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MAYNARD, AUGUSTUS F. (s. of Abner) m. Flora Ros -- line, D. of Liberty Allen, and had Ellen Maria, b. July 28, 1839 ; Caroline Allen, May 14, 1841 ; and Mary Elizabeth.
MAYNARD, ELISHA (bro. of Simon, first mentioned) m. Huldah Bannister, of Marlboro', July 18, 1727 ; he was then called of Shrewsbury, and in 1829, was living on house lot, No. 25. She was ad. to this chh. in Jan., and he in July, 1728. There is no record here, of his or her death. Chil. Huldah, b. April 27, 1723, and d. young ; Artemas, July 7, 1729, and d. in 1731 ; Bezaleel, July 23, 1731 ; Huldah, July 21, 1733, and m. William Chesnut, in Oct., 1754; Artemas, Oct. 31, 1734 ; Francis, Feb. 20, 1738, sup. settled in Rutland, and m. Ruth, D. of Ephraim Hubbard, in 1767 ; John, Feb. 28, 1740 ;. Tabitha, June 5, 1742, and m. Simon Phelps of Rutland, June 24, 1767 ; Gardner, May 3, 1744, and d. in 1745 ; Gardner, ( Garner, in both instances on the record,) Feb. 14, 1746 ; Eli- sha, April 14, 1748.
Huldah Maynard, perhaps, wid. of Elisha, m. Jacob Wheeler, of Petersham, March 5, 1778.
MAYNARD, BEZALEEL (s. of Elisha) m. Elizabeth Keyes, D. sup. of Henry Keyes, Feb. 28, 1754 ; and sup. lived in the N. P. There are no deaths of any of this family record-
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ed here. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1754 ; Ruth, Sept. 5, 1756; Louisa, April 19, 1758; Levinah, March 23, 1760 ; Bannister, April 5, 1761 ; Francis, Nov. 7, 1763; Lucy, Oct. 25, 1765 ; and perhaps is the Lucy Maynard, who m. Elisha Livermore, in 1780 ; she was then called of Worcester.
MAYNARD, ARTEMAS (s. of Elisha) m. Miriam, D. of Deac. Jonathan Keyes, May 27, 1762, and was then called of Princeton. Chil. on record here ; Thomas, b. Dec. 18, 1764, and d. infant ; Asa, Nov. 23, 1766 ; Thomas, May 13, 1773 ; Levi and Lewis, Jan. 21, 1775.
MAYNARD, REUBEN m. Dorothy Williams, of West- . boro', May 22, 1745, and was probably the s. of Reuben, who was living on house lot No. 4, in 1729, of whom I find nothing on record after that period, nor any thing of his family. Reuben, who was here in 1729, was s. of John and Lydia, of Marlboro', and born in 1698. Chil. of Reuben and Dorothy, viz : Reuben, b. July 16, 1746; Dorothy, Oct. 3, 1748 ; Abigail, Sept. 16, 1750 ; Bethiath, July 25, 1753, and d. in 1756 ; Sarah, Dec. 14, 1755, and d. in 1756; Timothy, Nov. 20, 1757.
Reuben Maynard had deceased before 1762, as his " heirs," and his farm were set off in that year to Westboro.
MAYNARD, JOTHAM, b. in 1714, (s. of David, of West- boro', who was bro. of Simon and Elisha) whose wife was Abiah, had Jotham, b. March 14, 1741; and Antipass, April 12, 1743.
MAYNARD, JAMES, b. in 1723, (s. of James, of West- bero', and g. s. of John, of Marlboro') m. Zeruiah, D. of Daniel Johnson, Nov. 6, 1755. Chil. Spencer, b. April 8, 1756; Winslow, Sept. 23, 1757, and d. infant ; John, Jan. 18, 1759; Winslow, July 26, 1761; Ashley, July 29, 1763, and d. April 7, 1826, an idiot, and town charge from his infancy ; Trobridge, June 30, 1767, also an idiot, and d. young.
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In 1772, the town voted to build a house, 14 by 16, near the wid. Sarah Johnson's as may be, for the accommodation of the wife and children of James Maynard, Jun., and granted £13.6.8, for that purpose.
Hence it appears that Sarah, the wid. of Daniel Johnson, was living in 1772 ; his house, &c., was where the late Jonas Hast- ings lived. Whether James Maynard, Jun. was then living, does not appear. His s., Ashley, for nearly, or quite sixty years, was a town charge ; the amount of which, so far as it could be ascer- tained, was calculated at the time of his death, and, with com- pound interest, found to exceed ten thousand dollars.
MAYNARD, Capt. JOHN b. in 1743 (s. of Stephen. of Westboro', and g. s. of Capt. John, and g. g. s. of John and Lydia, of Marlboro') m. Martha Brigham, of, and in Westboro', Jan. 19, 1768, and settled here, in 1771, on the place now of Balch Dean, Esq. She was ad. to this chh. in 1775. He was Rep., &c., in 1781 ; after which, his name does not appear again on the town records. Chil. Martha, b. in Westboro', Nov. 23, 1769, and m. Frederick Crosby, in 1785; Josiah, Sept. 18, 1771, and d. in Barnard, Vt., about 1796 ; John, Oct. 5, 1773, went to Bakersfield, Vt., m. and d. there in 1816 ; Edward, April 25, 1775, and settled in Bakersfield, Vt. ; Antipass, April 6, 1777, settled and is living in Waltham ; Hepzibah, March 12, 1779, and m. Elijah Hardy, of Westboro', and d. in Waltham, in 1823 ; William, Sept. 20, 1781.
MAYNARD, SAMUEL, b. in 1726 (s. of Moses, of Sud- bury, who m. Lois Stone, of Framingham, March 18, 1724, and was probably a descendant of John Maynard, who was in Sudbu- ry, in 1638) m. Sarah Noyes, of Sudbury, Feb. 22, 1750, re- moved to this town, settled on the place where his son, the late Daniel Maynard lived, and d. May 29, 1755, aged 28. Chil. Daniel, b. Oct. 25, bap. 28, 1750; previous to which the pa- rents " owned the covenant." Samuel, March 8, 1752 ; Sarah, April 29, 1754, and d. Oct. 12, 1756.
His wid. Sarah, m. Enock Kingsley, of Windsor, Ct. in 1760.
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MAYNARD, SAMUEL (s. of Samuel) m. Sarah Noyes, of Sudbury, in 1775, and d. of small pox, at Ticonderoga, dur- ing the revolutionary war, and before May 5, 1776, as on that day, " Samuel, son of Samuel Maynard, deceased, and Sarah, his relict, was bap." here.
MAYNARD, DANIEL (s. of Samuel, and g. s. of Moses) m. Hannah, D. of Samuel Harrington, of Worcester, in 1776, and perhaps lived there a few years. They were here in 1779; on the 5th of Sept. in that year, they owned the covenant, and his wife, Hannah, was bap. here at that time, as were their two oldest chil., of whose births there is no record here. He lived and d. on the homestead, Feb. 7, 1834, aged 832, and his wid. Hannah, April 1, 1838, aged 81. Chil. Lucy, who m. Daniel Newton, in 1803; Nathaniel ; Relief, bap. Sept. 14, 1783, and d. infant ; Relief, bap. Oct. 2, 1785, and m. Philo Slocomb, in 1806 ; Samuel, b. May 29, 1787; Daniel, May 29, 1789 ; John, April 10, 1791 ; Josiah, July 18, 1794; Luther, June 11, 1798, d. April 23, 1832 ; and Hannah, (of whose birth or baptism, I find no record,) who m. Matthias Rice, of Grafton, April 6, 1825, and d. Nov. 28, 1834, aged 34.
MAYNARD, NATHANIEL (s. of Daniel) m. Martha Davis, of Grafton, March 22, 1801. Chil. Mary Harrington, b. April 22, 1802 ; Hannah Joslin, Feb. 21, 1803. The pa- rents removed to Heath, but both d., it is said, in Fitchburg ; he, June 20, 1833, aged 54, and his wid. Martha, in 1838. Other chil. are said to have been, Joseph ; Daniel ; Luther ; Henry ; Harriet, and Charles.
MAYNARD, SAMUEL (s. of Daniel) m. Clarissa, D. of Joseph Stone, Aug. 17, 1812. She d. Nov. 29, 1819, aged 25. Chil. Clarissa, who m. Alexander Kissam, of N. Y., and d. in 1843 ; Louisa Maria, b. Oct. 3, 1813, and m. Kissam, the hus- band of her deceased sister.
The 2d wife of Samuel Maynard was Frances Jackson, of Plymouth. He removed to N. Y.
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MAYNARD, DANIEL, Jun. (s. of Daniel) m. Zelinda, D. of Samuel Allen, of Northboro', Nov., 1809. Chil. Lewis Allen, b. Dec. 24, 1810; Henry, May 6, 1813, and d. infant ; Harriet Newell, Dec. 24, 1810, and m. Chester Vernon New- ton ; Caroline Elizabeth, Sept. 4, 1817 ; Edward Flint, Nov. 1, 1820, and m. Maria M. Russell, of Boston ; Susan Maria, Sept. 16, 1823, and m. Charles C. Coleman, of Worcester ; Henry Noyes, May 11, 1826 ; Sarah Abigail, Jan. 26, 1829 ; Charles Franklin, Feb. 27, 1830; Charlotte Ann, Nov. 1, 1833 ; Daniel Wallace, April 7, 1837.
MAYNARD, JOHN (s. of Daniel) m. Lois, D. of George Brown, Dec. 7, 1813. No chil. on record. He removed to New York.
MAYNARD, JOSIAH (s. of Daniel) m. Lydia, D. of Sam- uel Allen, of Northboro', in 1823. Child, Wilbur, b. May 31, 1834.
MAYNARD, ETHAN, b. in 1783, (s. of Nathan, Jun., of Westboro', whose father, Nathan, was s. of David, who d. there, Oct. 2, 1757,) whose wife was Sarah, had Sarah Melinda, b. here, Dec. 7, 1806. Alvan Maynard, b. 1781, (bro of Ethan) m. Elizabeth, D. sup. of Thomas Miles, Nov. 20, 1803.
MAYNARD, EBER, (bro. of Ethan) from Westboro', b. 1789, m. Dorothy Gleason, of Worcester, and had Caroline Au- gusta, b. July 20, 1824 ; Fanny Maria, Sept. 21, 1826 ; Mi- nerva Lucinda, May 25, 1832.
MAYNARD, SILAS, who m. Hannah Forbes, in Westboro', May 24, 1819, he was then called of Grafton, may be the Silas Maynard, who was from Westboro', and settled in the East part of the town, near to Northboro', about 1827. No record here of births in this family.
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MIXER, Maj. JOSEPH,* m. Mary Ball, in Watertown, May 4, 1726. He was here himself-" Dec. 3, 1727, and own- ed the covenant in order to have his child baptized at Water- town." His wife, Mary, was ad. to this chh. in 1732; no record here of the death of either of them. Chil. Mary, b. Nov. 21, 1727, probably at Watertown, but recorded here, and m. Daniel Simonds, of Westboro', Nov. 2, 1749, and removed to Chelsea ; Abigail, April 28, 1730, and m. Elnathan Pratt, in 1748 ; Jo- seph, bap. Feb. 27, 1732; Lydia, b. Oct. 16, 1734, and m. Alpheus Pratt, in 1753 ; Anna, April 27, 1737, and m. Timothy Howard, in 1759; Lucy, Oct, 26, 1739, and m. Jedediah Tucker, Jun., in 1763 ; Daniel, bap. March 18, 1742 ; Asa, b. April 5, 1746 ; Timothy, July 17, 1748, m. Mary Eames, of Framingham, in 1769, and removed to N. H., where she proba- bly deceased before 1782, as in that year Timothy Mixer, called of Ipswich, N. H., m. Abigail, wid. of Joseph Sherman, Jun., of this town.
MIXER, JOSEPH (s. of Maj. Joseph,) m. Elizabeth, D. of Samuel Whitney, April 24, 1754. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 21, 1754, and d. in 1756 ; Joseph, Feb. 22, 1756 ; Samuel, Jan. 13, 1758 ; Moses, Sept. 10, 1760; Daniel, Aug. 25, 1763 ; Elizabeth, Feb. 27, 1766.
He removed with his family to Athol, and d. there.
* Isaac Mixer, Watertown, was admitted freeman, in 1638 .- Farmer.
Isaac Mixer, whose wife was Sarah, had Sarah, b. in Watertown, 29. 9. 1657. This is the first I find of his family ; probably he had chil. older than Sarah ; his wife Sarah, d. there, March 2, 1660, and, on the 10th of January following, he m. Rebecca, D. of Edward Garfield, by whom he had 11 chil. Of whom were sons, John, b. in 1668; George, in 1670 ; Joseph, in 1674; Daniel, in 1675 ; and Benja- min, in 1679.
Isaac Mixer, of Watertown, and Mary French, of Billerica, were m. June 29, 1687. From Isaac, no doubt, descended Joseph, who settled in Shrewsbury. It has been said, that the wife of Maj. Joseph Mixer, was Abigail Hardy, of Waltham ; if so, she was his 2d wife, and not the mother of his children. The nine chil. above named, are called, on the town and chh. records, the children of Joseph Mixer, (sometimes giving him a military title,) and Mary, his wife.
Maj. Joseph Mixer was pub. to Elizabeth Ball, a widow, of Northboro', in Aug. 1777, and probably m. her ; as it is said he removed to that town, and d. there.
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MIXER, ASA (s. of Maj. Joseph) m. Mercy, D. of Elisha Newton, Nov. 26, 1765. Chil. Daniel, b. May 20, 1766 ; Sarah, May 14, 1769, and m. Abijah Nelson, in 1790; Mercy and Mary, Oct. 5, 1771 ; the former m. Daniel Smith, Jun., in 1793 ; the latter, Lemuel Harris, of Worcester, in 1791 ; Eliz- abeth, May 18, 1774, and m. Daniel Baird, Jun., of Worcester, April 25, 1793; Nelly and Alice, Nov. 25, 1776 ; the former, m. Ashbel Allen, in 1799; the latter, Daniel Smith, of Worces- ter, in 1797; Joseph, Nov. 13, 1779; Dana, bap. Feb. 16, 1783 ; Asa, bap. Sept. 4, 1785 ; and Relief, who m. Thomas Harrington, Jun., in 1805. There is no record of the death of his wife, Mercy. His 2d wife was Ruth Murray, of Worcester, whom he m. Dec. 24, 1793. He removed from town after 1798, and was recently living in Oxford, or vicinity, having passed his hundredth year.
MIXER, DANIEL, (s. of Asa) m. Lydia, D. of Samuel Wesson, of the Gore, in 1783. Chil. Levinah, July 1, 1784, and m. Amasa Nelson, in 1805 ; Samuel, Nov. 6, 1786 ; Re- becca, June 8, 1790, and d. March 30, 1810; Julia, June 6, 1799, and m. Harvey Ruggles, of Upton, June 30, 1819 ; Dan- iel, April 16, 1805, and settled in Auburn. There is no record here of their father's death.
His wid. Lydia, m. Samuel Smith, in 1818.
MIXER, DANA (s. of Asa) m. Ruth -, and d. here, Sept. 27, 1835, aged 54, and his wife, Ruth, Feb. 16, 1822, aged 38. Chil. Elizabeth Wilder, b. April 26, 1803 ; Mahala Angeline, July 8, 1804; Roxia Eleanor, Nov. 6, 1806.
MIXER, ASA, Jun. (s. of Asa) m. Grace, D. of Capt. Thomas Harrington, Sen., Oct. 21, 1804. Child, Nancy. He removed to Charlton, and d. there.
MIXER, BENJAMIN, whose wife was Sarah, had Benja- min, bap. Feb. 19, 1741. " The parents in covenant relation with the chh. in Southboro."
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MIXER, DAVID * and his wife, Hannah, had Ezra, b. here, Aug. 11, 1754.
MILES, Deac. SAMUEL, + whose wife was Keziah, was living on house lot, No. 7, in 1729, and came here from Con- cord, or that vicinity. They were ad. to this chh. in 1732. There is no record here of his death, or of that of his wife. Chil. Mary, b. May 31, 1730, and perhaps m. Phineas Byam, of Templeton, Oct. 7, 1765 ; Sarah, Jan. 29, 1732; Elizabeth, July 25, 1734, and d. in 1739 ; Sumuel, May 10, 1737, and d. Oct. 11, 1756 ; Keziah, May 23, 1739, and d. in 1740 ; Thom- as, Jan. 1, 1743 ; Elizabeth, Dec. 6, 1746 ; Job, May 7, 1749, and d. in 1756.
MILES, THOMAS (s. of Deac. Samuel) m. Rachel, D. of Jonas Keyes, Oct. 22, 1767. They were ad. to this chh. in 1769. His wife, Rachel, d. Sept. 5, 1803, aged 69. Chil. Jonas Keyes, b. Jan. 3, 1769 ; Virtue, April 13, 1770, and m. Joseph Hunt, of Sudbury, Feb. 5, 1802 ; Alfred, May 24, 1772; Elizabeth, Jan. 31, 1774, and m. Alvan Maynard, of Westboro', Nov. 30, 1803 ; Sophia, Sept. 28, 1776.
He m. Damaris Upham, of Spencer, in 1808, and d. Jan. 27, 1820, aged 77.
* Benjamin and David Mixer, sup. to have been brothers, and sons of Benjamin and Rebecca, of Marlboro', who had Phineas, b. in 1712; Benjamin, in 1715 ; Isaac, in 1716 ;. David, in 1719; and Joseph, in 1724. Their mother was Rebecca Newton, and m. 27. 9. 1711.
t John Miles, (in old records Myles,) was in Concord, in 1637; and, by a 2d wife, Susannah Rediat, whom he m. in Marlboro', in 1679, had John, b. in 1680, and Samuel, in 1682. Samuel m. Sarah Foster, of Littleton, in 1706, and had Sam- uel, b. March 20, 1707 ; and Joseph, Aug. 8, 1709; both of whom settled in this town.
John, b. in 1680, m. Mary Prescott, of Concord, in 1702, and had John, b. in 1704, who m. Elizabeth Brooks, of Concord, say, in 1726. Their son, John, b. in 1727, m. Martha Warren, a wid., and D. of Deac. Russell, of Littleton, and set- tled in Westminster, and were the parents of the Rev. John Miles, b. in 1765, who removed to this town from Grafton, in 1826 .- Miles' Genealogy, by Rev. Henry Adolphus Miles, of Lowell.
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MILES, JONAS KEYES, (s. of Thomas) m. Mary, D. of Nathan Maynard, of Westboro', in 1798. They were ad. to the chh. in 1801. He d. May 11, 1843, aged 74. Chil. Jonas Maynard, b. June 7, 1799 ; Mary Williams, April 29, 1807, and m. Samuel Austin Newton, of Millbury ; Lucy Keyes, June 1, 1810, and d. unm., Jan. 10, 1834.
MILES, ALFRED (s. of Thomas) m. Anna Grout, of Worcester, in 1807, and d. Nov. 1, 1845, aged 73. No issue.
MILES, Deac. JONAS M. (s. of Jonas K.) m. Anstiss Kendall, of Royalston, Nov. 2, 1823. Chil. Lowell Milton, b. June 8, 1824 ; Eugene Temple, Aug. 26, 1826.
MILES, JOSEPH (bro. of Deac. Samuel) whose wife was Jemima, was ad. to this chh. in 1734, and his wife, in 1747. He d. March 31, 1766, aged 58. Chil. Joseph, b. Oct. 26, 1738, and d. in 1746 ; Anna, Sept. 4, 1740, and m. Ezekiel Knowlton, in 1759 ; Esther, March 2, 1743 ; Abner, Jan. 12, 1745 ; Henry, Oct. 11, 1746 ; Jemima, Oct. 30, 1748, and m. Jonathan Peirce, in 1768 ; Meliscent, Nov. 15, 1750, and m. Abijah Kendall of Templeton, March 26, 1771 ; Kezia, Nov. 9, 1753.
MILES, ABNER (s. of Joseph) m. Deborah, D. of Phin- eas Underwood, of Westford, June 24, 1773. Chil. Joel, b. July 3, 1774 ; Sarah, Nov. 5, 1775 ; Rachel, April 17, 1777; Jemima, April 5, 1779 ; Deborah, Aug. 3, 1781 ; the two last, at Putney, Vt., to which place their parents had re- moved.
MILES, HENRY (s. of Joseph) m. Susannah Wilson, of Rutland, in 1770. Chil. Joseph, b. May 13, 1770 ;. Susan- nah, March 10, 1772.
He removed with his family to N. H.
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MILES, Rev. JOHN, grad. B. U., 1794, ord. minister of Grafton, Oct. 12, 1796, m. Mary, D. of Col. Samuel Denny,* of Leicester, May 1, 1798. Having been honorably, and by mutual consent, dismissed from his pastoral charge, he removed to this town, in 1826, and settled on the place formerly belong- ing to Deac. John Bragg. Chil. Mary Denny, b. June 25, 1799, m. Rev. Seth Alden of Marlboro', June 4, 1822, and d. July 31, 1825 ; John Russell, Sept. 23, 1801, and d. Dec. 17, 1819 ; Samuel Denny, Sept. 5, 1803, and d. 1804; Samuel Dexter, June 19, 1805, and d. infant ; Martha Elizabeth, Feb. 17, 1808, and d. infant ; Henry Adolphus, May 30, 1809, grad. B. U., 1829, m. Augusta H. Moore of Cambridge, May 23, 1833, and is settled in the ministry, in Lowell ; Sarah Henshaw, April 27, 1811, and m. John C. Mason, in 1833; Charles Edward, June 11, 1813; Elizabeth Denny, April 30, 1815, m. George Allen, and d. in 1841 ; Augusta Sophia, Feb. 12, 1819.
MILES, CHARLES EDWARD (s. of Rev. John) m. Catharine, D. of William Denny of Leicester, May 1, 1833. Chil. Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 15, 1834 ; Catharine Augusta ; Charles Denny, b. Oct. 26, 1839.
MILLER, ISAAC, whose wife was Sarah, had Vespasian, b. June, 1740. " Isaac Miller, above the pond," was highway surveyor, in 1760, and living on house lot, No. 27, in 1728.
MILLER, ALEXANDER, probably from Grafton, m. Mary, D. of Daniel Smith, Nov. 28, 1797. Chil. Clarissa, b. Feb.
* He was b. in 1731, and m. Elizabeth, D. of Daniel Henshaw, and sister of Col. Joseph, of this town, and of William and David, of Leicester, and d. Dec. 11, 1817, aged 86. His father was Daniel, one of the earliest settlers in Leicester, (s. of Thomas,) and came from Coombs, Suffolk Co., England, and m. " Rebecca Jones, of Worcester," in Watertown, Feb. 14, 1722; in the record of their mar- riage, he is called " Daniel Dinny, of Leicester." His sister, Deborah, was the wife of the Rev. Thomas Prince, of Boston, the distinguished Chronologist ; their D., Sarah Prince, m. Moses Gill, afterwards Lt. Governor. Her mother opposed her union with Prince, when he was in England-they therefore parted there, but by concert to meet and be united here .- " Love laughs at Locksmiths."
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11, 1798 ; Anson, June 14, 1800. He, with his family, remov- ed to Barre.
MILLER, DAVID from Westboro', whose wife was Lucy, and d. here, Oct. 11, 1838, aged 48. Chil. Lucy Lucinda, b. Feb. 18, 1825 ; Clarinda Maria, Nov. 12, 1827.
MORSE, JONATHAN, from Grafton, (perhaps originally from Medfield, once a part of Dedham ; where his ancestry and that of Rev. Ebenezer Morse, can be traced back to 1635,) m. Phebe Keyes, Dec. 5, 1739. She was ad. to this chh. in 1743. His dwelling house, standing near where the late Elijah South- gate lived, was burnt in 1750. There is no record here of his or her death. Chil. Mary, b. Jan. 13, 1740, and sup. m. Stephen Parker, Jun., in 1760 ; Hezekiah, June 27, 1741, and d. April 28, 1.757 ; Thankful, Sept. 22, 1742, and m. Nathaniel Stone, in 1760; Louisa, April 22, 1743 ; Jonathan, Feb. 16, 1745, and d. in 1752 ; Lucretia, July 29, 1746, and d. in 1753 ; Sa- rah, Aug. 16, 1749, and d. in 1753; Elijah, July 8, 1751 ; Lucretia, April 8, 1753 ; the two last, perhaps, d. very young ; there is a record of the baptism of the others, but not of these ; Sarah, Nov. 25, 1754.
MORSE, Rev. EBENEZER, a native of Medfield, grad. H. U., 1737, ord. minister of the N. P., in this town, Dec. 26, 1743, m. Persis, D. of John Bush, Nov. 27, 1745, dismissed in a summary manner by his parishioners in June, 1775, and ex- cluded from the pulpit on account of his toryism, and that with- out the intervention of an ecclesiastical council, confined to and within the limits of his parish by a vote of the town, and re- dismissed by advice of an ecclesiastical council, in Nov. next following, practised for several years afterwards, as physician, and was pub. for marriage, Jan. 1, 1790, to Rebecca, wid. of Thomas Symmes of this town, a patriot, who d. in the revolu- tionary war. It is now said that was done without her consent- he took nothing by his motion, and d. in 1802, in his 84th year. Chil. John, b. July 15, 1746 ; Mary, Dec. 24, 1747; Eliakim,
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April 7, 1750, and d. in 1758 ; Joshua, March 8, 1752 ; Eben- ezer, June 11, 1754, and d. infant ; Ebenezer, July 10, 1755 ; Joseph, Jan. - , 1757, and m. Sophia Bigelow, May 4, 1780 ; Eliakim, Feb. 10, 1759 ; Amherst, Nov. 11, 1760 ; Annis, May 19, 1764, and m. Samuel Andrews ; Mary, Aug. 12, 1767, and sup. m. Jason Abbott.
MORSE, JOHN (s. of Rev. Ebenezer) m. Elizabeth, D. of Thomas Andrews, May 11, 1769. Child, John, b. Jan. 15, 1773. Removed to Newfane, Vt.
MORSE, JOSHUA (s. of Rev. Ebenezer) m. Levinah, D. of Ephraim Holland, April 29, 1773. Child, Tabitha, b. Sept. 8, 1773.
MORSE, Dr. ELIAKIM, (s. of Rev. Ebenezer) m. Mary, D. of Capt. Benjamin Eddy, Sept. 22, 1786 ; she d. April 26, 1800. Chil. Benjamin, John, and perhaps others. Benjamin and John entered H. U., in 1808, and left on account of ill health before they had finished their collegiate course, and d. soon after. His 2d wife was Mary, D. of William Hunt of Water- town, whom he m. in 1801. He yet lives, (May 1, 1847.)
MORSE, Lt. JOSEPH, (where from, unknown,) whose wife was Mary, had Alpheus, b. Oct. 27, 1751 ; Sophia, May 6, 1754 ; Joseph, Oct. 3, 1756, and sup. to have d. in West Boylston, in 1825, aged 68; William, Sept. 28, 1767.
Lt. Joseph Morse d. here, May 27, 1814, aged 80 ; probably not the above Lt. Joseph, as, according to his age at death, he was but about 17, when Alpheus was born.
Hannah Morse was pub. to Odoardo Thomas, in April, 1757.
Rachel Morse m. James Saddler, (both called of this town,) April 24, 1764.
Mary Morse m. Rev. Asaph Rice, of Westminster, Dec. 26, 1765.
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MUZZY, BENJAMIN * sup. from Sudbury, and his wife, Hannah, were ad. to this chh. in July, 1753. Chil. (no births recorded,) Benjamin and Hannah, " a pair of twin children," bap. Aug. 15, 1753 ; James, bap. Jan. 2, 1757 ; Seth, bap. Oct. 8, 1758 ; Benoni, bap. April 26, 1760 ; before which time the father had d. ; probably in the army. His wid., Hannah, was Administratrix of his estate, in 1760, and sup. to have m. Ebenezer Perry of Worcester, in 1761.
MUZZY, JOSEPH, Jun. (sup. from Sud. and s. of Joseph) m. Hannah Merriam of Grafton, in 1763. Chil. Jonathan, b. Nov. 2, 1764 ; Nathan, Sept. 15, 1766 ; Miriam, April 1, 1768 ; Hannah, Jan. 18, 1770 ; Sarah, Dec. 29, 1771, and m. Crispus Graves, in 1790 ; Annis, May 16, 1774, and m. Samuel Peirks, in 1793; Joseph, Jan. 28, 1776 ; the chh. records say " he was b. after the decease of his father, Joseph Muzzy." No record here of the father's death.
MUZZY, JONATHAN (s. of Joseph, Jun.) m. Miletiah Clark of Medfield, in 1788. Chil. Jacob, b. April 14, 1788 ; Hannah, Feb. 12, 1790.
MUZZY, NATHAN (bro. of preceding) m. Mary, D. of John Peirks, March 30, 1790, and d. Oct. 6, 1809, aged 43. Chil. Robert, b. May 4, 1791, and d. unm. May 24, 1817 ; Thomas Hammond, Jan. 14, 1793 ; Abigail Peirks, Feb. 4, 1795, and m. Stephen Bellows in 1817 ; Joseph Hastings, Jan. 21, 1797 ; also the following, whose births are not on record ;
* Robert Muzzy, who was in Ipswich in 1635, had Joseph, who m. Esther Jack- man, Feb. 9, 1671, and d. in 1680. Joseph and Esther had Joseph b. Dec. 21, 1677, and Benjamin, Aug. 17, 1680. Joseph m. Joanna Pettingill in 1700, and had Joseph, b. in 1703. A Joseph Muzzy m. Patience Rice, both of Sudbury, March 24, 1721. His son, Joseph, is probably the Joseph who settled here and is called Jun., on the chh. and town records. Whether Benjamin who settled here was his brother, is unknown. A Benjamin Muzzy in Sudbury, m. Elisather Witherbee of Stow, July 30, 1761, and Hannah Bennet, perhaps a 2d wife, Dec. 25, 1765. A Benjamin Muzs zy, whose wife was Sarah, perhaps he was a son of Robert, had Benjamin, b. in Cambridge, Feb. 20, 1689.
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they were all bap. on the 22d day of May, 1807, viz : Jona- than, Nathan, Charles, and John Peirks.
MUZZY, JOSEPH H. (s. of Nathan) went from town, perhaps to Grafton, m., and after some years returned with a family. No births recorded here. He d. Nov. 21, 1843, aged 47, and his wife, Abigail, Jan. 23, 1836, aged 32.
Lois Muzzy m. Isaac Drury, in 1754.
Abigail Muzzy m. Joseph Sherman, Jun., Feb. 4, 1766.
MUNROE, PHILIP (perhaps a s. of Nathan of Lexington, who m. Mercy Benjamin of Watertown, Nov. 23, 1738) had chil. Abraham, bap., also Abigail, Sept. 4, 1763 ; " the parents being in covenant relation with the chh. in Lexington." Sarah, bap. Oct. 14, 1764. Their births are not on record, nor the name of their mother.
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