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(VII) Alzirus Brown, son of Joel Brown (6), born October 16, 1821; married, at Worcester, No- vember 16, 1843. Harriet D. Proctor. They resided in Worcester. He was a manufacturer of mowing machines, and later established a large trucking business in Worcester. They had no children. His widow resides (1905) in their homestead at the corner of Main and Madison streets.
(VII) Sarah Aun Eliza Brown, daughter of Joel Brown (6), born at Concord, Massachusetts, April 18, 1826; married November 15, 1847, Asa J. Her- sey, at Boylston, Massachusetts, and settled in Maine. Their sons are: 1. Wilfred; resides on the homestead of his father at Waterford, Maine, has five or more children and grandchildren. 2. Ezra. resides at North Waterford. Maine, has one son. Charles A. 3. Francis, city missionary at New Bedford. Massachusetts, has two daughters.
(VII) Mary Ann Celista Brown, daughter of Joel Brown (6), born at Concord, Massachusetts; married ( first ) Edward H. Parker by whom she had four children. Edward Hanford Parker was born in Princeton, Massachusetts. December 28, 1825. He was the son of Ebenezer. Jr., and Hannah B. Parker. (See Parker Genealogy by Theodore Parker, of Worcester, son of Edward JI. and Mary A. C. Parker ). Edward H. Parker was a car- penter and builder in Worcester. The children of Edward H. and Mary A. C. Parker were: I. Ar- thur. resides at Dunellen. New Jersey: married ; lias three children. 2. Clarence E .; married; re- sides at Yonkers, New York: is a contractor and fence manufacturer in New York city; married ; has one child. 3. Edward, was overseer in the American Steel and Wire Mill, Worcester: mar- ried : has two children. 4. Theodore, clerk in Wor- cester post office. author of the Parker Genealogy : married : no children. Mary Ann Celista ( Brown) Parker married (second) John C. Landers, of Wor- cester, a carpenter and contractor, who has died since. The widow resides on Pleasant street, Wor- cester.
(VII) Lucy, daughter of Joel Brown (6), mar- ried George P. Slocum, a carpenter, and they set- tled at Marietta, Ohio. They have five children, grown to maturity.
(V)}I) Josiah Brown, son of David W. Brown (7). born in Worcester. May 28, 1854. He was educated in the Worcester schools. He learned the machinist's and gear-cutting trade of John Will- iams. one of the first gear-cutters and mechanical tool-makers in the city. After working at his trade for a time he accepted a position on the railroad and worked as fireman and engineer for six years. Then he returned to the machine shop to run the business of John Williams for the widow. He con- ducted the Williams business for ten years, then started the Worcester Gear works on his own ac- count, and for the past ten years has carried on this business successfully. The shop is located at 13 Cypress street. He manufactures machinery and makes a specialty of cutting gears. Mr. Brown is well known in Masonic circles. He is a member of Morning Star Lodge. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and Worcester Royal Arch Chapter, of Hiram Council.
He married July 3. 1876, Alma Richardson. They have six children, born in Worcester. The children are: 1. Frank J., born May 4, 1877. 2. Walter 1., born May 18. 1879. 3. Arthur G., born September 5, 1881. 4. Brenda A., born October 18, 1883. 5. Warren E., born October 27. 1887. 6. Evelyn M., born June 12, 1800. 7. Hellen R., born January 26, 1895; died April 8, 1896.
STILES FAMILY. (I) Robert Stiles was an emigrant ancestor of Josiah Brown through his mother Mary Stiles, who married David Whitney Brown. Robert Stiles was undoubtedly born in England. He settled in Boxford, Massachusetts. He is said to have emigrated from Yorkshire. He owned a farm of two hundred and fifty acres with buildings in Rowley Village, which was afterward called Boxford. His residence was near the pres- ent East Parish village. He was a taxpayer from 1660 to 1664. and in 1666-7 he drew more land. The town of Boxford was estalilished in 1685. Robert Stiles was constable in 1686. He was mar- ried, October 4. 1660. to Elizabeth Frye, daughter of John and Anna Frye of Andover, Massachu- setts. She was born in England in 1637. Accord- ing to the Boxford records Robert Stiles had a second wife, also named Elizabeth, who survived him. He died July 30, 1690. His wife Elizabeth administered the estate. She was admitted to the church February 21, 1703, at Boxford. The children of Robert Stiles (1) were: John, (see forward). 2. Elizabeth, born March 15. 1662; married, July 8. 1800, John Buswell, of Boxford, and left a large family of children and descendants. 3. Sarah, born January 31, I- (probably 1664) ; died February 7. 1664. 4. Abigail, born February 15, 1666, probably married as second wife, Zaccheus Curtis, who died in 1712. 5. Ebenezer, born February 20, 1669; mar- ried Dorothy Dalton. 6. Sarah, born October 20, 1672, admitted to the church in Boxford June 27. 1703. 7. Robert. born November 15, 1673; married Ruth Bridges. 8. Eunice, married Robert Willis. 9. Timothy, born October 1, 1678; married Hannah Foster. 10. Samuel, born May 21, 1682; married Elizabeth Cary. .
(II) John Stiles, son of Robert Stiles (1), born at Rowley village, Essex county, Massachusetts, June (or January) 30. 1661; married (first), No- vember 24, 1684, Deliverance Towne, twin daughter of Jacob and Catherine ( Symonds) Towne, of Tops- field, Massachusetts, born at Topsfield. August 5. 1665. John Stiles and wife were admitted to full communion March 18. 1687-8, and on October 4, 1702, was dismissed to the new church at Boxford. Deliverance died May 16, probably 1705. He mar- ried (second) Mary She joined the church December 24. 1727. His home in Boxford was on the south side of Fish Brook. He was called as a witness in the witchcraft trial of Elizabeth Morse, of Newbury, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman in 1690: elected constable in 1705; select- man in 1725. His widow died May 13, 1753. His children were: I. Deliverance, born September, 1685. 2. Ruth, horn February 17. 1686-7; married Elias Smith about 1717. 3. John, (see forward). 4. Eliza- beth, married John Frame 1719, and had four chil- dren. 5. Marcy (Mercy). baptized December 2, 1004: married James Richardson May 24, 1722. 6. Mehitable. born October 22. 1700 (probably), mar- ried Samuel Gould, of Boxford, June 9. 1726. He came to Worcester county with his brothers. (See Gould Genealogy.) 7. Eleanor, born February, 1702-3. baptized February 28, married Aaron Bris- tol, of Harwinton, Connecticut, and left children and numerous posterity.
(IHI) John Stiles, son of John Stiles (2), born at Topsfield, Massachusetts, and baptized there De- cember 16. 1688: married Eleanor Pearl, January 18. 1715. They resided in Boxford. of which he was selectman in 1729. Their children were: I. Benjamin (see forward). 2. John, born September 23. 1717: probably died young. 3. Richard, born May 15, 1721. 4. Deliverance, born February 21,
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1722-3. baptized March 1722-3: married 3, Stephen Emery October 20, 1743. He died before 1760, and she married (second) Elisha Towne. 5. John, born March 17, 1725; married Hannah Holt, Hannah Deney and Phebe Marasser. 6. Abigail, born February 8, 1727-8: married John Emery, (probably a brother of Stephen) of Newbury, Massachusetts, December 18, 1753. 7. Mary, born February 3. 1729-30; married Jacob Curtis, May 26, 1752, resided at Boxford, removed to Amherst, New Hampshire.
(IV) Benjamin Stiles, son of John Stiles (3), born at Boxford, Massachusetts, November 4. 1716; married Elizabeth Foster of Andover. Massachu- setts, January II, 1737-8. John Foster, father of Elizabeth. was a brother of Hannah Foster, who married Timothy Stiles, fourth son of Robert Stiles, the emigrant. John and Hannah Foster were de- scendants of Reginald Foster, the English emi- grant, who settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts. Ben- jamin Stiles died at Boxford, Massachusetts, July 25. 1762. His children were: I. Phineas, born September 25. 1738: married Hannah and Abigail Fisher. 2. Simeon, born December 15, 1739; died December, 1739. 3. Edmund, born November 22, 1740; married Elizabeth Preston. 4. Foster, born February 21, 1742-3. 5. Simeon, born July 24, 1744: married Mary Gould. 6. Richard, born in Boxford: baptized August 7, 1748; probably mar- ried Desire Roundy. 7. Benjamin, born May 31, 1750: married Elizabeth Cutler. 8. Cyrus, born May 13, 1753: married Hannah Curtis and Hannah Berry. 9. Josiah, born May 25, 1755; married Lydia Gale. 10. Joshua (see forward).
(V) Joshua Stiles, son of Benjamin Stiles (4), born at Boxford. Massachusetts, April 6. 1758; married, 1781 (when of Princeton, Massachusetts), Abigail Gale, daughter of Jonathan. He resided first at Shrewsbury, removing about 1785 to Boyls- ton, Massachusetts, where he bought a farm and died May 14, 1828. His children were: I. Abigail, born February 14. 1782; probably married William Sawyer, of Shrewsbury. 2. Persis, born January 3. 1784: married Isaac Gale, son of Nehemiah and Ruth ( Marsh) Gale, in 1803. She died January 26, 1847 ; he died January 21, 1831. They lived for a time at Sutton and Douglas, then moved to Madi- son, Indiana, in 1818. 3. John ( see forward). 4. Tamar. probably married Mr. Hartshorn. 5. Eunice, born March 8. 1792. 6. Joshua. born April 3, 1794. 7. Lucy, born March 27, 1796, married George May- nard; she died July 8. 1826, aged thirty. 8. Har- riet. born August 27, 1799; died August 24. 1803, aged four years.
(VI) Deacon John Stiles, son of Joshua Stiles (5), born at Boylston, Massachusetts, September 18, 1786; married ( first). November I. 1809, Rebec- ca Moore, of Boylston, born December. 29, 1792 ; died May 10. 1827. He married ( second). May II, 1828, Nancy White, of West Boylston, Massachu- setts. She died October 3. 1854. He was a black- 'smith and resided at Boylston. He was killed by a railroad train at Newton, Massachusetts, April II. 1859. His children were: I. Charles. born November 10, 1810, died April 25. 1839. 2. Oliver, born April 12, 1812: died August 9, 1854; was a machinist. 3. John Cyrus, born July 16, 1814; mar- ried Sarah W. Smith and Emily Richardson. 4. Mary Moore, born June 18, 1820: married, June 24, 1844, David Whitney Brown of Concord, Massa- chusetts, resides at Worcester, Massachusetts. ( See sketch of Brown Family herewith). 5. Henry, born December 5. 1821 ; married Hannah M. White, M. Lizzie Richardson and Sarah A. Oman.
(VII) Mary Moore Stiles, daughter of Deacon
John Stiles (6), born June 18, 1820; married June 24, 1844. David Whitney Brown, of Concord, Massa- chusetts. (See Brown sketch for children, etc.)
MARSHALL T. BAKER. Edward Baker, the immigrant ancestor of Marshall T. Baker, of West- borough, Massachusetts, was born in England. He was an early settler in Lynn, Massachusetts, where he was when admitted a freeman March 14, 1638. Ile was a proprietor of the town and a man of some property. He was one of the creditors of the Iron- works company at Lynn in 1654 (See Suffolk Deeds, II, 266). He lived also at Boston. He married Jane Nothing further is known of him ex- cept that he died March, 1687, at Lynn, and the lack of probate records indicates that he had dis- posed of his property before death. The children of Edward and Jane Baker were: Mary, married, November 7, 1662, George Sumner, of Dorchester; Joseph, born before 1658, settled in Northampton, probably father of Joseph Baker, of Marlborough ; was killed by the Indians in King Philip's war and mother and children probably returned to Lynn; Timothy, born before 1658; John, settled in Ded- ham: Edward, see forward; Thomas, settled in Lynn, married Mary Lewis, daughter of John Lewis: Jonathan, born February 20, 1657.
(II) Edward Baker, Jr., son of Edward Baker (1), was born about 1658. He was admitted a freeman and was ensign in the military company. He settled at Lynn. He married Mary Marshall, daughter of Captain Thomas Marshall, who prob- ably came in the ship "James" from London in 1635, aged twenty-two years. The name of Marshall has been handed down for eight generations in the Baker family of which this sketch is written. Thomas Marshall was admitted a freeman 1653, was lieutenant and later captain of the Lynn com- pany of artillery in 1640, was deputy to the general court in 1659-60-63-64-67-68. Captain Marshall died December 9, 1689; his wife died August, 1693; their children were-Hannah, born June 7. 1640, at Lynn, married John Lewis, 1659: Samuel, born September 1. 1643, died aged one week; Abigail; Sarah. died young ; Thomas and Rebecca (twins), born Febru- ary 20, 1648: Elizabeth: Sarah, born February 14, 1655, married, July 15, 1674, Ebenezer Stock : Joanna, born at Lynn, September 14. 1657: John, born Feb- ruary 14. 1660: Ruth, born August 14, 1662: Mary, born May 25. 1665. married. April 7, 1685, Edward Baker, mentioned above. Children of Edward and Mary ( Marshall) Baker were: Mary, born April 21. 1686; Edward, born April 19. 1688, dicd young; Sarah, born January 18. 1688-89; Sarah, born Jan- uary 13. 1689-00; Rebecca. born October 1. 1692: Edward. born January 4, 1694, died young : Edward, born July 16, 1606, settled in Westborough, married Persis : Ruth. horn August 15, 1698; Ruth, born July 7. 1600: Elizabeth, born March 20, 1702; Joseph, born November 9. 1704; Marshall, born March 5. 1707-08, see forward.
(III) Marshall Baker, son of Edward Baker (2), was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, March 5, 1707-08. He went to Marlborough for a short time and married there. March 20. 1733-34, Thankful Ward, daughter of Obadiah Ward, Jr., and wife Elizabeth. Thankful was born 1712-13. He was in Shrewsbury for a short time about 1747. then he settled in Upton, where he lived the remainder of his life. Records are found of the births of three children of Marshall and Thankful Baker, viz: Moses, born at Marlborough, December 3. 1738; Thomas Marshall, named for his father and grand- father. see forward: Sherebiah, born at Shrewsbury, March 18, 1747, married, 1772, at Upton, Clothilde
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Daniels and they had two children born at Upton- Phila, born July 10, 1773; Marshall, born Novem- ber 8, 1774, died at Orange, Massachusetts, May, 1823.
(IV) Captain Thomas Marshall Baker, son of Marshall Baker (3), was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, in 1742, and died at Upton, Novem- ber 14, 1809, aged sixty-seven years. He settled at Upton with his father and lived there all his life. He married, January 7, 1768 (six months after the intentions were dated-July 12, 1767, an unusually long wait), Susannah Whipple, of Grafton, who died December 21, 1809. aged sixty years, indicat- ing her year of birth as 1749. She was descended from the Rhode Island family of Whipples. Cap- tain Baker was one of the leading men of the town and foremost in military affairs. He was sergeant at the heginning of the revolution in Captain Ben- jamin Farrar's company, Lieutenant-Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment (the Third Worcester) in the Rhode Island campaign, in 1776, located at Provi- dence. He was lieutenant in Captain Robert Taft's company at the Bennington alarm, 1777. He be- came captain of the tenth company in the Third Worcester regiment, commissioned January 30, 1778. He was also in command of a company under Colonel Benjamin Haws. His company was as- signed to detached service in Rhode Island from July to September, 1778. He and his company marched October 18, 1779, to Claverack, New York, under Colonel Samuel Denny. Again he marched under Colonel Nathan Tyler, July 26, 1780, to Rhode Island. This record represents almost constant ser- vice throughout the revolutionary war. He was wounded once.
Children of Captain Thomas Marshall Baker and wife Susannah were: Susannah, born at Up- ton, March 9, 1669; Hillel, born October 26, 1770, settled at Upton, married, 1793, Hannah Fowler ; Ward, born September 23, 1772, settled at Upton, married. 1797. Phebe Fowler, of Northbridge ; Thankful, born January 25. 1775: Thomas Marshall, Jr., born June 8. 1777, see forward; Lovell, born September 6, 1779, settled at Upton and Grafton, married. February 3. 1804. Polly Legg: Edward, born October 16, 1781: Polly, born May 5, 1784, married, May 17, 1810, Samuel Sadler.
(V) Thomas Marshall Baker, son of Captain Thomas Marshall Baker (4). was born in Upton, Massachusetts, June 8, 1777. He was a farmer and lived all his life at Upton and Grafton. He mar- ried at Grafton, May 1, 1798, Betsey Sherman. She died at Upton. April 22, 1848, aged seventy-one years. They had two sons and two daughters : Thomas Marshall, Jr., see forward; Merrill, Betsey and Nancy.
(VI) Thomas Marshall Baker. son of Thomas Marshall Baker (5), was born about 1800 on the old Baker homestead at Upton. He received his early education there in the district schools, and followed the occupation of a farmer during his youth. Hle learned the trade of shoemaker, a com- mon custom of the farmers in his section, and manufacturer boots and shoes in connection with his farming. Later he was in the teaming business, proprietor of a hotel and grist mill. He operated a grist mill at Westborough and managed a hotel in Pascoag, Rhode Island. Ile was a successful man of affairs. Ile died October 19, 1892. In politics Mr. Baker was a Republican in his later years. He attended the Unitarian church.
Thomas Marshall Baker, Jr., was four times married ; (first), March 23, 1823 (intentions dated), to Sophie Morse. His second wife died at Upton. June 28, 1842, aged thirty-five years. He married
(third), at Grafton, April 12, 1843, Bathsheba L. Brown, born in Still River, Rhode Island. His fourth wife was Mrs. Julia M. Carpenter. The chlidren of Thomas Marshall and Sophie Baker were: Samuel, born in Upton; Betsey, born in Upton; Susan, born in Upton. The child of the second marriage died in infancy. The children of Thomas Marshall and Bathsheba L. Baker were : Marshall Thomas, born at Grafton, August II, 1845, see forward; Nancy Elizabeth, born at Graf- ton, May 28, 1847. resides in Pascoag, Rhode Island.
(VII) Marshall Thomas Baker, son of Thomas Marshall Baker (6), was born in Grafton, Massa- chusetts, August 11, 1845. His education was ac- quired in the public schools of Upton. He worked for his father in his youth and early manhood. He went to Westborough first in 1873 to manage his father's grist mill. From Westborough he went to Northbridge, where he also conducted a grist mill. He went from there to Upton to work in the straw shop. Upton is famous for the manufacture of straw hats and other straw goods. Afterward Mr. Baker assisted his father in carrying on the hotel at Pascoag, returning after a time to West- boro to work in the straw shop. In 1881 Mr. Baker went into business on his own account at Westborough, dealing in wood and engaged in the teaming business for others. He has built up a large and profitable business. Mr. Baker is a Re- publican in politics and a Unitarian in religion. He is a member of the Westboro Unitarian church.
Mr. Baker married, January, 1871, Martha M. Woods, born in Dudley, Massachusetts, July 16, 1848, daughter of Dexter and Amy S. (Bosworth) Woods. They have had three children: Caroline M., born May 3, 1874, died March 13, 1905; Thomas Marshall, born November 18, 1876, died June 6, 1888: Fred E., born November 20, 1881, is now liv- ing at home in Westboro.
FOSTER FAMILY. Reginald Foster (1), the immigrant ancestor of Mrs. Alfred E. J. Heywood, of Westborough, Massachusetts, was born in Eng- land in 1595 and settled at Ipswich, New England, about 1638. His English pedigree is given else- where in this work in connection with another branch of the Foster family. In 1645 he subscribed for the fund for paying Major Denison, who was in com- mand of the colonial troops. In 1652 he received ten pounds with Thomas Clark for cutting a pas- sage from "this river into the Chebacco river ten feet wide and so deep that a lighter may pass through laden." He bought house and land of Roger Preston in 1658. His will was proved June 9. 1681. In it he mentions his children and other relatives. He married (second) Judith - , who died October, 1664, and (third) Mrs. Sarah (White) Martin, widow of John Martin. She married (third). September 21, 1682, William White. of Haverhill. The children of Reginald Foster were : Mary, born about 1618 in England, married
Wood and (second) Lieutenant Francis Peabody; Sarah, horn 1620, married William Story: Abra- ham, born at Exeter, England, 1622, married Lydia Burbank; Isaac, born 1630, married Mary Jackson, Hannah Downing and Martha Hale: William, born in England, 1633, married Mary Jackson: Jacob, born 1635, see forward; Reginald, born 1636, mar- ried Elizabeth Dane.
(II) Deacon Jacob Foster, son of Reginald Foster (1), was born in England in 1635 and came with his parents to Ipswich, Massachusetts. He lived at Ipswich in the house built by his father on the south side of the Ipswich river, near the stone bridge, on a portion of what has lately been
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called the Heard estate. He was a prominent citi- zen in the town and deacon of the Ipswich church. He died June 9. 1710. and his grave in the old burying ground is marked with a headstone.
He married, January 12, 1658-59, Martha Kins- man, who died October 15, 1666. He married (second). February 26, 1666-67, Abigail Lord, daughter of Robert and Mary (Wait) Lord. She died June 4. 1729. The children of Deacon Jacob and Martha Foster were: Judith, born October 20, 1650, died January 27, 1659-60; John, born 1660, died young; Jacob. born May 15, 1662, died June, 1662; Mary, died January II, 1666-67; Sarah, born August 3. 1665, married John Caldwell. The chil- dren of Jacob and Abigail Foster were: Abraham, born December 4, 1667. see forward; Jacob, born March 25, 1670, married Mary Caldwell, Martha Greaves and Mary Willis: Amos, born August 15, 1672, died October II, 1672: Abigail, born July 3, 1674, died before 1710; Nathaniel, born October 7, 1676; Samuel, born September 10, 1678; Joseph, born September 14, 1680, married Elizabeth Good- win, Mary Cressy and Sarah Brown: James. born November 12, 1682, married Anna Cross ; Mary, born December 25, 1684. died before 1710.
(III) Abraham Foster, son of Deacon Jacob Foster (2), was born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, December 4. 1667. He was a carpenter by trade, settled at Ipswich, where he died December 25. 1720-21. He married (first) Abigail Parsons, July 2, 1699. She was administratrix of his estate, ap- pointed January 27. 1720-21. She died October 8,
1732. Their children were : Jeremiah, born 1700, married Mrs. Rebecca Metcalf: Abraham, born July 5. 1701, died May 20, 1702; Nathaniel, born April 11. 1702, died young; Judith, born March 15, 1713, died unmarried before 1735; Abigail, married Dan- iel Safford; Mary. born May 15, 1715: Abraham, born June 16, 1716, married Elizabeth Davis; Na- thaniel, born August 9. 1719, married Sarah Deland ; Sarah, married John Rust and (second) John Par- sotis.
(1V) Jeremiah Foster, son of Abraham Foster (3), was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1710. He was the first of this line to leave the old town of Ipswich. He removed in 1743 to Harvard, Wor- cester county, Massachusetts, and ten years later to Ashburnham, a neighboring town. His home there was on land west of Lake Naupeag and the locality is still called Foster Hill. He was a man of exemplary character, industrious, honest and re- liable. In disposition he was quiet, reserved and kindly. He died December 12. 1788. He married, 1735. Ruth Metcalf, at Ipswich. She died Febru- ary 6, 1776. Their first four children were born at Ipswich, the others at Harvard, viz: Jeremiah, baptized August 8, 1736, died young; Abigail, bap- tized February 17, 1738-39: Samuel, baptized Jan- uary 6, 1739-40, died young: Samuel, baptized Jan- uary 6. 1741-42, see forward: Judith, born March 15. 1747. married Dr. Peter Brooks; Rebecca, born October 20, 1750. married Caleb Ward.
(V) Samuel Foster, son of Jeremiah Foster (4), was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1739, and was baptized January 6. 1739-40. He went to Harvard with the family when an infant and was brought up there and in Ashburnham. He became one of the leading men of that town. He was frequently elected to public office and positions of trust. He was selectman 1785-86-88-89-90-92 in Ashburnham. He was on the committee to build the new meet- ing house in 1790. He was a soldier in the revo- lution, in the company of Captain Elisha Jackson, regiment of Colonel Asa Whitcomb on the Lex- ington Alarm, April 19, 1777. Later he was out
with the same company at the Bennington Alarm in 1777. He was also in the company of Captain Nathaniel Carter, regiment of Colonel Job Cush- ing in the northern department. He died April 15, 1793. He married, July 6, 1769, Susanna Wood, born April 14, 1750, daughter of Bennett and Lydia (Law) Wood, of Littleton, Massachusetts, and sister of Captain Deliverance Wood. His wife died October 31, 1839. Their children were: Abraham, born April 8. 1770, at Ashburnham, see forward ; Nathaniel, born December 26, 1771; Jeremiah Ben- nett, born October 11, 1773; Samuel, born Feb- ruary 9, 1776; Hosea, born August 1, 1778, mar- ried Molly Joslin: Joel, born August 24, 1780; Amos, born November 16, 1782; Obadiah, born October 25. 1786, married Deborah Willard; Susan- nah, born September 25, 1789, married Francis Lane ; Dorothy, born November 25, 1793, married Ezek Metcalf. All born at Ashburnham.
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