Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 108

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 886

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Joseph Bennett

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of the committee on redistricting the state and chairman of the committee on reform in the registration of land titles. After his service in the house in 1879 he was again appointed justice of the municipal court and held that office until he resigned in 1881. The service of Mr. Bennett on the two joint committees on redistricting the state presents probably the only instance in which the same man has been twice chairman of this committee. In Brighton, both before and since annexation, he has been an active and influential citizen, supporting all measures and movements in- tended to benefit the community and increase its prosperity. He was a member of the school committee of the town, and a member of the board of trustees of the public library now merged with the public library of the city of Boston. In politics he is a Republican and he has had a large and commanding in- fluence in his party. He married, May 26, 1866, Elizabeth R. Lefavor, of Boston, daugh- ter of John and Mary H. Lefavor. Children : I. Joseph I., born January 26, 1867. 2. Fred- erick S., May 28, 1873. 3. Mary E. Loring, August 27, 1875.

BROWN Many families of this name are found very early in New Eng- land, and several different fami- lies often appear in one neighborhood, making it difficult to distinguish. The family herein traced was located in the Plymouth Colony, but the continued tracing is rendered ex- tremely difficult by the meagreness of vital records in some of the towns of that region. (I) Among the signers of the Mayflower Compact. November II, 1620, on board the historic "Mayflower," in Cape Cod Bay, Peter Brown was thirty-third. He is said to have been a son of Thomas and great-grandson of Anthony Brown, who was created Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Richard II., and was recipient of the famous Battle Abbey at the hands of Henry VIII. John Brown, an elder brother of Peter, became acquainted with the Pilgrims at Leyden, Holland, prior to 1620, and the year of his immigration has been fixed at about 1630. He was a resident of Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 1636. He was a man of large intelligence, great energy of char- acter and deep and earnest piety. In 1634 he was made a freeman, and in 1636 was an as- sistant to the governor, an office which he held by annual election for seventeen years. He was a grand pioneer in the settlement of the towns on the west of old Plymouth. His

name is found among the purchasers of Taun- ton in 1637, and he, with Miles Standish. erected bounds around the purchase in 1640. Thither he had probably removed with his family before 1643, for among the fifty-four males subject to military duty in that year his name stands first, followed by his two sons, John and James. During the same year he was one of the company to purchase Reho- both, and his interest in that township was the largest of any, amounting to six hundred pounds sterling. Prior to June 9, 1645, he removed to Rehoboth. His son James re- moved from Taunton with him, and his son John followed in 1647. In December, 1645, John Brown Sr, became sole proprietor of the section known by the Indians as Wannamoi- sett and Wannamoiset Neck (Now Bullock's Point and Riverside, Rhode Island), which originally included a portion of the present towns of Rehoboth and Swansea, with a large portion of Barrington, and the south part of Sekonk and East Providence. His name ap- pears on all of the important committees of the town of Rehoboth. In 1643 the colonies of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Haven united in a confederacy styled the United Colonies of New England, for their common defence and welfare. Each colony sent two commissioners to the meetings of this body, and John Brown represented Ply- mouth colony twelve years. He was associ- ated in deliberations with such men as John Winthrop, Governor Haynes, Mr. Eaton, Gov- ernor Winthrop and others, and exercised a large influence in this body, serving the colo- ies wisely and faithfully. He died at Wanna- moisett. April 10, 1662. His widow, Dorothy Brown, died in Swansea, January 27, 1674. aged ninety years. Children : Mary, married Captain Thomas Willett; John, see forward; James Brown.

( II) John (2), eldest son of John and Dor- othy Brown, was born probably in England. and resided in Rehoboth, where he was buried the last of March, 1662. His will was pro- bated the same day and his father was made executor. He married Lydia. daughter of William ( 1) Buckland. Children : John, born last Friday of September, 1650: Anne, Janu- ary 29, 1654: Lydia, August 6, 1656; Joseph, mentioned below ; and Nathaniel, June 9, 1661.

(III) Joseph, second son of John (2) and Lydia (Buckland) Brown, was born April 9, 1658, in Rehoboth, and resided in that town until after 1702, when he removed to Attle- boro, Massachusetts, and was representative

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from that town in 1712 and 1726-7-8. He died there May 5, 1731. He married Novem- ber 10, 1680, Hannah Fitch, born 1669-70 ; died October 14, 1739. Children born in Rehoboth: Hannah and Joseph (twins), No- vember 21, 1681 (latter died young) ; Joseph (died young) ; Jabosh, December 30, 1683; John, March 13, 1686; Joseph, August 28, 1688; Lydia, December 1, 1691; Benjamin, April 3. 1694; Mary, June 28, 1696; Christo- pher, June 17, 1699; Jeremiah, October 7, 1702. There is reason to believe there was at least another, a sketch of whom follows.

(IV) Noah Brown, born about 1700, pre- sumably son of Joseph and Hannah ( Fitch) Brown, was a resident of Rehoboth, and was twice married. The baptismal name of his second wife was Rebecca.

(V) Noah (2), son of Noah (I) and Re- becca Brown, was born August 7, 1726, in Rehoboth. He married, April 9, 1752, Deb- orah Wilmirth, of . Attleboro, born before 1730, daughter of Stephen and Deborah (Crossman) Wilmirth. They resided in At- tleboro, where the births of the following chil- dren are recorded, with the exception of the first, who was born in Rehoboth: Noah, men- tioned below ; Consider, October 1, 1753 ; Sary, April 13, 1755 ; Hepsibeth, November 2, 1756, Deborah, April 11, 1759; Phebe, September 5, 1760; Stephen, July 1, 1764: Rebecca, April 23, 1766; Hannah, April 29, 1770; James, No- vember 8, 1772; John, June 16, 1775.

(VI) Noah (3), eldest child of Noah (2) and Deborah (Wilmirth) Brown, was born August 10. 1752, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and lived in Attleboro, where he married (in- tentions published September 28, 1778) Judith Short. The Attleboro records fail to give any account of their children, but family records show that they were the parents of the next mentioned.

(VII) Elisha, son of Noah (3) and Judith (Short ) Brown, was born August 27, 1784, in Attleboro, where he resided until after his marriage. He then settled in Rowe, Frank- lin county, Massachusetts, where he was one of the earliest settlers, and died November 22, 1862, aged seventy-eight years. The follow- ing is taken from an obituary notice published immediately after his death: "He was one of the earliest settlers in this town, having been a resident here for upwards of twenty-seven years. He was a farmer by occupation, and belonged to that generation of men that is fast passing away, who laid the foundations of our

present and prospective prosperity ; who liter- ally made the wilderness to blossom as a rose. He was a man of strict integrity and of great moral worth. He had been for a period of forty-six years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church." He married, in Attle- boro, November 12, 1809, Hannah Carpenter, born February 29, 1790, in that town, daugh- ter of Cyril and Lucy (Lane) Carpenter ; and died August 11, 1863, in Rowe. Children : I. Lorenzo Lane, born October 14, 1810; died February 4, 1888. 2. Infant son, July 26, 1812 ; died July 26, 1812. 3. Lucy Carpenter, born July 7, 1813 ; died July 25, 1838. 4. Or- ville Short, mentioned below. 5. Clement, born October 10, 1816; died November 23, 1839. 6. David, born October 9, 1818; died August 22, 1857. 7. Lewis, born May 19, 1820. 8. George, born March 1, 1822; died June 9, 1874. 9. William, born May 2, 1824. IO. Noah, January 26, 1827. II. Infant son, February 28, 1830; died February 28, 1830. 12. Cyril, born April 17, 1834; died May 16, 1835. All except the fourth removed to the frontiers in Michigan and made their homes on land purchased from the Indians in what is now the township of Hudson, Lenawa county, where William, the ninth, is still liv- ing at a great age.

(VII) Orville Short, third son of Elisha and Hannah (Carpenter) Brown, was born December 23, 1814, in Rowe, and died July 2, 1845, in Heath, Massachusetts. He was a teacher and farmer, and resided on the home- stead in that town. He was an earnest be- liever in the Baptist religion, and was a Whig in politics. He married, December 23, 1836. the day he was twenty-two years old, Sarah Maria Taft, of Heath, a descendant of the same ancestry of President Taft, born Febru- ary 25, 1813, died July 23, 1876. She is re- membered as a most sweet and lovable woman of brilliant abilities. Children: George Rus- sell, mentioned below; infant son, died one day old; Mary Maria, born August 2, 1840, died aged forty-three years; Orville Martin, born November 14, 1844.

(IX) George Russell, eldest child of Or- ville S. and Sarah M. (Taft) Brown, was born October 25, 1837, in Heath, and died January 12, 1873, in Hudson, Michigan, where he settled near his relatives, and began farm- ing. He was enrolled as a soldier of the civil war Angust 25, 1862, to serve three years ; was mustered into service September 10, 1862, at Detroit, Michigan, as private in Company

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C, First United States Sharpshooters (Captain Dunster's company, Berdan Sharpshooters), and was discharged from service October 3. 1863. at Boston, Massachusetts, on surgeon's certificate of disability, while holding grade of private. He was wounded at Chancellors- ville. Virginia. captured May 3, 1863. and pa- roled May 15. 1863. As a result of his wound he was incapacitated for severe labor, and died as above noted within a few years after his discharge. He was a Methodist in re- ligion and a Republican in politics. He mar- ried. at Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, June 16. 1857, Susan Roberts, born October 26, 1840, in Colerain, Massachusetts. daughter of Goodwin and Lydia ( Bishop) Roberts, of that town. After her husband was wounded she went to the front and assisted him home, de- voting the remaining years of his life to his care and comfort. She survived him nearly twenty-eight years, and died April 6, 1901. Children : Ella Maria, born February 22, 1859; Etta Branch, March 26, 1861 ; Winfield Mar- tin. mentioned below ; Linna May, July 12, 1866: Orville Short, December 10, 1869; Lula Louisa, March 16, 1872; and Sadie Russell, March 23, 1873.

(X) Winfield Martin, eldest son of George R. and Susan (Roberts) Brown, was born April 21. 1864, in Colerain, and was educated in the public schools and Arms Academy at Shelburne Falls. He subsequently pursued a post-graduate course under the private tuition of Professor Pratt, author of Harper's Geog- raphies, and a wide known educator. Very. soon after attaining his majority, on May 15, 1885, he entered the employ of the Boston & Lowell Railroad Company as a clerk in the auditing and accounting department. His energy and native ability secured for him rapid promotion, and he soon became chief clerk in the passenger traffic department of the road, and subsequently was for a period of fourteen years assistant to the general superintendent. D. W. Sanborn. He retired from this po- sition in December. 1906. to accept the po- sition of manager of H. P. Hood & Sons, the largest independent dairy company in New England, with fine farms in New Hampshire and numerous distributing warehouses in Bos- ton. In this responsible position Mr. Brown's exceptional executive ability finds ample field, and the business under his charge is thoroughly systematized and most successfully conducted. A Unitarian in religion, he is independent of party bosses in politicals, and has never sought or accepted political honors.

(The Roberts Line).

William Roberts, son of Catherine ( Leete ) Roberts, came to East Hartford from Middle- town, Connecticut. He lived near the foot of Smith's lane, on the meadow hill, south of the present bridge road, on what was then the main street, and died probably in 1735. His house was built on land which came to him from his wife's father, Captain James Forbes, who gave his daughter six acres on her mar- riage. He married Dorothy Forbes. Chil- dren : I. Dorothy, baptized in South Church, Hartford, 1687. 2. Deborah, in First Church, April, 1690. 3. William, 1695. 4. Benjamin. mentioned below. 5. Joseph, baptized August II. 1700. 6. Mary, May 31, 1702. 7. Sam- uel. December 24, 1704.

(11) Benjamin, son of William Roberts, was baptized March 8, 1698. He was a merchant trader and the owner of several vessels, among them the "Martha," "Samuel" and "Porrige," engaged in trade with the West Indies and New London, bringing home cargoes of merchan- dise which were stored in his cellar, which was built especially strong for the purpose. He was also a large land owner. He married ( first) September 26, 1730, Dorothy Pitkin, born 1705. died October 5, 1737, daughter of Nathaniel and Hester (Hosmer) Pitkin ; (second) July 13, 1739, Jerusha Pratt, a de- scendant of John Pratt who settled in Hart- ford with the Hooker party in 1635. Children of first wife: I. Dorothy, born January 23, 1734. 2. Susannah, 1736. By second wife : 3. Jerusha (twin), April 24, 1740. 4. Cath- erine, twin with Jerusha. 5. Benjamin, No- vember 15, 1741 ; mentioned below. 6. Sarah, April 13, 1743. 7. Mary. January 18, 1745. 8. William, January 19. 1746. 9. Nathaniel, December 24, 1750. 10. George, November 22. 1752. II. Abigail, 1756. 12. Lemuel, 1760.

(IV) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (1) Roberts, was born November 15, 1741, and died September 26, 1808. He married Doro- thy Goodwin, died April 16, 1798. aged fifty- eight years, daughter of John (4) grand- daughter of John (3). who was son of Na- thaniel and grandson of Ozias Goodwin, one of the founders of Hartford. He lived at East Hartford, and in 1790, according to the first federal census, had two males over six- teen, two under that age and six females in his family. He may have been the Benjamin Roberts in Captain Chapman's company in the revolution, 1777-80. The company contained men from this section. There were several

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men of the same name apparently in the revo- lution from Connecticut. Children, baptized in East Hartford: I. Dorothy, May 28, 1769. 2. Jerusha, October 7, 1770. 3. Benjamin, De- cember 1, 1771. 4. Thankful, April 11, 1773 5. Sarah, October 23, 1774. 6. Solomon, June 16, 1776. 7. Susanna, born June 6, 1778. 8. Hoel, mentioned below.

(V) Hoel, son of Benjamin (2) and Dor- othy (Goodwin) Roberts, was born June 14. 1784, and baptized July 4, following, in East Hartford. He settled in Colerain, Massachu- setts, where he died December 26, 1846. His wife Susan, born December 4, 1788, died Feb- ruary 10, 1852. Children: Goodwin, men- tioned below ; Lyman, born February 26, 1813; Dwight, March 18, 1818; George, February 3. 1820; Louisa, March II, 1822; Elery, April 14, 1824: Benjamin F., April 30, 1826.

(VI) Goodwin, eldest child of Hoel and Susan Roberts, was born May 6, 1811, in Col- erain, where he resided through life. He mar- ried (first) October 20, 1833, Lydia Bishop, died February 12, 1851 ; (second) January I. 1852, Mrs. Sarah Maria Taft; one child of second wife, Clayton, was born March 27, 1853, died November 4, 1898. Children of first wife: Horace, born August 28, 1834; Ellen, September 8, 1835 : an unnamed infant, died two months old; Emeline, October 24, 1837; Louisa, August 9, 1839: Susan, men- tioned below; Franklin, December 25, 1842; George, January 15, 1844; Albert, May 26, 1846. Of these, the fourth, seventh and eighth died before majority.

(VII) Susan, fourth daughter of Goodwin and Lydia ( Bishop) Roberts, was born Octo- ber 26, 1840, in Colerain, and married June 16, 1857. George Russell Brown. (See Brown, IX.)

Francis Cosgrove, the first COSGROVE of the family in this coun- try, was born in Dublin, Ire- land, July 12, 1778, died in Nova Scotia, Jan. uary 18, 1856. He was educated in the schools of his native city, and learned the trade of shoemaker. During the Napoleonic wars he enlisted in the British army in the Sixtieth In- fantry and served under General Wellington. He rose to the rank of sergeant. He left the army when peace came. He was wounded in battle in his right knee and in later years was pensioned by the government. In politics he was a Tory and in religion a Baptist. He be- came a persistent worker in the cause of tem- perance and was a pioneer in temperance re-

form in the vicinity of his home. He settled in Dehousie, Annapolis county, Nova Scotia, and afterward moved to Nictaux, and died at Margaretville, Annapolis county, Nova Sco- tia, January 18, 1856. He was a member of the lodge of Free Masons at Halifax.

He married (first) Cooper, of Dub- lin, Ireland. He married (second) December 2, 1820, Elizabeth Martha Cuthbert, born June 6, 1794, at Halifax, died February 26, 1872, daughter of Colonel Abram Cuthbert. Her father was barrack master at Annapolis Royal, born at Durham, England, died on duty at his post in 1834. Children of first wife: I. Cath- erine, married Hugh Hutchinson, a soldier. 2. Ellen, married Johnson, and re- turned to Ireland after Napoleon was beaten and peace declared; she died soon after her return, leaving no children. 3. William, fol- lowed the sea, and never settled in this coun- try. Children of second wife: 4. Ann Fran- ces, born September 9, 1821 ; died November, 1884; married, September 29, 1846, Joseph N. Durland, of Melvern Square, Nova Scotia, and has a large family. 5. James A., Febru- ary 13. 1823; died February, 1829. 6. Eliza Gilpin, April 25, 1825 ; died October 28, 1894; married William Heine, August, 1859; child, Rev. Roscoe, of St. John New Brunswick, a student and linguist who speaks fluently in twelve different languages. 7. Francis Ains- ley, mentioned below. 8. Sophia P., February 29, 1829; died in March, 1830. 9. Adelaide Mary, June 18, 1831 ; member of the Kingston Baptist Church, Kings county, Nova Scotia, and life member of the Baptist Women's Mis- sionary Union ; a trained nurse by profession and formerly a teacher in the Indian Mission School near Topeka, Kansas ; married at King- ston, October 7, 1883, John Wheelock, born at Torbrook, Annapolis county, Nova Scotia, July 28, 1811 ; died November 27, 1896. 10. Margaret A., September 22, 1833; died Sep- tember, 1834. II. Elizabeth Mather, July 28 1836; married, June 18, 1858, Thomas Mc- Lean. 12. Isabella Victoria Bill, December 22, 1838: married, October 7, 1868. D. Freeman Quigley, of Amherst, Nova Scotia.

(II) Francis Ainsley, son of Francis Cos- grove, was born at Dehousie, Annapolis county, Nova Scotia, April 21, 1827. He at- tended school at Nictaux and followed farm- ing. He came to Boston, April 9, 1848, and secured a position as clerk in the store of Mills & Forristall, dealers in jewelers goods and fancy goods. The store was opposite Faneuil Hall. After two years in this po-

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sition he embarked in business in the same line of trade at St. Johns, New Brunswick, and continued for a period of ten years. In 1865 he returned to Boston and thence went to Lawrence, Kansas, where he established a fancy goods store and was in business for the next two years. He gave up his store to con- duct a ranch of three hundred and twenty acres, in which he invested in Kansas. After four years of the cattle ranch, he sold out. For the next six years he traveled through the southern states as salesman for the Chase Company, manufacturers of lozenges. He then engaged in the commission business and dealer in confectionery in New York City. His wide acquaintance with the merchants, his knowledge of the trade and his straightfor- ward methods of doing business brought him a large trade from the outset, and an increase from year to year. His present place of busi- ness is at Boston. He resides at 22 West- minster street, Somerville, Massachusetts. In politics he is a Republican ; in religion a Bap- tist. He is a member of Tremont Temple Baptist Church of Boston. He is a Mason, member of Albion Lodge, New Brunswick, ad- vancing to Scottish Royal Arch Chapter. He married, July 6, 1854, Priscilla Martin, who died December 6, 1903, after a happy married life of over fifty years. Children: I. Clara May. married John H. Bowker, fur dealer, Jefferson Building, Boston; their daughter, Mabel Bowker, is a teacher of English history in the Roxbury high school; graduate of Rad- cliffe College. 2. Frank Forristall, mentioned below.

(III) Frank Forristall, son of Francis Ainsley Cosgrove, was educated in the public schools of Lawrence, Kansas, and for a time at Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is now president of the Kansas City Cigar Company at Kansas City, Missouri. He married (first) Ada Ethel Phillips, born at Du Quoin, Perry county, Illinois, July 5, 1859, daughter of Levi Van Rensselaer (born May 6, 1830, at Fonda ) and Mary Jane (Davis) Phillips (died at Syra- cuse, New York, 1901), granddaughter of Levi Van Rensselaer (born in Holland, died at St. Louis, April 7, 1902) and Ada ( Phillips) Phillips, of Fonda, New York, and of David Nathan and Elizabeth Davis. David Nathan Davis was born in Wales, Mary Jane Davis in Cicero, Onandago county, New York, May 20, 1840. Children : 1. Francis Lee, mentioned below. 2. Montzilla. 3. Helen.

(IV) Francis Lee, son of Frank Forristall Cosgrove, was born May 18, 1879, in New

York state. He married (first) Lena Smith, who died at Kansas City, Missouri, in 1904. He married (second) Grace M. Meyers, born at Kansas City in 1881. Child of first wife : I. Frances Florence, born at Kansas City, De- cember 10, 1902. Child of second wife: 2. Alice Mildred, born at Kansas City, September 22, 1909.

Nathaniel Dickinson, immi-

DICKINSON grant ancestor, came to Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1637. He was town clerk there in 1645, and representative 1646-56. He removed to Hadley, Massachusetts, in 1659, and was made a freeman in the latter town 1661. He was also deacon of the church and first recorder. He resided for a few years in Hatfield, Massa- chusetts, but died in Hadley, June 16, 1676. He married Anne - Children : 1. Sam- uel, born July, 1738, mentioned below. 2. Obadiah, April 15, 1641. 3. Nathaniel, Au- gust, 1643. 4. Nehemiah, about 1644. 5. Hezekiah, February, 1645-46. 6. Azariah, October 4. 1648; slain in Swamp Fight, Au- gust 25, 1675. 7. Thomas. 8. Joseph. 9. John. 10. Anna or Hannah, married, Janu- ary or June 16, 1670, John Clary; (second ) Enos Kingsley.

(II) Samuel, son of Nathaniel Dickinson, was born July, 1638, doubtless in Wethers- field. He was a freeman in Hatfield, 1690. He died November 30, 1711, aged seventy- three. He married, January 4, 1668, Martha, daughter of James Bridgman, of Springfield and Northampton. She was born November 20, 1649, died July 16, 1711. Children: I. Samuel, born August 17, 1669. 2. Child, De- cember 12, 1671. 3. Nathaniel, February 10, 1672-73. 4. Sarah, November 5, 1675. 5. Azariah, December 4, 1678. 6. Ebenezer, February 2, 1681-82, mentioned below. 7. Ann, December 17, 1683. 8. Joseph, August 3, 1686. 9. Hannah, April 4, 1689.

(III) Ebenezer, son of Samuel Dickinson, was born February 2, 1681-82. He lived in Hatfield, and married, June 27, 1706, Hannah Frary. Children: I. Editha, born August 23, 1707. 2. Elizabeth, August 2, 1709. 3. Nathan, May 30, 1712, mentioned below. 4. Hannah, February 17, 1715-16. 5. Reuben, August 2, 1717. 6. Samuel (twin), October 14, 1718. 7. Mary (twin), October 14, 1718. 8. Abner, January 5, 1724-25.

(IV) Nathan, son of Ebenezer Dickinson, was born May 30, 1712. He removed from his native town, Hatfield, to Amherst, and died

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in the latter place, August 7, 1796. He mar- ried (first) Thankful Warner; (second) Jo- anna Leonard, of Springfield; (third) Judith Hosmer. Children of first wife: I. Nathan, born October 19, 1735, mentioned below. 2. Ebenezer, January 3, 1741-42. 3. Irene, July 13, 1743. 4. Enos, March 28, 1746. Children of second wife: 5. Azariah, March 6, 1752. 6. Elihu, October 14, 1753. 7. Shelah, Sep- tember 20, 1755. 8. Thankful, March 15, 1758. 9. Lois, baptized August 5, 1759. IO. Asa, baptized May 10, 1761. II. Levi. 12. Joanna, baptized April 6, 1766. Children of third wife: 13. Stephen, baptized July 6, 1770. 14. Judith.

(V) Nathan (2), son of Nathan (1) Dick- inson, was born October 19, 1735. He lived in Amherst, and died August 3, 1825. He married (first) January 15, 1761, Esther Fow- ler, who died March 15, 1803. He married (second) March 19, 1804, Jerusha Blodgett, widow, who died October 27, 1818. Children : 1. Timothy, born June 25, 1762. 2. Perez, March 26, 1763. 3. Ezekiel, May 25, 1765, mentioned below. 4. Esther, March 3, 1767. 5. Esther, December 14, 1768. 6. Irene, De- . cember 30, 1770. 7. Samuel Fowler, October 0, 1775. 8. Anna, April 15, 1780.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 108

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 886

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 886