Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 43

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 924

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(VI) Abraham, son of Daniel (2) Tower, was born at Cohasset, April 18, 1752. He inherited the homestead. He was a soldier in the revolution, a corporal in Captain Job Cush- ing's company, at the siege of Boston, in 1775. Tradition says he was a member of the Bos- ton Tea Party in 1773. He applied for a pension August 28, 1832, saying that he was in the Continental army from about May I, 1775, to January 1, 1776. He was a farmer and a mariner. His will was proved October 27, 1832. He died in Cohasset, September 26, 1832, aged eighty. He married (first) August 30, 1789, Elizabeth Kent, baptized February 4. 1759, died December 26, 1797, daughter of Abel and Hannah ( Hobart) Kent; (second) October 18, 1800, Hannah Kent, sister of his first wife, baptized October 29, 1775, died May 20, 1806, aged thirty years, six months. Children: I. Abraham Hobart, born October 20, 1801 ; mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, born October 10, 1803. 3. Hannah Kent, May 8, 1806.

(VII) Abraham Hobart, son of Abraham Tower, was born in Cohasset, October 20, 1801, and died there June 19, 1881. He in- hierited the homestead, where he resided. He married, April 30, 1826, Charlotte Bates, born October 4, 1806, died June 11, 1869, daughter of Newcomb and Lydia ( Nichols) Bates. He was a farmer, and also owned a number of fishing boats. Children: I. Mary Nash, born August 25, 1827 ; died April 3, 1829. 2. Abra- ham H., born April 1, 1829. 3. Henry Clay, April 16, 1831. 4. Charles Carroll, September 26, 1833; mentioned below. 5. Charlotte M. B., February 28, 1836. 6. Newcomb B., Feb- ruary 20, 1840. 7. Daniel N., February 28, 1846.

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(VIII) Dr. Charles Carroll Tower, son of Abraham H. Tower, was born September 26, 1833, and died May 29, 1893. He was edu- cated in the schools of Cohasset, was grad- uated from Harvard College in 1856, and from the Harvard Medical School in 1859. He settled in South Weymouth, where he practiced his profession some thirty-three years. He served on the school board, and in politics was a Republican. He was a member of the Old South Church. He married, No- vember 29, 1860, Clarissa L. Pratt, born in Boston, January 3, 1834, daughter of Charles and Ruth Nichols ( Pratt) Pratt. Children : I. Daughter, born September 15, 1861; died next day. 2. Carrie Appleton, born July 18, 1862; married Wilson Tirrell. 3. Charlotte Bates, born November 22, 1863; married, De- cember 31, 1883, Arthur Clifton Heald. (See Heald family). 4. Helen Merriel, born Au- gust 5. 1868; married Eaton V. Reed, of Brooklyn, New York. 5. Ruth Nichols, born November 15, 1873.

TABER The immigrant ancestor of the Tabers and Tabors of New Eng- land was one Philip Taber, who was born in England in 1605. He appeared in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1633-34, where he was the proprietor of five lots of land which he sold to John Woolcot. He married (first) Lydia, daughter of John and Jane Masters, in 1639 or 1640, and she became the mother of five children. He mar- ried (second) Jane, an elder sister of his de- ceased wife. John Masters was made a free- man of Watertown in 1631, and he was also a proprietor of Cambridge (Newe Town), and became a resident there. He died in Cam- bridge, December 21, 1639, and in his will be- queathed fio sterling to his daughter "Lidya Taber:" his widow Jane died December 26, 1639, five days after her husband. Philip Taber was, under the laws governing the towns of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, made a mem- ber of the First Church at Watertown by virtue of his oath of fidelity on being accorded the rights of a freeman, May 14, 1634. He removed to the town of Yarmouth, Cape Cod, Barnstable county. Colony of Plymouth, in 1639, and he became a prominent person in arranging for the establishment of the town January 7, 1639, out of the common land called Mattachuset according to the annals of the general court of the colony. As early as Jan- uary 7, 1639, his name appears with eight others as a candidate for freedom in the new

town of Yarmouth, and on March 5 following it was ordered by the general court of Plymouth Colony that the name of Philip Taber with three other residents of the town of Yarmouth be added to an existing com- mittee of three to make an equal division of the planting lands of the town. He was sent as a deputy to the court at Plymouth in 1639 and 1640. His son John was baptized in the church at Yarmouth, November 8, 1640, and his sons Joseph, Philip and Thomas in Febru- ary, 1646. He removed from Yarmouth to Martha's Vineyard, and thence to New Lon- don, Connecticut, in 1650, where he was in March, 1655-63, and he was made a freeman of the town in 1656. He served as a com- missioner of the town in 1660-61-63. He recorded himself as of Newport on January 31, 1664, and April 20, 1665, at both of which dates he sold and conveyed land in Ports- mouth. On June 10, 1669, he was in Provi- dence and recorded himself as being at that time sixty-four years of age. He was a resi- dent of Tiverton, Rhode Island, soon after, and died there in 1672. His second wife, Jane (Masters) Taber, born 1605, died 1669. His five children were all by his first wife, Lydia (Masters) Taber, and they were born as follows: 1. John, baptized in Yarmouth, November 8, 1640, died young. 2. Thomas. 3. Philip, Jr. 4. Joseph. These sons were baptized in Yarmouth in February, 1646. 5. Lydia, the youngest child, was the second wife of Rev. Pardon Tillinghast ( 1622-1718), and was married to that noted Baptist immigrant preacher of Providence, Rhode Island, Febru- ary 16, 1665, and when he died, January 29, 1718, he was survived by his widow and nine children. Philip, Jr., the third child, lived in Dartmouth, and had eight children: Mary, 1670; Sarah, 1671; Lydia, 1673; Philip, 1676; Abigail, 1678; Esther, 1681; John, 1684; Bethia, 1689. Thomas, the second child, was born in Yarmouth, in February, 1642; he was a mason by trade, and lived in Dartmouth ; married Esther, born August 16, 1650, died 1671, daughter of John and Sarah (Warren) Cooke, and they had two children: Thomas, October 21, 1668; and Esther, April 17, 1671, the birth of the second child resulting in her death. He married as his second wife, Mary, daughter of John Thomson, and niece of Rev. John Cooke, her mother being a sister of this last survivor of the male passengers of the "Mayflower." He had by her ten children as follows: Lydia, August 8, 1673; Sarah, Jan- uary 28, 1675 ; Mary, March 18, 1677; Joseph,

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March 7, 1678-79, married Elizabeth Spooner ; John, February 22, 1680-81, married Phoebe Spooner ; Jacob, July 26, 1683; Jonathan, Sep- tember 22, 1685; Bethia, September 3, 1687; Philip, February 7, 1689, and Abigail, May 3, 1693. Thomas, the father of these children, died in Dartmouth, November 1I, 1730, and his will was proved March 20, 1733, his sons Joseph, John, Jacob and Philip being the executors. His widow, Mary (Thomson) Taber, died May 3, 1734. Thomas Taber was surveyor of highways 1673; fence-viewer ; town clerk, 1679; constable, 1679; was made a freeman, 1684; selectman 1688-92-96-99 and 1700-02 : rate-maker, 1686; captain of the town militia, 1689; deputy to the general court of Massachusetts, 1693. His first wife was the daughter of Rev. John Cooke, of Dart- mouth, the last surviving male member of the original "Mayflower" passengers, 1620, and his wife, Sarah Warren. The early records of the town of Tiverton, Rhode Island, are in such an incomplete condition that it is im- possible to fix the direct line between Philip the immigrant and Ebenezer, who married Abigail, and had children born in Tiverton. As the descendants of his sons Thomas and Philip, Jr., are well defined and established in the town and church records of Dartmouth, it is reasonable to suppose, in the absence of any record of his death, that the youngest son, Joseph, went with his father to Tiverton, Rhode Island, and that he was the father of Ebenezer Taber, of Tiverton. which would make the line of descent (I) Philip, born 1605; (II) Joseph, born in New London, Con- necticut, or Portsmouth, Rhode Island ; (III) Ebenezer, mentioned below.

(III) Ebenezer, probably son of Joseph Taber and grandson of Philip Taber, the immi- grant, was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island, about 1694. He married, in Tiverton, and his wife's christian name was Abigail. They had nine children, all born in Tiverton, as follows: I. Paul, March 30, 1716. 2. Thomas (q. v.), October 28, 1717. 3. Mary, August 24, 1719. 4. Joseph, September 21, 1721. 5. Hannah, September 13, 1723. 6. Walton, September 4, 1725, died young. 7. Lydia, October 24, 1728. 8. Walton, October, 1731. 9. Jacob, October 2, 1733-

(IV) Thomas, second child of Ebenezer and Abigail Taber, was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island, October 28, 1717. He learned the trade of blacksmith and carried on the business in Tiverton. He married and his wife's christian name was Mary, but her sur-

name is not on record. The date of her birth

is January 16, 1722. They had eight chil- dren born in Tiverton, as follows: I. Job, March 16, 1741. 2. Gideon, February 2, 1743. 3. Mary (q. v.), February 18, 1745. 4. Phebe, February 22, 1747. 5. Elizabeth, March 12, 1749. 6. Philip, April 24, 1752. 7. Mercy, July 13, 1756. 8. Ruth, March 3, 1762.

(V) Mary, eldest daughter and third child of Thomas and Mary Taber, was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island, February 18, 1745. She maried her cousin Pardon, son of Paul and Sarah Taber, and grandson of Ebenezer and Abigail Taber. He was born July 16, 1739. The children of Pardon and Mary (Taber) Taber were: I. Edmond (q. v.), November 18, 1767. 2. David, November 21, 1770. It is very probable there were other children born of this marriage, but no record can be obtained.

(VI) Edmond, eldest child of Pardon and Mary Taber, was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island, November 18, 1767. He married Patience Manchester, born October 24, 1765, and they had nine children, all born in Tiver- ton, as follows: I. Anissa, June 5, 1789. 2. David (q. v.), August 18, 1790. 3. Pardon, November 8, 1792, died young. 4. Mercy, January 13, 1795. 5. Charles, May 11, 1797. 6. Joseph, November 9, 1799. 7. Pardon, May 13, 1802. 8. Rhoda, June 22, 1804. 9. Abner, April 29, 1807. Edmund Taber died in Tiverton, Rhode Island, December 14, 1807, and his widow June II, 1851.

(VII) David, second child of Edmond and Patience (Manchester) Taber, was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island, August 18, 1790. He was by trade and occupation a carpenter, and after his marriage, October 26, 1811, to Eliz- abeth Fitch, who was born at Bristol, Rhode Island, July 18, 1790, and the birth of their first child, Lydia, in Bristol, Rhode Island, August 3, 1813, he removed with his family to Thompson, Connecticut, where he continued the business of carpenter and house builder, and where five children were born. The chil- dren born in Thompson, Connecticut were: 2. David, October 29, 1815. 3. Luther Anthony (q. v.). September 15. 1817. 4. Eliza E., October 22, 1819. 5. Erastus Otis, December 5, 1821. 6. Joseph, April 12, 1824. He re- moved to Grafton, New Hampshire, after the birth of his sixth child, and his wife, Eliza- beth ( Fitch) Taber, died in that place October 10), 1826. On December 23, 1827, he married (second) Harriet Chamberlain, of Grafton, New Hampshire. She was born January 7,

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1796, and by this union had eight children, all born in Grafton, New Hampshire as follows: 7. Harriet C., December 14, 1828, died unmar- ried May 24, 1848. 8. Mary M., February 16, 1830. 9. Emily P., April 22, 1831. 10. Wil- lard G., September 18, 1832. II. Frank W., August 22, 1834. 12. Martha A., May 14, 1836. 13. Charles W., March 29, 1839. 14. Oren, October 22, 1840. Harriet (Chamber- lain) Taber died in Manchester, New Hamp- shire, to which place they had removed from Grafton after the birth of their son Oren, the date of her death being November 23, 1850. Mr. Taber married (third) August 6, 1854, Mary A. Ross, born in Sheldonville, Massa- chusetts, March 4, 1808, and died without issue in that place January 29, 1883. David Taber died in Sheldonville, Massachusetts, February 7, 1878.

(VIII) Luther Anthony, second son of David and Elizabeth (Fitch) Taber, was born in Thompson, Connecticut, September 15, 1817, and was brought up and educated in Grafton, New Hampshire, from his eighth year. He worked on his father's farm and assisted him in the carpenter shop when not attending the district school and when of apprentice age entered the family of Cyrus Adams, in Grafton, and was taught the com- bined trades of harness making and watch and jewelry making. On reaching his majority he went to Boston, where he worked in a watch maker's shop as a repairer of watches and clocks. In 1840 he went to New York City to fill a position in a branch of the United States patent office. He married, October 22, 1844, Lydia Wheat, born June 20, 1823, daugh- ter of Hezekiah, Jr., and Mary (Martin) Bul- lock, of Grafton, New Hampshire (see Bul- lock forward), and built a house and a jewelry and harness making shop on the main street in Canaan, New Hampshire, where he worked at both his trades and also cultivated a garden. In 1847, when the great dam to furnish the waterpower for the future manufacturing city of Holyoke, Massachusetts, was in course of construction in West Springfield, he visited the work and criticised the workmanship of the dam, as well as its plan of construction and prophesied its inability, through these faults, of withstanding the immense pressure to which it would be subjected. This pro- phesy came true soon after the completion of the dam. The opportunities for the growth of a great city were apparent to Mr. Taber, and when on March 14, 1850, the town of Holyoke was set off from West Springfield

he had already been on the ground with his family occupying the only brick block on High street for two years. He had removed to the place from Canaan, New Hampshire, in 1848, thus anticipating the birth of the town in 1850, and the city in 1873. He kept pace with the progress of the town, removing his business first to the Exchange Hall block, and then to the Hutchings block, corner of High and Hampden streets. Here the great fire of 1870 swept his business place away, and he rebuilt the block now No. 181 and 183 High street. His business increased with the growth of the city, and when his oldest son Frank Luther left school, he took him in first as an appren- tice and then as a partner in 1876, and the firm continued up to 1882 when Mr. Taber retired from business. He was a member of the Royal Arch Masons, having joined the Chapter in 1864, and in 1909 he was the second oldest member of the chapter in years of ser- vice. He also affiliated with the Second Con- gregational Church of Holyoke as a member of the church society organization although not a member of the church itself. He was elected a charter member of the board of trustees of the Holyoke Savings Bank April 9, 1856, and in 1906 was the only surviving member of the original board. His genial disposition and great strength of character endeared him to all, and his great love of nature led him to the cultivation of fruits and flowers, in which occupation he found recrea- tion and pleasure. He was not a politician, and held himself free from party restraint so as to be able to vote for the best men rather than the accidental nominees of a party. The children of Luther Anthony and Lydia Wheat (Bullock) Taber were: I. Frank Luther (q. v.). 2. Cyrus Hezekiah (q. v.). Lydia Wheat Bullock Taber died March 10, 1880, and Mr. Taber married as his second wife, on October 17, 1881, Susan ( Kimball) Eaton, of Concord, New Hampshire, and they had no issue.

(IX) Frank Luther, eldest child of Luther Anthony and Lydia Wheat ( Bullock) Taber, was born in the town of Holyoke, Massachu- setts, October 13, 1850. He was educated in the public school and learned the trade of watch maker with his father. He became his partner in business in 1876, and in 1882 when his father retired, he assumed the entire busi- ness and continued to conduct it on his own account. He married (first) Sarah Jane Paddelford, of Sherburne, New York, and they had an only child, Pearl. He married

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(second) Fannie Maria Pratt, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, October 15, 1879, and their children were Raymond Frank and Earl Pratt. (IX) Cyrus Hezekiah, second and youngest child of Luther Anthony and Lydia Wheat ( Bullock) Taber, was born in Holyoke, Mass- achusetts, September 4, 1857. He was a pupil in the public schools of Holyoke, and on leav- ing school engaged with his father in the watch making business. He left this business, however, after one and one-half years to en- gage in the printing business, which was more congenial to his tastes and disposition. This business he with J. N. Hubbard inaugurated in 1877, the firm name being Hubbard & Taber, and after eighteen years of prosperity it had assumed such proportions as to warrant its merging in 1895 with the American Pad & Paper Company, and Mr. Taber was made superintendent of their printing department, and in 1904 president of the corporation. His successful business carcer was the signal for his services in other business and financial institutions, and he became a trustee of the People's Savings Bank of Holyoke, and also an auditor of that institution. He held the same responsible position with the Home National Bank of Holyoke, and with other local corporations. His political affiliation was with the Republican party, and as he had been brought up in the Congregational church he affiliated as a member and officer in the First Congregational Church of Holyoke. He married, May 12, 1886, Annie A., daughter of I. B. and Annie A. (Streeter ) Lowell, and granddaughter of Isaac Lowell, of Orange, New Hampshire. Their children, born in Holyoke, Massachusetts : 1. Elwyn Lowell, July 23, 1889. 2. Annie Justine, August 16, 1892. 3. Paul Luther, February 4, 1894, died July 7, 1894. 4. Donald Robert, November 1, 1902.

(The Bullock Line).

This ancient name has been traced to a very carly period in England, three hundred years before the general adoption of surnames in that county. Its coat-of-arms is very ancient, and is characterized by several bullocks amid other figures and emblems. There is a family tradition which seems rather mythical and is now sustained by records, regarding the find- ing of a child in a bull's manger, as the origin of the name. This name was very early identi- fied with the history of New Hampshire and has been borne by numerous prominent citi- zens in other states. Among the distinguished

men of the name who are descended from the common ancestor may be mentioned Alex- ander H. Bullock, of Worcester, one time governor of Massachusetts; Stephen Bullock, of Rehoboth, member of congress under Jefferson's administration, and his son, Dr. Samuel Bullock, a member of the Massachu- setts legislature ; Richard Bullock, a merchant of means and high standing in Providence; Nathaniel Bullock, lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island in 1842; Jonathan R. Bullock, lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island in 1860.

(I) Richard Bullock was born in 1622 in Essex county, England, and died in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, November 22, 1667. He was accompanied in his migration to America by two brothers, one of whom settled in Virginia. He was in Rehoboth as early as 1643, and left the town soon after 1644. The Colonial rec- ords show that he was made a freeman in May, 1646, but do not indicate his residence at that time. In 1656 he removed to Newton, Long Island, but soon went back to Rehoboth and resided there till his death. He was one of the fifty-eight landed proprietors of Reho- both. June 22, 1658, "At a town-meeting lawfully warned, lots were drawn for the meadows that lie on the north side of the town, in order as followeth, according to per- son and estate." Richard Bullock drew No. 19, and he bought the governor's lot valued at two hundred pounds. His name appears on the records of the town in 1643, and he came there it is said with Roger Williams. The town record recites: "30th of the 11th mo. (Janu- ary) 1650, quoted to agree with Richard Bul- lock to perform the office of Town Clerk; to give him 16s. a year, and to be paid for births, burials and marriages besides." He married, August 4, 1647, Elizabeth, daughter of Rich- ard Ingraham, of Rehoboth, and their chil- dren were: Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary, Mehit- able, Abigail, Hopestill, Israel, Marcy, John and Richard.

(II) Samuel, son of Richard and Elizabeth (Ingraham) Bullock, was born at Rehoboth, Massachusetts, August 19, 1648. He was a farmer and lived at Rehoboth. His name appears in the list of proprietors of Rehoboth in 1689. IIc was a contributor to the fund raised for defence in King Philip's war in 1675. He married (first) Mary Thurber, No- vember 12, 1673. He married (second) Thankful Rouse, May 26, 1675. Their chil- dren were: Mary, born October 4, 1674; Ebenezer, February 22, 1676; Thankful, June

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26, 1681 ; Samuel, November 7, 1683; Israel, April 9, 1687 ; Daniel, 1689; Richard, July I, 1692; Seth, September 26, 1693.

(III) Seth, youngest child of Samuel and Thankful (Rouse) Bullock, was born in Reho- both, Massachusetts Bay Colony, September 26, 1693. He married, probably in 1718, Ex- perience (her surname is not recorded), and they had children born in Rehoboth as fol- lows: I. Cordelia, November 3, 1719. 2. Hezekiah, June 13, 1722. 3. Benjamin (q. v.), June 26, 1725. 4. Experience, June 18, 1728. 5. Hannah, January 4, 1730. 6. Seth, May 26, 1733. 7. Jonathan, February 17, 1735. 8. Rebecca, July 7, 1739. 9. Ann, November 23, 1741. IO. Barack, December 9, 1744. II. Shubel, February II, 1746. 12. Patience, March 31, 1751.

(IV) Benjamin, second son of Seth and Experience Bullock, was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, June 26, 1725. He married Jane Kelton, and they had twelve children born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, as follows : I. Sarah, February 25, 1752. 2. Preserved, August 18, 1753. 3. Hezekiah (q. v.). 4. Simeon, October 4, 1756. 5. Ruth, November 22, 1758. 6. Seth. 7. Ann (twins), March 14, 1761. 8. Experience, July 23, 1764. 9. Mary, March 3, 1767. 10. Benjamin, Febru- ary 22, 1769. II. Coomer, March 22, 1771. 12. Jane, April 26, 1773. The family removed from Rehoboth, Massachusetts, to Grafton, New Hampshire, in the fall of 1773 or 1774.

(V) Hezekiah, second son of Benjamin and Jane (Kelton) Bullock, was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, November 12, 1754. He re- moved with his father's family to Grafton, New Hampshire, in 1773-74. He married Abigail Aldrich, of Grafton, and they had eight children, born in Grafton, as follows: I. Simeon, November 21, 1780. 2. Mary, July, 1783. 3. Hezekiah (q. v.). 4. Nabby, No- vember, 1788. 5. Lydia, May, 1790. 6. Sally, died 1792. 7. Peter, March 24, 1796. 8. Jesse, December 23, 1802.

(VI) Hezekiah (2), second son of Heze- kiah (1) and Abigail ( Aldrich) Bullock, was born in Grafton, New Hampshire, November 22, 1785. He married Mary Martin, and they had seven children born in Grafton, New Hampshire, as follows: 1. Elsie E., January 13, 1808. 2. Aniab Kendrick, April 21, 1809. 3. Martin, August 15, 1810. 4. Pluma, March 31, 1815. 5. Gilbert, April 25, 1816. 6. Sabra Ann, December 24, 1819. 7. Lydia Wheat (q. v.), June 20, 1823. married. October 22,

1844, Luther Anthony (q. v.), son of David and Elizabeth (Fitch) Taber.

The Lee family is ancient in Eng- LEE land. "Sir Walter at Lee of ye Mannor of Lee of Lee Hall, there in ye Parish of Wibenbury in ye County Pala- tine of Chester ye 36 of King Edward ye 3, whose ancestors had been there seated for ages." The name is spelled in many ways, among them Lee, Lea, Leigh, Laigh, Ley, Legh. Different branches of the family bore arms and used different ways of spelling the name. It is thought that Thomas Lee, the immigrant mentioned below, may have been related to the Cheshire family at Lee Manor. (I) Thomas Lee, immigrant ancestor, sailed for America in 1641 with his wife, and his wife's father, and three young children. He died on the voyage of small pox, and was buried at sea. His wife, Phebe ( Brown) Lee, married (second) Greenfield Larabee, and (third) Cornish. The family settled at Saybrook, Connecticut, afterwards Lyme. Children : I. Phebe, married, 1659, John Large, of Long Island. 2. Jane, married (first) 1659, Samuel Hyde; (second) John Blanchard. 3. Thomas, mentioned below.

(II) Lieutenant Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Lee, came with his parents to America and inherited his father's property. He set- tled in that part of Saybrook which became the town of Lyme, and was a large landowner. At one time it was said he owned an eighth part of the town. He was appointed in March, 1701, ensign of the train band at Lyme, and was afterwards lieutenant. He was repre- sentative in 1676. His will was dated June 9, 1703, and proved February 19, 1704. He married (first) Sarah Kirtland, of Saybrook, who died May 21, 1676. He married (second) July 13, 1676, Mary DeWolf, who died Janu- ary 5, 1704-05, daughter of Balthazar DeWolf. Children of first wife: I. John, born Sep- tember 21, 1670, mentioned below. 2. Mary, September 21, 1671, married, 1693, Thomas Lord. 3. Thomas, December 10, 1672, mar- ried Elizabeth Graham. 4. Sarah, January 14, 1674-75, married Daniel Buckingham. Children of second wife: 5. Phebe, August 14, 1677, married Captain Reinold Marvin. 6. Mary, April 23, 1679, married (first ) Joseph Beckwith; (second ) - Sterling. 7. Eliz- abeth, October 20, 1681, married Samuel Peck. 8. William, April 7, 1684, married, November I, 1715, Marv Griffin. 9. Stephen, June 27.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 43

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 924

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 924