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He married, first, October 13, 1740, Martha Swift, daughter of Rev. John and Sarah (Tileston) Swift. She died in 1749 and he married, second, October 4, 1750, Deborah Winch, daughter of Thomas and Deborah (Gleason) Winch. Children : I. Mary. born
January 8, 1742, married General James Reed. 2. Martha, born December 15, 1744, died April 3, 1745. 3. John, born and died May 15, 1747. 4. Martha, born June 7, 1749. 5. John, born August II, 1751. 6. Deborah, born December 26, 1753, married Caleb Le- land, and resided in Leominster. 7. Nelly, born November 4, 1755, married Captain John Brown, of Fitchburg. 8. Joseph, born April 3, 1758, mentioned below. 9. William, born June 23, 1760, married Irena Boynton, and lived at Troy, New Hampshire. 10. Daniel, born February 19, 1763, died unmarried at Troy. II. Anne, born October 27, 1765, mar- ried - Shirtleff. 12. Samuel, born Jan- uary 22, 1769, married Mary Nutting, of Pep- perell. 13. Hitty, born 1771, baptized Octo- ber 14, 1771 ; married Joseph Haskell, resided in Troy.
(V) Joseph Farrar, son of John Farrar (4), was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, April 3, 1758; married, 1781, Hannah Kim- ball, born December, 1758, died March 6, 1786, daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Weth- erbee) Kimball. Ephraim Kimball was born at Bradford, Massachusetts, August 16, 1722, died February 14, 1782; married, July 18, 1746, Mary Wetherbee, daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth Wetherbee, of Lunenburg, Massachusetts. The Kimballs resided in Lun- enburg and Bradford. The lineage of Han- nah Kimball : Hannah (6), Ephraim (5), Ephraim (4), Thomas (3), Thomas (2), Richard (1). Joseph Farrar married, second, Martha Nutting, of Pepperell; third, Eliza- beth Fletcher, of Dunstable, Massachusetts. He resided in Pepperell, Massachusetts. A Joseph Farrar, of Dunstable, was in Captain Bancroft's company, Colonel Bridges's regi- ment, in the revolution, enlisting for the town of Newburyport, and giving his residence as Dunstable, in or near which this Joseph (5) was living, his height five feet seven inches and complexion dark, but the age was given as twenty-eight on the rolls, whereas he was but twenty. He had a son Kimball, mentioned below. Probably others.
(VI) Kimball Farrar, son of Joseph Farrar (5), was born about 1800, in Pepperell, Massachusetts. He settled at Bradford. Massachusetts. He married Almira Emerson. Children, born in Bradford : I. John Bor- land, born December 19, 1830, mentioned be- low. 2. William Kimball, September 17, 1833. 3. Joseph Emerson, January 9, 1837.
(VII) John Borland Farrar, son of Kim- ball Farrar (6), born in Bradford, December
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19, 1830, died there April 1, 1887. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. In the early fifties, when a young man, he was a pioneer in California. When he re- turned to Bradford he engaged in the manu- facture of boots and shoes, and continued with much success the remainder of his life. His factory was in the city of Haverhill, and he was one of the most prominent manufac- turers of that famous city of shoe manufac- turers. In politics he was a Republican and an influential member of his party. He repre- sented his district in the general court, and was active in town affairs. For his many good qualities of heart and mind, in public and pri- vate life alike, he commanded the respect and esteem of his townsmen. He and his family were members of the Congregational church at Bradford. His home was in his native town. He was a member of the Free Masons. Royal Arch Masons, Royal and Select Mas- ters, Knights Templar.
He married Sarah Eliza Farrar, daughter of Farwell Farrar, of Pepperell, Massachu- setts, August 6, 1863. They had no children. Mrs. Farrar resides in Bradford at 140 Main street. She is a member of the First Congre- gational Church, a member of the Missionary Society.
Abraham Morrill, the first of MORRILL this family of whom there is record, came to this country with his brother Isaac in the ship "Lion" in 1632. He was a blacksmith, and one of the first settlers of Salisbury, Massachusetts, ac- quiring land there in the first division, 1640. He and Henry Saywood built a corn mill in 1642, on land granted them for that purpose. He signed the church petition in 1658; was liv- ing in Cambridge in 1632. He died June 20, 1662, while on a visit to Roxbury. He mar- ried, June 10, 1645, Sarah Clement. daughter of Robert Clement, of Haverhill. Children : I. Isaac, see forward. 2. Jacob, born August 24, 1648, married, July 15, 1674. Susanna Whittier, daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Green) Whittier. 3. Sarah, born October 14, 1650, married, first, January 5, 1670, Philip Rowell: second, July 31, 1695, Cresiphorus Page : third, May 29, 1708, Daniel Merrill. 4. Abraham, born November 14, 1652, married, about 1688, Sarah Bradbury, born February 26, 1661. daughter of Wymond and Sarah ( Pipe) Bradbury, of Salisbury. 5. Moses, born December 28, 1655, married. first, Re- becca Barnes ; second. Mary --. 6. Aaron,
born August 9, 1658, died January 31, 1688. 7. Richard, born February 6, 1659, died Feb- ruary 17, of the same year. 8. Lydia, born March 8, 1660, married, November 9, 1682, Ephraim Severance, born April 8, 1656. 9. Hepzibah. born January, 1662-63, married, about 1689, Captain John Dibbs, of Salisbury.
(H) Isaac Morrill, eldest child of Abra- ham (1) and Sarah (Clement ) Morrill, was born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, July 10, 1646. Like his father he was a blacksmith. He was a member of Salisbury church in 1687, and died October 17. 1713. He married, No- vember 14, 1670, Phoebe Gill, who probably died May 6, 1714. Their children were: I. Abraham, see forward. 2. Isaac, born in Sal- isbury. July 24. 1673, married, May 30, 1696, Abigail Brown, born February 1. 1674-75. 3. Sarah, born May 27. 1675. probably never married. 4. Jacob, born May 25, 1677, mar- ried, first, December 4. 1701, Elizabeth Stevens: second. January 5, 1722-23, Eliza- beth Dalton. 5. John, born November 2, 1679. married, December 23. 1703. Mary Stevens, born November 7. 1079, daughter of Benja- min and Hannah (Barnard) Stevens. 6. Rachel, born February 18, 1681-82. died Feb- ruary 29, of the same year. 7. Daniel, born February 18, 1682-83. married, January 23. 1706-07, Hannah Stevens, born April 30. 1682, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah ( Barnard) Stevens. 8. Jemima, born Octo- ber 9, 1685, married. January 18, 1720-21, Joseph Pike. Jr., of Newbury. 9. Mary, born September 10. 1689. unmarried. 10. Rachel. born August 24, 1692, married, March 20, 1711-12, John Shepard.
(III) Abraham Morrill, eldest child of Isaac (2) and Phoebe (Gill) Morrill, born in Salisbury, August 22, 1671, died April 15, 1731. He married, January 2. 1695-96, Eliz- abeth Sargent, daughter of William and Mary (Colby) Sargent. She died April 21, 1731. Their children were: 1. Judith, born Novem- ber 24, 1696, married, probably, December 26, 1717. Benjamin True. 2. Mary, born March 7, 1698-99, married, probably, January 29. 1718-19, Samuel Brown. 3. Reuben. born February 15, 1700, married, first. January 9. 1723-24. Abigail Page : second. December 26. 1728, Hannah Winsley. 4. Phebe, born April 23, 1703, married, probably, February 2. 1726-27. Reuben Currier. 5. Abraham, see forward. 6. Elizabeth, born April 13. 1708. married, probably. November 9, 1727, Henry Currier. 7. Jemima, born December 21, 1712. married. 1731, Ezekiel Morrill.
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(IV) Abraham Morrill, second son and fifth child of Abraham (3) and Elizabeth (Sargent) Morrill, born November 25, 1705. and resided in Salisbury. He married, 1727, Anna Clough, and they had children : Sam- uel, Abraham, Roby, Elizabeth, Abraham, Abel, see forward; Abraham.
(V) Abel Morrill, sixth child of Abraham (4) and Anna (Clough) Morrill, married Sarah Carr, of Hampton, New Hampshire. They had children: Sarah, Samuel, see for- ward; Mary, Eunice.
(VI) Samuel Morrill, second child and only son of Abel (5) and Sarah (Carr) Mor- rill, born December 21, 1765, died April 6, 1860. He married Anna Noyes, born June 13, 1771, died April 18, 1845. Their children were : I. Nancy, born November 14, 1791, died December 23, 1795. 2. William, born March 26, 1794, died November 12, 1868, married, September 15, 1824, Abigail Seavey, who died January 2, 1864. 3. Joseph, born December 26, 1795, married, December 12, 1821, Nancy Quinby. 4. Abel, born February 18, 1798, married Ann Morse Tucker; died 1891. 5. Nancy, born December 23, 1799, died January 31, 1880. 6. Jonathan, born May 3, 1802, married, December, 1849, Almira Clark. 7. Samuel, see forward. 8. Almira, born August 8, 1806, died December 1, 1902, at Amesbury, Massachusetts ; married, Sep- tember 17, 1846, John Morrill, who died April 22, 1874. 9. Roby, died February 19, 1893 ; married Mary Pettengill, who died January 30, 1890. 10. Edward. II. Jane, born 1813. died February 1, 1845, at Amesbury.
(VII) Samuel Morrill, fifth son and sey- ' ciated with himself his two sons-George H.
enth child of Samuel (6) and Anna (Noyes) Morrill, was born at Salisbury, Massachu- setts, April 4, 1804, died August 25, 1878. He learned the art of printing in Andover with Messrs. Flagg & Gould. He afterward bought out the business and conducted it with con- siderable success with Messrs. Allen and Wardwell. He printed the Worcester Spy for a number of years, and used the first power press in Massachusetts. Feeling the need of better ink for his work he was led to experiment and finally gave his whole at- tention to the manufacture of printers' ink. The first ink made by Mr. Morrill was boiled in a vegetable kettle and was tested by the re- nowned Boston printer of the old days, J. E. Farwell, and shortly afterward the ink was used by Boston Bee, of Boston. A small wooden buildng for the burning of lamp black, located in Salem street, Andover, and
a little help from the wind and an old horse, was the modest beginning. The ink was mixed in the cellar of the old Seminary Hill book store in strict seclusion, and the iron rollers for the mills had to be imported from Eng- land. He succeeded so well that a partner, W. C. Donald, joined him in time, and the brick machine shop formerly used by the Bos- ton & Maine railroad was purchased, and they went on steadily until finding it necessary to utilize water power, the business was removed to Norwood, then South Dedham. The An- dover Advertiser for 1853 reports a big fire in Morrill's ink factory. It was in February and they were boiling varnish in a kettle. When it boiled over they pulled the fire from under the kettle, but the varnish slopped into the fire and set off four hundred gallons of varnish (at that time the size corresponding to the small business), and much damage was done to the building and stock. A considerable opposition was developed against the rebuild- ing of the factory on the part of the towns- people, on account of the danger of fire and the offensive odors. This opposition and the need of water power resulted in the removal of the plant to Norwood. The output of the firm at this period had grown to about eight hundred pounds of ink per day, which was used in all the states and in some foreign countries. The American Board and Bible Society and also state printers were patrons, and the business was quite profitable because there was no competition.
About this time the partnership with Mr. Donald was dissolved, and Mr. Morrill asso-
and Samuel S .- who had grown up in Andover and received a good education at Phillips. Academy. George H. was a thorough and prac- tical machinist, having learned his trade in the service of the Boston & Maine railroad and the New York & Harlem railroad, in the shops and as a locomotive engineer for sev- eral years, and Samuel S. was an equally thorough accountant. They continued their experiments, constantly improving, meeting with numerous losses by fire, unavoidable in this class of work, and met with a "Morrill Philosophy" which became proverbial. In 1859, when the dark days of the war were. casting shadows, Samuel Morrill was induced to retire, and the eldest son, endowed with rare gifts and pluck, shouldered the burden alone. They took as brave a share as any in the field of battle in those dark years, and the George H. Morrill Company of today is reap-
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ing the fruit of the patient persevering plans of its late head, Samuel Morrill. In 1867 Samuel Morrill went to San Francisco, Cali- fornia. and established a branch of his busi- ness on the Pacific coast now known as the E. J. Shattuck Company. In 1880 the works in Norwood comprised fifteen principal build- ings and the output was seven thousand barrels of ink per year. Since then the plant has grown enormously ; the home office is in Bos- ton, with branch houses in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and London, England, fac- tories at Norwood, New York city and San Francisco, and with agencies at Yokohama and Kobe, Japan. On January 1, 1884. George H. Morrill took into partnership his two sons -George H., Jr. and Frank T. and his son-in- law, Edmund J. Shattuck. In October, 1903. a stock company was organized and incor- porated, under the title of the George H. Mor- rill Company. George H. Morrill was elected president, and his son George 11. Jr., treas- urer. A year or two later he retired from active participation in the business, but re- tained a large part of the stock. His son. George H. Jr., was then elected president and treasurer of the company, which offices he now holds. Edmund J. Shattuck died shortly after the reorganization of the company.
Samuel Morrill was elected chacon of the South Dedham, now Norwood. Congregational Church shortly after settling there and held the office until his death, faithfully and con- scientiously performing all the obligations per- taining thereto, always ready to assist those in need and in times of sorrow, generous and charitable, never allowing his right hand to know what his left hand was doing, and in all ways fulfilling the scriptural injunction to "do unto others as you would that they would do to you." He was highly esteemed by the members of the church as well as by the citi- zens of Norwood, and he was an ardent worker in the cause of temperance, encourag- ing everything that would tend to the moral and spiritual welfare of the people with whom he was brought in contact. He was a man of exemplary character and of purely domestic habits, and his leisure time was spent in his home in the enjoyment of his wife and family.
Samuel Morrill married, December 25, 1828. Hannah Abbott, of Andover, Massachusetts. born September 9, 1807, died April 4, 1889. They had children : I. George H., see for- ward. 2. Samuel S., born in Andover, Mass- achusetts, October 10, 1832, died April 19, 1873: married, June 13, 1861, Henrietta A.
Winslow, of South Dedham. 3. Edward H., see forward.
(VIII) George H. Morrill, eldest son of Samuel (7) and Hannah (Abbott) Morrill. was born at Worcester, Massachusetts, No- vember 7, 1829. He erected and donated to the town of Norwood the public library build- ing, in memory of his daughter, Sarah B. Mor- rill. He married, first, December 23. 1852. Sarah B. Tidd, daughter of William and Lutheria ( Bond) Tidd, who died March 20. 1864, aged thirty-two years. Their children were: 1. Emma L., born at Andover, Novem- ber 4. 1853, married, December 11. 1877, Ed- mund J. Shattuck, born March 25. 1853, died October 4. 1893. Children: Lois Mitchell. born in Norwood, August 30, 1878; Louise Morrill, twin of the preceding ; Maude Alice, born September 1, 1880: Edmund J. Jr., born August 24, 1887; Sarah B. M., born April 3, 1893. 2. George H., Jr., see forward. 3. Frank Tidd, born at South Dedham, July 28, 1857, married. December 10, 1878, Annie French, of Jamaica Plains. Children: Whit- ney F .. Abraham F., Alice L., Richard C. 4. Alice 11., born November 11, 1859, at South Dedham, married Dr. Lewis H. Plimpton, of Norwood. 5. Grace L .. born February 13, 1862. George H. Morrill married, second, January 15. 1865, Louisa J. Tidd, sister of his first wife. They had children: 1. Sarah B .. boin October 2, 1872, at Norwood. died March 7. 1895. 2. Sheldon Collins, born April 30, 1875, at Norwood, died April 30, 1876.
(VIII) Edward H. Morrill, third and youngest son and child of Samuel (7) and Hannah ( Abbott) Morrill, was born at An- dover, Massachusetts, December 6, 1845. He succeeded his father as deacon of the First Church of Norwood, which office he held for the long period of twenty-one years or until his removal to Alston, in which city he served in the same capacity for the Quint Avenue Congregational Church from 1902 until 1908, when he removed to Winter Hill, Somerville, Massachusetts. He married, at Dover, New Hampshire, October 31, 1867, Jane E. Moores, of Mannyunk, Pennsylvania. Their children, all born at South Dedham, were: I. Charles Edward, born May 17, 1869, died October 2 of the same year. 2. Charlotte Jane, born June 12, 1870, married, July 5. 1899, Profes- sor Albert de Forest Palmer, professor of science at Brown University. Children :
Standish Edward, born November 29, 1900, and Albert de Forest, born December 12, 1901. 3. Florence Hannah, born September 19, 1871,
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died March 26, 1876. 4. Frances Elizabeth, twin of Florence Hannah, married, March 21, 1894, Arthur H. Moore, of Peabody, Massa- achusetts. Children : Emma Letitia, born May 7, 1895 : Henry Edward, born March 10, 1898; Pearl Elizabeth, born May 11, 1901; Frances Gertrude, born June 4, 1905. 5. Ella May, born December 22, 1872, died October 5. 1873. 6. Emma Abbott, born February 4. 1876, married. December 22, 1898. Professor William H. Snyder, professor of science at Worcester Academy, Massachusetts. Chil- dren : Louise May, born December 31, 1900: Ruth, born December 22, 1902; William Henry, Jr., born November 26, 1904. 7. Sam- uel Edward, born April 27, 1877, died August 4, 1878. 8. Lilla May, born May 20, 1879. 9. Herbert Edward, born August 20, 1882. Jane E. ( Moores) Morrill was a daughter of Wil- liam and Elizabeth (Russum) Moores, the former of whom was born in Dighton, Eng- land, May 25, 1820. He married, May 15. 1845, Elizabeth Russum, born in Maryland, May 15, 1823. Children: Jane E., mentioned above, born April 23, 1846, and Emma L., born in Province, Pennsylvania, January 14. 1849. After the death of Mr. Moores, Mrs. Moores married William Hardy, born in Lids- bury, England, May 25, 1815. By this mar- riage she had children : Edward W., born July 21, 1852, and Mary E., born July 22, 1854.
(IX) George Henry Morrill, Jr., second child and eldest son of George Henry (8) and Sarah Bond ( Tidd) Morrill, was born in North Woburn, Massachusetts, October 18. 1855. In infancy he was named Samuel George, but upon attaining the age of eighteen changed his name to that of George H., the same name as his father. He was educated in the public schools of Norwood and Allen's English Classical School at West Newton, and after completing his studies entered his father's factory, January, 1874, acquiring a thorough knowledge of the business in every detail. which has well qualified him for the important positions which he has since been called upon to fill. He continued as an employee until 1884, when the firm was reorganized under the firm name of George H. Morrill & Com- pany, George H. Morrill, Sr .. George H. Mor- ill, Jr., Frank Tidd Morrill and Edmund J. Shattuck comprising the firm. In October, 1903, the firm was organized into a stock com- pany under the name of The George H. Mor- rill Company, with George H. Morrill, Sr., president, and George H. Morrill, Jr., treas-
urer. A year or two later George H. Morrill, Sr., retired from active business, and George H. Jr. became president and treasurer, which offices he is filling at the present time. The business comprises The George H. Morrill Company with home office in Boston, factory in Norwood and office and factory in New York and Chicago, the E. J. Shattuck Com- pany of San Francisco, and Eastern Carbon Black Company of West Virginia, where is manufactured all the lamp black for all fac- tories, also with offices in London, England, and extensive agencies in Yokohama and Kobe. Japan. The company is the most ex- tensive manufacturers of printers' ink in the world, and they enjoy a reputation for honor- able and straightforward transactions. Of the four partners in 1884 who comprised the firm of George H. Morrill & Company, George H., Jr. is the only one now engaged in the active management of the business, which has as- sumed almost gigantic proportions. Mr. Mor- rill is a member of Orient Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons : Hebron Chapter, Royal Arch Masons : Hyde Park Council, Royal and Select Masters ; Boston Commandery, Knights Templar : Boston Consistory, thirty-second degree, Aleppo Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, being a life member of nearly all of the Masonic bodies. He is a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, life member of the Massachusetts Automobile Club, and the Old Boston Dining Club. He is a Republican in politics
Mr. Morrill married, May 9, 1878, Mary Elizabeth Gilbert, born October 8, 1859. daughter of Isaac Hawley and Mary Elizabeth ( Babbitt) Gilbert. Children : I.
George Henry, 3rd, born April 14, 1879, died May 8, 1893. 2. Edith Annie, born January 9, 1881, died May 3, 1881. 3. Leon Gilbert, born October 27, 1882, attended the schools of Nor- wood, Berkley School and Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology, graduating from the latter institution in the class of 1905. He is now engaged in business with his father. He married Florence Mclellan Russell, born in Brookline, Massachusetts, daughter of Daniel W. and Mary (McLellan) Russell; they are the parents of one child, Russell Gilbert, born January 6, 1908.
William Shattuck, the pro- SHATTUCK genitor of most of the American families of that name, was born in England, 1622, according to his own deposition made April 3, 1661. He
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was the immigrant ancestor, and died in Watertown August 14, 1672, aged fifty years. He was one of the proprietors of Watertown in 1642, and his homestall there was between that of John Clough and William Perry. He added to his original holdings by purchase and grants. He bought John Clough's place July 4, 1654, including house, garden and thirty acres of land on Common Hill, south of the present site of Wellington Hill station of the Fitchburg railroad, east of Common street, leading to Watertown village. He was a cordwainer, or shoemaker, though the genea- logy gives his trade as weaver. He removed to Boston in 1652, but returned to Watertown in 1654. He acquired a large property and held a respectable position in society. One of his descendants, Lemuel Shattuck, erected a monument in 1853 over his grave at Water- town, in honor of the emigrant and his son, John Shattuck, who died in the service of his country. His will. dated August 3, proven August 29, 1672, bequeathed to his son Sam- uel Church; to sons John, Philip, William, Benjamin and Samuel: "to my ten younger children that are married;" to wife Susanna and to each grandchild. The widow married second Richard Norcross, who survived her. She died December 11. 1686, at Watertown. Children: 1. Susanna, born 1643: married J. Morse and J. Fay. 2. Mary, born August 25, 1645 ; married Jonathan Brown. 3. John, born February II, 1646-7: mentioned below. 4. Dr. Philip, born 1648; married first, No- vember 9, 1670, Deborah Barstow ; second, February 11, 1680, Rebecca Chamberlain, died June 26, 1722. 5. Joanna, died April 4. 1673, unmarried. 6. William, born 1653: married Susanna Randall. 7. Rebecca, born 1655; married Samuel Church. 8. Abigail, born 1657; married J. Morse and J. Parker. 9. Benjamin, died in his twentieth year. 10. Samuel, born February 28, 1666 ; married Abi- gail
(II) John Shattuck, son of William Shat- tuck (1), was born in Watertown, Massachu- setts, February 11, 1647. He owned land at Groton, but it is not known that he ever lived there. He was a carpenter by trade, and lived in the middle district of Watertown, now the center village of Watertown. In 1669 he ran the mill on Charles river, located near where the road from Watertown to Newton Centre now crosses the river. He gave his life for his country in King Philip's war. He was a sergeant in Captain Richard Beers's company of Watertown. They marched to the relief of
Hadley. in western Massachusetts, but were cliverted by a report that the Indians had at- tacked Northfield. On their way thither they were attacked by a large force of Indians, and narrowly escaped annihilation. Out of thirty- six only sixteen escaped with their lives. Cap- tain Beers was among the slain. Shattuck was chosen to make the lonesome and perilous journey to Boston and inform the governor of the state of affairs and of the result of the skirmish. In ten days he arrived safely at Charlestown, but, while crossing the ferry, the boat, overloaded with horses and other freight, was upset by the waves and foundered. Shat- tuck was the only man drowned by the acci- dent. He married, June 20, 1664, in his eigh- teenth year, Ruth Whitney, born in Water- town, April 5, 1645, daughter of John and Elinor Whitney. She married second, March 6, 1677, Enoch Lawrence, son of John Lawr- ence, and in 1678 with the Shattuck children they removed to Groton and occupied John Shattuck's land there. Lawrence died in Gro- ton September 28, 1744, aged ninety-five years. six months, twenty-three days. Children of John and Ruth Shattuck: 1. John, born June 4, 1666; married Mary Blood. 2. Ruth, born June 24, 1668: married Jonathan Farnsworth. 3. William, born September 11, 1670; mar- ried Hannah Underwood. 4. Samuel, men- tioned below.
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