1. Thomas Hastings was b. in Watertown, July 1, 1652, s. of Thomas. He was a physician and sett. in Hat., where he d. July 23, 1712, a. 60. He m. (1) Oct. 10, 1672, Anna, dau. of John Hawkes. She d. Oct. 25, 1705. He m. (2) Feb. 14, 1706, Mary, dau. of David Burt of Nhn. She m. (2) May 17, 1713, Samuel Belding, and d. Apr. 13, 1734.

Children (by Anna Hawkes):
Margaret, b. July 7, 1674; m. May 7, 1707, Nathaniel Evetts.
Hannah, b. Jan. 19, 1677; m. Samuel Gillett.
Thomas, b. Sept. 24, 1679.
Hepzibah, b. Apr. 16, 1683; m. Apr. 5, 1705, Jonathan Curtis.
Mehitable, b. Jan. 23, 1685; m. Nov. 25, 1714, John Burk.
John, b. Sept. 17, 1689.

Children (by Mary Burt):
Silence, b. Feb. 26, 1707; m. Josiah Hadlock.
Thankful, b. May 5, 1711; d. July 15, 1711.
Sylvanus, b. Sept. 10, 1712; d. Feb. 27, 1713.


2. Thomas, s. of Thomas (1), was b. Sept. 24, 1679; d. Apr. 14, 1728; was a physician in Hat. He m. Mar. 6, 1701, Mary, dau. of John Field of Hat.

Children:
Mary, b. Dec. 24, 1701; d. Jan. 10, 1702.
Thomas, b. Nov. 6, 1702; d. Nov. 4, 1703.
Mary, b. July 26, 1704; m. Nov. 13, 1729, Benjamin Billings.
Anna, b. Oct. 13, 1706; m. ____ White.
Dorothy, b. July 27, 1709; d. July 29, 1711.
Thomas, d. Dec. 12, 1713, a. 1 1/2 (Town Record).
Waitstill, b. Jan. 3, 1714.
Tabitha, b. Oct. 6, 1715; m. Jan. 4, 1739, John Strickland.
Hopestill, b. Apr. 13, 1718.
Dorothy, b. Mar. 20, 1720; d. Apr. 6, 1720.
Thomas, b. Jan. 28, 1721.
Lucy, b. Feb. 1, 1723; m. Jonathan Taylor.


3. John, s. of Thomas (1), was b. Sept. 17, 1689; res. for some years in Hat., whence he rem. up the Connecticut River and was at Fort Drummer in 1735. He m. (1) Lydia ____, who d. June 21, 1716; m. (2) July 4, 1720, Hannah, dau. of Dea. John White of Hat. She was b. Mar. 26, 1695.

Children (by Lydia ___):
Lydia, b. 1714; d. Dec. 24, 1714.
Lydia, b. June 8, 1716; d. July 5, 1716.

Children (by Hannah White):
Sylvanus, b. Mar. 22, 1721.
John, b. Nov. 14, 1722.
Oliver, b. Nov. 22, 1724.
Lemuel, b. Feb. 5, 1727.
Hannah, b. July 28, 1729.
Lydia, b. Aug. 19, 1732.
Mehitable, b. 1735.


4. Waitstill, s. of Dr. Thomas (2), was b. Jan. 3, 1714; was a physician in Hat., where he d. Apr. 22, 1748. He m. Oct. 1, 1736, Abigail, dau. of John Marsh of Had. (Hadley). She m. (2) Col Buckley of Colchester, Conn. She m. (3) Rev. ____ Little of Colchester, and d. as early as 1758.

Children:
John, b. Jan. 10, 1738.
Abigail, b. Feb. 28, 1739; m. Solomon Woolcott.
Hannah Barnard, b. Mar. 16, 1742; m. Nathaniel Kellogg.
Mary, b. Jan. 10, 1744.
Samuel, b. Mar. 14, 1747; d. Feb. 28, 1748.


5. Hopestill, s. of Dr. Thomas (2), was b. Apr. 13, 1718; d. Dec. 24, 1766. He m. Lydia Frary. She m. (2) Windsor Smith.

Children:
Abner, b. July 7, 1742; d. July 10, 1742.
Lydia, b. July 5, 1743; d. Oct. 5, 1746.
Seth, b. Dec. 6, 1745.
Lydia, b. Nov. 21, 1747; d. Oct. 4, 1751.
Tabitha, b. Oct. 1, 1749; d. unm. in Amh, in 1795.
Elihu, b. Aug. 17, 1751; d. unm. in Hat., Feb. 25, 1837.
Elijah, b. June 6, 1753.
Perez, b. Dec. 23, 1754.
Hopestill, b. Oct. 30, 1756; d. Oct. 31, 1756.
Oliver, b. Aug. 25, 1757; d. in Hammondsport, N.Y.


6. Thomas, s. of Dr. Thomas (2), was b. Jan. 28, 1721; rem. abt. 1753 from Hat. to Amh., where he d. Jan. 22, 1787. He m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Belden of Hat. She d. July 31, 1801, a. 78.

Children:
Esther, b. Feb. 1, 1744; m. Jan. 17, 1771, Nathaniel Alexander Smith. She d. Oct. 7, 1810.
Thomas, b. May 20, 1746.
Anna, b. Apr. 22, 1748; m. Jonathan Nash.
Waitstill, b. May 8, 1750.
Samuel, b. Mar. 1, 1752.
Sybil, bp. Oct. 14, 1753; m. (1) Joseph Peck; m. (2) Timothy Green Jr.
Moses, bp. Aug. 31, 1755.
Mary, bp. Apr. 12, 1757; d. Apr. 24, 1757.
Elisha, bp. Apr. 12, 1761; accidentally k. by his brother.
Tabitha, m. Ethan Smith.
Lucy, bp. Mar. 31, 1765; d. unm. Feb. 21, 1814.


7. Hon. John, s. of Dr. Waitstill (4), was b. Jan. 10, 1738; d. Dec. 6, 1811. He was of Hat., a magistrate 34 years and a representative and senator or couselor of Mass. 28 years. He m. Content Little, who d. Apr. 9, 1829, in her 89th year.

Children:
John, b. Oct., 1765.
Content, b. Sept. 14, 1767.
Mary, b. Jan., 1769; m. Daniel Wait.
Watistill, b. May 14, 1771.
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 7, 1773; d. unm. in Hat., Nov. 5, 1823.
Abigail, b. May 7, 1775.
Samuel, b. Apr., 1777.
Ephraim, b. Nov. 17, 1780.
Justin, b. Feb. 14, 1786.


8. Perez, s. of Hopestill (5), was b. Dec. 23, 1754. He was a blacksmith in Hat., where he d. Mar. 11, 1822. He m. Oct. 31, 1787, Elizabeth, dau. of Dea. Salmon and Mary (Waite) White of What. (Whately).

Children:
Elizabeth, b. Nov. 15, 1788; m. June, 1814, Horace Hastings; d. Aug. 15, 1837.
Eurotas, b. May 15, 1790; m. Eroe Arms; d. May 22, 1858.
Electa, b. Jan. 15, 1792, m. July 4, 1816, Dr. David Field.
Perez, b. May 29, 1794; m. May, 1822, Eunice Hastings; d. Apr. 26, 1852.


9. John, s. of John (7), was b. Oct., 1765; d. May 2, 1845. He was a physician in Hat. He m. Feb. 1, 1790, Syvil Dickinson. She d. July 29, 1843.

Children:
Chester, b. Dec. 2, 1790; m. Sept. 20, 1818, Lois Dickinson.
John, b. Dec. 22, 1791; m. Lucretia Ward.
Mary, b. 1794; m. Dr. Chester Bardwell.
Sybil, b. July 31, 1796; d. young.
Justin, b. July 23, 1800; m. Dolly Waite of Hat.
Sophia, b. Nov. 10, 1802.


10. Chester, s. of John (9), was b. Dec. 2, 1790; m. Sept. 20, 1818, Lois D. Wells. He d. Aug. 15, 1857. She d. Dec. 25, 1867.

Children:
Norman D., b. Apr. 6, 1820; d. Apr. 17, 1723.
Ephraim, b. Sept. 9, 1822.
Obadiah D., b. July 31, 1825.


11. Justin, s. of John (9), was b. July 23, 1800; d. Sept. 8, 1884; m. Nov. 16, 1824, Dolly, dau. of Daniel Waite. She was b. Jan. 24, 1801; d. Apr. 15, 1880.

Children:
Harriet H., b. Nov. 1, 1825; m. Apr. 16, 1845, Theodore Baggs. She d. Nov. 28, 1874. He d. July 19, 1894. No. ch.
Rhoda, b. Nov. 29, 1827; m. Apr. 16, 1851, Silas G. Hubbard. He d. June 23, 1890. No. ch.
Ellen, b. Jan. 30, 1830; m. Nov. 5, 1851, Dexter Frary. She d. Oct. 9, 1852. He d. in Nhn. No. ch.
12. Ephraim L., s. of Chester (10), was b. Sept. 9, 1822; d. Aug. 29, 1884. He m. Dec. 5, 1849, Julia D. Smith, who was b. May 25, 1827, and d. May 31, 1900.

Children:
Willard, b. Nov. 8, 1850; d. July 12, 1879.
George Lewis, b. Oct. 5, 1852; d. Apr. 17, 1905.
Edward Hunt, b. July, 1855; d. Jan. 2, 1867, a. 11 years, 5 months and 19 days.
Sarah, m. in Michigan, William Russell.

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