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Volume 50, page 58
Mrs. Myra Amelia Brown Dow.
DAR ID Number: 49129
Born in Fitchburg, Mass.
Wife of James Jabez Dow.
Descendant of Sergt. Jonathan Brown.
Daughter of George Brown and Mary Perkins, his wife.
Granddaughter of Joseph Brown and Lucy Whitney, his 2nd wife.
Gr-granddaughter of Jonathan Brown and Huldah Hawkes, his wife.
Jonathan Brown (1742-1821) served as sergeant at the Lexington and Bennington Alarms. He
was born in Reading; died in Westminster, Pa.
Also No. 29001.
Volume 50, page 98
Mrs. Sarah Gertrude Curry.
DAR ID Number: 49219
Born in Dansville, N. Y.
Wife of William Wallace Curry.
Descendant of Sergt. Moses Eastman.
Daughter of Lucian Brock Proctor and Araminta D. Whitney, his wife.
Granddaughter of Jonathan Proctor and Ruth Carter, his wife.
[p.98] Gr-gr-granddaughter of Jacob Carter and Sarah Eastman, his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Moses Eastman and Elizabeth Kimball, his wife.
Moses Eastman (1732-1812) enlisted 1775 in Capt. Joshua Abbott's company, Col. John Stark's
regiment, and 1776 served as sergeant in Capt. Isaac Baldwin's company at the battle of
Bennington. He was born and died in Concord.
Also No. 5792.
Volume 50, page 117
Mrs. Etta Whitney Colburn Carlisle.
DAR ID Number: 49266
Born in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Wife of Alphonso Bernard Carlisle.
Descendant of Jonathan Colburn, William Douglas, and Lieut. Alexander Keith.
[p.117] Daughter of Webster J. Colburn and Ada Elizabeth Brabson, his wife.
Granddaughter of Albert Thomas Colburn and Betsy Alden, his wife; Reese Bowen Brabson and
Sarah Maria Keith, his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of Louis Colburn and Harriet Story, his wife; Charles Fleming Keith and
Elizabeth Douglas Hale, his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Jonathan Colburn and Lucy Thomas, his wife; Alexander Keith and Mary
Gallihue, his wife; Philip Hale and Katharine Douglas, his wife.
Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of William Douglas and Elizabeth Offutt, his wife.
Jonathan Colburn (1736-1826) served as a private in Capt. David Wilder's company, Col. Asa
Whitcomb's regiment, 1775. He was born in Concord, Mass.; died in Leominster.
William Douglas was too old for field duty, but served as sheriff of Loudoun County, Va., where,
in 1783, he died.
Alexander Keith served as lieutenant of the 6th Virginia regiment. He died, 1824, in
Mississippi.
Also No. 30207.
Volume 50, page 195
[p.193] Mrs. Minnie Blake Linscott.
DAR ID Number: 49440
Born in Farmington, Me.
Wife of George S. Linscott.
Descendant of Corp. Samuel P. Linscott, Josiah Blake, Solomon Adams, Ebenezer Butterfield,
Samuel Butterfield, Moses Chandler, Capt. John Lyon, Isaac Whitney, Andrew Dunning, Abijah
Hemenway, Lieut. Nathan Smith, Samuel Dadmun, Elijah Dadmun, William Parmenter, Ephraim
Richardson, and of Lieut. Abraham Coburn.
Daughter of John J. Linscott (b. 1846) and Rena C. Hemenway (1846-1901), his wife, m.
1868.
Granddaughter of Joseph A. Linscott (1812-95) and Sarah Adams Blake (1818-70), his wife, m.
1839; Martin D. Hemenway (b. 1816) and Cynthia Coburn (1813-82), his wife, m. 1844.
Gr-granddaughter of Jacob Linscott (1792-1817) and Betsy Hopkins Whitney (1795-1853) his
wife; Joseph Blake and Sarah Adams (1793-1818), his wife, b. 1815; Abijah Hemenway (b. 1787)
and Lucinda Dadmun (1786-1826), his wife; Abraham Coburn, Jr., (b. 1775) and Miriam
Richardson (b. 1779), his wife, m. 1801.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Samuel P. Linscott and Dorcas Dunning (1758-1846), his wife, m. 1776;
Josiah Blake and Betsy Lyon (d. 1802), his 2nd wife; Solomon Adams and Hannah Butterfield
(1762-1856), his wife, m. 1786; Henry Whitney (1767-1849) and Abigail Walker (1776-1819),
his wife; Abijah Hemenway and Lydia Smith (1763-1841), his wife; Elijah Dadmun and Bathsheba
Parmenter, his wife, m. 1781; Ephriam Richardson and Mary Cheever, his 2nd wife, m. 1776;
Abraham Coburn and Mrs. Mary Massey, his 2nd wife, m. 1774.
Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Samuel Butterfield and Hannah Chandler (1742-1814), his wife, m.
1761; John Lyon and Miriam Fresket, his wife; Isaac Whitney and Mrs. Hannah Payne, his wife,
m. 1765; Andrew Dunning and Hannah Shepard (b. 1735), his wife; Nathan Smith and Susanna
Livermore (b. 1743), his wife; Samuel Dadmun and Lois Pratt (1736-1808), his wife; William
Parmenter and Mary Pepper (b. 1717), his wife, m. 1740.
Gr-gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Ebenezer Butterfield and Sarah Butterfield, his 1st wife; Moses
Chandler and Dorothy Marble (1719-60), his 1st wife, m. 1742.
Samuel Linscott (1751-1816) served as corporal in Capt. George Rogers' company, Col.
Nathaniel Jordan's regiment, 1779. He was born in Harpswell; died in Chesterville, Me.
Also No. 42924.
[p.194] Josiah Blake (1759-1840) served as private at the Lexington Alarm, from Rehoboth, in
Capt. Phanuel Bishop's company; 1777, in Capt. Loring Lincoln's company under Lieut.-Col.
Flagg. He was born in Massachusetts; died in Phillips, Me.
Solomon Adams (1758-1833) in 1777 served as private in Capt. James Varnum's company, Col.
Michael Jackson's regiment. He was born in Chelmsford, Mass.; died in Vienna, Me.
Ebenezer Butterfield (1706-95) was a patriot during the Revolution. He was born in Chelmsford;
died in Dunstable, Mass.
Samuel Butterfield (1738-1808) enlisted, 1777, as a private in the Revolution, from Farmington.
He was born in Dunstable; died in Farmington, Mass.
Moses Chandler (1720-1800), who had served in the French and Indian wars, was a member of
the Committee of Inspection and Safety, 1780. He was born in Westford, Mass.; died in East
Wilton, Me.
John Lyon commanded a company at the Lexington Alarm. He was born in 1739, in Rehoboth,
Mass.
Isaac Whitney (1720-1800) served, 1775, as private in Capt. John Elden's company from Buxton
County, Me. He was born in York; died in Freeport, Me.
Andrew Dunning (1727-1808) was a member of the Committee of Correspondence of Harpswell.
He was born in York; died in Harpswell, Me.
Abijah Hemenway (1755-1824) enlisted, 1777, as private in Capt. Joseph Winch's company, Col.
Samuel Bullard's regiment, and in 1780 in Capt. Lawson Buckminster's company, Col. Abner
Parry's regiment, on the Rhode Island Alarm. He was born and died in Framingham, Mass.
Nathan Smith (1741-80) served as corporal in Capt. Joseph Smith's company, Col. James
Barrett's regiment, which marched on the Lexington Alarm, and as lieutenant, 1776, in Col.
Ezekiel Hew's fourth Middlesex County regiment of Massachusetts militia. He was born in
Watertown; died in Framingham, Mass.
[p.195] Samuel Dadmun in 1780 enlisted as private in Capt. Nathan Drury's 6th company, Col.
Abner Parry's regiment. He was born in Framingham, where, in 1794, he died.
Elijah Dadmun served as private in Capt. Simon Edgell's company, which marched on the
Lexington Alarm. He was baptized, 1755, in Framingham, Mass.
William Parmenter was a patriot during the Revolutionary War. He was born, 1719, in Sudbury,
Mass.
Ephraim Richardson, Jr. (1745-1815), in 1777 served as private in Capt. Joseph Bradley
Varnum's company, Col. Simeon Spaulding's regiment. He was born in Dracut, Mass.
Abraham Coburn (1729-97) in 1775 served as lieutenant in Capt. Stephen Russell's company, Col.
Green's regiment. He was born and died in Dracut, Mass.
Volume 50, page 222
Mrs. Abbie G. Pope Whitney.
DAR ID Number: 49505
Born in Milton, Mass.
Wife of Charles B. Whitney.
Descendant of Dyer Rawson.
Daughter of Ebenezer Pope and Hannah Tolman, his wife.
Granddaughter of Edmund Pope and Susanna (Suky) Rawson, his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of Dyer Rawson and Susanna Webb, his wife.
Dyer Rawson (1747-1817) served as private in Capt. Oliver Voce's Milton County, Mass.,
company, Col. Robertson's regiment, at the Lexington Alarm. He was born in Milton, Mass.
Volume 50, page 256
Mrs. Angeline Whitney Sampsell.
DAR ID Number: 49583
Born in Wiscoy, N. Y.
Wife of Benjamin F. Sampsell.
Descendant of Israel Greenleaf.
Daughter of William G. Whitney and Sylvia Baker, his wife.
Granddaughter of Chauncey Baker and Esther Greenleaf, his 2nd wife.
Gr-granddaughter of Israel Greenleaf and Ursula Woods, his 2nd wife.
Israel Greenleaf (1734-1824) served as private in the Massachusetts militia. He was born in
Bolton, Mass.; died in Columbus, N. Y.
Also No. 22604.
Volume 50, page 257
Mrs. Jennie Louise Blanchard Bethune.
DAR ID Number: 49584
Born in Waterloo, N. Y.
Wife of Robert Armour Bethune.
Descendant of Lieut. Ebenezer Williams.
Daughter of Dalson Wallace Blanchard and Emma Melona Williams, his wife.
[p.257] Granddaughter of Jonathan Whitney Williams (1788-1866) and Elizabeth Fenner, his wife
(m. 1812).
Gr-granddaughter of Ebenezer Williams and Sarah Stedman, his wife (m. 1787).
Ebenezer Williams (1749-1847) enlisted, 1775, as minute man from Richmond, Berkshire County,
Mass., and served continuously as corporal, sergeant, ensign, and lieutenant in different
commands until the close of the war. He was born in Lebanon, Conn.; died in Central Bridge, N.
Y.
Volume 50, page 273
Mrs. Kesia Ann Gay Eells.
DAR ID Number: 49618
Born in Walton, N. Y.
Wife of William Henry Eells.
Descendant of Lieut.-Col. Ebenezer Gay, Samuel Seymour, and David Whitney.
[p.273] Daughter of William Gay and Anna Seymour, his wife.
Granddaughter of David Gay and Keziah Merchant, his wife; Samuel Seymour and Anna Whitney
(d. 1835), his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of Ebenzer Gay and Anna Cole, his 1st wife; David Whitney and Elizabeth
Hyatt, his wife.
Ebenezer Gay (1725-87) in 1777 was major of militia under Gen. Gates, and in 1780
lieutenant-colonel of the 14th Connecticut regiment. He was born in Litchfield, Conn.; died in
Sharon.
Also No. 3503.
David Whitney (1721-1816) served as master mariner on a sloop that he owned and carried
dispatches and supplies for the Government within range of the British guns. He was born in
Norwalk; died in New Canaan.
Also Nos. 4695, 5828, 1034, 21233.
Samuel Seymour (1756-1834) enlisted from Fairfield, Conn., 1776, in a company of dragoons
under Capt. Caleb St. John. In 1833 he was placed on the pension roll of Delaware County, N.
Y., for service as private. He was born in Norwalk, Conn.; died in Walton, N. Y.
Volume 50, page 274
Miss Kate Gay Eells.
DAR ID Number: 49619
Born in Walton, N. Y.
Descendant of David Whitney, Corp. John Eells, Lieut. Jeremiah Baird Eells, Rev. John Eells,
Lieut.-Col. Ebenezer Gay, Brig. Gen. John Mead, and Samuel Seymour.
Daughter of John Seymour Eells and Esther Anna Wilson, his wife.
Granddaughter of William Henry Eells and Keziah Ann Gay, his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of John Eells and Elizabeth Reynolds, his wife; William Gay and Anna
Seymour, his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of John Eells and Anna Mead, his wife; David Gay and Keziah Merchant, his
wife; Samuel Seymour and Anna Whitney, his wife.
See No. 49618.
Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Jeremiah Baird Eells and Lois Benedict, his wife; John Mead and Mary
Brush, his wife.
Gr-gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of John Eells and Anna Baird, his wife.
John Eells (1701-85) served as chaplain.
[p.274] Jeremiah Baird Eells (1732-1815) was lieutenant in the Connecticut coast guards when
captured by Tories, 1777.
John Eells (1755-1832) served as fifer, 1776, and as corporal in 1779.
Also Nos. 12733, 19970, 30243.
John Mead (1726-90) was colonel of militia in the New York campaign and subsequently
commanded the 4th brigade. He was born and died in Greenwich.
Also No. 30243.
Volume 50, page 282
Mrs. Cornelia M. Whitney Phillips.
<a href="49634.html">DAR ID Number: 49634</a>
Born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y.
Wife of William Howard Phillips.
Descendant of Daniel Whitney, Asa Johnson, Reuben Hildreth, John Sanderson, Simon Farmer,
Joshua Graves, Uriah Howe, Dennis Locklin, Jonathan Locklin, Sergt. Samuel Allen, Thomas
Lowery, and Corp. Oliver Wilder.
[p.281] Daughter of Lewis Henry Whitney (1837-1901) and Almeda N. Johnson (b. 1842), his
wife (m. 1859).
Granddaughter of Orris Whitney (1813-76) and Alma M. Howe (1810-95), his wife (m. 1836);
Jerome J. Johnson (1820-91) and Almira Farmer (1825-91), his wife (m. 1841).
Gr-granddaughter of Jonah Whitney (1772-1837) and Sarah Wilder (1774-1860), his wife (m.
1802); Cephas Johnson (1791-1871) and Sophia H. Locklin (1791-1876), his wife (m. 1810);
Simon Farmer, Jr., and Hannah Hildreth, his wife; Brigham Howe (1779-1869) and Sarah Allen
(1791-1867), his wife (m. 1810).
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Daniel Whitney and Catherine Stone, his wife; Silas Johnson and Sally
Follamsbee, his wife; Reuben Hildreth and Susanna Sanderson (1754-1841), his wife (m. 1781);
Simon Farmer and Relief Farmer, his wife; Uriah Howe and Martha Graves (b. 1759), his wife (m.
1775); Jonathan Locklin and Rachel Parker (1758-94), his wife (m. 1774); Samuel Allen and
Pamelia Lowery (1761-1843), his wife (m. 1777); Oliver Wilder and Mary Marks (1754-1857),
his wife.
Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Asa Johnson and Tamar Whitcomb, his wife; John Sanderson and
Submit Sanderson, his wife; Joshua Graves and Lydia Woodcock, his wife; Dennis Locklin and
Abigail Houghton, his wife; Thomas Lowery and Ph£be Benedict (b. 1742), his wife.
Daniel Whitney (1746-1809) served in a company commanded by Captain Andrews, of
Shrewsbury. He was born in Shrewsbury, Mass.; died in Madrid, N. Y.
Asa Johnson (1728-1820) served several short enlistments as a private, Massachusetts militia. He
was born and died in Leominster, Mass.
Also No. 28640.
Reuben Hildreth (1755-1846) was placed on the pension roll of New York, 1818, for service as
private, New Hampshire line. He was born in Putney, Vt.; enlisted from Chesterfield, N. H.; died
in Herkimer, N. Y.
Also Nos. 21418, 30438, 35165, 43680.
John Sanderson (1731-91) served, 1777, in Capt. Waitstill Scott's company, Westmoreland, N.
H., Col. Ashley's regiment. He was born in Groton, N. H.; died in Chesterfield, N. H.
[p.282] Simon Farmer was in Capt. Robert Langley's company, 1775, Col. Asa Whitcomb's
Massachusetts regiment. He was born 1757 in Harvard, Mass.; his will proved 1809 in Herkimer
County, N. Y.
Joshua Graves (1725-77) served in the militia at Ticonderoga, 1777. He was born in Swansey, N.
H.; died in Chesterfield.
Uriah Howe (1745-1813) served as a private in Capt. Davis Howlett's company, Col. Ashley's
regiment of New Hampshire militia, to re-enforce the Continental army at Ticonderoga, 1777. He
died in Jericho, Vt.
Dennis Locklin (1725-98), who had served in the early wars, was appointed on the committee of
war, 1777, at the convention of Westminster. He was born in Bolton, Mass.; died in Putney,
Vt.
Jonathan Locklin (1754-1841) served as fifer at the Lexington Alarm from Putney, Vt., where he
married. He was born in Bolton, Mass.; died in Lyndon, Vt.
Also No. 41430.
Samuel Allen (1751-1810) was a sergeant in Col. Thaddeus Crane's 4th regiment, New York
militia, 1779-81. He died in Vermont.
Thomas Lowery (1734-83) was a private in Col. Crane's Westchester County, New York,
regiment of militia, 1779-81. He was born in Ireland.
Oliver Wilder served as corporal in Col. William Williams' regiment of New York's militia, 1777.
He died 1812 in Wilmington, Vt.
Volume 50, page 368
Mrs. Edith Lucetta Forbush Preston.
DAR ID Number: 49819
Born in Grafton, Mass.
Wife of J. W. Preston.
Descendant of David Forbush, Rev. Benjamin Dubois, Ensign Isaac Plume, and Capt. John
Smock.
Daughter of Silas Augustus Forbush, Jr., and Hannah Schenck, his wife.
Granddaughter of Silas Augustus Forbush and Julia Avilda Ballard, his wife; Isaac Plume Schenck
and Catherine Du Bois, his 2nd wife.
Gr-granddaughter of Silas Forbush, Jr., and Clarissa Eames, his wife; Garret Alexander Schenck
and Mary Plume, his wife; Daniel Dubois and Elizabeth Conover, his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Silas Forbush and Rhodah Fisk, his wife; Isaac Plume and Annache van
Wagenen, his wife; Banjamin Du Bois and Phebe Denise, his wife; Jacob Conover and Eleanor
Smock, his wife.
Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of David Forbush and Annah Whitney, his wife; John Smock and
Elisabeth Kovenhoven, his wife.
David Forbush (1721-85) was a member of the Committee of Safety and a minute man from
Grafton at the Lexington Alarm. He was born in Marlboro ; died in Grafton, Mass.
Also No. 30357.
[p.368] Benjamin Du Bois (1737-1827) was a patriotic preacher and soldier during the
Revolution, commending the cause in his sermons and sometimes shouldering his musket. He was
born and died in New Jersey.
Isaac Plume (1734-99) enlisted, 1776, as ensign in Capt. Joseph Alling's company, Col. Elias
Dayton's regiment, of minute men. He was born and died in New Jersey.
John Smock (1727-1808) commanded a company, 1777, in Col. Nathaniel Scudder's Monmouth
County, New Jersey, militia. He was born and died in New Jersey.
Volume 50, page 398
Mrs. Jessie Bird Griffith.
DAR ID Number: 49887
Born in Indianapolis, Ind.
Wife of Harry W. Griffith.
Descendant of Col. John Brown, of Massachusetts.
Daughter of Frank Bird and Harriet Clark Whitney, his wife.
Granddaughter of William Whitney, Jr., and Sarah Scott, his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of William Whitney and Sarah Butler, his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of William Butler and Huldah Brown, his wife.
Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of John Brown and Huldah Kilbourn, his wife.
John Brown (1744-80), a graduate of Yale, was with Ethan Allen at the capture of Ticonderoga
and at Quebec when Montgomery fell. He served in the Provincial Congress, 1775, and in the
General Court, 1778. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel, Continental army, 1775, and was
colonel of New York Levies when killed, at Stone Arabia, Mohawk Valley.
Also Nos. 298, 5932, 12094.
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