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BELLOWS, MOSES (s. of John) m. Relief, D. of Jona- than Newton, 1804, and d. Dec. 22, 1831, aged 52, and his wid. Relief, April 5, 1835, aged 60. Chil. Roxa, b. June 26, 1804 ; Rhoda, March 26, 1806; Robert, Nov. 14, 1807, and d. Feb. 21, 1834, aged 26; Rinda, Sept. 10, 1809; Rena, Sept. 1, 1815, and d. Oct. 22, 1821 ; Rilla, Aug. 15, 1817.
power over other beings, would they not knock your shop down, and say that such a wicked trade should not go on ? '
" His discourses were clusters of maxims." "The writer of this (Deane) can never forget the charge given by the venerable Doctor to him, when ordained his colleague. It was full of pointed sayings like the following : 'In attempting to instruct your people, be careful not to preach what they will not understand, and especially careful not to preach what you don't understand yourself.' "
" Solomon, a brother of Dr. Barns, deceased in Marlboro', Dec. 1830, being 90 years of age, on the 20th of June, 1830." History of Scituate, by Rev. Samuel Deane.
* John Bellows and Mary Wood of Concord, were m. 9, 3, 1655. They removed to Marlboro', where he d. in 1683, and his wid. Mary, in 1707. They had John b. in Marlboro', 1666, whose wife was Hannah. She d. in 1719. He probably m. Mary Wheeler of Concord, Dec. 1721. He was living in Southboro', in 1749, and in that year, having previously provided for his son, John, b. 1698, lie conveyed all his real estate to his sons, Joseph, b. 1711, and Moses, 1713, " in equal halves," but " undivided."
" A descendant of one of these settled in Walpole, N. H., and left the family name perpetuated there in what has long been known as ' Bellows' Falls.'" The latter John m. Elizabeth Allen of Hopkinton, in 1723, and probably was the father of John, who settled in this town, and who, in the record of his marriage here, was called John Bellows, Jr. of Southboro'.
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BELLOWS, LYSCOM (s. of John) m. Lydia Gardner, D. of Jacob Albertson, 1805, and removed to R. I.
BELLOWS, JOHN, Jr. (s. of John) m. Eunice Willard of Worcester, 1806, and d. here, Sept. 18, 1817, aged 32. Chil. John Willard, b. April 6, 1807, sup. afterwards changed to Al- exander Willard ; Samuel Austin, May 4, 1809; Luther and Lucretia, Dec. 3, 1810. She m. Ephraim Wesson, s. of Abel, May 2, 1829; Leonard Henry, Feb. 8, 1813 ; James Newell, Feb. 19, 1815.
BELLOWS, ALEXANDER W. (s. of John, Jr.) m. Elizabeth G. Pond of Franklin, 1831. Child, Elizabeth G., b. May 22, 1833.
BELLOWS, STEPHEN, from Southboro', m. Abigail P., D. of Nathan Muzzy, (deceased) Jan. 14, 1817. Chil. No births on rec. Henry, who d. Oct. 1, 1821, aged 4 years ; Mary, who d. the next day, aged 2 years ; 2d Mary, d. July 11, 1826, aged 4 years.
BROOKS, NOAH (set off with his farm to Grafton, 1741) whose wife was Sarah, had Mary, b. Jan. 29, 1737.
BREWER, WILLIAM, from Waltham, m. Elizabeth Ball of Watertown, Feb. 3, 1731, and came here about 1743, with a family. Chil. Elizabeth and William. He next m. Abigail Garfield of Watertown, April 10, 1735. Chil. Abigail ; Sarah, b. June 7, 1744; Benjamin, April 15, 1747; Isaac, Sept. 8, 1749; Abigail and Jonas, Dec. 4, 1751 ; Elizabeth, June 6, 1754, and m. Joseph Garfield of Warwick, 1778. The two last daughters were named for the two first, who were drowned on the 22d day of Oct., 1751, at Lancaster, " in a saw mill pond," says the chh. record ; the eldest 19, and the other 16 years of age. The parents did not remove their chh. relation- ship to this place until 1771, and then from Waltham, yet all the children b. after 1743, were bap. here soon after their respective births.
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BREWER, WILLIAM, Jr. (s. of William) m. Mary, D. of Edward Goodale, Nov. 22, 1764. He, and perhaps his father, lived on the place now of Daniel Noyes. Child, Libbeus, bap. June 25, 1775 ; removed, sup. to Royalston.
BALDWIN, HENRY and his wife, Abigail Butler, were from Pelham, N. H., where his father, Henry, previously of Wo- burn, d. 1753, leaving a wid. Mary, formerly Mary Richardson .* They came here with a family about 1756, and settled on the place now of Jason Bullard, where he kept a public house. Both admitted to chh. here in 1773; his wife from the chh. in Nottingham West, N. H. His mother, having m. a second hus- band, Col. John Jones of Hopkinton, and survived him, came here, and resided with her son. She d. here, Oct. 25, 1798, in her 105th year. When 100 years old, the Rev. Dr. Sumner took her to a sleigh ride.
Abigail, the wife of Henry Baldwin, d. May 23, 1777, aged 57. Chil. Mary, who m. Elisha Ward, April 7, 1763, and d. in Petersham, 1811, aged 68; Zeruiah, who m. Jonathan Hey- wood, Jr. of Concord, Nov. 7, 1771; Abigail, who m. Dr. Abraham Holland, s. of James, June 2, 1784, and removed to Walpole, N. H. ; Relief, who m. Capt. William Hammond of Newton, Nov. 12, 1778, and removed to Bangor in 1808; Henry ; Lucretia, b. Nov. 12, 1756, m. Jonas Stone of Leices- ter, (now of this town, and both living, Jan. 1847) June 1, 1784 ; Thaddeus, Dec. 7, 1758; Life, April 25, 1763 ; Tilly, Aug. 10, 1770, and d. Aug. 1775. The second wife of Henry Bald- win was Martha, wid. of Ebenezer Abbott. He survived her, and d. Nov. 17, 1789, aged 72.
* They had an only D., Mary, who m. April 8, 1745, Rev. Abner Bayley, (s. of Joshua of Newbury, Mass.) grad. H. U. 1736, and ord, first minister of Salem, (N. H.) 1740. She d. Feb. 18, 1789 ; he d., in the ministry, March 10, 1798. Their chil. were, 1. Mary, wife of William White of Plaistow, (N. H.) and, afterwards, of Dea. Webster of Haverhill, Mass .; 2. Elizabeth, wife of Henry Little of Salem, (N. H.) 3. Lavinia, wife of Rev. William Kelley of Warner, (N. H.) 4. Sarah.
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Henry, father of Henry, who d. in 1753, was son of Henry of Woburn, who m. Phebe Richardson, Dec. 1, 1649, and had seven children, whose births are recorded there. The name of Baldwin is very ancient, and may be traced back to the 7th century, when it was Baldwinus.
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BALDWIN, Capt. HENRY, Jr. (s. of Henry) m. Azubah, D. of Elisha Keyes, Nov. 5, 1786, and d. Dec. 28, 1789, aged 36. Chil. Mary, b. July 2, 1787, and m. Moses Gill of Prince- ton, 1810; Henry, Oct. 5, 1788; Nathan, Sept. 24, 1790 .- His wid. Azubah m. Capt. Ashbel Smith, April 23, 1805.
BALDWIN, THADDEUS (s. of Henry, Sen.) m. Abigail, D. of Col. Asa Rice, March 2, 1784. Chil. Tilly, b. Aug. 3, 1784; Loammi, Aug. 1, 1786. He removed with his family to Gerry, now Phillipston.
BALDWIN, LIFE (s. of Henry, Sen.) m. Mary Holland of Petersham, and settled, it is said, in Townsend.
BALDWIN, HENRY (s. of Capt. Henry) m. Mary, D. of Capt. Luther Goddard, Oct. 11, 1812. Chil. Mary Elizabeth, b. March 13, 1813, and d. unm. 1846 ; Harriet Azubah, May 30, 1816; Angeline Augusta, April 26, 1819, and m. Oliver B. Sawyer of Berlin; Charles Henry, Jan. 8, 1823, and m. Harriet H. Grosvenor, 1846 ; Catharine Maria, Feb. 20, 1825.
BALDWIN, Capt. NATHAN (s. of Capt. Henry) m. Elizabeth Denny, D. of Thomas W. Ward, Esq., May 26, 1817. Chil. Catharine Maria Ward, b. Jan. 6, 1818, and m. Thomas Lyon of Northboro', May 1, 1828; Henry Walter, Jan. 5, 1820; Charles Smith, March 22, 1823, and d. 1824 ; James.
BANNISTER, NATHAN (s. of Joseph of Brookfield, who was s. of Christopher of Marlboro', and he the s. of Nathan, Jr., whose parents, Nathan and Mary, were in Charlestown, 1669. Christopher d. in 1678) m. Sarah, D. of Daniel Whitney, Dec. 17, 1769, and lived upon the place in the S. W. part of now Boylston, that was previously her father Whitney's, where he d. Aug. 1825, aged 78. His wife, Sarah, d. June, 1817, aged 68. Chil. Joseph, b. Oct. 18, 1770, and m. Elizabeth Stone of Fra- mingham, and d. in N. J., about 1817; Thankful, March 28, 1773, and m. Thomas Harlow, 1798; Nathan, Jan. 7, 1775 ;
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Daniel, Feb. 13, 1777, and m. Anna, D. of Caleb Drury, July 2, 1798, and removed to Gardner; Sarah, Nov. 20, 1778, and m. Arunah Harlow, 1799; Seth, Nov. 3, 1780, and m. Mary Hastings, whose chil. were Mary, Eli and Lucy ; John, Sept. 23, 1783, and m. Lucy, D. of Nathan Howe, Esq., and d. May 5, 1822, aged 40; Luke, March 16, 1786, and d. 1802; Mary, Sept. 29, 1788, and m. Nathan R. Tilton ; Emery, Sept. 29, 1791, and m. Lucy, D. of Joel Drury, 1821. She d. Dec. 29, 1834 aged 43. His second wife was Melinda, D. of Abijah Drury.
BANNISTER, NATHAN (s. of Nathan) went to South- boro', and m. Sarah, D. of Benjamin Champney, s. of Maj. Jonathan, where he d. Sept. 5, 1846, aged 72. His wife, Sarah, d. Sept. 23, 1840, aged 60. Chil. George S., Samuel, Charles, Ann, Emery, Selucas, Nancy H. and Maynard ; all b. in South- boro', between 1801 and 1821.
BEAMAN, EZRA, Esq. (s. of Capt. Jabez, who was one of the selectmen, 1753 and 4 ; and d. here, 1757, aged 53; sup. from Lancaster *) m. Persis, D. of Dea. Cyprian Keyes, June 1, 1758. Chil. Levinah, b. Dec. 8, 1759, and m. Francis Bigelow of Boston, 1778; Persis, April 1, 1762, sup. m. Dr. Amariah Bigelow, 1781; Jabez, Dec. 1, 1764; Elizabeth, June 12, 1767 ; Ezra, Dec. 27, 1770.
BEAMAN, EPHRAIM (sup. brother of Ezra) m. Tamar Howe of Lancaster, 1764. Chil. Silas, b. April 7, 1765. Ezra and Ephraim held town offices here before and at the time the
* Gamaliel Beaman, whose wife was Sarah, had Noah, b. in Lancaster, 3, 2 mo., 1661, and Thankful, April 18, 1663; and John, whose wife was Priscilla. They had Sarah, b. in Lancaster, Jan 25, 1681, and Gamaliel, Feb. 29, 1684.
Thomas Beaman, whose wife was Elizabeth, had Elizabetlı, b. 1679; Eleazer, 1683; Sarah, 1685 ; and Abraham, 1692; all in Marlboro'. Abraham Beaman, last named, whose wife was Mary, had several chil., among them, Noah, b. 1730, in Marlboro'; who may have been the following, with a different spelling of the name.
Noah Beamont m. Lydia Howe in Marlboro', 1755, and had eight chil. b. there previous to 1770. Of his sons, were Abraham, Noah, Aaron and Samuel.
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town was divided. They lived in the W. part of the North Parish. There was an Ephraim Beaman living in Northboro' prior to 1744.
BOYNTON, EPHRAIM, Jr. and his wife, Abigail, had David Emery, b. Sept. 24, 1757 ; Sarah, July 22, 1759.
BOYNTON, JOHN, pub. to, and perhaps m., Elizabeth Jewett of Lancaster, June, 1761. She probably d. soon after, for he m. Elizabeth Beaman of Lancaster, Dec. 1762. Chil. Jewett, b. Sept. 4, 1763; Ephraim, Nov. 30, 1764; Beaman, Sept. 4, 1767.
BACHELLER, JONATHAN and his wife, Elizabeth, from Upton, had Hannah, b. Nov. 29, 1777. Returned to Upton.
BRITTON, SAMUEL, Jr. (from Southboro') m. Ruth, D. of Stephen Parker, Oct. 8, 1768. Chil. Mary, b. June 18, 1769, and m. Calvin Sawyer, 1793; Levinah, April 19, 1771 ; Phebe, Jan. 25, 1773 ; Luther, July 11, 1775; Ruth, Aug. 28, 1777. He deserted his wife, children and country ; went to the enemy, and was heard of no more. His wid. or wife m. Aaron Wheeler, Nov. 14, 1784.
A John Britton of Northboro', m. Esther, D. of Edward Newton, April 14, 1762 ; and William Britton of Rutland, m. Lydia, D. of Samuel Whitney, Nov. 3, 1767. The three may have been brothers.
BALCOM, HENRY, from Sudbury, and his wife, Keziah had Relief, bap. April 8, 1770.
" The mother ad. to chh. here, 1773," " and dis. 1774, with Luke Knowlton and Sarah, his wife, John Wheeler and Jedi- dah, his wife, and Hezekiah Taylor, at their request, and recom- mended to the covenanting brethren in Newfane, in order to be formed into a chh. state there, where the said Mr. Taylor is pas- tor elect." Taylor, grad. H. U. 1770; d. in the ministry at Newfane, 1814. He is said to have come from Grafton.
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BRUCE, SIMEON m. Esther, D. of Thomas Harrington, Oct. 21, 1776. Chil. Abigail, bap. Jan. 4, 1778 ; Esther, bap. Oct. 21, 1787. He removed to Templeton or vicinity, and was killed in Rutland, 30 years or more since, by falling from his wagon, the wheels of which passed over him. A monument by the way side, once, perhaps yet, marks the spot.
BRUCE, JONATHAN and his wife, Anna Gibson of Hop- kinton, came here, without children, from Northboro', a few years before his death, which occurred, Oct. 5, 1803; his age was 52. His wid. Anna, d. March 16, 1823, aged 77.
BOND, JONATHAN, Jr. m. Lucy, D. of Robert Andrews, Sen., 1784 ; lived in North Parish. Dea. and Rep .; he d. Sept. 3, 1821 ; his wife, Lucy, Oct. 14, 1817. Chil. Joseph, (the only one now, 1846, living) b. Nov. 20, 1784; Lucy, Dec. 8, 1786; Lucinda, May 5, 1790; Joanna Hurd, Jan. 11, 1792; Eli, May 28, 1794; Eliott, June 29, 1797 ; Ruth Tyler, Nov. 10, 1801.
BOND, CHAUNCY, from Brookfield, m. Frances Rhoda, D. of Samuel Bullard, April 5, 1830, and d. April 29, 1833, aged 31; and his wid., May 7, 1835, aged 30; both of con- sumption. There is not, on the town record, the birth or death of any one of the name of Bond, except this family, prior to 1840. The account of the one preceding it was obtained from another source.
BROCAS, JOHN (a foreigner) m. Ruth, D. of Joseph Hastings, April 18, 1784. Chil. Martha Symms, b. May 21, 1785, and m. Isaiah Fairbank, Jr. of Grafton, 1802; Mary Kneeland, Dec. 13, 1786; John Hastings, April 30, 1789.
BILLINGS, SYLVANUS, (s. of Thomas, of Northboro') with a family of adult chil., came from that town to this, and re- sided here a few years, on the farm he purchased of the late Jo- nah Howe, Esq. The house, then standing a few rods east of
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the house, now of Elisha Davis, has long since been removed. Of his chil., Sylvanus m. Sarah, D. of Col. Seth Wyman, and removed to N. H., and Catharine m. Caleb Tucker, 1797. The family left town soon after the year 1800.
BULLARD, SAMUEL, with his wife, Abigail, and family, came here from Lancaster, about 1802, and purchased of Aaron Smith the Baldwin Place, so called, and d. Sept. 1, 1830, from an injury received in overturning of his wagon, aged 64. Chil. The three first b. in Lancaster ; Amy, b. June 18, 1787, and m. John G. Morse of Boylston, 1813; Dolly, Feb. 13, 1794, and m. Joseph Morse, Jr. of West Boylston, May 29, 1822; Jason, July 11, 1797 ; Frances Rhoda, Oct. 9, 1805, and m. Chauncy Bond, April 5, 1830.
BULLARD, JASON (s. of Samuel) m. Sarah, D. of Jonas Stone, (deceased) June 3, 1823. She d. July 10, 1844, aged 45. Chil. (No births on record) George, Charles, John, Sarah Maria, Samuel, Elizabeth and Harriet Ellen.
BOYD, BETHUEL, from Medway, about 1824, purchased of Dea. Braggs' heirs, the place where the Rev. John Miles now lives, and to whom he sold it. He afterwards bought and lived on the Lewis Eager farm, where he d. May 26, 1836, aged 70. Chil. (but perhaps not in this order) Mary, who m. Benjamin Maynard, Jr., 1828 ; Susan ; John, who d. unm. Oct. 30, 1844, aged 45; Hannah, who m. Capt. Leander Fales, 1829; and Sarah.
BLISS, JOHN m. Lydia, D. of Abijah Garfield, July 18, 1816. Chil. Margaret Aurelia, b. April 18, 1817, and m. G. B. Deering of North Brookfield, June 28, 1839, and have Anna Maria, Samuel Edmands and Henry Bliss ; Augustine Burke, Oct. 8, 1818; Sarah Maria, Sept. 17, 1820, and d. 1821; Sarah Maria, Feb. 7, 1823, and m. Joseph W. Cary, June 13, 1843.
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BLAKE, JASON, from Worcester, with a family, resided here a few years and left ; while here, his D. Hannah m. Hosea Stoddard of Watertown, Nov. 22, 1819; and his s. Jason m. Harriet, D. of Peter Cary, Dec. 12, 1822.
BRANCH, ELDER NICHOLAS (Baptist Clergyman) lived here a short period of time, in which he lost two children, viz: Sarah, Sept. 6, 1821, aged 2 years, and an infant in Oct. following.
BARTLETT, JOTHAM, with his w., Catharine Rice, and a family, came here from Northboro', about 1825. He d. May 14, 1835, aged 53. Chil. Lucy, who m. Stephen H. Gleason of Rutland ; Abigail, who m. Stillman Smith ; Benjamin ; William, who m. Charlotte L., D. of Isaac Harrington, (and have Clarendon Augustus and Nancy Maria) Elizabeth Smith, b. April 23, 1816; Solomon, Aug. 10, 1820; Henry, Feb. 19, 1823 ; Albert, Sept. 2, 1828; Harriet, Oct. 9, 1830.
BAIRD, LEWIS (from Worcester, with a family, and living in the S. W. part of the town) was killed by the falling of a tree, Dec. 28, 1831, aged 49. He had been here but a short time.
CUSHING, Rev. JOB,* b. at Hingham, July 19, 1694 ; grad. H. U., 1714 ; ord. here, first minister of Shrewsbury, Dec. 4, 1723 ; m. Mary, D. of Rev. John Prentice + of Lancaster,
* Third son of Matthew Cushing, Jr., who m. Jael, D. of Capt. John Jacobs of Hingham, Dec. 31, 1683, and d. June 23, 1715. His wife, Jael, d. Dec. 1708. Matthew was the second son of Matthew Cushing, who m. Nazareth Pitcher, in Norfolk, England, and arrived at Boston, with his wife and five children, in the ship The Diligent, John Martin, of Ipswich, master, on the 10th of Aug., 1638, and settled in Hingham, where he d. Sept. 30, 1660; and his wid., Nazareth, Jan. 6, 1681, aged 96. Matthew, last named, was son of Peter Cushing.
Family Record of Thomas P. Cushing, Esq. of Boston. t This name is spelt Prentice and Prentiss. The latter mode is adhered to by many of the name; and, among them, by the Hon. Prentiss Mellen, late Chief Justice of the S. J. C., Me., a relative of Rev. John Prentice of Lancaster. There is reason to suppose it was originally Prentiss, and that it has undergone a change
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March 16, 1727, and lived on house lot, No. 22, " granted to the first minister," which, with other grants made to him, con- tained some of the best land in the town. He d. Aug. 6, 1760, aged 66. His wid., Mary, d. May 24, 1798, aged 90. Chil. Job, b. Jan. 1, 1723; Jacob, Feb. 17, 1730; Mary, Jan. 25, 1731, and d. April 1, 1740; Bridget, Dec. 4, 1734, and d. April 6, 1740; John, Sept. 10, 1737, and d. April 1, 1740 ; Mary, March 24, 1741, and m. Rev. Nathan Stone of Yar- mouth, now Dennis, Cape Cod, Oct. 17, 1765. (Their chil. were Nathan, b. Aug. 1766, who had three sons, who were lost between Cape Cod and Boston, in 1814; Mary, Job Cushing, and Nathaniel, minister of Windham, Me.) John, Aug. 22, 1744 ; Bridget, Sept. 12, 1746, and d. June 26, 1769.
CUSHING, Col. JOB (s. of Rev. Job) m. Lucy, D. of Isaac Stone of Framingham, Feb. 20, 1752 ; both admitted to chh. here, 1753; she d. March 25, 1790, aged 64. Chil. Lydia, b. Feb. 12, 1753, and m. Nathaniel Stearns of Paxton, Dec. 15, 1774, and next, Jonas Lamb, and d. in Newfane, 1835, aged 82; Lucy, Jan. 5, 1755, and m. Jonas Stone, then of Charlton, (now, 1847, of this town) 1781; Alice, Feb. 23, 1757, and m. Winslow Brigham of Northboro', Oct. 25, 1781; Emery, Sept. 13, 1759, and d. July 21, 1775; Elmer, June 27, 1762 ; Job, March 1, 1765; Bridget, May 16, 1769, and m. Josiah Stone, 1791. He next m. Sarah, wid. of Col. Goulding of Grafton, May 17, 1792, and d. April 16, 1808, aged 80.
by lopping off the first syllable of apprentice ; a clipping not uncommon in speaking that word at the present day. Ancient records show, that our ancestors spelt other men's names, if not their own, by the rule of pronunciation. Hence, names have multiplied by variation, and the wants of the community are likely to be supplied in that way for time to come, to distinguish the rapidly increasing families that are spreading over the land.
The wife of the Rev. John Prentice of Lancaster was Mary, wid. of the Rev. John Gardner, his predecessor in the ministry, in Lancaster, who was shot, in the night of the 26th October, 1704, being mistaken for one of the Indian enemy, and d. at the age of 30. I have said predecessor, for although he had not been ordained, he had preached there, says Whitney, several years, and was, at the time of his death, the pastor elect.
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CUSHING, ELMER (s. of Col. Job) m. Lydia, D. of Jo- seph Hastings, June 5, 1783. Chil. John Prentiss, b. Oct. 23, 1783; Artemas, Jan. 31, 1786. He removed, with his family, to Canada, and d. in Stanstead.
CUSHING, JOB, Jr. (s. of Col. Job) m. Sarah, D. of Col. Asa Rice, Sept. 2, 1790. Chil. Lucy, b. Jan. 14, 1791 ; Hez- ekiah Rice, May 13, 1792; Elizabeth, March 18, 1794 ; Emery, Nov. 21, 1796. He also removed to Canada with his family, and d. in Montreal, Jan. 2, 1821, aged 56.
CUSHING, Rev. JACOB (s. of Rev. Job) grad. H. U., 1748; ord. Minister of the Gospel in Waltham, 1752; D. D., H. U., 1807; m. Anna, D. of Rev. Wareham Williams of Waltham, Nov. 8, 1753, and d. there, Jan. 1809, aged 79. Chil. Wareham, b. 1754, and d. in Waltham, 1806; Williams, 1755; Prentiss, 1757, and d. at Demarara ; Anna, 1759; Ab- igail, 1761, and m. Col. Russell of Stow; Leonard, 1763, and d. young ; Bridget, 1770, and d. unm., 1846 ; Leonard.
CUSHING, Rev. JOHN (s. of Rev. Job) grad. H. U., 1764 ; ord. Minister of the Gospel in Ashburnham, Nov. 2, 1768; D. D., H. U., 1822, m. Sarah, D. of Rev. Ebenezer Parkman of Westboro', Sept. 28, 1769, and d. April 27, 1823, aged 79. His wid., Sarah, d. March 12, 1825, aged 82. Chil. John, b. Aug. 17, 1771, and m. Julia Keith of Bridgewater, and d. in Boston, May 17, 1806 ; George Augustus, 1773, and m. Hannah B. Keith, and d., Aug. 8, 1810; Henry, 1774, and d., 1839 ; Mary, 1782, and m. Elisha Coolidge, and next, Rev. Asa Rand ; Thomas Parkman, Oct. 7, 1787, and m. Sarah B. Sigourney, 1802 ; she d. 1825; he next m. Martha Ann Sig- ourney, D. of Hon. John Cargill of Virginia, 1831. She d. in Boston, 1840. He next m. Sarah Thompson, D. of Rev. Francis Wayland of Saratoga Springs, N. Y .; lives in Boston, and furnished much of this information respecting his uncle Ja- cob's family, his father's, and his own.
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CHILD, DAVID (chh. 1727; perhaps one of " the heirs of Daniel Child," * who were on house lot, No. 32, in 1729) m. Grace Brown of Watertown, Oct. 26, 1737. Chil. Bulah, b. June 4, 1739, and m. Samuel Lee of Rutland, Feb. 27, 1766 ; Susanna, June 1, 1741 ; David, Jan. 30, 1745. His next wife was Mehitable Richardson of Worcester, m. Nov. 29, 1759. Chil. Zachariah, b. Nov. 19, 1763, and m. Lydia Bigelow of Worcester, 1784 ; Amos, Aug. 27, 1765.
CHESNUT, WILLIAM m. Huldah, D. of Elisha Maynard, Nov. 4, 1754. Child, Mary, b. Jan. 16, 1755. His wid. m. Ephraim Allen of Rutland, July 12, 1757.
CROSBY, JOHN, from Billerica ; one of the founders of the chh. here in 1723, (s. of Samuel, and g. s. of Simon and Anna, who were in Cambridge in 1637, and were among the first settlers of Billerica, about 1653) m. Bathsheba Newton, in Marlboro', Jan. 23, 1721. Lived on house lot, No. 13, in 1729, and d. here, Dec. 5, 1738, aged 43, and 8 mos. They had no children. Perhaps it was his wid., Bathsheba, who m. Jonathan Foster, Aug. 2, 1741.
CROSBY, SAMUEL, also from Billerica, (bro. of John) and one of the founders of this chh .; m. Dorothy Brown of Billerica, 1729, and lived on house lot, No. 8, in 1729; he d. Jan. 23, 1749, aged 50. Chil. Samuel, b. Feb. 2, 1732 ; Sa- rah, April 21, 1734, and m. Robert Cook of Westboro', Feb. 6, 1750; Jabez, b. Feb. 7, 1736 ; (and went to Brookfield, and there had Jabez; Oliver, afterwards Col. and Senator; and Amos) Elisha, b. Jan. 10, 1738; Silas, Dec. 9, 1740, and m. Rebecca Forbes of Westboro', July 8, 1763, and went to Wil- mington, Vt., and d. since 1820; Abigail, b. Dec. 22, 1742; Aaron, b. Nov. 27, 1744; Hannah, Aug. 29, 1747, and m. - Spring of Uxbridge, and next, Col. Fletcher of North- bridge. Dorothy, wid. of Samuel Crosby, m. Jonathan Wood
* Son of John, of Watertown.
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of Upton, and removed to Spencer, and d. there, 1781, and Jonathan Wood in 1796, aged 94.
CROSBY, Dr. SAMUEL (s. of Samuel) m. Azubah, D. of James Howe of Westboro', 1753; chh. 1754; Surgeon in the Army of the Revolution, Magistrate, &c. ; lived in S. E. part of the town, on " Boston Hill." Chil. Sarah, b. Sept. 24, 1754, and m. Stephen Bailey of Bolton, Feb. 8, 1779, and d. there, 1812, aged 58; Samuel, Sept. 12, 1756, grad. H. U., 1777; chh. 1779; settled in Charlestown, N. H., and d. 1802; Simon, Sept. 13, 1758, and m. ; had a family in Winchendon ; removed to Cambridge, N. Y., and d. there, 1818 ; Dorothy, b. Aug. 26, 1760, and m. Dr. Israel Whiton of Winchendon, Oct. 28, 1784, and d., his wid. in Antrim, N. H., 1826 ; * John, b. Oct. 1, 1762, and d. infant ; Eusebia, Aug. 23, 1763, and m. Dr. Royal Humphrey of Athol, and d. 1833 ; Otis, b. Jan. 15, 1766; grad. D. C., 1791 ; invited to a pastoral charge at New Gloucester, Me., but d. before ordination, and unm., 1795 ; John, b. Oct. 18, 1767, and settled in Montpelier, Vt., and d. there about 1822; Arethusa, bap. April 25, 1773, and m. Thomas Wilder of Winchendon, removed to Dixmont, Me., and d. there, 1841; Sophia, bap. July 9, 1775, and m. Daniel Spooner of Hartland, Vt., and d. about 1830.
Dr. Crosby removed from this town to Winchendon in 1781; thence, in 1811, to Montpelier, Vt., and d. there, Dec. 11, 1814, aged 83; his wid., Azubah, d. there, Oct. 14, 1818, aged 85.
CROSBY, ELISHA (s. of Samuel, Sen.) m. Tabitha Har- rington of Worcester, and removed to Petersham ; returned here about 1779, and lived on the place that his brother, Dr. Samuel Crosby, left ; where he and his wife d. of small pox, 1792; his age 54. Chil. Frederick, b. April 8, 1764 ; Thomas, Sept., 1765, and went to New London, thence to Lyme, Ct., where he
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