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June 27, 1664; married William Holbrook, of Men- don.
(11]) Dr. Jonathan Fairbanks, son of George Fairbanks (2), was born in Medway, May 1, 1602. He resided in Sherborn, afterward Medway, proba- bly in the old stone garrison house of his father near Bogistow Pond. He was the first physician settled in Sherborn, and was prominent in town affairs, was a selectman several years and also town clerk. He was drowned December 19. 1719, by falling through the ice, while attempting to cross the river from Medfield in the night. He married Sarah - who died July 9. 1713. He married (second) Anne
Their children: 1. George, born April 14. 1685. 2. Jonathan, born March 21, 1689, mentioned below. 3. Comfort, born October 30, 1690; mar- ried Joseph Billings. 4. Joseph, born April 25, 1692, died young. 5. Samuel, born February 27, 1093. 6. Jonas, born June 9, 1697, died young. The only child by his second wife, Anne, was: 7. Benjamin, born August 16, 1715.
(IV) Dr. Jonathan Fairbanks, son of Jonathan Fairbanks, M. D. (3), was born in Sherborn, March 21, 1689, and died November 26, 1754. lle settled also in Sherborn. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and was a sentinel in Captain Isaac Clark's company in 1725. His will was made April 19, 1754, and proved December 23, 1754. He men- tions his wife Hannah; children Jonathan, Moses, Daniel, Joshua, youngest son Abner, Mary White, Lydia Morse, Hannah Whiting, Grace, and the chil- dren of his daughter, Comfort Palmer. He mar- ried Lydia Holbrook, who died 1724, and he mar- ried (second) June 2, 1726. She was born Janu- ary 8, 1692, and died 1776. Her will was made August 9, 1772, and proved September, 1776. The children of Dr. Jonathan and Lydia Fairbanks were : I. Jonathan, born February 18, 1714: married Esther Creaton, of Uxbridge, August 5. 1741 ; settled in Douglass ; he died July 31, 1772. 2. Benjamin, born August 16, 1715, died young. 3. Mary, born Feb- ruary 5, 1717; married Samuel White, Jr., of Ux- bridge, April 1, 1748. 4 Lydia, born October 1, 1718; married, October 10, 1751, Abijah Morse, of Uxbridge. 5. Comfort, born February 8, 1720; mar- ried Zebulon Palmer. 6. Moses, born March I. 1722. 7. Daniel, born November 5. 1723, mentioned below. The children of Jonathan and Hannah Fair- banks: 8. Joshua, born April 5, 1727. 9. John, born August 12, 1729. 10. Hannah, born July 3, 1731 ; married - - Whiting. 11. Grace, born June 16, 1731 ; married July 10, 1755, Obadiah Morse, son of Obadiah and Merey ( Walker) Morse; he was born March 20, 1732-3, and died January 7, 1800; she died May 30, 1772, leaving ten children. 12. Abner. born March 28, 1736.
(V) Daniel Fairbanks, son of Jonathan Fair- banks (4), was born in Sherborn, November 5, 1723. and settled in that part of Sherborn set off as llol- liston, where he died 1771. His inventory was filed May 13, 1771. He was a soldier in Colonel John Jones' regiment in the colonial war April 6, 1759. He married Submit Fairbanks, daughter of George and Rachel Fairbanks. She was born Sep- tember 18, 1729, survived Fairbanks, and married . ( second ). March 19, 1771, James Dix, of Sudbury, in Mendon. The children of Daniel and Submit Fairbanks: 1. Rachel, born May 13, 1748; married Jethro Peters, of Northboro (intentions dated Octo- ber 8, 176g) ; he was town clerk of Medfield 1801-3-
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2. Comfort, born July 4, 1750; married Joseph Seaver, of Northboro (intentions dated June 1, 1771). 3. George, born July 30, 1752; died July 18, 1759. 4. Jonathan, born March 29. 1755. 5. Drury, born August 6, 1757, mentioned below. 6. Submit, born November 5, 1759; married William Parmen- ter, May 25, 1780.
(VI) Drury Fairbanks, son of Daniel Fairbanks (5), was born at Holliston, Massachusetts, August 6. 1757. He lived in Westboro, where the birth of his only child is recorded. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Colonel Job Cushing's regiment, May 26, 1778. His height is given in the archives as six feet one inch. He married at Westboro (inten- tions August 7, 1779), August 16, 1779, Lucy Bige- low, who was born September 14, 1757, daughter of Cornelius, Jr., and Sarah (Miller) Bigelow, of Westboro. Their child : Jonathan, mentioned he- low.
(VII) Jonathan Fairbanks, son of Drury Fair- banks (6), was born at Westboro, May 12, 1780. He received a common school education in his native town. He removed to Holden, Massachu- setts, about 1807, and bought the Elias Blake farm, where he lived and died. He bought also the mill which he and his son operated. David Winch was the former owner. He and his son bought the Dodge place, and from it they cut much timber and sawed the lumber in their mill. Partly as a pas- time, partly as a business, he used to net pigeons for the market. He was a careful, painstaking, in- dustrious man. He died at Holden, May 1. 1850. He married at Westboro, January 12, 1800, Mary (Polly) Comee. The children: I. Winslow, horn March 16, 1800, mentioned below. 2. Dexter, horn June 24, 1802, was a dyer and finisher in woolen factory; died at Holden, October 16, 1873. 3. Mary Ann, born September 1, 1804. 4. Drury, born Sep- tember 2, 1806, painter by trade. All the children were born at Westboro.
(VII) Winslow Fairbanks, son of Jonathan Fairbanks (7), was born in Westboro, March 10, 1800. He removed to Holden with his parents when he was seven years old, and attended the district schools there, working during his spare hours with his father on the farm. From the age of seventeen he did a man's work for his father, and when he was of age went into partnership with him in the saw mill and grist mill located in the south part of the town. The mills were sold by the Fairbanks firm to Colonel Hines, of Worcester, who sold then to Howard Holden, who sold to James Lee, of West Boylston, who sold to Royal. Chaffin, from whom the village was named Chaffinsville. Winslow Fair- banks was very skilful at laying stone walls, a diffi- cult and laborious task, and he built many of these monuments to his strength, skill and endurance in his younger days. He devoted his attention in ma- ture years to the wood and lumber business, and dlealt extensively in lumber for building purposes during the later years of his active life. He was an expert in estimating the value of standing tim- ber, and his judgment was often sought by those about to buy or sell wood lots. He occupied the farm bought of David Winch. He was always known as Captain, having been elected ensign of the Holden and West Royalston Fusileers, and later was appointed captain of the company. He died in Holden, September 5. 1880. lle was a member of the Holden Congregational Church. In politics he was originally a Whig, but followed the major- IV-13
ity of his party into the Republican organization before the war. He was overseer of the poor. He was opposed to secret societies, and was active in the anti-Masonic movement in his day. lle was a quiet, unassuming man, a faithful citizen. He mar- ried. October 13, 1829, at Holden, Maria Knowlton, who was born June 4, 1809, daughter of Daniel and Lendry ( Blake) Knowlton, of Holden ; her father, Daniel, was a carpenter and farmer. The children : I. William Harvey, mentioned below. 2. Louisa M.
(IX) William Harvey Fairbanks, son of Wins- low Fairbanks (8), was born in Holden, Massachu- setts, in 1832. He attended the public schools there, and took a course in a private school at Amherst. At the age of twenty he went to Chicago and be- came superintendent of the work of construction of a new railroad in that vicinity. After about six months he was obliged on account of malarial fever to give up his position and return home. He never fully recovered from the effects of the fever and ague. He settled down on the farm in Holden, and which came to him on the death of his father. It is on the main road to Holden, in Chaffinsville, and has been known for many years as the Fairbanks place, and is deemed one of the best and most productive farms in the vicinity. After his son was able to help him, Mr. Fairbanks cut and marketed much wood and lumber. Mr. Fairbanks was a man of excellent character and standing in the community, and had the respect and confidence of all his towns- men. He attended the Holden Congregational Church. In politics he was a Republican, and was on the board of selectmen two years. For twenty years before his death he was a great sufferer from Bright's disease. He died April 10, 1891. He mar- ried, October 31, 1861, Ellen Louise Williams, who was born in Holden, daughter of Albert C. and Louisa ( Marsh) Williams. Her father was a manu- facturer of cotton fabrics in Jefferson. The chil- dren: I. Adele Louise, born September 21, 1860; married, September 19, 1894. Charles A. Vaughan, of Worcester (see Vaughan sketch) and they have : George F., born January 13, 1897; Margaret, born July 16, 1902; Barbara, born August 21, 1904. 2. Jennie Maria, born December 25. 1864. 3. Edward Everett, mentioned below. 4. William Grant, born May 2, 1874: died August 24, 1898.
(X) Edward Everett Fairbanks, son of William Harvey Fairbanks (9), was horn at Holden, Massa- chusetts. August 25, 1867. He attended the public schools there, but had to leave school at the age of seventeen on account of trouble with his eyes. He devoted his energies from that time to the farmn, at first helping his father, later assuming full charge of the farm and of the wood and lumber business connected with the place. He has continued on the farm since his father's death, and is the present owner. In 1898 he entered partnership with Odell Boynton and Berthier (see Warren sketch) in the manufacture of lubricating oils. A Massachusetts corporation was formed with Berthier Warren, pres- ident ; Edward Everett Fairbanks, secretary and treasurer, director and manager. The interests of Mr. Boynton were soon bought by Charles A. Vaughan, and since the death of Mr. Warren his stock is held by his widow. Jennie M. Fairbanks is the present secretary and treasurer. Mr. Fairbanks is the travelling representative. The product of the mill is lubricating and refined oils, a belt dressing soap and also a compound manufactured by them. In religion Mr. Fairbanks is a Congregationalist,
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and in politics a Republican. He is a member of the United Travelers' Association, and of the Worcester Commercial Travelers' Association.
RUSSELL FAMILY. William Russell (I), the immigrant ancestor of Willis Leander Russell, of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, was born in England about 1600. He settled in Cambridge, New England, about 1636, and was one of the proprietors of the town in 1645. His wife Martha was a member of the Cambridge Church. He was a carpenter by trade. He died February 14, 1661. The widow married (second), March 24, 1665, Humphrey Brad- shaw, and (third), May 24, 1683, Thomas Hall. She died in 1694. The children of William and Martha Russell were: 1. Joseph, born in England, 1626 (gave his age as twenty-five years in a deposition September 30, 1651), or 1636, (gave his age as fifty- five in a deposition 1691, showing an error of ten years in some of the figures). 2. Benjamin, born in England. 3. Phebe, born in England, died July 8, 1642. 4. John, born in Cambridge, September II, 1645; had a son David, who resided in Concord, father of David and John of Lunenburg, Amos of Littleton, and Jason and Sarah at Harvard, Mas- sachusetts. 5. Martha. 6. Philip, born about 1650. 7. William, born April 28, 1655. 8. Jason, born No- vember 14, 1658, mentioned below. 9. Joyce, born March 31, 1660; married Edmund Rice, Jr., of Sud- bury, Massachusetts.
(11) Jason Russell, son of William Russell (1), was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 14. 1658. He settled in that part of Cambridge call- ed Menotomy for many years, then West Cambridge, now Arlington. He died there 1736, and adminis- tration on his estate was granted April 2, 1736. The children of Jason and Mary Hubbard ( daughter of James Hubbard, married Jason Russell, March 27, 1684, died May 14, 1738,) Russell were: 1. Hubbard, born at Menotomy, May 20, 1687, mentioned below. 2. Martha, born May 29, 1691 ; married Henry Dun- ster, February 25, 1707-8; married (second), March 15. 1750, Francis Locke; she died June 27, 1771. 3. John. 4. Thomas. 5. Elizabeth. 6. Noalı.
(III) Hubbard Russell, son of Jason Russell (2), born at Menotomy, May 20, 1687, died there June 4. 1726, aged thirty-nine years. He also set- tled in what is now Arlington. He married (first), May 9, 1710, Elizabeth Dickson, and she married (second), June 1I, 1729, Joseph Holden. The chil- dren of Hubbard and Elizabeth Russell were: I. Jason, baptized March 25, 1711, died young. 2. Mary. born December 7, 1712; married David Dun- ster. 3. Margery, born April 30, 1715; married Joseph Belknap. 4. Jason, born January 25, 1716-7, mentioned below. 5. llobart or Hubbard, baptized April 24, 1726, died young.
( IV) Jason Russell, son of Hubbard Russell (3). was born in Menotomy, January 25, 1716-7, and baptized in Medford, April 14, 1717. He was admitted to the Precinct Church of Menotomy, or West Cambridge, April 20, 1740. His home in Menotomy was on the south side of Main street, a few rods west of Church. lle was too old to fight in the revolution. and was said to be invalid and non-combatant. but he was butchered in his own house by the British soldiers after he had refused to fly, exclaming "An Englishman's house is his cas- tle." Two bullets and eleven bayonet stabs were found in his body. His widow received a bible from the hands of an unknown sympathizer in England
in consideration of her loss, on the memorable day of the battle of Lexington. He was buried in the ancient burying ground at Arlington, and with praiseworthy liberality the citzens of Arlington have erected a handsome granite monument to mark the resting place of this early martyr to American Lib- erty and to his slaughtered companions. Russell sold an acre of ground from his farm for a house for the minister. He was precinct committeeman in 1758, 1761, 1762 and 1763; also assessor. He owned a negro slave Kate, who was baptized March 17, 1754. He married, January 28, 1739-40, Elizabeth Winship, who died August II, 1786, aged sixty-five years. Their children were: I. Jason, born March 7, 1741- 2, mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, born December 27, 1743, died March 29, 1751. 3. John, born August 4, 1746; settled at Mason, New Hampshire. 4. Hubbard, born March 25, 1749, settled at Mason ; married Sarah Warren, of Weston, 1774. 5. Thom- as, born July 22, 1751. 6. Noah, born July 15, 1753, died October 13, 1754. 7. Elizabeth, born July 3, 1756; married, March 12, 1778, Jotham Webber. 8. Mary, baptized May 17, 1761, died April 11, 1762. 9. Noah, born March 8, 1763.
(V) Jason Russell, son of Jason Russell (4), born at Menotomy, March 1741-2, died at Mason, New Hampshire, February 19, 1825. He removed to Mason about 1768, from Cambridge. He was not the only one of the family to settle in that town. His brother John and sister Elizabeth Webber, wife of Jotham Webber, were all residents of Mason. Jason went there in 1769, Hubbard in 1772, John in 1774, and Deacon Webber in 1780. All lived to be very old-Jason was eighty-four; John eighty-six; Ilubbard eighty-eight, and Mrs. Webber eighty-two at the time of death.
Jason Russell was a soldier in the revolution. He was in Captain Joseph Barrett's company, Col- onel Nichol's regiment, and marched on the alarm to reinforce General St. Clair at Ticonderoga. Jason married, October 28, 1762, Elizabeth Locke, who died May 24, 1789 or 1799. Their first three child- ren were born at Menotomy (or West Cambridge), and the rest at Mason. They were: I. Jason, June 2, 1703. 2. Jonathan, February 8, 1765. 3. Josiah, January 13, 1767. 4. Elizabeth, July 2, 1769, at Mason. 5. Samuel, born April 4, 1772. 6. Benjamin, August 2, 1775. 7. Thomas, October 2, 1777; died February 8. 1785. 8. William, born October 6, 1779. 9. David. March 6, 1782. 10. Thomas, born at Mason and settled there.
(VI) Samuel Russell, son of Jason Russell (5), and nephew of John and Ruhamah Russell, also of Mason, New Hampshire, was born in Mason, April 4. 1772. He lived at Roby (now Brookline), New Hampshire, at Mason, and perhaps late in life at Townsend, Massachusetts, where his son John set- tled. Samuel married (first), February 16, 1792, at Mason, Saralı Seaver. He married (second) prob- ably November 19, 1807, at Townsend, Massachu- setts.
(VII) John Russell, son of Samuel Russell (6), born at Brookline, New Hampshire, probably in 1793, died in Townsend, Massachusetts, July II, 1840, aged forty-seven years. Ile owned a large farm in Townsend, and did an extensive business in teaming. He used to drive an ox-team to Boston with produce from the farms, bringing back grocer- ies and other goods for the merchants of the vi- cinity. He married Lydia and their chil- dren, born at Townsend, were: 1. Andrew, April 6,
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1816, mentioned below. 2. William, August 12, 1818. 3. Mary. 4. Ensworth Tyler, April 18, 1822. 5. Samuel H., November 20, 1826, living at North- borough, Massachusetts. 6. Ruhama, July 8, 1828, named for her great-aunt, wife of John, her fath- er's uncle.
(VIII) Andrew Russell, son of John Russell (7), was born in Townsend, April 6, 1816. He was educated there in the common schools. He helped his father on the farm until he was through school, and afterward until he bought a farm for himself. His first farm was in Townsend, forty acres in ex- tent. About 1870 he removed to West Fitchburg and bought another farm of a hundred acres of Ed- ward Smith. He did extensive teaming in addition to his farm work, in the way his father had done. He bought wood lots and sold real estate and wood and timber. After ten years in Fitchburg he re- moved to Westminster, where he bought a farm and resided for five years and did teaming and farming as before. He then went to Warwick, Rhode Is- land, where he took charge of the farm of Eben Tourgee, of the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. He remained there two or three years. He died in 1887, at the age of seventy-one years. Mr. Russell was a Methodist in religion, and a Republican in politics. He married Mary B. Eaton, of Townsend, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Eaton. Her father was born in Maine. The chil- dren of Andrew and Mary B. Russell were: I. Clay- ton, born in Townsend, died young. 2. Elizabeth, born in Townsend, married William P. Chamberlain, and they had three children: Lora Chamberlain, Minnie Chamberlain, Melvin Chamberlain ; they re- sided in Norwich, Connecticut. 3. Charles Morris. 4. Clara, born at Townsend. 5. George Melvin. 6. Gordon Rexford. 7. Herbert Eaton, married Dora Elliot, of Westminster, and they have four children : Grace, Harry, Lester, Ira. S. Ellen J., married (first) Ambrose Putnam, and had one child, Ernest Putnam ; married (second) Jerry Tourjee, and had one child, Edith: married (third) Warren LeGeyt, and had one child, Eva LeGeyt. 9. Willis Leander, born April 12, 1863, mentioned below. 10. Elmer Warren, married Etta Harding, of Templeton, and they have six children : Ethel, Lila, Pearl, Ray, Les- ter, Myrtle. II. Lila, married George Heywood, of Fitchburg, and had four children: Isabel, Russell, George, Ruth. 12. Martha Edith, married (first) John Brown, of Maine; (second) B. L. Rich, of Fitchburg.
(1X) Willis Leander Russell, son of Andrew Russell (8), was born in Townsend, April 12, 1863. At the age of seven years he moved with his par- ents to West Fitchburg ,and was there educated, mainly in the public schools. At the age of fourteen he began to work out on the farm of Warren Mar- ble, in Ashburnham. He was there three years, then a year with Albert Howard, of Westminster. He went to Boston to work for his cousin, F. J. Rus- sell, milk dealer, and remained a year, and then went West and worked on a Wyoming cattle ranch, where a herd of twenty thousand cattle was kept. In 1886 he returned to Boston and started in the retail milk business for himself, and developed a prosperous business. After twelve years he sold out and bought the Humphrey Heyward farm, in the southern part of the town of Lunenburg, near the railroad station. He has at present one of the model dairy farms of the town. but does not retail the milk.
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Mr. Russell is a member of the Church of Christ, 'Scientist. In politics he votes the Republican ticket,
and has served the town of Lunenburg as fire war- den. He belongs to Putnam Lodge, No. 81. I. O. O. F .; and to the Massachusetts Farmers' and Cattle Raisers' Association. He married, October 3, 1888, Catherine Hess, and they have six children : 1. Olive May, born May 2, 1890. 2. Bertha, born December, 1891. 3. Edith Elizabeth, born June 23, 1894. 4. Willis Elmer, born October 11, 1895. 5. Alton Her- bert, born February 10, 1898. 6. Hazel Helen, born February 16, 1900.
CARR FAMILY. Although the name of Carr or Kerr is common in England and Ireland as well as America, it is distinctively Scotch. The earliest record of the name is in the Domesday Book in the eleventh century. William Karre, who came with William the Conqueror, appears to be the ancestor of the Carr and Kerr families of the United Kingdom, though it cannot be proved, of course, that there were not others who assumed this surname when the custom of taking surnames began to prevail. The posterity of this Norman ancestor, William Carr or Karre, settled in the north of England on the border- lands between England and Scotland, and after- wards many of them went to the north of Ireland. In England the Norman-French Karre became Carr, just as Knut became Cnut and later Canute. In Scotland the surname has remained Karr, Kerr and Ker. The names of four of the family appear on the Ragman's Roll-a list of the Scotch Baronets who swore fealty to Edward I at Berwick in 1291 and a few years later. They were : Andrew del Ker, of Stirlingshire; IJenry Ker, of Edinburghshire ; Nicholas Kerre, of Peeblesshire, and William Ker, of Ayrshire. The Kers appear among the East Bor- der clans in 1547; in the Middle Marches in 1587; in Berwick in 1590: in Roxburgh, Berwick and Lauder- dale in 1597. The family has been represented from time immemorial in Berwickshire, Roxburghshire, Edinburghshire. Wigtonshire, Ayrshire, all having records as early as 1300. A. D. The family possesses or has held the Dukedom of Roxburgh, the Marquisates of Beumont, Cessford, Lothian; the Earldoms of Ancrum, Kelso, Lothian and Rox- burgh ; the Viscounty of Boxmouth; the Lordships of Caverton, Ker, Newbattle. Many were members of the Scotch Parliament. The word means "stout," according to Hanna.
The ancient arms of this family are: Three mul- lets or etoiles on a chevron. The Crest: A hart's head. The arms have been varied by different branches of the family. In Scotland, according to the census of 1861, there were 11,196 persons of this name, which was the fortieth in point of numerical strength among the Scotch family names.
The pioneers to America from England, Ireland and Scotland have been numerous. The first to come was George Carr in the "Mayflower" in 1620. as ship's carpenter, with his wife Lucinda. He was the son of Robert Carr or Kerr, who was a native of Scotland. Benjamin Carr, born in London, August 18, 1592; William Carr, born in London, June 17, 1597 ; and James, who was lost at sea, were sons ot this Robert Carr, of London, and the two first named have numerous American descendants.
(I) Bradbury Karr, the immigrant ancestor of Frank Parker Carr. of Lunenburg. Massachusetts, came from Scotland with several brothers whose names are not known, and settled in Chester. New Hampshire, which was the home of many Scotch and Scotch-Irish settlers. There were several other Carr immigrants, not brothers apparently, but per-
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haps of some kindred, who settled in the town and vicinity. Some were doubtless Presbyterians from Ulster, Ireland. Bradbury Carr came about 1724. His name appears on an inventory that he signed in 1741 as Karr, but elsewhere he adopted soon the more common spelling that is now general in the family. A family tradition has it that the family is of Welsh origin.
He settled in Addition No. 71, now or lately oc- cupied by George W. Clark. His wife's name was Anne and their children were: I. Joseph, born No- vember 20, 1742, married Hannah Ayer and had the homestead. 2. Molly, born February 26, 1747. 3. Parker, see forward. 4. Judith, born May 28, 1752. (1I) Parker Carr, son of Bradbury Carr (I), was born at Chester, New Hampshire, May 29, 1750. He settled in Chester on Addition No. 72. The Chester history informs that "he sold to William Weeks and went into the country," but evidently he went to Vermont after the revolution when the exodus thither was the fashion. He had fourteen children: I. Bradbury, born May 6, 1770, died No- vember 8, 1826. 2. Parker, Jr., born November 14, 1771, died July 13, 1848. 3. Peter, born October 9, 1773. 4. Benjamin, see forward. 5. Mary, born October 25, 1777, died January 8, 1851. 6. Rev. Daniel, born January 22, 1780, died April 21, 1861. 7. Judith, born April 4, 1782, died March 31, 1853. S. John P., born June 10, 1784, died November 10, 1847. 9. Nancy, born March 16, 1786, died March 30, 1865. 10, William, born March 31, 1787. died aged six months. II. Mehitable, born April 5, 1789, died 1811. 12. Ruth (twin), born July 27, 1792. 13. Saralı (twin), born July 27, 1792, died November 5, 1876. 14. Hannah, born July 15, 1795, died 1889.
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