USA > Massachusetts > Worcester County > Shrewsbury > Family register of the inhabitants of the town of Shrewsbury, Mass., from its settlement in 1717 to 1829, and of some of them to a later period > Part 16
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23
PARKER, WILLIAM and Mary, D. of Simon Maynard, were m. Oct. 23, 1739. She was ad. to this chh. in 1742. Chil. William, b. March 18, 1740; Joab, April 20, 1741 ; Nathaniel, bap. March 20, 1743.
PARKER, WILLIAM (s. of William) m. Tabitha Sawyer, Dec. 17, 1761, and d. Aug. 5, 1770, aged 30 and 5 mos. Chil. Parnal, (a D.) July 4, 1763; Eunice, Dec. 8, 1764, and d. Aug. 11, 1770; Joab, Aug. 29, 1767, and d. Aug. 11, 1770 ; Joseph Sawyer, Feb. 21, 1770, and d. April 14, 1771.
193
FAMILY REGISTER.
PARKER, STEPHEN (said to have come from Roxbury, and called Jun., on the records, here, whose wife was Abigail) was ad. to this chh. in 1741, and his wife in 1740. He lived on the place, now of Adam Harrington, Esq. Chil. Stephen, b. March 8, 1738; Abigail, April 20, 1740, and m. Jonas Newton of Worcester, May 19, 1759; Nehemiah, bap. March 14, 1742 ; Caleb, April 1, 1744, went into the service when very young, and was killed in the French war; Mary, Aug. 6, 1746 ; Ruth, Aug. 15, 1748, and m. Samuel Britton, Jun. of South- boro', in 1768 ; Elizabeth, May 13, 1751, and d. infant ; Eliz- abeth, June 27, 1754, and m. Moses Dodge, of Brookfield, in 1773; Phebe, June 4, 1755, and m. Ithamar Ward, in 1778 ;. Catharine, Feb. 10, 1758, and m. David Peirks, in 1778 ; Ca- leb, July 14, 1760 ; Dolly, Aug. 22, 1762, and m. Nathan Pratt, in 1780.
There is no record here of the death of Stephen Parker, or of his wife, Abigail.
PARKER, STEPHEN, Jun. (s. of the preceding) m. Mary, D. of Jonathan Morse, Dec. 17, 1760. Chil. Jonathan, b. Nov. 28, 1761 ; Almorin, Dec. 16, 1764.
He removed with his family to N. H., and d. at Walpole.
PARKER, NEHEMIAH (s. of Stephen) grad. H. U., in 1763, m. Mary Richardson of Bolton, in 1765, was ord. to the ministry in Hubbardston, (being the first minister settled there) June 13, 1770; dis. June 16, 1800, and d. April 20, 1801, aged 59.
PARKER, CALEB (s. of Stephen) b. in 1760, m. Thank- ful, D. of Elnathan Pratt, Aug. 14, 1781, and had Mary, who was bap. May 4, 1783 ; and Lydia, bap. on the 26th of Oct. next, following.
He removed to Stukely, Lower Canada, and d. there. His wid. Thankful, was recently living there, at the age of 83 years.
25
194
FAMILY REGISTER.
PARKER, SIMON * (from Groton) m. Mary, D. of Asa Bouker, July 14, 1742. He was ad. to this chh. in 1778; and d. Oct. 26, 1794, aged 75 ; and she, in 1772, and d. Aug. 21, 1800, aged 78. Chil. Solomon, bap. Marchi 6, 1743 ; a D., (name illegible on the record, perhaps Martha) bap. Feb. 3, 1745 ; the age of his D. Martha, who d. unm. Jan. 17, 1820, was 72, as appears of record ; if she was the one bap. in 1745, her age was 75 or more, in 1820; Lucy, bap. March 22, 1747; she is the last of his chil. whose baptism I can find on record, and Ithamar, b. Aug. 20, 1760, is the first whose birth is record- ed ; Asa ; Mary, b. May 19, 1763, and m. Nathan Howe, in 1783 ; Samuel, Dec. 9, 1766.
PARKER, SOLOMON (s. of Simon) whose wife was Han- nah, had Simon, bap. here, March 25, 1770. "These persons are settled on Kennebec River."-Chh. Records.
PARKER, ASA (s. of Simon) m. Lydia, D. of Deac. Jonas Stone, June 11, 1783. She was ad. to this chh. in 1783 ; and he, in 1806. Chil. Sarah, b. May 4, 1784, and d. unm. March 27, 1803 ; Lydia, March 16, 1786, and m. Ephraim Sherman, of Westboro', in 1812; Lucy, June 24, 1788, and m. William T. Alexander, in 1822 ; Luke, Aug. 3, 1790, and pub. to Tamar Hastings of Boylston, July 21, 1811 ; Jonas, Oct. 24, 1792, and went to Virginia ; Simon, March 11, 1795, and d. May 12, 1819; Phebe, May 30, 1797, and deceased ; Maria, April 5, 1800, and m. Nathaniel C. Warren of Springfield, Dec. 6, 1825 ; Asa, Oct. 13, 1802 ; Samuel Stillman, April 20, 1807 ; Eben- ezer Reed, Oct. 2, 1810. The parents removed to Paxton, about 1829.
PARKER, ITHAMAR, (s. of Simon) m. Hannah, D. of John Rice, Feb. 4, 1790, and d. Dec. 27, 1799, aged 39} ; his
* Capt. James Parker, one of the early settlers of Groton, and nearly forty years a leading man in that town, and whose wife was Mary, had Samuel, b. there, Sept. 22, 1682, who m. Deborah, D. of Jonas Prescott, the ancestor of distinguished men of that name, in that vicinity, and had Simon above mentioned, who was b. April 30, 1719.
195
FAMILY REGISTER.
wid., Hannah, was ad. to this chh. in 1801, and d. July 3, 1845, aged 80. Chil. Seth, b. May 23, 1793 ; Rebecca, July 5, 1797, and m. Solomon Bigelow of Boylston, Nov. 24, 1818.
PARKER, SETH (s. of Ithamar) m. Mary Bolles, Jan. 19, 1817, and d. Oct. 8, 1828, in his 36th year. Chil. Lovisa, b. May 27, 1818; Emeline, Nov. 20, 1820 ; Charles Hiram, Dec. 29, 1824.
PARKER, AMOS and his wife, Anna Stone, were ad. to this chh. from that in Lexington, in 1753. He d. here, Dec. 23, 1790, aged 68, and his wid. Anna, Nov. 18, 1799, aged 72. Chil. Amos, who settled in Hubbardston ; Isaac, b. July 15, 1750 ; Hollis, Oct. 2, 1752 ; Elisha, Dec. 31, 1754, went to Templeton, or vicinity, m. a D., it is said, of 'Squire Baker, who went from Westboro', and d. there ; Ephraim, Oct. 4, 1757, went to Royalston, m. and d. there ; Anna, who m. Deac. Jonas Stone, in 1788, and Deac. Ebenezer Reed of Worcester, in 1810; Nahum, March 4, 1760; Frederick, May 4, 1762; Elizabeth, May 18, 1764, and d. infant ; Elizabeth, March 28, 1769, and m. Amos Whitney of Worcester, in 1800.
We may suppose the parents were settled here as early as 1750 ; their s. Isaac, was bap. here, the 22d of July in that year.
PARKER, ISAAC (s. of Amos) m. Margery Maynard, D. sup. of Ebenezer and Amee of Westboro', in 1770, and set- tled there, where he d. Jan. 26, 1798, aged 472, and his wid. Margery, April 30, 1801, aged 51, 4 mos. Chil. Joel, b. Sept. 16, 1770 ; Gardner, March 14, 1772; Otis, April 1, 1774, and m. Mary, D. of Daniel Nurse of Westboro', Dec. 15, 1796, and settled in Lancaster ; Jabez Maynard, Aug. 9, 1776 ; Lucy, Aug. 27, 1778, and d. Oct. 5, 1794; Anna, May 25, 1781, and d. in 1795 ; Sophia, Dec. 30, 1782 ; David, May 1, 1785 ; Lewis, March 1, 1787.
PARKER, HOLLIS (s. of Amos) m. Lovisa Bragg of Royalston, and lived there, or in that vicinity, several years, and
196
FAMILY REGISTER.
returned here about 1790, with a family of chil. and settled on the homestead. He d. here, Oct. 26, 1824, aged 72, and his wid. Lovisa, Jan. 26, 1831, aged 81. Chil. Amos, who m. and settled in Bolton ; physician there, and probably the oldest post- master in the Commonwealth ; Mary Jennison, who m. Josiah Harrington, in 1803, and Asahel Allen, in 1805 ; Silence, who m. James Hall, in 1811 ; Silas, who d. unm. Jan. 19, 1835, aged 46 ; Hollis, b. (the first on record here) March 23, 1793 ; Henry, May 10, 1795.
PARKER, HOLLIS (s. of Hollis) m. Pamelia Ann, D. of Levi Pease, Jun., Nov. 13, 1817, and had chil. b. here, of whom there is no public record. They removed from town.
PARKER, HENRY (s. of Hollis) m. Sarah Fuller of Phil- lipston, July 25, 1815 ; she d. here May 4, 1819, aged 23.
PARKER, NAHUM (s. of Amos) whose wife was Mary, hạd Hannah, b. here, Dec. 26, 1784. The parents were ad. to this chh. in 1785, and dis. to that in Fitzwilliam, N. H., in 1786, where they had Ephraim, who settled in Athol, and Amos A., who was some years Register of Probate in the County of Mer- rimac, in that State. The father was many years Judge of the Court of C. Pleas, in N. H.
PARKER, FREDERICK (s. of Amos) grad. H. U., 1784, settled in the ministry in Canterbury, N. H., and d. in the pulpit, in 1802.
PARKER, GEORGE, a foreigner and deserter, in the early part of the revolution, from the British service, came here before 1794, and m. Abigail Taylor, a wid., and D. of Moses Sever, Sept. 14th of that year. He was then advanced in life, and left town soon after the year 1800.
Ruth Parker was pub. to Amos Shumway of Oxford, March 20, 1745.
197
FAMILY REGISTER.
John Parker, called of this town, m. Olive, D. of Jonas Tem- ple, May 4, 1780.
PALMER, DAVID, whose wife was Eunice, had Catharine, b. here, Nov. 4, 1762.
PARTRIDGE, STEPHEN, whose wife was Esther, had Lewis, b. here, Aug. 29, 1776.
PEIRKS, JOHN and Hannah Hammond, were m. in Waltham, and both called of that town, Nov. 28, 1748, and soon after removed to this town ; he was probably a native of Newton. In the marriage record his name is written Parks ; the family here have always written it Peirks, and the town and chh. re- cords have the same spelling ; Park is the original name. They were ad. to this chh. in 1794. He d. here, June 8, 1804, aged 84, and his wid. Hannah, March 26, 1809. Chil. Abigail, b. June 1, 1749, and d. unm. July 4, 1828, aged 79 ; Hannah, Nov. 22, 1750, and m. Nathan Waite of Leicester, (his 2d wife) May 20, 1773, and d. there, his wid., in April, 1847, aged 96}; Jonathan and David, April 12, 1753 ; the latter m. Catharine, D. of Stephen Parker, April 27, 1778, and removed from town ; Nahum, bap. June 13, 1756 ; John, bap. July, 1759 ; Samuel, bap. Aug. 20, 1761, and m. Annis Muzzy, Oct. 14, 1793 ; Mary, bap. July 19, 1767, and m. Nathan Muzzy, in 1790.
PEIRKS, JONATHAN (s. of John) m. Rhoda, D. of El- nathan Allen, Dec. 7, 1780, and next Sarah, D. of Moses Liv- ermore of Spencer, April 28, 1787, and d. in North Brookfield, March, 1847, aged 94.
PEIRKS, JOHN, Jun. (s. of John) m. Mary Joslin, called of this town, but sup. from Westboro', Nov. 25, 1788. They were ad. to the chh. here in 1791. She d. Nov. 3, 1831, aged 61 ; he survives, and lives on the homestead. Chil. Joseph Jos- lin, b. Aug. 22, 1790, m. Relief, D. of Peter Cary, June 13, 1813, and removed to Savannah ; they both d. there ; John Sea-
198
FAMILY REGISTER.
ger, April 13, 1793, m. Charlotte, D. of Samuel Smith, in 1814, and settled in Providence, R. I. ; Jesse, Jan. 7, 1795, m. Julia, D. of William Knowlton, March 30, 1821, and settled in Provi- dence ; Hannah, April 4, 1798, and d. unm. Feb. 11, 1834 ; Catharine Henshaw, March 4, 1801 ; Eunice Eddy, March 20, 1304; George Sumner, bap. May 8, 1807, and m. Caroline Cotting of East Sudbury, in 1830 ; Charles Freeman, bap. May 12, 1811, and went to Wisconsin.
PIKE, JACOB (sup. from Marlboro') m. Bulah Parmenter of Sudbury, in 1770. Chil. Saloma, b. April 5, 1772; Levi, March 20, 1774 ; and Jotham, Oct. 20, 1776.
Ebenezer Pike m. Lydia Glazier, a wid. of Lancaster, March 21,1758.
Nathan Pike, m. Abigail, D. of Samuel Holland, May 10, 1769. The Pikes lived in the N. P.
PEIRCE, JONATHAN m. Jemima, D. of Joseph Miles, May 3, 1768, and had Oliver Miles, b. Oct. 17, 1769.
PEIRCE, OLIVER, whose wife was Abigail, had Dolly, b. Jan. 12, 1777 ; James, Feb. 24, 1779; and Abigail, Feb. -, 1781.
PEIRCE, ISAAC (from Sutton,) m. Esther, D. of Ebene- zer Garfield, June 17, 1779, and had Esther, b. May 23, 1780, and d. unm. Sept. 14, 1813; Isaac, Dec. 28, 1781, and d. at sea, July 8, 1805.
PIERCE, JOSIAH m. Lucretia, D. of Charles Bigelow, March 3, 1780, and had Lucretia, b. Feb. 10, 1781.
PIERCE, JOSEPH m. Eleanor, D. of William Crawford, Oct. 10, 1782, and had Martha, b. April 3, 1783.
199
FAMILY REGISTER.
PEASE, * Capt. LEVI, with his wife, Hannah, came here from Somers, Ct., with a family of adult chil. about 1794. He purchased the farm and tavern stand, previously belonging to Maj. John Farrar, and was for many years, as he had been before he removed here, actively engaged in running stages, establishing and extending stage routes, and making improvements in vehicles for the accommodation and comfort of the traveller. His wife, Hannah, was ad. to the chh. here, from that in Somers, in 1795 ; he was ad. in 1816, and, having out-lived all his children, d. Jan. 28, 1824, aged 84, and his wid. Hannah, June 14, 1832, aged 93. Chil. Hannah, who m. Thomas Henry Kemble of Boston, in 1796 ; Levi ; Lemuel, who d. here unm. Sept. 3, 1816, aged 45; Lorey ; Mary, who m. Perry Chapin of Worcester, in 1807, and d. there, but was buried here the same day, and in the same grave with her brother Lemuel.
* Some of the incidents of his life, as related by him, are interesting, and, as historical facts, some record of them should be preserved.
He served his time to the blacksmith trade, and at the commencement of the revolutionary war, lived in Blanford, Mass. A report reached there and was pub- licly proclaimed in the meeting house on the Sabbath, during afternoon service, that the British troops had marched out of Boston, and were firing upon the inhab- itants and destroying their property. The meeting instantly broke up-the people gathered in a mass upon the common-a company had been previously enrolled, and chosen their officers-their Captain was present, and directed his men, of whom Pease was one, to go to their homes, equip themselves and return there im- mediately. Every man of the company returned accoutred for the fight, and answered to his name at roll-call ; and before night, the company was on its march towards Boston. When they reached Springfield, they learned the report was un- founded. A like report went to other towns, and produced similar results. It was thought by some to have been started with a view to test the spirit of the people, and ascertain how far they were awake to the dangers that surrounded them. This was Pease's introduction to the public service, in which he continued to the end of the war.
He was favorably known to Wadsworth of Hartford, who, as Commisary Gen- eral, employed Pease to purchase beeves and horses for the use of the army-he was for some time engaged in riding post, and, where he could not ride, travel- ling on foot and boating the lakes, as the bearer of despatches to and from Gen. Thomas, then on the Northern frontier; and was with him, when he died there of small pox.
'To avoid capture, and the loss of his papers by the tories, he traversed the lakes in a small boat and alone, rather than trust himself and them on the routes usually travelled by land, lying in some sequestered inlet by day, and paddling his way by
200
FAMILY REGISTER.
night, wide from the shore, and in moon light nights lying nearly flat on his back, to avoid being discovered, and using his hands, as paddles, in working his boat. He was eminently successful.
Wadsworth many times gave him large packages of Continental money, where- with to make purchases, informing him of the amount, but which Pease never counted, or receipted for ; such was Wadsworth's confidence in him, and it was not misplaced or abused.
On the arrival of the French fleet and army at Newport, he was directed to pur- chase horses to drag their artillery to Yorktown, and was furnished by Wadsworth with as much Continental money as could be crowded into a large pair of panyard saddle bags. Pease had, on previous occasions, and at other times, paid out his saddle bags full of that paper, and much of it after it had greatly depreciated; the horses must be had, and that, immediately. Pease knew where he could procure them, but not with Continental money ; he told Wadsworth so, and that many peo- ple would not take it at all, but if he would let him have some hard money to go with it, perhaps he might work it off. Wadsworth furnished him with a small sum in hard money, and he started for the Northerly part of Worcester County, where was a farmer, who had several young and serviceable horses, and four fat oxen ; all of which were for sale. Pease proposed to buy his horses and pay him in paper money ; he did not like that kind of money, nor would he sell his horses, unless Pease would buy his oxen ; they should go together. It was to no purpose that Pease assured him, he had no authority to purchase cattle ; he then offered to give him his price for the horses, and pay him one half in hard money; but no, the oxen should go with the horses. At length he told Pease, if he would take the oxen with the horses, he would take all his pay in paper money. Pease took them and paid him-both were needed at Newport, but for quite different purposes. The farmer saw Pease after the war was over, and told him, the next time he sold him horses, he would take hard money in part pay, and keep his oxen ; at the sanie time showing Pease the Continental money he paid him, all of which he then had on hand, and was worthless.
Pease foraged for the French army in its march to Yorktown. When they arriv- ed in Virginia, corn was in the milk, and he purchased fields of it by the acre, at the road side, for fodder, at the price of ten bushels of meachantable corn per acre. There was plenty of flour, but not bread enough at hand.
Some Frenchmen, by order of their officers, took hogs troughs by the way side, (he did not say whether they washed them) filled them with flour, and having wet it, stript off shoes and stockings, kneaded it with their bare feet, and soon found ways to bake it.
After the war, he run a stage from Hartford to Boston, and back, the first that was run in New England. His means were few, and small; he applied to Ballard, then the only man in Boston, who kept a hack for public accommodation, to form company with him in running the stage. Ballard declined, saying, it was a vision- ary scheme ; that the time might come, when the public would support a stage from Hartford to Boston, and adding, but not in your day or mine. His friends tried to dissuade him from the undertaking, but failing, they next besought him not to run it, except when he had passengers, and this, because he had run it several trips without having so many as one to ride with him. To this he replied, passengers would come, when they found the stage could be relied upon. He persevered, drove his own stage, and the result in a short time proved, that he judged correct- ly. He procured the first charter for a turnpike road, that was granted in Massa- chusetts. The road through Palmer and Wilbraham to Springfield, before almost
201
FAMILY REGISTER.
impassable with wheels, was greatly improved ; he took a large portion of the stock, expended much time and money upon the road for many years, and at last, by a de- preciation of the stock, lost all he put into that concern. At length he succeeded in making a contract to carry the mail in his stage, but not until the Department had had ample evidence of his enterprize and punctuality. For a long period he was the only. contractor in New England, known to the Department for carrying the mail through its various thoroughfares by stage and on horseback ; much of which he underlet to others, the responsibility of the whole resting upon him.
Col. Sikes of Ct., afterwards of Worcester, was his boyhood acquaintance and early friend. Their attachment for each other was strong and brotherly, death alone dissolved it. Sikes had learned the blacksmith trade, and just set up for him- self, when Pease, having failed in other applications, requested Sikes to join him in running a stage. He readily complied; their views were harmonious, and their opinions concurrent ; each kept a shop and shod his own horses, and, so far as blacksmithing was concerned, each could and did repair the stages at their separate stations. This change of business by the son, gave much uneasiness to the father of young Sikes ; and what he could, that he did to withdraw him from his new calling. He was angry with Pease for having, as he said, enticed his son, who was some years the junior of Pease, from a good trade into a wild and ruinous scheme,. that would make them both, in a short time, tenants of the jail. His fears were groundless ; they acquired a handsome property.
Capt. Pease had many dependents, and although he died poor, he left a good, name, numerous friends, and ever will live in stage history, as the father of the. stages.
PEASE, LEVI, Jun. (s. of Capt. Levi) m. Mary Gill, and settled in Northboro', where he d. June 20, 1808, aged 40. Chil. Hannah ; Mary, who m. - Barns, and went to South- bridge ; Pamelia Ann, who m. Hollis Parker, Jun., in 1817 ; Susan, who m. in Southbridge ; Thomas ; Levi ; Rebecca ; Jer -. emiah, who m. Olive, D. of William Smith, and g. D. of Daniel. Johnson, in 1830.
PEASE, LOREY, perhaps Loring, (s. of Capt. Levi) m .. Rebecca Bruce of Northboro', March IS, 1798, and d. here, in 1811, aged 37. Chil. (no births on record) Rebecca Bruce, who m. John Downs, April 17, 1825, and d. in 1833, aged 34; Han- nah, who m. Dennis O'Brien of Boston ; Mary ; Sarah Eddy,. who d. unm. July 26, 1841, aged 36 ; Eliza Scudder; and Harriet, who m. George L. Brown, the artist.
26
202
FAMILY REGISTER.
PHILLIPS, JOHN, whose wife was Hannah, had Joanna, b. Aug. 24, 1755 ; Martha, Aug. 20, 1757 ; and Elizabeth, June 15, 1764.
PHILLIPS, EZRA (from Grafton) m. Anna, D. of Silas Wheelock, Sept. 27, 1809. Chil. Anna, b. Jan. 10, 1810, and m. Ira Shepard of Worcester ; Sarah Hemenway, March 3, 1812, and m. in Ohio ; Mercy, Sept. 23, 1814, and m. James S. Flanagan ; Hannah, Jan. 25, 1817, and m. Obed Chickering ; Ezra, Dec. 22, 1818, and m. Maria Warren ; Silas, Feb. 28, 1821 ; Tyler, Oct. 12, 1823 ; Henry, Aug. 30, 1827 ; Har- riet, Oct. 24, 1830.
PLYMPTON, JONATHAN, whose wife was Cloe, came here from Medfield, purchased and settled on the place, now of John B. Cummings. He lived in town but a few years, and re- moved to Holden or vicinity. Chil. Jonathan, and perhaps others, who came here with their parents ; Simon, the only one on record here, b. Sept. 6, 1792.
PLYMPTON, ELZAPHAN of Medfield, m. Sarah Hunt of Sherburne, and settled here on the place, where his son, Jon- athan, now lives, and d. Sept. 17, 1817, aged 53; and his wid. Sarah, Feb. 23, 1841, aged 76. Chil. Sarah, who. m. Thomas Brewer, Jun. of Boylston, in 1812; Mary, who m. her cousin, Joseph Plympton, in 1807 ; Abigail, b. July 15, 1793, and m. Russel Garfield, in 1814; Olive, March 22, 1796, and m. Eli- jah Ball, Dec. 1, 1818 ; Lyman, March 8, 1798 ; Nancy, July 10, 1800, and m. Elijah Ball, his 2d wife, in 1824 ; Jonathan, April 23, 1803 ; Alexander Hamilton, July 28, 1804, and m. Harriet Foote of Sutton ; John Baxter, July 6, 1808.
PLYMPTON, LYMAN (s. of the preceding) m. Elizabeth Gale of Boylston, in 1819, and d. June 25, 1825, aged 27. Chil. Leander and Lorenzo, b. April 20, 1820. His wid. Eliz- abeth, m. Elijah Ball, his 3d wife, in 1836.
203
FAMILY REGISTER.
PLYMPTON, JONATHAN (bro. of the preceding) m. Maria, D. of Joshua Cornish of Boston, Dec. 27, 1825. Chil. George Lyman, b. Nov. 1, 1827; and John Hamilton, Feb. 27, 1829.
PLYMPTON, JOHN B. (bro. of the above) m. Hannah Elmira, D. of Capt. Noah Allen, Sept. 4, 1832. Chil. Lucy Ann, b. May 8, 1834 ; Albert Horatio, Dec. 27, 1836 ; Noah Allen, Sept. 11, 1841.
PLYMPTON, JOSEPH from Medfield, m. Mary, D. of Elzaphan Plympton, Aug. 9, 1807. Child, Elias Mann, b, Sept. 10, 1807. Removed to Boylston.
PHELPS, Capt. AZOR, with a 2d wife, came here from Sutton, previous to 1820, and d. here, April 2, 1837, aged 75. His D., Nancy, m. William Leggate of Worcester, Aug, 31, 1828.
PHELPS, Dr. AZOR R. (s. of the preceding) m. Ann Janette, D. of Jason Ware, in 1833, and d. Oct. 14, 1843, aged 45. Chil. Virginia Isabella, b. May 15, 1835 ; Sarah Janette, July 8, 1836 ; Robert Archer, Feb. 19, 1838; Harriet Jemima, Dec. 4, 1841 ; Martha Maria, July 13, 1843. The four last named d. in infancy.
PRENTICE, TARTIUS and his wife from Grafton, lived here a few years on the place, now of Schuyler Harrington, and then removed to Northboro'. Chil. who came here with their parents, Elizabeth, who d. here, Jan. 19, 1824, aged 23 ; John ; and Edwin.
PRENTISS, (so written on the record) JOHN, s. of Tar- tius, m. Eliza Rice of Worcester, and had Levi Rice, b. Dec. 8, 1833 ; John Frederick, Aug. 20, 1835 ; Mary Eliza, Jan, 9, 1839, ; and George Russell, Dec. 29, 1842.
204
FAMILY REGISTER.
PRENTISS, EDWIN (bro. of the preceding) whose wife was Eunice W., had John Edwin, b. Feb. 17, 1835.
PACKARD, ASA Jun. (s. of Rev. Asa Packard * of Marl- boro', afterwards of Lancaster) m. a D. of Jason Blake, about 1820, lived in town two or three years, and removed to Marlboro' ; he had chil. b. here, but there is no record of them.
RAND,+ DANIEL m. Mary, D. of Maj. John Keyes in Marlboro', Jan. 18, 1720. They were then both called of Shrewsbury. He was one of the founders of this chh. to which his wife, Mary, was ad. in 1727. House lot, No. 11, was grant- ed to him in 1718, on which he was residing in 1729. His wife, Mary, d. March 5, 1757 ; her age (not recorded,) was 57, hav- ing been b. in 1700. Chil. Mary, b. Oct. 12, 1721, and d. in- fant ; Solomon, March 13, 1723, and bap. Dec. 15, of the same year, being the first baptism administered in this chh., after its or- ganization, and the ordination of Mr. Cushing, on the 4th of that month. Probably he was so named, for Solomon, the oldest of his mother's three brothers, who perished in the burning of her father's house, in August of that year ; Mary, Jan. 25, 1725; Thankful, Dec. 6, 1727; Sarah, bap. Aug. 23, 1730, and m. Timothy Wheelock, Oct. 22, 1747; Phebe, b. Jan. 1, 1733,
*This name, in old records, is written Packer, Packerd, and Peckard, but, by the family Packard.
The Rev. Asa, according to Mitchell's His. of Bridgewater, was the fourth s. of Jacob Packard and Dorothy Perkins of Bridgewater, who were m. in 1742; Jacob was the s. of Solomon Packard, who m. Sarah Lothrop, in 1715; Solomon was the s. of Zacheus Packard and Sarah Howard ; and Zacheus, the s. of Samuel, who came from England in the ship Diligent of Ipswich, John Martin, master, and set- tled in Hingham, in 1638 ; thence to Bridgewater, where he d. in 1684.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.