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Charles, b. Feb. 3, 1795; m. Prudence Holden, in Ashby.
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Abigail, b. Aug. 27, 1796; m. - Green.
Marshall, b. -; m. Catharine Wood ; d. at Mobile.
Thomas C., b. -; m. first, Maria Wood, second, Louisa Wheat. Lives in Bedford.
Rebecca, b. - -; d. unm. aged 21.
Nathaniel, b. -; m. first, Susan Lane; second, - Wheeler ; third, wid. Clemens. Lives in Bedford.
Leonard, b. -; d. unm. aged 21.
Alice Searle, b. -; m. - --- Hassington ?
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Isaac, b. Mar. 30, 1800; m. Nov. 24, 1825, Lydia Braman, of Nor- ton. He settled in Con. in 1839, moved to Camb. was alderman, 1855, '56, and '57. They had five children, viz. first, George Henry, b. 1826; m. Mary Ann Rice, and second, Lydia Ann Hol- brook. Second, Wm. Francis, b. 1828; m. Margaret Scolley ; d. 1857. Third, Lydia, b. 1830. Fourth, Edwin Braman, b. 1831. Fifth, Frances, b. 1839.
+ Thomas, b. Nov. 15, 1801; m. Sarah Smith, Dec. 28, 1828.
+Curtis, b. Jan. 1, 1806; m. Clarissa W. Morrell.
Eliza Ann, b. Oct. 14, 1813; m. May, 1839, Theo. P. Wood, of Gardner. He d. June 15, 1843, and she m. Dec. 25, 1844, Fran- cis Richardson, of Gardner.
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JOHN CUTLER m. Jan. 19, 1813, Almira Flagg, of Mason, N. H. He lived on the homestead, and d. Mar. 12, 1828. She was living on the old place in 1858.
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Emily, b. Sept. 10, 1813; m. D. C. Chamberlain, of Somerville. Alice, b. Feb. 19, 1815; m. G. C. Hawkins, Lex., second, E. C. Mann, Somerville.
Cynthia, b. June 16, 1816; m. J. Lathrop ; went to Wisconsin.
John Reed, b. Sept. 20, 1819; r. at Napoleon, Ark.
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Hiram, b. Sept. 21, 1821; m. Rebecca Hawkins, and r. at North- wood, N. H.
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Artemas, b. Nov. 12, 1823 ; m. Mary J. Batchelder, and r. at East Cambridge.
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Marcellus, b. July 23, 1826; d. Mar. 23, 1839.
George Martin, b. Oct. 27, 1828; m. Lucy A. Burrell ; r. in Illinois.
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AMOS CUTLER m. Rachel Flagg, of Mason, N. H., where he d. Dec. 1823.
98-121 Frederick P., b. Oct. 26, 1813; r. in Brattleboro', Vt.
122 Elbridge, b. Mar. 3, 1815; died young.
123 David A., b. Apr. 12, 1816 ; m. Martha Nutting.
124 Lucy Ann, b. - -; m. - - Flanders.
12 Edward W., b. -; m. - - Foss.
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NATHANIEL CUTLER m. Apr. 4, 1799, Anna Child, dau. of Abi- jah Child. of Waltham, b. Nov. 14, 1775. He purchased the White place in the south part of Lex. on what is now Concord Avenue, where he d. Sept. 3, 1849, aged 76. She d. Mar. 22, 1863, aged 87.
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Rebecca J., b. -; m. Addison Parker.
Amos Elbridge, b. -; m. Belinda Johonnot, Woburn.
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LEONARD CUTLER m. May 21, 1826, Maria Cutter, of West Cam- bridge, and settled on a part of the homestead. He d. 1853.
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Cornelia Maria, b. 1828 ; m. Samuel R. Duren, Wo.
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Abby Sarah, b. 1830; m. Joseph R. Kendall.
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Anna Bacon, b. 1832, m. Lewis Spaulding, of Bedford.
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Isabella, b. 1834. 132 James Russell, b. 1838.
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Cyrus Morton, b. 1841. He was in the Army of the Potomac.
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Ella Adine, b. 1843.
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Alfred Dennis, b. 1848; was in the service in the 6th Mass. V. M.
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THOMAS CUTLER m. Dec. 28, 1828, Sarah Smith, of Waltham, b. Nov. 30, 1806. They reside on Concord Avenue, on the farm for- merly occupied by his father. She d. Sept. 26, 1864, aged 57.
110-136 t Thomas Everett, b. Apr. 1, 1830; m. Melinda W. Houghton. 137 Albert Curtis, b. Mar. 26, 1831; m. Apr. 9, 1853, Eliza M. Tyler, of Waltham, where he resides.
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Sarah Ann, b. Jan. 11, 1835 ; d. Aug. 29, 1859.
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Franklin, b. Oct. 11, 1837 ; d. Jan. 15, 1860.
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Eliza Wood, b. Aug. 10, 1840; m. Apr. 30, 1865, F. D. Wellington, of Lincoln.
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Charles, b. June 10, 1842 ; d. Aug. 29, 1862, of disease contracted in the army.
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Clara, b. July 4, 1846.
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CURTIS CUTLER was grad. at H. C., 1829, studied theology, and was settled in Gardner, Oct. 30, 1833; m. May 19, 1835, Clarissa W. Morrell, dau. of Ambrose Morrell, Lex. He left Gardner, 1839, and was installed at Peterboro', N. H., Jan. 30, 1840, as col- league with Abiel Abbot, I). D. In 1848, he left Peterboro' and moved to Lex. In 1850. in consequence of a bronchial affection, he gave up his profession, and engaged in mercantile pursuits with the firm of Wm. Underwood & Co., Boston. In 1855, he represented the town in the General Court, and in the autumn of that year moved to Camb. To him we are indebted for much of the infor- mation concerning this family.
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Sarah M., born in Gardner, Apr. 14, 1838. Annie C., b. in Peterboro, N. H., Mar. 12, 1845.
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THOMAS EVERETT CUTLER m. Aug. 20, 1861, Melinda W. Houghton, dau. of Samuel Houghton. They have Charles F., b. Nov. 2, 1862, Ida Warren, b. Oct. 12, 1864, Edward Everett, b. May 12, 1866.
It has been difficult in some cases to distinguish the name from that of Cutter, which is found in a few instances upon the Lex. records. There are several other families mentioned on Lex. records, but probably they resided there only temporarily.
THE CUTTER FAMILY.
RICHARD CUTTER, of Cambridge, ad. freeman, June 2, 1641; d. June 18, 1693, aged about 72. He had two wives, by whom he had fourteen children, among whom was NATHANIEL, b. Dec. 11, 1663.
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He m. Oct. 8, 1688, Mary Fillebrown. She d. May 14, 1713, and he married Elizabethı. He had seven children, among whom was JOHN CUTTER, bap. Apr. 23, 1704. What time he came into Lex. we are not able to say. His name is found on our first tax bill extant, viz., 1729. His name continues on the tax bill till 1747, when we find the name of wid. Cutter. He probably d. 1747. He m. Rachel - -- , and had several children. Among them were Abigail, b. Aug. 15, 1735, and Benjamin, b. Apr. 24, 1738.
THE DAMON FAMILY.
There have been a few persons of this name in town from time to time, but no permanent residents till recently.
JOHN DAMON, b. in England, 1621, came to this country from Reading, Eng., and settled in Reading, Mass., where he was dea. of the ch. and where he d. Apr. 8, 1708. He had six children. Sam- uel, his son, b. June 23, 1656, m. Mary ---- , who d. Nov. 29, 1727, aged 71, and he d. June 12, 1724, aged 68. They had nine children. Ebenezer, son of Saml. b. Aug. 9, 1686; m. Elizabeth -- , and had seven children. David, son of Ebenezer, b. Mar. + 2, 1710; m. Apr. 7, 1731, Esther Gowing, and had ten children. Benjamin, son of David, b. June 6, 1759; m. Dec. 13, 1782, Anar Pratt. He settled in Ashby, where he d. Sept. 24, 1832, aged 73; she d. Oct. 14, 1838, aged 84. They had eight children. Isaac, second son of Benj., b. Mar. 31, 1785 ; m. Lucy Houghton, who d. and he m. Ruth Shattuck. He d. Apr. 1848, aged 63. He had three children by his first wife, who d. Apr. 20, 1826.
1 ISAAC NEWTON DAMON, the oldest child of Isaac, b. in Ashby, Dec. 14, 1812 ; m. Lucy K. Wright, dau. of Isaac Wright, b. Dec. 27, 1817. He came to Lex. in 1836, where he has since resided. He has filled the office of selectman, treasurer, &c., is a justice of the peace, and an assistant assessor in the internal revenue service.
1- 2 3 Myron Bates, b. June 27, 1854.
Lusanna Phelps, b. Sept. 28, 1843.
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Florence Maria, b. Apr. 28, 1856.
DANFORTH .- DANFORTH is a name which appears occasionally on Lex. records. In 1738 we find this record, - " Amos Merriam and Hannah Danforth, both of Lex., were joined in marriage." There were Danforths in Camb. and in Bil. at an early day, and some from these families probably came to Lex. for a short time. In 1774, Benjamin Danforth, wife, and three children, among them Benjamin, Jr., came to Lex. from Bedford. As their names appear upon the tax bill up to 1785, and then disappear, it is probable that they left town about that time.
THE DAVIS FAMILY.
JOSEPH DAVIS, son of Thomas Davis of Holden, and Lattice his wife, was b. May 5, 1794, and m. May 31, 1823, Betsey G. Babcock, dau. of Amos and Betsey (Gardner) Babcock, of Princeton; b. Oct. 18, 1799. His father was a soldier in the Revolution, and was in the battles of Bunker Hill, Bennington, White Plains, &c. Jo- seph resided in Princeton, where he kept a public house. In 1833 he moved to Lex. and resumed his occupation as an inn-holder,
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which he continued about ten years. Most of his children were b. in Princeton. He was several years one of the overseers of the poor in Lex.
1- 2 Horace B., b. May 10, 1824; m. June 2, 1852, Annie Stevens, dau. of William and Nancy Stevens. They have Frank S., b. June 7, 1857, and William Henry, b. Dec. 11, 1862.
3 Charles E., b. Sept. 1, 1826; m. May, 1860, Eliza J. Tilton ; r. in Brooklyn, N. Y.
4 George O., b. Feb. 15, 1832; m. Sept. 2, 1858, Caroline E. Bridge, dau. of Samuel and Maria (Wellington) Bridge. They have Frederick G., b. Aug. 8, 1859, Charles B., b. Jan. 2, 1861, Harry W., b. Feb. 28, 1863. He has been some fifteen years in the Boston Custom House.
5 Agnes, b. in Lex. Dec. 3, 1834; d. unm. Dec. 7, 1859.
1 JOHN DAVIS, son of Amos and Elizabeth Davis, of Gloucester, b. Oct. 15, 1794; m. Oct 13, 1819, Mary F. Phelps, b. Oct. 1, 1795, dau. of Henry and Mary Phelps. He came to Lex. 1831. He held the office of postmaster twenty-five years -good evidence of his fidelity.
1- 2 Mary A. E., b. Oct. 29, 1824; m. her cousin John Davis, Nov. 20, 1844. They have had Mary E., b. in Charlestown, Jan. 12, 1846, d. 1862 ; Ellen Amelia, b. Mar. 18, 1848 ; Florence W., b. in Lex. Oct. 16, 1852; Alice P., b. Apr. 19, 1855; Edith F., b. Jan. 9, 1858, d. 1859; John H., b. June 21, 1860; Hannah E., b. June 26, 1863; Frank W., b. June 9, 1866.
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John W., b. July 1, 1829; d. Feb. 19, 1832.
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Eliza J., b. July 1, 1834.
DIAMOND .- WILLIAM DIAMOND came to Lex. from Boston in 1772, and in 1783 m. Rebecca Simonds. He was taxed in town for several years, but I find no record of any children.
THE DORR FAMILY.
JOSEPH DORR came to this country from Eng., 1670. Edward, his son, m. Elizabeth -, about 1682. They r. in Roxbury, and had seven children. Ebenezer, their second son, b. Jan. 25, 1687, m. Feb. 16, 1709, Mary Boardman, b. May 16, 1689. They had ten children. Ebenezer, second son of Ebenezer, b. Feb. 2, 1712, m. Amy Plympton, b. Mar. 5, 1714. They had thirteen children. He d. Aug. 8, 1782, aged 70. Ebenezer, second son of Ebenezer, b. Mar. 20, 1738, m. Jan. 7, 1762, Abigail Cummings, b. July 11, 1739. They had twelve children. He d. Sept. 29, 1809, aged 71. John, fourth son of Ebenezer, b. Oct. 2, 1770, m. Dec. 11, 1793, Esther Goldthwait, dau. of Benjamin G., and Sarah White (Dawes) Goldthwait. She d. July 28, 1840. He d. Aug. 10, 1855, aged 85. He more than sustained the character of the family - having had ten sons and nine daughters, all by one wife.
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THEODORE HASKELL, the 16th child of John and Esther, b. Aug. 13, 1815, m. May 30, 1839, Nancy Caroline Richards, dau. of Joseph and Alice Richards, b. Jan. 10, 1817. He graduated at H. C., 1835, entered the ministry, and was settled at Billerica, May 28, 1839, left in 1843; settled in East Lex., July 2, 1845, left in 1849; settled at
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Winchendon, June 2, 1852, left 1853 ; settled at Sherborne, Dec. 3, 1854, left May, 1863. After leaving Sherborne he came to Lex., where he now resides.
1- 2 Esther G., b. July 2, 1840 ; m. May 9, 1860, E. R. Paul, of Sherborne. Theodore H., b. Apr. 16, 1842; d. 1849.
John, b. June 18, 1844. He entered the service of the U. S., 1862, as a sergeant for nine months, and served in N. C. Afterwards for one hundred days as first lieut.
Joseph Richards, b. Nov. 7, 1848. 6 Dudley A., b. Nov. 20, 1850. An infant, b. Dec. 28, 1854; d. same day.
Arthur, b. Sept. 14, 1857.
THE DOWNING FAMILY.
SAMUEL DOWNING probably came to Lex. about 1777. From what place he came the records do not determine. He was first taxed in Lex. in 1778. He m. June 19, 1783, Susanna Brown, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah (Reed) Brown, who was b. June 17, 1764. She d. May 1, 1843, aged 79.
Polly, b. Oct. 21, 1783; m. June 1, 1805, Samuel Butterfield of West Camb.
Oliver, b. Mar. 10, 1785 ; resides in Boston.
+Samuel, b. Oct. 30, 1787 ; m. first, Lucy Learned, and second, Lydia Blodgett, Nov. 11, 1819.
Susanna, b. Nov. 20, 1788; m. May 19, 1817, Daniel Chandler. Sally, b. Nov. 23, 1790; m. Daniel Rhodes of Boston, where she d. Lewis, b. June 23, 1792; m. Lucy Wheelock of Con. He moved to Concord, N. H., where he has become famous as a coach manu- facturer.
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William, b. Sept. 1796. He entered the service of the United States in the war of 1812, and was mortally wounded at the battle of Lundy's Lane, and d. the day following, July 26, 1814.
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SAMUEL DOWNING m. Lucy Learned of Wat. She d. Oct. 1, 1816, aged 28, and he m. second, Nov. 11, 1819, Lydia Blodgett, dau. of Nathan Blodgett.
3- 9 Learned, b. Jan. 26, 1810. He is a trader in Charlestown.
10 Susan, b. Sept. 25, 1811. William, b. June 14, 1815 ; is a merchant at St. Louis.
11 12 Edward, b. Nov. 29, 1820; resides in Boston.
13 Lucy Ann, b. May 27, 1827 ; is a teacher.
14 Theodore, b. Sept. 14, 1832.
ANDREW J. DOWNING, of Newburg, N. Y., who perished on board the Henry Clay at New York, July 28, 1852, and who was distin- guished throughout the country as a horticulturalist and landscape gardener, and who was well known across the Atlantic by his publi- cations on those subjects ; was a near relative of the first-named Samuel Downing.
DRAPER .- WILLIAM DRAPER came to Lex. from Roxbury in 1782, and the same year m. Sarah Barnes, " both of Lex." He prob- ably left soon after. Oct. 5, 1783, Jonas Draper, their child, was bap. She was ad. to the ch. Oct. 1, 1775.
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THE DUDLEY FAMILY.
This family. was never very numerous in Lex., nor were they among the early settlers - the name appearing on the records in 1779, for the first time. The family was first located in Concord, and from thence may have moved to Sudbury.
FRANCIS DUDLEY, a supposed relation of Gov. Thomas Dudley, was b. in England, and, emigrating to this country, settled in Con. perhaps about 1663. He m. Sarah Wheeler, of Con., Oct. 26, 1665, and probably remained in that town till his decease. His wife d. Dec. 12, 1713.
1- 2 Mary, m. Joseph Fletcher.
3 +Joseph, m. Abigail Gobble.
4 Samuel, b. 1668; m. first, Abigail King, and second, Lydia
5 Sarah, d. 1701.
6 John, m. Hannah Poulter, of Medford, May 16, 1697.
7 Francis, m. first, Sarah - - , and second, Abigail
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JOSEPH DUDLEY m. 1691, Abigail Gobble, and d. at Con., Nov. 3, 1702, where his children were all born.
3- 8 Abigail, b. June 11, 1692; § m. Dec. 17, 1713, John Davis.
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Jane, b. Mar. 26, 1693. 11 James, b.
10 12 +Joseph, b. Apr. 20, 1697.
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Benjamin, b. Mar. 20, 1698. 14 Mary, b. Feb. 8, 1700.
15 Sibella, b. Sept. 22, 1702; m. Jonathan Brown, Sept. 5, 1718.
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JOSEPH DUDLEY m. Oct. 2, 1718, Mary Chandler, dau. of Sam'l and Dorcas Chandler. Their three last children were b. at Sud., the others in Concord.
12-16 +Joseph, b. July 24, 1719.
17 Eliza, b. Feb. 14, 1721. 19 Samuel, b. Mar. 7, 1725.
18 Mary, b. Jan. 17, 1723.
20 Lucy, b. Apr. 1, 1727 ; m. Dec. 6, 1744, John Perry.
21 Abigail, b. about 1730; m. Apr. 12, 1759, Samuel Howe.
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Ebenezer, b. about 1735. 23 William, b. about 1740.
Sarah, b. Oct. 13, 1754.
25 Nahum, b. May 4, 1757.
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Daniel, b. Feb. 22, 1763.
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JOSEPH DUDLEY m. Jan. 16, 1741, Mary Brown. They moved from Concord to Sudbury.
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Benjamin, b. Nov. 25, 1741. Samuel, b. Sept. 29, 1746.
28 Joseph, b. Sept. 16, 1743.
30 Mary, b. Aug. 4, 1749.
t Nathan, b. June 17, 1755.
Abishai, b. July 24, 1758. Rebecca, b. Aug. 28, 1763.
35 Submit, b. Aug. 16, 1765.
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Moses, b. Jan. 31, 1769.
37 Luther, b. May 5, 1772.
The last three were b. in Sudbury.
33 Abigail, b. June 13, 1761.
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NATHAN DUDLEY m. first, Sarah Munroe, of Lin., June 24, 1786. They came into Lex. in 1779; he was first taxed in 1780. He and his wife Sarah were ad. to the ch. Jan. 27, 1790. .. She d. Jan. 16, 1801, and he m. second, Mrs. Hannah Lane, and d. July 17, 1835, aged 80 years. The last two children were by his second wife. He was a lieut. in the Lex. artillery.
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Sally, b. Oct. 16, 1786; m. John Viles, Jan. 12, 1806.
39 Nathan, b. Apr. 3, 1789 ; d. Feb. 3, 1795.
40 John, b. Nov. 18, 1790.
41 Polly, b. Sept. 18, 1792 ; nı. Thomas Johnson, of Wo., Sept. 8, 1811.
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Rebecca, b. Aug. 14, 1794; d. Apr. 12, 1795.
43 Betsey, b. June 1, 1798; m. Solomon Harrington.
44 Rebecca, b. Dec. 31, 1808; m. William Shaw, of Wo.
45 Nathan, b. July 29, 1810.
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JOHN DUDLEY m. Esther E. Smith, of Sterling. He left Lex. before his marriage, and returned for a short time. His first and second child were born while here. He moved to Rox., where he r.
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John W., b. and d. at Lex.
47 Eliza, b. at Lex. ; m. George W. Fowle.
48 Sarah D., b. - , m. Rev. Joshua B. Holman.
49 Martha A., b. - -.
50 Nathan A., b. Aug. 20, 1825.
51 Caroline M., b. -. 52 Andrew J., b. -; d. young.
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THE DUNKLEE FAMILY.
The name of Dunklee appears on the town and church records as early as 1701. We cannot give a connected view of this family ; though it appears that Nathaniel Dunklee and wife were received into the church by a letter of dismission from the church at Water- town, Aug. 25, 1705. Mr. Dunklee appears to have been an ardent man - a great saint and a great sinner. He in his weakness violated the eighth commandment by taking the property of others ; but then he made a publie confession which would throw the penitential psalins of the king of Israel nearly into the shade. He confesses his re- peated thefts, and that he has no cause to complain of those who brought him to justice, - declaring that when the righteous smite him, it shall be a kindness to him, promises to give glory to God by confession and reformation, and hopes that his great sins may be the means of preserving himself and all others from temptation. On a confession thus full and penitent, thus submissive and prayerful, he was of course restored to his standing in the church, which he appears to have regarded as the very gate of heaven. The reader will join with us in the hope that he was never afterward " led into temptation."
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We are not quite sure, but presume that the following are the children and descendants of NATHANIEL DUNKLEE, and Mary his wife.
1- 2 David, bap. Sept. 21, 1701. 3 Elnathan, bap. Apr. 11, 1703.
4 Jonathan, bap. Jan. 7, 1705.
5 Hannah, bap. May 8, 1707.
6 +Hezekiah, bap. Nov. 21, 1708.
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7 Robert, bap. Apr. 9, 1710, and ad. to the ch. Jan. 7, 1728.
1 6- HEZEKIAH DUNKLEE m. Nov. 17, 1734, Damaris Wilson. He probably left town about the first of 1743, as his wife at that time was dismissed to the ch. at Billerica.
2- 8 Hezekiah, b. Sept. 17, 1735.
10 Damaris, b. Mar. 16, 1739.
9 Nathaniel, b. Feb. 23, 1737.
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THE DUPEE FAMILY.
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ELIAS DUPEE, b. Jan. 22, 1806; m. June 20, 1830, Mary Ann Blodgett, dau. of James Blodgett. He was b. in Boston.
1- 2 George C., b. Dec. 29, 1832; m. Nelly Tibbitts, r. in Boston and N. Y.
3 Lyman S., b. Feb. 17, 1834.
4 Elias A., b. Apr. 20, 1836 ; m. Susan Winn, r. in Arlington.
5 Charles S., b. June 18, 1842 ; m. Hattie Shattuck, r. in Arlington.
6 Theodore D., b. Nov. 16, 1849.
THE DUREN FAMILY.
JOHN DUREN, or Durant, as the family formerly spelt the name, was in Billerica at an early day, and m. Susanna Dutton, Nov. 16, 1670. They had at least four children, two of each sex. He d. in prison in Camb. Oct. 27, 1692, a victim of the witchcraft delusion. John, the eldest son of John, was b. July 31, 1672; m. Aug. 10, 1695, Elizabeth Jaquith. He d. Feb. 25, 1757, aged 85. They had eight children. Abraham, the youngest son of John, was b. Apr. 1, 1709; m. May 20, 1736, Rachel Manning. They had nine children b. in Billerica where they resided. Abraham, the eldest son of Abraham, b. Oct. 4, 1737; m. Nov. 1, 1764, Lydia Gould, of Chelmsford. He d. Nov. 6, 1776. An anecdote is told of his wife which shows the energy of the woman, and the spirit of the times. On the 18th of April, 1775, her husband being in feeble health, she mounted their horse, and with her panniers set out for market at Boston, a distance of twenty miles or more ; and having accomplished her business at Boston, returned as far as Arlington, and stopped for the night. While she was there, she saw the British troops pass on their way to Lex. and Con. The next morning she started for home, and stopping at Lex. she went into the meeting-house to see the slaughtered men killed by the British a few hours before. Such were the women of the Revolution .- Abraham and Lydia had four children. Abraham, the youngest child, was b. Sept. 16, 1776 ; m. Oct. 25, 1801, Mary Russell, dau. of Jesse Russell, of Wo., where he settled. He d. Oct. 14, 1822, and she d. May 28, 1864. The neighborhood where he resided bears the name of Durenville, in honor of him. He had five children. Samuel R., b. May 29, 1803 ; m. Sybil Spaulding and Ann Searl. He d. Oct. 6, 1862; Lydia, b. Dec. 13, 1805; m. Joseph Kendall; Warren, b. Apr. 14, 1809; he has been twiee married ; William, b. June 5, 1813; m. Feb. 4, 1845, Rebecca A. Locke; Abraham, b. Nov. 21, 1815; m. Apr. 5, 1842, Prudence Simonds.
WARREN DUREN, the second son of Abraham mentioned above, m. June 2, 1833, Mary Ann Marrett, dau. of Rev. Daniel and Mary (Muzzy) Marrett, of Standish, Me. She d. Oct. 4, 1839, and he m. Oct. 18, 1848, Mary Chandler, dau. of William Chandler, Esq., of Lex. He had one child by his first wife, viz. Caroline Augusta, b. Oct. 25, 1835, and d. May 13, 1852, aged 17 years. He moved to Lex. Sept. 1850. He has served several times on the board of overseers of the poor.
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THE ESTABROOK FAMILY.
Though the Estabrooks were not among the first settlers of Lex- ington, they came here quite early, and became prominent, both in the church and in the town. Lexington's first minister, and two of her early deacons, bore that name. The Estabrooks appear to have been a ministerial family. Their ancestor, Rev. Joseph Estabrook, eame from England in 1660, with two brothers, one of whom settled in Con., and the other in Swanzey. Joseph entered H. C., where he was graduated in 1664, and was settled in Con. in 1667, as col- league with Rev. Mr. Buckley, where he continued till his death, which happened in 1711.
1 REV. JOSEPH ESTABROOK had four sons, as follows :
1- 2 tJoseph, b. 1669; d. in Lex. Sept. 23, 1733.
+Benjamin, b. Feb. 24, 1671; d. in Lex. July 22, 1697.
5 3 4 Samuel, b. 1674; was grad. at H. C. 1696, and settled as a elergy- man in Canterbury, Connecticut, where he d. in 1727.
+Daniel, b. Feb. 14, 1676; d. at Sudbury, 1735.
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JOSEPH ESTABROOK m. first, Dec. 31, 1689, Millieent Woodis, or Woodhouse, dau. of Henry Woodhouse, of Con. She d. Mar 30, 1692, and he m. second, Aug. 25, 1793, wid. Hannah Loring, of Hingham. He first settled in Hingham, where he and his wife united with the ch. from which they were dismissed to the eh. in Lex. in 1710. He was an active and influential member of the Lex. ch. and represented it on many public occasions. He was elected dea. in 1716, and remained in that office till his death, Sept. 23, 1733. He was highly respected as a townsman, and filled almost every office within their gift. He commanded a military company, and filled the office of town clerk, treasurer, assessor, selectman, and representa- tive to the General Court. He was a man of more than ordinary education for that day, was often employed as a surveyor, and was engaged to teach the first man's school in the town. I cannot state the precise time when he removed to Lex., but as he bought two hundred acres of land in the preeinct in 1693, and was elected to office in 1696, it is probable that he came into the place between those periods. He bought his farm of Edward Pelham, then of R. I., and it is described in the deed as being bounded northeasterly by the Cook farm, and southwesterly by the Concord road, till it comes to Vine Brook. This included the places now occupied by Mrs. L. Turner, extending to the brook in front, and baek to or beyond the place owned by Mr. Hayes under the hill.
2- 6 +Joseph, b. Oet. 10, 1690; d. Aug. 19, 1740. 7 +John, b. July 28, 1694; m. Oct. 27, 1720, Prudence Harrington. 8 Solomon, b. Dec. 22, 1696 ; d. July 7, 1697.
9 Hannah, b. Mar. 2, 1698 ; m. May 23, 1717, Joseph Frost.
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Millicent, b. Mar. 21, 1699. 11 Elijah, b. Aug. 25, 1703.
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BENJAMIN ESTABROOK was grad. at H. C. 1690, and was settled over the first church at Cambridge Farms, (now Lex., ) Oct. 6, 1696. But his ministry was of short duration. On the 22d of July, 1697, he was removed from his earthly labors by death, after a ministry of only nine months. He m. Nov. 29, 1693, Abigail Willard, dau. of Rev. Samuel Willard, of the Old South Church, Boston. She was one of a family of twenty children. Rev. Mr. Estabrook d. greatly lamented by his people. He left two children, Benjamin, b. Dec.
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13, 1695, and Richard, b. July 5, 1697, but a few days before the death of his father. His wid. m. Rev. Samuel Treat, of Eastham, a son of Gov. Treat, of Connecticut. She d. Dec. 27, 1745, aged 82. By Mr. Treat she had three children, one of whom, Eunice, in. Rev. Thomas Paine, of Weymouth, and had, among other children, Robert Treat Paine, who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, Attorney-General of this State, and one of the Justices of the Supreme Court.
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