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born in England, probably not by wife Cicely. 6: Josiah, mentioned below. 7. Sarah, died August 5, 1684; married Rowland Thomas. 8. Hannah, born at Springfield, December 2, 1644, married September 27, 1666, John Hitchcock. 9. Daughter, married - Gil- bert, son of Henry Gilbert.
(II). Japheth, son of Deacon Samuel Chapin, was born in Springfield, October 15, 1642, died at Chicopee, February 20, 1712. He married ( first) July 22, 1664, Abeline or Abilenah Cooley, who died at Chicopee, No- vember 17, 1710, daughter of Benjamin Cooley. The gravestones of Japheth and his wife Abeline have been removed to the new cemetery. He married (second) May 31, 17II, Dorothy Root, of Enfield. She married (second) in 1720, Obadiah Miller, of Enfield. Japheth Chapin settled first at Milford, Con- necticut, where he was living November 16, 1669, when he took a deed from Captain John Pynchon. March 9, 1666, John Pynchon deeded to Deacon Samuel Chapin the greater part of the land in the valley between the Chicopee river and Willimansett brook. The latter piece of land Samuel deeded to his son Japheth, April 16, 1673, and there the latter built his house at the upper end of Chicopee street, northwest of the house lately owned by Henry Sherman. Japheth was in the fight at Turner's Falls in 1675 in King Philip's war, in which he was a volunteer, and his son Thomas was grantee of a large tract of land given to the soldiers and their descendants by the general court of Massachusetts. Like his father, Japheth was a man of great piety, a bulwark of the Puritan faith. Children: I. Samuel, born July 4, 1665, died October 19, 1729. 2. Sarah, March 16, 1668, married, March 24, 1690, Nathaniel Munn. 3. Thomas, May 10, 1671, mentioned below. 4. John, May 14, 1674, died June 1, 1759. 5. Ebenezer, June 26, 1677, died December 13, 1772; mar- ried, December, 1702, Ruth Janes. 6. Han- nah, June 21, 1679, died July 7, 1679. 7. Han- nah, July 18, 1680, married, December 31, 1703, John Sheldon, of Deerfield; taken cap- tive and kept in Canada two years.
(III) Thomas, son of Japheth Chapin, was born May 10, 1671, died August 27, 1755. He married Sarah Wright, who died July 26, 1770, aged ninety-eight. Children : I. Thomas, born January 2, 1694, died 1781. 2. Japheth, March 16, 1697, died February 8, 1786. 3. Abel, January 28, 1700, died May 3, 1772. 4. Shem, February 3, 1702, mentioned below. 5. Martha. December 5, 1704 (twin), married,
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October 20, 1740, Samuel Wells, of Hatfield; died July 8, 1801. 6. Esther (twin), married (first ) October 22, 1747, Noah Cook, of Had- ley ; (second) Nathaniel Horton, of Somers. 7. Sarah, February 18, 1708, married, May 17, 1753, Luke Parsons, of Somers, Connec- ticut. 8. Nathaniel, August 9, 1711, died at Cape Breton, about 1745. 9. Bathsheba, De- cember 19, 1713, married (first) April 2, 1745, Jacob Hitchcock: (second) Dr. Lamberton Cooper, of Agawam. 10. Jabez, April 3, 1716, died April 20, 1716. II. Deborah, October 31, 1719, married, April 30, 1746, Eleazer Frary, of Hatfield.
(IV) Shem, son of Thomas Chapin, was born February 3, 1702, and resided in Lud- low, Massachusetts, where he died. He mar- ried (intentions dated December 4, 1752) Anna Clark, of Uxbridge, widow of Clark, of Chicopee. She died in Hadley, aged one hundred and one years and eight months. Children : I. Esther, born June 17, 1754. 2. Job, mentioned below. 3. Joel, January 13, 1761.
(V) Job, son of Shem Chapin, was born February 19, 1758, married, January 25, 1790, Abiah Gilligan, of Ludlow. (See South Had- ley records). Children: I. Azuba, married Deacon Colton, of Ludlow. 2. Sybil, married ( first ) Cox; (second) Deacon Root, of Greenwich. 3. Aaron, mentioned below.
(VI) Aaron, son of Job Chapin, was born March 21, 1791, died 1833. He married Lucy White Fiske, of Boston. Children: I. Lucy White, born December 4, 1819, died August, 1852 .. 2. Harriet Maria, September 22, 1821, married Thomas Emmons ; died May 17, 1879. 3. George Aaron, January 18, 1824, married Sarah H. Davis; died August, 1878. 4. Caro- line Louisa, January 9, 1826, married, May 8, 1845, Charles A. Hewins ( see Hewins family).
(II) Josiah, son of Deacon Samuel Chapin, was born in England and probably came to New England with his father. He settled first in Weymouth where his first child was born, removing to Braintree, where he lived more than twenty years. Thence he went to Men- don, where he was one of the original grantees and a leading man of the town. He built the first saw mill there and was much engaged in public business. He was chairman of the selectmen many years, and the first deputy to the general court from the town. He was jus- tice of the peace, captain of militia and fought in the Indian wars. He died September 10, 1726. He left a family record in his own handwriting. He married, in November, 1658,
in Weymouth, Mary King, who died May 30, 1676. He married (second) at Ipswich, Sep- tember 20, 1676, Lydia Brown, who died Octo- ber 8, 1711. He married (third) in Dedham, June 22, 1713, Mehitable Metcalf, who died December 2, 1724. Children of first wife: I. Samuel, born in Weymouth, November II, 1659, drowned at sea, April 10, 1692. 2. John, Braintree, June 11, 1661, died at sea, February 22, 1686. 3. Mary, August 27, 1662. 4. Deborah, June 16, 1664, died August 16, 1668. 5. Josiah, December 17, 1665, "slain in Lord Russell's fight" May 20, 1693. 6. Shem, May II, 1667, died June 6, 1667. 7. Seth, August 4, 1668, mentioned below. 8. Joseph, May 17, 1670. 9. Henry, February 15, 1671, died March 20, 1671. 10. Ephraim, December 18, 1673, married, January 23, 1705, Margaret Torrey. II. Deborah, February 12, 1675, mar- ried, July 8, 1693, Samuel Read. Children of second wife: 12. Lydia, born Sepember 29, 1677, married, December 6, 1706, Daniel Taft. 13. Sarah, March 12, 1679, married, February 7. 1703-04, Ebenezer Read. 14. David, No- vember II, 1680, died October 4, 1704. 15. Hannah, Mendon, November 1I, 1684, mar- ried, June 13, 1706, John Holbrook.
(III) Seth, son of Josiah Chapin, was born in Braintree, August 4, 1668, died in Mendon, in April, 1746. He married (first) May 23, 1689, Mary Read, who died September 12, 1689. He married (second) March 25, 1691, Bethiah Thurston. Children, all by second wife: I. Seth, born in Medfield, July 2, 1692, married, February 5, 1713, Abigail Adams, of Braintree. 2. Bethiah, February 16, 1693, mar- ried, June 24, 1714, Jonathan Thayer. 3. Josiah, March I, 1695-96, died November 6, 1718. 4. John, May 13, 1698. 5. Mary, April 30, 1700. 6. Samuel, June 2, 1702. 7. Deborah, June 14, 1704. 8. Hopestill, Novem- ber 27, 1705. 9. Joseph, March 6, 1707, men- tioned below. 10. Abigail, June 10, 1710. II. Lydia, February 2, 1712. 12. Benjamin, April 6, 1713. 13. Ebenezer, December 23, 1714. 14. Japheth, February 24, 1716, died April 15, 1717.
(IV) Joseph, son of Seth Chapin, was born March 6, 1707, and married, February 5, 1729, Mary Nelson, born April 16, 1713, died Feb- ruary 16, 1798, daughter of Gershom and Abi- gail (Ellithorpe) Nelson, and sister of Elder Nathaniel Nelson. They were received from the First Church of Mendon to the Milford church, March 26, 1769. Their son Ephraim preceded them in the east precinct. Joseph spent his last years in the small house on Main
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street, Milford, not far from what is known as the Luther Claflin place. He died July I, 1788. Children: I. Joseph, born 173I. 2. Abigail, 1732. 3. Gershom, May 27, 1734, mentioned below. 4. Samuel, 1736. 5. Eph- raim, May 5, 1745.
(V) Gershom, son of Joseph Chapin, was born May 27, 1734, and married, March 9, 1758, Betty Johnson, of Uxbridge.
(VI) Henry, son of Gershom Chapin, was born in Uxbridge, May 4, 1765. He married Abigail Baytus, of Uxbridge, in March, 1793.
(VII) Judson, son of Henry Chapin, was born in Northbridge, a town adjoining Uxbridge, Massachusetts, July 20, 1799. Early in life he removed to Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was a prominent and substantial citizen. He lived for over fifty years in the same house, now occupied by his daughter, Mrs. Frank A. Hewins, under the town and city government of Roxbury, in West Roxbury and in Boston, after annexation. He was selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor of Roxbury, West Roxbury and Boston. He married, October 22, 1826, Roxanna Atherton, of Roxbury; (second) October 30, 1837, Emeline Fletcher, of Northbridge. Children: I. Maria Louisa, born August 26, 1827, died May 12, 1849. 2. George Henry, June 10, 1829, died March 19, 1860. 3. Emma Jane, September 9, 1840, mar- ried October 1, 1868, William B. Pearce ; died April 9, 1878. 4. Eugene Judson, September 8, 1843. married, October 8, 1889, Minnie V. Snider. 5. Anna Gordon, September 15, 1848, married Frank A. Hewins (see Hewins sketch ). 6. Mary Eliza, April 10, 1854, died January 14, 1855.
The ancient village of Boyn- BOYNTON ton is situated not far from the shore of the North sea, in the eastern part of Yorkshire, England. The church was built in the fourteenth century and bears an inscription referring to the Boyn- ton family. The- coat-of-arms used by the present baronet bear three crescents on a field of gold crossed by a crimson bar. The crest is a helmet surmounted by a goat. Motto: Il Tempo Passa.
(I) Bartholomew de Boynton, the first of the name known, was seized of the manor of Boynton in 1 107.
(II) Walter de Boynton succeeded to the estate. After this we meet with Bruis de Boyn- ton whose name appears on a document dated II29. He was succeeded by
(III) Sir Ingraham de Boynton, Knight, lived in 1 159.
(IV) Thomas de Boynton had a son men- tioned below.
(V) Robert de Boynton lived in 1205 and married a daughter of Thomas Burgh.
(VI) Ingraham de Boynton was living in 1235 and 1258. He married Margaret, daugh- ter and heir of Sir Walter Grindall.
(VII) Walter de Boynton lived in 1273 and married the daughter of Ingraham Mouns- caux.
(VIII) Ingraham de Boynton lived in 1272 and 1307 and married a daughter of St. Quin- tine.
(IX) Sir Walter de Boynton was knighted in 1356 and was in the service of the Prince of Wales in Brittany. He married a daughter of William Alton.
(X) Sir Thomas de Boynton of Acclam was his son and heir, lord of the ancient domense in Boynton of Acclam and Aresome, in the right of his mother, and of Rouseby, Newton and Swaynton by his wife Katherine, daughter and co-heir of Sir Gifford Russells, of Newton, Kent.
(XI) Sir Thomas Boynton, Knight, mar- ried Margaret Speeton, of Sawcook.
(XII) Sir Henry Boynton, Knight, joined Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, who had taken up arms against Henry IV in 1405. They were defeated and Sir Henry, with seven others, was executed at Sadbury, Yorkshire, July 2, 1405. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Merrifield, Knight. Children : I. Janett. 2. Elizabeth. 3. Thomas, died at the age of twelve. 4. William, mentioned below.
(XIII) William Boynton married Jane, daughter of Simon Harding.
(XIV) Sir Thomas Boynton, Knight, made his will July 29, 1408, which was proved at York, September 6 following. He married Margaret, daughter of William Normanville ; children : I. Henry, the heir, from whom descends the present baronet. 2. Sir Christo- pher, mentioned below.
(XV) Sir Christopher Boynton, Knight, lived at Sadbury, Yorkshire. He married the daughter of Sir John Coignes, of Ormesbury, Kent.
(XVI) Sir Christopher Boynton, of Sad- bury, Knight, had also estates in Hestlerton and Newton, in the parish of Wintringham. He married (first) Elizabeth Wanford, and (second) Jane, daughter of Robert Strange-
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ways, of Kelton. Child of first wife: 1. Will- iam, died without issue. Children of second wife: 2. Elizabeth. 3. Jane. 4. Sir Christo- pher, whose male line is extinct. 5. Robert, mentioned below.
(XVII) Robert Boynton, of East Hesler- ton, died in 1526. He married Agnes
Children : I. John, of East Hestlerton. 2. Richard, of Newton, died 1539. 3. William, a priest. 4. James, mentioned below.
(XVIII) James Boynton, of Wintringham, made his will in 1534 and died the same year. He left a widow Jane and sons Roger, William and Christopher.
(XIX) Roger Boynton, the eldest son, was of Wintringham and resided at Knapton in that parish. He died 1558. He married Jenet Watson and had sons James, Richard, William, mentioned below; Edmund, and daughter Alice.
(XX) William Boynton, son of Roger Boynton, resided at Knapton and died 1615. His will was July 2 of that year. He left a widow Margaret, who was his second wife. Children: 1. Francis, died at Knapton 1638. 2. Daniel, of East Hestlerton. 3. John. 4. William, mentioned below. 5. Anne. 6. Margaret.
(XXI) William Boynton was executor of his father's will and lived at Knapton. He had sons John, and William, mentioned below.
(I) William Boynton, immigrant ancestor, was born in 1605 in Knapton, in the parish of WVintringham, in the East Riding of York- shire, England. His brother John, born 1614, came with him to New England in the expedi- tion which fitted out under the auspices of Sir Matthew Boynton and others in 1637. He settled in Rowley, Massachusetts, with the party of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, in the fall of 1638, and was assigned a lot on Bardford street. He subsequently added to it by pur- chase in various parts of the county. In the records he is called a planter and weaver, but in deeds a tailor. He taught school from 1656 to 1681, and was probably the first schoolmaster in the town. He gave a farm to each of his chil- dren during his lifetime, and the remainder of the estate to his wife Elizabeth Jackson, who came over with him. Children, born in Row- ley : I. John, December 19, 1640, died March 26, 1665. 2. Elizabeth, December II, 1642, married John Simonds, November 9, 1664. 3. Zachariah, October 11, 1644, buried August 4, 1660. 4. Joshua, March 10, 1646, mentioned below. 5. Mary, July 23, 1648, married, No- vember 5, 1672, Roger Eastman. 6. Caleb,
April 7, 1650, married, June 24, 1672, Mary Moore. 7. Sarah, December 1, 1652, died August 8, 1654.
(II) Joshua, son of William Boynton, was born in Rowley, March 10, 1646. In 1673 his father gave him a farm in Newbury of one hundred acres, near Mr. Dummer's farm. He lived there more than fifty years. He was a soldier under Major Appleton in the Narra- gansett wars and also under Captain Brockle- bank when he was slain by the Indians at Sud- bury in April, 1676. His will was proved No- vember 12, 1736. He married (first) in New- bury, April 9, 1678, Hannah Barnet, who died January 12, 1722. He married (second) No- vember 29, 1725, Widow Mary Syles, of Row- ley, who died July 28, 1727. He married (third) in Haverhill, October 30, 1727, Mary, widow of his cousin, John Boynton. Children, born in Newbury: I. Joshua, May 4, 1679, mentioned below. 2. John, July 15, 1683, mar- ried Jemima Worcester. 3. Zachariah, bap- tized July 20, 1690, married Sarah Wicom. 4. William, born May 26, 1690, married Joanna Stevens. 5. Hannah, baptized April 5, 1696, married, April 2, 1724, John Dresser ; (second) January 24, 1740, Thomas Johnson.
(III) Joshua (2), son of Joshua (I) Boyn- ton, was born in Newbury, May 4, 1679, died October 29, 1770. He married, in May, 1707, Mary Dole, born in Newbury, November 14, 1681, died December 26, 1777, daughter of John and Mary (Gerrish) Dole. They lived in Newbury. Children: 1. Sarah, born April 23, 1708, died May 14, 1714. 2. Jeremiah, October 14, 1709, married (first) Mary Col- man ; (second) Zerviah 3. Jemima, March 26, 1711 (twin), died young. 4. Mary (twin), March 26, 1711, died April 2, 1712. 5. David, December 15, 1712, married, Sep- tember 19, 1738, Mary Stickney. 6. Moses, April 18, 1714, married, May 13, 1742, Abigail Goodridge. 7. Joshua, January 20, 1717, men- tioned below. 8. Mary, April 25, 1719, married, April 25, 1739, Jonathan Leighton. 9. Apphia, baptized in Byfield church, November 12, 1721. IO. Jane, baptized October 6, 1723, married Richard Goodridge. II. Hannah, born Feb- ruary 7, 1726, married Matthew Lunt. 12. Enoch, born November 28, 1727, married Rachel Foster. 13. Mehitable, baptized in Byfield church, January 9, 1732.
(IV) Joshua (3), son of Joshua (2) Boyn- ton, was born January 20, 1717, died February 4, 1763. He resided in Hollis, New Hamp- shire. He married, April 14, 1743, Martha Stickney, baptized August 15, 1714, daughter
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of Benjamin and Mary ( Palmer ) Stickney, of Rowley. Children, born in Hollis: I. Joshua, November 28, 1743-44, married, May 26, 1778, Mary Parker. 2. Martha, August 29, 1745, married, November 30, 1775, Nathaniel Ball. 3. Benjamin, February 21, 1747, married, No- vember 5, 1778, Deborah Parker. 4. Mary, June 10, 1749, married May 14, 1775, Eliphalet Adams. 5. Amos, June II, 1751, died young. 6. Sarah, July 12, 1753, died August 31, 1778. 7. Elias, February 24, 1755, mentioned below. 8. Elizabeth, April 4, 1757, died at Byfield.
(V) Captain Elias, son of Joshua (3) Boyn- ton, was born in Hollis, New Hampshire, Feb- ruary 24, 1755. He lived on a farm in Temple, New Hampshire. He was a soldier in the revolution and fought at the battle of Bunker Hill, and was at the taking of Burgoyne. He is described as "aged 20, complexion dark, height, 5 ft. 10 inches." He was an efficient captain of militia and a man of great historical application. There are many anecdotes of his eccentricities and revolutionary adventures. He was extremely fond of reading, and had a good memory. His disposition was cheerful and he was a genial host. He married, March 31, 178I. Elizabeth Blood, born January 5, 1762, daughter of General Francis Blood, of Temple. She was fatally burned by her clothes taking fire, October 13, 1853. Children, born in Temple : I. Elias, May 15, 1782, mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, June 22, 1784, married Israel Barker: died 1859. 3. Francis, March I, 1786, married Abigail Dole; drowned at Dover. Maine, April 22, 1823. 4. Earl, April 20, 1788, married Sally Fiske. 5. Polly, April 24, 179I, married Jason Hassal. 6. Abel, Feb- ruary 22, 1793, married Syrena Lawrence, May 17, 1817 ; died 1887. 7. Amos, January 5. 1795, died 1824. 8. Hepzibah, February 22, 1797, married, 1818, Abel Farrar. 9. Oliver, May 8, 1799, married, January 25, 1820, Mary Howard. 10. Spaulding, September 15, 1801, married, November 29, 1823, Lavinia J. Wilder ; died July 1, 1869. II. Hannah, June 12, 1804, married, April 16, 1829, Francis Cragin. 12. Child, died young. 13. Almira, December 5, 1807, married, January 14, 1830, Augustus Cragin. 14. Child, died young.
(VI) Elias (2), son of Captain Elias (I) Boynton, was born in Temple, New Hamp- shire, May 15, 1782, died in November, 1865. He was brought up on his father's farm, and later settled on a farm of his own. In politics he was a Democrat and in religion a Congre- gationalist. He married (first) March 28, 1804, Hannah Whiting, who died in February,
1817, daughter of Oliver and Martha ( Abbott ) Whiting, of Temple. He married (second) July 16, 1817, Mary Ferguson, of Peter- borough, who died in 1852. Child, Oliver. Whiting, mentioned below.
(VII) Oliver Whiting, son of Elias (2) Boynton, was born in Temple, April 22, 1807, died in 1877. He received his education in the common schools and in Boston, and when he was about twenty-one years of age engaged in farming. He became one of the most sub- stantial citizens of Temple and held many town offices. He was selectman several years. He was a Democrat. He and his family attended the Universalist church. He married, March I, 1831, Olive Barker, daughter of Theodore Barker, of Temple. Children: I. George W. 2. Charles E. 3. William Wallace, mentioned below. 4. John G. 5. Mary A., married La Forest Chandler, of Nashua, New Hamp- shire. 6. Martha E., married Henry Liver- more, of Wilton, New Hampshire. 7. Abbie A., died single.
(VIII) William Wallace, son of Oliver Whiting Boynton, was born in Temple, New Hampshire, November 4, 1840. He attended the public schools of Temple and Mont Vernon. When about twenty-two years old he began to learn the business of manufacturing carbonated beverages in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Four years later he engaged in this line of business in Providence, Rhode Island, on his own account, and built up a large and flourishing trade in soda water and similar drinks. In 1877 he removed to Northampton and estab- lished himself in the same business and has conducted it with marked success to the present time. During the season he employs a regular force of ten or more. His place of business is at 31 River street. He resides at 18 Crafts avenue. In politics Mr. Boynton is a Demo- crat, but he has never taken an active part in politics and has never sought public office. He has repeatedly declined to become a candidate for various local offices. In religion he is a Universalist. He married, December 25. 1880, Mary E. Emerson, daughter of William and Evelina (Putnam) Emerson, of Wilton. Chil- dren: I. Child, died in infancy. 2. Guy E., born September 21, 1884, educated in the public schools of Northampton and at Harvard Col- lege (A. B. 1908). 3. Lenore E. 4. Emily P.
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This family is of old English descent, and boasts of many dis- tinguished members in England There were several immigrants
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of the name, some of whom are thought to be related to Richard, mentioned below. Edward Barker settled at Boston before 1650. James and Thomas settled at Rowley. John settled at Marshfield and Robert at Plymouth. Nearly all the Essex county families are descended from James and Thomas, of Rowley, and Richard, mentioned below.
(I) Richard Barker, immigrant ancestor, was a proprietor of Andover, Massachusetts, in 1643, and the Essex county records show that in that year he bought stock and produce of William Hughes. He was called a husband- man in the early records. His home lot was near that of John Osgood on the north side of the Cochichaucke pond, and his family and descendants have owned the land almost sur- rounding Great pond, as it is now called. He was one of the organizers of the First Church, October 24, 1645. He was entrusted with the administration of many estates. His will was dated April 7, 1688, and proved March 28, I693. It mentions eight children, grand- daughters, Priscilla, Hester and Sarah, chil- dren of his deceased daughter Hannah. He married Joanna Children: I. John, died 1722 of smallpox; deacon of North Church; Indian fighter. 2. William, born 1646, died 1718. 3. Ebenezer, March 12, 1651, died 1747. 4. Richard, April 10, 1654. 5. Stephen, July 6, 1659, mentioned below. 6. Benjamin, February 28, 1663, married Hannah Marston ; died 1750. 7. Sarah, married John Abbott. 8. Hester, married John Stevens. 9. Hannah, married, May 27, 1680, Christopher Osgood.
(II) Stephen, son of Richard Barker, was born in Andover, July 6, 1659. He settled in Haverhill, where he was active in securing the incorporation of the town of Methuen. Atkin- son, where his sons lived, was originally a part of Haverhill. Children : I. Stephen. 2. Zebediah, mentioned below. 3. James. Per- haps others.
(III) Zebediah, son of Stephen Barker, was born in Andover, probably about 1700-10. He settled in that part of Haverhill which became Methuen. He loaned money to the town of Haverhill, August 14, 1777, to aid the revolu- tion. He married Deborah Merrill and they settled finally at Atkinson, New Hampshire. Children, born at Methuen: I. Elizabeth, died young. 2. Zebediah, January 8, 1720, soldier in the revolution. 3. Timothy, May 14, 1721. 4. Jonathan, April 22, 1723. 5. Daniel, Decem- ber 1, 1724. 6. Jacob, October 10, 1726. 7. Joshua, April 3, 1728. 8. David, June I, 1731,
mentioned below. 9. Caleb, March 13, 1733. IO. Elizabeth, March 8, 1734-35. II. Abial, May 12, 1737.
(IV) David, son of Zebediah Barker, was born at Methuen, June 1, 1731, died at Han- cock, New Hampshire, February 6, 1820. He was an early settler in Hancock, in that section now the town of Bennington, New Hampshire. He married, November 7, 1755, at Methuen. She died about the time he left Methuen and he married (second) Mary ,who died Octobr 18, 1846, aged eighty-five years. The children by the two wives numbered twenty- two. The record of births of seventeen are given below: Children of first wife, all born at Methuen : I. Elizabeth, May 15, 1756-57. 2. Sarah, April 14, 1758. 3. David, March 28, 1760. 4. Theodore, March 31, 1762, mentioned below. 5. Jemima, December 24, 1765, died December 28, 1768. 6. William, March 30, 1768. 7. Dorcas, March 29, 1770. 8. John, March 17, 1772. 9. Deborah, May 21, 1775. IO. Ephraim Foster, January 10, 1778. Chil- dren of second wife, born at Hancock, except Polly: II. Polly, born at Temple, April 24, 1784, married Samuel Barker, of Antrim; removed to Oppenheim, New York, where she died March, 1874. 12. Sarah, June 5, 1785, died December 13, 1790. 13. Nancy, December 24, 1786, married, February 14, 1809, James Brown, Jr., of Temple ; removed to New York. 14. Elizabeth, January 23, 1790, married, Janu- ary 23, 1810, Benjamin Dunclee, and removed to Turner's Falls. 15. Sarah, January 26, 1792, died May, 1792. 16. Rhoda, March 28, 1794, married William Gray. 17. David, Jan- uary 5, 1797, went west.
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