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STEVENS There are several branches of the Stevens or Stephens family in Essex county. John Stevens, from Gonsham, England, settled in Newbury and removed to Andover, Massachusetts Bay ;
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Sergeant John Stevens came from England to Salisbury in the same province; William Stevens, also of Gonsham, Oxfordshire, Eng- land, settled in Newbury.
(I) William Stevens, immigrant ancestor of the Gloucester and Marblehead families, may be related to the other pioneers mentioned. He was born in England; was a shipwright by trade ; settled first at Salem, where he was a proprietor in 1636-7. He was taxed at Mar- blehead in 1637, but later settled in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He built a vessel for Mr. Griffin in 1633 (says Pope) and one for John Brown of Salem, and one for Nicholas and John Bulhack, of Jersey, merchants, in 1661-2. The contract is to be found in the Essex files. He deeded land to wife Philip, and to sons James and Isaac in 1667. He was an active and prom- inent citizen. He was charged with treason to Charles II. in 1667, and fined. The wife Philip petitioned for relief on the ground of their old age, and her petition was granted October 9, 1667. Children: 1. Isaac, baptized at Salem, January 2, 1639. 2. Mary, baptized January 2, 1639-40. 3. Ruth, baptized March 7, 1640-1. 4. Joshua, baptized July 21, 1666; (perhaps grandson).
(II) Stevens, son of William Stevens, lived at Gloucester, and probably inherited his father's estate at Marblehead.
(III) Robert Stevens, grandson of William Stevens (I), in all likelihood, settled at Mar- blehead. He married first, Elizabetlı ; second Mary Children, born at Mar- blehead, of first wife: I. Susanna, born Octo- ber, 1693. 2. Joseph (record torn, leaving only one letter "n" or "h") ; mentioned below. Children of second wife: 3. Samuel, born March 10, 1710. 4. Benjamin, born October IO, 17II. 5. Thomas. 6. Roger ( ?).
(IV) Joseph Stevens, son of Robert Stevens (3), was born probably June 10, 1696. He married, July 17, 1727, Abigail Mains, of Gloucester. Children, born at Marblehead : I. Abigail, baptized June 23, 1728. 2. Joseph, baptized August 16, 1730. 3. Abigail, born December 30, 1732. 4. John, mentioned below. 5. Hilton, baptized June 24, 1739. 6. William.
(V) Captain John Stevens, son of Joseph Stevens, baptized September 12, 1736, died at Marblehead, March 19, 1813. aged seventy- seven years. He married, March 22, 1770, Abigail Majory, who died March 4, 1807. He was a master mariner. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain William Bacon's com- pany, Colonel John Glover's regiment (twenty- first) in 1775. It is difficult to tell from the
records the revolutionary service of the various John Stevens of this vicinity, however. Chil- dren, born at Marblehead: I. John, baptized January 20, 1771. 2. Francis, baptized July 12, 1772 ; mentioned below. 3. Thomas, bap- tized June 16, 1782. 4. Abigail, baptized Sep- tember 28, 1783. 5. Eleanor Palmer, baptized September 24, 1786 (twin). 6. Mary, baptized September 24, 1786 (twin of Eleanor). 7. Mary, baptized September 24, 1789; died young. 8. Mary, baptized January 25, 1789.
(VI) Francis Stevens, son of Captain John Stevens, was baptized July 12, 1772, at Mar- blehead. He married there, June 10, 1798, Mary Tucker. Children, born at Marblehead : I. Mary, born September 28, 1798. 2. Francis, Jr., born June 20, 1802. 3. Abigail Paine, bap- tized June 21, 1807. 4. John Christopher, bap- tized November 20, 1808. 5. Abigail Paine, born December 16, 1809. 6. Elizabeth Conway, born February 23, 1813. 7. John George, born January 28, 1815; mentioned below. 8. Re- becca Ann Stevens, born May 11, 1817.
(VII) John George Stevens, son of Francis Stevens, was born in Marblehead January 28, 1815. He was killed in a railroad accident at Salem, November 5, 1848, aged forty years. He was a mariner and shoemaker. He mar- ried, January 23, 1838, Margaret Garney Gold- thwaite, born February 7, 1815, daughter of Moses Goldthwaite, of Marblehead. (See Goldthwaite family). She died April, 1894. Children, born at Marblehead: 1. John H. 2. Francis, born July 19, 1845. 3. Augustus, mentioned below.
(VIII) Augustus Stevens, son of John George Stevens, born at Marblehead, Febru- ary 19, 1848, died September 20, 1907. He was educated in the public schools. He began lis business career as a dealer in fruit in Mar- blehead, and enjoyed a flourishing trade for many years. In 1894 he embarked in business as a manufacturer of shoes in his native town, and continued in this line successfully the rest of his life. He was characterized by strict integrity, sound judgment and great enter- prise in business. He was an active and useful citizen, a leader in public enterprises. He took a great interest in getting up celebrations on July 4th, Old Home Week, and at other appropriate times, his first one being gotten up in 1875, and continuing every year until the time of his death. He was the first to propose the illuminations of the harbor and the display of fireworks upon the occasion of the annual visits of the yachts from New York and else- where, and this custom has been continued till
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the present time, the celebration of this year (1908) in which his son, who is a member of the board of selectmen, took an active part, being one of the most beautiful ever seen in this section of the country. He was a member of the New England Order of Protection; in politics he was a Democrat, and in religion a Congregationalist. He married March 28, 1871, Lizzie Harriss, born in Marblehead, daughter of William B. and Rebecca E. (La Favor) Harriss, the former born in Marble- head. Children, born at Marblehead: I. Joel B., born June 13, 1872. 2. John G., born April 15, 1874; mentioned below. 3. Augustus Jr., born January 9, 1877. 4. William H., June II, 1879. 5. Charles E., December 23, 1880. 6. Jennie L., October 26, 1884. 7. Harry E., May 3, 1887. 8. Mabel P., December 9, 1891. 9. Earle G., April 4, 1893. 10. Lizzie, March 4, 1895. The children were all born at the present home of John G. Stevens, where some of them still live with the widow.
(IX) John G. Stevens, son of Augustus Stevens, was born at Marblehead, April 15, 1874, and was educated in the public schools of his native town. He then went to work for his father in the shoe factory, and learned the bus- iness. When his father died he succeeded to the business, and has continued it. He is one of the most energetic and enterprising shoe manufacturers of the town. In politics Mr. Stevens is a Democrat, and he served the town as overseer of the poor in 1905-6, and selectman 1907-8, and is still serving on this board. He is a member of Atlantic Lodge, No. 55. I. O. O. F. : of Naumkeag Encampment, I. O. O. F., of Salem ; Montauk Tribe, No. 1, Improved Order of Red Men, and of the Phenix Fire Association.
(For early generations see Samuel Goldthwaite 4). (V) Ezekiel Gold- GOLDTHWAITE thwaite, son of Sam- uel Goldthwaite, was born October 18, 1748, in Smithfield, Rhode Island. When about twelve years old he re- moved with his father to what is now North- bridge, Massachusetts, where he married, De- cember 3. 1772, Anna Adams, born April 8, 1754, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Dean) Adams, of Northbridge. He settled on land given him by his father April I. 1775, and re- mained there until 1784, when he bought land in South Danvers, where he removed. The purchase included a pew in the meeting house, "now occupied by one Joseph Flint." He died very suddenly June 18, 1800, of a disease much resembling Asiatic cholera. His widow mar-
ried second, November 6, 1803, Captain Caleb Moulton, of Sudbury. She died of "lung fever" December 31, 1843, aged ninety-one years seven months twenty-two days. Chil- dren: I. Ezekiel, born January 1, 1774; mar- ried Polly Fuller. 2. Joel, born January 9, 1776; died January 1, 1853; unmarried. 3. Elijah, born October 12, 1777; died May 3, 1800, at sea. 4. Prudence, born August 14, 1779: married Jonathan Wilson. 5. Beulah, born October 31, 1781 : married Stephen R. Dockham. 6. Lucinda, born September 16. 1783 : married first, Ezra Dodge ; second, Ste- phen Fogg. 7. Luther, born January 12, 1786; married Hannah Meader Lawrence. 8. Moses, born September 29, 1787 : mentioned below. 9. Willard, born July 6, 1790; married Dolly Johnson. 10. Aaron, born November 6, 1793; married Christina Peabody. II. Anna, born March 8, 1797 ; married William Johnson ; died June 24, 1880.
(VI) Moses Goldthwaite, son of Ezekiel Goldthwaite, born in South Danvers, Septem- ber 29, 1787, died July 13, 1864. He resided in Salem. He married, May 31, 1812, Margaret D. Garney, of Marblehead, born December, 1791, died November 17, 1875. Children: I. Moses, born August 18, 1812; married Eliza- beth Barker Wormstead. 2. Margaret, born February 7, 1815: married John Stevens, of Marblehead. (See Stevens). 3. Susan L., born January 1, 1817 ; married John Gardner ; died August 8, 1894. 4. Ann A., born Octo- ber 8, 1819; married William Lamorell ; died April, 1863. 5. John, born July 2, 1823; mar- ried Helen Brown. 6. Benjamin F., born July I. 1825. 7. Joel, born April 4, 1831 ; married Ellen A. Rand. 8. William Johnson, born May 7, 1834 ; married Mary L. Pitman. '
BENNETT Anthony Bennett, immigrant ancestor, was the nephew of Richard Bennett, of Salem. There is a tradition that the family was origi- nally Welsh. Richard Bennett was in Salem as early as 1635; removed to Boston where his wife Sybil died September 13, 1653; he mar- ried, second, Margaret Gurgefield, widow ; his will dated June 21 and July 6, proved Septem- ber 8, 1677, bequeathed to wife Margaret ; son Jonas Clarke, and Susanna, his wife ; grand- children Susanna, daughter of his son Peter : cousin (i. e. nephew). Anthony Bennett, "of Bass River," frees his negro man Jethro and gives him a house lot; his son Peter was a legatee in the will of his mother's brother, Major Ralph Hooker, of Barbadoes, March
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14. 1663, proved April 15, 1664. Anthony Bennett settled in Goose Cove, Gloucester, as early as 1679, and owned six acres of land. He also owned land on the east side of Mill river, Gloucester. He owned a saw mill near the outlet of Cape Pond brook where his son John succeeded him in the mill business, the site being still known as Bennett's Mills. He died in 1714 and his inventory amounted to one hundred and three pounds.
The will of Richard Window, (Windoe, Windor or Winde) of Gloucester, indicates that the father of Anthony was dead and his mother was the second wife of Window. Rich- ard Window was in Gloucester in 1647 or carlier ; was charged with "living apart from his wife," but he showed that he had "sent for his wife" and she would not come; was a town officer in 1654 ; married, March 30, 1659, Bridget Travis, widow of Henry Travis. Window's will dated May 2. 1665, proved June 7, 1665, bequeathed to his wife Bridget and her son James Travers; daughter Ann; son-in-law (used for stepson always) Anth- ony, committing him to the care of his Uncle Bennett (his uncle Richard probably) ; to "daughter-in-law Elizabeth Bennett a Bible that was her father's" (she was evidently a sister of Anthony Bennett and step-daughter of Window, her mother dying before the third marriage to Widow Travis) ; also to Richard Goding. At the date of this will Anthony was probably a minor. It is conjectured that the name Winthrop is a modification of the name Window, and perhaps the correct spelling of the surname. Winthrop is used as a Christian name in several generations of the family. Anthony Bennett married Abigail Children : I. Anthony, born at Gloucester, November 12, 1679, mentioned below. 2. John, born April 11, 1686, married Elizabeth
3. Abigail, born September 7, 1688. 4. Peter, married, February, 1704, Hannah Eveluth. 5. Andrew, had a grant of land in 1706 adjoin- ing Anthony's farm; children : Jonathan, Bethia and Lydia.
(II) Anthony Bennett, son of Anthony Bennett (I), was born in Gloucester, Novem- ber 12, 1679. He married, July 13, 1704, Re- becca , Late in life his son John be- came his guardian, appointed February 9, 1735. Children: John, David, died aged nineteen ; Moses, Peter, Stephen, Nathaniel, Jonathan, died aged six; Job, James.
(III) John Bennett, son of Anthony Ben- nett (2), was born at Gloucester about 1705; married there February II, 1732. Children,
born at Gloucester : John, born about 1735, mentioned below ; David, Jonathan, Patience, Experience, Elizabeth, Job.
(IV) John Bennett, son of John Bennett (3), was born in Gloucester, about 1735. He seems to have settled in Portsmouth and Gil- manton, New Hampshire. He married Betsey The census of 1790 shows that John Bennett, Sr. and family and John, Jr. and family were living in Gilmanton. Some of his children: I. John, had son John, probably born in New Durham in 1787, died at Ports- mouth, August 10, 1872, son of John and Lydia; William P. Bennett, born 1820, died at Portsmouth, son of John and Jane Bennett. 2. Winthrop, mentioned below. 3. Andrew, married and had a family in Gilmanton.
(V) Winthrop Bennett, son of John Ben- nett (4), born about 1760, died May 25, 1840. He was living in Portsmouth in 1790; married Elizabeth who died March 12, 1819. He was a member of the Congregational church. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private in the field artillery, under Captain George Turner, and in the same company later under Captain Hall Jackson, of Portsmouth, in 1776. He probably moved to Gilmanton later. Children: I. Andrew, married Fullsom. (William J. Bennett, son of An- drew, died at Londonderry, N. H., December 8. 1893, aged sixty-seven years, seven months ; mother was Mary (Hall) Bennett). 2. John, married Lydia Gillman. 3. Joseph. 4. Wil- liam, married Flint. 5. Jeremiah. 6. Deborah, married Israel French. 7. Nancy, married John Marsh. 8. Mary, married Matthias Weeks. 9. Richard P., mentioned below. 10. Gilman. II. Polly, married Shubael Clay. (Winthrop Bennett, related to this family, died March 31, 1875, at Moulton- borough, New Hampshire, aged eighty-two, and another Winthrop died there December 12, 1876, aged forty-eight, probably his son).
(VI) Richard P. Bennett, son of Winthrop Bennett (5), was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. He was a shoemaker by trade. He removed to Haverhill and began the manu- facture of boots and shoes, building up a large trade and later taking his two sons into part- nership. He was one of the substantial citi- zens of Haverhill for a long period of time, and was held in the highest esteem by his townsmen. He was a Whig in politics. He married, March 31, 1817, Ruth E. Edwards, born in Gilmanton, May 10, 1790, died No- vember 20, 1852, daughter of John and Betsey Edwards. Children, born in Gilmanton : I.
Richard Pront Bennett
Jeremiah W. Bennett
Decatur R. Bennett
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Sabrina E., born November 18, 1818, died De- cember 22, 1860, aged forty-two years; she married Oliver Turner, of Concord. New Hampshire. 2. Elmira E., born July 24, 1823, clied August 21. 1825. 3. Jeremiah W., born October 31. 1825, married Caroline E. Fuller ; children : Mary and Ruth E. 4. Decatur R., mentioned below. 5. Frances S., born May 27. 1833, resides in Haverhill in the old home.
John Edwards, father of Ruth E. ( Edwards ) Bennett, was born in Bradford, April 14, 1764, married, February 17, 1786, Betsey Holden, born in Pepperell, August 29, 1767, died in Concord, New Hampshire, aged eighty-eight years, and their children were: I. Betsy, born August 23. 1786-87. 2. Hepsebeth, May 23, 1788. 3. Ruth E., May 10, 1790, mentioned above. 4 John, May 15, 1792, died May 22, 1824. 5. James, April 23, 1794. died March 8, 1817. 6. David, August 2, 1796. 7. Jemima W., April 29, 1799. 8. Hannah P., May 21, 1801. 9. Samuel July 21. 1803, died Septem- ber 30, 1805. 10. Mary M., March 28, 1806. II. Pierpont, September 1, 1808, died Septem- ber 20, 1814. 12. Melinda, born November 21, 1809, died February 10, 1875. 13. Sally W., March 1, 1812, died January 24, 1903.
(VII) Decatur R. Bennett, son of Richard P. Bennett (6), was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, November 14, 1829. He attended the public schools of Haverhill, Massachu- setts, and Professor Greenleaf's school in Bradford for a time. He then learned the shoe business with his father, and in due course of time became his partner. His brother, Jeremiah W., also a student of Professor Greenleaf's school after attending the public schools of Haverhill, was also a partner, and for a period of forty years the brothers con- ducted the business their father had established. In later years they admitted to partnership Hon. Thomas E. Burnham, who has been thrice elected mayor of the city of Haverhill. Mr. Burnham began his connection with the firm when he was a lad of thirteen years. After- ward Fred D. McGregor was also admitted to the firm and finally succeeded to the entire business, which he is conducting at the present time.
(For ancestry see Samuel Goldthwaite 2.)
(III) Nathaniel Gold- GOLDTHWAIT thwait, son of Samuel Goldthwaite (2), was born about 1680 in that part of Salem which is now Peabody, and died about 1732. He was a farmer and married, August 21, 1705, 1-27
Elizabeth Burt. Children: I. Elizabeth, born February 1, 1706. 2. Nathaniel, born 1707, mentioned below. 3. Abigail, baptized at adult age, February 23, 1734-35. 4. Mary, married, November 23. 1738, John Proctor. 5. Sarah, married, April 27. 1740, John Langford. 6. Ebenezer, born about 1717, married Sarah Newman. (The family name Goldthwait is spelled both with and without the final "e").
(IV) Nathaniel Goldthwait, son of Na- thaniel Goldthwait (3), was born at South Danvers, about 1707, died there in 1794, aged eighty-seven. He married (first ). February 18, 1736, his cousin, Rebecca Gold- thwait, born 1715. He married ( second ), (intention published May 27, 1749) Mrs. Sarah ( Cavendish ) Girdler, of Marblehead, widow of Richard Girdler. She had six chil- dren by her first husband. Children of Na- thaniel and Rebecca Goldthwait : I. Mary, born 1738, married Joseph Goldthwait. 2. Elizabeth, born April 19, 1743, married Na- than Upton. Children of second wife: 3. Nathaniel, born July 9, 1752, mentioned be- low. 4. Ebenezer, born 1754, killed at Lex- ington, April 19. 1775, aged twenty-one. 5. George, baptized September 12, 1762, died aged twenty-one. 6. Rebecca, baptized April 24. 1763, married (first) William Roberts ; ( second ) John Osborn.
(V) Nathaniel Goldthwait, son of Nathaniel Goldthwait (4), was born at South Danvers, July 9, 1752, died April 2, 1842. He and his brother Ebenezer answered the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775, and he saw his brother shot down at his side. He often rehearsed the story of his brother's death, which remained deeply fixed in his mind all his life. He used often to tell how Ebenezer, after he was shot, called to him to take him away, and how, as he was about to do so, a British soldier coming up, thrust his bayonet into his brother, and he fell back dead. As Nathaniel grew old, he (welt more and more on the subject, often speaking of the last look his brother gave him as something which would never pass out of his memory. Hle served also in the revolu- tion in Captain James Prentiss' company, Col- onel Samuel Brewster's regiment, in 1777, and his name was on the roll of that regiment, which was discharged at Saratoga and sent home after Burgoyne's surrender, the mileage allowed him being two hundred and thirty- seven miles. He served afterward on the brig "Lexington," David Smith. Jr., com- mander, and was enrolled October 2, 1780, as a sailor, described as five feet, eight inches
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high, of dark complexion. He married, April 17, 1783, Abigail Sprague Eustis, born Novem- ber 27, 1759, died November 25, 1806, daugh- ter of Joshua and Abigail (Sprague) Eustis, of Chelsea. Children: I. Sarah, born Feb- ruary 8, 1784, married Captain Richard Smith. 2. Hannah, born February 24, 1788, died Octo- born 7, 1806, unmarried. 3. Ebenezer, born July 1, 1791, mentioned below. 4. George, born September 20, 1796, died July 13, 1798. 5. Mary, born July 27, 1799, married Eliab Stone.
(VI) Ebenezer Goldthwait, son of Na- thaniel Goldthwait (5), was born in South Danvers, July 1, 1791, died October 17, 1859. He was for many years a seafaring man, but finally gave up the sea and devoted his atten- tion to his farm in Danvers. He was highway surveyor, and also did considerable teaming for the townspeople. He married, December 7, 1817, Polly Smith, who died October 17, 1872. Children: 1. Hannah, born February 4, 1819, married Thomas Hardy. 2. Abigail, born June 22, 1820, married Stephen Blaney. 3. Mary, born November 6, 1823, married Joseph S. Hodgkins. 4. Nancy Stone, born August 19, 1825, died young. 5. Emily Wilder, born March 17, 1828, married John Higgins. 6. Eben, born March 21, 1834, and the only one living, mentioned below. 7. George, born March 5, 1839, died unmarried.
(VII) Eben Goldthwait, son of Ebenezer Goldthwait (6), was born in Salem, March 21, 1834. He was educated in the public schools. He learned the trade of morocco dresser and followed this for a number of years. In 1859 he started in business on his own account as a morocco leather manufac- turer. His factory was located on Washing- ton street, Lynn, where he conducted a flour- ishing business for a period of twenty years. In 1879 he removed to Peabody and continued in the same business for five years, retiring at the end of that time. He has made his home in Lynn since sixteen years of age in the same ward, and is one of the best known citizens of that city. He is a Democrat in politics, but has never sought public office. He is a Uni- versalist in religion, and a member of Bay State Lodge of Odd Fellows. Mr. Gold- thwait is the last of the branch of Nathaniel Goldthwait (3) to bear the family surname, though the descendants in female lines are numerous.
He married, December 2, 1856, Martha Low, born July 14, 1836, daughter of John and Hannah (Thomas) Low, of Lynn. Her grand-
father was also named John Low, who came from England as a young man and settled in Salem. He was a mariner and was lost at sea during the war of 1812. Child : Mary Emma, born March 7, 1857, married November 2, 1875, Harding Dunbar Porter, a merchant, of Lynn, son of Theron and Elizabeth (Freeman) Por- ter, of Nova Scotia, where he was born ; chil- dren of Harding Dunbar and Mary Emma Porter: i. Anna Goldthwait, born July 23, 1876, graduate of Smith College; ii. Stanley Freeman, born February 19, 1878, graduate of Lynn high school, died aged twenty-two years ; iii. Harding.
There are numerous branches of SMITH the various Smith families of New England scattered about New Hampshire, and it is said that seven or eight distinct branches were represented among the early settlers of Sanbornton alone. The family was very early at Hampton and has contributed much to the development of many sections of the state.
(I) Robert Smith was born about 1611, and was among the first at Exeter, New Hamp- shire, being a signer of the Combination in 1639. He settled in Hampton as early as 1657 and died there August 30, 1706. He was by trade a tailor, but probably engaged chiefly in husbandry in that pioneer period. His wife Susanna was killed by lightning June 12, 1680, and he lived a widower for more than twenty- six years. No record of the births of his chil- dren were made, and they may not appear herein in their chronological order. They in- cluded Deborah, Nathaniel, John, Meribalı, Asahel, Jonathan and Joseph.
(II) Jonathan Smith, son of Robert and Susanna Smith, was a brickmaker and settled in Exeter. He married, January 25, 1670, Mehitable Holdred. Their children were: Israel, Jacob, Ithiel, Abigail, Joseph, Leah and Mehitable.
(III) Joseph Smith, fourth son and fifth child of Jonathan and Mehitable (Holdred) Smith, was born February 7, 1680, in Exeter, New Hampshire, and was one of the grantees of Stratham, being the fifteenth to sign his name on the petition for the incorporation of that town, 1748. Four years subsequently, on the division of lands, he drew lots numbered forty-four and eighteen, and the latter subse- quently fell to his son Elisha. Joseph Smith evidently was a man of some consequence in the early history of Sanbornton, and some of his sons after him also became prominently
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identified with local affairs. Those of them who are said to have been conspicuous in this respect were : Joseph, Junior, and Elisha Smith.
(IV) Joseph Smith, son of Joseph Smith, Sr., born October 12, 1725, went from Strat- ham to Sanbornton, and in the allotment of houselots drew numbers seventy-one and sixty, and built his house on the former. It is not certain whether he or his eldest son Joseph served during the revolution, but one of them was there, the weight of opinion according the honor to his son, who is said to have come to the town in advance of his father Joseph the elder in early life, served his time as a ship carpenter in Newburyport and built the first dam at the "threshing mill," where he sacri- ficed his own life, July 4, 1795, while rescuing a boy from drowning. One of the stories re- garding this event is that he drowned himself, but the stronger belief has been that while walking on the dam with the rescued child in his arms he fell and struck his head on an ex- posed pin (treenail) and fractured his skull. Near the same brook his wife had died of apoplexy, June 29, 1790. Henry Smith, son of Joseph, always said that he was the middle one of a family of fifteen children, seven being older and seven younger than himself, but the christian names of all of this Joseph's children cannot be given. Those whose names are known were: Joseph, David, William, Henry, Solomon, Stephen, Hannah, Michael, Enoch and Samuel.
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