The Stickney family : a genealogical memoir of the descendants of William and Elizabeth Stickney, from 1637 to 1869 . e Elizabeth, became membersof the Congregational Church, Joel Hayes, Pastor), then inHartford, Wethersfield, New Haven, and other places in Con-necticut. In the face of considerable opposition, he persevereduntil he had banished the old, and introduced the new methodof singing. It was his custom to write the music for hisscholars, some sixty copies a day. He was a fine penman. He bought a farm of John Smith, in South Hadley, near theConnecticut river, on which he worked in the


The Stickney family : a genealogical memoir of the descendants of William and Elizabeth Stickney, from 1637 to 1869 . e Elizabeth, became membersof the Congregational Church, Joel Hayes, Pastor), then inHartford, Wethersfield, New Haven, and other places in Con-necticut. In the face of considerable opposition, he persevereduntil he had banished the old, and introduced the new methodof singing. It was his custom to write the music for hisscholars, some sixty copies a day. He was a fine penman. He bought a farm of John Smith, in South Hadley, near theConnecticut river, on which he worked in the summer. Hetaught singing school in the winter, until he was about 65years of age. He died April 23, 1827, and was buried in South Hadley,where a monument was erected to his memory, bearing thefollowing inscription: John Stickney, Doctor Sacrce, Musicoz, died April 23d,1827, M 83 years. Elizabeth H., his wife, died May 28, 1813,aged 68 years. Lucy N., his 2d wife, died Decern. 24, 1836,aged 86 years. He having given to his two oldest sons an education, be-queathed by Will to his son Walter Stickney, his farm, who. FIFTH GENERATION. 119 sold it to bis nephew, Henry W. Stickney [1074], the presentowner and occupant. Six children: — 394. Jonas, b. June 10, 1769; d. July 23, 1771. 395. John, b. Apr. 23, 1772; m. Rebecca Barker, Oct. 14, , b. July 3, 1779; d. November, 1779. 397. Caleb Howard, b. Apr. 2, 1785; d. Jan. 26, 1786. 398. Caleb Howard, b. Apr. 1, 1787; m. Sally Graves, Nov. 21, 1816. 399. Walter, b. Aug. 10, 1790; m. Experience Stebbins, June 4, 1816. 143. WILLIAM STICKNEY, b. in Bradford, July 26, bapt,Aug. 1, 1725 ; never married. Aug. 11, 1746. Lieut. Jonathan Bradley took six men of Capt. Ladds Co., and one other, to go about two and a half miles from Rumford Town, to a garrison ; when they bad gone about one and a half miles, they were shot upon by thirty or forty Indians, the Lieut, and four of his men were killed on the spot. William Stickney and A


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