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at the age of sixty years. Their children were: Emma C., born September 15, 1847, married, October 2, 1866, James A. Morse, of Worcester, Massachu- setts, and they have children: Joseph R., born Au- gust 12. 1853, married Fanny Temple, of Charles- town, Massachusetts, no children. James Alford, Jr., born August 12, 1867, resides in Worcester. Walter D .. born September 29, 1869, resides in Worcester; married, February, 1900, Minnie McAleer, and has three children: Mabel D., born May, 1901; Edward J., born July, 1903; and Ellen O., born August, 1905. Mabel, born May 10, 1873, died aged three months.
ALANSON TAFT. Robert Taft (1), the im- migrant ancestor of Alanson Taft, of Mendon, Mas- sachusetts, was born about 1640 and died February 8, 1725. He was one of the early settlers of Mendon, a man of wealth and standing. He was elected on the board of selectmen January 3, 1680, and April 4. 1680, on the building committee of the church "to take care that the minister's house be done by December 25." He and his three sons built the bridge over Great River to their land on the west bank in 1709, and in 1729 under an arrangement with the town they built the second bridge also. His house was on Fortfield, near Mendon Pond, but he acquired large tracts of land by grant and purchase until the Taft property nearly encompassed the pond and comprised a tract some two and a half miles square. Robert Taft also bought a tenth of the tract that later was named Sutton, he being one of a syndicate that made the purchase March 10, 1713. His descendants have been among the most prominent citizens in that section of Worcester county. The origin of the family and Robert Taft's ancestry is treated elsewhere in this work. Chil- dren of Robert and Sarah Taft: 1. Thomas, born 1671, mentioned below. 2. Robert, Jr., born 1674, died April 29, 1748. 3. Daniel, born 1677, died Au- gust 24, 1761. 4. Joseph, born 1680, died June 18, 1747. 5. Benjamin, born 1684, died 1766.
(II) Thomas Taft, eldest child of Robert Taft (1), was born in the old country, 1671, and died in Mendon, 1755. He married Deborah, daughter of Isaac Genery, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and they settled on the Taft place in Mendon, where he was associated with his father and brothers. He died intestate, and his sons Eleazer and Isaac were on the administrator's bond dated June 16, 1757. Chil- dren of Thomas and Deborah Taft: I. Joseph. born May 26, 1693. 2. Sarah, May 26, 1695. 3. Eleazer, April 5, 1697, a captain; his son Moses graduated at Harvard 1751. 4. Hannah, April 17, 1699. 5. Re- becca, May 15. 1701. 6. Deborah, November 14, 1702. 7. Rachel, October I. 1704. 8. Martha. June 15, 1708. 9. Isaac, July 15, 1710. 10. Susanna, (twin) Alarch 15, 1713. II. Thomas, (twin) mentioned below.
(III) Thomas Taft. twin son and youngest child of Thomas Taft (2), was born March 15, 1713. He also settled on a part of the original homestead in Mendon. He mentions a cider mill in his will, in- dicating that he carried on the cider business in addition to farming. The Tafts had been in excellent standing in the Puritan church until Thomas (3) lost faith in the minister. Rev. Mr. Willard. The clergyman had suspended Taft from communion "for repeatedly refusing to hear and casting contempt upon the church, particularly upon the pastor of said church, till he should make manifest repent- ence and reformation." Taft and his friends pre- ferred charges, and although Willard was acquitted of the things charged he was dismissed from his pastorate. And thus the trouble seems to have
ended. Thomas Taft made a will August 28, 1773, twenty years before his death, and it was disallowed by the probate court because Thomas deeded away his real estate mentioned in the will so that the pro- visions of the will could not be executed. . His signature is notable. Although the writing is ex- cellent and seems to indicate a familiarity with the quill, the two "T's" in his name are both lower case letters. The will left half the farm to Na- thaniel, and the southern half to Thomas. He mentioned also his daughters, Lydia Taft, wife of Ebenezer Taft, and Hannah Penniman; also grand- son, Marvel Taft. Ilc died early in 1793. He mar- ried Lydia Thompson about 1732. Their children were: I. Nathaniel, born 1733, died young. 2. Thomas, born 1736, died young. 3. Keziah, born 1737, died young. 4. Lydia, married - - Penni- inan. 5. Charity, born 1742, died young. 6. Han- nah, born 1745, died young. 7. Amariah, born 1747, died young. 8. Nathaniel, born February 13, 1750; married Abigail Holbrook. 9. Deborah, born 1751, died young. 10. Thomas, horn October 30, 1753, mentioned below. II. Genery, born June 3, 1756, died young.
(IV) Thomas Taft, tenth child of Thomas Taft (3), was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, October 30, 1753; married there, Mary Spring. He married (second) Betsey Fletcher, June 16, 1793. His will is dated September 15, 1823, and was filed in 1835. Children of Thomas and Betsey Taft: 1. Arnold, born at Mendon. 2. Stephen. 3. Thomas, Jr., men- tioned below. 4. Amasa. 5. Otis. 6. Joanna, mar- ried Wilson. 7. Deboralı, married Twitchell. 8. Samuel. 9. Sylvia, married Hayward. IO. Polly, married Spring. II. Betsey, married Taft. All were living in 1823.
(V) Thomas Taft, son of Thomas Taft (4), was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, December 26, 1797, and died there September 24, 1872. He lived on part of the original Taft farm, and in his will set aside the burial ground on the farm to be kept in perpetuity for a family graveyard. He married, December 2, 1819, Mary Harkness. He calls her Mercy in his will. The children of Thomas and Mary Taft, all born at Mendon and all living in 1872, were: 1. Sullivan H., resided at Mendon. 2. Alanson, born October 26, 1826, mentioned below. 3. Samuel Harkness, born June 25, 1828, resided at Mendon; died February 4, 1903. 4. Hannah, married Otis Nelson, of Milford. 5. Susan, married Hooper, of Milford. 6. Elizabeth, married Samuel Adams, of Barre. 7. Mercy Ann, married Emerson, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
(VI) Alanson Taft, son of Thomas Taft (5), was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, October 26, 1826, and educated in the common schools there. He was a prosperous farmer during his active years. For some years he has been living a quiet, retired life, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of his native town. Mr. Taft has been a worthy descendant of honorable ancestry, has taken his part in public affairs, was formerly assessor and collector of taxes, and was one of the organizers of the local grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and one of the charter members. He is a Unitarian in re- ligion and a Republican in politics. In public and private life alike Mr. Taft has deserved and won the esteem of his fellow men. He married, 1848, (intentions dated October 29) Elizabeth Wheelock Taft, daughter of Alonzo and Harriet D. (Lovett) Taft. She was born December 23, 1828. Their children were: 1. Ella Gertrude, mentioned below. 2. Annie Clayton, born March 8, 1857; died Feb- ruary 25, 1858.
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(VII) Ella Gertrude Taft, only surviving child of Alanson Taft (6), was born on the old home- stead in Mendon, Massachusetts, August 27, 1850. She married, April 21, 1870, Edward C. Kinsley son of Rev. William H. and Joanna (Dyke) Kinsley. He was born January 21, 1851. Their children are: I. Percy Taft Kinsley, born November 11, 1870; married, April 3, 1895, Jennie Laura, daughter of James J. and Laura J. (Day) Nutter, who was born in Alfred, Maine; their children: Edward Newton Kinsley, born June 9, 1895; Edith Ernestine Kins- ley, born August 28, 1897. 2. Alanson Dyke Kinsley, born November 12, 1875; died October 17, 1880. 3. Annie Elizabeth Kinsley, born October 14, 1882; married, April 19, 1904, Daniel Hicks Barnes, son of Israel and Maria M. (Hicks) Barnes, who was born in Boylston, Massachusetts, and they have one child: Daniel Kinsley Barnes, born September 29, 1905.
EMORY W. MARCY. John Marcy (1), the emigrant ancestor of the late Emory W. Marcy, of Webster, Massachusetts, and New Haven. Con- necticut, is the head of one of the two families of that surname in the United States. The other fam- ily is represented by Hon. Daniel Marcy, of Ports- mouth, New Hampshire, and Peter Marcy and de- scendants, of New Orleans. The father of Daniel and Peter Marcy came to this country about eighty years ago from the Island of Marie Galante, West Indies, though a native of France. DeMarcy or simply Marcy is now a name common in France and French colonies. The name appears to have come into Normandy with Rollo (A. D. 912), thence it went to England with William the Con- queror (A. D. 1068) and became very common in Cheshire, where the name is universally spelled Massey or Massie. The name Massey is common in the Irish and English Peerage.
John Marcy was the son of the high sheriff of Limerick, Ireland. He was born about 1662 and came to this country when a young man. He joined Eliot's Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, March 7, 1685. In April, 1686, he with Benjamin Sabin, Jonathan Smithers. Henry Bowen. John Frizzel, Mathew Davis, Nathaniel Gary, Thomas Bacon, Peter Aspinwall, George Griggs, Benjamin Griggs, Ebenezer Morris and John Lord took possession of Quatoset, (Woodstock, Connecticut) granted 1663 by the colony of Massachusetts to the town of Rox- bury. He married Sarah Hadlock, daughter of James and Sarah (Draper) Hadlock, of Roxbury. She was born December 16. 1670. They lived and died in Woodstock. He died December 23, 1724, aged sixty-two years; she died May 9, 1743, aged seventy-three years.
Children of John and Sarah (Hadlock) Marcy were: Anna, born in Roxbury, October 11, 1687, married Ebenezer Grosvenor, of Pomfret; John, born November 17, 1689, married Colburn ; James, born February 26, 1691, married Ains- worth : Edward. born June 28, 1695. married
Haskins: Joseph, born September 18, 1697, married Throop; Benjamin, born March II. 1699, married Corbin; Moses, born April 18, 1702, married Morris : Samuel, born July 28, 1704, married Russel; Sarah, born February 8, 1707, married Nicholson; Ebenezer, born June 6. 1709, married Johnson; Elizabeth, born November 8, 171I.
(II) Moses Marcy, son of John Marcy (I), was horn in Woodstock, Connecticut, April 18, 1702. He married, in 1723, Prudence Morris. He settled in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, in 1732, where he became the "Principal man in the colony." He was
the first justice of the peace, the first representa- tive to the general court from the town and was moderator of seventy town meetngs. During the- French wars he fitted out soldiers for the army at at his own expense, but was afterwards remuner- ated by the town. At a meeting of the church, March 18, 1752, to compromise with the "Separat- ists" Moses Marcy was moderator, and the historian speaks of the "excellent spirit displayed by the ex- cellent and venerable moderator." He died October 9. 1779, "leaving an honorable name, a large estate and a numerous family." A list of persons married by him as magistrate includes fifty-five marriages, from 1755 to 1776. Children of Moses and Prud- cnce ( Morris) Marcy were: Jedediah, born at Sturbridge, married Mary Healy, died in Dudley; Moses, died unmarried; Elijah, married Stacy ; Daniel, married Hannah Morris.
(III) Jedediah Marcy, son of Moses Marcy (2), was born in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. He mar- ried Mary Healy, of Dudley, Massachusetts. They lived and died at Dudley. Their children were: Joseph, born October 21, 1749, died October 25, 1779; Jedediah, born July 23, 1751, died January 20, 1756; Jedediah, born July 26, 1756, married Ruth Larnard; Mary, born January 19, 1760; Rhoda, born May 14, 1762, married - Healy; Daniel, born April 27, 1765, married Betsey Larned.
(IV) Daniel Marcy, son of Jedediah Marcy (3), was born in Dudley, Massachusetts, April 27, 1765. He married Elizabeth or Betsey Larned, of Dudley, June 21. 1787. He died May 14. 1833, aged sixty-nine. Their children were: Bradford, born 1787, married (first) Phipps ; (second) Cynthia Stevens; Betsey, born January 14, 1789, married Jonathan Stevens ; Darius, born July 19. 1790, died unmarried; Daniel, born February 2, 1792, married Mary O. Kingsbury; Barbara. born December 18, 1793, married Eliot Edmunds; Au- gustus, born February 16, 1796, married Carter; Larned, born February 5, 1798, married (first) Harriet Perry; married (second) Lydia Chamberlain; William, died unmarried.
(V) Daniel Marcy, son of Daniel Marcy (4), was born in Dudley, Massachusetts, February 2, 1792, and married Mary O. Kingsbury, of Oxford. He died in 1875. aged eighty-three years. Their children were: John, born October 4, 1827, lives in Dudley, Massachusetts, unmarried; Mary, born July 25, 1829, died aged twenty-six, unmarried ; William, born August 4, 1832, died aged twenty-one, unmarried ; 'Ann, born May 7, 1837. married (first) Peter Dugar and (second) James Leavens; Emory WV .: Susan, born October 4, 1845, married Arthur Webster; Abbie, born July 25, 1848, unmarried.
(VI) Emory W. Marcy, the youngest son of Daniel Marcy (5), was born May 9, 1842, in Dudley. Massachusetts. He married Georgia Barton, of Worcester. January 1, 1868. He retired from busi- ness and lived in New Haven, Connecticut, spend- ing some of his time in Webster. Massachusetts, near his former home. He died March 22, 1906, aged sixty-four years. Children of Emory W. and Georgia (Barton) Marcy were: William Henry, born August 4, 1871, in Webster. Massachusetts, graduated from New York Homeopathic College in 1892, and is surgeon for the New York Central, surgeon to the Emergency and Riverside Hospitals, and fire surgeon to the city of Buffalo. He married Mary Alice Hayes, daughter of George B. Hayes, of Buffalo, New York, September 8. 1897. Their children are: Hilda Hayes, born March I. 1902; George Hayes, born April 19, 1905. Emma Bertha, born July 6, 1873, died aged two years, seven months. Bertha Kingsbury, born November 20, 1878, died
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aged onc ycar, nine months. Edmund Lowell, born April 6, 1882, is an Amherst College man, and at present (1906) is living in New Haven and in his senior year in the Yale Medical School. He mar- ried Lillian M .Glynn, of Amherst, Massachusetts, July 6, 1903.
HERBERT STOCKWELL SHAW. Elmer Shaw, grandfather of Herbert Stockwell Shaw, of Webster, Massachusetts, located at Boylston when a young man. In 1826 he bought of Eli B. Lamson, then town treasurer of Boylston, a farm of sixty acres. It was the place since known as the Shaw farm, but formerly Deacon Levi Moore's place, where the deacon lived and died. In 1833 Mr. Shaw leased the saw mill and grist mill of James Lees and became the town miller. Mr. Shaw lived in Worcester for some time before going to Boylston. There is reason to believe that Mr. Shaw belonged to the Shaw family of Palmer and Brimfield, but the connection has not been authenticated. The children of Elmer Shaw were: (by wife Parmelia) Parmelia, born November 5, 1825, in Worcester, married - Hastings; (by wife Polly) Elmer, of whom later; Henry Clay, born April 4. 1832, set- tled in Worcester, was a carpenter, died 1895; Thomas Keyes, born in Boylston, March 3, 1837, settled in Worcester, was a carpenter, died Febru- ary, 1905.
(II) Elmer Shaw, Jr., son of Elmer Shaw (1), and father of Herbert Stockwell Shaw (3), was born in Boylston, Massachusetts. September 14. 1829. He married Louise M. Stockwell and settled in Boylston. He was a farmer and carpenter like his father before him. Louise M. Stockwell was the daughter of Israel Stockwell, who was a min- ister originally from Sutton, Massachusetts. He died in Michigan. Their children were: Cora, who died at the age of eight years; Nellie Leola, mar- ried George L. Cassavant, now a janitor of the Gardner public school; they have two children; Herbert Stockwell, of whom later; Effie Gene, mar- ried Frank L. Mead, of Worcester, a machinist ; they have three children; Gertrude Louise, married Joseph A. Garfield, a farmer in Boylston ; they have two children.
(III) Herbert Stockwell Shaw, son of Elmer Shaw (2), was born in Boylston, Massachusetts, April 20, 1864. He attended the district schools of his native town and the high school at Clinton, where he was graduated in 1881. For two years he worked for the Boston & Maine Railroad Com- pany. Believing that electricity was opening a prom- ising field for young men Mr. Shaw entered the employ of the Worcester Electric Light Company and learned the practical side of this business, study- ing the theoretical and mathematical problems of electrical engineering at every opportunity. He worked in various capacities at the electric light plant. After two years he went to the Ware-Pratt Company, then located in the store near Pleasant street now occupied by J. L. Goding. He had charge of the engine and electric light plant. When the Webster Electric Light plant was installed in 1889 he was secured for the engineer. Five years later he was made superintendent and treasurer of the company and has since held those offices. He has shown sterling qualities as a business man as well as unusual skill in the mechanical department of this business. Mr. Shaw stands well hoth as an electrician and as a business man in Webster Since 1899 he has also been treasurer of the People's Light and Power Company of Danielson, Connec- ticut. and divides his time between the two towns. Both Webster and Danielson are large towns and
the electric lighting plants are large and constantly increasing. Mr. Shaw has found time for nothing but his home and business. Hle belongs to no secret orders and has not been active in politics. He is a member of the National Electric Light Associa- tion, the New England Association of Gas En- gineers, the New England Association of Electric Engineers. Ohio Gas Light Association.
Mr. Shaw married, December 12, 1885, in Wor- cester. Sarah T. Leavitt, daughter of Albert and Ann E. (Tobey) Leavitt. of Athens, Maine, born there August 1. 1861. Their children are: Albert Elmer, born in Worcester, November 13, 1886, grad- uate of the Webster high school 1905, in class of 1909 Brown University; Florence Louise, born in Webster, January 6, 1892, in school ; Harold Leavitt, horn March 17, 1896.
HENRY WARD CARTER. Rev. Thomas Carter (I), the immigrant ancestor of Henry Ward Carter, of Millbury, Massachusetts, was born in Hertfordshire, England, about 1608, as he deposed December 17, 1662. He was a graduate of St. John's College at Cambridge University, taking his degrees in 1629 and 1633. In 1635, with forty others, he came in the ship "Planter" from England, giving his residence there as St. Albans in Hertfordshire. He settled first in Dedham, but soon removed to Watertown, where he was an elder in the church. He was admitted a freeman May I, 1638. On found- ing the church at Woburn he was called as the minister and ordained there October 22, 16.42. He served the people acceptably for a period of thirty- six years until his death, September 5, 1684. He had in his possession what he believed to be a Bible of the martyr. John Rogers, from whom he de- scended in a maternal line. Johnson in his "Wonder- working Providence" calls him a "Reverend, godly man, apt to teach the sound and wholesome truths of Christ." Another historian pronounced him "a very pious, exemplary man, an able and sound preacher of the Gospel." The customs of the time, good old Puritan times, is shown by the bill of ex- penses for the funeral of the beloved minister. Of the total cost of four pounds, nineteen shillings, the coffin cost six shillings, the wine for the mourn- ers cost half of the total bill, over two pounds. It may be interesting to note that the town of Wo- burn paid him a salary of eighty pounds a year.
His wife Mary died March 28, 1687. Their chil- dren are mentioned in the will of James Carter,. brother of Rev. Thomas, dated Hinderclay, Suffolk county, England, September 8, 1655. The children were: I. Rev. Samuel, born at Watertown, Au- gust 8. 1640, graduate of Harvard, 1660: married,. 1672, Eunice Brooks, born October 10, 1655. daugh- ter of John Brooks. 2. Judith, born March 158 1645. married, October 1.4. 1660, Samuel Somers ; married (second) Giles Fairfield. 3. Theophilus, born July 24. 1646, died February 15, 1649-50. 4. Mary, born July 24. 1648, married. 1671, John Wy- man, Jr .; (second) Nathaniel Batchelder. 5. Abi- gail, born August 10, 1649, married, May 7, 1674, John Smith. 6. Deborah, born September 17, 1651, died December 1.4. 1667. 7. Timothy, born at Wo- burn. June 12, 1653, married, May 3. 1680, Anna Fiske, daughter of David Fiske, resided at Woburn and died July 8, 1727. 8. Thomas, born at Woburn, June 8, 1668, married. 1682, Margaret Whitmore, resided in Woburn.
(II) Thomas Carter, son of Rev. Thomas Carter (I), was born at Woburn, Massachusetts. He mar- ried Margaret Whitmore. daughter of Francis Whit- more. 1682. They settled in Woburn where their children were born, viz .: Mary, born October 5,
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1683; Thomas, June 13, 1686; Eleazer, see forward; Daniel, August 10, 1691, married, January 1, 1715, Sarah Carter; Ebenezer, September 24, 1695, mar- ried Lydia Carter, April 15, 1717; Ezra, June 22, 1701.
(III) Eleazer Carter, third child of Thomas Car- ter (2), was born in Woburn, April 16, 1689. He died in Sudbury, October 3, 1758. He married Eleanor - - and their children were: Eleazer, born August 29, 1713, at Woburn; Jonathan, Feb- ruary 17, 1715; Joshua, June 25, 1716, died Decem- ber 16, same year; Joshua, July 6, 1719, see for- ward; James, March 12, 1724; Mary, born April 5, 1725, married Joseph Barmenter.
(IV) Joshua Carter, fourth child of Eleazer Carter (3), was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, July 6, 1719. He was a tailor by trade. He was the first settler of the name at Sutton, Massachusetts, buying the land for his farm of his relative, Timo- thy Carter, in 1744. He is the ancestor of one of the oldest and best families of the town. He mar- ried (first) Beulah Moore, sister of Major Moore, who was klled in the battle of Bunker Hill. She died in Sutton. He married (second), July 25, 1750, Elizabeth Lovell, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Herrick) Lovell. She was born September 23, 1726. He married (third) Abigail Nichols, Novem- ber 19, 1777. He died at Sutton, April 17, 1782, in his sixty-fifth year. His children were: Joshua, born February 5, 1746, died young; Ephraim. Feb- ruary 17, 1748; Elizabeth, April 1, 1751, died un- married aged forty-two years; Joshua, born May 28, 1759, see forward.
(V) Joshua Carter, son of Joshua Carter (4), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, May 28, 1759. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain Bar- tholomew Woodbury's company, Colonel Learned's regiment, 1775; Captain John Blanchard's company, Colonel James Wesson's regiment, in 1777; sergeant in Captain John Putnam's company, Colonel Wade's regiment, under General Sullivan at Providence in 1778. He resided in Sutton. He married (first) Rachel Putnam, daughter of Isaac Putnam and his wife Rachel. Her line of ancestry is: Isaac (IV), Deacon Edward (III), Thomas (II), John (I). She died March 4, 1791, aged twenty-seven years. He married (second) Sarah Putnam, sister of his first wife, January I. 1793. Her mother, Rachel, died at Becket, Massachusetts, aged one hundred and four years. Children of Joshua and Rachel Carter were: Salina, born February 7, 1787 ; Cimene, October 19, 1789, married Oliver Hall, 1812; Rufus. see forward. Children of Joshua and Sarah Carter were: Jonathan, April 4, 1794, died September 28, 1844; Sally, February 20, 1796. married James Wil- lard; Aaron, January II, 1803; Newman, January 18, 1810.
(VI) Captain Rufus Carter, son of Joshua Car- ter (5), was born in Sutton, February 24, 1791. He was a millwright by trade. He built the old Carter homestead of brick, where he died May 2, 1823. He married, December 13, 1819, Hannah Hall, born December 3. 1795, died aged ninety-four years. Their children were : Mary (twin), born at Sut- ton, September 18, 1820; Harriet (twin), born Sep- tember 18, 1820; Hannah, born November 28, 1821 ; Rufus. see forward.
(VII) Rufus Carter, son of Captain Rufus Car- ter (6), was born November 24, 1823. He married Sarah Ward, born April 14, 1830, died January 6, 1889, daughter of Jonas and Susanna F. (Thurs- ton) Ward. granddaughter of Nathan Thurston. Jonas Ward resided in Ashburnham, Millbury and finally in Oxford, where Susanna died in 1831. Jonas Ward married (second) Elizabeth Pope,
widow of John Pope. He died April 28, 1842. Of the children of Jonas Ward, Edward L., born Jan- uary 13, 1815, married Harriet A. Fisk and settled in Worcester, and they had a daughter Julia, born 1846, who married H. M. Tompkins, of Croton, New York, now of Worcester (See Tompkins sketch) ; another daughter Hattie, born 1849, married Homer R. King, of Worcester. (See King sketch). Jonas Ward was the son of Thaddeus and Lydia Ward, and was born at Waltham, November 22. 1748; he married, January 22, 1772, Rebecca Foster, daughter of Jeremiah Foster, of Ashburnham.
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