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DANIEL ESTABROOK m. Abigail Flint, of Con. He first settled in Lex., where he had several children. Subsequently they removed to Weston, and, in 1715, he and his wife were ad. to the ch. in that place. He afterwards moved to Sudbury, where he d., 1735. He had Abigail, bap. in Lex. Sept. 27, 1702. David and Samuel, bap. in Lex., Jan. 21, 1705, and Aug. 20, 1710, were probably his children.
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JOSEPH ESTABROOK m. July 8, 1713, Submit Loring, his step- sister. She d. Mar. 31, 1718, in childbed, and he m. Mar. 26, 1719, Hannah Bowman. Like his father, he was captain of the company, and dea. of the ch., and like him filled almost every important office in town - assessor, treasurer, clerk, and selectman. He d. Aug. 19, 1740, and his wid. m. July 19, 1753, Capt. Benj. Reed, and d. Apr. 15, 1774, aged 72 years.
6-12 Joseph, b. June 27, 1714; d. July 17, 1714.
13 Joseph, b. Mar. 16, 1718 ; d. Mar. 18, same year.
14 Joseph, b. Apr. 9, 1720; d. Dec. 7, 1747.
15 Hannah, b. Sept. 22, 1725; d. Sept. 29, 1728.
16 Benjamin, b. Oet. 9, 1727 ; d. Sept. 29, 1728.
17 t Benjamin, b. Dec. 20, 1729 ; m. May 9, 1757, Hannah Hubbard.
18 Hannah, b. Oct. 6, 1731 ; m. May 7, 1752, Ebenezer Hubbard.
19 Solomon, b. June 10, 1733; d. Oct. 1, 1733.
20 Samuel, b. June 25, 1735; entered H. C .; d. July 14, 1754.
21 Millicent, b. July 25, 1738; m. July 4, 1758, Jas. Barrett, of Con. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 21, 1740; m. Dec. 13, 1759, Ruth Reed, b. Nov.
22 7, 1741, dau. of Capt. Isaac and Rebecca Reed. They had Molly, bap. in Lex. June 3, 1760. They removed to Holden. Their descendants at the present day are found in that town and vicinity.
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JOHN ESTABROOK m. Oet. 27, 1720, Prudence Harrington. He was constable, 1737, and 1738. He d. June 19, 1742, and his wid. m. 1748, Benjamin Munroe, of Weston, the youngest son of Wm. Munroe, the original emigrant, who settled in Lex. She was his second wife, and d. 1778.
7-23 Grace, b. Aug. 13, 1721 ; m. - - Hurd. 24 Prudence, b. Mar. 28, 1724; m. Richard Winship.
25 Millicent, b. July 11, 1727 ; m. - Harris.
26 John, b. Oct. 20, 1729; probably he is the John Estabrook who settled in Westminster, and had by his wife Anna fourteen children.
27 Abigail, b. Mar. 11, 1731 ; m. · Hunt.
28 Elizabeth, b. Nov. 21, 1734.
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29 ¿ Nehemiah, b. Mar. 2, 1738; m. Mar. 1, 1759, Elizabeth Winship. Anna, b. Feb. 11, 1740 ; m. - Kidder.
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BENJAMIN ESTABROOK mn. May 9, 1757, Hannah Hubbard, of Con. They were ad. to the eh. in Lex. June 22, 1758. He d. Mar. 8, 1803, aged 74; she d. Jan. 12, 1803, aged 67. He was many years a coroner and a justice of the peace. IIe was in the campaign to Ticonderoga in 1776.
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17-31 | Joseph, b. Mar. 4, 1758; grad. at H. C. 1782. He entered the min- istry, and was ordained at Athol, Nov. 21, 1787. He d. Apr. 30, 1830, in the eighty-first year of his age, and the forty-third year of his ministry.
Hannah, b. Jan. 20, 1760; m. Dea. Ebenezer Lawrence, of Wo.
+Benjamin, b. Mar. 23. 1762; m. Esther Russell.
32 33 34 Samuel, b. Nov. 15, 1764; he m. first, Polly Creasy, and second, Nabby Warren. He lived in Brookline, but at last returned to Lex., where he d. July 20, 1814.
35 Martha, b. June 22, 1765; m. Edmund Walden, and moved to Ster- ling, where she d. Mar. 1822.
¡Attai, b. June 14, 1769; d. Sept. 29, 1836.
Nathan, bap. May 10, 1772; m. Sarah Smith, and moved to Ashby. Solomon, b. Dec. 18, 1774 ; m. Lucy Davis, of New Ipswich, where
he resided for a time, when he returned to Lex. and d. Aug. 12, 1825, without issue.
Millicent, b. June 8, 1777; m. Wm. Stearns, of Walt., and d. 1844.
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NEHEMIAH ESTABROOK m. Mar. 1, 1759, Elizabeth Winship, dau. of Samuel and Hannah Winship, b. May 23, 1740. He was a soldier from Lex. in the French war in 1755, and hence was well qualified to aid in the Revolutionary struggle. He left Lex. about 1777, moved to Lunenburg, afterwards went to West Camb., and d. in Hopkinton, while on a visit to his children.
29-40 41 42 Bettie, b. Apr. 9, 1764; m. William Blanchard, of Medford.
Samuel, b. Aug. 31, 1760; d. Oct. 29, 1778.
Nehemiah, b. Mar. 3, 1762; m. in Lunenburg, where he lived some years.
43 Lydia, b. May 28, 1766 ; m. Samuel Jones, and lived in West Camb. Eliakim, b. July 10, 1768; d. young.
44 45 Grace, b. May 27, 1770; m. Nathaniel Trask, of Charlestown. +Eliakim, b. Oet 18, 1772; m. Hannalı Cook, of West Camb.
John, b. May 7, 1775 ; m. Anna Russell, and lived in West Camb.
Joseph, b. Feb. 23, 1777 ; he settled in Hopkinton.
46 47 48 49 Samuel, b. May 13, 1779; m. Luey Jones, and lived in W. Camb. 50 Rebecca, b. Mar. 4, 1781 ; she was living (1859) in Charlestown, unm.
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BENJAMIN ESTABROOK m. Esther Russell. He d. Oet. 29, 1819, aged 57. She d. Jan. 3, 1813, aged 49. We find no record of his family, but obtain the following from his relatives. He resided for a time in Danvers.
33-51 Susan, b. Aug. 20, 1783 ; m. Benjamin Winn, and lived in Salem. Benjamin, b. in Danvers, June 7, 1785; d. in Topsham, Vt.
52 53 Walter, b. Nov. 22, 1787.
54 Hannah, b. 1789; d. in six months.
55 Hannah, b. Mar. 11, 1791; d. in Salem, Apr. 19, 1811. 56 William, b. 1793; d. in Lex. 1858.
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ATTAI ESTABROOK m. Polly Pierce. She d. Nov. 6, 1826, and he d. Sept. 29, 1836, aged 67.
Benjamin, b. -; d. Nov. 1826, aged about 20, by an injury re- ceived from the rebound of a gun.
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Hannah, b. - -; m. George Simonds.
Solomon, b. Apr. 1, 1815; m. Apr. 3, 1837, Elizabeth C. Blodgett. They have Henry D. and George D., (twins,) b. May 19, 1838; Lyman, b. Feb. 26, 1849. Henry D. m. Jan. 16, 1866, Sarah A. Cummings. George D. m. July 2, 1865, Emma S. Fowle.
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Abigail, b. Dec. 16, 1819; m. Apr. 7, 1846, Luke W. Wright. Joseph, b. May 4, 1821; m. Nancy Raymond, of Littleton, and r. in Acton.
Elizabeth, b. Dec. 1, 1823; d. June 23, 1848.
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ELIAKIM ESTABROOK m. Sept. 7, 1793, Hannah Cook, of West Camb., b. Sept. 15, 1778. He resided most of the time in West Camb., though he returned to Lex., where he d. Apr. 17, 1835. She was in 1859, living in Lex. Though they were mostly b. in West Camb., the number of the children induces us to give them a place here.
Ender, b. Feb. 24, 1795; m. Aug. 27, 1818, Lydia Adams, of West Cambridge.
Louisa, b. Sept. 8, 1797 ; m. Apr. 1819, Ebenezer Hovey, of West Cambridge.
Joseph, b. Apr. 17, 1799 ; m. Aug. 11, 1817, Nancy Page.
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Lovell, b. Nov. 8, 1800 ; m. May 12, 1824, Mary Stearns, of Waltham. Hannah, b. Feb. 4, 1802; m. May 9, 1818, Wmn. Benjamin, of Lin. Matilda, b. May 4, 1805 ; m. Oct. 13, 1833, Wm. Hooper, of Boston.
69 Eliakim, b. Oct. 16, 1806 ; m. Feb. 9, 1849, Augusta Fay, of Fitch- burg.
70 Eleanor, b. Feb. 12, 1807 ; m. Apr. 25, 1826, John Norcross.
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Elizabeth, b. July 10, 1808 ; m. May 7, 1832, Jas. Bryant, of N. H. Clarinda, b. Aug. 13, 1810; m. Oct. 2, 1832, George Foster, of West Cambridge.
Nehemiah, b. Feb. 21, 1812; d. young.
Mary A., b. Mar. 14, 1814; d. Dec. 5, 1843, unm.
John B., b. Apr. 8, 1816.
Lucy E., b. Nov. 10, 1818; d. Mar. 24, 1839, unm.
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Francis H., b. June 1, 1821; m. July 25, 1852, Louisa Jones, of Walpole, N. H. They reside in Lexington. Children, first, John Henry, b. Nov. 1854, d. young ; second, George Lovell, b. Dec. 1856; third, Anna Louisa, b. Sept. 30, 1857.
We cannot close this table without doing justice to PRINCE ESTA- BROOK, a black man in the family of Benjamin Estabrook. He was among the patriots of the Revolution on the Common on the 19th of April, 1775, when he was wounded; we find his name among the soldiers in almost every campaign during the war. He, though a slave, fought the battles of freedom.
THE FAIRFIELD FAMILY.
About 1733, there was a family of Fairfields came to Lex. proba- bly from Wenham, as Walter, Judith, and Remember were dismissed from the ch. in that place, to Lex., where they were ad. Aug. 4, 1734. On the same day, Rebecca, probably dau. of Walter and Judith, was bap. Walter, probably son of the same, was bap. Jan. 18, 1736, and Mary, Nov. 9, 1740.
There appears to have been more than one family of the name, as Stephen, and Hannah his wife, were ad. to the ch., he in 1734, and she in 1737. We have also the record of two of their children, Judith, b. May 30, 1736, and Rebecca, b. Dec. 26, 1738. I also find Moses of Daniel, bap. in 1738. Walter and Daniel were taxed in Lex. 1735, '36, and '37. In 1743, Walter, Judith, and Mary, and Stephen and Hannah, were dismissed from the Lex. ch. to the ch. at Cold Spring. They probably had left town before that time, as the name had disappeared from the tax bills.
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THE FARLEY FAMILY.
The Farleys were never numerous in Lexington. George Farley settled in Roxbury, removed early to Woburn, and from thence to Billerica, before 1656, and d. there Dec. 27, 1693. He had a num- ber of children, some of whom settled in Billerica, where the name has been quite common, as it has also been in Hollis, N. H. It is highly probable that the Lexington Farleys were from the same stock. The following imperfect sketch is all that our records furnish.
John Farley, son of John and Mary, b. Oct. 31, 1714.
Hannah Farley, dau. of Benjamin and Joanna, b. Jan. 31, 1757. Sarah Farley, .6 b. Sept. 28, 1761. Samuel Hasselton, Hollis, N. H., m. Molly Farley, of Lex., June 2, 1761.
Israel Putnam, of Bedford, m. Rebecca Farley, of Lex., Jan. 5, 1763. Benjamin Farley, of Lex. was in the French war in 1757.
THE FARMER FAMILY.
EDWARD FARMER, son of John Farmer, of Ansley, Warwick- shire, Eng., came to this country as early as 1672, and settled in Billerica, where he d. May 27, 1727, aged 87. Mary his wife d. Mar. 26, 1719, aged 78.
The name appears on Lex. records about 1748, when Nathaniel Farmer was taxed.
NATHANIEL FARMER m. May 28, 1755, Hannah Fessenden, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Prentice) Fessenden. He was a member of Capt. Parker's company, and like a true patriot was on the ground on the 19th of Apr. 1775. He received a severe wound on the morning of that memorable day. A ball struck his right arm, and so fractured the bone, that he was disabled for a long time ;- pieces of bone were extracted from the arm several months afterwards. The Legislature made him a grant of £15 15s. for loss of labor and expense of surgical attendance.
+John, b. July 18, 1757 ; m. Mar. 27, 1783, Lucy Recd.
Hannah, b. Jan. 28, 1760; m. May 6, 1777, Jacob Kilburn, of Lancaster.
Isaac, b. Oct. 8, 1762; d. young.
Ruth, b. Aug. 15, 1765. 6 Abigail, b. Nov. 6, 1768.
S m. Feb. 12, 1794, Samuel
Rebecca,
Sally, twins ; b. Dec. 19, 1771; [Pierce, of Groton.
8 9 Thomas Shattuck, bap. Sept. 10, 1775.
Isaac, b. Dec. 31, 1779.
JOHN FARMER m. Mar. 27, 1783, Lucy Reed, of Camb. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution from the town of Lexington.
THE FASSETT FAMILY.
The Fassetts came to this country from Scotland. John Fassett was made freeman in 1654. Nathaniel Fassett was taxed in Concord in 1666. There were one or more families of this name in Billerica at an early day. It is probable that the Lex. Fassetts descended either from the family in Con. or Bil., as they resided near the cor- ner of these towns - their residence being at what is known as the
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Page place, in Bed., which was formerly a part of Lex. The Fas- setts were never numerous in Lex., though one individual was at one time prominent and influential.
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JOSEPH FASSETT, and his wife Mary, were in Lex. in 1701, having made their peace with the church at that time. In 1708, he was chosen one of the assessors in the precinct, and in 1714, one of the assessors in the town. Subsequently he became quite popular, filling various offices. He was one of the assessors nine years, filled the office of selectman about as long, and for several years repre- . sented the town in the General Court. We find no record of any children of theirs except Joseph, who was born Dec. 6, 1701. Jo- seph Fassett, and his wife Mary, both died about 1753 or 4. She was dau. of William Munroe, the ancestor of the Lex. Munroes.
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JOSEPH FASSETT m. Amity -, about 1726. He d. Aug. 14, 1755, and she m. June 15, 1756, John Page, of Bed. In his will, dated 1755, he mentions wife Amity, sons Joseph, John, and Jon- athan, and dau. Sarah and Amity Newton. He filled several town offices.
2- 3 4 Mary, b. Aug. 18, 1729; d. Oct. 12, same year.
5 6 Amity, b. Feb. 1, 1732; m. Nov. 14, 1754, Simon Newton, of Bed.
7 Mary, b. May 9, 1736. 8 John, b. Dee., 7, 1739.
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JOSEPH FASSETT m. May 6, 1756, Dorothy Pollard, of Bedford. He was a lieut., and d. at the Lake in the French war, Sept. 16, 1758, aged 29 years. She m. Feb. 21, 1760, Ebenezer Page, of Bedford, son of her father-in-law.
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Joseph, b. Apr. 10, 1757. 12 Calley, b. June 21, 1758.
THE FESSENDEN FAMILY.
The Fessendens were probably not in the precinct, till about the time it was erected into a town, in 1713; though they were in old Cambridge much earlier. John Fessenden came from Kent Co., Eng., and settled in Cambridge about 1635. He was ad. a freeman in 1641. He was a member of the ch., and was selectman in 1656, '61, '63, and '65. He d. Jan. 13, 1666, leaving no children. His wife Jane d. Jan. 13, 1682, aged 80. His relative, Nicholas Fes- senden, came over from England at his request, it is said, and inher- ited his estate, which was very considerable for that day. Nicholas is supposed to have been a nephew of John.
1 NICHOLAS FESSENDEN m. Margaret Cheney. He was b. in Eng- land about 1650. He resided in Cambridge, where he had a numer- ous family, and d. Feb. 24, 1719, in his 69th year. She d. Dec. 10, 1717, in her 62d year.
1- 2 Jane, b. Nov. 28, 1674; d. Aug. 24, 1676.
3 Hannah, b. July 27, 1676; d. Aug. 4, 1676.
4 John, b. Nov. 4, 1678 ; m. Sarah
5 Nicholas, b. Jan. 21, 1681 ; grad. at H. C. 1701, was distinguished as a teacher in Camb. He m. Sarah Cooledge, wid. of Stephen. 6 Thomas, b. Jan. 4, and d. Jan. 28, 1682.
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7 +Thomas, b. Aug. 12, 1684; he was three times married.
Margaret, b. Jan. 22, 1687 ; d. unm.
8 9 Jane, b. Apr. 22, 1688; m. Jan. 10, 1712, Samuel Winship, who was high sheriff of Middlesex county.
Mary, b. Oct. 28, 1689 ; m. June 15, 1712, Joshua Parker.
William, b. 1694; m. first, Oct. 10, 1716, Martha Wyeth, and second, Jan. 4, 1728, Martha Brown. He d. May 26, 1756. He resided in Camb., had a family of eleven children, the youngest of whom, Thomas, was bap. July 15, 1739, grad. at H. C. 1758, was or- dained at Walpole, N. H., 1767. He m. Elizabeth Kendall, and had a numerous family, the eldest of whom was well known in this community. Thomas G. Fessenden grad. at Dart. C. 1796; he was a lawyer, a wit, and a poet, whose writings left a sting behind. He was author of a satirical poem entitled, " Terrible Tractora- tion," which in its day made many laugh, and a few wince. He was distinguished as an agriculturalist, and edited for some years "The New England Farmer." He d. in Boston.
Through another branch of the family of William Fessenden, (No. 11 in this table,) descended G. Samuel Fessenden, an eminent law- yer of Portland, Me., who has represented his district in Congress, and who was father of Hon. William Pitt Fessenden, the distin- guished senator in Congress from Maine at this time.
Joseph, b. --; m. Mindwell Oldham, Dec. 6, 1733 ?
Benjamin, b. Jan. 30, 1701; grad. at H. C. 1718, was ordained at Sandwich, Sept. 12, 1722, and d. there Aug. 7, 1746, leaving a family.
Hannah, b. - -; m. John Chipman, Sandwich ? She d. 1758.
Ebenezer, b. ; m. probably Elizabeth Barrett, and afterwards Alice Babcock. He lived and d. at Cambridge.
THOMAS FESSENDEN m. 1708, Abigail Poulter, dan. of Jonathan and Elizabeth Poulter, of Lex., b. Sept. 5, 1692. She d. April 25, 1719, aged 27; and he m. Jan. 8, 1720, Abigail Locke, dau. of Joseplı Locke, of Lex. She d. June 12, 1736, and he m. Anne Phillebrown, Dec. 2, 1737. He d. Mar. 6, 1738. He probably came to Lex. about the time of his first marriage; he o. c. in 1709, when their first child was baptized.
7-16 + Thomas, b. Dec. 9, 1709 ; m. 1735, Hannah Prentice, of Camb.
17 + Samuel, b. Aug. 11, 1711 ; m. May 21, 1740, Elizabeth Allen.
18 Abigail, b. July 13, 1713; m. - Wellington.
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19 Mary, b. Jan. 17, 1716; m. Wm. Brown, of Walt., moved to Conn. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 8, 1721; m. Apr. 27, 1758, Samuel Hutchinson. Jonathan, b. Apr. 28, 1723; m. June 4, 1747, Martha Crosby, of Quincy, where he lived.
Hannah, b. June 18, 1725 ; d. same year.
Hannah, b. Apr. 21, 1727; d. Apr. 21, 1729.
John, b. Apr. 27, 1729; m. Nov. 23, 1769, Elizabeth Wyman, r. in Rutland.
Timothy, b. May 6, 1731; m. Elizabeth Pierce, dau. of Jonas Pierce, of Lex. They r. in Westminster, where he d. Mar. 1, 1805, æt. 74. Benjamin, b. Jan. 9, 1734; was twice m., resided in Milton, Brain- tree, Watertown, and Boston, where he d. Apr. 30, 1801. Submit, b. May 28, 1736.
THOMAS FESSENDEN In. June 19, 1735, Hannah Prentice, of Camb. They were ad. to the ch. in Lex., Oct. 16, 1737, when their first child was bap. He d. July 22, 1768.
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16-28 Hannah, b. Aug. 9, 1736 ; m. May 20, 1755, Nathaniel Farmer.
29 Abigail, b. Sept. 7, 1738; d. July 13, 1741.
30 + Thomas, b. July 10, 1741 ; m. Elizabeth Apthorp, and Lucy Lee.
31 Aaron, b. Dec. 30, 1744; m. Sarah Locke. They resided a short time in Cambridge, and then removed to Townsend, where they d. 32 Nathaniel, b. June 7, 1746 ; m. first, Lydia Bemis, about 1770, who was killed by the chance shot of a gun, holding at the time her only son (Ichabod) in her arms. He m. second, Elizabeth Webb, of Danvers, r. in Medford.
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+Nathan, b. Apr. 10, 1749, m. Sarah Winship, Oct. 17, 1771.
Sarah, b. Aug. 9, 1753 ; m. Mar. 4, 1773, Isaac Winship, brother of Sarah above.
35 Isaac? bap. Oct. 23, 1757.
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SAMUEL FESSENDEN m. May 21, 1740, Elizabeth Allen. He was ad. to the ch. in Lex., May 10, 1746. He d. Nov. 1, 1771. She d. Sept. 4, 1802, aged 91 years.
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Elizabeth, b. May 6, 1741 . Amity, b. June 15, 1743; m. Dec. 15, 1773, Solomon Pierce.
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Abigail, b. July 20, 1747 ; m. Jan. 22, 1765, John Hill, of Bil. Samuel, bap. July 6, 1749 ; m. Sarah Pierce, sister of Solomon, Nov. 21, 1771.
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THOMAS FESSENDEN m. Mrs. Elizabeth Apthorp. She d. and he m. Dec. 7, 1775, Luey Lee, of Con. He d. Feb. 25, 1804. She d. June 19, 1820, aged 66.
30-40 Nelly, b. Apr. 10, 1769 ?
Thomas, b. June 5, 1772; d. Mar. 7, 1807, aged 35.
41 42 Lucy, b. Apr. 2, 1777 ; d. young.
William, b. June 13, 1779; m. Apr. 26, 1802, Eunice Frost, and moved to N. H.
Lucy, b. Sept. 16, 1782; d. about 1804.
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NATHAN FESSENDEN m. Oct. 17, 1771, Sarah Winship. He d. Apr. 24, 1797.
33-47 tNathan, b. Apr. 25, 1772; m. Jane Goodrich.
48 Isaac, b. Apr. 12, 1776 ; m. Mary Doane, of Boston, r. there.
49 Jonathan, b. May 18, 1779; r. in Portland, m. Betsey Drinkwater. 50 Lydia, b. May 28, 1782; in. Elisha Tainter, of Med., r. there. John, b. Dec. 25, 1784; went to Portland, where he r. He d. Aug. 7. 1849.
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Sally, b. Oct. 13, 1788; m. William Lovejoy, of Milford, N. H., r. there.
Nathaniel, b. Jan. 6, 1791; d. 1821, unm.
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NATHAN FESSENDEN m. June 11, 1801, Jane Goodrich, of Lu- nenburg. He d. Feb. 26, 1866, aged 93 years. She d. Feb. 10, 1849, aged 70 years.
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Elizabeth, b. May 20, 1802 ; m. Darius Fillebrown. She d. Nov. 16, 1849.
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Harriet, b. Sept. 8, 1806 ; m. Nov. 4, 1841, James Ingals, of Town- send.
57 58 Nathan, b. June 15, 1808. He r. on the old homestead, has for several years filled the office of assessor.
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Albert F., b. Aug. 23, 1810; m. Eliza Johnson. No issue.
60 Charles, b. Nov. 5, 1812; he went to Fitchburg, where he m. Mar- tha Newton. She d. 1851, and he m. he rsister Sarah C. He r. in Fitchburg.
Levi G., b. Oct. 30, 1814; m. Sarah Stratton, Oct. 22, 1849, T. in Ohio.
Hannah, b. June 2, 1817 ; m. Jan. 6, 1851, Darius Fillebrown.
Jane, b. Mar. 30, 1820; m. Dec. 14, 1847, Chas. G. Davis, of Wo.
THE FISKE FAMILY.
" There was," says Bond, in his history of Watertown, " a consid- erable number of early immigrants of the name of Fiske, who settled in Massachusetts ; and there is good reason to believe that they were all descendants of Robert and Sibil (Gold) Fiske, who lived at Broad Gates, Loxfield, near Framingham, county Suffolk, Eng."
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DAVID FISKE, probably came over to America in 1636, and settled in Wat. where he was admitted freeman, Mar. 1637. He was select- man in Wat. 1640, and '43. His will, dated Sept. 10, 1660, and proved Jan. 22, 1662, mentions no wife, but one dau. Fitch, and one son David, " sole executor and residuary legatee, giving him his house, lands, cattle and chattels." Ang. 6, 1673, his son sold his homestead and two other lots of land in Wat. to John Cooledge.
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DAVID FISKE b. 1624. He was a "planter," and was ad. free- man, May 26, 1647 ; he settled either at first, or soon after, at Camb. Farms, in which place he became a prominent citizen. He m. first, Lydia Cooper, perhaps step-dau. of Dea. Gregory Stone, by whom he had three children. He m. second, Seaborn Wilson, dau. of William Wilson, of Boston. He d. Feb. 14, 1710. His will, dated Jan. 22, 1708, and proved Dec. 20, 1711, mentions, wife Seaborn, son Nicholas Wyeth, my dau. being dead, children David, Elizabeth, and Abigail, cousin Samuel Stone, son of Dea. Samuel Stone. In- ventory of his estate, £405 17s. 6d. Oct. 16, 1676, he and wife Seaborn, sold Samuel Page, one hundred and forty-nine acres in Wat. granted to his father David Fiske. David Fiske, or David Fiske, Sen., as he was designated in our early records, was not only one of the first settlers, but became one of the most prominent and useful men in the precinct. He headed the subscription for a meet- ing-house in 1692, and on the organization of the parish the year after, he was chosen clerk, and one of the selectmen or assessors. He was also chosen chairman of a committee to purchase of the town of Camb. a lot of land for the support of the ministry. These and similar offices he frequently held under the parish. Ile was also a member of the ch. organized 1696, and his wife immediately after removed her relation from the ch. in Camb. to the ch. gathered in the precinct. He not only served his fellow-citizens in a civil and religious, but also in a military capacity, as appears by the prefix Lieut. which is often in the records connected with his name. He was also often employed by the colony as a surveyor. He resided on Hancock st. near the present residence of Joseph F. Simonds.
A handsome monument was erected in 1856, by Benj. Fiske, Esq., with this inscription : " In memory of DAVID FISKE, who died Feb. 14, 1710, and his descendants."
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HISTORY OF LEXINGTON.
2- 3 Sarah, d. 1648.
4 Lydia, b. Sept. 29, 1647 ; d. unm.
5 +David, b. Sept. 1, 1648; d. Oct. 23, 1729, aged 81.
6 Seaborn, d. young.
7 Elizabeth, b. - -; m. John Russell, Camb.
8 Anna, (Hannah, ) m. Timothy Garter, son of Rev. Thomas Carter, first of Watertown, afterwards of Woburn.
9 Abigail, m. Henry Baldwin, of Woburn.
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DAVID FISKE m. Sarah -, who d. April 22, 1729, aged 75. He d. Oct. 23, 1729. David Fiske, like his father, was a subscriber to the first meeting-house in 1692, and, like his father, was ready to sustain the institutions of religion, and was elected to the dignified office of tythingman.
5-10 David, b. Jan. 5, 1675; m. Elizabeth
11 +Jonathan, b. May 19, 1679.
12 + Robert, b. May 8, 1681; d. April 18, 1753.
13 Anna, b. April 2, 1683.
14 Lydia, b. May 14, 1685 ; m. Joseph Loring, of Lexington.
15 Sarah, b. June 16, 1687.
16 Abigail, b. May 20, 1689 ; d. Aug. 13, 1691.
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+Ebenezer, b. Sept. 12, 1692 ; m.
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JONATHAN FISKE m. Abigail His name first appears upon the Lex. parish records in 1707, when Corp'l Jonathan Fiske was chosen one of the assessors. He was also a subscriber for the purchase of the Common in 1711; though the ch. records show that his dan. Abigail was bap. in 1704, when he o. c. He and his wife Abigail united with the ch. Oct. 24, 1708. He had a family of four- teen children, five of whom were born in Lex. and the rest in Sud- bnry, to which place he removed about 1713, where he was a deacon. Ile and his wife were dismissed to the Sudbury ch. in 1718. His will, dated Nov. 13, 1742, mentions wife Abigail, five sons and seven dau., two of his children probably having died before that period.
11-18 Abigail, bap. July 23, 1704; m. Samuel Parris.
19 Jonathan, bap. June 9, 1706 ; not mentioned in his father's will.
20 Kezia, bap. Aug. 8, 1708; m. -- Noyes.
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Lydia, bap. April 16, 1710; m. - Patterson.
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Mary, bap. June 30, 1712; m. Feb. 1, 1739, Nathaniel Fiske, of Weston.
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