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(II) William (2), son of Captain William (1) Raymond, was born at Salem or Beverly,
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Massachusetts, about 1666. He was a witness in a witchcraft case in Salem, and seems not to have been one of the deluded ones. He was killed in January, 1701, by the fall of a tree. He married Mary, daughter of John Kettle, of Gloucester. Children, all born in Beverly: I. Mary, May 16, 1688; died January 20, 1689. 2. William, February II, 1690. 3. Daniel, No- vember 25. 1691. 4. Paul, mentioned below.
(III) Lieutenant Paul, son of William (2) Raymond, was born at Beverly, January 22, 1695, and died in 1759, aged sixty-five years. He was a lieutenant of a military company. He married, February 28, 1717, Tabitha, daugh- ter of Freeborn Balch. Their first five children were born in Salem and baptized in the First church there. They were dismissed from this church to the church at Bedford, Massachu- setts, April 4, 1736. Children: I. Elizabeth, baptized April 9, 1721. 2. Mary, baptized March 10, 1723. 3. William, born July 30, 1725; mentioned below. 4. Edward, baptized December 17. 1728. 5. Paul, baptized May 17, 1730; served in the revolution; married, No- vember 27, 1755. Abigail Jones. 6. Lucy, born at Bedford, August 7, 1737. 7. Nathan, born February 29, 1740. 8. Tabitha, September 19, I743.
(IV) William (3), son of Lieutenant Paul Raymond, was born July 30, 1725, and died December 2, 1780. He lived at Holden, and for a time in Princeton. He married, October 9, 1745, at Bedford, Mercy Davis, born July 23. 1725, died February 4, 1810, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Hubbard) Davis, and a de- scendant of Dolor Davis. Children, born at Bedford: I. Mary, May 10, 1746; died July 30, 1838; married (first) February 25, 1767, Bartholomew Stearns ; ( second) - Walk- er. 2. Mercy, October 2, 1747 ; died July 15, 1829; married, August 25, 1768, Jonathan Lovell, Jr. 3. William, September 20, 1749. 4. Hannah, August 19, 1751 ; died April 29, 1790. Born at Holden : 5. Betty, May 6, 1753; died August 5, 1838. 6. Lucy, February 6, 1755; married (first) May 16, 1775, Hezekiah Walk- er ; (second ) Reed; died 1849. 7. Amos, March 23, 1757 ; was in the revolution. 8. Tabitha, October 28, 1759; married, January 16, 1781, John Perry, Jr .; died September 20, 1822. 9. Lois, January 2, 1762. 10. Daniel, February 1, 1764. II. Asa, January 1, 1766; mentioned below. 12. Lydia, May 26, 1768; married, November 18, 1790, John Hubbard. 13. Persis, November 9, 1770. 14. Child, born I772.
(V) Asa, son of William (3) Raymond,
was born at Holden, January 1, 1766, and died January 5, 1863, at Shutesbury, aged ninety- seven. (Shutesbury records say December 5, 1862). He was a farmer at Holden, and re- moved to Shutesbury in 1800. He was a farmer, a respected and useful citizen, active, industrious and public-spirited. In religion he was a Congregationalist. He married, at Holden, April 17, 1787, Huldah, daughter of Elijah and Huldah (Keyes) Rice ( see Rice). This couple lived to celebrate their diamond wed- ding, the seventy-fifth anniversary of their marriage, said by a writer at the time to have been the first instance of the kind in the state, if not in New England. Mr. Raymond was then ninety-six years old, and his wife ninety- five. During their wedded life they were never separated for a longer time than two weeks at a time. At the time of the celebration, Mr. Raymond was infirm, and both hearing and memory were impaired, but he could read without glasses, while Mrs. Raymond had her hearing and an excellent memory, though her sight had failed. The family gathering on this occasion was remarkable. Among those pres- ent were : Edward A. Raymond and daughter, Mrs. Benton, and her daughter, of Boston; Hon. Z. L. Raymond, wife and daughter, of Cambridge ; Mr. and Mrs. Emmons and daugh- ter, and Mrs. Willard Raymond and five chil- dren, of Westborough; Mr. and Mrs. Ferris, of Brookline; Rev. Lucius R. Paige and wife ; Rev. Asa Bullard, of Cambridge, and Horace Hunt, of New Salem ; Mrs. Huldah Spear and daughters, and many neighbors and friends of the vicinity. Photographs of the aged couple were taken, and gifts made. The speakers were Hon. Z. L. Raymond and Edward A. Raymond, sons; Rev. Dr. Paige, Rev. Mr. Bullard and Mr. Hunt. "A prayer was offered by Mr. Bullard, when the aged patriarch, amid emotions that almost prevented utterance, ac- knowledged the unceasing kindness and love of his children and grandchildren that had never allowed him to want, but had ever made his cup of happiness to overflow. All then united in singing "Praise God from whom all bless- ings flow," in which grandmother fervently joined." The longevity of this family is re- markable on both sides. The mother of Mr. Raymond died at the age of ninety ; and of her thirteen children, mentioned above, six lived to the age of ninety or more. Her father lived to the age of ninety-seven, and the average age of her brothers and sisters was over ninety- two years. Mrs. Raymond died at Shutes- bury, May 17, 1862, a month after the cele-
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bration, aged ninety-five years, six months, seven days.
Children : I. Edward A., February 6, 1791 ; mentioned below. 2. Huldah, born 1794 ; mar- ried Moses Spear, March II, 1811. 3. Lewis, born 1796; died 1798. 4. Daniel, born June 27, 1797. 5. Willard, born June 23, 1800; resided in Westborough, where he died June 30, 1856; married Sarah Dickman, of Peters- ham. 6. Lucy, born June 27, 1802; died De- cember 14. 1803. 7. Zebina Lee, born August 23, 1804 ; state senator, mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts; married Rhoda Hildreth, of Petersham. 8. Emmons, born September 23, 1806; resided in Boston and Westborough ; married Mehitable Munroe.
(VI) Edward A., son of Asa Raymond, was born in Holden, February 6, 1791 ; died at Brookline, August 1, 1864. He was a promi- nent merchant in Boston. He was a member of various Masonic organizations, and a dis- tinguished member of the fraternity. He re- sided on Beacon street, Brookline, in the house now owned by Edward J. Mitton. He married (first ) September 10, 1817, Lydia Dunham, died March 13, 1825; ( second) July 2, 1828, Eliza T. ( Pollard) Blackman, widow. Child of first wife: 1. Caroline A., born June 25, 1822 ; married, November 16, 1841, Austin W. Benton, of Brookline. Child of second wife: 2. Mary E., born June 20, 1832 ; married, June 22, 1852, Mortimer Catlin Ferris, of Brookline (see Ferris).
(The Rice Line).
(III) Elisha, son of Thomas Rice, grandson of Edmund Rice (q. v.), was born December II, 1679. He resided in Sudbury, and married, February 10, 1707-8, Elizabeth Wheeler. He had a thirty acre grant of land in Worcester in 1718, and was a proprietor in 1719, and his fifth child was recorded there. He returned to Sudbury, where he died intestate in 1761. His eldest son Eliakim was administrator of his estate. Children: 1. Eliakim, born February 27, 1709; married Mehitable Livermore. 2. Elisha, born March 2, 1711 ; died young. 3. Elisha, born November 3, 1713. 4. Julia, born March 30, 1716. 5. Silas, born November 7, 1719; married Copia Broughton. 6. Elijalı, born March 5, 1722; mentioned below. 7. Zebulon, born January 5, 1725; died Decem- ber 26, 1799: married, December 7, 1749, Sus- anna Allen.
(IV) Elijah, son of Elisha Rice, was born March 5, 1722, and died at Holden, in 1818, in his ninety-seventh year. His will was dated April 8, 1799, and proved April 7, 1818. He
resided at Shrewsbury, in that part now Boyls- ton, and removed to Holden after the birth of his children. He married Huldah Keyes, born 1727, died at Holden, March, 1799, daughter of Ebenezer and Tamar ( Wheelock) Keyes. Children, born at Shrewsbury: I. Elijah, Sep- tember II, 1749; married Relief Williams. 2. Lois, September 19, 1751 ; married, January I, 1770, Edward Goodnow. 3-4. Tryphena and Joseph (twins), died young. 5. Ebenezer, born March 12, 1756; married (first) Sarah Tain- tor ; ( second) Ruth Eveleth. 6. Zerviah, born August 6, 1760 ; married Simon Stickney ; ( sec- ond) Thaddeus Colburn. 7. Lettice, married, July 18, 1782, Thomas Davis. 8. Huldah, mar- ried Asa Raymond ( see Raymond).
Edward Southworth, pro-
SOUTHWORTH genitor of the family in England, was born there about 1590, and died about 1621. He married, May 28, 1613, Alice Carpenter, of Wrington, Somersetshire, England. He was a silk worker in Leyden; one of the Pilgrim exiles who formed Rev. John Robinson's church. He was descended from the Southworths of Samles- bury Hall, Lancashire, where the family was established in the thirteenth century. His widow married Governor William Bradford, of Plymouth. Tradition has it that Alice Car- penter and Bradford were lovers before either married, and that her parents selected Edward Southworth because of his higher social rank. After Bradford's wife Dorothy was drowned in Provincetown harbor, Governor Bradford wrote to the widow in England, and she came over in the ship "Ann," in 1623, to marry him. Her two sons, Thomas and Constant, came with her, or soon followed. She died March 27, 1670, aged eighty years. Children of Ed- ward and Alice Southworth: I. Constant, mentioned below. 2. Thomas, born in Leyden, Holland, 1616 ; died in Plymouth, December 8, 1669.
( 11) Constant, son of Edward Southworth, was born in Leyden, in 1615. He was brought up in the family of his stepfather, Governor William Bradford, at Plymouth, Massachu- setts. He was admitted a freeman in 1636-7, and was in the service against the Indians in the troubles of 1637. In 1646 he was color- bearer for the Duxbury company. He was of the council of war in 1653; a deputy to the general court and assistant to the governor ; and treasurer of the colony, 1659 to 1673. Hc owned land in Tiverton and Little Compton, Rhode Island, as well as Duxbury. He mar-
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ried, November 2, 1637, Elizabeth Collier, of Duxbury, daughter of William Collier, a Lon- don merchant, who assisted the Plymouth col- onists, and in 1633 himself made his home in Plymouth, where he died in 1670. Constant Southworth died March 10, 1679. Children: I. Mercy, born about 1638. 2. Edward. 3. Alice, born 1646; married Benjamin Church, the celebrated Indian fighter. 4. Nathaniel, mentioned below. 5. Mary, married David, son of John and Priscilla Alden, Pilgrims. 6. Elizabeth. 7. Priscilla. 8. William, born 1659.
(III) Nathaniel, son of Constant South- worth, was born in Plymouth, in 1648, and died in Middleborough, Massachusetts, Janu- ary 14, 1710-II. He married, January 10, 1771-2, Desire Gray, born November 6, 1651, died at Plymouth, December 4, 1690, daughter of Edward and Mary (Winslow) Gray. He lived at first in Plymouth, later in Middle- borough. He was surveyor of highways in Plymouth in 1673, constable there in 1668. selectman 1689 and 1691, and ensign in 1694- 95. He owned land in Tiverton, Rhode Island. Children : 1. Constant, born August 12, 1674. 2. Mary, April 3, 1676. 3. Ichabod, March, 1678-9. 4. Elizabeth, 1682. 5. Nathaniel, May 18, 1684. 6. Edward, mentioned below.
(IV) Edward (2), son of Nathaniel South- worth, was born in Plymouth, in 1688, and died in Bridgewater, April 26, 1748. He married, in Hull, June 25, 1711, Bridget Bosworth, of Hull. He removed with his family to the north parish of Bridgewater during its early settlement. Children : I. Constant, born July 25, 1712; mentioned below. 2. Bridget, April 15, 1714. 3. Ebenezer, August 13, 1716. 4. Edward, December, 1718. 5. Theophilus, Feb- ruary 10, 1720; in the revolution. 6. Sarah, January 16, 1723. 7. Lemuel, April 27, 1728 (twin). 8. Benjamin (twin), April 27, 1728. 9. Mary, January 2, 1732.
(V) Constant (2), son of Edward (2) South- worth, was born July 25, 1712, and died in 1775. He married (first) April 18, 1734, Mar- tha, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth ( Forbes) Keith; (second) January 6, 1770, Mrs. Han- nah Shaw, of Raynham, who married (second) September 29, 1780, Robert Keith. Constant Southworth and wife joined the church in 1741. He was a bloomer by trade, and re- sided at Bridgewater, where all his children were born. He was in the militia in 1762, and in 1775 was ensign in Captain Abiel Packard's company (Sixth Bridgewater ), Colonel Thomas Clapp's regiment. He died from disease con- tracted while working on the Continental forti-
fications of Dorchester Heights. Children of first wife: I. Betsey, born January, 1735. 2. Nathaniel, mentioned below. 3. Ezekiel, March IO, 1738; in the revolution. 4. Martha, April 18, 1741. 5. Mary (twin), April 18, 1741. 6. Desire, September 7, 1742. 7. Jedediah, Janu- ary 6, 1745. 8. Constant, January 29, 1747. 9. Sarah, December 9, 1749. 10. Ichabod, June 9, 175I.
(VI) Nathaniel, son of Constant (2) South- worth, was born February 16, 1737, in Bridge- water. He married (first) January 15, 1762, Katherine, daughter of David Howard; (sec- ond) March 18, 1777, Janet or Jennet, daugh- ter of Simeon and Mehitable ( Packard) Brett, of North Bridgewater. She married ( second) April 20, 1789, Ephraim Groves. Children, born at North Bridgewater: 1. Martha, 1764; died young. 2. Simeon, July 17, 1766; men- tioned below. 3. Nathaniel, April 6, 1769. 4. David, born 1773. Child of second wife: 5. Catherine, born 1777 ; married Ambrose Kieth.
(VII) Simeon, son of Nathaniel (2) South- worth, was born in North Bridgewater, July 17, 1766, and died July 1, 1820, in Lyme, New Hampshire. He married, December 24, 1789, Elizabeth Anderson, born 1768, died August 28, 1795: (second) April 30, 1798, Anna Stone, of Oxford (North Gore), born February 1, 1770, died October 28, 1834, in Worcester, buried at North Oxford, and was daughter of Uriah and Lois (Stone) Stone. He was a carpenter, born in Bridgewater, removed to Ward, now Auburn, and later to Lyme, New Hampshire, where his six youngest children were born. Children of first wife: I. Alva, born 1791. 2. Justin, 1792. 3. Child, died. Children of second wife: 4. Elizabeth, born July 12, 1799: died August 7, 1853; married Benjamin Willis Childs. 5. Nancy, born April 24, 1801 ; died January 20, 1881 ; unmarried. 6. Sarah, born September 17, 1803; died April 5, 1824; unmarried. 7. Louisa, born Novem- ber 29, 1806 ; died January 8, 1870. 8. James M., born January 2, 1809; died September 19, 1872 ; married, 1843, Fanny Hunter. 10. Con- stant, mentioned below.
(VIII) Constant (3), son of Simeon South- worth, was born in Auburn, Massachusetts, March 15, 1814, and died December 5, 1877. He removed to Lyme, New Hampshire, with the family, but when a young man settled at Hardwick, Massachusetts, in the northwest part of the town. He became a very promi- nent citizen there; was selectman eight years, assessor four years, and moderator eleven years. In 1870 he became. an incorporator of the
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Massachusetts Central railroad. He was inter- ested in public education, and served five years on the school committee. He was representa- tive from his district in the general court in 1847 and 1857. Except for a few years when he lived at Milford and Gilbertville, he spent his active life in Hardwick. He was a farmer and lumber dealer. He owned what are known as the Wardwell Mills, where he manufactured lumber.
He married, January 23, 1839, Sarah C. Sibley, of Auburn, born at Millbury, Decem- ber 6, 1816, died May 21, 1891. Children: I. Constant Eugene, born December 8, 1839; he served three years in war of the rebellion ; he died in 1906 ; he married (first ) Lucretia John- son ; children : Sarah M., May 29, 1867 ; Con- stant F., May 10, 1870, died 1902. His first wife died November 24, 1874 ; second wife Cor- delia S. Johnson ; child: Lucretia A., May 12, 1879, died March 31, 1895; this wife died in 1904. 2. Alvah Fitzroy, born August 11, 1843; died unmarried February 10, 1869. 3. Artiller, August II, 1843 ; a soldier for three years in the Tenth Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery ; discharged in 1865, and died the same year. 4. Oscar Sibley, born December 6, 1845; men- tioned below. 5. Frank Kossuth, born Sep- tember 2, 1851 ; married, December 10, 1878, Hattie J. Stark, and had: i. Mabel Anna, born October 14, 1880; ii. Bernard W., May 20, 1882; iii. Laura A., November 26, 1883, died October 12, 1884; iv. Gilbert S., September 14, 1894.
(IX) Oscar Sibley, son of Constant (3) Southworth, was born in Hardwick, December 6, 18.45, and died there May 10, 1907. He was educated in the common schools of his native town and at Salem Academy. He then entered the employ of his father in the lumber business. Later he entered partnership with his father and brother, and conducted an ex- tensive business manufacturing lumber at Hard- wick, Massachusetts. In 1891 Mr. Southworth came to Ware and built a large mill for the manufacture of doors and sash. He also manu- factured boxes. His brother, Frank K., was in business with him in Hardwick and in Ware. He bought large tracts of land in Ware and vicinity. From the wood lots that he owned he cut the timber and sawed it with portable saw- mills located on the property. He built a hand- some home on Church street, and built and rented a large shoe factory, both in Ware. He was very active, enterprising and industrious, keenly interested in the affairs of the town and lending his aid to every plan for the improve-
ment and welfare of the town. In politics he was a Republican, in religion a Unitarian. Thoroughly upright and fair in business, his agreeable manner and kindly disposition won for him many friends and the esteem of the entire community in which he lived. He mar- ried, April 15, 1869, Fannie M. Collins, born April 9, 1845, daughter of Daniel Collins (see Collins, VIII.). Their only child was Mary Louisa, born at Hardwick, July 24, 1870, now living with her mother, in the home at Ware.
(The Collins Line).
(II) Joseph Collins, son of Henry Collins (q. v. ), was born about 1635, in England. He settled in Eastham, Massachusetts, removing thither from Lynn. He married; about 1656, Duty Knowles.
(III) John, son of Joseph Collins, was born about 1660. He married Hannah Doane, and had twelve children, among whom were: I. Jonathan, mentioned below. 2. Benjamin, born 1687 ; married Sarah
(IV) Jonathan, son of John Collins, was born in Eastham, in 1682. He married Eliza- beth Vickory, and settled at Truro, Massachu- setts. Children, born at Truro: 1. James, bap- tized October 18, 1724. 2. Gamaliel (perhaps the eldest, called an adult, being perhaps ten years old), mentioned below. 3. Deborah, born July 17, 1726. 4. Joseph, September I, 1728. 5. Jaines, September 12, 1731.
(V) Gamaliel, son of Jonathan Collins, was born about 1715, baptized October 18, 1724. At the church in Truro the following children of Gamaliel were baptized: I. Gamaliel, and the four children following were baptized to- gether, November 3, 1751 ; mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, born before 1751. 3. Jonathan, lived in Truro, and had son Gamaliel ; baptized September 28, 1783, and daughter Sarah, born July 20, 1788. 4. Saralı, born before 1751. 5. James, born before 1751. 6. Benjamin, bap- tized December 25, 1757. 7. Sarah, baptized March 2, 1760. 8. Jesse, baptized October 5, 1766.
(V1) Gamaliel (2), son of Gamaliel (I) Collins, was born in Truro, before 1751, and was baptized there November 3, 1751. He married Rachel Rich, of an old Truro family. Their two eldest children were born and bap- tized in Truro, but about 1774 he removed to Hardwick, Massachusetts, where the rest of the children were born. He was a master mar- iner at Truro, and "the first adventurer in whale fisheries at Falkland Island." His home at Hardwick was in the southwesterly part of
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the town. He died at Plymouth, apparently on his return from a voyage, as his will dated March 27, 1786, proved June 13, 1786, men- tions among his children the youngest son, born the previous September, "that was not named when I left home." Captain Collins was a member of the committee of safety and correspondence in 1776, and selectman in 1778; his descendants are eligible to the societies of Sons and Daughters of the Revolution. Chil- dren, born at Truro: I. Jonah Stevens, bap- tized December 10, 1768. 2. Rachel, baptized November 25, 1770; married, February 23, 1790, Elisha Newcomb. Born at Hardwick : 3. Gamaliel, February 20, 1776; mentioned below. 4. Jerusha, August 5, 1778; married Judah Marsh, of Ware, February 20, 1800. 5. Priscilla, April 24, 1780; married, November 15, 1803, John Wicker. 6. Aquila, January 29, 1782 ; married, October 18, 1807, Mary Smith, of Grafton. 7. James, September 1, 1785.
(VII) Gamaliel (3), son of Gamaliel (2) Collins, was born in Hardwick, February 20, 1776. He resided on the homestead, and was a farmer in Hardwick all his life. He died September 28. 1825. He married, June 21, 1798, Patty Gilbert, died August 21, 1804, aged twenty-eight: (second) November 29, 1804, Betsey Billings, died December 10, 1805, aged thirty. He married (third) Ann Snow, a native of Truro, died February 24, 1861, aged eighty-one years. Children: I. Jonathan. born 1800: died March 3. 1831. 2. Fanny, married, February 18, 1819, Foster Newcomb, of Ware, and she died November 19, 1878. 3. William Gilbert, a soldier in the Mexican war, after which we have no trace of him. 4. Gamaliel, born 1809; lawyer ; resided in Palmer, Massa- chusetts ; married, September 20, 1834, Martha Smith : he died November 8, 1869. 5. Betsey B., married, September 20, 1831, Daniel W. Hooker, of Rutland. 6. Mary Ann, born 1811 ; died October 2, 1825. 7. Daniel S., born De- cember 28, 1812 ; mentioned below. 8. Martha G., married, December 29, 1840, Charles Whit- ney, of Watertown. 9. Anthony S., married Mary E. , and had daughter Mary Emily, born April 12, 1849.
(VIII) Daniel S., son of Gamaliel (3) Collins, was born in Hardwick, December 28, 1812. He was a justice of the peace and mag- istrate. He was a farmer in Hardwick, and lived near the old homestead there, which he afterwards bought and lived upon. He died there in 1888. He married (intentions dated August II, 1840) Thirza Chaffee, of Palmer, born at Wilbraham, 1813, died in Hardwick,
February, 1889. Children, born at Hardwick : I. Thirza Mary Ann, born April 6, 1843; died April 29, 1860. 2. Fannie Maria, April 9, 1845 ; married, April 15, 1869, Oscar S. Southworth ( see Southworth, IX). 3. Daniel C., born April 6, 1847 ; married, October 18, 1871, Eva J. Knight, of Ware. 4. Charles Frank, born October 21, 1849; died unmarried, November 15, 1873.
SEARLE John Searle, immigrant ances- tor, was born in England. This surname is identical with Surles
and Searles, and was also spelled Sale. He was among the first settlers of Springfield, Massachusetts, and the records of that town show that he was a lot-measurer for the pro- prietors as early as 1637, a proprietor and tax- payer in 1638. He married, March 19, 1639, Sarah Baldwin; he died September, 1641, buried September 6. His widow married (second) Alexander Edwards. Searle's will was dated December 21, 1640, and proved eight days before the widow's second mar- riage. He was buried September 6, 1641. Child : 1. John, mentioned below.
(II) John (2), son of John (I) Searle, was born at Springfield, May 30, 1641. He set- tled at Northampton, Massachusetts, and died there October 31, 1718. He was a subscriber to the Harvard College fund, a well-to-do farmer. He was admitted a freeman in 1690. He married (first) July 3, 1667, Ruth Jones, daughter of William Jones. She died Novem- ber 20, 1672, and he married (second) May 10, or 30, 1675, Mary North, who died November 5, 1726. Children of first wife: 1. Child, un- named, born and died March, 1668. 2. John, March II, 1669, died young. 3. John, August 6, 1670, married Abigail Pomeroy; (at the massacre, March II, 1704, at Passacommuck, John Searle and children, Abigail aged seven. John aged four, and Caleb aged two, were slain, his wife was tomahawked but recov- ered. Elisha saved his life by offering to carry a bundle and was taken to Canada. He was baptized in the Roman Catholic church at Montreal, September 29, 1705. He lived with Mr. John Baptist Beloran, Esq., Seigneur de Blainville and captain of a company of the detachment of the marine. John Baptist was godfather and his wife Mary Anne Le Moyne godmother, the new name given the boy being Michael. When he was twenty-eight years old he returned to Northampton (in 1722) to get his share of his father's estate. He could not speak English and was not recognized at first.
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It is said that he found a pair of stilts that he used to walk on and that fact served as a means of identification. He was determined to return to Canada, but finally yielded to the inducements offered him, and he was commis- sioned sergeant by the general court, granted ten pounds, and served at Deerfield in the war of 1724 and at Fort Dummer next year). 4. Child, died November 20, 1672. Children of second wife: 5. James, born February 12, 1676. 6. Mary, 1678. 7. Ebenezer, January 9, 1680. 8. Ruth, December 17, 1681. 9. Sarah, February 28, 1684. 10. Nathaniel, May 3, 1686, mentioned below. 11. Lydia, August 22, 1688.
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