1. William Partridge, or Partrigg, came from Berwick-upon-Tweed, England; was an early sett. of Hart., whence he rem. to Had. (Hadley), where he d. June 27, 1668. He m. Dec. 12, 1644, Mary Smith of Hart., who d. July 20 (28?), 1680, a. 55.

Children:
Samuel, b. Oct. 15, 1645.
Mary, m. (1) Nov. 12, 1663, John Smith; m (2) Sept., 1679, Peter Montague; d. May 20, 1683, a. abt. 55.


2. Col. Samuel, s. of William (1), was b. Oct. 15, 1645; m. Sept. 24, 1668, Mehitable, dau. of John Crow. He was representative in 1685 and 1686, colonel of the regiment, judge of probate, and one of His Majesty's Council, and the most important man, after the death of Colonel Pynchon, 1703, in all the western part of the province. He d. Dec. 25, 1740.

Children:
William, b. Nov. 16, 1669; d. Sept., 1693.
Samuel, b. Jan. 21, 1672.
Mehitable, b. Aug. 26, 1675; m. Dec. 9, 1693, Nathaniel Dwight.
Child, b. 1677; d. young.
Mary, b. 1678; m. Dec. 4, 1695, Josiah Dwight.
Jonathan, b. Apr. 5, 1681; d. Sept. 11, 1684.
Edward, b. Apr. 26, 1683; res. in Hat.
Jonathan, b. Sept. 18, 1685; d. Jan. 24, 1686.
John, b. 1686; d. 1717.
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 7, 1688; m. (1) May 9, 1709, John Hamlin Jr.; m. (2) _____ Hamlin; m. (3) _____ Johnson of Woodstock, Conn.; m. (4) _____ Payson of Middletown, Conn.


3. Samuel, s. of Samuel (2), was b. Jan. 21, 1672; d. between 1735 and 1738; m. 1695, Mrs. Mary Atwater, dau. of Rev. Seaborn Cotton. She was b. in 1670 and d. June 23, 1729, a. 59.

Children:
William, b. Jan. 9, 1695; d. Mar. 16, 1698.
Samuel, b. June 1. 1696.
Mary, b. June 15, 1698; m. Isaac Mattoon.
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1701; m. Ezekiel Kellogg.
Dorothy, b. Mar. 2, 1703; d. Mar., 1703.
Cotton, b. Oct. 13, 1705.
Mehitable, b. Oct. 8, 1707; m. Thomas Barnard.
William, b. Sept. 15, 1710; rem. to Nova Scotia, where he was secretary of state.


4. Edward, s. of Samuel (2), was b. Apr. 26, 1683; d. Dec. 26, 1757, a. 74. He m. May 14, 1707, Martha, dau. of Rev. William Williams of Hat. She d. Nov. 26, 1766.

Children:
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 14, 1708.
Martha, b. Oct. 9, 1710.
Oliver, b. June 13, 1712.


5. Cotton, s. of Samuel (3), was b. Oct. 13, 1705; d. Sept. 28, 1733, a. 27. He m. Margaret, dau. of Moses Cook. She m. (2) Samuel Gaylord.

Children:
Samuel, b. July 3, 1730.
Sybil, b. Oct. 7, 1732; m. Josiah Dickinson.


6. Oliver, s. of Edward (4) of Hat., was b. June 13, 1712; d. July 21, 1792, a. 80. He m. 1734, Anna, dau. of Rev. William Williams of Weston. She d. Dec. 21, 1802, a. 85.

Children:
William, b. Aug. 15, 1735; d. Aug. 30, 1735.
Anna, b. July 27, 1736; m. ____ Bull.
Oliver, b. Aug. 19, 1738; d. Sept. 9, 1738.
Martha, b. Nov. 8, 1739.
Mercy, b. Feb. 15, 1742.
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 15, 1744.
Sophia, b. Aug. 3, 1746.
Samuel, b. Sept. 5, 1748.
Oliver, b. Apr. 15, 1751; unm., physician in Stockbridge.
William, b. Apr. 30, 1753.
John, b. May 1, 1755.
Pamela, b. Sept. 21, 1757; d. Jan. 10, 1759.
Pamela, b. Jan. 15, 1761.


7. Samuel, s. of Cotton (5) of Hat., was b. July 3, 1730; m. Jan. 18, 1754, Abigail Dwight.

ChildrenL
Esther, b. Mar. 26, 1761; m. John Allis of Hat.; d. Dec. 22, 1834.
Cotton, b. Dec. 1, 1765.
Samuel, b. Nov. 4, 1767; d. young.
Samuel, b. Oct. 10, 1775.


8. Cotton, s. of Samuel (7) of Hat., was b. Dec. 1, 1765; m. (1) May 4, 1788, Sophia, dau. of Dea. Jonathan Arms of Dfd.; m. (2) June 23, 1796, Hannah, dau. of Rev. Joseph Lyman, D.D., of Hat.

Children (by Sophia Arms):
Dwight, b. 1789; m. Apr. 5, 1807, Elizabeth Sabin; d. in Phelps, N.Y., a 32.
Theodore, b. 1791; res. in Newark, N.J.

Children (by Hannah Lyman):
Sophia Arms, b. 1798; m. Moses Morton.
Eunice, b. 1800.
Hannah Huntington, b. 1802; m. David S. Whitney of Nhn.
Joseph Lyman, b. 1804.
Abigail Dwight, m. (1) Aug.2 6, 1835, Rev. Levi Pratt; m. (2) Lebbeus Ward.
Maria L., b. Nov. 28, 1808; d. Nov. 16, 1897.
Fanny, b. Mar. 22, 1811; m. Joseph Brainerd of St. Albans, Vt.
George Cotton, graduate of Amh. College in 1833; a clergyman in Illinois.
Harriet, m. Alfred Woodruff.


9. Maj. Samuel, s. of Lieut. Samuel (7), was b. Oct. 10, 1775; d. Mar. 11, 1856; m. Sept. 8, 1796, Mabel, dau. of Lemuel Dickinson of Hat. She d. Nov. 4, 1841.

Children:
Hepzibah, b. Dec. 11, 1797; m. Jan. 4, 1816, Hon. Israel Billings, who d. June 4, 1856. She d. Aug. 21, 1865.
Samuel Dwight, b. Oct. 15, 1806.


10. Samuel Dwight, s. of Maj. Samuel (9), was b. at Hat., Oct. 15, 1806; d. Jan. 19, 1893; m. Sept. 8, 1834, Lucretia A. Warner. She d. at La Crosse, Wis., Nov. 12, 1897.

Children:
Anna W., b. in Hat., Aug. 9, 1835; m. Apr. 28, 1858, Peter M. Myers of New York city; d. at Milwaukee, Wis., June 21, 1895.
Harriet H., b. in Hat., Nov. 9, 1839; m. Apr. 28, 1858, Henry J. Bliss of La Crosse, Wis.
Henrietta S., b. Aug. 11, 1842; d. Sept. 15, 1842.
Samuel, b. in Hat., Nov. 9, 1844; d. at Orange, N.J., May 4, 1880; m. Oct. 12, 1870, Emma A. Collamore.
John Cotton, b. May 5, 1846; d. in infancy.


11. Anna Myers Bliss, dau. of Henry J. Bliss and Harriet Partridge Bliss, and granddaughter of Samuel Dwight Partridge (10), was b. May 20, 1862; m. Nov. 27, 1888, Ellis B. Usher of La Crosse, Wis.

12. Dorothy Bliss, dau. of Anna M. Bliss Usher (11) and Ellis B. Usher, was b. at La Crosse, Wis., Mar. 16, 1892.

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