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children: Edith B., born 1883, died October 19, 1903; Marion R., November 26, 1884, a graduate of the high school ; Frank C., August 4, 1887, a student of Sheffield Scientific School of Yale, class of 1912; and Joseph Howard, October 30, 1889, now in the employ of the Stone & Webster Traction Company. Mr. Wells married ( second) May 24, 1906, Eliza F. Chapin, daughter of Walter Edward and Julia (Foster) Chapin, both of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Daniel Wells lived in Philadel-
WELLS phia, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Sproat and had a son, Chester, mentioned below.
(II) Chester, son of Daniel Wells, was born in Sullivan county, New York, in 1832, died at Lambertville, New Jersey, December 18. 1903. He married, March, 1856, Clara Cowin Makin, born in England, September 5, 1834. Children: Joseph M., Edgar, mentioned be- low, Charles, Frank and Elizabeth, twins and Florence.
(III) Edgar, son of Chester Wells, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 26. 1858. He attended the public schools at Chester, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Dela- ware, and also the high school in Lambertville, New Jersey, in 1875. He was first employed as clerk in the hardware store of J. W. Mc- Dowell and A. C. Gaudey for twelve years at Lambertville, New Jersey, and then engaged in the copying book business at Lambertville, becoming the treasurer of the Chadwick Copy- ing Book Company in 1886. In 1891 the plant was removed to Springfield, Massachusetts, Mr. Wells purchasing the stock in the com- pany, of which he was the sole proprietor un- til May, 1909, since which time he has had no business. While a resident of Lambertville he took an active part in local affairs and served as a member of the excise board. He is a mem- ber of Hampden Lodge of Free Masons. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a Congregationalist. He married, November 23. 1882, Justina Brittain, born January 3, 1860, daughter of Samuel B. and Hannah ( Wells) Brittain, of Lambertville, New Jersey. They have no children.
The Ward family in England WVARD dates back to 1066, one of the cap- tains under William the Conquer- or being named Ward. In 1175 William de la Ward resided in Chester. The family was numerous and well scattered over England at
the time of the settlement of the American colonies. The ancient coat-of-arms of the family is: Azure, a cross baton pr. Crest: a wolf's head erased.
(I) William Ward, immigrant ancestor, settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts, as early as 1639. He was admitted a freeman May 10, 1643, and for many years was one of the chief men of the town. He was deputy to the gen- eral court from Sudbury in 1644, many years selectman, and most of the time chairman of the board. He was commissioner to end small causes. He deposed October 4, 1664, that he was about sixty-one years old, fixing the year of his birth at 1603. He was one of the nine Sudbury men petitioning for the grant after- ward known as Marlborough, and including originally not only the present city of Marl- borough, but the towns of Westborough, Northborough and Southborough. In 1660, the year of incorporation, Ward settled in the new town, where his descendants have been numerous and distinguished. He was the first deacon of the church. He drew fifty acres, the largest house lot granted by the proprie- tors. His house was on the south side of the road, nearly opposite the meeting house, and his land extended to what was then called Bel- cher's pond, near which the tavern of his son- in-law, Abraham Williams, was located. Ward suffered the usual hardships and losses of the pioneer and especially during King Philip's war he lost heavily. His buildings were burned his cattle destroyed, and one son slain. He died at Marlborough, August 10, 1687, aged eighty-five years. His will was dated April 6, 1686. He bequeathed to wife Elizabeth ; chil- dren: John and Increase ; the children of his sons Richard and Eleazer, deceased; son-in- law, Abraham Wlliams ; to all his children by his former wife and present wife. The widow died December 9, 1700, in her eighty-seventh year. Children: 1. John, married Hannah Jackson. 2. Joanna, born 1628, married Abra- ham Williams. 3. Obadiah, 1632, mentioned below. 4. Richard, 1635, married Mary Moore. 5. Deborah, 1637, married John John- SO11. 6. Hannah, 1639, married Abraham How. 7. William, January 22, 1640, married Hannah Eames. 8. Samuel, September 24, 1641, married Sarah How. 9. Elizabeth, April 14. 1643. 10. Increase, February 22, 1644, married - Record. 11. Hopestill, Febru- ary 22, 1644, married - Record. IT. Hope- still, February 24, 1646, married James Woods. 12. Mary, about 1647, married Daniel Stone. 13. William, February 12, 1648-49. 14. Elea-
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zer, married Hannah Rice. 15. Bethia, 1658, married Daniel Price.
(II) Obadiah, son of William Ward, was born in 1632 and died in Marlborough, Janu- ary 5, 1718, aged eighty-six years. He had lands assigned him in Sudbury in 1653 and a house lot of twenty-one acres with the after divisions in Marlborough in 1660, and he moved there soon after. He was a deputy to the general court in 1689 from Marlborough. He married, November 13, 1667, Mary - who died August 22, 1706, at Marlborough. He married (second) Joanna Mixer, born De- cember 14, 1686, daughter of Isaac Mixer, of Watertown. Children, all by first wife: I. Alice, born November 14, 1668. 2. William, January 7, 1670, mentioned below. 3. Oba- diah, September 18, 1672, married Elizabeth -. 4. Bethiah, 1674, died same year. 5. Mary, May 4, 1676. 6. Jane, 1677. 7. Ed- mund, January 21, 1679 8. Sarah, January 29, 1681, married Samuel Bartlett. 9. Rich- ard, April 26, 1683. 10. Elizabeth, December 4. 1685, died unmarried January 21, 1730. II. Hannah, January 3, 1688. 12. Eleazer, No- vember 2, 1689. 13. Prudence, 1691.
(III) William (2), son of Obadiah Ward, was born in Marlborough, January 7, 1670. He resided there, where all his children were born. In 17II he sold out to Samuel Morris and removed to Ashford, Connecticut, where he bought land in 1715, and where his son Wil- liam bought land in 1720. Jacob Ward, an- other son, received a gift of land there in 1726. William Ward removed to Union, Connecticut, where he died January 8. 1731, aged sixty-one years. His death was the first in the town of Union. His wife Judith died there January 21, 1746. Children: 1. William, born June 9, 1691, mentioned below. 2. Jemima, July 5, 1693. 3. Gamaliel, born October 2, 1694, mar- ried Damaris 4. Jacob, March 9, 1696- 97, married Hannah -. 5. Judith, March 6. 1699-1700. 6. Keziah, June 4, 1703. 7. Dinah, October 2, 1704.
(IV) William (3), son of William (2) Ward, was born at Marlborough, June 9, 1691. He resided in Union, Connecticut, where he be- came a very prominent citizen. He was a large land owner and conducted several farms. There is a large rock on the old place with the letters "W. W." roughly carved on the surface and it is said that they were cut by William Ward. His will was dated August 12, 1772, and proved October 2, 1780. He married Rachel -. Children: I. Uriah, born Feb- ruary 24, 1715, married Elizabeth Ingraham.
2. John, November 9, 1716, mentioned below. 3. Ebenezer, April 9, 1719, married Anna Peache. 4. Moses, born September 16, 1622, married Eunice Rood. 5. Obadiah, February 9, 1725, married Esther Ruggles. 6. Rachel, April 23, 1727, married Joseph Enos. 7. Jesse August 6, 1729, married Elizabeth Abbe. 8. Benjamin, February, 1731, died October 19, 1741. 9. Sarah, died January 13, 1740. 10. William, died April 23, 1735.
(V) John, son of William (3) Ward, was born at Union, Connecticut, November 9, 1716, and resided there. He removed in 1740 to Belchertown, Massachusetts, with his fam- ily. Five children were born in Union, the remainder in Belchertown. He married (first) at Union, October 10, 1739, Abigail Walker. He married (second) March 27, 1748, Abi- gail Heath of Tolland, Connecticut, who died at Belchertown, February 21, 1813, aged eigh- ty-two years. He died there in 1800, aged eighty-four years. Children of first wife: I. Sarah, born about 1740, married Jonathan Drake. 2. Dorcas, June 24, 1742, died De- cember 4. 1748. 3. Eunice, December 15, 1744, married Captain Shearman, of Brimfield. 4. John Jr., January 1, 1747, died June 20, 1747. Children of second wife: 5. Aaron, October II, 1748, died November 1, 1748. 6. John, about 1749, married Bethia Fuller. 7. Benjamin, 1751, married Mary Clough. 8. Tirzah, 1753, married Richard Lull. 9. Zer- viah, November 27, 1754, married Samuel Ward. 10. Sybil, December 7, 1756, married Benjamin Clough. II. Mehitable, February 6, 1758, married John Pease. 12. Ruth, April 21, 1761, married Guild Wilson and resided at Hebron, New York. 13. Hepsibah, June I, 1765. 14. Beulah, August 20, 1767, married Samuel White. 15. Moses, October 29, 1769, married Rachel Convers. 16. Ebenezer, men- tioned below.
(VI) Ebenezer, son of John Ward, was born at Belchertown, July 19, 1773. He set- tled probably in that part of the town set off as Enfield. He married, July 7, 1796, Rebecca Randall, of Belchertown. Children, born at Belchertown: I. Israel, February 8, 1797, married Rachel Thayer. 2. Alvah, September 17, 1798, married Louisa Shaw. 3. John, May 19, 1800, married Sylvia H. Shaw. 4. Mercy, September 10, 1801, married Samuel Tink- ham. 5. Abigail, May 8, 1803, married Alvah Thayer. 6. Zerviah, July 23, 1804. 7. Eliza- beth, February 25, 1807. 8. Benjamin, April 24, 1809, mentioned below. 9. Mary (twin), April 23, 1811, married Oramel Walker. 10.
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Sarah (twin), April 23, 1811. II. Estes, May 3, 1815.
(VII) Benjamin, son of Ebenezer Ward, was born at Belchertown, April 24, 1809, died at Enfield, Massachusetts, July 14, 1888. He received his education in the public schools of his native town. During his boyhood and youth he worked for his father on the home- stead. After he came of age he engaged in the lumbering business at Enfield. He built the house in which his son now lives in that town in 1843. He was successful in business and acquired a competence. When he retired he turned his business over to his son, who has continued it to the present time. He was a Republican in politics. He was an active mem- ber and liberal contributor to the Congrega- tional church and its benevolences. He mar- ried at Enfield, December 19, 1838, Elizabeth W. Hanks, born May 2, 1812. (See Hanks, IV). She died October 8, 1864. Children, born in Enfield: I. Benjamin Harrison, July 25, 1845, died 1861, killed in an accident in the old mill at Enfield. 2. Arthur J. Northam, mentioned below.
(VIII) Arthur J. Northam, son of Benja- min Ward, was born in Enfield, June 1I, 1849. He was educated there in the public schools. He became associated in his youth with his father in the lumber business, and succeeded his father in business. He built a new saw mill and has conducted a large and flourishing business. In 1898 he engaged in the business of box-making and built a factory in partner- ship with C. F. Woods. After the death of his partner, he sold his interests in 1908 to the heirs. He has owned and operated the grist mill at Enfield since 1896. He is one of the best known, most popular and successful busi- ness men of the town. He has been promi- nent also in town affairs and has been asses- sor and selectman of the town of Enfield. In politics he is a Republican. In religion he at- tends the Congregational church. He is a mem- ber of the Grange. He married (first) Emma L. Wetherell, born September 20, 1849, in Keesville, New York, died at Enfield, January 6, 1894. He married ( second) 1895, Lucy E. Fairbanks, born August 17, 1857, at Warc, daughter of Lorenzo Fairbanks. (Sce Fair- banks, VII). He had no children by the first marriage ; one by the second, died young.
(The Fairbanks Line).
(II) Jonas, son of Jonathan Fairbanks, (q. v. ), was born in England and came to America with his parents. He settled first in Dedham,
where he was one of the signers of the cove- nant, and was called one of the "Fathers of the Town." He removed to Lancaster in 1657. He was a carpenter and farmer. In 1652 he was in court charged with wearing "Great Boots" before he was worth two hundred pounds, contrary to the sumptuary regulations and statutes in such cases made and provided. This law was passed in 1651. Jonas Fair- banks was found guilty and fined. If all his descendants had to pay fines for wearing "great boots," not even the distinguished de- scendant from Indiana, vice-president of the United States, would escape the penalty, ex- cept on the ground that he had over 200 pounds saved up. Jonas Fairbanks was killed by the Indians, February 10, 1676, when King Philip and one thousand five hundred braves attacked the town of Lancaster. Fifty or more were massacred and others taken prisoners. Jonas Fairbanks and his son Joshua were among the victims. He married, May 28, 1658, Lydia Prescott, born in Watertown, August 15, 1641, daughter of John Prescott, who also came from Sowerby, parish Halifax, England. She married ( second) Ellis Barron, of Water- town. Children: I. Marie, born June 20, 1659. 2. Joshua, April 6, 1661, killed by the Indians, February 10, 1676. 3. Grace, No- vember 15. 1663. 4. Jonathan, October 7, 1666, 5. Hasadiah, February 28, 1668, mar- ried John Morre, January 1, 1698. 8. Jabez, January 8, 1670-71, mentioned below. 7. Jon- as, May 6, 1673.
(III) Captain Jabez, son of Jonas Fair- banks, was born in Lancaster, January 8, 1670- -71, and resided there, except when driven out by the Indian wars, until he died, March 2, 1758, aged eighty-seven years. (Reported eighty-four years on gravestone.) He was a very efficient soldier and officer in the Indian wars and "was no doubt incited to heroic ex- ploits by the massacre of his father and broth- er in 1676 and his only surviving brother in 1697." During the raid of the town of Lan- caster in 1697 when his brother Jonathan was slain with one of his children, Captain Fair- banks was the means of saving a garrison and perhaps many lives, including that of his little son, probably Joseph. The Indians killed twenty-one persons, wounded two, and carried off as captive six, of whom five were returned later, including the wife of his brother Jona- than. In the year 1700 he received grants of land on both sides of Dane's brook above Thomas Sawyer's saw mill. The site became the home of the Fairbanks family of Lancaster
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for more than a century. Captain Fairbanks was deputy to the general court in 1714-21-22- 23. He married Mary Wilder, who died Feb- ruary 21, 1718, aged forty-three years, daugh- ter of Thomas and Mary ( Houghton) Wilder. He married (second) March 25, 1719, Eliza- beth Whitcomb, who died May 11, 1755, aged eighty years, seven months. Children: I. Jo- seph, born 1693. 2. Jabez. 3. Elizabeth, mar- ried, December 24, 1718, Deliverance Brown. 4. Jonas. 5. Thomas. 6. Abigail, married, May 24, 1726, Henry Willard. 7. Jonathan, baptized June 18, 1710. 8. Grace, baptized February 27, 1712, married, March 27, 1733. Joseph Brown. 9. Joshua, baptized March 28, 1714, mentioned below. 10. Annah, baptized November 18, 1716, married, April 5, 1738, Si- mon Butler.
(IV) Deacon Joshua, son of Captain Jabez Fairbanks, was baptized March 28, 1714. He was soldier in the French and Indian wars. He died November 25, 1769, and his estate was divided June 6, 1770. He married, December 7, 1737, Eunice Wilder, who died before July 25, 1774. Children: I. Joshua, baptized Feb- ruary 25, 1739, died young. 2. Lemuel, bap tized March 2, 1741. 3. Susanna, baptized January 17, 1743, died young. 4. Abijah, bap- tized June 23, 1745. 5. Joshua, born Septem- ber 28, 1746. 6. Eunice, born October 9, 1747, married, July 25, 1770, John Townsend. 7. Calvin, baptized February II. 1753. 8. Luther, baptized July 15, 1755, mentioned be- low. 9. Elizabeth, baptized October 7, 1757. IO. Martha, baptized May, 1759. II. Abel, baptized September 20, 1761, died in the rev- olution, 1778.
(V) Captain Luther, son of Deacon Joshua Fairbanks, was baptized July 15, 1755, died in Barnard, Vermont, at the home of his son, Calvin, December 8, 1836, of typhoid fever, aged eighty-one years. He resided in Lancas- ter, Northfield and Swanzey, New Hampshire, until about 1782, when he removed to Bar- nard, Vermont. Afterward he resided in Pittsfield. He was a farmer and blacksmith. He enlisted as sergeant in the revolutionary army, marching to Concord on the alarm, April 19, 1775. In September, 1775, he enlist- ed with Captain Jonas Hubbard's company and marched to Quebec with Colonel Benedict Arnold, and took part in the assault on Que- bec, December 31, 1775. While in the act of scaling the fortification he was taken prisoner and kept in the jail until September, 1776, when he was transported by water to New York City, paroled, and soon exchanged. He
was in the battle of Stillwater, September 19, and October 7, 1777. After the surrender of the British he accompanied that part of the army which was ordered to Chestnut Hill, probably near Philadelphia. Arriving at Al- bany, he was detached to be appointed wagon conductor general in the quartermaster's de- partment, in General Patterson's brigade. He spent the winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge, and was discharged in July, 1778. He was ranked as captain and received a pension. He married (first) in Lancaster, March 5, 1777, Thankful Wheelock, born 1757, died in Pitts- field, June 21, 1820. He married (second) Anna -, who died in Castleton, Vermont, June 22, 1842. Children: 1. Thankful, born at Lancaster, May 10, 1778, died March 23, 1849, unmarried. 2. Luther, September 10, 1779, mentioned below. 3. Sally, Swanzey, December 24, 1780, married Simeon Gates. 4. Abel, Swanzey, March 18, 1784, died July 5, 1806. 5. Betsey, Swanzey, October 2, 1785, married James Dean. 6. Eunice, May 25, 1788, married December 2, 1807, Charles Hathaway. 7. Joshua, Barnard, January 30, 1793. 8. John, Pittsfield, 1795. 9. Joseph, Pittsfield, April, 1796. 10. Ophelia, born in Pittsfield.
(VI) Luther (2), son of Captain Luther (I) Fairbanks, was born September 10, 1779, in Swanzey, New Hampshire, died October 21, 1857. He removed with his parents to Barnard, Vermont, when he was young, and afterwards settled in Ohio. He was a farmer and a member of the Congregational church, a man of sterling worth. He married (first) Lucy Lewis, born February 19, 1785, died January 14, 1842. He married (second) May 20, 1849, Miranda McLenathan, in Ware, who died there February 8, 1850. Children: I. Lewis, born June 5, 1804. 2. Luther, April 8, 1807, died July 8, 1836. 3. Lomanda, April 9, 1809, married, October 19, 1834, Charles K. West ; died July 16, 1883. 4. Lorenzo, June 9, 18II, mentioned below. 5. Louisa, Decem- ber 19, 1813. died August 26, 1837. 6. Lucy, July 16, 1817, died July 3. 1833. 7. Lucius, February 12, 1819, died November 30, 1833. 8. Louisa M., July 12, 1822, died July 28, 1894. 9. Lorriston Monroe, May 4, 1824.
(VII) Lorenzo, son of Luther (2) Fair- banks, was born June 9, 1811, in Barnard, Vermont. He resided there for some years, and then removed to Ware, Massachusetts, where he died December 21, 1882. He was a wheelwright and had a large shop at Barnard, employing many men. He continued the same
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business at Ware. He married in Barnard, February 19, 1835, Lucy Eveline Winslow, born in Barnard, April 10, 1816, died in Ware, June 7, 1876, daughter of George Rex and Lucy (Clark) Winslow. Children: I. Fran- cis Augustus, born in Ware, November 19, 1835, died September 20, 1836. 2. Henry Lu- cius, January 27, 1838. 3. George Edwin, Oc- tober 8, 1839. 4. Luther Monroe, October 8, 1841. 5. Julia Eveline, March 20, 1844, died July 12, 1870; married, October 1, 1868, Wil- liam E. Watson. 6. Jasper Lorenzo, Hadley, May 20, 1849. 7. Abbie Annette, Ware, Feb- ruary 20, 1850, married Henry L. Morgan. 8. Lizzie Jane, November 17, 1852, died October 19. 1857. 9. Charles Rufus, September 30, 1855. 10. Lucy E., Ware, August 17, 1857, married Arthur J. N. Ward, of Enfield. (See Ward, VIII).
HANKS Benjamin Hanks was born in England, probably in Malms bury, Wiltshire, in 1666. Davis gives a John Hanks as of Plymouth, Massa- chusetts, as early as 1633, but we have no further record of him. It is curious, however, that Benjamin Hanks, the only other early comer of this surname, should have selected the same place for his home, unless he was a relative. One record tells us that he landed at Plymouth in 1699 and settled in that part of the old town set off as Pembroke. When the town of Easton was incorporated in 1712 he was one of the original heads of families. His homestead was on what is now Purchase street near the swamp. The house is gone and the traces of the old cellar nearly obliterated. This is in the south part of the town. He died at Easton in 1775, aged eighty-nine years. He married (first) Abigail ; (second) at Pembroke, March 23, 1727, Mary Ripley, of Bridgewater. He had eleven children by the first wife, one by the second. His widow Mary died in 1760 at Easton, aged eighty-two years. Children of first wife, born at Pembroke: I. Abigail, April 8, 1701. 2. Benjamin Jr., July 15, [702, married, April 23, 1724, at Marsh- field, Mary White; children, born at Ply- mouth: i. Isaac, 1725; ii. Abigail, 1726; iii. William, 1728; iv. John, 1730; v. Richard White, 1734; vi. Uriah, 1736; vii. Benjamin, 1738; viii. Mary, 1741; ix. Silas, 1744. 3. William, February II, 1703-04, thought to be the father of Joseph Hanks, of Virginia, whose daughter, Nancy Hanks, married the fatlier of Abraham Lincoln and was mother
of the president; family tradition has it that William Hanks went to Virginia in a sailing vessel and had sons Abraham, Richard, James, John and Joseph. 4. Anna, November 14, 1706. 5. Mary, February 14, 1707. 6. John, October 22, 1709, married, January 16, 1734- 35, Mary Delanay, of Duxbury. 7. Elizabeth, March 5, 17II, married, October 27, 1731, Ne- hemiah Peirce. 8. Rachel, May 2, 1712, mar- ried, March 14, 1732-33, James Bumpass at Middleborough. 9. Johanna, October 9, 1713. IO. Jairus, February 24, 1714-15. II. Jacob, mentioned below.
(II) Jacob, son of Benjamin Hanks, was born about 1717 in Pembroke or Easton. He appears to be the only son of Benjamin to set- tle in Easton and certainly was the only voter of the family there in 1749. He was a soldier from Easton in the French and Indian war in 1755 in Captain Ebenezer Dean's company of Taunton, Colonel Ephraim Leonard's regi- ment, with the rank of sergeant. Again in 1757 he served as a private in Captain Eliphalet Leonard's company. The following soldier's from Easton in the revolution were probably all his sons: William, Joseph, Ebenezer, men- tioned below, Benjamin.
(III) Ebenezer, son of Jacob Hanks, was born in Easton in 1759, died August 1, 1850, at the advanced age of ninety-one years at Belchertown, Massachusetts. He was a sol- dier in the revolution from Easton, a pri- vate in Captain Matthew Randall's company, Colonel George Williams's regiment, in 1776- 77, in Rhode Island campaigns; in Captain Randall's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, in 1778; in Captain Isaac Hodge's company, Colonel John Hathaway's regiment, at Rhode Island in 1779. He settled at Bel- chertown at the close of the war and married there Hepzibah Ward, daughter of John Ward (V), April 12, 1785. (See sketch of the Ward family herewith). Children, born at Belchertown : I. Isaac, November 14, 1785, mentioned below. 2. Abigail, October 11, 1787, married Asa Shaw. 3. Sylvia, December 16, 1789, died August 13, 1794. 4. Esther, No- vember 7, 1792, died August 14, 1794. 5. Ocran, August 15, 1795, married Esther Pease. 6. Moses (twin). April 7, 1798, died November 23, 1808. 7. Aaron (twin), April 7, 1798, died January 13, 1816. 8. Zelah, October 15, 1801, married Sarah Randall, of Belchertown1, daughter of Nehemiah Randall; he died Feb- ruary 19, 1833.
(IV) Isaac, son of Ebenezer Hanks, was born in Belchertown, November 14, 1785. He
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was a farmer in his native town. He married there November 24, 1808, Elizabeth Wilson, born October 9, 1783, daughter of Thomas Wilson. Children, born at Belchertown : I. Thomas Wilson, September 16, 1809, died February 12, 1810. 2. Esther A., March 25, 18II, married Daniel T. Trask. 3. Elizabeth WV., May 2, 1812, married, December 19, 1838, Benjamin Ward, of Belchertown. (See Ward, VII). 4. Ebenezer B., January 20, 1814, married Mary Church. 5. Hepzibah, June 3, 1815, died November 8, 1838. 6. Roxanna M., May 29, 1817, married Benoni E. Rust. 7. Vesty M., July 27, 1818, died November IO, 1839. 8. Isaac W., August 18, 1821, married Henrietta Kennedy.
ADAMS This family seems to be distinct from others of the name so num- erously represented in this work. George Adams, of Watertown, may have been a brother of William of Cambridge, and there are many circumstances to support such a probability, but there is no evidence to sup- port it. At any rate, his descendants have borne an excellent character and fulfilled their part in the shaping of the destiny of Massa- chusetts.
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