Alvina Branch
- Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Alvina Branch (child of Shubal Branch, (2) and Freelove [Rice] Branch); and died.
2. Shubal Branch, (2) was born on 24 Jul 1772 in Pittsfield, Mass. (son of John Branch, (6) and Priscilla [Tracy] Branch); died on 2 Jan 1815 in Richmond, VT.. Notes:
Shubal moved with his parents to Whiting, Vermont, in 1785, and there married Freelove Rice. Most of his life was apparently spent in Whiting.
Shubal married Freelove [Rice] Branch on 1 Jan 1795 in Whiting, VT.. Freelove and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Freelove [Rice] Branch and died. Children:
- Shubal Branch, (3) and died.
- Nancy Branch and died.
- Mary Ann Branch and died.
- Horace H. Branch and died.
- Hiram Branch and died.
- Charles W. Branch and died.
- 1. Alvina Branch and died.
- John Harvey Branch, (8) was born on 2 Jul 1799 in Whiting, VT.; died in 1884.
- William Branch, (2) was born on 20 Apr 1809; and died.
Generation: 3
4. John Branch, (6) was born on 7 Oct 1729 in Branch Hill, Preston, Conn. (son of John Branch, (5) and Martha [Williams] Branch); died on 5 Mar 1812 in Whiting, VT.. Notes:
John moved to Pittsfield, Mass. in 1767, after the fifth child was born. Although forty-seven years of age at the time, on June 30, 1777, he marched from Pittsfield to Fort Ann, under the command of Captain John Strong, in the regiment of Colonel John Brown, in the defense of Fort Ticonderoga, which was threatened by the advance of General Burgoyne up Lake Champlain. Record Index to Military Archives, Massachusetts, Vol. 156, pl 490, and Vol. 23, p. 13.] For some unknown reason, but probably on account of the death of his son, Simeon, he was dismissed on jul 26 1777.
While on that march he saw and fell in love with a Quaker's farm at Whiting, Vermont. In 1785, John traded the Pittsfield property for the Frank Dankels place in Whiting, and moved there with his family and his brothers Abel and Shubal. He died there on March 5, 1812, and his wife, Priscilla, died also in Whiting, on Oct. 5, 1813. They were buried in a small burying ground in the south part of Whiting, but their bodies were removed in 1929, by John Branch of St. Albans, Vermont to the Whiting Cemetary, where the original stones, carefully repaired, were erected. The following inscriptions are on a single large slab, placed horizontally:
PriscillaJohn Branch
wife ofDied Mar. 5, 1812
James Noblein the 83 year
former relict ofof his age.
John Branch
Died Oct. 5, 1813
in her 74 year.
Why loving friends indulge that tear,
Why trembling view my dark abode?
Though you with me must moulder here
Yet faith can wing the soul to God.
All six daughters married at or near Whiting, and all were left widows. None married again.
Died:
? He died there on March 5, 1812, and his wife, Priscilla, died also in Whiting, on Oct. 5, 1813. They were buried in a small burying ground in the south part of Whiting, but their bodies were removed in 1929, by John Branch of St. Albans, Vermont to the Whiting Cemetary, where the original stones, carefully repaired, were erected. The following inscriptions are on a single large slab, placed horizontally:
PriscillaJohn Branch
wife ofDied Mar. 5, 1812
James Noblein the 83 year
former relict ofof his age.
John Branch
Died Oct. 5, 1813
in her 74 year.
Why loving friends indulge that tear,
Why trembling view my dark abode?
Though you with me must moulder here
Yet faith can wing the soul to God.
All six daughter married at or near Whiting, and all were left widows. None married again.John married Priscilla [Tracy] Branch on 5 Jan 1758. Priscilla (daughter of Samuel Tracy and Esther [Richmond] Tracy) died on 5 Oct 1813 in Whiting, VT.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Priscilla [Tracy] Branch (daughter of Samuel Tracy and Esther [Richmond] Tracy); died on 5 Oct 1813 in Whiting, VT.. Notes:
? John Branch died at his brothers Abel and Shubal on March 5, 1812, and his wife, Priscilla, died also in Whiting, on Oct. 5, 1813. They were buried in a small burying ground in the south part of Whiting, but their bodies were removed in 1929, by John Branch of St. Albans, Vermont to the Whiting Cemetary, where the original stones, carefully repaired, were erected. The following inscriptions are on a single large slab, placed horizontally:
PriscillaJohn Branch
wife ofDied Mar. 5, 1812
James Noblein the 83 year
former relict ofof his age.
John Branch
Died Oct. 5, 1813
in her 74 year.
Why loving friends indulge that tear,
Why trembling view my dark abode?
Though you with me must moulder here
Yet faith can wing the soul to God.
All six daughter married at or near Whiting, and all were left widows. None married again.
Died:
Priscilla, died also in Whiting, on Oct. 5, 1813. They were buried in a small burying ground in the south part of Whiting, but their bodies were removed in 1929, by John Branch of St. Albans, Vermont to the Whiting Cemetary, where the original stones, carefully repaired, were erected. The following inscriptions are on a single large slab, placed horizontally:
PriscillaJohn Branch
wife ofDied Mar. 5, 1812
James Noblein the 83 year
former relict ofof his age.
John Branch
Died Oct. 5, 1813
in her 74 year.
Why loving friends indulge that tear,
Why trembling view my dark abode?
Though you with me must moulder here
Yet faith can wing the soul to God.
All six daughter married at or near Whiting, and all were left widows. None married again.Children:
- Priscilla [Branch] Tracy and died.
- Parthena [Branch] Keeler died in Hamond, New York.
- Abel Branch, (2) was born on 8 Oct 1758; died in 1800.
- Lucy [Branch] Parks was born on 9 Oct 1760; and died.
- Esther [Branch] Babcock was born on 8 Mar 1763; and died.
- Simeon Branch was born on 19 Jun 1765; died in 1777.
- Levina [Branch] Walker was born on 8 Aug 1767; and died.
- John Branch, (7) was born on 7 Oct 1769; died in 1839.
- 2. Shubal Branch, (2) was born on 24 Jul 1772 in Pittsfield, Mass.; died on 2 Jan 1815 in Richmond, VT..
- Lydia [Branch] Hall was born in 1777; and died.
Generation: 4
8. John Branch, (5) was born on 3 Mar 1694 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (son of Peter Branch, (2) and Hannah [Lincoln] Branch); died in 3 Jan. Notes:
He made his home in Preston, Conn. on what is sometimes still called GBranch Hill. The house that he built is still used as a habitation.
John married Martha [Williams] Branch on 20 Oct 1726. Martha (daughter of Nicholas Williams and Dorcas [Davison] Williams) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Martha [Williams] Branch (daughter of Nicholas Williams and Dorcas [Davison] Williams); and died. Children:
- Olive Branch and died.
- Dorcas Branch and died.
- Asa Branch and died.
- 4. John Branch, (6) was born on 7 Oct 1729 in Branch Hill, Preston, Conn.; died on 5 Mar 1812 in Whiting, VT..
- Zilpha Branch was born in 1735; died on 28 Jun 1800 in Whiting, VT..
- Huldah Branch was born in 1737; and died.
- Hezekiah Branch was born in 1739; and died.
- Shubal Branch was born in 1740; and died.
- Amariah Branch was born on 26 Jul 1741; and died.
- Abel Branch was born on 3 Mar 1747; and died.
10. Samuel Tracy and died. Samuel + Esther [Richmond] Tracy. Esther and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Esther [Richmond] Tracy and died. Children:
- 5. Priscilla [Tracy] Branch died on 5 Oct 1813 in Whiting, VT..