... Mother was born in Harrington Conn. Her father William Benton, followed the business of contractor and builder. He moved to Adams about the same time as did grandfather Cooke, where for some years he ran a hotel. He had two sons, Pomeroy and Wells and four daughters, Lois, Maria, Nancy and Julia. ...
... Nancy married T.C. Chittenden a lawyer who served one or two terms in Congress, and I think was afterwards Circuit Judge.
Julia married John Fay who for a number of years was sheriff of Jefferson County. Both Nancy and Julia raised families of sons and daughters, but I have no record of their names, and could recall but a few of them. ...
