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Fred a. Dexter,
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services. He married, in 1769, Hannah Stone, born January 15, 1746, daughter of Simeon and Hannah (Kendall) Stone. He lived on what is now known as the Jesse Worrick farm, but the next year removed to the land now or lately occupied by the Elihu Dexter and Syl- vester Davis farms in Orange. He remained here forty years and then in 181I removed to Richmond, New Hampshire, and bought the Gideon Mann place at Four Corners. In 1817 he sold this farm and removed to the Deacon John Cass farm, where he died in 1818. He dealt extensively in real estate, and was a farmer. He was selectman of Orange in 1791- 92, 1794 and 1808. His will was made in 1817. Children, the first six born in Athol, the others in Orange: I. Hannah, December 5, 1770; died September 18, 1858; married, 1787, Ben- jamin Morton, Jr. 2. Simeon, October 31, 1772; died March 1, 1773. 3. Benjamin, No- vember 24, 1775 ; mentioned below. 4. Lucy, December 24, 1777; died 1865; married, Au- gust 21, 1804, John Davis. 5. Phebe, Feb- ruary II, 1780; died October 13, 1857; mar- ried (first) 1803, Levi Thurston; (second) 1810, Pordyce Ball. 6. Betsey, July 6, 1782 ; died December 21, 1864 ; married, December 5, 1803, Zaccheus Wheeler. 7. Susanna, August 7, 1784; died December 13, 1787. 8. Sally, November 19, 1786; died 1789. 9. Mercy, June 21, 1788; died November 10, 1841.
(VI) Benjamin (3), son of Benjamin (2) Dexter, was born in Athol, November 24, 1775. He attended school at District, No. 6. In 1807 he bought of his father a part of the homestead, and leased the balance of it, and continued to make that his home. He bought and sold several tracts of land. His mother, who survived her husband several years, made her home with her son Benjamin. He attend- ed the Methodist church for a time, but finally joined the Baptist church. He married (first) in April, 1798, Hepsibah Ballard, of Athol, born April 25, 1779, died December 28, 1798. He married ( second) October 1I, 1800, Anna Barrett, of Ashley, New Hampshire, born July 3, 1782, died August 18, 1803. He married (third) November 27, 1803, Betsey Legg, born May 21, 1780, died July 29, 1818, daughter of David and Hannah Legg, of Milford and Orange. He married ( fourth) December IO, 1818, Francis Tuttle, born March 9, 1788, died August 13, 1861, daughter of Jedediah and Lucia (Smith) Tuttle, of Winchendon. H
died September 18, 1858, aged eighty-three years. Children of second wife: I. Hepzibah, born December 25, 1802; died June 27, 1846;
married, 1841, Edward Ballard. Children of first wife: 2. Stephen, born September 25, 1804; died May 29, 1832. 3. Anna, born March 31, 1806; died 1849; married, 1834, Job Fry. 4. Amasa, born December 3, 1808; died 1883 ; married Roanna Allen. 5. Moses, born January 26, 1811 ; mentioned below. 6. David, born April 10, 1813; died August 9, 1880; married, 1835, Maria Hubbard. 7. Aaron, born July 12, 1815 ; died 1896; married Hester McLean. 8. Joseph Clark, born May 21, 1818; died August 30, 1820. Children of fourth wife : 9. Simeon, born August 30, 1822 ; died 1898; married Maria L. Hardy. IO. Betsey, born May 30, 1825; married Luther Ramsey. II. Samuel Stillman, born March 4, 1829 ; died November 27, 1899 ; married Maria C. Dewey.
(VII) Moses, son of Benjamin (3) Dexter, was born in Orange, January 26, 1811, and died December 22, 1846. He married, April 13, 1837, Persis Lord, born November 15, 1813, daughter of Joseph and Unity W. (Rug- gles) Lord ( see forward). She married ( sec- ond) January 1, 1850, Reuben Jennison. Chil- dren: I. Joseph Lord, born January 7, 1838; mentioned below. 2. Remember, born Decem- ber II, 1841 ; married, September 29, 1868, M. Louisa Sheldon.
(VIII) Joseph Lord, son of Moses Dexter, was born January 7, 1838. His early life was spent on the homestead, and he learned the trade of carpenter of Deacon Howe. He mar- ried, October 7, 1858, Sarah Jane Wood. He removed to Athol about 1864-5, and for over thirty years was the leading contractor and builder of that town. He built many of the best residences in Athol, and it was said that he never erected a poor building. He was a Republican in politics, and a member of Tully Lodge of Odd Fellows. The last few years of his life he retired from active business on account of ill health. He was drowned Feb- ruary 28, 1902. Children: I. Frank Edward, born December 25, 1859; married, August 15, 1883, Cora H. Lee. 2. Fred Abbott, born Oc- tober 17, 1862; mentioned below. 3. Mabel L., born June 3, 1865; married Arthur A. Prentiss. 4. Nettie L., born January 13, 1869 ; died August 8, 1869.
(IX) Fred Abbott, son of Joseph Lord Dexter, was born at Orange, October 17, 1862, in what is known as the Allbee house, on East Main street. When he was two years old his parents removed to Athol, and he was edu- cated in the public schools of that town. At the age of fourteen he obtained employment
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as clerk in a clothing store, and three years later, when only nineteen years old, was made manager of the Orange Clothing Company, January 1, 1882. He managed the store for three years, and was then taken into the firm. He is one of the founders and has always held the office of treasurer of the Leavitt Machine Company, and for a number of years has had full care and management of this business. In 1892 he and his partner opened a store in Athol, which is one of the principal mercantile houses in town. He is a director and vice- president of the Orange National Bank, and a trustee of the Orange Savings Bank and the Orange Co-Operative Bank. For fifteen years he has been treasurer of the First Universalist Society, of Orange, and secretary of the Orange Board of Trade five years. He is a member of Social Lodge of Odd Fellows; of Orange Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and of the Home Market Club, of Boston. He married, February 26, 1884, Flora L. Putnam, born November 9, 1861, daughter of Danforth Putnam, of Orange. One child, Bayard Put- nam, born April 14, 1885 ; graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, 1905; now taking the mechanical engineering course at Cornell Uni- versity, Ithaca, New York.
(The Lord Line).
(I) The Lord family (see above) was planted in America by Robert Lord, son of Katherine Lord, widow, who came with him from England to Ipswich, Massachusetts, about 1635. He was born about 1602, and about 1630 married Mary Waite, in England. His life was largely given to public service, and he is regarded as one of the prominent characters in early colonial history. He was made free- man in 1635; deputy to general court, 1637; on committee to adjust county, town and farm lines, 1637; clerk of court at Ipswich, 1648; recorder, 1649; sealer of weights and meas- ures, 1649 ; clerk of court, Salem, 1658; em- powered to issue executions, 1652 ; marshal, or sheriff, Ipswich court, 1648-60. He died Au- gust 21, 1683. He had eight children.
(II) Thomas, son of Robert Lord, was born in Ipswich, in 1633; he married Alice and had eight children.
(III) Rev. Joseph Lord, son of Thomas Lord, was born in Charlestown, Massachu- setts, June 30, 1672. He graduated from Harvard College in 1691, and taught school in Dorchester from 1692 to 1695. In the latter year he was ordained pastor, and went to South Carolina, where he labored in the minis-
try for more than twenty years, being pastor at Chatham from 1720 to 1748. On June 3, 1698, he married Abigail, daughter of Gov- ernor Thomas Hinckley by his first marriage.
(IV) Dr. Joseph Lord, son of Rev. Joseph Lord, was born in South Carolina, in 1704. He graduated from Harvard College in 1726, studied medicine, and practiced his profession in Sunderland, Massachusetts. In 1735 he removed to Athol, where he was one of the first settlers. He was the foremost citizen in every way-the first physician, first preacher, first tax gatherer, first treasurer, first mag- istrate, first surveyor, first clerk, etc. In 1759 he removed to Putney, Vermont, where he lived for thirty years, holding high and re- sponsible positions. He married, and had seven children. He died in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, December 7, 1788, aged eighty-five years.
(V) Thomas Lord, son of Dr. Joseph Lord, was born in Athol (one of the first children born there), January 17, 1736. He was one of the minute-men at Lexington. He married Smith, October 18, 1760, and had eleven children.
(VI) Joseph Lord, second child of Thomas Lord, was born October 26, 1763, and died July 1, 1832. He married (first) Esther John- son, January 31, 1786, daughter of Solomon and Sarah (Dexter) Johnson, and niece of Benjamin Dexter. He married (second) Sep- tember 15, 1805, Unity Ruggles, born March 9, 1780, died 1840.
(VII) Persis Lord, daughter of Joseph and Unity (Ruggles) Lord, was born in 1813. She married, April 13, 1837, Moses Dexter, and bore him two children. She married ( second ) a Mr. Jennison, and had one son. Benjamin Dexter was uncle to Esther Johnson Lord, and grandfather to Moses Dexter.
HAWKS John Hawks, the immigrant an- cestor of the family from which descends Frederick E. Hawks, of Greenfield, was born in England. It is be- lieved that he and his brother Adam came to America with Winthrop in 1630, but of this there is no definite information. If he came that early he was among those who settled at Lynn, Massachusetts. He was certainly of Dorchester, Massachusetts, where he was ad- mitted freeman September 3, 1634. He went from there with other Dorchester men to settle Windsor, Connecticut, and remained there until 1659 or 1660. He sold his land in Wind- sor in 1659, and settled in Hadley, Massachu-
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setts, before April, 1660. His name appeared in Mathew Grant's church records of Windsor, Connecticut, his name is spelled Hake (Grant was not, however, an authority in spelling), in the agreement of parties in Hartford county, Connecticut, growing out of disagreements in the church. He was admitted a freeman Sep- tember 3, 1634, then of Dorchester, Massachu- setts. He married Elizabeth He was buried June 30, 1662. His widow married. before 1669, Robert Hinsdale, who was killed in King Philip's war, at Bloody Brook. She married (third) June 25, 1683, Thomas Dibble, of Windsor, and she died at Hadley, Septem- ber 29, 1685. Children: 1. John, born Au- gust 13, 1643; soldier in King Philip's war ; married Martha Baldwin, December 26, 1667, and (second) November 20, 1696, Alice Allis. 2. Nathaniel, baptized February 16, 1645; died young. 3. Elizabeth, baptized January 10, 1647; married, November 24, 1664, Joseph Gillett, who was killed with Captain Lothrop. 4. Anna, baptized August 4, 1649; married, October 10, 1672, Thomas Hastings. 5. Isaac, born August 15, 1650; drowned June 22, 1659. 6. Mary, born May 23, 1652 ; married, October 10, 1672, Experience Hinsdale, who was killed with Captain Turner ; married (second) July 22, 1677, John Evans. 7. Joanna, born Feb- ruary 8, 1654; married, November 21, 1677, William Arms. 8. Eliezer, born December 20, 1655; mentioned below. 9. Sarah, born Sep- tember 29, 1657; married (first) September IO. 1677, Philip Mattoon; (second) Daniel Belding. 10. Gershom, born August 12, 1659.
(II) Sergeant Eliezer, son of John Hawks, was born December 20, 1655, and died March . 27, 1727. He is buried in the old burying ground at Deerfield. He was a land owner, and shared in the common, field and fence allottment. He was on the committee to seat the meeting house in 1701 ; was surveyor May 30, 1689 ; selectman in 1691-99-1701-02-03-06- 08-10-13-14-16-20-23-26. He had a share in the eight thousand acres of land formerly granted to Dedham, May 8, 1723. His house lot was number 18, which he owned in 1704. Tradition says that he built the present house in 1712 (p. 611, Hist. of Deerfield). In Sep- tember, 1713, he received a permit to make brick in his shed. He was moderator of town meetings twenty-six times between 1700 and 1723. He was with Captain Turner at Pes- keompskut, and came out without a scratch. He married, April 30, 1689, Judith Smead, who died January 27, 1718-19, aged fifty-four, daughter of William Smead. This marriage
was the first recorded on the town register. Children: I. Elizabeth, born February 26, 1689-90; died January 1, 1690-91. 2. Thank- ful, born February 26, 1689-90 (twin) ; mar- ried, August 31, 1715, Thomas Taylor; (sec- ond) 1718, Daniel Ashley ; (third) March 6, 1728-9, Captain William Symes. 3. Elizabeth, born January 26, 1691-2 ; died August 11, 1693. 4. Eliezer, born December 26, 1693. 5. Mary, born December 2, 1695 ; married July 30, 1712, Jonathan Patterson. 6. Elizabeth, born No- vember 1, 1697 ; married, July 12, 1717, Heze- kiah Stratton. 7. Nathaniel, born October 9, 1699. 8. Sarah, born July 26, 1701 ; married, November 22, 1726, Thomas Wells. 9. Han- nah, born July 7, 1703 ; married, November 3, 1727, Samuel Allen. IO. John, mentioned below.
(III) Colonel John, son of Eliezer Hawks, was born in Deerfield, December 5, 1707, and was called the "Hero of Fort Massachusetts." He went into military service early, and at the breaking out of the old French war was stationed at Fort Massachusetts, under Cap- tain Ephraim Williams, where he was wound- ed May 9, 1746. In August, 1746, he was a sergeant in command of the fort, with a garri- son of twenty-two men, when it was assaulted by a force of seven hundred French and Indians under Rigaud de Vaudreuil, brother to the governor of Canada. After a brave defense for twenty-eight hours he was forced to sur- render for lack of ammunition. This was a notable event of the war, and a full account may be found on page 542 of the Deerfield history. In 1748 he was sent to Canada with Rainbout, a French officer, as a prisoner of war, to be exchanged for English captives. He served through the last French war as sergeant and lieutenant, and had charge of the Colraine forts from 1754 to 1757. He commanded a company at the attack of "Old Ti" in 1758, under Abercrombie, and was under Amherst as major and lieutenant-colonel in the successful campaign of 1759. He was selectman nine years, and held many other offices in the town. He lived on lot Number 17, which he sold May 5, 1784, to John Will- iams. He was buried June 26, 1784, and Rev. Roger Newton, of Greenfield, preached a ser- mon on the occasion. He married, December IO, 1730, Elizabeth Nims, daughter of John Nims, who died February 27, 1779, aged sixty- seven. Children : I. Abner, born June 23, 1732. 2. John, born October 7, 1734; mar- ried, January 1, 1777, Thankful Hawks; died August 1, 1777. 3. Moses, born May 19, 1737.
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4. Elizabeth, born November 18, 1739; mar- ried, December 22, 1768, Asa Childs. 5. Anne, born May II, 1743; died June, 1755. 6. Obed, born July 27, 1750; mentioned below. 7. Re- becca, born July 4, 1753; married August 4, 1785, Eliakim Stebbins. 8. Solomon, born December 3, 1755.
(IV) Obed, son of Colonel John Hawks, was born July 27, 1750, and died January 25, 1816. He settled on his father's farm, and married, December 16, 1781, Abigail Smith, who died October 13, 1830, aged eighty-three. She was a school teacher of Belchertown. Chil- dren: I. John, born March 21, 1783; men- tioned below. 2. Daniel Smith, born June 24, 1784. 3. Obed, born January 6, 1787; died February II, 1787. 4. Abigail, born April 7, 1791 ; died July 26, 1794.
(V) John, son of Obed Hawks, was born in Deerfield, March 21, 1783, and was a farmer on the old homestead. He died October 24, 1866. He married, January 25, 1814. Emily, daughter of John Eastman, of Amherst. Chil- dren: I. Charles, born February 14, 1815. 2. Harriet, born March 16, 1816; married, Jan- uary 1, 1841, William Hall; (second) Daniel Hanks. 3. Frederick, born September 26, 1817 ; mentioned below. 4. Emily, born Janu- ary 28, 1819. 5. John, born January 22, 1823.
(VI) Frederick, son of John Hawks, was born in Deerfield, September 26, 1817, and died August 24. 1899. He was educated in the public schools and Deerfield Academy, and became a contractor and bridge builder. He settled in Greenfield in 1855. He married (first ) October 31, 1856, Mary E. Barnard, who died July 2, 1877, daughter of Allen Barnard, of Charlmont. He married (second) February 19, 1880, Helen Star Hoyt, daugh- ter of Horatio Hoyt, of Deerfield, and widow of A. D. Jones. Children, all by first wife : I. Frederick Elliott, born August 28, 1857; mentioned below. 2. William Halsted, born May 21, 1859 ; died January 3, 1900. 3. Helen Almira, born September 28, 1863. 4. Mary Ellen, born July 14, 1865; died February 9, 1882. 5. Ruth, born May 17, 1870.
(VII) Frederick Elliott, son of Frederick Hawks, was born in Greenfield, August 28, 1857. He was educated there in the public schools. During the construction of the Hoosac Tunnel through which the Fitchburg railroad runs, he was rodman in 1875 for the surveyors. In November, 1876, he entered the employ of the Wiley & Russell Manufac- turing Company as office boy. From time to time he was promoted, and at the present time
holds the office of clerk of the corporation, and is active in the management of the company. Mr. Hawks is interested in public affairs, and was secretary and chairman of the Republican town committee for a number of years. He is secretary of the school committee and of the park commission. He is vice-president of the Greenfield Co-operative Bank, and chairman of the investment committee; vice-president of the Historical Society of Greenfield, and member of the Greenfield Club. In religion he is a Congregationalist, and is secretary of the Second Congregational Society. He married, October 2, 1889, Susan Belle Hyde, daughter of William Sage Hyde, of Ware, Massachu- setts. Children: 1. William Hyde, born Au- gust 8, 1891. 2. Elizabeth Mary, June 24, 1897. 3. Harriet Sylvia, February 10, 1900.
Elder John White, immigrant an-
WHITE cestor, was probably born in Eng- land, about 1600, died January I, 1684. He sailed in the ship "Lion," about June 22, 1632, and landed at Boston, September 16. He was accompanied by his wife Mary and at least two children. He settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was allotted a home lot of about three-quarters of an acre on a street then called Cow Yard Row, together with about thirty acres of outlying farming land. On Au- gust 5, 1633, three-quarters of an acre addi- tional near his home lot was granted to him for a cow yard. Harvard Library is located on or near this piece of land. He was a promi- nent man in the settlement, and was a member of the first board of selectmen of Cambridge. In June, 1636, he joined a company of about one hundred men, women and children, who. left Cambridge to form a new settlement at Hartford, where he was allotted a home lot of about two acres on the east side of Governor street, about ten rods south of Little river, and about two hundred and thirty acres of farm land. Here he took a prominent part in town affairs. Owing to dissensions in the Hartford church, on April 18, 1659, a party of sixty, of whom John White was one of the leaders, left Hartford to form a new settlement at Hadley, Massachusetts. He was allotted a house lot of about eight acres on the east side of Hadley street, together with a large area of outlying land. About 1670 he returned to Hartford and was elected elder in the South Church, which had shortly before been formed by seceders from the First Church. Children of Elder John and Mary White: I. Mary, mar- ried, January 29, 1646, Jonathan Gilbert, of
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Hartford ; died December 10, 1682. 2. Nathan- iel, mentioned below. 3. John (sergeant), died about September 15, 1725; married Sarah Bunce, who died June 20, 1676. 4. Daniel (lieutenant), born about 1639, died July 27, 1713; married, November 1, 1661, Sarah Crow, born March 1, 1647, died June 26, 1719. 5. Sarah, died August 10, 1702; married (first) Stephen Taylor, died about September 8, 1665 ; (second) Barnabas Hinsdale, died September 18, 1675; (third) Walter Hickson, died April 3, 1696. 6. Jacob (ensign), born October 8, 1645, died 1701; married Elizabeth Bunce, who died 1716.
(II) Captain Nathaniel, son of Elder John White, was born in England about 1629, died August 27, 17II. He was one of the original proprietors and first settlers of Middletown, Connecticut. He was a prominent citizen, and was elected to the legislature eighty-five times, there being two elections each year, and he was eighty-one years old when last chosen. He married (first) Elizabeth who died 1690, aged about sixty-five years; (second) Martha, widow of Hugh Mould, of New Lon- don, and daughter of John Coit. She died April 14, 1730, aged about eighty-six years. Children: I. Nathaniel (deacon), mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, born March 7, 1655, died December 25, 1711; married Sergeant John Clark, who died July 26, 1731. 3. John, born April 9, 1657, died about July, 1748; married Mary 4. Mary, born April 7, 1659, died November 15, 1732 ; married (first) Janu- ary 16, 1678, Jacob Cornwall, who died April 18, 1708, aged sixty-one years ; (second) April 13, 1710, John Bacon, who died November 4, 1732, aged seventy years. 5. Daniel (ensign), born February 23, 1662, died December 18, 1739; married, March, 1683, Susannah Mould, born April 2, 1663, died September 7, 1754. 6. Sarah, born January 22, 1664; married John Smith. 7. Jacob, born May 10, 1665, died March 29, 1738; married (first) February 4, 1692, Deborah Shepard, who died February 8, 1721, aged fifty-one years; (second) De- cember 16, 1729, Rebecca (Willett) Ranney. 8. Joseph, born February 20, 1667, died Feb- ruary 28, 1725; married, April 3, 1693, Mary Mould, born July 26, 1665, died August II, 1730.
(III) Deacon Nathaniel (2), son of Cap- tain Nathaniel (I) White, was born July 7, 1652, in Middletown, Connecticut, died Febru- ary 15, 1742. About the time of his marriage he removed to Hadley and settled on the home- stead of his grandfather, Elder John White.
He took the oath of allegiance there in Febru- ary, 1679. He was prominent in church and town, and was a large land owner. He served on the committee to seat the meeting house. He married, March 28, 1678, Elizabeth Sav- age, born June 3, 1655, died January 30, 1742, daughter of John Savage. Children: I. Eliz- abeth, born January 13, 1679, died young. 2. Nathaniel, born November 4, 1680, died May 28, 1762; married, May 10, 1709, Esther Strong, born April 30, 1683, died August II, 1756. 3. John, born November 28, 1682, died about 1766; married (first) January 5, 1715, Martha Church, born September 23, 1694; married (second) February 27, 1722, Abigail Atherton, who died May 10, 1766. 4. Sarah, probably died young. 5. Joseph (deacon), born February 28, 1687, died before 1770; married, February 3, 1709, Abigail Craft, born September 29, 1688, died November 15, 1770. 6. Daniel, mentioned below. 7. Jacob, born December 5, 1691, died June, 1692. 8. Mary, born October 16, 1693, died about 1720; mar- ried, January 28, 1719, Israel Dickinson, who died April, 1733. 9. Elizabeth, born November 8, 1695, died 1753 ; married, January 24, 1716, Deacon Samuel Montague. 10. William, born August 15, 1698, died May 30, 1774; married (first) March 22, 1728, Mary (Selden) Tay- lor, born September 27, 1703, died August 10, 1735; (second) June 2, 1737, Martha Warner, born October 25, 1706, died October 3, 1787. II. Ebenezer, born April 9, 1701, died March 23, 1733; married, October 28, 1730, Ruth Atherton, who died April 29, 1785, aged eighty- four years.
(IV) Daniel, son of Deacon Nathaniel (2) White, was born March I, 1690, died October 19, 1721. He married, 1715, Hannah Bagg, who died December II, 1764, aged seventy- two years. Children: I. Experience, born May 19, 1715, died 1758; married William Bliss, who died 1758, aged forty-seven years. 2. Jacob, mentioned below. 3. Daniel, born June 22, 1719; married Priscilla Leonard. 4. Preserved, born August 31, 1721; married (first) R. Kilbourn ; (second) S. Worthington.
(V) Jacob, son of Daniel White, was born November 13, 1716, died January 10, 1762. He married, February 2, 1745, Amy Stebbins, born August 6, 1724, died October 7, 1760. Children: 1. Amy, born July 25, 1745, died May, 1821 ; married Chauncey Brewer. 2. Jacob, born July 11, 1747. 3. Luther, mention- ed below. 4. Lucy, born December 7, 1751, died November 8, 1753. 5. Lucy, born March 1, 1754, died December 5, 1757. 6. Calvin,
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born July 19, 1756. 7. Paul, born July 29, 1759, died May 18, 1812.
(VI) Luther, son of Jacob White, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, September II, 1749. He probably enlisted in the revolu- tionary war from Springfield. He had a wife and two children; early in the war it was re- ported that he had died in the service, and his wife married and moved to Worthington, Massachusetts. February 10, 1796, Aaron Bartlett, brother of his wife, was appointed guardian for Luther White, Jr., and bound him out to Levi Taylor, great-grandfather of Wil- lard A. Taylor, of Granby. After seven years' service Luther White, Sr., returned from the war, and finding his wife married and with small children, he established another home for himself in Sheffield, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts records show that eight men named Luther White served during the revo- lutionary war. The Luther White of this para- graph is probably the one who joined the West- field company on the alarm of April 19, 1775. He served several enlistments, and in June, 1782, was a sergeant in the Fourth Massachu- setts Regiment. He married (first)
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