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     BENJAMIN⁴ GRAVES (Benjamin,³ Benjamin ² John¹) was born, probably at Colchester, Connecticut, in 1699. On 22 May 1722, he bought of John Ackley twenty-eight and a half acres of land in East Haddam, Conn., and his father gave him eighty acres in the same town. It was probably about this time that he married Mary Sterling, who was admitted to the Congregational Church of East Haddam, 18 August 1734. They lived in that portion of East Haddam known as 'Millington Parish.' He died before 1754, and his widow died before 18 February 1777, when her son, Benjamin, was appointed administrator of her estate.

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ELIJAH⁶ GRAVES (Benjamin,⁵Benjamin ,⁴ Benjamin,³ Benjamin ,² John¹) was born at East Haddam, Connecticut, 23 April 1760; he died at Westmoreland, Oneida County, N. Y., 22 October 1823. He enlisted at the age of sixteen as a drummer under Capt. Howes. He was soon promoted to the rank of First Sergeant, and served throughout the duration of the Revoultionary War. He was at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777. He married, 27 March 1782, Elizabeth Warner. They removed from East Haddam to Westmoreland, N. Y. His widow died in Jefferson Co., N. Y., 11 January 1832.

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JOSEPH⁷ GRAVES (Elijah,⁶ Benjamin,⁵Benjamin ,⁴ Benjamin,³ Benjamin ,² John¹) was born at East Haddam, Connecticut, 3 October 1787; he died at Rutland, Jefferson Co., New York, 26 December 1875. He married, 16 May 1815, his cousin, Anna M. Graves, daughter of Stirling and Anna (Cone) Graves. She died 1 November 1882. He was a soldier in the War of 1812: lieutenant of the Militia in 1811, captain from 1815 to 1818. He was appointed Commissioner of War Supplies, and was stationed at Sacketts Harbor, N. Y. He later became a merchant at Watertown, N. Y., and finally retired to his farm in Rutland.

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     HUBERT⁸ GRAVES (Joseph,⁷ Elijah,⁶ Benjamin,⁵Benjamin ,⁴ Benjamin,³ Benjamin ,² John¹ ) was borne at Rutland, Jefferson Co., N. Y., 27 June 1820; he married 25 August 1840, Adelaide de la Fleur. They resided at Black River, Jefferson Co., N. Y.

     EUGENE EDWIN⁹ GRAVES (Hubert,⁸ Joseph,⁷ Elijah,⁶ Benjamin,⁵Benjamin ,⁴ Benjamin,³ Benjamin ,² John¹ ) was born at Rutland, Jefferson County, New York, 24 March 1848. He married at Brownville, N. Y., Sarah A. Bedell, the Rev. S. M. Narn, officiating.

     Thomas Ufford's will, the text of which is here published for the first time, is to be found in Volume 1 of the Probate Records of Rutland County, Vermont, at Rutland.

     Imprimis I give and bequeath unto Mabel my Dearly Beloved Wife one Third part of all my Movable Estate to her own Dispose, also The use of one Third part of all my Laands During her Natural life.

     Item I give unto My [other has been scratched out] Children (Viz) Ephraim Benjamin Joel and Mahitable all the remainder of my Substance to be equally divided between them, they paying to my son Shores Ufford and to my Daughter Phebe Hurlbut to Each of them five Pounds Lawful money out of my Estate Soon after the Decease or Death of my Wife Mabel.

     and Further more I do Hereby make ordain and appoint Mr. Elisha Kilborn of Castleton my Sole Executor to this my Last Will and Testament and I do Hereby Utterly Revoke and Disowned all and every other Will and Testament Before by me made and Executor Before by me Named, Confirming this and

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Brewster Higley
James Kilborn
Joseph Hawkins

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Castleton, February 28 A.D. 1783 Then Personally appeared Mr. James Kilborn and Mr. Joseph Hawkins and made oath that they See the Testator to the Within Will and Testament Sign the Same and also that they Signed the Same as Witnesses in the presence of the Testator and in the presence of each other.

Before me, Brewster Higley, Justice of the Peace.

     The same volume of the Probate Records of Rutland County contains a lengthy inventory of the deceased's property and a record of the distribution of the estate. From Orcutt and Beardsley's History of the old town of Derby, Conn., p. 775, and from the record of the distribution of his estate, the following list of the children of Thomas and Mabel (Griffin) Ufford has been compiled:

Chester Spencer born 18th of Nov., 1816
Win. H. Spencer born 13th of March, 1819
Roderick P. Spencer born 9th of June 1821
Delia Spencer born June 22nd, 1824
Cynthia Spencer born 24th May, 1827
Mary Weed Spencer born 29th of May, 1830
Nancy Spencer born 2nd of Feb., 1833

     The following records may be found in a copy of the VollIstandiges Marburger Gesang-buch, zur Uebung der Gottseligkeit in 1649 Christlichen und Trostreichen Psalmen und

     On the fly-leaf is written: " Margaret Aimigh, heir psalm book, May God give her grace therein to look not to look but to understand that learning is better than house or land, for when house and land is spent learning is most excellent."

     There recently came to the Editor's attention a book called American Samplers by Ethel Stanwood Bolton and Eva Johnston Coe (Boston, 1921), in which he would never have thought to look for genealogical material. In this book are listed hundreds of samplers, dating from early in the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Among them are many with valuable genealogical data woven into their designs. Frequently the little lady making her sampler, 'cross-stitched' into it the names of her parents, her grand-parents, and her brothers and sisters, together with the dates of their births. The patriotic societies accept a sampler record and give it the same status as a Bible record, so there seems to be no reason why this book should not be quoted as an authority for a given date, or parentage, found therein.

      Daughters of the American Revolution, and others interested in the Revolutionary Period will do well to read William Stearns Davis's new novel, Gilman of Redford (N. Y., Mac

     Prof. Bolton, of Temple University, Philadelphia, Penn., has just announced the publication of his genealogy of the descendants of Richard Dart.

     Arthur Orisson Dillon, of Ontario, California, has just published a volume containing his ancestral lines and a selection from his poetry. His lines include the Pendleton, Wilmot, Wilcoxson, Anthony, Hazard, and many other well known New England families. Fortunately Mr. Dillon cites his authorities, although they are grouped together at the end of the genealogical section of the book. It would have been better to cite the references for each line at the end of the account of that line.

     THOMAS SQUIER made his will in October, 1767. It was probated 25 May 1778 at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, and may be found there in Liber 20 of Wills, page 234. At that time Bowes Reed was registrar of Wills. The will mentions the following children: David, John, Thomas, Anna Frazee, Rachel Darby, Deborah Marshall, Phoebe Squier (" who is to be paid twenty pounds when she arrives at the age of eighteen years or on her marriage day "), and Eleazer. The will was witnessed by Joseph Wood, James Coles, and William Coles, and was sworn to at Bernards Town, 25 May 1778, before James Kirkpatrick, surrogate. The will having been proved, probate was granted by His Excellency, Governor Livingston, unto Eleazer Squier, the only surviving executor named in the will.

The following account of one branch of the McClure family is based on records found in a Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Stella (McClure) Johnson, of Malvern, Iowa.

     BENJAMIN MCCLURE, the son of John and Jane (Ahl) McClure, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 9 September 1759; he died there 31 August 1821. He married 12 February 1784, Agnes Wallace, who was born 17 October 1763 and died 16 March 1800.

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     JOHN MCCLURE, born 4 June 1793, married Nancy Means, who was born 10 January 1804.

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     JOHN JOSEPH MCCLURE was born 18 December 1836; he died 3 January 1921. He married, 7 May 1861, Rebecca Miller, who was born 26 June 1840 and died 16 October 1909.

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     1. All queries must be plainly written, or typewritten, with dates carefully given, and signed with a full name and address.

     2. Answers should contain proof of the information given, with references to the place where that proof is to be found. They must be signed with the name and address of the contributor, and sent to the Editor for publication.

     COY. Who was Sarah Coy, who married Richard Lee? He died at Norwich? Mass., 7 Aug. 1713. Eleanor, dau. of Richard and Sarah (Coy) Lee, married Samuel Andrews, who was born at Middletown, Mass., in 1683. Was she the daughter of Matthew Coy and Ann Brewster? Mrs. Anna E. Troup, 1229 L St., Lincoln, Nebr.

     HINDS. Who was Elizabeth Hinds, who married John Kirby? Their daughter, Hannah Kirby, married Thomas Andrews, son of Samuel and Eleanor (Lee) Andrews. Mrs. Anna E. Troup, 1229 L St., Lincoln, Nebr.