Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume II, Part 58

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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historian of his regiment, and published in 1875 "Ours; Annals of the Tenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers in the Rebellion," which tells the story of its service and pre- serves much local color for the benefit of the present and future generations. His record is in the form of a daily diary, and so keeps the freshness of each day. It is more vital than formal and more ambitious historical writing can be. Captain Newell was a member of Wilcox Grand Army Post. He had a fond- ness for rare books, of which he had an inter- esting collection, and had been for a long time engaged in preparing a genealogy of the Newell family. He was a member of the common council from Ward Three in 1873- 75, and from Ward Four in 1877-78, and was alderman from Ward Three in 1876. Captain Newell was by nature reticent and self-con- tained, and it was characteristic of him that not even those closest to him realized the grav- ity of his condition some time previous to his death. He died of kidney trouble which had been gradually growing for some time. He was a warm friend and a good citizen, diligent in business, upright in all the relations of life, and greatly respected by all who knew him. He rendered conscientious and admirable service in the city government, and was known as a true citizen without pretense. He was a New Englander in both the strength and the reserve of his character, one who enjoyed his home above all other places, and, saving his service in the Tenth Regiment during the war of the rebellion, spent all his manhood life in Springfield.


Joseph K. Newell married, in Springfield, January 10, 1862, Sarah Ann Eveleth, born in Holyoke, May 8, 1838, and who is still liv- ing. Children: I. Annie Brightwood, born November 7, 1862; married Edwin J. Smith, druggist, of Westfield. 2. Lizzie Caroline, born December 20, 1864; married George Cullen Vining, of Springfield, October II, 1893. 3. Joseph Keith, born April 23, 1867, died January 7, 1874. 4. Charles Eveleth, born February 19, 1869; manager of T. M.


Walker & Company. 5. Infant son, born Au- gust 6, 1871. 6. Frederic William, born Feb- ruary 26, 1873; with Elektron Manufacturing Company ; married, in Springfield, June 17, 1896, Emma Freeman Shipley, born in Spring- field February 13, 1874; one child, Joseph Shipley, born August 10, 1897. 7. James Davenport, born May 21, 1875, died February 13, 1878. 8. George Bigelow, born March 7. 1879.


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William Bailey, immigrant an-


BAILEY cestor, was an early settler of Newport, Rhode Island. Tra- dition says that he was a weaver of silk rib- bon, and had resided in London, England. On June 14, 1655, he bought land in Newport of Gabriel Hicks, and the next year he with Ga- briel Hicks sold twenty-one acres to Joshua Coggeshall, of Portsmouth. He died before July 20, 1670, for on that date his father-in- law, Hugh Parsons, declared "that, having taken into my custody the estate of my grand- child, Hugh Bailey, left and given him by his deceased father, William Bailey, I covenant in the sum of 100 pounds, that at my death and death of present wife, my aforesaid grand- son shall be true and absolute owner of all my land I now possess, with buildings, etc." In the will of Hugh Parsons, dated January II, 1684, proved March 14, 1684, he gives to his grandson, Hugh Bailey, at decease of wife, his house and land, and a third of his stock of moveables, but if Hugh Bailey die before he enjoy it, then to his heirs; wife to bring up grandson and he to be helpful to her. William Bailey married Grace Parsons, daugh- ter of Hugh and Elizabeth Parsons, of Ports- mouth, Rhode Island. Children : 1. John, died 1736. 2. Joseph. 3. Edward, died 1712. 4. Hugh, mentioned below. 5. Stephen, born 1665, died October 17, 1724.


(II) Hugh, son of William Bailey, was ad- mitted a freeman at Newport, May 2, 1702, and removed from Newport to East Green- wich some time between 1696 and 1703. He married (first ) Anna - -, who died February 20 or 26, 1720-21. He married (second) at East Greenwich, May 30, 1724, Abigail Will- iams, of Voluntown, Connecticut. He died Au- gust 3, 1724, intestate. The widow Abigail and the eldest son William refused to admin- ister the estate, and the second son, Samuel, was appointed administrator. On October 31, 1724, guardians were appointed for the minor children, Jonathan Nickols for John and Eli- sha Johnson to Jeremiah and Anne. His farm was located in the westerly part of the town of East Greenwich, on the west side of the highway about a mile south of the "Semi- nary," so called, and was later occupied by Thomas B. Cook. According to family tra- dition, three graves located on the farm about twenty-five rods north of the Cook house, are the graves of Hugh Bailey and his two wives. Children, all by first wife, and all but the eldest born in East Greenwich : 1. William, born in Newport, April 29, 1696. 2. Samuel,


July II, 1703, mentioned below. 3. Joseph, March 2, 1704-05. 4. Hannah, January 9, 1707-08. 5. Sarah, February 27, 1709-10. 6. John, January 6, 1711-12, died September 27, 1756. 7. Jeremialı, September 21, 1714. 8. Anna, January 21, 1716-17.


(III) Samuel, son of Hugh Bailey, was born at East Greenwich, Rhode Island, July II, 1703. Children: I. Hannah, born April 5, 1731. 2. Sarah, May 16, 1733. 3. Eliza- beth, July II, 1735. 4. Mercy, August 4, 1737. 5. Phillips, October 14, 1739. 6. Samuel, No- vember 27, 1742, mentioned below. 7. Ann, May 12, 1744.


(IV) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) Bai- ley, was born at East Greenwich, November 27, 1742. His will was dated June 25, 1821, and mentions his wife Rhobe; sons William Rice, George Anson, Nathan, Cyril and Ira; daughters Sarah Young, Elizabeth Matteson, Freelove Carpenter, Mary Knight, and grand- son Samuel Carpenter, son of daughter Free- love. He married, in Coventry, January 3, 1773. Rhobe Webb, daughter of Jeremiah Webb, of Warwick. Children: 1. Sarah, born May 13, 1773, married December 1, 1792, James Young. 2. Olney, born February 19, 1775, died March 26, 1776. 3. Elizabeth, December 27, 1776, mar- ried, March 8, 1795, Silas Matteson. 4. Free- love, January 5, 1778, married Car- penter. 5. George Anson, February 5, 1780. 6. Nathan, March 25, 1782. 7. Mary, April 17, 1784, married Knight. 8. John, November 1, 1787. 9. William Rice, April 25, 1790. 10. Cyril, December 2, 1792. II. Ira, mentioned below.


(V) Ira, son of Samuel (2) Bailey, was born in Coventry, March 24, 1798. He was educated there in the district schools and set- tled in his native town. He had several chil- dren and among them was Henry F., born at Coventry, October 29, 1829, died at Spring- field, April 29, 1909, at his home, 365 Central street, and Chester Leander Bugbee, mentioned below.


(VI) Chester Leander Bugbee, son of Ira Bailey, was born at Coventry, Rhode Island. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. When a young man he removed to Worcester and in 1853 came to Springfield, Massachusetts, and purchased a blacksmith shop which he later sold; he lived on a farm for six years in Agawam and was then pro- prietor of the Sanford Street Hotel, Spring- field, for five years, and in 1873, together with his son Chester Julius, he purchased a black- smith shop at 99 Dwight street. He died


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November 9, 1896. In politics he was a Dem- ocrat. He married, June 6, 1850, Sally M. Gallup, born March 18, 1821, daughter of Na- thaniel and Sally ( Barber ) Gallup. (See Gal- lup, XI.) She died November 10, 1856. Children : 1. Adelaide M., born April 19, 1851. 2. Martha . A., August 25, 1852. 3. Chester Julius, mentioned below.


(VII) Chester Julius, son of Chester Le- ander Bugbee Bailey, was born in Sanford street, Springfield, August 19, 1855. He at- tended the public schools of Springfield. He helped his father on the farm in his boyhood and later in the hotel. In 1878 he and his father bought the property at 99 Dwight street, Springfield, from Mr. Folsom, and in 1879 and 1881 enlarged and remodeled the building. At this location Mr. Bailey has since conducted a blacksmith and general re- pair shop with marked success. He belongs to Hampden Lodge, Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons ; Morning Star Chapter, Royal Arch Masons: Springfield Council, Royal and Select Masters; Springfield Commandery, Knights Templar; Melha Temple, Nobles Mystic Shrine; Adelphi Chapter, No. 2, Or- der of the Eastern Star ; Hampden Lodge, No. 27, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Springfield Encampment, No. 82; Canton Springfield, No. 23, Patriarchs Militant ; Ous- amequin Tribe, No 14, Improved Order of Red Men. He is independent in politics. He attends St. Paul's Church. He is a man of quiet tastes, sterling qualities and strong character. He is a prominent and influential business man, a useful citizen, and is highly esteemed and honored by his townsmen. He married (first) Julia Easley, now deceased, by whom he had one son, Chester Ira, born at Springfield, March 20, 1880. He married (second ) Margaret S. Whitten, widow, daughter of Jared S. Manley, of Columbia, Connecticut, granddaughter of Thomas Man- ley, of Columbia. Her first husband was Wal- ter Whitten, by whom she had two children : i. Jared Whitten, born February 15, 1873, married Mary Cushen and has one child, Mar- ion Whitten, born August 8, 1897; ii. Martha Whitten, married George Ellis, of Millington, Massachusetts, and has one child, Hazel Ellis, born May 17, 1907.


(The Gallup Line).


The surname Gallup, also spelled Gollop, is said to be derived from the German words Gott and Lobe, God and Praise, in the same way as the surname Godfrey is derived from


Gott and Frende, God and Peace. There are other forms of spelling, Kollop, Golloppe, Golop, etc. There is a very ancient tradition in Lorraine, where there is a family of that name ,that one of their number went to West- ern Europe as a follower of William, Duke of Normandy, and never returned. In the Amer- ican family of Gallup there is also a tradition that the founder of the English branch came from France to England at the time of the Conquest. The coat-of-arms of the English family from which the American immigrant descended is : Gules on a bend or a lion pas- sant guardant sable. Crest : a demi-lion barry or and sable holding in his dexter paw a broken arrow gules. Motto: Be bolde. Be wyse. The following pedigree in England of John Gallup, the immigrant ancestor, is taken from the visitation of Dorset, 1623:


(I) John Gollop came out of the north in the fifth year of the reign of Edward IV. (1465). He married Alice, daughter and heir of William Temple, of county Dorset.


(II) John Gollop, of North Bowood and Temple, county Dorset, died in 1533 in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of Henry VIII. He married Joan Collins, of Snails Croft, county Dorset.


(III) Thomas Gollop, of North Bowood, son and heir, died April 8, 1610, in the reign of James I. He married Agneta, daughter of Humphrey Watkins, of Holwell, county Dor- set. Children : I. Egedins, went to Rome and became a priest. 2. Humphrey, died without issue. 3. John, mentioned below. 4. Thomas, heir of North Bowood and Strode; died December, 1622.


(IV) John Gollop, married Crab.


(V) John Gollop or Gallup, immigrant an- cestor, was born in England in 1590, as he was thirty-three years old at the time of the visitation of Dorset in 1623. He came to America from the parish of Mosterne, county Dorset, England, in 1630. The family from which he descended has descendants who still occupy the estate at Strode. He sailed from Plymouth, England, March 20, 1630, in the ship "Mary and John," arriving at Nantas- ket May 30 following. His wife and chil- dren came over in 1633. He went first to Dorchester, Massachusetts, but was soon after- ward living in Boston. An extract from a letter written by Governor Winthrop to Rev. John White, of England, says: "I have much difficultye to keepe John Gallop here, by rea- son his wife will not come. I marvayle at the woman's weaknesse. I pray, persuade


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and further her coming by all means. If she will come let her have the remainder of his wages ; if not, let it be bestowed to bring over his children, for so he desired. It would be about 40 pounds losse to him to come for her." Dated July 4, 1632. John Gallup was admit- ted to the First Church, January 6, 1634, and admitted a freeman in April of the same year. He was one of the earliest grantees of land at the northerly part of the town, where he had a wharf right and a house. The place was known as Gallup's Point. He owned Gallup's Island, where he had a farm, with a meadow on Long Island, a sheep pasture on Nix Mate and a


house in Boston. He was a skillful mariner, well acquainted with harbor around Boston and in the habit of making frequent trading expeditions along the coast in his own ves- sels. One of these expeditions was made memorable as being the first naval encounter in this country, when he found the murder- ers of his friend, John Oldham, in July, 1636. The account given in a deposition made by his son John to Governor Winthrop, as follows: "That his father (John Gallup), and another of his brethren, a lusty young man also, and a strong, stout fellow, who was his fath- er's servant, sayelinge to-wards Block Island, to trade thereabouts, not knowing of any mis- chief done by those Indians. As they drew neere to the Island they espied a vessel mak- ing off from the shore, but by they'r contrary handling of they'r sails, they supposed that they were Indians, which had taken some Eng- lish vessel and made towards them, and then perceiving it to be so, shot at them three or four vollies, as they sometimes came neare the villians, and then cleared off again to make ready, and so after a third or fourth charge upon the Indians, all those Indians got into the hold, but old John Gallop coming with his vessell close by the other side, espied a skein hang down, and resolved to hale downe that, and take it with them to catch Basse withal and then perceived a dead body under it, with the head cut off ; he got up into the vessel, bidding his two sons follow him, and stand by him with their guns ready charged, which they did; and he taking the bloddy head and washing it, knew it to be Mr. Old- hams, and said :


"'Ah, Brother Oldham, is it thee? I am resolved to avenge thy blood'; and taking his dlagger to the scuttle hole in which the Indians were guoyd, as thick as they could stud, head by head, and he jobd his dagger very often with all his strength upon them, and then


lasht that vessel to his vessel, hoping to tow them along with them. Upon which one In- dian first got out and begg'd quarter for his life, and he would tell how many were in the hold, and who they were, and what they had done ; they granted him that quarter, and took and bound him, and put him down into they'r hold : presently after another, a very proper fellow, got out and got to them, and desired like quarter for himself; by they considering if they spared and bound him also, in they'r hold, they might in the night unbind each other and do them mischief, being but four persons, and much tryed, whereupon, without further debate, they chopt off his head, and heaved his carcass overboard ; upon which the other Indian confessed to them that He was they'r sachem whom they had killed, and that it was he who stirred the Block Islanders to take that English vessel and cramb (kill) the men in it. Now the wind waxing higher and contrary, they could not tow the other vessel and farther, cut they'r rope and let her drive and hasted to Saybrook fort with the captive Indian to give them full information what sort of Indians they were who mirthered the English ; whereupon that just war was com- menced against the bloody Pequots and they'r associates."


After the settlement of Rhode Island and Connecticut, his vessel was about the only method of communication between the two colonies, and once when he was delayed in his trip, Roger Williams wrote to Governor Win- throp "God be praised John Gallop has ar- rived." He achieved great distinction by piloting the ship "Griffin" in 1633 through a new channel, when Rev. John Cotton, Rev. Thomas Hooker, Rev. Mr. Stone, and other notables were aboard among her two hundred passengers. It is supposed that the wife and children of John Gallup were on board also. He died in Boston, January II, 1650. His will was dated December 20, 1649. He mar- ried, in England, Christobel - , who died in Boston, September 27, 1655. Her will was dated July 24, 1655. Children : 1. John, men- tioned below. 2. Joan, married, 1637, Thomas Joy. 3. Samuel. married, November 20, 1650, Mary Philips. 4. Nathaniel, married April II, 1652, Margaret Eveley.


(VI) Captain John, son of John Gallup, was born in England and came to this country in 1633. He was with his father in the en- gagement off Block Island and afterwards en- gaged in the Pequot war. The general court of Connecticut granted him a hundred acres of


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land for his services in that war. He settled in New London, Connecticut, in 1650-51. On February 9, 1652-53, he received three hun- dred acres of land on the Mystic river, in con- sideration of his father's military services, and in the next year, one hundred and fifty acres more, about which there had been some dis- agreement. He removed with his family in 1654 to the east side of the Mystic river, now Stonington, and was one of the early settlers of that town. He was deputy to the general court in 1665 and 1667. He was also an In- dian interpreter. Although he was over sixty years old when King Philip's war broke out, he joined with Captain John Mason, of Norwich, at the head of the Mohegans. These troops were engaged in the Swamp fight at Narragansett, December 19, 1675. He was one of the six captains who were killed in this fight. He married, in 1643, at Boston, Han- nah Lake, daughter of John and Margaret Lake, and granddaughter of Edmund Read, Esq., of Wickford, county Essex, England. Her mother was sister of Elizabeth Read who married John Winthrop Jr., governor of Con- necticut. Children: 1. Hannah, born at Bos- ton. September 14, 1644, married, June 18, 1672, Stephen Gifford, of Norwich, Connecti- cut. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Esther, born at Taunton, Massachusetts, March 24, 1653, married, December 17, 1674, Henry Hodges, of Taunton. 4. Benadam, born at Stonington, 1655. 5. William, born 1658. 6. Samuel. 7. Christobel, married, December 31, 1677, Peter Crary, of Groton. 8. Elizabeth, married Henry Stevens, of Stonington. 9. Mary, married John Cole, of Boston. IO. Margaret, married Joseph Culver, of Groton.


(VII) John, son of Captain John Gallup, was born in 1646 and died April 14, 1735. He settled in Stonington, and was deputy to the general court in 1685-96-97-98. He served with his father in King Philip's war. He was on friendly terms with the Indians and often acted as interpreter. He acted as interpreter in 1701 for the committee for renewing the bounds of the Winthrop land purchase at Plainfield, Connecticut. He owned land in Plainfield but never lived there. He married in 1675, Elizabeth Harris, born at Ipswich, February 8, 1654, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Lake) Harris, and granddaughter of Madame Margaret Lake. Children: I. John, born 1675, mentioned below. 2. Thomas, born 1682. 3. Martha, baptized April 2, 1683, married John Gifford. 4. Samuel, baptized October 9, 1687. 5. Elizabeth, bap-


tized July 14, 1689. 6. Nathaniel, baptized July 4, 1692. 7. William, baptized May 26, 1695, died August 18, 1735. 8. Benjamin, baptized November 1, 1696.


(VIII) Captain John, son of John Gallup, was born at Stonington in 1675, died Decem- ber 29, 1755. He became one of the first set- tlers of Voluntown, Connecticut, going there about 1710 and taking up a large tract of land, which was at last accounts still owned by his descendants. At the first meeting held June 20, 1721, he was chosen one of the selectmen, and he appears as one of the leaders in town affairs. He gave three acres of land for a meeting house and burial ground and was on the committee to build the meeting house. He was one of the ruling elders of the first church, a Presbyterian. He was chosen captain of the first military company in 1726. His will men- tions a second wife, but her name is not known. He married (first) in 1709, Eliza- beth Wheeler, born May 22, 1683, died April 14, 1735, daughter of Isaac and Martha (Park) Wheeler, and granddaughter of Thomas Wheeler, who was born in England in 1602 and came to New England in 1630. Children born at Voluntown : I. William, Sep- tember 2, 1710, died February 10, 1734. 2. Isaac, February 24, 1712, mentioned below. 3. Elizabeth, April 9, 1714, married Zachary Frink. 4. Martha, September 3. 1716, mar- ried, January 4. 1737, Thomas Douglas. 5. Hannah, January 29, 1719, married, 1741, Manuel Kinne. 6. Dorothy, March 22, 1721, married, 1744, John Reed. 7. John, June 9, 1724.


(IX) Isaac, son of John Gallup, was born in Voluntown, February 24. 1712, died Au- gust 3, 1799, aged eighty-eight. He lived in that part of the town which became Sterling, on the homestead. He represented the town in the general court from 1768 to 1773. and took a prominent part in town affairs. He married, March 29, 1749, Margaret Gallup, born October 12, 1730, died December 9, 1817. aged eighty-eight, daughter of Nathaniel and Margaret Gallup, of Stonington. Children : I. John, born December 29, 1749. 2. Elizabeth, January 22, 1755, married Rev. Micaiah Por- ter. 3. Martha, February 17, 1757, married Benjamin Gallup. 4. Nathaniel, December 24, 1758. 5. Benadam, November 17, 1761, mentioned below. 6. William, April 12, 1764. 7. Isaac, October 8, 1766. 8. Margaret, Au- gust 26, 1768, married Adam Kasson. 9. Joseph, March 24, 1772.


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born November 17, 1761, at Voluntown, died there March 30, 1850. He married (first) March 31, 1785, Elizabeth Dorrance, who died September 28, 1810. He married (second) September 22, 1811, Mary Wilson, who died March 28, 1858. Children: I. George, born December 21, 1786, married Electa Dean ; died March 4, 1834. 2. James, February 22, 1788, married, March 19, 1815, Pamelia Winsor. 3. Margaret, January II, 1790. 4. Betsy, No- vember 19, 1792, married Noah Briggs. 5. John A., April 6, 1795. 6. Nathaniel, August 19, 1798, mentioned below. 7. Chester, April IO, 1801. 8. Cynthia, March 23, 1813, mar- ried Daniel Briggs.


(XI) Nathaniel, son of Benadam Gallup, was born at Voluntown, August 19, 1798, died there on the homestead May 2, 1856. He mar- ried, May 14, 1817, Sally Barber, who died November 1I, 1885. Children: 1. Margaret, born December 8, 1819, married Joseph Noon. 2. Sally M., March 18, 1821, married Chester Leander Bugbee Bailey. (See Bailey, VI). 3. Lucy A., June 15, 1823. 4. James, Novem- ber 13, 1825. 5. Joseph, September 4, 1827. 6. Elizabeth, April 22, 1830, married, January 6, 1850, Benjamin Lee Gallup. 7. Hannah, March 13, 1833, married, February 22, 1865, George B. Matheson. 8. Nathaniel, October 18, 1835. 9. Chancey, October 4, 1839. 10. Martha, March 2, 1842, married, December 20, 1860, Sanford J. Sherman.


ARNOLD Joseph Arnold, immigrant an- cestor, was born in England about 1625, and was an early settler in the town of Braintree, Massachu- setts. He married, at Braintree, June 8, 1648, Rebecca Curtis, who died August 14, 1693. Ar- nold was doubtless related in near degree to John Arnold, who settled in Boston as early as 1639, whose brother, Samuel Arnold, settled in Sandwich, Massachusetts, soon afterward. There were six other pioneers of this surname in Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth before 1650 and some of them also were related, it is thought, to Joseph. He resided in the east- ern part of the town of Braintree, now the city of Quincy, on Quincy avenue. He deeded his homestead to his youngest son Ephraim, November 25, 1696. It adjoined land of Thomas Holbrook, William Cope and the ocean. Children, born at Braintree: 1. Will- iam, March 16, 1649, died young. 2. John, April 2, 1650, died young. 3. Joseph, Octo- ber 8, 1652, died young. 4. Jolin, April 29, 1655, married Mary -- , of Boston. 5.


Samuel, August 7, 1658, died August 7, 1658. 6. Ephraim, mentioned below.


(II) Ephraim, son of Joseph Arnold, was born at Braintree, June 11, 1664. He settled in Braintree, removing later to Boston. He mar- ried Mary Children : 1. Samuel, men- tioned below. 2. Mary, born October 1, 1690, married, July 1, 1708, Benjamin Hammond. 3. Ephraim, July 21, 1695, married, February 2, 1721, Rachel Mekusitt. 4. Rebecca, mar- ried, December 11, 1722, Jonathan French, son of Thomas and Elizabeth ( Belcher ) French.


(III) Samuel, son of Ephraim Arnold, was born in Braintree, January 16, 1689. He was drowned in the Neponset river, February 9, 1743, was found March 22 and buried March 23, 1743. He married, September 13, 171I, Sarah Webb, daughter of Christopher and Mary (Bass) Webb. She was born Decem- ber 10, 1688. Children, born at Braintree: I. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. Mary, born De- cember 22, 1714, married February 20, 1736 John Spear. 3. Joseph, died young. 4. Sarah, September 14, 1716, married, January I, 1740, Benjamin Hunt. 5. Joseph, October II. 1718; his wife died March 19, 1745; mar- ried (second) Mary Butts. 6. John, October 4, 1720, died February II, 1738. 7. Moses, June II, 1722. 8. Abigail, February 12, 1725; married Samuel Savel. 9. Nathaniel, October 18, 1726. 10. Deborah, November 14, 1729, died December 14, 1792; married James Thayer. II. David, July 23, 1732.




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