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(VI) Joseph (2), son of Sergeant Joseph (I) Barber, lived in Pownal, Vermont. He married (first) - Anderson ; (second) - Grover. Children: I. Joseph Jr., born be- for 1790, at Pownall; married Miranda Oviatt; children: Beriah, married Sally Grover, Othniel; Giles; William; Ander- son, married Clarissa Jennings; Melissa,
third wife of Solomon Towslee; Ar- mida, married Abram Morgan; Sally, married Lung; ix. Molly, married Lock- wood. 2. Molly, married Ira Morgan ; chil- dren : Joseph, Hiram, William, Charlotte, mar- ried Charles Mellody. 3. Benajmin, married Sybil Andrews; children: i. Benjamin, mar- ried Caroline Wright, and had Andrew, born November 26, 1832, married, November 26, 1856, Lena Shaw ; Sarah, April 15, 1834, died May 27, 1857 ; married, April 9, 1855, Marcus Whipple; Merritt, July 31, 1835, married (first) June 25, 1858, Catharine Roberts, (sec- ond) May 15, 1867, Delilah Fowler ; Frank, December 29, 1845, died October 9, 1846; Os- car, November 21, 1848, married, December II, 1883, Margaret Emery; ii. Sally, married Joseph Kimball; children : Daniel, married Delia Myers, (second) Mary F. Towslee ; Benjamin, married Henrietta Myers; Sybil, married Amos Harris ; David, married Ade- laide Jepson. 4. Samuel, married (first) Nan- cy Andrews : (second ) Polly Andrews ; (third) Azubah Kimball ; children: i. Sophia, married Simeon Myers; children: Phebe, married (first) Andrew Oaks : Melinda, married John Campbell; Joseph, married (first) Lucy Mal- lory, (second) Mary Thompson ; Lillie, mar- ried Asa Dean ; ii. Noel, married Olive Thomp- son ; children : Milton, married Catherine No- ble : Miriam, married Norman Milliman ; Ce-
lestia, married Josiah Bennett ; Leonora, mar- ried David Bushnot ; Theresa, married Pliny Wright; Augusta, married Henry Dunn ; Ruth died unmarried; Noel, married Frances Da- mon ; iii. Andrew ; iv. George, married Fran- cenia Thompson ; children : Charlotte, died un- married; Nancy, married Wheeler Bratton ; Olive, married Henry Stafford ; Ruth, married (first) William Brooks, (second) D. A. Dean ; Joseph, married Fanny Clark; Orlena, mar- ried Merritt Gardner : Harriet, married George Scrivens; v. Samuel; vi. Phian, married Frank Bates; children: Noel, unmarried; Harriet, married George Henry; vii. Polly; viii. Leah. 5. Timothy, married Phebe Thompson ; children : i. Orrin, married Lucy Curtis ; ii. Joseph, married Celesta Brown ; iii. Betsey, married Harry Montgomery ; iv. Abi- jah, married Mary Cady ; v. Louisa, married Edward Robinson : vi. Lyman, married Maria Cole; vii. Nancy, married Loren Temple. 6. Daniel, married Sally Rumford ; children : Syl- vester, Sidney, Edward, David. 7. Jeremiah, married Huldah Griswold; child, Nancy, mar- ried - Vaugh. 8. Daniel, married Nancy Mason ; 9. Elijah, mentioned below. IO. Leah, twin of Elijah, born November II, 1798, died April 27, 1871; married Christopher Mason, born September 10, 1797, died December 5, 1854 : children : i. Benjamin B., born January 12, 1820, married Catherine Walker: child, George; ii. Sally, born March II, 1822, mar- ried Stephen Beerleson; iii. Nancy, born De- cember 25, 1823, married Henry Amidon ; chil- dren : Myra, Christopher, Egbert and Herbert ; iv. Elijah, born October 27, 1825, married Sarah Gilmore ; children : Charles, Henry, Ida, Edgar ; v. Phoebe, born February 15, 1828, married Norman Oviatt; children : Marcus, Stella, Theron ; vi. Eliza, born May 23, 1830, married Frank Amidon ; children : Arthur, Carrie, Alfred, Walter; vii. Henry P., born September 10, 1833, died young; viii. Delia, born November 20, 1835, married James No- bles ; children : Henry, Ellen, Albert ; ix. Ruth, born January 1, 1838, married Harry Bush- nell : children : Moses, Walter, Laura, Anna, Murray, Nellie; x. Laura O., born October 21, 1839, married Rev. Simeon Knapp; chil- dren: Laura, Stella, Ruth. II. Tryphena, married Timothy Thompson ; children: Jere- miah, Amasa, Orsamus, Judson; Timothy, married Ruth Bushnell; Leah, Betsey, Sarah. 12. Sally, married Amasa Thompson; chil- dren : i. Joseph, married Polly Welch; ii. Ly- man, married Tryphosa Parker; iii. Phoebe M., married - Homer. merchant : iv. Bar-
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ber, married Sarah Brown; v. Sally, married Abiah Gardner. 13. Betsey, married Solomon Towslee ; child, Samantha M., married Harry Babcock. 14. Rachel, married David Dean; children : i. Elsie, married Jenks ; ii. Asa, married Lillis Myers; iii. Sally, never married ; iv. Joseph ; v. Mary, married Richmond; vi. Daniel, married (first) Selina Babcock; (second) Ruth Brooks.
(VII) Elijah, son of Joseph (2) Barber, was born at Pownal, Vermont, November II, 1798, died August 1, 1884. In early manhood and for a number of years he taught the dis- trict school of his native place. He was a life- long Democrat, active in caucuses, conventions and elections ; he received his full share of civ- ic honors, holding office for about thirty years as auditor, selectman, trial justice, judge of probate, assessor and representative to the state legislature. He was also a member of the convention for amending the Vermont state constitution, when his two sons-in-law, Jona- than Brooks and Perry Thompson, were mem- bers of the legislature. He married Electa Bushnell, daughter of David and Betsey (An- drews) Bushnell; she died October 24, 1886. Children : I. Child, died young. 2. Eleanor, born June 10, 1831, died October 21, 1869; married Jonathan Brooks. Children: i. Frank- lin A., born January 29, 1856, married, Octo- ber 13, 1880, Ora M. Snyder ; children : Karl B., born July 6, 1883; Amy P., July 16, 1886; Luke G., August 28, 1893, died December 5, 1893; Paul J., July 14, 1895; ii. Lydia, born August 14, 1857, married, September 16, 1890, David Bonner ; children : Eleanor, born Janu- ary 17, 1891, and Miles, October 16, 1899: iii. Harriet, born July 19, 1863, unmarried ; iv. Luke, born January 19, 1868, died May 30, 1887. 3. Harriet, born November 6, 1833; marricd (first) Perry Thompson; (second) Charles Jewett. 4. Danicl J., born July 25, 1836, mentioned bclow. 5. Charles H., born April 14, 1839; married, November 13, 1860, Julia Jewett ; children : i. Edward C., born November 15, 1863, died February, 1904 ; mar- ricd, October 20, 1892, Alice Thompson ; chil- dren : a. Genevieve, born November 23, 1893; b. Pauline, October 4, 1897 ; c. Edwina, April, 1904; ii. Harry, dicd in November, 1888; iii. Elijah, born December 31, 1868; married An- nie Eliza Holcy : children: a. Harriet, born May 19, 1904; b. Julia, born June 29, 1907 ; iv. Paul, dicd 1878. 6. Albert E., born March 28, 1844, died July 12, 1854. 7. Ida, born Oc- tober 27, 1849, died November 5, 1869 : mar- ricd Dr. Robert W. Bennett.
(VIII) Daniel J., son of Elijah Barber, was born in Pownal, Vermont, July 25, 1836, died August 27, 1909. He spent his boyhood on the farm, and his education was acquired in the district school, which he attended until the age of seventeen, the Oak Grove Semin- ary, Pownal, from which he graduated, and Williams College, from which he graduated in 1859. During his sophomore and junior years he taught school, a common practice among college students then, and in the sum- mer of 1859 went south and taught a year in the state of Georgia. Political disturbances following the election of Abraham Lincoln as president interfered with Mr. Barber's re- turn to Georgia to teach the same school an- other year. In the spring of 1861 he taught another term of school, and shortly after en- gaged in farming, which occupation he fol- lowed during the following five years. In October, 1865, in connection with the late Lieutenant-Governor William C. Plunkett, of Adams, Massachusetts, Mr. Barber bought a factory site at North Pownal, the partnership of Plunkett & Barber was form- ed, and a large cotton factory was erected for the manufacture of print cloth. The firm subsequently became merged in the corpora- tion of Plunkett & Barber Manufacturing Company, and its business was conducted under the general management of Mr. Bar- ber until October, 1871, when the several stockholders sold their stock, and the name was changed to the North Pownal Manufac- turing Company. From 1863 to 1866 Mr. Barber owned a tannery in Stamford, Ver- mont, in company with Jonathan Brooks, who in 1872 was living in North Adams as part owner and manager of a tannery con- ducted under the firm name of O. H: Read & Company. In 1872 Mr. Barber bought a one-third interest in this tannery, and in 1875 purchased another third interest, and later, upon the death of Mr. Brooks, purchased the remaining interest and conducted the business alone. The product until 1876 was principally card leather, but from 1876 to 1881 it was chiefly preble grain leather for women's shoes, and during the following ten years it was mostly russet leather. In 1890 the old tannery, which had stood for sixty years, was burned, involving a loss of about double the amount covered by insurance. In the same year he crected a tannery at Greenbush, New York, and also purchased a tannery at Readsboro, Vermont, and the manufacture of russet leather and wax splits
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was carried on at both places. At Green- bush the firm name was Hudson River Leather Company and the members thereof were Mr. Barber and his son Frank J. At Readsboro the firm name was Readsboro Leather Company and the members thereof were Mr. Barber and his son Archer H. In 1892 the present large factory at North Adams was erected for receiving in the rough the product of both tanneries and con- verting it into russet, fancy leather and flex- ible splits. Then the Barber Leather Com- pany was formed, consisting of Mr. Barber and his two sons; they manufactured more book-binding leather than any other firm in New England ; Frank J. retired from the firm in. 1895.
Politically Mr. Barber was a Republican, and always manifested a lively interest in the welfare of his adopted town. He served as selectman, member of prudential committee, assessor, trustee of one of the savings banks, also vice-president and member of invest- ment board. He was a member of the Con- gregational church from 1858 until his death. He was essentially a self-made man. He did not achieve success by sharp practice or ac- cumulate wealth by compromising his finan- cial obligations. In social life he was gentle- manly and affable, and was one of the most enterprising and influential citizens of North Adams.
Mr. Barber married, December 18, 1860, Julia T., born in North Pownal, Vermont, April 5, 1838, daughter of Blackman E. and Margarette (Spencer) Brownell, of Pownal. Children : I. Dora A., born May 24, 1862, unmarried. 2. Frank J., born March 29, 1864, died May 8, 1899 ; married, January 26, 1891, Elizabeth. M., daughter of Mason D. and Sarah (Chase) Hodge, of North Adams ; she died October 2, 1901 ; children : i. Mason Daniel, born April 5, 1895; ii. Grace, born December 9, 1896. 3. Archer H., born July 8, 1867; married, April 30, 1895, Elizabeth Coyle, of North Adams; children: i. Mar- garet Coyle, born March 12, 1899; ii. Dor- othy, born April 10, 1905. 4. Winifred, born December 9, 1874. The three eldest were born in Pownal, Vermont, and the youngest in North Adams, Massachusetts.
BRAINERD The name Brainerd or Brainard is of very ancient origin, and is a place name originally spelled Brendewood or Brende- wode. Tradition says that the family came
originally from the village of Braine in Flan- ders or France. The name is still common in both France and Germany, spelled Brain- ard and Brainerd. The family is, however, without doubt of English descent, being found in England as early as 1350. In Es- sex county, England, the name is spelled Brainwood, from Brentwood, meaning burnt wood.
(I) Daniel Brainerd, immigrant ancestor, was born probably in Braintree, England, in 1641. An old manuscript, bearing date of January 20, 1786, gives the following account of him: "Mr. Daniel Brainerd, who by the best account was stolen from his native town, Braintree, in the county of Essex in the island of Great Britain about eight years of age. Being brought to America, landed up Connecticut at Hartford, was sold for his passage to Mr. Wadsworth, farmer in said town. His conditiones were-to be learned to read and write and at the time of his free- dom, twenty-one years old, two suits of clothes. At the age of twenty-one years he labored for him one, perhaps two years in Hartford at farming, and in the year 1661 or thereabouts came and purchased a right of land near the centre west of Haddam, twen- ty-five miles below Hartford, upon the same river on the west side. Lived first in a cave covered like a small hut or cottage. We pre- sume that he came over in the year 1649. It is said that his name was Brainwood and that the family owned and employed two spring looms, likewise that his mother at his emi- gration was a widow and by a certain letter sent him by her she married Mr. Grey. In Haddam he was the first justice of the peace and commanded great respect, a judicious, sagacious and penetrating man of superior sense but no learning". This manuscript is at present in the possession of the American Antiquarian Society of Worcester, Massa- chusetts. His home lot of four acres was No. 512. He held many town offices ; was constable, surveyor, fence viewer, assessor, collector, justice of the peace, and on com- mittees for the laying out of highways. He was a commissioner to the general court in 1669, and deputy many years, between 1692 and 1706. He was deacon of the church many years, serving until his death, April I, 1715. His gravestone is in the old cemetery at Haddam near the courthouse. He was elected captain of the trainband, but his ap- pointment was never confirmed.
He married (first) about 1663-64, Hannah
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born at Lynn, daughter of Gerrard and Han- nah Spencer. He married ( second) March 30, 1693, Mrs. Elizabeth (Wakeman) Arnold, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Wakeman, of England. He married (third) November 29, 1698, Mrs. Hannah (Spencer) Sexton, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Bearding) Spencer, and widow of George Sexton, of Winslow, Connecticut. His children, all by first wife, were born at Haddam and baptized at the church in Middletown, Connecticut. Children: I. Daniel, born March 2, 1665-66. 2. Hannah, November 29, 1667; married Thomas Gates. 3. James, June 2, 1669, men- tioned below. 4. Joshua, June 20, 1671-72. 5. William, March 30. 1673-74. 6. Caleb, No- vember 20, 1675-76. 7. Elijah, baptized March 26. 1678. 8. Hezekiah, born May 24, 1680.
(II) James, son of Daniel Brainerd, was born at Haddam, June 2, 1669, died February IO, 1742-43, in his seventy-fourth year. He was appointed ensign of militia in May, 1705, lieutenant in May, 1714, and captain in Octo- ber, 1722. He was on committees for survey- ing lands and took a prominent part in town affairs. He was deputy to the general court in 17II, and was in the legislature nearly contin- uously from 1726 to 1737. He was deacon of the church, and was by occupation a farmer. He married (first) April 1, 1696, Deborah, of Saybrook, born November II. 1670, died July 22. 1709, daughter of William and Mary (Roe) Dudley. He married (second) May 23. 1711, Sarah Daniels, who died June 4, 1770, called "Sarah the first." Children: I. James, born March 25, 1696-97, mentioned be- low. 2. Deborah, April 3. 1698. 3. Gideon, March 4, 1699-1700. 4. Mary, January II, 1701-02. 5. Hannah, March 7. 1703-04. 6. Abijah. November 26. 1705. 7. Daniel, Au- gust 2, 1707. 8. Mehitable, July 13, 1709. Chil- dren of second wife : 9. Sarah, born May 2, 1713. 10. Zechariah, July 31, 1715, died young. II. Jeptha, October 29. 1718. 12. Othniel. June 2, 1720, died September 17, 1724. 13. Elizabeth, September 28. 1723, died February 9, 1742. 14. Heder, April 18, 1725.
(III) Captain James (2), son of James (I) Brainerd, was born in Haddam, March 25. 1696-97, died there October 2, 1776. He was captain of militia, and a farmer in Haddam. He was a member of the general assembly in 1735. He married, December 23, 1717, Han- nah Risley, baptized April 12, 1695, died May 7, 1772. Children : 1. Benjamin, born April 10, 1718. 2. Jedediah, August 9, 1720. 3. Rebecca, August 15, 1722. 4. James, July 9.
1725, mentioned below. 5. Hannah, Septem- ber 3, 1728. 6. Dudley, November 4, 1732. 7. Ozias, February or May 16, 1735, died April 22, 1739. 8. Jonathan, December 16, 1737. 9. Ozias, February 2, 1739-40, died young.
(IV) James (3), son of Captain James (2) Brainerd, was born at Haddam, July 9, 1725, died April 16, 1749, in his twenty-fourth year. He is buried in Rock Landing, Connecticut. He resided at Middle Haddam, and was a farmer. He joined the church there June 23, 1745. He married, July 10, 1744, Rebecca, daughter of Jacob and Rebecca Hurd, of Mid- dle Haddam. She probably married (second) September 4, 1752, John Rowley, Jr., of Mid- dle Haddam. Children : 1. Abigail, born June 23. 1745. 2. James, May 2, 1746-47, men- tioned below. 3. Ichabod, August 19, 1749.
(V) James (4), son of James (3) Brainerd, was born at Middle Haddam, May 2, 1746-47. died May 2, 1797. He was a sea captain. He married, October or November 29, 1771, Mer- cy. baptized November 26, 1752, daughter of George and Mercy (Savage) Stocking. She married (second) Bryam Parmalee, of East Hampton. Connecticut, and died May 26, 1784. She is supposed to have been married three times. Children, born at Middle Haddam, Connecticut ; I. Jared Smith, born May 14, 1772. 2. Mercy, December II, 1773. 3. Child, December 30. died December 31, 1775. 4. Lucy, July 13, 1777 : married Colonel Jeremiah Taylor. 5. Parsons, March 7, 1780. 6. Child, April 10, 1782, died same day. 7. Sally, bap- tized June 29, 1783. 8. James, baptized Janu- ary 18, 1785, died in West Indies, castaway, of starvation. 9. George Stocking, baptized March 6, 1687. 10. Russell, baptized April 2, 1789, mentioned below. II. Abigail, born Sep- tember 19, 1790. 2. Anna, August 20, 1791. 13. Marietta or Mattie.
(VI) Russell, son of James (4) Brainerd, was born in Middle Haddam, April 2, 1789, and was a sea captain. He died October 14, 1871. He married, October 7, 1815, Abigail born in Portland, Connecticut, May 13, 1793, died June 21, 1878, daughter of John and Vienna ( Penfield) Ames. Children, born in Middle Haddam. 1. Jolin Russell, October 28, 1816. 2. Eliza Ann, September 25, 1818, died September 17, 1820. 3. Edwin Augustus, November 18, 1821. 4. Eliza Ann, April 10, 1824. 5. James Parsons, September 10, 1825, mentioned below. 6. Sarah Jane, September IO, 1827. 7. William Henry, January 13, 1730. 8. Harriet Maria, October 1, 1833.
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Brainerd, was born in Middle Haddam, Sep- tember 10, 1825. He learned the trade of tailor and worked at his trade for fifteen years at Hartford, Connecticut, and then be- gan selling spool silk. He soon formed a partnership with A. W. C. Williams, who had been in the Cheney Silk Mill at Hartford, under the firm name of Williams & Com- pany, and a factory was established in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for the manufac- ture of spool silk. After a few years the firm was dissolved, and Mr. Brainerd took into partnership Benjamin A. Armstrong, who had been the bookkeeper for Williams & Company. Thus the firm of Brainerd & Armstrong was started, which has continued in business with great success up to the pres- ent time. They began business at 469 Broad- way, New York, which office they still retain. They built a silk mill at New London, Con- necticut, and their sewing and embroidery silks are now known all over the world. Mr. Armstrong of the firm resides in New Lon- don. Connecticut, and Mr. Brainerd at Cam- bridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Brainerd has been a deacon of the North Avenue Congre- gational Church in Cambridge for the past eighteen years, and is active in church work. He retired from active business about twen- ty-two years ago.
He married, August 25, 1855, in Hartford, Eliza Smith, born April 19, 1834, in North- ampton, daughter of Levi and Wealtha (Day) Pond. Children: I. Alla Elizabeth, born May 14, 1860, in Hartford, Connecti- cut : married William H. Gaylord, a whole- sale clothier of Boston, and died in Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, August, 1904. 2. Inez, born March 9, 1864, in Tremont, New York, died January 10, 1867, in Tremont, New York. 3. Sarah Pond, born July 29, 1868, in Tremont, New York : married Wil- liam H. Hill, of the firm of Hill & Smith, stationers of Boston ; they have two children, Eleanor and Brainerd. 4. Charles Russell, born May 29, 1870; married Grace Knight and has a son Russell ; member of the firm of C. R. Brainerd & Company, leather man- ufacturers of Boston.
FRANCIS Richard Francis, immigrant ancestor, was an early set- tler of Cambridge, Massachu- setts. He was born in England and was a brickmaker by trade. He was one of the pro- prietors of the town of Cambridge, and was admitted a freeman there May 13, 1640. He
bought a lot of land July 4, 1644, of Nathaniel Sparhawk, at the corner of what is now Holmes place. He died March 24, 1686-87, aged about eighty-one years. His wife Alice was administratrix, appointed April 5, 1687. He married, in 1644, Alice Wilcox. Chil- dren: I. Stephen, born February 7, 1645; married, December 27, 1670, Hannah Hall; (second) February 16, 1683, Hannah A. Dickinson; he died April 2, 1683; children : i. Hannah, born September 28, 1671, died June 17, 1677; ii. Stephen, August 15, 1674, died September 24, 1719; iii. Hannah, June 18, 1677, died young. iv. Hannah, April 7, 1680; married, June 7, 1725, Isaac Amsdell, of Marlborough. 2. Sarah, December 4, 1646; married John Squires. 3. John, men- tioned below.
(II) John, son of Richard Francis, was born January 4, 1649-50, in Cambridge, died at Medford, January 3, 1727-28. He was a brickmaker and was crippled while working on one of the Harvard College buildings, hav- ing his leg broken. His lameness is mentioned in a petition by his brother to the general court in 1676. He removed to Medford about 1695. He married, January 5, 1687-88, Lydia Cooper, daughter of Deacon John Cooper. She died August 24, 1725. Children, born in Cambridge: I. John, October 10, 1688, died young. 2. John, February 17, 1689-90, died at Medford, August 31, 1750; married Doro- thy -, died September 25, 1737; child, Mary, born January 26, 1732, died 1812; mar- ried Tufts. 3. Stephen, November 2, 1691, died July 13, 1771 ; married, July 14, 1740, Love Wyman, died June 22, 1767; he was a blacksmith; children: i. Stephen, born March 17, 1741, died June 16, 1749; ii. Seth, January 14, 1744, died October 31, 1791. 4. Nathaniel, 1693, mentioned below. Born at Med ford. 5. Samuel, January 17, 1695-96, died September 29, 1775; married Mary - died April 21, 1774; children: i. Anna, born November 28, 1726; married, June 16, 1748, Josiah Dixon ; ii. Samuel, January, 1728; iii. Sarah, baptized October 26, 1729; married, November 15, 1750, Josiah Smith, of Lexing- ton; iv. Winfred, born April 21, 1734, died young. 6. Anna, November 2, 1697; mar- ried, July 23, 1724, Benjamin Dana. 7. Jo- seph, January 5, 1699-1700, died February I, 1749; married, 1735, Elizabeth , died December 2, 1786; children: i. Elizabeth, born November 7, 1736, died November 12, 1750; ii. Lydia, December 12, 1737; iii. Jo- seph, July 12, 1741. 8. Ebenezer, October
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30, 1701, died March 13, 1702-03. 9. Lydia, April 20, 1703; married, January 12, 1727, Joseph Tufts. 10. Ebenezer, March 25, 1708, died July 16, 1774; married, November 15, 1733, Rachel Tufts; children: i. Susanna, born November 28, 1734; married, April 28, 1757, Samuel Cutler ; ii. Abigail, October 6, 1736; iii. Lucy, March 12, 1739; iv. Sarah, June 6, 1741 ; married, March 8, 1766, Thom- as ; v. Ebenezer, December 26, 1744; married Judith Wood; vi. William, born April 20, 1746; vii. Thomas, born July 15, 1748; viii. Aaron, born February 16, 1751; ix. John, born September 28, 1753.
(III) Nathaniel, son of John Francis, was born in Cambridge, 1693, died September 2, 1764, aged seventy-one years. He was brought up in Medford and settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts. His wife Ann died at Mason, New Hampshire, December 31, 1777, aged seventy-four. Children: I. Nathaniel, born January 6, 1732, mentioned below. 2. Benjamin, November II, 1734; married (first), April 7, 1757, Lydia Con- verse, who died January, 1768; married (sec- ond), October 20, 1768, Sarah Hall, who died June 5, 1778; children: i. Benjamin, born September 6, 1759, died in Baltimore; ii. James ; iii. William; iv. Converse, mar- ried, May 11, 1778, Susanna Rand, and had James, born June 12, 1789, Susanna, October 7, 1790, married J. K. Frothingham, of Charlestown ; Mary, May 29, 1793, died Sep- tember 21, 1847; married Warren Preston ; Converse, November 9, 1795 (graduate of Harvard) ; and Lydia Maria, February II, 1802; was a well known author; married David L. Child, a lawyer. 3. Richard, Jan- uary 2, 1736, died 1805; married, March 20, 1760, Harriet or Hannah Winship ; children : i. Richard, born December 16, 1760; ii. Lor- ing, June 7, 1762; iii. Samuel, August 26, 1764: iv. Daniel, June 25, 1766, died Novem- ber 5, 1813; v. Simon, February 4. 1774, died May 21, 1819; married Lucy Brown. 4. William, baptized February 6, 1737.
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