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(IV) John Richardson, son of William (3) and Rebecca Richardson, born at Attleboro, November 27. 1719; married Elizabeth Wilmarth, April 19, 1702. Their children were: 1. Lucy, born Decem- ber 5. 1742. 2. John. born May 24, 1744; married Ruth Woodcock. 3. Wyman ( see forward). 4. Bet- sey, born April 4, 1748. 5. Joel, born October 10, 1750; married Sarah Wyman. 6. Henry, born Au- gust 7. 1752; married Olive Blackinton.
(V) Wyman Richardson, son of John (4) and Elizabeth Richardson, born at Attleboro, May 13. 1746; married October 31. 1771. Ruth Lane, born at Norton, Massachusetts, December 1, 1752. They removed to Swanzcy. New Hampshire. October. 1779. His wife died at Acworth, New Hampshire, January 2. 1835. He died October 14. 1839. at the age of ninety-three years. Their children were: I. Ruth and 2. Orra (twins), born August 8, 1772: 3. Azubah, February 8, 1775: died at Acworth, New Hampshire,
August, 1838. 4. Wyman (see forward). 5. El- kanah, July 9, 1780; died at Stow, Ohio, January 8, 1836. 6. Stephen, June 4, 1783. 7. Luna, May 10, 1785; died July 11, 1824. 8. Ruth, September 18, 1787. 9. Calvin, July 17, 1790; died at Wolcott, Vermont, July 12, 1828. 10. Lucy, - -14, 1793; died at Newfane, Vermont, May, 1830. 11. Sophia, July 8, 1796; died at Swanzey, New Hampshire, September 25, 1813. 12. Esther, April 27, 1799; died at Newfane, May 12, 1833.
(VI) Wyman Richardson, son of Wyman (5) and Ruth Richardson, born at Attleboro, June 10, 1777; married at Richmond, New Hampshire, Oc- tober 22, 1802, Deliverance Bolles, daughter of Elder Nathaniel Bolles, of Rochester and Richmond, New Hampshire, born at Richmond, July 23, 1782. Wy- man Richardson learned the blacksmith's trade from his father, who was also a proficient cooper, and worked at both trades. He died February 26, 1868, aged ninety years. His wife died August 1I, 1870. Their children were: I. Wyman (see forward). 2. Nathaniel, born December 21, 1804; married Eurelia Young. 3. Delia, born April 23, 1807 ; mar- ried Hiram Boardman. 4. Luna Bolles, born De- cember 27, 1809; married Mary Kimball. 5. Thank- ful, born January 17, 1813; married Ethan Lord and had five children. 6. Almira, born October 16, 1817; married Jonathan Goodell and had one son, Jona- than. 7. Nathan Henry, born May 31, 1823; mar- ried Martha Ann Barber. 8. Phebe Sophia, born April 19, 1826; married Lorenzo N. Hewes and had seven children.
(VII) Wyman Richardson, son of Wyman (6) and Deliverance. grandson of Wyman (5), and great-grandson of John (4), and father of William A., born at Swanzey, New Hampshire, March 5. 1803; married at Athol, Massachusetts, August 13, 1827, Arethusa Southwick (Lee), born at Shutes- bury, Massachusetts, March 6, 1809. They settled at Corinth, Vermont, where the three eldest chil- dren were born. then removed to Athol and Fitch- burg, Massachusetts. They resided at Barre, Peter- sham and Boston. At Petersham he was the . superintendent of a button factory which was burned in 1847, when the family moved to a part of Barre known as Smithville, from the name of the mill owner, John Smith, whose machinery Richardson was put in charge of, after being employed first as a machine hand. In 1850 David J. Foster, one of the proprietors of the button factory that was burned at Petersham, opened a new shop in Boston, and Richardson, together with his sons moved thither to work for him. After a few years in Boston Richardson moved to Fitchburg and went into busi- ness as a rattan manufacturer, his sons working for him. Their children were: I. Solon Oscar, born July 3, 1828; married Nancy Nichols Fair- banks: died March 31, 1872. 2. Seneca Merrill, born December 5, 1829; married Emily D. Earle, of Worcester, and was partner in the manufacturing firm of Wetherbee, Rugg & Richardson, had a daugh- ter, Harriet. 3. Lyman Collins, born November 26, 1831 ; never married; located on Pacific coast; was in British service. 4. William Augustus, December 20, 1833: married Mary Ann Cowen, daughter of Captain Robert Cowen, of Plymouth, Massachu- setts. 5. Charles Oswald, born November 13, 1839; died at Athol September 26, 1810.
(VIII) William Augustus Richardson, son of Wyman (7) and Arethusa Richardson, was born at Athol, Massachusetts, December 20, 1833. When the family moved to Barre William was seven years old, and there he obtained most of his schooling, though for a time he attended school at Petersham. His first work was in the mill at Smithville as a
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machine hand. He worked at the various branches of the machinist's trade with and for his father, becoming a mechanic of extraordinary skill. He went with his father to Foster's button factory, in Boston, and was with him in his rattan factory at Fitchburg. In 1860 he went to Waltham as an ex- pert machinist for the American Watch Company. In 1863 he started in business for himself in New York, manufacturing rattan goods but after one year gave it up and entered the employ of Ball & Williams, gun manufacturers, at Worcester. Later he went into the factory of Frank Wesson, at Wor- cester, to manufacture pistols under the patents of Gilbert H. Harrington, who subsequently became a partner of Mr. Richardson, and whom he met there for the first time. In 1874 the foundation of the Harrington & Richardson Arms Company was made, in a partnership between William A. Richardson and Gilbert H. Harrington, to manufacture guns. They started in quarters at 18 Manchester street, but these soon were too small and they moved to 31 Hermon street, where they continued until March 1, 1894, enlarging their factory from time to time as busi- ness grew. The firm of Harrington & Richardson were the exclusive manufacturers of the celebrated Anson & Deeley hammerless gun, the first of its kind to be made in this country from 1880 to 1887. They secured a patent in April. 1887, for the safety hammerless gun, and in the same year in October patented the cylinder catch which is still used. They took out a design patent in 1889. applying to stocks, and in 1895 a patent applying to lever springs. They own other valuable patents. In January, 1888, the firm was incorporated as The Harrington & Rich- ardson Arms Company. The capital is $75.000. Mr. Harrington was president, Mr. Richardson, treasurer, and George F. Brooks, secretary. Since the death of the two partners Mr. Brooks has been the man- ager. The present handsome building was built in 1893-4. It is a five story brick structure situated at the corner of the Boulevard and Chandler street. In 1000 and 1901 large additions were made to the factory. It now covers 100,000 square feet and about five hundred hands .are employed. No more at- tractive building, architecturally, has been built for manufacturing in this city of many mills and fac- tories. No more prosperous and well-ordered busi- ness is to be found in New England. It is one of the shops to which Worcester people point with pride, and it constitutes perhaps the most substantial and enduring monument to the mechanical skill and business sagacity of Mr. Richardson and his partner. Mr. Richardson's skill and love for the mechanics must have been largely inherited from his ancestors who were hlacksmiths and machinists. He was conceded to be one of the most skillful machinists in the state. Personally Mr. Richardson was a careful unostentatious man, generous with his wealth, but preferring domestic life above all things. He was a member of no societies or clubs. He was a member and tristee of the First Universalist Church and was liberal in his gifts to churches and charities. He gave a large sum to All Souls' Church. Since his death his wife has continued to donate as she thinks he would have done had his life been spared. She recently gave to St. Lawrence Uni- versity, of which the Rev. Dr. Gunnison, formerly pastor of the First Universalist Church. is the presi- dent. a gift of $10.000. He was a Republican in politics. The dominant characteristic of Mr. Rich- ardson was that of most self-made men, it was un- tiring energy and tenacity. He stuck to an idea, and followed uin a project to the end. He took an honorable satisfaction in the knowledge that his suc- cess in life had come without outside aid. His
only capital was his skilful hands at the start. He never would accept his wife's fortune to aid him. He married Mary Ann Cowen, daughter of Captain Robert and Ann (Tilden) Cowen. Her father was a ship master at Plymouth, Massachusetts. They had no children but reared several. Mr. Richard- son died November 21, 1897. Mrs. Richardson lives at their handsome home, 921 Main street, Worcester.
EDWIN HAWES. Edward Hawes (I), one of the early settlers of Dedham, Massachusetts, was the cmigrant ancestor of Edwin Hawes, of Wor- cester. He was a mason by trade. He came from England and was in Dedham as early as 1648, when the records show that he was engaged to plaster the meeting house there. He died June 28, 1686. He married, April 15, 1648, at Dedham, Eliony Lumber or Lombard. (See sketch in this work of Manson D. Hawes). Children of Edward Hawes were : I. Lydia, born January 26, 1649; married Gay. 2. Mary, born November 4, 1650. 3. Daniel (see forward). 4. Hannah, born February I, 1654-5, married. January 5, 1676, John Mason. 5. John, born December 17, 1657, died February 21, 1731-2. 6. Nathaniel, born August 14, 1660, died October 16, 1714. 7. Abigail, born October 2, 1662, married Jolin Fales. 8. Joseph, born August 9, 1664. 9. Deborah, born September 1, 1666, married (first) Ephraim Pond ; married (second) Bacon.
(II) Daniel Hawes, son of Edward Hawes (1), born February 10, 1652, at Dedham, Massachusetts ; married, February II, 1677, Abial Gay, born April 23, 1649, daughter of John and Joanna Gay. John Gay came to Watertown from England before 1635, and removed to Dedham in 1636. He was admitted a freeman May 6, 1635. He was a town officer of Dedham. His wife Joanna was admitted to the Dedham church, July 25, 1639, and John Balducke, her son by a former husband. was baptized August 8, 1639. John Gay died March 4, 1688, and his will was proved December 17, 1689. The children of John and Joanna Gay were: I. Samuel, born March IO. 1639. 2. Hezekiah, born July 3, 1640. 3. Nathan- iel. born February II, 1642-3. 4. Joanna, born March 23. 1644, married John Ware. 5. Eliezer, born June 25, 1647. 6. Abial (twin) born April 23, 1649, married Daniel Hawes. 7. Judith (twin), born April 23. 1649, married John Ware. 8. John, born May, 1651. 9. Jonathan, horn August 1, 1653. 10. Han- nah, born October 16, 1656. 11. probably Elizabeth,
who married Richard Martin at Salem in 1660. (Lydia Hawes married one of the sons, probably).
Daniel Hawes died March 16, 1737-8, aged eighty- six years. His children were: I. Mary, born Sep- tember 17, 1679, married Eleazer Ware. 2. Abigail, born November 15, 1681. married Thomas Mann. 3. Daniel (see forward). 4. Josiah, born April 6, 1686. 5. Hezekiah, born November 22, 1688, mar- ried Esther Ware. 6. Ruth, born July 9, 1691, mar- Tied Nathaniel Wright. 7. Benjamin, born March 14, 1696, married Abigail Fales.
(III) Daniel Hawes, son of Daniel Hawes (2), born in Dedham. March. 30, 1684, died January 15, 1763. He settled in Wrentham, Massachusetts, in what is now Franklin. He married, December 20, 1710. Beriah Mann. Their children were: I. Daniel, born October 24, 1711. 2. Samuel, born January 7. 1713. 3. Peletiah. born October 8, 1711, married Judith Peck. 4. Moses, born August 28, 1716. 5. Aaron, horn April 13. 1718. 6. Ichabod, born Sep- tember 18 1720. 7. Timothy. born June 21, 1722, married Mary Ware. S. Beriah (twin), born March 30. 1724. 9. Josiah (see forward). 10. Mary, born February II. 1725-6. married Ebenezer Lawrence. IT. Joseph, born March 21, 1727-8.
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(IV) Josiah Hawes, son of Daniel Hawes (3), born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, March 30, 1724, died February 28, 1804. He settled in Franklin, Massachusetts, and married, December 18, 1751, Maria Lyon, who died August 28, 1779. Their children were: I. Abijah, born August 31, (Sep- tember 11, new style) 1752, at Wrentham, died Jan- uary 10. 1839, at Wrentham ; settled at Union, Maine, married, December, 1782, second cousin, Margaret Hawes, born May 9, 1756, died May 24, 1833; had . five children. 2. Mary, born October 27, 1753, died August 8, 1785. 3. Mathias (see forward). 4. Je- mima, born January 28, 1761, died April 26, 1835; married, November 23, 1782; Eliab Wright or Wight, of Bellingham. 5. Beriah, born April 17, 1762, died October 20, 1818. 6. Levi, born May 22, 1765, died September 4, 1839; married, January 1, 1793, Permelia Clark, who died September 4, 1839. The old house in which Josiah Hawes, of Franklin, lived, built about two hundred years ago, is standing, or was until recently.
(V) Mathias Hawes, son of Josiah Hawes (4), born at Franklin, Massachusetts (then Wrentham), October 6, 1754, died November 4, 1828; married, January 1, 1783, in Warren, Maine, Saralı Payson, daughter of Captain Samuel Payson, who subse- quently moved from Warren to Hope, Maine, where he died. Their children were: Sarah or Sally, born April 5, 1784, died December 10, 1850; mar- ried William Brown, son of James and Ruth Brown, and left many descendants. 2. James, born Novem- ber 11, 1785, died November 23, or 24, 1793, of throat distemper. 3. Mary, born June 17, 1787; married, August 14, 1808, Simon Barrett, born at Concord, Massachusetts, September 24, 1765; resided at Hope, Maine; died at Augusta, Maine, April 20, 1845, and left many descendants. 4. Sukey (twin of Mary), born June 17, 1787, died of throat distemper. Decem- ber 20, 1793. 5. Oliver, born March 8, 1789, died March 1I, 1789. 6. Hermon (twin), born January 6, died January 17, 1790. 7. Pliny (twin), born January 6, died January 17, 1790. 8. Meletiah, born April 21, 1791, married, June 2, 1825, David Crab- tree, born February 26, 1781, resided at Hope, Maine. 9. Otis (see forward). 10. Austin, born September 22, 1794, died April 5, 1795. 11. Noyes Payson, born February 4, 1796, married, October 25, 1827, Abigail Richardson, daughter of John Wilkes Richardson, of Franklin, Massachusetts; resided at Boston. 12. July, born November 17, 1797. 13. Silas, born Au- gust I, 1799. 14. Lavinia Anthony, born September 20, 1800, married Vinal Ware. 15. Galen. born April 13. 1802, lived on the old homestead in Union, died August 4, 1834; married, January 6, 1831, Harriet Lindley, daughter of Captain John W. Lindley; widow married (second) Elias Blake, of Bangor, Maine. 16. Levi, born December 24, 1804, died Au- gust 12, 1805. 17. Child, stillborn, July, 1806. 18. Child, stillborn, August, 1807. 19. Madison, born March 24, 1809, printer. resided in California ; mar- ried, May 1, 1854, Nancy Nelson Dam.
(VI) Otis Hawes, son of Mathias Hawes (5), born at Union, Maine, January 21 or 31, 1793 ; mar- ried, September 20, 1818, Elsie Davis, daughter of John Davis, of Appleton, Maine. Their children were: I. Sarah, born April 9, 1820, died September 23, 1838. 2. Silas (see forward). 3. Roxanna Nott, born December 18, 1823, married, 1843, Isaac C. Hovey and had: Arthur M. and Carrie E. 4. Lavinia A., born July 20, 1825, married Rev. Albert Thurston. 5. Philander, born September 22, 1827. 6. Julia, born December 17, 1829. 7. Cyrene J., born February 9, 1833, resides in Union, Maine, unmarried. 8. Laurinda, born July 19, 1835, married Augustus
Vaughan. 9. Edwin, born November 3, 1839. 10. Charles Barrett, born November 26, 1841.
(VII) Silas Hawes, son of Otis Hawes (6), born at Union, Maine, December 26, 1821; married, September 10, 1848, Margaret Hills, daughter of Sarah B. Hills. (See Hills Family sketch). He resided at Union, Maine, where he owned a farm. Children were: I. Emma F., born December 20, 1849, married Levi Daniels; resides at South Union in the town of Union, Maine, and has one son, Nathan S., who married Mabel N. Moody. He works with his father on the farm. 2. Anna Flor- ence, born July 11, 1852, resides at Union, Maine; unmarried. 3. William, born at Union, Maine, De- cember 20, 1854, owns the old Hills homestead at Union, Maine. 4. Edwin (see forward).
(VIII) Edwin Hawes, son of Silas Hawes (7), was born at Union, Maine, January 23, 1857. He spent his boyhood in his native town. He attended the district and village schools of Union and worked on the farm. At the age of seventeen he left home and entered the shops of the Walworth Manufac- turing Company, in Boston. This company was en- gaged in the steam-heating business, together with steam fitting, etc. Within a year a business depres- sion caused Mr. Hawes to leave this position, and he went to work next for Morey & Rogers, at Hollis- ton, manufacturing straw hats. After leaving the business he went to the shop of H. O. Bernard & Co., straw manufacturers, at Westborough, Massa- chusetts, where for nine years he was employed as a blocker. In 1885 he returned to the steam-heat- ing business, and became shop foreman for the firm of Braman, Dow & Company, Washington Square. Worcester. This is the oldest house of its kind in the city. The firm is in business still having its headquarters in Boston, and a very prosperous store and shop in Worcester.
Mr. Hawes went into business on his own account in the same line, June 1, 1893, in a small shop on Canal street, near the corner of Front street. He was successful in his venture and soon took the store at 246 Main street, where he remained until Flint & Barker took a lease on the building and he had to seek a new location. In 1898 he removed his store and shop to 185 Front street, where he was located for about three years. In 1900 he removed to his present location at 17 Vine street. The busi- ness was incorporated under the laws of Massachu- setts in 1905. The officers of the company are : President, Edwin Hawes; secretary and treasurer, James E. L. Todd. Mr. Hawes is also treasurer of the Eddy Manufacturing Company, which makes razor strops at 42 Southbridge street, Worcester. He is a director of the company also. He is a mem- her of Anchoria Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the Hancock Club and the board of trade. In politics he is a staunch Republican. He belongs to Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. He mar- ried, November 10, 1884, Hattie L. Richardson, daughter of Duquesnel H. Richardson, of West Brookfield, Massachusetts. They have one son: Herbert Richardson, born in Worcester, May 30, 1887 ; graduate of the Worcester classical high school, 1905. and a member of the class of 1909, Dartmouth College.
HILLS FAMILY. Joseph Hills (1), the emi- grant, ancestor of Edwin Hawes through his moth- er's line, was born in the parish of Great Burstead. Billericay, Essex county, England. He was bap- tized there March, 1602, son of George Hills, who married Mary Simonds, of Billericay, widow of the late William Symonds, of Billericay, tanner. The
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marriage license was dated October 13, 1596, at which time Joseph Hills did not use the final "s" in his surname. It appears first February, 1608, prob- ably through a change in the vicar who kept the records.
Joseph Hills married Rose Clarke, at Great Burstead, July 22, 1624, and the elder children were born there. Not later than March, 1632, he and his family removed to Maldon, a place in Essex county, England, which was the birthplace of their sons John and Stephen, and daughter Sarah. In 1638 he was an "undertaker" or stockholder in the voyage of the "Susan and Ellen," which arrived July 17, 1638, at Boston, with him and his family. They made their first abiding place in Charlestown, Massachusetts, near the Market place, but soon re- moved to a farm on the Mystic side. He was one of the founders of the town of Malden. He was the first deputy to the general court, and continu- ously represented the town in the legislature until 1664. It was he who gave the name to the town, after the name of his last place of residence in England, Maldon. He was selectman of Malden in 1644 and speaker of the house of deputies in 1647. He was captain of the Trainband, and willed his buff coat to his son Samuel, and his back sword to Henry Lunt, his step-son. He was one of the most prominent legislators of his day. In 1666, when he retired from public life, he was succeeded by his son-in-law, John Waite, who filled the position of deputy for nineteen years, being speaker in 1684 and nominated as a magistrate in 1683.
In 1645 Joseph Hills was named by the general court to set out the lots to settlers in the Nasha- way plantation. In 1650 he was second on a com- mittee, of which the governor was the chairman, to draw up instructions for the Massachusetts dele- gates to a gathering of commissioners of all the colonies. In 1653 he served on a commission to consider the question as to whether the United Colonies have power by the articles of agreement to engage the colonies in war. In 1654, with Captain Hawthorne, Captain Johnson and the treasurer of the colony, he was on a committee to frame an an- swer to the home government, which had demanded an explanation of certain aets. He was on a com- mittee to audit the treasury accounts in 1650-53-61. He framed the first code of laws in the colony, and was for many years engaged in the revision of the statutes. In 1648 he was one of the committee that reported the first codification of the laws of the colony, and it was he who compiled the laws, pre- pared the copy for the printer and supervised the printing. He was voted as extra compensation for his work five hundred acres of land on the Nashua river and remission of taxes in his old age. He was appointed more times to edit the laws than even Governor Bellingham.
His wife died in Malden, March 24, 1650, and he married (second), June 21, 1651, Hannah (Smith) Mellows, widow of Edward Mellows, of Charles- town, who died 1655. In January, 1656, he married (third) Helen, Ellen or Eleanor Atkinson. She died January 6, 1663. In one of his marriages Mr. Hills acted the part of magistrate as well as groom, and married himself. The law required marriages to be solemnized by magistrates. Governor Belling- ham set Mr. Hills an example by marrying himself to Penelope Pelham. He was called upon to come down and plead to a complaint against him for the act, but he refused to do so. Joseph Hills, being a magistrate to end small causes, followed the ex- ample of the governor, January, 1656, and was pre- sented to the grand jury for marrying himself con- trary to the laws of the colony. The records show
that he freely acknowledged luis offense therein and his misunderstanding the grounds whereon he went, which he now confesseth to be unwarrantable. And he was admonished by the court. (Middlesex county records). He married (fourth) at Newbury, Massa- chusetts, Ann Lunt, widow of Henry Lunt, and made his home at Newbury his residence thereafter. He became blind in 1678. He died at New- bury, Massachusetts, February 5, 1688. His children were: I. Mary, baptized at Great Burstead, Eng- land, November 13, 1625, died at Malden, November 25, 1674. 2. Elizabeth, born in Great Burstead, bap- tized October 21, 1627, died at Malden. 3. Joseph,. born at Great Burstead, August 2, 1629, died at. Malden, April 19, 1674. 4. James, born at Maldon,. England, March 6, 1631, died young. 5. John, bornz. in Maldon, England, March 21, 1632, died at Mal- den, July 28, 1652. 6. Rebecca, born April 20,. 1634, died at Malden, Massachusetts, June 16, 1674. 7. Steven, born May 1, 1636, died at Maldon before 1638. 8. Sarah, born at waldon, baptized August 14,. 1637, died there August 14, 1637. 9. Gershom, bornz. at Charlestown, July 27, 1639, died in Malden, Massa -- chusetts, between 1710 and 1721. IO. Mehitable, born at Malden, Massachusetts, January 1, 1641, died there July, 1652. 11. Samuel, (see forward ). 12. Nathaniel, born at Malden, Massachusetts, De- cember 19, 1653, died there 1664. 13. Hannah, born at Malden. 14. Deborah, born at Malden, Massa- chusetts, March, 1657, died at Malden, October, 1662. 15. Abigail, born at Malden, October 6, 1658, died there October 9, 1662.
(II) Samuel Hills, son of Joseph Hills (I), was- born at Malden, July, 1652, died at Newbury, Massa- chusetts, August 18, 1732. He was a sergeant in the service during King Philip's war, and was in the battle of Bloody Brook, September 18, 1675, and Narragansett, December 19, 1675. He married at Newbury, Massachusetts, May 20, 1677, Abigail Wheeler, who died April 13, 1742, daughter of David and Sarah ( Wise) Wheeler, of Newbury, Massachusetts. David Wheeler was the son of John Wheeler, who was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, 1625, and came over in the "Confidence" in 1638. He married Sarah Wise, May II, 1650. Children of Samuel and Abigail ( Wheeler ) Hills were: I. Samuel, born at Newbury, Massachusetts ;. February 16, 1680, died at Rehoboth, July 17. 1748 .- 2. Joseph, born at Newbury, July 21, 1681, died at. Newbury, November 6, 1745. 3. Nathaniel, born at. Newbury, February 9, 1683, died at Hudson, New Hampshire, April 12, 1748. 4. Benjamin, (see for -- ward). 5. Abigail, born at Newbury, September. 2, 1686, died there August II, 1688. 6. Henry, born' at Newbury, April 23, 1688, died at Hudson, New Hampshire, August 20, 1757. 7. William, born at Newbury, October 8, 1689, died there before January 20, 1724. 8. Josiah, born at Newbury, July 27, 1091, died there April 26, 1726. 9. John, born at New- bury, September 20, 1693, died after 1734. 10. Abi -- gail, born at Newbury, June 27, 1695. II, James,. (twin) born at Newbury, February 26, 1697. 12. Hannah, (twin) born at Newbury, February 26, .. 1697. 13. Daniel, born at Newbury, December 8. 1700, removed to Nottingham west, then to Nova. Scotia about 1754. 14. Smith, born at Newbury,. April 10, 1706, died at Leominster, Massachusetts,- August 23, 1786.
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