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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER
OF
LEXINGTON FAMILIES,
FROM THE
FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN.
BY CHARLES HUDSON,
MEMBER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL, THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL, AND THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETIES.
BOSTON: WIGGIN & LUNT, PUBLISHERS, 221 WASHINGTON STREET. 1868.
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER
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LEXINGTON FAMILIES.
INTRODUCTION.
IN the following notices of the Lexington families, I have been desirous to give a full genealogy of those who settled in the town early, or who have resided long in the place. Most of the families which have come into Lexington within the last twenty or thirty years, have little or no record on our town books; and hence it is impossible to give any connected view of them from our records. In such cases I have applied to the families personally or by circular, to furnish a complete record ; and wherever such a record has been procured, it has been used in this volume. But many, I regret to say, have supplied no such lists. This fact is mentioned, to show that the fullest opportunity has been given to every family, to provide the means which would enable me to give them a place in this Register. It would be impossible for me to take up every modern family, and follow them through the records of the respective places where they and their ancestors may have resided, and give their genealogy. A life-time would be insufficient for such a Herculean task ; especially when we consider the changing character of our population at the present day. I regret the absence of many families from this list, but the fault is not mine.
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My plan has been to begin as far back as my means of information would allow, and to trace the line of descent to the family or individ- ual who came to Lexington ; and while he or they remained in town, I have endeavored to embrace in the list every member of the family. When any individual or family have left town, I have dropped their genealogy ; though I have noted all important historical events, con- nected with the individual or family, known to me, as far as they fell within the scope of this sketch.
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While I have endeavored to be accurate, I have not the vanity to suppose that I have avoided all errors. Every one who has had any experience in labors of this kind, knows that errors are unavoidable. The neglect of parents in having the births, deaths, and marriages in their respective families recorded, renders it impossible in many cases, to collect from the town records a correct list of a family. And this difficulty is increased by the recurrence of the same name in the dif- ferent branches of a family. Where there are two or three Williams, or Johns, or Samuels, or Sarahs, or Marys, or Abigails of the same
surname, and the record gives the birth, death, or marriage of a person of that name, without giving the name of the parent or the age of the individual, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, from the record, to decide which of the individuals is intended. In all such cases I have had recourse to other evidence, and have generally satis- fied myself ou this subject.
Genealogists know what allowances to make. But in this case as in almost all others, those are the most difficult to please, who know the least of the embarrassments in this kind of labor. Every geneal- ogist must make up his mind in advance that his work will be branded as unreliable, by those who liave neglected to give accurate informa- tion, or have been remiss in having their children recorded.
I regret that the accounts given of some families are so meagre and imperfect ; but the defect is chargeable to the record. What I have given is the fruit of much labor, study, and anxiety. I have carefully examined the records of Lexington, and most of the neigh- boring towns, the published genealogies of numerous families, and also the records of the Probate office and the office of the Register of Deeds for the county. From these sources I have supplied, in numerous cases, the defects of the town records, and have even sup- plied the record of whole families, not found upon the town records at all.
The following explanations will enable the reader to understand the genealogical tables :
ABREVIATIONS .- b. stands for born; bap. for baptized; m for married; unm. for unmarried ; d. for died; dau. for daughter or daughters; wid. for widow; r. for resides or resided; ad. for admitted; o. c. for owned the Covenant; ch. for church ; chil. for children. I have also abbreviated many of the towns to which frequent reference is made, as Lex. for Lexington ; Camb. for Cambridge ; Wo. for Woburn; Wat. for Watertown; Con. for Concord; Walt. for Waltham; Bed. for Bedford, &c. All towns mentioned will be considered as being within this State, unless another State is mentioned; or the case is so clear as to exclude doubt, as Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, &c.
In the following tables, the parents' names are given in full, and are printed in SMALL CAPITALS ; the children's Christian name alone is given, and is printed in italics. Children are separated from their
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parents by a short line, thus : -. And different families, or branches of the same families, are separated from each other by a line across the page, thus :
The right hand figure on the left margin of the page, denotes the number of persons consecutively from the first named to the last of the family of that name. The first male mentioned under each general head or new family, is set down as 1, and his children as 2, 3, 4, &c., and so on consecutively through every branch of the family; and the number set against any person is considered as his number, and no one is ever brought forward again but in connection with that number. Whenever the children are first named in the series, the number of the father is brought down against them, and placed at the left hand, separated by a hyphen, thus : 1-2 or 12-41, as the case may be-the left hand figure denoting the father, and the right hand figures the children-the father's number being understood as apply- ing to each of his children. Whenever an obelisk (+) is prefixed to a name, it denotes that the person will be taken up again ; and the place where he is thus treated of may be found by following down the left margin of the page, till you find his number standing in the second place to the left of the marginal line, and the number of his father one place to the left of that, expressed thus : 1-2- or 12-41 -. The num- bers, of course, will vary with the position of the person in the table.
That the above explanation may be fully understood, I will illus- trate it by its application to a particular family in this Register. Take the SMITH FAMILY, as an example.
John Smith, being the ancestor of the family, stands as No. 1. Against this number his personal history is given. He is separated from his children by a short rule or line. His number (1) is brought down against the name of his first child, John, who is numbered 2. The other children are numbered in succession-Francis, 3, Daniel, 4, and Thomas, 5. It is understood that the number of the parent stands against the name or number of each of the children. By inspecting the table, it will be seen that an obelisk is prefixed to the name of Thomas, No. 5. This denotes that he will be brought forward again. To find the place where he will be further treated of, follow down the left hand of the page till you find the number of the father (1) and the number of the son (5) standing together thus : 1-5 -. Thomas's num- ber (5) is brought down against his children, whose consecutive numbers are 6 to 14, inclusive. Here again you find the obelisk against the names of Thomas, John, and Joseph, denoting that each of them will be further considered where their respective numbers, and that of their fathers, are found in the margin. Take the first named in this family, viz. Thomas, whose number is 8. He will be
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found in the table where his number is placed in the margin, standing at the right hand of the number of his father (5) thus : 5-8 -. Against the number of Thomas (8) will be found the numbers of his children, from 15 to 20, inclusive. In this family, Thomas, Joseph, and Ben- jamin have the mark prefixed to their names, showing that they will be brought forward again and their families given. Take Joseph as an example, whose number is 19. Further along in the margin, you will find 8, the number of the father, and 19, the number of Joseph ; there you will find his personal history, and below, against his num- ber (19), you will find his children, numbered from 31 to 40, inclusive. Several of the sons are marked with an obelisk, showing that more will be said of them where their respective numbers are found in the margin associated with 19, the number of their father. Take Heze- kiah, numbered 33. By following down the margin, we find 19-33- where Hezekiah is taken up as a father, and his history, and the names of his children, are given. From his children, who are marked for further consideration, we will select Joseph, whose number is 66. Following the direction already given, we find 33-66- in the margin, where a notice of him and his children will be found. If we should select Billings, numbered 140, and look for his appropriate place where his father's number (66) and his own (140) are found in the margin, we should find among his children, Billings, our present fellow- citizen, standing as number 204.
By following these directions, the reader can easily trace the Smiths or any other family. This can be done backward as well as forward .. Take, for example, Elias Smith, who married Harriet Hastings. His number is 152, which stands against 87, the number of his father, Josiah. By following back the consecutive numbers, you find that 87 is the son of 40 of the same name ; and 40 is the son of 19, which is the number of Joseph, the father ; and 19 is the son of 8; and 8 the son of 5 ; and 5 the son of 2; and 2 the son of 1, the original ancestor.
In this way any family can easily be traced in the following regis- ter. It will be seen that each division of a family separated by a long rule or line, presents at once three generations-the grand- father, the father, and the children-the first by number, and the last two by name.
I have been thus particular, because people frequently complain that they cannot understand the arrangement of genealogists, or trace the connection between the different branches or members of a family. The plan I have adopted is partly original, and is, I believe, more simple than any plan in use ; and if it be followed, will enable any person to trace the connection between the members of any family which is presented in a tabular formn.
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THE ABBOT FAMILY.
ADOPTING the alphabetical order,.we must place the Abbots at the head of the Lexington Families. They were not among the earliest settlers, nor were they very numerous, but for a time held a very respectable position among the people of the place. By the aid of the Abbot Genealogy, we are enabled to present a connected line of descent from the original emigrant.
1 GEORGE ABBOT, with three sons, George, Nehemiah and Thomas, emigrated from England, and settled in Rowley, where he d. 1647.
1- 2 George, the eldest son of the emigrant, b. in England, settled in Andover, 1655, where he m. May, 1658, Sarah Farnum. He d. March 22, 1689, and she d. 1728, aged 90, the widow of Henry Ingalls.
2- 3 George, b. Jan. 28, 1659 ; d. Jan. 24, 1724, aged 65.
4 Sarah, b. Sept. 6, 1660; m. 1682, John Faulkner.
5 John, b. Aug. 26, 1662.
6 Mary, b. Mar. 29, 1664; m. 1687, Stephen Barker.
7 +Nehemiah, b. July 20, 1667 ; d. Oct. 8, 1750.
8 Hannah, b. Sept. 20, 1668; m. 1695, James Ingalls.
9 Mehitabel, b. Feb. 17, 1671; d. young.
10 Lydia, b. Sept: 29, 1675; m. 1695, Henry Chandler.
11 Samuel, b. May 30, 1678. 12 Mehitabel, b. April 4, 1680.
2-7- NEHEMIAH ABBOT, m. Abigail Lovejoy, 1691. He was a deacon in Andover, and represented the town in the General Court.
7-13 +Nehemiah, b. Jan. 19, 1692; d. Feb. 17, 1767.
14 Abiel, b. Aug. 10, 1693; d. Jan. 21, 1758.
15 Zebadiah, b. April 6, 1695 ; d. Sept. 9, 1767.
16 John, b. Oct. 31, 1697 ; d. Nov. 25, 1779.
17 Abigail, b. Sept. 30, 1699 ; m. Benjamin Abbot, and d. Dec. 8, 1753.
18 Mary, b. March 24, 1701 ; m. James Bridges, and d. 1774.
19 Joseph, b. -; d. Nov. 12, 1726.
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NEHEMIAH ABBOT, from Andover, bought, May 11, 1714, of Thomas Woolson, a house and land in Weston, known as the Stony Brook Mill Lot. He m. 1714, Sarah Foster. About 1719, he re- moved to Lex. where a portion of his children were born. He was ad. to the ch in Lex. Feb. 23, 1724. His name first. appears upon the Town Records in 1721. He served his fellow townsmen from time to time, as school committee man, assessor, and town treas- urer. His wife probably d. 1770. He lived in the southwestern part of the town, now within the bounds of Lincoln.
13-20 Nehemiah, bap. in Weston, Dec. 4, 1715; d. young.
21 Nehemiah, bap. in Weston, March 14, 1717; d. July 13, 1785.
22 Sarah, bap. in Weston, Nov. 2, 1718.
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Abigail, b. Jan. 26, 1721; m. Amos Lawrence, of Groton, and died Jan. 6, 1784. William, b. Oct. 9, 1724; d. Jan. 2, 1798, aged 74. +Joseph, b. June 8, 1727 ; d. 1793, aged 66.
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JOSEPH ABBOT, m. March 24, 1752, Hannah White. He appears to have been the only son of the family which remained in Lex. He resided at or near the Spaulding place in Lincoln, which was taken from Lex. when Line. was incorporated in 1754. Hence he is frequently mentioned in the Records as of Lincoln.
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+Joseph, b. July 10, 1752 ; d. 1834, aged 82.
Nehemiah, b. 1754; d. in Linc. 1840. He m. Polly Hoar - was a soldier of the Revolution.
Abiel, b .-; m. Dec. 16, 1788, Polly Merriam, of Lex. and d. 1817. Hannah, bap. April 10, 1757 ; d. 1785. Abigail, b. -; d. young. 31 Sarah, bap. Aug. 1, 1762.
Abigail, bap. July 21, 1765. 33 Asa, bap. Feb. 28, 1768. Mary, bap. Jan. 31, 1773 ; m. Amaziah Fawcett.
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JOSEPH ABBOT, m. April 30, 1778, Ruth Buckman of Lex. He resided in Linc. where he had a family of children, several of whom were bap. in Lex. He subsequently moved to Sidney, Me.
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Elizabeth, bap. Feb. 7, 1779. 36 John, bap. Jan. 22, 1783. 38 Samuel, bap. Nov. 23, 1788.
William, bap. June 11, 1786. Joseph, bap. April 24, 1790. Abigail, bap. Oct. 18, 1795.
40 Sarah, bap. April 28, 1793.
42 Mary, bap. Feb. 1, 1801.
THE ADAMS FAMILY.
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GEORGE ADAMS, a glover, and his wife Frances, settled in Wat. 1645. On the 4th of Nov. 1664, he sold to John Chenery his house and land in Wat. and moved to Camb. Farms, now Lex. probably about the time of this sale. The birth of only two of his children is recorded ; though he had five or six at least.
1-2 John, b. April 6, 1645; d. young.
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+ George, b. 1647 ; d. Jan. 27, 1732, aged 85.
Daniel, b. -. Executor of his father's will.
5 John, b. Mar. 6, 1657.
6 Mary, bap. and o. c. Nov. 21, 1686, in Wat.
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GEORGE ADAMS, m. Jan. 20, 1684, Martha Fiske, dau. of John and Sarah (Wyeth) Fiske, of Camb. Farms. She was bap. in Wat. Nov. 21, 1686, and he was bap. and o. c. June 19, 1698. Both George Adams, and George Adams, Jr., were taxed in Camb. Farms in 1693, for the minister's salary, and for the purchase of the land which laid the foundation of the Ministerial Fund. He was an assessor in 1702; constable in 1715.
3- 7 + George, born Ap. 28, 1685. He was bap. in Wat.
8 Martha, b. June 10, 1686 ; bap. in Wat. the May following.
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+John, b. Sept. 6, 1688; m. Mary Flagg, of Wat. Oct. 27, 1714.
10 Nathaniel, bap. June 12, 1698. Supposed to be the Nathaniel of Grafton, who m. Nov. 20, 1738, Eunice Stearns, of Waltham.
11 Sarah, bap. June 12, 1698.
12 +Benjamin, b. Dec. 20, 1701 ; m. Eunice
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GEORGE ADAMS m. about 1705, Judith -. He was a physician, and resided in Lex. till about 1720, when he removed to Waltham, where he d. Feb. 8, 1767, aged 82.
Lydia, b. July 9, 1706 ; m. Oct. 13, 1731, Caleb Pond, of Dedham. Jonas, b. Jan. 6, 1708; d. June following.
7-13 14 15 Judith, b. Sept. 15, 1709; m. - Boyden.
16 Elizabeth, b. July 8, 1712; m. Feb. 26, 1744, Robert Baker, of Con. Hannah, b. Feb. 9, 1715 ; m. Dec. 4, 1734, Barachias Lewis, of Rox. Seth, b. March 25, 1717; d. 1730.
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17 18 19 Josiah, b. June 13, 1719 ; m. Grace Hager ; had children in Weston. Deborah, b. June 13; d. June 16, 1719 ; a twin with Josiah.
Abigail, b. in Walt. May 6, 1721; d. May 26, 1740.
22 Daniel, b. in Walt. May 2, 1724; m. Nov. 22, 1743, and had Eliza- beth, Jonas, and Seth.
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JOHN ADAMS m. Oct. 27, 1714, Mary Flagg. He was probably the John Adams who m. Nov. 24, 1743, Mary Sanderson, of Walt. He was chosen to the dignified office of hog-reeve in 1715, showing that he was an inhabitant at that time, and that he had recently assumed another important relation. His last wife d. July 21, 1786, aged 95.
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Mephibosheth, b. July 4, 1715 ; m. May 2, 1734, Jane Derby. John, b. Feb. 22, 1717 ; probably settled in Linc. where he m. Eliza- beth -, and had a family of 11 children. He d. 1774.
Micah, b. Aug. 14, 1718; d. Aug. 23, 1747.
25 26 Mary, b. Feb. 27, 1722.
Abigail, b. June 3, 1723.
Prudence, b. April 1, 1727.
+Sampson, b. Aug. 25, 1730; d. Ang. 26, 1785.
t George, b. May 17, 1733; m. July 18, 1758, Abigail Prentice, of Newton.
Susanna, b. March 21, 1735.
Lucy, b. Dec. 27, 1738.
33 Jane, b. June 3, 1740.
BENJAMIN ADAMS m. Eunice -. Their first two children were bap. in Walt. He and his wife were ad. to the ch. in Lex. Sept. 26, 1736.
12-34 35 Micajah, b. Feb. 11, 1728. 36 Eunice, bap. June 3, 1731. 38 Simon, b. Oct. 15, 1734.
37 Israel, b. June 2, 1732.
39 Ebenezer, b. July 25, 1736 ; d. young.
Nathaniel, b. Oct. 5, 1738; d. Dec. 17, 1738.
40 41 Ebenezer, b. May 23, 1740. 42 Abraham, b. Aug. 24, 1742.
43 Solomon, b. April 6, 1744.
44 Martha, b. Nov. 2, 1746; d. May 7, 1747.
45 Mary, b. Nov. 25, 1748.
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SAMPSON ADAMS m. Mary -, and had Anna, b. Nov. 20, 1775. His wife d., and he m. Nov. 11, 1779, Katharine Bacon, of Wo. They had Zedekiah, bap. Oct. 3, 1784. Sampson Adams d. Aug. 26, 1785. She d. April 25, 1829, aged 84. His family record is imper- fect. He had a son Thomas in the Revolution.
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GEORGE ADAMS m. July 18, 1758, Abigail Prentice, of Newton. She d. Jan. 2, 1760, leaving two children; and he m. March 18,. 1762, Elizabeth Crosby. He d. Feb. 8, 1814, aged 84 years.
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+Benjamin, b. Feb. 5, 1727 ; d. Oct. 27, 1790, aged 64.
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30-46 Abigail, b. Jan. 3, 1759. 47 Anna, b. Dec. 24, 1760.
48 Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1763.
49 George, b. Sept. 25, 1764; d. Dec. 10, 1764.
50 Samuel, b. Feb. 12, 1766, 51 Eunice, b. Aug. 21, 1767.
52 George, b. Oct. 2, 1769; d. March 31, 1793.
53 Rebecca, b. Dee. 13, 1771; d. Dee. 1772.
54 Micah, b. April 9, 1774. 55 Phinehas, b. Oct. 11, 1776.
56 Stephen, b. Dee. 9, 1778.
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BENJAMIN ADAMS m. - He d. Oct. 27, 1790. The only record is a baptismal one, which reads as follows: " Oet. 30, 1791, bap. Benjamin Adams, Eliphalet Adams, and Nathaniel Adams, - children of Benjamin Adams, deceased."
There have been other Adamses in town : Samuel Adams, b. in West Camb. Sept. 28, 1790; m. May 22, 1822, Ann Whittemore. He came to Lex. 1827. He d. Sept. 16, 1866 ; she d. May, 1862. They had four children : Annas, b. June 5, 1823; m. April 2, 1867, Jolın Beals ; W. Frank, b. April 16, 1829; m. Emma C. Balles, of N. Jersey; Robinson, b. Nov. 24, 1832; went to N. Y. ; d. 1866 ; Georgia, b. June 6, 1839 ; m. May 10, 1857, Albert Griffith, of W. Camb. She d. May, 1859.
ALLEN OR ALLINE.
In 1783, on the 24th of March, Ezekiel Allen, of Lex., and Sarah Abbot, of Line., were united in marriage. Ezekiel Allen was taxed in Lex. from 1778 to 1783, when his name disappears. Phinehas Allen was taxed in town as a resident in 1783. Ezekiel Allen, or Alline, as the name is sometimes spelt, was in the first eight months' service of the Revolution from Lex. in 1775.
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GALEN ALLEN, b. Aug. 19, 1802, Aeworth, N. H. Was a son of Galen Allen, formerly of Bridgewater, Mass. He came to Lex. a single man about 1835, and m. April 4, 1839, Lavinia Munroe, dau. of John Munroe, b. Oet. 16, 1823. He d. June 29, 1864, and she d. April 22, 1865. He filled the office of selectman for several years.
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Harriet A., b. Jan. 7, 1840; m. April 17, 1856, John D. Bacon ; and d. March 22, 1865.
Annette A., b. June 8, 1842 ; m. March 23, 1862, Abraham B. Smith. John G., b. Jan. 31, 1845. 5 Lavinia M., b. July 14, 1848.
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Jonas M., b. Jan. 22, 1854.
THE ANGIER FAMILY.
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JOHN ANGIER, of Malden, m. March 2, 1794, Mary Simonds, of Lex., dau. of John and Mary (Tufts) Simonds. He must have established himself in town immediately after his marriage, for his name appears soon after upon the tax bills. He resided on Burling- ton Street, near what was called Bull Hill Meadow.
John, b. March, 1794. He was in the war of 1812 and in the Mexi- ean war ; went to Wis.
1- 2 3 Daniel, b. Ang. 24, 1796; m. June 15, 1823, Sally Davis, of Con. Chil. : Marshall, b. Oct. 26, 1823; Charles D., b. Jan. 26, 1825; Rufus H., b. July 8, 1828; Sarah L. H., b. Aug. 31, 1830; Har-
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riet M., b. Aug. 5, 1832; Eustis, b. Sept. 16, 1834; M. W., b. Oct. 3, 1838; Cyrus L., b. May 3, 1845.
Abigail, b. Feb. 11, 1798 ; m. Nov. 3, 1821, Samuel C. Simonds, of Burlington.
4 5 Amos, b. Dec. 27, 1802; m. Nov. 3, 1828, Esther R. Winn, of Salem, dau. of Benjamin and Susan (Estabrook) Winn, formerly of Bur. Chil. : Amos M., b. Feb. 28, 1831; m. May 31, 1857, Sarah F. Blaisdell, of Charlestown; Lucius B., b. May 14, 1833. He served in Mass. Vols. in the late rebellion ; Louisa, b. Sept. 27, 1835; Henry A., b. Apr. 30, 1838. He was in the first three months' vols., was wounded and taken prisoner at the first Bull Run battle, and confined at Richmond. He is married, and resides at Somerville ; Everett M., b. Dec. 1841.
ARMS .- RICHARD ARMS, sometimes spelled Orms, was ad. to the ch. in Lex. Apr. 10, 1709. He m. Oct. 28, 1714, Sarah Carley, of Lex. No record of children. Rev Mr. Hancock made the following entry in the ch. record, Mar. 24, 1752 : " Baptized Sarah Arms at her house, she being above eighty years old, and confined ; I preached there at the same time." She d. July 8, 1760, aged 88. He d. Apr. 26, 1736. He was constable in 1728, and committee to provide for the schools in 1733, and subsequently. He was a shoemaker by trade, and resided on the hill west of the residence of the late Col. Merriam. The names of Arms and Carley have long since become extinct in Lex.
THE BABCOCK FAMILY.
LEONARD GARDNER BABCOCK, b. May 28, 1841; m. Dec. 25, 1864, Frances C. Chalmers, of Galesburg, Ill. He is son of Dr. Aaron G. and Anna (Blashfield) Babcock, of Princeton, Mass., who was a descendant of Malachi Babcock, of Sherburn. At the break- ing out of the Rebellion, being at St. Louis, he entered the 11th Ill. Reg. for three years. He was in several battles, and at Fort Donel- son received six wounds, several of them very severe. He came to Lex. where he had relatives, in May, 1866. In Apr. 1867, he was appointed Postmaster. He has one child, Frederick G., b. Nov. 1, 1865.
THE BACON FAMILY.
1 NATHANIEL BACON and his wife Abigail were in Lex. in 1729, when we find the birth of one of their children. He d. Oct. 19, 1773, aged 74. His wife survived him many years. The record of their family is meagre.
1- 2 Abigail, b. Sept. 20, 1729.
3 Jacob, b. Mar. 14, 1738; m. Feb. 13, 1776, Katharine Davis, Bed. 4 Oliver, b. Ap. 14, 1740; m. Dec. 6, 1770, Sarah Reed.
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Ruth, b. June 23, 1746 ; m. Apr. 30, 1771, James Gleason.
Jacob and Oliver must have left town about the time of their mar- riages, as their names disappear from the tax bills the years following.
There has recently been another family of this name in town- John D. Bacon, son of George, of Bil. b. Sept. 14, 1832, came to Lex. 1854, and m. Apr. 17, 1856, Harriet A. Allen, dau. of Galen Allen. She died Mar. 22, 1865, and he m. June 20, 1867, Hattie E.
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Grant, of Acworth, N. H. He had Carrie A., b. May 14, 1857 ; George H. b. Dee. 30, 1860, d. Mar. 1861; Annette A., b. Apr. 6, 1862, d. May, 1865.
THE BAILY FAMILY.
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JAMES BAILY, b. in Greenfield, N. H. Jan. 6, 1792 ; m. Sept. 27, 1818, Abigail Simonds, dau. of David, of Lex. He died Sept. 9, 1865. She d. Aug. 9, 1853.
1- 2 Lydia Ann, b. Feb. 17, 1820; m. Apr. 30, 1837, Charles Hutchin- son. They have three children, Abigail Angeline, m. 1862, Henry Capell; Lydia Ann Addia, m. 1867, R. L. Woodbury; Elvira Augusta, m. 1864, Charles A. Grover.
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James B., b. Oct. 23, 1822, m. Nov. 17, 1855, Rachel E. Marston. Frederick P., b. June 29, 1824 ; m. Nov. 1851, Dorcas Ann Skelton. Chellus B., b. Oct. 23, 1828; m. Apr. 19, 1855, Ellen E. Hartwell, of Lin. They have George H., Nellie L., and Estella A. Edward B., b. June 28, 1833; m. June 28, 1860, Sophia L. Gould, of Lex. dau. of Thomas Gould.
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