THE BARDWELL FAMILY




1. Robert Bardwell, of Hatfield, d. Jan. 9, 1726, a. 79. He m. Nov. 29, 1676, Mary, dau. of William Gull. She d. Nov. 12, 1726.

Children:
Ebenezer, b. Oct. 19, 1679.
Mary, b. Oct. 15, 1681.
John, b. Sept. 16, 1683; d. 1685.
Samuel, b. Sept. 26, 1685.
John, b. Aug. 18, or 28, 1689.
Thomas, b. Dec. 8, 1691.
Hester, b. Aug. 8, 1693; m. Oct. 23, 1717, Joseph Belding.
Sarah, m. May 19, 1713, Jonathan Barrett of Hartford.
Thankful, m. May 23, 1717, Abraham Graves.
Abigail, b. abt. 1699; m. June 6, 1720, David Graves; d. 1786, a. 87.


2. Ebenezer, s. of Robert (1), was b. Oct. 19, 1679, in Hatfield; d. July 13, 1732; m. Apr. 25, 1706, Mary, dau. of Joseph and Joanna (Wyatt) Field of Hat. She was b. July 18, 1684. They resi on the estate that descended from Robert.

Children (b. in Hat.):
Ebenezer, b. Sept. 10, 1707; m. Elizabeth Gillett; rem. to What. (Whately).
Hannah, b. Jan. 24, 1709.
Joseph, b. 1711.
Remembrance, b. 1713.
Esther, b. 1715; d. soon.
Jonathan, b. Jan. 5, 1718.
Abigail, b. Oct. 14, 1722; m. Noah Wells; rem. to What.
Esther, b. Dec. 16, 1723; m. 1743, Daniel Morton, rem. to What.


3. Remembrance, s. of Ebenezer (2), was b. in Hat. in 1713; d. Nov. 9, 1779; m. 1742, Hannah, dau. of Ebenezer and Hannah (Frary) Dickinson of Hat. She was b. Feb. 17, 1715, and d. Mar. 16, 1788. He res. on the old homestead and was a man of much prominence and influence.

Children (born in Hat.):
Sarah, b. Aug. 30, 1743; m. Mar. 14, 1770, Jesse Billings.
Noah, b. Apr. 28, 1748; m. Lucy Waite; rem. to What. (Whatley)
Hannah, b. Aug. 4, 1750; m. Aaron Dickinson of No. Hat.
Seth, b. Dec. 23, 1752.


4. Seth, s. of Remembrance (3), was b. in Hat., Dec. 23, 1752; k. by lightning June 16, 1795; m. Aug. 31, 1773, Hannah Dickinson, dau. of Salmon Dickinson of Hat. He sett. on the old Bardwell homestead and was an active business man. She d. Dec. 31, 1833, a. 81.

Children (born in Hat.):
Elijah, b. Nov. 12, 1775.
Silas, b. Apr. 27, 1777; m. Pamelia, dau. of William Morton.
Lois, b. Nov. 7, 1799; m. Oct. 18, 1808, Alpheus Longley.
Remembrance, b. Feb. 3, 1782; m. Sophia, dau. of John Allis.
Seth, b. May 18, 1784; m. Ann Warner of Willismburg; d. Oct. 23, 1866. They had one child: Pamelia, b. Sept. 7, 1809; m. Josiah Brown; d. Nov. 26, 1833.
Hannah, b. July 31, 1786; d. soon.
William, b. Aug. 21, 1788; m. Jan. 21, 1814, Sabra Swift.
Oliver, b. Apr. 25, 1791; d. Dec. 17, 1802.
Jeremiah, b. May 5, 1793; m. Rosamond Harris, no ch.
Salmon D., b. Feb. 29, 1796; m. Lucy Ann White.


5. Elijah, s. of Seth (4), was b. in Hat., Nov. 12, 1755; d. Feb. 16, 1857; m. (1) Jan. 2, 1800, Miriam, dau. of Joseph Dickinson of Hat. She was b. Aug. 30, 1781, and d. Oct. 7, 1841. He m. (2) Lucinda Waite of Amh. (Amherst) in Aug., 1842. She d. May 17, 1871, a. 81.

Children (b. in Hat.):
Hannah, b. abt. 1801; d. Jan. 2, 1803.
Elijah, b. Sept. 13, 1802.
Hannah, b. May 7, 1812; m. Nov. 27, 1837, Asahel Wright of Dfd. (Deerfield); d. May 4, 1874.


6. Seth, s. of Seth (4), was b. in Hat., Apr. 27, 1777; d. May 8, 1862; m. Sept. 16, 1802, Pamelia, dau. of William Morton. She was b. Dec. 13, 1783, and d. Aug. 22, 1854.

Children:
Oliver, b. Dec. 15, 1803; d. in infancy.
Oliver, b. June 23, 1805; d. Mar. 9, 1882.
Louisa, b. May 3, 1807; m. Josiah Allis; d. May 29, 1875.


7. Remembrance, s. of Seth (4), was b. in Hat., Feb. 3, 1782; d. Dec. 20, 1863; m. Apr. 12, 1802, Sophia, dau. of John Allis. She was b. Nov. 18, 1783, and d. June 22, 1847.

Children:
Eliza, b. Oct. 22, 1803; d. Sept. 15, 1804.
Eliza A., b. Oct. 22, 1804; m. Harvey Graves.
Dwight L., b. 1812; d. Aug. 20, 1832, a. 20.
Sophia A., b. Jan. 20, 1820; m. Nov. 17, 1842, E. A. Dickinson of What.


8. William, s. of Seth (4), was b. in Hat. Aug. 21, 1788; d. Dec. 24, 1872; m. Jan. 21, 1814, Sabra, dau. of Heman Smith of What. (Whately). She was b. Nov. 29, 1794, and d. Aug. 7, 1868.

Children:
William E., d. Jan. 7, 1890.
Edwin, b. Nov. 16, 1822; d. Sept. 5, 1898; m. (1) Mar. 10, 1847, Dollie Ann Graves of What.; m. (2) June 1, 1871, Martha R. Birdie.
Charles L., d. Oct. 8, 1907.
Lorenzo, m. Sarah Allis.
George W., b. 1819; drowned Aug. 2, 1834, a. 15.


9. Salmon D., s. of Seth (4), was b. at Hat., Feb. 29, 1796; m. Oct. 13, 1834, Lucy Ann, dau. of Elijah White of Hat. Res. in Margaretta, Ohio.

Children:
Anna L., b. July 2, 1835; m. May 11, 1859, William Graves of Margaretta, Ohio.
Maria L., b. Feb. 19, 1838.


10. Elijah, s. of Elijah (5), was b. at Hat., Sept. 13, 1802; d. Mar. 28, 1883; m. Dec. 12, 1833, Cynthia, dau. of Lucius Field of Leverett. She was b. July 28, 1810, and d. Feb. 14, 1878. He was an active business man and much in public life.

Children (b. in Hat.):
Martha Jane, b. July 5, 1838.
Caleb Dickinson, b. Sept. 28, 1840; m. Sarah A. Warner.
Henry Field, b. Nov. 6, 1842; m. Alice L. Brown.
Elijah Ashley, b. Feb. 1, 1846; m. Sarah E. Dickinson.
Asahel Wright, b. May 28, 1848; drowned July 28, 1864.
Frederick Harrison, b. Feb. 12, 1854; m. Maria Irene Curtis.


11. Caleb Dickinson, s. of Elijah (10), was b. at Hat. Sept. 28, 1840; d. May 12, 1907; m. Sept. 28, 1870, Sarah A., dau of James W. Warner. He was a member of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war.

Children:
Cynthia Louisa, b. Mar. 4, 1874; m. Charles C. Crosby of Minneapolis, Minn.
Robert James, b. Mar. 5, 1877.


12. Henry Field, s. of Elijah (10), was b. at Hat., Nov. 6, 1842; d. Oct. 4, 1892; m. Nov. 4, 1868, Alice L., dau. of John D. Brown. She was b. Apr. 29, 1848, and d. Oct. 29, 1907.

Children:
Harry Elijah, b. Mar. 24, 1871.
Martha Eveline, b. May 31, 1873; m. Wilfred P. Weaver of Hart. (Hartford).


13. Elijah Ashley, s. of Elijah (10), was b. at Hat., Feb. 1, 1846; m. (1) Dec. 13, 1871, Sarah E., dau. of William H. Dickinson. She d. Aug. 10, 1876. He m. (2) Sept. 11, 1886, Lois Ann Wright of Manchester, Vt.

Child (by Sarah E. Dickinson):
James Dickinson, b. May 10, 1875; m. Sept. 5, 1899, Martha B. Smith of Smith's Ferry. They have one child, Catherine Dickinson, b. Aug. 1, 1902.


14. Frederick Harrison, s. of Elijah (10), was b. at Hat., Feb. 12, 1854; m. Dec. 4, 1879, Maria Irene, dau. of Lucius G. Curtis of Hat. She was b. Sept. 23, 1857.

Children:
Ruby Irene, b. Mar. 14, 1883; m. June 30, 1909, Albert J. Chidester.
Arthur Curtis, b. Aug. 10, 1885.
Homer Frederick, b. Dec. 19, 1887.
Curtis Field, b. June 9, 1893.


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