Old Families of Andover

History of Windsor County Vermont
Lewis Cass Aldrich published in 1891

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Benson, Dorwin A., only son of Arza and Louisa (Wheeler) Benson, was born in Londonderry, Vt., April 30, 1846. He became a resident of Andover in 1868, and married Rose L. Chase, and has one child, Hettie C.

Chase, Hibbard, son of Bezaleel, was born in Townshend, Vt., June 14, 1801, and married Cynthia Howard. He came to Andover in 1837, where he died December 4, 1876 His children were Henry, who died at the age of six years; William R., resides at Meriden, Texas; Byron S., a doctor, died at Akron, 0hio.; Elias, lives at Long Prairie, ILL.; Worthy, resides in Newfane, Vt.; Cynthia S., wife of Mr. Aiken, lives in Illinois; Welthie J. (deceased), married V. J. Wood; Charles W., died in Londonderry ; Rose L., wife of D. A. Benson ; Eugene, died at fourteen years of age.

Chase, Bezaleel, married Susannah Taft, and they had the following family : Hibbard ; Balis, who died in Andover; Wealthy (deceased), married Amos Howard; Alanson, lesides Howard; Alanson, resides at Newfane, Vt.; Winifred, lives at Wadsworth, Vt.; Sardis died at Washington, Ind.; and Elliott, died at Jamaica, Vt.

Feltt, Abner, son of Moses and Mary (Pette) Feltt, was born in Dedham, Mass., November 9, 1756, and came from Wilton, N. H., to Andover in 1790. He married Mary Heald, and they had the following family: Polly, married James Barnes; Edward, died in New York ; Abner; Sally, married Ira Heald ; Peter and Chloe, died young; William, died in New York; Rachel, married John Boynton; Betsey, died at the age of twenty years; Olive, married Henry Kelley; Amasa, died in New York; and Reuben, died in Indiana. Abner died February 26, 1832.

Feltt, Abner, son of Abner, was born in Wilton, N. H., October 3, 1785, and married Hannah French. Their children were: Hannah, wife of Ashby Morgan, lives at Peru, N. Y.; Abner ; Sophia, died single; Mary (deceased), married William Dunspaugh; William, died young, and William Franklin, born September 28, 1829, died April, 1887. His second wife was Bridget French, and their children were Andrew Augustus, who died single at the age of twenty-nine years; Caroline, died at the age of seventeen years, and Ellen Frances, died at the age of eighteen years. Abner died April 4, 1871.

Feltt, Abner, son of Abner, was born at Andover, January 1, 1818, and married Caroline A., daughter of Joseph Eaton. They had four children, viz.: William A., Fred E., single, resides in Andover, Ella C, died young, and Carrie M.

Feltt, William A., son of Abner, was born in Plattsburgh, N. Y., October 31, 1844, and married Emma J. Gutterson. Their children were Mabel S., and Willie A., who died young.

Fuller, Benjamin, was born in Linesboro, N. H., September 1, 1785, and came to Andover in 1807, settling on the farm where his son, William W., now resides. He married Naomi Burton, of Wilton, N. H., who was born July 29, 1786. Their children were Amos, who died at Ludlow, Vt.; Francis Putnam, resides in Andover; Rodney, resides in Ludlow; Lewis, died in Milford, N. H.; Rebecca W., married Isaac Walker; John B., died in Lowell, Mass.; Elvira (deceased), married Rev. Calvin Baker, a Baptist minister ; Arvilla, widow of O. B. Craig, resides at Fort Madison. IA.; Joseph LaFayette, died at the age of fifteen years; and William W.  Benjamin died July 29, 1873.

Fuller, William W., son of Benjamin, was born in Andover, October 11, 1826, and married Rosannah Burton. They have no children, but have a legally adopted son, Charles A.

Gutterson, Samuel, was born Tune 7, 1738, and married Lydia Stephens. They had the following children: Samuel, born February 28, 1705 ; John, born August 27, 1766; Abner, born March 27, 1768; Simeon, born December 8, 1769; Lydia, born October 17, 1772; Sarah, born September 3, 1774; Jacob, born November 28, 1777; Abeal, born April 4, 1780; Molly, born March 21, 1783; Josiah, born June 29, 1786. His children by his second wife were Anna, born December 24, 1795, and Amos, born May 7, 1798. He died November 23, 1818. and his wife Lydia died in December, 1787.

Gutterson, Abner, son of Samuel, was born in Milford, N. H., March 27, 1768, and removed from his native town to Andover in 1794, and purchased the farm where his grandson, C. M. Gutterson, now resides. He married, January 25, 1795, Phebe Barker, who was born May 27, 1767. They had three children, viz.: Abner, who died in northern New York; Phebe (deceased), married Nathaniel Lord; and Alden. Abner died May 2, 1818.

Gutterson, Alden, son of Abner, was born in Andover, October 29, 1802, and married Sophia Hall. They had eleven children, viz.: Alden Newell, died young; Alonzo Clinton, resides in Steele county, Minn.; Warren John, died in Minn.; Miranda Sophia, wife of P. R. Carlton, of Andover ; Hiland Hall, died a bachelor in 1878, at Andover ; Maria Caroline, wife of A. P. Fuller, of Rutland, Vt.; Mary Ann, died young; Henry Franklin, married Julia, daughter of I. W. Richardson, of Boston, Mass., died in Chelsea, Mass., and left no issue ; Emma Jane (deceased), married W. A. Feltt; Charles Milton ; and George Leslie, a dentist at South Fairhaven, Vt. Alden died January 11, 1876.

Gutterson, Charles Milton, son of Alden, born at Andover, May 22, 1848, married Rozzie Lovejoy, and has three children, Maud E., Albert L., and Jessie S.

Larkin, James W., son of James H. was born at Andover, October 1838 and married Nancy M. Peabody.  He enlisted May 1, 1861 on the first call for troops in Company E, First Vermont Regiment, being one of four from Andover.  He re-enlisted November 29, 1861 in Company G, Seventh Vermont Regiment, for three years, but was mustered out February 19, 1864, to enlist as a veteran in the Seventh Vermont Veteran Regiment, and was finally mustered out February 21, 1866.  After the war he returned to his native town, and subsequently lived at Springfield and Putney, Vt., where he died July 20, 1880.  He left three children, Eva M., Rosa Ml, and Ned H. who reside with his widow, in Chester.

Larkin, Charles H., son of James H., was born in Londonderry, Vt., December 29 1842. His military record is the same as that of his brother. After the war he returned to Andover. He came to Chester and engaged in the mercantile business in 1882. He married Elva M. Gould, and has one child, Nina A.

The Manning Family.-William Manning, the American ancestor of the Andover branch of that name, came from England as early as 1634, and settled at Cambridge, Mass. William, son of the above, resided at Cambridge, and was nearly twenty years selectman. Samuel, the son of the last William, lived at Billerica, Mass., and was representative, town clerk, and eighteen years selectman. John, the son of Samuel, lived at Cambridge, and was the father of Samuel, who was born at Cambridge, April 20, 1703, and settled in Townsend, Mass., where he was twenty years town clerk, and fourteen years selectman. Samuel died November 6, 1773. His eldest son, Samuel, was born March 15. 1732, resided at Townsend, and was prominent during the Revolutionary war. He married Abigail Avery, and died January 28, 1809. His sons Samuel, Joel, Joseph, and Benjamin were among the early settlers of Andover.

Manning, Samuel, son of Samuel, was born at Townsend, Mass., November 24, 1762. He was highly educated for the time in which he lived, having been a school-teacher in early life, and was the author of at least two published books, though his business was that of a farmer. He was founder and deacon of the first church ever organized in Andover. He died in town April 22, 1842. His first wife was Amy Gorham. The issue of this marriage was Hannah, who married Abiel Pierce; Bethiah, married Benja Baldwin ; Samuel; Amy, married Nathaniel Putnam; Calista, died young; and Jabez Gorham, who resided chiefly at Warwick, Mass., where he died.

Manning, Samuel, son of Samuel, was born at Andover, July 7, 1796. He was a farmer at Townshend, Landgrove, Vt., and Warwick, Mass., where he died November 18, 1840. He married Mary Hall Holt, of Weston. Their children were William Wallace; Samuel Lorenzo, died young; Caroline, married William Maudesley; Eliza and Louisa, twins, died young.

Manning, William Wallace, son of Samuel, was born at Townshend, July 11, 1826. He has resided principally at Weston, where he has been justice of the peace, representative in 1882 and 1888. and ten years selectman. He married for his first wife Nancy Maria Richardson. They had two children, viz.: Fanny Maria, wife of Frank B. Shattuck, of Somerville, Mass.; and William H., a resident of New York City.

Manning, Joel, son of Samuel, was prominently identified with the Baptist Church at Andover.

Manning, Joseph, son of Samuel, remained in Andover until about 1808, when he removed to Binghamton, N. Y.

Manning, Benjamin, son of Samuel, died at Andover in 1813, and his descendants removed South and West.

Parker, Henry J., Hon., was born in Plainfield, N. H., May 2, 1836, and is the eldest son of Benjamin and Betsey (Fullam) Parker. He attended the Springfield Wesleyan Seminary and Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H. In early life he was engaged in teaching, spending his time in Illinois, Shrewsbury, Vt., and other places. He enlisted in 1862, from the town of Weston, Vt., in Company H, Sixteenth Vermont Regiment, and was discharged as a corporal at the expiration of the term of enlistment. In 1864 he became a resident of Andover, where he has since resided, and is engaged in farming. He represented Andover in the Legislature in 1874 and 1875, and was Senator from Windsor county in 1888 and 1889. He married Adalaide Putnam, and has one child, Edwin H.

Putnam, Peter, was born in Hancock, N. H., November 29, 1768, and came to Andover in 1799, settling on the farm now occupied by his granddaughter, Mrs. W. W. Ward. He married Rachel Hills. They had three children, viz.: George Washington ; Rachel (deceased), married Ezra Dodge ; and Isaac Henry, died at ten years of age. Peter married for his second wife Sally Fuller, and died April 26, 1851.

Putnam, George Washington, son of Peter, was born in Hancock, N, H., November 24, 1798, and married Lucinda Hills. They had five children : George Washington, who resides in Ash Ridge, Wis., and has five sons, viz.: George Henry, Arthur LeGrand Frederick Ellsworth, Israel Peter, Addison Lincoln; Henry Evander, has no children and lives at Los Angeles, Cal; Rachel Lucinda, wife of P. S. Hannum, of Putney, Vt.; Mary Abby Jane (deceased), was twice married, first to Billings Paul, second to Zenas Thomas; Sarah Catherine, wife of Webster W. Ward, of Andover. George Washington died June 5, 1873.

Rowell, Richard, came from Temple or Wilton, N. H., to Andover, at an early date. He married Mary Rogers, and had the following family : Artemas, died at West Acton, Mass.; Roswell, died at Landgrove, Vt.; Mary, who married David Barton, and died in Michigan.

Rowell, Jacob, son of Richard, was born in Andover, February 18, 1793, and married Mary Craig. Their children were Henry, who died in the West; Isaac, lives at Ticonderoga, N Y.; Rodney, resides at Poultney, Vt.; Mary, widow of Asa Ross, lives in Ludlow, Vt.; William; Elizabeth, widow of G. L. Cass, resides at Andover, Orlando, lives at Ticonderoga, N. Y.; Abram; and Martha (deceased), married D F Bailey.  Jacob died June 4, 1866.

Rowell, Abram, son of Jacob, born in Andover, September 15, 1835, married Ada J. Way. Their children were Alice, who died at the age of eight years; Fred, resides in Weston, Vt.; and Annie.

Stickney, Joseph, was born at Boxford, Mass., April 13, 1762, and was the son of Joseph and Jane (Sloss) Stickney. He married Anna Hosmer, of Mason, N. H., and they had four children : Lucy (deceased), married John B. Manning; Eliza (deceased) married Barnard Carlton ; George Washington ; and Joseph Hosmer, a resident of Vernon, Wis. Joseph was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He died April 3, 1848.

Stickney, George Washington, son of Joseph, was born as New Ipswich, N. H., October 25, 1804, and married Roxcealane Burton, of Weston, Vt. They had eight children, viz.: Nancy (deceased), married A. C. Guttenson ; Warren, died at sixteen years of age ; Byron ; Jane, died ten years of age ; Cassius M., a member of the First Vermont Cavalry, died in a hospital at Richmond, Va.; he married Rosalie J. Peabody, but left no children; Eliza L., wife of Warren Beard, of Chester; Preston L., lives at Hereford, Minn.; and Eva J., resides in Andover.

Stickney, Byron, son of George W., was born in Andover, October 17, 1837, married Maranda 0., daughter of Phineas Carlton, and has two children, George P., born July 9, 1866; and Ines J., died February 14, 1890, aged sixteen years.

Walker, Samson, came from Massachusetts to Temple, N. H., and to Andover in 1800, where he died in April, 1827. He married Thankful Pierce, and had the following family: Jesse; Pierce, died single; Nathaniel, died at twenty years of age; Thankful, married Eli Burnap ; Hannah (deceased), married Calvin Gibson ; Mary (deceased), married John Felton ; Sarah, married Heald ; Amy (deceased), married John Hull; and Rachel (deceased), married Ira Lamson.

Walker, Jesse, son of Samson, born in Temple, N. H., died in Andover, April, 1828, at forty-eight years of age. He married Lois Holt. Their children were Lois (deceased), married Franklin Mansor ; Relief, widow of Isaiah Heselton, resides in Weston, Vt.; Sally (deceased), married Matthew Wilkins; Jesse, resides in Wisconsin; Isaac: John, died at four years of age; Hannah (deceased), married Charles Graham.

Walker, Isaac, son of Jesse, born in Andover, December 28, 1817, married for his first wife Rebecca Fuller, by whom he had two children. Merrill, died at the age of seventeen years; and Nellie, died at the age of nine years. His second wife was Azubah Stevens. Their children are Henry I.; and Emma E., wife of C. B. Forbes, of Andover.

Walker, Henry I., son of Isaac, was born at Andover, April 3, 1859, and married Alice Tinner. They have but one child, Albert Isaac.