Archive:D. A. R. Lineage Books, Volume 56
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Volume 56, page 66
Mrs. Mary Ellen Cady.
DAR ID Number: 55139
Born in Canton, Mich.
Wife of Otis Hiram Cady.
Descendant of Jesse Hanford.
Daughter of William Harlow Hanford and Sarah Leonard, his wife.
Granddaughter of Jesse Hanford (1777-1864) and Eunice Murdock, his wife, m. 1798.
Gr-granddaughter of Jesse Hanford and Mary Whitney (d. 1843), his wife.
[p.66] Jesse Hanford (1746-77) served in Capt. Jonathan Bell's company, 9th regiment of
Connecticut militia, commanded by Lieut.-Col. John Mead, 1776. He was born in Norwalk,
Conn.
Volume 56, page 100
Mrs. Lettie A. Rhodes.
DAR ID Number: 55211
Born in Lincolnville, Maine.
Wife of James E. Rhodes.
Deseendant of Nicholas Bray.
Daughter of Moses Bray Whitney and Susan Brown, his wife.
Granddaughter of Salmon Whitney and Abigail Bray, his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of Nicholas Bray.
[p.100] Nicholas Bray (1752-1843) served as a private in Capt. Barnabas Dodge's company, Col.
Loammi Baldwin's regiment, Massachusetts militia, 1775-77. He was born in Minot, Mass.
Also No. 11629.
Volume 56, page 100
Miss Lucy E. Rhodes.
DAR ID Number: 55212
Descendant of Nicholas Bray.
Daughter of James E. Rhodes and Lettie A. Whitney, his wife.
Granddaughter of Moses Bray Whitney and Susan Brown, his wife.
See No. 55211.
Volume 56, page 112
[p.112] Mrs. Edna Frances Day Blakeslee.
DAR ID Number: 55237
Born in Worcester, Mass.
Wife of George H. Blakeslee.
Descendant of Capt. Amos Fairbanks, of Massachusetts.
Daughter of John E. Day and Abbie Frances Fay, his wife.
Granddaughter of Hamilton B. Fay and Hannah Fairbanks, his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of Joseph Fairbanks and Betsey M. Whitney, his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Amos Fairbanks and Rhoda Sawyer, 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 Nos. 23132, 40373.
Volume 56, page 229
Mrs. Mary Gilbert Hill Smith.
DAR ID Number: 55501
Born in Wallingford, Vt.
Wife of Eugene Smith.
Descendant of Sergt. Whitney Hill, Robert Smith, Lemuel White, Capt. Asa Kinne, and Charles
Button.
Daughter of Charles Erwin Hill (1845-1911) and Laura Marsh (b. 1850), his wife, m. 1872.
[p.229] Granddaughter of Arnold Hill, Jr., and Matilda E. Adams, his wife; William Gurley Marsh
(1821-1901) and Marcia Button (1826-1903), his wife, m. 1847.
Gr-granddaughter of Arnold Hill and Levina Smith, his wife; Gurley Marsh (1773-1824) and
Sarah White (1787-1831), his wife, m. 1810; Frederick Button (1788-1874) and Elizabeth Rogers
(1784-1863), his wife, m. 1803.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Whitney Hill and Rachel Daniels, his wife; Robert Smith and Levina
Cook, his wife; Lemuel White and Zilpha Bowdish (1754-1836), his wife, m. 1778; Charles F.
Button (1763-1803) and Hannah Kinne (b. 1767), his wife, m. 1785.
Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Charles Button and Anna Wilcox (1740-77), his wife, m. 1761; Asa
Kinne and Bethiah Kimball (b. 1723), his wife.
Whitney Hill (1748-1800) responded to the Lexington Alarm as corporal in Capt. Benjamin
Bullard's company of minute men, and as sergeant, 1776, in Capt. Samuel King's company, Col.
Whitney's regiment. He was born in Holliston, Mass.; died in Sherborn.
Robert Smith (1752-94) served as private at the Lexington Alarm in Capt. Jesse Holbrook's
company. He was born and died in Bellingham, Mass.
Also No. 47931.
Lemuel White (1751-1813) served, 1780, as a private in Capt. Joshua Hazen's company, Colonel
Wood's 3rd Vermont regiment. He died in Shrewsbury, Vt.
Asa Kinne (1723-1810) enlisted, 1775, as a private in Capt. Joseph Jewett's company, and in
1776-77 commanded a company in Col. Joseph Spencer's regiment. He was born and died in
Spencer, Mass.
Charles Button (1739-90) served, 1783, as a private in Capt. Benjamin Hickok's company,
Vermont militia. He was born in Westerly, R. I.; died in Clarendon, Vt.
Volume 56, page 238
Mrs. Sarah Ann Vaughn.
DAR ID Number: 55522
Born in Fort Atkinson, Wis.
Wife of Orris Vaughn.
Descendant of Sergt. Benjamin Whitney, of Massachusetts.
Daughter of Charles S. Frissell and Emily Curtis, his wife.
Granddaughter of Azro Burton Curtis and Ann Whitney, his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of David Whitney and Susanna Huntington, his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Benjamin Whitney and Mary Turner, his wife.
[p.238] Benjamin Whitney (1741-1821) enlisted, 1775, and served as sergeant in the militia. He
was born and died in Pepperell, Mass.
Also Nos. 32745, 34420.
Volume 56, page 340
Mrs. Harriet E. Boughton.
DAR ID Number: 55759
Born in Brattleboro, Vt.
Wife of J. H. Boughton.
Descendant of Capt. William McCune, of Vermont.
Daughter of William B. Chamberlain and Susan F. Prouty, his wife.
Granddaughter of Elisha Prouty and Elizabeth Plummer, his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of Elijah Prouty and Lydia McCune, his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of William McCune and Elizabeth Whitney, his wife.
William McCune (1729-1807), in 1776-78, served as captain in Col. Seth Warner's regiment. He
was born in Scotland; died in West Brattleboro, Vt.
Also Nos. 10262, 11332.
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