Old Families of Weston
History of Windsor County Vermont
Lewis Cass Aldrich published in 1891
Cragin.-The Cragin family of Weston are descendants from John Cragin, a native of Scotland, who came to Woburn, Mass., about 1652. He married Sarah Dawes, and had a son, John, who married Deborah Skilton. Their son John married Judith Barker, and in their family was Benjamin, who married Mercy Robbins. Their son Benjamin, born in Temple, N. H., May 4, 1767, came to Weston in 1794. He married Rebecca Farrar, and they had the following family: Mercy, died young; Rebecca, died young; Benjamin, died in Ohio; Aaron, died in Weston; Oliver, died in Ohio ; Rebecca (deceased), married Ivis Holden; Adna, died in Ludlow. Benjamin died January 25, 1804. His wife died January 31, 1834.
Cragin, Aaron, son of Benjamin, was born in Weston, December 31, 1769, and married Sarah Whitney, born October 15, 1798. He died March 23, 1881. Their children were Hon. Aaron Harrison, lawyer, Member of Congress from New Hampshire from 1855 to 1859, represented the State in the United States Senate two terms, at present resides in Washington, D. C; Sarah Helen, wife of John Wilder, of Winchester, Mass.; Richard Whitney, resides in Lebanon, N. H.; and John Quincy Adams.
Cragin, John Quincy Adams, son of Aaron, was born in Weston, March 20, 1828, and married Mary E. Pierce, and has two children, Charles Henry, a resident of Cawker City, Kan.; and Carrie, wife of H. P. Stimson, of Kansas City, Mo.
Drury, David, was born November 7, 1763, and died June 8, 1818. He married Lucy Richardson, and was one of the early settlers of Weston. Their children were Amy, Sybil, Lucy, all of whom died single; David, died in Weston, and left no male issue; John, Ezra, died without issue, and Nehemiah, died young.
Drury, John, son of David, was born in Weston, December 28, 1793, and died September 3, 1865. He married Bridget Fletcher. Their children were John, died in Weston; Ezra, died at the age of nineteen years; Wakefield, died young; Alonzo H.; Sophia, died five years of age; Constant Freeman, resides in Boston, Mass.; Sophia, wife of L. L. Lawrence, of Weston; and David S., of Marionsville, Pa.
Drury, Alonzo H., son of John, was born in Weston, April 15, 1825, and married Nancy Jane Persons, and has two children: Jane, wife of Edward Wilder, of Weston, and Henry, who married Cora Houghton and has no children.
Foster, Jacob, was born in Temple, N. H., March 23, 1769, and came to Weston early in the present century. He married and had the following family : Amy (deceased), married Benjamin Smith; James, died in Weston, leaving no issue; John Kendall, died at Akron, O.; Polly, died single; Jeremiah; Laura (deceased), married Calvin P. Mead; Lydia (deceased), married Gilman Austin; Jonas; Jonathan, resides in Akron, O.; Andrew Jackson; and Isaac, died young. Jacob died April 12, 1853.
Foster, Jeremiah, son of Jacob, was born in Weston, February 14, 1807, and married July 11, 1833, Mary Temple, who was born February 7, 1813. They had three children, viz.: Jeremiah M., died March 26, 1887; Edwin K., a resident of East Cornish, Me.; and Wells Atwood. Jeremiah died September 30, 1841.
Foster, Wells Atwood, son of Jeremiah, was born in Weston, April 8, 1837, and married Lovine Lois Benson. They have two children, viz.: Ella V., wife of Walter M. Wright, of Ashburnham, Mass.; and Vernie Atwood, born in Weston. August 7, 1876. Owing to the death of his father, when only four years of age, he received his education only from the common schools. By the death of his mother he was left an orphan at the age of thirteen years, and became dependent on his own resources. From this time until he purchased an interest in the above works, he passed his life in farming, working in a saw-mill most of the time in Mount Holly, Vt, and for two years was engaged in steam and gas fitting in Boston, Mass. Mr. Foster was the first citizen elected to represent the town in the biennial sessions of the Legislature.
Hamilton, Hans, was born in Chesterfield, N. H., March 18, 1780, and came to Weston in 1807. He married Betsey G. Mark, of Gilsum, N. H., September 12, 1809, and had six children, viz.: Annie, married Nelson Pease, died July 11, 1855, and had seven children, Annie E., Rhoda A., Arvilla B., Hiland N., Mary, Loren H., and Nancy J.; Mary, married Luther Mark of Gilsum, N. H., and had two sons, Hans H. and Luther W. F.; Fannie, married Gardner Carlton, of Mount Holly, Vt., died June 5, 1851, and had two sons, one died in infancy, and Andrew G., who now resides at Brattleboro, Vt. ; Hiram, died February 3, 1835 ; Harriet, married Henry York, and had one son, Hira H. (deceased) ; Betsey G., married Andrew J. Shattuck, and had six children, a daughter died young, Andrew, Parker G.. Ara (died April 25, 1862), Winfield S., and Ella B., wife of Elwin G. Butterfield, of Westminster, Vt. Hans died May 11, 1859; his wife died August 15, 1870.
Heseltine, Isaiah, was born in Manchester, N. H., February 24, 1809. Arriving at the age of manhood he came to Deny, Vt., and engaged in the carding business. He came to Weston in 1848 and carried on the business until his death, November 11, 1888. He married Relief Walker and the following are their children: Clifford C, of Brattleboro, Vt.: Hiland H., was a member of Company G, Sixteenth Vermont Regiment, resides in Gardiner, Mass.; and Abby, wife of Horace F. Cole, of Felchville, Vt.
Jaquith, Rollin B., was born in Mount Holly, Vt., March 19, 1844, and is the second son of Isaac and Mary (Cole) Jaquith. He attended the local schools, and was for a short time a student in the Eastman Commercial College, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. His father having been a farmer, he also worked on a farm until he was twenty-one years of age, when he engaged in the mill business, and became a member of the firm of Foster &; Jaquith. Mr. Jaquith is also a member of the firm of Jaquith, Bryant & Co., who operate a saw-mill in Peru, Vt., where 600,000 feet of lumber are annually manufactured into plain and rounded finished chair-stock. He married Miss Susan Shedd, and they have six children, viz.: Grace B., Harlan C, Maude L., Ray B., Arthur F., and Frank A.
Peabody, Samuel, was born in Wilton, N. H., February 20, 1774, and died April 21, 1852. He is of the seventh generation from .John Peabody, the original English settler. He married Lucina Pease and had the following family : Samuel; Ephraim, died without issue; Lucina (deceased), married Smith Miles; Joel and Abial, both died without issue; Tirzah (deceased), married a Mr. Benton; Harriet, died single; Maria, a Mrs. Hough, resides in Omro, Wis.; Betsey, died single; William, died in Putnam, N. Y.; John, died young. Samuel died April 21, 1852.
Peabody, Samuel, son of Samuel, was born in Weston, March 9, 1803, and married for his first wife Eunice G. Lovejoy. Their only child, Eunice, died at the age of seventeen years. His second wife was Betsey Lovejoy. Their children were Hannah ; Elizabeth, died at fifteen years of age ; Ellen Maria, died at twenty-five years of age ; Alma Eugenia, died young ; Emma Cornelia, resides at Weston ; Samuel Henry, died at seven years of age. Samuel died over eighty years of age, December 6, 1883.
Shattuck, Parker, was born at Temple, N. H., and came to Weston in 1802. He married Sarah Spafford of his native town, and they had ten children, of whom Ralph and Virtue died young. The others were : Sally, married first Orrin Peck, second Lemuel Abbott of Windham, Vt.. and had seven children by first husband, viz. : Orin and Sarah J., died young ; James F., married Silva White and resides at Strafford, Vt. ; Shattuck P., was killed in the War of the Rebellion ; Lucy M., married Ora E. Abbott, died March 15, 1863; Oren A., resides at Fair Haven, Vt.; Mary E., married K. E. Beckwith, died July 2, 1868. Parker, son of Parker, married first Nancy Jewett of Temple, N. H., second Mrs. Addeline White, and had eight children, viz.: a son died in infancy ; Nancy A. (deceased); Mary J. (deceased), married Lucius Burton (deceased); Fernando P., married Jane Comstock (deceased), resides at North Andover, Mass.; Rhoda (deceased); Elizabeth H., first married Byron S. Cobb, second Jay Wilkinson ; Sarah B. (deceased), married Elbert W. Arnold, of Londonderry, Vt.; Flora R., married E. Dana Bryant, resides at Gardiner. Mass. Lucy (deceased), daughter of Parker, married first James Foster (deceased), second Rev. Daniel Packer of Mount Holly, Vt., had one son, Judson D. S. Packer, who married Alice Holton and resides at Mount Holly, Vt. Daniel S., son of Parker, died March 19, 1859, married Lucy Abbott, had five children, three of whom died young; the others are Ann J., married Hans H. Mark, resides at Rockingham, Vt., and Anthony, married Clara Benson, resides at Mount Holly, Vt. Ashley, son of Parker, married Elvira Sawyer, of Mount Holly, Vt., died August 9, 1872, had five children, viz.: Lucy E., married Putney S. Hammon (died April 5. 1860); Daniel A., married Emma Coleman ; Fred A., married Jennie Hathorn of Rutland, Vt.; Abby J., married E. Freeman Eastman; Adelno P., married Augusta Millard of Danby, Vt. Clark, son Parker, married Louisa Sawyer of Mount Holly, Vt., and their children were Harrison C, married Mary J. Davis of Boston, Mass.; B. Frank, married Fannie Manning, resides at; Somerville, Mass.; Francelia. married W. S. Foster: George W., married Emma Clayton; and Jewett W., died November 7, 1864. Andrew J., son of Parker, was born in Weston, February 2, 1817, married Betsey G. Hamilton, of Weston ; of their six children, one, a daughter, died in infancy ; the others are Andrew, married Abbie M. Taylor, resides in California ; Parker I., married Mary C. Felton ; Ara, died April 25, 1862 ; Winfield S.; and Ella B., the wife of Elwin G. Butterfield of Westminster, Vt. Parker Shattuck died August 19, 1869; his wife died December 11, 1851.
Spaulding, Simeon, was born in Hollis, N H., February 7, 1782, and came to Weston in 1814. He died December 28, 1839. He married Hannah Dow, and had eight children, viz.: Simeon D.; Hannah C. died single; Lucy M., wife of James M. Taylor, of Weston; James G.; Abigail D. (deceased), married Batchelder Parker; Lydia L. (deceased), married Micajah Martin ; Eliza A. and Mary A., both died single.
Spaulding, Simeon D., son of Simeon, was born in Weston, February 19, 1816, and married Dorothy Maria Lawrence, by whom he had one child, Melvin L., a resident of Potosi, Wis. His second wife was Eliza B. Work. They had two children, Mary Ann Eliza, and Harry S , who died young. His third wife is Mary Eliza Pease.
Spaulding, James G., son of Simeon, was born in Weston, September 21, 1822. he married Sophia, daughter of John Hull. They have no children.
Sprague, Charles W., was born in Plymouth, Vt., March 1, 1825. and was the youngest son of Charles and Betsey (Moore) Sprague. He began work on his uncle Ephraim Moore's farm, and removed with him into the town of Weston in 1838. His education was limited to the local schools, and when twenty years old he began the mercantile business, which he has ever since followed. He is at present a member of the firm of Sprague & Richardson. He has two children. Charles B., of Weston, and Sarah, wife of T. H. Richardson, of Weston. Mr. Sprague has been a resident of the town of Weston more than half a century, and since 1857 has resided in the village. The town is indebted to him for many of its improvements, but his spirit of enterprise has not always been appreciated by his townsmen, and in several instances, says he, he has been unfairly treated ; as, for example, when the school district placed a high fence between his residence and the school building, thus cutting off the rear entrance to his dwelling and out-houses. In another case he was bondsman for a defaulting constable who held his office illegally. In this case the town refused to compromise the case, causing Mr. Sprague a loss of over $700. At the same meeting the town was at the expense of $600 on account of the illegal action of another official.
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