Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. I, Part 38

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 824

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(III) Ebenezer Wadsworth, son of Captain Sam- uel Wadsworth (2), was among the early settlers of Milton, Massachusetts, where he was born, 1660, died 1717. He married Mary -, and their chil- dren were: I. Mary, born 1684, married - Simp- son. 2. Samuel, born 1685; was lieutenant in Mil- ton company; died 1754; married Ann Withington. 3. Recompense, see forward. 4. George, born 1698,

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in Milton, died 1778; married Hannah Pitcher; was farmer and miller at Stoughton, Massachusetts; ensign in Captain Goffe's company in French war; had seven children.

(IV ) Recompense Wadsworth, son of Ebenezer Wadsworth (3), born at Milton, 1688, died 1729; married Sarah Morey; their children: I. Sarah, born 1715. died 1728. 2. Mary, born 1718, married Jeremiah Tucker. 3. David, see forward. 4. Jona- than, born 1722, at Roxbury, removed from Milton about 1755, died 1798 (gored to death by a bull) ; married, 1742, Rebecca Davenport, of Milton, born in Roxbury. 1723; ten children.

(V) David Wadsworth. son of Recompense Wadsworth (4), born in Milton, 1720, died Decem- ber 5. 1749, in Grafton, Massachusetts, where he re- moved and settled; married Hannah Paul: their children : I. David, see forward. 2. Ebenezer, horn August 20, 1745, in Milton, married Lucy - and Patience Swift. 3. Samuel, born September 28, 1747, at Grafton. died 1842; married Margery Hutch- inson ; seven children. 4. Sarah, married Joseph Merriam.

(VI) David Wadsworth, son of David Wads- worth (5), born at Grafton, 1741, died 1821 ; married Elizabeth Whipple, born 1744, died October 31, 1827; their children: I. Susannah, born at Grafton, Sep- tember 13, 1765, married Peter Farnum. 2. David, born July 5, 1767; scythe manufacturer at Barre, Massachusetts : married Virtue Willard. 3. Jona- than, see forward. 4. John, born July 18. 1771, settled at Barre; died 1833; married Lois Warren; twelve children. 5. Jacob, born August 24, 1773, died April 11, 1774. 6. Samuel, born June 18, 1775, (lied IS12; married Elizabeth Barnes. 7. Ebenezer, born June 24, 1777, died August 5. 1777. 8. Moses, born October 30, 1778: married Elizabeth Tisdale, and removed to Walpole, Massachusetts. 9. Paul, born February 9. 1781, died December 16, 1783. 10. Joseph, born March 29, 1784: scythe manufacturer at Auburn, New York; married Anna Barnes, died 1854

(VII) Jonathan Wadsworth, son of David Wadsworth (6), born at Grafton, in the section now called Farnumsville, May 23, 1769, died 1850. He married, in Grafton, 1790, Tabitha, born in Grafton, May 8, 1772, died in 1853, daughter of Captain Jo- scph Warren. (See Warren Family.) Children of Jonathan and Tabitha (Warren) Wadsworth: I. Mary, born November 19, 1790, married James Mar- tin; died June 15. 1833. 2. Sally, born August 24. 1794. married Paul Farnum: died April 9, 1829, Boston. 3. Nancy, see forward. 4. David, born 1800, died young. 5. David, born October 20, 1803, South Boston; married, December 8, 1825, Caroline Metcalf : nine children. 6. Eliza Ann, born June 9, 1806, married Zephaniah Frost. 7. Lucina, born May 5. 1808, married Adolphus Fowler, 1829. 8. Susan, born June 3. 1810, married Calvin Taft. 1834; died October 23, 1837. 9. Jonathan, born October 30, 1816, died June 3, 1833.

(VIII) Nancy Wadsworth. daughter of Jonathan Wadsworth (7), born March II. 1798, died Decem- ber 29. 1839: married Elbridge Hewett.

WARREN FAMILY. John Warren (1). was an emigrant ancestor of George Farnum Hewett, of Worcester, through his mother's mother's line. John Warren came to America in 1630 at the age of forty- five. He was born in England. therefore, in 1585. He settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, where he was made freeman May 18, 1631. In 1635 he and Abraham Browne were appointed to lay out high- ways and see that they were repaired. His home- stall of twelve acres, drawn 1642, was bounded by

the homestalls of William Hammond, John Biscoe and Isaac Sterne, and he had seven other lots, amounting in all to one hundred and seventy-six acres. He sympathized with the Quakers, and was at odds with the Puritan church. In October, 1651, he and Thomas Arnold' were fined for an offense against the laws concerning baptism. He was warned March 14, 1658-9, for not attending church, and later fined for neglecting to go to church fourteen Sab- baths, at the rate of twenty shillings each. May 27. 1661, his house was searched for Quakers. His neighbor Hammond was also suspected of harbor- ing the persecuted Quakers. His wife Margaret died November 6. 1662. He died December 13. 1667, aged eighty-two. His will, dated November 30, 1667, was proved December 17, 1667. His children, all born in England, were: 1. John, see forward. 2. Mary, born in England; married, October 30, 1642, John Bigelow. 3. Daniel, born 1628, took the oath of fidelity, 1652. 4. Elizabeth, married about 1654. James Knapp.

(II) Captain John Warren, son of John Warren (I), was born in England. 1622. He took a prom- inent part in town affairs at Watertown ; was select- man in 1676 during the war. His will is dated Janu- ary 12. 1702-3, and proved February 22 same year. He married. July 11, 1667, Michal, widow of Richard Bloys and daughter of Robert Jennison. She died July 14, 1713. Their children: I. Margaret, born May 6, 1668, died unmarried, 1703. 2. Sarah, born January 25. 1670-1. 3. Elizabeth, born July 8, 1673: married October IS. 1705. Daniel Harrington. 4. Mary, born May 25, 1675; married December 30, 1698. Joseph Peirce. 5. John, born May 21, 1678. 6. Grace, born May 12, 1679-80: died unmarried, January, 1703. 7. Samuel, born January 23. 1683 ; married Lydia Cutting ; he died November 13, 1759; she died July 15, 1766.

(III) John Warren, son of Captain John War- ren (2), settled in Weston. He married first, Abigail Hastings, died July 19, 1710; second, May 14, 17II, Lydia Fiske. His estate was administered by his wife Lydia, appointed July 29, 1726. She married (second) in Watertown, June 17, 1730, Benjamin Harrington. Children of John and Abigail (Hast- ings) Warren were: I. John, born April 3, 1701 ; a blacksmith at Marlboro. 2. Sarah, born September 20, 1702; married. October 29, 1725, Samuel Har- rington. 3. Samuel, see forward. 4. Thomas, born March II. 1705-6: married, 1727, Lydia Mixer. 5. David, born June 22, 1708; married, June 22, 1733, Martha Coolidge "Jr." 6. Lydia, born 1712. 7. Ben- jamin, born April 4. 1715. 8. David, born January 5. 1716-7. 9. Abigail. born October 28. 1719. IO. Lucy. born October 26, 1721. II. William, boru October 21, 1723, died 1739. 12. John, baptized 1725.

(IV) Captain Samuel Warren, son of John War- ren (3). born March 18. 1703-4, died January 26. 1775. Captain Samuel Warren came to Grafton. from Weston in 1730. He was one of the original members of the church there. His daughter Sarah was the first white child born in the town of Graf- ton. His house was a log cabin at first nearly opposite Chapin's Lane. He was captain of a com- pany that marched to the relief of Fort William Henry, March 25, 1757. He married, at Weston, Massachusetts, August 26, 1728, Tabitha, born 1702, died April 21, 1765. daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Waite) Stone. Their children: 1. Samuel, born April 20, 1730; married. May 29. 1754. Eunice Cor- bet. of Mendon. 2. Sarah, born December 24, 1731; married Phineas Leland. 3. Rebecca, born April 16, 1733. 4. Abigail, born April 29, 1735. 5. John, born

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August 8, 1736; died September S, 1755. 6. Tabitha, born August 6, 1738, died September 7, 1754. 7. William, born May 29, 1740, removed to Conway. 8. David, born March 24, 1742; married Prudence Whipple. 9. Joseph, see forward. 10, Martha, born May 31, 1747.

(\) Captain Joseph Warren, son of Captain Samuel (4), born April 22, 1745, died July 19, 1808; married, March 28, 1765, Lois Lyon, born 1746, died February 7, 1816. In February, 1763, he was a private in Captain Ebenezer Cox's regiment in His Majesty's service. He was sergeant in Cap- tain Luke Drury's company. He responded to the Lexington call. In April, 1776, he was made second lieutenant in Captain Nathaniel Sher- man's company, Colonel John Goulding's regiment. He marched August 1, 1777, with his company to the relief of Bennington. Children of Captain Jo- seph Warren: I. Samuel, born December 7, 1765, married - Stow, and (second) Widow Crow- inshield ; removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut. 2. John, born November 28, 1767; married Polly Chapin and Susannah Grout. 3. Sally, born No- vember 30, 1769; married Gardner Brown, of Sut- ton, November. 1791. 4. Tabitha, see forward. 5. Lois, born June 14, 1779: married, November 12, 1797, John Wadsworth. 6. Phila, born February 21, 1783; married, March 12, ISO1, Nathaniel Whipple. 7. Delphia, born November 3, 1786, died 1869, unmarried.

(VI) Tabitha Warren, daughter of Captain Jo- seph Warren .(5), married Jonathan Wadsworth. She was the mother of Mrs. Elbridge Hewett, mother of George F. Hewett. (See Wadsworth Family and George F. Hewett.)

PAINE FAMILY. Stephen Paine (1), from whom so many of the families of the name in Amer- ica traces their descents, was an emigrant ancester of George Farnum Hewett, of Worcester through his father's mother, Mrs. William Hewett. The sub- stance of the following account of the family is taken from a sketch written some years ago by Nathaniel Paine, vice-president of the Worcester Trust Company, who also wrote the history of the Paine family in Worcester.

Stephen Paine was descended from a family of Great Ellingham, a parish in the Hundred of Shropham, near Hingham, Norfolk county, Eng- land. He was a miller by trade. He came to New England with a large party from Hingham and vi- cinity in 1638, in the ship "Diligent," John Martin, master, with a family consisting of his wife, three sons and four servants. There are records subse- quently of only two sons, however. One died early or returned to England. Paine settled at Hingham, in Plymouth Colony, where he had land grants. He was admitted a freeman in 1639, and elected a deputy to general court 1641. In 1641-2 he and four others obtained leave of general court to set- tle Seekonk, and he removed to that place, which was afterward called Reboboth, in 1643-4. There he became prominent, holding many offices of honor and trust ; was made a townsman, an office of some im- portance, 1644; in 1645 he was again sent to the gen- eral court and continued to represent Seekonk, until 1660, also held various town offices until 1671. He became a founder of the town of Attleboro, Massa- chusetts in 1661, he and his sons Stephen and Nathaniel being among those who bought Attle- boro of the Indians. They also owned the tract which includes the present town of Swansea, Massa- chusetts, and Barrington, Rhode Island.

Stephen Paine died in August, 1679, outliving both his sons. His first wife died January 20,

1660. He married (second) Alice, widow of Wil- liam Parker of Plymouth and Taunton, Massachu- setts. She died December 5, 1682. His children Nathaniel and Stephen both born in England.

(II) Stephen Paine, son of Stephen Paine ( I), born 1629, in Norfolk county, England, was nine years old when he came to New England with his folks. He settled with them at Hingham, and re- moved with them to Rehoboth in 1643-4. He be- came a prominent citizen there, taking the oath of fidelity in 1657. He was a tanner by trade. 1le was active in town affairs and held a number of offices. He may have resided a few years at Swan- sea, where he and his father owned land. Hc was active in King Philip's war under Major Wil- liam Bradford, as a soldier and also as a contribu- tor to the war fund. He died at Rehoboth, Jan- uary 1677-8. His wife Anne married (second) Thomas Metcalf, of Rehoboth. Children of Stephen and Ann Paine: 1. Stephen, born September 29, 1651; married Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Williams, of Taunton; married (second) Mary Brintnall, August 12, 1707; was deputy to general court 1694 and 1703. 2. Rebecca, born October 20, 1656; married, December 24, 1673, Peter Hunt, Jr. ; married (second) Samuel Peck, November 21, 1677. 3. John, born April 3, 1658, resided at Swansea, 1683; surveyor of highways there 1686; married Elizabeth Belcher and had large family. 4. Mary, born May II, 1660, married October 29, 1678-9. Enoch Ilunt, of Reboboth. 5. Samuel, born, at Rehoboth, May 12, 1662, married Anne Peck, of Rehobothı, December 16, 1685; married (second) Mrs. Abigail Fussell of Woonsocket; removed 1708 from Rehoboth to Woonsocket, Rhode Island. 6. Elizabeth, born August 27, 1664, married February IO, 1685, Jacob Pepper. 7. Sarah, born October 12, 1666; died April 17, 1711; married, November 23, 1688, Daniel Alden. 8. Nathaniel, born Sep- tember 20, 1667; married May 1, 1694, Dorothy Chaffee.

(III) Samuel Paine, son of Stephen Paine (2). born at Rehoboth, August 12, 1662; married, Decem- ber 16, 1685, Anne Peck, born December 22, 1667, at Rehoboth, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Sarah (Hunt) Peck. Sarah Hunt was daughter of Peter Hunt, Sr., and granddaughter of Enoch Hunt, the emigrant. Joseph Peck, grandfather of Anne, came over in the "Diligent" with Stephen Paine from old Hingham, Norfolk county, England, with his family and servants. Anne (Peck) Paine died February 26. 1703, soon after the birth of Daniel, her last child. Samuel married second (intentions January 18, 1708-9), Abigail, daughter of - Bartholomew, widow of Joseph Frizzell. She was admitted in full communion in the church May 5, 1728, died January 13, 1752, aged seventy-nine. Samuel died May II, 1735. The graves of Samuel and his wives are marked by stones in the old graveyard at East Providence, Rhode Island. Children of Samuel : I. Samuel, born September 13, 1686, removed to Pomfret, Connecticut, 1705-6; married Rutlı, daughter of Abraham and Sarah Perrin; she was born March 30, 1688, probably at Rehoboth; both admitted to church at Pomfret. September, 1719; was on petition for town charter; held office; wife died June 5. 1725; he died February 15, 1725. 2. Anne, born September 15, 1688; married, March 13, 1717, Peter Hunt, his second wife. 3. Seth, born August 20, 1690; married Mary Morris, removed to Connecticut. 4. Judith, born February 18, 1695, married January 5, 1719, Ichabod Peck, of Reho- both, brother of Ensign Daniel Peck; nine chil- dren. 5. Noah, born May 28, 1696; married Jan-

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uary 13, 1732, Mehitable Storrs, born March 30, 1709. 6. Daniel, born February 1702-3. Rebecca, born 1710; married, July 4, 1744, Deliver- ance Cleveland, of Canterbury, Connecticut, where she died 1784. 8. Ebenezer, see forward.

(IV) Ebenezer Pame, son of Samuel Paine (3), was born 1711. His mother was a grand- daugliter of John Grosvernor, of Roxbury, who died September 27, 1691. (The only gravestone in the Roxbury, Massachusetts graveyard bearing a coat-of-arms is that of John Grosvenor.) He was a tanner and town constable; had property in Pomfret, where his children went in 1700 with his widow. She died 1738, aged eighty-seven. Eben- ezer Paine settled in Woodstock, Connecticut. He owned the covenant in 1740; served on several im- portant church committees for the town ; admitted freeman 1749; served as constable. He died March 29, 1789, aged seventy-eight years; his wife died May 23, 1758. Their children: 1. Mary, born at West Woodstock, Connecticut (where all the chil- dren were born), September 23, 1737, married May 2, 1769, Moses Perrin, of Woodstock (the records tell us that she died of the bite of a skunk). 2. Ebenezer, Jr., born December 16, 1739; married, 1766, Esther, born May 2, 1743, daughter of Samuel Child and Keziah Hutchins of Killingly, Connecti- cut ; mason; removed from Woodstock to Hartland, Vermont, where he died April 9, 1795; wife died March 6, 1839, aged ninety-six. 3. Leicester, see forward. 4. Asa, born September, 1744; married a daughter of Samuel and Keziah Child; settled in Pomfret, Vermont : four sons. 5. Stephen, born September 17, 1749; married, May 19, 1795, Martha, daughter of Dr. Parker Morse, of Woodstock, Con- necticut ; held many offices of honor and trust; in 1788 was member Connecticut state convention to ratify federal consitution and voted no; represented Woodstock in legislature and was generally called Deputy Paine; died June, 1820; his wife died January 5, 1825. 6. Hannah, born December 23, I753.

(V) Leicester Paine, son of Ebenezer Painc (4), born at West Woodstock, Connecticut, May II, 1742; removed to Uxbridge, Massachusetts, about 1780; married Elizabeth, daughter of David Draper, who built the house generally known as the Draper House, at Uxbridge. He died July 7. 1821, aged seventy-nine; she died November 6, 1830, aged eighty. Children of Leicester Paine: I. Lu- rana Leonard, see forward. 2. Mary Grosvenor, born November 19. 1781, Woodstock. died un- married, 1832. 3. David Draper, born July 26, 1788; married October 23, 1822, Jemima French, of Ux- bridge, born 1800, died April 23, 1859; joiner by trade, also school teacher ; prominent man. select- man, assessor, deacon Baptist church; died Novem- ber 18, 1854: eight children.

(VI) Lurana Leonard Paine, daughter of Leicester Paine (5), born Woodstock, Connecticut, January 1, 1777; married, January 14, 1802, at Ux- bridge, Massachusetts, William Hewett, Jr. He was born August I, 1770, at Gloucester, Rhode Island. His father was William Hewett, of Sutton, Massa- chusetts. Lurana died at Sutton, February 29, 1807. Her children, all born at Northbridge, Massa- chusetts, formerly Sutton: I. Elias P. Hewett, born 1802, died 1803. 2. Elbridge Hewett, born August II. 1804. married, February 20, 1828, Nancy Wads- worth, of Grafton, Massachusetts, who died 1869; he died March 17, 1777 at Worcester, Massachu- setts. Children: 1. Andrew Fuller Hewett, born August 29, 1829. 2. Mary Lurana, born July 16, 1831 ; married John Wheeler. of Grafton, who died

1881. 3. Caroline Hewett, born January 16, 1833; teacher in public schools of Worcester, Massachu- setts, many years. 4. George Farnum, born July 5. 1836, married Maria L. Knox.

THAYER FAMILY. The original American ancestor of one branch of the Thayer family in New England was Thomas Thayer, who settled in Braintree, Massachusetts, coming from Thorn- bury, England. He married Margery Wheeler, who died December 11, 1672. He died April, 1672. Thomas (I) was a shoemaker, as shown by his will made September 13, 1665. The children of Thomas and Margery were: Thomas, Jr., Ferdinando and Shadrach.

(II) Ferdinando Thayer, son of Thomas Thayer (1), married Huldah Hayward, of Brain- tree, and settled at Mendon about 1668 where he reared his large family, and died there March 28, 1713, and his wife Huldah, 1690. He had been at Mendon before the King Philip war and his name ap- pears in the minutes of the first town meeting, June, 1667, as selectman. Among the lands set off and sur- veyed for him was one tract in January, 1674. and then after the Indians burned the town, it seems he went back again and re-located and took lands, in- cluding a forty acre house-lot, May 26, 1686. They had twelve children, about half of them born in Braintree and the latter ones at Mendon. Their names were-Sarah, Huldah, Jonathan, David, died 1674, Naomi, Thomas, Samuel, Isaac, Josiah, Ebenezer, Benjamin and David.

(III) Benjamin Thayer, son of Ferdinando Thayer (2), born in Mendon, December 20, 1712, married (first) Sarah Haywood: (second) Hannah Haywood. Youngest child was Aaron, born No- vember II. 1715.

(IV) Aaron Thayer, son of Benjamin Thayer (3), married Jemima Cook, in 1738, and they had thirteen children, including one named Benjamin. (V) Benjamin Thayer, born April 16, 1744, son of Aaron Thayer (4), married Sarah Bosworth, of Bellingham, July 9, 1767, and they had seven children, including one named Caleb.

(VI) Caleb Thayer, son of Benjamin Thayer (5), born January 31, 1770, married Elizabeth Thayer, April 7, 1791, and they had five children in- cluding Caleb.

(VII) Caleb Thayer, son of Caleb Thayer (6), born January 5. 1803, married Hannah Gas- kill, May 20, 1827, and they had : Adin, born Decem- ber 5, 1828; Elias Ellis, born April 21, 1832, died 1840 : Elizabeth. born June 11, 1836.

(VIII) Judge Adin Thayer, son of Caleb Thayer (7), was born December 5, 1828. His was but a limited educational opportunity. He at tended the common district schools and later the Worcester Academy. Thinking he might follow teaching for a profession, he took a thorough course of training at the Westfield Normal school. He had not long tested his fitness and liking for steady school room life, when he decided that the best channel for his success would be that of the legal profession, so he began the study of law with Henry Chapin, whom he finally succeeded on the bench. It was in 1854 that Mr. Thayer commenced his legal practice at Worcester. His judgment being of the soundest type, marked by the plain, practical, common sense, he soon rose to a man of more than ordinary importance in Massachusetts. While he was an eminent lawyer, his most brilliant work was in the arena of politics, and within this field he was pre-eminent. Early allied with the Free Soil party. he was eager and earnest in opposition to the en-

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croachments of the slave power, and despised the proceedings under the Fugitive Slave Law, as it affected his own native state. His relatives were in- timate with Hon. Charles Sumner and John All- drew. He was unselfish and consistent in his de- votion to the principles which he believed should actuate and predominate in his state and nation. While he might have appreciated high office, he never sulked or faltered because another was chosen to hold such honorable places. He became an invalu- able adviser among thie early day leaders within the Republican party. In the truest, best sense he was a strong partisan. Believing as he did in justice to all men, he threw himself into the canvass spir- ited like a brave warrior, determined that the cause should not fail by reason of any neglect upon his part. He was a great political organizer and the campaigns he directed were complete in every de- tail. He' seldom appeared as a speaker, but when he did his arguments were logical and convincing. He held but few offices. Under President Lincoln he was internal revenue collector and re-appointed by General Grant. Two years he served as state senator. In 1878, as chairman of the state com- mittee of the Republican party, he rendered great service. The bench was vacated by the death of Judge Chapin in 1878, and Mr. Thayer was ap- pointed to succeed him in probate court, and faith- fully discharged his duty for ten years. In his death in 1888 Massachusetts lost a stanch defender. (IX) Charles Martin Thayer, only child of Judge Adin and Caroline W. (Kendrick) Thayer, was born in Worcester, December 4, 1866. He was educated in the public schools and Harvard Uni- versity, graduating from the latter institution in 1889. He then entered Harvard Law School, grad- uating therefrom in 1892, studied law in the office of Hopkins & Bacon, was admitted to the bar in Suffolk county in 1891, and took up his practice in the city of Worcester. He is a member of the Worcester County Bar Association. He is a director of the Worcester Trust Company at the present time (1905), the Peoples Savings Bank, Crompton & Knowles Loom Works, and the Merchants and Farmers Insurance Company. He is the trustee of several large estates. He was chairman of the school committee for a period of three years. He is the Worcester county attorney Jor the Boston & Maine Railroad. He is a Republican in politics. (VIII) Frederick Thayer, son of Caleb and Hannah (Gaskill) Thayer (7), and the brother of the eminent judge and jurist of Massachusetts, Hon. Adin Thayer, was born in Blackstone, Massa- chusetts. He completed his school studies at the academies at Wilbraham and Greenwich. He then engaged in teaching for a season and then embarked in trade, a member the Wor- cester firm of Thayer & Taft. He soon be- came manager of the Worcester Company of Capitalists, who purchased the mill and power privilege .at Blackstone, formerly owned by A. T. Stewart, of New York. Mr. Thayer became one of the largest dealers in shoddy and satinet in New England. While at Blackstone he represented his district in the general court, two terms-1879-80. For his first wife he married Adelia L. Greene, related to General Nathaniel Greene, of revolutionary fame. His second wife was a sister of his former companion-Carrie D. Greene.

( III) Isaac Thayer, son of Ferdinando and Hul- dah Thayer (2), married (first) Mercy Ward, (sec- ond) Mary -, and had eleven children born to him.

(IV) Joseph Thayer, son of Isaac Thayer (3). married (first) Sarah Balcome, and (second)

Rachel Richardson. To Joseph were born twelve children, including John, the fifth child.

(V) John Thayer, son of Joseph Thayer (4). married Dasa Richardson, in 1776, and they were the parents of six children, including one named John, Jr.

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Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. I, Part 38

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed Publication date: 1907 Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 824

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 824