, till
after King Philip's war. They were mostly of eight
acres each. The highway north from Philip Russell's was
to be seven rods wide.
m
Some changes should be noted in the locations on
the earlier chart, as some of the lots had been forfeited
and regranted. No one occupied the Bull lot for many
years and it was granted to Mr. Atherton, though not
used by him for residence. He lived, as previously
noted, on the Goodwin lot. Nicholas Worthington married
the widow of John White, Jr., and took his allotment.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
67
abas Hinsdale married the widow of Stephen Taylor
66 and lived in her house. Nathaniel Dickinson, Sr.,
noved from Hadley and lived for a few years on the
3n lot. He returned to the other side of the river,
e he died June 16, 1676. Thomas Meekins, Jr., lived
s father's lot when the latter moved his residence to
nill. Richard Fellows, 2d, and John Field owned the
)riginally granted their fathers, who had both died.
Rods wide. Rods wide.
Thomas Bracy
a King
16
: Field
16
lin Waite
16
raves, Jr.
16
Ball
16
Danks
16
Id Lane
8
iraves, Jr.
16
Northam
16
I Morton
20D
ot
jDiacKsn
16
awkes
16
Highway to the river
20 Hezekiah Dickinson
20 William Scott
16 Daniel Belden
16 Samuel Allis
16 Samuel Marsh
16 Nathaniel Foote
16 Philip Russell
16 Samuel Gillett
18 John Wells
shop.
16 John Coleman
16 Samuel Belden
Lane
Chart of the House Lots at the Upper End of the Street,
rranted by 1675, those in italics also appearing on previous chart.
! wealth of the settlers increased at a moderate rate.
was not a great deal of trade. Supplies which could
s produced at home were bought of the Pynchons in
yfield in exchange for farm products. Grain, wool,
Df woolen or flax, cloth, pork, and probably some beef
sent down the river to find a market in Boston or the
!Cticut towns. In the almost patriarchal state of
y that then existed the increase of the flocks and
was the chief source of addition to property. As
imals became more numerous more land was brought
cultivation,
re was little currency in circulation and little need
"Provision pay'' was legal tender for public and
e debts. What monev there was in circulation con-
mostly of Spanish reals and pieces-of-eight, the
: being silver coins worth ninepence, or tweWe ?ltv^
58 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
one half cents. The pieces-of-eight derived their name
from the fact that they contained eight reals, or rials.
They were not called dollars till the middle of the eighteenth
century. Double and half reals were also in circulation.
The English pound of that time was worth about three
dollars. The currency was in denominations of crowns
(five shillings or one fourth of a pound), half crowns, shil-
lings, pence, and farthings. Most of the coins were of
silver, even the smaller pieces, as the English did not like
a copper currency. Massachusetts began in 1652 to coin
money, which passed readily in some of the other colonies
also. It was 22^/2 per cent, lighter than the English money,
for the purpose of keeping the money at home, and of the
sanie purity. Pieces of a shilling, six, three, and two pence
were coined by the mint, which was in operation for about
thirty years. The shillings, called pine tree shillings from
the fact that one side contained the likeness of a pine tree,
weighed 72 grains. The new currency was put on a firm
basis in 1672, when the value of pieces-of-eight of full weight
was fixed at six shillings. In 1642 their value had been
fixed at 4s. 6d. in England.
Wheat was the most used medium of exchange in the
valley towns, though corn and pork were also standard
and peas and oats were sometimes used. One duty of the
constables was to collect the rates, or taxes, of grain, which
were made at very frequent intervals. A vote of Jan. 14,
1672-3, fixed the price of winter wheat in Hatfield at 3s. 6d.
per bushel. At the same time a town rate of £10, 10s. was
ordered. Besides the town rates there were county and
colony rates payable in grain at fixed prices. While not
adapted to twentieth century methods of business and
probably used by the early settlers more from necessity
than for any other reason, wheat and other provisions
furnished a sufficiently good circulating medium and served
the purpose well, just as the iron currency of the Spartans
did for them when Sparta was young. Business relations
with the Athens of America had hardly begun in 1672.
Public improvements in the town went on rapidly. Some
work in clearing the highways of brush was done each year,
for neglect of which the inhabitants were fined. Fencing of
highways and meadows received considerable attention and
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 69
additional highways were made through the North Meadows.
Making a highway often meant only surveying and staking
out its course, the traveled way being made by use. Some
of the swamps were drained at the expense of the town
and additional land for mowing thereby gained. A general
division of the Mill Swamp was begun in 1672, a few lots
having been granted in it previously, and two or three
roads were ordered to be made to render the lots easy of
access. According to agreement, before the drawings for
lots were made, those who could not easily get to their
land were allowed to cross the lots of others. Drawings
were made in order of the house lots beginning with
Tho^mas Meekins and then up the w^est side of the street
from south to north and down the other side. House
lots not yet occupied were also granted swamp land. The
lots in the swamps were numbered and Z7 were drawn.
At about the same time part of the swamp land north of
the Great or North Meadow was taken up, each proprietor
receiving ten acres, if in the Mill Swamp, and a little more
if in the other.
Much labor was performed by united effort. All the
buildings were raised in that way, as is the case to-day with
barns. The fences were made by individuals, but if any
man did not complete within a specified time the fencing
required for mutual protection and decreed by common
consent in town meeting, he was fined and in addition
had to pay any damages arising from neglect.
The practice of pasturing the flocks and herds together
on the undivided common land was begun at an early date,
each man taking his turn at herding at first, and each
owner had an ear mark to distinguish his stock. August 12,
1672, the town voted that each man having three or more
cattle must take his turn or be fined 2s. 3d. and pay
damages arising from neglect. When at a later date, 1680,
a cattle keeper was appointed at a fixed rate of pay, the
owners had to take turns on the Sabbath to allow the
herdsman to attend public worship. The cows and other
good neat stock were taken out by an hour after
sunrise to good pasturage and returned before sundown.
The inhabitants took turns in keeping a bull. After the
crops were gathered the cattle were turned loose in the
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meadows, usually about the first of October. There is a
tradition that the sheep were folded for several years after
the settlement in movable hurdles on the farm now owned
by James Breor. A town shepherd was not appointed till
1682. In 1684 the land lying between the North Meadow
fence and the home lots on the east of the street, with the
hills northwest of William King's homestead near King's
hill, was sequestered by vote of the town to be kept "as
a pasture and a walk for sheep forever." All rams not
considered fit for breeders had to be killed by order of the
town.
There is no evidence that hogs were kept in sufficient
numbers to require a special attendant, though a hogherd
was a regularly appointed official in some towns in the
colony. The hogs in Hatfield were ringed, to prevent
their doing damage by rooting, and allowed to run at large.
Nathaniel Dickinson was excused from holding town office
for keeping a boar.
Cattle were used to perform most of the work on the
farm. A single horse was sometimes hitched ahead of a
voke of oxen and horses were used on the cultivators.
There was little use for horses except in the saddle, for the
early settlers possessed no vehicles except oxcarts.
When the foundations of Hadley and Hatfield were laid
the Indians w^ere friendly. The necessary land was easily
bought from them, they were frequent visitors in the village
and seemed to welcome the coming of the whites as a
protection against foes of their own color. The greeting
**netop/' my friend, was often heard in the streets where
they ca^me to loaf or barter. They were held in contempt
by the English, for they were lazy, ignorant, and given
to petty thieving. No attempt to convert them to Chris-
tianity seems to have been made. It was soon found best
to prohibit the sale of intoxicants to them, but the prac-
tice was hard to stop. The county records contain many
instances of fines imposed for the illegal sale of liquor to
the Indians, the noted scout, Benjamin Waite, being among
those detected. The savages also found it quite easy to
obtain firearms, ammunition, and knives in spite of the
watchfulness of the authorities.
The Indians of the vicinitv were of various small It\V)^s
72 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
or clans, known by the general name of River Indians. The
Agawams were at Springfield, the Warranokes at Westfield,
the Nonotucks or Norwottucks just above Northampton,
the Pocumtucks at Deerfield, and the Squakheags at
Northfield. The Pocumtucks were the most warlike clan
and dominated a once powerful confederacy. Farther to
the east were the warlike Nipmucks, or Nipmets, near
Brookfield, or, as it was then known, Quabaug.
The chieftains of whom the Norwottuck plantation was
bought, Umpanchala, Chickwollop, and Quonquont, claimed
different parts of the territory occupied by their tribe and
seemed to be under no binding allegiance to a higher
authority. In 1668 at the request of the Hampshire dep-
uties the General Court appointed three men to treat
with the Indians, who then agreed that Chickwollop should
be the chief. He evidently commanded the respect of
neither the Indians nor the English. He died before the
beginning of King Philip's war. Chickwollop and his
immediate • followers had a camping ground and a fort
close to the Northampton-Hatfield line and their planting
field was in the Hatfield meadows. The fort was on the
bluff near the bank of the Connecticut at the mouth of
Half Way brook, which enters the river by the Laurel
Park railroad bridge. It was a commanding position, where
the movements of the inhabitants of three towns could be
easily observed. The wigwams were pitched either ou the
gravelly knolls close by or back on the ridge of hills at Laurel
Park. The band was a roving one, however, and often
took long hunting and fishing trips. Another favorite
camping place was at the salmon falls at Red Rock above
the Hatfield ferry. Many Indian relics have been turned up
by the plow in the meadows in this vicinity. This spot
is still one of the best fishing places in the river. There
was a fort on the Hadley side near Red Rock in the vicinity
of which bones, probably of the red man, have been un-
earthed.
The women of the tribe tilled the ground, raising corn,
beans, squashes, and pumpkins, and made and sold baskets,
mats, and other articles to their white neighbors. The
colonists were too busy with their labors to spend much
time in hunting or fishing and readily bought game and
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 73
fish of the Indians as well as furs. Wampum, bright col-
ored cloth, and trinkets of various kinds were bartered for ,
goods the savages had to oflfer.
There is no indication that the settlement of the three
towns in the vicinity interfered in any way with the mode
of life of the Indians or lessened materially their supplies
of food or fuel. Their numbers seem to have been much
exaggerated in contemporary accounts. Judd estimates
that the number of the savages in all the valley towns with
Farmington and Simsbury did not exceed 1200 at the time
the fighting began. Sickness and wars among themselves
thinned their ranks considerably. Sheldon in his "History
of Deerfield'' closes a remarkable account of the rise and
fall of the powerful Pocumtuck confederacy with a graphic
description of the almost complete annihilation of the
Deerfield tribe by the Mohawks from New York in 1663
and says, "a feeble remnant, renouncing their independence,
sought the protection of the English in the towns on the
river below." Their deserted lands were sold to the
settlers from Dedham, who located at Deerfield in 1671.
The number of Norwottucks left at the outbreak of King
Philip's war could not have been many, perhaps not over
200.
While the Connecticut valley settlers did not anticipate
trouble with the Indians, whom they doubtless equaled in
numbers, they knew by experience in other places the ever
threatening danger of an uprising and had an organized mili-
tia force in preparation for an emergency. Massachusetts
required each town in the colony to have a supply of ammu-
nition on hand constantly. In 1672 Hatfield voted to make
a levy on each inhabitant in proportion to secure "powder
and lead as required by law for the town stock.'' A league
for mutual defense had been formed in 1643 by the scat-
tered English colonies in New England, comprising the
colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and
New Haven.
The towns of Springfield, Northampton, and Hadley were
set oflf as a county by the name of Hampshire in 1662.
It included all the western part of Massachusetts from the
then undefined western boundary to the region that after-
ward became Worcester County, including later the town of
74 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Brookfield also. Courts were held alternately in Spring-
field and Northampton. Hampshire County was really an
independent colony in everything but name and the leading
spirits were the Pynchons, ably assisted by the ministers
of the churches. There was little communication with
towns on the Bay because transportation facilities were
very poor. ' ^
The first work of the county commissioners was the
building of roads. In 1664 a cart path was opened to
Windsor whence produce could be shipped to Boston.
Freight rates were very high, in one recorded instance one
third of the value of the cargo. The overland Bay paths
were not opened for travel with vehicles till many years
later. In 1668 Hatfield, then the west **side'' of Hadley,
appointed a committee to act with a committee from North-
ampton to build a bridge across the Manhan. The high-
way between Hatfield and Northampton was probably laid
out in 1665.
Each town had an infantry company of volunteers, which
drilled regularly.* There was a cavalry regiment recruited
from all the valley towns in the colony, called the Hamp-
shire troop, under command of Maj. John Pynchon. Hat-
field had six troopers in 1674 belonging to this regiment.
WilHam Allis was cornet in 1663 and later became lieuten-
ant. The foot soldiers drilled with the Hadley company,
which was commanded by Aaron Cooke.
A contribution for a new building at Harvard College
was taken in the year 1672, for which £14 2s. 6d. were
subscribed in Hatfield. The following references to this
appear on the town records : —
"Jan. 16, 1671/2, the town hath generally voted and agreed that the money
given in by the Town with an intent to the promotion of the college should
be distributed to these ends, first the promotion of the college aforesaid,
secondly for the relief of some christian friends in necessity, and thirdly for
the furthance of the gathering of a church amongst us, and to have the
power of distributing the same into the hands of those appointed by the
counsel to receive the distribution for the college.
"Feb. 7, 71/2, the Town hath manifest that they were willing that the
money engaged to be given toward the promotion of a college notwithstanding
any former order shall be still put to the said work of promoting the college."
CHAPTER VII.
KING PHILIP'S WAR, 167S-6, AND THE MASSACRE OF 1677.
"And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds ? "
King Philip. — Beginning of the war. — Attack on Brookfield. — Preparations
for defense of the Connecticut valley. — The River Indians join the hostile
band. — The swamp fight above Hatfield. — Attacks on Deerfield and North-
field. — Northfield abandoned. — The Bloody Brook massacre. — Attack on
Springfield. — Hatfield attacked. — Close of the campaign of 1675. — Activity of
Philip during the winter. — Opening of hostilities in the spring. — Repulse of
the Indians at Northampton and Hatfield. — The stockade. — Disasters near the
coast. — The fight at Turners Falls. — Experiences of Rev. Hope Atherton. —
Hatfield again attacked. — Attack on Hadlcy. — The Mohawks attack the River
Indians. — Death of Philip and close of the war in 1676. — The massacre at
Hatfield, Sept. 19, 1677. — Capture of Deerfield settlers. — The expedition of
Waite and Jennings. — The return of the captives.
The early settlers of the valley towns were not wholly
unaccustomed to Indian w^arfare, as some had taken part in
the short and bloody Pequot war in 1637 in which the
Indians had learned to their sorrow^ that it was best to be
at peace with their white neighbors. But nearly forty
years had passed and another generation of warriors had
grown up and were eager for the test of battle. Massasoit,
chief of the Wampanoags, who throughout his life kept
true to his pledge of peace with the settlers of Plymouth
Colony, died in 1662. His son, Alexander, who then became
the sachem of the tribe, died the same year and the second
son, Philip, assumed the leadership. Philip was cunning,
treacherous, and cruel. He was greatly feared by the white
settlers and considered the chief instigator of the Indian
uprising known as King Philip's war and the personal head
of all the attacking parties. He was credited by early his-
torians with being the commander-in-chief of all the forces.
Later discoveries, however, have shown that he had no
genius for leadership in battle or in the planning of cam-
paigns, directing his energies to crafty scheming. He did
not have a loyal personal following among the IndV^tv tt'^^^
76 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
or much to do with the conduct of operations in the war
that bears his name after the fighting had begun, and he
was betrayed at last by a member of his own household and
shot by a man of his own tribe whose brother he had
treacherously murdered.
It is true that it was Philip's influence more than that of
any one else which moved the savages to open hostilities.
His ambition and jealousy led him to plan the destruction of
all the settlements in New England and he spent many
years in plotting against his foes, uniting the various tribes
against the common enemy and fanning the flames of hatred
and revenge. His stronghold was at Mt. Hope in Rhode
Island.
The story of the war has been told so many times that
only the incidents in which Hatfield men took part, with a
brief summary of the more important engagements in other
places, will be narrated here. Hostilities broke out a year
before the preparations were completed because of Philips
anger at the hanging of some of his followers by the Plym-
outh officials for the murder of a "praying Indian," who
had revealed to the whites some of the plots against them.
On the 24th of June, 1675, several murders were committed
at Swansea by the Indians of Philips tribe; forces from
Boston and Plymouth were dispatched against Philip at Mt.
Hope and he was driven to the Nipmucks in the central
part of the state.
In spite of attempts to make treaties with the various
tribes the whole region became involved in war and the
savages, as soon as they could make preparations, took the
oflfensive. Beginning with outrages in the towns near
the coast, the war spirit rapidly spread. Capt. Edward Hutch-
inson, sent as a commissioner on an errand of peace, was
attacked with his party from ambush near Brookfield, Aug.
2, by the Nipmucks, who were responsible for most of the
outrages in 1675. Brookfield was attacked, many of the
houses were burned and the inhabitants were besieged in
the tavern until rescued, Aug. 4, by a troop of forty horse-
men from Lancaster under the command of Maj. Simon
Willard.
Maj. John Pynchon at Springfield received the news the
same day and immediately secured the aid of the Connect!-
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cut towns. Troops were dispatched to Brookfield from both
directions and the forces of the valley towns were called
out. A messenger was sent to Albany to Governor Andros
to secure his aid in keeping the Mohawks friendly. Troops
from the Bay under Captains Thomas Lathrop of Beverly
and Richard Beers of Watertown, which had been sent to
the relief of Brookfield, passed on to the valley settlements.
They numbered about 180. Headquarters were established
at Hadley on Aug. 16, and scouting parties were sent out
to discover if possible the number of the hostile Indians.
The River Indians were supposed to be neutral, but they
were closely watched. Captain Watts and a company of
Hartford men went up the west side of the Connecticut
river, while Lathrop and Beers took the east side. No hos-
tile Indians were found, but garrisons were left at North-
field, Deerfield, Hatfield, and Northampton and the main
body returned to Hadley.
Some suspicious signs had been noted among the Nor-
wottucks. It had been their custom early in the spring to
make arrangements with the settlers for cultivating parts
of the meadows, but no such arrangements were made in
1675 with the Hatfield settlers. They had concentrated
at their fort at Half Way brook their goods that were scat-
tered at various camping places and in the towns and early
in the summer a squaw had advised Goodwife Wright of
Northampton to "get into town with her children." The
inhabitants of Hatfield, Hadley, and Northampton seemed
to feel no special alarm at these unusual proceedings, for
no preparations for defense had been made. The same
suspicious signs were noted among the neighboring clans.
At the fort between Hatfield and Northampton a band
of Pocumtucks, Norwottucks, and roving members of other
tribes gathered during the summer, who had given up their
arms at the outbreak of hostilities, but received them back
again after promises of friendship and of help against the
tribes that were on the warpath. They grew insolent
soon after the arrival of the troopers and Captain Lathrop
decided to take their arms again. Detachments from Had-
ley and Northampton met at the fort at daylight on the
25th of August only to find that the Indians had fled, leav-
ing one dead sachem, who had perhaps refvised to s?ixvc\\o\\
78 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
the war. They never returned to their fields and planting
grounds again in large numbers to live.
Pursuit was immediately made by about one hundred
men. The party was ambushed in a swamp a short distance
below Sugar Loaf mountain. Ten of the English were
killed or wounded and twenty-six of the Indians. Reports
of the Indian losses are untrustworthy as they almost
always carried off their fallen comrades and stated as their
casualties whatever they thought would produce on their
opponents the effect they most desired. Richard Fellows of
Hatfield, son of the first settler of that name, was among
the slain. The Indians escaped to the northward. The
exact spot of encounter was in doubt till located by Temple,
the Whately historian, as a ravine about a quarter of a
mile south of the mountain.
Sheldon, in his introduction to the "History of Hadley,"
reprinted in 1905, gives a full discussion of the alleged
attack on Hadley, Sept. 1, at which, according to tradition,
the aged regicide. General Goffe, appeared and took com-
mand. The circumstances may have been as the tradition re-
lates, but it seems improbable that two assaults were made by
the savages at the same time, for it is well established that
on the morning of Sept. 1 an attack was made on Deerfield,
which was repulsed from the fortified houses. Several of
the houses not fortified were burned. The next day North-
field was attacked and partly burned and eight of the settlers
were killed. The following day Captain Beers set out from
Hadley with 36 mounted men for the relief of Northfield.
They were suddenly and unexpectedly attacked when two
miles from the village and routed. Captain Beers was
killed — the plain where he fell receiving the name of Beers's
Plain — and only sixteen escaped to tell of the disaster.
The savages mutilated the bodies of the slain.
A larger expedition was sent out under command of
Maj. Robert Treat of Hartford and the settlers of North-
field were brought in safety to the towns below. The
retreat was made the night of Sept. 6, the inhabitants tak-
ing only the horses. Their buildings and all their crops
and other property with the exception of what few personal
effects they could carry were destroyed soon after by the
ejieniv.
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A second attack on Deerfield was repulsed Sept. 12 and
on the 18th occurred the famous Bloody Brook massacre
when Captain Lathrop and his force, "the flower of Essex/'
were destroyed and the wheat for which the trip was made
was lost. Seventeen men of Deerfield were killed, that
settlement was also abandoned, and Hatfield, Hadley, and
Northampton became the frontier towns.
Encouraged by their successes the Indians became bolder.
On the 26th they burned the buildings and crops of Major
Pynchon at West Springfield. Details of a plot to destroy
Springfield were discovered Oct. 4 and the next day the
enemy were repulsed in a fierce attack. Much property
was destroyed by fire, including the corn mill and the saw-
mill.
Major Pynchon resigned from the command of the forces
and Capt. Samuel Appleton of Ipswich was appointed
commander-in-chief. The success of the savages had so
demoralized the whites that they were afraid to meet them
in open fight, resorting to defensive tactics. Major Pyn-
chon wrote from Hadley Sept. 30, "We are endeavoring
to discover the enemy, and daily send out scouts, but
little is effected. Our English are somewhat awk and fear-
ful in scouting and spying, though we do the best we can.
We have no Indian friends here to help us. We find the
Indians have their scouts out. Two days ago, two English-
men at Northampton, being gone out in the morning to
cut wood, and but a little from the house, were both shot
down dead, having two bullets apiece shot into each of
their breasts. The Indians cut off their scalps, took their
arms, and were off in a trice.'* And a few days later he
says, "To speak my thoughts, all these towns ought to be
garrisoned as I have formerly hinted. To go out after the
Indians, in the swamps and thickets, is to hazard all our
men, unless we know where they keep; which is altogether
unknown to us." This will explain the defensive policy
adopted by the English.
An attack was made on Hatfield Oct. 19. The town was
garrisoned by two companies under command of Capt. Sam-
uel Mosely and Capt. Jonathan Poole. Fires had been
noticed in the morning to the northward and a party of ten
dragoons sent out to investigate fell into an ambusVv \.Vv^
80 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Indians had prepared. Six were killed and three captured,
one of whom was afterward tortured to death. Prepara-
tions were made to repel the expected attack on the village
and when the Indians, numbering seven or eight hundred
according to contemporary accounts, appeared about four
o'clock in the afternoon they met a spirited resistance.
Major Appleton crossed from Hadley with his men and
defended the south part of the town, Mosely being stationed
at the center and Poole at the north. Major Treat with his
company appeared from Northampton before the engage-
ment was over. The fighting lasted about two hours and
the Indians were repulsed with great loss. Their numbers
were probably overstated. The English lost nine men, two
of them, Thomas Meekins and Nathaniel Collins, from
Hatfield. A few barns and other buildings were burned,
but the failure of the attack greatly discouraged the Indians.
After a repulse at Northampton they changed their tactics
and made no more open assaults, confining their attention
to murdering defenseless men at work or ambushing small
scouting parties.
By November the Indians had disappeared from the valley
and the Connecticut troops withdrew, leaving in the towns
garrisons of the settlers and a few soldiers. The Hatfield
company of 36 men was under command of Lieut. Wil-
liam Allis, an officer of the Hampshire troop. Appleton and
Mosely set out for the Nipmuck country to the east and
destroyed a large quantity of corn so that the savages were
destitute of supplies before spring. Captain Appleton
marched to Boston and joined the expedition against the Nar-
ragansetts in December. The Narragansetts were dispersed,
their fort was taken, and they joined the bands in the center
and western part of the state. A Council of War to have
charge of aflfairs in the Connecticut valley during the winter
was appointed, with Capt. Jonathan Poole as president, con-
sisting of the commissioned officers of the garrisons of the
three northern towns still held, Lieut. David Wilton of
the Northampton militia. Dea. Peter Tilton of Hadley. and
Sergt. Isaac Graves of Hatfield. The losses in the county
during the year were thus stated by Rev. John Russell, the
Hadley pastor, who kept the Councils of War of the Massa-
chusetts and Connecticut colonies informed of the opera-
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. gl
tions, about one hundred being troopers from Connecticut
towns and the Bay: —
*t
At Brookfield,
August 2,
13
Above Hatfield,
August 25,
9
At Deerfield,
September 1 and after.
2
At Northfield, .
September 2,
8
Near Northfield,
September 4,
16
At Muddy Brook,
September 18,
71
And of Captain Mosely's Co.,
September 18,
3
At Northampton,
September 28,
2
At Springfield,
October 5,
4
At Hatfield,
October 19,
10
At Westfield,
October 27.
3
At Northampton,
October 29,
4
145"
It will be noted that Mr. RusselKs account differs in some
respects from the numbers given before. His letters were
written before accurate accounts of the losses had been
secured.
Philip spent the winter of 1675-76 making further plans
for the destruction of the English settlements. Arrange-
ments were made for help from the Indians in Canada
under the protection of the French. An attempt to have
the Mohawks join the war failed because of the treachery
of Philip and they attacked the eastern Indians in revenge
for the murder of some of the Mohawk warriors.
The active campaign was begun by the savages before the
spring came. It was their usual custom to wait until the
leaves were out so that they could creep through the woods
without detection. Lancaster was surprised Feb. 10 and
minor depredations were committed at many places. The
forces of the United Colonies were again set in motion.
Major Treat with the Connecticut companies reached
Northampton March 13. Captain Mosely was stationed
at Hatfield with two companies. Capt. William Turner
of Boston was also at Northampton with his command.
The Indians of the tribes involved in the war were gath-
ered in force above Northfield and Philip was with them.
In ignorance of the arrival of the troops an attack was made
on Northampton early in the morning of March 14. with
the expectation of easily overcoming the sleeping inhabi-
tants. The line of palisades was broken into in three places,
but the Indians found themselves in a death trap. It was
32 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
not SO easy to get out as to get in and, surprised by the
appearance of the troops of Treat and Turner, they were
slain in great numbers and never again during the war
attempted to enter within a stockade. Angered by the
failure of the attack on Northampton, they turned against
Hatfield and were driven off by Captain Mosely and his
men. They remained in the vicinity for two days, but
failed in a second attempt to surprise Northampton on
the night of the 16th. Warning of their approach was given
by sentinels. The whole body then returned to Northfield
with some plunder that they had obtained.
The fall and winter had been spent by the inhabitants
of the valley towns in building and strengthening fortifi-
cations. The fortified dwellings had proved safe against
the attacks in the previous summer and for further protec-
tion a line of palisades about the dwellings was constructed,
such as proved so valuable at the attack on Northampton.
The stockade at Hatfield surrounded probably more than
half of the houses built at the time of King Philip's war
and the settlers living outside brought their families, val-
uables, and live stock inside every night in troublesome
times. It ran parallel with the street about 200 feet distant
from it. The houses of Fellows, Cole, and Field at the
south, and several at the north, were outside. The south
line of the palisades was below the Goodwin lot, occupied
by Rev. Hope Atherton, and the Daniel Warner allotment
on the opposite side of the street. The north line was
between the houses of Daniel White, Jr., and John Allis,
crossing the street to include the homestead of Samuel
Dickinson. (See chart of house lots.) Logs set in the
ground close together and projecting perhaps ten or twelve
feet high formed the fortifications. Possibly there were
at intervals platforms where sentinels could stand. There
was a gate at each end.
A letter written in 1889 by Samuel D. Partridge tells
of an attempt to locate the line of the stockade, a part of
which is as follows : —
"About fifty years ago Mr. Sylvester Judd of Northampton called upon
me at my house in Hatfield with a request to join him in an effort to
ascertain the precise location of this stockade; with which request I gladly
complied, and we proceeded forthwith to give our attention to the business.
We commenced in the home lot of Col. Erastus Billings, and soon found
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 83
the object of our search. We traced it through Col. Erastus Billings's lot,
through that of his brother, Mr. Roswell Billings, into the lot of my
father — and I recollect that there it passed through the site of an old tan
yard ; we then followed it into the Dea. Partridge lot, at that time owned by
Miss Lois Dickinson, thence through the lot of Chas. M. Billings, thence
through that of Capt. Elijah Smith, and through Dr. Lyman's home lot. We
knew that we had not reached its northern limit, but for some cause, now
forgotten, we followed it no further, being satisfied that we had found the
right location."
The tan yard spoken of was in the rear of the place
now occupied by Samuel F. Billings. It was operated by
the Partridges in the eighteenth century. Mr. Partridge
thought that the stockade was about 100 rods in length
from north to south. Memorial Hall stands on the Lyman
lot.
The campaign of 1676 was opening disastrously for the
Knglish. The first Sunday of the year, March 26, old style,
Windsor, Conn., was raided, Simsbury burned, a party of
60 under Captain Prince was cut to pieces on the Pawtucket
river, Marlboro was devastated, and Longmeadow attacked.
The Connecticut troops were called home to defend their
own towns ; the Bay Colony was greatly alarmed by attacks
on towns near the coast and wished to withdraw the sol-
diers from the interior. The sudden and often successful
attacks at widely scattered points threw the colonists into
a panic. Communication was slow and uncertain and the
Indians seemed to be united and determined and present
in overwhelming numbers.
The strength and unity of the Indians were misjudged,
for if they had been as strong and as well led as was sup-
posed their cause undoubtedly would have triumphed. The
crafty Philip was not enough of a military genius to take
advantage of the fear his success had caused. The Indians
were short of supplies of food and ammunition. The
leaders, most of whom held Philip in contempt, were not
united in plans and some were ready to make terms of
peace. April 2 one of the most courageous and able chiefs,
Canochet, was captured and killed and the savages were
greatly disheartened. The main bodies of warriors were
in camp above Deerfield. April 7 most of the troops in the
valley were marched to the Bay for the protection of the
settlements there, Captain Turner being left in command
with a garrison of 51 at Hadley. There were 45 so\d\^x?>
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at Hatfield under Sergt. Robert Bardwell, recently arrived
from London, and 46 at Northampton under Serg^. Ezra
Fogg. Springfield and Westfield were well garrisoned.
The Indians in the camps farther up the river began the
planting of crops as spring advanced. The game became
more plentiful and with the removal of the fear of starv^a-
tion, which had threatened them during the winter, their
spirits revived. Seventy or eighty head of stock were
secured in a raid on the North Meadow of Hatfield, May 12.
This raid roused the settlers and the garrisons of the
towns to take the offensive and while the Indians were
feasting and dancing in their camp at Peskeompskut, the
falls between Gill and Montague, in fancied security, prepa-
rations for a raid upon them were made. May 15 a captive,
Thomas Reed, escaped with the news of the unprepared
state of the savages. On the 18th a force of 141 men was
gathered at Hatfield for a march northward under command
of Captain Turner. Capt. Samuel Holyoke of the Spring-
field militia was second in command. Experience Hinsdale
of Hadley and Benjamin Waite of Hatfield were the guides
and Rev. Hope Atherton accompanied the expedition as
chaplain. There were 34 troopers from the garrisons of the
three frontier towns and 22 from Westfield and Springfield
under command of Lieut. Joseph Fay of Boston. The
rest were volunteers, 25 from Hadlev, 12 from Hatfield.
22 from Northampton, 23 from Springfield, and 3 from
Westfield. They set out after sunset on Thursday, May
18, with provisions for a day's expedition, and pushed on by
the scenes of the Swamp fight, the Bloody Brook massacre,
and the abandoned settlement of Deerfield. Crossing the
Pocumtuck river they had a narrow escape from discovery
by an Indian sentinel, but they reached the camp undis-
covered before daybreak. It was unguarded and the revel-
ers were buried in dead sleep. The attacking force, leaving
their horses in the rear, stole softly up and with the dawn
the signal for attack was given. The crash of the guns
was the first intimation to the Indians of the presence of
the whites. Many were killed at the first fire. A wild panic
ensue<l in which few escaped. They supposed the Mohawks
were upi>n tlic^i again. No (|uarter was given and numbers
of the savai^es ju rped into the water (^r fell from the canoes
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in which they attempted to escape and were carried to death
over the falls, the noise of whose waters had drowned the
approach of the attacking party, known from this time as
Turners Falls, after the leader of the expedition. The
only loss to the English was one killed by his companions
by mistake as he came out of a wigwam, and one wounded.
The camp was wholly destroyed.
Disaster quickly overtook the victors, who delayed upon
the spot too long. Other Indians were close by and an
alarm was given in the other camps in the vicinity. The re-
port that Philip was at hand with a thousand warriors caused
a panic among the white troops. The men, exhausted
by their long night march, were not in condition to make
an orderly retreat and Captain Turner was suffering from
illness. One party, guided by Hinsdale, became entangled
in a swamp and all were lost. Benjamin Waite led his
party safely away. Captain Turner received a mortal
wound as he was crossing Green river. The command
then fell to Captain Holyoke of Springfield, who did his
best to preserve a semblance of order. The infuriated
savages with whoops and yells surrounded the fleeing band
on all sides in the thick woods, picking off many men,
following as far as "The Bars'' at Deerfield. When the
expedition reached Hatfield again 45 men were missing,
nearly one third of the number that set out, and two were
mortally wounded. Two others reached the settlement
that night, two on Sunday, and two on Monday. The total
loss was 42, including the captain and one guide. The
accounts of the loss of the Indians vary from 60 warriors
to 400, including women and children. The following
Hatfield men took part in the expedition: William Allis,
son of the lieutenant, William Arms, Rev. Hope Atherton,
Sergt. Robert Bardwell. Samuel Belden, Stephen Belden,
John.Colefax, Samuel Field, Nathaniel Foote, Samuel Gil-
lett, William Scott, and Sergt. Benjamin Waite. William
Allis, John Colefax, and Samuel Gillett were killed. Among
those who found their way back to the settlements later
than the main body was Rev. Hope Atherton. He never
recovered from the exposure and died June 4, 1677. The
story of his remarkable escape was read by him to his con-
gregation after his sermon on Sunday, May 28*. —
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"Hope Atherton desires this Congregation and all people that shall hear
of the Lord's dealings with him, to praise and give thanks to God for a
series of remarkable deliverances wrought for him. The passages of divine
providence (being considered together) make up a complete temporal sah^a-
tion. I have passed through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and both
the rod and staff of God delivered me. A particular relation of extreme
sufferings that I have undergone, & signal escapes that the Lord hath made
way for, I make openly, that glory may be given to him, for his works that
have been wonderful in themselves, and marvellous in mine eyes ; and will be
so in the hearts of all whose hearts are prepared to believe what I shall
relate. On the morning (May 19, 1676) that followed the night in which I
went out against the enemy with others, I was in eminent danger through an
instrument of death; a gun was discharged against me at a small distance;
the Lord diverted the bullet so that no harm was done me. When I was
separated from the army, none pursued after me, as if God had given the
heathen a charge, saying, let him alone, he shall have his life for a prey.
The night following I wandered up and down among the dwelling places of
our enemies; but none of them espied me. Sleep fell upon their eyes and
slumbering upon their eyelids. Their dogs moved not their tongues. The
next day I was encompassed with enemies, unto whom I tendered myself a
captive. The Providence of God seemed to require me so to do. No way
appeared to escape, and I had been a long time without food. They accepted
not the tender which I made; when I spake they answered not. When I
moved toward them, they moved away from me. I expected they would have
laid hands upon me, but they did not. Understanding that this seems strange
and incredible to some, I have considered whether I was not deceived; and
after consideration of all things. I cannot find sufficient grounds to alter my
thoughts. If any have reason to judge otherwise than myself, who am less
than the least in the Kingdom of God, I desire them to intimate what their
reason is. When I have mused, that which hath cast my thoughts according
to the report I first made is, that it tends to the glory of God in no small
measure ; if it were so as I believe it was, that I was encompassed with cruel
and unmerciful enemies, and they were restrained by the hand of God from
doing the least injury to me. This evidenceth that the Most High nilcth in
the kingdom of men, & doeth whatsoever pleaseth him among them. Ene-
mies cannot do what they will, but are subservient to overruling providence
of God. God always can and sometimes doth set bounds unto the wrath of
man. On the same day, which was the last day of the week, not long before
the sun did set, I declared with submission that I would go to the Indian
habitations. I spake such language as I thought they understood. Accord-
ingly I endeavored ; but God. whose thoughts were higher than my thoughts,
prevented me by his good providence. I was carried beside the path I
intended to walk in & brought to the sides of the great river, which was a
good guide unto me. The most observable passage of providence was on the
Sabbath day morning. Having entered upon a plain, I saw two or three
spies, who I (at first) thought had a glance upon me. Wherefore I turned
aside and lay down. They climbed up into a tree to spy. Then my soul
begged of God that he would put it into their hearts to go away. I waited
patiently and it was not long ere they went away. Then I took that course
which I thought best according to the wisdom that God had given me.
"Two things I must not pass over that are matters of thanksgiving unto
God ; the first is that when my strength w^as far spent, I passed through deep
waters and they overflowed me not according to those gracious words of
Isa. 43 : 2 ; the second is, that I subsisted the space of three days & part of a
fourth without ordinary food. I thought upon those words *Man liveth not
by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the
Lord.' I think not too much to say that should you & T be silent & not set
forth the praises of God through Jesus Christ that the stones and beams of
our houses would sing hallelujah. I am not conscious to myself that I have
exceeded in speech. If I have spoken beyond what is convenient I know it
not. I leave these lines as an orphan, and shall rejoice to hear that it finds
foster Fathers & Mothers. However it fare amongst men, yet if it find
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acceptance with God, thro' Christ Jesus I shall have cause to be abundantly
satislied. God's providence hath been so wonderful toward me, not because I
have more wisdom than others (Danl. 2: 30) nor because I am more righteous
than others ; but because it so pleased God. H. A.
"Hatfield, May 24th, 1676."
It has often been supposed that Mr. Atherton crossed
the Connecticut. Judd in his "History of Hadley" states
that he came into Hadley on Monday, but points out that
he did not tell how he crossed the river. The "deep waters*'
in the narrative were the Deerfield and not the Connecticut,
as indicated by Sheldon in his "History of Deerfield." Many
people were not willing to credit the story of the escape,
suggesting that he was beside himself and for this reason
he gave the written record for the benefit of his congrega-
tion and posterity. The truth of his account is confirmed
by the statement of Jonathan Wells that the Indians told
him that after the Falls fight a little man with a black coat
and without a hat came toward them, but they were afraid
and ran away, thinking it was the Englishman's God. A
copy of Mr. Atherton's letter is among the Judd manuscripts
at the Forbes Library in Northampton. For an account
of the wonderful account of the escape of Jonathan Wells,
see Appendix, Note 5.
On the 30th of May the Indians again attacked Hatfield
with a force estimated at 700. The inhabitants withdrew »
inside their stockade for defense, not daring to attack such
a large force, and the savages were left free to burn the
houses and barns outside the palisades and to collect plun-
der. A party of 25 from Hadley, who set out to the rescue
when they saw the smoke and flames, were attacked by the
Indians while crossing the river and one was wounded.
They fought their way gallantly towards the town against a
party of 150 Indians. When they were near the gate the
Hatfield men made a sally to aid them. The Indians fought
desperately and 25 were killed. Of the Hadley men, one,
John Smith, was killed and one, John Hawks, wounded.
Of the garrison troops stationed at Hadley four were killed,
only two of whom are known: Johanna Smith of Farming-
ton and Richard Hall of Middletown; and two were
wounded, John Stow and Richard Orris of Connecticut.
Volunteers from Northampton under command of Capt.
Benjamin Newberry also attempted relief, but Ihe^ i^^T^^
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an ambush on the road from Northampton and crossing
to Hadley marched through the streets to the landing at
the north. Arriving there they did not attempt a crossing
on account of the number of Indians on the Hatfield side
of the landing. Many of the cattle of the town were killed
and all the sheep driven off. Twelve houses and bams
were burned.
Hadley was attacked June 12 by 250 warriors. Rein-
forcements from Connecticut had arrived on the 8th under
Maj. John Talcott, 250 troopers from the towns on Long
Island Sound and 200 friendly Indians: Pequots, Mohe-
gans, and Niantics. With their aid the attack was easily
repulsed and it proved to be the last battle of the war in
Hampshire County. Some have tried to connect General
Goffe with this assault.
The Indians disappeared from the region, some taking
refuge in New York state near Albany and some in Canada,
leaving the English mystified. An expedition from the Bay
under Capt. Daniel Henchman arrived on the 14th, A
scout to Northfield disclosed the fact that the Indians had
gone and the troops, that then mustered about 900, returned
to their homes, leaving the settlers alarmed lest another
attack should be made.
It was afterward learned that on June 12, while the
fighting was in progress at Hadley, the Mohawks had
attacked the camp of the hostile tribes and destroyed it, kill-
ing fifty women and children. Aid rendered the English
by other savages brought about the speedy termination of
the \var carried on by the tribes instigated by Philip, who
was himself killed Aug. 12. No treaty of peace was made
because the hostile chiefs had all been killed or had aban-
doned their old haunts.
When peace reigned once more in the valley the inhab-
itants set about building the destroyed dwellings and again
cultivating their fields. A year passed without attack and
bountiful crops had been harvested. A feeling of security
had taken the place of the former terror.
On the morning of Sept. 19, 1677, the town of Hatfield
was visited by a sudden and awful calamity, — another attack
from the savages, like a bolt from a clear sky, that left
a trail of ruin and devastation. On that bright fall morning
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most of the men were at work in the meadows cutting the
golden corn. The women were busy with their household
duties and the children were playing about their houses and
in the streets unconscious of impending danger. At eleven
o'clock, when the savory odors of the noonday meal were
rising into the tranquil air, a blood-curdling yell suddenly
pierced their ears — the dread war-whoop of the Indians.
In a moment the savages were upon the defenseless village
and the work of destruction was begun.
Through Middle Lane poured a band of armed and
painted warriors who fell upon houses lying outside the
stockade. The torch was applied to the buildings of Samuel
Kellogg at the corner of the lane and his wife, Sarah, and
her infant son were killed and another child, Samuel, a boy
of three years, was seized and bound. Surprised by the
suddenness of the assault, Obadiah Dickinson and one child
were captured unresisting at the house below. His wife
w^as wounded and left for dead and the house was set on
fire. John Allis's barn was burned and his six-year-old
daughter, Abigail, captured. With no attempt to enter the
open gate of the stockade the invaders rushed across
the street to the houses on the east side, whose inmates
in alarm were seeking places of safety. As the savages
sped northward they stopped to kill the wife of Selectman
Samuel Belden, who lived on the Silas Porter place. John
Coleman's house was burned and his wife, Hannah, and
infant child, Bethiah, were slain, one child was wounded
and two were captured, of whom little Sarah was only four
years old. John Wells's daughter, Elizabeth, aged two, was
killed, his wife, Sarah, and one child wounded. Hannah
Jennings, wife of Stephen Jennings, was made a prisoner with
her two children by her former husband, Samuel Gillett, who
was killed at the Falls fight. Philip Russell's wife, Elizabeth,
and their three-year-old son, Stephen, met death. Across the
street, on the J. D. Brown place, stood the home of Samuel
Foote, who had moved from his first allotment. His wife,
Mary, with a young son, Nathaniel, and a three-year-old
daughter, Mary, was seized and dragged along. On the
next lot above men were at work building a house for John
Graves, Jr., who was soon to marry Sarah White, daughter
of John White, Jr. Hastening northward to fvTv\s\v \\v^\t
90 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
work of destruction, with an attack on the family of their
hated foe, Benjamin Waite, they shot from the frame of
the structure being erected the brothers, John and Isaac
Graves, and two young carpenters from Springfield, John
Atchisson and John Cooper. Waite's house was at the very
end of the village street, the site now occupied by M. J.
Ryan. The revengeful savages vented their hatred by
burning his house and barn and taking away with them his
whole family, — his wife, Martha, and three children, Mary,
Martha, and Sarah, aged six, four, and two. Abigail, the
eight-year-old daughter of William Bartholomew, a former
resident of Deerfield, was also captured.
Exulting in savage glee at the success of their raid, the
Indians forced their captives across the fields to the Pocum-
tuck path at the foot of Clay hill, taking with them w^hat
plunder they had stopped to collect, and hastened north-
ward up the valley. The captives numbered seventeen.
Twelve of the inhabitants of the ill-fated town were left
dead near their ruined homes and four were wounded.
Thirteen homes had been invaded. It was the most de-
structive attack that had so far visited the colony.
The shouts and screams and the noise of the firing
reached the ears of the men in the meadows to the south
and the mounting flames and smoke warned them of what
to expect. They flew to the relief of the unguarded settle-
ment, but before they arrived the foe had departed and all
that could be done was to care for the wounded, remove the
bodies of the victims of the savage tomahawk and gun,
and make up the roll of the missing. Stunned by the
suddenness and completeness of the blow and fearful of
an ambuscade in the swamps above no pursuit of the Indians
was attempted, but messengers were dispatched to the other"
towns with the news and to ask for assistance.
It was thought at first that the attack was made by
Mohawks, six of whom had been seized and thrown into
prison when hunting near the Charles river. A party of
Mohawks with a scalp, and two Natick squaws on theif
return to New York, passed the night of Sept. 18 in Hatfield*
The Naticks had been allies of the English during the war
just closed. Major Pynchon was notified and he, alarmed
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lest the attack foreshadowed another period of Indian war-
fare, sent to Connecticut for aid.
The Indians with their captives and booty marched to
Deerfield, which they attacked the evening of the 19th,
killing John Root and taking prisoners Sergt. John Plymp-
ton, Benoni. Stebbins, Quintin Stockwell, and Samuel Rus-
sell, a boy of eight or nine, a son of Philip Russell of Hatfield.
Sheldon thinks that these were all that were at that time in
the settlement, which was being rebuilt.
After a halt for the night in the woods near-by the long
journey to Canada was begun. The captives were fastened
securely each night by "staking down" the limbs and by
the use of cords. After traveling far enough north to be
out of danger of pursuit by the English troops, probably
near Putney, Vt., a long wigwam was built and a great
dance was held. But for the efforts of Ashpelon, the leader,
some of the captives w^ould have been burned. Word
was sent to a party of Nipmucks, w^ho had left Canada with
the expedition, but w^ent toward Wachusett, to rejoin the
band. Benoni Stebbins was taken along by the messengers,
but he escaped on the way back and reached Hadley, Oct.
4, with the news that the Indians who attacked Hatfield and
Deerfield numbered' 26, all Pocumtucks but one, a Narra-
gansett, only 18 of whom were warriors, the rest being old
men, women, and boys. The Nipmucks, after Stebbins'^
escape, wished to torture all the captives and were opposed
to any idea of a ransom, w-hich Ashpelon desired to arrange
for with the settlers before proceeding further. When his
views did not prevail he advised the captives, who had
strongly urged opening negotiations for a ransom, "not to
speak a word more to further the matter, for mischief
would come of it." Ashpelon seems to have been far above
most of his fellows in his ideas of justice and fair treatment.
Consternation reigned in Hatfield. A troop from Hart-
ford under Captain Watts with volunteers from the Massa-
chusetts towns went 40 miles above the town without dis-
covering signs of the enemy, though the Indian scouts knew
of their presence. Major Pynchon was at a loss what
to do.
One man, however, determined upon a plan of action.
The guide but for whose clear head and instinctive knowl-
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edge of woodcraft and Indian fighting the whole of Turner's
expedition would have been lost the year before, Benjamin
Waite, surmised the quarter from which the blow fell. Has-
tening to Albany alone to make sure that the Mohawks were
not the guilty ones, he returned to Springfield, Oct. 4, with
letters to Major Pynchon from Capt. Sylvester Salisbury,
the commander at Albany, removing suspicion from the
New York tribe. Stopping only long enough to get from
his townsmen a petition for authority and aid for an expe-
dition to Canada he pushed on the same day to Boston,
before hearing of Stebbins's escape.
Major Pynchon immediately sent a post to Albany with
a letter thanking Captain Salisbury for his information,
giving the report of Stebbins and urging that the Mohawks
be incited to pursue Ashpelon and his men. The postscript
show^s how well the leader of the Hampshire troop knew
the daring Indian scout : "Ben Waite is gone home before
this Intelligence (Stebbins's) came to me. He talkt of going
to Canada before and I suppose will be rather forward to
it now than backward." For this letter and other official
papers, see Appendix, Note 6.
Efforts to ransom the captives failed owing to the break-
ing of an engagement by the Indians. In the latter part
of September a few of the savages surrendered to the garrison
of the mill at North Hadley when they were caught prowling
about. A parley concerning the release of the prisoners was
held, thought by Hubbard to be only a ruse of the Indians
to escape detection after failing in an attempt to burn the
mill. It was burned in October, 1677, the dav not stated
in the records, and perhaps by members of the same band.
Released shortly after by the settlers, who evidently thought
them sincere, the Indians agreed to return Oct. 14 to hold a
conference in Hadley. It seems probable that they had been
sent by Ashpelon on a secret mission with the intention of
being captured. The General Court of Connecticut sent
on request Major Treat and 40 men to aid in the negotia-
tions or defend the towns if necessarv. The Indians did nor
keep the agreement to meet on the 14th, the opposition of
the Nipmucks being too strong. Sheldon says, "They were
willing to meet the English, indeed, but only to fall upon
them and fight them and take them."
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Waite met with delay in Boston, for the colony was short
of funds, but his persistence secured him the appointment
on Oct. 22 as agent to secure the release of the captives and
financial backing was guaranteed. With letters to the
authorities in Albany and Canada, he reached Hatfield
Oct. 24, setting out for the west again at once with Stephen
Jennings for a companion, a man thoughtful and silent, ex-
celling in discretion and good judgment, no less persevering
than Waite himself.
They arrived at Albany the 30th, where they were coolly
received by Captain Salisbury and ordered to call on him
again later. Having already been delayed too much and
wishing to start before the season should become late they
hastened to Schenectady to secure a guide. It was a costly
mistake for them, for the ruffled dignity of Captain Salis-
bury, who had not been consulted, had to be smoothed.
They were arrested and sent down the river to New York
to be examined by the governor of that colony. Their
story was sympathetically received by Governor Brock-
holds and they w^ere sent back to Albany and the captain
was instructed not to delay them again but rather to give
aid. The delay had cost them precious time and it was Dec.
10 before they could leave Albany. Winter was at hand
and the perils of a dreary march through an unknown coun-
try buried deep in snow stared the intrepid rescuers in the
face.
But neither was a man to be checked by difficulty. A
Mohawk guide was secured, who conducted them to Lake
George. He left them there after fitting out a canoe and
drawing on a piece of birch bark a rude sketch of Lake
George and Lake Champlain. They made the trip to the
upper end of Lake George in three days and carried the
canoe across the three-mile portage, reaching the shores of
Lake Champlain on Dec. 16, the first English colonists to ex-
plore the region. They were detained for six days at the place
where later Fort Ticonderoga was built, unable to make
headway against the w^ind in their frail canoe. Ice delayed
their progress also, but was not strong enough to bear them
on foot. Their provisions became exhausted and they had
to subsist on what they could find. Some raccoons were
killed in a hollow tree near the shore and a bag of biscuits
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and some brandy left by a hunter were discovered in a
deserted wigwam.
Meanwhile the captives had been journeying to Canada
by another route. About the time the rescuers left Hat-
field, Oct. 22, the long wigwam was abandoned and the
captives resumed the weary march to Canada, the first of
many similar parties to traverse the northern wilderness
under savage guard. Some provisions and ten horses had
been secured at the raid on Deerfield. Their route was up
the Connecticut valley for about 200 miles, then across the
mountains to Lake Champlain. The French settlements
were reached about the 1st of January after terrible suffer-
ing from cold and lack of food. Two of the children, Sam-
uel Russell and Mary Foote, were killed on the way, prob-
ably because they fell sick. Little Sally Coleman trudged
beside her mother, perhaps sometimes given a ride on the
horses. A little shoe with a red top, worn and ragged,
mutely tells to visitors in Memorial Hall in Deerfield the
hardships of the march. Soon after the arrival in Canada
Sergeant Plympton was burned at the stake, Obadiah
Dickinson being compelled to lead him out to meet the
fate his ferocious captors ordained.
Waite and Jennings arrived at Chamble, a frontier town
of ten houses, about the 6th of January. On their way to
Sorel they found Jennings's wife and at that place a few
other captives, who had been pawned to the French for liquor.
The others were among the Indians not far distant.
In a few days the rescuers set out for Quebec, where
they were kindly received by Governor Frontenac. With
his aid a ransom was effected by the promise of the payment
of £200. Returning to their kinsmen they found that on
Jan. 22 Waite's wife had borne a child. She was named
Canada. Fifty days later a girl was born to Jennings, who
was called Captivity.
When the long Canadian winter was over, the party set
out for their homes with an escort of French soldiers.
Starting from Sorel on May 2, Albany was reached the 22d.
From Albany the news was sent to the anxious ones in
Deerfield and Hatfield. The two letters tell the story: —
96 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
"Albanv, May 22, 1678.
"Loviftg wife — Having now opportunity to remember my kind love to thcc
and our child, and the rest of our freinds, though wee met with greate
afflictions and trouble since I see thee last, yet now here is opportunity of
joy and thanksgiving to God, that wee are now pretty well, and in a hopeful
way to see the faces of one another, before we take our finall farewell of this
present world. Likewise God hath raised us freinds amongst our enemies,
and there is but 3 of us dead of all those that were taken away — Sergt
Plympton, Samuel Russel, Samuel Foot's daughter. So I conclude being in
hast, and rest your most affectionate husband, till death makes separation.
"QUINTIN StOCKWELL."
"Albany, May 23, 1678.
'*To my loving friends and kindred at Hatfield — These few lines are to let
you understand that we are arrived at Albany now with the captives, and we
now stand in need of assistance, for my charges is very greate and heavy;
and therefore any that have any love to our condition, let it moove them to
come and help us in this straight. There is 3 of ye captives that are mur-
dered,— old Goodman Plympton, Samuel Foot's daughter, Samuel Russell.
All the rest are alive and well and now at Albany, namely, Obadiah Dicken-
son and his child, Mary Foot and her child, Hannah Gennings and 3 children,
Abigail Ellice, Abigail Bartholomew, Goodman Coleman's children, Samuel
Kellogg, my wife and four children, and Quintin Stockwell. I pray j'ou
hasten the matter, for it requireth greate hast. Stay not for ye Sabbath, nor
shoeing of horses. We shall endeavor to meete you at Canterhook; it may
be at riouseatonock. We must come very softly because of our wives and
children. 1 pray you, hasten then, stay not night nor day, for ye matter
requireth greate hast. Bring provisions with you for us.
"Your loving kinsman,
^'Benjamin Waite.
"At Albany, written from niyne own hand. As I have bin affected to
yours all that were fatherless, be affected to me now, and hasten ye matter
and stay not, and case me of my charges. You shall not need to be afraid
of any enemies."
Remaining at Albany five days to refresh themselves
they arrived Monday, May 27, at Kinderhook, 22 miles
distant, where they were met by the party from Hatfield
with horses and provisions. At Westfield they w^ere greeted
by all their friends and neighbors who could make the trip
and their progress homew^ard was a triumphal procession,
greeted at every village by the rejoicing settlers. Some of
the French escort, who had business in Boston, accompanied
them as far as Springfield.
'Fhe letters from Waite and Stockwell were not the first
tidings from the rescuers of the success of their mission,
for earlv in March a letter was received from Timothv
Coo])er, a member of the Council at Albany, by Major
I\vnchon, telling of the safe arrival in Canada of Waite and
Jennings and the redemption of the captives. Major Pyn-
chon probably forwarded the news at once to Hatfield and
Deerfield, but he could not tell who had been killed, so
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 97
that there was constant anxiety till the welcome information
came from Waiters own hand.
A copy of his letter was at once forwarded to Governor
Leverett at Boston. A fast had been appointed for June
6 and the governor on May 30, the day after receiving the
letter, issued the following public notice : —
''Knowing that the labor, hazard and charge of said Benjamin Waite and
his associate have been great, we recommend their case with the captives for
relief, to the pious charity of the elders, ministers and congregations of the
several towns; that on the fast day, they manifest their charity by con-
tributing to the relief of said persons. And the ministers are desired to
stir up the people thereunto. For quickening this work, we do hereby remit
a copy of Benjamin Waite's letter, to be read publickly either before or
upon that day; and what is freely given, is to be remitted to Mr. Anthony
Stoddard, Mr. John Joyliff and Mr. John Richards, or either of them, who
are appointed to deliver and distribute the same for the ends aforesaid.
"Signed by Edward Rawson, Secretary"
The suddenness of the attack on Hatfield had stunned the
whole colony and made every town fear another Indian
war. The news of the rescue of the captives brought joy
to every English settler and the response to the appeal was
prompt and generous. The ransom money was quickly
raised. When Waite penned his letter in haste to his
friends in Hatfield it is unlikely that he foresaw that it
would be read in every pulpit in the colony within two
weeks, nor could he suppose that after 200 years it would
be set up in enduring bronze, where to all who enter the
Hatfield Memorial Hall it tells with pathetic eloquence
the heroism and the victory of the man of simple faith,
resolute will, and indomitable courage, who, with one stead-
fast companion, overcame the fears of a bewildered com-
munity, the dilatory methods of reluctant officials, and with
undaunted heart faced the perils of an untrodden wilderness
on a trip of 1500 miles, escaping "the arrow that fiieth by
day and the pestilence that walketh in darkness," enduring
the bitter cold of winter, suffering the cruel pangs of hunger
and thirst. It was no small triumph to prevail upon the
proud governor of the lordly city of Quebec to lend assist-
ance to the families of a handful of poor farmers, who spoke
an alien tongue.
The gratitude of Waite at the affection of those who
by their contributions made return to his affection "to yours
all that were fatherless" bore fruit in a monument more
98 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
enduring than bronze. Let it not be thought a far-fetched
conclusion to assume that the memory of the ready response
of June 6, cherished by the descendants of the babe bom
in captivity, was the inspiration of the Smith Charities that,
established nearly two centuries later, are a help to the
fatherless and widows, to young and old "in straights."
CHAPTER VIII.
A PERIOD OF PEACE, 1677-1688. A TIME OF IMPORTANT BEGIN-
NINGS. THE REVOLUTION OF 1688.
" The old order changeth, yielding place to new."
Losses during the war. — ^Taxes. — Additional fortifications. — Military train-
ing.— Town officials. — Dr. Hastings. — Poverty after the war. — First valuation
of land. — Attorneys chosen. — Samuel Partridge. — The oath of allegiance. —
Settlement of Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey. — Attempts to secure Rev. John
Wise. — Building up of "the Hill." — Lots assigned on Mill Lane. — Division of
the Commons. — First schools. — Settlement of Rev. William Williams. — Care
of paupers. — Weights and measures. — ^The revolt against Governor Andres. —
The new charter.
The losses suffered by Hatfield in the three years of
warfare were greater in proportion to the population than
those of any other town in the valley except the abandoned ,
settlements of Deerfield and Northfield. Twenty-seven of -
the people were killed, at least a third of the houses were
burned, most of the stock was lost, and the crops had been
scanty from neglect and destruction by the enemy. A
petition to the General Court stated that "from one third
to one half the houses were burnt, and the greater part
of their kine, sheep, and horses killed or driven off." The
inhabitants were also impoverished by the support of a
large number of troopers quartered in the town during the
fighting and by the expenses of the campaigns. The slen-
der resources of the colony were much reduced and county
and colony taxes were high. The county rates for Hatfield
for the years 1675-77 were £117.
The taxes to the colonial government during the war
were in one sense not burdensome, for the inhabitants
charged for the board of the troops quartered with them
at fixed rates and the balance was in favor of the town.
Five shillings per week was the usual price of board. The
charges allowed in Hatfield up to May 1, 1676, made a total
of £788. In October, 1680, there was still an unpaid balance
of £400, which was not fully settled by the government
till 1684. The feeding of the troops and horses ^.xvd \>cv'i
100 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
fitting out of the various expeditions, however, necessarily
took away supplies that were needed at home, a drain that
was severely felt. The settlers received pay for their
services when under arms, but it did not make up for the
loss of time spent in scouting and fighting.
After the attack of 1677 came a lull in the conflict and the
eleven years following, till the beginning of King William's
war in 1688, brought again an increase in population and
wealth. It was a period in which many important begin-
nings are to be noted.
The first thought was directed toward further prepara-
tions for defense. The surprise of Sept. 19 taught a terrible
lesson and the settlers were thenceforward on their guard.
For nearly a century they were to be called upon to fight
the red men and their allies, in five wars of longer or
shorter duration, till the supremacy of the English on the
American continent was established. These wars were part
of the struggle known in European history as the Hundred
Years' war.
The destruction of the mills in Springfield and Hadley
had been severe blows to those communities and Hatfield
took precautions against a similar loss. Oct. 17, 1677, it
was voted to garrison the mill, each man taking his turn
and receiving Is. 6d. per day for this service. During the
war a small guard of soldiers had been stationed at
Meekins's mill all the time and quartered at his house.
Early in 1678 it was voted "that the fortifications at the
north end of the town should be done speedily by the whole
town, dividing the work in proportion and when the town
shall see cause to enlarge the south end that shall be done
likewise by the whole town, each man his proportion."
About a month later it was "agreed that the fortifications
at the south end of the town should be enlarged to take in
John Field's house and Mr. Atherton's lot" across the
street.
It was voted also that each householder should provide
himself with a ladder long enough to reach to his roofs
or be fined an amount double the cost of a ladder.
Extension of the palisades was continued until they
reached as far north as Richard Morton's house, where the
residence of Thomas Dea is. He had a blacksmith shop
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. JQ]
Standing in the highway, which was within the stockade.
Many cinders have been dug up at this spot in highway
improvements.
Military training was kept up and by 1687 Hatfield had
a full company of 60 men under Capt. John Allis; Daniel
Warner was lieutenant; Eleazer Frary, ensign; Robert
Bardwell, Benjamin Waite, Isaac Graves, and Samuel Field,
sergeants.
"Watching and warding," the former by night, the latter
by day, were kept up and there were fines for leaving the
post when on guard. The ward was required to be at the
gate by the time the sun was an hour high in the morning.
In 1684 the soldiers in training were required to perform
work on the highways. As early as 1680 the firing of any
gun near the village except for alarm was forbidden. A
turret had been built on the meetinghouse for a watch
tower at some time during the war — the missing records
would probably show when — and in 1685 a committee was
appointed to "close the turret," for better protection against
the weather, no doubt, and to hang a bell there. The com-
mittee was also instructed to make and glaze "such windows
as were necessary for the convenience of the meetinghouse."
It would seem to have been more for the convenience of
the congregation than of the house to have more light.
In spite of the losses of the war there had been an in-
crease in population, many of the soldiers from the Bay
towns taking up their residence in Hatfield. The conduct
of town affairs had grown more complex, requiring a
division of the work among more officers than were needed
at first, when almost everything was acted on by the inhab-
itants in town meeting assembled or delegated to the
selectmen or to special committees appointed for special
purposes. At the beginning of the year 1678 these officers
were chosen: Nicholas Worthington, constable; Thomas
Meekins, Lieut. William Allis, Edward Church, Samuel
Belden, and Daniel White, selectmen; Eleazer Frary, sur-
veyor of highways; William Gull and Samuel Dickinson,
fence viewers; Daniel Belden, to warn meetings; Eleazer
Frary, Thomas Hastings, and Philip Russell, rate makers;
John Field and John Wells, to gather the rates. Robert
Poick, or Poag, was "agreed with to sweep the meeting-
102 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
house and ring the bell this year for twenty shillings. Fur-
ther it was agreed that the constable shall request the
county court to appoint commissioners in the town for next
year."
This is the first mention of the choice of selectmen,
though they are referred to as a body in the records earlier
and were probably elected yearly. The election of a town
clerk was not entered till 1692. County commissioners
seemed to be sent or not as each town saw fit and Hatfield
had not previously had them regularly. The same was
true of representatives to the General Court at Boston.
Sept. 6, 1681, when the commissioners met to examine
the estates in Hampshire County, Eleazer Frary was ap-
pointed to consult with representatives from other towns
"as to what is a proper compensation for our town with the
rest to encourage a bonesetter to settle in some of the
adjacent towns." It was agreed to give £10. At that
period doctors were not always able to do surgical work.
It is not known whether Dr. Thomas Hastings was a bone-
setter or not. He had been a settler in Deerfield before
King Philip's war and had a grant of a house lot and land
there in 1680, but did not return. It is possible that he had
gone to Watertown, where he was born, and that he was
the one the county commissioners were seeking. At any
rate he settled in Hatfield about 1684 and practiced medicine
in most of the towns of the county, sometimes being called
as far as Brookfield.
Jan. 30, 1677/8, the town *'voted and agreed that those
whose estates were consumed or demolished since the last
list was taken August 1677 (by the common enemy) shall
be freed in the ministers and town rates." They had pre-
viously been assisted by the General Court, which ordered,
Oct. 30, 1677, '*In ansr to them of Hatfield, — that the rates
of those of that toune who have bin impoverished by the
late cruelty of the enemy burning downe their habitations,
shall be respitted and left in their hands untill the Court
shall give further order therein."
Rates were still collected very frequently and for many
purposes. References in the town records to a minister's
rate arc frequent, as Hatfield was without a settled minister
.from the death of Mr. Atherton in 1677 till the call to Rev.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 103
Nathaniel Chauncey was accepted in 1683. Various candi-
dates were preaching till that year and had to be paid for
their services. There were rates for town debts, herdsmen,
shepherds, bridges, etc. The poverty brought by the war is
shown by the fact that a settlement in full was not given
Rev. Hope Atherton's widow till 1680, when Sarah Ather-
ton, in consideration of the sum of £40, declared the obli-
gations discharged. The settlers who had suffered the most
were given assistance by the town in rebuilding their places.
Those who were appointed to search for a successor to Mr.
Atherton were assisted in their work while obliged to be
away from home and the amount of mowing and reaping
volunteered by various proprietors was made a matter of
record.
In 1680, appears for the first time a record of valuation
of land as a basis of taxation, £1 per acre. Each "head"
was reckoned at £16, hence the polls paid a much larger
proportion of the tax than at the present. All males over 16
were polled and return of the polls and estate were made
to county and colony officials. From the taxes derived
from this assessment of land and polls were paid the county
and colony rates and the town debts. The rate makers
still continued to divide among the inhabitants the amounts
required for the minister's and other rates spoken of. The
selectmen acted as assessors in addition to other duties.
In 1687 John Hubbard was chosen to act with them "to
take a list of the estates to transmit to the shire town
according to the provisions of the law.**
An inventory of the property of Lieut. William Allis
taken Sept. 18, 1678, is of interest as showing the amount
and kinds of possessions among the householders of the
period. He was one of the well-to-do citizens.
In purse and apparell £9 13s. Od.
Arms and ammunition 6 1 0
Beds and their furniture 9 5 0
Napkins and other linen 2 1 0
Brass and pewter pieces 5 10 0
Iron utensils 2 11 6
Cart and plow irons, chains, stilliards 7 5 0
Tables, pitchforks, cushions, sythe 1 19 0
Barrels, tubs, trays 3 9 6
Woolen and linen yarne 0 18 6
Several sorts of grain, flax 11 12 0
2 horses 7 0 0
3 cows, 2 steers, 2 calves, 1 heifer 20 0 0
2 04 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Swine and Sheep 10 8 0
Houses and home lot 100 0 0
Land in South meadow 114 0 0
Land in Great and Little meadow 136 0 0
Land in Plain and Swamp 20 0 0
Land in Quinepaike 28 13 0
i496 6s. 6d.
In April, 1680, the town chose attorneys to look after
its interests. They were not lawyers but men taken from
the body of citizens for recognized ability, "our truly and
well beloved friends John 'Coleman and John Allis." A
regular power of attorney was recorded and they were
empowered to "ask, require, sue for, levy, and recover and
receive of all and every person whatsoever moneys is due
us or any of us from the County upon the account of the
war with the heathen."
They were apparently not able to accomplish all that
was desired, for in October, 1680, Samuel Partridge (then
spelled Partrigg) of Hadley was appointed agent. He
moved his residence to Hatfield in 1687, settling on "the
Hill,'* and became at once the leading man in the com-
munity. He was already prominent in county affairs, hav-
ing been recorder of the courts in Northampton since 1676
and clerk of the writs since 1682.
Samuel Partridge was born Oct. 15, 1645, in Hartford,
the son of William Partridge, a cooper, one of the first
settlers of Hadley, who had held various town offices in
Hartford and Hadley and was engaged in trading with the
Indians till his death in 1668. Samuel learned his father's
trade apparently, as there is a record of the sale of barrels
by him to Colonel Pynchon. The regard in which he was
held by his townspeople is shown by the fact that he was
licensed to sell liquor at a time when only men of the high-
est standing were allowed to engage in that business. He
had a license to sell liquor in Hadley in 1678 "to the neigh-
bors" and in 1681 " for the helpfulness of the neighbors,"
and was a wHne dealer. He also dealt in ardent spirits and
wine in Hatfield, as did many of his descendants.
He taught in the Hopkins Grammar School for three
months, but was dismissed in 1685 for his pronounced views.
His military experience began w^ith King Philip's war, in
which he served, but did not hold a commission. In King
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. J 05
William's war, 1688-98, he became captain of the militia;
later was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the Hampshire
regiment, in which he had been quartermaster in 1683, and
served as colonel of the regiment in Queen Anne's war,
1703-13, and Father Rasle's war, 1722-26. He was appointed
commissary general in 1705.
In Hadley he had been a packer of meat and fish, inspector
and ganger of casks in 1679, the first on record, select-
man in 1672, 1678, 1680, 1682, 1684, 1686, and representative
to the General Court in 1685 and 1686.
In Hatfield he kept the town records from 1688 to 1701;
was selectman in 1688, from 1690 to 1703, 1716-24 (with the
exception of the years 1718, 1720, and 1723), and again in
1728; and served as representative from his first election in
1689 to 1700 with the exception of two years. While he
was living in Hadley he was commissioned by Hatfield in
1680 to "attend upon the General Court.'*
In 1689 he was appointed a justice to hear the witchcraft
trials and to his sane judgment and keen sense of humor
is probably due the fact that the witchcraft delusion did not
spread to any alarming proportions in Hampshire County.
There were some trials, but no executions. The story is
told by Pres. Timothy Dwight that when a Northampton
man accused another of bewitching him. Justice Partridge
quickly ordered him given ten lashes on the spot, to the
discomfiture of the complainant and the amusement of the
spectators.
In 1709 he became a judge of the probate court and in
1715 was appointed a justice of the court of General Ses-
sions. He was a member of His Majesty's Council from
1700 to 1723. His opinion was highly valued and his in-
fluence was great. The published and unpublished archives
of the state of Massachusetts contain the mention of his
name and acts in many places. One of the important com-
missions to which he was appointed was that of surveyor
of the Connecticut-Massachusetts line in 1714.
With all the duties of peace and war that fell upon his
shoulders he found time to attend to the duties of citizen-
ship in the town that became his final residence. He died
in Hatfield, Dec. 25, 1740, at the age of ninety-five, uni-
versally respected and beloved.
106
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Among the interesting old records of the Hatfield town
clerk's office is a copy in the handwriting of Samuel Par-
tridge of those who took the oath of allegiance in 1679 in
the towns of Northampton, Hadley, and Hatfield. There
were 126 subscribers from Northampton, where all had
probably to appear before the officer and be sworn and their
names entered by the clerk of the court. The book also
contains the first births, deaths, and marriages in Northamp-
ton and Hadley up to the year 1687 and was used to record
the vital statistics of Hatfield to the year 1843. The signers
of the oath from Springfield, Westfield, and Suffield arc
entered in the county records in Northampton.
"The Oath of Alleagence wch by Order from our Honored Genl Court
was to bee taken by all Persons from 16 years old and upward within this
county and accordinglie was administered Febr 8th, 1678 By ye Worshipful]
Majr Pynchon & by them was taken viz: by the Inhabitants & others as
aforesaid in Hadley whose names are hereafter Written."
[List of 92 names from Hadley.]
"Here followeth likewise the names of ye Persons yt took ye oath of
aleagencc as above in Hatfield Febr 8th 78.
Mr. John Wise
Nathll Dickinson
Jno Coleman
Phillip Russell
Jno Field
Obadiah Dickenson
Nick Worthington
Moses Crofts
Samll Marsh
Samll Kellogg
Benj. Waite
James Brown
Samll Graves Sene
Danll Belding
Peter Plympton
Benj Barret
Jno Evans
Stephen Belding
Simon Williams
Wm Kinge
Tho. Meakins Sene
Samll Belding Sene
Danll White
Elez Frary
Jno Lomas
Jno Cowles
Tho. Hastings
Wm Bartholemew
Samll Belding Jue
Jno Clary
Jos Thomas
Samll Field
Wm Scott
Robt Bardal
Samuel Foote
Ephraim Hinsdall
Wm Armes
Samll Graves Jue
Jno Wells June
Jos. Field
Wm Gull
Edw Church
Danll Werner
Jno Wells
Jno Allice
Samll Dickinson
Samuel Allice
Quintan Stock well
Walter Hickson
Jno Downing
Stephen Gennings
Jacob Gardner
Jno Graves
Tho Bracye
Sampson Frary
Samll Harrington
I sack Graves
Benj. Downenge
Benj Hastings
Robt Poick
"The abovcsd Persons yr names were here entered this Febr 23d 1678
By me Samll Partrigg Recorder."
There were fifty houses in Hatfield in the year 1675.
The population in 1678 was probably between 300 and 350,
judging by the number of polls. The number of houses
is given in Trumbuirs **History of Northampton" from a
paper discovered in the British Museum. Hadley and
A'orthanipton had 100 each and Deerfield 30.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 107
In 1683 Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey of Scituate, a graduate
of Harvard in 1661, son of Rev. Charles Chauncey, presi-
dent of Harvard College, became the pastor of the church.
He had preached in Hatfield before, apparently from Dec.
12, 1679, to March 12, 1681. Then he left for a time and
returned in 1682.
Before that an attempt had been made to settle Rev. John
Wise of Ipswich, a gifted graduate of Harvard. He was of
humble birth, the son of a serving man, but apparently eagerly
desired on account of his commanding presence and elo-
quence, for to many unreasonable demands in the way of giv-
ing up to his use some of the best land in town the inhabitants
readily yielded. He was in Hatfield for a season as shown
by the fact of his signing the oath of allegiance in 1678
and by the collection of rates for his salary, but not con-
tinuously. The pulpit was supplied during his absence by
John Younglove, a preacher, but not an ordained minister,
who was teaching in the Hopkins Grammar School in Had-
ley, and by a Mr. Mather, probably Warham Mather, son of
Rev. Eleazer Mather of Northampton. Mr. Wise did not
accept the call extended to him and in 1680 he became the
first pastor of the second church at Jebacco, afterward
Essex, serving there for forty years. For his opposition to
Governor Andros in 1687 he was imprisoned for two years
and on release obtained damages for unlawful detention.
He distinguished himself for bravery and endurance in the
expedition against Canada in 1690. Tyler's "History of
American Literature" says he was "the one American who,
upon the whole, was the most powerful and brilliant prose
writer produced in the county during the colonial time.*'
The following vote was passed Nov. 10, 1679: —
"The town hath manifest that they are desirous Mr. Chansy shall have
a call to come and preach amongst us for the term of a year or less (as he
and the town shall agree) in order to settlement if it shall please God to
incline the heart of Mr. Chancy and the hearts of the inhabitants to close
with each other; and farther that the town will allow him as his temporal
maintenance sixty pounds per year and the use of the town house and
allotment; and they have chosen and improved Thomas Meekins, Edward
Church, Samuel Belden Senr. and Daniel White to acquaint Mr. Chancy with
the town's desire."
On Feb. 24, 1679/80, a unanimous call was extended
him, he was allowed £60 a year and firewood, and given the
Goodwin house that he was then in. wVi\c\\ \\^d \>^^xv oc.ca\-
108
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
pied by Mr. Atherton, whose surviving relatives had moved
to Deerfield. The wood was reckoned equal to £9 in value,
"fifty cords delivered corded, appraised according to the
law at 3s. 6d. per cord."
Each householder was required to cut and deliver his
proportion of the wood or suffer a fine and it was customary
for the deacons and selectmen to appoint a day at some con-
venient season when all could go to the woods together to
perform the work, usually in November.
Samuel Foote
^98
Nathaniel Foote
•98
Samuel Marsh
^98
i Thomas King
^
( Ichabod Porter
•99
Martin Kellogg
•89
John Graves
'83
John Amsden
^89
( Nicholas Worthington
'83
( Samuel Gailer
'85
Daniel Warner
'86
( Samuel Foote
'82
( Good wife Belden
•83
( Samuel Partridge
'87
( Thomas Hastings
•84
Edward Church
m
John Hubbard
•83
Burying Ground
Chart Showing Assignment of Lots on "The Hill," or Elm Street, up to 1700.
**The Hill/' the present Elm Street, was built upon quite
rapidly after 1683. On April 3 of that year it was ordered
that two rows of house lots each 16 rods wide should be
laid out on the Northampton road on or near the cart way
and lots were granted to be built upon within a specified time,
or the lots reverted to the town. In the case of sons of
residents a very short time was allowed generally, but to
some from other places who were contemplating a change
of residence two years or more were given. Edward
Church of Hadley had been granted a lot on the highway to
Northampton in August, 1677, and he probably built soon
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. JQQ
after. This lot was the one now owned by Dea. James
Porter. John Hubbard came from Hadley in 1683 and built
across the street from Church, next to the burying ground.
The place has remained in the hands of descendants to the
present, but all the other lots have undergone many changes
in ownership. Church and Hubbard were followed by
several others. The chart on the opposite page shows how
the lots were assigned up to 1700, the dates being the time
when the grants were made. Not all the lots were occu-
pied in the seventeenth century. When two names are
given it means that the lots were regranted because the
proprietors did not comply with the requirements of the
vote of April 3, 1683. The highway was to be 10 rods
wide, later changed to 8 rods.
In 1684 an attempt was made to build up the lane that is
now called School Street, but probably very few houses were
built there till several years later. A house lot 16 rods wide
and 80 rods long on the north side of "the highway to
the Mill" against the rear of the house lots in the upper end
of the west side of the street was granted to Martin Kel-
logg, but he sold the property to Richard Morton in 1691.
He took up his residence on "the Hill" about 1694. Grants
of the same area were made to Hezekiah Dickinson, next
to Kellogg, and to Stephen Jennings. On the south side
of the lane grants were made to Robert Bardwell and Sam-
uel Gunn, but they became settlers of the Denison farm.
Jennings moved to Brookfield.
Oct. 21, 1684, the town voted to "divide the Commons in
the town except what is reserved for home lots, sheep pas-
tures, etc., to every inhabitant, according to his present
valuation of estate^; and the said Commons shall be laid
out in Four Divisions, — the first to begin upon the plain
behind the Mill, and end at the northerly line of the upper-
most lot laid out in Mill river Swamp: The second to begin
at the north side of the uppermost lot in the Mill river
Swamp, and end at the north side of the town bounds:
The Third Division to begin at the northwest side of the
highway that goeth towards Northampton, and from the
hill commonly called Sandy Hill, and end at the rising
up of the side of the hill called the Chestnut Mountain:
no HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
The Fourth Division to begin where the Third division
endeth, and to end at the outside of the town bounds."
It was stipulated that lots not fenced should still be con-
sidered common and it is probable that few were fenced at
that time or for more than a quarter of a century. The
divisions were surveyed again in 1716, some changes were
made because of dissatisfaction over the first allotment,
and the lots were recorded as staked out. The grants
were reconfirmed in 1735. The second and fourth divisions
and part of the third were in the present town of Whately.
Division was made to 69 proprietors whose names and the
location and width of whose lots are given in the Appendix,
Note 7.
Much of the power of the men and women of New Eng-
land can be traced to the education received in the public
school system for which the region has long been noted,
but the public school system has been a gradual develop-
ment and the schoolhouse does not date from the beginning
in any of the pioneer towns. The idea of an educated
ministry as leaders of thought was always of importance
and colleges were established at a very early date, Har-
vard in 1636 and Yale about 1700. Next came the grammar
schools. The training of the young was left to the
home. Nothing beyond a very rudimentary education
was thought necessary for the majority of the people. It
was soon feared, however, that the people of the scattered
hamlets would revert to barbarism, so the General Court
of Massachusetts in 1642 passed a law requiring parents
and masters to teach the children and apprentices to read un-
der penalty of a fine of 20 shillings. Selectmen of towns were
to see that the provisions of the law were complied with.
The books in use were the Horn-book, Primer, Psalter,
Testament, and Bible. The Catechism, usually printed in
the primers, formed a part of the regular course of instnic-
tion. The Horn-books contained the alphabet and a few
easy sentences printed on only one side of the page and
covered with transparent horn to keep them from being
soiled. They were superseded about 1700 by the introduc-
tion of Dillworth's Spelling Book. Arithmetic was taught,
but not by the use of books.
Hatfield as a town made its first provision for the edu-
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. m
cation of children in 1679. All those born in the first score
of years had been taught at home, for there is no mention
of any public or private school previous to Jan. 13, 1678/79,
when it is recorded that: —
"The town hath agreed to give Thomas Hastings twenty pound per year
to teach all such children in the town that should be sent to him (to school)
to read and write, such as are capable, to wit, according as their parents
and masters shall see cause, and the money to be raised upon boys that are
between 6 and 12 years old and upon such girls as shall be sent to school, and
if at 3d. per week by the head there arise not sufficient to make the twenty
pound the remainder shall be raised as other rates in the town are raised."
Dec. 19 he was "freed from this time" and paid for the
36 weeks of instruction he had given.
In 1681 £30 was allowed the schoolmaster, a fourth part
in wheat, a fourth in peas, a fourth in corn, and the remain-
der in pork, at current prices. The parents of boys between
the ages specified were assessed 12s. per year for readers
and 16s. for those who were to be "improved in writing"
and for others of whatever sex a sum proportional and
depending on the length of time they attended school.
Most of the girls were taught to read, but writing was not
thought so essential for them, or even for the boys, appar-
ently, for there were fewer writers than readers. There
is no hint that the other branch of the "three R's" that later
became so famous received any attention at first in the
school. The school probably was conducted at Dr. Hast-
ings's house till a schoolhouse was built in 1681. In 1688
repairs on it were ordered. It stood in the street near the
meetinghouse.
Dec. 7, 1685, the town voted that Peter Buckly should not
teach school any longer, but a week later it was decided
to retain him for another quarter. In October of the
next year the town decided not to hire a schoolmaster for
the winter, but in August, 1687, it was voted to "hire a
good able schoolmaster on the same terms as before."
••May 31, 1688— Voted that the Rev. Pastor of the church be desired to see
out for a schoolmaster suitable to be discharged and maintained; one third
part of the charge by the town in general, by rate or otherwise, and two
diirds by the schools, viz : male children from six years old to twelve years
of age, excepting poor men that may have sons to be educated, as the
selectmen shall judge meet; the sum in all to be 30 pounds."
A Mr. Stephens was secured by Rev. William Williams,
the pastor, but he objected to one part of the provision pay,
as Indian corn was low in price and it was tveee^s^x^ vcv
112 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
order to satisfy him to exchange part of his pay for wheat,
which some public spirited citizens were found willing to
do.
Those who were to be educated beyond the art of reading
and writing could attend the Hopkins Grammar School in
Hadley. Preparation for college was made with the assist-
ance of the pastor, the only one in town who was able to
give the necessary training.
The death of Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey, Nov. 4, 1685,
left the people again without a pastor. The town voted
to defray his funeral expenses. This time only a year
elapsed before another minister was secured.
The coming of Rev. William Williams in 1686 for a
pastorate of 55 years, with the arrival of Samuel Partridge
at about the same time, marked an epoch in the history of
the town. For nearly a century the members of these
two families were to exert a commanding influence and
bring Hatfield to a high rank in the growing common-
wealth. The age of powerful leaders was beginning.
Neither Mr. Atherton nor Mr. Chauncey had been men
who possessed the fighting qualities so advantageous to
leaders in such a stormy period and both their pastorates
were of short duration.
Mr. Williams was called Dec. 6, 1686, and settled at once
as pastor. He had preached in town previously, but left
for some reason. Early in 1686 a committee was sent to
the Bay to ask him to return, which he did, and he contin-
ued in the work in Hatfield until his death, Aug. 29, 1741.
He was born in Newton in 1665 or 1666, the son of Capt.
Isaac Williams, of a wealthy and aristocratic family. He
graduated from Harvard in 1683 in a class of three, one
being his cousin, John Williams, who began to preach in
Deerfield in 1686. The third was Samuel Danforth, who
entered the ministry the same year in Tauntcm. Sheldon
says in his "History of Deerfield'' : "Graduates were ranked
in the catalogue then, not by merit, but according to station
in society, and Danforth, son and grandson of a minister,
of course stood first. John came next, we may suppose by
virtue of his father being a deacon, while the father of
William was only a captain and representative to the Gen-
era/ Court.'*
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. II3
Mr. Williams was a man of brilliant intellectual gifts, of
ripe scholarship and intensely interested in the cause of
education. His son, Elisha, also a graduate of Harvard,
became the president of Yale College in 1726 and continued
at its head for thirteen years during which time it grew in
a remarkable way. Two other sons followed in their
father's footsteps and became preachers : William, born in
1688, the minister at Weston, and Solomon, the pastor of
the church at Lebanon, Conn.; and a fourth. Col. Israel
Williams, became the leading military and political figure
in Hatfield during a large part of the eighteenth century.
Solomon's son, William, was one of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence.
Mr. Williams was married, July 8, 1686, just before he
was settled in Hatfield, to Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Sea-
born Cotton. She died in 1698 at the age of 32 and he
married again. The children by the first wife were Wil-
liam and Elisha and a daughter, Martha, who became the
wife of Edward Partridge, besides two children who died in
infancy. His second wife was Christian, daughter of Rev.
Solomon Stoddard of X'orthampton. Her children were
Solomon and Israel and two daughters, Elizabeth and Dor-
othy, the latter the wife of Rev. Jonathan Ashley, pastor in
Deerfield from 1732 to 1780.
Rev. William Williams soon won the implicit confidence
of the people of Hatfield. He possessed a power of per-
suasive utterance and was tactful in his dealings with men.
As a preacher he was noteworthy, even among the many
famous divines of the Connecticut valley in the early days
of its history. He was considered by Pres. Ezra Stiles a
more able man than his father-in-law. Rev. Solomon Stod-
dard. Many of his sermons were printed, among others
an election sermon in 1719; a convention sermon, 1726;
sermons at the installation of his relatives. Rev. Stephen
Williams at Springfield in 1716 and Rev. Warham Williams
at Waltham in 1723, both sons of Rev. John Williams of
Deerfield, the "Redeemed Captive"; sermons at the instal-
lations of Rev. Nehemiah Bull at Wethersfield in 1727 and
. Rev. Jonathan Ashley at Deerfield in 1732; a sermon at the
death of Rev. Solomon Stoddard; and an address at the
ordination at Deerfield of Rev. John Sargeant as mission-
114 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
ary to the Housatonic Indians in 1735. Among the treas-
ures in Memorial Hall in Deerfield are notes taken by him
on sermons he had heard preached in his youth by the
leading clergymen of the colony, Mather, Cotton, Eliot,
Hubbard, and others.
Mr. Williams built a house on the William Allis allot-
ment, about the spot where the town hall now stands.
In the year 1688 the following votes were passed: —
"May 21, 1688. — Voted as to the poor, those who want maintenance, the
Selectmen, every one of them as appcrtaineth to them as agents, shall have
inspection over them, their occupation and their children, that their things
and their labor be put to the best advantage.
"Also voted. Whereas Capt. Allise hath procured standard weights and
delivered them to the Selectmen for keeping to order, the Selectmen have
committed them to the custody of Sanmel Bclding, Sen., to be put into a bag
and secured for the sealers use annually."
What was done about the support of paupers does not
appear from the records of the next few years, but at a
little later date some families required support, as will be
noted in the proper order. The sealing of weights was
required by law. In that same year occurs the first refer-
ence to a curfew law. It was ordered that the church bell
should be rung every evening at nine o'clock.
During that year and the next few regular town meetings
wxre held; instead the selectmen met the first Monday in
each month at Selectman Belden's house to transact such
business as came before them, ordering bills paid and assum-
ing charge of matters that had previouly come up for
decision before all the inhabitants. It was a stormy period
in the history of the colony and of much uncertainty in all
the towns.
When James II. became king of England, Joseph Dudley
was appointed governor of Massachusetts. He held office
from May 25 to Dec. 20, 1686. Then Sir Edmond Andros
appeared with a commission from the king as royal gov-
ernor of all New England and a period of misrule ensued.
James abdicated in 1688 and William and Mary became the
sovereigns the next year. The New England colonists
were ripe for a revolt against the hated rule of Andros and
on April 20, 1689, he was seized in Boston and deposed
with his supporters and a Committee of Safety took charge
of affairs. Until the success of the revolution was assured
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 115
it was exceedingly dangerous to do any overt acts or have
any records appear that savored of treason. This accounts
for the change in the conduct of town affairs, w^hich soon
resumed their normal routine. The level head of the
shrewd and diplomatic Samuel Partridge guided the town
safely through the crisis. The handwriting shows that he
began to keep the records in June, 1688, though there is
no entry of his election as clerk. Mav 9, 1689, he was
chosen "to join with the Committee of Safety to consider
public affairs at Boston."
A new charter from William and Mary uniting the Massa-
chusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies as the Province of
Massachusetts, including also the settlements in Maine and
New Hampshire, was granted in 1692 and under it Sir Wil-
liam Phipps was appointed governor. Simon Bradstreet
had served as governor by appointment of the crown from
May 24, 1689, to May 14, 1692, and Thomas Danforth as
deputy governor. Bradstreet had been elected governor by
the people from 1679 to 1686.
These struggles were really the beginning of the con-
test with England that resulted in the independence of the
American colonies. The loss of the choice of their own
chief magistrate rankled in the hearts of the colonists till
the Revolutionary war. The rights remaining were jeal-
ously guarded by the other magistrates — the governor's
Council — and by the representatives in the General Court.
Samuel Partridge was one of the signers of an address by
the Council to King William III. protesting against a bill in
the House of Lords in 1701 for a withdrawal of the char-
ters.
CHAPTER IX.
KING WILLIAM'S WAR. 1688-98. PROGRESS IN THE TOWN.
PURCHASE OF THE DEXISON FARM. THE HATFIELD
ADDITION.
'•And War, which for a moment was no more,
Did glut himself again."
The beginning of the war. — Military preparations. — Fortifications. — Settle-
ment at "the Farms." — Supplies of ammunition. — Changes in the militia
officers. — Attacks on the valley towns. — The murder of Richard Church of
Hadley. — Capture and trial of the murderers. — Attack on men in Hatfield
meadows. — Expenses of the war. — Progress of affairs in Hatfield during the
war. — Repairs on the meetinghouse. — Support of poor. — Sheep and cattle.—
Tar and turpentine. — Malt house. — Shoemakers. — Schools. — Boundary trou-
bles.— Assessors chosen. — Negroes. — Town officials. — Middle Lane built up.
The accession of William and Mary to the throne of Eng-
land was followed by war between England and France, in
which part of the fighting took place on the American con-
tinent. The struggle was known as King William's war and
lasted from 1688 to 1698. The Peace of Ryswick, signed
Sept. 20, 1697, w-as proclaimed in Boston in December, but
not in Quebec till Sept. 22, 1698, so that the English colonists
were in fear of attack for a year after the close of the war.
The French in Canada incited the Indians to attack the
exposed settlements, but the Connecticut valley w^as not the
scene of such battles as took place in King Philip's w^ar.
*'Watching and w^arding" was again resumed in Hatfield,
half of the town to report to Constable Benjamin Waite and
half to Constable Thomas Xash. Adequate preparations for
defense were not neglected. The militia company, whose
officers were Capt. John Allis, Lieut. Daniel Warner, and
Ens. Eleazer Frary, was well drilled and ready for emergen-
cies. No garrisons of regular soldiers were stationed in the
town as in the previous conflict. By 1690 Hatfield had 80
soldiers, according to the report of Major Pynchon. All
males from sixteen to sixty, except negroes, were subject to
military service. There were four training days every year,
gala occasions, when all the inhabitants turned out to see the
soldiers drill on the common. Regimental musters were held
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. HJ
occasionally. The guns were flintlocks with a barrel three
and one half feet long, the old matchlocks with a rest having
been found ill fitted for use against the Indians, who used
flintlocks if they could secure them. The newer arms were
called also firelocks or snaphances. A law passed in 1693
required each Massachusetts soldier to have a flintlock, a
knapsack, cartridge box, one pound of powder, 20 bullets, 12
flints, and a sword or cutlass.
There was no fighting in Hampshire County during the
first years of the war, but the settlers lived in constant fear.
In 1688 and 1689 strange Indians were seen in the vicinity
and some murders were committed. Northfield was again
abandoned in 1690. The disastrous expedition against Que-
bec, in which 2,000 men from Massachusetts took part, oc-
curred in that year.
February 25, 1689/90, Hatfield voted that three or four
houses should be "well and strongly fortified and in particu-
lar Mr. Williams', Jno Field's and Richard Morton's and
Benj. Waite's" and liberty was granted Capt. John Allis to
fortify his own house provided he did it at his own expense.
The fortifying of Mr. Williams's house was left to the militia,
probably that of the other houses also. A fortification of
palisades was ordered from the south side of John Field's and
Thomas Hastings's home lots (the same as the south line
of fortification in King Philip's war) to the north side of
Noah Wells's and Samuel Marsh's (opposite the Deerfield
lane), "these fortifications to be laid out to every proprietor
that hath interest within it according to his estate in the
town list and that the militia of the town do see that it is
done and finished as soon as is capable for the frost." The
fortifications were not completed by December, however. In
March, liberty was given to John Dickinson to move his
house into town "and retain his lot as if his house was con-
tinued thereon, provided he do his share of the fortification
now agreed upon in the town and shall also build again on
his lot when God shall by his Providence give liberty without
danger of enemies." His lot was on Mill Lane, and, as no
others requested the same privilege, perhaps the only one
there. In 1693 the selectmen and a committee of the militia
were appointed to "find out the most easy and equal way to
repair them [the fortifications] and the gates and get it done
forthwith." They were repaired again the next ye^t Xi^^'aLWs^
\
Jig HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
the enemv was abroad. Before the close of the war the
fortifications extended 229 rods on the east side of the street
and 245 on the west side, with limits as indicated above, and
there were three fortified houses on "the Hill." There was
also at "the Farms** one fortified house and a stockade 38
rods long. In 1697 it was voted that the fort at "the Farms"
should be re-edified.
Several settlers had built residences north of Bashan.
Some of the old cellar holes could be seen till the nineteenth
century on land owned by the Beldens in Bradstreet. The
settlement was known as "the Farms** because it was on the
Denison farm. It was abandoned during Queen Anne's war
and when rebuilt, before the middle of the eighteenth cen-
tury, was located in the present village of Bradstreet and was
called West Farms. The exact date at which the Denison
farm was purchased by proprietors is not known, but it was
probably soon after the death of General Denison in 1682.
The proprietors* records show that in 1689 eight men had
house lots there 16 rods wide and presumably 80 rods in
length like others in the town. — John Field, Joseph Field,
Samuel Field, Robert Bardwell, Daniel Warner, William
Arms, Samuel Gunn, and Andrew Warner. Perhaps several
other settlers joined them. John Billings and Nathaniel
Dickinson are known to have been there by 1698.
A good supply of ammunition was kept on hand. March
23, 1691/2, it was "voted by the Town that the selectmen of
the Town send to the County Treasr to supply us with two
barrels of Powder and lead answerable for a Town stock to
employ Capt. Belcher to apply in our behalf to the Treasr to
get it for us and ship it to Hartford/' and in 1697 forty
shillings were appropriated for powder and lead "to add to
the present stock/*
On his return from Boston in 1689, Samuel Partridge be-
came the captain of the Hatfield company. Ensign Eleazer
Frary was succeeded by Daniel White, and the town records
show that there was a Lieutenant Belden and a Lieutenant
Hubbard, but what their first names were is not indicated —
probably Stephen Belden and John Hubbard. There is men-
tion of a Sergeant Frary, probably Eleazer, son of the ensign,
and other sergeants were Robert Bardwell, Samuel Dickin-
son, Samuel Field, Isaac Graves, Philip or Daniel Russell,
and John White.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 119
The events of the war in the Connecticut valley may be
briefly sketched. After the massacre at Schenectady by the
French and Indians, Feb. 18, 1690, Deerfield, which as a fron-
tier town was exposed to a like attack, was garrisoned by 60
Connecticut troopers. In 1691 a party of Indians from New
York, numbering 150, encamped in Hopewell Swamp between
Hatfield and Deerfield and caused much alarm in the towns,
though they professed friendly intentions. Many of them
had formerly been inhabitants of the region. Captain Par-
tridge was employed by Major Pynchon to negotiate with
the Indians to secure their aid in giving warning of any
attack from the north. The savages returned to New York
in the spring of 1692.
Several families in Deerfield were murdered June 6, 1693.
Brookfield was attacked July 22 and a relief expedition was
sent from the valley towns, in which Hatfield men took part.
The Indians were surprised in a swamp, their supplies were
captured, and some of the prisoners were recovered. The
General Court granted the members of the expedition £40
and allowed them to divide the spoils.
The presence of bands of marauding savages was annoying
to the settlers and many of the towns sought relief from the
government. September 14, 1693, Hatfield sent Eleazer
Frary to the General Court to say that the town desired no
Indians to inhabit or to have trading privileges. In 1695
an act was passed prohibiting trading with the Indians in
Hampshire County.
September 15, 1694, an attack on Deerfield by the French
and Indians was repulsed.
The next year some of the Albany Indians came again to
the Connecticut river. August 18, 1695, a party of Deerfield
men was attacked on its way to mill and one, Joseph Barn-
ard, was killed. A pursuit of the Indians failed to discover
the perpetrators of the outrage. The savages were seen fre-
quently skulking in the woods and a strict watch was main-
tained and scouting parties were sent out at intervals.
On the sixteenth of September, 1696, some prisoners were
taken at Deerfield by an unknown foe, and on October 5
Richard Church of Hadley was murdered and scalped while
hunting in the woods near Mt. Warner. Two of his fellow
townsmen, Samuel Barnard and Ebenezer Smith, who had
been with him during the afternoon, returned \tv \\ve ^v^mxv^
120 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
with the report that they had heard two shots close together.
A search party gathered from Hadley, Northampton, and
Hatfield, accompanied by some friendly Indians, found the
body towards morning. Following the tracks, they came
upon four Indians near Mt. Toby. One was captured and
the other three were arrested in Hatfield the same dav,
October 6. The remaining Indians in the camp in Hope-
well were disarmed. There were eight other men, nine
squaws, and 23 children. Part of the band was at Deerfield.
The affair caused the greatest excitement in all the towns.
A court of Oyer and Terminer was held at Northampton,
October 21, to try the four prisoners, for which special jus-
tices were appointed, — John Pynchon of Springfield, Samuel
Partridge of Hatfield, Aaron Cooke of Hadley, Joseph Haw-
ley of Northampton, and Joseph Parsons of Northamp-
ton. John Pynchon, 3d, was clerk, Ebenezer Pomeroy of
Northampton prosecuting attorney, and Richard Webb and
William Holton of Northampton interpreters. Samuel Por-
ter of Hadley was then high sheriff of the county.
Mowenas and Moquolas were indicted as principals and
Wenepuck and Pameconset as accessories. The jurors were
as follows : —
Grand jury — Preserved Clapp, foreman, John Taylor, Isaac Sheldon, Enos
Kingslcy, John Parsons, Thomas Lyman, William Holton, and Samuel Wright
of Northampton ; Nehemiah Dickinson, Jonathan Marsh, George Stillman, and
Samuel Barnard of Hadley; Joseph Belknap, Samuel Belden, Samuel Dickin-
son, and John White of Hattield.
Petit jury — John Holyoke, Esq., foreman, and Thomas Colton of Spring-
field ; John King, Medad Pomeroy, Judah Wright, and John Clark of North-
ampton; Timothy Nash, Daniel Marsh, and Thomas Hovey of Hadley; John
Coleman, Daniel White, and Eleazer Frary of Hatfield.
The Indians were tried separately and all declared guilty.
The principals were sentenced to be shot and the execution,
the first in Hampshire County, took place October 23. The
two accessories were held till February and then released.
They were put in the custody of Samuel Partridge, who ad-
vised the colonial authorities not to deal too severely with
them on account of the slight evidence against them and
"not to agrevate their evil spirits against us."
The trial and execution were the cause of a lengthy cor-
respondence between Acting Governor William Stoughton
and Governor Fletcher of New York, because the Albany
Indians affirmed that the men were innocent and threatened
retaliation. The minutes of the trial, signed by the justices,
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 121
were sent to the governor, who forwarded a copy to the New
York authorities. Samuel Partridge was allowed £31, 16s.,
for the expenses of the trial to be paid to the justices, jurors,
and witnesses and for the board and guarding of the pris-
oners.
The rest of the Indians remained in the vicinity till April,
1697, when they went back to the Hudson and did not return
to the Connecticut valley again. The General Court, im-
pressed by the danger to the valley towns, passed an order
that any Indians found within twenty miles of the west side
of the Connecticut river should be considered enemies and
treated as such.
Marauding savages continued to operate at various times,
however. July 13, 1697, Sergt. Samuel Field of Hatfield was
killed, in what manner is not known. July 15, 1698, four
Indians made a raid on the North Meadow, where some men
and boys were at work hilling corn in the evening-presidents
of "the Farms." The following account of the attack is
taken from a letter sent to the General Court by Major
Pynchon, dated July 18: —
"ye come being high ye Indians came upon ym on a sudden they not
seeing ym till they were upon ym & being unarmed & nothing to resist ym,
The enemy killed Three presently Two lads and a man. The man John
Billing one of our troopers was a year man ready for service upon all
occasions, & hearing ye Bussel w^ent to his horse to be ready But just as he
mounted his horse was shot downe dead, The two lads killed in ye place
where they were at worke about their corne & another lad yt was with ym
at work is wanting yt it is supposed he is also killed, or caryed away, though
it is evident they rather desired killing than taking People because they had
opportunity to have taken away more lads yt were there who got away one
man by name Nathanel Dickenson, whose son was one of ye lads yt was
killed was killed also & also yc lad wanting is another of his sons, sd
Dickenson at some distance from them being alike concerned for his children
Hearing ye Noise & disturbance whereabouts his children were at worke gat
his horse and Rid to ye Place where seeing persons killed, & ye Indians
drawing off Rid up to ym, when an Indian made shot at him and killed
downe his horse, so yt he drew off & escaped wth several others yt were at
worke They say it was only 4 Indians who came between ye rows of corne
(ye corne being high) & were not descernable til killing of ym"
Pynchon's account was not quite accurate, for John Bill-
ings and Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr., aged thirteen, were killed
and Samuel Dickinson, eleven, and a boy named Charley
were captured. They were rescued by a scouting party
under Benjamin Wright of Northampton, composed of
settlers from Northampton and Deerfield and some of the
garrison soldiers from Deerfield.
The Indians were known to the boys as lotrcvet '^v^w
\
J 22 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Indians of the band near Albany. A report of Samuel Par-
tridge to the governor and council about the savages en-
camped in Hopewell Swamp in 1697 stated that two of the
men were then fighting for the English under Peter Aspin-
wall, a friendly Indian. He reported six other men, nine
squaws, and twenty-three children as the number, forty in
all, and urged that they should all be ordered to remove from
the vicinity, pleading with the authorities that the affair
should be "so managed as may be to His glory and ye Good
& Welfare of his poor Wilderness people.*' This roving band
was probably responsible for all the outrages in Hampshire
County during the war. They were the remnants of the
aboriginal tribes of the Connecticut valley, Pocumtucks and
Norwottucks and a few Nipmucks. These Albany Indians
were called Scatacooks after their removal to New York
state.
The expenses of King William's war to Massachusetts
were £150,000. It had a long frontier to defend from the
Connecticut to the Kennebec in Maine, including part of
the present state of New Hampshire. Not a great many
lives were lost, but much property was destroyed and many
captives were carried to Canada. Though bounties were
offered for Indian scalps or heads of £10 to £12, and in some
cases higher, few were killed. The following note«s on the
pay of soldiers, etc., are taken from Judd's ''History of Had-
ley" :—
"Wages of officers and soldiers. — In 1696 and in other years, a private had
6 shillings per week; drummer and corporal, 7s,; clerk and sergeants, 95.;
ensign, 12s. ; lieutenant, 15s. ; captain, 30s. ; major, 50s. ; chaplain, 20s. ; sur-
geon, 20s. Regular troopers or cavalry, each furnishing his own horse-
Common trooper, 10s. ; trumpeter, clerk, and corporal, 12s. ; quartermaster,
15s.; cornet, 20s.; lieutenant, 25s,; captain, 40s. Dragoons or common sol-
diers with horses, 8s. These wages seem not to differ much from those in
Philip's war. A post had 4 pence a mile one way, and bore the charges of
himself and horse.
"Subsistence for soldiers. — In 1696, the price of food for soldiers not
stationary was 8 pence per day ; for those in garrison, 3s. 6d. per week. The
soldiers were well supplied with food. Many were billeted m families and
lived as they did. Others had pork or beef, bread or dry biscuit, and peas.
In some expeditions they carried the Indian food called "nocake," which was
Indian corn parched and beaten into meal. Rum, sugar, pipes, and tobacco
were to be provided for an expedition to Maine in September, 1689. Keeping
a horse at grass a day and night was 3 pence, and at hay and provender, 0
pence."
No soldiers were doing garrison duty in Hatfield till the
last year of the war, when the General Court assigned three
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. ] 23
men for a garrison for the town and farm June 10, 1698. It
appears from Pynchon's report of the encounter in the
North Meadow that John Billings, a Hatfield man, was one
of these garrison soldiers. The other two were probably
residents of the town also. They were assigned to regular
military duty under pay of the province, so that their fellow
townsmen could be free to attend to their ordinary farm
duties.
The Superior Courts were suspended in Hampshire County
in 1695 and during the rest of the war. Taxes were heavy
and were hard to collect. Paper money, the province bills
of credit, was issued for the first time. Hampshire County
was slow in paying the taxes and the money called for,
instead of provision pay, was thought especially burden-
some. There was some agitation for a secession to Con-
necticut.
While Samuel Partridge was in Boston attending the
General Court, he exchanged grain sent from Hatfield for
money to pay the town's taxes to the colony. The town
records of 1690 show that the rate of £33, 15s., for that year
was collected in grain by the constables and, if it miscarried
on the voyage. Captain Partridge ^vas to be repaid. Wheat
was valued at 2s. 6d. i>er bushel, peas at 2s., corn at Is. 6d.
and not over one third was to be paid in corn. The injustice
of the money tax was so severely felt that it occasioned many
petitions from the valley towns, in one of which it was stated
that "not one in ten [had] any income of money in any
manner." The General Court sometimes allowed grain to
be taken at a discount of one third from the ruling rates of
exchange.
In acknowledgment of the assistance furnished by Con-
necticut, the following letter was sent: —
'*The ready assistance this county of Hampshire, in their majesties* prov-
ince of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England, have had and found in our
distresses in the times of war, from our neighbors and friends of Connecticut
colony, calls for our grateful acknowledgment, as we do expect the con-
tinuance of their former friendliness and good neighborhood.
"Wherefore, these are humbly to signify, that we have received great help
and good a'^sistance from the government of their majesties* colony of Con-
necticut, in a ready, large and plentiful supply of men and help, both in the
first war in the years 1675 and 1676, as also at divers times upon emergencies
and exigences, they have performed great helpfulness in going upon discov-
eries and keeping garrisons, to their great charge, and now lately in their
assistance at Deerfield, our chief frontier town; whereby thtou^Vv Qi^^
goodness, they have been a great support and guard, etvcoui^^ercv^TvX. ^xA
J 24 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
safety to our county, and discouragement to the common enemy; and here-
unto we subscribe our hands, September 28th, 1693.
"Solomon Stoddard, Minister of Northampton.
John Williams, Minister of Deerfield.
William Williams, Minister of Hatfield.
Edward TA^xoR, Minister of Westfield.
[Springfield and Hadley were destitute of a settled minister in 1693.]
John Pynchon,
Peter Tilton,
Aaron Cook,
Joseph Hawley,
Samuel Partrigg,
Justices of the Peace for West Hampshire,
in the province of the Massachusetts Bay.
in N. E.
Thomas Colton, Capt. of Springfield.
Samuel Roote, Lieut, of Westfield.
Timothy Nash, Lieut, of Hadley.
Samuel Partrigg, Capt. of Hatfield.
John King, Lieut, of Northampton."
The war did not cause the suspension of other activities
as did the first Indian war, and the town records for the
period indicate great extension and improvement going on.
Repairs on the meetinghouse were begun early in 1689, addi-
tional seats were put in the galleries on the north and south,
the side windows were shut up and covered, and windows
with four lights apiece were put in the east and west sides
of the roof, the work "to be w^ell performed and workman-
like.*' Fifty-three shillings were appropriated for the pur-
pose.
In the last chapter reference was made to the first recorded
measures for the support of the poor. In September, 1688,
Samuel Belden and Samuel Partridge were directed to in-
quire into the state of William King's family, and the next
year it appears that Goodwife Belden took charge of King's
wife during confinement. She was insane and evidently sub-
ject to severe outbreaks, for in 1689 it was voted that a
small house or cellar should be built on King's lot at the
town's expense and '*in case said King's wife be out or
unruly to secure her in it." May 18, 1692, the infirm condi-
tion of Goodwife King was noted. Dr. Hastings was "de-
sired to do what he can by w^ay of physic or otherwise to
bring her to a better pass if it may be and the charge thereof
to be paid by the town."
In 1694 Thomas Bracy was ordered "to sell his lot for the
relief of his family to be disposed to the selectmen for their
present support," and to prevent the children from growing
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 125
up in idleness they were "put out" for employment in other
families.
Somewhat later relief was given "Jane Stratton a Scotch
maid long resided as an inhabitant in this Town and now
being decrepit and many infirmities attending her. [The
selectmen were to] take a survey of her infirmities and to
supply them upon the towns charge.'*
In this connection the fact may be recorded that on Dec.
19, 1698, a contribution was made for Daniel Belden and
Martin Smith, who had been reduced to straits by their cap-
tivity in Canada after the attack on Deerfield in 1696.
The first poorhouse was built a few years later. In March,
1702/3, it was voted that the town would "by way of rate or
otherwise build a house of ten pound for the use of Thos.
Bracy's family so long as they need it, afterward to be for
the Town's use from time to time.'' Instead of building a
house, the town in October bought "John Fields little house''
and allowed 20 shillings for a cellar to be dug under it.
It is not known whether this house stood on John Field's
lot or was moved to one of the town lots or placed in the
highway. John Field at that time owned the Goodwin lot,
where the first two ministers had lived, and he probably
occupied the house on it. His "little house" may have been
the one built by his father at the first settlement of the town.
The live stock industry was becoming more important. In
1690 the owners of sheep were allowed to fence in a tract of
land north of the town, ''provided it be no obstruction to the
town or county highway." December 18, 1693, it was de-
cided to raise the number of sheep in town to 700 by the
first of the next April and a committee was appointed as
sheep masters to consider advantageous ways to promote the
industry. These sheep masters were Ensign Frary, Sergeant
Waite, John Cowles, William Arms, and Samuel Partridge.
For several years they entered every year on the general
records an agreement with a shepherd to care for the flocks,
first Robert Ppick or Poag, afterwards William King. The
ambitions of the settlers were not fullv realized, for in 1691
the sheep numbered only 273. By 1699 there were 291
owned as follows: Thomas Meekins. 2; John Cowles, 28;
widow Russell, 9; John Belden, 6: Isaac Graves, 2; John
Graves Taylor, 8; Samuel Partridge, 30; John Graves, Sr.,
10; Nathaniel Graves. 4; Richard Billings, 1; S^mv\^\ \^\c.V
126 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
inson, 4; Richard Morton, 28; Benjamin Waite, 16; John
Field, 11 ; Isaac Hubbard, 3; Samuel Belden, Sr., 5 ; Jeremiah
Alvord, 14; William Scott, 10; Ichabod Allis, 12; Samuel
Graves, 4; Nathaniel Dickinson, 14; Thomas Nash, 2; Ed-
ward Church, 11; Samuel Belden, Jr., 1; Mr. Williams, 11;
Samuel Dickinson, Jr., 6; Joseph Smith, 4; John White, 20;
Eleazer Frary, 15. In 1697 King's hill was fenced for a sheep
pasture and any other animals found inside were pounded.
The fattening of cattle was becoming an important indus-
try and regulations regarding cattle appear in the records.
Two bulls were always to be kept in town and all old animals
unfit for service were to be killed. Fat cattle were exempt
from assessment in the town rates. Corn was so important
a crop that Aug. 23, 1697, a bounty of 8d. apiece was oflfered
on "blackbirds" killed. The use of any disagreeable material
such as tar to keep the crows from pulling up the sprouting
corn was probably not understood. Large numbers of hogs
were kept and pork was sent to market down the river.
The gathering of tar and turpentine from the pine trees
in towns along the valley was begun in the seventeenth cen-
tury and continued up to about the middle of the eighteenth.
The turpentine was sent to Boston to be distilled. In 1696
Hatfield forbade the taking of resin from pine trees on ac-
count of the damage done to them, but the practice was not
stopped. In 1699 those who had boxed trees on the common
land so that they fell to obstruct the highways were ordered
to clear them from the road. The industry appeared to be
quite profitable to those who engaged in it, but detrimental
to the interests of the proprietors as a whole. A record of
the year 1700 shows that Nathaniel Smith, Joseph Smith, and
Nathaniel Kellogg had boxed several hundred trees. They
were allowed to go on with the gathering of turpentine from
these, but were forbidden to box any more trees. Two
years later John Wells was given liberty "notwithstanding
former orders to cut and improve 500 pine trees on the north
side of our bounds so long as he has cause for the use of
turpentine." In 1703 Ebenezer Billings and Joseph Morton
were granted liberty to gather turpentine on the commons
and it appears that in 1708 Samuel Gillett had 1,500 trees
boxed.
In 1693 John Graves, Sr., was permitted to build a malt
house in front of his home lot on "the Hill," taking as much
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 127
of the highway as necessary. The same year Thomas King
of Northampton applied for a grant of a small piece of ground
to set up a shoemaker's shop. He was given about an acre
at the gate at the south of the town on condition that he
remain ten years. He relinquished the rights the next year
and moved to Hartford, Conn. The advantage of having a
shoemaker in town was appreciated, and in 1696 King's
grant was given to Joseph Chamberlain on the same condi-
tion. He had been one of the soldiers who settled in Hadley
about 1676. He probably set up a shop in his house, but did
not remain in town long, for in 1699 he was allowed to sell
his house without completing the length of time required
by the terms of his grant. He moved to Colchester, Conn.
Schools were regularly maintained and the teachers, of
whom there were several at different times, were paid from
£30 to £35. In 1694 Dr. Hastings began to teach again, and
in 1699 "Thomas Hastings, son to Dr. Hastings," was ap-
pointed schoolmaster. He taught regularly for a long time.
He was also a physician and became prominent in town
affairs in a few years.
The fixing of the town boundaries occupied much attention
during this period and succeeding years. April 1, 1689, a
committee was appointed to "perambulate the bounds with
Deerfield" and notice was sent to that town. An amicable
agreement was reached with their neighbors on the north
and the bounds were fixed in April, 1696, by Samuel Par-
tridge and Benjamin Waite with Godfrey Nims and Philip
Matoon of Deerfield, who "marked a little walnut tree with
H. D. near the greet river and [the line was] so to r,i^n by
marked trees westward to the Mill River Swamp," at about
the present boundary line between Whately and Deerfield.
The trouble with Northampton and Hadley, to which ref-
erence has been made before, was not so easily adjusted and
petitions were sent to the General Court and many letters
exchanged with the towns in question, of which one will
serve for illustration: —
"To THE Town of Hadley
"Brethren and Friends — We delight not in burthening you or ourselves
with abundance of words in matters that seem to us plain and equal and do
judge it rather a means to darken than to come at the truth ; and to a further
settlement of things between us which we are ready and desirous of, we have
formerly sent to yourselves desiring it might be communicated to the Town
our desires for a loveing and speedy settlement of the bounds between our
Town and yours. We have received a paper under the hands oi -^owt ^^^cX.-
]28 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
men without any sigtiifieatioti of the Towns consent and concurence with it,
wherein you in many things seem to slight our proposals 10 you. and to load
us with many things which we ju<lge to be inconsistent with truth as we are
able particularly to evince, and did we desire anything more than love and
peace wc would say upon former things, which that shall appear. Whether
j'ourselves or we have been the party and covenant breakers the world may
judge, but we delight not in it, but the things we arc desirous of some jusi
and equal settlement of Bounds between us and desire the things may be
fairly laid before your Town to see whether something may not be done to
prevent further trouble, and we would lay before to your consideration a few
things &
"1st Whether anything can be judged an obligation • • • or settle-
ment of bounds without mutual agreement of both Towns —
"2d Whether settlement of the bounds be not necessary and whether the
speediest and lovingest settlement be not best —
"3 Whether the present devision of lands between us for the payment of
public dues be not full of confusion and contrary lo reason and custom —
"4 Whether according to the record which saith we were to join in one
society till the Lord call either party to be a Society by themselves, we had
not a clear call and your consent also to be a Society by ourselves —
"5 You and we having set up two churches are we not to do what tf
sufficient for supporting of both —
■"6 If the habitations had been in Hatfield and the charge as much lo
uphold a church there as at Hadley, should you not, would you not have said
the land ought not to have been so divided as to have left there one third
part of ii to bear public charges there —
"7 Whether you are not in danger to lose Little Ponset to Korlhamplon
if the River be not ihe bound between us. We desire to leave these thingi
with you and so we request that you would not too rashly refuse our motions
but duly weigh and consider them and with as much speed as may be that you
would give us a positive and plain answer to what we have desired in this
"Jany 2l5t 1692/3 the aforesaid was voted by the Town of Hatfield to be
sent and communicated to the Town of Hadley and that Ens. Frary and
Samll Marsh have opportunity and liberty to treat with Hadley about it, '
"Samll Paktrigg CltrV
The river was finally ordered to be the boundary betwWD
the towiLs by the General Court. Xov. 2, 1733.
The boundary with Northampton was fixed Nov. 20. 172A
by a committee from the General Court, both town-* agravog
to accept the original boundary south of Capawonk Mei^W
e.stablished as the line between Hadley and NorthatnpUil
before the incorporation of Hatfield, but before settlefn«iit
of the case was made there had been several lawsuits between
owners of the land near the line. Hatfield men complaining
of trespass on their property by Xorthampton settlers and
vice versa. The reason for the agitation of the question
with Xnrtham])ton was because it was feared that if the
south line of the town was so near the houses, — within a
mile of those on "the Hill," — there would be a scarcity of
wood and stone for the inhabitants in the south part of the
town and there could be no further growth in that direction.
HISTORY OF HATFrELD. 129
No other settlement was so near the limits of its township
grant. The line was surveyed and estabUshed in April, 1721,
by a committee from both towns.
The first choice of assessors as a separate body is recorded
under date of July 24, 1694, — Lieut. Daniel White, Ens.
Eleazer Frary, and Samuel Marsh. In 1697 heads were
assessed at 2s,; houses, "6s. the highest and others propor-
tionally at the judgment of the assessors" ; land, 10s. per acre ;
oxen, 50s. ; cows, 3 years old, 30s., 2 years old, 20s., 1 year
old, 10s.; horses, 40s., 2 years old, 20s., 1 year old, 10s. ; hogs,
5s. ; sheep, 3s, ; negroes, 2s. This is the first reference in the
town records to negroes. Mr. Williams had negro slaves
and possibly other inhabitants did also. During the eight-
eenth century many were owned in town.
The town officers chosen in 1697 were constables, select-
men, clerk, tithing men, surveyors of highways, fence view-
ers, field drivers, and assessors. Packers of meat and gaugers
of casks are occasionally mentioned. Fence viewers and field
drivers, who were important officials and had much to do to
Middle Lane.
prevent damage to standing crops, were first called haywards.
Fencing was always neglected by the proprietors during
war time.
Middle Lane was built up during King William's war.
John Belden and Samuel Kellogg were living there in 1696
130
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
and very likely there were oth'er occupants of the grants that
had been made, but it is impossible to ascertain who they
were or at what time they became permanent residents of
that section. Probably several more houses on "the Hill"
were built at this period also.
In 1695 Hatfield was granted additional territory by the
General Court. The tract was three miles wide and six miles
long beyond the western boundaries, nearly the same as the
present township of Williamsburg. It was called the "Hat-
field Addition" or '^Hatfield Three Mile Grant," sometimes
"Hatfield Woods." The land became a part of the commons
and was not divided among the inhabitants till 1752.
CHAPTER X.
ANOTHER PERIOD OF PEACE, 1698-1703. THE PURCHASE OF
THE BRADSTREET FARM. BUILDING THE SECOND
MEETINGHOUSE.
" Think naught a trifle, though it small appear."
The call for more land. — Additional grants of parts of the meadows. —
Taking up of lots in Hopewell Swamp — Purchase of the Bradstreet farm. —
The proprietors' books. — Highways and bridges. — Improvement of the breed
of horses. — Election of Thomas Hastings, Jr., as town clerk. — A new pound. —
The minister's salary. — Building of the second meetinghouse.
The interval of peace between 1698 and 1703, when Queen
Anne's war broke out, seems to be rather barren of impor-
tant events, but it was a period of expansion, nevertheless.
More land was needed by the growing community. The
commons, as divided in 1684, were not thought desirable for
tillage and probably had grown up to valuable forests, but
there was still some land at the disposal of the town which
had not been assigned to proprietors and the Bradstreet farm
was secured in this interval.
The town appointed a committee, Dec. 19, 1699, "to survey
any upland that may be fit to improve and to accommodate
inhabitants." Three tracts of land were found available for
the purpose, the first, the land between the Denison farm and
Hopewell Swamp. It was decided in March, 1700, to lay out
this tract of land in equal portions for those who desired to
take up fields there, and in December of that year the vote
'■^^arding the perpetual reservation of a sheep pasture was
''^scinded, the sequestered land again to be at the town's
^^sposal. It appears from the record that some men **desired
^^ mhabit on the Plain or Deerfield road." The intention
^^ Purchasing the Bradstreet farm was mentioned at that
time
^ hose who proposed to take up their residences "between
!}^ farm and Hopewell" were Jonathan Williams, Joseph
j;|^^rnberlain, Nathaniel Kellogg, Josiah Scott, Zechariah
*'^M, Samuel Russell, John Belden, Samuel M^t?>Vv, N^J \\\\^v^
132 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Scott, Jr., and Benoni Wright. Some of these were among
the first settlers of Whately, but no houses were built in that
part of the town as early as the time under consideration.
There seemed to be considerable opposition to further divi-
sion of land by the proprietors who had held land for a longer
period. They wished to rent land to newcomers or the
young men who were becoming heads of families.
Other tracts to be opened to grants were King's hill and
the land south of the Northampton road between the high-
way and the Little Ponsett fence. The King's hill tract was
the old sheep pasture. March 17, 1700, it was voted that
these tracts, together with the land between the Denison
farm and Hopewell, should be laid out in proportion to those
who wanted land. Opposition was strong and the matter
dragged. April 6, 1702, it was voted that the three tracts
should be divided so that each man should have his whole
allotment in one tract with permission to change if he de-
sired. In November it was decided to have another survey
before the bounds were established. Those who took up the
new land were to be owners and not tenants. The lots were
to be of ten acres each. The subject will be spoken of again
in Chapter XII. in connection with the settlement of
Whately. The grants were not recorded and in 1707 a com-
mittee appointed to search the records declared that they
could not find any reference to the matter. The next year,
however, the grants were confirmed to John Belden, Josiah
and William Scott, and Ebenezer Marsh. The vote regard-
ing King's hill was declared null and void and that section
was reserved again for a sheep pasture until 1733, when it
was sold to Ebenezer Bardwell for £422 for the 60 acres
included in it. He signed a release to the town two years
later and Israel Williams secured 20 acres of it for £200 and
John Field, Jr., the remainder for £200. What disposition
the town finally made of the third tract spoken of, near Littler
Ponsett, a careful search of the records does not disclose.^
except that it was occasionally rented.
Hadley ordered a division of its commons in 1700, and i
1703 a report was made of the survey and the location of th
lots in three divisions of the commons east of the village t
78 Hadley proprietors and to 16 from Hatfield. The latte
were as follows : —
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. J 33
No.
of the lots.
Rods.
Feet.
No. of the lots.
Rods.
Feet.
In the First Diinsion.
19
Daniel Warner
8
7
4
Samuel Marsh
21
13
20
Widow Warner
8
7
12
Samuel Dickinson
8
13
21
Joseph Smith
4
6
13
Rev. Wm. Williams
7
5
22
Ebenezer Wells
21
14
14
John Cole
6
8
28
Col. Sam'l Partridge
40
8
15
John Graves
4
0
47
Nath'l Dickinson
3
11
16
Stephen Belden
10
5
48
Edward Church
35
0
17
Ebenezer Billings
5
2
In the Second Division.
18
Samuel Belden, Jr.
3
0
34
Thomas Xash
8
13
Every rod in width gave an acre and a half of land. The
total amount of land given to the proprietors of the two
towns was 5,103 acres. This land was wooded for the most
part and was not cleared for many years. The reason the
Hatfield men shared in the division of the Hadley commons
was that they were rated in the Hadley lists as owning
meadow land belonging to that town, but located on the
west side of the river.
December 31, 1700, a report was made of the lots taken up
in Hopewell Swamp. This was the wet swamp mentioned
when the first division of land was made in the Mill Swamp.
It was first called Hopewell in 1679. It ran north from
Great Pond through the present town of Whately. A vote
had been passed to drain it in 1693. Lots of 13 acres each
were taken up in order, beginning at the south, by Samuel
Partridge, Ens. Eleazer Frary, Lieut. Daniel White, Ensign
Frary, John Graves, Sr., the heirs of Samuel Graves, Samuel
Dickinson, and the heirs of John Graves. The expenses for
surveying and staking the lots were 3d. each per acre. The
use of a compass is mentioned in this survey for the first
time.
On the same date report was made of the measurement
of the Denison farm and the marking of its boundaries.
In November of the next year, 1701, the selectmen and
^oivn measurers were authorized to join with the proprietors
^1^ the Bradstreet farm "to lay out said farm so that neither
^^ proprietors nor the town should be damnified.'' The farm
Ciovernor Bradstreet, who died in 1697, was thus appar-
^^^y bought about 1700, but the first purchasers are not
/^^^"vvn with certainty. These farms were never owned by
/^^ town as all the other land had been, which was granted
y t:he General Court under the old charter and purchased
'^^'"^ the Indians. A book of proprietors' records was kept,
^^P^rate from the general records of the town, b\ VW o\nyv^\^
134
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
of real estate, and the proprietors of the Bradstreet and Den-
ison farms also met as legal bodies to act in regard to fenc-
ing, surveying, and making roads. They usually met jointly
and the records were kept in one book. These records of the
proprietors of the Bradstreet and Denison farms cover the
period from 1713 to 1735, their first book of records — for it
seems likely there must have been an earlier one — being
lost. The owners of the Bradstreet farm in 1719 were as
follows : —
First Half Mile in Hopcwcll-
Samuel Gunn,
Josiah Scott,
Ebenezer Bardwell,
Samuel Belden,
John Crafts,
Josiah Scott,
John Wait,
Ebenezer Morton,
Nathaniel Coleman,
Thomas Field.
Jonathan Smith,
Zachery Field.
First Division of Upper Mile-
Josiah Scott,
Zachery Field,
Joseph Smith,
John Crafts,
John White,
Jonathan Smith,
Zachery Field,
Ebenezer Morton,
John Wait,
Nathaniel Coleman,
Samuel Belden,
John Belden,
Ebenezer Bardwell.
Second Half Mile in Hopewell—
John Wait,
Ebenezer Morton,
Joseph Smith,
Thomas Field,
John Crafts,
Zachery Field,
Jonathan Smith,
Josiah Scott,
Nathaniel Coleman,
Samuel Gunn,
John Belden,
Ebenezer Bardwell,
Samuel Belden.
Second Division of Upper Mile —
Ebenezer Bardwell,
John Belden,
Samuel Belden,
Nathaniel Coleman,
John Wait,
Ebenezer Morton,
Zachery Field,
John Smith,
John White,
John Crafts,
Joseph Smith,
Zachery Field,
Jonathan Cole.
The proprietors' roads through the farms were not ac-
cepted as town highways, as the town had no jurisdiction
over them, but the main road north and south between the
Old and West Farms was undoubtedly the present river
road, later taken as a town and county highway.
At the beginning of the year 1701 the two main highways
through the commons to the west and north were agreed
upon in town meeting and formally accepted, after the report
of a committee consisting of Samuel Partridge, Samuel Bel-
den, Sr., Daniel White, Sr., Sanuicl Dickinson, Sr., and John
White. The highways were laid out ten rods wide and
rnnrkcd by blazed trees. The east one was at its upper end
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 135
the present Straits road. It began at the Hatfield mill and
ran northward along what is now Prospect Street to the top
of Clay hill, — then called Clay gully, — where it was joined by
the so-called Deerfield Lane leading from the street, then
followed the line of the old Indian trail that led to Deerfield
along the westerly bank of Great Pond and the west side of
Hopewell Swamp to the beginning of what is now called the
Straits road through Whately. It was then traveled through
most of its extent and known as the Pocumtuck path. The
part between Clay hill and West Brook is still open, though
not so much used as branch highways on either side laid out
later.
The western highway was along the east side of Mill
Swamp at its northern end, continued by the present Clave-
rack road. When the road was first laid out it went only
as far as "Upper Going Over'' the Mill Swamp at West
Brook. At the southern end the road is not in use as a
traveled way, but the town sandbank near John S. Denlein's
house is on the original layout of this old town road. It ran
northward from there near the brow of Mill Swamp hill and
ditches which showed its location could still be followed
through a large part of its extent till the land was brought
under cultivation in the latter part of the nineteenth century.
At intervals some traces of the ditches can vet be discovered.
These two highways running north and south formed the
divisions between the river meadows, the upland commons,
and the wooded hills to the west. They were crossed at
right angles by the east and west roads through the swamps,
also originally ten rods wide, "Upper, Middle and Lower
^o'ln^ Over," the latter starting from the highway to North-
^'"pton at "the going down of the hill,'' now known as
^^nics's corner. There was a road west from the mill, nearer
^^ ^ill river than the present depot road, but not extending
^c^o^s the swamp. "Middle Going Over'' was what is called
^^ old depot road. Farther north, in the present township
^'N/hately, there were proprietors' roads running east and
^e^t: to give access to the lots, two of which were later taken
^P ^.s public ways. Christian Lane and the Mt. Esther road.
*^lie bridges on all the highways in town were kept in a
goc^^ state of repair when freedom from watching and ward-
*^S* ^as enjoyed. They seemed to require a good deal ot
3-tt^jitjQ,^ every spring on account of the ftoods. TW'^^ wa.^
236 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
a disastrous flood in the spring of 1699 that caused an ex-
penditure to be made "to repair the breaches made by the
fete flood upon the Bridge and land about it between the
Town and Hill as we go to Northampton."
At this period the improvement of the horses began to
receive attention. While the colonists all through New Eng-
land had kept up the size and vitality of their other live stock,
the horses had sadly deteriorated both in size and vigor,
probably because they were not so necessary as the other
farm animals or as they have since become. In the year
1700 Hatfield appointed a committee to join with a com-
mittee from Northampton to **consider a method to regulate
the breed of horses and that we send to Deerfield to choose
some men for the same to make return and fully settle the
matter." It does not appear from the records what the
result of the labors of the committee was, but it mav be
inferred that better stallions were secured either from some
of the Bay towns or from England. The breeding of horses
in Hatfield received no attention as a special industry till
after 1800.
March 17, 1701/2, Thomas Hastings, Jr., was elected town
clerk and the records from that time till 1728 are in his
handwriting. In 1703 he was authorized to "find a book to
record the town votes upon the town's charge." The new
book was somewhat larger than the old ones and was well
indexed. At first the entries were made in two columns on
each page, but after a few pages this style was abandoned for
the simpler and more easily followed one of having the lines
occupy the full width of the page. The penmanship of the
new clerk was superior to that of his predecessors. Many
entries were made with a large, bold hand adorned with
flourishes. The pages of the book are only slightly yellowed
with age, and the quality of the ink was so good that the
writing has not perceptibly faded. The ink was made at
home by the old formula of soft maple bark boiled in vinegar,
to which nails or scrap iron was added. Even as late as fifty
years ago ink made after the manner of the early settlers
was sold by itinerant peddlers in some of the towns in the
Connecticut valley.
March 31, 1699, Richard Billings w^as contracted with to
build a new pound. The specifications were that the posts
should he set three feet in the ground and to be at least
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 137
seven feet above, "well and truly mortised for the rails at
each end of them," with five rails and "a substantial gate
well hanged in irons." The pound was to be built on the
site of the old one, but where they stood is not known,
probably near the south end of the street. Richard Billings
was to receive 47 shillings and the posts and rails of the old
pound. Damage done by the horses and cattle belonging to
Northampton and other towns was mentioned, and such
stock was ordered to be pounded when caught. The old
proprietors' records are full of references to lost or strayed
animals. The pound was an important public structure in
the early days.
A change in the manner of collecting the minister's rate
was made in 1698, for on December 19 of that year it was
voted that the minister's rate should be collected by the
deacons instead of by the constables or the regular collectors
of the rates. It was to be paid in rye at 3s. per bushel,
"Indian" at 2s., barley at 2s. 9d., and oats at 2s. 6d. The
minister's salary was then £50 per year and firewood. In
1702 the town voted to give Mr. Williams £55 yearly for
seven years in current money and also furnish firewood.
The old meetinghouse had become too small for the con-
gregation and Oct. 23, 1699, a committee was appointed to
report at the next town meeting about building a new one.
November 13 they reported that the old house was "judged
to be inconvenient and insufficient" and recommendation was
made for a new one 45 feet square with gable windows upon
each side of the roof. A building committee was chosen —
Col. Samuel Partridge, Lieut. Daniel White, Dea. John Cole-
man, Ens. Eleazer Frary, Sergt. Benjamin Waite, Samuel
Marsh, John White, Samuel Belden, Sr., and Samuel Dickin-
son, Sr. — to have charge of the work, and it was decided to
place the new meetinghouse on the knoll where the former
one stood. The old house was not removed till the new one
was completed, however.
Nathaniel Dickinson offered to pay £7 in money if he
mig-ht be "freed from further charges about the affair," and
the offer was accepted by full vote of the town. December
19 a rate of £5 was made "upon all the inhabitants for to be
in money, which together with the seven pounds to be paid
by Nathaniel Dickinson is to be to buy and purchase nails
for the meetinghouse now rebuilding."
138 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Probably all the lumber was cut and prepared by the inhab-
itants under the direction of the building committee as it
was for the first house, though these particulars are not
recorded. The structure was apparently about two years in
building. August 25, 1701, Samuel Russell was authorized
to make the glass for the windows and "to put it in. 5s. per
foot to be paid for every foot in money." December 1, 1701,
an account of Samuel Partridge was allowed for 6s. 6d. for
five and a quarter feet of glass which he **found.'' In Oc-
tober a rate of one hundred and odd pounds was ordered to
pay the charges for finishing, the selectmen Jto make the rate,
every head to pay seven shillings. The sum was not quite
sufficient, for at the December meeting an additional rate
had to be ordered, no record of the amount of which is pre-
served. At the same time the old meetinghouse was sold to
Samuel Partridge, Samuel Belden, Sr., Benjamin Waite,
Samuel Belden, Jr., and Ichabod Allis for £7 "to be paid
from the meetinghouse rate.''
August 25, 1701, the w^orkmen, Samuel Belden, Jr., and
Ichabod Allis, were again given instructions to enlarge the
old pulpit and make it uniform. Seating was ordered October
28 "to be done forthwith by the best five men,'' w^ho w^ere
Samuel Partridge, Deacons Coleman and Church, Samuel
Belden, Sr., and Samuel Marsh. They were instructed in
seating people "to go by age estate and places of trust" and
to put six men and no more in each seat. The voters also
gave instructions as to what seats in the galleries were to be
considered the equivalent of specified seats in the body of the
house. The galleries were on three sides. The house faced
east and west, with the pulpit at the west end. No reference
is made to a turret, but perhaps there was one similar to that
on the first meetinghouse, since an elevated watch tower was
still needed from which the approach of enemies could be
watched. The old bell was hung in the new structure.
CHAPTER XI.
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
'* I love anything that's old: — old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."
The Puritans. — Life of the Hatfield pioneers. — Class distinctions. — Horse
racing. — Fines for extravagance in apparel. — The dress of the Puritans. —
Love for the beautiful. — Architecture. — Gardens. — Music. — Use of titles. —
Books. — The Bible and its influence. — Home industries. — Farm work and
crops. — Social gatherings. — Marriage customs. — Funerals. — Drinking habits.
Concerninpf the Puritan fathers of New England much
has been written that glorifies their lives and extols their
virtues to an extreme degree and on the other hand unsym-
pathetic accounts convey wrong impressions about their
austerity, hatred of pleasure, and joyless mode of life. The
truth, as usual in such cases, lies midway between the
extremes. When the veil of obscurity that clouds the past
is lifted and the men and women of two hundred and two
hundred and fifty years ago are revealed by what they said
and did, it is seen that the founders of Hatfield were very
human and loved the good things of life quite as much as
their descendants at any subsequent period. Ideas, points
of view, social and business habits have changed greatly
with the lapse of time, but human nature is ever the same.
The life of the pioneers was simple in many ways and
they were straightforward and direct in speech, but in some
respects there was a complexity and a cumbersomeness
in their ways that was simplified as time went on. Division
of labor and better organization in business have brought
•
increased efficiency. The almost absolute democracy of the
government that existed in the conduct of town aflfairs,
^vhen all met together at frequent intervals to order with
"Minute care how all things should be done, soon gave way
^Q representative government and more authority was given
officials. Changes in this matter and the methods of taxa-
tion have already been spoken of.
Try as they would to make all people co\\Iot\w \.o ^^t^-
140 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
scribed rules of conduct, the independent and non-con-
formist spirit that animated the English colonists of
New England broke over the bounds they themselves had
reared and rendered null and void arbitrary sumptuary laws,
nor could the democratic equality they sought for be wholly
maintained against the force of the habits of the past. Class
distinctions based on wealth and birth, their heritage from
feudal England, showed in many ways, notably in the
matter of seating the people in the meetinghouse, a task
that always caused jealousy and ill feeling.
The early settlers were somewhat sparing in the use of
titles, the full Christian name being applied usually without
a prefix. Few were called Mr. except the minister, who
was above the level of the rest in education and often also
in wealth and social position. Rev. did not come into use
for many years after the settlement of the town. It was
first applied in the records to William Williams and not
alwavs to him. Deacon was from the first an honored title
and military rank was acknowledged in speech and writing
wherever it existed. The term Worshipful was given to
those who were in commanding authority or whose superior
ability was recognized. For others Goodman and Good-
wife, or Goody, sufficed. The wife and daughter of a Mr.
might be called Mistress.
That the love of sport led even the hard working and
austere settlers to extremes is indicated by the references
in the Hatfield records. In 1672 the selectmen ordered
that all racing in the meadows and highways should be
stopped because of the damage done the fields and crops
and because, in addition to the danger of being hurt, many
children and servants spent too much time in watching
the sport. Probably the selectmen in their self-imposed
task of stopping the practice found it difficult to control the
young men, and on the long straight course between the
lines of fences leading through the meadows to the landing
at Hadley, out of sight of the village street, the youth
learned lessons in horsemanship that fitted them to become
dragoons in the Indian wars tliat soon came on.
Tlie natural desire for display in dress early brought to
some the ])enalties of the laws of the land, for the early
str'itiitcs commended —
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"unto all sortes of persons the sober and moderate use of those blessings
which, beyond expectation, the Lord hath bin pleased to aflfoard unto us in
this wilderness, and also to declare our utter detestation and dislike that men
or weomen of meane condition should take upon them the garbe of gentle-
men, by wearing gold or silver lace or buttons, or points at their knees, or to
walk in greatc bootes, or weomen of the same rancke to weare silke or
tiffany hoodes or scarfes, which though allowable to persons of greater
estates, or more liberall education, yett wee cannot but judge it intollerable
in persons of such like condition: — itt is therefore ordered by this Courte,
and the authority thereof, that no person within this jurisdiction, or any of
their relations depending uppon them, whose visible estates, reall and per-
sonall, shall not exccede the true and indifferent valew of two hundred
pounds, shall wear any gold or silver lace, or gold or silver buttons, or any
bone lace above two shillings pr. yard, or silk hoods, or scarfes, uppon the
penaltie of tenn shillings for every such offence, and every such delinquent
to be presented by the graund jury."
This law ''against excesse in apparelP' passed Oct. 14,
1651, required the selectmen of towns to "have regard and
take notice of apparell in any of the inhabitants of their
several towns respectively." In 1676 sixty-eight persons,
both men and women, were tried at the County Court in
Northampton for "wearing silk and that in a flaunting
manner, for long hair and other extravagances,'* and
several Hatfield people were fined. The law, however,
soon became a dead letter.
The idea that the dress of the Puritans was somber is
erroneous. In the ordinary garments of homespun rich
tones of russet and brown were worn by the men, often
trimmed with brighter hues, while for shirts striped goods
of blue and white were favorites. Dyes of logwood, mad-
der, and indigo furnished reds and blues for the women
and for additional adornment green ribbons were eagerly
sought. Demure faces peeped from beneath many a red
ridinghood.
Among the God-fearing iconoclasts, who, denying the
divine rights of kings and bishops, left their homes in Eng-
land to escape the tyranny of the Stuart kings and the
persecution of ecclesiastical authorities and who protested
against the unrestrained license of the Restoration, there
-was a love of the beautiful no less strong than a love of the
good. An American art w^as slow of development, but
one does not have to look far to discover an aesthetic sense
among the early settlers. It found its chief expression in
the colonial architecture. While no houses remain in
Hatfield that date back to the seventeenth century, prob-
ably there was no great difference between iVvetw ^wA. \\vos^
142
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
erected a little later. Some of the colonial houses have a
simple and dignified beauty of line lacking in many more
pretentious structures of a later period and not a few were
adorned with hand carved portals and interior moldings
of great beauty of design and workmanship. The curves
of the Hatfield streets, whose original layouts have been
preserved, show that those who surveyed them had an
eye to the artistic possibilities. The picturesque Indian
names are j)rcserved in the jlesignations of localities, and
naiues chosen by the settlers, like Bashan. indicate an
appreciation of the natural beauties of the surroundings.
The noble trees which have always been an attraction of
the Connecticut valley werfi allowed to grow unmolested-
There is a record that an oak tree standing near the Cow
Bri<lge was to be preserved for shade and a heavy penalty
was ordained for any one who should fell it or even lop its
branches.
The busy housewives found time amid their household
duties to tend and care for some of the flowers they had
loved in their I'^njrlish homes and many unfamiliar ones
that blossomed in profusion in the new land. Josselyn
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 143
in his account of his travels, published in 1672, mentioned
the gardens in the dooryards of the colonists. He says:
"Fever-few prospereth exceedingly; white sattin groweth
pretty well, and so doth lavender cotton ; gilly flowers will
continue two years; horse leek prospereth notably; holly-
hocks; comferie with white flowers; clary lasts but one
summer; sweetbryer or eglantine; celandine but slowly;
bloodwort but sorrily, but patience and English roses very
pleasantly."
The singing of psalms was much enjoyed by the early
settlers all through New England, though very likely their
singing was not tuneful. The practice of "lining out" or
"deaconing" the hymns originated very early. Few of the
old psalm books had music and not all the congregation
were supplied with books, so that it was necessary to sing
the hymns a line at a time and one of the deacons was usu-
ally the one chosen to lead the singing of the few tunes that
wet^. then in use. There were probably few musical instru-
niiesits in Hatfield in the early days, though the bass viol
wfUl- tised to accompany singing in church in the eighteenth
ocaiitiiry and may have been so employed earlier.
There were few books owned by the settlers. The min-
istefs, of course, had libraries consisting of sermons, tracts,
and other theological works. Some books of travel like
Josselyn's "New England Rarities'* or the historical works
of Hubbard and Mather may have been possessed by a few.
The public statutes were required by law to be familiar
to all and no doubt some legal publications were circulated
and read. There is in Memorial Hall in Hatfield a book
that was the property of Samuel Partridge, containing the
charter granted by William and Mary and some of the
statutes.
The English Bible was the one book familiar to all, read
and studied by every household till its language became the
language of the street, the market, and the place of public
assembly, as well as the house of worship, the model of
w^ritten expression in letters, petitions, and legislative utter-
ances as well as the basis of sermons. The following quo-
tation from Green's "History of England" shows the
influence exerted by it even before the departure of the
colonists to America : —
244 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
"The popularity of the Bible was owing to Other causes besides that of
religion. The whole prose literature of England, save the forgotten tracts of
Wyclif, has grown up since the translation of the Scriptures by Tyndall and
Coverdale. No history, no romance, no poetry, save the little-known verse
of Chaucer, existed for any practical purpose in the English tongue wheo the
Bible was ordered to be set up in churches. Sunday after Sunday, day after
day, the crowds that gathered around Bonner's Bibles in the tiave of St
Paul's, or the family group that hung on the words of the Geneva Bible in
the devotional exercises at home, were leavened with a new literature.
Legends and annals, war song and psalm, State-rolls and biographies, ibt
mighty voices of prophets, the parables of evangelists, stories of missioo
journeys, of perils by the sea and among the heathen, philosophic arguinetits,
apocalyptic visions, all were flung broadcast over minds unoccupied for the
most part by any rival learning. The disclosure of the stores of Gredc
literature had wrought the revolution of the Renaissance. The disclosure of
the older mass of Hebrew literature wrought the revolution of the Refomia-
tion. But the one revolution was far deeper and wider in ils effects than tlit
other. No version could transfer to another tongue the peculiar charm of
language which gave their value to the authors of Greece and Rome
Classical letters, therefore, remained in the possession of the learned— -tfaat
is, of the few ; and among these, with the exception of Colei and Mor& W
of the pedants who revived a Pagan worship in the gardens of the Flo ""
Academy, their direct influence was purely intellectual. But the lol
the Hebrew, the idiom of the Hellenic Greek, lent themselves .
curious felicity to the purposes of translation. As a mere literary
■ ment. the English version of the Bible remains the noblest example
English tongue. Its perpetual use made it from the instant of its :
the standard of our language. But for the moment its literary
less than its social. The power of the book over the ir.^iss of Englt)
showed itself in a thousand superficial ways, and in none more (
ously than in the influence it exerted on ordinary speeth. It for
must repeat, the whole literature which was practica.lly accessible to
Englishmen; and when we recall the number of common phra
owe to great authors, the bits of Shakespeare, or Milton, o
Thackeray, which unconsciously iciterweave themselves in our ordin,
we shall better understand the strange mosaic of Biblical words and
which colored English talk two hundred years ago. The mass of pict_
allusion and illustration which we borrow from a thousand book^
fathers were forced to borrow from one; and the borrowing was the qf,
and the more natural that the range of the Hebrew literature fllied itii
the expression of every phase of feeling."
The seventeenth century was the age of home industries.
Hatfield had a corn mill, sawmill, and a blacksmith shop.
All other work was done at home. The women of tlie house-
hold had constant labor to supply the wants of the
family. Food supplies had to be preserved for use for the
year. There were no stores or markets in town to supply
deficiencies, ami sugar and salt were practically the only
groceries to be obtained. The Indians tauglit the settlers i
to make maple sugar. Herbs for flavoring and for medic-
inal purposes were grown and cured. Candles were not
used very much in the seventeenth century, candle wood —
knots and splinters of resinous wood — taking their place.
The wool of the flocks and the flax grown in the fields
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. [45
nished the material for clothing and other household
■rics and the steps in the preparation of the raw material
re understood by ail. A fulling miil was in operaion at
;st Brook quite early, though not until after 1700. The
nning wheel, the loom, and the dye pot were in every
me and most of the tailoring and dressmaking was per-
med by the members of the household. Linsey-woolsey,
lixture of linen and wool, was the commonest fabric, while
V, the refuse combings of the flax, was made into towels
1 other coarse goods. Flax was worth alx>ut 6d, per
ind and tow 3d. Some things, like mittens and stockings,
re of wool, others all linen, like the sheets and handker-
efs. Cotton from the West Indies came into use quite
ly. It was spun on a large wheel like wool and some-
les mixed with wool. The small wheels were used for
£, Checked and striped goods of blue and white were
nufactured, and when in excess of the wants of the
isehold were exchanged for calico and silk. When there
s an extra supply of flax flaxen yarn was sometimes sold,
I homemade tow cloth, 36 inches wide, found a ready
rket at 2s. per yard.
ipinning was encouraged by the following co\cn\\a.\ X^'N ,
146 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
passed by the General Court May 14, 1656, and in force for
over a century: —
"This Court, taking into serious consideration the present streights and
necesseties that lye uppon the countrie in respect of cloathing, which is not
like to be so plentifully supplied from forraigne parts as in times past, and
not knowing any better way and meanes conduceable to our subsistence than
the improving of as many hands as may be in spinning woole, cotton, flax, &.
"It is therefore ordered by this Court and the authoritie thereof, that all
hands not necessarily imploide on other occasions, as weomen, girles and
boyes, shall and hereby are enjoyned to spinn according to their skills and
abilitie; and that the selectmen in every toune doe consider the condition
and capacitie of every family, and accordingly to assesse them at one or more
spinners; and because several families are necessarily emploied the greatest
part of theire time in other busines, yet, if opportunities were attended, some
time might be spared . at large by some of them for this worke, the said
selectmen shall therefore assesse such families at half or a quarter of a
spinner, according to theire capacities.
"Secondly, that every one thus assessed for a whole spincr doc, after this
present yeare, 1656, spinn, for thirty weekes every yeare, three pounds pr.
weeke of linin, cotton or woollen, and so proportionably for half or quarter
spinners, under the penaltie of twelve pence for every pound short; and Ac
selectmen shall take speciall care of the execution of this order, which may
be easily effected, by deviding their several tounes into tenn, six or five to
take an account of theire division, and to certifie the selectmen if any are
defective in what they are assessed, who shall improove the aforesaid penal-
ties imposed upon such as are negligent, for the encouragement of those
that are diligent in their labour."
The work of the men on the farms has already been
spoken of. Each man was adept through long practice
in felling and hewing timber and splitting it for clapboards,
shingles, and rails. Most of them were carpenters, coopers,
cartwrights, and masons, and expert at all kinds of repairs.
Rope for the harnesses was made at home as well as the
wooden collars for the horses and yokes for oxen. The
axles of the carts were of wood. Probably all the tanning
of hides was done at home till the Partridges built a tan
yard in the eighteenth century.
The staple crops were wheat, corn, and peas. Rye and
oats were not raised very much at first. Barley had to be
raised for malt, though for this a mixture of wheat and rye
known as meslin could be employed. Meslin was also used
as flour. Potatoes were unknown to the pioneers. Hemp
was found growing wild, being used by the Indians for
lines and nets. There were few fruits. Even apples were
not raised to any extent in the seventeenth centurv: the
first mention of an orchard in the Hatfield records is in
1694. The common drink was home brewed beer. Pump-
kin .sauce took the place of apple sauce, the art of pumpkin
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 147
drying having been learned from the Indians. "Pumpkin
parings'' were perhaps as common social gatherings as the
"apple parings'' of a later day. Husking bees no doubt
originated very early.
The marriage customs of the early settlers are described
thus by Judd in his "History of Hadley," the marriages
being performed by magistrates or persons authorized by the
General Court till about 1700 — even after that ministers
xsrere not always employed: —
"Not much is known respecting the nuptial festivities and wedding cus-
toms in this part of the country, in the 17th and part of the 18th centuries.
Marriages were occasions of joy and merriment. The groom had some new
garments, and the bride had as rich a wedding dress as, in her circumstances,
could be afforded. Mather, in 1719, said it was expected that the newly
married couple would appear as such, in the public assembly, on the next
Lord's day. This custom continued more than a century after 1719. It was
termed 'coming out groom and bride.' It still remains in many places.
"Kissing the bride was not customary in the interior of New England,
until some time in the present century, and the practice is far from being
general now. It was derived from the English, who have been notorious for
kissing, on various occasions, for centuries. Dancing at weddings was rare
among the people, in most parts of New England, in the 17th century, but
became very frequent in the 18th century. The people of Hadley danced
at weddings in the last century, but the practice has been uncommon in that
town for forty years past." (Written about the middle of the nineteenth
century.)
The custom prevailed in some places of stealing the bride
and concealing her for a time. There is no well-authenti-
cated tradition of this being done in Hatfield, but this is not
conclusive evidence of its absence. The practice lasted
nearly up to the Revolution, according to Judd, wrho also
says further in regard to marriages that they usually —
"took place on Thursday, but many on Wednesday, and some on other days.
Very few on Saturday, or Sunday. Marriages were usually solemnized at the
residence of the bride. The paternal mansion seems to be the most appro-
priate place. Marriages in meetinghouses have been very rare.
•'The marriage fee was fixed at 3 shillings in 1692, 4s. in 1716, 1753 and
1760, and 6s. in 1787. The fee of the town clerk for the publishment and
certificate was Is. 6d. after 1716. The minister or justice was to pay for
recording the marriage.
"In some towns in this vicinity, in former days, when a couple had agreed
to be united, the father of the young man went to the parents of the young
woman, and asked leave for his son to marry their daughter. This was
'asking leave.' It was sometimes done by the young man himself.
"There were occasionally second day weddings, or wedding festivities,
kept up the second day, in the last and present centuries, with much eating,
drinking and dancing. February 2, 1769, Josiah Dwight of Hatfield was
married, and had a two-days' wedding in Hatfield Addition, now Williams-
burg^. About 18 couples attended the wedding from Hatfield, and had a
good dinner, and spent most of the succeeding night in dancing and
frolicking. The next morning 'we greeted the rising sun with fiddUu^ ;vxvd.
dancingTf' says one of the party, in his diary."
148 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
The English aversion to marriage with a deceased wife's
sister was shared by the colonists in New England for a
long time. Divorce proceedings were very rare.
Funerals were at first simple, a solemn procession fol-
lowing the body to the grave accompanied by the tolling
of the bell. The minister was present, but no prayer was
offered and no funeral sermon preached. According to
Mather, about 1719 the custom was inaugurated of having
the minister make a prayer at the house and a short speech
at the grave. The continental funeral customs of wakes,
revelry, and lavish expense for mourning garments obtained
a foothold in the Bay towns but did not come into general
practice in the Connecticut valley.
Drinking to excess was uncommon in the early years
of Hatfield's history, though the use of strong liquors was
prevalent throughout the eighteenth century and part of the
nineteenth. It was not easy for the early settlers to get
liquor in large quantities. Brandy and Jamaica rum became
more c6mmon as commerce increased. There were a
number of family stills in both Hadley and Hatfield, but
licenses to sell were not granted till 1681, as previously
noted. There were no public houses for many years.
CHAPTER XII.
AfORE INDIAN FIGHTING. QUEEN ANNE'S WAR, 1703-1713. AN
INTERVAL OF PEACE. FATHER RASLE'S WAR, 1722-1725.
" He stirring as the time ; be fire with nt'e ;
Threaten the threatener."
Beginning of Queen Anne's war. — Hatfield fortifications. — Account of the
desolation of Deerfield from the Hatfield town records. — ^Thc fight in the
Deerfield meadows. — Progress of the war. — Victims of the war. — War
expenses. — A short interval of peace. — Settlement begun in Whately. — Father
Rasle's war.
Queen Anne declared war on France, May 4, 1702, and the
next year the New England frontiers were again the scenes
of fighting lasting for ten years. It was learned in the spring
of 1703 from Mohawk spies that an expedition was fitting
out in Canada for an attack on Deerfield. That town was
at once fortified and garrisoned. Augfust 30, 1703, Hatfield
"voted to fortify several houses on the Hill, Col. Samuel
Partridge's, Richard Scott's and also John Meekins's, and in
the town they do agree to fortify the house of Jonathan
Graves, John White, Mr. Williams, John or Sergt. Waite's,
Sergt. Belden, Goodman Marsh."
Colonel Partridge, who was in charge of military affairs
in the Connecticut valley, wrote to Governor Dudley, Octo-
ber 27, 1703:—
"The Town of Deerfield who lye much exposed to ye present enemy, wch
obstructe them much in their occations, their Lives hanging in doubt every-
where wn they goe out. Also they are now forced to rebuild their fortifica-
tions at much disadvantage to them, & it being 320 rods or upwards, will fall
very heavy to do it all upon their own charge, were verry earnest with me
wn lately there, to plead with this Corte for some allowance towards the
doing of it out of their publique Rates now to be collected there; as also,
that they might be Quitted of Rates to ye publique for ye tyme being of this
present warr, wh is so destressing upon them. Saml Partridge."
The garrison was kept at Deerfield during the winter of
1703-4, on February 29th of which occurred the memorable
attack under Hertel de Rouville with 200 French and 140
Indians.
An account of the assault was placed in the Hatfield town
records in the book already spoken of as containing the oath
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of allegiance administered by Major Pynchon in 1678. The
account is indexed as "Massacre." This record of the
slaughter was written by Dr. Hastings, who was then town
clerk, and he continued in diary form notes of other attacks
as they occurred up to the time of his death in 1728. The
record was then continued by Oliver Partridge. It is here
given in full for its interest as a contemporary account of a
half century of conflict, with a few explanatory additions in
brackets. The italicized headings are not in the original.
The record is remarkably accurate and full of the casualties
that occurred in Hampshire County.
Queen Anne*s War.
"An Account of the Desolation of Deerfield, the last Day of February,
1704. — Four hundred of French and Indians (as is thought) assaulted the
fort, took it, and killed and captured 162 of the inhabitants, and consumed
most of their estates into flames.
"Slain in the fort, John Catlin and his son Jonathan, John French, Samson
Frary, Mercy Rood, Jonathan Kellogg, Philip Metoon and his wife and diild,
Henry Nyms, Mary Mercy and Mehitable Nims, Alice Hawks, John Hawks,
Mary and William Brooks, Samuel Smood and wife and two children, Sergt
Benoni Stebbins, Deacon Sheldon's wife and her daughter Mercy, Samuel
Hinsdell, Mary and Thomas Carter, Joseph Ingingson, Thomas Selden, Goody
Smood, Andrew Stevens, David Alexander, Mrs. Williams, Jerusha and
John, her children, Sarah Field, Martin Smith, Sarah Price.
"Slain in the fight in Deerfield Meadow: of Deerfield, David Hoyt, Jr.,
and Joseph Catlin ; of Hatfield, Sergt. Benjamin Waite, Samuel Allis, Samuel
Foot; of Hadley, Sergt. Boltwood, his son Robert, Jonathan Ingram, and
Nathaniel Warner, Jr.
"Women and children slain in the journey to Canada, 20 persons, viz.,
Lieut. Hoyt, Jacob Hickson, Goodwife Brooks, Goodwife Belden, Goodwife
Carter, Goodwife Nyms, Goodwife Frary, Goodwife French, Goodwife
Warner, Widow Coss, Goodwife Pumry, Elizabeth Hawks, and six more
children, and Frank, the negro. [The list counts only 19J Died at Canada,
in 1705, Zebcdec Williams, Goodwife Jones, and Abigail Furbit.
"May 10, 1704. — John Allen and his wife slain by Indians at Deerfield.
"May 12, 1704. — Pascommuck Fort taken by the French and Indians, being
about 72. They took and captured the whole garrison, being about Z7 per-
sons. The English pursuing of them caused them to knock all the captives
on the head, save five or six. These they carried to Canada with them.
The others escaped, and about seven of those knocked on the head recovered,
the rest died. Capt. John Taylor was killed in the fight, and Samuel Bartlett
wounded.
"July 29, 1704. — Thomas Bettys slain by the Indians coming post from
Boston.
"July the last, 1704. — One Benton, and William Olmstead, soldiers, slain
by the Indians, and two of the enemy slain.
"July, 1706. — Judah Trumball and Widow Gash (perhaps) slain by the
Indians.
"July, 1707.— Edward Bancroft slain at Westfield.
"1704. — Some time in July (19th), Tlionias Russell, at Deerfield, and one,
Kindness, an Indian, at liattield Mill, slain by the Indians.
"July 9, 1708. — Samuel Persons, of Northampton, slain by the Indians, and
his brother Joseph slain or captured ; found killed and scalped.
"July, 1708. — A fort taken at Skipmuck [Chicopee], where were killed
Aaron Persons, Wm. Hubbard's son, and three more, and one taken and two
wounded.
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"Oct. 13, 1708.— Abijah Bartlctt, of Brookfidd, was killed, and John
Green, Joseph Ginnings, and Benjamin Ginnings wounded, and a boy of John
Woolcot's captured.
**Oct 26, 1708. — Brother Ebenezer Field was slain by the enemy in going
to Deerfield, near the Muddy Brook.
"August, 1708. — One Barber, of Windsor, was slain a hundred miles up the
Great River, and Martin Kellogg, Jr., taken and one of the enemy slain and
another wounded.
"May, 1709. — ^John Wells, of Deerfield, slain by the enemy near the Lake,
and John Burt killed or taken or lost at the same time; and in that expedi-
tion about eight of the enemy slain.
"April, 1709. — Mehumane Hinsdale taken captive. [He and the next five
mentioned were Deerfield men.]
"June 23, 1709. — Joseph Clesson and John Arms taken captive.
"June 24, 1709. — Joseph Williams slain, and Matthew Clesson and Isaac
Metune wounded, — said Clesson died four days after of his wound.
"Aug. 8, 1709. — ^John Clary and Robert Granger slain at Brookfield.
"July 22, 1710. — ^John Grovenor, Ebenezer Howard, John White, Benjamin
and Stephen Ginnings, and Joseph Kellogg were slain at Brookfield.
"Aug. 10, 1711. — Samuel Strong captured and his son slain by the enemy
at Northampton agoing into their south meadow gate in the morning.
"Aug. 22, 1711. — Benjamin Wright wounded.
"July 29, 1712. — Joseph Wright's son, of Springfield, taken captive.
"July 30, 1712. — Samuel Andross killed upon the scout above Deerfield,
and Jonathan Barrett and William Sand ford taken captive."
Father Rash's War.
"In August, 1723, the enemy killed Thomas Holton and Theophilus Merri-
man at Northfield. Two days following, they killed Rev. Joseph Willard
and two sons of Ens. Stevens, of Rutland, and carried captive two other of
his sons.
"Oct. 11, 1723. — ^The enemy assailed Northfield, killed Ebenezer Severance,
and wounded Enoch Hall and Hezekiah Stratton, and Samuel Dickinson was
captured.
"June 18, 1724. — The enemy killed Benjamin Smith, and took Joseph
Allis and Aaron Wells captives. Allis was killed the next day.
"June 27, 1724. — ^The enemy killed Ebenezer Sheldon, Thomas Colton, and
John English, an Indian, above Deerfield.
"July 10th, Samuel Allen and Timothy Childs wounded at Deerfield.
August following. Nathaniel [Noah] Edwards slain, and Abram Miller
wounded at Northampton. The next day Nathaniel Bancroft wounded at
Wcstfield.
"The enemy wounded Deacon Samuel Field, of Deerfield, Aug. 25, 1725,
a ball passing through the right hypochondria, cutting off three plaits of the
mesenteria, which hung out of the wound in length almost two inches, which
was cut off even with the body, the bullet passing between the lowest and
the next rib, cutting, at its going forth, part of the lowest rib ; his hand being
close to his body when the ball came forth, it entered at the root of the
ball of the thumb, cutting the bone of the forefinger, passed between the fore
and the second finger, was cut out, and all of the wounds cured in less Uian
five weeks by Dr. Thomas Hastings.
"Sept. 11, 1725. — ^The enemy came upon Fort Dummer scouts and killed
one John Pease, of Enfield, one Bedortha, of Springfield; took Nathaniel
Chamberlain [of Hatfield] and one Farragh and one Baker captives, and
carried them to Canada; one Steel escaped."
French and Indian War.
^'July 5, 1745. — The enemy took one Phipps as he was hoeing corn at the
place called the Great Meadow, above Fort Dummer, carried him about half
a mile, then killed him and mangled his body in a most inhuman manner.
"On July 10, 1745, the enemy killed Deacon Fisher at Upper Ashuelot,
within about sixty rods of the garrison.
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**Oct. 11, 1745. — About fourscore French and Indians assaulted the Fort
at the Great Meadow, and took captive Nehemiah Stow and killed David
Rugg coming down the river in a canoe.
"April 19, 1746. — The Indian enemy captivated Capt. Spafford, Stephen
Farnsworth, and one Parker. They were taken between the fort at No. 4.
above the Great Fall and the mill, in that township, and on Monday follow-
ing Moses Harvey was shot upon by the enemy in the road between Dcer-
field and Northficld, who fired upon the enemy and escaped.
"April 23, 1746. — The enemy assaulted the upper Ashuelot, killed one
Bullard and an aged woman named Keny, and took one Blake captive and
burned a number of buildings in that place.
"On the 25th of April, 1746, one Holton, of Northfield, went over to
Lunenburgh, and on his return was killed by the enemy.
"May 5, 1746. — At the township called No. 4, one Putnam was slain by
the Indian enemy, as he, with others, was going from the fort to a bam.
"May 6, 1746. — Deacon Timothy Brown and one MoflFett, a soldier, were
captivated at the lower Ashuelot.
"May 9, 1746. — About fifty of the enemy assaulted Deacon Sheldon's fort
at Fall Town and wounded John Burk.
"May 10, 1746. — The enemy fired upon Sergt. John Hawks and one Miles
near the province fort at Hoosick. and wounded them both. On the same
day the enemy killed Matthew Clark, of Colerain, and wounded his wife and
daughter."
The fight in the Deerfield meadows mentioned in the sec-
ond paragraph of the above was between the forces of the
French and Indians and the rehef expedition which set out
from the towns below for the rescue of Deerfield early in the
morning after the terrible massacre. The account of the
part borne by Hatfield men cannot be better told than in
the words of the Deerfield historian, George Sheldon. This
quotation is taken from an address delivered by him at the
field day of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association at
Hatfield, Sept. 19, 1889, in commemoration of the massacre
at Hatfield in 1677.
"Our forefathers, in the day of their need, found the people of Hatfield
most generous. Hospitable homes opened the doors wide to shelter them,
when forced to flee from the wrath of the Indians in Philip's war; and
again in the devastation of Feb. 29, 1704. To the promptness and bravery
of Hatfield men on that fateful morning, it was largely due that a remnant
of our people needed any shelter, save that in the bosom of mother earth.
"We have no need to analyze the motives of these brave men. As they
rode with headlong speed up the snowy Pocumtuck path, the lurid light
reddening the northern sky and reflecting on the white openings in the woods
through which they sped, told too well the dire disaster befalling their
neighbors and their kin : and that was all they need to know.
"Faster and faster the panting steeds were urged, until in the morning
light their riders saw a horrible scene of desolation and woe. Tall chimneys,
with fire place and oven standing naked, amid the glowing cellar, where had
stood the settler's home. Ruins of heavy timbered barns lay smoking about
the blackened hay mows, which still sent out fitful flashes of flame with every
eddy of the troubled air. Carcasses of cattle, sheep, and swine scattered
about upon the trampled and bloody snow, where they were killed in wanton-
ness or slaughtered for food. And most ghastly sight of all, nude and
mangled forms of men, women and children, their neighbors, friends and
kindred, victims of a most hellish act of civilized France, lying where their
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murderers left them on wintry beds of snow, which now had taken on a
crimson hue.
"The foray of Ashpelon, in 1677, was an act of savages, the last wave of
Philip's war. It was a raid merely for plunder, and by the code of Indian
warfare, conducted with humanity. The assault upon Deer field was not an
act of international warfare. It was fwt an attempt of the Pocumtucks and
Norwottucks to recover the homes of their fathers. Probably not one of
their number was with the invaders. It was not an attempt to conquer terri-
tory. De Rouville, the commander, never for one moment thought of holding
the captured town for France. No, it is clearly established that Gov. Vau-
dreuil sent his trusty officers of the Line, with a horde of blood-thirsty
barbarians to surprise and sack a Xew England village, and murder its
sleeping inhabitants, as a cold blooded act of French policy. It was to show
the northern Indians that the French were their friends, able and willing to
give them opportunities for gratifying their natural propensity for blood and
plunder, and thus to secure their alliance. All the sentimental stories about
this bloody raid being a grand and patriotic attempt of the Indians to
revenge their wrongs, recover their old hunting grounds and the graves of
their fathers, are pure fiction, and must vanish into thin air, before the facts
of history.
"Your ancestors and mine, seeing and hearing the dreadful sights and
sounds, on their arrival at Deerfield, did not know — nor did they need to
know — these facts, to awaken their manhood, inflame their hearts, and nerve
their arms. At the time of their arrival, the main body of the enemy had
drawn off with their captives and booty across the river. Scattered bands
were engaged in wanton destruction of animals and property; and a con-
siderable body was still besieging the house of Benoni Stebbins. These flew
like chaff from the threshing floor before the charge of the infuriated men
from below, towards the main body, which many never reached. Observing
this charge, De Rouville hastily threw his army into an ambuscade. The
reckless daring of the pursuers, led, doubtless, by Sergeant Benjamin Waite,
carried them into the trap, with fatal consequences. Overpowered ten to one,
our men retreated, fighting inch by inch, to the fort.
"No plumed and armored knight, coursing with lance in rest, or smiting
with sword and mace a Paynim horde around the walls of Jerusalem, showed
nK>re chivalric fire or nobler daring than this brave band in homespun, fight-
ing their pagfan and Christian foes on Deerfield North Meadow, in the
attempt to revenge the slain and rescue the miserable captives out of the
hands of the spoiler.
"That my theme is not leading me so far as it might seem, from the men
and events of Sept. 19, 1677, will appear as a few words are said connecting
in a remarkable manner the actors and victims of each occasion. I wish
here to state clearly, that what I have said of the Hatfield men applies as
well to the men of Hadley and Northampton, their comrades in the ride ; and
to the men of Deerfield who joined them on their arrival. Limit of time
compels a confinement in the brief personal notes which follow, to those
Hatfield men. who were of that troop which rode up the dark valley, on the
morning of Feb. 29, 1704. As I cannot speak of them in order of merit,
while each was eager to be foremost, they will be named alphabetically.
"First. Samuel A His. — He knew that his mother and two sisters were in
the fated town, and the furious gallop was a lagging pace to his anxious
fears ; and the discovery that she lay dead and mangled among the ruins, and
that they were captives in the hands of barbarians, may have aroused him
to that pitch of fury which banished all prudence and carried him headlong
to his death in the fatal ambuscade.
"Second. Samuel Belden. — He could not forget how the savages had
murdered his mother at Hatfield, Sept. 19, 1677; nor could his half brother,
Richard Billings, who rode by his side, equally eager to be avenged on the
dcstrovers. But thev could not outride Nathaniel Coleman, son of Dea. John
Coleman, whose wife was killed Sept. 19. and whose daughter, Sarah Cole-
man, is the picturesque heroine of to-day's celebration.
"Third. Ehenezer, Nathaniel and Samuel Dickinson. — Their uncle, Oba.-
diah Dickinson, was a captive of Sept. 19, the man whom \.W ?»3ln2lVL^%, >nVOcv ^
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refinement of cruelty, unknown to the Inquisition, compelled to lead his
friend and companion, old Sergt. Plympton, to the stake, soon after their
arrival in Canada. These young men could not be laggards in the race.
"Neither could Samuel Field, remembering that his father had been shot
by prowling Indians at Hatfield ten years before ; nor Benjamin Field, a
nephew of the murdered man. But Samuel Field could not know how his
whole future life was to be shaped by the events of this day. While bravely
fighting in the meadow by the side of David Ho3rt of Deerfield, one of the
seven defenders of the Benoni Stebbins's house, the latter fell. Two years
later Samuel married his widow, settled in Deerfield, and became one of her
most honored citizens. His sister Mary married Jonathan Hoyt, of Deerfield,
a brother of David, a young captive of that sad day, and in the course of
events became my great great grandmother.
"Samuel Foote. — His mother, Mary Foote, with two children, was taken
in Ashpelon's raid. His little sister Mary, after enduring the hardships of
the long miserable march, was murdered in Canada. Was it the recollection
of these cruel wrongs which urged him to the fore front, where he bravdy
fell, fighting with his face to the foe?
"Samuel Gillef. — He was one of the three children of widow Hannah
Gillet, who had been, on Sept. 19, 1677, five months the wife of Stephen
Jennings. She with two of her children were carried captive. All were
brought back by her husband and Benjamin Waite the next spring, with the
addition of her new born daughter — Captivity Jennings.
"John Graves. — His father was one of the slain of Sept. 19. John was
now a man of mature age with a wife and six children. Prudent but brave,
he was not backward in the contest. As he warmed up in the pursuit across
the meadows, he threw oflF his belt, coat and waist-coat, which were lost in
the retreat ; but he was cool enough to pick up a blanket and a hatchet which
had been dropped by the Indians, whom they had driven in their first onset
Had this hatchet appeared on this platform, with well established traditions
how it had been preserved in the Graves of his ancestral line for nine score
years and five; in spite of my reputation hereabouts as an iconoclast, I could
not have the heart to send this to keep company with the iittle hatchet' of
G. W. But as I too 'cannot tell a lie,* only careful concealment would have
been made of the fact that the hatchet picked up by John Graves was taken
by the government and sold for one shilling and sixpence.
"John Marsh. — Two of this name were living in Hatfield at this time, and
our John cannot be certainly identified. But he was there and probably his
double. A petition to the General Court gives the name of John Marsh as
one of the band of fighters on the meadows. By another official list we find
'John Marsh and Sarah Dickinson, two Hatfield persons,* named as among
the captives. Finding these two persons thus conjoined by those who Imew
the facts, I have looked for some romantic sequel to this untoward result
of John and Sarah's unfortunate visit to Deerfield and consequently to
Canada. So far the search has been fruitless.
"Thomas Russell. — His mother and two brothers were killed Sept 19,
when he was but four years old. The traditions of this event must have
come to him this morning with a new reality, and nerved his arm for the
desperate encounter. But he came off safe, only to be killed while on a
scout near Deerfield the next year.
"John and Joseph Smith were of the rescuing party, but of the six Johns
and fire Josephs living at this date in Hatfield, these two cannot be identified,
and credit must be given to the Smith family in general.^ The probabitities
are. however, that Joseph was the son of that John Smith who was killed
by Indians on your meadow May 30, 1676. and the husband of Canada Waite,
daughter of Benjamin and Martha Waite, born in captivity, January, 1678.
In this case, Joseph must have witnessed the death of his father-in-law
while fighting by his side.
"Beiiiamin IVaite. — Your adopted son. the hero of to-day, the trusted guide
of Capt. William Turner, on his march to Peskeompskut, May 18, 1676.
When his fellow guide. Experience Hinsdcll, lost his head and his bearing.
the next morning, and led one party to destruction in the dark morass, our
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. I55
cool headed hero led Capt. Turner's main body through the swarming
savages, mad for revenge, and brought it safe to Hatfield.
"John Waite, son of Benjamin, could not be far from the side of his
father. Little could he anticipate, as he looked upon the desolation of
Deerfield, that his daughter would marry one of the rescued boys, and that
hundreds with his blood in their veins, would become prominent in the
annals of reconstructed Deerfield.
"Daniel, John and Samuel, sons of Daniel Warner, must have been full of
anxiety for the safety of the family of their brother Ebenezer, and their
sister Lydia, with her two weeks old baby. They found in the -place of
Ebenezer's comfortable home, a glowing chasm ; and his whole family in the
power of the red-handed foe. Their sister with her baby was safe, and her
husband joined the brothers in the vain attempt to recover their kindred.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you and I have a direct and personal interest in
these men. Their blood flows in the veins of many I see around me, and
doubtless many a heart-beat has quickened at the mention of their names and
deeds. For myself I count among them two direct ancestors. Twelve of
allied blood fought shoulder to shoulder with your ancestors on that fated
day; two of whom left dead upon the field of honor, rest in the same grave
which holds the ashes of their unfortunate companions in arms from Hatfield
and Hadley. What wonder if our blood grows hot as we recall that day of
horror. The life current of sixteen of my kindred crimsoned the snow upon
which their mangled bodies had been ruthlessly flung, and twice that number
were captives in the hands of the marauders; forlorn, despairing, hopeless,
destined to a march through the deep snows of the unbroken forest to the
far off Canada.
"If these personalities seem obtrusive, bear in mind that I represent not
myself alone. My story is but the duplicate of that which may be told by
many who hear it. I speak for them also."
The following additional information about the attack at
the Hatfield mill in 1704 was written by Rev. Stephen Wil-
liams of Longmeadow : —
"About the middle of July (the 10th) 1704, a friend indian was killed at
Hatfleld Mill. His name was Kindness. The enemy had not opportunity to
scalp him. On the same week, Thomas Russell, a young man of Hatneld,
(being then a soldier at Deerfield) was sent out into ye woods with others
as a scout, but he rambling from his company, was killd by ye indians.
"Some tracks discovered Deacon Sheldon wth some others went after ym
& came in sight of ym, and shot at ym, & jry at ye english at a great
distance, & then yy past along on ye west side of ye Town, & fird yr guns in
a bravado, & went along up to ye Northward, & killd Thos Russell July
20. 1704."
The summer of 1704 was a time of great anxiety in all
the valley towns. The fortifications in Hatfield were again
built as they had been in King William's war and those
living outside were ordered to assist those who felt too
greatly burdened by the work of completing the part on
their land. Stairs were built to the turret on the meeting-
house. The town stock of ammunition was inventoried and
found to consist of: —
"one half bbl powder about 50 weight
one small bbl 40
one greater
Lead in bullets 50 weight. Bars 15 in number."
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An appropriation was made to purchase 250 pounds of
lead, 450 flints, and 6 guns.
After the capture of Pascommuck Fort, an outlying ham-
let of Northampton, at the northeast end of Mt. Tom, a
report came that an army was fitting out in Canada to
destroy all the settlements on the river. Maj. William
Whiting was sent from Connecticut with 342 men and addi-
tional troops were sent to him from time to time. These
preparations were reported by the Indian spies and the army
of the enemy, consisting of 700 Indians and 125 French
soldiers under Captain de Beaucours, turned back, not daring
to attack, though they came within one day's march of the
towns. Governor De Vaudreuil reported to the French gov-
ernment that a panic seized the Indian allies after the deser-
tion of a French soldier and they could not be prevented
from retreating. Major Whiting reported to the governor
of Connecticut that his march north from Pascommuck in
pursuit of the Indians was "near sixty miles in a most
hideous, mountainous and swampy country." The report
further stated that after the return to the headquarters at
Hatfield, May 16, there were 200 men stationed there and
at Hadley and Northampton. Colonel Partridge and Major
Whiting determined that the best defense would be to keep
strong and alert garrisons in the towns rather than to attack
in force the enemy in the wilderness. Scouting parties were
frequently sent, w^ho reported the enemy to be gathered in
large numbers at Cowass (Barnet), Vt.
November 18, 1705, Colonel Partridge was allowed by the
General Court £20 for his ''Extraordinary Trouble and Serv-
ice in the affairs of the War."
The negotiations for the redemption of prisoners taken at
Deerfield and other places occupied a long time and the
French governor became alarmed for the safety of Canada,
against which Governor Dudley of Massachusetts was anx-
ious to organize an expedition. Scouting parties were sent
out by both the English and French and the wilderness
between Canada and the English frontier towns became
familiar to the whites as w^ell as to the Indians in the many
skirmishes which took place. The English towns were kept
garrisoned and a sharp watch was maintained to forestall any
attack. Some of the Deerfield captives were returned to
their homes in 1705, many more in 1706, others in 1707.
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Some never returned to their homes, preferring the wild and
free life among the savages. A general truce was observed
while negotiations for the ransom of the captives was
going on.
Hatfield took advantage of the lull in hostilities to build
a new schoolhouse. In December, 1706, specifications for it
were acted upon in town meeting and all the inhabitants were
called upon to perform part of the labor. It was to be "in
length twenty five feet, in breadth as the old house, the sides
and ends to be done with hewn log timber, with sills and
plates and beams, with a roof as is usual, boarded and
shingled, and a new chimney of brick and stone." The old
building was torn down and as much of the timber used as
was found suitable. Thirty-five pounds was at that time paid
Dr. Hastings for his services as teacher, and each boy who
attended school had to furnish one load of wood, or, if he
attended only three months in the winter, half a load.
A threatened attack in 1707 by a small party of French
and Indians was averted by news sent to Colonel Partridge
by Col. Peter Schuyler at Albany on intelligence brought by
Mohawk spies. If the Indians could not be sure of surprise,
they were not willing to undertake an attack on a fort or
garrisoned town. Lurking savages committed murders
throughout the war whenever they found opportunity.
Labor in the fields had to be done under a strong guard.
The year 1708 was another of alarm. Preparations for an
expedition were begun in Montreal early in the year, but
nothing was done till summer. August 6 Colonel Schuyler
sent word that 800 men were marching toward New Eng-
land. Many of them were French Mohawks. The Indians
were induced by Colonel Schuyler's messengers to desert
and many other Indians also deserted. De Rouville, the
commander of the expedition, kept on with the French troops
and some savages and attacked Haverhill August 29. It was
feared that he would appear in the Connecticut valley and
troops were again secured from Connecticut, but the alarm
proved groundless.
During 1708 the French were kept on the defensive by an
abortive attempt against Canada. General Nicholson, lieu-
tenant governor of New York, advanced with an army of
1,500 from Albany. He halted at Lake Champlain to await
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Quebec. The fleet did not appear and the land expedition
returned. Reverses suffered by the English in Portugal were
responsible for the failure of the fleet to sail to America. In
April of that year a scouting party under Capt. Benjamin
Wright of Northampton, with volunteers from the valley
towns, defeated bands of Indians at French river and on
Lake Champlain. Joseph Waite, son of Benjamin Waite, and
Joseph Root of Hatfield took part in this expedition. Cap-
tain Wright was allowed £12 for his services, and each of his
men £6. He had 15 men with him, including two Indians,
and they were gone over a month. This is the expedition
noted by Dr. Hastings under date of May, 1709. Colonel
Partridge in forwarding an account of the affair to the Gen-
eral Court to secure a reward for the men said that they
were very sure they killed four of the enemy at Lake Cham-
plain and four more at French river. One scalp was brought
home.
A counter attack was made in June by a party of 180
under De Rouville. They were repulsed at Deerfield in the
latter part of the month. Few particulars of this encounter
have been preserved. The entries made by Dr. Hastings
under date of June 23 and 24, 1709, refer to it.
In 1711 another expedition was fitted out against Canada.
Ten transports and 1,000 men were lost by shipwreck in the
St. Lawrence in August and the expedition turned back to
Boston, whence they had set out with 15 war ships and 40
transports. General Nicholson had an army of 4,000 ready
at Albany, but they did not strike a blow. Among the 18
companies furnished by Massachusetts was one from Hamp-
shire County under command of Capt: Ebenezer Pomeroy of
Northampton. The pay roll of this company from June 2 to
October 26 amounted to £367 2s. lOd., but the muster roll has
not been preserved, so the soldiers' names are not knov^m.
Through the winter an outpost was maintained thirty or
forty miles above Deerfield. Connecticut sent troops to aid
Colonel Partridge in the defense of Hampshire County and
two companies of men equipped with snowshoes were sent
from the Bay to be under his orders. In the spring of 1712
he was allowed seven shillings each for 468 pairs of snow-
shoes and moccasins which he had furnished the members of
the Hampshire regiment. No particulars of that winter's
cfinipnii^^n have been fovrnd.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 159
The last Indian raid in the war was made in the summer
of 1712. the following account of it being from a letter
written by Colonel Partridge to Governor Dudley : —
"Hatfield Aug 4, 1712
"May it please yor Excellency
"On Wednesday the 30 July past in ye forenoone came too me a Messengr
en forming of a young man taken by a ptie of the Enemy at Springfield in the
aftemoone a massenger from Derefd that or western scout from thence was
attaqued by the enemy & sd ther were most of them taken & killed, but upon
a more full acct there is one man killed & two taken of them, at Night a
Messenger from or Eastern scouts gave news of the discovery of a ptie of
8 or 9 seen & they made shot at ym but the enemy soon ran out of reach
towards Brookfd We immeadiately sent a post to Brookfd to en forme them,
who immeadiately sent out to all there work folks abroad & in there way see
6 or 8 Indians — Alarmed the ye said workers & disappointed the Enemy who
were about Secretly to way lay them, but run for it — ^by all this it plainly
appears the Enemy are on every hand of us — Laying waite for to accomplish
their bloody designes — ^the same night a post from Albany came with the
Enclosed, The lettr doth not speak of it, but the Missingrs say ye Govr of
Canada Looks for a speedy Peace, but will do as much spoyle as he can
before it comes.
**I have Given Notice to Capt How of the Enemy s Appearance here wch
may soone come over to ym
"Major Stoddard & myself are Secureing all pts by scouts & guards as
much as we can to prvent the Sudden Surprizes of the Enemy who doubt-
less will do all the mischeef they can before they go off with my Humble
Service prsented to yr Excellency & whole family Rendering my Self
"yor Obeydient & very Humble Servt
"Samll Partridge.
"Yor Excellency's directions is at all tymes advantageous to us."
Dr. Hastings's entries of July 29 and 30, 1712, give the
names of the victims. The son of Joseph Wright of Spring-
field was Benjamin, aged eighteen. He was killed by his
captors.
The Peace of Utrecht, signed March 30, 1713, brought the
war to a close. The total loss of lives of the inhabitants of
Hampshire County was 119; 25 had been wounded and 125
were captured, of whom 112 belonged to Deerfield. Deer-
field suffered more than any other town, having 60 of its
inhabitants slain and 9 wounded, and it would have been
abandoned again but for the determined efforts of Colonel
Partridge in keeping a garrison there after the massacre of
1704 to protect the few settlers who were willing to remain.
The Hatfield men killed were Benjamin Waite, Samuel
Allis, and Samuel Foote in the fight in the Deerfield mead-
ows, March 1, 1704; Thomas Russell at Deerfield, July,
1705; and Ebenezer Field at Bloody Brook, Oct. 26, 1708.
To these should be added Stephen Jennings, killed at Brook-
field, July 22, 1710. He was either the Sle\A\^Yv "^^xvxvwv^^
150 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
who was the companion of Benjamin Waite in his expedition
to Canada, or his son. The family had moved to Brookfield
after King Philip's war.
Two of the captives belonged in Hatfield. An account ot
the massacre at Deerfield found among the papers of Fitz
John Winthrop, governor of Connecticut from 1698 to 1707,
now in the possession of the Massachusetts Historical Soci-
ety, gives the names of "Jno Marsh and Sarah Dickinson, 2
Hatf'd persons" in the table of losses. This John Marsh was
probably one of the sons of Daniel Marsh. He was born
March 9, 1679, so that he was about twenty-four at the time
of his captivity. It is not known how long he remained in
Canada. The onlv Sarah Dickinson who could have been the
person named was the twelve-year-old daughter of John
Dickinson. She was married Feb. 15, 1709, to John Leonard
of Springfield. Nothing about her captivity or ransom has
been discovered.
The war expenses fell very heavily on Massachusetts and
a large debt was incurred. In May, 1713, the amount of the
unredeemed province bills was £127,000. The tax levied on
Hampshire County yearly amounted to over £1,000. Hat-
field's share of the province tax was £136 10s. in 1708 and
about the same amount in other vears.
After Queen Anne's war came an interval of peace lasting
till 1722. During this time occurred, as previously noted, a
new survey of the common lands divided in 1684, and prob-
ably many of the fields were then fenced, cleared, and culti-
vated, for during the next war the difficulty and danger of
harvesting the crops on the outlying farms is often spoken
of in reports and letters. Many Hatfield men shared in the
distribution of commons in Hadley lying south of Mt. Hol-
yoke. The amount of land divided is not known. Allotment
was made in 1720 according to the estates given in the
adjoined table, which is taken from Judd's ''History of Had-
ley.*' The Hadley citizens had larger proportions, their
estates being valued at from £20 to over £100. The largest
landholder from Hadley was Samuel Porter, Esq., who
received an allotment proportioned to a valuation of £295
18s.
"Col. Samuel Partridge, Esq £48 Os.
Thomas Nash 6 0
Isaac Hubbard 26 0
Richard Church 19 10
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John Graves 2 0
Ichabod Porter 16 0
Jonathan Cowles 4 10
Joseph Smith 3 0
Sergt. Stephen Belding 4 0
Deac. Samuel Marsh 15 0
Nathaniel Dickinson 2 10
Samuel Dickinson 3 0
Daniel Warner 12 0
Ebenezer Billing 6 0
Comet Samuel Belding 5 0
Ebenezer Warner 4 0
Ebenezer Wells 11 0
Jonathan Smith 2 0
Nathaniel Dickinson, 2d 13 10
Joseph Kellogg 7 0
Jonathan Graves 3 0
Thomas Dickinson's heirs in Connecticut 6 10
i6,063 8s."
In 1720 all the unassigned land in Hopewell Swamp was
sequestered for the support of schoqls. Northfield was reoc-
cupied in 1714, this time permanently, and the same year a
settlement was made at Sunderland, first called Swampfield,
chiefly by men from Hatfield and Hadley. A settlement was
made on the Hoosatonic at Sheffield about the same time.
The settlement of new towns gave additional security to
those that had so long been exposed to attacks as frontier
OUtfMDStS.
Shortly after the war a small settlement was begun at
West Brook. Jeremiah Waite had been granted use of the
stream to set up a fulling mill in 1709 and he probably settled
there as soon as peace was assured. He was joined by sev-
eral others. Sawmill privileges there were granted to
Joseph Belden, Richard Scott. Nathaniel Dickinson, Joseph
Clary, and Joseph Scott. Some of these houses were on the
Straits road in the present town of Whately. Joseph Bel-
den's house, which was fortified, was the Zabina Bartlett
place at Bartlett's Corner. North of him houses were soon
after built by Josiah Scott, Jr., Ebenezer Bardwell, and
I>erhaps Elijah and Benjamin Scott. South of Belden's were
Josiah Scott, Sr., David Graves, John Waite, and Elisha
Smith. There is reference in the Hatfield records to a
schoolhouse at the Straits as early as 1733, showing that by
that time there must have been quite a few families there.
James M. Crafts, who revised and enlarged Temple's "His-
tory of Whately" in 1899, and whose authority is followed
in the statements of these early Whately settlers, iKom^VvX.
152 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
that Samuel Wells built on his lot in the Bradstreet farm on
the river road as early as 1710. The Chestnut Plain road, on
which the Whately street was located, was not built upon as
early as this. Whately was incorporated in 1771. The other
early settlers of the town before and after its incorporation
are fully noted in the Crafts "History."
The fourth period of Indian warfare lasted from 1722 to
1725 and is known as Father Rasle's war. Sebastian Rasle
was a Jesuit missionary stationed at Norridgewock on the
Kennebec. He stirred up the Eastern Indians, or Abenakis,
against the English, acting under orders from Governor
De Vaudreuil. In June, 1722, the Indians captured a num-
ber of English in Maine and burned Brunswick. War was
declared upon them July 25 by Gov. Samuel Shute of Massa-
chusetts. De Vaudreuil sent 160 Indians from Canada to
join the hostile savages, ^but no French troops took part in
the operations in this war.
Col. Samuel Partridge, then seventy-six years old, was
again put in command of the forces in Hampshire County,
having as his lieutenant John Stoddard of Northampton, who
was commissioned lieutenant colonel and afterwards became
a very prominent man. Headquarters were again at Hat-
field. A blockhouse was built above Northfield (just below
Brattleboro, Vt.), which was soon after called Fort Dummer
in honor of the newly-appointed acting governor, William
Dummer, who took charge of the affairs of the province
Dec. 27, 1722. Work was begun on the fort in December,
1723.
The fighting was mostly in the eastern part of the prov-
ince, in Maine and New Hampshire, and it was hard to secure
from the governor appropriations for military preparations in
the western part, where a general alarm was also felt. Col-
onel Partridge said in a letter written May 14, 1723: —
"The river is pretty well secured by the forts and men at Northfield and
Dccrfield, yet Sunderland, Hatfield and Hadley, Northampton, Westfield,
Brookfield and Rutland arc too much exposed to invasion from the East and
West. ♦ ♦ ♦ These towns can't stand the strain upon them to watch and
ward, scout and fort without pay while their spring work is pressing to be
done, they can't get a living."
The Scatacooks took advantage of the war to again make
attacks on the valley towns and the settlers experienced
another period of guerrilla warfare. The woods were full
of lurking foes ever ready to make a sudden onslaught.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. I53
Northfield was attacked August 13, with the results as given
in Dr. Hastings's account in the earlier part of the chapter.
Colonel Partridge sent the following report of the attack
on Hatfield, June 18, 1724, to the governor: —
"Hatfield June 20 1724
"Honorable Sr
"On the 18th Inst at 10 oclock in the forenoon the Enemy made an assault
in Hatfield on some of our men at a mowing field about 3 miles from Town
at Nehe Waits swamp lot where he with severall men & carts were loading
hay. They killed Benj. Smith son of Joseph Smith & have taken Aaron
Wells & Joseph Allis Captives as we judge because all the rest Escaped home
& these two are not to be found, They also killed two oxen of one of our
Temcs & drew of, the men that was there judge there was 8 or 10 of the
Enemy. We have sent immediately to Deerfd & Northfd & the fort above
Deerfd immedeately sent out 20 men into the Western Woods & we from
hence have sent out 17 men, from hence with provisions for ten days prsute
of the sd Enemy or discovery of any pties of the Enemy. I presume this
Enemy will take a Westward course clear out of the Reach of all or Upper
forces So or unguarded Towns are in a evil case & although we have some
men of or own in Northampton Hadley, Hatfield Sunderland & Westfield yet
we have none but what have Occasions abroad in the Fields so that our
towns all the day are so emptred of men that we are very much exposed &
the Enemy seem to shape their course upon the lower Towns and our men
abroad at their worke at a moments tyme may be shot down before anything
can be seen who it is that doth it.
"In my letr by Capt Dwight of the 13th inst I proposed for some Reliefe
& gave my Reasons I shall not need to ad expecting every hour yr Honors
directions in the prmeses. I think we may say the Lord of Mercy upon us
& doubt not yr care & consideration of our circumstances the seat of war
seems to be here
"with my earnest desire & prayr for divine Guidance & support to yr
Honor & the whole Corte I am yr
"Afflicted & very Humble Servt
"Samuel Partridge"
The experiences of a scouting party sent in pursuit are
narrated by Dr. Hastings in the following letter : —
"To the Hon'ble the Gentlemen of the House of Representatives in General
Court Convened:
"May it please your Hons, I being desired by Sergt Clesson and Sergt
Wajrtc to inform what I know of their Expedition in June last to Otter Creek,
Do Inform on my Certain Knowledge that the Expedition being suddenly
formed Suitable Nessessaries was wanting for such a Long & hard Journey;
Saw most of ye men when they went forth, they were Lusty and in good
Plight — EflFective men; Saw them when they returned & they were much
emaciated & their feet so Swolen & galled that they could scarce Travel on
their feet, for some they necessitated to hire horses, some one or more
applied to me to dress their feet & were under my care a week or more
in bathing & emplastering before they were anything Tolerably Recruited, in
Imhc they underwent much, & I believe they were hearty in their desires &
faithful m their Indeavors to overtake the Enemy & make Reprisals.
"With Leave humbly says its Pitty Such Persons undergoing such Diffi-
culties for ye Country's cause should fail of a suitable Reward.
"Excuse me, I pretend not to prescribe to yr Hon's Wishing the Blessings
of Heaven on your persons & on your Consultations for the Good of the
People whom you Represent, I crave Leave to subscribe yoV most humble &
ob't Scvt, Thomas Hasti^c»s>.
"Hatfield, May 26, 1725."
264 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
The aid of Connecticut was again sought, with the result
that money was sent to Colonel Partridge to pay soldiers for
keeping a constant outlook and for scouting expeditions.
This was felt to be more advantageous than maintaining a
large garrison of troops.
Negotiations with the Mohawks to secure their coopera-
tion against the Eastern Indians failed of the desired results,
though a large sum of money was expended by Massachu-
setts for presents and the services and maintenance of the
commissioner. Lieut. Col. John Stoddard attended the con-
ferences, which were held in Albany in 1724. The influence
of the Dutch traders kept the Indians from taking the war
path. A few scouts served in the pay of the English at
various times.
The casualties of the summer of 1724 and the year 1725 are
given in Dr. Hastings's narrative. Dr. Hastings was of
great service to the soldiers in this and the previous war.
The state archives show many accounts allowed him for
treatment of wounded men and for medicines and supplies.
In an account of the wounding of Dea. Samuel Field at
Greenfield, by Rev. Stephen Williams, the same particulars
of the severity of the wounds are given as by the physician,
and he goes on to say, "All the wounds thro' the blessing of
God upon means were heal'd in less than five weeks by
Dr. Thomas Hastings whose death since ye war is a great
frown upon us."
In the last part of June, 1724, great alarm was caused by
reports of another expedition from Canada and reinforce-
ments of white and Indian soldiers from Connecticut were
sent to Colonel Partridge. The expected attack was not
made.
The authorities at Boston sent an army of 280 against the
Eastern Indians in Maine. August 12 they surprised Nor-
ridgewock and killed 30 or 40 of the savages. Father Rasle
was also slain and his church was burned.
The end of the war was brought about by the death of
Governor De Vaudreuil on Oct. 10, 1725. The Indians had
become tired of the fighting and were ready to make peace
when the pressure from the French commander and priests
was removed. A treaty of peace was signed at Boston,
Dec. 15, 1725.
During the war there were two troops of cavalry recruited
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. J 55
from Hampshire County, that from the northern towns num-
bering 39, under command of Capt. Henry Dwight of Hat-
field. The other officers were Westwood Cooke of Hadley,
cornet, and Nathaniel Coleman of Hatfield, quartermaster.
The names of the troopers are not known.
CHAPTER XIII.
A PERIOD OF GREAT PROSPERITY, 1725-1765. THE GOLDEN
AGE. PROMINENT AND INFLUENTIAL CITIZENS.
" There were giants in those days."
The "River Gods." — The last two Indian wars. — Petition for more land
west of the town. — The "Hatfield Equivalent" in Ashfield. — Installation of
Rev. Timothy Woodbridge. — Death of Rev. William Williams. — Building of
the third meetinghouse. — A tan yard and an oil mill built. — Col. Israel
Williams. — Col. Oliver Partridge. — Col. Ephraim Williams, founder of
Williams College.
The middle portion of the eighteenth century brought
increasing wealth and influence to Hatfield. The later Indian
wars did not involve for its people a life and death struggle
for their homes and the fields that furnished them sustenance.
A chain of protecting forts across the northern frontier ren-
dered the villages less exposed to attack, and the settlement
of other towns made the brunt of the conflict fall less on the
older ones. The stress of the conflict with the French and
Indians developed a group of leaders of strength and ability,
who came to be known as the "River Gods/' Conspicuous
among these powerful men who gained such prestige for
western Massachusetts were Col. John Stoddard of North-
ampton, Col. John Worthington of Springfield, Col. Israel
Williams of Hatfield, and Col. Oliver Partridge of Hatfield.
The story of the town during this period is in large measure
the record of the careers of these two last mentioned leaders,
wdio succeeded Col. Samuel Partridge in military and political
influence.
The details of the last two French and Indian w^ars are so
well known as matters of general history that they need not
be fully repeated in these pages. In the first one, known as
the Old French war, lasting from 1744 to 1748, occurred the
capture of Louisburg on June 17, 1745. For this expedition
many men were recruited from the Hampshire tow^ns, but
few of the names have been preserved. There was again a
period of scouting and fighting on the Massachusetts fron-
tiers and the losses suffered in the various towns are noted in
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 167
Dr. Hastings's diary, continued through this period by
Oliver Partridge.
The chain of forts across the frontier comprised the greatly
strengthened and enlarged Fort Dummer, Fort Shirley in
Heath, Fort Pelham in Rowe, and Fort Massachusetts in
Adams. There were blockhouses at Northfield, Greenfield,
Charlemont, Fall-town (Bernardston), and Colrain.
The second war, called the French and Indian war, in
which George Washington became prominent, occupied nine
years, from 1754 to 1763, and was concluded by the conquest
of Canada by the British after Wolfe's victory over Mont-
calm on the Plains of Abraham. The Hatfield soldiers who
are known to have taken part in the expedition are noted
in Mr. Partridge's reminiscences in Part H.
From the close of Father Rasle's war in 1725 the colonists
enjoyed a period of peace for nearly thirty years. It was a
time of business expansion throughout the region. Facilities
for transportation were greatly increased by the opening of
good highways on the so-called Bay Paths to Boston. Very
high prices were received for the produce of the farms. All
the beef, pork, and mutton that could be raised were easily
disposed of, and flax, wool, and yarn were extensively traded
in. Little grain seems to have been sent away. It served
still to some extent as a medium of exchange, very fortu-
nately so, for the currency of the province was greatly depre-
ciated in value. The records of the change in the minister's
salary serve as a good index of prices. Mr. Williams's was
gradually increased from £50 or £60 to £160 in bills of credit
in 1737. Regulations fixing the prices of grain, which appear
from time to time on the town records, do not show a great
advance over earlier values. The market w^as held steady by
the grain, which was apparently readily received as currency
in the absence of silver or bills. ^m^^e
Hatfield men appointed as trustees of the public fflitf/f^
helped to float a loan of £50,000 in bills of credit in 1721
after Queen Anne's war and £60,000 in 1728. Hatfield's
share of the first was £233 15s.; of the second, £238 10s.
Money was plenty and an era of great speculation in land
began. Whole townships in the unsettled hill country both
east and west were bought by individuals or small groups of
partners.
In 1736 the town of Hatfield voted to petHiow \.Vv^ Cx^w^tA
J58 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Court for a grant of a township six miles square on the west
of their boundary, or, if they failed in that, to get one mile
and a half additional. The petition was not granted. At this
time it was voted to allot among the inhabitants the Wil-
liamsburg land, "the Hatfield Addition/' but it was not staked
out for private owners till 1750. The lots were laid out in
four ranges running north and south, divided by highways
each ten rods wide, of which two probably remain, at least in
part, in use, the road through Great Plain and Mountain
Street in Williamsburg. The old road westward across the
ranges was over the top of Horse mountain.
Agreement was made in 1744 to divide the 8,064 acres
secured for the town in Ashfield as the "Hatfield Equiv-
alent" for land taken by the town of Deerfield. It was not
divided, however, till after the last war, in 1765. Two vears
later a carriage way was cut through the woods to get to it.
By the time this land was divided the town had increased
in population so that there were 159 polls on the lists. Divi-
sion was made according to polls and estate in both these
divisions, and polls were reckoned as equal to £20 of estate.
The population in 1765 was 803, including those residing in
Whately and Williamsburg. (See Appendix, Note 8.)
Rev. Timothy Woodbridge, a graduate of Yale College and
a tutor in that institution, was installed as colleague of Mr.
Williams, Nov. 14, 1739. The long pastorate of Rev. William
Williams was ended by his death, Aug. 29, 1741. His funeral
sermon was delivered by Rev. Jonathan Edwards, who paid
high tribute to his character and services. Mr. Woodbridge
continued his pastoral labors until his death in 1770. The
tablet that marks his grave in the old burying ground bears
this inscription : "In memory of the Rev'd Timothy Wood-
bridge for 30 years Pastor of the Church of Christ in the
Town of Hatfield. This Man of God who called on the Lord
out of a pure heart followed after Righteousness, Godliness,
Faith, Love, Patience, Meekness, Apt to teach, charitable
and gentle unto all men, departed this life on the 3 day of
June A. Domi : 1770 in ye 58 year of his age."
During Mr. Woodbridge's pastorate a new meetinghouse
was built, 56 feet long and 45 feet broad, at a cost of over
£4,000 in old tenor province bills. The structure was built
in the summer of 1750. The second house of worship was
for/2 clown and some of the timbers were used for the new
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 169
one. This third meetinghouse is still standing, in use as a
barn on F. H. Bardweirs place, whose father, Elijah Bard-
well, bought it when the present church was built in 1849.
Some of its red oak beams, still sound, were undoubtedly
used in building the meetinghouse of 1699. This building
had a belfry and a tower with Gothic points. The beams
were cased and "decently coloured" and ornamental step
stones were provided. It stood in the street where the others
had. In the belfry was hung a bell weighing about 900
pounds. This was cracked in a Fourth of July celebration
in 1876 and recast into a larger one. The large, square pews
of the meetinghouse, with their high backs, are remembered
by several of the inhabitants of the town. There were pews
in the galleries on either side over the stairs for the unmar-
ried people, the old maids' pew on the south and the bach-
elors' on the north. They were built in the first place by
groups of young people so that they might sit together, but
as the original occupants became ineligible their places were
assigned to others by the seating committee, and the pews
were reserved for spinsters and bachelors till well into the
nineteenth century, though there came to be much opposition
on the part of some of the young ladies at the unpleasant
prominence. The first seats in the gallery were reserved for
singers, and back of them sat the children, the boys on the
north and half of the east side, the girls on the south and the
other half of the east side. Two seats in the gallery were
reserved for the colored men and women.
There is little else of importance to record of the events
in the life of the town during this period. Schools were
maintained as they had been previously. The schoolmaster's
salary was raised to about £50 per year. A new schoolhouse
was built in 1730.
The Partridges built their tan yard at some time during
this period and also established a store which brought them'
trade from a large region.
John Fitch built in 1737 a mill for making linseed oil, the
first in Massachusetts. The first in New England had been
built in 1718 in New Haven. Fitch had a patent from the
province on his mill for fifteen years. It was on Running
Gutter brook, about a half mile above A. L. Strong's saw-
mill. The Hubbards had a sawmill at this spot till the middle
of the nineteenth century.
170 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
The movement known as the "Great Awakening'* in the
eighteenth century, which caused considerable controversy
in parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut, seems to have
had little effect in Hatfield. George Whitefield preached in
Hadley, but was not invited to Hatfield, where Rev. William
Williams, though seventy-five years old, still ruled with a
firm hand and was opposed to such revivals. His son, Col.
Israel Williams, was also active in opposition to Whitefield.
It is reported that Whitefield's stentorian tones were heard
across the river. Some of Mr. Williams's parishioners took
the opportunity to hear him in Hadley and Northampton.
To note now some of the remarkable men who appeared on
the stage during the portion of the eighteenth century under
consideration, attention is first drawn to Col. Israel Wil-
liams. He was born in 1709, the youngest son of Rev.
William Williams. After graduating from Harvard in 1729.
he returned to Hatfield and became at once prominent in its
affairs. He was elected to the board of selectmen in 1732
and continued to serve on it yearly till 1763. He was a
representative to the General Court from 1733 to 1737, 1748
to 1760, again in 1768 and 1771-1772. He was influential in
county affairs, serving as clerk of the courts in Northampton
during most of his life and as judge of the Probate Court
from 1764 to 1779.
As the wealthiest man in the community he built a mag-
nificent residence on which he lavished money unstintedly.
It was a large gambrel-roofed house standing on the site of
the present town hall, and remained till 1852, when it was
torn down to make way for the town hall. The front rooms
had high wainscoting, paneled and carved by hand, and rich
paper was on the walls ; that of the parlor was a deep crimson
velvet. Immense fireplaces were found in every room, and
elaborate hand-carved mantels and beautifully-designed cor-
ner cupboards abounded. The front door stone was con-
sidered a marvel of the stonecutter's art, with its beaded
and molded edge. This stone is preserved and now in use
at the Congregational i)arsonage.
Israel Williams was the possessor of one of the two riding
chairs owned in Hampshire County in colonial times, th^
other being owned by Moses Porter of Hadley. These rid -
ing chairs had a sort of chaise body but no top. Chaises ar^^i
cnrriaiTcs did not appear till after the Revolution.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
171
Israel Williams became a captain of militia in 1734, He
as appointed one of the commissioners to treat with the
ew York Indians at Fort Dummer in 1737. This confer-
ice amounted to little except the securing of a few vague
omises of friendship from the savages, evidently not sin-
A Coen:
-re and soon broken. When war broke out in 1744, Capt-
''liams was commissioned major and was second in com-
■rxd to Col. John Stoddard, who was in charge of the
^ nse of the western frontier. He was a.u a.Vi\e 3.^^\^\.a^\'^
172 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
to his chief, and when Stoddard died in 1748 he became
commander in chief of the western forces after Lieutenant
Colonel Porter of Hadley resigned the post, for which he was
unfitted.
When the last French and Indian war was threatening,
Gov. William Shirley of Massachusetts sent orders to all
the towns to lay in a supply of ammunition and to make
preparations for defense. In August, 1754, he appointed
Colonel Williams to be the commander of all the forces to
be raised for the defense of Hampshire County and of the
chain of forts. The experience he had gained in the pre-
vious war and his thorough knowledge of the country led
him to submit to Governor Shirley a plan of defense which
was accepted with only slight modifications. Forts Shirley
and Pelham, which had been of little use in the previous
war, were abandoned. Dummer and Massachusetts were
strengthened and supplied with cannon. The blockhouses
between were well garrison^ed, a few new ones were erected,
and swivels were placed in some of them. There were gar-
risons at Bernardston, Colrain, Charlemont, Pontoosuck
(Pittsfield), Williamstown, Sheffield, Stockbridge, and
Blandford. As a commander, Colonel Williams showed fore-
sight and sagacity and the men under him worked loyally
together. He kept closely in touch with all the operations
of the enemy, forestalling expected attacks by sending out
scouting parties. The valley towns were unmolested.
Colonel Williams at the height of his civil and military
power was known as "ye monarch of Hampshire." He was
autocratic and domineering in manner, the most august and
imperious of all of the "Lords of the Valley." His opinion
had great weight with the governor and council and his
word was law at home.
Another trusted and able commander was Col. Oliver
Partridge. He was born in Hatfield in 1712. His father,
Edward Partridge, was the son of Col. Samuel Partridge.
Oliver graduated from Yale College in 1730, where he gave
much attention to the study of surveying. He was appointed
in 1734 joint clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamp-
shire County with Israel Williams and the same year was
married to Anna Williams, daughter of Rev. William Wil-
h'ams of Weston and granddaughter of Rev. Solomon Stod-
dard of Northampton and of Rev. William Williams of
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Hatfield. His alliance with such influential families, in
addition to the renown of his grandfather, Col. Samuel
Partridge, who took especial interest in him, gave him as a
very young man a commanding position. He was high
sheriff of Hampshire County from 1741-1743. His knowl-
edge of surveying caused his appointment to survey the
boundaries of many of the grants that were then being made
to individuals and towns in the western hill country that
became Berkshire County. He surveyed the township of
Hadley and established its bounds in 1740.
The deeds in Berkshire towns show that at about that time
he was owner of large tracts of land in that county in Lee,
Great Barrington, Sheffield, and Pittsfield, which he bought
as agent for others and for himself. He and Israel Williams
and others had grants from the General Court of Massa-
chusetts in the southern part of New Hampshire, known as
the **Ashuelot Grants.*' When the territory was added to New
Hampshire in 1740, after a dispute between the colonies, the
grantees were allowed to choose land elsewhere, which they
did in the present town of Dalton, then knowm as the "Ash-
uelot Equivalent." He aided in the building of the forts in
Berkshire County in the French and Indian war of 1744-
1748 and in the rebuilding of Fort Massachusetts, which was
burned in 1746. He drew a lot in the township of Williams-
town, when that was distributed in 1752, which he owned till
1768, thus being one of the 46 original proprietors of that
town, though never a resident.
One of the most important public services of Oliver Par-
tridge was as member from the province of Massachusetts to
a convention of delegates from the northern provinces called
by the British government to meet at Albany in 1754 to
formulate plans for defense against a common enemy. The
assembly was empowered to treat with the Indians about war
or peace, trade regulations and the purchase of lands, to
raise and pay soldiers, build forts and ships, and to lay
imports, duties, and taxes. A plan for union and confedera-
tion was presented at this assembly by Benjamin Franklin of
Pennsylvania, which was discussed along with the negotia-
tions with the chiefs of the Six Nations, with whom many
conferences had been held before. The historian Bancroft
says of this assembly : —
"America had never seen an assembly so remarkaVAe lot ^i^cv^ %\.'aX.^^
174 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
represented, or for the great men that composed it. They were detained in
this hospitable old Dutch town for more than three weeks. * * * Frank-
lin's plan was not approved by a single one of the colonial assemblies before
which it was brought. * * * No action was ever taken on it in England
Yet there is no contribution to constructive statesmanship preceding the year
1776 which had a profounder effect on the subsequent growth and devdop-
ment of the idea of American nationality."
Franklin's plan was, however, favorably received by the
delegates and adopted and signed by them July 4, 1754.
Franklin had printed in his paper at Philadelphia a wood cut,
in which was the representation of a snake cut into pieces
with the sections lettered to represent the scattered colonies
and the inscription '*Unite or Die." The design, which
showed graphically the weakness of the colonies, was after-
ward used as ^ flag.
Oliver Partridge had been a delegate to conventions at
Albany to treat with the Six Nations or with New York in
regard to boundaries in 1746, 1747, 1751, and 1753. Imme-
diately after his return to Massachusetts in 1754 he was com-
missioned colonel and sent back to Berkshire County by
Col. Israel Williams with "orders to strengthen the fron-
tiers, but not to build forts anywhere. If the inhabitants can
supply themselves with provisions Col. Partridge will supply
the soldiers and the necessities.'* In 1757 he succeeded
Colonel Williams in command of the western forces. In the
last years of the French and Indian wars Colonel Partridge
was a recruiting officer for the County of Hampshire under
royal authority, stationed at Fort Massachusetts.
In 1762 he, with Governor Shirley and Elisha Jones of
Weston, purchased at auction township No. 2, which included
the present town of Peru and a part of Hinsdale and Middle-
field. It was first called Partridgeville and was incorporated
in 1771. He sold many of his lots there between 1767 and
1775, but some were sold by his heirs as late as 1792. His
holdings of real estate in Berkshire County were in twelve
separate towns as divided to-day, and his influence in building
up that part of the state was as important a contribution as
his military service.
In his native town he was highly honored and offices of
trust were freely bestowed upon him as they had been upon
his grandfather. He held the office of town clerk from 1731
to 1784, was elected selectman in 1733 and re-elected almost
every year till 1774, again in 1780 and 1781, and served as
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representative in the General Court from 1741 to 1747, in
1761, and 1765-1767.
Another noted commander of the western troops in the
French and Indian wars was Col. Ephraim Williams, a
nephew of Rev. William Williams and Rev. John Williams
of Deerfield, with whom he made his home when not engaged
in active fighting. He was born in Newton in 1715. A rov-
ing disposition led him to take up the life of a sailor, and as
a young man he made several voyages to Europe, visiting
England, Spain, and Holland. He abandoned the sea at the
outbreak of hostilities between England and France in 1744
and enlisted in the army in New England for service against
Canada. He was stationed at Fort Massachusetts in com-
mand of a company and for gallant action he was soon raised
to the rank of major. After the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle in
1748 he returned to the Connecticut valley to live, dividing
his time between Hatfield and Deerfield. Hatfield had strong
attractions for him, for he was seeking the hand of his fair
cousin Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. William Williams. Tra-
dition says that he was rejected in their last interview
because of his excessive use of liquor. She remained single
all her life. Her bequest in his will was £20 and his cream
pot and silver teaspoons.
When fighting was resumed in 1753, Ephraim Williams,
then commissioned colonel, was sent with a regiment raised
chiefly in Hampshire to assist Sir William Johnson in the
expedition against Crown Point. He fell at Lake George in
the engagement called "the bloody morning scout," Sept. 8,
1755. His force was ambushed by a large party of French
and Indians and was practically cut to pieces. In this regi-
ment were several other noted men of the name of Wil-
liams,— Rev. Stephen of Longmeadow, the chaplain; Dr.
Thomas of Deerfield, the surgeon; Capt. William of Deer-
field, and another William, son of Rev. Solomon Williams of
Lebanon, Conn., and grandson of the Hatfield pastor. This
William Williams was then adjutant general and in later
years was one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. A letter of Dr. Thomas Williams to his wife,
from which some extracts are here given, furnishes particu-
lars of the engagement. The letter is printed in full in the
"Williams's Family Genealogy."
J 76 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
"Lake George, Sept 11, 1755.
"My dear Spouse — Last Monday, the 8th instant, was the most awful day
that my eyes ever beheld, and may I not say that ever was seen in New
England, considering the transactions of it. Having intelligence of an army
of French and Indians that were discovered by our Indian scouts, part of
our army were sent to intercept their retreat, as it was supposed they were
designed for Fort Lyman [now Fort Edward], at the south end of the
carrying-place; about one thousand whites under the command of my dear
brother Ephraim, who led the van, and Lieut. Col. Whiting, who brought up
the rear, and about one hundred and fifty Mohawks, under the command of
King Hendrick, their principal speaker, were attacked by the French army,
consisting of twelve hundred regulars, and about nine hundred Canadians and
savages, about three miles from our encampment, and the main of our
detachment it is said, put to a precipitate flight, but the certainty is not yet
known ; be sure those brave men who stood fighting for our dear country
perished in the field of battle. The attack began about half an hour after
ten in the morning, and continued till about four in the afternoon before the
enemy began to retreat. The enemy was about an hour and a half driving
our people before them, before they reached the camp, when to give them
due credit, they fought like brave fellows on both sides for near four hours,
disputing every inch of ground, in the whole of which time there seemed to
be nothing but thunder and lightning, and perpetual pillars of smoke. Our
cannon (which, under God, it appears to me) saved us, were heard down as
low as Saratoga, notwithstanding the wind was in the north, and something
considerable, and which, by the way, was a great disadvantage to our troops,
as the smoke was drove in our faces. The wounded were brought in ver)'
fast, and it was with the utmost difliculty that their wounds could be dressed
fast enough, even in the most superficial manner, having in about three hours
forty men brought to be dressed. Dr. Pynchon, his mate, and William [son
of Col. Williams, of Pittsfield], with myself, were all to do it; my mate
being at Fort Lyman, attending to divers sick men there. The bullets flew
like hail stones about our ears all the time of dressing, as we had not a
place of safety prepared to dress the wounded in, but through God's goodness
we received no hurt, any more than the bark of the trees and chips flying in
our faces by accidental shots, which were something frequent.
"Our tent was shot through in divers places, which we thought best to
leave and retire a few rods behind a shelter of a log house, which was so
loose laid as to let the balls through very often. I have not time to give the
list of the dead, which are many, by reason I have not time to attend the
wounded as they ought to be. My necessary food and sleep are almost
strangers to me since the fatal day ; fatal indeed to my dear brother Ephraim.
who was killed in the beginning of the action, by a ball through his head.
Great numbers of brave men, and some the flower of our army died with him
on the spot ; * * * The remainder of the French army were attacked by
two hundred and fifty of the New Hampshire troops, after they left us, and
put to a precipitate flight; as they were not apprized of these troops, Acy
left their baggage and most of their provisions and some guns, and many
dead bodies on the spot where the attack began in the morning, and when
our troops came upon them, and they were sitting down to rest after their
fatigue with us. The French General says he lost six hundred of his men,
and the Aid-de-camp says more, and that they have lost one thousand. It is
certain they were smartly paid, for they left their garments and weapons of
war for miles together, like the Assyrians in their flight. If we had had
five or six hundred fresh troops to have pursued, it is thought very few
would have gone back to Crown Point to tell what had become of their
brethren.
"It is now eleven of the clock, and I have had scarcely any sleep since the
action, must therefore wish you goodnight. I subscribe myself, your affec-
tionate Husband. Thos. Williams.**
It is said that this was the first battle fought with regular
troops in America, and the ftrsl time that bayonets were used
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in this country. They were employed by the French sol-
diers. The English loss in both engagements was 216 killed
and 96 wounded, a total of 312, besides a few missing, accord-
ing to the return made by Dr. Perez Marsh, surgeon's mate
in Colonel Williams's regiment. This regiment suffered the
most, 46 being killed, 20 wounded, and several missing. The
zolonel's brother, Josiah, who was an ensign in his company,
was severely wounded, so that he died of the effects of his
wound eventually. Several officers of distinction were lost,
ilso. A number of Hatfield men were members of this regi-
ment, but their names are not known.
Before going to the front, Colonel Williams made his will
It Albany July 22, 1755, appointing as executors his cousin.
Col. Israel Williams of Hatfield, and Col. John Worthington
3f Springfield. This will, which is filed in the probate office
in the courthouse in Northampton and begins, "I, Ephraim
Williams of Hatfield," laid the foundation of Williams Col-
ege. Some of its provisions were as follows: —
"It is my will and pleasure that all of the residue of my real estate not
otherwise disposed of be sold by my Executors, or the survivor of them
Mrithin five years after an established peace, (which a good God soon grant)
iccording to their discretion, and that the same be put out at interest, on
jood security and that the interest money yearly arising therefrom, and the
nterest arising from my just debts due to me, and not otherwise disposed of,
>e improved by said Executors, and such as they shall appoint Trustees for
:he charity aforesaid after them, for the support and maintenance of a free
school in the township west of Fort Massachusetts (commonly called the west
ownship) forever, provided said township fall within the jurisdiction of the
Province of the Massachusetts bay, and continue under that jurisdiction — and
>rovided also the Governor of said Province, with the Assembly of said
Province, shall, (when a suitable number of inhabitants are settled there)
ncorporate the same into a town by the name of Williamstown, and if the
nterest of such monies be more than sufficient for such a purpose, that which
'emains be improved as aforesaid for the support of a like school in the East
ownship therein, in which said fort now stands; but in case the aforesaid
Provisos are not complied with, viz.: if said west township fall not within
Mud Massachusetts Province, or do not continue under that jurisdiction, or it
ihall be incorporated by any other name than that above mentioned, then my
irill is that such interest of said monies be applied to some other public
leneficial and charitable purpose, by my Executors as above directed, respect-
ng other parts of my estate, according to their discretion and good judg-
nent Ephraim Williams."
In 1785 trustees of the school were appointed, in 1791 it
»vas opened, and in 1793 it was incorporated as a college.
Before Williams College was actually begun, the people of
:he Connecticut valley were laying plans for an educational
nstitution in their midst. It was to be called Queen's Col-
ege and was to be located in Hatfield, Hadley, or North-
178 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
ampton. One tradition affirms that the people of Hatfield
went so far as to erect a building which they called Queen's
College, but this is unlikely. A petition was sent to the
General Court for a charter Jan. 20, 1762, and a bill was
passed to be engrossed, but it was finally defeated. February
26, 1762, a charter was made out by Gov. Francis Barnard,
but never signed, incorporating Israel Williams and eleven
others into "a body politic by the name of the President and
Fellows of Queen's College." For some reason the plans
were pushed no further, probably because of the disastrous
loss by fire at Harvard College and the political agitation that
was arising over the oppressions of the British government.
The hope of a college in the valley was not realized till the
establishment of Amherst in 1821.
CHAPTER XIV.
A PERIOD OF STRIFE, 1765-1789. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
THE ELY INSURRECTION. SHAYS'S REBELLION.
<«
Give me liberty or give me death."
Acts of Parliament directed against the American colonies. — ^The Whigs
and Tories. — Attitude of Hatfield at the beginning of the struggle. — ^The
spirit changed by the preaching of Dr. Joseph Lyman. — Overthrow of the
Tories. — ^Town meetings of the year 1774. — Mobs prevent the holding of the
courts. — ^A mob in Hatfield. — Preparations for resistance to the king's author-
ity.— Petition to the militia officers to retain their offices. — ^Taxes ordered paid
to the provincial treasurer. — Delegates to the Provincial Congress. — Companies
of minutemen organized. — ^The Tories compelled to declare in favor of the
colonies.— Colonel Williams meets trouble. — He and his son arrested and
imprisoned. — News from Concord and Lexington. — ^The Hatfield soldiers.—
Incorporation of Whately and Williamsburg. — Hatfield votes for independ-
ence—Supplies furnished during the war. — ^The Hubbard tavern and others. —
The faculty tax. — Liberation of the slaves. — Lieut. David Billings. — Hard
times following the Revolution. — Conventions held at Hatfield. — ^Thc Ely
insurrection. — Shays's rebellion.
No sooner was the war with the French over than the de-
cayed struggle between England and her American colonies
t>egfan again. The origin of the difficulties with the mother
Country has already been pointed out in an earlier chapter.
Blncroachments on their rights by George III. and his
Ministers met with determined resistance. The British
g'overnment was aiming not only at lessening the political
liberties of America, but also at trade restrictions for its
Own benefit to the detriment of the prospering West India
trade of the colonies. The New England ports especially
felt the damage arising from the growing restrictions upon
Commerce with the French colonies and Boston became
the center of discontent. The Sugar Act of 1764, the
Stamp Act of 1765, and other acts of Parliament were
denounced in fiery language as destructive of chartered
rights. The comment of John Fiske on the result of the
struggle should be noted in this connection: —
"It was not so much that the American people gained an increase in
freedom by their separation from England, as that they kept the freedom
they had always enjoyed, the freedom which was the inalienable birthright
of Englishmen, but which George III. had foolishly sought to \m^2AT.
180 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
"The American Revolution was tlierefore in no sense destructive. It "ns
the most conservative revolution known to history, thoroughly English id
conception from beginning to end. It had no likeness whatever to the ter-
rible popular convulsion which soon after took place in France. The mis-
chievous doctrines of Rousseau found few readers and fewer admirers amoag
the Americans."
The couTitry at first was by no means united in oppo-
sition to the royal authority. Parties sprang up. called
as they were in England. Whigs and Tories. In the be-
ginning of the contest the whole western part of Massa-
chusetts was dominated by the Tories. The economic
reasons for revolt did not appeal as strongly to the interior
agricultural centers as they did to the seaport towns. The
large landed proprietors, naturally conservative, saw only
danger ahead from the inflammatory and seditious talk.
Most of the influential citizens had held royal commissions
from the crown and their military oath bound them to
loyal defense of the crown, for which they had fought in
many campaigns against the French and Indians. The
clergy were also for the most part on the .side of the king
and Parliament. It is not to be supposed that the Toi' *
did not feel wronged by the action of the British goV<
ment, but they differed from the Whigs in the method
employ to secure redress.
Col. Israel Williams and Col. Oliver Partridge wcrt
leaders of the Tories in Hatfield, the former beinp
representative to the General Court and a judye of the CI
courts, and the latter town clerk and treasurer, and
the other was always moderator in town meeting,
were followed by all the militia officers and the maj
of the heavy taxpayers. Their attitude is well expni
by the reply sent in 176S to the town of Boston in ri
to a letter asking for Hatfield's position in rcg;ard
convention to be called to consider the rapidly approai
crisis, and especially the sending of British troops,
was felt at Boston to be a threat of stern measures
repression. The answer, which was long and full, was
framed by Colonel Williams and was unanimously adopted
by the town. It stated that the people of Hatfield doubted
the damage threatened by the coming of the troops (they
might be needed for defense of the colonies); that they
considered the language gf the last General Court unneccs-
sarily harsh toward the king-, and iVvat the proposed action
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. Jgl
vould do harm rather than good. Especially noteworthy
re the following; quotations: —
"We are sensible that the colonies labor under many difficulties and we
reatly fear what the consequences of the dispute with our mother country
*ill prove. However, we are far from thinking the measures you are
ursuing have any tendency to deliver the good people of this province, bul
n the contrary to immerse them In greater.
"If by any sudden excursions or insurrections of some inconsiderate people
he king has been induced to think the troops a necessary check upon you,
fe hope you will by your loyalty and quiet behavior soon convi
lajesty and the world they are no longer necessary for that purpose.
"Suffer us to observe that in our opinion the measures the town oi
toston are pursuing and proposing unto us and Ihe people of this province
a unite in, are unconstitutional, illegal, and wholly unjusti liable, and what
rill give the enemies of our Constitution the greatest joy, subversive of
ovemment and destructive of the peace and good order which is the cement
"Thus we have freely expressed our senlimcnis. having an equal right
fith others, though a lesser part of the community, and lake this first
■pportunity to protest against the proposed Convention, and hereby declare
•ur loyalty to Ihe king, and fidelity lo our country, and thai it is our firm
esolution to the utmost of our power to maintain and defend our rights in
very prudent and reasonable way, as far as is consistent with our duty to
k>d and the king."
D». J.
Before many years a change came over the attitude of
he inhabitants, a change due principally to the presence
nd actions of one man. Rev. Timothy Woodbridge died
n 1770 and Rev. Joseph Lyman of Lebanon, Coun., ^m^^
182 • HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
called and settled as the head of the church in 1772. He
was a young man of resolute will and indomitable courage,
filled with zeal for the liberties of the colonies. In spite of
the protests of his parents he plunged into the contest in
which Otis and Adams were laboring. His mother wrote
him to "walk softly," and not stir up the spirit of rebellion
and to "lay aside all political disputes," fearing that he
would be in danger on account of his rashness. But the
entreaties fell on deaf ears. He is reported to have said
of Colonel Williams, "There is a man here now he cannot
rule."
In the pulpit he preached the doctrine of resistance
to the tyranny of the king and his ministers with burning
words and in town meeting he raised his voice in favor of
the cause of liberty. Within two years he wrought a
revolution in the sympathy of people of the town. The
Whigs became the majority party.
The "Boston tea party" in December, 1773, and the
high-handed actions of General Gage in Boston brought
the crisis rapidly on. The Hatfield Whigs elected John
Dickinson representative to the General Court in 1773 and
the power of Colonel Williams was at an end. Mr. Lyman
tried to have him dismissed from the church, but was unabfe
to do so, though a council was called for the purpose in
1778. Many of the other ministers of the vicinity were still
strongly Tory in sympathy.
Oliver Partridge continued in office as town clerk, but he
did not attend the town meetings after the March meeting
of 1774. He entered upon the books, "The following are
the proceedings of the town at several meetings as returned
to me by their moderators."
A meeting was held in the schoolhouse July 8, at which
Elijah Morton was chosen moderator. A committee was
appointed to confer with Mr. Lyman to appoint a day of
fasting and prayer. The General Court had ordered that
the 21st of July should be so set apart. The fast was held,
but the Tories took no notice of it. At this meeting there
was a discussion of "what might be proper for the town to
do with regard to entering into a covenant to withdraw all
commercial intercourse with Great Britain by a disuse of
their manufactures till such time as the general interests
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 183
of the colonies are settled or our charter rights restored."
The committee appointed to confer about the matter with
representatives from other towns was John Dickinson,
Perez Graves, Elijah Morton, Elihu White, and John Hast-
ings. It was voted to pay £1 7s. 5d. for the expenses of
a Provincial Congress and the town treasurer was author-
ized to pay the sum to Hon. Thomas Gushing of Boston.
It was further voted that the absent town clerk be directed
to record the transactions of the meeting on the town
records.
August 25 another meeting of the patriots was held and
delegates were appointed to a convention at Hadley the
next day, — ^John Dickinson, Perez Graves, and Elijah Mor-
ton. The chief subject for deliberation at this convention,
the first held in Hampshire County, was the stopping of the
proceedings of the courts. The convention was divided,
some favoring attempts to stop the sessions by force if the
officers tried to carry them on.
The Court of General Sessions was convened at Spring-
field, August 30. It was interrupted by a mob of about a
thousand people and the judges were called upon to explain
their actions. Colonel Worthington and Colonel Williams
were asked to renounce their allegiance to Governor Gage.
They tried to placate the mob, which was in an ugly humor,
and succeeded in dispersing it without any acts of violence,
but they were unable to proceed with the session.
Colonel Williams was considered the Tory ring-leader
and many of the Whigs, especially those from Berkshire
County, were very bitter against him. Law and order men
from both parties tried to prevent any outrages.
September 5 was a day of excitement in Hatfield. Mes-
sengers were sent out before daybreak to neighboring
towns with the news that "all the western world was
comming down to mob Col. Williams and others." A
hundred men from Deerfield responded to the call, one
hundred and ten from Hadley, and seventy from Amherst.
A mob of fifty men appeared in the afternoon. They were
not allowed to go till a "Covenant to be signed by the
people to prevent mobbing'* was agreed upon, of which a
copy was to be sent to each town. Colonel Williams does
not appear to have been called upon by the mob, but Colonel
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Partridge came out and vindicated himself of some charges
that were presented.
September 21 Hatfield appointed as delegates to a con-
vention called to meet at Northampton John Dickinson,
Elihu White, and John Hastings "to deliberate upon some
measures proper to be taken by this county at this very
critical day." It was "voted that the selectmen be directed
forthwith to procure a sufficient stock of powder and lead
for the use of the town." The first committee of corre-
spondence was then appointed, — John Dickinson, Elijah
Morton, Remembrance Bardwell, Phineas Frary, John
Allis, David Waite, Perez Graves, Elihu White, and John
Hastings.
The convention at Northampton, September 22 and 23, af-
firmed allegiance to King George, but protested against the
oppressions of Governor Gage. A Provincial Congress was
called for to meet at Concord, anarchy and rioting were
condemned, and holding of town meetings legal in every
way was urged. The inhabitants of the towns were ad-
vised to "acquaint themselves with the military art*' and
procure arms.
On account of the action of this and other county con-
ventions held about the same time Governor Gage forbade
the session of the General Court called to meet at Salem,
October 5. The representatives met, however, and resolved
themselves into a Provincial Congress. They then ad-
journed to meet at Concord, October 11. The news of the
action of the delegates was received by post from Salem and
at a town meeting held October 6 John Dickinson was
chosen a delegate to the Concord Congress.
The military organizations were disrupted by the strife
between the opposing parties. Many of the officers in the
Hampshire regiment, commanded by Col. Israel Williams,
refused to continue in the service and training was neg-
lected. A paper presented to Memorial Hall in Deerfield
by Samuel D. Partridge shows the attitude of some of the
Hatfield militia in regard to the situation.
"We the subscribers being Apprehensive that Military Exercises arc
Specially Requisite at this clay
"And also Captn Allis. Lieut Partridge and Ensign Dickinson have Pub-
lickly Declared they will not Act or Exercise any Authority as Military
Officers under the late acts of Parliament or in the Support of the same
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. Ig5
yet we are desirous that they would at such Times as they think Proper Call
us Together and Exercise us by themselves or such others as they shall judge
likely to Teach and Instruct us in the Military Art.
"And we hereby Promise to Attend at such time and place as they Shall
Direct and Submit ourselves to their Orders in Leading and Exercising of
us as Witness our hand this fourth Day of Octr 1774
"Harry Dwight Jesse Billings
Israel Wms. Jnr. David Trobridge
Thomas Meekins A. J. White
John Allis Samuel Belding
Joseph Dickinson Josiah (Abels?)
Abel Allis Silas Billings
Gaius Crafts Joshua L. Woodbridge
Elez. Warner Tillotson Miller
Benjamin Blanchard William Partridge
Simon Church
John Partridge
John Seemer
Samll Partridge
Samuel Dickinson
Ebenezer Dwight
Elihu Trobridge
Josiah Allis
Jona Wells
Elisha Smith"
The Provincial Congress took up the matter of military
organization and granted authority to the militia officers
who retained their commissions to reorganize the com-
panies and divide the regiments. At a meeting held in
Northampton, November 10, the first Hampshire regiment
was organized and Seth Pomeroy of Northampton was chosen
colonel and Ezra May of Goshen major. A paper was
signed "renouncing and disdaining any authority they might
have by virtue of any commission from Thomas Hutchin-
son, Esq., late Governor." It was soon afterward directed
by the Provincial Congress that a fourth of the organized
militia should be drilled as "minute-men/* ready to march
at a moment's notice.
Only one more town meeting was held in that eventful
year of 1774. At a meeting on the 5th of December the
most revolutionary act was taken, transferring the pay-
ment of the taxes to the new authority of the Provincial
Congress. The point of taxation without representation
had been pushed too far. The minutes are as follows : —
"In this meeting the question was put whether the Town would give
directions to their constables, collectors or other persons who have any part
of the province tax of the town in their hands or possessions that they
immediately pay the same to Henry Gardiner, Esq. of Stowe who is appointed
Receiver General by the provincial congress & also expressly engages to such
constables, collectors or other persons as shall have towtv motvWs m >Ja^\x
185 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
hands that they paying the same to Henry Gardiner Esq. & producing his
receipt therefor shall ever operate as an effectual discharge to such persons
for the same. And it passed in the Affirmative."
The Provincial Congress appointed Dec. 15, 1774, to
be observed as a day of thanksgiving and on that day Dr.
Lyman preached a vigorous, patriotic sermon on the issues
of the day, which the town ordered printed with a vote of
thanks to the author. A copy is in Deerfield Memorial
Hall. It was printed by Edes and Gill in Boston in
Queen Street in 1775. In it he fearlessly arraigned the
acts of the British ministry and the obnoxious governor of
the province.
January 9, 1775, John Dickinson and Perez Graves were
chosen representatives from Hatfield to the Provincial
Congress to meet at Cambridge, only one to attend at a
time. A committee was appointed to receive donations
for ''the poor in Boston suffering in the common cause."
A Committee of Inspection, "agreeable to the Continental
and Provincial Congress," was appointed, consisting of
John Dickinson, Elijah Morton, Elihu White, John Hast-
ings, Jonathan Allis, Phineas Frary, Benjamin Wells, Silas
Graves, and Seth Murray. This committee was later
merged with the Committee of Correspondence and after
1776 a Committee of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety
was regularly elected each year at the time the other
officers were chosen. At this January meeting it was —
"Voted that the company called the minute men in Hatfield be allowed one
shilling each for three half days that they have already spent in Learning
the military Art and the like sum for three half days more and after that
nine pence for each half day in a week till the first of May next and Aat
their captain and lieutenant have one shilling and six pence for each half
day, one Sergeant, one Drummer and one Fifer have one shilling each half
day during the time the soldiers have nine pence per day.
"Voted that the sum of forty pounds be raised in the next town rate to be
employed for the use of the minute men and others as the selectmen judge
necessary."
Reference to the list of selectmen in the Appendix will
show that there liad not been a great change among the
holders of oflfice during the eventful years preceding
the outbreak of the war. The change was rather in the
attitude of the office holders and citizens generally. Col.
Oliver Partridge, at first very pronounced in his Tory
views, was won over to the cause of the majority and con-
tinued to hold the office of town clerk and treasurer. He
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 187
was also elected to the board of selectmen nearly every
year. A few of the more wealthy citizens continued to
hold out till visited by the Committee of Safety. In 1775
Col. Israel Williams, Mr. William Williams, Esq., Capt.
Elisha Allis, Lieut. David Billings, Lieut. Samuel Par-
tridge, Ens. Elijah Dickinson, and Reuben Belden, with
others whom the Committee of Safety might consider un-
friendly to the cause of liberty, but not mentioned by name,
were asked to sign the following declaration: —
"We do hereby freely and Voluntarily make the following declaration,
viz. that we do wholly and entirely renounce Gen. Gage as a Governor of this
province & will pay no regard to his proclamations or any other of his, acts
or doings, but on the other hand he ought to be considered and guarded
against as an Unnatural and inveterate enemy to the country by every person
that is a true friend to his Country and Also we do hereby engage that we
will join our Countrymen upon all Occasions in defense of the rights and
Liberties of America. Especially we will use our influence in order to pre-
vent the late Acts of Parliament with regard to this province being put into
execution and will bear our full proportion of men & money for the purposes
aforesaid as occasion may call for the same."
Whatever may have been their private opinions the men
called upon yielded to the will of the majority. The situa-
tion was tense and critical, but law and order prevailed.
Even Colonel Williams, so bitterly hated by many of the
Whigs, was not subjected to indignities by his fellow-towns-
men. He suffered, however, at the hands of some who
were not so considerate and who were anxious to humble
him. He was known to be in correspondence with Gov-
ernor Gage and was suspected of secretly enlisting men for
the royal army.
On the 2d of February a mob of 150 gathered from all
the country round as far as Pittsfield appeared at Colonel
Williams's house and took him and his son Israel to
Hadley, where they set over them an armed guard of
seventeen men through the night. The top of the chimney
was blocked and the two prisoners were given a smoking
out. The attempt to **smoke old Williams to a Whig"
was unsuccessful, but in the morning both the men signed
an obligation not to do anything to oppose Congress, or
to correspond with Gage, promising also to oppose acts of
Parliament that were against the interests of the colonies.
Colonel Stoddard of Northampton was also captured that
day and made to sign the same articles.
Colonel Williams, who had before this, to placate "^
Igg HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
threatening mob in Berkshire County, signed an agreement
which he felt under no obligations to keep, since it was
extorted by, force in an illegal manner, violated his pledge
and continued his correspondence with Gage. Expecting
that the revolting colonists would be overcome speedily he
ordered large stocks of British goods to be sent as soon
as the non-importation acts became null and void. This
order to a London firm, with letters to Tories who had fled
to England, fell into the hands of the Whigs. The packet
was thrown away by a messenger, who feared detection.
Word of the discovery was sent to the Hatfield Committee
of Safety in December, 1776. Colonel Williams and his
son Israel were put under bonds of £500 to live up to their
pledges and about the first of April they were arrested
and taken to Boston for trial before the governor and
Council. Testimony against them was easy to secure and
the packet of letters was very damaging. This verdict was
pronounced April 14: —
"It appeared to this court that in violation of National Law, and solemn
written engagements, entered into by said Israel Williams and son, to the
People in Feb. 1775, they did in Dec. 1776, in order to obtain Large Quantities
of Goods upon credit from our enemies, write to Joseph Green and Harry
Laughton, Persons who did belong to this State, but who have now joined
our enemies, and who were at the time of writing said Letters supposed to be
there in England, and said Israel Williams, the father, did on the same Day
and Place, write to Thomas Hutchinson, Esq., respecting the same matter,
and did therein represent to said Hutchinson, his certain Hope & Expecta-
tion, that our Enemies would very soon entirely defeat & fully subdue the
Americans.
"It also appeared that the General Conduct of said Israel Williams and
son, ever since April, 1775, has been unfriendly to the American cause of
Liberty, and no one Instance of Friendship in their Conduct since that time
was produced, and it also appeared that the said Israel Williams, the father,
by letters to said Hutchinson in 1770-71, fully expressed his approbation of
that British System of Despotism, which has since plunged us into this
unnatural war, in which we are now struggling for the Defence and
Preservation of the Common Rights and Liberties of Man.
'Therefore, Resolved that the Sheriff of Hampshire County be directed
to Commit the said Israel Williams and Son to the common goal in North-
ampton, and keep them in close custody until further orders of this Court."
They were kept in close confinement in the jail at
Northampton until December, when the Council at Boston,
after acting on a petition from the colonel's son William,
ordered their release under bonds of £3,000 each with the
stipulation that the father was not to leave his home lot
except to go to meeting on Sunday and that the son was
not to leave town. Thev were not allowed to exercise
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 189
the rights of citizenship. During the time of their confine-
ment in jail the colonel's daughter Lucretia visited them
in prison every day, taking food and dainties that she had
prepared. She made the daily trip alone on horseback,
having to face the jeers of the unsympathetic Whigs along
the way.
Colonel Williams w^as killed in 1789 at the age of eighty
by falling downstairs. Israel, Jr., remained a bachelor
and lived on his father's estate till his death in 1823. He
never held public office on account of his actions during the
war. His brother William became a prominent citizen of
Dalton. In 1780 the town of Hatfield petitioned the Gen-
eral Court that Colonel Williams and Israel, Jr., be again
allowed the rights of citizenship provided they took the
oath of allegiance, which they were then ready to do, and
they were restored to their civil rights.
The excitement over the Williamses was only one
episode of the stirring scenes that were being enacted.
The minute-men were drilling through the winter and
spring of 1775 in preparation for the inevitable conflict.
News of the fighting at Concord and Lexington was re-
ceived in Hatfield, April 20, about noon. Those who had
not heard the cry of the galloping courier, **Gage has fired
upon the people; minute-men to the rescue/' were warned
by the ringing of the bell that something unusual had
happened and they quickly gathered at the meetinghouse.
The unknown bearer of the tidings stopped not for ex-
planations. "The crash of resounding arms" had come
and as fast as steeds could be urged other messengers like
Paul Revere were bearing the news to every scattered
hamlet.
"A hurry of hoofs in a village street,
A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark,
And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark
Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet :
That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light.
The fate of a nation was riding that night ;
And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight,
Kindled the land into flame with its heat."
Before the afternoon was half spent Capt. Israel Chapin
and his minute-men were on the march to Boston. Parson
Lyman with fervent prayers bade them God-s.^ee^, \n\v\^
190
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
mothers and wives and sweethearts and sisters tearfully
watched their departure to the strains of the fife and drum.
Arriving at Boston they were assigned to the regiment
commanded by Colonel Fellows of Great Barrington and
took part in the siege of Boston and the battle of Bunker
Hill. The archives of the state of Massachusetts show that
the following Hatfield men were entitled to draw an overcoat
in the fall, having served at least six months after April,
1775:—
Moses Allis
Timothy Alvord
Thomas Banks
James Barker
Sergt. Abraham Billings
Ebenezer Burris
Capt. Israel Chapin
Justin Cole
Richard Cook
Andrew Crawford
John Curtis
Jonathan Dickinson
Zenas Field
Hermon Finney
"COAT ROLL."
Phineas Frary (drum'r)
Lucius Graves
Elihu Hastings
Jotham Hitchcock
John Hixson (drummer)
John Lewis
David Morton
Joseph Morton
Elihu Murray
Elijah Murray
Capt. Seth Murray
Corp. James Peck
Asa Perkins
Robert Perkins
Elijah Smith
Joel Smith
Sergt. Nath'l Sylvester
Asa Thayer
Elihu Trowbridge
Joseph Waite
Jacob Walker
William Watson
Sergt. Robert Weir
Benjamin Wells
Moses Whitney
Ebenezer Wood
Asahel Wood
Joshua L. Woodbridgc
The day after the departure of Captain Chapin's com-
pany another under Capt. Perez Graves, including many
Whately citizens, started for the front. They marched
as far as Ware, v^here word was received that the British
had retreated and that their services were no longer
needed. They then returned, with the Whately company
under Capt. Henry Stiles, reaching home the 23d. April
29 a third company of 49 under Capt. Seth Murray, re-
cruited from the towns near Hatfield, set out. In addition
to the names given on the coat roll the following Hatfield
men enlisted the first year of the war, probably most of
them taking part in the battle of Bunker Hill: —
In Captain Chapin*s company : —
Joseph Brown
James Cutter
Lemuel Dickinson
Nathaniel Dickinson
Esca Fair
Noah Field
Ebenezer Fitch
Eleazer Frary (fifcr)
John Holley
Sergt. Nathaniel SartweW
Sylvanus Sartwell
Joel Scott
Elijah Smith
Corp. Samuel Wells
Abel Waite
Jacob Waite
In Captain Murray's company
Caleb Austin
?tT?^s Peck
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
191
In Captain Graves's company : —
John Ballard
Samuel Bodman
William Bodman
Gains Crafts
Daniel Dickinson
Joseph Graves
Silas Graves
William Howard
John Meekins
Levi Meekins
Elihu Morton
William Norwood
Josiah Otis
Thomas Potter
Amasa Skinner
Elisha Smith
John Smith
Seth Tubbs
Nehemiah Waite (drummer)
Moses Warner
William Whitemore
The Hatfield soldier who saw the most service was
Joseph Guild, whose grave is in the cemetery at Bradstreet.
He took part in the battles of Saratoga and Stillwater,
was overcome by the heat at Monmouth, passed the terri-
ble winter at Valley Forge in General Washington's army,
served under General Greene in his southern campaign,
and saw Lord Cornwallis give up his sword at Yorktown.
He used to delight in telling the story of how he shook
hands with General Washington when the army was dis-
banded at New York.
The list given below contains the names of all the Hat-
field soldiers, so far as known, who served in the Revolution-
ary war, with the rank and date of first enlistment. Many
served in other campaigns after the expiration of their
first term of service. There may be some Whately names
among the others, though a careful comparison of the
Whately lists has also been made and the list on the bronze
tablet in the Dickinson Memorial Hall revised somewhat.
Some of the Whately men are credited in the state archives
as belonging to Hatfield because they went out with the
Hatfield companies and also because the towns had been
separated only a few years and the place of residence was
not in all cases known with certainty. Whately was incor-
porated April 24, 1771, and at the same time Williamsburg
was set off from Hatfield as a district and was incorporated
in 1776. The population of Hatfield was thereby reduced
more than half, probably nearly two thirds. According to
an enumeration of the people taken by the provincial
authorities in 1765, Hatfield then had 803 inhabitants. In
1776 it had 582, Williamsburg had 534, and Whately had
410. From a population of less than 600 Hatfield fur-
nished 127 patriots who bore arms during l\\e ^eNoX^xixoTv,
192
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
or about one to each family, including the numerous Tory
households.
Gains Crafts bought land in Whately, but never resided
there. The Fields, Noah and Zenas, were probably living
in Hatfield at the time of their enlistment. There may
have been some with the same names in Whately. The
Frarys, Eleazer and Phineas, belonged in Hatfield, living
in a house that was burned, which stood opposite the house
of Cornelius Murphy at West Brook. Joseph Scott lived
in the Straits south of the Whately line. Joel Scott was
his son. Jacob Walker was buried in Hatfield. These
men and a few others are all claimed by Whately, but it
is very doubtful if they enlisted from there, and, as shown,
some were never numbered among its citizens. The Ben-
jamin and Elijah Smith on the list were sons of Lieut.
Samuel of Hatfield. There were also men from Whately
bearing the same surnames.
HATFIELD SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Col. Israel Chapin.
Lieut. Col. John Dickinson.
Capt. Elihu Hastings.
Capt. Perez Graves.
Capt. Seth Murray.
Allen, John,
Allis, Aaron,
Allis, Moses,
Alvord, Timothy,
Atsetts, John.
Atsetts, Joseph,
Austin, Caleb,
Ballard, John,
Banks, Thomas,
Barker, James,
Bass, Abraham,
Bates, Peter,
Beman, Phineas,
Benjamin, Roger,
Billings, Abraham,
Bodman, Samuel,
Bodman, William,
Brown, Joseph,
Burgess, Edward,
Burris, Ebcnezcr,
Chapman. George.
Chamberlin, William,
Cole, Justin,
Coleman, Niles,
Cook, Richard,
CoYcU, John,
Crafts, Gains,
Rank.
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Sergeant,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Corporal,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Capt. Joshua L. Woodbridgc
Lieut. Samuel Smith.
Lieut. Elijah Coleman.
Lieut. Daniel White.
Date of
Company of
First Enlistment
Captain Fellows,
1775.
Captain Watson,
1777.
Captain Chapin,
1775.
Captain Chapin,
1775.
6 month s^
. 1788.
6 months, 1788.
Captain Murray,
1775.
Captain Graves,
1775.
Captain Graves,
1775.
Captain Chapin,
1775.
Captain Milton,
1777.
1781.
Captain Banister,
1781.
Captain Banister,
1781.
Captain Murray,
1775.
Captain Graves,
1775.
Captain Graves,
1775.
Captain Chapin,
1775.
Captain Parker,
178a
Captain Chapin,
1775.
1781.
Captain Watson,
1777.
Captain Chapin,
1775.
Captain Watson,
1777.
Captain Chapin,
1775.
Captain Chapin,
1778.
Cxvvkl^m Graves,
1775.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
193
m, Asa,
9rd, Andrew,
John,
, James,
son, Daniel,
son, Francis,
son, Jonathan,
son, Lemuel,
son, Nathaniel,
I, John,
£sca.
Noah.
Zenas,
'. Herman,
Ebenezer,
Elcazer,
Phincas.
, Zebulon,
Nathan.
5, Lucius,
5, Silas,
Joseph,
•ock. Jotham,
n, John,
', John,
rd, William, .
Ezra,
Iton. Jonathan,
John,
ns. John,
ns. Levi.
i, Ezekiel,
, Isaac,
n, Benjamin,
n, David,
n, Ebenezer,
n, Elihu,
n, Joseph,
n, Solomon,
.y, Elihu.
y, Elijah,
n, Josiah.
X)d, William,
t, Stephen,
Josiah,
James,
Peras,
Joseph,
IS, Asa,
is, Robert,
5, Elijah,
-, Silas,
\ Thomas,
rs, Ephraim,
)n. Wilson,
Hezekiah,
s, Ebenezer,
ell, Nathaniel,
ell, Sylvahus,
Joel,
Joseph,
Rank.
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Fifer,
Drummer,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Sergeant,
Private,
Drummer,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private.
Private,
•Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Corporal,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Private.
Private,
Private,
Private.
Private,
Sergeant,
Private,
Private,
Private,
Date of
Company of First Enlistment.
, Captain Greenleaf,
1780.
, Captain Graves,
1775.
, Captain Murray,
1775,
, Captain Chapin,
1775.
, Captain Graves,
1775.
, Artiller>',
1780.
Captain Chapin,
. 1775.
Captain Chapin,
1775.
, Captain Chapin,
1775.
1781.
, Captain Chapin,
1775.
, Captain Chapin,
1775.
, Captain Chapin,
1775.
, Captain Chapin,
1775.
, Captain Chapin,
1775.
, Captain Chapin,
1775.
, Captain Chapin,
. 1775.
. 1781.
, Captain Parker,
1780.
, Captain Chapin,
1775.
, Captain Graves,
1775.
, Captain Watson,
1777.
Captain Chapin,
1775.
, Captain Murray,
1775.
, Captain Chapin,
1775.
Captain Graves,
1775.
, Captain Greenleaf,
1781.
, Captain Woodbridge,
1781.
, Captain Chapin,
1775.
, Captain Graves,
1775.
, Captain Graves,
1775.
, Captain Qiapin,
1776.
, Captain Chapin,
1776.
, Captain Woodbridge,
1780.
Captain Chapin,
1775.
Captain Parker.
1780.
Captain Graves.
1775.
Captain Chapin,
1775.
Captain Graves,
1780.
Captain Chapin,
1775.
Captain Graves,
1775.
6 months. 1780.
, Captain Graves,
1775.
1781.
Captain Graves,
1775.
Captain Graves,
1775.
Captain Murray.
1775.
Captain Graves,
1775.
Captain Murray,
1775.
Captain Murray,
1775.
1781.
Captain Parker,
1780.
Captain Graves,
1775.
1778.
1781.
Captain Edes,
1778.
Captain Parker,
1780.
Captain Chapin,
1775.
Captain Chapin.
1775.
Cantain Chapin,
1775.
Captain Woodbridge,
\Tn
194
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Date of
Rank.
Company of First Enlistment
Skinner, Amasa,
Private,
Captain
Graves,
1775.
Smith, Andrew (deserted), Private,
Captain
Hastings,
1778.
Smith, Benjamin,
Private,
Captain
Graves,
1775.
Smith, Elijah,
Private,
Captain
Chapin,
1775.
Smith, Joel,
Private,
Captain
Murray,
1775.
Smith, John,
Private,
Captain
Graves,
1775.
Sylvester, Nathaniel,
Sergeant,
Captain
Chapin,
1775.
Taylor, John,
Private,
1779.
Thayer, Asa,
Private,
Captain
Chapin,
1775.
Trowbridge, Elihu,
Private,
Captain
Chapin,
1775.
Tubs, Seth,
Private,
Captain
Graves,
1775.
Waite, Abel,
Private,
Captain
Chapin,
1775.
Waite, Jacob,
Private,
Captain
Chapin,
1775.
Waite, Joseph,
Private,
Captain
Graves,
1775.
Waite, Nehemiah,
Drummer,
Captain
Graves,
1775.
Walker, Jacob,
Private,
Captain
Graves,
1775.
Ward, Josiah,
Private,
Captain
Woodbridgc,
1780.
Warner, Moses,
Private,
Captain
Graves,
1775.
Watson, William,
Ensign,
Captain
Chapin,
1775.
Weir, Robert,
Sergeant,
Captain
Chapin,
1775.
Wells, Benjamin,
Private,
Captain
Graves,
1775.
Wells, David,
Private,
1781.
Wells, Samuel,
Corporal,
Captain
Chapin,
1775.
White, Levi,
Private,
Captain
Storer,
1778.
Whitemore, William,
Private,
Captam
Graves^
1775.
Whitney, Moses,
Private,
Captain
Chapin,
1775.
Wood, Asahel,
Private,
Captain
Dickinson,
1775.
Wood, Ebenezer,
Private,
Captain
Dickinson,
177i
Wright, Jeremiah,
Private,
Captain
Murray,
1778.
Young, William,
Private,
1781.
During the summer of 1776 the inhabitants were follow-
ing with eagerness the progress of the war and the deliber-
ations of the Continental Congress. June 24 this vote was
passed : —
"Voted by the Town to Instruct & direct their represent-
ative at the present General Assembly to use his endeavors
that the delegates of this Colony at the Congress be
advised that in case the Congress should think it necessary
for the Safety of the American United Colonies to declare
them Independent of Great Britain the Inhabitants of the
town of Hatfield with their Lives and Fortunes will Sol-
emnly engage to support them in the Measure."
The town was liberal in its contributions for the support
of the war. In July, 1776, £85, 10s. was appropriated to
be paid to **fifteen effective men who may appear in behalf
of the Town of Hatfield to go to join the northern army."
This was to fill a quota called for from Hampshire County
for a march against Canada. The w\eu received a bounty
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. I95
of £7 from the state. After the Declaration of Independ-
ence was signed every twenty-fifth man was ordered to
enlist to reinforce the northern army. In that year Hat-
field furnished eleven blankets of the three hundred pro-
portioned in the county. In 1779 the town voted £500 for
shirts and shoes and stockings for the men in the Con-
tinental army. A bounty of £100 was allowed to fill up
the town's quota.
The first vote for officers under the new state constitution
was held Sept. 4, 1780, and resulted as follows: for gover-
nor, John Hancock, 28; James Bowdoin, 2; for lieutenant
governor, James Bowdoin, 26; James Warren, 2; for senator,
Joseph Hawley, 24; Caleb Strong, 20; John Hastings, 19;
John Bliss, 21; Samuel Mather, 11; Moses Bliss, 2; Eleazer
Porter, 1; Timothy Danielson, 1.
Hatfield supplied large quantities of beef for feeding
the troops during the war and because of its reputation as
a leading town in the cattle industry Washington stationed
one of his commissary officers. Gen. Epaphroditus Cham-
pion, in the town during a large part of the seven years'
struggle. A party of French officers belonging to the staff
of Count Rochambeau was quartered at the Hubbard tavern
one winter. They left epigrams and mottoes scratched
with a diamond on the panes of some of the windows,
which remained for nearly a century. The glass was all
broken and thrown away when repairs were made on the
house.
The Hubbard tavern was a famous hostelry in those days,
established about 1760. Lucy Hubbard continued to enter-
tain travelers after the death of her husband, Elisha Hub-
bard, in 1768. She was highly successful, so much so that
the town laid upon her a faculty tax. The faculty tax,
something in the nature of an income tax, was imposed
for many years during the colonial period, and some had
a very high valuation assessed upon their business abil-
ity,— in 1772, William Williams, £60; Joseph Smith, 50;
Israel Williams, Jr., 35; Lieut. Samuel Partridge, 35;
Lucy Hubbard, 30; Reuben Belden, 30; Jesse Billings, 26;
Seth Murray, 25; Isaac Graves, 25.
There were several other taverns in Hatfield besides the
Hubbard tavern in the stage coach days. C^ipt. Si^\}cv '^>\'^-
196
HISTORY OF HATFIEXD.
ray was an iniiholder in the old house on the S. F, Billings
place. Ebenezer White kept tavern for many years in the
old house now a part of tlie tobacco warehouse of C. L.
Warner and his father had been a tavernkeeper before him.
Landlord AUis was the proprietor of a popular house
standing north of the W. H. Dickinson place. There is
a story to the effect that one day a cousin of the landlord
came in pretty full of New England rum and hearing oi
a rather pleasant room being given to a negro was so dis-
gusted at this practical evidence of equality that he led
his horse upstairs to see the room. The horse easily
climbed the stairs, but could not get down, and it reqatrti
the services of many men to drag him to the ground-
Landlord Allis was the first one in town to use carpets
on the floors.
Slavery was abolished in Massachusetts in 1781. but
even before that many had liberated their slaves. It was
maintained in the colonies by the crown and so. although
the institution was held in abhorrence by many of the north-
ern colonists, it could not be abolished till the success of
the Revolution was assured. As already alluded to several
Hatfield men possessed negro slaves. Lieut. David Billings
liberated his before the close oi ihe war, reiving them a small
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197
farm on Grass Hill, On one of his frequent visits to see
how they were prospering he was invited to take dinner
and accepted. The head of the hiniible household. Hustered
by the presence of so great a dignitary, but wishing to pre-
side in the manner in which his former master was wont,
bowed his head to say grace and fervently repeated, "Oh,
Lawdy, Gawdy, blin' lead de blin' dey hofe fall in de ditch.
Amen."
Lieutenant Billings was highly respected by his fellow
townsmen, even though he was visited by the Committee of
Safety at the beginning of the war. He remained neutral
during its progress. Soon after peace was declared he
began to take a very active ptace in town politics and held
the office of selectman from 177.^ almost every year until
1800. He was a man of firm character and lofty aspirations.
a stanch adherent of the church. The portraits of him
and his wife here shown are from oil paint inj^s in the
possession of Mrs. E. B. Dickinson. Their tombstones
in the old burying ground bear the followinf^ in.scriptions: —
"This monument is ercctcil in memnrv of Ll. David Rillitigs, who e\\AcA
a useful aiid exemplary life on itio 27th of August A. T), WSi , aRs4 1% -jiiM^.
198 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
The esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens was manifested in his
repeated election to offices of honor and trust, but his death has closed the
scene and vailed those virtues which were produced by that Holy Religion
which he professed and practiced."
"Here lies the remains of Mrs Mabell Billings, relict of Lieut David
Billings. She eminently possessed the gentler virtues of her sex in the
exercise of which she endeared herself to her friends. The principals and
precepts of Jesus governed her conduct and relying solely on the efficacy of
the atonement which our Lord and Savior has made for sinners she fell
asleep October 4, A. D. 1815, aged 71 years."
The Revolutionary war brought on the hardest times
the colonists had ever known. The bills of credit issued by
the Continental Congress became almost worthless and the
state of Massachusetts refused to issue paper money in
spite of popular clamor. By the Legal Tender Act, passed
in 1782, live stock was made legal tender in payment of pri-
vate debts. Taxes were higher than they had ever been
before. Relations between debtors and creditors were the
cause of costly suits and lawyers were bitterly hated. For
the relief of debtors the Confession Act had been passed
by the Massachusetts General Court whereby justices of
the peace were authorized to take acknowledgment of debts
and if they were not paid within a year to issue executions.
Such was the universal discontent that a meeting was held
at Hatfield on the first Tuesday in April, 1782, at which
for several days various grievances were discussed and a
committee was appointed to suggest changes to the General
Court. It was the sense of the meeting that there should
be no County Court of General Sessions and that the con-
stables in towns should receive authority to serve writs,
the same as deputy sheriffs. On a motion "to request the
Inferior Court to forbear giving judgment in civil causes,
except the condition make it appear that he is in danger of
losing his debt, or when the parties are agreed," the dele-
gates from the towns represented voted as follows: Yea —
(iranville, Xorwich. Granby, Whately, Montague, Shel-
burne, Charlemont, Greenwich, Conway, Westfield, Palmer,
Pelham, Leverett, Ludlow, Ashfield; Xay — Springfield, Wil-
braliam, Deerfield. Monson, Rlandford, Northampton,
Southampton, Hadley. Westham])ton, Hatfield, Goshen.
Cummington, Williamsburg, South Hadley, Amherst, Sun-
derland, Shutesbury, Worthington, Chesterfield, Greenfield,
Belchertown.
Though the delegates lhv\s voted to uphold the process of
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. I99
the law and wait for time to bring relief to the trying
conditions, one reckless demagog incited a mob to disturb
the holding of the Supreme Judicial Court and the Court
of Common Pleas at Northampton, April 12. This man
was Samuel Ely, an itinerant preacher, who had been sent
away from Somers, Conn., by a council of ministers. For
his connection with the riot at Northampton he was put
in jail at Spring^eld and was rescued by a mob of sympa-
thizers on June 12. The three men suspected as ring-
leaders in the breaking open of the jail and the release of
Ely, Capt. Abel Dinsmore of Conway, Lieut. Paul King of
Northampton, and Lieut. Perez Bardwell of Deerfield, were
confined in the jail at Northampton as hostages for the
return of Ely. A mob of 600 collected at Hatfield on
June 15 under Capt. Reuben Dickinson of Amherst for an
attack on the Northampton jail. The militia to the num-
ber of 1,200 were called out to protect the jail. Gen. Elihu
Porter of Hadley, high sheriff, was in command. After
several days of negotiations the hostages were released
on their promise to produce Ely, and the mob dispersed-.
Another convention was held at Hatfield, August 7-10.
habeas corpus act in Hampshire County for six months
and appointed a committee, Samuel Adams, Artemas Ward,
and Nathaniel Gorham, speaker of the House, to proceed
to Hampshire County to investigate the disturbances.
Another convention was held at Hatfield August 7-10.
This convention under the guidance of the committee from
the General Court declared its lovaltv to the state and to
Congress. The riotous acts of the mobs had not com-
mended themselves to sober-minded citizens, though the
grievances of which they complained were not righted. A
set of resolutions adopted at the convention recommended
relief from taxation by a more equal distribution, economy
in administration, and indemnity for all those guilty of
lawless acts except Samuel Ely.
Ely was given up to the authorities and taken to Boston.
His reckless agitation had almost produced civil war in the
county, and fighting between the insurgent forces, who
were well armed and well led, and the local militia, was
narrowly averted. Ely was thus characterized by Pres.
Timothy Dwight : —
200 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
"Ely was an unlicensed and disorderly preacher and could not obtain an
ordination. * * * He possessed the spirit, and so far as his slender abili-
ties would permit, the arts of a demagogue to an unusual degree. He was
voluble, vehement in address, bold, persevering, active, brazen faced in
wickedness. ♦ * * The Association of New London County, some years
before, when his character was very imperfectly known or suspected, licensed
him to preach, and he was employed by the people of Somers, Ct. Afterward
he was brought before a council and pronounced wholly unqualified to preadi.
He left Somers and drifted into Hampshire County, taking up his residence
in Conway."
Many conventions were held in various towns in the
county during the years 1782 and 1783. They served as
safety valves for the expression of views which if checked
might have proved the cause of acts of violence and an-
archy. This period at the close of the w-ar was a period of
the same distress and agitation in most of the other colo-
nies and has been called by that able historian, John Fiske,
the Critical Period of American History.
At a convention in Hatfield, March 19 and 20, 17B3.
thirteen towns were represented. After a harmonious
meeting it was voted to pay no taxes to the state and
adjournment was taken to meet at Hadley the 15th of
April. Jonathan Judd of Southampton recorded in his
diary that at Hadley the delegates "felt feeble and fearful.
They begin to know the County are not with them and they
must try to pay Taxes." (Trinnbuirs "History of North-
ampton.")
In 1784 a petition was brought before the General Court
for a separation of Hampshire County on account of the
difficulty of getting to the courts at Springfield and North-
ampton from some of the more remote towns. The divi-
sion was vigorously opi)osed by Hatfield. The matter was
referred to the towns themselves for settlement and at a
convention held at Hatfield in Mav. 1786, twentv-two towns
voted against a division and nineteen in favor of it.
I'he discontent of the people in Massachusetts culminated
in the uprising known as Shays's rebellion. A convention
in Worcester. Aug. 15, 1786, at which representatives from
37 towns in Worcester County aired their grievances, was
followed by a convention in Hatfield on August 22, at which
?0 towns were represented. A three days' session was held in
which the delegates, after declaring themselves a constitu-
tional body, adopted a list of seventeen grievances. An
i^sue of paper currency was called for at once and it was
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 201
voted that no funds should be granted to Congress. One
of the chief effects of the gathering was to arouse the mob
spirit to an attack on the courts. Rioting at the court-
houses followed at Northampton, Great Barrington, Worces-
ter, and Concord. Instigated by Daniel Shays of Pelham
and Luke Day of West Springfield the discontented debtors
went to the extreme of actual rebellion against the state
authority and attempted to capture the federal arsenal at
Springfield. The rebellion was not wholly crushed till Sep-
tember, 1788. The chief result was to show the country
the danger of anarchy unless there was a strong central
authority and to hasten the adoption of the federal con-
stitution.
At a convention held at the house of Samuel Dickinson
in Hatfield, Jan. 2, 1787, an address was framed to send to the
insurgents in the field to lay down their arms and seek
redress through the General Court. The people of the town
stood on the side of law and order and deplored the
acts of Shays and his associates. One citizen of the
town, Jacob Walker, a Revolutionary soldier, lost his life
in an expedition sent to capture one of the rebel leaders,
Capt. Jason Parmenter, at Bernardston. He was buried
with military honors. The inscription on his headstone on
the old burying ground on "the HilK' is: —
**To the memory of Mr. Jacob Walker who respected by the brave, beloved
by his country*s friends, dear to his relations, while manfully defending the
laws of the commonwealth nobly fell by the impious hand of treason and
rebellion upon the 17 day of February A. D. 1787 in the 32 year of his age.
'Citizen passing drop a tear
And dare to imitate the brave.'
CHAPTER XV.
LIFE IN HATFIELD AT THE CLOSE OF THE EIGHTEENTH
CENTURY.
"Along the cool sequestered vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenor of their ways."
Political Strife. — Description by President Dwight of Hatfield in 1797.—
Growth in population. — Highways as shown by old map. — Hon. John Hastings.
— "Aunt Beck" and her diary. — Mary Morton Smith. — Schools for girls.—
Manners and customs of the period. — Mode of travel to Boston. — Introduction
of sleighs.
Hatfield was not long in recovering from the effects of the
war. After the adoption of the federal constitution and the
establishment of the coinage of the country on a firm basis,
prosperity came again and business was resumed in a normal
manner. Political discussions were rife for many years.
Dr. Lyman was an ardent Federalist and many of his pulpit
discourses were on political matters. In this he differed
from many of his parishioners, who maintained views of local
independence and were followers of Jefferson. The town
was about equally divided between the Federalists and Anti-
federalists.
The martial spirit aroused by the struggle for independence
lingered. A large militia force was maintained and training
days were frequent and always observed as holidays.
A most interesting picture of the conditions in the town
in the year 1797 is given by Pres. Timothy Dwight in his
^'Travels in New England and New York.** One of his
letters contains this description: —
"Hatfield lies opposite the north end of Hadlcy at the distance of a mile
and a half. It is built chiefly on two streets: the principal running North and
South near a mile, the other about as far East and West. The houses arc
generally decent ; and a number in a better style. Hatfield contains 9.000
acres. 2,000 of them, however, are in the bounds of Williamsburg; which.
together with Whately. was formerly a parish of Hatfield ; and all these were
originally included within the bounds of Hadlcy. [This is not true of the
whole of Williamsburg.) A part of this township is a pine plain; a part
intervals of first quality: and the remaining part valuable upland.
"The inhabitants have been for a long period conspicuous for uniformity
of ch',ir[ictvr. They have less intercourse with their neighbors than those of
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most other places. An air of silence and retirement appears everywhere.
I^'xcept travellers, few persons are seen abroad, besides those who are
employed about their daily business. This seclusion renders them less agree-
able to strangers; but certainly contributes to their prosperity. Accordingly,
few farming towns are equally distinguished either for their property or their
thrift. Men who devote themselves to their own concerns usually manage
them well. The people of Hatfield are good farmers. Their fields arc
cultivated and their cattle fattened in a superior manner."
The first United States census was taken in 1790. Hat-
field then contained 103 houses and 703 people, and in 1800,
123 houses and 809 people. A provincial census taken in
1776 showed a population of 582. For the census figures of
other years, see Appendix, Note 9.
The growth under the newly-established government was
thus steady, as it had been in colonial times, and apparently
there w^as not much change in the character of the popula-
tion, though the old restrictions against undesirable inhab-
itants had fallen into disuse. One of Burgoyne's Hessian
soldiers, Henry Wilkie, settled in town when the general and
his army were marched across the country to Boston, and
became the town maltster. There were a few Irish inhab-
itants at this time, but they did not acquire property or
remain in town long. While freedom to all religious sects,
including Roman Catholics, was decreed by the state consti-
tution adopted in 1780, the bitter struggles 9f the colonial
w^ars were too fresh in the minds of men for them to
entertain kindly feelings for any Catholics. Still the old
Puritan intolerance was dying out and there is no evidence
of any overt acts of hostility toward any prospective settlers
of Hatfield.
In 1790 about ISO people were warned out of town. Under
date of October 25 their names were placed upon the town
records and the constables were directed to warn "the above
enumerated persons resident in the town of Hatfield in the
county of Hampshire who have lately come into this Town
for the purpose of abiding therein, not having obtained the
Town's consent, therefore, that they depart the limits forth-
with, their children and others under their care within fifteen
days." The state the year before had revived the old law
regarding who should have the rights of citizenship in the
towns, and Hatfield probably took this action in order to
establish a precedent in case any newcomers were not de-
sired. There is no evidence that the persons so warned were
driven from town, but they probably com\V\ed \\\\\\ V\v^
204
HISTORY OF H.Vri'JliLD.
requirements of the lau'. The list of names contains those
of many well-known fainihes. This wholesale warning wai
the only one, with one exception, a man an<l his wife who
had conic from ililfonl receiving notice to leave Jan. 25.
1792.
The map of ITaltiehl in 1795 here presented was drawn to
scale by Oliver Partridge from a survey hy Ehcnezer Fitch,
who surveyed land in twenty towns in the vicinity from
17(")5 to 1825. 'I'he original, presented by Benjamin M.
Warner, is iu the Dickinson .Memorial Hall. This map
shows nil the roads that were then CMunty highways. It will
he seen thai there was at that lime no county highway
through the Xnrili Ak-adow to "ilie l-'arins" and that the
Tantry road was not then built, l-lbene/er Clapp built before
IS.^o ilu- Imu-e now occupied by I'eier .'^atTer, and be was
in-iruiuitila! in bavins: the IViiitry roinl accepted hy the town.
If}~ 'l;(Jr;,'hter married Oliver tiravc^ .if Wbatelv, who built
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 205
the house occupied by George Bitner. Thomas Frary was
another early resident in the west part of the town. He
built the old house that stood till after 1900 north of the
residence of J. S. Newman. The map shows that in 1795 a
part of the town of Williamsburg was included in the Hat-
field boundaries. The line is now along Horse mountain.
The residents of Mountain Street and Haydenville voted and
were taxed in Hatfield till after 1800. The Baker's Ferry
road appears on the map as the highway to Hadley, and the
ferrv at the north of the street is indicated.
The leading man of the town during the closing years of
the eighteenth century was Hon. John Hastings. He had
been an ardent patriot during the struggle against Great
Britain and, as already noted, was the first representative to
the provincial congress of Massachusetts. He continued to
represent the town in the state legislature almost continu-
ously till 1807 and was also chairman of the board of select-
men during most of the time, acting as moderator in town
meeting whenever he was present. There is in the town
records an expression of the confidence of his townspeople
in his ability and public spirit. At the time the state consti-
tution was under discussion, Hatfield voted instructions for
their representative to be guided by in regard to some points
the people felt should receive particular attention in the
constitution. They laid special stress on a bill of rights
and popular election of the governor and legislators and ex-
pressed their entire confidence in the judgment of their
representative, John Hastings. Squire Hastings was a gen^
tleman of the old school, punctilious in dress and manner,
discreet in utterance, dignified in bearing. He was the last
wearer of a cocked hat in Hatfield.
An interesting character was Miss Rebecca Dickinson or,
as she was familiarly called, "Aunt Beck,*' a seamstress. As
she traveled from house to house about her work, she ac-
quired a fund of information concerning her neighbors that
was unequaled by any other person. A gift of making pithy,
epigrammatic remarks caused her to be regarded as some-
thing of an oracle. In a diary she kept from 1787 to 1802
are recorded notes of events that came under her observa-
tion, mingled with comments of her own on a wide range of
subjects, a few extracts from which are here given. The
diary is in the possession of Mrs. Mary A.. "B. I>\c\saw^ow,
206 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
The earlier part, referring to Revolutionary times, "Aunt
Beck'* herself destroyed. Her notes begin with July 22, 1787.
" — thunder never terrifies me — how many would fly away from this house
alone — God knows his saints and guards the place where they dwell.
"July 25, 1787, makes me forty-nine years of age — ^therc is malis Enuff
round me to have taken it from me.
"This is the 12 of August a Satterday morning yesterday was att brother
bilings there was mr Carson — Patte Church who boards there in the evening
came home to this house alone. I lited no candel for the Darkness of my
mind was far beyond the Darkest Dun j on there was no hope for me in the
things of time jesse billings was there which Put those bad thoughts into
my mind." [After lamenting the fact that no one desires her company and
that she has outlived all her connections, she concludes the day's meditations
by saying,] "the more need of sending all my hopes to the heavenly world. I
do wonder at myself that I should be so earthly-minded and look after the
things of the world as though I should be the better for any of them or
think those any more happy who have them."
[On Sunday, Aug. 13, she reflects upon her lonesomeness and says that]
"God only knows there is no person in the world who loves Company more
than me" [and fearing that she will be sick in bed within a week] "no one to
do the least kind offis for me — it is God's will."
[August 20, she spent part of the night wondering] "how it come about
that others and all the world was in Possession of Children and friends and
a hous and homes while I was so od as to sit here alone."
[On August 25 she tells of a wedding reception for Oliver Hastings and
his bride.] "No doubt there was forty Couple who was invited in, some
singel, some marryed Peopel a very fine Collection all brought out to give
them joy in their begining. I drinked tea with brother and sister billing. —
with a great many fine Peopel who was a crouding in the ladies with there
Silks the men the happiest who Could get the neerest to them."
"this is the 2 Day of September 1787 yesterday was at Sister Billings
with mrs wells and mrs jud of South Hadley there was two ladies Salle
Hubbard and Betsie Chappill, my couzon who Drinked tea with us in the
evening Come to this house about half after seven and found it dark and
lonesome here j walked the rooms and cryed myself Sick and found ray
heart very stubborn against the govefnment of God who has set me here for
to try my fidelity to my lord who knows the best way"
"this is monday the 4 of September 1787 this Day is beautiful like the
month it is this Day have been preparing for to be sick it is near the
Season when the Collick used to visit me."
"This holy Sabbath is 22 of September this day Sister Mather is here
with her two children and is very soon to goe to her own home. This day
there Preached here one mr jud of Ware he was Dismised about three yean
agow was Settled or instaled at ware about too years agow he gave us two
good Sermons on the Sad Efects of Sin from those words of Ezekel j hare
Purged thee and thee are Purged — the Day was warm like Summer ray
Collick has began this Day I feel Sick but have great Cause of thankfulness
that my health has been given me so long."
[Some time later "Aunt Beck" had a call from] "Patte Graves of Pitts-
field who began the world with me we went together to learn the trade of
goun making which has been of unspeakable adventage to me but of no
Servis to her She married a man seven and thirty years older than her Self
has Six Children living"
"there is sick at the hous of Zack field nathaniel day of Northampton
who was taken Sick on thursday last and — is supposed to be this day a going
the way of all the earth."
[The next day came the news of his death, which caused her to say,] "may
not Satan gain no adventage over me"
[One (lay on a call to Sister Billings she found acquaintances of earlier
days and] "quit that company because \ found my Company to be a burden."
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 207
[On Sept. 29 she went to the minister's house and there] "see an old
acquaintance — was in Company with him ten years agoe he has sense very
well married" [She was overcome to have him ask her if her name was
changed and went home once more to meditate, rebel at her fate, and finally
repent of her willfulness.]
[The entry of Oct 5 tells of a visit to Whately with Sister Billings, in
which they called on several acquaintances, lastly at] "Captain White's staid
there to refresh ourSelves Set out for home about the going down of the
Sun. Arrived at Sister bilings about Dusk, there found the woman who I
doe not love nor can j like"
"About the 14 of October there was gathered at north — Conel murry's
regiment, about seven hundred men, brother bilings was Captain from this
town Captin Chapin from Whately they made a ^rand appeerence as they
lined up there was at there head general Chapm of this town general
Shepard of Westfield major allis Conel lymen of northampton it was a beau-
tifull day for October the bois all went from this town"
[On the 26th of October her mother came home after an absence of some
months and they set up housekeeping] "one time more how we are to live j
cant see"
[She writes on Nov. 15 of going to visit an old friend, Mrs. Trowbridge,
where she took a sudden cold which] "has confined me for a week with a
most distressing Collick j thought my life to be a ^oing — the day of my
jllness sent for doctor wiliams who opened a vein which has given me ease
it was like a Pleurisy in the Distress and gained ease the same way as tho it
was the same disorder how sad to be sick no one to doe the least kind offis
my mother seventy-nine years of age not able to take the care of herself in a
puzzling fit broke my specticles a great loss to me for they suted me so well
that a — should not have brought them out of my hand."
[In 1789 she says,] "this is a most Distressing time with the inhabitence of
these towns the want of bread and the want of money to gain that same
article how far God is to try the inhabitence of this land by famine god only
knows j have never in fifty years heerd so great a cry for bread it looks
dark on the Peopel it is cold like winter there is no hope of the grain how
every one should be Crying to god to Power out his spirit upon this Peopel
"this is may a Sunday after meeting about the 30 of may the last week a
bridge, was raised in this town there is alwais Danger when briges are
raised my soul cryed to god for presevation the lord heard my poor request
and Preserved this Peopel Except my brother who was saved from death
when he fell twenty feet he put out three bones in his hand but god in a
wonderful manner preserved his life and my soul hopes it may be for his
benifit and the good of others."
" — ^Day Ends my book the 8 day of August 1802 Days are prolonged
i have begun my Sixty fifth year little did i think to see this time which i
now behold never did the goodness of god appeare more and brighter."
Another of the women of the period worthy of note was
Mary Morton Smith, wife of Lieut. Samuel Smith. At her
death in 1807 she left a reputation for energy, thrift, and
piety that had seldom been equaled. Her husband died in
1767, leaving her with a family of six boys, and she was
appointed their guardian and brought up the family. The
oldest boy, Samuel, was only fifteen and the youngest, Oliver,
the founder of the Smith Charities and Smith's Agricultural
School, only a year and a half. They all became worthy
citizens. Samuel and two others, Benjamin and Elijah,
served in the Revolution. The other sons were Rufus atvd
208 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Joseph, who was the father of Sophia Smith, founder of
Smith College. Mary Smith took great interest in her little
granddaughter Sophia. Dr. J. M. Greene said in an address
at Smith College in 1896 at the centennial of Sophia Smith's
birth that she told him she remembered her grandmother
well and used to say, "I looked up to my grandmother with
great love and reverence. She more than once put her hand
on my head and said, *I want you should grow up and be a
good woman and try to make the world better.* ** Mary
Smith was a w^oman who had keen interest in education,
which she transmitted to her descendants.
Hatfield opened schools for girls in 1796. There is a tradi-
tion that before the education of girls was thought necessary,
Roger Dickinson, who had a large family of girls he wished
to have taught, went to Elijah Dickinson for advice and
assistance in bringing up the matter for public consideration.
The latter agreed with his relative on general principles, but
he seemed to doubt whether the innovation was practical.
His advice w-as, "Roger, it is all right, but do you suppose they
will vote any money to teach the shees?'* But the town did
vote to set up tw-o schools for the training of girls four
months in the year. Before this the few girls who had
attended school recited their lessons after the boys had
finished. The boys went to school about six months in the
year at this period. The appropriation for schools was about
$200 annually. The brick schoolhouse that stood in the road
south of the meetinghouse and is fully described by Mr.
Partridge in his reminiscences in Part II. was built in 1783.
The girls' schools were apparently "dame schools," kept in
private houses. Mr. Partridge seemed to think that in his
boyhood they were private schools, but probably they re-
ceived support from the public treasury. The younger boys
were also sent to the **dame schools" during the earlier part
of the nineteenth century.
Isaac Curson, born in Dumfries, England, who landed in
Philadelphia in 1784 and who was a teacher in a private
school in Northampton for several years, also opened a
school in Hatfield shortly after the Revolution, where the
classics and French were taught. For attempting to marry
Abigail Barnard of Deerfield while his wife was still living in
England, he was obliged to leave for the west.
Dr. Lyman was an ardent e\\?LW\\)\ow o( education for both
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sexes. He was a trustee of Dickinson Academy in Deer-
field. In his sermon at the opening of that institution Jan. 1,
1799, he said: —
"As knowledge is essential to wisdom, and the arts and sciences are
bandtnaids to virtue, and give energy and success to the feelings of benevo-
lence, so we cannot be too assiduous in acquiring knowledge for ourselves, or
in promoting it among those with whom we are connected in society, espe-
cially among the youth, the rising hope of our country. Is he to be com-
mended who drinks deep at the fountain of knowledge? How much more
worthy of our admiration and gratitude is he who liberally devises the ways
and means of disseminating science and wisdom among our numerous youth
of both sexes! He makes provision not only that the fathers, but that the
future mothers of the race may be richly furnished to train up their children
to learning and virtue."
The people of the eighteenth century had more time to
devote to culture than the struggling pioneers of the sev-
enteenth. Nev^^spapers and political tracts had begun to
circulate freely and were eagerly read. Books were more
numerous, though still confined very largely to religious
works. A few copies of Dryden's and Pope's poems were
owned in town. The favorite books were the Bible, Watts's
"Psalms and Hymns," "The New England Primer," contain-
ing the Catechism, "Pilgrim's Progress," Baxter's "Saint's
Rest," Fox's "Book of Martyrs," and "The Farmer's Al-
manac."
Many of the customs of the early colonial times lingered
till long after the Revolution. There was great formality
in speech and manner. Men of rank wore ruffled shirts,
knee breeches and buckled shoes, cocked hats and queues,
and powdered their hair. The ordinary clothing was of
homespun. Every woman had a Scotch plaid cloak, called
a camlet, and handed down from mother to daughter as an
heirloom. The dower given to every girl by her father on
her wedding day was a brass kettle and a cow. Many of the
brass kettles were cherished family possessions with which
tales of savage warfare were connected. It was the custom
of the people to bury in the ground the treasured brass kettle
whenever the danger of an Indian attack seemed imminent.
For much of the cooking heavy iron pots were used. For
the table service there was shining pewter ware. Gourds
were used for dippers, and for receptacles for milk there were
earthen pans like tile, glazed on the inside. A few families
had furniture of English workmanship acquired in the palmy
days of colonial times, but much of the furniture was of the
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
plain, homemade type. There was no covering for most o
the floors, which were kept clean and shining by frequen
polishings. The sand bank in the highway opposite the Ian<
of E. S. Warner near the Hill bridge was reserved for public
use because it contained a de])osit of sand of especial merit
for scouring piiqioscs. Near the river was an abundance of
rusbcs jirized for scouriui^ ])e\\*ter,
'I'hc baking was ilonc in huge brick ovens. There was not
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 211
ove of any description in Hatfield before 1800. On bak-
days the fire was built early in the morning on the floor
he oven and kept replenished till all the surrounding walls
e heated. Then the embers were removed and the floor
carefully swept to receive the loads of bread and pies
: the housewife and her daughters had prepared. A
:able tin oven was used for warming up food when com-
y came unexpectedly. This could be set upon the hearth
ront of the fireplace and put away when not in use. It
the custom to keep a batch of dough in the cellar under
imp cloth to be ready for emergencies, and when guests
ved the hostess would prepare biscuits to be baked in the
11 oven before the fire while she chatted with her callers,
ers in those days always came to spend the whole after-
n and expected to be invited to tea.
hanksgiving was always a time when large quantities of
visions were cooked for family use for weeks to come,
preparations were begun a week before Thanksgiving
, such as paring apples and making mince meat. Some-
ts as many as fifty pies were baked and set aside in the
st room for future use. Plenty of good New England
I entered into their composition, so that they were in no
ger of freezing. Large quantities of rich pound cake
e also prepared, which would keep in good condition for
ng time. During the fall each family made a barrel of
e sauce as soon as cool weather came. It was allowed
reeze and when wanted for use had to be cut out with a
:het. It was made of sweet and sour apples cooked
5ther in a brass kettle out of doors, sweetened with the
ip of boiled cider.
he fall was a busy time in the preparation of other house-
l supplies. It was the season for hog killing, when the
: was salted, hams and shoulders cured and smoked, and
lages made in great strings to hang from the rafters in
attic. Some sausages were always put in earthen jars
lelted lard and in this way would keep till the next sum-
. Some of the fresh pork, and beef and mutton as well,
stored in the grain bins at the barn. Buried deep in oats
ye the meat was protected from changes of temperature
r being thoroughly frozen before storing,
he fall was also the time for carding and spinning the
and wool. Two pairs of woolen stockings for each
iber of the family had to be made beiore T\\^tvVls^\nvcv^>
212 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
no small task in some families. Long woolen leggings were
worn by the men and boys as a protection when going
through deep snow. These were manufactured at home.
The winter's supply of candles had to be prepared and
pumpkins must be cut in strips and dried. The pumpkins
were used not only for sauce, but also to sweeten the home-
brewed beer. This beer was the common drink in everv
household. In summer it was brewed as often as once a
week. A hop pole stood in every garden.
Large quantities of cider also were made and consumed.
There were several cider distilleries in town where cider
brandy was made. It was an age of hard drinking. The
toddy glass and flip iron occupied a conspicuous position over
every fireplace, and along the sideboards were arranged
decanters of rum flavored with native fruits. The most
common flavors were w^ld cherry, raspberry, and elderberry.
These were called cherry brandy, raspberry brandy, etc., and
were used for flavoring the toddy that w^as passed around
on everv social occasion.
Rum was brought from Hartford by boat and of course a
supply for the winter had to be secured before navigation was
stopped by the ice. A story is current of one merchant who
w^as obliged to send teams to Hartford in March of one
year. He said he had seven hogsheads of rum before winter
set in, but it had all gone.
Spring was the season for making a leach of hardwood
ashes for lye for soap making and for the making of maple
syrup and sugar.
Summer was the time for cheese making. Before "dog
days'' the garden herbs had to be cut and cured, — sage, sum-
mer savory, mint, rue, and rosemary. Dill and carawav
grew wild in the yards. The latter furnished the flavoring
for savory seed cakes that the younger members of the
household clamored for. Rushes for scouring the pewter
were ahvays gathered in August. The warmer months of
the year were those in which the weaving was done, for the
cumbersome looms took up too much space in the living
rooms and so were usually placed in a shed or an upstairs
chamber which was unheated. Almost all clothing and bed-
ding was made at home. Each girl was ambitious to have
her "setting out'' completed before her twentieth birthday.
Her outfit often included a b\^ bedsvread worked in blue and
white, brown and white, or ^te^w ?^w<\ \\\v\\.^. T\v^ N^c^xuen,
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 213
when not otherwise employed, were busy with their knitting,
and so constant was their employment that they did not need
illumination, but could knit by the dim light of the fireplace.
The work of the men in the fields was all performed by
hand as it had been since the first settlement of the town.
The same staple crops were raised as had been a hundred
vears before, and the chief source of revenue was from the
sale of fat cattle and hogs. In the winter every farmer made
a trip to Boston with a load of produce. TheVe were no
carriages or sleighs in Hatfield before 1800, but almost every
farmer had a pung, a long, low sled with a pine box body.
He would fill this with hogs he had butchered, and perhaps
a few extra cheeses, and set out early Monday morning.
The trip to Boston took three days each way, so he could
arrive home before Sunday if not delayed by storms. The
first stop was in Brookfield, where he would put up at the
tavern, eating his own lunch, which he carried with him, in
the public bar-room and paying only for his rum and his lodg-
ing and the stabling of his horse. Fodder for the horse was
also carried on the load. The second day's trip was usually
as far as Framingham. In Boston the load was exchanged
for a quintal of codfish, some New England rum, a supply of
tea for the year, some nutmeg as a flavoring for toddy, the
year's supply of loaf sugar, and silks and ribbons for the
women of the family.
Sleighs were introduced early in the nineteenth century,
and it was required by law that bells should be attached to
the harness when sleighs or sleds were in use. The story is
told of how one independent Hatfield citizen showed his
resentment at this regulation, for failure to comply with
which offenders were liable to arrest. Solomon Graves was
a man with a keen sense of humor and ever ready for a
practical joke. He attached some bells to the end of his reins
and put them in the box of his new sleigh, spreading over
the seat a large buffalo robe. Then he drove to Northamp-
ton, where he was promptly espied and halted by a vigilant
constable, who proceeded to inform him he was under arrest.
A crowd quickly gathered. The constable was growing
angry. Mr. Graves after some delay, appearing not to
understand why he was stopped by the officer, pulled the
reins from under the seat and showed his bells attached to
the harness as the law required. The constable beat a re-
treat in the face of the jeers of the bystanders.
CHAPTER XVI.
A LONG PERIOD OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY, 1800-1861. INDUS-
TRIAL CHANGES. IMMIGRATION.
'* What's new to speak, what now to register."
The bridge across the Connecticut. — The war of 1812. — Cattle and sheep
industries. — Broom corn. — Tobacco. — Manufacturing. — Growth of the outlying
villages.
After the close of the Revolutionary war the town of
Hatfield enjoyed a long period of peace and prosperity, the
events of part of which were narrated in the last chapter.
The war of 1812 created little disturbance and the Mexican
war none at all. The first half of the century brought many
important industrial changes and saw the beginning of the
immigration movement that has so changed the character of
the population of the town. The agricultural indttstlies
reached a higher stage of development than they everlttd
before.
At the very beginning of the century plans were laid for
the building of a bridge across the Connecticut riven Tht
act of incorporation was passed by the state legislature
March 8, 1803. The bridge was formally opened Oct. 20,
1807, with a great public demonstration, the following ac-
count of which appeared in the Hampshire Gazette of October
28:—
"On Tuesday the 20th inst., this elegant and costly edifice was compleatcd
and opened for public use.
"After struggling with uncommon resolution and fortitude, for four
years, against every species of difficulty and misfortune, this was truly, a
proud and joyful event to the proprietors. To the public at large it was a
cause of sincere gratification.
"A very large concourse of people from the adjacent towns, together with
Iladley and Hatfield bands of music, and Capt. Breck's company of artillcrx'
under command of Lieut. Dwight, joined with the proprietors in the cere-
monies and festivities of the day. At 11 o'clock A. M. the corporation with
the artillery and music, proceeded from Roberts' Inn to the meetinghouse,
where an appropriate sermon was delivered by Rev. Dr. Lyman, to a ver}*
crowded audience. After the services were concluded the artillery and
music, gentlemen spectators, the architect, the president, directors and cor-
poration, and the Rev. clergy were formed in procession by the Marshall of
the (Inv, ^nd marched to the bridge.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 215
"Afler passing and repassing the bridge in Inverted order, under an
ahernale discharge of artillery from the opposite banks of the river, the
procession returned to While's Inn, and partook of a handsome entertain-
ment. A few appropriate toasts with a discharge of artillery, concluded the
ceremonies of the day."
An apocryphal account states that a prayer was offered
by "Priest" Wells of Whately, — presumably at the bridge, —
in which he prayed for everybody up and down the street
The Db. Dan
and across the bridge. As be was hemming and hawing,
about to begin all over again, he was interrupted by Roger
Dickinson, who shouted, "Jump ashore, parson, jump
ashore."
Dr. Lyman's sermon was printed. He was enthusiastic
over the possibilities in store from the improved means of
communication, believing it foreshadowed tlie coming of the
millennium.
The funds for building the bridge were raised jiartlv by the
sale of lottery tickets, a common method for raising money
at that time. The first bridge lottery was anthorizei! in
1803. The drawings were held at the tavevu Ve\»\. \^n \^^.
216 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Daniel White in the house now the residence of D. W.
Wells. Dr. White was the most noted inn keeper of the
period and his tavern was a popular resort. He studied
medicine in his youth and went to Whitestown, N. Y., to
practice. Losing one of his first cases, in which the opera-
tion of bleeding the patient, then in general use by physicians,
had fatal results, he packed his baggage and returned home
at once, never again attempting to practice his profession.
He was the first postmaster in Hatfield, being appointed in
1806 and serving till 1831.
One hundred and fifty-nine shares of the stock of the
bridge corporation were taken by subscribers. The par value
of the stock was not recorded in the corporation book, which
has been preserved, but it is thought to have been $100. The
first dividend, of $238.50, was declared on Jan. 1, 1812, and
was followed by twenty-one others, the last on Nov. 6, 1820.
They were declared at irregular intervals, about three a
year, and varied from 50 cents to $1.50 per share, averaging
not over $2.00 per year. The first officers were Jonathan H.
Lyman of Northampton, president; Nathaniel Smith and
Samuel Partridge, 2d, directors; Joseph Billings, treasurer;
Samuel Partridge, 2d, clerk; the last all of Hatfield. A toll
house was erected on the Hatfield side of the bridge. The
rates were as follows, established by the act of incorpora-
tion : —
Foot passengers $0.03
Horse and rider 07
Horse and chaise, or sulky 16
Coach, chariot, phaeton, or other four-wheeled car-
riage for passengers 33
For each curricle ^5
One horse sleigh .10
Sleigh drawn by more than one horse 12j4
Cart, sled, or other carriage of burden :
Drawn by one beast 16
Drawn by more than one beast 20
Horses, without rider, and neat cattle 03
Sheep and swine 01
Only one person to each team was allowed to pass free of
toll. Persons crossing the bridge in the performance of
military duty or ministers on an exchange of pulpits were
not required to pay for passage. A few tickets for passage
for a year or a shorter period were issued.
The bridge was built of arches resting on abutments and
piers, the remains of which are still seen in the river opposite
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 217
"the old bridge place." The planking followed the curves of
the arches so that driving across was a series of rises and
descents.
The bridge did not prove a profitable investment for the
shareholders. In 1821 the question of rebuilding was agi-
tated, but the proprietors had lost their interest. The bridge
had become unsafe for use. July 7, 1823, sale of the toll
house and the land on which it stood was made to Peter
Ingram of Amherst, the highest bidder, for $375. The old
iron and bolts were also sold at auction. The bridge by that
time had been pulled down. In 1824 the directors voted to
rebuild, but the vote was not carried into effect, and, June 15,
1826, the piers and abutments were sold to Capt. Isaac
Damon of Northampton for the payment of $4.50 per share,
"that being the highest value thereof." He removed all the
stone which could easily be secured. A bridge between Had-
ley and Northampton was built in 1808, which, with a
greater volume of travel, proved profitable.
The original proprietors of the Hatfield bridge were mostly
residents of Northampton, Hadley, Amherst, and Hatfield.
A few shares were transferred before the final settlement of
the affairs of the company. The original owners of the
shares as recorded in the corporation book were Nathaniel
Smith, 12; Isaac Abercrombie, 15; J. H. Lyman, 1; Rev.
Joseph Lyman, 1 ; Nehemiah Waite, 2; C. & S. Partridge, 24
Jonathan Clark, 14; Josiah Morton, 2; Calvin Merrill, 2
Evan Johns, 26; Elijah Boltwood, 10; Elijah Dickinson, 5
Samuel Smith, 9; Medad Dickinson, 5; Caleb Strong, 3; Wil-
liam Porter, 15; Joseph Billings, 3; Samuel Porter, 2; Enos
Baker, 2; Ebenezer Ingraham, 2; John Russell, 1; Robert
Cutter, 1 ; Jason Mixter, 2.
The war of 1812 was not popular in Massachusetts, where
Madison's policy was considered detrimental to the best
interests of the country. Hatfield adopted the following
resolutions at a town meeting held Feb. 8, 1809: —
"Whereas, the people have a right in a peaceable manner to request the
Legislature, by way of addresses and petitions or remonstrances, for a
redress of gfnevances they suffer; and whereas, the aspect of our public
affairs is alarming almost beyond a precedent,— our citizens suffering (as we
think) needless and most extraordinary privations, public confidence tottering
to its base, and the government endeavoring to palm upon us laws in our
judgment unconstitutional, arbitrary, and oppressive ; and whereas, during
the administration of Washington and Adams, when our country was emerg-
ing from the horrors of a cruel and relentless war, when a forttv oi. ^^on^xyv.-
nient was to be established embracing the union oi lV\es<i Sx^i^ts, vaV^xv ^^
218 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
«
hatchet of war with the savages upon our frontiers was to be buried, when
ways and means were to be devised to cancel our national debt, when com-
mercial treaties with European nations were to be established, our country
rose to wealth and greatness unparalleled in the history of the world; there-
fore, ^
"Resolved, That it is a departure from their policy and measures that has
produced these evils and brought the nation to the brink of wretchedness
and ruin.
"Resolved, That the embargo is unnecessary and oppressive.
"Resolved, That we view the late law for enforcing the embargo as a
death blow to our civil liberties; as by it the sanctuary of our dwellings is
made liable to search and our property to seizure upon the suspicion only of
the mere creatures of the President; as by it the breath of the Executive
may constitute the law of the land; and, above all, that the civil is made
subservient to the military power.
"Resolved, That we view with anxiety and concern the late extraordinary
augmentation of military power, without so much as an intimation from our
government of their object and design.
"Resolved, That the President ought to distrust, and that we hold in
contempt the opinion of, those who would treat us as rebels and term us the
most worthless part of community, because we do not hold out our hands to
the chains and tamely submit to arbitrary power.
"Resolved, That we have ever viewed the returning of the British treaty
by the President without submitting it to the Senate as an impolitic measure,
and in our opinion it is through the means and measures of our Administra-
tion that all essential differences with Great Britain have not long since been
amicably and honorably adjusted.
"Resolved. That we esteem our national Constitution as an invaluable
legacy from our political fathers, and if necessary will yield our lives and
fortunes a cheerful sacrifice to defend it, and we do hereby exhort our
fellow-citizens to rally around it as the standard of political safety, and to
esteem no sacrifices too great to preserve it. And as we have heretofore
petitioned the President and Congress in vain, therefore,
"Resolved, That the selectmen be a committee to prepare a respectful
petition to our Legislature, praying that honorable body to use all constitu-
tional means in their power to procure our enlargement, that so agriculture
and commerce may again receive the rewards of industry and enterprise."
Brig. Gen. Isaac Maltby of Hatfield was in command of the
Hampshire militia during the war. They were called out by
Gov. Caleb Strong for the defense of Boston in 1814. Hat-
field's quota in the expedition was 14, but the names of the
men have not all been ascertained. Mr. Partridge in his
reminiscences in Part H. speaks of Murray Maltby, Israel
Billings, and Moses Morton, and one other is mentioned in
the sketch of Hatfield in the "Historv of the Connecticut
Valley,^' in which the following account of the services of
Mr. Morton are related in what proved to be a picnic cam-
paign for the soldiers : —
''For tlu-'^o valiant services they gave me two land warrants, and at last a
pension : curious idea wa'n't it, after seventy years to give me a pension for
just that nice little parade down to Boston? I was quartermaster under
Col. Valentine. I was a sergeant in the home company. They called on
Hatfield for a detail of fourteen men, among them a captain and a lieutenant;
hut they two whined and took on so dreadfully the officers let them off and
took two sergeants, Jonathan Porter and me. That is the way I got into the
excursion."
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 219
Jeremiah Bardwell, Horatio Strong, and Henry Wilkie
were also with the squad that marched from Hatfield to the
defense of Boston.
The news of the ratification of the treaty of peace was
received with rejoicing. The treaty was ratified by the Sen-
ate, Feb. 17, 1815, and the news was quickly sent about the
country by post. It traveled from Washington to Philadel-
phia in 14 hours, from there to New York in 9. The time
for the distance of 240 miles from Washington to New York
in 23 hours was considered remarkable.
The fattening of cattle continued as one of the principal
industries among the farmers of Hatfield. Large quantities
of corn were raised in the fertile meadows, and in the fall
each farmer bought as many pairs of oxen as he could find
room for in his barns, 12 to 40 head. By the time of the
Civil war some of the inhabitants had accommodations for
even larger numbers. The Fitch brothers usually kept 100
head, J. D. Billings about 80, and Henry S. Porter 50.
Many sheep were also fattened. Some farmers had both
sheep and cattle, but usually they specialized in one kind of
stock. Elijah Bardwell and Reuben H. Belden used to keep
as many as 1,000 through the winter and many had from
100 to 500.
Early in the nineteenth century the cultivation of broom
corn on a commercial scale was begun. It had been raised
in the Connecticut valley to a slight extent as early as 1780.
The pioneer broom maker was Levi Dickinson of Hadley.
He commenced to raise large quantities of broom corn and
to make and sell brooms about 1797. The first to raise broom
corn in Hatfield was Simeon Smith in 1816 or 1817. This
proved a very profitable undertaking and broom corn came to
be the principal cultivated crop, reaching an acreage of nearly
1,000 acres. The meadow roads were narrow lanes through
the tall waving fields. The memorial poem of Edward C.
Porter at the Hadley bicentennial celebration in 1859 devoted
several stanzas to the praise of the "tall broom corn.'*
"The Broom Corn stands on the meadow lands,
Like an army still and solemn.
When it holds its breath as the leaden death
Pours fast from the foeman's column ;
For the tall Broom Corn is a warrior born,
In the stern battalions growinfs^.
And his green leaves wave like a banner brave,
When the battle winds are blowing.
220 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
"The yellow Maize in September days
Stands ripe on hill and meadow,
While brightly gleam in the slant sunbeam
The ears 'mid the green leaves' shadow ;
. But the tall Broom Corn is a warrior born,
In the stern battalions growing,
And his green leaves wave like a banner brave.
When the battle winds are blowing.
''The golden grain on the sunny plain
Stands calm in the early dawning,
And it nods with pride on the broad hillside,
In the gentle breeze of morning;
But the tall Broom Corn is a warrior born.
In the stern battalions growing.
And his green leaves wave like a banner brave,
When the battle winds are blowing.
"His blood-red crest in the morning mist
He waves o'er the close ranks proudly.
Like a soldier's plume in the battle gloom.
Where the cannon thunder loudly;
For the tall Broom Corn is a warrior born,
In the stern battalions growing,
And his green leaves wave like a banner brave.
When the battle winds are blowing."
The cultivation of broom corn lasted till about 1860 and
there were many flourishing shops in town for the manjafiic-
ture of brooms. A device for separating the seed {ram^ the
corn was invented by Elisha Wells about 1850. This 80-
called scraper took the place of the hetchels which had before
been used. The seed was ground with corn for provender
for cattle. Frost often prevented the ripening of the seed.
At the height of the industry some farmers harvested $1,000
worth of broom seed.
Those who had the largest broom factories were Elijah
Bardwell, Lucius G. Curtis, John D. Brown, William C. Bliss,
Josiah Brown, and Otis C. Wells, all of them employing a
large number of workmen. Many of the smaller farmers
had little shops on their places, w'here they made brooms
during the w^inter, and the industry was kept up on a small
scale till several years after the Civil war. No broom corn
is raised in tow^n now, but Anthony Douglas still operates a
shop.
Many French-Canadians settled in town from 1850 on.
They were expert broom tyers and this occupation was the
chief cause of the French immigrants becoming permanent
settlers of the town. They had come in large numbers in
previous years to work on the farms in summer, but had
been in the habit of reU\rnmg to Canada in the fall to work
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 221
in the woods during the winter. Among the first of the
French settlers in Hatfield were Peter Balise, Anthony
Bolack, James Breor, Anthony Douglas, and Edward Proulx.
Tobacco had been raised in the Connecticut valley almost
from the beginning of the settlements, but only in small
garden patches. In 1857 William H. Dickinson and James
Morton commenced the cultivation of this crop for sale in
quantity. They were successful with' it and their neighbors
immediately followed their example. Broom corn had by
this time become very uncertain and unprofitable on account
of competition of western growers on low-priced land and
tobacco took its place. By 1860 the production of tobacco
had increased to 1,780 cases. In 1909 the yield was over
7,500 cases.
For a short time in the '30's there was a craze for raising
teasels. Their sharp hooks were used for the dressing of
woolen cloth. The craze quickly died out. Soon after came
a craze for the growing of silkworms. Many mulberry trees
were set out, Capt. Thaddeus Graves, Richard Smith, and
Moses Warner each having several hundred and others
smaller plantations. This industry, like the growing of
teasels, was short-lived and unprofitable. Elijah Dickinson
and his son Elijah were the most enthusiastic over the cul-
ture of silkworms and continued it several yeaTS, a\\.M \'&*Si.
222 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
The lumber industry had become quite an important
branch of the activities of the town. Harvey Moore oper-
ated a savsrmill on the site of Shattuck's gun shop, where the
Meekins mill had been, and did a large business. Henry
Wilkie operated a sawmill where A. L. Strong's now is, and
Solomon Mosher had one at West Brook. The latter was
also engaged in the manufacture of saleratus. He sold out
about 1850 to Kitridge and Button, who in addition to their
wood working also made husk mattresses. This business
was continued by Andrew Button till after the Civil war.
He was succeeded by George and Bwight Bickinson. The
manufacture^ of mattresses gave the farmers an opportunity
to dispose of what was otherwise a waste product. The
corn was picked in the field and husked at the barn and the
husks carefully saved and taken to the mill.
Buring the period under consideration flourishing settle-
ments grew up at West Farms (now Bradstreet), at West
Brook (or North Hatfield), and at West Hatfield. Good-
sized schoolhouses were built in these villages in 1860 and
1861 to replace the small ones that served at first. Only the
one at West Hatfield remains in use. The building of the
brick schoolhouses is noted in Mr. Wells's reminiscences in
Part n. None of them were built till after the Civil war.
Hatfield was divided into school districts in 1812 and was
organized under the state law of 1826 with a committee to
examine teachers. There were only three districts at first, —
the Hill, South Center, and North Center. The North Cen-
ter schoolhouse was on the J. B. Brown lot. A "select
school'' was established about 1820 for teaching the higher
branches of learning to such as had mastered the "three R's."
It was conducted in a schoolhouse built on the Silas Porter
lot and taught by college students during their long winter
vacations. Among those who taught in this school were
Walter M. Rowland, former treasurer of Amherst College;
Rev. Judson Titsworth of Milwaukee, Wis.; and Rev. Joseph
Leach of Keene, N. H. The old brick schoolhouse on Main
Street was taken down in 1846 and replaced by a wooden one,
which was located on the so-called "proprietors lot." It
stood where the row of hitching posts is, back of the Congre-
gational church, and was afterward moved to the Morton
lot, where it remained till torn down bv A. W. Morton in
1908.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 223
The "proprietors lot" was the Israel Williams lot, bought
by public-spirited citizens to be reserved for public use. The
cemetery was sold to the town in 1846, the church was built
in 1849 on the front part of the lot and the town hall and
parsonage in 1852. The first town hall was built in 1830 on
the Squire Benjamin Smith lot. Its site was where the
driveway leading to the cemetery is, one part being on the
corner of the Memorial Hall lot. Dr. Lyman's lot was
the next to the south.
From 1830 to 1860 the lyceum system was at the height
of its popularity. The meetings furnished the chief social
diversion of the people as well as giving valuable training in
parliamentary practice. There was a lyceum in each school
district in the town, that in West Farms being kept up the
longest. Whol^ families attended the gatherings, which
were held in the schoolhouses, and the debates on public
questions excited great interest. The participants were for
the most part citizens of the town, though outside speakers
sometimes were secured. Leaders were appointed in ad-
vance, but all who wished took part in the discussions.
Popular vote decided the argfument.
At about the same time the singing schools were a popular
feature of the social life during the winter season. A course
of twelve or fourteen lessons was g^ven and the season was
closed with a grand concert. In 1852 Jenny Lind, who was
then spending her honeymoon on Round Hill in Northamp-
ton, sang in Hatfield under the large elm tree in front of
S. F. Billings's house, which has since been known as the
"Jenny Lind elm."
The church history of the period is given in Part II. The
town and parish were divided in 1829. Some change from
the earlier established order of a union of church and town
affairs had begun as early as 1741, for when Mr. Woodbridge
was called as colleague of Mr. Williams, he was chosen by a
church committee and the choice was ratified by vote of the
town. The same was the proceeding when Dr. Lyman was
settled. He had his salary paid from the town treasury
throughout his pastorate, as did his successor, Rev. Jared
B. Waterbury, who was installed as colleague Jan. 10, 1827.
Dr. Lyman died March 27, 1828. Rev. Levi Pratt, ordained
in 1830, was not hired by the town, but by the church and
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224 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
About 1845 began the immigration of numbers of Irish and
German settlers. The Irish exodus from "the old sod" was
caused primarily by the failure of the potato crop in Ireland,
and between 1845 and 1847 its inhabitants came in great
numbers to the shores of America. Some of them found
employment in building the Connecticut river railway, which
was finished as far as Northampton in 1845. Betw-een 1845
and 1848 the line between Northampton and Greenfield was
under construction. The Irish, who were at home farm
laborers, settled as permanent residents in all the Connecti-
cut valley towns, where many of them soon acquired farms of
their own. The Irish residents of Hatfield who settled in
town between 1845 and 1860 were William, Patrick, and
Thomas Boyle, Joseph and Michael Clancy, Michael Day,
John and Maurice Fitzgibbons, Michael Hade, James Leary,
John McHugh, Matthew Nolan, Nicholas and Edmund Pow-
ers, John and James Ryan, John B. Ryan, and Daniel and
Michael Whalen.
The chief cause of the Germans leaving their fatherland
was the failure of the revolution in Germany in 1848. The
first settlers of German birth in Hatfield were Christian Carl,
with his grown sons, Philip, Frederick, and Jacob, Peter
SafTer, Adam Doppman. George Vollinger, Frank Newman,
George Chandler, Gottlieb Decker, Joseph Stoddard, Peter
Stoddard, and Frank Steele. Many of the German families
settled in West Hatfield along the Pantry road, which had
not before been built upon to a very large extent.
CHAPTER XVII.
THE CIVIL WAR.
'* When a deed is done for Freedom, through the broad earth's aching breast,
Runs a thrill of joy prophetic, trembling on from east to west."
Hatfield's Civil war pastor. — The selectmen. — ^The first enlistments. —
Rallies of the year 1662.— Work of the women. — Farewell to the members of
the 52d.— The roll of honor.— The drafts of 1663.
As was the case in the Revolutionary war, so when the
struggle between the North and the South came on, Hatfield
had an eloquent, ardent, and patriotic minister. Rev. John
M. Greene was ordained as pastor of the church Oct.* 20,
1857. His able sermons roused the people to the full per-
formance of their duty and his services were in demand
at rallies. Filled with ardor for the cause of the Union he
desired to serve as chaplain of a regiment, but did not receive
an appointment.
The selectmen, who served as recruiting officers, were
strong and able men. William H. Dickinson, Reuben H.
Belden, and John T. Fitch were the selectmen from 1862 to
1868, put in as young men to replace the former board of
older citizens. In addition to caring for the interests of the
town they were tireless in the work of filling the town's
quota at each call for more men and in looking after any
families who needed aid while the men were at the front.
The news of the firing on Fort Sumter aroused great
excitement in the town. A high flagstaff was raised in front
of the Hill schoolhouse and a new flag spread to the breeze
from its top in a great public demonstration. By an unfor-
tunate accident Erastus F. Billings lost a leg. A cannon
burst from being charged too heavily and one of the frag-
ments struck him.
It was not long before troops were being hurried south.
The Hatfield volunteers in the 10th Massachusetts regi-
ment, that followed close on the heels of the famous 6th in
1861, were James H. Abbott, Charles L. Bardwell, Charles W.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
I^^^V^^VH
i
^ WILLIAM ti auHNBJ^
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 227
Evans, Judson W. Harris, Dwight Morton, George Warner,
and Jonathan D. Warner. The names of the other soldiers
with the commands in which they served are given in the
table at the end of the chapter. The 21st, 24th, 25th, 27th,
30th, and 31st Massachusetts regiments each took Hatfield
men.
By 1862 it was seen that the suppression of the rebellion
was not to be the easy task supposed at first and there was
talk of the necessity of a draft. The Massachusetts towns
were loyally filling the quotas of new men called for, how-
ever. Hatfield's quota for the 37th regiment was 16 men.
A rousing public meeting was held in the town hall July
14, 1862, at which nearly all the voters were present. It
was unanimously voted to raise a bounty fund of $100
for. each volunteer called for from the town. Eight men
came forward and pledged themselves to be responsible for
$100 each in case the town should decide not to raise the
whole amount by taxation. They were Elijah Bardwell,
Joseph D. Billings, David Billings, Charles M. Billings, Dex-
ter Allis, William H. Dickinson, George W. Hubbard, and
Marshall N. Hubbard. Spirited addresses were made by
Rev. J. M. Greene, Rev. J. L. Morton, George W. Hubbard,
and Edwin Graves.
Another meeting was called for the 18th. The Hamp-
shire Gasette of July 22, gives this account of it: —
"The greatest event that transpired during the past week was the great
mass meeting which occurred at the town hall Friday evening. * * *
Rev. Mr. Greene ♦ ♦ * came forward, filled to overflowing with patri-
otism, and offered his services as chaplain, and said he would shoulder a
musket if necessary. Mr. Greene spoke for about an hour and was fre-
quently applauded. He showed himself a patriot, a true American. Mr.
Edwin Graves was called for, and after making a few remarks presented a
United States enlistment roll and amid the most deafening applause signed
his name thereto. He then called upon others to follow his example, and
before 12 o'clock the call was responded to by sixteen good men and true —
the town's entire quota. * * ♦ Three cheers were given each man as they
si^ed the roll, and hearty cheers they were. too. Thus did old Hatfield
raise her quota, and noble men they arc, and God bless them, is all we can
utter. The music for this occasion was furnished by the Hatfield cornet
band."
From the Gazette of July 29: —
"Hatfield. — You have doubtloss !>coii informed of tlie result of the meet-
ing of last Friday eveninj? for enlisting the quota of sixteen men, which
were rapidly obtained, and twelve more were ready to go had the quota
required. The Sabbath nif)rnin^ following Rov. Mr. Greene announced that
he would preach in the afternoon, with particular reference to those. ^Vv^
228
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had enlisted, and it is to be regretted that the weather prevented man;
from being there. The appropriate hymn for such an occasion, 'America.'
was sung by the congregation, followed by a most earnest prayer in behalf
of our rulers, our officers and men in the army, and particularly for those
about to leave their homes and its influence for camp life with its trials,
hardships and dangers ; the earnestness and feeling with which they were
borne to the throne of grace caused many a moist eye in the house. The
sermon was from the tcxi, 'Be strong and of good courage, and I will be
with thee.' • • • Slavery was briefly but pointedly alluded to as being
the prime cause of the rebellion, which has been undermining the verj
foundation of our governnicui, suffering the best interests of the nation,
and tending to destroy public institutions of learning, and to do away wift
civil liberty and freedom, and those who go to do battle for our countrj,
right and libcrt}', should have in mind that their work is hut partly finished
unless this blighting curse of our nation is crushed and destroyed. • • *
His closing remarks to those who had enlisted were earnest and touching.
Seldom do we listen to a sermon of such deep earnestness, combined with
such tender feeling."
Hatfield had otiier citizens of pronounced anti-slavery
views, one of the most prominent of whom was Charles
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 229
Morris Billings. His house was one of the stations of the
"underground railway" before the war, and fugitive slaves
were harbored by him till they could be sent on to their
destinations.
A letter in another part of the Gasette of July 29, 1862,
says : —
"The patriotic ladies of Hatfield have sent the following articles to
Washington : 128 sheets, 82 shirts, 24 burial sheets, 153 pillowcases, 154
tow^els, 20 handkerchiefs, 15 bedticks, 43 pillows, 1 bed quilt, 2 pairs socks
and bundles of cotton and linen pieces."
Within a month came a call for the enlistment of another
regiment for service for nine months, in addition to the
volunteers who had previously gone singing, **We are com-
ing, Father Abraham, with three hundred thousand more."
For this regiment, the 52d, Hatfield furnished twenty-four
men.
A letter signed by "Rally'' in the Gazette of August 26, tells
of the enlistment of men for the 52d regiment : —
"Hatfield. — At a mass meeting held in the Town Hall last Thursday
evening old Hatfield once more showed her patriotism by filling her last
quota of men before any other town in old Hampshire, and she stands
ready to do it again. The following resolutions were passed: —
" 'Resolved, that in the opinion of this meeting it is the duty of our
government and the army to faithfully carry out the spirit and letters of the
confiscation and emancipation acts.
" 'Resolved, that we appreciate the kindness of the Rev. J. M. Greene, our
pastor, in offering his services as Chaplain and that we as citizens and
volunteers of Hatfield will use our influence in procuring his appointment
as Chaplain in whatever regiment our volunteers shall be assigned to.'
"Short speeches were made by Geo. W. Hubbard, Geo. W. Waite and
Wm. B. Coleman. Mr. C. in closing his remarks invited all who would
respond to the next call to take a position upon the stage. In response to
this challenge twenty men stepped beside Mr. Coleman and pledged them-
selves to go at the next call. Hatfield sees no draft, and she never will,
until the militia roll is entirely exhausted."
On the 22d of September about 200 of the townspeople
gathered to give these volunteers a farewell supper. Fol-
lowing the supper was a presentation of a sword, sash, belt,
and pistol to Lieut. H. P. Billings by Rev. J. L. Morton, in
the following words: —
"Lieutenant Billings, I am detailed by a few of your friends to perform
a most pleasing military duty. I have for an hour to-night, laid aside the
inky implement of my profession, for it is only in 'piping times of peace'
tfiat 'the pen is mightier than the sword,' and this is the day of the sword's
supremacy.
"You and your twenty-two compatriots, the prime and pride of t\\^
manhood of our town, have enrolled yourselves among iVve *\XvTet \v\xcv^^^^
230 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
thousand more' whom your blended voices have just now — as often before,
in the still evening air of our quiet village — told Tather Abraham' he might
soon expect along.
"Your comrades in arms have chosen that you should bear before them
this symbol of honor and authority. A few of your friends desire— ere you
depart from scenes made delightful by a thousand associations — to express
their confidence in your valor and their appreciation of your worth, beg
you to accept as a slight token of the same this sword and the equipment
pertaining to it.
"They believe you as true as this blade, and that like it your heart is
steel against the cries of the traitors you go to fight; that like it, too, your
sympathies will bend to the sufferings of the noble boys who go with you.
"Take the sword, Lieutenant, and never let it be dishonored; bear it
always in the front rank of danger, and tarnish its brightness only with
rebel blood. If you ever come home, be sure and bring it with you, that
you may transmit it, an honored relic of some well fought field, to pos-
terity. ♦ * *
"May God bless you, Lieutenant, and the brave fellows who go with you.
* * * Be mindful of the prayers — aye, fervent and tearful prayers, which
every morning and evening will ascend for you from these fireside altars,
and from many lonely and loving hearts."
The regiment was in camp at Camp Miller at Greenfield
about two months and was visited frequently by the friends
and relatives from the near-by towns. A letter from the
camp to the Gazette says: —
"The Hatfield boys still abound in good things. * * ♦ They have a
large table which they set at meal time in front of their tent and it is daily
loaded with articles which plainly indicate the quality of their good mothers
at home, while the many elegant bouquets which adorn the interior of their
tent, attest the still glowing affection of 'the girl I left behind me.' "
Under date of Oct. 28, 1862, tha Gazette said: —
"Old Hatfield is bound to be ahead in whatever she undertakes, whether
it be fattening cattle or raising men for the purpose of crushing out the
rebellion. Her first men are in the gallant 10th, whose name will forever
shine upon the pages of history. She has also sons in many of the regi-
ments formed in the eastern as well as in every regiment raised in west
part of state. The number of 3 years men raised is 54; the number of 9
months men is 24; making a grand total of 78 men sent from a little village
whose enrolled militia numbers but 150 including exempts. She has also
raised about $8,000 for their support, $5,000 of which was paid as a bounty
to the volunteers, and the remainder was for the relief of the sick and
wounded."
The first Hatfield man to lay down his life for the cause
was Elbridge D. Clifford, a member of Co. I, 21st Regiment,
who was wounded in the neck at the time of Pope's defeat
in Virginia, in August, 1862. He walked fifteen miles to
overtake his regiment, but became exhausted and was placed
in a hospital, where he died.
It is no part of the scope of this history to give details
of the four years' conflict. The campaigns in which the
Hat field soldiers took part are (viUy described in the "Regi-
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 231
mental" and "Corps" histories, of which several excellent
ones have been published, and in other books upon the war.
In spite of the prediction of the letter given above, the
dreaded drafts did come. In the summer of 1863 two were
made, in June and July. The drafts were extremely unpop-
ular, especially among the foreign born population and, after
the New York and Boston riots, an outbreak was feared in
Hatfield. No demonstration was made, however, but it was
an anxious time for the town officials. A large number of
si>ecial deputies were sworn in who patrolled portions of the
town. Several men who were drafted secured substitutes
and the town offered high bounties, in some cases as much
as $1,000, for soldiers to take the places of those who were
drafted for service.
HATFIELD'S MILITARY QUOTA SERVING IN THE CIVIL WAR,
1861-1865.
Killed in Battle.
Abbott, Tames H., Sergeant, Co. C, 10th Mass. Inf., Spottsylvania.
Waite, William R., Co. B. 30tji Mass. Inf., Petersburg.
Field, John W., Sergeant, Co. F, 37th Mass. Inf., Battle of the Wilderness.
Died of Wounds.
Harris, Judson W., Corporal, Co. G, 10th Mass. Inf., Alexandria, Va.
Clifford, Elbridge G., Co. I, 21st Mass. Inf., 2d Battle of Bull Run.
Richards, John, Co. G, 27th Mass. Inf.. Cold Harbor.
Clark, Wells,. Co. G, 31 st Mass. Inf., New Orleans.
Graves, Edwin, Sergeant, Co. F, 37th Mass. Inf., Battle of the Wilderness.
Covell, Elihu, Co. F, 37th Mass. Inf., Gettysburg.
Vining, John H., Co. F. 37th Mass. Inf., Cold Harbor.
Bennett, Fernando B., Sergeant.Co. K, 52d Mass. Inf., Port Hudson.
Hoare, James, Co. D, 22d Mass. Inf., Alexandria, Va.
McCue, James, Co. H, 22d Mass. Inf., Battle of the Wilderness.
Hawkins, Lorenzo D., Co. B, 21st Mass. Inf., Fredericksburg.
Died in Prison.
Kleastner, Frederick, Co. A, 27th Mass. Inf., Andersonville.
Richards, Joseph, Co. G, 27th Mass. Inf., Andersonville.
Died of Disease.
Bolack, Anthony, Co. B, 31st Mass. Inf., Brashe City, La.
Dennis, Alonzo, Co. B, 31st Mass. Inf., Fort Jackson, La.
Anderson, Ebenezer, Co. K, S2d Mass. Inf., Baton Rouge, La.
Dickinson, Henry A., Co. K, S2d Mass. Inf., Baton Rouge, La.
Frary, Thomas, Jr., Co. D, 27th Mass. Inf., Morehead City, N. C.
Hathaway, Alpheus H., Co. C. 31st Mass. Inf., New Orleans, La.
Waite, Charles P., Co. F, 37th Mass. Inf., White Oak Church, Va.
Hennessy, Michael, Co. K, 21st Mass. Inf.,
Survivors at the Close of the War.
Warner, Jonathan D., Company D, 10th Mass. Infantry.
Warner, George, Company A, 10th Mass. Infantry.
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HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Bardwell. Charles L.,
Evans. Charles W.,
Morton, Dwight.
T'liffer, Thomaft,
Babcock, Charles t., Sergeant,
Marrisscw. Patrick,
Billings, Jo;eph. Sergeant,
Bard well. Henry F., Sergeant,
Cowles, Edward C,
Abbott, Richard B.,
Abbott. Lyman B.,
Schaeffer, Simon,
Hitchcock, Henry M.,
Strong, Dwight S,, Musician,
Sweet, Cordan,
Morse, Alden F.,
Eaton, William H., Corporal,
Smith, Obadiah,
Graves. Dwight M., 2d Lieutenant,
Covell, Emerson L., Sergeant,
Covell. Calvin N.,
Curtis. David B.,
Hubbard. Charles E.,
King, Jerome E.,
Seitz. Lorenie,
Vining Oliver S.,
Warner, Oliver,
Field, Henry H.. Corporal,
Chaffin, Lysandcr,
Champney. William A.,
Billings. Henry P.. 2d Lieutenant,
Abels. Dwight G..
Anderson, Henrv F.,
Bardwell, Caleb D., Sergeant,
Beck. John.
Bristol, Lambert J.,
Brown, Jeremiah,
Chandler, George,
Cooley, Myron D..
Cooley, Whitney F.,
Cowles, Augustus D.,
Doane, John E„ Sergeant,
DiiBmOre, .Aiviii D.,
Field. Ludiis,
tblle Alonzo.
Ktngsley. Selh W.,
Marsh, George L.,
Morion, Josiah L.,
Morton, Charles K., Corporal,
Strong. Alvin L.,
Waite. John E..
Wi'lls. Daniel W„
Rutgers, Lewis,
Slica, James.
Itidrsv <">5r.ir
Hniis^vini. J^>hn H.,
Rli;.s. George W.,
Avcrill. Phik-lus,
Whito. I-:hcn.'
Svkts. Li-wis.
Carter, Telcr,
Lynch. James.
0'Sii»iv.iri, Jeremiah."
Company C, 10th Mass. Infantry.
Company C, 10th Mass. Infantry.
Company G, 10th Mass. Infantry.
Company B, 21st Mass. Infantry.
Company I, 21st Mass. Infantry.
Company K, 24lh Mass. Infantry.
Company K. 25th Mass. Infantry.
Company K, 25th Mass. Infantry.
Company K, 2Sth Mass, Infantry.
Company A, 27th Mass. Infantry.
Company A, 27th Mass. Infantry.
Company A, 27th Mass. Infantry.
Company A, 27th Mass. Infantry.
27th Mass. Infantry.
Company A, 27th Mass. Infantry.
Company A. 27th Mass. Infantiy.
Company D, 30th Mass. Infantry.
Company G. 31st Mass. Infantry.
Company B, 32d Mass. Infantry.
Company F, 37th Mass. Infantry.
Company F, 37th Mass. Infantry.
Company F, 37th Mass. Infantry.
Company F, 37th Mass. Infantry.
Company F, 37th Mass. Infantry.
Company F, 37^1 Mass. Infantry.
Company F, 37th Mass. Infantry.
Company F, 37th Mass. Infantry.
Company F, 37th Mass. Infantry.
Company F, 37th Mass. Infantry.
Company C, 37th Mass. Infantry-
Company K, 52d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, 52d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, 52d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, 52d Mass, Infantry.
Company K, 52d Mass. !nfantr>-.
Company K, S2d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, S2d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, 52d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, 52d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, 52d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, 52d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, 52d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, 52d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, 52d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, S2d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, S2d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, S2d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, 52d Mass. Infantry.
Company K. S2d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, S2d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, S2d Mass. Infantry.
Company K, S2d Mass. Infantry.
Company C, 57th Mass. Infantry.
Company E, S7th Mass. Infantry.
Company C, S8th Mass. Infantry.
Veteran Reserve Corps.
R«[ular .Army.
Berden's Sharp^ihoowrv
Berden's Sharpshrxiiers.
1st Conn. Artiller>-.
2d Mas*. Infantry.
Company H, 2d Mass. Infantry.
2d Heavy Artillery.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 233
Evans, Frederick,* 2d Heavy Artillery
Stutton, Alva A.,* Company E, 4th Cavalry
Jebo, Luke,* Company E, 4th Cavalry
Wemit, Francis,* Company E, 4th Cavalry
Hooker, Christopher D.,* Company G, 4th Cavalry
Hooker, William H.,* Company G, 4th Cavalry
Rogers, E. Raymond,* 2d Cavalry
Baldwin, William,* 2d Cavalry
Burke, Michael,* 30th Mass. Infantry
Halligan, James,* 27th Mass. Infantry
Those marked thus * were non-residents, hired to take the places of those
drafted or to fill required quotas.
HATFIELD'S NAVAL QUOTA SERVING IN THE CIVIL WAR,
1861-1865.
(All of these were non-residents, hired to fill quotas.)
Chipman, George C, Acting Master's Mate, 1863, Ship Maratanso.
Canon, William E., Acting Master's Mate, 1863, Ship Princess Royal.
Chase, S. Warren, Acting Master's Mate, 1863, Ship Tuscarora and Po-
tomac Flotilla.
Crosby, James E., Acting Master's Mate, 1863, Ship Honduras.
Laighton, Mathew, ^ Seaman, 1864, Ship Circassian.
Ludienbauch, Francis, ' Seaman, 1864.
Long, William, Seaman, 1864.
Murphy, Jeremiah, Seaman, 1861, Ship Minnesota.
Messer, James, Seaman, 1861, Ship Minnesota.
Murphy, Thomas, Seaman, 1861, Ship Minnesota.
Pease, William R., Acting Master's Mate, 1862, Ship C. W. Blout.
Pease, John N., Acting Master's Mate, 1862, Ship Canandaigua.
Shea, James, 1864.
CHAPTER XVIII.
A PERIOD OF CHANGES, 1865-1910.
" Whate'er of good the old time had
Remains to make our own time glad."
Changes in the population. — The tobacco and onion industries. — Livestock.
— The creamery. — Horses. — Manufactures. — Caleb Cooley Dickinson. — Samuel
H. Dickinson. — Memorial Hall. — The Public Library. — ^The Village Improve-
ment Society. — Highway improvement. — Street lighting. — Water supply. —
Sewers. — The trolley road. — The growth of 250 years. — Rev. Robert M.
Woods, D. D.
The period since the close of the Civil war has seen more
changes than any other period of Hatfield's history. The pop-
ulation, which was 1,600 in 1875, steadily declined from that
time till 1900 and since the beginning of the present century
has steadily risen. Most of the increase has been due to
the influx of people from southern Europe, chiefly Poles
from Austria and Russia, till the old town has become
exceedingly cosmopolitan for a quiet farming community.
Bohemians, Slovaks, and Lithuanians are also numbered
among the inhabitants and English is the native tongue
of scarcely two thirds of the people. Though entirely unac-
quainted with free institutions of government and differing
far more from the native stock in social customs than other
immigrants, these new arrivals are possessed of the same
industry and thrift that have characterized Hatfield settlers
of every generation, of whatever race or creed. For the
most part they have been peaceful and law-abiding. None
have as yet taken upon themselves the duties of citizenship,
though many have acquired property and become permanent
residents.
Great changes have also come over the industrial life.
The use of machinery has revolutionized farm operations.
Mowing machines were not used till about 1857. The to-
bacco industry has grown till over 1,500 acres are devoted
to thnt crop and large packing houses give employment in
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 235
winter to all the men who work on the farms in the summer
time. Among the larger growers of tobacco, having from
20 to 30 acres each, are F. H. Bardwell. \V. H. Belden, L. A.
and S. F. Billings, P. T. Boyle, A. H. Graves, Thaddeus
Graves, F, P. Jones, G. E. Morton, B. M. Warner, and the
Whalen brothers. Tobacco warehouses and assorting shops
are operated by Oscar Belden & Sons, R. L. Belden, G. A.
Billings, Roswell Billings, M. W. Boyle, P. T. Boyle, Jacob
Carl, J. L. Day, A. H. Graves, Thaddeus Graves, F. P.
Jones, J. W. Kiley, John McHugh. Jr., H. \V. Marsh, G. E.
Morton, L. L. Pease, L. R. Swift, and C. L. Warner.
Onions have become an important crop, to which a con-
stantly increasing acreage is devoted and between five and
six hundred carloads are shipped annually. Two large
Ax Onion Storags Waiehouse.
storage warehouses have been built, one at the station at
North Hatfield, owned by the Sunderland Onion and Fer-
tilizer Company, the other on the farm of Oscar Belden &
Sons at Bradstreet, This building is of hollow concrete
blocks with a five-inch dead air space through the entire
wall and double shutters, inside and out, at the ventilating
windows. It is 120 feet long and 60 feet wide, with a shed
extension on the east side, and has a capacity of 35.000
bushels of onions. It was built in 1909 at a cost of $10,000,
the first structure of the kind in New England for storage
purposes. The firm, which is composed of Oscav Ss.l'i^'cv,
236 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
George S. Belden, and Oscar E. Belden, raises nearly 70
acres of onions each year.
The live stock industry, once so prominent, has declined
almost to the point of passing away. Not many cattle are
fattened now and rarely are sheep kept. A few of the
farmers in the north part of the town produce milk to supply
the Boston market. The cattle industry, however, was of
considerable importance till the '80's. In 1878 a creamery
was established which did a prosperous business for about
eight years. It was in the house now owned and occupied
by George SaflFer. The managers were Webster A. Pease,
John W. Jackson, and Nathaniel T. Abels, in order. Jon-
athan D. Porter was president of the company and Joseph
S. Wells secretary.
The business of breeding horses has occupied the atten-
tion of some of the Hatfield farmers duning the last half
century. Alfred H. Graves and his son, Murray B. Grnves,
conducted a stock farm for several years. William C
Dickinson gave much of his time to this part of his bttsiness
and since his decease the Connecticut Valley Stock iFkrm
has been operated by Barnabas Fralic. Electmont, 2^^%,
was bought by Mr. Dickinson from C. J. Hamlin of Village
Farm in East Aurora, N. Y. He has sired Lady SeiJsldn,
2.0634, Doddie K., 2.13^^, Sidney Carton, 2.10, Electrine (3
year old), 2.28, and Snip, 2.28. Another noted .stallion
owned by this farm is Earl of Chatham by Bingen.
During the period under consideration important man-
ufacturing industries have grown up, which are treated in
a chapter in Part H.
One of the most striking features of the last half century
is the number of large fortunes accumulated by Hatfield
citizens which have been devoted to educational and charit-
able foundations. The gifts of the Smith family receive
special attention in Part H. Two of the other public bene-
factors have borne the name of Dickinson, both descendants
of the first settler, Nathaniel Dickinson.
Caleb Cooley Dickinson, son of Aaron and Experience
(Phelps) Dickinson, was born at Hatfield, Nov. 25, 1804,
and died unmarried Sept. 16, 1882. He was a prosperous
farmer, conducting the old homestead in company w^th his
brother, Aaron. He leit the bv\\k o( his fortune of $97,000 to
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 237
found Dickinson Hospital in Northampton in the interests of
the towns of Northampton, Hatfield, and Whately.
Samuel Huntington Dickinson was born in Hatfield, Jan.
28, 1816, the son of Solomon and Hannah (Huntington)
Dickinson. He was never married. He was educated in
the public schools of Hatfield and in Greenfield Academy.
Then he entered Amherst College, but was obliged to leave
5n account of delicate health. He inherited a large fortune
:rom his father and was himself a successful farmer and
ortunate in his investments. He died April 6. 1897, and
lis estate inventoried at $97,000. After legacies to friends,
or he survived all near relatives, the will devoted about
580,000 to the American Bible Society, the American Home
Missionary Society, and the American Board of Commis-
iioners for Foreign Missions. Before his death he gave
514,000 for the construction of a Memorial building in Hat-
ield. in the construction of which he was greatly interested.
The Dickinson Memorial Hall was built in 1892-93 and
ledicated on Memorial Day in 1894. The exercises took
>lace in the Congregational church in the aUetuoow, v'^^-
238 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
sided over by William H. Dickinson. The building was
presented to the town in behalf of the donor by Samuel P.
Billings, a lifelong associate of Mr. Dickinson, and the
response for the town was made by Daniel W. Wells. On
the walls of the entrance hall bronze tablets contain the
names of Hatfield soldiers who served in the Revolutionary
and Civil wars. In a room at the north, where are exhibited
the historical collections and relics, is a bronze tablet with
the letter of Benjamin Waite telling of the success of his
mission to Canada to ransom the captives. Another room
on the first floor is the office of town clerk. In this room
are placed the town archives in safes and the public docu-
ments printed by the state. The whole upper floor is
devoted to the use of the public library. The building is of
fireproof construction, of brick with steel beams and tile
floors.
The Hatfield Public Library now contains about 7,000
volumes. A social library was started as early as 1806, the
funds being raised by subscription. It was a circulating
library and the headquarters were for a long time the house
of Roswell Billings, now the home of David Billings. In
1860 Sophia Smith gave $500 for the purchase of books.
The library was then located in a room over the store kept
by David F. Wells, where J. T. Burke's residence is, and
was used in connection with the Young Men's Christian
Association. The farmers of the town had by cooperation
secured quite an extensive agricultural library. In 1873 the
town made its first appropriation for library purposes and a
room on the lower floor of the Academy building was set
aside for the books of the combined associations, the library
being made free. John H. Sanderson was for a long time
librarian. He died in 1904. The library was then for short
periods in charge of Miss Marian C. Billings, Miss Louise
Billings, Miss Ruby Bardwell, and Miss Margaret Allaire.
The present librarian, Dr. Chester M. Barton, began his
duties in 1905.
Other public structures that have been built since the
Civil war are Smith Academy, 1872; the brick schoolhouses,
1869-74: the West Hatfield'chapel. 1889; and St. Joseph's
church, 1892.
A Village, or Rural, Improvemeut Society was started in
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 239
1885 with these objects: "to cultivate public spirit, quicken
the social and intellectual life of the people, promote good
fellowship, and secure public health by better hygienic con-
ditions in our houses and surroundings, improve our streets,
roads and public grounds, sidewalks, and in general to build
up and beautify the whole town, and thus enhance the
value of its real estate and render Hatfield a still more invit-
ing place of residence/' One of the moving spirits of this
organization was Eli A. Hubbard, a member of the state
Board of Education, who was always interested in the wel-
fare of the town in which he spent the latter part of his life.
He was a descendant of one of Hatfield's early settlers. He
was the first president of the Society. Rev. Robert M.
Woods was vice-president till his death in 1909.
Much improvement in the appearance of the streets and
grounds has been made under the direction of the Village
Improvement Society. Fences have been removed and the
lawns receive better care, trees have been set out, the ceme-
teries are kept in good order, and in every way the resi-
dents are encouraged to beautify their places.
The town has expended in recent years large sums of
money in improving the condition of the highways. Every
year sees some permanent roads of stone or gravel con-
structed, and gravel or concrete sidewalks are being rapidly
extended.
A beginning of street lighting was made about 1890,
when lamp posts were erected at intervals along several of
the streets in the center of the village and the lamps were
lit and cared for by property owners on whose places they
were located. In 1901 an acetylene gas plant was built for
lighting the Congregational church. The plant was re-
moved to Prospect Street in 1903 and greatly enlarged,
giving service to many private houses and shops, and a con-
tract was entered into in 1904 with the town for lighting
the public streets where the gas mains ran. The stock of
the Hatfield Gas Company was subscribed for chiefly by
Hatfield capitalists. The Massachusetts Lighting Com-
panies secured control of the company in 1909. Electric
lights were made possible by the extension of the system
of the Amherst Gas Company in 1907 and the next year they
began to light the streets by electricity, ex^l^w^\\\^ >JekfcSx
240 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
system farther than was possible for the local company to
carry the acetylene light.
An excellent water supply was secured by the town in
1896 from Running Gutter brook, a never failing source of
supply, situated within the town limits. Water is carried
to all parts of the town and the pressure is sufficient for
adequate fire protection. There are six organized fire com-
panies of volunteers. The watershed around the brook and
reservoir is protected by ownership by the town of the forest
lands on both sides of the brook to its source, forty acres
in all. The system was built and is operated by the town.
Bonds were issued for construction to the amount of $50,-
000, to be paid for from a sinking fund at the end of thirty
years. The sinking fund in 1910 amounted to $14,735.
The report of the Water Commissioners for the year ending
March 1, 1910, showed that there were then 326 connections
with private property, 90 hydrants, 5 water tanks, and water
supplied to 5 schoolhouses and to Memorial Hall. It was
voted at the March meeting in 1910 to put the water also
in the town hall. The total cost of construction to that
date was $56,485; 18,781 feet of 8-inch pipe, 46,786 feet of
6-inch pipe, 32,596 feet of 4-inch pipe, and 13,048 of 2-inch
or smaller.
The trolley road, built by the Connecticut Valley Street
Railway Company, was opened between Northampton and
Hatfield in 1900 and to Greenfield in 1903. This was a
great accommodation to the people of the Center village and
Bradstreet, who were before two miles from a railroad.
The first public sewer was built in 1904, draining the
upper part of Main Street and emptying into the Connecti-
cut river. The main trunk line was laid through Bridge Lane
to the river in 1907, with branches on Main and Maple
streets. The sewer system is being gradually extended.
And so from the little group of a half dozen houses built
two hundred and fifty years ago the town has grown till
340 houses are required to shelter its inhabitants, who num-
ber 2,000. The estates of all the inhabitants together the
year of incorporation were probably not in excess of £30,000.
while the assessors in 1909 reported the total assessed val-
uation at $1,326,842; real estate. $1,113,203; personal, $213.-
639: with $97,860 exempt (rom taxation. The changes
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 241
wrought by passing years have been recorded. One thing
remains the same. The town meeting has stood the test of
time and is still the cherished institution of a self-reliant,
self-governing people. Varied as have been the changes in
the government of state and nation the people meet to order
their local affairs as they have from the beginning and each
man has his say.
In this brief narration of the happenings of the past much
mention has been made of the services of the leading cit-
izens. It cannot more fittingly close than with a tribute to
a man whose influence has been second to none in securing
that harmonious cooperation that at all times has united
Hatfield people. The pastorate of Rev. Robert M. Woods
was among the long ones that have been a marked charac-
teristic of the church in Hatfield. Though "things ecclesi-
astical and civiT' had long been separated when he began
his ministry he looked upon the whole town as his parish,
its interests in all directions were his interests, his influence
was wide. In a memorial address delivered in the Congre-
gational church, Nov. 28, 1909, Pres. L. Clarke Seelye, D.D.,
of Smith College said of him : —
"In November, 1876, he was engaged by this church as a stated supply for
one year. His services were so acceptable that he received, before the year
was over, a unanimous call to become its settled pastor, and he was installed
as pastor of the church in November, 1877, completing at his death last June
a pastorate of nearly thirty-three years. It was my privilege to preach his
installation sermon and my text then — *It is not ye that speak but the spirit
of your Father that speaketh in you' — was illustrated in his future ministry.
In him was realized the old-time ideal of the New England minister, — the
foremost citizen in ecclesiastical and civic affairs. He was truly the Bishop
of Hatfield in the primal sense of the word, so controlling and pervasive was
his oversight, and so respected and trusted was his personality. Men saw
reproduced in him the type of country parson immortalized in the archaic
words of one of our greatest English poets.
" *Wyd was his parisch, and houses fer asondur,
But he ne lafte not for reyne ne thondur,
In siknesse ne in meschief to visite
The ferrest in his parissche, moche and lite,
Uppon his feet, and in his hond a staf.
This noble ensample unto his schcep he gaf.
That ferst he wroughte. and after that he taughte.
Out of the gospel he the wordes caughte,
And this figure he added yit therto,
That if gold ruste, what schulde yrcn doo?'
"Your minister also practiced the gospel which he preached, — striving
faithfully to follow the example of his Master who went about doing good.
**No inhabitant of the town was beyond the reach of his friendly aid and
sympathy. In his ministrations he recognized no distinctions of soc\^\ coyv<\\-
242 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
lions. The poor, the outcast, the victims of ignorance and intemperance as
well as the prosperous and the learned found in him a friend whom thty
could trust and a counselor whose advke was most helpful. The foreigneri
who have come in recent years to Hatfield, so that now they form a lai^t
and important element in its population, were especially sought out by him
that he might bring them under Christian influence and help them to become
good iiiiz<.-iis. If tliej- were Protestants, whatever may have been their p't-
viou^ church connections, he sought to interest them in the church ^
Hatlield and to interest the church in them. They were persuaded to stnd
their children to the Sunday School, and to place themselves under those
influences which would help ihem to resist the temptations to evil which b«(l
strangers in a strange land. With the Catholics of the town he was oa
friciully terms. When they were numerous enough lo form a church of tlitif
HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 243
own peisuaaion, he was ready lo aid iheni li) establish it, believing it was
I'ar beiier for them in the present divergence between Catholics and Protes-
tants 10 have a church in which they could conscientiously worship than lo be
wilhoMt church fellowship. Their priest he treated as a brother minister,
Jnd he rejoiced to work with him to lessen the temptations to vice and to
elcvMc the moral standards of the community, confidently expecting the time
would come for which every true Christian prays, when the unhappy divi-
sions which have long separated large bodies of Christians from each other
wouM be jtmoved and the unity of Christian believers, for which Christ
prayed, lai^t be reali»d. That unity his own catholic spirit did much to
proinote. Although preferring himself the Congregational polity, he was not
in 31)- sense a sectarian propagandist and was ready to hold fellowship with
men, whttever might be their ecclesiastical preferences. Those who ditlcrcd
i'om him soon lost sight of their differences in his presence. He was so
rotisWerate and magnanimous in soirii. so free from intolerant bigotry or
inilii»nt proKlytism. thai he speedily brought into spiritual union moat of
those who became acquainted with him. Episcopalians, Baptists, Methodists,
and the various representatives of other ecclesiastical denominations gladly
nccfpl«t his ministry and were numbered among his parishioners. There was
noaltcmpt to form another Protestant church of different polity during his-
pastorate, and few cared to seek spiritual aid and counsel elsewhere. The
longer he lived here, the more he was trusted and esteemed. Men recog-
nised in him a man who was sincerely striving with all his mind and heart
'!> promote righteousness by leading men lo love God and keep His com-
mandineiits.
"His influence was deeply felt outside of his professional work. Men
ffspected and valued him as a loyal citizen, doing what he could by word
utid deed to improve the social conditions of the community. Every move-
ment for public betterment found in him an efficient helper. In town
mectittg*, in the election of officials of the town, state or nation, in the
conditiMs of the schools, of the roads, the water supply and every civic
malice which affected the condition of the people, he was actively interested ;
and wbi!e_ men sometimes differed from him m opinion, they never doubted
ni5 sincerity or his personal integrity and uprightness. There was no trace
if nypocrisy or double dealing about him. His course was straightforward
on pohlic miestions and actuated ever by righteous and praiseworthy motives.
'His public spirit was recognized bv his election as one of the presidential
nrciors m the campaign of 1904. The breadth of his sympathy- and the
fxtent of his influence may be seen somewhat in the important offices which
"E wji called to fill. He was a trustee of Smith College, an overseer of the
cnannble fund of Amherst College, a trustee and treasurer of Smith Acad-
™y. a inisiee of the Cooley Dickinson Hospital at Northampton, and a
corpOi^te member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign
•Elisions. In all these positions he won the respect and esteem of his
associates by his practical sagacity and his unselfish efforts to advance the
"iler«ti of the corporations which he served. His Alma Mater, Amherst
'-"'Ifffe. gave him the degree of Doctor of Divinitv. as a deserved rccogmtion
"1 m scholarship and his ministerial influence."
PART II.
REMINISCENCES AND HISTORICAL
SKETCHES.
REMINISCENCES AND HISTORICAL
SKETCHES.
I.— REMINISCENXES OF SAMUEL D. PARTRIDGE.
Introductory Note. These sketches of Hatfield in the
early part of the nineteenth century, with their interesting
side lights on manners and customs, were written in 1880
by Samuel D. Partridge, or rather by his wife at his dicta-
tion, for he had then become blind. Few men have been
better qualified for writing such a description. As a young
man Mr. Partridge was elected to the office of town clerk
and during the year he held office he copied the records
of the first one hundred years, a work of great value to
many who have had occasion to consult the old records
for historical or genealogical information. His interest in
his native town was continued till his death, though much
of his active business life was passed in New York, and he
delighted in spending his vacations among the scenes of his
boyhood. Both Mr. and Mrs. Partridge died in Wisconsin,
but are buried in Hatfield.
It has long been a matter of regret with me, that I did
not in my earlier days improve the opportunities which I
had of obtaining information relative to my native town
from those who were my ])re(lecessors by two generations.
This reflection has had some influence in prompting me to
write down what I remember of Hatfield as it was soon
after the commencement of the present century. The popu-
lation was then, according to my recollection, a little more
than eight hundred, and these, with two exceptions, were
descendants of the first settlers in Hadley and Hatfield.
The exceptions were Henry Wilkie. who was made prisoner
at the defeat of Burgoyne's army, and chose to t^vw^m \^\V^\
248 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
than return to Germany; the other was Michael Kelly, an
Irishman, who lived on the Northampton road near the
line, and remained but a few years when he removed to New
York. There were two colored families living on the
Northampton road, and three more living near the junction
of the Williamsburg and Deerfield roads.,
Very few new highways for travel have been opened since
those days. A county road through the North Meadow
to West Farms and the Pantry road leading from Northamp-
ton to Whately are all that have been made since my
memory.
The boundaries of the town are unchanged except that
when Williamsburg was set off, the line between the two
towns was fixed with a proviso that certain farms lying
west of the line should still remain a part of Hatfield, and
the dwellers on those farms for a long series of years
voted and were taxed in Hatfield, but, some thirty or
forty years ago, they were annexed by an act of Legislature
to the town of Williamsburg. A considerable portion of
Haydenville was situated on one of these farms.
In my earliest recollections I can recall but one school-
house, and that a brick structure of about eighteen by
sixteen feet, of one story and a gambrel roof, having two
windows on the east side and one on the west side. These
with one window on the south end lighted an upper room.
The lower room had two windows on the east side, two
at the south end, and one on the west side. The ceilings
in each room, especially in the upper room, were very low.
The building stood in the middle of the street about east
from Deacon Partridge's house, the same now occupied by
Otis Wells. In the winter a school for boys was kept in
each of these rooms, the larger boys going into the upper
room, which was entered by a staircase on the outside on
the north end of the building. I do not think that at this
period the town provided any instruction for girls, and all
the boys in town who attended school in the winter were
taught in these two rooms. I remember them as coming
from "the Hill" and from "West Farms." One from West
Farms is fixed in my memory, for, when reading in the
"English Reader'* how "Genius darted like an eagle up the
mountain," he read, he "darted like a pickerel up the moun-
REMINISCENCES OF SAMUEL D. PARTRIDGE. 249
tain." The lower room was sufficiently uncomfortable,
but the upper was so dark, so low and gloomy, that it is
difficult to conceive how it could ever have been devoted
to educational purposes; and yet a goodly number of men
who have made intelligent and respectable citizens received
no other schooling than this house afforded. Wood for the
use of the schools was brought at sled length. It was chopped
and split by the larger boys and carried in by the smaller
boys. The fires in the morning were made by the scholars
in turn, though sometimes the job was taken by some one
boy for the ashes. Prayers were offered morning and
evening, or dispensed with, at the option of the master.
The first school exercise was always reading in the Bible by
the oldest class.
There was a girls' school kept in the house belonging to
Oliver Smith, which stood near the site of the house belong-
ing to the late Mrs. Joseph Smith. (I suppose this was a
private school.) In 1813 it was taught by a Miss Childs.
I recollect she had an "exhibition*' in the meetinghouse,
when one of Hannah More's sacred dramas was enacted.
Miss Almira Smith (afterward Mrs. S. F. Lyman of North-
ampton) having the part of Pharaoh's daughter, and the
baby, Moses, found by her in the bulrushes was George C.
Partridge. A Mr. Barstow kept a girls' school in the
same place, but I am unable to tell whether a little before,
or a little after. Miss Childs, as I only remember him by an
affray between some Democrats and Federalists which
occurred in the bell tower of the meetinghouse, and in
which Mr. Barstow participated.
Party spirit ran very high in those days, worse than I
have ever known it at any subsequent time; but this is the
only occasion in which I remember a resort to blows. For
many years it was a disturber of social life, — men, women,
and children felt its evil influence. The Federalists would
have their Thanksgiving ball in one place, while the Demo-
crats had theirs in another; and even between near rela-
tives of different party affiliations there was very little
friendly intercourse.
The town meetings — always opened by the minister by
prayer — ^were held in the meetinghouse, one party taking
the north side of the center aisle, the other the soutK. TVv^
250 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
contest was generally on the choice of a moderator, it being
well understood that the party carrying that office would
carry all others.
The want of school privileges was in some degree supple-
mented by the establishment of a "social library" about the
year 1806 and even here the bitterness of party spirit was
apparent, the original members being all Federalists.
There was but one religious society, all parochial rights
being vested in the town. The church organization was
then just as it is now, but the legal voters of the town
constituted the parish. Rev. Dr. Lyman, who was settled
in 1772, was the minister when I was born, and continued
so until I was grown to man's estate. His salary, if I
recollect right, was £80, together with his fuel, and the use
of the parish lands. This money was raised by a town tax,
and collected just like any other tax. There was a law of
the state requiring every man to attend divine service once
in three months, though I never heard of its enforcement;
but I recollect to have heard of one person who was said
to go just enough to keep clear of the law.
The meetinghouse stood in the middle of the street,
perhaps twenty-five rods north of the brick schoolhouse.
The pulpit was on the west side, and over it was a sounding
board. It was entered by a staircase on the south side,
and at the right of the staircase, in front of the pulpit, was
the **Deacons' seat" and the communion table, while the
galleries extended around the three other sides. There
were two staircases leading to the galleries, one on the
southeast, and the other on the northwest corners of the
house, and over each of the staircases was a large square pew
elevated above the others, and called the "high pews." The
house below was divided into square pews by what was
called the **broad aisle," running east and west through
the middle of the building with tw^o narrow aisles, one at
the north and one at the south of it. In addition to these
there was one on each of the four sides of the house at the
distance of the breadth of one pew from the walls, con-
necting with the doors and with the stairs leading to
the ])u]pit and the galleries. The building was entered by
three doors, one on each of the north, south, and east sides.
At the north end there was a tower built up from the
REMINISCENCES OF SAMUEL D. PARTRIDGE. 251
ground to the belfry, surmounted by a tall spire on the top
of which was fastened a weather vane in the shape of a
brass rooster. The tower was entered by two doors, one
on the north and the other on the east side. I think the
bell bore the date of 1806. It was cracked some years ago
and replaced by another. I have heard a great many other
bells, but never one so sweet toned as that.
The town always exercised the right of seating the
meetinghouse; and when a reseating was deemed advisable,
an article for that purpose was placed in the warrant, and
if the vote was in the affirmative a committee was appointed
to attend to the business and report to an adjourned meet-
ing, when, if a majority was satisfied with the report,
it was accepted. About three families were allotted to each
pew as all the children except the smallest were expected to
sit in the gallery; the girls in the north and the boys in the
south, while the east gallery was divided between them.
The front seats were occupied by the singers, — the "treble''
in the north, the "counter'' in the north half of the front
seat in the east gallery, the "tenor" in the south half of the
same seat, while the "bass" occupied the front seat in the
south gallery. Behind the "singers' seats" were two rows
of seats raised by successive steps, one higher than the
other, where the children sat, and it was the dutv of the
tything man to see that they behaved with propriety. Back
of these seats, raised one step higher, was a row of square
pews running all around the galleries. These were seated
by the committee and were occupied by the young men and
young women, the former on the south and the latter on the
north side, while the east side was divided between them.
The maiden ladies were seated in the north "high pew"
before mentioned, while the bachelors were assigned the
one on the south side. There was alwavs some dissatis-
faction with the allotment of the seats, but much less than
might reasonably l>e expected from the seating by such a
method, as the seating below was supposed to have some
reference to wealth and social position. I recollect one
instance of a man who was seated bv the north door, who
consoled himself by saying that it "was better to be a door-
keeper in the house of the Lord, than to dwell with the
wicked." and another young man who was seale^d \n\\\v \>no
252 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
very old men remarked, that he "supposed the committee
feared he would play in meeting." Theology and politics
formed the subjects of conversation whenever people met
at the store, the tavern, and at social gatherings.
About fifty years ago the belfry and spire were taken
down, the bell was transferred to a tower erected at the
south end of the church, the pews were taken out and slips
were substituted for them. The old high pulpit was removed,
and a platform pulpit erected. Until this time no apparatus
for warming the meetinghouse' had been used. In cold
weather every family started out with a foot stove, and
the minister stood up and preached in a heavy overcoat
and thick gloves. The majority of the society now thought
best to attempt making the room more comfortable. Ac-
cordingly with great caution, many being opposed to stoves
in the audience room, they placed two stoves in the porch
at the south end of the building, running pipes through the
partition and extending them to outlets at the north end.
But the degree of heat thus obtained — though hardly per-
ceptible— was intolerable to the minority, who to the
number of about forty, under the leadership of the late Mr.
Oliver Smith, "signed off" and left the society.
In my early days no stoves were used in the dwelling
houses either for warming or cooking. The baking was
done in large brick ovens, or in a shallow, covered iron dish
called a "bake kettle." The kitchen fireplace was very
large, both broad and deep; and when the fire was kindled
it consisted of a large "back log" on which was laid a smaller
log called a "back stick." In front of these a large quantity
of wood was placed resting on a pair of heavy andirons. In
the houses more recently built the kitchen fireplace was
furnished with a crane, but the older houses had only hooks
and trammels hanging from a crossbar fastened some dis-
tance up the chimney. For additional protection against
the cold, in many families a "settle" was used. This was a
bench some five or six feet long with a high back of closely
fitting boards to be drawn up in front of the fire, where one
could sit and not have one's back exposed to the cold air.
In those days also, the clothing was not well adapted to
protect from the cold, as neither men nor boys wore woolen
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under-garments, but relied chiefly upon heavy overcoats and
camlet cloaks lined with thick green baize.
In severe weather the sleeping rooms were intensely cold,
but every family had a warming pan chiefly used by the
aged and females; but a boy who should have his bed
warmed was an object of derision among his fellows.
The observance of the Sabbath was exceedingly strict;
all unnecessary work ceasing at sunset on Saturday, on
which evening, so far as I can recollect, it was the custom
to have "hasty pudding'* and milk for supper. On the
Sabbath everything like levity or mirth was severely
frowned upon. In the afternoon of that day the children
of the family were collected and instructed in the "West-
minster Catechism.'' Sunday schools were unknown until
a much later day. On the whole, with the best intentions
on the part of their elders, the Sabbath was made to the
children about as wearisome as it could be. But the
moment the sun disappeared in the west, the Sabbath was
over and the mirth and jollity which had been suppressed
for twenty-four hours broke forth with little control.
The custom referred to above of eating "hasty pudding'*
for the Saturday evening supper, gave Northampton the
name of "Pudding Town," and the Northampton people
were called in derision "Puddingers." Middle Lane in Hat-
field was called "Pudding Lane," but for what reason I do not
know, nor do I know why the street to the north of it was
called "Canada Lane." [It was the road leading north to
Deerfield and thence to Canada.]
It was an old custom after the crops had been gathered,
to open the meadows for the use of the inhabitants gener-
ally, all of whom were allowed to turn in their animals
during the period of fourteen days. For this reason, as
well as for the fact that cows were allowed to run at large
at all times, it was necessary that the meadows should be
fenced and gates kept up at the entrances. There was
such a gate at a point a little south of the site now occupied
by the house of Erastus Cowles, and I propose to begin here
and going north give what I remember of each house and
its inhabitants.
Close by this gate on the west side of the road stood
the house of Nathan Gearv. He came from the east^xw
254 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
part of the state and was, I think, a shoemaker. He mar-
ried the daughter of the elder Elisha Wait and had five
sons and four daughters. The sons all emigrated, — the
daughters all remained in town, — of whom Mrs. Polly
Graves is the onlv survivor.
The next house was owned and occupied by Gen. Isaac
Maltby, who came from Connecticut, was a graduate of
Yale College in 1786 and married a daughter of Seth Mur-
ray, who, I am told, was the Murray alluded to in Trum-
bulTs "McFingal.'' . His widow died since my memory. Mr.
Maltby was a brigadier general of militia and was in com-
mand of a brigade at Boston when Governor Strong, in the
last war with Great Britain, called out the militia for the
defense of that city. I remember when, on the discharge of
^\ these troops. General Maltby, his son, Murray, Israel Bill-
/ ings, and Moses Morton appeared at church on the Sabbath
dressed in their regimentals, and offered a **note of thanks-
giving to God for their safe return." The offering of a
*'note of thanksgiving" after recovery from sickness, or
deliverance from danger, was an old custom observed in
those days; also the formal request of those who were suf-
fering from recent bereavement that prayer might be offered
for the sanctification of the event to the good of their souls;
those who offered these requests always rising and standing
in their place during the reading of the "note." General
Maltby removed with his family to Waterloo, N. Y., where
he died in 1819.
The house now occupied by Samuel F. Billings is the
same as that in which the Murrays and Maltbys lived, and
consequently is pretty old. The lot on which it stands is
the same with that which in the early settlement of the
town was allotted to Richard Fellows. Robert Holmes,
who came from Acworth, N. H., and succeeded Simeon
Smith as toll-gather, also lived here and manufactured
fanning mills. Lyman Bennett, whom I remember as a
very worthy young man, learned that trade of Holmes,
but afterwards removed to Troy, N. Y., where he accumu-
lated a large fortune in the shirt and collar business.
The next is the lot assigned to John Cowles, one of the
first settlers of the town, and was, at my earliest recollec-
t\on, occupied by Dea. Rufus Cowles, his descendant. None
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of his children emigrated. His eldest son, Augustus, died
while a member of Yale College. He was one of the best
young men I ever knew, and was of great promise, dying
lamented by all who knew him. This is one of the two
places in town still owned by descendants of the first
occupant of the same name. The old house, which was
torn down many years ago, faced the north as does the one
now standing on the same site. It is probable that the
first house built on the lot faced the east, about in the line
of the house of Richard Fellows. These two. Fellows and
Cowles, were probably the first residents on the **west side,''
and even then before the Main Street was laid out. On the
east side of the lot, as I remember it, Cotton White had a
blacksmith's shop, and a little south of that a carpenter's
shop.
Across the road leading to **the Hill,'' was the lot
originally allotted to Zachariah Field. At my earliest recol-
lection Elijah, Moses, and Hannah Field, children of Medad
Field, lived in a two-story house standing where Alpheus
Cowles's house now stands. It then had the appearance
of an old house. These three members of the Field family
always lived in Hatfield, and died childless.
The house standing on the southeast corner of the same
lot was then occupied by Cotton White. I suppose that it
was built by Jesse Billings. I have a dim recollection of
a blacksmith's shop standing a little north of the house.
I well remember that in the street at this point was a place
which had been used for heating wagon tires.
North of this was a one-story house which had been occu-
pied by Moses Hitchcock for a store, but after the death of
Capt. Israel Parsons was occupied by his widow and family
until they left for Canada. The house was removed to the
northeast corner of the Cowles lot, and was occupied suc-
cessively by James Bucknani, David Chapman, and Horace
Shumway.
The next house was owned and occupied by Capt. Israel
Parsons, and after his death came into the possession of
Col. Erastus Billings. The first two ministers of Hatfield,
Mr. Atherton and Mr. Chauncey, lived on this place and
Nathaniel Chauncey, the first graduate of Yale College, was
born there.
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In the next house Mrs. Miriam Billings resided with her
son, Roswell Billings, and his family. Her sister, Rebecca
Dickinson, — familiarly known as "Aunt Beck,'* — lived with
her. She was a very intelligent woman and her sayings
were frequently repeated, she being regarded as a sort of
oracle. A horse shed stood a few rods from the street
south of the house ; and I think that either Capt. Silas
Billings or his father, Zachary, kept a tavern on the place.
The latter was connected with Col. Oliver Partridge's regi-
ment, which was stationed near Lake George in the year
1758, and was in the battle of Ticonderoga fought on July
6th of the same year.
The next was the house of Lieut. Samuel Partridge, my
grandfather, who died in 1809. His wife was a daughter
of Capt. Seth Dwight, who inherited this property from his
father, Henry Dwight. My grandfather was a lieutenant
in Col. William Williams's regiment in the French war, and
was in the disastrous battle of Ticonderoga in 1758. He
was also at the taking of Quebec and saw General Wolfe
brought in mortally wounded. Seth Dwight, my great-
grandfather, lived on this place in a house near the north-
east corner of John A. Billings's lot about ten or twelve feet
from the street, and its north side on the line between J. A.
Billings and Otis Wells. At my earliest remembrance there
was a building on this si>ot used as a currier's shop, and the
cellar of this building was the same as that under the house
of Seth Dwight and his father, Henry Dwight. On the
southeast corner of this lot there was a building occupied
as a store, — first, by Dwight & Partridge and afterwards by
C. & S. Partridge. The house in which ijiy grandfather lived,
(and in which I was born), stood between these two build-
ings occupying the same site as the present house built
by Mr. Billings; and was probably when pulled down about
one hundred years old. C. & S. Partridge also carried on
the tanning business, and their tan yard was directly south
of the spot now occupied by Mr. J. A. Billings's tobacco
barn. The store at this time was the only one in town,
and a smaller proportion of the trade went abroad than in
later years.
They were licensed retailers of ardent spirits, but it must
be remembered that the traffic in ardent spirits was then
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considered honorable ; indeed, public opinion and the laws of
the Commonwealth required that it should be intrusted
only to men of established character and integrity. The
courts would not entertain an application for a license unless
the good character and standing of the applicant were
certified by the selectmen. Ardent spirits were used in
every family from the highest to the lowest, — the minister
not excepted. A flip-iron was considered as necessary an
appendage to the chimney corner as the carving knife was
to the table. Flip was a beverage which seems to have be-
longed to that period, and that section of the country. A
principal component was the small beer brewed by every
family; to this was added rum and sugar with a flavoring
of nutmeg, to which the finishing touch was given by plung-
ing in the red hot iron. As I recall the delicious flavor
of this compound, I cannot wonder that it was a general
favorite with our fathers. This drink was more particularly
used during the winter, and w^as considered indispensable
on high social occasions, and its absence from a meeting
of an association of ministers would have been unfavorably
noticed. The first Monday in April was known among the
juveniles as "Egg Pop day,'' and it will scarcely be believed
by the present generation, that parents, and those, too,
of as high moral standing as any in the community, could
fit out their boys of eight or ten years with each a teacup
of sugar, a half pint of rum, and six eggs to meet their play-
mates, each one provided in the same manner, to spend
the day in play and in drinking **Egg Pop''; yet, such was
the custom. But it should in justice be stated that the
drinking w-as under the supervision of some elderly person,
and that luckily it only occurred once a year.
It was the custom in some families to have liquor in
some form passed around at eleven o'clock every morning,
and a very general custom that all w^ho were at work in
the field should be served with drink at that hour. It was
not uncommon to hear this lunch called a "bever.'' This
custom I have no doubt is very old and was brought from
England by our ancestors, as the English had a lunch called
by that name consisting mostly of drink, certainly as early
as the time of Henry VII., and probably earlier, as the word
indicates a Norman origin.
25g HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Notwithstanding the general use of spirituous liquors, I
think that drunkenness was no more prevalent then than
now. In the first place the population was thoroughly Anglo-
Saxon, — only men of good character could sell, and they
would have forfeited their character by an indiscriminate
or careless use of their license. The law authorized the
selectmen to forbid the sale of spirits to such individuals
as they might designate as unworthy the privilege of buying.
Then, too, the article drank had little resemblance to the
compound now used; in fact, I do not recollect any case of
"delirium tremens" until a nuich later period than that of
which I am now speaking.
At this period also, there was no more suggestion nor
suspicion of immorality in the sale of lottery tickets than
there was in the sale of schoolbooks. If, for instance,
a bridge was to be built across the Connecticut river, after
having raised as much money as possible by individual
subscriptions, the Legislature would be petitioned for Jeavc
to raise the balance by lottery. In those days there were
few rich men, and not all who were rich were public-spirUed,
and there seemed to be no other way of accomplishing
large undertakings: and it was never difficult to obtain for
the managers of these lotteries men of tlie highest re-
spectability.
I will turn from this digression, I find that in 1753 Lient.
Samuel Partridge bought of Capt. Seth Dwiglit the south-
ern half of his homestead, and about twenty years Eater he
bought the remaining half; and that still later he added to
the north side two rods purchased of Isaac Graves, while
to the south side he added one and one half rods by pur-
chase from .Aaron Graves; thus, tlie old Dwight homestead
was not so wide by three and one half rods as the two lots
of John A. Billings and Otis Wells. The beautiful elm tree
now stan<iing in front of this lot was set out by Josiah
Dwight. son of Seth Dwight. about the year 1768.
The house now occupied by Mr. Otis Wells was built by
Dea. Cotton Partridge, and is now, I suppose, not far from
ninety years old. He died in 1846. His children are scat-
tered from the .\tlantic to the Pacific ocean, and from
\'crmont to Xortli Carolina, and no descendant of Lieut.
Samuel Partridge bearing his name is now living in Hat-
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259
field. When I last saw the homestead the buildings were
the same, and occupied the same place which they did in
my early childhood.
The next house, on the site now occupied by Mrs C. M.
Billings's house, was owned and occupied by Mr. Amasa
\VelIs. the grandfather of Mr. Otis Wells. He was a man
of such irreproachable life, and so highly esteemed and re-
spected, that even the bitterest partisan never uttered a word
against him. The house on the homestead was very old,
and was called the oldest in town. It was two stories in
The Ji
height, with the second story projecting in front over the
first, for purposes of defense against the Indians. I remem-
ber being told while it was in the occupancy of Mr. Wells,
that is, before he died, that it was one hundred and
eleven years old: which, with the fact that it was built with
reference to attacks by the Indians, leads me to conclude
that it was built early in the eighteenth century. Mr. Wells
was killed by a fall from the roof of this house. He left
four sons, all of whom but Elisha emigrated. An only
daughter, Hannah, married Jo.seph Smith, Jr., and lived and
died in Hatfield.
250 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
The next was the house of Capt. EHjah Smith, brother of
OHver Smith, where he lived with three sons and one
daughter, all of whom died in Hatfield. Another daughter
was married to Dea. Joseph Billings, and one of the sons,
Charles, was afterward married and left the homestead.
The only material change which had taken place in the
appearance of this homestead when I last saw^ it, was the
loss of the large elm tree which stood in front of the house.
The next house was the residence of the Rev. Dr. Lyman.
This was an old house of two stories with a gambrel roof.
A few rods south of the house there stood a large elm tree,
which I am told was there, though quite small, at the time of
his settlement in 1772, and consequently, if still standing,
is more than a hundred years old. Near this tree was his
study, a small building w^hich was purchased by Mr. Pliny
Day about the time of his marriage, removed to the lot
where Mrs. Silas Billings now lives, and became his dwell-
ing house for a number of years. It w^as afterward removed
to Mr. Rufus Cowles's lot and became one of his outbuild-
ings. In the northeast corner of the front yard, on the line
of the street, there was a small building erected by Jonathan
H., son of Dr. Lyman, for a law office, and after he left
town used by his father for a study. Some years after the
death of Dr. Lyman, this building was removed up the
street to a location between the house then occupied by
Mr. Joseph Smith, Jr., and the Bardwell place; subsequently
it was purchased by Daniel White and removed to his lot
in Middle Lane, and finallv transferred from thence to the
"Stone Pits," where I believe it now stands, though some-
what changed in appearance. The house in which Dr.
Lyman lived (before mentioned) was built and occupied by
the Rev. Mr. Woodbridge, his immediate predecessor. The
home lot, sixteen rods in width, was made up of two rods
from the Eleazer Frary lot, John Graves's lot of twelve rods,
and two rods of Isaac Graves's lot.
The next object of interest was the old elm tree standing
on Benjamin Smith's place, immediately on the street line.
It had a large trunk, measuring, at the top of the fence,
twenty-seven feet in circumference and about two feet from
the ground its circumference was nearly forty feet. It was
very old and there is a trad\t\ou that it exhibited signs of
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261
re when seen by the first settlers of the town. Mr. Jon-
han Morton, brother of Perez Morton, told me forty or
ty y^rs ago, and he was then an old man, that it seemed
1 old tree as long ago as he could remember. I am told
at its stump gave evidence of having stood there four
indred years.
A short distance north of the old elm tree, on the same
le, there stood a small building which was known as
iquire Smith's .store." though it never had a stock of goods
ice my memory, and possibly may have stood there when
r. Smith came into possession of the property. The
veiling hou.se of Mr. Smith stood some twenty-five or
262 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
thirty feet back from the street. It was a two-story gam-
brel-roofed house handsomely finished inside, and had been
in earlier days the residence of Col. Israel Williams by
whom it was built. Colonel Williams was a son of the Rev.
William Williams, a former minister of Hatfield, and a
brother of Elisha Williams, the third president of Yale Col-
lege. Colonel Williams previous to the Revolution was a
man of large influence and filled important offices : but,
espousing the wrong side, he lost both office and influence.
He is alluded to in the couplet with Murray in TrumbulTs
**McFingal." He was killed by falling down his cellar stairs
in 1788. In the rear was an extension much older than the
gambrel-roofed building in front, which was built by his
father, the Rev. William Williams, the third minister of
Hatfield. In my childhood the house was occupied by Mr.
Benjamin Smith, his wife, and daughter, afterwards Mrs.
Samuel F. Lyman of Northampton, and his bachelor
brother, Mr. Oliver Smith. The lot owned by Benjamin
Smith was sixteen rods in width, twelve rods of which com-
prised the original allotment of Thomas Meekins, and four
rods were the balance of Eleazer Frarv*s lot. The line
between this and the Chapin Porter lot has never been
changed.
Mr. Oliver Smith, mentioned alx)ve, was even then con-
sidered a very rich man. When a boy wished himself as
rich as Oliver Smith, he w^as supposed to wish for boundless
wealth. Since he will be known to posterity as the founder
of the *'Smith Charities," it may not be improper to notice
some of his prominent characteristics. He had naturally a
good mind with plenty of hard common sense, and was of u
rather taciturn habit. He was honest in his dealings, intend-
ing to claim no more than what rightfully belonged to
him ; yet he managed to withhold the greater part of his
property from taxation, thus adding to the burden of his
townsmen. He possessed an imcommon judgment in busi-
ness matters, so that his investments, so far as I know,
were invariably successful. He was ambitious in a certain
way, but his ani])ition was satisfied with being considered
tlie richest man in that rej^^ion, and tlie leader of those with
whom he associated. Among these associates, I am told,
lie was irenial and often evinced a sense of humor. Al-
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though he had naturally a strong mind, yet his w-ant of edu-
cation and the low estimate which he put upon education had
the eflfect of making him very narrow-minded; so that his
only standard of valuation was the result in dollars and cents.
He always argued that a liberal education was a hindrance
in a man's career, and carried statistics in his pocket which
he would often read to enforce his argument and show
that learning seldom helped a man to wealth. He was
very penurious, spending little on himself and imparting
little, to others. During the thirty years or more of my
recollection of him, he wore the same overgarments; yet'
by reason of a certain trimness and neatness, he always
appeared respectably dressed. It does him no injustice to
say that he was destitute of public spirit; and efforts to
improve society either by a higher education or by religious
teaching met with very little encouragement from him. On
one occasion he gave fifty dollars to assist in building a
schoolhouse at West Farms, and at another time he gave
the same sum for a schoolhouse in West Brook; but few,
if any, of his contemporaries supposed that his love for edu-
cation prompted him to make these gifts. He also made a
donation of fifty dollars to the Colonization Society, and for
some years gave two dollars annually to the Bible Society.
So far from being forward in raising money for the support
of schools, if he favored any, it was always the smallest
amount proposed; and he also claimed that it was unjust to
tax him for the support of schools as he had no children.
The next house was owned by Israel Dickinson, who
occupied it with his wife and daughter. He was the son of
EHhu Dickinson, and brother of William and Silas Dickin-
son ; his wife was the daughter of Gen. Lemuel Dickinson,
and his daughter subsequently became the wife of Rodol-
phus Morton. Their son, George, was born much later.
As Mrs. Dickinson was mv aunt, mv visits to the house
began very early, so that I think I recollect its appearance
seventy years ago. It had been painted red, but the paint
was considerably worn off. It is the same house occupied
by the late Moses C. Porter, by whom its appearance was
materially altered. The two elm trees in front are some-
what larger than they were seventy years ago, but their
appearance is not greatly changed. [One of these trees is
264 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
a hackberry.] Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson removed to Lock-
port, N. Y.. many years ago, where they both died. Their
son, George, returned to Hatfield, where he and his sister
died. The daughter, Mrs. Morton, was a woman of uncom-
mon intellectual powers and of a lovely disposition. She
was a fine scholar and few young women of her day excelled
her in mental culture. She engaged in teaching" at one
time, and there are those now living who will never forget
her gracious influence upon them in that capacity. She had
the rare and happy faculty of calling out all that was best in
her scholars, and her resignation as a teacher was felt to be a
public loss.
The house now occupied by Mr. Silas G. Hubbard was
then occupied by Lieut. Rufus Smith and wife, and his son,
John, and his family. Mr. John Smith's wife was a daugh-
ter of Gen. Lemuel Dickinson. The house was of com-
paratively recent structure. Mr. Smith and his wife and
son died in Hatfield, but his son's widow with all the chil-
dren who had not previously removed from town, went to
Connecticut. Previous to the occupancy of Lieutenant
Smith this place was occupied by Col. William Allis, the
father of Dexter Allis and of Mrs. Jonathan Porter. It
includes nearly the whole of two lots granted by Hadley to
John Allis and Daniel White, Jr.
The next house north was that of William Morton, which
is the same with that now occupied by the widow of his son,
Israel, by whom it was repaired and remodeled. As I re-
member it, it was quite an old house; it might have been
painted, but showed no trace of it. Mr. Morton lived here
with his wife and a maiden sister, familiarly known as
"Aunt Eunice." He had five sons and five daughters, all of
whom lived and died in Hatfield, with the exception of one
son and one (laughter. One of his sons, Pliny, was a sur-
geon's mate in the United States navy, and died while on a
visit at home. The first owner of this place was Obed
Dickinson. It was then six rods in width; now it is ten
rods, three rods coming from Silas G. Hubbard's and one
from Cliapin Porter's.
The ground now occupied by Smith Academy is the same
as that originally allotted to Samuel Kellogg. The house
which was removed to make room for the Academv, in earlv
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days was owned by the widow of Benjamin Morton, who
was subject to rather protracted attacks of insanity. She
was a sister of Ebenezer White. Her sister, Mrs. Robbins,
with two daughters kept the house. Mrs. Morton had no
children. This lot was originally six rods wide, but is much
w^ider now having gained most of what Middle Lane has
lost. The line between this and Israel Morton's lot has
never been changed. On the other side of Middle Lane, on
the lot first owned by John Hawks, stood the house of
Daniel Wait, occupied by himself and his wife, a daughter
of Hon. John Hastings, who both died in Hatfield. They
had one child, a daughter, who married Dexter Allis and
removed to Springfield. The house seemed comparatively
new and when I first saw it had never been painted. It
has been considerably changed by additions and otherwise,
but is the same as that now^ occupied by Mr. Baggs.
Mr. Perez Hastings lived in the next house with his
wife and four children. He was a blacksmith and the son of
Hopestill Hastings, and his wife w^as a daughter of Salmon
White of Whately. He died in this house, but his children
all emigrated to the state of New York. After the death
of Mr. Hastings this house came into the possession of
Mr. Joseph Smith, Jr., who with his wife lived in it until
his death. I suppose this house stands on the land origi-
nally occupied by Richard Morton, the first settler in town
by that name. The late Moses Morton told me that an old
house which stood a little south of this was an old Morton
house, was removed from that place by Nehemiah Wait and
is the same in which Lewis Dickinson and his sisters lived
during the latter years of their life. A few rods north of
the house was a blacksmith's shop, which was afterward
occupied by a store. The town originally owned a space of
sixteen rods between the John Hawks place and the Richard
Morton lot, but that ownership ceased before I was born.
The next house north was owned and occupied by the
widow of Mr. Seth Bardwell with three sons, William,
Jeremy, and Salmon D. Mr. Seth Bardwell was killed by
lightning. Mrs. Seth Bardwell was the daughter of Salmon
Dickinson, the brother of Col. John Dickinson, the father
of Gen. Lemuel Dickinson. This was by no means a new
house as I remember it.
266 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Next to this, on the corner of Main Street and Upper
Lane, stood the house of Mr. Solomon Dickinson. It was
a large square house and apparently new; it has since been
burned. Mrs. Dickinson was a Huntington from Norwich,
Conn. Mr. Dickinson was the son of Daniel Dickinson, Sr.
Their children, with the exception of one daughter who
died, still reside in Hatfield.
On the opposite side of Upper Lane, farther back from
Main Street, in the house now standing there lived Mr.
Elijah Dickinson, his wife, and two sons. Mrs. Dickinson
died early and he afterwards married a daughter of Mr.
Daniel Dickinson. After the death of Mr. Dickinson, Oba-
diah, his eldest son, removed from town, and Norman, the
younger son, who had been a cripple from his birth, died.
Two children by his second marriage are still living, Nancy,
the wife of Mr. Joseph D. Billings, and the son, Elijah,
whom I well knew as a noble, generous-hearted young man,
respected and beloved by all who knew him. He has been
for many years an inmate of the Hartford Retreat. The
general appearance of this house when I last saw it was
much the same as when I first knew it.
In the next house lived Mr. Daniel Dickinson, his wife,
his son, Daniel, Jr., and his two daughters, Lois and Nancy.
His two other children, a son and a daughter, were married.
Mr. Dickinson was the brother of Aaron and Roger; his
wife was the daughter of Gideon and the sister of Joseph
Dickinson. The house in which- thev lived stood on the
site of the house now occupied by Mr. John Brown, and
was burned many years since.
Next was a house consisting of one story and, as I re-
member it, a pretty old house. It was occupied by David
Wait, one of whose daughters, Lucinda, became the second
wife of Elijah Rardwell, Sr. Jeremy Morton afterwards
lived there and subsequently built the house in which
his widow now lives. David Wait was a descendant of
Benjamin Wait, and this home lot was the dwelling place
of that heroic man on the 19th of September, 1677.
The next and the last house on the west side of the street
was owned and occupied by Abijah Bliss, his wife, and three
sons. Mr. I>]iss came from Longnieadow. He was a cloth-
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ier and his shop stood near his house. Adjoining the place
was the gate leading into the North Meadow.
Directly east of this gate, and very near it, was a one-
story building facing the south, which, as I first remember
it, was not used as a dwelling house, but afterwards was
occupied by Roger Dickinson and his wife. At that time
Mr. Dickinson lived in an old-looking, one-story house
perhaps twenty feet to the northeast of this house, with his
wife, and son, and possibly a daughter. Mr. Dickinson
was a blacksmith by trade and in the Revolutionary war
joined the British army, and was employed in shoeing
horses. He named his son Loyal George, who removed to
Leicester, where, after burying five wives, he left the sixth
a widow.
The first lot on the east side of the street was granted
to Hezekiah Dickinson, the son of Nathaniel, Sr., and the
father of Rev. Jonathan Dickinson, the first president of
New Jersey College (later called Princeton). He removed
from Hatfield and died in Springfield in 1706.
The first house on the east side of the street, as I recol-
lect, was the house lately occupied by Jeremy Bardwell.
It was unpainted and looked old. The first occupants
whom I remember were Heman Swift and his wife, three
sons, and a daughter. The daughter became the wife of
William Bardwell. The rest of the family removed from
town many years ago.
In the next house which had two stories and was painted
red, lived Mr. Joseph Dickinson, whose wife was a sister of
Mr. Nehemiah Wait. He was the father of Mrs. Roswell
Billings and of the first Mrs. Elijah Bardwell. At this time
the occupants were himself, his wife, an unmarried son, and
a daughter. Martha, the daughter, was a woman of more
than ordinary mind, manifesting a strong desire for her
own improvement and for the improvement of others, using
all her privileges, however circumscribed, to the best advan-
tage. It is reported of her that after finishing the tasks of
the day, she would sit up far into the night reading and
studying, and this self-denying application showed happy
results in her superior culture and intelligence. Though
she had not a long life her influence for good was not
buried with her, but still continues. Caleb, the son, took
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down the old house and replaced it by a more modern
structure.
The next house was that of Elijah Bardwell, the son of
Seth and Hannah Bardwell, who lived here with his wife,
the daughter of Joseph Dickinson, and two children. Han-
nah, the daughter, married a Mr. Wright and removed to
Deerfield, where she died. His son, Elijah, Jr., is still living.
The house in which they lived has been removed to the
Upper Lane, where it now stands. Betw^een this and the
next house there was, I think, a barn standing even with
the street and a small red building used as a horse shed.
The original owner of the Bardw'ell lot was Samuel Marsh,
and the line between him and Nathaniel Foote was directly
opposite the south boundary of the Upper Lane.
On the next lot stood the house w^iich was occupied by
the widow of Elihu Dickinson with two of her sons, Wil-
liam and Silas. Silas died unmarried. William married a
(laughter of Lieut. Samuel Smith, and his son, William H.
Dickinson, with his children are the sole representatives
now living in Hatfield, of the Smith family, which was so
numerous since my memory as to furnish on one occasion
fourteen voters of that name. The old house has been
removed into the Upper Lane and replaced by a very fine
building. In front of the house there stood a very old
buttonball, with a hole near the foot of its trunk so large
that a good-sized boy could hide in it.
Lieutenant Samuel Smith lived in the next house with his
wife, who was the sister of Daniel and Elijah White, and
four daughters, and one son. These all with the exception
of one daughter, who married William Dickinson, died in
Hatfield unmarried. Mr. Smith was a very worthy man,
the brother of Oliver Smith, and, I think, the oldest of the
six brothers. The house showed little signs of paint and
appeared to be considerably old. It is still standing. The
original owner of this lot w^as Philip Russell, and it is the
most northerly of the lots granted bv the tow^n of Hadlev
in 1661.
Ebenezer Morton lived in the next house with his wife,
who was an Ingram from Amherst, and four sons and three
daughters, all of whom with the exception of one unmarried
daughter, who died in Hatfield, removed from town. The
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house, which was an old one, still stands, altered and re-
paired. Mr. Morton served a term during the Revolution-
ary war, and was present at the execution of Major Andre.
The house which now stands next to it was owned and
occupied by Remembrance Bardwell, a blacksmith, son of
Seth and Hannah Bardwell, with his wife, who was the
daughter of John Allis, and their children, three daughters
and two sons. One son and one daughter died in Hatfield;
the others removed from town. His blacksmith shop stood
a few rods south of the dwelling house. The first pro-
prietor of this lot was John Wells.
The next house was Mr. Silas Porter's. He was the son
of James Porter and his wife was the daughter of Seth
Graves, and a granddaughter of Col. John Dickinson. He
was a shoemaker and a very worthy, industrious man.
He had three sons and two daughters, all of whom but one,
Theodore, removed from town. The house was by no
means new and is now, I believe, occupied by his descend-
ants. Mr. Porter obtained a pension for his services during
the Revolutionary war. His shoemaker's shop stood a little
south of the house.
Frederic Chapin, who came from Somers, Conn., had
lived in the next house, but he died before I was born. At
my first recollection the house was occupied by his widow,
with her two sons, Camillus and Frederic. The house was
of two stories, painted red and appeared to be old. Frederic
removed to New Jersey. Camillus lived and died in Hat-
field, but no descendants of either are now in town. There
was a large elm tree in front of the house, remarkable for
its beauty. Some rods south of the house, on the line of
the street, stood the barn belonging to the place.
Adjoining on the same line stood the barn of Perez Mor-
ton, who lived in the next house a little further south. Mr.
Morton was a son of Jonathan Morton, and his wife was a
sister of Ebenezer Morton. He had four sons and three
daughters, only one of whom has removed from town. An
elder brother of Mr. Morton, Jonathan, lived with him. He
was* a man of a gentle, refined nature, fond of readings
small of stature, and of delicate health. I remember hear-
ing him say that he had never seen a well day; yet by reg-
ular habits, and in every way taking good care of himself^
270 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
he lived to be over ninety years of age. The house was
painted a light yellow, but w^ith the exception of its color
presents much the same general appearance that it did sixty
years ago.
Next to this house, on the site now occupied by Elijah
Bardwell, Jr., was an old two-story house, in which lived
Joseph, the eldest son of Perez Morton. He married a
daughter of Joel Day and had two children, a son and a
daughter. Some years after his death, his widow and chil-
dren removed to New Haven, Conn.
The next house was owned by Oliver Smith and stood
very near the site now occupied by Mrs. Joseph Smith's
house. It was two stories high, painted red, and looked old
and neglected. At different times private schools were kept
in the house. I remember one taught by a Miss Childs.
and another by the late Dr. Barstow of Keene, X. H. A
familv named Elderkin lived there manv vears since, but
it was generally untenanted.
The next house was that of Dr. Daniel White, who kept
it as a tavern many years ago. He was the son of Daniel,
whose wife was Submit Morton, and his wife, who was
living at my first recollection, was Lucy Allis of Somers,
Conn. He afterwards married successivelv Lucv Burt of
Longmeadow, Elizabeth, widow of Cotton White, and Sarah,
daughter of Ebenezer Fitch. Dr. White had no children.
The house, now owned by the children of his nephew, Elisha
Wells, is the same, but greatly changed in its appearance.
I believe this to be the old White lot, the same originally
allotted to John White, Jr.
The next house was that of Joseph Smith, but between
that and Dr. White's was a barn, which stood at some dis-
tance east from the street, and I suppose is still there, in the
rear of the house built by Miss Sophia Smith and now
owned by Mr. George Billings. Mr. Smith's wife was a
sister of Elihu and Ebenezer White, who lived on "the Hill."
Mr. and Mrs. Smith had three sons and four daughters. Of
these all but one died unmarried, and that one, Joseph, Jr.,
left no children. Mr. Smith was a brother of Oliver Smith
and the youngest but one of six brothers, who, with one
exception, were married and had cliildren, but none of the
name are now living in Hatfield, and the number of those
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who have removed from town is very small. Three of Mr.
Smith's children died before their father, Joseph, had re-
moved from the homestead and lived in his own house,
leaving this house occupied by the oldest son, Austin, and
two maiden sisters. The homestead owned by Mr. Smith
was originally allotted to Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr., and the
division lines, both on the north and south side, have never
been changed. Sophia, the elder of the maiden sisters,
was the founder of Smith College, an act which entitles
fier to the rank of a public benefactress. The greater part
3f the money which constituted the benefaction was amassed
3y her brother Austin. Mr. Smith, the father, having little
education himself, placed a low estimate upon it for others.
He gave his children very meager opportunities for mental
zulture, teaching them by his example that the chief object
in life was to acquire property by industry and preserve it by
economy. The grace of giving had no place in his teaching
Dr example. Brought up in this way it is not surprising
that his son became rich. This son had good natural
abilities, with a quick and ready wit, and under favorable
influences might have become a genial and generous man,
DUt, devoting all his energies to the making and saving of
money, he became narrow in the extreme and hostile to all
public measures which involved any outlay of money. Like-
his uncle, Oliver, he always favored the smallest sum pro-
posed for the use of public schools. I have known him
to introduce resolutions in town meeting forbidding all
instruction in those schools of any branches except reading,
writing, arithmetic, and geography. Fortunately, his in-
fluence in town meetings was very slight. This brother
with two surviving sisters remained in the old homestead,
and having become somewhat advanced in life each made a
will giving his or her property to the survivor. The younger
sister died first, and the brother dying soon after left
5ophia sole heir to a large estate. This was fortunate for
the cause of education, a» from neither of the others would
there have been any impulse in that line.
Yet it would be a mistake to infer that Sophia Smith
was a person of superior abilities, or that her education sur-
:)assed or even equaled the ordinary standards of her day.
Her opportunities for school education were slight, and
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HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
during; her early life site had access to few'books. At a later
period she availed herself of the advantages afforded by
the Social Library, a well-selected, though not large, collec-
tion of books, and from this source she acquired considerable
information and a taste for improvement. She was con-
scientious, felt deeply the responsibility attending the pos-
session of wealth, and her need of counsel in regard to
the disposition of her estate. She was at heart loyal to her
native town, an<l when she had decided upon the establish-
ment of a female college, she expected to locate the institu-
tion in Hatfield. But those to whom she went for advice
were of a different mind, some urging the claims of Nortli-
am|)ton and some of Andierst, until she was finally per-
suaded to locate it in Northampton; and tt may be that
circumstances in the future will justify this conclusion.
which now seems so unsatisfactory to the friends of Hat-
field. Miss Smith will also be remembered as the founder
of ail academy in Hatfield. She also gave the town five
hundred dollars for the Library, although the benefits she
had herself ilcrived from it would have justified a much more
generou.* donation.
The next house was built in 1794 [1783] by Lieut. David
Billings, the granduncle of Mr. Joseph D. Billings, the pres-
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ent owner. It presented quite a modern appearance as I
first knew it, being then some fifteen or sixteen years old.
It has always been well cared for and its general appearance
is about the same now as then, except that there was a balus-
trade around the roof, w^hich has been removed. Its occu-
pants in my early days were the widow of Lieut. David
Billings, who was a sister to the wives of Hon. John Hastings
and Gen. Lemuel Dickinson and a daughter of Rev. Ephraim
Little of Colchester, Conn. ; Deacon, then Capt. Joseph
Billings, his wife, a daughter of Capt. Elijah Smith, and
Caroline, a daughter of John and granddaughter of Col.
Oliver Partridge. Caroline afterw^ards married Theodore
Partridge, son of Dea. Cotton Partridge, and removed to
Phelps, N. Y., afterwards removing to Raleigh, N. C, where
they died. This is the original Billings lot, which, with the
Cowles lot, are the only ones remaining on the street owned
by the descendants of the first settlers bearing the same
name.
The next house, which still stands, though uninhabited,
was the residence of Dr. John Hastings, his wife, three sons,
and two daughters. He was the son of Hon. John Hastings
and his wife was the daughter of Elijah Dickinson, Sr.
Chester, the oldest son, lived and died in Hatfield. John, the
second son, graduated at Yale College in 1815, and is now
living in Onondaga, N. Y. The youngest, Justin, still lives
in Hatfield and he and his daughter, Mrs. Silas G. Hubbard,
are all that remain in town of the Hastings family. Mary,
the elder daughter, married Dr. Chester Bardwell and re-
moved to Whately; and Sophia, the younger, lives with her
brother in Onondaga, N. Y. The gambrel-roofed one-story
building south of the house was built by Doctor Hastings,
and the north room w-as occupied by him for an office, while
the south room was occupied by Israel Billings as a law
office. I remember afterwards attending a school there (in
the south room) taught by Parsons Cook. The first ther-
mometer I ever saw-, I believe the first ever owned in town,
hung in Doctor Hastings's office. An addition was made on
the east side of this building when it was transformed into
a dw^elling house. In 1672 Thomas Hastings of Watertowni
married a daughter of John Hawks of Hatfield, where, about
that time, he settled as a physician; but so little were the
services of a physician required in those days that, althou^K
274 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
his practice extended to Springfield, Deerfield, and Brook-
field, he still had leisure to teach the town school. He was
succeeded by his son, Thomas, both as a physician and
schoolmaster. He had two sons who settled in Hatfield;
one, Hopestill, was a blacksmith and father of Perez Hast-
ings and of Seth, the father of Dr. Thomas Hastings, presi-
dent of Union Theological Seminary.
Waitstill, the other son, succeeded his father as a physician
in Hatfield and was the father of Hon. John Hastings, who
lived in a house a few rods south of his son's oflfice just
described with his wife. Content Little, and three unmarried
daughters. He died in 1811. I remember to have seen him
many times leaning over the front fence, wearing a cocked
hat. His was the last of the cocked hats in Hatfield. The
house was then old and gave but slight indications of paint,
though I think it had been red. Within a few years it has
disappeared. **Squire Hastings/' as he was generally called,
had four sons and four daughters. Two of the sons were
physicians, — John, who settled in Hatfield, and Waitstill, who
removed to Ohio. Of the other two, Ephraim removed to
Heath at an early day, while Samuel remained in Hatfield
to a later period. Only one of the daughters was married
and she became the wife of Daniel Wait. Squire Hastings
was for twenty-eight years either a member of the State
Legislature or a member of the Executive Council and for
thirty-four years a magistrate.
His son, Samuel, lived in the next house, on the corner of
Main Street and the road to the bridge. This house was
comparatively new and of a yellowish color. His wife was
Lucy Andrews of Ashfield. Before leaving Hatfield they
had seven sons, and a daughter was born to them after their
removal to Heath.
On the opposite side of the bridge road stood the same
house which now stands there, occupied by Dwight, a son of
Dea. Cotton Partridge, with his wife, Betsey Sabin, and five
or six children. They removed to Phelps, N. Y. This had
been tlie home of John Dickinson, a brother of Gen. Lemuel
Dickinson, who removed to the state of New York. The
house, which is probably among the oldest in town, remains
unchanged in its form.
The toll house, at the bridge, was a one-story building and
was occupied by Simeon Smith with his wife, three sons, and
REMINISCENCES OF SAMUEL D. PARTRIDGE. 275
three daughters. This bridge had a fine appearance and was
built on four arches. Mr. Smith was the son of Simeon
Smith o! Amherst and a descendant of Samuel, who was
the ancestor of Oliver Smith. He was a brother of Maj,
Sylvanus Smith and of Asa Smith of Northampton, both at
one time deputy sheriffs in Hampshire County. He was the
first man to raise broom corn and manufacture brooms in
Hatfield. In 1816 or 17 he removed with his family to
Amherst.
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On or near the spot where the house of Mrs. Polly Graves
now stands, looking up the street, there stood a house bear-
ing marks of age, where lived Cotton White and his family,
who are also the first whom I recollect as occupying the
Jesse Billings house nearly opposite. It was an old Dickin-
son homestead. The last of the family who owned it was
Gen. Lemuel Dickinson, who, about the year 1806, removed
with his wife, Molly Little, and four sons to Lowville, N. Y.
His three daughters remained in Hatfield, Mabel,, the oldest,
being married to Samuel Partridge (my father), Polly to
Israel Dickinson, and Sophia to John Smith. Col. John
Dickinson, the father of Gen. Lemuel Dickinson, lived on
this place, where he died in 1799 in the ninety-second year of
his age, and my impression is that his father, John, who was
born in 1667, died here in 1761, aged ninety-four years. The
estate was subsequently purchased by Obadiah Smith, son of
Windsor Smith of Hadley, who built the present dwelling
house and a store a little to the east of the house. This
store has since been removed to the Meadow, where it is
occupied as a dwelling house. Col. John Dickinson and
Elihu represented the town in a Congress held at Watertown
in 1775.
Of the forty-seven places on Main Street which I have
above attempted to describe with their occupants as they
were in my early childhood, only nine now remain in the
same name and family; and of all the lots assigned in 1661,
only two remain in the same family and name. These are
occupied, one by Mr. Joseph D. Billings and the other by
Mr. Rufus Cowles.
About midway between the Medad Field place and the
Mill river, where the house of Mrs. William H. Hubbard
now stands, Dea. Moses Warner lived in a two-story house
which has since been burned. Mr. Warner was a descendant
of Andrew Warner of Hadley, and his wife was the daughter
of Elisha King. They were married in 1779 and the house
was probably built about that time. Two sons, Elisha and
Moses, and two daughters, afterwards Mrs. Hubbard and
Mrs. Morgan, all remained in Hatfield and all died there,
except Mrs. Morgan. Deacon Warner was a man highly
esteemed in the church and community, and was regarded
with esteem by his pastor, the Rev. Dr. Joseph Lyman.
John Warner, son of Deacon Moses, lived in a brick house
REMINISCENCES OF SAMUEL D. PARTRIDGE. 277
on the opposite side of the street, and the house now pre-
sents the same general appearance which marked it then.
Mr. Warner's wife was a Miss Whiton from Berkshire
County. They then had two children, but five were added
afterwards. With the exception of one, who died young,
and James, who now occupies the place, they all found homes
away from Hatfield. The north side of Deacon Warner's lot
was bounded on the west by Mill river, and from the point
where the river turns to the west a fence ran south to the
street. Sometime before his death, Deacon Warner ran a
fence from the southwest corner of his lot to a point on the
river a little above the bridge, inclosing a triangular piece of
the highway. The highway south of this road was much
larger than at the north, extending south to his pasture a
distance of several rods beyond the line of John Warner's
front fence. In those days a kind of fine white sand was an
important article to housekeepers, and this sand being found
here a few feet below the surface, it was said that the town
reserved this tract for the benefit of housekeepers.
The next house on the left, beyond the bridge, built by
Deacon Church, is the same now occupied by Mr. James
Porter, but at the time of which I write it was the residence
of Col. Erastus Billings. His wife was Abigail Allis, daugh-
ter of John Allis and Esther Partridge. Their three sons and
a daughter were born there. The house appeared to be
considerably old and showed no signs of paint. David Wait
and his family lived there sometime after the removal of
Colonel Billings, but the property passed many years ago
into the hands of Maj. Jonathan Porter. Between this and
the next dwelling stood a building which, after the town was
divided into school districts, was used for a schoolhouse, and
possibly it was so used previously.
Samuel Partridge, with his second wife and the two daugh-
ters of his first wife, lived in the next house. He was gen-
erally known as "Lawyer Partridge," was the son of Col.
Oliver Partridge, and a graduate of Yale College. His
daughter, Caroline, married Harvey Ely of Rochester, N. Y.
His other daughter, Clarissa, married Sewall Sergeant of
Stockbridge, to which town Mr. Partridge and his wife late
in life removed, having sold the place to Mr. Ebenezer
Graves. The part of the house which is now standing was
built by Col. Oliver Partridge; the back part was built by
278 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Col. Samuel Partridge and was torn down by Mr. Graves
when he took possession. The house is undoubtedly more
than a hundred years old, as Oliver died in 1792. This is
the homestead on which Col. Samuel Partridge settled after
his removal from Hadley in 1687 and where he resided from
that time until his death in 1740. He was among the ablest
men of the colony. Savage and Judd both speak of him as
being after the death of Colonel Pynchon the most influ-
ential man in the western part of the colony; and he, to-
gether with Colonel Pynchon and Colonel Stoddard [of
Northampton], were known in Boston as the "River Gods.*'
His son Samuel, my ancestor, returned to Hadley and
settled on the property there. His son Edward remained
in Hatfield. His grandson, my grandfather, Lieut. Samuel
Partridge, was born in Hadley, but removed to Hatfield,
where he was married in 1754. Col. Oliver Partridge was
quite a distinguished man in his day. He was one of the
representatives of Massachusetts in a Congress convened
previous to the adoption of the Constitution, held many
important offices, and in 1758 commanded a regiment belong-
ing to the expedition for the invasion of Canada which took
part in the battle of July 6, 1758, at Ticonderoga, N. Y.,
where the British were badly beaten by the French under
Montcalm. William, the father of Col. Samuel, wrote his
name Partrigg, but the form of the last syllable was changed
during the life of Col. Samuel, and after his removal to
Hatfield. The descendants of Col. Samuel of the same name
are not numerous, but probably more than half bearing the
name, or tlie blood of Dwight, among them President
Dwight of Yale College, are descended from him.
The next house west was that of Mr. Levi Graves. It had
a rather new appearance, more so than any other on "the
Hill." Mr. Graves was a man of more than ordinary good
sense and a successful farmer. He was a son of Capt. Perez
Graves and a brother of Solomon and Timothy Graves. His
wife was a Smith from South Hadley. His children were
three sons and a daughter. The two eldest sons removed
from town. The daughter married Silas Billings and died
in Hatfield. The youngest son, Jonathan, resides on the old
homestead.
El)enezer Fitch lived in the next house. He came from
Suffield, Conn., and his wife's name was Taylor. A son and
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two daughters lived with him; another daughter had been
married to Sylvanus Smith. The son lived and died on the
old homestead.
The next was the house of Mr. Silas Graves, who lived
here with his son, Silas, Jr., and two daughters. Mr. Graves
was a brother of Perez Graves. One of his daughters mar-
ried Mr. Starkweather of Northampton, and the other be-
came the second wife of Elisha Wait of Hatfield. The son
died unmarried. Henry Hitchcock lived in the family and
the place passed into his hands.
The next house was owned and occupied by Elihu White,
a brother of Ebenezer White. His wife was Sarah Smith.
Besides the three sisters of Mr. White living in Hatfield, he
had three sisters who were married and lived in Vermont,
and the wife of Senator Edmunds of that state is a grand-
daughter of one of them. Mr. White had one son and three
daughters. One daughter married Seth Kingsley and re-
mained in Hatfield; the other children removed from town.
The house was old, and is now occupied by Mrs. Packard.
The next house was owned and occupied by Mr. Solomon
Graves. He was a son of Perez Graves and was highly
respected in town. His sense of humor was somewhat
remarkable, especially for those severe and earnest days.
His wife was a sister of Abijah Bliss. They had four sons
and one daughter. The two eldest sons, Thaddeus and
Solomon, lived and died in Hatfield. Ebenezer removed to
Michigan. William, the youngest, died suddenly while a
member of Williams College. He was a young man of bright
promise, and died greatly beloved and lamented by all who
knew him. The daughter married John Wells of Williams-
burg. Thaddeus, the eldest son, died in the prime of life,
and was a great loss, not only to his family, but to the town
itself, for he was a citizen of enlightened public spirit and
alive to all the best interests of the community. He cher-
ished high standards and was always on the side of right.
The general ajypearance of the house, w^hich is now occupied
by his grandson, Thaddeus Graves, son of Solomon, Jr., is
not materially changed.
Between this and the Northampton line, on the same side,
there were but two dwellings. One, near the meadow gate
on the road leading to Little Ponsett, was the house of a
colored man named Jason and his wife, Orin. The other, at
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some distance, and almost to the Northampton line, on the
land now owned by James Warner, was the home of Michael
Kelly, an Irishman, who married the daughter of Henry
Wilkie, Sr., and in a few years left for New York.
Having reached the boundary of the town, we cross the
road and, going eastward to the fork of the roads, come to
a small house, where lived Thomas Banks and his wife,
Sarah. "Tom,*' as he was generally called, was somewhat of
a character about whom many anecdotes are related. I don't
know whence he came, but when a boy he lived with
"Clerk'* Williams. This gentleman, with his wife, was on
one occasion about to leave home for a few days and gave
Tom particular instructions for taking care of the garden,
and, as they drove away, Mrs. Williams called out from the
carriage, "Tom, don't you leave a green thing in it." On
returning they found that this last charge had been obeyed
to the letter, all trace of vegetation having disappeared from
the garden. Mr. Williams, who had borne a great deal from
Tom, thought this was a little too much, and proceeded to
tie him up preparatory to whipping him. By way of pre-
paring Tom's mind to profit by the discipline, he said, "Now,
Tom, if you had such a boy, what should you do with him?"
To which Tom, with great presence of mind, quickly replied,
"Mr. Williams, I should try him once more." Tom was at
the battle of Bunker Hill, but is reported to have shown the
white feather, and left the field early in the engagement.
Going north from this place, at no great distance, we come
to the house occupied by Ebenezer Dwight and his brother,
Daniel Dwight. The family of Ebenezer consisted of his
wife, two sons, and three daughters, one of whom married
Erastus Knight. Ebenezer, the eldest son, married a daugh-
ter of Silas Porter and died in Ohio. William married a
Miss Sadler of Williamsburg, and lived and died on the home-
stead. Daniel Dwight was unmarried and had previously
been in trade with Lieut. Samuel Partridge.
Further on, though I do not remember its exact location,
stood a house said to have been occupied by Gen. Israel
Chapin, before his removal to Canandaigua, N. Y. It was
then called the "Pest House," having been used for smallpox
patients.
Returning now to the Northampton road, and going east
a short distance, we come to a house on the left hand side
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occupied by Joseph Smith, known familiarly as "Wicked Joe,"
to distinguish him from another townsman of the same name.
A son lived with him, named Joseph. They only remained
a few years.
A short distance farther on lived a colored man named
Pedro Fenimore.
The next house to the east, and standing directly opposite
the house of Solomon Graves, was owned and occupied by
Phineas Graves. It had an old appearance and had been
owned and occupied by his father, Seth Graves, who was
the brother of Silas. His family consisted of his wife, who
was a Pomeroy, a son, and a daughter. He died when I was
very young, and his family removed from town. The place
is now owned by Jonathan D. Porter.
The next house was owned and occupied by Timothy
Graves, the son of Perez, who also lived there. His family
consisted of his wife, who was a Graves from Middlefield,
three daughters, and two sons, who all lived and died in
Hatfield except one daughter, who married and went to
Maine. The house is still standing and must be a hundred
years old. perhaps more. One of the daughters married
Henry Hitchcock.
The next house was that of Ebenezer White, brother of
Elihu White, Jr., and was kept by him as a tavern. His wife
was a sister of Elijah Dickinson and they had five daughters
and two sons. The three eldest daughters married and re-
moved from town, while the two younger married and
remained in Hatfield. Only one of the sons married, and
both lived and died in Hatfield.
Next lived Dea. Jonathan Porter, whose wife was Ruth
Chapin of Somers, Conn. He had four sons and four daugh-
ters. Reuben, the eldest son, removed to Heath. Jonathan,
Jr., married Electa Allis. Chester married Rachel Smith,
and both lived and died in Hatfield. Samuel died unmarried.
One daughter married John Graves, son of Seth Graves, and
removed to Williamsburg. The house, though much changed,
is still standing and occupied by Mr. Henry Porter. Mr.
Porter was for many years a deacon in the church, and was
much respected.
The next house was old, of a light yellow color, and was
occupied by the Meekins family, consisting of two brothers,
Levi and John, and one sister, Irene, who all died unmattv^d.
282 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
They had not a high social standing, being regarded as very
miserly. But after the death of John, Levi showed a desire
for a more decent way of life and prevailed upyn Mr. Roswell
Hubbard to take the house and care for him, and at his death
made Mr. Hubbard his principal, if not his sole, heir. The
house now standing is the same, but much improved in
appearance.
The next house, I am told, was built by EHhu Morton, who
married a Miss Ballard and afterwards removed to New
Jersey. It then became the property of Ebenezer White and
was occupied as a sort of tenement house sometimes by one
family and sometimes by another. At length it became a
tavern kept by Ebenezer Dwight, but this continued only a
few years. When I left Hatfield, it was occupied by Silas
White, son of Ebenezer White. Whether the house is still
standing, I do not know. I think it was bought and is still
owned by Jonathan S. Graves.
In the next house lived Elijah Nash. Of his family I only
recollect that he had one son, named John. The family left
town when I was very young. After the Nash family left,
it was occupied by Gad Wait and his family, consisting of
himself, wife, three sons, and three daughters. The parents
died in town, but the children all removed. The house was
painted red, and was afterwards owned and occupied by
Thaddeus, son of Solomon Graves, Sr., and after him by
Harvey Graves, the son of Levi, who left it for a home in
Wisconsin. It afterwards passed into the hands of Marshall
Hubbard, who built, I think, a new house on the site of the
old one.
The next house was of one story and unpainted. I seem
to remember Adney Smith as living there, but I must have
been very young. I have been told that this Adney Smith
was an ardent Whig in the Revolution, and that when on
one occasion he was attending family prayers at Mrs. Hub-
bard's, the next house, a Mr. Joel Smith, who was officiating.
offered a petition for the king and Parliament, Adney gave
him a severe kick, exclaiming, *'Xow keep in your own coun-
try." The next occupant of this house, as I remember, was
John White, who married Sophia, eldest daughter of Ebe-
nezer White, and lived here many years, afterwards remov-
ing with his family to Ohio.
llie next house was owned and occupied by the widow of
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Mr. John Hubbard and must be now more than a hundred
years old. Mr. Hubbard was one of a large family. His
mother, widow of Elisha Hubbard, lived here with John's
widow. His children were four sons and one daughter, and
these, together with '*Uncle Joel** Smith, constituted the
family. The eldest son, Stearns, married Electa, daughter of
Elijah White; Roswell married Mehitable Packard of En-
field; Elijah married Julia, daughter of Ebenezer White; and
John married Clarissa Clapp of Northampton. These all lived
and died in Hatfield, and one daughter. Miss Lois, still lives
on the old homestead. The two elm trees in front of this
house, as I have been informed, were brought from Brook
Hollow by the grandfather of Miss Lois more than one hun-
dred and fifty years ago, and are probably among the oldest,
if not the very oldest, in town.
Passing northerly, by the old burying ground, the next
house was that now occupied by Mr. Samuel P. Billings, and
Was then the home of Mr. Israel Williams, a bachelor and
son of Col. Israel Williams. His housekeeper was Hannah
Barker. The house before my day was occupied by a brother
of Colonel Williams, who was clerk of the Court and known
as **Clerk'' Williams. His office was on the opposite side of
the street and was removed by the father of Mr. S. P.
Billings towards the bridge, where it is now occupied as a
dwelling house by Mr. Moses Kingsley.
The first house on the east side was that of Sylvanus
Smith, brother of Simeon, and was a one-story building.
Mr. Smith's wife was a daughter of Ebenezer Fitch and they
had two sons and two daughters. One of the sons, E. Fitch
Smith, was at the time of his death a lawyer of some prom-
inence in New York and had been previously a judge in
Geneva, N. Y. This whole family removed to the state of
New York.
Next, north of this, was a one-story building, flush with
the street, which changed occupants from time to time. I
do not remember who occupied it in those early days.
The next house was a one-story house occupied by Isaac
Sanderson. He had three sons and two daughters. One of
the daughters married Horace Shumway and remained in
town. One son, also. Alvan, remained in town, but the
other children all emigrated to the state of New York.
Going towards the Mill bridge, where. tVv^ ¥\\.<:!a
234 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Brothers built a store which is now standing, was a one-
story house occupied by Enos Nash, who came from Hadley
and was a carpenter. He had two sons, both of whom
removed from town. These were the only hous.es between
the two bridges.
Coming to the Mill bridge, there was at the right hand on
the south end an old dilapidated building, called the "Oil
Mill/' At the other end of the bridge, on the right hand,
were the grist mill and sawmill. Turning from this end of
the bridge, and going west some twenty or thirty rods, on
the left side of the road, stood the house of John Allis, who
lived here with his wife, a daughter of Lieut. Samuel Par-
tridge, and two sons. One of these died in infancy; the
other remained in Hatfield, where he married and died. The
house was old, of two stories, and is probably not standing
now. Mr. Allis had living with him two colored boys, Spence
and Bob, who attended school in the brick schoolhouse,
described in the first part of this paper.
Going still west, about one fourth of a mile, on the same
side of the road, lived Henry Wilkie, who was from Wolfen-
buttel, Germany, belonged to General Burgoyne's army, and
was taken prisoner at Saratoga. While on his march to
Boston for reembarkation to Germany, he made his escape,
preferring to remain in this country. He was a barber in his
native country, and told me that the barbers there were
surgeons to the extent of bleeding patients. He lived in a
small one-story house with his wife and four sons. All of
these sons attended school in the old brick schoolhouse. One
of the sons, Henry, remained in town, where he died at an
advanced age. The others left town before their father's
death.
Returning, and following the road as it turns to the north,
crossing a little stream, and ascending the hill, on the left
side of the road at a point a little south of the spot where
Henry Wilkie's house now stands was a one-story building
occupied by Quartus Knight and his family. Mrs. Knight
was Lydia Parsons, who had lived with Lieut. David Billings
and was a relative of his wife. The family removed from
town many years ago.
Nearly opposite the Knight house, down in a hollow, was
a distillery, where Josiah Allis, Remembrance Bardwell,
Samuel Hastings, and Austin Smith manufactured whisky.
REMINISCENCES OF SAMUEL D. PARTRIDGE. 285
It was not a pecuniary success, fortunately, and was soon
discontinued.
The next house, about thirty or forty yards distant, on the
Deerfield road, was occupied by an elderly man named John
Curtis, with his son Lebbeus and family. The elder Curtis
was a miller, having charge of the gristmill. He, with his
son Lebbeus, removed from town long ago, but three of his
sons, Edward, Elbartus, and Dorus, remained in town and
died there.
At some little distance north was a small one-story house
w^here Primus Easton, a colored man, lived. Still farther on,
at the corner of the Deerfield and Williamsburg roads, lived
Amos Newport, another colored man, whose father was kid-
naped when a child and brought from the coast of Africa.
He was owned by the Billings family, and when slavery was
abolished in Massachusetts that family gave him a little farm
in West Whately.
On the other side of the Williamsburg road were two small
houses, little better than huts, one inhabited by Jabez New-
bury, a colored man, and his family, and the other by Patience
Wells, a little old white woman, commonly called "Aunt
Patie,*' who kept house here and was supported partly by the
town and partly by individuals. This woman was a peculiar,
and not an unpleasant, object, as her short figure passed
along the street, dressed in coarse garments, but with scru-
pulous neatness and in cold weather wearing a large gray
woolen cloak over all, and, whatever the weather, always
carrying a good-sized basket on her arm. She used no
formality in calling upon her chosen patrons, but opened the
door and walked straight in. But her calls were not made
at haphazard, for she only favored such families as she held
in esteem for their superior cookery and generous house-
keeping. She would always sit and refresh herself and have
a little friendly chat before announcing the object of her call,
which she was accustomed to do with this formula, "Have
you got anything to-day for the old beggar's basket?" This
question was not put with the air of a beggar at all, but
rather of a creditor who had come to collect his just dues ;
and her friends took care in filling her basket to select only
such preparations as were suited to a critical and fastidious
appetite. She was liberal in her theological views for those
Hays, and, in fact, she might be called an "advanced thltvk^t"
286
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
I heard her relate how she once heard a sermon where the
minister told the story of the prodigal son's return, and how
his father saw him a great way off and ran and met him and
fell on his neck and kissed him. assuring his hearers that was
the way Christ felt towards them, "and that," she said, "is
the kind of preaching I like to hear."
About half a mile to the west, on the left side of the road,
near where it turns to the north, stood the house of Roswell
Pease, where he lived with his family. It was a small red
building, and there was no other dwelling on this road nearer
than the other side of Horse Mountain in Williamsburg,
Returning eastward toward the Middle Lane, and descend-
ing the hill known as "Stone Pits," there was on the right a
yellow gambrel-roofed one-story house, then occupied by
Nehemiah Wait and his wife. The house still remains there,
and I think is probably the oldest house in town. I have
mentioned it before as the old "Morton house" removed from
the Perez Hastings place not less than eighty years ago.
In a southeasterly direction from this house, and on the
op]>osite side of the road leading to the mill, there stood a
tivo-.^tory. uiipainted house, in which lived Joel Day and his
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family, consisting of his wife, four sons, and one daughter.
One son was drowned in the river near the house. Another
son, Zelotes, settled in New Haven, Conn., where he became
a wealthy and respected citizen. Alonzo, the eldest, removed
to Savannah, Ga. Pliny remained in Hatfield, where he died.
He was married, but had no children. The daughter mar-
ried and removed west, where she became a Mormon. Mr.
Joel Day served a short time in the Revolutionary army, and
married Mercy, daughter of William Murray.
The next, a two-story house east of Mr. Day's, was that of
Lieut. Abraham Billings, who lived there with his son Abra-
ham, whose wife was a daughter of William Morton. These
all lived and died in Hatfield, but the children of Abraham,
Jr., left the town.
The next house was that of Abner Dickinson, who re-
moved to the state of New York with his family many years
ago. I only remember his son Wells, who became a prom-
inent man in that state and a member of Congress. This
house was afterwards occupied by Richard Smith. It was
by no means new, but had a fresher appearance than any
other house on that street except one.
Jabez Belden and his wife lived in the next house. I only
remember him as in appearance a very old man and having
the reputation of being miserly.
The next house was that of Zebina Dickinson and stood
nearly opposite the house of Elijah White. It was of one
story and appeared very old. He had two sons and four
daughters. The oldest son removed when a young man to
Canada; the remaining children lived in Hatfield, where they
all died except the widow of Erastus Cowles, who still lives.
On the other side of the street, farther to the east and
beside "the Drain," there was a tan yard belonging to Silas
Porter, but no dwelling house between this and the main
street on either side of the lane.
Going west, next to the tan yard stood the house of
Alpheus Longley, a one-story building still standing. Mr.
Longley came from Shirley, Mass. He was a mason and
stonecutter. His wife was the daughter of Seth Bardwell
and granddaughter of Salmon Dickinson. They had a son
and daughter. The son died in infancy; the daughter is the
wife of James W. Warner. Mr. Longley removed to the
288 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Bardwell house on Main Street, where he died, having held
the office of postmaster for several years.
Next was the house of Elijah White, the newest on the
lane. It presented, when I last saw it, about the same ap-
pearance that it had in my early days, except that it had been
painted. His family consisted of himself and wife, four sons,
and five daughters. Two of the sons and three of the daugh-
ters removed to the states of New York and Ohio; the
remainder died in Hatfield.
Mr. Josiah Morton lived in the next house, which was said
to be the oldest in town. It was of two stories and stood
on the site of the house now occupied by his grandson, Mr.
Charles K. Morton. The family consisted of Mr. Morton,
his wife, who was from Longmeadow and was a sister of
Abijah Bliss; three sons, Moses, Rodolphus, and Leander;
and two daughters, all of w-hom died in Hatfield. Moses
married Sophia, daughter of Dea. Cotton Partridge; Rodol-
phus married Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Israel Dickinson;
while the other children remained unmarried. The upper
story of Mr. Morton's house projected over the lower story,
like all the early houses, so built for defense against the
Indians.
Going now to the junction of Upper Lane and Main Street
from Elijah Dickinson's northwesterly, the next house was
that of Silas Bardwell, of two stories, painted red, and pretty
old. Mrs. BardW'Cll was the daughter of William Morton.
They had two children, a son, Oliver, who became insane,
and a daughter, Louisa, who married Josiah AlHs. The
house is the same now occupied by James Wait.
The next house was that of Benjamin Morton, though I
think he died before my recollection. His wife and children,
two sons and tliree daughters, lived in this house. All of
these, W'ith one exception, died in Hatfield. One son, Ben-
jamin, removed to Northampton.
In the next house lived Zechariah Field and wife with
their son Seth and his wife and children, three sons and two
daughters. The parents and grandparents died in Hatfield,
but tlie children all left tow^n. The house was of two stories
and had l)een painted white.
A])out midwav between this house and the foot of "Clav
Hill" there stood a one-story house, which I think was cov-
ered witli rough boards, very poor in appearance, and occu-
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pied by Elijah Graves, who came from South Hadley and
after a few years returned to that town with his family, of
whom I remember only one son, by the name of Ransom.
Between this house and the Field house there was a gate
leading into the meadow.
Crossing to the other side of the street, about opposite the
Field house, stood an old building in which Gideon Morton
had lived, but, as I recollect it, was uninhabited.
Next to this was a two-story house not very old, owned
by Chester Morton, in which he lived with his wife and
several children. Mr. Morton and his wife died in Hatfield,
but his children moved away.
Next to this, towards the east, was a two-story house
painted white, occupied by Elisha Wait, his wife, his son
Elisha and his wife, with three children, Justin, George, and
Dolly. The house is the same as that owned by George
Wait at his death. The other son, Justin, bought the house
of Silas Bardwell and died there. The daughter married
Justin Hastings and lived and died in Hatfield. The elder
Elisha Wait was a grandson of the heroic Benjamin Wait,
and was born in 1725, seven years before the birth of General
Washington and thirty years before the defeat of Braddock.
I remember seeing him a great many times when I was a
little boy and drove the cows past his house to pasture. He
was always sitting at one window and his wife opposite him
at another window. He died in 1816, aged ninety-one. I
remember seeing no other man born at so early a date.
With the exception of the outskirts, I have now given my
earliest recollections of the town, with its houses and inhab-
itants as they then appeared. I will now proceed to give
what I can recollect of the outlying districts.
Commencing with what was then called "West Farms,"
the nearest house to the Whately line was on the west side
of the street and was occupied by Mr. Joseph Guild and his
wife. He was an exemplary Christian citizen, and was held
in the highest respect by all who knew him. He served
through the seven years of the Revolutionary war and was,
for a time, at least, sergeant in Colonel Cilley's regiment.
He was present at the taking of General Burgoyne at Sara-
toga, at the battle of Monmouth, at the surrender of Lord
Cornwallis at Yorktown, besides being concerned in other
minor affairs. He told me how on two occas\ow% \v^ vcv^\.
290 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
General Washington. Once, when on sentry duty, General
Washington, accompanied by General Hamilton, made a
movement to pass him, when he stopped them and demanded
the countersign. They did not comply with his request at
once, and General Hamilton persisted in the attempt to pass,
when Mr. Guild cocked his gun and told him if he passed he
was a dead man. Upon this. General Washington said some-
thing to General Hamilton and they gave him the counter-
sign and passed on. The other occasion was at Yorktown,
when General Washington sent him to reconnoiter a certain
fort in order to ascertain whether the British still held it.
He went, ascertained that they were still in possession, and
so reported to the General. In speaking of the depreciated
state of the currency at that time, he told me that he had
taken his whole month's pay and paid it out for one glass of
grog. During the last years of his life he received a pension
of eight dollars a month. He had no children, but was well
cared for in his declining years by Mr. Aretas Scott, who
succeeded to his property.
Next, going south, was a one-story house occupied by
Thaddeus Scott, his mother, wife, and two sons. Both of the
sons removed from town.
A little above the meadow gate, on the opposite side of the
road, was a two-story house occupied by Gideon Dickinson
and his family, who removed from town some forty years
ago. If I mistake not, this is the same house, though con-
siderably changed, as that now occupied by Solomon Mosher.
Jeremiah Belden lived on the west side of the road with his
family at some distance south of Thaddeus Scott. He re-
moved from town.
Samuel Belden lived in West Farms, and I think on the
east side of the road, but am not sure. He had three sons,
two of whom left town; the third, Sanford, lived and died in
Hatfield. When he died the town lost a man of strict in-
tegrity.
On the west side of the road, considerably south of Jere-
miah Belden, there stood a one-story house in which lived
Solomon Morton and his wife and several children. All of
these removed to Ohio, except Richard T. and Susannah,
who married Dorus Curtis. Afterwards Richard T. removed
to Wliately, where he died.
On the Deerfield road, before it descends into West Farms.
REMINISCENCES OF SAMUEL D. PARTRIDGE. 291
stood an old one-story house in which there lived a family
named Munson. I think I am not mistaken, though at that
time I was very young. I suppose this to be the house in
which William Morton, Jr., lived and afterwards his brother,
Cotton.
Not far distant from this house, on the Whately road, in a
small one-story house, Edmund Bird lived. I recollect only
one house between this and the river at West Brook, and
that was a small house on the corner of the Claverick road,
where lived an elderly man named Carly, with the accent on
the last syllable. This family soon left town.
Passing on towards Whately, soon after crossing the
bridge on the north side of the road, in a one-story house,
lived Laban Lorin with his wife and three sons. The
parents died there, but the sons left town.
On the opposite side of the street lived a Mr. Bennett, I
think his name was Phineas, who was accidentally killed.
He was the father of Lyman Bennett, previously mentioned.
I believe that none of the family remain in town.
Next to this was a two-story house, unpainted, owned by
Nathaniel Frary, in which he lived with his wife, one or two
daughters, and a stepson named Hillman. Another stepson,
Samuel Hillman, was a lawyer in North Carolina. None of
this family remain to my knowledge except a daughter who
married David Gardner.
Going west, the next, a two-story house, was that of Aaron
Dickinson, a brother of Daniel and Roger Dickinson. His
wife was a daughter of Charles Phelps, Esq., of Hadley.
They had four sons, David, Aaron, Walter, and Cooley.
The last named still lives in the same house. The others
died in Hatfield, though I am not sure but David removed
from town.
A few families lived over the mountain, on farms which
belonged to Hatfield, though inside the Williamsburg line.
There may have been more, but I only remember two fam-
ilies, Jonathan A. Gillett, who lived with his father on the
east side of Mountain Street, and Bevil G. Warren, who lived
with his family farther south. He was the great-uncle of
Bishop Warren of the Methodist church.
On a road which led over the mountain from Pantry, to
the south end of Mountain Street, there was a house occu-
292 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
pied by Stephen Green and his family, consisting of two
sons.
I have now given account of every house in Hatfield
which was standing at the period of my earliest recollection,
and I would fix 1812 as a close approximation to the true
date, though in regard to many my memory goes farther
back.
It should be borne in mind that the preceding pages con-
tain my own personal recollections; that written as they
have been without any assistance from documents or con-
temporaries, it is hardly possible that I should have escaped
falling into some errors ; but I believe, in the main, my state-
ments may be relied upon as correct.
SAMUEL D. PARTRIDGE.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1880.
Note. — I had intended to give in the foregoing pages the
name of every inhabitant of Hatfield who to my knowledge
participated in the French war of 1758, or in the war of the
Revolution, but I find that I have omitted to state that my
great-grandfather, Col. John Dickinson, commanded a regi-
ment of militia in 1775, when Boston was invested by the
Americans under General Washington and Governor Gage
with the British troops was compelled to evacuate that city.
S. D. P.
N. B. — I have read with great pleasure the entire text of
the foregoing reminiscences by my cousin, Samuel D. Par-
tridge. Our early lives were contemporaneous (being my-
self only two years the older) and were passed within a
stone's throw of each other. My memory harmonizes very
closely with his; and I am deeply impressed with the accu-
racy of his statements of fact and of reflection upon indi-
vidual character in every instance where he has expressed
^^^^' JOS. L. PARTRIDGE.
August 11, 1891.
II.— REMINISCENCES OF DANIEL W. WELLS.
The interest manifested by many of the people of Hat-
field in the reminiscences of our town by Samuel D.
Partridge has led us to continue the same through the year
1909. The following pages give the result of our search
and inquiry respecting the homes and occupants since the
time mentioned by Mr. Partridge. There may be errors
and omissions in this list, but it is as correct as present
information will allow. The places described are by house
row, up one side of the street and down on the opposite
side. These notes are offered in hope that they may be of
interest and value in future time.
Valley Street.
Beginning at the south end of what was once Main
Street, near the old meadow gate, the house of Nathan
Gerry was torn down by Samuel F. Billings in 1860. Silas
Billings with his wife, Mary Graves, lived on the Richard
Fellows allotment. Their son, Samuel F. Billings, who
married Elizabeth H., daughter of Dexter Allis, repaired
the house, and his widow with her two sons, Edward H.
and Louis A., now occupies the place.
The house on the John Cowles allotment was built
by Rufus Cowles, who married Fanny P. Moody of
Amherst. They had one daughter, Lucy Osborn, who died
in 1893. The place was devised to Rufus H. Cowles, who
sold it in 1898 to the present owner, Patrick T. Boyle, who
married Lizzie Brennan of Whately.
John T. Powers purchased the corner plot of Patrick
T. Boyle and built a new house in 1902. He married
Kate McGrath, daughter of Thomas McGrath. Before
1854 Pliny Day had a wagon and carriage shop on this
plot, which was removed for a farm building by Moses
Morton. Just south of this shop was a blacksmith's shop
and a small unpainted tenement occupied by Waterman
Bartlett and wife, Melinda. They removed from Hatfield
about 1855 with their sons, Alonzo and William.
294 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Main Street, West Side.
The house on the Zechariah Field allotment was owned
by Luman Pease, who kept a store on the corner of Main
and Maple streets about 1828, afterwards by Ebenezer
Graves, brother of Capt. Thaddeus Graves, then purchased
by Josiah Brown, who built a new store northerly from
the dwelling house, and moved the store from the south
corner to the rear of the new building. Mr. Brown sold the
property to Erastus Billings, and his sons, Henry P. and
Erastus F. Billings, kept the store and also a tailor's shop
on the second floor. Erastus F. Billings was postmaster
here for a number of years. The store now belongs to
George A. Billings and the post office is now in this build-
ing with Edwin L. Graves as postmaster. The upstairs tene-
ment is occupied by Rupert D. Graves and his wife, who was
Helen Murphy of Hatfield. The dwelling was owned and
occupied by William D. Billings, who married Mary L..
daughter of James W. Warner. Mr. BiUings was town clerk
for 47 years. Smith E. Briggs afterwards lived here with
his mother and sister. The place was bought in 1905 and
repaired by Reuben Field Wells, who married A. Beatrice
Fiske of Huntington. They lived there till the spring of
1909. The house is now occupied by Mortimer H. Bowman,
superintendent of schools, who came to Hatfield in 1905. He
was born in Pamelia, N. Y. He married Margaret Wolfe
of Boston.
The house on the Hope Atherton allotment was owned
by Col. Erastus Billings and later by his son, Erastus.
who married Artemisia Ford of Somers, Conn. They both
died in Hatfield and their son, George A. Billings, who mar-
ried Abby F., daughter of Dea. Jonathan S. Graves, now
lives on the place. The house has been greatly repaired
and renewed. Henry P., son of Erastus Billings, was
2d lieutenant in Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M., in the
Civil war.
The house on the Stephen Taylor allotment descended
from Rosvvell Billings to his son David, whose wife was
Mary A. Wells of Leyden. Their son David married Emma
E., daughter of Dea. James Porter, and now lives in the
same house. The social library of Hatfield was kept in this
house for many years.
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The house on the John and Isaac Graves allotment was
built in 1856 by John A. Billings, who purchased the lot
from Samuel D. Partridge and tore down the old house.
It is now owned and occupied by Samuel F. Billings, Jr.,
who married Sarah Jenny, daughter of William B. and Sarah
Langdon. A large stone was set in front of the place in
1906 by the descendants of Thomas Graves, and the "J^^^X
Lind'' elm is now standing in the street beside it. The
old brick schoolhouse in front of this place was torn down
in 1846.
The next house, built by Oliver Partridge, was afterward
owned by Miss Lois Dickinson, and was the home of Oliver
Smith at the time of his decease, and his caretaker. Miss
Eliza A. Warner. Edwin Brainerd lived here a number of
years. Otis C. Wells, whose wife was E. Lucelia Loomis,
daughter of Jonathan C. Loomis of Whately, repaired the
house in 1880. They both died in Hatfield and their
children removed from town. Harry L. Howard, who mar-
ried Mabel L., daughter of George A. Billings, now owns
the place.
The next house was built on the Amasa Wells place by
Charles Morris Billings in 1831. He was a strong anti-
slavery man, and his home was one of the underground
railway stations. He married Charlotte White, daughter
of Ebenezer White. Both died in Hatfield, and were fol-
lowed by their son, Frederick D. Billings,. whose wife was
Fanny Hunt of New York. After his decease the family
removed to California. Joseph Billings, son of Charles M.,
was a member of the 27th Regiment, M.V.M., and also of
the 2d Heavy Artillery in the Civil war. This place was
afterward the home of Merritt F. Sampson, whose wife
was Isadore H. Kenny. She lived before her marriage
with Dea. Alpheus Cowles. Mr. Sampson was a member of
the 4th Mass. Cavalry in the Civil war and afterward in
the regular service. The place was sold in 1909 to William
H. Burke, son of John and Mary Burke.
On the Eleazer Frary allotment Lucy Smith, the last
survivor of Capt. Elijah Smith's children, lived until her
decease in 1864. Frederick D. Billings lived here for sev-
eral years, and it is now owned and occupied by Roswell
Billings, son of David Billings. He married Carrie E..
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HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
daughter of Dea. Jonathan Graves. In recent years the two
large elms have been blown down by severe windstorms, the
one in the street in 1879, and the one in the dooryard
in 1895. (See illustration on page 44.)
The next house, called the Ur. Lyman place, was occu-
pied by Dwight P. Morton and his wife, Chloe Cole, This
house was torn down after Mr. Morton moved to the home
of his father, Moses Mortoii. The large elm tree spoken
of by Mr. Partridge died and was taken down in 1907.
On the corner «f this lot stood the town hall until it was
moved to the rear of the present meetinghouse about 1849.
The Dickinson Memorial hall now stands on this lot, the
gift to thf town of .Samuel II. Dickinson, It was built in
1S94. The sohoolhouse built in the rear of the meeting-
house in \H4<> was moved to thi.s lot and torn down in 1908
by .MlitTl W. Morton, the present owner.
The next house, the Squire Smith ])lace, was torn down
in 18,^2. This lot was secured for public use. The ceme-
tery was laid out and the south center district schoolhouse
built on this lot in 1M6. The meetinghouse was built here
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n 1849, and the old town hall moved to a site in the rear
)f the meetinghouse next to the schoolhouse. The present
own hall and the parsonage were built in 1852. Rev. Henry
^eill, the eighth pastor of the church, lived in the Squire
imith house and the Rev. Jared O. Knapp was the first
castor to occupy the parsonage. The large elm tree in front
)f the meetinghouse fell to the ground of old age in 1868.
The elm trees now there were set out in 1876. The town
ilock was placed in the belfry in 1898. Rev. R. M. Woods
noved in 1887 to the Sophia Smith house and the parson-
ige was occupied by DeForest E. Shattuck, who married
Augusta Warner of Bernardston, until his death, Aug. 7,
.909. He was a member of the 1st Vermont Cavalry in
he Civil war. The brownstone steps at the front door
Df the parsonage are the sa^me as were in front of the
rd. Israel Williams house, built before the French and
[ndian war. Rev. Irving A. Flint moved into the house
Feb. 1, 1910. He was born in Braintree, Vt.
The next house, in which Moses C. Porter lived, is now
)wned by Frederick H. Bardwell and occupied by Thomas
f. Ryan, who married Mary Ryan, daughter of James and
Mary Ryan, and by Percy L. White, who came from
Chicopee Falls in 1909. His wife was Clara B. Ellsworth
3f Chester. It was for many years the home of Caleb D.
Bardwell, a veteran of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M. Mrs.
Bardwell was a daughter of James W. Warner. Howard
W. Dickinson, principal of Smith Academy, 1894-1904,
lived here after his marriage to Anna Graves, daughter of
Thaddeus Graves, until they left town. In front of this
bouse is the only hackberry tree in Hatfield.
The next house, on the John Allis allotment, was repaired
and renewed by Silas G. Hubbard in 1851. He married
Rhoda W., daughter of Justin and Dolly Hastings. Mr.
Hubbard died in 1890. His widow now lives on the place.
The large elm tree in front at one time had a spread of
t)ranches one hundred feet across.
The next house, on the Obadiah Dickinson allotment,
was, after the decease of Israel Morton and his widow,
Lucy Lyman Morton, purchased by Fred P. Pease, who
came from Ludlow. He married Harriet Lilla, daughter
of Arnold M. Peck. She survives her husband and occupies
298 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
the place with a son, Arnold, and daughter, Mildred. Fred
G. Howard, who married Etta Black of Florence, rents a
part of the house.
Smith Academy, the gift of Sophia Smith, and the town
schoolhouse, were both built on the Samuel Kellogg allot-
ment in 1871.
The next house, across School Street on the Tohn
Hawkes allotment, was occupied by Theodore Baggs, who
married (1) Harriet, daughter of Justin Hastings, and (2)
Nellie E., daughter of Luman M. Moore. Mr. Baggs kept
a hotel here a number of years and after his decease the
heirs sold the place to James L. Day, who now occupies it
with his wife, Mary Connelly, from Worcester, Mass.
The next house was built by John F. O'Dea in 1904 and
is occupied by him and his wife, who was Barbara Hold-
felder of Hatfield.
The next house, on the Richard Morton allotment, after
the decease of Joseph Smith, was occupied by John E.
Waite, then by Caleb Dickinson, and is now owned and
occupied by Thomas Dea, who married Mary McGrath
of Hadley.
The next house, called the Seth Bardwell place, was
owned and occupied by Alpheus Longley, who married
Lois, daughter of Seth Bardwell. Mr. Longley was for
some years postmaster and kept the office in the old house.
The land is now owned by E. Seward Warner, who tore
the house down in 1893. Mr. Warner's mother was Louisa,
daughter of Alpheus Longley. Obed Smith once had a
store on tfie south corner of this lot.
The next house, on a part of the Solomon Dickinson lot,
was built by Myron Dickinson, who came to Hatfield from
Whately in 1873, and afterward purchased by Charles G.
Waite, who was born in Whately and returned from the
West and married Matilda C. Marsh, widow of Chester
Marsh. It has been owned and, since 1897, occupied by Dr.
Charles A. Ryrne, who married Mary Shank of Hamilton.
Ohio. A small schoolhouse once stood on this part of the
lot.
The next house, on the site of the Solomon Dickinson
house, which was burned in 1868, was built in 1871 bv
E. Ashley Bardwell, who married Sarah E., daughter of
REMINISCENCES OF DANIEL W. WELLS. 299
William H. Dickinson. After Mrs. Bardwell's decease
Wilder B. Harding and wife, who was Sarah Houghton of
Putney, Vt., the principal and preceptress of Smith Acad-
emy, lived here for some years. It was afterward pur-
chased by Maj. Charles S. Shattuck, who served with the
6th Vermont Infantry in the Civil war. His wife, now
deceased, was Addie M. Doolittle of Hinsdale, N. H. Mr.
Shattuck now lives on the place with his niece, Mary
Thayer, who married Vernet H. Keller of Ohio.
The next place, the Elijah Dickinson house, was torn
down in 1892 by Edward B. Dickinson. The site is now
vacant.
The next house, called the John Brown place, is now
occupied by his widow, Augusta S., who was a daughter
of Josiah Allis. Her daughter, Harriet A., who married
George B. Barnes of Warehouse Point, Conn., lives with
Mrs. Brown. The north center schoolhouse once stood on
this lot.
The next house, on the Benjamin Waite allotment, was
occupied by Jeremy Morton and his wife, who was Tem-
perance McCullock. Both died in Hatfield. Matthew J.
Ryan and wife, who was Jane, daughter of Nicholas and
Margaret Powers, now live on the place.
The next house was occupied by Richard T. Morton,
afterward by Champion Dickinson, then by one Lockjaw,
then by Edward Proulx, who married Hannah Larkin.
He now lives on the place with his son, Michael J. Proulx
and wife, who was Mary Hamel, daughter of Marble
Hamel.
The next house, called the Abijah Bliss place, was occu-
pied by his son, William C. Bliss, whose wife was Laura
Munson of Whately. He was a prosperous brobmmaker.
Both died in Hatfield. Afterward this place was owned by
Levi L. Pease, who came from Ludlow. He married (1)
Amelia L., daughter of William C. Bliss, and (2) Fidelia
Murdock of Baltimore, Md. Both wives are deceased.
He now occupies the place. He was a member of the 46th
Regiment, M.V.M., during the Civil war.
The next house was owned and occupied by George
W. Smith, who married Dolly Bliss, widow of Austin
300 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Bliss. Frank Dugal purchased the same and his widow and
son, Archie, now occupy the place.
The next house upon King's Hill was built by one Wil-
lard, afterward occupied by Joseph Richards, who was a
member *of Co. C, 27th Regiment, M.V.M. He died at
Andersonville. The next occupant was Matilda S. Marsh.
Marble Hamel lived here and was ferryman to Hadley.
The place is now owned by John J. Breor, who married
Emma, daughter of Mr. Hamel, and succeeded him as
ferryman.
The next house was built in 1909 by John Anabel of
Hadley, who married John J. Breor's daughter, Irene.
Main Street, East Side.
On the east side of Main Street in Little Meadow, so
called, is a house built by Joseph Celtka in 1906. He sold
it in 1909 to Peter and Franczika Mazukaitis.
The next house is now the home of Joseph Levitre. The
building was formerly the north center district schoolhouse
and once stood on the John Brown home lot.
The next house is the home of Anthony Douglass, who
married Lizzie Bolac of West Hatfield. This house was
once the northerly wing of the Alvin L. Sanderson home-
stead.
The next house was the site of the Roger Dickinson
dwelling. The present house was built by Charles H.
Jones, who married Angelia, daughter of William C. Bliss,
and removed to Northampton. The place was afterward
occupied by George L. Marsh, who married Bessie Owen
of Belchertown, then by Michel Proulx. His widow, Han-
nah Twoniey, and her son, Alfred B. Proulx, now occupy
the same.
The next house, so long used as a tavern, w-as built by
Dwight Smith about 1830, and enlarged by Solomon Mosher.
Orsamus Marsh, who married Harriet Smith of Hadlev,
kept tavern here 45 years. He was also a ferryman and
had a horseboat : afterward a wire across the river. He
was succeeded by Lemuel S. Bliss, who married Martha
E. Claghorn ; then by Michael J. Proulx and Frank O.
Rarchvell : tlien bv John T. and William H. Burke. The
REMINISCENCES OF DANIEL W. WELLS. 301
place is now owned by Levi L. Pease, Benjamin M. Warner,
and Matthew J. Ryan. The hotel barn was removed in 1908.
George L. Marsh, son of Orsamus, was a member of Co.
K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war.
The next house was built by Austin Bliss and was owned
and occupied by his son, Lemuel S. Bliss, who kept a
grocery and drug store in the ell part of the house. He was
followed by Lemuel A. Waite and wife. Their daughter^
Myra L. Waite, married Horace Shumway, who now owns
the place. It is occupied by John Bitner, who married
Margaret Dea of Northampton.
The next house, which was built by Hiram Marsh, was
long the home of William Dougherty, a painter. His wife
was Elvira B. Osborn of Hadley. Their children all re-
moved from Hatfield. The place is now occupied by
Edward A. Ryan and his wife, who was Kate A. Twomey
of Whately.
The next house, also built by Hiram Marsh, was the
home of Alvin L. Sanderson, who married Janette Reed of
Whately. Their daughter, Mary Jane, married Frank W.
Prince, and they now live on the place.
The next house was built by Caleb Dickinson, son of
Giles Dickinson of Whately, about 1861. Caleb married
Almaria L., daughter of Rodolphus Rice of Conway. The
family removed from Hatfield, and George SaflFer, who
married Mary, daughter of Patrick Boyle, now lives on
the place.
We now come to the first house on the east side of
Main Street spoken of by Mr. Partridge, that of Jeremiah
Bardwell, whose wife was Rosamond Harris. They both
died in Hatfield. The house was repaired in 1907 by John
L. Proulx, who now lives here with his wife, who was
Delvina Parent of Hadley. Charles Smith lived some years
on this place.
The next house, built by Caleb Dickinson, was occupied
by Caleb D. Bardwell; afterwards by Albert Webber, and
since his decease by his widow, who was Emma D. Sander-
son of Conway, and their daughters.
The next house was the Elijah Bardwell house. He was
known as Squire Bardwell. The house he lived in was
moved to North Street and is the home of William B.
302 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Langdon. One wing of the old house is now the home of
Margaret Hade on School Street. The present brick house
was built in 1864 by Henry F. Bardwell, who married
Alice L., daughter of John D. Brown. Mr. Bardwell was
a grandson of Squire Bardwell and also a member of Co.
F, 27th Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war. The house is
now occupied by Dr. A. J. Bonneville and his wife, who was
Agnes Gertrude Hunt of Providence, R. I.
The next house, on the Nathaniel Foot allotment, was
the home of William H. Dickinson, who married Angeline,
daughter of Justin Waite. The old house was removed
to North Street in the rear of Major Shattuck's lot. Mr.
Dickinson and his son, William C. Dickinson, built the large
new house, now standing, in 1875. Both William H. and
William C. Dickinson are deceased and their widows now
live on the place. Mrs. William C. Dickinson was Clara
L., daughter of Thaddeus Graves.
•The next house, on the Philip Russell allotment, was
the home of Lieut. Samuel Smith and the birthplace of his
son, Oliver Smith. It was afterward owned by William H.
Dickinson, who moved the house to North Street, where it
now stands, used as a tenement. The hollow buttonball
tree is still standing, but the site is now vacant.
The next house, on the above lot, was built in 1901 by
Emma A., Mary L., and Ellen A., daughters of James O.
Waite, and is now occupied by Webster A. Pease and his
wife, who was Anna Hastings of Amherst.
The next house, Qn the Samuel Gillett allotment, was
occupied by James Morton, son of Ebenezer Morton, and
repaired after Mr. Morton removed from town, by Charles
G. Waite. I think Moses Morton and Charles N. Coleman
each lived a few years in the house. It was purchased
by Cordelia A., wife of Elisha Hubbard, who died here.
She now lives on the place.
The next house, on the John Wells allotment, w^as owned
by Boswell Controy and afterward purchased by John
McHu^h, whose wife was Mary Kounalty. Their son,
John McHngli, Jr., tore down the old house in 1904 and
rebuilt on the same place. The scroll and casing of the
front door of the old house, supposed to have been built by
Sanniel Hastings before the French and Indian war, are
REMINISCENCES OF DANIEL W. WELLS. 303
preserved in Memorial hall. Mr. McHugh now lives on
the place with his son, John McHugh, Jr., who married
Helen A. Welch of Hadley.
The next house was built by Charles Smith about 1820.
He married Oritha Morton, daughter of Ebenezer Morton.
Both died in Hatfield. Afterward William P. Allis, who
married Amelia Baker, lived here. He built a large stock
barn on the site, which was. burned in 1884. The family
removed from Hatfield and John Hervey Howard, whose
wife was Emma Bullard of Swanzey, N. H., purchased the
place and built the village store, which he now occupies.
Mr. Howard came from Easthampton in 1879. He was
a member of Co. C, 10th Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil
war.
The next house, on the Silas Porter place, is occupied
by Silas Porter, son of Theodore Porter, who was a shoe-
maker. His shop was torn down in 1908. The large elm
tree is now standing in front of the house, which has a
very old appearance. The town of Hatfield owns the place,
subject to the life estate of the occupant, Silas Porter. A
schoolhouse, which stood on the north corner of this lot,
burned at the fire of William P. Allis's barn in 1884.
In 1860 David F. Wells built a store north of his house.
This was burned down in 1878. On this site once stood
the house of Frederick Chapin, in which he lived with his
sons, Frederick W. and Camilas. The house was torn'
down and they lived on the Smith Academy lot. On this
site also John F. Burke built a new house in 1903 and he
now lives on the place with his wife, who was Nellie
Whalen.
The next house was built by Dr. Addison S. Peck about
1837. He removed with his family from Hatfield. David
F. Wells, who married Harriet, daughter of Solomon Dick-
inson, purchased the place. Both Mr. Wells and his w^fe
died in Hatfield, and Samuel H. Dickinson, Abby H. Dick-
inson, and George W. Hubbard, who married Philura T.,
daughter of Solomon Dickinson, all lived and died here.
The place is now owned by George Eberlein, the village
blacksmith. He married Maria E. Zoller.
The next house, the Perez Morton house, was occupied
by his son, Edwin Morton, and two maiden daughters.
304 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Mary and Dorothy. They all died in Hatfield. It is now
occupied by a nephew, Eugene I. Morton, who married
Maria L., daughter of Jonathan D. Porter.
The next place, the Elijah Bardwell place, is now occu-
pied by his son, Frederick H. Bardwell, who married Maria
I., daughter of Lucius G. Curtis. The barn was once the
old meetinghouse. There was a country store just south of
this house, kept by Moses Morton. This was moved back
from the street by Elijah Bardwell and used as a broom
shop, as he was a broom maker. This has been torn domi.
The house south of this was built in 1909 by Jonaihtn
E. Porter and is occupied by Mrs. Myron C. Graves >Biid
her stepmother, Mrs. Moses C. Porter. :-*iT
The next place, the Edward Benton allotment, :«u
owned by Oliver Smith, but he did not live on it. JlfeMS
Morton purchased it and sold it to Hannah W. SHuth,
widow of Joseph Smith. She built the present house iit 1863.
Joseph S. Wells, who married Emma, daughter of 'Duid
G. Phelps of West Lebanon, N. H., lived on the phce
for thirty years. He sold it in 1909 to Malcolm Crawford,
who married M. Antoinette Morton. He came from Put-
ney, Vt. The row of elm trees in front of this and the
Dr. White place was set out in 1862. Edward J. MacLane,
a painter, who came from Vermont, occupies the place with
his wife, who was Minnie Sizer of Holyoke.
The next house, on the John White, Jr., allotment, was
occupied by Elisha Wells, who remodeled the house in
1870. His son, Daniel W. Wells, now lives on the place.
He married Hannah A., daughter of Dea. Reuben H. Belden
of Bradstreet, who died Jan. 28, 1909. He was a member
of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war. Dr.
Daniel White, who kept a tavern here, was the first post-
master in Hatfield. His widow, Sarah Fitch Burt, who
survived him, lived here and died in 1870, aged 91.
The next house was built by Sophia Smith in 1867. She
was the founder of Smith College and Smith Academy.
She died here in 1870. The place was occupied afterward
by George A. Billings, who removed to his father's house,
and it has since been owned by Smith Academy and occu-
pied by the family of Rev. Robert M. Woods, D.D., who
died June 19, 1909. His wife was Anna Fairbanks daughter
REMINISCENCES OF DANIEL W. WELLS.
305
of Rev. Samuel Fairbank, a missionary of the A. B, C. F.
M. in India, where she was born.
The next house is the one Austin Smith occupied with
his sisters. Harriet and Sophia, now owned by Smith
Academy. Smith College alumnae recently placed a bronze
tablet on the house to mark the birthplace of Sophia Smith.
The well-sweep in the south yard was the last in the village
to be removed, about 1860. William D. Billings, town clerk
from 1858 to 1905, lived here for several years and his
widow, who was Mary Warner, daughter of James W.
W'arner, now rents the place.
The next house, the Joseph D. Billings place, is now
occupied by his daughter, Mary A., who married Edward
B. Dickinson. The house has the same appearance as of
old. having been kept in excellent repair. It was built in
1783 by Lieut. David Billings.
The next, which was the Dr. John Hastings place, was
afterward occupied by his son, Chester Hastings, and later
owned by Joseph D. Billings. It was torn down a few
years ago by Edward B. Dickinson, his son-in-law. and the
site is now vacant.
The next house, which was Dr. Hastings' office remod-
eled into a dwelling, was occupied for a time by Ohed
306 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Hastings, a son of Chester Hastings, who removed from
Hatfield. The place was afterward purchased by Luman
M. Moore. He married Melissa L., daughter of Henr\'
Wilkie, 2d. Both died in Hatfield. It was sold in 1909
by their daughter, Nellie E., who married Theodore Baggs,
to Dennis E. Holley. His wife was Hattie Matson. It
was occupied for a few years by David I. Mullany, who
married Margaret, daughter of Nelson Allaire.
The next lot was the home of Hon. John Hastings, and
occupied in our memory by tenants. This house was
removed by Samuel F. Billings, whose heirs now own the
land. The house site is vacant, while the house is now
standing on the Samuel F. Billings place and used as a
storehouse.
The next house, on the Hon. John Hastings lot, was
built by Charles J. Abbott in 1902. He married Elizabeth
Hastings, daughter of Samuel F. Billings. Mr. Abbott
died in Hatfield and his widow owns the place. It is
occupied by Aurin Wood, who married Florence Bullard.
They came from North Grafton.
The next house was the home of Samuel Hastings, son
of Hon. John Hastings; afterward occupied by John A.
Billings and then by Otis C. Wells. It is now owned by
Albert W. Morton and occupied by tenants.
The next house, across Bridge Lane, was Dwight Par-
tridge's home. He removed to New York state and it was
the home of Moses Morton, who married Sophia, daughter
of Dea. Cotton Partridge. Both died in Hatfield, and
their son, Dwight P. Morton, lived here with his wife,
Chloe Cole. Their unmarried son, Albert W. Morton,
is now upon the place. Their oldest son, Josiah L. Morton,
was a member of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M., in the
Civil war, and afterward removed to the West.
The site of the old toll house at the bridge is now in
the Connecticut river. It is not known when the old bridge
was removed, but the bridge company sold the toll house
and site to l^eter Ingram of Amherst in 1823, and it was
probably removed before that date. It was built in 1807 by
lottery and Dr. Joseph Lyman preached a sermon on the
openin£^ of the bridp^e.
^J'ho lioiise standini^ at the head of Main Street, called
REMINISCENCES OF DANIEL W. WELLS. 307
the Capt. Thaddeus Graves house, was long occupied by
his widow, who was Polly Gerry, a daughter of Nathan
Gerry. Her son, Edwin Graves, was first sergeant in Co.
F, 37th Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war, and died of
wounds received in the Battle of the Wilderness. His
widow, who was Ursula Moody, was made postmistress
and for many years kept the post office in the house. The
place was then occupied by Edgar P. Lyman with his cousin,
Achsah Lyman, a niece of Mrs. Israel Morton. One part
of the house is occupied by Eugene Bushee. It is owned by
E. Langdon Graves.
Valley Street, East Side.
The next house, on the east side of Valley Street, was
built by the maiden daughters of Nathan Gerry, Martha
and Lucretia, about 1836. They were tailoresses and made
clothing for the youth of the village. Afterward Mary
Esther, daughter of Capt. Thaddeus Graves, who married
Sylvanus Miller of New York, lived here, then Edwin M.
Graves, son of Sergt. Edwin Graves, lived here with his
wife, Carrie L., daughter of William B. Langdon. She
survives him and now occupies the place with two sons
and one daughter.
The next and last house is the Erastus Cowles place,
built in 1831. He married Olive, daughter of Zebina Dick-
inson. Both died in Hatfield. Their son, Augustus D.,
was a member of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil
war. A younger son, Edward C. Cowles, was a member
of Co. F, 27th Regiment, M. V. M., in the Civil war. Ernest
Godin, who married iVmelia, daughter of Joseph Smith, now
occupies the place.
South Street.
Coming back to the East Division road and below the
meadow gate we follow the building of recent years. The
first house on the east side of the road was built by Joseph
Viszaway in 1903. His daughter Theresa, who married
John Wesaloski, was the first girl of Polish descent to be
bound out under the will of Oliver Smith.
The next house, built by Erastus Billings for his foreman,
Gottlieb Decker, is now occupied by Charles L Stowell,
308 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
who married I'^annie, daughter of Dexter and Emeline
JoneS.
The next house was built in 1903 by Michael and Mar}'
Banasz.
The next house, on the west side of the road, was built
by Michael and Katie Piwatka in 1908.
The next house was the Windsor Smith store, moved
from the corner of the Capt. Thaddeus Graves place, and
was long the livery stable of Horace Shumway. It is
now owned by John Yarrow.
The next house was built by Frank Zagrodnick.
Maplf. Strekt.
Beginning on the north side of Maple Street, on the
Zechariah l^^ield allotment, is the house built by Pliny Day.
son of Joel Day, who lived on School Street. Pliny's wife
was Chloe. She afterward married Capt. Samuel PiLrsons
of Northampton. They had no children and aft^>' his
decease in 1853 the wagon shop on the opposite side 'JJit the
road was closed. The place is now owned by Miss €jjnielia
A. Billings, a daughter of Capt. Silas Billings. \^E>-
The next house, the Moses Field place, was piig|||tocd
by Alpheus Cowles, who married Sophia Wells of I>^^en.
A new house was built in 1841 and they now live'liherc
at an advanced age.
Tlie next house was built after the Deacon Warner liouse
was burned in 1855, by his son, Moses Warner, who lived
here with his sisters, Mrs. Mercy Hubbard and Mrs. Sarah
Morgan. They all died in Platfield in February, 1857. The
place is now owned and occupied by John Firtch and wife,
Anna.
On the opposite side of Maple Street is the house built
by Hon. (ieorge W. Hubbard, who married Philura T..
daughter of Solomon Dickinson. They afterward lived
with tlieir brother, Sanniel H. Dickinson, on Main Street.
Both died in Hatfield. Thev had no children. E. Seward
Warner purchased the place and married Mary Julia Hunt
of Xew York. She died at the age of twenty-seven. Mr.
Warner and his two daughters now live on the place.
The brick house next was the home of James \V. Warner.
REMINISCENCES OF DANIEL W. WELLS. 309
who married Louisa Longley. The place is now owned by
his son, E. Seward Warner, and occupied by tenants.
Jonathan D. Warner, brother of James \V.. was a member
of Co. C, 10th Regiment, M.V.M,, in the Civil war.
The next house was built by Baltazar John Goetoski in
1903. This man is called Joe Belden. He now occupies
the place.
Elm Street, Sol'th Side.
Now crossing Hill bridge, going up Elm Street, is the
Edward Church place, owned and occupied by Dea. James
Porter, who married Sarah Randall of Belchertown.
The next house, built by Col. Oliver Partridge, was the
home of Levi Graves, Jr.. who married Tabitha, daughter of
David Field of Conway. He removed to Springfield with
his family and, at his decease, willed the use of his Hatfield
farm to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions, the Congregational Home Missionary Society,
and the American Bible Society. It has since been called
the "Missionary Farm" and for many years has been occu-
pied by Alfred E. Breor as tenant. He married Catherine
Dalton.
310 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
The next house, called the Levi Graves house, was, after
his decease, occupied by his son, Dea. Jonathan S. Graves,
whose wife was Caroline Smith, followed by his son, Alfred
H. Graves, who married Anna H. Breed of New York.
Their son, Murray B. Graves, and his wife, who was Emma
B., daughter of Charles A. Jones, live with them.
Next, on the Ebenezer Fitch lot, Benjamin M. Warner
built a new house in 1898. He married Ella E., daughter
of George C. Fitch. They now live on the place w^ith their
three daughters.
The old Fitch house on the same lot was occupied by
John T. and George C. Fitch and afterward by Benjamin
M. Warner. It is now occupied by tenants. The house
has been kept in good repair.
The next house, also on the Fitch lot, was built and
occupied by John T. Fitch in 1843, and also occupied by
George C. Fitch. It was long the home of William M.
Jones, whose first wife was Julia Packard of Pellmm, and
second, Nancy F. Rhoades. After their decease it was used
by Benjamin M. Warner as a tenement.
The next house was the Henry Hitchcock place and was
occupied by Silas and Leonard Hitchcock. Eldad Stebbins
and his son, Giles Stebbins, lived here a few years:
afterward it was occupied by Charles L. Graves, who mar-
ried (1) Fanny Hamilton, and (2) Susan Wing. His
widow now lives here with her son, Edward, and daughter,
Eva.
The next house was occupied by widow Bethia Packard
and son, George. Both died in Hatfield and the house was
torn down. The site is vacant and is now a part of the
Charles L. Graves home lot. Seth Kingsley, father of
Moses W. Kingsley, once occupied this house.
llie next house was built by Charles E. Kingsley about
1857. His wife was Chloe Dane of Whately. The place
is now owned by Thaddeus Graves, and used as a tene-
nient.
The next house, on the Solomon Graves place, is owned
and occupied by his son, Thaddeus Graves, who married
Mary A., daughter of John Hubbard. The two small
houses on this lot were built bv Thaddeus Graves and used
by him as tenements.
REMINISCENCES OF DANIEL W. WELLS. 311
The next house, which was once the home of Elijah N.
Sampson and stood on the corner of the lot of Isaac B.
Lowell, was removed to this lot by Mack LaMountain, who
came from Canada. It is now owned by his son, Henry
LaMountain, who married Fosine, daughter of Alfred
Jubinville.
The next house, built bv Thomas Whalen about 1860,
is now owned by his son, Dennis, and occupied by Thomas
W. Ryan, who married Hannah, daughter of Thomas
Whalen.
The next house was built by a Mr. Rowe, who was a
blacksmith and soon left town. It was owned afterward
by Henry S. Porter, then by Jonathan D. Porter, now by
Patrick T. Boyle. It is occupied by tenants.
The next house is the Richard Fitzgerald place. He mar-
ried Mary Brown and built the house about 1863. His wife
died in Hatfield. He now occupies the place with his
daughter, Mary, who married Edward Burke.
The next house was built by Peter Pianker and wife in
1904.
The next house was built by John Ryan and is now
occupied and owned by Homer Raboin.
The next place was built by Joseph Bush, who removed
from town. Afterward Louis Raboin moved the house to
the east and used it as a shop and built a new two-story house
on the old site. His son, Israel Raboin, now occupies the
place.
The next house was built by Walter William Crump in
1898. He married Eva, daughter of Joseph Patrick, and
removed from town.
The next house, the Mary Dunn place, was occupied by
Joseph Patrick. He removed from town. This and the
Crump house are now owned by Benjamin M. Warner and
occupied by tenants.
The next house, opposite Banks corner, which at one time
was the Samuel Graves cornhouse, was removed by Mack
LaMountain to the present site and converted into a dwell-
ing, where he lived until he removed to his later place on
Elm Street. His son, Henry LaMountain, now owns the
place and it is occupied by tenants.
The John Wilson house, near the Northampton line, was
312 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
torn down by Charles L, Warner, who now owns the land.
This was called by Mr. Partridge the Kelly house.
On the northerly side of this road the Tom Banks house
has disappeared.
Banks Corner Road.
The Ebenezer Dwight house, on the road leading to the
railroad station, was burned, and Alvin L, Strong owns the
farm. Mr, Dwight died in Hatfield. The family removed
from town.
The next house, on the Col, Israel Chapin place, was built
by Aniariah Strong; afterward owned by Jacob Carl and
now owned by Henry A. Wade, who married Kate Par-
tenheimer. He enlarged and repaired the house and it is
now occupied by him with his son, Charles W., who married
Nellie, daughter of Henry W. Bardwell of Whately.
The next house, opposite the railroad station, was buiil
by William Curtis and afterward occupied by John Vaile.
John Denlein now owns the place. He married Mary,
daughter of Henry Stenglein.
Elm Street, North Side.
Returning to the Northampton road we find the cabins
of the negro settlement are now destroyed and the five
houses recently built are owned as follows : John and Nellie
Pelc, built in 1904; Jorko Watoszn, built in 1905; John
and Agnes Kosior, built in 190fi, now owned by Syniko ami
Katie Karkut; John and Margaret Karakula, built in 190i;
John Vachula, built in 1903. The negro cabins were for
many years a picturesque feature on the road to Northamp-
ton. They were occupied by descendants of some of the
slaves owned in Hatfield in colonial times.
The next house wa.s built by Michael Larkin about ISS4.
He married -Ann Mack, The house was occupied by
Daniel E. Cahill for some years. He moved to Holyoke
and sold the place to Patrick Fitzgerald and Thomas Fitz-
gerald, Jr.
The next three one-story houses were built by John T.
and George C. Fitch. The first on the westerly side is
owned by Thomas l'"itzger;iUl, the next by Mary A, Graves.
and the next by Joseph Raboin.
REMINISCENCES OF DANIEL W. WELLS.
313
The next house was built by Francis Dunikin about 1860.
It was afterward owned by Mary King, then by Mary
Esther Miller, and is now owned by Nelson Allaire, who
married Mary Callahan of Whately.
The next house, built by Joseph Douyard, who married
Lena, daughter of Mack LaMountain. is now occupied by
him. A house was burned on this site, owned by Patrick
Mullany.
The next house is owned and occupied by John Gendron
and his wife, who was Kate Callahan of Whately.
The next house was first the shoemaker's shop of Henry
Childs and stood where S. W. Kingsley's house now is.
Austin Abels moved it to its present location and occupied it
with his wife, who was Aleatha Jones. He built the two-
story addition now attached to the old shop. Afterward
Moses W. Kingsley and wife, who was Rachel Curtis,
lived here. It is now owned and occupied by Mack La-
Mountain, who married Evelina, daughter of Alfred Jubin-
ville. Dwight G, Abels, son of Austin, was a member of
Co. K. 52d Regiment, M.V.M.. in the Civil war.
314 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
The next house was built by Lorenzo P. Dole, who
married (1) Abigail Packard, (2) Anna Dunikin. He had
one daughter, who died young, and one son, Benjamin,
who now lives in Hatfield. The place is now owned by
Valentine Porado.
The next house was built by Ashley Graves, who removed
to the West. It was the home for about forty years of
Jonathan D. Porter and after him of his son, Frank K.
The former married Phila E., daughter of Jeremy Morton.
She sold the place in 1909 to Patrick T. Boyle.
The next house, the Timothy Graves place, is now owned
by Charles L. Warner and used as a tenement. The large
elm trees mentioned by Mr. Partridge are now standing
in front of the house.
The next house was built by Samuel Graves. It was
afterward owned and occupied by Fred Allaire and now by
Patrick J. Whalen, who married Catharine A. Mahar of
Easthampton.
The next place, the Ebenezer White tavern, was moved
to the rear by John T. Fitch and used as a tobacco ware-
house. He built in 1861 the large two-story house on the
same site. His widow, who was Julia A. White, lived,
until her death in 1909, in this house with Charles L. War-
ner, who married her daughter, Maria L. Fitch. Charles
E. Warner, son of Charles L., who married Myra, daughter
of Henrv H. Field of North Hatfield, now lives here also.
The next house, the Chester Porter place, was occupied
for many years by Lewis S. Dyer, who married Mary,
daughter of Chester Porter. The family removed from
Hatfield. The place is now owned by Dennis Whalen, who
married Marg-aret Sheehan of Hatfield.
The next house, the Henry S. Porter place, is owned by
Fred Wenzel, who married Hannah S. Hor. The house
standing before this one was burned while the familv were
at tlic Sunday service and was rebuilt in the winter season,
a thini^ unusual at that period.
The next place, the Roswell Hubbard home, descended
to his nei)he\v, Dea. Henry S. Hubbard, who married Mary
Houi^Hiton of Putney. Vt. Mr. Hubbard died in 1908. Hi^
widow and sons, Silas G. and Claude H., and one daughter.
Olive, now live on the ])lace.
REMINISCENCES OF DANIEL W. WELLS. 315
The next house, on the Silas D. White place, was built by
Dea. Jonathan Graves in 1868. The old house was moved
in the rear to the Mill pond and since then has burned.
Alfred H. Graves first occupied the new house, now owned
and occupied by Isaac B. Lowell, who came from West
Springfield. His wife was Annie Addie Streeter of Chico-
pee and their daughter, Annette, married Ashley H. Thorn-
dike, principal of Smith Academy 1893 and 1894, and now
a professor in Columbia University.
The next house, on the corner of this lot, was the home
of Elijah N. Sampson and was removed to the Mack
LaMountain place as already mentioned. Mr. Sampson
removed to St. Louis, Mo., where one of his sons is now
living.
The next house, the M. N. Hubbard place, was built in
1863. Mr. Hubbard married Julia Bodman of Williams-
burg. After his decease the place was owned by Eli A.
Hubbard. He was a prominent instructor and a member
of the Massachusetts Board of Education. The place was
bought by John S. Carl, who married Mary Augusta, daugh-
ter of Thaddeus Graves. He died Dec. 29, 1909. Thaddeus
Graves, Jr., who married Cora King of Sandusky, Ohio,
occupies a part of the house. The old house on this place
was moved farther east and used as a tenement till it burned
in the winter of 1910.
On the site of the tenement was once a house occupied
by Ebenezer Boynton. He died in Hatfield and his widow
and son removed from Hatfield to South Hadley, and the
house was torn down. Before this the house was the home
of Capt. John White.
The next house, on the John Hubbard lot, descended
to Roswell Hubbard, 2d. He married Fanny, daughter of
Sergt. Edwin Graves. Both are now living on the place.
The elm trees spoken of by Mr. Partridge were removed
for the street railway in 1898. The old cemetery on the
east of this lot is kept fenced and well cared for by the
tow^n. Few stones are broken.
The brick schoolhouse was built in 1869, an old two-story
schoolhouse having been moved to the south end of what is
now^ Porter Avenue.
316 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
School Street, South Side.
Beginning on the south side of School Street the first
building is the schoolhouse before mentioned, built in 1871.
The next house was built by Oliver Warner in 1874. Mr.
Warner died in Hatfield and the family removed from town.
He was a member of Co. F, 37th Regiment, M.V.M., in the
Civil war. The place was afterward occupied by Joseph S.
Wells, and is now owned by Dr. Chester M. Barton, who
married (1) Clara Whitman, and (2) Jennie, daughter of
George Stearns of Conway.
The next house is the rectory of St. Joseph's Church,
built in 1906. The church was built in 1892-. It has since
been enlarged and is now the place of public worship of 1300
people.
The next place was the Zebina Dickinson home. The
brick house now standing was built by Dr. Alonzo Lewis,
who died in 1873. It is now owned and occupied by Hugh
McLeod, who married Helen, daughter of Jonathan E.
Porter.
Next, the Jabez Belden place, is owned and occupied by
Miss Mary A. Dickinson with her sister, Fanny M., who
married Marshall H. Burke. He died in Hatfield in 1906.
The next place was occupied by Richard Smith. It is
now owned and occupied by Jacob Carl, who built the
present house. He married Abby Partenheimer. Their
son, Henry W., who married Fanny Stearns of Galesbiirg.
III., lives with them. The house occupied by Richard Smith
was removed to the side of the lot. He died here in 1854,
and the house was then removed to another site, where it
was burned. Obadiah Smith, son of Richard, was a mem-
ber of Co. G, 31st Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil w^ar.
The house of Abraham Billings was occupied by Silas
Bardwell and his son Oliver. It was torn down by Elijah
P. Dickinson, who rebuilt upon the site. The place is now
occupied by his widow, who was Phebe Hemmingway, and
her niece, Julia, who married William W. Gore.
The next is the Joel Day place, now occupied by Joseph
Smith, who came from Canada with his wife, Betsey Good-
child.
I^he next house is occupied by Patrick McGlynn, who
married Rose Lawler in 1892.
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REMINISCENCES OF DANIEL W. WELLS. 317
The next house is occupied by WilHam P. Boyle, who
married Annie, daughter of John B. Ryan.
The next house, owned by Margaret Hade, widow of
Michael Hade, was once the wing of Squire Bardwell's
house on Main Street, moved to this location in 1868.
The next house, on the Benjamin Morton lot, was torn
down and a dwelling built by Alfred Jubinville on the same
site. Mr. Jubinville removed from Hatfield and Smith E.
Briggs now lives on the place with his sister, Mary E.
Briggs.
School Street, North Side.
Crossing to the northerly side of School Street, the first
house" is on the Nehemiah Waite home lot. It is now
occupied by George Sulick. The house was built in 1900.
On the Xehemiah Waite place, where Lewis Dickinson
and sisters lived, the dwelling which Mr. Partridge called
the Richard Morton house remains standing and for many
years was occupied by Joseph Godin, who married Emily,
daughter of Joseph Smith. It is now owned and occupied
bv Michael \V. Kilev, who married Armena Rohoda of
Florence.
On the site of the Jonathan Dickinson house, William
Hayes built a new house in 1898. He married Nellie,
daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Powers. His widow
now lives on the place.
The Elisha Hubbard place is owned and occupied by
Michael Hayes, who married Margaret A. Ryan of North-
ampton. A part of the house is rented to Thomas Mul-
lany, who married Katherine Higgins of Gloucester.
The next house is occupied by Charles K. Morton and
his wife, who was Mary W. Kellogg of South Hadley. He
was a member of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M., in the
Civil war. The old sycamore tree is still standing in front
of the house.
On the Elijah White place was the home of his son,
Daniel, who married Lucy Elvira, daughter of Josiah Rice
of Conway. After his decease his brother, Quartus, who
married Julia Ann Wilkie, lived here. The widow, of
Quartus also occupied the place. She married (2) E. L.
Dickinson and died in Hatfield. Jonathan E. Porter pur-
318 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
chased the place, tore clown the old house, and built a fine
new one in 1907. He married Mary D. Smith of Hadley.
The next house, the home of Alpheus Longley, was
occupied by Quartus White before he lived on the last men-
tioned place. Dexter Jones afterward occupied the place.
His widow, Emeline Jones, now lives here.
The next house, on the Silas Porter tan yard, was built
by his son, Theodore Porter, in 1824, and purchased by
Josiah Allis, who married (1) Salome Osborn of Hadley,
(2) Louisa, daughter of Seth Bardwell. Josiah Allis had
by his first wife Augusta S., who married John D. Brown,
and Harriet, who married James Morton. John Bury now
lives here.
The next is the market and a tenement built bv Graves &
Pellissier. It is now owned by Louis J. Pellissier, who
came from Hadlev. He carries on a successful meat
market.
The next and last house on School Street was built bv
Harry E. Graves, who married Ella, daughter of Philip
Carl. They now occupy the same. This house stands on
the home lot formerlv of Dexter Allis, deceased.
Prospf-ct Street, East Side.
Beginning on the easterly side of Prospect Street after
crossing Hill bridge was the home of Moses W. Kingsley,
who married Rachel Curtis. The house he lived in has
been removed to the foot of the hill and is now a part of
the blacksmith shop. This was once occupied by Henry
Childs, a shoemaker, who married Sarah, daughter of David
Field of Conwav. A new house was built on the site bv
Scth \\\ Kingsley, who married Mary E., daughter of
Quartus White. He was a member of Co. K, 52d Regi-
ment, M.V.M., in the Civil war and now occupies the place.
'Jlie next house, on the above home lot, was built bv
Herbert D. Smith, who came from Hadley. He married
Lida, daughter of Seth \\\ Kingsley. They now occupy
the place.
The next house, on the same lot, was built by Harry N.
Hunt, who came from Hadley and married Harriet, daugh-
ter of Seth W. Kingsley. After Mr. Hunt's decease the
REMINISCENCES OF DANIEL W. WELLS. 3 19
widow returned to her father and Henry F. Kingsley, a
son of Moses W. Kingsley, occupies the place.
The gas house, next to this place, was built in 1895.
The next place was the home of Lucius G. Curtis, whose
wife was Maria Frary. He was a prosperous broom maker.
Both died in Hatfield. The place is now owned and occu-
pied by Lewis H. Kingsley, the town clerk of Hatfield. He
married Lizzie J., daughter of Jonathan W. Dickinson of
Whately.
The next house was built by Stephen G. Curtis, who mar-
ried Mary Reed of Whately. They had two children, who
both died in Hatfield. It was the home of John E. Doane
for many years. His widow, Sarah E. Sanderson, married
John H. Sanderson and they lived there until their death.
The place iS now occupied by Sanford L. Sanderson. He
married Martha, daughter of Chauncey Davis of North
Amherst. John E. Doane was a member of Co. K, 52d
Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war.
The next house was once a store built by Fitch Brothers
and afterward the home of Edward Curtis. It is now
occupied by tenants.
The next is a brick store built by John T. and George C.
Fitch. It is now occupied as such by Matthew J. Ryan.
The next is the lathe shop of J. E. Porter and Hugh
McLeod, and the gristmill of H. D. Smith on the site of
the first mill of Thomas Meekins. Harvey Moore once had
a gristmill here, which was burned.
Across the mill bridge is the gun shop of Maj. C. S.
Shattuck and a storehouse a little to the north of the shop.
This is also the site of the Prescott pistol shop, which was
burned a number of years ago. Before this Harvey Moore
had a sawmill here as did also the Fitch Brothers and it was
probably the site of the first sawmill built by Thomas
Meekins. The Bay State Screw Company commenced the
manufacture of automobile supplies here in 1909.
The next house, built bv Fred Cleval, is now owned bv
Michael Wiskjewjcz.
The next is the shop of Henry Wilkie, who was a wheel-
wright.
The next house, on the Lewis Dickinson home lot, was
built by William Szastowickv in 1905.
320 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
The next house is the home of Gabryel Toezko and
Walenty Jielenski.
The next house was built in 1904 by Patrick Brennan,
who married Mary, daughter of Thomas McGrath, and
is now owned and occupied by John Wesaloski.
Crossing Chestnut Street is the site on the corner of
Obed Smith's store, which was moved from the Alpheus
Longley lot and remodeled into a dwelling. It was long
the home of James Sykes and family. The house now on
the lot is owned by Martin Wilk.
The next house, formerly owned by Michael Boyle, who
married Mary Ryan, is occupied by their son, James L.
Boyle, who married Mary Donovan of Northampton.
The next house was built by James Buckley and after-
ward occupied by Michael O'Dea, whose wife was Mary
Fitzgerald. Their son, James L. Day, sold the place to
James \\ elch, who married Elizabeth Garvey of Hatfield.
Prospect Strket, West Side.
On the westerly side of Prospect Street is the home of
John and Ricka Wenzel.
The next house, to the south, was built by John Sheehan.
He died in Hatfield. His widow, Ellen, and her son, Daniel
P. Sheehan, who married Mary Holdfelder, now- live on the
place.
The next, a brick house, was built by Anthony Allaire
and afterward occupied by Dennis P. McGrath and is now
owned and occupied by John Sheehan, wdio married Mary,
daughter of John and Margaret Ryan.
The house on the corner, occupied by negroes, has passed
away and the old house on the Henry Wilkie place, once
occupied by John Curtis, was burned.
The next house, built bv Henrv Wilkie, 2d. who married
Sybil Graves, was long the home of Charles E, Wilkie and
his sister, Charlotte. After their decease it was occupied
by the widow of Henry Wilkie, 3d, and her grandson,
r^rank, who married Mary D. Dwyer of Hadley.
The next house was the home of Thomas Frarv, whose
wife was Sarah Morton of Whately. Their son, Thomas,
was a member of Co. D, 27th Regiment, M.V.M., in the
Civil war and died at Morehead Citv, X. C. The house is
REMINISCENCES OF DANIEL W. WELLS. 321
now owned by Frank Lovett, who married Margaret,
daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Powers.
The next house was the home of Lewis Covell, whose
wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Calvin Marsh of Whately.
■They had three sons in the Civil war: Calvin L., Emerson
L., and Elihu, all of Co. F, 37th Regiment, M.V.M. Elihu
died of wounds received in the battle of Gettysburg in
1863.
The next house, just north of the brook, is the home of
George Doppmann and his wife, who was Eva Zollar.
The next house was the home of David Chapman, a
blacksmith. His shop, together with a cider mill, was on
the common in front of the house and was torn down. The
house is now the home of Frank Newman.
The next house across mill bridge was built by Harvey
Moore and was the home of Levi Moore and John W.
Field, who was sergeant in Co. F, 37th Regiment, M.V.M.,
and was killed in the Battle of the Wilderness. The place
is now ow^ned by John W. Kiley, who married Lizzie,
daughter of John B. Ryan. Horace Shumway lives in a
part of the house. His wife was Myra L., daughter of
Lemuel A. Waite.
The next house, built by Daniel Lynch, is occupied by
Lawrence B. Waltz, who married Elizabeth G. Mulcare of
Northampton.
The next house is the home of William Murphy, who
married Agnes G. Mulcare of Northampton.
The next place was built by Arthur F. Curtis, and after
his decease was owned by Alfred Breor. It is now owned
and occupied by Karol and Peter Zimnowski.
The next house is the home of Anthony Penkoski and
wife.
The next house was built by Samuel P. Billings after
the old house of Israel Billings was burned. The new house
was burned March 23, 1910. It was owned and occupied by
Allen W. Houghton.
The next house was built by Lemuel B. Field, who
removed from town. The place was purchased by Charles
E. Hubbard, whose wife was Julia Dayton of Northampton.
He was a member of Co. F, 37th Regiment, M.V.M. , in the
Civil war. His widow still lives on the place.
322 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
On Porter Avenue, which runs off from Prospect Street,
the following houses are owned by the Porter Machine
Works: first house, occupied by L. A. Dube; second house,
by Albert Matthews ; third house, by Joseph Fox and Frank
Takubiel; fourth house, by Julius Kociela and William Fox;
fifth house, by L. A. Schmitter and B. L. Graves.
The house on the other side of Porter Avenue was built
in 1904 by Charles Winter and he occupies it.
North Street.
Beginning on the northerly side of North Street, formerly
called Canada Lane after Canada Waite, the redeemed cap-
tive, the first house on the rear of the Elijah Dickinson
home lot was built in 1906 by Peter Celtka and John Jack-
owski and is now occupied by them.
The next house was the home of Justin Waite. He
was followed by his son, James O. Waite, who married
Louisa Lyman of Easthampton. Both died in Hatfield.
The place was afterward owned by John Burke and is now-
occupied by his widow, Mary Burke.
The next house is the Squire Bardwell house, moved from
Main Street and now occupied by William B. Langdon, who
married Sarah Gibbs of Ware. Before the house was placed
on this lot Edwin Brainerd lived l\ere in a small cottage
house, and later Christian Carl and family occupied the
place. The cottage was burned.
The next house was the home of Charles Morton, son of
Chester Morton. It was a small house and looked old.
but was not mentioned by Mr. Partridge. It stood just
south of the corner of King Street and has been torn down.
Before this Benjamin Morton had a small house on this
site.
The next house was the home of Justin Hastings. James
Breor, who married Bridget Curtis, repaired the house, and,
since the decease of Mrs. Breor, Lawrence A. Powers, who
married Mary A., daughter of James Breor, has lived with
Mr. Breor.
'JMic next house was the home of Arnold M. Peck. The
house was l)urnc(l and the site is vacant. Joseph Rypka
now owns the land.
Just north of tliis on tlie Cow Bridge road w-as a small
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brown house occupied by Eleazer Allis and afterward by
John Vaile. This house was torn down in 1892.
The next house, long the home of William Bardwell, who
married Sabra Swift of Whately, was occupied by John B.
Ryan. His widow and son, John C. Ryan, now live here.
There is a house on the top of Clay hill built by Patrick
Russell, which has had many tenants. It is now owned
by John C. Ryan.
At the foot of Clay hill on the southerly side of North
Street is a small cabin, which was occupied by William
Boyle, on land of the heirs of William H. Dickinson. It
is now occupied by Polish tenants.
The house opposite the Langdon place was the hom.e of
Chester \forton and was occupied by Edwin Brainerd,
whose mother married Chester Morton, as his second wife.
Afterward the place was purchased and repaired by Fred-
erick Carl, who married Mary Partenheimer. They now
live here.
The next house was the home of George Waite. He
married Melissa Preston of Granby. Both died in Hat-
field. Their son, Henry L., lived here until he removed
to Hadley. Edwin Brainerd lived here until his decease,
as did his widow, Julia, the daugter of Russell Waite. The
place is now occupied by James L. Bardwell, who married
Grace Webber, daughter of Albert and Emma D. Webber.
Two sons of George Waite were in the Civil war: Charles
P. Waite in Co. F, 37th Regiment, M.V.M., who died at
White Oak Church, Va., and John E. in Co. K, 52d Regi-
ment, M. V. M.
The next house is a tenement belonging to the heirs of
William H. Dickinson, occupied by John Merrick, who mar-
ried Annie Heafey of Whately.
The next house is the birthplace of Oliver Smith, and
formerly stood on Main Street. It is now occupied by Jacob
and Charlotte Geis.
The next, the old home of William H. Dickinson, is now
owned by his heirs and occupied by tenants.
King Street.
Beginning on the northerly side of King Street at the
324 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
corner of Main Street, the first house was built by Frank
Lampron and is now the home of James and Mary Ryan.
The next house was built by Eldric Gongeou; afterward
purchased and repaired by Edward Proulx. It is now used
as a tenement.
The next place was the home of John Leary. This was
a part of the old town hall moved from- Main Street. The
place was burned in 1900, and his son, John F. Leary, built
the present house the next year, and now occupies it. He
married Sarah, daughter of Richard Phillips of Whately.
John O'Neil built the next house and after his decease
it was occupied by John J. Breor, who sold it to Alfred H.
Breor. It is now used as a tenement.
The next place was built by John Goodchild and after-
ward rebuilt by Hamilton Dickinson. It is now occupied
by Louis Murray and his son, Louis Murray, Jr.
The next house was built by George Gowash in 1909.
The next house was built by Louis Murray and is now
owned by Joseph Gowash, who married Mr. Murray's
daughter.
On the southerly side of King Street the first house was
the home of Joseph Pockett, who removed from Hatfield.
It was long the home of John and Mary Burke. It is now
owned by Alex and Agnes Koziasz.
The next house was built by William Burke and is now
the home of William F. Boyle, who married Anna Quinn
of Whately.
The next place was built by William Boyle and is now
the home of Patrick J. Boyle, who married Mary, daughter
of Marble Hamel.
Bridge Street.
Beginning on the northerly side of Bridge Street in front
of the Shattuck gun shop, the first house w-as built by
Thomas Dinsmore and his son, Almeron L. Both removed
from Hatfield and this place was long the home of John
Smith. After his decease his widow and sons, John and
Adam, occupied the place. Alvin D. Dinsmore, son of
Thomas, was a member of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M..
in the Civil war.
The next house was built by Anthony Allaire, a brick-
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maker, and it is now the home of John H. and Ellen
Ryan.
The next house was built by Henry Wade and is now the
home of Joseph E. Stoddard, who married Margaretta
Doppmann.
The next house was built by John Jewski in 1905. This
is just before the mill swamp is crossed.
Crossing the Connecticut River Railroad, the first house
was the home of Thomas Cutter, who was followed by
his son, James Alonzo Cutter. Both died in Hatfield.
The place is now owned by his son, William R. Cutter, who
married Mary A. Dickinson of Hadley.
The next house, a double one, was built by Alvin L.
Strong for his sons, Edson W., who married Harriet Bard-
well, and Eugene S., who married Anna Knight.
Crossing the street to the southerly side in returning, the
first building is the West Hatfield chapel.
The next house, built by J. D. Cutter, was purchased
by Chester Hastings, who lived here with his son, Ephraim.
After this it was the home of Philip Carl, who married Min-
nie, daughter of John Smith, and their son, John S. CarL
It is now occupied by J. M. Towne and his wife, Magdelene.
The next house is the tenement of the Connecticut River
Railroad Company, which was the Alonzo Dennis house.
Across the bridge is the house built by Frederick Wagner,
now the home of John S. Denlein, who married Margaret
Lohr. A short distance east of this house is the road which
formerly ran to the south on the line of the Charles E.
Wilkie land, where the house of Henry Wilkie, Sr., stood,
and ran into the present road on the John Allis lot.
The next house, the home of John Allis, was purchased
by Horatio Strong, who married Sarah Elwell of West-
hampton; he was a soldier in the War of 1812. His son,
Parmenus Strong, lived here with him until they removed
to West Hatfield. The old house has been torn down and
a new one built by the present owner, Michael W. Boyle,
who married Annie MuUaly of Whately.
Chestnut Street.
Beginning at the foot of Stone Pitts, on the northerly
side of Chestnut Street is the house once stawdm^ oxv \Jcv^
326 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
site of Smith Academy, once the home of Camilas and
Frederick Chapin, and then of Daniel W. Allis. It was
afterward moved to the lot of St. Joseph's Church and used
as a rectory, and again moved to the present site by E. S.
Warner and used as a tenement.
The next house, on the top of Stone Pitts hill, was built
by Jacob Jandziejszki in 1907, and is now occupied by him.
The next house was built by David Landry in 1904.
The next house was built by Frank J. Safler in 1905,
and is now occupied by him. He married Connie Dopp-
mann.
The next house is the home of Peter Tolpo.
The next house across the Deerfield road is now occupied
by Margaret O'Neil.
The next house is the home of Samuel Osley and was the
old Pratt house owned by James Mullins and moved to this
site.
The next house is the home of John and Anna Foosick.
The next house was built by Joseph Schepp, who married
Elizabeth Merte. The place is now occupied by Fred \V.
Schepp, their son.
The next house was built by John B. Schepp and is now
owned and occupied by Paul and Beningna Wirgilewicz.
The next house was built by Antoine Wickles in 1908
and is now the home of his family.
The next house was built by Peter Balise. He now lives
here with his son, Paul Balise, who married Selina Rohoda
of Florence.
The next house was built by Robert McGrath. He died
in Hatfield and his widow and two son?> now live here.
The next house, built by Michael Whalen, who re-
moved from town, was the home of John Holdfelder
and is now owned and occupied by Frank Vollinger,
who married Mary Lokary of Northampton.
The next house northerly from the above on the
old road to the depot was built by James Ormand.
It was afterward the home of John May, who married Marv,
daughter of Henry Stcnglein. He died in Hatfield and his
widow married John F. Betsold. They now occupy the
place.
The next house, on the old depot road was built by Henry
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Stenglein. He and his wife both died in Hatfield. His son.
John J. Stenglein, who married Margaret Sitz of Northamp-
ton, now occupies the place. The road across the Hastings
pasture is of recent date. The shop on this place was once
the home of John Betsold.
Coming back to the new road is the home of George
Vollinger at the crest of Mill Swamp hill. The road
through the swamp has been known from earliest times as
"Middle Going Over." The bridges are old but the fill
is of comparatively recent date.
The next house was built by John Vollinger and is now
occupied by himself and son, John, who married Elizabeth
Sitz of Northampton.
The next house across the railroad was built by Patrick
Boyle. He died in Hatfield. His sons, John L. and Wil-
liam E., now live on the place. John L. married Bridget,
daughter of Jerry Heafy of Whately. There was once a
pail factory on this site, also a steam sawmill.
Crossing to the southerly side of the street, the first
house was built by Pliny Billings, son of Abraham; later
owned by George I. Dickinson, who married Sophia, daugh-
ter of Moses Morton. It was afterward owned by Adam
Doppmann, who died in Hatfield. The present occupant
is his son, Lorenze Doppmann, who married Eva Betsold.
On this lot near the railroad Adam F. Doppmann built a
new house in 1907. He married Carrie Hilbert of Hat-
field.
On the easterly side of the railroad formerly stood the
Hatfield depot until removed farther south to its present
location.
The next, the EInathan Hastings place, was purchased by
Patrick Daly, and was his home for several years. It is
now occupied by Peter Denlein, who married Margaret,
daughter of Adam Doppmann. Peter Denlein built a house
on the site of the old one.
The next place, called the Pratt house, was purchased
of William Hurley by James MuUins, who married Kate,
daughter of Patrick Boyle. The old house was removed
by Samuel Osley and Mr. Mullins built the new house and
now lives here.
The next house was built bv Matthew Xolan. He died.
328 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
and his widow and daughter, Mary A., who married
Michael O'Dea, now occupy the place.
The next house was built by Janies Nolan, whose wife
was Mary Fitzgerald. Both died in Hatfield. The place
is now owned by their son, Thomas A. Nolan, who built
the new house just east of the old one. He married (1)
Bridget Boyle, and (2) Annie L. Keefe of Hadley. The
old house is occupied by Joseph Schepp, who married Mary
Hilbert.
The next house was built by John Kiley. It is now
occupied by his widow and her family.
The next house was built by Nicholas Powers, who mar-
ried (1) Margaret Cooney, and (2) Margaret Ryan, widow
of John Ryan. Nicholas Powers died in Hatfield, and his
widow now lives on the place.
The next house is the home of John Wilk and wife.
The next house is the home of Sebastian Meyer and wife.
The next house is the home of Koskrete Kiakoski and
wife.
The next house is the home of John Lizork and wife.
The next house was built by Eugene Bushee and pur-
chased by Anthony Nowak.
West Street, West Side.
Beginning on the west side of West Street, or Pantry
road, at the Northampton line, the first house was the
home of Nathan Gould, a member of Co. C, 52d Regiment,
M.V.M., in the Civil war; afterward the home of James
Sykes and purchased later by David B. Curtis of Co. F,
37th Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war. Lewis Sykes,
son of James, was a member of the 1st Connecticut Battery
in the Civil war. The house is now owned and occupied by
Melvin Dennis, who came from Northampton.
The next house was built by John F. Fitch; afterward
occupied by E. A. Dickinson and Austin Abels and his son,
Nathaniel. Mary A. Abels, daughter of Austin, married
Alonzo Sweet and lived here. The place was then pur-
chased by Melvin P. Bradford, who married Louisa, daugh-
ter of E. S. Munson of Whately. They now live on the
place.
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Turning westerly on the road to the sawmill of Alvin
L, Strong once stood the home of Lorenz Seitz on what
is now Mr. Bradford's land. Mr. Seitz was a member of
Co. F, 37th Regimtent, M.V.M., in the Civil war. He
removed to Amherst and the house is no longer standing.
On the opposite side of the road near the sawmill is the
house built by Daniel Gould ; afterward the home of Joseph
Stadter, who died in Hatfield. Lewis Casten, who married
Emma Steele, lived here and it is now owned by Alexander
Donnis.
The next house was built by William Miller and is now
the home of William Casten, who married Ricka Miller.
On what is now the home lot of John M. Strong was
a small house that Parmenus Strong lived in when he
removed from the John Allis house. On the corner of
West Street is the house built by E. Phelps Billings, who
was killed by an accidental discharge of his gun at the
corner of the sawmill yard. Parmenus Strong, who mar-
ried Miranda, daughter of Thomas Frary, purchased the
place and greatly repaired the house. His son, John M.
Strong, who married (1) Olive Bardwell of Whately, and
(2) Addie Cleveland, now occupies the place.
The next house was built by Lorenzo D. Cutter; after-
ward occupied by C. C. P. Bardwell, then Amariah Strong,
then J. C. Melendy, then E. A. Howard, and now owned
by John J. and Eva Betsold.
The next house was the home of Albert Pease; next,
owned by Henry Dwight, who married Flora Field. He
built a new house on the site and it was occupied for many
years by his son, Silas S. Dw^ight, who married Isabelle
L. Parsons.
The next house was built by Mrs. Alonzo Dennis.
Alonzo Dennis was a member of Co. B, 31st Regiment,
M.V.M., in the Civil war. He died at Fort Jackson, La.
He lived in the Abraham Billings house on the corner, on
the chapel site.
The next house was built by Isaac Sampson in 1840;
afterward the home of James Howes from Ashfield; then
owned by Anthony Bolack, a member of Co. B, 31st Regi-
ment, M.V.M., in the Civil war. He died at Brasche City,
La. This place was for some time the home of Johu Sva\\.Vv
330 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
and wife, Minnie. He died in Hatfield and .the family
removed to Springfield. The place is now owned by Joseph
Gollier.
The next house was built by Charles Casten. It was
later occupied by Andrew Hilbert and is now the home of
his widow, Margaret Hilbert. A small schoolhouse was
once on or near this site.
The next house was built by C. P. Bardwell near the mill
pond and afterward moved to its present location by Frank
Newman. It is now owned by Lorenze Doppmann and used
as a storehouse.
The next house was built by Charles Miller and sold to
the Casten family. It is now owned and occupied by
George Stenglein, who married Margaretta Steele.
The next house was built by John Smith, and is now the
home of Joseph Kleasner, who married Anna Merte.
The next house at the foot of "The Rocks" was built by
Frank Steele. His widow, Mary, and their son, John, who
married Grace Mayer, live on the place. The next house
was built by Rowland Stebbins, who married Marilla W.
Harris. His sons, Judson and Segar, were in the Civil war.
Judson was in Co. C, 10th Regiment, M.V.M. He died at
Alexander, Va. Segar was in Co. G, 37th Regiment, M.V.M.
This place was afterward the home of Oliver Graves of
Whately, who married (1) Electa Frary, and (2) Lusylvia,
daughter of Ebenezer Clapp. It is now owned and occupied
by George Bitner, who miarried Anna Chandler.
The next house, supposed to have been built by Samuel
Bartlett, was occupied by Charles D. Bartlett and his father,
Samuel; afterward by John Ryan. It was then repaired
and occupied by Joseph S. Newman, who married Emma
M., daughter of Peter Saffer.
The next house, built by Thomas Frary, and then owned
by Patrick Ryan, who removed to Hadley, has been torn
down by the heirs of Edmund Powers.
The next house was built and is now occupied by Charles
Casten, wlio married Anna Chandler.
W'kst Strkkt, East wSide.
Crossinj^ to the easterly side of the street the first house
is t]ic K()(lolj)hus (iraves place. He married Luthera Par-
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tridge of Rockingham, Vt. The place was afterward pur-
chased by Patrick Ryan, who sold it to Edmund Powers,
who married Mary Ryan. They both died in Hatfield.
Their daughter Kate, who married Peter J. Donovan of
Whately, and her sister, Mary A. Powers, now live on the
place.
The next house was built by Ebenezer Clapp who came
from Deerfield before 1830. He married (1) Sally Clapp
of Deerfield and (2) Abigail Anderson. The place was
purchased by Peter SafTer, one of the first Germans to settle
in Hatfield. With his wife, Johannah, he now lives on the
place.
The next house built by Lyman Hastings, was afterward
the home of Erasmus Orcutt, then of John Betsold. It is
now owned by his son, Frank J. Betsold, who married
Emma Denlein.
The next house, built by Lawrence Vollinger, is now the
home of George Steele, who married Mary Betsold. The
property is owned by the New Haven and Northampton
Company.
The next house was built by John Chandler and is
occupied by his sons, George Chandler, who married Bar-
bara Rosecup, and Joseph Chandler, who married Minnie
Maher of Florence.
The next house, built by John Kempkes, was the home of
Adam Doppmann, who married Barbara Vollinger. This
house was burned and the site is now vacant.
The next house was formerly the home of George Vol-
linger and his widow, Sidonia. It is now the home of
Lawrence Vollinger and his son, Lawrence, Jr.
The next place was the home of Daniel Downing, who
removed to Goshen; afterward owned by Austin Abels and
his son, Nathaniel ; also by Frank J. SafTer. It is now occu-
pied by George Dippolt, who married Connie GolHer. On
this same lot was once a house built by Lyman Hastings.
The building was burned and the site is vacant.
The next is the schoolhouse built in 1861. The second
story was built at a later date.
The next house, built by A. M. Richmond and afterward
occupied by John M. Strong, is now owned by John J.
Betsold and occupied by tenants.
322 HISTORY OF HATFIELD,
The next house, on the corner, was built by one Crandall;
afterward the home of George W. Smith. Obed Smith
also lived here. Dea. Alvin L. Strong, who married Anna
B. Searle of Huntington, next owned and repaired the
place. He was a member of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M.,
in the Civil war, and now occupies the place.
The next house, where the chapel now stands, was the
home of Abraham BilHngs. Alonzo Dennis moved the
house across the railroad where it is now the railroad
tenement, occupied by the station agent, Silas S. Dwight.
The River Ro^vd in Bradstreet.
Beginning on the easterly side of the Deerfield road in
Bradstreet, at the southerly end of the street, the first house
was built by Reuben Belden of Whately about 1845. His
son, Dea. Reuben H. Belden, who married Sarah, daughter
of J. C. Loomis of Whately, lived with him. They all died
in Hatfield. The son of Dea. Reuben H. Belden, William
H. Belden, who married Emma Eaton, now occupies the
place.
The next house, built by Reuben Belden, was occupied
by Austin S. Jones, who married Electa, daughter of Reu-
ben Belden. Since their decease their daughters, Anna B.,
who married (1) Dr. Alonzo Lewis, and (2) Edwin H.
Eldridge, and Emma L., who married Rudolph Weber, have
occupied the place.
The next house was built by Francis Mosher. He mar-
ried Jane, daughter of Herrick Anderson. His widow and
daughter, Mary Mosher, now live here. Miss Mary Mosher
is postmistress and keeps the office in the dwelling. There
is a small tenement house on the lot just south of the house.
On the road leading into the meadows there is a house
built by Charles W. Marsh used as a tenement.
East of this is a house built by Oscar Belden and sons and
used as a tenement.
The next place on the Deerfield road belonged to Solo-
mon Mosher, where he built a two-story house. He mar-
ried (1) Elvira Belden of Whately and (2) Lucy, daughter
of Reuben Belden. This place was once occupied by Mrs.
James Fisk, and was burned. . The site is now vacant.
The next place was the Gkkow Dickinson house. A new
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house was built here by Solomon Mosher; afterward occu-
pied by Leander Cooley ; next by John W. Field ; then by John
W. Morton and Horace W. Field. It is now occupied by
Reuben Belden, who married Nellie, daughter of Leonard
Stearns of Conway.
On the next lot is a tenement house set back from the
street, owned by Gilbert E. Morton, There is also another
tenement owned by Sarah R. Wight, and to the north a
shop which stood on the opposite side of the street and
was the home of Lewis Harris before Joseph E. Wight
bought the farm.
On the west side of the street, beginning at the Whately
line, is the home of the last survivor of the Revolutionary
war who lived in Hatfield, Joseph Guild. This was the
home of Aretus Scott; afterward occupied by Richard T.
Morton, 2d. It is now occupied by his daughter, Mrs.
Celia Duesler.
The next place is the David Turner house, once occupied
by John W. Field, who married Julia Warren of Williams-
burg; afterward the home of Henry G. Moore, who married
(1) Electa, daughter of Austin S. Jones, and (2) Myra,
daughter of Lyman Parsons of Northampton.
The next house is the home of O. Stanley Graves, who
married Martha, daughter of Abel W. Nash of Whately.
This house was moved to its present location from the
Calvin B. Marsh place at the south end of the street and
repaired by Mr. Graves.
The next house was built by Mrs. Adeline A. Marsh and
after her decease owned by John Foley.
The next house was built by Archie P. Graves in 1900.
He married Margaret, daughter of Alfred H. Harris. They
now live on the place.
The next house was built by Edwin Harris, who came
from Dover, N. H. He was a carpenter. He married
Caroline E., daughter of Aretus Scott. Both died in Hat-
field and their son, Arthur, lived here until killed by a bolt
of lightning while in the hay field. He was followed by his
son, Alfred H., whose widow, Estelle S. Harris, and family
now occupy the place.
The next place, the Thaddeus Scott place, was occupied
by James Scott, who married Lucy, daughter of Aretus
334 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Scott. He was followed by Samuel Graves; then by Euro-
tas Morton, who married ( 1 ) Anna Stockbridge of VVhately.
and (2) Fidelia Adkins. Their son, Gilbert E. Morton, who
married Nellie, daughter of Charles A. Jones, now lives on
the place.
The next house was built in 1868 by Joseph E. Wight,
who married Sarah, daughter of Rodolphus Rice of Con-
way. He died in Hatfield, and his widow still lives on the
place with her son, Leland H. Wight, who married Blanche
Howard of Putney, Vt. Lewis Harris had a home here
in the old house, now across the street.
The next house was built in 1905 by Charles D. Harris,
who married Estelle Eastman of Amherst. It is now occu-
pied by Howard E. Belden, son of William H. Belden.
who married Anna E., daughter of Howland Belden.
The next house was built by Charles A. Jones in 1867.
He married (1) Mary Smith of Hadley, and (2) Carrie
Phillips of Ashfield. After his decease the place was pur-
chased by Clarence E. Belden, who married Nellie Maud
Snow of Providence, R. I.
The next house was built by Reuben Belden and was the
home of Joseph H. Knight, who married (1) Diana, daugh
ter of Reuben Belden, and (2) Caroline Warren of Wil-
liamsburg. The place was afterward the home of Reuben
Belden, 2d. The house was burned and the site is now
vacant.
The next place had a house built by Reuben Belden and
occupied by Calvin B. Marsh, who married (1) Hannah,
daughter of Reuben Belden, and (2) Eliza W. Graves of
Whately. Mr. Marsh sold the first house to O. Stanley
Graves and built a large new house. He was followed bv
his son, George C. Marsh, who married (1) Maria Russell
of Hadlev and (2) Tulia Clark of Easthampton. The house
was burned and the site is now vacant. The land is owned
hv Frank P. Jones.
Dkpot Road ix Bradstreet.
On the rc^ad leading to the railroad station on the south-
erly side is the Sanford S. Belden place, occupied by his
son, Dea. Oscar Belden. He built the present house in 1863
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and married Harriet, daughter of George Stearns of Con-
way. Mrs. Oscar Belden died in Hatfield and a son,
George S. Belden, who married (1) Nellie Carl and (2)
Emma Adams of Wilmington, Vt., now occupies the place
with his father.
The next place was built by Leslie R. White. The house
was burned and rebuilt by Dea. Oscar Belden and used
as a tenement.
The next place was built by Austin S. Jones. This was
burned and rebuilt by Charles A. and Frank P. Jones, and
is now occupied by tenants.
On the next lot was a tenement made of the ell of the
Dea. Reuben H. Belden house in 1865. This was burned
and the site is now vacant.
The next house was built by Oscar E. Belden in 1900.
He married Emma Luce of Northampton. They now
occupy it.
The next place was the Solomon Morton place, occupied
by his son, Richard T. Morton. It was afterward the home
of Alvin Hall, who married Sarah, daughter of Reuben
Belden; then the home of Charles D. Bartlett, who married
Lavinia, daughter of Amaziah Langdon. The house has
been torn down. The land is now owned by Ashley L.
Cooley of Orange, who married Alice, daughter of Charles
D. Bartlett.
The house on the road to the plain was the home of
Eli Thayer; then of one Dane; then of David Powers, who
rebuilt the house after it had been burned. He now occu-
pies the place.
James Cronan once had a house on the top of the hill,
on the plain. It has been removed.
The next house built by Walter Field, who came from
Leverett, was afterward occupied by his son, Horace W.
Field, who married (1) Elizabeth M. Hillman and (2)
Caroline Harris. Edwin W. Field, son of Horace and
Elizabeth, who married Sarah Hall of Pittsfield, now occupies
the place with his son. Samuel H. Field, who married Alice
Clark of Northampton.
The next is the Dennis Cooley place. He married (1)
Melvina Moore and (2) Rosilla Howes. He removed to
Springfield, and the place was afterward occupied by Martin
336 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Lyons. It is now owned by Harry W. Marsh- and used as
a tenement. Myron D. Cooley, son of Dennis, was a mem-
ber of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war.
The next house was occupied by Lysander Cooley, who
married Rhoda Dennis of Woodstock, Vt. Their adopted
son, Whitney F. Cooley, was a member of Co. K, 52d Regi-
ment, M.V.M., in the Civil war. The place is now occupied
by Charles H. Waite, who married Lucy Sanderson of
Whately.
The next is the Eleazer Cooley house. He died in Hat-
field and the place is now occupied by his widow, who was
Melissa J. Stoddard of Templeton.
On the northerly side of the street is the brick house,
the home of Lemuel Cooley. After his decease it was
occupied by his son, Leander, who married Louisa Beebe.
The place is now owned by John Brennan.
The next place is the Abner Field home. He removed
to Leverett, and was followed by William Field. The
place is now owned by Edwin W. Field and occupied by
George Englehart.
The next place, the old red house, was the first home of
Walter Field and family; afterward the home of Franklin
Field, who married Alma Scott. The place is now owned
by Edwin W. Field.
The next house is a tenement built by Edgar H. Field.
The next house was the home of Edwin Eaton ; afterward
of Foster C. Anderson, who married Clara Vining. It is
now owned by Henry H. Field, who married Myra Wade
of Northampton. He was a member of Co. H, 37th Regi-
ment, M.V.M., in the Civil war. His son, Edgar H. Field,
who married Jessie Ingram of South Deerfield, now occu-
pies the place.
The next house is the home of Albert H. Marsh, who
married (1) Emma, daughter of Caleb Dickinson and (2^
Clarissa J., daughter of Hiram Anderson. It is now occu-
pied by him.
The next place was the Capt. Calvin Marsh home, in a
one-story red house. The present house was built by his
sou, Elihu Marsh, who married (1 ) Mary Ann Warren, and
(2) Elvira Ehvell, and (3) Adeline A. Eaton. All died in
Hatfield, and his son, Charles W. Marsh, who married
REMINISCENCES OF DANIEL W. WELLS. 337
Alice, daughter of Chester K. Waite of Whately, followed
him. It is now occupied by Harry W., son of Charles W.,
who married Minnie, daughter of George A. Billings.
On the next lot was the old house of Capt. Calvin Marsh,
which was burned. Reuben Mosher also lived here. Frank
P. Jones built the present house and now occupies it with
his wife, who was Fanny, daughter of Samuel B. White
of Whately.
The next house, built by Dwight D. Bartlett, who married
Louisa, daughter of Lemuel Cooley, is now the home of
Walter H. Langdon, who married Cora, daughter of Edwin
Eaton. On this lot is a tenement which was once the
wood house on the Sanford S. Belden place.
The next is the brick schoolhouse built in 1874, after the
wooden one was burned.
West Brook.
On the plain road toward West Brook is the home of
John Karen, who now occupies the same with his son, John.
On the westerly side of the street in West Brook is the
house built by James and Michael Clancy. Both are
deceased, and the place is owned by John J. Slattery and
occupied by tenants.
The next house was the home of Edmond Bird. It was
afterward occupied by his son, Niles Bird; later the home
of John Fitzgibbon. After his decease it was occupied, by
his sons, John T. and Dennis, with their sister, Margaret
Fitzgibbon.
The next house was built by Horace Waite, who married
(1) Julia Robinson and (2) Mary Bridgman. His son,
William R. Waite, was a member of Co. B, 32d Regiment,
M.V.M., in the Civil war, and was killed before Petersburg.
The place is now occupied by John J. Slattery, who married
Anna, daughter of John Fitzgibbon.
The next house was built by Charles W. Wolfram and
is occupied by tenants.
The next house was the home of Joseph R. Abbott, who
married Minerva Frary. He was killed by the cars while
attending to his duties as station agent at North . Hatfield.
Three of his sons were soldiers in the Civil war: James H.
Abbott in Co. C, 10th Regiment, M.V.M., killed at Spott-
338 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
sylvania, Va. ; Lyman R. Abbott in Co. A, 27th Regiment,
M.V.M.; Richard B. Abbott in Co. A, 27th Regiment, M.V.M.
This place was afterward the home of Philip Jubenville.
He was a blacksmith and his shop now stands a short
distance south of the house. This was the old schoolhouse
moved to this place. The Abbott house is the one near
the railroad. Mr. Jubenville built a large new house,
which was burned. He removed from Hatfield, and Henrv
W. Wolfram, who married Bertha, daughter of Theodore
Baggs, built the house now standing on the site.
The next house was built by Elijah A. Graves and his
widow, who was Julia A. Hart, married Heman Belden and
lived there. It is now the home of Luman S. Crafts, who
married Lavinia, daughter of Herrick Anderson. She is
deceased and he lives with his son, Edson S. Crafts, who
married Lisette Schneider of Syracuse, N. Y.
The next house was built by Carlton H. Crafts, who
married Cora L., daughter of Charles R. Crafts. They now
occupy the place.
The next place was built by Sylvanus Crafts, who married
Caroline A., daughter of Henry Smith. It was then occu-
pied by J. Wesley Waite, who married Fanny O., daughter
of Theodore Morgan; afterward by Charles Potter, who
married Frances Wrisley. They are both deceased. Wil-
liam P. Connelly, who married Mary Lee of South Deer-
field, now occupies the place.
On the opposite side of the street was a house built
by Rufus M. Swift and occupied by Edward C. Waite, which
was burned, and a new house built by Charles R. Crafts,
who married Lizzie C, daughter of Reuben Crafts of
Whately. Charles R. Crafts was captain of Co. G, 21st
Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war, and he and his wife
now occupy the place.
The next house was built by Daniel Vining, who married
Clarissa, daughter of Lemuel Cooley. Bojh are deceased.
The next occupant was Thomas Hanrahan, who removed
from town. The place is now owned by Frank Sadovvsky.
The next house was the home of Leavitt and Orphronia
Vining. They had two sons who were soldiers in the Civil
war; John H. Vining in Co. F, 37th Regiment, M.V.M. ,
who died at Washington, D. C, from wounds received at
REMINISCENCES OF DANIEL W. WELLS. 339
Cold Harbor, Va., in 1864; and Oliver S. Vining of Co. F,
37th Regiment, M.V.M. The place was afterward occupied
by Henry Manchester, whose wife was Susan Vining; then
by Stephen Knapp, Sylvanus Crafts, and Henry Wedemeier.
It was later the home of Edward Flynn from Whately.
After his decease it became the home of his widow, who
was Catherine, daughter of Daniel and Margaret M. Gar-
vey.
The next house is now the home of John Natovitz. This
is the J. R. Abbott house, moved to this place by Philip
Jubenville, where he lived a short time after his dwelling
was burned.
Across the railroad is the house formerly occupied by
Lemuel A. Waite, who married Louisa Dickinson of
Whately. They removed to Main Street and were followed
by one Hosford, then by John and Christiana Wenzel. It
is now occupied by John Bokum.
The next house was built by Charles W. Wolfram and
occupied by his daughter, who married John K. Holt. On
this lot was a small house, the home of Dwight Morton,
who was a member of Co. C, 10th Regiment, M.V.M. , in
the Civil war. The house has been torn down.
The next house was the home of Justus Morton, son of
Dea. Levi Morton of Whately. He married Lydia Allis
of Whately. They died in Hatfield. The place was after-
ward occupied by Jerome E. King, a member of Co. F,
37th Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war; then owned by
Harvey Moore, Charles W. Wolfram, and Smith E. Briggs,
and now by Leon Zaksesky.
The next house was built by Charles W. Wolfram and
is now occupied by his daughter Mary, who married George
O. Whitcomb.
The next house was built bv Charles W. Wolfram and
occupied by E. S. Wayne, who removed from town. It is
now owned by Stephen Omasta, who married Christine
A'damec.
Pantry Road ix West Brook.
On the easterly side of the Pantry road is a house built
by Herrick Anderson for his son, Charles: afterward owned
by Josephus Crafts and occupied by J. Wesley Waite, Rich-
340 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
ard B. xAbbott, and John C. Field, then owned by Willis
Holden, now by his son, Harry R. Holden, who married
Anna, daughter of Charles W. Wolfram.
Across the street to the south was the home of LeW
Graves, who married Bathsheba, daughter of Jeremiah
Graves of Whately. Their son, Henry R. Graves, married
Laura, daughter of Benjamin Tufts. Henry R. Graves
rebuilt the house on the same site. His daughter, Hattie
M., married George M. Donalson and they now live on the
place.
The next house was the home of Herrick Anderson.
He married Clarissa Bisbee. Both died in Hatfield. The
place w-as afterward purchased by Daniel Garvey, who mar-
ried Margaret, daughter of Patrick Daly of Hatfield. It
is now owned by Stephen Vachula.
The next house was the home of Ebenezer C. Anderson,
son of Herrick. He married Minerva N. Belden of Ash-
field. He was a member of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M.,
in the Civil war and died at Baton Rouge, La. His w^dow
made this her home until her decease. It is now occupied
by their son, George Anderson.
The next house was the home of Luther Wells, who mar-
ried Elizabeth Smith of Greenfield. Their sons, Charles
and Luther, both died here, leaving large estates. Eliza-
beth and Augusta, daughters of Luther Wells, Sr., made
their homes here until their decease. The place is now
owned bv Paul Holic.
The next house, built by Charles W. Wolfram, is his
home, with his son, William W., who married Alida Maew-
right. Across the street is a tenement of Charles W.
Wolfram, and to the south of it is the two-story brick
schoolhouse built in 187L
Across the West Brook bridge was the Phineas Bennett
home, afterwMrd called the Larrabee place. This has been
torn down. Edward N. Dickinson now occupies the land.
The next house, called the Nathaniel Frary house, was
occupied by his cliildren. The daughter, Sophronia, who
was the widow of David D. Gardner, was the survivor.
After her decease the place was ])urchased by Timothy J.
Slattery of Northampton; then occupied by Edward N-
REMINISCENCES OF DANIEL W. WELLS. 341
Dickinson and followed by George McKeon. The house
was burned in 1908 and the site is now vacant.
The next house was the home of Aaron and Caleb Cooley
Dickinson. After the decease of Caleb Cooley, who founded
the Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, his brother David,
who married Dorothy, daughter of John Brown of
Whately, lived and died here. His son, Champion B.,
followed. He married Martha Richtmyre. He was fol-
lowed by his son, Edward N. Dickinson, who married
Elvira McKeon. The house was burned and a new one
built by Edward N. in 1907.
The next house on the location of the sawmill and husk-
mill was built by Edward Waite; then owned by Lemuel
Cooley, Solomon Mosher, Kitridge and Dutton, Andrew
Dutton, George and Dwight Dickinson and Francis G.
Bardwell, who married Martha E., daughter of Otis Moore
of Whately. He built the present dwelling, the former
house having burned. He was a member of Co. D., 52d
Regt., M.V.M., in the Civil war. His widow now lives on
the place.
Across the bridge on the Whately line is the house built
by Russell Waite, who married Mary, daughter of Daniel
Morton of Whately. After their decease the place was
owned by David Fitzgerald, who removed to Boston, and
it is now occupied by tenants.
The next house was built by Harris Waite for Oliver
Vining; afterward the home of George Russell, who mar-
ried Mary O., daughter of Harris Waite. Later it be-
longed to Reuben Mosher, who married Elizabeth,
daughter of Herrick Anderson. It is now the home of
Cornelius and Kate Murphy.
Across the railroad is the store and dwelling built by
Ezra M. Martin, and now occupied by George H. Danforth.
The North Hatfield post office is kept here.
The next house is owned by the Connecticut River Rail-
road company and is occupied by the station agent, Wil-
liam 1, Bishop, who married Mary Parsons.
Straits Road.
The next house, on the Straits road, is the home of Wil-
liam Coffey and family.
342 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
The next house was the home of Thomas O'Hara. He
removed from town. The house was burned and the site
is now vacant. The land is owned by Luman S. Crafts.
The next house is the home of George PfeiflFer and
family.
The next house is the home of Dennis Reagon and
family. This was formerly the home of John Saverzopf.
South of the Aaron Dickinson house on the Pantry road,
the first house, built by Henry Knights, is now owned and
occupied by George P. Graves, who married Nellie M..
daughter of Edward E. Sanderson of Whately. On this
site Edward A. Stockbridge built a house, which was
burned.
The next house was built by John H. Vining, w^hose wife
was Clarissa Wilcox. It was afterward occupied by Fred
Vining, who married Laura C. Manchester, and it is now
the home of Hiram Graves.
The next house, built by Reuben Mosher, was the home
of Morris Fitzgibbons until his decease. His daughters
now live on the place.
The next house, on the easterly side of the highway,
called the Michael Tobin place, was afterward occupied
by William Richtmyre, who married Jane GrifTeth, later
by Henry A. Wilder, and is now owned by Albert A.
Xickerson.
DANIEL W. WELLS.
III.— THE HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS
SOCIETIES.
The Congregational Society. — Freedom from division. — The pastors. —
The deacons. — Missionary spirit. — The present church building. — The revival
of 1850. — Changes in the manner of worship.— Organizations. — Statistics.
St. Joseph's Parish. — Difficulties of the Catholic pioneers. — Holding of
services in Hatfield. — The first altar. — Building the church. — The pastors.
The Congregational Society. — Much of the early history of
the Congregational Church has already been given in con-
nection with the growth of the town. Hatfield has had only
one Protestant church and that has fortunately been free
from strife that led to divisions. The spread of Unitarianism
in the early part of the nineteenth century caused a few to
**sign off" from support of the church, but no attempt was
made to form another society and many whose views were
Unitarian continued to worship under Dr. Lyman and his
successors. The church has had as attendants many who
were allied with other denominations and not a few of them
have united with it. In 1844-1846 meetings were held by
some Methodists in the town hall, but no society was
formed.
The first records of the church that have been preserved
date back only to 1772 — the church book of Dr. Lyman.
No book of parish records separate from those of the church
was kept, at least none has been preserved, till 1876, the
time when the pastorate of Rev. Robert M. Woods began.
The first parish was organized in 1830 and thereafter the
church received no aid from the town. The ministers of the
church have been as follows : —
Rev. Hope Atherton, ordained 1670; died June 8. 1677.
Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey, installed 1683; died Nov. 4, 1685.
Rev. William Williams, ordained 1686; died Aug. 31, 1741.
Rev. Timothy Woodbridge, ordained as colleague Nov. 14, 1739; died
June 3, 1770.
Rev. Joseph Lyman, D.D., ordained Mar. 4, 1772; died Mar. 27, 1828.
Rev. Jared B. Waterbury, installed as colleague Jan. 10, 1827; dismissed
Feb. 24, 1829.
Rev. Levi Pratt, ordained June 23, 1830; dismissed May 9, 1835.
Rev. Henry Neill, ordained Apr. 16, 1840; dismissed Apr. 15, 1846.
Rev. Jared O. Knapp, installed Dec. 11, 1850; dismissed Apr. 10, 1855.
Rev. John M. Greene, D.D., ordained Oct. 20, 1857; dismissed Feb. 17,
1868.
344 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Rev. William L. Bray, installed Jan. 12, 1869 ; dismissed Nov. 22, 1869.
Rev. John P. Skeele, installed May 4, 1870; dismissed Apr. 29, 1873.
Rev. Robert M. Woods, D.D., ordained Nov. 21, 1877; died June 19, 1909.
Rev. Irving A. Flint, engaged as stated supply Feb. 1, 1910.
The list of deacons is as follows, probably not complete
for the first one hundred years, as the names have to be
gathered from incidental reference to them in the town
records : —
Edward Church, appointed (probably) 1670; died Sept. 19, 1704.
John Coleman, appointed (probably) 1670; died Jan. 22, 1712.
Samuel Marsh, appointed (probably) 1704; died Sept. 7, 1728.
John White, appointed (probably) 1712; died Nov. 13, 1750.
Nathaniel Dickinson, appointed (probably) 1726; died 1745.
Nathaniel White, appointed (probably) 1/35 ; died Feb. IS, 1742.
Samuel Bodman, appointed (probably) 1735.
John Hubbard, appointed (probably) 1746; died Sept. 4, 1778.
John fielding, appointed (probably) 1746; died 1758.
John Smith, appointed (probably). 1750.
Simeon Waite, appointed (probably) 1764; became deacon in the Whately
church in 17/1.
Elijah Morton, elected Nov. 25, 1772; died Oct. 5, 1798.
William Williams, Esq., elected Nov. 25, 1772; died Mar. 1, 1808.
Obadiah Dickinson, elected Apr. 8, 1773 ; died June 24, 1788.
Jonathan Porter, elected May 23, 1785 ; died Apr. 25, 1833.
Lemuel Dickinson, elected May 23, 1785; left town about 1806.
Cotton Partridge, elected Feb. 28, 1799; died Nov. 13, 1846.
Benjamin Morton, elected Jan. 7, 1807 ; died Feb. 4, 1810.
Moses Warner, elected Mar. 1, 1810; died Aug. 1, 1828.
Joseph fiillings, elected Oct. 30, 1817; died May 23, 1850.
Rufus Cowles. elected Aug. 31, 1827; died Feb. 6, 1840.
George W. Hubbard, elected July 10, 1849 ; resigned Aug. 30. 1870.
Erastus Cowles, elected Aug. 28, 1850; resigned Sept. 11, 1861.
James Porter, elected Sept. 11, 1861 ; resigned Apr. 4, 1875.
Alpheus Cowles, elected Oct. 21, 1869; resigned Apr. 4, 1875.
Caleb Dickinson, elected Oct. 21, 1869; resigned Apr. 4, 1875.
James Porter, re-elected Apr. 8, 1875; resigned Dec. 18y 1889. ^
Alpheus Cowles, re-elected Apr. 8, 1875; resigned Dec, 29, 1886.
Jonathan S. Graves, elected Apr. 8, 1875; di^ Feb. 27, 1883.^'
Daniel W. Wells, elected Apr. 8, 1875 ; resigned Dec. 29i 1891.. •
Oscar Belden, elected Apr. 5, 1883.
George A. Billings, ejected Dec. 29, 1886; resigned Dec 19, 1894.'
Henry S. Hubbard, elected Dec. 18, 1889; died Aug. 26, 1908.
Joseph S. Wells, elected Dec. 29, 1891 ; resigned Dec. 21, 1892.
Daniel W. Wells, re-elected Dec. 21. 1892.
Alvin L. Strong, elected Dec. 30. 1896.
George A. Billings, re-elected Dec. 30, 1908.
The church has long been Jcnown as a missionary church.
Dr. Lyman was one of the first presidents of the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1823-1826.
Rev. Robert M. Woods was connected by marriage with the
Fairbank family, which has furnished many members who
have devoted their lives to service in India. During his
pastorate $38,000 were expended in benevolences. Contri-
THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. 345
»utions for both home and foreign missionary work have
Iways been generous.
The present house of worship was built in 1849, while the
hurch was without a pastor. In 1867 the vestry was added
nd an organ loft built and the present organ put in place.
The parlors were built in 1891. The next year extensive
aterior repairs were made, the galleries were changed and
lew seats and stained-glass windows were put in. The
lock was placed in the belfry in 1898. The Woods memo-
ial window was placed in the front of the church in 1909.
t is a copy of Hoffmann's celebrated painting "Behold I
itand at the Door and Knock." The south memorial win-
ow is to Dr. Joseph Lyman, whose services extended over
period of 56 years. On the window opposite are inscribed
he names of the other ministers who died at their posts, —
lev, Hope Athertpn, Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey, and Rev.
Villiam Williams.
A great revival occurred in the church in 1850 under the
reaching of the evangelist, Rev. J. D. Potter. The church
/as at that time without a settled pastor. At the August
ommunion one hundred stood in the broad aisle to be
eceived into the fellowship of the church. It was the most
owerful revival in all its history. At its beginning in the
pring people said, "It is impossible to have a revival now,
»^hen planting time is coming on." Nevertheless, the whole
3wn was soon deeply stirred and the services were largely
ttended.
The Scriptures were not read in meeting during the first
)ur pastoratejs. The custom was introduced by Dr. Lyman
1 1812. The weekly "lecture day," usually Thursday, was
digiously observed by all the church members from the
rst organization of the church. It was an afternoon service
t which the people listened to the exhortation of the pastor;
2ed time and harvest were no excuse for non-attendance,
^rayer and conference meetings in which laymen took part
id not appear till about the close of the eighteenth century.
)r. Lyman found them helpful in his work, though at the
eginning of his ministry he was opposed to the movement
nd said, "I will not allow such wild fire in my parish."
'here was no responsive reading of the Psalms, no repeating
i the Lord's Prayer or of the Apostles' Creed till the nine-
346 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
teenth century. Regular midweek prayer meetings were
instituted by Mr. Neill about 1840.
The Sunday school was started about 1830 and the Young
People's Society of Christian Endeavor in 1885. The La-
dies' Benevolent Society was started in the '40's and has been
very helpful in organizing and directing the charitable work
among the women of the parish. It became an auxiliary
of the Women's Home Missionary Association in 1881. The
Real Folks, organized in 1869, is an important factor in the
social and benevolent activities of the church. A Men's
Club was formed in 1904. The women of the church are
organized for foreign missionary work as an auxiliary of the
Woman's Board of Missions. The children were interested
in missionary work in the '60's by the formation of a band
of Gleaners, which later became the Wide-Awakes.
The statistics of membership reported by the clerk at the
annual meeting in December, 1909, were: Males, 102; fe-
males, 162; total, 264; non-resident, i7. The membership
has been well kept up, though the native American popula-
tion of the town has shrunk 25 per cent, or more. The
largest number on the rolls of the church in recent years was
in 1892, when there were 319.
St. Joseph's Parish. — The first settlers of the Catholic faith
in Hatfield labored under extreme difficulties. There were
no churches or priests of their order nearer than Greenfield
and manv times when sick calls came it was necessarv for
some one to walk to that town to secure assistance. An
instance is recorded where a man set out at eleven o'clock at
night to secure the services of a priest. He covered the
distance of sixteen miles in less than two hours, so it is said.
It was in the spring and a flood was running high. On the
trip from Greenfield the priest had to drive through water so
deep that it reached the body of the carriage, but he reached
the bedside in time to administer the rites of the church.
As the Catholic population increased after the immigra-
tions of the '40's, churches became more numerous. The
Hatfield Catholics belonged at first to St. Mary's parish in
Northampton. They were faithful in their attendance at
the services, though many were obliged to make the trip on
foot. By 1879 there were over 500 French, German, and
Irish \n the town of Hatfield and thev desired to have serv-
THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. 347
ices held in their midst. Those who were most active in the
matter were Michael Larkin, Bridget Kelly, and Mrs. Lorenz
Doppmann. In the fall of 1879 an entertainment was given
in the town hall to raise funds, in charge of a committee
consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ryan, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Nolan, Mrs. Peter Denlein, and Mary Proulx. It
was so successful that about $200 was cleared. The Protes-
tants of the town also took great interest in the entertain-
ment and the efforts of their fellow-townsmen to have a
place of worship for themselves. Academy Hall was placed
at their disposal.
One cold, stormy night in December, Michael Larkin
brought up from Northampton an altar, and with the help
of neighbors set it up in Academy Hall. The next day,
which was Christmas, mass was said by Rev. Michael J.
Barry of Northampton, and thereafter once each month a
service was held in the hall. After him Rev. John Kenney
of Northampton was in charge of the parish, holding services
in Hatfield twice a month, attended by between two and
three hundred people.
A subscription fund for a church building was started in
1891. It was a propitious time, as that year and the next
were among the most prosperous years that the Hatfield
farmers had enjoyed. By that time many of the Catholics
had acquired farms of their own and were successful in the
management of them. Nearly $2,000 were raised. The
subscription committee was John McHugh, Jr., treasurer;
John Doppmann, Michael Boyle, Peter Saffer, and John T.
Slattery. Labor for grading and laying the foundations was
given by the parishioners to the amount of about $600, the
comrnittee in charge of this work being John McHugh, Jr.,
chairman; James Mullins, and Peter Saflfer. St. Joseph's
Church was built in 1892, the first service was held in it New
Years day, 1893, and it was dedicated the next day by
Bishop Beaven of Springfield. It was considerably enlarged
in 1905. The parish house was built in 1907.
In the summer of 1895 Hatfield and Deerfield were made
one parish under the care of Rev. R. S. J. Burke of South
Deerfield, who was succeeded by Rev. M. O'Sullivan. Dur-
ing the pastorate of Father Burke two fairs were held, in
1896 and 1897. to reduce the debt, about $1,200 U^\w%
348 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
cleared. In January, 1899, Hatfield was made a separate
parish and Rev. Charles J. Boylan was settled as the first
resident pastor. He had previously held pastorates in Ox-
ford and Pittsfield. Under him the parish had a remarkable
growth in numbers, wealth, and influence. In April. 1909,
he was transferred to All Souls' Church in Springfield and
was succeeded by Kev. William 1'". l'"oley. who had previ-
ously been pastor in Wiliiamstown and in Springfield. The
THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. 349
latter has made many improvements in the buildings and
grounds, has installed a new altar, and is raising funds for
a new organ. There are two choirs, senior and junior, under
the direction of Miss Maude E. Boyle. The parishioners
number nearly 1,300. A great change has come over the
membership of the parish in the last ten years or more. The
first communicants were Irish, French, and German, but of
late the number of Poles has greatly increased, so that they
comprise nearly half of the parish, and are desirous of having
a house of worship of their own and a priest who speaks
their own language.
An interesting event in the history of St. Joseph's Church
was the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Father
Boylan's elevation to the priesthood, which was held Jan. 5,
1904. After the entertainment at dinner at the church of
thirty visiting clergymen, public exercises were held in
Academy Hall, largely attended by Protestants as well as
Catholics. Music was furnished by Jackson's orchestra and
the choir of St. Joseph's Church. The history of the parish
was related by John McHugh, Jr., and addresses were made
by Rev. John Kenney of Northampton ; for the town and its
officers by Matthew J. Ryan, Daniel W. Wells, and Charles
L. Graves; in behalf of the young people by William E.
Ryan ; and by Rev. Robert M. Woods, pastor of the Congre-
gational Church. In the absence of Dennis P. McGrath,
who was ill, Mr. Woods presented to Father Boylan a large
purse and silverware as a token of the regard of those the
latter had ministered to.
1V._THE SMITH FAMILY AND THE INSTITU-
TIONS FOUNDED BY THEM.
Two members of the Hatfield Smith family, descendants
of Lieut. Samuel Smith, one of the first settlers of Hadley,
have become famous through the legacies they left for char-
itable and educational purposes.
Oliver Smith, youngest son of Lieut. Samuel and Mary
(Morton) Smith, was born in Hatfield, Jan. 20, 1766. His
mother was left a w^dow when he w^as but a year and a half
old. The family was in only moderate circumstances. It is
said that Oliver received on coming of age land valued at
$500 as his share of his father's estate. He was shrewd and
frugal and before he was thirty had acquired a comfortable
fortune. He never married. He had only limited educa-
tional opportunities, but was possessed of a good deal of
native w it. He was a thoughtful and taciturn man, not very
popular with his neighbors, who called him eccentric. His
integrity was unquestioned. His religious sentiments were
Unitarian. In politics he was at first a Jefferson Democrat,
but after the election of Levi Lincoln as governor of Massa-
chusetts, a Whig. His sympathy was with the middle class
and he had a democratic contempt for pomp and parade.
He was not a seeker after public office, but he twice repre-
sented his town in the state Legislature, 1827-1828, and was
a member of the convention that in 1820 revised the consti-
tution of Massachusetts. He w^as a presidential elector in
1824 and voted for John Quincy Adams.
As a business man, Oliver Smith was unusually successful.
He was economical to the point of parsimony. His first
accumulations were made in the business of fattening cattle.
As Ills wealth increased he invested in mortgages, but never
lield title to large amounts of real estate. He always pre-
ferred safe investments at a small profit to great risks with
tlie ho])e of larj^e gains. In later life, taught, so it is said,
l)y Austin Smith, he was highly successful in operations in
the New ^'ork stock market, which he visited in person
often. He was lonj.; a director of "the old bank" in Xorth-
nnijnon.
SMITH FAMILY INSTITUTIONS. 35]
At his death, Dec. 22, 1845, he left an estate valued at
nearly $400,000. His will, of which extracts are given in the
Appendix. Note 11. was a most remarkable document. It
provided for a unique charity which has grown into the
institution known as the Smith Charities, the resources of
which for the fiscal year ending April 30, 1909, were
$1,470,806 and which distributes annually over $50,000 for
the various charities named in the will. The heirs-at-law
made a contest on the ground that one of the witnesses.
352 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Theophilus Parsons Phelps, was incompetent on account of
insanity. They engaged Rufus Choate as their lawyer, while
the will was defended by Daniel Webster in one of the most
renowned legal controversies ever witnessed in the Connecti-
cut valley. The case came up before the Supreme Judicial
Court at Northampton, July 6, 1847. Two days w;ere occu-
pied in hearing the arguments. The courthouse^ Wi9,s crowded
to overflowing. The verdict sustained the will.
The system of charities devised by Oliver Smith was put
in operation in 1859/ . The iutld for the Agfricultural School
became available fbr that lise^^in 1905 arid $50,000 were
turned over to the city of Northampton for the purchase of
land for the purpose. The Smith's School was opened for
students in 1908 along^ the lines laid down by the founder.
$261,000 of the AgricultUfal Fund remain in the hands of the
trustees of the Smith Charities/ the income of which is used
for the maintenance qf .the school.
Sophia Smith, daughter of Joseph and Lois (White)
Smith, was born in Hatfield, Aug. 27, 1796. She was a niece
of Oliver Smith. , In her youth the education of girls was
considered of slight importance. They were not allowed to
recite with the boys, but might sit on the doorstep of the
schoolhouse to hear them recite. In this way Sophia Smith
picked up crumbs of knowledge beyond what the Vdanie
school'' she attended bestowed. She had as a child a thirst
for knowledge, a studious and teachable disposition. At
fourteen she attended school for a term of twelve "Weeks in
Hartford, Conn., and at eighteen was enrolled as a student
at Hopkins Academy in Hadley, but did not x^mplete the
course.
Dr. Joseph Lyman had a gjeat influence upon the early,
formative years of her life. She had an unbounded admira-
tion for his character and received help and inspiration from
his teaching. Though she considered that she became a
Christian at the age of sixteen, she did not unite with the
church till she was thirty-eight because most of her family
were l^niiarians, though they attended Dr. Lyman's church,
and differed also from the minister in political faith. Sophia
Smitli was of a sensitive nature and she shrank from becom-
ing out of syni])athy with the other members of the house-
hold. She had three brothers and three sisters, onlv one
SMITH FAMILY INSTITUTIONS. 353
354 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
of whom, Joseph, was married. Elihu, Miranda, and Louisa
died between 1828 and 1831. Austin, Harriet, and Sophia
continued to occupy the homestead, the house on which was
built by their father. There Sophia Smith lived an unevent-
ful life till her brother Austin died in 1861, leaving her an
estate of about $450,000. Harriet had died in 1859.
The care and disposal of this large fortune had the effect
of deepening and strengthening her character. She was un-
used to business affairs and the responsibility weighed heav-
ily upon her. As the least robust of the family she had
been shielded all her life, for her sister Harriet assumed
most of the responsibilities of the management of the house-
hold. Hon. George W. Hubbard was her financial adviser.
She also sought the advice of her pastor, Rev. John M.
Greene, D.D. With a deep faith in her sex and a vision of
the possibilities of higher education for women, which had
been denied her, the idea of a college for women became
firmly fixed in her mind under the guidance of her advisers.
Other objects to which she considered giving part of her
funds were a deaf-mute institution to be located in Hatfield,
an academy for Hatfield, and a scientific school in connec-
tion wnth Amherst College. She was troubled with the
infirmity of deafness. The need of a deaf-mute institution
was supplied by a donation by John Clarke in 1867. Then
the plans for the woman's college became the most absorb-
ing topic with her. There was a time when she wished to
leave all her money to it, but Mr. Hubbard insisted that the
part of her plans that related to the establishment of an
academy in Hatfield should not be given up. Regarding the
plans for the college, Dr. Greene has said: —
"It required arguments and some pleading to make her willing to have the
college bear the name of Smith. She was afraid the people would call her
selfish. She rose above self and prayerfully and conscientiously aimed at the
most good to the greatest number. The college became to her a delightful
subject of thought, of private conversation and study.
*'It was decided at first to locate the college in Hatfield. * ♦ ♦ gut
the aim of Miss Smith was not to build up her native town. ♦ * * Wlierc
will the college do the most, and do it best, was her only question. It is
not strange tliat when this came to be carefully considered, Northampton,
by reason of its ease of access, its literary and social attractions, its church
accommodations for pupils of different religious denominations, as well as
its comely natural sites that seem to have been designed at creation for
colleges to stand on, should have the precedence. After long deliberation,
and advice from many and varied sources, she decided to change the
location from Hatfield to Northampton.
"There never was, in Miss Smith's design of a college, any hostility to
SMITH FAMILY INSTITUTIONS. 355
any existing institutions for the education of young women. She aimed at
a real college, where women should be educated, according to their nature
and needs, in the most perfect manner. She intended to furnish something
above and beyond the ordinary ladies' school, more generous and extensive
in culture, more self-reliant and spontaneous in government, more homelike
and natural in watch and discipline, more thorough and comprehensive in
its instruction, with the greatest elegance and refinement of manners, del-
icacy and purity of taste, as well as benevolence and consecration of spirit,
yet not unnecessarily restrictive and repressive, not gregarious. She did not
think the atmosphere of crowded halls was healthy. Well-ordered Christian
homes were the places where young ladies, especially, should spend their
formative years. She would not set up a rival to any institution. She
thought there were many young women who desired to prosecute their
studies further than any existing schools for ladies would carry them. As
writers, as teachers, as translators of books, as home missionaries and
foreign, and in whatever position the providence of God should place them,
the usefulness and happiness of women would be greatly increased by a
more liberal education. She believed in the divine injunction that we should
'add to virtue knowledge.' She thought that 'knowledge is power*; that
'virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask of knowledge to
show her the pathway that leads to her goal.*
**She would have this college create a new era in woman's education, and
always occupy the van to lead up the steeps of knowledge higher and
explore the fields wider. Its spirit should be progressive. It should teach
not only what has been discovered, but *such other studies as coming times
may develop or demand for the education of women or the progress of the
race.*
•'The aim of the college, in her mind, was not the deification of culture.
Culture is only a means, not the end, of life. It was not the ideal perfec-
tion of woman that she aimed at, but her perfection in service, according to
the words, 'whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant.*
She claimed that all culture and accomplishment are naught unless the heart
and life are united to God and Christ.**
Sophia Smith spent the last years of her life in a new house
which she built, standing just north of her birthplace, both
now owned by the trustees of Smith Academy. A memorial
tablet has been placed on the old house by the alumnje of
Smith College.
After her death, June 12, 1870, it was found that she had
left $75,000 in trust to endow an academy in her native
town. Her will appointed as trustees of this fund Joseph D.
Billings, George W. Hubbard, Jonathan S. Graves, Alpheus
Cowles, Silas G. Hubbard, Frederick D. Billings, William H.
Dickinson, and Daniel W. Wells. Death has removed all of
these except Mr. Cowles and Mr. Wells and their places
have been taken by Eli A. Hubbard and Rev. Robert M.
Woods, both also deceased, and by Charles K. Morton,
Thaddeus Graves, Alfred H. Graves, David Billings, Fred-
erick H. Bardwell, and Clarence E. Belden.
Smith Academy w^as opened Dec. 4, 1872, with an attend-
ance of 32 boys and 25 girls. The founder in her will gave
directions that the school should be co-educational and that
356
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
the female teachers should be equal in numbers or be within
one of the number of male teachers and that the former
should have a voice in the management of the institution.
During the first years of its existence it had a number of
pupils from out of town, but with the growth of high schools
in the neighboring towns or provision by them for secondary
education their numbers grew less and Smith Academy has
come to supply the place of a high school for the town of
Hatfield, which pays for the tuition of Hatfield pupils who
are enrolled. The management of the school is in the hands
of the board of trustees, which is self-perpetuating.
Pri.s-cipai
Wililcr B. Harding,
William Orr.
Saiiford L. Cutler,
Ashley H. Tlioriidikc,
Howard W. Dickinson,
Clayton R. Saunders.
Albert J. Chidesttr.
Artlnir L. Harris.
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Preceptresses.
Mrs. Wilder B, Harding.
Mary Houghton (Hubbard).
Miss Anna Billings.
Miss Emma Hubbard,
Miss Edith Ayres,
Mabel G. Bacon (Ripley).
Miss Carrie A. Oarke.
SMITH FAMILY INSTITUTIONS. 357
Other Instructors. i
William B. Russell, Clara L. Graves (Dickinson),
Louisa Graves (Tead), Miss Margaret Miller,
Nellie Eggleston (Dizer), Cora King (Graves),
Miss Ellen Miller, Miss Bertha Dillow,
Emma E. Porter (Billings)^ Ruby Bardwell (Chidester),
Charlotte Pettis (Orr), Miss Marian C. Billings.
The Graduates of Smith Academy.
Class of 1876.
E. Graves, studied at Tilden Seminary, West Lebanon, N. H. ; taught
in public schools in Hatfield ; married Roswell Billings.
M. Antoinette Morton, married Malcolm Crawford.
Emma E. Porter, taught in public schools in Hatfield and in Smith Academy ;
married David Billings; died 1909.
Rcr. Charles A. Wight, graduated from Yale University in 1882; editor Yale
Literary Magazine; member 'Varsity crew ; studied theology at Yale,
1883-1834; ordained to the Congregational ministry May 19, 1885;
pastor of churches in Detroit, Mich., Anthony, Kan., St. Louis, Mo.,
Platteville, Wis., Hallowell, Me., and Chicopee Falls, Mass.; author
of **Doorways of Hallowell," "The Hatfield Book," and frequent
magazine articles; resides in Chicopee Falls.
Famiie £. Woodard, died 1888.
Class of 1S77.
Qarence E. Belden, trustee of Smith Academy.
Dsvid Billings, trustee of Smith Academy.
Hattie A. Brown, married (George B. Barnes.
Maria I. Curtis, married Frederick H. Bardwell.
Albert L. Dyer, studied at Yale University; resides in Northampton.
Lilla H. Peck, married Frederick P. Pease.
Mary Lb Waite, taught in die public schools in Hatfield and Minneapolis,
Minn.; died 1904.
Carrie L. Warner, taught in the public schools in Hatfield and Minneapolis,
Minn. ; married Arthur Holt ; resides in Minneapolis, Minn.
Class of 1879.
Anna H. Billings, graduated from Smith College in 1891 ; Ph.D. from Yale,
1898; taught in Smith Academy, University of Southern California,
Riverside, Cal., Redlands, Cal., Long Beach, Cal., and State Normal
School, San Diego, Cal. ; resides in San Diego, Cal.
Mary E. Dodge, taught in the public schools in Westhampton ; resides in
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Carrie S. Porter, taught in public schools in Springfield; married Nathaniel
B. Wade; resides in Springfield.
Nellie A. Waite, taught in the public schools in Mil ford and in Minneapolis,
Minn.; resides in Minneapolis, Minn.
Class of 1880.
Bertha M. Forbes.
Clara S. Hawkes, married Eros Blakeslee.
N. Gertrude Hubbard, married William Smith; resides in Northampton.
Alice Woodard, married Frank Montague ; resides in Westhampton.
Class of 1881.
Hmily G. Billings, graduated from Music Department, Smith College, in 1885;
teacher of music; died 1894.
P'annie I. Bennett, died 1903.
I^te A. (ThaflFee, married William Hall; died 1895.
358 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Henry A. Cutter, resides in St. Louis, Mo.
Myra L. Howes, married Cooley Dickinson; resides in Whately.
Lovisa J. Montague, resides in Westliampton.
Margaret Miller, taught in Smith Academy; author of "My Saturday Bird
Class"; resides in Deerfield.
Charles Porter, resides in Northampton.
Amy E. Stebbins, married Henry A. Cutter; resides in St. Louis, Mo.
Class of 1882.
George Douglass, resides in Leeds.
Albert Holcomb.
L. lola Pearl, taught in Hartford, Conn., and Quincy; resides in Chesterfield.
Cora B. Delano, married Shipman ; died 1892.
Emma L. Wartield, married Eldredge.
Frank E. Wing, studied at Yale University.
Class of 1883.
Mary A. Whipple, taught in the public schools in Belchertovvn and Pelham;
resides in Amherst.
Class of 1S84.
Arthur H. Beers, resides in Whately,
Elsie E. Elder, married Edward F'rary : resides in South Deerfield.
Lulu E. Field, married Ernest Frary; resides in South Deerfield.
Sarah G. Langdon, taught in the public schools in Whately; married (1)
Arthur Jenny; married (2) Samuel F. Billings.
Charlotte A. Porter, taught in the public schools in Springfield ; engaged in
Y. W. C. A. work in Chicago, 111.. Detroit, Mich., and hi Xew
York, N. Y.
Herbert L. Richardson.
Class of 1885.
Charlotte W. Billings, resides in Redlands, Cal.
Arthur S. Damon.
Thomas Powers.
Class of 1887.
Hattic A. Carl, taught in the public schools in Hatfield; married Wilbur L
Davis; resides in Amherst.
Carrie C. Field, married Charles Cobb: resides in Boston.
Clara L. Graves, studied at Mount Holyoke College; taught in Smith
Academy ; married William C. Dickinson.
Laura H. Graves, studied music in Germany; resides in New York, N. Y'.
Sarah \L. Kingslcy, taught in the public schools in Hatfield; married George
Carleton.
Grace H. Marsh, resides in Easthampton.
l-^lizahcth D. Porter, taught in the public schools in Hatfield and Springfield;
j^radiiatod from Boston I'niversity in 1887 and Springfield Training
School in 1892; instructor in physical culture in the Y. W. C. A. in
Lowell: M.l). at Boston L'niversity in 1901; married Dr. F. Mason
Padclford -. resides in Fall River.
Nelhc I'-. Powers, married Collins.
Grace- IC. Wchbcr, taught in the public schools in Hatfield; married James D.
Bard well.
CharK's ( ). Wells, j^^raduated from Amherst College in 1891 ; prominent in
ailik'tics; bolder of records in one and two mile runs, N. E. I. A. A.;
president of X. R. I. A. A.; died 1892.
M. Anna Writfht, resides in Wallingford. Conn.
Class of 1S88.
Geortie I'. IJartcMi. Kradnated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1891;
re.sides in Millville, N. J.
SMITH FAMILY INSTITUTIONS. 359
Mary J. Breor, taught in public schools in Hatfield; married Laurence A.
Powers.
Nellie A. Carl, taught in the public schools in Hatfield; married George S.
Belden; died 1898.
Hattic S. Marsh, resides in Boston.
Lizzie E. Ryan, taught in the public schools in Hatfield; married John W.
Kiley.
Class of i88g.
George S. Belden.
Jennie M. Barnes, married William G. Keating; resides in Manchester, N. H.
Bridget C. Day, teacher in business school in Springfield.
Elizabeth Fairbank, graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1893; taught
in Arms Academy, Shelbume Falls; married William W. Hast-
ings, Ph.D. ; resides in Springfield.
Myra J. P'ield, married C. Edward Warner.
M. Augusta L. Graves, married John S. Carl.
Howard M. Graves, resides in Brooklyn, N. Y.
George W. Hubbard, graduated from College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Baltimore, Md., in 1894; physician in South Hadley and Springfield;
resides in Springfield.
Mary J. Mosher, postmistress at Bradstreet.
Class of 1891.
Carrie M. Allaire, died 1892.
C. Louise Bardwell, taught in Deerfield and Minneapolis, Minn.; married
Charles Crosby; resides in Minneapolis, Minn.
C. Mabel Barton, studied at Bridgewater Normal School ; graduated from
Springfield Training School in 1901 ; teacher in the public schools
in Hatfield; also taught in West Springfield.
Mabel L. Billings, married H. L. Howard.
Alice De Riemer, studied at Smith College ; taught in Illinois ; died 1903.
Rose Fairbank, graduated from Smith College in 1895; M.D. at Johns Hop-
kins University in 1900 ; missionary in India ; married Dr. Lester
Beals; resides in India.
Anna M. Graves, married Howard W. Dickinson ; resides in Springfield.
Hattie W. Kingsley, married Harry Hunt.
Lida A. Kingsley, married Herbert D. Smith.
Annette M. Lowell, graduated from Smith College in 1895; married Prof.
Ashley H. Thorndike; resides in Yonkers, N. Y.
Ethel Moffette, married Leslie R. Smith ; resides in Hadley.
William A. Morton, killed by the cars in 1891.
Bertha B. Thayer, graduated from Smith College in 1897; married Rev.
Eugene Lyman ; resides in Bangor, Me.
Class of 1892.
Lena M. Douglas, trained nurse.
Thaddeus Graves, graduated from Massachusetts Agricultural College in
1901.
Harr\' L. Howard,
Mabel Marsh, taught in the public schools in Springfield; married Porter
Hemenway; resides in Springfield.
Class of 1895.
Mabel Bradford, taught in the public schools in Springfield and Hatfield.
Edith B. Cooke, resides in New York. X. Y.
Katherine W. Day, teacher in the public schools in Hatfield.
Mary D. Fairbank, graduated from Smith College in 1899; taught in Utica,
X. Y., Brooklyn, N. Y., and Jersey City, N. J.; missionary in
Jhansi, India.
S. Marion Field, taught in the public schools in Leverctt ; married Julius \\.
Trott; resides in Amherst.
Hannah Leary, married George Doppmann.
360 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Class of 1896.
Oscar E. Belden.
Mary E. Breor, taught in the public schools in Hatfield; married George
Pellissier; resides in Orange, N. J.
Ella M. Carl, married Harry E. Graves.
Emma L. Carl, married Dr. George Johnson; resides in Morristown, N. J.
M. Reba Graves, married Robert L. Belden.
Edith A. Howard.
Alice E. Marsh, married Walter Thayer; resides in Williamsburg.
Helen L. Porter, married Hugh McLeod.
Mabel M. Strong.
Carrie H. Warner, taught in the public schools in Hatfield and Allston.
Class of 1897,
Marian C. Billings, graduated from Smith College in 1901 ; taught in the
public schools in Springfield and Warren and in Smith Academy.
Margaret D. Harris, married Archie P. Graves.
Minnie C. Riis, graduated from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; taught
domestic science in New York city, Kentucky, Louisiana, and
Spokane, Wash. ; married Harry W. Olney ; resides in Spokane, Wash.
Reuben F. Wells, graduated from Amherst College in 1901 ; studied at
Bridgewater Normal School; taught in South Jersey Institute,
Bridgeton, N. J.
Class of 1898.
Clarence M. Bradford, resides in St. Louis, Mo.
William R. Cutter.
Monda M. La Mountain, resides in South Hadley Falls.
Clara A. Wade, married Roscoc L. Bartlett; resides in Portsmouth, N. H.
E. Edward Wells, graduated from Amherst College in 1903; resides in
New York city.
Class of 1899.
H. Louisa Billings, graduated from Smith College in 1905; taught in the
public schools in Deerfield, Hatfield, and Newton; demonstrator in
physics in Smith College, 1906-1908; appointed assistant in phvsics,
1908.
Alice L. Day.
Ursula G. Graves.
Clara A. Harris, married Herbert E. Carter; resides in Baldwinsville.
Anna E. Harris, married John C. Burrington; resides in Charlemont.
Viola P. Larkin, resides in Springfield.
William H. Leary, graduated from Amherst College in 1903 and from the
law school of the University of Chicago in 1907; resides in Salt Lake
City, Utah; clerk of District Court, 1904-1905; secretary of Bryan
Club, 1908.
William E. Ryan, resides in Springfield.
Class of 1900.
Ruby I. Bardwcll, graduated from Smith College in 1904; taught in Smith
Academy; married Albert J. Chidester; resides in Simsbur>', Conn.
Anna C. Day.
C. Edward Graves, graduated from Wesleyan University in 1908; studied in
Paris, France; professor of Romance languages in Wesleyan Uni-
versity.
Lillian I. Proulx, studied music and art in Smith College, 1901-1904;
married Charles Ilalligan ; resides in East Lansing, Mich.
Margaret A. Ryan, graduated from Wcstfield Normal School in 1903;
teacher in the public schools in Hatfield.
M. Arvilla Sampson, graduated from North Adams Normal School ; taught
in A. M. A. schools in Kentucky, Georgia, Porto Rico, and Hawaii;
married Frederick Dyer ; resides in Amherst.
SMITH FAMILY INSTITUTIONS. 361
Charles S. Thayer, drowned 1905.
Josiah B. Woods, studied at Phillips Andover Academy; graduated from
Amherst College in 1905; resides in Baltimore, Md.
Class of 1901,
Laura F. Billings.
G. Raymond Billings.
William L. Belden, studied at Massachusetts Agricultural College.
Helen E. Boyle, married John Heafey; resides in Whately.
Bernice N. Cutter.
£. Langdon Graves, studied at Massachusetts Agricultural College; post-
master at Hatfield.
Rupert D. Graves.
Ethel P. Moore, graduated from Smith College in 1906; taught in the public
schools in Island Pond, Vt., and Hatfield.
Theresa M. Nolan, studied at Smith College.
Howard A. Strong.
Louisa B. Wells, studied at the Capen School, Northampton, and at Smith
College; married C. Edward Cowan; resides in Holyoke.
Class of 1902.
Leonard C. Allaire, graduated from Amherst College in 1907; member of
'Varsity baseball team.
Arthur C. Bardwell, studied at Amherst College.
Roswell G. Billings, graduated from Amherst College in 1907; resides in
Boston.
Frank H. Breor, graduated from Purdue University in 1907; resides in
Cleveland, Ohio.
Barbara Doppmann, graduated from Westfield Normal School in 1905;
teacher in the public schools in New Jersey.
Robert E. Fitzgerald.
Alpheus Godin, resides in Springfield.
John H.. Hubbard, studied at Kimball Union Academy; graduated from
Amherst College in 1907; captain of the football team; captain of
the track team; resides in Pelham.
M. Larkin Proulx.
Maude F. Warner.
Katherine Woods, graduated from Smith College in 1907; nurses' course
at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Class of 1903.
Eva W. Graves, graduated from Smith College in 1908; teacher in the public
schools in Danbury, Conn.
Pearl R. Kingsley.
Sarah V. Kiley, graduated from Westfield Normal School in 1906; teacher in
the public schools in Hatfield.
Katherine A. Lovett.
Class of 1904.
Ruth E. Billings, studied at Northfield Seminary.
Olive H. Hubbard, graduated from Smith College in 1909 ; teacher in Sander-
son Academy, Ashfield.
Louis A. Webber.
Charlotte Woods, graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1909; supervisor
of music in the towns of Hatfield, Hadley, and Bernardston.
Class of 1905.
Homer F. Bardwell, resides in Hartford, Conn.
J. Leonard Day, student in Syracuse, University.
Mary A. Levitre, resides in Springfield.
K. Helen Murphy, married Rupert D. Graves.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
CloM of 1907.
Isabel S. Warner.
John Stenglein, studied at Amherst College.
Class of igoS.
Maude E. Boyte.
Vivian Bowman, student in Boston University.
Claude H. Hubbard, student in Atnherst College.
Arthur La Mountain.
Margaret Woods, student in Mount Holyoke College.
Chis of 1909.
Frank Bean, resides in Boston.
R. Harrison Belden, resides in Springfield.
George Ebcrlein, student in Syracuse University.
Agricultural College.
The following list contains the names of Hatfield students
who have been college graduates in addition to those given
among the students of Smith Academy. It was prepared
by Samuel D. Partridge and is taken from the sketch of
Hatlield in the "History of the Connecticut Valley,"
Rev. Samuel Allis,
Harvard.
1724.
ohn Hastings.
Vale. 1«15
Edward Billings,
Harvard,
1731.
onathan H. Lyman,
Yale, 1802
Joseph Billings,
Vale,
1797.
oseph L. Morton,
Vale. IBS
Edward C, Billings,
Yale.
1853.
ohn Partridge,
Hanard, ITDS
Charles M, Billings,
Amherst,
1863.
)liver Partridge,
Samuel Partridge,
Vale, 173U
Arthur W. Billings,
Vale, 1767
Yale (Sheffield Scientific SdiooH.
Samuel D. Partridge, Amherst; 1837
Nathaniel Chauncey,
Yale.
1702.
Joseph L. Partridge, Williams, I8ffl
Yale.
1706.
George C. Partridge,
, Amherst. IWJ
Moses Dickinson.
Yale.
1717.
Charles Smith,
-\mlierst. IStl
Benjamin Dickinson.
Harvard,
1723.
William Williams,
Harvard. VQS
Azariah Dickinson,
Vale,
1730,
Elisha Williams,
Harvard. 1711
Josiah Dwighl,
Vale.
1715.
Solomon Williams,
Harvard, 1719
Joseph Dwight,
Harvard,
1722,
John Williams,
Harvard, 1751
William Graves,
Yale,
1785.
Israel Williams.
Harvard. 1729
Thaddeus Graves.
.\mherst,
1856.
Israel Williams.
Vale. 1762
Jonathan Hubbard.
Vale,
1724.
George W. Waite,
Amherst, 186L
John Hubb-ird,
\A
e. 1747.
v.— THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAXUFACTUR-
IXG INDUSTRIES SINCE THE CIVIL WAR.
After the Civil war the Fitch Brothers and Porter (John
T. and George C. Fitch and Henry S. Porter) bought the
sawmills previously operated by Henry Wilkie, on Broad
Brook, and Harvey Moore, on Mill river, and did a business
of considerable magnitude at both mills for several years.
The Wilkie mill was bought in 1890 by AWin L. Strong and
is still operated by hini. Another sawmill was operated by
Thb Lathe Smop.
the Dickinson Brothers at West Brook till about 1890, when
it was bought by Francis G. Bardwell, whose heirs have
continued the business till the present time. Seth W. Kings-
ley also makes use of a water power on Mill river at the Hill
bridge, in connection with his wagon shop and to run a
cider mill.
These were all comparatively small establishments em-
ploying only a few men. but the water power from Mill
364 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
river has been developed to sustain two flourishing manu-
facturing concerns located close by the spot where Thomas
Meekins set up his sawmill in the early days. About 1874
the Crescent Pistol Company was organized by Henry S.
Porter, Edward Preston, and Jonathan E. Porter, who com-
menced to manufacture pistols in the old Moore sawmill, on
the site of the so-called "pistol shop." In February, 1877,
Andrew Hyde and Maj. Charles S. Shattuck brought up from
Springfield their pistol manufacturing business and went into
partnership with Mrs, Mary D. Porter. A year later Mrs.
Porter withdrew and the business was continued by Hyde
and Shattuck. In 1880 Major Shattuck bought out his
g
^IniTT
partner and conducted the factory alone, turning out many
revolvers. Soon after he began to make single-barreled,
breech-loading shotguns and a few years later double-bar-
reled guns also. Large quantities of both were made, aver-
aging for a time 15.000 guns per year.
Tile old factory was burned Jan. 29, 1881. It was imme-
diately rclmilt on the same .'^ite. The present concrete dam
was built in 1905. The manufacture of guns was temporarily
abanclotKMl in I'lO'l, the only arms now turned out being a
new model fonr-sliot ])istol. The bulk of the business con-
sists of the manufacture of automatic screw machine prod-
INDUSTRIES SINCE THE WAR. 355
ucts, principally spark plugs for automobiles. Allen W.
Houghton is associated with Major Shattuck, the firm name
being the Bay State Screw Company. Mr. Houghton was
engaged in the manufacture of these products in Springfield
before coming to Hatfield.
About 1882 Jonathan E. Porter hired part of the upstairs
floor space in the Shattuok shop for the manufacture of
lathes. The product found a good market and larger quar-
ters became necessary. The present lathe shop was built in
1886 and has been enlarged several times since to meet the
requirements of a growing business. From 1886 to 1892
Mr. Porter was in company with Lewis Warner of North-
ampton. Then Mr. Warner withdrew and Mr. Porter, with
his son-in-law, Hugh McLeod, has continued the manufac-
ture of a full line of engine lathes under the name of the
Porter Machine Company.
The growth of these manufacturing establishments has
given employment to a large number of Hatfield men of a
mechanical turn of mind, so that the town has not diminished
in size to the extent that many agricultural communities
have. Some skilled mechanics from outside places have been
attracted to the town. The Porter Machine Company owns
several houses to rent to operatives.
PART III.
FAMILY GENEALOGIES.
GENEALOGIES.
The descent of the families of twenty-eight of the early
settlers of Hatfield is here given. Further information con-
cerning the heads of families in the nineteenth cen-
tury— residents or their descendants who came later — ^will
be found in Part II. A careful search of town and family
records and gravestone inscriptions has been made, but no
claim is put forward that all dates are correct. Where
the records do not agree, as is often the case, the town
records have been followed closely, and some divergence
from previously published lists will be noted. Before Sept
3, 1753, all dates are old style, after that date new style,
which will explain the year in some cases.
ABBREVIATIONS.
a. — aged.
abt. — about.
Amh. — Amherst.
b. — born.
bap. — baptized.
ch.— child or children.
chh. — church.
Con. — Conway.
d.— died.
dau. — daughter.
Dfd.— Deerfield.
Gfd. — Greenfield.
Had.— Hadley.
Hart. — Hartford, Conn.
Hat— Hatfield.
k.— killed,
m. — married.
Nfd.— Northfield.
Nhn. — Northampton,
prob. — ^probably.
rem. — removed,
res. — resided,
s. — son.
sett. — settler or settled.
Sp f d. — Springfield.
Sund. — Sunderland,
unm. — ^unmarried.
Wfd.— Westfield.
What.— Whately.
wid. — widow.
GENEALOGIES.
THE ALLIS FAMILY.
LIEUT. WILLIAM ALLIS came from England abt. 1635.
St knowledge we have of him was the taking the freeman's
Braintree, May 13, 1640. He m. (1) Mary , who d.
9, 1677; m. (2) June 25, 1678, Mary, dau. of John Bronson
i. of John Graves. She was also the wid. of John Wyatt of
n. Conn., before she m. John Graves of Hat. After the
of William Allis, she m. Capt. Samuel Gaylord, Mar. 16,
n, b. Mar. 5, 1642. Hannah, b. 1654 ; m. June 28, 1670,
b. Feb. 24, 1647. William Scott.
). 1649; d. Oct. 15, 1651. William, b. Jan. 10, 1656; d. May 19,
.. Oct. 20, 1651. 1676.
b. Jan. 10, 1653; d. July, Mary, b. 1657; d. unm. Jan. 25, 1690.
"apt. John, s. of Lieut. William (1), a carpenter in Hat.,
at Braintree, Mar. 5, 1642 ; d. Jan., 1691 ; m. Dec. 14, 1669,
lau. of Thomas Meekins and wid. of Nathaniel Clark. She
Samuel Belden of Hat. abt. 1691.
jcph, b. Nov. 11. 1670; m. Lydia, b. Aug. 15, 1680; d. Aug. 31,
; k. by Indians, June 19, 1691.
John, b. May 10, 1682; m. (1) Jan.
b. Feb. 25. 1672; m. Jan. 23, 29, 1708, Mary Lawrence; m. (2)
Iphraim Wells. Bethiah Field.
b. Oct. 9, 1673 ; m. Samuel Rebecca, b. Apr. 16. 1683 ; m. Apr. 30,
1702, Nathaniel Graves.
h. July 10. 1675. William, b. Mav 16. 1684.
b July 23. 1677; m. Mar. 17, Marv. b. Aug. 25, 1687; d. Apr. 20,
femima Graves of Hat. ; d. 1688.
2, 1758. Nathaniel, m. .abt. 1705, Mercy Dud-
. b. Apr. 4. 1679; m. July 13, ley.
ames Bridgman.
CH.xBOD, s. of Capt. John (2). was b. at Hat, July 10, 1675;
9, 1747; ni. (1) abt. 1698, Marv. dau. of Samuel Belden, Jr.
s b. Aug. 27, 1679; d. Sept. 9,' 1724. He m. (2) Nov. 25,
irah, dau. of Benjamin Waite and wid. of John Belden. She
>tured and carried to Canada in 1677. Res. in Hat.
igail. b. Feb. 28, 1700; m. Martha, b. Nov. 19, 1703; m. (1)
iel Smith of Sund. John Wells of Hat.; m. (2) Na-
Jan. 7, 1702; m. Jan. 13. thanicl Hammond of Hardwick;
>aniel Dickinson: d. Oct. 16. m. (3) Nathaniel Kellogg; d. Sept.
13, 1764.
370 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Samuel, b. Dec. 12, 1705; m. Nov. 4, Bathsheba, b. Jan. 12, 1710; m. 1734,
1729, Hannah Sheldon; d. Dec. 16, Jonathan Warner.
1796. Abel, b. July 21. 1714; m. Dec. 14,
Sarah, b. Jan. 11, 1708; m. Nov. 14, 1735, Miriam Scott.
1734, Joseph Miller. Elisha, b. Dec. 3, 1716.
4. Elisha, s. of Ichabod (3), was b. Dec. 3, 1716, at Hat; was
in Somers, Conn., in 1751 ; d. Nov. 23, 1784. He m. (1) Dec. 20,
1744, Anna, dau. of John Marsh of Had. She was b. in 1721. He
m. (2) wid. Sarah Cutler, dau. of Samuel Reed of Burlington, Vt.
She d. Mar. 25, 1807. Res. in Hat.
Ch.: Anna, m. July 5, 1774, Dr. Josiah Abel, b. 1757; m. Miss Allen; was a
Pomeroy of Keene, N. H. He was doctor.
a surgeon in the English army, William, b. 1758; m. Oct. 20. 1784,
1788. Sophia Smith; rem. to Lowville,
Electa, d. unm., a. 20. N. Y.
Josiah, b. 1754; m. Anna, dau. of Elisha, b. 1760; m. wid. Mary (Dick-
Elisha Hubbard. inson) Ingram, dau. of Obadiah
John, b. Jan. 18, 1756: m. Esther, Dickinson of Hat.
dau. of Samuel Partridge of Hat.
5. WiLLi.xM, s. of Elisha (4), was b. in 1758; m. Oct. 20, 1784,
Sophia Smith. She was b. in 1765 and d. Sept. 24, 1807.
Ch.: William. Dexter, b. Feb. 7. 1797; m. Xov. 18.
Sarah. 1824, Mary Waite of Hat.
Electa, b. Julv 15, 1792; m. Dec. 17, Mary, b. Oct. 15, 1799.
1818. Jonathan Porter of Hat. Thomas Cutler, b. Mar. 30, 1802.
Sophia, b. July 9, 1794.
6. Dkxter, s. of William (5), was b. Feb. 7, 1797; d. Dec. 28,
1882: m. Nov. 18. 1824, Marv, dau. of Daniel Waite of Hat. She
was b. May 27, 1806, and d. July 19, 1886.
Ch.: Waitstill. b. Oct. 11, 1825; d. Elizabeth Hastings, b. Xov. 22. 1831;
unni. Feb. 18, 1901. m. Jan. 1, 1857, Samuel F. Billing.
Daniel Waite. b. Aug. 9, 1828. Marv Waite, b. Oct. 11. 1833; m. Oct.
William Pcnn, b. Apr. 9, 1830. 20, 1858, Dr. C. S. Hurlbut of SpfA
7. D.\mi:l Waite, s. of Dexter (6), was b. Aug. 9, 1828; d.
Dec. 28. 1873 ; m. Dec. 7, 1854, Sarah Jane Hurlbut of Spfd. She
was I). Nov. 22, 1834, and d. Jan. 18, 1899.
Ch.: Josephine S., b. Jan. 30. 1858; d. Spfd.
Nov. 22. 1873. Dexter Hurlbut, b. Aug. 10, 1867: m.
Jainis Hurllmt, b. Julv 9, 1862; d. Nov. 24, 1904, Flora Mav Castle.
July 9, 1863. Edward Milton, b. Dec. 9", 1870: m.
Marv Waite. h. Mav 5. 1865 : ni. June Oct. 16, 1901, Florence Wightman.
22, 1904, Edward H. Wilkinson of
8 Wir.r.i.xM TM:xx, s. of Dexter (6), was b. Apr. 9, 1830; m.
Feb', 1860, Amelia P.aker.
Ch.: Charles, h. Mar. 18, 1862; d. 26, 1863, at Wilbraham.
June 23, 1863. William Baker, b. June 7, 1866; m.
Fanny .\. and .\inia A., twins, b. July Mollie .
9. Joiix, s. of Elisha (4), was b. Jan. 18, 1756; d. Mar. 1. IS29:
111. I^^stlier, dau. of Samuel Partridge of Hat. She was b. Mar. 26.
1761. and d. Dec. 22, 1834.
GENEALOGIES.— ALLIS—BARDWELL, 37 1
Ch.: Abigail b. Dec. 14, 1779; m. John, b. Sept. 4, 1786; d. Oct. 3, 1807,
Erastus Billings; d. Oct. 14, 1829. a. 21.
Fannie, b. Nov. 11, 1781; d. Feb. 9, Josiah, b. May 2, 1794.
1789. Dwight Lathrop, b. Oct. 13, 1805; d.
Sophia, b. Nov. 18, 1783; ni. Remem- July 6, 1809.
brance Bardwell ; d. June 22, 1847.
10. JosiAii, s. of John (9), was b. May 2, 1794; d. Xov. 13,
1866; m. (1) Mav 17, , Salome Osborn. who was b. June 26,
'1801, and d. Oct. 29, 1833; m. (2) May 18, 1839, Louisa M. Bard-
well, who was b. May 3, 1807, and d. May 29, 1875.
Ch. (by Salome Osborn) : Son, b. 1842; d. Jan. 4, 1862.
Jan. 17, 1822. Augusta Salome, b. Dec. 29, 1824; m.
Harriet Atwood, b. Jan. 17, 1823; m. Dec. 14, 1842, John D. Brown.
James Morton of Hat., Nov. 24,
11. Dexter Hurlbut, s. of Daniel Waite (7). was b. Aug. 10,
1867: m. Xov. 24. 1904, Flora May Castle. He is now a dentist,
practicing in Spfd.
Ch.: Catherine Hurlbut. b. Sept. 21, 1905.
12. EDW^^RD Milton, s. of Daniel Waite (7), was b. Dec. 9,
1870; ni. Oct. 16, 1901, Florence Wightman.
Ch.: Milton Wightman. b. July 8, 1905.
1902; d. May 7. 1906. Marjorie Wightman, b. Dec. 5. 1908.
Jairus Searle Hurlbut. b. July 22,
THE BARDWELL FAMILY.
1. ROBERT BARDWELL of Hat. d. Jan. 9, 1726, a. 79. He
111. Nov. 29, 1676, Mary, dau. of William Gull. She d. Xov. 12,
1726.
Ch.: Ebenezer. b. Oct. 19, 1679. 1717, Joseph Belding.
Marv, b. Oct. 15, 1681. Sarah, m. May 19, 1713, Jonathan
John. b. Sept. 16, 1683; d. 1685. Barrett of Hart.
Samuel, b. Sept. 26, 1685. Thankful, m. May 23, 1717, Abram
John, b. Aug. 18 or 28, 1687. Graves.
Elizabeth, b. July 30, 1689. A])igail, b. abt. 1699; m. June 6, 1720,
Thomas, b. Dec. 8, 1691. David Graves ; d. 1786, a. 87.
Hester, b. Aug. 8, 1693; m. Oct. 23,
2. Ebenezer, s. of Robert (1), was b. Oct. 19, 1679, in Hat. ; d.
July 13, 1732; m. Apr. 25, 1706, Mary, dau. of Joseph and Joanna
( Wyatt) Field of Hat. She was b. July 18, 1684. They res. on
the estate that descended from Robert.
Ch. (h. in Hat.) : Ebenezer, b. Sept. Esther, b. 1715; d. soon.
10, 1707; m. Elizabeth Gillett; rem. Jonathan, b. Jan. 5, 1718.
to What. Abigail, b. Oct. 14, 1722; m. Noah
Hannah, b. Jan. 24, 1709. Wells; rem. to What.
Joseph, b. 1711. Esther, b. Dec. 16. 1723; m. 1743,
Remembrance, b. 1713. Daniel Morton; rem. to What.
3. Remembraxck. s. of Ebenezer (2), was b. in Hat. in 1713;
d. Nov. 9, 1779; m. 1742, Hannah, dau. of Ebenezer and Hannah
m
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
(Frary) Dickinson of Hat. She was b. Feb. 17, !715, and d. Mar.
16, 1788. He res. on the old homestead and was a man of much
prominence and influence.
CA- (b. in Hat.) : Sarah, b. Aug. 30,
1743 ; m. Mar. 14, 17TO, Jesse Bill-
ings.
Noah, b. .^pr. 28, 1748; m. Lucy
Waite ; rem. to Wliat.
Hannah, b. Aug. 4, 1750;
Dickinson of No. Hat.
Seih. b. Dec. 23, 17S2.
4. Setm, s. of Remembrance (3), was b. in Hat., Dec. 23. 1752;
k. by lightning June 16, 1795 ; m. Aug. 31, 1773, Hannah Dickinson,
dau. of Salmon Dickinson of Hat. He sett, on the old Bardwell
homestead and was an active business man. She d. Dec. 31, 1833,
a. 81.
Ch. (b. in Hat.) : KHjah. b. Nov, 12.
1775.
Silas, b. Apr. 27, 1777; m. Pnmclia,
dau. of William Morion.
Lois. b. Nov, 7. 1779; m. Oct. 18.
1808. Alpheus Longky.
Remembrance, h, Feb, 3, 1782; m,
Sopliia, dau, of John .Allis.
Sclh, b. Mav 18. 1784; m. Ann
Warner of ■Williamsburg; d, Oct,
23. 18fi6, Thfv !iad one child, Pa-
melia, b. Sept. 7. 1839; r
Brown ; d, Nov, 26. 1833-
Hannah. b. July 31, 1786: d,
William, b, Aug. 21. 178?; m
1814, Sabra Swifi.
Oliver, b. Apr. 25, 1791 ; d,
1802.
Jeremiah, b. May 5. 1793; i
niond Harris; no ch.
Salmon D,. b, Feb, 29. 1796;
.\nn While,
I, JoMah
^21.
Dec. 17.
, 16. 1857
of H^it.
)( .suth i4i. \va.< 1., in Hat,. Nov. 12. 1775; d,
1 1 Ian, 1. ISOO. Miriam, dau. of Joseph Dickin-
rt-a- 1). .Aug. 30, 1781. and d. Oct. 7, 1841. He
GENEALOGIES.— BARDWELL. 373
m. (2) Luanda Waite of Amh. in Aug., 1842. She d. May 17,
1871, a. 81.
Ch. (b. in Hat.) : Hannah, b. abt. Hannah, b. May 7, 1812; m. Nov. 27,
1801 ; d. Jan. 2, 1803. 1837, Asahel Wright of Dfd. ; d.
Elijah, b. Sept. 13, 1802. May 4, 1874.
6. Silas, s. of Seth (4), was b. in Hat, Apr. 27, 1777; d. May
8, 1862 ; m. Sept. 16, 1802, Pamelia, dau. of William Morton. She
was b. Dec. 15, 1783, and d. Aug. 22, 1854.
Ch.: Oliver, b. Dec. 15, 1803; d. in 1882.
infancy. Louisa, b. May 3, 1807; m. Josiah
Oliver, b. June 23, 1805 ; d. Mar. 9, Allis ; d. May 29, 1875.
7. Remembrance, s. of Seth (4), was b. in Hat., Feb. 3, 1782;
d. Dec. 20, 1863; m. Apr. 12, 1802, Sophia, dau. of John Allis.
She was b. Nov. 18, 1783, and d. June 22, 1847.
Ch. : Eliza, b. Oct. 22, 1803 ; d. Sept. Dwight L., b. 1812 ; d. Aug. 20, 1832,
15, 1804. a. 20.
Eliza A., b. Oct. 22, 1804; m. Harvey Sophia A., b. Jan. 20, 1820; m. Nov.
Graves. 17, 1842, E. A. Dickinson of What.
8. William, s. of Seth (4), was b. in Hat, Aug. 21, 1788; d.
Dec. 24, 1872; m. Jan. 21, 1814, Sabra, dau. of Heman Swift of
What. She was b. Nov. 29, 1794, and d. Apr. 7, 1868.
Ch.: William E., d. Jan. 7, 1890. Charles L, d. Oct. 8, 1907.
Edwin, b. Nov. 16, 1822; d. Sept. 5, Lorenzo, m. Sarah Allis.
1898; m. (1) Mar. 10, 1847, Dollie George W., b. 1819; drowned Aug. 2,
Ann Graves of What. ; m. (2) June 1834, a. 15.
I, 1871, Martha R. Birde.
9. Salmon D., s. of Seth (4), was b. at Hat., Feb. 29, 1796; m.
Oct. 13, 1834, Lucy Ann, dau. of Elijah White of Hat. Res. in
Margaretta, Ohio.
Ch,: Anna L., b. July 2, 1835 ; m. May garetta, Ohio.
II, 1859, William Graves of Mar- Maria L., b. Feb. 19, 1838.
10. Elijah, s. of Elijah (5), was b. at Hat, Sept. 13, 1802; d.
Mar. 28, 18i83 ; m. Dec. 12, 1833, Cynthia, dau. of Lucius Field of
Leverett. She was b. July 28, 1810, and d. Feb. 14, 1878. He was
an active business man and much in public life.
Ch. (b. in Hat.): Martha Jane, b. Elijah Ashley, b. Feb. 1, 1846; m.
July 5, 1838. Sarah E. Dickinson.
Caleb Dickinson, b. Sept. 28, 1840; Asahel Wright, b. May 28. 1848;
m. Sarah A Warner. drowned July 28, 1864.
Henry Field, b. Nov. 6, 1842; m. Frederick Harrison, b. Feb. 12, 1854;
Alice L. Brown. m. Maria Irene Curtis.
11. Caleb Dickinson, s. of Elijah (10), was b. at Hat., Sept.
28, 1840; d. May 12, 1907; m. Sept. 28, 1870, Sarah A., dau. of
James W. Warner. He was a member of Co. K, 52d Regiment,
M.V.M., in the Civil war.
Ch.: Cynthia Louisa, b. Mar. 4, 1874; polis, Minn.
m. Charles C. Crosby of Minnea- Robert James, b. Mar. 5, 1877.
374 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
12. Henry Field, s. of Elijah (10), was b. at Hat., Nov. 6,
1842; d. Oct. 4, 1892; m, Nov. 4, 1868, Alice L., dau. of John D.
Brown. She was b. Apr. 29, 1848, and d. Oct. 29, 1907.
Ch.: Harry Elijah, b. Mar. 24, 1871. Wilfred P. Weaver of Hart.
Martha Eveline, b. May 31, 1873; m.
13. EijjAH Ashley, s. of Elijah (10), was b. at Hat., Feb. 1.
1846; m. (1) Dec. 13, 1871, Sarah E.. dau. of William H. Dickin-
son. She d. Auf2^. 10, 1876. He m. (2) Sept. 11, 1886, Lois Ann
Wright of ^lanchester, V^t.
Ch. (by Sarah E. Dickinson) : James Smith's Ferry. They have one
Dickinson, b. Mav 10, 1875; m. chWd, Catherine Dickinson, h. Aug.
Sept. 5, 1899, Martha B. Smith of 1, 1902.
14. Frederick Harrison, s. of Elijah (10), was b. at Hat.. Feb.
12, 1854: m. Dec. 4, 1879. Maria Irene, dau. of Lucius G. Curtis of
Hat. She was b. Sept. 23, 1857.
Ch.: Ruby Irene, b. Mar. 14. 1883; Arthur Curtis, b. Aug. 10, 1885.
m. June 30, 1909, Albert J. Chi- Homer Frederick, b. Dec. 19, 1887.
dester. Curtis P'ield, b. June 9, 1893.
THE BELDIXG OR BELDEN FAMILY.
1. Of RICHARD DEEDING (or BELDEN) of Wethersfield,
Conn., we have no date of birth, marriage, or death of his family.
The name of his wife has not been found. It is claimed that
Samuel was his eldest child, who was b. in England, and from him
are descended the Hat. Beldens, Richard's two sons : —
Ch.: Samuel, b. abt. 1628. John. b. abt. 1631.
2. Dea. Samukl, s. of Richard (1), was b. in England abt.
1628; rem. from Wethersfield, Conn., to Hat. in 1661: d. Jan. 3,
1713. He m. (1) Mary , who was k. by the Indians, Sept. 19,
1677, at Hat.; m. (2) June 25, 1678, Mary, wid. of Thomas Wells
and dau. of William Beardslev of Wethersfield. She was b. in 1631
and d. before 1691. He m. (3) Mary, wid. of Capt. John Allis and
dau. of Thomas Meekins. He m. (4) Apr. 10, 1705, Sarah, wid.
of John Wells.
Ch.: Mary. 1). July 10. 1655, at Wcth- Stephen, b. Dec. 28, 1658, at Wethers-
ersrickl. Conn. ; m. Daniel Weld. field. Conn.
Samuel, h. Apr. 6. 1657, at Wethers- Sarah, b. Sept. 30, 1661, at Hat.
field. Conn. ; ni. wid. Sarah Fellows Ann, b. Jan. 27, 1665, at Hat.
Billings. IChcnezer. b. Nov. 16. 1667, at Hat.
John, b. Nov. 13, 1669, at Hat.
3 Sti PiiKN, s. of Samuel (2), was b. at Wethersfield, Conn..
Dec. 28, 1638; d. Oct. 6. 1720; m. Au^-. 16, 1682, Mary, dau. of
Thomas Wells. Siic was h. Sept. 8, 1664. She m. (2) Capt.
Joseph l''iel(l of Xfd. She d. Mar. 7, 1751. They were residents
of Hat.
GENEALOGIES.— BELDEN.
375
Ch.: Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1683; m.
Richard Scott of Sund.
INIarv, b. May 20, 1685; m. Feb. 12,
1702, John Waite of Hat.
Sarah, b. Oct. 25, 1687.
Stephen, b. Feb. 22, 1689.
Samuel, b. Oct. 23, 1692; m. May 8,
1717, Elizabeth Dickinson.
Jonathan, b. 1694; m. Hepzibah Dick-
inson; rem. to Nfd.
Joshua, b. 1696.
Esther, b. 1697; m. Nathaniel Gunn
of Sund.
Lydia, d. July 24, 1714, unm.
4. John, s. of Samuel (2), was b. at Hat., Nov. 13, 1669; was
k. at the raising of a barn Oct. 18, 1725 ; ni. Sarali, dau. of Sergt.
Benjamin Waite. She was b. at Hat. in 1675. She m. (2) Ichabod
Allis of Hat., Nov. 25, 1726. Residents of Hat.
Ch. : John, b. Sept. 22, 1694.
Joseph, b. Aug. 9, 169(5.
Martha, b. Aug. 6, 1698; m. Orlando
Bridgman.
Sarah, b. Feb. 10. 1701 ; m. Thomas
Bardwell of Dfd.
Hannah, b. May 14, 1703; m. Na-
thaniel Hawkes of Dfd.
Mary, b. July 27, 1705; m. Obadiah
Dickinson of Hat.
Ebenezer, b. June 7, 1712; d. soon.
Ebenezer, b. July 29, 1714; m. Han-
nah Nash ; res. in Ashfield.
Rhoda, b. July 20, 1716; m. Aaron
Sheldon of Dfd.
5. JosHu.\, s. of Stephen (3), was b. at Hat. in 1696; d. in
1738; m. (1) Dec. 1, 1725, Sarah, dau. of John and Sarah (Cole-
man) Field of Hat. She m. (2) Thomas Noble of Wfd. and d.
Aug. 17. 1763. He lived on Middle Lane in Hat., where afterwards
his s. Jabez lived.
Ch.: Stephen, b. Sept. 26, 1726.
Lucy, b. Mar. 7, 1729.
Sarah, b. 1731 ; d. unm.
Joshua, b. Oct. 29, 1733.
Elisha. b. Mar. 28. 1736.
Jabez, b. Apr. 10, 1738.
6. Joshua, s. of Joshua (5), was b. at Hat., Oct. 29, 1733; d.
Sept. 20, 1805 ; m. Anna, dau. of Joseph Fitch of East Windsor,
Conn. She was b. in 1738 and d. Nov. 8, 1819. She was a sister
of John Fitch, who invented a steamboat before Robert Fulton.
Residents of Hat.
Ch.: Stephen, b. Apr. 19, 1758; d.
young.
Anna, b. Feb. 15, 1760; d. soon.
Anna, b. July 22, 1761 ; ni. Elihu
Smith ; rem. to Sund.
Lucy, b. Feb. 17, 1763; m. Mar. 22,
1802, John Bell.
Irene, b. Oct. 18, 1764; d. soon.
Joshua, b. June 17, 1766.
Irene, b. Oct. 18, 1768; m. Feb. 12,
1782, John Hibbard of No. Had.
Stephen, b. Mar. 6, 1771.
Augustus, b. Feb. 28, 1773.
Francis, b. Sept. 15, 1775.
Reuben, b. Jan. 3, 1778.
Seth, b. Feb. 12, 1780.
Aaron, b. Jan. 22, 1782.
7. Reuben, s. of Joshua (6), was b. in What.. Jan. 3, 1778; d.
June 27, 1854; m. (1) Sept. 26, 1802, Sally, dau. of Joseph and
Mary (Nims) Lock of Shutesbury. She d. Oct. 12, 1806. He m.
(2) Apr. 2, 1807, Hannih, dau. of George and Lydia Hibbard.
She was b. Mar. 29, 1790, and d. Apr. 1, 1845. He m. (3) Jan.,
1846, Anna, dau. of Reuben and Chloe Burnham. She was b. at
Hart., Sept. 20, 1778, and d. Sept. 18, 1847. He m. (4) July 25,
1848, Laura Allis Woodruff, who survived him. (See page 372.)
Ch. (all by Hannah Hibbard): Son, Julia, b. Sept. 9, 1809; m. Mar. 25,
b. Feb. 6, 1808; d. soon. 1828. Zebina Smith.
376 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Sally Locke, b. Oct. 13, 1812 ; m. Nov. 1840, Austin S. Jones.
25, 1831, Alvin S. Hall of Hat. Reuben, b. Jan. 25, 1820.
Lucy, b. Mar. 3, 1814; m. June 2, Diana, b. Feb. 19, 1822; m. May 36,
1831, Solomon Mosher. 1846, Joseph Knight.
Hannah, b. May 26, 1816; m. Mar. 22, Elihu, b. Feb. 4, 1824; m. Nov. 20,
1838, Calvin B. Marsh. 1845, Roxana Leonard.
Electa, b. Apr. 3, 1818; m. May 6,
8. Dea. Reuben H., s. of Reuben (7), was b. at What., Jan. 25,
1820; d. Jan. 27, 1897 ; m. Sarah A., dau. of Jonathan C. Loomis of
What., Oct. 5, 1842. She was b. Oct. 12, 1817, and d. Dec. 6, 1901.
They rem. to Hat.
Ch.: Hannah Almira, b. Oct. 8, 1843; George C, b. Sept. 5, 1850.
m. Oct. 19, 1875, Daniel W. Wells. William H., b. Dec. 28, 1852.
Reuben, b. July 8, 1845. Herbert H., b. June 2, 1855.
Sarah Elizabeth, b. Sept. 11, 1847; d. Clarence E., b. Jan. 29, 1859.
Nov. 16, 1865.
9. Reuben, s. of Dea. Reuben H. (8), was b. July 8, 1845; m.
Nov. 17, 1870, Nellie Maria, dau. of Leonard and Maria B. Steams
of Con. She was b. May 25, 1846. They are residents of Hat.
Ch.: Son, b. July 11, 1878; d. same day.
10. George Colton, s. of Dea. Reuben H. (8), was b. Sept. 5,
1850; m. Nov. 18, 1874, Amanda, dau. of Albert and Alma Clapp
of So. Dfd. She was b. Sept. 12, 1847. They are residents of
So. Dfd. He d. Apr. 20, 1910.
Ch.: Sarah Elizabeth, b. Oct. 19, 1875, Albert Colton, b. May 11, 1885, at
at What. So. Dfd. ; d. Mar. 16, 1910.
11. William Howard, s. of Dea. Reuben H. (8), was b. Dec.
28, 1852: m. Feb. 21, 1878, Emma Estella, dau. of James and
Adeline Eaton of Nashua, N. H. She was b. Oct. 22, 1856. They
reside in the old homestead in Bradstreet.
Ch.: Howard Eaton, b. Dec. 7, 1878; Minnie Reba Graves of Hat. dau.
m. Oct. 21, 1908, Anna Edith Bel- of A. H. Graves.
den. She was b. July 29, 1882. William Lucius, b. Dec. 15, 1884.
Robert Loomis, b. Oct. 2, 1882; m. Harrison Reuben, b. Nov. 12, 1890.
12. Herbkrt Hibhard, s. of Dea. Reuben H. (8), was b. June
2, 1855; d. Aug. 2, 1909: m. (1) Sept. 30, 1886, Laura Emma, dau.
of Harrison and Laura Eaton of Amherst, N. H. She was b. Oct.
25, 1857; d. Dec. 11, 1896. He m. (2) Oct. 19, 1899, at Amherst,
N. H., Laura Susan Dodge. She was b. at No. Leverett, Oct. 29,
1871. They were residents of Amherst, N. H.
Ch. (all by Laura Susan Dodge) : Theodore Wallace, b. Apr. 28, 1905.
Herbert Eaton, b. Oct. 9, 1900. Laura Emma, b. Nov. 14, 1906.
ClifTord Dodge, b. Mar. 2. 1903. Alfred, b. Dec. 19, 1907; d. Dec. 25,
Clarence Eugene, b. May 9, 1904. 1907.
13. Clarkxce Eugene, s. of Dea. Reuben H. (8), was b. Jan.
29, 1859: m. Oct. 19, 1892. Nellie Maud, dau. of Horace H. and
Abhy B. Snow of Providence, R. L She was b. May 13, 1866.
Ch.: Edgar Matthewson, b. Nov. 2, Abhy Snow, b. Aug. 2, 1896.
1894; (i. young.
GENEALOGIES.— BELDEN. 377
14. Joseph, s. of John (4), was b. at Hat., Aug. 9, 1696; d.
in Oct., 1778, a. 83; m. (1) Oct. 23, 1717, Hester, dau. of Robert
Bardwell. She was b. at Hat., Aug. 8, 1693 ; d. Nov. 17, 1724. He
m. (2) July 13, 1727, Margarette, dau. of Samuel Gillett of Hat.
She was b. May 1, 1699; d. in Mar. 1785, a. 88. Residents of What.
Ch.: Paul, b. 1719; d. soon. abt. 1750. Joseph Scott; m. (2)
Esther, b. Sept. 20, 1720; m. Dec. 13, Dec. 17, 1788, Eleazer Frary.
1739, David Scott; d. 1761. Abigail, b. Feb. 13, 1734; m. Bcnja-
Abigail, b. Sept. 22, 1721 ; d. soon. min Scott, Jr. ; d. June 2, 1806.
Sarah, b. Feb. 1, 1723. Joseph, b. Oct. 31, 1735.
Paul, b. Nov. 17, 1724 ; d. soon. Paul, b. Dec. 13, 1737 ; m. Elizabeth
Margaret, b. May 11, 1732; m. (1) Bardwell, who was b. Feb., 1735.
15. Joseph, s. of Joseph (14), was b. at What., Oct. 31, 1735;
m. Lydia Silvery. Residents at Bartlett's Corner, What.
Ch.: Esther, bap. Dec. 27, 1772; m. Jeremiah, bap. July 8, 1787.
Samuel Coleman. Martha, bap. Mar. 13, 1791 ; m. Asa
Samuel, bap. Feb. 5, 1775. Johnson.
Miriam, bap. Mar. 8, 1778. Sarah, bap. June 23, 1793 ; m. Chaun-
Lydia, bap. Nov. 11, 1781; m. Otis cey Kennedy.
Brown. Abigail, bap. Oct. 2, 1796; d. soon.
Joseph, bap. Sept. 12, 1784.
16. Samuel, s. of Joseph (15), was b. Feb. 5, 1775, at What.;
m. Sept. 30, 1801, Pauline, dau. of Gad and Irene Smith. She was
b. Sept. 20, 1786, at What. They rem. late in life to Hat.
Ch.: Harriet, b. 1802; m. William Alonzo, b. Apr. 26, 1810; m. Cynthia
Bartlett. Potter.
Horace, b. 1804 ; m. Fish. Abigail, d. young.
Dexter, b. 1806; m. Fanny M. Wil- Samuel C, b. Nov. 29, 1815; m. Mary
son. Felton.
San ford S., b. Apr. 30, 1808. Sophia, m. Cooper.
17. Sanford S., s. of Samuel (16), was b. Apr. 30, 1808; m.
Fanny Y., dau. of Jonathan Y. Moore. Res. at No. Hat.
Ch.: Oscar, b. Mar. 3, 1837. She d. Jan. 27, 1864.
Harriet Sophia, b. Feb. 16, 1839; m. Mary Pauline, b. Sept. 5, 1847; d.
Oct. 23, 1861, Dr. Alfred Montville. young.
18. Oscar, s. of Sanford (17), was b. Mar. 3, 1837; m. June
12, 1866, Harriet M. Stearns of Con. She was b. Apr. 20, 1845;
d. June 11, 1907. Res. at Bradstreet.
Ch.: Edward H., b. May 18, 1867. Oscar E, b. Mar. 30, 1878.
George Sanford, b. Apr. 8, 1872.
19. Edward H., s. of Oscar (18), was b. May 18, 1867 ; m. June
12, 1894, Eliza Abbott Fairchild of Lynn, who was b. Apr. 1, 1867.
Ch.: Helen Fairchild, b. in Roxbury, Edward Stearns, b. in Roxbury, Sept.
July 23, 1895. 19, 1903.
20. George Sanford, s. of Oscar (18), was b. Apr. 8, 1872;
m. (1) Sept. 20, 1892, NeUie A., dau. of Jacob Carl. She d. Mar.
27, 1899, and an infant s. d. the same day. He m. (2) Nov. 7,
1900, Emma M. Adams of Halifax, Vt.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Cli.: Lina Katlilt-iie (adciptcd), h.
Jimt 28. 1901.
Willard Hcldcii (adopttti), b. July
10, 19(M.
Ch. (by Emma Atlam?) : Luther
Adams, b, at Hat-, Apr. 20. 1908.
21. Oscar Kmery, s. of Oscar (18). was b. Mar. 30. 1878: m.
Oct. 2,^, I'XX), Eiiiina Anna Luce of Williamsburg, wbo was b.
June 11, 1876.
.irns Newton, b. Jan. 31, 1910.
4
22 Va.\at.\ liKi.DiiN. (lau. of Reuben (7|. was b. Apr. 3. 1818;
(1, Mav .11. Wl : 111. Mav 6. 1840. Austin S, Jones of Had., wbo was
b. July 2X 1SI3. ami .1. July 22. 1894.
1S4R; m, (1) Mar. 14. 1871. Pr
A1.U170 Lfwis. who <l. Jan, 25. 1874:
m, (21 Jtint S. 1895, lidwin E.
l-:i.lr.-dt!C.
.\lbiTi I'liics. b. Dec. 27. 1850; d, .\pr.
2, 187.T
l-'raiik P. Joiie*. h. Feb, 14. 1S5.1: m.
Mar. 25. 18S0, K.iiinv H- Wbitc if
Wlial. 'I'bcv li.id one child; Daugh-
t.r. b. .Xpr. 9. 1838; d. Apr. 11.
IJiim:. L. Jones, h. Sept, 2«. 1854; m,
Julv 12. 1900. Rudolph Weber of
Huston.
m. J;iii. 7. ]XiA. 1 U-i
rv (;. MorifL-
d. July S, ISSII,
,,-ir),'. .\u-tn, Jori.s
Irt46: d. Julv 28. I'AU
m 111 M.-ir\
Smith of lla.l. wh
. .1, June 5
1SS1; m, ( ') tVt, 2
. 188.'. Carrk
Oidcv <if Nhn. Thi'v
laii three eh.
.\V//iV ,V,. h Sc|ii. ".
WD. III. nil-
GENEALOGIES.— BILLINGS. 379
THE BILLINGS FAMILY.
1. RICHARD BILLINGS moved to Hart, in 1640, and rem.
to Hat. in 1660. He m. Margery , who d. Dec. 5, 1679. He
d. at Hat., Nov. 13, 1673.
Ch.: Samuel.
2. Samuel, s. of Richard (1), d. at Hat., Feb. 1, 1678; m. abt.
1661, Sarah, dau. of Richard Fellows. She m. (2) Oct. 9, 1678,
Samuel Belden, Jr., and d. Feb. 5, 1713.
Ch,: Samuel, b. Jan. 8, 1665. John, b. Oct. 11, 1674; k. by Indians,
Ebenezer, b. Oct. 29, 1669. July 15, 1698.
Sarah, d. July 15, 1674. Sarah, b Oct. 18, 1676; m. Samuel
Ridiard, b. Apr. 7, 1672. Dickinson.
3. Samuel, s. of Samuel (2). was b. Tan. 8, 1665, at Hat.; m.
(1) Nov. 18, 1686, Hannah Wright, who d. Nov. 18, 1687; m. (2)
1691, wid. Rebecca Miller.
CA.; Samuel, res. Sund. and Hard- Zechariah, b. Nov. 29, 1702; m. 1728,
wide Ruth, dau. of John Meekins. She
Sarah, b. Mar. 15, 1697; m. Jan. 16, was b. June 6, 1700.
1724, Dca. Samuel Smith of Sund. Benjamin, b. Jan. 18, 1705 ; m. Nov.
Joseph, b. Nov. 15, 1700; m. Jan. 7, 13, 1729, Mary, dau. of Joshua
1726, Elizabeth, wid. of Joseph Hastings of Belchertown ; d. 1782,
Ktllogg; d. abt. 1783. a. 78.
3^, Richard, s. of Samuel (2), was b. Apr. 7, 1672; d. abt.
1753. He m. ( 1) Mar. 18, 1703, Hannah, dau. of Samuel and Mary
(Allison) Marsh of Hat. She was b. Sept. 18, 1681. He m. (2)
Sarah .
Ch,: Sarah, b. Jan. 9, 1704; m. Apr. a. 2.
8, 1730, Samuel Gillctt. Thankful, b. May 9, 1721 ; m. Elijah
Hannah, b. July 14, 1706; m. Nathan Chapin.
Wait. Ruth. b. in 1717; m. Moses Morton;
Richard, b. Sept. 14. 1709 ; d. unm. in d. Mar. 27, 1802.
Amh.. Mav 26, 1780. John. b. July 8. 1725; m. (1) Jerusha
Damaris, b. Nov. 26, 1712; m. Samuel Waite; m. (2) Sarah Matthews; d.
Church. Aug. 31, 1813.
Martha, b abt. 1718; d. Aug., 1720,
4. Zfxhariah, s. of Samuel (3), was b. Nov. 29, 1702; d. Nov.
11, 1772; m. 1728, Ruth, dau. of John Meekins. She was b. June 6,
1700; d. Dec. 17, 1781.
Ch.: David, b Feb 15, 1730; m. 1780.
Mabel Little ; no ch. Silas, b. Nov. 13, 1741 ; d. June 6,
Svbil, b. Feb. 10. 1732. 1808.
Lydia, b. Jan. 10, 1736; d. Oct. 8,
5. Silas, s. of Zechariah (4), was b. Nov. 13, 1741 ; d. June 6,
1808; m. Nov. 25, 1773, Miriam Dickinson, who was b. 1746 and d.
Feb. 11, 1837, a. 90.
Ch.: Joseph, b. :Mar. 5, 1776. Ruth, b. Jan. 2, 1785; d. Nov. 3,
Krastus. b. Tune 30. 1778. 1786.
380 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
6. Dea. Joseph, s. of Silas (5), was b. Mar. 5, 1776; d. May,
1850; m. Dec. 15, 1808, Mary, dau. of Elijah Smith of Hat. She
d. Nov. 17, 1851. No ch.
7. CoL. Erastus, s. of Silas (5), was b. June 30, 1778; d. Oct.
27, 1838; m. July 9, 1797, Abigail, dau. of John Allis of Hat She
wash. 1779; d. Oct. 17, 1829.
Ch.: Fanny A., b. Dec. 3, 1798; d. John AlHs, b. Feb. 23, 1806.
June 17, 1829. Erastus, b. May 11, 1809.
Silas, b. Oct. 29, 1800.
8. RoswELL, s. of Silas (5), was b. Dec. 30, 1780; d. Sept 1,
1850; m. Feb. 13, 1806, Hannah, dau. of Joseph Dickinson of Hat
She was b. May 19, 1786; d. Mar. 26, 1866.
Ch.: Charles Morris, b. Jan. 23, 1807. Mary Ann, b. June 8^ 1811; d. Jaa
David, b. Oct. 1, 1808. 13, 1879.
Joseph Dickinson, b. May 23» 1813.
9. Silas, s. of Col. Erastus (7), was b. Oct. 29, 1800; d- Jan* H
1850; m. Dec. 9, 1824, Mary S., dau. of Levi Graves, Sr. She was
b. Mar. 5, 1803, and d. Jan. 4, 1881.
Ch.: Samuel Fellows, b. Oct. 25, Mary C, b. Sept. 25, 1834: d. Nov.
1826; d. Apr. 23, 1828. 17, 1901.
Samuel Fellows, b. Jan. 18, 1828. Jane M., b. Aug. 14, 1835; m. Anm-
Abby Allis, b. Nov. 30, 1832; m. Feb. tus D. Cowles; d. June 2|, 1884.
10. 1858, Lyman Klapp of Provi- He d. Mar. 31, 1868.
dencc, R. I. Cornelia A., b. Oct. 22, 1838.
10. John Allis, s. of Col. Erastus (7), was b. Feb. 23, 1806;
d. May 22, 1886; m. Oct. 21, 1828, Clarissa Dickinson of Phelps,
N. Y. She was b. Apr. 1, 1805, and d. Feb. 28, 1872.
Ch.: Frances A., b. July 12, 1830; d. William D., b. Aug. 5, 183Z
unm. Dec. 12, 1882.
11. Erastus, s. of Col. Erastus (7), was b. May 11, 1809; d.
Feb. 23, 1897: m. Alav 28, 1834, Artemisia Ford of Dfd. She was
b. Nov. 19, 1811 ; d. Mar. 4, 1887.
Ch.: Henrv Pease, b. June 9, 1835; Erastus Ford. b. Nov. 6, 1838; d.
d. Oct. 2. 1891. He was a lieuten- unm. Sept. 20, 1904.
ant in Co. K, 52d Regt., M.V.M., Albert Allis, b. Sept. 1, 1842; d.
in the Civil war, and register of young.
deeds of llanipsliirc County. George Allis, b. May 26, 1846.
12. C\\ \RLi:s AToRRis, s. of Roswell (8), was b. Jan. 23, 1807;
d. Sept. 17. IShS; m. Mav 23, 1831, Charlotte; dau. of Ebenezer
White of Hat. She was h. Oct. 1, 1808; d. Nov. 5, 1884.
Ch.: Frederick Dickinson, b. Julv 25, unm. Sept. 4, 1901, at Nashua,
1832. " Iowa.
Arthur White, h. Tulv 25. 1834; d. Joseph, b. Aug. 12, 1842.
July 19. 100(3, at St. Louis. Mo. David, b. July 6, 1849; d. Jan. 16,
Martha Dickinson, b. Julv 7, 1836; m. 1851.
Jan. 25. 1866, Lucius Richards. Harriet Charlotte, b. Feb. 5, 1853.
Charles Morris, h. July 20. 1839; d.
GENEALOGIES.— BILLINGS. 331
13. David, s. of Roswell (8), was b. Oct. 1, 1808; 6. Apr. 11,
1887; m. Apr. 12, 1851, Mary, dau. of Elisha Wells of Leyden. She
was b. Aug. 29. 1825; d. Apr. 4, 1904.
C/i-- Hannah D., b. Mar. 4, 181
Oct. 30. 1860. a. 8 years i
months.
14. Joseph Dickinson, s. of Koswcll (81, was b. Mav 23. 1813:
d. June 18, 1882: 111. Mar. 30, 1841, Nancv, dau. of Elijah Dickinson
of Hat. She was b. Mar. 9, 1816; d. Jan. 8. 1900.
Ck. : Mary Ann, b. Nov. 14. 1843 ; ni. 12. 1885.
May 28, 1879. Edw.ird B. Ditkin- Ncllii- D.. b. .Apr. 12, 1859; d. Feb.
son. He d, June 4. 1909. Tbey 4, 1864,
had an infant dan., ivbo d. June
15. Sami-ki. ]'Kt.i.-iws. s. of Silas (91. was b. Jan. 18. 1828;
d. Mav 5. 1896; ni. Jan. 1, 1857. EHzabcth Hastings, dau. of Dexter
Allis of Hat. She was 1). \ov. 22, 1831.
Ch. : Edward Holmes, b. Apr. 29,
1858.
Silas H., b. Oct. 22. 1859 : d. M:ir. 28.
1860.
Louis Allis. b. Nov. 28, 1861,
Elizabeth Hastings, b. Oct. 11. 1864;
tn. Oct, 24, 1900, Chas. J. Abliott.
16. Frederr-k Dickinson, s, of Charles Morris (12). was b,
Tu!y 25. 1832; d. Ai>r. 14. 1885; m, Oct, 25. 1860. Fanny Hunt of
He <1, Jniio 14, 1906, They had one
child. Howard H. .Ibhatl, who was
b, Nov, 17, 1902,
Samuel Fellows, b, Aiif?, 21. 1866.
Allis S,. b, July 29, 1869; d, Oct, 24,
1870.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Elizabeth. N. J. She d. in San Diego, California, Oct. 23, 1907.
She was b. Apr. 25, 1836.
Chas. Frederick, b. Aug. 2. 1870;
Fanny Rose, b- Mar. 25, 1873;
^ra^ion W., b. Oct. 12, 1874
young.
Florence F., b. June U, 1879.
Ch.: Anna Hunt, b. Sept. 16. IS.
Emily G., b. Mar. 17. 1864;
California. Feb. 7. 1894; unm
Frederick M.. b. Mar. IS. 18(
Sept. 3. 1866.
Charlotte, b- Sept. 19. 1867,
Charles M, b. May 4, 1869; d
14. 1869.
17 Joseph, s. of Charles Morris (12), was b. Aug. 12, 1842;
m. Oct. 18. 1871. Gertnidc A., dau. of Hubbard S. AlHs of WTiat..
who was b. Dec. 16, 1844. He was a member of Co. F, 25th
Infantry, 2d H. Art.
,- Edith E.. b. Mar. 20. 1873.
18. KoswK
22, 1879, Carri
was b. Oct. 26.
of David (13|. was b. Oct. 20. 1853; m. Oct.
laii. of Dca. Jonalhaii S. Graves of Hat. She
19. lUvm. s, i.f Davi.l (131. v
1883. iMnrna K.. dau. of Dca. J.ii.
I-cb. 3. 18.=i8; d. Nov. 17. VXf).
^ b. Vch. 25, 1857; m. Nov. ?.
; I'ortcr of Hat. She waj; b.
L- D., b, Aug. 8. 1893.
GENEALOGIES.— BILLINGS. 383
20. William Dickinson, s. of John Allis (10), was b. Aug. 5,
1832: d. Jan. 25, 1906; m. Oct. 14, 1863, Mary Louisa, dau. of James
W. Warner. She was b. Nov. 26, 1838.
Ch.: Louisa Dickinson, b. Mar. 4, Clara D., b. Sept. 10, 1873; m. Sept.
1868; d. Jan. 14, 1874. 10, 1894, Fred U. Wells of What.
21. George Allis, s. of Erastus (11), was b. May 26, 1846; m.
Dec. 6, 1871, Abby F., dau. of Dea. Jonathan S. Graves of Hat.
She was b. May 6, 1850.
Ch.: Mabel Louisa, b. Aug. 7, 1873; Laura Ford, b. July 17, 1882.
m. Oct. 24, 1901, Harry L. Howard George Raymond, b. Dec. 30, 1883.
of Hat. Minnie Alfis, b. Apr. 13, 1888; m. Oct.
Albert G., b. Aug. 4, 1878. 28, 1908, Harry W. Marsh.
22. Samuel P., s. of Samuel Fellows (15), was b. Aug. 21,
1866; m. Oct. 29, 1902, Sarah G., dau. of William B. Langdon.
She was b. June 22, 1866.
Ch.: Gordon L., b. May 25, 1904.
23. Ebenezer. s. of Samuel (2), was b. Oct. 29, 1669; d. Nov.
14, 1745 ; m. abt. 1690, Hannah Church. She d. Oct. 14, 1756. The
ch. were all b. in Hat. He was one of the forty who first sett, in
Sund. He lived on lot No. 20 on the west side at the time of his
death.
Ch.: Samuel, b. June 7, 1693. was graduated from Harvard Col-
Ebenezer, b. Nov. 10, 1695. lege in 1731 ; ni. Lucy Parsons of
John, b. Nov. 26, 1698. Leicester ; was minister at Belcher-
Mary, b. May 24, 1701 ; m. Mar. 30, town and Gfd., where he d. in 1757.
1731, Jonathan Field. His wife d. at Con., Aug. 1, 1803.
Fellows, b. Feb. 15, 1704. Jonathan, b. June 10, 1710.
Edward (Rev.), b. Aug. 10, 1707;
24. Fellows, s. of Ebenezer (23), was b. Feb. 15, 1704, at
Hat.; d. June 29, 1784. He lived in Sund. on his father's original
homestead, No. 11, east side, and kept tavern there 37 years. He m.
Nov. 27, 1735, Mary, dau. of Joseph and Mercy Eastman of Had.
She was b. Oct. 11, 1712; d. Dec. 18, 1799. Rem. to Con. and
purchased what is now the farm of Charles Parsons.
Ch.: Aaron, b. Aug. 15, 1736; m. 1763, Joseph Ashley, Jr.
Caroline Adams; d. Nov. 28, 1827. William, b. July 20. 1744.
Mary. b. Sept. 15, 1738; d. Jan. 12, Jonathan, b. Sept. 20, 1746.
1784. Rlisha, b. Oct. 1. 1749.
William, b. Mar. 18, 1740; d. Aug. Jonathan, b. Nov. 20, 1751.
10, 1743. Hannah, b. Feb. 24, 1754; m. Apr. 26,
Ruth, b. Feb. 10, 1742; m. Oct. 20, 1829, Elisha Dickinson of Had.
25. WiLLLVM, s. of Fellows (24), was b. July 20, 1744; d. Nov.
8, 1812. He was graduated from Yale College, 1765 ; admitted to
the bar; and representative, 1769-70-72. He m. Jerusha, dau. of
Col. Israel Williams of Hat. She d. Apr. 30, 1821. He rem. from
Sund. to Con. at the time his father did. Two eldest ch. b. in Sund.
Ch.: Mary, bap. Nov. 1, 1772; d. Oct. Caroline, bap. Oct. 30, 1774; d. Oct.
13, 1776. 20, 1776.
384 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
William, bap. Feb. 9, 1777. Israel Williams, bap. Jan. 12, 1784;
Molly Williams, bap. Feb. 21, 1779 ; a lawyer in Hat
m. Feb. 4, 1798, Jonathan Stoddard Jerusha, bap. Jan. 4, 1786 ; d. July 4,
of Nhn. 1813.
Charles Eugene, bap. Dec. 2, 1781.
26. Hon. Israel Williams, s. of William (25), was bap. Jan.
12, 1784 ; rem. from Con. to Hat., where he d. June 4, 1856. He m.
Jan. 4, 1816, Hepzibah, dau. of Samuel and Mabel (Dickinson)
Partridge. She was b. Dec. 11, 1796; d. Aug. 21, 1865. He was a
lawyer and of wide influence in Hat.
C/i..- Israel Williams, b. June 7, 1817; Charles W., b. Dec. 18, 1821; m.
m. Dec. 30, 1840, Ruth Hubbard of Sept., 1843, Mary S. Hubbard ; d
Hat. Apr. 2, 1854.
Samuel Partridge, b. Mar. 1, 1819; George D., b. May 2, 1824; m. May
m. Oct., 1842, Ruby Harding of 2, 1860, Elizabeth Cowles.
What. He was much in politics Edward Coke, d. Dec. 1, 1893. He
and was called the "Sage of Hamp- was judge of the U. S. District
shire" ; d. Oct. 21, 1902. Court of Louisiana.
THE BROWN FAMILY.
1. AARON BROWN was b. in Heath, Sept. 11, 1776, and rem.
to Hat. He m. Feb. 20, 1812, Rebecca, dau. of Daniel Dickinson.
She was b. Nov. 29, 1777, and d. Sept. 15, 1866. He d. Aug. 28,
1848.
C/i..- John D.. b. Jan. 24. 1816. 30, 1850. She d. June 29, 190L
Louisa D., b. Apr. 12, 1818; m. Hollis Ch. : Hattie Chenery, b. 1846; A
Ghcnery of Montague, who d. Mar. May 24, 1866.
2. John D., s. of Aaron (1), was b. Jan. 24, 1816; d. Apr. 22,
1888; m. Dec. 14, 1842, Augusta Salome, dau. of Josiah Allis.
Ch.: Alice L., b. Apr. 29, 1848; m. 1874. Samuel D. Porter.
Nov. 4. 1868. Ilcnrv F. Rardwcll; Harriet A., b. Nov. 2, 1857; m. Nov.
d. Oct. 29, 1907. 19. 1891, George B. Barnes.
Jane F.. 1>. Sc\n. 23. 1851 ; m. Sept. 23,
THE COWLKS FAMILY.
1. JOUX COWLKS (COWLS and COLE) was in Farming-
ton in U>32 ; roni. al)t. 16^)0 to Hat.: freeman, 1666; d. Sept., 1675;
m. llaiiiiali . who made her will at Hart., 1680.
Ch.: Jolm, h. al)t. 1641. l^lizahcth. m. Richard Lyman.
Plannah, h. abt. 1644; m. Caleb Stan- Samuel, m. in 1661, Abigail, dau. of
ley: d. in 16S9. Timothy Stanley; res. in Farming-
Sarah. 1». aht. 1647; m. Nathaniel ton : d. Apr. 17, 1691.
riondwin: d. in 1676. a. 29. l^sther, prob. m. Thomas Bull of
Mary. ni. W-heniiah Dickinson. Farmington.
?. loTix. s. ()[ Tohn (1) of Hat., was b. abt. 1641; freeman,
1600: d. May 12. 1711. a. 70; m. Nov. 22, 1668, Deborah, dau. of
RolKTt r.artlett of Hart. She d. Dec. 11. 1711, a. 66.
GENEALOGIES.— COWLES. 385
Ch.: Hannah, b. Nov. 14, 1670; d. John, b. June IS, 1676.
unm. Dec. 16, 1711, a. 41. Mary, b. Nov. 3, 1683; d. unm. 1742.
Jonathan, b. Jan. 26, 1671. Esther, b. Apr. 14, 1686; m. May 25,
Samuel, b. May 27, 1673. 1713, Nathaniel Dickinson.
3. Jonathan, s. of John (2) of Hat., was b. Jan. 26, 1671 ; d.
Nov. 13, 1756; m. Jan. 21, 1697, Prudence Frary, who d. July 1,
1756, a. 70.
Ch.: Abijail, b. May 24, 1698. Had.; d. abt. 1761 in Belchcrtown.
John, b. Dec. 27, 1700. Eleazer, b. Sept. 18, 1713; m. Dec. 6,
Jonathan, b. June 30, 1703. 1739, Martha Graves; res. in Hat.;
Timothy, b. Apr. 9, 1706. d. Sept. 25, 1797.
Keziah, b. Sept. 6, 1708; m. Ebenezer Elisha, b. Apr. 19, 1716.
Cowles. Eunice, b. Aug. 18, 1719.
Nathaniel, b. Mar. 21, 1711; m. Anna, Abia, b. Oct. 27, 1722; d. May 10,
dau. of Peter Montague of So. 1727.
4. Samuel, s. of John (2) of Hat, was b. May 27, 1673; d.
Aug. 16, 1750, from injuries received by a fall from a cart three
days before ; m. 1698, Sarah Hubbard.
Ch. : Mary, b. Mar. 16, 1698 ; m. Mar. Charles Hoar.
23, 1720, John Amsden. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 18, 1710; m. Keziah
Sarah, b. abt. Oct. 12, 1703 ; m. Tim- Cowles ; d. in Hat., Oct 20, 1800.
othy Cowles. Son and daughter, twins, b. Jan. 21,
Samuel, b. Mar. 12, 1706; m. Abigail 1713; s. d. in one week and dau. in
; d. at Norfolk, Conn., 1762. one day.
Elizabeth, b. June 28, 1708; m.
5. Timothy, s. of Jonathan (3), was b. Apr. 9, 1706; d. Mar.
27, 1786 ; m. Sarah, dau. of Samuel Cowles. She d. July 17, 1779.
Ch.: Sarah, b. Sept 7. 1740; m. Peter Timothy, b. Dec. 25, 1741.
Train ; d. May 4, 1792.
6. Timothy, s. of Timothy (5), was b. Dec. 25, 1741; d. May
4, 1792; m. (1) Rhoda , who d. Jan. 22, 1777, a. 31; m. (2)
Elizabeth Graves, Sept. 11, 1777, who d. Oct. 5, 1816.
Ch. (by Rhoda ) : Samuel, b. Lucius, b. Jan. 18, 1777.
Aug. 21, 1766. Ch. (by Elizabeth Graves) : Betsy, b.
Seth, b. May 16, 1768. July 28. 1779.
Sarah, b. July 16, 1770; m. Apr. 29, Patty, b. Nov. S, 1780.
1793, David Pond. Rufus, b. May 24, 1783.
Augustus, b. July 13, 1772; m. Sub- Chester, b. 1786; d. Mar. 25, 1833.
mit Wheat; rem. to Heath.
7. Dea. Rufus, s. of Timothy (6), was b. May 24, 1783 ; d. Feb.
6, 1840; m. Jan. 3, 1804, Lucy Osborn, who was b. Aug. 28, 1784,
and d. Dec. 20, 1844.
Ch.: Augustus, b. Oct. 3, 1804; d. Elizabeth, b. May 19, 1812; d. May
Oct. 1, 1822. 29, 1831.
Erastus, b. Dec. 22, 1805. Rufus, b. July 9, 1814
Orsamus, b. Sept. 16, 1807 ; d. unm. Alpheus, b. \Iar. 13, 1820.
Nov. 13, 1822.
8. Dea. Erastus, s. of Dea. Rufus (7), was b. Dec. 22, 1805;
386 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
d. Oct. 31, 1878; m. Mar. 17, 1831, Olive, dau. of Zebina Dickinson.
She was b. at Hat. and d. July 17, 1889.
Ch.: Henry Augustus, b. May 29, 2, 1900.
1833; d. Aug. 31, 1833. George S., b. Dec 19, 1841; d. unm.
Augustus, b. July 2, 1836; d. Mar. June 26, 1868.
31, 1868; member of Co. K, 52d Edward C, b. Mar. 27, 1844.
Regiment, M.V.M. ; m. Jane M. Charles L., b. June 21, 1846; d. unm,
Billings. Sept. 28, 1889.
Elizabeth, b. Jan. 9, 1839; m. May 2, Rufus H., b. Jan. 16, 1850.
1860, George D. Billings; d. May
9. RuFUS, s. of Dea. Rufus (7), was b. July 9, 1814; d. Sept. 4,
1896 ; m. Dec. 4, 1839, Fanny P. Moody of Amh., who was b. July
18, 1816, and d. Sept. 17, 1870.
Ch.: Lucy Osborn, b. Mar. 15. 1846; d. June 20, 1893.
10. Dea. Alpheus, s. of Dea. Rufus (7), wash. Mar. 13, 1820;
m. Dec. 28, 1842, Sophia, dau. of Elisha Wells of Leyden. She was
b. Aug. 8, 1823.
Ch.: Henry H., b. Oct. 20, 1843; d. F. Sampson of No. Adams. He
Nov. 9, 1847. was b. June 25, 1846, and sened in
Isadore H. Kenny (Cowles). brought the 4th Mass. Cavalry and 19th
up by Dea. Alpheus, was b. Dec. 12, U. S. Infantry.
1847, and m. Oct. 22, 1878, Merritt
11. Edward C, s. of Erastus (8), was b. Mar. 27, 1844; d.
Aug. 17, 1909; m. July 14, 1868, Sarah Russell of Boston.
Ch.: Mabel Nickerson, b. Sept. 26, m. Oct. 12, 1904, Herbert O. White.
1869 ; d. Tune 26, 1886. Edward Russell, b. Dec. 15, 1884.
Mary Dickinson, b. Aug. 23, 1871 ;
THE CURTIS FAMILY.
1. JOHN DAY CURTIS was of Williamsburg and it is sup-
posed his ancestors were from Scituate. He d. July 22, 1835. He
m. (1 ) Rachel , who d. Mar. 29, 1814; m. (2) Achsah ,
who survived him.
Ch.: Lcbbcus, b. July 29, 1784. Dickinson.
Kdwarrl, b. Julv 3. 1786. Armena, b. Apr. 11, 1799; d. Sept 9,
Elbartiis, b. Aug. 24, 1788; m. Clar- 1808.
issa G. . Salome, b. Aug. 11, 1801; m. Jdin
Doras b. Jan. 4. 1791. ^ • Wbitc.
Harriet, b. Apr. 7, 1793; m. Eri Dolly, b. Aug. 15, 1803; m. Enistus
Philips. Taylor; d. before June, 1835.
Walter, b. May 22. ]79S. Jnvcnelia, b. Mar. 7. 1808; m. Moses
Rachel, b. June 6, 1797; ni. Freeman Hannum.
2. KnwARi), s. of John D. H ), was b. July 3, 1786: m. Irene
Graves of \\'illiamsl)tirj[::. who was h. June 12, 1788, and d. Mar. 18,
1860. Kcni. from W'illiamsbiiri^ to TTat.
Ch.: Stei)lien G., b. Fe1). 22, lcS()9. ICdward. b. Apr. 4, 1815.
William. 1). \(.v. \^, mo. Rachel W., b. Oct. 22, 1817.
Lucius, b. \ov. 12. 1812; d. Mav 17, Lucius G., b. Aug. 16, 1819.
1815.
GEN EALOCIES.— CURTl S.
3 Stephen G.. s. of Edward (2). was b. Feb. 22. 1809; d. Jan.
7. 1888; m. Mary Reed of What., who was b. Dec. 2. 1817, and d.
Sept. 28, 1893.
Ch.. Martha M., b. Sept, 6, 18S9; d. Mav I., b. Sept. 12, I860; d. Oct. 1,
Oct, 2, 1859. 1861.
4 William, s. of Edward (2), was b. Nov. 13. 1810; d. Dec.
20. 1857; m. Lucy Hubbard, who d. Mar. 25, 1838. a. 24.
Ch,: Mary A., d. Mar. 26. 1838, a. 2. Edward W.. b. Dec. 30, 1837.
5, Edward, s. of Edward (2), was b. .■\pr. 4, 1815; d. Oct. 4,
1886; m. Aug. 12, 1839, Eleanor Rultard of Williamsburg, who was
b. Sept. 20, 1823, and d. Mar, 24, 1879.
Ch..- diaries O.. b. Sept. 20, 1840, at
Oxford. Ohio; d. Nov, 29, 1904, at
Carthage, Ohio.
James B.. b. June 5, 1842. at Carthage,
Lucius, b. Aug. 26, 1844, :
Alonzo, b. Nov. 26, 184S,
Ohio; d. Aug. 10, 1907.
thage. Ohio.
Mary M.. b. Apr. 12, 1847,
Car lb age,
Lockland.
thage. Ohio; d, Sept. 20. 1849, at
Carthage. Ohio,
Irene, b, Oct. 27. 1843. at Carthage,
Ohio : d. Sept. 3, 1849, at Carthage,
Ohio.
Irene, b. May 25, 1852. at Carthage.
Ohio; d. Apr. 16, 1854, at Car-
thage, Ohio.
Mary, b, Feb. 17. 1854. at Carihage,
Ohio ; d, July .30, I8S6, at Carthage,
Ohio.
6. LuciL-s {}.. s. of Edward {2 1, was b. Aug. 16, 1819; d. Apr.
15, 1878; m. Mar. 24, 1846, Maria, dau. of 'i'homas Frary of Hat.
Slie was b, Oct. 12. 1825. and d. Aug. 4. 1888.
388
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Ch.: Son, b. Apr. 24, 1846; d. Apr.
27 1846
Arthur R, b. July 4, 1847 ; d. Mar. 9,
1891; m. Sept. 18. 1872, Alice F.
Miller; no ch.
Ashley Graves, b. Aug. 7, 1849; d.
Dec. 13, 1860.
Samuel Frary, b. Dec. 16, 1851; ra.
Apr., 1880, Delina Harrington. Ch.:
Margaret M., b. Jan. 23, 1881.
William T., b. Nov. 26, 1855 ; d. Dec
30,1860.
Maria Irene, b. Sept. 23, 1857; m.
Dec. 4, 1879, F. H. BardwclL
7. Rachel W., dau. of Edward (2), was b. Oct. 22, 1817; d.
Aug. 26, 1900; m. Aug. 31, 1837, Moses W. Kingsley of Hat. He
was b. May 3, 1815, and d. Jan. 20, 1894.
Ch.: Roswell H. Kingsley, b. Apr. 27,
1840; d. Sept. 5, 1841.
Elbridge Kingsley, b. Sept. 17, 1842,
in Carthage, Ohio.
Seth W. Kingsley, b. July 27, 1844,
in Hat. ; m. Mary E. White of Hat.
He was a member of Co. K, S2d
Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war.
Stephen C. Kingsley, b. May S, 1847;
m. (1) Harriet Childs of Dfd.; m.
(2) Mrs. Mary G. Root of What
Edwin P. Kingsley, b. Nov. 17, 1850;
m. Clara .
Lewis' H. Kingsley. b. Nov. 27, 1853.
Louisa C. Kingsley, b. Sept. 9, 1855;
d. Mar. 26, 1856.
Henry H. Kingsley, b. May 8, 1859.
THE DICKINSON FAMILY.
1. NATHANIEL DICKINSON of Wethersfield, Conn., 1637,
was town clerk in 1645 and representative from 1646-56; rem. to
Had., 1659; freeman, 1661; deacon and first recorder; res. for a
few years in Hat., but d. in Had., June 16, 1676. He m. Anne .
Ch.: Samuel, b. July, 1638.
Obadiah, b. Apr. lo, 1641.
Nathaniel, b. Aug., 1643.
Nehemiah, b. abt. 1644; m. Mary
Cowles( ?) ; d. Sept. 9, 1723.
Hezekiah, b. Feb., 1645; m. Dec. 4,
1679, Abigail Blackman ; d. June 14,
1707.
Azariah, b. Oct. 4, 1648; slain in
swamp fight, Aug. 25, 1675; m.
Dorcas, who m. (2) 1676, Jonathan
Marsh.
Thomas, m. Mar. 7, 1667, Hannah
Crow.
Joseph, m. Phebe Bracy.
John, m. Frances Foote ; d. 1676.
Anna or Hannah, m. (1) Jan. or June
16, 1670, John Clary; m. (2) Enos
Kingsley of Nhn.
2. Samuel, s. of Nathaniel (1), was b. in July, 1638; freeman,
1690; d. Nov. 30, 1711, a. 73. He m. Jan. 4, 1668, Martha, dau. of
James Bridgman of Spfd. and Nhn. She was b. Nov. 20, 1649, and
d. July 16, 1711, a. 61.
Ann, b. Dec. 17, 1683.
Joseph, b. Aug. 3, 1686; d. in Sund.,
Sept. 2, 1755, leaving neither wife
nor child.
Hannah, b. Apr. 4, 1689; m. Thomas
Hovey of Sund.
Ch.: Samuel, b. Aug. 17, 1669.
Child, b. Dec. 12, 1670.
Nathaniel, b. Feb. 10. 1672.
Sarah, b. Nov. 5, 1675 ; d. unm. abt.
1750.
Azariah, b. Dec. 4, 1678.
Ebenczer, b. Feb. 2, 1681.
3. Obadiah, s. of Nathaniel (1), was b. Apr. 15, 1641. His
house was burned and he and child carried in 1677 to Canada. He
returned the next vcar and rem. from Hat. to Wethersfield, Conn.,
where he d. June 10, 1698. He m. (1) Jan. 8, 1669, Sarah Beard-
sley; m. (2) Mehitable, prob. dau. of Samuel Hinsdale.
GENEALOGIES.— DICKINSON.
389
Ch.: Sarah, b. Aug. 20, 1669.
Obadiah, b. Jan. 29, 1672.
Daniel, b. Apr. 26, 1674.
Eliphalet.
Sarah.
Noadiah, b. 1694.
Mehitable, b. 1696.
4. Nathaniel, s. of Nathaniel (1), was b. in Aug., 1643; free-
man, 1690; d. Oct. 11, 1710; m. (1) Hannah , who d. Feb. 23,
1679; m. (2) in 1680, wid. Elizabeth Gillett; m. (3) in 1684,
Elizabeth, wid. of Samuel Wright of Nhn.
-) : Nathaniel,
Ch. (by Hannah —
b. May 1, 1663.
Hannah, b. Jan. 18, 1666; m. Samuel
Kellogg of Colchester, Conn. ; prob.
d. Aug. 3, 1745.
John, b. Nov. 1, 1667.
Mary, b. Feb. 2, 1673; m. Nathaniel
Smith, Feb. 6, 1696; d. Aug. 16,
1718.
Daniel, b. Mar. 3, 1675.
Rebecca, b. Mar., 1677; m. 1713,
Thomas Allen.
5. Joseph, s. of Nathaniel (1), was freeman of Conn., 1657, and
res. in Nhn. from 1664 to 1674, and then rem. to Nfd. He was
slain with Capt. Beers, Sept. 4, 1675. He m. Phebe Bracy, dau. of
Mrs. Martin.
Ch.: Samuel, b. May 24, 1666; d. in Azariah, b. May 15, 1674; prob. m.
Hat., 1690 or 1691. (1) Mary ; m. (2) Elizabeth
Joseph, b. Apr. 27, 1668. , and sett. abt. 1704 in Haddam,
Nathaniel, b. May 20, 1670. Conn.
John, b. May 2, 1672.
6. Samuel, s. of Samuel (2) of Hat., was b. Aug. 17, 1669; m.
(1) Sarah, dau. of Samuel Billings of Hat. She was b. Oct. 18,
1676. He m. (2) in 1706, Rebecca, wid. of Abner Wright.
Ch.: John, b. Sept 1, 1699.
Samuel, perhaps.
Elisha, b. Dec. 15, 1708.
Moses, b. Sept. 28, 1711.
Benoni.
Martha.
7. Nathaniel, s. of Samuel (2) of Hat., was b. Feb. 10, 1672;
d. Nov. 29, 1741 ; m. May 25, 1713, Esther Cole, who d. in 1750.
Ch.: Eunice, b. July 17, 1714; m. .Joseph, b. Aug. 30, 1719; m. Submit
Thomas Baker. ; d. 1747.
Gideon, b. Apr. 27, 1716; m. Rebecca Miriam, m. Simeon Morton.
; d. Apr. 13, 1781.
8. Ebenezer, s. of Samuel (2) of Hat, was b. Feb. 2, 1681 ;
d. Mar. 16, 1730; m. June 27, 1706, Hannah, dau. of Eleazer Frary.
Ch.: Editha, b. Aug. 23, 1707; m.
John Field; d. 1740.
Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2, 1709; m.
Gunn.
Nathan, b. May 30, 1712; m. (1)
Thankful Warner; m. (2) Joanna
Leonard; d. Aug. 7, 1796.
Hannah, b. Feb. 17, 1715; m. 1742,
Remembrance Bardwell; d. Mar.
16, 1788.
Reuben, b. Aug. 2, 1717.
Samuel and Mary, twins, b. Oct. 14,
1718. Mary d. unm. 1754.
Abner, b. Jan. 5, 1724; m. Sarah
; d. Sept. 28, 1799.
9. Nathaniel, s. of Nathaniel (4) of Hat., was b. May 1, 1663 ;
made his will in 1743, which was approved in 1757. He m. (1)
Hepzibah Gibbs, who d. in 1713; m. (2) Lydia, wid. of Samuel
Wright of Nhn.
390 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Ch.: Nathaniel, b. Feb. 25, 1685; Nathaniel, b. Nov. 27, 1698; res. in
slain in 1698. Nfd.; d. before 1758.
Samuel, b. Dec. 30, 1687; res. in Benjamin and Thankful, twins, b.
Dfd.; d, abt. 1761. Sept. 11, 1702. Benjamin m. Sarah
Ebenezer, b. Oct, 7, 1690; res. in Scott; d. May 18, 1778. Thankful
Hat. m. 1726, Japhet Chapin of Spfd.
Daniel, b. Nov. 13, 1693. Catharine, b. Jan. 8, 1706; m. 1736,
Hepzibah, b. Aug. 7, 1696; m. 1720, Caleb Chapin of Spfd.
Jonathan Belding.
10. Nathaniel, s. of Joseph (5), deacon, of Hat., was b. May
20, 1670. and d. in 1745. He m. Hannah, dau. of Daniel White of
Hat. She was b. in Sept., 1679.
Ch.: Jonathan, b. Nov. 7, 1699; m. Joshua, b. Feb. 7, 1709; d. Mar. 2,
Mary Smith, Apr. 2, 1724; d. Dec. 1793; m. .
31. 1787. Elijah, b. Feb. 24, 1712; d. June a
Martha, b. Dec. 25, 1701 ; m. Mar. 2, 1714.
1727, Elnathan Graves; d. Jan. 9, Elijah, b. Sept. 20, 1714; d. May 28,
1756. 1715.
Obadiah, b. Julv 28, 1704; m. (1) Joel, b. Mar. 23, 1716.
May 26, 1726, Mary Belding; m. Lucy, b. Sept. 9, 1718; d. Dec. 24.
(2) Martha ; d. June 24, 1788. 1718.
Nathan, b. Apr., 1707; d. May, 1707.
11. MosES, s. of Samuel (6) of Hat., was b. Sept. 28, 1711; d.
abt. 1787; m. Oct. 24, 1737, Anna, dau. of Joseph Smith. She was
b. July 22, 1712.
Ch.: Samuel, res. in What. 1773, Silas Billings; d. Feb. 11,
Rebecca. 1837.
Martha, m. William Mather. Anna, b. abt. 1750; m. John Bullard;
Miriam, b. abt. 1746; m. Nov. 25, d. Mar. 27, 1806.
12. Danikl, s. of Nathaniel (9) of Hat., was b. Nov. 13, 1693.
and d. Oct. 16, 1768. He m. (1) Jan. 13, 1736, Lydia, dau. of
Icha])od Allis of Hat. She was b. Ian. 7, 1702, and d. Oct. 16,
1737. He m. (2) Ruth Bagg in 1744'. She d. Dec. 19, 1791, a. 83,
Ch. (bv Ruth Bagg) : Daniel, b. June Aaron, b. Oct. 9, 1749; d. Julv 1.
3, 1745; d. Aur. 28, 1825. 1827.
Lydia. b. Nov. 21, 1746; m. Gideon Roger, b. Feb. 23, 1752; d. Aug. 7,
Dickinson. 1838.
13 loiiN, s. of Nathaniel (4) of Hat., was b. Nov. 1, 1667; d.
Dec. *21,' 1761. He m. ( 1 ) in 1688, Sarah . who d. in 1707 ; m.
(2) Hepzi])ah, i)ro]). dau. of Lieut. Thomas Wells of Dfd.
Ch.: Sarah, b. Apr. 15. 1689; m. Fob. Ruth. ni. abt. 1727, Samuel Wells.
15, 1709. John Leonard of Spfd. Tohn. b. Apr. 2. 1707.
Jerusha, h. Mar. 20. 1693; ni. (1) Thomas, b. Apr. 6, 1718; m. Pru-
Daiiiol Russi'll ; m. (2) 1744, Simon dcnce Smith.
Cookv of Sund. David, b. Oct. 5. 1720; d. 1726.
Lydia. ni. Jan. 12. 1714. Joseph Marv. b. June 20, 1722; d. Dec. 10.
Churchill of Wethersheld. Conn. 1726.
Funice. h. 1697 : ni. Noah Clark of Salmon.
Nhn. AbJRail. m. Jonathan Wells of Bel-
Hannah, m. Feb. 20. 1723. William chertown.
Murray. Dorothy, prob.
GENEALOGIES.— DICKINSON.
391
14, Col. John, s. of John (13) of Hat., was b. Apr. 2, 1707;
d. Feb. 21, 1799; m. abt. 1734, Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Coleman.
She was b. July 14, 1712, and d. Nov. 28, 1780.
Ch.: John.
Lemuel.
Mary, m.
Sarah, m.
Graves.
Belding.
15. Salmon, s. of John (13) of Hat., was b. abt. 1725; d. Aug.
20, 1781, in his 56th year.
Ch.: Salmon.
John.
Mary, m. Feb. 8, 1774, Samuel Dick-
inson, Jr.
Hannah, b. abt. 1752; m. Aug. 31,
1773, Seth Bardwell; d. Dec. 31.
1833.
Olive.
16. Dea. Obadiah, s. of Nathaniel (10) of Hat., was b. July
28, 1704; d. June 24, 1788, a. 84. He m. (l)May 26, 1726, Mary,
dau. of John and Sarah (Waite) Belding of Hat. She was b. July
27, 1705, and d. Feb. 10, 1747. He m. (2) Martha, dau. of Joseph
and Mary (Warner) Waite. She was b. Oct. 7, 1724, and d. Nov.
18, 1785.
Ch. ( bv Alarv Belding) : Elijah, b.
Julv 31, 1727.
Elihu. b. Oct. 11, 1729; d. Aug. 31,
1742.
Lucy. b. Nov. 10, 1731 ; m. Eleazer
Allis of Hat.
Lois, b. Dec. 9, 1733; d. Aug. 27, 1742.
Israel, b. Feb. 21, 1736; m. Nov. 20,
1764, Mercy Partridge.
Hannah, b. Oct. 4, 1738; m. Nov. 14,
1755, Julius AlHs of Con.
Obadiah. b. Dec. 6, 1740; d. Aug. 31,
1742.
Submit, b. Oct. 21. 1742; m. 1766,
Samuel Gaylord ; d. Oct. 25, 1766.
Lois, b. Aug. 5, 1744; m. Nov. 14,
1770, John C. Williams; d. Sept. 7,
1787. "
Mary, b. Jan.. 1746; d. the next year.
Ch. (by Martha Waite) : Mary, b.
Jan. 6, 1748; m. Jan. 27, 1774.
Elisha Allis of What.
Obadiah, b. Mar. 27, 1751 ; d. Oct. 11,
1755.
Infant, b. Apr. 12, 1753; d. same day.
Elihu. b. Sept. 4, 1755.
Obadiah, b. Aug. 31, 1757; m. June
28. 1787, Sophia Pomeroy of Nfd.
Martha, b. Sept. 14, 1759; d. same
day.
Martha, b. Oct. 26. 1761 ; m. Oct. 29,
1790, John Barret of Nfd.
Silas, b. Apr. 3. 1764; d. Aug. 26,
1775.
Svlvia, b. May 6, 1766; d. in 6 weeks,
'June 27, 1766.
17. Ensign Elijah, s. of Obadiah (16), was b. at Hat., July
31, 1727; d. Jan. 26, 1813, a. 86. He m. (1) Sybil, dau. of Zech-
ariah Billings. She was b. Feb. 10, 1732, and d. Mar. 30, 1767, a.
36. He m. (2) Aug. 24, 1769, Mary Smith, who d. Oct. 14, 1798,
a. 62.
Ch. (by Svbil Billings) : Elijah, b.
Sept.. 175i5; d. Sept., 1756.
Electa, b. Oct. 15, 1757.
Elijah, b. Apr., 1760.
Clarissa, b. Julv 27, 1762; m.
Childs.
Ruth, b. Feb. 25, 1765; ni. John
Hubbard ; d. Nov. 24, 1837.
Submit, b. Mar. 26. 1767; m. Augus-
tus Dickinson of Con. ; d. Mar. 15,
1813.
Ch. (by Mary Smith) : Sybil, b. June
18, 1770; m. Feb. 1, 1790, Dr.
Hastings ; d. July 9, 1843.
Marv, b. Jan. 17, 1772; m. Ebenezer
White; d. May 11. 1850.
Lois, b. Sept. 2, 1774; m. July 11,
1793, Moses Wells; d. Dec. 30,
1793.
Silas, b. Nov. 7, 1776; d. Mar. 28,
1785.
Sophia, b. Mav 17. 1779; d. Aug. 8.
1793.
392 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
18. Elijah, s. of Ensign Elijah (17), was b. in Apr., 1760; d
May 27, 1817, a. 58. He m. (1) Apr. 24, 1794, Bathsheba Waite,
who was b. Oct. 25, 1768, and d. Apr. 1, 1806; m. (2) Apr. 23,
1807, Lydia Wells, who d. Apr. 10, 1812, a. 52; m. (3) Apr. 22,
1813, Nancy Dickinson, who was b. July 18, 1775, and d. Nov. 22,
1867.
Ch, (by Bathsheba Waite) : Twin 1803.
daughters, d. Oct. 27, 1794, a. one Norman, b. May 6, 1803 ; d. June 21,
day. 1818.
Twins, s. and dau., b. Jan. 24, 1795; Child, b. Jan. 12, 1806; d. same day.
d. June 24, 1795. Ch. (by Nancy Dickinson) : Elijah,
Obadiah, b. Oct. 23, 1796; d. in N. b. July 25, 1814; d. June 5, 1893.
Y. state, Apr. 23, 1879. Nancy, b. Mar. 9, 1816; m. Joseph
Norman, b. Feb. 19, 1801 ; d. Jan. 21, D. Billings ; d. Nov. 22, 1867.
19. Elihu, s. of Dea. Obadiah (16), was b. in Hat., Sept. 4,
1755; d. Aug. 8, 1809; m. 1779, Mary, dau. of John and Mary
Smith of Hat. She was b. 1751 and d. May 23, 1820, a. 69. He
was a farmer and a resident of Hat.
Ch,: Cotton, b. Sept. 13, 1779; d. 7, 1873.
Sept. 27, 1799. Clarissa, b. Apr. 11, 1788; m. Ed-
Israel, b, Sept. 23, 1781 ; m. Polly mund Longley of Boston.
Dickinson. Son, b. May 19, 1791; d. May 24,
William, b. June 13, 1783. 1791.
Pamelia, b. June 21, 1785; m. Joseph Daughter, b. Jan. 11, 1792; d. same
Longley of Shirley. day.
Silas, b. Oct. 20, 1786; d. unm. Oct.
20. William, s. of Elihu (19), was b. at Hat., June 13, 1783;
d. Dec. 29, 1870, a. 87. He m. Fanny, dau. of Lieut. Samuel and
Sarah (White) Smith. She was b. in Hat., 1787, and d. Fd>. 21,
1853. He was a farmer by occupation and lived on the oldDea.
Obadiah Dickinson homestead in Hat.
Ox.: John S., b. Oct. 11, 1814; d. Jan. Sept. 21, 1838.
23, 1853. William Henry, b. Mar. 4^ 1920.
Mary Smith, b. Aug. 26, 1816; d.
21. WiLLLAM Henry, s. of William (20), was b. at Hat., Mar.
4, 1820; d. July 6, 1905 ; m. Nov. 30, 1842, Angelina, dau. of Justin
and Olive (Cooley) Waite of Hat. She was b. at Hat.» Oct 14,
1822. He was a farmer, bank director, and prominent in town and
county.
Ch.: James Waite, b. Oct. 24, 1844. Dec. 13, 1871, Elijah Ashley Bard-
Marv Smith, b. Oct. 14, 1847; d. Aug. well; d. Aug. 10, 1876.
13! 1849. William Cooley, b. Sept. 18, 1853.
Sarah Emma, b. Nov. 23, 1851 ; m
22 Tames Wattk, s. of William Henry (21), was b. at Hat.,
Oct. 24/1844; d. Nov. 10, 1868; m. Nov. 14, 1867, Avie M., dau. of
Eliphas H. and Sarah (Bartlctt) Wood of What. She was b. Sept.
5. 1844.
Ch.: Mary J., b. Sept. 26. 1868; m Burt L. Sims of Holyoke.
GEN EALOGIES.— mCKINSON.
393
23. William Cooley, s. of William Henry (21), was b. at Hat.,
Sept. 18, 1853; d. Feb. 5, 1898; m. Nov. 4, 1891, Clara L., dau. of
Thaddeus Graves of Hat.
Ch.: William H., b. Aug. 14. 189Z Mary Graves, b. Dec. 31, 1893.
24 Aaron, s. of Daniel (12), was b. at Hat., Oct. 9, 1749; d.
July 1, 1827; m. (1) Dec. 14, 1780, Hannah, dau. of Remembrance
Bardwell of Hat. She was b. Aug. 4, 1750; d. May 13, 1785. He
m. (2) July 27, 1785, Experience, wid. of Caleb Cooley and dau. of
Charles Phelps of Had. She d. June 7, 1847, a. 86, He kept for
many years a tavern at Westbrook.
Ch. (by Hannah Bardwell) : Sarah, b.
Oct. 12, 1781; m. Silas Frary of
What.
Walter, b. Mar. 2. 1783; d. Aug. 8,
1798.
Hannah, b. Maj- 13, 1785 ; d. soon,
Ch. (by Experience Phelps Cooley) :
Henry, b- June 9. 1787; d. Jan. 1,
1823.
Da%id. b. Oct. 25. 1788.
Hannah, b. July 30. 1791.
Aaron, b. Apr. 5. 1793; m. Harriet
Arms of Dfd. ; d. Dec. II, 1867.
Experience, b. Sept. 30, 1795.
Walter, b, Aug. 9. 1800; d. unm, abt.
1855.
Caleb Cooley, b. Nov. 25, 1804; d.
unm. Sept. 16, 1882, and left his
fortune to found Dickinson Hos-
pital at Nhti.
25. David, s. of -Xaron (24), was b. Oct. 25, 1788; d. June 9.
1872; m. Jan. 29, 1817, Dorothy, dau. of Lieut. John Brown of
What. She was b. Nov. 14, 1800, and d. Sept. 27, 1866.
Ch.: Champion Brown, b, Dec. 21, Harriet, b. 1820; ni. Joseph Milling-
181& ton of CatskiU, N.X.
394 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
26. Champion Brown, s. of David (25), was b. at What., Dec.
21, 1818; d. Dec. 23, 1895; m. May 15, 1855, Martha Richtin>Te,
who was b. at Durham, Greene County, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1837, and
d. Nov. 28, 1897. They were residents of No. Hat.
CIt.: Cooley Brown, b. June 10, 1858. delphia, Penn.
Hattie C, b. Feb. 24, 1859; m. Nov. Edward Nelson, b. Apr. 3, 1862.
10, 1881, John W. Darr of Phila-
27. Cooley Brown, s. of Champion B. (26), was b. at Durham,
Greene County, N. Y., June 10, 1828; m. Jan. 14, 1885, Myra L.,
dau. of Micajah and Pamelia A. (Parker) Howes. She was b.
June 13, 1862.
Ch. : Myra Emily, b. June 14, 1887. Pauline Howes, b. May 5, 1893.
Millie Martha, b. July 18, 1890; d. Champion Ryland, b. Aug. 25, 1895:
June 5, 1892. d. Jan. 25, 1897.
28. Edward Nelson, s. of Champion B. (26), was b. at Dur-
ham, Greene County, X. Y., Apr. 3. 1862; m. Jan. 31, 1895, Elvira
McKenan, who was b. Dec. 21, 1872. They reside at No. Hat.
Ch.: Josephine Pratt, b. Nov. 11, Charles Parmenter, b. Jan. 19, 1901.
1895. Marion, b. Jan. 21, 1902; d. Dec. 6,
Edward Samuel, b. Oct. 4, 1896. 1907.
Louise Martha, b. Oct. 28, 1897. May White, b. Feb. 15, 1903.
Champion Cowles. b. Sept. 26, 1898; Frederick Richtmyre, b. Nov. 2, 1904.
(1. Dec. 13, 1907. Ruth Emily and Robert Aaron, twins,
Dorothy Brown, b. Oct. 3, 1899. b. Dec. 15, 1909.
29. Gideon, s. of Nathaniel (7), was b. Apr. 27, 1716; d. Apr.
13, 1781 ; m. in 1742, Rebecca, dau. of John and Martha (Graves)
Crafts. She was b. at Hat., Oct. 12, 1721, and d. Aug. 27, 1788.
Ch.: Lois, b. June 7, 1743; m. Daniel Joseph, b. May 9, 1747; m. Hannah
Dickinson ; d. Aug. 30, 1834. Waite.
Gideon, b. Dec. 29, 1744; m. Lydia Bula, b. May 25. 1754; m. Elijah
Dickinson. Stebbins.
30. JosKPH, s. of Gideon (29), was b. May 9, 1747; d. July 23,
1819 ; m. Oct. 30, 1777. Hannah, dau. of Moses and Hepzibah Waite.
She was 1). Feb. 6, 1750, and d. July 12, 1827.
Ch.: Caleb, h. Feb. 2. 1778; d. unm. Bardwell; d. Oct. 7, 1841.
Dec. 9. 1854. Hannah, b. May 19, 1786; m. Ros-
Moscs, h. Sept. 24, 1780; d. Dec. 3, well Billings; d. Mar. 26, 1866.
1780. Martha, b. July 28, 1789; d. unm. Jan,
Miriam, b. Aug. 30, 1781; m. Klijah 16. 1838.
31. Daniki., s. of Daniel ( 12). was b. June 3, 1745; d. Aug. 2S,
1825; 111. June 17, 1773. Lois Dickinson, who d. Aug. 30. 1834.
Ch.: Son, h. June 16. 1774. 1826.
Xancv. 1). Julv 18. 1775: ni. Elijah Solomon, b. June 25, 1782; d. Feb.
Dickinson; d. Xov.^^ 1867. 21. 1859.
Rebecca, b. Xov., 1777: m. Aaron Lois, b. Mav 20, 1785; d. unm. Dec.
Brown: d. .Sept. 15. 1866. 30, 1875.
Daniel, h. May 8. 1780: d. July 26,
32. Solomon, s. of Djiuvel (SU, was b. June 25, 1782; d. Feb.
GENEALOGIES.— DICKINSON. 395
21, 1859; m. Hannah Huntington of Norwich, Conn., who d. June
12, 1858, a. 68.
Ch.: Abbv Huntington, b. Sept. 8, 8, 1843, George W. Hubbard; d.
1811 ; d/Feb. 27, 1892. Apr. 28, 1888.
Samuel H., b. Jan. 28, 1816; d. unm. Harriet, b. Sept. 21, 1824; m. Dec. 1,
Apr. 6, 1897. Gave Dickinson Me- 1849, David F. Wells ; d. Aug. 24,
morial Hall to town of Hat. 1868.
Philura T., b. Jan. 31, 1818; m. Mar.
33. Israel, s. of Elihu (19), was b. Sept. 23, 1781; m. Oct. 9,
1806, Polly Dickinson.
Ch.: Elizabeth W., b. May 5, 1808; Lemuel, b. Nov. 1, 1814; d. Nov. 3,
ni. Dec. 31, 1834, Rodolphus Mor- 1814.
ton; d. .\pr. 24, 1862. Israel George, b. Aug. 15, 1818; d.
Son, b. Sept. 21, 1811; d. same day. June 2, 1868.
34. Israel George, s. of Israel (33), was b. Aug. 15, 1818;
d. June 2, 1868; m. Nov. 1, 1842, Sophia A., dau. of Moses Morton.
She was b. June 2, 1824, and d. Mar. 17, 1874.
Ch.: George, b. 1844; d. Aug. 10, 1854. Alfred Partridge, b. June 13, 1853.
Edward, b. 1846. Carlton.
35. Samuel, s. of Ebenezer (8), was b. Oct. 14, 1718; d. Feb.
3, 1805 ; m. Nov. 14, 1754, Lucy Sattle of Connecticut.
Ch.: Jonathan, b. Sept. 13, 1755. Lucy, b. Jan. 25, 1764.
Elisha, b. June 28, 1/57. Zebina, b. Jan. 11, 1766.
Setli, b. Dec. 14, 1759. Josiah, b. Oct. 8, 1767.
Francis, b. Nov. 2, 1762. Tirza, b. Mar. 8, 1771.
36. JoN.ATHAN, s. of Samucl (35), was b. Sept. 13, 1755; m.
Nov. 24, 1791, Anna Parsons of Nhn.
Ch.: Anna, b. Aug. 18, 1792; d. unm. Sept., 1875.
Nov. 23, 1866. Erastus, b. Apr. 29. 1798.
Jonathan, b. Jan. 30. 1794. Klijah Parsons, b. Mar. 28, 1805.
Pamelia, b. Dec. 21, 1795; d. unm.
37. Zebina, s. of Samuel (35), was b. Jan. 11, 1766; d. Feb. 28,
1831 ; m. Martha . She d. Oct. 2, 1852, a. 82.
Ch.: Infant, d. Aug. 25, 1796. Achsah, b. Mar. 31, 1806; d. Dec. 1,
Mary, b. 1797; d. unm. Mar. 8, 1874. 1811.
Sophia, b. Apr. 3, 1798; d. unm. Jan. Olive, b. May, 1808; m. Mar. 17,
6, 1875. 1831, Erastus Cowles; d. July 17,
Charlotte, b. Oct. 24, 1803; d. unm. 1889.
May 11, 1866. Lewis, b. 1811; d. unm. July 6, 1874.
38. Er.x.stus, s. of Jonathan (36), was b. Apr. 29, 1798; d. May
2, 1859: m. Elizabeth Agar, who d. Dec. 30, 1881.
Ch.: Edward, b. Xov. 23, 1834; d. Marv Ann, b. Apr. 7, 1840.
Oct. 10, 1875. Geofge W., b. Nov. 5, 1841 ; d. Aug.
Elizabeth, b. Aug. 28. 1838; m. Nov., 8. 1870.
1868. Alfred Dibble of Wfd. They Fannie, b. Feb. 1. 1849: m. Jan. 25,
have three ch.. Oscar II'., Gertrude 1877, Marshall H. Burke, who d.
C. and Mary F. Sept. 7, 1906.
39. Elij.\h P.ar.sons. .s. of Jonathan (36), was b. Mar. 28, 1805 ;
d. Aug. 9, 1876; m. (1 ) Jan. 15, 1840, Sarah E. HwViWxe^, \4\vc. ^,
396
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Dec. 14, 1847. Their infant s. d. July 24, 1847. He m. (2) Sept
26, 1848, Phebe, dau. of James and Maria Hemingway of Williams-
burg. She was b. June 3, 1824.
1884 ; Raymond IVilliam, b. Feb. 3,
1886; Elsie Kathleen, b. Dec. 18,
1893 ; Harold Cleveland, b. Feb. 16,
1896; Esther Annette, b. Aug. 24,
1898.
Ch.: Julia Dickinson (adopted), b.
Oct. 24, 1858; m. Nov. 26, 1879,
William W. Gore. Their ch. were
Ruby Dickinson, b. Feb. 14, 1881;
Etheleen Marguerite, b. Feb. 2,
40. Edward, s. of Erastus (38), was b. Nov. 23, 1834; d. Oct.
10, 1875; m. (1) Verona A. Ward, who d. Jan. 11, 1872, a. 35; m.
(2) Jan. 1, 1874, Ellen E. Howes Moore, who d. .
Ch.: Oscar E., b. 1868; d. Oct. 29, 1869, a. 1.
THE FIELD FAMILY.
1. ZECHARIAH FIELD was b. in East Ardsley in the West
Riding of Yorkshire, Eng., abt. 1600; arrived in Boston, 1629. He
was a s. of John and grandson of John Field, a distinguished
astronomer of England. He lived in Dorchester, 1630. His place
of residence is still known as Fields' Corner. He moved to the
Connecticut Valley and sett, in Hart, in 1639 upon Sentinel Hill, at
the north end of Main Street ; rem. to Nhn. in 1659 and to Hat. in
1660, where he was buried June 30, 1666. His allotment of a home-
stead was the first lot on the west side of Main Street above the
Nhn. road. He m. Mary .
Ch.: Mary. b. 1643; m. Oct. 2, 1663, John, b. 1648.
Joshua Porter of Nhn. Samuel, b. 1651.
Zechariah, b. 1645. Joseph, b. 1658.
2. Zechariah, s. of Zechariah (1), was b. at Hart. abt. 1645;
came with his father to Nhn. in 1659. In 1672 he rem. to Dfd.,
where he d. in 1674. The inventory of his estate, Sept. 29, 1674,
was 185 pounds, 17 shillings, sixpence. After the massacre of
Capt. Lathrop's company at Bloody Brook, the family rem. to Nhn.
for safety from Indian depredations. He m. Dec:, 1667, Sarah, dau.
of John Webb of Nhn. She m. (2) abt. 1677, Robert Price of Nhn.
In 1690 she and her ch. rem. to Dfd., where they were slain by the
French and Indians at the destruction of Dfd., Feb. 29, 1704.
Ch.: Zechariali, b. Sept. 12, 1669; d.
in infancy.
Ebcnozer. b. Oct. 31, 1671 ; m. Mary
Dudley.
John. b. Dec. 8, 1673; m. Mary Ben-
nett, one of the captives to Canada.
3. John, s. of Zechariah (1), was b. in 1648 at Hart.; came
with his father in 1659 to Nhn.; in 1663 rem. to Hat., where
he d. June 26. 1717. He was with Captain Turner in the Falls
fight. May 19, 1676. He m. Dec. 17, 1670, Mary, dau. of Alexander
Edwards of Nhn.
Ch.: John, b. Mav 11, 1672.
Mary, h. Feb. 2, 1674. ^
Zechariah, b. Aug., 1676.
Benjamin, b. Feb. 14, 1679.
Mary, b. Feb. 20, 1681; m. Mar. 6,
\']Q\,\iT,TVvomas Hastings of Hat
GENEALOGIES.— FIELD. 397
Bethia, b. abt 1684; m. John Allis. Ebenezer and Abilene, twins, b. July
Sarah, b. Feb. 2, 1687 ; m. 1709, Na- 2, 1690. Ebenezer was slain by In-
thaniel Peck of Swanzey, N. H. dians in Dfd., Oct. 26, 1708. Abi-
Abilene, d. May 6, 1689. lene in. John Nash, Dec. 29, 1715.
4. Samuel, s. of Zechariah (1), was b. in 1651 ; lived in Hat;
was slain by Indians in ambush while hoeing com in Hat. meadows,
June 24, 1697. He was sergeant in the Falls fight, May 19, 1676;
m. Aug. 9, 1676, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Gilbert of Spfd.
Ch.: Samuel, b. Sept. 27, 1678. Mary, b. July 27, 1690; m. June 26,
Thomas, b. June 30, 1680. 1712, Jonathan Hoyt and rem. to
Sarah, b. June 30, 1683 ; m. Nov. 18, Somers, Conn.
1702, Samuel Warner of Spfd. Josiah, b. Nov. 5, 1692.
Zechariah, b. Aug. 29, 1685. Joshua, b. Apr. 9, 1695 ; rem. to Spfd.
Ebenezer, b. Mar. 17, 1688. and Bolton; d. Jan. 11, 1783.
5. Capt. Joseph, s. of Zechariah (1), was b. in 1658; lived in
Hat. until 1714. He was one of the forty signers, Apr. 13, 1714, to
settle Swampfield, now Sund., and had lot No. 12, east side of the
division of lots, where he d. Feb. 15; 1736. He m. (1) June 28,
1683, Joanna, dau. of John Wyatt of Hart. She d. Mar. 23, 1722.
He m. (2) Jan. 2, 1723, wid. Mary Belden.
Ch.: Manr, b. July 18. 1684; m. Apr. Jonathan, b. Oct. 13, 1697; m. (1)
25, 1706, Ebenezer Bardwell. Mar. 30, 1721, Mary Billings; m.
Joanna, b. Dec. 9, 1686; d. Aug. 30, (2) July 25, 1739, Esther Smith.
1689. He d. in 1781.
Joseph, b. June 9, 1689; m. Mary Martha, b. Oct. 19, 1699.
Smith. Abigail, b. Sept. 4, 1702; d. in Sund.,
Daughter, b. Mar. 15, 1691 ; d. Apr. Jan. 10, 1721.
19, 1691. Israel, b. June 29, 1705; d. July 16,
Joanna, b. Jan. 9. 1693; m. June 11, 1705.
1713, Thomas French of Dfd. Thankful, b. Sept. 19, 1707; d. Oct
Lydia, b. June 26, 1695 ; m. 1724, John 11, 1707.
Bliss of Spfd.
6. John, s. of John (3), was b. May 11, 1672. He was one
of the ten constables appointed by the Governor and Council in
1708, and a soldier in the Indian wars ; m. 1698, Sarah, dau. of John
Coleman of Hat. She was b. Feb. 15, 1672, and was one of the
captives taken to Canada, Sept. 19, 1677, and redeemed by Ben-
jamin Waite and Stephen Jennings, and reached home in May, 1678.
The little shoe worn by her in the march back from Canada is now
treasured by the P. V. M. A. of Dfd. She d. Jan. 8, 1759, a. 77.
He d. May 28, 1747.
Ch.: John. b. Sept. 14, 1700. She was drowned in Dfd. River,
Sarah, b. July 8, 1702; m. (1) Joshua Sept. 3, 1740.
Belden, Dec. 1, 1725; m. (2) Amos. b. June 24, 1708; d. Oct. 10,
Thomas Noble of Wfd.; d. Aug. 1759.
17, 1763. Eliakim, b. Nov. 27, 1711; d.*Feb. 8,
Hannah, b. July 8, 1704; m. Dec. 24, 1786.
1729, Samuel Dickinson of Dfd. Mary, b. June 18, 1715.
7. Zecharlmi. s. of John (3), was b. in Aug., 1676: an early
sett, in Amh., where he d. abt. Jan., 1738. He m. May 25, 1705,
Sarah, dau. of Dea. John Clark of Nhn.
398 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Ch.: Ebenezer, b. Aug. 8, 1709. Samuel Hawley of Amh.
Rebecca, b. abt. 1711; m. Jan. 13, Mary, b. Jan. 21, 1716; m. May 18.
1737, Joseph Hawley of Amh. 1738, Moses Warner of Amh.
Sarah, b. Mar. 18, 1714; m. abt. 1736, John, b. Jan. 12, 1718.
8. Samuel, s. of Samuel (4), was b. Sept. 27, 1678: rem. as
early as 1720 from Hat. to Dfd., where he d. in 1762; m. 1706, Mary
Hoyt, who d. in 1747.
Ch.: Elizabeth, b. Apr. 16, 1707; m. Eunice, b. May 29, 1714; m. Joseph
Moses Miller of Spfd. Smead.
Samuel, b. Feb. 20, 1709; d. 1726. Thankful, b. 1716; m. Nov. 38, 1739.
David, b. Jan. 4, 1712; d. in Dfd., Seth Heaton of Keene, X. H.
Apr. 19, 1792. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 2, 1723.
9. Thomas, s. of Samuel (4), was b. June 30, 1680: rem. after
1728 to Lon^meadow ; m. 1713, Abigail, dau. of Hezekiah Dickinson.
He d. Feb. 1, 1747.
Ch.: Abigail, b. Oct. 5, 1714; m. Abial Simeon, a physician in Enfield, d.
Abbot of Windsor, Conn. . June 7, ISGO.
Samuel, b. May 10, 1718; d. Aug. 10, Samuel, b. Oct. 10, 1725: was a
1721. physician in Saybrook, Conn.: d.
Moses, b. Feb. 16, 1722; d. Mar. 7, Sept. 25, 1783.
1815. Sarah, b. Nov. 28, 1728.
10. ZiiCii.xRLXH, s. of Samuel (4), was b. Aug. 29. 1685: rem.
first to Dfd. and then to Xfd. ; m. Sarah Mattoon. He d. in 1746.
Ch.: Seth, b. 1712. Ebenezer, b. 1717.
Catherine, b. 1715; m. Willard Samuel, b. 1719.
of Winchester, N. H. Paul, b. 1721.
Gains, b. 1716.
11. Ebhnkzkr, s. of Samuel (4), was b. Mar. 17, 1688: res. in
Xfd.: m. Elizabeth Arms, who m. (2) Azariah Wright. He d.
Sept. 12, 1723.
Ch.: Ebenezer, b. 1715; d. Aug. 12, Aaron, b. 1722.
1800. Elizabeth, b. 1723; m. Feb. 14. 1745.
Joanna, h. 1717; ni. Phincas Wright; Kbenezer Wells of Dfd. and d. Mav
d. Apr. 11, 1798. 17, 1785.
Moses, h. 1719; d. Nov. 27, 1787.
12. I^»'-A. JosKPii. s. of Capt. Joseph (5), was b. June 0, 1689;
was deacon in Suiid. ; d. Ech. 4, 1754: m. Sept. 13, 1716, ^lary
Smith, (lau. of Joseph and Canada (Waite) Smith of Hat. She
d. Mar. 0, 1 /()/.'
Ch.: I-:iisha. 1.. July 1, 1717; m. Ik-tlic Martha, b. Feb. 27, 1729: m. llczo-
Pratt. kiah Bcldcn.
Mary, h. .May 19, 1719; m. Daniel Kx])LTience, b. Apr. 10, 1732; ni.
Clark. I^lijah Clark.
Ahif^ail, I). .\u\i:. 11. 1721; ni. 1745, Sarah, b. Jan. 16, 1735; ni. Simeon
SauuK'l I'icUl. Lyman, a Revolutionary soldier.
Josci)li, 1). Dec. 2S. 1723; d. Oct. 6, Jonathan, b. July 30, 1737; m. Eli/a-
179S. b.-th Coolev.
Thankful. I.. Dec. 9, 1726; ni. Bcnja- I>racl, h. Mar. 21, 1741.
//?in (/raxes.
GENEALOGIES.— FIELD.
399
13. John, s. of John (6), was b. Sept. 14, 1700; m. (1) Editha
Dickinson, who d. in 1740; m. (2) Ann Bagg. He d. May 26, 1762.
Ch.: Medad, b. Aug. 8, 1734.
Editha, b. June 15, 1737; m. Augus-
tus Fisk of Windsor, Conn.
Hannah, b. Oct. 5, 1740; m. Silas
Graves.
14. Amos, s. of John (6), was b. June 24, 1708; m. Aug. 30,
1739, Mehitable, dau. of Thomas Day of Hart. He d. Oct. 10, 1759.
Ch.: Zechariah, b. Jan. 6, 1744; d. 1825.
15. Eliakim, s. of John (6), was b. Nov. 27. 1711 ; m. Jan. 11,
1758, Esther, dau. of David and Abigail Bard well Graves of What.
She was b. Nov. 29, 1732. He d. Feb. 8, 1786, a. 75.
Ch.: Zenas, b. Aug. 10, 1753.
Sarah, b. Apr. 22, 1755; m. David
Scott as his second wife.
Zilpha, b. Nov. 13, 1756; m. Abner
Loomis of What. He d. Apr. 2,
1812. She d. Mar. 22, 1847.
Rhoda, b. Oct. 26, 1758; m. Elisha
Waite of Hat. He died June 29,
1816.
She d. Jan. 19, 1819.
John, b. Aug. 25, 1760.
David, b. Apr. 11, 1764.
Esther, b. Apr. 4, 1767; d. unm.
Hannah, b. June 21, 1769; m. (1)
Samuel Grimes of Goshen; m. (2)
Oliver Cooley of So. Dfd.
16. John, s. of Zechariah (7), was b. Jan. 12, 1718; was lieu-
tenant in Amh. ; ni. July 10, 1739, Hannah, dau. of Samuel Boltwood
of Amh.
Ch.: John, bap. Mav 18, 1740; m.
(1) Jan. 15, 1767. 'Elizabeth Hen-
derson ; m. (2) wid. Wells.
Abigail, bap. Julv 11, 1742.
Martha R, bap. Oct. 2, 1743; m. (1)
Col. Nathan Allen; m. (2) Thomas
Bascom.
Mary, bap. Julv 27, 1746; m. Joel
Billings of Amh. ; d. Aug. 18, 1813.
Abigail, bap. June 5, 1748 ; m. Gideon
Dickinson. Jr., of Amh.
Sarah, bap. May 27. 1750; m. Timo-
thy Clapp; d. in Feb., 1799.
Ebenezcr, bap. Mar. 22, 1752; m. Oct.
1, 1682, Sarah Gould.
Samuel, bap. Jan. 20, 1754; m. June
15, 1779, Miriam Nash.
Jemima, bap. May 25, 1755; m. Jan.
15, 1778. Oliver Bridgman.
Jonathan, bap. Dec. 9. 1759; m. (1)
Jan. 2. 1780. Sally Smith; m. (2)
Johnson.
17. Zen.\s, s. of Eliakim (15), was b. Aug. 10, 1753; m. (1)
Mar. 12. 1778, Sarah Burrows. She d. Sept. 10, 1810. He m. (2)
June 11. 1811, Lydia Cathcart of What. She d. May 2. 1850, a. 85.
He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war in Capt. Salmon White's
company: was in the battle of Bennington and at the surrender of
Burgoyne. Res. in What.
Ch.: Lydia, b. Sept. 17. 1782.
Orange, b. Dec. 2, 1784; d. June 14,
1787.
John. b. Sept. 10, 1786; d. Mav 27,
1787.
Lvdia. b. Tunc 8. 1788; m. Dec. 6.
1810. Eli Tudd of Nhn. She d.
Dec. 23, 1875.
Orange, h. Feb. 22. 1790.
John. b. Oct. 10. 1792.
18. John. s. of Eliakim fl5), was b. Au^. 25, 1760; rem. to
Con. ; m. 1785, Lucy Look. He d. Jan. 19, 1824. SV\^ d. vcv \%S\.
Rhoda, h. Nov. 21. 1794; m. Oct. 14.
1813. Joel Burrows of Williams-
burg.
Zenas, h. Sept. 22. 1796.
Sarah, b. Nov. 11, 1798; m. Nov. 23,
1820, Herbert Eggleston.
Esther, b. Sept. 21, ; m. John
Bridgman of Nhn. She d. July 22,
1859.
400
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Ch. (b. in Con.) : Polly, b. Apr.,
1790; d. Dec., 1816.
Nancy, b. Oct. 20, 1791; m. Elijah
Page. She d. Dec. 2, 1856.
William, b. Dec. 8, 1793.
John, b. June 8, 1796.
Lucinda, b. June 8, 1798; m. June 27,
1827, Franklin Childs of Con. She
d. Mar. 4, 1868.
Prudence, b. Oct. 20, 1800; d. Nov.
30,1829.
Editha, b. May 6, 1803; d. Aug. 1,
1822.
19, David, s. of Eliakim (15), was b. Apr. 11, 1764; sett, in
Con. ; m. 1790, Tabitha, dau. of Elisha and Hannah Clark of Har-
wich. She was b. Nov. 1, 1771, and d. Nov. 6. 1847. He d. Jan.
12, 1848.
Ch. (b. in Con.) : Sally, b. Mar. 27,
1791; m. Otis Childs of Con.
Louisa, b. May 6, 1793; d. June 22,
1798.
Eliakim, b. Oct. 20, 1794.
Sophia, b. July 14, 1796; m. Henry
Childs of Con.
Hannah, b. Mar. 29, 1798; d. Jan. 20,
1815.
Oliver C, b. Mar. 9, 1800.
Louisa, b. Nov. 4, 1802; m. Elisha
Wells of Hat
Otis, b. Aug. 5, 1804.
Lucretia, b. Dec. 21, 1805; unm.; d
Feb. 28, 1850.
David, b. Oct. 24, 1807.
Almeron, b. Aug. 15, 1809.
Esther, b. May 6, 1811; m. Nye Has-
kell ; d. Feb. 8, 1872.
Tabitha C, b. Feb. 12. 1814; m. Levi
Graves ; d. July 25, 1876.
20. Orange, s. of Zenas (17), was b. Dec. 2, 1784; m. (1) Apr.
11, 1811, Rhoda Graves. She d. Jan. 6, 1826. He m. (2) Esther
Collins. She d. Jan. 8, 1832. He m. (3) June 18, 1843, Hulda
Boynton Tyler. He d. Jan. 18, 1854. Res. in What.
Ch.: Sarah, b. Apr. 19, 1812; d. Nov.
3, 1825.
Sophronia, b. Feb. 19, 1814; m. May
2, 1833, Solomon Root.
Louisa, b. Mar. 5, 1816; m. Apr. 21,
1834, Theodore Bridgman of Cleve-
land, Ohio.
Sophia, b. July 31, 1818; m. (1) Aug.
13, 1837, Lucius King of Hunts-
burg, Ohio; m. (2) Harlow Gillett.
Esther, b. Sept. 19, 1822 ; d. Apr. 3,
1848.
Flora E., b. Nov. 13, 1823; m. Jan.
4, 1844, Henry Dwight of Hat He
d. Jan. 17, 1893.
Sarah T., b. Nov. 13, 1829 ; m. Oct,
1885, Horace Waite of Hat He d.
Aug. 28, 1887. She d. Feb. 9, 1889.
Orange, b. Sept 7, 1831 ; d. Jan. 15,
1832.
21. John, s. of Zenas (17), was b. Sept. 10, 1786; m. Nov. 17,
1816, Abigail Warner. He d. Dec. 19, 1868. She d. Sept.* 11, 1865.
They res. in What.
Paul Warner, b. Dec. 19, 1823.
Infant, b. Nov. 29, 1827.
John Wright, b. Apr. 12, 1830; d.
Mar. 16, 1832.
Lemuel Bates, b. July 28, 1832.
John Wright, b. Mar. 16, 1835.
Ch.: Clymcna. b. May 26, 1817; m.
Cornelius Pomcroy of Southamp-
ton.
Paul Warner, b. Mav 30, 1819; d.
Mar. 26. 1821.
Infant, b. Sept. 3. 1821.
22 Zknas, s. of Zenas (17), was b. Sept. 22. 1796; m. Chloe
Drake of P.uckland. He d. Feb. 1. 1871. She d. Jan. 29, 1856.
Ch.: Diadama, b. 1820; m. Aug., 1845,
Lewis RenifT of Buckland.
Zenas, b. May 27, 1822.
Lovinia. h. .Xor. 21, 1824; m. Lewis
Damon of Chesterfield.
Lvdia.
Chloe, m. Lucius ReniflF.
lohn.
Charles, b. Mar. 1, 1834.
Lydia J., b. May 24, 1835 ; m. Austin
Guilford of Nhn.
D;v\Ul J., b. Sept. 13, 1837.
GENEALOGIES.— FIELD.
401
23. William, s. of John (18), was b. Dec. 8, 1793; m. Oct. 7,
1828, Submit Hamilton of Con. He d. June 7, 1845. Res. in Con.
Ch.: Lucy A., b. July 19, 1829.
Densey L., b. July 29, 1831.
Samuel G., b Dec. 8, 1833.
Leonard H., b. July 8, 1838.
Mary J., b Jan. 9, 1841; m. June 11,
1867, Henry J. Devrant of Frank-
lin, Penn. He d. July 26. 1878.
She d. in 1893.
24. John, s. of John (18), was b. June 8, 1796; m. Sept. 25,
1828, Fidelia Nash of Con. He d. June 13, 1876. She d. Sept.
22, 1865. They res. in Con.
Ch,: Chandler A., b. Sept. 19, 1829.
Joseph N., b Sept. 20, 1831.
Marshall, b Aug. 18, 1834.
Helen E., b. Feb. 3, 1837; m. Lyman
D. James of Williamsburg.
Henry, b May 25, 1841.
Elizabeth P., b Sept. 25, 1843; d.
Dec. 27, 1851.
William E., b. Feb 17, 1845 ; d. May
22, 1845.
Laura N., b. Oct. 30, 1848; m. Nov.
15, 1873, Henry Dibble of Chicago.
Elizabeth, b. Apr. 10, 1851; d. Aug.
6, 1854.
25. Eliakim, s. of David ( 19), was b. Oct. 20, 1794; m. Clarissa
Ross. He d. at Montrose, Penn., Oct. 16, 1850.
Ch,: Samuel Hawkes, b. Sept. 22,
1825; unm.
26. Oliver Clark, s. of David (19), was b. Mar. 9, 1800; m.
(1) Jan. 24, 1824, Laura Nash of Con. She was b. in Con., Aug.
10, 1803, and d. Oct. 2, 1848. He m. (2) Mar. 19, 1849, Electa
Sanderson of Con. She was b. June 6, 1806, and d. Dec. 15, 1876.
He d. Dec. 18, 1876.
Ch.: Electa Maria, b Oct. 4, 1826;
m. Cyrus S. Johnson.
Louisa, b. June 28, 1829; m. James
H. Pratt.
Susan H.. b. May 9, 1831 ; m. Porter
Nutting.
Pauline W., b Apr. 22, 1833; d. Oct.
14. 1833.
Tabitba C. b. Mar. 23, 1836; d. July
12. 1856.
EHiah N.. b. June 4, 1839; d. Sept.
28, 1862.
Pauline W.. 2d. b Apr. 22, 1842; d.
Apr. 27. 1848.
27. Otis, s. of David (19), was b. Aug. 5. 1804: m. Mar. 26,
1837, Harriet M. Markle ; lived in New York. He d. in New York,
Sept. 12, 1872.
Ch.: Ann, b Feb. 4, 1838; d. Aug. Emma, b. .Aug. 22, 1850; d. Jan. 8,
27 1838 1851
Marion, b. Jan. 16, 1843; d. Mar. 9, Otis. b. .\ug. 4, 1851.
184a
28. David, s. of David (19), was b. Oct. 24, 1807: m. (1) Sept.
23, 1831, Angfeline Sylvester. She was b. Apr. 23, 1812, and d. Dec.
19, 1863. He m. (2) Mary Mar^ison of Hennepin. 111. She d.
Feb., 1894. With patriotic zeal, at the a^e of 57, he served his
country in the Union army as a soldier in the 139th Illinois Regi-
ment, Volunteer Infantry. He d. at Hennepin, Feb. 13, 1894.
Ch. (b in Con.) : Martha Fay. b. Almeron, b. June 30. 1836.
June 29, 1832: in. Allen Stone. Lucv Ware. b. July 25, 1846; m. Ed-
Francis S.. b. Feb. 12. 18v34. ward Hamm.
402
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
29. Almeron, s. of David (19), was b. Aug. 15, 1809; m. (1)
July 28, 1836, Mary Catherine Bassford. She was b. 1816; d. Jan.
3, 1838. He m. (2) July 29, 1844, Rose Finn. She was b. 1822; d.
Jan. 4, 1873. He d. at Waverly, N. Y.
Ch, (by Mary C. Bassford) : Thomas James F. Pompelley.
B., b. Dec. 20, 1837. James Flanders, b. July 27, 1852; <L
Ch. (by Rose Finn) : Eliakim, b. in 1870.
July 20, 1845. Hannah, b. Dec. 5, 1854.
Mary Catherine, b. Sept. 5, 1847. Almeron, b. Sept. 29, 1856.
Maria Louisa, b. Apr. 5, 1850; m. Chapin Hall, b. Dec. 5, 1859.
30. Paul W., s. of John ( 21 ) , was b. May 30, 1819 ; m. Aug. 22,
1847, Julia M. Damon. Res. in What.
Ch.: Salma Watson, b. July 27, 1851. Charles Henry, b. Nov. 15. 1855.
Frank Warner, b. Feb. 15, 1853. Effie Rosella, b. Feb. 28, 1858.
31. Lemuel B., s. of John (21), was b. July 28, 1832; m. (1)
June 14, 1855, Harriet Lilley. She d. Sept. 20, 1868. He m. (2)
Sept. 22, 1869, Augusta J. Robbins. Res. in Leeds.
Ch.: Lilla Isabel, b. May 11, 1856. 26, 1864.
]\Iary Lovilla, b. Oct. 5, 1861 ; d. Jan.
32. John W., s. of John (21), was b. Mar. 16, 1835; m. July
24, 1855, Lucy Moore of What. He was sergeant of Co. F, 37th
Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war, and was k. in the battle of the
Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.
Ch.: Esther Maria, b. Oct. 12, 1857; m. Clifford C. Haynes.
33. Zenas, s. of Zenas (22), was b. May 27, 1822; m. Qarissa
Dawson of Goshen. He d. in Nhn., Aug. 24, 1893.
Ch.: Isabella, b. Dec. 20, 1845; d. 1859.
Mar. 5, 1865. Nellie A., b. Mar. 23, 1850 ; m. Nov,
Oscar, b. Mar. 10, 1848; d. Sept., 1871, Geo. N. Brown of Nhn.
34. David J., s. of Zenas (22), was b. Sept. 13, 1837; m. Mar.
9, 1862, Sarah Damon of Worthington.
Ch.: Cora Bell, b. Aug. 31, 1866. Arthur D., b. Sept. 13. 1876.
Frederick W.. b. Feb. 21, 1870; d. Gertrude, b Oct. 22, 1878.
July 29, 1870. A son, b. June 14, 1880.
Ida E., b. Dec. 28, 1872.
35. Samukl Grimes, s. of William (23), was b. Dec. 8, 1833;
m. Nov. 11, 1859, Anna Greene of Nfd.
Ch.: Hugh W. G.. b. Mar. 11, 1861.
36. Lf:onard Hamilton, s. of William (23), was b. July 8.
1838; m. Dec. 10, 1867, Althena Raynor Perkins. She was b. May
26, 1843. and d. at Jackson, Mich., Nov. 5, 1892.
Ch.: William Browning, b. Oct. 22, Ravnor. b. Aug. 15, 1872.
1868. Leonard Hamilton, b. Dec. 30, 1873.
Charlotte Hamilton, b. Julv 19, 1871.
GENEALOGIES.— FIELD. 403
37. Chandler A., s. of John (24), was b. Sept. 19, 1829; m.
eb. 25, 1869, Helen Wells of Dfd. He d. Jan. 11, 1875.
h.: Henry, b. Nov. 15, 1874; d. Nov. 15, 1874.
38. Joseph Nash, s. of John (24), was b. Sept. 20, 1831; m.
1) June 10, 1862, Jennie Hayes of Brattleboro, Vt. She d. Jan.
3, 1862. He m. (2) May, 1871, Kitty Blackwell of Chicago, 111.
h.: Maud, b. Feb. 9, 1872. Josephine, b. Oct., 1877.
aura, b. June 17, 1873. Norman, b. Apr. 28, 1880.
tanley, b. May 13, 1875.
39. Marshall, s. of John (24), was b. Aug. 18, 1834; m. Jan.
. 1862, Nannie Scott. He amassed a great fortune in the dry goods
rade in Chicago, 111. He d. Jan. 16, 1906.
h.: Lewis, b. Jan. 20, 1866. Ethel Newcome, b. Aug. 29, 1873.
arshall, b. Apr. 21, 1868.
40. Henry, s. of John (24), was b. Mav 25, 1841 ; m. Oct. 28,
379, Florence Lathrop. He d. Dec. 22, 1891.
i..- Minnie, b. Mar., 1881. Gladys, b Feb., 1888; d. Oct., 1888.
orence, b. Nov., 1883.
41. Francis Sylvester, s. of David (28), was b. Feb. 12. 1834;
.. Dec. 25, 1854, Emma C. Cole of Lyons, N. Y. She was b. Feb.
1833.
h. (b. at Lyons and Brantford, Willard C, b. Aug. 10, 1858.
Ont.) : Edgar K., b. July 13, 1855. Herbert S.. b. July 27, 1861.
42. Almeron, s. of David (28), was b. June 30, 1836; m. June
I, 1869, Catherine C. Jones. He served in the Union army in the
:h U. S. Infantry in the War of the Rebellion. Resides in Jack-
mville, 111.
i..- Angeline C. b. Dec. 14, 1870, in David R., h. Apr. 4, 1875.
Bloomington, 111. Mabel E., b. Oct. 3, 1878, in Jackson-
illiam R., b. June 10, 1872, in ville. 111.
Bloomington, 111. Almeron G., b. Nov. 12, 1881.
43. Thomas Bassford, s. of Almeron (29), was b. Dec. 20,
?37 ; m. July 18, 1859, Mary E. Coe of Lima, N. Y. : lumber dealer
I Coming, X. Y. He d. in Wellsboro, N. Y., June 20, 1903.
'i.; Horace A., b. July 11, 1861. Grace, b. Nov. 26, 1868; d. Aug. 5,
itelle L., b. Mar. 17, 1863; d. Dec. 1869.
13, 1877. Edith M.. b. Nov. 16, 1873; d. Apr.
Dsamond A., b. Jan. 16, 1867. 28, 1874.
44. Eliakim, s. of Almeron (29), was b. July 20, 1845 ; m. July
^, 1867, Josephine R. McCormick; no ch.
45. Edgar Kirkl.vnd, s. of Francis S. (41), was b. July 13,
i55; m. Sept. 14, 1876, Lillian Jewell of north Iowa; no ch.
46. Willard Cole, s. of Francis S. (41), was b. Aug. 10, 1858;
I. Nov. 8, 1882, Lucella Hammond. Resides in Wattsburg, Penn.
h.: Stella Helen, b. Sept. 4. 1883.
404 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
47. Zpxhariah, s. of Samuel (4), was b. Aug. 29, 1685; m.
Dec. 21, 1711, Sarah, dau. of Philip Mattoon of Dfd. ; first selectman
of Nfd. ; d. Aug. 15, 1746. His s. Samuel, b. July 6, 1719, m. 1745,
Abigail, dau. of Joseph Field of Sund. ; soldier, 1756 ; d. June 17,
1789. His s. Samuel, b. Mar. 3, 1755, m. May 14, 1776, Elizabeth,
dau. of Samuel Mattoon ; adjutant general and served in the Revolu-
tionary war; d. May 30, 1837. His s. Justin, b. Dec. 22, 1784, m.
Harriet Powers. His s. Thomas P. Field was father of Henry P.
Field of Nhn.
48, Dea. Jonathan, s. of Dea. Joseph (12), was b. in Sund.,
July 30, 1737. He sett, in Leverett, Long Plain, in 1752, where
he d. May 21, 1814. He was in Capt. John Hawkes' company
and in the attack on Fort Ticonderoga in 1758, and an active
patriot during the Revolutionary war. He m. 1764, Elizabeth
Cooley of Sund., who was b. 1745, d. 1838.
Ch.: Paris, b. Sept. 16, 1765; m. Cyn- Rebecca, b. Apr. 22, 1778; d. Sept 19,
thia Lee. 1789.
Clar#nda, b. Nov. 20, 1767; d. unm. Elisha, b. Mar., 1781; m. Persis Hub-
Apr. 14, 1859. bard.
Elihu, b. Apr. 27, 1770; d. Sept. 27, Walter, b. Mar., 1788; m. (1) Eliza-
1780. bcth G. Wiley; m. (2) Fanny S.
Marianna, b. Apr. 22, 1772; d. unm. Woolcutt
Sept. 19, 1842. Elihu, b. May 24, 1790; d. unm. July
Silas, b. Apr. 22. 1775; m. Mary 20, 1862.
Elizabeth Woodbury.
49, Walter, s. of Dea. Jonathan (48), was b. in Mar., 1788, in
Leverett. He sett, in Sund. in 1813 and rem. to Hat. in 1834, where
he d. Nov. 7, 1858. He m. (1) April 13, 1813, Elizabeth Sprague
Wiley of Sund., who was b. in Dfd. in 1791, d. Oct. 21, 1832. He
m. (2) 1832, at Albany, N. Y., Mrs. Fanny S. Woolcutt. She d.
Apr. 20, 1840.
Ch. (by Elizabeth) : Horace Wiley, Scott '
b. Jan. 7, 1814; m. Elizabeth Hill- John Wiley, b. Apr. 5, 1822; m. Julia
man. M. Warren.
Abner, b. Dec. 27, 1816; m. Wealthy Elizabeth, b. Sept. 15, 1824; m. Zac-
Putney. cheus Crocker. She d. Dec. 9, 1898,
Clarissa, b. Jan. 4, 1818; m. Mar. 22, William Walter, b. Aug. 17, 1826; m.
1837. Sarah S. Frary.
Franklin, b. Mar. 21. 1820; m. Alma Catherine, b. 1828; d. Oct. 18, 1833.
50. Horace Wiley, s. of Walter (49), was b. in Sund.. Jan. 7.
1814; m. (1) Dec. 31. 1839, Elizabeth M. Hillman of Con., who was
b. ]nlv 4, 1817, and d. Tune 23, 1880. He n.. (2) Caroline Harris.
He d.' Nov. 10. 1888.
Ch.: Edwin Wilev. b. Jan. 29, 1842; Henry Hillman. b. Oct. 8. 1843; m.
m. Sarah M. Hall of Pittsficld. Marietta Wade.
51 Edwin Wiley, s. of Horace Wiley (50), was b. Tan. 29,
1842: ni. Dec. 20, 1864. Sarah M. Hall of Pittsfield, who* was b.
\(n-. 1, 1840, and d. June 22, 1^)09.
(7i.: Clara E.. b. Oct. 4, 1865: d. Nov. Liiella E., b. Oct. 25, 1866; m. Dec. 6.
17. IS65. V'^^, iLvtiest A. Frary,
GENEALOGIES.— FIELD. 405
Samuel H., b. May 18, 1868; m. Apr. 1901, Julius H. Trott of Amh. One
8, 1908, Alice M. Clark of Nhn. ch., Ruth F. Trott, b. Jan. 27, 1903.
Sarah M., b. Apr. 9, 1876 ; m. Oct. 3,
52. Henry Hillman, s. of Horace Wiley (50), was b. Oct. 8,
1843 ; m. June 7, 1866, Marietta Wade of Nhn., who was b. Dec.
5, 1841.
Ch.: Horace Wiley, b. Apr. 21, 1868. Myra Josephine, b. Mar. 19, 1871 ; m.
Carrie Clark, b. Aug. 31, 1869; m. Oct. 30, 1894, Charles Edward
Nov. 6, 1900, Dr. Charles Cobb of Warner of Hat.
Boston. Edgar Henry, b. Mar. 31, 1873.
53 Horace Wiley, s. of Henry Hillman (52), was b. Apr. 21,
1868; m. (1) Oct. 2, 1890, Clara Hines of Boston; m. (2) June 17,
1896, Mabel, dau. of M. L. Graves of Nhn.
Ch. (by Clara Hines) : Rachel Hines, ron, b. Aug. 31, 1904.
b. Dec. 2, 1894. Katherine, b. Mar. 12, 1908.
Ch. (by Mabel Graves) : Harold My-
54. Edgar Henry, s. of Henry Hillman (52), was b. Mar. 31,
1873 ; m. Nov. 9, 1897, Jessie May Ingram of So. Dfd.
Ch.: Marjorie, b. Aug. 26, 1899. Robert Gillman, b. June 1, 1905.
55. Capt. Jonathan, s. of Capt. Joseph (5), was b. in Hat.,
Oct. 13, 1697; m. (1) Mar. 30, 1721, Mary Billings, dau. of Ebe-
nezer and Hannah (Church) Billings. She was b. May 24, 1701 ; d.
June 3, 1736. He m. (2) Esther, dau. of Joseph and Canada
(Waite) Smith. He rem. to Leverett in 1752 and sett, in Long
Plain, so called.
Ch. (by Mary Billings) : Eunice, b. Hubbard ; m. (2) Margary Knowl-
Mar. 12, 1723 ; m. John Ballard. ton Lotheredge.
Joanna, b. Dec. 11, 1725; m. Jan. 31, William and Jonathan, twins, b. Aug.
1753, Daniel Graves. 15, 1750. William m. (1) Dorothy
Lydia, b. Jan. 1, 1731; m. (1) Nov. Kellogg; m. (2) Editha Tracy.
'20, 1750, Thos. Chapin ; m. (2) Jonathan m. Sarah Kellogg.
Mar. 14, 1814, John Amsden. Editha, b. Dec, 1752 ; m. Giles Hub-
Mary, b. July 11, 1734: m. Seth bard.
Warner; d. Feb. 21, 1829. Moses, b. Sept., 1754; m. Mary Spell-
Ch. (by Esther Smith) : Daughter, b. man.
Mar. 7. 1740; d. Mar. 7, 1740. Esther, b. Feb. 6. 1764; m. Joseph
Seth, b. Mar. 13, 1741; m. (1) Mary Bodman; d. 1820.
56. Jonathan, s. of Capt. Jonathan (55), was b. Aug. 15,
1750; d. Nov. 22, 1833; m. Sept. 6, 1773, Sarah, dau. of Ephraim
and Sarah (Hawlev) Kellogg of Amh. She was bap. Sept. 30,
1753 ; d. Jan. 14, 1832.
Ch.: Lucius, b. May 31, 1774; d. Feb. Kingsley.
8. 1775. Sarah, b. June 23, 1782; m. (1) Rufus
Sylvanus. b. Feb. 26, 1776; m. Cyn- Field of Leverett; m. (2) Jonathan
thia Field. Conant ; d. Apr. 20, 1844.
Lucius, b. Jan. 6, 1778; m. Virtue Alpheus, b. June 26, 1786; m. Caro-
Ashley. line Adams.
Levi, b. Feb. 13, 1780; m. Rachel
57. Lucius, s. of Jonathan (56), was b. Jan. 6, 1778, in Lev-
erett; was a tavern keeper. He d. Aug. 26, 1856. He m. Nov. 5,
406 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
1806, \'irtue Ashley of Sund., who was b. Aug. 6, 1784, and d.
Nov. 1, 1834.
Ch.: Aiirelia, b. Nov. 15, 1807; m. was b. Sept. 13, 1802; d. Mar. 28»
Dec. 13. 1833, Stilman Fi.eld. 1883. She d. Feb. 14, 1878.
Cynthia, b. July 28, 1810; m. Dec. 12, Harrison, b. June 13, 1813; m. Pcrsis
1833, Elijah Bardwell of Hat. He Jerusha Moore.
58. Silas S. Dwight, s. of Henry and Flora (Field) Dwight
and grandson of Orange Field (20), was b. Nov. 19, 1849; m. May
7, 1872, Isabel L. Parsons.
Ch.: Benjamin P. Dwight, b. Dec. 23, Myron H. Dwight, b. Sept. 19, 1884.
1873.
THE FITCH FAMILY.
1. JOSEPH FITCH of Norwalk, Conn., 1652, rem. to Nhn.
in 1655 and was chosen selectman the same year. In 1660 he rem.
to Hart., was representative from 1662-1668, and then rem. to
Windsor, Conn. He m. Mary, dau. of Rev. Samuel Stone. He d.
abt. 1727. Little can be found as to his ch.
Ch.: Joseph, Samuel, perhaps,
Nathaniel, Mary, b. at Nhn., Jan., 1657/8.
We find that Joseph ( 1 ) had two grandsons : —
2. TosKPH, b. 1699 at East Windsor, Conn., where he d. Mar.
26, 1789, a. 91, whose s. John (b. 1743, d. 1793) built the first
steaml)oat in America in 1787, and
3. Jonx, the second grandson of Joseph (1) (possibly a brother
of Joseph, though there is no proof of this fact). He was b.
at East Windsor, Conn., Mar. 14, 1702/3; m. Oct. 5, 1736, Lydia
Scott, who was b. 1708. He sett, in Hat. He built the first oil
mill in Massachusetts in 1737 ; had a patent from the province for
fifteen years.
Ch.: Ebcnczer, and four others.
4. Ebenezer, s. of John (3), was b. at Hat., Dec. 16, 1745; d.
Jan. 16, 1835: m. Aug. 8, 1770, Abigail Taylor of Suffield, Conn.,
who was b. a])t. 1745 and d. Sept. 5, 1818. a. 73. He surveyed lands
in twenty towns in this vicinity from 1765 to 1825.
Ch.: John, h. Mar. 31, 1772; d. Nov. 8, 1822. Moses Burt; m. (2) Aug.
9, 1772. 30, 1842. Dr. Daniel White of Hat;
Sophia, b. Dec. 8, 1774; m. Feb. 8, d. Feb. 10, 1870.
1792, prob. John C. D. Minson. John. b. July 7, 1781.
Abigail, b. Dec. 21. 1776; m. Mar. 10, Lvdia, b. Mar. 18, 1783; m. Nov. 8,
1799, Sylvanus Smith. *1809, Fldad Stebbins ; d. Aug. 8,
Sarah, b. Mar. 5, 1779; m. (1) Apr. 1812.
5. loMX, s. of FJ)onezer (4). was b. ]u\v 7, 1781; d. Mar. 4.
1847; ni. (1) Nov. 26, 1818, Rachel King (nee Applebee) of
Will)rahani, who d. Apr. 'K 1833, a. 47. He m. (2) Sept. 3, 1834,
GEN E ALOGI ES.— FITCH— FRARY. 407
Wealthy Jones of Williamsburg, who was b. Sept. 14, 1798, and
d. Mar. 22, 1854.
7/». ; John Taylor, b. Mar. 26, 1822. Whitney.
Abby, b. Apr. 11, 1824; m. George O. George C., b. June 6, 1828.
6. John Taylor, s. of John (5), was b. Mar. 26, 1822; d. May
14, 1887 ; m. Mar. 3, 1842, Julia A. White of Williamsburg, who d.
Aug. 11, 1909.
Ch.: Maria L.. b. Aug. 29, 1845; m. Hervey W., b. Nov. 17, 1849; d. Mar.
Nov. 23. 1864, Charles L. Warner. 18, 1853.
7. George C. s. of John (5), was b. June 6, 1828; d. Oct. 7,
1905; m. Sept. 21, 1848, Sarah Kingsley of Hat., who was b. Sept.
9, 1827, and d. Mar. 3, 1902.
Ch.: George W., b. June 29, 1849. 1889. Arthur L. Shumway of Amh.
Ella E., b. Mar. 5, 1854; m. Feb. 20, Cora Belle, b. Nov. 22, 1870; m. Apr.
1877, Benjamin M. Warner of Hat. 15, 1909, Edwin C. Spear of Spfd.
Abby L., b. June 6, 1868; m. Mar. 24,
8. George W., s. of George C. (7), was b. June 29, 1849; m.
Nov., 1871. Nellie M. Dayton of Nhn. Residents of Amh.
Ch.: Lena M., b. Apr. 6, 1874.
THE FRARY FAMILY.
1. JOHN FRARY, who came from England and sett, in Ded-
ham and from thence to Medfield, m. Prudence . He d. June
14, 1695.
Ch.: Tlieophilus. Isaac.
Sampson. Samuel.
Mary. Eleazer.
John.
2. Ens. Eleazer, s. of John (1), was b. abt. 1643 at Medfield;
d. Dec. 19, 1709; m. Jan. 28, 1666, Mary, dau. of Isaac and Mary
Graves of Hat. He came to Hat. in 1661.
Ch.: Isaac, b. Mar. 2. 1686. Prudence.
Jonathan, b. Nov. 13, 1689. Hannah.
Eleazer, d. soon. Eleazer.
Samuel.
3. Isaac, s. of Eleazer (2), was b. at Hat., Mar. 2, 1686; d.
1760; m. Dec. 8, 1715, Lydia, dau. of Jonathan Parsons of Nhn.;
res. in Hat.
Ch.: Eleazer. b. Dec. 19, 1716, Lydia,
Phineas, b. Apr. 20, 1718; d. Dec. 27, Hannah.
1782. Martha.
Moses, b. abt. 1720. Mary.
Elisha, 'b. Aug. 18, 1729.
4. Eleazer, s. of Isaac (3), was b. Dec. 19, 1716; d. 1801;
m. (n 1745. Deborah Chapin of Spfd.; m. (2) Margaret Scott.
408 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Ch.: Eleazer, b. Jan. 2, 1752. Mary. in. John Waite of What.; d.
Nathaniel, b. abt. 1754; d. 1832. a. 96.
Seth. b. Sept. 2. 1758; d. Feb. 24. E
1847, a. 88. S
5. Capt. Setii, s. of Eleazer (4), was b. at Hat., Sept. 2. 1758;
went to What, in 1775. He lived with and cared for Noah Coleman
and received his estate. He m. Jan. 1, 1779, Esther, dau, of Master
David Scott of What. She was h, July 20, 1761 ; d. Aug. 14, 1827.
He d. Feb. 24, 1S47. He was a Revolutionary soldier.
Ch.: Thomas, h. Feb. 12. 1780. 1832.
Seth, b, Oct. 27, 1783. Noah C, b. Jan. 27. 1795; d. soon,
Dexler, b. Aug. 10, 1786. Electa, b. Oct. 5, 1796; m, Oliver
Esther, b- July 6. 1789; m. Lemuel Graves, Jan. 19, 1815; d, Dec. 26,
Coolev. Feb, 12, 181 1; d. Aug. 24, 1847.
1871. ■ Eleaier. b. Feb. 3, 1799.
" " ' Patty, b. Dec. 12, 1801 ; in. Eli Tha>-er
of No. Hat.
6. T(r(iM.\s, s. of Capt. Seth (5). was b. at What., Feb. 12,
1780; d. Si-i)t. ZK m,H: m. N'ov. 29. 1801, Sarah, dau. of Tuslin and
Esihcr (Harding) Morton of What. She was b. June 22. 1784;
d. Jan, 2K 1875.
Ch.: Li-«k M.. b. Jan, 11, 1806; m, nu? Strong of Hat,; d. Feb- 9.
KliM Ann Wailc. 1890.
Miiierv,-L. 1.. Fi-b. 16, 1808 ; ni. Jost-ph Thomas, b, Feb, 8, 1816 ; d, Nov, 6,
R. .\lilL.,ti of Hiit. ; cl, 1856. 1864, while a soldier in Co. D, 27ih
Goortri, t. Sorit. in, 1811: m. Mar, 30, Rcjriment. M.V.M., in the Civil
1H.V. L A. C. H:L>vk.'^. war,
W/rniid.i, h. Dec. 14, 1S13: nv Parme- SwwvA U,. b. May 21. 1818.
GENEALOGIES.— FRARY— GERRY— GRAVES. 409
11, 1825; m. Lucius G. Wealthy, b. Dec. 1, 1830; m. Dec. 24,
ug. 4, 1888. 1850, Theodore Porter ; d. Dec. 1,
ipt. 21, 1828; d. unm. 1897.
3.
THE GERRY FAMILY.
lANIEL or NATHAN GERRY or GEARY, s. of
d Amitie Houghton Gerry of Lancaster, served in the
y war and sett, in Hat. abt. 1780. He was bap. Dec.
d. Nov. 13, 1830, a. 75. He m. Nov. 28, 1782, Martha,
a Waite. She was b. 1760 and d. Oct. 11, 1845.
b. 1783; m. Salmon Lucretia, b. 1793; d. 1795.
Lucretia, b. 1795; d. 1851.
6; rem. to Mich. Polly, b. 1797; d. 1883; m. Thaddeus
7; d. Mar. 24, 1870, a. Graves.
Jonathan Houghton, b. 1800; rem. to
; rem. to Mo. Avon, N. Y.
1791 ; rem. to N. Y. Elisha V^aite. b. 1803 ; d. 1892, at Au-
burn, N. Y.
[EN, s. of Nathaniel (1), was b. 1786 and rem. to Mich.
Angeline.
Elbridge.
', s. of Nathaniel (1), was b. 1789 and rem. to Mo.
Julia.
Polly.
Pauline. ^
HAN Houghton, s. of Nathaniel (1), was b. 1800 and
1, N. Y.
Maria.
XYDON, s. of Nathaniel (1), was b. 1791 and d. 1850.
la Avery. She d. 1885.
a, m. Burr. Waite, b. 1824 ; d. 1907.
E, s. of Euroclydon (5), was b. 1824 and d. 1907. He
reek. She d. Sept. 28, 1908. Rem. to California.
b. 1851. Lucetta, b. 1860.
♦. Ellsworth E., b. 1863.
Edmund W. Res. in Ventura, Cal.
THE GRAVES FAMILY.
MAS GRAVES was b. in England and came to New
:h his wife and five ch. before 1645. The children's
Isaac, John, Samuel, Nathaniel, and Elizabeth. He
Wethcrsficld to Hat. in 1661 with his sons Isaac and
. Isaac, s. of Thomas CI), was b. in England prob. as
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
early as 1620. He m. Mary, dau. of Richard and Anna Church.
He was k. in the Indian attack on Hat.. Sept. 19, 1677.
Benjamin Hastings^ d. Feb. 8, 1697.
John, b. 1664.
Hannah and Jonathan, twins, b. Jan.
24, 1666. Hannah m. William
Sackett of Wfd.
Mehitable, b. Oct. 1, 1671 ; m. (1)
Jan. 29, 1690, Richard Morton ; m.
(2) William Wonhington of Col-
chester; d. Mar. 22, 1742.
Ch.: Mary, b. July S, 1647; m. Jan.
28. 1665, Eleaier Frary.
Isaac, b, .Aug. 22, 1650; d. unm. be-
fore 1677.
Rebecca, b. Julv 3. 1652 or 16S3 ; d.
unm- before 1677.
Samuel, b. Oct. 1, 1655.
Sarah, m. Apr, 27, 1677, Benjamin
Barren.
Elizalwih, b. Jan. 24, 1661 ; m. 1683.
3. JoHX, s. of Thomas (1), was b. in England; m. (1) Mary,
dan. of I-ient. Samuel Smith; m. (2) Mary Wyatt, dau. of John
Bronson and wid. of John Wyatt of Haddatn, Conn. He was in
Hat., 1661, and was k. in the Indian attack on Hat., Sept. 19. 1677.
Hi.s wid. m. (3) Lieut. William Allis, June 25, 1678, and (4) Capt.
Samuel Gavlord.
Ch: John, b. abt. 1653.
Marv. b. abt. 1654; ni
Ball; m. 1.2) Benjan
Isaac, b. abt. 1655.
Samuel, b. abt, 1657.
Sarah, b. abt. 1659.
Elizabeth, b. Dec.
1662, at Hat.;
m. Thomas Jones.
Daniel, b. Dec. 7, 1664, at Hat
Ebeneier. b. Nov. 20, 1666, at Hat
Beihiah, b. Jan. 7, 1668, at Hat; d
Jan. 21. 1668.
Nathaniel, b. June 10, 1671, at Htt.
4. roiiN. s. of Isaac (2), was b. 1664; d. 1746; m. Sarah. datLof
John li^iks of Chelmsford, Oct. 26, 1686.
Ch..- Isaac, b. Julv 10,1688.
Benjamin, b. .\ng. 12, 1689.
Sarah, b. 1691.
Jemima, b. .Apr. 30. 1693; m. (1)
Mav 5. 1715. John Graves; m. (2)
Mar. 17. 1720, Elea«r Allis of Hat.
Marv, b, Nov. 9. 1695; m. (1) July
23, 1719, Jonathan Frary; tp. (2).
Eliakim King of New Hampshin.
Elnaihan, b. Aug. 20, 1699.
Hannah, b. June 4. 1701 : m. EIuttT
King of Dfd,
Eunice, b. Scot 29. 1703.
Aaron, b. Feb. 2, 1707,
5. F.Lx.\Tii.\N-. s. of John (4), was b, Aug. 20, 1699, m Btt,;
d. I'cli, 17, 1785; m. (1) Martha, dau. of Nathaniel Dicknis«|.o(
Hat- She d. Tan. 9. 1756. He m. (2) Dorothy, (lau. of
She d. May 9, 1800.
Morion an<l wid. of John Eelden.
CIr: S,-ih. h. Doc. 17, 1727; m. Mary,
dau. ni C"l. Jobn Dickinson.
Pcri.?, h. .\,,r. Z6. 1730.
Sil.i-. I.. I'ch. 8, I7.-i2; m, Hannah.
'kiu -t lolin Fii.Ocl; d- Mar. 2,
1S16.
Lucv, b. May 8. i7.'4, m Dec. »
17'58. Benjamin Wdk; d Sept 21
1815.
Martha, b. Feb, 26, 1739; m. Det 24
1758, John Nash of Williamsborg;
d. Dec, 1804.
6, Cm't, i'l-RHz. s. of Elnathan (5). was b. Apr. 26, 1730; d. in
Hat- Dec. 17. 180"): m. fl ) May 16. 1754, Martha, dau. of Samuel
Gili^-it ni Hat. She li. Oct, 28, 179.^. He m. (2) Feb. 19, 1795,
Zeruiali, dan. of FJ)enczer Cole and wid. of Lieut. Elihu White.
She wa^i h, Xov. 30, 1741, and d. Dec. 13, 1820. He was a captain "
in ilk- Kcvniuiionarv war.
GENEALOGIES.— GRAVES.
Ch.: Samuel, b. May 4, I75S.
Elisha, b. Sept. 2, 1757.
Martha, b. Apr, 28. 17S9; m. Moses
Montague of So. Had, ; d. Jan. S,
1820.
Perez, b. Jan. 2. 1761 ; m. (I) Eunice
Bryant; m. (2) June 6, 180S. Ex-
perience Parsons ; d. Nov. 28, 1848.
Elnathan, b. Feb. 2, 1763; m. 1792,
Lvdia Pomeroy ; d. June. 1827.
William, b. Feb. 11. 1766; clergyman
in Woodstock, Conn.; m. (1) Pa-
melia Forward, who d. July 21.
1806; m. (2) Adelia Clapp. He d.
Aug. 26. 1813.
Solomon, b. Mar. 12, 1768.
Levi, b. Jan. 12. 1771.
Timothy, b. Apr. 30, 1775.
7. SiL.\s. s. of Elnathan (5), was b. at Hat.. Feb. 8. 1732; d.
Mar. 2, 1816; m. Hannah, dau. of John and Editha (Dickinson)
Field. She was b. Oct. 5, 1740. and d. Oct. 5. 1818. He was in
Capt. Perez Graves' company in 1775: in Capt. Salmon White's
company in 1776; and in Capt. Seth Murray's company in 1777, —
Col. Israel Chapin's regiment.
Ch.: Roxana. b. Dee. 17. 1769; m.
Apr, 17, 1808. Chas. Starkweather;
d. Jan. S. 1847.
Lemuel, b. Dec. 28. 1772; d. Aug. IS,
177S,
I^muel, I. Sept, 23, 177S; d. unm.
Dec, 17. 1802.
Hannah, b. Mar. 6. 1778; m. Nov, 2,
1820. Elisha Waite of Hat.; d. Oct.
15, 1825.
Silas, b. Sept- 17. 1780 1 <1. Nov. 16,
1823. witlinut issne.
8. Solomon, s. of Capt. Perez (6), was b. Mar. 12, 1768; d.
Oct. 8. 1843; m. Dec. 4. 17<)3, Esther, dau. of Ebenezer and Sarah
(Cooleyj Bliss of Eonpneadow. She was b. 1763 ; d. May 26. 1839.
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
412
Ch. (b. at Hat.) ; Thaddeus, b. Sept.
11. 1794.
Eliza, b. June 26, 1796; m. John
Wells of Williamsburg.
Solo[iioii. b. Dec. 3, 1798.
Ebenezer, b. Mar. 31, 1801.
William, b. Oct. 30. 1804; d. May 3.
1825. while pursuing his college
course at Williams College.
9 Lr.vi. s. of Capt. Perez (6), was b. Jan. 12, 1771 ; d. at Hat,
Nov. 10. 18.S8: 111. Nov. 22, 1798, Mary. dan. of Jonathan and Bath-
sheba Smitli of So. Had. She was b. Mar., 1773, and d. Mar. 23,
1857.
Ch. (b. at Hat.) : Harvey, b. .\U8. 4, 1
10, 1800- ■ ■
Mary, b. Mar. 5. 1803; m. Dec. <
1824, Silas BiUii.gs of Hat.; d. Jan.
10 Timothy, s. of Capt. Perez (6), was b. Apr. 30, 1775: d.
June 17, 183!): m. I^ydia Graves of Middlefield, who d. Oct. 9, 1863,
I. Avg.
Ii. (b. at Hal.) ; Child, b. Julv 13,
1806; d. Jan. 15. 1807,
IHOS: ni, Mav 1.
:bo'K-k ; d. Julv 2,
Pbebe, b, J;
1828. Ik-ni
1858,
1849.
Martha, b. I
1814.
n. Ti
, 1810; d. 1
c 1.1. 1811
Alniira. b. Dec. 6, 1813 ; d. ui
10, 1840.
Lemuel, b. Feb. 17, 1816;
Mar. 17, 1847.
S.inmfl, b. June 2, 1818.
LpoilwI, h. Apr, 22, 1821:
14. 1822,
r:ii7,i. b. .\pr., 1823; prob. m
1S44. Mr. Marsh.
i June
Mar. 7,
. May 22.
i S.i\r.mo\\ (8V was b. Sept. 11, 1794; d.
GENEALOGIES.— GRAVES. 413
Sept. 12, 1831; m. Mar. 21, 1821, Polly, dau. of Nathan Gerry of
Hat. She was b. Sept. 3, 1797, and d. Mar. 12, 1883.
Ch. (b. at Hat.) : Maria, b. Jan. 13, Brooklyn, N. Y.; res. in Dfd.
1822; d. Sept. 13, 1840. Fanny, b. June 6, 1828; d. Nov. 7,
Exiwin, b. Jan. 3, 1824. 1884 ; was a teacher of f reedmen.
Mary Esther, b. Jan. 13, 1826; m. Martha Ann, b. Dec, 1830; d. Sept.
May 15, 1850, Sylvanus Miller of 1, 1833.
12. Solomon, s. of Solomon (8), was b. Dec. 3, 1798; d. June
25, 1867; m. (1) Nov. 25, 1824, Pamelia, dau. of John Osborne of
Had. She was b. Dec. 2, 1803, and d. Feb. 23, 1826. He m. (2)
Sophia, dau. of Consider and Mercy Morton of What. She was b.
Nov. 5, 1801, and d. June 15, 1880.
Ch. (b. at Hat.) : William O., b. Dec. Thaddeus, b. Nov. 1, 1834.
22, 1825; m. Louisa Smith of Sophia, b. June 4, 1836; m. Mar. 29,
Amh.; no ch. 1859, E. J. King; d. Jan. 11, 1872.
13. Ebenezer, s. of Solomon (8), was b. Mar. 31, 1801; d.
Feb. 1, 1861, at Albion, Mich.; m. (1) July 2, 1827, Rowena, dau.
of Capt. John Wells of Williamsburg. She d. Sept. 20, 1834, a. 33.
He m. (2) Feb. 4, 1836, Emily, dau. of Hubbard Lawrence of
St. Johnsbury, Vt. She was b. May 11, 1810, and d. Apr. 31, 1884.
CA. (b. at Hat. [by Rowena Wells]) : Ch. (b. at Hat. [by Emily Law-
James, b. June 23, 1828. •rence]) : Clarissa Bliss, b. Feb. 23,
Ebenezer Wells, b. July 6, 1830; m. 1837; m. Jan. 24, 1866, George H.
May 22, 1870, Mrs. Mary E. Gerow ; Smith ; res. in South Haven, Mich.
d. Apr., 1891.
14. Harvey, s. of Levi (9), was b. Aug. 10, 1800; d. at Grand
Rapids, Mich., Feb. 21, 1888; m. Dec. 21. 1824, Eliza Ann, dau. of
Remembrance Bardwell of Hat. She was b. Oct. 22, 1804, and d. at
Paris, Mich., Apr. 20, 1878.
Ch. (first six b. in Hat, two youngest Lewis Cass. b. Mar. 31, 1835; d. unm.
in Greece, N. Y.) : Esther, b. Oct. June 23, 1856.
10. 1825; m. May 22, 1855, James Almira Tanc. b. Apr. 6, 1840; m. Dec.
W. Ransom of Wilson. N. Y. 2. 1868. Rev. T. P. Lamont of
Dwight Lathrop. b. Oct. 22. 1827; m. Rockville, 111.
Nov. 4, 1857, Sarah Jane Fowler. Frances, b. May 29, 1842; d. young.
Edward Livingston, b. Nov. 29, 1829; Frank Harvev. b. Julv 15. 1844; m.
m. Dec. 6. 1871. Mattie A. Lamont; Mar. 13. 1872. Frankie Ransom of
d. Aor. 16, 1878. Big Rapids, Mich.
Ann Eliza, b. Aug. 16, 1832.
15. Levi. s. of Levi (9). was b. Jan. 13, 1810; d. Oct. 28, 1867;
m. Nov. 9, 1836, Tabitha Clark, dau. of David Field of Con. She
was b. Feb. 12, 1814, and d. July 25, 1876. Rem. to Spfd. in 1860.
Ch. (b. at Hat.): Loui«?a Field, b. (2) abt. 1872, Edwin T. Putnam;
Oct. 16. 1838: d. Dec. 7. 1850. ^ d. Sent. 24, 1906.
Myron C. and Maria C. twins, S. Mary Louisa, b. Feb. 18, 1857; re-
june 13. 1841. Maria C. m. (\) sides in Spfd., Mass.
abt. 1862, Chas. H. Quimby; m.
16. De.a. Jox.\tit.\n Smith, s. of Levi (9). was b. Apr. 23,
1818; d. Feb. 26. 1883; m. Jan. 17, 1844. Caroline, dau. of ^ustlt\
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Smith of What. She was h. at Charlemont, Nov. 22. 1825, and d,
at Hat., Aug. 7, 1908.
Ch.: Son, b. Sept, 28, 1845; d. nex
Alfred Howard, b. .Aug. 7, 1847.
Abby Frances, b. May 6. I8S0; n
Dee. 6, 1871, George A. Billings.
Loui<:a Malinda, b. Apr. 19, 1853; a
July 2, 1878. Rev. Edward S. Tead;
d, Nov. 24, 1887.
Carrie Elizabeth, b. Oct- 26. 1857; m
Oct. 22. 1879. Roswell Billings of
Hat.
ijj^M
^tp^^M
^■Iv ^^
^^^^^^^^H^^^k^ ^
17. S.vMUKi., s. of Timothv (10). was b. June 2, 1818; d. Aug.
12, 1870 ; m. IX-c. 'J. 1841, Diaiitha Bunce of Williamsburg, who was
b. Nov. 3, 1819. and d. Nov. 19, 1878.
a. (b. at Ha
.): Mary Jane, b. Oct.
Ta
. 7. 1860.
18, 1843; ri-
ides in Hart.
Sam
e! Edward, b. Feb. 4. 1856;
Oiarlcs Uiiii
d, h. .\ug. 21. 1847.
In
V 23. 1882,
Sarali ImI.i-I,
h. Sui>t. X). 1853; d.
18. Si:rc;t. Mdwin. s. of Thaddeus fll). was b. Jan. 3, 1824.
He wa.^ a tnernluT of the 37th Regiment. M.V.M., and was wounded
in the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, and d. May 21, 1864,
He n>. Ian, 26. 184.=i, Ursula D. Moodv. who was b. Mar, 24, 1824.
and d. At Hat,, .Mar, 27, 1886.
Ch. (b. at Ilat.): KUa M., b. Sept.
Jnne 8, 1860,
2. 184-3: .l. Mar. 11, 1889.
I'dvvin Moody, b. Mar, 28, 1856,
Fannv Lonisa, b. .\ub. 8, 1851 ; m.
GcorKc b, ,Apr, 7. 1860; m, Aug. 4
Jnne 1, 1887, Rr)SMtll Hnbbard ot
1887, .\nnie McOeary Billings ; re-
Hflf-
sides in Cleveland, Ohio.
S3r,l/i OlfWa, b, Dec. 13, \853-, &.
GENEALOGIES.— GRAVES. 415
19. Thaddeus, s. of Solomon (12), was b. Nov. 1, 1834; ni.
Nov. 2, 1866, Mary A., dau. of John and Clarissa Hubbard. She
was b. Aug. 11, 1834.
Ch. (b. at Hat): Clara Louisa, b. Anna Myers, b. Sept. 17, 1872; m.
Oct. 9, 1867 ; m. Nov. 4. 1891, Wil- Apr. 3, 1900, Howard W. Dickin-
Ham C. Dickinson of Hat son.
Laura Halstead, b. June 24, 1869. Thaddeus, Jr., b. May 27, 1874.
Mary Augusta Lennox, b. May 27, Perry Mills, b. Nov. 19, 1877 ; d. June
1871; m. Mar. 5, 1895, John Carl. 25, 1878.
He d. Dec. 29, 1909.
20. Myron C, s. of Levi (15), was b. June 13, 1841 ; d. Aiig. 3,
1909; m. (1) Mar. 8, 1865, Hattie C, dau. of Richard B. Davis of
Nhn. She d. Jan. 1, 1894. He m. (2) Oct. 17, 1894, Augusta A.,
dau. of Moses C. Porter of Hat.
Ch, (b. at Spfd.) : Wallace Foote, b. Flora Wells, b. Feb. 8, 1870; m. Oct
Jan. 6, 1866; d. same day. , 23, 1889, Walter D. Phelps of Spfd.
Alice Cutter, b. Aug. 3, 1868 ; m. Hattie Louisa, b. July 3, 1876. .
Nov. 16, 1887, Myron O. Cowles of Marion Putnam, b. Mar. 29, 1^79.
Spfd.
21. Alfred Howard, s. of Dea. Jonathan S. (16), was b. Aug.
7, 1847; m. Dec. 14, 1870, Anna Hunt, dau. of John Barnard and
Rebecca McCullum Breed of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Ch. (b. at Hat) : Howard Morton, b. Minnie Reba, b. Dec. 10, 1879; m.
Dec 14, 1872. Robert L. Belden of Hat
Murray Breed, b. Sept. 19, 1874.
22. Charles Lemuel, s. of Samuel (17), was b. Aug. 21, 1847 ;
d. Apr. 14, 1907; m. (1) Nov. 11, 1868, Fanny A. Hamilton of
Maine, who was b. Feb. 26, 1850, and d. Apr. 3, 1879; m. (2) Oct.
7, 1880, Susan H. Wing of Brewer, Me., who was b. July 22. 1851.
Ch. (h. at Hat. [by Fanny Hamil- Charles Edward, b. Feb. 22, 1885.
ton]) : Fannv M., b. Aug. 31, 1872. Eva Wing, b. Dec. 24, 1886.
Ch. (b. at Hat. [by Susan Wing]) :
23. Edwin Moody, s. of Sergt. Edwin (18), was b. Mar. 28,
1856; d. May 27, 1907; m. June 28, 1877, Carrie L., dau. of William
B. and Sarah Langdon of Hat. She was b. Apr. 16, 1856.
Ch.: Edwin Langdon, b. Nov. 12, Rupert D., b. Jan. 6, 1884.
1880. Walter Leroy. b. Mar. 7, 1890.
Ursula, b. Aug. 21, 1882.
24. Thaddeus, Jr., s. of Thaddeus (19), was b. May 27, 1874;
m. Nov. 15, 1902, Cora, dau. of Edmund King of Sandusky, Ohio.
Ch. (b. at Hat) : Elizabeth, b. Nov. Edmund King, b. Feb. 17, 1905.
24, 1903. Janet, b. Oct. 6, 1906.
25 Howard Morton, s. of Alfred Howard (21), was b. Dec.
14, 1872; m. June 30. 1897, Anna Whitfield of Oneida, N. Y. They
reside in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Ch.: Howard Whitfield, b. Aug. 20, 1904.
416
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
26. Murray Breed, s. of Alfred Howard (21), was b. Sept. 19,
1874 ; m. July 8, 1903, Emma, dau. of Charles A. Jones of Hat.
Ch.: Robert Jones, b. Apr. 5, 1904. Alfred Murray, b. Feb. 19, 1906.
27. Rupert D., s. of Edwin Moody (23), was b. Jan. 6, 1884;
m. Catherine Helen Murphy of Hat., who was b. July 26, 1887.
Ch.: Harold Dudley, b. Mar. 11, 1906.
28. Nathaniel, s. of John (3), was b. June 10, 1671 ; d. abt
1757 ; m. Apr. 30, 1702, Rebecca, dau. of John AUis of Hat. She
was b. Apr. 16, 1683. Res. in Hat.
Ch.: Rebecca, b. Oct 25, 1703.
Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1706; m. Isaac
Graves (2d wife) ; d. Mar. 18, 1787.
Nathaniel, b. Nov. 16, 1707; m. Han-
nah Smith.
Ruth, b. Aug. 16, 1709.
Eleazer, b. Dec. 12, 1711 ; m. Oct. 1,
1736, Sarah Beldcn; d. Sept 24,
1756.
Israel, b. June 23, 1716; m. July 15,
1756, Eunice Waite; d. Sept 8,
1773.
, Oliver, b. Aug. 6, 1725.
29. Dea. Oliver, s. of Nathaniel (28), was b. Aug. 6, 1725;
d. Aug. 30, 1810; m. Jan. 24, 1754, Rebecca, dau. of John Smith of
Hat. She was b. May 4, 1732, and d. Feb. 25, 1825. Res. in What
He was in the French war, 1757, in Lieut. Billings' company, and
a member of the first provincial congress.
Ch.: Selah, b. May 24, 1755; m. 1785,
Mary Strong ; d. Aug. 31, 1827.
Rebecca, b. Oct 19, 1756; m. Jona-
than Edson ; rem. to Brookfield, Vt
Ruth, b. Nov. 4, 1758; m. Josiah
Davis, Feb. 17, 1782; rem. to Buck-
land.
Oliver, b. Feb. 9, 1761; m. Jan. 26.
1794, Abigail Graves; d. Dec. 10,
1852.
Martha, b. Jan. 19, 1763; m. Jan. 9,
1794, Giles Adkins.
Electa, b. Dec. 27, 1764 ; m. Mar. 9,
1787, Solomon Adkins.
Salmon, b. Mar. 24, 1767 ; m. Jan. 30,
1794, Experience Arms ; d. Dec 28,
1842.
Elijah, b. Apr. 24, 1769.
Mercy, b. Aug. 27, 1771 ; m. Timothv
Edson ; d. Mar. 25, 1841.
Judith, b. Dec. 27, 1775; m. Feb. 4,
1796, Asa Smith of What
30. Elijah, s. of Dea. Oliver (29), was b. Apr. 24, 1769; d.
Aug. 31, 1830; m. Apr. 10, 1809, Lucy, dau. of Graves and Eunice
(Graves) Crafts. She was b. Nov. 28, 1784, and d. Aug. 31, 1830.
Res. in What.
Ch.: Jerry, b. Apr. 24, 1809; m. Apr. Rebecca, b. July 2, 1813; m. Apr. 30,
19, 1835, Electa Dickinson; d. Apr. 1841. John F. Bardwell of Shel-
7. 1862. burne.
Oliver, b. July 19, 1811.
31. Oliver, s. of Elijah (30), was b. July 19, 1811 ; d. Jan. 18,
1840; m. Apr. 27, 1837, Clarissa Eliza, dau. of Horace W. Warner
of Xhn. Res. in What. She m. (2) Calvin B. Marsh of Hat. and
d. Feb. 4, 1888.
C!t.: Hcnrv Graves Moore, b. Jan. 1, Oliver Stanley, b. Aug. 15, 1840.
1839.
32. Hhnry (Graves Moork. s. of Oliver (31), was b. Jan. 1.
IS^^l His father dying \u 1840, he was adopted by Mr. Moore and
GENEALOGIES.— GRAVES— HASTINGS. 417
name changed. He m. (1) Electa S., dau. of Austin S. Jones of
Hat. She was b. Aug. 6, 1842, and d. July 5, 1880. He m. (2)
Mar. 29, 1883, Almira E. Parsons of Nhn., who was b. Jan. 14,
1851. Resides in Bradstreet.
Ch. (by Electa S. Jones) : Jennie E. Parsons Moore, b. Mar. 19, 1885.
Moore, b. Dec. 30, 1866; m. Arthur Helen Letitia Moore, b. Sept 10,
Bennett of Monson. 1889.
Ch. (by Almira E. Parsons) : Ethel
33. Oliver Stanley, s. of Oliver (31), was b. Aug. 15, 1840;
m. Nov. 26, 1863, Martha, dau. of Abel W. Nash of What. She
was b. in What., Apr. 22, 1842. No ch. living.
THE HASTINGS FAMILY.
1. THOMAS HASTINGS was b. in Watertown, July 1, 1652,
s. of Thomas. He was a physician and sett, in Hat., where he d.
July 23, 1712, a. 60. He m. (1) Oct. 10, 1672, Anna, dau. of John
Hawkes. She d. Oct. 25, 1705. He m. (2) Feb. 14, 1706, Mary,
dau. of David Burt of Nhn. She m. (2) May 17, 1713, Samuel
Balding, and d. Apr. 13, 1734.
Ch. (by Anna Hawkes) : Margaret, 25, 1714, John Burk.
b. July 7, 1674; m. May 7, 1707. John, b. Sept. 17, 1689.
Nathaniel Evetts. Ch. (by Mary Burt) : Silence, b. Feb.
Hannah, b. Jan. 19, 1677; m. Samuel 26, 1707; m. Josiah Hadlock.
Gillett. Thankful, b. May 5, 1711 ; d. July 15,
Thomas, b. Sept. 24, 1679. 1711.
Hepzibah, b. Apr. 16, 1682; m. Apr. Sylvanus, b. Sept. 10, 1712; d. Feb.
5, 1705, Jonathan Curtis. 27, 1713.
Mehitable, b. Jan. 23, 1685; m. Nov.
2. Thomas, s. of Thomas (1), was b. Sept. 24, 1679; d. Apr.
14, 1728; was a physician in Hat. He m. Mar. 6, 1701, Mary, dau.
of John Field of Hat.
Ch.: Mary, b. Dec. 24, 1701; d. Jan. (Town Record).
10, 1702 Waitstill, b. Jan. 3. 1714
Thomas, b. Nov. 6, 1702; d. Nov. 4, Tabitha, b. Oct. 6, 1715; m. Jan. 4,
1703. 1739, John Strickland.
Mary. b. July 26, 1704; m. Nov. 13, Hopestill, b. Apr. 13, 1718.
1729, Benjamin Billings. Dorothy, b. Mar. 20, 1720; d. Apr. 6,
Anna. b. Oct. 13, 1706; m. White. 1720.
Dorothy, b. July 27, 1709; d. July 29, Thomas, b. Jan. 28, 1721,
1711. Lucy, b. Feb. 1, 1723; m. Jonathan
Thomas, d. Dec. 12. 1713. a. VA Taylor.
3. John, s. of Thomas (1), was b. Sept. 17, 1689; res. for some
years in Hat., whence he rem. up the Connecticut River and was at
Fort Dummer in 1735. He m. (1) Lydia , who d. June 21,
1716; m. (2) Julv 4, 1720, Hannah, dau. of Dea. John White of
Hat. She was b.'Mar. 26, 1695.
Ch. (by Lvdia ) : Lvdia, b. 1714; Ch. (by Hannah White) : Sylvanus,
d. Dec. 24, 1714. b. Mar. 22, 1721.
Lvdia. b. June 8. 1716; d. July 5, John, b. Nov. 14, 1722.
1716. Oliver, b. Nov. 22, 1724.
418
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Lemuel, b. Feb. 5, 1727.
Hannah, b. July 28, 1729.
Lydia, b. Aug. 19, 1732.
Mehitable, b. 1735.
4. Waitstill, s. of Dr. Thomas (2), was b. Jan. 3, 1714; was a
physician in Hat., where he d. Apr. 22, 1748. He m. Oct. 1, 1736,
Abigail, dau. of John Marsh of Had. She m. (2) Col. Buckley of
Colchester, Conn. She m. (3) Rev. Little of Colchester, and
d. as early as 1758.
Ch.: John, b. Jan. 10, 1738. m. Nathaniel Kellogg.
Abigail, b. Feb. 28, 1739; m. Solomon Mary, b. Jan. 10, 1744.
Woolcott. Samuel, b. Mar. 14, 1747 ; d. Feb. 28,
Hannah Barnard, b. Mar. 16, 1742; 1748.
5. HoPESTiLL, s. of Dr. Thomas (2), was b. Apr. 13, 1718; d.
Dec. 24, 1766. He m. Lydia Frary. She m. (2) Windsor Smith.
Ch.: Abner, b. July 7, 1742; d. July
10, 1742.
Lydia, b. July 5, 1743; d. Oct. 5,
1746.
Seth, b. Dec. 6, 1745.
Lydia. b. Nov. 21, 1747; d. Oct. 4,
1751.
Tabitha, b. Oct. 1, 1749; d. unm. in
Amh. in 1795.
Elihu, b. Aug. 17, 1751 ; d. unm. in
Hat., Feb. 25, 1837.
Elijah, b. June 6, 1753.
Perez, b. Dec. 23, 1754.
Hopestill, b. Oct. 30, 1756; d. Oct
31, 1756.
Oliver, b. Aug. 25, 1757; d. in Ham-
mondsport, N. Y.
6. Thomas, s. of Dr. Thomas (2), was b. Jan. 28, 1721; rem.
abt. 1753 from Hat. to Amh., where he d. Jan. 22, 1787. He m.
Mary, dau. of Joseph Belden of Hat. She d. July 31, 1801, a. 78.
Ch.: Esther, b. Feb. 1, 1743; m.
Ephraim Kellogg.
Sarah, b. July 13, 1744; m. Jan. 17,
1771, Nathaniel Alexander Smith.
She d. Oct. 7, 1810.
Thomas, b. May 20, 1746.
Anna, b. Apr. 22, 1748; m. Jonathan
Nash.
Waitstill. b. May 8, 1750.
Samuel, b. Mar. 1, 1752.
Sybil, bap. Oct. 14, 1753; m. (1)
Joseph Peck; m. (2) Timothy
Green, Jr.
Moses, bap. Aug. 31, 1755.
Marv, bap. Apr. 24, 1757 : d. Aw. 24,
1757.
Mary, bap. Aug. 12, 1759; tSL Dec
30, 1779, Simeon Potneroy.
Elisha, bap. Apr. 12, 1761; acciden-
tally k. by his brother.
Tabitha, m. Ethan Smitli.
Lucv, bap. Mar. 31, 1765; d. nmn.
Feb. 21, 1814.
7. Hex. John, s. of Dr. Waitstill (4), was b. Jan. 10. 1738; d.
Dec. 6. 1811. He was of Hat., a magistrate 34 years, and a repre-
sentative and senator or counselor of Mass. 28 years. He m. Con-
tent Little, who d. Apr. 9, 1829, in her 89th year.
Ch.: John, b. Oct., 1765.
Content, b. Sept. 14. 1767.
Marv, b. Jan., 1769; m. Daniel Wait.
Waitstill, b. May 14, 1771.
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 7. 1773; d. unm. in
Hat. Nov. 5. 1823.
Abigail, b. May 7, 1775.
Samuel, b. Apr., 1777.
Ephraim, b. Nov. 17. 1780.
Justin, b. Feb. 14, 1786.
8. Pkrkz, s. of Hopestill (5), was b. Dec. 23, 1754. He was a
blacksmith in Hat., where he d. Mar. 11, 1822. He m. Oct. 31.
1787. I^lizal)eth. dau. of Dca. Salmon and Marv (Waitei White of
What.
GENEALOGIES.— HASTINGS. 4)9
Ch.: Eliiabeth, b. Nov. IS, 1788; m. Electa, b. Jan. IS. 1792; m. July 4,
June, 1814, Horace Hastings; A. 1816, Dr. David Field.
Aug. IS. 1837. Perez, b. May 29. 1794; m. May,
EuroUs, b. May IS, 1790; m. Eroe 1822. Eunice Hastings; d. Apr. 26,
Arms ; d. May 22. 18S8. 1852.
9. John, s. of John (7), was b. Oct., 1765; d. May 2, 1845.
He was a physician in Hat. He m. Feb. 1, 1790, Sybil Dickitisoti.
She (1. July 29, 1843.
Ch.: Chester, b. Dec. 2, 1790; m. well.
Sept. 20. 1818, Lois Dickinson. Sybil, b. July 31, 1796; d. young.
John. b. Dec. 22. 1791; m. Lueretia Justin, b. July 23. 1800; m. Dolly
Ward. Waite of Hat.
Mary. b. 1794; m. Dr. Chester Bard- Sophia, b. Nov. 10, 1802.
10 Chester, s. of John (9), was b. Dec. 2. 1790; m. Sept. 20,
1818, Loi.s D. Wells. He d. Aug. 15. 1857. She d. Dec. 25, 1867.
Ch.: Norman D- b. Apr. 6, 1820; d. F.phraim L.. h. Sept. 9. 1822,
Apr. 17. 1823- Oliadiah l>., h. July 31. 1825.
11 Justin, s. of John (9), was b. Jiilv 23. 1800; d. Sept. 8,
1884: m. Nov. 16. 1824. Dolly, dau. of Daniel Waite. She was b.
Jan. 24, 1801 ; d. Apr. 13. 1880.
Ch.: Harriet H,. b. Nov. 1. 1825; m. 1851. Silas G. Hubbard, He d.
Apr. 16. 1845. Theo<l<ire Baggs. June 23. 1890, No ch.
She d. Nov. 28. 1874, He .1. July Elk-n. b, Jan, 30. 1830: m. Nov. 5,
19. 1894. No ch. 1851. Dexter Frary. She d. Oct. 9,
Rhoda. b. Nov, 29, 1827; ni. Apr. 16. 1852 He d. in Nhn. No ch.
420 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
12. Ephraim L., s. of Chester (10), was b. Sept. 9, 1822; d.
Aug. 29, 1884. He m. Dec. 5, 1849, Julia D. Smith, who was b.
May 25, 1827, and d. May 31, 1900.
Ch.: Willard, b. Nov. 8, 1850; d. July Sarah Jane, b. Sept. 23, 1855.
12, 1879. Frank D., b. Nov. 24, 1856; d. Dec
George Lewis, b. Oct. 5, 1852; d. Apr. 18, 1882.
17, 1905.
13. Obadiah D., s. of Chester (10), was b. July 31, 1825; d.
Oct. 29, 1867 ; m. Feb. 2, 1848, Sarah R. Hunt of Cabotville.
Ch. : John Hunt, b. Dec. 16, 1848 ; d. Edward Hunt, b. July, 1855 ; d. Jan.
in Michigan. 2, 1867, a. 11 years, 5 months, and
Charles D., b. July, 1851 ; d. June 3, 19 days.
1868, a. 16 years, 11 months, and 11 Sarah, m. in Michigan, William Rus-
days. sell.
THE HUBBARD FAMILY.
1. JOHN HUBBARD, s. of George of WethersEeld, Milford,
and Guilford, Conn., came from Wethersfield, Conn., to Hadley abt.
1660 and d. abt. 1705. He m. Mary (perhaps Merriam of Con-
cord), who survived him.
Ch.: Mary, b. Jan. 27, 1651 ; d. young. 1685, Jonathan Boreman.
John, b. Apr. 12, 1655. Isaac, b. Jan. 16, 1667.
Hannah, b. Dec. 5, 1656; d. 1662. Mary, b. Apr. 10, 1669; m. 1688,
Jonathan, b. Jan. 3, 1659; m. Daniel Warner.
Merriam: d. 1728, a. 70. Sarah, b. Nov. 12. 1672; m. 1698,
Daniel, b. Mar. 9, 1661. Samuel Cowles of Hat
Mercy, b. Feb. 23, 1664; m. Oct. 12,
2. Isaac, s. of John (1), sett, in Hat., whence in 1714 heTcm.
to Sund., where he was a deacon. He was b. Jan. 16, 1667; d.'.Aiig.
7 or 9, 1750, a. 83. He m. Ann, dau. of Daniel Warner. -Sie A
June 26, 1750. "^^
Ch.: John. b. Apr. 20, 1693. Nathaniel Mattoon. . '.*
Isaac, b. Jan. 14, 1695. Jonathan, b. Dec. 29, 1703; d. jMy 6,
Marv, b. Feb. 25. 1697. 1765.
Daniel, b. Apr. 30, 1699. Joseph, b. Apr. 8, 1708.
Hannah, b. Sept. 7, 1701; m. 1727, David, b. Mar. 9, 1712.
s.
3. John. s. of Isaac (2) of Hat., was b. Apr. 20, 1693. He was
a deacon and d. \ug. 25, 1778, a. 85. He m. Hannah Cowles of East
Hartford. Conn., who (I. Feb. 19, 1777, in her 85th year.
Ch.: Mary. b. July 28. 1719; m. Hannah, b. Mar. 28, 1724; d. Mar.
Joseph Warner; rem. to dimming- 20, 1727.
ton. John, b. Nov. 6, 1726; d. Nov. 28,
Elisha, I). Sept. 4, 1721. 1794.
4. Eli.^ha, .<^. of John (3) of Hat., was b. Sept. 4, 1721 ; d. Apr.
11, 1768. a. 46. He m. Tune 7, 1748, T.iicv, dau. of Thomas Steams
of Worcester. She was \>. Get. 6, 1727 v d'. May 7, 1816.
GENEALOGIES.— HUBBARD.
421
CM.: Hannah, b. Feb. 2, 1750; m.
Aug. 2, 1770, Simeon White, Jr.;
d. Feb. 17. 1786. a. 36.
Elisha, b. Nov. 12, 1751; d. Dec. 6,
17SS.
Lucy, b. Sept. 26, 1753; m. Gershom
Clark Lyman.
Anna, b. Dec. 26, 1755; m. Nov. 27,
1799, Josiah Allis of What.; d.
June 21, 1839, a. 83.
Elisha, b. Sept. 13, 1758.
Lueretia, b, Sept. 23, 1760; m. Epa-
phroditus Champion of H add am,
John.'b- 1764.
5. John, s. of Elisha (4) of Hat., was b. in 1764; d. July 22,
1804; m. Ruth, dau. of Elijah Dickinson. She was b. in 1764 and
d. Nov. 24, 1837.
Ch..- Steams, b. Jan. 23, 1791.
RoswcU. b. Dec. 26, 1792.
Louisa, b. June 8, 1796; d. unm
Elijah, b. .Aug. 7, 1798,
John. b. Nov. 4, 1800;
1844.
6 Stearns, s. of John (5), was b. Jan. 23. 1791; d. July 7,
1862; m. July 29, 1819. Electa, dau. of Elijah White. She was b.
Nov. 3, 1794; d. May 23, 1857.
C/i . Ruth, b. July 29, 1822; m. Dec.
30, 1840, Israel W. Billings.
Mary S., b, 1824; m. Sept.. 1843.
Charles D. Billings ; d. Apr. 2. 18S4.
Elijah W., b. Mar. 1826; d. Jan. S.
1846, unm.
Elisha, b. Jan. 18. 1828; m. Nov. 19,
1851, Cordelia A. Randall.
7 RoswELL, s. of John (5), was b. Dec. 26, 1792; d. Feb. 3,
1872; m. Jan.. 1820, Mehitabie Packard. She d. July 24, 1864.
Lived with John and Levi Meekins and succeeded to their property.
Noch.
422 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
8. Elijah, s. of John (5), was b. Aug. 7, 1798; d. Oct. 11, 1854;
m. Apr. 11, 1832, Juliana, dau. of Ebenezer White of Hat. She was
b. July 8, 1804; d. Oct. 11, 1840.
Ch.: Horace W., b. Mar. 11, 1833; Charles E., b. Oct. 10, 1838; d. Apr.
d. unm. June 2, 1898. 12, 1839.
Marshall N., b. Mar. 22, 1836. Charles E., b. Feb. 8, 1840.
9. John, s. of John (5), was b. Nov. 4, 1800; d. Mar. 10, 1844;
m. Dec. 30, 1824, Clarissa, dau. of Seth Clapp of Nhn. She d.
Apr. 25, 1883, a. 81.
Ch.: Silas G., b. Jan. 13, 1827; m. Mary A., b. Aug. 11, 1833; m. Nov.
Apr. 18, 1851, Rhoda Hastings; d. 2, 1866, Thaddeus Graves.
June 23, 1890 ; no ch. Roswell, b. Aug. 7, 1835.
Edwin, b. Dec, 1828; d. Aug. 18, Louisa, b. Aug. 9, 1837; d. Oct. 19.
1829, a. 9 months. 1837.
Elizabeth, b. July 27, 1831 ; d. Mar. Henry S., b. Oct. 13, 1843.
28, 1849.
10. Elisha, s. of Stearns (6), was b. Jan. 18, 1828; d. Mar. 17,
1906; m. Nov. 19, 1851, Cordelia A. Randall of Belchertown.
Ch.: Alice M., b. Oct. 25, 1852; m. Sept. 25, 1883, Wm. H. Smith of
Jan. 7, 1873, Dr. W. K. Smith of Nhn.
Terre Haute, Ind. George \V., b. Oct. 23, 1867; d. June
Mary L., b. Mar. 23, 1855; m. Mar. 28, 1870
23, 1887, Dr. J. M. Fay of Nhn.; Grace D., b. Sept. 22, 1872; d. Mar.
d. Apr. 23, 1903. 16, 1874.
Gertrude N., b. May 24, 1863 ; m. Elisha, b. Oct. 16, 1875.
11. Marshall N., s. of Elijah (8), was b. Mar. 22, 1836; d.
Feb. 26, 1897; ni. Dec. 28, 1864, Julia Bodman of Williamsburg.
Ch.: Julia L., b. Nov. 18, 1865.
12. Charles E., s. of Elijah (8), was b. Feb. 8, 1840; d. Nov.
9, 1907; m. Sept. 26, 1866, Julia E. Dayton of Nhn., who was b.
Feb. 26, 1846. He was a member of Co. F, 37th Regiment, M.V.M.,
in the Civil war.
Ch.: George E., b. June 10, 1867; d. George W., b. June 22, 1870.
July 16, 1867.
13. RoswRLL, s. of John (9), was b. Aug. 7, 1835; m. June 1,
1887, Fannie L.. dau. of Edwin Graves. She was b. Mar. 8, 1851.
Ch.: Roswell F.arl, b. Jan. 1, 1891.
14. De.\. Hexry Strong, s. of John (9), was b. Oct. 13, 1843;
d. Aug. 26, 1908; m. Oct. 6, 1881, Mary E., dau. of Simon W.
Houghton of Putney, Vt.
Ch.: John Houghton, b. Feb. 6, 1886. Claude Harrison, b. Dec. 19, 1889.
Olive Houghton, b. Feb. 28, 1888. Silas Graves, b. Oct. 5, 1892.
15. John Hougiitox, s. of Dea. Henry S. (14), was b. Feb. 6.
1886; m. Se])t. 5, 1908, Jessie Eugenia, dau. of E. P. Bartlett of
Pelham.
GENEALOGIES.— LONGLEY— MARSH. 423
THE LONGLEY FAMILY.
1. JOHN LONGLEY, from Shirley, Mass., was b. 1758, d.
1793. His wife, Sarah Shipley, was b. 1758, d. 1842.
2. Alpheus, s. of John (1), came from Shirley, Mass. He was
a mason and stonecutter. He was b. May 17, 1785; d. Sept. 13,
1857; m. Oct. 13, 1808, Lois, dau. of Seth and Hannah Bardwell.
She was b. Nov. 7, 1779 ; d. Jan. 22, 1849.
Ch.: Charles Edward, b. Mar. 8, Charles Edward, b. Aug. 10, 1819; d.
1811; d. Mar. 7, 18ia May 25, 1820.
Louisa, b. Jan. 14, 1816; m. James Sarah Ann Lawrence, b. Mar. 13,
W. Warner ; d. Jan. 10, 1890. 1821 ; d. Sept. 26, 1834.
THE MARSH FAMILY.
First Family.
1. JOHN MARSH, Hart., 1639, was one of the first sett, of
Had., but rem. to Nhn. and thence to Hart., where he d. 1688. He
m. (1) Anne, dau. of Gov. John Webster, who d. June 9, 1662;
m. (2) Oct. 7, 1664, Hepzibah, wid. of Richard Lyman of Nhn.
and dau. of Thomas Ford. She d. April 11, 1683.
Ch. (by Anne Webster) : John, m. Ch. (by Hepzibah [Ford] Lyman) :
Nov. 28, 1666, Sarah Lyman ; d. in Hannah, m. Joseph Loomis.
Hart, abt. 1727. Grace, m. Timothy Baker of Nhn.;
Samuel, b. abt. 1645. d. May 31, 1676.
Joseph, bap. Jan. 24, 1647. Lydia, b. Oct. 9, 1667; m. Dec. 8,
Joseph, bap. July 15, 1649. 1692, David Loomis of Windsor,
Jonathan, b. abt. 1650. Conn.
Daniel, b. abt. 1653.
2. Samuel, s. of John (1), res. in Hat., where he was freeman,
16SK), representative in 1705 and 1706, and d. Sept. 7, 1728, a. 83.
He m. May 6, 1667, Mary Allison, who d. Oct. 13, 1726, a. 78.
Ch.: Mary, b. Feb. 27, 1668, in Had. Joseph Morton.
Samuel, b. Feb. 11, 1670, in Hat Thomas, b. Jan. 10, 1680, in Hat.
John, b. Nov. 6, 1672, in Hat. Hannah, b. Sept. 18, 1681, in Hat. ; m.
Rachel, b. Oct. 15, 1674, in Hat. ; m. Richard Billings, Mar. 18, 1703.
John Wells. Elizabeth, b. July 31, 1683, in Hat. ;
Grace, b. Jan. 7, 1677, in Hat.; m. m. Oct. 27, 1714, Maynard Day.
Thomas Goodman. Ruth, b. June 16, 1685, in Hat.
Mary, b. May 24, 1678, in Hat. ; m. Ebenezer, b. May 1, 1687, in Hat.
3. Thomas, s. of Samuel (2), res. in Hat. and Ware; was b.
Jan. 10, 1680; m. 1702, Mary Trumbull of Suffield, Conn. He d.
1759.
Ch.: Thomas, b. May 1, 1703; d. Ruth, b. Feb. 15. 1710.
unm. 1728. Judah, b. July 25, 1712.
Mary, b. Oct. 27, 1704; m. 1726, Joseph, b. Apr. 14, 1714.
Moses Smith. Ephraim, b. Jan. 5, 1717.
Samuel, b. 1706. Daniel, b. June 12, 1719.
Rachel, b. 1708. Martha, b. Apr. 12, 1721.
None of the family are now in Hat.
424 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Second Family.
1. JOHN MARSH of Boston m. Sarah . they had three
sons, the second being Joseph (2), who was b. Feb. 3, 1670, and
m. Anna Thourogood, and had Joseph (3), b. Dec. 21, 1694, who
m. Feb. 24, 1717, Sarah Partridge, and had sons Thomas, Eli, and
Asa (4), b. at Medfield, Aug. 31, 1724, who m. Melicent Wood-
stock. They rem. thence to Douglass and then to What. His sons
m. before he came to What. Four ch. b. at Douglass : —
Amos. Abijah.
Asa, Jr. Sarah.
5. Amos, s. of Asa (4), m. Elizabeth Jefferson abt. 1777.
Ch.: Benjamin, b. at Douglass, Oct. Thomas, Amos, Rufus, Elizabeth,
9, 1778. Sarah, Sophia. Electa, Asa, Meli-
Calvin, b. at What., Oct. 3, 1780. cent, and Sarah, all b. at What
6. Calvin, s. of Amos (5), was b. Oct. 3, 1780; d. at Hat..
Jan. 5, 1858; m. Oct. 7, 1800, Anna, dau. of Elihu and Anna Smith
of Sund. She was b. at What, and bap. Aug. 25, 1782; rem. to
Hat. She d. at Hat., Aug. 25, 1856.
Ch.: Orsamus, m. Harriet Smith. Olive, bap. 1811.
Hiram, bap. Aug. 30, 1804; m. Betsey Elizabeth, m. Lewis Covill.
Stockbridge of No. Had. Anna B., b. Oct. 26, 1819; m. Justin
Chapman, bap. 1806; d. Dec. 6, 1869. M. Coolev of What.
Calvin B., bap. 1808; m. (1) Hannah Elihu. b. 1821.
Beldcn; m. (2) wid. Eliza Graves. Miriam, m. Merrick Twiss of What.
7. Orsamus, s. of Calvin (6), was b. Jan. 11, 1802; d. Mar. 11,
1887; m. June 5, 1823, Harriet Smith of No. Had., who was b.
Sept. 1, 1806, and d. Mar. 20, 1880.
Ch.: Chester S., b. Dec. 26, 1824. George L., b. May 6, 1838: ni. (1)
Cynthia, b. Oct. 20, 1827; m. Jan. 23, Bessie Owen, who d. Aug. 25. 1898;
1846, Marcus Morton; d. June 12, no ch. ; d. Feb. 20, 1909; was a
1899. member of Co. K, 52d Regiment,
Charles O., b June 18, 1836. M.V.M., in the Civil war.
8. Calvin B., s. of Calvin (6), was bap. 1808; d. July 25. 1881;
ni. ( 1 ) Hannah, dau. of Reuben Belden, who d. June 29, 1843 ; m.
(2) Mar. 7, 1844, Mrs. Clarissa Eliza Graves, who d. Feb. 4, 1888.
Ch.: Infant, d. June, 1843. George C, b. June 17, 1843.
9 Elihu, s. of Calvin (6), was b. 1821; d. Jan. 17, 1801 ; m.
(1) July 23. 1845. Mary Ann Warren, who d. Oct. 16, 1850, a. 41;
m. (2) Elvira Elwell. who d. Dec. 16, 1865, a. 33 ; m. (3) Adeline
Noycs Eaton, who was b. Jan., 1832, and d. Apr. 15, 1896.
Ch.: Honrv E.. I). Mnv 30. 1846. Albert H.. b. Jan. 19. 1850.
Gertrude, b. Aug. 5. 1848; cl. Feb. 7, Mvron X.. b. Mar. 15, 1852.
1850. Cliarlcs W., b. Mar. 15, 1854
10. Ge()R(;e C. s. of Calvin B. (8), was b. July 17, 1843; in. (1)
Dec. 1. 1864, Maria T-. dau. of Horace Russell of Had., who was b.
Mav 30, 1843. and d. julv 15, 1887: ni. (2) Aug. 23, 1888, Tulia
M. Clark, who was b. May 10. 1849, and d. Dec. 1, 1906.
GENEALOGIES.— MARSH. 425
Ch.: Hannah E., b. Dec. 31, 1866; d. 20, 1909, Frederick C. Ewing of
Apr. 6, 1867. Easthampton.
Addie M., b. Jan. S, 1868; d. Mar. 9, Annie C, b. Aug. 27, 1880; m. May 2,
1868. 1906, Harland G. Ranney. They
Grace B., b. Feb. 28, 1870. reside in Pittsfield. Two ch.: Ruth,
Mary E., b. Aug. 18, 1873. b. June 10, 1907, and Herbert M,,
Martha E., b. Aug. 3, 1875 ; m. Aug. b. Nov. 22, 1908.
IS. 1900, Fred S. Chapman of George C. b. Feb. 10, 1884; d. Mar.
Monson. 22, 1887.
Bertha M., b. Sept. 29, 1878; m. Jan.
11. Henry E., s. of Elihu (9), was b. May 30, 1846; m. Oct. 26,
1870, Mary L. Fisher of Danielson, Conn., who was b. Jan. 7, 1851.
Ch. : Edmund F., b. Aug. 3, 1871 ; d. Philip Allen, b. Jan. 24, 1879.
Oct. 16, 1894. Harry Cooley, b. June 14, 1884.
12. Albert H., s. of Elihu (9), was b. Jan. 19, 1850; m. (1)
Nov. 15, 1871, Emma L. Dickinson, who d. Mar. 9, 1873; m. (2)
Nov. 11, 1873, Clarissa J. Anderson.
Ch.: A. Mabel, b. Sept. 19, 1874; m. Alice Emma, b. Nov. 18, 1877; m.
Sept. 19, 1900, Peter W. Heming- Jan. 24, 1902, Walter H. Thayer of
way of Spfd. Williamsburg.
13. Myron N., s. of Elihu (9), was b. Mar. 15, 1852; d. Feb.
2, 1908; m. Dec. 12, 1889, Nellie Perry Myers of Wallingford,
Conn., who resides in Spfd., Mass.
Ch.: Elizabeth, b. Dec. 12, 1900. Hazel M., b. Aug. 26, 1901.
14. Charles W., s. of El^hu (9), was b. Mar. 15, 1854; d. May
8, 1909; m. Nov. 13, 1878, Alice L., dau. of Chester K. Waite of
What. She was b. Nov. 15, 1857; d. Oct. 23, 1907.
Ch.: Harry W., b. Feb. 22, 1881; m. of Hat., dau. of George A. Billings.
Oct. 28, 1908, Minnie Allis Billings
15 Chester Smith, s. of Orsamus (7), was b. Dec. 26, 1824;
m. June 28, 1865, Matilda C. Standiford; d. Dec. 20, 1870. Res.
in Baltimore, Md. She m. (2) Charles G. Waite of Hat. and d.
May 30, 1893.
Ch: William Dunlap, b. Oct. 27, 1866. Harriet Smith, b. March 12, 1868.
16. Charles O., s. of Orsamus (7), was b. June 18, 1838;
d. Dec. 5, 1878, ^t Baltimore, Md. ; m. Mar. 7, 1865, Mary A. E.
Koler.
Ch.: John O. C, b Jan. 5, 1866; d. twins, b. Dec. 18, 1870, d. Feb. 20,
Feb. 20, 1870. 1877.
Charles Howard, b. Dec. 22, 1867 ; d. George Chester, b. Nov. 12, 1874 ; d.
Feb. 26. 1870. July 15, 1875.
Minnie Cynthia, Eleanor Leyburn,
17. William Dunlap, s. of Chester S. (15), was b. Oct. 27,
1866; m. Oct. 3, 1894, Bertha Louisa Clark. Res. in Nhn.
Ch.: Chester Clark, b. March 7, 1897.
426 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
THE MORTON FAMILY.
First Family.
1. RICHARD MORTON was a s. of George Morton and
grandson of George Morton who came to Plymouth and d. there
in 1624. George Morton, grandfather of Richard, Was bap. Feb.
18, 1598, at Austerfield, England, and m. Juliana Carpenter, a sister
of Governor Bradford. With his s. George and other ch. he drifted
to Dorchester. Richard Morton came to Hat. from Hart, sometime
between 1663 and 1670. He was a blacksmith by trade. He m.
Ruth , who d. Dec. 31, 1714. He d. Apr. 5, 1710.
Ch.: Thomas. John, b. Apr., 1674.
Richard. Abraham, b. May 12, 1676.
John, b. Jan. 31, 1670; d. Apr. 26, Elizabeth, b. Mar. 31, 1680.
1670. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 10, 1682.
Joseph, b. Apr., 1672. Jonathan, b. Nov. 2, 1684.
2. Joseph, s. of Richard (1), was b. at Hat, Apr., 1672; d. Sept
28, 1730; m. Mary Marsh, dau. of Samuel Marsh of Hat, She was
b. May 24, 1678.
Ch,: Ruth, b. Dec. 15, 1699; d. unm. Thankful, b. May 21, 1713; m.
Oct. 30, 1730. Ephraim Allen of Hat.
Elizabeth, b. Apr. 4, 1704; m. Oct Joseph, b. Oct. 24, 1715; d. proh. abt
27, 1731, Samuel Warner of Hat. 1744; no family.
Abigail, b. July 18, 1707 ; d. same day. Abigail, b. Oct, 18, 1720.
John, m. Aug. 4, 1730, Lydia Haw- Mary, d. Apr. 10, 1723.
ley of Amh. ; d. 1793.
3. John, s. of Richard (1), was b. Apr., 1674; m. Ruth
Ch.: Ruth, b. Jan. 6, 1700.
4, Abraham, s. of Richard (1), was b. May 12, 1676; dl Fd).
28, 1765 ; m. May 8, 1701, Sarah, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Root)
Kellogg of Westfield. She d. June, 1755, a. 72.
Ch.: Abraham, b. May 2, 1703; sett. Noah, m. Rhoda Waitc; rem. to
in Shutesbury. Athol.
Richard, b. Oct. 1, 1704; m. Feb. 25, Moses, b. 1717.
1731, Mary Waite; rem. to Athol. Daniel, b. Dec. 23, 1720; m. (1) 1743,
Sarah, b. Apr. 3, 1707; m. July 3, Esther Bardwell; m. (2) Dcc«
1727, Samuel Smith. 1764, Eleanor Waitc; d. 1786 in
Samuel, b. Sept., 1709; m. June 3, What.
1731, Lvdia Smith; rem. to Athol. Abigail, b. Feb. 1, 1722; d. Dec. 24,
Abigail, b. Jan. 6, 1711; d. Feb. 1, 1726.
1715.
5 Ebkxf-zer, s. of Richard (1), was b. Aug. 10, 1682: d. Mar.
4. 1760; m. Feb. 22. 1711, Sarah Belden, who d. June, 1749.
Ch.: Son, b. 1711; d. a. 5 weeks. Eunice, b. May 14, 1721; m. Elijah
Dorothy, b. Dec. 6, 1712; m. (1) Morton.
John Bcldcn ; m, (2) Elnathan Simeon.
Graves; d. abt. 1801. Oliver, m. Nov. 10, 1751, Hannah
Lydia, b. Mar. 24. 1715; m. 1735, Gillett; rem. to What.
Joseph Bardwell of Belchcrtown. Ebenezer. b. Dec. 8, 1725.
Elisha. h. Apr. 1, 1717; d. abroad Scth. b. Sept. 6, 1729.
Feb. 13, 1793. "^VvsV-sl, "^l^ 7i5aw^, -««* m, and had a
GENEALOGIES.— MORTON.
dao.. Lydia, who m. Oct. IS, 1780,
.Abraham Billings of Hat. Abra-
ham Billings m. Nov. 20. 1810,
6. Lieut. Jonathan, s. of Richard (1), a blacksmith in Hat.,
was b. Nov. 2, 1684: d. Apr. 25, 1767; m. Apr. 13, 1710. Sarah, dau.
of Chileab Smith. She was b. Apr. 26, 1688, and d. Oct. 5, 1760.
They lived on the present Academy lot.
Ch.: Jonathan, b. Jan. 25, I71I; d.
Mar. 10. 1711.
Martha, b. Nov. 18. 1713.
Jonathan, b. July 12. 1716; m, Elea-
nor, dau. of Joseph Smith ; -d. abt
6. 1798.
David, b. Sept. 12, 1721 ; m. ChrisI
;d. Feb. 23, 1798.
Sarah, b. Oct. 12. 1725; m. i:
Ephraim Doolittle.
Marv. b. .Sept. 29, 1727; m. Sam
Smith; d. Jan. 11. 1807.
Lucy, b. Sept 21, 1732; d. 1766.
7 Moses, s. of Abraham (4), was b. in 1717; d. Jan. 30, 1798;
m. Ruth, dau. of Richard Billings. She d. Mar. 28. 1802, a. .86.
Ch. ; Judith, b. Aug. 1, 1753 ; m. June Clark of Nhn.
29, 1780. Joseph Waite of Williams- Josiah. b. Feb. 16, 1757; m. Feb, 10,
burg. 1789, Phebe Bliss of Longmeadow.
Abigail, b. Nov. 29, 1754; m.
8. Josiah. s. of Moses (7), was b. Feb. 16, 1757; m. Feb. 10,
1789, Phebe Bliss, sister of Abijah Bliss of Hat. ; came from Long-
meadow. He d. May 30. 1829. She d. Jan. 5, 1836.
428 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Cli.: Moses, b. Jan. 4, 1790. Sarah, b. Mar. 20, 1796; d. unm. Feb.
Abigail, b. Dec. 13, 1791; d. unm. 28, 1879.
Aug. 15, 1874. Leander, b. Mar. 16, 1803; d. unm.
Rodolphus, b. Jan. 21, 1794. Oct. 17, 1872.
9. Moses, s. of Josiah (8), was b. Jan. 4, 1790; d. Dec. 31, 1879;
m. Nov. 28, 1816, Sophia A., dau. of Cotton Partridge of Hat.
She was b. in 1798 and d. Mar. S, 1863, a. 64.
C/i. ; Dwight Partridge, b. Oct. 12, Joseph Lyman, b. Dec. 7, 1831 ; d. at
1817. Waukegan, 111.
Josiah Lyman, b. Oct. 29, 1820; d. Helen Maria, b. Jan. 31, 1838; m.
Mar. 21, 1837. Jan. 1, 1863, George W. Waite ; d
Sophia Arms, b. June 2, 1824; m. Dec. 16, 1887.
Nov. 1, 1842, Israel G. Dickinson.
10. RoDOLPHUs, s. of Josiah (8), was b. Jan. 21, 1794; d. June
20, 1853 ; m. 1836, Elizabeth W., dau. of Israel Dickinson. She was
b. May 5, 1808, and d. Apr. 24, 1862.
Ch.: George Louis, b. Jan. 8, 1837; Dec, 1872, Hugh Mitchelson of
m. 1868, Sarah E. Wood ; d. Apr. 5, TariflFville, Conn. ; d. Dec. 19, 1894.
1870. Charles Kellogg, b. May 9, 184Z
Mary Dickinson, b. June 26, 1840 ; m.
11. Dwight Partridge, s. of Moses (9), was b. Oct. 12, 1817;
d. May 1, 1895 ; m. Mar. 31, 1841, Chloe Cole of Lyons, N. Y. She
was b. Aug. 31, 1820, and d. Oct. 27, 1907.
Ch.: Josiah Lyman, b. Jan. 5, 1842; Henry Dwight, b. Dec. 22, 1852; m.
m. abt. 1870. Catherine Kinsburv.
Abby Ward, b. Oct. 12, 1845; d. Eunice L., b. Sept. 10, 1854; d. Mar.
June 17, 1853. 11, 1908.
Clara White, b. May 4, 1851 ; m. Dec. Albert W., b. Mar. 20, 1861.
26, 1872, Frank W. Wood.
12. Charles Kellogg, s. of Rodolphus (10), was b. May 9,
1842; m. Jan. 17, 1872, Mary W., dau. of John Kellogg of So. Had.
She was b. May 20. 1846. He was a member of Co. K, 52d Regi-
ment, M.V.M., in the Civil war.
Ch.: Robert Kellogg, b. Apr. 18, Pavne of Boston.
1876; m. Mar., 1908, Dorothy Charles Dickinson, b. May 11, 1882.
13. Ebexi:zp:r. s. of Ebenezer (5), was b. Dec. 8, 1725: d. Dec.
5, 1797; 111. Aziibah (Graves), wid. of Moses Bardwell. She was
b. Jan. 1, 1780.
Ch.: Ebcnczcr, in. Juno 22, 1786, Hannah Ingram of Amh.
14. De.\. Iu.ij.mi, s. of Jonathan (6), was b. Nov. 10. 1718; d.
C^ct. 5, 1798; m. (1) Eunice, dau. of Ebenezer and Sarah (Belden)
Morton. She was b. Mav 14, 1721 ; d. Mar. 15, 1781. He m. (2)
Nov. 12. 1789. Mrs. Martha Barstow of Sund., who d. Apr. 23, 1803.
Ch.: Lois, b. Mav 14. 1744; d. unm. Kliiah. b. Feb. 23, 1748; d. Feb. 18.
Oct. 20. 18(X). 1769.
Klilin. b. Fcl). 23. 1746: d. June 14, Eunice, b. Auj?. 25, 1751; d. unm.
1X15. Aug. 17, 1825.
GENEALOGIES.— MORTON. 429
Sarah, b. Dec. 12, 1753; m. Lieut. 11, 1785, Perez Morton; d. Jan. 25,
Asa Ludden. 1840.
Rhoda, b. Aug. 29, 1756; d. Feb. 17, William, b. Aug. 18, 1761; d. Nov.
1840. 12, 1837.
Dorothy, b. July 12, 1759; m. Aug.
15. William, s. of Dea. Elijah (14), was b. Aug. 18, 1761; d.
Nov. 12, 1837 ; m. June 23, 1783, Hannah Chambers, who d. Feb. 25,
1838.
Ch.: Pamelia. b. Dec. 15, 1783; m. June 5, 1823; d. Mar. 15, 1830.
Sept. 16, 1802, Silas Bardwell; d. Wealthea m. Apr. 8, 1819, Theo-
Aug. 22, 18R dore Porter ; d. May 27, 1872.
William, b. Feb. 10, 1786; d. in au- Lily, b. May 4, 1798; d. young.
tumn of 1838. Louisa, b. Sept. 15, 1799; d. young.
Pliny, b. Oct. 3, 1788; d. in U. S. Israel, b. Jan. 5, 1804; d. May 3,
Navy, Nov. 22, 1816, unm. 1879; m. Apr. 26, 1838, Lucy Ly-
Sophia, b. Oct. 19. 1790; m. Abraham man of Southampton, who was b.
Billings, Nov. 20, 1810; d. Feb. 15, Mar. 16, 1811, and d. July 2, 1889.
1852. No ch.
Henry F., b. Dec. 29, 1792; d. unm. Almira, b. Nov. 9, 1808; m. Oct. 28,
June 22, 1819. 1832, Rev. Jeremiah Pomeroy.
Cotton, b. Apr. 12, 1795 ; d. Feb. 9, Their s., William M. Pomeroy, was
1845. for a time editor of the Spfd.
Jerusha and Wealthea, twins, b. June Union. She d. 1890.
8, 1796. Jerusha m. Abijah Bliss,
16. Jonathan, s. of Lieut. Jonathan (6), was b. July 12. 1716;
d. Sept. 18, 1788; m. Eleanor, dau. of Joseph Smith of Hat. She
was b. Dec. 9, 1717.
Ch.: Jonathan, b. Oct. 16, 1746; d. Lucy, b. May 25, 1752; m. Aug. 2,
Jan. 19. 1836. 1776, Benjamin Smith ; d. Jan. 13,
Mary, b. Dec. 15, 1747. 1777.
Enos, b. Feb, 4. 1749: d. in infancy. Perez, b. Sept. 19, 1761.
Enos, b. Mar. 30, 1751. Eleanor.
17. Perez, s. of Jonathan (16), was b. Sept. 19, 1761; d. Sept.
11, 1839; m. Aug. 11, 1785, Dorothy, dau. of Elijah and Eunice
(Belding) Morton. She was b. July 12, 1759; d. Jan. 25, 1840.
Ch.: Joseph, b. May 12, 1786: d. Feb. Laura, b. June 23, 1796; d. Sept. 23,
13, 1821 ; m. Feb. 9, 1810, Martha 1839.
Dav. Perez, b. Sept. 23, 1798; d. Nov. 17,
Jeremiah, b. Dec. 13. 1788; d. Julv 29, 1813.
1854. Child, b. Dec. 2, 1800: d. in infancy.
Moses, b. Sept. 8, 1790; d. Apr. 16, Moses, b. Nov. 7, 1802; d. Nov. 8,
1795. 1866.
Marv. b. Aug. 14. 1792; d. June 11, Dorothy, b. Aug. 7, 1805; d. unm.
1793. Apr. 16. 1886.
Mary. b. Mav 25. 1794; d. unm. Jan. Edwin, h. Sept. 13. 1807; d. unm.
9, 1889. ' Mar. IL 1890.
18. Jeremiah or Jeremy, s. of Perez (17), was b, Dec. 13,
1788; d. July 29, 1854; m. fl) Phila Abbott of Leverett, who d.
June 7, 1827, a. 36; m. (2) Jan., 1829, Temperance ^TcCulloch of
Colrain, who d. July 15, 1882, a. 88.
Ch. (by Phila Abbott): Naomi, b. Ch. (hy Temperance McCuUoch) :
Sept. 21, 1814; m. Otis Conkey of Sarah Francos, b. 1833: m. 1852,
Illinois. Dr. T. Franklin Knight. He d.
Maria, m. Artenuis Scott. Oct. 5. 1854. a. 38. Thcv had one
Phila Eliza, b. Mav Z3. 1827; ni. child. Surah Maria, b. Oct. 5. 1853.
1852, Jonathan D. Porter.
430 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
19. Moses, s. of Perez (17), was b. Nov. 7, 1802; d. Nov. 8,
1866; m. (1) Martha Warner of Ashfield, who d. May 8, 1843; m.
(2) abt. 1846, Mary Ferguson of Troy, N. Y.
Ch. (by Martha Warner) : Antoinette She d. Mar. 2, 1910.
A., b. at What., 1832; d. Feb. 4, Ch. (by Mary Ferguson): Edward
1861. F., d. in the army in the Civil war.
Eugene I., b. May 23, 1837; m. Maria Esther L., d. 17 years old.
L. Porter of Hat., Nov. 22, 1900.
20. Ebenezer, s. of Ebenezer (13), was b. abt. 1763 ; d. Feb. 3,
1839, a. 76; m. June 22, 1786, Hannah Ingram of Amh.. who d.
Aug. 28, 1848, a. 81.
Ch.: Aziibah. b. Nov. 2, 1787; d. unm. Eurotas, b. July 18, 1796; d. Sept. 11.
Nov. 21, 1868. 1798.
John Bardwell, b. July 11, 1789. Eurotas. b. July 30, 1799.
Orethca, b. Feb. 20, 1792; m. Charles Ebenezer, b. May 14, 1801 : m. June
Smith; d. Mar. 15, 1875. 22, 1824. Rhue Cooler of Dfd.
Daughter, b. Nov. 24, 1793; d. next Horace, b. Apr. 12, 1803; d. next day.
day. Horace, b. Mar. 25, 1805 ; d. next day.
Fanny, b. Sept. 12, 1795; d. Oct. 5, Hannah Almira. b. Feb. 3, 1808.
1795. James, b. Feb. 25, 1811.
21. Jony PiARDWELL, s. of Ebcnezer (20), was b. at Hat.. Tulv
11, 1789; d. June 14, 1870; m. Sept. 23, 1819, Elizabeth M.. daii. of
Dea. John and Elizabeth (Brown) White of What. She was b.
Jan. 23, 1799, and d. Oct. 24, 1858.
Ch.: Mary E., b. Feb. 16, 1821; m. Eurotas, b. July 6, 1828.
Aug. 23, 1843. Rev. John A. Mc- Elvira White, b. June 27. 1835: m.
Kinstrv. Oct. 31, 1860, Gilbert J. Shaw.
Harriet A., b. Jan. 8, 1823 ; d. unm. Judith White, b. Dec. 3, 1839 ; m. Mav
Jan. 4, 1844. 22, 1872, Augustus Dow.
John White, b. Jan. 21. 1826.
22. John White, s. of John Bardwell (21), was b. Jan. 21,
1826: ni. Henrietta A. Kingsley of Williamsburg. Res. at N'o.
Hat., but rem. to Con.
Ch.: Austin Kingslcv, b. Apr. 8, 1859. Louisa Almira. b. June 2S. 1865.
Eliza White, b. Sept.' 30, 1862. John Bardwell, b. Sept. 11. 1869.
23. Eurotas, s. of John Bardwell (21), was b. at What.. Tub'
6, 1828: (1. Aug. 25. 1903; m. (1) July 3, 1862, Margaret A., dail.
of Charles D. and Mary H. (Ferguson) Stockbridge. She was b.
Aug. 13, 1842. and d. Sept. 14, 1862. He ni. (2) May 19. 1864,
Fidelia K.. dau. of Solomon and Wealthy (Anns) Atkins of So.
Dfd. She was 1). Aug. 2S, 1839. He lived on the river mad in
Xo. Hat.
C//.; Gilbert K.. b. June 24. 1868. k. by the cars Sept. 18. 1891.
William Aiip:iistu.s. h. June 9. 1874;
24. ^iiLHEKT E.. s. of Eurotas (23), was b. June 24, 18<)8: m.
Oct. 7. 1896. Xellie S., dau. of Charles A. and Mary (Smith) Jones.
Ch.: Maud. b. Nov. 26. 1898. Cliarlcs. b. Feb. 11, 1902.
25. Jamks, ^. oi F.Wn^z^T (20\. was b. Feb. 25, 1811: d. at
GENEALOGIES.— MORTON— PARTRIDGE. 43 J
Shipman, 111., Dec. 10, 1883 ; m. Nov. 24, 1842, Harriet Atwood, dau.
of Josiah Allis of Hat. She d. June 4, 1862, a. 46.
Ch.: Josiah Allis, b. June 5, 1847; d. Eurotas M., b. Mar., 1856.
at Shipman, 111., May 3, 1867. Harriet Allis, b. Nov. 13, 1861.
James Ebenezer, b. Sept. 11, 1850.
Second Family.
1. SOLOMON MORTON of Hat. lived at No. Hat. ; m. Eunice
Tower, who was b. at Salem in 1774 and d. in What, Mar. 22, 1850.
Ch.: Richard Tower, b. Aug. 1, 1791, William.
at Hat. Sarah, m. (1) Jan. 20, 1802, Aaron
Susanna, b. Sept., 1795 ; m. Doras Waite. He was in the regular army
Curtis. and d. on his route home. She m.
Theodotia, b. May 7, 1798. (2) David Turner.
Solomon, b. July 5, 1801. Electa, m. a Mr. Skinner and rem.
David, b. Nov. 28, 1803. to Ohio.
2. Richard Tower, s. of Solomon (1), was b. at Hat, Aug. 1,
1791 : d. at What., Aug. 19, 1879, a. 89; m. (1) Mary Davenport;
m. (2) Feb. 13, 1816, Electa, dau. of Francis and Ruth (Coleman)
Belden. She was b. in What., Mar. 13, 1798, and d. Aug. 20, 1874.
Ch.: Richard Tower, b. Oct. 18, 1814. Marcus, b. Dec. 25, 1824; m Cynthia
Mary D., b. Nov. 22, 1816 ; m. Theo- S. Marsh, Jan. 23, 1846, who died
dore Sheldon of Nhn. June 12, 1899. He died Aug. 18,
Francis B., b. Dec. 3, 1818; m. Electa 1901.
Skinner.
3. Richard Tower, s. of Richard Tower (2), was b. at What.,
Oct. 18, 1814; m. Jan. 1, 1837, Rebecca J. Kittel of Schenectady,
N. Y. She was b. Aug. 2, 1818. Res. in Bradstreet.
Ch.: Charles M., b. Oct 18, 1842. Theodore S.. b. May 1, 1852.
Benjamin, b. Apr. 23, 1845. Mary D. S., b. Aug. 21, 1854.
Cecelia, b. May 31, 1846; m. Rev. Estellc. b. Feb. 22, 1861; m. Joel
Amaziah Deusler of Troy, N. Y. Woodward, June 1, 1882.
Marcus, b. June 6, 1850.
THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY.
1, WILLIAM PARTRIDGE, or PARTRIGG, came from
Berwick-upon-Tweed, England; was an early sett, of Hart., whence
he rem. to Had., where he d. June 27, 1668. He m. Dec. 12, 1644,
Mary Smith of Hart., who d. July 20 (28?), 1680, a. 55.
Ch.: Samuel, b. Oct. 15, 1645. Montague; d. May 20, 1683. a. abt.
Mary, m. (1) Nov. 12, 1663, John 55.
Smith; m. (2) Sept., 1679, Peter
2. Col. Samuel, s. of William (1), was b. Oct. 15, 1645; m.
Sept. 24, 1668, Mehitable, dau. of John Crow. He was representa-
tive in 1685 and 1686, colonel of the regiment, judge of probate,
and one of His Majesty's Council, and the most important man,
after the death of Colonel Pynchon, 1703, in all the western part
of the province. He d. Dec. 25, 1740.
432
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Ch.: William, b. Nov. 16, 1669; d.
Sept., 1693.
Samuel, b. Jan. 21, 1672.
Mehitable, b. May 1, 1674; d. May
16, 1674.
Mehitable, b. Aug. 26, 1675; m. Dec.
9, 1693, Nathaniel Dwight.
Child, b. 1677; d. young.
Mary, b. 1678 ; m. Dec. 4, 1695, Josiah
Dwight.
Jonathan, b. Apr. 5, 1681 ; d. Sept. 11,
1684.
Edward, b. Apr. 26, 1683; res. in
Hat.
Jonathan, b. Sept 18, 1685; d. Jan.
24 1686
John, b. 1686; d. 1717.
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 7, 1688; m. (1)
May 9, 1709, John Hamlin, Jr.; m.
(2) Hamlin; m. (3)
Johnson of Woodstock, Conn.; m.
(4) Payson of Middletown,
Conn.
3. Samuel, s. of Samuel (2), was b. Jan. 21, 1672; d. between
1735 and 1738; m. 1695, Mrs. Mary Atwater, dau. of Rev. Seaborn
Cotton. She was b. in 1670 and d. June 23, 1729, a. 59.
Ch.: William, b. Jan. 9, 1695; d. Mar.
16, 1698.
Samuel, b. June 1, 1696.
Mary, b. June 15, 1698; m. Isaac
Mattoon.
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1701 ; m. Eze-
kiel Kellogg.
Dorothy, b. Mar. 2, 1703; d. Mar.,
1703.
Cotton, b. Oct. 13, 1705.
Mehitable, b. Oct. 8, 1707; m. Thomas
Barnard.
William, b. Sept. 15, 1710; rem. to
Nova Scotia, where he was secre-
tary of state.
4. Edward, s. of Samuel (2), was b. Apr. 26, 1683; d. Dec. 26,
1757, a. 74. He m. May 14, 1707, Martha, dau. of Rev. Williain
Williams of Hat. She d. Nov, 26, 1766.
Ch.: Elizabeth, b. Oct. 14, 1708.
Martha, b. Oct. 9, 1710.
Oliver, b. June 13, 1712.
5. Cotton, s. of Samuel (3), was b. Oct. 13, 1705; d. Sept. 28,
1733, a. 27. He m. Margaret, dau. of Moses Cook. She m. (2)
Samuel Gaylord.
Ch.: Samuel, b. July 3, 1730.
Sybil, b. Oct. 7, 1732; m. Josiah
Dickinson.
6, Olivi«:r, s. of Edward (4) of Hat., was b. June 13, 1712; d.
July 21, 1792, a. 80. He m. 1734. Anna, dau. of Rev. Williain
Williams of Weston. She d. Dec. 21, 1802, a. 85.
Ch.: William, b. Aug. 15, 1735; d.
Aug. 30. 1735.
Anna, b. July 27. 1736; m. Bull.
Oliver, b. Aug. 19, 1738; d. Sept. 9,
1738.
Martha, h. Nov. 8. 1739.
Mcrcv. h. Feb. 15, 1742.
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 15, 1744.
Sophia, b. Aug. 3, 1746.
7. Samckf., s. of Cotton (5) of Hat., was b. July 3, 1730; m.
Jan. 18, 1754, Abiirail Dwicrht.
Ch.: Esther, b. Mar. 26. 1761; m. Cotton, b. Dec. 1, 1765.
John Allis of Hat.; d. Dec. 22, Samuel, b. Nov. 4, 1767; d. young.
L^34. Samuel, b. Oct. 10, 1775.
Samuel, b. Sept. 5, 1748.
Oliver, b. Apr. 15, 1751 ; unm. ; physi-
cian in Stockbridge.
William, b. Apr. 30, 1753.
John. b. Mav 1, 1755.
Pamela, b. Sept. 21, 1757; d. Jan. 10,
1759.
Pamela, b. Jan. 15, 1761.
GENEALOGIES.— PARTRIDGE— PORTER.
433
8. Cotton, s. of Samuel (7) of Hat., was b. Dec. 1, 1765; m.
(1) May 4. 1788, Sophia, dau. of Dea. Jonathan Arms of Dfd. ;
m. (2) June 23, 1796, Hannah, dau. of Rev. Joseph Lyman, D.D.,
of Hat.
Ch. (by Sophia Arms) : Dwight, b.
1789; m. Apr. 5, 1807, Elizabeth
Sabin ; d. in Phelps, N. Y., a. 32.
Theodore, b. 1791 ; res. in Newark,
N.J.
Ch. (by Hannah Lyman) : Sophia
Arms, b. 1798; m. Moses Morton.
Eunice, b. 1800.
Hannah Huntington, b. 1802; m.
David S. Whitney of Nhn.
Joseph Lyman, b. 1804.
Abigail Dwight, m. (1) Aug. 26, 1835,
Rev. Levi Pratt; m. (2) Lebbeus
Ward.
Maria L., b. Nov. 28, 1808; d. Nov.
16, 1897.
Fanny, b. Mar. 22, 1811; m. Joseph
Brainerd of St. Albans, Vt.
George Cotton, graduate of Amh.
College in 1833; a clergyman in
Illinois.
Harriet, m. Alfred Woodruff.
9. Maj. Samuel, s. of Lieut. Samuel (7), was b. Oct. 10, 1775;
d. Mar. 11. 1856; m. Sept. 8, 1796, Mabel, dau. of Lemuel Dickinson
of Hat. She d. Nov. 4, 1841.
Ch.: Hepzibah. h. Dec. 11, 1797; m. 21, 1865.
Jan. 4, 1816, Hon. Israel Billings, Samuel Dwight, b. Oct. 15, 1806.
who d. June 4, 1856. She d. Aug.
10, Samuel Dwight, s. of Maj. Samuel (9), was b. at Hat.,
Oct. 15, 1806; d. Jan. 19, 1893; m. Sept. 8, 1834, Lucretia A.
Warner. She d. at La Crosse, Wis., Nov. 12, 1897.
Ch.: Anna W., b. in Hat., Aug. 9,
1835; m. Apr. 28, 1858, Peter M.
Myers of New York city; d. at
Milwaukee, Wis., June 21, 1895.
Harriet H.. b. in Hat., Nov. 9, 1839;
m. Apr. 28, 1858. Henry J. Bliss of
La Crosse, Wis.
Henrietta S., b. Aug. 11, 1842; d.
Sept. 15, 1842.
Samuel, b. in Hat, Nov. 9, 1844; d.
at Orange, N. J., May 4, 1880; m.
Oct. 12. 1870, Emma A. CoUamore.
John Cotton, b. May 5, 1846; d. in
infancy.
11. Anna Myers Bliss, dau. of Henry J. Bliss and Harriet
Partridge Bliss, and granddaughter of Samuel Dwight Partridge
(10), was b. May 20, 1862: m. Nov. 27, 1888, Ellis B. Usher of
La Crosse, Wis.
12. Dorothy Bliss, dau. of Anna M.. Bliss Usher (11) and
Ellis B. Usher, was b. at La Crosse, Wis., Mar. 16, 1892.
THE PORTER FAMILY.
1. SAMUEL PORTER, s. of John of Windsor, Conn., was
among the first sett, of Had., where he d. Sept. 6, 1689. He m.
Hannah, dau. of Thomas Stanley of Hart. She d. Dec. 18, 1708.
Ch.: Samuel, b. Apr. 6, 1660.
Child, b. Apr. 26, 1662: d. same day.
Thomas, b. Apr. 17. 1663; d. May 27,
1663.
Hezekiah. b. Jan. 7. 1665.
John. b. Dec. 12, 1666.
Hannah, b. 1670; m. Mar. 29, 1689,
John Nash.
Mehitable, b. Sept. 15, 1673; m. Na-
thaniel Goodwin ; d. Feb. 6, 1726.
Experience, b. Aug. 5, 1676.
Ichabod. b. June 17, 1678.
Nathaniel, b. Nov. 15. 1680.
Thomas, b. abt. 1683.
434
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
2, IcHABOD, s. of Samuel (1) of Hat., was b. June 17, 1678: d.
Sept. 12, 1727; ni. July 4, 1700, Dorcas Marsh.
Ch.. Dorcas, b. 1703. Mary. b. Apr. 24, 1711.
Mehitable, b. July 20, 1706. James, b. Sept. 19. 1714.
Son. b. Apr. 28, 1707; d. same day. Sarah, b. Feb. 2, 1718,
Hannah, b. July 21. 1708.
3, lAMES, s. of Ichalxwi (2), was b. Sept. 19, 1714: d. Apr. 25.
1792: ni. (1) Fel). 22. 1737, Hannah Waite. who d. Nov. 10. 1740;
m. (2) Eunice , who d. June 9, 1775, a. 55.
Jonathan, b, Apr. 16. 1752; m. Ruth
Ch. (by Hannah Waite) : Hannah, b.
Nov. 2. 1740.
Ck. (by Kunice ): Hannah, b.
Nov. 23. 174S; m. Abel Allis of
Somers, Conn,
Jonathan, b, June 5. 1747; d, July 5,
1747,
Chapin of Somers, Conn,
Submit, b. Mar. 15. 1754; i
David. b.'july 5, 1757; rem.
liamsburg.
Silas, b. Aug. 18. 1759.
1779; d.
4. I>K.^. InN.V
Apr. 26. 1833; ni
1838.
Ch.. Reuben. I>. Dec
rem. to HiJitb.
Eunice, b. Apr. 1. 1782; m. John
Gravi-s. s. of Selh Graves; d. June
20. 1870.
Elizabeib. b. Oct. 18. 1783; d. unm,
Jmu- 7, 1863,
Rulh. b. July 1. 1786; d. unm. Apr.
■n.\N. s. of Jame.s (3), was b. Apr. 16, 1752: d.
Rulh Chapin of Sonicrs, Conn., wlio d. Feb. 3.
25, 1870.
Jonathan, b, Jan. 12. 1789,
Samuel, b. Apr. 23, 1791 : d. unm.
Jan. 7. 1848.
Oicster. b. Sept. 14. 1793,
Amic. b. Nov. 18. 1796: d. unm. Jan.
7, 1844.
GENEALOGIES.— PORTER. 435
5. Jonathan, s. of Dea. Jonathan (4), was b. Jan. 12, 1789; d.
Apr. 19, 1864; m. Dec. 17, 1818, Electa, dan. of William Allis. She
was b. July 15, 1792, and d. Oct. 1, 1855.
Ch.: Moses Chapin, b, Dec. 30, 1819. 1, 1856, Quartus Sykes.
Henry S.. b. Dec. 24, 1821. Jonathan D., b. July 3, 1826.
Sophia A., b. Apr. 18, 1824; m. Nov. James, b. Nov. 30, 1828.
6. Chester, s. of Dea. Jonathan (4), was b. Sept. 14, 1703; d.
Mar. 26, 1866; m. (1) Feb. 23, 1826, Rachel Smith, who d. Jan. 9,
1847; m. (2) Hepzibah Nash, who d. Feb. 1, 1875.
Ch.: Mary L., m. Mar. 24, 1853, Lewis S. Dyer.
7. Sh-as, s. of James (3). was b. Aii^. 18, 1759; d. Feb. 19,
1841 ; m. Mary, dau. of Seth and Mary (Dickinson) Graves. She
was b. July 20, 1765. and d. June 1, 1832. He was a Revolutionary
soldier.
Ch.: Mary (Polly), b. Sept. 21, 1787; Martha (Patty), b. Aug. 18, 1794; m.
d. Nov. 20, 1819; m. Orrin Farns- Erastus Knight of Huntington.
worth of Waterloo, N. Y. Silas, b. Dec. 1, 1796; d. at Waterloo,
Sarah (Sally), b. Aug. 31, 1789; d. N. Y., Oct. 15. 1819, unm.
at Spfd. in 1838; m. Ebenezer Seth. b. July 3, 1799; lived in Nor-
Dwight of Hat. wich. Conn.
Theodore, b. June 19, 1792.
8. Theodore, s. of Silas (7), was b. June 19, 1792; d. Mar. 3,
1860; m. Apr. 8, 1819, Wealtha, dau. of William Morton. She was
b. June 8, 1796, and d. May 27, 1872.
Clk: Mary Ann, b. Feb. 3, 1820; m. resides in Hat.
Jeremiah D. Wells. Theodore, h. June 15. 1829.
SuaSy b. Aug. 31, 1824; unm. and
9.. Moses Chapin, s. of Jonathan (3), was b. Dec. 30. 1819; d.
Juty 7. 1888; m. (1) Dec, 1846, Emily Porter of Had., who d. Jan.
19, 1856; m. (2) Apr. 14, 1857, Louisa Bridg^man of Amh.
Ck.: Augusta Allis. b. Dec. 13. 1847; 1865.
m Oct. 17, 1894, Myron C. Graves. Charles, adopted Feb. 28, 1860; m.
Jonathan Edwards, b. Nov. 22, 1849. June 5. 1890. Lucy A. Scott of
Moses, b. Sept. 9, 1854 ; d. Feb. 24, Wi st Randolph, Vt.
10. Henry S., s. of Jonathan (5), was b. Dec. 24. 1821; d.
Mar. 14, 1892; m. Nov. 14. 1849, Matilda N. Granger of Had. She
d. Jan. 29, 1910. Res. in Agawam.
Ch.: Samuel D., b. Jan. 1. 1851; m. William H.. b. Mav 8. 1856; m. Oct.
Sept. 23, 1874, Jane F. Brown. 23, 1879, Carrie M. Harris.
11. Jonathan D., s. of Jonathan (5), was b. July 3. 1826; d.
May 2, 1890; m. 1832, Phila E.. dau. of Jeremy Morton.
Ch.: Frank K., b. Apr. 3. 1857; d. Mar. 2, 1910.
Jan. 25, 1907. Edwin S., adopted s., d. Mar. 27,
Maria L. b. Jan. 26, 1860; m. Nov. 1874.
22. 1900, Eugene I. Morton ; d.
12. James, s. of Jonathan (5), was b. Nov. 30. 1828; m. Nov.
436 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
19, 1856, Sarah J., dau. of Alvan Randall of Enfield. She was b.
Apr. 8, 1833.
Ch.: Emma E., b. Feb. 3, 1858; m. Spfd.
Nov. 8, 1883, David Billings ; d. Charlotte, b. Dec. 4, 1865.
Nov. 17, 1909. Elizabeth D.. b. Aug. 14, 1868; m.
Carrie S., b. Nov. 19, 1860; m. Oct. Oct. 10, 1901. Dr. Frank M. Padd-
15, 1896, Nathaniel B. Wade of ford of Fall River.
13. Jonathan E., s. of Moses Chapin (9), was b. Nov. 22,
1849; m. Dec. 13. 1871, Mary D. Smith of Had., who was b. Feb.
7, 1850.
Ch.: Daughter, b. July 3, 1877; d. Helen L.. b. June 27, 1878; m. Dec
Oct. 4, 1877. 28, 1899, Hugh McLeod of Hat
14. Theodore, s. of Theodore (8). was b. June 15, 1829; d.
Aug. 4, 1899; m. Dec. 24, 1850, Wealthy, dau. of Thomas FrarA*.
She was b. Dec. 1. 1830. and d. Dec. 1. 1897.
Ch.: Clara Ellen, b. Sept. 17, 1852; Dec. 25. 1894, Cornelia B. Strong
m. Nov. 1, 1888, Hiram Taylor of of Nhn.
Nhn. George Theodore, b. Apr. 14, 1867:
Mary Maria, b. July 11, 1854; m. Oct. m. July 25, 1887, Minnie Upham of
14. 1879. Geo. G. Ware of Spfd. Huntington.
Myron Wells, b. Apr. 14, 1859; m. Sarah Belle, b. July 10, 1869; unm.;
1884. Ellen Lovering of Lamoille, resides in Spfd.
Ohio. Lillian Maud. b. Apr. 2, 1872; m.
William Lewis, b. Oct. 17. 1862; m. Nov. 23, 1892, Oliver U. Church of
Nov. 10. 1884. Ella Williams of Spfd.
Southampton ; d. at Wfd., Mar. 25, Letitia Louisa, b. Sept. 12, 1874;
1891. unm.; resides in Huntington.
Edwin Frary. b. Aug. 27, 1864; m.
15. Samuel D., s. of Henry S. (10), was b. Jan. 1, 1851; m.
Sept. 23, 1874, Jennie F., dau. of John D. Brown. Resides in
La Salle, 111.
Ch.: Fred. b. July 8, 1875; d. Dec. Henrv S.. b. Feb. 18. 1884; d. in Aug..
25 1875 1884
Arthur Brown, b. Oct. 10. 1877. Hazel Allis, b. Nov. 19, 1886.
Harriet Dwight, b. July 23, 1879; d. Tennie Mae, b. Feb. 20, 1888.
Sept. 25, 1879. Ruth. b. Mar. 17, 1891.
Ella Julia, b. Feb. 25, 1881. Harold, b. Feb. 20, 1893.
Matilda Augusta, b. Apr. 14, 1882; d. Robert, b. June 9, 1896; d. Feb. 15.
May 5. 1882. 1897.
16. Wuj.iAM H., s. of Henry S. (10), was b. May 8, 1856: m.
Oct. 23, 1870, Carrie Marietta, dau. of Mrs. Caroline Harris of
Nhn. She was b. at Kossuth, Towa, Oct. 16, 1857.
Ch.: Ralph Henrv, h. Mar. 7, 1884; d. George Williams, b. Nov. 6. 1J85.
May 10. 1885. '
THE SMITH FAMILY.
1. LIEUT. SAMl^EL SMITH, with his wife. Elizabeth,
and four ch. — Samuel, a. nine years; Elizabeth, seven; Mary, four;
and Philip, one year — sailed in the Elizabeth of Ipswich for New
England. April 30, 1634. He and his wife were then called 32 years
GENEALOGIES.— SMITH. 437
of age. He came from Wethersfield, Conn., to Had., where he held
important offices in chh. and state. He is supposed to have d. in
1680, a. 78. His wife, Elizabeth, d. Mar. 16, 1686, a. 84.
Ch.: Samuel, b. abt. 1625: m. Eliza- Philip, b. abt. 1633 ; m. Rebecca Foote.
beth Smith. Chileab, b. abt. 1635; m. Hannah
Elizabeth, b. abt. 1627; m. (1) Na- Hitchcock.
thaniel Foote; m. (2) William Gull. John, b. abt. 1637; m. Mary Partridge.
Mary, b. abt. 1630; m. John Graves.
1^2. John, s. of Lieut. Samuel (1), was slain by Indians in Hat.
Jileadow, May 30, 1676. He m. Nov. 12, 1663, Mary, dau. of
William Partridge. She d. May 20, 1683, having m. (2) Peter
Montague.
Ch.: John, b. May 15, 1665; d. Jan. Waite.
20, 1724. Benjamin, b. 1673; sett, in Wethers-
Samuel, b. Dec. 7, 1667; k. by falling field. Conn.
from a horse, June 19, 1681. Marah, b. 1677; m. John Day, Mar.
Joseph, b. Nov. 16, 1670; m. Canada 10, 1696.
Wi
3\ Joseph, s. of John (2), was b. in Nov., 1670; m. Canada
'Site, Dec. 15, 16%; d. Feb. 6, 1752, a. 81. She was b. in captivity
Jan. 22, 1678, and d. in Hat., May 5, 1749, a. 72.
Ch.: Mary, b. Sept. 24, 1697; m. Smith.
Joseph Field. Esther, b. June 2, 1710; m. Jonathan
Martha, b. Oct. 19, 1699; m. Thomas Field.
Nash. .Anna, b. July 22, 1712; m. Moses
Benjamin, b. Nov. 17, 1701 ; slain Dickinson.
June 18, 1724 Samuel, b. 1715.
John, b. Dec. 26, 1703; d. abt. middle Eleanor, b. Dec. 9, 1717; m. Jonathan
of July, 1705. Morton.
Sarah, b. Oct. 14, 1707; m. Elisha Joseph, b. Nov. 21, 1720.
/42 Lieut. Samuel, s. of Joseph (3), was b. in 1715 ; d. July 20,
1/B/, of an apoplectic fit brought on by overwork on a very hot day
while in the hay field, a. 52. He m. Mary Morton, dau. of Jonathan
Morton of Hat. She was b. Sept. 29, 1727, and d. Jan. 11, 1807, a.
80. She was appointed guardian of her six sons then living, Oct. 6,
1767, Oliver at that time being one and one half years old. The
distribution of the estate was in 1780 in equal shares.
Ch.: Mary, b. Sept. 10, 1750; d. Oct. White, Jan. 26, 1779.
23. 1750. Joseph, b. Nov. 7, 1758; m. Lois
Samuel, b. Apr. 16, 1752; m. Sarah White, Feb. 19, 1789.
White, Mar. 24, 1780. He d. Oct. Rufus, b. Sept. 13, 1761 ; m. Lavinia
26, 1834. Bangs, May 5, 1785. He d. Dec.
Benjamin, b. Apr. 9, 1754: m. (1) 24, 1841.
Lucy Morton, Aug. 2, 1776; m. (2) Oliver, b. Jan. 20, 1766; unm. ; d. Dec.
Lois Warner, Feb. 16, 1791. He d. 22, 1845. He founded the Smith
Apr. 21, 1841. Charities. His estate was invento-
Elijah, b. Nov. 7, 1756; m. Lucy ried Mar. 2, 1847, at $391,561.77.
5, Lieut. S.xmuel, s. of Lieut. Samuel (4). wias b. Apr. 16,
1752; m. Mar. 24, 1780, Sarah, dau. of Daniel White of Hat. She
d. Dec. 7, 1843, a. 88. He was commissioned 2d lieutenant by
John Hancock, governor, and served in the war of the Revolution.
He d. in Hat., Oct. 26, 1834, a. 83.
438 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Ch.: Sarah, b. Dec. 23, 1780; unm. ; 1853, a. 65.
d. Jan. 31, 1864, a. 83. Samuel, b. Dec. 20, 1792; unm.; d.
Clarissa, b. Aug. 16, 1783; unm.; d. Apr. 22, 1876, a. 83.
June 18, 1861, a. 78. Asenath, b. Apr. 19, 1794; unm.; d.
Fanny, b. June 17, 1787; m. William Apr. 5, 1878, a. 83.
Dickinson of Hat. He d. in Hat., William, b. Sept. 5, 1797 ; d. Sept 26,
Dec. 29, 1870, a. 87. She d. Feb. 21, 1798.
6. Benjamin, s. of Samuel (4), was b. Apr. 9, 1754; m. (1)
Lucy Morton, Jan., 1777. She d. Jan. 13, 1777. He m. (2) Lois
Warner, Feb. 16, 1791. She d. Feb. 3, 1844. He d. in Hat, Apr.
21, 1841. Lived on the William Allis allotment.
Ch.: Chester, b. Nov. 19, 1796; d. 1824, Judge Samuel F. Lyman of
Oct. 5, 1798. Nhn. She d. Nov. 7, 1871. He d
Almira, b. July 29, 1799; m. Nov. 27, Jan. 3, 1876.
7. Elijah, s. of Samuel (4), was b. Nov. 7, 1756; m. Jan. 26,
1779, Lucy, dau. of Daniel White of Hat. She was b. Aug. 23,
1757. and d. June 9. 1839. He d. in Hat, Nov. 30, 1829. He lived
on the Eleazer Frary allotment.
Ch.: Charles, b. Feb. 21, 1782; d. Morton. She d. Mar. 15, 1875, a.
Dec. 1, 1786. 83. He d. June 15, 1857, a. 70.
y Erastus, b. Jan. 14, 1784; d. Jan. 4, Lucy, b. Apr. 28, 1789; unm.; d. Apr.
1858. 15, 1864.
Marv. Elijah, b. Aug. 7, 1791 ; unm.; d. Sept
Charles, b. Jan. 17, 1787; m. Orethea 3. 1826.
8. Joseph, s. of Samuel (4), was b. Nov. 7, 1758; m. Feb. 19,
1789. Lois White, dau. of Lieut. Elihu White of Hat. She was
b. Oct. 14. 1769; d. Oct. 10. 1829. He d. Jan. 2, 1836. Lived on
the Xathaniel Dickin.son, Jr., allotment.
Ch.: .\ustin. b. Oct. 8, 1790: d. in June 12, 1870. Estate valued at
New York. Mar. 8, 1861. Always $499,144.54. She endowed Smith
^ lived in Hat. and bequeathed his Academy of Hat. with $75,000 and
^ large estate of about $450,000 to his also with most of the balance en-
sistcr Sophia. dowed Smith College of Nhn.
Joseph, h. .Apr. 1. 1792: m. Jan. 28, Harriet, b. Apr. 11, 1800; unm,; d.
1823. Hannah Wells; d. Oct. 25, Sept. 7, 1859.
1861. Miranda, b. Feb. 12, 1803; unm.: d.
Elihu White, b. Apr. 11. 1794; unm.; Sept. 11, 1831.
(1. Aug. 17, 1829. Louisa, b. Nov. 22. 1805; unm.; d.
Sophia, b. Aug. 27. 1796; unm.: d. June 20, 1828.
9. LiKi'T. RiFU.^, s. of Samuel (4), was b. Sept. 13, 1761; m.
^Nlav 5. 1785. Lavinia Banc^.s. He lived on the John Allis allotment
and d. in Hat., Dec. 24. 1841.
Ch.: John. b. Feb. 27, 1786: d. May 22. 1842. a. 58.
10. Ch.\rij:s. s. of Elijah (7). was b. Jan. 17. 1787; m. Orethea
^lorton. Lived on the John Coleman allotment. He d. in Hat.,
Tune 15. 1857, a. 70.
Ch.: Cliarlos, b. Aug. 8. 1818. a. 21.
Cathnriiio. 1). 1823: il. Aug. 20. 1844,
11. Almir.x, dan. of Benjamin (6), was b. Jidy 29, 1799; ni.
AV>\'. 27. 1824. Samuel F. Lyman of Nhn., who was judge of Probate
GENEALOGIES.— SMITH. 439
Court for Hampshire County. He d. Jan. 3, 1876. She d. Nov. 7,
1871.
Ch.: Elizabeth Lyman, b. Apr. 10, 1834; d. in Nhn., 1836.
1828; lived in Nhn. and d. Dec. 29, Benjamin Smith Lyman, b. Dec. 11,
1881. 1835; lives in Philadelphia, Penn.
Jane Fowler Lyman, b. Aug. 28, 1830 ; Mary Lyman, b. Aug. 10, 1837 ; lives
lives in New York city. in Pittsburg, Penn.
Harriet Willard Lyman, b. Apr. 3,
12. J<)HN\ s. of Rufus (9), was b. Feb. 27, 1786; lived in Hat.;
m. Oct. 6, 1806, Sophia, dau. of Lieut. Lemuel Dickinson. She was
b. Oct. 5, 1787. He d. May 22, 1844, a. 58.
Ch.: Rufus. b. Aug. 4, 1807. Sophia Dickinson, b. Aug. 20, 1818.
Marv Dickinson, b. July 5, 1809; d. Lemuel Dickinson and Lydia Daven-
May 13. 1810. port, twins, b. Nov. 29, 1820.
Mary Dickinson, b. Apr. 11, 1811. John Woodbridge, b. June 29, 1826.
Lavinia, b. Dec. 17, 1813.
13. Charles, s. of Charles (10), w^as b. in Hat., Aug. 8, 1818;
m. in Salem, Dec. 6, 1849, Caroline L. Sprague, who was b. in Salem,
June 21, 1827. He was a graduate of Amh. College, class of 1841,
and Andover Theological Seminary, class of 1845 ; held pastorates
at Warren, Shawmut Ave. (Boston), and 17 years at Andover: was
representative to General Court from Andover for four years, 1882,
1883, 1885, and 1887. He d. in Andover, Oct. 27, 1887.
Ch.: Edwin Bartlett, b. in Warren, 27, 1853.
Feb. 27, 1851. Caroline Reed, b. in Boston. Sept. 30.
Charles Sprague, b. in Andover, Apr. 1857; resides in New York city.
14. Edwix Bartlett, s. of Charles (13), was b. Feb. 27, 1851 ;
m. June 27, 1883, Alice W. Noyes of Faribault, Minn. She was b.
in Hart., May 2, 1863. They reside in Chicago, 111.
Ch.: Noycs Bartlett, b. in Andover, May 8, 1884.
15. Ch.\rles Sprague, s. of Charles (13), was b. Apr. 27, 1853 ;
was graduate of Amh. College, class of 1874; m. Nov. 11. 1884,
Lsabella J. Dwight of Clinton, N. Y. She was b." Nov. 11, 1861.
Thev reside in New York citv.
Ch.: Hilda Sprague, b. in New York, Sept. 18. 1885.
Mary Lvox was also a direct descendant of Lieut. Samuel Smith,
the line being as follows : —
1. Lieut. Samuel Smith of Hadley, as above.
2. Chileah, s. of Lieut. Samuel (1), was b. abt. 1635; d. Mar.
7, 1731, a. 95. He m. Ot. 2, 1661, Hannah, dau. of Luke Hitch-
cock of Wethersfield, Conn. She d. Aug. 31, 1733, a. 88.
3. Mary. dau. of Chileab (2), was b. Aug. 16, 1681; m. (1)
Dec. 15. 1697, Preserved Smith, s. of Samuel Smith of Had. ; m. (2)
Peter Montague.
440 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
4. Chileab, s. of Mary Smith, was b. May 21, 1708; was the
third male sett, in Ashfield ; was at the age of 80 years ordained a
Baptist minister by his sons. He m. (1) Jan. 28, 1732, Sarah
Moody. She d. Dec. 23, 1789, a. 87. He m. (2) Jan. 5, 1792,
Rebecca Butler. He d. Aug. 19, 1800, a. 92.
5. Jemima, dau. of Chileab (4), was b. Mar. 15, 1740; m. Jan.
19, 1764, Dea. Isaac Shepard of Ashfield. He d. Mav 13, 1802, a.
69. His wid. d. in Stockton, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1828.
6. Jemima, dau. of Jemima (5) and Isaac Shepard, was b. Jan.
25, 1765; m. (1) in 1784, Aaron Lyon, Jr., of Ashfield. He d. in
1802. His wid. m. (2) Dea. Jonathan Taylor.
7. Mary Lyon, dau. of Aaron Lyon, Jr., and Jemima (6), was
born at Buckland, Feb. 28, 1797 ; d. at So. Had., Mar. 5, 1849. She
was the founder of Mount Holyoke Seminary, now Mount Holyoke
College.
THE STRONG FAMILY.
1. ELDER JOHN, s. of Richard Strong, was b. in Taunton,
Somersetshire, Eng., in 1605, whence he rem. to London and after-
wards to Plymouth. Having strong Puritan sympathies, he sailed
from Plymouth to the new world Mar. 20, 1630, and sett, at Dor-
chester. In 1635 he rem. to Hingham, and Mar. 9. 1634, he took
the freeman's oath at Boston. Rem. shortly to Taunton, where
he remained as late as 1645, as he was deputy to the General Court
in Plymouth in 1641, 1643 and 1644. From Taunton he rem. to
Windsor, Conn., and in 1659 to Nhn., where he lived for forty
years. He had a tannery in that place, and June 13, 1663. was
ordained elder of the church. He m. Dec, 1630, for his second
wife, Abigail Ford, who d. July 6, 1688, a. abt. 80. He d. Apr. 14.
1699, a. 94.
Ch.: Thomas, b. abt. 1631 j and fif-
teen others.
2. Thomas, s. of John (1), was b. abt. 1631; d. Oct. 3. 1689,
a. 58; ni. for his second wife, Oct. 10, 1671, Rachel, dau. of Dea.
William Helton of Nhn.
Ch.: Waitstill, h. 1677/8; and others.
^3. W.MTSTiLL, s. of Thomas (2), was b. 1677/8; d. Nov. 13.
1762, a. 83 ; m. Dec. 19, 1701. Sarah Janes.
4. Dka. Waitstill. s. of Waitstill (3), was b. Jan. 18, 1703:
d. VQh. 22. 1767; ni. Xov. 23, 1736, Esther Root. He was a fanner
at Nhn., where he was made deacon in 1743, and later lived in
Southampton.
5. Waitstill. s. of Dea. Waitstill C4), was b. Oct. 24, 1/46:
d. Sept. 13, 1833. a. 88; m. Mar. 20, 1774, Rhoda Clark, who \va>
1). at Xlin. He was a farmer at Southampton, and rem. in 1803 to
Hunt in •.,'^ton.
GENEALOGIES.— STRONG. 44 1
6. Horatio, s. of Waitstill (5), was b. Mar. 19, 1785, in South-
ampton; d. in Hat., Aug. 5,1857; m. Jan. 31, 1815, Sarah Elwell of
Westhampton. She d. Aug. 13, 1874. He was a drum major in
the War of 1812 at Boston. He sett, in Hat. after the war.
Ch.: Parmenas Lysander, b. Nov. 12, 5, 1897.
1815. Rowena. b. Apr. 14, 1826; m. (1)
Amariah Elwell, b. June 11, 1818. Dec. 16, 1846, Edward Phelps Bill-
Horatio, b. June 9, 1820; d. Nov. 10, ings, who d. Nov. 6, 1848; m. (2)
1892. May 28, 1850, Osborne W. Cleve-
Sarah Ann, b. Dec. 12, 1823; m. Jan. land of Williamsburg.
4, 1844, Ebenezer Dwight; d. June
7. PaRxMenas Lysander, s. of Horatio (6), was b. Nov. 12,
1815 ; d. Jan. 24, 1901 ; m. Sept. 16, 1840, Miranda, dan. of Thomas
Frary of Hat. She was b. Dec. 14, 1813. and d. Feb. 9, 1890.
Ch.: Alvin Lyman, b. Apr. 30, 1843. 28, 1881, Geo. E. Searle of East-
John Marshall, b. May 24, 1848. hampton.
Sarah Jane, b. Oct. 28, 1851 ; m. Dec. Harriet Maria, b. May 23, 1858.
8. Amariah Elwell, s. of Horatio (6), was b. June 11, 1818;
d. Oct. 22, 1884; m. Sept. 9, 1840, Lucy Stebbins of Granby. She
d. May 28, 1891, a. 75.
Ch. : Dwight Stebbins, b. Aug. 31, Nov. 23, 1870, Cora A. Norton : d.
1842 ; m. Nov. 6, 1867, Lucy L at South Royalston. Oct. 18, 1887.
Lombard of Colrain ; musician in Emily Ceressa, b. May 11, 1849; d.
27th Regiment, M.V.M., and in the Mar. 30, 1860.
2d Heavy Artillery; rem. to River- Erastus Seymore, b. Dec. 23, 1850;
side, California, in 1873. m. Dec. 23, 1875, Nellie Ardell
George Edison, b. Oct. 20, 1847 ; m. Moore ; d. Apr. 24, 1902.
9. Dea. Alvin Lyman, s. of Parmenas L. (7), was b. Apr. 30,
1843; m. Nov. 1, 1866, Anna B. Searle of Huntington, who was b.
Sept. 23, 1843. He was a member of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M.,
in the Civil war.
Ch.: Gertrude Alice, b. Aug. 26, 1867; Edson Wintbrop, b. Dec. 5, 1869.
m. Jan. 1, 1891, Frank E. Melendv; Eugene Searle. b. Sept. 10, 1873.
d. Apr. 13, 1897. Ch.: Roland A., Mabel Maria, b. Aug. 9, 1877.
b. Aug. 5, 1894 ; d. May 23, 1899.
10. John Marshall, s. of Parmenas L. (7), was b. Mav 24,
1848; m. ri) Jan. 5, 1876, Olive Maria Bardwell of What.,' who
d. Sept. 30, 1878: (2) Oct. 26, 1881, Eliza A. Cleaveland of
Ashfield, who was b. June 26, 1836.
Ch. (by Olive Bardwell) : Edith Es- Ch. (bv Eliza .\. Cleaveland) : How-
telle, b. Aug. 8, 1876; d. Dec. 14, ard Ashlev, b. Dec. 27, 1882.
1892. Arthur Holmes, b. Nov. 26. 1886.
Jl, Edson Wixthrop. s. of Dea. Alvin L. (9), was b. Dec. 5,
1869: m. Mar. 31, 1898. Hattic Maria, dau. of Henrv W. Bardwell
of What. She d. Tan. 29, 1903.
Ch.: Ralph Bardwell. b. Eeb. 19, 1901.
12. EucKNK Sk.vri.e, s. of Dea. Alvin L. (9), was b. Sept. 10,
1873; m. Dec. 11, 1901, Anna Lillian Knight of Pelham.
Ch.: Royce Knight, b. June 15, 1905.
442 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
THE WAITE FAMILY.
1. SERGT. BENJAMIN WAITE, who is believed to be a
brother of Richard, who was of Boston, 1634, and is known to be
of Rhode* Island stock, was in Had. in 1663 and in Hat. in 1669.
He was b. as early as 1640, and m. June 8, 1670, Martha, dau. of
John Leonard of Spfd. She was b. May 15, 1649. She, together
with her daughters Mary, Martha, and Sarah, were in 1677 carrieci
captives to Canada, and there her daughter Canada was b. The
captives returned to Hat. in May, 1678. Sergt. Benjamin was k. in
a battle with the French and Indians, Mar. 1. 1704, a. 64.
Ch.: Marv, b. Feb. 25, 1672; m. Dec. 1696, Joseph Smith; d. May 5, 1749.
4. 1690.'Ebenezer Wells. John, b. Jan. 17, 1680.
Martha, b. Jan. 23, 1673. Joseph, b. July 17, 1682 ; d. Jan. 21,
Sarah, b. abt. 1675; m. (1) John 1686.
Belden : m. (2) Nov. 25, 1726, Icha- Teremiah, b. Sept. 24, 1684.
bod Allis. Joseph, b. Nov. 11, 1688.
Canada, b. Jan. 22, 1678; m. Dec. 15,
2. Jcmx, s. of Benjamin (1), was b. Jan. 17, 1680; made his
will in 1743. which was proved July, 1744. He m. Feb. 12, 1702,
Mary, dau. of Stephen Belding. She was b. May 20, 1685.
Cli.: John, b. Dec. 3, 1703; m. (1) 1756, Israel Graves.
Sept. 19, 1723, Submit Hastings; m. Benjamin, b. Jan. 11, 1718; m. Martha
(2) .Mary Frary ; d. Mar. 4. 1776. Smith; d. abt. 1782.
Martha, h. Feb. 20, 1706; m. Nathan- Eunice, b. 1720.
icl Hawks, Aug. 10, 1738. Eleanor, b. Dec. 10, 1722.
Mary, h. June 22. 1708; m. Benjamin Elisha, b. Oct. 10. 1725; m. Martha
Munn of Dfd. Wells of Hardwick; d. June. 1816.
Lvdia, ]). Oct. 7. 1710; d. young. Sarah.
Lydia. b. July 14. 1712; m. July 15,
3. Jeremi.\h. s. of Benjamin (1). was b. at Hat., Sept. 24.
1684. His inventory was dated Dec, 1733. He m. Apr. 4, 1706.
Marv, (Ian. of John and Sarah (White) Graves of Hat. She was
b. Feb. 24, 1683.
Ch.: Benjamin, b. Apr. 8, 1707; m. Billings ; d. in What., Nov. 25, 1798.
1745, Bathsheba ; d. Dec. 6, Gad, b. abt. 1712; d. unm.
1788. Reuben, b. abt. 1714; slain abt. 1756;
Mary, b. Xov. 17, 1708; m. Feb. 25, prob. unm.
1731. Richard Morton. Simeon, b. abt. 1716.
Nathan, b. Feb. 15, 1711; m. Jan. 18. Miriam, b. abt. 1720.
1839. Hannah, dau. of Richard
4. JosKPH, s. of lienjaniin (1), was b. Nov. 11, 1688; d. abt.
1780. He was a lieutenant. He m. (1) Nov. 19, 1713, Hannah
I'illinj^rs. proh. dau. of Samuel. She d. July 15, 1716. He ni. (2)
Sept. 22, 1720, Marv, dau. of Daniel Warner. Jr. She d. Aug. 18,
17* )2. a. OS.
Ch.: Mn.c^. 1). Strpt. 23, 1714; m. (1) Bardvvell : d. abt. 1805.
}Ui)/il)al] ; ni. (2) Miriam Martha, b. Oct. 7, 1724.
Grave-: d. abt. 1784. Lucv, b. Sept. 27, 1727; m. (1)
Hannah, b. July 8. 1716; m. Dec. 22, Bardwell ; m. (2) Asahel Wright:
1737. laiiu's Porter. d. Apr. 1, 1814.
Rlioda. h. .\x^^. 21. 1721; m. Xoah Mary. b. Oct. 17, 1730; m. Capt.
M'>rtMii. Salmon White.
Dnvid. h. Dec. 7, 1722; m. M^n\\;i
GENEALOGIES.— WAITE. 443
5. Elisha, s. of John (2), was b. at Hat., Oct. 10, 1725; d.
June 29, 1816; m. abt. 174i8 or 1749, Martha, dau. of John and
Martha (AlHs) Wells of Hardwick. She was b. June 12, 1731, and
d. Feb. 2, 1817. Res. in Hat.
Ch.: Lucy, b. Nov. 3, 1749; m. abt. Gerry.
1768, Lieut. Noah Bardwell of Consider, b. Mar. 25, 1762; m. (1)
What.; d. Sept. 11, 1833. Sept. 22. 1778, Persis Lull; m. (2)
Irene, b. Jan. 3, 1752; m. Jan. 1, 1778, Elizabeth Weaver; d. Dec. 4, 1829.
Gad Smith of What. ; d. May 5, Sarah, b. June 25, 1765 ; d. Oct., 1776.
1842. Daniel, b. Aug. 5, 1766; m. Mary
Mary, h. July 15, 1755; m. Mar. 15, Hastings, Jan. 10, 1805.
1781, Isaiah Brown; d. Dec. 4. 1781. Elisha, b. Apr. 2. 1769.
Elihu, b. Aug. 15, 1757; m. (1) Apr. Electa, b. Sept. 16, 1771.
29, 1779, Rebecca Graves; m. (2) Jonathan, b. Apr. 20, 1775; m. (1)
1822. Electa Kellogg; d. July 19, Mar. 1, 1797, Betsey Brown; m.
1828. (2) Nov. 3, 1820, Nancy Robinson;
Martha, b. Mar. 20, 1760; m. Nathan d. Apr. 6, 1835.
6. Elisha. s. of Elisha (5), was b. Apr. 2, 1769; d. Mar. 3,
1843: m. (1) 1796, Rhoda, dau. of Eliakim and Esther Field.
She was b. Oct. 26, 1758, and d Jan. 19, 1819. He m. (2) Hannah
Graves, who was b. Mar. 6, 1778, and d. Oct. 15, 1825.
r/i..- Justin, b. Jan. 2, 1797. Dolly, b: Jan. 24, 1801; m. Justin
George, b. Sept. 12, 1798. Hastings; d. Apr. 15, 1880.
7. Justin, s. of Elisha (6), was b. in Hat., Jan. 2, 1797; d. Feb.
3, 1851 : ni. Dec. 6, 1821, Olive Cooley, dau. of Jonah and Zuriah
(Allis) Cooley of Somers, Conn. She was b. Feb. 5, 1795, and d.
Jan. 9, 1875. Res. in Hat.
Ch.: Angelina, b. Oct. 14, 1822; m. 30, 1854, Alden P. Beals; d. Mav
Nov. 30, 1842, William H. Dickin- 24, 1855.
son. Augusta O., b. Nov. 18, 1836 ; m. June
James Otis. h. Apr. 23, 1825. 14, 1856, Alden P. Beals.
Emma Z.. b. Dec. 25, 1831 ; m. May
8. (iKORCE, s. of Elisha (6), was b. in Hat., Sept. 12, 1798; d.
Nov. 8, 1869; m. (1) Mar. 2, 1820, Mary, dau. of EHjah White of
Hat. She was b. Dec. 13, 1795, and d. Nov. 6, 1827. He m. (2)
1832. Melissa, dau. of Joel and Aphia (Stebbins) Preston of
Granby. She was b. Nov. 5, 1802, and d. Oct., 1878.
Ch.: George W., b. July 12, 1836; m. 14, 1882. Alice Jane Hurd of No.
Helen M. Morton of Hat. Had. She was b. May 11, 1846.
Charles P.. b. July 26. 1838; d. Feb. John E., b. Oct. 24, 1841; m. Cathe-
13. 1863; member of 37th Regiment, fine Dovle ; d. Oct. 1, 1909; member
M.V.M. of Co. k, 52d Regiment, M.V.M.
Henry L.. b. Mar. 19, 1840; m. Feb.
9. James Otis, s. of Justin (7), was b. in Hat., Apr. 23, 1825;
d. Aug. 25, 189^); m. May 13. 1851, Loui.sa, dau. of Jeremiah and
Orpha (lUish) Lvman of Easthampton. She was b. Dec. 31, 1824,
and d. Feb. 4, 1W2.
Ch.: Clara T., b. Aug. 2, 1854; d. Marv L.. b. Sept. 26, 1858; d. May 5,
June 1, 1860. 1904.
Emma A. and F-cd.'nck H.. twins, Ellen A., h. May 20. 1861.
h. Julv 26. 1856. Frederick H. d. Justin L., b. June 28, 1862.
Tune 27, 1860.
444
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
10. George W., s. of George (8), was b. in Hat, July 12, 1836:
d. Sept. 3, 1908; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1863, Helen M., dau. of Moses and
Sophia Morton. She was b. Jan. 31, 1838, and d. Dec. 16. 1887.
He m. (2) July 6, 1891, Delia L. Skinner of Chardon, Ohio.
Lyman Morton, b. Mar. 29. 1875. at
Ashtabula, Ohio; m. Lela .
Ch. : Morton Hale,
Ch. (by Delia L. Skinner) : Esther
Elizabeth, b. Aug. 17. 1895, at
Oberlin, Ohio.
Margaret Norris, b. June 25. 1899, at
Oberlin, Ohio.
Ch. (by Helen M. Morton) : George
S., b. Jan. 10, 1867, at Leicester ; m.
Ada Sherwood. Ch. : Sherwood
and Helen Morton.
Melissa Preston, b. Jan. 12, 1871, at
Ashtabula, Ohio; m. Willis Upp.
Ch. : Earl, Helen, William, and
Elizabeth.
THE WARNER FAMILY.
1. ANDREW WARNER of Cambridge, 1632, and Hart., 1639.
was one of the first sett, of Had., where he d. Dec. 18, 1684. He
m. (1) ; m. (2) Esther, wid. of Thomas Selden. She d. in
1693, as is inferred from the fact that her inventory was taken
Dec. 1. 1693.
Ch.: Andrew, m. Rebecca Fletcher;
d. Jan. 26, 1681.
Robert, m. (1) Feb., 1654, Elizabeth
Grant; m. (2) Mrs. Deliverance
Rockwell ; d. Apr. 10, 1690.
Jacob.
Daniel.
Isaac, b. abt. 1645.
Ruth, living in 1677.
Daughter, m. John or Daniel Pratt.
Marv, m. (1) John Steel; m. (2)
William Hills.
John.
2. Daniel, s. of Andrew (1) of Hat., d. Apr. 30, 1692; m. (1)
Mary , who d. Sept. 19, 1672 ; m. (2) Apr. 1, 1674, Martha, dan.
of Robert Roltwood. She d. Sept. 22, 1710.
Ch. .• Mary, b. Feb. 24, 1663.
Daniel.
Sarah, m. Nov. 25, 1685, Isaac Shel-
don.
Andrew, b. June 24, 1667.
Anna. b. Nov. 17, 1669; m. Isaac
Hubbard.
Mary, b. Sept. 19, 1672; perhaps m.
Samuel Sheldon.
Hannah, b. Jan. 24. 1675; m. Oct. 14,
1696. Samuel Ingram of Hat.
John. b. Apr., 1677: d. 1714, a. 38.
Abraham, b. Dec. 20, 1678.
Samuel, b. Apr. 13. 1680.
Ebenezer, b. Nov. 5, 1681.
Mehitable. b. Oct. 1, 1683 ; m. Jan. 21,
1703, Preserved Clapp.
p:iizabeth, m. Dec. 26, 1705. Thomas
Wtlls
Esther, b. Dec. 15, 1686 ; m. June 26.
1707, Samuel Henry.
Martha, b. Apr. 3, 1688: d. Nov. 25,
1689.
Nathaniel, b. Oct. 15. 1690.
3 D.ANiKL, s. of Daniel (2), res. in Hat., West Hart., and Hard-
wick, and d. Mar. 12, 1754, a. 88. He m. Dec. 12, 1688, Mary
Ilul^bard.
Ch.: Marv. b. Anp. 31, 16S9; d. Feb.
24. 1692.
Daniel, b. Mar. 1, 1693: sett, in Hat.
and prob. m. (1) Thankful Bill-
ings: ni. (2) Doc. 29, 1719, Eliza-
\K'{h Adams.
.A/.'jry, b. Aug. 17. 1694; xia. ?>e\A. 22,
1720. Joseph Waite.
Hannah, b. 1700; m. Samuel Belding.
lonathan, d. May 28, 1763, a. 59.
Sarah, b. Oct. 11, 1707.
Joseph, b. Jan. 18. 1710; m. Man'.
dau. of John Hubbard.
GENEALOGIES.— WARNER. 445
4. Samuel, s. of Daniel (2) of Hat., was b. Apr. 13, 1680; m.
(1) May 1, 1715, Hannah Sacket; m. (2) Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph
Morton.
Ch.: Rebecca, b. May 6, 1716. Joshua, b. Dec. 12, 1733.
Jesse, b. May 6, 1718. Hannah.
Samuel, b. Oct. 27, 1722. Elizabeth ^ m. Israel Chapin.
Nathan. Abraham, lost at sea.
David, b. Feb. 15, 1732. Sarah, m. Elijah Waite.
5. Ebenezer, s. of Daniel (2), was b. Nov. 5, 1681 ; m. Dec. 15,
1709, Ruth Ely; rem. from Hat. to Belchertown.
Ch.: Ruth, b. July 31, 1712; d. Dec. Lydia, b. Feb. 15, 1720.
17, 1730. Eli, b. Aug. 14, 1722.
Martha, b. June 27, 1715; m. Abner John, b. Jan. 28, 1727.
Smith. Ebenezer, b. July 29, 1729; m. Dinah
Moses, b. May 13, 1717; m. Jan. 24, Phelps; d. 1812 in Belchertown.
1739, Sarah Porter.
6. Moses, s. of Ebenezer (5), was b. at Belchertown, May 13,
1717, where he d. He m. Jan. 24, 1739, Sarah Porter.
Ch.: Moses, b. 1754. And others.
7. Dea. Moses, s. of Moses (6), was b. in 1754; m. June 4,
1779, Mary King of Hat. He d. Aug. 1, 1828. She d. Nov. 30,
1831.
Ch.: John, b. Nov. 7, 1781. Mercy, b. Aug. 16, 1790; m. Oct. 22,
Elisha. b. Feb. 14, 1786; m. Apr. 8, 1812, Henry Hubbard; d. Feb. 5,
1824, Hannah Field. He d. Sept. 1868.
26, 1831 ; no ch. Moses, b. Sept 14, 1793; d. unm. Feb.
Sarah, b. May 17, 1788; m. Mor- 26. 1868.
gan; d. Feb. 8, 1868; no ch.
8. John, s. of Dea. Moses (7), was b. Nov. 7, 1781; d. Nov.
24, 1833 ; m. Dec, 1806, Caroline, dau. of Ebenezer Whiton of Lee.
She was b. Dec. 6, 1786; d. Mar. 23, 1863.
Ch. : Marv, b. Aug. 23, 1807 ; m. Oct. Caroline R., b. Dec. 16, 1821 ; m. June
23. 1828, Benjamin Maltby of Wa- 1, 1851, Rev. E. D. Holt of Rock
terloo, X. Y.; d. Oct., 1899. Island, 111.
James Whiton, b. May 11, 1809; m. Eliza Ann, b. July 27, 1827; m. Mar.
Mar. 30, 1836, Louisa Bardwell. 30, 1848, S. W; Grant of New York
John Seward, b. Jan. 29, 1813 ; d. July city ; d. Dec. 22, 1858.
22, 1830. Lydia A., b. Nov. 16, 1830; m. Sept.
Jonathan D., b. Julv 16, 1816; was a 1, 1851, Leonidas Sexton of Indi-
member of Co. K, 10th Regiment. ana ; d. Sept., 1858.
M.V.M.; d. Feb. 16, 1903, at Hat.
9. James Whiton, s. of John (8). was b. May 11, 1809; d.
Nov. 20, 1891 : ni. Mar. 30, 1836, Loui.sa Bardwell. dau. of Alpheus
Longley of Hat. She was b. Jan. 14, 1816; d. Jan. 10, 1890.
Ch.: Charles Longlcv, b. Apr. 11, Moses Edward, b. Feb. 3, 1843; d.
1837. Tan. 11, 1902.
Marv Louisa, b. Nov. 26, 1838; m. Egbert Seward, b. Feb. 25, 1845.
William D. Billings. John Alpheus, b. Oct. 10, 1846.
Sarah Ann. b. Mar. 26. 1841 ; m. Tames Dickinson, b. Apr. 24, 1849.
Caleb D. Bardwell. Benjamin Maltby, b. 3^\\. \\, VKb^-
HISTORY OF HATFIELD,
Goorge Whiton. b. July 5, 1855.
Caroline Lvdia, b. Feb. 15, 1858; m.
Oct. 11. '1893, Arthur G. Holt of
Minnesota.
Louis Ward, h. Oct. 25, 1860; d. Jar
23, 1864.
10. CH.\ui.i;s L.. s. of Jaiiie.s W. (9). was b. Apr. 11, 1837; m.
Nov. 23. 18(>4, Maria L., dan. of John T. Fitch of Hat.
Ch.: Harvtv F,. b. Aug. 13, 1867; (i. Oct. 30, 1894. Mvra Field.
Oct. 31. r8?3. Luda Fitob, b. Jan. 27, 1877; .1, Oct.
Charles Edward, h. Aug. 16, 1872 ; m. 28, 1900.
11 Egukrt Si;w.\RD. s. of James \V. (9), was h. Feb. 35, 1S45;
m. Xov. 19, 1874. Mary Julia Hunt. She <1. May 30. 1880. a. 27.
Ch.. Cora Hum. 1., June 27, 1876. Caroline Holt, b. Mar. 12. 1879.
12. John Ai.piiEus. s. of James W. (9), was b. Oct. 10. 1846;
m. -Mrs. Ehuabeth Bacon. She A. in April, 1891. No ch.
13 I.\.\n;s Dickinson, s. of James W. (9), was b. Apr. 24.
1849; m", Oct. 20. 187.=;, Hannah Bach of Ann Arbor, Mich.
CVr..- M<K
Cliv
n.\.\iiN M.\r.Ti!v, s. of James W. (9). was b. Jan. 14.
■I.. 20. 1877. liHa iL.. dau. of George C. 1-itcb of Hat.
!■:„ h. Auk- 1, 1878. Isalwl. b, Jan. 9, 1889.
). Jan, 13, IS^S.
15. (h;i>R(iK WiiiTox. s. of James \V. (9), was b. July 5, 1855:
m. Oct. 31. 1883, Nellie M.. dau. of Samuel F. Fisher of So. Dfd.
Res. in Cnlrain.
14. !'•
!8.=^3;m.
M.nud Fitcli
GENEALOGIES.— WARNER— WELLS. 447
Ch.: Ray Fisher, b. June 14. 1885. Gladys Martiel, b. Sept. 18, 1888.
Hazel Louisa, b. Mar. 26, 1887. Dorothy Osborn, b. Dec. 31, 1894.
16. Charles Edward, s. of Charles L. (10). was b. Aug. 16,
1872; m. Oct. 30, 1894, Myra J., dau. of Henry H. Field of Hat.
Ch.: Harold Field, b. July 9, 1895; twins, b. Sept. 27, 1899. Donald
d. May 14, 1896. Fitch d. June 17, 1907.
Donald Fitch and Dorothy Field,
17. Mercy, dau. of Moses (7), was b. Aug. 16, 1790; d. Feb. 5,
1868; m. Oct. 22, 1812, Henry Hubbard of Charleniont, who d. at
Reading, Penn., 1826, a. 40.
Ch.: George W. Hubbard, b. Feb. 26, William Henry Hubbard, b. Julv 28,
1818; m. Philura T. Dickinson of 1821; m. Julv 4. 1850, Anna Hinds;
Hat., Mar. 8, 1843; d. Apr. 28, 1888; d. Jan. 11, 1877. a. 56.
no ch.
THE WELLS FAMILY.
1, HUGH WELLS came from England in 1635 in the good
ship Globe with his brother Richard. He sett, in Wethersfield,
Conn. He was ensign in the military company of Wethersfield
and d. in 1645. He was b. in Colchester, Essex County, England;
m. abt. 1619 F'rances . After his death she m. (2) Thomas
Colman, and soon rem. to Had., proh. in 1659. Four ch. 1). in
England : —
Thomas, b. 1620. Mary, b. 1626 ; m. Jonathan Gilbert.
Hugh, b. 1625. John, b. 1628.
2. Thomas, s. of Hugh (1), was b. in Colchester, England, in
1620; d. in Had., 1676, between the dates of Sept. 30 and Dec. 14.
He m. Mary Beardsley of Hart, in 1651. She was b. in 1636. She
m. (2) June 25, 1678, Samuel Belden of Hat. and d. in 1691.
She bore Thomas Wells fifteen ch. : —
F.benezer, b.
July
20,
1669.
Mary.
Thomas, Jr.
Xoah.
Mary.
Hannah.
Sarah.
Daniel.
John.
Rphraim
Jonathan.
Joshua.
John.
Abigail.
Samuel.
3. Ebenezer, s. of Thomas (2), was b. July 20, 1669, in Hat.
He m. (1) Dec. 4, 1690, Mary, dau. of Benjamin Waite. She was
one of the captives taken by the Indians Sept. 19, 1677. She d. abt.
1704. He m. (2) Aug. 15, 1705, Sarah, wid. of John Lawrence
(w-ho was slain by the Indians at Rrookficld, 1694). She was dau.
of Samuel Smith of Hat.
Ch.: Ebenezer, b. Sept. 13, 1691; m. .Allen, Feb. 4, 1720.
Abigail Barnard in 1720. He d. in Tohn, b. June 9, 1700.
Dfd. in 1758. Jonathan, b. Sept. 26, 1702.
Thomas, b. Sept. 25, 1693. Mary, b. Oct. 24, 1707: m. Aaron
Joshua, b. Aug. 31, 1695. Graves: rem. to Williamsburg.
Martha, b. Sept. 18, 1697; m. Edward She d. in 1788.
448 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
4. Joshua, s. of Ebenezer (3), was b. Aug. 31, 1695 ; d. in Gfd.,
Apr. 1, 1768; m. Elizabeth Smead, 1720.
Ch.: Joshua, b. Sept. 16, 1721. Elisha, b. July 23, 1731; d. Oct 5.
Ebenezer, b. 1723; d. Jan. 11, 1787. 1792.
Martha, b. 1725. Mary, b. 1733; m. Holland.
Simeon, b. 1728; k. in Johnson's fight, Joel, b. 1735.
Sept. 8. 1755. Esther, b. 1736; m. Seth Hawkes.
Asa, b. 1730.
5. Elisha, s. of Joshua (4), was b. July 23, 1731 ; d. Oct. 5.
1792. He m. (1) Abigail Brooks, Jan. 10, 1754. She d. Dec. 20,
1772. He m. (2) Mabel Matoon, who d. June 29, 1776. He m.
(3) Rhoda Graves, Dec. 25, 1778. She d. Dec. 7, 1817.
Ch. ( all by Abigail Brooks): Abigail, Amasa, b. Sept. 23, 1762.
b. Dec. 29. 1754; d. Aug. 26. 17S. Lydia. b. Jan. 20, 1764.
Lvdia, b. Jan. 26, 1756; d. Aug. 27, Elizabeth, b. Oct. 4. 1765.
1758. Mary, b. July 17, 1767.
Marv. b. Sept. 12, 1757; d. Sept. 1, Esther, b. Aug. 19. 1769.
1758. Moses, b. July 9, 1771.
Elisha, b. Jan. 2. 1759. Abner. b. Dec. 6, 1772; d. Dec. 7,
Abigail, b. Oct. 25, 1760. 1772.
»♦■.■.
6. Amasa, s. of Elisha (5), was b. in Hat., Sept. 23, 1762t He
m. Eunice White, dau. of Lieut. Daniel White of Hat., Mar. l^-JiMSL
She d. in Con., at the home of her s. Elisha, Apr. 28, 1824.. '.^Md.
from injuries received from a fall from his house while
breaking his neck by the fall, June 12, 1816.
Ch.: Horace, b. June 8, 1789. Hannah, b. Aug. 26, 1795;;]
Cephas, b. June 21, 1791. Smith of Hat. Jan. % '
Barnabas, b. May 20, 1793. Elisha, b. Apr. 29, 1797.
7. Elisii.\, s. of Amasa (6), was b. Apr. 29, 1797, in I{vtl/9e
m. Jan. 14. 1823. Louisa, dau. of David Field of Con. S9^&nis
b. Nov. 4, 1802 ; d. Aug. 1. 1878. He d. Aug. 8, 1873. ^* *
Ch.: David F., b. Jan. 12, 1824, in Otis C, b. Oct. 3, 1828^ in
Con. Hannah S., b. Sept. 29, 183QL
Eunice W., b. Mar. 20, 1825, in Hat. ; unm.
m. Dec. 25, 1850. Henry W. Banks; Joseph S. and Daniel W.,
d. Feb. 6, 1861. Apr. 17, 1842. in Hat
8. David Field, s. of Elisha (7), was b. Jan. 12, 1824; m.l)ec
1. 1840, Harriet M., dau. of Solomon Dickinson of Hat. He d. in
Hat., ^ray 27, 1866. She d. Aug. 25, 1868.
Ch.: Harriet Amelia, b. Sept. 1, 1850; Hannah Huntington, b. Aug. 23. 1857:
d. Mar. 4, 1864. d. Oct. 20, 1857.
9. Otis Clark, s. of Elisha (7), was b. Oct. 3. 1828: m. May
14. 1«S51, Electa Lucelia, dau. of J. C. Loomis of What. She was b.
Sept. 1, 1824. and d. Xov. 11, 1905. He was drowned in Mill River.
Hat.. July 24. 1885.
Ch.: lU-kii Stockbridgc. b. Aug. 25. Charles Otis. b. Mar. 23, 1866: a
1853 ; m. Elani S. Allen of Had. graduate of Amh. College, class of
Sbe (1. Xov. 22, 1893. at Cleveland. 1891 : d. in Qeveland, Ohio. Apr.
Ohio. 10, 1892.
GENEALOGIES.— WELLS. 449
10. I'lSEPii Smith, s, of Elisha (7), was b. in Hat., Apr. 17,
1842; m. Oct. 19, 1870, Emma, dau. of Daniel G. Phelps of West
Lebanon, X. H. She was b. July 17, 1841, and d. in So. Had.,
Apr. 22, 1896.
Elisha Edward, b. Nov. 5. 1880.
11. De.v. D.x.viel White, s. of Elisha (7), wash. Apr. 17, 1842;
m. Oct. 19, 1875, Hannah Almira, dan. of Dea. Reuben H. Belden
of Hat. She was b. Oct. 8, 1843; d. Jan. 28. 1909. He was a
private in Co. K. 52d Regt., M.V.M.. in the War of the Rebellion;
was in the assault on Port Hudson. La., June 14, 1863.
Ch.: R«iben Field, b. Feb. 13, 1880; Oct. 16. 1907. C, Edward Cowan
in. A. Reairice Fiskc, of Holyoke, who was b. Apr. 3,
Loui«. ReUkn. b. Feb. 5. 1884; m 1S78.
12. Rkl-!ie.n 1-iKi.D. s. of Daniel W. (II), was b. Feb. 13, 1880;
m. Sept. 27, 1905, .\. lleatrice. dau. of Dea. .Myron and Addie Fiske
of Huntington. She was b. Dec. 10. 1879.
Ch.: David Field, b. Jimc 9, 1907.
13. Jonx. s, of Hugh (1 ), was h. i
[came from Stratford. Conn., to Hat.|
m. Sarah . She d. abt. 1743.
Ck.: John, b, Sept. IS. 1670. .^hig;
Sarah. Haini
Marv. Hesn
I Colchester, Eng., in 1628 ;
d. in Hat., Oct, 18. 1692;
450 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Elizabeth, slain by the Indians in the Jonathan.
Hat. massacre, Sept. 19, 1677. Elizabeth.
14. John, s. of John (13), was b. at Hat., Sept. 15, 1670; d. at
Hat., Apr. 21, 1720; m. Rachel, dau. of Samuel Marsh of Hat. She
was b. Oct. 15, 1764.
Ch.: John, b. Mar. 12, 1700; m. Mar- Noah, b. Jan. 18, 1719.
tha Allis. Aaron.
Joseph, b. Mar. 4, 1702; res. in Amh. Sarah.
and Sund. Jonathan.
Samuel, b. Xov. 19, 1704, in Hat.
15. Thomas, s. of Ebenezer (3), was b. at Hat., Sept. 25, 1693;
d. at Dfd., 1744 ; m. Nov. 22. 1726, Sarah, dau. of Eleazer Hawkes
of Dfd. She was b. July 26, 1701 ; d. at What., Oct. 10, 1783. at
the residence of her s.. Rev. Rufus Wells.
Ch.: Rufus, b. Sept. 29, 1743. Thomas.
Eleazer. Augusta.
Ebenezer. Sarah.
Joseph. Capt. Agrippa.
Benjamin. Mary.
16. Rev. Rufus, s. of Thomas (15), was b. at Dfd., Sept. 29.
1743 ; d. Nov. 8, 1834, a. 91. He m. (1) Dec. 16, 1776^ Sarah, dau.
of Rev. Nehemiah Porter of Ashfield; she d. Apr., 1796. He in.
(2) wid. Temperance Shepard of Sharon, Conn., who d. Oct 7.
1830.
Ch.: Sarah, b. Oct. 6, 1777; m. Luke, b. Mar. 28, 1783; d. young.
Charles Dickinson. Luke, b. July 4, 1784.
Rebecca, h. Nov. 27, 1778; m. John Ehzabeth, b. Mar. 25. 1786; m. Allen
Baker. Baker of Beverly.
Son, b. July 5, 1780; d. soon. Sophia, b. Sept. 30. 1787; d. voung.
Thomas, b. Dec. 12, 1781. Daughter, b. Nov. 26, 1789.
17. NoAH, s. of John (14), was b. at Hat., Jan. 18, 1719. He
m. Abigail, dau. of Ebenezer Bardwell of Hat. ; she was b. Oct. 14.
1721. They res. in What, on the west side of Chestnut Plain road.
Late in life he rem. from What.
Ch.: Lemuel, b. abt. 1745. Simeon, b. abt. 1755.
Elisha, b. July 30, 1747, at Hat. Perez, b. Nov. 19. 1757.
Daniel, b. abt. 1749. Violet, b. abt. 1759; m. Joel Morton.
Abigail, b. abt. 1753; m. Jan. 26, , John, b. abt. 1761.
Paul Warner of Williamsburg.
18. Pkrkz, s. of Noah (17), was b. at Hat., Nov. 19, 1757. just
before his father rem. to W' hat. ; died Jan. 23, 1852, a. 94. He m.
Apr. 17, 1783, Elizabeth, dau. of Benoni and Abigail Crafts of
What. She was h. Nov. 11, 1767; d. July 30, 1848. They lived
tof^ether sixty-five years. He was a Revolutionary soldier.
Ch.: Qu'ster. b. Dec. 30, 1782; m. 31, 1794.
Haiiiiah I'.ardwcll^ Luther, b. Oct. 30, 1790; m. Elizabeth
Calvin, b. May 22. 1785; m. Thankful Smith.
Crafts. Rhoda, b. July 13, 1793; d. soon.
Luciuih, h. Mar. U, M'^l \ d. Xw^. Lewis, b. 1795 ; d. soon.
GENEALOGIES.— WELLS— WHITE. 45 1
Isaac, b. Oct., 1797; d. soon. Rhoda, b. May 17, 1806; d. Mar. 15,
Lewis, b. June 3, 1799; m. Pamelia 1853.
Waite. Isaac, b. Nov. 27, 1808; m. Mary S.
Lucinda, b. Aug. 3, 1802; m. Leander Grout.
Clark.
19. Luther, s. of Perez (18), was b. at What., Oct. 30, 1790;
d. at Hat., Sept. 22, 1866; m. May 13, 1818, Elizabeth Smith of
Gfd., who was b. Feb. 7, 1791, and d. Jan. 7, 1862.
Ch.: Charles, b. July 8, 1819, at 6, 1827. Luther d. unm. May 3,
What.; d. unm. May 9, 1907, a 1906, a wealthy man. Elizabeth d.
wealthy citizen of Hat. Oct. 17, 1892.
Joel Smith, b. Dec. 30, 1820, at Perez Milton, b. Mar. 28, 1829; m.
What. ; m. Ann E. Bailey. Lucretia H. Whitman.
Angeline, b. Aug. 15, 1823 ; m. Abner George, b. Dec. 24, 1831 : d. soon.
Daniels. Augusta, b. Apr. 19, 1833; d. unm.
Luther and Elizabeth, twins, b. Feb. Apr. 21, 1907.
20» Perez Milton, s. of Luther (19), was b. Mar. 28. 1829; d.
May 6, 1901 ; m. Dec. 25. 1861. Lucretia H. Whitman of Cumming-
ton. She was b. Sept. 22, 1840; d. Mar. 13, 1899.
Ch.: George H.. b. Oct. 31, 1862; m. Edward L., b. Mar. 28, 1874; d. Mar.
Hattie R. Parsons of Nhn. 13, 1900.
Carrie I., b. Mar. 8, 1864; m. Arthur Albert M., b. Nov. 23, 1875: d. young.
G. Clapp of Dfd. Elizabeth S., b. Jan. 17, 1878: m. H.
Kate, b. Aug. 4, 1866; m. Albert L. Cutler Dickinson.
Dyer of Hat.
THE WHITE FAMILY.
1. ELDER JOHN WHITE was one of the first sett, of Cam-
bridge, Mass., of Hart., and of Had. The first we learn of him
he was a passenger on the ship Lyon, 1632 ; freeman, 1633 ; towns-
man of Cambridge, 1635. In 1636 he rem. to Hart, and was one of
the original proprietors, his home lot being on the east side of
"Governor'* Street; selectman of Hart, in 1642. In 1658 he came
to Had. and was representative, 1664 and 1669. Soon after he rem.
to Hart., where he d. between Dec. 17, 1683, the date of his will,
and Jan. 23, 1684. the date of the inventory of his estate. The
Christian name of his wife was Mary.
Ch.: Mary, m. Jonathan Gilbert. Daniel, m. Sarah Crow.
Nathaniel, b. abt. 1629; m. (1) Eliza- Sarah, m. Stephen Taylor of Hat.
beth ; m. (2) Mrs. Martha Jacob, b. Oct. 8, 1645; m. Elizabeth
Mould. Bunce.
John, m. Sarah Bunce.
2. Sergt. John, s. of Elder John (1), sett, in Hat. His home
lot was on the east side of the main street, the fifth from the south
end of the original allotment. He was buried in Hat., Sept. 15,
1665, a. abt. 35. He m. Sarah Bunce of Hart., and she m. (2)
Nicholas Worthington of Hat. She d. in Hat., June 20, 1676.
Ch. (b. in Hart.) : Sarah, m. Feb. 12, of Thomas and Marv Wells of
1678. John Graves of Hat. Had.
John. m. July 7. 1687. Hannah, dau.
452
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
3. Lieut. Daniel, s. of Elder John (1), sett, in Hat. in 1662.
His home lot was the fourth lot south of the Middle Lane. He m.
Nov. 1, 1661, when she was a. 14 years and 8 months, Sarah, dau.
of John Crow. She was b. in Hart., Mar. 1, 1647, and d. in Hat,
June 26, 1719. He d. in Hat., July 27, 1713.
Ch.: Sarah, b. Oct. 16, 1662; m. Mar.
31, 1680, Thomas Loomis of Hat.,
who (1. Aug. 12, 1688: m. (2) John
Bissell of Windsor, Conn.
Mary, d. Sept. 5, 1664.
Mary, b. Aug. 5, 1665; m. (1)
Wells; m. (2) Barnard.
Elizabeth, b. Nov. 13, 1667; m. July
2, 1688, Dca. Samuel Loomis of
Windsor, Conn. She d. Feb. 18,
1736.
Daniel, b. July 4, 1671 ; m. Sarah
Bissell.
Esther, d. Feb., 1675.
Hannah, b. July 4, 1674 ; d. in infanc\'.
John, b. Nov. 16, 1676 ; d. Aug., 1677.
Esther, m. Dec. 7, 1696. John Ells-
worth.
Hannah, b. Sept., 1679; m. Dea. Na-
thaniel Dickinson of Hat.
Mehitable, b. Mar. 14, 1683 ; ni. Dec.
19, 1705, Jeremiah Bissell of Wind-
sor, Conn.
4, S.vRAH. dau. of Elder John (1), was thrice m. She d. in
Hat., Aug. 10, 1702. She m. (1) Stephen Taylor, who sett, in
Hat. abt. 1662. He was buried there Sept. 8, 1665, just one week
before his brother-in-law, John White, Jr. She m. (2) Oct. 15,
1666, Piarnabas Hinsdale of Hat., who was slain by the Indians
Sc])t. 18, 1675, one of Captain Lathrop's company at Blood}' Brook.
She ni. (3) Walter Hickson of Hat. .
1, 1739.
Mary Hinsdale, b. Mar. ZJ^ 1676.
Ch. (by Walter Hickson): John
Hickson, b. Nov. 7, 1679; d. Julv Z
1691.
Elizabeth Hickson, b. Jan. Ifi, 1681:
prob. d. young.
Jacob Hickson, b. Jan. 26, 1683. Ht
was taken captive by the Indians at
Dfd., Feb. 29. 1704, and was slain
by them at Cowas, N. H., on their
journey to Canada. He was 21
years of age.
Ch. (by Stephen Taylor): Stephen
Taylor, ni. Nov. 27, 1700. Patience
Brown. Thcv had four ch. b. in
Hat.. 1701-1711.
Ch. (by narnai)as Hinsdale) : Barna-
bas Hinsdale, b. Feb. 20. 1668; rem.
to Hart, and d. there Jan. 25, 1725.
Sarah Hinsdale, m. Jan. 8, 1691, Dea.
Samuel Hall of East Middletown,
Conn.
ElizalKth Hinsdale, b. Oct. 29, 1671 ;
d. Mar. 8. 1672.
Isaac Hinsdale, b. Sept. 15, 1673; was
of Hart, in 1697 and d. there Mar.
5. Dka. John. s. of Ser^. John (2). was b. abt. 1663: sett, in
Hat. : was a farmer, 20 years .selectman, ensign in 1707, and deacon
in 171,^. In 1742 he .sold liis house and home lot to his son-in-law.
Daniel White ( see family, 3), who rem. from Bolton, Conn., to Hat.
He lived with liis son-in-law for a few years, as he was resident of
Hat.. ( )ct. 30, 1746. He d. at the home of his s.. Rev. David White
of Hardwick. Xov. 13, 17.^0, a. %7 . He m. July 7. 1687, Hannah.
dau. of Hiomas and Mary Wells of Had. She was b. July 4, 1668.
and d. Dec. 17, 1733.
Ch.: John. 1). Sept. 26. 1689; ni. H)
Mrs Sarah Barber ; ni. (2) Han-
nali Meekins of Hat.
Mary. 1). Jan. 3. 1692; d. in infancy.
Hannah. 1). Mar. 26. 1695; m. John
Ha'^tings. hily 14. 1720.
y\{\r\\ h. 1697; d. vounR.
Jonathan, b. Sept. 18, 1700; m. (1^
Esther , who d. in Hat, Mar
25, 1727; m. (2) Anna , who d.
in Flebron. Mar. 2. 1747; m. (3)
Mrs. Anna Wright, who d. Sept
30. 1777.
"^wtaV. Tw. (U Philip Smith of Had-
GENEALOGIES.— WHITE.
453
and others.
Hlizabeth, m. Daniel White of Hat.
Martha, b. Mar. 14, 1708; m. Nov. 1,
1732, Joseph Olmsted.
David, b. Julv 1, 1710; m. Susanna
Wells.
Eunice, b. Feb. 13, 1713; m. Nov. 1,
1732, Timothy Olcott.
6. Capt. Daniel, s. of Lieut. Daniel (3), was b. in Hat., July
4, 1671. He m. (1) Sarah Bissell of Windsor, Conn. She was b.
Jan. 8, 1672; d. at Hat., July 18, 1703. He m. (2) Anna Bissell of
Windsor, Conn. She was b. Apr. 28, 1675; d. Apr. 21, 1709, at
Windsor, Conn. He m. (3) Elizabeth Bliss of Norwich, Conn.
She was b. Feb. 28, 1687 ; d. July 2, 1757.
Ch. (by Sarah Bissell) : Sarah, b.
1693 ; d. Feb. 24, 1693.
Sarah, b. Aug. 20. 1694; m. Sept. 5,
1716, Daniel Griswold.
Daniel, b. Sept. 5, 1698; m. (1) Mary
Dickinson; m. (2) Elizabeth White.
Thomas, b. July 10, 1701 ; m. Martha
Hunt.
Ch. (bv Anna Bissell) : Joel, b. Apr.
6, 1705.
Elisha, b. Nov. 11, 1706; m. Ann
Field.
Simeon, b. Mar. 11, 1708; m. Jerusha
Wait.
Ch. (by Elizabeth Bliss): Seth, b.
Mar. 6, 1713; d. Jan., 1758.
Lucy. b. June 16. 1715.
Elizabeth, b. May 18, 1717; m. Nov.
4, 1734, Samuel French.
Oliver, b. Mar. 26, 1720; m. Mary
• Beccraft.
7. Capt. Daniel, s. of Capt. Daniel (6), was b. in Hat., Sept.
5,-1698. He rem. with his father's family to Windsor, Conn., but
returned to Hat. as early as the time of his first marriage. In the
spring of the year 1742 he bought for £560 the house and home lot
of his father-in-law, Dea. John White, and again sett, in Hat. He
was one of the selectmen from 1742 to 1763. He d. in Hat., Dec.
15. 1786, a. 88. He m. (1) Oct. 7, 1719, Mary Dickinson of Hat.,
who d. July 8, 1721; m. (2) Jan. 19, 1726, Elizabeth White, dau.
of Dea. John White (5). She d. Julv 4, 1770.
Ch. (by Mary Dickinson) : Salmon,
b. June 23, 1721 ; d. in infancy.'
Ch. (by Elizabeth White) : Daniel, b.
Dec. 28, 1726; m. Submit Morton.
Mary, b. Aug. 30, 1729; m. Dr. Elijah
Paine.
Salmon, bap. Oct. 31, 1731 ; m. Mary
Waite.
Elihu, bap. Apr. 21, 1734; m. Zeruiah
Cole.
Elizabeth, bap. Sept. 5, 1736; m. Gen.
Seth Murray of Hat. He d. Sept.
26, 1795. She d. Feb. 4, 1814.
Hannah, bap. Oct. 26, 1740; prob. d.
young.
8. Daniel, s. of Daniel (7), was b. Dec. 28, 1726; m. 1754,
Submit Morton of Hat. She d. July 21, 1798. In 1777 he was a
member of the '^Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and
Safety." He d. Aug. 18, 1805.
Ch.: Sarah, b. Mar. 6, 1755; m. Mar.
24, 1780, Lieut. Samuel Smith.
Lucy, b. Aug. 23, 1757; m. Jan. 26,
1779, Elijah Smith of Hat.
Hannah, b. June 8, 1759; m. June 22,
1780, Elisha Hubbard of Williams-
burg.
Eunice, b. Oct. 10, 1761 ; m. Mar. 1,
1789, Amasa Wells.
Submit, b. Mar. 28. 1764; m. Feb. 19,
1783, Nathan Bliss.
Daniel, b. Mar. 17, 1766. He was a
physician and lived several years in
Whitestown, N. Y., but returned to
Hat. and d. there without issue Jan.
26. 1848. He m. (1) Mar. 8, 1796,
Lucy Allis of Somers, Conn., who
d. Jan. 7. 1814; m. (2) Sept. 27,
1815, Lucy Burt of Longmeadow.
She was b. Sept. 30, 1773, and d.
Dec. 15, 1833. He m. (3) Sept. 2,
1834, Mrs. Elizabeth (BaitvctoilN
454
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
White, wid. of Cotton White. She
was b. in Wfd., Nov. 8, 1787, and
d. May 20, 1843. He m. (4) Aug.
30, 1843, Mrs. Sarah Burt, wid. of
Moses Burt and dau. of Ebenezer
Fitch of Hat. She was b. Mar. 5,
1779, and d. Feb. 10, 1870.
Elijah, b. Apr. 26, 1768; m. Mary
Smith.
John, b. Feb. 27, 1775 ; bap. and d. the
same day.
9. Dea. Salmon, s. of Capt. Daniel (6), was b. in Bolton, Conn.,
and bap. Oct. 31, 1731 ; sett, in that part of Hat. which became the
town of What, in 1771 ; was chosen moderator of the first tovsn
meeting of What. ; was a member of the third Provincial Congress
in Mass. ; was chosen deacon of the chh. in What., Apr. 16, 1773.
He d. June 21, 1815. He m. Mary Waite, who was b. Oct. 17,
1730, and d. June 22, 1821.
Ch.: Salmon, b. Sept. 22, 1760; m.
(1) Lydia Amsden; m. (2) Mrs.
Anna Allis.
John, b. Jan. 9, 1762; m. Elizabeth
Brown.
Mary, b. Jan. 24, 1764; m. Ebenezer
Anns, Jr.
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 18, 1766; m. Perez
Hastings of Hat.
Mercy, b. Mar. 3, 1768; m. Asahel
Wright.
Judith, b. Dec 29, 1770 ; d. unm. Apr.
18, 1824.
Thomas, b. Apr. 12, 1773; m. Hannah
Harwood.
Electa, b. Sept 22, 1775; m. Josiah
Allis.
10. Lieut. Elihu, s. of Capt. Daniel (7), was b. in Bolton,
Conn., in 1734. He sett, in Hat. ; was one of the selectmen in 1771 ;
was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775 and thrice after-
ward. He m. Zeruiah Cole. dau. of Ebenezer Cole of Hat.
Ch.: Electa, b. June 4, 1764; m. Ben-
jamin Morton of Hat.
Ebenezer, b. Feb. 28, 1766; m. Mary
Dickinson.
Elihu, b. Dec. 17, 1767; m. Sarah
Smith.
Lois, b. Oct. 14, 1769; m. Joseph
Smith, 2d.
Anna, b. Dec. 14, 1771 ; m. Elias Ly-
man of Vermont
Patty, b. Dec. 14, 1773; m. Elihu
Robbins.
Betsey, b. Jan. 28, 1776; m. Wyllys
J. Cadwell.
Nabby, b. Apr. 30, 1778; m. Isaac
Freeman.
Jonathan Cole, b. Feb. 17, 1780; m.
Cynthia Parkhurst.
11. Elijah, s. of Daniel (8), was b. in Hat., Apr. 26, 1768;
d. Feb. 18, 1831. He m. Apr. 19, 1792, Mary Smith, 3d, of Hat
She was b. Nov. 7, 1769; d. Dec. 1, 1853.
Ch.: John, b. Aug. 22, 1792; m. (1)
Sophia White; m. (2) Elizabeth
Drake.
Betsey and Electa, twins, b. Nov. 3,
1794. Electa m. Stearns Hubbard.
Marv. b. Dec. 13, 1795; m. George
Wait.
Submit, b. Aug. 7, 1798; m. Sylvester
Bliss.
George, b. Dec. 28. 1799; m. Delia
Sheldon.
Daniel, b. Nov. 2, 1801 ; m. Lucy E.
Rice. He d. Apr. 13, 1864.
Quartus, b. Dec. 26, 1803 ; d. Sept. 3,
1805.
Lucy Ann, b. Jan. 22, 1806; m. Sal-
mon D. Bardwell.
Louisa, b. Sept. 25, 1808: m. Seth
Bardwell.
Quartus. b. Feb. 1, 1811; m. Julia
Ann Wilkie.
12. Ebexezkr, .s. of Elihu (10). was b. Feb. 28, 1766; d. Jan.
6. 1826. He 111. Jan. 10, 1793, Mary, dau. of Elijah Dickinson.
She wa.s ]). Jan. 17, 1772, and d. May 11, 1850.
GENEALOGIES.— WHITE. 455
Ch.: Sophia, b. Dec. 6, 1793; m. John Harriet, b. July 15, 1806; d. Mar. 8,
White. 1809.
Mary, b. May 5, 1799; m. (1) Dr. Charlotte, b. Oct. 9, 1808; m. Charles
Chester Johnson of Had.; m. (2) Morris Billings.
Medad Vinton. Silas Dickinson, b. Dec. 25, 1810; m.
Eliza, b. May 22, 1801; m. Josiah Amanda Clapp.
Allis of What Horace, b. Mar. 6, 1815; d. unm.
Julianna, b. July 8, 1804; m. Elijah Dec. 24, 1844.
Hubbard of Hat.
13. Elihu, Jr., s. of Lieut. Elihu (10), was b. in Hat, Dec. 17,
1767. He res. there, and d. June 26, 1816. He m. July 5, 1792,
Sarah Smith of Hat.
Ch.: Lemira. m. Seth Kingsley. line Townsley of Walpole, N. H.
Moses, b. Oct. 24, 1794; d. Dec. 8, Sarah, b. Apr. 6, 1806; m. Sept. 3,
1811. 1834, Alexander H. Harman.
Theda, b. Apr. 4, 1798. Edward, b. Mar. 18, 1810; m. Jeru-
Prescott, b. Sept. 15, 1801; m. Caro- sha King.
14. Jonathan Cole, s. of Lieut. Elihu (10), was b. in Hat,
Feb. 17, 1780. He sett, in Hartford, Vt., where he d. Aug. 17, 1844.
He was a hatter. He m. Cynthia Parkhurst, who d. Nov. 16, 1828.
Ch.: Caroline, b. 1805; m. Sidney Barlow of Vermont
15. John, s. of Elijah (11), was b. in Hat, Aug. 22, 1792;
rem. to Groton, Ohio. He m. (1) Jan. 27, 1820, Sophia White,
dau. of Ebenezer (12). She was b. Dec. 6, 1793; d. Jan. 10, 1853.
He m. (2) Mar. 13, 1854, Elizabeth Drake of Groton.
Ch. (by Sophia White) : Ebenezer, b. George, b. July 28, 1828; m. Oct. 10,
Aug. 5, 1822; m. Mar. 11, 1855, 1854, Emily Graves of Margaretta,
Ellen Jones of Margaretta, Ohio. Ohio.
Elijah D., b. Dec. 15, 1824; m. Dec. John, b. Jan. 27, 1831; m. Mar. 2,
15, 1852, Harriet Smith of Groton, 1858, Mary Rogers of Margaretta,
Ohio. Ohio.
Mary S.. b. Oct. 28, 1826; m. Apr. 9, Ch. (by Elizabeth Drake) : Ida Eliz-
1848, Erasmus D. Graves of Mar- abeth, b. 1855.
garetta, Ohio.
16. George, s. of Elijah (11), was b. in Hat., Dec. 28, 1799.
He d. in July, 1837. He m. Feb. 10, 1831, Delia Sheldon of Roch-
ester, N. Y., who m. (2) David Patterson of Rochester, N. Y.
Ch.: Julia, d. a. 6. Oliver, b. Apr., 1836.
17. Daniel, s. of Elijah (11), was b. in Hat., Nov. 2, 1801. He
m. Aug. 18, 1835, Lucv E., dau. of Josiah Rice of Con. She d. in
Hat., Dec. 22, 1837. He d. in Ohio, Apr. 13, 1864.
Ch.: Frances Amelia, b. July 26, 1837; d. Apr. 24, 1860.
18. QuARTUS, s. of Elijah (11), was b. in Hat., Feb. 1, 1811.
He m. Apr. 1, 1840, Julia Ann, dau. of Henry Wilkee. She was b.
Nov. 3, 1818; d. Aug. 16, 1896. He d. Aug. 2, 1879.
Ch.: Jerusha Williams, b. Feb. 14, Marv Emeline, b. Oct. 10, 1846; m.
1841 ; d. Jan. 14, 1871. Seth W. Kingsley.
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APPENDIX.
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APPENDIX.
Note 1. The town seal.
Hatfield adopted its seal in January, 1896. An official seal was
then needed to be placed upon the bonds to be issued for securing
the town water supply. It was designed by Thomas Shepherd of
Northampton, who, with the design, submitted the following de-
scription : —
**The historic days are represented on the left of the design by the fat
cattle, broom corn, Indian tomahawk, and pipe of peace (indicative of early
wars and peace with the savages), inclosed in a ribbon bearing the date
1670, the year the town was incorporated, and on which is also inscribed
the town's motto^' Industry and Prosperity.*
**The latter word and a portion of the ribbon entwines the agricultural
implements — plow, rake, fork, hoe — and occupies the right side, which repre-
sent modern days and where stands prominently near the center a spirited
thoroughbred horse, and back of him toward the edge a full tobacco plant.
"In the center of the design is a representative elm tree, of which the
town has many grand specimens that are widely appreciated, and in the
distance is the old church, flanked on one side by a glimpse of the most
acceptable Smith Academy and on the other by the Dickinson Memorial
Librar>', welcome evidences of two of Hatfield's prosperous children ; while
winding off southerly is a representation of the broad and calmly-flowing
Connecticut river, whose frequent deposits have formed and enriched the
meadows."
Note 2. Church difficulties at Hartford.
The following account of the difficulties in the church at Hart-
ford is taken from Judd's "History of Hadley" : —
"The church at Hartford was one of the largest and most eminent in
^ew England, and the two ministers, Mr. Thomas Hooker and Mr. Samuel
Stone, though unlike in some respects, were both great and good men, whose
praise was in all the churches. Mr. Hooker was firm and decided, yet
prudent and conciliatory, and there was no serious trouble or discord in the
crhurch while he lived. In a few years after his death, which happened
July 7, 1647, a contention arose, having Mr. Stone and a majority of the
crhurch on one side, and a strong minority on the other. Several on each
side were men of distinction in the town and colony. The origin of the
difficulty has not been clearly stated by any writer. Hubbard alludes to
different opinions concerning the extension of the privileges of those not
church members, and says, 'The first appearance of disturbance which on
That account happened among them was occasioned on a call of a person to
supply the place of Mr. Hooker.' He does not tell when this occurred, nor
^'ho was the person to whom a call was given. In another place he says
toe differences at first were 'about the enlarging of baptism and such like
accounts.' Mather says the misunderstanding began between Mr. Stone and
tJie ruling elder (William Goodwin), but its origin was obscure. Trumbull
460 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
supposes 'tliat some member had been admitted, or baptism administered,
which Elder Goodwin conceived to be inconsistent with the rights of the
brotherhood and the strict principles of the Congregational churches.*
"The minority were attached to the Congregational way of church order
as professed and practiced under Mr. Hooker ; they seemed to adhere to the
Cambridge Platform, and were opposed to all important changes. They were
sometimes called 'strict Congregationalists.' On the other hand, \Ir. Stone
was endeavoring to introduce some new practices into the church : to effect
some innovations that were displeasing to the minority; and he seems to
have been sustained by a majority of the church. Trumbull is of the
opinion that his changes related to three subjects, and that the whole
controversy related to them, viz.. the qualifications for baptism, church
membership, and the rights of the brotherhood. These three points require
some explanation.
"1. Baptism. Hitherto only members of churches in full communion had
their children baptized. Now many ministers and others desired to enlarge
the subjects of baptism, and a council or synod from Massachusetts and
Connecticut met at Boston in June, 1657, and decided that baptism might be
extended to the children of such parents as were not scandalous, and would
own the covenant, though not members of the church in full communion.
Mr. Stone was one of this council, and is supposed to have advocated the
introduction of this new measure, this 'half-way covenant,' as it was subse-
quently called. Another synod met in Boston in 1662 and recommended the
same practice. This alteration met with opposition in both colonies, and was
but slowly introduced.
"2. Church Membership. From the settlement of New England only
those who gave some evidence of their faith and repentance were admitted
to communion by the churches. There were individuals, perhaps many, who
desired to have all admitted to the Lord's Supper who had competent knowl-
edge, and whose conduct was not immoral, though not professing to be
regenerate. No evidence has been adduced to show that Mr. Stone, or any
other minister, or the majority of any church, at the time of the Hartford
contentions, were in favor of such a latitude in admitting members to com-
munion. The council at Boston in 1657, which approved of 'owning the
covenant,' was decisive against receiving any to full communion, except those
who manifested faith and repentance. It may be doubted whether Mr. Stone
differed much from Elder Goodwin and the minority on the question of full
church membership.
"3. The Rifi^hts of the Brotherhood. Trumbull says, 'Mr. Stone's ideas
of Congregationalism appear to have bordered more on Presbyterianism, and
less on independence, than those of the first ministers in the country in
general.' These ideas of Mr. Stone, with actions in some degree correspond-
ing, will account for much of the controversy at Hartford. He was probably
considered by the minority as claiming too much power, and encroaching
upon the rights of the brethren.
"The papers containing the chief points upon which the parties differed,
their grievances and complaints, and the decisions of the councils that were
called to compose their differences, have not been preserved, except the
account of the proceedings of the last council in 1659. Indeed, the progress-
of the controversy is nearly as obscure as its origin."
XoTK 3. Draining the home lots on the east side of the street -
The following agreement, copied from the proprietors* record?
shows the reason for opening a ditch and how the work w^as done :-
".'\greement of Samuel Dickinson and nine other persons for the draina
of the Home lots on the East side of Hatfield: —
"May 14. 1706.
'*To all Christian people to whom these Presents shall come. Know ye
that the inhabitants of the East side of the Town of Hatfield viz : such of
them as hold proper Home lots and are the subscribers unto this Indenture
APPENDIX. 451
and agreement, Sendeth Greeting: That whereas by the inevitable hand of
God's Providence in the late flood, we are under great inconveniences as to
our mundane affairs by reason thereof, it letting in the water upon our grain
and grass ground in our said Home lots and is there left standing and
continueing to the indangering the loss of our crops if not speedily drained,
or otherwise emptied. And whereas we the subscribers have had several
consultations, and several projections have been proposed for the effecting
said design. We the subscribers above said have unanimously agreed as
follows.
**That we will forthwith, without any further delay make a drain in
Nathaniel Dickinsons Maltsters home lot from the pond or ponds to the
great river, each proprietor working out his proportion thereof, either by
his own hands labor, or by procuring good hands and sending them daily,
until said design be fully effected. Each mans proportion shall be adjusted
according to the benefit he recieves, and in case of dissatisfaction, or non
agreement in, about their proportion of work above said, it shall be left to
the judgement and decision of two or three indifferent men mutually chosen
by the parties above said. And whereas it cannot be expected but that said
Dickinsons Home lot will be damnified by making said drain therein. We the
subscribers do by these Presents jointly and severally bind ourselves, our
heirs, executors, and administrators, to the above named Nathl. Dickinson,
his heirs and successors, to make him full satisfaction for all damages accru-
ing thereby, he bearing his part and proportion thereof. Also we further
agree that the whole charge of said drain as getting timber for and making
the troughs and procuring all other necessaries for, in, or about said work
shall he proportioned by the rule above said, viz : By the benefit received, and
also to dig a trench across all such lots as shall be needful to empty said
pond, by the same rule. To the true performance of the covenant and agree-
ment a])ove written. We the subscribers do by these Presents bind ourselves
our heirs, executors and administrators, firmly each to other, to do and
perform every clause and article of this our agreement according to the true
intent and meaning thereof. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this 14th day of May, in the 5th year of her Majesties reign.
Anno Domini 1706.
V Saml. Dickinson [Scall
I John Whitk [Seal]
**Sii?ned sealed and de- I Nathl. Dickinson Jun. [Seal]
livered in presence and ( Ebenr, Billings [Seal]
Witness of us John Belding [Seal]
Richard Scott / Danl. Warner [Seal]
Thomas Ha. stings Jun. V Saml. Billing [Seal]
Thomxs Mkekins j Nathl. Dickinson Malstr [Seal]
/ Jer. Alvari) [Seal]
Nathl. Coleman [Seal]
"This is a true com* of the original covenant and agreement, here
entered this 15th day of May 1706. and attested by
"Thomas Hastings Jun, Toum Clerk.
N(»TK 4. Hatfield, England.
Hatfield, England, is thus described in Murray's **Han(lbook of
Hertfortl.shire, Bedfordshire, and Huntingdon.shire" : —
"A quaint, old-fashioned market town lying along a hillside, overshadowed
by the trees and oaks of Hatfield House, with narrow streets, old houses,
shops curiou.sly low, everywhere clean and cheerful. There is a modern, but
not attractive, suburb, known as the 'New Town,' one half mile north of the
old town. .-Kway by the Lea are some large mills.
"The church of St. Etheldreda is one of the largest in the country, dating
from Norman times. Sali.sl)ury chapel on the north of the chancel was
erected ])v R()l)ert Cecil, Earl' of Salisbury (died 1616), the builder of
Hatfield House.
APPENDIX. 463
"Hatfield House, the magnificent Jacobean mansion of the Marquis of
Salisbury, K. G., stands in a fine park east of the town. The bishops of Ely
made Hatfield a residence and built themselves a sumptuous palace there,
whence the place came to be designated 'Bishops' Hatfield' to distinguish it
from other places of a like name.
"Hatfield Park, the finest in the country, is ten miles in circumference,
undulating, with the Lea flowing through it, and abounding in noble trees.
Some of the trees are famous. The Lion oak near the house is over 30
feet in girth, of a remarkable antiquity, and though dilapidated from age,
still verdant. More famous, however, is Queen Elizabeth's oak by the
avenue — Hatfield Park is celebrated for its avenues — leading towards the
vineyard and the river Lea. According to tradition Elizabeth was sitting
reading under this oak when the news was brought her of the death of Queen
Mary. In a cabinet in the library is kept the broad-brimmed hat she wore
when she received the message."
Edward VI. and Elizabeth were both residents of Hatfield when called
to the throne. It was visited by James I., Charles I. (as a prisoner), George
III., and Victoria.
The population in 1901 was 7,551.
Note 5. The adventures of Jonathan IVells,
This account of the remarkable escape of Jonathan Wells, **the
boy hero," after the rout of Captain Turner's command, was given
by George Sheldon of Deerfield at the 212th anniversary of the
attack by the Indians on Hatfield of Sept. 19, 1677, and printed also
in his **History of Deerfield."
"Lying before me, as I write, is a manuscript, from which some vandal
has cut the signature, but clearly in the handwriting of Stephen, son of
Rev. John Williams, dated 'Springfield, L. M. [Longmeadow], Feb. 1. 1731/2.'
The substance of this was published by Rev. John Taylor, in an appendix
to The Redeemed Captive,' in 1793, but it seems fitting to give the entire
paper on this occasion. Mr. Taylor prefaces the story by saying it was *the
substance of an attested copy of the account, taken from his own mouth.*
At the date of this manuscript Mr. Wells, the hero in fact and name, was
living in Deerfield, where he died Jan. 3, 1738/9. To this paper will be
added some statements connected with it, from other MSS. in the same hand-
writing, together with a tradition elucidating one point in the narrative.
"escape of JONATHAN WELLS.
"I shall give an account of the remarkable providences of God towards
Jonathan Wells Esq then aged 16 years and 2 or 3 months who was in this
action [at the Falls fight, May 19]. He was wth the 20 men yt were obliged
to fight wth the enemy to recover their horses; after he mounted his horse
a little while (being then in the rear of ye company), he was fird at by three
Indians who were very near him ; one bullet passed so near him as to brush
his hair another struck his horse behind a third struck his thigli in a place
which before had been broken by a cart wheel & never set, but the bones
lapd & so grew together so yt altho one end of it had been struck and the
bone shatterd by ye bullet, yet the bone was not wholly lossd in ye place
where it had knit. Upon receiving his wound he was in danger of falling
from his horse, but catching hold of ye horse's maine he recovered himself.
The Indians perceving they had wound'd him, ran up very near to him, but
he kept ye Inds back by presenting his gun to ym once or twice. & when
they stoped to charge he got rid of them & got up to some of ye company.
[In this flight for life, as appears by another scrap of our MSS.. he stopped
and took up behind him Stephen Belding, a boy companion of sixteen years,
who thus escaped.] Capt. Turner, to whom he represented ye difficulties of
ye men in ye rear & urgd yt he either turn back to yr relief, or tarry a little
till they all come up & so go off in a body ; but -^c C^v*^. t^\\\\ Vfc VtA
454 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
'better save some, than lose all,' and quickly ye army were divided into
severaf parties, one pilot cr>'ing out, *if you love your lives follow me';
another yt was acquanted wth ye woods cryd *if you love your lives follow
me.' Wells fell into the rear again and took wth a small company yt
separated from others yt run upon a parcel of Indians near a swamp & was
most of ym killed. They then separated again & had about ten men left
with him. and his horse failing considerably by reason of his wound, &
himself spent wth bleeding, he was left with one John Jones, a wounded
man likewise. He had now got about 2 miles from ye place where yy did
ye exploit in. & now yy had left ye track of ye company & were left both
by ye Indians yt persued ym and by their own men that should have tarried
with ym. These two men were unacquainted wth ye woods, & without anny
track or path. J. W. had a gun & J. J. a sword. J. J. represented ye
badness of his wounds, & made his companion think they were certainly
mortall, and therefore when yy separated in order to find the path, J. W.
was glad to leave him, lest he shd be a clog or hindrance to him. Mr. W.
grew faint, & once when yc indians prest him, he was near fainting away,
but by eating a nutmeg, (which his grandmother gave him as he was going
out.) he was revivd. After traveling awhile, he came upon Green river,
and followd it up to ye place calld ye Country farms, and passd over
Green river, & attempted to go up ye mountain, but as he assend'd the hill
he faint'd & fell from his horse ; but after a little he came to himself &
found yt his horse's bridle hung upon his hand & his horse was standing
by him. He tyed his horse and laid down again. At length he grew so
weak yt lie cd not get upon his horse, & conclud'd he must dye there himself,
& so pitying his horse he dismissd him, never thinking to take any provision
from him. altho he had three meals of provision behind him. Abt noon this,
& at al)t sun an hour high at nt. being disturbed by ye flies, he stopd ye
touch hole of his gun & struck fire, & set ye woods on fire; but there being
much rubbish, he had like to have been burnt up by it, not being able to
get out of yo way ; hut by scraping away ye leaves, &c., he was wth much
difficulty preserved from burning; his hands and hair were much burnt, not-
withstanding all yt he cd do. He then made a fire of some wood yt lay in
his reach & lay down by it. Now new fears arose : He concluded yt hi?
fire would direct the indians where to come to find him, & being so weak
he cd not stand or go, concluded he must then be killed by yc indians; he
fiung away his powder horn one way and his bullet pouch another, yt >">'
might not have ym ; reserving a little horn of powder yt he might have one
shot Ix'fore yy killed him ; but wn ye fire spread considerably, he expected >y
wd 1k' a< like to look in one place as another, and again took courage &
took some tow & stopd into his wound, & bound it up wth his hand
kerchief & neckcloth, & so securely laid him down to sleep: and when
asleep, he dreamt yt his grandfather came to him & told him he was lost,
but yt he must go down yt river till he came to ye end of ye mountain &
then turn away upon ye plain, (he was now abt 12 miles from Deerfield) &
yt wa^ yc way home. When he awoke in ye morning, (having been refresht
by hi^ >leop & his bleeding being stof)d), he found he had some strength &
found yt with ye help of his gun for a staff he cd go after a poor fashion;
wluMi yc sun arose he foimd himself lost (tho before he thot ye direction in
ye dream was ([uite wrong), but upon considering ye rising of ye sun. &c.. he
resohod t<> go according to ye direction of ye dream (he had now got 6
miles further from home than ye place was where they did their exploit upon
ye encniy ) & picking up his powder horn & bidlets he girt up himself & set
forward fl<>wn ye river & found yt at length he came to ye end of ye moun-
tain & to a plain ( a^ in his dream, which before he knew nothing of, for he
wa< never above ye i)lacc calld Hatfield Clay Gully before this expedition.
& when he went up 'twas nt, as before observd, & he was now many miles
from aii\- place wliere \e army came).
"lie travelled upon ye plain till he came to a foot path wch led up to ye
road lie went out in, where he cd see ye tracks of ye horses. He travelled
by leaninir upon his gun as a staff, & so he came down to D'd river, but did
not kii(»u how t<» gel over. We mei \vU\ much difficulty, for ye stream card
APPENDIX. 455
his lame leg acrost ye other leg ; but at length by putting the muzzell of his
gun into ye water (for he was loth to wet ye lock), he got over, but filled
the muzzell of his gun wth gravel & sand. Being much spent when he got
up ye bank, he laid down under a walnut bush & fell asleep, and wn he
awoke an indian was coming over ye river in a cano to him coming ashore
to him near — ^his distress was great; he cd not run from his enemy & was
quite incapacitated from fighting (his gun being full oi sand & gravel), but
he presented his gun, & when tfie indian discovered him, he jumped out of
his cano, (leaving his own gun wch was in ye head of ye cano), & made his
escape & went and told ye indians yt ye English army was come again for
he had seen one of ye scouts. Mr. W., suspecting the indians wd come to
search for him, went away into a swamp (yt was hard by) and finding two
great trees yt had been left by ye flood lying at a little distance from each
other & covered over wth rubbish, he crept in betwixt them & within a little
while heard a running to & fro in ye swamp, but saw nothing ; within a little
while all was still, and he ventured to proceed on his journey.
"(The indians afterwards gave out that a Narragansett indian was going
up the river after eals, that he saw ye track of a man in ye path (yt went up
ye bank) & was going to see, & saw a man on ye bank & jumped out of ye
cano, & went & told ye indians ye English army were coming again ; yt he
had seen one of ye scouts, upon wh yy went to ye place, but not seeing any-
thing, yy concluded he was afrightd groundlessly, for ye Narragansetts, yy
sd, were no better than squaws, &c., & so yy made no strict search.)"
"[A digression, but not to be skipped.] — The Indian story alone
appears to be an attempt to cover up the humiliating fact of their
being outwitted by a crippled boy. It is not improbable that Wells
told the story as written, with the double purpose of annoying the
Indians on a sensitive point, and of concealing the artifice for future
emergencies. No one brought up on Cooper's novels could for a
moment believe that Wells escaped in the manner described, and
from the writer's boyhood this part of the story has thrown a
shadow of doubt over the whole account of this romantic experience.
Any one closely observing a pile of driftwood in situ will see how
difficult it must be for the most careful hand to remove any part of
it without leaving unmistakable evidence of the disturbance. And
the trail of the hobbling boy from the track 'in ye path yt went up
ye bank' to the great trees and rubbish 'left by ye flood' in the swamp
must have been patent to the most casual eye, let alone an Indian
on the trail of an enemy. A more interesting and romantic story of
border warfare in real life is rarely met with. Carefully trace the
events as modestly, naively told, with no whining and no complaint.
Note the hero's bravery and coolness when attacked; his knightly
courtesy in stopping in his flight to rescue Belding; his thoughtful-
ness for those behind, and his judgment in pleading with Captain
Turner to keep his command in a lx)dy; his humanity in releasing
his horse ; his resignation when lying down to die ; his forethought
in putting out of the reach of the foe his powder horn and bullets ;
his courage in preparing for 'one more shot' ; his expedient for
lig'hting a fire to keep off the insects : his self-possession in building
a fire to lie down by, after his narrow escape from being burned to
death ; his clear headedness when iost' or 'turned round' in the
morning ; his persistent care for his gun and ammunition : his
ingenuity in saving himself when in the very jaws of the enemy;
his fortitude under the discouragements by t\\e way, ^lxv^Xvvs^ ^^v^^'^-
466 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
ents for overcoming them ; his reverence and care for the dead at
Bloody Brook. Here stand, clearly revealed, traits of the noblest
character, in a lad ripened to self-reliance by the exigencies of fron-
tier life. It is with great satisfaction that the writer is able to
dissipate the faint shadow resting upon the narrative.
"The key to this 'remarkable escape is found in a tradition handed
down in the family, and given me by Rodney B. Field, of Guilford,
Vt. By this it appears that the 'two great trees yt had been left by
ye flood lying a little distance from each other and covered over with
brush' were lying, one end on the river bank, with the other pro-
jecting into, and supported by, the water. Wading along to the
nearest tree, ducking his head under its trunk, and standing erect
between the two, with head above water, Wells was securely hidden,
and no trace of his footsteps was left. This was a device which
might well baffle his pursuers and was worthy of Leatherstocking
himself. The real danger — that which could not have been fore-
seen— appeared when the Indians in their 'running to & fro' stopped
for a moment on this cover ; under their weight it sank, forcing the
poor boy's head under water, so that several times he was nearly
drowned.
[Narrative resumed] : **In Deerfield Meadows he found some horses'
bones, from which he got away some small matter; found two rotted beans
in ye meadows where ye indians had thrashed yr beans, & two blew birds'
eggs, wch was all ye provision he had till he got home. He got up to Dfd
town plat before dark, Saturday, but ye town was burned before & no inhab-
itants, so he kept along. His method of travelling was to go a little ways
& then lye down to rest, & was wont to fall asleep, biit in ye nt twice he
mistook himself when he awoke, & went back again till coming to some
remarkable places, he was convinced of his mistake & so turned abt again,
& at length he took this method, to lay ye muzzell of his gun towards his
course, but losing so much, he was discouraged & laid himself down once
& again, expecting to dye; but after some recruit was encouraged to set
forward again, but meeting wth these difficulties he spent ye whole nt in
getting to muddy brook Cor, as some call it, bloody brook) ; here he buried
a man's head in ye path, yt was drawn out of ye grave by some vermin, with
clefts of wood, &c., and upon ye road to H'f'd was (like Samson after the
slaughter of ye Philistines) distressd for want of drink, & many times ready
to faint, yet got no water till he came to Clay Gully, but divers times he was
rcfresht by holding his head over candlewood knots yt were on fire, ye woods
being then on fire on ye plains, & got to Hatfield between meetings on Salh
bath day.
"He lay lame under Dr. Locke for some time, and was under Mrs. Allen
& Mr. Buckley four years & 2 months (in all) & never had anything allowd
him for time or smart, tho yy pd ye surgeon ; he lay at one time half a year
in one spot on a bed. without being turned once, or once taken out: often
disparcd of his life; all his skin came off his back by lying in one posture.
"The Indians have given the account following to Jonathan Wells. Esq..
viz.: That the Monday after the fight. 8 Englishmen that were lost came
to thom and offered to submitt themselves to them, if they would not put
them to death, but whether they promised them quarter or not, they took
them, and burnt them ; the method of Burning them was to cover them with
thatch and put fire to it. and set them a running; and when one coat of
thatoli was 1)iirnt up. tliey would put on another, & the Barbarous creatures
that have given tliis account of their inhumanitv, have in a scoffing manner
added, tliat the l-'nglishmen would cry out as they were burning, *Oh dear!
oh dear !' The indians themselves account it very unmanly to moan or make
ado under the torments and cr\\e\\\c?> o\ \\v^\t ^w^twv^^ ^Vvo ^ut them to Death."
APPENDIX. 457
'E 6. Official correspondence in relation to the ransom of the
es taken Sept, ip, i6//.
tier from Major John Pynchon to Captain Sylvester Salisbury.
[New York Colonial MSS., XXIV]
rssed: *These ffor his Honored f fried Capt Salisbury: Commander
I Chiefe at ffort Albany. Hast. Post hast, for his Maties Special
ervice. J
"Springfield October 5th 1677
Salisbury.
rthy Sr Yastarday Morning I Reed yor kind lines by Benja Waite,
►y I vnderstand yor sympathy with vs in or sad disaster by ye Indians ;
readiness in making Inquiry & greate forwardness to do what Possible
yor for vs wch I haue abundant cause to acknouledge & doe most
ully accept frm yor hands, & as to yor opinion of the Maquas
wks] being free & assureing me of their Innocency, 1 doe fully concur
u having sattisfaction frm what you wrot & from Ben Waites Relation,
put it out of all doubt, God in his P'vidence hath sent in one of 8
ted men, Benoni Stebbings by name, wch is Ve occasion of these lines
Ife by Post, to give you an accot thereoff & desire you to put ye Maquas
sueiug their & our Enymys there being greate likelyhood of ye Maquas
cing ym.
noni Stebbings came in to Hadly last night in ye night, whose relation
It to mc wch being but an houre since I had it, I psently resolved vpon
I Post to you. Take his relation as followeth : The company of In-
vas twenty only about sixe or 7 squas made 26 in all. Thej' were this
{ Indiars belonging to Nalwotogg all of ym but one a Narriganset.
ame froe Canada 3 Months agoe, & had bin Hunting & were doubtfuU
r to fall on Northampton or Hatfield, at last resolved on Hatfield &
away from Hatfield 17 psons & 3 from Deerfield, besides ys man that
t in, so yt they haue 20 captives wth ym 3 of ym being men & all well
»ays when they took ym at Deerfield after the Noise & Whoops were
t Deeiefield, their first Inquiry was whether there were any Maqvas
ibouts & vpon Information yt some had been there, & were supposed
be farr off, they were all husht. & startled &) greately afraid & goeing
away forth wth, they took vp their Lodging at Deerefield River
& next day crossed ye greate River vizt Conecticot to ye east side of
next day crossed ye River againe, afterwards they Passed ye River
ymes having cannoes wherein they carryed ye women & children being
\ days Journey above Squakheag [Northfield] they sent a company of
)ut halfe of ym to Nashaway, to call of some Indians yt haue bin
II this tyme of ye war & took Benoni Stebbings along wth ym thither.
I to Nashaway ponds, there were 3 Indian men & about halfe a score
aws wth there children these they went too to take along wth ym
travelled from ye company they left 2 days to Squakheag & then
Squakheag somewhat more than thirty miles to ym Indians neere
vay who Pluckt up their stakes having plenty of fish especially celes,
y dryed huckleberrys but no corne: This Benoni being sent with 2
to carry Hucclc berrys Ran away from them, & was psently psued by
len & at one tyme was but a swamp between ym but night comeing on
ped from his psuers : He says yt one of ye Indians yt they had from
Nashaway Ponds, semes to be a counsellor & wth him they consulted
k spake of sending to ye English, but at last resolved for Canada, yet
f making a forte a greate way vp the River & abiding there this
talked also of carving the captives to ye French & selling ym to ye
which he concludes they resolved on, but make but slow Passage,
so many women and children : He concluded it would be, It may be,
J er they get to ye Lake hunting by ye way. It was Tuesday morning
X he escaped from ye pty wch carved him with them nere Nashaway,
had above 30 miles to goe back to Squakheag, and then neere 2 d.
\f more to ye rest above Squakheag : Ye way he says vp this River
468 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
is vnpassable for English men & their goeing is by Barken cannoes much of
ye way & then to ye best side of ye River men foote it leaving ye worst way:
The unpassableness of ye way renders it vnpossible for us to psue or doc
any good: But ye conveying speedy word to ye Maquas gives not only a
Possibility of their overtaking ym ym wch Deare Sr is ye end of these lines
to you: To request you (if none of ye Maqua Sachems be at Albany) to
send at our chnage to ye Chiefe of ye Maqvas & give ym an occot of matters,
& desire their speedy psueing these Bloody Villians & enamys of ym & forth-
with & without any delay, by which means I hope this Barbarous Crew (who
are enemys to Religion Civility & all humanity & haue so deeply Imbrued
their hands in most Innocent Blood) may be met with in their retume, before
they come to ye Lake or at ye Lake & so our captives Recovered for wch we
shall give ye Maques suitable rewards. Good Sr put forward ye Maques
to surprise & cut of these villaines. Let ym know yt it will be a greate
demonstration of their fidelity & friendship to vs & it is a very Lukey
opportunity for ym to kill & catch Indians whom they so much hunt
after. And this man yt is come home says they dread Maquas, & all
their feare was least some Maquas should psue ym they did not expect or
think yt English could & desired to get out of ye Maquas way at first goeing
off from Deerefield & thinkeing they were got high enough vp from them
a little ye more secure & at rest: So yt now I beleeve they are at
ease & will make so slow prgress having beside our women & children a
psell of their owne women & children to clogg ym yt they may safely be
taken. And the lighting upon & destroying this company of ye enemy (being
it is said 17 men yt is come in ye remaining strength of this river Indians)
will be a breaking Blow to ym & a greate meanes of our security. I pray sr
doe what you can to lugage ye Maquas to goe out forthwith to deale effeau-
ally in it we desire to do our duty & waite for ye salvation of God.
"Sr excuse my scribling I am in great hast to send away ye Messenger
to Westficld this Night : bee the speed in getting ye Macques to goe out
upon ye enymy before they get on ye Lake is all in all: If they can but come
vp with ym it will be easy to take ym : for I tell you their strength as ye
man relates. & how they are clogged with women & children. I doubt not
of yor helpfulness in this exigence wch will abundantly Ingage vs & uth
greate Readyness shall sattisfie what ye disburse: Wth my endeared Love
& Respects to you commending you to ye ptection of ye Almighty God, I
remaine Sr
"Yor verv loving ffriend & servant
"JOHN PYNCHOX.
"Ben Waite is gon home before this Intelligence cam to me. He talkt of
goeing to Canada before & I suppose will rather be forward to it now than
backward. Possible he may be at Albany about a fortnight hence in refer-
ance to a going to ye French when If I be not gon to Boston (wch I have
some thoughts to doe next weeke) I shall have some opportunity againe to
write to YOU. '*Vale.
"J. P."
Narrative of Benoni Stehhins.
[New York Colonial MSS. XXV]
'Rcnonic Stehhins which was taken captive by the Indians at Dearfield 12
miles from Hatfield related as followcth
'That the Indians that took him weare al Norwooluck Indians saue only
one which was a Naragansct. Thev were 26 in al 18 of them fighting men
the rest 2 sqnas old men & boys. They told him that they had liued at the
French & intended to return there again to sel the captiues to them wch had
Tncouradged them that they should haue eight pound peece for them and the
french Indians did intend to come w-th them the next time either in the spring
or in winter if they had sucses this time.
"The manner of his escape was thus when they came 2 days journey
aboue Squakheaji? they sent part of their company to Wotchuset hills to fetch
av\a}' 2 "^inal compeny oi IwdK^ius \\\;!^1 \\^d Uued there al this war time with
whom they sent this capuwc \\c V\w^ sewX >n\\\v1 ^q^^% "wA ^ mare to fetch
APPENDIX. 459
some hucleberies a little way from the company when he got vpon the mare
and rid till he tired the mare & then run on foot & so escaped to Hadly. being
2 days & Yi wthout victuals.
"This relation was taken from his mouth at Northampton 6th Instant.
"P M Samll Eells."
Letter from Goirrnor Frontenac of Canada to Governor Andros of
New York.
[New York Colonial MSS. XXVI]
[Endorsed "A Copie of a Letter dated No. 18th 1677 from the Governor
of Canada, to the Governor of New York. A Copie of another Jan 8 fol-
lowing."]
"From Quebec, the 18th day of 9br 1677.
**Sr Sending now to Boston to bee informed concerning some Frenchmen,
who we heare have been caryed Prisoners there, I was willing to take advan-
tage of this occasion, to give you new assurances of my service, & of the
good correspondence, which I desire to keepe with you.
*'If in that I follow the orders of the king my master, I also at the same
time, satisfy my particular Inclinacon to let you know with how much truth
& passion I am
"Yor thrice humble servont
"FRONTENAC."
Superscription as below.
"From Quebec the 8th Jan 1678.
"Sr The death of Mr Basire one of the principall negotiators of this place,
obliging mee to give speedy notice thereof to his partners in France, I thought
the way of the Manhatans or Boston to bee the speediest. & the good corre-
spondence that you have allwayes manifested a desire to entertaine betweene
us makes me hope that you will direct those I shall send, the best way to
have my letters carryed into old England to be sent over from thence by the
first vessells. I desire then sr that favor of you & that you will beleeue that
if in Returne, I were capable of rendring vou service in these parts, I would
do it with as much joy as I am with passion,
"Sr Your servant, thrice humble
"FRONTENAC.
"To Monsr the General Major Andros,
Goveno of New York at Manath."
Extract from the Council Minutes.
[Council Minutes, iii, Part 2. p. 176.]
"At a Councell No. 10th 1677.
"Lettrs from Albany by Claes Luck who brought down two Englishmen
that were sent from the Gov. of Boston to Albany & Canada.
"Benjamin Waite owne of the two men sente downe being called in and
examined what there business was at Albany saith that they were sent by
their Mastrs towards Canada and had directions to goe to Albany and brought
a lettr from the Governor of Boston to Capt. Salisbury, they went that way
to avoyd their enemies. Being demanded of the discourse between them and
some at Schanectade they saying that place did belong to Boston, the wch
he denyes pretending it some mistake, they not understanding one anothers
Language.
"Being askt why they went away without comming againe when Capt.
Salisbury ordered them to come, sd they were not willing to be hindred but
to make the best of their journey.
"Stephen genning the other being askt why they went away without speak-
ing again to Capt. Sali.sbury as he bad them. He saith they were sent by
the Governor of Boston towards Canada & had orders to come to Albany,
and that Capt. Salisbury gave them no encouragement whereupon being desir-
ous to follow their directions, hopeing to finde their wives & children they
470 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
went on their Journey. Denyes saying Schanectade did belong to Boston &c
but says they not understanding on another well Might Mistake.
"The matter being taken into consideracon
"Resolved that they be permitted to proceed on their voyage wch the>'
shall think proper, for wch order to bee sent to the Commander at Albany "
Letter from Timothy Cooper to Major John Pynchon.
[New York Colonial MSS. XXVII]
[Endorsed: "Copie of a letter from Mr Timo Cooper to Major Pinchon sent
doune by Capt Salisbury: Capt Salisbury writt so by order of Counctll
Mar 18 1677."]
"Most Worthy Major
**Sr Having now this occasion by two french from Canady w^ho arr>'\e(l
here the 14th Instant beeing about 12 dayes since they came from Canaday &
now bound for Boston, I were willing to imbrace the occation knowing it my
duty not to omitt any opportunity whereby I may in some small measur
Maniefest the great desyer I allwayes have to serve yor worshipp to the
utmost of my Capacity : having no other way at present to expresse the same
than the presenting you wth these few lynes whereby to In forme you wee
have by these ffrcnch intelligence of Benjamin Wait and the oyrs Save
arryvcll att Canada : and also thar wyves & children restored unto ym, the
rest yt were living are redeemed from under the Indians, ther is three of
the Companie dead that is 2 children &i the old man the oyr are all in eood
health: Benj. Waitt and the oyr, have vndergon much Troble & hard ship
great pairt of which I will not say, it was only to satistie some base minded
persons. Though it hath now pleased God to mak up all the Trobles they
have met wth by restoring to them thar wyves & children.
"I pray God that they May find more favor and Civell respect from the
peopell they are now among, then they have in some oyr plac, of which I
conclud you have already hard, and ther for at present I shall not relait to
you the cercumstance and Maner of ther vsage. But it was such as I think
it fare below Christianity, or common Civility. Sr I begg your pardon In
what T omitt, in reference to oyr Concernes, not having tym to Inlarge. at
present ; But assure you, I am not unmyndfull of my Trust, but shall indevor
wth Gods assistance to discharge the same, to the good satisfaction of all.
So with my humble service to yorself & good Lady, I take Leave to style
my self Sr
"Yor Most humble & obedient Servt
"Timo: Cooper."
Passport of Monsieur Lwj/.cfwy.
[Xcw York Colonial MSS. XXVII.]
fEiKJorsc'l : **Copio of the Governor of Canada's Passeport for Mens:
Liisignv who conveved the English prisoners taken bv the Indians ar
Il.KlUy. Hatttlcld &J. April 30th 1678."]
TR.XNSLATIOX.
"The Count dc l^Vontenac. Governor and Lieutenant General for Hi>
Majesty in Canada, .\cadia. Newfoundland, and other territories of New
France.
"Wc lia\ e given leave and passport to Sieur de Lusigny, one of the gen-
tlemen of our liouseliold. to whom we have ert'usted the command of an
escort ^^i l\ngli>li prisoners taken by the Sacoqris, and whom we send hack,
to vro to Albany an<l Hoston to negotiate with bis Honor the Governor the
busines'^ witli wbicli we liave ciiarged bini. Wc command all tho.se within
our jurisdiction. an<l renuot all others, to allow the said Sieur de Lu.signy
with the escort and the b'ngiisii wb«Mn they conduct to pass without hindrance
nnd to render tluMu evevv w'\A ;v\\A Tv><*\s\;vv\Q^i .
APPENDIX. 47 J
"In witness whereof we have signed this passport sealed it with our arms
and countersigned it by one of our secretaries at Quebec this thirtieth day
of April, 1678.
"FROXTENAC
•*By M. Barrois."
Military Strength of Canada in 1678.
[New York Colonial MSS. XXVIL]
[Endorsed: "A relacon of the forces at Canada from one of the French
men in May, 1678."]
"Being in a discourse with Monsr de la Chambre, [one of Count de
Frontenac's Guards] did relate that they had 25 men Officers & all in the
Garrison of Quebec & 33 Guns in the flfort, & in the Battery that is below
the ffort, whereof 4 of the biggest [of 91b bullit] were not mounted; At troy
Rivers [Three Rivers] some very few Gunns & 6 men with a Serjeant, At
Mont Royall [Montreal] likewise a small fort with 8 men, both Townes
having Govrs placed by Frontenac.
"There are 6 or 8 Capts belonging to the place, who have the Comand
upon occasion of the Companyes belonging to the Colonye wch are roused
in time of warre & are to bee in redinesse. The Fort at Quebec is not now
strong the opening the Bastions being bloune up wth powder last St. Johns
day, with the losse of 9 men, & is not yet built up. He sayes they have not
a strong fort in Canada, but the Fort Cadarachque [Cataraqui, now Kingston]
is strong.
"The Go : Frontenac hath some 8 or 10 Gentl who doe keepe him Compa,
and doe eate at his Table daily, he hath 16 men to bee Guard & all other
officers in his house, as our Earles* have in Engld this is what I have learnt
at present having not fully discoursed with him, the rest you shall have
the next.'*
Letter from Capt. Salisbury to Capt. Brockholds.
[New York Colonial MSS., XXVTI]
"Sr Upon the 22th of this Instant came to this Place Benjamin Wayt &
Stephen Gennings with 19 of those people yt were taken by ye Indians at
Hadfeilde & Hadly & have for there convoy 11 flFrench men 3 of them belonge
to ye Gove of Cannada garde & those 3 with other 2 goeth with those people
to Boston. The other 6 staye heere untill ye 5 doeth come backe hauing
passes & Itrs of credence, and to detaine them I could not see any strengfth
to doe it, therefore I desire you'l spedy answer by this expresse, wheather I
shall detaine them and sende them down at there Returne for I would be
punctiall in my Dewty, and not willing to committ any Errors, soe yor spedy
ansVer of my laste as well as of this will be a very greate help to let me
see how I shall Govern Myselfe.
"I haue descoursed with Benja Wayte Concerning there liueing in Canada
& how strong in men & in there flFortifycations & as to their lieuing its very
meaine for the Commonallity are very much oppressed with greate taxes,
but the Gour and ye reste of the greate ones, liues hv after the French
manner and so there strength of men thay cane make 1000 or 2 but thay liue
in littell villages haueing littell plantations here and there som 20 & 30 miles
from villadge to villadge & in som vil there is 20 & in some 30 houses. They
liue as Indians and gett there liuing by hunteing and there fortifications ar
not very stronge. I woulde know wheather I shall beare there Expences
while there aboad is hccr & I pray you let the bearers be furnished with
prouitions at ther Returne haueing not ffurthcr to inlarge but remaine your
verv humble servt
"SILVKS' SALISBURY,
"flfort Albanv ve 23th Mav 1678."
it
472 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Letter from Capt. Brockholds to Capt. Salisbury.
[New York Colonial MSS., XXVII.]
Capt Salisbury.
Sr I reed yours yesterday in the Evening of the 23th with the enclosed
copies of the passeports & letter from the Governor of Canada, wherein you
intimate the coming of 11 French men to Albany to convey Benjamin Wait
& Stephen Gennings with the people that were taken prisoners bv the Ind\-ans
the last fall at Hatfield & Hadley (who without doubt are joyful to retime
back to their habitacons) withall that 5 of the 11 French were gone forward
to Boston with those people, the other 6 remaining behind with you untill
the returne of their Comerades concerning ye carriage to whom you desire
to bee advised I have communicated what you writ & . . . Councell who are
of opinion that [there was] no need to have conveved those [men farther)
than Albany, from whence you might [have sent] persons with them to
their homes.
"The Comunicacon of the French with the Tndyans as they passe being
to bee suspected, at that time of so great a likelyhood of warrs with them
and it would haue beene well to have knowne what buisnesse thev had to
negotiate with the Go: of Boston, but since they are past it cannot bee helpt
& it is hoped they will doe no greate harme & there being as vet no declaracon
of warre knowne* to [have been made and their] coming also upon so char-
itable an Acct as the Redemption & bringing back of poore distrested captives
of our nation I know not well upon wt pretence they could bee stopt, so that
it is therefore the opinion of the counsell, that when the other 5 shall be
returned back you use them with all civility & permitt them quietly to retumc
back to Canada about their occasions. As for their Expences at Albany it is
likewise thought fitt that you defray them for the present & that they may
be cleared from it onely that you take [account of the exoense] & send it
hither where care will bee taken [to send] it to the Go: of Boston, who ought
to allow [the amount] it being for people of his Governmt. There was an
answer went yesterday to the Commissioners of Alb. before the receit of this
concerning the buisnesse of Will Teller [charged with accidental homicide of
an Indian and released May 20] & Will Loveredge with what else was written
about by them.
"Yor Messenger being disoatcht returnes this afternoone Having not far-
ther I remaine Sr. yor very humble servt.
"N. Y. Sunday. May 26, 1678."
Letter from Count Frontenac to Capt. Brockholds without Date:
ReceiiJed May 31, 1678.
[New York Colonial MSS.. XXVII.]
*'Sr The letter you did mee the honor to write mee of the 28th of Feb-
ruary last, is so civill & the offers you make mee are so obliging, that I am
glad the sending back of the English taken prisoners by the Indyans (who
I caused to be conducted to Orange) hath furnisht me with an opportunity
to returne you my thanks sooner than I exoectcd.
"I understood by the persons I sent to Boston as also by the Letters from
Go Leverett & the councell. that the Frenchmen sent to enquire after were
releast & by that from Capt Salisbury that Go : Andros arrived well at London
in 5 weekes timce. I wish him a returne as happy & that I may find means
to shew both to him & you the desire I always haue to hold a good corre-
spondence in testifying both to the one & the other how much I am
"Sr Yor thrice humble servt
"FROXTEXAC"
Letter from Capt. Brockholds to Count Frontenac.
fXew York Colonial MSS., XXVII, translated from the French]
"Sir I have received yours by the hands of William Davy and Peter
Montcray, two of your people \v\\o accompanied Captain de Lusigny to
APPENDIX.
473
Albany on his way to restore the English taken prisoners by the Indians to
their families and friends.
"Your gr^at kindness in the redemption of these poor unfortunates out of
the hands of their enemies merits great praise and gratitude from all Chris-
tians and may God reward you for it. I have charged your people to return
for me many thanks for the obliging and generous civilities which you were
pleased to express in your letter.
"We have received letters from Mr. Andros, our Governor at London, in
which he states that he will soon return, so that we expect him daily. The
desire you express for a friendly correspondence shall be reciprocated on our
part, and if in any thing I may be able to render you service I shall have the
pleasure of showing how much I am
"Your very humble & obedient servt.
"A B
"Xew York. June 6. 1678."
Letter from Reif. John Wilson, minister at Med field, to the governor of Massa-
chusetts forwarding copies of the letters of Waite and Stockwell.
"Worshipful Sr
"humbly presenting my humblest Servic to yor worps keeping with these
letters Copyd out and newly brought frm Hadly by one John Partridge and
not understanding of any Couriers to the Bay besydes: I have written out
of these two Copys word for word as I take it & make bold to send it to
your Worship:
*'yt so you might be en formed of the Mercy of God in ye return of these
Captives so far as ye two letters set Down. John Partridge and John Plimp-
ton come in this night & none with ym but a young mayde so yt I suppose
yr Worshp will have ye very first view of ye News in Boston being very
crasy am unfit to enlarge & yt I might not trouble your Worshp further
"With my humble Servecs presented to your most virtuous Lady humbly
reste
Your worshs most humble Servant
"JOHN WILSON.
"Medfield, May 29—78."
Note 7. The division of the Hatfield commons, from the pro-
prietors' records.
First division, beginning upon the plain behind the mill. "The
lots run West and by North and East and by South, abutting against
a highway Westerly; part of them against the clay pits and stone
pits ; part against the hill ; part against the pond ; part against the
hill by the Great swamp."
Xo.
1 Samuel Graves,
2 Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr.,
3 Thomas Mason, Jr.,
4 Town lot,
5 Mr. Atherton's heirs,
6 Martin Kellogg,
7 Samuel Marsh,
8 William Gull.
9 John Allis,
10 Mr. Chauncey,
11 Benjamin Waite,
12 William Arms.
13 Philip Russell,
A highway.
Width
Width
Rods Ft. i
Xo.
RodsFl
33
14 John Cowles,
37
39 12
15 Widow Graves,
10
8
16 Edward Church,
25
7
17 Richard Morton,
28 6
12 14
18 Obadiah Dickinson,
11 2
5 14
19 Samuel Gunn,
5 8
9 12
20 Samuel Allis,
19
26 6
21 Widow Fellows,
11 12
48
22 Samuel Taylor,
21 6
5 12
23 John Hubbard,
17
20
24 John Coleman,
37 6
13
25 John Wells.
25
19
26 Daniel Belding,
13 11
10
27 Thomas Bt?lc^,
^
474
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Width
Width
Rods Ft
. No.
Rods Ft.
27 6
49 John Steel,
5 10
»
50 John Graves,
15 10
48
51 Samuel Carter,
5 8
9 5
52 Ephraim Beers,
6 8
10
53 Samuel Billings's heirs.
6
25
54 Samuel Wells.
10 2
11 14
55 Thomas Loomis,
18
14 6
56 John Smith's heirs,
5 3
7 12
57 Daniel Warner,
37
5 14
58 Joseph Belknap,
24 8
10
59 Benjamin Barrett,
5 4
10
A highway,
10
9
60 Nathaniel Dickinson,
40
14 13
61 William King.
5 14
20 8
62 Thomas Meekins. Sr.,
31 6
4 8
63 Samuel Graves, Jr.,
9 2
9 4
64 Stephen Jennings,
14 10
3 10
65 William Scott,
14 1
15 8
66 Samuel Belding, Sr.,
31 6
5 4
67 Stephen Belding,
14 12
24 12
68 Samuel Dickinson,
32
11
69 Robert Bardwell,
10 4
7 10
No.
28 Samuel Baldwin,
29 Thomas and Noah Wells
come in lot
30 Thomas Hastings,
A highway,
31 Eleazer Frary,
32 Samuel Foote,
33 Isaac Graves,
34 Walter Hixon,
35 Joseph Bodman,
36 Beriah Hastings,
37 Samuel Partridge,
38 Hezekiah Dickinson,
39 John White,
40 John Field,
41 Robert Poag,
42 Joseph Field,
43 Stephen Taylor's heirs,
44 Samuel Kellogg,
45 Samuel Gillett's heirs,
46 Daniel White.
47 Samuel Field,
48 Noah Wells.
The last nine of these lots and the whole of the second division
are in the present limits of the town of Whately.
Second division. "This division of lots runs West and by North,
East and by South, abutting on an highway on the West side of the
Mill River Swamp Westerly; part against a great bank by the
Wet Swamp [Hopewell], part against the Farms, and part against
the great River Easterly.'
»»
No.
1 Daniel White.
2 Stephen Taylor's heirs,
3 Walter Hixon,
4 Samuel Gunn.
5 John Smith's heirs.
6 Widow Graves.
7 Thomas Hastings.
8 Samuel Allis,
9 Mr. Chauncey.
10 Ricliard Mf)rton,
11 Tk'zekiah Dickinson.
12 Rcnjaniin W'aite,
13 lulward Cliurch.
14 VVilliani Kinj;.
15 Joliii Allis.
16 Samuel Kellogg,
17 Martin Kellf)gg,
18 Tosiph Txlknap.
19 John XWlh.
20 Samuel Marsh.
21 John ( '<»\\ le>.
22 Sanuiel I )iekinson.
23 Philip Russell.
24 Ton II jot.
25 K/)/iraini P)eers.
Width 1
Rods Ft. In.
28 5 2
3 0 4
8 2 1
5 6 11
3 16 4
9 11 9 !
8 9 5
18 9 11
6 14 1
27 7 4
8 9 5
19 12 3 ,
24 14 8 1
5 6 11
45 11 10
11 13 11
5 6 11
22 5 2
21 2 0
10 0 4
31 12 2 1
28 5 2
18 4 3
6 14 1
(>\\ \
Width
No.
26 Robert Poag,
27 Samuel Graves, Jr.,
28 Thos. Meekins, jr.'s heirs, 6
29 Daniel Belden,
30 Robert Bardwell.
31 Samuel Partridge,
32 Benjamin Hastings,
33 Stephen Belden,
34 Samuel Wells,
35 Samuel Field,
36 John Coleman,
A highway.
37 Thomas Bracy.
38 Isaac Graves,
39 Samuel Belden, Sr..
40 William Scott,
41 Joseph Field,
42 Samuel Foote.
43 Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr.,
44 Samuel Carter,
45 Samuel Gaylord,
46 Widow Fellows.
47 Samuel Billings's heirs,
48 William Gull, ^
^ T\\Q>\v\^.s Meekins, Sr..
Rods Ft.
In
4
9
1
7 11
/
•s, 6
9
6
12
9
6
9
2
6
9
7
3
9
7
3
12 14
3
9
2
6
10 15
2
31
12
2
10
••
D
7
6
13
6
6
28
1
;
%
12 14
3
8 13 11
11
2
6
4
4
4
9
1
22
^
5
7
11
/
10
5 12
(■)
25
1
*•
I
12
14
0
APPENDIX.
475
Width
Width
Jo.
Rods Ft. In.
No.
Rods Ft. In.
50 Samuel Gillett's heirs,
5 6 11
61 John White,
8 12 2
51 John Steel,
5 6 11
62 William Arms,
7 9 11
52 Joseph Bodman,
5 6 11
63 Noah Wells,
4 7 4
53 John Graves,
9 0 0
64 Mr. Atherton's heirs,
7 10 11
54 Included in Noah Well*
s,
65 Obadiah Dickinson,
6 2 8
55 John Field,
11 16 5
66 Benjamin Barrett,
4 2 6
56 Thomas Loomis,
9 12 7
67 Daniel Warner,
20 4 5
57 John Hubbard.
9 10 10
68 Eleazer Frary,
14 8 7
58 Stephen Jennings,
7 15 2
69 Nathaniel Dickinson, Sr
.. 21 7 5
59 Samuel Belden, Jr.,
15 9 10
70 Overplus to Mr. Williams, 8 3 10
60 Sanmel Graves, Sr.,
8 12 2
Third division, "beginning at the northwest side of the highway
that leadeth to Northampton at the sandy hill.''
No.
Width
Rods Ft.
1 Samuel Graves, Sr.,
137
2 Nathaniel Dickinson, Sr.,
217
3 William King,
5
9
4 John White,
13
12
5 Samuel Carter,
5
2
6 William Scott,
13
7 Ephraim Beers,
6
1
8 Joseph Bodman,
5
10
9 Obadiah Dickinson,
13
10 Robert Poag,
4
3
11 John Graves,
14
8
12 Samuel Taylor,
19
12
13 Eleazer Frary,
23
1
14 Thomas Bracy,
4
12
15 John Field,
18
16
16 Stephen Jennings,
13
9
17 Town lot.
6
8
18 John Smith's heirs,
5
2
19 Walter Hixon,
7
2
20 Widow Graves,
10
1
21 Benjamin Barrett,
4 15
22 Samuel Foote.
11
1
A highwav.
10
23 William Gull.
25
5
24 Thomas Meekins,
12
3
25 Samuel W^ells.
9
5
26 Samuel Belden, Jr.,
26
7
27 Daniel White.
23
28 John Cowles.
34
3
29 Daniel Belden, Sr.,
13
2
30 Samuel Dickinson,-
29 11
31 John Hubbard,
15
12
32 'Robert Bardwell,
9
6
33 Martin Kellogg.
5
7
34 Mr. Atherton's heirs.
12
12
35 Thomas Loomis.
7
6
Width
No.
Rods Ft.
36 Mr. Chauncey.
5
7
37 Stephen Belden,
13
11
38 Noah Wells,
7
2
39 Thomas Hastings,
8 10
40 Samuel Graves, Jr.,
8
5
41 Joseph Belknap,
22
11
42 Joseph Field,
8
8
43 PhiHp Russell,
12
1
44 Thomas Meekins, Jr.,
7
5
45 John Allis,
44
4
46 Hezekiah Dickinson,
9
4
47 Isaac Graves,
13
5
48 John Steel,
5
4
49 Stephen Taylor.
4
6
50 Samuel Partridge,
9
5
51 Daniel Warner,
34
3
52 Samuel Gillett's heirs.
5
2
53 Samuel Allis.
17
9
54 Thos. Wells with Noah Wells.
55 Samuel Marsh,
9
1
56 John Wells,
23
3
57 Samuel F*ield,
10
3
58 William Arms,
12
2
59 Samuel Belden,
29
3
60 Samuel Kellogg,
14
5
61 Samuel Gunn,
5
2
62 Exiward Church,
23
2
63 Benjamin Hastings,
9
4
64 Widow Fellows,
10
15
65 Richard Morton,
26
5
66 Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr.,
9
1
67 John Coleman.
34 11
6^ Samuel Billings's heirs.
11
69 Benjamin Waite,
18
9
70 An overplus of about
6
"Ending with ye uppermost lot laid out in Mill River swamp.*'
The nine last lots are in Whately. This division extended as far
west as the town boundaries, six miles from the Connecticut.
Fourth division, whollv in Whatelv. "This Division runs East
and West, bounded on an Highway ten rods wide, \^\d ovnN- w^^n.
476
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
the Mill River Swamp, East ; and on the end of the six Mile from the
great River, West. This Division runs ninety-one rods beyond the
Roaring Brook, where was set up a long square stone, and a Bass
tree marked with six Splashes."
Width
No. Rods Ft. In-
35 Stephen Taylor's heirs, 3 2 7
36 Thos. Wells with Noah Wells.
37 Samuel Partridge, 9 11
38 Thomas Loomis, 9 16 2
39 Samuel Kellogg, 16 3 11
AO Obadiah Dickinson, 8 11
41 Thos. Meekins, Sr.*s heirs, 13 3
42 Richard Morton,
43 Mr. Chauncey,
44 Robert Page,
45 John Allis,
46 Samuel Gunn,
47 Samuel Graves, Sr.,
48 Martin Kellogg,
49 Thomas Meekins's heirs,
50 Isaac Graves,
51 Benjamin Barrett,
52 Thomas Bracy,
53 Town lot,
54 Benjamin Hastings,
55 Samuel Graves, Jr.,
56 Joseph Boardman,
57 Samuel Billings's heirs,
58 John Graves,
59 Joseph Bellknap,
60 Samuel Marsh,
61 Philip Russell,
62 Noah Wells,
63 Thomas Hastings,
64 Walter Hixon,
65 Stephen Jennings,
66 Benjamin Wait,
67 Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr.. 6 5 10
6S Tohn Wells, 23 12
69 William Scott, 13 3
XoTK 8. Division of the lots in the ^IVilliamsburg Addition.'*
'W list of the lots in Hatfield Three mile additional grant as they
were laid out in May 1752 per Elisha Hawley Surveyor." (Pro-
])riet(^rs' records.)
Width
No.
Rods Ft.
In.
1 Joseph Field,
9 9
2 Widow Graves,
9 15
3
3 Samuel Foote,
11 7
4 William Arms,
7 12
9
5 Stephen Belden,
13 3
6 Robert Bardwell,
9 6
7 Samuel Allis,
19
6
S Samuel Dickinson,
29
9 Rev. H. Atherton's heirs
, 9 15
10 John Coleman,
32 8
6
11 Hezekiah Dickinson,
8 13
12 Samuel Wells,
9 6
13 David White.
29
14 John Smith's heirs,
4 1
6
15 John Field,
12 5
16 Widow Fellows,
11 11
4
17 John Steel,
5 8 10
18 Edward Church,
25 8
19 Nathaniel Dickinson, Sr.
, 21 16
20 Daniel Warner,
20 12
3
21 Eleazer Frary,
14 5
4
22 Samuel Gailor,
22 14
23 John Cowles,
32 8
6
24 William King,
5 8 10
25 Samuel Gillett's heirs,
5 11
6
26 John Hubbard.
9 14
6
A highwav.
9
27 John Whi'te,
8 15
7
28 Samuel Belding, Jr.,
15 16
1 1
29 Samuel Field,
11 2
30 Samuel Belding, Sr.,
28 13
4 '
31 Ephraim Beers,
7
6
32 Daniel Belding,
12 14
6
33 William Gull,
25 12
4
34 Samuel Carter,
4 10
10 ,
28 2
7 6
4 10 10
45 14 10
5 8 10
8 15 10
5 8 10
7 3 1
13 11 8
4 6 6
5 4 6
7 6
9 11
7 15
5 8 10
7 6 11
9 3 5
22 14
10 4
19 5 6
4 9 1
8 13
8 6 5
6 2
20 3 6
Width
No. Rods Ft. In.
1 Dca. John lidding. 110 8 7
2 fertiniah Alvard's heirs, 44 7 4
3 "lolni Fitch. 23 9 3
4 Klnathan Graves, 105 15 10
5 Jesse Warner. 19 10 7
6 Azariali Dickinson's lieirs, 49 9 3
7 Sanil. Gillett, Jr.'s heirs, 26 6 7
S Khenezer Morton. 107 3 4
0 Tames Porter. 64 4 8
10 I-.ben. Dickinson, 78 0 0
n [ohn Meekins, 111 13 2
12 Simeon While, 4S 2 %
No.
13 Thomas Nash,
14 Dca. Saml. Bodman,
15 Zechariah Billing,
16 Lt. Moses Graves,
17 Richard Church,
18 Abel Allis's heirs,
19 Joseph Scott,
20 Joshua Smith,
21 Joseph Bardwell,
22 Saml. Dickinson's heirs. Ill 14 ^
23 Richard Billing. 7 ?? "
D\Vlo, 103 9 3
Width
Ro.is Ft. In.
54 2 S
70 10 7
107 3 4
400 4 0
93 5 7
37 4 8
86 6 0
76 15 10
35 13 10
APPENDIX.
477
Width
No. Rods Ft In.
24 Widow Bridget Graves, 22 10 7
25 Dea. John White's heirs, 105 15 2
26 Jonathan Warner,
27 Capt. Nathl. Colman,
28 Elisha Allis,
29 Lt. Joseph Wait,
50 Nathl. Dickinson, 1st,
31 Eben. Marsh for Eben
Warner, 95 2 8
32 Wid. Hannah Dickinson, 100 2 0
33 Widow Mary Hastings, 51 13 10
62 2 8
160 6 7
293 14 5
83 15 2
103 3 4
No.
50 Benjamin Field,
51 Capt. Seth D wight,
52 Thomas Kellogg,
53 Daniel Warner,
54 Col. Israel Williams,
Ditto,
55 Jonathan Cole,
56 Joseph Smith,
57 Daniel Dickinson,
58 John Dickinson, Jun.,
59 Jonathan Wells,
60 Widow Mar>' Morton,
61 Isaac Graves,
62 John Crafts' heirs,
63 Thos. Dickinson,
64 Aaron Graves,
65 Isaac Frary,
66 David Graves,
67 Wid. Rachel Wells,
68 Lt. Obd. Dickinson,
69 Joshua Belding's heirs,
70 Samuel Belding's heirs,
71 Nathl. Graves,
72 Ebenezer Cole,
73 Joshua Dickinson,
74 Mrs. Lydia Dwight's heirs,
128 9 3
75 Abraham Morton, 119 15 10
76 Nath. Dickinson 3rd's heirs,
150 12 6
The 8,064 acres in the "Hatfield Equivalent'' in Ashfield were
divided in proportion to their estates among the following: —
34 Benj. Wait,
76 7
3
35 Eleazer Allis,
65 13
2
36 Eleazer Frary,
40 7
3
37 John Field, Jun.,
70 2
0
38 Dr. Waitstill Hastings'
heirs.
19 10
7
39 John Nash,
66 3
4
40 Lt. Jonathan Morton,
297 9
1
41 Wid. Mahitabel Bardwell, 17 8
7
42 Nathl. Graves, Jun.,
21 14
6
43 John Wait's heirs.
9 8
7
Ditto,
102 7
3
44 John Burk's heirs,
78 1
4
45 Samuel Gillet,
50 1
4
46 Wid. Mary Bardwell,
85 0
0
47 Lt. Joseph Billings,
140 11
10
48 Dea. John Hubbard,
82 9
3
49 Oliver Partridge,
379 0
0
Width
Rods
Ft.
In.
51
6
0
155
2
8
128
0
8
111
7
3
504
2
0
12 13 10
198
9 11
86 14
6
65
4
0
94 10
7
88
0
0
19 10
7
90
7
3
22
9
11
91
7
3
28 14
6
97 11
11
42
7
3
55
7 11
201
4
0
58 12
6
17
6
7
88
5
3
106
9
3
21
9
11
Samuel Warner
Seth Dwight
Samuel Cole
Elnathan Graves
John Fitch
Nathaniel Graves
Capt. Edw. Partridge
Oliver Partridge
Richard Church
Jonathan Cole
Timothy Cole
Richard Billing
Ebenezer Bardwell
John Dickinson, Jun.
Dr. Waitstill Hastings
Hopestill Hastings
Thomas Hastings
Widow Mary Hastings
Saml. Billing
Zecariah Billing
John Dickinson
Thos. Dickin.son
Dea. John White
Capt. Daniel White
Capt. Nathl. Colman
Elijah Colman
Moses Dickinson
Joshua Smith
Eleazer Allis
Nathan Graves
Gideon Dickinson
Wid. Esther Dickinson
Joseph Dickinson
Joseph Scott
David Scott
Nathl. Dickinson
Wid. Mehitabel Bardwell
Moses Wait
Joseph Wait
Benjamin Wait
Reuben Wait
Danl. Dickinson
Eben. Dickinson
Isaac Frary
Simeon White
Wid. Marv Bardwell
Remembrance Bardwell
Jonathan Bardwell
Widow Bridpet Graves
Thomas Crafts
Ebenezer Morton
John Wait
Elisha Morton
.Abraham Morton
Simeon Wait
Isaac Graves
Mrs. Lydia Dwight
Edmund Dwight
John Graves
Aaron Graves
Joseph Billing
John Field
Eliakim Field
Benj. Field
John Field, Jun.
Eleazer Cole
Moses Graves
Wid. Mary Graves
Elisha Kinj?
Abner Smith
lohn Hubbard
Thomas Nash
Dea. Saml. Bodman
John Nash
John Meekins
Inmes Porter
Fbcnezer Cole
Thomas Meekins
Joseph Warner
losiah Scott
478
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Benoni Dickinson
Samuel Dickinson
Azariah Dickinson
Ebenezer Alvard
Jonathan Morton
John Belding
John Belding, Jun.
Saml. Wells
Noah Wells
Widow Rachel Wells
Samuel Gillet
Wid. Elizabeth Belding
Joseph Smith
Obadiah Dickinson
Maj. Williams
Jonathan Wells
Wid. Sarah Belding
Wid. Hannah Dickinson
Samuel Dickinson, 2d
Abner Dickinson
Eleazer Frary
Thos. Kellogg
Jonathan Morton, Jun.
Elijah Morton
Ichabod Allis
Elisha Allis
Dea. Nathl. Dickinson
Joel Dickinson
Joshua Dickinson
David Graves
Elisha Smith
John Wait, Jun.
Ebenr. Belding
Joseph Belding
William Warner
Moses Crafts
Amos Field
Moses Frary
Mary Bardwell,
Elisha burk
Samuel Smith
Rev. Mr. Timothy Wood-
bridge
Note 9. Census statistics.
The table of population given below is compiled from statistics
gathered by the provincial, state, and federal authorities as indicated.
The loss between 1765 and 1776 is accounted for by the setting off
of Whately and Williamsburg in 1771. The growth during the last
decade is due to the influx of Polish and Hungarian immigrants.
In 1905 the elements of the population were as follows : English
(«. c, descendants of original settlers), 463; colored, 4; Irish, 345;
German, 249; French, 181; others, mostly Poles, 537.
1765 (Prov.)
1776 (Prov.)
1790 (U. S.)
1800 (U. S.)
1810 (U. S.)
1820 (U. S.)
1830 (U. S.)
1840 (U. S.)
1850 (U. S.)
1855
803
582
703
809
805
823
893
933
1,073
(State) 1,162
Note 10. Civil lists.
—221
+ 121
+ 106
-- 4
+ 18
+ 70
+ 40
+ 140
+ 89
1860 (U. S.)
1865 (State)
1870 (U. S.)
1875 (State)
1880 (U. S.)
1885 (State)
1890 (U. S.)
1895 (State)
1900 (U. S.)
1905 (State)
1 337
1,405
1 ^04.
1,600
1495
• •■■•••■A %^ ^ ^f
1,367
1,262
1 500
1,779
-H75
^ 68
-rl89
+ 6
—105
—128
—121
+ 16
+238
+279
SELECTMEN.
The following Hatfield men were selectmen of Hadley before
Hatfield was incorporated : 1660, Nathaniel Dickinson ; 1662,
Thomas Mcekins, William Allis; 1663, Thomas Meekins, John
White: 1664, William Allis. Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr.; 1665, Thomas
Meekins. Isaac Graves; 1666, Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr., John Cole-
man; 1667, John Cole, Daniel Warner; 1668, Nathaniel Dickin-
son, Jr., Samuel Belding; 1669, Thomas Meekins, William Allis.
The selectmen were not recorded in the Hatfield records at first.
Nathaniel Dickinson, Sr., W^illiam Allis, John Cowles, Sr.. Isaac
Graves, and John Coleman signed an order in 1672 as the selectmen.
The list from \(u?^ is as follows: —
1678, January — Thomas Mcekins, Lieut. Allis, Edward Church, Samuel Belden,
Daniel White.
1679 — Thonia< Meekins, Daniel Warner, John Coleman, Philip Russell. Daniel
White.
APPENDIX. 479
1680— Thomas Meekins, Edward Church, John Allis, Samuel Belden, Sr.,
£l6az6r Frary.
1681— Thomas Meekins, Daniel Warner, Philip Russell, John Allis, Samuel
Dickinson, Sr.
1682— Edward Church, Thomas Meekins, Eleazer Frary, John Allis, Nicholas
Worthington.
1683 — Thomas Meekins, John Allis, Daniel Warner, John Coleman, John
Cowles.
1684 — Thomas Meekins, Samuel Belden, Sr., Samuel Dickinson, John Allis,
Edward Church.
1685 — Thomas Meekins, John Allis, John Coleman, Joseph Belknapp, John
Hubbard.
1686 — Thomas Meekins, John Allis, Daniel Warner, Edward Church, John
Hubbard.
1687 — Thomas Meekins, Philip Russell, John Coleman, Daniel White, Eleazer
Frary.
1688 — John Hubbard, Edward Church, Saml. Belden, Sr., Saml. Partrigg,
Eleazer Frary, Samuel Marsh.
1689 — Capt. Allis, Daniel White, Samuel Dickinson, John Cowles, John White.
1690 — John Hubbard, Sr., Samuel Belden, Sr., Samuel Dickinson, Sr., Richard
Morton, Sr., Samuel Partrigg.
1691 — Dea. Church, Dea. Coleman, John Wells, Sr., Samuel Belding, Jr.,
Samuel Partrigg.
1692 — Samuel Belding, Sr., Samuel White, Samuel Dickinson, Saml. Marsh,
Samuel Partrigg.
1693 — Samuel Partrigg, Sr., Samuel Belding, Sr., Samuel Dickinson, Lieut.
White, Samuel Marsh.
1694 — Dea. Church, Dea. Coleman, Ensign Frary, Benjamin Hastings, Samuel
Partrigg.
1695 — Samuel Partrigg, Dea. Coleman, Samuel Dickinson, Sr., Samuel Marsh,
John White.
1696 — Samuel Partrigg, Samuel Belding, Nathaniel Dickinson, Ensign Frary,
Mr. Joseph Belknapp.
1697 — S. Partrigg, D. Coleman, S. Marsh, Samuel Belding, Jr., Benjamin
Hastings.
1698 — Samuel Partrigg, Lieut. White, Ens. Frary, Samuel Dickinson, John
White.
1699 — Samuel Partrigg, Dea. Church, Dea. Coleman, John Graves, Sr., Isaac
Hubbard.
1700 — Samuel Partrigg, Samuel Belding, Sr., Samuel Marsh, Sr., Ens. Frarv,.
John White.
1701 — Samuel Partrigg, Dea. Church, t)aniel Warner, Samuel Billings, John
Dickinson.
1702 — Samuel Partrigg, Dea. Coleman, Samuel Belding, Sr., Samuel Marsh,.
John White.
1703 — Col. Samuel Partrigg, Dea. Church, Dea. Coleman, Samuel Marsh, Sr..
John White.
1704 — Dea. Coleman, Samuel Marsh, Jr., John White, Jonathan Graves, Sr.,.
Thomas Hastings, Jr.
1705 — Ens. Frary, Dr. Hastings, Samuel Marsh, Jr., John White, Daniel
Warner.
1706 — Dea. Marsh, Dr. Hastings, Sergt. White, Samuel Gunn, Jonathan
Smith.
1707— Ens. White, Daniel Warner, Thomas Nash. Isaac Hubbard, Thomas
Hastings.
1708 — Dea. Marsh, Ens. White, Isaac Graves, Jonathan Smith, Thomas
Hastings, Jr.
1709 — Dea. Marsh, Ensign White, John Dickinson. Samuel Billings, Thomas
Hastings, Jr.
1710— Thomas Nash, Daniel Warner, Isaac Hubbard, Henry Dwight, Thomas
Hastings, Jr.
1711— Dea. Marsh. Ens. White, Samuel Billings, Ichabod Allis. Thomas Hast-
ings. Jr.
480 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
1712 — Ens. White, Isaac Graves, Isaac Hubbard, Henry Dwight, Thomas
Hastings, Jr.
1713 — Dea. Marsh, Dea. White, Daniel Warner, Isaac Hubbard, Thomas
Hastings.
1714 — John Graves, Sr., John Dickinson, Henry Dwight, Samuel Gunn.
Thomas Hastings.
1715 — Dea. White, Henry Dwight, Isaac Hubbard, Ichabod Allis, Thomas
Hastings.
1716 — Col. Partridge, John Dickinson, Daniel Warner, Richard Billings.
Joseph Smith.
1717 — Col. Partridge, Dea. John White, Lieut. Henry Dwight, Samuel Bill-
ings, Thomas Hastings.
1718 — Sergt. John Dickinson, John Wells, Joseph Smith, Nathaniel Coleman,
Thomas Hastings.
1719 — Col. Partridge, Daniel Warner, Thomas Nash, Samuel Billings, John
Field.
1720 — Capt. Henry Dwight, John Dickinson, Jonathan Smith. Nathaniel Dick-
inson, Thomas Hastings.
1721 — Col. Partridge, Dea. John White, Nathaniel Smith, Richard Billings,
Thomas Hastings.
1722 — Col. Samuel Partridge, Dr. Thomas Hastings, John Dickinson, Joseph
Smith, Joseph Kellogg.
1723 — Dea. John White, Samuel Billings, John Dickinson, Nathaniel Dickin-
son, Thomas Hastings.
1724 — Col. Partridge, Col. Henry Dwight, Nathaniel Dickinson, Nathaniel
Coleman, John White.
1725 — Daniel Warner, John Dickinson, Dr. Hastings, Ichabod Allis, Henr)-
Dwight.
1726 — John Dickinson, Dea. Nathaniel Dickinson, Nathaniel Coleman, Richard
Church, Jonathan Coles.
1727 — Capt. Dwight, Nathaniel Smith, Dea. White, Joseph Smith, Ichabod
Allis.
1728 — Samuel Partridge, Esq., John Dickinson, Jonathan Graves, Richard
Billings, Jonathan Morton.
1729 — Capt. Dwight, Jonathan Morton, Dea. Dickinson, John Dickinson.
Samuel Billings.
1730 — John Dickinson, Richard Church, John Smith, John Hubbard, Daniel
White.
1731 — Capt. Dwight, John Dickinson, Jonathan Morton, Ens. Billings, Richard
Billings.
1732 — Dea. Dickinson, Nathaniel Coleman, Mr. Israel Williams, Tliomas
Nash, Samuel Bodman.
1733 — John Dickinson, Capt. Coleman, Capt. Partridge, Jonathan Morton,
Nathaniel Gunn.
1734 — Capt. Coleman, Capt. Williams, Richard Billings, Dea. Dickinson.
Oliver Partridge.
1735 — Capt. Williams, Oliver Partridge, Jonathan Morton, Nathaniel Gunn.
Samuel Bodman.
1736 — Oliver Partridge, Capt. Williams, Jonathan Morton, Dea. Dickinson.
Richard Church.
1737 — John Dickinson. Ichabod Allis, Richard Billings, Oliver Partridge,
Capt. William.*;.
1738 — Oliver Partridge. Capt. Williams, John Dickinson, John Hubbard,
Richard Billings.
1739— Capt. Coleman, Oliver Partridge, Maj. Williams, John Dickinson, Dea.
Bodman.
1740 — John Dickinson, Nathaniel Coleman, Oliver Partridge, Abraham Mor-
ton. Richard Billings.
1741 — John Dickinson. Nathaniel Coleman. John Belding, Joseph Billings.
Kbenczcr Morton.
1742— Oliver Partridge. John Hubbard, Maj. Williams, Ens. Dwight. Obadiah
Dickinson.
APPENDIX. 481
1743-_Maj. Williams, Oliver Partridge, Daniel White, Seth Dwight, Thomas
^ash.
1744__Israei Williams, Oliver Partridge, Daniel White, Nathaniel Coleman,
Joseph Billings.
1745_Israel Williams, Oliver Partridge, John Hubbard, Daniel White, Seth
Dwight.
1746— Capt. Coleman, Oliver Partridge, John Hubbard, Dea. Bodnian, Lieut.
Billings.
1747 — Maj. Williams, Oliver Partridge, Ebenezer Morton, Daniel White,
Dea. Bodman.
1748 — Maj. Israel Williams, Capt. Nathaniel Coleman, Ebenezer Morton,
John Hubbard, Samuel Bodman.
1749_Col. Williams, Capt. White, Dea. Bodman, Sergt. Thomas Nash, Oliver
Partridge.
1750— Col. Williams, Dea. Hubbard, Dea. Bodman, Oliver Partridge, John
Dickinson, Jr.
1751— Col. Williams, Oliver Partridge, Capt. White. Capt. Dwight, Lieut.
Dickinson.
1752 — Col. Williams, Capt. White, Dea. Bodman, Lieut. Dickinson, Oliver
Partridge.
1753_Col. Williams, Capt. White, Oliver Partridge, Lieut. Billings, John
Dickinson, Jr.
1754_01iver Partridge, Capt. White, Capt. Dwight, Lieut. Billings. John
Dickinson, Jr.
1755 — Col. Williams. Dea. Hubbard, Capt. Dwight, Lieut. Joseph Billings,
John Dickinson, Jr.
1756 — Capt. White, Oliver Partridge, Capt. Dwight, Lieut. Billings, Lieut.
Dickinson.
1757— Oliver Partridge. Capt. White, Capt. Dwight. Lieut, Joseph Billings.
Lieut. Oliver Dickinson.
l75S--Col Williams, Oliver Partridge, Capt. White, Capt. Dwight, Lieut.
Oliver Dickinson.
1759 — Col. Williams, Oliver Partridge. Dea. Bodman. Capt. White, Elisha
Hubbard.
1760 — Col. Williams, Oliver Partridge. Capt. White, Dea. Bodman. Lieut.
Dickinson.
1761 — Col. Williams, Oliver Partridge, Capt. White, Capt. Dwight. Dea.
Bodmnn.
1762 — Col. Williams. Oliver Partridge. Capt. White. Capt. Dwight, Lieut.
Oliver Dickinson.
1763 — Col. Williams, Capt. White, John Dickin.son, Elisha Hubbard, Elijah
Morton.
1764 — Capt. Seth Dwight. Lieut. Joseph Billings. John Dickinson. Elijah
Morton. Elisha Hubbard.
1765 — Oliver Partridge, Capt. Seth Dwight, Elisha Hubbard, Wm. Williams,
John Dickinson.
1766 — lohn Dickinson, Elisha Hubbard, Ensign Allis, Perez Graves, Lieut.
Samuel Smith.
1767-68 — Oliver Partridge. Capt. Seth Dwight. Lieut. Joseph Billings, Lieut.
Oliver Dickinson. Wm. Williams. Esq.
1769 — John Dickinson. Perez Graves, John Hastings, Elijah Morton, Eben.
Cole.
1770 — Oliver Partridge, Capt. Dwight. Lieut. Dickinson. William Williams.
Esq., Elijah Morton.
1771 — lohn Dickinson. Elijah Morton, Perez Graves, John Hastings. Elihu
White.
1772 — Wm. Williams. Elijah Morton. Oliver Partridge. John Hastings, David
Billings.
1773 — Oliver Partridge, Elijah Morton. David Billings, John Hastings, Perez
Graves.
1774 — Dr. Eliiah Morton, John Dickinson, Perez Graves, John Hastings,
Oliver Partridge.
482
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
1775 — John Dickinson, Elijah Morton, Phineas Frary, Perez Graves, John
Hastings.
1776 — John Dickinson, John Hastings, Elijah Morton, Perez Graves.
1777 — John Dickinson, John Hastings, Perez Graves, Elijah Morton, Jona-
than Allis.
1778 — Col. Dickinson, Dea. Elijah Morton, John Hastings, Esq., David Mor-
ton, Elihu White.
1779 — Col. Dickinson, Dea. Elijah Morton, John Hastings, Lieut. Elihu WTiite,
Jonathan Allis.
1730 — Dea. Elijah Morton, Oliver Partridge, Capt. Perez Graves, Phineas
Frary, Benjamin Wells.
1781 — Oliver Partridge, Dea. Elijah Morton, Capt. Perez Graves, John Hast-
ings, Esq., Benjamin Wells.
1782-83— John Hastings, Esq., Dea. Elijah Morton, Jonathan Allis, Elihu
White, Col. Seth Murray.
1784 — Elijah Morton, John Hastings, Esq., Jonathan Allis, Lieut. Elihu
White, Col. Seth Murray.
1785 — Elijah Morton, John Hastings, Esq., Lieut. David Billings, Benjamin
Smith, Capt. Silas Billings.
1786 — John Hastings, Esq., Lieut. David Billings, Capt. Silas Billings. Elijah
Morton, Benjamin Smith.
1787 — Lieut. David Billings, Dea. Elijah Morton, John Hastings, Esq.. Capt.
Silas Billings, Benjamin Smith.
1788 — Hon. John Hastings, Dea. Elijah Morton, Lieut. David Billings. Capt.
Silas Billings. Lieut. Lemuel Dickinson.
1789 — Dea. Elijah Morton, John Hastings, Esq., Lieut. David Billings, Capt
Silas Billings, Lieut. Lemuel Dickinson.
1790 — Capt. Silas Billings, Lieut. Elihu White, Lieut. Samuel Partridge.
Benjamin Smith. Silas Graves.
1791 — Lieut. David Billings, Lieut. Samuel Partridge, Capt. Silas BillingN
Benjamin Smith, John Hastings, Esq.
1792 — Lieut. Samuel Partridge, Silas Graves, Dea. Elijah Morton, Ensign
Elijah Smith, Seth Bardwell.
1793 — ^John Hastings, Esq., Lieut. Samuel Partridge, Capt. Silas Billings.
Benjamin Smith, Esq., Capt. Jonathan Porter.
1794 — John Hastings, Benjamin Smith, Lemuel Dickinson, Elijah Morton.
Jonathan Porter.
1795 — John Hastings, Capt. Porter, Samuel Partridge, Benjamin Smith. Esq..
Capt. Billings.
1796 — John Hastings, Esq., Samuel Partridge, Benjamin Smith, Jonathan
Porter, Lieut. Elijah Smith.
1797 — John Hastings, Esq., Benjamin Smith, Jonathan Porter, Lieut. Elijah
Smith, Beniamin Wait, Jr.
1798 — Benjamin Smith, Capt. Eliiah Smith, Capt. Jonathan Porter, Lieut.
David Billings, Mr. Isaac Malthy.
1799 — John Hastinjrs, Lieut. David Billings, Capt. Jonathan Porter, Benja-
min Smith, E.sq., Capt. Elijah Smith.
1800 — John Hastings. Lieut. David Billings, Benjamin Smith, Capt. Jonathan
Porter. Cant. Eliiah Smith.
1801 — John Hastings. Benjamin Smith, Elijah Smith, Jonathan Porter. Lieut
Cotton Partridge.
1802 — John Hastings, Benjamin Smith, Jonathan Porter. Elijah Smith. Perez
Morton.
1803— Tf)hn Ha«;tings, Esq., Benjamin Smith. Jonathan Porter, Elijah Smith,
Perez ^forton.
1804-5 — Jolin Ila^^tings, Benjamin Smith. Silas Billings, Jonathan Porter.
Benjamin Morton. 2d.
1806 — Tolin Hastings, Silas Billings, Jonathan Porter, Benjamin Morton, 2d,
Lieut. Rufus Smitli.
1807-9 — John T Tastings. Jonathan Porter. Dea. Benjamin Morton. Capt.
Cotton Partridge. Joseph Billings.
j81()-ll — [obn Hastings. Jonathan Porter, Rufus Smith. Cotton Partridge,
Joseph Billings.
APPENDIX. 483
1812 — Cotton Partridge, Rufus Smith, Elijah Dickinson, Jr., Caleb Dickinson,
Joseph Billings.
1813 — Elijah Dickinson, Rufus Smith, Cotton Partridge, Caleb Dickinson,
Joseph Billings.
1814 — Elijah Dickinson, Rufus Smith, Cotton Partridge. Isaac Maltby, Caleb
Dickinson.
1815 — Elijah Dickinson, Cotton Partridge, Isaac Maltby, Joseph Billings,
Solomon Graves.
1816 — Benjamin Smith, Samuel Hastings, Erastus Billings, Daniel Dickinson,
Jr.. Solomon Graves.
1817 — Benjamin Smith, Ebenezer White, Cotton Partridge, Samuel Hastings,
Erastus Billings.
1818 — Cotton Partridge, Ebenezer White, Solomon Graves, Erastus Billings.
Israel Billings.
1819 — Ebenezer White, Elijah Bardwell. Daniel Dickinson, Jr., Capt. Giester
Hastings, Roswell Hubbard.
1820-21 — Ebenezer White, Elijah Bardwell, Daniel Dickinson, Jr., William
Dickinson, Roswell Hubbard.
1822 — Elijah Bardwell, Daniel Dickinson, Jr., William Dickinson, Silas
Graves, Roswell Hubbard.
1823 — Elijah Bardwell, Daniel Dickinson. Jr., William Dickinson. Silas
Graves. Roswell Hubbard.
1824 — Levi Graves, Daniel Dickinson. Jr., William Dickinson, Erastus Smith,
Roswell Hubbard.
1825 — Levi Graves, Daniel Dickinson, Jr., Erastus Smith. Roswell Hubbard,
Luman Pease.
1826 — Maj. Samuel Partridge. Silas Bardwell, Israel Dickinson, Jonathan
Porter, Henry Hitchcock.
1827 — Samuel Partridge, Silas Bardwell, Rufus Cowles. Pliny Day, Elijah
Hubbard.
1828 — Levi Graves. Caleb Dickinson, Erastus Smith, Salmon D. Bardwell,
Elijah Hubbard.
1829 — Remembrance Bardwell, Jonathan Porter. Roswell Hubbard, Justin
Wait. Ebenezer Graves.
1830 — Eliiah Bardwell. Daniel Wait. Jonathan Porter. Jr., Moses Warner,
Ashley P. Graves.
1831 — Capt. John White, Roswell Hubbard, Henry Wilkee, George Wait.
John Fitch.
1832 — Rufus Cowles, John White, Solomon Graves. Jr.. Joseph Snith. Jr..
Justin Wait.
1833 — .\lpheus Longley, Henry Wilkee, Aaron Dickinson.
1834 — Alpheus Longley. Henry Wilkee, George Wait.
1835 — Aloheus Longley, George Waite, John A. Billings.
1836 — To^in A. Billinjrs, Eliiah Bardwell, Moses Morton, 2d.
1837 — Eliiah Bardwell, Aloheus Lonj?ley. Israel Morton.
1838 — Alpheus Longlev, Harvev Graves, George Wait.
1839 — George Waite. Harvev Graves, Solomon Graves, Jr.
1840 — .Aretas Scott. Josiah Brown. Samuel D. Partridge.
1841 — Samuel D. Partridge, Aretas Scott. Alpheus Longley.
1842 — Aloheus Longlev. Aretas Scott. Samuel P. Billings.
1843 — Aloheus Longlev. Austin Smith. Samuel P. Billings.
1844 — George Waite, Alpheus Longlev, Leander Coolev.
1845— Eliiah Hubbard. John A. Billinps, Eliiah Bardwell. Jr.
1846-47— Elijah Hubbard. KHiah PardwHl. Jr.. John A. Billings.
1848 — Tames W. Warner, Samuel P. Billings, Lorenzo Cutter.
1849— Roswell Hnbbard, Wm. C. Bliss. Horace W. Field.
1850— Wm. C. Bliss. Horace W. Field. Rufus Cowles.
1851— Wm. C. Bliss. Rufus Cowles, Horace W. Field.
1852-54— George W. Hubbnrd, Wm. Henrv Dickir^on. Reuben H. Belden.
1855— Horace W. Field, Silas G. Hnbbard, Ahin Sanderson.
lRi;6— Horace W. Field, Henrv S. Porter. ToImi 1^. Brown.
1857— Henry S. Porter, John T. Fitch. Franklin Field.
185S— John D. Brown. Hr^race W. Field, Henrv S. PoTXer.
484
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
1859-60— George W. Hubbard, James Scott, Elisha Hubbard.
1861 — Roswell Hubbard, Moses Morton, Lemuel Cooley.
1862— R. H. Belden, Wm. H. Dickinson, J. T. Fitch.
1863-68— Wm. H. Dickinson, R. H. Belden, J. T. Fitch.
1869-70— F. D. Billings, Lucius G. Curtis, H. W. Field.
1871— H. W. Field, J. D. Porter, Daniel W. Wells.
1872— Elisha Hubbard, L. G. Curtis, Joseph Billings.
1873 — ^Joseph Billings, L. G. Curtis, A. E. Strong.
1874-75— Joseph Billings, A. E. Strong, Charles L. Warner.
1876— Joseph Billings, A. E. Strong, Henry G. Moore.
1877 — Moses E. Warner, Henry S. Hubbard, Henry G. Moore.
1878— Henry S. Hubbard, Otis C. Wells, Henry G. Moore.
1879 — H. S. Hubbard, H. G. Moore, Cooley B. Dickinson.
1880— R. P. Smith, F. K. Porter, Cooley B. Dickinson.
1881 — C. K. Morton, James Porter, Eurotas Morton.
1882-85— C. K. Morton, R. P. Smith, Eurotas Morton.
1886— C. K. Morton, J. D. Porter, C. A. Jones.
1887-88— Moses E. Warner, J. D. Porter, C. A. Jones.
1889 — J. H. Howard, M. E. Warner, C. A. Jones.
1890-92— J. H. Howard, M. J. Ryan, C. A. Jones.
1895— E. S. Warner, M. J. Ryan, C. A. Jones.
1894-97 — C. L. Graves, M. J. Ryan, C. A. Jones.
1898-1900— H. S. Hubbard, T. J. Ryan, C. A. Jones.
1901-2— H. S. Hubbard, T. J. Ryan, F. G. Bardwell.
1903— M. J. Ryan, C. L. Graves, Alfred E. Harris.
1904-1906— M. J. Ryan, C. L. Graves, C. H. Crafts.
1907 — David Billings, T. J. Ryan, C. E. Warner.
1908— John McHu^, Jr., T. J. Ryan, C. E. Warner.
1909 — J. C. Ryan, T. J. Ryan, C. E. Warner.
1910— J. C. Ryan, T. J. Ryan, C. E. Warner.
TOWN CLERKS.
1660-1687..
. .John Allis.
1835-1840.
. . . Israel Morton.
1688-1701 . .
. . Samuel Partridge.
1841
. . . Rodolphus Morton.
1702-1728..
. .Dr. Thomas Hastings.
1842-1844. .
. .Israel Morton.
1729-1731 . .
. . Daniel White.
1845
, . . Samuel D. Partridge.
1732-1784. .
. . Oliver Partridge.
1846
. . . George W. Hubbard.
1785-1803..
. .Samuel Partridge (2d).
1847
. . . Israel Morton.
1804-1813..
. .Joseph Billings.
1848-1854.
. . . Ephraim L. Hastings.
1814
. .Israel Billings.
1855-1857.
...William P. Allis.
1815-1818..
. .Joseph Billings.
1858-1905.
...William D. Billings.
1819-1833..
. . Remembrance Bardwell.
1906-
. . Lewis H. Kingsley.
1834
. .Josiah Brown.
•
REPRESENTATIVES TO
THE GENERAL COURT.
CoLONL\L Representatives.
1689-1692..
. . Samuel Partridge.
1725
. . . Henry Dwight.
1693
..Ens. Eleazer Frary.
1726-1728.
. . .John Dickinson.
1694
. . Samuel Partridge.
1731
, . . Henry Dwight.
1695
. .Ens. Eleazcr Frary.
1733
, . . Capt. Samuel Williams
1697-1700..
. . Samuel Partridge.
1737
. . .Col. Israel Williams.
1701
. .John White.
174M747..
. . .Oliver Partridge.
1702-1703..
. .Eleazcr Frary.
1748-1749.
...Col. Israel Williams.
1705-170C)..
. .Samuel Marsh, Sr.
1757
. .Israel Williams.
1707-1709..
. . Klcazer Frary.
1760
. . Israel Williams.
1710-1712..
. .Jolin Dickinson.
1761
. .Oliver Partridge.
1713
. .Henry D wight.
1763
. .William Williams.
1714-1716..
. .John Partridge.
1765-1767.
. . .Oliver Partridge.
1717-1721..
. .John Dickinson.
1768
. .Israel Williams.
1722
. .Tlenry Dwight.
1770
. .John Dickinson.
1723
. .Thomas Hastings.
1771-1772..
. . Israel Williams.
1724
. .John Dickmson.
\77^
. . .John Dickinson.
APPENDIX.
485
Colonial representatives were probably no longer chosen, for
John Dickinson was chosen a delegate to the Provincial Congress
called to meet at Concord, Oct. 6, 1774. John Dickinson and Perez
Graves were chosen, Jan. 9, 1775, to the Provincial Congress called
to meet at Cambridge. John Dickinson, John Hastings, and Elihu
White were chosen May 22, 1775, to the Provincial Congress called
to meet at Watertown, their term of service to be six months, but
only one to be paid for attendance at the same time. John Hastings
was chosen a representative to the Provincial Legislature, May 19,
1777.
Representatives under State Government.
1779-1786.... John Hastings.
1787 Benjamin Smith.
1788-1791. . . .John Hastings.
1792 Benjamin Smith.
1793-1807. . . .John Hastings.
1808-1809. . . . Isaac Maltby.
1810-1814. . . .Samuel Partridge, 2d.
1815 Israel Billings.
1816 Isaac Maltby.
.Levi Graves.
. . Israel Billings.
. . Oliver Smith.
. . Israel Billings.
. . Remembrance Bardwell.
. . Elijah Hubbard.
. . Solomon Graves, Jr.
. . Austin Smith.
1839-1840.... Justin Waite.
1841 .... Roswell Hubbard.
1842 Samuel D. Partridge.
1824
1826
1827-1828.
1829
1832-1833.
1835
1836
1838
1843
1846
1848
1852
1853
1854
1856
1857
1859
1862
1865
1868
1871
1874
1878
1883-1884.
1890
1896-1897.
1903
. .Joseph Smith.
. .Josiah Brown.
. . Elisha Wells.
. . Elijah Bardwell, Jr.
. . William H. Dickinson.
. . Roswell Hubbard.
. . Reuben H. Belden.
. . Silas G. Hubbard.
..William H. Dickinson.
. .John T. Fitch.
..Joseph D. Billings.
. . Henry S. Porter.
. . Elisha Hubbard.
. . Samuel P. Billings.
. .Joseph Billings.
. . Daniel W. Wells.
. . Roswell Billings.
. . Charles S. Shattuck.
. . Harry E. Graves.
1824
1884
Presidential Electors.
.Oliver Smith.
Eli A. Hubbard.
1904
Rev. Robert M. Woods,
Note 11. Extracts from the will of Oliver Smith.
I. OLIVER SMITH of Hatfield in the County of Hampshire in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Esquire, being of sound and disposing
mind and memory do on this fifteenth day of July in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and forty-four make and publish this my last
Will and Testament in manner and form following.
SECTION 3d.
In order to accomplish more eflFectually the objects contemplated in the
appropriation of the several funds hereafter designated— and for the pur-
pose of managing the same with greater facility, security, and advantage,
I hereby Direct that a Board of Trustees^ shall be established; to have the
custody, control, and Management of said Funds; who shall be accountable
for the proper and faithful discharge of the duties appertaining to their
office ; and who shall manage, improve, and apply said funds, and the interest
arising therefrom, in the way and manner, and for the purposes and uses
lereinafter specified and declared.
And it shall be the duty of the said Board of Trustees and their legal
successors forever to carry into full effect all the provisions of this Will in
•elation to the Receipt, Custody, Care, Management, Appropriation, Expendi-
486 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
ture, and payment of the various Legacies and Funds designated in this Will,
except such as necessarily appertain— or are expressly assigned — to my
Executor, or to others.
And 1 hereby order and direct that the said board of Trustees shall be
appointed and constituted in manner following. The several towns of
Northampton, Hadley, Hatfield, Amherst, and Williamsburg in the Countv
of Hampshire — and Deerfield, Greenfield, and Whately in the County of
Franklin — shall annually in the month of March or April at a legal Town
meeting (an article to that effect being inserted in the Warrant therefor)
choose one person being an inhabitant thereof, as Agent for said Town—
to be called an Elector. And the several Electors thus chosen, such choice
being duly certified, shall meet at Northampton on the first Wednesday in
May annually ; and shall then and there elect by a majority of the votes given
in Three suitable persons to act as Trustees of said Funds ; and the persons
thus elected shall constitute the Board of Trustees — ^and shall hold their
office for one year, and until others are chosen in their stead. Provided
however that the first choice of said Electors by the Towns — and also their
first meeting at Northampton for the choice of Trustees — may be made and
holden at such convenient and suitable time within one year after my decease,
as the Judge of Probate for the County of Hampshire shall appoint; and
the said Trustees thus elected at said first meeting shall hold their office till
the first Wednesday in May then next ensuing, and till others shall be chosen
in their place. And provided further, that if any or either of said Town.-
shall fail to choose an Elector — or if any Elector shall fail to attend any
meeting regularly hold<;n — such Electors as do attend shall be authorized to
act in the premises. And in case any one of said Towns shall by a legal
vote thereof refuse to accept the provision herein made, and intended for its
benefit — or shall neglect for two successive years to choose an Elector-
such Town so refusing or neglecting shall thereupon forfeit its right, as one
of the selected towns, to all the benefits of the Miscellaneous Fund: — and
the same shall be thenceforth appropriated and confined to such Towns, a*
shall have complied with the required conditions. But such refusal or neg-
lect shall not have any retrospective operation, nor aflFcct any Beneficiary
then already admitted.
And if at any time it should so happen that each and all of said Towns
above named shall refuse or fail to choose an Elector as before directed, I
hereby empower the Legislature of this Commonwealth by some suitable
Act to provide for the appointment of a Board of Trustees to take the rare,
control and management of said Funds in the way and for the uses herein
specified and declared; and to be subject to all the duties, and liable to all
the responsibilities herein provided in relation to the Board of Trustees tirsi
proposed to be established. Provided however that in such an event the use
and benefit of the Miscellaneous Fund shall not be confined to the Towiis
above named; but shall be extended to all the Towns in the County of
Hampshire.
And it shall be the duty of said Board of Electors to keep a true and
full record of all their doings and proceedings, and to preserve the same,
to be handed down and transmitted yearly to each successive Board. And
the said Electors at the meeting in May shall annually fix and determine
the amount of compensation to be allowed to the Trustees for their services
during the year then commencing. And they may adjourn their meetings
from time to time, and may call new meetings, whenever it may be necessary
in order to effect the objects of their appointment. But the Electors shall
not receive any allowance or compensation for their services from these
Funds— it being understood that such compensation — if any be rendered—
shall 1)0 made by the Towns which they respectively represent.
.\n(l the said Trustees, before entering on the duties of their offices shall
respectively give bonds, with sufficient sureties to the Treasurer of the
Countv of Hampshire, and to the acceptance of said Board of Electors, for
the faithful discharge of said duties; which bond shall enure to the benefit
of the several Funds — to cachi one its proportionate share.
And the said Board of Trustees shall hold their meetings, and transact
the /)usiness appertaining to \he\T sA\d ofl\ce at Northampton, and the records
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thereof together with the securities and evidences of property, and all other
papers connected with the management and application of said funds shall
be there kept and preserved.
And the said Trustees shall be entitled to a reasonable annual compen-
sation for their services, to be ascertained as above, and pa>'able as hereinafter
provided.
And in case the said Board of Trustees shall at any time be reduced to
a less number than two, I hereby direct that the Judge of Probate for the
County of Hampshire shall be requested by the remaining Trustee to appoint
two suitable persons to be associated with him in the management of said
funds until the vacancies in said Board shall be filled by the Electors. And
the persons thus associated with him shall be liable to all the responsibilities
attached to the office, and shall be entitled to their ratable proportion of the
compensation allowed the Board.
And it is hereby expressly made the duty of the said Board of Trustees
from and ever after its first organization to make out and deliver to said
Board of Electors at their annual meeting in May a full, correct, and official
Report of the state condition, income, and amount of each and all the
respective funds intrusted to their care. And the said Board of Electors
may at least once in each year, by a committee therefor appointed, examine
the Records. and doings of said Board of Trustees.
SECTION 4th.
I give to my nephew Austin Smith, in trust however, and for the uses
and purposes herein specified, the sum of Two Hindred Thousand Dollars,
to be secured at interest and managed as an accumulating fund by the said
Austin, until the Board of Trustees provided for in the preceding section
shall have been duly constituted and organized. At which time the said
Board of Trustees shall be authorized, and it is hereby made their duty to
demand and receive of the said Austin Smith the said sum of Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars together with all the interest and income that shall then
have accrued on the same. And the said Austin is hereby directed to pay
over the same to the said Board of Trustees as soon as the said Board shall
have been duly organized. Provided however that such payment may be
made by a legal transfer and delivery to said Board of any of the different
kinds of property to the amount required together with the evidences and
securities thereof, of which I may die possessed, at its par value if in stocks
of any kind, and its appraised value, if in real estate.
And the said fund shall thenceforth be and remain under the care and
control of said Board of Trustees, to be by them at all times secured and
kept at interest according to their best judgment and discretion — and man-
aged as one entire fund, and the interest thereof annually added to the
principal thus forming an accumulating fund, without allowing any subtrac-
tion of either principal or interest" therefrom (except for the purpose of
supplying any deficiency which may happen to exist, or of meeting any
unforeseen emergency that may arise, from the failure of the "Contingent
fund" hereinafter provided) until the said princioal and interest shall amount
to the full sum of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars. Provided however
that neither the said Austin Smith nor the said Board of Trustees shall
either before or after its division into distinct and separate funds, as
hereafter provided for, ever invest any part of said funds, or the inter-
est and income arising therefrom — nor any part of the same — in any
kind of Bank Stock, or Manufacturing Stock — or in Stocks of any of the
senarate States of the Union. Nor shall the said Trustees in their said
capacity at any time hold any such Stock, except as security for a doubtful
debt : and in everv such case the interdicted Stock shall be sold as soon as
practicable, and the proceeds thereof be re-invested in other security or
property at the discretion of the Trustees. But nothing in the foregoing
proviso shall be so construed as to prevent the .'iaid Trustees from retaining
all such stocks, of whatever kind, as I may hold at mv decease, and which
shall he transferred to them by my Executor. Nor is it intended to prevent
4gg HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
them from investing any portion of the funds in Stock of the Government
of the United States.
And when the said fund shall amount to the full sum of Four Hundred
Thousand Dollars, I hereby direct the said Board of Trustees to divide the
same into three distinct and separate portions as follows, viz.
One portion of Thirty Thousand Dollars for an Agricultural School in
Northampton.
One portion of Ten Thousand Dollars for the use of the American
Colonization Society.
One portion of Three Hundred and Sixty Thousand Dollars for the
various uses and purposes hereafter specified.
And the said several portions shall thenceforth be always managed and
improved by the said Trustees as distinct and separate funds; and the said
Trustees shall keep, the same invested and secured at interest in such a way
and manner as shall in their opinion be best calculated to increase the annual
income— due regard being always had to the safety and security of said
funds and the restrictive provisions of this Will in relation thereto; and the
principal of each shall be kept whole and entire from the interest annually
rising and growing out of each respectively (excepting so far as the "Con-
tingent Fund" is hereafter made chargeable therewith). And such part of
the interest of each fund, as may be necessary for that purpose, shall be
always applied thereto; and the surplus of such interest shall be appro-
priated to the uses hereafter declared.
And First, In reference to the fund appropriated to the use of the
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL;
I direct the said Trustees, and it is hereby made their duty, to manage and
improve the said fund of Thirty Thousand Dollars as an accumulating
Fund by annually adding the interest growing out of the same to the prin-
cipal, until the expiration of the full term of Sixty Years from ray decease.
And at the expiration of the said term I direct the said Trustees to pay over
to the Town of Northampton in said County of Hampshire out of the prin-
cipal of said Fund such amount thereof as may be thought necessary and
proper by said Town or its duly appointed Agents, for the purpose in the
first place of purchasing a Farm, or a tract of land for a Farm, within the
limits of the said Town, for a Pattern Farm, to be so improved in practical
details as to become a Model, as far as can be affected by time and expe-
rience, to Farmers generally. And in the second place, for the purpose of
purchasing another Farm, or tract of land for a Farm, as near to said Pat-
tern Farm as may be within said Town, to be designated for an Experimental
Farm, to aid and assist the labors and improvements of the Pattern Farm
in the Art and Science of Husbandry and Agriculture. The residue of said
fund thus accumulated it shall be the duty of said Trustees thenceforth to
manage as one entire fund, and the net amount of interest and income
arising therefrom shall be annually paid over by said Trustees to the Town
of Northampton, or to such Agent or Agents thereof as shall be duly
authorized to receive the same.
And I hereby direct the said town of Northampton forthwith after the
receipt of that portion of the principal above directed to be paid to them,
to appropriate the same to the purchase of the Tzvo Farms above mentioned.
And the net annual income thereafter arising from said fund shall, when
received by said Town, be appropriated to the following purposes, which it
shall be the duty of said Town (either in its corporate » capacitv, or by its
agents from time to time duly and specially appointed therefor) to carry
into full and complete effect.
First, as soon as may be after the purchase of said Farms or Tracts of
Land, I direct that suitable Buildings shall be erected on said Farms for the
use and accommodation thereof, and that additions and improvements be
made thereon from time to time— as may be necessarv; ancf also that as
soon as the income of said fund will allow there shall be erected on the
premises— or as near thereto as may be, other Buildings convenient for the
residence of Mechanics, and Workshops and Tools shall be provided suitable
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for the manufacture of Implements of Husbandry of the most approved
models, or of the invention of the artists employed in the business for the
use and management of the Farms aforesaid, and for the use of the School
hereafter mentioned, and also for sale for the benefit of the institution^
under the care and management of a skillful Mechanician. And if it
should be thought best to extend the manufacturing Establishment to other
Trades, and for other purposes in the manufacturing Line, if the income of
the fund will admit it may be done.
Secondly, There shall also be established on the premises a School of
Industry for the benefit of the Poor. The Boys to be selected as Benefi-
ciaries and Pupils shall be of fair character, and shall be taken from the
most indigent classes of the Community, and shall receive a good common
education, and be instructed in the art and science of Agriculture, or in
some Mechanic Art in the shops attached to the premises. And such of
the Boys as shall have acquired substantial information and skill in the
business in which they have been employed on the premises, and shall also
have acquired habits of industry, sobriety and economy, shall on their arrival
at the age of twenty-one years receive the sum of Two Hundred Dollars
each, on good security being given for the repayment thereof to the Treas-
urer, or other proper officer, of said Establishment at the expiration of five
years from the receipt thereof, together with the annual interest growing
due thereon during said five years, at a rate however not exceeding five per
cent, per annum, to enable the said Beneficiaries to commence business for
themselves. And at the end of the said five years, if they shall have evinced
by their conduct that the good habits, aforesaid continue to be practiced, the
obligation taken for said loan shall be cancelled, and given up to them
gratuitously — the interest thereon having been annually paid as above
required. But the Superintendents hereinafter provided for, may dismiss
any Beneficiary or Pupil from the School for incapacity, idleness, or vicious
conduct — or whenever the interest of the Boy or of the Institution mani-
f esthr require it.
Thirdly, I further direct that the Beneficiaries admitted to said School
shall on their arrival at the age of eighteen years be allowed some portion
of time in each week to labor for themselves — the extent of such privilege
to be regulated by the Superintendents of the School in each particular case.
Each Boy to receive semi-annually the amount of his own earnings, and to
have the management and disposal of the same; and to render an account
to the Superintendents, or other proper officer of the Establishment, at the
end of each year, of the manner in which he has used, improved or expended
the same. And those, who neglect to render such an account, shall thence-
forth be deprived of this privilege; unless it shall appear that the neglect
did not arise from carelessness or inattention; nor from any desire to con-
ceal the mode of employment or expenditure.
Fourthly, the establishment shall be designated and called
SMITH'S AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL.
And there shall annually be chosen by ballot in legal Town meeting by the
inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in Town affairs, Three Discreet
Freeholders, living in said Town of Northampton, or elsewhere, one of whom
at least shall be a practical Husbandman, and one a Mechanic, who shall
have the care and management of the income annually received from the
Trustees of the Fufid, and who shall have the control and superintendence
of the whole Establishment; and shall annually report in writing to said
Town, in legal Town meeting, the state of the funds, the expenditures, the
improvements made on the premises, and the state of the School and Insti-
tution generally ; and also the state and condition of the proceeds and income
of the Establishment. And they shall give bonds to the Town with good
and sufficient sureties for the faithful performance of the trust aforesaid,
and shall be amenable to said Town of Northampton for their conduct in
their said office, and for their faithful performance of their duties above
mentioned. And the said Superintendents and all other Officers and Agents
considered necessary for the due management of said income and E%l^SV\%V\r
490 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
ment, shall receive therefrom a meet recompense, or Salary, for their sen-
ices — payable either annudlly, or at shorter periods, as may be deemed most
expedient.
And I further direct that a suitable number of competent Instructors and
Artists shall always be provided and employed in the various branches and
departments of the Establishment, who shall have suitable salaries or com-
pensation allowed them out of the income of said Fund or Establishment.
And I hereby further direct the said Board of Trustees having charge
of the said fund of Thirty Thousand Dollars, as soon as the same shall
have been set apart and hav^ become a distiiKrt fund, annually thereafter to
make an official Report in writing to the Inhabitants, or Town of Northamp-
ton aforesaid, in legal Town meeting, of the actual condition, income, and
amount of said fund, as then from year to year existing — unless the said
Town refuse, or neglect for the space of two years to accept the trust
hereby committed to it.
But in case the said Town shall refuse, or shall for the space of two years
after the said fund shall have been separated from the other funds neglect
to declare its acceptance of said trust subject to all the conditions and restric-
tions herein specified in relation thereto — I hereby order and direct the said
Trustees to transfer the said Agricultural Fund, together with the net income
that shall then have accrued thereon, to the Contingent Fund in the Fifth
Section hereafter provided for, to he thenceforth incorporated therewith and
to constitute an integral part thereof.
And Next, In relation to the Fund of Ten Thousand Dollars primarilT
appropriated to the use of the
AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY;
I hereby direct the said Trustees having charge of this fund to keep the
same at all times safely and profitably invested and secured at interest as
heretofore directed, and to manage the same as a distinct fund. And it shall
be the duty of said Trustees, as soon as the said fund shall have been set
apart as before directed, to give notice to said Society of the provisions of
this Will in favor thereof — and also of the conditions, restrictions, and ulte
rior disposition to which the said fund shall then be — or may eveniuaDT
become — subjected.
And if the said Society shall within six months thereafter signify to the
said Trustees its acceptance of the trust confided to it — and shall also ii
writing give its assent to the terms and conditions prescribed in this Will it
relation thereto: it shall thereupon become the duty of said Trustees annna^f:
to pay over to the Treasurer, or other prooer Agent of said Society, all tk
net interest and income annually arising from said fund for the uses aal
purposes, and subject to all the conditions and restrictions following, viz.
.All the monies received by the Society aforesaid from this fund shall be
applied to the purpose of transporting persons of color from the Unitrf,
States to the Colony of Liberia, or to such other place as the said SocieJfj
may select as the most suitable location for a Colony of. Free or Emandpalfll
Blacks : and for furnishing the usual supplies afforded to persons of tWj
description after their arrival in that Country. The persons transported If]
means of this fund shall be designated bv some particular distinctive naiq
or appellation. .And the said Society shall annually make report in
to the Trustees of this fund, stating as far as practicable the situation
circumstances of the persons receiving the benefit of this fund : in order
the said Trustees, and through them the public at large, may be the h
able to judge, whether the money is judiciously and properly expended:
to estimate more correctly the value and importance of these philantlu
efforts, which are now making throughout the Country for the relief
elevation of tliat degraded class of mankind.
But if at any time after the expiration of five years from the tine
the first pavnuMit of said income to the said Socictv. the inhabitants of
Town of Northampton shall decide hv a legal vote thereof that in
opinion this fund \v(h\UI he more beneficial to the community at large.
wore appropriated to t\\Q v\se o^ SmUKs A%r\c\di\iral School as estal*
APPENDIX. 491
in this Will — and shall submit the question to the decision of the Justices
of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts either as arbitrators, or
otherwise, reasonable notice of said proceedings having been given to the
Treasurer, or some other Officer of said Society, and the said Justices, or a
majority of them, shall thereupon decide in favor of such vote of the Town,
and confirm the same — In that case the said Trustees shall no longer pay
over said income, nor any part thereof, to the said Society. And it shall
then be the duty of said Trustees forthwith to unite this fund with the said
Agricultural fund; and the two funds thus incorporated shall thenceforth
constitute one entire fund, the whole net income of which shall be applied
to the uses and purposes heretofore specified and declared in relation to said
Agricultural Fund. But if the decision of said Justices shall not confirm
the vote of said Town, such decision shall not be a bar to any similar appli-
cation to be made to them afterwards for the same purpose; provided that
said application shall never be twice sustained or acted upon within the term
of any five successive years.
And in case the said Society shall refuse— or neglect to accept said trust,
within the time before limited^-or having accepted it, shall neglect for the
space of three successive years to make as above required — or if any of
the money received by the said Society from this fund shall be applied to any
other purpose than those before specified — Then, and in either case, this
fund shall be forthwith withdrawn from the aid of said Society, and shall be
incorporated with the Agricultural Fund as above directed, and shall become
an integral part of the same. Provided however, that if the use of this fund
shall become forfeited by said Society in any of the ways above pointed out,
at any time after the said Agricultural Fund shall have been transferred to
the Contingent Fund, as directed on the fourteenth page hereof, — then, and
in such case, this fund shall also be transferred to the said Contingent Fund.
and thenceforth become part and parcel thereof. [The Colonization Societv
did not accept the gift and the $10,000 was added to the Contingent Fund.]
Thirdly — The remaining fund of Three Hundred and Sixty Thousand
Dollars — which may be denominated the Joint — or Miscellaneous Fund —
shall be devoted to the use and Benefit,
first, of Indigent Boys.
secondly, of Indigent Female Children,
Thirdly, of Indigent /oung IVomen, and
fourthly, of Indigent Widows.
c* And for the purpose of carrying into effect my intentions in relation to
. this Fund, I hereby order and direct, first that Four eighth parts— or one half
*-■ —of the net interest and income growing due and arising therefrom, shall
i' annually be set apart and appropriated by said Board of Trustees having
charge thereof for the use and Benefit of
IXDIGEXT BOYS.
And it is hereby made the duty of said Trustees to expend and applv the
same in the manner, and to the uses and purposes following.
: On the division of the Funds, as directed on the ninth page hereof, or
^ at such time previous thereto as the said Trustees shall deem expedient for
•;. the purpose of providing a competent number of Beneficiaries to receive the
:** benefit of this fund, when the income thereof shall become available— and
Vever afterwards from time to time as the state of the fund will admit— the
"?7Said Trustees shall select from families of fair character, but indigent or
^-tnoderate circumstances, within the before mentioned Towns of Northamp-
-»tori, Hadlev, Hatfield. Amherst, and Williamsburg in the Countv of Hamp-
^shire and Deerfield, Greenfield, and Whately in the County of 'Franklin— a
3rif»uitable number of Boys to receive the benefit of this portion of the fund,
i:Vthe written consent of the parents, or those having the legal disposal of themj
*l>eing first obtained. Preference in such selection being always given— when
^i^jOdiej circumstances are equal— first to Indigent children— secondly to orphan
=;;^hildren havmg neither father nor mother— and thirdly to such children as
«ave only one parent living— those having both father and mother living to
tw taken last in order.
492 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
And the said Trustees shall cause the said Boys to be bound out in good
and respectable families, where they shall receive a good common school
education, and be well instructed and brought up in the business of hus-
bandry, or such mechanical trade or employment as may be considered by
said Trustees most beneficial or useful for them. And any agrreement which
shall entitle the Boy to receive a sum of money for his services, shall enure
to his benefit, and the money be paid to him on his coming of age. Provided
however that every Boy so selected shall be at least twelve years of age—
of sotind health and intellect — industrious habits — and good moral character.
And that not more than one Boy from any one family shall receive the
benefit of this fund at one and the same time — nor more than one Benefi-
ciary be serving an apprenticeship in any one family at the same time. And
provided further, that neither in the selection of the Boys, nor in the choice
of families in which they are to be bound out — ^nor in the bestowment of any
benefit or privilege arising from this fund shall there ever be any distinction
made or preference given, on account of any religious sect, or political or
other party whatsoever.
And each of said Boys who shall have been bound out as aforesaid — and
who shall apply therefor at any time within six years after his arriving at
the age of twenty-one, and who shall have conducted himself well and faith-
fully during his apprenticeship — and also until the time of such application,
shall at the discretion of said Trustees receive a loan of money from the
income of this fund — not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars — for a term not
over five years — on his furnishing good and satisfactory securitj^ for the
repayment of the same at the expiration of said term, with the interest
thereon annually. And if at the end of said term the interest shall have
been punctually paid — and the conduct of the Borrower shall have been such
as to satisfy the said Trustees that he will in future make a good use of the
money — the obligation shall be cancelled and given up without the payment
of any further sum than the interest aforesaid.
And I further order and direct — Secondly, That Two eighths—or one
quarter part — of the net interest and income growing out of and arising from
this fund shall annually be set apart and appropriated for the use and
benefit of
INDIGENT FEMALE CHILDREN.
And it is hereby made the duty of said Trustees to expend and apply the
same in the manner and for the uses and purposes following.
On the division of said funds, as before directed, or at such previous
time thereto as the said Trustees shall deem expedient for the purpose of
providing a competent number of Beneficiaries to be in readiness to receive
the benefit of this fund, as soon as the income thereof shall become available
— and ever afterwards from time to time as the state of the fund will admit—
the said Trustees shall select from families of fair character and indigent or
moderate circumstances within the before named Towns of Northampton,
Hadley, Hatfield, Amherst and Williamsburg, Deerfield, Greenfield and
Whatcly — a suitable number of Female children to receive the benefit of this
portion of the fund, the written consent of their parents, or those having
the legal disposal of them, being first obtained. Preference in such selections
being always given — when other circumstances are equal — first to indigt'nt
children — secondly to orphan children — having neither father nor mother—
and thirdly to such children as have only one parent living — those having
both father and mother living to be taken last in order.
And the said Trustees shall cause the said children to be bound out in
the families of good and respectable Farmers or Mechanics, giving the prefer-
ence however to Farmers, till the said girls shall arrive at the age of eighteen
years respectively — in which families they shall receive a good common school
education — be brought up in habits of sobriety, industry, and morality— and
be furnished with all the necessary instruction to enable them to superintend
the aflfairs of the household, and fulfil their domestic duties with honor to
themselves and usefulness to their families. Provided however. First, that
every Girl when received shall be of sound health and intellect — of good
moral character — and not \css iXa^lW X>Nt\\^ '^ears of age. Secondlv, that not
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more than one girl from any one family shall receive the benefit of this fund
at one and the same time, nor more than one Beneficiary be serving in any one
family at the same time. And Thirdly, that no preference shall be given
cither in the selection of the girls, or of the families in which they are to be
placed^-or in the bestowment of any benefit or privilege arising from this
fund, to any religious Sect or Denomination whatever.
And each of the said girls, who shall have been bound out as before
directed, and who shall have conducted herself well in all respects during the
term of her service, and who shall continue to sustain a good moral charac-
ter till the time of her marriage, shall be entitled to tiie sum of Three
Hundred Dollars as a marriage Portion; to be paid by the Trustees in
money, or expended in furniture proper for housekeeping either in whole,
or part, at their discretion. Unless the said Trustees shall have good reason
to believe that the person, whom she has married, or is about to marry, is a man
of bad character, or one who will not make a good use of it for their mutual
comfort and benefit. But it is my intention that in every such instance the
Beneficiary shall in case of sickness, bodily infirmity, or mental derangement,
receive such aid and assistance from time to time, either in money or other-
wise, as the said Trustees shall think the necessity of her situation may
require. Provided such relief shall never exceed in the whole amount fur-
nished, the sum of Three Hundred Dollars in addition to «uch compound
fnterest, as may have accrued thereon, subsequently to her arrival at the age
of eighteen years. But it is to be expressly understood that no Beneficiary
shall be deprived of her right to the said marriage portion of Three Hundred
Dollars on account of the Religious opinions of her husband; as the benefits
of all these funds are intended to be open alike to all Religious Sects and
Denominations claiming to be Christians.
And it is my will and intention furthermore that in case of the sickness,
or mental or bodily infirmity of any Beneficiary (being above the age of
eighteen years, and unmarried) she shall be entitled to receive such aid and
assistance from time to time, either in money or otherwise, as the said
Trustees shall think that her situation may require. Provided such relief
shall never exceed in the whole, the sum of Three Hundred Dollars exclu-
sive of such compound interest as shall have accrued thereon after her arrival
at the age of eighteen years. And in the event of her marriage after she
shall have received any such pecuniary aid as is here provided, the amount
thus previously furnished shall be counted and considered as part of the
Three Hundred Dollars, which she would otherwise have been entitled to
receive as her marriage portion, and shall be deducted therefrom.
And I further order and direct that if any Beneficiary shall marry under
the age of eighteen years she shall thereby forfeit her claim to each and all
the pecuniary benefits arising from this fund; and no Beneficiary shall ever
receive any such aid therefrom after she shall have ceased to maintain a
good moral character.
And I further order and direct, Thirdly, that one Eighth part of the net
interest and income of said Fund shall be annually set apart and appropriated
to the use and benefit of
INDIGENT YOUNG WOMEN.
And it is hereby made the duty of said Trustees to expend and apply
the same in the manner, and to the uses and purposes followmg.
The said interest and income hereby appropriated shall be at the disposal
of said Trustees, and shall be paid out at their discretion from time to time
as occasion may require and opportunities present in Marriage Portions to
such Young Women applying therefor as are in indigent or moderate circum-
stances, to be expended in the purchase of necessary articles of household
furniture. Provided always that such marriage portion shall in no case
exceed the sum of Fifty Dollars; and also that the applicant or Beneficiary
shall sustain a good moral character — and shall belong to one of the eight
Towns before enumerated or named, and shall not be less than eighteen
years of age at the time of her marriage — and provided also that the man,
whom she is about to marry, or has recently married, shall likewise sustain
a good moral character, and be of sober and industrious hah\t«^.
494 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
And the said Trustees may at their discretion withhold the payment of
said marriage portion in all cases till after said marriage shall have taken
place. But the application for the marriage portion shall always be made
either before — or within three months — after said marriage.
And I hereby order and direct, Fourthly, That the remaining one Eighth
part of the net interest and income annually growing due and arising from
the Joint— or Miscellaneous — Fund aforesaid shall be set apart and appro-
priated to the use and Benefit of
INDIGENT WIDOWS,
having families. And it is hereby made the duty of said Trustees to expend
and apply this portion of said income in the manner following.
The said interest and income hereby appropriated shall be at the disposal
of said Trustees, and shall be paid out at their discretion from time to time
as cases may arise, and occasion may require, to such IVidozcs applying
therefor, as shall be in indigent or moderate circumstances, and who have a
child or children, dependent on them for maintenance and support. Provided
that no applicant or Widow shall ever receive more than Fifty Dollars in
any one year — and provided also that each Beneficiary, or Widow, shall
belong to one of the eight Towns before named and described — be of frugal
and industrious habits when in health — and sustain a good moral character.
It is not my intention to prescribe or recommend an annual allowance—
or even a second payment of said gratuity. I leave that question to the dis-
cretion of the Trustees — as cases may occur where it will be manifestly
proper that "a part, or even the whole of said sum of Fifty Dollars should be
repeatedly bestowed. But I do declare it to be my earnest desire and inten-
tion— and it is hereby strictly enjoined upon the said Trustees in every dis-
cretionary exercise of their powers — to discourage idleness and pauperism in
every form ; and to recommend and enforce by all proper means the practice
of Economy — Frugality — Temperance — Industry — and every Moral J'irtue.
Having made provision in this Section that the selection of the four sev-
eral classes of Beneficiaries, viz. the Boys, Girls, Young Women, and Widows
shall be made within the before named eight Towns, as enumerated on the
17th page hereof. — Now in case there shall at any time be a surplus of the
income arising under each or any of the several appropriations herein made
over and beyond the amount required to meet the actual — or probable — claims
upon each respectively from the eight Towns aforesaid — in all such cases the
said Trustees tuay apply such surplus to the use of Beneficiaries selected from
the remaining Towns in the County of Hampshire, or either of them.
SECTION 5th.
.Ml the residue of my Estate of every kind not herein otherwise disposed
of, after payment of my just debts, and the expenses of settling my Estate
at the Probate Office. 1 give in trust to the said Austin Smith, and for the
purpose constituting a
CONTINGENT FUND,
to ))C invested and managed by the said Austin until the said Board of
Trustees before mentioned shall be organized, and thenceforth by the said
Trustees, in the way and manner pointed out in the fourth Section for man-
aging the funds there established. -\nd from the interest and income annu-
ally arisinjr therefrom — or from the principal in case the income shall be
insufficient therefor, the said Trustees after their appointment and organiza-
tion— and the said .Austin previously thereto — shall pay the Legacies and
annuitio mentioned in the second Section of this Will — and shall also defray
all the expenses of managing the several funds intrusted to their care, until
the same sball be divided and separated as directed in the preceding section —
and also '>uch a> shall be incurred in the due and regular execution of the
various provisions of this Will — (excepting such as are incident to the
.\grienltnral bund — and to the Colonization Fund) — and shall also keep
whole :iu(l entire the s'<u(\ .Miscellaneous Fund of Three Hundred and Sixty
APPENDIX. 495
Thousand Dollars — so far forth as the interest and principal of this Con-
tingent Fund shall prove sufficient for these purposes.
But in case this fund shall at any time prove to be inadequate to meet
the demands thus made upon it, the deficiency must be supplied from the
income arising out of the principal or main fund, till the same shall be
divided into separate funds — and after such division, from the income arising
from the separate funds respectively— each fund being chargeable with its
proportionate share of such deficiency. Provided however, that after the
division of said fund as before directed, the Contingent Fund shall not con-
tribute anything in aid of the Agricultural Fund, nor in aid of the Coloniza-
tion Fund — for it is my express intention that each of these two funds shall
always be chargeable with its own losses, and shall be holden to defray its
own expenses.
And if, under the provisions of the fourth Section relative to the ultimate
transfer of the Agricultural and Colonization Funds, this Contingent Fund
should ever become so much enlarged as to produce a surplus of income after
meeting all the demands above made chargeable upon it — in such an event —
and from whatever cause — I hereby authorize and direct the said Trustees
to appropriate and expend such surplus from time to time in aid and fur-
therance of the uses and purposes of the Miscellaneous Fund established on
the seventeenth page of this Will — giving to each of the four different Chari-
ties there named, at the discretion of said Trustees, such a share or propor-
tion of said surplus as the condition and wants of each may respectively
require.
SECTION 6th.
In order that the funds created by this Will may be managed and improved
with greater safety and less trouble and the objects herein proposed be more
eflfectually obtained and secured, — I hereby authorize and advise my Executor,
or the Trustees of these Funds, to apply to the Legislature of this Common-
wealth for an Act — or Acts — of incorporation containing suitable provisions
for the appointment of Trustees and also for their accountability — and for
carrv-ing into full and complete effect the benevolent and charitable purposes
of this Will. And also to use their endeavors to obtain the insertion of a
clause providing for the exemption of said funds from all future taxation.
But such Act, or Acts of Incorporation shall not take effect without the
acceptance of the same by the Board of Electors provided for in the third
Section of this Will at their annual meeting in May, or at some other meeting
specially called for the purpose — if such Board shall then be in existence.
SECTION 7th.
T constitute, ordain and appoint my Nephew, Austin Smith sole Executor
of this Will. Hereby revoking all Wills, Testaments, and Bequests by me
heretofore made; and ratifying and confirming this, and no other, as my
Last Will and Testament.
SECTION 8th.
If it shall hereafter appear that any of the bequests, devises, trusts, direc-
tions, limitations, manner or terms of accumulation, or other provisions con-
tained in this Will cannot be executed, or shall be found to be repugnant to
any rule of law. then and in such case I hereby devise and bequeath all my
property aforesaid to my said Executor, and to such Trustees as may be
legally appointed, in trust, to be held and disposed of as nearly according
to the directions, purposes and objects herein before set forth and provided
as may be consistent with law.
And I further direct that in case of the entire failure of Trustees from
any cause whatsoever the Judge of Probate for the Countv of Hampshire
for the time ])cing shall have full power and authority to nominate and
appoint Trustees to hold and manage said property until other Trustees "?.K^.\.V
496 HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
be legally appointed in the manner herein before set forth, and authorized
to act in their stead.
In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix my seal the
day and year before written.
Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the Testator as
and for his fast Will and Testament in the presence '
us, who in his presence, aud at his request, and
fn-esence of each other, have hereunto suDscribed our
names as Witnesses.
CHARLES PHELPS.
THEOPHILUS P. PHELPS.
CHARLES P. PHELPS.
ur i
OLIVER SMITH and Seal.
Whereas. I, OLIVER SMITH, by my last Will and Testament executed
on the fifteenth day of July, A. D. 1844, have appropriated certain funds for
the several purposes therein specified — and whereas I now deem it expedient
to modify some of the provisions in regard to the investment and management
thereof ;
I do by this CODICIL, direct that the fund of Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars established by the fourth Section of said Will as an accumulating
fund shall be always kept loaned and invested in good and safe bonds,
secured by good and sufficient mortgages on real estate; and that all the
accruing interest and income therefrom — ^together with the growing income
from such accumulation, shall from year to year be loaned and invested in
the same manner, so far as the same can be safely done in the judgment of
said Board of Trustees. And whenever in their opinion it shall be unsafe,
or become impracticable so to invest such excess, or increased accumulation,
or any part thereof, the same may be then invested in all, or in any, of the
following Stocks, to wit, the Stocks of the Government of the United States
— ^the Stocks of the following separate States, to wit. New York, Massachu-
sets, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Vermont — and also the Stocks
of the following cities, viz. New York, Boston and Albany — ^and in such pro-
portions of all, or either, as the Trustees shall think proper.
The "Contingent Fund" established in the fifth Section of said Will— or
any portion thereof — may also be at the discretion of said Trustees, be
invested in good bonds, and mortgages, or in any or all of the Stocks above
specified. But no portion of the above mentioned funds shall ever be invested
in any other kind of Stocks whatever.
The Funds appropriated for the "Agricultural School" and the "Colonica-
tion Society" may be invested in such way and manner as in the judgment of
the Trustees shall best secure the two great objects — safety and productiveness.
And I do hereby revoke, and declare null and void, all such portions of my
said Will as contravene the provisions of this Codicil.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my name and seal this thir-
teenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty-five.
OLIVER SMITH and Seal.
Signed, sealed, published and declared bv the said Testator as a
CtKlicil to be annexed to his last Will and Testament, and to
be taken as part thereof, in presence of us. Who at his
request, in his presence and in the presence of each other,
have subscrilxd our names as Witnesses thereto.
CHARLES PHELPS.
THEOPHILUS P. PHELPS.
CHARLES P. PHELPS.
INDEX.
SUBJECTS AND PLACES.
akis Indians, 161.
emies, see Dcerficid, Greenfield,
opkins, and Smith Academies.
ount of the desolation of Deer-
.^Id," 150.
»'lene lights, 239.
of Parliament, 187.
lis, 167.
ntures of Jonathan Wells, 463-6.
kram Indians, 72.
niltural School, see Smith's
:hool.
ia-Chapcllc, Peace of, 175.
tiy, 88, 93, 94, 95, 96, 157, 158, 159.
idians, 119, 120, 122.
:iance. Oath of, 106.
mac. The Farmer's, 209.
■ in St. Joseph's Church, 347, 349.
rican Bible Society, 237, 309.
oard of Commissioners for For-
gn Missions, 237, 243, 305, 309,
A.
Dlonization Society, 490.
ome Missionary Society, 237,
19.
erst, 183, 198, 199, 217, 272, 486.
allege, 178, 237. 243, 354.
as Company, 239.
mnition, 118, 155.
onchus, 48.
dotes :
unt Patie, 285.
om Banks and his master, 280.
he constable ys. Solomon Graves,
3.
race of the cx-slayc, 197.
)seph Guild and 'Gen. Washing-
.n, 289-90.
horse led upstairs, 196.
he parson's prayer at the bridge,
.5.
rayers for King George III., 282.
he schoolbdv reader, 248.
L*ating the nietiinghouse, 251.
versary of Key. C. J. Boy Ian,
^9.
-federalists, 202.
es, 146.
Appendix, 459-96.
Apprentices, 110, 490-3.
Architecture, 141-2.
Archives, 7, 164, 190, 238, see also
Records.
Arithmetic, 110, 111.
Art, 141.
Ashfield, 168, 198.
Ashuelot, N. H., 151, 152, 173.
— Equivalent, 173.
— Grants, 173.
Assessments, 103, 111, 126, 129, 146,
195, 240.
Assessors, 103, 129, 140.
Attacks by Indians, see under Indi-
ans.
Attorneys, 104.
"Aunt Beck," 205-7, 256.
Austria, Immigrants from, 234.
Automobile supplies. Manufacture of,
319, 365.
/\ wakening. The Great, 170.
Back log, 252.
Baker's Ferry road, 48, 205.
Bands, 214, 227.
Banks' Corner, 135, 280, 311.
— road. Houses on, 312.
Baptism, 459-60.
Baptists, 243.
Barbers, 284.
Barley, 137.
"Bars, The," at Deerfield, 85.
Barnet, Vt.. 156.
Bashan, 47, 118, 142.
Battles with the Indians, 80, 81, 84-5,
152-3.
Baxter's "Saint's Rest," 209.
Bayonets, First use of, 176.
Bay path. 74, 167.
Bay State Screw Company, 319, 365.
Beef, 167, 195, 211.
Beer, 146, 212.
Belchertown, 198.
Belfry, 169. 251, 252, 297, 345.
Bells.' 114. 139, 169, 213, 251, 252.
Berkshire County. 173, 174, 183, 187.
Bernardston, 167, 172, 201.
498
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
"Bcver." 257.
Hible, 110. 143, 209, 249, 345.
Bills of credit, 167, 198.
Blackbirds, 126.
Blacksmiths' shops, 67, 100, 144, 255,
265, 269, 293, 303, 318, 321, 338.
Blandford, 172. 198.
Blankets supplied the army. 195.
Blazed trees as highway bounds, 134.
Blockhouses, 167, 172.
Bloody Brook, 79, 81, 151, 159.
"Bloody morning scout," The, 175.
Board of Education, 315.
Bohemians, 234.
Bonesetter, 102.
"Book of Martyrs," Fox's, 209.
Books, 143, 209.
Boston, 19, 68, 94, 96, 167, 179, 180,
181, 182, 186, 189, 190, 199, 203,
213, 231.
— Public Library, 58.
— tea party, 182.
Boundaries, 24, 55-6, 57, 127, 248.
Bounties for soldiers, 194-5, 227, 230,
231.
— on blackbirds and crows, 126.
— on scalps, 122.
Bradstreet's grant or farm, 25, 131,
133, 134, 162.
Bradstreet, Village of, 118, 222, 235.
— Houses in, 332-7.
Brandy, 148, 212.
Brass kettle, 209, 211.
Brattleboro, Vt., 162.
Bridges, 51, 135, 207, 214-7, 275, 306.
Bridge Street, Houses on, 324-5.
British Museum, 106.
British government and ministry, 178,
179, 182, 185. 188.
Broad brook, 363.
Brookfield, 12, H 76, 81. 119, 151,
159, 162. 213, 274.
Brook Hollow, 48, 283.
Broom corn, 219, 220, 221, 275, 459.
Brooms, Manufacture of, 219, 220,
275, 299.
Broom scraper, 220.
Brotlicrhood, Rights of the, 460.
Brunswick. Me., 162.
Bulls. 69. 126.
Hunker Hill, 190.
Burning,;: of the fields and woods, 35,
Zl.
Burying grounds, 61, 108, 168, 197,
223. 29(), 315, sec also Cemeteries.
Business expansion of the eighteenth
century, 167.
C.'ilendars. Julian and Clregorian, 22.
(^inibridge. 19. 3). 1<%.
Caini) Miller, 230.
Canada. 15. 8S, 92. 03. 04, Q5, 96. 112,
125, 149 150. 151. \S3. \SS, \S(),
158, 162, 164, 167, 174, 194, 238.
253, 278.
— Military strength of, in 1678, 471.
— lane, 322.
Canadians, 220.
Candles, candlewood, 144, 212.
Capawonk brook, ZJ^ 35, 46.
— meadows, 22. 27. 28, 48, 12, 128.
Captives. 80, 89, 90. 92, 93, 95, 97.
119, 121, 150-2, 153, 156-7, 159, 16f).
163.
Carpenter's shop, 255.
Carpets first used, 196.
Carriages, 170, 213.
Carriage shop, 293.
Cart path, 74.
Carts, 146.
Catechism, 110, 209, 253.
Catholics, 203, 242, 346.
— and Protestants, Relations be-
tween, 347, 349.
Cattle. 37. 69. 71. 88, 126. 129, 137,
195, 203, 213, 219, 230, 236, 253.
350, 459.
— keeper, 69.
Cavalry, 164, see also Hampshire
troop.
Cemeteries. 223, 296, see also Burying
grounds.
Census, 203, 478.
Chaises, 170.
Chamble, 95.
Changes, 234, 240.
Champlain, see Lake Champlain.
Chapel at West Hatfield, 238, 325.
Charities, 236-7.
Charlemont, 167, 172, 198.
Charter for Queen's College, 178.
— from William and Mary, 115.
Charts of house lots, 43, 67, 108.
Cheese, 212, 213.
Chesterfield, 198.
Chestnut mountain, 109.
— Plain road, 162.
— Street, Houses on, 325-8.
Chicopce, 150.
Children, 110, 251. 253, 257.
Christian Lane, 135.
Churches, Congregational. 62-4. 168.
181. 222, 223. 241, 343-6, 459-60:
membership, 63. 460.
— St. Joseph's, 316, 346-9.
Clapboards, 37, 146.
Clarke School for the deaf. 354.
Claverack road, 135, 291.
Clock on the church, 297, 345.
Clothier, 266-7.
Cider, 212.
Cider mill. 321, 363.
Civil war, 225-33; roll of soldiers.
231-3.
Coat roll of Revolutionary soldiers.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND PLACES.
499
Cocked hats, 205, 274.
Codfish, 213. "
Coffin's ''History of Newbury," 45.
Coinage, 68.
Colleges, 74, 110, 177-8; Graduates of,
362; Preparation for, 112, see also
Amherst, Harvard, Mount Hol-
yoke, Queen's, Smith, Williams,
and Yale colleges.
Colonization Society, 263.
Colored people, see Negroes.
Colrain, 152, 167, 172.
Commerce, Restrictions on, 179.
Committee of Correspondence, 184.
— Inspection, 186.
— Safety, 114, 115, 186, 187, 188.
Common land, 24, 49, 110, 126, 130,
131, 160.
Commons, Division of, in Hatfield,
109, 160, 473-6; in Hadley, 160-1.
Compass, 40, 133.
Concord, 184, ^1.
Conferences with the Indians, 164,
171, 173-4.
Confession Act, 198.
Congregationalists, 460.
Congress, Continental, 194, 198, 199,
201.
— Provincial, 183, 184, 185, 186.
Connecticut, State of, 20, 21, 76, 77,
81. 88, 92, 119, 123, 156, 158, 164,
170.
~ river, 20, ^Z, 34, 51, 87. 214, 459.
— River Railroad, 224, 325, 339. 341.
— valley, 21, 33, 66, 113. 119, 120,
136, 142, 148, 149, 175, 177, 178,
221, 224.
— Valley Stock Farm, 236.
Constables, 101, 109, 137, 185, 203,
213.
Constitution, Federal, 201, 202, 218.
— of Massachusetts, 195, 203, 205,
350.
Contributions of Hatfield for various
causes, 74, 125, 194, 229.
Conventions, 180. 181, 183, 184, 198,
199, 200, 201. 350.
Conway, 198, 199.
Cooperation, 241.
Corn, 68. 72, 111. 123. 126, 137. 146,
219, 222
Corn iiiills,"46, 47, 144, 284, 319.
Cotton, 145, 146.
Council of war, 80.
County courts (Hampshire), 8, 62,
122, 141 ; Sessions of, interrupted,
183. 199.
— commissioners, 74, 102.
Courts, sec County and General
courts, also 183, 198, 199, 201.
Cowas. Vt., 156.
Cow bridge, 47, 322.
Cows, see Cattle.
Creamery, 236.
Crescent Pistol Company, 364.
Critical period, 200.
Crown Point, 175.
Crows, 126.
Cummington, 198.
Curfew, 114.
Currency, 167, 198, 200, 202, 290.
Currier's shop, 256.
Dalton, 173, 189.
Dame schools, 208, 352.
Dancing, 147.
"Deaconing" hymns, 143.
Deacons, 108, 137, 344.
Debtors, 198.
Declaration of Independence, 113,
175, 194, 195.
Deeds of land from the Indians, 26-8.
Deerfield, Town of, 72, 77, 78, 79, 92,
95, 96, 119, 121, 123, 127, 136. 149,
150, 151. 152, 153-5, 156, 158, 159,
162, 163, 174, 183, 198, 199, 209,
274, 347, 486.
— lane, 117, 134.
— river, sec Pocumtuck river.
Democrats, 249.
Denison farm, 25, 27, 109, 118. 131,
132, 133.
"Desolation of Deerfield," 150.
Diary of "Aunt Beck," 205-7.
— Dr. Thomas Hastings, 150-2.
Dickinson Academy, 209.
— Hospital, 14, 237, 243, 341.
Dike, 34.
Distillery, see Stills, also 284.
Ditches, 135. 460.
Divorce, 148.
Doctors, 102, 216, 270, 303, 305, 316.
Door. Scroll and casings of, 302;
Illustration of, 275.
Dorchester. 20.
I>ower of bride. 209.
Drafts. 227, 229, 231.
Drainage of home lots, 34, 460-1.
— swamps, 133.
Dress of the Puritans, 141.
— in the eighteenth centurv, 209.
Drinking. 148, 212, 256-8.
Drydcn's jwcnis read, 209.
Dutch traders at Albany, 164.
Dummer, see Fort Dummcr.
Dwiglit and Partridge. 256.
Ear marks of the cattle, 69, 70.
Fast Division. 48, 61, 307.
Kastcrn Indians, 161," 164.
Fducation. 13-14, 110-1, 208, 236, 350.
352, 354-5, sec also Schools.
"Kgg Pop" day, 257.
Flectors, Presidential, 485.
— under the will of Oliver Smith,
486, 495.
500
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Electric lights, 239.
Elm Street laid out, 108.
— Houses on, 309-15.
Elm trees, see Trees.
Ely insurrection, 199, 200.
Embargo, Hatfield's attitude toward,
218.
Enfield, Conn., 151.
Engagers to settle in Hatfield, 23, 24,
25, 29, 39.
Entertainment of strangers forbid-
den, 59.
Equipment of soldiers, 117-8.
Estates, 42, 47, 102, 103, 138, 168, 240.
Evangelistic services, 345.
Faculty tax, 195.
Falls fight. The, 84-5.
Fall Town, 152, 167.
Fanning mills, 254.
Farmer's Almanac, 209.
Farmington, Conn., 73, 87.
Farm machinery, 234.
"Farms, The," 118, 121, see also Dcn-
ison farm.
Father Rasle's war, 151, 162-5.
I^Vderalists, 202, 249.
Fences, 49. 55, 56, 68, 69, 110, 129,
239, 253.
Fence viewers, 101, 129.
Ferries and ferrymen, 300.
Fifty pound lots, 47.
Field drivers, 129.
Fines, 100, 110, 141.
Fire companies, 240.
I^'irelocKS 117
Fitch Brother's, 219. 284, 319, 363.
iMtch Brothers and Porter, 363.
Flagstaff raised, 225.
Flax. 145, 167, 211.
Fhntlocks, 117.
Flints, 156.
Flip and flip iron, 212, 257.
Floods, 37, 136, 461.
Flowers, 142-3.
Forbes Library, 7.
b'oreijj:ncrs, 242.
h'orcstry, 'I'own system of, 240.
i^'orcsts, Annual liurning of, 35, 37.
Fortifications, 81. S2, 100, 117, 118,
149, 155.
i'ort Dumnier^. 151. 162, 167, 170, 172.
— lulward, 176.
— Lvnian, 176.
— M'nssachiisclts. 167, 172, 173, 175,
177.
— rclliani, 167, 172.
— .Shirk-y, 1()7, 172.
— Snnitor fired on. 225.
b'orts ])uilt across xhv frontier, 166,
167.
Fox's •*Bor)k of .Martyrs," 209.
/'>«'! /jiingham, 213.
Freeman's oath, 58.
Freemen, 42, 58-9.
French, 81, 95. 96, 116. 119, 150. 152,
153. 156, 157. 162. 164, 176. 177.
179.
— and Indian wars, 151, 166, 172.
173, 174, 175. 180, 256.
Canadian settlers, 220, 346.
— river, 158.
Fruits. 146.
Fulling mill, 145.
Funeral customs, 148.
Galleries in the mcetinglvouse. 60.
138, 168. 250, 345.
Garrisons, 79. 84, 100. 116, 123. 149.
156. 159, 164, 172.
Gas plant, 239, 319.
Gates, 253. 267. 279, 290. 293.
Ganger of casks, 105. 129.
Gazette, see Hampshire Gazette.
(General Court, 24, 25. 51, 53, 54, 57,
66, 72, 102. 106, 115, 119. 120, 122,
123, 127, 130, 133. 146'. 158, 163.
168. 173, 177, 180, 182. IJU, 189,
198, 199. 200, 201. 214, 217, 218.
257, 484.
Germans, 224, 346.
Gill. 84.
Girls, Schooling of. 111. 208. 249.
352
Glass, 45, 60, 138, 195.
Goodwin lot. 82, 107.
Goshen, 198.
Governors of Massachusetts men-
tioned, 19. 25. 97. 114. 115, 195.
350.
Grain used for currency, 167.
Grammar schools, 110, see also Hop-
kins Grammar School.
Granby, 198.
Grants of house lots, 40-3. 46, 60, 66-
7, 108-9. 118, 161.
— by the colonial government. 25.
Granville, 198.
Great Awakening. The, 170.
— Barrington, 173. 201.
— Meadow, see North Meadow.
— Pan sett or Ponsett. 48. 49. 55.
56.
— Plain, 168.
— Pond, 27, 132, 134.
Greenfield, 164, 167. 198, 230, 346.
486.
— Academy, 237.
(irccn's "History of England," 143-4
(ireenwich, 198.
(Irej.jorian calendar. 22.
Gristmill, 319, see also Corn mill,
(inns. Manufacture of, 364.
(Inn .shop. 222. 319, 324. 364.
WvvW^vs ci>T^us suspended. 199.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND PLACES.
501
I lackbcrry tree, 297.
Hacllcigh, England, 23, 57.
Hadlcy, Settlement of, 22, 29 \ Name,
2^\ Church in, 2^\ Rights of in-
habitants in. 2i\ Boundaries, 24,
25, 127-8. 170; Separation of Hat-
field from, 50-7. sec also 8, 12, 34,
46, 63, 7X 77, 79, 83, 87, 93, 100,
106. 120, 132, 153, 155, 156, 160,
161. 162. 163, 170, 173, 177, 183.
187, 198, 202, 205. 214, 217, 219,
Z37, 486.
Halfway brook, 72.
"Halfway Covenant,' 21.
ITall of Records in Springfield, 8,
27.
Hampshire Count v, 7Z, 102, 104, 105,
116. 120, 123, '150, 158, 159, 162,
165, 172, 174, 175, 199, 200.
— Gazette, 8, 214, 227, 229, 230.
— troop, 74.
Hard times following the Revolu-
tion, 198, 207.
Hartford. Conn., 20, 21, 31. 77, 92,
2\2, 459-60.
Harvard College, 74, 110, 170, 178.
Hastv pudding, 253.
Hattleld Addition. 146, 168. 476.
— England, 57, 461-3.
— Equivalent, 168, 477.
— Gas Company, 239.
— woods, 130.
Haverhill, 157.
Haydenvillc, 205, 248.
Heath, 167.
Hemp, 146.
Herbs. 144, 212.
Herding and herdsmen. 69.
Higli scliool, Place of, sui)plied by
Smith Academv. 356.
Highways. 51. 67, 68. 74, 101, 108,
K34-5, 204-5, 239, 248.
"Hill, The." 62. 104. 108-9, 117, 126,
128. 130.
Hinsdale, 174.
Historv of American Literature
(Tyler), 107.
— the Connecticut Valley, 7, 62. 218,
362.
— Deerfield (Sheldon). 7. 61. 7^, 7^.
89. 92, 93, 112. 463.
— England (Green). 143-4.
— Hadlev (Judd). 7, 22, 58, 78, %7 ,
\22, 147, 160. 459.
— Newbury (Coffin). 45.
— Northampton (Trumbull). 7, 106,
2()0.
— Western Massachusetts (Hol-
land). 7. 62.
— VVhatelv (Crafts). 7. 161.
— Whatelv (Temple). 7. 62. 63, 161.
Hogs. 37, 71, 126. 129, 211. 213.
Hoosic, 152.
Hopewell Swamp, 119, 122, 131, 132,
133, 134, 161.
Hopkins Academy was the old
— (Grammar School, 46, 47, 104, 107.
1 12, 352.
Horn books, 110.
Horse mountain, 205, 286.
Horses, 38, 71, 129, 136, 137, 146, 236,
459.
Housatonic Indians, 114.
Hou.se lots, Eirst survey of, 40; As-
signment of, on the street, 41-4,
66; on "the Hill," 108; on Middle
Une, 109; at "the Farms," 118;
Charts of, 43, 67, 108.
Houses, Number of, 106, 240; Stvle
of, 44, 45, 61, 142, 170, 202, 259,
288.
Hundred Years' war, 1(X).
Hu.sking bees, 147.
Husks used for mattresses, 222.
Hyde and Shattuck, 364.
Hynms, 143.
fnunigration, 220, 224, 234.
Incorporation of Hatfield, 57.
— Whately and William.sburg, 191.
India, 305, 344.
Indian attacks on Brookfield, 76, 81.
119, 151.
— Brunswick, Me., 162.
— Chicopee, 150.
— Deeriield, 78. 79, 81, 92, 119, 149.
— Fall Town, 152.
— Fort Dummer, 151.
-- fort in the Great Meadow. 152.
— Hadley, 88.
— Hatfield, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 87, 8^-
90. 121. 150, 162.
— Haverhill, 157.
— Lancaster, 81.
— Longmeadow, 83.
— Marlboro, 83.
— Northampton, 80, 81-2.
— Northfield. 78, 81, 151, 16.3.
— Pa.scommuck fort, 150.
— Schenectady, N. Y., 119.
— soldiers in a swamp below Sugar
Loaf, 78.
— soldiers at Blood v Br(K>k, 79.
— Springfield, 79, 81.
— vSwansea, 76.
— Westficld, 81, 151.
— Windsor. Conn., 83.
Indian deeds. 26-8.
— iMcld, 27, 60.
— fort. 77.
— Ilollcw, 37.
-- names, 142.
— tribes, 72, see also Abenakis,
.\gawam. Albany, Eastern, Hou-
satonic, Mohawk. Mohegan, Nar-
ragansett, Natick, NiiuWvc, ^\\i-
502
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
muck, Pequot, Pocumtuck, River,
Scatacook, Squakheag, and War-
ranoke Indians.
— women, 12.
Indians, Purchase of lands from, ZI \
Characteristics of, 71 ; Camping
grounds of, 12\ Numbers of, 73;
flee to Canada and New York,
88; encamp in Hopewell Swamp,
119; Trading with, forbidden,
119; tried for murder of Richard
Church, 120; declared enemies,
121 ; Bounty for scalps of, 122 ;
teach the making of maple sugar,
144.
Indeocndence, Declaration of, 175,
195.
— Hatfield votes in favor of, 194.
Indigent minors and widows pro-
vided for in the will of Oliver
Smith, 491-5.
'industry and Prosperity." 14, 459.
Industries, Changes in, 214; develop-
ment of various kinds of, sec
under Brooms and Broom corn.
Cattle, Hogs, Horses, Live stock.
Manufactures, Onions, Sawmills,
Sheep, Silkworms, Tar and Tur-
pentine, Teasles, Tobacco.
— of the home, 144.
Jail at Northampton, Israel Williams
and his son confined in, 188.
— attacked bv a mob, 199.
"Jenny Lind elm," 223, 295.
Judd manuscript. The, 7.
Julian calendar, 22.
Kinderhook, N. Y., 96.
King's hill, 126, 132, 300.
King Philip's war, 75-98, 152.
— Losses in, 81, 99.
Kin J? William's war, 116-24, 155.
— Expenses of, 122.
— Courts suspended during, 123.
Kissing the bride, 147.
Knitting, 212-3.
Ladder, I'inc for not procuring, 100.
Ladies' IJcncvokMit Socictv, 346.
Lake Clianiplain. 94, 95, 157, 158.
— (jt'orjs^o. 94, 175, 256.
Lancaster, 76.
Land .speculation. 167.
Lathe shop, 319, 365.
Laurel park. 11.
Law against excess in ai)parcl, 141.
Lawsuits. 128. 108.
Lea<l. sec I^owder and load.
Leaders, 12, 112. 241.
Lebanon. Coim.. 76.
Lccfiire days, 345.
Ial\ 173.
Legal Tender Act, 198.
Legislature, see General Court.
Letters quoted from Rev. Hope
Atherton, 86-7.
— Governor Brockholds, 472.
— Timothy Cooper, 470.
— Pres. Timothy Dwight, 202.
— Governor Frontenac, 469. 472.
— Dr. Thomas Hastings, 163.
— Col. Samuel Partridge, 149. 159,
162, 163.
— Maj. John Pynchon. 79, 121. 467
— Capt. Sylvester Salisbury, 471.
— Quintin Stockwell, 96.
— Benjamin Waite, 96.
— Rev. Stephen Williams, 155, 463.
— Dr. Thomas Williams, 176.
— Rev. John Wilson, 473.
— to the colony of Connecticut for
aid received in fighting the Indi-
ans, 123-4.
— to the town of Hadley about the
boundaries, 127-8.
Liberia, Plan to colonize, 490.
Library, 143, 238, 250, 294.
Lighting the streets, 239.
Linen, 145-6.
"Lining out" hymns, 143.
Linseed oil manufactured, 169.
Linsey-woolsey. 145.
Liquor, 104, 148, 256-8.
Lists and tables:
— Books in circulation, 143, 2C>9.
— Bridge proprietors, 217; bridge
tolls, 216.
— Broom shop proprietors, 220.
— Census returns, 478.
— Coat roll of Revolutionary sol-
diers, 190.
— Contributions of Hatfield women
in the Civil war, 229.
— Deacons, 344.
— Engagers, or first settlers, 23-4.
— First French settlers. 221 ; first
German settlers, 203, 224; first
Irish settlers, 224.
— Graduates of colleges. 362; of
Smith Academy, 357-62.
— Grain values in 1698, 137.
— Invcntorv of Lieut. William Allis.
103.
— Jurv on trial of Indian murderers,
120.'
— Land, amount divided in the
meadows, 49.
— Losses in the wars, 81, 85. 89-90,
150-2, 159-60, 231.
— Militia officers, 101.
— Ministers, 343-4.
— Oath of allegiance, Signers of.
106.
— IVoprictors of Bradstreet farm.
\J^\ oi commons in Hadley, 1J3.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND PLACES.
503
of commons in Hatfield,
of Denison farm, 118; of
Id Equivalent, 4/7-8; of
reW Swamp, 133; of house
3, 67, 108; of Williamsburg
on or the Three Mile Grant,
lentatives to the General
484-5.
nen, 478-84.
owners in 1699, 125-6.
rs in Turner's expedition,
rescue expedition to Deer-
153-5 ; in Revolutionary
192-4; in War of 1812,
in Civil war, 231-3.
;rs in Smith Academy,
:o growers. Largest, 235.
clerks, 484.
ion statistics, 129,. 240.
ns, 234.
idow, 47.
isett or Pansett, 48, 49, 55,
,279.
c industry, 126, 236.
ible, 308.
r, 213.
,47.
;, 212.
215, 258. 306.
, Capture of, 166.
ihuelot, 152.
oing Over," 135.
lin, 48.
98.
?. 152.
223.
r in farm operations, 234.
es, 59.
ghting in, 162.
.'et, Houses on, 253-76, 294-
e, 126.
203.
jring. 219, 220. 222. 254.
9, 363-5.
'95, 204.
eet, Houses on. 308-9.
jar and svrup, 144, 212.
18.
customs, 147.
\7.
,493.
setts Historical Society,
, 14. 79. 84. 8H-91. 150. 152.
i, Mannfaoturc of, 222.
1." 254. 2h2.
Divi'^ioii of. 47. srr also
ichus, C'ai)a\vonk, Little,
North, and South Meadows, Ba-
shan, Brook Hollow, Cow bridge.
East and Middle Divisions, Fifty
pound lots, Great and Little Pon-
sett, Indian Field, Indian Hollow,
Long lots. Lower plain, New
Field, "the Nook," "the Park,"
"the Plain," Scotland, Thompson
lot. Turn of the River, and Upper
Hollow.
Meetinghouses, 54, 59, 60, 63, 101,
124, 137-8, 155, 168-9, 189, 249,
250-2, 296-7, 304, 345.
Memorial Hall in Deerfield, 114, 186.
— Hatfield, 97, 143, 191, 204, 223,
237-8, 240, 296, 454.
Memorial windows, 345.
Men, Work of, 146, 213.
Men's club^ 346.
Meslin, 146.
Methodists, 243, 343.
Middle Division, 48.
Middlefield, 174.
"Middle Going Over," 135, 327.
Middle Lane, 42, 109, 117, 129, 253,
286.
Milford, Conn., 204.
Militia and military training, 101,
116, 117, 118, 122, 184-5, 186, 199,
202, 218, 231-3, 254.
"Mill and Meeting," 46.
Mill Lane, see Middle Lane.
Mill river, 27, 35, 363.
Mills, 100, 155, 169.
Mill Swamp, 69, 109, 134, 135, 327.
Ministers, 54, 55, 59, 107, 112, 147,
168, 180, 181, 208, 223, 241, 257,
Minister's library, 143.
— rate, 102. 137.
— salary, 55, 60, 107, 137, 167, 223,
250.
— wood, 108.
Minute-men. 185, 186, 189.
"Missionary farm." 309.
Missions, 344, 346.
Mobs, 183, 187, 199, 201.
Moccasins, 158.
Mohawk Indians, 73, 77. 80, 84, 88,
90, 94, 149, 157, 163, 171, 176.
Money, 123, 137, 167, see also Cur-
rency and "Provision pay."
Monson, 198.
Montague, 198.
Montreal, 157.
Mormons, 287.
Motto of town seal, 14. 459.
Mountain Street. 205. 291.
Mount Esther road, 135.
Mount Hope, 76.
— Sugar Loaf, 24.
— Toby, 24, 27. 120.
— Warner. 119.
304
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Muddy Hrook, 151.
Mulberry trees, 221.
Music and musical
143.
Mutton, 167.
instruments,
Nails for the meetinghouse, 137.
Napanset river, 48.
Narragansett Indians, 80, 92.
Natick Indians, 90.
Naval quota in the Civil war. 233.
Negroes, 116, 129, 169, 196, 248, 279,
281. 284, 285, 312, 320.
"New England Primer," 209.
"New England Rarities," 143.
New Field, 48.
New Hampshire, 162, 173, 176.
New Haven, Conn., 169.
Newspapers, 209.
New style reckoning. 22.
New York. 219, 231.
Niantic Indians, 88.
Nipmuck or Nipmet Indians, 11^ 76,
92, 93, 122.
Nonotuck, 21, see Norwottuck.
"Nook, The," 48.
Norridgewock. Me., 162, 164.
Northampton, Settlement of, 20;
Sale of Capawonk meadows by,
22, 28; Boundaries, 24, 26, 127, see
also 44, 63, IZ. 77, 79. 81, 84, 105,
120. 121. 151, 153, 156. 162, 163,
177, 184, 198. 199, 200. 201, 217,
223. 237, 272. 346, 347, 352, 354,
486.
— England, 57.
Northt^eld. 7^, )^, 117, 151, 152, 161,
162. 163, 167.
North Meadows. 25. 47, 84. 121, 248.
North Street. Houses on, 322-3.
Norwich. Conn., 198.
Norwottuck. 21. 24. 27. 153.
— Indians, 27, 71, 77, 122.
Note of thanksgiving. 254.
Nutmeg, 213.
Oath of allegiance. 106, 150.
Oats. 137. 146. 211.
Officers. Militarv. 101. 116, 118, 122,
184. 192.
— Stale. 195, see riovcrnors.
— Town. 101. 102. 129. 186, 225, 478-
84.
Oil mill. 169. 2S4.
"Old l<anns," 134.
Old I'rcnch war. 134.
Old maids and l»aclK'l(»rs. 251.
Old st>l(' reckoning, 22.
( )ni(in>, 235.
Onion stora.ijc warrhoUM". 235.
Orchard. I-'ir^t mention <>f. 146.
i )vii;i\\. .^45.
( )ncv CriM-k. 163.
Ovens, 210-11, 252.
Ox-bow, Z2, 33.
Oxen, 37, 38, 129, 146.
Oyer and Terminer, Court of, 120.
Packer of meats, 105, 109.
Pail factory, 327.
Palisades, 81, 82.
Palmer, 198.
Pantry road, 204. 224. 248, 328. 339.
Paper money, 123.
Pari.sh organized, 223, 250.
"Park, The," 48.
Parliament, 179, 187.
Parsonage, 170, 223, 297.
Partridgeville, 174.
Party spirit, 249, 250.
Pascommuck fort. 150. 156.
Passport from governor of Canada.
470.
Paupers, see Poor.
Peace after Father Rasle's war. \tA.
— after Revolutionary war, 214.
— after the War of 1812. 219.
— of Aix-la-Chapclle, 175.
— of Rvswick, 116.
— of Utrecht, 159.
Peas, 146.
Pelham. Fort, see Fort Pclham.
— Town of. 198, 201.
Pequot Indians, 88.
— war. 75.
Peru, 174.
Peskeompskut. 84, 154.
Pest house, 280.
Petition for separation from Hadley.
51. 53.
— division of Hampshire Countv.2t)i).
Pews, 60, 169, 250.
Philadelphia, Penn.. 219.
Physicians, see Doctors.
"Pilgrim's Progress." 209.
Pine trees. 37. 44, 126, 202.
Pistol shop, 319, 364.
Pistols, Manufacture of, 364.
Pittsfield, 172. 173, 187.
'•Plain. The," 48.
Plains of Abraham, 167.
Pocumtuck Indians. 72. 73. 71. 92,
122 153
— patii. 28'. 90. 134. 152.
— river. 84, 87.
— Valley Memorial Association. 152
Political discussions, 202. 249.
— tracts. 209.
Polos, 234, 349.
WAK 103. 106^ 168.
Pontoosuck, 172.
Poor. 114. 124-5, 186.
Poorhouse, 125.
Pope's poems read, 209.
Population, 106. 186, 191, 203, 234.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND PLACES.
505
126, 167, 211..
achine Company, 322, 365.
ers, 216, 288, 294, 298, 307,
«.
146,224.
36.
and lead, 73, 117, 118, 155,
leetings, 345-6.
[ndians, 76.
ial electors, 485.
46-9.
110, see "New England
r."
press. First, 58.
•rs, see under Lists and ta-
or's lot," 222-3.
Street, 134; Houses on,
«
its and Catholics, Relations
jn, 347, 349.
bills, 168.
.1 Congress, 183, 184, 185,
n pay," 67, 68, 167.
43.
and Hvmns," Watts', 209.
.10. 143. «
►uses, 148, see Taverns.
Lane," 253.
), 138, 252.
5, 72, 146, 212.
3.
139, 203.
/t., 92.
of. soldiers, Revolutionary
94
)f 1812, 218.
war, 227, 229, 230.
?5, 97, 116, 117, 158, 256.
\nne's war. 131, 149-60;
5 in, 159-60.
College, 177-8.
nt, 27, 28, 72.
IS from colonial laws, 141,
histories, see History.
Is, see Records,
ittchu (Mt. Tol)y), 24.
1 the meadows. 140.
i. Steam, 224, 325, 339. 341.
ic, 240.
lerers, 101, 137.
s, 101, 138.
;, 99. 102. 103. 123, 126, 137,
in the schools. 111.
ks, 346. ^
>anish. 67. 68.
County, 71.
— Church, 343.
— Hadley, 30, 46, 50, 51.
— Parish, 343.
— Proprietors', 133, 134, 460.
— Quotations from town, 57, 61, 63,
74, 107, 111, 114, 150-2, 180,
217-8.
— Town, 50, 53, 59, 66, 106, 114, 115,
124, 126, 136, 140, 146, 149, 205,
247.
Rectory of St. Joseph's Church, 316.
"Redeemed Captive," The, 63, 113,
463.
Red Rock, 72.
Reminiscences of Samuel D. Par-
tridge, 247-92.
— Daniel W. Wells, 293-342.
Representatives in the General Court,
484-5.
Revival 345
Revolutionary war, 115, 180, 189-95;
List of Hatfield soldiers in, 192-4.
Revolution in Germany in 1848 the
cause of German immigration to
the United States, 224.
— of 1688 in England, 114.
Revolvers, Manufacture of, 364.
Rials, see Reals.
Riding chairs, 170.
Ringing of hogs, 71.
"Rip-rapping" the river bank, 34.
Riots, 189, 201, 231.
"River gods," 13, 166, 278.
River Indians, 72, 77, 121.
River road in Bradstreet, Houses on,
332-7.
Robert's Inn, 214.
Round hill in Northampton, 223.
Rowe, 167.
Rum, 148, 196, 211, 212, 213.
Running Gutter brook, 169, 240.
Rural Improvement Society, 238-9.
Rushes for scouring, 210, 212.
Russia, Immigration from, 234.
Rutland, 151, 162.
Rye, 137, 146. 211.
Ryswick, Peace of, 116.
Sabbath observance, 253.
"Saint's Rest," Baxter's, 209.
St. Joseph's Church, 316, 325, 346-9.
St. Lawrence river, Expedition ship-
wrecked in, 158.
St. Mary's Church in Northampton,
346.
Salem, 184.
Salaries, see Minister's and School-
master's .salaries.
Saleratus. Manufacture of, 222.
Salmon, 35, 72.
Sand for scouring, 210, 277.
Sandy hill, 109.
Saratoga. N. Y., 176.
506
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Sawmills, 45, 47, 144, 161, 169, 222,
284, 319, W, 328, 363.
Scalps, 79, 122, 158.
Scatacook Indians, 122, 162.
Schenectady, N. Y., 119.
Schoolbooks, 110.
School districts. 222.
— exhibition, 249.
Schoolhouses, 110. 111. 157, 161, 169,
208, 222, 223. 225, 238, 248-9. 296,
298, 299, 300, 303, 315, 316. 331,
338.
Schoolmaster's salary, 111, 157, 169.
Schools, 110-11, 127, 169, 177, 208.
222, 248, 269, 273.
School Street, 42, 109, sec also Mid-
dle Lane; Houses on, 316-18.
"Scotland," 48.
Scouts and scouting, 79. 80, 156, 158,
• 162, 163, 166, 172, 175, 176.
Scriptures not read in meeting. 345.
Seal of town, title page, 14, 459.
Sealer of weights and measures. 114.
Seating of the meetinghouse, 60, 138,
140, 251.
Selectmen, 58, 101, 102, 103, 110, 114,
117, 118, 125, 129, 133, 138, 140,
141, 146, 184, 186, 225. 478-84.
Select school, 222.
Separation of Hatfield from Hadley,
55, 57.
— Whately and Williamsburg from
Hatfield, 191.
Separatist movement, 11.
Sequestered land, 126, 131, 161.
Sermons of Dr. Lyman, 186, 209, 215,
306
— Rev. William Williams, 113. .
Setting out of a bride, 212.
Settle, 252.
Sewers, 240.
Shad, 35.
Shays's rebellion, 12, 200-1.
Sheep, 37, 71, 88, 125. 126, 129, 219,
236.
— pasture, 126, 131.
Sheffield, 161. 172. 173.
Shelburne, 198.
Shingles, Zl ^ 146.
Shirlev, Fort, 167, 172.
Shoemakers, 127. 254, 269, 303, 313,
318.
Shotguns, Manufacture of, 364.
Shutcsbury, 198.
"Signing off" from the church. 252.
Silkworms, Raising of. 221. •
Simsbury, Conn.. 12>.
Singing and singers, 143, 223, 251.
Sinking fund, 240.
Six Nations, 173-4.
Skipnuick (Chicopce), 150.
Slaverv and slaves, 1%, 228, 285, 312.
Sleighs. 213.
Slovaks, 234.
Smallpox hospital, 280. 284.
Smith Academy, 14, 238, 243, 264. 297,
298, 299, 304-5, 315. 355-6, 459:
Graduates of, 357-62 ; Teachers in.
356-7; Trustees of, 355.
— Charities, 14, 98, 207. 262, 351,
491-5.
— College, 14, 243, 304-5. 354-5.
Smith's School, 14. 207, 352, 488-90.
Snaphances, 117.
Snowshoes, 158.
Soap making, 212.
Sorel, 15. 95.
Somers, Conn., 199.
Southampton, 198, 200.
South Hadley, 198.
South Meadow, 48, 49, 57, 62, 66.
South Street, Houses on, 307-8.
Spanish money, 67-8.
Spelling books, 110.
Spinning, 145-6.
— wheels 145.
Springfield, 8, 20, 63, 67, IZ, 84, 100,
151, 159, 198, 199, 200, 274.
Squakheag Indians, 72.
Stamp Act, 179.
Stealing the bride, 147.
Stills, 148.
Stockade, 43, 81-3.
Stockbridge, 172.
"Stone Pits," 260, 286. 325, 341.
Stores, 169, 256,* 261, 265, 276. 294.
298, 301, 303, 304, 308, 319, 320.
Stoves, 211, 252.
Straits road, 21, 135, 161.
Street lighting. 239.
— railway, 315.
Streets, Curves in, 142, see also 40,
204,239.
Suffield, Conn., 106.
Sugar Act, 179.
Sunday schools, 242, 253, 346.
Sunderland Onion and Fertilizer
Company, 235.
— Town of, 161, 162. 163, 198.
Surveyor of highways. 101, 129.
Survevs of the commons. 110. 131.
132, 133, 160.
— streets, 40, 204.
Swamp fight, 78, 81, 84.
Swampfield, 161.
Swamps, Drainage of, 69, see also
Hopewell and Mill Swamps.
Swansea, 76.
Sycamore tree, 317.
Tan yard, 83, 146, 169, 256, 287, 318.
Tar, 126, sec also Pine trees.
Taverns. 195. 196, 214. 216, 256, 270.
281, 282, 300, 304, 314.
Taxes, see Rates; also 99, 103, 123,
Y^, V9?k, 198, 200, 250.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS. A«D PLACES.
507
Tea, 213.
Teachers in early schools, 264.
Teasles, 221.
Thanksgiving ball, 249 : Note of, 254 ;
Preparations for, 211.
Thermometer first used, 273.
Thompson lot, 48.
Three Mile Grant, 130, 476.
**Three R's, The," 111, 222.
Ticonderoga, 94, 256. 211.
Tithing man, 129, 251.
Titles, Use of, 140.
Tobacco, 221, 234-5 ; warehouses, 235,
314.
Toddy, 212, 213.
Toll house at the bridge, 217, 274,
306.
Tolls, Rate of, 216.
Tories, 180, 182, 183, 188, 192.
Tow, 145.
Town clerks. 50, 58. 102, 115. 129,
136, 147, 174. 182, 238, 247, 305,
484
— clock, 297, 345.
— government, 101, 139.
— hall. 223. 240, 296, 297. 324.
— meeting, 57. 114, 182, 184, 185, 217,
241, 249, 271.
— records, sec Records.
— seal, title page, 14, 459.
Township No. 2, 174.
Trading. 67. 71-2. 119. 167, 169, 179.
Traditions, 8.
Training and training days, 116, 184,
186, 202, 207.
Trees, 37, 44, 126. 142, 202, 239. 260,
263, 268. 269, 283, 296, 297. 302,
304, 314. 315. 316. 459.
Trumbuirs "History of Northamp-
ton," 7, 106, 200.
— "McFingal." 254, 262.
Turners Falls, 85.
"Turn of the River," Zl, 47.
Turpentine, 126, sec also Pine trees.
Turret on the meetinghouse, 101, 138,
155.
Tyler's "Hi.story of American Litera-
ture," 107.
"Underground railway," 229, 295.
Unitarians, 343.
United Colonies, The, 12ty 81.
Upper Ashuelot, 151, 152.
"Upper Going Over," 135.
Upper Hollow, 47.
— Lane, 266, 268.
Valley Street. Houses on, 293-307.
Valuation of estates, 109, 240.
— faculty, 195.
— land, 103, 240; exempt from taxa-
tion, 240.
Village Improvement Society, 238-9.
Wages of soldiers in the Indian
wars, 122, 186.
Wagon shops, 293, 308, 363.
War of 1812, 214, 217-9.
Ware, 190.
Warning out of town. 203.
Warranoke Indians, 72.
Wars, sec Civil, Father Rasle's,
French and Indian, King George's,
King Philip's, King William's,
Old French, Queen Anne's and
Revolutionary wars, and War of
1812.
Washington, D. C, 219, 229.
"Watching and warding," 101, 106,
162.
Water commissioners, 240.
— supply, 240.
Watertown, 20.
Watts's "Psalms and Hymns," 209.
Weaving, 212, see also Loom.
Wedding customs, 147.
Weights, Standard, 114.
Wellsweep, 305.
Wequomps, 24.
West Brook, 134, 135, 145, 161, 222,
263.
West Farms, 118, 134, 222, 223, 248,
263, 289-90.
Westfield. 29, 64. 84. 96, 106, 150, 151,
162, 163, 198.
Westhampton, 198.
West Hatfield, 222, 224, 237-42,
363.
West Springfield, 201.
West Street, Houses on. 328-32.
Wethersfield, Conn., 20.
Whately. 12, 27, 28, 66, 132, 133, 161-2,
168, 190, 191, 192, 198, 202, 237,
486
Wheat, 68, 123, 146.
Wheelwright, 319.
Whigs, 180, 182, 183, 187, 188, 189,.
282
Whisky, 284.
Wide-Awakes, 346.
Widows, Gratuities provided for, by
Oliver Smith, 494.
Wilbraham. 198.
Will of Oliver Smith, 351-2, 485-96.
— Ephraim Williams, 177.
Williamsburg, 12. 130, 147, 168, 191,
198, 202, 205, 248, 285, 486.
— Addition, 130, 168, 476.
Williams College, 14, 175, 279.
"Williams Family Genealogy," 175,
Williamstown, 172, 173, 177.
Windsor, Conn., 23.
Wine, 104.
Witchcraft, 105.
Woman's Board of Missions, 346.
— Home Missionary Association,
346.
I
508
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Women, English. 14, 110, 141. 142,
144. 211-2, 213.
— Indian, 12^ 77.
Wood for the minister, 108, 137.
— schools, 249.
Wool, woolen goods, 145, 146, 167, 211.
Woranoke, 27.
Worcester, 200, 201.
Worthington. 198.
Wounds of Samuel Field cured by
Dr. Hastings, 151, 164.
Writing, 111.
Yale College, 14 110, 172, 254, 255.
272, 278.
Yarn, 145, 167.
Y. xM. C. A., 238.
INDEX OF NAMES.
Note. — A name in parenthesis indicates a married woman's maiden name
Most of the women are indexed under their maiden names. Numbers in
parentheses after a name refer to the numbers in the Genealogies, being used
where two or more persons have the same name. The members of families
whose genealogies are given are not indexed, except where mention of them
occurs in the previous pages of the book, as few of the genealogies are of
great length and individuals can be followed by number. Persons bearing
names other than those of the twenty-eight families whose genealogies are
given are indexed in full in Part III. as well as in Parts I. and II. The
families are paged as follows: —
Allis, descendants of Lieut. Wil-
liam Allis, 369-71.
Bardwell, descendants of Robert
Bardwell, 371-4.-
Belding, or Belden, descendants of
Richard Belding, 374-8.
Billings, descendants of Richard
Billings, 379-84.
Brown, descendants of Aaron
Brown. 384.
Cole, Cowlcs, Cowls, descendants
of John Cole, 384-6.
Curtis, descendants of John Day
Curtis, 386-8.
Dickinson, descendants of Nathan-
iel Dickhison, 388-96.
Field, descendants of Zechariah
Field, 396-406.
Fitch, descendants of Joseph Fitch,
406-7.
Frarv, descendants of John Frary,
407-9. '
Gerry, or Geary, descendants of
Nathaniel Gerry, 409.
Graves, descendants of Thomas
(Iraves. 409-17.
Ilastin.ijs. descendants of Thomas
Hastings, 417-20.
Hubbard, descendants of John
Hubbard, 420-2.
Longley, descendants of John
Longley, 423.
Marsh, first family, descendants of
John Marsh of Hartford, Comi., ^.
Marsh, second family, descendants
of John Marsh of Boston, 424-5.
Morton, first family, descendants
of Richard Morton, 426-31.
Morton, second family, descendants
of Solomon Morton, 431.
Partridge, descendants of William
Partridge, 431-3.
Porter, descendants of Samuel
Porter, 433-6.
Smith, descendants of Lieut. Sam-
uel Smith, 436-440.
Strong, descendants of Elder John
Strong, 440-1.
Waite, descendants of Benjamin
Waite. 441-4.
Warner, descendants of Andrew
Warner, 444-7.
Wells, descendants of Hugh Wells,
447-51.
White, descendants of Elder John
White, 451-5.
INDEX OF NAMES.
509
Abbott, Abigail, 398.
— Charles J., 306. 381.
— Elizabeth (Billings), 306.
— Howard, 381.
— James H., 225. 231, 337.
— James R., 337, 339.
— Joseph R., 408.
— Lyman B., 232, 338.
— Phila, 429.
— Richard B., 232, 338, 340.
Abels, Austin, 313, 328, 331.
— Dwight G.. 232, 313.
— Josiah, 185.
— Mary A., 328.
— Nathaniel T., 236, 328, 331.
Abercrombie, Isaac, 217.
Adamec, Christine, 339.
Adams, Caroline, 383.
— Caroline, 405.
— Elizabeth, 444.
— Emma, 335, 377.
— John Quincy, 350.
— Samuel, 182, 199, 217.
Adkins, Fidelia, 334.
— Giles, 416.
— Solomon, 416.
Agar, Elizabeth, 395.
Alexander, son of Massasoit, 75.
— David, 150.
Allaire, Anthony, 320, 324.
— Carrie M., 359.
— Fred, 314.
— Leonard C, 361.
— Margaret, 238, 306.
— Nelson, 306, 313.
Allen, Edward, 447.
— Elam S., 448.
— Ephraim, 426.
— John, 150.
— John, 192.
— Col. Nathan, 399.
— Samuel, 151.
— Thomas, 389.
Allis, Aaron, 192.
— Abel, 185. 434.
— Abigail, 89. 96.
— Abigail, 277.
— Anna, 454.
— Augusta, 318.
— Daniel, 326.
— Dexter, 227. 264, 265. 293, 318.
— Eleazer, 323.
— Elisha (4), 184, 187.
— Elisha, 391.
— Esther (Partridge), 277.
— Gertrude A.. 382.
— Harriet, 318.
— Hubbard S.. 382.
— Ichabod. 126, 138.
— John (2), 42. 43. 50. 52, 56. 62. 63.
82, 89. 101. 104. 106, 114. 116. 117,
264 297
— John (9) , 184. 267. 277. 284. 288. 325.
— Jonathan, 186.
— Joseph, 151, 163.
— Josiah (10), 85, 284, 299, 318.
— Josiah, 455.
— Julius, 390.
— Lucy, 453.
— Lydia, 339.
— Moses, 190, 192.
— Samuel. 52, 67, 106, 150, 153, 159.
— Rev. Samuel, 362.
— William (1), 23. 24, 40, 42, 53, 54,
55, 58, 74, 80, 101, 103.
— William, son of William (1), 85.
— William (5), 196, 264.
— William P.. 303.
Allison, Mary. 423.
Alvord, Jeremiah, 126.
— Timothy. 190, 192.
Amsden, John, 108, 385.
— John, 405.
— Lydia. 454.
Anabel, John. 300.
.\nder.son, .Abigail, 331.
— Charles, 339.
— Clarissa J., 336, 425.
— Ebenczer (T., 231, 340.
— Elizabeth, 341.
— Foster C, 336.
— George, 340.
— Henry F., 232.
— Herrick. 332. 338, 339, 340. 341.
— Jane. 332.
— Lavinia. 338.
.\ndre. Major, 269.
Andrews, Lucy, 274.
Andros. Gov. Edmund, 77, 107, 114.
— Samuel. 151.
Appleton. Capt. Samuel, 79, 80.
.Arms. Elbenezer, 454.
— Elizabeth. 398.
— Eroe. 419.
— Experience, 416.
— John, 151.
— Jonathan, 433.
— Harriet. 393.
— Sophia, 433.
— Wealthy, 430.
— William. 85, 106, 118. 125.
.Ashley. Rev. Jonathan, 113.
— Joseph, 383.
— Virtue. 405.
Ashpelon. 92. 93, 153.
.Aspinwall, Peter, 122.
.Atchisson. John, 90.
Athcrton. Rev. Hope, 55, 58, 60, 61,
62. 63. 66. 82. 84. 85-7. 100. 102,
103. 108. 112. 255. 294. 343, 345.
— (icn. Humphrey, 27, 55.
— Sarah, 103. 108.
Atkins, Fidelia R., 430.
— Solomon, 430.
— Wealthy (Arms), 430.
.\tsetts. John. 192.
510
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Atwatcr, Mary, 432.
"Aunt Beck," see Rebecca Dickinson.
"Aunt Patie," see Patience Wells.
Austin, Caleb, 190, 192.
Averill, Philetus, 232.
Avery, Parlina, 409.
Babcock, Charles L., 232.
Bach, Anna, 446.
Bacon, Andrew, 54.
— Elizabeth, 440.
— Mabel C, 356.
Bagg, or Baggs, Anna, 399.
— Bertha, 338.
— Nellie (Moore), 298, 306.
— Ruth, 390.
— Theodore, 265, 298, 306, 338, 419.
Baker, Allen, 450.
— Amelia, 303, 370.
— Enos, 217.
— John, 450.
— Timothy, 423.
Bailey, Ann E., 341.
Baldwin, William, 233.
Balise, Paul, 326.
— Peter, 221, 326.
Ball, Samuel, 67, 410.
Ballard, Jdin, 191, 192. 405.
Banasz, Michael and Mary, 308.
Bancroft, Edward, 150.
— Elizabeth, 453.
— George, 173.
— Nathaniel, 151.
Bangs, Lavinia, 437, 438.
Banks, Thomas, 190, 192, 280, 312.
— Thomas, 410.
— Henry W., 448.
— Sarah, 280.
— Sarah, 410.
Barber, Sarah, 452, 453.
Bardwell, Arthur C., 361.
— Caleb D., 232, 297, 301.
— C. C. P., 329, 330.
— Charles L., 225, 232.
— Chester, 27Z. 419.
— C. Louise, 359.
— E. Ashley, 298.
— Ebcnezcr, 132, 134, 161.
— Elijah (5). 169. 219, 220, 226, 227,
268. 301, 322.
— Elijah (10), 268, 270. 304, 317.
— Erancis G.. 341. 363.
— I^>ank O.. 300.
— Ercdorick H., 169, 235, 297. 304.
355, 357.
— Hannah, 268. 269.
— Harriet. 325.
— Hattie M. 441.
— Hcnrv P.. 2?>2, 302.
— Henry W., 312. 441.
— Homer P.. 361.
— James D.. 358.
— James L., 323.
— Jeremy, 219. 265. 267, 301.
— John F., 416.
— Joseph, 426.
— Louisa, 288. 318.
— Nellie, 312.
— Noah, 443.'
— Olive, 329, 441.
— Oliver, 288, 316.
— Perez, 199.
— Remembrance, 184, 269, 284.
— Robert, 84, 85, 101, 106, 109, 118.
119.
— Ruby, 238, 257, 360.
— Salmon D., 265.
— Seth, 265. 268, 269. 287, 289, 318.
— Silas, 288, 289, 316.
— William, 265, 268, 323.
Barker, James, 190, 192.
Barlow, Sidney, 455.
Barnard, Abigail. 208, 447.
— Gov. Francis, 178.
— Joseph, 119.
— Samuel, 119, 120.
— Thomas, 432.
Barnes, George B., 299, 357, 384.
— Jennie M., 359.
Barrett, Benjamin, 106, 410.
— John, 391.
— Jonathan, 151, 371.
Barry, Rev. Michael J., 347.
Barstow, Martha, 428.
Bartholomew, Abigail. 90. 96.
— William, 90, 106.
Bartlett, Abijah, 151.
— Alice, 335.
— Alonzo, 298.
— Charles D.. 330, 335.
— Deborah, 384.
— Dwight D., 337.
— E. C, 422.
— Jessie E., 422.
— Melinda, 293.
— Robert. 384.
— Roscoe L., 360.
— Samuel, 150.
— Samuel, 330.
— Waterman, 293.
— William, 293, m,
— Zebina, 161.
Barton, Dr. Chester M.. 238. 316.
— C. Mabel, 359.
Bascom, Thomas, 399.
Bass, Abraham, 192.
Bass ford, Mary C, 402.
Bates, Peter, 192.
Bcals, Alden P., 443.
— Dr. Lester, 359.
Bean, Frank, 362.
Bcardsley, Marv, 374. 447.
— Sarah, 388.
— William, 374.
Rcavcn, Bishop, 347.
TNqcV, "JoVvcv, 232.
INDEX OF NAMES.
511
Beebc, Louisa, 336.
Beecraft, Mary, 453.
Beeman, Phineas, 192.
Beers, Arthur H., 358.
— Capt. Richard, 11, 78.
Belden, or Belding, Anna E., 334.
— Clarence E., 334, 355, 357.
— Diana, 334.
— Daniel, 67. 101, 106, 125.
— Electa, 332, 431.
— Elvira, 332.
— Francis, 431.
— George S., 236, 335, 359.
— Heman, 338.
— Howard E., 334.
— Rowland, 334.
— Jabez, 287, 316.
— Jeremiah, 290.
— "Joe," 309.
— John (4), 125, 129, 131, 132, 134.
— John, 344.
— Joseph, 161.
— Lucy, 332.
— Minerva N., 340.
— Oscar, 235, 332, 334, 335, 344.
— Oscar E., 236, 335, 360.
— Reuben (7), 187, 195, 332,334,335.
— Reuben (9), 333, 334.
— Reuben H., 219, 225, 226, 304, 332,
335. 360.
— R. Harrison, 362.
— Robert L., 360.
— Ruth (Coleman), 431.
— Samuel (2), 23, 24, 41, 43, 52, 56,
61, 63, 67, 85, 89, 101, 106, 107, 114,
120, 124, 126, 137, 138.
— Samuel, son of Samuel (2), 106,
126, 133, 134, 138, 153, 161.
— Samuel (16), 290.
— Samuel, 185.
— San ford S., 290, 334, 337.
— Sarah, 335.
— Stephen, 85, 118, 133. 149. 161.
— William H., 235, 332, 334.
— William L., 361.
Bennett, Arthur, 417.
— Fanny I., 357.
— Fernando B., 231.
— Lyman, 254. 291.
— Phineas, 291. 340.
Benton. Edward, 23, 24, 41, 43. 304.
Betsold, Eva, 327, 329.
— Frank J., 331.
— John, 327, 331.
— John F., 326.
— Fohn J., 329, 331.
— Mary, 331.
Bettvs, Thomas, 150.
Billings, Abraham. 190. 192, 227, 287.
316. 329. 332.
— Abby (Graves). 294.
— Anna, 356, 357.
— Annie M., 414
— Artemisia (Ford), 294.
— Arthur W., 362.
— Carrie (Graves), 295-6.
— Charlotte (White), 295.
— Charlotte W., 358.
— Charles Morris (12), 83, 227, 229,
259, 295.
— (Tharles M., 362.
— Cornelia A., 308.
— Lieut. David, 187. 196, 197, 272-3,
305.
— David (13), 221, 294.
— David (19), 238. 294, 295, 355, 357.
— Ebenezer, 126, 133, 161.
— Edward C, 362.
— Edward H., 293.
— Elizabeth ( Alii s), 293.
— Emily G., 357.
— Emma (Porter), 294, 357.
— E. Phelps, 329.
— Erastus (7)^82, 255, 277.
— Erastus (11), 294. 307.
— Erastus F., 225. 294.
— Frederick D., 295, 355.
— George A.. 61, 235, 270, 294, 295,
— Hannah (Dickinson), 267.
— Henry P., 229, 232, 294.
— Israel, 218, 254, 273, 283, 321.
— Jesse, 185, 195, 206, 255, 276, 372.
— Joel, 399.
— John, 121, 123.
— John A., 256, 258, 295. 306.
— Joseph (6), 216. 217, 260, 273,344.
— Joseph (17), 232, 295.
— Joseph D., 219, 225, 266, 276, 303,
355.
— Laura F., 361.
— Louis A., 235, 293.
— Louisa, 238.
— H. Louisa, 360.
— Mabel (Little), 197-8, 2n.
— Mabel L.. 359.
— Marian C, 238, 357, 360.
— Mary A., 305.
— Mary (Warner), 294.
— Minnie, 337.
— Miriam, 256.
— Pliny, 327.
— G. Raymond, 361.
— Richard (1). 23. 24. 30, 32, 41. 43,
52. 58, 61, 63. 125, 136-7.
— Richard (3^), 153.
— Roswell (8). 83, 238. 256, 294.
— Roswell (18), 42. 235. 295, 357.
— Roswell G., 3(51.
— Ruth E., 361.
— Samuel (2). 32, 54.
— Samuel F. (15). 30, 196, 254. 293,
306.
— Samuel F. (22). 83, 223, 235, 295
358.
— Samuel P., 238. 283. 321.
512
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
— Sarah (Langdon), 295.
— Silas, 185, 256, 260, 293, 308.
— William D., 226, 294, 305.
— Zachary, 256.
Bird, Edmund, 291, 337.
— Niles, 337.
Birde, Martha R., 373.
Bisbee, Clarissa, 340.
Bishop, William I., 341.
Bissell, Jeremiah, 452.
— John, 452.
— Sarah, 452.
Bitner, George, 205, 330.
— John, 301.
Black, Etta, 297.
Blackman, Abigail, 388.
Blakeslee, Eros, 357.
Blackwell, Kitty, 403.
Blanchard, Benjamin, 185.
Bliss, Abijah, 266, 279, 283, 299, 427,
429.
— Amelia L., 299.
— Angelia, 300.
— Anna M,, 433.
— Austin, 299. 300, 301.
— Dolly, 299.
— Ebenezer, 411.
— Esther. 411.
— George W., 232.
— Harriet (Partridge), 433.
— Henry J., 433.
— John. 195. 397.
— Lemuel S., 300, 301.
— Moses, 195.
— Nathan, 453.
— Phebe, 427.
— Sarah (Cooley), 411.
— Sylvester, 454.
— William C., 220, 299, 300.
Bodman, Joseph, 405.
— Julia, 315. 422.
— Samuel. 191. 192, 344.
— William, 192.
Bokum. John, 339.
Bolack, Anthony. 221. 231, 329.
— Lizzie. 300.
Bolt wood. Eli i ah. 217.
— Hannah, 399.
— Martha, 444.
— Robert. 47. 150, 444.
— Samuel. 399.
Hoiincvilie. Dr. A. J., 302.
Horcman. Jonathan, 420.
Howdoin, James, 195.
P>ovvman, Margaret (Wolfe). 294.
— Mortimer H., 294.
— Vivian. 362.
Hovlan, Rev. Charles J.. 348. 349.
Bovle, Bridget. 328.
— 'Helen E., 361.
— James L., 320.
— • John L., 327.
— Kntc. 327.
— Mary, 301.
— Maude E., 348, 362.
— Michael, 320, 347.
— Michael W., 235, 325.
— Patrick, 224, 301, 327.
— Patrick J., 324.
— Patrick T., 31, 235, 293. 311, 314.
— Thomas, 224.
— William. 224, 323, 324.
— William E., 327.
— William P., 324.
— William P., 317.
Boynton, Ebenezer, 315.
Bracy, Phebe, 388, 389.
— Thomas, 67, 106, 124, 125.
Bradford, Clarence M., 360.
— Mabel, 359.
— Melvin P., 328.
— Gov. William, 19, 426.
Bradstreet, Gov. Simon, 25, 115, 133.
Brainerd, Edwin. 295. 322, 323.
— Joseph, 433.
Bray, Rev. William L., 344.
Breed, Anna H., 310, 415.
— John B., 415.
— Rebecca M.. 415.
Brennan. John, 336.
— Lizzie, 293.
— Patrick, 320.
Breor, Alfred E.. 309, 321.
— Alfred H.. 324.
— Frank H.. 361.
— Irene, 300.
— James. 71. 221, 322.
— John J.. 300, 324.
— Mary A., 322.
— Mary E., 360.
— Mary J.. 359.
Bridgman. Tames, 369 388
— John, 399.
— Louisa, 435.
— Martha, 388.
— Mary, 337.
— Oliver, 399.
— Orlando, 375.
— Theodore, 400.
Briggs. Mary E.. 317.
— Smith E., 294. 317. 339.
Bristol, Lambert, 232.
Hrockholds, Governor. 94.
Bronson. Elizabeth, 454.
— John, 369, 410.
— Mary. 369. 410.
Brooks. Mary. 150.
— William, 150.
Brown, Aaron. 394.
- Alice L., 301.
— Augusta (Allis). 299
— Dorothy, 341.
— George N.. 402.
— Harriet A.. 299. 357.
— Isaiah, 443.
— James. 106.
INDEX OF NAMES.
513
— Jane F., 435.
— Jennie F., 436.
— Jeremiah, 232.
— John, 393.
— John, 341.
— John D., 89, 220, 222, 266, 299, 300,
302. 318.
— Joseph, 190, 192.
— Josiah, 220, 294.
— Mary, 311.
— Patience, 452.
— Timothy, 152.
Bryant, Eunice, 411.
Bucknam, James, 255.
Buckley, Colonel, 418.
— James, 320.
Buckly, Peter, 111.
Bull, Lieut. Thomas. 23, 24, 41, 43,
384.
Bullard, Eleanor, 387.
— Emma, 303.
— Florence, 306.
— John, 390.
Buncc, Diantha, 414.
— Elizabeth, 451.
— Sarah, 414.
Burgess, Edward, 192.
Burk, John, 152, 417.
Burke, Edward, 311.
— John, 295, 320, 324.
— John T., 238, 300, 303.
— Marshall H., 316, 395.
— Mary, 295, 320, 324.
— Michael, 233.
— Rev. R. S. J., 347.
— William, 324.
— William H., 295, 300.
Btirnham, Anna, 375.
— Reuben and Chloe, 375.
Burrington, John C, 360.
Burris, Ebenezer, ISH), 192.
Burrows, Joel, 399.
— Sarah, 399.
Burt, David. 417.
— John, 151.
— Joseph, 385.
— Lucy, 453.
— Mary, 417.
— Moses, 406.
— Sarah, 454.
— Sarah F., 404.
Bury, John, 318.
Bushee, Eugene, 307, 328.
Butler, Rebecca, 440.
— Samuel, 369.
Byrne, Dr. Charles A., 298.
— Mary (Shank), 298.
Cadey, Carrie, 378.
Cadwell, Wyllys L. 454.
Cahill, Daniel E., 312.
Callahan, Kate, 313.
— Mary, 313.
Cannon, William E., 233.
Canonchet, 83.
Carl, Christian. 224, 322.
— Ella M., 318, 360.
— Emma L., 360.
— Frederick, 224, 323.
— Hattie A., 358.
— Henry W., 316.
— Jacob, 224. 235, 312, 316, 377.
— John S., 315, 325, 359, 415.
— Nellie, 335, 359, 377.
— Philip, 224, 318, 325.
Carleton, George, 358.
Carley family, 291.
Carpenter, Juliana. 426.
Carter, Herbert E., 360.
— Mary, 150.
— Peter, 232.
— Thomas, 150.
Casten, Charles, 330.
— Lewis, 329.
-- William, 329.
Castle, Flora May, 371.
Cathcart, Lydia, 399.
Catlin, Goodwife, 150.
— John, 150.
— Jonathan, 150.
— Joseph, 150.
Celatka, Joseph, 300.
— Peter, 322.
Chaffee, Kate A., 357.
Chaffin, Lysander. 232.
Chandler. Anna, 330.
— George. 224. 232. 331.
— John, 331.
— Joseph, 331.
Chamberlain. Joseph. 127, 131.
— Nathaniel, 151.
— William. 192.
Chambers, Hannah. 429.
Champion, Epaphroditus, 195, 421.
Champney, William A., 232.
Chapin, Caleb, 390.
— Camillus, 269, 303, 326.
— Elijah. 319.
— Frederick, 269, 303, 326.
— Frederick W., 269, 303.
— Israel, 189. 190, 192, 280, 312, 445.
— Japhet, 390.
— Ruth, 281, 434.
— Samuel, 24.
Chapman, David, 255, 321.
— Deborah. 407.
— Fred S.. 425.
— George, 192.
— Thomas, 405.
Chase, S. Warner, 233.
Chauncev. Rev. Charles, 107.
— Rev. Nathaniel, 103, 107, 112, 255,
343. 345.
— Xathanicl, 255, 362.
Chenerv, Hattie. 384.
— HolUs, 3ftA.
514
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Chickwallop, 27, 28, 12.
Chidester, Albert J., 356, 360, 374.
Childs, Henry. 313, 318, 400.
— Franklin, 400.
— Miss , 249, 270.
— Otis, 400.
— Timothy, 151.
Chipman, George C, 233.
Choate, Rufus, 352.
Church, Anna, 410.
— Edward, 101. 106, 107, 108, 126,
133, 138, 277, 309, 344.
— Hannah, 383.
— Richard of Hadlcy, murdered by
Indians, 119.
— Richard, 1(
— Richard,
— Samuel, 24i 379.
— Simon, 185.
Churchill, Joseph, 390.
Claghorn. Martha R.. 300.
Clancy, Joseph, 224, 337.
— Michael, 224. 337.
Clapp. Adelia, 410.
— Albert and Alma, 376.
— Amanda, 376. 455.
— Arthur G., 451.
— Clarissa, ^3, 422.
— Ebcnezer, 204, 330, 331.
— Lusylvia, 330.
— Preserved, 120, 444.
— Sally, 331.
— Seth, 422.
— Timothy, 399.
Clark, or Clarke. Alice M.. 335. 404.
— Bertha L., 425.
— Carrie A.. 356.
— Daniel, 398.
— Elijah, 398.
— Elisha, 400.
— Hannah, 400.
— Henry. 54. 56.
— John, 354.
— John, 397.
— Jonathan, 217.
-- Tulia M., 334, 424.
— Leander, 451.
— Matthew, 152.
— Nathaniel. 369.
— Xoah, 390.
— Rhoda, 440.
— Sarah, 397.
— Tahitha. 400.
— Wells, 231.
Clary. John, 388.
Clcaveland. Eliza .X.. 441.
Clo^>on. Joseph, 151, 163.
— Matthew. 151.
Cleval, Fred. 319.
Ck'voland. Addie. 7^2S>.
— Osbonrnc W.. 441.
Clitrnnl Klhrid^o C,.. 2.'^0. 231.
Cnhh, Charles. 358, 405.
Coe, Mary E., 403.
Coffey, William. 341.
Cole, or Cowles, Alpheus, 255. 295.
308, 344. 355.
— Augustus. 255.
— Augustus D.. 232. 307.
— Chloe, 296, 306. 428.
— Edward C, 232, 307.
— Emma C, 403.
— Erastus, 253. 287. 307, 344.
— Fanny (Moody), 293.
— Hannah, 420.
— John (1), 24. 29, 31, 41, 43. 52. 56.
58. 61, 82. 254, 255, 293.
— John (2), 52. 106, 125, 133.
— Jonathan. 134, 161.
— Justin, 190, 192.
— Lucy O., 293.
— Rufus (7). 254. 260. 344.
— Rufus (9), 276, 293.
— Rufus H.. 31, 293.
— Zeruiah. 453.
Colefax, John, 85.
Coleman, Charles N.. 302.
— Elijah, 192.
— John. 23. 24, 41, 43, 52, 58. 63. 67.
89. 96. 104, 106. 120, 137. 138. 153,
344, 397.
— Mary, 391.
— Nathaniel. 134, 153, 165, 391.
— Nilcs, 192.
— Noah, 408.
— Samuel, 377.
— Sarah (Sally). 15. 89, 95, 153. 397.
— Thomas, 40.
— William B., 229.
Collamore, Emma A., 433.
Collins, Esther. 400.
— Nathaniel, 80.
Colman, Thomas, 447.
Colton, Thomas, 120. 124, 151.
Conant, Jonathan, 405.
Connelly, Mary, 298.
— William P., 338.
Con troy, Boswell, 302.
Cook, or Cooke, Aaron, 23. 24, 130,
124.
— Edith B., 359.
— Margaret, 432.
— Moses, 432.
— Parsons, 273.
— Richard. 190, 192.
— Westwood. 165.
Coolcv. Ashlev L.. 335.
— Caleb. 393.'
— Clarissa, 338.
— Dennis, 335, 336.
— FJeazer, 336.
— Elizabeth, 398, 404.
— ICxperience (Phelps), 393.
— Jonah, 443.
— Justin M., 424.
— \^\:'AW<\^T, ^^^, 336.
INDEX OF NAMES.
515
— Lemuel, 336, ZZ7, 338, 341, 408.
— Louisa, 337.
— Lysander, 336.
— Myron D., 232. 336.
— Olive, 443.
— Oliver, 399.
— Rhue, 430.
— Sarah, 411.
— Simon, 390.
— Whitney F., 232, 336.
— Zeruiah, 443.
Cooney, Margaret, 328.
Cooper, Jacob, 408.
— John, 90.
Coss, Good wife, 150.
Cotton, Rev. John, 19, 114.
— Mary, 432.
— Rev. Seaborn, 113, 432.
Covin. Calvin N., 232, 321.
— Elihu, 231, 321.
— Emerson L., 232, 321.
— John. 192.
— Lewis, 321, 424.
Cowan, C. Edward, 361.
Cowles, see Cole.
Crafts, Abigail, 450.
— Benoni, 450.
— Carlton H., 338.
— Charles R., 338.
— Cora, 338.
— Edson S., 338.
— Elizabeth, 450.
— Eunice (Graves), 416.
— Gaius, 185. 190, 192.
— Graves, 416.
— James M., 161.
— John, 134, 394.
— Josephus, 339.
— Lizzie C, 338.
— Lucy, 416.
— Luman S., 338, 342.
— Martha (Graves), 394.
— Moses, 106.
— Rebecca, 394.
— Reuben, 338.
— Sylvanus, 338, 339.
— Thankful, 450.
Cranson, Asa, 193.
Crawford, Andrew. 190, 193.
— Malcolm, 304, 357.
Crocker, Zaccheus, 404.
Cronan, James, 335.
Crosby, Charles C, 373.
— James E., 233.
Crow, Hannah, 388.
— John, 431.
— Mehitable, 431.
— Sarah, 451, 452.
— Thomas, 452.
Crump, William Walter, 311.
Curson, Isaac, 208.
Curtis, Arthur F.. 321.
— Bridget, 322.
— David B., 232, 328.
— Dorus, 285, 290.
— Edward, 285, 319.
— Elbartus, 285.
— John, 190, 193, 285, 320.
— Jonathan, 417. '
— Lebbeus, 285.
— Lucius G., 220, 304, 319.
— Maria I., 304.
— Rachel, 313, 318.
— Stephen G., 319.
— William, 312.
Gushing, Thomas, 183.
Cutler, San ford S., 356.
Cutter, Bernice N., 361.
— Henry A., 358.
— James, 190, 193.
— J. Alonzo, 325.
— J. D., 325.
— Lorenzo, 329.
— Robert, 217.
— Thomas, 325.
— William R., 325, 360.
Dalton, Catherine, 309.
Daly, Patrick, 327, 340.
Damon, Arthur S., 358.
— Julia M., 402.
— Sarah, 402.
Dane, Chloe, 310.
Danforth, George H., 341.
— Samuel, 112.
— Thomas, 115.
Daniels, Abner, 451.
Danielson, Timothy, 195.
Danks, Robert, 67.
Davenport, Mary, 431.
Davis, Chauncey, 319.
— Hattie C, 415.
— Josiah, 416.
— Julia, 321.
— Martha, 319.
— Richard B., 415.
— Wilbur L, 358.
Dawson, Clarissa, 402.
— Isaac, 217.
— Lewis, 400.
Day, or Dea, Alice L., 360.
— Alonzo, 287.
— Anna C, 360.
— Bridget C. 359.
— Chloe, 308.
— James L., 235. 298, 320.
— Joel, 270. 286, 308, 316.
— John, 437.
— Katherine W., 359.
— J. Leonard, 361.
— Luke, 201.
— Margaret. 301.
— Martha, 429.
— Mavnard. 423.
— Mehitable, 399.
— Michael, 224.
516
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
— Pliny, 260, 287, 293, 308.
— Thomas, 399.
— Thomas, 100, 298.
— Zelotes, 287.
Dayton, Julia E., 422.
Dea, see Day.
De Boncours, Captain, 156.
Decker, Gottlieb, 224, 307.
Delano, Cora B., 358.
Denison, Maj.-Gen. Daniel, 25, 118.
Denlein, Emma, 331.
— John, 312.
— Tohn S., 135, 325.
— Peter, 327.
— Mrs. Peter, 347.
Dennis, Alonzo, 231, 325, 329, 332.
— Melvin, 328.
— Rhoda, 336.
De Reimer, Alice, 359.
De Rouville, Hertel, 149, 153, 157,
158.
Devrant, Henry J., 401.
Dibble, Alfred, 395.
— Gertrude C, 395.
— Henry, 401.
— Mary E., 395.
— Oscar W., 395.
Dickinson, Aaron (24), 236, 266, 291.
— Aaron, son of above, 291, 341, 342.
— Abner, 287.
— Abby H., 303.
— Anna (Graves), 297.
— Augustus, 391.
— Azariah, 362.
— Benjamin, 362.
— Caleb, 267. 298. 301, 336, 344.
— Caleb Cooley. 236-7, 291, 341.
— Champion, 299, 341.
— Clara (Graves), 357.
— Clarissa, 380.
— Coolev, 358.
— H. Cutler, 451.
— Daniel. 191, 193. 266, 291.
— David, 291, 341.
— Dwight. 222, 341.
— E. A.. 328, m.
— Ebenezer, 153.
— Edward B.. 299, 305.
— Edward N.. 340. 341.
— E. L.. 317.
— I^Jilui. 263. 268. 276.
— Elijah (17). 184, 187, 208, 217,
221. 266, 273, 283, 322.
— F'lijah. son of above, 266, 281,299.
— l^Hjah P., 316.
— l^lizabcth. 288.
— i\ninia. 336.
— I'niina L.. 425.
— I\xi){'rioncc (Phelps). 236.
— l'\'inny M.. 316.
— I'Vanci';. 193.
— George. 111. 263, 264. 327. 341.
— Gideon (29), 266, 290, 332.
— Gideon, 399.
— Giles, 301.
— Hamilton, 324.
— Hannah (Huntington). 237. 265.
— Harriet, 330.
— Henry A., 231.
— Hezekiah, 67, 109, 267.
— Howard W., 297. 356. 359. 415.
— Israel, 263, 264, 276, 288.
— John (13), 113, 276, 292.
— John (14), 182, 183, 184, 186, 192,
265, 269, 276.
— John, son of John (14), 274.
— Jonathan (36), 190, 193, 317.
— Jonathan, 14, 267, 362.
— Jonathan W., 319.
— Joseph, 185. 266, 267. 268.
— Lemuel, 190, 193, 262. 264, 265,
273, 274. 276, 344, 433.
— Lemuel, 439.
— Levi. 219.
— Lewis, 265. 317. 319.
— Lizzie J., 319.
— Lois. 83.
— Louisa, 339.
— Loyal George. 267.
— Mabel, 276. 433.
— Martha. 267.
— Mary A., 325.
— Mary Ann, 316.
— Mary (Billings), 32, 197, 205,305.
— Medad, 217.
— Moses, 362.
— Myron, 298.
— Nancy (Billings), 266.
— Nathaniel ( 1) . 32, 40, 56, 58, 67,
267.
— Nathaniel (4), 23, 24, 30, 32, 41,
43. 52. 71, 106, 118, 121.
— Nathaniel (7), 161.
— Nathaniel (9), 121. 126, 133, 137,
153, 161.
— Nathaniel (10). 344.
— Nathaniel, 190. 193.
— Nehemiah, 120.
— Norman. 266.
— Obadiah (3). 42. 43, 52. 89. 95.
96. 106, 153. 264, 297.
— Obadiah (16). 266, 344.
— Olive, 307.
— Pbiletus T.. 203. 308.
— Polly, 276.
— Rebecca. 205-7, 256.
— Reuben. 199.
— Roger, 208. 215. 266. 267. 291. 300.
— Salmon, 265, 287.
— Samuel (2), 24. 41. 43, 52, %L
101, 106, 118, 120.
— Samuel (6), 121. 125. 126. 133.
134. 137, 153. 161.
^- Samuel, 151.
— Samuel. 185. 201. ^^
— S^m\x^\ H., 34. 237. 296. 303. 30^-
INDEX OF NAMES.
517
— Sarah, 154, 160.
— Sarah E., 298.
— Silas, 263, 268.
— Solomon, 237, 266, 298, 303.
— Sophia (Smith), 276.
— Thomas, 161.
— Walter, 291.
— Wells, 287.
— William, 263, 268.
— William C, 236, 302, 358.
— William H., 41, 196, 221, 225, 226,
227, 238, 268, 299, 302, 323, 355.
— Zebina, 287, 307, 316.
Dillow, Bertha, 357.
Dinsmore, Abel, 199.
— Almeron L., 324.
— Alvin D., 232, 324.
— Thomas, 324.
Dippolt, George, 331.
Dizer, Nellie (Eggleston), 357.
I>oane, John E., 232, 319.
Dodge, Laura S., 376.
— Mary E., 357.
Dole, Benjamin, 314.
— Lorenzo P., 314.
Donalson, George M., 340.
Donnis, Alexander, 328.
Donovan, Mary, 320.
— Peter J., 331.
Doolittle, Addie, 299.
— Ephraim, 427.
Doppmann, Adam, 224, 327, 331.
— Adam P., 327.
— Barbara, 361.
— Connie, 326.
— George, 321, 359.
— John, 347.
— Lorenze, 327, 330.
— Mrs. Lorenze, 347.
— Margaretta, 325.
Dougherty, William, 301.
Douglas, Anthony, 220, 300.
— George, 358.
— Lena M., 359.
Douyard, Joseph, 313.
Dow, Augusta, 430.
Downing, Benjamin, 106.
— Daniel, 331.
Doyle, Catherine, 443.
Drake, Chloe, 400.
— Elizabeth, 454, 455.
Dube, L. A., 322.
Dudley, Gov. Joseph. 104, 149, 159.
— Mercy, 369.
Duesler, Rev. Amaziah, 431.
— Celia, 333.
Dugal, Archie, 300.
, — Frank, 300.
Dummer, Gov. William, 162.
Dunn, Mary, 311.
Dunnikin, Anna, 314.
— Francis. 313.
- Dptton. Andrew, 222. 341.
Dwight, Abigail, 432.
— Benjamin P., 406.
— Daniel, 280.
— Ebenezer, 185, 280, 282, 312, 435,
441.
— Harry, 185.
— Henry, 329, 400, 406.
— Capt. Henry, 163, 165, 256.
— Isabella J., 439.
— Joseph, 362.
— Josiah, 147, 258, 362, 432.
— Myron H., 406.
— Nathaniel, 432.
— Seth, 256, 258.
— Silas S., 329, 332, 406.
— President Timothy, 105, 199, 202,
278.
— William, 280.
Dwyer, Mary D., 320.
Dyer, Albert L., 357, 451.
— Frederick, 360.
— Lewis A., 314.
Eastman, Estelle, 334.
— Joseph and Mercy, 383.
— Mary, 383.
Easton, John, 193.
— Primus, 285.
Eaton. Adeline, 376, 424.
— Adeline A., 336.
— Cora, 337.
— Edwin, 336, 337.
— Emma E., 376.
— Harrison and Laura, 376.
— James, 376.
— Laura E., 376.
— William, 232.
Eberlein, George, 303.
— George, 362.
Edson, Jonathan, 416.
— Timothy, 416.
Edwards, Alexander, 396.
— Rev. Jonathan, 168.
— Mary, 396.
— Noah, 151.
Eggleston, Herbert, 399.
-- Nellie, 357.
Elder, Elsie E., 358.
— A. Marie, 8.
Elderkin family mentioned, 270.
Eldredge, Edwin E., 378.
— Edwin H., 332.
Ellsworth, Clara B., 297.
— John, 452.
Elwell, Elvira, 336, 424.
— Sarah, 325, 441.
Ely, Caroline (Partridge), 277.
— Harvey, 277.
— Ruth, 445.
— Samuel, 199, 200.
Englehart. George. 336.
English, John, 151.
Etowonq, 26, 27.
518
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Evans, Charles W., 225, 227, 232.
-•• Frederick, 233.
Evetts, Nathaniel, 417.
Ewing, Frederick C, 425.
Fair, Esea, 190, 193.
Fairbank, Anna, 304.
— Elizabeth, 359.
— Mary D., 359.
— Rose, 359.
— Rev. Samuel, 305.
Fairchild, Eliza Abbott, 2H7.
Farnsworth, Orrin, 435.
— Stephen, 152.
Father Rasle. 162, 164.
Fay, Dr. J. M., 422.
— Lieut. Joseph, 84.
Fellows, Richard, 23, 24, 29, 30, 41,
43, 52, 254. 255, 293, 379.
— Richard, 67, 78.
— Samuel, 30, 82, 101.
— Sarah, 379.
— Ursula, 30, 52.
Felton, Mary, 377.
Fenimore, Pedro, 281.
Ferguson, Marv, 430.
— Mary H., 430.
Field, Abner, 336.
— Benjamin, 154.
— Carrie C, 358.
— Cyrus W.. 15.
— David, 309.
— Ebenezer, 151.
— Edgar H., 336.
— Edwin W., 335, 336.
— Elijah, 255.
— Flora, 329.
— Franklin, 336.
— Hannah, 255.
— Henry H., 232, 314, 336.
— Horace W., 333, 335.
— John (3), 15, 52, 57, 82, 100, 101,
106, 107, 117, 118, 125, 126.
— John (6), 132.
— John C, 340.
— John W., 231, 321, 333.
— Joseph, 106, 118.
— Lemuel B.. 321.
— Lucius, 232.
— Lulu E., 358.
— S. Marion, 359.
— Marshall W., 15.
— Mary, 52.
— Medad, 255. 276.
— Moses. 255. 308.
— Mvra. 314. 359.
— Noah, 190. 192. 193.
— Samuel (4), 67, 85. 106, 118, 121.
— Samuel (8), 154.
— Samuel, 151. 164.
— Samuel H.. 335.
— S^rtih, 150.
— SviVTih, 318.
— Seth. 288.
— Stephen J., 15.
— Stilman, 406.
— Tabitha, 309.
— Thomas, 134.
— Walter, 335, 336.
— William, 336.
— Zechariah (1), 2Z. 24, 30, 31, 40,
42, 43, 52, 255, 294, 308.
— Zechariah (7), 131, 134.
— Zechariah, 288.
— Zenas, 190, 192, 193.
Finn, Rose, 402.
Finney, Hermon, 190, 193.
P'irtch, John and Anna, 308.
Fisher, Mary L., 425.
— Nellie M., 446.
— Samuel F., 446.
Fisk, or Fiske, Addie, 449.
— A. Beatrice, 294, 449.
— Augustus, 399.
— Mrs. James, ZZ2,
— John, 179, 200.
— Myron R., 449.
Fitch, Anna, 375.
— Ebenezer, 190, 193. 204, 270, 278,
283, 310.
— Ella E., 310.
— George C, 310, 312, 319, 363.
— John, 169.
— John F., 328.
— John T., 225, 226, 310, 312, 314.
319, 363.
— Julia (White), 314.
— Maria L., 314.
Fitch Brothers, 219, 284, 319, 363.
Fitzgerald, David, 341.
— Mary, 311.
— Mary, 320.
— Patrick, 312.
— Richard, 311.
— Thomas, 312.
— Thomas, 312.
Fitzgibbon, .\nna, 337.
— Dennis, 337.
— John, 224, 337.
— John T., 337.
— Margaret, 337.
— Maurice. 224.
— Morris, 337.
— Robert E., 361.
Fletcher, Governor, 120.
— Rebecca, 444.
Flint, Rev. Irving A., 297, 344.
Flynn, Edward, 339.
Fogg, Ezra, 34.
Folev, John, 333.
— Rev. William E., 348.
Foosic, John and Anna, 326.
Foote, Frances, 388.
— Mary, 89. 95. 96, 154.
— Nathaniel, 67, 85, 108, 268, 30t
INDEX OF NAMES.
519
^_ Rp1)ccc3, 437
— Samuel, '89, 96, 106. 108, 150, 154,
159.
Forbes, Bertha M., 357.
Ford. Artemisia, 294, 380.
— Hepzibah, 423.
— Thomas, 423.
Forward. Pamelia, 411.
Fowler, Sarah Jane, 413.
Fox, Joseph, 3Z2.
— William, 322.
Fralic, Barnabas, 236.
Franklin, Benjamin, 173, 174.
Frary, Edward, 358.
— Eleazer (2), 41, 43, 52, 101, 106,
116, 118, 120, 262, 295.
— Eleazer (4), 118, 119, 125, 126,
. 129, 133, 137.
— Eleazer, 190, 192, 193.
— Electa, 330.
— Ernest, 358, 404.
— Maria, 319.
— Minerva, 337.
— Miranda, 329.
— Nathaniel, 291, 340.
— Phineas. 184. 186. 190, 192, 193.
— Sampson, 106, 150.
— Silas, 393.
— Sophronia, 340.
— Thomas (6), 205, 320, 329, 330.
— Thomas, 231, 320.
Freeman, Isaac. 454.
French, John. 150.
— Samuel, 453.
— Thomas, 397.
Frontenac, Governor, 95.
Fuller, Zebulon, 193.
Fulton, Robert, 375.
Furbit, Abigail, 150.
Gage, Governor, 182, 183, 187, 189,
192.
Gailer, Samuel, 108.
Gardiner, Henry, 185.
Gardner, David, 291, 340.
— Jacob, 106.
Garvey, Catherine, 339.
— Daniel and Margaret, 339, 340.
— Elizabeth, 320.
Gaylord, Capt. Samuel, 369, 410.
— Samuel, 391, 432.
Geiss, Jacob and Charlotte, 323.
Gendron, John, 313.
George III., 179.
Geron, Mary E., 413.
Gerry, Lucretia, 307.
— Martha, 307.
— Nathan, 193, 253, 293. 307.
— Polly, 307.
Gibbs, Hepzibah, 389.
— Sarah, 397.
Gilbert, Jonathan, 447, 451.
— Sarah, 397.
— Thomas, 397.
Gillett, Elizabeth, 371, 389.
— Hannah, 426.
— Harlow, 400.
— Jonathan A., 291.
— Margaret, 377.
— Martha, 410.
— Samuel, 41, 43, 52, 67. 85, 126, 153,
302, 377, 379.
— Samuel, 410.
— Samuel, 417.
Ginnings, see Jennings.
Godin, Alpheus, 361.
— Ernest, 307.
— Joseph, 317.
Goetoski, Balthazar John, 309.
Goffc, the Regicide, 78, 88.
Gollier, Connie, 331.
-— Joseph, 330.
Gongeau, Eldric, 316.
Goodchild, Betsey, 316.
— John, 324.
Goodman, Thomas, 423.
Goodwin, Nathaniel, 384.
— Nathaniel, 433.
— Ozias, 2Z. 24, 42, 43.
— William. 54.
Gore, Elsie K., 396.
— Esther A., 396.
— Ethleen M., 396.
— Harold C, 396.
— Raymond W., 396.
-^ Ruby D., 396.
— William, 316, 396.
Gould, Daniel, 329.
— Nathan, 328.
— Sarah, 399.
Gowash, George, 324.
— Joseph, 324.
Granger, Robert, 151.
— Matilda N., 435.
Grant, Elizabeth, 444.
Graves and Pellissier, 318.
Graves, Aaron. 2S8.
— Abby F., 294.
— Abigail (Bardwell), 399.
— Alfred H.. 235, 2^, 310, 315, 355.
— Anna, 297, 359.
— Archie P.. 333. 360.
— Ashley, 314.
— Augusta L., 359.
— Bathsheba. 340.
— B. L., 322.
— Carrie E., 295-6, 357.
— Carrie L., 307.
— Charles L., 310, 349, 358.
— Clara L., 302, 357.
— Cora (King), 357.
— David, 161, 399.
— Dolly Ann. 373.
— Dwight M., 232.
— Ebenezer, 277, 279, 294.
— Edward, 310, 2(60.
520
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Edwin, 227, 231, 307, 315.
Edwin M., 307.
Elijah, 289.
Elijah A., 338.
Eliza W., 334. .
Emily, 455.
Erasmus D., 455.
Esther, 399.
Eva, 310, 361.
Fanny, 315.
George P., 342.
Harry E., 318, 360.
Harvey, 282.
Hattie M., 340.
Helen (Murphy), 294.
Henry R., 340.
Hiram, 342.
Howard M., 359.
Isaac (2), 23, 24, 40, 42, 43, 52,
53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 60, 61, 63, 80,
90, 101, 118, 295.
Isaac, 67, 106, 125, 258.
Isaac, 195.
Irene, 386.
Jeremiah, 340.
John (3), 23, 24, 42, 43, 52, 90,
133, 295.
John (4), 67, 89, 106, 108, 125, 126,
133, 154, 161.
John, 281.
Jonathan, 161.
Jonathan S., 282, 296, 310. 315,
Joseph, 191.
E. Langdon. 294, 307, 361.
Laura H., 358.
Levi (9), 278, 309, 310.
Levi, 340.
Louisa, 357.
Lucius, 190, 193.
Lydia, 412.
Mabel, 405.
Mary, 293.
Mary A., 312.
Mary Augusta. 315.
Mary Esther, 307.
M. L.. 405.
Murray B., 236. 310.
Mrs. Myron C. 304.
Nathaniel 125.
Oliver, 204, 330.
Perez, 183. 184, 192. 278, 279, 281.
Phincas. 281.
VnWy, 254, 276.
Rniisom. 289.
M. Reha. 360.
F<odolphus. 330.
Rupert n.. 361.
Samuel. 106. 126. 133.
Samuel, 106.
Sanmel, 311. 314. 334
Svth. 269, 281.
Sihs. I,S6. IQl. 193. 279. 2S\
— Silas, 279.
— Solomon (8), 213, 278, 279, 282,
310.
— Solomon (12), 279, 281.
— O. Stanley, 333, 334.
— Thaddeus (11), 221, 279, 282, 294,
307 308
— Thaddeus (19), 235, 297, 302, 310.
315, 355, 362.
— Thaddeus (24), 315, 359.
— Thomas, 23, 42, 295.
— Timothy, 278, 281, 314.
— Ursula G., 360.
— William, 279, 362.
Green, or Greene, Anna, A02.
— John, 151.
— Rev. John M., 208, 225, 227. 228.
229, 343, 354.
— Joseph, 188.
— Stephen, 292.
— Timothy, 418.
Griff eth, Jane, 342.
Grimes, Samuel, 399.
Griswold, Daniel, 453.
Grout. Mary S., 451.
Grosvenor, John, 151.
Guild, Joseph, 191, 193, 289-90. 333.
Guilford, Austin, 400.
Gull, Mary, 371.
— William, 41, 42, 43, 52, 63, 101,
106, 371.
Gunn, Nathaniel, 375.
— Samuel, 109, 118, 134.
Hade, Margaret, 302, 317.
— Michael, 224.
Hadlock, Josiah, 417.
Hall, Alvin, 335, 376.
— Enoch, 151.
— Samuel, 452.
— Sarah, 335, 404.
— Richard, 87.
— William, 357.
Hallett, Alonzo, 232.
Halligan, Charles, 360.
— James. 233.
Hamel, Emma, 300.
— Marble, 299, 300. 324.
— Mary, 299, 324.
Hamilton. Fannv A., 310. 415.
— Submit, 401. '
Hamlin. John, 432.
— J. C, 236.
Hamm, Edward. 401.
Hammond, LuccUa. 403.
— Nathaniel, 369.
Hancock, Gov. John, 437.
Hannum, Moses, 386.
Hanrahan, Thomas, 338.
Hanscom, John H., 232.
Harding, Ruby. 384.
— Wilder B., 299, 3S6.
AXayawtvw. .W's.^wder H., 455.
INDEX OF NAMES.
521
Harrington, Delina, 388.
— Samuel, 106.
Harris, Alfred H., 333.
— Anna E., 360.
— Arthur, 333.
— Arthur L., 356.
— Caroline, 335. 404, 436.
— Carrie M., 435. 436.
— Charles D., 334.
— Clara A., 360.
— Edwin, 333.
— Estelle, 333.
— Eunice, 419.
— Horace, 419.
— Judson VV., 227. 231.
— Lewis, 333, 334.
— Margaret D., 333. 360.
— Marilla W.. 330.
— Rosamond, 301. 372.
Hart. Julia A., 338.
Harvey, Moses, 152.
Harwood, Hannah, 454.
Haskell, Nye, 400.
Hastings, Anna, 302.
— Benjamin. 106.
— Chester, 273, 305. 325.
— Content (Little). 274.
— Dolly, 297.
— Elihu, 190, 192.
— Elnathan, 327.
— Ephraim, 274, 325.
— Harriet, 298.
— Hopestill, 265, 274.
— Hon. John (7), 13. 183. 184. 186.
195. 205, 265. 273, 274. 306.
— Dr. John (9). 273. 305.
— John, son of Dr. John, 273. 362.
— John, son of Waitstill. 274.
— Joshua. 379.
— Justin. 273. 289. 297. 298. 322.
— Lvman, 331.
— Mary, 273, 379.
— Obed. 305-6.
— Oliver, 206.
— Perez. 265, 274, 286.
— Rhoda W.. 297.
— Samuel, 274. 284, 302, 306.
— Seth, 274.
— Sophia, 273.
— Thomas (1), 101, 102. 106. 108.
110. 117. 124. 127, 273.
— Thomas (2). \27, 136, 150. 151,
157. 158, 162. 164, 274.
— Thomas, 274.
— Waitstill, 274.
— Waitstill. 274.
— William. 359.
Hathaway, Alpheus, 231.
Hawkes. Alice. 150.
— Anna, 417.
— Clara S., 357.
— Eleazcr. 450.
— Elizabeth. 150.
— John, 42, 43. 67. 265, 273, 298, 417.
— John, 150, 152.
— John. 87.
— Nathaniel, 375. 443.
— Seth. 398.
Hawkins. Lorenzo D., 231.
Hawley. Joseph, 120. 124, 195.
— Joseph, 3^.
— Lydia, 426.
— Samuel, 398.
Hayes, Jennie, 403.
— Michael, 317.
— William, 317.
Haynes, Clifford J., 402.
Heafey, Annie, 323.
— Bridget. 327.
— Jerry, 327.
— John, 361.
Heaton, Seth, 398.
Hemenway, Porter, 359, 425.
Hemmingway, James. 396.
— Julia, 316.
— Maria. 396.
— Phcebe, 316, 396.
Henchman, Daniel, 88.
Henderson, Elijah, 399.
Hennessy, Michael, 231.
Henry, Samuel, 444.
Hibbard, George, 375.
— Hannah, 375.
— John, 375.
— Lydia. 375.
Higgins, Katherine. 317.
Hilbert, Andrew, 330.
— Carrie, 327.
— Slargaret, 330.
— Marv. 328.
Hills. William. 444.
Hinds, Anna, 447.
Hines, Clara, 405.
Hinsdale, or Hinsdell, Barnabas. 52,
67, 452.
— Elizabeth, 452.
— Ephraim, 106.
— Experience, 84. 85, 154.
— Isaac, 452.
— Mary, 452.
— Mehitable. 388.
— Mehumane, 151.
— Samuel, 150. 388.
— Sarah, 452.
Hitchcock, Hannah, 437, 439.
— Henrv, 232. 279, 281. 310, 412.
— Jothani. 190, 193.
— Leonard. 310.
— Luke. 439.
— Moses. 255.
— Silas, 310.
Hixson, Elizabeth, 452.
— Jacob, 150, 452.
— Tohn, 190. 193.
— Walter, 452.
522
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Hoare, James, 231.
Holcomb. Albert, 358.
Holden, Harry R., 340.
— Willis, 340.
Holdfelder, Barbara, 298.
— John. 326.
— Mary, 320.
Holic, Paul, 340.
Holland. J. G., 62.
Holley, Dennis E., 306.
— John, 190, 193.
Holmes, Robert, 254.
Holt. Arthur G.. 357, 446.
— John K., 339.
Holton, Rachel. 440.
— Thomas, 151.
— William. 24, 120. 440.
Holyoke. Eleazcr. 24.
— John, 120.
— Capt. Samuel. 84. 85.
Hooker, Christopher D,, 233.
— Rev. Samuel. 40.
— Rev. Thomas. 19, 21, 39.
— William H., 233.
Hor, Hannah S., 314.
Houghton, Allen W., 321. 365.
— Amitie, 409.
— Mary, 314. 356. 422.
— Sarah, 299.
— Simon W., 422.
Hovey, Thomas, 120, 388.
Howard. Blanche, 334.
— E. A.. 329.
— Ebenezer, 151.
— Edith A.. 360.
— Etta (Black), 298.
— Fred G., 298.
— Harry L., 295, 359, 383.
— Mrs. H. L., 44.
— John Hervcy, 303.
— Mabel (Billings), 44, 295.
— William, 191. 193.
Howes, James, 329.
— Micajah, 394.
— Myra L.. 358, 394.
— Pamelia (Parker), 394.
— Rosilla, 335.
Howlaiul. Walter M.. 222.
Hoyt. David. 150. 154.
— Tonathan. 154. 397.
— Marv. 154, 398.
Huhhanl, Charles K., 232, 321.
— Clarissa (Clapp), 283.
— Claude H.. 314. 362.
— Cordelia (Randall), 302.
— R. Earle. 362.
— Electa (Whiter 283.
— Eli A., 239. 315. 355.
— Elijah, 283.
— Elisha M), 283.
— Elisha (10), 302. 317.
— Elislia. 195.
— FAi>h:i, 453.
— Emma, 356.
— Dea. George W.. 227. 229. 302, 308.
O^^f OD^f <)00, ^^/.
— Dr. George W., 359.
— N. Gertrude, 357.
— Giles, 405.
— Henry S., 314. 344.
— Mrs. H. S., 35, 356.
— Henry, 447.
— Isaac, 126, 160.
— John (1), 46, 103. 108. 118. 315.
— John (3), 344.
— John, son of John (3), 362.
— John (5), 283.
— John (9), 283, 310.
— John H., 361.
— Jonathan, 362.
— Julia (White). 283.
— Lois, 283.
— Lucy, 15, 195.
— Marshall N., 227. 282, 315.
— Mary A.. 310.
— Mary (Houghton). 356.
— Mehitable (Packard). 283.
— Mercy, 308.
— Olive, 314, 361.
— Rhoda (Hastings), 273, 297.
— Roswell (7), 282, 283, 314.
— Roswell (13), 315.
— Silas G., 7, 62, 264, 297, 355.
— Mrs. Silas G, 273, 297.
— Silas G., 314.
— Stearns, 283.
— William, 150.
— Rev. William, 20, 93, 114, 143.
— William H., 447.
— Mrs. William H.. 276.
Hunt, Fanny, 381.
— Gertrude Agnes, 302.
— Harry N., 318, 359.
— Martha, 453.
— Mary Julia, 308, 446.'
— Sarah R., 420.
Huntington, Bishop F. D.. 35.
— Hannah. 395.
Hurlburt, Dr. C. S., 370.
Hurd, Alice J.. 443.
Hurley, WiUiam, 327.
Hutchinson, Capt. Edward, 76.
— Gov. Thomas, 185, 188.
Hyde, Andrew, 364.
Hyde and Shattuck, 364.
Ingingson, Joseph, 150.
Ingraham, or Ingram, Ebenezer. 217
— Hannah, 428, 430.
— Jessie, 336, 405.
— Jonathan, 150.
— Marv (Dickinson). 370.
— Peter, 217, 306.
— Samuel, 444.
J^ckovwski, John, 322.
INDEX OF NAMES.
523
Jackson, John W., 236.
James II., 114.
James, Lyman D., 401.
Jandziezski, Jacob, 326.
Janes, Sarah, 440.
Jcbo, Luke, 233.
Jefferson, Elizabeth, 424.
— Thomas, 202.
Jennings, Benjamin, 151.
— Captivity, 95, 154.
— Hannah, 89, 96, 154.
— Joseph, 151.
— Stephen, 13, 15, 89, 94-7, 106, 109,
151, 154, 159.
Jenny, Arthur, 358.
— Sarah, 295.
Jewell, Lillian, 403.
Jewski, John, 325.
Jielenski, Walenty, 320.
Johns, Evan, 217.
Johnson, Asa, Zll.
— Chester, 455.
— Cyrus S., 401.
— Dr. George, 360.
— Sir William, 175.
Jones, Albert, 378.
— Albert C, 378.
— Aleathea, 313.
— Anna B., 332, 378.
— Austin S., 332, 333, 335, 376, 378,
417.
— Carrie (Cadey), 378.
— Catherine C, 403.
— Charles A., 310, 334, 335, 378, 416,
430.
— Charles H., 300.
— Dexter, 308, 318.
— Electa, 333. 378. 417.
— Ellen. 455.
— Elisha, 174.
— Emeline, 308, 318.
— Emma B., 310, 316, 378.
— Emma L., 332. 378.
— Fannie, 308.
— Frank P., 235. 334. 335, 337, 378.
— Mary (Smith), 430.
— Nellie S., 334. 378, 430.
— Thomas. 410.
— Wealthy, 407.
— William M.. 310.
Josselyn, the English traveler. 142,
143.
Joyliff, John. 97.
Jubinville, Alfred. 311. 313. 317.
— Evelina, 313.
— Fosine, 311.
— Philip. 338, 339.
Judd. Eli, 399.
— Jonathan, 200.
— Svlvester. 7, 22, 34. 45. 58, IZ. 82.
87. 122. 147, 160. 459.
Karakula, John and Margaret. 312.
Karen, John, 337.
— John, Jr., Zyi.
Karkut, John and Katie, 312.
Keating, William G.. 359.
Keefe, Annie L., 328.
Keller, Vernet H., 8, 299.
Kelley, Bridget, 347.
— Michael. 248.
Kellogg. Dorothy, 405.
— Electa, 443.
— Elizabeth, 379.
— Ephraim, 405, 418.
— John, 428.
— Jonathan, 150.
— Joseph, 151.
— Joseph, 161, 379.
— Martin, 108.
— Martin, Jr., 151.
— Martin, 109.
— Mary W., 317, 428.
— Nathaniel, 126, 131, 369.
— Samuel. 42, 43. 52. 89, 96, 106, 129,
264, 298.
— Samuel, 389.
— Sarah, 405.
— Sarah, 426.
— Sarah (Root), 426.
— Thomas, 127.
Kempes, John, 331.
Kennedy. Chauncey, Zll.
Kenney, Isadore H.. 386.
— Rev. John, 347, 349.
Kiakoski, Koskrett, 328.
Kiley. John, 328.
— John W., 235, 321. 359.
— Michael W., 317.
— Sarah V., 3(51.
Kindness, an Indian. 150. 155.
King. Cora. 315, 357, 415.
— Edmund, 415.
— Eleazer, 410.
— Eliakim. 410.
— Elisha, 276.
— Ezra, 193.
— Jerome E.. 232, 339.
— Jerusha, 455.
— John, 120, 124.
— Lucius, 400.
— Mary, 313.
— Mary, 445.
— Paul, 199.
— Rachel (Applebee), 406.
— Thomas. 108.
— William. 67, 106. 124. 125.
King Philip. 75. 81, 83, 88.
Kingslev, Charles E., 310.
— Edw'in P.. 388.
E J, 413
— Eibridgc, 388.
— Enos, 120, 388.
— TIattie W., 359.
— Henrietta A., 430.
— Henrv F., 319, 388,
524
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
— Lewis H., 8, 319, 388.
— Lida, 318, 359.
— Louisa C, 388.
— Moses W., 283. 310. 313, 318, 388.
— Pearl R., 361.
— Rachel. 405.
— Roswell H., 388.
— Sarah, 407.
— Sarah E., 358.
— Seth. 279, 310.
~ Seth W., 232. 313, 318. 363, 388,
455.
— Stephen C, 388.
Kinsbury, Catherine, 428.
Kitridge and Dutton, 222, 341.
Kittel. Rebecca J.. 431.
Klapp. Lyman, 380.
Kleastner, Frederick, 231.
— Joseph, 330.
Knapp. Rev. Jared O., 296, 343.
— Stephen, 339.
Knight, Anna. 325, 441.
— Erastus, 280. 435.
— Dr. T. Franklin. 429.
— Joseph, 376.
— Joseph H., 334.
— Quartus. 284.
— Sarah M., 429.
Knights, Henry, 342.
Knowlton, Jonathan. 193.
Koler, Mary A. E.. 425.
Kosiasz, Alex and Agnes, 324.
Kosior. John and .Agnes, 312.
Kounalty. Mary. 302.
Landry, David, 326.
Laighton, Matthew, 233.
Lamont, Mattie A.. 413.
— Rev. T. P.. 413.
La Mountain. .Arthur. 362.
— Henry, 311.
— Lena, 313.
— Mack. 311, 313.
— Monda M.. 360.
Lampro. Frank. 324,
Langdon, Amaziah, 335.
— Carrie L., 415.
— Lavinia, 335.
— Sarah. 295. 358. 383.
— Sarah, 295, 415.
— Walter H., 337.
— William B., 295. 302. 307, 322. 383.
415.
Larkin. Hannah, 299.
— Micliacl. 312. 347.
— Viola P.. 360.
Lathrop, P^lorencc, 403.
— Capt. Thomas. 11 , 79.
Lauchcnback, Franci.*^. 233.
Laughton, Harry. 188.
Lawler. Rose. 316.
Lawrence, Emilv. 41.^.
— rfnbbard, 413.
— John, 447.
— Mary, 369.
— Sarah, 447.
Leach, Rev. Joseph, 222.
Leary, Hannah, 359.
— James, 224.
— John, 324.
— John F., 324.
— William H., 360.
Lee, Cynthia. 404.
— Mary, 338.
Leonard, Joanna, 389.
— John, 390.
— John. 442.
— Martha, 376.
— Roxana, 376.
Leverett, Governor, 97.
Levitre, Joseph, 300.
— Mary A., 361.
Lewis. Dr. Alonzo, 316. ZTH, 378.
— John, 190. 193.
— William, 54.
Lilly, Harriet, 402.
Lincoln, Levi. 350.
Lind, Jenny, 223.
Little, Content. 418.
— Rev. Ephraim, 273.
— Mabel, 379.
Lizork, John, 328.
Lock, Joseph and Marv (Nims), 375.
— Sally. 375.
Lohr, Margaret. 325.
Lokary, Mary, 326.
Lombard. Lucy, 441.
Long. William, 233.
Longley, Alpheus, 287. 298, 318. 33a
— Edmund, 392.
— Joseph, 392.
— Louisa. 298. 309.
Look, Lucy, 399.
Loomis (Lomas), Abner, 399.
-- David. 423.
— John, 106.
— Jonathan C. 295. 332. 376. 448.
— E. Lucelia. 295, 448.
— Samuel. 452.
— Sarah, 332, 376.
— Thomas, 452.
Lorin, Laban. 291.
Lotheredge, Margary K.. 405.
Lovering. Ellen, 436.
Lovett. Frank. 321.
— Katherine A.. 361.
Lowell. Annette. 315, 359.
-— Isaac B., 311, 315.
Luce, Emma A.. 335. 378.
Ludden, Asa. 429.
Lyman, Achsah. 307.
— Benjamin S.. 439.
— Edgar P., 307.
— Elias, 454.
— Elizabeth. 439.
— Rev. Eugene. 359.
INDEX OF NAMES.
525
— Gershon C, 421.
— Hannah, 15, 181.
— Hannah, 443.
— Harriet W., 439.
— Hepzibah (Ford), 423.
— Jane R, 439.
— Jeremiah, 443.
— Jonathan H., 216. 217, 260, 362.
— Rev. Joseph, 13, 83, 181, 182, 186,
189, 202, 208-9, 214, 215, 217, 223,
250, 260, 276. 296, 306, 343, 344,
345, 352, 433.
— Louisa, 322, 443.
— Lucy, 297, 262.
Marv, 439.
— brpha (Bush). 443.
— Samuel F., 438.
— Mrs. Samuel F., 249, 262.
— Sarah, 423.
— Simeon, 398.
— Thomas, 120.
— Richard, 24, 384, 423.
Lynch, Daniel, 321.
— James, 232.
Lyon, Aaron, 440.
— Mary, 439-40.
Lyons, Martin, 335-6.
Mack, Ann, 312.
MacLane, Edward J., 304.
Madison, James, 217.
Mahar, Catherine, 314.
— Minnie, 331.
Maltby, Benjamin, 445.
— Isaac, 218, 254.
— Murray. 218, 254.
Manchester. Laura C, 342.
— Henry, 339.
Margison, Mary, 401.
Markle, Harriet M., 401.
Marsh. Abigail, 418.
— Adeline A., 333.
— Albert H., 336.
— Alice E., 360.
— Anna, 370.
— Calvin B., 321, 333, 334, 336, 337.
— Charles W., 332, 336, 337.
— Chester, 298.
— Daniel, 120, 160.
— Dorcas, 434.
— Ebenezer, 132, 149.
— Elihu, 336.
— Elizabeth. 321.
— George C, 334.
— George L.. 232, 300, 301.
— Grace B.. 358.
— Harry W., 235, 336, 337.
— Hattie S.. 359.
— Hiram, 301.
— John, 154. 160.
— John, 370.
— John, 418.
— Jonathan, 120.
— Mabel, 359.
— Matilda G., 298. 300.
— Orsamus, 300, 301.
— Perez, 177.
— Samuel, 67, 106, 108, 117, 129, 131,
133, 137, 138, 161, 268, 344.
Masukaitis, Peter and Franczika, 300.
Massasoit, 75.
Mather, Increase, 143, 147, 148.
— Samuel, 195.
— William, 390.
Mattoon, Elizabeth, 404.
— Isaac, 151. 432.
— Mabel, 448.
— Nathaniel, 420.
— Philip, 150, 404.
— Samuel, 404.
— Sarah, 398, 404.
Matson, Hattie, 306.
Matthews, Albert, 322.
— Sarah, 379.
May. Cynthia S., 436.
— Ezra, 185.
— John, 326.
Mayer, Grace, 330.
McCormack, Josei)hine R., 403.
McCue, James, 231.
McCullock, Temperence, 299, '29.
McGrath, Dennis P., 320, 349.
— Kate, 293.
— Mary, 298.
— Mary, 320.
— Robert, 326.
— Thomas, 293, 320.
McGlynn, Patrick, 316.
McHugh, John, 34. 224, 302-3.
— John. Jr., 235, 302-3, 347, 349.
McKcon, Elvira, 341, 394.
— George, 341.
McKinstry, Rev. John A., 430.
McLcod, Hugh, 316, 319, 360, 365^
436.
Meekins, Hannah, 452.
— Irene, 281.
— John, 149.
— John, 191, 193, 281, 379, 421.
— Levi, 191, 193, 281-2, 421.
— Mary, 369.
— Ruth, 379.
— Thomas. 23. 24. 40, 42, 43, 46, 52,
53, 55, 56, 61, 63, 66, 100, 101, 106y
107, 125, 262, 319. 364, 369.
— Thomas, 52, 66, 80.
— Thomas, 185.
Melendy, Frank E., 441.
— J. C, 329.
— Roland A., 441.
Merriam. Mary, 420.
Mercy. Mary, 150.
Merrick, John, 323.
Merrill, Calvin, 217.
Merriman, Theophilus, 151.
Merte, Auu^i, ZTfS,
526
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
— Elizabeth, 326.
Messer, James, 233.
Metoon, see Mattoon.
Meyer, Sebastian, 328.
Mields, Ezekiel, 193.
Miller, Abram, 151.
— Alice R, 388.
— Charles, 330.
— Ellen, 357.
— Isaac, 193.
— ' Joseph, 370.
— Margaret, 357, 358.
— Mary Esther (Graves), 307, 313,
413.
— Moses, 398.
— Rebecca, 379.
— Rika, 329.
— Sylvanus, 307, 413.
— Tillotson, 185.
— William, 329.
Millington, Joseph, 393.
Minson, John C. D., 406.
Mitchelson, Hugh, 428.
Mixter, Jason, 2l7.
Mofette, Ethel, 359.
Montague, Anna, 385.
— Frank, 357.
— Lovisa J., 358.
— Moses, 411.
— Peter, 385, 439.
Montcalm, General, 167.
Montville, Dr. Alfred, 377.
Moody, Fanny P., 293, 386.
— Sarah, 440.
— Ursula, 307, 414.
Moore, Ellen E. (Howes), 396.
— Ethel P., 361, 417.
— Fanny Y., 377.
— Helen Letitia, 362, 417.
— Harvey, 222, 319. 321, 339, 362.
— Henry G., 333, 378, 416.
— Jonathan Y., 377.
— Jennie, 417.
— Levi, 321.
— Lucy, 402.
— Luman, 298, 306.
— Martha E., 341.
— Mclvina, 335.
— Nellie. 298, 306.
— Otis, 341.
— Persis J., 406.
Moquolas, 120.
Morgan, Fannv O.. 338.
— Sarah, 308.'
— Thoodore, 338.
Morse. Aldeii F., 232.
Morrissev, Patrick. 232.
Mr,non. Albert W., 41, 222, 296. 306.
— M. .\ntoinette, 304, 357.
— Benjamin. 193. 2?S, 317. 322, 344.
— ■ Mr>. Renjaniin, 265.
— Benjamin. Jr., 288.
— Oiarles K., 232. 2aS, 3\7, 3.SS.
— Chester. 289, 322, 323.
— Consider, 413.
— Cotton, 291.
— Daniel, 341.
— David, 190, 193.
— Dorothy, 304.
— Dwight, 227, 232, 339.
— bwight P., 296. 306.
— Ebenezcr. 134. 193. 268. 269, 302.
303.
— Edwin, 303.
— Elihu, 191. 193, 282.
— Elijah, 183, 184, 186, 344.
— Elizabeth (Dickinson), 288.
— Esther (Harding), 408.
— Eugene L, 304.
— Eunice, 264.
— Eurotas, 334.
— George, 426.
— Gideon, 289.
— Gilbert E., 235, 333, 334.
— Israel, 264, 265, 297, 307.
— James, 221, 302, 304, 318.
— Jeremy, 26i5, 314.
— Joel. 450.
— John W., 333.
— Rev. J. L., 227, 229.
— Jonathan, 261, 269.
— Joseph. 190, 193. 270.
— Josiah, 217. 288, 306.
— Josiah L., 232, 362.
— Justin, 40^.
— Justus, 339.
— Leander. 288.
— Levi, 339.
— Lucv (Lyman), 297.
— Mary, 304.
— Mary, 341.
— Mercy, 413.
— Moses, 218. 254. 265, 288. 293. %
302, 304, 306, 327.
— Oritha, 303.
— Perez, 261, 269, 270, 303.
— Phila E., 314.
— Pliny, 264.
— Richard. 67, 100. 109, 117. 1%
265, 298.
— Richard Tower, 290, 299.
— Rodolphus, 263, 288.
— Mrs. Rodolphus, 263-4.
— Sarah, 320, 408.
— Solomon. 193, 290, 325.
— Sophia, 327, 413.
— Sophia (Partridge), 288.
— Susanna, 290.
— William, 264, 287, 288.
— William, Jr., 291.
— William A.. 359.
Mosely, Capt. Samuel, 79, 80, 81.
Mosher, Francis, 332.
— Jane (Anderson), 332.
— Mary, 332, 359.
— ^iiNxVi^u, 337, 341. 342.
INDEX OF NAMES.
527
— Solomon, 222, 290, 300, 332, 333,
341, 376.
Mould, Martha, 451.
Mowenas, 120.
Mulcare, Agnes G., 321.
— Elizabeth G., 321.
Mullaley, Annie, 325.
Mullaney, David I., 306.
— Patrick, 313.
— Thomas, 317.
Mullins, James, 326, Z21^ 347.
Munn, Benjamin, 442.
Munson, family mentioned, 291.
— \l. S., 328.
— Laura, 299.
— Louisa. 328.
Murdock, Fidelia, 299.
Murphy, Cornelius, 192, 341.
— Helen, 294, 361, 416.
— Jeremiah, 233.
— Kate, 341.
— Thomas, 2^Z.
-- William, 321.
Murray, Elihu, 190, 193.
— Elijah, 190, 193.
— Lewis, 324.
— Lewis, Jr., 324.
— Mercy, 287.
— Scth, 186, 190, 192. 195, 207, 254,
262, 453.
— William, 287, 390.
Myers. Nellie P.. 425.
— Peter M., 433.
Nash. Abel, 417.
— Abel W.. 333.
— Elijah, 282.
— Enos, 284.
— Fidelia, 401.
— Hannah, 375.
— Hepzibah, 435.
— John, 282, 397.
— John, 410.
— John, 433.
— Jonathan, 418.
— Laura, 401.
— Martha, 333.
— Martha, 417.
— Miriam, 399.
— Thomas, 116, 120, 133, 160, 437.
— Timothy, 120.
Natovitz, John, 339.
Ncill. Rev. Henry, 297, 343, 346.
Newburv, Capt. Benjamin, 87.
~ Jabez, 285.
Newman, Frank, 224, 321, 330.
— Joseph. 205, 330.
Newport, Amos, 285.
Nicholson, General, 157, 158.
Nickerson, Albert A., 342.
Nims, or Nvms, Godfrey, 127.
— Henry, 150.
— Mehitablc. 150.
Noble, Thomas, 375, 397.
Nolan, Helen B., 362.
— James, 328.
— Mary A., 328.
— Matthew, 224, 327.
— Theresa M., 361.
— Thomas A., 328, 347.
Northam, Samuel, 67.
Norton, Cora A., 441.
— Josiah, 193.
Norwood, William, 191, 193.
Nowak, Anthony, 328.
Noyes, Alice W., 439.
Nutting, Porter, 401.
O'Dea, John F., 298.
O'Harra, Thomas, 342.
Olcott, Michael, 320, 328.
— Timothy, 453.
Olmstead, John, 453.
— William, 150.
Olney, Harry W., 360.
Omasta, Stephen, 339.
O'Neil, John, 324.
— Margaret, 326.
Orcutt, Erasmus, 331.
— Stephen, 193.
Ormand, James, 326.
Orr. Charlotte (Pettis), 357.
— William, 356.
Orris, Richard, 87.
Osborn, Elvira B., 301.
— John, 413.
— Lucy, 385.
— Pamelia, 413.
— Salome, 318, 371.
Osley, Samuel, 326, 327.
O'Sullivan, Jeremiah, 232.
— Rev. M., 347.
Otis, James, 182.
— Josiah, 191, 193.
Owen, Bessie, 300, 424.
Packard, Abigail, 314.
— Bertha, 310.
— George, 310.
— Julia, 310.
— Mehitable, 283, 421.
Padelford, Dr. F. M„ 358, 436.
Page, Elijah, 400.
Paine, Dr. Elijah. 453.
Parent, Delvina, 301.
Parkhurst, Cynthia. 454, 455.
Parmenter, Jason, 201.
Parsons, Aaron, 150.
— Almira E., 417.
— Anna, 395.
— Charles, 383.
— Experience. 411.
— Hattie R., 451.
— Isabel L., 329. 406.
— Israel, 255.
— John. 120.
528
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
— Jonathan, 407.
— Joseph, 120, 150.
— Lucy, 383.
— Lydia, 284, 407.
— Lyman, 333.
— \lary, 341.
— Myra, 333.
— Samuel, 150.
— Samuel, 308.
Partenheimer, Abby, 316.
— Kate, 312.
. — Mary, 323.
Partridge, C. and S. (Cotton and
Samuel), 217, 256-7.
— Caroline, 273, 277.
-^~ Clarissa 2/7
— Cotton, '83, 248, 258, 274, 288, 306,
344
— Dwight, 274. 306.
— Edward, 113, 174, 278.
— George C, 249, 362.
— John, 185, 270, 362.
— Joseph L., 292, 362.
— Luthera, 330-1.
— Mabel, 15.
— Oliver, 150, 166, 167. 172-5. 180,
182. 186. 256, 270, 277, 278, 295,
309 362
— Sainuel' (2), 13, 15, 104-6, 108,
112, 115. 118, 119, 120, 121, 122,
123. 124, 125, 127, 128. 133, 134,
137, 138, 143, 149, 156, 157, 158,
159. 160, 162, 163, 164, 166, 172,
173, 258, 278. • ^
— Samuel (3), 278. ^h*""^
— Samuel, son of Ji^n (6), 185, 195,
216, 277, 362.
UsK Samuel (7), 184, 256, 258, 276,
278, 284.
— Samuel D., 8, 82, 167, 208, 218,
247, 292, 293, 362; Reminiscences
of, 247-92.
— Sarah, 424.
— Sophia. 288, 306.
— Theodore, 273.
— William (1), 104, 278.
— William, son of Oliver, 185.
Patrick, Eva, 311.
Patterson. David, 455.
Pavne, Dorothy, 428.
Pearl, L. Tola, 358.
Pease. Albert. 329.
— Arnold. 298.
— Fred P.. 297, 357.
— John, 151.
— John X., 233.
— Levi L.. 235. 299. 301.
— Luman. 294.
— .Mildred. 298.
— Roswcll, 286.
— Webster A.. 236, 302.
— William R., 233.
Peck, Dr. Addison, 303.
— Arnold M., 297, 322,
— Harriet Lilla, 297, 357.
— James, 190, 193.
— Joseph, 193. 418.
— Peras, 190, 193.
Pelc. John and Nellie, 312.
Pellissier, George, 360.
— Louis J., 318.
Penkoski, Anthony, 321.
Perkins, Althea Ravnor, 402.
— Asa, 190, 193.
— Robert, 190. 193.
Persons, see Parsons.
Pettis. Charlotte, 357.
PfeiflFer, George, 342.
Phelps, Daniel G., 304, 449.
— Dinah, 445.
— Elijah, 193.
— Emma. 304, 449.
— Theophilus Parsons, 352.
— Walter D.. 415.
Philip, see King Philip.
Phillips, Carrie E., 334.
— Charles, 393.
— Eri, 386.
— Experience, 393.
— Richard. 324.
— Sarah, 324.
Phipps, Sir William, 115.
Pianka. Peter, 311.
Pitkin, William, 24.
Piwatka, Michael and Katie, 308.
Poag. or Poick. Robert, 101, 106, 125.
Plympton, John, 92, 95, 96, 153.
— Peter, 106.
Pockett, Joseph, 324.
Pomeroy, Ebenezer. 120, 158.
— Rev. Jeremiah, 429.
— Lydia, 411.
— Simeon, 418.
— William M., 429.
Pompelly, James F.. 402.
Pond. David, 385.
Poole. Capt. Jonathan, 79, 80.
Porado, Valentine, 314.
Porter, Carrie S., 357.
— Charles. 358.
— Charlotte A., 358.
— Chester, 281, 314.
— Cornelius, 400.
— Edward C. 219.
— Eleazer, 195.
— Elihu, 199.
— Elizabeth D., 358.
— Emily. 435.
— Emma E., 294. 357.
— Frank K., 314.
— Helen L.. 316, 360.
— Henry S., 219, 281, 311. 314. 363,
364
— Tchabod. 108, 161.
— James, 109, 269. 277, 294. 309. 344.
— Jonathan (4). 281.
INDEX OF NAMES.
I"
529
— Jonathan (5), 218, 281, 344.
— Jonathan D., 236, 281, 304, 311,
314.
— Jonathan E., 304, 316, 317, 319.
— Dr. Josiah, 370.
— Maria L., 304.
— Mary, 314.
— Mary D.. 364.
— Medad, 120.
— Moses, 170, 172.
— Moses Chapin, 262, 263, 297.
— Mrs. Moses Chapin, 304.
— Nathaniel, 24.
— Rev. Nehemiah, 450.
— Reuben, 281.
— Ruth Chapin, 281.
— Samuel (1), 40, 120, 160.
— Samuel, 217, 281.
— Sarah, 450.
— Seth, 185.
— Silas (7), 193. 269, 280, 287, 318.
— Silas, 222, 303.
— Sophia, 391.
— Theodore, 269, 303, 318.
— William, 217.
Potter, Charles, 338.
— Cynthia, Zll .
— Rev. J. D.. 345.
— Thomas, 191, 193.
Powers, David, 335.
— Edmund, 224, 330, 331.
— Ephraim, 193.
— Harriet, 404.
— Jane, 299.
— John T., 293. •
— Kate, 331.
— Kate (McGrath), 293.
— Lawrence A., 320, 359.
— Margaret, 299, 317, 320.
— Mary A., 331.
— Nellie, 317.
— Nellie E., 358.
— Nicholas, 299, 317, 320, 328.
— Thomas, 358.
Pratt, Bettie, 398.
— Daniel, 444.
— James H., 401.
— John, 444.
— Rev. Levi, 223, 343, 433.
Preston, Aphia (Stebbins), 443.
— Edward, 364.
— Joel. 443.
— Melissa, 323, 443.
— Wilson, 193.
Price, Sarah, 150.
Prince, Frank W., 301.
Proulx. Alfred B., 300.
— Edward. 221. 299, 324.
— John L., 301.
— M. Larkin. 361.
— Lillian T.. 360.
— Marv, 347.
— Michael J., 299, 300.
— Mitchel, 300.
Puffer, Thomas, 232.
Putnam, Edwin T., 413.
Putney, Wealthy, 404.
Pynchon, William, 20, 67, 74.
— John, 13, 24, 25. 74, 76. 90. 92, 93.
96, 104. 106, 116, 119, 120, 121,
124. 150. 278.
Quimby, Charles H., 413.
Quonquont, Z3^ 2St 72.
Rabboin, Homer, 311.
— Israel, 311.
— Joseph, 312.
— Louis, 311.
Radesy, Oscar, 232.
Randall, Alvan, 436.
— Cordelia A., 302, 421, 422.
— Sarah, 409, 436.
Ranney. Harland G., 425.
— Herbert M., 425.
— Ruth, 425.
Ransom, Frankie, 413.
— James W., 413.
Rasle. Sebastian. 162, 164.
Rawson, Edward, 97.
Read, Hezekiah, 193.
Reagon, Dennis, 342.
Reed. Janette, 301.
— Mary, 319.
— Mary, 387.
— Samuel, 370.
— Sarah Cutler, 370.
— Thomas, 84.
Reniff, Lucius, 400.
Revere, Paul, 189.
Rhodes, Nancy F., 310.
Rice, Almeron L., 310.
— Josiah, 317, 455.
— Lucy Elvira. 317. 454, 455.
— Rodolphus, 301, 334.
— Sarah, 334.
Richards, John, 97.
— John, 231.
— Joseph, 231, 300.
— Lucius, 380.
Richardson, Herbert L., 358.
Richmond. A. M., 331.
Richtmyre, Martha, 341, 394.
— William, 342.
Riis, Minnie C, 360.
Ripley, Mabel (Bacon), 356.
Ritchell, Mr., 23, 24.
Robbins, Augusta J., 402.
— Elihu, 454.
Robinson, Julia, 337.
Rochambeau, Count, 195.
Rockwell, Deliverance, 444.
Rogers, Ebenezer, 193.
— Mary, 455.
— E. Raymond, 233.
530
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
Rohoda, Armena, 317.
— Selina, 326.
Rood, Mercy, 150.
Root, Esther, 440.
— John, 92.
— Joseph, 158.
— Samuel, 124.
— Solomon, 400.
Rosecup, Barbara, 331.
Ross, Clarissa, 401.
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 180.
Rugg, David, 152.
Russell, Daniel, 118, 390.
— George, 341.
— Horace, 424.
— John, 54. 56.
— John, 217.
— Rev. John. 20, 23, 39, 40, 53, 55, 80.
— Maria, 334, 424.
— Patrick, 323.
— Philip, 41. 43. 45, 52, 67, 89, 92,
101, 106, 118, 268, 302.
— Samuel, 92, 95, 96, 131, 137.
— Sarah, 386.
— Thomas, 150. 154, 155, 159.
— William, 420.
— William B., 357.
Rutgers, Lewis, 232.
Ryan, Annie, 317.
— Edward A., 301.
— Ellen, 325.
— James, 224, 297, 324.
— John, 224, 311, 320, 323, 328, 330.
— John B., 224. 317, 321.
— John C, 323.
— John H.. 325.
— Lizzie, 321.
— Lizzie E.. 359.
— Margaret, 320, 328.
— Margaret A., 317, 360.
— Mary, 297.
— Mary, 320, 331.
— Matthew J.. 299, 301, 319, 349.
— Patrick, 330, 331.
— Thomas J., 297, 347.
— Thomas W., 311.
— William E., 360.
Rypka, Joseph, 322.
Sabin. Betsy (Partridge), 274.
— Elizabeth, 433.
Sackett. Hannah, 445.
— William, 410.
Sadler, Miss, 280.
Saflowsky, Frank. 338.
SafFor, Emma. 330.
— Frank J., 326, 331.
— Gcorpc, 236, 301.
— J oh an nab. 331.
— Pctor, 204, 224, 330, 331, 347.
Salisbury. Capt. Sylvester. 93. 94.
Sampson. M. Arvilla, 360.
— Elijah X.. 310-11, 315.
^_ Isaac 329
— Isadore (Kenny), 295, 386.
— Merritt P., 295, 386.
Sanderson, Alvin L., 283, 300, 301.
— Edward E., 342.
— Electa, 401.
— Isaac, 283.
— John H.. 238, 319.
— Lucy, 336.
— Mary Jane, 301.
— Nellie M., 342.
— San ford L., 319.
— Sarah E., 319.
Sanford, William, 151.
Sargent, Rev. John, 113.
Sartwell, Nathaniel, 190. 193.
— Sylvanus, 190. 193.
Sattle, Lucy, 395.
Saunders. Clayton R., 356.
Saverzopf, John, 342.
Schepp, Fred W.. 326.
— John B., 326.
— Joseph, 326.
— Joseph, Jr., 328.
Schmitter, L A., 322.
Schneider, Lizette, 338.
Schuyler, Col. Peter, 157.
Scott, Alma, 336. 4()4.
— Aretas, 290, 333.
— Benjamin, 161, 390.
— Benjamin, Jr.. 377.
— Caroline E., 333.
— David, 377, 399, 408.
— Elijah, 161.
— James, 333.
— Joel, 190, 192, 193.
— Joseph, 161.
— Joseph, 192, 193, 377.
— Josiah, 131, 132. 134, 161.
— Lucy, 333, 435.
— Lydia, 406.
— ^largaret. 407.
— Miriam, 370.
— Richard, 149, 161, 375.
— Thaddeus, 290. 333.
— William, 67, 85. 106, 116.
— William, Jr., 132.
Searle, Anna B., 332, 441.
— George E., 441.
Seelye. L. Clarke, 241.
Sccmcr, John, 85.
Seitz. Lorenze, 232, 329.
Selden, Esther, 444.
— Thomas, 150, 444.
Sergeant, Clarissa (Partridge), 277.
— Scwell, 277.
Severence, Ebenezer, 151.
SbaefFer, Simon, 232.
Shank, Mary, 314.
Shattuck, Augusta (Warner), 297.
— De Forest E., 297.
— Charles S., 47, 299, 302, 319, 364,
365.
INDEX OF NAMES.
531
Shaw, Gilbert J., 430.
Shays, Daniel, 200.
Shea, James, 232.
— James, 233.
Sheehan, Daniel P., 320.
— Ellen, 320.
— John, 320.
— John, 320.
— Margaret, 314.
Sheldon, Aaron, 375.
— Delia, 444, 445.
— Ebenezer, 151.
— George. 7, 61, 73, 78, 87, 92, 93,
112, 152.
— Hannah, 370.
— Isaac, 120, 444.
— John, 150, 152, 155.
— Mercy, .150.
— Samuel, 444.
— Theodore, 431.
Shepard, Isaac, 440.
— Jemima, 440.
— Temperance, 450.
Shepherd, Thomas, 459.
Sherwood, Ada, 444.
Shipley, Sarah, 423.
Shirley, Gov. William, 172, 174.
Shumway, Arthur L., 407.
— Horace, 255, 283, 301, 308, 321.
Silvery, Lydia, 377.
Sims, Burt L., 392.
Sitz, Elizabeth, 327.
— Margaret, 326.
Sizer, Minnie, 304.
Skeele, Rev. John P., 344.
Skinner, Amasa, 191, 194.
— Electa, 431.
— Delia L., 444.
Slattery, John J., 337.
— John T., 347.
— Timothy J., 340.
Smith, Abner, 445.
— Adam, 324.
— Adney, 282.
— Almira, 249.
— Andrew. 194.
— Anna, 424.
— Amelia, 307.
Asa, 275 416
— Austin, 271, 2»4, 305, 350, 354.
-— Bathshcba, 412.
— Benjamin, 151, 163, 192, 194, 207,
223, 260-2, 296.
— Caroline. 310, 410.
— Caroline .A., 338.
— Charles, 260, 301, 303, 362.
— Chileab, 427.
— Dwight, 300.
— Ebenezer, 119.
— Elihu, 354, 424.
— Capt. Elijah, 83. 260. 270, 295.
— Elijah, 190, 194, 207.
— Elisha. 161. 185. 191, 192.
— Elizabeth, 340, 437.
— Elizabeth, 451.
— Emily, 317.
— Ethan, 418.
— E. Fitch, 283.
— Gad, 377, 443.
— George H., 413.
— George W., 299, 332.
— Hannah (Wells), 304, see Mrs.
Joseph.
-- Harriet, 305, 354.
— Harriet, 300.
— Harriet, 424.
— Harriet, 455.
— Henry, 338.
— Herbert D., 318, 319, 359.
— Irene, 377.
— Johanna, 87.
— Joel, 190, 194, 282, 383.
— John (2), 87.
— John (12), 276, 325.
— John, 134, 154, 191, 194.
— John, 264.
— John, 324, 329, 330.
— John, 344.
— Jonathan, 134, 161, 412.
— Joseph (3), 126, 133, 134, 154, 161,
163.
— Joseph (8), 195, 270-1, 352.
— Joseph, son of Joseph (8), 208,
259, 260, 265, 270, 298, 304, 354.
— Mrs. Joseph, 249, 259, 270.
— Joseph (Wicked Joe), 281.
— Joseph, 307, 316, 317.
— Julia D.. 420.
— Justin, 413-4.
-- Leslie R., 359.
— Lois (White), 352.
— Louisa, 354, 413.
— Lucy, 295.
— Lvdia, 426.
— Martin, 125, 150.
— Martha B., 374.
— Mary, 334.
— Mary, 378.
— Mary, 412.
— Mary, 431.
— Mary D., 318, 436.
— Marv (Morton), 207-8, 350.
— Minnie, 325, 330.
— Miranda, 354.
— Nathaniel, 126.
— Nathaniel, 216, 217, 369.
— Nathaniel A., 418.
— Obadiah, 232, 276, 298, 316, 320,
332.
— Oliver. 207, 249, 252, 260, 262-3,
268, 270, 271, 275, 295, 302, 304,
307, 323, 350-2.
— Salmon, 409.
— Samuel (1), 40. 53, 56, 275, 350.
— Samuel (4). 192, 207, 217, 268,
302. 350.
532
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
— Samuel, 379.
— Sarah, 279.
— Sarah, 427.
— Simeon, 219, 254, 274, 283.
— Simeon, 275.
— Sophia, 14. 32. 208, 238, 270-2, 298,
304, 305, 352-5.
— Sylvanus. 275, 278, 283, 406.
— William, 357.
— William H., 422.
— Dr. W. K., 422.
— Windsor, 418.
— Zebina, 375.
Smead, Elizabeth, 448.
— Joseph, 398.
Smood, Samuel, 150.
Snow, Abby, 376.
— Horace H., 376.
— Nellie Maud, 334, 376.
Spafford, Captain, 152.
Spear, Edwin C, 407.
Spellman, Mary, 405.
Sprague, Caroline L., 439.
Stadiford, Matilda C, 425.
Stadtcr, Joseph, 329.
Stanley, Abigail, 384.
— Caleb, 384.
— Hannah, 433.
— Thomas, 22, 40, 433.
— Timothy, 384.
Starkweather, Charles, 411.
Stearns, George, 316, 335.
— Fanny, 316.
— Plarriet, 335, 377.
— Jennie, 316.
— Leonard, 333, 376.
— Lucy, 420.
— Nellie B., 376.
— Nellie M., 333, 376.
— Thomas, 420.
Stebbins, Amy E., 358.
— Benjamin, 410.
— Benoni, 92. 150, 153, 154.
— Eldad, 310, 406.
— Elijah. 394.
— Giles. 310.
— Judson, 330.
— Lucy, 441.
— Scgar, 330.
— Rowland, 330.
Steele, Emma, 329.
— Frank, 224, 330.
— George. 331.
— John. 330.
— John, 444.
— Margarctta. 330.
— Mary, 330.
Stenglein. George. 330.
— Henry. 312. 326-7.
— John, 326. 362.
— John J.. 327.
— Mary, 312. 326.
Sf evens, Andrew, 150.
Stiles, President Ezra, 113.
Stillman, George, 120.
Stockbridge, Anna, 334.
— Betsey, 424.
— Charles D., 430.
— Edward A., 342.
— Margaret A., 430.
— Mary (Ferguson), 430.
Stockwell, Quintin, 92, 106.
Stoddard, Anthony, 97.
— John, 159, 162, 164, 166, 171. 187,
278.
— Jonathan, 384.
— Joseph, 224.
— Joseph E., 325.
— Melissa J., 336.
— Peter, 224.
— Rev. Solomon, 113, 124, 172.
Stone, Allen, 401.
— Mary, 406.
— Rev. Samuel, 20, 406.
Stoughton, Gov. William, 120.
Stow, John. 87.
— Nehemiah, 152.
Stowell, Charles I., 307.
— Leo M., 362.
Stratton, Hezekiah, 151.
— Jane, 125.
Streeter, Annie Addie, 315.
Strickland, John, 417.
Strong, Alvin L., 169, 222, 232, 311
325, 329, 332. 344, 363.
— Amariah, 212, 329.
— Caleb, 195, 217, 218. 254.
— Cornelia B., 436.
— Dwight S., 232.
— Edson W., 325.
— Eugene S., 325.
— Horatio, 219, 325.
— Howard A., 361.
— John M., 329, 331.
— Mabel M., 360.
— Parmenus. 325, 329.
— Samuel. 151.
Sulic, George, 317.
Sutton, .Mva A., 233.
Sweet. Alonzo, 328.
— Cordan. 232.
Swift. Heman. 267, 373.
— L. R., 235.
— Rufus M.. 338.
— Sabra, 272. 323, 373.
Sykes. James. 320. 328.
— Lewis. 232, 328.
— Quartus. 435.
Sylvester. Angeline. 401.
— Nathaniel. 190. 194.
Symonds. Samuel, 27.
Szastowicky, William, 319.
Takubicl. Frank, 322.
Talcott Major John, 88..
T^vlor, .\bigail. 406.
INDEX OF NAMES.
533
— Rev. Edward, 124.
— Erastus, 386.
— Hiram, 436.
— John, 120, 150.
— John, 194.
— John G., 125.
— Jonathan, 400.
— Jonathan, 417.
— Stephen. 23, 24, 42, 43, 52, 294,
451, 452.
— Stephen, 452.
Tead, Rev. Edward S., 414.
— Louise (Graves), 357.
Temple, Rev. J. H., 62, 63, 78, 161.
Thayer, Asa, 190, 194.
— Bertha B., 359.
— Charles S., 361.
— Eli, 335, 408.
— Mar>', 299.
— Walter, 360, 425.
Thomas. Joseph, 106.
Thorndike, Ashley H., 315, 356, 359.
Thourogood, Anna, 424.
Tilton. Peter. 40, 48, 53, 56, 124.
Titsworth, Rev. Judson, 222.
Tobin, Michael, 342.
Toezko, Gabryel, 320.
Tolpo, Peter, 326.
Tower. Eunice. 431.
Towne. John M. and Magdalene, 325.
Townsley, Caroline, 455.
Tracy, Editha, 405.
Train, Peter, 385.
Treat, Major Robert, 78. 80, 81. 93.
Trobridge, David, 185.
— Elihu. 185, 190, 194.
Trott. Julius H., 359, 405.
— Ruth P.. 405.
Trumbull, J. IT., 7, 106, 200.
— Judah, 150.
— Mary, 423.
Tubbs, Seth, 191, 194.
Tufts, Benjamin, 340.
— Laura, 340.
Turner. David, 333. 431.
— Capt. William. 81, 83, 84. 85, 154.
Twiss, Merrick. 424.
Twoomev, Hannah, 300.
— Kate A.. 301.
Tyler, Helen Boynton, 400.
Umpanchala. 26. 27, 72.
Upham. Minnie, 436.
Upp, Earl. 444.
— Elizabeth, 444.
— Helen, 444.
— William, 444.
— Willis. 444.
Lusher, Anna (Bliss), 433.
— Dorothv B.. 433.
— Ellis B'.. 433.
Vachula. John. 312.
— Stephen, 340.
Vaile. John, 312.
Vaudreuil, Governor, 153, 156, 162,
164.
Vining, Clara, 336.
— Daniel, 338.
Fred, 342
— John' H.. 231, 338, 342.
— Leavitt, 308.
— Oliver. 232, 339, 341.
— Orphronia, 338.
— Susan, 339.
Vinton. Medad, 455.
Viszaway, Joseph. 307. ■
— Theresa, 307.
Vollinger, Barbara, 331.
— Frank, 326.
— George, 224, 327, 331.
— John, 327.
— John, Jr., 327.
— Lawrence, 331.
— Lawrence, Jr., 331.
— Sidonia, 331.
Wade, Charles W^, 312.
— Clara A., 360.
— Henry A., 312, 324.
— Marietta, 404.
— Myra, 336.
— Nathaniel B., 357. 436.
Wagner, Frederick, 325.
Waite, Aaron, 431.
— Abel, 190, 194.
— Alice L., 337, 425.
— Angeline, 302.
— Benjamin, 13, 15, 52, 53, 67, 71,
84. 85, 90. 93. 94-8, 101, 106, 116.
117, 125. 137, 138. 149. 150, 153,
154, 159, 238, 266, 289. 299.
— Canada, 15, 95, 154, 322.
— Charles G.. 298. 302.
— Charles H., 336.
— Charles P.. 231. 323.
— Chester K., 337, 425.
— Daniel, 265, 268. 274.
— David, 184. 266, 277.
— Dolly, 289.
— Edward C. 338, 340.
— Elisha (5), 254. 279, 289.
— Elisha (6), 289.
— Elijah, 268.
— Ellen A., 302.
— Emma A.. 302.
— Gad, 282.
— George, 289, 323.
— George W^, 229, 362.
— Harris, 341.
— Henry L., 323.
— Horace, 337.
— Tacob. 190, 194.
— Tames O.. 288, 302, 322.
— Jeremiah, 161.
— John, IM. U<^, \^^A^\A^^-
534
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
— John E., 232, 298, 323.
— Joseph, 158, 190, 194, 427.
— Julia, 323.
— Justin, 289, 302, 322.
— Lemuel A., 301. 321, 339.
— Lucinda, 266, 273.
— Martha, 90, 154.
— Mary L., 302, 357.
— Mary O., 341.
— Myra L., 301, 321.
— Nehemiah, 163, 191, 194, 217. 265,
267, 286. 317.
— Nellie A., 357.
— Russell, 323, 341.
— Simeon, 344.
— J. Wesley, 338. 339.
— William R., 331, 337.
Walker, Jacob. 190, 192, 194. 201.
Waltz, Lawrence, 321.
Ward, Artemas, 199.
— Josiah, 194.
— Lebbeus, 433.
— Lucretia, 419.
— Verona, 396.
Ware, George W., 436.
Warfield, Emma L.. 358.
Warner, Andrew. 23, 40, 118, 276.
— Augusta, 297.
— Benjamin M., 204, 235. 301, 310,
311.
— Caroline (Whiton), 277.
— Carrie H., 360.
— Carrie L., 357.
— Qiarles Edward, 314, 359.
— Charles L., 196, 235, 312, 314.
— Clarissa Eliza, 416.
— Daniel (2), 23. 24. 41, 43. 52, 82,
101, 106, 108. 116, 118.
— Daniel (3), 133, 155, 161.
— Daniel, 150.
— Ebenezer, 161.
— Eleazer, 185.
— Eliza A., 295.
— Egbert Seward. 298, 308. 309. 326.
— George, 227, 231.
— Horace W., 416.
— Isabel S.. 362.
— James W.. 277. 280. 287, 294, 297,
305. 308.
— John, 155.
— John (8), 276-7.
— Jonathan D., 227. 231. 309.
— Lewis, 365.
— Litcrotia A.. 433.
— ^ra^tha, 430.
— Marv L., 294, 305.
— Maude R, 361.
— Mcrcv, 276.
— Mo«;es (7). 101, 104. 221, 276, 344.
— Moses. 276, 3aS.
— .Moses. 398.
— Oliver, 232. 316.
— Pan/. 450.
— Samuel, 155.
— Samuel, 397.
Warren, Bevil G., 291.
— Bishop, 291.
— Caroline, 334.
— James, 195.
— Julia M., 333, 334.
— Mary Ann, 336, 424.
Washington, George, 167, 191. 195,
217, 289, 292.
Waterbury. Rev. Jared B.. 223, 343.
Watoszn, Jorko, 312,
Watson, William, 190, 194.
Watts, Captain. 77, 92.
Wayne, E. S., 339.
Weaver. Wilfred P., 374.
Webb, John, 396.
— Richard, 120.
— Sarah, 396.
Webber. Albert. 301. 323.
— Grace, 323, 358.
— Emma D. (Sanderson). 301. ^.
— Louis A., 361.
Weber, Rudolph, 332, 378.
Webster, Daniel, 352.
— Gov. John, 423.
Wedemeier, Henr>', 339.
Weir, Robert, 190, 194.
Welch, Helen A.. 303.
— James, 320.
Weld, Daniel, 347.
Wells, Aaron. 151. 163.
— Amasa, 259, 295.
— Ann, 372.
— Augusta, 340.
— Beatrice (Fiske), 294.
— Benjamin. 186, 190, 194.
— Charles, 340.
— Charles O., 358.
— Daniel W., 7, 61, 216, 232, 22^
jKi^f Oil. o^y, oow.
— David, 194.
— David F., 238, 303.
— Ebenezer, 133, 161. 398.
— Elisha (7). 220. 259. 270. 304.
— Elisha, 380, 386.
— Elisha Edward, 360.
— Elizabeth, 340.
— Fred U., 383.
— Hannah, 259.
— Hannah (Belden), 304.
— Helen. 403.
— Hepzibah, 390.
— Jeremiah D., 435.
— John, son of Thomas (2>. 41. 43,
52, 67, 89, 101. 106. 269.
— John, Jr.. son of above. 106.
— John. 151.
— John, 412. 413.
— John. 443.
— Jonathan, S7.
— Jonathan, 185.
— 'iow^vVv'a.w, 390.
INDEX OF NAMES.
535
— Joseph S., 236, 304, 315, 344.
— Louisa B., 361.
— Luther, 340.
— Martha, 442, 443.
— Mary, 380.
— Noah, 117.
— Otis C, 220, 248, 256, 258, 259,
295, 306.
— Patience, 285.
— Reuben F., 32, 294, 360.
— Rowena, 413.
— Rev. Rufus, 215.
— Samuel, 162.
— Samuel, 190, 194.
— Sophia, 308, 386.
— Thomas (2), 46.
— Thomas, 390.
Wemit, Francis, 233.
Wenepuck, 120.
Wenzel, Fred, 314.
— John and Christiana, 339.
— John and Rika, 320.
Wesaloski, John, 307, 320.
VVestwood, William, 40.
Whalen Brothers (Patrick J. and
Dennis), 235.
— Daniel, 224.
— Dennis, 311, 314.
— Hannah, 311.
— Michael. 224, 326.
— Nellie, 303.
— Patrick J., 314.
— Thomas, 311.
Wheat, Submit, 385.
Whipple, Mary A., 358.
Whitcomb, George O., 339.
White, A. J., 185.
— Charlotte, 295.
— Clara (Ellsworth), 297.
— Cotton, 255, 270, 276.
— Daniel (3), 23, 24, 42, 43, 52, 61.
82, 101, 106, 107, 118, 120, 129,
133, 137, 264.
— Daniel (8). 192, 260, 270
— Daniel (17), 317.
— Dr. Daniel, 216. 270, 304, 406.
— Rev. David, 452.
— Eben, 232.
— Ebenezer, 196. 265. 270, 279, 281,
282, 283. 295, 314.
— Electa, 283.
— Elihu (10), 183, 184, 186, 270
— Elihu (13), 279, 281.
— Elijah, 283. 287, 288. 317.
— Elizabeth, 270.
— Elizabeth (Brown), 430.
— Elizabeth M., 430.
— Fanny H.. 337, 378.
— Herbert O.. 386.
— John (1), 32.
— John (2), 23, 24, 30, 32, 41. 43,
52. 62. 118. 120, 126. 134, 137, 270,
302. 304. 344.
— John (15), 315.
— John, 151.
— John, 282.
— John, 430.
— Julia, 283.
— Julia A., 314, 407.
— Leslie R., 335.
— Levi, 194.
— Lucy (Allis), 270.
— Lucy (Burt), 270.
— Mary E., 318.
— Nathaniel, 344.
— Percy L., 297.
— Quartus, 317, 318.
— Salmon, 265.
— Samuel B., 337.
— Sarah (Fitch), 270
— Sarah (Smith), 279.
— Silas, 282.
— Silas D., 315.
— Sophia, 282.
— Submit (Morton), 270.
Whitefield, George, 170. *^ —
Whitemore, William, 191, 194.
Whitfield, Anna, 415. * -
Whiting, Major William, 156. • ^'
Whitman, Clara, 315. ^
— Lucretia H., 451. "' ' *
Whitney, David S., 433.
— George O., 407.
— Moses, 190, 194.
Whiton, Ebenezer, 445.
— Caroline, 445.
Wickles, Antoine, 326.
Wight, Anna, 452.
— Rev. Charles A., 8, 357.
— Joseph E., 333, 334.
— Leland H., 334.
— Sarah R., 333.
Wightman, Florence, 370, 371.
Wilcox, Clarissa, 342.
Wilder, Henry A., 342.
Wiley, Elizabeth G., 404.
Wilk, John, 328.
— Martin, 320.
Wilkie. Charles E., 320, 325.
— Charlotte, 320.
— Frank, 320.
— Henrv, 203, 247, 280. 284, 320, 325.
— Henrv, 219, 222, 284, 306, 319. 320.
363.
— Julia Ann, 317, 454.
— Melissa J., 306.
Wilkinson, Edward H.. 370.
Willard. Rev. Joseph, 151.
— Major Simon, 76.
William and Mary^lU, 115, 116.
Williams, Anna, 172, 432.
— Christian, 113.
— "Clerk." 280, 283.
— Dorothy, 113.
— Elisha, 14, 113, 262, 362.
536
HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
— Ella, 436.
— Col. Ephraim, 175-7.
— Eunice, 150.
— Isaac, 112.
— Col. Israel, 13, 15, 113. 132, 166,
170-2, 173, 174. 177, J^ 180, 182,
183, 187, 188. 189. 195, 223, 262,
283. 297. 362. 383.
— Israel, Jr., 185, 187, 188. 189, 283,
362.
— Jerusha, 150, 383.
— Rev. John, 112, 124. 175.
— John, 150.
— John, 362.
— John C, 391.
— Jonathan, 131.
— Joseph, 151.
— Josiah, 177.
— Lucretia, 15. 189.
— Martha, 113, 432.
— Simon. 106.
, — Rev. Solomon, 113, 175. 362.
, -i'Rcv. Stephen, 63. 113, 155. 164,
^'-♦vl75.
^*- Dr. Thomas, 175.
.^'Rt\. William. 111. 112-4, 117, 124,
126, 129, 133. 137, 140, 149, 168,
170, 172, 175, 262. 343. 345. 432.
— Rev. William (of Weston), 113,
172, 362. 432.
— William (of Deerfield). 175.
— William (of Lebanon, (ionn.), 113,
175.
— William, son of Col. Israel. 187,
189. 195. 280, 283. 344.
— Zebedee, 150.
Wilson. Fanny M., 377.
— John, 311.
Wilterton, Gregorv, 23. 24.
Wilton. David. 80'
Wing, Frank E.. 358.
— Susan. 310, 415.
Winter. Charles. 322.
Winthrop. Gov. Fitz John, 160.
Wirgilewicz, Paul and Bcnigna, 326.
Wise. Rev. John. 106, 107.
Wiskjewscz, Michael, 319.
Wolfe, General. 167. 256.
Wolfram. Anna, 340.
— Charles W.. 337. 339, 340.
— Henrv W.. 338.
— Marv. 339.
— WilHam W.. 340.
Wood. Asahcl. 190. 194.
— .Anrin. 306.
— Avic M., 392.
— Ebenezer, 190, 194.
— Eliphas H., 392.
— Frank W., 428.
— Sarah (Bartlett), 392.
— Sarah E., 428.
Woodard, Alice, 357.
— Fanny E., 357.
Woodbridge, Joshua L.. 185. 190. 192.
— Rev. Timothy, 168. 181, 223, 260,
343.
Woodburv, Mary Elizabeth. 404.
Woodruff. Alfred. 433.
— Laura Allis, 375.
Woods. Charlotte. 361.
— Josiah B., 361.
— Katherine, 361.
— Margaret, 362.
— Rev. Robert M., 239, 241-3, 297,
OVi^, «3tO, O^V, odd,
Woodstock, Milicent, 424.
Woodward, Joel, 431.
Woolcott, or Woolcutt, Fanny S.. 4(M.
— John, 151.
— Solomon, 418.
Worthington, Col. John, 166. 177,
183
— Nicholas, 66. 101, 106, 108.
— William. 410.
Wright. Abner, 389.
— M. .^nna. 358.
— Asahel, 373, 442, 454.
— Azariah, 398.
— Benjamin. 121, 151, 158, 159.
— Benoni, 132.
— Elizabeth, 389.
— Hannah. 379.
— Jeremiah. 194.
— Joseph, 151.
— Lois Ann. 374.
— Lydia, 389.
— Rebecca. 389.
— Samuel. 120, 389.
Wrisley, Frances, 338.
Wyatt, Joanna, 371. 397.
— John, 369, 397. 410.
— Mary (Bronson), 410.
Yarrow, John, 308.
Young, William. 194.
Younglove, John, 107.
Zagrodnick, Frank. 308.
Zakesky, Leon. 339.
Zimnowski. Carol and Peter. 321.
Zollcr. Eva, 321.
— Maria E.. 303.
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