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Most, if not all of the Temple families before mentioned, lived in the N. P., and in that part of it, now West Boylston.
TEMPLE, JOSEPH (s. of Abraham * and Elizabeth) m. Mary Whittemore, and came here from Grafton, but when un- known. He d. here about 1796 ; neither his death, nor that of his wife is on record here ; his age then would have been about 64 ; his wife, Mary, survived him several years. Chil., as on record here, Sarah, b. Aug. 27, 1757, and m. Benjamin Pratt, in 1776; Mary, Sept. 10, 1760, and m. Benjamin Lyman of Halifax, Vt., Aug. 22, 1732 ; Joseph Stratton, June 27, 1762 ; Aaron, Sept. 17, 1764 ; Anna, Oct. 19, 1766, and m. Joshua
* He was bro. of Isaac, who settled in the N. P., and b. in 1708. His wife was Elizabeth. They had three chil. b. in Marlboro', Joseph, in 1732; Jonathan, in 1735 ; and Sarah, in 1737. The parents removed to Grafton; where they had Ab- ner, and perhaps other chil. b, to them.
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Winchester of Marlboro', Vt., Feb. 24, 1793 ; Roswell, Aug. 15, 1769, and m. Elizabeth, D. of Benjamin Baker, Jan. 20, 1792, and settled in New York.
TEMPLE, JOSEPH S. (s. of Joseph) m. Susannah, D. of Silas Hemenway, Oct. 16, 1786, and lived on the homestead. She d. Jan. 16, 1815, aged 44. Chil. Lucinda, b. May 6, 1787, and m. Martin Harrington, in 1808; Mary, Sept. 29, 1789, and m. Isaiah Munroe, in 1811; Ethan, July 13, 1792; Jonas, Dec. 15, 1794 ; Susanna, June 18, 1797, and m. Aus- tin Sawyer, in 1816; Clarissa, April 21, 1800, and d. Jan. 26, 1815 ; Joseph, May 28, 1803; Lucy Hemenway, Aug. 15, 1807, and m. America Wheeler of Bolton, Oct. 12, 1826.
The 2d wife of Joseph S. Temple was Submit Goodenow, a wid. of Grafton, whom he m. May 3, 1817, and d. Nov. 13, 1838, aged 76. Child, Dennis Goodenow, b. June 15, 1819, and m. Caroline, D. of Luke Harrington.
TEMPLE, ETHAN (s. of the preceding) m. Catharine, D. of Stephen Johnson, in 1821. Chil. Nancy Maria, b. Nov. 26, 1822 ; and Otis Albert, June 12, 1826.
TEMPLE, JONAS (bro. of Ethan) m. Relief, D. of Calvin Sawyer, Dec. 4, 1817. Chil. Luther, and Eliza Ellery.
TEMPLE, JOSEPH (bro. of Ethan) m. Ruth Parker, D. of Calvin Sawyer, April 29, 1828, and lives on the homestead. Chil. Lucy Maria, b. June 14, 1829 ; Franklin Sawyer, June 13, 1834 ; Elizabeth Submit, May 31, 1838.
TEMPLE, AARON (s. of Joseph) m. Lydia Gleason of Holden ; where he lived a few years, and then removed to Gard- ner, and d. there. Chil. Lydia, who m. Maj. Cutler Pond of Franklin ; Mary, who m. Josiah Bartlett of Southboro'; Judith, who m. John Haven of Holliston ; Jason, who m. Hannah Ba- con of Framingham ; Alice, who m. Dr. Levi Rawson of Graf-
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ton, in 1826 ; Rebecca, who m. Elihu Cutler of Holliston ; Anna, who m. Alden Leland of Holliston.
TAINTOR, (Tayntor,) JOHN, b. 1716, (s. of Joseph and Thankful of Marlboro', and sup. g. s. of Benjamin and Mary, who were living in Sudbury, in 1691, a descendant of Joseph of Watertown, who shared in the division of Sudbury meadows in 1638) m. Sarah Newton, of and in Marlboro', May 20, 1741. They were ad. to this chh. in 1742, and dis. to the chh. in Wood- stock, Ct., in 1751. Chil. as on record here, Miriam, b. March 11, 1742; Allbovin, on the town, and Allovin, on the chh. re- cord, a son, b. July 29, 1743 ; Joseph, Jan. 17, 1745 ; Wil- liam, Sept. 17, 1746 ; Jedediah, July 14, 1748.
TAYNTOR, BENJAMIN (bro. of John) b. 1733, m. Sa- rah Brigham of and in Marlboro', June 4, 1755, and had Sarah, b. March 12, 1756, who m. Ebenezer Rice, bro. of the late Elijah Rice of this town ; Miriam, April 28, 1758; Anna So- phia, June 19, 1760, who m. Cyrus Kingsbury of Worcester, in 1786 ; the two first were bap. here, in 1759.
TOWNSEND, JOSHUA whose wife was Mary, was prob- ably from Northboro'. He was living in the N. P., on house lot No. 43, in 1762. Chil. Reuben, b. Aug. 23, 1758; Mary, April 14, 1762 ; Zipporah, June 24, 1764; Lucy, Feb. 19, 1769; Achsah, July 27, 1772; Ruth, Oct. 28, 1774.
Priscilla Townsend m. Caleb Kendall, Dec. 8, 1773.
Hannah Townsend m. Richard Murphy of Rutland, in 1774.
Zilpah Townsend was pub. to Jonas Rice of Ashburnham, May 10, 1779.
TOWNSEND, TIMOTHY and his wife, her name is not on record here, were from Hopkinton, and came here about 1812, and, a few years after, returned there. Their D. Pamelia, m. Dana Munroe, in 1814 ; and Fanny, Emery Harrington, in 1813.
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THOMAS, ODOARDO (s. of William Thomas and Lydia Eager of Marlboro', m. June 19, 1721) b. in 1731, m. Hannah Morse, July 21, 1757. They were both then called of this town. Their s. John, was bap. here, July 9, 1758 ; Lydia, bap. Feb. 24, 1760 ; Eber, bap. Dec. 13, 1761; Joseph, bap. March 20, 1763.
TOMLIN,* ISAAC (s. of Isaac, Jun. of Westboro') b. in 1732, m. Lois, D. of Israel Allen, June 7, 1757, and had John, b. in Westboro', March 16, 1758, and bap. here May 21 of that year. The parents resided here a short time, and then removed to Spencer.
Their s. John, as sup. m. Abigail Eames, Jan. 31, 1782.
TUCKER, JEDEDIAH, and his wife, Joanna, were proba- bly from Dedham, and came here with a family of chil. about 1755. The following are sup. to have been his chil., and to have come here with their parents : The six first named, have not their births recorded here, and perhaps they were not in this order. Jedediah ; Joanna, who m. Nathan Wait of Leicester, April 25, 1765; Cloe, who m. Joel Green of Leicester, Sept. 24, 1761; Jemima, who m. Daniel Holden, Aug. 20, 1766; Mary, who m. Jacob Kent of Leicester, May 23, 1773 ; Olive, who m. Samuel Wakefield, Feb. 8, 1776; Daniel, b. Nov. 9, and bap. here, Nov. 21, 1756. Their mother d. here, Jan. 14, 1759, aged 44.
* Isaac Tomlin of Brookfield, and Mary Wait of Marlboro', were m. in Marl- boro', Dec. 10, 1696, and had Isaac, b. there, in 1697, and Hezekiah, in 1700, who lived on Tomlin hill, since so called, then within the limits of Westboro', and ad- joining Shrewsbury, and d. in 1749. Their father, Deac. Isaac d. in Westboro', June 24. 1745; he lived on the farm of the late Deac. Isaac Davis ; his wife Mary, is sup. to have d. Nov. 16, 1725.
Isaac Tomlin, Jun., m. Martha Newton in Marlboro', Sept. 29, 1721 ; she was then called of Shrewsbury ; she d. in Westboro', Jan. 21, 1722, aged 24. He m. Jemima Weeks in and of Marlboro', May 19, 1730, and d. in Westboro', in 1739, leaving sons, Isaac, b. in 1732, and John, in 1734. This name is written variously- Tomlin, Tomblin, and Tombolin.
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He m. Elizabeth Lynde, a wid. of Worcester, in 1761 ; and in 1767, he was ad. to this chh. from that in Dedham, and his wife, Elizabeth, at the same time from the chh. in Worcester .* She d. Aug. 5, 1790.
He next m. Hannah, wid. of Ephraim Smith, Nov. 16, 1790; " his age, 78, her age 77."-Marriage Rec. She d. Feb. 13, 1796, aged 82.
He was published to Elizabeth Coolidge of Northboro', in Sept. 1796, and m. her there. " Strange, that desire should so long outlive performance." He removed to Boylston, and lived with his g. s., Jedediah, and d. there, at the age of nearly one hundred years.
Elizabeth Tucker, who d. here, Nov. 6, 1823, aged 82, was probably his wid.
TUCKER, JEDEDIAH, Jun. (s. of the preceding) m. Lucy, D. of Maj. Joseph Mixer, Oct. 4, 1763, and lived on the homestead adjoining the place of the late Ephraim Hapgood. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 18, 1763, and sup. m. Solomon Fes- senden of Halifax, Vt., Jan. 17, 1786; Lucy, Oct. 13, 1765, and m. Stephen Pratt, Sept. 8, 1783; Joanna, Oct. 27, 1767, and sup. m. Ashur Smith, in 1791; in the marriage record she is called Anna; there is no record of an Anna Tucker, among the births here ; Jedediah, Dec. 17, 1769; Daniel, May 18, 1772, and pub. to Sarah Harris, of this town, Dec. 9, 1791 ; Caleb, Oct. 15, 1774, and m. Catharine, D. sup. of Silvanus Billings of Northboro', in 1797; Mary, March 13, 1776, and m. Stephen Oliver, in 1798; Sarah, June 16, 1779, and m. Oliver Chickering, in 1799; Lydia, bap. May 19, 1782, and m. John Tenny of Northboro', in 1803. The death of his wife, Lucy, is not on record here.
* In 1765, "Jedediah Tucker and Jonathan Wheelock were chosen by the chh. to set the psalm in public worship. First Sabbath in March, 1791, began to sing Dr. Watts' version of Psalms and Hymns."-Chh. Record.
Tate and Brady's was reluctantly given up.
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He m. Elizabeth Goulding, wid. of Abel, March 9, 1824. She d. Aug. 24, 1825, aged 76, and he, Dec. 3, 1827, aged 83.
TUCKER, DANIEL (s. of Jedediah, Sen.) m. Rachel, D. of Samuel Noyes, March 11, 1777. She d. Sept. 28, 1834, aged 773. No record here of his death. Chil. Joanna, b. June 20, 1778, and m. Vashni Pratt, in 1798 ; Noyes, Feb. 27, 1781 ; Silence, April 9, 1785, and m. Simei Whitney of New Marl- boro', Vt. ; Eddy, Sept. 27, 1787 ; Erastus, Oct. 13, 1793, and m. Mary Gates of Worcester, in 1819.
TUCKER, JEDEDIAH, (s. of Jedediah, Jun.) m. Sarah, D. of Benjamin Baker, Feb. 19, 1797. Child, Benjamin Ba- ker, b. July 18, 1797. Removed to Boylston.
TUCKER, NOYES (s. of Daniel and Rachel) m. here, Lydia, D. of Barna Bigelow of Brookfield, Vt., May 26, 1805. Child, Hannah, b. Jan. 10, 1806. He removed to Bridport, Vt., where he was killed by the fall of a tree.
TUCKER, EDDY (bro. of the preceding) m. Elizabeth Carpenter of Brattleboro', Vt., in 1813. They were ad. to this- chh. in 1823; he soon after withdrew from it, and joined the. Baptists. Chil. Mary Elmira, b. April 3, 1817, and m. Rufus E. Goodenow ; Dexter Mills, Aug. 24, 1819; William Otis, Jan. 20, 1822 ; Benjamin Eddy, May 13, 1826.
TUCKER, BENJAMIN B. (s. of Jedediah, who settled in Boylston) whose wife was Eliza M., had Eliza Ann, b. May 15, 1821 ; Charles S. Oct. 12, 1823 ; Alfred, May 29, 1825 ; Smith, March 8, 1828 ; Martin T., April 15, 1830; all proba- bly in Boylston ; Laura, here, Feb. 6, 1835; Joseph, March 8, 1837; Jane, Nov. 23, 1839 ; and John, June 9, 1841.
TOWER, JOSEPH, whose wife was Hepzibah, had Lau- rana, b. June 24, 1763.
THURSTON, JONATHAN m. Lois, D. of Cyrus Wheeler,. May 5, 1773, and had Luther, b. Oct. 13, 1775.
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TOMBS, DANIEL, whose wife was Lydia, had Lewis, b. Sept. 1, 1775 ; no record here of publishment or marriage. He was pub. to Catharine Graves, in 1773. See Crispus Graves.
TAFT, JOHN m. Eunice, D. of Aaron Smith, Aug. 27, 1795 ; he was then called of Northboro'. He d. here, Aug. 6, 1822, aged 51. Chil. (births not on record here) Elizabeth, who m. a Barber, and next, a Wilson, and d. a wid. at Lech- mere's Point, Cambridge, about 1834; Henry, who went to Long Island, N. Y., m. and settled there.
Eunice, the wid. of John Taft, soon after his death, removed to Lechmere's Point, where a s. of her's d. a few years before her death, which occurred in 1830.
TEAD, NATHANIEL, whose wife was Sarah, lived a few years on the place, that was formerly Daniel Holden's, and where John Mason, Jun., afterwards lived. Chil. Georgiana, b. Oct. 20, 1826 ; Mary Henrietta, June 29, 1829. Removed to Worcester.
UNDERWOOD,* TIMOTHY m. Mary, D. of Jonathan Adams, in 1791, and lived a few years on the homestead with. her father, and afterwards where Samuel Whitney now lives, and from there he removed to Northboro', where he d. about 1828, his age not far from 70. Chil. as on record here, Elizabeth Noyes, b. June 1, 1792, and m. - Maynard of Northboro'; Persis Baker, Oct 27, 1793; Mary Buckly, Dec. 5, 1795; Hannah, April 30, 1797, and d. infant ; Hannah, Feb. 20, 1799, and m. Wareham D. Rand.
* He was probably a descendant of William Underwood, who was in Concord in 1639, and had a D. Remembrance, b. there in that year, who m. Josiah Richardson, in 1659. He removed to Chelmsford, probably that part now Westford, where he had Samuel, b. in 1655, and others, and where some of his descendants were living at a late period. The immediate ancestor of Timothy Underwood is unknown .. He may have been the s. of Timothy Underwood, who m. Susannah Bond in Sud- bury, in 1753.
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marked her for its own. He watched at her bed side day and night, without inter- mission ; all importunities to have him seek some rest, were unavailing. She died. A kind of lethargy, produced by long lost sleep, came upon him, and continued through life.
He followed teaming many years to Providence, Boston, thence into N. H., as far as Hanover-much of the time asleep, sometimes, on his load, at others, on the pole of his wagon, behind his horses, and at other times, while walking by the side of his team ; yet it is not known, that, under these circumstances, he ever received any injury. He would fall asleep while counting money, and in a few moments rouse up and proceed from where he had seemingly left off; the larger the amount, the oftener this would happen ; yet he made no mistakes. His memory was remark- ably good. He will long be remembered on his teaming route, and here, as " sleepy Underwood;" a designation first given him by those, who knew him least, and least of all, the cause of his lethargy.
He was a worthy and industrious man, of extensive dealing, and good bodily health. His case was a singular one. He called his first child, Elizabeth Noyes, and by that name it was baptized here.
VILAS, SAMUEL W., a Bap. clergyman, was here a short time, and while residing here, in 1822, m. Almira Fitch of Leominster.
WARD, Col. NAHUM (s. of William# and Hannah of
* William Ward, b. in Sudbury, in 1640, d. in Marlboro', in 1697. His wife was Hannah, wid. of Gershom Eames, and D. sup. of Solomon Johnson of Sudbury, and b. in 1656. Eames d. in 1676, leaving Hannah, a wid., then 20 years of age, and two daughters, Hannah and Mary. The latter became the wife of the "famous"? Maj. John Keyes.
The chil. of William and Hannah Ward were, William, b. in 1680, afterwards of Southboro'; Nahum, in 1684, and settled in Shrewsbury ; Elisha, in 1686, and was killed or carried into captivity by the Indians, Aug. 1708, while riding express from Marlboro' to Hadley ; Gershom, who was Rep. in 1738, and d. in Marlboro', unm., in 1739 ; and Bethich, who m. Elnathan, s. of Thomas Brigham of Marlboro', prior to 1706. They removed to Mansfield, Ct., before 1733.
William Ward (father of William, b. in 1640) with a 2d wife, Elizabeth, and ser- eral chil. that came with him from Yorkshire, or Derbyshire, England, settled in Sudbury, and had lands assigned to him there, on the 18. 9. 1640 ; made freeman in 1643, and was Rep. in 1644. He, with 12 others belonging to Sudbury, petitioned the General Court, in 1656, for a grant of the township of Marlboro'.
Sudbury then embraced within its limits, what is now Wayland, and probably that part of Framingham, now Saxonville, and although its population in 1656 is not known, it may safely be presumed the number of families did not exceed 75. In that petition they say, " whereas your petitioners have lived divers years in Sud- bury, and God hath been pleased to increase our children, which are now, divers of them grown to man's estate, and we, many of us, grown into years, so that we should be glad to see them settled, before the Lord take us away from hence; also, God
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having given us some considerable cattle, so that, we are so straightened, that we cannot so comfortably subsist as could be desired ; and some of us having- taken some pains to view the country, we have found a place, which lyeth to the West- ward about eight miles from Sudbury, which we conceive might be comfortable for our subsistence," &c.
To us, now on the stage, it would seem they were " straightened" for want of neighbors, more than for want of room.
Their request was granted, " provided it hinders no former grant, and there be a town settled there with twenty or more families within three years," &c. In 1660, it was incorporated by the name of Marlboro', and in that year William Ward re- moved there, from Sudbury, and was one of the first Deacons of the chh. in that place; the Rev. William Brimsniead from Dorchester, being settled there in the ministry, having not long before arrived from England. Dea. William Ward d. in Marlboro', Aug. 10, 1687, his age, as near as now can be ascertained, was 87. His wid. Elizabeth, d. there, Dec. 9, 1700, in her 87th year.
His will is dated April 26, 1686. Chil. (no record of the births of those, that came from England, is known to exist in this country,) John, b. about 1626, settled in Newton, and m. Hannah, D. of Edward Jackson, about 1650, and d. there, in 1708, aged 82; Joanna, b. about 1628, m. Abraham Williams, one of the first set- tlers of Marlboro', and d. there, his wid., Dec. 8, 1718, aged 90; Hannah, who m. Abraham Howe, of Watertown, in 1657; Deborah, who m. John Johnson of Sudbu- ry, in 1657, and d. in 1697; Mary, who m. Daniel Stone of Sudbury, in 1667, and d. in 1703; Obediah, who settled in Marlboro', and d. there, in 1718 ; Richard, who m. Mary Moore, in 1661, and was drowned in Sudbury river, in 1666, his wid. Mary, m. Daniel Howe of Sudbury, in 1677; William, b. in Sudbury, in 1640, and m. Han- nah Eames, as before mentioned ; Samuel, b. in 1641, settled in Marlboro'; his wife, Sarah, d. in 1707; his 2d wife, Elizabeth, whom he m. in 1711, survived him, he d. in 1729, aged 68; Elizabeth, b. in 1643; Increase, b. in 1644, settled in Marl- boro" and d. there, in 1690 ; his wife was Record - -, his s., Thomas, lived on the place, since belonging to Asaph Rice of and in Northboro'; another s., Oliver, whose wife was Hannah Brigham, lived North of Cold Harbor meadows, in North- boro'; Hopestill, b. in 1646 ; and Eleazer, who m. Hannah, D. of Deac. Caleb Rice of Marlboro', in 1675, and was killed by the Indians upon the road between Marl- boro' and Sudbury, in April, 1676 ; his wid., Hannah, m. Richard Taylor of Sudbu- ry, in 1677.
Of the descendants of the first William Ward, their marriages, when, and with whom, their places of residence, deaths, children's names, &c., I have a very full account, and, at some future day, may put it to the press ; not that it will interest the public in general, however much its perusal may those, who have descended from him, and are now scattered abroad throughout the land.
Marlboro') b. 1684, m. Martha, D. of Daniel Howe and Eliza- beth Kerly of Marlboro', July 6, 1714, in Boston ; the record of their marriage is in the latter place, and may not be correct as to the year of their marriage. He is sup. to have lived in Boston a short time before he settled here. He was one of the proprie- tors of this township, and had house lot No. 8, granted to him in
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1718, but was living here, as sup., before that period, and near where Jonas Stone now lives. He was one of the 16 founders of this chh. to which his wife Martha, was ad. in 1727. He was the first Rep. to the General Court from this town. When he removed to what has since been known as the Baldwin Place, is unknown. In 1745, he was appointed a Justice of the C. C. Pleas, for the Co. of Worcester, in which office he d. May 7, 1754, aged 70; his wid. Martha, d. July 1, 1755, aged 68. Chil. Nahum, b. according to the record here, March 29, 1713, probably in Boston, or Marlboro'; Benjamin, in Marlboro', April 19, 1716, so recorded there and here, and d. here, April 22, 1717 ; his is the earliest death on the town records ; Persis, April 11, 1718, and m. Bezaleel Eager of Westboro', that part since Northboro', Feb. 22, 1735 ; he lived on the farm after- wards belonging to his g. s. the late Col. William Eager of North- boro'; they had Francis, b. 1738; Nahum, 1739 ; Eber, 1742; Persis, 1744, d. 1746 ; Persis, 1747; Ward, 1750; Oliver, 1753, d. 1756 ; Martha, 1756, d. infant ; Oliver, 1758. As several of their first chil. were bap. in this chh., the parents prob- ably attended public worship here. Ithamar, Dec. 28, 1721, and returning from sea, d. unm. on Governor's Island, Boston Harbor, of small pox, previous to the death of his father ; Mar- tha, Dec. 19, 1724, and lived many years with her nephew, Francis Eager of Northboro', where she d. unm. July 2, 1794, but buried here ; Artemas, Nov. 27, 1727 ; Elisha, Aug. 30, 1733.
WARD, NAHUM (s. of Col. Nahum) m. Lydia Stearns, in Boston, according to the record there, July 29, 1731. His age was but 18 at that time, if b. in 1713; where the error is, if any, is past finding out. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits, went to the Island of Jamaica, and d. there, in Nov. 1738, as appears of record in the Probate office, in Boston, leaving in Boston, besides his wife, Lydia, two daughters, Lydia and Lucre- tia. Lydia m. John Chandler of Petersham, April 11, 1766, father of John, late of Petersham, and of Nathaniel, of Lancas- ter ; Lucretia m. Dr. Joshua Willard of Petersham, Jan. 1, 1757 ; they were the parents of 11 chil., of whom, Samuel m.
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Lucjada Knowlton, in 1791, and Sophia, Calvin Knowlton, Esq. of Newfane, Vt., in 1792, chil. of Luke, s. of Deac. Ezekiel Knowlton of this town ; Elizabeth, sister of Sophia, m. Reuben Atwater of Westminster, Vt., in 1792, and her sister, Lucy, Maj. Samuel B. Sheldon of Vt., in 1794.
WARD, ELISHA (s. of Col. Nahum) although younger than Artemas, is placed here, rather than break the long descending line of Artemas, or postpone Elisha to the end of it. He m. Mary, D. of Henry Baldwin, April 7, 1763, and removed to Petersham, in 1764, where he d. Dec. 9, 1802, in his 70th year, and his wid., Mary, Feb. 23, 1811, in her 68th year. Chil. Nahum, b. June 4, 1764, m. Deborah Gleason of Petersham, June 3, 1792, and d. Oct. 5, 1812; William, June 8, 1767; Henry, May 12, 1770.
WARD, WILLIAM (s. of Elisha,) m. Susannah Sander- son of Petersham, and d. Dec. 10, 1827, aged 60. Chil. Mary J., b. March 30, 1797 ; Elisha, Jan. 30, 1801 ; Lucretia, Jan. 18 1804 ; Harriet, Dec. 13, 1805, and d. March 9, 1836 ; Jonathan, May 5, 1807.
WARD, HENRY, Esq. (s. of Elisha) m. Mary Sanderson of Petersham, in 1807. Chil. Henry Baldwin, b. May 23, 1808 ; John Sanderson, March 29, 1810; Eliza, March 8, 1812; Susan, Jan. 15, 1814, and d. infant ; Susan, William, and Mary. Removed from Petersham to Montague.
WARD, ARTEMAS, Major General * (s. of Col. Nahum) grad. H. U., 1748, m. Sarah, D. of Rev. Caleb Trobridge t
* A brief biography of him may be found in the appendix, letter (A.)
t Caleb, b. 1692, was the s. and youngest of 14 chil .. by two wives, of Deac. James Trobridge of Newton, who removed there from Dorchester, where he first m. in 1659. Caleb m. Sarah Oliver, in 1715, and Hannah, the mother of his children, in 1717, D. of the Rev. Nehemiah Walter of Roxbury ; whose wife was Sarah, D. of the Rev. Increase Mather, D. D. of Boston, whose wife was Maria, D. of the Rev. John Cotton of Boston, s. of Roland Cotton, aad b. in 1585, and came from Eng- land to Boston, in 1633, and d. in 1652.
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of Groton, July 31, 1750. They were ad. to this chh. in 1751 ; he studied no profession ; lived and kept a store in the house, the first in which the Rev. Mr. Sumner lived after his settlement here, and where most of his children were b. ; about 1763, he removed to the place now of Thomas W. Ward, Esq., where he d. Oct. 27, 1800, aged 73 ; and his wife, Sarah, Dec. 13, 1788, aged 63. Chil. Ithamar, b. April 24, 1752; Nahum, Aug. 12, 1754, and d. a Captain in the Continental service, in Boston, unm. March 7, 1778; Sarah, July 28, 1756, and m. Hon. Elijah Brigham of Westboro', Dec., 16 1792, and d. there, Feb. 3, 1838, aged SI ; Judge Brigham d. at Washington, Mem. Con., Feb. 22, 1816, aged 64; [they had Ann Maria, b. July 14, 1794, and m. Ebenezer M. Phillips of Westboro', Oct. 12, 1818; Sarahı Sophronia, Dec. 22, 1795, and d. Dec. 3, 1810; Dana Ward, March 9, 1797, and d. Nov. 23, 1830 ; Susanna Wal- ter, May 4, 1798, and d. Dec. 24, 1825; Catharine Martha, Jan. 21, 1801, and m. George H. Lowe;] Thomas Walter, Aug. 10, 1758 ; Martha, March 28, 1764, and d. unm. July 25, 1781 ; Artemas, Jan. 9, 1762 ; Maria, Dec. 12, 1764, and m. Dr. Ebenezer Tracy of Middletown, Ct., Jan. 14, 1790, where she d. Oct. 6, 1833; [their chil. were Maria Ward, Sarah, Jane, Martha, Eliza, Henry Dana, Samuel Franklin, Julia, and Emily;] Henry Dana, Feb. 6, 1768.
WARD, ITHAMAR, Esq. (s. of Gen. Artemas) m. Phebe, D. of Stephen Parker, Dec. 7, 1778, and removed to Gerry, now Phillipston, where his wife, Phebe, d. June 6, 1789, aged 34. Chil. Elizabeth, b. July 12, 1779, and m. Nathaniel White, in 1800; Nahum, April 27, 1781, m. Dinah Rich, in 1807, and d. in 1838; Walter, April 10, 1783, m. Mary Stratton, in 1810, and removed about 1835, to Marietta, Ohio.
Ithamar Ward m. Anna Powers, in 1790 ; she d. Dec. 21, 1794. Chil. Phebe, b. June 27, 1791, and m. Thacher Rich, in 1817 ; and Benjamin, Jan. 25, 1793, who settled in Rindge, N. H., in the practice of the law, m. and d. there, Feb. 1828.
The 3d wife of Ithamar Ward was Sarah Parker, whom he m. Jan. 27, 1796 ; he was Rep. in 1806, and d. July 2, 1828, aged
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