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Montague ; children, born in Montague: i. Eugene Stratton Taft Jr., born December 24, 1876; ii. Julia Kate Taft, August 30, 1878, died July 9, 1884 : iii. Hattie Agnes Taft, July 28, 1880, died July 13, 1884; iv. Richard N. Oakman Taft, November 15, 1885; v. Julia Kate Taft. December 20, 1886. 4. Frank Hawks. December 19, 1854, mentioned below.
(IX) Frank Hawks, son of Richard Nick- erson Oakman, was born in Montague, Decem- ber 19, 1854. He received his education at the public schools and at Wilbraham Academy. In 1870 he entered the Crocker National Bank at Turner's Falls as clerk, remaining a year, then going to New York City, where he took a position as clerk in the office of the John Russell Cutlery Company, later being pro- moted to manager of the office. In 1877 he returned to Montague to take charge of his father's farm. Ten years later, in 1887, he removed to Shelburne Falls, taking a position as clerk for the Lamson & Goodnow Manufac- turing'Company, makers of cutlery. In 1893 he was made treasurer and general manager of the company, which office he still holds. For ten years he has conducted a cutlery store in New York City. He has been treasurer of the Episcopal church for twelve years, and is an active church worker. He is a member of Mountain Lodge of Free Masons, and was master of the lodge in 1891-92; member of the Franklin Royal Arch Chapter: Titus Strong Council. Royal and Select Masters ; and Connecticut Valley Commandery, Knights Templar ; he has been deputy grand master of the thirteenth district for two years, 1901-02. He married (first ) June 6. 1877, Susan Fanny Davenport, who died December 20, 1900, daughter of William C. Davenport, of Provi- dence. Rhode Island. He married (second) April. 1902, Mrs. Susan K. Bardwell. Chil- dren : 1. Ethel, born June 29, 1879, married, September 18, 1907, Charles E. Parsons ; child, Richard Oakman, born February 25, 1909. 2. Fanny Davenport, October 30, 1882, married, December 31, 1907, C. B. Spinney; child, Frank Oakman, born January 14, 1909. 3. Marion. June 18, 1886.
TOWLE Philip Towle, immigrant ances- tor, was born in 1616 and is said to have been of Irish ancestry, though the records indicate that he was Eng- lish by birth and association. He settled in Hampton, New Hampshire, as early as 1657. He bought. April 15, 1664. a dwelling house, seven acres and a half of land in the house lot
formerly of Henry Ambrose on the highway to Exeter, and at last accounts this homestead was still owned by his descendants and lately known as the John A. Towle place. He bought also seventy acres of outlying land and rights in the common lands. He appears to have followed the sea at times. He and five others "for taking tobacco neare ye meeting-house in ye face of ye court were fined each of them IO shillings according to law." He died Decem- ber II, 1690, aged eighty years. He married, November 19, 1657, Isabella Austin, daughter of Francis and Isabella (Bland) Austin, of Colchester, England, and Hampton, New Hampshire, and granddaughter of John and Joanna Bland, of Edgartown, England. She was born about 1633 and was the eldest of three daughters. She was persecuted on a charge of witchcraft in the summer of 1680 with Rachel Fuller. Both were committed to prison, tried and released under bonds of one hundred pounds, being discharged the next year. Children, born at Hampton: I. Philip. May 3, 1659, died June 17, 1717; married, September 30, 1714, Martha Dow. 2. Caleb, May 17, 1661, killed by Indians June 13, 1677. 3. Joshua, June 29, 1663, died September 25, 1715 ; married Sarah Reed. 4. Mary, Novem- ber 12, 1665. 5. Joseph, May 4, 1669, men- tioned below. 6. Benjamin, May 4, 1669, (twin ), died May 29, 1759; married Sarah Borden. 7. Francis, August 1, 1672. 8. John, July 23. 1674. 9. Caleb, May 14, 1678, died September 20, 1763 ; married Zipporah Brack- ett.
(II) Sergeant Joseph, son of Philip Towle, was born at Hampton, May 4, 1669, died Sep- tember 2, 1757. He resided to the north of the village of Hampton on the William Norris place. He and his brothers, Philip, Benjamin, Francis and Caleb, were soldiers in King Will- iam's war, 1689-1698. He had the rank of sergeant. He was selectman in 1723-29-33. He married (first ) December 14, 1693, Me- hitable Hobbs, daughter of John and Sarah (Colcord ) Hobbs ; (second ) March 4. 1731. Sarah Hobbs, daughter of Morris Hobbs. Children, born at Hampton: I. John, June 26, 1694, died December 5, 1786; married Lydia Page. 2. Joseph, March 31, 1696, died June 30, 1787; married Sarah Dalton. 3. James, December 10, 1698. died April 14. 1756; married Keziah Perkins. 4. Mary. March II, 1701, died November 14. 1783; married Jonathan Page. 5. Jonathan. April 5, 1703, mentioned below. 6. Mehitable, August 14. 1706, married Thomas Brown. 7. Amos.
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November 13, 171I, died July 16, 1754; mar- ried Hannah Drake.
(III) Jonathan, son of Sergeant Joseph Towle, was born at Hampton, April 5, 1703, died April 23, 1791; married, December 12, 1728. Anna Norton, daughter of Bonus Nor- ton. He settled in Rye, New Hampshire. Chil- dren, born at Hampton : I. Jonathan, July 4. 1729-30, mentioned below. 2. Levi, Septem- ber 22, 1731, married, at Rye, October II, 1753. Ruth Marden. 3. Joseph, March 21, 1733, married, December 15, 1787, Sarah Wallis ; lived at Epsom. 4. Samuel, November 5. 1735, married, November 18, 1763, Esther Johnson, of Rye. 5. James, October 28, 1737, of Rye and Epsom. 6. Anna, Mareh 17, 1741, married, December 2, 1760, Joseph Philbrick, of Rye. 7. Nathan, May 29, 1745. lived at Rye.
(IV) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan ( I) Towle, was born in Rye, July 4, 1729-30. He married Elizabeth Jenness, born April 4, 1734. a native of Rye. Most of the family, his brothers and sisters and children located in Epsom. His brother Samuel, and sons Joseph and Simeon and himself were the four heads of families living in Epsom in 1790, aeeording to the federal eensus. Samuel had two males over sixteen and four females: Jonathan, Jr .. two males over sixteen and three females ; Joseph one male over sixteen, three under that age and four females : Simeon had three females and one male in his family. Jonathan, Josiah and Simeon Towle, all probably of Epsom, were soldiers in the revolution in Cap- tain Henry Elkins's company; Levi, Joseph, and Jonathan had extended serviee in the revolution. Children, born at Rye: I. Simeon, 1753, marrie:1 Elizabeth Marden ; lived at Epsom. 2. Mary. 1755. married, January 6. 1774. James Hobbs. 3. Levi, 1757, mentioned below. 4. Anna, 1759, married, May 29, 1777, Nathaniel Marden. 5. Hannah, 1762, married, September 17. 1780, William Yeaton. 6. Eliz- abeth, 1764, died unmarried 1835. 7. Joseph. 1766. married, December 25, 1781, Sarah Wallis. 8. Benjamin, 1769, lived at Epsom ; married Betsey Woods. 9. Sally, 1776, mar- ried Lemuel Bunker, who succeeded to the homestead at Rye. (The census indicates that the eldest son was Jonathan, Jr., of 1790).
(V) Levi, son of Jonathan (2) Towle, was born in Rye in 1757. He settled in Epsom, New Hampshire ; married ( first ) Mary Locke ; (second) Lucy Hobbs.
(VI) Isaac, son or nephew of Levi Towle (either Levi or one of his brothers was father of Isaac, theirs being the only family in Epsom.
The town records are wanting), was born at Epsom, October 17, 1794, died at Sutton, Janu- ary 14, 1884. He was a farmer and held the rank of eolonel in the militia of New Hamp- shire. He removed from Epsom to Concord and thence to Sutton a little before 1840. He was an industrious man and useful citizen. esteemed by all classes of his townsmen. He married, December 31, 1818, Rebeeea Loeke, born 1798, died Mareh 31, 1879, daughter of Jonathan and Aliee Loeke, of Epsom. They celebrated their Golden Wedding, and a large eirele of friends and relatives gathered on that oeeasion, eleven of their sixteen ehildren being present. Thirteen of these children lived to maturity and six still survive, the eldest, Henry Towle, being eighty-six years old and the young- est sixty-six. Mr. and Mrs. Towle were aetive and faithful members of the Congregational ehnreh. He followed piously the old Puritan custom of morning prayers and asked a bless- ing at every meal. Children: I. James, born August 28, died November 19, 1820. 2. James M., November 14, 1821, married, May 25, 1852, Jane MeClure, and had son Frank. 3. Henry, Oetober 9, 1823, married, January 10. 1849. Mary Ann MeCrillis, and had George H., Edgar D., and Perry. 4. Horaee E., De- cember 16, 1825, married, April 3. 1852, Susan M. Daily, and had Ella, Corliss, Susan, Hattie, Lizzie and Bert. 5. Rodney, March 24, 1827, (lied July, 1827. 6. Charles, September 23. 1828, died young. 7. Almira J., October 18, 1829. married, October 21, 1852, Cyrus French, of Sutton ; children : i. Jennie F. Freneh, mar- ried Charles Emmons and had Carrie E .. Edith A., and John C. Emmons ; ii. Andrew C. Freneh, married Addie E. Bean ; iii. Lizzie M. Freneh, married Arthur A. Clark. 8. George, June 7. 1831, died November 26, 1836. 9. Charles A., June 14, 1833, died August 18, 1870; married, Deeember I, 1854, Maria Skates, and had Charles F., William and Fred C. 10. Mary Ann, July 28, 1834, died Oetober 8, 1834. 11. Mary Ann, August 1, 1835, mar- ried, November 15, 1860, Robert Ford, and had Alice R., Arthur R., Ida L. and Charles P. Ford. 12. Albert, January 8, 1837, married, March 12, 1862, Annie E. Rymes, and had Willic, Annie and Mabel. 13. Ellen M., April 1, 1839, married, February 11. 1863. William B. Fellows, and had Annie G., Willie F., Jennie and Ina Fellows. 14. Elizabeth, April 25. 1840, married, 1862. John F. Chadwick. 15. George, mentioned below. 16. William Perry, October 28, 1843, died in the army, July 13. 1863.
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(VII) George, son of Colonel Isaac Towle, was born at Sutton, December 31, 1842. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and in his boyhood worked on his father's farm. He came to Boston when a young man and engaged in the meat and provision busi- ness. After a number of years he was obliged to give up this business, on account of illness, and his later years have been devoted to out- door occupations, chiefly farming. He resides at Roslindale, West Roxbury, in the city of Boston. He is a charter member of Putnam Lodge of Odd Fellows of Roxbury. In politics he is a Republican. He is a man of the strict- est integrity and uprightness. He has been an earnest advocate of total abstinence, and has never used tobacco. His life has been a model of christian piety and virtue. He married, February 21, 1866. in Boston, Mary J. Mc- Farland, born at Eden, Maine, October 24, 1845, daughter of Leonard and Sarah ( Brewer ) McFarland. Her father was born at Hancock, Maine, February II, 1813, died April 25. 1900, a well-to-do-farmer, son of Thomas McFarland, also a native of Hancock and a farmer. The father of Thomas McFar- land was born in Scotland and came to Maine before the revolution. Sarah ( Brewer) Mc- Farland was the daughter of Edward Brewer, a native of Searsport. Maine, a ship-builder, who married Mary Hamor, a native of Eden, Maine. Two of their fifteen children are still living. Mrs. Towle was one of ten children, six of whom grew to maturity, a brother and she being the only suviving children. This brother, Washburn McFarland, lives on the old farm in Eden, Maine ; married Lillian Bar- ron. a native of Tremont. Maine, of English parentage : children : Emeline McFarland, a school teacher ; Pearl McFarland ; Gladys Mc- Farland. Mrs. Towle came to Boston when a young woman and began to earn her own liv- ing. She worked with her needle for many years, making waists much of the time. With her own savings before and after marriage she has purchased some valuable real estate in West Roxbury and other parts of Boston. Both Mr. and Mrs. Towle are Methodists in religion and Mrs. Towle is active in the work of the church. She is interested in the tem- perance movement, is an officer and has been president and treasurer of the Woman's Chris- tian Temperance Union. For many years she was treasurer of the Foreign and Home Mis- sions of the church. She is well known in the social life and affairs of the community. She
had but one child, Mamie, born April 5, 1869, died in infancy. She was fond of children and soon after the death of her baby she began what has proved a wonderful and fruitful work. One after another she took into her home, babies and children in want of proper homes. More than forty children she has given a home and education, starting them on happy and useful careers. Most of them she reared from infancy, making every sacrifice for their welfare. The work has served to fill the vacancy left in her own heart by her lost child and at the same time has been of great value to the children to whom she gave a home and to the community in which she has reared so many useful citizens. John McFar- land, a kinsman, one of these children, is now a successful business man in California. Ruth Young, another of her proteges, lives with Mrs. Towle, though she is employed in design- ing and art work. One child, now in the home of Mrs. Towle, is but two years and a half old. But one of these children has Mrs. Towle legally adopted, however, Reginald Towle, born February 19, 1899, now a student in the Boston public schools.
PLUMMER Francis Plummer, immigrant ancestor, was born in England and came to America in 1633. He was admitted a freeman May 14, 1634. He was a linen weaver by trade and settled in Newbury in 1635. Coffin's History of New- bury says that his descendants still own the lane he once held; that his descendants are many and distinguished; that one of them, Hon. George Plummer, was the first white child born west of the Allegheny Mountains in Pennsylvania, and the first congressman elected from that region. It is said that when the settlers sailed up the river to their new homes in Newbury, the second to land, after Nicholas Noyes, was Francis Plummer, fol- lowed by his wife and two sons, Samuel and Joseph. He had a tavern there in 1635. He died at Newbury, January 17, 1673-74. He held various town offices at Newbury. married ( first ) Ruth - He , who died July or August 17 or 18, 1647. He married (second) March 31, 1648, Ann Palmer, widow, who died October 18. 1665. He married (third) No- vember 29, 1665, Beatrice, widow of William Cantlebury, of Salem. Children of first wife : I. Samuel, born 1619, mentioned below. 2. Joseph, 1630, married, December 23, 1652. Sarah Cheney : died December II. 1683. 3.
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Hannah, 1632, married, May 3, 1653, Samuel Moore. 4. Mary, 1634, married, May 26, 1660, John Cheney, Jr.
(II) Samuel, son of Francis Plummer, was born in England in 1619, died in 1702. He was admited a freeman June 2, 1641. He re- sided at Newbury and among other enterprises owned a ferry across the Merrimac river. He was a deputy to the general court. He mar- ried, in 1646, Mary Bidfield. Children : I. Samuel, born April 20, 1647. 2. Mary, Feb- ruary 3. 1650, married, December 6, 1670, John Swett. 3. John, May II, 1652, killed at the battle of Bloody Creek in Captain Lathrop's company. 4. Ephraim, September 16, 1655. 5. Hannah, February 16, 1657, married David Batchelder. 6. Sylvanus, February 22, 1658, mentioned below. 7. Ruth, August 7, 1660, married, January 18, 1682, Richard Jacques. 8. Elizabeth, October 10, 1662, married, June 26, 1682. Richard Jackman. 9. Deborah. 10. Lydia, July 2, 1668, married Joseph Morse. II. Bathsheba, July 31, 1679, died young.
(III) Sylvanus, son of Samuel Plummer, was born in Newbury, February 22, 1658. He was admitted a freeman in 1690 and settled in Newbury. He married, January 18, 1682. Sarah Moody, daughter probably of Samuel Moody. Children: I. Mary, born October 20, 1683. 2. Samuel, November 12, 1684, died August 2, 1685. 3. Samuel, about 1685. 4. Lydia, married, May 18, 1718, Timothy Noyes. 5. Sarah, married Titcomb. 6. Benja- min, mentioncd below.
(IV) Benjamin, son of Sylvanus Plummer, was born in Newbury, about 1690. He mar- ried. 1720, Keziah Storer. Children, born in Newbury: I. Sarah, 1720, married, February 27. 1738, Joshua Plummer. 2. Benjamin, Feb- rvary 20, 1722, married Jane Ilsley. 3. Han- nah, October 25. 1725, married Thomas Dole. 4. Keziah, March 20, 1730, married, January 9. 1754, Daniel Hall. 5. Elizabeth, 1733, died July 22, 1817. 6. Seth, December 7. 1736. mentioned below.
(V) Seth, son of Benjamin Plummer, was born in Newbury, December 7, 1736, died July 8. 1801. Married, 1759, Esther Mitchell. Chil- dren, born in Newbury: 1. Sarah, 1760, mar- ried William Crowninshield. 2. Kezia, 1763, died October 9. 1855. 3. Esther, 1766, mar- ried Daniel Dresser. 4. Caleb, April 27. 1769. 5. Seth. 1770, married Patty Knowlton. Chil- dren of second wife, Eunice Plummer : 6. Joshua, mentioned below. 7. Ebenezer, Aug- ust. 1777. married Hannah Adams. 8. Jane,
1781, dicd unmarried. 9. Sylvanus, 1783, died unmarried.
(VI) Joshua, son of Seth Plummer, was born in Newbury or vicinity in 1774. He set- tled in Boston and died in 1859 in South Bos- ton. He married Thankful Bray, born about 1780, died at advanced. age.
( VII) Ignatius Sargent Plumer, (as he spelled the name), son of Joshua Plummer, was born in what is known as Washington village, Dorchester, Massachusetts, August 6, 1807, died in the prime of life January 3, 1845- He learned the trade of house-painter and followed that trade all his active life. He married, December 16, 1832, in South Boston, Lydia Willey Barnes, of Stoneham, Massachu- setts, born at Stoneham, October 28, 1810, died July 16, 1879. She married (second) Cyrus Gould, a native of the same section. Children of Ignatius Sargent and Lydia Willey ( Barnes) Plumer : I. Ignatius Sargent, Jr., born Jan- uary 15. 1834, died March 24, 1834. 2. Mary Frances, December 24, 1835, died February II, 1844. 3. Joseph Atkinson, October 8, 1838, mentioned below. 4. Thomas H., November 29. 1840, died in New York state about 1902.
(VIII) Joseph Atkinson, son of Ignatius Sargent Plumer, was born in Washington vil- lage. Dorchester, October 8, 1838. He was educated in the public schools of Boston. He was a clerk for several years in the office of the registry of deeds in Boston and afterwards in the office of the city assessors of Boston. He held a position of responsibility in that office for a period of forty years. His ability, experience and conscientiousness kept him in his position through all the various political changes. He devoted himself with singleness of purpose to the interests of the city and was independent in politics. He was a prominent Free Mason, having attained the thirty-second degree. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and for many years belonged to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. He was treasurer of the Highland Club of West Rox- bury. He was attractive in personality, kindly and sympathetic, and made many friends. He had a special aptitude for the duties of his office. In religion he was a Unitarian. He married, in Boston, December 25, 1860, Ella Frances Clapp, born in Boston, October 18. 1844. daughter of Amos C. and Katherine M. (Lambert ) Clapp. Her father was descended from one of the first settlers of Dorchester. The Clapp family has been from the first settle- ment one of the leading families of Dorchester.
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Mr. Clapp learned the printer's trade, and after working at his trade a number of years found- ed the Boston Herald. On account of lack of capital he had to relinquish control after a few years, but he continued on the staff of that newspaper for a number of years afterward. He died in March, 1897. Her mother was born in Nova Scotia. The Lambert family settled early in New England, but were Loyal- ists at the time of the revolution and removed to Nova Scotia during the war. Mrs. Clapp died in February, 1905. She was the only child. Mrs. Plumer had one sister, Annie M. Clapp, born 1852, married Arthur W. Cam- eron. now deceased; child, Arthur W. Cam- eron, a painter. Mrs. Plumer suvives her hus- band. She resides at West Roxbury in the house which Mr. Plumer bought some years before his death. Children of Joseph A. and Ella Frances Plumer : I. Mary F., born Jan- uary 28, 1862, married Arcus G. Ballard, of Gloversville, New York ; child, Joseph E. Bal- lard. 2. Julia M., March 26, 1864, resides with her mother at West Roxbury. 3. Joseph A., February 25, 1867, died September 22, 1867. 4. Frank, March 6, 1870, lives at New Harbor, Maine, a pattern-maker by trade; married Annie M. Smith, a native of Maine; child, Harry E. 5. Ella J., May 14, 1872, died July IO, 1872. 6. Ida MI., August 12, 1874, married, November 17. 1896, Waldo J. Stokes, born July 13. 1873. an undertaker, West Roxbury; he is a prominent Free Mason, member of the Shrine: of the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum and other organiza- tions. 7. Josie V., July 4, 1877, married Joseph H. Dearborn, a grocer and dealer in meats and provisions, West Roxbury, a well-known and successful merchant : child, Harvey P. Dear- born.
Stephen Flanders, immi- FLANDERS grant ancestor of all the colonial families of this name in Massachusetts and Maine, and possibly of the whole country, was born in England about 1620. He was a pioneer in Salisbury, Massa- chusetts, as early as 1640, and proprietor of that town from 1646 to 1677. He married
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He died June 27, 1684. His will was proved September 30. 1684. bequeathing to eldest son Stephen, to daughters Mary and Naomi Flanders and Sarah Newhall; to grandchild Thomas Flanders and the residue to be divided between the sons Philip and John. Children : I. Mary, died May 4, 1650. 2. Stephen, men-
tioned below. 3. Mary, born May 7, 1650. 4. Philip, July 14, 1652, married Martha Col- lins. 5. Sarah, November 5, 1654. 6. Naomi, December 15, 1656, married, April 4, 1699, Benjamin Eastman. 7. John, February II, 1659, married Elizabeth Sargent and settled in Salisbury, later at Hampton, New Hamp- shire ; descendants numerous.
(II) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (I) Flanders, was born in Salisbury, March 8, 1645, died October 6, 1744. He married, De- cember 28, 1670, Abigail Carter, born Febru- ary II, 1653, daughter of Thomas and Mary Carter. They resided at Salisbury. Children : I. Thomas, February 17, 1671, died April 12, 1672. 2. Stephen, January 31, 1672, married, 1706, Sarah Blaisdell. 3. Thomas, December 3. 1673, married, March 6, 1711, Catherine Hackett. 4. Daniel, March 16, 1676. 5. Joseph, March 28, 1677, mentioned below. 6. Philip, January II, 1678, died February 23, 1678. 7. Sarah, December 7, 1679, died January 16 fol- lowing. 8. Philip, January 8, 1681, married, February 2, 1710, Jeanne Smith and resided in Kingston, New Hampshire. 9. Jane, March, 1684, married, 1711, John Martin. 10. Jere- miah, September, 1686, married Mary Hayes. II. Abigail, October, 1688, married, 1734, Jabez Gage.
(III) Joseph, son of Stephen (2) Flanders, was born March 28, 1677. He married (first) Esther -; (second) in 1703, Hannah ; (third) October, 1716, Mary Thomp- son. Children, born at Salisbury, of first wife : I. Anna, born June 16, 1701. Children, of second wife: 2. Ezekiel, March 7, 1705. 3. Joseph, September 9, 1707, married, January, 1732, Ruth Morrill. - 4. Nehemiah, February 18, 1709, mentioned below. 5. Ebenezer, 1712. married Maria - -. Children of third wife : 6. Phineas, June 25, 1720, married, April, 1744. Tabitha Clough. 7. Mary, August 6, 1721, married, 1737, John Lunt. 8. Jeremiah, July 6, 1723. 9. Moses, November 17, 1727.
(IV) Nehemiah, son of Joseph Flanders, was born at Salisbury, February 18, 1709. He married, in February, 1738, Sarah Hackett. Children: I. Jarvis (Jesse ), born October 13. 1738. 2. Hezekiah, July 5, 1742. 3. David, January 22, 1747. 4. Nehemiah, September 2, 1749, mentioned below. 5. Olive, July 21, 1751. 6. Levi, February 26, 1754. 7. Sarah, bequeathed to her nephew, John.
(V) Nehemiah (2), son of Nehemiah (I) Flanders, was born September 2, 1749, at Salis- bury. He settled in Newburyport and was a cordwainer by trade. He bought land at New-
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buryport, July 30, 1781, of Henry and Sarah Sleeper, of Newburyport. Sleeper was a eabi- net maker. Nehemiah bought land April 15, 1788, at Newburyport, of Matthew Pettingil, shipwright. In 1792 he bought land of Daniel Horton. He sold land in 1780 to Riehard Smith. Nehemiah and his wife Sarah deeded their land on Court street to John Flanders, their son, February 24, 1808. He died intes- tate.
( VI) John, son of Nehemiah (2) Flanders, was born about 1770-75, in Newburyport. He married (first) Elizabeth Greenleaf, and ( sec- ond) a sister of his first wife, cousins of the poet. John Greenleaf Whittier. John and Eliz- abeth deeded land to Leonard Smith in New- buryport, October 30, 1805, and to Sewall Top- pan, November 2, 1807. The heirs of his father-in-law, John Greenleaf, joined in a deed March 28, 1805. John and Elizabeth Flanders were among the grantors. They were also parties to a deed of the Greenleaf estate, Sep- tember 18, 1807. John Flanders bought of John and Elizabeth Knowlton land on Wash- ington street, with the southeast part of the dwelling house, for one thousand three hun- dred dollars. He died in 1835 intestate. He was a cabinetmaker. Children: I. Jaeob D .. a sea captain. 2. Samuel, a sea captain. 3. John, was educated for a minister. 4. Henry, mentioned below. 5. Captain George, a pioneer of Portland, Oregon, one of the prime movers in developing the city; became very wealthy and prominent.
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