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(VI) Abraham Foster, son of Samuel Foster (5), was born in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, April 8, 1770. He also settled in that town. He married (first), January 26, 1792, Sarah Willard, daughter of Deacon John Willard, farmer and blacksmith. Abraham Foster lived where Michael Coughlin lived. His first wife died July 24. 1831, and he married (second), January 1, 1837, Mary T. Davis, daughter of Ebenezer Bennett Davis. She died
April 29, 1853 Abraham Foster died November, 1837. The children of Abraham and Sarah Foster were: Sarah, born October 17, 1792: John W., born May 12, 1794; Abigail, born July 6, 1796; Lucinda. born June 9, 1798; Sophia, born September 21. 1800: Abraham, born July 14. 1802; Harriet Willard, born June 16, 1805: Elijah Willard, born October 8. 1807, see forward; Mary J., born June 20, 18TO.
(VII) Elijah Willard Foster, son of Abraham Foster (6), was born in Ashburnham, Massachu- setts, October 8. 1807. He married Tryphena Love- well and they settled in Gardner. Their children, all born in Gardner, were: Abigail, born June 17, 1835, died December 12, 1840; Alvara, born Feb- ruary 15, 1838, see forward: Addison, born Feb- ruary 22, 1840: Willard, born October 1, 1842; Mary, born August 7, 1845: Mary, born April 15, 1848: two others died young.
(VIII) Alvara Foster, son of Elijah Willard Foster (7), was born in Gardner, February 19, 1838. He married Lois Goodwin, of Ashburnham, and settled in that town. They had two children: Abbie L., married Alfred E. J. Heywood, see for- ward. also Edward W.
Alfred E. J. Heywood was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. November 16, 1868. His father. William H. Heywood, was a native of England and before he came to America was a musician in the British army; he settled in Worcester and forty years ago was a member of the Worcester brass band. His mother was Annie ( Preston) Heywood, a native of New York. He had three brothers. William, Charles and George, and two sisters, Maria and Lena Heywood.
Alfred E. J. Heywood was educated in the public schools of Gardner and began to work there in the chair factory of Heywood Brothers, the largest chair manufacturing concern in the United States. He was subsequently promoted to a clerk- ship in the office and is at present an officer of the company, holding an important position in the book- keeping department of the husiness. In 1902 he built a handsome country house at Westborough, where he has since lived. Mr. Heywood is a Re- publican in politics and a Methodist in religion.
He married, 1890. Abbie L. Foster, born in Ash-
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burnham, June 25, 1867, daughter of Alvara Foster (VIII), mentioned above. Children of Alfred E. J. and Abbie L. (Foster) Heywood are: Nathaniel J., born in Ashburnham, January 19, 1891; Ralph E., born in Gardner, March 26, 1893: Marion L., born in Gardner, May 31, 1896; and Helen A., born April 12, 1906.
FROST FAMILY. Edmund Frost (I), was the immigrant ancestor of Charles B. Frost, of Westborough, Massachusetts. He was born in Eng- land, the son of a well-known conformist clergyman, Rev. John Frost. With him, about 1635, came his brother Nicholas who settled at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Edmund Frost settled in Cambridge in 1635 and was admitted a freeman March 3, 1635. He became one of the proprietors of the town in 1636. He was ruling elder of the Cam- bridge church for many years. He bought 4 Thomas Blodget, about 1639, the estate on the west side of Dunster street, between Harvard square and Mt. Auburn street, and sold it soon afterward to the Widow Catherine Haddon. Next he bought a house on the west side of Garden street, near Mason street, and occupied it until 1642. He sold it to Richard Eccles in 1646. He then went to live on the Frost estate on the north side of Kirk- Iand street, extending from Divinity Hall avenue to and beyond Francis avenue, and this farm re- mained in the possession of his descendants until recently. Elder Frost was rich in faith and piety, but rather poor in worldly goods, leaving little be- side his homestead when he died, July 12, 1672. He made his will April 16, 1672, and it was proved October I, following. He speaks of himself in the will as "stricken in years." He bequeathed to his wife Reana; to sons Ephraim, Thomas, John and Joseph ; to his two daughters, Sarah and Mary ; to Jacob French and his wife and the children of Golden More; to Harvard College and to Mr. Al- coek's son there. The inventory of the widow's estate was taken January 3, 1675-76.
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He married (first) Thomasine (Tamasin) , who died. He married (second), before 1669. Reana Daniel, widow successively of
James, William Andrew and Robert Daniel. Chil- dren of Edmund and Thomasine were: John, born in England, 1634; Thomas, born April, 1637, died young : Samuel, born February, 1637-38; Josephi, born January 13, 1638-39. of Charlestown, where many of descendants have lived ; James. born April 9, 1640, deacon of Billerica church; Ephraim, born 1642, see forward; Mary, born July 24. 1645; Thomas, removed to Framingham ; Sarah.
(11) Ephraim Frost, son of Edmund Frost (1), was horn at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1642, and died there January 2. 1717-18, aged seventy-two years. He resided on the homestead of his father on Kirkland street. He married Hepzibah
who survived him. Children of Ephraim and Hep- zibah Frost, all born at Cambridge, were: Mary, born May 20. 1678, married Howard; Ed- mund, born March 14. 1679-80: Ephraim, born Sep- tember 23. 1682; Thomas, born probably 1688, see forward; Eber, born 1696, baptized January 17, 1696-97: Sarah, married, May 17, 1720, Nathaniel Patten.
(III) Thomas Frost, son of Ephraim Frost (2), was born in Cambridge, 1688, and died there May 3. 1765, aged seventy-seven years. He settled in Menotomy, now the town of Arlington. He was admitted to the Cambridge church, March 16, 1718, with his wife, and both were charter members of the precinct church at Menotomy. September 9, 1739. He married, October 25, 1716. Mary Butter-
field, who died March 10, 1774. "of old age." Chil- dren of Thomas and Mary Frost were: Joseph, born December 21, 1717, resided at Menotomy ; Hepzibah, born August 31, 1719; Ruth, born March 17, 1721-22, married, 1755, Josiah Fessendon ; Thomas, born in Menotomy, baptized February 9, 1823-24. Silas (twin), born 1728, baptized August II, 1728, see forward; Mary (twin), baptized Au- gust II. 1728. married (first) John Locke, Janu- ary 2, 1752; (second), before 1771, Silas Stone; resided at New Braintree in 1795, where her twin- brother also lived; Phebe, baptized September 26, 1731, married, April 1I, 1751; Jonathan, born 1733, died June 6, 1736, aged three years, three months ; Jonathan, called John in mother's will, 1771, died unmarried May 17, 1825, aged cighty-nine years ; Lydia. born August 29, 1740: Sarah.
(IV) Silas Frost, son of Thomas Frost (3), was born in Cambridge or Menotomy, Massachu- setts, baptized at Cambridge, August II. 1728, and died at New Braintree, February 15, 1805. About the time of his marriage he settled in Westborough, Massachusetts. His brothers Thomas and John also settled in Westborough. Thomas married Ruhamah Pratt, of Shrewsbury, May. 1762, and John mar- ried Susannah Wilson, of Shrewsbury, June 2, 1757. Silas himself married a Shrewsbury girl, Mary Pratt, February 24. 1761. perhaps his second wife. He bought his place at Westborough of Hezekiah Ward, of Grafton, February 21, 1751. Silas was then of Newton-the town adjoining Cambridge. In 1753 Silas bought land of Richard Barnes and again November 18, 1754. His brothers stayed at Westborough, but Silas bought a farm in New Braintree, containing sixty-seven acres, forty-four rods, April 20, 1762, lot No. 23 at the east end of the fourth range in the Braintree grant on the Rut- land line, the twenty-second lot westerly, the eigh- teenth southerly. He bought land in Oakham of Jabez Ayres, January II, 1771. This land adjoined that of Jonathan Gould, whose daughter married Frost's son Seth. Silas sold out in Westborough to Hananiah Parker, April 17. 1762, three days before he bought the land at New Braintree. His only son known to the writer was Seth, see forward.
(V) Seth Frost, son of Silas Frost (4), was born in 1761 at Westborough, probably, and died at New Braintree, April 9, 1838, aged seventy-seven years. He went to New Braintree with his parents when an infant in arms. He settled there on his father's farm. He bought more land September 28, 1703, of Elias Hall, Joseph Bowman and Moses Hamilton, again March 15, 1796, of Elisha Warren and John Joslyn, and he sold land October 14, 1805, to Elcazer Spooner, of Oakham. He joined with the other heirs of his first wife's father. Jonathan Gould, in the deed of the farm to William and John P. Nye, of Rochester, Massachusetts. Novem- ber 19, 1810. Seth was a revolutionary soldier. He was in Captain John Walton's company, enlisted December 9. 1776, and served at Noddle's Island. He was in Captain Caleb Brook's company, Colonel Brook's regiment, in 1777 and 1778. His will is dated in 1834, filled May 1, 1838, and allowed Jine 5. 1838. He left all his real estate in New Brain- tree and Oakham to his son, Jonathan Gould Frost, also his pew in the meeting house.
He married (first). November 20, 1790, at New Braintree. Abigail Gould, daughter of Jonathan Gould. She was called "Mrs. Nabhy" in one of the records. She died August 3. 1819. aged fifty-five years. He married (second) (intentions dated Oc- toher 7. 1820), Mrs. Lydia Mead, widow. Children of Seth and Abigail Frost were: child, died Janu- ary 19, 1793; Sophia, born February 20, 1794; Daniel
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Foster, born March 21, 1796, died March 18, 1849, aged forty-three years; Jonathan Gould, born April 12, 1798, see forward; Asenath, born August 14, 1700, died January 19, 1810; Bradford.
(VI) Jonathan Gould Frost, son of Seth Frost (5), was born in New Braintree, April 12, 1798. He settled in New Braintree and was a prosperous farmer and prominent citizen there. He was for some years on the board of selectmen and was rep- resentative to the general court in 1850-5. He was then a Whig. He was a member of the Congre- gational church. He died on the old homestead at New Braintree, October 27, 1854. He married Cyrena Thomson, born in Ware, Hampshire county, Massachusetts, May 28, 1797, daughter of Jonathan Thompson, of that town. Children of Jonathan Gould and Cyrena Frost were: Clara, born April I, 1826, married Moses H. Fay, of New Braintree, and has had four children; Charles Bradford, see forward.
(VII) Charles Bradford Frost, son of Jonathan Gould Frost (6), was born in New Braintree, Sep- tember 3, 1831. He received a common school edu- cation and fitted himself to teach school. He taught four winter terms in Oakham, eight or nine years at New Braintree, and for seven years was a teacher in the North Brookfiefild high school. He left this position to enter upon a mercantile career. first in a general country store and then, in 1867, in Boston as a partner in the firm of Nickerson, Frost & Company. He was in this busi- ness eleven years, residing meanwhile in Newton. In 1878 he removed to Westborough and engaged in the hardware business with his son, William B. Frost. The business has been very successful and has grown to large proportions. In politics Mr. Frost was an independent, preferring to vote for the candidates that he believed best qualified for holding office. While in New Braintree he was town clerk, selectman and assessor. He was a member of the Orthodox (Congregational) Church of Westborough. He died December 14, 1905.
Mr. Frost married Elizabeth Bush, born in North Brookfield, April 2, 1833, daughter of Josiah and Sophina (Ingalls) Bush, both natives of that town. Mrs. Frost died at Westborough, June 29, 1898. Children of Charles Bradford and Elizabeth ( Bush) Frost were: Lizzie Bush, William B., engaged in the hardware business.
ALBERT FREDERICK RICHARDSON. Sam- ttel Richardson (1), was the emigrant ancestor of Albert Frederick Richardson, of Worcester, Massa- chusetts. He was one of the three Richardson brothers who settled at Charlestown, Massachu- setts. (See sketch of William A. Richardson for further facts). Samuel .Richardson was born in England about 1610. He probably did not come with his brothers, but he came to Charlestown. He was there July 1, 1636, and joined the church there February IS. 1637-8, and was admitted a freeman May 2, 1638. He was highway surveyor of the town in 1636-37. The three brothers drew lots on the Mystic side of the river, April 20, 1638, in what was later Malden, November 5, 1640, the three Richardsons, and four others, were appointed by the Charlestown church as agents for the settle- ment of the new church and town, later called Woburn. The three lived near each other in a locality since known as Richardsons' Row, laid out as a street in 1647, now located in the northeast part of Winchester.
Samuel Richardson was a selectman of Woburn 1644-45-46-49-50-51, and the tax list in 1645 shows that he was the largest taxpayer.
His wife Joanna joined the Charlestown church in 1639. He died intestate, March 23, 1658. The will of his widow Joanna was made June 20, 1666, but not proved until 1677. The first two children were born in Charlestown, the others in Woburn. They were: I. Mary, baptized February 25, 1637-8; married Thomas Mousal. 2. John, baptized Novem- ber 12, 1639; married (first) Elizabeth Bacon; (sec- ond). Mary Pierson; (third) Mary Willing. 3. Hannah, born March 8, 1641-42; died April 8, 1642. 4. Joseph, born July 27, 1643; married Hannah Green. 5. Samuel, born May 22, 1646; married ( first ) Martha ; second, Hannah Kingsbury; third, Phebe Baldwin; fourth, Sarah Hayward. 6. Stephen (see forward. 7. Thomas, born December 31, 1651 ; died September 27, 1657. 8. Elizabeth, born 165-, living in 1666.
(II) Stephen Richardson, son of Samuel Rich- ardson (I), born in Woburn. Massachusetts, Au- gust 15, 1649; married in Billerica, Massachusetts, January 2, 1674-5, Abigail Wyman, daughter of Francis and Abigail (Read ) Wyman, of Woburn, born about 1659. Francis Wyman and his brother Lieutenant John Wyman were among the first set- tlers of Woburn in 1641. They were tanners by trade, church members and persons of much re- spectability and worth. Francis Wyman was ad- mitted freeman May 6, 1657. They owned together five hundred acres of land in Billerica. Francis Wyman was selectman, of Woburn, 1674-75. Ile died November 30, 1699, aged eighty-two.
Stephen Richardson resided in Woburn, which then included Burlington and a part of Wilmington. His land extended into Billerica, which then ad- joined Woburn. He was admitted a freeman in 1690. He died March 22, 1717-18, aged sixty-nine. His will was dated August 15, 1713, and proved April 22, 1718. His widow Abigail died September 17, 1720. aged sixty years. Their children were: I. Stephen, born February 20, 1675-6; married Sus- anna Wilson. 2. Francis, born January 19, 1677-8; died January 27, 1677-8. 3. William, born December 14, 1678. 4. Francis, born January 15, 1680-81; married Sarah Houghton. 5. Timothy, born De- cember 6, 1682: died January 18, 1683. 6. Abigail, born November 14, 1683; married John Vinton. 7. Prudence, born January 17, 1685-6; married Samuel Kendall. S. Timothy, born January 24, 1687-8; married Susannah Holden. 9. Seth (see forward). 10. Daniel, born October 16, 1691 ; married Joanna (Mousall) Miller. II. Mary, born May 3, 1696; died before her father's will was made, 1713. 12. Rebecca, born June 10, 1698; died December 6, 17II. 13. Solomon, born March 27, 1702; married Abigail Evans, of Reading, about 1728.
(III) Seth Richardson, son of Stephen Rich- ardson (2). born in Woburn, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 16, 1689-90; married Mary Brown. He was taxed in Medford, a town near Woburn, in 1711, but a year or two afterwards removed to Attleboro, Massachusetts, with his brother Francis and some others of his kin. Ilis first child was born in Woburn and the other children in Attleboro. They were: I. Stephen, born at Woburn, died December 29, 1714. 2. Seth, born March 13, 1711 ; died January 18, 1714-5. 3. Mary, born October 6, 1715. 4. Abi- gail, born March 24. 1717-8. 5. Sarah, born Sep- tember 10, 1720. 6. Seth (see forward). 7. Phebe, born Octoher 17, 1725.
(IV) Seth Richardson, son of Seth Richardson (3). born at Attelboro, Massachusetts, May 26, 1723: married Sarah French. They lived at Attle- boro and raised a family of eleven children, all of whom married and had families. Children were : George, married Mary Fuller. 2. Lydia, mar-
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ried Emerson Briggs. 3. Roxana, married Joseph Parmenter. 4. Sarah, married Thomas Braman. 5. Silas (see forward). 6. Nancy. 7. Phebe. 8. French. 9. Rhoda. 10. Ira. II. Seth, born August 27, 1778: married Susanna A. Balcom.
(V) Silas Richardson, son of Seth Richardson (4), born at Attleboro, 1762; died at Hardwick, Massachusetts, February 1, 1829. aged sixty-seven years. He came to Hardwick with neighbors, and probably relatives, after the revolution, and settled in the northwest part of the town near the farm of David Richards, also from Attleboro. There were also the Allens and Pecks from Attleboro. Rich- ardson married Abigail Thayer, November 26, 1789, at Hardwick. (See Thayer family sketch herewith ). She died January 23, 1867, at the age of ninety- seven. Children were: 1. Fanny, born May 19, 1791 : married Samuel Thayer, of Dana, 1812. 2. Nabby, born December 22, 1792; married Ebenezer Richards, February 4, 1812: died January 24, 1868. 3. Seth (see forward). 4. Eunice, born January 10, 1801: married Joel Whipple, September 2, 1821 ; chied at North Brookfield, October 9, 1869. 5. Sarah F., born June 20, 1802 (or 1805) ; married James P. Coolidge, May 29, 1829; died at North Brookfield, December 6, 1872. 6. Silas Peck, born January 2, 1807. 7. Anna F., born December 13, 1813; mar- ried Jonas Allen, 1833; died January 9, 1864.
(VI) Seth Richardson, son of Silas Richardson (5), born at Hardwick, Massachusetts, April 17, 1799: lived at Hardwick; died June 14 or 16, 1881. He was a farmer. He married Alice Johnson, 1820, (published April 3). She died February 16, 1861, aged sixty years. Their children were: William, born 1820; married Louisa Lamb, July 4, 1841; she died June 4. 1842, aged eighteen years, and he was drowned September 28, 1852, aged thirty-two. Mary J., born 1822; married John King, October 3, 1844; died at Greenwich, May II, 1878. Civilla Y., born about 1826; died September 2, 1849, aged twenty- two. Alonzo F. (see forward). Asa F., born about 1832: Rhoda, born November, 1834; died August Il. 1835. aged nine months. Elizabeth, married ( first) Joseph Stevens; and had two children : Eliza and Albert married (second) Philip John- son, had one child, Alice. Ester, married Stephen King. had one child, Ella. Mary, married L. Nathan Stone of Dana, had one child: Fannie. Sylus. died in Libby prison in '62 or '63.
(VII) Alonzo Frederick Richardson. son of Seth Richardson (6), born at Hardwick, Massachu- setts, about 1828: settled at Hardwick, Massachu- setts ; married Martha Marsh, daughter of Marcus Jefferson Marsh. February, 1863. Children were : I. William Dexter, born July 21, 1863; married Amelia Barry. They have two children: Ella M., born June 24. 1885, and Oscar S., born July 5, 1891 ; he is a wood-worker: resides at Ware, Massachu- setts. 2. Mary C., born November 23, 1865: mar- ried George D. Warner, a farmer : resides at Hard- wick. has one son. 3. Albert F. (see forward).
(\'HII) Albert Frederick Richardson, son of Alonzo Frederick (7) and Martha ( Marsh) Rich- ardson. horn at Hardwick, Massachusetts, March 26, 1868. He was educated in the public schools of Hardwick. After he left school he learned the carpenter's trade and worked at it for seven years, in and about his native town. Then he came to Worcester to live. In 1804 he was appointed con- stable in Worcester and devoted all his time to the duties of his office, having an office in the State Mutual building in Worcester. He had the confi- dence and good-will of the members of the Wor- cester bar, with whom most of his business was transacted, and when there was a vacancy in his
staff, in 1905, Sheriff Robert H. Chamberlain found the lawyers united in favor of Mr. Richardson, and appointed him a deputy. Under the Massachusetts laws and procedure the deputy sheriff is an im- portant official, vested with practically all the powers and responsibilities of his chief. It requires a man of extensive legal education and sound common- sense to fill the office properly and acceptably. In every sense of the word Mr. Richardson has proved a capable and efficient officer. He married Grace M. E. Allison, of Worcester, October 22, 1902. They have one child, Madelyn L., born October 20, 1904.
(I) Thomas Thayer was one of the emigrant ancestors of Albert F. Richardson, of Worcester. He was born in Thornbury, England, and came to this country before 1639. He was a shoemaker. He settled at Braintree, Massachusetts, where he had a grant of land, 1639, for a family of nine, seventy-six acres in all. He married, at Thornbury, April 13, 1618, Margerie Wheeler. He died June 2, 1665. His will is dated June 24, 1664, and proved September 12. 1665. He mentioned his wife and three sons. The widow died February II, 1672-3 .. His children were: I. Thomas (see forward). 2. Ferdinando, baptized April 18, 1625. 3. Shad- rach (Sydrick ) baptized May 10, 1629. 4. Sarah, married Jonathan Hayward.
(II) Thomas Thayer, son of Thomas Thayer (1), born at Thornbury, England, and baptized there September 15, 1622. He settled at Braintree and was admitted a freeman 1647; died May 9, 1693, aged over seventy years. His wife, Hannah, whom he married at Thornbury, died February 7, 1698, aged about seventy-three years. Their children were: I. Thomas, born in England. 2. Elizabeth, born January 23, 1647. 3. Isaac, born September 7, 1654: died September 7, 1655. 4. John ( see for- ward. 5. Experience, born March 5, 1658. 6. Isaac 2d, born May 30, 1661. 7. Ebenezer, born July 7, 1665. S. Deborah, died 1669.
(III) John Thayer, son of Thomas Thayer (2), born at Braintree, Massachusetts. December 25, 1656; settled at Braintree; died December 19, 1746, nearly ninety years old. He married Mary Barr in 1684-5: she died July 6, 1724. She wandered into the woods while mentally unbalanced, and was not found for fifty-three days, when she was very weak and almost dead from the exposure and lack of food. Their children were: I. John (see for- ward). 2. Henry, born August 1, 1688.
(IV) John Thayer, son of John Thayer (3), born June 30. 1686; married (first) Mary Wales, daughter of Elder Nathaniel Wales, April 8, 1714. They settled in Braintree, Massachusetts. He mar- ried (second) Lydia Wales, June, 1719. He died October 22, 1747. His children were: I. Thomas, born April 2, 1715: died April 15, 1715. 2. Joan- nah, born December 1, 1716; died December 1.4, 1716. 3. Thomas 2d, born April 7, 1718. 4. Lydia, born February 20. 1720: died December 15. 1728. 5. Mary, born February 20, 1720 (twin of preced- ing). 6. Lemuel, born April 3. 1723. 7. John (see forward). 8. Lydia, born August 12. 1728; mar- ried Isaac Copeland 1744. had ten children; died March 1799. 0. Judith, born December 25, 1730; died 1733. 10. Elkanah, born January 1, 1733. II. Judith 2d, born December 25, 1734: married Seth Thayer. 12. Elkanah, born August 13, 1737.
(V) John Thayer, son of John Thayer (4),
born March 1. 1725, at Braintree. Massachusetts; married Rachel Skinner, 1749. They settled in Mansfield, Massachusetts. He was a farmer. Their children were: I. Polly, born October 20, 1751. 2. John, born February 9, 1753. 3. Ephraim, born
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March 25, 1755. 4. Rachel, 1758. 5. Samuel, born February 5, 1761. 6. Benjamin, born August 13, 1765. 7. Abigail (see forward). 8. James, born July 8, 1769. 9. William, born November 6, 1771. 10. Fanny (twin), born 1773. II. Nancy (twin), born 1773.
(VI) Abigail Thayer, daughter of John Thayer (5), born at Mansfield, Massachusetts, August 9, 1767; married Silas Richardson and they settled at Hardwick, Massachusetts. ( See Richardson Family sketch in this work).
JONATHAN ARTHUR HUNT. Enoch Hunt (I), the immigrant ancestor of Jonathan Arthur Hunt, of Westborough, Massachusetts, was from Fitenden, Parish Lee, two miles from Wendover, Buckshire, England. He was an early settler in Rhode Island and was admitted a freeman in New- port, 1638. He was a blacksmith by trade. He re- moved to Weymouth, Massachusetts, where he was settled in 1640, was a town officer in 1651 and had a case in court, April 1, 1641. He died before 1647, when his wife's lands are mentioned in deeds of abutting tracts. Administration was granted to his son Ephraim, November 18, 1852. The homestead consisted of twenty-two acres in the Plain at Wey- mouth, bounded by lands of Richard Silvester, John Upham, Mr. Gouer and west and north by the high- way and the sea.
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