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Edward Withington
Edward Withington Married his first wife in Stoughton, Mass., and
settled in Dorchester, and from there in 1813 he moved to Windsor,
Berkshire county, and from there he came with his family to Springwater,
in the spring of 1813, and settled on the farm now occupied by Samuel
Wheaton. Mr. Withington married for his first wife Nancy Monk, (She was a
relative of Bezi Monk late of this town,) by whom he had seven children.
He buried three of his children and his first wife in Mass. He married for
his second wife Susan Chilson, by whom he had two children, Albert M.
Withington and Benjamin Franklin Withington. A sad accident occurred with
Franklin. I think it was in 1834, when he was about 6 years old, on
returning from school in company with his brother, Albert, they were
riding on a buck-board on a two-horse wagon. When he arrived opposite his
home he jumped from the wagon, but not clearing the wheel, he was run over
and fatally injured, and died the same night. The children of Edward by
his first wife who came to Springwater with him were, Nathaniel P., Hiram,
Samuel H., and Nancy Monk Withington. Hiram went south to live in 1840,
and settled in Memphis, Tenn., where in 1878 he died. Nancy married Hon.
Wm. Webber in 1849, and settled in East Saginaw, Mich. He is a prominent
lawyer and one of the leading men of the state. Nathaniel and Samuel are
still living here with their families, having retired from the active
business of life. Albert is also in this place, engaged in the warehouse
business, buying and selling grain, and at present in company with George
E. Withington, son of S. H. Withington.
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Mr. Withington lost his second
wife in 1832, some time after which he married her older sister,
Lydia Chilson. Mr. Withington's farm consisted of about 200 acres.
When he settled on it in 1831, it was quite new and unimproved, but
under his judicious management it became one of the best farms in
town. The fall before he moved here he brought from Windsor a flock
of about 200 fine Saxony sheep. He in company with two of his sons,
Hiram and Samuel, drove the sheep to Albany, and from there to Utica
be took them by the Erie canal, and from there to Springwater drove
them by land, averaging about 20 miles a day. The sheep were
wintered by General S. U. Chamberlain, and Hiram assisted in the
care of them through the winter. Samuel stayed through the winter
with Jonathan Bassett in Canandaigua, and came on to Springwater in
the spring with the family. |
Mr. Withington died Sept. 25, 1855, and his wife died Oct. 17, of the
same year. There were five heads of families buried the same day that Mr.
Withington was buried. A great many of the people died by a terrible
epidemic that prevailed extensively in town that season. Samuel and
Nathaniel carried on the farm after their father's death until 1868, when
they sold to Allen Becker, and by him it was sold to Samuel Wheaton the
present occupant.
Source: Early History of the Town of Springwater,
Livingston County, New York, by Orson Walbridge, 1887
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