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Provincial Congress in 1774 and 1775. He m. January 25, 1732-3, Mary Perrin, b. March 6, 1715, daughter of Noah and Patience (Walker) Perrin. Moses4 Davis, b. in Rox- bury, April 29, 1744, d. June 2, 1823. He m., first, March 13, Hannah Pierpont, b. 1750, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Gridley) Pierpont. His second wife was Re- becca, daughter of Robert and Sarah (Perrin) Sharp. Deacon William5 Davis (b. in Rox- bury, November 18, 1770, d. February, 1849) m. September 19, 1797, his first wife, Polly; m., second, September 7, 1800, her half-sister Sally, daughter of Ralph Smith, of Roxbury. William6 Davis (b. July 18, 1801, d. at West Roxbury, April 27, 1865) m., first, Jane Ann Hutchings. She d. in Boston about 1837, leaving three children, all of whom are still living, namely : William; Ellen; and Mrs. Jane Ann Davis Bradford, widow of Isaac8 Bradford. He m., second, October 24, 1839, Maria Davis, of Roxbury, a descendant of Aaron3 and Mary (Perrin) Davis. She was b. September 14, 1817, and d. April 29, 1870.
Isaac9 Bradford was an only son, and had but one sister; namely, Ellen Hutchings9 Brad- ford, who was b. September 28, 1869, and now resides in Cambridge.
ALVIN DENSMORE CRAWFORD, a retired farmer of Watertown, was born in Guildhall, Vt., son of John and Sarah (Rosebrook) Crawford. His father was a native of Holland, Mass., whence he removed after his marriage to Guildhall. The famous Crawford Notch in the White Mountains received its name from Abel Crawford, an uncle of Calvin D.
After concluding his attendance at the pub- lic schools of his native town, Calvin Dens- more Crawford left home, and was for some time employed in a paper-mill at South Had- ley. In 1845 he went to Brookline, Mass., where for the next thirteen years he was en- gaged in market-gardening. In 1858 he en- tered into an arrangement with Dr. Josiah Stickney to carry on the latter's farm in Water- town for one year. He continued to manage the property during the rest of the doctor's
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life, and, by special arrangement with the heirs, for nine years afterward, a period of twenty- seven years in all. From 1887 to 1898 he was engaged in the cultivation of vegetables upon his own property, and the past three years have been spent in retirement.
Mr. Crawford married Angeline C. Kimball, a native of Lyndon, Vt., daughter of Moses Avery and Thurza Kimball. Mrs. Crawford is in all probability a descendant of Richard Kimball, who came over in the "Elizabeth " in 1634, settling first in Watertown. About 1637 Richard removed to Ipswich, Mass., where he worked at the wheelwright's trade, and his death occurred in that town. October 23, 1661, Richard Kimball m. for his second wife Margaret Dow. Moses Avery Kimball, son of George Washington Kimball, was b. in Canaan, N.H., in 1806, and went from that town to Vermont, settling in Lyndon. He d. December 23, 1886.
J AMES F. AYLWARD, of Cambridge, attorney and counsellor-at-law, having his office in Boston, was born in East Cambridge, August 4, 1862, son of James and Johanna (Maher) Aylward. By both parents he comes of Irish stock. His pa- ternal grandfather, also named James, was a native of Ireland, and there spent his lifetime. This ancestor, who m. Margaret Gahan, of Killarney, Ireland, was the father of ten chil- dren - five sons and five daughters, of whom three are now living; namely, Richard, Brid- get, and Anna Stacey. Richard m. Katherine Reed, and has three children - Annie, Mar- garet, and Terence; and Bridget, who is the wife of John Ryan, of Somerville, Mass., has five children - James, John, Patrick, Mary, and Bridget.
James Aylward, son of James and Margaret Aylward, and the father of James F., was b. in Ireland in 1825. He came to this country in his young manhood. After residing for a pe- riod in Brookline, Mass., he spent the remain- der of his life in Cambridge, where he d. in 1887. His wife Johanna was a daughter of Richard and Johanna (Troy) Maher, both of Ireland. James F. was the first-born of their
six children. The others were: Richard H., Mary L., John J., Gabriel A., and Elizabeth A. Richard H. m. Elizabeth Gisler ; Mary L. is the wife of Edward White, and has one child; John J. m. Anna Lalinger; and Gabriel A. m. Elizabeth Skilly, and has three children.
After finishing his elementary education at the Putnam Grammar School of Cambridge, and passing through an advanced course in Bos- ton College, James F. Aylward prepared for the legal profession at the Harvard Law School and in the office of Gaston & Whitney, well- known lawyers of Boston. He was admitted to the Suffolk County bar August 2, 1887, since which event he has been in active prac- tice of the law in Boston.
Mr. Aylward married Emma Anderson, of Boston. In politics he is a Democrat. He served his native city in its Common Council for the year 1888, and in its Board of Alder- men for the years 1889, 1890, 1891, and 1892. An esteemed member of the Knights of Co- lumbus, he takes much interest in the welfare of that organization. Throughout his life- time he has been a resident of Cambridge.
LI AYERS, a resident of Medford, who is a well-known merchant in the market district of Boston, was born at St. Armand, P.Q., March 30, 1832, son of Adol- phus and Louisa M. (Clow) Ayers. His mother, who has been m. four times, is now residing at St. Armand. She was b. in 1811, a daughter of John Clow.
Through the force of circumstances, Eli Ayers in his younger days was thrown in a great measure upon his own inherent resources, his educational opportunities having been lim- ited to a periodical attendance at the Vermont public schools during the winter months. He came to Boston in 1854 and first engaged in the teaming business, but subsequently, 1865, became connected with the firm of Hinckley & Ayers in Faneuil Hall Market. That historic building was the scene of his daily occupation until 1882, when the firm removed their place of business to 33 South Market Street, where he remained with them until 1898.
The following year he held a position as
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salesman with A. & O. W. Mead, North Mar- ket Street; after that he was with Benjamin H. Goldsmith, Chatham Street; and he is now with the firm of Lucius Slade & Co., 30 South Market Street.
Mr. Ayers settled in Medford in 1875, and was at one time a member of the Board of Water Commissioners. He was admitted to King Solomon Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, on February 28, 1865, and is still a member of that body. His religious affilia- tions are with the Unitarian church.
He was first married in Albany, August 6, 1856, to Emily Jane Vincent. She died Feb- ruary 3, 1869, aged thirty-one years, eight months. On February 22, 1871, Mr. Ayers married Miss Hannah Elizabeth Edmands (born February 10, 1849), daughter of George Edwin and Charlotte Adams (Bowen) Edmands, of Charlestown. Mrs. Ayers is a descendant in the eighth generation of Walter Edmands, who prior to his coming from England was appren- ticed to a distiller. He was living in Con- cord, Mass., in 1639, but subsequently re- moved to Charlestown, where, 21, 1, 1662, he was admitted to the church. He d. July, 1667. His wife Dorothy, who was admitted to the Charlestown church in 1654, d. September II, 1671. They had a family of five children. John2 Edmands (b. 2, 5, 1640, son of Walter') was admitted to the church in June, 1671; d. 21, 7, 1677. He m. October 4, 1667, Mrs. Hannah Dady, a widow, by whom he had three children. John3 Edmands. (b. August 21, 1671, d. August 12, 1755), son of John, ? was a heel-maker by trade. He m., first, Sarah Blaney ; second, Esther Kettell; and had seven children, all of his first union. David+ Ed- mands (baptized April 20, 1712), seventh child of John, m. November 18, 1736, Hannah Hatch, who d. July 11, 1785. Of this union there were five children.
Davids Edmands (b. January, 1741-2, d. December 9, 1823), third child of David4 and Hannah, served for two months in the Conti- nental army during the Revolutionary War as a bombardier in Captain Chadwick's company, Colonel Gridley's regiment, enlisting August 1, 1775. His first wife, Sarah Manning, was a daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Wood) Man-
ning. His second wife was Anna, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Melvin) Ford. He had four children by his first marriage and six by his second. David6 Edmands (b. November 15, 1768, d. July 16, 1821), first son of David and Sarah (Manning) Edmands, m. Mercy Burdett, of Malden, June 27, 1793, and had a family of . four children. George Edwin Edmands, their third child (b. July 7, 1812, d. December 14, 1875), m. Charlotte Adams Bowen, daughter of John and Sarah (Hoppin) Bowen. Her par- ents were m. September 12, 1811.
Mention of Sarah Hoppin is made in Wy- man's "Charlestown," but the names of her parents are not therein given. Thomas Hop- pin, son of Thomas and Abigail, m. Dorcas Cluly, of Medford, October 8, 1785, and it is by no means unlikely that they were the par- ents of Sarah.
In view of this probability, the following rec- ord will be of interest : Abigail Hoppin, above mentioned, was a daughter of Thomas Frothing- ham. Thomas Hoppin enlisted as a private in Captain Harris's company of Colonel Gard- ner's regiment, in 1775, for service in the Con- tinental army, and, according to Nathaniel Bar- ker's official returns dated Boston, May II, 1777, he was again mustered into service in Suffolk County for three years in Captain King's company of Colonel Marshall's regi- ment. He also appears to have participated in Colonial military affairs prior to the war for independence, as his name is found upon an order dated December 27, 1767, for a bounty coat or its equivalent in money. Thomas
Frothingham was also a Revolutionary soldier, as his name is included in the muster-roll is- sued August 1, 1775, of Captain Joseph Chad- wick's company in Colonel Gridley's regiment of artillery, in which he enlisted May 31 of the same year for eight months' service, and his name again appears in roster of the same company and regiment, issued Setember 30, 1777.
George Edwin and Charlotte A. (Bowen) Edmands were the parents of six children : a daughter and son who d. young; George Ban- croft, b. June 4, 1838, d. June 5, 1873; Char- lotte Josephine, b. May 15, 1841, m. William Wallace Winship, and resides in Malden;
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Sarah Frances, b. November 6, 1843, m. Eu- gene L. Bruce; and Hannah Elizabeth, who married Eli Ayers.
RANKLIN COOLEY WARREN, pro- prietor of a coal business in Boston of more than fifty years' standing, is a na- tive of the town of Lincoln, Mass., and be- longs to one of the oldest families of Middlesex County, being a lineal descendant of John War- ren, who came from England in 1630 in the ship "Arbella." Five years later we find him located at Watertown. The records of Water- town contain the entry : "The lamented Cap- tain John Warren Sr. died December 13, 1667, aged eighty-two years." In his will he named four children - Daniel, Mary, Elizabeth, and John, Jr. - all probably b. in England.
From John1 Warren, of Watertown, the immi- grant progenitor, to John Wright Warren, of Lincoln, father of Franklin C. Warren, of Bos- ton, the line is traced through Daniel, 2 who m. at Watertown in 1650 Mary Barron; Ensign John, 3 who m. in March, 1683-4, Mary Brown ; Deacon John, 4 who m. June 2, 1708, Abigail Livermore (his second wife) ; John,5 who m. in February, 1739-40, Sarah Harrington ; Jon- athan6 (son of John and Sarah), b. December 3, 1751, who m. April 23, 1776, Elizabeth Weston, widow of John Wright (b. April 19, 1750), and was the father of John Wright7 Warren, who was b. at Weston, September 20, 1781. The first wife of Deacon John4 War- ren, whom he m. May 26, 1704, was Sarah Jones. She d. July 9, 1705, leaving one child - Sarah, b. June 25, 1705. His second wife, Abigail Livermore, dying October 31, 1743, he m., third, June 20, 1744, Lydia Bond. His children by his second wife, Abigail, were : Mary, b. March 2, 1710; Ann, February 3, 17II; John, March 2, 1712; Josiah, 1714; Elisha, 1718; Abigail, September 5, 1720; Prudence, August 22, 1724; Beulah, August 23, 1725; Lydia, August 7, 1728.
Sarah Harrington, wife of John5 : Warren, was the daughter of Benjamin and Grace (Al- len) Harrington, grand-daughter of Benjamin2 and Abigail (Bigelow) Harrington, and great- grand-daughter of Robert' Harrington. Abi-
gail Livermore, wife of John4 Warren, was a daughter of Samuel2 and Ann (Bridge) Liver- more, and grand-daughter of John' and Grace Livermore, the common ancestor of the family of this name in New England. John Wright, of Weston, and Elizabeth Weston, of Lincoln, were m. May 8, 1771. (Weston Records.) It was his widow who m. Jonathan6 Warren, and, as will be seen, named her first-born son for her former husband.
The children of John5 and Sarah (Harring- ton) Warren were: Hannah, b. October 24, 1740; Jonathan, August 11, 1742; Anna, October 31, 1744; John, October 31, 1746; Sarah, December 20, 1747; John, Decem- ber 23, 1749; Jonathan, December 3, 1751; Maria, October 28, 1753. Sarah, the mother of these children, d. October 28, 1753, and John5 Warren m. for his second wife Mara Merrick, April II, 1754, who bore him ten children : Anna, b. April II, 1755; Thomas, April 17, 1757; Jedediah, April II, 1759; Philemon, January 31, 1761 ; Lydia, February II,-1763 ; Tryphena, September 9, 1765 ; Silas, May II, 1767; Ezra, September 9, 1769; Amasa, December 10, 1771; Tryphena, June 15, 1773; James, November 8, 1775. John, the father of this family of nineteen children, d. September 24, 1790, at the age of seventy- eight years.
The children of Jonathan6 and Elizabeth Weston Warren were: John Wright, b. in Weston, September 20, 1781; Betsey, March II, 1784; Polly, July II, 1785; Charles, Sep- tember 25, 1786 (d. July 11, 1787) ; Charles, b. September 7, 1788; Jonathan, b. September 26, 1790. Elizabeth Weston Warren was the daughter of Stephen Weston, Jr., who d. May 6, 1776, aged fifty years, and Lydia Billings, his wife, who d. September 13, 1820. Lydia Billings had eleven children, and during her lifetime there were b. fifty-one grandchildren, one hundred and twenty-one great-grandchil- dren, and eleven great-great-grandchildren - in all, one hundred and ninety-four descendants.
John Wright7 Warren, besides keeping a country store and carrying on a farm, was Post- master of Lincoln. He was m. in Somers, Conn., June 25, 1809, to Harriet Cooley, who was b. in Somers, Conn., August 15, 1789.
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Their children were: Harriet Maria, b. in Weston, July 13, 1810; John Wright, Jr., b. in Lincoln, February 15, 1812; Margaret Eliza, b. December 3, 1813; Margaret Marsh, b. July 26, 1815; Hannah Ellery, b. July 24, 1817; Marietta, b. November 24, 1819; Frank- lin Cooley, born April 3, 1822; Elizabeth, b. April 8, 1824; Mary Caroline, b. January 26, 1826; and Sarah Lucelia, b. April 18, 1828. John Wright, Jr., was graduated at the Har- vard Medical School, settled in Boston, had a very extensive practice, and d. January 4, 1869.
Franklin Cooley Warren was born in Lin- coln, April 3, 1822, and removed to Boston in 1838. He was educated at a private school in Boston, taught by Amos Baker. For a few years in his later youth he was engaged in va- rious occupations; from 1842 till 1846 he was employed as a clerk in the wholesale drug busi- ness; and in the year last named he began as a clerk his connection with the coal business. Establishing himself as a dealer in coal in 1849, he had a wharf where now stands the North Union Railroad Station. He is now the old- est merchant except one in his line of trade in Boston.
Mr. Warren is a member of the New Eng- land Historic Genealogical Society, of the Merchants' Association, the Bostonian So- ciety, and the Boston Art Club. His re- ligious affiliations are with the Central Congre- gational Church. His political sympathies and activities are with the Republican party, which he joined with the passing of the Whigs.
He was married August 8, 1850, in Somers, Conn., to Miss Margaret Marsh Cooley, daugh- ter of Major Jonathan Marsh and Naomi (Hills) Cooley, of Somers, Conn. Her father was b. at Somers in 1787, being the son of Luke, Jr., and Margaret (Marsh) Cooley, and a grandson of Captain Luke Cooley, Sr. (b. November 7, 1718, d. January 1, 1777), who served in the French and Indian War. Cap- tain Cooley's wife was Elizabeth Colton, a na- tive of Springfield, Mass., daughter of Thomas and Joanna Colton. They were m. January 8, 1739. Of the same family was Jabez Colton (graduated, Yale, 1775), for twenty years Town Clerk of Longmeadow, and a genealogist and
antiquarian of wide repute, in whose pocket- book fifty years after his death was found a bill of sale for the Longmeadow church bell bought of Paul Revere, Boston, 1810, and also a bill for the recasting of the same bell, which had been broken in 1815 by being rung violently on the news of the declaration of peace with England; also Captain Thomas Colton, of an earlier period, as renowned as an Indian fighter as he was for his "eminent piety," and who on June 15, 1686, was commissioned at the coun- cil house in Boston "Lieut. of the company of fotte trained souldiers now under command of Capt. Samuel Glover of Springfield in the County of Hampshire." Four years later he was commissioned as Captain.
Margaret Marsh, wife of Luke Cooley, Jr., was a daughter of the Rev. Jonathan and Mar- iana (Lawrence) Marsh, her mother a sister of John Lawrence, treasurer of Connecticut Col- ony, 1775, and daughter of John Beauchamp, a merchant. The Rev. Jonathan Marsh (Yale College, 1735) preached fifty-three years in New Hartford, Conn. He was the son of the Rev. Jonathan Marsh, Sr. (Harvard College, 1705), who was minister for thirty years at Windsor, Conn., and whose wife was Margaret Whiting, daughter of Joseph Whiting, who came from England in 1631, and was treasurer of the Connecticut Colony from 1678 to 1717, at which time he was succeeded by his son John, who held the position until 1749.
Joseph Whiting m., first, Mary Pynchon, grand-daughter of William Pynchon, October 5, 1669. His second wife was Anna Allyn, daughter of Colonel John Allyn, who came from England, and was a great-grand-daughter of William Pynchon (Oxford, England, 1596), founder of Eliot Church, Roxbury, 1631, and what is now the city of Springfield, 1637. The father of the Rev. Jonathan Marsh, Sr., was Jonathan Marsh, gentleman, who removed from Hartford, Conn., to Hadley, Mass.
Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Warren, namely : Harriet Elizabeth, born No- vember 23, 1851; Sophia Louise; Franklin Cooley, Jr., born June 3, 1856; and Mary Car- oline. Harriet Elizabeth Warren married, June 6, 1871, William Alvan Hitchcock, and has had three children - Frank Tenny, Will-
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iam Alvan, Jr. (born October 6, 1874), and Warren Marsh Hitchcock.
Franklin Cooley Warren, Jr., the third child of Franklin Cooley and Margaret M. Warren, was graduated at the Harvard Medical School in 1879. He subsequently studied in Ger- many, and on his return settled in Boston, where he died January 2, 1891, at the age of thirty-five years. Frank Tenny Hitchcock is treasurer and manager of the F. C. Warren Coal Company. He is an officer in the Boston National Lancers. He married Rebecca Ger- trude Lunt, June 10, 1892, and has two chil- dren : Marguerite Whiting, born July 30, 1893 ; and Frank Tenny, Jr., born March 6, 1896. William Alvan, Jr., M. D., Specialist Harvard Medical School, 1896, Royal Opthalmic Hos- pital, London, 1897, whose office is in Warren Chambers, 419 Boylston Street, Boston, mar- ried Jennie Alger Marsh, June 27, 1896. Jacob Hills, the maternal grandfather of Mrs. Warren, was a Revolutionary soldier, enlisting at seventeen years of age.
ERBERT ALLEN PIKE, a resident of Newton, is a descendant of several early New England settlers. Born December 25, 1859, son of Nathan Craft and Anna (Woodcock) Pike, his first pro- genitor in direct line in this country was John' Pike, who came from Langford, England, it is thought, in the "James." Settling first in Ips- wich, Mass., John Pike subsequently removed to Newbury and still later to Salisbury. He d. May 26, 1654. He was accompanied to this country by his two sons, John and Robert, and three daughters. The line of descent is as fol- lows : John2 Pike (m. Mary - -) resided in Newbury until 1669, when he moved to Wood- bridge, N. J. By his wife Mary he had a large family. Joseph3 Pike, who was a lifelong res- ident of Newbury, m. Susanna Kingsbury. Joseph4 Pike, also a lifelong resident of New- bury, m. Hannah Smith. Joseph5 Pike prob- ably removed from Newbury to Dunstable, N.H., which town included the sites of the present city of Nashua and the town of Dun- stable, Mass. He m. Lydia Drury. Benja-
min6 Pike resided in Dunstable, Mass. Zach- ariah7 Pike, b. in Dunstable, removed to Lafayette, Me. He m. Hannah Lovejoy, daughter of Captain Hezekiah Lovejoy, of Am- herst, N. H., and they had a family of twelve children. Hezekiah8 Pike, b. November 4, 1786, d. in Paris, Me., 1834, m. Ann Jeffers Craft, October 18, 18II. She d. in North Paris, Me., December 22, 1882. Nathan Craft9 Pike (father of Herbert Allen), b. in Paris, Me., August 4, 1830, is now superin- tendent of the Quincy Market Cold Storage Plant, Boston, and resides in Newton. Nathan Craft Pike m. Anna Woodcock, who was b. in Ashland, Mass., December 18, 1830, a daugh- ter of Timothy and Adelaine (Newell) Wood- cock. She d. September 21, 1864. Her father, Timothy Woodcock, was descended from an early Roxbury family of that name. The children of Nathan C. and Anna W. Pike were: Herbert Allen and Walter Craft. The latter d. at the age of seven years.
Hannah Lovejoy, who m. Zachariah7 Pike, was b. December 26, 1758. She was a descend- ant of John1 Lovejoy, who d. in Andover, Mass., in 1690, through his son Christopher, 2 b. March, 1661. Christopher's son Hezekiah3 was m. in Haverhill, July 16, 1722, to Hannah Austen, who d. in Amherst, N. H., in 1805, aged one hundred and one years. Hezekiah4 Lovejoy, son of Hezekiah, 3 was b. in Andover, September 29, 1729, and d. in Amherst in April, 1793. He served as a Captain in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War. In 1751 he m. Hannah Phelps, of An- dover, and they were the parents of Hannah (Lovejoy) Pike.
Ann Jeffers Craft, wife of Hezekiah8 Pike, was b. in Jay, Me., July 13, 1794, and d. in Paris, Me., December 22, 1882. She was a descendant in the seventh generation of Lieu- tenant Griffin'. Craft or Croft, came to New England in Governor Winthrop's party, accom- panied by his wife Alice and daughter Hannah, settling in Roxbury in 1630. He was made a freeman May 18, 1631, was Deputy to the General Court in 1638 and from 1663 to 1668, and was Selectman in 1650. He was a promi- nent member of the Roxbury church under the pastorate of the apostle Eliot, as was also his
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first wife, Alice, who d. March 25, 1673. The latter was the mother of six children, including Lieutenant Samuel,2 the next in the present line of descent. Lieutenant Griffin Craft m. for his second wife Ursula, widow of William Robinson, of Dorchester, and was again m., his third wife being Dorcas, daughter of John and Barbara Ruggles, formerly of Sudbury, Suffolk County, England. Lieutenant Samuel2 Craft, b. December 12, 1637, d. in December, 1691. He m. October 16, 1661, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Ballard) Seaver, and they had eleven children. A resident of Roxbury, he was made freeman May 31, 1671, and was frequently chosen as Selectman. Samuel3 Craft (b. in Roxbury, June 16, 1667, d. Decem- ber 9, 1709) m. December 25, 1693, Eliza- beth, daughter of Lieutenant John Sharp, of Brookline, Mass., and had six children. Like his father and grandfather, he took a prominent part in town affairs. Lieutenant Moses4 Craft (b. in Roxbury, September 29, 1703, d. De- cember 3, 1768) removed from Roxbury to Newton, where he served as a Selectman from 1741 to 1745. As Lieutenant of the local military company, he was present at the cap- ture of Louisburg. His will was probated May 2, 1769. By his wife Esther, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Greeley) Woodward, he had nine children. Ensign Samuels Craft, b. in Newton, November 23, 1729, d. April 1, 1803. He served as a Selectman in Newton from 1773 to 1776, and took part in the battle of Lexington as a private in Captain Amaziah Fuller's company of minute-men. Later, dur- ing the war, he became an Ensign. He was executor of his father's estate. The latter years of his life were spent in Jay, Me. On November 8, 1753, he m. Rebecca, daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah (Severns) Parker, of Newton, and their family numbered eleven children. Nathan6 Craft, was b. August 6, 1770, and d. December 19, 1848. The year
after his marriage he accompanied his father and several other members of his family to Jay, Me., where he became a prosperous farmer, and where he resided for the rest of his life. The possessor of a melodious voice, for many years he led the singing at the village church. On April 2, 1793, he was m. in Newton to
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