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Joseph, June 25, 1620; mentioned below. 6. Elizabeth, June 14, 1623; married John Ful- ler. 7. John, February 26, 1625; died De- cember 2, 1700; settled in Gloucester, Massachusetts. 8. Thomas, died before 1653. 9. Nathaniel, July 18, 1630; settled in Ips- wich, Massachusetts. Io. Susan, March 17, 1632.
(IV) Joseph Emerson, son of Thomas Em- erson (3), was born in England, about 1620- 21, and died at Concord, Massachusetts, Janu- ary 3, 1680. Through his son Joseph he was the ancestor of that most illustrious Ameri- can, Ralph Waldo Emerson; Ralph Waldo (9), William (8), Joseph (7), Edward (6), Joseph (5). He married, 1646, Elizabeth Woodmansey, daughter of Robert and Mar- gery Woodmansey, schoolmaster of Boston. They resided at Ipswich, Massachusetts, York, Maine, and Milton, Massachusetts, Joseph Emerson was a Puritan minister, said to have been educated in England. He may have studied at Harvard. He was at Ipswich as early as 1638, and was admitted a freeman there December 19, 1648. Ile preached at York, Maine, the same year. In 1653 he was a resident of Wells, and took the freeman's oath there July 4, 1653. He signed a petition to Cromwell, while of Wells, asking the Pro- tector to confirm the jurisdiction of Massa- chusetts over the inhabitants of Wells. About 1664 he left Wells, where he seemed to have a turbulent lot of parishioners, and where the church, after he left, had to disband. About
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1664 he became minister at Milton, Massa- chusetts, December 1, 1669, he settled in Men- don, Massachusetts, where he remained until the town was destroyed by the Indians, when he retired to Concord, where he died. He married second, December 7, 1665, Elizabeth Bulkeley, born 1638, died September 4, 1693, daughter of Rev. Edward Bulkeley, of Con- cord, Massachusetts, and granddaughter of Rev. Peter Bulkeley, first minister of Con- cord. She married second, Captain John Brown of Reading, Massachusetts. Chil-
dren of first wife:
I. Joseph. 2. Mary.
Children of second wife: 3. Lucy, born October 2, 1667; married, May 15, 1683, Thomas Damon, of Reading. 4. Edward, born April 26, 1670: mentioned below. 5. Peter, born 1673. 6. Ebenezer. 7. Daniel, married May 19, 1709, Jane Armitage.
(V) Edward Emerson, son of Joseph Emerson (4), born April 26, 1670, died at Malden, Massachusetts, May 9, 1743. He was schoolmaster at Chelmsford before 1700, and was living in Charlestown 1705-13. In 1703 he was surveyor of highways in Chelms- ford. In 1727 he was a merchant living in Newbury, Massachusetts, and August 3, 1728, was dismissed from the Chelmsford to the Newbury church, then the third church of Newbury, now the First Church of Newbury- port. He was chosen deacon, and was a man of influence and prominence of devout char- acter. He was buried in Malden, where his gravestone is yet standing. He owned land in Chelmsford in his own right, perhaps inher- ited from his grandfather, Peter Bulkeley, of Concord. He had a grant of land in April, 1699, in Chelmsford. He died May 9, 1743. He married, January 27, 1697, at Chelmsford, Rebecca, daughter of Cornelius and Rebecca ( Adams) Waldo of Chelmsford. She was born September 24, 1662, and died April 23, 1752 or 1753, aged, according to the record, ninety years. Her father was an early settler in Chelmsford in 1657, and died there in 1701. Children, born in Chelmsford: I. Joseph, born April 20, 1700; died July 13, 1747 ; mar- ried, December 20, 1721, Mary Moody ; resid- ed in Malden. 2. Elizabeth, born April 19,
1701 ; married Edwards; resided in Newbury. 3. Edward, born May 8, 1702; mentioned below. 4. Hannah, born April 26, 1704; died February 2, 1705. 5. John, born February 27, 1706; died July II, 1774; mar- ried, October 23, 1729, Elizabeth Pratt; re- sided at Topsfield, Massachusetts.
(VI) Edward Emerson, son of Edward
Emerson (5), born at Chelmsford, May 8, 1702, died in Boston, 1740 ; married, Novem- ber 13, 1729, Hannah Beale, who was born in Braintree. He removed to Boston and was a shopkeeper there. He left a large estate, over eleven thousand pounds according to the inventory. He had a grant of land in Lunen- burg in his father's name, May II, 1720. He was a clerk of the market in Boston, March 13, 1737. According to a letter on file at the probate court in Cambridge, from his widow to Francis Foxcroft, dated November 7, 1740, he owned land in Chelmsford at the time of his death. He was elected constable March 14, 1736; hogreeve March 13, 1737. Children : I. Joseph, born September 13, 1731 ; mention- ed below. 2. Hannah, born January 5, 1736.
(VII) Captain Joseph Emerson, son of Edward Emerson (6), was born September 13, 1731. His will was dated at Chelmsford, October 17, 1792, and proved March 13, 1793- 94; Samuel Stevens, executor. His homestead at Chelmsford adjoined that of Noah Spauld- ing. At the time of his death his son Owen was not quite of age. He mentions an appren- tice, Samuel Holt, in his will, and two other sons, Samuel and Luther, probably older than Owen. The will provided a bequest of sixty pounds for Owen's services in conducting the farm before he came of age, provided he con- tinued after the testator's death to run the farm and the shoeshop for the benefit of the estate. Children: I. Samuel, died at Con- cord, March 2, 1838. 2. Dr. Luther, men- tioned below, born April 18, 1785. 3. Owen, married Mary Spaulding; settled in Chelms- ford.
(VIII) Dr. Luther Emerson, son of Joseph Emerson (7), born in Chelfsford, April 18, 1785, died in Salem, New Hampshire, 1844. He was educated in the public schools, and was a graduate of Yale Medical School. He settled at Salem, New Hampshire. He mar- ried, May, 1812, Patience Wood, of Dracut, died 1843. Children : I. Luther. 2. Joseph W., mentioned below. 3. George. 4. Rufus. 5. John. 6. Charles B., druggist in Haverhill many years; resides at 5 Pleasant street, Bradford, Massachusetts. 7. Julia Ann. 8. Jeannette. 9. Martha.
(IX) Joseph W. Emerson, son of Dr. Luther Emerson (8), was born in Salem, New Hampshire. He was educated there in the common schools and took up farming for a calling. He settled in his native town and was a prominent citizen there, and died there. He was a member of the Congregational
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church. In politics he was a Republican, and he held various positions of trust and honor in his native town. He was for a time super- intendent of schools. He married Harriet N. Davis, born at Chester, New Hampshire, died at Salem, New Hampshire. Children : I. Elizabeth, born 1846; teacher in public schools of Haverhill; unmarried. 2. George, died at Kalamazoo, Michigan. 3. Frank, born 1851; resides in South Lawrence, engaged in the drug business. 4. Warren, born 1853; men- tioned below. 5. Infant, died young.
(X) Warren Emerson, son of Joseph Warren Emerson (9), was born in Salem, New Hampshire, 1853. He was educated in the public schools of Salem, New Hampshire, and at the Pinkerton Academy, at Derry, New Hampshire. At the age of eighteen he began as clerk in the Essex Savings Bank, and became bookkeeper; left this position for a clerkship in a clothing store in Haverhill, and continued in mercantile life until 1881 as clerk for the firm of Hastings & Tilton, succeeding his employers in business, and continuing with marked success as a merchant. His business has prospered, and he has attained a leading position in the commercial and financial cir- cles of the city. He was elected president of the Essex National Bank in 1898, and is a member of the investing committee of the Haverhill Savings Bank. He is a member of Merrimack Lodge of Free Masons; Pentucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Haverhill Commandery, Knights Templar; Mizpah Lodge, of Odd Fellows; Palestine Lodge, of Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the Pentucket Club. In politics he is a Republi- can. He attends the Congregational church. He married, 1891, Incz Hapgood, born in Haverhill, daughter of Levi Hapgood. They have no children.
The Norton family of Amer- NORTON ica is one of the few families that has the manuscript of its genealogy in England brought to this country by the original immigrant. This pedigree amply authenticated is written on a sheet of parchment now in the possession of Professor Charles Eliot Norton, of Harvard College, together with a copy made in 1802. Upon the parchment numerous coats-of-arms of the families mentioned are painted in colors. The Norton family of Bedfordshire, Buckingham- shire and Mark-Atwell, Hertfordshire, to which this family belongs, bears arms: Gules a fret argent over all a bend vaire or and
gules. Crest: Griffon sejeant proper winged gules beak and forelegs or. The first five gen- erations of this lineage spell the name Noruile.
(I) Le Signieur de Noruile came to Eng- land with William the Conqueror ( 1060) and was his constable. He married into the house of Valois.
(II) Sr. de Noruile married into the house of Barr.
(III) Sr. de Noruile married into the house of Dalbemonte.
(IV) Sr. de Noruile married Aueline, daughter of Neuil of Raby.
(\') Sr. de Noruile married Jouca, daugh- ter of Sigr. Dampre de Court.
(V1) Sr. de Noruile, alias Norton, married the daughter of Sir John Hadscoke.
(VII) Sr. de Noruile, alias Norton, mar- ried the daughter and co-heiress of Mons. Bassingbourne, and had daughter Elizabeth, who married Roger Hill, of Staffordshire. 2. Sir John mentioned below.
(VIII) Sir John Norton married a daugh- ter of Lord Gray de Ruthyn. Children: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Son, married daughter of Monchencie. 3. Joane, married William Walker. 4. Katherine.
(IX) John Norton of Sharpenbow, Bed- fordshire. Children: 1. John, mentioned be- low. 2. Jane. 3. Isabel. 4. Alice.
(X) John Norton, of Sharpenbow, married a daughter of Mr. Danie; second Jane Cow- per, daughter of John. Child of first wife: I. William, died young. Children of second wife: 2. Thomas. 3. Richard, mentioned below. 4. Robert. d. s. p. 5. John, married Preston ; second, Spyer. 6. Alice, married Goodrich; second, Thomas Decon. 8. William. (Thomas Nor- ton (12), son of Thomas ( II) and grandson of this John (10), married first, Margaret. daughter of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury ; married second, Alice Cranmer, niece of the Archbishop).
(X1) Richard Norton, son of John Norton (10), married Margery, daughter of Wingar, of Sharpenbow. Children: 1. Thomas, mar- ried Anne Pratt, and had son Thomas. 2. William, mentioned below.
(XII) William Norton, son of Richard Norton (II), lived at Sharpenbow ; married first, Margery, daughter of William Hawes and widow of Mr. Hamon; second, Dennis Cholmly, daughter of Sir Nicholas Hare. Children : I. William, mentioned below. 2. Thomas. 3. John. 4. Elizabeth. 5. Fran- cis. 6. Hugh. 7. Daniel. 8. Phebe. 9.
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Richard, married Ellen Rowley of Wallden, Essex, England.
(XIII) William Norton, son of William Norton (12), married Alice Browest, daugh- ter of John. Children: I. Rev. John, born at Starford (Bishop's Stortford?), Hertford- shire, May 6, 1606, and was educated at Cam- bridge University ; came to Plymouth, October, 1635; settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1636; admitted freeman May 17, 1637, at Boston ; succeeded Rev. John Cotton as minister of First Church of Boston, 1655; died April 5, 1663, without issue. 2. William, mentioned below. 3. Richard. 4. Thomas, married Katherine, daughter of Gabriel Clincard, and had Gabriel, Thomas and Anne. 5. Martlia. 6. Mary.
(XIV) William Norton, son of William Norton (13), born about 1626, died April 30, 1694, aged sixty-eight years; married Lucy, probably daughter of Emanuel and Lucy (Winthrop) Downing. He deeded to his son Bonus land at Ipswich, February 5, 1697-98. His will, dated April 28, 1694, proved May 15, following, bequeathed to John and Bonus, daughter Elizabeth Wainwright, wife of Colonel John. He owned a share in Plum Island and land on High street. Children: I. Rev. John, born 1650, graduate of Harvard College, 1671 ; married Mary Mason, Novem- ber, 1674; settled as second minister of Hing- ham, Massachusetts, where he died October 3, 1716; ancestor of Professor Charles Eliot Norton, of Harvard. 2. Bonus, mentioned below. 3. Elizabeth, married first, Colonel John Wainwright, second, Hon. Isaac Adding- ton. 4. William, born February 2, 1660. 5. Lucy, born January 25, 1662.
(XV) Bonus Norton, son of William Nor- ton (14), born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1657, died April 30, 1718, at Hampton, New Hampshire. He resided on the Hampton Falls side in 1710, near the Hampton turn- pike. It is said that he had a fine orchard, importing his apple trees from England. He lived at one time at Hingham, Mass- achusetts, where his brother was minister. He was a soldier in Captain Green's com- pany in the service in 1712. (See N. H. Rev. Rolls, v. i, p. II). He is buried in the Friends' burial ground, Seabrook, New Hampshire. He married Mary, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Whipple) Goodhue. He took the oath of fidelity in 1678. The first child was born at Ipswich, most of the others, if not all of them, at Hampton, New Hamp- shire. Children: 1. William, born May 9,
1691 ; married, December 19, 1706, Elizabeth Cotton. 2. Joseph, born November 17, 1695; mentioned below. 3. Samuel, born September 12, 1699. 4. Elizabeth, born March 31, 1703; married Thomas Jenness and Benjamin Swett. 5. Lucy, born September 10, 1706; married John Jenness. 6. Anna, born March 20, 1708; married Jonathan Towle (3).
(XVI) Joseph Norton, son of Bonus Nor- ton (15), was born in Hampton, New Hamp- shire, November 17, 1695. He settled at Hampton Falls with his father. He was on the list of tax-payers 1747 to 1767. He set- tled in what is now Seabrook, New Hamp- shire. Children : I. David. 2. Moses. 3. Joseph, came from Greenland to Chester, New Hampshire, and settled in the northeast end of Governor Shute's farm ; second wife, Mary Tabor, died March 21, 1840, aged one hun- dred years one month; he died February 17, 1818, at Chester, aged eighty-one. 4. Jona- than ; mentioned below.
XVII) Jonathan Norton, son of Joseph Norton (16), was born about 1735. He came from vicinity of Hampton Falls and settled on lot 131 in Chester, New Hampshire, now called the Josiah Seavey place. He died in 1791, and his widow married second, Stephen Lufkins. Children: 1. Simon, born 1758; mentioned below. 2. John, married Polly, daughter of Benaiah Colby, and lived on the homestead, Chester. 3. Daniel, married Lydia Norton, and resided in Raymond, New Hamp- shire. 4. Nathan. 5. David.
(XVIII) Simon Norton, son of Jonathan Norton (17), was born in 1758. He was a soldier in the revolution, aged seventeen, according to the revolutionary rolls, in 1775, and aged twenty in 1778. (P. 754 vol. 2 N. H. Rev. Rolls). He was in Captain Hezekiah Hutchins's company, Colonel Reed's regiment, 1775, and in Captain Nathan Brown's com- pany, Colonel David Gilman's regiment, 1776; in the militia again in 1778. He settled in Deerfield, New Hampshire, and in the federal census of 1790 was the only head of a family of this surname in that town. He had one son under sixteen and two females in his family (wife and daughter probably). He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Patten. Children : I. David, mentioned below. 2. Simon, Jr. 3. Polly, married Nathaniel Em- erson, Jr.
(XIX) David Norton, son of Simon Nor- ton (18), born about 1790, in Deerfield, New Hampshire, died in 1875, aged about eighty- five, in Candia, New Hampshire; married
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Mary Curtis, born 1813, in Newburyport, Massachusetts, died at the age of eighty-five in 1898. He was a farmer in Candia, New Hampshire, all his active life. He was pros- perous and influential. He and his family were connected with the Congregational church in Candia. In politics he was a Demo- crat and held various positions of trust and honor. He was in the service during the war of 1812, and rose to the command of his reg- iment in the state militia. After the civil war Mr. Norton became a Republican, and loyally supported the government during the war. Children: 1. William S., resides in Sheboy- gan, Wisconsin. 2. Mary E., married George Dudley, of Lowell, Massachusetts. 3. Sarah, died young. 4. Richard, served through the civil war, and continued in the regular army afterward under General Custer, and was never heard from. 5. David T., mentioned below. 6. Henry C., married Maggie Kiefe. (XX) David T. Norton, son of David Nor- ton (19), was born in Candia, New Hamp- shire, in 1836. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at Chester Academy. He learned the trade of shoe- maker, and followed it as journeyman and operator all his life. He came to Haverhill in 1860, and was employed in various factories there until the war broke out. In 1861 he en- listed in the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regi- ment Volunteers, afterward re-enlisting in a New York cavalry regiment. He was a mem- ber of Major Howe Post, No. 47, Grand Army of the Republic. At the close of the war he returned to Haverhill and continued to work at his trade. For many years he filled a responsible position in the shoe factory of Chick Brothers, at Haverhill. He died Octo- ber 15, 1892. He was a Democrat in politics before the civil war, a Republican afterward. He was a man of high character and a useful citizen. He was a member of Plymouth Rock Colony, Pilgrim Fathers. He married. 1864, Mary, daughter of James and Sarah Hamil- ton, both natives of Scotland. She resides in the home in Haverhill. They had no chil- dren.
James Penniman, the immi- PENNIMAN grant, was born in England about 1600. He came to New England with John Winthrop, Jr., in 1631, and that year he and his wife were ad- mitted to the church at Boston. He married Lydia Eliot, daughter of Bennett and Lettice Eliot, of Widford and Nasing, England. He
was admitted a freeman at the same time as the brothers of his wife, Rev. John Eliot, the Indian Apostle, and Jacob, March 6, 1632. There were four of Mrs. Penniman's brothers among the early settlers: Francis, Jacob, John and Philip. Francis Eliot settled at Braintree; was admitted a freeman June 2, 1641 ; became schoolmaster to the Indians under his brother about 1650; with his wife Mary sold land in Braintree, May 4, 1662; died 1677. Jacob Eliot was baptized Septem- ber 21, 1606, in England; came to Boston early ; was deacon and ruling elder ; admitted freeman March 6, 1631-32; died 1651. His will was proved November 20, 1651, bequeath- ing to wife, son Jacob and daughter Hannah; other children to have portions at marriage or majority. Rev. John Eliot was baptized at Widford, England, August 5, 1604; came to New England, November 2, 1631, and was acting pastor of the Boston church in the absence of Mr: Williams; was ordained over the church at Roxbury, October, 1632: found time to learn the language of the Indians, reduced it to writing and translated the Bible and other books into the language of the In- dians, and achieved a great work in the con- version and education of the natives, justify- ing his title of "Indian Apostle ;" married, 1632, Anna Mumford, who died March 22, 1686; he died May 20, 1690. Philip Eliot was baptized April 25, 1602, and came carly to Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was deacon of the church; died October 22, 1657; will proved February 11, 1657, bequeathing to wife Elizabeth, son Aldis and daughter Sarah Aldis; grandchild Henry Withington, daugh- ter Lydia.
About 1638 Penniman moved to Braintree, where Francis Eliot also located. His first three children were born in Boston, the others at Braintree. He died December 26, 1654. His will was proved January 31, 1664, be- queathing his movable estate and half his land and buildings to his wife Lydia for the sup- port of herself and the lesser children; the other half to his son Joseph, who was directed to help his mother. James already had his share. The youngest son Samuel and three youngest daughters were bequeathed twenty pounds each. The widow married second, Thomas Wight, in whose will and her own are proofs that she was the daughter of Bennett Eliot and sister of the four Eliot brothers. Children : 1. James, baptized March 26, 1633. 2. Lydia, baptized February 22, 1634-35. 3. John, baptized January 15, 1637. 4. Joseph,
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born at Braintree, August 1, 1639. 5. Sarah (twin), born November 14, 1645; died young. 6. Samuel (twin), born November 14, 1645, died young. 7. Hannah, born March 26, 1648. 8. Abigail, born December 27, 1651 ; married, April 18, 1678, Samuel Neale. 9. Mary, born September 29, 1653; married, April 4, 1678, Samuel Paine. 10. Samuel, born November 1, 1655: mentioned below. II. Sarah, married Increase Robinson. 12. Bethia Allen, mentioned in the mother's will.
(II) Lieutenant Samuel Penniman, son of James Penniman (1), born in Braintree, No- vember 1, 1655, died January 16, 1705. He was admitted a freeman 1678, and was a lieutenant of the Braintree militia company. He mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Parmen- ter, January 7, 1674. Children : I. Eliza- beth, born February, 1674-75. 2. Samuel, born March 15, 1675-76. 3. Samuel, born Novem- ber 5, 1677. 4. Josiah, born November 21, 1678. 5. Hannah, born February 12, 1682. 6. Jonathan, born February 17, 1685-86. 7. Nathan, born 1689 (not recorded), mentioned below. 8. James, born March 29, 1695.
(III) Deacon Nathan Penniman, son of Samuel Penniman (2), was born in Brain- tree, in March, 1689. He came to Mendon, Massachusetts, about 1719. Joseph Penni- man, his cousin, and James Penniman, prob- ably his brother, were also proprietors of Men- don as early as 1719. He built his house first at Quisset, later settling in what is now South Milford. Joseph lived on what is now called the Henry Swan place, of the old Medfield road. He bought land of Benjamin Thayer, ten acres in the Old Field on the south side of Muddy Brook, on Joseph Penniman's meadow, June 27, 1732. He also bought a lot of land April 8, 1738, of Job Kieth, and many lots in Mendon. He deeded farms to his sons, and his homestead where he lived, with forty acres of land, to his son Peter, April 1, 1751. It adjoined the farm previous- ly given to his son Samuel. Nathan gave Samuel more land in 1773. Nathan was a cordwainer by trade. He married first, Mary -, who died May 11, 1757, at Mendon ;
second, January 16, 1758, Mary Holbrook, of- Bellingham, who died September 1I, 1759; third, May 28, 1760, Joanna (Thayer) Chen- ey, widow of William Cheney, Jr. He died June 14, 1773, having distributed his estate before his death, by will. Children, all by first wife: 1. Samuel, born October 11, 1717 ; known as Lieutenant or Landlord Penniman ; married, December 3, 1741, Huldah White ;
second, Deborah -. 2. Jonathan, born July 30, 1719. 3. Nathan, Jr., born May 8, 1721 ; was some time in Medfield. 4. Ann, born October 23, 1726. 5. Peter, mentioned below.
(IV) Captain Peter Penniman, son of Deacon Nathan Penniman (3), born in Men- don, September II, 1728, died there 1806. He was a captain in the revolution, a prominent patriot. He was first lieutenant in the third Mendon company, Captain Joseph Daniels, and marched with it on the Lexington call, April 19, 1775, to Roxbury. He was chosen captain of his company July 9, 1776, and com- missioned same day the sixth company, Third Worcester county regiment, Colonel Ezra Wood. He was captain of a company in Lieu- tenant Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment from December 8, 1776, to January 21, 1777, in the Rhode Island campaign; in the service again in April and May, 1777. in same regiment ; was major also. He and other officers resign- ed July 20, 1779. His relatives Pelatiah, Jesse, John and Baruch were also soldiers in the rev- olution from Mendon, some of them in his company. He was a delegate to the first con- stitutional convention of Massachusetts, 1779- 80, and was afterwards representative and senator and was in the governor's council. He was one of the most distinguished citizens in Mendon, and at various times held every office in the town. He was one of the incor- porators and a trustee of the First Congrega- tional church. He settled on the homestead in Mendon. He was one of the early proprie- tors of the town of Warwick, in central Mass- achusetts, after the revolution, but did not move there. His son Bunyan and son-in-law Jacob White settled in Warwick. Peter gave a hundred acres of wild land to his daughter Catherine, wife of Jacob White. Before his death he gave a house and farm at Uxbridge to his daughter Abigail Brastow. He died intestate, leaving a large amount of real estate. The valuation for the purposes of partition amounted to $5.737, and the division among the heirs took place by agreement in 1806. He married, November 21, 1754, Huldah Wheel- ock, who survived him and administered the
estate. Her bond was dated July 8, 1806. Children : I. Asa, the eldest. 2. Bunyan, the second son; mentioned below. 3. Rev. Andrew, the youngest son. 4. Catherine, mar- ried Jacob White. 5. Eleanor, married Moses Peters. 6. Abigail, not mentioned in the will. (V) Bunyan Penniman, son of Captain Peter Penniman (4), was born in Mendon,
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