Aaron Adams

Birth: 10 Oct 1768, Pomfret, Windsham Co, CT

• Connecticut Vital Records, Pomfret 1705 - 1850, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, 1918, Aaron Adams birth, p. 2, citing vol. 1, p. 23 of the original records; database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/414/connecticut-vital-records-the-barbour-collection-1630-1870 : accessed 8 Dec 2022).

Father: Richard Adams
Mother: Rebecca Thayer

David Adams

Birth: 1 Sep 1758, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT

• Connecticut Vital Records, Pomfret 1705 - 1850, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, 1918, David Adams birth, p. 3, citing vol. 1, p. 23 of the original records; database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/414/connecticut-vital-records-the-barbour-collection-1630-1870 : accessed 8 Dec 2022).

Father: Richard Adams
Mother: Rebecca Thayer

Richard Adams

Birth: 25 May 1722, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT

• "Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870," database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/414/connecticut-vital-records-the-barbour-collection-1630-1870 : accessed 10 Jan 2023), Richard Adams birth, Pomfret, p. 5, citing vol. 1, p. 9 of the original records; from Lucius Barnes Barbour typescript at NEHGS, Boston.

Death: before 3 Aug 1773

• "Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9049/ : accessed 9 Dec 2022), Richard Adams (1773), case no. 43; from Pomfret District, Probate Packets, Abbot-Allen, James, 1752-1880, Connecticut State Library; Josiah Fassat of Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut, was appointed administrator to the estate of Richard Adams, of the same place, on 3 Aug 1773.

Father: Richard Adams
Mother: Mary Cady

Spouse: Rebecca Thayer
Marriage: 16 Oct 1755, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT

• Connecticut Vital Records, Pomfret 1705 - 1850, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, 1918, Rebeckah Thayer - Peter (sic) Adams, p. 188, citing vol. 1, p. 105 of the original records; database with images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/414/connecticut-vital-records-the-barbour-collection-1630-1870 : accessed 6 Dec 2022).
• Kendall P. Hayward, "Richard Adams of Sudbury, Mass.; Plainfield and Norwich, Conn.," The American Genealogist, Vol. 23 (1946), p. 144, 147; AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/11854/147/23568260 : accessed 10 Jan 2023).

1. Rachel Adams, born 22 Jun 1756, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT
2. David Adams, born 1 Sep 1758, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT
3. Hannah Adams, born 5 Jan 1761, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT
4. Richard Adams, born 26 Apr 1763, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT
5. Aaron Adams, born 10 Oct 1768, Pomfret, Windsham Co, CT
6. Mary Adams, born
7. Eunice Adams, born

Notes:

Richard Adams died circa 1773 intestate. His estate was divided amongst his widow, Rebeckah, his eldest son David, second son Richard, third son Aaron, eldest daughter Rachel, second daughter Hannah, third daughter Mary, and fourth daughter Enunice. Josiah Fossett was administrator, Peter Adams posted bond.¹

Sources:

1. "Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9049/ : accessed 9 Dec 2022), Richard Adams (1773), case no. 43; from Pomfret District, Probate Packets, Abbot-Allen, James, 1752-1880, Connecticut State Library.

Mary L. Bemis

Spouse: Joseph W. Morse
Marriage: 31 Oct 1843, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

1. Harlan Page Morse, born 22 Jul 1855, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

Phineas Cleveland

Birth: 19 Oct 1727, Canterbury, Windham County, CT

• "Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870," database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/414/connecticut-vital-records-the-barbour-collection-1630-1870 : accessed 10 Jan 2023), Phinehas Cleveland birth, Canterbury, p. 55, citing vol. 1, p. 105 of the original records; from Lucius Barnes Barbour typescript at NEHGS, Boston.
• Edmund Janes Cleveland, Horace Gillette Cleveland, The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families 3 Volumes, (Hartford, Connecticut: author, 1899), Vol. 1, p. 77-8,154; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/genealogyofcleve01clev/page/76/mode/2up : accessed 10 Jan 2023).

Father: Samuel Cleveland
Mother: Mary Darby

Spouse: Rebecca Thayer
Marriage: 27 Jul 1775, Pomfret, Windsor Co, CT

• Connecticut Vital Records, Pomfret 1705 - 1850, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, 1918, Rebeckah Adams - Phinehas Cleaveland, p. 5, citing vol. 2, p. 63 of the original records; database with images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/414/connecticut-vital-records-the-barbour-collection-1630-1870 : accessed 6 Dec 2022).
• Edmund Janes Cleveland, Horace Gillette Cleveland, The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families 3 Volumes, (Hartford, Connecticut: author, 1899), Vol. 1, p. 77-8,154; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/genealogyofcleve01clev/page/76/mode/2up : accessed 10 Jan 2023).

Josiah Fassett

Birth: 2 Mar 1725, Canterbury, Windham County, CT

• "Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870," database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/414/connecticut-vital-records-the-barbour-collection-1630-1870 : accessed 10 Dec 2022), Josiah Fassett birth, Canterbury, p. 76, citing vol. 1, p. 140 of the original records; from Lucius Barnes Barbour typescript.

Death: before 6 Jan 1777, probably Pomfret, Windham Co, CT

• Connecticut probate records, Pomfret district, 3:514-6, distribution of estate of Josiah Fassett; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-3PQ : accessed 10 Dec 2022); FHL DSG 007626777, image 287 of 548.]; On 6 Feb 1777, the probate court ordered that the estate of Josiah Fassett late of Pomfret be divided and distributed to his widow and heirs.

Father: Benjamin Fassett
Mother: Elizabeth Parks

Spouse: Hannah Thayer
Marriage: 31 Aug 1752, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT

• Connecticut Vital Records, Pomfret 1705 - 1850, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, 1918, Hannah Thayer - Josiah Fossett, p. 188, citing vol. 1, p. 103 of the original records; database with images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/414/connecticut-vital-records-the-barbour-collection-1630-1870 : accessed 7 Dec 2022).

1. Hannah Fassett, born 3 Sep 1753, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT
2. Molly Fassett, born 10 Mar 1755, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT
3. Dorcas Fassett, born 4 Feb 1757, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT
4. Lucy Fassett, born 3 Jan 1759, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT
5. Josiah Fassett, born 12 Aug 1761, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT
6. Reuben Fassett, born 9 Jan 1764, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT
7. Elijah Fassett, born 9 Nov 1766, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT

Notes:

Research Notes for Josiah Fassett:

Josiah Fasset was the son of Benjamin Fassett and Elizabeth Parks, who were married in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 4 Feb 1713/14.¹

Benjamin and Elisabeth moved to Pomfret, Windham County Connecticut, where Elizabeth died on 18 Aug 1757.²

Benjamin Fassett then married Eleanor Adams in Brooklyn, Windham County, on 5 Feb 1758.³

Benjamin died in September or October of 1764. He made his will 15 Sep 1764; it was allowed 15 Oct 1764. He named his wife Eleanor, his eldest son Benjamin, second son John, third son Adonijah, fourth son Josiah, whom he named executor, and his only daughter Elizabeth Tyler.⁴

Benjamin's first wife, Elizabeth Parks, was the sister of Zaccheus Parks, who died intestate in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 27 Jan 1792.⁵ He had no spouse or children, leaving as heirs his siblings, their children and grandchildren. The Middlesex County land records have several deeds in which the heirs of Zaccheus Parks relinquish (for a fee) their rights, as heirs, to the estate of Zaccheus Parks. One of them, Middlesex County deed 120:27, Elijah Thayer et al to Samuel Parks, dated 5 Jan 1793, includes as grantees: John Fassett, Adonijah Fassett, and Elizabeth Tyler, along with other relatives of Zaccheus Parks living in Brooklyn and Windham County, Connecticut, including Hannah (Thayer) (Fassett) Pike.

Consequently, both Josiah and his wife, Hannah, were heirs of Zaccheus Parks, which explains why Josiah's siblings appear in the Middlesex County deeds relating to his estate.

On 6 Feb 1777 the Pomfret district probate court in Connecticut ordered the estate of Josiah Fassett "late of Pomfret" to be divided and distributed to his heirs. On 10 Feb 1777 his estate was distributed to Mrs. Hannah Fassett, widow of the deceased, Josiah Fassett, eldest son, Reuben Fassett, second son, Elijah Fassett, third son, Hannah Fassett, eldest daughter, Molly Fassett, second daughter, Dorcas Fassett, third daughter, Lucy Fassett, fourth daughter.⁶

Sources:

1. Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths: 1635 to 1850 (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891), Benjamin Fassett - Elizabeth Parks, p. 61; database with images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/concordmassachus1635conc/page/61 : accessed 10 December 2022).
2. "Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870," database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/414/connecticut-vital-records-the-barbour-collection-1630-1870 : accessed 10 Dec 2022), Elizabeth Fossett death, Pomfret, p. 73, citing vol. 1, p. 81 of the original records; from Lucius Barnes Barbour typescript.
3. Early Connecticut Marriages, bk. 1, p. 37, Lieut Benjamin Fassett and Eleanor Adams.
4. Windham County, Connecticut, probate records, 3:84, will of Benjamin Fassett; "Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999," database with images, Ancestry.com.
5. FamilySearch.org, various authors, Elizabeth Parkes (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZF8-6LN : 10 Dec 2022).
6. Connecticut probate records, Pomfret district, 3:514-6, distribution of estate of Josiah Fassett; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-3PQ : accessed 10 Dec 2022).

Harlan Page Morse

Birth: 22 Jul 1855, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 3 Dec 2022), Harlan Page Morse, Spencer births, vol 92, p. 220; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Death: 1928

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134411830/harlan-p-morse: accessed 04 December 2022), gravestone photo for Harlan P. Morse (1855–1928), Find a Grave Memorial ID 134411830, Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA, maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).

Burial: Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134411830/harlan-p-morse: accessed 04 December 2022), gravestone photo for Harlan P. Morse (1855–1928), Find a Grave Memorial ID 134411830, Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA, maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).

Father: Joseph W. Morse
Mother: Mary L. Bemis

Spouse: Luella M. Wilson
Marriage: 20 Dec 1881, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 3 Dec 2022), Harlan P. Morse - Luella M. Wilson, Spencer marriages, vol 327, p. 331; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Notes:

He was born in Spencer about 1855, the son of Joseph W. and Mary L. Morse, per record of marriage to Luella Wilson.

Joseph W. Morse

Spouse: Mary L. Bemis
Marriage: 31 Oct 1843, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

1. Harlan Page Morse, born 22 Jul 1855, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

John Pike

Spouse: Hannah Thayer
Marriage: 16 Feb 1779, Brooklyn, Windham Co, CT

• "Early Connecticut Marriages," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3719/ : accessed 7 Dec 2022), Hannah Fassett - John Pike; from Frederic W. Bailey, Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, 7 books in 1 volume (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing, 1997), bk. 1, p. 41.

Adella Myra Wilson

Birth: 13 Sep 1858, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 3 Dec 2022), Adella Myra Wilson, Spencer births, vol 116, p. 223; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
• Henry Mendell Tower, Historical Sketches Relating to Spencer, Mass, 4 vols (Spencer, Massachusetts: W. J. Heffernan-Spencer Leader Printers, 1901), vol. 1, p. 172; online at books.google.com, accessed 4 Dec 2022.

Death: 1946, Worcester, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980," database at Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3659/ : accessed 4 Dec 2022), Adella M. Wilson death (1946), Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Father: Winthrop Wilson
Mother: Cornelia Lamb Wheelock

Notes:

In 1920, 1930 and 1940 she was living in Worcester, unmarried.

Edgar Marion Wilson

Birth: 6 May 1855, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 3 Dec 2022), Edgar Marrion Wilson, Spencer births, vol 92, p. 222; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
• Henry Mendell Tower, Historical Sketches Relating to Spencer, Mass, 4 vols (Spencer, Massachusetts: W. J. Heffernan-Spencer Leader Printers, 1901), vol. 1, p. 172; online at books.google.com, accessed 4 Dec 2022.

Death: 8 Nov 1946, Worcester, Worcester Co, MA

• "Edgar M. Wilson," funeral notice, The Evening Gazette (Worcester, Mass), 10 Nov 1936, p. 15, col. 4.; online at GenealogyBank.com.

Burial: Pine Grove Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• "Edgar M. Wilson," funeral notice, The Evening Gazette (Worcester, Mass), 10 Nov 1936, p. 15, col. 4.; online at GenealogyBank.com.

Father: Winthrop Wilson
Mother: Cornelia Lamb Wheelock

Notes:

In 1920, Edgar was living with his sisters Ansella and Adella in Worcester, all unmarried. In 1930 he was living in Worcester with Adella. He was not found in the 1940 census.