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(VI) Isaac (2), son of William (3) Har- low, was born April 10, 1796, died at Phillips, Maine. He was a prosperous farmer. . He married ---. Children : Danford, Orlando, Roscoe Emery, mentioned below, Viola, mar- ried Daniel Austin, Daughter, married Galon Thompson.
(VII) Roscoe Emery, son of Isaac (2) Harlow, was born at Mexico, Maine, in 1826. He was educated in the public schools and during his youth helped his father with the work of the farm. He has followed farming all his life and is now living retired in Strong, Maine. He is a well known and highly respected citizen. In politics he is a Democrat and has served on the highway committee of the town. He married ( first) Sarah Jane Hitchcock, born 1838, at Strong, Maine ; died
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there in 1870. He married (second) Mary Heald. Children of first wife: I. Clifton Daniel, born August 20, 1863, mentioned below. 2. Lizzie A., married Horace H. Deary, of Everett, Massachusetts. 3. Grace L., married Elmer Naramore. 4. William Samuel, lives at Swampscott, Massachusetts. Children of second wife: 5. Alice May, died 1907. 6. Belle, married Ralph Knowlton. 7.
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(VIII) Clifton Daniel, son of Roscoe Emery Harlow, was born August 20, 1863, at Strong, Maine. He attended the district schools of his native town and of Augusta, Maine. In his boyhood he worked on the farm when not in school and he continued with his father on the homestead until sixteen. Then leaving home he took up other employ- ment and worked his way through the high school, working a part of this time in a drug store. He finally served a regular apprentice- ship in Augusta, Maine, where he obtained his diploma in pharmacy and came to Boston in 1884, beginning work in the drug store of J. J. Bowers, and finally entering the College of Pharmacy from which he graduated. In 1888 he came to Weymouth, Massachusetts, to engage in business as a druggist. He has been very successful and is counted among the most popular and substantial merchants of the town. Since 1904 he has also conducted a drug store in Quincy, Massachusetts. In politics he is a Republican ; he attends the Universalist church. He married Hattie May Wilkins, born 1873, in Braintree, Massachusetts, daughter of Joshua and Rebecca (Thaxter) Wilkins. Children: I. Lillian, born December, 1896, at Braintree. 2. Clifton Daniel Jr., August, 1900, at Braintree.
Joshua Wilkins was born in England in 1838 and died at East Braintree, October 9, 1907. He came to this country when about two years old with his parents who settled in Braintree; became a horse dealer and stable keeper there ; a highly esteemed citizen, Repub- lican in politics, trustee of the Savings Bank. Rebecca (Thaxter) Wilkins was born in 1839, Boston, died November 23, 1903, Braintree ; children of Joshua and Rebecca (Thaxter) Wilkins: 1. Benjamin T. Wilkins, lives at Braintree. 2. Theodore Wilkins, died at Brain- tree. 3. Charles E. Wilkins. 4. Hattie May Wilkins, born 1873, mentioned above. Thomas Wilkins, father of Joshua Wilkins, was born in England and died in 1887 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, whither he came with his fam- ily in 1865, a skillful silk maker who came to
operate a loom that nobody in this country understood. Thomas Wilkins married Mary Taylor, who died September, 1903, at Dor- chester, aged ninety-one years; children : Mary Wilkins married Davis ; Annie Wilkins, Benjamin Wilkins, Lillie A. Wilkins, Bertha Wilkins, and four other children.
Hollis is an ancient English sur- HOLLIS name, derived from a still older place name. The name is spelled Holles and Holleys as well as Hollis in England. Families of this name bearing arms have lived from ancient times in Devon, Nottingham, Hants, Lincoln, Middlesex and Norfolk counties. The coat-of-arms of the ancient family of Devonshire and Nottingham- shire is: Sable on a bend between a hound passant in chief a dolphin embowed in base argent three torteaux. On most of the armor- ials the talbot or delphin appears. One of the family was Lord Mayor of London in 1539. The following coat-of-arms was granted to the Hollis family of Ereby, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire, May 24, 1550: Sable a bend between two talbots passant argent. Crest : A dexter arm embowed in armor garnished or, holding in the gauntlet a holly branch with berries all proper.
In New England the name has been made famous by various benefactions of one branch of the English family undoubtedly related closely to the American family given below. Thomas Hollis, of Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, a cutler by trade, came to London during the civil wars. He married Ann Whiting. His will was dated January 27, 1713, and proved September 23, 1718. Chil- dren: I. Thomas, maker of cutlery ; a bene- factor of Harvard College; governor of St. Thomas Hospital. (See v. 45 New Eng. Hist. Reg. for will). 2. Nathaniel, whose son Thomas was also a benefactor of Harvard. 3. John ; children, Isaac, Samuel, Jacob, Tim- othy, Hannah, Ann, Elizabeth. 4. Mary. Robert Thoner, a relative, was also a bene- factor ( see Morant's history of Essex County, England, vol. ii. p. 16). John Hollis, mentioned above, was also a wealthy cutler; bought of Phineas Bowers the manor of Porters, Essex ; in business in London. Hollis Hall, one of the oldest dormitories at Harvard is named for the family.
(I) John Hollis, immigrant ancestor, was born in England about 1640, and settled at Weymouth, Massachusetts, where he married Elizabeth Priest, daughter of James Priest,
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whose widow mentions her in her will dated at Boston, May 24, 1676. James Priest was a proprietor of Dorchester in 1637; admitted freeman May 10, 1643 ; removed to Weymouth and died in 1676. Hollis was a soldier in King Philip's war in December, 1675. Children, born at Weymouth: 1. John, March 28, 1664, mentioned below. 2. Thomas, January 7, 1667. 3. Elizabeth, November 18, 1669. 4. Mercy, February 5. 1675. 5. Samuel, of Weymouth ; children : i. Samuel, born 1711; iii. Abigail, 1712; iii. Deborah, 1713: iv. Thomas, 1715; v. Benjamin, 1716; vi. John, 1718; vii. Stephen, . 1721 ; viii. Joel, 1722; ix. Lydia, 1723; x. Stephen, 1725.
(II) John (2), son of John (I) Hollis, was born in Weymouth, March 28, 1664, died there January 27, 1718. About 1695 he removed from Weymouth to Braintree and settled in the Middlesex district. He married Mary Yardley, who married ( second ) May 16, 1725, John Wild Sr. Children, born at Wey- mouth : 1. John, November 26, 1691, married, May 21, 1717, Hannah Ruggles ; children, born at Braintree: Hester, John, Dorothy and Rachel. Born at Braintree: 2. Mary, Novem- ber 16, 1696, married John Wild. 3. Dorothy, 1700. 4. Elizabeth, May 28, 1703. 5. Han- nah, October 8, 1705, married Gideon Thayer. 6. Thomas, September 2, 1710, mentioned below. 7. James, 1712. 8. Sarah, August 20, 1715-16, married Joseph Lovell.
(III) Thomas, son of John (2) Hollis, was born in Braintree, September 2, 1710, died February 14, 1794. Married, August 18, 1737, Rachel Wachusett, daughter of Daniel and Rachel (Thayer ) Wachusett. Children, born at Braintree : I. Deborah, May 23, 1738. 2. Rachel. June 2, 1739, married Howland Cowen. 3. Thomas, 1741, mentioned below. 4. Silas. 5. Alethea. 6. Mary, died young. 7. Ruth. 8. Daniel. 9. Mary. 10. Barnabas. (IV) Captain Thomas (2), son of Thomas (1) Hollis, was born at Braintree in 1741, baptized there December 13, 1741. He was a soldier in the revolution, second lieutenant in Captain John Vinton's company, Colonel Ben- jamin Lincoln's regiment on the Lexington alarm : and ensign in the same company later ; lieutenant in Captain Moses French's company, Colonel Joseph Palmer's regiment in 1776; captain of the second company in Colonel Ebenezer Thayer's regiment (Fifth Suffolk county ) in 1777 ; in continuous service about three years. Hle was called "Jr." on the revolutionary rolls. He married Lydia Holbrook. Children, born at Braintree : I.
Thomas, January 14, 1773, lived in Braintree until 1820, when he removed to Milton. 2. Lydia, July 1, 1774. 3. Mary, February 25, 1776. 4. Rachel, June 8, 1777. 5. Mehitable (Hette), August 12, 1779. 6. David, April I, 1782, mentioned below. 7. Tila (record- Silence, according to the family), November 4, 1784. 8. Ruth, June 5, 1789. 9. Caleb, Jan- tiary 17, 1795.
(V) David, son of Captain Thomas (2) Hollis, was born in Braintree, April 1, 1782. He was brought up on his father's farm in his native town, and had a common school educa- tion. He followed farming and also his trade as butcher. He had a large dairy, having about fifty cows. He was of peculiar tem- perament and on several occasions, when he thought the country going to ruin, he sold his stock. He was a Democrat in politics, and intensely interested in public affairs. He was for many years deacon of the Congregational church at Braintree. He was a man of strict integrity and many virtues, strong convictions and large influence. He died in Braintree, March, 1858. He married (first) Polly Den- ton ; (second) Lucy Peckham, a widow. Chil- dren, born at Braintree: I. David Norton, born March 19, 1804, a butcher by trade, also a farmer; bought the first stall in Quincy Market, Boston; was a Republican and Con- gregationalist. 2. Thomas Quincy, February 6, 1806, died in Boston ; a butcher by trade at Brighton, now Boston, a Congregationalist and Republican. 3. Ebenezer Albert, December 29, 1808, a butcher by trade at Brighton ; Republican in politics ; married Mary Palmer. 4. Mary Ann, Braintree, January 18, 1810, died in Boston ; married Colonel Otis Wilde. 5. John Warren, March 14, 1812, mentioned below. 6. Sarah A., March 20, 1814, died in Brockton ; married Daniel W. Niles. 7. Eunice, March 19, 1818, died in Boston ; mar- ried Luther Thayer.
(VI) John Warren, son of David Hollis, was born in Braintree, March 14, 1812, died in Marblehead, July 20, 1896. He was educated in the district schools of his native town, and learned his father's trade as butcher. He worked for his brother David N., who had a slaughter house in Braintree, then came to Brighton and engaged in the slaughtering busi- ness on his own account. He also became a dealer in wool, in addition to his meat business, and for many years had a large trade in that staple. He virtually retired from active busi- ness in 1873, but continued to some extent in the wool trade until 1880. He was a Congre-
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gationalist in religion. In early life he was a Democrat, afterward a Republican. He represented his district at one time in the gen- eral court. He married (first) May 9, 1838, Judith B. Ward, of Brookline, Massachusetts, daughter of Samuel and Johanna Ward. She died May 17, 1863, at Brighton. He married (second) Adelaide E. Baldwin, of Brighton, born November 5, 1836, daughter of Life and Susanna Baldwin. Children of first wife: I. Harriet A., born in Brighton, married Henry Baldwin, deceased; one daughter, Florence Louise, born in Brighton, May 1, 1863, resides with her mother in Boston. 2. George Warren, Brighton, November 21, 1841, mentioned below. 3. Martha W., Brighton, died Janu- ary I, 1887 ; married, October 19, 1871, Albert D. Rogers; he resides in Boston; children: i. Ethel Ward Rogers, born Brighton, married Daniel Tyler : ii. Annie Hollis Rogers, born Boston, married Frederick Waite; iii. Maud Hayden Rogers, born Boston, married Fenni- more L. Bodman; iv. Albert Dana Rogers, born Boston ; v. Martha Gertrude Rogers, born Boston. 4. Annie W., born Brighton, married, February 23, 1882, Alexander Pond, deceased ; she resides in Boston; children: i. Emma Dunlap Pond, born Chicago, married, October 14, 1908, Oliver A. Pope; ii. Margaret Pond, born Chicago. 5. Hiram H., born Brighton, married, December 4, 1872, Emma F. Davis; he died August 24, 1907. in New York City, where he was engaged in the live stock busi- ness ; his widow resides in New York City; children : i. Etta Blanche Hollis, born Brigh- ton, married Thomas Reynolds; ii. John War- ren Hollis. born Boston; iii. Samuel Dana Hollis, born New York. 6. J. Gertrude, born Brighton, April 18, 1863, married, November 21, 1894, W. R. Rollins, of Boston. Child of second wife: 7. Henry B., born Brighton, December 30, 1870, engaged in the glass busi- ness in New York.
(VII) George Warren, son of John War- ren Hollis, was born in Brighton, November 21. 1841. He was educated in the public schools of Brighton. He became associated with his father and learned the business of slaughtering cattle, sheep, lambs and calves, for the market. He was admitted to the firm when twenty-two years old, and the firm name became John W. Hollis & Company. In 1873 the business was incorporated as the Hollis Dressed Meat & Wool Company, and in 1889 the New England Dressed Meat & Wool Com- pany was formed, of which he has always been vice-president, general manager and
director up to present time. He is a Congre- gationalist in religion and a Republican in politics. He was a member of the common council of Boston in 1878-80. He was at one time a partner in the firm of George H. Ham- mond & Company, the western meat packers, and of DeCosta, Plummer & Company, com- mission merchants, Boston. He was a director of the A. C. Lawrence Leather Company, the Winchester Tanning Company, the National Calf-skin Company of Peabody, and was through his connection with the New England Dressed Meat & Wool Company indirectly the founder of the three concerns of which he is a director at the present time. He married, August 30, 1866, Clara C. Hill, born at Saxon- ville, Massachusetts, November 17, 1843, daughter of David and Susan ( Haines) Hill. Her mother was a native of Sudbury, a descendant of one of the first settlers, Walter Haines. Mrs. Hollis died November 2, 1907. Children, born in Brighton: 1. Frederick W., born July 5, 1868, assistant general manager of the New England Dressed Meat & Wool Company ; married Helen Bertha Plummer, a native of Lynn, Massachusetts. 2. Mabel F., born June 5, 1869, married Horace Allen Whittemore; children: Donald, George A., Edith F., Hollis, Harold Frederick and Lowell Whittemore. 3. Warren Thatcher, born Feb- ruary 17, 1880, salesman for the A. C. Law- rence Leather Company; married Nellie E. Emerson ; child: Warren T. Jr. 4. James Edward, born February 2, 1882, salesman for the A. C. Lawrence Leather Company.
The Torrey family lived for TORREY many centuries at Combe St. Nicholas, county Somerset. England, and the lineage of the American family has been traced to about the year 1500 in this town. Many of the family both in England and America have been prominent and successful.
(I) William Torrey, the first of the family to whom the ancestry is positively traced, died at Combe St. Nicholas, June, 1557. His will mentions wife Thomasin or Tamasin, and chil- dren.
(II) Philip, son of William Torrey, was born about 1530-40, died in 1604, mentioning in his will his wife Margaret and children, William and Dorothy.
(III) William (2), son of Philip Torrey, was born at Combe St. Nicholas, about 1560- 70, died there in 1639. His children, as given here, are mentioned in his will. Children, born
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at Combe St. Nicholas: I. Anne. 2. Mary. 3. Sarah. 4. William, born before 1600, came with his brothers to Weymouth, Massachu- setts; a prominent citizen there, captain of the militia, commissioner to hear small causes, town officer, deputy to the general court and being a good penman and skilled in the Latin tongue was usually clerk of the deputies ; had a life lease of the family seat at Bristol, Eng- land, called the Torreys, in possession of John Hollister whose will dated September 12, 1690, refers to it; son Samuel who came with him became the minister of Weymouth in 1664; had children: Naomi, Mary, Micajah, Angel, Samuel, William. 5. James, mentioned below. 6. Philip, born 1614, yeoman, came from Combe St. Nicholas in 1640 and settled first at Roxbury ; was admitted freeman, May 18, 1642 ; married, October 1, 1647, Mary (Smith) Scarborough, daughter of Robert Smith and widow of John Scarborough ; children : Joseph, Jonathan and Mary; he died in 1686 and was buried May 16. 7. Joseph, came with his brothers, and settled at Rehoboth, Massa- chusetts, where he was a purchaser in 1643, juryman, 1646, freeman, June 7, 1648, and in court 1650.
(IV) Lieutenant James, son of William (2) Torrey, was born in Combe St. Nicholas in 1613, according to his deposition in 1657, stating his age as forty-four years. He was killed July 6, 1665, by an accidental explosion of powder for which he was caring. He was a farmer and cooper. He was admitted a free- man, June 8, 1655, and commissioned by the general court on the same day lieutenant of the town of Scituate. He was appointed commis- sioner to hear small causes. On account of his public services, civil and military, the court gave, after his death, to his four youngest sons two hundred acres of land. He married, No- vember 2, 1643, Ann Hatch, daughter of William Hatch. The inventory of his estate was presented by his widow, October 11, 1665. Children, born at Scituate: I. James, born September 3, 1644. 2. William, March 15, 1646-47, died young. 3. Joseph, March 18, 1648-49. 4. Damaris, October 2, 1651. 5. Jonathan, September 20, 1654, mentioned below. 6. Mary, February 14, 1656-57, mar- ried Josiah Blood, of Concord, Massachusetts. 7. Josiah, January 28, 1658. 8. Sarah, Febru- ary 9, 1660-61. 9. Joan, May 4, 1663. IO. Bethia, July 19, 1665.
(V) Jonathan, son of Lieutenant James Torrey, was born in Scituate, September 20, 1654, died June 7, 1718, at Weymouth. He
went to Weymouth in his boyhood to live with his uncle, William Torrey. He or his cousin of the same name was a soldier from Wey- mouth in King Philip's war in 1675. He mar- ried Ruth Frye, daughter of George Frye. She died April 28, 1724, in her seventy-fourth year. Children, born at Weymouth: I. Mary, Sep- tember 25, 1676. 2. Ruth, August 17, 1679, married Allen. 3. Ann, March 3, 1682, married Butler. 4. Jonathan, May 25, 1684. 5. Joshua, November 1I, 1690. 6. Sarah, married Samuel King. 7. Daughter, married Ebenezer Hovey.
(VI) Joshua, son of Jonathan Torrey, was born in Weymouth, November 11, 1690, died there March II, 1776. His will is on file in the Suffolk registry, Boston. He married, March 18, 1717, Jane Lovell, of a prominent Weymouth family. She died there April 23, 1752, aged fifty-eight years. Children, born at Weymouth: I. Elizabeth, born August 15, 1718. 2. Jane, February 28, 1722. 3. Joshua, mentioned below.
(VII) Lieutenant Joshua (2), son of Joshua (I) Torrey, was born in Weymouth, June 14, 1725. He was second lieutenant in the French and Indian war in 1762 in Captain Josiah White's company. His son Joshua was in the revolution and he may also have been for a time. He married, August 7, 1745, Miriam Tirrell, who died December 29, 1798, aged seventy-five years. Children, born at Weymouth: I. Naomi, March 26, 1747. 2. Lemuel, mentioned below. 3. Joshua, Decem- ber 1, 1758. Perhaps other children.
(VIII) Lemuel, son of Lieutenant Joshua (2) Torrey, was born at Weymouth about 1750, died there December 3. 1798. He mar- ried there (intention September 17, 1773) Sarah Lovell, who died December 14, 1830, aged seventy-five years. Lemuel was a soldier in the revolution in 1775 in Captain Joseph Trufant's company, (independent ) and was sergeant in 1776, serving four months and twenty-two days. He was with his father Joshua, brother Joshua and Philip Torrey in Captain Samuel Ward's company, Colonel Solomon Lovell's regiment in 1776, and he served again in 1777 in Captain Thomas Nash's company, Colonel David Cushing's regiment. Children, born at Weymouth : I. Naomi, March 16, 1777. 2. James, February 24, 1778, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, Janu- ary 15, 1781. 4. Lemuel, April 7, 1783. 5. Jane, December 12, 1785. 6. Child, died Sep- tember 13, 1791, aged three years. 7. Child, died October 23, 1793. 8. Polly, born 1790,
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died December 7, 1798. 9. Son, died October 2, 1795.
(IX) James (2), son of Lemuel Torrey, was born in Weymouth, February 24, 1778, died there November 7, 1815. He married, February 27, 1803, Hannah Holbrook. Chil- dren. born at Weymouth: I. Sally, January 5, 1804. 2. Lemuel, mentioned below. 3. James, September 2, 181 I.
(X) Lemuel (2), son of James (2) Torrey, was born in Weymouth, October 3. 1806, died at North Weymouth, July 5, 1881. He was educated in the public schools, and learned the trade of shoemaker. He started in the business of manufacturing boots and shoes at North Weymouth, on a small scale at first. His business grew and from time to time he enlarged his shop and increased his facilities. When machinery was introduced he was quick to see its advantage and kept well abreast of the times in methods of manufacturing and transportation. He retired some years before his death and left a large and flourishing busi- ness to his sons. He was a member of the Congregational church, generous in the support of the parish and in various charities. In politics he was a Republican. He married, at Weymouth, August 1, 1825, Nancy Bicknell, died 1864, daughter of James Bicknell. Chil- dren, born at North Weymouth: I. Lemuel, September 4, 1826, married Elizabeth Cush- ing ; children: Horatio, Jennie, Elizabeth G., Nellie, Minnie. 2. Alexis, September 4, 1828, resides in Boston. 3. Lucy Matilda, July 5, 1830, married Quincy Burrill. 4. Daniel Web- ster, October 4, 1832, married Abby Barnes. 5. James Henry, May 4, 1844, mentioned below. 6. Emily. September, 1846, married E. Frank Beals. 7. Nancy, December 24. 1848, married Frank A. Bicknell.
(XI) James Henry, son of Lemuel (2) Torrey, was born at North Weymouth, May 4, 1844, died there January 9. 1888. He was educated in the public and high schools of his native town and Middleborough. He began to work in his brother's shoe factory when he left school and was admitted to part- nership in 1866. The name of the firm was A. Torrey and Company, later J. H. and F. N. Torrey, and he continued in this business until his death. His life was cut short in 1888 by an attack of pneumonia. He was interested in the welfare of his native town and a member of the Improvement Association. He was an active and prominent member of Pilgrim Con- gregational Church. He was a member of Orphans' Hope Lodge of Free Masons of
Weymouth. He married, May 27, 1866, Martha Jane Stevens, born September 8, 1843, at Lowell, Massachusetts, but lived until her marriage in East Weymouth, (see below). Their only child is William, mentioned below.
(XII) William, son of James Henry Torrey, was born in North Weymouth, May 28, 1875. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at Boston Uni- versity. He is a real estate broker in Boston. He married, April, 1900, Mabel Roberts, daughter of Albert Roberts. Children : I. Eleanor C., born January 23, 1901. 2. Albert, June 9, 1903. 3. Philip, November 27, 1907.
Martha Jane (Stevens) Torrey's paternal grandfather, Nathan Stevens, was born in what is now Hanson, Massachusetts, of an old Plymouth county family, and died there at the age of eighty years. Hanson was formerly the west parish of Pembroke, Massachusetts, and was incorporated under its present name in 1820. He was a nailer by trade and in his later years a farmer in his native town. He married Grace Roach. Children, born at Han- son : I. Deborah. 2. Nathan. 3. Hannah, married George Watson. 4. Frederick. 5.
Elizabeth, married Thomas Delano. 6. Joseph, died at sixty-eight years of age. 7. George Washington, mentioned below. 8. Horace. 9. Grace, unmarried. 10. Experience, married (first ) Daniel Fish, (second) Louis White. All of these children are deceased.
George Washington, son of Nathan Stevens, was born in Hanson in 1821, died at Man- chester, New Hampshire, 1868. He was an iron moulder by trade and worked in foundries in Lawrence, Lowell, Boston and elsewhere. He helped to cast the great iron gates that formerly adorned the Boston common. He married Mary Jane Tilton, born 1822, died 1852. Children: 1. Martha Jane, born Sep- tember 8, 1843, married James H. Torrey, of Weymouth, (see Torrey family). 2. George H., September 15, 1846, now in California. 3. Charles Francis, August, 1848, resides in Whitman, Massachusetts. 4. Emma, 1850, died 1852.
TWOMBLY
Ralph Twombly, also known as Timothy Ralph, the
immigrant ancestor, was, according to the best authorities, born in Eng- land. He was living in Dover as early as 1650 and had land laid out to him there October 4, 1656. He was taxed at Cocheco in 1657; chosen on jury of trials, February. 17, 1665; was on the provision rate and taxed at Dover
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Neck and Coeheco in 1675; August 7, 1661, was witness to quit elaim of Philip Chesley, of Oyster River, to Joseph Austin, of Dover, twenty aeres of land. He and his wife Eliz- abeth sold for eight pounds to Ralph Hall, of Dover, the right to sixteen aeres given by the town of Dover, lying between St. Albans Cove and Quamphegan. He also owned land on Neekewanniek river, later owned by Thomas Broughton. His will which was dated Febru- ary 28, 1684, and proved July 8, 1686, names his wife and son John as exeeutrix and execu- tor. If this son lives with his mother they are to have the homestead jointly, otherwise she shall have the estate for life and at her death one-half is to go to John; if his son Ralph lives with his mother instead of John, he is to have ten pounds ; Joseph is to have a heifer ; Mary shall have five pounds ; and to Elizabeth, Hope, Sarah, Esther and William, is left a eow, to be given to each upon their attaining eighteen years of age, they being minors at the time of the death of the father. The children of Ralph and Elizabeth Twombly were: I. John, see forward. 2. Joseph, born in 1661. 3. Mary, married - Tebbetts. 4. Ralph, who was under age in 1685, married and had a son Ralph. 5. Elizabeth. 6. Hope. 7. Sarah. 8. Esther. 9. William.
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