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Author: Edward Miller and Frederic P. Wells

*ARTHUR
It is supposed that the first of the name came to Scotland from England as a 
peddler of 
wooden ware.  The 1st ARTHUR we are sure of was James of Hardgate, Houston 
parish, 
Renfrewshire, Scotland, blacksmith.  Andrew, his son, m. Jean ALLISON.  Two of 
their sons, 
James and Robert came to America and settled in Ryegate.

James, (2) (Andrew (1) m. Elizabeth SHAW, Jan. 20, 1794 in Houston parish; she 
d. Jan. 15, 
1813; nine ch. all of whom came to America at different times.  Their father 
came with two 
daughters in 1844.  Lived in Ryegate.  Member of the Ref. Pres. ch., So. 
Ryegate.  He d. 
Aug. 1854; bur. Blue Mt. Cemetery.

Children:
I.  Jean, b. Sept. 5, 1795; m. William FYFE; lived in Prince Edward Island, 
and d. Nov. 20, 
1877.

II.  Matthew, b. May 31, 1798; m. Jean STEVENSON; came to America 1849; nine 
chil.; 
lived in Ryegate a short time; settled in Gover, where she d. Oct. 12, 1873; 
he d. May 6, 
1887; members of the Ref. Pres. Ch., So. Ryegate.  Their dau. Jean m. in 
Scotland, William 
CROWE, and came to this country.  She d. 1908.  Their eldest son, George res. 
in South 
Ryegate. q.v.

III.  Andrew, b. July 12, 1799; m. at Houston, Scot., by Rev. John Monteith, 
Janet ALLEN; 
came to America, 1852; their eldest son, Andrew, d. in Scotland; their eldest 
dau. Jean, 
lives there now; members of the Cong. ch. and McIndoes Falls; bur. Blue Mt. 
Cem.; d. 
Oct. 29, 1864; she d. July 3, 1863.

Children:
1.  James, m. Margaret GIBBS in Scotland; came to Am. 1855; d. Ryegate Dec. 5, 
1864; bur. 
Blue Mt. Cem; his widow lives in Barnet, also one son, James and one dau. Mrs. 
Sauin HOLMES.

2.  Elizabeth, b. Scotland; m. James ALLEN; (b. Jan. 15, 1830; d. Apr. 7, 
1899); lived 
in Topsham; d. and bur. there.

3.  Janet, b. in Scotland; d. March 24, 1868; 27 years.

4.  Margaret, b. Scotland; m. M. DABOLL of Clinton, Mass; d. there March 28, 
1889; bur. Blue 
Mt. Cemetery.

5.  Agnes, b. Scotland; lived 20 years in California; ret to Ryegate, 1900; m. 
Ira WELCH 
of So. Ryegate; lives there now.

IV.  Janet, b. Feb. 26, 1802; came to America with her father; never m.; lived 
in Ryegate 
nearly all her live; d. Topsham at the home of her bro., John, May 3, 1877, 
aged 95 years.  
She was know as "Aunt Jenny Arthur."

V.  Elizabeth, b. Jan. 19, 1804; m. in Scotland, Wm. MORRISON; he d. there and 
she came to 
America, 1844, with her two chil. and m. here cousin Andrew ARTHUR of Topsham, 
in 1848; she 
d. Oct. 1866; bur. Blue Mt. Cem.

(Andrew Arthur m. 2d, 1869 Isabel THOM (b. Scotland, 1820) who m. 1st James 
McDonald, and 
had a dau. who m. C. F. HEATH of Groton.  She came to America 1868.  Mrs. A. 
d. NEWBURY, 
1873, , and she lived some years in the family of Richard PATTERSON of N., but 
d. Groton 
May 19, 1897)

VI.  Agnes, b. Feb. 1806; m. in Scotland, John WILSON; came to America, 1844; 
lived in 
Ryegate a short time, then settled in Glover, where she d. April 3, 1882.

VII.  James, b. May 27, 1808; m. Dec. 2, 1831 by Rev. John Monteith, Martha 
TODD, 
(b. Scotland Jan. 10, 1809); 8 ch. of whom 3 c. in Scotland; came to Ryegate, 
1864; 
he d. Oct. 11, 1882; she d. Aug. 1st 1893; buried in Blue Mt. Cemeter; members 
of Pres. 
ch. So. Ryegate.  Mrs. Arthur was noted for her skill at embroidery and fancy 
work.

Children all born in Scotland:

1.  Martha, b. Nov. 7, 1832; m. Jan. 1, 1856, by Rev. John Bole, Wm. MORRISON 
of Topsham; 
nine ch; he is dead; she lives there now.

2.  Agnes, b. July 14, 1840; m. March 24, 1870, by Rev. W. J. McDowell, 
William HALLEY of 
Newbury; ren to Mass., 1874; res. Milford, Conn.

3.  Mary, b. Dec. 20, 1842; m. John B. NELSON, q.v.

4.  Anne, b. July 29, 1847; m. James H. GUTHRIE, q.v.

5.  Jessie, b. Feb. 7, 1852; m. by Rev. John Bole to Frank HUNT; res. Ryegate 
till 1905; in 
Barnet with her son Arthur; rem. with him to Turnlock, Cal., Dec. 1907.

VIII. William, b. April 14, 1810; came to America 1842; settled in Ryegate; m. 
by Rev. Joh6n
Bole, March 1855, Maria, dau. Erza GATES; he d. December 1857; she died March, 
1859; bur.
Blue Mt. Cemetery; members of Ref. Pres. ch., So. Ryegate.

Children:  

1.  James E., b. Jan. 23, 1856; went to California 1877, then to Arizona, 
where 
he m. Aug. 11, 1887, Anne WHITLOW; res. Turlock, Cal.

2.  William, b. Jan. 17, 1858; lived on the homestead where his grandfather d. 
till March,
1906, when he went to Cal., and m. July 11, 1907, Martha A., dau. Jas. H. 
GUTHRIE of 
Ryegate.

IX.  John, b. Aug. 20, 1812; came to America about 1840; m. March 15, 1849, 
Sally EMERY;
lived in Topsham and d. there Aug. 9, 1897; she d. Jan. 30, 1887; a dau. 
Agnes, d. June
19, 1873; 17 yrs. 7 mo. 10 d.

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Robert, (Andrew (1)) m. in Scotland, March 20, 1820, Margaret BARR; came to 
America, 1834,
via Quebec and Montreal, and thence to Ryegate by teams; settled in So. 
Ryegate and owned 
the land on which the villiage is built, on the east side of the river; he d. 
Apr. 15, 
1840; aged 54; she d. Dec. 13, 1865 aged 75; bur. at So. Ryegate.

Chil. all b. in Scotland:

I.  Joan, b. 1882; d. Dec. 2, 1841; buried in So. Ryegate.

II.  Robert, b. July 19, 1823; lived in South Ryegate, farmer and mechanic; he 
married
June 9, 1871, by Rev. W. J. McDowell, Abby Jane, dau. of David JEWELL of 
Newbury; he
d. March 9, 1891.

Children:
1.  Christy, b. May 18, 1872; d. March 28, 1887.

2.  Margaret B. b. April 25, 1874; m. Nov. 27, 1902, by Rev. F. A. Collins to 
Wm. B.
DAVIDSON, q.v.

3.  Clara T. b. May 8, 1878; m. Sept. 7, 1898, by Rev. T. A. Jackson to Lee 
BROCK.
They live on the old Arthur place at So. Ryegate.  Ch., Cecille and Roberta.

III.  Margaret b. 1825; m. Oct. 1855, Joel DOLE of Danville; d. there July 25, 
1864, 
and bur. there.

IV.  Jean, b. March 13, 1827; m. Sept. 16, 1858 by Rev. John Bole, Luther 
MERRILL of 
Danville; d. and bur. there.

Walter(3) (Robert (2), Andrew (1) eldest son of Robert by a former marriage in 
Scotland, 
Dec. 1813; m. 1838, Elizabeth SMITH of Port Helen, Islay, Scotland.  They came 
to 
America, 1839; lived in 1845 o the farm where Livermore Bailey lately lived; 
removed 
to Thopsham, then to Jefferson Hill, Newbury, where there son Andrew lives.  
Members
of the Ref. Pres. ch., So. R.; she d. Aug. 13, 1878; he d. March 28, 1883; 
bur. So. R.

Children:

I.  Robert, b. Scotland; m. March 15, 1864, Luthera, dau John GIBSON; rem. to 
Iowa; d.
July 16, 1908; ch., Isabel, Carrie, Charles, John, Ada, Emma, Susan.

II.  Anges J. b. Ryegate, Jan. 13, 1843; m. May 13, 1873, Andrew AITKEN of 
Wells River;
d. Apr. 26, 1887.

III.  Andrew, b. Ryegate, March 2, 1845; res. Newbury.

IV.  James, b. Topsham, March 12, 1847; m. June 5, 1879, Janet, dau John 
AITKEN of Newbury; 
lived there and d. Apr. 29, 1902; two sons.

V.  Sarah Isabel, b. Ryegate, Feb. 16, 1854; m. M. F. MCDONALD, q.v.

Additional Comments:
History of Ryegate, VT
From its Settlement by the Scotch-American Company of Farmers to Present Time
With Genealogical Records of Many Families
By Edward Miller and Frederic P. Wells
St.  Johnsbury, VT.
The Caledonian Company, 1913
Copyright, 1913, by the Town of Ryegate
page 280-282

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