Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume II, Part 55

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 1008

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(III) Thomas, son of Rev. Samuel Carter, was born at Woburn, April 3, 1682, died at Lancaster, March 31, 1737. His gravestone is standing in the Lancaster burying ground. He and his brothers John and Samuel received land from their father at Lancaster. Thomas was a tanner by trade and an innkeeper. He lived on George Hill. He was town treas- urer in 1723 and held other offices of trust and honor. He married, in 1707, Ruth Phelps, born June 1, 1684, at Andover, died December 25, 1739, at Lancaster, daughter of Edward and Ruth ( Andrews) Phelps. Chil- dren, born at Lancaster: 1. Ruth, April 26.

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1708, died August 3, 1760. 2. Abigail, De- cember 29, 1711, died October 1, 1804. 3. John, born April 23, 1713, died May 8, 1766. 4. Thomas, February 12, 1714, died young. 5. Thomas, April 30, 1716, died March 2, 1802. 6. Elizabeth, January 17, 1718. 7. James, February 8, 1720-21, mentioned below. 8. Sarah, November 6, 1722, died young. 9. Sarah, November 10, 1725, died March 31, 1799. 10. Phineas, December 5, 1727.

(IV) Captain James, son of Thomas Car- ter, was born in Lancaster, February 8, 1720- 21, died July 15, 1800. He was a captain of the military company. He doubtless served in the French and Indian wars. He married (first) March 29, 1744, Prudence Sawyer, born at Lan- caster, September 24, 1726, died January 10, 1746, daughter of Elias and Beatrix Sawyer. He married (second) June 2, 1747, Mary Walker, who died April 18, 1795. Child of first wife: I. Prudence, born January 7, 1746, died young. Children of second wife: 2. Levi, March 28, 1748. 3. Mary, Novem- ber 15, 1749, died September 29, 1829, at Groton. 4. Sarah, September 28, 1751, died May 5, 1824, at Weathersfield, Vermont. 5. James, born November 9, 1753, died Janu- ary 17, 1817, at Lancaster. 6. Rebecca, De- cember 25, 1756, died September 2, 1821, at Townsend, Vermont. 7. Luke, December 12, 1757, died May 22, 1778. 8. Asa. April 27, 1760, mentioned below. 9. Ruth, May 7, 1762.

(V) Dr. Asa Carter, son of James Carter, was born in Lancaster, April 27, 1760, died at Weathersfield, Vermont, October 10, 1811. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain William Greenleaf's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment, in August, 1777, rein- forcing the northern army. He practiced medicine at Weathersfield, Vermont. Dr. Asa Carter married (first) December II, 1782, Mary Joslin, who died December 17, 1798, aged thirty-five years ; married (second) 1801, Ruth Culver, who died August 9, 1860. Children, probably all born at Weathersfield. Children by first wife : 1. Polly, February 24, 1784, died June 28, 1805. 2. Nancy, Octo- ber 16, 1785. 3. Patty, September 7, 1787. 4. Susannah, March 18, 1788. 5. Asa, March 13, 1790, died April 1, 1790. 6. Cynthia, Feb- ruary 13, 1791. 7. Alice, February 25, 1793. 8. Adaline, March 3. 1796. Children by sec- ond wife: 9. Senaca, October 16, 1801, died August 8, 1802. 10. Lucia, May 17, 1803, married - Culver. II. Senaca, August 17, 1804, died August 16, 1858, at Cameron,

Texas. 12. Horatio Nelson, April 2, 1806; mentioned below. 13. Franklin, January 17, 1808, died March 8, 1808. 14. J. Newell, Au- gust 3, 1809, died 1833. 15. James, August 30, 18II, settled in Weston, Vermont.

(VI) Dr. Horatio Nelson Carter, son of Dr. Asa Carter, was born in Weathersfield, Vermont, April 2, 1806, died April 22, 1844, at Bridgewater, Vermont. He studied his father's profession and practiced it for a time at Plymouth, Vermont. He married, July 10, 1832, Marcia Salome Brown, born April 24, 1815, died July 28, 1853. Children: I. Ho- ratio Nelson, born August 9, 1833, died Feb- ruary 3, 1902. He was one of the leading dry goods merchants of Springfield for nearly half a century-Carter & Cooley. He was a man of exceptional character. 2. Joseph Ad- dison, mentioned below.

(VII) Joseph Addison, son of Dr. Horatio Nelson Carter, was born at Plymouth, Ver- mont, September 12, 1835, died in Chicopee, Massachusetts, March 20, 1904. He attended the district schools of his native town. He went west when he was only fourteen years old and while there taught school for a time. In 1854 he came to Chicopee and worked as a clerk in the store of Isaac Bullens. He em- barked in business for himself March 4, 1861, (the day of President Lincoln's inauguration, a circumstance he was fond of recalling in later years) as a grocer under the firm name of J. A. Carter & Company. Three years later the name was changed to Carter & Spaulding and has so remained, the business being continued to-day under the same name by his son, Nel- son B. He was keen of mind, kindly and sym- pathetic in manner, shrewd and prosperous in business. For many years he was a director, and for two years was president of the First National Bank of Chicopee, holding the latter office at the time of his death. He was first vice-president of the Chicopee Savings Bank and a member of the finance committee. He served on the water commission of the city of Chicopee at the time the present valuable water supply comprising Cooley and adjacent brooks was secured, insuring an abundance of water to the city for many years to come. He was a member of Chicopee Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of the Unitarian church of Chico- pee, and of the Wesson Memorial Hospital Corporation of Springfield.

The following extract from the records of the First National Bank gives expression to the high standing of Mr. Carter in the esteem and confidence of his business associates : "Re-

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solved, That there be entered upon our rec- ords the following expression of our regards for Joseph Addison Carter, for many years a director and for the past two years the president of this bank. Mr. Carter was a quiet man and always under control. He read extensively, he thought deeply, he rea- soned carefully, his sense of the right was keen, and his opinions so free from bias that without question he was the controlling in- fluence for good in the conduct of the affairs of the bank. Mr. Carter was not alone a business man. His hearty congratulations when fortune smiled upon another, his quiet words of sympathy and encouragement when trouble was in sight, and his acts of gener- osity for the unfortunate, which he could not always conceal, showed the depth of his in- terest in his fellow-men, while his repartee and story, when the cares of business were laid aside, made him a most enjoyable com- panion or friend. He was a wise, an hon- orable and a good man, and his death brings a loss to this bank, to his associates and to this community, that is immeasurable."

He married, at Chicopee, May 12, 1864, Harriet Almira Hovey, born at Albany, Ver- mont, May 17, 1842, died at Chicopee, May 16, 1878, daughter of Simeon S. Hovey and his second wife, Ann Bliss ( Burgess) Gross. He married (second) December 18, 1880, Mrs. Amy Louvia (Harvey) Jenness, who survives him. Children, born at Chicopee: I. Mary Ella, March 9, 1866, married Hiram Austin Morse, of Chicopee. (See Morse, IX). 2. Belle, January 29, 1868, married Rev. Judson P. Marvin. 3. Addison Hovey, March 13, 1859, died September 8, 1869. 4. Edith Hovey, August 13, 1870, married W. Sumner Babcock, of Waterbury, Connecticut. 5. Helen Gertrude, February 25, 1872. 6. Nel- son Brown, June 1, 1876, married Sara Ingalls Gates. 7. George William, April 26, 1878.

The family of Morse is of ancient MORSE English origin. The surname is found from the earliest use of surnames in England.

(I) Robert Morse, of Stoke next Nayland, England, made his will October 9, 1552. It was proved at Bury St. Edmunds, September 15, 1553, bequeathing to wife Agnes and children John the eldest, Thomas, Richard, John the younger (two sons of the same name), Alice, Jane, Margaret and Katharine. Richard received houses and lands called Canons. The wife Agnes made a nuncu-

pative will January 13, 1578-79, proved Feb- ruary I, 1578-79, at Bury St. Edmunds, men- tioning about the same list of heirs.

(II) Richard, son presumably of Robert Morse, and the Richard who was a minor at the time of his father's death in 1553, mar- ried, February 15, 1586, Margaret Symson, at Dedham, England. They had a son Samuel, mentioned below.

(III) Samuel, son of Richard Morse, was baptized at Dedham, England, July 25, 1587, died April 5, 1654, at Dedham, Massachu- setts. He sailed from England in the ship "Increase," April 15, 1635. He came to Ded- ham with the first settlers and his name was third on the list of signers to the Dedham compact. His sons Daniel, Joseph and John also signed. He was collector of taxes in 1636, member of the first board of selectmen and one of the organizers of the first church. His house was burned by the Indians, Febru- ary 21, 1675. He was admitted a freeman October 8, 1640; and later removed to the adjoining town of Medfield, where his de- scendants have been among the most promi- nent citizens. He married in England Eliza-

beth -, who was forty-eight years old when she came to this country with her hus- band and children. She died June 20, 1655. His will was proved January 30, 1654-55, be- queathing to sons John and Daniel and to Ann, wife of son Joseph, deceased ; to daugh- ter Mary Bullen. Children, born in England : I. John, born 1611, mentioned below. 2. Daniel, 1613. 3. Joseph, about 1615. 4. Abi- gail, married Daniel Fisher, of Dedham. 5. Mary, married Samuel Bullen. 6. Jeremiah, went east, perhaps to England. 7. Samuel, lived at Dedham; married Mary Bullen.

(IV) John, son of Samuel Morse, was born in 1611, died November 16, 1657. He came to New England after his father, and was admitted a proprietor of Dedham and had a lot assigned to him in 1637, and became a church member in 1640. On August 18, 1636, he had a house lot of two acres granted him, and twelve acres more from his father. This land he sold November 27, 1654, and re- moved to Boston, where he followed the trade of tailor. His will was dated December 18, 1655, and proved June 18, 1658. He married, probably in Dedham, Annas or Agnes Chick- ering, who died September, 1691, a sister of Francis Chickering. Children: 1. Ruth, born June 3, 1637, married (first) Joseph Ellis ; ( second) March 3, 1675, John Brackett. 2. John, June 8, 1639, married Elizabeth Bos-

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worth and settled in Boston. 3. Samuel, bap- tized March 5, 1640, died young. 4. Rachel (twin), baptized March 5, 1640, died young. 5. Joseph, born February 30, 1640-41, married Priscilla Colburne. 6. Ezra, February 5, 1643, mentioned below. 7. Abigail, March 2, 1646, married (first) Israel Everett ; (sec- ond) October 18, 1687, William Jones ; died September 23, 1737. 8. Ephraim, July 19, 1648. 9. Bethiah, March 28, 1651, married Captain Timothy Dwight, of Dedham; died February 6, 1717. 10. Nathaniel, May 2, 1653. died October 9, 1685.

(V) Ezra, son of John Morse, was born Februarv 5, 1643, in Dedham, died there in 1697. He married there February 18, 1670, Joanna Hoare, who died in Braintree, Decem- ber 21, 1691. Children : I. Ezra, born Janu- ary 8, 1671, married Mary 2. Jo- anna, about 1673-74, married Josiah Fisher. 3. Rev. John, March 31, 1674, graduated at Harvard, 1692; died unmarried 1700. 4. Na- thaniel, October 3. 1676, settled in Boston ; married, March 9, 1710, Sarah Draper. 5. David, baptized October 26, 1681, died same year. 6. Peter, baptized January 6. 1682, died same year. 7. David, born June 24, 1683, mentioned below. 8. Deacon Seth, April. 1686-87, married ( first ) Hannah Faulk- ner : (second) Elizabeth (Barron) Graves.

(VI) Deacon David, son of Ezra Morse, was born June 24, 1683. died September 6, 1771. He married, August 22, 1705, Ex- perience Sabin, born 1686. died September 9, 1771, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Polley) Sabin. Children: I. Joanna, born September 5. 1707, married, December 25, 1729, John Wilson. 2. David, March 21, 1709, married Jerusha Smith. 3. Hannah, May 2, 1712, married, March 4, 1751, Seth Wight ; died July 14, 1772. 4. Deacon Seth, 1715, married, December 22, 1741, Kezia Bul- len. 5. John, 1717, mentioned below. 6. Keziah, 1719, died December 16, 1731. 7. Peter, March 5, 1722-23, married (first ) Keziah Clark: ( second) Sarah Haines. 8. Thankful, 1724. married, 1758, Judge Daniel Perry ; died February 17, 1809.

(VII) John (2), son of Deacon David Morse, was born in 1717 in Medfield. His father gave him a tract of land at Sturbridge in 1740 at the same time as his brother David, and both settled there. He married there in September, 1761, Abigail Lee, born in Kill- ingly, Connecticut, June 23, 1737, probably daughter of Phineas and Jemima Lee. He died in Sturbridge, September 27, 1782, of

old age. Children: 1. Abigail, born and died April 18, 1762. 2. Oliver, November 12, 1763; mentioned below. 3. Abigail, 1765 ; married, September 29, 1785, Jonathan Jennings, of Brookfield. 4. Prudence, March II, 1767 ; mar- ried, December 7, 1787, Elisha Marsh. 5. Mary, January 21, 1769 ; married, May 22, 1794, Dr. Mathias Rice. 6. John, March 20, 1772 ; died September II, 1776. 7. Rachel, November 3, 1775.

(VIII) Oliver, son of John (2) Morse, was born November 12, 1763, in Medfield. He resided in Sturbridge, where all his children were born, and removed later to Holliston. He married, in 1787-88, Lydia Howe, and died March 6, 1851. Children: 1. Sally, born April 30, 1789: married, October 25, 1817, Morris Marcy. 2. Grosvenor, August 14, 1791 ; died there. 3. Oliver, August 30, 1794; died in New York, 1834. 4. Philander, August 16, 1796. 5. Hiram A., July 2, 1800; mentioned below. 6. Edward J., April 17, 1804. 7. Newell, G., 1810: died unmarried, 1839, in Holliston.

(IX) Hiram Austin, son of Oliver Morse, was born in Sturbridge, July 2, 1800. He was a farmer at Holliston, Massachusetts. He married (first) in 1827, Marianne B. Fitch ; ( second) in 1834, Martha Dodge. Children. born in Holliston, of first wife: I. Hiram Fitch, March 8, 1829; mentioned below. 2. Susan Elizabeth, May 23, 1831. 3. Marianne Fitch, November 18, 1833. Children of sec- ond wife: 4. Nancy Orner, February 8, 1835. 5. Elizabeth Williams, September 8, 1838. 6. Charles Harrison, April 1, 1843.

(X) Hiram Fitch, son of Hiram Austin Morse, was born in Holliston, March 8, 1829 ; died in 1873. He was educated in the public schools. Enlisted July 2, 1861, private in Com- pany B, Sixteenth Massachusetts Regiment, served two years in the ranks, then appointed hospital steward, May 27, 1863 ; mustered out July 27. 1864. By occupation he was a phar- macist in Holliston. In politics he was a Dem- ocrat. He married, May 15, 1855, Louisa Patterson Chapin, born in Chicopee, daughter of Austin Chapin (see Chapin, VI). Children, born in Holliston: 1. Hiram Austin, born Au- gust 2, 1856; mentioned below. 2. Henry Chapin, October, 1858 : designer in cotton mill Danville, Virginia ; married Emma Leppens ; they have two children : Louis L. and Louise, wife of George Crowningshield.

(X1) Hiram Austin (2), son of Hiram Fitch Morse, was born in Holliston, August 2, 1856. When his father went into the ser- vice in the civil war he was sent to live with

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his grandfather Chapin, at Chicopee, Massa- chusetts. He attended the public and high schools of that town, and then became a clerk in the store of Carter & Spaulding, of Chico- pee. He was next in the employ of H. W. Spurr & Company, of Boston, as traveling salesman, remaining for nine years, then for the Waterville Cutlery Company for a period of fifteen years. He then bought the interest of J. A. Carter, on the death of the latter, in the firm of Carter & Spaulding, and continued it with marked success until 1908, when he sold out to his partner, Nelson B. Carter. Since then he has not been engaged in active business. He is a member of Chicopee Lodge of Free Masons; of Unity Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Springfield Commandery, Knights Templar; and of Melha Temple, Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Uni- tarian church, of Chicopee, and of the Oxford Club. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a trustee of the Chicopee Savings Bank. He married, December 14, 1897, Mary Ella Carter, born March 9, 1866, daughter of Joseph Addi- son Carter (see Carter, VII). They have one child, Addison Chapin, born April 2, 1901.

CHAPIN (II) Henry Chapin, son of Dea- con Samuel Chapin (q. v.), set- tled in Springfield about 1659. He was a prominent man in town affairs and a deputy to the general court in 1689. Tradi- tion says that he was impressed on board a British man-of-war and served seven years, during which time he was in a severe engage- ment with the Dutch. He afterwards com- manded a merchant ship and made several voyages between London and Boston, but at length settled in Boston, and afterward in Springfield. He lived in the northern part of the town and built a house on the south side of the Chicopee river, in what is now the village of Chicopee, on Ferry street, facing south on West street, near the large elm tree, and a few feet east of the house formerly owned and occupied by William Chapin, one of his descendants. The house was burned in 1762. He also made a contract with John Pyncheon for two hundred acres of land on the north side of the Chicopee river. He died August 15, 1718. He married, December 5, 1664, Bethia Cooley, who died December II, 17II, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Cooley, of Longmeadow. Children: I. Henry, born June I, 1666; died April 29, 1667. 2. Sarah, March 3, 1670; died unmarried November 6, 1732. 3. Bethia, February 19, 1672. 4. Henry,

March 19. 1679; mentioned below. 5. Benja- min, February 2, 1682; died March 27, 1756.

(III) Henry (2), son of Henry ( I) Chapin, was born March 19, 1679; died September 15, 1754. He married (first) February 19, 1702. Mary Gurnsey, of Milford, who died May 2, 1715. He married ( second) May 10, 1716, Esther Bliss, daughter of Samuel Bliss. Chil- dren: I. Mary, born October 24, 1702; died September 3, 1703. 2. Mary, September 4,

1704; married Billings, of Sunderland. 3. Elizabeth, March 12, 1707; married, Febru- ary 6, 1735, Samuel Bliss, of Springfield. 4. Joseph, October 25, 1709; drowned June 29, 1723. Children of second wife: 5. Esther, March II, 1717; married, 1740, Jonathan Ely, Jr. 6. Margaret, July 8, 1719; married, 1756, Amos Taylor. 7. Henry, June 7, 1721. 8. Abner, July 25, 1722. 9. Seth, April 20, 1724. IO. Joseph, January 30, 1726. 11. William, mentioned below.

(IV) William, son of Henry (2) Chapin, was born April 19, 1729; died November IO, 1777. He married, February 21, 1754, Mar- tha Chapin, who died May 10, 1775, aged forty-two, daughter of Japhet and Thankful Chapin. Children: 1. Martha, born May 8, 1755; died 1756. 2. William, April 26, 1758; died 1826. 3. Japhet, August 8, 1760; men- tioned below. 4. Henry, July 22, 1762. Martha, August 24, 1764; married

5. Sexton. 6. Tabitha, October 19, 1765; died 1769. 7. Tabitha, August 17, 1770; married Allen. 8. Philana, married Buckingham.

(V) Japhet, son of William Chapin, was born August 8, 1760; died October 6, 1822. He lived in what is now Chicopee Centre and was a lumber manufacturer and dealer, also a farmer. He married (intentions dated Octo- ber 25, 1783) Lovina Wright, of Wilbraham, born August 6, 1764, died September 19, 1834. Children : 1. Olive, born April 17. 1785 ; mar- ried Bridgman Chapin. 2. Whitfield, May 4, 1787. 3. Japhet, August 28, 1789. 4. Atlas, December 26, 1791. 5. Pliny, February 20, 1794. 6. Francis, February 26, 1796. 7. Aus- tin, May 2, 1798; mentioned below. 8. Ver- rannus, May 21, 1800. 9. Sidney, April 18, 1802. 10. Milton, December 10, 1804.

(VI) Austin, son of Japhet Chapin, was born May 2, 1798; died January 21, 1865. He kept a tavern for several years in the house formerly occupied by his father, and after- wards gave his attention to farming. He held important town offices and was representative to the legislature and justice of the peace. He

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married, December 9, 1824, Mary Munroe, of Northborough, born August 19, 1803, died September 20, 1868, daughter of Oliver and Persis Munroe. Children: 1. Maria A., born September 21, 1825 ; died aged about fourteen. 2. Mary Margaret, May 15, 1827; married, 1859, John F. Nealey. 3. Henry W., October 21, 1829. 4. Louisa Patterson, May 17, 1831; married, May 15, 1855, Hiram F. Morse, of Holliston (see Morse, X) ; died November, 1859. 5. Maria A., February II, 1841 ; grad- uate State Normal School at Westfield, 1860. 6. Lizzie M., December 23, 1842; graduate of State Normal School at Westfield, 1860.

BARDEN The surnames Barden, Burden and Bourden were originally Borden, and besides the above many other variations are to be found, in all some thirty-two. The Bardens, of Attle- borough, are numbered among the posterity of Richard Borden, who was one of the origi- nal settlers in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

(I) Richard Borden, of the county of Kent, England, born in 1601, came to New England in the ship "Elizabeth and Ann," in 1635, accompanied by his wife Joan and two chil- dren. In 1638 he went from Boston to Ports- mouth, Rhode Island, as one of the founders of that town, was admitted a freeman there in 1641, and subsequently held various public offices, including that of deputy to the general court. He worshipped with the Society of Friends, and in all of his dealings with his fellowmen he exemplified to a high degree the principles of that faith. He died in Ports- mouth in 1671, and his wife died there July 16, 1688. Their children were: I. Thomas, born in England. 2. Francis, also born there. 3. Matthew, born in Portsmouth, in May, 1638; the first native white child on the island of Rhode Island. 4. John, referred to below. 5. Joseph, born in 1643. 6. Sarah, born in 1644. 7. Samuel, born in 1645. 8. Benjamin, born in 1649. 9. Amie, born in 1654.

(II) John, son of Richard Borden, was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, September. 1640; died there June 4, 1716. He married, December 25, 1670, Mary Earl, born in Ports- mouth, 1655, died there in 1734. Children : I. Richard, born October 24, 1671; died July 12, 1732. 2. John, born 1675; married Sarah Earl, of Portsmouth. 3. Annie, born May 30, 1678; married Benjamin Chase, of Tiverton, Rhode Island. 4. Joseph, born December 3, 1680; married Sarah Brownell, of Portsmouth. 5. Thomas, referred to below. 6. Hope, born

March 3, 1684 ; married William Olney, Jr., of Tiverton. 7. William, born August 15, 1689; married Alice Hall, of Jamestown, Rhode Island. 8. Benjamin, settled in Vir- ginia. 9. Mary.

(III) Thomas, son of John Borden, was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, December 13, 1682, and was residing there in and sub- sequent to 1721. He married (first) April 18, 1717, Catherine Hull, born February 23, 1689, daughter of John and Alice (Teddeman ) Hull, of Jamestown. He married (second ) October 4, 1727, Mary Briggs, of Portsmouth, a de- scendant of John Briggs, one of the founders of that town. His three sons, Thomas, Isaac and Samuel Borden (or Barden), settled in Attleborough. Of these sons Isaac, who was residing in Attleborough in 1759, married Ex- perience Miller and reared a family, and Sam- uel, who was living in Attleborough in 1766, married a Miss Fuller and also reared a family.

(IV) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Borden, was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He removed to Attleborough, Massa- chusetts, as early as 1756. Prior to that he was concerned with his brothers, Isaac and Samuel Barden, in real estate transactions in Tiverton and Portsmouth. In the recorded deeds of this period he is designated a weaver, and he followed that occupation in connection with farming. He married Susanna, daugh- ter of Jonathan Riggs, and the latter's home- stead was in 1786 conveyed to Thomas Barden by Asa Hopkins for the sum of eighteen pounds, being referred to in the deed as "the real estate of our honored father Jonathan Riggs, late of Attleboro." It was located on North Main street, and they occupied it as a homestead until May 14, 1793, when, with their other property and real estate, amounting in all to about thirty-five acres, it was conveyed to Ebenezer Robinson, of Attlcborough, for the sum of one hundred pounds. In later years the Barden homestead on Main street came into the possession of Charles Carpenter. Thomas Barden was a revolutionary soldier, and is credited with the following service: On alarm from Rhode Island, he enlisted from Attleboro, September 1, 1779, as a private in Captain Joseph Franklin's company, Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment, served four months, and was discharged December 31, 1779. He re-enlisted July 28, 1780, in Captain Caleb Richardson's company, Colonel Abiel Mitchell's regiment, which was raised to reinforce the Continental army, and was discharged October 31, 1780. Children of Thomas and Susanna

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(Riggs) Barden : I. Susanna, born September 3, 1763. 2. Thomas, referred to below. 3. George, born March 15, 1767 ; died September 24, 1772. 4. Otis, born December 6, 1769. 5. Eleanor, born May 26, 1772. 6. James, born March 21, 1774. 7. Silvanus, born November 22, 1779. 8. Molly, born July 22, 1782. 9. Eunice, born March 18, 1784.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume II, Part 55

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 1008

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 1008