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daughter of Christopher Osgood, of Ipswich. She died at Andover, July 15, 1675. He married (second) March 23, 1678, Hannah Hoyt, who died November 7, 1690, at An- dover, daughter of John Hoyt, of Salisbury. Children, all by first wife : I. Mary, born April II, 1652. 2. Sarah, April 10, 1654. 3. John, February 9, 1656. 4. William, April 25, 1657 ; married Mary Farmer. 5. Ann, December 21, 1659. 6. Joseph, February 8, 1662. 7. Chris- topher, March 1, 1663, mentioned below. 8. Benjamin, December 4, 1664. 9. Nathaniel, May 29, 1667. 10. Abigail, August 20, 1669. II. Deborah, November 7, 1670. 12. Ebene- zer, June 22, 1673 (non comp.).
(II) Christopher, son of John Lovejoy, was born at Andover, March 1, 1663, died in 1737. He resided at Andover, where his children were born. He married, May 26, 1685, Mary Russ. Children. I. Christopher, born 1697, died 1732. 2. Hezekiah, about 1700; married, July 16, 1722, Hannah Austin, of Haverhill, who died at Amherst in 1805, aged one hun- dred and one years, leaving three hundred and thirty-six descendants. 3. Jonathan, men- tioned below. Probably other children.
(III) Jonathan, son of Christopher Love- joy, resided in the west parish of Dunstable, afterwards Hollis, New Hampshire. His brother Christopher also resided there, and no doubt they removed there at the same time. On June 18, 1744, he was one of the signers of a petition to the general court requesting six garrison houses and twenty-five soldiers for protection against the Indians, and in 1746 served as tythingman. He married Mary Children : 1. Jonathan, born May 23, 1742, died young. 2. Phineas, November 23, 1744. 3. Daniel, February 23, 1746, men- tioned below. 4. Mary, September 27, 1747. 5. Simeon, June 6, 1750. 6. Jacob, February 17, 1752. 7. Jonathan, July 3, 1754; in the revolution. 8. Abial, August 3, 1756. 9. Asa, January 28, 1758; in the revolution ; resided in Hollis. 10. Abel, May 6, 1760. II. Eliza- beth, March 24, 1762.
(IV) Daniel, son of Jonathan Lovejoy, was born February 23, 1746. He was a soldier in the revolution and was at the battles of Ticon- deroga and Crown Point in Captain Goss's company in 1776. He married, November 19, 1767, Sarah Wyman. Children, born at Hollis : 1. Daniel, August 2, 1768. 2. Samuel, July 4, 1770. 3. Stephen, May 22, 1773, men- tioned below. 4. Sarah, June 26, 1775. 5. Phineas, November II, 1778. 6. Polly, Oc- tober 16, 1784. 7. Ralph, January 3, 1788.
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(V) Stephen, son of Daniel Lovejoy, was born at Hollis, New Hampshire, May 22, 1773. He resided in Hollis and married there, May 4, 1795, Betsey Hood. He had a son, Stephen, mentioned below.
(VI) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (I) Lovejoy, was born in Hollis, New Hampshire. He married, May 22, 1823, Lucy Hobart. Chil- dren: 1. Stephen Andrew, mentioned below. 2. Charles. 3. Almira. 4. Stephen.
(VII) Stephen Andrew, son of Stephen (2) Lovejoy, was born May 20, 1824, died in Westfield, Massachusetts, April 26, 1896. He married Eliza Jane Blakeslee, born August 4, 1827, at Russell, Massachusetts, died at Westfield, Massachusetts, July, 1900. Chil- dren : I. John Andrew, born February 23, 1847. 2. Henrietta Z., July 22, 1857 ; married Charles Henry Blanchard. (See Blanchard, II.)
(For preceding generations see Thomas Gates 1). (XI) Simon Gates, son of Ste- GATES phen Gates, was born in 1645, died April 21, 1693, at Brockton, Massachusetts. He inherited his father's estate at Cambridge, and resided there and at Lancaster and Muddy River ( Brookline). He married Margaret Children: I. Abigail, born August 14, 1671, died 1776, aged one hundred and six years; married (first) Nathaniel Sparhawk, Jr .; (second) 1735, Jo- siah Mayo. 2. Simon, September 1, 1673, died January 2, 1675-76. 3. Simon, January 5, 1675-76, mentioned below. 4. George, April 6, 1678, died May 23, 1679. 5. Amos, 1681, died 1754; married, May 19, 1703, Hannah Oldham. 6. Jonathan, June 22, 1683, died February 7, 1755-56; married, November 27, 1712, Persis Shepard. 7. Samuel, August II, 1685. 8. Margaret, August 13, 1689.
(XII) Simon (2), son of Simon (I) Gates, was born January 5, 1675-76, died March IO, 1735. He settled in Marlborough. 'He mar- ried, May 29, 1710, Sarah Wood, who died 1751, daughter of John and Lydia Wood, of Marlborough. Children : I. Simon, born De- comber II, 1710, died April 11, 1777 ; married, 1749, Sarah How. 2. Sarah, October 15, 1712 ; married, February 3, 1736, Ephraim Church. 3. Susannah, December 19, 1714; married Captain John Phelps. 4. Stephen, August 20, 1718, mentioncd below. 5. Solomon, May 14, 1721, dicd March 2, 1761 ; married, November IO, 1748, Mary Clark. 6. Samucl, February 28, 1722; marricd Caroline How. 7. Silas, February 3, 1727, died August 25, 1793 ; mar-
ried, May 9, 1754, Elizabeth Bragg. 8. John, January 27, 1729 ; died young.
(XIII) Stephen, son of Simon (2) Gates, was born at Marlborough, August 20, 1718, died at Rutland, October 5, 1773. He settled in Rutland in 1749, where he bought a farm and became a prominent citizen, holding both civil and military offices. He married, Feb- ruary 4, 1742-43, Damaris How, born August 12, 1725, died December 3, 1809. Children : I. Stephen, born at Marlborough, April 10, 1744, died August 6, 1763. 2. Jonathan, June 19, 1746, mentioned below. 3. Sylvanus, Marl- borough, June 6, 1748, died May, 1836; mar- ried, April 4, 1780, Elizabeth Graham. 4. David. Rutland, September 4, 1750, died May 20, 1759. 5. Lucretia, Rutland, May 8, 1753, died July 26, 1836; married Timothy Munro. 6. Ze- lotes, Rutland, December 24, 1755, died March 18, 1823 ; married - Ransom. 7. La- vinia, Rutland, September 7, 1758, died Oc- tober 4, 1796; married Benjamin Munro. 8. Zadock, Rutland, August 5, 1760, died De- cember 14, 1821 ; married (first) Hannah Metcalf ; (second) October 15, 1801, Amelia Bridge. 9. Matilda, Rutland, January .13, 1763, died September, 1796; married Silas Newton. 10. Alfred, Rutland, March 10, 1765, died January 22, 1846; married, March 18, 1799, Marcia House. II. Sarah, Rutland, January 9. 1767, died November 29, 1777.
(XIV) Jonathan, son of Stephen Gates, was born at Marlborough, June 19, 1746, died at Hubbardston, September 30, 1808. He set- tled at Hubbardston, and was probably in the revolution. There are several records of a Jonathan Gates, of Ashburnham, and some of these services may have belonged to him. He married, April 26, 1770, Hepzibah Stone, born April 3, 1747. at Rutland, died December 25, 1818, daughter of Deacon John and Elizabeth (Stone) Stone, of Lexington. Children, born at Hubbardston : I. Hepzibah, March 14, 1771, died February 5, 1846; married, December 29, 1791, Reuben Clapp. 2. Stephen, September 21, 1772, died April 19, 1853 ; married Rebecca Coleman. 3. David, July 1I, 1774, died June 2, 1775. 4. Aaron, April 26, 1776, died De- cember 4, 1849 ; married, March 30, 1802, Me- hitable Woodward. 5. Delphos, December 20, 1777, died September 15, 1837; married (first) 1803, Sally Howe; (second) March 4, 1817, Hannah Pollard. 6. Thaddeus, August 19, 1770, died February 23, 1810; married, 1800, Sally Casc. 7. Elizabeth, December 8. 1781, died March 3, 1805; married, April 5, 1804, John Davis. 8. Salmon, August 30, 1783, died
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April 9, 1845; married, May 28, 1804, Lucy Church. 9. Jonathan, mentioned below.
(XV) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (I) Gates, was born at Hubbardston, January 15, 1787, died January 31, 1851. He settled at Montgomery, Vermont, and married, January
I, 1809, Roxa Green, of Hubbardston. Chil- dren, the first born in Hubbardston, the others in Montgomery : I. Lucy Caroline, born June 12, 1810, died July 23, 1835; married, 1833, Richard Smith. 2. Delphos, June 7, 1811, died August 14, 1814. 3. Sally, October 24, 1813; married, December 10, 1844, James Upham. 4. Maria, March 17, 1816; married, 1835, Ed- mond A. Pollard. 5. Emily, March 31, 1819, died April 3, 1841 ; married, 1838, Sylvester Thomas. 6. Aaron, October 10, 1822, men- tioned below. 7. Delphos, February 28, 1826. 8. Roxa, March 20, 1831. 9. Mary Newell, February 2, 1835.
(XVI) Aaron, son of Jonathan (2) Gates, was born in Montgomery, Vermont, October IO, 1822, He married (first) November 9, 1846, Caroline Wilcott, of Templeton, Massa- chusetts; (second) Jane Elizabeth Carpenter, daughter of Hiram Carpenter. (See Carpen- ter, XVI.) Child of first wife : I. Lucien Wil- cott, born December 7, 1849. Children of sec- ond wife: 2. Nellie, married Frank H. Ban- croft, of Gardner, Massachusetts. 3. Harriet Maria. 4. Jennie Adelaide, married Edward H. Baker. , 5. Abbie M., married Horatio Watkins. 6. Roxa Louise, married Harlow P. Wilder, of Gardner. 7. Ernest A., born January 20, 1872; mentioned below. 8. Dr. George C. C., married Annie Armstrong and had Philip; he was graduated at Dart- mouth Medical School in 1902; interne at Gouverneur Hospital, New York, one year ; at Boston City Hospital six months; now prac- ticing in Chicopee, Massachusetts.
(XVII) Ernest A., son of Aaron Gates, was born in Montgomery, Vermont, January 20, 1872. He was educated there in the dis- trict schools and in the Brigham Academy at Bakersfield, Vermont, and in the high school at Gardner, Massachusetts. After two years in business life at Gardner, he began to study medicine in Dartmouth Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1894. He was an interne at the Boston City Hospital one year and at the New York Lying-in-Hospital six months. He began to practice in December, 1895, at Springfield, Massachusetts, and with the exception of a period during the Spanish- American war has been practicing there to the present time. During the war he was sur-
geon of the Second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, a regiment that distin- guished itself in Cuba. He was in the service throughout the war. To his skill and care Captain W. S. Warriner, who was shot through the lung at the battle of El Caney in July, 1898, owes his life. Dr. Gates is a member of Massachusetts Medical Society, the Springfield Academy of Medicine, the Springfield Medi- cal Club, the Spanish-American War Veterans Association, and the State Board of Pension Examiners. In politics he is a Republican. He married, September 10, 1902, Isabelle Nicholson, daughter of Malcolm and Isabelle (MacDonald) Nicholson, and granddaughter of Murdo Nicholson.
(The Carpenter Line-See John Carpenter 1).
(XI) Abiah Carpenter, son of William Carpenter, was born in Weymouth, April 9, 1643, died before 1702. He was a mariner. He lived at Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He was elected deputy to the general court in 1682 and was on the grand jury in 1687. In 1669 his brother-in-law, Joseph Carpenter, sold him land at Mosquito Cove, Long Island, but the next year Abiah sold it to him again and re- turned to Pawtucket. Children: I. Oliver, mentioned below. 2. Joseph, married Mary Brown. 3. Hannah. 4. Rebecca. 5. Abiah, married Patience 6. Solomon, died 1750. 7. Samuel. 8. Mary.
(XII) Oliver, son of Abiah Carpenter, was born at Pawtucket about 1675, died in 1727. He resided at North Kingston, Rhode Island, and owned real estate in several townships. His will was proved November 20, 1727. He married Sarah .who married ( second ) Robert Hall. Children: 1. Oliver, born about 1695. 2. William, June 19, 1701 ; married Eliz- abeth 3. Abigail (twin), October 2, 1705. 4. Anne (twin), October 2, 1705. 5. Nathaniel, about 1707; married Sarah
6. Hannah, October 28, 1708; married John Spink. 7. Thomas, about 1709 ; married Eliz- abeth Page. 8. Jeremiah, mentioned below. 9. Christopher. 10. Benjamin. II. Joshua. 12. John, married (first) Elizabeth Grinell ; ( second) Abigail Grinell. 13. Abiah. 14. Rob- ert. 15. Meribah. 16. Edmund. 17. David. 18. Solomon, married Sarah - -. 19. Sarah, married John Reynolds.
(XIII) Jeremiah, son of Oliver Carpenter, was admitted a freeman in Rhode Island in 1728. He married Sarah --. He resided at West Greenwich, Rhode Island, and Benning- ton, Vermont. Children, born in West Green-
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wich, Rhode Island: I. Mercy, March 13, 1739. 2. Christopher, September 14, 1740. 3. Meribah, October 18, 1741. 4. Mary (twin), November 1, 1743 ; died December 25, 1743. 5. Jonathan (twin), November 1, 1743; mention- ed below. 6. William, about 1745; married Susannah Konter. 7. Elizabeth, January 5, 1747. 8. Joshua, August, 1758. 9. Jemima, married John Potter. 10. Isabel. II. Molly, married William Cobb. 12. Hannah, 1779; married, 1797, Daniel Barber ; died August 24, 1828.
(XIV) Jonathan, son of Jeremiah Carpen- ter, was born in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, November 1, 1743; died in March, 1815. He was a farmer and removed to Bennington, Ver- mont, and thence to Rutland, Vermont, where he finally settled. He was an important man and held many town offices. He was in the revolution, in Elijah Weeks' company, raised from Colonel Ashley's regiment of militia, in June, 1777, to reinforce the Army of the North at Ticonderoga. He enlisted also as sergeant from Surrey, New Hampshire, July 26, 1782. He married Elizabeth Pratt, who died October II, 1827. Children, born at Pownal and Rut- land, Vermont : I. Rhoda, March 30, 1768; married, 1792, John Gibson. 2. Stephen, March 19, 1770; married (first) Filinda Heath ; (sec- ond) Catherine Barchardt, widow. 3. Isabel, 1773 ; died 1776, at Pownal. 4. Jonathan, Oc- tober, 1775; mentioned below. 5. Asa, died young.
(XV) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (I) Carpenter, was born at Rutland, Vermont, in October, 1775, died in September, 1859. His father removed to Berkshire when he was quite young. He appenticed himself to a tan- ner and shoemaker by trade. He removed about 1800 to Richford, Vermont, and was one of the first settlers in that town. He set- tled on a small farm and also carried on a small tannery. About 1826 he sold his farm and removed to the Falls, and carried on the shoe and leather business, and in addition a store. He was an enterprising and influential man, and held nearly all the town offices. He was justice of the peace for nearly thirty years, and served as town clerk several years. It was probably he who represented his town in the legislature of Vermont in 1828-29. He mar- ried Patience Rogers. Children, born in Rich- ford : I. Hiram, about 1820; mentioned below. 2. Norman, married Allura Dwyer. 3. Louisa A., married William Corliss. 4. Sus- anna Elizabeth, married Alvin Goff. 5. Mary, married Lorenzo D. Corliss. 6. Silas Pratt,
January 1, 1829. 7. William Rogers. 8. Laura, married James G. Powell. 9. Sophronia. 10. Olive P. 11. Sarah Allura.
(XVI) Hiram, son of Jonathan (2) Car- penter, was born in Richford, Vermont, about 1820. He married Emily Wright and resided in Montgomery, Vermont. He was a farmer, shoemaker and tanner. Children, born in Rich- ford, Vermont, and Montgomery: I. Manly. 2. William, about 1825. 3. Jane Elizabeth, married Aaron Gates (see Gates, XVI). Other children.
SNOW Nicholas Snow, the immigrant an- cestor, was born in England. He came to New Plymouth in the ship "Ann," in 1623, and had a share in the division of land in Plymouth in 1624. In 1634 he settled at Eastham, Massachusetts, and was a prominent citizen. His home was on the road from Plymouth to Eel river, on the west- erly side. He was admitted a freeman in 1633, and was elected town clerk at the first meeting of the town of Eastham, holding that office sixteen years ; was deputy to the general court from 1648 three years; selectman from 1663 seven years. He and his son, Mark, signed the call to Rev. John Mayo to settle as their min- ister in 1655. He was one of Governor Thomas Prence's associates. He died at Eastham, No- vember 15, 1676. He married, at Plymouth, Constance, daughter of Stephen Hopkins, who came in the "Mayflower." All the descendants of Nicholas and Constance Snow are eligible to the Mayflower Society. Constance herself came on the "Mayflower." She died October, 1677. Children: I. Mark, born May 9, 1628. 2. Mary, about 1630. 3. Sarah, about 1632. 4. Joseph, about 1634. 5. Stephen, about 1636. 6. John, about 1638. 7. Elizabeth, about 1640. 8. Jabez, about 1642; mentioned below. 9. Ruth, about 1644. 10. Hannah, probably born at Eastham, about 1646. II. Rebecca, born about 1648. Bradford states that he had twelve children.
(II) Jabez, son of Nicholas Snow, was born in 1642; died at Eastham, Massachusetts, De- cember 20, 1690. He was a lieutenant in Cap- tain John Gorham's company, in the expedi- tion to Canada under Phips in 1690; was a prominent citizen of Eastham. He married, about 1670, Elizabeth -. Children, born at Eastham : I. Jabez, September 6, 1670; mentioned below. 2. Edward, March 26, 1672. 3. Sarah, February 26, 1673. 4. Grace, Feb- ruary I, 1674-5. 5. Thomas, April 2, 1677; died same day. 6. Elizabeth, born before
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1690. 7. Deborah, born before 1690. 8. Rachel, born in 1685 probably.
(III) Jabez (2), son of Jabez (I) Snow, was born in Eastham, September 6, 1670, and died there October 14, 1750. His will was dated October 7 or 12, 1743. He mentions sons, Jabez, Silvanus and Samuel ; daughters, Elizabeth Knowles, Tabitha Mayo and Phebe Smith. He married, about 1695, Elizabeth Treat, born July 24, 1676, died March 3, 1755, daughter of Rev. Samuel and Elizabeth (Mayo) Treat. Her gravestone is in the East- ham burying-ground, near the railroad station. Children, recorded in Eastham: I. Jabez, born July 22, 1696. 2. Joshua, born March 12, 1700; died young. 3. Elizabeth, born October ยท 8, 1703 ; married Thomas Knowles. 4. Silvanus, born February 16, 1704-5. 5. Tabitha, born March 21, 1707; married John Mayo. 6. Samuel, born January 22, 1708 or 1709; men- tioned below. 7. Edward, born May 18, 1711 ; died young. 8. Phebe, married David Smith.
(IV) Samuel, son of Jabez (2) Snow, was born in Eastham, January 22, 1708 or 1709. He married Elizabeth Freeman. Children, born at Eastham: I. Abigail, January 21, 1733-4. 2. Samuel, October 12, 1735. 3. Mercy, May 8, 1737. 4. Treat, May 27, 1739. 5. Betty, March 18, 1741. 6. Mary, November 27, 1743. 7. Joseph, January 9, 1745. 8. Sparrow, July 16, 1746; died young. 9. Sparrow, April 12, 1748; mentioned below. 10. Phebe, March 6, 1750.
(V) Sparrow, son of Samuel Snow, was born at Eastham, April 12, 1748. He was a soldier in the revolution, from Eastham, in Captain Isaac Higgins's company, Major Zenas Winslow's regiment, in 1778. John and James Snow were in the same company. Sparrow Snow, Freeman Snow, James Snow and Thomas Snow removed to Sandisfield, Mass- achusetts, after the revolution, and were living there in 1790, according to the federal census of 1790. Ezra Snow and Abraham Snow were living in Pittsfield in 1790. Sparrow Snow had three sons under sixteen and five females in his family.
(VI) Galen, son or nephew of Sparrow Snow, was born about 1780. He settled at Savoy, Berkshire county, Massachusetts. He married and had children: Newell, mentioned below ; Samantha, married Samuel Bardwell, of Sheldon; Albert, Newton, Franklin, died at about eighteen years old.
(VII) Newell, son of Galen Snow, was born at Savoy, October 9, 1816. He was edu- cated in the public schools of his native town.
At a very early age he became the main reli- ance of his widowed mother and six young children. He went to work in the cotton mills at North Adams. Subsequently he worked in the Griswold Mills at Colrain, and became superintendent. In 1850, with a modest capital that he had saved, he engaged in business on his own account as a general merchant at Shel- burne Falls, Massachusetts, and was very suc- cessful. From 1857 to 1864 he was in the wholesale and retail grocery business at Chi- cago. He became interested in the gold min- ing industry in Nova Scotia, and took the management of the property there. He ac- quired a competence and retired, locating in Greenfield, Massachusetts, where he spent his last years. He was possessed of great busi- ness ability, energy and industry. He was interested in public affairs, and represented his district in the general court in 1877, and was for a number of years selectman of the town of Greenfield. He was a Free Mason, and during his residence in the provinces was grand lecturer of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. He was for a number of years presi- dent of the Greenfield Savings Bank. He married, November 9, 1839, Jane E. Thomp- son, born July 14, 1820, daughter of John and Elvira (Adams) Thompson. His wife died in 1853, and he married (second) in 1854, Sarah Hale, who died in 1893. He died August 19, 1889. Children: I. Emma, born March 22, 1841 ; died August 29, 1855. 2. Oscar Newell, born November 1, 1843; died March 1, 1862. 3. Ella, born July 13, 1847; died November 28, 1894. 4. Franklin Edward, born April 10, 1849; mentioned below. Children of second wife: 5. Cora Maria, born May 8, 1856. 6. Edwin, born July 6, 1861 ; died April 11, 1870. 7. Walter N., born May 19, 1863.
(VIII) Franklin Edward, son of Newell Snow, was born at Griswold village, Colrain, Massachusetts, April 10, 1849. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Greenfield and Chicago. In 1867 he became a bookkeeper in the Shelburne Falls National Bank, and re- mained two years. In 1869 he engaged in the banking business at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in 1870 he went to western Wisconsin, where he established a general store. A year later he went to Chicago, where he was employed in a bank until June, 1873. He then became cashier of the First National Bank, of Negaunee, Michigan, and remained the next five years, returning to Chicago as teller of the North- western National Bank. In 1880 he engaged in the manufacture of tools and machinery at
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Greenfield, Massachusetts, as partner in the firm of Wells Brothers & Company, which was afterward incorporated as the Wells Brothers Company, of which he is treasurer and gen- eral manager. He is a member of Republican Lodge of Free Masons; of Franklin Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Titus Strong Council, Royal and Select Masters; of Connecticut Valley Commandery, Knights Templar; of Saint Croix Council, Princes of Jerusalem ; of the Massachusetts Consistory, Thirty-second Degree Masons, Boston; and of the Order of the Mystic Shrine, of Springfield. He was formerly president of the Greenfield Club and of the Board of Trade. He is an active Repub- lican in politics, and was a delegate to the Re- publican national conventions at St Louis in 1904, and at Chicago in 1908. He is a director of the First National Bank, of Greenfield. He is a member of the Unitarian church, and was a trustee of the Smith Charities, of Northamp- ton. He married, January 17, 1871, Lucy Eliz- abeth, born May 27, 1849, daughter of John Brooks and Lucindia (Bardwell) Whitney Children: 1. Pauline S., born December 13, 1871 ; married Franklin K. White ; child : Hunt- ington Kitridge, born October 3. 1908. 2. Ella Gertrude, born August 17, 1873 ; married Fred Russell Browning; children: Franklin Snow, born June 12, 1903 ; Paul Russell, May 14, 1906. 3. Elizabeth Whitney, born October 5, 1879 ; married Charles N. Stoddard.
KING Elder Thomas King, immigrant an- cestor of this branch of the family, sailed from London in the ship "Blessing," at the age of twenty-one, in June, 1635. He came in company with William Vas- sall and his family. He settled at Scituate and built his house a few rods south of Mr. Vassall's, on top of the hill at Belle House Neck. He was admitted to the church Febru- ary 25, 1637-38. Susanna King, aged thirty, came over on the same ship, and may have been an aunt or sister. He married, in 1637-38, Sarah who died June 6, 1652. He married ( second ) March 31, 1653, Jane Hatch, widow of Elder William Hatch, whom he suc- ceeded as elder in the Second Church. She (lied in 1653, and he married (third) Anne -, perhaps Anne Sutliffe. His will was dated June 30, 1691, and proved March 16, 1692. It provided for his wife, Anne; son, Thomas ; grandsons, John and Thomas Rogers ; daughter Sarah Bisby ; and that his negro man, Robin, should be set free; it refers to prop- erty in England. He died in Scituate, Septem-
ber 24, 1691, aged seventy-seven. Children, all by first wife, born in Scituate: I. Rhoda, October II, 1639; married John Rogers, 1656. 2. George, December 24, 1642. 3. Thomas, June 21, 1645; mentioned below. 4. Daniel, February 4, 1647; settled in Marshfield. 5. Sarah, May 24, 1650; married Elisha Bisby. 6. John, May 30, 1652 ; died July 26, 1652.
(II) Deacon Thomas (2), son of Elder Thomas ( I) King, was born in Scituate, June 21, 1645; died there December 1, 17II. He inherited the homestead from his father and became an honored citizen of the town, acquir- ing considerable property. His will was dated November 5, 17II, and speaks of lands in Marshfield. He married, April 20, 1669, Eliz- abeth Clap, daughter of Deacon Thomas Clap, and granddaughter of Richard Clap, of Dor- chester, England. She died March 18, 1698, and he married (second) June 15, 1699, Deb- orah Briggs, who died May 15, 17II, widow of Captain John Briggs. Children, all by first wife, born in Scituate: I. Sarah, 1669; mar- ried, September 21, 1705, Nathaniel Good- speed. 2. Thomas, 1671 ; died 1673. 3. Jane, 1673. 4. Daniel, 1675; lived in Marshfield. 5. John, 1677; mentioned below. 6. Mercy, 1678; married, 1703, Samuel Winslow. 7.
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