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15-16 Ruhamah, b. in Wat. July 15, 1701.
17 t Daniel, b. in Wat. Dec. 21, 1703.
18 John, b. in Wat. Jan. 6, 1706 ; d. Jan. 21, 1730.
19 ¡Joseph, b. in Wat. Sept. 2, 1708
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Jonas, b. in Wat. May 3, 1711. ~ Hannah Munroe May , 1734 +James, bap. in Lex. July 26, 1713; d. June 11, 1768.
Josiah, bap. in Lex. Aug. 12, 1715; was ad. to the ch. Mar. 11, 1730. He settled in Sterling. He was grad. at H. C. in 1735, preached in Sterling, and d. Mar. 4, 1774.
+ Benjamin, bap. July 3, 1720; d. 1801, aged 81.
William, bap. Apr. 28, 1723. He removed to Framingham, where he was a dea. of the ch. and selectman of the town. He d. Dec. 12, 1793, and his widow d. Feb. 1810. They had a family of eight children.
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DANIEL BROWN m. Eliot about 1728. They were ad. to the ch. in Lex. Mar. 15, 1734 She d. July, 1735, and he m. July 16, 1736, Anne Bright, of Wat.
17-25 John, bap. Nov. 30, 1729; d. young.
26 Ruhamah, b. Apr. 7, 1731; m. Jan. 18, 1753, John Reed.
27 t Nathaniel Bowman, b. July 1, 1737.
28 Abisha, bap. Aug. 13, 1738. 29 Anna, b. Apr. 29, 1739.
30 Daniel, b. Dec. 20, 1741.
31 Esther, b. Aug. 12, 1743 ; m. Aug. 16, 1770, Nathaniel Tottingham, Westminster.
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Jerusha, b. Mar. 18, 1746 ; m. Oct. 13, 1766, Abisha Brown, Con. Martha, b. June 18, 1749 ; m. Nov. 27, 1766, Zachariah Brown, Con. John, b. Apr. 12, 1751 ; killed on the Common, April 19, 1775. Hannah, b. Apr. 8, 1756. 36 Mary, b. May 5, 1758.
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JOSEPH BROWN, ad. to Lex. ch. Feb. 18, 1727 ; removed to Hol- liston, where he was dea. of a ch .; m. Lydia Twitchel, and had a family.
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JAMES BROWN m. Jan. 21, 1735, Jane Bowman, dau. of Nathaniel and Anne Bowman. She d. May 8, 1761, and he m. Elizabeth, wid. of Hezekiah Smith, of Lex., May 18, 1762. James Brown and Jane were ad. to the ch. Oct. 19, 1735; he was chosen dea. 1756, and filled that office till June 11, 1768, when his earthly labors ceased. His wid. d. Dec. 29, 1774.
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Mary, b. Aug. 13, 1735 ; m. Sept. 3, 1753, Samuel Thacher, of Wat. +Francis, b. Jan. 22, 1738 ; d. Apr. 21, 1800, aged 62.
Joseph, b. Apr. 14, 1741; grad. H. C. 1763; was ad. to the ch. in Lex. May 7, 1765. He m. May 7, 1765, Sarah Smith; was dis- missed from the ch. at Lex. to the ch. of Winchendon, over which he was ordained May 24, 1769. He d. 1811. James, b. Jan. 3, 1744; d. Jan. 22, 1749.
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BENJAMIN BROWN, In. Dec. 22, 1742, Sarah Reed, dau. of William Reed, Esq. and Sarah (Poulter) his wife. He was chosen dea. Oct. 14, 1768. He was justice of the peace. He d. Mar. 4, 1802.
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Benjamin, b. Jan. 1, 1744; m. June 12, 1769, Esther Whittemore, of Lex. They were dismissed to the ch. in Templeton, Apr. 26, 1772,-since Phillipston.
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t Thaddeus, b. Mar. 12, 1745 ; m. Nov. 16, 1769, Bethiah Muzzy. Sarah, b. Mar. 24, 1747 ; m. Nathaniel Page, of Bed.
Eunice, b. Jan. 20, 1751 ; m. Francis Bridge, Feb. 11, 1773.
Oliver, b. July 25, 1753; moved to Virginia and settled on the Ohio River, and gave his name to the place, viz., Brownville.
Solomon, b. Jan 15, 1757. He was not only one of the heroes of the 19th of Apr. 1775, but he commenced his patriotic labors the day preceeding. He was the first who brought the intelligence into Lex. that a number of British officers were on their way from Boston ; and when they had passed above Lex. he was one who volunteered to follow them and watch their movements. He was taken prisoner and detained several hours on the evening of the 18th, which of course prepared his mind for the events of the fol- lowing day. Subsequently he removed to Vt.
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+James, b. Oct. 13, 1758; m, May 30, 1780, Betty Reed.
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Ruhamah, b. Apr. 23, 1761 ; m. Sept. 20, 1780, Thaddeus Welling- ton, of Walt.
49 Susanna, b. June 17, 1764; m. June 19, 1783, Samuel Downing. Nathan, b. Sept. 5. 1766; m. Lydia Muzzy, Dec. 25, 1788.
50 51 Lucy, b. Jan. 17, 1770; m. Joseph Converse, of Bed.
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NATHANIEL B. BROWN m. Abigail They were ad. to the ch. Oct. 6, 1765, and dismissed 1783 to the ch. in Lunenburg.
27-52 Susanna, bap. Oct. 24, 1766. 53 Abigail, bap. Apr. 26, 1767.
54 Nathaniel, bap. Mar. 26, 1769. 55 Anna, bap. Feb. 3, 1771.
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FRANCIS BROWN m. Feb. 16, 1764, Mary Buckman, dau. of John and Mary (Fiske) Buekman, of Lex. b. Dec. 27, 1749. They were ad. to the ch. Nov. 24, 1765. He was one of that gallant band which boldly stood before the British troops on the memorable 19th of April, 1775. He met the enemy in the morning, and on their flight from Concord they were again met by Capt. Parker's co. in Lincoln, where Brown received a very severe wound, -a ball entering his cheek, passed under his ear, and lodged in the back part of his neck, from which it was extracted the year following. But notwithstand- ing this severe casualty, he commanded the Lex. co. in 1776, and lived about twenty-five years after the event.
Mary. b. Dec. 2, 1765 ; m. Charles Harrington, Dec. 18, 1786. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 30, 1770; m. 1799, Samuel Stearns, of Walt. +James, b. July 23, 1773 ; m. Pamela Munroe.
38-56 57 58 59 Sarah, b. Aug. 20, 1775 ; m. Nov. 5, 1798, Thomas Stearns, of Walt. 60 61 Rebecca, b. Feb. 10, 1778; in. James Perry, of West Camb. +John, b. Apr. 15, 1779 ; m. Nancy Stearns, of Walt.
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THADDEUS BROWN m. Nov. 16, 1769, Bethiah, dau. of Amos and Esther (Green) Muzzy. They resided in Lex. till 1785, when they removed to Templeton, to the ch. of which they were dismissed.
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Thaddeus, b. in Lex. Sept. 30, 1770. Ashbel, b. in Lex. Oct. 11, 1772 ; d. unm.
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JAMES BROWN m. May 30, 1780, Betty Reed, dau. of Hammond and Betty (Simonds) Reed, b. Dec. 12, 1757. They were ad. to the ch. Apr. 4, 1781. He was subsequently a dea. of the ch. It is a singular fact that he was the fourth Brown who filled that office in Lex. ch.
47-64 James, b. Apr. 22, 1781; d. Oet., 1783.
65 Betty, b. June 30, 1783; m. Sullivan Burbank, 1803.
66 ¡James, b. Oct. 4, 1786 ; m. Betsey Dudley, of Con.
67 +Leonard, b. Jan 3, 1788; m. Doreas Munroe.
68 Eliab, b. Sept. 4, 1790; m. Mary White ; no issue.
Nabby, b. Dec. 1793; d. Sept. 1794.
Nabby, b. June 27, 1795; m. Ebenezer Pierce.
69 70 71 Hiram, b. Feb. 12, 1798 ; d. about 1824, unm.
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Madison, b. May 1, 1802; d. abont 1832, unm ; was fonnd dead in his bed.
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NATHAN BROWN, m. Dec. 25, 1788, Lydia, dau. of William Muzzy. They moved to Phillipston, where they had a family Their first two children were born in Lex. Nathan, bap. Aug. 29, 1790, and Lydia, bap. Jan. 10, 1793.
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JAMES BROWN, m. Oct. 19, 1799, Pamela, dau. of Edmund and Rebecca Munroe. They were ad. to the ch. May 2, 1813, and five of their children were baptized the next Sabbath.
58-73 Pamela, b. July 29, 1800; m. May 18, 1823, Jonas Stone Fiske.
74 +Francis, b. Aug 29, 1802; m. Caroline M. Kuhn.
75 Harriet, b. Sept. 28, 1804; m. Oct. 10, 1832, Edmund A. Chapman.
76 Charlotte, b. Nov. 11, 1806 ; m. Oct. 10, 1832, William Gleason.
77 +Edmund M., b. Feb. 13, 1809 ; m. Harriet Whitney.
78 Charles, b. June 3, 1812, d. Jan. 1, 1813.
79 + Charles, b. May 2, 1816 ; m. Sarah Ann Sumner.
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JOHN BROWN, m. Nancy Stearns of Waltham.
61- 80 Caroline, b. June 5, 1802.
81 Mary S., b. May 9, 1804; m. July 28, 1825, John Beals.
82 John S., b. Sept. 14, 1806.
83 Susanna W., b. May 24, 1808; m, Apr. 23, 1831, Wm. Proctor. 84 85 Horatio, b. July 24, 1809 ; m. Apr. 22, 1832, Susan H. Johnson. Ann, b. Oct. 16, 1811.
86 Louisa Amanda, b. Sept. 14, 1813.
87 Hannah E., b. Nov. 10, 1816. 88 Jane I., b. Nov. 23, 1822.
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JAMES BROWN, m. Elizabeth Dudley of Concord, June 9, 1811.
66- 89 Benjamin, b. Aug. 23, 1813, 90 Oliver, b. July 28, 1817. 91 Lucy E., b. Feb. 20, 1820; m. - Rogers of Manchester, N. H.
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LEONARD BROWN, m. Nov. 25, 1810, Dorcas, dau. of Nathan and Elizabeth (Harrington) Munroe, b. Mar. 31, 1788.
67- 92 Elizabeth, b. June 15, 1811; d. Mar. 2, 1820.
93 Mary, b. May 9, 1814; d. Mar. 3, 1820.
94 Leonard, b. Mar. 19, 1818; d. Sept. 4, 1819.
95 Leonard, b. Feb. 24, 1821; m. Sarah Ann Goodnow of Stow, re- sides at Lowell.
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 8, 1823 ; m. Elias V. Blodgett.
Mary, b. July 30, 1825; m. George Patch of Littleton.
Hiram, b. July 20, 1827; m. Cyntha Farrar of Walt. resides in Arlington.
Nathan, b. Feb. 8, 1830; m. Hannah E. Fiske, Mar. 7, 1852.
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FRANCIS BROWN, m. Jan. 1, 1833, Caroline Matilda Kuhn, dau. of John and Sarah of Boston, b. Dec. 15, 1812. He is a merchant in Boston, has represented the city in the General Court, and in the city government, and has for a long period held by appointment of Governor, the office of Inspector of butter and lard. They have had at least two children Francis H., b. Aug. 8, 1835; grad. at H. C. 1857; and Horace S., b. Aug. 9, 1847 ; d. May 30, 1848.
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EDMUND M. BROWN, m. May 1, 1835, Harriet Whitney of Wat. b. Nov. 15, 1812.
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Edmund M., b. Oct. 30, 1837. 101 James H., b. Oct. 26, 1839. William H., b. Jan. 2, 1841.
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CHARLES BROWN, m. May 9, 1839, Sarah Ann Sumner, dau. of James and Sally Sumner. She was b. Jan. 27, 1820. He repre- sented the town in the General Court, 1854.
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Charles F., b. Oct. 9, 1842; d. same day. Ellen Maria, b. Nov. 28, 1843.
THE BRYANT FAMILY.
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JOSIAH BRYANT, son of Josiah and Lydia (Green) Bryant, of South Reading, was. b. June 20, 1778. He m. Aug. 28, 1803, Sally Withington, of Dorchester, dau. of Edward and Eunice (Tucker) Withington, b. Mar. 24, 1778. He probably came to Lex. about the time of his marriage, as his wife was ad. to the ch. the year after. He d. Nov. 14, 1837.
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1- 2 Susanna T., b. July 11, 1804; m. May 18, 1834, William D. Phelps. 3 Cynthia, b. Oct. 7, 1806; m. Oct. 11, 1830, Benjamin Shurtleff, Jr. Sally, b. July 13, 1809 ; m. Feb. 8, 1830, Charles Ellms.
4 5 +Albert Withington, b. Feb. 16, 1814; he has been twice married.
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ALBERT W. BRYANT m. May 9, 1838, Elizabeth Wellington, dau. of Marshall and Elizabeth Wellington. She d. July 15, 1840, and he m. Aug. 23, 1841, Nancy W. Wellington, sister of his first wife. He has filled the office of selectman and assessor, and has been town clerk 23 years. He also has a commission of justice of the peace.
5- 6 Josiah, b. Mar. 13, 1839. He was in the service nine months in the late rebellion.
Albert W., b. Jan. 4, 1844; d. Oct. 25, 1847.
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7 8 Arthur W., b. July 20, 1847. 9 Edwin P., b. Aug. 31, 1850. Anna Elizabeth, b. Nov. 12, 1856.
11 Clifford W., b. Oct. 11, 1859.
THE BUCKMAN FAMILY.
Though the Buckmans were somewhat connected with the history of Lexington in 1775, they were not among the early settlers. When they came to Lex. I have not ascertained with certainty. John Buckman was in the town, and was chosen to the office of hog con- stable in 1740, which might imply that he had just settled in the world, and the date of the birth of his first child rather confirms us in that opinion. From what place he came, I am not able to say ; but as the Buckmans, or Bucknams, as the name was at first generally spelled, were very numerous in Malden, it is highly probable that the Lex. Buckmans originated there.
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JOHN BUCKMAN m. 1739, Mary Fiske, dau. of Dr. Robert. They were ad. to the ch. in Lex. May 15, 1745. He d. Feb. 17, 1763, aged 51; she d. Feb. 10, 1768, in the 48th year of her age.
1- 2 Mary, b. Dec. 27, 1740; m. Feb. 16, 1764, Francis Brown. 3 4 tJohn, b. Apr. 2, 1745 ; m. July 21, 1768, Ruth Stone. Sarah, b. Jan. 3, 1748; m. June 12, 1766, Jonas Stone. 5 Elizabeth, b. Jan. 11, 1753. 6 Ruth, b. Dec. 30, 1755.
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JOHN BUCKMAN, m. July 21, 1768, Ruth Stone, dau. of Samuel and Jane Stone. He resided in the house now occupied by Rufus Merriam, which he kept as a public house. It was here that Capt. Parker, and his patriotic men assembled on the evening of the 18th of April, 1775; and from this house they issued on the approach of the British the next morning. Shots were fired from this house upon the British, after they had attacked the Americans upon the Com- mon, and some of the clapboards to this day give evidence that the fire was returned. John Buckman stands enrolled as a member of Capt. Parker's company. He had but one child by his first wife, who d. Sept. 8, 1778, aged 33. He m. as a second wife, Sept. 28, 1784, Sarah Weld, who d. Nov. 16, 1801, aged 43. He d. Dec. 21, 1792, aged 48.
3- 7 John, b. Sept. 12, and d. Sept. 22, 1771.
8 Sarah, b. Feb. 19, 1785. 9 John, b. May 7, 1787.
10 Henry, b. Aug. 6, 1788. 11 Polly, b. Apr. 19, 1790.
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HISTORY OF LEXINGTON.
There were several other Buckmans mentioned in our records at an earlier date than those mentioned above; but it is doubtful whether they resided here permanently. We will give the record as we find it.
Paul Buckman, bap. Apr. 26, 1734.
Benjamin, son of Joseph Buckman, bap. June 12, 1737.
Jacob Buckman, mn Elizabeth Munroe, Jan. 1, 1787. They had Bowen, b. Apr. 19, 1788 ; and Dennis and Willis, twins, b. May 13, 1794.
THE BURBANK FAMILY.
Col. Burbank came to Lexington in 1801. His father, Samuel Burbank, had two wives, by whom he had twelve children. His first wife died ; and he married Eunice Kendall, of Sherborn. She was a daughter of Benjamin Kendall of that town, who originated in Lex. being a son of Thomas Kendall, who resided in this town. Samuel Burbank was a soldier of the Revolution. He was a Lieutenant at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He afterwards commanded a company which marched to Rhode Island, where he served under General Sullivan, for whom his oldest son was named. After the birth of Sullivan, he moved from Holliston to Fitchburg, and subsequently to Cavendish, Vt. where he died. Daniel, one of his sons, was killed accidentally at a military muster in Westminster.
SULLIVAN BURBANK, the oldest son of Samuel and Eunice (Ken- dall) Burbank, was b. in Holliston, Oct. 8, 1776, and m. 1803, Betsey, dau. of James Brown, of Lex. He came to Lex. 1801, and opened a store in the village. In 1812 he received a commission as Lieutenant of infantry in the United States service. He acted at first as a recruiting officer in Lex. and Boston; but marched in August to Plattsburg, and on the winter following was again detailed on the recruiting service. In April, 1813, he marched with about one hundred recruits first to Greenbush, N. Y., and then to Sackett's Harbor; and arrived at that post just in season to assist in repelling the attack of Sir George Provost, on the 29th of May. Remaining at Sackett's Harbor during the summer, he moved with the army under Gen. Wilkinson down the St. Lawrence in November, 1813, and was in the action at Cristler's Fields on the 11th of that month, and went into winter quarters at French Mills. Early in the spring, he returned to Sackett's Harbor, and thence to Buffalo. On the 3d of July, 1814, he crossed with the troops into Canada, was in the battle of Chippeway on the 5th of that month, and at the more san- guinary battle of Niagara on the 25th. Being in Col. Miller's regi- ment, he was one of the gallant spirits who stormed the enemy's battery, which commanded the field, and thus turned the fortunes of that desperate struggle. In this charge, rendered memorable by the noble daring of the regiment, and the modesty of Col. Miller, who, when asked if he could silence that battery, meekly replied, " I will try, Sir," Capt. Burbank received a severe wound in the shoulder. For his bravery and good conduct in that action, Capt. B. received the brevet rank of Major.
On the reduction of the army in 1815, consequent upon the term- ination of the war, Brevt. Maj. Burbank was retained in the service, a Captain in the 5th Regiment of infantry. On the peace establish- ment, Maj. B. has served at almost every part on the frontier from the St. Lawrence to the Sabine. He was stationed first at Detroit, then at Fort Gratiot at the outlet of Lake Huron, then at Fort
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Snelling at the junction of the Minnesota and Mississippi, under the gallant Colonel in honor of whom the Post was named. He was then detached to Fort Armstrong, (Roek Island, ) where he had the command about four years. In 1828, he was stationed at Jefferson Barraeks, Mo., thenee he was given the command at Fort Mackinaw. About this time he was promoted to the rank of Major in the 7th Regiment, and ordered to Fort Gibson, Arkansas; thence to Fort Towson on the Red River ; thenee to Fort Jessup, La., and thence again to Fort Gibson. At this time he was promoted to the rank of Lieut. Col. and ordered to Fort Winnebago, near Portage City, Wis. After this Col. Burbank was ordered to New York to aet as general superintendent of the recruiting service for the army. Feeling the infirmities of age, Col. Burbank, in 1839, resigned his commission, and being honorably discharged, he retired to private life. He was highly respected as a man and a citizen. He repre- sented the town of Lex. in the General Court in 1846, and 1847. He died Sept. 30, 1862, aged 86. She d. Mar., 1860, aged 77.
1- 2 Lorenzo, b. Feb. 28, 1804; m. Mary Ann Alexander, of Charles- town. They resided in Somerville, and subsequently in Lex.
3 Daniel, b. August 29, 1805 ; d. June 14, 1810.
4 Sidney, b. Sept. 26, 1807. He was graduated at West Point in 1829 as a Lieut. and entered the service of the United States. He served in the Florida War, and during the war with Mexico was in command of Fort Seott. He was promoted to the rank of Capt., and then to that of Major. He was also in the service of his coun- try in the late rebellion, being true to the old flag. He m. at West Point, Isabella Slaughter, dau. of Sheriff Slaughter, of Cul- pepper Co., Va., by whom he has several children.
Ophelia, b. Dec. 27, 1809 ; S d. 1818.
7 5 6 Paulina, S m. - , Pelatiah P. Peirce, of Lex.
Octavia, b. Apr. 18, 1812; m. -, 1837, Charles Sumner Jacobs, of Medford. She d. Jan. 20, 1857.
THE BURDOO FAMILY.
As God has made of one blood all nations of men, there is no reason why we should not notice a very respectable colored family, which resided many years in town, and discharged all the duties of eitizens.
1 PHILIP BURDOO resided on the Bedford road, nearly opposite the old Simonds Tavern House. His wife was ad. to the ch. Dee 26, 1708. The record of the family, though probably incom- plete, is as follows.
1- 2 t Philip, bap. Apr. 10, 1709; m. Mary -, about 1738. Eunice, bap. Apr. 10, 1709; d. Feb. 28, 1720.
3 4 +Moses, bap. Apr. 9, 1710; m. Feb. 13, 1754, Phebe Banister, Con. 5 Aaron, bap. July 27, 1712. 6 Phinehas, bap. July 31, 1715.
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PHILIP BURDOO, m. Mary
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Philip, bap. Oct. 21, 1739. 8 Mary, bap. Feb. 18, 1742.
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Silas, ? and a child which d. Oet. 13, 1755.
MOSES BURDOO, m. Phebe Banister of Con. and had Eli, bap. July 20, 1755, and probably other children. Tradition says that some of this family moved to Vt. where they were highly respected, and some of them promoted to public offiee.
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THE BUTTERS FAMILY.
1 JOSHUA BUTTERS was b. in Wilmington ; m. Susanna Peters, b. in Burlington. They resided in Boston, where their children were born. He d. 1840; she d. 1824.
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3 +Charles A., b. May 7, 1808; m. Sarah A. Viles.
4 George W., b.
5 Susan, b. -; m. John Tidd, of Wo.
6 + Sydney, b. May 22, 1817 ; m. Almira R. Blodgett.
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CHARLES A. BUTTERS m. Oct. 3, 1834, Sarah A. Viles, b. Mar. 17, 1810, dau. of John Viles of Lex.
3- 7 Frank V., b. Apr. 8, 1837; m. May 4, 1862, Lizzie Hastings, of Con. They have Alice H., b. Nov. 11, 1864; Charles A., b. Oct. 6, 1867. 8 Sarah Louisa, b. July 3, 1839. 9 Ella F., b. Sept. 15, 1844.
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SYDNEY BUTTERS m. Apr. 28, 1844, Almira R. Blodgett, dau. of James. He was nine months in service in the late rebellion.
6-10 George S., b. May 2, 1845. 11 Jason W., b. Jan. 29, 1848.
12 Josephine Augusta, b. Nov. 11, 1849.
13 James Francis, b. Mar. 17, 1852 ; d. Apr. 15, 1854.
14 Charles Francis, b. Mar. 23, 1854.
15 William Henry, b. Aug. 31, 1856; d. July 17, 1857.
16 Willietta, b. May 17, 1858; d. May 19, 1858.
17 Willie, b. May 13, 1859.
18 Freddy Ellsworth, b. July 1, 1862.
THE BUTTRICK FAMILY.
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ISAAC BUTTRICK, b. in Pepperell, Dec. 8, 1809, went to Con. in 1825, where his ancestors probably resided. From Con. he came to Lex. in 1830, and m. 1834, Abigail Locke. He was a Captain in the militia.
1- 2 Matilda, b. Aug. 17, 1835; d. Aug. 31, same year.
3 Isaac F., b. Mar. 31, 1836. He enlisted for 3 years, was wounded and discharged.
4 Charles F., b. June 8, 1838 ; m. Aug. 6, 1861, Eunice L. Glacier, Som. He was 3 years in the army of the Potomac.
5 Mary H., b. Oct. 4, 1840.
6 Lydia, b. Sept. 30, 1842; d. July 18, 1858.
7 Jonas M., b. Feb. 10, 1845.
8 William, b. Jan. 11, 1847 ; d. Nov. 4, 1863.
9 Ella, b. Sept. 20, 1848. 10 Volney, b. Mar. 25, 1850.
11 Eugene. b. Sept. 25, 1851; d. Sept. 26, 1854.
12 Eugenia, b. Mar 9, 1854; d. May 25, 1856.
13 Oscar, b. Aug. 12, 1857.
THE CALDWELL FAMILY.
There are a few instances in which the name of Caldwell appears on Lex. records. They probably came from Wo.
ADAM CALDWELL by wife Phebe had Phebe, b. Mar. 26, 1743;
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Sybil, b. May 16, 1745, m. Feb. 1, 1767, Samuel Fletcher ; Mary, b. Mar. 6, 1747 ; Ruth, b. Feb. 7, 1749 .- There were a few of the same name some fifty or sixty years later, who were from Burlington.
THE CAPELL FAMILY.
CURTIS CAPELL, b. Nov. 17, 1806; m. May 2, 1832, Mary Au- gusta Brown, b. Apr. 2, 1812.
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William C., b. Feb. 10, 1833. Mary E., b .. Nov. 23, 1834; m, Sept. 1, 1855, Sylvester S. Crosby. Henry, b. Apr. 27, 1838; m. Nov. 26, 1862, Augustine Hutchinson. Jonas F., b. Mar. 6, 1842. He enlisted in the service of the United States in 1861, in the 16th Mass. Reg., was made sergeant, pro- moted to 2d Lieut., 1st Lient, Capt., and Maj. by brevet.
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Francis H., b. Sept. 6, 1844. He enlisted in the 9 months' service in the late rebellion, and subsequently entered the regular army.
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THE CARLY FAMILY.
WILLIAM CARLY was taxed in Lex. in 1695. He d. May 12, 1719, aged 86. Mrs. Jane Carly, probably his wife, d. July 12, 1719, aged 70. Elizabeth Carly d. June 3, 1719, aged 34. Rachel Carly, an insane woman, had a guardian, and was taken care of by the town. She d. Sept. 11, 1725. Sarah Carly m. Oct. 28, 1714, Richard Arms.
THE CHANDLER FAMILY.
The Chandlers, though a prominent family in Lexington for the last century, were not among the early settlers of the town. They came here from Con. about 1757. An impression has prevailed in the family that they descended from John Chandler, one of the early proprietors of Con. ; but I am satisfied that this is not the fact.
The Chandlers who came to Lex. were from a different stock. Shattuck, in his valuable history of the town of Concord, tells us that the Chandlers of that town were the descendants of Roger Chandler, who was one of a co. most of whom were from Plymouth, which had a grant of land in Con in 1658; that, Roger Chandler was employed by Dolor Davis to build a house there. Dolor Davis was originally from the Plymouth Colony, and represented Barn- stable in the General Court of that colony. He afterward came to Cambridge, and was one of the original proprietors of Groton. Do- lor Davis was the ancestor of a large number of Davises, among whom was the late Governor Davis of Worcester.
Who Roger Chandler was I cannot state with certainty. We find in the early records of Plymouth Colony the names of Dolor Davis, Roger Chandler, John Chandler, Edmund Chandler, and Samuel Chandler. The latter was in 1637 warned to appear before the court, to answer for the heinous crime of " shooting off three guns in the night tyme, as if it were an alarum." These Chandlers had grants of land in and about Duxbury, where that name has been common. Roger must have d. before 1665, as the Court of that year made a grant of land to his children, "he being deceased." The Roger who settled in Con. was undoubtedly a son of some of these Chandlers, and most likely of Roger, of Plymouth; and he probably came to Con. with Dolor Davis, the old friend of his father.
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HISTORY OF LEXINGTON.
But be this as it may, the Con. records clearly show that Roger was the ancestor of the Con. Chandlers, and that the Lex. Chandlers were a branch of the same stock. They were considerably numer- ous, and were highly respected in Con.
1 ROGER CHANDLER was one of a company of twenty persons, mostly from Plymouth, which had a grant of land in Con. in 1658. Ile m. in 1671, Mary Simonds, of Con. He d. 1717; and she d. 1728. They left several children. In his will, dated 1705, and. proved 1717, he speaks of Samuel as his only son, and of his daughter Mary Heald, Abigail Brown, and of his youngest dau. Hepzibah Jones.
1- 2 Mary, b Mar. 3, 1672 ; m. John Heald, of Con.
3 +Samuel, b. Mar. 3, 1673; m. 1695, Dorcas Buss.
4 Joseph, b. Aug. 7, 1678; d. Dec. 4, 1679.
5 Abigail, b. Mar. 31, 1681 ; m. Ebenezer Brown.
6 Hepzibah, b. -; m. first, - Jones, second, Joseph Fletcher.
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SAMUEL CHANDLER m. Dec. 11, 1695, Dorcas Buss. He d. 1745. His will, proved that year. mentions sons Samuel, James, and Jo- seph, and dau. Mary, Huldah, and Rebecca. He was engaged in the land speculation so common at that day, -being one of the peti- tioners, in 1726, for the large tract lying between Turkey Hill (now Lunenburg) and Rutland. He was also one of the proprietors of the town of Grafton. He was town treasurer from 1723 to 1727, and representative from 1729 to 1736.
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