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HISTORY OF HADLEY

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GENERAL INDEX.

Abbott, Daniel, family of, 447

Abbott, Jacob, family of, 447

Additions to town, 193

Albany, road to, 351

Alexander, Joseph, family of, 447

Allis Genealogy, 447

Alvord Genealogy, 448

Amherst, division of lands in, 281; settlement of, 412; inhabitants of, 292; first meeting house in, 413; first minister of, 414; members of first church in, 415; second minister of, 416; second church in, 410; first minister of, 416; incorporated as a District, 417; Justices of the Peace in, 418; schools in, 421; representatives of, to General Court, 420, 627; poor of, 421; innkeepers of, 422; highways in, 422; physicians of, 422; inhabitants, 424; representatives to Congress, 626; Counsellors. 626; State Senators, 626; Presidential Elector, 626; College graduates, 628.

Amsden Genealogy, 448

Animals, domestic, pasturing of, 110

Apples, 372 Arms Genealogy, 448

Arnold, John, 241

Arnold, Thomas, family of, 449

Atchison, John, family of, 449

Atherton, Rev. Hope, first minister of Hatfield, 92; family of, 449.

Atherton, Jonathan, 376, 421

Atwell, Oliver, family of, 449

Ayres, Samuel, family of, 449

Backus, Rev. Simon, 407

Bacon, Andrew, family of, 449

Baker, Elijah, family of, 449

Baldwin Genealogy, 449

Ballantine, Wm. G., 421

Ballard, Joshua, family of, 450

Baptisms, 337

Bardwell, Robert, family of, 450

Barley, 363

Barnard, John, family of, 451

Barnard, Francis, and descendants, 450

Barns, Wm., family of, 451

Bartlett, Daniel, and descendants, 451

Bartlett, Levi, family of, 45)

Bartlett, Nicholas, family of, 451

Bartlett, Oliver, family of, 451

Bascom, Thomas, family of, 452

Bass, Samuel, family of, 606

Beaman, Rev. Warren H., family of, 606

Beans, 363

Bears, 353

Beavers, 355

Beebe, James, family of, 452

Beer, 374

Bees, 383

Bedient, Mary, family of, 452

Beers, Ephraim, family of, 452

Bell, Reuben, family of, 459

Bells, 50, 323

Belding, Daniel, family of, 452

Belding, Joshua, family of, 452

Belding, Samuel, descendants of, 452

Belding, Stephen, family of, 453

Berries, 385

Bi-centennial Celebration, 610

Bissell, Dr. Elihu, 412

Billings Genealogy, 454

Blackbirds, 354

Blake, William, family of, 606

Blye, John, family of, ' 455

Boards, 438

Bodman, Joseph, family of, 455

Boltwood Genealogy, 455

Boltwood, Robert, 48; Robert, Jr., 273; Samuel, 48, 273; Ebenezer 422; Solomon, 422.

Bonney, Oliver, family of, 458

Bounds, 193

Bracy, Thomas, family of, 458

Bradstreet, Simon, contest with, 27

Bridges, 45

Brookfield, destruction of, 138

Brooks, John, family of, 458

Brooks, Joseph, family of, 458

Broom corn, 368

Brooms, 368

Brown, James, family of, 458

Brown, Lemuel, family of, 458

Brown, William, family of, 459

Buckwheat, 364

Burnham, James, family of, 459

Burr, Timothy, family of, 459

Burying ground, 249

Butter, 384

Candlewood, 302

Catamounts, 354

Carriages, 390

Carrier, Isaiah, family of, 459

Catlin, Samuel, descendants of, 459

Cattle. 376

Chamberlain, Joseph, family of, 459

Chandler, John, 411

Chapin, Dr. Perez, 412

Chapman, Rev. Benjamin, 406

Chauncey, Rev. Isaac, 320, 336; descendants of, 459.

Chauncey, Rev. Nath’l, family of, 459

Cheese, 384

Church, 55

Church, First, pastors of, 52, 326, 609

Church Genealogy, 460

Church, Richard, murder of by Indians, 263

Cider, 372

Clapboards, 108

Clapp, Preserved, family of, 462

Clark, Israel, family of, 462

Clark, John, and descendants, 463

Clark, Noah, family of, 463

Clark, Seth, family of, 463

Clark, Simeon, family of, 463

Clarke, Mr. Henry, 463

Clary Genealogy, 461

Clearing land, 441

Coats, Reuben, family of, 464

Coit, Dr. Daniel, 412

Cole, Stephen, family of, 473

Coleman, Dr. Seth, 423

Coleman Genealogy, 464

Colony bills, 309

Colt, Benjamin, family of, 465

Committee appointed by General Court to lay out a town at Norwottuck, 21.

Connecticut River, early settlements on, 9

Controversy with Hatfield in 1707, 195

Cook Genealogy, 465

Cook, Samuel, family of, 471

Cooledge, Nath'l, Jr., family of, 606

Cooley, Samuel, family of, 47.

Corkins, William, marriage of, 471

Counsellors, 618 .

Courtship, 247

Cowles, Dr. Chester, 412

Cowles Genealogy, 474

Cowles, Silas, family of, 606

Courts of Justice, 24

Courts of Justice, expenses of, 101

Courts of Justice, Hadley cases in, 96

Crack road, 408

Craft Genealogy, 473

Crafts, Joseph, family of, 474

Crank, the, 288

Crouch, Dr. Richard, 412

Crow Genealogy, 474

Crow, Rebecca, 243

Crowfoot, Daniel, family of, 474

Crowfoot, Samuel, family of, 474

Crows, 354

Curtis, Rev. Joseph W., family of, 606

Cutler, Dr. Robert, 424; family of, 474

Dale, Mehitable, family of, 475

Dana, Amariah, family of, 475

Davis, Hermon, family of, . 475

Davis, Sarah, 475

Dean, Faxon, family of, 475

Deer, 356

Deerfield abandoned, 150

Deerfield, destruction of, 272

Deputies, 619

Dickinson Genealogy, 475

Dickinson, Jonathan, descendants of, . 475

Distilling, 74, 408

Divorce, 247

Dogs, 280

Domo, Comfort, 404

Domo, Peter, 297; family of, 488.

Downing, John, family of, 606

Dress, law regulating, 99

Drinks in seventeenth century, 73

Drury, John, family of. 606

Dunakin, Andrew, family of, 606

Dwight, Dr. Elihu, 412

Dwight, Nathaniel, family of, 606

Dyeing, 388

Eastman Genealogy, 489

Edwards, Jonathan, family of, 492

Elgarr, Thomas, 242

Engagement to remove to Massachusetts, 19

Equivalent land, 298

Evens, John, family of, 492

Falls fight, 170

Falls Woods, 287

Fellows, Richard, family of, 492

Fences, 42, 46, 439

Ferry, Noah, descendants of, 492

Field Genealogy, 492

Fish, 313

Fisheries, 315

Flat hills, 423

Flax, 367

Flax seed, 385 Floods, 429

Foote, Nathaniel, family of, 494

Foote, Samuel, descendants of, 495

Fortifications, 159, 187

Fox, Abraham, descendants of, 495, 607

Fox, Joel, family of, 495

Fox, Nathaniel, family of, 495

Franklin, Henry J., family of, 496

Frary, Eliezer, descendants of, 496

Frary, Sampson, descendants of, 496

Freemen, 77

French neutrals, 351, 404, 421

Funerals, 247

Fur trade, 355

Gamwell, Dr. Samuel, 424

Gardens, 374

Gardner, Jacob, family of, 496

Gardner, Joseph, family of, 496

Gardner, Samuel, family of, 497

Gaylord Genealogy, 497

Geese, 381

Gillett, Joseph, family of, 498

Gillett, Samuel, descendants of, 498

Goffe, Wm., 145, 214

Golding, Peter, family of, 498

Goodell, Isaac, family of, 498

Goodman Genealogy, 498

Goodrich, Aaron, family of, 500

Goodwin, Mr. William, family of, 500

Gould, Solomon, family of, 500

Grain, prices of, 102; used to pay taxes, 210.

Granby, division of lands in, 285; Church organized, 407; pastor settled, 407; incorporation, 407; Baptist

church, 408; settlers, 411.

Granger, Holcomb, family of, 500

Grains, Edward, family of, 500

Grant of 1673, 103

Grant of 1683, 194

Grant of 1727, 195

Graves Genealogy, 501

Green, Eliphalet, family of. 504

Green. Timothy, family of, 504

Grey, James, family of, 505

Gridley, Rev. Elijah, 408

Grover, Hosea, family of, 505

Gull, William, family of, 505

Gunn, Moses, family of, 505

Gunn, Samuel, family of, 505

Hadley named, 25

Hale, Thomas, family of, 505

Haley, John, family of, 505

Hammond, Timothy, family of, 505

Hampshire county, establishment of, 93; churches in, prior to 1700, 94; courts, in, 94; treasurer of, 95; house of correction in, 95; prison in, 95; number of persons slain in, 188; buildings burnt in, 188; war taxes in, 190; colony expenses in, 190; troop, 227.

Hampshire towns, scheme to bring the five into two, 167

Harrison, Isaac, family of, 505

Harvard College, contributions to, 104

Harwood, Benjamin, family of, 505

Hastings, Benjamin, family of, 505

Hastings, Thomas, descendants of, 506

Hasty pudding, 365

Hartford, controversies in church at, 11

Hatfield homelots, 39; separation of from Hadley, 76; how purchased, 119; attack on, 135; attack on, 175; attack on in 1677, 183; names of those killed and captured by Indians, at, in 1677, 184.

Hawkes Genealogy, 509

Hawley Genealogy, 509

Hawley, Levi, family of, 607

Hayes, Kev. Joel, 402

Hay grasses, 369

Hemp, 367

Henderson Genealogy, 510

Henry, James, family of, 510

Hens, 381

Hubbard Genealogy, 510

Highways, 42, 289

Hickson, Walter, family of, 511

Hill, Rev. Abraham, 419

Hilliard or Hillyer Genealogy, 511

Hillier, John, 242

Hinsdale Genealogy, 511

Hitchcock, Charles, family of, 512

Hockanum, 296; 3 men slain at, 165

Hodge, Benjamin, family of, 512

Hodge, George, and descendants, 512

Hodge, John, family of, 607

Homelots, 31, 190, 198

Honey, 383

Hooker, Joseph, family of, 607

Hopkins Grammar school, 56; teachers of, 66.

Hopkins, Rev. Samuel, 332, 336; descendants of, 513.

Hopkins, Timothy, family of, 514

Horse blocks, 323

Horses, 375

Hovey, Joseph, family of, 514

Hovey, Thomas, descendants of, 514

Hoyt Genealogy, 514

Hubbard, John, descendants of, 515

Hubbard, Hezekiah, family of, 515

Hunter, Stephen, family of, 517

Hunters, 357

Indians, selling liquors to, 71; land burnings by, 106; near Connecticut river, 122; entertainment of, 132; Attack of, repelled by Gen'l Goffe, 135; assault of, 178; friendly, 191; troubles with the Albany, 259.

Indian bottom, 37

Indian corn, 36

Indian deeds, remarks on, 112

Indian war, first, 135; second, 256; fourth, 339; fifth, 342; sixth, 345; men engaged therein, 347.

Ingram Genealogy. 517

Ingram, William, family of, 519

Inhabitants, occupation of, 80; of 1681, 211; changes in, 213; inhabitants in 1731, 291; inhabitants in 1770, 431. Inn-keepers. 70

Inner Commons, division of, 290

Intervals, manner of distributing, 32

Island, in Connecticut river, 308

Jack, a negro, execution of, 269

Jennings, Stephen, family of, 519

Johnson, Stephen, family of, 607

Judd, Asahel, family of, 520

Judd, Reuben, descendants of, 520

Judd, Thomas, descendants of, 521

Kellogg, Dr. Giles C., 412

Kellogg, Giles C., family of, 529

Kellogg, Joseph, descendants of, 527

Kellogg, Samuel, descendants of, 529

Kelsey, Matthew, family of, 529

King, Elisha, family of, 529

King, Thomas, family of, 530

King, William, family of, 530

Kittredge, Dr. William, 423

Kneeland, Edward, Jr., family of 530

Knight, Benjamin, family of, 530

Lancaster, destruction of, 159

Land, of little value to the Indians, 112; purchases of, in Norwottuck valley, 114; price paid Indians, for Hadley, 121; speculation, 299.

Lane Genealogy, 530

Lathrop, Capt., and his company slain at Bloody Brook, 147

Lawrence, John, family of, 530

Lawrence, Stephen, family of, 530

Lewis Genealogy, 530

Lights, 387

Locke, Dr. William, 192

Logs, 439

Longmeadow, ambuscade near, 164

Loomis, John, family of, 531

Loomis, Thomas, family of, 531

Lord's supper, 337

Lotridge, James, family of, 531

Loveland, or Loveman, William, family of, 531

Lyman, Elijah, family of, 531

Lyman, Gideon, family of, 532

Lyman, Israel, family of, 532

Lyman, John, family of, 532

Lyman, Phinehas, descendants of, 532

Lyman, Zadoc, family of, 607

McDaniel, Jacob, 422

Malt-houses, 74

Maple sugar, 386

Markham, William, family of, 532

Marriages, 243

Marsh Genealogy, 532

Marsh, Calvin, family of, 607

Marsh, Timothy, family of, .607

Massachusetts, application of dissatisfied Connecticut men, to, for land, 18

Matthews, Silas, family of, 535

Mattoon Genealogy, 535

Meacham, James, family of, 536

Meadow, Forty Acre, 35; Skirts of Forty Acre, 200; Great, 35; Fort, 36: Skirts of, 201; Hockanum, 36; Skirts of, 201; North, or Upper, 37; Little, 37; South, or Great Pansett, 37; South-west, or Little Pansett, 37.

Measuring land, 40

Medicines, 612

Meekins Genealogy, 536

Merrick, James, family of, 537

Meeting-house, first, 50; second, 318

Meslin, 363

Mighill, Samuel, family of, 537

Militia, their postures and arms, 223; of Hadley, 226.

Mills, grist, 47, 192; bolting, 48; saw, 49.

Ministers, salaries of, 54; wood for, 339.

Mohawks, The, 128; their cannibalism, 128; in Hampshire county, 129; talks with, at Albany, 132; presents to, 132, 280.

Money, coined, 203

Montague Genealogy, 537

Moody Genealogy, 540

Morton Genealogy, 542

Mount Holyoke, 437

Mourning, 247

Murray Genealogy, 543

Muskrats, 356

Names, Christian, 252

Narragansetts, war with the, 161

Nash Genealogy, 543

Negro slaves, 393, 410, 426

New England, division of lands in, 30; schools of, 63; intemperance in, 75; lands in, prior to settlement by English, 104.

New style, 254

Newton, Francis, family of, 549

New towns, 299

Nipmucks, Importance of, 136

Northampton, assaulted, 163

Northfield, men slain at, 145; Capt. Beers and his party cut off at, 145; deserted, 145.

North Hadley, 433; Religious Society at, 609.

Northam, Samuel, family of, 549

Norwottuk, origin of the name, 121

Norwottucks, The, 122, 144

Nuts, 386

Oats, 363

Old style, 254

Old tenor, 312

Osborn, Richard, family of, 549

Oxen, 376

Palisades, 268

Panton or Panthern, Alexander, family of, 549

Paper money, 309

Parker, Eli, family of, 549

Parsons, Rev. David, 414; his wood, 415; descendants of, 549

Parsons, Rev. David, D. D., 416

Partridge Genealogy, 550

Partridges, 360 Peas, 363

Pendergrass, Peter, 404

Perkins, Elisha, descendants of, 551

Perry, John, family of, 552

Petition, to General Court in favor of right of resisting the orders of King Charles II., 81; against the impost or customs, 83; in reference to God's displeasure, 85.

Petty, John, family of, 552

Phelps, Charles, descendants of, 552

Philip, erroneous notions respecting, 135

Physicians, 412, 423, 612

Pierce, John, family of, 552

Pierce, Josiah, 421; family of, 552

Pigeons, 359

Pixley, William, family of, 553

Planting, 399

Plowing, 399

Plimpton, or Plympton, Peter, family of, 553

Pocomtucks, The 144

Pomeroy. Ebenezer, descendants of, 553

Poor, 241

Pound, 79

Porter Genealogy, 553

Porter, James B., family of, 608

Porter, Jonathan E., family of, 608

Posts, 192

Potash works, 394

Potatoes, 366

Potter, Ephraim, family of, 557 '

Prior, Nathaniel C., family of, 557

Preston Genealogy, 557

Proprietors, change of, 35

Province bills, 309

Prutt, Arthur, family of, 557

Pumpkins, 366

Quabaug, garrison at, 191

Queen, Hugh, 409

Raccoons, 356

Rafts, 306

Rates, war, 207; money, 207; how paid, 208; for 1681, 211; for 1686, 211.

Rattlesnakes, 360

Raulf, Benjamin, family of, 558

Rawson, Rev. Grindall, 396: family of, 558.

Raymond, Josiah, family of, 558

Representatives, 619

Revolutionary war, 405, 407, 418

Reynolds, Samuel, family of, 558

Reynolds, Thomas, family of, 558

Richmond, David, family of, 558

Rider, Stephen, family of, 558

Riot, 98

Rood, Simeon, family of, 558

Rooker, William, family of, 558

Ropes, 368

Rosevelt, Jacob, family of, 558

Rowe, John, family of, 558

Rowlandson, Mrs., taken captive, 162

Rugg, Samuel, descendants of, 558

Russell, Rev. John, the first minister, 52; plan of his dwelling house, 220; inscription on his monument, 330.

Russell Church and Society, 610

Russell Genealogy, 559 Rye, 363

Salmon, 313

Sampson, Phinehas, family of, 559

Schenectady, destruction of, 258

School books, 69

School committee, 68

Schools and scholars, 65

School houses, 66

Scott, Edward, family of, 559

Scott, William, descendants of, 560

Scovil, Ebenezer, family of, 500

Selden, Joseph, family of, 561

Selden, Thomas, descendants of, 561

Selectmen, or Townsmen, 620

Senators, 618

Sermons, 337

Settlers first, proceedings of, in 1659 and 1660, 22

Settlers on west side of the river, 23

Seymour Genealogy, 561

Shad, 313

Shade trees, 430

Shays' insurrection. 425

Sheep, 380

Sheep pasture, 293

Shipman, Samuel, family of, 608

Sickness of 1689, 270

Side walks, 430

Silks, presentments for wearing. 99

Sleds, 102 ,

Sleighs, 389

Small pox, 350, 409

Smith, Eleazar, family of, 562

Smith, Eliakim, family of, 562

Smith, Elihu, family of, 608

Smith, Joseph, descendants of, 562

Smith, Samuel, descendants of, 580

Smith, Samuel, descendants of, 565

Smith, Sarah, executed for murder, 269

Smith, Simon, family of, 581

Snow, Josiah, family of, 581

Snow shoes, 275

Soap, 386

South Hadley, division of lands in, 285; inhabitants, 292; first settlement, 395; first meeting house, 396; second meeting house, 399; parish divided, 401; common, 402; schools, 403; poor, 403; innkeepers, 404; canal, 406; settlers, 410.

Springfield, burning of, 152

Stanley, Thomas, descendants of, 582

Stickney, John, 409; family of, 582

Stillman, George, family of, 582

Stockbridge, Caleb, family of, 608

Stockbridge, Jason, family of, 608

Stockwell, Quintan, family of, 582

Stockwell, Timothy, family of, 583

Stoves, church, 323

Street, main, laid out, 31, 427; new, 198; middle, 430.

Strong Genealogy, 583

Sumner, Jonathan, family of, 608

Survey of 1739, 195

Swamp, Spruce, 201; Old, 201; Partrigg's, 202; Hubbard's, 202; New, 202; Taylor's, 202.

Swine, 378

Talcott, Maj., his arrival at Hadley, 176; expedition with Capt. Henchman up the river, 179; defeat of Indians at Hudson River by, 181.

Tar, 300

Taylor, John, descendants of, 583

Taylor, Stephen, descendants of, 584

Taxation, 203

Temple, Thomas, family of, 585

Terry, Stephen, family of, 585

Thomas, Joseph, family of, 585

Tilton, Hon Peter, family of, 585

Timber, 107, 290, 303

Time pieces, 387

Titles, 250

Tobacco, 383

Town Clerks, 626

Town meetings, 76

Town officers, 77

Townsman's accounts, 76

Transportation up and down the river, 101

Trayner, Francis, family of, 585

Trees, 434 Turkeys, wild, 358

Turnips, 366

Turpentine, 300

Venison. 358

Vinton, Dr. Samuel, 412

Vinton Genealogy, 585

Wagons, 391

Wait Genealogy, 586

Walker, Israel, family of, 587

Wallis Genealogy, 587

Wampum, 133

War, Philip's, 135; fight in, above Hatfield, 144; cost of, 189; soldier's wages in, 191; second, or King William's, 256; third, or Queen Anne's, 272.

War taxes, 190

Ward, Isaac, family of, 587

Ward, Nathaniel, family of, 587

Ward, Samuel Dexter, family of, 588

Warner, Andrew, descendants of, 588

Warner, John, descendants of, 590

Warner, Jonathan, family of, 608

Warriner, Joseph, family of, 592

Way, Ralph, family of, 592

Weaving, 395

Webster Genealogy, 392

Webster, Mary, a witch, 236

Weddings, 243

Wells, John, descendants of, 592

Wells, Thomas, descendants of, 592

West, Dan, family of, 594

Westcarr, Dr. John, trial for selling liquor to Indians, 72; family of, 594.

Westley, widow, 241

Westwood, William, family or, 594

Wethersfield, difficulties at, 16

Whalley, Edward, 145, 215

Wheat, 361

White Genealogy, 594

White, Dr. Ezekiel, 412

Whitefield, George, 338

Wildcats, 353

Williams, Charles, family of, 602

Williams, Rev. Chester, 328, 336;

descendants of, 602.

Williams, Rev. William, descendants of, 602

Wine and liquor, retailers of, 71

Witchcraft, in Europe, 232; in New England, 233; in Hampshire county, 234; mania of 1692, 240.

Wolves, 353, 426

Wood, 107

Woodbridge, Rev. John, 399; descendants of, 603.

Woodbridge, Rev. John, family of, 604

Woodward, Samuel, family of, 604

Wool, 380

Wright, Charles, family of, 604

Wright, Samuel, descendants of, 605

Wyatt, Israel, family of, 605

Younglove, John, family of, 605

CORRECTIONS.

Page 233, lino 21st. It was Nathaniel Greensrnith, and not bis wife who was executed.

“ 532, line 5th. It was not Israel Lyman, but his wife, who was born in Willington, Ct.

“ 592, line 21st, for Rebert, read Robert.

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