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Reuben Munger Reuben Munger (Joseph, Samuel, Samuel, Nicholas). b. West Parish, June 29, 1769; d. Stockton, N. Y., July 22, 1848, aged 79 yrs.; m. Lorinda Chapin, at Ludlow, Mass., June 2, 1788. She descended from the Puritan "Dea." Samuel Chapin, whose bronze effigy adorns one of the public parks at Springfield, Mass. She was b. May 2, 1770; d. Stockton, N. Y., June 2`, 1852, in her 83d year.

CHILDREN (6th Generation).

Naomi           b. Ludlow, Mass., June 15,1790
Joseph          "     "     "     Apr. 17,1792.
Jemima          "     "     "     Mar. 15,1794.
Jeremiah Chapin "     "     "     July 20,1795. d. at 34 yrs.
Parley          " Paris, N. Y.,   June  6,1797.
Electa          "   "      "      May  20,1799.
Lucy            "   "      "      Sept.10,1801.
Reuben          "   "      "      June  9,1803.
Mary            "   "      "      Nov. 14,1805.
Caroline        "   "      "      Dec. 19,1808. d.y.
Theodore H.     "   "      "      Mar.  8,1815.
When about 14 years old, Reuben Munger moved from the West Parish of So. Brimfield, Mass., with his father, Joseph, the family locating at Ludlow. Here he continued to live until about 1796, when, with his wife and family, and accompanied by his aged parents, he removed to the wilderness of Oneida Co., N. Y., locating in the town of Paris, being one of the early settlers at "Peck's Corners," living on the farm now owned by M. W. Terry, on Munger (later Terry) hill, where seven children were born. In 1826, went to Chautauqua Co., where he was a successful farmer the remainder of his active life.

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