Archive:D. A. R. Lineage Books, Volume 41
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Volume 41, page 51
Mrs. Ruth Ryder Brigham Harter.
DAR ID Number: 40140
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Wife of Frank Dexter Harter, M. D.
Descendant of Capt. Benjamin Walker, Gershom Brigham and Lemuel Whitney.
Daughter of Gershom Nelson Brigham (1820-86) and Agnes Ruth Walker (1845-94), his wife, m.
1875.
Granddaughter of Elisha Brigham (1792-1863) and Sophronia Ryder (1799-1876), his wife, m.
1817; Ephraim Walker, Jr., and Ruth Whitney, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Gershom Brigham and Sarah Allen (1756-1829), his wife, m. 1783;
Ephraim Walker and Martha Manning, his wife; Cyrus Whitney (1770-1860) and Ruth Mayo
(1770-1818), his wife, m. 1796.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Benjamin Walker and Abiel Abbott, his wife; Lemuel Whitney and
Thankful Griffith (1745-1818), his wife, m. 1769.
Benjamin Walker, (1742-75), served as captain in Col. Ebenezer Bridge's company. He was
severely wounded at Bunker Hill and died of his wounds, a prisoner in Boston jail. He was born in
Billerica, Mass.
Also No. 38191.
Gershom Brigham, (1749-1817), was a minute man from Marlboro under Capt. William Brigham
at Concord, 1775. He died in Fayston, Vermont.
Lemuel Whitney, (1743-1813), was a manufacturer of saltpetre which was made into gunpowder.
He also served in the army. He was born in Leicester, Mass.; died in Springfield, Vt.
Volume 41, page 140
Mrs. Grace L. Hooker Whitney.
DAR ID Number: 40365
Born in Gardiner, Maine.
Wife of Orville Whitney.
Descendant of Riverious Hooker.
Daughter of Andrew Jackson Hooker and Harriet Coombs Knox, his wife.
Granddaughter of Riverious Hooker, 3rd, and Hannah Chaddock, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Riverious Hooker, 2nd (1776-1856) and Hulda Maynard Cannon
(1781-1857), his wife, m. 1779.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Riverious Hooker and Mehitable Baker (1755-1804), his wife, m.
1775.
Riverious Hooker marched from Cheshire county, New Hampshire to re-enforce the army at
Ticonderoga under Col. [p.140] Benjamin Bellows. In 1778 he was a resident of Pownalsboro,
Maine when mustered in the service for three years. He was born 1749 in East Hartford,
Conn.
Volume 41, page 141
Mrs. Maggie Osgood Blackmer.
DAR ID Number: 40370
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Wife of Fred W. Blackmer.
Descendant of Samuel Whitney and of Silas Whitney 1st, of Massachusetts.
Daughter of Jonathan L. Whitney and Hannah T. Moore, his wife.
Granddaughter of Silas Whitney, 3rd, and Olive Knight (1804-95), his wife, m. 1826.
Gr.-granddaughter of Silas Whitney, 2nd (1779-1846) and Hannah Cushing (1783-1854), his
wife, m. 1801.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Silas Whitney, 1st, and Sarah Withington (1753-1820), his wife, m.
1774.
Gr.-gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Samuel Whitney and Abigail Fletcher, his wife, m. 1741.
Samuel Whitney, (1719-82), responded to the Lexington Alarm from Westminster. He was born
in Weston.
Also No. 11948.
Silas Whitney 1st, (1752-98), responded to the first call for troops. He was born in Westminster;
died in Ashburnham.
Volume 41, page 142
Mrs. Abbie Frances Fay Day.
DAR ID Number: 40373
Born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
Wife of John Eddy Day.
Descendant of Capt. Amos Fairbanks, of Massachusetts.
Daughter of Hamilton Baxter Fay and Hannah Fairbanks, his wife.
Granddaughter of Joseph Fairbanks (1776-1826) and Betsey Mead Whitney (1782-1844), his
wife, m. 1803.
Gr.-granddaughter of Amos Fairbanks and Rhoda Sawyer (1741 1813), his wife.
Amos Fairbanks, (1737-1809), served as lieutenant at the Lexington Alarm and subsequently as
captain. He was a member of the Committee of Safety 1780. He was born and died in
Harvard.
Also No. 23132.
Volume 41, page 188
Mrs. Lillian Sanger Green.
DAR ID Number: 40498
Born in Littleton, New Hampshire.
Wife of Frederick Elmer Green.
Descendant of Lieut. John Ide, Sergt, John Woods, John Brown and Eleazer Sanger.
Daughter of Thaddeus E. Sanger M. D. (b. 1832) and Ianthe Kneeland, his wife.
[p.188] Granddaughter of Willard Hall Kneeland (1805-75) and Cleora Woods (1810-91), his
wife; Esra Sanger (b. 1804) and Sarah Maria Brown, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of John Woods, Jr. (1783-1842) and Ellathan Ide (1773-1854), his wife; John
Brown, Jr., and Sarah Ide, his wife; Eleazer Sanger, Jr. and Sabrina Whitney, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of John Ide and Deborah Pond (1747-1821), his wife, m. 1781; John
Woods and Abigail Taylor Ely, his wife; John Brown; Eleazer Sanger and Hannah Sherwood, his
wife.
See No. 40497.
John Woods, (1750-1810), was at the siege of Boston. He served in the Rangers under his father
in the Burgoyne campaign. His widow received a pension for twenty-two months actual service of
the soldier as private and sergeant in the Massachusetts and Vermont lines. He was born in
Pepperell, Mass.; removed to Vermont 1777 and died in Windsor, Vt.
Also Nos. 16321, 32542.
John Brown was a minute man at the Lexington Alarm from Rehoboth where he was born
1740.
Eleazer Sanger, (1735-1800), served from Keene in the New Hampshire militia.
Volume 41, page 189
Mrs. Mary Bugbee Blake.
DAR ID Number: 40500
Born in Littleton, New Hampshire.
Wife of Israel Octave Blake.
Descendant of Lieut Nehemiah Batchellor, of Massachusetts.
Daughter of Ralph Bugbee, Jr., M. D. and Jennett Cutler Batchellor, his wife.
Granddaughter of Stillman Batchellor and Mary Jane Smith, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Isaac Batchellor and Mary Wetherbee, his wife. Eleazer Sanger, Jr., and
Sabrina Whitney, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Nehemiah Batchellor and Lucy Hayward (1747-1822), his wife, m.
1766.
Nehemiah Batchellor, (1741-1822), served in the Rhode [p.189] Island Alarm and held many
offices of trust. He was born in Grafton; died in Boxboro, Mass.
Also No. 37440.
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