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Stowell, William Henry Harrison, Stowell genealogy: a record of the descendants of Samuel Stowell, of Hingham, Mass., {Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1922).

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25. THOMAS⁴ STOWELL (Samuel³, David², Samuel¹) was born in Watertown, Mass., 28 Sept. 1719, died in Waltham, Mass., 11 Jan. 1755, age 35, married Waltham, Mass., 18 July 1745, Rebecca Whitney, dau. of Ensign David and Rebecca (Fillebrown) Whitney, b. Watertown, Mass., 2 Nov. 1721.

Lived in Watertown and Waltham, Mass. Was a clothier.

Had a seat in the Watertown Congregational Church in 1741.

In seven deeds 1742 to 1753 he is described as Thomas Stowell of Waltham. In one deed in 1747, of Watertown. In one deed in 1750 as of Lexington.

Children born Waltham, Mass.:

i.	REBECCA5, b. 9 Sept. 1746, d. Groton, Mass., 14 Nov. 1830, age 84, m. there 2 April 1767, Capt. Abraham Child, son of Isaac and Eunice (Pierce) Child, b. Waltham, Mass., 12 Aug. 1741, d. Groton, Mass., 3 Jan. 1834, age 92. Capt. Child was in the Indian Wars 1760-1763. Was in the Battle of Lexington 1775. Was Captain in the Revolution in New Jersey. Children born Waltham, Mass. (Child): 1. DAVID or DANIEL, b. 29 Nov. 1767. 2. JONATHAN, b. 5 March 1769. 3. WILLIAM, b. 16 Sept. 1770. 4. NABBY or ABIGAIL, b. 26 May 1772, m. Waltham, Mass., 2 April 1797, James Buchanan. 5. REBECCA, b. 18 Sept. 1773. 6. ABRAHAM, b. 16 Feb. 1775. 7. THOMAS, b. 21 April 1777.
71. ii.	DAVID, b. 7 Feb. 1748.
iii.	ELIZABETH, b. 14 June 1752, d. 4 Aug. 1797, age 45, m. 1774, Aaron Brown, son of Isaac and Mary (Balch) Brown, b. Watertown, Mass., 16 Sept. 1752, d. 14 Nov. 1811, age 59. Aaron Brown was a merchant in New Ipswich and Boston. He m. 2d, Thesta Dana, dau. of Hon. Samuel Dana of Brighton, Mass. Children (Brown): 1. AARON, b. Lincoln, Mass., 15 Jan. 1774, d. 13 June 1843, age 69, m. Lucy Bartlett. Children: i. Lucy, ii. George, iii. Isaac, iv.William, v. Elizabeth, vi. Charles. 2. MARY, b. 27 Nov. 1777, d. 8 Nov. 1830, age 53, m. Timothy Dakin, son of Amos and Sarah (Minot) Dakin, b. Lincoln, Mass., 27 March 1764. 3. BETSEY, b. Dec. 1779, d. 29 Jan. 1822, age 42, m. 4 Aug. 1799, Samuel Hale, son of Samuel asid Mindwell (Tillotson) Hale, b. Oxford, N. H., 10 Feb. 1773. Children (Hale): i. Elisabeth, ii. Elizabeth, iii. Samuel Brown, iv. Frederick Augustus, v. Samuel Brown, vi. George, vii. Elizabeth, viii. Edward. 4. ISAAC, b. Sept. 1782, d. 27 Sept. 1827, age 45. 5. SAMUEL, b. 20 Aug. 1783, d. 18 Sept. 1812, age 29. 6. Son, b. March 1785, d. March 1785. 7. SARAH, b. 6 July 1788, d. 21 Aug. 1790. 8. LUCY, b. Groton, Mass., 9 April 1792, d. Westborough, Mass., 19 July 1863, age 71, m. 29 March 1821, Rev. Elijah Demond, son of Israel H. and Hannah (Henry) Demond, b. Rutland, Mass., 1 Nov. 1790, d. Westborough, Mass., 20 July 1877, age 86. Children (Demond): i. Charles Brown, ii. Lucy Ann, iii. Sarah Ellen, iv. Mary Louisa, v. Edward Henry, vi. George Stowell. 9. SARAH, b. 1794, m. Gardner Blanchard Perry. Children (Perry): i. Gardner Blanchard, ii. Edward Hale, iii. Charles French, iv. Mary Sophia.

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42. OLIVER⁴ STOWELL {Nathaniel³, David², Samuel¹) was born at Pomfret, Conn., 7 Dec. 1744, died at Abington, Conn., 20 July 1836, age 91, married at Stafford, Conn., 30 July 1778, ABIGAIL STRICKLAND, dau, of Jonathan and Joanna Strickland, born at New London, Conn., 16 Aug. 1757, died New London, Conn., 18 Aug. 1856, age 99.

Oliver lived at Pomfret and Stafford, Conn. Was a physician. Was in the Revolution. He was active in forming a Public Library at Abington, Conn.

Pomfret Rec. gives one deed in name of Oliver Stowell of Pomfret, 1776 and two deeds in name of Oliver Stowell of Stafford 1778 and 1789.

Children born in Stafford, Conn.:

i.	MARGARET5, b. 4 Aug. 1779, d. 12 Dec. 1825, age 46, m. Zeno Farrington of Wales, Mass., b. Enfield, Conn., 10 May 1781, d. 9 Feb. 1864, age 82. Children born Wales, Mass. (Farrington): 1. BILLINGS STOWELL, b. 29 Nov. 1811. 2. ZENO, b. 10 Oct. 1813.
122. ii.	JONATHAN, b. 25 Aug. 1781.
123. iii.	AUGUSTUS OLIVER ARTEMUS, b. 4 June 1783.
124. iv.	ABIGAIL, b. 9 Aug. 1785.
v.	ALATHEA, b. 17 Feb. 1788, d. 11 Aug. 1879, age 91, m. Stafford, Conn., 11 March 1807, ASA CHILD, son of Jacob and Meletiah (Curtis) Child, b. West Woodstock, Conn., 13 Sept. 1781, d. Lenox, N. Y., July 1854, age 2. Lived at West Woodstock, and then Eaton and Lenox, N. Y. Children (Child): 1. ROYAL HIBBARD, b. W. Woodstock, Conn., 17 Jan. 1809, m. 14 Jan. 1835, CORNELIA DE GAASS GATES, b. Lebanon, N. Y., 25 Sept. 1814, d. 2 Oct. 1868. He m. 2d, SERVILIA GILBERT BENEDICT, dau. of Stephen Benedict. Lived at Lenox and Canastota, N. Y. Farmer. Children: i. George G., ii. Cyrene N., iii. Ezra G. 2. MARY, b. Eaton, N. Y., 22 May 1814, m. 8 May 1841, JULIUS DUNCAN, b. 28 Nov. 1814. Child (Duncan): i. Charles. 3. LURAN, b. Eaton, N. Y., 18 July 1819, m. 22 July 1846, AULTON A. BRIGGS, d. lowa. Lived at Leroy, Mo. Farmer. Children (Briggs): i. Ansel Child, ii. Carona Hibbard, iii. Rhoda Didcis, iv. William Floyd, v. John Charles Fremont, vi. Aulton FranJc, vii. Waird Potter, viii. Alathea. 4. ELIZA, b. Eaton, N. Y., 26 May 1821, m. 26 March 1843, THOMAS McCLEARY, b. 21 March 1814, d, 23 Feb. 1853. Lived at Sullivan, N. Y. Tanner. Children (McCleary): i. Mary, ii. Betsey, iii. Samuel, iv. Anna, v. Emma. 5. BENJAMIN, b. Lenox, N. Y., 1 June 1823, m, 17 Aug. 1849, CELESTIA ESMINA CHILD, dau. of Ephraim and Armenia (Higgins) Child, b. 20 Oct. 1831. Lived at Lenox, N. Y. Children: i. Alice, ii. Frank W., iii. Lucy A. 6. ROXY ANN, b. Lenox, N. Y., 28 June 1826, m. 12 Dec. 1860, ELBRIDGE W. FLOWER. L,ived at Warren, HI. and Montgomery Co., Iowa. Children (Flower): i. Alathea, ii. Emily E., iii. Jessie, iv. Grove L., v. Lizzie L., vi. Mark, vii. Mattie, viii. Infant. 7. EMILY, b. 26 Sept. 1829, at Lenox, N. Y., d. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 1860, m. Lenox, N. Y., 26 May 1852, FRANCIS DANIEL WHITNEY, son of Daniel Harris and Louisa (Caswell) Whitney, b. Mexico, N. Y., 1 March 1827, d. Cleveland, N. Y., April 1854. She m. 2d, 1857, Marcus Weaver. Children (Weaver): i. Ella, ii. Mattie, iii. George. vi. Pliny, b, 27 April 1790, d. 25 July 1812, age 22.
125. vii.	LUDOVICUS, b. 21 Jan. 1793.
126. viii.	LOREN, b. 3 March 1795.
ix.	LAURA, b. 3 March 1795, d. Kalamazoo, Mich., m. EDMUND CHAPMAN, b. Jefferson Co., N. Y., d. Kalamazoo, Mich. Lived at South German, N. Y., and Kalamazoo, Mich. He was a sea captain. Children (Chapman): 1. JOHN, b. South German, N. Y., 4 Aug. 1817. 2. LUCY ABIGAIL, b. South German, N. Y., 18 Aug. 1818. 3. GEORGE. 4. CHARLES.

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130. DEACON LUTHER⁵ STOWELL (Israel^4,3,2 Samuel¹) was born in Winchester, N. H., 18 Oct. 1772, d. Londonderry, Vt., 9 Nov. 1857, age 85, m. Petersham, Mass., 25 Dec. 1796. Lydia Clark of Petersham, dan. of David and Sarah Clark, b. Petersham, Mass., 18 Aug. 1777, d. Londonderry, Vt., 5 Dec. 1860, age 83.

Resided in Petersham, Mass., until 1797, Windham, Vt., until 1818, then Londonderry, Vt. Was a farmer. Was one of the most active and prominent citizens of Londonderry for many years and highly respected. Was Justice of the Peace for 34 years and married all his children except Harden. Was Deacon of the Congregational Church for fifty years. Was selectman for many years. Was postmaster for Londonderry 1825 to 1828. Was member of the State Legislature 1819, 1821, 1828. Member of the Constitutional Convention to revise the Constitution in 1814 and again in 1828.

Children:

329. i.	Col. JOSIAH6, b. Petersham, Mass., 30 April 1798.
ii.	FLORINDA, b. Windham, Vt., 27 Nov. 1799, d. there 9 June 1879, age 79, m. Londonderry, Vt., 23 Sept. 1819, IRA FARR, son of Abraham and Mary (Harris) Farr, b. Dummerston, Vt., 1 Dec. 1797, d. Windham, Vt., 6' March 1870, age 72. Children born in Windham, Vt. (FARR): 1. ABRAM, b. 24 Sept. 1820, d. Windham, Vt., 5 Aug. 1825. 2. WILLIAM CLARK, b. 7 Nov. 1822, d. Windham, Vt., 23 Aug. 1889, age 66, m. Windham, Vt., 29 Dec. 1851, Elsie A. C. BARRETT, b. Windham, Vt., 12 Oct. 1829, d. there 10 April 1890, age 60. Lived at Windham, Vt. Children: i. Flora, ii. William A. 3. LYDIA ADELINE, b. 2 Jan. 1825, d. Windham. Vt., 16 March 1894, age 69, m. there 13 March 1845, Hollis Gleason STOWELL, son of Reuben and Mary (Bennett) Stowell, b. Windham, Vt., 17 March 1821, d. Springfield, Mass., 14 Sept. 1912, age 90. 4. HENRIETTE, b. 20 April 1827, m. Windham, Vt., 1 Jan. 1849, DAVID E. ROBBINS, son of David and Olive (Bryant) Robbins, b. Wardsboro, Vt., 10 Oct. 1823, d. Windham, Vt., 26 April 1895, age 71. Lived at Windham, Vt. Children (ROBBINS): i. Mary Henrietta, ii. Addie Florinda, iii. Nettie May. 5. IRA ALONZO, b. 20 June 1830, d. Windham, Vt., 25 March 1833. 6. MARY, b. 27 Oct. 1833, d. Brattleboro, Vt,, 23 Aug, 1908, age 74, m. Windham, Vt., CHARLES ROBBINS. 7. LORA A., b. 7 April 1841, d. Londonderry, Vt., 1 March 1855.
330. iii.	DAVID CLARK, b. Windham, Vt., 15 March 1801.
331. iv.	HORACE, b. Windham, Vt., 10 Jan. 1803.
v.	HARDEN C, b. Windham, Vt., 27 April 1805, d. Londonderry, Vt., 24 Oct. 1881, age 76, unmarried.
vi.	ELIZABETH E., b. Windham, Vt., 28 Feb. 1807, d. Londonderry, Vt., 25 Dec. 1871, age 64, m. there 1 Sept. 1825, Dr. JEREMIAH WHEELER ARNOLD, b. Londonderry, Vt., 2 May 1802, d. there 13 June 1889, age 87. Physicdan. Lived at Londonderry, Vt. Children born Londonderry, Vt. (ARNOLD): 1. LYDIA J., b. 13 Aug. 1828, d. Mazomanie, Wis., 28 Sept. 1867, age 39, m. Londonderry, Vt., 17 Jan. 1847, ORIN WAIT PARK, son of Thomas Kinney and LuCinda (Wait) Park, b. Grafton, Vt., 26 Nov. 1823, d. Jefferson, Iowa, 16 Feb. 1904, age 80. Children (PARK): i. Ada A., ii. Ella L., iii. Frank L. 2. MARY J., b. 14 Jan. 1831, d. Londonderry, Vt., 13 March 1831. 3. NANCY, b. 11 Feb. 1832, d. Manchester, Vt., 11 Jan. 1882, unmarried. 4. LUTHER STOWELL, b. 28 Aug. 1834, d. Londonderry, Vt., 23 Nov. 1907, age 73, m. there 11 Feb. 1858, Marion WAIT, dau. of Sumner and Sally (Dodge) Wait, b. Londonderry, Vt., 1 Aug. 1835, d. there 23 June 1914, age 78. Physician and lived at Londonderry, Vt. Child: i. Elmore Ferdinand. 5. SAMUEL H., b. 2 March 1837, d. Londonderry, Vt., 7 March 1842. 6. LOUISA ISIDORE, b. 23 Nov. 1844, d. Manchester, Vt., 12 Feb. 1881, age 36, m. Keene, N. H., 24 Aug. 1863, Dr. JANES WASHBURN MARSH, son of Hiram Freeman and Aurelia Eveline (Davis) Marsh, b. Reading, Vt., 15 Oct. 1839. Lived at Peru, Londonderry, Dorset and Manchester, Vt. Physician. Children (MARSH) : I. Flora May, ii. Harriet Florence, iii. Lena Isidore. 7. ELBERT WARRINGTON, b. 19 Dec. 1847, d. Bellows Falls, Vt., 10 April 1895, age 47, m. Weston, Vt., 24 Sept. 1871, SARAH O. SHATTUCK, dau. of Daniel amd Olive (Sawyer) Shattuek, b. Weston, Vt., 15 May 1846, d. Londonderry, Vt., 12 Dec. 1871, age 25. He m. 2d, Londonderry, Vt., 3 Feb. 1878, MARY P. B. CURTIS, dau. of Eben M. and Mary T. (Bronson) Curtis, b. Warrensburg, N. Y., 1857. Children: i. Bertell, ii. Luther, iii. Alice W., iv. Lee Elbert.
332. vii.	LUTHER, b. Windham, Vt., 6 April 1809.
333. viii.	AVERY BACON, b. Windham, Vt., 12 April 1811.
ix.	MARY BUTLER, b. Windham, Vt., 25 Nov. 1813, d. Lyndboro, N. H., 28 Jan. 1879, age 65, m. 1st, Londonderry, N. H., 30 Dec. 1832, HENRY CHAPIN, son of Jesse and Eunice (Wheelock) Chapln, b. Uxbridge, Mass., 1 May 1797, d. Derry, N. H., 21 July 1836. She m. 2d, Nashua, N. H., 13 Aug. 1837, LORY BACON, b. Maine, 9 April 1811, d. Nashua, N. H., 25 Aug. 1854. She m. 3d, at Nashua, N. H., 3 Dec. 1858, JOSEPH PERHAM, son of Oliver and Anna R. Perham, b. Lyndboro, N. H., 17 Sept. 1802, d. Lyndboro, N. H., 16 Jan. 1879, age 76. Children by Henry Chapin: 1. MARY W., b. Derry, N. H., 20 Jan. 1834, d. Chicago, III., 1 Oct. 1890, age 56, m. Nashua, N. H., 20 Aug. 1854, JAMES HENRY WHEELER, son of James and Adaline (Briggs) Wheeler, b. Lynn, Mass., 20 Oct. 1833, d. New York City. Children by Lory Bacon: 2. GEORGE LORY, b. Nashua, N. H., 26 Nov. 1839, d. there 26 May 1842. 3. CHARLES ROSCOE, b. Nashua, N. H., 17 June 1842, d. New York City, 15 June 1916, age 74, m. Waltham, Mass., 7 Feb. 1866, Mary C. Stiles. Child: i. Charles C. 4. ABBY JANE, b. Nashua, N. H., 25 Aug. 1844, d. there 19 April 1849, age 4. 5. ELLEN LORETTA, b. Nashua, N. H., 12 Aug. 1850, m. Peabody, Mass., 11 Dec. 1877, FRANK P. WILKINS, son of Levi W. and Elizabeth W. Wilkins, b. Antrim, N. H., 12 June 1854. Child (WILKINS): i. Lyman W.
x.	LYDIA, b. Londonderry, Vt., 21 Aug. 1818, d. Waltham, Mass., 11 May 1896, age 77, m. Londonderry, Vt., 8 Jan. 1840, SAMUEL WHITNEY, son of Samuel and Polly (Wallace) Whitney, b. Townsend, Mass., 20 July 1817, d. Waltham, Mass., 17 Oct. 1894, age 77. Lived in Nashua, N. H., and Waltham and Taunton, Mass. For many years was a skillful mechanic for the Nashua Mfg. Co. In 1864 entered employ of American Watch Co., at Waltham, from which he retired in 1888. Children born Nashua, N. H., (WHITNEY): 1. GEORGE WALLACE, b. 27 March 1843, d. Waltham, Mass., 26 May 1881, m. Gardner, Mass., 21 May 1867, Lucy Ann Harrington, dau. of Daniel and Nancy (White) Harrington, b. Westminster, Mass., 14 Sept. 1847, d. 9 March 1917. Was a Universalist minister and lived in Quincy, Saugus, Westminster, Mass., and Augusta, Me. No children. 2. FRANK ADELBERT, b. 5 Sept. 1846, d. Nashua, N. H., 22 July 1849. 3. ELBERT WATSON, b. 8 Dee. 1849, m. Quincy, Mass., 8 Sept. 1875, MARY FRANCES FRENCH, dau. of Dr. Charles S. and Dorothy (Norcross) French, b. Quincy, Mass., 13 June 1854. Lived in Quincy and Peabody and Milford, Mass. Universalist minister. Graduate Tufts College, A.B., 1873, B.D., 1875. Children: i. Mabel, ii. Arthur Bryant. 4. CHARLES HENRY, b. 19 June 1860.
334. xi.	HENRY CHAPIN, b. Londonderry, Vt., 17 April 1821.

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307. SCHUYLER ADRIAN⁶ STOWELL {Calvin⁵, Daniel⁴, Nathaniel³, David², Samuel¹) was bom in Pomfret, Conn., 28 Jan. 1810, d. Chittenango, N. Y., 10 Feb. 1879, age 69, m. 1st, Geneva, N. Y., 10 Feb. 1832, ALMIRA MILES, dau. of Sanford and Lucretia (Walters) Miles, b. Geneva, N. Y., 1813, d. Auburn. N. Y., 1832. He m. 2d at Tully, N. Y., 2 Feb. 1834, HARRIET FRISBIE, dau. of Thaddeus and Sally (Foote) Frisbee, b. Tully, N. Y., 15 Sept. 1815, d. Auburn, N. Y., 4 April 1849, age 33. He m. 3d Cazenovia, N. Y., 30 Oct. 1865, MARIAN ELLERY FOOTE, dau. of Nathan Ellery and Frances Lamar (Scott) Foote, b. Frostburg, Md., 5 July 1840.

Resided in Borodino, and Chittenango, N. Y. Veterinary Surgeon.

Children by second wife, Harriet:

i.	CALVIN REVILOW7, b. Borodino, N. Y., 4 Feb. 1836, d. there in infancy.
ii.	WILLIAM EDWARD, b. Borodino, N. Y., 1 Jan, 1841, d. there in infancy.
iii.	HARRIET ALMIRA, b. Borodino, N. Y., 19 June 1842, m. at Chittenango, N. Y., 25 Sept. 1860, WILLIAM H. WEBBER, son of Seth and Maria (Ormsbee) Webber, b. New Woodstock, N. Y., 7 Aug. 1838. Lived at Cazenovia, N. Y. Hardware dealer. Children born Cazenovia, N. Y. (Webber): 1. WILLIAM SETH, b. 20 Feb. 1862, m. Minerva Alice WINEGAR, dau. of Theodore and Sarah (Waters) Winegar, b. Fabius, N. Y., 10 Nov. 1863. Children: i. Camilla, ii. William Howland. 2. HATTIE MARIA, b. 9 Sept. 1868, m. George H. Hall. Children (Hall) : i. Irene Webber, ii. Camilla Louise.
iv.	CHARLES WILLIAM, b. Seneca Falls, N. Y., 5 April 1847, m. LiLMAN Cole. Children: 1. FRANK. 2. JAMES.
v.	JOHN HOWLAND, b. Warren 'a Corners, N. Y., 24 Feb. 1849.
vi.	GENEVRA ELLERY, b. Chittenango, N. Y., 11 May 1869, m. there 4 June 1887, JOHN HOWARD WHITNEY, son of John Bellamy and Mary Mack (Dougherty) Whitney, b. Chittenango, N. Y., 4 July 1858. Lived in Chittenango, N. Y. Children born there (WHITNEY): 1. LUELLA ROWENA STOWELL, b. 17 March 1888, m. Chittenango, N. Y., 22 Sept. 1907, RAYMOND FOSS SMITHSON, son of Hugh Garlicb and Nettie Drusilla (Foss) Smithson, b. Clark's Mills, N. Y., 4 Jan. 1887. No children. 2. MADGE HELENE, b. 27 April 1890. 3. NAOMI JEAN, b. 4 May 1892.
648. vii.	WILLIAM GARRETT SMITH, b. Chittenango, N. Y., 20 July 1872.
viii.	ADRIANA FRANCES, b. CMttenango, N. Y., SO Oct. 1874, d. Hamilton, N. Y., 30 Nov. 1876.
649. ix.	ARTHUR ROMAIN, b. Chittenango, N. Y., 24 July 1876.
x.	ROWENA LUELLA SCOTT, b. Peterboro, N. Y., 30 Nov. 1877, m. Chittonango, N. Y., 22 Dec 1897, MERTON ALISON SNIDER, son of Simeon Clock and Ellen Herrick (Parkhill) Snyder, b. Clockville, N. Y., 17 July 1875. Residence, Ilion, N. Y. She a graduate of Normal College, Albany, 1893, and Syracuse University, 1897. Teacher of English. He is Electrical Engineer in Cornell University. No children.

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