ARTHUR AYLSWORTH
AND 
HIS DESCENDENTS IN AMERICA, 
 

THIRD GENERATION

  10. ROBERT (3) -- Robert (2), Arthur (1) -- married Susanna Reynolds, *  daughter of Joseph Reynolds perhaps, †  and Aug. 11, 1742, was living on a farm adjoining the farms of his father, Robert, and brother, Ephraim, in Exeter, where, on July 2, 1764, he deeded twenty acres of land, perhaps his homestead, to Arthur Aylsworth of West Greenwich, for £176-17s.-6d.  He, or his son Robert, was a member of the S. D. Baptist Church of Westerly, 1768. Their children, so far as known, were:

                 i     Mary (4) b. June 12, 1739, m. Jeremiah Niles  ‡
                ii     Sarah (4) b. March 5, 1740, m. Ellis Austin  §
               iii     Robert (4) b Feb. 1, 1742, m. Rosanna Straight.
               iv     Susanna (4) b. Sept. 16, 1745.
                v     Elizabeth (4) b. Aug. 16, 1747
30.         vi     Joseph (4) b. April 1, 1750, m. Freelove Coy.
              vii     Amey (4) b. May 18, 1752, d. Aug. 28, 1754.
             viii     Amey (4) b. Sept. 4, 1754..

   Albina Ellsworth, of Ated, N. J., says that one of these daughters married a Hurd and another a Mills.
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  *............."day 1137 Robert Aleworth Junr and Susanna Reynolds of North Kingstown having been published according [to law] came before me and was marryed according to law. "  Signed, " Elder Harrington." [N. K. Rec.]
  †  Joseph Reynolds' will was made Apri1 l6, 1722, and proved same month and year, in which he mentions his wife Susanna, eldest son Joseph, son John, two sons, George and Samuel, three youngest sons, no names found; daughter, Elizabeth Rogers, and my other daughters. Susanna, Deborah and Mary.
 ‡  of West Greenwich, Dec. 8, 1755. [Exeter Rec.]
 §  Son of Robert Austin, Aug. 16, 1761. [W. G. Rec.] Robert Austin's wife was  Judeth (-) Austin, and he died 1788.t 

   II. SARAH ? (3) -- Robert (2), Arthur (1)-- married Jabez Tucker, as her mother's will indicates. Her name, Sarah, is presumed, because the name of Sarah Tucker was written on the lower left hand corner of  Page 49 a receipt Jabez Tucker gave for his daughter's legacy. They certainly had one child :

                       i        Hannah.

  If Elizabeth Foster, a minor, who, by her guardian, received the same mount,  and at the same time as Hannah, in the settlement of Sarah's mother's estate,  was Sarah's daughter, she may have been either a married daughter of Jabez  Tucker or Sarah's daughter by a former marriage. In either case, if Sarah's daughter, we should say she had also:

                     ii        Elizabeth, whose surname was Foster, or who may have married ,...Foster. *
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               *  Children of Caleb and Elizabeth Foster:   
                               Mary, born May 5,1718.   
                               Dorcas, born March 29, 1740.   
                               Caleb, born Jan. 18, l74l.
                                                                 [Narragansett Historical Register, Vol. II, page 57.

  12. MARY (3)-Robert (2), Arthur (l)-married, Sept. 28, 1739, Nathaniel Pettis. He may have been the person of this name who was born May 17, 1714, son of William and Mary Pettey. They had:

                       i        Robert.

  13. EPHRAIM (3)-Robert (2), Arthur (l)-married Alice Pettey, who was born June 4, 1718, and who was a daughter of William and Mary Pettey, of Charlestown, (or Lewis City) R. I. They had by deed from his father, Aug. 11, 1742, fifty acres of land adjoining his father's homestead, in Exeter.  But Sept. 13, 1760, they were living in West Greenwich. He died before Aug. 11, 1767, at which time the inventory of his personal property was presented to the Exeter town council, and his son William appointed administrator. †  Their children, so far as known, were :

                       i        William (4) b. Oct. 3, 1744, d. before Sept. 13, 1768, probably
                                 single.
                      ii        Anna (4) b. Aug. 3, 1746.
                     iii        Mary (4) b. Feb. 13, 1748, m. probably Elisha Parker.
                               (Married  Aug. 31, 1767 Lt. Elisha I. Parker b. Aug. 6, 1746 in Coventry, RI and
                                 died Mar. 19, 1813 in West Burlington, NY.) **
                     iv        Ephraim (4) b. Dec. 2,1750.
  31.               v        Alice (4) m. Nov. 18, 1773, Moses Clark, probably.
                     vi        Nathan (4).
                    vii        Lucina (4).
                   viii        Peleg (4).
                     ix       Solomon(4).
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 †  William made his will June 21,1768, In which be mentions all of his brothers and sisters In the above list. 
Under this will sixty acres of land were sold, Aug. 10, 1774.
** From the Parker Family Tree by Laurie Sutherland of Sugar Grove, IL

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  This family lived about three-fourths of a mile from Lewis City, and northwest from the Four Corners meetinghouse, and on what was called Black River. Several children are said to have died there and it was thought the place was an unhealthy one. Alice was taken into Connecticut, where she remained some time in her girlhood with a family by the name of Douglass. A tradition states that several members of the family were celebrated sleepwalkers. [Abigail, daughter of Moses Clark, Jr.]

14. PHILIP (3) -- Arthur (2), Arthur  (1) -- married Elizabeth. . . . . .

They probably lived in East Greenwich until after the birth of their sixth child, since the record of the births of six children are found there. The others are found in Coventry. His will, made Nov. 14, 1789, says that he was old and feeble, and mentions the names of all his children given below, except John and Phebe. Arthur Aylworth deed to "my son Philip," date May 29, 1742, land in West Greenwich.

                            Children.

32.                  i        Benjamin (4) b. Feb. 5, 1734-5, m. (1) Mary Parker, dw. last
                                    Washington Co., VA.
33.                 ii        Philip (4) b. June 7, 1737, m. Martha Slocum, dw. Milford,
                                    Otsego Co., N. Y.
34.                iii        John (4) b. Nov. 23, 1738.
                     iv        Freelove (4) b. Jan. 7, 1741, m. Jas. Wells, of Scituate, Nov. 15,
                                     1761. [Cov. Rec.]
35.                 v        James (4) b. April 3, 1743, m. (1) Rhoda Jenks, (2) Lois Harrington.
                     vi        Phebe (4) b. Nov. 15, 1744.
                     vii        Sarah (4) b. Nov. 11, 1746, m. Job (3) Aylworth,-Philip (2), Arthur
                                      1) -- March 26.1765. [Cov. Rec.]
                   viii        Hannah (4) b. Dec. 15, 1748, m. Capt. John Harrington, June 24,
                                      1793.  [Foster Rec.]
                     ix        Mercy (4) b. Oct. 2. 1750, unmarried.
                      x        Elizabeth (4) b. Dec. 21,1752, m. . . . .  Corey; res. Plainfield,Conn.

  Philip (3) made a gift deed to each of his two sons, Philip (4) and John (4), of land in Coventry, Feb. 12, 1761.  At some uncertain date, between the years 1842 and 1848. Rev. James P. Aylworth, in writing to his son Orin, gave a brief outline of family connections, in which he refers to his grandfather Benjamin as having had two brothers, Philip and James, no allusion being made to the sisters.  If John (4) above married and reared a family, the fact, very likely, would have been familiar to Rev. James P. Aylworth, whose father was born in 1755.
John's receiving a gift of land from his father at the age of twenty-two is presumptive evidence of but not proof of his marriage.
  Bowen (4) Aylworth remembered the visit of his mother's brother,  Page 51 a sea captain, to Canada in sailor's uniform.  If we may suppose Bowen (4) to have been five years of age at the time the visit took place the we have a date about six years prior to the making of the will of Philip (3), John's father, who does not mention him.  He probably died or was lost at sea during this time. 

 PHILIP AYLSWORTH'S WILL.

In the Name of God Amen the Fourteenth day of November A. D. 1789 I Philip Aylsworth of Coventry in the County of Kent, in the State of Rhode Island, &c., yeoman, being old and feeble as to bodily Helth, but of a perfect mind and Memory thanks be Given unto God; therefore Calling unto mind the Mortality of my body, and Knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to Dye Do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament, that is to say, principally, and first of all I Give and Recommend my Sole unto the hands of God that Gave it and my body I recommend to the Earth, to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors, nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall Receive the same again by the Mighty power of God. and as Touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me with in this Life, I Give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form

Imprimis my will is that my Just Debts Last Sickness and funeral Charges be well and Truly paid by Executrix in Some Short Time after my Decease.

Item I Give and Bequeath to Elizabeth my dearly beloved wife the whole of the profits of my Homestead farm whereon I now Live, part Lying in said Coventry and part in west Greenwich the profits thereof to be at her disposel during her natural Life to Gether also with all my Right in the narrow Lane Saw mill (so Called) with my part of the Eutentals thereunto belonging to Gether also with profits of all my Right to the fourteenth Lot Lying in the Grait Grass pond Swamp (So Called) and Called the freeborn Lot with the one half of the thirteenth Lot Lying in said Swamp Called the Bates Lot and all my Right in the Eastermost Lot in Said Swamp Called the pickset Lot all which I Give and bequeath the profits to my said wife during her natural Life to her own disposel and after the Decease of my Said wife I Give and Bequeath the aforesaid Tract of Land mill and Lots to my Two well beloved Daughters Namely Hannah Ay1sworth and Marey Aylsworth as an Absolute Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple to be Equally Divided and to Remain to them and their Heirs and assigns forever

Item I Give and Bequeath to my beloved Son Benjamin Aylsworth five Shillings in Real Silver money. the Reason why I give my Said Son no more is because he hath had his proportion of my Estate already.

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Item I Give and bequeath to beloved Son Philip Aylsworh five Shillings in Silver money the Reason why I Give my said Son Philip no more is because he hath already Received his proportion in my Estate.

Item I Give and Bequeath to my beloved Son James Aylsworth the Lot of Land whereon he now Lives and is to be Known by the name of the Herenton Lot together also with all my Right in three Swamp Lots in the said Grait Grass pond Swamp which I have not hereto fore Given away also with one half of my Right in the Susquehannah purchase to be and Remain unto my Said son James to him and his Heirs and assigns forever.

Item I Give and Bequeath to my three beloved daughters Namely Freelove Wells, Sarah Aylsworth & Cory the other half of my Susquehannah Land to be equally Divided between my Said three Last named daughters to be and Remain unto them and Each and Every of their Heirs and Assigns forever as an absolute Estate of Inharitance in fee Simple.

Item I Give and Bequeath to my Dearly beloved wife and my Two Daughters namely Hannoh and Marey (after all my Debts and Legacies be well and Truly paid) all my farming tools all my Live Stock and Housel furniture and all other Kind of my moveable Estate Let it be of what name or nature Soever to be and Remain for them and Each of them to be Equeally Divided between my Two Said Daughters Hannah and Marey after the Decease of my Said wife.

Lastly I Hereby Constitute make and ordain my Said beloved Daughter Hannah Aylsworth the whole and Sole Executrix of this my Last and Testament whome I order to paid and Satisfy the Just Debts and Legasies to the Legatees and I do hereby utterly disallow Revoke and disanul all and every other former Testaments wills Legasis and bequests and Executors by me in aways before named willed and Bequeathed Rattifiing this and no other to be my Last will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal the day and year afore Written.

                                                  his

                                      PHILIP  X   AYLSWORTH,

                                                Mark

Signed Sealed published pronounced  and Declared by the Said Philip Aylsworth  as his Last will and Testament in the  presence of us the Subscribers                    EUNICE WAIT SILAS WAIT GID WAIT

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   At a Town Council held in Coventry in the county of Kent in the state of Rhode Island and providence Plantations the forewritten will was proved and approved of in Council and ordered to be recorded and accordingly is recorded in the town of Coventry's book for Registering Wills and Inventories.
                                                                   Witness W: STONE, C. Clke

   15. DAVID (3) -- Arthur (2), Arthur (1) -- of West Greenwich, cooper. married March 8, 1741-2, Martha Franklin, daughter of James, of Scituate. James Franklin's will, made Aug. 8,1748, proved Nov. 8, 1756, mentions: sons, Philip, James, Gideon, Ichabod, Uriah, and Elisha; daughters, Lydia Rowland, Abigail Handa, and Martha Aylsworth; and grand-daughter Sarah Lee [Scit, Rec,] David(6) of Pecksville. Pa., says his family consisted of two sons, Rufus, who died young, David, and some daughters, and that he went to sea a number of times though he did not become a regular sailor. His name is found in the town records as early as 1742, and was surveyor of highways, 1757, and constable, 1761. He seems to have dwelt in Coventry in 1753 and several years following, but subsequently in West Greenwich, His wife's signature appears on deeds he makes until July, 1783, when he alone makes a deed to his son David (4) of land in West Greenwich, identifying himself as David Aylsworth, of West Greenwich, but now residing in Pownal, Vt. His wife, Martha, was living Feb. 2, 1778, when they made a deed of gift to their " loving and trusty grand-son Blackburn Franklin Aylsworth" [W. G. Rec.] This could not have been David's son, then only two years of age, In his will, made Aug. 9, 1791, and proved last Monday in November, 1791, he mentions his wife, Ruth, to whom he gives the improvement and profit of his homestead farm in West Greenwich during her widowhood in lieu of dower, and after her death or marriage which may first happen then to, etc, To a daughter his land and buildings in Coventry; and to others his estate both real and personal in Stamford, Vt. In his will he mentions all the children's names below except that of Rufus :

                      i        Rufus (4), said to have died young.
36.                iii        David (4) m. Ruth Parker, March 17, 1774; emigrated,1803, to
                                vicinity of Carbondale, Pa.
                     iv        Mary (4)m............ Strait.
                      v        Phebe (4) m........... Matteson.
                     vi        Damaris (4) m..David..Cory. Aug. 12, 1784, Shaftsbury, VT
                    vii        Martha(4)m............ Barnes.
                   viii        Catherine (4). m. Samuel Taylor, Feb. 18, 1801, Shaftsbury, VT

  16. JAMES (3) -- Arthur (2), Arthur (1) -- married Mary Wood, Feb. 8, 1733, [N. K, Rec.), daughter of William, of East Greenwich. The Page 54 history of this family is not certainly known beyond the record [E. G. Rec.] of the birth of their eldest son :

            Eddy (4) b. March 15, 1733-4.

    It appears that James Alworth bought a piece of farm property in, Amenia, Dutchess Co., N. Y., in 1762, and in 1819 conveyed the same to his two sons, Henry and Samuel Wigton Alworth. Henry subsequently conveyed to John Egglestone in 1823. [County Records by Edw. Elsworth.] James Alsworth, Jr., was one of the "Associators " of Amenia Precinct, Dutchess Co., June and July,1775. Same list contains name of William Alsworth. [Gal. N. Y. Hist. MSS., Vol. I., pp. 75-76] Possibly this latter person may have been William, eldest son of Anthony, b. Feb. 14, 1728.

    17. JUDIAH (3) -- Arthur (2) Arthur (1) -- dwelt in West Greenwich, *  where he was admitted freeman May 1 1744, as Chad Aylsworth, elected justice of the peace 1760, as Jeddiah Aylworth, and to same office, in 1764-5, as Judith Aylworth. His autograph, l772 and 1773, was Judiah Aylworth. He was elected deputy from his town to the Rhode Island General Assembly, 1776, and was, same year, appointed to take the census of that town. He married (1) April 1, 1745, Ruth Draper, daughter of Thomas Draper, or West Greenwich; and married (2) March 11, 1764, Rosanna (Edwards) Stafford, daughter of Jonathan Edwards, and widow of Stukely Stafford. He moved to Pownal, Vt., in 1780, where he died in July, 1800, and where he was buried. Will made Aug. 4, 1796. His wife, Rosanna, died at Saratoga, N. Y., in July,1809. and lies buried in Old Saratoga Cemetery, near Schuylerville. She had quite a family of children by her first husband. She was regarded as a woman of rare beauty.
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   * April 14, 1714, Arthur Aylworth conveyed by deed land which joined my brother Philip Aylworth's land.
  July 9, 1760, Arthur Aylworth conveyed by gift deed to his son Judiah Aylworth.  

  Children of Ruth (Draper.)

  37.               i        Abel (4) lst son, b. Dec. 18, 1745, m. Freelove Matteson.
                      ii        Mary (4) lst daughter, b. Oct. 27, 1747, m. Abel Parker.
                     iii        Lydia (4) b. Jan. 12, 1750, m. Thomas [error - should read George] Gorton.
                     iv       Arthur (4) b. April 3, 1752 He was a Revolutionary soldier.
                     v        Christiana (4) b. May 6,1754, m....... Harris.
38.                vi        Jediah (4) July 23, 1756, m. Phebe Stafford.
39.               vii        Stephen (4) b. March 12, 1759, m. Annie ........
                   viii        Ruth (4) b. May 28, 1761, ill. Samuel Budlong.
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Children of Rosanna (Edwards.)

40.                ix        Wanton (4) b March 23,1764, m Savra Stewart.
41.                 x        Perry Greene (4) b. June 17, 1766, m. Widow. Harris.
42.                xi        Stukely (4) b. Sept. 26, 1769, m. Marcia Harrington.
43.               xii        Frederick (4) b. Nov. 7,1774, m. Mary Dimmick.
44.              xiii        John(4)b........,m. Lucy Schofield. 

Added information on Arthur iv
In the will of Judiah Aylesworth he mentions his son Arthur and the Aylesworth book says he served in Rev. But the book doesn't give any more details on Arthur. But Judiah's will mentions grandsons Daniel, Stephen and Reuben. These three have to be sons of Arthur. Arthur Aylesworth was in 1790 census for Dorsett, Bennington Co., VT. Arthur Aylesworth married Avill Beardsley Dec 3 1778 in Manchester, Bennington Co., VT. Son Stephen Aylesworth born about 1784 is in 1810 census for Bennington, Bennington Co., VT  shows Stephen Aylesworth ( age 16-26) wife same age, a boy under 10 and girl under 10.) Stephen married Margaret Donaldson about 1807. Her father was Ezra Donaldson who lived there in 1800. Stephen and Margaret moved to Cayuga Co., NY before 1820 census (brother Daniel may have moved there also) and is called Stephen Ellsworth. He is mentioned in DR Mortimer Delano's records there in 1825. He was sick and dying. After Stephen died around 1830 his oldest son Ira Hanks Elsworth had to help his mother with the younger kids. They were able to educate them. Ira had an education for sure. Several other children went to Fayetteville Academy in Onondaga Co., NY where Margaret married Origen Eaton the widowed father of Ira Hank Elsworth's wife Sophia Eaton. Margaret was still alive in 1845.
Ira Hanks Elsworth and his family along with his brother Norman Ellsworth moved to Calhoun Co., MI. Some of their other siblings moved there also along with some Eaton kinfolk. Obit for Ira Ellsworth says he was born 1808 in Bennington Vermont the oldest of 10 children.
    Researched by Norma Roberts



THE WILL OF JUDIAH AYLESWORTH.

In the name of God, Amen. The fourth day of August A. D. 1796, I Judiah Ayelesworth of Pownal in the State of Vermont being old, and somewhat infirm in body yet through the goodness of God of perfect mind and memory, and knowing that it is  appointed
for all men once to die I do make and ordain this my last will and testament, and first of all I-----my soul into the hands of God that gave it me, and my body I recommend to the earth to be decently buried nothing doubting but that at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again. And as to my worldly estate that it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and dispose of it in the following manner.

  I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son Abel Aylesworth six shillings.
  I give unto my son Arthur Aylesworth two pounds.
  I give unto my son Judiah Aylesworth six shillings.
  I give unto my son Wanton Aylesworth six shillings.
  I give unto my son Perry Green Aylesworth three pounds ten shillings.
  I give unto my son Stutely Aylesworth three pounds ten shillings.
  The above legatees have had nearly all their portion before.
  I give unto my grandson Daniel Aylesworth ten pounds.
  I give unto my grandson Stephen Aylesworth one pound.
  I give unto my grandson Reuben Aylesworth one pound.
  I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Parker one silver table and teaspoon.
  I give unto my daughter Lydia Gorton one silver table and tea spoon.
  I give to my daughter Christiana Harris five pounds and one silver table and tea spoon.
  I give my daughter in law Phebe Aylesworth one silver table and tea spoon.
  I give unto my daughter Ruth Budlong one silver table and tea spoon.
  I give unto my grand daughter Ruth Aylesworth one pound. 
  I give unto my beloved wife one feather bed and furniture one side saddle, one cord,( ?) cow( ?) one sheet,( P) shoat( ?), one brass kettle, one Page 56 iron ——kettle, one warming pan, three chairs, one half or the pewter, half a case of knives and forks and one table. Further my will is that for the maintainance of my wife so long as she remains my widow or during her life time I give unto her one third part or my farm to be improved by her during the abovementioned term, namely, during her widowhood or life time, with the use of the best room in the house with the privilege in the chamber, cellar and barn, further my will is that the above legacies to the legatees should be paid in neat stock and horses, in some short time after my decease except my grand-children's part, and that my will is should be paid when they become or lawful age that is twenty one the boys and eighteen the girls. 
   Further my will is that my two sons Frederick Aylesworth and John Aylesworth should pay the legacies by me given to the within named legatees out of personal estate in the way and manner as has been within mentioned. 
   I give and bequeath unto my son Frederick Aylesworth the one half or my farm I now live on with one half of the buildings thereon standing to him his heirs and assigns forever to be divided as hereafter shall be mentioned. 
   I give and bequeath unto my son John Aylesworth the other half of my farm with the other half of my buildings to him and his heirs and assigns forever to be equally divided quality and quantity between them, namely Frederick and John Aylesworth.  
    I do now ordain and appoint my two sons Judiah Aylesworth and Frederick Aylesworth my executors of this my last will and testament and after all my just debts, funeral charges and legacies to the legatees shall be paid by my two sons Frederick and John what remains of my estate if any there be I give unto them namely. Frederick and John Aylesworth to be equally divided between them.  
  I do now ratify and confirm this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.                                                          

                                        JUDIAH AYLWORTH.     {seal} 

 

Signed sealed and declared by the said Judiah Aylesworth to be his last will and testament in the  presence or us

                  WILLIAM BAKER
                  JOHN WELCH
                  CALEB NICHOLS.
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STATE OF VERMONT             }    BENNINGTON PROBATE DISTRICT,     }

 

Be it remembered that at a Probate Court holden at Bennington in said district  on the 2d day of Feby. in the year of our Lord 1801 before Jonathan Robinson Esquire, Judge of Probate for said district, upon an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Judiah Aylesworth late of Pownal deceased, exhibited for proof and approbation by Frederick Aylesworth one of the executors therein named, the other to wit Judiah Aylesworth declining the said appointment, praying the same may be probated, the heirs to the estate of the said Judiah Aylesworth deceased being legally cited to attend at time at place above mentioned and no one appearing to object, and the witnesses to said instrument being examined under oath, testify and say, that the testator at the time of making and signing said instrument was of perfect mind and memory, wherefore the court do adjudge and decree that the same be approved established and recorded in this office, and do order that the executor Frederick Aylesworth do make distributions according to the mind of the testator.

By order of the Judge

                                                                                                         ANDREW SELDIN, Register. 
  Probate Office 24th Feby. A. D. 1801.
    The foregoing is a true copy of the original will with the decree of the Judge of Probate thereon.
                                                                 Attest    ANDREW SELDIN, Register

    18. ANTHONY (3) -- John (2), Arthur (1) -- married Sarah Briggs, dwelt in East Greenwich, and died in the Expedition against Crown Point.
  Anthony Aylworth son of John Aylworth and Sarah Rriggs daughter of Richard Briggs both of East Greenwich were married Jan. 9th 1728-9 by Thomas Spencer J. P. [E. G. Rec.] 
  Richard Briggs. " being very sick and weak in body ," made his will March 29. 1733; mentioned his wife. Experience; sons, Richard, Francis, John and Caleb; daughters, Sarah Aylworth and Ann King; sons. Philip and Daniel; daughters. Mary and Adre Briggs; grand-sons, Richard Briggs, Caleb Tarbox and Richard Matteson. Proved April 28,1733. Personal  estate, £484. [E. G. Rec.]

  " Whereas Anthony Aylsworth of East Greenwich . . . enlisted himself and went as a soldier in the Expedition against Crown Point in the regiment of soldiers raised by the Colony aforesaid. Under command of Colonel Christopher Harris and there in said expedition died intestate," etc. The town council appointed "Sarah Aylsworth, the late Page 58 wife and now the relict widow or the said intestator," administratrix, Aug. 1, 1757. Inventory, 818£-19s.-9d. [E. G. Rec.]
   The East Greenwich records afford the dates of the birth or five children. The name in the record is Aylworth.

                          Children.

                      i        William (4) b. Feb. 14.1728
                      ii       Thomas (4) b. Jan. 14, 1731.
45.                iii       Richard (4) b. Feb.5, 1733-4, m. Lydia Straight, Sept. 20, 1767.
                    iv        Sarah (4) b. June 18, 1736. Anna Vaughn said her Aunt Sarah was
                               blind many years. No record or her marriage has been. discovered.*
                    v         Elizabeth (4) b. March 14.1738-9, m. Elisha Barker of E. G., or
                               Elisha or North Kingstown, Dec. 17, 1758. [E. G. Rec.]
46.               vi        Anthony (4) m. Molly Marks, of Warwick, Nov. 26, 1762.
                   vii        Ruth (4) m. Isaac Gardner, or Isaac, Oct. 11, 1767. [War. Rec.]
47.              viii        John (4) b. June 14, 1748, m. Bethana Fry March 4, 1771.

The settlement or the estate left the widow in destitute circumstances, apparently, as the record shows that the personal estate lacked 63£-29 -3d. of paying the debts against it, which she paid, perhaps, by the sale of her home, for Christopher Aylsworth sold three-fourths or an acre of land Dec. 24, 1759. for 37£. it being " the same messuage or lot of land that my Uncle Anthony Aylsworth formerly walled in by itself and dwelt on." However this may have been, the town council clerk made the following entry March 25,1768: 
   "So that it appears to this town council that the said Sarah Aylsworth has fully administered on said estate and her bonds be given up."
   We know that John (4) was reared in another family, and there is reason for believing Anthony (4) was also bound out. That the minor children were bound out is a natural inference.
* Sarah (4), married Joseph Olden/Olin, b. Feb. 27, 1440, d. 1818 (See #21 Mary, below.)

  19. ARTHUR (3) -- John (2), Arthur (1) -- became a freeman May 8, 1743, married Almy---- , and dwelt in West Greenwich, R. I. The census of 1774 gives as his family two males over 16, and two females over 1. A deed which appears to have been made by this Arthur Sept. 14,1775. designates Amey as his wife. David Culver administered upon his estate, and the inventory of his personal property rendered Oct. 14,1794, amounted to 35£ 16s.
   He obtained of Wm. Reynolds, Feb. 9. 1742-3, a forty acre lot, which is still none by his name. It appears that for some reason his family or children, except his son Joseph, left Rhode Island. It is stated that his Page 59 wife left the children, but at what time they emigrated has not been ascertained. Arthur died on his homestead.  His son Joseph continued to live on the lot near where be also died. Two lonely graves are pointed out as being the graves of Arthur and his son Joseph. The title to the lot did not pass to Joseph, who dwelt there alone for a number of years previous to his death. The lot was sold by the town council for taxes, and about ten years after Joseph's death, Burton Briggs acquired title from the heirs of Arthur that could be found.
   The children of Arthur (3) and Almy, so far as we have account, were as follows:

48.                  i        Jonathan (4) b. Feb. 4, 1729, m. Sarah
49.                 ii        Joseph (4) 3d son. b.. April 19. 1736.
50.                iii        Silas (4) 4th son, b. May 17, 1737, m. Ruth Whitford.
51.                iv        Almy (4) 2d dau., b. Dec. 28, 1739, m. Caleb Gardiner.
52.                 v        Russell (4) 3d dau., b. March 2, 1742, m. Peleg Thomas.
                     vi        ? --------? m. David Leonard.?  

 20.  JOHN (3) -- John (2), Arthur (1) -- married Anne Gardner, who was a daughter of Samuel Gardner, from whose will, *  made June 27, 1762, the fact is obtained, [E. G. Rec.] and from which we learn that they had two daughters, at least : †

                       i        Waite.
                       ii        Martha.
                      iii        Henry, m. Sarah, daughter of Joseph Grimes [son of Henry and Mary
                                (Semore) Grimes] and Sarah, [daughter of Richard and Sarah (Goodrich)
                                Butler.]
                     iv         Jonathan (Ellsworth) m. Sarah Gallea
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  * This will mentions wife Rachel, son Thomas, son John, daughter Anne Aylworth the wife of John Ay1worth, Jun.; son Henry, granddaughter Anne Olin, wife of Jon Athan Olin; grandson John Nichols, granddaughter Rebekah Nichols, sister of said John Nichols; grand daughters Waite Aylworth and Martha Aylworth; and granddaughters Anne and Mary Nichols.
  †  Sept. 11, 1762, one John Alsworth was living In Bateman's Precinct. See Narr. Hist. Reg. Vol. II., p. 220,

  21. MARY (3) --John (2), Arthur (l) --  d. 1829, E.  Greenwich, Kent, RI, m. May 18, 1735, Joseph Olin*, b. Aug. 29, 1710, E. Geenwich, Kent,  RI, d. Oct. 30, 1760, Scituate, RI, of  North Kingstown, son of John. [E. G. Rec.]
  The births of three of their children are recorded :

                       i        Ruhama (4) b. March 7, 1735-6.(Mar. 8, 1736)
                       ii       Elizabeth (4) b. June 2, 1737.
                      iii       Mary (4) b. Jan. 10, 1738-9.
                      iv       Joseph b. Feb. 27, 1740
                       v       Philip b. Dec. 5, 1742
                      vi       Wealthian b. Jan. 27, 1744
                      vii      William b. Nov. 13, 1747
                     viii       Ruth b. Aug. 5, 1750
                     viii       Anne b. Jul. 30, 1752
                      ix        Sarah b. Mar. 31, 1757  

  Her name appears in her father's will as Mary Bennett
 

  22. ARTHUR (3) -- Philip (2), Arthur (1) -- was called Capt. Arthur, and was married to Freelove Dyer, daughter of Edward Dyer, and Page 60 dwelt on his father's homestead, the same land which constituted the immigrant's homestead, in Quidnesset.

  Edward Dyer's will was made Aug. 5, 1776, and proved April 21, 1788, the record of which has been injured, but it mentions his son, Edward, his grand-son, Ba[rat] Dyer, his daughter, Freelove Aylsworth, wife of Arthur Aylsworth; his daughter, Hannah, wife of Richard Card, deceased; his daughter, Phebe Dyer, and his son, John. The first bequest is lost, and one certainly, perhaps two, lost towards the latter part of the will.
  The will of Arthur(3) was made in the year 1708, the record of which is among the mutilated records of North Kingstown, and though in fragments, shows that the original was quite an elaborate instrument. The following is a brief abstract of the same:
  To eldest son Jeremiah 70 acres with dwelling house and other buildings thereon, bounded E. by high way. N. part by land of Christopher Allen and part by land of Jonathan Allen. [Record wanting.]
  To John Dimond the profits of 20 acres with a dwelling house [record wanting] end of the lot of land which I purchased of my brother Job Aylsworth, bounded W. by lands of belonging to the heirs of Samuel Gardner, S. partly on land of John Spink, part on land or Silas Allen, and part on land of Christopher Allen. E. and N. by my other lands, which profits of 20 acres and buildings I give to John Dimon upon his supporting my grand daughter Mercy Aylsworth, etc.
  To son Arthur all the remainder of my farm where I now live containing 120 acres with dwelling house and other buildings thereon, bounded N. on lands of Benj. Tanner, dec'd, E. on land of Jonathan Allen and part on land given to my son Jeremiah and partly on land I give [record wanting.] Aylsworth and party [here is wanting four to six or eight lines of the record, probably] heirs of Samuel Gardner, dec'd, and partly on lands of Frances Reynolds and Henry Reynolds, which lands to Arthur Aylsworth during his natural life and after his decease all the same lands (saving 20 acres lying east of [wanting] 20 acres said Dimon is to have the [wanting] of which land I purchased of my brother Job Alesworth) unto my said Arthur's two sons Hazard Aylsworth and William Aylsworth, equally.
  To my grandson Samuel Aylsworth son of my son Arthur, after the decease of my said son Arthur, the Fo- [Forty ?] acres of land which I purchased of my brother Job Aylsworth that is including the 20 acres which I have given John Dimond after my grand daughter is supported out of the same.
  [Here follows bequests to two daughters, (and perhaps other bequests) the substance of which is unknown.]
  To daughters Sarah Tanner, Mary Essex wire of Richard Essex, Freelove Hill, aforesaid, Catharine Sweet wife of Samuel Sweet, ——
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  To my grand daughter Rhoda Hill daughter of my daughter Anna Hill, dec'd,---------
  If Abigail Aylsworth the wife of my son Arthur should survive him, then she shall have profits of 1-3 the estate devised to her husband, so long as she shall remain his widow. Son William Ex'r.
  Freelove (Dyer) died Sept. 26,1790, in her seventieth year,* and Capt. Arthur (3) March 18, 1801, in the eighty-first year of his age, **  This family of children consisted of four sons and five daughters. The order of their names not known :
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*  b-1720  ** b-1720

53.              i        Jeremiah (4) m. July 24, 1768, Phebe Allen; dwelt in  Quidnesett
54.             ii        William (4) b. Feb. 2, 1753, m. Catharine Havens, June 5, 1774;
                            emigrated to Columbia Co., N. Y.
55.            iii       Dyer (4) m. Mary Spencer, March 3, 1773; dwelt in Quidnesett
56.            iv       Arthur (4) b. Nov.15,1763, m. Abigail Dyer, Sept. 14,1783; dwelt in
                            Quidnesett.
57.             v        Sarah (4) m. Benj. Tanner, Nov.2, 1765; dwelt in Quidnesett.
58.            vi       Mary (4) m. Richard Essex, July 24, 1768; dwelt in Quidnesett.
                vii        Nancy (4) [Anna ?] m. John Hill ; nothing known of their history.
               viii        Catharine (4) m. Samuel Sweet of East Greenwich, Nov. 30, 1781; dwelt
                           in Woodstock, Ct. He died Aug. 5, 1821.
59.           ix         Freelove (4) m. (1)..... Carr.(2) Nathan Hill; dwelt in Exeter, R. I.

  23. JOB (3) -- Philip (2,) Arthur (1) -- married Sarah Clark, [Aylsworth Register] of whom nothing has been definitely ascertained as yet. The will of Elisha Clark, of North Kingstown, made March 20, 1760, and proved April, 1755, may allude to her as his daughter, Sarah Clarke, to whom he gave £200 in bills of public credit, one milch cow, and in addition a general setting out for housekeeping. Will also mentions daughters, Mary and Abigail, and sons, Benjamin, Thomas, Joseph and Elisha, Joseph was executor. The legacies were to be paid to the daughters at twenty years of age or on the day of marriage, which might first happen.
  The date of their marriage is not known, but his name occurs in the town records under circumstances which lead to the conclusion that he settled in Quidnesett before 1760, and his family is referred to in the records Jan. 14, 1762. under circumstances which may indicate her decease before that time, but this is only an inference.
  Job Aylworth of North Kingstown and Sarah Aylworth of Coventry Page 62 daughter of Philip, were married March 26, 1765. [Cov. Rec.] She was a daughter of Philip (3) -- Arthur (2), Arthur (1).
  He bought land in Coventry of Benj. Bates, March 25, 1767 and Oct. 5, 1768, sold the same to Francis Bates. "The 1-2 part of a certain logway adjoining to a river by the name Mossup [Moosup] River in Coventry whereon stands one corn mill and is a conveniency for a sawmill, together with 1-2 said corn-mill, it being the same logway I bought of Benj. Bates, together with 1-2 the privilege of the stream and dam whereon said mill stands with privilege to erect a new sawmill," etc.
  He sold, Sept. 8, 1772, "the farm on which I now live," 102 acres in Coventry for £90, and probably emigrated soon after. The Aylsworth Register says: "he resided sometime in Schodack, N.Y., then moved to Canada." It is the opinion of some of his descendants that he dwelt in Saratoga Co., N. Y., awhile. He entered Canada in the scarce year, 1788, and settled in Ernesttown,* ( Now known as Bath) near Bath, where he, his wife, and three children died during the prevalence of spotted fever in 1803. He was a man of resolute character. Having a distressing felon he removed the affected finger himself with a chisel and mallet.
  For more on the life of Job go to Migration to Canadian. (Click here for access) 
  Their family of children, so far as known, were as follows :

60.               i        Otho Nial (4) m. Charlotte Bowerman, 1805, and dwelt in
                              Ernesttown.
61.               ii        Job (4) b. about 1767, m. Sarah Martin, 1795. He had his father's
                             homestead.
                   iii        Esek (4) b. Oct 28, 1768, in North Kingstown. [Cov. Rec.] He
                             probably died young.
                   iv        Sarah (4). She was nearly speechless from sickness in childhood,
                             and died, unmarried, at her brother Bowen Aylsworth's, in 1846.
62.              v        Elsey (4) b. Nov. 10, 1772, in Rhode Island, m. John Bristol, Dec.
                              8, 1787, and dwelt in Ernesttown.
63.              vi        Elizabeth (4) m. Morris Brisco, and dwelt near Bath.
64.             vii        Esther (4) m. Robert Perry, and d. 1803.
65.            viii        Bowen (4) b. Feb. 27, 1778. m. Hannah Perry, Nov. 21, 1797, and
                             dwelt in Ernesttown.
                  ix        Benjamin (4) d. in 1794, about 14 years of age.
                   x        Haskell (4) d. in 1803, about 21 years of age.
66.             xi        Catharine (4) m. William Rogers, and emigrated to the
                               Western States.
                 xii        John (4) d. in 1803, about 16 years of age.

  Bowen was a surname common in Rhode Island at the time Job emigrated, though how it originated as a Christian name in this family has not been explained.
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*   The Township of Ernestown dates back to the 1700's.  In 1783 it was known as Second Town, because it was the second "Loyalist" township laid out in this part of Upper Canada.  The First settlers arrived in 1784 and were members of the 2nd Battalion of Sir John Johnson's regiment of the Kings's New York Rangers.  Before 1792 the spelling was "Ernesttown", named after the eighth child of King George the third, Prince Ernest Augustus.  The Territorial Division Act, revises Statutes of Ontario (1937 & 1950) spelled it with only one `t' and that was adopted as the official spelling.  The original survey reserved a town site, and the village of Ernestown grew rapidly.  In 1812, the area became known as Bath, and ultimately emerged as a separate municipality.  The name Ernestown was later used to designate a port of entry at what is now Millhaven.  Ernestown is now the name of an abandoned railway station on county Rd. 4 (formally Highway 133) and is used to describe the hamlet that exists on the opposite side of the tracks.  
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  24. PHILIP (3) -- Philip (2), Arthur (1) -- married, July 1, 1753, Deborah (Waite) Dyer, of Exeter, widow of William Dyer, late of North Kingstown, brother of Freelove Dyer, wife of Philip's brother, Arthur Aylsworth.
  Letters of administration were issued to Deborah Dyer, widow of Wm. Dyer. dec'd, Oct. 9, 1749. [N. K. Rec.] First inventory amounted to upwards of £300. Two others were afterwards presented, amount not known. In the year 1760 Barat Dyer desired the town council to approve of Philip Aylworth as his guardian. [N. K. Rec.]
  Philip Aylworth, of North Kingstown, made to his son, Philip, Jr., a gift deed of 200 acres of land in West Greenwich, dated Dec. 16, 1754. [W. G. Rec.] This land was south of the land of Arthur (2) Aylworth.
  Philip Aylworth, of West Greenwich, and Deborah Aylworth, his wife, sold land in West Greenwich to William Barker, Sept. 19, 1769. The signatures were both autographic, and the names spelled Aylworth. [W. G. Rec.]
  It is probable that Philip and Deborah emigrated about this time, for on the 18th day of February, 1772, they deeded land in West Greenwich to Judiah Aylworth. The deed says: " Philip Aylworth of New Britain Dutchess Co. N.Y.," and mentions his wife Deborah Aylworth. His signature is autographic, and spelled "Aylworth." Her name is not signed to this deed, As near as can be learned they went to Canada about 1790 or 1791; remained in Ernesttown for a time, but crossed into Prince Edward County, where she died, probably at the house of her son Barret Dyer, advanced in years and not long after their arrival in Prince Edward County. Philip went back to Columbia Co., N. Y, but returned to Prince Edward County, where he died suddenly, when in the field at the home of his grand-daughter's husband, Asa Werden, at the age of perhaps 90 years.
  Deborah (Waite) had a sister, Lucretia Hopkins, who died in Rhode Island, and also three brothers, Benjamin, Samuel, and George Waite, who went to Prince Edward County after she died, and who died there, probably. By her first husband she had two children, at least, Barret and Waty, who both went to Prince Edward County. Waty died at her brother's house in middle life, but Barret lived to old age, on the south side of East Lake.

  Children of Philip and Deborah of whom we have an account:

67.                  i        Caleb (4) m. Huldah Weightman.
68.                 ii        Henry (4) m. Mary Huntley.
                     iii        Sally (4) or Sarah, " who went with them, or with whom they went
                               to Canada." Nothing further of. her history has been found.

  The author is indebted to Mrs. Elizabeth Wallis, of Pictoro, Prince Edward Co., Ont., for some particulars contained in the above account.
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  25. THOMAS (3) — Chad (2), Arthur (1) -- was born Aug. 21, 1726, baptized Oct. 16, 1726, at Trinity Church, Newport; admitted freeman May 6, 1746; made Ensign of 9th Company May, 1756, 2d Lieutenant March 14, 1758, and Captain of 2d Company of Scituate July 13, 1761.
  He married (1) Susanna Randall,* and settled in Scituate, † where she died before June 24, 1758 ^‡ He took part in the Expedition against Fort Frontenae in 1758, and afterwards married (2) Martha Harrington, §  who was born April 25, 1739, and who was a daughter of Amos and Mary (Bates) ¶ Harrington, of Scituate. The family moved probably in 1776. ║ to "Old Dutch Hoosick," in Rensselaer Co., N.Y. where 
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  *  She may have been the daughter of Henry Randall, whose will was made Feb. 20, 1754, and proved Sept. l3, l756. He mentions his wife Susanna, sons, Henry, John and Nehemiah, and daughters, Mary, Mercy and Susanna. If so it is not clear why her marriage name is not g1ven in the will.
 † He bought 180 acres of land in Scituate, March 30, 1749; consideration, 450.£. His father, Chad, gave him 70 acres, Oct. 5, 1751. He bought an additional 150 acres March 2, 1752; consideration, 800.£.
  ^‡  At this date he made a will which was never executed, "being by the Providence of God engaged in an expedition against his Majesty's enemies," giving to his loving son Chad all his estate, but in case he should die without issue and before he became of lawful age, then his estate was to go to his sisters, viz., Juda Colegrove. Mary Haynes, and Rachel Colegrove.
  §  She had a brother, Ephraim Harrington.
  ¶  Her sisters, Sarah and Ester Bates, married brothers, Richard and Elisha Harrington, of no known relation to Amos Harrington.
 ║  He sold 220 acres of land in Scituate, March 1, 1716, for $1800, and was dwelling in Hoosick before the battle of Bennington.

  John Harrington of Scituate, R I., wife not known, parentage not known, place of birth not known, and the only date of importance was giving by deed land to three sons, Jan'y 8, 1729. Had sons, 

                             i  John. married Mary Jencks
                            ii  Josiah, wife not known, eldest son Josiah. Jr.
                           iii  Amos, married Mary Bates.
                           iv  Stephen, wife (If married) not known.
  And also probably another son, viz,:
                          v    Jonathan. married, probably, Sarah Foster.
                                Perhaps others.
    John and Mary (Jenckes) Harrington had probably children as follows.

                             i  Nathaniel, m Mary Bates.
                            ii  Obadiah, history not known to me.
                           iii  John, may have m. Mary Randall.
                           iv  Amey,               }
                            v  Catharine,          }  whose history is not known to me.
                           Vi  Jemima,             }  
                                Perhaps others.  

  Amos and Mary (Bates) Harrington seem to have ha

                         i    William,          }
                         ii    Ephraim.          }     family history not known to me.
                        iii    Tabitha,           }
                        iv    Martha, m. Thomas Aylsworth.
                              Perhaps others.

  Jonathan and Sarah (Foster?) Harrington had:

                          i    Stephen, m, perhaps Patience Eldred.
                         ii    Rufus, wife's name not known to me.
                        iii    Matthew, w1fe's name not known to me.

                               And perhaps others.
                            
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they lived until quite infirm from old age, spending their last years with their children in Burlington, Otsego Co., N.Y., where she died, April 5,1803, at the house of their daughter, Tabitha Weightman, and he at the house of their son, Elhanan Aylsworth, Oct. 13,1814, aged 88 years, 1 month, and 22 days. They were members of the Baptist Church. And were buried in the old Baptist Church cemetery, between West Burlington and Garrattsville. He was a man of simple habits, a plain, sturdy man, frugal, generous, neighborly, and honest.

                       Children First Marriage.

             i Chad (4) b. April 10, 1753, d. at 17 years of age, of consumption.

                       Children Second Marriage.

             ii  Elizabeth (4) b. April 20, 1761, m. Amos Taylor, b. Sept. 1, 1748, d. Nov.
                 21, 1818. She d. Dec. 11,1849, in Burlington, N. Y.
69.        iii  Andrew (4) b. Oct. 10, 1763, m. Lydia Hicks.
70.        iv  Susanna (4) b. Dec. 7, 1765, m. Elijah Stone.
71.         v  Tabitha (4) b. March 14, 1768, m. Samuel Weightman.
             vi  Elhanan (4) b. Aug. 31, 1772, m. Mary Harrington.

    I, Daniel Thornton of Johnston in the county of Providence and colony of Rhode Island and yeoman do hereby for and in consideration of One Hundred and Thirty-two good Spanish milled dollars and one half dollar to me in hand be for the yn sealing hereof paid by Thomas Aylsworth of Scituate in the County and Colony aforesaid, Gentleman, for which the said Daniel Thornton do hereby sell and deliver unto the said Thomas Aylsworth and to his heirs and assigns for ever one negro man named Cuggo aged about 36 years old which said negro man I the said Daniel Thornton do hereby warrant and engage unto the said Thomas Aylsworth and to his heirs and assigns that at and before the delivery hereof I was the true sole and lawful owner of the above named Cuggo and that I have a good right to sell him as abovesaid, in witness whereof I the said Daniel Thornton have hereunto set my hand and seal in said Scituate this seventh day of April in the Eighth year of his Majesty's reign George the third by the Grace of God king over Great Britain &c. Anno Domini 1768.

                                                                                     DANIEL THORNTON. {seal}

Signed sealed and delivered 
  in presence of us
           BENJAMIN HUBBARD,
           RICH^D CADY.

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   26. JUDA (3) -- Chad (2), Arthur (1) -- married Stephen Colegrove, whose mother's name was Taylor, and dwelt in Foster, R. I.  The will of Stephen Colegrove was made July 30, 1811, and proved Dec. 12. 1811, mentions his wife, Juda, and all the children's names that appear below.  Personal inventory, $419.51.  Letters of administration were granted to Caleb Colegrove April 4, 1812, to administer upon the estate of Juda Colegrove. [Foster Rec.]
  The will of Stephen Colegrove. Sr , was made May 7, 1786, and proved June 28, 1787, mentions sons, Stephen, Thomas, William, Benjamin, Isaac, Nathan, Jonathan, and John, who got the homestead in Coventry; and daughters, Welthian Wightman, widow, Elizabeth Williams, Mary Nichols, and Phebe Corwin. [Cov. Rec.]
  Stephen Colegrove and Phebe Millard married June 7, 1740.  If this refers to Stephen, Sr., above, it must have been his second marriage, for his daughter Elizabeth married John Williams, Dec. 2, 1753. [Cov. Rec.]  Mary married Samuel Colegrove of Coventry. son of Francis, Oct. 18, 1779, and their son Francis was born Aug. 22, 1760.  She married John Nichols, Dec. 12, 1773.  Stephen's daughter Phebe married Phineas Corwin of Norwich, Conn., Nov. 4, 1779.  The will of Stephen's Son, John was made Feb. 18, 1817, and proved April 7, 1817, mentions his wife, Nancy; daughter, Hannah, wife of Reuben Blanchard; daughter, Amey Colegrove; grand-daughter, Nancy Phebe King, and sons, Archibald and Bela H. Colegrove. Cov. Rec.]  Stephen and Juda Colegrove, of Foster, both died in old age.  Their children, of whom we have an account, are as follows : 

                       i        Caleb(4)m......... "He had no children who lived to an adult years.
                      ii        Reuben (4) m........, and dwelt in Pownal, Vt.
72.                iii        Major (4) b. March 15, 1759, m. in 1718 Susanna Taylor, and
                                   dwelt in  Edmeston.
                    iv         Stephen (4) b.1764, m Elizabeth Davis, dwelt in Edmeston, N.Y,
                                   and died March 5, 1855.
                     v         Elizabeth (4) m…......... Cole.
                    vi         Welthan (4) m Edward Fenner, of Edward, dec'd, March 30, 1786.
                   vii          Anna (4) m. Thomas West, of John, June 3, 1785, dwelt in Troy,
                                  N. Y., or vicinity.
                  viii          Mary (4) m. ........ Sparks.
                    ix          Rachel (4) m. .......Adams.

    The children of Jeremiah and Susanna Colegrove, whose births are recorded in the Coventry records, were :

                       i       William, b. in Exeter, Sept. 17, 1760.
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                      ii        Andrew, b. in Voluntown, Feb. 12, 1764.
                     iii        Samuel, b. July 26. 1767.
                     iv        Silas, b. June 3, 1769.

    Jeremiah was probably either a brother or half brother of Stepben, since Stephen, who died in 1855, in Edmeston, N. Y ., called William, Samuel, and Silas his cousins.

  27. RACHEL (3) -- Chad (2), Arthur (1) -- married Thomas Colegrove, of Coventry, R.I., Dec. 2,1753, and certainly dwelt in that town until 1767.
  One Thomas Colegrove, of Warwick, was admitted freeman May 6. 1746.
  Jeremiah and Susanna Colegrove dwelt in Coventry at this time. Their children were: William, b. in Exeter, Sept. 17, 1760; Andrew, b. in Voluntown, Feb. 12.1764; Samuel, b. July 26, 1767; and Silas, b. June 3, 1769. [Cov. Rec.]
  The births of five of the children of Thomas and Rachel are found in
  the Coventry records, viz. :

                             i        Jesse (4) b. Jan. 26, 1757.
                      ii        John (4) b. March 12, 1759.
                     iii        Elizabeth (4) b. April 26, 1761, m. possibly Joshua Carr,
                                April 20, 1794.
                     iv        Thomas (4) b. May 5, 1764.
                      v        Rachel (4) b. March 18, 1767.
                     vi        Ellis (4).
                               Perhaps others.

  Elizabeth Colegrove, of  Thomas, and Joshua Carr, of Caleb, were m. Apri1 20, 1794. [W. G. Rec.]

  28. PELEG (8) -- Chad (2), Arthur (1) -- was born Aug. 20, 1749. and married Nov. 26, 1772, Anna Cole. who was born March 28, 1755. and she was a daughter of Daniel and Anna (Young) Cole.  Daniel Cole's will was made March 6, 1795, proved Oct. 2.1795, witnessed by Asa Young, Abiather Young and Zadock Young, and mentions his wife Anne, son David, daughters, Sarah, wife of Martin Luther; Anne, wife of Peleg Aylsworth, and Martha, wife of John Hammon; and granddaughter, Mary Aylsworth. Peleg Aylsworth was executor. [Foster Rec.]
  They left Foster, R. I., in the Autumn of 1797, and settled in Edmeston, Otsego Co.. N Y.. between the Wharton Creek and the Unadilla River, west of Edmeston Centre. where they dwelt until the year 1820, when they removed to the western part of the town of New Berlin, Chenango Co., where he died. Aug. 20, 1824, and she Jan. 11, 1844.

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  Their family of children consisted of five sons and seven daughters

73.                 i        Daniel (4) b. Jan. 28, 1774, m. Anna Hopkins; dw.
                                Wayne Co., N.Y.
74.                 ii        Abel (4) b. March 12, 1776, m. Susanna Leach,
                                April 2,1809; dw. Edmeston, N. Y.
                     iii        Rhoda (4) b. Feb. 9, 1778, d. Dec. 23, 1795.
                     iv        Mary (4) b. Aug. 80, 1781. She was an invalid, remained single,
                                and died in New Berlin, Aug. 11, 1830.  She was the only
                                grand child mentioned in Daniel Cole's will, her legacy being
                               "one feather bed and furniture together with four sheep."
                     v         Sarah (4) b. Oct. 11, 1783, d. unmarried in New Berlin,
                                 May 16, 1861.
75.               vi         Anna (4) b. May 11,1786, m. Nehemiah Leach,
                                April 1,1804; dw.  New Berlin, N. Y.
76.               vii        Martha (4) b. April 11, 1788, m. George Davis, March 1, 1807; d.
                               Fulton Co., Ill.
77.              viii        Peleg (4) b. Feb. 28, 1790, m. Hannah Wilcox, 1812; dw.
                               in  Luzerne Co., Pa.
78.               ix        David (4) b. Sept. 8, 1792, m. Ada Curtis, Jan. 18, 1816;
                              dw. New Berlin, N. Y.
79.               x        Amy (4) b. Jan. 3, 1795, m. Myron Toles, Oct. 17, 1818;
                              dw. Otsego Co., N. Y.
80.               xi        Philip (4) b. April 20, 1797, m. 1st Chloe Goodell, Dec. 2, 1827;
                               dw. Fulton Co., Ill.
                   xii        Elizabeth (4) b. Aug.11, 1799, d. at the age of two or three years.