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(II) John, son of Rowland Stebbins, was born in England in 1626, died March 7, 1678, at Northampton, Massachusetts. He was a farmer at Springfield and Northampton and in 1651 was for a time at Roxbury, Massa- chusetts. He had grants of land at Spring- field, and bought a house therc. He was high- way surveyor ; selectman in 1655. In 1656 he moved to Northampton and his home was on the lower end of Pudding lane, now Hawley street. He owned saw mills there ; was meas- urer of land in 1659-71 ; committee to lay out highways in 1660; juror in 1661; selectman 1675-78. He owned the covenant in the church, June 18, 1661 ; served on the church building committee the same year ; was bailiff 1664 ; contributed to the Harvard College fund 1672-73 ten bushels of wheat. It was com- monly believed that he was killed by witches. He was part owner of the mill on Broad brook and was killed in some mysterious way while alone in the mill. Hc married (first) March 14, 1646, at Springfield, Ann Munden,
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widow of Abraham Munden. She married (first ) May 16, 1644, and died 1656. He mar- ried (second) December 17, 1657, at North- ampton, Abigail Bartlett, daughter of Robert and Anne Bartlett. She was killed October 10, 1710. by a fall from her horse while on a visit to her children at Coventry, Connecticut. Children of first wife: 1. John, born January 28, 1647. married Dorothy Alexander. 2. Thomas, February 24. 1649, died April 24, 1650. 3. Anna, April 10, 1651, died May 6, 1652-53. 4. Edward, July 12, 1653, died Octo- ber 14, 1653. 5. Benoni, June 23, 1655, mar- ried Mary ( Broughton ) Bennett ; (second) Hannah Edwards. Children of second wife, born at Northampton: 6. Samuel, January 21. 1659, married Mary French. 7. Abigail, September 6, 1660, married William Phelps. 8. Thomas, May 6, 1662, mentioned below. 9. Hannah. July 8. 1664, married John Sheldon. IO. Mary, September 10, 1666, married Thomas Strong. 11. Sarah, June 4, 1668, married William Southwell. 12. Joseph, Janu- ary 17, 1669, died June 3, 1681. 13. Deborah, March 5, 1671-72, married Benjamin Alvord ; (second) Benjamin Burt. 14. Rebecca, bap- tized February 26, 1676, married Nathaniel Strong. 15. Thankful, born May II. 1678, married Jerijah Strong.
(III) Thomas, son of John Stebbins, was born May 6, 1662, at Northampton, died there April 28, 1712. He took the oath of allegiance February 8. 1678; was fence viewer 1695-96, 1705-07-09-10. His estate was settled Febru- ary 13. 1723-24. He married, September 26, 1684. Elizabeth Wright, born July 31. 1666, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Burt) Wright. She married ( second ) John Hannum. Children : I. Elizabeth, born October 31, 1685, married William Wait. 2. Thomas, April 2, 1689. 3. Hannah, 1691, married Samuel King. 4. Josiah, born September, 1694. died 1725. 5. Joseph, March 30, 1697, mentioned below. 6. Experience, March 14, 1699. died young. 7. Asahel, April 10. 1701, married Sarah Petty. 8. Experience, March 18. 1703. 9. Mary, December 26, 1705, married Noah Strong.
(IV) Captain Joseph, son of Thomas Steb- bins, was born at Northampton, March 30, 1697, died January 31. 1780, at Northfield. He settled at Deerfield, removed to Northfield in 1726. He bought a farm of William Clarke at North- field; was one of the leading opponents of Rev. Mr. Doolittle in the church troubles. 1736-37. He built a log house near the Ashue- lot south of Stebbins Island in the spring of
1750; was surveyor, elected at the first town meeting. September 25, 1753. On the Indian alarm of 1753 he and his family resorted to the stockaded house of John Evans. He built a house in 1765 on the west side of the river, covering it with clap-boards and thatching the roof with grass from the meadow. Stebbins Island belonged to him and descendants for several generations. He married, 1718, Mary Williams, born February 13, 1701, at North- ampton, died December 23, 1786, daughter of Zebediah and Sarah ( Arms) Williams. Chil- dren : 1. Mary, born July 11, 1719, died 1765 unmarried. 2. Joseph, January 13, 1721, men- tioned below. 3. Zebediah, October 29, 1723, married Thankful Graves. 4. Sarah, January 27, 1727, married Captain Thomas Taylor. 5. Josiah, October 20, 1729, married Mary Howe. 6. Anna, September 5 or 25, 1731, died No- vember 5. 1732. 7. Ann, November 10, 1734, married Thomas Sergeant. 8. Elizabeth, Octo- ber 8, 1736, married General Ebenezer Wal- bridge. 9. Elisha, March 16, 1743, married Martha Wright.
(V) Captain Joseph (2), son of Captain Joseph (1) Stebbins, was born January 13, 1721, at Deerfield, died February 6, 1784, at Vernon, Windham county, Vermont. He was a farmer and member of the church. He went to Vermont about 1740, bought land of the Merri- mans, May 21, 1749 ; of Titus Belding, Febru- ary 2, 1753. at Hinsdale, now Vernon, Vermont, on the west side of the Connecticut and he was one of the fourteen proprietors when the town was chartered September 5, 1753. He and two children had a narrow escape from the Indians, August 20, 1756. Two Indians laying in wait for him were discovered by his brother Zebediah and Reuben Wright, who exchanged shots with them. Wright was wounded and the white men were pursued by the savages. After crossing Island brook Steb- bins shot one of the Indians. Over a century later the grave of this Indian was discovered by George M. Lee while clearing the land in that vicinity. Joseph and the children, alarmed by the firing, escaped to the garrison house. He married, 1741, Thankful Belding, born January 6, 1718, at Northfield, died May 9. 1788, at Vernon, daughter of Stephen and Mindwell ( Wright) Belding. Children : I. Tabitha, born about 1743. married Zurŕ Evans, of Chesterfield, New Hampshire. 2. Thank- ful. November, 1745, married Elihu Root. 3. Mary, June 6 or 28. 1747, married Timothy Root. 4. Elijah, baptized April 27, 1749. died young. 5. Elijah, baptized January 6, 1751,
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married Beulah Dickinson. 6. Lucy, born May 31, 1752. 7. Eliakim, born November 17, 1753, married Rebecca Hawks. 8. Abner, bap- tized August 9, 1755, mentioned below. 9. Joseph, baptized October 10, 1757, died young. IO. Joseph, born March 1, 1761, married Sarah Severance ; (second) Elizabeth Edwards.
(VI) Abner, son of Captain Joseph (2) Stebbins, was born July 18, 1755, at Vernon, baptized August 9, 1755, and died there Sep- tember 18, 1836. He was a farmer at Guil- ford and Vernon, Vermont. He married Mind- well Mars, of Montague, Massachusetts, died August 3, 1837, at Montague. Children: I. Lucy, born September 9, 1782, married, 1813, Jesse Gaines ; (see Gaines family herewith ). 2. Abner, February 6, 1785, married Hannah Johnson. 3. Henry, February 24, 1787, mar- ried, September 18, 1815, Rebecca Jacobs. 4. Lyman, November 25, 1789, married
Tyler. 5. Tabitha, February 15, 1791, married Joseph Gaines, Jr. (See Gaines family here- with ). 6. Zebina, August 20, 1795.
UPTON The history of the Upton family dates back in England to the days of the Norman Conquest. The lineage of the family is traced for twelve cen- turies in direct line in Cornwall to the ances- tor De Uppeton, of Upton. While the family has spread widely over England, Scotland and Wales, the original seat of the family was Up- ton in Cornwall.
(I) John Upton, who came to New Eng- land about 1652, was the immigrant ancestor. He settled in Salem Village, now Danvers, and there is a tradition that he came from Scot- land. He may have been one of the Scotch prisoners taken by Cromwell at Dunbarton, September 3, 1650, or at Worcester in 1651. The last named battle was fought near the town of Upton, England, the seat of the ancient family. Cromwell took seventeen thousand Englishmen and Scotchmen prisoners in these two battles and many of them were sent to the American colonies. There is a tradition that the name of his wife was Ele- anor Stuart, and that she too was Scotch. He seems to have refused to join the Puritan church and that may indicate that he was Scotch and a Presbyterian. He did not take the freeman oath until it had been modified. He was admitted freeman, April 18, 1691. The first record is of date December 26, 1658, when he bought land of Henry Bullock, some time of Hammersmith (the Lynn Iron Works at Saugus). He paid four pounds for forty
acres in Salem. He bought land of Daniel Rumboll, of Salem, April 6, 1662, adjoining his farm. His homestead was near the line of the present town of Danvers, one mile south of the Ipswich river and two miles west of the Newburyport turnpike. It is two miles and a half from the site of his later residence in North Reading. His neighbors were the Popcs, Gardners, Flints, Walcotts and Smiths. He bought and sold considerable land in the vicinity. Active, energetic and successful, he began with no capital and accumulated a hand- some estate. He died July 11, 1699, aged about seventy-seven. The will was dated No- vember 16, 1697, and proved July 31, 1699. He used a fleur-de-lis for a seal and in his will tried to entail his estate, but the laws of the colony effectually prevented him. Chil- dren : I. John, born 1654. 2. Eleanor, 1656. 3. William, 1658, died young. 4. James, Sep- tember, 1660. 5. Mary, 1661, died 1663. 6. William, June 10, 1663, mentioned below. 7. Samuel, October. 1664. 8. Ann. 9. Isabel, January 3, 1666-67, died 1689. 10. Ezekiel, September, 1668. 11. Joseph, April 9, 1670. 12. Francis, July 1, 1671. 13. Mary.
(II) William, son of John Upton, was born June 10, 1663. He married Mary Maber, May 27. 1701. He and his brother, Samuel Upton, received by will from their father the farm in the southwest corner of Danvers, near Lynn- field. and they held it in common until 1708, when they divided their possessions, but always lived near each other, and perhaps in the same house. They also inherited a negro Thomas, whom they set free after he had worked for them eighteen years. December 21, 1717. Will- iam Upton deeded his land to his eldest son William before his death. His will is dated April 13, 1739, and proved March 10, 1739-40. His son Paul was executor and residuary leg- atee. Children, all born in Danvers and living in 1740: I. William, July 17, 1703, married (first) January 4, 1726-27, Lydia Burnap; ( second ) December 9, 1755. Hannah Felton. 2. Mary, September 28, 1705. 3. James, Janu- ary 5. 1707-08. 4. Paul, February 20, 1709. 5. Frances, May 13, 1712. 6. Edward, April 16, 1714. mentioned below. 7. Richard, May 20, 1716. 8. Dorcas, September 4, 1718. 9. Timothy (twin). September 4, 1718. 10. Caleb.
(III) Edward, son of William Upton, was born in Danvers (now Peabody), April 16, 1714. He bought, September 23, 1740, of Isaac Chandler a farm in Amesbury and sold it January 9, 1744, to Jonathan Barnard.
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Documents show that in 1771 he had three' sons twenty-one years old or more, and was living in Bedford at that time. He was living in Berkley, Massachusetts, in 1768, and later in life appears to have settled in Rhode Island. He joined the Society of Friends and most of his descendants are Quakers. The Hulls, Chases, Mariotts with whom the Uptons inter- married were prominent Quaker families of Rhode Island. He married Eleanor Osborne. Children: I. Isaac, born December 6, 1736, mentioned below. 2. Edward, March 1, 1738, settled at Hampton Falls, New Hampshire ; had two sons erroneously credited to his father in the Upton Memorial. 3. Sarah, August 23, 1739, married George Shove. 4. Paul, July 29, 1742, married Phebe Smith. 5. Adonijah, April 10 or 16, 1744, died unmarried. 6. Mary, August 22, 1746, married Caleb Kelly. 7. Samuel, October 8, 1750, married Hathaway. 8. Rhoda, April 28, 1752, married Benjamin Chase. 9. John, October 16, 1753, married Abigail Kelly.
(IV) Captain Isaac, son of Edward Upton, was born in Salem, December 6, 1736, and died at Adams, Massachusetts, in 1823-24. He resided in his younger days at Bedford, but when a young man began to follow the sea. He rose to the rank of master mariner. He and his brother Samuel bought of Thomas Aldrich a house and stable at East Greenwich, Rhode Island. He appears to have made his headquarters at Bristol, Rhode Island, and Providence, whence he sailed to South Amer- ica. Tradition tells us that on one of his expeditions in South America, trading with the Indians, he had a narrow escape from death at the hands of the savages. He removed his home to Berkley, Massachusetts, and March, 1783, sold his interest in the property at Green- wich. He removed thence to South Adams, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, where he was a taxpayer in 1798, having a house and forty-five acres of land. He married (first) Phebe Peirce, of Yarmouth; (second) about 1786, Anna Sherman, of Danbury, Vermont. Children of first wife: I. Isaac, born 1773, mentioned below. 2. Phebe, married Joseph Shove, of Adams, and had six children. 3
Mary, married Davis. Children of second wife : 4. Hannah, died young. 5. Lydia, married Abner Chase ; settled in Canada. 6. John, born August 8, 1791, married Mary Shove; (second) Sarah (Haight) Underhill. 7. Hannah, married Amos Comstock; seven children ; resided in Michigan. 8. Rhoda. 9. Sarah. '10. Eleanor.
(V) Isaac (2), son of Captain Isaac (I) Upton, was born in 1773 in Rhode Island. He resided in Adams during his active life. He married Lydia Eddy, born at Dartmouth, No- vember 3, 1779. Children, born at Adams: I. Daniel, May 26, 1818, mentioned below. Three others died without issue.
(VI) Daniel, son of Isaac (2) Upton, was born at Adams, May 26, 1818. He became a prominent and highly respected citizen of his native town. He held many offices of trust and honor in town and county. For three terms of three years each he was county com- missioner. He represented his district in the general court in 1856. He was a partner of the firm of Richardson, Upton & Company, manufacturers of writing paper at South Adams, later known as the Adams Paper Com- pany. The partners were A. W. Richardson, Daniel Upton, S. E. Dean and H. C. Putnam. This concern became one of the leading indus- tries of the town. He was president of the gas company. He was a thirty-second degree Mason. He married, in 1835, Mary Peckham, born February 2, 1819, at Troy, New York. Children, born at Adams: I. Jane Grey, Aug- ust 8, 1839, married, 1871, Ransom B. Dean. 2. Edward Lampton, May 26, 1841, died Feb- ruary 8, 1843. 3. Albert Henry, October 10, 1842. 4. Mary Elizabeth, August 1I, 1844, died June 12, 184 -. 5. Anna Norton, August 26, 1846. 6. Oliver Arnold, August 17, 1848, mentioned below. 7. Francis Edward, July 23, 1850, married, 1870, Mary Dolan; son, Daniel Edward, born June 8, 1872. 8. Daniel Merritt, April 9, 1853, died June 22, 1860. 9. Ella Josephine, October 14, 1855. 10. Hattie Gertrude, Apri! 7. 1857, died September 5, 1858. 11. Ada Belle, June 22, 1858, died Aug- ust 22, 1859. 12. Arthur E., December 1I, 1861, died April 26, 1864.
(VII) Oliver Arnold, son of Daniel Upton, was born at Adams, August 17, 1848. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He is a prominent merchant of Adams, a dealer in coal and wood. He married, Feb- ruary 13, 1869, Sarah Duncan, born at Shel- burne, daughter of Dr. Charles M., of Shel- burne, Massachusetts, and granddaughter of Abel Duncan, of Dummerston, Vermont. (See Duncan family ).
(VIII) Dr. Charles Louis, son of Oliver Arnold Upton, was born at Shelburne, Sep- tember 10, 1870. He attended the public schools of his native town and graduated from Amherst College in the class of 1891. He studied his profession in the medical school of
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the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1896 with the degree of M. D. Since then he has been engaged in general practice at Shelburne Falls. He is a member of Mountain Lodge of Free Masons and of American Medical Association and Massachusetts Medical Society. In politics he is a Republican. He married, August 6, 1894, Catherine Griswold, born Griswoldville, daughter of Lorenzo Griswold, of Turner's Falls. Children, born at Shelburne Falls : I. Duncan, February 18, 1900. 2. Ruth, Febru- ary 26, 1908.
DUNCAN Samuel Duncan, immigrant, settled in Newbury, Massachu- setts. Savage says perhaps he moved to Boston. He owned land at Muddy Brook, Boston, now Brookline. He had a son Thomas, January 15, 1656, and others.
(II) John Duncan. perhaps an immigrant, thought to be son of Samuel Duncan by the Billerica historian (note the similarity of the names, etc. ), had a grant of land at Billerica in 1670. He married, February 23, 1674-75, Joanna Jefts, daughter of Henry Jefts, another immigrant. Duncan died of smallpox, Decem- ber 19, 1690, and she married (second) Ben- jamin Dutton, and was killed with two of her children by the Indians in 1692. Children: I. Mary, born March 25, 1676, killed by the Indians. 2. John, October 28, 1678, mentioned below. 3. Joanna. April 9, 1681. 4. Hannah, November 21, 1683. 5. Samuel, April 1, 1685. 6. Deliverance, August 21, 1686. 7. Benoni, February 1, 1690-91.
(III) John (2), son of John ( 1) Duncan, was born in Billerica, October 28, 1678. Mar- ried. June 16. 1701, Sarah Dutton, daughter of John Dutton. John Duncan came from Billerica to Worcester, Massachusetts, among the earliest settlers. He bought land, one hundred and three acres on North brook, Octo- ber, 1722, of Gershom Rice. He and wife Sarah deeded to son John, Jr., February 10, 1731- 32, part of the homestead on North brook. He died at Worcester. December 15, 1739, aged sixty-seven. John's will was dated Novem- ber 30, 1739, and proved December 25, 1739, at Worcester, bcqueathing to wife Sarah ; chil- dren Simeon, John, Samuel, Danicl, Sarah Parmenter and Abigail. He was a weaver by trade. Children, born at Billerica: 1. Sarah, June 14, 1703. marricd --- Parmenter. 2. John, April 10, 1706, married Sarah Rogers. 3. Elizabeth, January 9, 1710-11. 4. Daniel, February 13, 1711-12, mentioned below. 5.
Simeon, August 22, 1713, married, at Billerica, August 22, 1743, Bridget Richardson; lived in Worcester. 6. Samuel. 7. Abigail.
(IV) Daniel, son of John (2) Duncan, was born in Billerica, February 13, 1711-12. He married Sarah Rice, of Conway, born Febru- ary 9, 1703, died at Petersham, December 10, 1781, daughter of Gershom Rice. Her father was son of Thomas Rice. Gershom Rice was born May 9, 1667, died December 19, 1768, aged one hundred and one years; resided in Groton, Connecicut, and removed to Marl- borough, Massachusetts, before October 13, 1713 ; was one of those who wished to renew the settlement at Worcester, whither he went in 1715 and had a grant of eighty acres in 1718; was the second settler of the third and permanent settlement of Worcester, his brother, Jonas Rice, being the first; the first town meetings were at his house, and he plant- ed the first orchard in Worcester ; married Elizabeth Balcom, born August 16, 1672, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Haynes) Balcom ; children : i. Gershom Rice, born 1696; ii. Elizabeth Rice, October 20, 1698; iii. Abra- hanı Rice, October 16, 1701: iv. Sarah Rice, February 9, 1703, mentioned above ; v. Mathias, January 26, 1707; vi. Ruth, April II, 1710. Children of Daniel and Sarah Duncan, born in Worcester: 1. Mary, December 30, 1738-39, married James Jackson. 2. John, September 4, 1740, married Rebecca Meacham, of New Salcnı. 3. Daniel, June 1, 1742, married, Jan- uary 21, 1765, Zurvilla Rice, of Worcester. 4. Elizabeth, January 26, 1743-44. 5. Ezekiel, January 15, 1744-45. 6. Lovinah, October 7, 1747, married. 1765, John Rice, of Peters- ham. 7. Abel. February 2, 1749-50, mentioned below. 8. Sally, married James Jackson, of Petersham.
(\') Abel, son of Daniel Duncan, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, February 2. 1749-50. He married Lydia Mills, of Peters- ham. Children: 1. Abel, Jr., born February 22, 1772, mentioned below. 2. Nathan, mar- ried Betscy Winn, of Chester. 3. Rufus, mar- ried Lucy Kimbol, of Chester, Vermont. 4.
Anna, married Amos Ilcald, of Chester. 5. Lucy, married Jason Duncan, Jr., of Dummers- ton. 6. Charles, married Patty Carter, of Wethersfield. 7. John, married Caroline Hastings, of Charlestown, New Hampshire. 8. Arad. 9. George. to. Lydia, married Daniel Church, of Chester.
(\'1) Dr. Abel (2), son of Abcl (1) Dun- can, was born at Petersham, February 22. 1772. Ile was an active and successful physi-
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cian in Dummerston, Vermont. In the winter of 1812-13 the spotted fever, a violent epi- demic attacked many in the town, and many died. Dr. Duncan worked hard, but was at length attacked with the fever, from which he died, March 5. 1813, aged forty-two years. He married, August 28, 1805, Lydia Miller, born in Dummerston, November 8, 1778, died 1869. daughter of Hosea and Lydia (West) Miller. Children: I. Charles Morris, born July 1, 1808, mentioned below. 2. Fanny Maria, June 22, 1810. married, January 1, 1829, Joel Knight, Jr. 3. Lydia Eveline, August 1, 1813, married, April 4, 1833, Marshall New- ton.
(VII) Dr. Charles Morris, son of Dr. Abel (2) Duncan, was born in Dummerston, Ver- mont, July 1, 1808, died October 4, 1884. He was educated in Brattleboro high school, Bow- doin College and Harvard Medical School. He practiced for a time in Dummerston, and removed in 1833 to Shelburne, Massachusetts. He married, August 27, 1833, Lucinda Esta- brook, of Brattleboro, Vermont, born West Brattleboro, March 17, 1810, died April 30, 1894. daughter of John and Lucinda ( Stock- well ) Estabrook. Child, Sarah, married Oliver A. Upton. (See Upton family).
BARNARD John Barnard. immigrant ancestor, was born in Eng- land, in 1604, and came to New England at the age of thirty, with his wife Phebe, aged twenty-seven, and children Thomas King, aged fifteen, John Bernard, aged two, and Samuel Bernard, aged one year. The name was spelled either Bernard, or Bar- nard. They sailed in the ship "Elizabeth," from Ipswich, England, April 30, 1634. The wife Phebe and her sons John and Samuel were legatees of her mother Anne, widow successively of Anthony Whiting, of Dedham, Essex. England, clothier, and of Thomas Wel- son, of Dedham, in will proved December 13, 1638. Barnard settled in Watertown, and was a proprietor in 1636, admitted a freeman September 3. 1634, and was selectman 1644. He died in June, 1646, and was buried June 4 at Watertown. His widow Phebe died August I. 1685. leaving considerable property. Chil- dren: I. John, born 1631 ; mentioned below. 2. Samuel. born in England, 1633; died 1685, without issue. 3. Hannah, married June 25, 1655. Samuel Goffe. 4. James, married Octo- ber 8, 1666, Abigail Phillips. 5. Mary, born November 7, 1639; married June 16, 1662, William Barrett. 6. Joseph. born November
12, 1642. 7. Benjamin, born September 12, 1644. 8. Elizabeth, married, January 7, 1670-1, John Dix.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Barnard, was born in England, in 1631. He was ad- mitted a freeman May 31, 1671. He married, November 15, 1654, Sarah Fleming, born Sep- tember I, 1639, daughter of John and Anne Fleming, of Watertown. He and his wife sold land July 31, 1668, to James Barnard, of Sud- bury, three hundred acres in the western part, first granted to John. Children, born at Water- town: I. John, August 24, 1656; died young. 2. John, October 30, 1657; married (first) March 5, 1682-3, Sarah Cutting; (second), November 17, 1692, Elizabeth Stone; (third), July 2, 1694, Mary Morse. 3. Sarah, Septem- ber 19, 1659: died young. 4. Samuel, March 25, 1664. 5. Sarah, February, 1665-6; died in March. 6. James, January 14, 1667-8; men- tioned below. 7. Anne, September, 1670 ; mar- ried Captain Nathaniel Bowman. 8. Phebe, August 8, 1673. 9. Jane, March 17, 1678; married John Smith.
(III) James, son of John (2) Barnard, was born at Watertown, January 14, 1667-8, and died January 23, 1726. He married, December 16, 1692, Judith Jennison, who married ( sec- ond ) in May, 1726, John Bemis. Children : I. James, born August 3, 1696; mentioned be- low. 2. Samuel, born July 19, 1699. 3. Isaac, born March 13, 1701-2; married, November 15. 1726, Sarah Stearns. 4. Hannah, born June 1, 1705.
(IV) James (2), son of James (1) Barnard, was born in Watertown, August 3, 1696. He married Elizabeth Bemis, who married (sec- ond), October 27, 1745, Daniel Bond. Chil- dren: I. Jonas, born February 21, 1728-9; married. December 7. 1752, Abigail Viles. 2. Samuel, born September 27. 1730. 3. James, born November 11, 1735 ; mentioned below. 4. David, born May 18, 1739; married, October 9, 1766, Lydia Warren.
(V) James (3), son of James (2) Barnard. was born in Watertown, November II, 1735. In 1764 he was dismissed to the church at Grafton. In 1762 he removed to Cambridge. He married Sarah - . Children : I. James, mentioned below. 2. David, born August 7, 1760. Probably others.
(VI) James (4), son of James (3), Barn- ard, was born about 1758. He married, April 14. 1785, Sarah Fuller. He died February 12, 1807, and his estate was divided May 16, 1810, between sons James, Jonas (gone out of the commonwealth ). Samuel, John. Sally, (wife
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