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HISTORY OF CORINTH VERMONT 1764-1964
Compiled and Edited by Town of Corinth History Committee - 1964-Gibby
Press-West Topsham, VT. Compiled for the Bicentennial of Corinth in 1964.

TAPLIN Page 463.

COL. JOHN TAPLIN was the first TAPLIN in Corinth. The exact date of his birth
is not known but he was baptized Oct 28, 1727 in Charlestown, Mass. He d.
Nov. 9, 1803 in Corinth. On Mar. 21, 1748 (or 1749) he was m. to HEPZIBAH
BRIGHAM, dau of NATHAN and HEPSIBAH (WARD) BRIGHAM. She was b. 1731, d. Dec. 27,
1815 in Corinth. Settled on TAPLIN Hill where IVAN VAN BREE lives.
They had 10 ch.
JOHN, JR. b. July 17, 1748 x ;
NATHAN, b. 1751 x ;
MANSFIELD, b. 1754 x ;
WILLIAM, b. 1755 x ;
BRIGHAM, x ;
ELISHA, g. 1758
POLLY, x ;
HEPZIBAH x;
JOHNSON, b. 1766 x
GOULDSBURN, b. 1776, d. Nov. 16, 1862 x ;

JOHN, JR. eldest son of COL. JOHN, was b. in Marlborough, Mass. He d. Nov.,
1835 at Montpelier, Vt. He m. 1st CATHERINE LOVEWELL, dau. of NEHEMIAH and
RACHEL (FARWELL) LOVEWELL (b. June 17, 1749, d. July 16, 1794). They had 12 ch.:
KATE, AUGUSTUS, SUSAN, JOHN, HENRY, ROBERT, IRA, HANNAH, WALTON, CHITTENDEN,
THOMAS and WILLIAM. CATHERINE d. and JOHN, JR., m. 2nd LYDIA GOVE.
They had 9 ch.
EBENEZER, HAZEN, EDWARD, HARRIET, HORATIO, SIDNEY SMITH, GUY C., JOHN A. and
SUSAN. They early moved to Berlin, Vt.

NATHAN, second son of COL. JOHN, d. July 27, 1824, served in the War of 1812,
m. Oct. 28, 1776 ELIZABETH TAYLOR.
They had ten ch.:
SOPHIA, b. July 6, 1777, m. JONATHAN LOVEWELL (see LOVEWELL). ELIOT, b. 1779,
d. Nov. 9, 1870 m. 1st SALLY WOODS m. 2nd SARAH LOCKE. x SUSAN, (SUKEY) b.
May 30, 1782, m. D. EPAPHAS SMITH (see SMITH). BETSEY, m. JACOB FARR (see
FARR). LAVINA, b. Apr. 3, 1795, m. AMOS TENNEY (see TENNEY).

MANSFIELD, son of COL. JOHN, d. Aug. 30, 1835 ae. 81 yrs. 2 mos., m. May 9,
1776 BETSEY LOVEWELL.
Their ch.:
BETTY - b. Jan. 27, 1777; HEPZIBAH - b. Dec. 5, 1778; NEHEMIAH - b. Apr. 7,
1781, d. Apr. 3, 1862, his wife POLLY d. 1849 ae. 82 yrs;
JOHNSON - b. Mar. 22, 1783; VODICA - b. Mar. 5, 1785, m. DANIEL ROWLAND (see
ROWLAND).; POLLY - b. Feb 16, 1787; SALLY - b. Mar. 3, 1789, d. May 8, 1794;
GRACE - b. Apr. 3, 1791; CATY - b. May 8, 1793;

WILLIAM CHARLES, son of COL. JOHN, d. Feb. 17, 1806 at Corinth. He m. June
20, 1779, MARTHA CHAMBERLIN. She d. July 16, 1824 at Corinth where they spent
their whole lives.
Their ch.:
MARTHA - b. Oct. 22, 1779, m. ANDREW McFARLAND (see McFARLAND); MANSFIELD -
b. May 5, 1781, m. ELIZABETH ROE;
MARY ABIGAIL - b. Mar. 3, 1784, d. Nov. 1856, m. DANIEL CORLISS (see
CORLISS); WILLIAM - b. Dec. 20, 1785, d. Feb. 17, 1806, m. SALLY STEVENS; RACHEL - b.
June 12, 1788, m. JOHN METCALFE (see METCALFE); HANNAH - b. Oct. 6, 1790,
never m., d. Oct. 7, 1853; RICHARD - b. July 29, 1792, m. POLLY FELCH. x (Page
464.) ISAAC - b. Oct. 29, 1794, m. SUSAN TENNEY. (see TENNEY); MICAH BARRON -
b. June 11, 1798, m. SALLY LITTLE; JOHN - b. May 8, 1800, d. Oct. 4, 1870, m.
SUSAN CARPENTER. Their ch. were: JOHN; HERMAN and EMELINE FIDELIA.

BRIGHAM - son of COL. JOHN, m. May 24, 1789 POLLY HAZELTINE.
Their ch.: LYDIA - b. Sept. 25, 1789; GUY CARLTON - b. Apr. 14, 1793, m.
REBECCA BURROUGHS of Newbury; JOHN HAZELTINE - b. Mar. 15, 1795, m. ABIGIAL
PIERCE; MIRIAM - m. BURMAGE TAYLOR; POLLY - m. JONATHAN LOVEWELL; SALLY - m. HIRAM
CORLISS;

ELISHA, son of COL. JOHN, b. in Marlboro, Mass., d. in 1795 at Berlin, Vt.
He served in the Revolutionary War, m. Apr. 29, 1783 MARTHA NEWTON.
Their ch.:
MEHITABLE - b. 1791, d. 1872, m. 1812 EBENEZER ROBIE (B. 1790 - D. 1866),
moved to Burlington in 1844, 9 ch.; RODNEY - m. CATHERINE DAVIDSON; MARY - m.
CHARLES E. KETTELLE; CATY - b. June 29, 1787; CALVIN b. Mar. 20, 1789; LUCY - b.
May 5, 1794, - m. _____BOND; ELISHA - b. July 16, 1796; NATHAN BRIGHAM - d.
Dec. 22, 1859 ae. 74 yrs. CAPT. NATHAN B. served in the War of 1812, m. HANNAH
STEVENS, Their ch.: MICHAEL; AMANDA, LOWELL x; EDWIN and EDSON (twins);
NATHAN; MARTHA and ARISTARCHUS who m. SOPHRONIA SAWYER x ;

POLLY, dau. of COL. JOHN, m. Jan. 2, 1787 ROBERT LOVEWELL, son of NEHEMIAH,
ROBERT was a sailor in the navy and was wounded in the Battle of Plattsburg.
They lived in St. Albans. They had ten ch.: a dau. b. May 30, 1787; NEHEMIAH;
ROBERT; NATHAN; JONTHAN; HEPZEBAH; RACHEL; POLLY; ANNIE and PATTIE;

HEPZEBAH, dau. of Col. JOHN, m. ZACCHEUS LOVEWELL, youngest son of COL.
NEHEMIAH LOVEWELL.
Their ch:
ZACCHEUS,
MOODY BEDELL,
JOSEPH,
BLISS,
WILLIAM,
JONATHAN,
HEPZEBAH,
RACHEL,
BETTY and
HENRY, who was b. Apr. 23 1796.
ZACCHEUS, SR. m. 2nd the Wodow LOVELAND, and their ch. were:
NEHEMIAH,
SAMUEL, and
LYMAN.
JONATHAN, son of ZACCHEUS, m. POLLY TAPLIN, dau of BRIGHAM.
RACHEL, dau. of ZACCHEUS, m. SAMUEL HILLIARD. They lived in BRYCE METCALF's
pasture near the KARL CARTER line.

JOHNSON, son of COL. JOHN, d. in 1848. He m. MIRIAM HAZELTON (b. Feb. 9,
1773 at Newbury). JOHNSON was a pioneer of Stanstead, Canada, one of its first
military officers, and appointed in the township as Captain for many yrs.
After 15 yrs. he moved to Fitch Bay where he d.
His ch. were:
SALLY - b. Oct. 17, 1789, d. Mar. 10, 1792
JOHN H. - b. in Corinth, Mar. 20, 1791
BETSEY - b. June 23, 1794, d. June 12, 1813
ALBERT - twins b. Sept. 20, 1800. ALVIN d. Feb. 22, 1811 and ALBERT d. Dec.
28, 1814.
ALVIN - twins (see above)
JOANNA - b. 1802.
(Page 465.)

GOULDSBURN, youngest son of COL. JOHN, m. 1st Dec. 3, 1795, SUSAN PAGE (b.
1778, d. Feb. 3, 1829). He m. 2nd HANNAH GILMAN who d. Jan. 10, 1852 ae. 60
yrs., 4 mos. MR. TAPLIN d. Nov. 16, 1862.
His ch. by his first wife, SUSAN were:
GOULDSBURN, JR. - b. 1796, d. Oct. 18, 1888 x ;
REV. NELSON - m. SUSAN KETCHUM;
CALEB - b. Nov. 25, 1806, d. Dec. 1, 1871 x ;
BETSEY - m. WILLIAM JOHNSON (see JOHNSON);
SUSAN - b. 1799, d. Dec. 11, 1832, m. MOSES SAWYER (see SAWYER);
CAROLINE - m. DR. DANIEL CORLISS, d. Aug. 27, 1856;
SALLY - b. 1797, m. STEPHEN R. EASTMAN;
NATHANIEL - m. 1st ELIZA RODGERS; m. 2nd ELLEN WASHBURN;
HEPZIBAH - b. 1803, m. JOHN B. CORLISS (see CORLISS);
EMELINE - m. SILAS GROW;
ELIZABETH - m. LOREN DOWNS;
JOHN - m. MARY SAWYER;
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