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He married. 1637, Mercy Hurd. born in Eng- land. After his death she married (second), in 1655. Edmund Rice, of Sudbury and Marlborough, and she married (third), in 1664, William Hunt, of
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Marlborough, who died in 1667. She died Decem- ber 23, 1693. Children of Thomas and Mercy Brig- ham were: Mary, born in Watertown; Thomas, born 1041, see forward; John, born March 9. 1645. married three times; Ilannah, born March 9, 1650, married Samuel Wells, of Ilassenburg, Connecti- cut : Samuel. born January 12, 1652, married Eliza- beth Ilowe. .
(II) Thomas Brigham, son of Thomas Brigham (I), was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 19, 1646. He removed to Marlborough with his mother, who married Edmund Rice, of Sud- bury, when Thomas was a boy of eleven years. On coming of age Thomas bought of his step-father for thirty pounds a town right in Marlborough and twenty-four acres of land with a frame house. He had it paid for and received the deed August 28, 1665. His farm was in the southwest part of the town ; part of his homestead is known as the War- ren Brigham farm of Marlborough. It is on the south road from Marlborough to Northborough. He had many grants of land from time to time. In 1686 he was one of a company to buy 6,000 acres in Marlborough of the Indians. His sons also drew land at what is now Westborough and Southi- borough. Thomas had sixty-three acres at one division, thirty-nine acres of which were on the side of Crane hill on a path from his house to Crane Ordinary. His house built shortly after the war of 1676 is still standing, or was lately, and the chair in which Thomas used to sit and in which he died was owned lately by Mrs. Lewis Ames, a descen- dant. His will was made April 17. 1716, and proved January 2, 1717. He left his real estate on the west side of the Sudbury branch of the Assabet river to his sons David and Gershom; to Nathan and Jonathan he left the part of the Eaton farm on the east side of the river. Elnathan had part of the homestead and other lands.
Thomas Brigham married Mary Rice, who was born September 19, 1646, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth ( Moore) Rice, and granddaughter of his stepfather, Edmund Rice. He married (second). July 30, 1696, Susanna ( Shattuck) Morse, of Water- town. He died November 25, 1717, aged seventy- six years. Children of Thomas and Mary Brigham were: Thomas, born February 24, 1666: Nathan, born June, 1671; David, born August 11, 1673, died young; Jonathan, born February 22, 1674, married Mary Fay: David, born April 12, 1678, see for- ward; Gershom, born February 23, 1680, died Janu- ary 3. 1749: Elnathan, born March 7, 1683, mar- ried Bethia Ward and settled in Connecticut ; Mary, born October 26, 1687, married Jonas Houghton, of Lancaster.
(III) David Brigham, son of Thomas Brigham (2), was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, April 12, 1678. He was highway surveyor in the town of Marlborough in 1711, but on the division of the town in 1717 was thrown into the new town of West- borough. He held various offices in Westborough, sealer of leather seven years and selectman for six years. He was one of the leading men of the town and was one of the few allowed to build their own pews in the meeting house. He settled a wild tract of six hundred acres in Westborough, a tract that includes the present state farm and several adjacent farms in Westborough and Northborough. He built his house about sixty rods east of the Reform School. This house was burned when he was an old man and the family lost much of the furniture and contents also. His will dated June 14. 1748, ratified deeds of farms he had given to his children : John. Silas, Levi, Jonas, Asa and Deborah. Jonas had a fourteen acre town right, a part of that pur-
chased of Edmund Rice by huis father. Jonas was the executor. The receipts on file show that he set- tled with the other heirs three days after their father's death, although the will was not proved till August 22, 1748.
He married ( first) Deborah who died October 11, 1708, and (second) Mary Newton, Oc- tober 21, 1709. She died December 1, 1741. His third wife survived him. Children of David and Deborah Brigham were: John, born April 22, 1704, died at Shrewsbury, 1767; David, born September 30, 1708, died November 29, 1741. Children of David and Mary were: Silas, born August 9, 1710, died March 11, 1791; Jemima, born August 24, 1712, married Edward Newton : Deborah, born September 27, 1714, married, November 14, 1752, Francis Har- rington ; Colonel Levi, born August 21, 1716, mar- ried Susannah Grout; Jonas, born February 25, 1718, see forward ; Asa, born December 2, 1721, married Mary Newton.
(IV) Captain Jonas Brigham, son of David Brigham (3), was born in Westborough, formerly Marlborough, Massachusetts, February 25. 1718. He settled on land about sixty rods from the present location of the State Reform School to the east- ward. He became one of the most distinguished citizens of his day. No man stood higher in the public confidence and esteem. He was a member of the Westborough school committee, highway sur- vevor and constable, and between 1769 and 1777 was selectman seven years. He was frequently elected moderator, an honor that went usually to the first citizen of the early Massachusetts towns. He served on the vigilance committee and delegate to the county congress before the revolution, and in every way proved himself an efficient citizen and enlightened patriot. He was captain in the militia and served in command of his company seven months at Dorchester and three months at New York early in the revolutionary war, and on the alarm list later. He died September 25, 1789, at Westborough. He married Persis Baker, born in Westborough, November 8. 1726, daughter of Ed- ward Baker. ( See sketch of Baker family of West- borough. )
Children of Captain Jonas and Persis Brig- ham were: Martha, born at Westborough, Noven- ber 1, 1746: Jonas, born October 29, 1748, died 1826; married Ann Draper : Antipas, born July 23, 1750, died November 12, 1756; Eli, born March 17. 1752, college graduate, drowned, unmarried; Edward, born May 21, 1754: Barnabas, born March 29, 1756; Antipas, born March 15, 1758, married Hepsibah Brigham : Daniel, born June 12, 1760, died June I, 1837: married Anna Monroe; David, born March 31, 1762, see forward: Persis, born April 23. 1764, died February 3. 1775; Joseph, born April 20, 1766, married Lucy Warren ; William, born May 12, 1768, died young.
(V) David Brigham, son of Captain Jonas Brig- ham (1), was born at Westborough, Massachusetts, March 31, 1762. He settled on a farm in West- borough, part of the original homestead of his grandfather David near the State Reform School. On his farm the Brigham family reunions were held on many occasions, and his farm was looked upon as the oldest Brigham place still in the hands of the family. He married, February 22, 1787, Lucy Harrington, born at Westborough, September 17, 1765, daughter of Joseph and Ruth Harrington, and granddaughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Harring- ton (See sketch of Harrington Family of West- borough). The Rev. Abner Morse extols the vir- tues of Mrs. Brigham, declaring her a very superior woman. Children of David and Lucy Brigham
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were: Otis, born April 16, 1788, see forward; Elmer, born February 25, 1790, died 1796; Ara- thusa, born October 2, 1792, married Rev. John M. Putnam; David, born September 2, 1794, married Elizabeth H. Durfee; Hannah Merriam, born Oc- tober 2, 1796, married Silas Paine, of Randolph ; Elmer, born September 8. 1798 (Hon.), married Betsey Parker, resided in Westborough; Holloway Fisk, born September 2, 1802 (captain), married Frances Reed and lived in Northborough; Lucy Harrington, born February 17, 1805, married Dr. Benjamin Pond and lived in Westborough ; Martha, born January 16, 1808, married Harrison O. Fay.
(VI) Otis Brigham, son of David Brigham (5), was born at Westborough, April 16, 1788. He was educated in the public schools and brought up a farmer on the old homestead. Notwithstanding his rather meagre schooling he was well-read and self- educated. Rev. Abner Morse states that Otis felt strongly a call to study for the ministry. "Engaged already in the prosperous pursuit of agriculture he judged it his duty therein to abide, thinking that perhaps the words 'do good' had not always been synonymous with 'preach the gospel' and that he might do something to restore their former mean- ing. * * For human appearance * not every able and devoted minister has in a long life rendered Zion more service." In 1817 a Sunday school was established in Westborough, and Otis Brigham became superintendent and teacher and continued as such forty years. No man in the town had more influence for good than he. He was constantly serving the town and church. He was on the committee to select the site for the ceme- tery, on the committee to locate and build the Or- thodox church. Again we quote from Morse: "In the selection of candidates and the settlement of pas- tors: in the maintenance of the purity of the doc- trine and the efficiency of its discipline; in the promotion of spirituality and revivals and in the patronage of public Christian charities, he was un- formly conspicuous, prudent, prompt, faithful and liberal. If he has been charged with radicalism, it has been the radicalism necessary to progress and consistent with the old land marks. His example in this respect is his highest and most enduring praise. In his view the old paths in which walked Thomas Brigham have been trod safely too long by the saints to be left for new divergent ways be- cause smoother and less repugnant to carnal affec- tions." Ile was a member of the Orthodox (Con- gregational ) church. He gathered the genealogy of the family, but, owing to lask of support when he attempted to publish it. gave away the manu- script in widely scattered families and kept only a chart, which, however, was of material value to Rev. Mr. Morse when he went over the same ground later. He used to entertain the family re- union at the old place annually. He was as dis- tinguished in civil affairs as in religious work. He was selectman for fourteen years and overseer of the poor for the same period. He was representa- tive to the general court in 1839-40. He was for a period of twenty years moderator of the annual town meeting, good evidence that in the minds of his townsmen he was the foremost citizen of the town. After the formation of the Republican party he voted with it. He died April, 1872.
Otis Brigham married (first) Abigail Bates, born January 22, 1702, died May 2, 1831. He mar- ried (second) her sister, Adeline Bates, born May IO, 1801, died October 2, 1866. His wives were natives of Cohasset, daughters of Zealous and Abi- gail (Nichols) Bates, and lineal descendants of Clement Bates (1), who came from England in
J635 and settled at Hingham, Massachusetts. From Clement the line of descent is through Joseph (II), Joshua (III), Joshua (IV), Joshua (V), to Zeal- ous (VI). (The first three generations will be found in full elsewhere in this work).
Joshua Bates (IV) was born in Hingham, June 15. 1698, died there March 16, 1766. He married, December 28, 1721, Abigail Joy, born in Hingham, December 29, 1701, daughter of Joseph and Eliza- beth (Andrews) Joy. Children of Joshua and Abi- gail were: Abigail, Joshua, see forward; Eliza- beth, Elisha, Nathaniel, Abigail 2d, and Sarah.
Joshua Bates (V) was born in Hingham, De- cember 1, 1724, died June 8, 1816, in his ninety- second years. He married (first) Grace Lincoln, daughter of Elisha and Sarah (Lewis) Lincoln, and (second), October 13, 1782, Mrs. Hannah Pyn- chon. Children of Joshua and Grace were: Levi, Ambrose, Sarah, Grace, Zealous, see forward; Zib- rah, Ambrose 2d. Abigail, Theophilus and Phineas. Children of Joshua and Hannah: Abner, Enos, Grace and Joshua.
Zealous Bates (VI), son of Joshua and Grace (Lincoln) Bates, was born in Hingham, March 1, 1754. He resided in the part of Hingham set off as the town of Cohasset in 1770. He married, Au- gust 20, 1775. Abigail Nichols, mentioned above, born in Hingham, January 22, 1757, daughter of Daniel and Abigail (Beal) Nichols. She was de- scended from the immigrant Thomas Nichols, of Hingham.
Children of Otis and Abigail (Bates) Brigham were: Henrietta Amarinthia, born April 5, 1820, at Westborough, married Samuel M. Griggs; George Otis, born November 9, 1821; Sereno LeRoy, born April 9, 1824; Ivers Jewett. born October 31, 1826, died Angust 11, 1847; Joshua Bates, born September 28, 1828, resided at Boston. Children of Otis and Adeline were: Abigail Adeline, born March 21, 1833, was a teacher in the public schools; Lucy Harrington, born June 1, 1834, the only survivor of the family, was for many years a teacher in the Westborough public schools; Ann Frances, born December 13, 1835, died February 9, 1843: Mary Jane, born November 21, 1837, died February 9. 1843. within an hour of the death of her sister of scarlet fever, and both were placed in the same coffin: Daniel Edward, born December 22, 1840, died December 30, 1840.
CHARLES F. MERRIAM. Joseph Merriam (I) was the emigrant ancestor of the late Charles F. Merriam, of Westminster and Leominster. Jo- seph Merriam with his brothers Robert and George came from Hadlow, Kent county, England, where their father William resided. They settled in Con- cord, Massachusetts, in 1638. Joseph arrived at Charlestown in July, 1638. and was listed for the voyage as an "undertaker."
George Merriam had one son and his line of male descent became extinct with the death of his great-grandson, Robert, who was town clerk and representative, left no issne. So the Merriams of this generation belonging to this family are descended from Joseph. He was made a freeman at Concord, March 14. 1639, died January 1, 1641. His widow married (second) Joseph Wheeler, of Concord, died March 12, 1671.
The children of Joseph and Sarah Merriam were : William, Sarah, married Thomas Wheeler, of Concord, died before 1681; he died June 12, 1692: Joseph, born 1629: Elizabeth, married Thomas Henchman. of Chelmsford and Charlestown. died 1705: he died 1703: John, born at Concord. July 9, 1641 (posthumous).
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(II) Joseph Merriam, son of Joseph Merriam (1), was born in England, 1629, lived at Concord and Cambridge, Massachusetts (probably over the Cambridge line in Lexington). He took the free- man's oath May 22, 1650. He married at Concord, July 12, 1653, Sarah Stone, daughter of Gregory Stone, of Cambridge. Joseph died at Concord, April 20, 1677: his wife died at Lexington, April 5, 1704. Their children were: Sarah, born at Concord, Au- gust 7, 1654, married, June 14, 1688, Eleazer Ball, of Concord, who died November 15, 1698; she mar- ried (second), June 7, 1699, Samuel Fletcher, of Chelmsford; she died April 29, 1703; Lydia, born August 3. 1656, died December 16, 1690: Joseph, born at Cambridge, May 25, 1658; Elizabeth, born May 20, 1660, married Isaac Wood; John, born at Cambridge, August 30, 1662; Mary, born June 14, 1664, married Isaac Stearns; Robert, born Decem- ber 17, 1667; Ruth, married, December 3, 1690, Nathaniel Stow, of Concord, died July 14, 1718; Thomas, born 1672; David, died 1744, at Townsend, Massachusetts.
(III) Thomas Merriam, son of Joseph Merriam (2), was born at Concord, Massachusetts, 1672. He married, December 23, 1696, Mary Haywood, of Concord. She was dismissed from the Concord church to Lexington in 1698. He was constable of Lexington in 1716, selectman in 1718-22-25. He died August 16, 1738; she died September 29, 1756, aged eighty-one years. Their children were : Thomas, baptized April 21, 1700; Lydia, baptized August 1, 1703, married Nathaniel Estabrook and resided at Reading ; Nathaniel, baptized December 9, 1705, married Esther Muzzy, daughter of Ben- jamin Muzzy; Simon, baptized November 28, 1708, died February 8. 1747; David, baptized September 2, 1711, died December 15, 1743, in Townsend; Isaac. baptized July 11. 1714, married and had a child ; died September, 1741.
(IV) Thomas Merriam, son of Thomas Mer- riam (3), was born at Lexington, Massachusetts, baptized April 21, 1700. He married Tabitha Stone. He was admitted to the church August 2, 1721. She died June 22, 1760; he died June 4. 1752. Their children were: Samuel, born December 21, 1723, married, June 4, 1752, Anna Whitney ; Nathan, April 7. 1725, married Mary Hosmer, March 26, 1755; Mary, June 15, 1727, married David Whitney, of Waltham, Massachusetts; Hannah, August 7, 1729, died February 14, 1730; Thomas, August 24, 1731, married Sarah Wilder ; Tabitha, May 10, 1733, mar- ried Nathan Whitney, of Waltham, moved to West- minster. had family: Lydia, October 28, 1734, mar- ried, March 27, 1755, Josiah Cutting, of Westmin- ster, Massachusetts ; Hepzibah, February 24. 1737, died August 10, 1740; Elizabeth, July 27, 1738, mar- ried, November 5. 1755. Moses Sawtell, of Con- necticut ; Eunice, June 30, 1740, died April 7. 1741. The foregoing children were born at Lexington, Massachusetts. Five of them located in Westmin- ster, Massachusetts, and a sixth at Hubbardston, and adjoining town.
(V) Thomas Merriam, son of Thomas Merriam (4), was born in Lexington, Massachusetts, August 27, 1731. He removed to Westminster and in 175I was in charge of and at work on lots 83 and 84, now the homesteads of Olive M. Merriam and Otis Flagg, of Westminster, then owned by Thomas Merriam (IV), his father. The southwest portion of these lots was sold to his brother-in-law, Nathan Whitney, who had also lot 90, where the present summer home of Edward A. and George C. Whit- ney is located. He was a cordwainer (shoemaker) as well as farmer, probably the first shoemaker of
Westminster. He married Sarah Wilder, daughter of Joshua and Sarah ( Keyes) Wilder, at Lancaster, Massachusetts, November 24, 1762. She was born at Princeton, said to be the first female child born in the town. She died August 13, 1819, aged eighty years ; he died December 20, 1821. Their children were: Sarah, born October 2, 1763, married Isaac Puffer, resided at Leyden, New York, had children; Jonas, November 21, 1765, married Anna Clark and (second) Nabby Allen, resided in Westminster ; Tabitha, November 20, 1767, died September 19, 1769: Tabitha, February 22, 1770, died young ; Asa, May 8, 1772.
(VI) Asa Merriam, son of Thomas Merriam (5), was born at Westminster, Massachusetts, May 8. 1772. He married Lucinda Puffer, daughter of Josiah and Mary Puffer, of Westminster, May 18, 1797, and settled on lot 83, town of Westminster, now known as the Temple place, opposite \V. J. Black's house. He died February 8, 1836; she died September 11, 1851. Their children were: Sally, horn March 18, 1798, married George Adams, re- sided at Westminster; died October 12, 1883; Asa, July 7, 1799, married Sally Warren, resided at Westminster and Hubbardston. had ten children, died 1886; Thomas, July 23, 1801, married Betsey Whitney, resided at Westminster; Reed. October I, 1803; Mary, January 13, 1807, married S. H. Stearns, resided at Westminster, had one child, died August 19, 1851; Lucena, March 13, 1809, married B. F. Murdock, resided at Westminster, had one child, died January 2, 1840; Farwell, March S. 1811, died unmarried January 20, 1836; Betsey, April 24, 1814, married J. Nelson Minott, resided at Westminster, had one child, died February 8, 1887.
(VII) Reed Merriam, son of Asa Merriam (6), was born at Westminster, October 1, 1803. He succeeded to his father's homestead and built for his own use the house now occupied by Mr. Black. He married (first) Susan Raymond, daughter of Joseph, March 1, 1832; (second) Rebecca Maria Minott, daughter of Joseph and Sally (Graves) Minott, November 4, 1834. He was a nervous ex- citable man, and his health gave way entirely some time hefore his death, March 13, 1880. His wife Susan died October 24, 1833. aged 34 years: Re- becca died June 21. 1860, aged fifty-one years. Their children were : George Porter, born March 20,
1833, died August 27, 1845; a child died Marclı 25, 1837: Charles Farwell, born February 14, 1840.
(VIII) Charles Farwell Merriam, son of Reed Merriam (7), was born at Westminster, Massachu- setts, February 14. 1840. He was raised on the old farm, attending the Westminster schools. He com- pleted his education at Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire, where he studied surveying. He practiced his profession for a time but preferred farming. He was interested in town affairs and served on the school committee. He was a staunch Republican. He attended the Congregational church and was a teacher in the Sunday school. He was a kindly Christian gentleman, well beloved by those who knew him. He married (first) Carrie A. Boutelle, of Leominster, Massachusetts, November 22. 1862. She died July 10, 1863. He married (second) Myra L. Wood, daughter of Timothy Dwight and Emeline (Clark) Wood, October 27, 1868. Mr. Merriam removed to Leominster, Massa- chusetts, where he died of consumption, August 10, 1873. at the age of thirty-three. He had no chil- dren. Mrs. Myra L. Merriam, his widow, has a pretty home at Leominster, where for many years she has been engaged in teaching school.
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GEORGE W. COGSWELL. John Cogswell (1), the immigrant ancestor of George W. Cogs- well, of Shrewsbury. Massachusetts, was born in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England, in 1592, the son of Edward and Alice Cogswell, of an ancient and honorable English lineage. He married in England, September 10, 1615, Elizabeth Thompson, daughter of Rev. William and Phillis Thompson, Her father was vicar of the parish. They resided at Westbury till 1635, when they settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts. They came on the ill-fated chip "Angel Gabriel," which was wrecked off the Maine coast August 15, 1635, the passengers of which were washed ashore at Pemaquid, Maine. Mr. Cogswell was the third settler in that part of Ipswich now the town of Essex. He was admitted a freeman March 3. 1636. He was a farmer in America, but a woolen manufacturer in the old country, and the English Cogswells at Westbury still own and oper- ate woolen mills there, or did so until recently. His descendants have been very prominent in Massa- chusetts in every generation. Children: Daughter, resided in London; Mary, married, 1649, Godfrey Armitage; William, baptized March, 1619, see for- ward: John, baptized July 25. 1622; Hannah, mar- ried. 1652. Deacon Cornelius Waldo, ancestor of the famous Worcester family of this name; Abigail, married Thomas Clark; Edward, born 1629; Sarah, married, 1663, Simon Tuttle; Elizabeth, married, July 31, 1657. Nathaniel Masterson.
(11) William Cogswell, son of John Cogswell (I), was born in England, 1619, at Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire. He died December 15, 1700. He mar- ried, 1649, Susanna Hawkes, born 1633, in Charles- town, Massachusetts, daughter of Adam and Anne (Hutchinson) Hawkes. They settled in Chebacco ( Esscx). He was a leading citizen, often modera- tor and selectman. He gave the land for the first meeting house site. He died December 15, 1700. His will is dated August 5, 1696. Children: Eliza- beth, born 1650: Hester, born August 24, 1675, mar- ried Samuel Bishop: Susanna, born January 5, 1657 (twin) : Ann (twin), born January 5. 1657: Will- iam, horn December 4. 1659: Jonathan, born April 26. 1661: Edmund, died May 15, 1680; John, born Mav 12, 1665, see forward: Adam, born January 12, 1667: Sarah, born February 3. 1668.
(III) Lieutenant John Cogswell, son of William Cogswell (2), was born in Chebacco, May 12, 1665. died 1710. He married Hannah Goodhue, daughter of Deacon William Goodhue. Jr., and wife, Hannah (Dane) Goodhue. She was born July 4. 1673, died December 25, 1742, married (second) Lieutenant Thomas Perley, 1713. Children of John and Han- nah Cogswell: Ilannah. horn March 27, 1693: Will- ianı, born September 24, 1694, see forward ; Susan- na, borh March 10, 1696; John, born December 2, 1600; Francis, born March 36, 1701; Elizabeth, mar- ried, October 20. 1717. Colonel Joseph Blaney ; Margaret, born January 10, 1707; Bethia, Joseph. (IV) William Cogswell, son of John Cogswell (3), was born September 24, 1694, at Chebacco, Massachusetts, died February 19. 1762! He inar- ried September 24, 1719. Mary Cogswell, daughter of Captain Jonathan Cogswell. She was born 1609 and died June 16, 1734. He married (second), March 13. 1735. Mrs. Elizabeth (Wade) Appleton, daughter of Captain Thomas Wade, widow of Ben- jamin Appleton. She died December 13. 1783. Will- iam built the old Cogswell mansion which has re- mained to the present day in the possession of lincal descendants in the Cogswell family. The children of William and Mary Cogswell: Ebenezer, born June 13. 1720; John, horn Fchruary 23. 1722; Mary, born September 15. 1723: Jonathan, born May
9. 1725, see forward; Jacob, born May 18, 1727; Lucy, born June 28, 1728: Sarah, born February 5, 1749: William. born May, 1731. Children of Will- am and Elizabeth: Hannah, baptized December 7, 1735, died young ; Hannah, baptized June 7. 1737; William, born March 5, 1740, died young; Susanna. born April 19. 1741, died young; Samuel, born March 15, 1742; Susanna, born July 9, 1743; Will- iam, born May 31, 1745.
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