The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-07

Henry I. Child. a step dance. e. c.
Richardson gave a brief talk. which
was followed by the singing OF Amer
ica,' and the announcement that the
woman with the largest number OF
children TO attend the meeting in 1910
would be awarded a prize, the contcs-
tants, OF course, to be members of the
Child family. After partakIng Of sup
per. which had been prepared In tho
mean while, the guests adjourned 10
the assembly hall and spent the re
malnder OF the evening In dancing.
In the course of his remarks regard
ing the history of the Child family, c.
u. Child, said In part,
This book. which contains the gen
calogy of the Child family so far as We
have it. was compiled by Elias Child
Of Utica, n. Y. who spent three years
of his time. besides about $4,000 in
money TO obtain the Information
which We have In this work
Mr.. Child, through his energy and
perseverance. has given us who arc
assembled here today, the information
which enables MS 10 trace an unbroken
line OF ancestry back to the year 1880,
OF for period of 279 years. II appears
from a perusal Of this work that Mr..
Child was unable 10 trace any relation.
ship between our ancestors Of America
and those of the same name in Eng
land
Although he found several, and some
very prominent people there who bore
the namc of Child. he could find no di-
rect relationship between them and
the first omigrant who came from
Great Britain TO America in the year
1880.
Ephraim Child. born in England In
1893. came TO America in 1880, accom-
panied, as seems probable. by his
nephew, Benjamin Child Mr.. Ephraim
Child. who settled In Watertown,
Mass. was man of considerable
prominence In colonial affairs and was
a personal friend Of Governor John
Winthrop OF Massachusetts. He died
on the 18th OF February, 1863. He
was not generally believed to have
left any descendants TO bear his name,
He left a will. however, In which he
made Ephraim Child. son OF Benjamin
Child, one of his principal heirs.
First generatlon-The genealogy Of
the Utah branch Of the Child family
Who are assembled here today, begins
with Benjamin Child, who emigrated
from Great Britain to America in 1890,
and who by strong presumptiye evil
dence, was the nephew OF Epbraim
Child, whose will | have just read TO
You.
The time or place of Benjamin's s
marriage Is not known Neither is the
maiden name of his wife known, All
the information we have in this re-
spect is that her name was Mary.
They settled IN RoXbuTy. Mass. where
a family OF IL children was born to
them. He died the 18th day OF Octo-
Der, 1878. His oldest son, Ephraim.
who was the heir To part of the estate
of Ephraim Child, mentioned IN his
will and who was serving under Cap
tain Beers In what was known as
King Phillips war. was killed in bat
tie by the Indians at Mortified. Mass.
September %, 1876.
Second generation-The next in
the line of ancestry was Benjamin
Child. Jr, second son AMI child of
Benjamin and Mary Child of RoXbury,
who was born in Roxbury in 1856. He
married Grace Morris on the 7th Of
March. 1888 They had IL children
He died the oath OF January. 1924. his
wife having died the year previous.
Third generation-The next In line
OF our ancestry was Ephraim Child,
first child OF Benjamin and Grace Nor
ris Child. bonn in Roxbury. Mass. De
cember 1S 1888 and who married
Priscilla Harris in 17l0. He died No
yember %, 1859. About the time Of