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PUTNAM.
John M. Putnam was born in Sutton, May 28, 1814, and married, Aug. 6, 1835, Harty Cranson Mason, who was born in Warren, April 28, 1817. He died in Worcester, Sept. 30, 1900. She died in Grafton, Aug. 2, 1900. Dau .: Sabina Carpenter, m. Warren Glover (q. v.).
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George Eugene Putnam, farmer, was born in Millbury, and married Lucy A. Putnam, who was born in Oxford, Oct. 8, 1851. He died in Sutton, Dec. 1, 1912. Son: Frederick E. (see below).
Frederick E. Putnam, woodworker and farmer, residing in Millbury, was born in Sutton, Aug. 30, 1873, and married in Sutton, May 16, 1897, Florence Ella, dau. of John C. and Mary E. Crane (q. v.). Child: Ralph Eugene, b. in Millbury, Oct. 10, 1900.
RAWSON.
Justin Webster Rawson, residing in Millbury, married there June 19, 1889, Mary Eliza (Hastings) Cross, dau. of George Washington Hastings (q. v.). Son: Earle Herbert, carpenter, b. in Millbury, Apr. 7, 1890, m. in Worcester. Aug. 1, 1911.
REED.
Frederick Elmer Reed was born in Croyden, N. H., Mar. 1, 1847, and married, in Worcester, Nov. 22, 1870, Sarah Maria Wood, who was born in Somerville, N. J., Dec. 7, 1849. Dau: Margaret, b. in Worcester, Nov. 20, 1882, m. Ernest Bigelow Freeman (q. v.).
RICE.
Joseph1 Rice married Hannah Leland of Grafton. She died in Millbury in 1794. He bought a farm in that part of Sutton now Millbury in 1777. Son: Daniel (see below).
Daniel2 Rice, farmer, resided on the Providence road in Millbury, was born in Grafton, in 1762. He married in Millbury, Aug. 24, 1784, Anna Holbrook of Grafton. He died in Millbury in 1830. Children, born in what is now Millbury: 1. Sally, b. in 1786, m. Sylvanus Pratt, d. in Worcester, in 1856; 2. Joseph, b. in 1788, m. Eliza Edson, d. in Milford, N.Y., in 1828; 3. Asenath, b. in 1789, d. in Millbury in 1796; 4. Jonathan, b. in 1792, m. Candace Rand, d. in Newport, N. H., in 1858; 5. Oliver (see below); 6. Nancy, b. in 1798, m. Joshua Marsh, d. in Uniontown, Pa., in 186 -.
Oliver3 Rice farmer, well known citizen, lived on the road to Wilkinsonville, greatly interested in town affairs, held various town offices, such as selectman, etc., was born in Millbury when that part of the town was Sutton, in 1793, died in Millbury, in 1867. He married, first, in Leicester, Mass., in 1826, Cynthia Parker. She died in Millbury. Children, all born in Millbury: 1. Henry C., lawyer, b. Aug. 22, 1827, resided in Worcester, m. in Worcester, in April, 1861, d. there, July 16, 1891; 2. Leander P., farmer and merchant, b. Oct. 12, 1830, resided in Indianapolis. He married, second, in Wrentham, in 1832, Achsah Brown.
Children, born in Millbury: 1. Howard M., b. in 1835; 2. Anson T., b. Nov. 19, 1837, d. in Millbury, in August, 1838.
Cyrus Rice, farmer, resided in Oxford, was born in Brimfield, June 2, 1805, and married Eliza Beasley, of New Bedford, who was born in Franklin, May 12, 1807. He died in Oxford, June 3, 1874. She died in New Bedford, in 1902. Son: Ambrose E. (see below).
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Ambrose E. Rice, cotton overseer, residing in Millbury, was born in Brook- field, Feb. 26, 1844, and married in Sutton, May 4, 1873, Elizabeth R. Paine of Millbury, dau. of William J. Paine (q. v.).
Willard1 Rice, farmer, resided in Sutton, was born there, Nov. 23, 1805, and married, Jan. 31, 1833, in No. Kingston, R. I., Alma Frye Watson, of Sutton, who was born in North Kingston, R. I., Sept. 7, 1804. He died in Sutton, July 25, 1883. She died there, May 12, 1889. Son: Alvah Jackson (see below).
Alvah Jackson2 Rice, lumber dealer, was born in Sutton, June 30, 1841, and married in Millbury, Jan. 27, 1869, Ellen Gratia, dau. of Simon Brown Poland (q. v.). He died in Millbury, Oct. 18, 1910. Children: 1. Florence Annie, b. in Millbury, July 18, 1872, d. there, Nov. 24, 1880; 2. Irving Alvah, b. in Millbury, June 6, 1877, d. in Millbury, Dec. 11, 1880; 3. Floyd Alvah, (see below).
Floyd Alvah3 Rice, residing in E. Providence, R. I., was born in Millbury, Dec. 12, 1881, and married there, Feb. 18, 1903, Ella Ethel Drew, of E. Provi- dence, dau. of John Ammi Drew (q. v.). Children: 1. Florence Alice, b. in Millbury, Mar. 24, 1905; 2. Gertrude Bowden, b. in Millbury, Mar. 8, 1907; 3. Dorothy Poland, b. in Millbury, June 8, 1911.
RICH.
George Rich, farmer, of Sutton, Mass., married Sarah E. Stockwell, in Sutton. Son: John Stockwell (see below).
John Stockwell Rich, mill owner, was born in Sutton, May 17, 1844, and married, in East Thompson, Conn., May 10, 1865, Maria Rosetta Jacobs, dau. of Syrel, a farmer, and Phila Maria (Smith) Jacobs. Children, except the first, all born in Millbury: 1. John Jacobs, b. in Worcester, Nov. 13, 1867, m. in Millbury, June 13, 1888; 2. Mary Walker Small, drowned in West Millbury, July 24, 1888; 3. Chandler Harrison, b. May 8, 1871, d. in Millbury, Nov. 21, 1883; 4. Everett Stockwell, b. May 22, 1877, d. in Millbury, Aug. 2, 1895; 5. Florence May, b. May 31, 1881, d. in Millbury, Apr. 1, 1898; 6. Sadie Marie, b. Jan. 23, 1886, m. in Millbury, Apr. 14, 1909, Howard Francis King.
RING.
David Ring was born in Cambridge, Aug. 19, 1837, and married, Aug. 31, 1871, Ellen Frances Lovell, who was born in Millbury, Oct. 13, 1851. She died there, Dec. 2, 1906. Children: 1. Edith L., b. in Millbury, June 12, 1872, m. Corliss H. Crouch (q. v.); 2. Fanny, married Milliken. ROBBINS.
Henry Robbins, farmer, resided in Worcester, married Hannah Henderson. Dau: Mary Jane, b. in Chatham, Canada, Apr. 8, 1856, m. George I. Stowe, (q. v.).
ROBINSON.
Greenleaf Robinson, residing in Bridgton,Maine, was born in Hiram, Maine. He married Flora Ann Thompson, who was born in Ossipee, N. H. Dau: Susie Gertrude, m. Lewis Edward Carter (q. v.).
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RUSSELL.
Thomas Russell, Jr., farmer, of Temple, Me., was born in Wilton, N. H., Sept. 3, 1792, and married there, July 31, 1814, Martha True who was born in Farmington, Me., June 14, 1793. He died in Temple, Me., Oct. 22, 1842. She died in Millbury, Feb. 25, 1873. Dau: Adaline Battel, b. in Temple, Me., Jan. 19, 1839, m. Charles Abbey Moore (q. v.).
RYAN.
Anthony1 Ryan came from the northern part of Ireland. In 1743, he resided in Leicester, Mass. Son: Samuel (see below).
Samuel2 Ryan, Revolutionary soldier, served more than one enlistment, fought in the battle of Bennington. Two sons: 1. John (see below); 2. William (see below).
John3 Ryan (Samuel2, Anthony1), whip manufacturer, resided in Charlton and in Millbury, was born in Spencer and married, in Charlton, Caroline Merritt, who was born there July 10, 1801, a descendant of Henry Merritt, who settled in Scituate about 1630. He died in Millbury, Sept. 28, 1870. She died there, May 10, 1880. Dau: Josephine Caroline, b. in Charlton, Mar. 23, 1835, m. Ira N. Goddard (q. v.), d. Aug. 27, 1913.
William3 Ryan (Samuel2, Anthony1) was born in Charlton, Nov. 7, 1806, and married, first, in 1830, Maranda H. Hicks, who died in 1836. Children: 1. Edward W., b. June 14, 1832; 2. Horace H., b. Dec. 12, 1833, d. in 1890; 3. Maranda H., b. - , 1835, d. young. He married, second, in 1837, Adaline Humes. Children: 1. Waterman M., b. in 1838, a soldier in the Civil War, d. in 1899; 2. Charles R., b. in 1840, d. in Millbury, Aug. 29, 1913; 3. Mary A., b. in 1842, d. 1845; 4. George A., b. 1845, killed in the Civil War; 5. Henry F., b. 1848; 6. Herbert A. (see below).
Herbert A.4 Ryan (William3, Samuel2, Anthony1), undertaker, was born in Millbury, March 5, 1850, and married there, first, in 1871, Anna M. Frissell, dau. of Otis and Maria Frissell. She was born in Grafton and died in Millbury in 1883. He married, second, in Millbury, in 1885, Mary C. Thompson, a native of Millbury, dau. of John A. and Charlotte Thompson. She died in 1900. Children: 1. Ethel Louise, b. Feb. 6, 1886, missionary to the Piute Indians, 1912-1913; 2. George Herbert, chemist, b. Feb. 27, 1887; 3. Edith Armsby, b. Mar. 13, 1892. He married, third, in 1902, Mrs. Nellie (Grover) Nelson, who was born in Ashland, dau. of Frederick E. and Caroline S. Grover.
SAFFORD.
Gancelo Safford was born June 13, 1831, at Abbott, Me., and married, July 10, 1859, in Dexter, Me., Zulema Seaver, teacher, who was born in Dexter, Me., April 26, 1838. He died July 4, 1885, in Cuba. Dau: Mattie Blanche, b. in Dexter, Maine, Dec. 7, 1868, m. John R. Greenwood (q. v.).
SALMONSEN.
S. L. Salmonsen, market gardener, residing in Millbury, was born in Den- mark, July 3, 1875, and married in Worcester, Feb. 4, 1899, Nicolena Paulsen, who was born in Denmark, Aug. 4, 1876. Children, b. in Millbury: 1. Paul T., b. Jan. 9, 1908; 2. Gordon H., b. Aug. 22, 1910.
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SEARLES.
Curtis1 Searles, sea captain, was born and resided in England. He married Hannah Bigelow, dau. of Capt. Timothy Bigelow, of Worcester, whose monu- ment is on Worcester Common. He was "lost at sea." They had a son Curtis (see below).
Curtis2 Searles, pump borer, resided in Sutton, (now Millbury) was born in Worcester, May 13, 1768, and married in Wrentham, Feb. 24, 1795, Tamar Blake, who was born in Wrentham, Sept. 19, 1771. He died in Sutton, Feb. 5, 1851. She died there, Mar. 13, 1851. Children, born, except the two old- est, in Millbury: 1. George, ploughmaker, b. Apr. 20, 1796, resided in Ux- bridge, m. Feb. 13, 1822, d. in Uxbridge, Mar. 31, 1881; 2. Enos, b. July 26, 1797, d. in Millbury, Sept. 29, 1853; 3. Clarinda, b. Feb. 28, 1799, d. in Mill- bury, Mar. 2, 1799; 4. Gilbert (see below); 5. Curtis, shoemaker, b. Aug. 23, 1802, resided in Westboro, d. there Sept. 5, 1871; 6. Rachel, b. July 16, 1804, m. in Sutton, Dec. 16, 1830, d. in Sutton, July 25, 1888; 7. Amanda, b. Jan. 2, 1806, m. in Sutton, Dec. 8, 1828, d. there, Sept. 3, 1890; 8. Nancy, b. Feb. 5, 1808, resided in Sutton, d. there, May 24, 1891; 9. James M., car- penter, b. May 27, 1810, resided in Milo, Me., d. there, Nov. 30, 1844; 10. Tamar B., b. Sept. 29, 1812, resided in Sutton, d. there, June 29, 1835.
Gilbert3 Searles, farmer, resided in Millbury, was born in Sutton (now Millbury) Sept. 24, 1800, and married in Sutton (now Northbridge) Lydia Hyde, who was born in Sutton (now Northbridge) Oct. 2, 1802. He died in Millbury, Feb. 13, 1889. She died in Sutton, May 11, 1866. Children, born in Sutton: 1. David H., carpenter, b. Dec. 29, 1827, m. in Springfield, in June, 1851, d. in Millbury, Nov. 18, 1909; 2. Francis G., shuttle-manufacturer, resided in Sutton, b. Oct. 10, 1833, m. in Northbridge, in December, 1864, d. there, Nov. 27, 1867; 3. Charles H. (see below); 4. Lydia A., b. Oct. 27, 1842, m. in Northbridge, resided there and died there, Sept. 23, 1905; 5. Elizabeth T., b. Oct. 11, 1847, resided in Sutton, d. there Dec. 7, 1867.
Charles H.4 Searles (Gilbert3, Curtis2, Curtis1), farmer and advertising agent, resided on Church street, Millbury, was born in Sutton, June 24, 1835, and married, in Grafton, June 15, 1864, Carrie A., dau. of Jesse and Rosetta H. Jackson (q. v.). He died in Millbury, Nov. 6, 1912. Children, born in Sut- ton: 1. Mabel R., edge tool inspector, b. Apr. 3, 1865; 2. Cora L., b. Jan. 16, 1867.
SEARS.
Richard1 Sears, resided in Marblehead, married Dorothy -. He died in 1676. She died 1678-9. Children: 1. Paul (see below); 2. Silas, d. in Yarmouth, Jan. 13, 1697-8; 3. Debrah, b. in Yarmouth, September, 1639, m. Zachary Paddock, d. in Yarmouth, Aug. 17, 1732.
Capt. Paul2 Sears, resided in Marblehead, was born Feb. 16, 1637, and married in Yarmouth, in 1658, Deborah Willard, dau. of George and Dorothy (Dunster) Willard. He died there Feb. 20, 1707. She died there, May 13, 1721. Children, all born in Yarmouth: 1. Mercy, b. July 3, 1659; 2. Bethia, b. Jan. 3, 1661-2, m. John Crowell, Jr., d. in Chatham, July 5, 1684; 3. Samuel, b. Jan., 1663-4; 4. Lydia, b. 1666, m. Eleazer Hamlin; 5.Paul, b. June 15, 1669;
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6. Mary (?) b. Oct. 24, 1672, m. Capt. John Knowles; 7. Ann, b. Mar. 27, 1675, m. Jan. 28, 1703, John Merrick, d. Nov. 14, 1745; 8. John (see below); 9. Daniel, b. 1682-3, d. Aug. 10, 1756.
Capt. John3 Sears, resided in Yarmouth, was born there in 1677-8, and mar- ried, in Eastham, June 1, 1704, Priscilla Freeman, dau. of Capt. Samuel and Elizabeth (Sparrow) Freeman. She was born Oct. 27, 1686. He died Apr. 9, 1738. She died May 8, 1764. Children, all born in Yarmouth: 1. Elisha, b. 1706; 2. John, b. 1712; 3. Bathsheba, b. 1712, d. Apr. 19, 1735; 4. Willard, (see below); 5. Mary, b. Oct. 21, 1725, m. Ebenezar Paddock; 6. Priscilla, m. in Yarmouth, Mar. 6, 1728-9, John Howes; 7. Betty, b. 1719, m. in Yar- mouth, Aug. 23, 1739, John Webb; 8. Nathaniel, b. 1720; 9. Herman, b. Jan. 28, 1724-5, d. Aug. 1, 1726; 10. Bethia, b. Oct. 15, 1726, d. Sept. 8, 1736.
Willard4 Sears, resided in Yarmouth, was born there in 1714 and married, first, there, Nov. 17, 1745, Susannah Howes, who was born there, Oct. 10, 1720. She died, Apr. 9, 1763. Children, all born in Harwich: 1. Edward, b. Oct. 22, 1746; 2. Willard, b. Nov. 8, 1748; 3. Mary, b. Apr. 1, 1750, m. Nov. 21, 1771, Joshua Howes, d. Dec. 1, 1774; 4. Willard, b. Jan. 7, 1751-2, d. July 4, 1752; 5. Reuben (see below); 6. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 11, 1755; 7. Willard, b. May 26, 1759. Willard Sears married, second, Jan. 3, 1765, Marjory Homer. He died in West Brewster, Aug. 19, 1765. She died there, Aug. 1, 1795. Dau .: Susannah, b. in Harwich, Oct. 19, 1765, m. in Yar- mouth, Jan. 29, 1789, Levi Crowell.
Reuben5 Sears, carpenter, resided in Brewster, was born there Sept. 27, 1753, and married, first, in Harwich, Dec. 13, 1781, Rhoda Mayo. She died in West Brewster, Apr. 6, 1784. Children, both born in Harwich: 1. Mary, b. Nov. 6, 1782, m. in Brewster, Nov. 5, 1805, Amos Kelley; 2. Rhoda, b. Apr. 5, 1784, d. at sea, Jan. 25, 1805. Reuben Sears married, second, in Har- wich, Mar. 12, 1785, Abagail Vincent. He died in Brewster, November, 1844. She died April 24, 1828. Children, all but one born in Harwich: 1. David, b. July 23, 1788, d. September, 1906; 2. Reuben, b. July 29, 1791; 3. Abagail, b. Aug. 9, 1793, m. Heman Sears; 4. Philander, b. Dec. 29, 1795; 5. Thomas, b. Dec. 11, 1797, d. Nov. 16, 1800; 6. Joanna, b. Oct. 14, 1799; 7. Orrin (see below); 8. Rosanna, b. in Brewster, May 15, 1805.
Orrin6 Sears, carpenter, resided in Brewster, was born there Sept. 9, 1802, and married there Dec. 10, 1829, Hannah M. Hopkins, who was born in Provincetown, Sept. 18, 1808. He died in Hingham, July 27, 1892. She died there in April, 1890. Children, all born in Brewster: 1. Nathan Henry (see below); 2. Lorenzo Johnson, b. Feb. 27, 1832; 2. Hannah Maria, b. Mar. 29, 1836, m. at Hingham, Nov. 22, 1866, John Lincoln, Jr .; 4. Louisa Dunham, b. May 17, 1839, d. Nov. 26, 1867; 5. Orrin Brewster, b. Mar. 8, 1845.
Nathan Henry7 Sears, postmaster in Millbury, was born in Brewster, Nov. 28, 1830, and married, first, in Millbury, Sept. 12, 1856, Anna E. Moore, dau. of Dr. William B. Moore (q. v.). She died in Millbury, Feb. 7, 1860. He married, second, in Petersham, May 28, 1868, Luthera B. Wright, dau. of Eli Wright (q. v.). She died in Millbury, Oct. 25, 1888. Children, born in Millbury: 1. Nathan Walter, b. Dec. 6, 1870, d. in Millbury, Mar. 7, 1887; 2. Anna Moore, teacher, b. July 27, 1875.
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SHAHAN.
Peter Shahan, M. D., was born in Ireland, and married Hanna Horan, a native of Ireland. Son: Maurice P. (see below).
Mautice P. Shahan was born in Ireland, June 30, 1830, and married, first, at Salem, Oct. 7, 1856, Mary Carmody. He came to Millbury in 1859. Children: 1. Thomas Joseph, president of the Catholic University, Wash- ington, D. C., b. in Manchester, N. H., Sept. 11, 1857; 2. Hannah M., b. in Millbury, d. in Hartford, Ct., May 2, 1884. He married, second, Jan. 5, 1892, Mary Buckley, dau. of Lawrence Buckley (q. v.).
SHARON.
Henry Theodore Sharon, gardener, residing in Millbury, was born in Can- ada, May 25, 1850, and married, in Kansas, June 6, 1881, Emila Christina Axelson, a native of Sweden, who was born Aug. 8, 1864. Dau: Anna Matilda, b. in Beloit, Kan., Aug. 26, 1882, m. William Theron White (q. v.).
SHEPARDSON.
Moses K. Shepardson, overseer, resided at Oxford, was born in Petersham, Vt., Oct. 23, 1797, and married, Mar. 22, 1819, Laura Greenwood, who was born Dec. 28, 1800. He died in Oxford, Mar. 21, 1889. She died there, July 9, 1885. Dau: Laurinda, b. in Dummerstown, Vt., April 14, 1822, m. George Washington Hastings (q. v.).
SHERWOOD.
Samuel D. Sherwood, farmer, was born in Pittstown, N. Y., April 14, 1806, and married Sally Ann Anderson who was born there June 4, 1808. He died in Rock City Falls, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1888. She died there, March 25, 1885. Dau: Mary L., m. Henry Van Ostrand (q. v.).
SINGLETARY.
Richard1 Singletary, born in 1585, was a proprietor in Salem, in 1637. He moved to Newbury where he became a proprietor in 1638. The following year he was a proprietor at Salisbury. He married, first, at Newbury, in 1638. Children: 1. Jonathan, b. Jan. 17, 1639; 2. Eunice, b. Jan. 7, 1641, m. Thomas Eaton; 3. Nathaniel (see below); 4. Lydia, b. Apr. 30, 1648, m. Daniel Ladd, Jr .; 5. Amos, b. April, 1651. Richard Singletary married, second, Susanna Cooke. He became a proprietor at Haverhill, in 1651, also a town officer. He died there Oct. 25, 1687, aged 102 years. She died there, Apr, 11, 1682, aged 56 years. Son: Benjamin, b. in Haverhill, Apr. 4, 1656.
Nathaniel2 Singletary was born Oct. 28, 1644. He moved to Framingham, where he married, Dec. 22, 1673, Sarah Belknap, dau. of Abraham and Mary Beklnap. Children: 1. John (see below); 2. Jonathan, b. Nov. 18, 1678, d. young; 3. Sarah, b. Oct. 23, 1679, m. Dec. 12, 1712, Thomas Frost; 4. Susanna, b. Sept. 19, 1681; 5. Richard, b. Aug. 5, 1683, killed by the Indians, in Lan caster, Aug. 19, 1707; 6. Hannah, b. May 23, 1685, m. Jonathan Rug- 7. Ebenezer, b. June 18, 1687.
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John3 Singletary, cooper, was born May 7, 1675. He settled in Salisbury, and bought, May 23, 1709, of Joseph Buckmingster, fifty acres on the west side of the mountain, and built the house known as the old Littlefield House. This he sold, May 30, 1720, to Samuel Moore, and moved to Sutton. He was a resident of Framingham for more than ten years, and from there moved to Sutton about 1721, where he was chosen one of the tything men. He married in Haverhill, Dec. 17, 1700, Mary Grelee, who died in Sutton, Mar. 8, 1735. Children: 1. Nathaniel; 2. Joseph; 3. Richard, b. in Framingham, May 27, 1710; 4. Mehitable, b. Mar. 10, 1714-15; 5. Amos (see below).
Amos4 Singletary, the first male born in Sutton, was born in September, 1721, and married, Sept. 6, 1742, Mary Curtis, of Topsfield. She died June 28, 1798; Sutton records say 1799. Children: 1. Greely b. Aug. 15, 1743, m. Dea. Joseph Allen of Hardwick, Jan. 15, 1772; 2. John (see below); 3. Mary, b. June 1747, m. Elisha Gale, Apr. 8, 1767; 4. Mehitable, b. Mar. 13, 1749, m. Peter Jennison, Mar. 31, 1769; 5. Hannah, b. Mar. 15, 1753, m., first, Jonathan Gould, Jan. 30, 1770; m., second, Solomon Dwinel, April 1, 1783; 6. Azubah, b. Dec. 9, 1754, d. unmarried, aged 20; 7. Amos, b. Mar. 11, 1757, m. Betsey Johnson, in 1777 (date of intention Jan. 9); 8. Richard, b. Nov. 9, 1760; 9. Thankful, b. Oct. 30, 1762, m. Ebenezer Burnap.
John5 Singletary was born Mar. 17, 1745, and married, Apr. 15, 1767, Sarah Jennison. Son: John (see below).
John6 Singletary was baptized Jan. 19, 1772.
SLOCUM.
David C. Slocum, carpenter, resided in Tyringham, was born in New York State, and married Nancy Remington of Tyringham, who was born Nov. 19, 1802. She died in Millbury, Feb. 18, 1885. Son: Aratus B. (see below).
Aratus Brewster Slocum was born in Tyringham, July 17, 1828, and married, in Holden, Dec. 28, 1850, Elizabeth G. Mason, dau. of William Mason (q. v.). He died in Millbury June 30, 1898. Children : 1. Emma Elizabeth, b. in Northbridge, Oct. 3, 1851, m. in Sutton, June 26, 1872, George A. Fletcher (q. v.); 2. Perry Albert, resided in Boston, b. in Sutton, Dec. 1, 1854; 3. Carrie Belle, b. in Upton, June 11, 1858, m. in Worcester, April 13, 1879, Henry F. Smith; 4. Ida May, b. in Millbury, Apr. 5, 1870, m. in Millbury, Oct. 20, 1892, - Williams, d. in Boston, Nov. 17, 1905; 5. Marion Louise, b. in Millbury, Nov. 19, 1873, m. in Sutton, Sept. 3, 1894, Howard Thomas.
SMALL.
Samuel Austin Small, farmer, resided in Millbury, was born there, Feb. 13, 1821, and married in Oxford, N. Y., Feb., 1864, Fidelia Porter, teacher, who was born in Smithville, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1840. He died in West Millbury, Mar. 31, 1877. She died in Worcester, July 14, 1906. Children: 1. Edward S., chauffeur, residing in Worcester, b. at West Millbury, Mar. 11, 1865; 2. Theodore, A. (see below); 3. Mary W., b. in West Millbury, June 26, 1867, m. Merritt W. Havens, (q. v.).
Theodore A. Small, grocer, residing in Worcester, was born in West Millbury, Sept. 17, 1870, and married in Nashua, N. H., June 2, 1897, Edna L. Marshall, dau. of N. Onslow Marshall (q. v.). Children, born in Worcester and residing there: 1. Blanche F., b. July 24, 1899; 2. Edna May, b. June 20, 1906.
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SNELLING.
Charles Snelling of Millbury married Florence Fannie Paul, of Oakland, Cal. Son, Harry Leander (see below).
Harry Leander Snelling, shipping clerk, residing in Millbury, was born there Sept. 8, 1878, and married in Oxford, Sept. 12, 1905, Carrie Louise Taft, dau. of John Allen Taft (q. v.). Children, born in Millbury: 1. Robert Clayton, b. Oct. 20, 1906; 2. Viola Taft, b. Dec. 8, 1907, d. in Millbury, Aug. 10, 1908; 3, Stanley Taft, b. May 3, 1909; 4. Royden Francis, b. Aug. 9, 1912, died Aug. 12, 1912.
SNOW.
Dr. Ebenezer Snow married, Feb. 25, 1742, Mary Stowe who was born in Sutton, March 22, 1719. He died, Mar. 2, 1805. She died Aug. 7, 1901. Dau: Lucy, b. in Sutton, Mar. 25, 1756, m. John Pierce (q. v.).
Buckley W.1 Snow, wheelwright, resided in West Millbury, was born Apr. 16, 1811, and married Mary R. Carlton, who was born in Sutton, Dec. 24, 1813. He died in West Millbury, Feb. 23, 1868. She died there, Aug. 10, 1858. Son: Warren Foster (see below).
Warren Foster2 Snow, farmer and lumber dealer, resided in Millbury, was born in West Millbury, Dec. 4, 1849, and married, in Millbury, Nov. 5, 1879, Emily Maria Woodbury, dau. of Thomas Beaman Woodbury (q. v.). Son: Arthur Warren (see below).
Arthur Warren3 Snow, bank teller, was born in Millbury, July 31, 1885, and married in Worcester, Nov. 7, 1907, Cora M. Bottomly, dau. of Jerome Bot- tomly (q. v.).
STOCKWELL.
Stephen3 Stockwell (Jonathan2, William1) married Mehitable Holman, Dec. 14, 1762. Children: 1. Mehitable, b. Jan. 13, 1764, d. aged 66, unmarried; 2. Stephen, b. Feb. 14, 1766, d. June 2, 1845; 3. Sarah, b. Nov. 25, 1767; 4. Enoch (see below); 5. Elijah, b. Sept. 16, 1773; 6. Deborah, b. Mar. 26, 1775; 7. Dolly, b. July 20, 1777; 8. Polly, b. May 13, 1780; 8. Mary, b. Aug. 30, 1782.
Capt. Enoch4 Stockwell was born June 24, 1771, and married, Dec. 14, 1797, Nancy Fecham, of Newton, Mass. He was a farmer in Sutton locating in 1806 on that part called the "Eight Lotts." He died June 31, 1836. She died Aug. 16, 1839, aged 65. Both are buried in West Millbury. Son: Leonard Mellen (see below);
Leonard Mellen5 Stockwell was born Aug. 5, 1798, and married in Wor- cester, Orilla S. dau. of Ebenezer and Sally (Hawes) Sessions of Union, Ct., Mar. 19, 1828, and settled in Millbury in 1851. She was born July 6, 1806. Children: 1. Francis Fayette, b. in Charlton, Nov. 1, 1834, m. in Boston, Apr. 3, 1860, Martha Greenleaf Berry, who died in Boston, April 13, 1908; 2. Mary Abigail, b. in Worcester, Feb. 21, 1845, m. in Millbury, July 2, 1863, James Otis Seamans; 3. Orilla S., d. in Millbury, Nov. 10, 1853. Leonard Mellen Stockwell married, second, in Millbury, Hannah W. Ellis.
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GENEALOGY
Aaron Stockwell, resided in Sutton, was born at Ward (Auburn) in 1802, and married Hannah Smith of Sutton, who was born in Worcester, in 1790. He died in Sutton, April 22, 1863. She died in Oxford, 1846. Son: Charles Augustus (see below).
Charles Augustus Stockwell, farmer, resided in Millbury, was born there May 4, 1822, and married in Oxford, May 6, 1852, Anna N., dau. of Luther and Hannah B. Hall (q. v.). He died in Millbury, May 10, 1865. She died there Sept. 2, 1901. Children: 1. Hannah Beers, b. in Sutton, March 15, 1853, m. Herbert McCracken (q. v.); 2. Anna Maria, b. in Millbury, Feb. 24, 1856, d. June 24, 1862; 3. Charlie Hall, b. July 28, 1861, d. in Millbury, Mar. 26, 1900.
Amos B.1 Stockwell, farmer, resided in Sutton, was born there Mar. 28, 1822, and married there, April 16, 1844, Catherine Hall, of Sutton, who was born there, July 9, 1820. He died there, December, 1883. She died there, April 6, 1909. Son: William Hall (see below).
William Hall2 Stockwell, farmer, was born in Sutton, April 6, 1847, and mar- ried in Millbury, Mar. 15, 1871, Sarah Lusina Jones of Millbury, dau. of Robert Jones (q. v.). Son: Robert Jones, (see below).
Robert Jones3 Stockwell was born in Millbury, Oct. 27, 1875, and married in Sutton, Oct. 8, 1902, Minnie L. Fletcher, dau. of George Allen Fletcher (q. v.). Children, both born in Millbury: 1. Laurence Fletcher, b. Aug. 28, 1903; 2. Edith Carolyn, b. June 29, 1906.
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