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MUNROE, Capt. NATHANIEL, from Carlisle, or vicinity, (perhaps a bro. of Philip) m. Lucy, D. of Jotham Bartlett of Northboro', and d. here, Aug. 28, 1814, aged 73 ; and his wid. Lucy, Aug. 5, 1828, aged 82. Chil. Abraham, b. Oct. 4, 1765 ; Jonas, Jan. 1, 1768, and d. unm. Dec. 14, 1794 ; Lucy, bap. March 25, 1770, and d. young ; Nathan, bap. June 30, 1771, m. Martha, D. of Abraham Knowlton, March 31, 1803, and settled in Spencer ; Reuben, bap. July 18, 1773, and d. young ; Solomon, b. Oct. 31, 1778 ; Reuben, June 24, 1781, m. and settled in Worcester ; a few years before his death, he re- turned here with a family, none of whose names are on record here, and d. Sept. 21, 1841, aged 60; Dana, b. Nov. 30, 1783 ; Isaiah, Dec. 20, 1786, m. Mary, D. of Joseph S. Temple, Jan. 1, 1811, and lives on the homestead ; Edmund, Aug. 22, 1790, and d. unm. Aug. 24, 1833.
MUNROE, ABRAHAM (s. of Capt. Nathaniel,) m. Sarah Knight of Worcester, in 1797, and d. here, June 24, 1831, aged 66, and his wid. Sarah, Nov. 6, 1834, aged 65. Chil. Jotham,
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b. Aug. 31, 1797, and d. in 1798 ; Mary Jeffs, May 24, 1799 ; Sarah, Aug. 8, 1800, and m. John Bartlett of Northboro', April 9, 1828; Jonas, Aug. 9, 1802, went to Wrentham and m. there ; Lucy Bartlett, April 12, 1804, and m. Emery Harrington, in 1825 ; Anna, Oct. 23, 1807, and m. Calvin Harrington, in 1830; Dennis, Oct. 13, 1809.
MUNROE, SOLOMON (s. of Capt Nathaniel) m. Thank- ful, D. of Benjamin Newton of Worcester, Jan. 1, 1810. Child, Harriet, b. Oct. 5, 1810. He removed to Grafton, and died there.
MUNROE, DANA, (s. of Capt. Nathaniel) m. Pamelia, D. of Timothy Townsend, June 26, 1814. She d. May 24, 1824, aged 35. Chil. Hannah, b. Oct. 31, 1814, and m. Abel Blake of. Keene, N. H .; Maria, Dec. 23, 1815 ; Pamelia Jane, April 15, 1817 ; James Edmund, Dec. 8, 1818, and m. Emeline, D. of Philo Slocomb ; John Henry, April 15, 1820; Edwards Whipple, in 1821. The two last d. infants.
MUNROE, AARON (bro. of Capt. Nathaniel, who had a bro. Jonathan, that settled in Spencer) m. Lydia Munroe, a wid. of Woburn, originally Campbell, and lived several years, in this town, on the place now of Eber Maynard. They had no chil. They removed to Fitchburg or vicinity, where it is said he d. His wid. returned and d. here, in Feb. 1846. Her D., Eliz- abeth Wilson Munroe, m. Jason Prouty, Feb. 12, 1812, and went to Lancaster.
MUNROE, OLIVER (s. of Capt. Abraham of Northboro') m. Lydia, D. of Dr. Edward Flint, Feb. 2, 1794. She d. March 9, 1800, aged 28. Chil. on rec. here, Charles, b. July 17, 1795 ; Lewis, March 19, 1796; Oliver, Feb. 27, 1798.
He returned to Northboro', m. a D. of John Wyman, and d. there.
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MAYHEW JOHN m. Hannah Rugg of Framingham, Feb. 21, 1744 ; he was then called of Shrewsbury. Child, Hannah, b. Oct. 14, 1745.
MAHONY, JAMES (probably, Mahan now) m. Jemima, D. of Benjamin Temple, Feb. 10, 1766. Child, Hannah, b. March 17, 1766.
MAHAN, SOLOMON (s. of David of Northboro', whose wife was Mary Bixby) m. Mary, D. of Dr. Samuel Brigham of Boylston, and settled in the Northeasterly part of this town. Chil. George Henry, b. Dec. 19, 1824; Mary Ann, July 22, 1826; Harriet Elizabeth, May 1, 1830 ; John Davis, Feb. 8, 1835; Sarah Jane, Sept. 10, 1836.
MACKWATER, JOHN and his wife Jane, were from Lynn, and had chil. bap. here, " by virtue of their enjoying such priv- ilege with the chh. at Lynn ;" viz. Mary, bap. Oct. 28, 1739 ; Martha, bap. July 11, 1742; James, bap. March 24, 1745, and d. infant ; James, bap. June 5, 1748.
MANSFIELD, DANIEL, the name of whose wife is not on record here, had Elizabeth, bap. Jan. 16, 1763, " by virtue of the parents being in covenant, &c., with the chh. in Waltham."
McDOWELL, ALEXANDER and Levinah Oak, both called of this town, were m. Nov. 1, 1764, and had John, bap. July 15, 1765.
MASON, JONAS and his wife, Submit, had Ruhamah, b. here, Jan. 7, 1763.
MASON, JOHN and his wife, Mercy Penniman, came here about 1796, from Medfield ; he d. Sept. 15, 1829, aged 91, and his wife, Mercy, Jan. 31, 1829, aged 88. Three chil., of adult age, Gregory, John, and Sarah, who m. Nathaniel Brigham, Nov. 21, 1799, came with their parents.
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MASON, GREGORY (s. of John) m. Susanna, D. of George Slocomb, Nov. 16, 1797, lived on the homestead, and d. May 21, 1846, aged 72. Chil. Charles, b. March 7, 1798, m. Nancy, D. of Samuel Harrington of Grafton, and went to Mich- igan ; Vesty, Feb. 5, 1800, and m. Christopher Wright of North- ampton, April 20, 1831; Margaret, July 15, 1802; Horrace, Dec. 16, 1804 ; James Penniman, June 7, 1807, and killed, by the accidental discharge of his gun, May 31, 1821 ; Henry Hard- ing, Jan. 11, 1815, and m. Harriet M., D. of Lyman Howe ; Albert Augustus, July 29, 1820, altered to James Penniman, after the decease of his bro., and d. Nov. 16, 1825.
MASON, JOHN, Jun. (s. of John) m. Elizabeth Ware of Sherburne, in 1797, and lived on the place formerly of Daniel Holden, and in the latter part of life, where Dr. Williams had previously lived. He d. Aug. 21, 1843, aged 68. Chil. Hen- ry Harding, b, April 29, 1801, and d. April 10, 1812 ; Joseph Ware, April 21, 1803, and d. April 24, 1806 ; Martha Ware, May 30, 1805, and m. William W. Pratt ; Emeline, Sept. 7, 1807, and m. Joel Nurse, Jun., in 1828; John Coolidge and Joseph Ware, May 27, 1810. The former m. Sarah Henshaw, D. of Rev. John Miles, in 1833 ; the latter, Nancy, D. of Maj. Josiah Flint, in 1838.
MANN, EBENEZER was ad. to this chh., from that in Wrentham, in 1813-he had then been here many years, and lived in the extreme North part of the town adjoining Boylston. " Wid. Mary Mann," (probably his mother) was ad. to this chh. from that in Wrentham, in 1783. His sisters were ad., Lucretia,. in 1779, and Martha, in 1785. They composed his family, and are sup. all to have d. here, but of their deaths there is no re- cord. He m. Mary Foster, a wid. of Boylston, in 1828, and d. May 18, 1840, aged 87, and his wid. Mary, Aug. 14, 1843,. aged 64. There is no birth of that family name on the town records.
" Mrs. Sarah Mann, sister of Capt. Nathaniel Allen, deceased,; Sept. 10, 1766, aged 70."
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MARSHALL, WILLIAM B. and his wife, Abigail Smith, came here from Providence, R. I., about 1804. Chil. Elmira b. Feb. 20, 1801, at Providence ; Surah, Sept. 9, 1803; Wil- liam, Dec. 27, 1805 ; Elizabeth Smith, Feb, 24, 1808 ; Ethel- burt Augustus, May 15, 1810; Caroline Maria, July 3, 1812 ; Caleb Strong, Oct. 4, 1814; Catharine Henshaw, Jan. 3, 1817. He removed to Providence, about 1826.
MELLEN, ABNER, from Oxford, m. Asenath, D. of Mo- ses Sever, Aug. 24, 1800. Chil. Henry Bainbridge; Amos Willard ; Relief Fedelia ; Isaac Merritt ; Samuel Stillman ; Otis Sever ; and Charlotte Sophia.
MERRIAM, TARRANT (s. of Deac. Joseph, of Grafton) m. Anna. D. of Noah Kimball of Grafton, came here with a family and settled on the farm previously belonging to Jasper Rand, where he resided a few years prior to his farm being set off to Grafton, which occurred in 1826. Chil. Noah Kimball, who m. Harriet, D. of Abner Harlow, in 1834 ; Mary Ann, who m. John Leland of Grafton ; Elizabeth, who m. Samuel Flagg of Worcester ; Sarah, who m. - - Morton of R. I. ; Caroline, who m. Sibley of Grafton ; Hannah Maria, b. June 5, 1822, and m. W. H. Thompson of Vt. ; Joseph Augustus, b. Dec. 23, 1823 ; and John Quincy Adams.
McGLAUTHLIN, Capt. JOHN and his wife, Pamelia, were from Duxbury. He lived here but a few years, and d. Nov. 17, 1831, aged 42. Chil. John, b. here, April 5, 1827, and d. in- fant ; Cornelia Ann, March 31, 1829.
MIRICK, EDMUND m. Pamelia, D. of William Smith, May 24, 1821. Child, Sarah Lucretia, b. Oct. 31, 1822.
McGREGORY, Rev. ELIAS, Bap. clergyman, m. Levi- nah Nolen of Sutton, in 1820, lived in town a short period. Child, Lucy Hapgood, b. March 1, 1821.
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NURSE, WILLIAM * m. Rebecca Fay of Westboro', Dec. 12, 1723, and was living on house lot No. 3, in 1729, and in 1741, was set off with his farm to Westboro', where he d. April 15, 1779, and his wife, Rebecca, June 22, 1776 ; ages unknown. Chil. on record here, Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1724, and perhaps m. Eleazer Williams in Westboro', in 1742 ; Samuel, May 30, 1725, and d. infant ; Lydia, June 23, 1727 ; Daniel, May 11, 1729, and m. Sarah Ball of Grafton, in 1758 ; Benjamin, July 1, 1731, and m. Lucy Ball of Grafton, in 1759 ; Abraham, March 23, 1733; Rebecca, July 2, 1734 ; Priscilla, Oct. 18, 1736 ; Ze- ruiah, Oct. 11, 1739, and d. Sept. 29, 1775.
Daniel Nurse and Sarah Ball were the parents of eleven chil. b. in Westboro ; two of whom, Joseph, b. May 9, 1766, and Joel, b. April 13, 1774, settled here. Their father d. May 24, 1805.
NURSE, JOSEPH (s. of Daniel of Westboro') m. Hannah Davis of Grafton, in 1790, and came here about 1800, and set- tled on the place where he now lives. His wife Hannah, was ad. to this chh. in 1800, and d. Nov. 5, 1820, aged 52; he was ad. in 1811. Chil. Abijah, b. July 3, 1791, and m. Mindwell Grout of Westboro', Dec. 6, 1821 ; Nahum, Aug. 25, 1794; Joseph, Jan. 9, 1797, and m. Elizabeth Fiske of Worcester, in 1823 ; Hannah, Oct. 7, 1799 ; all in Westboro'. Hannah m. John Carter of Leominster, April 25, 1824 ; Elizabeth, Jan. 4, 1801, and m. Edward Knight of Dover, N. H., Feb. 5, 1823 ; Sarah, Oct. 14, 1804, and m. John Fiske of Worcester, April 11, 1827 ; Harriet, Feb. 16, 1807, and d. Feb. 4, 1833 ; Mary, March 19, 1809, and d. infant.
*Francis Nurse, Salem Village, had chil. John, Sarah, Rebecca, Samuel, Francis, Mary, Elizabeth and Benjamin. Their mother was hung in the witchcraft delusion, July 19, 1692 .- Farmer.
Francis Nurse, whether the son of Francis of Salem Village, is unknown, was in Sherburne, whose wife was Sarah, and had Benjamin b. there, Jan. 28, 1689, and was, as sup. the father of William, who settled here. The marriage of William and Rebecca was the first that was solemnized in this township.
Ebenezer Nurse, bro. sup. of William, had a son, Moses, bap. here, July 25, 1725. This name, originally Nourse, is still so written by many families.
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His 2d wife was Lucy Fay of Westboro', whom he m. Jan. 1, 1822. She was ad. to this chh. from that in Westboro', in Oct. following.
NURSE, NAHUM (s. of Joseph) m. Elizabeth, D. of John Baker, Jan. 1, 1818. Chil. Lydia Baker, b. Nov. 8, 1818; Laura Maria, Aug. 12, 1820, and d. in 1821; Laura Maria, Aug. 22, 1822.
NURSE, JOEL (s. of Daniel of Westboro') m. Anna, D. of Hananiah Parker of Southboro', (whose wife was Abigail, D. of Hezekiah Ward) in 1796, lived in Royalston a few years, came here, in 1803, with his family, and d. Nov, 16, 1830, aged 56, and his wid. Anna, May 6, 1831, aged 62. Chil. Gilbert, b. July 31, 1798 ; Franklin, Dec. 3, 1800; Joel, Jan. 19, 1803 ; all in Royalston, but recorded here ; Mary Ann Parker, Oct. 13, 1805, and d. July 15, 1825.
NURSE, GILBERT (s. of Joel) m. Maria S., D. of Ed- ward Hall of Boston, Oct. 31, 1824. Chil. Mary Ann Parker, b. Jan. 16, 1826; Gilbert Davis, Sept. 22, 1828; Sarah Gore, Aug. 15, 1833 ; Maria Elizabeth, Jan. 10, 1836, all in Boston. The latter d. in St. Louis, in 1839 ; Walter Willey, March 17, 1840, at St. Louis.
NURSE, FRANKLIN (s. of Joel) m. Sylvia, D. of Gil- bert Taylor of Southboro', May 3, 1826, and removed to Phil- adelphia.
NURSE, JOEL (s. of Joel) m, Emeline, D. of John Ma- son, Jun., in June, 1828. She d. in Aug. 1842, aged 35. Child, Henry Mason, b. Sept. 21, 1831. His 2d wife was Elizabeth, D. of Lewis Bullard of Boston, whom he m. in 1844. Child, Harriet.
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NEWTON, EDWARD * (s. of Edward of Marlboro') b. 1701, m. Elizabeth, D. of Elnathan and Mary Allen, they were ad. to this chh. in 1736, lived in the N. P., and were dis. in 1744, " to lay the foundation of a chh. in the West part of Lan- caster." Chil. Samuel, b. Nov. 5, 1727, and d. Sept. 28, 1756; Mary, bap. Oct. 26, 1729; Martha, bap. June 11, 1732; Esther, b. Sept. 8, 1734, and m. John Britton, of Northboro', April 14, 1762 ; Edward, Jan. 18, 1738.
NEWTON, SAMUEL, (perhaps s. of Edward, whose s. Samuel d. in 1756, and in the record of his death called son of Samuel and Elizabeth Newton,) m. Sarah Chil. Sam- uel, b. Aug. 2, 1752 ; and Elijah, (perhaps Elisha,) March 13, 1754.
NEWTON, EDWARD, Jun. (s. of Edward,) m. Sarah Winch, Feb. 7, 1759, and had Kezia, b. Feb. 25, 1759 ; Itha- mar, Sept. 25, 1760 ; Naomi, May 13, 1761 ; Elizabeth, Feb. 21, 1764 ; Asa, Aug.21, 1765.
NEWTON, AARON (s. of Moses, and g. s. of Moses and Joanna of Marlboro') m. Eunice Newton, of Marlboro', Jan. 28, 1729, and was living here, on house lot No. 17, in that year. Chil. Eunice, b. Feb. 25, 1730 ; Lucy, May 28, 1731, and m. Daniel Ball, Oct. 25, 1749 ; Persis, July 1, 1733.
He was living in the N. P. in 1760, and d. before 1769.
* Richard Newton, whose wife was Anna, d. in Marlboro', Aug. 24, 1701, " al- most a hundred years old." He had John, b. in Sudbury, 20. 8. 1641; Moses, 26. 1. 1646, and Daniel, Dec. 21, 1652, besides daughters.
John, m. Elizabeth -, in Marlboro', in 1666, and d. in 1723. Thomas, s. of John, b. in 1674, m. Record Ward of Marlboro', in 1698 ; they both d. in West- boro', in 1746.
Thomas, s. of Thomas and Record, b, in 1700, and his bro. Obediah, b. in 1702, settled in this town.
Moses, s. of Richard, m. Joanna Larkin, June 5, 1667, and had Edward, b. in 1676, who m. Mary Lennardson, in 1700, whose s. Edward, b. 1701, settled here.
Daniel, s. of Richard, m. Susanna Moss, (Morse) in 1679, and had Ephraim, b. in 1691, who m. Christian Ripley, in 1711, and were the parents of Nahum, b. in 1715, who settled in Shrewsbury.
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The three previously mentioned families, and, perhaps, that of Aaron, were set off to Lancaster, in 1768.
NEWTON, ELISHA (s. of Moses, Jun. of Marlboro') b. 1701, m. Sarah Tomlin of Westboro', Dec. 26, 1728 ; he was then called of Shrewsbury. She was ad. to this chh. in 1734. Their deaths are not on record, but each are said to have lived to be about 90 ; if so, he d. not far from 1791. Chil. Elisha, b. Feb. 7, 1730; Ezekiel, May 9, 1733 ; Sarah, Aug. 25, 1734 ; Mercy, Nov. 6, 1735, and m. Asa Mixer, in 1765; Timothy, May 17, 1737 ; Ithamar, April 14, 1739, and d. at Cape Bre- ton, Aug. 22, 1758 ; Solomon, June 25, 1741 ; Charles, Aug. 28, 1742 ; Sarah, May 7, 1744, and sup. m. Solomon Bigelow, in 1761 ; Persis, July 5, 1746, and d. in 1751; Mary, Sept. 24, 1747, and m. Thomas Baker, Feb. 22, 1768 ; Moses, March 8,1751.
NEWTON, ELISHA, Jun. (s. of Elisha) m. Sarah Miles of Concord, sister of Deac. Samuel, who settled here. She d. July 27, 1766. Chil. Sarah, b. May 15, 1751; Persis, Oct. 5, 1752 ; perhaps she, and not Ezekiel's D. Persis, m. Jonas Cook ; Keziah, Nov. 2, 1754, and d. in 1756 ; Lucretia, Feb. 4, 1756, and sup. m. Stephen Wheelock, in 1774; Samuel Miles, Sept. 14, 1757 ; Thankful, Oct. 13, 1762, and m. Abraham Hager, in 1786 ; Asa, Feb. 24, 1764; Edward, Feb. 16, 1767.
NEWTON, EZEKIEL (s. sup of Elisha) m. Persis, D. of Samuel Wheelock, Nov. 24, 1755. Chil. Azubah, b. Jan. 10, 1758; Persis, March 22, 1759, and sup. m. Jonas Cook of Newfane, in 1775 ; Ezekiel, May 22, 1757 ; Edward, Feb. 18, 1764.
NEWTON, TIMOTHY (s. of Elisha) m. Huldah, D. of Samuel Wheelock, Jun., in 1762, and had Relief, b. Feb. 14, 1764, and removed to Vt. or N. H.
NEWTON, SOLOMON (s. of Elisha,) m. Hannah, D. of Daniel Hastings, May 18, 1762; they were ad. to this chh, in
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1783. She d. Nov. 9, 1781, according to the record ; if so, her age was about 39. Chil. Lydia, b. Aug. 5, 1765, and m. Mar- shall Newton, in 1786 ; Solomon, March 12, 1768, and d. in- fant ; Daniel and Sarah, April 13, 1776, she m. Luther Gould- ing of Worcester, April 13, 1800 ; Abigail, Oct. 5, 1779, and m. Rufus Newell of Holden, Sept. 25, 1799.
He next m. Lydia Hemenway, a wid. of Worcester, in 1782, and d. May 28, 1822, aged 82, and his wid. Lydia, March 3, 1826, aged 79. Chil. Solomon, b. Aug. 2, 1783 ; Calvin and Dennis, Aug. 114, 1792.
NEWTON, CHARLES (s. of Elisha) m. Tabitha, D. of Ephraim Bouker of Westboro', in 1765, and had Dolly, b. Aug. 7, 1766, and m. Abraham Hager, in 1781 ; Azubah, April 27, 1767, and sup. m. John Davis of Northboro', in 1802; Ezra, Nov. 22, 1774, and probably settled in Princeton ; Mary, bap. March 31, 1777; Tabitha, July 25, 1781.
NEWTON, MOSES (s. of Elisha) m. Grace, D. of Thom- as Harrington, May 25, 1780; they were ad. to chh. here, in 1792. He d. Dec. 5, 1799, aged 48 ; and his wid. Grace, Dec. 13, 1817, aged 70. Chil. Dana, b. June 14, 1782, and Grace, July 28, 1787, m. Thomas B. Eaton of Worcester, Sept. 17, 1812, and d. here, Jan. 14, 1813.
NEWTON, ASA (s. of Elisha, Jun.) m. Catharine, D. of Samuel Jennison, in 1784. She d. Aug. 5, 1828, aged 61. Chil. Mary, b. July 7, 1785, and d. infant ; Mary Jennison, Jan. 18, 1787, and m. Shepley Caswell, Dec. 2, 1819; Edward, Nov. 4, 1789, m. Sarah Doubt, D. of Gershom Brown, Sept. 28, 1830, and d. Aug. 3, 1839; Elizabeth, May 19, 1792; Sarah, Aug. 17, 1794, and m. Daniel McClure of Mendon, in 1827 ; Eunice, March 31, 1797, and d. in 1807 ; Levi, July 1, 1799, and m. Thankful S., D. of William Newton, in 1830 ; Samuel, April 7, 1801 ; Charles, April 14, 1805 ; Joseph, June 10, 1818.
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He next m. Lydia Cooper, a wid. of Northbridge, Jan. 12, 1832, and d. Oct. 19, 1836, aged 73.
NEWTON, DANIEL (s. of Solomon) m. Lucy, D. of Daniel Maynard, Jan. 31, 1803, and removed from town. She d. Oct. 19, 1818, and he returned with his chil., Daniel, Eunice, Philo Slocomb, John, Lucy Maynard, and Hannah, and m. Dolly, wid. of Moses Haven, April 17, 1825, and d. March 6, 1827, aged 51.
NEWTON, SOLOMON, Jun. (s. of Solomon) m. Patience, D. of Eliakim Hastings of Boylston, in 1805. She was ad. to chh. here, in 1806. Chil. Emery, b. May 5, 1806 ; Elizabeth Hastings, June 17, 1808 ; Louisa, July 3, 1810 ; Ruth, Oct. 22, 1812 ; Henry, June 5, 1816, and d. infant ; Dennis, July 21, 1817. This family removed to Ohio.
NEWTON, DENNIS (s. of Solomon) m. Sarah Heywood of Worcester, in 1820, and had Leonard, b. Dec. 7, 1821 ; Sa- rah Elizabeth, June 20, 1828 ; Louisa, Jan. 9, 1831 ; Lydia Maria, March 22, 1834.
NEWTON, CALVIN (s. of Solomon) m. Martha, D. of Capt. John Rice, March 24, 1812, and had William Bucklin, b. Dec. 6, 1812 ; Joseph, Dec. 2, 1816; Martha, Nov. 27, 1818; Abigail, Feb. 8, 1820 ; John Calvin, Jan. 13, 1823 ; Susan, Jan. 31, 1825 ; Charles Henry, Sept. 13, 1827; George Albert, Jan. 8, 1833.
NEWTON, THOMAS (s. of Thomas and Record of Marl- boro') b. in 1700, m. Anna Wilson of Lancaster, March 29, 1727. He was then called of Shrewsbury ; she was ad. to this chh. in 1742. He lived in N. P., near to Lancaster, and had Levi, b. Feb. 17, 1728 ; Amariah, April 24, 1729 ; Anna, May 13, 1730; Solomon, Feb. 3, 1732; Mary, Oct. 18, 1735 ; Sarah, May 4, 1738.
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NEWTON, OBEDIAH (bro. of the preceding) b. in 1702, whose wife was Abigail, had Phineas, b. Feb. 5, 1726, and Abi- gail, June 20, 1727, both in Marlboro', and recorded there ; Marshall, here, Aug. 23, 1729 ; Ruth, April 5, 1733, and m. Phineas Park of Sutton, Oct. 25, 1750 ; Jonas, Aug. 5, 1737; John, July 11, 1739.
NEWTON, MARSHALL (s. of Obediah) m. Eunice, wid. of Daniel Howe, and D. of William Taylor, Aug. 13, 1751. He was a Lieutenant in Col. Williams' Reg., in the French war of 1756. Chil. Daniel, b. March 13, 1752; Eunice, March 13, 1754, and m. Ephraim Holland, Jun., Feb. 17, 1783 ; Mar- shall, Jan. 13, 1757, m. Lydia, D. of Solomon Newton, Dec. 28, 1786, and settled in Vt. Eunice, wife of Marshall Newton, d. July 1, 1759, aged 30.
He next m. Hannah Roberts of Marlboro', July 30, 1761, and d. May 5, 1783, aged 54, and his wid. Hannah, May 26, 1794. Chil. Calvin, b. March 8, 1762, and Liberty, May 8, 1766.
NEWTON, Maj. CALVIN (s. of Marshall) m. Elizabeth, D. of Elisha Keyes, Jan. 16, 1787; both ad. to chh. in 1790. Chil. Moses Roberts, b. Oct. 29, 1787; Azubah, Feb. 9, 1789 ; Calvin, July 6, 1791 ; Elizabeth, Oct. 18, 1793, and d. in 1796 ; Eunice, June 9, 1795 ; Lewis Keyes, Nov. 14, 1797.
He removed with his family to Shoreham, Vt., about 1799, and d. at the Falls of Lake George, in 1830, aged 68.
NEWTON, DANA, (s. of Moses) m. Hannah Cheney of Ward, now Auburn, in 1808; she d. April 15, 1833, aged 46. Chil. Charles Harrington, b. Aug. 23, 1808; Simeon Bruce, Oct. 24, 1810 ; Moses Dana, April 29, 1813, and killed by fall- ing from the beams upon a cart stake, which pierced his body, July 30, 1827 ; Asa Cheney, Jan. 4, 1816 ; Leonard W., Feb. 10, 1818 ; Grace, Oct. 28, 1820, and d. in 1828 ; Har- riet N.
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His 2d wife was Elizabeth, wid. of -
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NEWTON, NAHUM (s. of Ephraim, and g. s. of Daniel of Marlboro') b. in 1715, m. Thankful Stow, in Marlboro', Jan. 23, 1736, and had Jonathan, b. there, in 1738 ; probably his only child. No record here of any chil., nor of his death. Thankful survived him, and d. his wid. March 18, 1769, aged 60. He lived in quite the South part of the town.
NEWTON, JONATHAN (s. of Nahum) m. Sibbillah, D. of Isaac Harrington of Grafton, and sister of Capt. Isaac of this town, Sept. 25, 1765, lived on the homestead, and d. June 24, 1808, aged 70, and his wid. Sibbillah, March 14, 1827, aged 81. Chil. Nahum, b. June 14, 1766 ; Relief, April 25, 1768, and d. infant ; Martin, Dec. 21, 1770; Antipass, Feb. 19, 1773, and d. in 1790 ; Relief, April 25, 1775, and m. Moses Bellows, in 1804 ; Thankful, Jan. 4, 1778, and m. Joel Wesson, Jun. of Grafton Gore, in 1796 ; Isaac, April 6, 1780 ; Dana, Aug. -, 1782 ; Adam, May 26, 1787 ; Jonathan, Feb. 20, 1789.
NEWTON, NAHUM (s. of Jonathan) m. Martha, D. of John Bellows, in 1792, and d. Feb. 27, 1829, aged 63, and his wid. Martha, Dec. 23, 1839, aged 69. Chil. (no births on re- cord,) John Leland, Antipass, who settled in Ct .; Martha, who m. Loring Brigham of Southboro'; Nahum, who m. Ada- line Johnson of Worcester, and removed to Ohio ; Samuel W., who m. a D. of Jonas Baker of Boylston; and next, Abigail, wid. of Stillman Smith ; and Laura, who m. in Boylston.
NEWTON, Capt. MARTIN (s. of Jonathan) m. Lucretia, wid. of Adam Harrington in 1794. Chil. Melinda, b. Aug. 5, 1796, and m. William Bates of Millbury, in 1828 ; Nancy, in 1800, and m. James Buswell, June 24, 1819, and went to N. Y., and Miriam, in 1802, and d. young.
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NEWTON, ISAAC (s. of Jonathan) m. Sarah, D. of Da- vid Nelson, Dec. 25, 1806, lived on the homestead, and d. in Aug. 1846, aged 66, and his wife, Sarah, Sept. 18, 1831, aged 48. Chil. Charles Austin, b. Nov. 24, 1807; Melissa, April 29, 1809 ; Chester Vernon, April 2, 1812 ; Susanna, March 5, 1814 ; Adam Henry, March 13, 1816; David Nelson, Aug. 25, 1823.
NEWTON, DANA (s. of Jonathan) m. Miriam, D. of Mo- ses Smith of Barre, in 1802, and d. Oct. 31, 1835, aged 53. Chil. (no births on record) Harrison, who went to Barre; Court- land, who m. Pamelia B. Hinds of Millbury, in 1832 ; Moses Smith, Lysander, Oliver, and Miriam.
NEWTON, JONATHAN (s. of Jonathan) m. Anna, D. of Paul Knowlton, Feb. 22, 1815, lived on the homestead and d., say, 1830 ; if so, aged 41. Chil. Andrew Jackson, b. Oct. 9, 1815; Alexander Jacob, July 21, 1819 ; Ann Jerusha, Nov. 12, 1821.
NEWTON, CHARLES A. (s. of Isaac) m. Mary Ann, D. of Stephen Stearns, in 1823, and had Sarah Elizabeth, b. May 10, 1834, and Susan Elvira, Dec. 26, 1841.
NEWTON, CHESTER V. (s. of Isaac) m. Harriet New- ell, D. of Daniel Maynard, and lives on the homestead of his first ancester, here.
NEWTON, EZEKIEL (sup. s. of Daniel, or Moses, Jun., of Marlboro') whose wife was Dorothy, had Dorothy, b. March 28, 1750; Ephraim, Nov. 10, 1752 ; and Elizabeth, Jan. 20, 1761.
NEWTON, WILLIAM (from Framingham) whose wife was Abigail, D. of Benjamin Newton of Worcester, had Thank- ful S., who m. Levi Newton, in 1830; William, George Hol-
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brook, Elizabeth, who m. in Lancaster ; Melinda, Benjamin, Daniel, Charles M., Martin, Luther, and Sarah C.
NORCROSS, WILLIAM m. Lydia Wheeler, Nov. 6, 1741. Chil. William, b. March 18, 1742, and d. infant ; Daniel, May 9, 1745 ; Sarah, Oct. 1, 1746, and d. infant ; William, Sept. 20, 1748 ; Sarah, June 3, 1759, and m. George Filmore, in 1779.
NORCROSS, JOSIAH had John, who m. Mary Bigelow of Boylston, in 1818; Josiah, who m. Sarah Wakefield, in 1820 ; Fanny, who m. Simon Allen of Princeton ; Surah, who m. Jarvis Smith, in 1826, and perhaps others, who came here with him ; the name of their mother unknown ; she had probably de- ceased before he removed here. He m. Sarah Rand of Prince- ton, in 1809. She d. March 25, 1825, aged 34. Chil. (no births on record) Elvira, who d. Jan. 6, 1821, aged 11 years ; Abigail, Thomas R. Edwin, and altered to Henry William, who m. Eunice, D. of Abner Stow of Grafton.
He next m. Elizabeth, D. of Zenas Stone.
NOYES, SAMUEL* (from Sudbury) m. Rachel, D. sup. of Hezekiah Pratt of Westboro', June 7, 1757. He was then called of Shrewsbury. Child, Rachel, b. March 22, 1758, and m. Daniel Tucker, in 1777. "The mother d. suddenly, in a fit, when the child was about a fortnight old."-Chh. record.
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