1880 federal census, Trenton, Dodge, WI, LDS USA 1880 census
household record:
Handy Hale, M, Married, 63, born NY, father born CT, mother born CT, Farmer;
Laura, F, wife, Married, 56, born PA, fb MA, mb VT, Keeping House;
Archer, M, son, Single, 33, born WI, fb MY, mb PA, Farming.
Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, J. H.
Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 248-249:
Collins Handy, Sr., Morpeth, Ont. In 1704 a family by the name of Moss
emigrated from England and settled on the seashore in the state of
Connecticut. They were descendants from the Baltic Mariners or Sea Kings who
entered Britain at the time of William the Conquerer. One Theopolus Moss was
born from this Puritan Family April 13, 1718. Years after he married Miss Ruth
Ramsey, and raised a large family. On Nov. 25, 1740, was born one Ebenezer
who, in 1762, married Miss Esther Preston, and they raised a family of seven.
One of the daughters, named Lois, married one Henry Handy, Nov. 7, 1785. From this marriage the subject of our sketch was born, being one of a family of
five sons and two daughters. Ebenezer, the eldest, married Sarah A. Baldwin.
Mahitabel married Thomas Ransom, of Wisconsin. Hale married Miss Laura Wood, a
Wisconsin lady. Louise married John Nichols, of York State. Sedgwick married
Eleanor Clements, of York State. John remained a bachelor. Collins was third
in the family...
Archer
Handy
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