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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 20:01:14 -0500

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> FIRST GENERATION
> 1. Zebediah WILLIAMS was born in 1675 in Deerfield, Franklin,
> Massachusetts.1 He died on April 12, 1706.2 History of Deerfield,
Volume
> II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA,
1896.
> p. 375
> In 1692, the Court ordered his grandmother, Patience Miller, "to
take him
> and educate him, or get him out for education." Godfrey Nims
objected, and
> the case was postponed; he was wounded in the arm 1695, at the time
Daniel
> Belding's family were assaulted, and was allowed for consequent loss
of time
> 15 pounds by the Gen. Court; Oct. 8, 1703, he with his half-brother,
John
> Nims, was captured by indians at Fray's Bridge and carried to Canada,
where
> he died April 12, 1706; he had a "house partly finished" on a 2-1/2
acre home
> lot, somewherre near the "South end" when taken.
> He was married to Sarah ARM.3 Zebediah WILLIAMS and Sarah ARM had the
> following children:
> +2 i. Mary WILLIAMS (born on February 13, 1701).
> +3 ii. Ebenezer WILLIAMS (born on December 10, 1702).
>
> SECOND GENERATION
> 2. Mary WILLIAMS (Zebediah-1) was born on February 13, 1701 in
Deerfield,
> Franklin, Massachusetts.4 She died on December 23, 1786.5,6
> She was married to Joseph STEBBINS (son of Thomas STEBBINS and
Elizabeth
> WRIGHT).7,8 Joseph STEBBINS was born on March 30, 1697 in
Northampton,
> Hampshire, Massachusetts.9,10 He died on January 31, 1782 in
Northfield,
> Franklin, Massachusetts.11,12 History of Deerfield, Volume II, by
George
> Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 320
> Removed from Deerfield to Northfield 1726. Mary WILLIAMS and Joseph
> STEBBINS had the following children:
> 4 i. Mary STEBBINS was born on July 11, 1719 in Deerfield,
Franklin,
> Massachusetts.13 History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon,
> Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 320
> unmarried 1765.
> +5 ii. Joseph STEBBINS (born on January 13, 1720).
> +6 iii. Zebediah STEBBINS (born on October 29, 1723).
> +7 iv. Sarah STEBBINS (born on January 27, 1727).
> 8 v. Anna STEBBINS was born on September 15, 1731 in
Northfield,
> Franklin, Massachusetts.14 She died on November 5, 1732 in
Northfield,
> Franklin, Massachusetts.15
> +9 vi. Anna STEBBINS (born on November 10, 1734).
> +10 vii. Elizabeth STEBBINS (born on October 8, 1736).
> +11 viii. Elisha STEBBINS (born on March 26, 1743).
>
> 3. Ebenezer WILLIAMS (Zebediah-1) was born on December 10, 1702 in
> Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.16 History of Deerfield, Volume
II, by
> George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896.
p. 375
> Remove to Amherst about 1735.
>
> He was married to Mehitable FOWLER (daughter of Samuel FOWLER) on May
16,
> 1728.17 Ebenezer WILLIAMS and Mehitable FOWLER had the following
children:
> 12 i. Zebediah WILLIAMS was born on September 18, 1729 in
Deerfield,
> Franklin, Massachusetts.18 He died on September 8, 1755.19 History
of
> Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall &
Co.,
> Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 375
> Sol. in Co. of Capt. Mose Porter, and supposed to have been killed
in the
> Bloody Morning Scout.
> 13 ii. Sarah WILLIAMS was born on August 31, 1720 in Deerfield,
> Franklin, Massachusetts.20
> 14 iii. Priscilla WILLIAMS was born on October 11, 1731 in
Deerfield,
> Franklin, Massachusetts.21 She died on February 6, 1732 in Deerfield,
> Franklin, Massachusetts.22
> 15 iv. Ebenezer WILLIAMS was born on March 16, 1733 in Deerfield,
> Franklin, Massachusetts.23
> +16 v. Justin WILLIAMS (born about 1737).
> +17 vi. John WILLIAMS (born about 1739).
> 18 vii. Solomon WILLIAMS was born about 1740 in Amherst,
Hampshire,
> Massachusetts. He Baptized on December 13, 1741.24
> 19 viii. Ruth WILLIAMS was born about 1741 in Amherst,
Hampshire,
> Massachusetts. She Baptized on June 30, 1741.25
> 20 ix. Mary WILLIAMS was born about 1743 in Amherst, Hampshire,
> Massachusetts. She Baptized on April 22, 1744.26
> +21 x. Stephen WILLIAMS (born in 1746).
> +22 xi. Mehitable WILLIAMS.
>
> THIRD GENERATION
> 5. Joseph STEBBINS (Mary WILLIAMS-2, Zebediah-1) was born on January
13,
> 1720 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.27
> He was married to Thankful BELDING (daughter of Stephen BELDING).28
>
> 6. Zebediah STEBBINS (Mary WILLIAMS-2, Zebediah-1) was born on
October 29,
> 1723 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.29 History of Deerfield,
Volume
> II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA,
1896.
> p. 320
> Shot an Indian at Northfield, 1755.
> He was married to Thankful GRAVES (daughter of Daniel GRAVES and
Thankful
> SMEAD).30 Thankful GRAVES was born on June 8, 1730.31,32
>
> 7. Sarah STEBBINS (Mary WILLIAMS-2, Zebediah-1) was born on January
27, 1727
> in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.33 She died on September 11,
1809.34
> History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E.
A. Hall &
> Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 337
> As a widow, she continued the tavern on the Charletown road and made
it a
> famous one.
> She was married to Capt. Thomas TAYLOR (son of Thomas TAYLOR and
Thankful
> HAWKS) about 1755.35 Capt. Thomas TAYLOR was born on November 26,
1717 in
> Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.36 He died on March 25, 1778.37
History
> of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall &
Co.,
> Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 337
> Kept tavern and made shoes in Northfield; sergt. in French war;
while
> leading seventeen men from Northfield to Fort Dummer, 14 Jul 1748, was
> attached by a large party of French and Indians; Sert. Taylor and 10
men were
> taken captive, 2 were killed and 4 escapted; Taylor was redeemed and
arrived
> home Sept. 27; in Nov. 1748; the Gen. Court voted him 50 pounds "in
> consideration of his bravery" in that action; to commemorate this
event his
> grandson, Lewis Taylor of Hindale, erected a marble monument near the
place
> in 1874. The following is the epitaph on his gravestone in the Hooker
> burying yard at Hinsdale:
> What Christ and conscienc taught as good
> with strictest caution he pursued;
> yet not on works, but Grace relied
> and with triumphant courage died.
> Sarah STEBBINS and Capt. Thomas TAYLOR had the following children:
> +23 i. Elijah TAYLOR (born on May 28, 1756).
> +24 ii. Hollis TAYLOR (born on February 11, 1758).
> +25 iii. Mindwell TAYLOR (born on December 1, 1759).
> +26 iv. Sarah TAYLOR (born on December 20, 1761).
> +27 v. Thomas TAYLOR (born on March 4, 1764).
> 28 vi. Calvin TAYLOR was born on March 19, 1766 in Northfield,
Franklin,
> Massachusetts.38 He died in 1806.39 History of Deerfield, Volume II,
by
> George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896.
p. 338
> Died in the service at Chickasaw Bluff, abt 1806.
> +29 vii. Thankful TAYLOR (born on April 5, 1768).
> +30 viii. Eleazer TAYLOR (born on May 19, 1772).
>
> 9. Anna STEBBINS (Mary WILLIAMS-2, Zebediah-1) was born on November
10, 1734
> in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.40
> She was married to Thomas SERGEANT on May 15, 1737.41
>
> 10. Elizabeth STEBBINS (Mary WILLIAMS-2, Zebediah-1) was born on
October 8,
> 1736 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.42
> She was married to Gen. Ebenezer WALBRIDGE.43
>
> 11. Elisha STEBBINS (Mary WILLIAMS-2, Zebediah-1) was born on March
26, 1743
> in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.44,45
> He was married to Martha WRIGHT (daughter of Benoni WRIGHT and Martha
> SHELDON) on October 29, 1767 in Northfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts.46,47
> Martha WRIGHT was born on November 16, 1748 in Northfield, Franklin,
> Massachusetts.48 Elisha STEBBINS and Martha WRIGHT had the following
> children:
> +31 i. Lucinda STEBBINS (born on February 7, 1769).
> 32 ii. Susey STEBBINS was born in 1771 in Northfield, Franklin,
> Massachusetts.49 She died in 1782.50
> +33 iii. Lucretia STEBBINS (born about 1774).
> +34 iv. Elihu STEBBINS (born about 1777).
> 35 v. Samuel STEBBINS was born about 1780 in Northfield,
Franklin,
> Massachusetts.51 He Baptized on June 18, 1780.52
> 36 vi. Ora STEBBINS was born in 1783 in Northfield, Franklin,
> Massachusetts.53 She Baptized on August 10, 1783.54
> 37 vii. Susey STEBBINS was born about 1791 in Northfield,
Franklin,
> Massachusetts.55 She Baptized on June 18, 1791.56
>
> 16. Justin WILLIAMS (Ebenezer-2, Zebediah-1) was born about 1737 in
Amherst,
> Hampshire, Massachusetts.57 Genealogies of Hadley Families, Embracing
the
> Early Settlers of the Towns of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and
Granby,
> Compiled Sylvester Judd, published in 1905. p. 111.
> of Amherst, Mass.
> History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E.
A. Hall &
> Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 375
> Settled in Amherst, Mass.
> He was married to Abigail POMEROY (daughter of Simeon POMEROY and
Abigail
> SMITH).58 Abigail POMEROY was born on November 22, 1747 in Amherst,
> Hampshire, Massachusetts.59 She died on November 20, 1832.60
>
> 17. John WILLIAMS (Ebenezer-2, Zebediah-1) was born about 1739 in
Amherst,
> Hampshire, Massachusetts. He Baptized on July 20, 1740.61 History of
> Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall &
Co.,
> Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 375
> Settled in Amherst, Mass.
> He was married to Hannah LEE.62
>
> 21. Stephen WILLIAMS (Ebenezer-2, Zebediah-1) was born in 1746 in
Amherst,
> Hampshire, Massachusetts.63 He died on December 1, 1823.64 History
of
> Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall &
Co.,
> Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 375
> Taxed 1787; settled in Wisdom.
> He was married to Mary BLANCHARD.65 Mary BLANCHARD was born in
1762.66
> History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E.
A. Hall &
> Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 375
> of Andover. Stephen WILLIAMS and Mary BLANCHARD had the following
> children:
> +38 i. Hannah WILLIAMS (born on July 26, 1788).
> 39 ii. Daniel WILLIAMS was born on May 8, 1791 in Wisdom,
Franklin,
> Massachusetts.67
> 40 iii. Stephen WILLIAMS was born about 1793 in Wisdom,
Franklin,
> Massachusetts.68
> +41 iv. Mary WILLIAMS (born in 1785).
> 42 v. David WILLIAMS died. History of Deerfield, Volume II, by
George
> Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 375
> Died young
>
> 22. Mehitable WILLIAMS (Ebenezer-2, Zebediah-1). History of
Deerfield,
> Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co.,
Greenfield, MA,
> 1896. p. 375
> Listed as prob. daughter.
> She was married to Barnabas DAVIDSON (son of Josiah DAVIDSON and
Elizabeth
> SEVERANCE) on March 17, 1796 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.69
> Barnabas DAVIDSON was born on March 17, 1738/39 in Deerfield,
Franklin,
> Massachusetts.70 History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon,
> Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 138
> Sol. under Lord Loudon, 1757; served under Lt. John Hawks and Capt.
Salah
> Barnard in campaigns against Canada, 1757-60; was of Northfield,
1768-70; of
> Leyden 1795; back to Deerfield, 1796.
>
> FOURTH GENERATION
> 23. Elijah TAYLOR (Sarah STEBBINS-3, Mary WILLIAMS-2, Zebediah-1) was
born
> on May 28, 1756 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.71 History of
> Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall &
Co.,
> Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 337
> Sol. in Rev. war; settled in Castleton, Vt.
> He was married to LINKFIELD.72
>
> 24. Hollis TAYLOR (Sarah STEBBINS-3, Mary WILLIAMS-2, Zebediah-1) was
born
> on February 11, 1758 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.73
History of
> the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts, by J. H. Temple and George
Sheldon,
> published by Joel Munsell, 82 State St., Albany, N.Y., 1875. p. 444.
> of Hinsdale
> He was married to Christian FIELD (daughter of Paul FIELD and
Christian
> HUBBARD) on January 4, 1784.74,75 Christian FIELD was born on May 20,
1761
> in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.76 She died on June 1, 1833.77
> Hollis TAYLOR and Christian FIELD had the following children:
> +43 i. Harriet TAYLOR (born on July 26, 1784).
> 44 ii. John TAYLOR was born on January 1, 1786 in Hinsdale,
Berkshire,
> Massachusetts.78 He died on March 9, 1846.79
> +45 iii. Alpheus TAYLOR (born on August 27, 1787).
> +46 iv. William TAYLOR (born on July 25, 1789).
> +47 v. Thankful TAYLOR (born on April 20, 1791).
> +48 vi. Lewis TAYLOR (born on April 12, 1793).
> +49 vii. Sereno TAYLOR (born on December 30, 1794).
> +50 viii. Emily TAYLOR (born on May 16, 1797).
> 51 ix. Calvin TAYLOR was born on June 30, 1800 in Hinsdale,
Berkshire,
> Massachusetts.80 He died on February 19, 1803.81 History of
Deerfield,
> Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co.,
Greenfield, MA,
> 1896. p. 340
> Killed by accident
> 52 x. Adeline TAYLOR was born on August 26, 1802 in Hinsdale,
> Berkshire, Massachusetts.82 She died on May 27, 1803 in Hinsdale,
Berkshire,
> Massachusetts.83
> +53 xi. Edwin H. TAYLOR (born on August 27, 1802).
> 54 xii. Calvin TAYLOR was born in 1804 in Hinsdale, Berkshire,
> Massachusetts.84
> +55 xiii. Calvin TAYLOR (born on September 9, 1805).
>
> 25. Mindwell TAYLOR (Sarah STEBBINS-3, Mary WILLIAMS-2, Zebediah-1)
was born
> on December 1, 1759 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.85 She
died on
> September 5, 1837.86
> She was married to Prentice WILLARD on December 16, 1784.87
> She was married to Dr. Joseph GOODHUE.88 Dr. Joseph GOODHUE died on
November
> 12, 1849.89 History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon,
Published
> by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 337
> of Deerfield, Mass.
>
> 26. Sarah TAYLOR (Sarah STEBBINS-3, Mary WILLIAMS-2, Zebediah-1) was
born on
> December 20, 1761 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.90
> She was married to John METCALF in 1790.91
> She was married to John H. BUEL.92
>
> 27. Thomas TAYLOR (Sarah STEBBINS-3, Mary WILLIAMS-2, Zebediah-1) was
born
> on March 4, 1764 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.93 History of
> Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall &
Co.,
> Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 338
> Settled at No. 4.
> He was married to Clara BABCOCK.94
>
> 29. Thankful TAYLOR (Sarah STEBBINS-3, Mary WILLIAMS-2, Zebediah-1)
was born
> on April 5, 1768 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.95
> She was married to Stephen BRADLEY.96
>
> 30. Eleazer TAYLOR (Sarah STEBBINS-3, Mary WILLIAMS-2, Zebediah-1)
was born
> on May 19, 1772 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.97
> He was married to Polly WOOD (daughter of Rev. Abraham WOOD) on
October 6,
> 1793.98
>
> 31. Lucinda STEBBINS (Elisha-3, Mary WILLIAMS-2, Zebediah-1) was born
on
> February 7, 1769 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.99 She died
on April
> 19, 1831 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire.100
> She was married to Thomas HOSLEY (son of Benjamin HOSLEY and Lucy
HERRICK) on
> December 7, 1791 in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.101 Thomas
HOSLEY
> was born in 1763 in Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts.102 He died
on
> February 16, 1852 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire.103
History of
> the Town of Gill, Massachusetts. Volume III, Genealogies A- H, by
Ralph M.
> Stoughton, 1960.
> Rev. Soldier. Located in Chesterfield, N.H. previous to 1805. Was
listed
> in 1798 Mass. Direct Tax as living in Bernardston. Made guardian of
his
> brother Isaiah's minor children. Lucinda STEBBINS and Thomas HOSLEY
had the
> following children:
> +56 i. Stebbins HOSLEY.
> +57 ii. Nelson HOSLEY (born in 1799).
> +58 iii. Anson HOSLEY (born in 1807).
>
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