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II. Sally,7 Oct. 11, 1779, m. Jes. Smith, of W., and had 1 sona and 5 dgs.3 III. Warren,' July 22, 1781, d. Oet. 28, 1851.
IV. Rebecca,' June 15, 1783, m. Jona. Morrison, of Peterboro', N. H., and 2d, Albina Fairbanks, of Smithfield, N. Y., and had by the former, 3 sons," and by the latter 2 sons8 and 1 dg,8 and rs. a wid. with her s. Ira Fairbanks, at Wooster, O.
v. Geo. W.,7 July 12, 1785, a twin, and d. July 14, '85.
VI. Fanny P.,7 July 12, '85, rs. unm. at W.
VIT. Samuel,7 Aug. 24, 1787, m. Hanh Basset, fr. Now Salem ; rs. Sheri- dan, N. Y., had 1, Samuel,8 Warren," and 2 more sons and 3 dgs.8
VIII. Rufus,7 Juno 27, 1789, m. Clarissa Glover, and 2d, Sally ( Wilson) Adams ; rs. Leicester ; had by the former 1, Henry,8 2, Sarah,8 3, Wil- liam,8 4, Charles," 5, Francis," 6, Eliza,8 7, Geo. W.,8 b. Jan. 18, 1828 ; rs. Newton Falls, In. Mary A. Martin, had Ada,? (d.) Clarissa,? (d.)
Ix. John,7 July 5, 1791, d. July 24, 1841, m. Abigail Witt, fr. Dana ; rs. Petersham, had 1, John, and 3 dgs.5
x. Frost,7 June 10, 1793, m. at Elkland, Pa. Junia Osterhout ; rs. Nel- son, Tioga Co., l'a. ; had 1, Sarah F.," Oct. 1825 ; m. Mar. 12, '49, C'has. Ilost, of Elkland, and has two chd.,? 2, Mahala," Feb. 28, '27, m. Apl., '46, Orrin Crandall, and d. Apl. 22, '51, leaving Parker," William,? and Emogine,9 3, Emily, May 15, '29, d. Mar. 3, '47; 4, Thurza,8 Nov. 14, '31 ; 5, Gerusha," Aug. 15, '34; 6, Phebe Ann,' oct. 24, '37.
XI. Mary Eddy,7 Sept. 17, 1795, rs. unm. at Worcester.
46,283. Samuel," Dea. d. May 29, 1804, w. Lucy Hubbard, dg. of Nathan & Mary II., of Groton, and b. Aug. 29, 1757 ; m. Jan. 19, '80, ard d. May 12, 1848, r. G. bad
I. Samuel,6 Nov. 19, 1781, d. May 9, 1851, m. No. 19, 1818, Anna Houghton, b. Apl. 4, 1781, at Winchester, N. H. d. May 3, 1834, and
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2d, Lucy Weston, Mar. 12, 1840, who was b. Mar. 11, 1789, and d. Apl. 15, 1843, and had
1, Samuel Curtis,7 Jan. 4, 1820, rs. unm. at Springfield, an armorer, and machinist, and efficient member of the Cong'l Chb., has taken much interest in his genealogy, restored and published that of his brothers and cousins, as here introduced, but has been betrayed by another into statements relative to his Puritan sire, unauthorized by records or reliable traditions.
2. Albert Smith,7 Mar. 10, '23; m. at Palmer, Nov. 27,'51, Har- riet Josephine Clark, b. at Dedh. Mar. 15, '32, rs. at Beaver Dam, Wis. and had Albert E.,8 July 16, '53, d. Jan. 12, '55, and Carlos Smith,8 Oct. 23, '54.
3. James Sidney," Aug. 21, '24 ; rs. Beaver Dam.
II. Sewell,6 June 22, 1783, m. Jan. 11, 1814, Lucy Moors, dg. of Jo- seph M., Esq., of Groton, and b. Dec. 26, 1790, d. Feb. 5, 1855 ; rs. G., had 1, Caroline,7 June 9, 1816, and 2, Charles,7 Sept. 30, '22.
III. Elisha,6 Dec. 11, 1784, d. Dec. 13, '86. Iv. Lucinda,6 Nov. 8,' 86. v. Curtis,6 Aug. 22, '88, d. Sept. 7, 1843. VI. James,6 Sept. 9, '90, d. July 28, '95.
VII. John8, June 29, '92, m. Jan. 23, 1823, Christiana Patterson, at Lu- nenburg, b. Apl 29, 1800 ; had 1, Walter P.,7 Jan. 4, '24, d. Apl 9, '55, m. Aug. 18, '50, Nancy, Shumway, fr. Townsend, Vt., b. Mar.
31, 1814 ; bad Agnes Sophia,8 Mar. 2, '52, d. Feb. 18, '53, and Ann Walter,8 Apl 11, '55.
VIII. Thomas,6 Apl 7, 1794, d. Aug. 17, '95. Ix. James,6 Feb. 4, 1797. I. Abel,6 Jan. 27, 1799, d. Nov. 21, 1828.
No. 249. 294. Josiah Adams Rockwood,7 Esq., a gent. of standing and respec- tability, inberits the enviable place of his ancestors at Bare Hill,* which about 1779 was detached fr. Hopk. and annexed to Upton.
May 26, 1714, the G. C. confirmed to Wm. Torry a grant of 515 acres near Mendon, on the road fr. M. to Marlboro'. In 1718-19 Eben'r Cook and Benj. Thayer gave a quit claim of their interest in this traet to Oliver Hayward, of Bell, who in 1716 had rec'd fr. his father, Wm. H., another quit claim to the same. Mar. 17, 1720-21, Oliver H. for £143 sold 333} acres of this land to Lt. (Rev.) John Rockwood,3 and Jasper Adams, then " both of Medway." Apl 15, 1729, Jasper A., reserving 142 acres of the E. part, gave Lt. R. a quit claim to the remainder, who Dec. 4, 1729, deeded to his s. John4 291 acres of the original grant, who ab. this time took possession and began im- provements. Jan. 10, 1759, John R.' gave his s. John5 a deed of half his real estate of 244 acres in Hopk. and elsewhere," who by his will in 1786 left it to Josiah and his oth- er sons, through whom most of it has passed into the hands of the present occupant, who has only adopted children to possess it.
No. 275. 295. Joseph Monro, by w. Elizabeth H. Bixby, had (see page 231.)
ERRATA.
No. 146. Ebenezer Rockwood,6 Esq. m. Sept. 9, 1807, Elizabeth Breese Hazard, (not Abigail) b. at New York, and had 1, Abigail Arthur,7 Sept. 22, 1808 ; 2, Ebenezer Hazard,7 Aug. 1, 1810 ; 4, Charles Greene.
No. 75. 2d line, for Mendon read Hopk.
No. 83. " Benj.3 ?" was not the s. of John,4 but pr. of Benj. No. 72.
No. 89 before which for 259 read 113.
. There was another Bare Hill in Mendon, now Milford.
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I. Ann Elizabeth,? May 10, '43; II. John, Feb. 10, '46; III. Lydia Maria, May 31, '48 ; IV. Susan Alice, Apl. 5, '51 ; v. Mary Agnes, Dec. 10, '53 ;
VII. John,8 Jan. 25, '21, m. Mary Ray, rs. Milford ; VIII. Emily,8 June 2, '23, m. Joseph Ray, of Blackstone; Ix. Abby A.,8 May 30, '26, m. L. Halsey Cook, of Milford.
GRADUATES.
No. 140. Ebenezer Rockwood, A. B., Harvard University, 1773.
142. Ebenezer Rockwood, A. B., Harvard University, 1802.
151. Elisha Rockwood, A. B., Dartmouth College, 1802.
144. Daniel Rockwood, A. B., Dartmouth College, 1811.
Joseph Rockwood, A. B., Dartmouth College, 1837.
145}. Lubin Burton Rockwood, A. B., Dartmouth College, 1839.
139. Samuel L. Rockwood, A. B., Amherst College, 1836.
154. Otis Rockwood, A. B., Middlebury College, 1813.
1463. Ebenezer Hazard Rockwood, M. D., Yale College, 1832. Cephas L. Rockwood, A. B., Middlebury College, 1808.
James Russell, Esq. and Dea. ; pr. of the distinguished family of this name, early in Charlestown, and perhaps s. or neph. of " Mr." James Russell, of Medford, 1690, came fr. Marblehead to HI., s. as a blacksmith where Col. Whiting rs., opened the first house of entertainment in H., was chosen Dea., June, 1748, and was the first magistrate appointed in H. He was of a generous and hospitable disposition, and seems to have been a man of refinement. He d. Sept. 16, 1777, a. 62. He m. Nov. 24, 1737, Abigail Lovet, whose family are reported to bave been from Salem, but quite as probably from Braintree, and of the same stock as the Lovets of Mend. She had many sisters, and if H. and S. then had an aristocracy, they belonged to it. Dea. R. had t. Mary, Aug. 18, 1738, m. Samuel Park, Esq., of H; II. Elizabeth, Mar. 11, 1739, m. James Mellen, of Hopk., had I. David, M. D., who d. at Hudson, N. Y., a. 83 ; II. Wm., who d. at do., a. 60; III. James, who s. at Spafford, N. Y. ; Iv. A dg., who m. Rev. Dr. Fisk, of New Braintree, and now living.
III. Lovet, Mar. 4, 1741 -- 2, d. Apl. 5, '45 ; IV. John, June 24, '44, d. Sept. 21, '45 ; v. Abigail, Apl. 13, '46, m. " Mr." Jona. Russell, of Provi- dence, 1768, and was the mother of Hon. Jona. Russell, LL. D, who as U. S. Legatus Pacificus, signed the Treaty of Ghent, 1814.
1. Tho. Russell, from Woburn, s. on the S. E. side of Coarse Brook, where Capt. Amos Hill rs. His w., Hannah Cooledge, d. Dec. 21, 1800, a. 90. He d. prior to 1790; had I. Joel, Mar. 7, 1733 -- 4, d. a. 115 ys., m. Rebecca -, and had Edward, 1770, and removed ; II. Rebecca, Apl. 20, '35 ; III. Isaac, Sept. 27, '36; Iv. Hannah, Jan. 27, '38-9; v. Hannah, Feb. 21, '40-1; vI. Isaac, Nov. 21, '42, d. yg.
13. 4. VII. Tho., Dec. 13, '44 ; VIII. Hanh., May 11, '46 ; Ix. Sarah, Sept. 28, '48. 7. 5. x. Isaac, Lt., Mar. 8, '50 ; xI. Hanh., Apl. 2, '52, m. Sam'l Cooledge, '79 ; 6. XII. Samuel, Nov. 18, '54.
5. 7. Isaac, inherited and sold the homestead to Jobn Hill, m. Hanb. Fairbanks, and had I. Isaac, 1778; II. James, Sept. 24, 1779; III. Rhoda, Apl. 28,
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'81 ; Iv. Polly, Apl. 15, '83 ; v. Persis, Mar. 15, '85; VI. Hanh., May 1, 1788.
9. Dea. Jona. Russell, (br. of Tho. 1st,) s. N. E. of Farm Lake, and d. Aug. 21, 1775. His w. Mary Cooledge, m. Jly. 13, 1727, d. Jly. 18, 1771, a. 70. He was selectman 10 ys., and 17 ys. Dea. in the chh. He had I. Mary, Dec. 11, 1728 ; II. Elizabeth, Oct. 7, '30, m. Silas Stone, of Natick ; 19. 10. III. Jona. Apl. 5, '32 ; Iv. Mary, Mar. 7, '33 -- 4, d. 1826, a. 92, m. Hopestill Leland ; v. Sarah, Aug. 4, '36; VI. Judith, Oct. 30, '38; VII. John, Mar. 16, '40 -- 1, d. 1760, on his return fr. the army at Crown- point ; VIII. Amos, Mar. 29, '45.
4. 13. Tho., w. Abigail ; I. Daniel, Apl. 7, 1775 ; II. Joseph, Nov. 1, '76 ; III. Arnold, bp. Aug. 23, '78 ; Iv. Tho., bap. Mar. 4, '81 ; v. Nabby, May 30, '83 ; vI. Shubael, bp. Nov. 20, '85.
10 19. Jona., w. Elizabeth Daniels, who d. May 13, 1793. They had in S., I. John, Dec. 1, 1769, d. yg. ; II. Jona., Apl. 3, '72, inherits the home- stead at the farm ; III. Anna, June 5, '74, m. Dea. Jeremiah Smith, Sept. 19, 1799, of Medfd. ; Iv. Mary, Apl. 13, 776, m. Oliver Wight, Oct. 14, 1800 ; v. Joseph, Apl. 13, '76, d. yg. ; VI. Betty, June 15, '79, m. Oliver Wight, (not the above) ; VII. Julia, Feb. 3, '86, m. Solomon Bigelow, of Sh.
1. Richard Sanger, if not a German by birth, had a German name, denoting minstrel, which did not occur in England much earlier than his day, and which has not in the English world yet become common. In Germany it may be more ancient than Sangerhausen. Richard Sanger, the progenitor of the New England Sangers, embarked Apl., 1638, at South Hampton, settled as a blacksmith at Sudbury, 1646, took the oath of fidelity 1647, [Barry's His. of Fram.] removed 8, (9mo.) 1649, to Watertown, where he died, Aug. 20, 1690, leaving an estate, the inventory of which, though humble in amount, shows that he had, for his day, the ordinary comforts and conveniences of life. To him and his two adult sons, with three others, was intrusted, during Philip's war, the charge of guarding the mill at Watertown. Richard,1 w. Mary Rannals, 2d w., Sarah -, r. Watertown, had,
I. Mary,2 Sep. 26, 1650, at Watertown, m. John Harris at W., 1670 ; 5. 2. II. Nath'1,2 Feb. 14, '51 -- 2, d. ab. 1735, m. 1st, Mary, 2d, Ruth ;
10. 3. III. John,2 Sep. 6, '57, n. Rebecca Park, r. a blacksmith in W .; IV. Sary, by 2d w., b. and d. '61 ;
v. Sary, Mar. 31, '63, no further reported ;
· 19. 4. VI. Richard,2 Feb. 22, '66 -- 7, d. Apl. 1, 1731, m. Elizabeth Morse, of Sh. VII. Elizabeth,2 July 23, '68 ; VIII. David,2 Dec. 21, '70, d. 1695, pr. um.
2. 5. Nath'1,2 1st w. Mary -, 2d w., Ruth -, r. Sh., Roxb., Ms., Wood- stock, Ct. ; I. Mehetabel, 1680, at Sherborn, and baptized at Roxbury, 1684; II. Mary,3 1681, at Roxb., and bap. 1684; II. Jane, 1683, bap. '84; IV. a son, bap. 1684, at Roxbury ; v. Nath'l,3 1685 ; VI. Benj., 1688, bp. 1688, at R. ; VII. David3; VIII. Elizabeth3; Ix. Jona.3; x. Eliazar,3 who r. Hardwick, Petersham, and d. at Keene, N. H., Mar., 1765, a. 66, leaving a wid. Mary, who d. 1783, a. 80. [Barry's His. of Fram. ]
3. 10. John,2 w. Rebecca Park, r. a blacksmith at Watertown ; I. John,8 Dec. 19, 1685; II. Rebecca, Mar. 7, '88-9, m. Tho. Flagg ; III. David,3 Mar. 21, '97, m. Patience Benjamin, 1720, and had, I. John4; II. David4;
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III. Wm.4; Iv. Nath'l'; v. Solomon4; VI. Sam'l,4 who m. Mary Fairbanks, 1757, 2d, Grace -;
IV. Elizabeth,3 born June 2, 1703, at Watertown, and no further reported.
. 4. 19. Richard,2 came to Sherborn at the age of 21, with his brother N'athl, to establish the business of blacksmithing. He probably built his house on the North side of the common. A few rods further north, cinders reveal the site of his shop. After passing the customary year of probation, he was approved as a good and wholesome inhabitant, and presented, by a vote of the proprietors, July 1, 1689, with "20 acres of land and town rights in future with themselves ; he to bear proportionable charges with them in the town, having no power to sell, let, or give said land for the space of 7 years." He subsequently, and at different times, drew other lots. July 5, 1690, Edward West gave him a deed of 31 acres, i. c. 12 of meadow received by his wife from her father, Daniel Morse, (jun., ) and 19 of upland received from the town. This tract was bounded N. by West's land, which separated it from Rev. D. Gookin's ; " W. by the road (from the plain), to the Meeting house in part : S. by Jona. and Nath'l Morse's, and by common lands on all other parts." This includes the sight of Elbridge Sanger's buildings .- By common lands must be included the burying-ground which formed a part of the West boundary ; for Eleazar Morse in 1722, deeded to " Richard Sanger,2 3} acres, bounded E. by Richard's own land," and " N. with the common land reserved or set apart for the burying place,"* (see Mid. Reg. of Deeds, Lib. 32), " W. by the highway leading from the Plain to the. S. part of Sher., and S. by Wm. Barron's, the said land being near the Meeting house." Richard's2 estate at his death was inventoried at £706, not including town rights and allotments at Douglas. He seems to have been a useful and respected citizen, and an exemplary member of society. To him was committed the sacred charge of taking care of the Meeting house, to which his was much the nearest dwelling. His children were, I. Elizabeth,3 Ap. 2 or 16, 1693, d. 1775, unm. at Sherborn ; II. Mary, Apł. 11, '95, mn. Andrew Morse, 1745, d. without issue ; III. Hannah, Feb. 7, '97, m. Ephm. Twitch- ell, of Sherborn, Feb. 9, 1726 -- 7; Iv. Esther, Oct. 20, '98, d. 1732, m. John Twitchell, of S., Feb. 2, '20 -- 21, had David and Moses ;
v. Deborah, Aug. 5, 1701, d. Jan. 10, '27 -- 8;
. VI. Sarah, Feb. 10, '05, m. Nath'l Holbrook, Aug. 20, '28, r. Sherborn ;
22. 20. VII. Richard,3 Nov. 4, 1706, d. May 14, '86, reed. to chh. Jan. 23, '85 ; VIII. Abigail, July 3, 1709, reed. to full communion in chh. Aug. 8, '36, pr. d. unm.
Ix. David,3 Feb. 22, 1715, (yeoman) m. Bathsheba Pratt, r. Framingham.
* Richard Sanger2 having become the proprietor on three sides of this Reservation, probably inclosed it with his own land, as in it few interments had yet been made. The town being inter- ested in two older graveyards, and having no record of the reservation, neglected to fenee it, until it came to be regarded as private property. Capt. Samuel Sanger the Ist so regarded it, and repeatedly offered to give the land, if the town would inclose it. But they disregarded the offer, and he, for the sake of deeeney, inclosed the portion containing monuments, and used it as a private burying place ; and it has since, in opposition to the wishes and efforts of his heirs, been sold and subjected to profane trespass. But the sale, though ordered by a Judge of Prob., will be set aside whenever the land is reclaimed, as it can be at any future time. Possession " for no period whatever" can give title to land set apart like this, whose bounds are ascer- tainable : and if the town has forfeited all moral right, then let them procure an act of the Leg., vaeating the land as a cemetery, and give a quit claim to the present occupants. Regard for justice and the peace of posterity may require it.
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20. 22. Richard,3 was a remarkable man. He inherited the combative, mirthful acquisitive, and persevering characteristics of his mother's race, and excelled them in enterprise. He was brought up to the business of his father, and continued to be styled blacksmith until thirty years of age. Soon after attaining his majority, he purchased of Rev. Daniel Baker, two acres on the west side of the road, opposite his father's land, bounded south and west by Baker, and north by James Coolidge ; and the next year commenced build- ing the north half of the Old Sunger House, now occupied by Mr. Joseph Sanger. At the age of 23 he m. Deborah, dg. of Hn. Wm. Rider, by w. Deborah Morse, (see " Mem. of Morses," p. 3,) and at the next town meeting received a certificate of his marriage in the customary form of an election to the office of hogreeve. About this time he seems to have come into possession of the five aere building lot of Rev. Daniel Gookin, now in the first lot on the east side of the way upon the plain north of the meeting house, and for some time to have lived' in the Gookin house. This house stood upon an eminence near the north side of the lot, and about twenty rods east of the road. His shop stood between the house and highway. On the death of his father, two thirds of his real estate was assigned to him and his brother David, whom he, in 1735, bought out. He soon after took down the Gookin house, and erected and adjoined it to the south end of the tene- ment he commenced in 1729. This part of the house was built in 1679, and is 176 years old. Near it may still be seen, in the rear of Eldridge Sanger's house, the Old Gookin Barn, having by repeated demands for sound tenants to new sills, lost half of its lower story.
In 1733, he purchased, for £63, of Edmond Quincy and William Brattell, commissioners for the sale of lands formerly given by the town to Rev. D. Baker, seven acres south of his own land, east of the road from the meeting house to the south end, north of the farm road, and Nathaniel Holbrook's land, and west of N. Holbrook's.
In 1734 -- 5, he bought of Rev. Wm. Cooper and Judith his wife, (the dg. of Chief Justice Sewall), 200 acres, or one half of the Hull Farm ; Capt. Joseph Ware purchasing at the same time the other half.
In 1737, he opened a store, which he seems to have left in the hands of another in 1747, when he removed to Boston, and for a short time did a large and lucrative business. The climate disagreeing with the health of his lady, he returned the next year to S., and here traded extensively in mer- chandise and real estate. He was at that day concerned in land speculations in Maine. He accumulated a large fortune, which he divided among seven children, without reserving enough for protracted old age.
Between 1740 and '67, he served the town ten years as selectman, and often acted as moderator at town meetings. He was a good whig, served on com- mittees to provide for the poor of Boston, in the time of the war, and to report on the services of soldiers employed by S. In 1776, he was the first man placed on the committee of safety with President Locke.
His wife, the daughter of the accomplished surveyer and clerk, Wm. Rider, and the niece of Rev. Joseph Morse, of Stoughton, was a lady of uncommon dignity and excellence. Her library consisted of such works as Willard's Divinity, Flavel's and Tillotson's works, &c.
From the markings in these volumes, I infer that she kept a theological school in the nursery, doubtless from the conviction that doctrine is the only foundation of correct practice. She d. Aug. 15, 1789, aged 79, but her influence survives to this day. Their children were, I. Zedekiah, Nov. 27, 1730, d. Jan. 23, '35-5; II. Deborah, Mar. 4, '32-3, d. Feb. 2, '35 -- 6;
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29. 23. III. Samuel,4 Capt., July 7, '35, bap. Apl. 4, '36, reed. to the chh. Aug. 2, 1818, d. Oct. 6, '22, m. 1st, Mary Fairbanks, of S., Jan. 6, '57, 2d, - Abigail Whiting, of Dover, Apl. 7. '62, 3d, wid. Sarah Clark, of Medfd. ; Iv. Deborah,4 Nov. 12, '37, m. - Fasset, 21, Joseph Twitchell, Esq., Jan. 5, 1786, 3d, Dea. Gideon Haven, of Fram., Sep. 25, 1792, and d. without issue ; v. Daniel,4 Feb. 13, '39 -- 40, d. Sep. 27, 1807, m. O. Hooker, r. Fram. ; VI. Mary, Sep. 30, 1742, bap. Oct. 10, '42, and d. Dec. 14, '52;
33. 25. VII. John, 4 .July 24, '46, bap. July 27, '46, reed. to chh. Nov. 27, '74, d. Oct. 1, 1819, m. Anna Leland, July 23, '68 ;
34. 26. VIII. Zedekiah,4 Res., D. D., Oct. 4, '48, bap. Oct. 16, '48, d. Nov. 17, 1820, m. Irene Freeman, r. Duxbury and S. Bridgewater ;
27. 1x. Jedediah,4 (judge) Feb. 17, '50, bap. Feb. 24, '50, d. 1820, m. Sarah Eames, r. Sherborn, New Hartford, N. Y. ;
40. 28. x. Asa,4 May 19, '53, bap. May 27, '53, d. Feb. 14, 1839, m. Joanna Dana, of Natick, r. Sh.
23. 29. Capt. Samuel Sanger,4 senr., was distinguished for his athletic frame, per- sonal dignity, moral integrity, courage, independence, and energy. During a long period of active life, he bore a conspicuous part in the civil transactions of Sherborn, and was eminently serviceable during the great conflicts for our liberties and the maintenance of the constitution against the rebellion of '87. Then it was, that his appeals, from the moderator's chair, were wont to rouse his townsmen to en- thusiasm in their country's cause ; so that no town of its size in this patriotic con- monwealth, went before S. in the number of volunteers for the public service, or in promptness in furnishing supplies. To him Pomologists owe the discovery and first cultivation of the incomparable Porter apple. He inherited the ancient Sanger house, kept a small store and tavern, and once entertained Gen. Washington. As a landlord he did much to discourage idleness and excess. No man dared roll at his ninepins between one holiday and another. Gross offenders against decency and good order would hide from his presence, and feel more terror at his rebuke, than at any fulminations from S. pulpit. On the sabbath his bar was locked, and a key of gold could not open it ; yet his rooms were open and fires free during the interim of divine service, while a solemnity befitting the day, reigned throughout the house, and no discourse was entered upon which could interrupt him in his uniform practice of read- ing the Bible. His children, all by his 2d wife, Abigail Whiting, a lady of eminent piety, were :
I. Mary,5 Nov. 6, 1757, bap. June 11, '58, d. Dec. 17, 1819, m. Moses Perry, 3d, of S., and had Nathaniel, of Boston ;
43. 30. II. Samuel," Capt., Oct. 23, '64, m. 1st, Mary Hart; 2d, Margaret (Smith) Wyer; and 3d, Elizabeth (Richardson) Coolidge, from Medway, and for 20 years a merchant in Boston ;
46. 31. III. Calvin,5 Esq., Oct. 10, '68, d. Nov. 5, 1835, m. Anna Phipps, dg. of Jed. P., (gr. grd. nephew of Sir Wm. P.) by w. Sarah Learned, dg. of Capt. Edward L., by w. Sarah Leland, dg. of Ens. Henry L. by w. Mary Morse ;
50. 32. Iv. Joseph,5 June 24. '81, bap. July 1, '81, m. Sally Phipps, b. Jul. 7, 1783, grd. dg. of Jed. Phipps and Sarah Learned, and dg. of John P., by w. Hanh. Coolidge, dg. of Jo. C., by Elizth. Frost ; and grd. dg. of Isaac C., Esq., and Hannah Morse.
25. 33. John,4 Lt., s. with his father n. the ancient Phipps House, kept a store and tavern ; sold that place to Samuel Sanger, the late occupant, rm. to N. part of S., where he d. He was a man of integrity, a member of the chh., and often one of the selectmen of Sh. He had by 1st w.,
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I. Anne,5 Dec. 17, 1769, bap. Dec. 25, '74, m. Josiah Perry ; II. Abigail,5 Aug. 6, '72, bap. Dec. 25, '74 ; 111. John," Ap. 5, '77, d. '89 ; IV. Benj.,5 Dec. 6, '81, m. - , had Thankful,6 w. of Lowell Babcock ; v. Louisa,5 Mar. 24, 1800, (by his 2d wife) ; VI. Evalina,5 Feb. 20, '02, m. Joseph Sanger, of Sherborn ; VII. Jedediah, June 27, '05, d. Oct. 13, '25, um., at Sherborn.
26. 34. Zedekiah,4 Rev. D. D., grad. H. U., 1771, settled in the ministry at Dux- bury. From D. he rm. 1788 to S. Bridgewater, where he performed the la- borious duties of pastor until about 1820 ; and instructed a private classical school. He was highly esteemed for genius and learning, reverenced as a minister, and sought for as a counsellor. He had, I. Richard, Mar. 25, 1778, d. Jan. 1st, 1831. He grad. at II. U. 1800, where he became tutor ; mn. Sally Tisdale, 1807 ; II. Deborah, Sep. 26, 1779, m. John Ames, jun., of Easton, 1799 ; III. Jos., Mar. 17, 1781, m. Hannah Marcy, of Plymo., r. Sullivan, N. Y. ; Iv. Caroline, Sep. 5, 1782, in. Rev. Samuel Clark ; 2d, Hon. Alvah Foot, of Burlington, Vt .; v. Zedekiah, June 5, 1784; grad. at B. U., m. Sarah Kissam, r. merchant, Oneida Co., N. Y. ;
55. 38. VI. Ralph, Rev. A. M., June 22, 1786, m. Charlotte Kingman, of East Bridgewater ; VII. Samuel F., Feb. 3, 1788, m. Susan Alden, r. S. Bridgewater ; VIII. Irene, Oct. 19, 1789, died Oct. 2, 1789, at South Bridgewater ; Ix. Olivia, Oct. 8, 1790, m. George Moore, of Burlington, Vt., 1815 ; x. George P., Sep. 30, 1792, d. Aug. 24, 1818; xI. Sarah, Nov. 22, 1795, n. Wm. Henry Allen, of Providence, R. I., Nov. 3, 1833, and had Franklin Sterling, Apl. 4, '36; XII. Eliza, Mar. 16, 1797, d. um. Jan. 28, 1847 ; XIII. John, and xIv. Martin, (twins) Nov. 22, 1798, d. Apl. 25, 1799 ; xv. John M., June 3, 1800, m. Mary Fuller, who d. Oct. '48, r. Sharon.
28. 40. Asa,4 received a deed of half his father's home farm, and in 1775, com- menced the house in which his s. David resides, and had, I. Deborah,5 Oct. 16, '73, m. Willard Hart, of Sherborn ; II. Rebecca,5 Feb. 18, '76, m. Eli Leland, of S. ;
60. 41. I:I. David,5 Feb. 19, '78, m. Susannah Johnson of S. ; IV. Polly,5 May 26, '80, m. Alpheus Ware of S. ; v. Calvin,5 Sep. 2, '82, d. Aug. 9, 1831, m. Mary Goulding ; VI. Nancy,5 Apl. 27, '85, m. Col. Alpheus Ware for 2d wife, r. Sherborn ; VII. Richard,5 May 23, '90, m. Ruth Wood, had no children, r. Sherborn ; VIII. Experience,5 June 20, '92, m. Tho. Brick, of S. ; IX. Sally,5 Feb. 27, '95, m. Lewis Brick, of S.
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