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in Fitchburg, Massachusetts; Caro Josephine, born January 19, 1853, at Clinton, died November II, 1897, at Fitchburg; Henry Putnam, born September 18, 1855, at Clinton, died June 26, 1863, at Fitch- burg; Inez Moore, born January 18, 1857, at Clin- ton, died May 26, 1883, at Fitchburg; married George A. Henry; Helen Eugenia, born July 16, 1858, at Clinton, married (first) Herbert A. Stod- dard; married (second) Lewis F. Flint; resides at Rockford, Illinois. ( Dates from record of Mrs. David Wallace of Fitchburg.)
( VIII) Charles E. Wallace, fifth child of David Wallace (7), was born in Clinton, Massachusetts, September 3, 1847. He was educated in the common and high schools. He began his business career as clerk in a Fitchburg store conducted by his uncle, Waldo Wallace, and since developed into the Fitch- burg Hardware Company, the largest concern of its kind in the city. In the spring of 1861 he began to work for his uncle and lived with him in accordance with the old custom. He enlisted in 1864 in Company E, Fifth Massachusetts Volun- teer Regiment, at a very early age. He had tried to enlist before and had been refused on account of his youth. This was a Marlboro company and his term of enlistment was a hundred days. The campany served most of the time about Baltimore. It was mustered out in November, 1864. After his return from the service he worked as clerk in a number of Fitchburg stores. He began his connection with the postoffice at the bottom of the ladder in 1872. His faithfulness and ability won him promotion after promotion until he became the assistant postmaster. He held this position under Democratic as well as Republican administrations. He served under the postmasterships of George E. Goodrich, General John W. Kimball, Fred .A. Currier, and at the close of Mr. Currier's term Mr. Wallace was appointed his successor. He was suc- ceeded as postmaster by Dr. T. H. Man, who served a term during the second administration of President Cleveland. Mr. Wallace retired at that time after a continuous connection with the post- office lasting twenty-three years. During the in- terimi he was elected overseer of the poor of the city and was clerk of the board in 1897 and 1898. Upon the return of the Republican party to power Mr. Wallace was re-appointed postmaster by President McKinley, and he has been re-appointed by Presi- dent Roosevelt. Few cities are fortunate in having so well a trained postmaster. It may be said that he has made the postal service a life study during his thirty years of service. The government has erected recently in Fitchburg a very handsome and artistic building for the postoffice. In many re- spects Mr. Wallace has a model office. He is a member of the E. V. Sumner Post, G. A. R .; the Nashua Tribe of Red Men ; the Columbian Club. He was a corporal in the Fitchburg Fusiliers for six years after the war. He has been overseer of the poor for six years.
He married Mattie R. Lowe, daughter of Flint and Sarah F. Lowc, of Fitchburg. Their children : Harold, born October 24, 1880, class of 1908 Tufts Medical College ; Ruth Inez, born October 10, 1885, graduate of the Fitchburg high school.
ALFRED H. WHITNEY. John Whitney (I), the immigrant ancestor of Alfred H. Whitney, was born in England, 1589. Fuller details of his life will be found elsewhere in this work. Ile settled
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in Watertown in June. 1635: had married in Eng- land, Elinor -, born 1599, died May 11, 1059; married ( second) in Watertown, September 29, 1659, Judith Clement, who died before he did. He died June 1, 1673. They had eleven children, men- tioned in other sketches of the Whitney family.
(II) John Whitney, son of John Whitney (1), was born in England, 1620. He was a proprietor and freeman of Watertown, a soldier in King Philip's war. A full sketch with his family is given else- where in this work.
(III) Nathaniel Whitney, son of John Whit- ney (2), was born in Watertown, February 1, 1646, married, March 12, 1673, Sarah Hagar, born Sep- tember 3, 1651, died May 7, 1746, in Weston. Further details with their family of eight children will be found in the sketch of Elisha M. Whitney, of Winchendon.
(IV) William Whitney, son of Nathaniel
Whitney (3), was born May 6, 1683, mar- ried, May, 17, 1706, Martha Pierce born Decem- ber 24, 1681. He died January 24, 1720. He re- sided at Weston, Massachusetts. He was also the ancestor of the other Whitney families of Winch- endon. Children : I. William, grandfather of Amasa Whitney, of Winchendon, father of Elisha M. Whitney, born January II, 1707, married Han- nah Harrington, Mrs. Mary Pierce, Margaret Spring and Mrs. Sarah Davis. 2. Judith, born No- vember 15. 1708. 3. Amity, born October 6, 1712. 4. Martha, born April 4, 1716, married in Sudbury, February 26, 1734, Timothy Mossman; settled in Ashburnham. 5. Samuel, see forward.
(V) Lieutenant Samuel Whitney, son of Will- iam Whitney (4), was born in Weston, Massachu- setts, May 23, 1719. He married, October 20, 1741, Abigail Fletcher. He was a leading man in the set- tlement of the town of Westminster, Massachusetts, and was frequently elected to office. He went there from his native town of Weston probably soon after his marriage, about 1742. The old Whitney home- stead there was owned lately by the Hartwell fam- ily, only the cellar hole remaining to mark the site of the old house, on Lot 51 near the north common. He was prominent, capable and much esteemed, one of the executive committee of the proprietors and a selectman three years after incorporation. He was a lieutenant in the revolution. He was a man of wealth as well as influence in Winehendon, and gave each of his sons a farm. He died January I, 1782. The children of Samuel and Abigail Whit- ney : I. Abigail, born August 27, 1742, probably died young. 2. Mary, born May 29, 1744, married Elijah Gibson and Edward Scott, of Westminster. 3. Samuel, born February II, 1746, married Thank- ful Wilder. 4. Abner, see forward. 5. Achsah, born September 30, 1750, died May 14, 1772. 6. Silas, born October 20, 1752, married Sarah With- ington. 7. Martha, born November 26, 1755. died young. 8. Elisha, born July 2, 1757, married Eunice Seaver. 9. Alpheus, born February 25, 1759, married Esther Hartwell. 10. Phinehas, born January 16, 1761, married Elizabeth Rand. II. Hananiah, born December 18, 1762, married Azubah Keyes. 12. Martha, born September 18. 1764, married (first ) Benjamin Seaver and ( second ) Isaac Seaver. 13. Susanna, born February 9, 1767, died young.
(VI) Abner Whitney, son of Lieutenant Samuel Whitney (5), was born in Westminster. Massachu- setts, May 18, 1748. Ile married, May 14, 1770, Elizabeth Glazier, of Shrewsbury, who died April
3. 1778. He married (second ), April 22, 1779, Lavina (Glazier ) Ward, born May 9. 1752, died July 23, 1838. He died September, 1811, in Westminster. He lived in Ashburnham and Westminster, Massa- chusetts. Children of Abner and Elizabeth Whit- ney : I. Oliver, born December 8, 1770, died June 24, 1794. 2. John, born July 28, 1772, married Susanna Smith. 3. Levi, born January 1, 1777, married Phebe Warren. Children of Abner and Lavina: 4. Jonas W., born April 22, 1780, married Phebe Rand. 5. Joseph G., see forward. 6. Eliza- beth, born August 2, 1785, married Lorey Barnes. 7. Dolly, born October 26, 1791, married Vinal Dunn. 8. Abel, born May 14, 1793, died unmarried April 28, 1852.
(VII) Joseph Glazier Whitney, son of Abner Whitney (6), was born in Westminster, Massa- chusetts, June 22, 1783, married. September 14, 1805, Levina Dunn, born in 1789. died June 24, 1875. He was a farmer and lived in Ashburnham. He died July 31, 1868. He lived in Ashburnham and West- minster. The children: . I. John, see forward. 2. Abner, born April 1, 1808, married Levina G. Whittemore. 3. Levina G., born July 29, 1809, mar- ried, April 13, 1834, Rev. Stephen Cushing, resided. in Dorchester, Ashburnham and elsewhere; Meth- odist clergyman twenty-four years; known as a his- torian. 4. Mary Puffer, born July 19, 1812, married, November 28, 1833, Perley Howe, farmer of Gard- ner and Ashburnham; assessor and selectman. 5. Belinda, born May 20, 1815, married, May 30, 1838, Benjamin Cushing. 6. Lucy, born July 21, 1826, married, February 19. 1847, Edward Chase, resided in Chelsea, civil engineer, later in life in insurance business. 7. Stephen P., born January 10, 1821, married Abigail Stone.
(VIII) John Whitney, son of Joseph Glazier Whitney (7), was born in Peru, Vermont, Sep- tember 12, 1806, married there, May 9, 1832, Eliza Cushing, born April 18. 1815, died September I, 1882. He resided at Westminster for some years and in Ashburnham, where he was a pioneer in the manufacture of chairs. He died May 4, 1873. Chil- dren: I. Stephen C., born July 4, 1833, married, April 14, 1861, Achsah I. May, born July 5, 1839, enlisted in Fifty-third Massachusetts Regiment in civil war, died at New Orleans, February 20, 1863; she resides in Templeton, Massachusetts. 2. Eliza C .. born July 25, 1835. died July 13, 1837. 3. Jo- seph, born June 15, 1838, died November 26, 1838. 4. Wilbur Fisk, see forward. 5. John Edwin, born October 28, 1841, died November 21, 1856. 6. Tim- othy Merritt, born December 2, 1844, died Novem- ber 22. 1856. 7. George Edward, born April 20, 1847, died unmarried October 30. 1880. 8. Orange, see forward. 9. Sarah A., born October 4, 1850, married, February 20. 1878. George H. Clapp; re- sides at Greenfield, Massachusetts. 10. Arthur M1., born October 4, 1853, resides at Grand Rapids, Mich- igan. II. Alfred H., see forward.
(IX) Wilbur Fisk Whitney, son of John Whit- ney (8), was born in Westminster, Massachusetts. December 9. 1839. He was educated there in the public schools and learned the business of chair making. For the past thirty years he has been one of the leading chair manufacturers of the town. lle has been active in town affairs and politics. In 1875 he represented his district in the general court. In 1878 he was nominated for congress by the Green- back and Independent parties and polled about 7.000 votes. He was renominated in 1882-84. He was
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nominated for state treasurer in 1876-77, and in several instances his candidacy was endorsed by the Prohibition party. He is a student of political economy and sociology; of firm opinions and pre- fers to maintain his ideas of political righteousness with a hopeless minority to sacrificing principles for party success. He is a director of the Ashburnham National Bank and of the Nashua Reservoir Com- pany. He served on the school committee for many years. His residence is in South Ashburnham. He married. July 17, 1866, Emeline S. Jewell, born De- cember 27. 1839. Their children: I. Oscar Jewell, born January 22, 1871, died January 2, 1886. 2. Celena Mower, born June 24, 1873. 3. Luella Cushing, born May 4, 1881. 4. Ethel Eloise, born June 2, 1881. 5. Edith Lillian, born January 1, 1883.
(IX) Orange Whitney, son of John Whitney (8), was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, March 16, 1849. He was educated there in the public schools and followed the chair making business, being suc- cessor to his father, who was engaged in the manu- facture of chairs. He was at one time located in Ashburnham, in the Burgess Mill. He is at present in partnership with his brother Alfred under the firm name of Alfred H. Whitney. He has held many positions of trust and honor in Winchendon. He married, January 5, 1875, Laura M. Collester, who died January 28, 1885.
(IX) Alfred Herbert Whitney, son of John Whitney (8), was born in Westminster, Massachu- setts. June 14, 1856. He was educated there in the public schools and has always been associated with his brother Orange in the business of chair manu- facturing. He was for a number of years a member of the firm of Orange Whitney & Company, chair manufacturers, South Ashburnham. He resides at Ashburnham. In polities he is a Republican. He married, June 3. 1884. Susie W. Davis, daughter of Phineas Parker Davis. (See sketch.) Their child : Pauline, born May 7, 1885. married, June 14, 1906, Robert W. Adams, of Royalston. Massachusetts.
PHINEAS PARKER DAVIS. Dolor Davis (I), immigrant ancestor of Phineas Parker Davis and of his daughter. Susie W. (Davis) Whitney, wife of Alfred Herbert Whitney, of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, was the progenitor of the larger part of the Davis families of Worcester county. He was born in England and came to America in 1634: his wife and three children came in 1635, accompanied with his brother-in-law, Simon Willard. founder of Lancaster. Mr. Davis had a grant of land in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as early as Au- gust 4. 1634: resided also in Barnstable and in Con- cord, Massachusetts. He was a carpenter and builder. He removed to Duxbury and was admitted a freeman in Plymouth colony, March 5, 1638-39. and June 2, 1646. He and his wife were dismissed from the church at Duxbury and joined the church at Barnstable, August 27, 1648. Simon Willard, his brother-in-law, was captain of a foot company in 1646, major in 1654 and at his death in 1673 "the colony lost one of its most distinguished mem- ber-" Davis married (first) in county Kent. Eng- land. March 29, 1624, Margery Willard. who was baptized at Horsemonden, Kent, November 7, 1602, and died prior to 1667. She was the daughter of Richard Willard, of Horsemonden, a yeoman.
Davis had a grant of land in Duxbury in 1640. He was highway surveyor and constable at Barn- stable. He returned to Massachusetts in 1655 and bought a hundred and fifty acres in Concord, but
finally returned in 1666 to Barnstable and died there in June, 1673. He made his will September 13, 1672: it was proved July 2, 1673. The will stated that his sons Simon and Samuel already had their portions; bequeathed to wife Joanna; eldest son John: son-in-law Lewis and Mary, his wife; daugh- ter Ruth Hall; to the poor of the town where "he may die." The will refers to his sons Simon and Samuel as residing in Concord and to his having gone thither- at the charges of Roger Chandler.
His children: I. John, of Barnstable, born in England about 1626, had the homestead. 2. Mary. born in England, 1631. 3. Elizabeth, born in Eng- land. 4. Lieutenant Simon, see forward. 5. Sam- uel, of Concord and Bedford, ancestor of Governor John Davis. 6. Ruth, born at Barnstable, March 24, 1645.
(II) Lieutenant Simon Davis, son of Dolor Davis (I), was born in America, about 1638, and died in Concord, June 14, 1713. He resided on a farm given him by his father at Concord, near the home- stead of his father. He was one of Captain Thomas Wheeler's troopers in the expedition of 1675 to the Nipmuck country and took command at Brook- field when the captain was wounded. He was ap- pointed commissioner July 2, 1689; was admitted a freeman March 21, 1699; was deputy to the gen- eral court. 1689, 1690, 1692 and 1705, and held other town offices. His will was dated June 24, 1710, and proved July 3. 1713. He married, December 12, 1660, Mary Blood, born at Concord, July 12, 1640, daughter of James and Eleanor Blood. He divided most of real estate during his life. His children : I. Dr. Simon, born October 12, 1661, married, Feb- ruary 14, 1689, Elizabeth Woodis, daughter of Henry Woodis, of Concord: she died November 12. 1711; married (second), October 19. 1714, Mary Wood. 2. Mary. born October 3, 1663, married, May 28, 1691, Deliverance Wheeler, of Stow. 3. Sarah, born March II or 15. 1665-66, married, November 13, 1695, Thomas Wheeler. 4. James. born January or June 9, 1668, married, 1701, Ann Smedley ; died September 16, 1727. 5. Eleanor, born October 22. 1672, married at Concord, May 14, 1699, Samuel Hunt. 6. Ebenezer, born June 1. 1676, see forward. 7. Hannah, born April 1, 1679, married at Concord Samuel Blood.
(III) Ebenezer Davis, son of Lieutenant Simon Davis (2), was born at Concord. Massachusetts, June 1, 1676. He settled at Concord, where his chil- dren were born. He was perhaps a landholder in Harvard, where several of his children settled. He married (first) Dinah , and (second) Sarah French, widow of William French, of Billerica, who died October 15, 1751, aged seventy-four years. Children of Ebenezer and Dinah Davis : I. Eben- ezer. Jr., born March 29. 1701, settled at Harvard. 2. Eleazer, born February 4, 1704-05, settled at Har- vard. 3. Josiah, born February 4. 1704-05, died young. 4. Simon, born February 23, 1707-08. 5. Dinah, born July 22, 1710. 6. Phineas, born Febru- ary 10, 1712-13, removed to Milford, Connecticut. 7. Ellen. born May 1. 1715. Children of Ebenezer and Sarah Davis. 8. Sarah, born July 14, 1723. o. Lydia, born September 7. 1724. 10. Josiah, born September 20, 1726, see forward.
(IV) Josiah Davis, son of Ebenezer Davis (3). was born in Concord, Massachusetts, September 20, 1726. He settled in Harvard, Massachusetts. with several brothers. About 1760 he removed to Wash- ington, New Hampshire, where many of his descend-
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ants have lived and are living at present. In 1749 he and other young men were given permission to build themselves a pew over the men's gallery stairs in the Harvard Church. He served in the French and Indian war in 1755 in a squad of twenty Har- vard men under Colonel Josiah Brown, of Sudbury, and in the company of Captain Salmon Whitney, of Stow, Colonel John Bagley, in 1758. He married at Harvard, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Willard. Their children: I. Josiah, Jr., born at Harvard, October 3. 1754, married Susanna - 2. Ebenezer, born at Harvard, February 8, 1757. 3. Hezekiah, born at Harvard, August 21, 1759. Those born at Wash- ington were: 4. Timothy, born September 14, 1761, see forward. 5. Betty, born January 15, 1764. 6. Phineas, born August 21. 1766. 7. Thomas, born April 8, 1769. 8. Molly, born September 10, 1761.
(V) Timothy Davis, son of Josiah Davis (4), was born in Washington, New Hampshire, Septen- ber 14. 1761. He worked on his father's farm and attended the public school during his youth. In later years he owned a farm in the west part of the town, in the mountain district, a few rods north of the farm of his brother Ebenezer and half a mile east of the farm of Captain Moses Dinsmore. He had a saw mill and grist mill at one time. He was mnuch beloved and highly respected by his townsmen. He was of extraordinary physical strength. He was known for many years far and wide as "Uncle Timothy." A Timothy Davis was in the revolution in Captain Timothy Emerson's regiment, Colonel Thomas Bartlett's regiment, in 1780. He died Sep- tember 24. 1829, at Washington. His farm was inherited by his son, Reuben Davis. Timothy was a \Vhig in polities and a member of the Universalist Church.
He married Sally Farnsworth, who was baptized at Harvard, Massachusetts, July 24, 1774, daughter of Simeon and Lucy (Atherton) Farnsworth, of Harvard and Washington, granddaughter of Jona- than and Ruth Farnsworth, and great-granddaugh- ter of Matthias Farnsworth, one of the first set- tlers of Groton about 1660. Their children : I. Martha, born May 21, 1793, married, November 4, 1812, Francis Killum, of Washington and Hillsboro, New Hampshire: she married (second), Jime 2, 1862. William Davis, and died April 8, 1873. 2. Ann, born at Washington, February 17, 1795, mar- ried Allen Paine, of Washington, June 14, 1816; removed to Potsdam, New York (now Morley). 3. Reuben. born November 10, 1798. married Mary Petts, daughter of James Petts; resided in Washing- ton and had-Mary Ann, born December 16. 1822: Reuben P., born February 17, 1824; Francis K., Sarah, Frederick J., Martha Maria, Asa Augustus, 4. Hezekiah, born August 6, 1800, see forward. 5. Lucinda, married Joel Colburn : (second) John Will- iams. 6. Josiah, married Sarah Petts, of Washing- ton. 7. Phinehas, born April 19, 1807, married, October 13, 1831, Eliza Hopkins, resided at Charles- town, Boston and Somerville, Massachusetts ; chil- dren-Timothy A., born December 28, 1832. died April 25, 1832: Lucinda A., born November 2, 1835. died October. 1836: Sarah, born November 11, 1838, died April 10, 1842; Elizabeth R., born January 19, 1841, died June 12. 1883; Charles E., born February 9. 1843. resides at Pueblo, Colorado, at last accounts ; Harriet N., horn at Charlestown. September 2, 1848, died April 23, 1879; Phineas J., born at Charlestown, February 19, 1856. Relief. married Peter Brown, of New York state.
(VI) Hezekiah Davis, son of Timothy Davis (5), was born at Washington, New Hampshire, August 6, 1800, and died at Lancaster, Massachusetts, April 4. 1846. He received his education in the common schools of Washington and helped his father on the farm until he came of age. He followed farming as his chief occupation through life. In Washington he leased a farm in the center of the village for a number of years. He removed in IS31 to Water- town, Massachusetts, where he leased a farm of Abijah White. This farm was near the Waverly line. He also worked for various persons in the vicinity of Boston in the capacity of a farmer. He died April 4. 1846. He was a Universalist in re- ligion. He was a member of the Washington militia company in youth.
He married, August 10, 1820, Diadema Fletcher, born September 16, 1799. daughter of Joshua Fletcher. After his death she resided at Lempster, New Hampshire. Their children : I. Phineas Parker, born May 13, 1821, see forward. 2. Susan Fletcher, born January 15, 1823, married Thomas Mc- Allister. of Nashua, New Hampshire; had two chil- dren who died young: she died at Lempster, New Hampshire, May 21, 1877. . 3. Juliette F., born June 17. 1825: married George Washington Holt, of Lyndeboro and Nashua, New Hampshire, and had one child; she died at Nashua, August
8, 1848. 4. George Washington, born October 2, 1828, married, May 25, 1854, Maria H. Tenney, of Baldwinsville, Massachusetts; resided in Nashua where he manufactured stationary engines; chil- dren-Julia, Jennie, Josie. 5. John Langdon, born November 15. 1831, killed in accident at Fitzwilliam, near state line. February 5, 1881 : was locomotive engineer ; married. May 23, 1860, Mary E. Averill, of Northfield, Vermont, and had children-Charles, George Frederick.
(VII) Phineas Parker Davis, son of Hezekiah Davis (6), was born at Washington, New Ilamp- shire, May 13, 1821. IIe. received a rather limited education in the public schools of his native town and began early to earn his livelihood by "working ont," in the vicinity of his home. When a young man he began railroading as fireman on the Con- cord & Montreal Railroad. When he came of age he was promoted to the position of locomotive en- gineer on a passenger train and continued in that position many years. He lived at Concord, New Hampshire, seventeen years, and owned a home there. Ile also owned a block at Manchester, New Hamp- shire. He met his death while in the performance of his duty at his post on the run from Concord to Salem, Massachusetts. March 8, 1864. His engine was derailed by a washout. He was a man of integ- rity and of charming manner, mitch respected by all who knew him. His death was deeply regretted by his fellow railroad men and superior officers. In religion he was a Universalist ; in politics a Re- publican.
He married, May 4. 1847. Sarah Cummings Rice, born September 3. 1828. died July 29, 1000. daughter of Salmon and Catherine ( Cummings) Rice, of New Boston, New Hampshire. Her father was a chair manufacturer of Ashburnham. The children: I. Julia Cate, born September 3. 1849, died July 4. 1853. 2. Emma Louise. horn December 15, 1856. died May 15, 1875. 3. Katie Cummings, born Octo- ber 4, 1861, died April, 1864. 4. Susie Wallace, see forward.
(VIII) Susie Wallace Davis, daughter of Phineas
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Parker Davis (7), was born February 12, 1863, mar- ried, June 3, 1884, Alfred Herbert Whitney, of Ash- burnham, Massachusetts. (See sketch.)
HEYWOOD FAMILY. This name is variously spelled in the records-Heywood, Heyward. Hey- word, Haward, Heyood, Ilaywood, Heaward, and in some instances has been changed to "Howard." and all found in the Concord family records, and applies to the Worcester county families. This all goes to show how prone one generation is to follow the errors of the one preceding it.
(I) John Heywood married Rebecca Atkinson, 1656, and it is known that he was in Concord as early as 1650. Rebecca died in 1665, when he mar- ried Mary Simonds. By his first marriage John Heywood had a son.
(II) John Heywood married Sarah Simonds and had thirteen children as follows: I. Sarah, died young. 2. Thomas, died October 28, 1715, aged six- ty-three years. 3. "Deacon" Samuel, married Eliza- beth Hubbard. 1710. 4. Edward. 5. Josiah. 6. "Deacon" Daniel, born 1696, at Worcester ; he mar- ried Hannah Ward. 7. Elison. 8. Nathan. 9. Sarah. 10. John, settled in Lunenburg. 11. Mary. 12. Phineas, born July 18, 1707, settled at Shrews- bury. 13. Benjamin, born 1700, went from Worces- ter to Cape Breton and died there in 1745, leaving ten children.
(III) Phineas Heywood, son of John (2), born at Concord, Massachusetts, July 18, 1707, came with his family to Shrewsbury about 1739. He died March 20, 1776, aged sixty-nine years. His widow, Eliza- beth. died June 12, 1797, aged eighty-six years. The children born to them were : I. Mary, married Samuel Jemison, 1775. 2. Seth. 3. Timothy. 4. Keziah, born April 30, 1742, married Bazaleel Howe, 1774. 5. Phineas, born July 29, 1744. 6. Benjamin, born October 25, 1746. 7. Nathaniel, baptized March 13, 1748. 8. John, baptized May 5, 1751, died 1756. 9. Levi, born May 12, 1753, settled in Gardner and had Levi, who became a lawyer in Worcester, and who there married Nency Healey.
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