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208,   LUCRETIA (5)-- Henry (4), Philip (3), Philip (2), Arthur (1) -- 
  The following extracts are taken from a printed obituary, published shortly after 
her decease:

  "The subject of this brief memoir, whose maiden name, was Aylsworth, was born
in Hallowell (near Picton) on the 24th day of March, 1791, and died at the residence
of her eldest son, Hiram Darling. Esq., of Perry, on the 18th day of January, 1871, 
in the 79th year of her age. She was the eldest child of Henry and Mary Aylsworth, 
both of whom are reported to have been members of the first Methodist society 
formed in Hallowell, and although deprived of a father's protection and care at an 
early period of her life, she was never left destitute of either kind friends or a 
comfortable home. * * *  When about twenty years of age she was married to Mr. 
John Darling, her now bereaved husband, and became the mother of ten children, 
three of whom preceded her to the home of the best. * * * 
   She was reared in the family of Corey Spencer, of Ha1lowe1l, Prince County, Ont., 
where she and her husband dwelt until late in life.  She was buried in the cemetery at 
Warkworth. 
   Their children as reported by Wallis, were: 

            i   Mary (6) m...........Lawrence.
            ii   Delilah (6) m. John Alvin 
           iii   Hiram (6) m. (1) ..........Weeks, (2) .........Pettit.
           iv   Eliza Ann (6) m. Barringer. 
            v   John Henry (6) m. Susan White. 
           vi   Deborah (6) m. Joseph Reynolds, a preacher. 
          vii   Adeline (6) m. Luke Devlin.
          viii  Alpheus (6) m. Jane Howe.  

 209.  DEBORAH (5)-- Henry (4), Philip (3), Philip (2), Arthur (1) -was reared in 
the family 
of Stephen Conger of Ha1lowell, married Abraham Warren, and dwelt near Pictou.   
" Died at her residence in the township of Ha1lowe1l, on the 19th inst. [March,1862]  
Deborah, relict of the late Abraham Warren, aged 67 years and 6 months. * * * " 
[From published memoir.]   As reported by Miss Wallis, of Pictou, 
their children were:

             i   John (6) died at about 15 years of age.
            ii   Polly (6) m. Thomas Osborn.
           iii   Henry (6) m. Amy Southard.
           iv   Nancy (6) died in her young womanhood. 
            v   Betsey (6) m. Amos Walch. 
           vi   Susan (6) m. John Orser.
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           vii  Metcalf (6) Rachel hel Orser. 
          viii   Matilda (6) m. Archibald Hough.
            ix  Paul (6) died in his young manhood. 
            x   Eliza Jane (6) m. Samuel Skinner.
           xi   Name not known, died young. 

  210.  THOMAS (5)-- Andrew (4), Thomas (3), Chad (2), Arthur (1) -- was a 
farmer, born Feb. 7, 1794, married (1) Dec. 25, 1817. Betsey Newton, who was 
born Sept. 9, 1797, and who was a daughter of Amasa and Jemima (Nichols) 
Newton, of Bainbridge. N. Y., where they dwelt and where she died July 6, 1827. 
He was a devout Christian man.

Children.

527.      i   Lydia (6) b. Oct. 4, 1818, m Welcome Johnson.
528.     ii   Willard Leroy (6) b. Sept. 25, 1820, m. Huldah Lyon. 
529.    iii   Lucretia Emeline (6) b. Sept. 5, 1821, m. Samuel Derby; dw. Afton, N. Y. 
530.    iv   Harriet (6) b. April 4, 1823, m. Gardiner Nichols; dw. Afton, N. Y. 
531.    v   Aurelia (6) b. Nov. 24, 1824, m. Hezekiah Putnam. 
532.    vi   Betsey (6) b. Sept 26, 1826, m. Alonzo Easton; dw. Afton, N.Y. 

   He married (2) in November. 1831, Sarah Mudge, who was born  April 1. 1808. 
and who was a daughter of James and Nancy (Skinner)  Mudge. She died May 15,
1861, and he April 5, 1865. 

Children.

533.   vii   Nancy (6) b. Aug. 27, 1833, m. Lyman Freer; dw. Binghampton. N. Y.
         viii   Almon (6) b, Dec. 27,1835, unmarried, died June 3,1856, in Bainbridge. 
534.    ix   George Emily (6) b. April 19, 1840, m. Emily Davis; dw. Bainbridge. 
535.     x   Seneca (6) b. .Jan 8,1842, m. Mary Davis; dw. Bainbridge. 
536.    xi   Henry (6) b. Jan. 13 1845, m. Levina Ray; dw. Bainbridge. 
536a   xii   John Nelson (6) b. Oct. 27, 1854; dw. Bainbridge. 

  211.  CLARISSA. (5)-- :Andrew (4), Thomas (3), Chad (2). Arthur (l)-- was 
born in 1796. married Charles Morris. born March 5.1790, son of Amasa and 
Jemina (Nichols) Newton, and dwelt in Bainbridge, where she died Jan. 3, 1839, 
aged 42 years. 
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Children.

             i   Dr. Draper (6) m. Mary; dw. Towanda. Pa. 
            ii   Holland (6) m. Margaret Swope; dw. Rockford, Ill. 
           iii   Irena Cynthia (6) m. Nehemiah Beach; dw. Chatham Valley, Tioga 
                      Co., Pa. 
            iv  Eunice Susanna (6) m. Chauncey Furgeson; dw. Guilford, N.Y.
            v   Lydia Angeline (6) m. Fondy Willet; were in New Mexico, when last 
                       heard from.
           vi   Clarissa Abiah (6) b. Feb. 4, 1831, m. John Olendorf; dw. 
                       Bainbridge, N. Y.
           vii   Andrew (6) m. Lucinda Briggs (?) ; dw. Chatham Valley, Pa. ...
          viii   Jemiwa(6) m. Winthrop Beach; dw. Chatham Val1ey, Pa. 
            ix   Martha Mahala (6) m. Joel Lyon; dw. Bainbridge, N. Y. 
            x   Wa1ter (6) accidentally shot himself in September, 1854, at the 
                         age of 17 years, 7 months, and 7 days. 

   212.  PRUDENCE (6)-- Andrew (4), Thomas (3), Chad (2), Arthur (1)-- 
was born April, 10, 1799, married May, 1819. Marshall, born Jan. 28, 1795, 
son of Amasa and Jemima (Nichols) Newton, and dwelt in Bainbridge, N. Y., 
where he died Feb. 1, 1864.

Children.

             i   George Washington (6) b. July 2, 1820, unmarried; dw. in 
                        Bainbridge, N. Y.
            ii   Amos Aylsworth (6) b. April 16, 1822, m. Symantha Dorothy 
                        Jones; dw. Sharon, Pa.
           iii   Alonzo Smith (6) b. Aug. 18, 1824, m. (1) Angelia Warner, (2) 
                         Widow Laura (Parmenter) Jones; dw. near Shingle 
                          House, Pa. 
           iv   Nelson Carlos (6) b. April 7, 1826, m. Clarinda Babbit; dw.
                         Shingle House, Pa. 
            v   Oscar (6) b. Jan. 8, 1828, unmarried; dw. Sharon, Pa. 
           vi   Mary Lucretia (6) b. June 16, 1831, m. Dwillo Easton; dw. 
                        Afton, N. Y. 
          vii   Roxana (6) b. Jan. 24, 1834, m. Walter Scott; dw. 
                        Bainbridge, N. Y. 
          viii   Jane Malissa (6) b.        {               }-  m. (l) Cornelius Pratt, (2)
                                     (Triplets)  { Aug. 2,   }  Ira Bixby; dw. Sharon, Pa.
           ix   James Madison (6). b.   { 1837      }-  m. Emma Davidson; dw. 
                                                      {               }
            x   Thomas Jefferson (6) b. {               }-   Bainbridge died Sept. 26, 
                                                      {               }  1837.        
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           xi   Lawence (6) b. June 22, 1840, m. (1) Marla Smith, (2) Jennie  
                         Smith; is a photographer, and dwells in Effingham, Ill.  
          xii   Amanda (6) b. July 14,1842, m. (1) Theodore Evans, whom 
                         died July 20, 1870, of  consumption; (2) Orville S. Hill; 
                         dw. Bainbridge Village. 

  Thus it will be observed that three of the children of Andrew (4) married 
children of Amasa Newton, who died May 14,1855, aged 86 years and 
22 days. Jemina Newton died Sept 7, 1847, aged 77 years, 5 months 
and 25 days. 

  213.  DEXTER (5) -- Andrew (4), Thomas (3), Chad (2). Arthur (1) --
was a farmer, born June 2 1804, married (1) June 22, 1828, Nancy Taylor, 
born , Nov.2 1810, and dwelt in Bainbridge, where she died Jan. 7, 1846.

Children.

             i   Mary (6) b. Jan 26, 1830, died Dec. 9, 1834. 
537.     ii .  Marilla (6) b. March 1, 1832, m. Ethilbert Knapp. Cloud Co., Kan. 
539.    iv.  George (6) b. Sept. 10, 1841, m. Rubiette Fosbury; dw. in  Bainbridge Village.

  He married (2) April 4, 1847, Lydia Ann Pearsa1l, born Jan. 31,1821, 
and  who died July 11, 1858.
  Their child :  
            v   Alvira Jane (6) .b. April 6, 1855, died Dec. 10, 1861. 

  He married (3) Oct. 26, 1859, Lydia, daughter of Morris and Hannah  
(Myers) Hoag, of Columbus, Chenango Co., N. Y.  They moved to East     
Pike, where he died Nov. 3,1874.
   Their child;   
           vi   Mary Olivia (6) b. April 10, 1861, m. Webster Hartwell. 

  214.  ROBERT HICKS (5)-- Andrew (4),.Thomas (3), Chad (2),  
Arthur (1)-- was wagon maker and local preacher, born April 16, 1807,
married May,   8  ,1836 Elizabeth,; April 18,1818, daughter of Stephen 
and Martha (Williams)  Arnold, of Huntingdon, Pa., and dwelt in Bainbridge, 
N. Y., until 1845, when they moved to Hunlock's Creek, Luzerne Co., Pa.

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Children.

             i   Andrew Stephen (6) b. June 28, 183'7 ; enlisted Sept. 15, 1862
                        in Co. I, 143rd   Regt., Penn. Vol., and died at Fort Slocum, 
                       Jan. 28, 1863. 
540.     ii   John Arnold (6) b. Aug. 3, 1840, m. Mary Ellen Search; 
                      Hunlock's Creek. . 
541.    iii   Robert Irwin (6) b. April 19, 1842, m. Sarah Elizabeth Nagle; dw. 
                         Hunlock's Creek. 
           iv   Thomas Eddy (6) b June 30, 1851.  
541a.   v   Reuben Nelsen {6) b. March 19, 1858. 

  215.  BENJAMIN LEWIS (5)-- Andrew (J,), Thomas (3), Chad (2), 
Arthur (1)-- was born July 1, 1809, married May, 1843, in Laurens, Otsego 
Co., N. Y., Mary Ann, born March 15, 1824, daughter of James and Mary 
(Whitcomb) Briggs of Maine, Broome Co., N. Y., and dwelt in Afton, N. Y.

Children.

542.      i   Charles Dallas (6) b. Oct. 18,1844, m. Henrietta Davis; dw. 
                         near Clayton P. O , Decatur Co, Kan.
            ii   Willis Lucien. (6) b. June 16, 1850, m. (1) Clara Hall; had two 
                        children: Bertha Clara, Lula  May.  He m. (2) Gertrude 
                        Bradshaw.
            iii   George Alanson (6) b. Feb. 9, 1857, m. Imogene Edmons;  
                        dwell at Alton, N. Y., have one daughter.
           iv   Emmd Marella May (6) b. Aug. 5, 1860, m. .James French.
            v   James Andrew (6) b. Nov. 18, 1864. 

  216.  CHADIAH (5)-- Andrew (4), Thomas (3). Chad (2), Arthur (1)-- 
was born July 6, 1812, married Feb. 18, 1840, Mahala, born March 6,  
daughter of Jacob Myers, and dwelt near Roulette, Potter Co., Penn.1819,

Children.

             i   William Harrison (6) b. Nov. 19, 1840, m. Sept. 6, 1870, 
                        Mary Riley; died July 19, 1879.  
             ii   Elmer Luther (6) b. Feb. 10, 1844.
            iii   Anna Mahala (6) b. March 19, 1852. 

  217.  NATHANIEL (5) STONE (Susanna (4), Thomas (3), Chad (2)
Arthur (1)--was born July 11, 1788, and went with his parents in 1806 
to Farnham, Canada, and was married (1) at St. Armand, Canada, 
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on the twenty-first anniversary or his birth, July 11, 1809, by Rev. Mr. 
Stewart, of the Church of England, to Patience Fordyce, who was born 
at Parrsborough, N. B., Nov. 8, 1789, and was a daughter of John and 
Elizabeth (Stanton) Fordyce.* 
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  * John Fordyce, who was just four years younger than King George III. and was 
a son, probably of either John or James Fordyce, who were emigrants from Scotland.   
He married Elizabeth Stanton. They dwelt at Parrsborough, N. S., and other places, , 
settling at Farnham Province of Quebec, about 1800.

  Children order of names not positively known: 

              i   Elizabeth, b. about 1762, m. James Whaland, of Mass. 
             ii   Eady, (Edith ?) m. Asa Olney, of Nova Scotia. 
             iii   Lucy. 
             iv   James, m. Lydia,--- of  N. S. 
              v   John, m. Jemina Marsh, of  N. S. 
             vi   Stanton, b. 1777, m. Susanna Marsh, N. S. They may have lived in 
                          McLean Co., Ill. 
               v  Sarah, m. Benjamin Sargent, Lower Canada. 
            viii   William, m. Luana Buck, L. C. 
              ix   Patience b. March 16, 1789, m. July 11, 1809, Nathaniel Stone, 
                          died Dec. 13, 1823. 

  " Elizabeth Stanton, who married John Fordyce, was supposed to be a widow, 
on account of John's long absence during the Revolutionary war; News being  
prevalent that John was dead.   She therefore married (2) - Porter, by whom she  
had two children, viz.: Anna, and a son, who died young.  Anna married Daniel 
Rust, who was Lorenzo Dow's mother's brother.  At the close of  the war John 
Fordyce returned and in a conference with Porter, mutually agreed to let Elizabeth  
choose whic husband she would live with, whereupon she chose John Fordyce."

  The above account of the Fordyces is from a memorandum in pencil in the 
hand of Nathaniel Fordyce Stone, and written certainly after 1861. 

  Concerning the disappearance of  John Fordyce the following additional 
statement is pertinent. He is said to have been a Tory and in fear of his life on
that account.  He went out of his house into his yard to get an armful of wood, 
and became frightened at some  movements in the vicinity, and skulked away
into the dense woods and made his way back to Nova Scotia, where he remained 
in seclusion until after the war closed. Being something of a wag, when he 
returned he made his appearance at his house with his armful of wood. 

  They left Canada about 1816, and settled in Bainbridge, Chenango Co., 
N. Y., where she died Dec. 13, 1823. 
  He married (2) October, 1824, Keziah (Baldwin) Benedict, born in 
Bethlehem, Conn., Dec. 27, 1788, and widow of Noah Benedict, of 
Coventry, N. Y., having a daughter, Harriet Benedict, who married Joel   
Chapman, of Unadilla, N.Y.  The Family sometime subsequently 
removed to the State of Illinois and settled in Fulton County, near 
Farmington.  She died, a suicide, in Menard Co., Ill., in 1847.   He 
married (3) 1848, Matilda (Harvitt) Sellers, who was born in Ohio May 
25, 1815 widow of Joseph Sellers, of Virgil, Fulton Co., Ill.  He died at 
North English, Ia.

Children First Marriage.

543.     i   Hiram Harwood (6) b. March 7,1810, at Farnham, m Julia. 
                      Ann Comstock. 
544.    ii   Archibald (6) b. May 29, 1811, at Farnham, m. Amelia. 
                     Monroe. 
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545.   iii   David (6) b. June 2, 1813, at Dunham, m. Louisa Ingalls. 

546.   iv   Martha (6) b. Feb. 15, 1815, at Dunham, m. Orsine 
                       Comstock. 
547.    v   Asenath E. (6) b. Feb. 14, 1817, at Bainbridge, N. Y., m.  
                        Rev.Amos Cleghorn. 
548.   vi   Lepha Patience (6) b. May 28, 1819, m. (1) Abram Frazee, 
                       (2) J. G. Cox. 
549.   vii   Elijah (6) b. Aug. 24, 1821, m. Sophia Louisa Creighton. 
550.  viii   Nathaniel Fordyce (6) b Dec. 11, 1823, m. Amanda. Reed.

Children second Marriage.

          ix   Son, died in infancy.  
           x   Isaac Fletcher (6) b. Feb. 8, 1828, m. Maria Freeman. 
          xi   Son, died in infancy. 
          xii   John Wesley (6) b. Sept. 16, 1832; m. Angeline Truax.

Children Third Marriage.

         xiii   George Washington (6) {                              }died in infancy.
                                  Twins         { .b. Aug. 6, 1839), 
         xiv   Adam Clark (6)            {                               )died in Chicago. 
                                                        July 11,.1869, of consumption. 

  218.  THOMAS AYLSWORTH (5) WEIGHTMAN -Tabitha (4),  
Thomas (3), Chad (2), Arthur (1) -- was born Nov. 26, 1786, in Hoosick, 
N. Y., and married Aug. 15, 1810, Sally Baker, who was born Jan. 1,  
1792, in Petersburg, N. Y., daughter of Reynolds and Amey (Plimpton)
Baker, *  who removed to Burlington, N Y.  She died Oct. 22, 1839, in 
Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y., and he June 16, 1875, in Clinton Tp., 
Laport Co., Ind.
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*. Another account says Reynolds Baker married—— Roberts. 

Children.

552.     i   Laura (6) b. May 17, 1810, m. Daniel Wilbur. 
           ii   Arthur Aylsworth (6) b. Sept. 27, 1811, died Dec. 26, 1818, 
                      Burlington, N. Y. 
           iii   Lodiska (6) b. Feb.25, 1813, in Penn., m. Oct. 12, 1833, in 
                       Cooperstown, N. Y ., William Sands, a weaver from 
                       Ireland.  She died May 15, 1834, while they were living 
                       in New Hartford, N. Y., and was buried in the family 
                       cemetery in Burlington. 
553.    iv   Martha (6) b. Jan. 31, 1815, in Penn., m. William Hoard.
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554.    v   Sanford Smith (6) b. Feb. 25.1817, Otsego Co., N. Y.. m. 
                      Joanna Tabitha Foulds. 
           vi   Isaac Addison (6) b. Feb. 9, 1819, Burlington; he was a 
                      soldier. with P. 0. at Wanatah, Ind., at last accounts. 
555.   vii   Cordelia Derliska (6) b. Oct. 17,1820, m. (1) Timothy 
                      Joubart. (2) m. Gardner . 
         viii   Ward Baker (6) b. June 2.1823, unmarried; enlisted 1862, 
                      Indians cout;  engaged in farming in Dakota after the war 
                      closed. and was murdered  about 1866-7, by his partner.
           ix   Seneca Arthur (6) b. Nov. 8, 1824, Burlington, died Aug. 
                      10, 1834. Pittsfield. 
556.    x   Andrew Bradbury (6) b. Dec. 2, 1826, m....... 
557.    xi   Elmira Ronella (6) b. June 3, 1829, Burlington. m. Hugh Smith.  
          xii   Henry Reynolds b. (6) Jan. 16. 1833. Burlington. died in infancy. 


  219.  MARTHA (5) -- Elhanan (4), Thomas (3). Chad (2), Arthur (1)-- 
was born Oct. 20,1793. married Nov. 14,1832, William Campbell. a 
farmer, born Sept. 13. 1791. at Pollockshaws, near Glascow, Scotland, 
and dwelt in the valley of Butternut Creek, in Burlington, Otsego Co., 
N. Y ., where he was accidentally killed while working in the woods, 
Aug. 18, 1852.  She died Sept. 22, 1882, at the residence of her niece. 
Miss Chloe Aylsworth. in Burlington, N. Y., nearly 89 years of age.  The 
eldest of her father's family, she was the last called hence. They adopted 
Isaac Aylsworth, the youngest son of  her sister, Polly (Aylsworth) Stone. 
(See # 223)

  220.  NATHANIEL (5)-- Elhanan (4), Thomas (3), Chad (2), Arthur (1)-- 
was a farmer and land surveyor, born March 31, 1795, in Hoosick. N. Y., 
and married Oct. 24,1827, Harriet Devilla, born March 24. 1808, daugh
in the town of Burlington. northwest of the Brick School-House, where she
died March 17,1869, and he Oct. 31,1875.  They were active Christian 
people and members of the M. E. Church.

Children.

558.     i   Caroline (6) b. Feb. 26.1829, m. David Walling; dw. Otsego 
                       Co., N.Y. 
559.     ii   Lyman (6) b. July 1,1832, m. Olive Caroline Walling; dw. 
                       on homestead. 
560     iii   Polly Sarah (6) b. Sept. 28, 1838. m,. William C. Walling; 
                       dw. Burlington. 
           iv   Chloe Mahala (6) b. Jan. 13, 1844. 

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  221.  TABITHA (5)-- Elhanan (4), Thomas (3), Chad (2), Arthur (l)-- 
was born May 19, 1797, married Jan. 17,1826, Joseph, born July 21,
1796, son of Joseph and Mariam (Wolcott) Neff, of Burlington, N. Y., 
where they dwelt twelve years, and moved to their farm near the  
Arkwright Company's reservoir, in the town of Pittsfield, but in advanced 
life retired to the village of Gunattsville, where they spent their declining 
years, and where she died July 3, 1866, without issue. 

  222.   ALLEN HARRINGTON (5)-- Elhanan (4), Thomas (3), Chad (2), 
Arthur (1)-- was a blacksmith and farmer, born April 12, 1799, married 
Sept. 16, 1832, Lefee, born Aug. 7,1809, daughter of Jonathan and Juda 
(Niles) Tibbets, of Rome, N. Y ., and dwelt at first in Burlington, N. Y., 
but in 1843 moved to the State of Illinois, and dwelt on a farm Northwest 
of Petersburg in Menard Co., where he died March 30, 1852, his death 
being caused by over exertion in protecting his property from a prairie fire.
After his death his family resided in Williamsville, Sangamon Co., until 
1861, in which year they moved to Bloomington, Ill., but after Mary's 
death they went to the Pacific States, and in 1882 were dwelling in San 
Rafael, near San Francisco.

Children.

            i   Cynthia (6) b. Sept. 28,1833, m. Philip Aylsworth dw. at 
                       Babylon Mills, Ill. 
561.     ii   Perry (6) b. Jan. 22, 1835, m. Nellie Griswold; dw. San 
                      Rafael, Cal.
           iii   Mary Julia (6) b. Aug. 8, 1836; was a teacher, and died 
                      May, 1873, in Bloomington. 
           iv   Martha Jane (6) b. July 30, 1845; dw. San Rafael, Cal. 
            v   Robert Edward (6) b. May 25, 1848, m. ; dw. San 
                      Rafael, Cal.

  223.  POLLY (5)-- Elhanan (4), Thomas (3), Chad (2), Arthur (1) - 
was born March 26, 1801, married June 1,1819, Rev. Isaac Stone, 
born in March 28, 1797, in Hoosick, N. Y., son of Elijah and Susanna 
(Aylsworth) Stone, of the town of Dunham, County of Missisquoi, 
Province of Quebec.  She died at Verona, N. Y ., Feb. 13, 1831. 

Children.

            i   Duenna (6) b. May 1, 1823, Fairfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y. 
                       She was a teacher and governess, not married, and died 
                       in Hartwick, N. Y., July 24,1871-2. 
561a    ii   Elhanan (6) b. Aug. 8, 1826, m. Luna Townsend; dw. 
                       Roseville Ill. 
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561b.  iii   Isaac Aylsworth (6) b. Feb 6, 1831, m. Phebe Talbot; dw. 
                      New Lisbon, N. Y.

 REV. ISAAC STONE.                      

   For a more extended biography of the Rev. Isaac Stone than comes 
within the scope of this work the reader is referred to the Northern 
Christian Advocate, of Oct. 2, 1850, the Minutes of Black River 
Conference, and the Black River Conference Memorial, by Rev. P. D. 
Gorrie, New York,1852. 
  Isaac Stone was born in Hoosick, N. Y. , March 28, 1797, his parents 
being members of the Baptist Church, and his mother, Susanna, daughter 
of Thomas Aylsworth, a deeply pious woman, of whom he often spoke in 
terms of great affection, and at whose grave a few years previous to his 
death he wrote , 

 

*          *          .*          *          *          * 

And after many rolling years have passed, 
    And my own head is sprinkled o'er with gray,
 I stand beside thy humble grave at last, 
    And here the tribute of my tears I pay

 And if to look upon thy grave and weep 
    Was so to be desired and sought so far, 
Then what will be the bliss in heaven I'll reap, 
    To see thee, saint, in Jesus' crown a star! 

 

  The family consisting of the parents and four children moved to Lower 
Canada when he was about eight years of age, from which Province he 
returned to Hoosick at the age of sixteen, during the war of 1812, 
learned the trade of. a blacksmith, and at about the close of his appren- 
ticeship so injured himself in endeavoring to shoe a fractious horse as to 
permanently undermine his promising vigorous physical constitution. 
He left Hoosick in 1816 in ill health following hemorrhage from the 
lungs and pneumonia, and found in the family of his uncle, Elhanan 
Aylsworth, of Burlington, Otsego Co., N. Y , the hospitality, sympathy 
and care so uniformly manifested by that family, and of which he stood 
so much in need. They cared for him as for an own son, and his health 
improving, he taught school more or less until in 1820 he married Mary 
(Polly) Aylsworth. daughter of his hospitable uncle. 
  Soon after his arrival in Burlington he embraced religion, and united 
with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in the year 1821 the Rev.
Charles Giles, observing his intelligent and moving testimony on a love 
feast occasion, asked him to prepare to enter the gospel field, a course 
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already revea1ed to him.   He was, therefore, in this year sent by this 
presiding elder to fill a vacancy on what was then the Marcellus circuit 
In Onondaga Co., N. Y ., and was admitted Into the Genesee Annual 
Conference in 1822. He filled successively the following circuits and 
stations, to wit: Herkimer, Westmoreland, Canajoharie, Otsego, Black 
River, Stockbridge, (from which he was transferred to Bleecker Street 
Church, Utica), Westmoreland, Rome, Verona, and Lowville. During 
his second incumbency on the Westmoreland circuit his first wife died, 
and while at Rome station he married his second wife, Miss Mercy 
Chittenden Hand, of Verona, N. Y.  
  At the first session of the Black River Conference in 1836, having 
fallen within its bounds when separated from Oneida., he was appointed 
1 presiding elder and sent in charge of the Oswego District for four years, 
near the close of which term he was bereft, within the space of three 
weeks, of two lovely and promising children, Mercy Hand Stone, aged 
5 years and two months, and George Leverett Stone, aged 3 years and 
7 months, the children of his second wife, of whom he was also bereft 
two years later. 
  His duties as presiding elder were discharged with great acceptability 
and usefulness, but, owing to the condition of his health, he preferred a 
single charge to a district, and from 1840 to 1847 he was stationed 
successively at Fulton, Weedsport, Potsdam, and Watertown, stations 
commanding the best talent in the conference. While stationed at 
Weeds port he married his third wife, Miss Rachel Clow, who survived 
is death many years. 
   At the conference of 1847 he was elected delegate to the General
Conference of 1848, and also made presiding elder again, and put in 
charge of the Adams District, after which his health failed so rapidly that 
he was compelled to resign oversight of the district to the hands of others, 
and to retire from the regular and active work altogether. He took a 
superannuated relation in 1848. He, however, attended the session of 
the General Conference at Pittsburg, to which he was a delegate from 
his conference, but was obliged to set out on his homeward journey 
before the close of the session. His devoted wife was his companion on 
his journey. 
  For two years after he gave up his regular pastoral work he resided 
in Watertown, but thinking that a little manual labor in the open air 
might benefit his health he bought a small farm near the village of Jordan, 
Onondaga Co., N. Y., to which he removed, and on which he dwelt the 
remainder of his life.  He preached occasionally, and probably oftener 
than prudence would dictate.  He attended the conference session at 
Rome in 1850, and; in response to the passing of his character, addressed 
the conference.  Speaking of his address, one of the members said: 
It was one of the most thrilling ever heard on the conference floor. 
Such primitive itinerant zeal, such burning love, such ripeness  
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for his eternal reward as glowed on his pale countenance, and thundered 
forth in sepulchral tones from his half-consumed lungs, enforced by tears
and gestures peculiar to himself, were enough to move heaven and earth. 
All hearts before him were melted, and the response was one general 
outburst of feeling. And though, like a true soldier, he panted for the strife 
of the field, yet to many hearts his speech was like that of Paul at Miletus, 
and we feared, alas, but too truly! that we 'should see his face no more'." 
[Rev. E. Arnold, in B. R. Conf. Mem.] 
  He preached his last sermon in the town of Lysander, a few miles 
from his home, and died Sept. 10, 1850, in the fifty-third year of his 
age and the twenty-ninth of his itinerant ministry, having filled some 
of the most important stations within the bounds of the Black River 
Conference.  He was buried at Jacksonville, eight miles north of his 
home, beside his second wife and their two children. His first wife 
as buried at Verona, Oneida Co., N. Y. 
  He was a bright and shining light. 

224. SUSAN (5)-- Elhanan (4), Thomas (3), Chad (2), Arthur (1)--was 
born Aug. 13, 1803, married May 11, 1826, Sylvester, a farmer, born 
May 19, 1804, son of Shubael and Mehetable (Hale) Reed, formerly of 
Toland, Conn., and dwelt in the Butternut Creek Valley, Burlington, 
Otsego Co., N. Y., about one mile north of the Brick School-House, 
where he died July 12, 1870, and she Aug. 17, 1870. 
   They had one child, viz. 

              i    Irvin Emory (6) b. June 29, 1837, m. March 8, 1870, Marcia 
                        Elizabeth Freel, who was born March 19, 1851, and , 
                        dwelt on the homestead.

   225.  MAHALA (5) --Elhanan (4), Thomas (3), Chad (2), Arthur (1) --
was born March 1, 1806, married May 13, 1827, Orin, a farmer. born
Sept. 17, 1808, son of Shubael and Mehetable (Hall) Reed, and dwelt, 
Oct. 6, 1837, in McKean, Erie Co , Pa., where she died May 14, 1870.
   They had one child, viz : 
               i   Otis, (6) a farmer, b. Feb. 25, 1837, m. Sept.19, 1864, Addie 
                         Tuckey, and dwelt on the homestead.  Their children : 
                         Harriet, b. Nov. 15, 1865; Vernon, b. March 19, 1869; 
                         Merton, b. April 25, 1876. 


   226. HIRAM (5)-- Elhanan (4), Thomas (3), Chad (2), Arthur (1) --
was  farmer, born Sept. 24, 1808, married June 13, 1836, Betsey, 
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born Dec. 3.1818, in Hartwick, N. Y., daughter of Ezra and Harriet (Jordan) 
Morgan, of Bloomfield, O., and dwelt in Burlington, N. Y., near his father's 
homestead, until 1852, when they removed to Trumbull, Ashtabula Co., O., 
where he died Sept. 1, 1881.

Children.

562.        i   Ezra Morgan (6) b. May 21, 1838, m. Malinda Hall; dw. in 
                         Athens, Ill. 
563,       ii   Charles (6) b. Dec. 5, 1841, m. Nov. 18, 1886, Ida Grant, 
                          aged 18 years. 
563a.    iii   George Milton (6) b. Sept. 14,1846, m. Mary Jane Barnard ; 
                          dw. Winfield, N. Y. 
             iv   Allen Emory (6) b. June 29, 18'52,' died April 12, 1872, at 
                          McKean, Pa., but was buried at Trumbull, O. 

  227.   PERRY (5)-- Elhanan (4), Thomas (3), Chad (2), Arthur (1) -was 
a farmer, born Nov. 21, 1812, married March 21, 1836, Luna Norton, 
born in Warren, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Sept. 12, 1810, died May 19, 1895
daughter of James and Hannah (Stewart) De Long, of Watertown, N. Y., and
after a short residence in Rome, N. Y., dwelt in the Butternut Creek Valley, in
the town of Burlington, Otsego Co., N. Y., on his father's homestead, but he
spent about ten years in teaching public schools in Otsego Co., N. Y. Returning 
from the State of Illinois he met an accidental death at Thorald, Ont., Dec. 
9, 1858, in the language of the coroner's record, " by falling or walking off 
from the cars while in rapid motion."  Although but recently recovered from 
a sickness requiring the attention of his physician for some time, and still 
quite weak, no fear was apprehended for his safety by his friends when he 
started on his homeward journey alone.  Leaving Williamsville Station, 
Sacyamon Co., Ill., his diary states that the Chicago & Alton Railroad train, 
on which he was traveling, was detained ten hours by a disabled freight 
train, and other detentions evidently occurred during the progress of his 
journey.  The last entry in his diary was made at nine o'clock in the morning 
of Dec. 9th, after leaving Windsor, Ont.  It is probable that as evening 
came on he fell asleep, and that tile baggage agent aroused him about nine 
o'clock, as would appear from his testimony, and exchanged checks.  In his 
weakened and wearied condition, perhaps not fully aroused to conscious-
ness, or perhaps in a somnambulistic state, he collected his wraps, umbrella 
and valise, and probably stepped off the train, under the mental apprehension 
that  it was time to change cars, as he had just changed checks for Utica. He 
was discovered at 9:15 P. M. by a woman stumbling over his body in her 
path as she returned home from a near neighbors.  This occurred between 
Thorald and Suspension Bridge, and not far from the former place.  His 
eldest son, then  Page 190 in Illinois, as soon as apprised of the accident, took
charge of his remains, which were placed in the Brick School-House Cemetery, 
not far from his home in Burlington, N. Y., where four generations of the 
family lie buried.

Children.

564.        i   Homer Elhanan (6) b. Sept. 8, 1838, m. Flora A, Eldridge;
                           dw. Roseville, Ill. 
565.       ii   Henry Marion (6) b. Jan. 23, 1841, m. Lucinda Bradley; 
                           dw. Leonardsvil1e, N. Y. 
566.      iii   Nelson Olin (6) b. Aug. 6, 1846, m. Mary Deming; dw. 
                            in Roseville, Ill. " . . 

  218.  ASA (5) COLEGROVE-- Major (4) Colegrove, Juda (3) 
(Aylsworth), Chad (2), Arthur (1)- - was born Feb. 16, 1784, in Foster, 
R. I., and married Eunice Mather, who was born Oct. 18,1786. 
  They dwelt in Edmeston, Otsego Co, N. Y., having six sons and five 
daughters:
              i    Jeremiah (6) b. March 4, 1804, m. Polly Weightman. 
              ii   Lydia (6) b. April 1, 1806, died Jan. 1, 1861, unmarried.
             iii   John (6) b. Sept 1, 1808, m. Eliza Palmala.
             iv   Sophia (6) b. Aug. 5, 1811, m. Truman Arnold. .
              v   Charles (6) b. Aug 15, 1813, m. Asenath Allen. 
             vi   Betsey (6) b. Aug,. 19, 1815, m. Darling Hopkins.
            vii   Sylvanus (6) b. Sept, 10, 1817, m. Nancy Dye. 
           viii   Israel (6) b. Dee. 3, 1819, m. Harriet Talbot.
             ix   Caroline (6) b. Oct. 12, 1821, m. Isaac Talbot.
              x   Susannn (6) b. Sept. 24, 1825, m. Gilbert Pierce. 
             xi   Dorr (6) b. Feb. 19, 1828, m. Ruth Talbot. 

  Isaac and Harriet Talbot were brother and sister, and Ruth Talbot was 
their cousin. 

  229.  STEPHEN (5) COLEGROVE-- Major (4) Colegrove, Juda (3) 
(Aylsworth), Chad (2), Arthur (1)-- was born in Foster, R, I., Nov. 15, 
1787, and married Mary (6) Aylsworth, who was born Oct. 7, 1789, and 
who was a daughter of Deacon William and Phebe (Tanner) Aylsworth of 
Edmeston, N. Y.-- William (5), Anthony (4), Anthony (3), John (2), 
Arthur (1). 
  They dwelt in the north part of the town of  Edmeston, Otsego Co., N. Y., 
having seven sons and four daughters: 

              i   Amos (6) b. Sept, 6, 1807, died at about 15 years of age. 
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              ii   Mary (6) b. June 11, 1809, m. (1) George Mitchell, (2) David 
                          Whitmore.
             iii   Oren (6) b. April 29, 1812, m. Myra Rudd. 
             v   Phebe (6) b. Dee. 25, 1816, m. Hiram Coman. 
             vi   Daniel (6) b. Oct.7, 1820, m. Dency A. Harrington. 
            vii   Huldah (6) b. Nov. 25, 1821, m. Major Colegrove, of Isaac. 
             iii   Dorcas (6) b. Nov. 17,1826, m. Benoni Matteson. 
              x   David (6) b. Dec. 23, 1827, m. Jane Bennett. 
             x   Warren (6) b. Dec. 23, 1830, m. (1) Mary Bennett, 
                          (2) Mary Putnam. 
             xi   Almon (6) b. March 19, 1835, m. Harriet Coman. 

Benoni and Betsey Matteson were children of Andrew. 
Mary and Jane Bennett were sisters. 
Hiram and Harriet Coman were brother and sister. 
Dency A. Harrington was a daughter of Eber, Jr.. and Nancy (Par sons) 
   Harrington, and grand-daughter of Eber, Sr., and Susanna (Gardner) 
   Harrington. Eber, Sr., was son of Richard and Sarah (Bates) Harrington 
   of Rhode Island. . 

   230.  ISAAC (5) COLEGROVE -- Major (4) Colegrove. Juda (3) 
(Aylsworth), Chad (2), Arthur (l)-- was born July 2, 1789. They dwelt 
near Columbus, Warren Co., Pa., having a family of seven sons and six 
daughters:

Children.

               i   Lovisa (6) m. Justus Murdock. 
              ii   Persus (6) m. John Mills,
              iii   Ziba (6).
             iv   Major (6) m. Huldah Colegrove, of Stephen. 
             v   .Amy (6) m. Morris Childs. . 
             vi   Anna (6) m. William Matteson, of Freeborn and Ruth 
                          (Aylsworth). 
            vii   Isaac (6). 
           viii   Stephen (6).
             ix   Lawrence (6).
             x   Washington (6). 
             xi   Delia (6). 
             xii  Andrew (6). 
           xiii   Sally (6). 

231. MARY (5)-- Daniel (4), .Peleg (3), Chad (2). Arthur (l)-- was 
a farmer's wife, born April 8, 1799, married Daniel, born Dec. 20, 
1793, son of Alexander and Sarah (Bael) Harper. and dwelt in Galen, 
Wayne Co., N. Y, 
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Children.

               i   Chauncey Buel (6) b. Aug. 17, 1818, m. Oct. 30,1845, Eliza 
                          Warne; dw. Tekonsha, Calhoun Co., Mich., where he 
                           died July 29, 1863. 
              ii   Mary Ann (6) b. Dec. 12, 1819, m. March 6, 1850, Charles 
                           Baker; dw. Galen, Wayne Co., N. Y., where she died 
                           Dec. 29. 1857. 
             iii   Arunah (6) b. May 11, 1823, died at Galen, N. Y., Dec. 24,
                           1844.
             iv   Alexander (6) b. Feb. 16, 1826, m. Sept. 18, 1849, Nancy 
                         Agnes Bivens; dw. Huron, Wayne Co., N. Y.; enlisted in 
                         1863 and served about one year. 
              v   Albert (6) )                         (m. Feb. 28, 1840, Mary 
                                   |                          |  Winchell; dw. Huron, N. Y.;  
                                   |       Twins          |   en listed,1863, served one year. 
             vi   Almon (6) } b. June, 1828. {  m. July 2, 1849, Sally Ann  
                                   |                          |  Jeffers, b.Aug. 1, 1832; dw. in  
                                   )                         (  Galen, N. Y. 
            vii   Emily Dorman (6) b. Dec. 10, 1830, m. Dec. 23, 1853, 
                         Robert Youngs; dw. Galen, N. Y. He died Aug. 15, 
                         1860, and she Nov. 6, 1879. 
             iii   Caroline Maranda (6) b. April 7, 1833, m. May 6, 1849, John 
                         Winchell; dw. Rose, Wayne Co, N. Y.
             ix   Charles Davis (6) b. March 16, 1837, m. Dec. 18, 1861, 
                          Clarissa Winchell; dw. Rose, N. Y. 
              x   Martha Ann (6) b. Oct. 24,1839, m. Nov. 17,1857, Napoleon 
                           Drown; dw. Huron, Wayne Co., N. Y.

   232.  DANIEL (5)-- Daniel (4), Peleg (3), Chad (2), Arthur (1)-- was
a farmer, born July 11, 1805, married (1) Oct. 8, 1828, Betsey, born 1811, 
daughter of Sylvanus Huntly, and moved from Chenango Co., N. Y., to the 
vicinity of Clyde, in the same State, and in 1835 to Washtenaw Co., Mich., 
with P. 0. at York, Mich.  She died April 10, 1832.

Children.

               i   Sylvanus (6) b. Nov. 9, 1830, m. Emily Grow, in Nov. 1851 
                          dw. Oakfield, Kent Co., Mich.  He died Dec. 30, 1855. 
              ii   Henrietta (6) b. Jan. 19, 1832, m. Jan. 20, 1850, Justin Holcomb; 
                           dw. Milan, Monroe Co., Mich. She died Oct. 1, 1877. 

He married (2) Oct. 10, 1832, Elizabeth, born Feb. 14, 805, daughter of 
Erastus and Polly (Shephard) Perkins. She died Dec. 81, 1877. 
Their child;  
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             iii   May Emeline (6) b. March 27, 1836, m. Nov. 1851, Hcnry 
                          Lewis; dw. York, Mich.

   He married (3) Jan. 8, 1873, Mary Ann Marvin. 

 233.  ANNA (5)-- Daniel (4), Peleg (3), Chad (2), Arthur (1)-- was a 
tailoress, born Aug. 14, 1807, married July 4, 1832, John, born Sept. 4, 
1809, a blacksmith, son of Josiah Wright, and dwelt in Junius, Seneca 
Co., N. Y.

Children.

               i   Ephraim (6)b. July 9, 1833; he was clerk, and died Dec. 
                         25, 1855. 
              ii   Mary Ann (6) b. July 28, 1837, died Nov. 18, 1850. 
             iii   Charles (6) b. June 16, 1839, m. Oct, 9, 1868, Mary White. 
                         Their children: i Elizabeth, b. Sept, 11, 1869; ii Anna 
                         May, b. Nov. 1871. 
             iv   Susan Elizabeth (6) b. June 13, 1842, m Dec. 21, 1866, 
                         John White. Their child: Louie, b. Nov. 6,1867, died 
                         June 27, 1870. 

  - 234.  WARREN (5)-- Daniel (4), Peleg (3), Chad (2), Arthur (1)-- 
was a farmer, born Jan. 10, 1810, married July 20, 1836, Mary Ann, 
born in Rome, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1814, daughter of Samuel and Theodosia 
(Cooley) Howe, and dwelt in Pine Grove, Warren Co., Pa., where she 
died June 6, 1854, and he Nov. 6, 1859.

Children.

               i   Milton (6) b. Aug. 24, 1838, teacher and correspondent; 
                         dw. Ackley Station, Pa. 
              ii   Albert Elmer (6) b. Nov. 18,1840, farmer; dw. Pine 
                         Grove, Pa. 
             iii   David Crockett (6) b. April 18, 1843, farmer; dw. at 
                         Ellisville, Ill.
             iv   Sarah Adda (6) b. April 20, 1845, m. Noble Gilmore; dw. 
                         Milan, Mich. 
             v   Warren (6) b. Jan. 18, 1847, died June 1,1850. 
            vi   Winfield Scott (6) b. Sept.20,1849,m...........; dw, Pine 
                         Grove, had two children. 
            vii   Samuel Charles (6)'b. Nov. 28, 1850; dw. at Waco, Texas. 
           viii   Mary Louise (6) b. July 14, 1852, m. Eugene Sherry; 
                        dw. in Randolph, N Y. 
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   It appears that the above was a second marriage, and that by a previous 
marriage he had a daughter, Abigail. 

 235.   WELCOME YOUNGS (5)-- Daniel (4), Peleg (3), Chad (2), 
Arthur (l)-- was a builder, born March 12, 1812, married Jan. 12, 1837, 
Marian, born at Salem, N. Y., July 14, 1818, daughter of Augustus and 
Electa (Allen) Adkins, and dwelt in the city of Oswego, N. Y. She died
Dec. 5, 1862.

Children.

               i   Electa Ann (6) b. Oct. 8, 1837. 
              ii   Helen Marian (6) b. Jan. 10, 1839.
             iii   Maria Antoinette (6) b. April 3, 1840, m. Charles S. Nickelson. 
             iv   Edwin Griffin (6) b. Dec. 3, 1842; he was a soldier, and having 
                          been wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, he died July 10, 
                          1863, during the operation of amputating his thigh. 
              v   Harriet Newell (6) b. Dec. 12, 1844, died Sept. 22, 1851. 
             vi   Albert Franklin (6) b. Jan. 21, 1847; he was a soldier during 
                         the war, and afterwards a commercial traveler. 
            vii   Alice Gertrude (6) b. Oct. 12, 1848, m. Alvah B. Wolverton.           
            viii  Charles Augustus (6) b. Aug. 30, 1851; conductor, Delaware 
                         & Hudson River Railroad, 1879. 
             ix   Mary Florence (6) b. Oct. 6, 1852; teacher and graduate of 
                          State Normal School. 
              x   Clara Eugenie (6) b. Sept. 16, 1861. 

  236.  ALBERT (5)-- Daniel (4), Peleg (3), Chad (2), Arthur (1)- in 
younger life a sailor, was born Feb. 12, 1815, married June 2, 1844, 
Sarah, born at Groton, Conn., Dec. 12, 1821, daughter of Griswold and 
Betsey (Chapel) Allen, of Ledyard, Conn., and after dwelling five years at 
Groton, moved to New London, Conn., and engaged in the express and 
delivery business. She died there March 21, 1877. and he Dec. 23, of 
he same year .

Children.


               i   Sarah (6) b. June 28, 1846, m. Nov. 23,1870, Benjamin 
                          Rogers, b. May 19, 1837; dw. New London, Conn. 
                          Their son, Philip Aylsworth, b. May 29, 1872. 
               ii   Lizzie (6) b. July 4, 1851;  dw. New London, Conn.