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lotte (Lincoln ) Keyes. Danforth Keyes was a son of Pardon Keyes, and grandson of Col- onel Danforth Keyes, of revolutionary fame. (11) Major Hanse Robinson, fourth child of Dr. Moses Robinson, married Bridget (or Priscilla ) Hyler. They settled in Cushing and died there. "It was on his lot near Cobb's Narrows, we believe, that when first taken posession of there was found what has always been called the 'old cellar,' but which from recent examination, made by Mr. I. S. Burton, appears to have claims to much greater inter- est than is usually attached to that class of ruins. The first huts of the settlers here were usually without cellars, or at most with only a slight unwalled excavation entered by a trap door in the middle of the room. But this was a deep and capacious structure forty feet in length and at this day (1865) not less than nine feet in depth : well walled when first dis- covered, with hewn timber, since crumbled to dust : and situated on a point projecting into the river, with a cove on one side, to which a subterranean passage, with similar walls and depth, led from the main structure. What was its design and by whom it was built, whether by early French traders, or as a retreat for pirates frequenting the coast, remains uncer- tain." ( Eaton's "Thomaston"). Major Hanse and Bridget ( or Priscilla ) ( Hyler ) Robin- son had ten children: 1. Priscilla, married - Gardner, and lived in Cushing. 2. Mar- garet, born 1763, married John Roakes; lived in Warren and died April 19, 1806. 3. Sim- con, married Hannah Hyler, and lived in Cushing. 4. Agnes, married ( first ) Caleb lloward, (second) Robert Portersfield, and removed to Ohio. 5. Betsey, married Corne- lius Hyler, and lived and died in Cushing. 6. Hanse, married Lucy Hyler, and lived in Cushing. 7. Captain Moses. 8. John, married Polly Dillaway. 9. Thomas. 10. Jacob, mar- ried (first ) Nancy ( Anomeriah, says town record ) Robinson who died October 28, 1795 : married (second) Sarah Kelloch: lived in South Thomaston and died April 6, 1813.
(III) Captain Moses Robinson, son of Major Hanse and Bridget (or Priscilla ) ( Hy- ler ) Robinson, born 1773, lived in Cushing and was lost overboard in June, 1833, from the sloop "Orient" on passage from East Thomaston to Bangor. Married Priscilla Hy- ler and had nine children: 1. Ann, married Grafton. 2. Cornelius, married Agnes Robinson ; lived and died in Cushing. 3. Mason. 4. Louisa, married Anthony Libby. 5. Moses, married Rachel Elwell : removed to
Salt Lake. 6. Emeline. 7. Paulinda. 8. Ed- ward. 9. Hannah.
(IV) Mason Robinson, son of Captain Moses and Priscilla ( Hyler ) Robinson, lived and died in Cushing. Married ( first ) Rachel Hyler, and ( second) her sister. Their daugh- ter. Lillias Robinson, married Captain Sylva- nus Robinson (second wife ), who was born in St. George, Maine. December 31, 1844, died there October 6, 1907. The first wife of Cap- tain Sylvanus Robinson was Julia A. Robin- son, daughter of Erastus Robinson, who mar- ried Sally Gilchrist.
The Gilchrists of this line are descended from the ancient Scottish clan Killereast, of Ayr ( Ayrshire ), whose members dwelt in the shire next north of Glasgow previous to the conquest of Scotland by William the Con- queror. 1071. At the time of the reformation they became Presbyterians under John Knox. and in 1602 many of this family with other Scots were induced by James I of England to settle in the north of Ireland, where they lived for more than one hundred years.
During the so-called Scotch-Irish immigra- tion to America at least five of the surname Gilchrist came to the country, one branch set- tling in Alabama, another in southern Penn- sylvania. and the other three in New England. The latter were William, of Lunenburg. Mass- achusetts, and Robert and William, both of whom settled in Chester, New Hampshire. They were brothers and an account of their families is given in the history of Chester and other New Hampshire towns.
Samuel Gilchrist was a soldier of the revolu- tion and was wounded in the skirmish at Har- lem during Washington's retreat from New York. He was hit in the side by a bullet, and that piece of British lead was carried in his body until the day of his death. He married Hannah Robinson, eldest daughter of Joseph Robinson, and granddaughter of Dr. Moses Robinson, of whom mention is made in a pre- ceding paragraph. Samuel Gilchrist and Han- nah Robinson had eleven children: 1. Captain John, married. January 30, 1800, Margaret Fogerty: lived in St. George. 2. Willian, born August, 1780: married Betsey Norwood, lived in Montville and died in 1860. 3. Cap- tain Joseph, born in Cushing, May 20, 1782. died September 7, 1864; was a mariner and retired from the sea with an ample fortune : married, January 6, 1803, Sarah Carney, and removed to Thomaston about 1823-24. 4. Hugh, married (first) Betsey Hall, (second) Hannah Simmons: removed to Knox, Maine.
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and there married a third wife. 5. Samuel. 6. Archibald, died young. 7. James, married De- borah Robinson, and lived in Cushing. 8. Alexander, married (first) Margaret Hyler, ( second ) - McKellar, lived and died in St. George. 9. Robert, married Betsey Hall, and lived in St. George. 10. Sarah, married James Linnekin, and lived in St. George. II. George, married Martha Linnekin, and lived in St. George.
Samuel Gilchrist, son of Samuel and Han- nah ( Robinson ) Gilchrist, married Lydia Smalley, and removed to St. George. Their son, Erastus Gilchrist, married Sallie Robin- son and had a daughter, Julia A., born in St. George in 1848, died in 1875, who married Syl- vanus Robinson.
Frye in old England means free
FRYE and is used as a surname from the earliest times in England, as Free and Freeman, derived in the same way and meaning the same thing. Le Frye and Le Freie were surnames in the Hundred Rolls of the twelth century. Some writers are inclined to think that the progenitor or progenitors of this family took their name from the Norse mythological name Freyr and Freyjr, son and daughter of Niord and wife Frigga. The name Frey. Frie, or Fies, variously spelled, is found in Germany.
In England various branches spell the name Fry and Frye to the present time. The Frye coat-of-arms borne by the family in Yartje, Devonshire, since the reign of Edward IV. also at Deer Parkwood and Dulcis, in the same county : Gules three horses courant or. Crest : A dexter arm embowed in armor grasping in the hand proper a sword of the last, hilt and panel or. The Fry family has seats in Exeter, Devonshire, and Tarrant Gun- fold, Dorsetshire, having four different coats- of-arms.
The American families of this name are descended from John, mentioned below ; George Frye who came to Weymouth from Combe St. Nicholas, England, in 1640, who left no sons according to his will : and William Frye who came to Weymouth with the first company in 1636, left daughters but no sons.
(I) John Frye, the immigrant, was born in England and came from a town, borough or parish called Basingstoke, near Andover, Hampshire. He came in the ship "Bevis." sailing May. 1638, accompanied by wife and three children, and settled first at Newbury.
Massachusetts, where he was a proprietor in 1638, and finally removed to Andover, Massa- chusetts, where he died November 9. 1693, aged ninety-two years, seven months. The family owes much of its knowledge of the carly generations to Captain Nathaniel Frye, a descendant mentioned below. (See Collec- tions Maine His. Soc. p. 435, vol. iv). John was admitted a freeman in 1645. He was a wheelwright by trade. His wife Anne died October 22, 1680. His will made March 16, 1685-86, signed John "Frie," and proved De- cember 3. 1693, bequeathed to eldest son John ; sons Benjamin, Samuel and James ; daughter Elizabeth Stiles. Children: I. Deacon John, born in England, died September 17, 1696; left no children. 2. Benjamin, of Andover, married. May 23. 1678, Mary Parker, who died March 17. 1724-25. 3. Samuel, born about 1650, mentioned below. 4. James, of Andover, born January 5, 1652-53, died Sep- tember 28. 1734; married Lydia Osgood, daughter of John, January 20, 1679-80. 5. Sarah or Susan, died March 5. 1661-62. 6. Elizabeth, married Robert Stiles.
(11) Samnel Frye, son of John Frye (1), was born about 1650. He lived in Andover and became one of the leading citizens ; was often a town officer ; was deputy to the general court in 1701-09-11. He was lieutenant in the Andover military company and doubtless served against the Indians as all soldiers of his day had of necessity to do. He died May 9. 1725. in his seventy-sixth year. He mar- ried, November 20, 1671, Mary Aslett or As- lebee, who died in 1749, aged ninety-three years. Their children, born at Andover, all lived to marry and have children: 1. John, of Andover, born September 16, 1672, died April 7. 1737. in sixty-fifth year ; married Tabitha Farnum, daughter of Thomas, November I, 1694: their son, Major General Joseph Frye. born April, 1711, settled in Fryeburg, Maine, named for him: died 1794: valiant soldier in war in 1755. 2. Samuel, born 1675. died Aug- ust, 1689. 3. Mary, born February 22, 1677- 78, married, December 22. 1696, Joseph Stev- ens. 4. Phebe, born May 28, 1680, married, December 15. 1698, Samuel Peters. 5. Han- nah, born April 12. 1683, married, June 4. 1701, John Chandler, of Amesbury. 6. Ebe- nezer, born February 16, 1685-86, died May 16. 1725 : married, December 23, 1708, Eliza- beth Farnum. 7. Nathan, born June 15. 1688. died March 19. 1758: married Sarah Bridges. 8. Deborah, born February 26. 1691-92. 9. Samuel, born April 26, 1694. mentioned be-
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low. 10. Captain Benjamin, born October 8, 1698, was of Marblehead, 1721.
(III) Samuel Frye, son of Samuel Frye (2), born in Andover, April 26, 1694. died there October 17. 1761 : married, March 26, 1719-20, Sarah Osgood, daughter of Timothy Osgood. She died April 6. 1760, in her sixty- fourth year. Children born in Andover: I. Samuel, born January 9, 1720, died May, 1725. 2. Colonel Peter, born January 3, 1723, died at London, England, February 1, 1820, aged ninety-seven; graduate of Harvard College 1744: judge of the court of common pleas, register of probate and a colonel of militia of the county of Essex : married Love Pickman, daughter of Benjamin and Love ( Rawlins ) Pickman: the first husband of his daughter Love was Dr. Peter Oliver, a Massachusetts loyalist, and her second Admiral Sir John Knight of the British navy. 3. William, mar- ried. December 1, 1748, Mary Carlton, who died September 28, 1763: second, November 24, 1769. Deborah Colburn. 4. Susannah, born May 4. 1728. 5. Samuel, born December 22. 1720, mentioned below. 6. James, born Sep- tember 13. 1731, married. December 13, 1753, Sarah Chickering. 7. Timothy, born May 8, 1735. married. November 21. 1758. Hannah Collins. 8. Daniel, born April 14, 1738, died August 30. 1738. 9. John, born January 23. 1741.
(IV) Samuel Frye, son of Samuel Frye ( 3). born in Andover, December 22, 1729, died in 1812, aged eighty-three. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private in the company of Captain Joshua Hall ( Fourth Andover ) on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. He mar- ried, June 14. 1753. Elizabeth Frye, daughter of Colonel James Frye. Children born at An- dover: 1. Theophilus, mentioned below. 2. Samuel.
(V) Theophilus Frye, son of Samuel Frye (4), was born in Andover about 1750. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private in Captain Benjamin Ames's company on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775: also in the same company in Colonel James Frye's regi- ment in 1775 : also sergeant in Captain Samuel King's company. Colonel Josiah Whitcomb's regiment in 1776. He married Lucy Lovejoy. Children born in Andover: 1. Enoch, men- tioned below. 2. Isaac, soklier in the War of 1812. 3. Theophilus, also a soldier in War of 1812. Possibly Samuel and Reuben.
(VI) Enoch Frye, son of Theophilus Frye (5). born in Andover, August 28, 1776, died 1863. He married Mary Shattuck, born Feb-
ruary 16, 1776, died 1884. Children, born in Andover: 1. Enoch, born January 22, 1799, died 1886. 2. Mary, born May 16, 1801, died 1877. 3. Herman, born April 4, 1803. died October, 1856. 4. Phebe S., born November 2. 1804, died December 5. 1892. 5. Andrew. born February 18, 1807, died in infancy. 6. Isaac, born March 3, 1809, died unmarried. 7. Andrew L., born October 4. 1811, still living. 8. Theophilus, born April 13. 1815, died 1854. 9. Elizabeth, born September 18, 1818, died 1859.
(Vlb) Herman Frye, son of Enoch Frye (6), born April 4, 1803, in Andover, died at Lawrence in 1856. He married. March, 1840, Eliza Richardson, of Andover, born 1807, died September, 1849. He married, sec- ond, Harriet Armstrong, July, 1853, who was born at Pawlet, Vermont, August 4, 1817, now living in Lynn, Massachusetts. Children of first wife, born at Methuen, Massachusetts: 1. Horace, born October 31, 1842, died Decem- ber, 1859. 2. Newton P., born October 26, 1846, mentioned below. 3. Emma Eliza, born October 4. 1848, died May. 1858. Child of second wife: 4. Kate Charlotte, born in Law- rence, Massachusetts, July 12. 1854, married Charles Nichols, of Woburn, Massachusetts.
(VIII) Newton Parker Frye, son of Her- man Frye (7), was born October 26, 1846, at Methuen, Massachusetts. He was educated in the district schools of Lawrence and in Phillips Academy, Andover. His father died when he was but ten years old, and his educa- tion was obtained largely through his own efforts. He learned the trade of machinist and draughtsman in the Davis & Furber machine shops in North Andover, Massachusetts, studying during all his spare hours the profes- sion he meant to follow. In 1877 he was ad- mitted to the bar in Essex county: in 1877 he was admitted to practice in the United States courts, Boston, and in 1889 to the United States supreme court at Washington. He has had a large and increasing practice in Andover. Lawrence and throughout Essex county. He has his office in Lawrence. He has been honored with many offices of trust and respon- sibility. In 1879 he was representative to the general court, and in 1886 was state senator from his district. He has been town counsel. moderator, school committeeman, assessor and selectman. In 1892 he was appointed by the governor of the commonwealth trial justice for Essex county, and has held office to the present time. His duties correspond to those of the district courts in cities and large centers
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of population. He is a well known and influ- ential Republican in politics, and has often served his party on important committees and in nominating conventions. He is a public speaker of ability and has more than a local reputation as a convincing and eloquent stump speaker and lecturer. He was a delegate from his congressional district to the Republican Na- tional convention of 1904. He is a prominent member and deacon of the Congregational church of North Andover, where he resides, and is active in church and benevolent work. He is a member and secretary of the Congrega- tional Club of North Essex. He is a member of Cochichewich Lodge of Free Masons of North Andover ; Mount Sinai Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Lawrence Council, Royal and Select Masters : Bethany Commandery, No. 17. Knights Templar, of which he is past com- mander. His home is at 61 Elm street, North Andover.
He married, first. April 10, 1869, Hannah J. Pingree, born June 16, 1845, died June 28. 1878, at North Andover. He married, second. January 9. 1884, Katherine Charlotte Field. born April 1. 1857, daughter of Jeremiah Smith and Sarah ( Moore ) Field. ( See sketch of Field family herewith ). Judge Frye has no children.
(II ) Captain James Frye, son of John Frye (I), born January 5. 1652-53, died September 28, 1734. He married, January 20, 1679-80, Lydia Osgood, who died April 14, 1741. Chil- dren born at Andover: 1. Lydia, born Feb- ruary 10. 1681, married Joseph Parker. 2. James, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, born Feb- ruary 27. 1684-85, married, March 22, 1704- 05. William Lovejoy. 4. Joseph, born Novem- ber 11, 1687, died April 13. 1688. 5. Timothy, born February 17, 1689. died young. 6. Tim- othy, born December 11, 1690. died August 27. 1693. 7. Phebe, born 1693. married, 1713. Asa Swan. 8. Jonathan, graduate at Harvard 1723 : killed 1725 in Lovewell's fight. 9. Anne. died September 7. 1703. 10. Dorothy. mar- ried. March, 1812-13. James Stevens. 11. Mary, married Best or Bass.
(III) James Frye, son of James Frye (2). was born in Andover, December 23, 1682. settled in Bradford, Massachusetts, where he died about 1717. He married. . first, May 25, 1708. Joanna Sprague, and. second, December 20, 1715. Rachel Atwood, daughter of Philip. She married, second, January 25. 1722, Abra- ham Haseltine, of Bradford. Children : I. Colonel James, mentioned below. 2. John. 3. Sarah, married, November 4, 1731. Joshua
Frye, hatter, of Bradford. 4. Joanna, mar- ried, February 3, 1735-36, David Haseltine, of Bradford.
( IV) Colonel James Frye, son of James Frye (3). born about 1710, died January 8. 1776, aged sixty-six years. He was buried in the old cemetery in North Andover, Massa- chusetts, and each memorial day the G. A. R. decorate the grave of Colonel James Frye. He married, first. November 23, 1734, Eliza- beth Osgood, daughter of John Osgood. His wife died December 8, 1756, and he married. second, May 27. 1757, Sarah Roby, widow of Captain William Roby, of Salem. Colonel Frye commanded a regiment in the battle of Bunker Hill, and animated the courage of his soldiers by the glorious recollection: "This day thirty years since, I was at the taking of Louisburg, when it was surrendered to us. It is a fortunate day for America. We shall certainly beat the enemy." ( Swett). Chil- dren: 1. Elizabeth, baptized December 28, 1735. married, June 14, 1753. Samuel Frye (4), mentioned above. 2. Joanna, born Feb- ruary 19. 1737, married - - Farrington. 3. Sarah, born March 28. 1739. married John Boyden, removed to Conway. New Hampshire. 4. James. born January 9. 1741, died at Meth- uen, 1826. 5. Jonathan, born December 4. 1742, graduate of Harvard, lived at Bucks- port, Maine; drowned in the Penobscot river. 6. Hannah, born September 12, 1744, married, March 31. 1763. Daniel Poor. 7. Dorcas, born 1750, married, November 10, 1768. Ezekiel Carlton. 8. Molly, born March 9. 1752. 9. Phebe. born August 6. 1753. died March IO, 1761. 10. Frederic, born June 9. 1760. II. Pamelia, born May 23. 1764.
FIELD The name Field is an ancient and honorable one in England and can be traced far back of the conquest. Probably not a dozen families in England can prove so high an antiquity. It was anciently written De la Field or De la Felde, but about the middle of the fourteenth century the spell- ing was changed to Field, or in some cases, Feild. There is a statement in Symonds' diary that he saw the arms of the Field family on monuments of knights in Madely Church. which were of the thirteenth century. These were, "Sable, three garbs argent." These arms. differenced by a chevron, were confirmed to John Field, of East Ardsley, in the manor of Wakefield, in 1558. They are now on an old house at Crofton where several of the same
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fangly resided in the sixteenth and seven- teenth centuries.
(1) Roger del Field was born at Sowerby. England, about 1240. He was descended from Sir Hubertus De la Feld and the head of the family which settled in Lancaster and Kent counties, England. Children : 1. Richard. born about 1276. 2. Thomas, mentioned be- low.
(11) Thomas De la Feld, son of Roger Del Field ( 1). was born at Sowerby, about 1278. He was a juror of Sowerby in 1307. He was named in the Wakefield rolls in 1314 and 1322. when he was at "Halifax Court." Children : 1. John, born 1300, mentioned below. 2. Adam.
( III) John Del Feld, son of Thomas De la Feld, was born at Sowerby in 1300. He was named in the Wakefield rolls in 1326-34-36. when he had land at Sowerby. He had one child, Thomas, born 1330, mentioned below.
(IV ) Thomas Del Feld. son of John Del Feld ( 3), was born at Sowerby in 1330. He married Annabelle He was a promi- nent man, his name occurring frequently in the rolls in positions of trust. He had one child. Thomas, mentioned below.
(\') Thomas Del Feld, son of Thomas Del Feld (4), was born at Sowerby in 1360. He married Isabel On March 12. 1429. "Thomas Del Felde de Bolton" made his will. leaving to his wife Isabel all his lands and tenants "in villa and tertory de Byngley" for life. the remainder to his heirs. He died in 1429. Children : 1. Robert. 2. William, men- tioned below.
(VI) William Feld, son of Thomas Del Feld (5). was born possibly in Bradford, Eng- land. Hle married Katherine Letters of administration were granted his widow. April 21. 1480. He died in April, 1480. Hle resided in the parish of Bradford. England. Children: 1. William, mentioned below. 2. Jolın.
(VII) William Feld, son of William Feld (6). was born at Bradford, England, and re- sided at East Ardsley, England. Children : I. Richard, married Elizabeth 2. Thomas. 3. Jolin, born about 1519, mentioned below.
(VIII) Rev. John Field, son of William Feld (7), was born near Bradford, England. about 1519. He was rector of Cripplegate. and the author of "A Godly Exhortation by Occasion of the Late Judgment of God Showed at Paris Garden 13 Jan. 1583." a violent at- tack upon theatrical entertainments. He died
March 20, 1587-88. Children: 1. Theophilus, born January 22, 1574, married Alice 2. John, Jr., born about 1579, mentioned be- low. 3. Nathaniel, born June 13. 1581. died young. 4. Nathaniel, born October 17. 1587. married Anne
(IX) John Field, Jr .. son of Rev. John Field (8), was born in Parish St. Giles, Lon- lon, England, about 1579. died in England. He married, in Boston, England, August 13. 1609. Ellen Hutchinson, and resided there. Children : 1. Darby, born in Boston, England. about 1610. (Field Gen. ). 2. Henry, born about 1611. 3. Robert. mentioned below. 4. Richard.
(X) Robert Field, son of John Field (9), was born in 1613 in England in Pealing or Yealing, county Berks. He was a tailor by trade and came from Southampton on the ship "James" June 3. 1635. In 1638 he was living in Providence, Rhode Island, but removed to Boston, Massachusetts, about 1650. In 1653 he was a resident of Saco, Maine, but return- ed to Boston, where he died. The inventory of his estate was returned May 3. 1675. his widow being administrator. He married, in Boston, Mary Stanley, born 1610. daughter of Christopher and Susanna Stanley. Children : 1. John, born May 22, 1644. died young. 2. Robert, born November 30. 1647, died young. 3. Thomas, died young. 4. William, mentioned below. 5. Thomas, born January 10, 1651. died young. 6. Thomas, born November 28. 1652. 7. Robert, born September 11. 1653. married, first. -: second, Mary Jennery or Chenery. 8. John, born January 9, 1656. 9. Elizabeth, born June 17. 1658, married Hurd. 10. Sarah, born October 20. 1660. died September 30, 1601. 11. Daniel. born September 6, 1662. 12. Sarah, born March 25. 1665.
(MI) William Field, son of Robert Field ( 10). born at Dorchester, Massachusetts, March 17, 1650, died March 25. 1717-18. He resided at Braintree, Massachusetts. He mar- ried Rebecca - -. Children : 1. William, born 1691. mentioned below. 2. Ebenezer, born about 1700, married Abigail Neal. 3. Rebecca, born June 15. 1712, married, Janu- ary 5. 1740, Thomas Cummins.
(XII) William Field, son of William Field (II). born at Dorchester about 1691, died about 1773. when his four sons were said to be living at Braintree. Hle married Sarah
Children : I. Sarah, born April 5. 1714, married. May 4, 1738, Abijah Crane. of Milton. 2. William, born June 29. 1716, mar-
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ried, first, Mehitable Blake: second, Abigail Brighton. 3. John, born August 1, 1718, men- tioned below. 4. Joseph, born January 29, 1719. married Abigail 5. Guilford, born April 24, 1723, married Bethia New- comb. 6. Martha, born December 7, 1724. 7. Zechariah, born September 9. 1728, married Sarah Savel.
(XIII) John Field, son of William Field ( 12). was born at Braintree. August 1. 1718. He married, February 2, 1748, Susanna New- comb, and resided at Braintree. Children : J. John, born April 16. 1752, mentioned below. 2. Rebecca, born January 20, 1754, married, April 5. 1776, Stephen Fox, of Hartford. 3. Jemima, born December 11, 1755. 4. Tim- othy, born September 16, 1757, married, first, Catherine Faxon; second, Sarah 5. Thomas, born April 27. 1762, married, first, Silence Nash ; second, Ann Mallory. 6. James, born about 1766, married Martha Backman. 7. Samuel. 8. Lemuel, born September, 1769. married, first, Susanna Thayer : second, Ruth Ilunt. 9. Patience, married, October 29. 1788, James Pratt, of Dorchester. 16. Susan. II.
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