The Somerset reporter., 1891-12-17
For Tie Reporter.
Early Settlers In Canaan. No. 10.

John Emery was IL Canaan 10 1873, a.
10 that year one Of biz daughters wa
msrrled 10 Joseph Weston. Iaeir young.
est ctild, Mrs.. Ps1lina Merrl J. who l.
stu living 10 Dexter 1t The age Il 81 +,
says she lie certain that ,he family were
recollection OF seeibg her grandfather
Emery, but cannot We the date Of mis-
death. IL VAS when she Wss quite young
John Emery, whose fathers name Hss
lived 10 Acton before removing 70 Ma ne.
His wife was Mary Rowe, born In Car
Isle; and Mr.. Merrill thinks she died
IN Canaan. They had thirteen children,
all born 10 Acton, Of whom five died 10
infancy or early childhood. There is
record Of the birth Of another, james
out as no record Of bis maria. or death
and as nothing Is known Of hin Ii Canssu
It is inferred that be died young in MAss-
tc1useits. / will give sketches Of the
other seven children 10 the order u their
sge so far as known " me.
Elizabeth EneIy. BON Dec. ., l74J.
married Jonathan Davis 10 Acton, but re
moved 70 Canaan. | well remember one
son, Joseph; bot there were other child
ren; one daughter Betsey, married James
Bigelow. Mrs. Davis died oct ls34
aged 50.
Mary Emery, born Nov. %. 1851, mar
ried David Hutchius and 0sCvei 10 New
Portland. l know nothing Of this FAM
ly except that when | was boy one son
came TO visit his Aunt Sarah and preach.
ed in our echoolhouse. He was Free
VIII Baptist. She died June ls45; che
would be nearly "a.
John Emery, born Nov = 1853; mar.
RED Deborah Cobufn in Acton. He lived
at the foot Of the ConUrn hill; his house
was on the east side of the road on he
corner made by the road east. /; Is
thought he settled there At his FIRST com
ing, as he had good orchard In bearing
when apples were sea &c with most peo-
pie. He died Jan. 2G le4o, few months
over 81 years old. | have no record Of
his wlfe's death. The Oldest son John
when quite young mau, went to the
eastern part of the state, or perhaps to
New Brunswick; he visited his old home
once, but returned and settled in the Pro-
vince, think.
Joseph stald on the home farm and
erected new buildings and made other in.
be was not the Oldest son. He was
Deacon in the Baptist church. | relate
one incident in his life as q caution to
wheatgrowers. One Friday he washed
several bushels of wheat to SOW. sitting
lime over it to prevent smut. The mex,
day it rained hard, continuously. He
sowed it on Monday, but the germ was
Killed and none Of 1t grew. He paid me
$40 for four bushels of wheat to replace
that which was lost. When told him |
felt as If | ought to make a reduction
In his case, he said be expected to pay the
gong price and there was no reason why
he should not. ! had the satisfaction of
knowing that II was prime article weigh
ing over GO lbs to the bushel
The story Of the youngest son Is sad
one. He was what the Irish would call
my foster brother, but forget his nsme
My mother was very sick for long time
after my birth, and Mrs. Emery nursed
me Tor Some mouths, together with her
BOY who was within few days Of nv
own age. When he was four or Ave
years old he was around where some men
were at work. When they went to din
ner, they left a jug of rum by the fence,
taking no notice of the boy. He did as
be had seen the men do-drank so much
OF the rum that it caused his death.
There were several daughters in the
family but know little of them. One.
Hannah, married Levi Judkins, another
married Wheeler Of Winthrop the
youngest, Sally, married Wilism F Pitts
samuel Emery was born Feb. 9, 1855.
| have no record Of his first marriage, his
second wife was widow Boston. He
lived somewhere near Joseph Emery's at
hrst. l learn from my fathers Docket
that Levi Emery sued him in 1895, aud he
was then living in Canaan. At some time
after this he moved to Cornville, and
died there in Sept 1886 He had seversl
children; one son, and 8 daughter who
married a Greeley, lived in Corinns; one
daughter who married Butler, and one
who married a Stone, lived in Ripley and
one arried Bigelow, probably Aora-
ham; and one daughter, Olive, remained
single.
Joseph Emery, born Aug 8 l7j1 mar
ried Betsey Mason in Carlisle in 1850. SO
it seems be did not come to Canaan with
the others, or else went back to Massachu.
sets for his wife He lived on the road
| leading from the Cobuin load towards the
Bigelow hill. Mrs. Merrill thinks his IA
Their and mother Cher grandparents lived
with HIM. lie WAS the lra1ing singer in
[ anaan in early times. and WAS esteemed
a good singer of old-time music IN Old time
| style. he ar was always sung by mae
voices also the counter, except that Mrs.
| Ben Hattwell sometimes sung II an octave
| lower than II wss set. Tbs continued till
George Bi1by kept singing school in the
old Academy in 1870, when new books
with a new style of music, were introduced
the parts assigned as al present, the count
er becsme alto and the treble became ten
or. l have no record of he death of 10
seph Emery, but | believe he lived TO old
age. OF his children one daughter mar,
ried Union Spau ding think; three sons
are remembered, 1lley, Joseph Map
Joe and ARENAS, who moved to Geneseo
| Ill His wife was Naomi Weston, snd one
of his daughters wss an able and popular
temperance lecturer.
Lucy Emery was orn June -. 1850, and
died June ls45 She married Moriah
Gould IN Canssn In 1850 Joshua Gould
well Known rs Clerk ofthe Courts for msny
years, was their son. He was SO deputy
collector of direct taxes in 1sl6 His sig
nature to reCeiI is for hat tax looks ike a
schoolbot 5 writing, but afterwsrd he was
noted for elegant peumauship. One
daughter, Melinda, kept our district school
| one tuDutI. 40 not Know IL tUtft were
any other children. Moiiah Gould was a
lame man; | believe one leg was amputsted
above the knee.
Sarah Emeiy, horn April $, 1862, mar
ried Joseph Weston, Dec. l6. l779. She
died Avg. %, 1861. For anything further
concerning her, see sketch of Jo eph Nest.
on, No. of this series. The six of this
Emery family whose marriage aud death
are recorded all I'd remarkable examples
of long. witty. One died at 81, two at So,
one was two months under. and one two
months owe "a and one, the youngest at
the age OF SO years 81 months.
Levi Emery was cou,iu to these other-
and lived nesr Jo,eph Emerys. know
nothing of his parents; his wife believe
vas an Ireland. Levi Emery, Esq. was
his son, and | believe Darius deacon OF
the Baptist church. wss also. One daugh
ter msrried Levi Bigelow, and one. Solo
mon Steward. There may have been othel
children. Twas expecting further psrticu
lars of these families; If receive any,
may refer to them again.
| EuEN WrSrON