Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 90

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986

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and had a daughter, Mrs. East- man, of Marlboro. 5. Josiah, married Han- nah (Albee) Smith and had children: Nancy Maria, Polly L. and Joseph Josiah Gilbert. 6. Lucinda, married. April 29, 1799, Dr. Joseph Gilbert. Elijah Ball married (second) Febru- ary 20, 1786, Prudence Rice.

(VII) Fordyce, son of Elijah and Joanna (French) Ball, married Phoebe Thurston, a widow, and had children: I. Levi Thurston, born May 7, 1811, married Almira Adams and had children : Phoebe Ann, who died young ; Maria Almira, married Louis C. Ells: John Levi, married Eudora Fowle and had two children : John Alfred and Eudora Adaline ; Joseph Elijah, married Blanche A. Cook and had children : Laura Almira and Ralph Al- phonso. 2. Elijah, born January 17, 1713, married Sarah Clark and had children :. Mary Francis, who married George E. Whittum and has one child: Bertha Hastings ; George Eli- jah, married (first) Hattie Reese and has one child : Pauline Sarah ; married (second) Fan- nie J. Eaton. 3. Hyder Alley, born January 2, 1815, married Frances E. W. Johnson and has children : Albert H., who married Alice E. Hill and has children : Fay Hill, Ida May, Alley Hyder and Ruby Josephine ; Lucy Ma- ria. married Sanford L. Nestell and had : James and Frances; Louis Caleb, married (first) Lucy -, (second) Bertha Ray, has one child : Ray ; Frank William, married Nel- lie Carmen, has children: Harry, Jay and Floyd. 4. Joseph Gilbert, see forward. 5. Joanna French, born May 20, 1820, married Houghton Hall and had two children: Sarah Elizabeth, married Alfred C. King, has chil- dren : Walter Austin, Sadie Mabel, John Houghton, Arthur Williard and Louis Earle ; George, deceased. 6. Lucinda Maria, born July 28, 1823, married Samuel F. Summers and had children: Frederick Ball, and Wal- ter, who married Caroline Hale.

(VIII) Joseph Gilbert, fourth son and child of Fordyce and Phoebe (Thurston) Ball, was born May 20, 1817, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 24, 1905. He was an enterprising man and for twenty-five years was engaged in the baking business. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and a deacon of the Wood Memorial Church of Cambridge. He married (first) May 5, 1845, Esther Preble, and they had children : I. Esther Elizabeth, born in Boston, September 6, 1849, married Ewen R. McPherson, a mer- chant of Boston, and their only child, Ross, is a physician practicing in New York City. 2. Joseph Appleton, married Annie B. McPher- son and had children : Joseph Norman, in business with Brown Brothers, bankers in Philadelphia ; Edith Preble; Bertha Buckner and Harold. Mr. Ball married (second) Janu- ary 19, 1858, Mary Cornelia Wiley, born March 18, 1832. Children: I. James Hen- ry, born in Boston, November 22, 1858, mar- ried (first) Stella Judson, (second) Minnie Lincoln ; has one son: Herbert James, an in- structor in the Lowell ( Massachusetts) Tex- tile School. 2. Harry Perkins, born in Bos- ton, November 18, 1861, lives in Colwyn, Pennsylvania, and is a superintendent of a su- gar refinery in Philadelphia; married Esther A. Dow and has two children, Constance and Raymond, who are students. 3. Elijah, born in Boston, September 14, 1863, is in business with R. H. Higgins, of Boston; he married, July 29, 1891, Clara A. Peterson, and has chil- dren : Robert, Arthur and Theodore. . 4. Aaron Lawrence, born in Cambridge, Novem- ber 12, 1866, is with Blake & Stearns, woolen merchants of Boston ; he married, October 9, 1890, Lillie C. Mark, of Pennsylvania, and had children : Mary Adaline, Ruth and Mark. 5. Benjamin, born October 14, 1869, died September 7, 1874. 6. A son, born June 30, 1874, died September 7, of the same year. 7. Samuel Wiley, born February 10, 1876; was with Arthur J. Williams & Company of Bos- ton ; he died September 23, 1908; married Mary M. Blair, and they have children : Dor- othy and Gilbert.

Mary Cornelius (Wiley) Ball, the second wife of Joseph Gilbert Ball, is the daughter of Perkins Nichols Wiley, of Weston, Vermont, and his wife, Mary Lawrence, who was born in Weston, Vermont, the former a son of Da- vid and - - (Batchelder) Wiley, of Peru, Vermont. Mrs. Ball's maternal grandfather, Nathaniel Lawrence, was born in Hollis, New Hampshire, and married Lucy Putnam, who

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was born in Stowe, Massachusetts, and was supposed to be a descendant of General Israel Putnam, of revolutionary fame. Grandfather Lawrence was a descendant of John Law- rence, who settled in Watertown, Massachu- setts. Perkins Nichols Wiley, father of Mrs. Ball, was a storekeeper and prominent in town affairs, having represented the town in the state legislature and filled various other town offices. In religion he was a Universalist. His children were: I. Mary Cornelia, mentioned above. 2. Eliza Ann, who died in Weston, Vermont, 1907; she married Henry Hannum, of Weston, Vermont. 3. Lucy Jane, born July 1, 1838, married John Inger, of Straw- berry Point, Iowa. 4. Henry, born in 1844, died in Carlisle, Montana, August 18, 1908.

LILLIE The surname Lillie is identical with Lilley and Lilly. The fam- ily is located in England and in Antrim county, Ireland, among the Scotch- Irish. George Lillie (Lilley), immigrant an- cestor, was born in 1638. He settled in the west parish of Reading, Massachusetts, near the old Sweetzer place and was school-master at Woodend, a village of Reading, in 1683. He married, November 15, 1659, Hannah Smith, daughter of Francis Smith. He married ( sec- ond) in 1667, Jane He died in 1691. Children of first wife, born in Reading: I. Hannah, October 25, 1660. 2. John, Decem- ber 5, 1662. Children of second wife: 3. George, mentioned below. 4. Reuben, 1669. 5. Abigail, 1672. 6. Samuel.

(II) George (2), son of George (1) Lil- lie, was born in Reading in 1667. He was one of the early settlers at Woodstock, Connecti- cut. He bought land between the Nipmuck path and Little river in 1710 and his farm was claimed as of the town of Windham. where his descendants lived for many genera- tions.

(III) Jacob, son of George (2) Lillie, was born in 1697. He settled in Windham, Con- necticut, on or near his father's homestead. In October, 1731, lie was one of the petitioners for the confirmation of bounds of a new so. ciety which was set off as the third of Scot- land society, and is now the town of Scotland. Ile married Phebe Thompson. Children: I. Nathan, born May 14, 1729, mentioned below. 2. Hannah, married Jeremiah Kingsley.

(IV) Nathan, son of Jacob Lillie, was born in Windham, Connecticut, May 14, 1729. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war in 1755. In 1790 he was living in Wind-

ham, according to the first federal census, and had five females in his family. He married, August 20, 1752, Sarah Kingsley. Children : I. Chester, born about 1759, mentioned below. 2. Ebenezer had a family in Windham in 1790. 3. Elisha, had a family in Windham in 1790. Four or more daughters.

(V) Chester, son of Nathan Lillie, -was born about 1759 in the Scotland parish of Windham, Connecticut. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Moses Branch's company, Colonel Obadiah Johnson's regi- ment in 1778; also in 1780 from July to De- cember in the Fourth Connecticut Line which was stationed on both sides of the Hudson river. He was also in Captain Thomas Wood- bridge's company, General Wooster's provi- sional regiment in 1781. In 1790 the first fed- eral census shows that he had four sons un- der sixteen and two females in his family. He married, in 1784, Polly Tracy.

(VI) Charles, son of Chester Lillie, was born in Scotland parish, Windham, 1797, died February 2, 1858. He married Almina Bing- ham, born March II, 1803, daughter of Ros- well and Hannah (Spofford) Bingham. Her father was born January 22, 1775, died April 22, 1859; her mother died September 18, 1845. Thomas Bingham, father of Roswell, was born June 20, 1727, died February 9, 1807; resided in Scotland parish, married Amy Smith, daughter of Josiah Smith, February 13, 1766. Amy died January 29, 1826. Cap- tain Samuel Bingham, father of Thomas, was born March 28, 1685, at Windham, died in Scotland parish, March 1, 1760; received a farm from his father, May 4, 1711, and set- tled on the east side of Beaver brook on the road from Windham to Scotland ; was asses- sor, constable, captain ; married, January 5, 1708-09, Faith Ripley, and (second) Novem- ber 23, 1721, Elizabeth Manning. Deacon Thomas Bingham, father of Captain Samuel, was baptized June 5, 1642, in Sheffield, Eng- land, died January 16, 1729-30, at Windham, Connecticut, aged eighty-eight years; came to America with his mother Ann, wife of Wil- liam Backus; resided in Norwich and Wind- ham. Almina Lillie died January 17, 1876. They had four children.

(VII) Lucien Bingham, son of Charles Lillie, was born September 17, 1826, in Scot- land parish, Windham, died January 14, 1892, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was edu- cated in the public schools of his native town, and worked on his father's farm during his youth. In 1844 he came to Springfield and

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for many years carried on an extensive and successful trucking business there. He was one of the substantial citizens of Springfield, prominent in public as well as business life. He served in the old National Horse Guards of that city and was a member of the common council. In religion he was a Universalist. He married, September 10, 1831, Pauline Bowen, born July 28, 1831, daughter of Nathan A. and Roxanna Bowen, of East Highgate, Ver- mont. His wife died in May, 1901. Children : I. Dexter Pitt, born July 15, 1852, mentioned below. 2. Ida Augusta, born January 14, 1865, married Fred LaCroix.

(VIII) Dexter Pitt, son of Lucien Bing- ham Lillie, was born in Springfield, July 15, 1852. He received his education in the pub- lic schools of Springfield. He began his busi- ness carrer in his native town as clerk for Howard Brothers, dealers in railroad supplies and manufacturers of cotton waste. He was for fourteen years clerk and travelling sales- man. He engaged in business in 1882 in the new firm of Alden, Lillie & Watson. manu- facturers of cotton waste, with factory in Springfield. The business continued success- fully until 1884, when it was consolidated with that of Howard Brothers. At the time of the consolidation Mr. Lillie withdrew from the business and became agent for the Olmstead- Tuttle Company of Springfield. He left this concern in 1894 to organize his present business. Since then he has been engaged in the manufacture of cotton waste and railroad supplies under the corporate name of the Dex- ter P. Lillie Company, with office and factory in Indian Orchard, Springfield. He has built up a large and flourishing business. He is manager and treasurer of the corporation. Mr. Lillie is an Independent in politics, but has never sought or held public office. He attends St. Paul's Universalist Church at Springfield. He is a member of the Connecticut Valley Historical Society. He married, October 23, 1873, Alice M. Stone, born May 30, 1849, daughter of Addison Stone, of Springfield. Children. born at Springfield: I. Florence, July 24, 1875, married Frank E. Wheeler. 2. Lucien B. November 19, 1876, secretary of the Dexter P. Lillie Company. 3. Alice Mer- cedes, June 9, 1878. 4. Dexter Pitt, died in infancy.

The name of Downes first ap- DOWNES pears in the colonial records of Massachusetts shortly af- ter the settlement of Boston. Thomas Downes arrived there from England in the ship "De-

fence" in 1635; a William Downes also ap- pears in the records of that year, and several other early settlers of this name located in various parts of New England. The Canton family, mentioned below, was founded in this country by an immigrant who arrived at a much later date than those just referred to, and among his descendants was Commodore John Downes of the United States Navy, born in 1784, died in 1854; was a son of Jesse, and grandson of Edward Downs (2). Entering the United States navy as a protege of Cap- tain Silas Talbor of the frigate "Constitution," he worked his way upward from the humble position of a cabin boy, winning honors for himself and glory for his country.

(I) Edward Downes, who came from Ire- land early in the eighteenth century, settled in Canton in or prior to 1727, in which year his name appears in the tax list. He resided on the main road, under the Blue Hill, in the im- mediate vicinity of the Doty Tavern. In 1740 he served in the war between England and Spain, participating in the disastrous assault upon Carthagena, United States of Columbia, and subsequently enlisting for service in the French war he probably lost his life in that struggle, as he never returned. March II, 1724, he married Ruth Puffer, born March 16, 1704, daughter of James and Abigail Puffer, of Newton. In the records of 1744 she is re- ferred to as a widow, and it also appears that she bravely persisted in keeping her children with her, instead of binding them out, as a woman in her cicumstances was expected to do at that time. She later received a legacy from John Newton, of Milton, and her death occurred April 22, 1790. The children of Ed- ward and Ruth (Puffer) Downes were : I. Ruth. 2. Sarah, born October 22, 1727. 3. Hannah. 4. Miriam, born July 25, 1730, mar- ried Jacob French, probably the earliest com- poser on this side of the Atlantic. 5. Abigail. 6. Edward.

(II) Edward (2), only son of Edward (I) Downes, was born in Canton, February 26, 1742. He resided in his native town and mar- ried for his first wife Miriam Jordan, born March 25, 1745, daughter of William and Mary Jordan, of Canton. She died March 25. 1777, and on March 9, 1780, Edward Downes married for his second wife Rhoda Billings, born in Canton, March 19, 1763. The chil- dren of first union were: I. Jesse, born April 3, 1764. 2. Oliver, referred to below. 3. Mary, November 6, 1768. 4. Joanna, April 9, 1771. 5. Ruth, March II, 1774, married Matthew Dickey, of . Francestown, New

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Hampshire. 6. George, September 21, 1776. Those of his second marriage were : 7. Asa, 1780. 8. Amasa, 1784. 9. Cynthia, 1787, died in infancy. 10. Cynthia, October, 1788. II. Harriet, 1793. 12. Edward, 1795. All were born in Canton.

(III) Oliver, son of Edward (2) Downes, was born in Canton, April 9, 1766. He mar- ried (first) "Hipsibah" (Hepsibah) Taunt, daughter of John and Hepsibah Taunt: born June 17, 1768, died in 1787. Of this union there was one daughter, Sally, born January IO, 1787. His second wife, whom he mar- ried December 25, 1787, was Hannah Fenno, born in September, 1768, daughter of William and Sarah Fenno.

(IV) Joseph, son of Oliver and Hannah (Fenno) Downes, was born in Canton in 1788, died there in 1861. He was a well- known real estate dealer and auctioneer in his day, specializing in the buying and selling of farms, and he owned a considerable abount of woodland. He served as a selectman, was also a member of the school board and was one of Canton's most prominent citizens during the first half of the last century. July 2, 1811, he married Eliza Carroll, daughter of Samuel and Milla ( Blackman) Carroll, of Canton. She bore him three children: I. Samuel Carroll, referred to below. 2. Milla Ann, who became the wife of Peter Wales, of Randolph, Mas- sachusetts. 3. A child who died in infancy.

(V) Samuel Carroll, son of Joseph Downes, was born in Canton, in December, 1812, died there March 15. 1887. He attended the pub- lic schools of his native town and in his youth was deeply interested in the study of birds. Early in life he entered the Boston and Provi- (lence Railway Company and served in the capacity of clerk when railroads were in their infancy. He afterward learned paper-making and still later became a pattern-maker. He finally returned to the family homestead in Canton and resided there for the remainder of his life. Naturally reserved and domestic in his habits, his pleasures were derived chiefly from his home life, and he devoted consider- able time to the study of history. He was not interested in politics beyond the exercise of his elective privileges, and he held no pub- lic offices. June 6, 1836, he married Hannah Farrington, of Dedham, born April 30, 1817, daughter of Jesse and Rebecca Farrington. She died and he married for his second wife Olive Anna Hunt, born in Milton, Massachu- setts, September 25, 1847, daughter of Elijah and Olive ( Butler ) Hunt.

Mrs. Downes is a descendant in the eighth generation of Enoch Hunt, who was one of the first settlers in Weymouth, Massachusetts, resided there a short time and returned to England.

Ephraim Hunt, son of Enoch Hunt, was born in England, accompanied his father to New England, settling in Weymouth, and died there February 22, 1686-87. He married for his first wife Anna Richards, and his second wife was Ebbett Brismeade. The children of his first wife were: I. John, born in 1646. 2. Thomas, 1648. 3. Ephraim. Those of his second marriage were: 4. William, 1655. 5. Enoch, 1658. 6. Joseph, 1670.

Ephraim (2) Hunt, son of Ephraim (I) Hunt, was born in Weymouth in 1650, died in 1713. In the Canadian expedition of 1690 he served as a captain, and was a colonel in an expedition against the Indians at Groton in 1706-07. In 1736 his heirs received a grant of land, which was settled as Huntstown in 1742; incorporated in 1764 and is now the town of Ashfield. He married Joanna Al- cock, daughter of Dr. John Alcock, of Rox- bury, and she died March 20, 1746, aged eigh- ty-six years. Their children were: I. John, born December 11, 1679. 2. Rev. Samuel, born February 8, 1681. 3. Joanna. 4. John, buried September 4, 1761. 5. Peter, born March 8, 1690. 6. William, born March 14, 1692. 7. Ebenezer, born April 6, 1694. 8. Thomas, born May 6, 1696. 9. Sarah, who married a Mr. Pope. IO. Mercy, who be- came Mrs. Holbrook. II. Nancy. 12. Eph- raim.

Ephraim (3) Hunt. son of Ephraim (2) Hunt, was born in Weymouth, December 12, 1707, died February, 1786. His first wife was Ruth Allen ; his second wife was Miriam Spear; and his third wife was Mary Crane. His children were : I. Ephraim. 2. Jacob, born August 6, 1732. 3. Nathaniel, March 2, 1734. 4. and 5. Jonathan and Ruth (twins), August, 1736. 6. Mary, 1739. 7. Abigail, March 1, 1741. 8. Sarah, 1750. 9. Richard.

Ephraim (4) Hunt, eldest child of Ephraim (3) Hunt, was born in Weymouth, January 4. 1729. He settled in Randolph, October 11, 1750, he married Delight Mann and had a family of ten children : 1. Joseph, born March 19, 1751. 2. Jacob, September 9, 1754. 3. Eunice, October 6, 1757. 4. Joshua, No- vember 30, 1760. 5 and 6. Isaac and Gideon ( twins ), September 8, 1763. 7. Elijah, Au- gust 5. 1766. 8. Anthony, December 11. 1760. 9. Elisha, November 30, 1772. 10

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Polly, September 15, 1775. Mrs. Delight Hunt died in 1824, aged ninety-two years.

Elijah Hunt, son of Ephraim (4) Hunt, was born in Randolph, August 5, 1766, died March 31, 1816. He resided in Milton. Au- gust 14, 1802, he married Rachel Crane. His children were: I. Jane, born March 22, 1803. 2. Rachel, June 10, 1805. 3. Sophia Susan- na, March 23, 1806. 4. Elijah Minot. 5. Eunice, February 15, 1811. 6. Martha, June 14, 1813. Elijah Minot Hunt, son of Elijah Hunt, was born in Milton, February 1, 1808, died in 1861. He resided at the homestead in Milton. January 22, 1837, he married Olive Butler, born March 5, 1813, daughter of Thomas and Phoebe ( Winslow) Butler, of Phippsburg, Maine. She died in Stoughton in 1901. Their children were: I. Martha Maria, married Moses Griggs ; she died May 29, 1909; Mr. Griggs is also deceased. 2. Eli- jah, served in the war of the rebellion, died shortly after return from war. 3. Isaiah. wounded at battle of South Mountain and died from the results. 4. Olive Anna, married Samuel Carroll Downes, as previously stated. 5. George Minot. The last two are the only ones living at present time ( 1909).

SHAW Shaw is a very common English surname, used also as a termina- tion. It means a small wood, from the Anglo-Saxon Scua, a shade or place shadowed or sheltered by trees. Several par- ishes and places bear the name, and from these doubtless the families of Shaw took their sur- names. We find also the name in combination as Abershaw, Bagshaw, Cockshaw, Henshaw, Bradshaw, Longshaw and Eldershaw. The coat-of-arms of the Shaw family of Kilmar- nock, Scotland, is: Azure three covered cups two and one or ; on a chief argent a merchant ship under sail proper, a canton gules charged with the mace of the city of London sur- mounted by a sword in saltire, also proper pommel and hilt of the second. Crest: A demi-savage affrontee, wreathed about the head and waist proper, in the dexter hand a key or, the sinister resting on a club reversed also proper. Supporters: Dexter a savage wreathed about the head and waist with lau- rel, his exterior hand resting on a club all proper (emblematical of fortitude), the sinis- ter hand presenting an escroll, thereon in- scribed "The King's Warrant of Precedence" sinister, an emblematical figure of the city of London, the dexter arm supporting the shield, the sinister extended to receive the escroll pre-

sented by the other supporter. Motto: "I mean well." The other armorials of the Shaw fami- lies of Scotland are the same or similar in de- sign.

(I) John Shaw, immigrant ancestor, was in . New England before 1627. He was a planter of Plymouth, and had a share in the division of cattle in 1627. He was admitted a free- man in 1632-33, and was one of the number who in the summer of 1633 undertook to cut a passage from Green's Harbor to the bay. He was granted additional lands in 1636, and was a juryman in 1648. He was a purchaser of land in Dartmouth in 1652, and in 1662 be- came one of the first settlers in Middlebor- ough. His wife Alice was buried at Ply- mouth, March 6, 1654-55. Children : 1. John, sold land to his brother-in-law, Stephen Bry- ant, 1651 ; either he or his father served sev- enteen days against the Narragansetts in 1645 ( Pope). 2. James. 3. Jonathan, mentioned below. 4. Abigail, married Stephen Bryant.

(II) Jonathan, son of John Shaw, was born in England, and was an early settler of Ply- mouth, having come to New England with his parents. He may have resided at Duxbury or Eastham a part of his life. He married ( first) January 22, 1657, Phebe, daughter of George Watson; (second) Persis, widow of Benajah Pratt, daughter of Deacon John Dunham. Children : I. Hannah, married, August 5, 1678, Thomas Paine Jr., of Eastham. 2. Jonathan, mentioned below. 3. Phebe, mar- ried John Morton. 4. Mary, married, 1687, Eleazer King. 5. George, of Eastham; mar- ried, January 8, 1690, Constance Doane. 6. Lydia, married, April 4, 1689, Nicholas Snow. 7. Benjamin (twin), born 1672. 8. Benoni (twin ), born 1672, married Lydia, daughter of John Waterman.

(III) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (I) Shaw, was born in 1663. He married (first) 1687, Mehitable Pratt, died in 1712; (second) November 6, 1715. Mary Darling, died a wid- ow March 9, 1754, aged eighty. Children: I. Jonathan, born 1689, mentioned below. 2 . Phebe, 1690, married Thomas Shurtleff. 3. Persis, 1692, married Joseph Lucas. 4. Me- hitable, 1694, married Zachariah Weston. 5. James, 1696. 6. Hannah, 1699, married James Harlow. 7. Elizabeth, 1701, married Lucas. 8. Priscilla, 1702, married Bosworth. 9. Abigail, 1705, married - Lu- cas. IO. Samuel. II. Rebecca, 1718.

(IV) Jonathan (3), son of Jonathan (2) Shaw, was born in Middleborough, in 1689. He married (first) Elizabeth Atwood ; (sec-

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ond ) Sarah Rich. Children of first wife: I. Nathaniel, born 1714. 2. Mary, 1716. 3. Nathaniel, 1718, married Hannah Perkins. 4. Elizabeth, 1719. 5. Sarah, 1724. 6. Jona- than, 1728. Child of second wife: 7. Thom- as, mentioned below.

(V) Thomas, son of Jonathan (3) Shaw, was born in 1738. He was a soldier in the revolution, and died in the service. He was in Captain William Shaw's First Middleborough company of minute-men, and answered the Lexington alarm April 19, 1775 ; was sergeant in Captain Joshua Benson's company, Colonel Theophilus Cotton's regiment, under Lieute) ant William Tomson; also in Continental army under Captain Perez Churchill, Colonel Sprout's regiment. He enlisted in the Conti- nental army for three years, at the age of thir- ty-nine, May 15, 1777, and joined Captain Eddy's company, Colonel Bradford's regi- ment, May 25, 1777. His death was reported by Colonel Bradford, July 6, 1778, and certi- fied to by Captain Eddy, and his widow Mary signed an order for one hundred dollars due him, order countersigned by Captain Eddy. He married Mary Atwood, died January IO, 1808, aged seventy-one years. Children : I. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. Jonathan, mar- ried Sally Bartlett. 3. Persis, born Septem- ber 9. 1763, died unmarried, September 18, 1790. 4. Azubah, married, March 31, 1789, Obadiah Simpson. 5. Sarah, married, April 17, 1779, Elijah Lucas. 6. Rebecca. 7. Eli- sha. 8. Mary, married, 1803, Eben Shurtleff.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 90

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 986

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986