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• _FSFTID: 93KL-LWN
• _UID: 2A2BAA5B6A80495499AF107D984F74EDFEDA
• Residence: 1880, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1910, South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan; where she was divorced and living with her mother Mary
• Residence: 1930, South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan

Mary married Edward Albert Merson on 25 Jun 1911 in Van Buren County, Michigan. Edward was born on 19 Feb 1882 in South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan; died on 23 Feb 1970 in South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

1. Alice Mary Merson was born on 27 May 1913 in South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan; died on 28 Nov 1984 in Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan.
2. Harold O. Merson was born on 13 Jun 1914 in South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan; died on 17 Aug 1988 in Trinidad, Las Animas, Colorado.

Mary married Edward G. Palmer on 17 Sep 1895 in South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan. Edward was born on 11 Oct 1867 in Ridgeway, Lenawee County, Michigan; died on 22 Jan 1944 in Britton, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: LC58-N7D
• _UID: EC1A8E137CC84211B6F61A9C726B17FC90DB
• Residence: 1850, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1870, Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts; where he lived with his parents and worked as a farm laborer
• Residence: 1880, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; where he lived with his family worked as a grocer
• Residence: 1900, South Haven Village, North Side, Van Buren, Michigan; where he lived with his family and worked in the livery business

Notes:

Orlo Shattuck built an octagon House in Covert, Michigan.

Buried:
Covert Cemetery, Lot 254-1

Orlo married Evelyn Mary Rood on 4 Feb 1873 in Covert, Van Buren, Michigan. Evelyn (daughter of Marshall Rood and Mary "Polly" Foss) was born on 8 Feb 1852 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine; died on 24 May 1935 in South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan; was buried on 27 Feb 1935 in Covert, Van Buren, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

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• Employment: worked as a school teacher
• _FSFTID: LRBK-MTM
• _UID: 7C86054A6AE240E787157CBBEF9DD6B6AF3E
• Residence: 1880, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; where she lived with her family and kept house
• Residence: 1900, South Haven Village, North Side, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1910, South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan; where she lived with daughter Mary who was divorced
• Residence: 1920, South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan; where she lived with daughter Elna Mitchell's family
• Residence: 1930, South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan; where she lived with granddaughter Evelyn Martinson's family

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Buried:
in Covert Cemetery, Lot 254-3

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• _FSFTID: 9JMW-52G
• _UID: 8AFEAB0622ED442C8A29B4848DA3C7049E0F
• Residence: 1850, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1860, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; where he was working as a mechanic
• Military: 1 Jul 1863, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; registered for the Civil War draft
• Residence: 1870, Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts; where he worked as an express driver
• Residence: 1880, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; where he worked as a farmer
• Residence: 1900, Covert Township, Van Buren, Michigan; where he worked as a farmer

Notes:

In 1852 Wm. J. Shattuck built a sawmill on the west branch of Mill brook. The supply of water proving insufficient, the mill was after several years practically abandoned, and the building was removed in 1884. - History of the Town of Plainfield (1891)

Residence:
where he worked as a farmer. Also living in the household at that time were Laura's younger sister Maria Pratt and unknown relation William Shattuck

Buried:
in Covert Cemetery, Lot 176-3

Died:
of disease of the heart and arteriofibrosis contributed by an embolism and gangrene of the leg and foot

William married Laura D. Pratt on 4 Apr 1848 in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Laura (daughter of Otis Pratt and Clarissa Hamlin) was born on 24 Sep 1827 in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 16 Apr 1872 in Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; was buried in Covert, Van Buren, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: LMYW-CQP
• _UID: 71D5C9F092084BFDB6D698D6CF37E307CBB2
• Residence: 1860, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; where she lived with her family
• Residence: 1870, Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; where she lived with her family

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Buried:
Covert Cemetery, Lot 176-1

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• _FSFTID: K2B4-Q8C
• _UID: B48874A1D55F4CB2952D363FA12B4E855990

Marshall married Mary "Polly" Foss. Mary was born on 11 Aug 1820 in Strafford Ridge, Strafford, New Hampshire; and died. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: LCC4-PKJ
• _UID: 72DBE7AA5CDA4DC1B72AC0197E14579D620C

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• Occupation: clothier
• _FSFTID: LL98-DTT
• _UID: 49C846464868421FA1716E8B4AF1A2770D4D
• Residence: 1810, Greenfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
• Residence: Abt 1814, Hamilton, Madison, New York; after moving from Deerfield
• Residence: 1830, Hamilton, Madison, New York

Notes:

Many enterprising farmers joined the settlement begun by Messrs. Wells, Nash, Shields and Muir on the rich lands about the valley of the Chenango, eastern branch, and soon had productive farms under cultivation. Among them were Abijah Snow, Elijah, Zenas and Thomas Nash, Lucius Crane, James Williams and others. Ebenezer Colson came to this section as late as 1815, and spent the rest of his life here. Justus Shattuck came about 1814, and settled nearly half way between Earlville and Poolville, and set up the clothier trade, which business he continued for many years.
- History of Madison County, Chapter 9 Hamilton

Buried:
in Poolville Cemetery

Justus married Polly Robinson in Sep 1805 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts. Polly (daughter of Jeremiah Robinson and Martha (Patty) Ford) was born on 14 Feb 1786 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; died on 29 Sep 1839 in Norwich, Chenango, New York; was buried in 1839 in Hamilton, Madison, New York. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: LHD2-BXC
• _UID: 3103565B8C17445797A83B138D6353574A3F

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Buried:
Poolville Cemetery

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• _FSFTID: LHVV-FKJ
• _UID: AC56D73801AE4F19B5B17BF39919CAC9410D
• Residence: 1830, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1840, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1850, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1860, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1870, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts

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"On the other side of the road from Willcutt's saw-mill, in 1810 was a flax-dressing mill, owned and run by Noah and Irani Packard. About 1816, Reuben Hamlen and Otis Pratt built on the same site a factory for the manufacture of satinets and woolen goods. In 1820 the building which is now the Willcutt mill was removed across the road where it now stands. Mr. Pratt sold his share to Erastus Bates, who moving West in 1834 left Mr. Hamlen to manage the mill alone. After a few years the business was given up." - History of the Town of Plainfield (1891)

Buried:
Hilltop Cemetery

Otis married Clarissa Hamlin on 28 Jan 1817 in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Clarissa (daughter of John Hamlin and Sally Towne) was born on 5 Jul 1797 in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 13 Dec 1831 in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; was buried in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: L737-W2C
• _UID: 7010909997B048BDA94FF38BAA9A279A70E6

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Buried:
Hilltop Cemetery

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• _FSFTID: 27XY-FKG
• _UID: 403F4F5EDB1A40F08B207D7F1FD2501E576C

Notes:

He marched under Capt.Locke at the Lexington Alarm, and was present at the capture of Cornwallis. Appointed Captain in 1780. He commanded a company from the county of Hampshire in the revolutionary army, from July to November, 1781.

Capt. married Lucy Parker on 10 Nov 1772 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. Lucy (daughter of Nathaniel Parker and Eleanor Walker) was born on 30 Jan 1751 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 20 May 1834 in Hawley, Franklin, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: 27XY-FV4
• _UID: 0966D1D3FB6C4D1FB571C94F3958165F2AA7

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• Military: served in the Revolutionary War
• _FSFTID: MKK3-MYV
• _UID: D59CA5601FF54FFFBE213385229232A2F748

Notes:

The place earliest used in town for a cemetery, so far as known, was the lot on the west side of the road, just north of Mrs. Rachel Shaw's, now occupied by C. W. Streeter as a pasture. Scarcely any race of these early burials, of which there were only a few, now remains. No headstones were erected. Another ancient cemetery lies on the east side of the road just south of the meeting-house.
This was in general use for perhaps twenty years, but was long since abandoned. The last interment here was that of Daniel Streeter, who suicided in 1855. Here were interred Jeremiah Robinson, who owned and operated the first corn mill in town, and his successor, Joseph Beals, the "Mountain Miller," and their families. These last named have been re-interred in the principal cemetery north of the meeting-house. In 1889, the writer witnessed the disinterment of the remains of Jeremiah Robinson, who died in 1824. Portions of the coffin still remained. One fragment bore his initials, J. R., formed by brass-headed nails driven into the wood, as was the custom in those days. Some 20 headstones bearing inscriptions still remain.--About twenty persons were buried in the pasture about half a mile north of Amos K. Griggs'. No headstones were erected, but the graves can still be distinctly traced. - History of the Town of Plainfield, p.56
March 22, 1790, "Voted that Simon Burroughs, Caleb White and Jeremiah Robinson be a committee to view the ground near Streeter's Saw-mill and Determine whether it be necessary to build a bridge over the Brook just above said mill or not." Later at the same meeting it was voted to build the bridge, which was probably one of the first in town. - History of the Town of Plainfield
Jeremiah was a Selectmen for Plainfield in 1791
It is believed that the grist mill, or "corn mill," as it was called, of Jeremiah Robinson, said to have been established in 1789, and the saw mill of Samuel Streeter, both on Mill brook, were the first mills of any kind established here, being mentioned in the records as early as 1791. In 1798 the grist mill was purchased by Joseph Beals, "the Mountain Miller," who managed the business until his death in 1813. - History of the Town of Plainfield, p.68
Jeremiah served in the Revolutionary War

Buried:
in Hilltop Cemetery, Row 20, Plot 18

Jeremiah married Martha (Patty) Ford on 27 May 1781 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Martha (daughter of Andrew Ford and Sarah Shaw) was born on 2 May 1755 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 12 Sep 1814 in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; was buried in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: KGY8-SM6
• _UID: 80D4AEBCBC264A0A8D562F05FA5A1978F0C1

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Buried:
in Hilltop Cemetery, Row 20, Plot 18

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• _FSFTID: LZYS-SHY
• _UID: C08E5AC1403C46AB9F2AC60B96B0493E3D8F

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Buried:
in West Hill Cemetery

Whitcomb married Ruth Lovell on 5 Dec 1785 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Ruth (daughter of Obadiah Lovell and Ruth Beal) was born on 5 Feb 1762 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts,; died on 24 Jun 1840 in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; was buried in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: KG37-1DD
• _UID: B9FEFE552E9A42D5B4CD6648C17E82FAD301

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Buried:
in West Hill Cemetery

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• _FSFTID: LZR8-8ZX
• _UID: 92DB2436F9DC41A78BAFD856C8D53FF8C028
• Residence: 1840, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1840, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1850, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts

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He removed with his mother's family from Bridgewater to Cummington; and it was among his distinct recollections, that while on the journey, at Northampton, the news of the Declaration of Independence reached that town, supprising and rejoicing the people. Private in Capt. Joseph Clapp's Co., in Col. Israel Chapin's .3d Mass. Regt.; enlisted Oct. 16, 1779; served at Claverack; dis. Nov. 21, 1779, 5 days travel; also, private in Capt. Ebenezer Strong's Co.; in Col. Sears' Hampshire County Regt.; enlisted Aug. 10, 1781; service at Saratoga; dis. Nov. 20, 1781. He signed for bounty paid him by class 2, for Belchertown, to serve in the Cont. army for 3 years, July 9, 1782. His name appears in Capt. Henry Porter's Co., of Northampton, for clothing. His app. for pension was dated Plainfleld, Mass., June 3, 1834. At his death he was the oldest Rev. pensioner in the town. He removed to Plainfield, 1790, one of its earliest settlers, seventeen years before its incorporation; an honored and respected citizen; selectman, 19 years; representative, five years; Justice Peace, 1817.
- History of the Hamlin Family, Andrews 1902
In the year 1776, John Hamlen, then thirteen years old, removed with his parents to Cummington, three years bfore its incoporation as a town. At the age of sixteen he entered the Revolutionary army and served about six months. He was at the time of his death the last of the Revolutionary pensioners in Plainfield. He married Sally Town (born in Sutton, Mass.) at Windsor, Mass 1790, and settled in Plainfield the same year. He was by trade a carpenter and several of the first houses were built by him or under his supervision. The house which he built and occupied on his homestead where E. A. Atkins now lives, is still in good condition. In 1800 he was chosen one of the selectmen and served for nineteen years. He represented the town in General Court at Boston in 1814, `14 and `15; also in 1823 and 1826. He made the journey to Boston on horseback, and during the May sessions turned his horse out to pasture in the near vicinity, and at the end of the session rode home again. Two other representatives were at the time of their election living in the John Hamlen house, viz.: his son Freeman nnd Edwin A. Atkins, the present member from this town. His wife died Oct. 11, 1818, aged forty-five, For a second wife he married Mrs. Dorothy Gove of Worthillgtou, Nov. 10th, 1819. She died Sept. 21, 1847, aged sixty-nine. Although for many years in feeble health he lacked but a few months of being ninety years of age at his death, which occurred April 15,1852. At the age of seventy-five he publicly professed his faith in Christ as a Savior, and united with the Plainfield church. He had however for some years previously entertained a Christian hope.
- History of the Town of Plainfield, Dyer 1891

Buried:
West Hill Cemetery

John married Sally Towne in Dec 1790 in Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts. Sally (daughter of Reuben Towne and Sarah Dodge) was born in 1773 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 11 Oct 1818 in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; was buried in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: LZR8-8ZN
• _UID: 1BEAB9F7C6624E3DBA9FEC79F89844272123

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Buried:
West Hill Cemetery