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(VI) Cyrus, son of Joseph (2) Corless, i-21
was born March 27, 1794, and lived in Wind- ham until 1824. He removed to St. Albans, Vermont, and afterwards to Quincy, Massa- chusetts. He was a foreman in the granite quarry there, and was killed in the quarry in 1839. He married Phebe, daughter of Lib- beus Gordon, of Great Falls. She died in 1864, at West Quincy. Children : 1. Roxanna, born February 4, 1817; married William Rip- ley. 2. Tabitha R., born June 8, 1818; married Frank Brown. 3. Daniel G., born February 12, 1820. 4. Libbeus G., born February 25, 1821. 5. Joseph, born August 13, 1823. 6. Edward Clark. 7. Simon Berry, mentioned below. 8. Elijah, killed by blasting rocks at Quincy quarry.
(VII) Simon Berry, only living child of Cyrus Corless, was born at Greensborough, Vermont, November II, 1827. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Quincy, whither his parents removed when he was about five years old. His father was killed when he was twelve years old, and he had to leave school and go to work. He was first employed in the stone quarry to carry tools for the quarrymen, and learned the trade of granite cutter after- ward. When gold was discovered in Cali- fornia he and his brother joined a company of young men who bought a small vessel and. sailed around Cape Horn to California, through the Straits of Magellen. taking nearly eight months for the trip. On reaching California they sold the ship and sought their fortunes in the gold fields. After three years of pros- pecting and mining, he returned home and with his brother operated a granite quarry in East Milton. They were prosperous, and after a few years purchased other quarries in Ran- dolph. They took large contracts for granite buildings and other structures, curbstones and especially monuments, many of which were designed by Mr. Corless. He had charge of many large contracts and was one of the best known quarrymen in the business. He retired 1899. Was first made a Mason in Quincy, and is a charter member of Constellation Lodge of Free Masons of Dedham ; a member of St. Paul's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, being now an honorary member of both ; is a mem- ber of the lodge of Odd Fellows in Randolph, and for twenty-one years was a member of the Royal Arcanum. In politics he is a Re- publican. He has resided at Randolph since 1873. He married (first) Mary Kayo, born at West Quincy, 1864. He married (second) April 29, 1870, Susan Kingsbury, born Sep- tember 25, 1840, at Dedham, daughter of Mel-
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zar and Mary (Stone) Kingsbury. (See Kingsbury ). Children of first wife: I. Alma B., born West Quincy, August 13, 1854; mar- ried Henry Wales (see Wales). 2. Mehitable, born February 8, 1857 ; married Walter Berry ; two sons, Simon C. and Donald. 3. Maria L., born February 5, 1859; married Edward Young. Children of second wife: 4. Cyrus, born April 24, 1877; married Sarah Jane Langley, of Mattapan, Massachusetts. 5. Ralph Kingsbury, born July 2, 1880.
Several immigrants by the KINGSBURY name of Kingsbury, or Kings- bery, came early to New Eng-
land. Of these were Henry, John and Joseph Kingsbury, probably brothers. Henry Kings- bury came in the ship "Talbot," in 1630, and joined the church at Boston, with his wife Margaret. Henry of Ipswich, born 1615, and called "kinsman" in the will of John of Ded- ham, was probably son of Henry the immi- grant. John Kingsbury, of Watertown, was admitted a freeman March 3, 1635-6. He removed to Dedham in 1636, where he served as deputy to the general court and as a town officer ; his will proved December 2, 1659-60, mentioning wife Margaret, brother Joseph, kinsman Thomas Cooper of Seaconque, and Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich. The name is of ancient English origin, derived from the place of that name, Kingsborough.
(I) Joseph Kingsbury, immigrant ancestor of this branch of the family, brother of John, settled at Dedham, Massachusetts, as early as 1637. His wife Millicent, "who appeared to ye church a tender-hearted soule, full of feares & temptations, but truly breathing after Christ," was admitted to the Dedham church April 24, 1639. He was admitted April 9, 1641. He was admitted a freeman June 2, 1641. He died before June 1, 1676, his wife surviving him. His will was dated May 22, 1675, and proved June 1, 1676. It bequeaths to sons Joseph, John, Eliezer and Nathaniel ; wife Millicent ; daughter Sarah Croseman ; son-in-law Thomas Cooper, of Rehoboth; grandchild Elizabeth Brewer; sons-in-law Robert Croseman and Nathaniel Brewer; refers to deceased brother John Kingsbury. Children: I. Sarah, married Robert Crose- man, of Taunton. 2. Mary, born at Dedham, September 1, 1637; married (probably) Dea- con Thomas Cooper, of Rehoboth. 3. Eliza- beth, born at Dedham, September 14, 1638; married Nathaniel Brewer, of Roxbury, and died June 25, 1661. 4. Joseph, born at Ded-
ham, February 17, 1640-1 ; died December 16, 1688; married Mary -; (second) Sep- tember 7, 1681, Mary Donier; settled at Wrentham. 5. John, born at Dedham, Au- gust 15, 1643; died May 30, 1669; married Elizabeth Fuller. 6. Eleazer, born May 17, 1645; died February 2, 1722-3 ; married Esther Judson. 7. Nathaniel, mentioned below.
(II) Nathaniel, son of Joseph Kingsbury, was born in Dedham, March 26, 1650, and died October 14, 1694. He was admitted a freeman in 1677. He married Mary
Children: I. Nathaniel, born September 14, 1674; married, December 5, 1695, Abigail Barker : died January 19, 1724-5. 2. James. 3. Timothy, born October 15, 1680; resided at Needham; married Hannah 4. John, born August 17, 1686. 5. Daniel, born November 11, 1688; mentioned below. 6. Millicent, born March 30, 1693.
(III) Daniel, son of Nathaniel Kingsbury, was born November 11, 1688, and died April 27, 1754. He resided at Wrentham, where he married, December 29, 1713, Elizabeth Ste- vens, of Dedham, who survived him, and died in 1764. Children: 1. Daniel, born March 12, 1715; died 1783; married (first) November 3, 1737, Beriah Mann; (second) October 19, 1755, Abigail Adams, widow. 2. Stephen, mentioned below. 3. Elizabeth, married Joshua Partridge. 4. Mary, married Joseph Harding.
(IV) Stephen, son of Daniel Kingsbury, was born about 1716, and died April 23, 1754, aged thirty-eight years. He married Silence, daughter of Samuel Partridge. Children: I. Moses, born about 1742, mentioned below. 2. Aaron, born about 1743. 3. Lois, born about 1745 ; married Metcalf. 4. Joseph, born about 1747. 5. Olive, born about 1751. 6. Stephen, born about 1754. 7. Benjamin. 8. Abigail.
(V) Moses, son of Stephen Kingsbury, was born about 1742, and was probably the Moses who died in the fall of 1771, leaving a widow Thankful. Children: I. Cyrus, re- moved to Alstead, New Hampshire, and was father of Rev. Cyrus Kingsbury D. D. (B. U. 1812), missionary to Choctaw Indians. 2. Moses, mentioned below. 3. Matilda.
(VI) Moses (2), son of Moses (1) Kings- bury, resided on the homestead at Dedham Island. He was a farmer. He married Han- nah Lewis, of Needham. Children: I. Han- nah, born November 23, 1799. 2. Calvin, Feb- ruary 3, 1801. 3. Daniel, January 25, 1802. 4. Melzar, October 1, 1803; mentioned below. 5. Joshua, January 25, 1805. 6. Deboralı, De-
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cember 13, 1806. 7. Mary L., September 3, 1808. 8. Jonathan, February 9, 1810. 9. Moses, January 2, 1811. 10. George, March 15, 1813; died young. II. Charles, February 5, 1815. 12. Caroline, September 12, 1816. 13. Sarah Ann, April 30, 1818. 14. George, October 20, 1821. 15. Henry, May 16, 1823.
(VII) Melzar, son of Moses (2) Kings- bury, was born at Dedham, October 1, 1803, and died there in July, 1872, aged sixty-nine years. He was a farmer on the homestead, and married Mary Stone, born at Brunswick, Maine, in 1819, died at Dedham, 1902, aged eighty-three. Children: I. Benjamin, died aged two years. 2. Mary, born January 28, 1839 ; married George Chase, of Dedham ; one child, George Arthur, born 1856. 3. Susan, born September 25, 1840; married Simon Barry Corless (see Corless). 4. Augusta, born February 7, 1851, died December 17, 1901 ; married Louis J. Houghton, of Dedham, died June 28, 1908; two children: Charles Ed- ward, born January 5, 1878; Royal B., died June 26, 1901, aged twenty years.
WALES The surname Wales is obviously derived from the name of a place and the family dates back in England to remote antiquity. Nathaniel Wales, immigrant ancestor, was born in England as early as 1600, and came to New England in the ship "James," a fellow passenger of the famous Rev. Richard Mather, who has left an interesting description of the voyage in his journal, printed in "Young's Chronicles." He settled at Dorchester of which he became a proprietor, and was admitted to the church there and freeman November 2, 1637. He was a weaver or webster by trade. He removed to Boston in 1651, and was received into the church there with his wife Susan, March 2, 1651-2. She was a daughter of John Green- away, a millwright of Dorchester. Isabel, whom some records give as the name of his wife, may have been his first wife. He de- posed February 1, 1661, that his wife's name was Susan. He calls Humphrey Atherton his brother-in-law, and his son Nathaniel married Isabel, daughter of Atherton. Nathaniel Wales died at Boston, December 4, 1661. His will was dated June 20, 1661, bequeathing land at Dorchester and Boston to his wife and sons Timothy, Nathaniel and John ; daughters Priscilla and Sarah, and grandchild Timothy Wells Jr. Humphrey Atherton, his brother- in-law, was made overseer and his wife Susan executrix. The inventory was dated January
3, 1662, appraised by Edmund Jackson and Robert Walker. His widow died without ad- ministering the estate, and his grandson Jeri- jah Wales was appointed administrator July 6, 1719. Children: 1. Nathaniel, mentioned below. 2. Timothy, lived in Dorchester. 3. John, of Dorchester. 4. Priscilla. 5. Sarah. 6. Daughter married Timothy Wells.
(II) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (I) Wales, was born about 1625, doubtless in Eng- land, and died May 10, 1662, in Boston. His will was dated May 18, 1662, and proved May 27, following. He married Isabel Humphrey, baptized at Winwick, England, January 23, 1630, daughter of Major-General Humphrey Atherton, of Dorchester, one of the most dis- tinguished men of the first generation in Mass- achusetts. His wife died shortly before his death. Children, born in Boston, mentioned in his will: I. Nathaniel, mentioned below. 2. Samuel. 3. Mary. 4. Jonathan, killed in King Philip's war.
(III) Elder Nathaniel (3), son of Nathaniel (2) Wales, was born about 1650, and died in Braintree, March 23, 1718. He settled early in life in Braintree, formerly Mount Wollas- ton, and part of Boston. He was there in 1675 and bought twenty acres of land Sep- tember 6, 1684, of the old iron works land at Braintree, then called Monotoquod. He was chosen deacon of the Braintree church, and was ordained ruling elder there February 27, 1700-I, by Rev. Mr. Fiske, Rev. Peter Thatcher, of Milton, and Elder John Rogers, of Weymouth. He married Joanna Faxon, who died May II, 1704, daughter of Thomas Faxon, of Braintree. She was less than fif- teen years old, we are told, when her first child was born. Children: I. Elizabeth, born Feb- ruary 10, 1675-6. 2. Joanna, born April 18, 1679; died April 25, 1679. 3. Sarah, born March II, 1780; married Nathaniel Thayer. 4. Nathaniel, born December 29, 1681 ; mar- ried Esther Abbey. 5. Joanna, born December 19, 1683 ; died September 27, 1707, unmarried. 6. Elkannah, born December 1, 1685. 7. Deb- orah, born October 16, 1687; married, 1708, Elizabeth Holbrook. 8. Thomas, born Octo- ber 6, 1689 ; died February 22, 1690. 9. Mary, born April 1, 1691; married, April 8, 1714, John Thayer. 10. Samuel, born June 23, 1693. II. Thomas, born April 19, 1695, mentioned below. 12. Joseph, born April 29, 1697 ; mar- ried, 1713, Hannah Allen. 13. John, born May 25, 1699: married, November 8, 1733. Hazadiah Leonard. 14. Rachel, born October 15, 1701; married, November 12, 1719, Cap-
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tain Ebenezer Thayer. 15. Atherton, born March 8, 1704; graduate of Harvard College, 1726; married, 1730, Mary, daughter of Rev. Samuel Niles.
(IV) Deacon Thomas, son of Elder Nathaniel (3) Wales, was born in Braintree, April 19, 1695. He married (first) January 13, 1719, Mary Belcher, who died January 30, 1741; (second) September 7, 1742, Sarah Belcher, widow of Samuel Belcher. Children, born in Braintree: I. Samuel, November 3, 1719. 2. Atherton, February II, 1721. 3. Mary, November 21, 1722 ; died July 13, 1731. 4. Ephraim, October, 1725; died young. 5. Ephraim, November 3, 1727; died October 6, 1744. 6. Moses, December 20, 1728. 7. Nathaniel, October 26, 1729. 8. Deborah, March 27, 1731. 9. Thomas, August 24, 1733; died July 3, 1736. 10. Mary, February 27, 1736. II. Thomas, February 20, 1738; died November 9, 1759. 12. John, March 3, 1739; died March 23, 1740. Children of second wife: 13. Joanna, May 9, 1746. 14. Ephraim, May 9. 1746; mentioned below. 15. John, February 14, 1747 ; died March 7, 1747.
(V) Dr. Ephraim Wales, son of Deacon Thomas Wales, was born in Braintree, May 9, 1746. He graduated from Harvard College in 1768, and fitted himself for the medi- cal profession. He practiced medicine in South Braintree many years, and became an eminent and successful doctor. He was in the revolution, on the Lexington alarm, in Captain Seth Turner's company, Colonel Ben- jamin Lincoln's regiment. He married Beale. Children: 1. Thomas Beale, graduate of Harvard, 1795: resided in Boston. 2. Dr. Ephraim, mentioned below. 3. Emily, mar- ried Aaron Littlefield.
(V1) Dr. Ephraim Wales (2). son of Dr. Ephraim Wales (1), was born in South Brain- tree. now Randolph, about 1780. He was edu- cated in the public schools and in Dartmouth College, and succeeded his father as a physi- cian at Randolph. He married Mary, daugh- ter of Silas Alden, and descendant of John Alden of the "Mayflower." Children : I. Lawrence. 2. Ephraim. 3. Lawrence. 4. Peter Adams, mentioned below. 5. Mary. 6. Thomas B. 7. Sally. 8. Annie, lives in Ran- dolph.
(VII) Peter Adams, son of Dr. Ephraim Wales (2), was born in Randolph, Massachu- setts, April 30, 1813, and died there April 6, 1881. He was educated in the public schools, and followed farming. He possessed con- siderable mechanical genius, and invented a
pump, which he manufactured with profit for many years. He accumulated a handsome competence and took rank among the most substantial men of the town. In politics he was a Republican. He married, 1838, Millie Ann Downs, born 1815, at Canton, died 1898, at Randolph. Children, born at Randolph: I. Henry James (twin), born December 26, 1838; died July 25, 1905; lived on the home- stead, which he and his twin brother conducted in partnership ; married Alma B. Corless, born in Quincy, daughter of Simon B. Corless (see Corless) ; had two sons and two daughters. 2. James Henry (twin), born December 26, 1838; mentioned below. 3. Eliza Downes, born 1840; married Edward K. Parker, of Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
(VIII) James Henry, twin son of Peter Adams Wales, was born at Randolph, Decem- ber 26, 1838. He was educated in the public schools, and worked during his boyhood and youth on his father's farm. He and his brother succeeded to the farm and the pump manufacturing business, which they conducted successfully for many years. He has a pro- ductive farm and an excellent dairy. In poli- tics he is a Republican, but he has never accepted public office. He is a member of the Congregational church. He married, Novem- ber 26, 1898, Viola Morse, born in Rangeley, Maine. They have had no children, but have adopted a daughter, Alberta G. Wales.
William Thorpe, immigrant THORPE ancestor, was born in England about 1605. He was a founder and settler of New Haven, Connecticut, and came to New England about 1635, with his wife Elizabeth, aged twenty, and daughter Elizabeth, aged two years. His wife died Oc- tober 9, 1660, and he married (second) Mar- garet Pigg ( Pidge), widow of Robert Pigg. His will was dated September 12, 1670, and he died about 1684. Children: 1. Nathaniel, baptized May 24. 1640; mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, baptized April, 1643. 3. John, bap- tized July, 1643-4; settled in Fairfield, Con- necticut. 4. Samuel, baptized June 14, 1646; died February 2, 1728. 5. Eleazer, born Jan- uary 12, 1649 ; died February 20, 1649.
(II) Nathaniel, son of William Thorpe, was baptized May 24, 1640, probably in Mass- achusetts. He was admitted a freeman in 1699. He married (first) November 20, 1662, Mary Ford, who died August 28, 1684, daugh- ter of Timothy Ford, of Charlestown, Mass- achusetts ; (second) December 10, 1692, Sarah
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Robbins. His will was dated July 9, 1709, and he died that year. Children of first wife: I. Nathaniel, born March 6, 1664; mentioned below. 2. Mary, born November, 1666; died young. 3. Mary, born February 1, 1667; mar- ried John Mackay. 4. William, born April 30, 1670. 5. Daughter, January 14, 1671. 6. Abi- gail, May 15, 1676. 7. Elizabeth, July 21, 1680. 8. Samuel, February 13, 1681. Chil- dren of second wife: 9. Sarah, born Decem- ber 10, 1692. 10. Hannah, May 12, 1695. II. Experience, March 4, 1698 ; married Nathaniel Payne. 12. Lydia, born September 12, 1702. (III) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (I) Thorpe, was born March 6, 1664, and died April 11, 1737. He married Elizabeth
who died April 23, 1735. Children: I. Eliz- abeth, born March 6, 1687-8. 2. Rebecca, May IO, 1690. 3. Hannah, June 7, 1692. 4. Nathan- iel, March 7. 1695. 5. Isaac, October 8, 1697. 6. Samuel, September 6, 1702. 7. Moses, men- tioned below. 8. Aaron, January 20, 1709.
(IV) Moses Thorpe, son of Nathaniel (2) Thorpe, was born October 3, 1707.
(V) David Thorpe, son or nephew of Moses Thorpe, settled at Southampton, Mass- achusetts. He died there at an advanced age in 18II. His will was dated July 1, 1808, and proved October 1, 1811. Children : 1. Sybil, married Edward Johnson. 2. Sarah, married Elihu Sandford. 3. Moses, was living in West Springfield in 1790, and had two children ; was a soldier in the revolution, in Lieutenant Eli Herman's company, Colonel John Brown's regiment, and Captain Zenas Wheeler's com- pany, Colonel John Ashley's regiment. 4. Eli, was head of a family in West Springfield in 1790, according to first census. 5. David (2d). 6. James, mentioned below. 7. Ira Bishop. 8. Caleb. 9. Abraham. 10. Thomas, inherited his father's farm at Southampton.
(VI) James, son of David Thorpe, was born probably at Southampton, though the birth is not on the town record. He worked on the homestead during his youth and early manhood. Later he was a blacksmith and farmer in Southampton. He was a Whig in politics and a Congregationalist in religion. He died at Southampton in 1829. The inven- tory of his estate is dated March 3, 1829. The estate was not finally divided, however, until after a petition dated January 3, 1860. He owned land on Little Mountain, Pomeroy's Mountain, and Easthampton. He married Lucy Clapp. Children: I. James A., men- tioned below. 2. Edward R., of Northampton. 3. Rebecca B., married, October 4, 1831,
George N. Lawton, at Southampton. 4. Ruth P., married Mr. Moulton. 5. Lucy Salina, married Louis Warner. 6. Elizabeth L., mar- ried, December 25, 1837, Edward Ludden.
(VII) James A., son of James Thorpe, was born in Southampton, April 3, 1806, and died in Holyoke, February 6, 1882. He was edu- cated in the common schools, and learned the trade of blacksmith of Mr. Brackman, in Holyoke. He followed this trade until he was injured by a horse, and afterward carried on a farm in his native town. He was a Congrega- tionalist in religion, and a Whig in politics in early life, a Republican in later years. His will was dated at Williamsburg, Massachu- setts, January 9, 1869, proved June 6, 1882. He married, October 30, 1825, at Southamp- ton, Almena, daughter of Rufus Searle. Their children all grew to maturity. Children: I. Ellen F., born December 24, 1830; married Hiram Bates, of Goshen; (second) Mr. Mer- rey ; now resides in California. 2. Mary A., born June or September 22, 1832 ; married, at Southampton, May 21, 1851, Gardner Fowles, of Holyoke. 3. Charles L., born January 19, 1834. 4. Edward R., born March 19, 1836. 5. James A., April 19, 1838; resided in New Haven. 6. Susan, June 24, 1840. 7. George L., March 5, 1842; see forward. 8. Maria J., June 14, 1844; married Harrison Howe, of Monson. 9. Amorette P., September 14, 1846; married Gilbert W. Thomas, of Holyoke. 10. Adelaide L., February 28, 1848; married D. Merrick, of Springfield. II. William S., Oc- tober 5, 1851 ; lived in Holyoke.
(VIII) George L., son of James A. Thorpe, was born in Southampton, March 5, 1842, and was educated in the public schools of his native town and at the Sheldon Academy. At the age of eighteen he began to learn the car- penter's trade, and such was his natural apti- tude for this business that within ten months he was sent out as foreman by his employer. He worked as journeyman in Springfield, whither he moved in 1860, and in New Britain, Connecticut, whither he went in 1864. He took a contract to build a substantial barn on a farm in Iowa, and while in the west took other contracts of a similar kind. After fourteen months in the west he came to Holyoke and established himself in business as a contractor and builder, and for many years has held a leading place in that line of work. During his active business career he has built most of the fine residences and many public buildings in Holyoke and vicinity. He had the contract for Grace Church, and the United States
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Armory. He has been his own architect and has shown special ability in designing artistic and convenient dwelling houses. In his younger days he once built a ten-room house, putting in seventy-seven bridges in the first floor, and completing the house without a single plan. He has been a steadfast Repub- lican since he became a voter, and was for two years a member of the common council of the city of Holyoke. Since 1872 he has been on the official board of the Holyoke Metliodist Church and for thirty-five years an active worker in, and for the greater part of the time superintendent, of the Sunday school of that church. He is a member of Holyoke Lodge of Odd Fellows, has filled the various offices of the order and belongs to the Grand Lodge of the Golden Cross.
He married, June 24, 1868, Ann Jennette Hastings, born in Hatfield, daughter of Lyman and Salome (Larabee) Hastings. Children : I. Reginald E., born April 15, 1870; married Harriet B. Pomeroy. 2. Leon G., born August 26, 1875 ; died December 19, 1880. 3. Lena E., born March 21, 1882 ; mar- ried William R. Root ; child: Cecil E., born April 26, 1907.
The Cash family is of ancient
CASH English and Scotch origin, deriv- ing its surname from the place of that name, Cash in Strathmiglo, county Fife, Scotland.
(I) William Cash, immigrant ancestor, set- tled in Salem, Massachusetts, and lived at the lower end of Essex street, near East street at the corner of Gerrish place. He is men- tioned in the will of Ann Pickston, widow of Thomas Pickston, of Beverly, dated Decem- ber 29, 1677, a legatee with Jeremiah Butman, Jr., who married, October 8, 1659, Hester
Lambert. William Cash married her sister, Elizabeth Lambert, October 16, 1667. He died before 1693. Children, from whom descended all of the name in this country as far as is known: 1. William, born February 23, 1669; died 1729; married, May, 1693, Sarah Flinder, daughter of Richard Flinder. 2. John, July 10, 1671, died July, 1724. 3. John (twin), July 10, 1672, died August 26, 1674. 4. Elizabeth (twin), July 10, 1672, mar- ried, March 7, 1698-99, William Tapley. 5. Mary (twin), April 29, 1675, married, May 28, 1697, John Meacham. 6. Anna (twin), April 29, 1675. 7. Hester, March 9, 1679, married, August 5, 1700, Joseph Flanders. 8. James, mentioned below.
(II) James, son of William Cash, was born at Salem or Marblehead. He married'at Mar- blehead, October 29, 1716, Elizabeth Grove. Children, born at Salem or Marblehead: I. James, mentioned below. 2. George, married Eleanor and lived at Marblehead. Probably other children.
(III) James (2), son of James (1) Cash, was born about 1715-20. He married at Mar- blehead, December 6, 1744, Ruth Putnam. Children, born at Marblehead: I. George Putnam, married, August 3, 1776, Eleanor Sweetland ; had a son, James, born 1793. 2. James, baptized April 13, 1746, married, Sep- tember 20, 1767, Mary Dinsmore ; had James, born 1768. 3. Moses Pitman, baptized March 6, 1747-48. 4. Moses, baptized January 14, 1749-50, mentioned below. 5. Mary, baptized December 8, 1751. 6. John, baptized Decem- ber 2, 1752 ; married, November 5, 1775, Han- nah Doak ; son James, baptized June 29, 1783.
(IV) Moses, son of James (2) Cash, was baptized in Marblehead, January 14, 1749-50. He married (first) at Marblehead, February 13, 1772; married (second), April 15, 1779, Hannah Richardson. He was a sailor in the revolution on the ship "Junius Brutus." He gave his age as thirty years, height five feet seven inches and complexion light, enlisting June 15, 1780. He was pilot of the brigantine "Tyrannicide," Captain Jonathan Haraden, in 1778. He resided at Marblehead and was a seafaring man. Children, born at Marble- head, of first wife: I. Rebecca, baptized March 16, 1773. 2. Moses, baptized Novem- ber 5, 1775. Children of second wife: 3. Hannah, baptized September 23, 1787. 4. James, baptized November 18, 1792, men- tioned below. 5. Hannah, baptized August 16, 1795.
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