Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume II, Part 75

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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(For preceding generations see Deacon , William Gaylord 1). (VI) Josiah, youngest son GAYLORD of John and Dolly (Taylor) Gaylord, was born August 15, 1783, died June 5, 1826. He married, February 21, 1805, Lucinda Smith and they had the following children : I. Philomelia, born December 8, 1805, married Spencer Searle ; child, Albert, deceased. 2. Josiah, born Au- gust 16, 1807, married Ruth Ferry ; children : Horace W. and Alvin F. 3. Elihu Goodman, born October 20, 1810, married Jennette Miller ; children : Malah B., deceased wife of L. B. Norton ; Lucinda S .; Achsah G., married Charles Cooley ; Lyman E. and Francis C. 4. Sereno, mentioned below. 5. Lucinda Smith, born January 2, 1815, married Sylvester S. Lyman ; children : Frederick S., married Julia Gridley of Hartford, Connecticut ; they reside at Augusta, Maine ; Helen L., wife of Dr. M. M. Johnson, of Hartford. 6. Emerson, born September 2, 1817, married Jane Burnett ; child, Arthur F., married Isabelle Murphy. 7. Ansel, born February 22, 1824, married Kate Stoughton ; children : Andrew S. and Kattie A. (VII) Sereno, third son of Josiah and Lu- cinda (Smith) Gaylord, was born August 24, 1812, at South Hadley, Massachusetts, died May 20, 1895, at Chicopee, Massachusetts, . after a long and successful business career. In 1834 Mr. Gaylord went to Terryville and entered the employ of Lewis, McKee & Com- pany, manufacturers of locks, where he soon

became superintendent ; he was of great as- sistance to his employers, and instituted much new machinery to facilitate their manufac- ture; in 1841 he and John C. Lewis bought out this concern, and formed the company of Lewis & Gaylord, which did business for seven years, until the death of Mr. Lewis. The Lewis Lock Company was formed at this time, in which Mr. Gaylord became partner, and in 1863 he removed to Chicopee and opened up business under the name of Gaylord Manu- facturing Company, with which concern he was associated until a short time before the busi- ness was sold out in 1881. He was an expert mechanic, and had made a special study of . locks, of which he had invented several pat- terns. At one time he resided in Plymouth, Connecticut, and while living there interested himself in the affairs of the town, and was elected to the legislature. Since retiring from the firm of Gaylord Manufacturing Company he carried on no business, and held no public offices in the town of Chicopee, preferring the peace and quiet of home to more active life. For the last thirty years of his life he was a chronic sufferer from rheumatism, and for the last four years had been unable to leave his home, though at the time of his death he had been confined to his bed for only four days, and his death came as a shock to his family and friends. He was one of the town's most respected citizens, and was genuinely mourned by the community. He married, October 22, 1839, Weltha, daughter of Roswell and Ha- dassah (Preston) Graves. (See Graves, VII). Children : 1. Austin Lyman, born October 10, 1842, died December 22, 1856. 2. Louisa Jane, July 27, 1844, died October 5, 1905 ; she mar- ried James L. Pease, and had two daughters, Ella Graves, died in infancy, and Louise Gay- lord. 3. Ella Maria, July 16, 1848, a member of Third Congregational Church.

(The Graves Line).

This name, one of the oldest in England, came in with the Norman army, and has at various times been called De Grevis, De Greves, Greve, Grave, Greaves, Greeves and Graves. In the Domesday Book for Lincolnshire the family of Greeves and Graves, with family seat of this name, is recorded in the parish of Beeley, near Chatsworth, in the northern part of Derbyshire, where the family lived as early as the reign of Henry III, from 1216 to 1272. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, from 1558 to 1602, a descendant of this fam- ily, John Greaves, purchased Beeley, now

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called "Hilltop," on the hill above Beeley ; this was occupied by the family until about 1664, being then sold to John, Earl of Rutland.

(1) John Graves, born in England before 1585, came to New England before 1645, as in that year he was living in Hartford, Con- necticut, with his wife Sarah and five children ; his name appears on the records of that year as being excused from training because he was over the age of sixty years. Many members of the church at Hartford and Wetherfield, Connecticut, disagreeing with the policy of the church in regard to its baptisms, decided to stand up for their beliefs, as they considered it their duty to do, and broke away from the settlement, leaving their houses and lands un- sold, and started in the middle of September, 1661, on their long journey to Hatfield, then part of Hadley, Massachusetts, their house- hold goods loaded on carts drawn by oxen, and the journey of fifty miles requiring about ten days to complete. Their way led through new land, there were swamps to be skirted or crossed, small streams to get over, and their domestic animals to be cared for on the way. John Graves and his wife were then quite old, and accompanying them were their sons Isaac and John, each with a wife and five children. Here the little commnuity were obliged to build new homes for themselves, barns for their animals, and prepare to clear new land for themselves. On account of his advanced years, John Graves and his wife from that time lived in the home of their son Isaac; he had then passed his seventy-sixth birthday, and a little more than a year after their arrival in their new home he died, in November, 1662, his wife surviving him a few years. ` Their children, born in England, were : Isaac, John, Samuel, Nathaniel and Elizabeth.

(II) Isaac, son of John and Sarah Graves, was born probably as early as 1620, in Eng- land, came to America with his father, settled in Hartford, Connecticut, before 1645, and re- moved with his parents to Hatfield in 1661, where he was killed by Indians, September 19, 1677, in their attack upon that town. In the new settlement he was given his father's share of land, and his estate thus became one hun- dred and fifty pounds. He was made free- man at the general court in Boston, May 16, 1669, was sergeant in the colonial militia, a clerk of the writs for Hatfield, and one of the representatives for that part of Hadley which later became Hatfield. He appeared before the general court at Boston to make petition that the church and town of Hatfield be given

separate rights. During King Philip's war the inhabitants of Northampton, Hadley and Hat- field united for the better defense from the savages, being occupied by troops from the eastern portion of the Massachusetts Bay col- ony. Hatfield was the most exposed, and had a council chosen from several towns among them Sergeant Isaac Graves; after the massa- cre at Deerfield in 1675, a stockade was built, in which were the houses of Isaac Graves and his son John. On the day of September 19, both of them were engaged in building a house for John Graves, Junior, about a. half mile from the northern end of the stockade, with no thought of the danger lurking near, when with- out warning the Indians were upon them and both Isaac and John Graves, as well as two other men working with them, were killed; eight others were killed at this time and seventeen made prisoners, all but one being women and children. Isaac Graves married Mary, daughter of Richard and Anna Church, who came from England in 1637, and died June 9, 1695. Their children were: Mary, born July 5, 1647; Isaac, August 22, 1650; Rebecca, July 3, 1652-53; Samuel, October I, 1655; Sarah, April 27, 1657 ; Elizabeth, March 16, 1661; John, Hannah, January 24, 1666; Jonathan, January 24, 1666; Mehitable, Octo- ber I, 1671.

(III) John (2), third son of Isaac and Mary (Church) Graves, was born in 1664, at Hat- field, Massachusetts, and probably died in 1746, as November 12 of that year his son Elnathan was appointed administrator on his estate. He married, October 26, 1686, at Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Sarah, daughter of John Banks, of that place, and their children were: Isaac, born July 10, 1688; Benjamin, August 12, 1689; Sarah, 1691; Jemima, April 30, 1693; Mary, November 9, 1695; Elnathan, August 20, 1699; Hannah, June 4, 1701 ; Eunice, Sep- tember 29, 1703; and Aaron.

(IV) Aaron, son of John (2) and Sarah (Banks) Graves, was born February 2, 1707, at Hatfield, Massachusetts, and resided in that portion of it which became Williamsburg at a later date, until he died in 1788. He was a soldier in the colonial army and was at Fort Massachusetts in the French war in 1748. He married Mary, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Waite) Wells, of Hatfield, granddaughter of Benjamin Waite, the famous Indian fighter, born October 24, 1707. Her mother, with others, was taken captive by the Indians and taken to Canada, but was released as a result of the untiring efforts of her father, Sergeant

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Benjamin Waite, who lived in the house ad- joining the one where Isaac and John Graves were killed in 1677. Aaron and Mary (Wells) Graves had children as follows: Jemima, born April 12, 1730; Martha, March 9, 1732; Mary, October 19, 1733; Eunice, November 2, 1735; Beulah; Lucius, December 19, 1746; Aaron ; Sybil, about 1752; Rebecca, about 1758.

(V) Aaron (2), son of Aaron (I) and Mary ( Wells) Graves, was born about 1749, at Hatfield, Massachusetts, in the part which became Williamsburg, and died November 17, 1834, at South Hadley, Massachusetts. He married, May 13, 1773, Sarah Morton, of Hat- field, and they lived at South Hadley, where she died October 11, 1839. Their children were: Sarah, born May 10, 1774; Lucius, February 5, 1776; Elijah, July 19, 1778; Aaron. June 21, 1781; Chester, August 25, 1783; Lucinda, April 9, 1786; Theophilus, April 3, 1788; Roswell; and Jotham, September 9, 1792.

(VI) Roswell, son of Aaron (2) and Sarah (Morton) Graves, was born May 20, 1790, at South Hadley, Massachusetts, where he re- sided all his life and died October 14, 1867. He married, May 20, 1811, Hadassah Preston, of South Hadley, and they had children as follows : Amanda, born October 17, 1812, married, May 6, 1835, Marcellus Clark, of South Hadley; Climena H., August 7, 1814, married Austin Ely, of Holyoke. 3. Weltha. (VII) Weltha, youngest daughter of Ros- well and Hadassah ( Preston ) Graves, was born April 18, 1816, at South Hadley, Massachu- setts, died September 10, 1858. She married, October 22, 1839, Sereno Gaylord (see Gay- lord, VII).

BOWERS George Bowers, immigrant ancestor, was the only early settler of the name, notwith- standing a family tradition about ten brothers coming to this country. It seems likely that the ten brothers of the story went from Scot- land to England and that only one came to New England. The family is said to be of Scotch ancestry. George Bowers was in Scituate, Massachusetts, in 1636. He was a planter of some property and standing, and an early member of the Scituate church. He was admitted a freeman there March 7, 1636-37, and was a town officer. He sold his land at Scituate, April 8, 1640, and located at Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, where he lived the re- mainder of his days. He died in 1656. His house was on the east side of North avenue,

now Massachusetts avenue, not far from the railroad bridge. He also owned land in Charlestown, adjoining Cambridge. He was fined May 31, 1652, for voting, not being a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, showing that being a freeman in the Plymouth Colony did not, as he had supposed, entitle him to vote in Massachusetts Bay Colony. His wife Barbara died March 25, 1644, and he married (second ) April 15, 1649, Elizabeth Worthington. She married (second) June 25, 1657, Henry Bowtelle. Bowers in his will be- queathed to his wife; to sons Benanuel, John and Jerathmeel, and daughters Patience and Silence. Children : I. Benanuel, married Eliz- abeth Dunster, cousin of President Henry Dunster, of Harvard College; resided in Charlestown. 2. John, graduate of Harvard, 1649 ; teacher at Plymouth ; minister at Guild- ford and Brandford, Connecticut; pastor at Derby in 1677 until his death, June 14, 1687. 3. Jerathmeel, mentioned below. 4. Patience, married Humphrey Bradshaw. 5. Silence. 6. Matthew, died at Cambridge.

(II) Jerathmeel, son of George Bowers, was born in Cambridge, May 2, 1650, died April 2, 1724. He removed to the adjacent town of Chelmsford; was admitted a free- man, February 2, 1685, and was a town officer. He fought in King Philip's war and had a large tract of land granted for his services. He was guardian of the Pawtucket Indians, a neighboring tribe. His was the first house built in the present limits of the city of Lowell, and was on what is now Wood street. He sold his homestead January 2, 1683-84. He represented Chelmsford five years in the gen- eral court. He married Elizabeth Children : 1. Jerathmeel, resided in Chelmsford near Pawtucket (now Lowell) and was a lead- ing and enterprising citizen. 2. Jonathan, mentioned below. Perhaps others.

(III) Captain Jonathan, son of Jerathmeel Bowers, was born in Chelmsford, April 13, 1674, died February 13, 1744-45. He removed to Billerica in 1729. He was a lieutenant in Captain Wilson's company, Colonel Tyng's regiment ; promoted captain in 1715. He mar- ried, May 17, 1699, Hannah Barrett, who died October 16, 1766, aged eighty-six years. Children, born at Chelmsford: 1. Jerathmeel, born January 6, 1700, married, March 17, 1735-36, Elizabeth Early, daughter of Tim- othy Early. 2. Jonathan, July 5, 1701, mar- ried, June 7, 1726, Mary Grimes. 3. John, September 20, 1707, married, August 14, 1733, Anna Crosby, daughter of Josiah Crosby. 4.

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William, January 8, 1709. 5. Sarah, Febru- ary 25, 1712. 6. Benjamin, March 7, 1713, mentioned below. 7. Josiah, January 20, 1719-20.

(IV) Rev. Benjamin, son of Captain Jona- than Bowers, was born in Billerica, March 7, 1713. He graduated at Harvard College in the class of 1733 and was ordained at Middle Haddam, Connecticut, in September, 1740, and died there in 1761. He was an earnest, capa- ble and pious preacher. He married (first) November 4, 1742, Sarah Newhall, who died July 31. 1757, and he married (second) July 31, 1759, Ann Hosmer, of East Haddam. The births of the children of Benjamin and Sarah, as well as both marriages, were recorded as of Middletown, an adjoining town. Children : I. Benjamin, born July 16, 1743, mentioned below. 2. Sarah, August 5, 1745. 3. Han- nah, June 2, 1747. 4. Jonathan, May 19, 1749, died November 27, 1749. 5. Hannah, Sep- tember 17, 1750. 6. Mary, October 16, 1752. 7. Jonathan, April 15, 1754, soldier in the mil- itia under General Gates in the revolution, 1777; corporal; wounded at Saratoga; lived at Chatham in 1790. 8. Lydia, June 11, 1756. (V) Benjamin (2), son of Rev. Benjamin (I) Bowers, was born at Middletown, Con- necticut, July 16, 1743. His father's family was the only one in Middletown at that time. . He was a soldier in the revolution, a sergeant in 1777 in the company of Captain Ells, of Middletown, in the third regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Wyllis. Benajah Bowers, probably a cousin, was in the same company. There was also Zephaniah Bowers, of Kill- ingworth, an adjacent town, in the revolution. Benajah was living at Chatham, in the vicinity, in 1790, according to the federal census, as well as Jonathan, younger brother of Ben- jamin.

(VI) Nathaniel, son or nephew of Benja- min (2) Bowers, married at Middletown, Con- nectictit, December 26, 1792, Phebe Clark. The town records show no other records of the Bowers family than here given-those of Rev. Benjamin Bowers and of the family of Nathaniel, his grandson. Children of Nathan- iel and Phebe (Clark) Bowers, born at Mid- dletown : I. Harley, October 14, 1793, men- tioned below. 2. William, October 19, 1794. 3. Luther, January 26, 1797. 4. Aurelia, March 26, 1799.

(VII) Harley, son of Nathaniel Bowers, was born at Westfield in the town of Mid- dletown, Connecticut, October 14, 1793. He was a farmer at Westfield, which was then in ii-31

Middletown, Connecticut. He married, De- cember 7, 1815, Beulah Roberts, born Feb- ruary 13, 1794, daughter of Ebenezer and (Dowd) Roberts. Her father was a prominent citizen, justice of the peace, soldier in the revolution. Children: I. Luther, men- tioned below. 2. Harley Newel, born June 9, 1823. 3. Stephen H., born May 26, 1825. 4. Henry J., born August 26, 1828.

(VIII) Luther, son of Harley Bowers, was born in Westfield, in the town of Middletown, Connecticut, April 2, 1819. He was educated in the public schools and learned the trade of shoemaker. For many years he was a manu- facturer at Westfield and Middletown and East Berlin, Connecticut. He was an active and prominent member of the Congregational Church. In politics he was a Republican.

He married first November 1, 1841, Emily Starr, born April 22, 1823, daughter of Samuel Starr of Middletown; (second) November 26. 1849, Mary L, Stevens, daughter of Alvin Stevens; (third) April 6, 1853, Hannah Wright Clapp, daughter of Edward Clapp of Northampton, Massachusetts, granddaughter of Wareham Clapp (see Clapp). Children of the first wife: Charles C., born August 7, 1842. 2. Eugene S., January 31, 1844. Child of the third wife: 3. Edward Luther, born May 4, 1855; mentioned below.

(IX) Edward Luther, son of Luther and Hannah W. (Clapp) Bowers, was born in East Berlin, Connecticut, May 4, 1855. He was educated in the public schools of Berlin and Hartford. He became a draughtsman and toolmaker in the employ of The Pratt & Whitney Co. He came to Orange, Massachu- setts, June 1, 1880 as draughtsman and assist- ant foreman of the New Home Sewing Mach- ine Company; was made assistant superin- tendent January 28, 1890, and became super- intendent of the company February 4, 1903, his present position. He is a member of Orange Lodge of Free Masons; of Orange Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and charter member of Orange Commandery, Knights Templar.

(The Clapp Line-See William Clapp 1).

(IV) Roger Clapp, son of Preserved Clapp, was born May 24, 1684, died January 29, 1762. He was captain in the military company and representative to the general court. He married Elizabeth Bartlett, who died August 9, 1767, daughter of Samuel Bartlett. He resided in Northampton. Children : 1. Roger, born April 3, 1708, married Ann 2. Elizabeth,

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May 29, 1710, married, May 27, 1730, Jona- than Strong. 3. Jonathan, 1713, died May 10, 1782. 4. Aaron, January 30, 1715, removed to Easthampton. 5. Asahel, about 1717, died January 20, 1777. 6. Supply, about 1721, died 1784. 7. Charles, 1725, died August 11, 1776. 8. Noah, married Dorcas 9. Simeon, mentioned below.

(V) Simeon, son of Roger Clapp, was born in 1728, died February 25, 1812. He served as a soldier in 1748 in Lieutenant Colonel Dwight's regiment, and was afterwards a cap- tain. He also practiced as a physician, and resided at Northampton. He married Sarah Clark, born 1738, died June 22, 1823. Chil- dren : I. Simeon, born December 6, 1758, died young. 2. Simeon, November 7, 1759, died May 31, 1851 ; married, October 9, 1785, Patty Root. 3. Quartus, April 18, 1762, married Electa Sheldon; died March 13, 1792. 4. Bohan, August 17, 1764, died September 18, 1826; married, December 15, 1792, Ann Levake. 5. Charles, October 18, 1767, re- moved to Worthington. 6. Wareham, No- vember 24, 1770; mentioned below. 7. Sereno, November I, 1772, died January 3, 1833 ; married, November 1, 1800, Lydia Pat- terson.

(VI) Wareham, son of Simeon Clapp, was born November 24, 1770, died October 7, 1852. He lived in Northampton and married Sophia Dwelly. It is related of her that an Indian woman, Sally Maminash, the last of her race in Northampton, was left without a home. Mrs. Clapp took her into her own family, saying, "As long as I live, Sally shall be provided for." Sally died January 3, 1853, aged eighty-eight, at the home of Edward Clapp, who had continued his mother's charity. Children: I. Simeon, lived in Worthington. 2. Edward, mentioned below. 3. Samuel. 4. Elijah, married Hartshorn. 5. Sidney, unmarried. 6. Sophia, married Davis and lived in Chesterfield. 7. Elizabeth, mar- ried Sylvester Bridgman.

(VII) Edward, son of Wareham Clapp, was born in Northampton and marricd Hannah Wright, daughter of Orange and Amy (Cor- nish) Wright, of Simsbury, Connecticut. Children: I. Sophia Dwelly, unmarried. 2. Julia E., married Henry J. Bowers. 3. Fran- ccs M., marricd George S. Phelps. 4. Susan M., marricd James Sheppard. 5. Hannah Wright, married Luther Bowers. (See Bow- ers, VIII). 6. George Wareham. 7. Edward J. 8. Sarah, married John Q. Stonc.

BLANCHARD

The Blanchard family has been in the Province of Quebec from the time of

the early settlement. Blanchet seems to be another spelling of the surname. The first spelling the name Blanchard in Quebec, how- ever, was Marie Blanchard, born in 1649, doubtless in France, married, November IO, 1667, Matthieu Brunet at Quebec. Pierre Blanchard married, at Quebec, Catherine Lageroflee, born 1686, died November II, 1756; had sons Simon, Louis and Francois. Blanchards settled at Three Rivers, at Pointe aux Trembles, at Quebec, at Montreal, at St. Antoine de Chambly and other points in the Province of Quebec, Canada.

The progenitor of the Blanchets, who may spell their name Blanchard in many cases, was Pierre Blanchet, son of Noel and Madeleine (Valet) Blanchet, of St. Omer, Diocese d'Amiens, Picardy, France. He died April 12, 1709, at St. Thomas, Quebec; married Marie Fourneer, born 1655; children born between 1674 and 1696.

(I) Edward Blanchard, of this French fam- ily of Blanchards, of the Province of Quebec, Canada, was born at Huntington, Quebec. He died in the prime of life and the family was scattered widely. He married Mary She died at Huntingdon. She was the mother of sixteen children, a woman of great indus- try and capacity, of firm religious faith and strong character.

(II) Charles Henry, son of Edward Blan- chard, was born in Huntingdon, Province of Quebec, Canada, July 15, 1847, died April 8, 1900, at Westfield, Massachusetts. His father died when he was but seven years of age and he went to live with an elder brother. He worked on the farm and had but meagre op- portunities for schooling. When he was thirteen he left home in search of larger op- portunities and a different life from the agri- culture and lumbering of his early youth. He traveled with a circus company until he reached New York City and then secured employment as a hostler. He was apt to learn and supple- mented his schooling with a very practical edu- cation in English, and at cighteen left New York strong mentally and physically. He fol- lowed the teaming business for a time at West- field, Massachusetts. He worked for a time in the whip factories of that town and at the close of the war enlisted in the regular army for three years. Upon the expiration of his term of enlistment, he re-enlisted for another

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three years and was honorably discharged after six years of faithful and arduous service in the army. He was in Company B, Thirty-fifth United States Infantry, enlisting from Spring- field, Massachusetts. He returned to West- field and entered the employ of Nathaniel Avery as a teamster. With his savings he established himself in the teaming business soon afterward. He built up a large business, having at the time he sold out eight double teams and a number of single teams. For a few years he conducted a livery and cab stable, finally establishing an express business which he continued until the time of his death. His widow has continued the business without in- terruption with the co-operation of her son, John A. Blanchard. Mr. Blanchard was a self-made man, handicapped at first by the lack of education and knowledge of American speech and custom, he developed unusual busi- ness ability ; he knew how to make money and how to save it. He grew in capacity and judgment every year of his life. He was popular with his townsmen, attractive socially and he won many friends. He was a member of Westfield Lodge of Free Masons; Odd Fellows; Court Plymouth Rock, Order of Foresters; Independent Order of Good Tem- plars. He was fond of outdoor sports, especi- ally of fishing and hunting, and was an en- thusiastic member of the Western Massachu- setts Fox Club. He believed in unionism and was a member of the Team Drivers' Union. He was a Republican. He married, October 3, 1871, Henrietta Z. Lovejoy, born July 22, 1857, at Westfield, daughter of Stephen An- drew and Eliza Jane ( Blakeslee) Lovejoy. (See Lovejoy, VII.) Children of Charles Henry and Henrietta Z. (Lovejoy) Blanchard : I. Mary Jane, born July 18, 1872 ; married E. S. Root, of Westfield. 2. Charles Andrew, May 28, 1874; married Mary Jane O'Donnell ; children : Margaret E., Mary Frances, Charles Henry.

(The Lovejoy Line).

John Lovejoy, immigrant ancestor, was born in 1622 in England, died at Andover, Massa- chusetts, in 1690. He settled in Andover and was, admitted a freeman in 1673. His will was dated September 1, with codicil dated Oc- tober 23, 1690, and proved March 31, 1691. He bequeathed to his wife Hannah and refers to the marriage contract made with her ; to his sons William, Christopher, Nathaniel, Joseph, Eben- ezer, Benjamin, and to daughter Sarah John- son ; to grandchildren Francis and John. He married (first) January 1, 1651, Mary Osgood,

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume II, Part 75

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