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25, 1815. 6. Lydia, February 10, 1794, died July 7, 1880; married Lueius Smith and had seven children. 7. Franeis, May 14, 1796, died May 18, 1876; married Mehitable Ford; had three sons and six daughters. 8. Abigail, May 27, 1799, died May 5, 1881, lost her life in a burning barn. 9. Samuel, July 26, 1802, died April 11, 1876. 10. Lot, Mareh 13, 1805, died Mareh 15, 1881 ; seleetman ; member of sehool committee ; never married ; lived with Samuel and Abigail on homestead; their joint inven- tory amounted to $100,000.
(VII) Thomas, son of Lot Bassett, was born at Ashfield, April 10, 1789, died at Plain- field, Massachusetts, January 23, 1869. He married at Ashfield, June 8, 1815, Fanny Sears, born October 21, 1793, daughter of Captain Paul and Eleanor (Smith) Sears. The lineage: Captain Paul (5), Daniel (4), Paul (3), Paul (2), Riehard, the immigrant. She died March 13, 1847. Children : I. Deborah, born August 14. 1816, married, December 27, 1842, Thomas P. Howes, and died July 7, 1860. 2. Elisha, June 6, 1818, married, at Plainfield, September 5, 1843, Mary Ann Porter Joy, born there June 23, 1819, died in Boston, March 26, 1859; married (seeond) in Boston, October 4, 1860, Mary Elizabeth Cox, born at Holderness, New Hampshire, October 12, 1832; he has been many years elerk of the United States district court in Boston and lived at Boston and later at Newton ; children : i. Mary Joy, born October 13, 1845; ii. Franeis, October 23, 1849, graduate of Har- vard, 1871 ; iii. Fanny Adelaide, January 25, 1859, died February 25, 1864; iv. Anna Rogers, Mareh 31, 1867 ; v. Isabel Sears, Octo- ber 2, 1868. 3. Lydia Sears, October 19, 1820, married, December 5, 1838, William F. Long- ley, of Cobden, Illinois. 4. William, May 31, 1822, mentioned below. 5. Thomas, February 13, 1826, married, October 23, 1850, Betsey Vilas, and died June 20, 1878. 6. Dwight, April 13, 1828, married, January 18, 1853. Lucette Wood, and died April 18, 1861. 7. Ellen, October 9, 1830, married, November 3, 1859, Charles M. Clark, and died Deeember 30, 1864. 8. Lot, May 31, 1833, died unmar- ried April 22, 1853. 9. Fanny S., May 15, 1835, married, May 14, 1856, Noah J. Carter, and died May 17, 1867. The children were born at Ashfield, except the last two, who were born at Plainfield.
(VIII) William (5), son of Thomas Bas- sett, was born at Ashfield, May 31, 1822, died November 30, 1901, married, April 2, 1845,
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Antoinette A. Joy, born November 2, 1823, died August 28, 1896, daughter of James and Mary Joy, of Plainfield. He was educated in the public schools. During his youth he worked at farming, and when a young man was a school teacher for several years. He followed farming at Heath, Massachusetts, and was a prosperous and prominent citizen. He was town clerk for a number of years, and during most of his active life a member of the school committee. He served also as an assessor and selectman. In religion he was a Methodist. Children: I. Samuel, born De- cember 21, 1846, died at Heath, March 26, 1862. 2. Clara Joy, November 3, 1848, mar- ried Walter E. Kinsman, of Heath, June 5, 1872. 3. Willie, January 28, 1851, died April 2, 1862. 4. Rollin, July 6, 1855, mentioned below. 5. Nettie G., June II, 1864, married, at Heath, Edgar M. Dwight. 6. Walter H., June 28, 1867, married Mrs. Mable B. Heath.
(IX) Rollin, son of William (5) Bassett, was born in Heath, Massachusetts, July 6, 1855, and attended the public schools of that town, the Brimfield high school, and the Power's Insti- tute at Bernardston; engaged in teaching for four years during the winter months and then engaged in farming and dairying in Heath. He bought the farm and dairying business of his father in 1879 and conducted it very suc- cessfully until 1898, when he removed to Greenfield and purchased the Deacon Stickney homestead, where he has conducted agricul- ture and milk business. He is vice-president of the Vermont Lime Company and one of the directors of the corporation. He is an active member and one of the trustees of the Meth- odist Episcopal church of Greenfield. In poli- tics he is a Republican and is prominent in public life. He has been a member of the school committee of Heath for a number of years, and was a member of the board of selectmen and assessors. He married, June II, 1879, Emma L. Howard, born March 17, 1857, daughter of David and Eliza Howard, of Charlemont. Children, born at Heath: I. Maude, March 21, 1880, school teacher at South Deerfield. 2. Ralph H., October 24, 1881, drowned July 30, 1908; one of the head clerks in the Springfield postoffice at the time of his death. 3. Bertha B., September 13, 1883, also a school teacher in Deerfield. 4. William R., November 15, 1885. 5. Frank H., August 13, 1889. 6. Florence E., June 29, 1894. 7. Arthur W., January 4, 1897. 8. Samuel D., August 24, 1898. 9. Edna Mae, October 9, 1901, died December 7, 1901. The
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last two were born in Greenfield. William R., married, December 19, 1908, Clarissa Wal- lace, born December 19, 1883, a daughter of William W. Wallace, Granville, Massachu- setts, a grand-niece of General Lew Wallace.
Nicholas Fessenden was
FESSENDEN born in England about 1650, and died at Cam-
bridge, Massachusetts, February 24, 1718-19. He married Margaret Cheney, born Novem- ber 26, 1656, died December 10, 1717, daugh- ter of Thomas and Jane (Atkinson) Cheney, of Cambridge.
Nicholas Fessenden was a glover, a nephew of John Fessenden, who was a proprietor in Cambridge, before 1636, and died December 21, 1666. This John came to New England with his father's consent, was a glover by occu- pation, and a town officer. He and his wife Jane were members of the church in Cam- bridge in 1658. In a noncupative will, pro- bated April 2, 1667, this John bequeathed to his wife and his kinsman (nephew ), Nicholas Fessenden, and mentions Hope Atherton who had been a student at the college. His widow Jane, dying January 13, 1682-83, aged eighty, in her will dated December 20, 1682, bequeaths her whole estate to her cousin (nephew ), Nicholas Fessenden, who was to pay legacies to certain persons.
John Fessenden came from Canterbury, England, to the Colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1635, or a little earlier. He first lived on an estate of the southerly corner of Winthrop and Eliot streets in Cambridge, sold this estate in 1639 and bought a house and land on the westerly side of Eliot street, south of Mount Auburn street. He was also a landowner in the nearby town of Charlestown, a prominent man in Cambridge affairs, a selectman for eleven years, just preceding his death. His estate was large and went by will to his nephew, Nicholas Fessenden, whose sister Hannah married, October 28, 1674, John Sewall, a brother of Chief Justice Sewall, the diarist, who visited, while in England, "his Aunt Fessenden," at Canterbury in 1688-89, and her children: John, Mary, Elizabeth and Jane.
(I) Nicholas Fessenden, the head of the present line in America, was born in Canter- bury, England, about 1650. He came to America as early as 1674 and settled in Cam- bridge. As above stated, he inherited the estate of his uncle, John Fessenden, locally pronounced Fezzington. It is written of him
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that he was one of the most efficient and pros- perous men of the young town, a man of large sagacity, often in town affairs and greatly respected. The epitaph of himself and his wife Margaret are still to be seen on stones standing in the old church-yard opposite Har- vard College in Cambridge. Children : I. Jane, born October 25, 1674, died July 24, 1676. 2. Hannah, July 27, 1676, died Septem- ber 4, 1676. 3. John, October 4, 1677, died 1739; married, December 8, 1703, Sarah Squire, of Cambridge. 4. Nicholas, February 12, 1680, died October 5, 1719; married, Aug- ust 8. 1706, Mrs. Sarah (Parker) Coolidge, of Cambridge. He graduated from Harvard College, 1701. 5. Thomas, February 4, died February 28, 1682. 6. Thomas, July 12, 1684, see forward. 7. Margaret, January 22, 1686- 87, living unmarried, 1742. 8. Jane, April 22, 1688, died May 4, 1758; married, January 10, 1711-12, Samuel Winship, who married (sec- ond) December 24, 1761, Mrs. Lydia ( Bow- man-Simonds) Cutler, who was buried April 18, 1790, aged ninety-five years. He died Feb- ruary 13, 1776, aged eighty-eight years. 9. Mary, October 28, 1689, married, June 15, 1712, Joshua Parker, of Cambridge. 10. Ebe- nezer, about 1692, died 1756; married (first) June 13, 1733, Elizabeth Barrett; married (second) April 16, 1742, Alice Badcock, who married, June 26, 1760, James Pierce. II. William, 1694, died May 26, 1756; married (first) October 12, 1716, Martha Wyeth ; mar- ried (second) January 4, .1727-28, Martha Brown. 12. Joseph, baptized January 17, 1696-97. married, December 6, 1733, Mrs. Mindwell ( Parks ) Oldham. 13. Anna, bap- tized January 9, 1697-99, died February 17, 1758; married, September 26, 1723, John Chipman, of Sandwich, Massachusetts, who died December 30, 1757. 14. Benjamin, bap- tized June 19, 1701, died at Sandwich, Massa- chusetts, August 7, 1746; married, October 18, 1724, Rebecca Smith. He graduated from Harvard College, 1718, and was the minister and physician at Sandwich; ordained Septem- ber 12, 1722.
(II) Thomas, son of Nicholas Fessenden, born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 12, 1684, died at Lexington, Massachusetts, March 6, 1738. Marricd (first) Abigail Poulter, born September 5, 1692, died April 25, 1719, daugh- ter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Poulter, of Lexington ; married (second) January 8, 1720, Abigail Locke, who died June 12, 1736, daugh- ter of Joseph and Mary Locke, of Lexington ; married ( third) December 29, 1737, Anne Fille-
brown, born December 13, 1691, died July 12, 1753, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Cut- ter ) Fillebrown, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Thomas Fessenden resided at Lexington, then known as Cambridge Farms, from a period beginning about 1712, according to one author- ity, but according to another, at an earlier date, or about the time of the first marriage. This supposition is probably more correct than the former since he owned the covenant in 1709 in the Lexington church. Children by first wife: I. Thomas, born December 9, 1709, see forward. 2. Samuel, August II, 17II, died November 1, 1771; married, May 21, 1740, Elizabeth Allen, who died September 4, 1802, aged ninety-one years. 3. Abigail, July 13, 1713, died September 18, 1773; mar- ried (first) Benjamin Wellington, who died November 15, 1738; married (second) Ebe- nezer Smith, of Lexington, who died in Sep- tember, 1778. 4. Mary, January 17, 1716, married William Brown of Waltham, Massa- chusetts ; removed to Connecticut. 5. Eliza- beth, died April 25, 1719. Children by second wife: 6. Elizabeth, March 8, 1721, died No- vember 18, 1780; married, November 10, 1741, John Pierce Junior, of Dorchester, Massachu- setts, who died August 8, 1771. 7. Jonathan, April 28, 1723, married, June 14, 1747, Mar- tha Crosby, of Braintree, Massachusetts, who died at Lunenburg, Massachusetts, March 21, 1802, aged eighty-one years. 8. Hannah, June 18, 1725, died June 24, 1725. 9. Hannah, April 21, 1727, died May 5, 1729. IO. John, April 27, 1729, died at Rutland, Massachusetts, April 14, 1793, gravestone ; married, November 23, 1769, Elizabeth Wyman, who died his widow October 28, 1821, aged seventy-seven years. II. Timothy, May 6, 1731, died at Westmin- ster, Massachusetts, March 1, 1805; married, November 15, 1753, Elizabeth Pierce, who died his widow July 18, 1808, aged seventy-three years. 12. Benjamin, January 9, 1734, died in Boston, Massachusetts, April 30, 1801 ; mar- ried (first) (intention dated September 26, 1756) Hannah Lash, of Braintree, Massachu- setts ; married ( second) (intention dated Aug- ust 7. 1760) Barbara Calder, of Milton, Mass- achusetts, who died at Boston, August 6, 1802. 13. Submit, May 28, 1736, died January 6, 1737-38.
(III) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (1) Fessenden, born at Lexington, Massachusetts, December 9, 1709, died there July 22, 1768, gravestone. Married, June 19, 1735, Hannah Prentice, born December 16, 1716, died Octo- ber 22, 1768, gravestone, daughter of Nathan-
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iel and Hannah (Wyeth) Prentice, of Cam- bridge, Massachusetts. Children: 1. Hannah, born August 9. 1736, died December 30, 1782 ; married, May 20, 1755, Nathaniel Farmer. 2. Abigail, September 7, 1738, died July 13, 1741. 3. Thomas, July 10, 1741, died February 25, 1804 ; married ( first) Mrs. Elizabeth Apthorp, who died August 13, 1773, aged twenty-five years, gravestone ; married (second) Decem- ber 7, 1775. Lucy Lee, of Concord, Massachu- setts, who died his widow, June 19, 1820. 4. Aaron, December 30, 1744, married Sarah Locke, resided at Cambridge and Townsend, Massachusetts. 5. Nathaniel, June 7, 1746, died at Medford, Massachusetts, January 3, 1790; married (first) Lydia Bemis, who died May 30, 1770, aged nineteen years; married (second) June 20, 1771, Elizabeth Webb, of Danvers, Massachusetts. 6. Nathan, April 10, 1749. see forward. 7. Sarah, August 9, 1753, died February 12, 1834; married, March 4, 1773, Isaac Winship, who died November 29, 1834, aged eighty-five years. 8. Isaac, bap- tized October 23, 1757, died June 19, 1759.
(IV) Nathan, son of Thomas (2) Fessen- den, born at Lexington, Massachusetts, April IO. 1749. died there April 24. 1797. Married, October 17. 1771, Sarah Winship, born May 12. 1753, daughter of Isaac and Hannah Win- ship, of Lexington. She married (second) September 10, 1809, Josiah Wellington, of Lexington, who died February 17, 1825, aged about eighty years. Nathan Fessenden was a member of Captain John Parker's company, April 19, 1775, and was in the battle of Lex- ington on that day, and also served in the same company at Cambridge in May and June, 1775. Isaac Winship, the father of his wife, was a soldier in the French and Indian war in 1755. Children: I. Nathan, born April 25, 1774, see forward. 2. Isaac, died September, 1775. 3. Isaac, born April 12, 1776, married, March 8. 1800, Mary Doane, of Boston, Massachu- setts, resided at Boston. 4. Jonathan, born May 18, 1779, married Betsey Drinkwater, resided at Portland, Maine. 5. Lydia, born May 28, 1782, died August 21, 1863 ; married, August 26, 1810, Elisha Livermore Tainter, of Medford, Massachusetts, who died September 19, 1851. 6. John, born December 25, 1784, died August 7, 1849; resided at Portland, Maine. 7. Levi, baptized June 17, 1787, died July 17. 1787. 8. Sally, born October 13, 1788, married, June 1I, 1811, William Lovejoy, of Milford, New Hampshire. 9. Nathaniel, born January 6, 1791, died May, 1821, aged thirty years (record).
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(V) Nathan (2), son of Nathan (1) Fes- senden, born at Lexington, Massachusetts, April 25, 1774, died there January 26, 1866. Married, June 11, 1801, Jane Goodrich, born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, August 5, 1778, died at Lexington, February 10, 1849, daugh- ter of Philip and Sybil ( Ritter ) Goodridge, of Lunenburg, Massachusetts. Nathan Fessen- den lived all his life in the town of Lexington. He was a Whig, a Republican and a Baptist, and a farmer on the estate which was before and after him in the possession of the family for nearly two hundred years. He served in town offices, for example, he held the office of selectman in 1811-12-13. He lived as others of the family have done in the same town the quiet life of a farmer, and was an upright and honorable citizen, public-spirited and energetic. Children: I. Elizabeth, born May 20, 1802, died November 16, 1849; married Darius Fillebrown, who died October 20, 1866. 2. Caroline, May 4, 1804, died unmarried Aug- ust 18, 1893. 3. Maria, May 4, 1804, died March 12, 1872; married, October 8, 1835, William Grover, who died March 20, 1879, aged eighty-two years, five months, three days. 4. Harriet, September 8, 1806, died September 23, 1879 ; married, November 4, 1841, James Ingals, of Townsend, Massachusetts. 5. Nathan, January 15, 1808, died August 8, 1888. 6. Albert Franklin, August 23, 1810, died April 29, 1894: married, March 13, 1838, Eliza Johnson, born March 13, 1818, died March 2, 1878, daughter of Ruel and Betsey (Kendall) Johnson, of Woburn, Massachu- setts. 7. Charles, November 5, 1812, see for- ward. 8. Levi Goodridge, October 30, 1814, married, October 22, 1849, Sarah Stratton, resided in Ohio. 9. Hannah, June 2, 1817, died July 22, 1874 ; married, January 6, 1851, Darius Fillebrown. 10. Jane, March 30, 1820, died May 11, 1899; married, December 14, 1847, Charles G. Davis, of Woburn, Massa- chusetts, who died July 14, 1866.
(VI) Charles, son of Nathan (2) Fessen- den, born at Lexington, Massachusetts, No- vember 5, 1812, died December 28, 1884. Mar- ried (first) January 30, 1840, Martha Eliza- beth Newton, born January 7, 1819, died Feb- ruary 19, 1851, daughter of Captain Martin and Susan (Chamberlain) Newton, of Fitch- burg, Massachusetts; married (second) May II, 1852, Sarah Cowden Newton, sister of his first wife. Charles Fessenden was a carriage manufacturer and a Unitarian in religious belief : was a Whig, an anti-slavery man, and a Republican in politics ; served for a time in
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the state militia, but would never accept pub- lic office, although he held important positions in county and town organizations. He was commissioned justice of the peace, a purely honorary appointment by the governor, and he was a prominent Mason. He resided the greater part of his life in Fitchburg. Children of first wife: 1. Jane Elizabeth, died young. 2. Elizabeth Jane, born January 3, 1844, died July 30, 1900. 3. Charles Newton, May 15, 1846, graduate of Harvard College. 4. Frank- lin Goodridge, June 20, 1849, see forward. Children by second wife: 5. Nathan Apple- ton, June 27, 1854. 6. Sarah Caroline, May 20, 1856. 7. William Henry, January 28, 1860. died May 17, 1873.
(VII) Franklin Goodridge, son of Charles Fessenden, born at Fitchburg. Worcester county, Massachusetts, June 20, 1849, mar- ried, at Greenfield, Massachusetts, October 3, 1878. Mary J. Rowley, born in England, daughter of James and Ann (Henderson) Rowley. Franklin Goodridge Fessenden, was graduated at Fitchburg high school and Har- vard Law School, June, 1873; admitted to the bar 1873; was an instructor at Harvard Col- lege, and lecturer, Harvard Law School, 1882- 83; practiced in Fitchburg one year, and in Greenfield, Massachusetts, until August, 1891. He served as district attorney by court appoint- ment. He has been connected with Franklin Savings Institution of Greenfield, as vice-pres- ident and trustee for twenty-five years. He contributed articles to law magazines. Has served in important town affairs. Much ser- vice in library establishment and development, and connected with charities and charitable work. In politics he is an Independent Demo- crat, and has held the office of justice of the superior court of Massachusetts from 1891 to the present time. He has served in the state militia with the rank of captain, and in 1891 as colonel and assistant inspector-general on the governor's staff. He is a member of the Uni- versity, Union and Tavern clubs of Boston, of the Greenfield Club of Greenfield, and of the Colonial Club of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is an attendant of the Unitarian church of Greenfield.
TUFTS Peter Tufts, the immigrant an- cestor, was born in England, in 1616, probably in the southern part of county Norfolk, whence he came to New England. He was a yeoman or planter of Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1638, and in 1646 and perhaps earlier was the ferryman
with his brother-in-law. He resided on the Malden side of the river, where the city of Everett is now located, on the site of the nitre storehouse. He was admitted a freeman May 3, 1665. His will was dated March 1, 1693, with codicil dated July 8, 1695, and proved June 10, 1700, bequeathing to wife Mary ; to sons Peter, Jonathan and John; daughters Mary, widow of John Eades, Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Lynde, Mercy, widow of Joseph Waite, called Mercy Jenkins in codicil, and Sarah, wife of Thomas Oakes; to grandchild James Tufts : to the three sons of Peter Tufts. He died May 13, 1700, aged eighty-three. He married Mary Pierce, who died January 10, 1702-3, aged seventy-five, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Pierce. Children : I. Peter, born about 1648. 2. James, mentioned below. 3. John, born May 7, 1653; died young. 4. Mary, born June 10, 1655. 5. Jonathan, born June 19, 1657 ; died June 22, 1658. 6. Jona- than, born May 2, 1659. 7. Elizabeth, born about 1660; married, November 22, 1673, Joseph Lynde. 8. John, born 1665; died March 28, 1728. 9. Mercy, married April, 1688, Joseph Waite. 10. Sarah, married, 1689, Thomas Oakes. II. Persis, died unmarried, October 2, 1683. 12. Lydia, died unmarried, July 26, 1683.
(II) James, son of Peter Tufts, was born in Charlestown, about 1650. He was a sold- ier in King Philip's war, and was killed in the battle of Bloody Brook, September 18, 1675. He married Elizabeth Wells.
(III) James (2), only child of James (I) Tufts, was born in 1672, in Charlestown, and died at Medford, July 19, 1733. His grave- stone is standing in the Medford burial ground. He lived at Salem, removing with his family May 12, 1704, to Charlestown. He was a resi- dent of Boston for a time. In 1721 he gave to his son James power of attorney, "feeling incapable to act by reason of troubles." He deeded to this son fourteen acres of land adjoining land of Joseph and Samuel Tufts. James was appointed to administer his estate in 1733. The inventory amounted to 1,279 pounds. He married (first ) Ruth who was admitted to the church at Cambridge, November 4, 1705, and died November 26, 1721. Her gravestone is in the Medford bur- ial ground; (second) Dinah Morse, June 16. 1725, at Woburn; (third) September 4, 1729, Mary Dill. Children of first wife: I. John. 2. James, born January 16, 1703. 3. Jonathan, born February 16, 1705. 4. Ebenezer, born June 11, 1707. 5. Ruth, born February 11,
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1709-10. 6. Elizabeth, born April 25, 1711 ; married Jonathan Hall. 7. William, born June IO, 1713: mentioned below. 8. Susanna (twin), born July 9, 1716: died July 8, 1739. 9. Mary (twin), born July 9, 1716; died Octo- ber 7, 1716. 10. Sarah, born 1718, died. No- vember 2, 1721. II. Grimes, died November 28, 1721, aged nine months.
(IV) William, son of James (2) Tufts, was born June 10, 1713, and died at Medford, October 29, 1783, aged seventy, according to his gravestone. He married (first) February 28, 1732-3, Catherine Wyman, of an old Wo- burn family. She died February 20, 1748-9, aged thirty-two, according to gravestone at Medford. He married ( second ) February 8, 1750, Mary Francis, who died December I, 1812, aged ninety-three. Children, born at Medford: I. Catherine, born March 31, 1734; married, January 10, 1750, William Tufts Jr., son of John and grandson of James (3). 2. William, born March 27, 1736; mentioned be- low .. 3. George, born January 10, 1737. 4. Grimes, born December 4, 1748. 5. Uriah. Children of second wife: 6. Mary, born April 25, 1751. 7. Samuel, born August 19, 1752. 8. Lucy, born April 21, 1754; married Thomas Pritchard. 9.
Francis, married Francis. 10. David, born June 20, 1758. II. Richard, born November 17, 1765. 12. Moses. 13. Aaron.
(V) William (2), son of William (1) Tufts, was born March 27, 1736, and died according to the church record of dropsy and jaundice. April 27, 1782. There were several of this name in the revolution, and the writer is unable to determine whether any of the service described belongs to this William Tufts. He married Susannah - who died at Boston, February 26, 1801, aged sixty- six, and buried in Medford. Children, born at Medford: I. Nathan, born May 16, 1754, baptized May 18, 1760. 2. Susanna, born March 28, 1756. 3. Elinor, July 20, 1759. 4. Aaron, December 18, 1761. 5. William, Aug- ust 20, 1754, baptized May 18, 1760. 6. Uriah, mentioned below.
(VI) Uriah, son of William (2) Tufts, was born in Medford, January 29, 1768, and died in Charlestown, October 22, 1857, and was buried in Malden. He was a blacksmith by trade, and for many years had a smithy on Constitution Wharf, Boston. He forged and drove the first bolts that were used in the con- struction of the famous frigate "Constitution." A pitcher which he wrought in 1800 is owned by his granddaughter. It bears a significant
coat-of-arms, and the motto: "By hammer and hand, all arts do stand." He was a mem- ber of the Charitable Mechanics' Association of Boston, still a flourishing organization own- ing valuable property and accomplishing much useful work. He was a skillful craftsman, an honest business man and useful citizen. He was known as a man of strict integrity and honor. He married ( first) July 8, 1789, Sarah Harris, born in Watertown, May 16, 1764, died September II, 1797 ; (second) November 30, 1797, Mary Phillips, born in Malden, July 15, 1769, died in Charlestown, September 15, 1853. Children of first wife: 1. Sarah, born March, 1791. 2. Elizabeth Lewis, March 10, 1792. 3. William, November 19, 1794; died August 10, 1863. 4. Uriah, mentioned below. Children of second wife: 5. Mary, born in Boston, September 23, 1798; died January 4, 1876 ; married, in Malden, January 29, 1818, a cousin, William Tufts, of Milton, born March 17, 1788. died February 15, 1819.
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