Old Families of Chester
History of Windsor County Vermont
Lewis Cass Aldrich published in 1891
Adams, Benjamin, son of Benjamin, was born in Townsend, Mass., September 17, 1780, and married Betsey Crowley, of Attleboro, Mass. Their children were Rosetta, single, lives in Akron, 0.; Lucinda, widow of Samuel Manning, resides at Zanesville, O.; Galusha, died in Cavendish; Franklin, lives in Akron, 0.; Marcellus, died in Akron, O.; Sarah Jane, widow of Loren Smith, lives at Akron, O.; Almira, died at three years of age. Benjamin died at Akron, 0.
Adams, Washington son of Benjamin, was born at Cavendish, June 13, 1812, married Mrs. Dene H. Hagar, nee Walker. They had two children: Marcellus, died in infancy, and Clarence, born in Cavendish, November 18, 1857. They have resided in Chester since 1860.
Adams, Daniel, .son of Benjamin, was born in Cavendish, Vt., July 4, 1795, and married Catharine Hartwell, February 17, 1822. He came to Chester to live in 1822, where he died September 24, 1872. His children were Ira Hartwell; Abigail Ann, died at nine years of age; Alpheus A.; Susan Mary and James Johnson, both died young.
Adams, Ira Hartwell, son of Daniel, was born in Chester, Vt., January 26, 1823, and married Marcella Adams. They had six children, Frank H., born April 26, 1853, died August 10, 1856; Fred D., born August 6, 1854, married Aurora S. Esty, and had two children, Frank E. and Fred D.; Fred D. died at Alma, Mich., September 20, 1889, and his wife died September 16, 1890 ; Delos W., born September 15, 1855, married Mina M. Rowell and has one child, Karl R.; he is engaged at Alma, Mich., in a general store ; Samuel, born January 16, 1857, resides in Chester; Daniel H., born March 17, 1860. lives at Ogden, Utah ; and a son who died in infancy.
Adams, Alpheus A., son of Daniel, was born in Chester, October 7, 1828, and married for his first wife Lucia Wheeler. Their children are Frank W., born in Chester, June 3, 1863, married Mary E. Steele, and is a member of the firm of Adams & Davis, of Chester; and Maria Lucia, wife of N. B Thompson, of Grafton, Vt. Alpheus died August 10, 1882.
Aldrich, Henry L., was born in Rockingham, Vt., September 1, 1821, and is the eldest son of Jonas and Louisa (Lovejoy) Aldrich. In his early life he engaged in the mercantile business at Cambridgeport and Boston, Mass. In 1845 he established an express route in the latter city known as the Aldrich Express, which he operated successfully until 1859. In that year he returned to his native town, where he engaged in farming, and in 1869 he removed to Chester, where he had since resided. Mr. Aldrich married for his first wife Pamelia A. Cunningham, of Jefferson, Maine, by whom he had three children, one of whom died in infancy. The others were Henry O., a resident of Wallingford, Vt., and Lucinda P., who died at ten years of age. His second wife was Mrs. Loantha Cone, nee Woolley, of Saxton's River, Vt.
Allen, Isaac, was born at Mason, N. H., September 6, 1777, and came to Windsor county, locating at Andover in 1797, but removed to Chester in 1804. He married Rebecca Dakin, and had nine children, viz.: Charles, died in Waterloo, Canada; Isaac, died at Schoolcraft, Mich.; Joseph, died in New York City ; Jones, died at Schoolcraft, Mich.; Rebecca, single, lives in Chester; George, died at five years of age; Amos, died at Kalamazoo, Mich.; Lucy (deceased), married Aldis Burgess; Mary, widow of David A. Sherwin, lives at Chester. Isaac died September 18, 1849.
Baldwin, Naum, was born in Marlboro, N. H., and married Philanda Harvey. Their children were Edwin, who died in Oshkosh, Wis.; Fannie (deceased), married Orris Dwinnell; Albert F.; Charles 0., died at Hartford, Conn.; Silas, resides at Grafton, Vt.; Maria Rosaline, died at eight years of age.
Baldwin, Albert F., son of Naum, was born in Chester, February 22, 1818, and married Laurenza, daughter of Thomas Williams. Their family was Abbie, wife of George Robbins of Chester; Lizzie, died aged twenty-six years; George, born in Chester, March 2, 1861, married Juliette Dwinnell, and has three children : Robert Dwinnell, Elizabeth, and Harold H.
Brewer.-This family originally came from Ludlow, Mass., to Ludlow, Vt. Eliah Brewer was one of the early settlers of Ludlow, Vt., and a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He died in 1830, and his wife, Sarah Rice, died three years later. There was a large family of children, none of whom are living. Israel, died in the West; Jason; Betsey, married Abel Pratt; Sally, married James Hitchcock; Eunice, married Levi Barrett; Martha, died single ; Annie, married Jerry Gilbert.
Brewer, Jason, married Rebecca Hall. Their family were Samuel, who died at Mendon. Vt; Alphonso, Marcellus Hall, and Sarah Jane, widow of Ehsha Orcutt, a resident of Rutland, Vt. Marcellus Hall, son of Jason, born at Clarendon, Vt., September 11, 1820, married Elzina Spaulding, and they have but one child, Marcellus S. The family have resided in Chester since 1854.
Cutler, Loammi, son of Loammi, was born in Chesterfield, N. H., May 4, 1792, and died at Chester, June 2, 1867. He became a resident of Chester in April, 1833. He married Meriel House, and they had thirteen children, viz.: Calvin D., resides in Springfield, Vt.; Sarah L., lives in Chester; Cummings, went to California in 1849, where it is supposed he died ; Martha M., died single ; Elisha H., lives at West Acton, Mass.; David H., died in Hopkinton, Mass.; Sumner L., resides in California; Mary H., wife of Putnam Spalding, of Chelsea, Mass.; Simeon C, died in Boston, Mass.; Chestina, lives at Middletown, Conn.; Susan H., died at two years of age; Amanda S., widow of Perry M, Rice, resides at Chester; and one child that died in infancy.
Earle. Roswell, married Polly Partridge, and had one child, Loren, born in Chester July 16, 1808, and who died April 12, 1882. He married Lucy Snell, and of a family of ten children five died in infancy. The others were : Tyler L., Ellen, wife of Frank Putnam, of Chester: Mary, wife of Oscar Hill, of Rutland; Arvilla wife of Arthur Lockwood, and Philara.
Earle, Tyler, son of Loren, was born in Chester March 5, 1842, and married Marinna Lockwood. They had nine children, viz.: Bernard, Allen, Arthur, died at seven years of age; Edna, Edith, Winnie, Guy, Wesley and Nellis.
Fisher, Jesse, a native of Massachusetts, came to Chester in 1797, and settled in the northern part of the town. He married Jerusha Armsbury. Their children were Joseph , Herman, died single in Chester in 1822, aged twenty-nine; Ira, died at Worcester, Mass.; Lyman, died in Michigan; Pitts, died in Boston; and Joanna, married Joshua Cook, and died in Genesee county, N. Y. Jesse died in 1882 in Chester, aged fifty-eight years.
Fisher, Joseph, son of Jesse, was born March 10, 1793, and married Orythia Selden. Their children were Orythia (deceased), married William W. Earle; Joseph Selden, resides at Bonzonia, Mich.; Jesse Lyman, born October 7, 1822, married Abigail Maria Harrington, and has three children: Herbert Selden, an attorney at Randolph, Neb.; Charles Everett, connected with a National Bank at Gloucester, Mass.; and Ella Maria, wife of W^. 0. Davis of Chester; he has always resided in Chester; Mary (deceased), married Abram Whitcomb; Susan, widow of Griffin Shaw, lives at Warsaw, N. Y.; Joanna, wife of Rev. George H. White, a Congregationalist minister, lives in Grinnell, la.; George, lives in Cairo, 111.; Charles, died at Grinnell, la.; Lavinia, died young; Edward, born May 8, 1838, died at Chester, la. Joseph married for his second wife Celinda Adams, by whom he had three children : Julia Elizabeth, widow of Merrill I. Howard, who resides at Grinnell, la,; Herman Adams lives at Tacoma, Washington Ter.; and Henry died young. Joseph died September 25, 1866.
Fletcher, Daniel, was of the seventh generation of the Fletchers in this country, and was descended from the original settler, Robert Fletcher, through William, Joshua. Paul, John and Paul. He was born at Groton, Mass., March 13, 1763 ; was a soldier of the Revolution, and came at an early day to Chester. He married Susan Stone, and had the following family ; Willard. who died single at Freeport, III; Jonas; Anna S., died single in Chester; Daniel L., died at Taunton, Mass.; Susan (deceased), married Nathan Lake; Sally (deceased), married Amos Hulett; Ira, died single in Chester; William, died single at Oswegatchie, N. Y.; Eunice (deceased), married Major Jenkins ; Lucia (deceased), married Ferdinand H. Miller. Daniel died June 21, 1844.
Fletcher, Jonas, son of Daniel, was born in Chester, April 20, 1789, and married Lucinda Sawtell. He died March 5, 1860. His family was Lucinda S. (deceased), married Josiah Cushman ; Foster, died at Ludlow, Vt.; Orrin, died at Quincy, III; Sarah A., died single; George L.; Bailey N., died at Nashville, Tenn.; Daniel W., died single in Connecticut; William W., resides in Fitchburg, Mass.; Freedom J., died single at Ludlow, Vt.; Ormond W., born in Chester, August 21, 1831, married Frances M. Weston, but has no children, and lives at North Chester; and Oramel W., lives at Fitchburg. Mass.
Fullerton, Nathaniel, was for a number of years one of the active business men of Chester, where he died in 1872 at the age of ninety-seven years. He married Susannah Norton, and they had the following children: Henry N., Alexander N., Susan, married Dr. Gowdy of Middlebury, Vt., George A., Frederick Eugene. None of the family are living.
Fullerton, Frederick Eugene, son of Nathaniel, was born in Chester, February 23, 1817, and married Miss P. A. Wentworth. They had four children : Emma Maria, married Frederick W. Childs, of Brattleboro, Vt.; Grace Wentworth, wife of George F. Hadley, of Chester; Frederick Harvey, died at nine years of age; Susan Norton, wife of H. G. Wiley, of Kearney, Neb. Mr. Fullerton died February 1, 1869.
Guild, Alanson, was born in Wrentham, Mass., July 4, 1769, and married Katurah Turner. He became a resident of Chester in 1807. He had three children : Herman, Luther, who died in Medfield, Mass; and Horace, who died in Massena, N. Y., in 1890.
Guild, Herman, son of Alanson, was born at Wrentham, Mass., September 1, 1800, and married, first, Huldah Knight. They had five children : Martin ; Eliza (deceased), married Oliver Atwood; Sarah, widow of Thomas Clark, lives in Medfield, Mass.; and Horace, died young. He married, second, Susan Thompson, by whom he had one child. Mason. Herman died December 15, 1889.
Guild Martin, son of Herman, was born in Chester, May 11, 1819, and married for his first wife Sophia Thompson. Their children are Hulda S., wife of Calvin W. French, of Chester; Herman M.; Harvey M., a physician, at Claremont, N. H. Martin married for his second wife Mrs. Mary Ann Smith, nee Wilcox.
Guild, Richard, son of Richard, was a native of Wrentham, Mass., but came to Windsor county. He was born October 17, 1762, and married Zillah Turner. Their children were James, Julia, Hiram, Laban and Galen. Galen died in New York State. Richard died October 20, 1819.
Guild, Laban, son of Richard, was born in Wrentham, Mass., September 22, 1801, and married Alma W. Houghton, January 21, 1828. Alma died July 29,1829. Laban married, second, Sabra D. Wightman, December 30, 1830. Their children were Lorrain, Almon N. and Henry F. Lorrain died when fifteen years of age. Almon N. is a resident of Weathersfield. Laban died September 28, 1868.
Guild, Henry F., son of Laban, was born in Chester, July 25, 1839, and married Elsie M. Horton, November 9, 1868. Their children were Foster H., Delia S., Elsie M., Forrest H. and Dora E. Foster H. died when about two years old. Elsie M. died when a few weeks old. Delia S. married Charles W. Hemenway. August 27, 1890. Henry F. died October 6, 1890.
Henry, Hugh, was born in Acworth, N. H., and came to Chester, before 1780, locating on what is known as the Henry homestead, east of the village. He died in Chester, June 3, 1849, aged seventy-nine years. He married Susan Dodge, and they had four children : Mary H. (deceased), married Lyman B. Walker, an attorney at what is now Laconia, N. H.; Elizabeth (deceased), married Lawrence Bigelow; Susan, died young; and Hugh H.
Henry, Hugh H., son of Hugh, was born in Chester, October 18, 1814, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1833. He married Sarah Henry, of Charlestown, N. H. They had ten children : Mary H., Hugh, Martha D., Julia, Clara, Charles F., Arthur H., Patrick, William G., Sarah E., all of whom excepting Arthur H. and Sarah E., who are deceased, are residents of Chester. Hugh H. was for a number of years United States Marshal, and was prominent in State politics. Though a Democrat, and his town a strong Whig one, he represented it several times in the State Legislature, and was a Democratic candidate for Congress. He became a Free Soiler in 1848, and a Republican upon the organization of that party ; was later a State Senator, and at the time of his decease was the oldest railroad president in length of service, having been for nineteen years president of the Vermont Valley Railroad. He died in Chester, December 18, 1869.
Henry, Hon. Hugh, of Chester, was born in Chester, Vt., March 21, 1838. After attending the local schools he became a student at Chester Academy and also an academy at Deerfield, Mass. He studied law with Luther Adams of his native town, and Converse & French, of Woodstock, Vt. He was admitted to the Windsor County Bar at the May term of court in 1862. In August of that year he enlisted in the Sixteenth Vermont Regiment, and when mustered out of service was employed in the provost marshal's office at Woodstock until after the close of the war. Judge Henry began the practice of his profession in his native town in 1865, where he has since continued. He has been a member of both Houses of Legislature, and since 1884 probate judge of the Windsor district. Judge Henry married Miss Alice A. Ordway, and has two children : Emma C. and Hugh H.
Hilton, Dearborn H., was born in Andover, N. H., December 31, 1803, and married Eliza A. Cummings. He died July 31, 1860. They had one child, George H., born in Chester, July 5, 1831, and married Helen M., daughter of Dr. Abram Lowell. They have three children, George L., Anna M., and Dearborn H. Mr. Hilton is proprietor of the summer resort, Lowell Lake Hotel, at Londonderry, Vt.
Kingsbury, Nathan, came from Shrewsbury, Vt., to Chester. His wife was a Miss Thompson. Their children were Eli P., a resident of Ludlow, Vt.; Eaton and Ira died in Chester; William, Rhoda, died single ; and Clarissa.
Kingsbury, William, son of Nathan, was born in Chester, May 10, 1816, and married Fannie E. Spring. They had seven children, viz.: Martha E. (deceased), married H. W. Spafford; Mariam A. (deceased), married George Nichols; Hattie M., wife of J. H. Marsh, of Chester; Sarah M., wife of H. M. Guild, of Chester ; Harland W., resides in Sterling, Mass.; Sewell E., resides in West Medway, Mass.; and Homer S.
Kingsbury, Homer S., son of William, was born in Chester, June 24, 1853, and married Lorette A. Woodbury. They have six children ; Trazer W., Alfred W., Bradley L., James J., Ede L., and Marietta A. Mr. Kingsbury resides in Cavendish.
Lowell, Abram, M. D., of Chester, was born at Washington, N. H., in 1795. After attending the local schools he became a student in the academies of Walpole, Chester, Castleton, and Woodstock. He read medicine with Dr. Baker, of Chester, and began practice in that town about 1830. He married Miriam Whitney and had three children : Harriet W., Abraham L., and Helen M. He died February 13, 1876.
Marsh, Jacob, was born November 26, 1771, and married Lydia Kingsley. About the first of the present century he came to Plymouth, Vt, where he died December 1, 1833. His children were Jacob, who died at Sugar Grove, Pa.; Daniel, died at the age of thirty-two years, single; Levi, died at Sugar Grove, Pa.; Ara, died in West Brattleboro, Vt.; Jared ; Susan (deceased), married David French; Lydia (deceased), married Samuel Earl; Hannah, died young; Horace, died at Plymouth, Vt.; Alden, died at Youngsfield, Pa.; Laura (deceased), married Hugh Kennedy; Andelina (deceased),was twice married, first to Leonard Baldwin, second to David Conant; James Kingsley. who resides at North Hadley, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Marsh, Jared, son of Jacob, was born in Guilford, Vt., April 2, 1800, and left Plymouth in 1867, and became a resident of Chester. He married Almira, the widow of his brother, Horace. They had three daughters: Viola, wife of Dr. D. F. Cooledge, of Ludlow, Vt.; Lydia Ella, wife of Henry W. Spafford, of Rutland, Vt.; Myra, wife of B. F. Whelden, of Ludlow, Vt. He died May 7. 1885.
Marsh, Horace, son of Jacob, was born in Plymouth, Vt., March 30, 1807, and married Almira Eaton. They had one child, Jacob H. Horace died June 4, 1843.
Marsh, Jacob H., son of Horace, was born in Plymouth, Vt., April 18, 1842. Losing his father when he was only thirteen months old, he was brought up by his stepfather. He married Hattie M., daughter of William Kingsbury, October 26, 1870. They have one child, Gertie Winifred.
Marsh, Frederick W., the third .son of Asa and Elizabeth (Hall) Marsh, was born at Chesterfield, N. H., January 14, 1831. He engaged in mercantile business at Londonderry, Vt., in 1852, and became a partner in the firm of J. L. Pierce & Co. This partnership continued until 1859. In the spring of 1864 he became a resident of Chester, and in the following year became a partner with P. H. Robbing, under the firm name of Robbins & Marsh, which continued twenty-four years. Mr. Marsh married for his first wife Mary Jane Robinson, of Boston. His second wife was Ellen M. Allen, of Boston They have one child, George F.
Mather, Frederic P., was born in West Windsor, Vt., September 16, 1843, and is the eldest living son of Charles and Mary (Wait) Mather. He studied dentistry with Dr. Hale, of Windsor, and afterwards became interested with him in partnership. He came to Chester in 1868, and opened a dentist's office, where he has been engaged ever since. Dr. Mather has been married twice, but has no children.
Moore, John Newton, M. D., of Chester, was born in Cavendish, Vt., November 29, 1823, and was the only son of Israel and Mary (Brown) Moore. He attended the Chester Academy and received his medical education at Castleton and Woodstock Medical Colleges. He studied medicine with Dr. Abram Lowell at Chester, of which town he became a resident in 1835. Dr. Moore commenced the practice of his profession in Chester in 1848, continuing three years, when he removed to Salisbury, Vt., and returned to Chester in 1859, where he was obliged to relinquish his profession owing to ill-health, but was engaged in the drug business for many years. He married Caroline Spaulding of Ludlow, Vt., but had no children. He died June 28, 1886.
Morris, Uriah, was an original settler of the family in Chester. He married a Miss Tarbell, and had the following family: John, Benjamin, Sally, Charlotte, and Polly. These children all died in Jefferson county, N. Y., excepting Benjamin. Benjamin was born in Chester, and married Charlotte Holton. They had four sons: Henry, Norman and Alfred, who both died young, and Norman, who died in Chester, and has no issue living.
Morris, Henry, son of Benjamin, was born in Chester, October 15, 1809, and married Lucy M. Lee. They had but one child, Lucy A., wife of George C. Allen, of Chester. Henry died February 4, 1887.
Perry, Daniel, was born in Sherburne, Mass., January 22, 1767, and married Sally Whitmore. He came to Chester in 1794, where he died March 31, 1855. He had twelve children, viz.: Josiah, died at Northfield, Vt.; Stephen, died in Iowa ; Daniel, died young ; Joel, died in Danby, Vt.; Eusebe, married Ira Kingsbury, died December 26, 1878, at Grafton, Vt.; Eosene, married. Clemons Leland, died September 15, 1852; Irene, widow of Mr. Leland, lives in Iowa ; Daniel, died in Albion, N. Y.; Amos, died in Kansas; William H., died at seven years of age; George W., died in New York ; and Alonzo.
Perry, Alonzo, son of Daniel, was born in Chester. January 29, 1817, and married Lucy Walker. Their eight children were Mary, wife of George W. Harris, of Melrose, Mass.; Oliver Hazzard, lives in Chester; Rosilla E., died young ; Abbie A. (deceased), married Joseph Clough ; Forest A. and Flora I., twins, died young; Ida, died young; and Clinton E. Alonzo died September 11, 1888.
Perry, Clinton E., son of Alonzo, born in Chester. January 1, 1861, married Mary Robbins, who also descended from one of Chester's old families. Her great-grandfather, Nathan Robbins, came from Stowe, Mass., to Chester in 1786. He married Lydia Whitney, and their children were Amos, Nathan, Ichabod. James, Hezekiah. Mary, and Lydia. Ichabod, son of Nathan, was born in September, 1793, and died in March, 1874. He married Mary Farnsworth. He had two children, Lucy Maria, and Aaron Leland, who was born in Chester, August 31, 1833, and died August 7, 1884. He married Laura A. Divall, and had two children, Mrs. Clinton E. Perry and James Myron.
Richardson, Abiel, was born in Townsend, Mass, May 31, 1783, and died in Chester, March, 1870. He married Rhoda Parkhurst, of Dunstable, Mass. Their children were Thomas, Walter P., Warren B., who died at Poultney, Vt., leaving no issue, Silas, who died without male issue at Madison. Wis. Abiel became a resident of Chester in 1819
Richardson, Walter P., .son of Abiel, was born at Londonderry, Vt., June 24, 1810, and came to Chester with his father, where he resided till 1835, when he went to Plymouth, N. H., remaining in the latter place till 1840. when he returned to Chester for two years. He then became a resident of Putney, Vt., where he continued to reside till 1861, since which time he has lived in Chester. He married Dorcas Sawyer, but has no children.
Robbins, Philemon, was born in Sterling, Mass., in 1783, and came to Chester in 1815. His first wife was Lucy Sawyer. Their children were five: Hannah; Orrick L., who died single; Otis, died in Cavendish, left no issue ; Lucy (deceased), married D. H. Onion; Sophia, died young. His second wife was Mrs. Sally Duncan, nee Carter. Their children were Charles, a resident of Chester; James, died single; Philemon, a resident of Chester.
Sargent.-The families of this name are descended from William Sargent, an Englishman, who came to Charlestown, Mass.. in 1638. His descendants in Chester trace there line of descent through John of the second generation, Joseph of the third, Jabez of the fourth. The latter was the father to Jabez and Ezra, both of whom were early settlers of Chester.
Sargent, Jabez, commonly known as lieutenant, was born January 18, 1720, and married Abigail Mower and came from Worcester, Mass., to Chester, dying in the latter place August 5, 1788. His children were Abigail and Lydia, both died young; Amos, Samuel and Naham.
Sargent, Samuel, son of Jabez, was born November 6, 1755, and married Abigail Blaney. Their children were Abigail, died single; Jabez, died at Windsor, Vt.; Samuel, died single in the West; Phineas Osgood; Benjamin Blaney, died in Chester ninety-six years of age. Samuel died June 2, 1818.
Sargent, Phineas Osgood, son of Samuel, born February 29, 1792, married Mary C. Duncan. Their children are Mary Abby, Lucy Helen, Emma Clara, Ann Duncan, all of whom are single and reside at Elizabeth, N. J., and Charles Osgood. Phineas 0. died April 11, 1876.
Sargent, Charles Osgood, son of Phineas 0., was born in Chester January 19, 1839, and married Grace G. Darby. They have five children, Osgood Cleveland, Grace Emma, Mary, Edith, and Elizabeth Laurinda.
Sargent, Ezra, a son of Ezra, one of the early settlers of Chester, was born May 24, 1777, and died May 25, 1856. He married Betsey Putnam and had ten children, viz.: Edward 0.; Eliza, died young; Eliza (deceased), married, first, Abner Field, second, Ezra Dean; Mary (deceased), married Weber Andrews; Harriet (deceased), married John F. Hawkes; Alfred ; Esther, widow of Silas Richardson, resides in Waukesha, Wis.; Ezra Putnam, died in Chicago. 111.; Julia, wife of Silas Sawyer, of Waukesha, Wis.; and J. Harvey, a resident of Westminster, Vt.
Sargent, Edward 0., son of Ezra, was born in Chester, August 4, 1801, and married Joanna Atwood. They had live children, viz.: Augusta B., wife of Abraham Dodge, of Chester ; Edward, resides in Omro. Wis.; Ellen, wife of N. A. Child, of Temple, N. H.; Mary Jane, died young ; and Atwood. Edward 0. died February 26, 1872.
Sargent, Atwood, son of Edward 0., was born at Chester, November 26, 1841, and married Mary F. Wyman, of Granville, N. Y. Their four children are Ruth, Alice A., Mary G. and Julia.
Sherwin, David A., was born at Windham, Vt., October 9, 1814, and married for his first wife Caroline Perry, by whom he had one child, Ann, who married Henderson Blanchard. He came to Chester in 1838, and engaged in the mercantile business. He died August 20, 1865.
Walker, Elijah, married for his first wife a Miss Johnson, by whom he had two children, viz.: John, died at Dorset, Yt, and Leonard, died at Omaha, Neb. His second wife was Dorcas Wyman. Their children were Sally (deceased), married William Hobbs; Atlanta, Fannie, Wyman, all of whom died single; and Charles, born in Chester, October 25, 1818, married Olive Newton, and their children are Charles, Ida and Herman.
Williams.-The families of this name in the town of Chester are descended from Roger Williams. Othniel Williams, the first settler in Chester, was a son of Jeremiah, who was a son of Jeremiah, he being a son of Joseph, who was a son of Daniel, a son of Roger Williams. Othniel was born at Providence, R. I., March 3, 1761, and married Dorcas Fields. Their children were Pardon, died at Belleville, N. Y.; Avis, married Ezekiel Davis; Huldah (deceased), married Moses Perkins; Keziah, died young; Soviah (deceased), married Ophir Edson ; Alexander, died at Belleville, N. Y.; Arthur; Thomas; Rest, died young; Othniel, resides in Rutland, Vt. ; Alvin, died in Troy, N. Y.
Williams, Thomas, son of Othniel, was born in Chester, August 9, 1798, and married Betsey Sawyer. Their children were, Abigail, who died nineteen years of age; Laurenza (deceased), married Albert Baldwin; Elizabeth, died nineteen years of age ; Henry Olin, died in infancy; Warren Carlos, died at five years of age ; Warren Carlos; Maria A. (deceased), married Putnam Sargent; George Alvin, died young. Thomas died July 13, 1883, his wife passing away just two days before. They are buried in the same grave.
Williams, Warren Carlos, son of Thomas, was born in Chester, July 6, 1833, and married Nellie Stevens. Their children are Walter S., a resident of Pipestone, Minn.; John P., a graduate of Brown University, and Professor of Mathematics in Providence High School; Mary I., wife of C. 0. Pratt, of St. Paul, Minn.; and Edith L.
Williams, Arthur, son of Othniel, was born in Chester, March 3, 1797, and married Clarissa Dean. Of their three children, one died in infancy. The others were Darius Dean and Myron A., died without issue. Arthur died January 8, 1878.
Williams, Darius Dean, son of Arthur, was born in Chester, December 9, 1824, and married Elizabeth L. Aiken. Their children were Arthur, a resident of Gardiner, Mass.; Allen L.; and Dean C. Mr. Williams resides on the farm settled by his grandfather in 1788.
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