Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 52

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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(The Standish Line).


The surname Standish is derived from an ancient parish of Lancashire, England, still known as Standish, the seat of the family for many centuries. The earliest recorded ances- tor was Thurstan Standish or de Standish of the reign of Henry III. He inherited lands from his mother, Margaret de Standish, daugh- ter and co-heiress of Robert de Hulton. The Standish family of Duxbury, county Lancaster, was descended from Hugh de Standish through his son Ralph and grandson Hugh, who was living in the reign of Edward I. The coat-of- arms of the Lancashire families: Azure three standing dishes two and one argent. Crest : A cock argent combed and wattled gules. Another and perhaps even older coat-of-arms is also given in Burke's Armory: Argent a saltire within a bordure gules. To this Lanca- shire family Myles Standish, the immigrant, doubtless belonged though liis ancestry in Eng- land has not been definitely traced.


(I) Captain Myles Standish, who came in the "Mayflower" in 1620, with his wife Rose, was born in England about 1586. He settled first in Plymouth, but soon removed among the carly settlers of Duxbury across the bay from Plymouth, and the hill rising abruptly from the waters of Plymouth bay, upon which he built his house and lived the remainder of his life, has been called Captain's Hill to this day. He signed the compact and became one of the leading men of the colony. In Febru- ary, 1621, at a general meeting to establish


military arrangements, he was chosen captain and vested with the command. He conducted all the early expeditions against the Indians and continued in the military service of the colony his whole life. He commanded the Plymouth troops which marched against the Narragansetts in 1645, and when hostilities with the Dutch were apprehended in 1653, he was one of the council of war of Plymouth, and was appointed to command troops which the council determined to raise. He was also prominent in the civil affairs of the colony ; was for many years assistant, or one of the governor's council, and when in 1626 it became necessary to send a representative to England to represent the colonists in the business arrangements with the merchant adventurers, he was selected. He was a commissioner of the United Colonies and a partner in the trad- ing company. He married (first) Rose - -


who came with him, and died January 29, I620-2I. He married (second) Barbara , before 1627, when she and his children, Alexander, Charles and John, had shares of cattle with him. His will dated March 7, 1655, was proved May, 1657. He desired to be buried near his deceased daughter Lora and daughter-in-law Mary. He bequeathed to his wife Barbara; eldest son Alexander; sons Myles, Charles and Josias ; "to Marrye Roben- son whom I tenderly love for her Grandfather's sake;" to servant John Swift Jr .; to son and heir-apparent (under the English law) Alex- ander, lands in Ormsticke Borsconge, Wright- ington, Maralsley, Woodburrow, Crawston and the Isle of Man, which were detained from him; his great-grandfather being a younger brother from the house of Standish. He died October 3, 1656. An imposing monu- ment has been erected on Captain's Hill, Dux- bury. Captain Standish is one of the Pil- grims known to every generation since and to the whole world partly because of his military prominence, the first in New England, and partly, especially in the present generation, from the poem of Longfellow, "The Courtship of Myles Standish." Children : I. Alexander, mentioned below. 2. Charles, living in 1627. 3. Jolın, living in 1627. 4. Myles, settled in Boston, died April 5, 1653: married Sarah Winslow, daughter of John, July 19, 1660. 5. Lora. 6. Charles.


(II) Alexander, son of Captain Myles Standish, married (first) Sarah Alden, daugh- ter of John and Priscilla ( Mullins) Alden. He married (second) Desire (Doty) Sherman, daughter of Edward Doty, and widow first of


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Israel Holmes and second of William Sher- man. He was admitted to the freedom of the colony in 1648; was third town clerk of Dux- bury from 1695 to 1700. He died in Duxbury in 1702; his widow Desire in 1723. His will was dated July 5, 1702, and proved August 10, 1702. He bequeathed to his eldest son Myles his dwelling house and homestead at Duxbury ; mentions also children Thomas Ichabod, and Desire Standish, Lorah Sampson, Mercy Samp- son, Elizabeth Delano, Sarah Soule, Ebenezer. The estate in England to which his father referred in his will he devised also, stating that he had committed it into "ye hands of Robert Orchard to recover in England by letters of Attorney from under my hand and seal; and John Rogers of Boston in New Eng- land by a letter of Attorney from under my hand & seal." Children of first wife : I. Myles, married Experience Sherman (or Holmes), died September 15, 1739. 2. Ebenezer, born 1672, mentioned below. 3. Lorah, married Abraham Sampson, of Duxbury. 4. Lydia, married Isaac Sampson, of Plympton. 5. Mercy, married Caleb Sampson, of Duxbury. 6. Sarah, married Benjamin Soule, of Plymp- ton. 7. Elizabeth, married Samuel Delano, of Duxbury. Children of second wife : 8. Thomas, born 1687, married Mary Carver. 9. Desire, 1689, married Nathan Weston. 10. Ichabod, married Phebe Ring (or Pring). II. David, killed in Duxbury, by the fall of a tree.


(III) Ebenezer, son of Alexander Standish, was born in 1672, died March 19, 1755. He lived in Plympton. He married Hannah Sturtevant, who died January 23, 1759, daugh- ter of Samuel Sturtevant. Children: · I. Zach- ariah, born October 12, 1698, mentioned below. 2. Lieutenant Moses, August 30, 1701, mar- ried, 1723, Rachel Cobb; died April 24, 1769. 3. Hannah, March 6, 1704, married Seth Staples. 4. Zerviah, January 8, 1707, married Andrew Ring. 5. Sarah, November 9, 1709, married Jabez Newland. 6. Ebenezer (per- haps oldest child). 7. Mercy, October 17, 1710 or 1716, married (first) Ebenezer Lob- dell; (second) Benjamin Weston; she died 1794.


(IV) Zachariah, son of Ebenezer Standish, was born October 12, 1698, died March or May 30, 1780, in Plympton. He married Abi- gail Whitman, who died August 3, 1778, aged seventy-four, daughter of Ebenezer Whitman, of Brdgewater. Children: I. Ebenezer, born October 16, 1721, mentioned below. 2. Han- nah, December 5, 1723, married Elkanah Cush- man. 3. Sarah, August 5, 1729, married Josiah


Cushman Jr. 4. Abigail, December 16, 1731, married, 1752, Samuel Wright Jr. 5. Peleg, January 1, 1734, died August 17, 1758. 6. Zachariah, May 30, 1739, married (first) Re- becca Pool; (second) Olive Pool.


(V) Ebenezer (2), son of Zachariah Stand- ish, was born at Plympton, October 16, 1721, died November 28, 1747. He married Averick, daughter of Isaac Churchill. Children: I. Mary, born July 17, 1740, died July 26, 1740. 2. Ebenezer, May 6, 1741, died January 18, 1786, unmarried. 3. Averick, January 15, 1743, married (first) Zadock Thomas; (second) Hon. A. Parker. 4. Shadrach, May 12, 1746, mentioned below.


(VI) Shadrach, son of Ebenezer (2) Stand- ish, was born May 12, 1746, died in 1837 or November 29, 1851. He lived in Plympton and was in the revolution, and marched on March 21, 1777, in Captain Thomas Samp- son's company, Colonel Thomas Lothrop's regiment, Brigadier-General Joseph Cushing's brigade, on the alarm at Rhode Island, and again in 1781 in the same company to Rhode Island, in Colonel Theodore Cotton's regiment of militia. He married, April 25, 1771, Mary Churchill, born July 21, 1754, died July 25, 1827, daughter of David (4) Churchill, de- scended from David (3), William (2), Will- iam (I). Children: I. Averick, born May 2, 1772, married John Avery Parker. 2. Ellis, 1774, married Polly Bradford. 3. Jane, 1777. 4. Shadrach, 1779, married Mehitable Clark. 5. Levi, 1779, married Lucy Randall. 6. Abi- gail, 1781. 7. Mary, 1783, married Zabdiel Bradford ( see Bradford IX). 8. Sarah, 1788.


CASTLE


The surname Castle or Castles is English in origin. Most of the New England and northern


New York families of this name trace their ancestry from the Woodbury, Connecticut, set- tler, mentioned below.


(I) Henry Castle, immigrant, was doubtless born in England. He settled at Stratfield, on a farm lying between Stratford and Fairfield, Connecticut. He was one of the early settlers of the town of Woodbury, Connecticut, where the family was prominent for many genera- tions. He died there in 1697-98. Children : I. Henry, resided at Woodbury; married (first) Hannah Squire ; (second) Ruth


2. Samuel. 3. Isaac. 4. Abigail. 5. Mary, married, May 17, 1698, Joseph Hurlburt Jr. 6. Mercy, baptized with the five already men- tioned September, 1686. 7. William, baptized at Woodbury, July, 1688; his son Jabez, born


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May, 1718, had a son Selah, baptized at Wood- bury, February 2, 1755 (born November 27, 1754), died at Madison county, New York, February 18, 1817, married, January 28, 1756, Abigail Jenkins and had children, Jabez, Zylpha, Abigail, Selah, Philo B., Israel and Wealthy Castle, some of whom settled at Canaan, New York.


(II) Isaac, son of Henry Castle, was born in Connecticut, near or in Woodbury, about 1680. He married (first) Sarah -, who died at Woodbury, February, 1708. He mar- ried (second) Joanna Children of first wife, born at Woodbury: I. Isaac, bap- tized August 9, 1707. 2. Samuel, also baptized August 9, 1707. 3. Sarah, baptized March, 1708. Children of second wife: 4. Daniel, baptized October 13, 1717, mentioned below. 5. Israel, born April 18, 1722.


(III) Daniel, son of Isaac Castle, was bap- tized in Woodbury, October 13, 1717. Chil- dren, born at Woodbury: I. Samuel, born January 3, 1740. 2. Joanna, baptized March 6, 1743. 3. Gideon, baptized July 23, 1745. 4. Jerusha, baptized November 17, 1752. 5 Eunice, baptized January 5, 1759.


(IV) Gideon, son of Daniel Castle, was baptized July 23, 1745, in Woodbury. He removed with others of the family to Amenia, Dutchess county, New York. According to the census of 1790 he had five males over six- teen, five under that age and six females in his family-a total of sixteen children living at home at that time. Daniel, Lemuel, Samuel and William from Woodbury also settled in Dutchess county, and were heads of families there in 1790. At this time Daniel, James, John, Selah, and William Castle or Castles were all the other heads of families in New York state.


(V) Garry, son or grandson of Gideon Castle, was born in New York, probably in Dutchess county. He was a lawyer and judge. In his later years he and his son, DeWitt Clinton Castle, who was also a lawyer, prac- ticed in the village of Central Square, Oswego county, New York. He married, April 1, 1831, Maranda Ford. Children I. DeWitt Clinton, a lawyer in New York (Oswego county) and Chicago, where he died; left eight children, all living. 2. Henry M., born July 24, 1833, mentioned below. 3. Eugene Davis, died in Washington, D. C., leaving two children, now living in Seattle, Washington; he was in the Army of the Potomac under General McClel- lan. 4. Anna F., married William H. Patter- son, of Augusta, Maine ; resides in Providence,


Rhode Island, 100 Chapin avenue. 5. Clarissa, married Horace Sawyer, of Lafayette, Indiana, where she died, leaving one daughter, Helen May, who married Harry Knight. 6. Helen M., resides in Seattle; married S. Merritt Allen, of Wisconsin ; children : Eugene Allen, George Allen, Pliny Allen, William Allen, Lulu Allen.


(VI) Henry Munroe, son of Garry Castle, was born in Utica, Central Square, Oswego county, New York, July 24, 1833. He had a common school education. When a young man he came to Springfield, Massachusetts, and found employment with the firm of Chapin & Gould, paper manufacturers. Subsequently he worked for a number of years for the Morgan Envelope Company of Springfield. He embarked in business on his own account as a dealer in paper stock and continued until his death with the greatest success. He accu- mulated a substantial competence and became one of the leading business men of the city. He was a member of the Free Masons. He married, March 29, 1857, Mary Augusta Cut- ler, daughter of Joseph and Susan P. (Olm- stead) Cutler, granddaughter of Thomas Cut- ler (see Cutler VIII). His widow resides at 385 Maple street, Springfield. Children: I. William Anderson, born at Warren, Massa- chusetts, in 1858, head of the W. A. Castle Company, Springfield; married Adella Sey- mour ; have no children. 2. Flora May, born at Lafayette, Indiana, in 1861, married Dr. Allis, D. D. S., of Springfield; child, Cath- erine Hurlburt Allis, born September 20, 1905. 3. George Hewett, born at Springfield in 1864, married Flora Hill, of Westfield, Massachu- setts ; children, Dorothy and Kellogg. 4. Alice Peck, born at Springfield, died aged seventeen years. 5. Mary Chapin, died in infancy. 6. Ida, died in infancy. 7. Henry Clark, born at Springfield, October 11, 1875, married Edith R. Bullens and lives in Brookline, Massachu- setts. 8. Clifford DeWitt, secretary and treas- urer of the W. A. Castle Company, importers and packers of Castle's cream olive oil, cremoil pickles and table delicacies, 49 Lyman street, Springfield; this business was established in 1870.


(The Cutler Line).


This is an occupative surname, like Smith, Cooper, Carpenter and Gardner. The usual mutations have occurred in the spelling. Domesday Book had it Le Coteler. In Scot- land it was written Cutlar ; in Dutch, De Mes- maker. It was a very respectable calling, and required much skill ; a sword-maker was honor-


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ed above ordinary tradesfolk in the warring times of old. The father of Demosthenes was surnamed the Cutler. He was a citizen of rank and quality, and left a large estate, which we know Demosthenes frittered away; but to this fact we owe the greatest orator of ancient times. Tubal Cain was also a cutler. The origin of livery companies or guilds in London, of which the labor unions of today are an out- come, began in 1335. The king ordered that all artificers and mysteries shall each choose its own mystery, and, having chosen it, shall henceforth choose no other. To raise the estimates of trades, which were the main- spring of the kingdom, King Edward himself joined some, and so did others of the nobility. The Cutler guild was incorporated in 1413, and Cutler's hall was on the south side of Cloke lane. Each guild had a coat-of-arms. The Cutler's armor being: Gules, six daggers in three saltier crosses argent, handled and hilted or, pointing toward the chief. Sup- porters two elephants, argent. Crest : A third castle on his back or. Their motto: "To gain good faith." Our common ancestor in England was of this trade, but whom he was we are not informed. The greatest Cutler in American history was the Rev. Manaseh Cut- ler, M. D., LL. D., who founded the Ohio company, out of which was evolved the magni- ficent state bearing this name. He was the author of the ordinance of 1787, restricting the extension of slavery, and he labored assidu- ously to promote education and religion in the great state, of which he was the founder. He has been called next to Franklin in diplomacy and varied learning. He was deeply versed in both medicine and theology, and a great naturalist. He served as chaplain in the revo- lutionary war, and was a member of congress.


(I) James Cutler was born in England in 1606, and is commonly credited to Sprowston, a suburb of Norwich. He settled in Water- town, Massachusetts, in 1634, and was one of the original grantees of land next to what is now Belmont. He had a house-lot assigned him in 1635, in 1636 twenty-five acres, and in 1642 eighty-two acres. In 1645 he was one of the petitioners for Nashaway plantation, now Weston, Massachusetts. In December, 1649, he with Bowman bought for seventy pounds two hundred acres at Cambridge Farms, adjoining Rock Meadow, and near to Walt- ham. This same year he settled at Cambridge Farms, now Lexington, on what is now known as Wood street, near where William Haskell lived, and not far from Bedford. He built i -- 15


the first house in Lexington, vestiges of the cellar still remain. In October, 1682, he signed a petition to the general court to have Lexing- ton set off as a separate parish, and in 1691 he gave one pound toward erecting a meeting- house there. The front name of his wife was Anna. She, with her sister, was so tantalized in Old England for their Puritanism, that they resolved to escape to America, and so did, un- attended by parents or friends. She died Sep- tember 30, 1644. He married (second) March 9, 1645, Mary, widow of Thomas King, and she died nine years later; for his third wife he contracted with Phoebe, daughter of John Page, about 1662. James died May 17, 1694, his will was dated November 24, 1684, and proved August 20, 1694. We thus find little bits of history which throw some light on the manner of man our forbare was. That he had a fair reputation among his townsmen, his in- vestiture with full citizenship shows, for only churchmen were thus admitted. That he was industrious and prudent his accumulation of property is evidence. Children by Anna : James, sketched below, Hannah, Elizabeth and Mary. Children by Mary : Elizabeth, Thomas and Sarah. Children by Phoebe : Joana, John, from whom the Rev. Manaseh was derived; Samuel, Jemima and Phoebe.


(II) James (2), eldest son of James (1) and Anna Cutler, was born in Lexington, Sep- tember 9, 1635, died there July 31, 1681. He was a planter, and resided near Concord line. He was a soldier in King Philip's war. His will was made July 28, 1685, admitted to pro- bate October 8, 1685, his widow Lydia and son Benjamin being named as executors. He mar- ried Lydia, widow of Samuel Wright, and daughter of John Moore, of Sudbury. She died November 23, 1723. Children: James, Ann, Samuel, Joseph, John, Thomas, sketched below ; Elizabeth and Isaac.


(III) Thomas, fifth son of James (2) and Lydia (Moore) Cutler, was born in Lexington, December 2, 1677, died in Warren, Massachu- setts, December 23, 1759. He was a constable in 1719, and selectman in 1729-31-33-34. He owned the covenant on June 6, 1703, at Lex- ington, and was dismissed to the church in Warren, March 17, 1752. He sold to Josiah Wood sixty-eight acres in Lancaster, Massa- chusetts, for seventy pounds; November 6, 1736, lot III of seventy-seven acres in Narra- gansett No. 2, for seventy pounds, also in 1750 a lot in the same township to Noah Ashley. drawn in the right of his father who served in King Philip's war. In 1752 he moved to


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Western, now Warren, Massachusetts. His will was drawn September 15, 1759, and among his effects was a negro slave. He married Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Dorcas (Jones) Stone. She joined the church in Lexington, July 4, 1708, and died January 10, 1750. Children : Abigail, David, sketched below, Amity, Sarah, Mary, Hannah, Thomas, Mellicent.


(IV) David, eldest son of Thomas and Sarah (Stone) Cutler, was born in Lexington, died in Warren, December 5, 1760, of small pox. He joined the church April 14, 1728. In the reign of George III he was surveyor of townships, a constable in 1746, selectman in 1749-50-51. His homestead was near the Bedford line. He executed a will September 3, 1758, and among the bequests was that his son should supply his wife with three barrels of cider annually. The appraisement of the estate was five hundred and seventy-three pounds and fifteen shillings. He married Mary, daughter of Joseph and Mary Tidd. He died May 25, 1797. Children: Abigail, David, Joseph, sketched below, Isaac, Mary, Salmon, Thomas, Elizabeth and Amity.


(V) Joseph, second son of David and Mary (Tidd) Cutler, was born in Lexington, March 31, 1733, died at Warren, February 7, 1816. On May 6, 1755, he married Rebecca, daugh- ter of John and Esther ( Prince) Hoar, of Lincoln, Massachusetts, the family to whom the celebrated statesman of that name belongs. She was born in July, 1735, died September 16, 1758. He married (second) September 20, 1759, Mary, daughter of Major Reed, of War- ren ; she was born January 30, 1740, died March 28, 1792. He married (third) Thankful ( surname unknown). Children by Rebecca : Converse and Joseph. By Mary he had Rebecca, Mary, Anna, Sally, Lydia, Bethia, Reuben and Nathan (twins). Nathan was governor of Maine and appointed judge of the court of common pleas, which, however, he declined.


(VI) Joseph (2), second son of Joseph (I) and Rebecca (Hoar) Cutler, was born in Lex- ington, died in Western, now Warren, Feb- ruary 23, 1837. He was a husbandman, and owned real estate in Warren, and Nelson, Madison county, New York. By naming his youngest son after the Federalist, Charles C. Pinckney, Joseph was probably of that politi- cal faith. His will was made April 26, 1830, his sons Thomas and Newell were named as executors. He married Lydia Bascom, August 4, 1785 ; she died March 28, 1816. Children :


Frasier, to whom he gave the New York land ; Polly, Thomas, sketched below, Lydia, Newell and Charles Coatsworth Pinckney.


(VII) Thomas (2), eldest son of Joseph (2) and Lydia (Bascom) Cutler, was born in Warren, November 13, 1789, the year of the famous Ordinance, of which his namesake was the author, and died there after 1853. He married, May 6, 1811, Aurelia Joslyn, who died January 3, 1813. He married (second) Attossa Lilly, who died July 4, 1817. He married (third) Mary Stone. He married ( fourth) Nancy Stone, sister of Mary Stone. Child by Aurelia: Harriett. Attossa was the mother of Joseph, sketched below, Attossa and Aurelia.


(VIII) Joseph (3), only son of Thomas (2) and Attossa (Lilly) Cutler, was born in Warren, died there July 23, 1815. He was a farmer. He married Susie P. Olmstead. Children : Mary Augusta, married Henry M. Castle, (see Castle VI), Thomas, Holton O., Joseph, Fannie, Olmstead, Susie, Jennie and Ida Gertrude.


Although the immigrant ancestor MAYO of the New England Mayos came from England the name is believed to be of ancient Irish origin and was probably derived from county Mayo in the province of Connaught, a section of Ireland noted for its antiquities, chiefly ecclesiastical. Some genealogical writers, including Savage, are of the opinion that Mayo and Mayhew sprung from the same source while others assert that there is no positive evidence to substantiate this belief. Many of the early American Mayos were sturdy mariners hailing from Cape Cod.


(1) Rev. John Mayo, a native of England and a graduate of an English University, emigrated to Massachusetts Bay about the year 1638 and settling in Barnstable was in the following year ordained a teaching elder of the church presided over by Rev. John Lothrop. He was admitted a freeman in 1640 and six years later removed to Eastham where he became pastor of the church. In 1655 he was called to the Second Church in Boston as its first pastor, and was long associated with the famous Dr. Increase Mather, who succeeded him in the pastorate. The infirm- ities of old age compelled him to relinquish his activities in 1673, and he died in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, in May, 1676. In 1658 he delivered the annual election sermon in Boston. The christian name of his wife,


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whom he married in England, was Tamosin or Tamsin, and her death occurred at Yar- mouth in 1682. Their children, all born in the mother country, were: I. Hannah, who became the wife of Nathaniel Bacon, of Barn- stable, in 1642. 2. Samuel, became a mariner and was for some years master of a packet plying between Cape Cod and Boston ; assisted in establishing a settlement at Oyster Bay, Long Island ; finally settled in Boston and died there in 1663; he married Thomasine, daugh- ter of William Lumpkin, of Yarmouth. 3. John. 4. Nathaniel, who settled in Eastham, which he represented in the general court in 1660, and he died in 1662 ; he married Hannah, daughter of Governor Thomas Prence of the Plymouth Colony, and reared a large family. 5. Elizabeth, who married Joseph Howes, of Yarmouth.


(II) John (2), second son and third child of Rev. John (1) Mayo, accompanied his father to Eastham, but subsequently returned to Barnstable, as according to the records of that town he was residing there in 1672. He married Hannah Reycroft or Lecraft, and was the father of nine children: 1. John, born December 15, 1652. 2. William, October 7, 1654. 3. James, October 3, 1656. 4. Samuel, August 2, 1658. 5. Elisha, November 7, 1661. 6. Daniel, January 24, 1664. 7. Nathaniel, April 2, 1667. 8. Thomas, June 24, 1670, died in infancy. 9. Thomas.


(III) Thomas, youngest child of John (2) and Hannah Mayo, was born in Barnstable, July 15, 1672. In 1695 he was residing at Eastham. He married Mary and his children were: I. Mary. 2. Mercy. 3. Han- nah. 4. Noah.


(IV) Noah, son of Thomas Mayo, was re- siding in Truro at the time of his marriage, which took place in 1742-43 to Mary Cushing, and he subsequently removed to Provincetown.


(V) Noah (2), eldest child of Noah (I) and Mary (Cushing) Mayo, was born in 1743- 44. He was reared in Truro and in 1764 he married Hope Rich, who bore him seven chil- dren : I. Noah, born in 1767, went to Harps- well, Maine, but returned to Cape Cod and died in Truro in 1809. 2. Nehemiah Doane, 1769, married Malatiah Rich. 3. Thomas, 1772, married Sabra Rich. 4. Mary, 1774, became the wife of Zoheth Smith. 5. John. 6. Jane, 1784, became the wife of Moses Paine. 7. Samuel, 1787, married Tirzah Wiley, of Wellfleet, in 1810.




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