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v. Benj.,7 Jan. 31, '17. m. Pyrena Young, rs. S. Weym., and has, Samuel M.,8 Henry C., Walter C.8
VI. Thais,7 June 13, '15, m. Chs. Totman, has Anthony L., who rs S. W. 48. 75. David,6 m. Oct. 26, 1800, Hannah Holbrook, " his cous.," 2d, Chloe Pratt. 1814, was a very judicious and efficient man and devout Christian, and d. Aug. 19, '44, greatly lamented, r. S. Weym. ; I. Lucy,7 Nov. 2, 1801, d. May 29, 1827, unm. ; II. Laura,7 Dec. 28, 1803, died young ; III. Mary,7 Oct. 24, 1807, d. Feb. 24, 1825 ; Iv. Jason,7 May 30, 1810, m. Caroline White, Nov. 29, 1832, r. W., had Jason S.,8 Hanh. T.,8 Geo.,8 Fred H.8
50. 79. James,6 m. Hannah Bates, 1803, r. S. Weym. ; I. Orin," July 23, 1804, m. Oet. 14, 1824, Lydia T. Vining, had Charles Everett and Geo. A .; II. Minot,7 Nov. 22, 1805, m. Sep. 30, 1829, Lavinia Littlefield, r. do. III. Edmond,7 Nov. S, 1808, d. unm., at W. ; Iv. Louisa, Nov. 14, 1812 ; v. James,7 Jan. 31, 1815 or 16, m. Eliz. Jane Terrell, r. S. Wey. ; VI. Hannah, Mar. 27, 1817, m. Alanson Cushing, Aug. 14, 1834 ; vn. Wm.,7 Mar. 20, 1820, m. July 18, 1839, Lucy B. Sampson, r. do. ; VIII. Jeremiah," Dec. 15, 1821, m. Elizabeth Hunt, r. do. Lucy Ann, May 15, 1827; Ix. Cornelius,7 Jan. 9, 1822, gone to California ; x. Belinda, Feb. 14, 1825 ; XI. Lucy Ann, May 15, 1827.
51. 87. Jacob,6 m. Dolly Blanchard, r. S. Weym. ; I. Ruth,7 Nov. 24, 1811, m. Luther Dyer, and d. without issue ; II. Tho.,7 July 22, 1813, m. Mary A. Read, rs. E. Weym., has, Tho. F.,8 and Ruth.8
III. Jacob, Dec. 13, 1818, m. Betsey Jane Torrey, rs. S. Weym., has, Orin P.,8 and Chs. Sumner.8
53. 91. Daniel,6 m. Deborah Shaw ; 2d, Lydia T. (Vining) Holbrook, rs. E. Ab. I. Daniel Alden,7 d. unm. ; II Osbert, m. Catherine Holbrook, his cous., r. do. ; III. David,7 rs. unm., at do. ; IV. Quincy,7 m. Sarah Leavett, r. do. v. John,7 rs. unm., at do. ; VI. Wm.,7 rs. do. do .; VII. Eliza Ann,7 m. Ad- dison Pratt, rs. E. Bridgewater ; VIII. Sarah, m. Jas. Gardner, rs. E. Ab.
55. 100. Nathaniel,6 m. Mehetabel Torrey, Dec. 17, 1792, r. Weym., had, 1. Cyrus,7 Oct. 6, 1793, rs. unm., S. Weym. ; II. Betsey,7 Feb. 14, 1796, m. Tho. Whitman, rs. S. Weymouth, has Benj. W.
111. David,7 Sep. 26, 1799, m. Ann Rice, Oct. 4, 1821, rs. S. Weym., has, I. Betsey, m. Joshua C. Sprague ; II. Ann M., m. Joseph Vining.
Iv. Ludovicus,7 Sep. 4, 1805, i. Jane V. Tirrell, Jan. 19, 1825.
I. Richmond A.,8 July 17, 1826, m. Emeline W. Terrell, rs. S. Wey., has, Emma F.9
II. Ludovicus, July 11, '33, d. Dec. 17, '45 ; III. Sarah J., Mar. 17, '35, d. Oct. 7, '42; iv. Nathl. E., Nov. 7, '44, d. Sep. 27, '45 ; v. Leonard ()., Jan. 25. '46, r. S. Wey.
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John ? Holbrook,1 is presumed to have been early of Weymouth, and the brother of Tho.,1 of W. [see p. 108], and the father of the following children, whom numerous circumstances indicate to have been brothers. If he was not one of the two, he had either deceased prior to the declining of a Tho. and John Holbrook to remove to Rehoboth, in 1644, or removed with his sons to Dorchester, now Milton, or perhaps to the N. part of Stoughton, where the necessity for a removal would have been answered in a wide range for their cattle, and in wet prairies for hay.
8. 2. 1. Tho.,2 b. pr. ab. 1627, at Wey., d. Ap. 11, 1705, r. Dorch., 1645 -- '52, and Sherborn, 1652-1705. [Sco Ch I. ]
II. Richard,2 who with Wm. Daniel, of Dorch., took the freeman's oath, May 10, 1648, pr. removed to Huntington, Long Island, [Farmer. ] He seems to have been induced to purchase a house lot at Sherborn, where he was rated 83d. in 1686, but never r. there.
III. Margaret,? who m., as his 2d w., in 1656, Nicholas Rocket, of Medfield, neighbor to Tho. Holbrook," then of Bogistow, afterwards Sherborn, was pr. the sis. of Tho.," or his sis .- in-law, the wid. of his late brother Nathaniel.2
Iv. John," a tanner, was of Roxb., 1667, and of Dorchr., 1671, d. at Roxb., Dec. 25, 1678, m. Elizabeth -, who by her 2d hus., had her last child, Jan. 16, 1682-3. He also became the owner of a house lot at Sherborn where he or his estate was also rated Sad, 1686. He never r. at S. [See Ch. IL.]
v. Daniel,2 " Brother of John, of Roxb.," d. 1673, m. Miriam -- , r. Ded., Roxb., Dorchr. [See Ch. III. ]
VI .? Samuel,2 senr., of W., m. Mary -- , named a dau. Hopestill, as if in affectionate remembrance of a deceased dau. of his supposed brother Tho.,? of Sherborn, who was unm. in 1696. According to Judge Mitchell's His. of Bridgewater, Samuel, " late of Weym.," d. about 1696, leaving 7 children and three daugs. married. He left no son, grd. son or nephew bearing his name ; but the first grandchild of Tho.,2 of Sherborn, b. after his death, and whose name, according to almost invariable usage, should have been Tho., was called Samuel : and the amount of intercourse kept up by the Holbrooks of Sherborn, with those of Weym., would indicate that the seat of the family continued at Weym., and that their nearest and most confidential and helpful relatives resided there. Further than this, I have discovered no reason for arranging his name as I have done. The names given to his children were nearly identical with those of the other Weym. Holbrooks. If Judge Mitchell has made no mistake, he could not have been Samuel, No. 13, Ch. I., Part I., who d. 1695, at Weymouth, leaving also 7 children, and 3 of them daus. Tho., senr.'s will renders it improbable that this Samuel was his son. [Sce Ch. Iv. ]
VII. Nathaniel, pr., who pr. dicd without issue, for whom Tho.,? at Sherborn, named his oldest son.
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2. 8. Thomas Holbrook," in company with Geo. Allen & Anthony Fisher, of Dor- chester, was admitted to the freeman's oath, May, 1645, implying that he was already a member of the Chh. and of age. In 1648, he purchased of Elizabeth, wid. of Col. Israel Stoughton, 30 acres of land in Dorch. This was the first real estate in D. discovered to have been owned by one of the name On 8, (3mo. ) 1652, he with Nicholas Wood and Andrew Pitcher, of D. [now Milton ] purchased of Richard Parker, of Bos., to whom it had been granted by the Gen. Court, in 1649, 535 acres in the woods, on the W. side of Charles R., now in the S. E. part of Sherborn, including the lower meadows on Sewall's Br. This they so divided as to give him building sites where Dexter Amsden resides, and at Death's Bridge. He built his first house at the latter place, where the trace is still to be seen, and where he raised an extensive orchard, with the produce of which he prac- tised such hospitality as secured his buildings from the torch of the enemy while those of his nearest neighbor on the other side of the stream were laid in ashes. In 1657 he petitioned for the high rocky point E. of Parker's grant, now called the Neek, and the Gen. Court granted him 50 acres, he purchasing 43 acres more of the government, including the entire tract between their first purchase and the R. In 1662 and '74 he signed petitions for the incorporation of S., and became one of the proprietors of this extensive township. In 1666, he had erected a new dwelling house where Dexter Amsden resides, and that year deeded 80 acres of his first purchase of Parker, to his brother-in-law, Henry Leland, who had already occupied it 12 years. In 1682, he owned 300 acres of the early grants, and with the nine other owners extinguished the Indian claims. In 1682 and '84, he drew 112 aeres of the common lands of S., and in 1686 he out of 40 freeholders, was rated the 4th in amount to satisfy the Indian claims to these lands. He served as selectman in 1690, and was one of the six brethren to constitute the Chh. in S., at its formation, in 1685. He d. Apl. 11, 1705.
Tho. Holbrook,2 senr., of Sherborn, made his will May, 1704, giving his home- stead to his son, Eleazer; and all his neck of land in S., except a piece of meadow, to his son, Tho. To his son, Nathaniel, he gave his little lot (} acre) near [S. W. of ] the Meeting-house, also a lot S. of Brown's meadow, and the piece of meadow above excepted. To his son, John, he gave 20 acres of his 1st dividend land, next to Abraham Cousins'. To his dau., Experience McIntosh, £10, and 18 acres, another part of his first division of common lands, near Cousins'. To his dau., Hannah Battle, £10, and 5 acres of his first dividend land, near C's. To Patience Leland, £10, and 15 acres (the Hope-field), near do., and 2 acres and 40 rods, near her husband's house ; and to Susanna Morse, wife of Daniel M., he made similar bequests. To his grandchildren, Edmund, Margaret and Elizabeth Morse, children of his dau., Bethia Morse, £8, viz., " £5 to the boy, and 20s. apiece to the girls, when of age." Eleazer was exr. ; and Ebenr., Jeremiah and Joseph Daniell, senr., witnesses. Will, probated Apl. 23, 1705. [ Mid. Prob. ] He m. 1st, Experience ? Leland, dau. of Hopestill L., by w. Experience, ? of Weymouth, and sis. of Henry L., of S .; and 2d, Hannah Shepard, 28 (3), 1656, at Medfd., and pr. fr. Weym., who d. Aug. 28, 1668; and 3d, Margaret Bouker, fr. Weym., dau. of a Swede, Jan. 26, 1668-9, who d. Apl. 9, 1690; and 4th, Mary Rogers, of Weym., Oct. 31, 1693. His partiality to the females of W., indicates that he had been reared among them. He had
1. Experience," m. Wm. MeIntosh, r. Dedham ; 11. Abigail,3 baptized at
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Dorchester, May 22, 1648, pr. d. yg. ; III. Hannah,3 m. John Battle, of Dedham, in 1678 ; Iv. Nathaniel,3 Mar. 6, 1658, d. Nov. 6, 1676, killed by a tree ;
13. 9. v. Tho.,3 Sep. 2, 1659 ; d. 1717-18, m. Mary Bouker ; 2d, Mary -, both fr. Weym. ;
15. 10. VI. Eleazer,8 Dec. 20, 1660, d. Feb. 28, 1725-6, m. Sarah Pond, fr. Ded. ; VII. Patience,3 Jan. 27, 1669 -- 70, d. Oct. 5, 1740, m. Hopestill Leland ; VIII. Hopestill,3 a dau., 2 (5), 1671, d. yg. This was a female name in the raee of John1 ;
18 11. Ix. John,3 d. Feb. 28, 1740, m. ab. 1694, Silence Wood, b. Feb. 1675 -- 6 ; x. Bethia,3 d. prior to May, 1704, m. Samuel Morse, b. Aug. 10, 1676 ; XI. Susanna,3 d. 1717, m. 1696, Daniel Morse, who was b. Jly. 10, 1672;
. 23. 12. XII. Nathaniel3; 2d, June 20, 1677, d. Oct. 14, 1716, m. for his last wife, Elizabeth Sheffield, Jan. 18, 1714 -- 15.
9. 13. Tho.,3 inherited the homestead at Death's Bridge, served as a constable, 1694; surveyor, '95 and '98 ; tythingman, 1702, commissioner of assess- ments, '06 and '09, and selectman, 1710. He made his will, May 23, 1713, giving to his widow, Mary, the improvement of all his estate, until his s. Samuel should become of age, when he should possess one-half of bis homestead, and all his meadow in Medfd., and she the whole of his estate at Weym., in lands that came by her. After her decease, Sam. should inherit all his lands. To his dau., Lydia, he gave £5, and to Thankful, when of age, £60. To his grd. s., Eleazer Perry, he gave £20. Mary was sole exr. Will proved, Mar. 13, 1717-18. Edmd. Gookin and Wm. Rider, witns. He m. Mary Bowker, Jan. 20, 1684, who d. Dec. 1692; and 2d, Mary, fr. Weym., whose will, proved Nov. 18, 1737, gave £3 to the chh., and consid- erable sums to dau. Thankful and "her 11 grd. children." He had I. Mary, Feb. 26, 1685, m. Eleazer Perry, 1705; II. Lydia, Sep. 6, 1694, d. 1723-6, m. Doct. Jona. Fairbanks, of S. ;
25 14. III. Samuel,4 Aug. 23, 1699, m. Kezia Morse ; IV. Thankful,4 June 21, 1705, m. Wm. Barron, for 2d w., and had Wm.
10. 15. Eleazer,8 Hn., inherited the N. part of the homestead, and resided where Dexter Amsden does. He served as commissioner, 6 years, selectman, 4 years ; representative, 1711 and '20. He drew in 1715, in Doug., 77 acres, and d. intestate, 1725-6, the proprietor of 300 acres, in Holl., and his estate was inventoried at £2,084 13. 6d.
27. 16. I. Daniel,4 May 8, 1699, m. Elizabeth Clark, fr. Medfd. ; II. Abigail,4 Mar. 1701-2, m. Joseph Perry, of S., and inherited £174 ;
32. 17. III. Eleazer,4 Feb. 26, 1704-5, m. Deborah Bullard, dg. of Cpt. Sam .; IV. Sarah,4 Oct. 20, 1707, d. yg. ; v. Anne, 4 who was in her 15th year, May 3, 1726, had her br., Eleazer, for her guardian.
11. 18. John,3 m. Silenee Wood, b. Feb. 22, 1675-6, whose father, Jona. W., was massacred by Indians the day before, and her mother expired soon after. She d. intestate, May 11, 1756. Her husband had d. intestate about 15 ys. previous ; and Ezra, their son, was now, June 3, '56, appointed admr. to settle such of their estates as the heirs had not already settled. John served as constable, 1697; sealer of leather, 1705-32 ; commissioner of assess- ments, 1715 ; tythingman, '04; selectman, 6 ys. ; and representative, 1722. He settled, where Jona. Holbrook, one of his descendants, resides, on his wife's estate, inherited from her father. He had
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35. 19. 1. John,' Mar. 22, 1694-5, m. Ruth Hill, and d. at Mendon, 1756; II. Elizabeth, Jly. 22, 1696, d. 1782, m. Joseph Twitchill, Mar. 27, 1718; and 2d, Dea. James Whitney, and was the mother of the Hon. Daniel Whitney, of S., and the gr. grd. mother of Amos Twitchell, M. D., of Keene, N. H .;
39. 20. ITT. Jona.,4 Dec. 21, 1699, d. 1754, m. Abigail Breck ; Iv. Joseph,4 May 1, 1702, d. Mar. 13, '25-6, um. ;
41. 21. v. Ezra,4 Ens., May 16, '09, d. Nov. 10, '86, m. Grace Cooledge ; 22. vr. Joshua,4 Aug. 22, '14, d. Nov. 1, 1740, um., and intestate.
12. 23. Nathaniel,3 1st Mary Morse, daughter of Jona., by w. Elizabeth Barbour ; and 2d, Elizabeth Sheffield ; but by the latter had no issue. He drew land in Doug., 1715, and d. intestate, 1716. At his funeral, £6 were expended for gloves. Administration was granted, Nov. 20, 1716, to his wid., Eliza- beth, who m. 2d, Geo. Blanchard, of Killingly, Ct., from whence she and husband, 11 years after, petitioned for allowance, and gave in an account of her administration, " so far as she had proceeded." Nathaniel was pr. a cordwainer, and settled on the lot bequeathed him, S. W. of the Meeting- house common ;
· 45. 24. I. Nathaniel,4 Sep. 13, 1701, d. June 3, 1774, was left to be brought up by his grandfather, Jona. Morse, who gave him a deed of his farm, on the N. side of the Lake, on which is now kept a house of entertainment. He m. Sarah Sanger.
14. 25. Samuel,4 inherited the ancient homestead at Death's Bridge, drew 21 acres at Doug., 1730. He served as surveyor, 1725 ; assessor, '29; con- stable, '30 ; and selectman, 7 ys. He m. Kezia Morse, Sep. 4, 1718, dau. of Cpt. Joseph M., who d. Feb. 18, '54; and 2d, Elizabeth, pr. wid. of Joseph Daniels, of Med., and had I. Hannah,5 Sep. 11, 1720, m. Ephm. Perry, 1742, and d. 1744, without issue ; II. Tho., Apl. 21, '23, d. yg. ; 26. III. Asa,5 Jan. 17, '25 -- 6, d. Jly. 28, '73, m. Mary Rider, Mar. 30, '56 ; IV. Kezia,5 Aug. 23, '29, m. Aaron Daniels, of Med., had only Kezia,6 who m. Jona. Hill, of Med., and inherited all her grd. father H.'s estate ; v. Lydia,5 Aug. 12, '34 ; and no further reported.
Samuel seems to have survived all his children ; or the division of his estate was postponed until after the decease of his son, Asa ; for, I find that his farm of 195 acres, at Death's Bridge, Dec. 7, 1773, " was ordered and assigned to his grd. dau., Kezia, the wife of Jona. Hill ; provided, that if any other lawful heirs or heir shall appear, then she or her heirs shall refund to them their proportional part of the value of the same." Elizabeth, wid. of Samuel, at the same time relinquished to Hill, for £40, her right of dower ; and Kezia and her husband afterwards sold the place to Henry Death, and thus it passed out of the race of the Holbrooks, and is now owned and occupied by Mr. Charles A. How.
16. 27. Daniel,' removed to Wrentham ab. 1722; drew 82 acres in Doug., 1715, and '30, m. Elizabeth Clark, fr. Medfd., and bad
J. Miriam," Jly. 16, 1723, m. Daniel Kingsbury, Esq., of Walpole ;
53. 28. 11. David," Dea., June 10, '26, m. Lydia Bragg ; 2d, Abigl. Blake ; 59. 29. ITI. Daniel," Apl. 5, '29, d. Jan. 17, 1807, " a worthy example and loss to the chh. ; "'
61. 30. iv. James," Apl. 11, '31, d. Feb. 1, 1815, m. Ilannah Fisher ; 2d, Mary Morse ;
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31. v. Amos,5 Mar. 12, '34-5, m. Lydia Kingsbury, Dec., 1766, settled at Worcester, and was killed by a fall from a hayloft, leaving two children.
17. 32. Eleazer,4 inherited the N. half of the ancient homestead in S., and r., where Amsden does, was selectman, 1745, m. Deborah Bullard, b. Nov. 9, 17-, m. Apl. 4, '28, d. Feb. 10, '54, daughter of Cpt. Samuel B., by w. Deb. Atherton.
79. 33. I. Eleazer,5 Oct. 2, 1729, m. Kezia Leland ; II. Benj.,5 Jan. 15, '30-1, d. Apl. 2, '31 ; III. Sarah,5 June 6, '32 ;
81. 34. IV. Abel,5 Aug. 12, '34, m. Lydia Leland ; v. Deborah," Jly. 26, '37, d. Ang. 15, '44 ; VI. Anne, Nov. 16, '39, d. Aug. 15, '44; VII. Samuel,5 Apl. 30, '36, d. May 11, '36 ; VIII. Mary, Apl. 29, '41, d. June 18, '41.
19. 35. John,4 is presumed to have settled first on the homestead, by Holbrook's Mills, and to have sold to his brothers, Jona. and Joshua, who held the place in common, until both had deceased, which was the occasion of much trouble to heirs, administrators and guardians. He m. Ruth Hill, Mar. 13, 1718 -- 19, drew 37 acres in Doug., 1730, and about 1733, removed to Mendon. He had 36. I. Wm.,5 May 24, 1719; II. Silence, Mar. 23, '23 -- 4, m. - Goodale ; III. Ruth," Dec. 28, '26, m. - Eames ; iv. Elizabeth,5 June 6, '30, um. in '56;
37. v. John,5 Aug. 28, '33 ; vr. Sarah,5 b. pr. at Mendon ,
38. VII. Moses,5 b. pr. do., had Ephm. Sherman for his guardian. John, 4 their father, was three times married. Ilis will, proved Apl. 27, 1756, gave John3 half of all his lands in Graftonyand Douglas, and Moses the other half. To Wm.'s portion he added 3 acres of intervale, near Cpt. Leland's, now Leland station, in Grafton. [Worces. Prob.]
20. 39. Jona.,4 m. Abigail Breck, Nov. 5, 1730, who. d. Mar. 30, '75, a. 70. He inherited the homestead, (now occupied by Jona. Holbrook, his gr. grd. s.,) in common with his brother Joshua ; was selectman of S., 1749-66, and d. intestate. Administration was granted to his wid., Abigail, and inven- tories of his estate (appraised at £3,113 16s.), presented, May 20, 1754, and she appointed guardian of the three youngest children, but did not succeed in the execution of the trust to the satisfaction of all parties concerned or of her neighbors. They had I. Abigail,5 May 8, 1732, m. Joshua Morse ; II. Mchetabel,5 Mar. 7, '33 -- 4, d. Jan. 18, '54 ; III. Joseph,5 Dec. 26, '37, d. Dec. 19, '40 ; Iv. Silence,5 Nov. 7, '41, d. Aug. 15, '75, m. Micah Holbrook ;
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50. 40. v. Jona.,5 June 30, '43, d. Nov. 2, '76, from a wound at the Battle at White Plains ; VI. Hannah,5 Dec. 15, '45.
21. 41. Ezra,4 settled upon the farm and built the house now owned and occupied by Dalton Goulding, Esq., of S., served 4 ys. as selectman, m. Grace Cooledge, Nov. 30, 1738, dau. of Isaac C., Esq., who d. Apl. 5, 1780. He d. Nov. 10, '86 ; and his homestead was settled upon his s., Joshua.
I. Elizabeth,5 Sep. 8, 1739 ; II. Mary, Jan. 19, '41-2, d. Dec. 3, '42;
106. 42. III. Joshua,5 Oct. 31, '43, m. Experience Dana, Jan. 4, '87 ; 52. 43. IV. Joseph,5 Nov. 3, '45, m. Mary Parker ;
140. 44. v. Tho.,5 Feb. 1, '47-8, a gunsmith, m. Sally Dana, Jan. 18, '81; VI. Mary,5 Jly. 5, '50, d. Mar. 2, '54.
24. 45. Nathaniel,4 settled N. E. of the Lake; the W. part of whose farm has become an attractive watering place. He was a very shrewd man ; served
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S. 4 ys., as selectman, m. Aug. 20,1728, Sarah Sanger, dau. of Richd. S., by w. Elizabeth Morse, and aunt to Rev. Dr. Sanger, formerly of Bridge- water. His will, dated Jan. 18, 1773, and probated, June 14, '74, gave his homestead to his son, Moses, requiring him to keep 2 cows and a horse for his wid. Sarah, and pay her one-fourth of the produce of the land ; and to take care of a helpless dau., Azuba. To s., Micha, he gave £23, and half his lands in Doug., and to s. James, the other half. To dau., Mary Babcock, Hannah Whitney and Mercy Twitchell, he gave 50s. each. To his s., Nathaniel, whom he had already settled on the W. half of his farm, he gave 5s., charging him to see to the execution of his will. His wid. is said to have attained almost to her 100th year, and to have d. at Templeton. Nathaniel,4 had 46. 1. James," Aug. 3, '29, d. Sep. 2, '74, m. Sibilla Clark, r. S. ;
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69. 47. IT. Micah,5 Feb. 14, '31-2 ; III. Mary,5 Oct. 31, '33, m. Mal. Babcock, r. S .;
76. 48. IV. Nathaniel,5 Dec. 9,'36, d. June 3, '74; v. Azubah, May 31, '39 ; VI. Hannah,5 June 3, '41, m. John Whitney ; VII. Mercy,5 Oct. 4, '43, m. Jos. Twitchell, of Dub. ;
77. 49. VIII. Moses,5 Nov. 21, '45, m. Rachel Death, r. S. and Templeton,
40. 50. Jona.,5 w. Mary Ware, m. Dec. 6, 1770, d. Apl. 7, '74; 2d, Sarah Bedlow, m. May 9, '76, r. Sh., had I. Mehetable," Oct. 6, '71, d. Dec. 26, '80 ; II. Mary,6 Feb. 6, '74, d. Mar. 1, '74.
82. 51. III. Jona., Jly. 19, '76, d. Sep. 10, 1848.
43. 52. Joseph,5 w., Mary Parker, m. Jly. 1, 1779, d. Mar. 17, '97. He was a blacksmith ; sold, in 1802, the farm on which Capt. Jacob Pratt, rs., and was then of Weston ; had I. Polly,6 Oct. 3, '81; II. Nancy," Jan. 15, '93, at S., Joseph, '80, Ezra, '83, John, '90.
28. 53. David,5 weaver, w., Lydia Bragg, m. Jan. 22, 1746-7, d. Sep. 8, '67 ; 2d w., Abigail Blake, m. Jan. 8, 1770. His will, probated June 4, 1793, settled the homestead upon his s., David, and divided a library to 10 chil- dren ; r. Wrentham, had
89. 54. I. David,6 Feb. 10, 1747 -- 8;
II. Chloe, Nov. 8, '49, m. - Farrington ; 55. III. Adan,6 Apl. 22, '52 ; Iv. Lydia, Jan. 10, '54, m. - Crooks ; v. Olive, May 25, '56 ; VI. Lois, June 10, '58; VII. Luther,6 Mar. 22, '61, d. Sep. 20, '72;
86. 56. VIII. Darius,6 Dec. 6, '70, r. Bos. and Dor., and had Darius B., of New York ; Ix. Susanna, Nov. 11, '72, d. yg. ; 57. x. Amos,6 Apl. 20, '77, d. in N. J. ;
58. xI. Luther,6 Mar. 16, '80, rs. Chicago ; XII. Calvin,6 named 2d in his father's will, with 9 other children.
29. 59. Daniel,5 w. Esther Hall, m. May 29, 1751, d. Dec. 22, 1806, had at Wrentham, I Jacob,6 Jan. 21, 1752, d. Apl. 24, '81, without issue ; II. Molly,6 Apl. 11, '53, m. Isaac Newton, r. Worc., had 11 children ; III. Abigail,6 Oct. 23, '55, d. of consumption, '77, um. ;
92. 60. IV. Daniel," Feb. 14, '57, d. Apl. 17, 1839. He was a soldier of the Revolution ; m. Mary (Edwards) Holbrook, Oct. 9, 1800. I. Eliza E.,7 Nov. 11, 1802, at W. ; II. Mary B.,7 Jan. 13, 1804, m. Silas J. Hol- brook ; III. Geo. E.,7 Cpt., Sep. 13, 1806, m. Clarissa Turner, r. N. Wrenth., had 1. Silas P.,8'37 ; IT. Geo. E.,8'39 ; In. Mary E.,8 '44;
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v. Esther,6 Feb. 4, 1761, d. Nov. 10, 1808, m. Dea. Joseph Ware, of W .; VI. Josiah,6 Rev., A. M., Jan. 19, '65, grad. at B. U., '88, s. as a clergy- man at Beaufort, S. C., d. 1798, with the stranger's fever ; VII. George,6 b. 1763, d. 1846, was a distinguished musician, and extensively known as a bell founder, r. Brookfield and Medway, m., had I. George,7 Col., m. Louisa Harding, rs. E. Medway, and carries on the Bell Foundry, and the manufactory of organs, has I. Edwin L.,8 m. Abby D. Hills ;
II. 'H. Evalina,8 m. John Baker, of Ded. ;
VIII. Paul,6 Rev., Nov. 9, 1768, d. Oct. 3, 1824, m. Lucy Snow, b. 1778, d. Sep. 15, 1803. Rev. Paul m. 2d, Nancy Hamet, b. Mar. 11, 1786 ; s. at Montpelier, Vt., and about 1800, was ordained among the Freewill Bap- tists, and much beloved and respected for his active benevolence and purity of life. He had I. Sarali S.,7 1798 ; m. Junius B. Davis, r. Plainfield, Vt. ; II. Silas J.,7 June 7, 1802, m. Oct. 29, 1835, Mary B. Hol- brook, and had Daniel J.,8 June 30, '39. He rs. at N. Wrenth, and is the author of a little vol. of useful Hymns.
III. Mary E.,7 Oct. 1, 1808, m. Hiram H. Hart, rs. Montpelier ; IV. Lucy E.,7 Dec. 3, 1811, m. Amasa Cummings, rs. M. ;
Ix. Silas,6 b. 1768, d. at W., Mar. 3, 1800, was prepared to enter the senior class at B. U., and became a teacher at Beaufort, S. C., m. Mary Edwards, and had 1. John E.,7 Dec. 30, 1794, grad. B. U., 1815 ; studied medicine with Dr. Ingalls, of Bos. ; m. Harriet P. Rutledge, and rs. at at Charleston, S. C. ; II. Silas P.,7 b. June 1, 1796, grad. at B. U., 1815 : studied law with Wm. Sullivan, of Boston ; m. Esther Gourdin, r. Bos. and Medfield, wrote much for the Boston Courier and other papers, and was the author of a popular journal, entitled, Spectacles. He was naturally of an amiable disposition, led an irreproachable life, and showed the highest regard for religion. He d. at Pineville, S. C., May 26, 1835.
30. 61. James,5 w., Hanh. Fisher, m. Nov. 26, 1753, d. Aug. 21, '55, a. 22; 2d w., Mary Morse, dg. of Henry M., of Attleboro', [sce p. 78, of my memorial of the Morses ], b. May 4, 1732, m. May 13, '56, r. W., had
95. 62. I. James,6 Jly. 24, '54, d. Nov. 30, 1843, m. Olive Smith, fr. Medfd, and had Olive,7 May 4, 1789;
98. 63. II. Henry,6 May 2, '57, d. a. 66, m. Martha Perry, fr. Medfd., r. Medfd .; 64. III. Elihu,6 Jly. 3, '60, m. Polly Bugbee, s. in Keen, had I. Henry, who rs. in Bos. ; II. John F. ; III. Fanny ; IV. Mary ;
IV. Hannah, Oct. 8, '63, m. Jesse Daniels, r. Medfd. ;
93. 65. v. Samuel,6 Sep. 27, '68, m. Lois Fisher ; 2d, Mary Fisher, Jly. 3, 1798.
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