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two hundred years ago. The Dwights of that day figure largely in Western Massachusetts as jurists. Five of them, all closely related to each other, sat at different times as justices upon the bench of the same court, that of com- mon pleas, of Hampshire county. These were Captain Henry Dwight, of Hatfield, Colonel Dwight, of Northampton, his nephew, two sons of Captain Henry Dwight, namely, Colonel Josiah Dwight, of Springfield, and General Joseph Dwight, of Great Barrington, and Major Timothy Dwight, of Northampton, son of Colonel Timothy Dwight, and father of President Dwight, of Yale. They held the judicial office successively in the order in which they are named. Captain Henry Dwight was judge for five years, 1727-31. Captain Henry Dwight married, August 27, 1702, Lydia Hawley, born July 7, 1680, died April 27. 1748, daughter of Captain Joseph and Lydia ( Marshall) Hawley, of Northampton. Their children were: Joseph, Seth, Dorothy, Lydia, Anna (died young), Josiah, Edmund, Simeon, Elisha and Anna.
(IV) Colonel Josiah, son of Captain Henry and Lydia (Hawley) Dwight. was born Octo- ber 23, 1715, died September 28, 1768. He had the best educational advantages, graduat- ing from Yale in 1736, and was counted a rich man in his time. He owned five thousand acres of land, and was an enterprising, ener- getic, prosperous man. of high respectability and influence. His property was inventoried at his death as follows: Total of lands, goods, etc., £3,692; good notes, £3,529; mortgages, £1,047; doubtful debts, f1,127; desperate debts, £613 ; total £9.458. He was a merchant, was a manufacturer of potash, and had an iron foundry. He was conspicuous as a civil and military officer, and was justice of the peace, lieutenant colonel of the militia, and judge of the court of common pleas of Hamp- shire county. He married (first ) about 1750, Sarah Pynchon, born August 14, 1721, daugh- ter of Colonel William Pynchon, of Spring- field, and Catherine Brewer, daughter of Rev. Daniel Brewer, of Springfield. She dicd with- out issue, August 4, 1755. He married (sec- ond) October 17, 1757, Elizabeth Buckminster, born in 1731, died March 10, 1798. She was a daughter of Colonel Buckminster, of Brook- field. Their children were: Thomas, Sarah (died young), Clarissa, Sarah and Josialı.
(V) Hon. Thomas, son of Colonel Josiah and Elizabeth (Buckminster ) Dwight, was born October 29, 1758, died January 2, 1819. Like his father he was a college graduate,
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Harvard being his alma mater, 1778. He was a lawyer at Springfield, a representative to the general court, 1794-95, twice state senator, 1796-1803, and in 1813 a member of the exe- cutive council, 1808-09, and a member of con- gress, 1803-05. He was a man of ample means, of polished manners, and of most generous hospitality. He was short and stout in figure, and dignified in bearing. He married, April 14, 1791, Hannah Worthington, born June 17, 1761, died July 10, 1833, daughter of John Worthington, of Springfield, and Hannah Hopkins, daughter of Rev. Samuel Hopkins, of West Springfield, and Esther Edwards, sister of President Jonathan Edwards. It has been said of Mrs. Dwight: "She was one of nature's noble women; she was also a great wit, was very fine looking, and had superior endowments of mind." The children of this marriage were: Mary Stoddard, John Worth- ington, and Elizabeth Buckminster, next men- tioned.
(VI) Elizabeth Buckminster, youngest daugh- ter of Colonel Thomas and Hannah ( Worth- ington ) Dwight, was born February 18, 1801, died October 7, 1855. She married, June 21, 1824, Charles Howard, of Springfield (see Howard VI).
(The Eaton Line-For preceding generations see John Eaton 1).
(VI) Elisha, son of David and Deborah (White) Eaton, was born January 8, 1757, in Tolland, Connecticut, and died in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, March 9, 1827. He was a farmer and lived and died in the old home, which with the farm has been owned and occupied by his descendants ever since. In front of the house is the river Canard, celebrated in old times for the wild ducks which frequented it, and Elisha is said to have shot partridges from his bedroom window. ' In the rear, to the northward of the old house is the river Habitant, famous for its shad. Elisha Eaton married, May 31, 1779, Irene Bliss, daughter of Nathaniel and Eunice (Fish) Bliss. She died June 2, 1826, in her sixty-sixth year. She was a descendant in the sixth generation from Thomas Bliss, who came from Belstone parish, Devonshire, England, and of whom an acount is given elsewhere in this work. (See Bliss). The children of Elisha and Irene ( Bliss) Eaton were: Dan, Enoch, Elisha, William, Lydia, George, David, John, Eunice and James.
(VII) Dan, eldest child of Elisha and Irene ( Bliss) Eaton, was born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, March 2, 1780, died in Perry, Maine, September 2, 1864. In 1818 he built a vessel iii-31
at Scots' Bay, Nova Scotia, and called her "The Martha," after his first wife. He re- moved from Nova Scotia to Maine in 1825, his family with the exception of his youngest daughter, Sarah, having been born in Nova Scotia. He was a merchant in both Nova Scotia and Maine. His son William Went- worth wrote of him: "He was always a cheer- ful, healthy, vigorous man. I never knew his seat at table vacant from indisposition. He was always a kind father, friend and neighbor, and thought so much of his children that he never saw any of their faults." He married Martha Knowles, of Newport, Hants county, who died January 10, 1806. He married (second) in the same year, Margaret Bulmer, of Amherst, Nova Scotia, born December 23, 1787, daughter of William and - - ( For- rest) Bulmer, of Amherst, who died June, 1865. The only child by wife Martha was Henry Knowles. The children of Margaret were: Martha, George, William Wentworth, Mary Ann, Irene Deborah, Clarissa Margaret, Daniel Lewis, and Sarah, next mentioned.
(VIII) Sarah, youngest child of Dan and Margaret (Bulmer ) Eaton, was born in Perry, Maine, September 26, 1830, married, June 8, 1854, Rev. Thomas D. Howard, a Unitarian clergyman. (See Howard VII). Mrs. How- ard is spoken of in the "Genealogical Sketch of the Nova Scotia Eatons, compiled by Rev. Arthur Wentworth Eaton," as "an accomp- lished and delightful woman." She died at Charlestown, New Hampshire, November 13, 1898, and was buried in its beautiful ceme- tery, where will be the grave of her husband.
(For preceding generations see William Clark I).
(III) Ebenezer, son of John
CLARK Clark, was born October 18, 1682, at Northampton, died February 27, 1781. He married, December IO, 1712, Abigail Parsons, born January I, 1690, died August 17, 1763, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Strong) Parsons, of Northampton. Children: I. Ebenezer, born August 16, 1714, married Jerusha Russell. 2. Ezra, April 4, 1716. 3. Abigail, November 29, 1718, married John Baker Jr. 4. William, January 3, 1721, married Sarah King. 5. Sarah, April 23, 1723, married Zadoc Lyman ; (second) John Wright. 6. Jedediah, March 25, 1726, mentioned below. 7. Israel, March 15, 1729. 8. Elihu, September 30, 1731.
(IV) Jedediah, son of Ebenezer Clark, was born in Northampton, March 25, 1726, died August 9, 1800. He removed to Sunderland,
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Massachusetts, after 1755, and was a promi- nent citizen of that town. He was deacon of the church, and probably built the house now or lately standing on lot 15, west side, known as the Squire's House. He was deputy to the general court in 1789. He married (first) Sarah Russell, daughter of Daniel Russell, of Sunderland. She died January 20, 1772, and he married (second) July 13, 1774, Ruth Hawkes, of Deerfield, who died August 19, 18II, aged seventy-nine, daughter of Eleazer and Abigail (Sells) Hawkes. Chil- dren: I. Lucy, born October 24, 1750, mar- ried, February 6, 1771, Daniel Russell. 2. Jedediah, June 24, 1753. 3. Lemuel, March 24, 1755. 4. Justus, August 10, 1757. 5. Sylvanus, May 19, 1760, mentioned below. 6. Sarah, February 19, 1763, married, Sep- tember 23, 1781, David Montague. 7. Thomas, March 7, 1766. 8. Esther, April 4, 1769, mar- ried Elijah Rowe. 9. Lucius, baptized Jan- uary 12, 1772, died young. 10. Abigail, born January 2, 1776, married, April 29, 1796, Quartus Smith.
(V) Sylvanus, son of Jedediah Clark, was born May 19, 1760, died February 21, 1846. He lived in the house which was burned in 1863, opposite the one later occupied by his grandson, Henry M. Clark. He was in the revolution in Captain Joseph Sparrow's com- pany, Colonel David Wells' regiment, October 18, 1777, to reinforce the Army of the North. He served also six months in the continental army in 1780, described as five feet, seven inches tall, complexion light, in Captain Mon- tague's company, Colonel Williams' regiment, and in Captain Porter's company, Colonel Smith's regiment, in 1780; also in Captain Enoch Chapin's company, Colonel Jacob Ger- rish's regiment, detached from Hampton county militia to guard stores at Springfield and Brookfield. He married Mary Graves, who died February 27, 1846, aged eighty-one, daughter of Moses Graves, of Leverett. Chil- dren: I. Jerusha, born September 14, 1786, married, January 5, 1809, Martin N. Hubbard. 2. Salmon, October 19, 1788, mentioned below. 3. Elihu, March 7, 1791, died May 25, 1792. 4. Eliphalet, August 31, 1793.
(VI) Salmon, son of Sylvanus Clark, was born October 19. 1788, died March 26, 1865. He lived near his father on a farm in Sun- derland. He married, September 17, 1817, Susan Smith, who died at North Brookfield, January 2, 1800, daughter of Jonathan Smith, of Leverett. Children: 1. Marcia Ann, born March 5, 1819, married, December 27, 1843,
Jason H. Woodbury. 2. Angeline Frances, May II, 1820, married, March 29, 1843, Henry F. Sanderson. 3. Louisa Emilia, July 7, 1821, died January 8, 1895; married, April 7, 1847, Albert Hobart. 4. Nancy Smith Comins, November 5, 1822, married, Septem- ber 20, 1843, Edwin G. Field. 5. Darwin Milton, September 24, 1824. 6. Julia An- toinette, April 14, 1826, married, February 27, 1857, James Hunt. 7. Norman Pomeroy, December 12, 1827, mentioned below. 8. Sarah Jerusha, October 13, 1829, married, August 9, 1866, William S. Gould. 9. Reuel Baxter, April 29, 1831. 10. Ellen Electa, Sep- tember 19, 1833, married, March 26, 1863, Elijah D. Knight. 11. Henry Martin, August 19, 1835.
(VII) Norman Pomeroy, son of Salmon Clark, was born in Sunderland, December 12, 1827, died December 23, 1882. He received his education in the public schools and engaged in farming. He was a member of the Congre- gational church. He married, September 23, 1852, Cerintha F. Clark, daughter of Francis Clark. Children: I. Frank Lester, born October 25, 1858, died March 18, 1861. 2. Frederick Forrest, August 27, 1863, died Sep- tember 2, 1863. 3. Frederick L., November 12, 1864, farmer. 4. Charles Francis, Jan- uary 24, 1868, mentioned below.
(VIII) Charles Francis, son of Norman Pomeroy Clark, was born in Sunderland, Jan- nary 24, 1868. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. From boyhood he worked at farming. From fourteen to seven- teen years of age he worked out for farmers in his native town and at seventeen bought a small farm and began operations on his own account. He had a natural aptitude for busi- ness and made his farming pay from the first. He enlarged his operations and bought more land from time to time. He made a specialty of market gardening, and of tobacco, and de- voted some attention to lumbering. Since 1906 he has been engaged largely in the whole- sale produce business in Boston. In 1906 he organized the Produce National Bank of Deerfield, of which he has been president from the first. He is a member of the Bay State Bag Company of Boston. He is a prominent . member of the Congregational church of Sunderland and was formerly a member of the prudential committee. He is a member of Pacific Lodge of Free Masons, of Sunderland Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, in which he is a member of the executive committee. He has been town assessor since 1904. He married,
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October 22, 1890, Edna M. Ingram, born August 26, 1869, daughter of Edward F. and Mary L. (Adams) Ingram. Children, born at Sunderland: 1. Ruth Isabel, July 12, 1891. 2. Florence Edna, November 8, 1893. 3. Clarence F., June 7, 1901.
CLARK Numerous pioneers by the name of Clark or Clarke came to New England during the first years of settlement. The name has been common in all parts of England for many centuries. The following coat-of-arms is known to have been used by descendants of Hugh Clark: Gules, three swords erect argent, hilts or. Crest, a lion rampant or.
(I) Hugh Clark, immigrant ancestor of this branch of the family, was born about 1613, according to his own testimony. He settled in Watertown and was called husbandman. He was admitted freeman, May 30, 1660, and became a member of the Artillery Company in 1666. About 1660 he removed to Roxbury, where he died July 20, 1693. He married in England Elizabeth , who died Decem- ber II, 1692. Children: 1. John, born Octo- ber 13, 1641, mentioned below. 2. Uriah, June 5, 1644. 3. Elizabeth, January 31, 1648.
(II) John, son of Hugh Clark, was born October 13, 1641, and died in Newton in 1695. He received from his father in 1681 sixty- seven acres of land in Newton, then called New Cambridge, and moved there from Rox- bury the same year. This land was situated in Newton Centre, near the present Lyman street. He had a dispute over the ownership of certain land with Joseph Bartlett, and as early as 1673 Bartlett attempted to put up a house on this land, which was pulled down by Clark. For this he was sued and obliged to pay a fine. It has since been proved that Clark really owned the land in question. About 1688 he built at the Upper Falls a saw mill, being the first erected on the Charles river within the limits of Newton. His will was dated January 3, 1694-95. He married (first) Abi- gail -, who died January 2, 1682. He married (second) December 18, 1684, Eliza- beth Norman, of Boston. Children: I. John, born 1680, mentioned below. 2. William, June 20, 1686. 3. Ann, May 18, 1688, married, April 24, 1712, John Billings, of Concord. 4. Martha, January 1I, 1690, died unmarried. 5. Esther, March 1, 1692. 6. Hannah, April 20, 1693, died same day. 7. Moses, July 19, 1695, died young.
(III) John (2), son of John (1) Clark,
was born in 1680 and died in Newton, June 22, 1730. He married, April 16, 1697, Anna Bird, of Dorchester. He lived in Newton and was selectman in 1722. His widow died in 1748. Children: 1. Mary, born January 9, 1698, married, November 12, 1730, John Ball 3rd ; died July 5, 1738. 2. John, September 22, 1700. 3. Ann, January 12, 1702, died October 1, 1742; married, June 24, 1736, Ebenezer Bartlett. 4. Thomas, May 29, 1704. 5. Isaac, October 19, 1707, mentioned below. 6. Atherton, April 16, 171I.
(IV) Isaac, son of John (2) Clark, was born in Newton, October 19, 1707, died in Hopkinton, 1783. He resided in Framing- ham and Hopkinton. He married, August 7, 1729, Experience Wilson, of Newton, daugh- ter of Samuel and Experience (Trowbridge) Wilson. Children: 1. John, born July 21, 1730, mentioned below. 2. Abigail, 1732, married, 1751, George Stimson and removed to New York. 3. Ann, 1735, married Benja- min Carroll, of Chester, Vermont. 4. Eph- raim, June II, 1738. 5. Isaac, November 20, 1740. 6. Samuel, May 20, 1743. 7. Stephen, 1745, served in the French war. 8. Lemuel, 1750, fell in the battle of White Plains, Octo- ber 28, 1776. 9. William, December 2, 1753. IO. Avis, 1756, died April 3, 1805, unmarried.
(V) Captain John (3), son of Isaac Clark, was born July 21, 1730, died in Chester, Ver- mont. He removed to Hubbardston and was for many years a leading citizen of the town. He was captain of the militia and held at vari- ous times nearly all the offices of the town. In 1774 he was a delegate to the first pro- vincial congress of Massachusetts, and during the revolution he furnished by contract large supplies of beef for the army. He married, June 7, 1750, Elizabeth Norcross, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Shepherd) Norcross. Children: I. John, born 1751, mentioned below. 2. William, April, 1753. 3. Moses, 1755. 4. Elizabeth, 1758, married, November 9, 1777, Oliver Fairbanks. 5. Isaac, 1760. 6. Samuel, 1763, married, November 9, 1786, Persis Hinds. 7. Experience, 1765, married Nathan Holden. 8. Joseph, April 22, 1767. 9. Ezra, May 1, 1768. 10. Susanna, 1770, married, May 29. 1788, Captain William Nightingale.
(VI) John (4), son of Captain John (3) Clark, was born in 1751 and settled in Hub- bardston. He married Jerusha Andrews, of Hopkinton. Children: 1. Luther, born March 18, 1771, mentioned below. 2. Martha, April 9, 1772, married, September 16, 1790, Aaron
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Rice Clark ; died July 22, 1811. 3. Anna, July 19, 1773, married John Morse. 4. John, De- cember 29, 1774. 5. Oliver, June 3. 1776. 6. Hannah, December 23, 1777, married Moses Rice ; died April 4, 1808. 7. William, Novem- ber 18, 1779, died May 15, 1780. 8. Betsey, November 18, 1781, married James Smith ; died June 30, 1809. 9. William Andrews, Oc- tober 2, 1783, drowned about 1820; married Louisa Jennings. 10. Jerusha, February 27, 1785, married, February 26, 1809, Luther Gates. II. Calvin, January 1, 1787, married, 1808, Nancy Norcross. 12. Edmund, August 13, 1790, married, 1810, Patty Kelley. 13. Mary, November 9, 1792, married, 1813, Tyler Grimes.
(VII) Luther, son of John (4) Clark, was born in Hubbardston, March 18, 1771, died there May 3, 1856. He married, November 9, 1791. Sarah Walker, of Royalston, who died October 17, 1855. Children : I. Luther Reed, born March 19. 1793. 2. Pamelia, July 24, 1794, married, April 29, 1823, Willard John- son. 3. William, April 16, 1796, died young. 4. Ira, January 28, 1799, mentioned below. 5. William Andrews, July 1. 1801. 6. Sarah, May 13, 1803, married. March 10, 1833, Gil- man Powers. 7. Adolphus, May 3, 1805. 8. Arethusa, June 15, 1807, died young. 9. Anson, December 2, 1809.
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(VIII) Ira, son of Luther Clark, was born in Hubbardston, January 28, 1799, died in Grafton, July 8, 1845. He lived in Leomin- ster, Rutland, Ware, and finally in Grafton. Ile married, in December, 1826, Rebecca Wood, daughter of Nathaniel Wood, of Hard- wick. She married ( second) Ethan Hem- mingway. Children: I. Lois, born October 19, 1827, married Simeon G. Pomeroy and re- sided at Templeton. 2. Rebecca, June 12, 1830, married Augustus Marvin Graves ; died November 19, 1853. 3. Calista, August 10. 1832, died March 19, 1908; married, July 16, 1853, Brooks C. Bixby and resided at Tem- pleton. 4. Andrew Jackson. October 9, 1835, mentioned below. 5. Abby Elizabeth, August 12, 1842, married Lafayette Williams and died Angust 19, 1865.
(IX) Andrew Jackson, son of Ira Clark, was born in Rutland, Massachusetts, October 9, 1835, died October 14. 1882. His education was meagre ; he attended a few terms of the district school. His parents were poor and when they removed to Ware, Massachusetts, in 1842, he went to work in the cotton mill of the Otis Company, and from that time was self-supporting and independent. Three years
later the mill was destroyed by fire and the Clark family removed to Grafton, Massa- chusetts, living in the mill village called New England Village. In the July following the father died. At the age of ten years, Andrew J. became an employee in the cotton mill of Smith & Pratt and continued there until 1849 when with his mother and sisters he removed to the adjacent village of Bramanville in the town of Millbury. After working there for two years in the cotton mill, he removed with the family to Hubbardston, where he worked in a chair factory until 1853. From 1853 to 1857 he was employed in a chair factory in East Templeton in the same county. He then en- gaged in the manufacture of children's car- riages on his own account at Orange., an adjacent town. He admitted to partnership in the business Mr. J. Lord in 1858; in 1860 Mr. Clark sold his interests in the firm and opened a store in the Carpenter Block, Orange, and carried on a flourishing business in flour and grain. He sold out in 1863 to begin the manufacture of sewing machines in partner- ship with W. P. Barker, under the firm name of Clark & Barker. The business was estab- lished in the small building now occupied by the Chase Turbine Water-Wheel Company. With two machinists the firm began the mak- ing of a low-price, single thread sewing machine, known as the New England sewing machine. The business grew rapidly and in 1865, when Mr. Clark bought the interests of Mr. Barker. the firm was employing forty men. From 1865 to 1867 Mr. Clark was alone in business. Then the firm became Johnson, Clark & Company for two years, incorporating the business in 1869 as the Gold Medal Sew- ing Machine Company with Andrew J. Clark as president. Later this corporation's name was changed to the New Home Sewing Machine Company, Mr. Clark continuing president of the company as long as he lived. The business grew to very large proportions and the machine manufactured here is known all over the world. The New Home sewing machine for more than a generation has been one of the popular machines in American households. Mr. Clark displayed great busi- ness acumen and foresight in his methods. He mastered the art of advertising and cre- ating a demand for his machine as well as the technical details of construction and work- manship. Mr. Clark was prominent in public life ; in 1864 and 1867 he was representative to the general court from his district ; served on various important committees and wielded
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a large influence in the legislature ; was chair- man of the board of selectmen of the town of Orange in 1865 : was state senator in 1870-72-73 and became one of the best known legislators on Beacon Hill. In politics he was a Repub- lican. He became a member of Orange Lodge of Free Masons in 1860 and was worshipful master from 1863 to 1868; he was district deputy grand master of the Eighth Masonic District from 1868 to 1871. For many years he was director of the Orange National Bank and at the time of his death was vice-president and member of the financial committee. He was president of the Orange Savings Bank. In religion he was a Universalist. Mr. Clark married, November 24, 1855, Abby Betsey Lesure, born January 10, 1835, daughter of Cummings and Abigail (Jones) Lesure, of Warwick, Massachusetts, of French ancestry. Children, born at Orange: I. Linnette Abby, born May 4. 1861, married, October 6, 1881, Samuel Carl Jameson; children: Ralph Waldo, born June 14, 1886, and Florence Linnette, born June 25, 1889. 2. Etta Jose- phine, born October 8, 1863, died March 24, 1900 ; married, November 15, 1888, John At- wood, of Boston. 3. Gertrude Lesure, born January 26, 1869, married, February 2, 1887, Harry A. Weymouth ; child, Clark, born June 23, 1903. 4. Charles Andrew, born May 13, 1872, died June 14, 1872. 5. Florence C., born March 18, 1876, married, June 10, 1902, Arlan M. Spencer.
(For first generation see Thomas Sawyer I).
(II) Thomas (2) Sawyer, SAWYER son of Thomas ( I) Sawyer, was born in Lancaster, Massa- chusetts, July 2, 1649, the first white child born there. His capture by the Indians forms one of the most familiar stories of the colonial period in Massachusetts. He was a man of fifty-five when the event took place, and was living in the garrison. Queen Anne's war was making the lives of the colonists unsafe, especially on the frontier. Indians made fre- quent attacks and massacred men, women and children. On October 16, 1695, Thomas Sawyer Jr., his son Elias, and John Bigelow, of Marlborough, were at work in his saw mill, when they were surprised and captured by the Indians. The Indians took their cap- tives to Canada and turned Bigelow and young Sawyer over to the French to ransom. They kept Thomas Sawyer to put to death by tor- ture. Sawyer proposed to the French gov- ernor that he should build a saw mill on the
Chamblay river, in consideration of saving his life from the Indians, and giving the three captives their freedom. The French needed the mill, and were glad of the opportunity. But the Indians had to be reckoned with. They insisted on burning Thomas Sawyer at the stake. They knew him and knew he was a brave man, not afraid of torture and death. The crafty French governor defeated their purpose by a resort to the church. When Sawyer was tied to the stake, a French friar appeared with a key in his hand, and so terri- ble did he paint the tortures of purgatory, the key of which he told them he held in his hand ready to unlock, that they gave up their victim. Indians fear the unseen more than the real dangers, and doubtless the friar took care not to specify what he would do in case the auto- dle-fe was carried on. Sawyer built the mill successfully, the first in Canada, it is said. He and Bigelow came home after seven or eight months of captivity. Elias Sawyer was kept a year longer to run the mill and teach others to run it. The captives were well treated after the French found them useful to them. Thomas Sawyer married (first) Sarah in 1670; (second) in 1672, Hannah ; (third) in 1718, Mary White. He died in Lancaster. September 5, 1736, and his grave there is marked by a stone. His will dated December 15, 1735. proved November 3, 1736, mentions four sons and two daugh- ters. He bequeathed twelve pounds to pur- chase a communion vessel for the Lancaster church. Children: I. William, of Bolton. 2. Joseph, mentioned below. 3. Bazaleel. 4. Elias. 5. Mary, married Josiah Rice, of Marl- borough. 6. Hannah, married Jonathan Moore, of Bolton. 7. ( Perhaps) Sarah, married Rev. Nathaniel Whitman, of Deerfield.
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