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the west side of Tashua street, between
Chubb Brook and the place now owned by
George A. Mallett's heirs. Upon one oc-
casion, before going to "The Salts," as the
shore of Long Island Sound was then
called, she turned her spotted pig, "Ne-
pucket," into the woods nearby to feed
upon the nuts while she was away. Her
absence was so prolonged that David Mal-
lett, thinking that she must be dead,
caught and killed the pig. Some time
afterward the squaw returned and brought
suit against him for the pig, "Nepucket,"
of whom there remained only a piece of
pork.
He married (first) Rhode French, the
daughter of Gamakill French, born in
1740, and died March 5, 1777. He mar-
ried (second) Bethia Bennett, born in
1749, and died November 14, 1788, daughter
of Gideon Bennett. He married
(third) Polly Youngs, who was born in
1747, and died March 13, 1835. The children
of David (3) Mallett were : 1. Philo,
baptized May 22, 1762; married Eunice
Wheeler, July 6, 1780; resided in Canajo-
harie, New York, where he died April 2,
1820. 2. Benjamin, baptized December
18, 1763; married Olive French, January
6, 1785; died November 6, 1798. 3. Han-
nah, baptized June 28, 1761 ; married Isaac
Edwards, February 3, 1777; died before
1848 in Waterville, New York, where she
resided. 4. Zachariah, married May 18,
1790, Abigail Osborne; resided in Paris,
Oneida county, New York. 5. Aaron, of
whom further. 6. Rhoda, born May 12,
1765 ; married Sanford, and removed
to Illinois, where she died before
1848. 7. Bethiah, baptized September 30,
1781 ; married (first) in 1801, Jonathan
Nichols; married (second) James Hall.
8. Huldah, baptized January 19, 1783;
married, in 1807, Amos Hawley Wheeler;
died February 23, 1834. 9. David, bap-
tized August tc. 1784; died unmarried,
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June 3, 1848. 10. Charity, born September
20, 1788; married, December 25, 1811,
Stephen Beach, son of Nehemiah Beach;
died February 8, 1835.
(V) Aaron Mallett, son of David (3)
Mallett, was baptized June 30, 1771. He
was a resident of Tashua all his life, and
died there on December 31, 1855. He
married, February 24, 1805, Eunice Beach.
She was born July 1, 1783, and died in
Tashua, November 27, i860. Their chil-
dren were: 1. Mary Eliza, born July 3,
1806, died June 3, 1817. 2. George Albert,
born January 24, 1808; married, December
24, 1833, Charity Nichols; died
March 19, 1893. 3. David Beach, born
June 14, 1810, died unmarried, September
13, 1846. 4. Stephen Summers, born May
1, 1812; married Flora M. Sherman
daughter of Nathaniel Sherman, May 17,
1843. 5. Rhoda Clarissa, born August 16,
1814; married, December 24, 1849, Ebenezer
T. Sanford. 6. Aaron Benjamin,
born December 11, 1816; married (first)
November 1, 1843, Jane Elizabeth Hawley,
who died May 25, 185 1 ; married (second)
December 22, 185 1, Lydia A. Sherman,
who died April 24, 1884. 7. Mary
Melissa, of whom further. 8. William
Alanson, born May 25, 1821 ; married,
September 28, 185 1, Sarah Augusta Wakeley,
who died January 23, 1861 ; married
(second) June 18, 1862, Hannah Elizabeth
Walker. 9. Parthenia Eliza, born April
27, 1824; married, May 11, 1864. William
W. Wheeler.
(VI) Mary Melissa Mallett, daughter
of Aaron and Eunice (Beach) Mallett,
was born in Tashua, Connecticut, March
8, 1819, and died there February 27, 1852.
She married, April 19, 1846, William
Nichols, son of Captain John Nichols, of
Trumbull, Connecticut, who was born November
30, 181 1, and died January 10,
1887. Their children were: 1. Mary
Frances Nichols, born November 5, 1847;