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- LOCAL HISTORY: HISTORY OF CHESTERFIELD, CHESHIRE CO, NH; Randall, Oran E.;
pub Brattleboro VT; D. Leonard, Printer; 1882; p. 470+; DalPubLib NH m'film
drawer Film #1036055
"TITUS...Robert Titus, with his wife hannah, and 2 sons, John and Edmond,
came from near Stanstead Abbey, Hertfordshire, Eng, in 1635, and resided at
first in the present town of Brookline, near Boston, MA. The family afterwards
rem to Weymouth, and thence to Rehoboth, where John settled permanently. The
rest of the family, however, finally settled on Long Island. John had a son
Joseph, who also had a son Joseph. This latter Joseph was the father of the
Joseph (b. 1750 or '51) who settled in Chfd.
1. Joseph Titus, son of Joseph, of Sutton, MA, and a desc. of Robert
Titus, the immigrant, m. Mary Bigelow, of Douglass, MA, in which town he lived
for a few years after his marriage. Apr 21, 1777, he purchased in Chfd. the
western half of lot No. 7 in the 13th range. He built his house high up on the
hill south of Catsbane brook, and in sight of the "old meeting-house,"
situated at the Centre Village, about 2 mi. to the eastward. In this sightly
place he continued to live till the time of his death, which occurred Apr 10,
1813, in his 63rd year. His wife d. May 7, 1845, in her 96th yr.
Ch: Lucy, b. in Douglass; d. in Chrd. 1778--Lydia, b. in Douglass; d.
1778--Joseph, b. in Douglass; d. 1787--Martin (2), b. in Chfd., Feb 11, 1779--
Mary, b. Oct 25, 1780; m. 1813 Dea. Calvin Barrett, of Brookline, VT, where she
d. at a great age--Demmis, b. Dec. 13, 1782; m. 1st Edward Hall (q.v.); 2nd
Capt. Samuel Titus, of Vernon, VT; 3rd Rufus Elmer, of the same town--Isaac, b.
Oc5. 1, 1784; m. 1804 Eunice Willard. Settled in Vernon--Samuel, b. May 12,
1786; m. 1807 Susanna Barrett. Rem. to IL--Ama, b. Oct 22, 1787; m., Caleb,
son of Charles Farr (5), and rem. to Malone, NY--Ezra (3), b. Jan 15, 1789.
[While Joseph and his wife lived in Douglass, a sister of the latter gave them
her dau, named Hannah Parker. Hannah lived with them till she m., in 1792,
Moses, son of Michael Cressey (2). She d. in Marlboro, VT]
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1751 - 1813 (62 years)