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member of Company G, Ninety-sixth Illinois Regiment, in the civil war and was killed at Atlanta, August 2, 1864. Children of second wife: 7. Israel S., November 19, 1848, died August 24, 1849. 8. Mary H., graduate of Mt. Holyoke ; unmarried. 9. Israel F., July 2, 1852, died September 1, 1871.
(VII) Rufus Porter, son of Rufus Scott, was born at Hadley, May 1, 1829, died Octo- ber 29, 1898. He was educated in the pub- lic schools, and learned the trade of machin- ist in Lowell, Massachusetts. He worked at his trade there and in Cuba, in Washington, D. C. and Hartford. He settled finally in North Hadley, where he followed farming and carpentering. He served three years in the Second Massachusetts Light Battery, Colonel Nimms, in the civil war. He was a Republican in politics and prominent in pub- lic life. He was a member of the school com- mittee for many years and postmaster for a time. In religion he was a Unitarian. He married, June 8, 1850, Elvira Meecham, who died March 13, 1873. He married (second) May 29, 1878, Nancy M. Fay, who died Octo- ber 28, 1894. Children of first wife: I Frank, born February 28, 1852, mentioned below. 2. Fannie, June 25, 1854, died May 23, 1862. 3. Lizzie, July 9, 1858, married John Nash, of Hadley. Children : George S., Alice N., Ethel S., Luella N., Ruth E., Herman B., and Helen E. 4. Martha, October 13, 1859, married, June 21, 1888, Frederick H. Fowler, and set- tled in Wayland, Massachusetts; child, Scott Fowler, born May 28, 1890. 5. Nellie, No- vember 1, 1862, was matron of the Yankton Training School for Indian Boys at Yankton, South Dakota. 6. Abigail D., October 6, 1864, died February 20, 1894. 7. Aaron, De- cember 24, 1866, resides at North Hadley; married Caroline T. Clapp; children: Roger W. and Lorena C. 8. Harry, October 8, 1868, married Florence Hibbard; Children: Clar- ence M. H., Thomas M. and Perlie F. 9. Charles C., May 24, 1871. 10. Rufus, Feb- ruary 28, 1873, married Teresa Deane; chil- dren : Edith E., William P., Charles E. and Emily D.
(VIII) Frank, son of Rufus Porter Scott, was born at North Amherst, February 28, 1852. He attended the public schools and Hopkins Academy. He worked for his father and neighboring farmers from early youth until he was twenty-three years old, when he bought his farm and has been a very success- ful and prominent tobacco planter in North Hadley. He has also made a success of rais-
ing onions. He has been very industrious and enterprising and has amassed a considerable fortune. His sagacity and foresight, his thor- ough knowledge of his business, his sound judgment and uprightness in his dealings, have fairly earned him the good-will and confidence of his townsmen and brought him the substan- tial success he has achieved. He has declined to accept public office and has devoted himself vexclusively to his family and his business. He is a Republican in politics and in religion a Unitarian. He married, December 16, 1879, Mary A. Morton, born in Whately, daughter of Miles B. Morton, of Whately. She is ninth in descent from John Alden, the "Mayflower" Pilgrim, a sketch of whom ap- pears elsewhere in this work. Children, born at North Hadley: I. Fannie E., March II, 1882. 2. Frank P., October 29, 1883. 3. Fred A., February 12, 1885. 4. Walter H., May 17, 1889, died February 19, 1890. 5. Edith M .. March 31, 1891. 6. Robert M., April 3. 1893. 7. Mary H., June 15, 1895. 8. Howard S., June 26, 1898, died September 26, 1898. 9. Alice I., May 27, 1900.
(For first generation see Thomas Lincoln 1).
(II) Thomas (2) Lincoln,
LINCOLN son of Thomas (1) Lincoln, the miller, was baptized at Hingham, May 6, 1638. He settled at Taun- ton, Massachusetts. He received land on Great Plain, Hingham, and sold it to Daniel Cushing. He married Mary Austin, daugh- ter of Jonah Austin. He lived at Taunton. Children, born at Taunton : 1. Mary, May 12, 1652. 2. Sarah, September 25, 1654. 3. Thomas, April 21, 1656, mentioned below. 4. Samuel, May 16, 1658. 5. Sarah, July 7, 1660. 6. Hannah, March 15, 1663. 7. Con- stance, May 16, 1665, married, July 13, 1687, William Briggs. 8. Jonah. 9. Mercy, April 3, 1670, married William Caswell. 10. Expe- rience, never married.
(III) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) Lincoln, was born at Taunton, April 21, 1656. He married Mary Stacy, daughter of Rich- ard and Abigail Stacy.
(IV) Jonathan, son of Thomas (3) Lin- coln, was born about 1687, died in 1773. He lived in Norton, formerly part of Taunton. He married Hannah Andrews. Children: I. Elkanah, mentioned below. 2. Abiel. 3. James. 4. George. 5. Job. 6. Hannah. 7. Jonathan. Some old gravestones of rough slate were discovered in 1874 in the grounds of Senaca Lincoln, of Norton, on the estate
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formerly owned and occupied by Jonathan Lincoln, bearing these inscriptions: "In mem- ory of Jonathan Lincoln who died in 1773, aged eighty-six years." "Hannah Lincoln, who died May 23, 1762, aged seventy-two years." Jonathan was town clerk and treas- urer of Norton in 1716-17.
(V) Elkanah, son of Jonathan Lincoln, was born July 2, 1718. He married Lydia Pratt. Children, born at Norton: I. Lydia, October 3, 1745. 2. Elkanah, April 30, 1747. 3. Enos, September 17, 1749, mentioned below. 4. Samuel, October 18, 1751. 5. Prudence, April 7, 1754. 6. Hannah, January 27, 1757. 7. Amasa, June 25, 1762. 8. Luther, May 29, 1766.
(VI) Enos, son of Elkanah Lincoln, was born September 17, 1749, died May 6, 1819. He married, October 29, 1771, Sarah Burt, born July 8, 1752, died October 22, 1825. Children : I. Enos, born July 28, 1772, married Ruth Shumway. 2. Sarah, May II, 1774, married Samuel Clapp. 3. Lucinda, October 8, 1776, married Olive Clapp. 4. Lydia, Feb- ruary 13, 1779, married William Pierce and had fourteen children. 5. Susannah, March 12, 1781. 6. Amasa, April 29, 1783, men- tioned below. 7. Burt, married Mary 8. Alanson, March 4, 1788. 9. Hannah, March 20, 1790, married John Foster. 10. Prudence, March 23, 1792, never married. II. Lucy, November 7, 1794, died October 16, 1878. 12. Emily, February 25, 1797, died un- married about 1817.
(VII) Amasa, son of Enos Lincoln, was born at Petersham, Massachusetts, April 29, 1783. He settled in Athol, Worcester county, Massachusetts. He married (first) January 21, 1809, Zilpha Reed, of Belchertown, Massa- chusetts, born August, 1785, died June 9, 1836. He married (second) Susan Fisher, of Templeton, Massachusetts, born October II, 1793, died October 3, 1865. Children of first wife: I. Algernon Sidney, born Febru- ary II, 1812, died September 4, 1887; married Abigail Bigelow Stone, of Templeton. 2. Otis Lysander, December 12, 1814, died No- vember 27, 1815. 3. Charles Otis, January 4, 1816, died May 23, 1893 ; married Mary Bul- lard, of Athol. 4. Amasa Wales, March 21, 1818, died July, 1902; married Mary Paige, of Barre, Massachusetts. 5. Lysander Read, March 3, 1820, died July 17, 1869; mar- ried Laura A. Allen, of Chicopee, Massachu- setts. 6. William Dwight, February 4, 1822, died March 13, 1878; married Mrs. Florinda F. Strong, of Hartford, Connecticut. 7. Ad-
dison Justin, March 30, 1824, mentioned below. 8. Estes Milton, August 21, 1826, died June 17, 1898; married Arianna Lord, of Bos- ton. 9. Henry Clay, February 26, 1828, died July 31, 1840.
(VIII) Addison Justin, son of Amasa Lin- coln, was born at Athol, March 30, 1824, died October 21, 1898. He was educated in the public schools of Athol. He lived in Temple- ton, Northampton and Springfield, Massachu- setts. For twenty-five years he was a dry goods merchant in Northampton. He mar- ried, January 12, 1853, Harriet Eliza Bond, of Templeton, born at North Brookfield, June 16, 1821. Children: 1. Frederick Bond, born September 29, 1853, married Martha A. Thompson, of Boston. 2. Henry Sidney, No- vember 28, 1855, died August 4, 1864. 3 William Addison, May 15, 1857, mentioned below. 4. Carolyn Harding, January 19, 1859. 5. Annie Fiske, June 8, 1861, died April 29, 1864. 6. Helen Stoddard, March I, 1866, married Arthur Fairbanks Stone, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
(IX) William Addison, son of Addison Justin Lincoln, was born at Northampton, May 15, 1857. He graduated from the high school of his native town in 1874 and found employment in the First National Bank. He soon went to Springfield and took a higher position in the Pyncheon National Bank. Two years later he became cashier of the National Bank and treasurer of the Savings Bank at Palmer, when he was but twenty-one years of age. In 1881, three years later, he went to Chicago as assistant secretary of the Pull- man Palace Car Company, a position which he filled for five years. During this time he or- ganized the Pullman Loan and Savings Bank at Pullman, Illinois, which he afterwards man- aged. In 1886 he became treasurer of the newly organized Safe Deposit and Trust Com- pany in Springfield, with which he has since been connected. For twenty years he has been treasurer of the United Electric Company. Mr. Lincoln is active in religious matters, and is a member of the South Congregational Church, and president of the Young Men's Christian Association. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Winthrop and Nayasset clubs. He married, December 1, 1880, Sarah Converse Flynt, born August 13, 1858, at Monson, Massachusetts, daughter of Hon. William N. and Eudocia Carter (Converse ) Flynt, of Monson, Massachusetts. (See Flynt family-William N. Flynt). Children : I. Flynt, born March 23, 1882 ; married, Novem-
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ber 4, 1908, Eleanor Wesson, of Springfield. 2. Horatio Lyon, May 27, 1883; died May 4, 1890. 3. Marian Bond, February 23, 1886. 4. Sidney Henry, July 30, 1887. 5. Howard Addison, March 16, 1889. 6. Edward Con- verse, September 8, 1892. 7. Katherine Blake, April 21, 1896.
CLARK Joseph Clark, immigrant ances- tor, was born in county Suffolk, England. He married, in 1640, just prior to sailing for America, Alice Pepper. He settled at Dedham, Massachusetts, and signed the Dedham covenant. He was one of the thirteen original grantees and founders of the adjoining town of Medfield, and was ad- mitted a freeman there May 15, 1653. His homestead in Medfield was on the west side of South street, and an old cellar hole near the corner of Oak street for many years has marked the site of his former dwelling. He was a man of property and influence; was selectman in 1660. He died January 6, 1654, and his wife died March 17, 1710. Children : I. Joseph, born February 27, 1642; mentioned below. 2. Benjamin, February 9, 1643; mar- ried Dorcas Morse. 3. Ephraim, February 4, 1646; married, March 6, 1669, Maria But- ler. 4. Daniel, September 29, 1647 ; mortally wounded by Indians, dying April 7, 1676, in King Philip's war. 5. Mary, June 12, 1649. 6. Sarah, February 21, 1651 ; married, January 7, 1673, John Bavers. 7. John, October 28, 1652. 8. Nathaniel, October 6, 1658; mar- ried, May 1, 1669, Experience Hinsdell. 9. Rebecca, August 16, 1660; married (first) May 1, 1679, John Richardson ; (second) John Hall; died February 17, 1738-9.
(II) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (I) Clark, was born in Dedham, February 27, 1642. His father received a grant of land for a house lot for Joseph, Jr., in 1663. In 1674 his house was situated near Pine Swamp, near the junc- tion of Curve and Spring streets, Medfield, and he built a malt house near it. He mar- ried, April 8, 1663, Mary Allen, born 1641, daughter of James Allen, of Medfield, cousin of Rev. John Allen of Dedham. Allen be- queathed a house to his son-in-law Joseph Clark on the site now or lately of the house of C. W. Kingsbury. At the time of his death he owned besides his homestead, land at the planting field and at Wrentham. He was selectman of the town some years, deputy to the general court, and held other offices of importance. His wife died September 4, 1702, and he died same year. Children: I. Joseph,
born 1664. 2. John, born 1666; died 1691. 3. Jonathan, born 1668; died 1690. 4. Esther, born 1670; married Thomas Thurston. 5. Thomas, born 1672; died 1690. 6. Mary, born 1674-5. 7. Daniel, born 1676; died 1694. 8. Leah, born 1676. 9. Solomon, born 1678; men- tioned below. 10. David, born 1680; died 1714; married, 1703, Mary Wheelock. II. Moses, born and died 1685. 12. Aaron, born 1685; died 1751 ; settled in Wrentham.
(III) Solomon, son of Joseph (2) Clark, was born in Medfield in 1678, and died in 1748. He settled at the planting field now owned and occupied by Thomas S. Clark. He was for three years selectman ; was trustee of Province Loan, 1721 ; deputy to general court, 1725. He married (first ) 1698, Mary White, died 1740: (second) in 1740, Elizabeth Adams. Children of first wife: I. Mary, born April 7, 1699; died 1718. 2. Jonathan, born June 14. 1700; mentioned below. 3. Solomon, Au- gust II, 1701. 4. Daniel, August 7, 1703-4. 5. David, January 19, 1705. 6. Ann, March 4, 1706; died 1764; married, 1726, Ephraim Carey. 7. Hannah, December 8, 1708; died 1710. 8. Daniel, April 25, 1710. 9. Hannah, September 30, 1711; married, 1730, Aquila Robbins. 10. Sarah, born and died May 5, 1713. II. John, May 14, 1715. 12. Sarah, July 3, 1718; married, 1736, Daniel Clark.
(IV) Jonathan, son of Solomon Clark, was born June 14, 1700, at Medfield, and settled in Wrentham. He married Experience
Children: 1, John, mentioned below. 2. Jon- athan. Six other children, names not recorded.
(V) John, son of Jonathan Clark, was born at Wrentham, October 22, 1725, and died at South Franklin, February 5, 1801. He was a farmer and owned a saw and corn mill. He married, January 16, 1752, Ruth Baxter. Chil- dren: 1. Abijah, born March 4, 1755; men- tioned below. 2. Susannah, July 30, 1757; married Nathaniel Thayer. 3. Ruth, June 14. 1760; died July 7, 1787 ; married, November 6, 1782, Asa Metcalf. 4. Mary, December 22, 1762; died March 31, 1808; married, June 9, 1785, Levi Fisher. 5. Nathan, November 26, 1765 ; married February 5, 1790, Sabra Met- calf. 6. Sarah, May 7, 1768. 7. Paul, October 26, 1770 ; died March 19, 1852; married Phebe 8. Rachel, November 12, 1772; died March 5, 1837 ; married, September 24, 1795, Nathan Pond.
(VI) Abijah, son of John Clark, was born at South Franklin, March 4, 1755, and died there March 5, 1849, aged ninety-four years. He was a farmer and lived on the homestead.
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He served in the revolution, and received a pension after the war. He was in Captain Perez Cushing's company, Colonel Thomas Craft's regiment of artillery, at Boston, De- cember 7, 1776, to May 8, 1777 ; also in Cap- tain Asa Fairbanks's company, Colonel Benja- min Hawes regiment, September 30 to Octo- ber 31, 1777, at Rhode Island; also in Cap- tain Amos Ellis's company, Colonel Dean's fourth Suffolk regiment, in service at Rhode Island, March, 1781. He married, December 5, 1782, Meletiah, daughter of Benjamin and Lois ( Partridge) Pond. Children: I. Abijah, born April 5, 1785; mentioned below. 2. Lois, January 2, 1796; died January 26, 1859; married, May 20, 1813, Hiram Knapp; chil- dren: i. Gilbert Clark Knapp, born January 12, 1814; ii. Emilia Knapp, February 26, 1816; iii. Sylvia Lucretia Knapp, December 5, 1817; iv. Hiram Knapp, April 20, 1820. 3. Meletiah, born November 26, 1792; died October II, 180.1.
(VII) Abijah (2), son of Abijah (I) Clark, was born at South Franklin, April 5, 1785, and died there March 25, 1868. He received a common school education, and assisted his father on the farm. He inherited the home- stead of about one hundred and sixty acres, devoted to general crops and dairying, and conducted it successfully. In the latter part of his life he was a cripple, and for seven years before his death was unable to leave the house. He had a fine voice, and sang in Dr. Emmons's church, where he and his wife were members. He was greatly interested in church work, and was a student of the Bible. He gave to his son Joseph the homestead, for the son's faithful care of him in his infirmity. He was strictly honest and upright in all his dealings. He married (first) June 25, 1807, Peggy Knapp, born April 11, 1789, died December 15, 1820, daughter of Moses and Peggy Knapp ; (second) August 29, 1822, Susannah Wads- worth, of Milton, born August 4. 1792, died March 17, 1871, daughter of Joseph and Mary ( Hawes) Wordsworth. Children of first wife : I. Horatio, born October 23, 1807 ; died Octo- ber 23, 1807 ; died October 5, 1811. 2. Syl- vester, December 16, 1808; died May 15, 1872 ; married ( first) January 19, 1832, Rhoda Baker, died August 18, 1833; (second) Nancy Harris. 3. Charles Alfred, April 29, 1813; died aged ninety ; married Maria Mann ; chil- dren : i. Sarah Jane, born September 5, 1842, died March 19, 1865 ; ii. Susan, married George Ilolbrook. Children of second wife: 4. Joseph Wordsworth, born April 9, 1824; mentioned
below. 5. Susan, August 18, 1830; died De- cember 5, 1883 ; married ( first ) September 30, 1858, Benjamin Frost, of Franklin; (second) January 8, 1865, Asa Sargent, and had Har- riet Ada Sargent, born August 14, 1865.
(VIII) Joseph Wordsworth, son of Abijah (2) Clark, was born at South Franklin, April 9, 1824, and died at Franklin, December 8, 1893. He attended the district school until about seventeen years of age, working on the farm. He was a natural mechanic, and when a small boy experimented with water wheels in the stream near his home. His studies were often neglected in his eager inter- est in mechanical things. When a young man he erected a small shop on his father's farm, getting out his own lumber and doing most of the work alone. In this twenty by thirty foot shop he began turning chisel handles. He soon invented a machine for turning irregular surfaces, and with this made axe handles and spokes which he took to Providence, where he found a ready market for them. They were very different from the handmade handles, and excited much comment among the dealers. Among those interested was Eli Blanchard, an inventor, who come to South Franklin to see the new invention. He soon patented a machine like it, thus putting himself on record as the inventor of the first machine used for irregular turning. This move put a stop to any further profit in the business for Mr. Clark, who soon gave it up. Mr. Clark was the inventor of other machines, among them the Daniels planer, which had a swivel head that would plane level or concave. This planer the Daniels people tried to obtain, but did not succeed. About the time of the civil war the Rays, who were pioneer shoddy manufac- turers, began to import picker machines. Mr. Clark was employed to repair these machines, and this he did besides a general repair busi- ness. He built a shop below the railroad at South Franklin, putting in a flume and water wheel. His business increased so rapidly that in 1880 he built a new plant on Union, corner of Cottage street, Franklin. After a short time lie sold the South Franklin shop to George Reed & Brother, furniture makers. Mr. Clark continued in the general machine work at Union street, making a specialty of building picker machines. These machines had a wide reputation. In the early part of the seventies Charles W. Dean was admitted to partnership, and remained with him about four years. Owing to a depression in business, Mr. Clark leased the plant. With his sons, Joseph E.
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and William C. Clark, Mr. Clark formed a partnership in the latter part of the eighties, under the firm name of J. W. Clark & Sons. The business became very extensive, the firm building picker machines, bumpers, mixing pickers, etc., and on the death of the senior partner in 1893, the firm name was changed to the Clark Machine Foundry Company. In addition to the machines already manufac- tured, the firm now makes rag dusters, waste dusters, felt hardeners, fulling machines, stamping machines for straw good factories, card feeds, etc., besides doing general jobbing and special work. The present plant consists of the old machine shop, thirty by sixty feet, and an addition two stories high, twenty-five by sixty feet, used as a pattern room; also the foundry, one hundred and one by forty feet, the power for the entire plant is furnish- ed by a thirty-five horse-power engine. On March 28. 1909, the business was incorporated under the Massachusetts laws, with Joseph E. Clark as president and William C. Clark, vice- president and treasurer.
Mr. Clark never learned a trade, but his natural gifts were great, and he spent most of his time on his many inventions. He entrusted the management of his business to others that he might put all his time into the perfection of his new machines. In politics he was a Republican, and served as selectman and over- seer of the poor. He was a member of Ex- celsior Lodge of Free Masons, at Franklin ; of King David Lodge, No. 71, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and also of the Re- bekah Lodge of the same order. He attended the Franklin Congregational church, and was interested in church work, being a member of the church committee. His tastes were musical, and he was a good player on the violin, and for many years was a member of Paine's orchestra. and in his leisure hours, before twenty years of age, he made violins. His disposition was most amiable, his manners charming. he was devoted to his family, and had a host of friends. It has been said of him that he did not have an enemy in the world.
He married, April 24, 1856, Elizabeth Caro- line Briggs, born at Attleboro, June 3, 1835. daughter of Benjamin and Caroline (Cowen) Briggs. On her birthday the first steam cars passed through Attleboro. Chil- dren : 1. Caroline Ada, born August 29, 1857 ; married, November 29, 1888, Lewis Perry Gifford. 2. Mary Emily, born October 31, 1859: married, June 21, 1882, Hiram Clark
Hawes. 3. Joseph Emerson, born February 20, 1862; married, October 15, 1881, Flora B. Burley, who died May 31, 1905, daughter of Orson and Ann (Gardner) Burley; chil- dren : i. Anna Burley, born May 14, 1886, died aged three months; ii. Flora Elizabeth, born February 1, 1890; iii. Joseph Burley, May 29, 1893. 4. William Cowen, born December 10, 1864 ; married, December 8, 1882, Mary Emily Barton, of Wales, Massachusetts; children: i. Louise Barton, born August 27, 1891, died December 10, 1908; ii. William Harold, born June 26, 1895. 5. Mellie De Ett, born Novem- ber 13, 1869; married, April 24, 1893, Frank Sheldon Mills, and had Helen Esther Mills, born October 8, 1895.
(For preceding generations see Jonathan Fairbanks (Fairbank) 1).
(IV) Jonas Fairbank, son FAIRBANK of Captain Jabez Fairbank,* was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, in 1703, died there November 4. 1792, in his eighty-ninth year. He was a soldier in the French and Indian wars, a sentinel in Captain Josiah Willard's company from June 3 to November 10, 1725. He mar- ried, April 8, 1731, Thankful Wheeler, bap- tized September 30, 1711, died May 15, 1795, aged eighty-four, daughter of Josiah Wheeler. Children, born in Lancaster : 1. Martha, Janu- ary 13. 1732; married, November 30, 1752, Nathaniel Joslin : died February 13, 1768. 2. Josiah, May 22, 1734; mentioned below. 3. Elijah, December 21, 1735. 4. Cyrus, May 2, 1737. 5. Rhoda, baptized July 8, 1739. 6. Mary, born October 15, 1741 ; married, May 23, 1765, Dr. Stephen Ball. 7. Jonas, Novem- ber 2, 1743 ; married, December 6, 1770, Eliz- abeth Wilder ; died July 7, 1829. 8. Sarah, October 22, 1745; married, January 5, 1769. Francis Eager. 9. Abijah, April 29, 1748. IO. Elizabeth, April 18, 1750; married, July 21, 1768, Dr. John Barnard. II. Manasseh, baptized October 21, 1753.
(V) Josiah, son of Jonas Fairbank was born in Lancaster, May 22, 1734, died sud- denly May 9, 1798. He was in the French and Indian war in Captain Benjamin Ballard's company from April 7 to November 4, 1756, and in Captain Nathaniel Sawyer's company of foot, Colonel Oliver Wilder's regiment, in 1757. He married, January 22, 1761, Abigail Carter, who married (second) March 9, 1799, Deacon Samuel Wilder, of Ashburnham,
*Some branches of the family use the Fairbank form of the name.
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whose first wife, Dorothy Carter, was her sister. She died November 20, 1815. Chil- dren: I. Josiah, born November 5, 1761, served in the revolution. 2. Abigail, August 27, 1763: married Seth Ross. 3. Manasseh, August 20, 1765. 4. Martha, March 1, 1768; married Reuben Bacon. 5. Ephraim, March 16, 1770; mentioned below. 6. James, April 19, 1772, died October 16, 1793. 7. Beulah, July 16, 1774 ; married Deacon Josiah Willard, of Petersham; died May 22, 1806. 8. Levi, February 12, 1777 ; died January 3, 1808.
(VI) Ephraim, son of Josiah Fairbank, was born in Lancaster, March 16, 1770, died in Jacksonville, Illinois, September 1I, 1837. He lived after his marriage in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, and then moved to Oakham, Massachusetts, and thence to Jacksonville, Illinois. He married, May 14, 1795, Sarah Chandler, of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, born September 7, 1776, died September 15, 1844. Children : 1. John Barnard, born March 16, 1796; mentioned below. 2. Samuel, No- vember 30, 1799 ; died May 31, 1802. 3. James Chandler, May 24, 1801. 4. Ephraim Wilder, October 31, 1804: died unmarried, April 22, 1828. 5. Daniel Willard, November 10, 1808; married Susan West ; died August 27, 1835. 6. Sarah Ann, July 10, 1812; married Phineas Morton ; died October 6, 1832. 7. Richard Hall, August 7, 1814 ; died September 7, 1814. 8. Martha Bacon, July 26, 1816; married Bar- low Freeman ; died September 14, 1838.
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