WILLARD7 WELD (John6, Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1,) b. Nov. 22, 1787; m. Jan. 26, 1824, Alice Luther of Cornish, dau. of Caleb and Rebecca (Brown) Luther, b. Sept. 7, 1792; d. Feb. 3, 1869. He was a farmer and always lived in town. He d. March 13, 1871, aged 83. Children, all b. in …
CHESTER6 WELD (Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1,) was b. Aug. 27, 1769; m. first, Dec. 14, 1800, Peninnah Comings of Cornish, dau. of Benjamin6 and Mary (Cooper) Comings; b. June 20,1777; and d. May 11, 1810. He in. second, Dec. 5, 1811, Mehitable Pike, b. Aug. 30, 1774. He d. May 21, 1820. Children by …
HORACE7 WELD (John6, Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1,) b. Feb. 20, 1792; m. Oct. 7, 1816, Huldah Jackson of Cornish, dau. of Lieut. Eleazer and Huldah (Dresser) Jackson, b. Dec. 29, 1795; and d. Nov. 15, 1847. He was a tanner and harness maker, also hotel keeper on the Flat several years. He gave the …
MOSES6 WELD (Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1,) was b. Jan. 15, 1757; m. May 17, 1781, Miriam Harding. He was an eminent singer and chorister. Mr. Weld had been a Revolutionary soldier. After coming to Cornish he was town clerk a number of years. A worthy member of the Baptist Church, also its Dea. many …
ISRAEL FOSTER7 WELD (Peleg6, Moses5, John4, Josseph3, John2, Joseph1) b. Sept. 2, 1821; m. May 2, 1854, Susan J. Maynard, dau. of Daniel F. and Polly (Newhall) Maynard of Claremont. He res. chiefly in Claremont. Employed in paper mill. He d. April 28, 1864. Children: 1. EMMA GENEIVE, b. March 9, 1855; d. July 19, …
DANIEL H.9 WELD (Hiram8, Johns7-6, Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1) was b. May 28, 1864. Lives in the stone house built by his grandfather. A farmer and butcher; m. Sept. 4, 1894, Lizzie M. Sturtevant of Cornish. Children, all b. in town: 1. ADA ALICE, b. Dec. 30, 1896. 2. RUTH MAY, b. Feb. 11, …
HENRY A.8 WELD (Willard7, John6, Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1) b. Oct. 23, 1826; m. April 15, 1852, Eliza Ann Norris, dau. of Philo and Angeline (Stone) Norris, b. Sept. 6, 1829; d. Jan. 4, 1907. A farmer owning and occupying (1903) the Jonathan Chase estate overlooking Windsor and the Connecticut river. He d. Oct. …
FRANK E.8 WELD (John7, Peleg6, Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1) was b. May 23, 1859; m. Sept. 13, 1887, Mabel Nora Mace, b. Dec. 13, 1868. Lived in Cornish till 1900, and then rem. to Arctic, R. I. Have recently rem. to Charlestown. A farmer and worker in leather, also a florist. One child: 1. …
JOHN7 WELD (Peleg6, Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1,) b. Oct. 2, 1811, in Dummerston, Vt. Came to town with his parents when three years of age. M. Sept. 17, 1844, Anna F. Bartlett of Cornish, dau. of John and Polly (Williams) Bartlett; b. Dec. 22, 1819; and d. Oct. 4, 1898. He was possessed of …
FRANK H.9 WELD (Henry A.8, Willard7, John6, Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1) was b. Feb. 19, 1853; m. first, Oct. 23, 1877, Julia E. Bartlett of Cornish, dau. of Edwin P. and Emeline (Wood) Bartlett, b. Nov. 19, 1855; and d. Sept. 4, 1884; m. second, March 24, 1886, Ada H. Hilliard of Cornish, dau. …
The Connecticut-Massachusetts branch of the earlier family of this name of the old Bay State is one of long and honorable standing in New England, and as well of historic connection. The especial family here considered, and which for designation is styled the Taunton family, is that of pome of the descendants of Capt. Jabez Fox, of Berkley, Mass., one of whose sons was the late Henry Hodges Fox and the latter’s son the present Hon. William Henry Fox, lawyer and judge, who for forty and more years has been judge of the First District court of Bristol county and otherwise prominently identified with the public affairs of the city of Taunton.
About the middle of the seventeenth century four brothers of the Lewis family left Wales, viz.: Samuel, went to Portugal; nothing more is known of him; William, married a Miss McClelland, and died in Ireland, leaving only one son, Andrew; General Robert, died in Gloucester county, Va. ; and John, died in Hanover county, Va. It is Andrews descendants who are featured in the manuscript.
It is to the life and paternal lineage of the late William Mason of Taunton that this article is directed, he being a direct descendant from one of the old pioneers and Indian fighters of this section in its early settlement – Major John Mason, of Pequot fame, from whom William Mason’s descent is through Daniel, Peter, Japhet, Japhet Mason (2) and Amos Mason.
GEORGE8 WELD (Horace7, John6, Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1) was b. Dec. 13, 1817; m. April 9, 1843, Maria Chase of Cornish, dau. of Theodore and Judith (Bryant) Chase, b. Nov. 18, 1821; d. Sept. 9. 1894. For many years a teacher of schools in N. H. and Mass. Served as drum major in the …
JOHN7 WELD (John6, Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1,) was b. Aug. 20, 1785; m. Aug. 26, 1811, Mary Hilliard of Cornish, eldest dau. of Amos Avery and Sarah (Huggins) Hilliard, b. Dec. 9, 1794; d. March 12, 1862. A farmer and lived on the farm since owned and occupied by Levi R. Dole. The last …
JOSEPH WELD came from England in 1638 and settled in Plymouth, Mass. He had a son, John2, b. Oct. 28, 1623, who had a son Joseph3, b. Sept. 13, 1650, who had a son John4, b. Aug. 19, 1689. He had a son Moses5, b. March 27, 1722. He m. first, Dec. 6, 1748, Elizabeth …
HIRAM M.8 WELD (John7-6, Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1) was b. April 12, 1831; m. first, Oct. 3, 1860, Alice M. Hamblet, dau. of Daniel and Eliza (Spaulding) Hamblet, b. Dec. 20, 1832; and d. March 20, 1881. Before his m. he spent a few years in Cal., acquiring a love for that section which …
PELEG6 WELD (Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1,) b. July 7, 1780, in Sturbridge, Mass., youngest son of Moses and Deborah (Faulkner) Weld; m. April 27, 1808, Patty Foster, dau. of Israel and Susanna (Bruce) Foster, b. April 10, 1791; and d. Dec. 21, 1834. They came to Cornish about 1814, where they spent the rest …
DANIEL7 WELD (John6, Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1) b. May 27, 1781; m. -, Lydia Fuller of Enosburg, Vt., b. June 6, 1784; d. Nov. 6, 1846. Lived on the old homestead now (1903) owned by Freeman A. Johnson. A farmer. He d. Sept. 13, 1851. Children, all b. in Cornish except the first two: …
WALTER WELD, a son of Moses and Elizabeth (Holbrook) Weld, was b. April 24, 1761; m. Dec. 11, 1783, Lucy Carpenter. It is said they had nine children, but the first seven only are found on record. He enlisted in the War of 1812; and d. at Plattsburg, N. Y., Dec., 1813. Children all b. …
