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(11) Jonathan Stockwell, son of William Stock- well (1), was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, about 1700. He was the third of five brothers who settled in Sutton. His farm was on the west side of Sin- gletary pond and there he lived and died. He mar- ried Kachel Underwood, December 16, 1726, at Sut- ton, soon after coming there. Their children were: Jonathan, Jr., born about 1730, married Mary Ken- ney and they had Eli, Aaron and Solomon; Stephen, see forward.
(III) Stephen Stockwell, son of Jonathan Stock- well (2), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, about 1740. He inherited his father's homestead and left it to his sons at his death. He married, December 14, 1702, Mehitable Holman, who died November 4, 1794. He died November 11, 1807. Their children were : Mehitable; Stephen, see forward; Sarah,
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born November 25, 1767; Enoch, born June 24, 1771; Elizabeth, born September 16, 1773; Deborah, born March 26, 1775, married July II, 1793, Simon Stock- well ; Dolly, born July 20, 1777, married Simon Stockwell, son of Noah Stockwell, December 29, 1799; Polly, born November 13, 1780, married Aaron Holman; Mary, born August 30, 1782, mar- ried Asa Learned.
(IV) Stephen Stockwell, Jr., son of Stephen Stockwell, was born February 14, 1766, died at Sut- ton, June 2, 1845. He had from his father the home- stead at Singletary pond and was a farmer of Sut- ton. He married (first) Sarah Eddy, 1800. She died August 20, 1810. He married (second), Octo- ber 15, 1812, and she died October 23, 1840. Chil- dren of Stephen and Sarah Stockwell were: Jonas Eddy, see forward; Rufus, born March 28, 1802; Alice, born April 7, 1803; Lucy E., born July I, 1804; Adeline M., born June 26, 1805, died March 19, 1812; Stephen, born November 8, 1807; Sylvester, born March 2, 1809. The child of Stephen and Betsey: Anderson Dana, born December 20, 1815, died March 24, 1816.
(V) Jonas Eddy Stockwell, son of Steplien Stockwell (4), was born at Sutton, Massachusetts, May 1, 1801. He was brought up on the old home- stead at Sutton and educated in the common schools there. He learned the trade of shoemaker and fol- lowed that trade as well as farming through life. He was an old line Whig in politics and took a great interest in politics always, although not himself an office holder of any kind. His farm was a part of the Stockwell homestead. He married, April 9, 1827, Mary A. Waite. Their only child was Alonzo E., see forward.
(VI) Alonzo E. Stockwell, son of Jonas Eddy Stockwell (5), was born at North Oxford, Massa- chusetts, September 7, 1829. He attended school in Sutton and Leicester, where his father lived for a time. In liis youth he worked on the farm. Later he took up the business of brick making and removed to Millbury, where he manufactured bricks for many years. He was successful in business and invested largely in real estate. He was a farmer during his later years. Mr. Stockwell was held in the greatest respect by his townsmen; he was generous and char- itable by nature, and made friends readily. He died April 19, 1905. He was a soldier in Company E, Fifteenth Regiment, Massachusetts, Volunteer In- fantry, enlisting in July, 1861. He was discharged July 28, 1864, at Worcester. He was forage master two years under General Stone, and at close of war was wagon master of ammunition train. He was injured in his left arm, in 1864, while loading mules at an old wharf.
He married (first), November 18, 1857, Hannah Stockwell, a distant relative, and they had no chil- dren. He married (second), October 22, 1865, Eliza- beth A. Prouty, born in Worcester, October 25, 1836, died January 1I, 1905, daughter of Ira Prouty, of the Spencer family of this name. Their children are: Inez Maria, born March 15, 1866, died March 6, 1867; lola Marion, born January 15, 1868, mar- ried Harry Ross and they have one child, Cecil H. Ross. Genevieve May, born May 1, 1873, married, July 2, 1906, Jesse Albert Paine, of Springfield, Massachusetts, formerly of Millbury, Massachusetts.
HENRY BURROUGHS ADAMS. Henry Adams (I). the immigrant ancestor of Henry Bur- roughs Adams, of Millbury, Massachusetts, was the progenitor of the two presidents of the United States and of many distinguished Americans. He was born in England and some attention is paid to his Eng- lish ancestry elsewhere in this work. He made his
home at Braintree, formerly Mount Wollaston, and including Quincy, dfd Braintree and Randolph as now constituted. He is believed to have arrived in Boston with his wife, eight sons and a daughter in 1632 or 1633. There is reason to believe that his wife and son John and daughter Ursula returned to England and died there. Henry Adams died in Braintree, October 6, 1646. Children of Henry Adams were: Lieutenant Henry, born in England, 1604; Lieutenant Thomas, born in England, 1612; Captain Samuel, born in England, 1617; Deacon Jonathan, born in England, 1619; Peter, born in England, 1622; John, born in England, about 1624; Joseph, born in England, 1626; Ensign Edward, see forward; Ursula, mentioned in will, etc.
(II) Ensign Edward Adams, son of Henry Adams (1), was born in England in 1630. He settled with three brothers in Medfield, Massachu- setts, and was ensign in the military company, se- lectman of the town, deputy to the general court in 1689-92-1702. He died in Medfield, November 12, 1716, the "last of the original settlers."
He married (first), 1652, Lydia Rockwood, daughter of Richard and Agnes (Bicknell) Rock- wood. She died March 3, 1676. He married (sec- ond), 1678, Abigail (Craft) Ruggles, of Roxbury (or Abigail Day), and she died 1707. He married (third), January 6, 1709-10, Sarah Taylor. The children of Ensign Edward and Lydia Adams were: Lydia, born in Medfield, July 12, 1653, married (first) James Allen and (second) Joseph Daniel. Captain Jonathan, born April 4, 1655: John, born February 18, 1657, see forward; Eliashib, born Feb- ruary 18, 1658-59; Sarah, born May 29, 1660, mar- ried John Turner, member of Captain Moseley's company which fought Indians; Lieutenant James, born January 4, 1661-62; Henry, born October 29, 1663; Mehitable, born March 30, 1665, married Jo- siah Faxon, of Braintree; Elisha, born August 25, 1666; Edward, Jr., born June 28, 1668; Bethia, born April 12, 1670, died 1672; Bethia, born August 18, 1672, died young; Abigail, born June 25, 1075; Miriam, born February 26, 1676, died young.
(III) John Adams, son of Ensign Edward Adams (2), was born in Medfield. Massachusetts, February 18. 1657. He settled in Medfield on the homestead of his father and died there March 1, 1751. He married (first), 1682, Deborah Partridge, daughter of John and Magdalen ( Bullard) Partridge. She was born 1662 and died before 1695. He married (second) Susanna Breck, daughter of Thomas and Mary ( Hill) Breck, born in Sherborn, Massachu- setts, May 10, 1667, and died May 28, 1744. The children of John and Deborah Adams were: Ed- ward, see forward; John, Jr., born in Medway, De- cember 22, 1684: Daniel, born in Medway, January 12, 1686; Eleazer, born in Medway, September 22, 1687, and was prominent in West Medway; Obadiah, born in Medway, January 20, 1689; Jonathan, born Medway, 1692, settled on the homestead of his father and grandfather ill Medway, and died May 12, 1744. Children of Jolin and Susanna Adams were: Thomas, born Febru- ary II, 1695-96; Susanna, born July 30, 1697, mar- ried, April 19, 1721, Nelson Alexander ; Jeremiah, born July 13. 1699; Abraham, born August 1, 1701; Bethia, born June 2, 1702, married Timothy Stearns, of Framingham; Phineas, born May 19, 1705; Han- nah, born March 29. 1707, married Timothy Ellis; ( second ) William Richardson; Esther, born No- vember 15. 1708.
(IV) Edward Adams, son of John Adams (3), was born in Medway, January 13, 1682. He settled in Milton. Massachusetts, and died there September 22, 1776, in his sixty-first year. He married (first),
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April II, 1706, Rachel Sanders, of Braintree, Massa- chusetts. She died November 14. 1727, in her forty- second year. He married, February 5, 1729, Sarah Brackett. Children of Edward and Rachel Adams, all born at Milton, were: Edward, Jr., born in Mil- ton, March 1, 1707; Deacon John, see forward ; Rachel, born June 17, 17II, married, December 26. 1728, Deacon William Tucker; Seth, born Septem- ber 30, 1713 (H. C. 1733); Nathan, born March 28, 1716, died April 19, 1716; Samuel, born March 5, 1718, died April 10, 1718; Patience, born August 7, 1720, died August 30, 1720.
(V) Deacon John Adams, son of Edward Adams (4), was born in Milton, Massachusetts, February 26, 1709, and died there June 11, 1790, aged eighty-one. His epitaph : "Here friend Mr. John Adams who departed this life June ye IIth, 1790, aged SI years."
"As corn, maturely ripe, is gathered home,
So his remains, brought into the tomb, To sleep in silence till the glorious day
When Christ, his light, shall roll the stone away."
Children of Deacon John and Sarah Adams were : Samuel, born January 30, 1730-31, died Feb- ruary 18, 1731; Rachael, born January 6, 1731- 32, married John Babcock; John, born Decem- ber 18, 1733, died August 28, 1735; Colonel Andrew, see forward; Abigail, born May 20, 1737, married John Kneeland, of Boston ;
Seth,
Edward, born March 16, 1738-39; born December 4, 1740-41 ; Eliphalet, born February 23, 1743, died February 5, 1747; Ann, born June 23, 1744-45, married Captain Joseph Baxter, captain in revolution ; Judith, born November 24, 1746, inar- ried Seth Spear, of Braintree; Deacon Lemuel, born December 1 or 5, 1748, soldier in the revolution; Saralı, born March 31, 1752, died January 24, 1766 ; Mary, born December 2, 1753, married Stephen Bed- lam, of Dorchester.
(VI) Colonel Andrew Adams, son of Deacon John Adams (5), was born in Milton, Massachu- setts, August 12, 1735. He married, December 16, 1756-57, Ruth Wadsworth, daughter of Rev. John Wadsworth and granddaughter of Benjamin Wads- worth, president of Harvard College ( 1725-1737), a descendant of John Alden, the Pilgrim of Plymouth. She was born in Canterbury, Connecticut, May 23, 1737, and died October 28, 1820, aged eighty-three
years. Colonel Andrew held a commission under George 111 in 1761 as coroner for the county of Suffolk; also a lieutenant in a company of cavalry. lle was a man of large influence and distinction. He took the Whig side when the revolution broke out and enlisted as sergeant in the Milton company under Captain Joseph Vose, Colonel Robertson's regiment, afterwards Colonel Abijah Pierce's third Suffolk, and marched to Lexington April 19, 1775. lle was commissioned as second lieutenant March 23, 1776, in Captain William Babcock's company of the same regiment and marched to Bennington. Hle was probably also in the Rhode Island campaign. He is called colonel on the public records. He was a man of great vigor of body and mind; is said to have ascended Mt. Washington when past his eightieth year, when not even a foot path had been made. lle rode eight miles on horseback the morn- ing of his death. In 1802 he removed to Lancaster, New Hampshire, with his family, and died there April 14, 1833, aged ninety-seven years and eight months.
Children of Colonel Andrew Adams, the first eight of whom were born in Milton and the two youngest in Palmer, were : Lucy, born February
18, 1759, married Benjamin King; Elizabeth, born June 1, 1700, died June 10, 1760; John, see forward; Ruth, born July 1, 1763, died unmarried in Lei- cester, Massachusetts, February 7, 1843, aged eighty years; Abigail, born December 1, 1705, died Janu- ary 2, 1766; Andrew, born March 24, 1707, married Rebecca Putnam, niece of General Rufus Putnam ; Lemuel, born April 15, 1769, died unmarried at Haverhill, June 7, 1850; Benjamin, born March 25, 1771; Elsha, born 1775, died September 6, 1778; Stephen, born May 3, 1777, died September 6, 1778; Stephen Wadsworth, born in Palmer, February 25, 1780; Lewis, born in Palmer, March 3, 1782, was in Lancaster, New Hampshire, 1820; probably perished with his young bride in burning theatre at Rich- mond, Virginia.
(V11) John Adams, son of Colonel Andrew Adams (6), was born in Milton, Massachusetts, July 23, 1761. He also was a soldier in the revolution, a corporal from Milton in Captain Joseph Vose's com- pany, Colonel William Heath's regiment in October, 1775; sergeant in Captain William Babcock's com- pany, Colonel Pierce's regiment, enlisted March 1, 1778, and served at Castle Island. He died at Wor- cester, September 23, 1843, aged eighty-two years.
He married (first), October 9, 1785, in Boston, Elizabeth Welch, who was born in Charlestown, February 15, 1759, and died August 24, 1788. He married ( second), March 15, 1790, Silvia Tobey, who was born in Sandwich, Massachusetts, December 29, 1765, and died in Worcester, March 30, 1839. The children of John and Elizabeth Adams were: Hezekiah W., born in Palmer, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 1, 1786, died at sea, December 8, 1807; John Wadsworth, born in Barnard, Vermont, August 14, 1788, married Hannah Dean, of Dover, Massachu- setts, and died 1854; was a baker of Medfield. Chil- dren of John and Silvia Adams were : Captain Henry, born at Hardwick, Massachusetts, April 28, 1791-92, married at New Bedford, April 25, 1827, Abby Sherman; Elizabeth W., born at Barnard, De- cember 14, 1793, died June 6, 1817; Susan, born in Palmer, July 7, 1795, married April 12, 1825, llora- tio Nelson Hair ; she died August 22, 1855; Lewis, born in Palmer, February 22, 1797, married Mary. Bonney, of New Bedford; he died October 12, 1839; Nancy, born at Palmer, October 22, 1799; married. May 7, 1827, Charles Tucker, of Worcester; she died October 14, 1865; George W., born in Palmer, March 16, 1800, died April 12, 1800; Amos, born in Woodstock, Connecticut, April 29, 1801, married in Albany, New York, July 19, 1826, Mary Park, he was sheriff of Albany county, died November 13. 1862; Ruth Wadsworth, born in Lancaster, New Hampshire, September S, 1804, died at sea, August 29, 1826; Sylvia Tobey, born in Mendon, Massa- chusetts, July 2, 1806, married Elias Boyden; she died in Worcester, March 20, 1893; Captain Heze- kiah, see forward; Deborah Tobey, born in Attle- boro, Massachusetts, February 15, 1811, married, January 9, 1833, Lewis Tobey, of Poughkeepsie, New York; she died February 28, 1881-82.
(VIII) Captain Hezekiah Adams, son of John Adams (7), was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, May 5; 1808. He was a sea captain and farmer. He retired and settled in Worcester in 1840. He died April 25, 1887. He married (first), February 29, 1836, Esther Burroughs Wilbur, of New Bedford, Massachusetts. She died October 7, 1853. He mar- ried (second), February 14, 1854, Tamar S. Bur- banks. She died July 24, 1876. Children of Captain Hezekiah and Esther Adams were: Asa Bronson, born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, May 23, 1840, inarried in Worcester, June 3. 1867, Mary D. P. Simons, of Bermuda; he is a printer, resides in
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Worcester; Henry Burroughs, see forward; Mary A. E., born in Worcester, July 26, 1846, unmarried, teacher, resides at Newport, Rhode Island; John Q., born in Worcester, July 2, 1849. inarried, Decem- ber 16, 1875, Lucy Ann Hayward, of Millbury, Massachusetts; he is a carriage maker, resides in Worcester; Elishia Wilbour, born in Worcester, July 1I, 1851, married, November 18, 1885, Cecelia M. Williams, of Carlton, New Brunswick; he is a printer in Worcester; no children; Esther B., born in Worcester, June 4, 1853, died October 8, 1853. (1X) Henry Burroughs Adams, son of Captain Hezekiah Adams (8), was born in Worcester, De- cember 3, 1843. He was educated in the schools of his native town. He is a farmer just over the line from Worcester on Millbury avenue. He pays special attention to his dairy, having about twenty- five cows and selling the products direet to his own customers, mainly in Worcester. During the civil war Mr. Adams enlisted in the Forty-second Massa- chusetts Volunteer Infantry and was in the service nine months. He is a member of George A. Custer Post, Grand Army. He is a Republican in politics. He belongs to the Millbury Grange, Patrons of Hus- bandry, and to the Congregational church at Millbury.
Mr. Adams married, 1866, Mary E. Hayward, . daughter of Joseph H. Hayward, a farmer of Mill- bury. The farm on which Mr. and Mrs. Adams re- side, has been in the Hayward family for one hun- dred and fifty years. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have no children ..
JOEL SIBLEY. John Sibley (1), the immi- grant ancestor of Joel Sibley, of Winchendon, Mas- sachusetts, was born in England. He came to New England on the ship "Fleet" in 1629 with the Hig- ginson fleet. Richard Sibley, believed to be liis brother, was with him. He settled at Salem and was admitted a freeman there May 6, 1635. He may be the son of John Sibley, of Charlestown, who with his wife Sarah was admitted to the church there February 21, 1634-35, and who was admitted a freeman there September 3, 1634; he was a proprietor of Charlestown and he may have been selectman at Salem in 1636 instead of the John Sibley first mentioned. There are reasons for be- lieving that John Sibley (1), as we have called him, was too young to have held such an important office at that date. John Sibley, of Charlestown, died November 30, 1649. But for this death record all the references to John Sibley in both towns could refer to one and the same man. It may be that this death was of an infant son. John Sibley was a proprietor of Salem, served on the jury in 1636, was constable and was a member of the church. He resided at Manchester, then called Jef- frey's Creek, in 1637. He died in 1661.
He married Rachel Pickworth, daughter of John Piekworth. Children of John Sibley were: Sarah, born in Salem, baptized September 18, 1642; Mary, baptized September 8, 1644, married Jonathan Wal- cott ; Rachel, baptized May 3, 1646, married Bishop ; John, baptized May 4, 1648; Hannah, bap- tized June 22, 1657, married Stephen Small; Will- iam, baptized September 8, 1653; Samuel, baptized April 12, 1657: Abigail, baptized July 3, 1659; Jo- seph, see forward.
(II) Joseph Sibley, son of John Sibley (I), was born probably in 1655 in Salem, Massachu- setts. He was a fisherman. On his return from a fishing voyage he was impressed on a British frigate and put to hard service for seven weeks, then re- leased and sent home. He was the ancestor of all the Sutton Sibleys. All of his five sons settled
there. Joseph, John and Jonathan were among the thirty original settlers on the original four thou- sand acres in Sutton. Samuel came soon after- ward and occupied a place with his brother Joseph. Joseph Sibley married, February 4, 1684, Susanna Follett, daughter of William Follett, of Dover, New Hampshire. Their children were: Joseph, born No- vember 9, 1684; John, September 18, 1687; Jona- than, May 1, 1690; Hannah, baptized May 9, 1695, married, August 10, 1722, Ebenezer Daggett: Sam- nel, born 1697; William, see forward; Benjamin, born September 19. 1703.
(III) William Sibley, son of Joseph Sibley (2), was born in Salem, Massachusetts, September 7, 1700. He settled in Sutton, and as early as 1731 was assigned to the fifth seat on the lower floor of the meeting house there with his brother Ben- jamin. He died October 18, 1763. He resided in the Putnam hill district. Ile was a soldier in the Indian wars. He married, July 4, 1726, Sarah Dike. Their children were: William, Jr., see forward ; Elijah, born October 30, 1728; Sarah, August 23, 1730, married Jolin Stone, July 30, 1761 : Daniel, January 31, 1733: David, October 3, 1736.
(IV) William Sibley, son of William Sibley (3). was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, May 4, 1727. He was a soldier in the Indian wars. He mar- ried (first) Rebekah Southworth, of Waltham, De- cember 26, 1751 ; (second) Huldah Kenney, May I, 1755, and (third) Hannah Stockwell, January 24. 1765. His children: William, see forward ; Hul- dah, married Nahum Tainter, removed to Leices- ter ; David, died young ; Melitable, died when seven- teen years old: Noah (son of Hannah). born May 4. 1765, died unmarried; Hannah, born May 4, 1767. married David Dudley, November 17, 1789; Joel, born May 31, 1774, settled in Grafton, Massachu- sutts, married Lois -, who died November 21, 1832, and he died September 10, 1839, leaving two daughters, Almira and Martha; Rebeckah, born April 29, 1776, died young.
(V) William Sibley, eldest child of William Sibley (4), was born in Sutton in 1753. He set- tled in Grafton. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion. in Captain John Putnam's company, Colonel Ebenezer Learned's regiment. as a minute man in 1775 and also later in the Sutton company. He removed some years before his death to Royalston. He married, February 14, 1782, Abigail Fay, daugh- ter of Jonathan Fay, of Westboro. She was born 1759 and died July 20, 1838. Their children were : Southworth, born June 25, 1788; Chloe, May 26, 1791 ; Simeon, September 21, 1793; Joel, see for- ward : William, December 19, 1800, married, April 18, 1827, Patty M. Robbins; (second) Rhoda -; died at Winchendon, July, 1876.
(VI) Joel Sibley, fourth child of William Sib- ley (5), was born in Grafton, near Sutton, Massa- chusetts, December 28, 1796. He was brought up in Grafton and went to school there. He was twenty-one or more when his father and the fam- ily removed to Royalston, Massachusetts, and bought a farm there. He began to manufacture shingles from wood cut from lots bought by his father and himself. He sold much of the timber to W. T. Merrifield, of Worcester. He bought out the mills of C. W. Bowker and continued the manufacture of shingles. He lived at home with his father until he married, when he built a residence near the mills. In the course of time he abandoned the manufacture of shingles and devoted liis attention to making pails. J. B. Sawyer became his partner under the firm name of Sibley & Sawyer. He ac- cumulated a competence by his careful and in- dustrious methods of business. He died in 1863.
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He attended the Unitarian church at Winchendon. He was a Democrat in politics. He served for sev- eral years on the board of assessors in Winchendon, and was on the school committee and trustee of the cemetery of the town. He served in the militia when a young man.
He married three times ; (first) Demis Walker, of Winchendon; (second) Walker, of Win- chendon, and (third) Rhoda Alger, of Winchendon. Children of Joel and Demis Sibley were: Elvira, deceased, born in Winchendon, married J. B. Saw- yer, of Winchendon; Horace, deceased, born in Winchendon, married Mary Rice and they had two children: Mary J. and Loel; George, married Jen- nett Mann; Maria, married F. S. Hale and had daughter, Elvira Hale. The children of Joel and Rhoda were: William, born in Winchendon, mar- ried (first) Isabel Shaler, of Winchendon, and they have one child. Franklin B .; Joel, Jr .. see forward ; Charles ; Lovina, married Benjamin P. Peabody, of Worcester.
(VII) Joel Sibley, son of Joel Sibley (6), was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, July 23, 1836. He gained his education in the common schools of his native town, and worked at home on his father's farm. He left home at the age of twenty years to go to Vassallboro, Maine, where he en- tered the employ of his cousin, Jeremiah Sibley, as clerk in his general store. After a year and a half he removed to Westboro, Massachusetts, to work in the chair factory of Baker & Holmes. He worked there a year and two years for Edward Spaulding, manufacturer of sleighs. Then he re- turned to Winchendon to work for his father in the pail factory of Sibley & Sawyer. Two years later his father died and the business was con- tinued by a firm composed of Mr. Sibley, his brother, William Sibley, and C. W. Bowker, now of Worcester. He sold his interests to his partners after two years and removed to Worcester to work for Benjamin P. Peabody, wheel manufacturer. A year later he went to Boston to take charge of Mr. Peabody's office and salesroom there at 72 Kilby street. He held this position for eleven years, liv- ing in Boston and Hyde Park.
He returned to Winchendon and worked in the Sibley Pail Factory and carried on the old farm. He finally entered the employ, of F. H. Heyward as clerk in his general store at Waterville, and was assistant postmaster under Mr. Heyward. In 1880 he bought out his employer and was appointed post- master of Waterville, in which capacity he is still (1906) serving. In the past twenty-five years Mr. Sibley has built up a large and prosperous business. especially in the grocery line. He is a man of much influence in the town of Winchendon. He is a Republican in politics and is interested in public affairs, but has not cared for public office. He attends the Church of the Unity (Unitarian). He was formerly a member of the Winchendon Grange. He married, February 22, 1868, Nancy Aldrich. of Winchendon, daughter of Amasa and Ruth ( Stewart) Aldrich. Her father was a pail manufacturer. Children of Joel and Nancy Sibley were : Evangeline Eva, married Arthur E. Folsom, of Winchendon, and they have three children : Mar- jorie, Esther. Robert Folsom; Amasa A., married Louise Howe, of Winchendon, and they have five children : Marion, Marcus A., Freda, Roland, Joel Stewart. John Elmer, born at Hyde Park, unmar- ried.
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