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JOHN HOUSE is one of the reliable citizens and substantial farmers of the town of Westfield. He was born on the farm he now occupies, near the village of Westfield, Chautauqua county, New York, November 12, 1821, and is the son of David and Nabby (Saunders) House. His grandfather, John House, was an Englishman by descent, of patrician birth, and was united in marriage to the daughter of an English nobleman. He emigrated to America and settled in Morristown, New Jersey, where John, Sr., grandfather of subject was born. His childhood and infancy were passed in the State of his nativity, where he also acquired an education in the common schools. Upon the outbreak of the Revolutionary war, he joined his sympathies with those of his countrymen, entered the colonial army, and served as a teamster under Lafayette. He united in marriage with Joanna Pridden, the daughter of a prominent Revolutionary colonel, and after leading a roving life for several years, he, in 1816, settled in Chautauqua county, where he purchased two hundred acres of land, and upon which his grandson now resides. He continued to improve and cultivate his farm until his death in 1838. He was the father of eight children. David House, Sr. (father), was born in Cortland county, New York, in 1792, and came with his father to Chautauqua county in 1816. He was married to Nabby Saunders, a native of New Jersey, who bore him ten children: Nancy, born August 28, 1817; Julia A., born November 27, 1819; John, born November 12, 1821; Ruth, born October 5, 1827; Nabby, born September 27, 1824, and died April, 1839; Louisa, born March 11, 1829; David, Jr., born in 1832; Eliza J., born March 24, 1835; Edwin, born October 11, 1837; and Indiana, born January 30, 1843.