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(VIII) Rev. Dr. Joseph (2), only son of Solomon and Martha ( Perkins) (Todd) Loth- rop, was born in Norwich, October 20, 1731,
died in West Springfield, Massachusetts, De- cember 31, 1820. He was left to the care of his mother when only a year and a half old. "At sixteen he had determined, at any cost of his little patrimony, to obtain a collegiate education, and he was prepared for college by the Rev. Mr. White of Bolton. Though his mind was already made up to enter the Congregational ministry, after his graduation he became a teacher at Springfield, Massachu- setts, meanwhile pursuing his theological studies. In 1756 he applied for admission to the ministry, and the same year was called to the charge of the Congregational church in West Springfield. He accepted the call and entered at once upon his duties. He was found admirably qualified for his duties as a minister, and his parish grew and prospered under his care. He was faithful and painstaking, a dili- gent preacher, his face was familiar in the houses of his flock, and he was an illustration of the truth that 'a house-going parson makes a church-going people.'" His pastorate cov- ered the revolutionary period and the years of financial depression and general stagnation of business that followed; his salary was irregularly and partially paid, and he shared the general afflictions of the times. At times he was reduced to great straits for want of money, but he voluntarily forgave the arrears. He did not think it misbecame him to eke out his salary by personal labor upon his little farm. He had taken his parish, as was com- mon in these days, for better or for worse, and he cheerfully shared their ill as well as their good fortune. In their prosperity the people had willingly offered themselves to him, and when in need he was ready to endure for them, and so while he followed the plough or swung the scythe, he reaped lessons of spirit- ual husbandry. No honors, no offers of emolument could tempt him away. His fame extended far beyond the parochial bounds. In 1791 Yale College conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity, as did Harvard University in 1811. In 1792 he was elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science, and in 1793 he was appoint- ed a professor in divinity in Yale College. Yale was his alma mater ; the position was one congenial to his tastes. Students in divinity had come to him in his quiet parish, at least a score, and among them Dr. Appleton, the late president of Bowdoin College ; he would have the advantages afforded by the companion- ship of scholars and by the college library ; his salary would be doubled, and there would be
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a hope that he might make some provision against the infirmities of age. But none of these things moved him. Great as the tempta- tion was, he resisted it, and said to his people, "I shall not go; the Lord do so to me and more also, if aught but death part me and thee." He was an industrious man, and his ministry continued through many years, and his eye was not dim and his natural force was not abated. At the age of eighty he preached a sermon in review of his long ministry, as he did five years later at the close of his sixtieth year. This was in 1816. At eighty-eight he was compelled to ask for a colleague and Rev. William B. Sprague was given him. From this time he did little, and on the last day of 1820, full of honors and of years he entered into rest. Tradition states that he wrote about five thousand sermons in the course of his ministry. Many of them were in pamphlet form, and passed through several editions. Six volumes of his sermons were issued during his lifetime, and after his death a seventh volume with an autobiography was published and sev- eral of these volumes came to a second edition. He was also the author of a volume of mis- cellany, consisting of political, moral and enter- taining papers. It is not too much to say that he was the central figure in the history of West Springfield, and to his teachings it owes much of its deserved fame. His influence in the valley of the Connecticut was almost without limit. He was ranked with the most distin- guished of the New England divines. "He was a man of large intellect, a deep and orig- inal thinker, a ready writer, an impressive preacher, a faithful pastor, with a heart full of virtues, of manners devout and dignified, and yet agreeable, a man who would have made his mark in any age and in any country, and in a family of the notable sons of the Pioneers, it is easy to regard him as facile princeps." He married, May 16, 1759, Eliz- abeth Dwight. Children : Solomon, Seth, Joseph (died young), Joseph, Samuel ( died young ), Samuel and Dwight.
(IX) Hon. Joseph (3), fourth son of Rev. Joseph (2) and Elizabeth (Dwight ) Lathrop, was born in West Springfield, December 24, 1766, died in Wilbraham, December IT, 1831. He settled in Wilbraham where he became a prominent citizen, and represented the town in the state legislature. He married, Septem- ber 9, 1790, Rowena, daughter of Colonel Levi and Jerusha (Clark) Wells, of Col- chester, Connecticut. She survived her hus- band twelve years, and died September 28,
1843, at the home of Paoli Lathrop, of South Hadley. Children: Joseph, Rowena (died young), Wells, Paoli, Seth, Rowena, Ralph (died young), and Ralph Dwight.
(X) Wells, second son of Joseph (3) and Rowena (Wells) Lathrop, was born in Becket, Massachusetts, February 25, 1795, died in South Hadley Falls, April 12, 1871. He mar- ried, in Springfield, November 12, 1819, Cath- erine Rhodes Bontecou (see Bontecou V), born in Enfield, Connecticut, December 26, 1798, daughter of Daniel and Sybil ( Potter) Bontecou. She died December 24, 1832. He married (second) September 12, 1836, Lydia, widow of Dr. Lewis Washburn, and daughter of Benjamin and Relief (Dunbar) Ayer, of Weymouth, where she was born July 30, 1806; she died July 24, 1896. Children: Elizabeth, James, Catherine Bontecou, Daniel Bontecou, Wells and Mary.
(XI) Elizabeth, eldest child of Wells and Catherine R. (Bontecou) Lathrop, was born in Springfield, April 28, 1821, and married, August 23, 1842, George Bliss Morris ( see Morris VII).
(The Bliss Line. For preceding generations see Thomas Bliss 1).
(III) Nathaniel, second son of Thomas (2) and Margaret Bliss, was born in England, came to America with his father in 1635, and removed to Springfield, Massachusetts, with his mother in 1643, about seven years after that place was purchased from the Indians by William Pynchon. Three years later, when they were well settled, he married, November 20, 1646, Catharine, daughter of Deacon Sam- uel Chapin (see Chapin I). Mr. Bliss died November 8, 1654. Widow Bliss married ( sec- ond) July 31, 1655, Thomas Gilbert, by whom she had four children. He died June 5, 1662, and she married (third) December 28, 1664, Samuel Marshfield, by whom she had four chil- dren-twelve in all. She died February 4, 1712. The children of Nathaniel and Cath- arine (Chapin) Bliss were: Samuel, Mar- garet, Mary and Nathaniel.
(IV) Samuel, eldest child of Nathaniel and Catharine (Chapin) Bliss, was born in Spring- field, November 7, 1647, and lived to the remarkable age of one hundred and one and a half years, and died June 19, 1749. He married, January 2, 1672, Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Stebbins, who was born August 18, 1654, died November 6, 1721. Hc left at his death, according to the Boston News Letter, six children, thirty-eight grandchildren,
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one hundred and fourteen great-grandchildren, and ten great-great-grandchildren, making a total of one hundred and sixty-eight. His children were: Samuel (died young), Nathan- iel, Sarah, Margaret, Thomas, Hannah, John, Samuel and Ebenezer.
(V) John, son of Samuel and Sarah (Steb- bins) Bliss, was born in Springfield, Novem- ber 4. 1690, died in Longmeadow, October 8, 1784. He married, April 18, 1724, Lydia Field, of Sunderland, Massachusetts. She was born in 1695, died February 29, 1760. Children, John and Aaron.
(VI) Hon. John (2), son of John (I) and Lydia (Field) Bliss, was born in Longmeadow, February 1, 1727, died in Wilbraham, Novem- ber 3. 1809. He was a man of much natural talent, self thought, and became a citizen of great influence. He was an ardent patriot during the revolution, and held numerous offices of trust and responsibility. He was representative from the town of Springfield (which then included Wilbraham) in 1773; and continued a member of either the house of representatives, senate or executive council of Massachusetts, for thirty years-two years being excepted. He was a member of each of the three provincial congresses held in Massa- chusetts in the early part of the revolution ; was for many years a judge of the court of common pleas for the county of Hampshire ; and was colonel of the First Regiment of Hampshire Militia. In all these stations he was an exemplary professor of the Christian religion. He married (first) November 8, 1749, Abiah Pease, daughter of Josiah and Margaret Colton, of Enfield, Connecticut. She was born in 1718, and died in September, 1803. He married (second) September 10, 1804, Sarah, widow of Isaac Morris. His children, all by first wife, were: Oliver, Lydia (died young), Lydia, Abiah, Lucy (died young), and Lucy see further.
(VII) Lucy, youngest child of Hon. John (2) and Abiah Bliss, was born March 28, 1762, and married Edward Morris, of Wil- braham (see Morris V).
(The Bliss Line. For preceding generations see Thomas Bliss 1).
(VI) Hon. Moses, eldest son of Jedediah and Rachel (Sheldon) Bliss, was born in Springfield, January 16, 1736, died July 4, 1814. He graduated from Yale in 1755, studied divinity, preached for a time, and then aban- doned the ministry to read law, and became
an eminent barrister. For several of the later years of his life he was judge of the court of common pleas for the county of Hampshire. A few years before his death he retired from that office, greatly respected for his learning, talents and piety. He was a deacon in the Congregational church. He was an eccentric man, and very patriotic withal, wore a pow- dered wig, knee breeches, low shoes, and shin- ing buckles. It is said that he had just brought a load of hay across the river when he heard that independence had been declared, and not being able to elevate his continental heels and cocked hat high enough to gratify his ex- uberant patriotism, he immediately set fire to the hay, in the presence of a large concourse of enthusiastic and delighted spectators, mak- ing it a veritable burnt offering upon the altar of liberty. He married, July 20, 1763. Abigail, daughter of William and Abigail (Edwards) Metcalf, of Lebanon, Connecticut. She was born April 2, 1739, died August 29, 1800. Children : George, Lucy, Abigail, William Metcalf, Frances, Moses, Edmond, Emily and Harriet.
(VII) Hon. George, eldest son of Hon. Moses and Abigail ( Metcalf) Bliss, was born in Springfield, December 13, 1764, died March 8, 1830. He graduated at Yale College in 1784. and received the honorary degree of LL. D. from Harvard University in 1823. He was an eminent lawyer, and for many years in succession was a member of the house of representatives, senate or executive council of Massachusetts, and was a member of the fam- ous "Hartford Convention." He was a dea- con of the First Congregational Church of Springfield, and was an able theologian. He married (first) May 22, 1789, Hannah, daugh- ter of Dr. John and Jerusha (Huntington) Clark, of Lebanon, Connecticut. She was born May 19, 1764, died September 19, 1795. He married (second) May 29, 1799, Mary, daughter of John Lathrop, of New Haven, Connecticut. She died without issue, May I, 1803. He married (third) November 15, 1804, Abigail Rowland, of Windsor, Connec- ticut, who died January 21, 1832. Children by wife Hannah: Delia (died young), Caroline, George, Hannah Clark. Children by wife Abigail: Delia, Abigail, Mary and Richard.
(VIII) Caroline, second daughter of Hon. George and Hannah (Clark) Bliss, was born December 28, 1791, and married, December 15, 1813, Oliver Bliss Morris Esq. ( see Morris VI).
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John Heald, immigrant ancestor,
HEALD was one of the earliest settlers of Concord, Massachusetts. He was from Berwick-on-Tweed, England, and is said to have come to New England in 1635. He was admitted a freeman June 2, 1641. He lived for some time in Roxbury and Cam- bridge. He died in Concord, May 24, 1662. His will was made by his own hand, dated April 19, 1662, and proved June 16, 1662. He bequeathed to his second wife, Dorothy; to children John, Timothy and Hannah; and to five younger children, not mentioned by name. Children : I. John, born in England; men- tioned below. 2. Timothy. 3. Hannah, mar- ried, May 18, 1658, John Spaulding ; died Au- gust 14, 1689. 4. Dorcas, born May 22, 1645 ; died May 1, 1650. 5. Gershom, born March 23, 1647 ; married, 1673, Anna Vinton; died at Stow 1717. 6. Dorothy, born October 16, 1649. 7. Thomas, born January 19, 1650-1 ; married November 18, 1675, Priscilla Mark- ham; (second) Sarah (Patch) Osborn; died April 22, 1725. 8. Isaac, born 1656; married Elizabeth -; died 1717. 9. Israel, born July 30, 1666; married Martha Wright ; set- tled in Stow ; died September 8, 1738. Some authorities give also: 10. Amos. II. Ebe- nezer. 12. Samuel. 13. Ephraim. 14. Ben- jamin.
(II) Sergeant John (2), son of John (1) Heald, was born in England, and came over with his parents. He settled in Chelmsford, and married, June 10, 1661, Sarah Dean, who died July 22, 1689, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Dean, of Concord. His name is mentioned in a list of soldiers in 1675. He (lied at Concord, June 22, 1689. Children, born in Concord: I. Elizabeth, born April 15, 1664. 2. John, born September 19, 1666; men- tioned below. 3. Gershom, born March I, 1667-8; married February 19, 1689-90, Han- nah Parling ; died 1717. 4. Sarah, born Decem- ber 18, 1670. 5. Eunice, born March 15, 1673. 6. Hannah, born October 10, 1676. 7. Doro- thy, born July 10, 1679; married Joshua Fletcher of Westford; died August 20, 1770.
(III) Lieutenant John (3), son of Ser- geant John (2) Heald, was born at Concord, September 19, 1666, and died there November 25, 1721, aged fifty-five years (gravestone). He married, December 18, 1690, Mary Chand- ler, born March 3, 1672-3, died August 14, 1759, in her eighty-eighth year (gravestone). She was daughter of Roger and Mary (Simonds) Chandler. At the time of the trouble with Governor Andros, Lieutenant
Heald marched to Boston at the head of his
company. Children, born in Concord : I. Mary, born August 18, 1691 ; married May 12, 1718, John Parling ; died January 5, 1754. 2. John, born August 18, 1693; mentioned be- low. 3. Timothy, born June 7, 1696; married Hannah ; died March 28, 1736. 4. Josiah, born February 28, 1698-9; died May 26, 1733. 5. Elizabeth, born December 12, 1701. 6. Samuel, born May 4, 1702; married Rebecca Fletcher; died April 18, 1784. 7. Amos, born May 23, 1708; married Elizabeth Billings ; died January 4, 1775. 8. Ephraim, born February 19, 1710-II ; married Eleanor 9. Dorcas, born August 22, 1713; married January 28, 1734-5, William Fletcher. IO. Eunice, born 1717 ; married July 16, 1735, Samuel Fellows.
(IV) Dcacon John (4), son of Lieutenant John (3) Heald, was born in Concord, August 18, 1693, and died May 16, 1775. He lived in that part of Concord set off as Acton. He married (first) at Concord, Mary Heald, born April 27, 1698, died September 1, 1758, daugh- ter of Israel and Martha (Wright) Heald (or Hale) of Concord. He married (second) (intentions dated November 10, 1759) Eliza- beth Wright, widow of Joseph Wright. She survived him and lived with her daughter, the wife of Deacon Reed, of Rutland, where she died October 12, 1776. Children, born at Concord, all by first wife: 1. Martha, born April 4, 1718; married May 24, 1738, John Barrett. 2. Mary, born June 14, 1719 ; married May 24, 1738, Jonas Robbins; died April 6, 1794. 3. John, born February 14, 1720-1 ; married July 18, 1745, Elizabeth Barrett ; died October 26, 1810. 4. Sarah, born November 2, 1722; married January 1, 1744-5, Jonas Hildreth. 5. Joseph, born September 12, 1724; killed by the Indians. 6. Lydia, born Novem- ber 12, 1726; married, 1749, Jacob Robbins. 7. Oliver, born July 24, 1729 ; died September 23. 1733. 8. Dorothy, born November 25, 1731, married, 1753, Nehemiah Davis; died December II, 1805. 9. Oliver, born April 6, 1734; married December 2, 1760, Lydia Spaulding ; died January 21, 1790, at Temple, New Hampshire. 10. Israel, born August 16, 1736; mentioned below. 11. Asa(?). 12. Ruth, born March 1. 1740, married, 1750, James Faulkner.
(V) Captain Israel, son of Deacon John (4) Heald, was born in Concord, August 16, 1736, and died October 28, 1815. He lived on the homestead in Acton. He served in the revolution in `1776 as captain in Eleazer
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Brooks' regiment, and was wounded in the battle of White Plains. He married, Decem- ber 30, 1760, Susanna Robbins, born January I. 1737-8, died January 8, 1822, daughter of John and Susanna Robbins, of Chelmsford. He died intestate, and Augustus Tower was appointed administrator of the estate. Chil- dren : I. Timothy, born August 7, 1762 ; mar- ried November 8, 1792, Hannah Wilkins ; died May 5, 1813. 2. Benjamin, born January 25, 1764, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, born July 28, 1766; died unmarried June 21, 1847. 4. Susannah, born September 7, 1768; married July 14, 1789, David Hartwell, Jr. 5. Mary, born September 22, 1770; married December 24, 1795, Deacon John Green; died October 26, 1817. 6. Lucy, born November 21, 1772; died September 22, 1775. 7. Esther, born 1774; married, November 5, 1797, Asa Green ; died September 18, 1826. 8. Lucy, born Sep- tember 9, 1786; married, December 26, 1814, Thomas Spaulding ; died March 19, 1844.
(VI) Captain Benjamin, son of Captain Isaac Heald, was born in Acton (now Carlisle) January 25, 1763-4, and died October 12, 1841. He settled in Sumner, Maine, in 1784, and lived on- Sumner Hill, near the present site of the Heald barn. He may have been the Benjamin Heald who was in Captain John Hayward's company, Colonel Webb's regiment, for three months in 1781, to reinforce the Continental army. He married, in 1785-6, Re- becca Spaulding, born November 10, 1766, who died June 10, 1858, daughter of Benjamin (Leonard 4, Henry 3, Andrew 2, Edward I), and Patty ( Barrett ) Spaulding. Children, born at Sumner, Maine: 1. Benjamin, born Sep- tember 13, 1786; married Achsah Hall. 2. Susannah, born January 29, 1788; married Joshua Carpenter. 3. Israel, born January 22, 1793; married Jane Standish. 4. Charlotte, born March 10, 1795; died May 8, 1801. 5. Hiram, born July 19, 1797; mentioned below. 6. Harriet, born January 14, 1800. 7. Wash- ington, born July 23, 1802; married Eliza A. Allen. 8. Joseph W., born September 28, 1804. 9. Jefferson, born November 16, 1805; married Jane Hersey. 10. Charlotte, born February 23, 1808; married January 27, 1829, Charles A. Buck. II. Columbus, born July 21, 1810; married, May 1, 1834, Nancy W. Buck.
(VII) Hiram, son of Captain Benjamin Heald, was born at Sumner, Maine, July 19, 1797, and lived at Sumner. He married Soph- ronia Hersey. Children: 1. Marcella, born April 4, 1825. 2. Lysander, born December
20, 1826; mentioned below. 3. Hiram H., born November 12, 1828; married November 14, 1852, Frances Borne. 4. Albert H., born December 9, 1830; married (first) Lottie Cook; (second) Sarah Houghton. 5. Abel S., born February 13, 1833; married Mary C. Anderson. 6. Stephen C., born June 12, 1835; married, September 12, 1858, Abbie A. Rowe. 7. Emogene S., born April 18, 1837; married, September 12, 1858, Jacob M. Willey. 8. James H., born April 30, 1839; died in the civil war, October 10, 1862, at Annapolis, a member of the Twenty-ninth Massachusetts Regiment. 9. Althea P., born October 2, 1841 ; married Allen Weatherhead. 10. Benjamin F., born June 23, 1843; a member of the Twentieth Maine Regiment in the civil war. II. Oscar F., born October 12, 1846; married, December 23, 1868, Almatia Richardson.
(VIII) Lysander, son of Hiram Heald, was born in East Sumner, Maine, December 20, 1826. He came to Massachusetts in 1848, eventually locating in Weymouth, where he engaged in the shoe business. He was a member of Company G of the Fourth Heavy Artillery in the civil war. He married Mar- garet A. Vining, born October 22, 1837, at South Weymouth, daughter of Adoniram and Lydia Shaw Vining. He died May 28, 1904. Children: 1. Arthur Clifton, born April 7, 1861 ; mentioned below. 2. Marion Vining, born January 29, 1874; married Henry S. Stowers, of South Weymouth.
(IX) Arthur Clifton, son of Lysander Heald, was born at South Weymouth, Massa- chusetts, April 7, 1861. He was educated in the public schools of South Weymouth. For five years he was in the employ of H. B. Reed & Company, and left this firm to organize and become a member of the firm of E. H. Stetson & Company. Since the incorporation of this concern as the Stetson Shoe Company he has been its treasurer. The factory of the Stetson Shoe Company, one of the largest concerns in the country manufacturing strictly high- grade men's shoes, is located in South Wey- mouth, a town famous for the quality of its workmanship. It has a weekly capacity of 7500 pairs and a regular force numbering 350.
He married, December 31, 1883, Charlotte Bates Tower, born November 22, 1863, at South Weymouth, daughter of Charles Carroll and Clarissa L. (Pratt) Tower. (See Tower family ). Children, born at South Weymouth : I. Charles Tower, born May 18, 1888; asso- ciated in business with his father. 2. Stanley, born June 8, 1891. 3. Margaret, born Sep-
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tember 13, 1892. 4. Darthea, born February 10, 1898.
(The Tower Line. For preceding generations see Robert Tower 1).
(III) Ibrook, son of John Tower, was bap- tized February 7, 1643-4, and died in Cohasset, November 22, 1732, aged eighty-eight years nine months. He lived in Cohasset, on the land which his father drew in the first division in 1670. He was among the earliest settlers of what was then the village. He was fre- quently in public office, and in 1699 was select- man. He was a farmer and a cooper. His will was made in 1720, and it was proved De- cember 31, 1731. His homestead still remains in possession of the family. He married (first) April 24, 1668, Margaret Hardin, of Brain- tree, born 1617, died November 19, 1705, daughter of John Hardin. He married ( sec- ond) August 6, 1712, Patience, widow of Daniel Hobart, and previously of Benjamin Jones. . She died December 22, 1747. Chil- dren, all by first wife, born in Hingham: I. Richard, July 20, 1669. 2. Daniel, June 15, 1671; died November, 1690. 3. John, born March 21, 1672-3. 4. Rachel, March 16, 1674-5. 5. Mary, August 16, 1677. 6. Patience, March 21, 1678-9. 7. Hezekiah, baptized, October 9, 1681. 8. Elizabeth, born June 9, 1682; married Merritt. 9. Content, born February 3, 1683-4. 10. Nehemiah, No- vember 4, 1685. II. Lydia, November 25, 1687. 12. Daniel, mentioned below.
(IV) Daniel, son of Ibrook Tower, was born in Hingham, and baptized July 24, 1692. He inherited a part of his father's homestead, and lived in Cohasset. His will was dated August 1, 1771, and he died February 21, 1774, aged eighty-one years seven months. He mar- ried ( first) (intentions dated February 25, 1715-6). Sarah Lincoln, of Cohasset, born July 14, 1694, died July 7, 1754, daughter of Mordecai and Sarah (Jones) Lincoln. He married (second) February 26, 1755. Persis Curtis, born in Hanover, 1707, died there June 24, 1787, aged eighty. Children, born in Co- hasset : I. Sarah, June 24, 1717. 2. Daniel, June 23, 1720; mentioned below. 3. Abra- ham, January 31, 1722-3; died May 9, 1736. 4. Job, born September 8, 1726. 5. Mordecai, August 6, 1729; died June 10, 1736. 6. Thank- ful, born September, 1732; died May 2, 1733. 7. Thankful, born October 2, 1734; died No- vember 18, 1743.
(V) Daniel (2), Tower, son of Danicl (I) Tower, was born at Cohasset, June 23, 1720,
and died there January 28, 1800. His will was dated October, 1799, and proved April 1, 1800. He married, January 5, 1741-2, Bethiah Nichols, born May 12, 1724, died April 27, 1813, daughter of Roger and Bethiah (Wins- low) Nichols. Children, born in Cohasset : I. Abraham, June, 1741 ; died March 4, 1741-2. 2. Sarah, May 30, 1743 ; married December 8, 1763, James Cushing, Jr. 3. Mordecai, May 24, 1745; drowned at sea. 4. Bethiah, April 20, 1747 ; married John Pratt. 5. Daniel, Octo- ber 5, 1749 ; died young. 6. Abraham (twin), April 18, 1752; mentioned below. 7. Isaac (twin), April 18, 1752. 8. Samuel, April 30, 1754. 9. Levi, July 25, 1756. 10. Persis, Au- gust 1, 1759. II. Mary, baptized June 21, 1761 ; died young. 12. Mary, baptized May 27, 1764. 13. Bethiah, baptized January 24, 1768. 14. Daniel, born July 29, 1771.
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