Hatfield Town (part 16 of 16)

Williams Woodbridge

d. Nov. 26, 1796, ae. 47. He possessed to a great extent the confidence of his people. As a public speaker, he was universally acceptable. His preaching was evangelical and plain. A volume of his sermons was published after his death; Martha, b. Nov. 27, 1750, m. Nov. 4, 1779, Rev. Nathaniel Emmons, D. D., of Franklin; Sarah, h. Aug. 10, 1752, d. unm. June 9, 1836, ae. 83.

Wright Younglove

Thomas Jewett of Bennington, Vt., held various important offices, among others, that of Chief Judge of Bennington Co., and d. March 24, 1837, ae. 73.

YOUNGLOVE, John, removed as is supposed from Ipswich to Brookfield, where he was a preacher, though not ordained. About 1675, he came to Hadley, and for several years taught the Graminar School. He afterwards preached in Suffield, where he d. June 3, 1690. He m. Sarah, who d. Jan. 1 7, 1710. Children - John; Samuel, b. Feb. 10, 1676, m. July 28, 1696, Abilene Hunter; James, b. Oct. 6, 1701, m. Hannah Phelps, and d. in Suffield, Oct. 21, 1723; Joseph, b. Nov. 26, 1682, m. Anna, and res. in Suffield, Ct.; Sarah, m. Sept. 25, 1682, John Taylor of Suffield, and d. June 19, 1683; Mary, m. Dec. 2, 1689, Thomas Smith of Suffield, and d. June 24, 1743; Hannah, m. Dec. II, 1695, George Norton of Suffield, and d. Nov. 23, 1715; Lydia, m. April 26, 1693, George Granger of Suffield.

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Cooledge, Nathaniel, Jr., deacon, merchant. Representative 1828, d. April 9, 1835. He m. Nov. 7, 1827, Lois Eastman, dau. of William Porter.

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Fox, Joel, m. April 19, 1801, Lucinda Cook, and had besides those children mentioned on page 53, Amy Smith, bapt. April 6, 1806; and Calvin, bapt. Aug. 21, 1808.

wife - Nancy Spur, m. William Wood of Watertown, N. Y.; Mary, m. O. B. Brainerd of Watertown, N. Y. ; Sarah R.,m. Rev. M. L. R.P.Thompson, D. D., of Cincinnati, O.; Joseph, b. 1815, grad. at West Point, 1837, served with distinction in Mexico as aid-de-camp to Brig. Gen. Hamer, was for a few years in U. S. service in California and Oregon, resigned his commission in 1853, and became a farmer in Sonora,on the Bay of San Francisco. At the breaking out of the Rebellion in 1861 , he tendered his services to the Government, and was soon appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers, and later on account of his valor at the battle of Antietam, was made Major General.

Marsh, Calvin, m. Oct. 7, 1800, Anna Smith. Children - Orsamus, m. Harriet Smith; Hiram,, bapt. Aug. 30, 1804, m. Betsey, dau. of Jason Stockbridge, and res. in Boston; Chapman, bapt. 1806; Calvin, bapt. 1808; Oliver; Elizabeth; Ann; Elihu; Merriam.

Porter, James Bayard, s. of William, (15) p. 114, is a merchant. He m. Jan. 6, 1836, Susan Parsons. Children - Edward Clarke, b. Dec. 3, 1836, grad. Y. C. 1858, delivered the poem at the Bi-Centennial Celebration; Charlotte Williams, b. Oct. 6, 1840; William Parsons, b. March 9, 1S44.

Stockbridge, Caleb, s. of David, m. (i) 1795, Sarah AUis of Hatfield; (2) April 6, 1805, Mrs. Achsah Fairbanks. Children - Ca/c6; Eber; AUis; David.

Stockbridge, Jason, s. of David, deacon in No. Had. church. Representative, 1835, d. i860. He m. (i) Sept. 21, 1800, Esther, dau. of Samuel Wright; (2) Oct. 26, 1815, Abigail, dau. of John Montague of Sunderland. Children by first wife - Samuel, bapt. Aug. 30, 1804; Betsey, bapt. April 25, 1805, m. Hiram Marsh, and res. in Boston; Jason, b. April 5, 1806. By second wife - Levi, Representative, 1855; Henry Smith, grad. A. C. 1845, is a lawyer in Baltimore, Md.; Elvira, d.