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Darling Brothers; Cutting & Bardwell, Wor- cester, Massachusetts. In recent years he has been occupied chiefly in the lumber business, buying standing timber and wood-lots, cutting the timber and dealing in lumber, shingles and other building material. He has made his home in Greenwich, Massachusetts, since 1879. He is a Republican in politics and has been a selectman three terms and is at present hold- ing that office. In religion he is a Congrega- tionalist. He married, at Hardwick, June 29, 1875, Eliza J., born 1856, daughter of Joseph W. and Elizabeth (Richardson) .Stevens. (See Stevens, VII). Their only child, Grace Eliz- abeth, was born at Hardwick, March 7, 1877, died May 1I, 1891. They have adopted a son of Mrs. Giffin's sister, Linwood J., born March 21, 1892.
Sergeant John Stephens or
STEVENS Stevens, immigrant ancestor, was a proprietor of Salisbury
in 1640; was a commoner and taxed in 1650- 52-54. He received land in the first division, and his name appears on petitions of the town. He was born about 1611, died February, 1688- 89. He was a member of the Salisbury church in 1687. His will was dated April 12, 1686, and proved November 26, 1689. He was a farmer. He married Katherine -, who died July 31, 1682. Children : I. Thomas (probably), mentioned below. 2. John, born November 2, 1639; married, February 17, 1669-70, Joanna Thorn. 2. Elizabeth, March 7. 1641, died 1641. 4. Elizabeth, February 4, 1642; married, October 14, 1661, Morris Tucker. 5. Nathaniel, November II, 1645 ; married (first) Mary - -: (second) Decem- ber 20, 1677, Mehitable Colcord. 6. Mary, 1647 ; married (first) November 5, 1668, John Osgood ; (second) Nathaniel Whittier. 7. Benjamin, February 2, 1650 ; married, October 28, 1673, Hannah Barnard.
(II) Deacon Thomas, probably son of John Stevens, was born about 1637, died April 14, 1729. John Stephens Senior, of Salisbury, deeded to him in January, 1667-68, land on the west side of the Powow river. On this ac- count, probably, he was not mentioned in his father's will. He resided first in Salisbury, but was granted a common right in Amesbury in March, 1668-69, and in October, 1669, bought a house and land there of Ezekiel Wathen. He took the oath of allegiance in 1677 and was a member of the train band in 1680. He was selectman in 1686 and was ad- mitted a freeman in 1690; schoolmaster in
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1693. His will was dated November 29, 1723, and proved April 28, 1729. He married, April 15, 1670, at Newbury, Martha Bartlett, who died September 8, 1718. Children: I. Abi- gail, born January 22, 1673-74; married, June 19, 1694, Abel Merrill. 2. Roger, mentioned below. 3. Son, died young. 4. Martha, mar- ried, December 4, 1701, Robert Hoyt. 5. Sar- ah, married Thomas. Chase. 6. Mary, mar- ried, December 17, 1702, Thomas Sargent. 7. Hannah, married, July 28, 1709, Nathaniel Merrill. 8. John, born November 15, 1686, died June 26, 1687. 9. Thomas, April 18, 1688; married, May 12, 1709, Mary Davis. IO. Ebenezer, March 26, 1690; married, Janu- ary II, 1710-II, John Blaisdell, Jr.
(III) Roger, son of Deacon Thomas Stev- ens, was born in Amesbury and settled in Northborough, where he was a clothier. He bought of John Perry a house lot in Brookfield November 1, 1729. He died December 26, 1730. He married, November 24, 1698, Sarah Nichols. Children : I. Abigail, born July 17, 1705 ; married Rowell. 2. Roger, May 22, 1708. 3. Sarah, January 31, 1709-10; mar- ried Hartshorn. 4. Thomas, Novem- ber 21, 17II, mentioned below. 5. Jacob, Oc- tober 24, 1713. 6. Nehemiah, May 26, 1715. 7. Martha, September 27, 1717. 8. Christo- pher.
(IV) Thomas (2), son of Roger Stevens, was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, November 21, 1711, but removed with his father to Brookfield in boyhood. He deeded to his brother, Jacob Stephens, a farm of forty acres in Brookfield, formerly owned by John Wolcott. Both Jacob and Thomas lived soon afterward in Hardwick, an adjacent town. Thomas sold eighty-four acres of land in the west part of the town to Ephraim Cleveland, March 27, 1761, and probably re- moved from town. He married at Brookfield (intentions dated January 15, 1748-49) Eliza- beth Perkins. Children, born at Hardwick: 1. Mary, October 3, 1749. 2. Nehemiah, March 5, 1752. 3. Thomas, March 27, 1754, mentioned below. 4. Elizabeth, November 20, 1756.
(V) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) Stev- ens, was born in Hardwick, March 27, 1754. He lived at Hardwick and in that part of Hardwick set off as Dana. His will is dated January 1, 1817, and proved June 2, 1819. He married (intention dated November 18, 1815) Abigail Hale, of Dana, doubtless his second wife. He died June 15, 1819. His will names his son Jacob as executor ; be-
queaths to the children named below. His widow Abigail had a son Barnard obligated to support her by a contract made before her marriage. Children : I. Robert, married, Oc- tober 9, 1794, Abigail Davis. 2. Jacob, mar- ried, 1796, Hannah Thayer; lived in Hard- wick where he died April 16, 1833. 3. Caleb. 4. Daniel, mentioned below. 5. Polly, mar- ried, November 28, 1793, William Thayer. 6. Abigail. 7. Lucinda, married Free- man. 8. Deborah, married (intention dated March 22, 1819) Seth Whipple.
(VI) Daniel, son of Thomas (3) Stevens, was born at Hardwick, about 1789-90, died there May, 1864. He married (intention dated April 14, 1811) Rebecca, daughter of Moses Whipple. She died at Dana, Decem- ber 7, 1873, aged eighty-three. Children: I. Lewis, born May II, 1813, died February 14, 1850. 2. Cyrus Washburn, October 15, 1815; married, December 31, 1837, Lucy Richard- son, of Dana, and died there November I, 1866. 3. Joseph Whipple, October 18, 1817, mentioned below. 4. Almon Giffin, July 28, 1824; married, April, 1852, Malvina Roberts.
(VII) Joseph Whipple, son of Daniel Stev- ens, was born at Hardwick, October 18, 1817. He was a farmer in Hardwick all his life. He died September 22, 1861. He married, March 23, 1843, Elizabeth C., daughter of Seth and Alice (Johnson) Richardson, born January 22, 1824, died May 19, 1893. Children: I. Son, born November 12, 1843, died next day. 2. Albert Augustine, January 31, 1850; re- sides in Greenwich village. 3. Elizabeth Adelia, February 23, 1853, died June 27, 1856. 4. Eliza Jane, May II, 1856; married, June 29, 1875, William H. Giffin. (See Giffin, V). Elizabeth C. (Richardson) Stevens married (second) August 21, 1862, Philip Johnson ; child, Alice M. Johnson, born September II, 1863, died June 28, 1892.
James Bowker, immigrant an- BOWKER cestor, came from Sweden to Scituate, Massachusetts, about the time of King Philip's war. His wife Mary died there September 12, 1686. His farm was laid out east of the Burnt Plain and west of Samuel Bryant's land. His house was near the corner of the field a few rods west of the house of his late grandson, Edmund Bowker. Children : I. James, mentioned below. 2. Mary, baptized 1686. 3. Lazarus, 1686. 4. Mary, May 27, 1705. 5. Elizabeth, May 27, 1705. 6. Edmund.
(H1) James (2), son of James (1) Bowker,
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was born in Scituate probably about 1685. He was baptized with his son Lazarus, June 28, 1719, in the Second Church of Scituate. He succeeded to his father's homestead at Scitu- ate. He married, 1717, Hannah Lambert, baptized June 28, 1719, with her husband and son, and joined the church in full communion, August 5, 1733. His sons, Lazarus, James, John and Edmund, settled on the original homestead; Joseph moved to Maine. Chil- dren : I. Lazarus, baptized June 28, 1719, mentioned below. 2. James, May 20, 1722. 3. John, May 23, 1725. 4. Joseph, removed to Maine. 5. Edmund, born August 20, 1732, died at the age of ninety-four in Scituate.
(III) Lazarus, son of James (2) Bowker, was born in Scituate and baptized there June 28, 1719. His wife Abigail joined the Second Church of Scituate, May 13, 1744. He was a soldier in the revolution, sergeant in Captain John Clapp's company, Colonel John Bailey's regiment, on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. He was then an old man for military duty, and possibly this service should be credit- ed to his son. He was a member of the Sec- ond Church. Children, born at Scituate and baptized in the Second Church: I. Lazarus, baptized March II, 1743, mentioned below. 2. Abigail, born November 30, 1745. 3. Ger- shom, baptized October 4, 1747. 4. Bartel, baptized in private, September 12, 1748. 5. Demmick, born April 1, 1750. 6. Jonathan, baptized June 7, 1752. 7. Jonathan, baptized March 30, 1754. 8. Lemuel, baptized Febru- ary 16, 1755. 9. Nabby, baptized March 26, 1757. (See p. 62, N. E. Reg. 1906).
(IV) Lazarus (2), son of Lazarus (I) Bowker, was baptized in Scituate, March II, 1742. He was a soldier in the revolution and was called "Jr." to distinguish him from his father ; was a private in Captain Thomas Collomer's company, Colonel John Cush- ing's regiment (Plymouth county), Decem- ber 8, 1776, from Scituate. He was member of the Second Church of Scitu- ate in 1810, and lived in Scituate to an ad- vanced age. His wife Sarah died at Milton, Massachusetts, September II, 1775, and he then resided in Scituate; married (second) January 18, 1781, Ruth Daniels. His wife, probably Ruth, died at Scituate, October 18, 1787, aged forty-one years. He was then called "Jr.", indicating that his father was liv- ing. The church records from 1757 to 1791 have been lost and the baptismal records of his children are wanting. Among the chil- dren was Lazarus, mentioned below.
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(V) Lazarus (3), son of Lazarus (2) Bowker, was born in Scituate. He was edu- cated there in the common schools and learned the trade of mason. He became a prominent mason and built and was the contractor for the first Minot Ledge lighthouse built by the gov- ernment. He constructed the first tombs built in Mount Auburn cemetery, near Boston. He had many large and difficult contracts. He lived in Boston. He married Martha Cushing. Children : I. Desire, married James Vinal, a hardware merchant having a store in Dock square, Boston ; their child, James W. Vinal, succeeded to the business, married Amelia Webster. 2. Perez, married Eunice Jordan ; children : i. William, died young; ii. George, married Anne Stedman and had two children, of whom one died in infancy and the other, George E., died at the age of twenty-one years, unmarried ; iii. Celementina, married George Ripley, of Hingham, Massachusetts. 3. Al- mira, married John Henry Jones, of Scituate; children : i. Abbie; ii. Ella; iii. Sarah Ada- line, married - Morse, a school teacher ; iv. Emma Dora. 4. Abbie, married Stephen Greenwood ; children: Edward, Frank, Min- nie. 5. Martha, married William Green, of Boston; children: William and Maria. 6. Joseph, died young. 7. Winslow Lewis, men- tioned below.
(VI) Winslow Lewis, son of Lazarus (3) Bowker, was born in Boston, October 25, 1825, in the family home on Myrtle street. He was educated in the public and high schools of his native city. At graduation from the Frank- lin grammar school he received one of the first medals ever given out. At the age of seven- teen he began to work in the store of Henry Fay, a flour dealer of Boston. Later the busi- ness was conducted by the firm of Fay & Farwell and he continued in various positions with this house for a period of twenty years. He then engaged in business on his own ac- count as a fire insurance broker, having his of- fice with the firm of Hovey & Fenno, Congress street, Boston. He was agent for the Hart- ford Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut. He had an extensive and profit- able business. In 1896 he retired on account of failing health, and died at his home in Cam- bridge, December 15, 1904. He was a mem- ber of Mizpah Lodge of Free Masons, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. When a young man he became acquainted with the chaplain of the state prison at Charlestown and for a time taught a Sunday school class in that in- stitution. He had an exemplary character, a
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fine presence and an attractive personality, and made many friends.
He married Susan E., daughter of William and Sally ( Drake) Swain, of Chichester, New Hampshire. Her mother is said to have been descended from Sir Francis Drake, the fa- mous navigator of England. William Swain's father was William Swain. William and Sal- ly (Drake) Swain had children: i. Elmira, unmarried ; ii. George, died young; iii. Abra- ham, married Elmira Eaton, of Pittsfield, New Hampshire; iv. Emeline, married John C. Morrill; v. Olive, married James Brooks, of Lewiston, Maine; vi. Sarah; vii. George, married Mary Saunders, of Epsom, New Hampshire; viii. David; ix. Mehitable, mar- ried Harrison E. Maynard, of the firm of H. Maynard & Son, of Boston, wholesale flour merchants of Boston ; he had the finest private collection of paintings, etc., in the city. x. Mary Ann, married Herbert Sanborn, of Chi- chester, New Hampshire; xi. William; xii. Susan. The only child of Winslow Lewis and Susan E. (Swain) Bowker was Arthur Liver- more, mentioned below.
(VII) Arthur Livermore, son of Winslow Lewis Bowker, was born in Cambridge, Sep- tember 2, 1861, died there June 4, 1908. He was educated in the public schools of his na- tive city and became a professional auditor and accountant. At the time of his death he stood in the front ranks of his profession. In politics he was independent. He married, January 17, 1889, Gertrude, daughter of George and Augusta S. (Martin) Cooke, of Newburyport, Massachusetts. They had one child, Helen, born January 10, 1892, now a student in Howard Seminary of West Bridge- water, Massachusetts.
RAND Francis Rand, immigrant ances- tor of this branch of the family, was one of a company of men sent to America in 1631 to settle in the Pis- cataqua section. He settled in Portsmouth. New Hampshire, and had lands granted to him in that part of the town which became Rye. He married Christina -, who was killed by Indians while her husband was away at the mill. He was killed by Indians, Sep- tember 29, 1691. His will was dated in 1689. and proved February 19, 1691-2. Children : 1. Thomas, mentioned below. 2. Samuel. 3. John, born 1645; married Remembrance Anlt. 4. Nathaniel. 5. Sarah, married Herrick. 6. Mary, married Barnes.
(II) Thomas, son of Francis Rand, lived in Rye, New Hampshire. His will was dated February 25, 1731-2. He married Elizabeth Children : I. Thomas, married, May 22, 1722, Hannah Pray. 2. William, married Betsey 3. Joshua, mentioned below. 4. Samuel, married Sarah Dowrst. 5. Han- nah. 6. Christina, married - Shute. 7. Mary, married, November 27, 1729, William Chamberlain. 8. Elizabeth. 9. Lydia, mar- ried Foss.
(III) Joshua, son of Thomas Rand, was born in Rye, and married, November 23, 1738, Mary Moses, of Portsmouth. He lived in Rye, and died about 1787. Children: I. John, born 1742; mentioned below. 2. Mary, born 1744; married (first) Samuel Hunt ; (second) Joseph Marden. 3. Joseph, mar- ried, May 24, 1764, Susannah Goss. 4. Sarah, born 1749; married August 18, 1767, Levi Goss; died September 17, 1808. 4. Hannah, born 1752; married, July 26, 1772, Benjamin Marden. 5. Rebecca, married, July 6, 1773, Alexander Morrison. 6. Joshua, born 1758; mentioned below. 7. Samuel, born 1762 ; married, January 5, 1784. Hannah Dolbear.
(IV) Joshua (2), son of Joshua (1) Rand, was born in 1758, and died March 13, 1791. He was in the revolution, in Captain Na- thaniel Rand's company, in 1776. This com- pany was afterwards assigned to the First regiment, and then to various other regi- ments. Joshua Rand's name appears on a petition of members of the company asking that they be allowed to become again an in- dependent company, or to remain with the First regiment, as they had been "so many times changed that they were worn out with travelling". He married Ruth Seavey, who died July 2, 1829, daughter of William Seavey. Children: I. Joshua, born 1780; married Betsey Houston; served in war of 1812. 2. William S., born 1781 : married, August 12, 1804, Dolly Rollins : died June 22, 1854. 3. Samuel, born 1783; mentioned be- low. 4. Theodore, baptized April 15, 1787 ; unmarried : died at sea. 5. Hitty, baptized 1788 ; married James Elkins. 6. Moses, bap- tized August 30, 1789 ; died June 1, 181I, of smallpox. 7. James, died November 23, 1807, knocked overboard at sea. 8. Mary, married Nicholas Mason. 9. Daniel, bap- tized December 25, 1777; died October 10, 1851 ; married, February 24, 1801, Dorothy Seavey.
(V) Samuel, son of Joshua (2) Rand, was
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born in Rye, in 1783, and died in 1822. He married (first) in 18c8, Martha Locke; (sec- ond) her sister, Hannah Locke. He was a shoe-maker, and conducted a successful busi- ness until his death. He and his family were members of the Universalist church. He married (first) in 1808, Martha Locke, a na- tive of Portsmouth ; (second) Hannah, sister of his first wife. Child of first wife : I. Aaron L., a painter by trade; children: i. Martha H., died a young woman, unmarried ; ii. Mar- garet, died unmarried, aged about thirty-five years; iii. Georgiette, died unmarried, a young woman ; iv. Abbie Slater, died unmar- ried; v. Eliza, died unmarried, a young woman ; vi. Samuel Abbot, succeeded to his father's business as painter, and resides in his native city, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Children of second wife: 2. Samuel G., died young. 3. Ruth Seaver, died unmarried. 4. Joshua, died unmarried, in middle life. 5. Martha S., married Edward Anderson. 6. Albert, died unmarried. 7. Samuel Streeter, mentioned below.
(VI) Samuel Streeter, son of Samuel Rand, was born June 1. 1819, at Portsmouth. He was educated there in the public schools, and learned the trade of tinsmith. He, worked one year as journeyman after completing his apprenticeship at Portsmouth, then removed to Holderness . New Hampshire, where he worked from 1849 to 1851. He then engaged in business in Claremont, New Hampshire, on his own account. For a period of thirty- five years he continued in active business, en- joying a large trade and substantial success, and attaining a prominent position among the business men of Claremont and vicinity. He retired in 1886 and continued to live at Clare- mont until 1903, since when he has resided at Roslindale, Boston, with his son Fred. He enjoys his faculties and health to an unusual degree, notwithstanding his age, and his kindly and cheerful disposition and sterling character have made many friends for him in his present home. He married, July 1, 1848, Lucinda Brown, a native of Claremont, born March 6. 1819. died there April 13, 1865. Children: I. Edgar E., born May 17, 1849: died in middle life, leaving three sons. 2. Oscar B., born July 8, 1851 : a successful and enterprising hard- ware merchant at Claremont ; unmarried. 3. Hattie L., born November 18, 1855 : died un- married, at her father's home, November 18. 1893. 4. Fred DeForest, mentioned be- low.
(VII) Fred DeForest, son of Samuel
Streeter Rand, was born in Claremont, April 3. 1859. He was educated there in the public schools and was in the stove, tinware and plumbing business in his native town until 1890, when he established a grocery store at Roslindale, in Boston, Massachusetts. He built up a large trade by ceaseless industry and great energy, and for some years has been counted among the most successful business men of the place. His store has attracted the patronage of the best families of that section, and in many respects is a model grocery. He has invested to some extent in real estate in Roslindale. Besides his own residence at the head of Conway street, he has two other houses on the same street. He has few inter- ests outside his business and home. In politics he is independent.
He married, at Concord, New Hampshire, March 5, 1899, Alice Bradbury Morrill, born at Sanbornton, January 25, 1863, daughter of Bradbury Morrison and Anne ( Proctor ) Mor- rill. Mrs. Rand holds membership in the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion through two ancestors who fought the revolutionary war-James Proc- tor and Nathan Morrill; and she is an active member of Bunker Hill Chapter. She is also a member of the Roslindale Wo- man's Alliance and much interested in its work. She is an active member of the Uni- tarian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Rand have one child, Harold Morrill, born February 9, 1891, now a student in the Mechanic Arts High School.
Abraham Morrill, immigrant MORRILL ancestor, came to Cambridge, Massachusetts, from Eng- land, before 1636, when he appears on the list of proprietors of that town. He was in Cam- bridge in 1632, according to some authorities, and may have come on the same ship or at the same time with his brother, Isaac Morrill. We know that the latter embarked on the ship "Lion", June 22, 1632, and arrived at Boston, September 16, 1632. Isaac was a blacksmith by trade; settled at Roxbury; was admitted freeman March 4, 1632-33; was member of the Roxbury church, and of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston ; was constable and one of the four richest men in the town; he died December 18, 1661, aged seventy-four years. Abraham was fined in 1641 for "selling his time to a servant" one of the peculiar offenses under the Puritan code. Possibly the servant was a prisoner of
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war. Morrill removed to Salisbury, and was a proprietor there in 1640. He owned land in Haverhill in 1649. He was also a blacksmith and iron founder as well as planter. He had grants of land in the first division at Salisbury in 1640-44-54 ; was a commoner, and taxed in 1650. He signed a petition of the inhabitants of Salisbury in 1658. He married, June 10, 1645, Sarah Clement. He fell sick while on a visit to his brother in Roxbury, and died there June 20, 1662. His will was dated June 18, and proved October 14, 1662. The widow con- veyed to Thomas Bradbury and her . brother Job Clement certain property in trust for her daughter Hepsibah (born after her father's death ) by deed dated November 1, 1665. The widow married (second) October 8, 1665, Thomas Mudgett. Children : I. Isaac, born July 10, 1646; married November 14, 1670, Phebe Gill. 2. Jacob, born August 24, 1648; mentioned below. 3. Sarah, born October 14, 1650; married (first) January 5, 1670, Philip Rowell; (second) July 31, 1695, Onesiphorus Page; (third) May 29, 1708, Daniel Merrill. 4. Abraham, born November 14, 1652; mar- ried Sarah Bradbury. 5. Moses, born Decem- ber 28, 1655 ; married (first) Rebecca Barnes ; (second) Mary 6. Aaron, born Au- gust 9, 1658; died January 31, 1658-59. 7. Richard, born February 6, 1659-60. 8. Lydia, born March 8, 1660-61 ; married, November 9, 1682, Ephraim Severance. 9. Hepsibah, born January, 1662-63 ; married Captain John Dibbs.
(II) Jacob, son of Abraham Morrill, was born August 24, 1648, and died April 23, 1718. He was a Quaker. He was a householder of Salisbury, and took the oath of fidelity and allegiance in 1677, was admitted freeman in 1690; he commanded a garrison at his house in 1691, and was a soldier at Wells in 1696. His will was dated March 20 and proved May 26, 1718. He married, July 15, 1674, Su- sanna, daughter of Thomas Whittier. She (lied February 15, 1726-27, and her son Israel administered her estate. Children: I. Ezekiel, born September 29, 1675; married, January 22, 1704-05, Abigail Wadleigh; (second) Sarah Clough, widow. 2. Ensign Thomas, married, June 7, 1705, Hannah Allen ; died June 13, 1728. 3. Hannah, married January 14, 1701-02, Joseph Stockman. 4. Ruth, born October 9, 1686; married (first) probably Henry Young : (second) - Edwards. 5 Jacob, born May 2, 1689; mentioned below. 6. Aaron, married ( first) January 21, 1718-19, Joanna ( Dow ) Heath, widow; (second)
Eleanor Jones. 7. Susanna, born June 14, 1696; married, November 25, 1714, Israel Webster. 8. Israel, born March 1, 1698-99; married Mary Adams.
(III) Jacob (2), son of Jacob (I) Morrill, as born in Salisbury, May 2, 1689, and bap- tized, an adult, August 3, 1712. He was a res- ident of Kingston, New Hampshire, in 1740, and as late as 1751. He married (probably first) February 2, 1709-10, Mary, daughter of John Webster. She died before 1732, and it is said that he had another wife Mary. Chil- dren : I. Susanna, born August 5, 1714; mar- ried (first) February 10, 1731-2, John Collins ; (second) September 27, 1737, Jacob Gale. 2. Henry, mentioned below. 3. Apphia, mar- ried December 13, 1735, Joseph Swasey. 4. Jacob, married Abigail
(IV) Deacon Henry, son of Jacob Morrill, was born about 1715, and died October 9, 1799. His will was dated February 10, 1792. He lived in Kingston and Hawke, New Hamp- shire, and signed the Association Test in 1776. He married (first) Susanna Folsom, who died November 17, 1778, in her fifty-seventh year, daughter of Nathaniel Folsom; (second) March 18, 1779, Anne (Tuxbury) Colby, wid- ow of Moses Colby, of Hawke, and she prob- ably survived him. Children: I. Susanna, married December 22, 1763, Timothy Blake. 2. Aphia, married, December 6, 1770, Nehe- miah Sleeper. 3. Miriam, married, December 23, 1777, Simeon Hoyt. 4. Sarah, married Noah Weeks. 5. Nathaniel, born November I, 1762; mentioned below. 6. Henry, born March 13, 1768 : died young.
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