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HISTORY OF
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HISTORY 1
OF THE
TOWN OF PRINCETON
IN THE COUNTY OF WORCESTER AND
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
BY
FRANCIS EVERETT BLAKE
VOLUME II GENEALOGIES
PRINCETON PUBLISHED BY THE TOWN 1915
"A painful work it is I'll assure you, and more than difficult, wherein what toyle hath been taken, as no man thinketh so no man believeth but he hath made the triall "
Ant. à Wood, Preface to the History of Oxford.
Stanbope Press F. H. GILSON COMPANY BOSTON, U.S.A.
PRINCETON FAMILIES.
ABBOT.
ABBOT Isaac, with wife Marah or Mary, came from Pomfret, Connecticut, in November, 1769, with seven children. These were recorded in Princeton, where four others were afterwards born and recorded. The family then disappears from the town records and no further information is obtainable. The children were:
i. MARY, b. Jany. 20, 1757.
ii. HANNAH, b. Aug. 2, 1758.
iii. CLOE, b. Aug. 7, 1760.
iv. SARAH, b. Oct. 14, 1762.
v. MATILDA, b. Aug. 29, 1764.
vi. ISAAC, b. July 17, 1766.
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viii. DILLE, b. May 29, 1770.
ix. OLIVE, b. Oct. 28, 1772.
x. DEBBY) Jb. Sept. 10, 1774.
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xi. DOLLY j lb. Sep.t 10, 1774 .
ADAMS.
HENRY1 ADAMS of Braintree, Mass., came to New England from Braintree, County of Essex, England, with his wife, eight sons and a daughter, in 1632 or 1633, and settled near Mt. Wollaston, Braintree, now Quincy, where some of his descend- ants, among whom were the presidents, John and John Quincy Adams, have since continued to reside.
He died in Braintree, Mass., Oct. 6, 1746. Among his eight sons there was one, Lieut. Henry2, born in England, in 1604, who married in 1643 Elizabeth Paine, daughter of Moses Paine Esq., removed to Medfield, Mass., was Lieut. of a Company from that town in the Indian war, and was killed by the Indians while standing in his doorway, Feb. 21, 1671. His wife Elizabeth was accidently shot the same day at Rev. Mr Wilson's and died the 28th of February.
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Moses3 a son of Lieut Henry2 and Elizabeth, had a son James4, who married Abigail Hill, and settled in Sherborn. Their son James5, married Rebecca Fairbanks. Samuel6 married Eliza- beth Newhall of Lancaster. Their son John7 married Dolly Stewart of Leominster, and two of their six children Nathan- Stewart Adams8 and Eli-Jones Adams8, were of Princeton.
ADAMS Nathan-Stewart& (John7, Samuel6, James5, James4, Moses3, Lieut Henry2, Henry1), son of John7 and Dolly (Stew- art) Adams, born in Leominster, May 12, 1806, died Jany. 22, 1870, ae. 63. Married (int) Mary Beaman Oct. 13, 1832. She died Nov. II, 1857 ae. 48. Children:
i. SUSAN-ARMINDA
(b. July 28, 1833, m. Rufus Davis (See
ii. SARAH-AMANDA Twins Davis) b. July 28, 1833, m. Dr. Oscar Howe (See Howe)
iii. WILLIAM-A. b. Dec. 26, 1834, d. Feb. 20, 1911 ae. 76.
iv. EDWIN b. Nov. 27, 1835, d. Feb. 2, 19II.
v. NATHAN-EDWIN b. Aug. 12, 1841, d. April 11, 1890.
vi. MARY-ELIZABETH b. Nov. 19, 1843, d. March 9, 1910, m. George E. Savage, b. 1844, d. 1899.
vii. GEORGE-E. b. April 28, 1848, d. Feb, 8, 1903.
ADAMS Eli-Jones8 (John7, Samuel6, James5, James4, Moses3, Lieut Henry2, Henry1) son of John7 and brother of the above Nathan-Stewart Adams, born April 17, 1816, died March 21, I884. Married Jany. 3, 1857, Fidelia Brown Whitcomb, widow of James Whitcomb, resided in Princeton and later in Leominster. Their children were:
i. GENIVIEVE-E. b. May 20, 1858, d. March 25, 1861.
ii. WALTON-E. b. Oct. 10, 1861, m. (Ist) Nov. 6, 1884 Hattie W. John- son of Leominster, who died Dec. 31. 1897. Their children were: (I) RODNEY-WALTON b. Aug. 10, 1885. Married July 2, 1906 Bessie F. Spencer and had three children. i Elizabeth Ruth b. July 28, 1907. ii George Rodney b. Oct. 31, 1909. iii Walter Spencer b. Sept. 7, 19II. WALTON-E married (2d) Addie M. Fredenburg, July 12, 1905, and had one child (II) FRANCIS D. b. July 8, 1906.
iii. EMMA-E. b. Oct. 12, 1866, m. Nov. 23, 1886 George W. Johnson, Leominster, Mass., and had two children: (I) HARRY-EVERETT- JOHNSON b. June 1, 1888, m. June 23 1907 Clara Prue and had one son Albert Harry Johnson, (II) ROSCOE ERNEST JOHNSON b. Dec. 22, 1889, m. Aug. 27, 1913, Edith Pratt.
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ALLEN.
Several distinct families of this name are recorded in Princeton, the ancestry of only one of which has been determined; that of Moses, a lineal descendant of WALTER1 ALLEN of Old Newbury, 1640, who with his wife Rebecca and family moved to Water- town prior to April, 1662, at which time he was a proprietor and was one of a Coroner's Jury, July 19, 1663. On Oct. 1, 1673, by deed of gift he conveyed lands in Watertown to his sons Daniel and Joseph and soon after moved to Charlestown where he engaged in business as a "haberdasher of hats." Here he Married (2d) Nov. 29, 1678, Abigail Rogers and died July 8, 1681. His oldest son John2 lived in Sudbury and had Benjamin3 whose son Zebediah4 was father of Jonathan5. The latter moved to Barre in 1750, and there died at the age of 101.
ALLEN Moses6 (Jonathan5, Zebediah4, Benjamin3, John2, Walter1), son of Jonathan5 and Hannah, was born in Barre, July 9, 1771. Married Mehitable Oliver, born in Barre, April 29, 1774, and died in Lowell July 17, 1866.
After residing in Barre and Rutland, they came to Prince- ton, April 15, 1805, and located in the extreme south part of the town. He died in Princeton, Feb. 10, 1848. Their children were:
i. MALINDA, b. June 23, 1797, m. Joseph Mason (int.) Oct. 16, 1816, d. Worcester, Oct. 6, 1867.
ii. REV .- DAVID-OLIVER, b. Sept. 14, 1799, m. May 28, 1827, Myra Wood, of Westminster, d. Lowell, 1863.
iii. JONAS-BRADLEY, b. March 18, 1802. At one time in partnership with Pynson Blake in the general store business, Princeton Center. d. Brookfield, Mass.
iv. MOSES-GILBERT, b. April 15, 1804, Rutland, d. Aug. 3, 1830, in N. Y. City.
v. CAPT .- ALMON(D), b. May 27, 1806, m. (int.) April 30, 1836, Cherry- Maria Greene of Shrewsbury, Maria C. in V.R., d. - 1840, in Philadelphia.
vi. WILLIAM, (Rev.) b. May 1, 1808; d. Lowell, - 1885.
vii. RUFUS, b. June 21, 1810, d. Holden, - 1885.
viii. DR .- NATHAN, born April 25, 1813, graduated from Amherst College, 1836, located 1841 in Lowell, Mass., where he died Jan. 1, 1889. Wrote much on Medical subjects and was writing an historical sketch of Princeton, for the Worcester County History at the time of his death.
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ix. JONATHAN, (Dr.) b. April 30, 1815, d. Lowell, April 6, 1867. Prof. in a Philadelphia Medical College.
x. HERVEY-W., b. Jany. 10, 1817, m. (int) Sept. 13, 1846, Clarissa-F. Howe, of Sudbury.
xi. ELIZABETH, b. July 23, 1819, d. Worcester, Mass., June 21, 1859.
ALLEN Capt .- Elisha, son of Ebenezer and Tabitha, was born in Weston, Mass., Dec. 10, 1744. He was taken two years later to Lancaster, the part now Clinton. Married April 15, 1772, Miriam Goodale of Marlboro, Mass. In 1778 he removed to Princeton and lived on the Henry Kelly (formerly Nehemiah Parker) place.
While working in his garden July 16, 1793, he was " In- humanly Murdered " by Samuel Frost, an insane man who was at that time living in his family. He served as a Serg't. in the Revolutionary war and from 1787 until his death was a cap- tain in the State Militia. His widow married again Jany. 24, 1798, Moses Holbrook of Templeton, and moved to Wards- boro, Vt. The children of Capt. Elisha and Miriam were:
i. ANNA, bapt. July 11, 1773, m. (int.) May 25, 1796, Oliver Maynard of Lancaster.
ii. ELISHA, b. July 24, 1774, d. Oct. 2, 1777.
iii. BETSEY, b. March 12, 1778, m. late in 1797 (pub. Nov. 28), John Clark of Halifax, Vt.
iv. LEVINA, b. Aug. 20, 1779.
v. SALLY, b. April 16, 1781.
vi. PETER, b. Aug. 21, 1783.
vii. ELISHA, b. Sept. 5, 1786. Accompanied his mother in 1800 to Wardsboro, in southern Vermont, m. Juliette Holbrook of Stur- bridge, Mass. In 1815 located in Jamestown, N. Y., where he died Sept. 30, 1830.
viii. POLLY, b. May 12, 1788, m. John Mirick, Jr., Apr. 27, 1815.
ALLEN Simeon2, son of Daniel1 and Lydia (Cutting) Allen, was born at Sutton, Mass. Dec. 21, 1750, resided in Shrewsbury, where he married, July 20, 1772, Candace, daughter of Capt. Nathan, and Hepzibah Howe. Removing from Shrewsbury some time previous to 1794, they settled in what is now the northwest corner of Princeton (then Hubbardston) living in Hubbardston for taxation, schools, military duty, (He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war.) and town meetings, For most other purposes they were Princeton people, being so much nearer. "About half as far." They always lived on
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the same spot, died there, and were buried in the old cemetery on the hill, Princeton center.
Simeon died in Hubbardston (Princeton) Dec 28, 1805 ae. 55 and his widow Candace, May 8, 1848. ae. 93.
All the children except John were born in Hubbardston (Princeton). Their children were:
i. JOHN, b. July 20, 1772, d. near Ottawa, Canada.
ii. WILLIAM, b. Jan. 31, 1774, d. June 24, 1800, Cazenovia, N. Y.
iii. Lucy, b. Feb. 5, 1776, d. Wilmington, Vt.
iv. ELIJAH, b. Jan. 17, 1778, d. Wilmington, Vt.
v. CANDACE, b. May 24, 1780, m. (I) Jonah How, June 24, 1819, whose first wife was Prudence Brooks, m. (2) Ezra Newton, Dec. 20, 1826. vi. SALLY, b. Nov. 14, 1782, m .- - Greenwood, d. West Boylston. vii. ABNER-HOLBROOK b. June 20, 1786, m. Lucy Sargent.
viii. NABBY, b. May 13, 1790, m. Jonas Merriam of Westminster, Sept. 9, 1832.
ix. BETSEY, b. April 1, 1794, m. Amasa Howe of Shrewsbury, Jan. I, 1818.
X. SIMEON, b. Oct. II, 1797, d. Mar. 4, 1800.
1. ALLEN Abner-Holbrook3, (Simeon2, Daniel1) son of Simeon2 and Candace born June 20, 1786, married Nov. 19, 1811, Lucy Sargent daughter of Amos and Betsey (Livermore) Sargent born in Princeton, May 13, 1787, died in Gardner Jan. 2, 1876. He lived on his father's farm and died Nov. 24 1854. Their chil- dren were:
i. SARAH-HARRINGTON, b. Oct. 23, 1812, m. May 3, 1836, Asa D. Bickford, of Gardner.
ii. JOHN, b. Aug. 1, 1814.
iii. CLEORA, b. Oct. 20, 1816, m. John E. Whitney, d. Grafton, May 23, 1853.
iv. WILLIAM-PITT, b. Feb. 8, 1819, d. Gardner, Sept. 28, 1852.
v. CAROLINE, b. June 13, 1821, m. A. S. Wood, Gardner.
vi. NANCY-JENNISON, b. Aug. 3, 1823, m. April 14, 1846, John R. Cobleigh, Fitzwilliam, N. H. d. Washington, D. C., 1862.
vii. CHRISTOPHER, b. April 24, 1825, d. Oct. 7, 1844.
viii. CHARLES-(E.), b. June 23, 1827, rem. to Illinois.
ix. Lucy, b. Sept. 20, 1829, d. Aug. 21, 1850 in Princeton.
BABCOCK.
The early data of this family are not fully authenticated, but it is a matter of record that the one family of this name in Prince- ton are descendants of DAVID1 of Dorchester, whose son Robert2
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was born at Milton, and died Nov. 12, 1694. Ebenezer3 by wife Hannah, had Ebenezer4 who married Abigail Leland and had in Sherborn Malachi5, who married Mary Holden. (These families are recorded in Milton and Sherborn as Badcock.)
BABCOCK Amos6 (Malachi5, Ebenezer4, Ebenezer3, Robert2, David1), son of Malachi and Mary (Holden) Babcock, was born in Sherborn April II, 1760.
With his wife Betsey (Betty, in V.R.) and four children; Alvin, Amos, Benjamin, and Leonard, came to Princeton in April 1795, from Dublin, N. H. He lived at the Warren Kendall place on the road from Princeton to Sterling and had a blacksmith shop.
His wife Betsey died March 27, 1830, ae. 68. He married (2ª) Nov. 21, 1830, Mrs. Polly Richardson, and died Nov. 15, 1835. His widow married (2ª) William Reed of Sterling. The children of Amos and Betsey were:
i. ALVIN, b. Aug. II, 1785, in Dublin, N. H.
ii. AMos, b. Feb. 2, 1788.
iii. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 3, 1790, d. Oct. 17, 1836.
iv. LEONARD, b. March 1, 1794, m. (int.) March 17, 1827, Lydia Hosmer of West Boylston. She d. April 29, 1835. He m. (2ª) Mary Ayers, of Princeton, April 27, 1837. He d. March 16, 1841, and she m. (2) Feb. 2, 1842, Charles A. Mirick.
v. HORATIO, b. May 26, 1797.
vi. BETTY-GARDNER, b. Oct. 18, 1799, m. Joseph Davis, March 21, 1823, in Lexington.
vii. AARON-GARDNER (Dr.), b. May 30, 1803, m. Anna Blashfield, dau. Leonard G., b. May 28, 1843, in Lexington. He was a grad. Bowdoin Medical School 1830, and a successful physician in Holden, d. Aug. 6, 1888, in Lexington, Mass. She died Sept. 27, 1849, ae. 34 y. 2 m.
viii. ASENATH-K., b. July 12, 1805, m. Dr. Chandler Smith, Oct. 18, 1829, and d. Nov. 22, 1835. He m. (2ª) Harriet Bullard, dau. Moses and Elizabeth, Dec. 12, 1836. (Family given in Smith genealogy, page 267.)
BAGG.
BAGG Dr-Henry was born in Shutesbury, - 1780, gradu- ated from Williams College in 1800. He soon after began prac- tice as a physician in Princeton. Married Nov. 25, 1807 Sukey (Susan) Hartwell, and lived in the Ephraim Wilson House, now owned by Edwin Grimes. He died Oct. 7, 1824 (ae. 44
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P.R.). She survived her husband but nine days, died Oct. 16, 1824 (ae. 35 G.R.). Their children were:
i. ADALINE, b. Sept. 15, 1808, m. Aug. 1, 1832, Ellis Morse of Natick, rem. to Eastern New York and d. June 1, 1874.
ii. HARRIET, b. Dec. 18, 1809, m. Oct. 3, 1833, Edward A. Goodnow, d. Feb. 6, 1838 (ae. 28 P.R.).
iii. SUKEY, b. March 7, 18II, d. Aug. II, 1840.
iv. MARY-AUGUSTA, b. Feb. 21, 1813, m. Jan. 13, 1840, Edward A. Goodnow, d. March 29, 1844, ae. 31-1-6.
v. EUNICE-MIRICK, b. April 15, 1815, m. Jan. 10, 1836, George W. Glover, d. Jan. 1, 1842.
vi. HENRY-HARTWELL, b. March 14, 1818, m. Nov. 20, 1845, Mary A. Stone, who d. Nov. 1, 1851, m. (2) Exana S. Waters, Dec. 22, 1853, she d. May 5, 1879.
vii. JAMES-HERVEY, b. Feb. 7, 1820, m. May 3, 1852, Hepsy Burnham. He was a distiller, of Waterloo, New York.
BAKER.
The families of this name in Princeton represent as far as is known two distinct lines, although it is possible they belong to the same original stock from which they branched off at some remote period.
The Ancestry of one line begins with JOHN1 BAKER and Eliza- beth his wife who with two small children came to this country from Bristol England, about the year 1720.
They located first in Charlestown, in which place four more children were born, removing to Concord, still four more were added to the family. Two sons Richard2 and Robert2 located in Westminster. Richard2 married Mary Sawyer of Lancaster Nov. 16, 1758. She was grand daughter of that Thomas Sawyer who was captured by the Indians in 1705, and his wife Mary (Prescott) Sawyer, daughter of John Prescott founder of Lancaster and first Settler of Worcester County. Previous to his marriage he was impressed into the ranks of the British army for six months service in the French and Indian War. He was a brick- maker as well as farmer. He died Dec. 13, 1808, ae. 80, and his widow Mary, Aug. 1, 1813, ae. 78. Their son Luke married Priscilla Matheus and resided in Princeton.
Nathan3 youngest son of Robert2 had a son Daniel4 who married Lydia Miller of Westminster.
The progenitor of the other family JOSEPH1 of Wiltshire Eng- land located in Princeton about 1782.
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BAKER Joseph1, son of Bennett and Mary (Gilbert) Baker, was born in Wiltshire England Oct. 21, 1755. His father died at Waltham on the Thames, Surrey Co., when his children, Joseph, Bennett, Honora, Margaret, and Mary, were young. After his father's death Joseph went to live with his uncle Henry Baker who was a distinguished surgeon in London, who proposed to educate him in his profession, but receiving severe treatment at the hands of his uncle he ran away and enlisted in the English Army. He embarked for America with Gen. Burgoyne and was taken prisoner, when Burgoyne's whole Army of 8000 at Saratoga, Oct. 19, 1777, was captured.
Five hundred of these prisoners were taken to Massachu- setts, and later started for New York, where an exchange was to be made. The first night after starting 300 of the soldiers escaped. Joseph Baker was one of the number, he never wrote home to his relatives lest the English Government should find out where he was and take him for a deserter.
In 1782 he settled in the south-westerly part of Princeton buying a farm south of Capt. Dana's known as the C. S. Mirick place. He married April 15, 1788, Lavinia (Levinah, P.R.) dau. of Cyprian Keyes, who was born in Princeton, March 22, 1765. He lived in Princeton until 1827, at which time he removed to Guilford, N. Y., and there died Jany. -, 1850. She died, April 7, 1859, at Guilford. Their chil- dren, all born in Princeton, were:
1. i. JOSEPH, b. April 14, 1789, m. Pamela Bartlett.
ii. DR .- JOHN, b. Dec. 22 1792, m. Martha Dennis. He was a physician in Marlboro, Mass., where he left a large number of descendants.
iii. LEVINAH (Lavinia), b. Jan. 12, 1796, d. July 5, 1800.
iv. LAVINIA, b. Oct. 10, 1801, m. Sept. 7, 1826, John Gibbs of Norwich, N. Y. and rem. to Guilford, N. Y .*
v. BENNETT, b. April 29, 1803, m. Abigail Miller, res. Guilford, N. Y.
1. BAKER Joseph2, son of Joseph1 and Lavinia, was born in Princeton April 14, 1789, married Aug. 9, 1812, Pamela Bartlett
* All the information regarding this Baker family came from chance writ- ing in 1877, which at last brought a reply from Mrs. Lavinia Gibbs of Norwich, New York; also an inquiry if Mr. Blake was a son of her old-time schoolgirl friend, Sally Dana of Princeton. On learning that he was, Mrs. Gibbs gra- ciously enclosed in her next letter a lock of his mother's hair, which was given her as a token of their intimate friendship when she left Princeton for her new home in New York state, 50 years before.
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who was born in Rutland Feb. 14, 1793. He moved from Princeton to Pharsalia, N. Y., where he died May 14, 1885. She died Oct. 4, 1859. Children:
i. ISABELLA, b. Feb. 18, 1813, (P.R. 13) m. Jonathan Howe, of Marl- boro, Mass., m. (2d) - - Dalrymple.
ii. ELIZA, b. Nov. 3, 1814, m. Isaac T. Powell.
iii. HENRY, b. Nov. 22, 1816, m. Nancy W. Herrick.
iv. MARTHA-B., b. Dec. 9, 1818, d. Aug. 9, 1821 in Princeton.
v. JOSEPH-HENRY, b. June 14, 1821, d. Dec. 4, 1838.
vi. ELEANOR-DANA, b. May 27, 1823, m. Lyman B. Felton.
vii. - , b. Jan. 8, 1825 (unnamed), d. Feb. 9, 1825, in Princeton.
viii. SARAH-DAVIS, b. Aug. 11, 1826, m. David Robinson. ix. JOHN-BENNETT, b. Feb. 13, 1829.
BAKER Luke3 (Richard2, John1), son of Richard and Mary (Sawyer) Baker, was born in Westminster Aug. 14, 1772. Removed to Princeton in 1800 and located in the west part of the town, where A. J. Brooks afterwards lived. He married Priscilla Matthews daughter of Joel Matthews of Gardner. In 1814 he sold his place to Samuel Brooks and moved to Rutland where he died Dec. 30, 1846. His widow died July 26, 1857, ae. 80. Children :
i. JOEL, b. Feb. 28, 1801, m. Lucy A. Wheeler, April 23, 1830, d. Weston, May 1881.
2. ii. ASA, b. Feb. 25, 1805, m. Nancy Holland.
iii. RICHARD, b. Oct. 13, 1809, d. Dec. 29, 1846.
iv. ABEL, b. Dec. 23, 1814, m. Adaline A. Green.
v. EBEN, b. -
2. BAKER Asa4 (Luke,3 Richard,2 John1), son of Luke3 and Pris- cilla, m. (int.) March 13, 1830, Nancy Holland, daughter of Wilder Holland, born Petersham, 1808. He removed from Rutland to Princeton and lived where Frank Skinner now lives. He returned to Rutland in 1838, and died March 23, 1885. Their children were:
i. ARVILLA, b. Aug. 29, 1834, d. March 15, 1874.
ii. LYMAN-ASA, b. July 4, 1836, d. Nov. 25, 1861.
iii. SARAH-JANE, b. July 26, 1842, d. - , 1844.
iv. SARAH-E., b. Feb. 11, 1850, d. - , 1851.
BAKER Daniel4 ( Nathan3, Robert2, John1), son of Nathan3 and Mary, born Nov. 27, 1777, married in Princeton April 9, 1805, Lydia Miller, of Westminster and located in East Princeton
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where Mrs. Shaw now lives; died Hillsborough, N. H., Sept. 5, 1876, ae. 98 yrs. 9 m. 5 d. Their children were:
i. LORINDA, b. Oct. 20, 1806, m. March 2, 1830, Orange Welch.
ii. LYDIA, b. Oct. 29, 1808, m. April 13, 1831, Alvin Sawtell of Princeton.
iii. REUBEN, b. March 21, 1810, d. Jan. 10, 1844.
iv. SAMUEL-M., b. Feb. 7, 1818, m. (int.) Feb. 2, 1846, Mary M. Train.
v. JOHN-C., b. March 25, 1823.
BAKER Elmer4 ( Nathan3, Robert2, John1), son of Nathan3 and Mary of Westminster, married (Ist.) Lucinda Parker, of Sterling, Dec. 16, 1813, who died in about a year. (2d) Lucinda, dau. of Thomas Conant of Westminster, int. Oct. 28, 1815. He lived several years in Princeton, where most of his children were born, subsequently returned to Westminster, residing at the Narrows. Their children were:
i. WARREN, b. Jan. 5, 1815, m. twice, 7 children, d. Worcester.
ii. A .- BRADFORD, b. Dec., 1818, m. Eliza Ward, July 13, 1863.
iii. LUCINDA, b. April 30, 1822, m. Joel S. Burpee, 6 children.
iv. LUCRETIA, b. Jany. 7, 1824, m. Chas. Warner, I child.
v. ELMER, b. March 16, 1826, m. 3 times.
vi. NATHAN, b. Nov. 22, 1829, m. Eliza E. Burnap.
vii. HANNAH, b. Dec. 7, 1831, m. Wm. Nichols, 3 children.
viii. ASAPH, b. - , 1833, m. Harriet S. Farwell, res. Marlboro, 4 children.
ix. LEVI, b. Jany. 12, 1837, m. Alice Fosket, 6 children.
BALL.
All attempts to trace this family to its immigrant head have proved fruitless. For lack of reliable data connecting them with earlier generations the record of the principal Princeton families of this name begins with DANIEL1 of Shrewsbury and Princeton.
Ball Daniel1, of Shrewsbury, married (Ist) Oct. 25, 1749, Lucy Newton. He was taxed in Princeton in 1771, for 3 polls, sold his estate in 1773. Was in town in 1776, but probably returned to Shrewsbury and married (2d) Lydia Smith, Sept. 18, 1778. He died in Shrewsbury in 1813 ae. 93. Children of Daniel and Lucy.
i. ITHAMAR, b. Sept. 10, 1750, d. Sept. 20, 1750
ii. MOSES, b. Oct. 7, 1751, by w. Vastite had (I) JESSE, b. May 17, 1777.
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iii. AARON (Ist), b. Nov. 1, 1753, no record of death.
1. iv. AARON (2d), b. - 1756.
v. LUCY, b. Feb. 4, 1758.
vi. NATHAN, b. Aug. 5, 1762.
vii. THANKFUL, b. March 9, 1765.
viii. JESSE, b. March 1, 1772, d. March 25, 1776, in Princeton.
ix. b. June 1776 (stillborn).
1. Ball Aaron2 (2d), son of Daniel1 and Lucy, born 1756 in Shrewsbury, married Rachel Cheever, said to be "the first white child born in Princeton," 1756. He lived on a place subsequently occupied by Samuel Underwood, and died in Princeton July 16, 1841, a. 85. She died June 27, 1840, ae. 84. Eight children are said to have been born to them in Princeton but no official record. Children were:
2. i. AARON, b. - , d. Chester, N. H.
ii. EUNICE, b. - , m. Oct. 19, 1819, Samuel Underwood. She d. Oct. 30, 1847, a. 61-8-7.
iii. RACHEL, b. , m. (int.) (i) Alpheus Colburn of Holden Nov. 4, 1802, m. (ii) Oct. 5, 1823, John Morsman.
iv. DORCAS, b .- , m. (int.) Nov. 12, 1815, Samuel Henry, of Holden. v. LUCY, b. - , m. April 4, 1803, Robert Henry.
vi. REBECCA, b. - , m. (int.) April 27, 1810, Caleb Francis of Sterling.
3. vii. RICHARD-C., b. - , m. Abigail Fales.
4. viii. AMos, b. - , m. Betsey Stratton.
2. Ball, Aaron3 (Aaron2, Daniel1), son of Aaron2 and Rachel (Cheever), married Betsey -. He died in Chester N.H. Children all born in Princeton were:
i. BENJAMIN, b. March 14, 1803.
ii. RUBANA, b. Sept. 2, 1804.
iii. MARSHALL, b. Sept. 1, 1808.
iv. JOSIAH, b. Feb. 15, 1812.
v. HARRIET, b. Jan. 2, 1816.
3. Ball Richard-C.3 (Aaron2, Daniel1), son of Aaron2 and Rachel, (Cheever), was born Oct. I, 1784. Married (Ist) in Dedham April 13, 1808, Abigail Fales, daughter of Eliphalet and Me- hitable, born in Dedham, March 15, 1785, died in Princeton Nov. 17, 1845, ae. 60. He married (2d) (int.) Feb. 14, 1846 Mrs. Lucy Roper (ae. 52), of Palmer, daughter of Samuel and Martha Stratton, and widow of Benjamin Roper. He died in Princeton July 7, 1854. She died Nov. 7, 1873. He had by wife Abigail the following named children:
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i. RICHARD, b. Feb. 14, 1810, Dedham.
ii. HORACE-FALES, b. Nov. 21, 1812, d. Oct. 18, 1835.
iii. EDWIN, b. June 30, 1814, Walpole, d. Aug. 1, 1850.
iv. WARREN, b. Aug. 2, 1816, m. Catherine A. King of Hubbardston (int.), March 7, 1840. He d. Jany. 5, 1853. One child EDWARD WARREN, b. April 8, 1841.
v. PERSIS-FALES, b. Feb. 16, 1818, Princeton, m. Dec. 25, 1845. Levi S. Temple of Hubbardston.
vi. LEWIS-FRANKLIN, b. July 25, Boston.
vii. ABIGAIL TWINS
b. Oct. 14, 1824, m. (int.) April 22, 1848, Joseph P. Bailey of Thompson, Ct.
viii. ADALINE
b. Oct. 14, 1824, m. Asabel Battey, d. Oct. 17, 1883.
ix. MARY-AUGUSTA, b. April 25, 1828, Boston.
4. BALL Amos3 (Aaron2, Daniel1), son of Aaron2 and Rachel (Cheever) Ball, born June 22, 1798, married Dec. 2, 1819, Betsey Stratton, July 16, 1798. He died May 25, 1867 in Princeton. Their children were:
i. CHARLES, b. May 17, 1820, d. Sept. 7, 1851.
ii. MARTHA, b. July 31, 1821, m. Aaron Mossman, Nov. 25, 1847, d. May 10, 1898 in Worcester.
iii. CALVIN, b. Oct. 24, 1822, d. May 15, 1824.
5. iv. WILLIAM-F., b. Feb. 9, 1824, m. Lucy R. Holden.
v. EMELINE, b. Nov. 14, 1825, d. Sept. 27, 1828.
vi. FREDERIC-A., b. April 1, 1828, d. April 17, 1906, in Royalston.
vii. MARTIN, b. Dec. 7, 1929, d. June 12, 1837.
viii. FRANCES-L., b. Oct. 3, 1832, m. Peter Kidder, d. March 27, 1901, in Oxford.
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