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(VII) Seth, son of Fisher and Frances ( Worthington ) Ames, was born April 19, 1805; died August 18, 1881. He was grad- uated from Harvard University in 1825, and lived in Lowell, Cambridge and Brookline. He was chief justice of the superior court, asso- ciate justice of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts, and was an admirable speci- men of a jurist. He was an accurate lawyer, a patient courteous judge, allowing lawyers to try their own cases, and justice was personified in his court. In stature he was of medium height and inclined to stoutness, but with a dignity of carriage and a grace of demeanor. Judge Ames married, in 1831, Margaret S. Bradford, born in 1803, died in 1847, daughter of Gamaliel and Elizabeth ( Hickling ) Bradford. Children :
Frances W., married Francis Howland; John W., married Margaret Plumley ; Fisher (see forward) ; Pelham W., married Augusta Hooper ; Susan and Richard, died in infancy.
The paternal line of descent of Mrs. Ames is as follows: William Bradford, of Auster- field, Yorkshire, England, was born about 1550 ; married Alice Hanson. William, son of William and Alice (Hanson) Bradford, born about 1588, in Austerfield, died in 1657; he came to Plymouth in the "Mayflower," and was the governor of Plymouth Colony for thirty-one years; he married (second) Alice Southworth. William, son of William and Alice (Southworth) Bradford, was born in 1624, and died in 1704; he served as deputy- governor, as major in the Indian war, and was wounded in King Philip's war at Fort Narra- gansett ; he married Alice Richards. Samuel, son of William and Alice (Richards) Brad- ford, was born in 1668; married Hannah Rogers (see forward). Gamaliel, son of Sam- uel and Hannah ( Rogers) Bradford, was born May 18, 1704, died April 20, 1788; he was judge of county court; married, August 30, 1728, Abigail Bartlett, born May 4, 1703, died August 30, 1776 (see forward). Gamaliel (2), son of Gamaliel (I) and Abigail (Bart- lett ) Bradford, was born in 1731; served in the French and Indian wars, and as colonel in the revolutionary army ; married Sarah Alden ( see forward). Gamaliel (3), son of Gamaliel (2) and Sarah (Alden) Bradford, and the father of Mrs. Seth Ames, was born in 1763, died in 1843 ; he was a lieutenant in the revolu- tionary army at the age of seventeen years, was captain of a ship, and lost a leg while en- gaged in defeating these French privateers; married Elizabeth Hickling (see forward). Hannah ( Rogers) Bradford is descended as follows: Thomas Rogers, who came over in the "Mayflower" in 1620. John, son of Thomas Rogers, married Ann Churchman. John, son of John and Ann (Churchman) Rogers, and father of Hannah (Rogers) Bradford, mar- ried (second) Elizabeth Pabodie, a grand- daughter of John Alden. Abigail ( Bartlett) Bradford is descended as follows: Richard Warren, who came in the "Mayflower," mar- ried Elizabeth Mary, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Warren, married Rob- ert Bartlett; Benjamin, son of Robert and Mary (Warren) Bartlett, married Sarah Brewster, daughter of Love and Sarah (Col- lier) Brewster, and granddaughter of Elder William and Mary Brewster; Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Sarah ( Brewster ) Bartlett,
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and father of Abigail (Bartlett) Bradford, married Ruth Pabodie, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, and grand- daughter of John Alden. Sarah (Alden) Bradford is descended from John Alden as follows: John Alden, born 1599, died 1687; married Priscilla Mullins; he was the last to die of those who signed the compact on the "Mayflower." David, son of John and Pris- cilla (Mullins) Alden, born about 1640, died in 1719; married Mary Southworth; Samuel, son of David and Mary (Southworth) Alden, and father of Sarah (Alden) Bradford, was born in 1689, died in 1781 ; married Sarah Sprague. Elizabeth (Hickling) Bradford, mother of Mrs. Seth Ames, is descended as follows: Thomas Leverett, born 1585, died 1650: was an alderman in Boston, England, and came to Boston, Massachusetts, in the "Griffin" in 1633 ; married Anne Fisher. Anne, daughter of Thomas and Anne ( Fisher) Leverett, married Isaac Addington, who came from England to Boston, was a surgeon and "entitled Mr." Sarah, daughter of Isaac and Anne (Leverett) Addington, was born in 1652; married Penn Townsend, born 1651, died August 27, 1727 : he served as colonial representative, speaker of the house, justice and chief justice, court of judicature. Anne, daughter of Penn and Sarah (Addington) Townsend, was born in 1690; married John Sale. Sarah, daughter of John and Anne (Townsend) Sale, was born in 1714, and died in 1786: married, 1734, William Hickling, who came to Boston, Massachusetts, from Notting- hamshire, England, in 1730. William, son of William and Sarah (Sale) Hickling, was born in Boston in 1742 ; he served as captain in the revolutionary army, built a fort, and command- ed the cannon in the Mohawk Valley, and was commended for brave behavior ; married Eliza- beth Hodson and became the father of Elizabeth ( Hickling) Bradford.
(VIII) Fisher (2), son of Seth and Mar- garet S. (Bradford) Ames, was born January 24. 1838. He is an accomplished lawyer and has been associated with the law department in Boston for more than forty years. He was graduated from Harvard University in 1858. Married, 1865, Virginia Lee. Children : Rosalie, Fisher and Abbie Dana.
(For preceding generations see John Ames 1).
(VII) Thomas (2), eldest son of AMES Thomas (I) and Mary (Hayward) Ames, was born in 1707, at West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and died there in
1774. In 1731 he married Keziah, daughter of Jonathan Howard, and they had children as follows : Keziah, born in 1732; Susanna, 1734 ; Thomas, 1736; John; Mehitable, 1740; Sil- vanus, 1744.
(VIII) Captain John (5), second son of Thomas (2) and Keziah (Howard) Ames, was born in 1738, at West Bridgewater, Mass- achusetts ; he was one of the first iron manu- facturers in New England, and proprietor of one of the nail and slitting mills that the manu- facturing interests of Great Britian wanted that government to abolish as nuisances, on account of the competition. He married Sus- anna, daughter of Ephraim Howard, in 1759, and their children were: David; Keziah ; Sus- anna ; Huldah, born in 1768; Abigail, 1769; Cynthia, 1772; John, 1775 ; Oliver, 1777.
(IX) David, eldest son of Captain John (5) and Susanna (Howard) Ames, was born February 2, 1760, at West Bridgewater, Mass- achusetts, died August 6, 1847, at Springfield, Massachusetts. His first six children were baptized at West Bridgewater, and May 5, 1795, he removed to Springfield, where the others were born. When a young man he began to manufacture shovels and guns, supply- ing the latter to the American army. He held a commission in the revolution, and was occa- sionally called into service. In 1794, on ac- count of his services and his knowledge of the manufacture of arms, President Washington appointed him superintendent of a national armory at Springfield, and here he made the first musket made in the United States, in 1795; Robert Orr was master-armorer. At first forty men were employed, a great deal of the work had to be done by hand, and only two hundred and forty-five muskets were turn- ed out the first year ; the output gradually in- creased until by the time of the civil war it was one thousand a day. He managed this armory from 1794 until October 31, 1812; he then began to turn his attention to the manu- facture of paper, with such success that by 1838 he was proprietor of the most successful paper mills in the United States, the same being located at Springfield. He subscribed six hundred dollars towards the purchase of land now Court Square, and was always ready to give time and money to any cause for the betterment of the town or its citizens. He was a shrewd business man, with good judgment and great energy. In 1810 he owned the first piano in Springfield, and many people stopped on their way past his house to listen to it; there was not another one in town for twelve
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years. In 1781 he married Rebeckah, daugh- ter of Major Isaac Johnson, born December 26, 1759, died June 29, 1834, and their chil- dren were: I. Lucinda. 2. Mary, born Sep- tember 29, 1784. 3. Rebecca, married James . Wells. 4. Susanna, married Edward Pynchon. 5. David, married Mary O., daughter of Na- hum Mitchell. 6. Abigail, married Robert Mc- Dermot. 7. Galen. 8. Charlotte, married Na- than Oakes. 9. John.
(X) Colonel Galen, second son of David and Rebeckah (Johnson) Ames, was born July 21, 1796, on the grounds of the United States armory, at Springfield, Massachusetts. He entered Yale College in 1814, where he re- mained two years, and then became a sailor and travelled in the far east. Upon his return to his native town, he started business as dry goods merchant; March 20, 1830, he took as partner Spencer Judd, with firm name of Ames & Judd, their store being on the first floor of the building next north of the Corner Book Store, on Main street, where he bought the lot and erected the block. He had several partners after this, namely: E. M. Dwight, under firm name of Ames & Dwight, but Mr. Dwight died in 1837; Samuel Raynolds, who (lied June 8, 1850, under name of Ames & Raynolds; Gerry Munson, under name of Ames & Munson. In 1826 Mr. Ames received from Governor Levi Lincoln a commission as . lieutenant colonel of artillery, First Regiment, First Brigade, Fourth Division. Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. He was an early member of the Hampden Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and one of the first Knights Templar of Springfield, having received his degree be- fore there was an encampment there. May 2, 1824, he was admitted a member of the First Church, and among others separated from it to form the South Church. In 1847 he enter- ed the service of the Western railroad, now called Boston & Albany, but on account of failing health, in 1882 he retired from work. He was appointed postmaster at Springfield in 1844, by President Tyler, filling office four vears. He lived nearly forty years in the house that stood on the ground now occupied by the South Church; this house was after- wards moved to Winthrop street. He married ( first) Eliza Kent, of West Springfield, daugh- ter of James Kent, who died April 3, 1834. Married ( second) Elizabeth Little (see Little, I'll1). Mr. Ames died October 30, 1882. He had two children that grew to maturity: Ed- ward P. and Benjamin L., the latter a mer- chant of Chicago, Illinois, gents' furnisher,
had one daughter Elizabeth by his first wife Mary, and by his second wife Annie Cameron, who has living four children: Edwin, Mar- jory, Esther, Benjamin.
(XI) Edward Pynchon, son of Galen and Elizabeth (Little) Ames, was born August, 1836, at Springfield, Massachusetts, died there September 15, 1872. When the civil war com- menced he was in Wisconsin, and enlisted in the Fourth Regiment of that state, Company D; he took part in many battles in the Missis- sippi River campaign, between Cairo and New Orleans, and was for some time employed in the postal department at the latter place. He also served a short time in the commissary de- partment. When the war ended he continued in the government employ, being appointed to the railway mail service, and until his death was route agent between New York and Bos- ton. He was one of the Union patriots who lost his life for his country, as the disease of which he died was contracted as a result of the hardships and exposures of a soldier's career in the fight for the Union. He married Mariah H., daughter of Alfred and Huldah ( Brainerd) Burr, born December 6, 1839, died May 6, 1909, and their residence was at Spring- field, where they had one child born to them, Elizabeth L., February 4, 1867. She married. December 18, 1890, Seth W. Hotchkiss, of Meriden, and has one son, Edward Frederick.
(The Little Line).
(1) Thomas Little came from Devonshire, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1630, and removed thence in 1650 to what is called Littletown, in Marshfield, Massachusetts. He was a lawyer by profession, and his coat-of- arms is still preserved by his descendants. In 1633 he married Anne, daughter of Richard Warren, one of the "Mayflower" passengers. Children : Isaac, mentioned below ; Thomas, born 1648: Ephraim, 1650; Samuel, 1656; Hannah, married Stephen Tilden ; Mercy, wife of John Sawyer: Ruth and Patience.
( Il ) Isaac, eldest child of Thomas and Anne ( Warren ) Little, was born 1646, in Plymouth, and resided in Marshfield. He had a wife, Bethiah, and children: Thomas, mentioned below: Dorothy, born 1676; Isaac, 1678; Bethiah, 1681, married Thomas Barker ; Charles, 1685; Nathaniel, 1690, and William, 1692.
(III) Thomas (2), eklest child of Isaac and Bethiah Little, was born about 1674, in Marshfield, and probably made his home in that town. He married, 1698, Mary Mahew.
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Children : Thomas, born 1701; Isaac, men- tioned below ; Mahew, 1707 ; Mary, 1709, mar- ried Jonathan Bryant ; George, 1712.
(IV) Isaac (2), second son of Thomas (2) and Mary (Mahew) Little, was born in Marsh- field, 1704, and lived in that town, or in Brain- tree. He married, in 1726, Sarah Church; children : Joseph, mentioned below ; George, born 1730; Sarah, 1732, married Territ Lester.
(V) Joseph, eldest child of Isaac (2) and Sarah (Church) Little, was born in 1728, and was among the early proprietors of New Brain- tree. Worcester county, Massachusetts, who occupied lands there March 30, 1749. He mar- ried, in New Braintree, May 29, 1764, Eliza- beth Wilson, born 1739, died December 6, 1801. He died probably before 1788. Chil- dren : Joseph, married 1794, Parthena, daugh- ter of Thadeus and Hannah ( Barns) Cutler, of Brookfield, Massachusetts ; Benjamin, men- tioned below; Mary, married, November 12, 1787, Joseph Shaw, of New Braintree ; Eliza- beth, married, 1791, Josiah Gilbert, of that town ; Isabel, died January 30, 1789, and prob- ably William.
(VI) Benjamin, second son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Wilson) Little, was born April 7, 1772, probably in New Braintree, in which town he resided, and was a prosperous farmer, dying April 2, 1822. At the time of his mar- riage he was lieutenant of militia and was later a captain. After his death the farm was purchased by the town and a beautiful row of maples which he set out was cut down for fuel. He married, March 19, 1805, Hannah. daughter of Deacon Jesse and Abigail ( Willis) Allen, born February 7, 1777, died February 24, 1827. Children: Joseph Stewart, born December 27, 1805; Abigail Willis, July 12. 1807; Benjamin, mentioned below; Elizabeth Wilson, July 19, 1812.
(VII) Benjamin (2), second son of Cap- tain Benjamin (I) and Hannah ( Allen) Little, was born June 5, 1809, in New Braintree, and resided in Springfield, Massachusetts. He married Hannah Allen.
(VIII) Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Allen) Little, became the wife of Galen Ames, of Springfield (see Ames, X).
The Rhode Island Arnold fami- ARNOLD ly traces its ancestry to Ynir, King of Gwentland, in the mid- dle of the twelfth century. He was descended from Ynir, second son of Cadwaladr, King of Britons, who built Abergaveny, in the county
of Monmouth, and its castle, afterwards re- built by Hamlet ap (son of) Hamlet, ap Sir Druce, of Balldon, France, and portions of the wall still stand.
In the twenty-ninth generation comes Thomas Arnold, American immigrant, son of Thomas Arnold, and grandson of Richard Arnold, born in Cheselbourne, Dorsetshire, England, in 1599, and coming to New England in the ship "Plain Joan," in 1635. He settled first at Watertown, but soon afterward removed to the new settle- ment at Providence, Rhode Island, where he was admitted a freeman May 13, 1640. But even in Rhode Island there was not sufficient religious freedom to suit him. He was fined in 1651 twenty pounds for not conforming to rules as to baptism, and in 1654 for neglecting public worship twenty days. He died in Provi- dence, September, 1674. He married Phebe Parkhurst. Children: Thomas, Nicholas, Sus- anna, Ichabod, Richard, Thomas, John, Eleazer.
Richard Arnold, son of the immigrant Thomas, was born at Providence, May 22, 1642, and died April 22, 1710. He was promi- nent in the civic affairs of Rhode Island; deputy to the general assembly ; married ( first ) Mary Angell; (second) Sarah Chil- dren : I. Richard. 2. John. 3. Joseph. 4. Jeremiah.
(I) Esek Arnold, descendant of the Rhode Island family mentioned above, settled early in life in Pomfret, Connecticut. He was born May 23, 1746, and died at Warren, Massa- chusetts, November 12, 1805. He married Abi- gail Barrett, born May 16, 1752; died Febru- ary 2, 1810. He was of Pomfret, March 28, 1777, when he bought of Ebenezer Knight, of Warren, then of Western, Massachusetts, a farm at Warren and Brookfield, Worcester county ( Worcester deeds). The probate rec- ords show that his estate was divided April 14, 1812, between his widow Thankful (sec- ond wife) and children Alfred, Olive, Lucy, Rhody, Oliver, Sally, Anna, Abigail, Thankful, Lucy Gilbert. Children: I. Joseph, born April 2, 1770. 2. Sarah, December 10, 1771. 3. Anna, March 24, 1774. 4. Anna, April 30, 1776. 6. Alfred, December 18, 1780; men- tioned below. 7. Phebe, October 13, 1782. 8. Oliver, January 3, 1785. 9. Lucy, February 18, 1787. IO. Thanna, May 13, 1789; died young. II. Thanna, April 5, 1791. 12. Olive, April 2, 1794. Guardians were appointed for the minor children.
(II) Alfred, son of Esek Arnold, was born December 18, 1780. He settled in Enfield,
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Massachusetts, where in 1805 he opened a gen- eral store in the building where the Haskell store was located afterward, and was succeed- ed by Francis Howe. He married, at Bridge- water, Bethia Alden, born June 14, 1790, died October, 1873 (see Alden). He died in En- field, July 24, 1861. Children: I. William Frederick, born September 20, 1815; mention- ed below. 2. Eunice, October 10, 1816; mar- ried Albert Warren, of Leicester; died July 13. 1861. 3. Eliza, married (first) Pepper ; (second) Albert Warren, widower of her sister Eunice. 4. Frances Maria, died about 1903, unmarried. 5. Sarah Jane, born 1826; died May, 1908. 6. Mary, married D. W. Sheppard.
(III) William Frederick, son of Alfred Arnold, was born at Enfield, September 20, 1815. He married, in 1839, Florella Warner, born 1817, daughter of Jonathan Warner, granddaughter of Jonathan Warner, one of the first settlers of Williamsburg, Massachu- setts, who went thither from Northampton and settled on what is now Mountain street. Captain Jonathan Warner was a carpenter by trade ; built the first Congregational church on Meeting-House Hill. Mr. Arnold died August, 1894. Children: I. Frederick William, born in Enfield, March 1, 1840; died March 10, 1865, in Washington, D. C. 2. Edward Alden, born November 8, 1842; died March 1, 1844. 3. Mary Gertrude, born January 2, 1845 ; died March 20, 1890; married, November 4, 1874, Timothy Pelton; child, Frederic A., married Mabel L. Clark, and has son Alden. 4. Alfred Albert, born August 1, 1847; died August II, 1847. 6. Charlotte Alden, born April 17, 1852. 7. Grace Carver, October 5, 1853; died Janu- ary 20, 1887. 8. Jonathan Warner, mentioned below.
(IV) Jonathan Warner, son of William Frederick Arnold, was born in Northampton, April 28, 1856. He was reared in Northamp- ton, and educated there in the public and high schools. For two years he was in the United States revenue service as store-keeper, station- ed at Agawam, Massachusetts. Since then he has been engaged in the insurance and real estate business in his native city. In politics he is a Republican. He succeeded his father as overseer of the poor, and held that office ten years, being clerk of the board nine years. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He married, June 15, 1881, Fanny Russell Parsons, born October 12, 1859, daughter of Isaac S. and Anna G. (Smith) Parsons (see
Parsons). Children: I. Gertrude, born May 8, 1872; died December 10, 1885. 2. Grace Carver, born November 22, 1883. 3. William Parsons, November 24, 1892. 4. Anna, Octo- ber 16, 1897.
(The Parsons Line-See Cornet Joseph Parsons 1).
(V) Phinehas Parsons, son of Isaac Par- sons, was born at Northampton, January 9, 1758, and died February 25, 1825. He mar- ried Mary, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Lankton) Baker. His wife inherited the Lankton place, which was deeded to Phinehas in 1793. Samuel Lankton bought this place of Nathaniel Rust in 1709, and it has been in the family to the present time. Children, born at Northampton : I. Hannah, married Joseph S. Bailey, proprietor of a hotel at Chesterfield. 2. Sarah, married Colonel Thomas Pomeroy. 3. Elijah, settled at Skaneateles; died 1870. 4. Phinehas, Jr., had one son. 5. Captain Samuel, mentioned below.
(VI) Captain Samuel, son of Phinehas Par- sons, was born in Northampton, in 1793. He inherited the homestead and real estate of his father. He was fortunate in inheritance, and was said by his neighbors to have been born "with a silver spoon in his mouth." He was an enterprising and successful farmer and a prominent citizen. He was for several years selectman of the town. He died in his native town in 1876. He married Caroline Russel. Children: 1. Samuel L., born in Northamp- ton ; selectman and representative to the gen- eral court ; had the homestead. 2. Nancy, mar- ried Sidney L. Clark. 3. Sydenham C., mar- ried Harriet Morton; he was a druggist in Northampton; was in Tenth Massachusetts Volunteers, in civil war. 4. Colonel Joseph B., born in Northampton ; resided in Northamp- ton. 5. Isaac S., mentioned below. 6. Carrie, married J. Dwight Kellogg. 7. P. Frank, mar- ried Helen Bronson. 8. Mary, married C. M. Mitchell.
(VII) Isaac S., son of Captain Samuel Par- sons, was born in Northampton, February 8. 1830. He married Anna G. Smith, born in Williamsburg, about 1832, daughter of Her- man and Susan Graves Smith. Mr. Parsons was a manufacturer and merchant; was post- master twenty years in Florence, Massachu- setts. Children: 1. Helen J., married War- ren O. Kyle, an attorney in Boston. 2. Fanny Russell, born October 12, 1859; married, June 15, 1881, Jonathan Warner Arnold, born April 28, 1856, son of William F. and Florella ( War-
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ner ) Arnold (see Arnold). 3. Susan Gertrude, married E. N. Kimball, Jr., of Boston, piano manufacturer.
(The Alden Line).
(II) Joseph Alden, son of John Alden (q. v.), was born in Plymouth, in 1624, and died February 8, 1697. He inherited land at Bridge- water, where he settled ; also at Middleborough. He was admitted a freeman in 1659. He mar- ried Mary, daughter of Moses Simmons, Jr., who came in the "Fortune" in 1621, and settled at Duxbury. Joseph Alden's will was dated December 14, 1696, and proved March 10, 1697. Children: I. Isaac, born at Bridge- water ; married, December 2, 1685, Mehitable Allen. 2. Joseph, born 1667 ; mentioned below. 3. John, born at West Bridgewater ; died Sep- tember 29, 1730, aged fifty-six ; married Han- nah White. 4. Elizabeth, married, 1691, Benja- min Snow. 5. Mary, married, 1700, Samuel Allen.
(III) Deacon Joseph (2), son of Joseph ( I) Alden, was born at Bridgewater, in 1667, and died January 22, 1747. He was deacon of the church there, and a prominent man. His will was dated November 12, 1743. He lived at South Bridgewater. He married, 1690, Han- nah Dunham, who died January 13, 1748, aged seventy-eight, daughter of Daniel Dunham, of Plymouth. Children: I. Daniel, born Janu- ary 29, 1691 ; married, 1717, Abigail Shaw ; settled in Stafford, Connecticut. 2. Joseph, born August 26, 1693 ; died December 9, 1695. 3. Eleazer, born September 27, 1694; married, 1720, Martha Shaw ; died January 30, 1773. 4. Hannah, born 1696; married (first) Joseph Alden ; (second) 1722, Mark Lothrop, of Eas- ton. 5. Mary, born April 10, 1699; married, 1719, Timothy Edson. 6. Joseph, born Sep- tember 5, 1700; died October 5, 1700. 7. Jon- athan, born December 3, 1703; died Novem- ber IO, 1704. 8. Samuel, born August 20, 1705 ; died 1785; married, 1728, Abiah Edson. 9. Mehitable, born October 18, 1707; died April, 1737. 10. Seth, mentioned below.
(IV) Captain Seth, son of Deacon Joseph (2) Alden, was born in Bridgewater, July 6, 1710, and died September 6, 1784. He mar- ried, in 1741, Mehitable Carver, who died Feb- ruary 14, 1757, daughter of Eleazer Carver. Children : I. Oliver, born 1740. 2. Seth, 1741. 3. Caleb, 1744. 4. Joseph, mentioned below.
(V) Captain Joseph (3), son of Captain Alden, was born in 1747, in Bridgewater, and died April 8, 1803. He was in the revolution, a corporal in Captain Abram Washburn's company, Major Eliphalet Cary's regiment, in
1780, on duty at Rhode Island. He married, in 1774, Bethia Carver, died 1821, aged sixty- six, daughter of Eleazer Carver. Children: I. Mehitable, born October 28, 1775. 2. Joseph, May 24, 1777. 3. Daniel, January 29, 1780. 4. Thomas, December 6, 1782. 5. Cyrus, May 20, 1785. 6. Eunice, 1788, died unmarried. March 30, 1830. 7. Bethia, June 14, 1790; married, 1813, Alfred Arnold, of Enfield. (see Arnold). 8. Seth, May 21, 1793. 9. Betsey, October 13, 1796.
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