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Children, born in Haverhill: I. Rachel, born June 28, 1780, married Joseph Kimball. 2. Samuel, born May 13, 1783, mentioned below. 3. Lydia, born November 3, 1785, married E. Colby. 4. Ruth, born October 17, 1788, mar- ried David Chase. 5. Nathan, born April 19, 1791, married Hannah Chase. 6. Josiah, born December 28, 1793, died April 22, 1796. 7. Judith, born August 12, 1796, married Dudley Holt. 8. Josiah, born December 31, 1798, died September 10, 1803. 9. Caroline, born April 29, 1801, died September 15, 1803. 10. Adaline, born August 7, 1804, died April 5, 1842. II. Lois, born November 10, 1807, married Isaac W. Merrill.
(XII) Samuel Chase, son of Josiah Chase (II), was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, May 13, 1783, died September 24, 1848. He inherited the homestead mentioned above, and was a farmer in Haverhill all his life. He married, November II, 1813, Sally Adams Gile, who was born March 6, 1792, and died October 28, 1858. Children, born in Haver- hill : 1. Lorenzo, born April 5, 1815, mention- ed below. 2. Charles Chauncy, born January 19, 1818, died May 15, 1900; married, No- vember 30, 1841, Martha Smith Cowles, who was born December 23, 1819, died December 30, 1900; their third child was Francis N. Chase, born July 28, 1849; cashier of the Old Lowell National Bank, Lowell, Massachu- setts ; authority of the genealogy of this branch of the Chase family. 3. Elbridge, born February 23, 1820, died June 12, 1880. 4. Celesta, born January 9, 1822, died December 29, 1823. 5. Samuel, born March 5, 1825, died April 8, 1825. 6. Samuel A., born May 9, 1826, died October 27, 1904. 7. Sarah Ayer, born June 28, 1828, married John Par- sons. 8. Leverett M., born July 18, 1832, died May 19, 1901. 9. Mary White, born January 25, 1835, died November 16, 1901; married John Bradley. 10. Elizabeth Gile, born March 27, 1837, married Charles H. Bradley.
(XIII) Lorenzo Chase, son of Deacon Samuel Chase (12), was born at Haverhill, April 5, 1815, and died at Lowell, March 5, 1890. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and for a short time followed teaching as a profession. He started in busi- ness on his own account as a manufacturer of boots and shoes at Nashua, New Hampshire. Later he removed to Lowell, Massachusetts, and established the shoe store which he con- ducted successfully the remainder of his life. He acquired a competence and took high rank among the tradesmen of the city. He was up- right and honorable in his dealings, of spotless
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integrity and character. He commanded the confidence and esteem of all his townsmen. In politics he was a Republican, though a very active and earnest advocate of restrictive tem- perance legislation and measures, and later in life supported the Prohibition party ticket. He never accepted public honors, but performed his duties of citizenship with rare zeal and fidelity. In religion Mr. Chase was a faithful and de- vout attendant of the First Congregational Church of Lowell. He was a member of no fraternal orders. He married (first) Permilla Colby, of Hillsborough, New Hampshire. She died in 1844 and he married (second), Betsey O. Gove, of Rumney, New Hampshire. She died at Lowell in 1898. Children of Lorenzo and Permilla Chase: Celestia P., born in Lowell, educated in the Lowell public and high schools; was a teacher in the public schools twenty-six years, but is now retired, living quietly in her home at Lowell; member of the Middlesex Woman's Club and Daugh- ters American Revolution; she is active in benevolence. Children of Lorenzo and Betsey O. Chase: Ellen A., died young. Mary E., died young. George G., died young.
BROWN Thomas Brown, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England in 1609, according to his deposi- tion made in 1670 that his age was sixty-one. He came to Concord in 1638, and was one of the original proprietors of Sudbury who were given authority by the general court to begin the plantation September 6, 1638. He was ad- mitted a freeman March 14, 1639, and the gen- eral court, October 7, 1640, granted him two hundred acres of land for the twenty-five pound "adventure" (subscription) of Mrs. Anne Harvyes. He was a proprietor in Sudbury in 1640, but within a year was back.in Concord. He bought land in Concord, May 20, 1655, in 1661 and in 1671 being called a resident of Concord in each deed. He removed to Cam- bridge, however, and was a town officer there in 1660-63-68 ; was admitted to the Cambridge church, May 18, 1666. He served on a com- mittee to divide Concord property March 26, 1675, and November 20, 1680, in a deed of land to his son, Thomas Brown, Jr., he calls himself "late of Concord, now of Cambridge." It has been proved, anyhow, that there was but one Thomas Brown to whom all the records refer. He married Bridget who died at Cambridge, January 5, 1681 ; he died November 3, 1688. He filed May II, 1681, a list of the lands that he had given his son
Boaz. Children of Thomas and Bridget Brown, born at Cambridge: I. Boaz, born February 14, 1642, married, November 8, 1664, Mary Winship; (second) Abigail Wheat. 2. Jabez, born in 1644, resided in Concord and Sudbury until Stow was founded. 3. Mary, born March 26, 1646, married (first) John Woodhead, of Chelmsford; (second) John Gove, of Cambridge. 4. Eleazer, born July 6, 1649, married, February 9, 1674-75, Dinah Spalding. 5. Thomas, born 1651, men- tioned below.
(II) Thomas Brown, son of Thomas Brown (I), was born in Concord in 1651. He deposed in 1671 that his age was nineteen years. He died April 4, 1718, aged sixty- seven years. He settled in Concord and was town clerk in 1718. He married, November 12, 1677, Ruth (Vinton) Jones. Children : I. Ruth, born February 8, 1678-79, married, No- vember 10, 1698, Samuel Jones. 2. Mary, born November 18, 1681, died July 14, 1750; mar- ried John Hunt. 3. Rebecca, born March 5, 1683-84, married, September 26, 1704, Jona- than Hubbard. 4. Thomas, born August 28, 1686, died March 13, 1717-18; married, No- vember 22, 1709, Hannah Potter. 5. Ephraim, born April 21, 1689, mentioned below. 6. Elizabeth, born March 8, 1691-92, died De- cember 28, 1717; married, September 22, 1713, Jonathan Hartwell.
(III) Ephraim Brown, son of Thomas Brown (2), was born April 21, 1689, died February 6, 1749-50. Married at Concord, August 28, 1719, Hannah Wilson, daughter of William Wilson. They resided at Concord where their children were born, viz : I. Thomas, born December 26, 1720, mentioned below. 2. William, born January 9, 1722-23. 3. Hannah, born February 14, 1726-27, died October 31, 1794, unmarried. 5. Mary, born January 21, 1728-29, married, July 14, 1756, Captain Jonathan Buttrick (See sketch). 6. Sarah, born January 29, 1730-31, died June 6, 1815. 7. Captain David, born March 12, 1732-33, died May 22, 1802 ; married, Septem- ber 30, 1756, Abigail Monroe. 8. Ruth, born October 26, 1739.
(IV) Thomas Brown, son of Ephraim Brown (3), was born at Concord, December 26, 1720, died 1784. He married at Concord, May 26, 1748, Mary Flint, and they settled there. Children, born in Concord: I. Mary, born April 9, 1749. 2. Hannah, born Novem- ber 15, 1750. 3. Jonas, born December 15, 1752, mentioned below. 4. John, born July 2, 1755. 5. Ephraim, born March 27, 1758. 6. Charles, born October 13, 1760.
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(V) Jonas Brown, son of Thomas Brown (4), was born in Concord, December 15, 1752, died at Temple, New Hampshire, July 31, 1834. He was a soldier in the Revolution and his record here given is taken from his own statement in his pension application late in life : "From the first of January to the first of May, 1775, I was enlisted as a minute man (being a native of and resident of Concord, (Massachusetts) under Captain Buttrick of the militia and trained twice a week, and with the rest of the company kept guard most of the time over the public stores and roads and bridges in Concord. Early on the 19th of April an alarm was given that the enemy were coming from Boston to Concord, and our com- pany was paraded about daylight and kept un- der arms most of the time until the enemy ar- rived and destroyed military stores and provi- sions and set a guard on the bridge, and I was ordered with others to rout them, which we did, when several were killed on both sides, and the enemy retreated and we pursued to Menotomy, had skirmishing on the road and I returned to Concord. Captain Buttrick went to Cambridge and several times sent for his company. I went twice or three times and re- turned the next day. On the first of August, 1775, I entered the service as a corporal under Captain Abisha Brown in the regiment com- manded by Colonel John Nickson (Nixon), Lieut .- Colonel Thomas Nickson (Nixon) and Major Buttrick in the Massachusetts Line, and served at Cambridge and Charlestown, and the company was in the Battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th of June and was dismissed the Ist of January, 1776. Again the militia was called for and on the first of February, 1776, I enlisted for two months under Captain Ashel (Asahel) Wheeler in the regiment com- manded by Colonel Robinson, Lieut.Colonel Buttrick and Major McCobb, in which regi- ment I served February and March, two months, as quartermaster's sergeant; was in the service at Charlestown and vicinity when the British army left Boston and was dis- charged the first of April. On July 12, 1776, I was commissioned Ensign, and immediately entered the service under Captain Charles Miles (see sketch) in the regiment command- ed by Colonel Jonathan Reed in the ยท Massa- chusetts Line in the Brigade destined for Canada, in which regiment was Lieut .- Colonel Brown and Major Fletcher. I marched from Concord to Keene, New Hampshire, thence by way of Charlestown, New Hampshire, Otter Creek and Shrewsbury, Vermont, where we took boats and went down Lake Champlain to
Ticonderoga, and joined the army under Gen- erals Gates, Arnold and Waterbury and Gen- eral Brickett, of Massachusetts, was there. I was at Ticonderoga when Arnold and Water- bury went down the lake with a fleet of gon- doliers which were mostly destroyed. I re- mained at Ticonderoga until about the middle of December, 1776, when I entered my name to serve during the war as a lieutenant under Captain Monroe, of Lexington, Massachusetts, and had leave to return to Concord until called for. I did so, and about the middle of March I was called upon to take my appointment as lieutenant. I obeyed the call and went to the captain who told me there were others who would like to take my chance and I resigned it and was excused from further service, mak- ing eight months in which I was underorders as an Ensign." An annual pension of $117.33 was granted March 4, 1831. He was wounded at the battle of North Bridge, Concord. He removed to Temple, New Hampshire, and set- tled on the farm now known as the J. B. Wood farm, Lot 8, R. viii. He was a valu- able and worthy citizen of that town until his death, July 31, 1834.
He married, August IO, 1784, Hannah Heald, daughter of Major Ephraim Heald. Her father was one of the first set- tlers and she was the first girl born in Temple, 1761. She died April 7, 1834. Children, born at Temple : I. Jonas, born July 18, 1785, settled at Oppenheim, New York. 2. Charles, born August 16, 1787, married, September 17, 1816. 3. Lydia Woods, removed to Batavia, New York. 4. Ephraim, born July 13, 1790, mentioned below. 5. Lucas, born September 17, 1792, at Norridgewock, Maine, died May 18, 1855. 6. John, born August 13, 1795, married, 1820, Cynthia Baker; (second) Sarah Wheeler ; settled in Bangor, Maine. 7. Polly, born February 17, 1798, married, Feb- ruary 1, 1816, Jeremiah Cutler ; settled at Se- bec, Maine.
(VI) Ephraim Brown, son of Jonas Brown (5), was born at Temple, New Hampshire, July 13, 1790, died at Wilton, December II, I840. Married, December 4, 1816, Sarah King, of Wilton. In 1806 he was apprenticed to William Howard, of Temple, to learn the carpenter's trade; in 1809 he entered the em- ploy of Kimball Putnam, of Wilton, as a jour- neyman and later worked in the cabinetmak- ing shop of Isaac Blanchard. At the time of his marriage, in 1816, he settled on a place a mile west of Wilton Center, and in 1820 bought the Silas Buss farm where Albert Carl- ton lived later. He was successful both as
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farmer and carpenter, an excellent craftsman, of good judgment, quick in execution, in- genious in devices and plans, and ready in adapting means to the end. His advice was often sought and cheerfully given. Between 1830 and 1838 he invented a threshing ma- chine very like those now in general use and constructed a horse power to operate it. He was a member of the Unitarian church at Wil- ton, a diligent reader of solid books, quick in comprehension, modest, broad in his views of life and liberal to all men, a man much re- spected and beloved by his townsmen.
He married, December 4, 1816, Sarah King, daughter of Benning and Abigail (Morgan) King, who was born at Wilton, November 4, 1797. She married (second), March 31, 1847, Nathaniel Thurston, who died April 3, 1874, when she removed to Far Rockaway, New York, to live with her grandson, Theodore W. Harris. Children of Ephraim and Sarah Brown, born at Wilton : I. Sarah Maria, born November 7, 1817, died December 2, 1818. 2. Ephraim, born October 1, 1819, mentioned be- low. 3. Abigail K., born December 19, 1821, died December 29, 1824. 4. George, born October II, 1823, a physician, superintendent of a private institution for the Education of Idiots, Imbeciles and Eccentric Children at Barre, Massachusetts. 5. Sumner, born Sep- tember 5, 1825, died August 30, 1827. 6. Abi- gail Maria, born August 26, 1828, married, September 22, 1847, Dr. Norman Smith, of Groton, Massachusetts; she died July 17, 1852. 7. Diantha, born February 1, 1831, mar- ried P. S. Harris, artist, resides at Bath, Maine. 8. Anstriss, born March 5, 1834, married D. F. Haynes, December 18, 1855; resides at Baltimore.
(VII) Ephraim Brown, son of Ephraim Brown (6), was born at Wilton, New Hamp- shire, October 1, 1819, and died in Lowell, Massachusetts, March 4, 1900. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Wilton, and was fitting for college when the illness and death of his father obliged him to change his plans. He carried on the farm for his mother until he was about twenty-eight, teaching school in the winter. In 1845 he took a course at Phillips Academy, Andover, and afterward ac- cepted the position of assistant in the Moody Grammar School, Lowell. He decided to make his home in Lowell, and in 1850 went into business on his own account as proprietor of a crockery store, Merrimac street. The venture was successful, and he prospered in business for many years. Naturally of an inventive mind he began a notable career as an inventor
with a patented safety alarm cash drawer in 1854, from which he derived large sums of money. From 1858 to 1865 he was a popular lecturer at lyceums, schools and various other societies on the subject of geology and paleon- tology, in which he had made special re- searches. In politics Mr. Brown was a Re- publican, active in supporting and working for the candidates of his party, but never willing to hold public office himself. He was one of the founders in 1864 and director of the Lo- well National Bank until his death. He was a trustee of the Central Savings Bank. In 1848 he was one of the founders of the How- ard Fire Insurance Company of Boston, was first a director, then its president in 1865. The company thrived until the "Big Fire" of Bos- ton, in 1872, which caused its ruin, as it did of many other companies. Mr. Brown himself lost eighty thousand dollars through the fail- ure caused by the fire. He then went into the manufacture of foot and cabinet lathes, a busi- ness that he followed with much success until his death. He invested extensively in real estate and built many buildings in Lowell, and this property is now owned by his widow. He was a devout member of the Congregational church.
He married (first) January 1, 1846, Mary F. Pollard, who died August 17, 1849. He married (second), August 27, 1851, Sarah H. Barrett, of Barre, who died August 24, 1852. He married (third), September 12, 1854, Emma Cornelia Daniels, who was born 1833, and she survives him. She resides in the homestead at Lowell, built by Mr. Brown. She is the daughter of John and Harriet Dan- iels, natives of New Hampshire. Child of Ephraim and Mary F. Brown, born at I.owell : I. Martha Ann, born October 13, 1846, died September 3, 1849. Children of Ephraim and Emma Cornelia Brown: 2. George Ephraim, born October 9, 1855, married, February 18, 1880, Mary L. De Roehn; resides in Lowell. 3. Frederick Rogers, born July 20, 1862, died October 4, 1878. Mary Etta, born July 31, 1865, died January 27, 1884. 5. Emma Alice, born November 4, 1868, married C. W. Whid- den, and have three children.
James Penniman, the im- PENNIMAN migrant, was born in Eng- land, about 1600. He came to New England with John Winthrop, Jr., in 1631, and in that year he and his wife were admitted to the church at Boston. He mar- ried Lydia Eliot, daughter of Bennett and Let-
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tice Eliot, of Widford and Nasing, England. Penniman was admitted a freeman at the same time as the brothers of his wife, Rev. John Eliot, the Indian Apostle, and Jacob, March 6, 1632. There were four of Mrs. Penniman's brothers among the early settlers; Francis, Jacob, John and Philip.
Francis Eliot settled at Braintree ; was ad- mitted freeman June 2, 1641; be became schoolmaster to the Indians under his brother, Rev. John, about 1650; with his wife Mary sold land in Braintree, May 4, 1662; died in 1677.
Jacob Eliot was baptized September 21, 1606, in England ; came to Boston early ; was deacon and ruling elder; admitted freeman March 6, 1631-32 ; died in 1651. His will was proved November 20, 1651, bequeathing to wife, son Jacob and daughter Hannah; other children to have portions at marriage or ma- jority.
Rev. John Eliot was baptized at Widford, England, August 5, 1604; came to New Eng- land, November 2, 1631, and was acting pas- tor of the Boston Church in the absence of Mr. . Williams ; was ordained over the church at Roxbury, October, 1632; found time to learn the language of the Indians, reduced it to writ- ing and translated the Bible and other books into the language of the Indians and achieved a great work in the conversion and education of the natives, justifying his title of Indian Apostle ; married in 1632, Anne Mumford, who died March 22, 1686; he died May 20, 1690.
Philip Eliot was baptized April 25, 1602, and came early to Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was deacon of the church; died October 22, 1657; will proved February II, 1658, be- queathing to wife Elizabeth, son Aldis and daughter Sarah Aldis; grandchild, Henry Withington, daughter Lydia.
About 1638 Penniman moved to Braintree where Francis Eliot also located. His first three children were born in Boston, the re- mainder in Braintree. Mr. Penniman died December 26, 1664. His will was proved January 31, 1864-5, bequeathing his movable estate and half his land and buildings to his wife Lydia for the support of herself .and the lesser children; the other half to his son Joseph, who was directed to help his mother. James already had his share. The youngest son Samuel and three youngest daughters were bequeathed twenty pounds each. The widow married (second) Thomas Wight, in whose will and her own are proofs that she was daughter of Bennett Eliot and sister of
the four Eliot brothers. Children: I. James, baptized March 26, 1633. 2. Lydia, baptized February 22, 1634-35. 3. John, baptized Janu- ary 15, 1637. 4. Joseph, born at Braintree, August 1, 1639. 5. Sarah, born November 14, 1645, died young. 6. Samuel, born November 14, 1645, died young. 7. Hannah, born March 26, 1648. 8. Abigail, born December 27, 1651, married, April 18, 1678, Samuel Neale. 9. Mary, born September 29, 1652, married, April 4, 1678, Samuel Paine. IO. Samuel, born November 1, 1655, mentioned below.
(II) Joseph Penniman, son of James. Penniman (1), was born in Braintree, August 1, 1639. He settled in Brain- tree and married there September 25, 1666, Waiting Robinson, who died August 21, 1690. Children: 1. Joseph, born March 15, 1669-70, died young. 2. Joseph, born Janu- ary 20, 1670-71, settled in Mendon, according to the history of Milford, Massachusetts. 3. Moses, born March 15, 1676. 4. Moses, born February 14, 1677-78. 5. Deborah, born Feb- ruary 27, 1679. 6. James, born February 16, 1683, removed to Mendon and owned land there in 1719; see history of Milford and the proprietors' records of Mendon. 7. Nathan, born March, 1689, called brother of Joseph by historian of Milford; mentioned below.
(II) Samuel Penniman, son of James Pen- niman (I), was born in Braintree, November I, 1655, and died January 16, 1705. He was admitted a freeman in 1678, and was lieuten- ant of the Braintree militia company. He married Elizabeth Parmenter, daughter of Robert Parmenter, January 7, 1674. Children, born at Braintree: I. Elizabeth, born Febru- ary, 1674-5. 2. Samuel, born March 15, 1675-6. 3. Samuel, born November 5, 1677. 4. Josiah, born November 21, 1678. 5. Han- nah, born February 12, 1682. 6. Jonathan, born February 17, 1685-6. 7. Nathan, 1689 (not recorded) ; mentioned below. 8. James, born March 29, 1695.
(III) Deacon Nathan Penniman, son of Samuel Penniman (2), was born in Braintree, 1689, in March. He came to Mendon, Massa- chusetts, about 1718. Joseph Penniman, his cousin, and James Penniman, probably his brother, were also proprietors of Mendon as early as 1719. He built his house first at Quis- set, later settling in what is now South Mil- ford. Joseph lived on what is now called the Henry Swan place on the old Medfield road. He bought land of Benjamin Thayer, ten acres in the Old Field on the south side of Muddy brook on Joseph Penniman's meadow, June
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27, 1732. He also bought a lot of land April 8, 1738, of Joe Keith, and many other lots in Mendon. He deeded farms to his sons. He deeded his homestead where he lived with forty acres of land to his son Peter, April I, 175I. It adjoined the farm previously given to his son Samuel. Nathan gave Samuel more land in 1774. Nathan was a cordwainer by trade. He married (first) Mary
who died May II, 1757, at Mendon. He mar- ried (second), January 16, 1758, Mary Hol- brook, of Bellingham, who died September II, 1759. He married (third) Joanna (Thayer) Chenev, widow of William Cheney, Jr., May 28, 1760. He died June 14, 1773, having dis- tributed his estate before his death. Children of Nathan and Mary Penniman: I. Samuel, born October II, 1717, Lieutenant or Land- lord Penniman ; married, December 3, 1741, Huldah White, (second) Deborah 2. Jonathan, born July 30, 1719. 3. Nathan, Jr., born May 8, 1721, was some time in Med- field. 4. Ann, born October 23, 1726. 5. Peter, born September II, 1728, mentioned be- low.
(IV) Peter Penniman, son of Deacon Na- than Penniman (3), was born in Mendon, September II, 1728, and died there in 1806. He was a captain in the Revolution, a promin- ent patriot. He was first lieutenant in the third Mendon company, Captain Joseph Daniels, and marched with it on the Lexington Call, April 19, 1775, to Roxbury. He was chosen captain of his company, July 9, 1776, and commissioned the same day, the sixth company, Third Worcester County Regiment, Colonel Ezra Wood. He was captain of a company in Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Ty- ler's regiment from December 8, 1776, to January 21, 1777, in the Rhode Island cam- paign ; in the service again in April and May, 1777, in the same regiment. He and other officers resigned July 20, 1779. His relatives, Pelatiah, Jesse, John and Baruch, were also soldiers in the Revolution from Mendon, some of them in his company. He settled on the homestead in Mendon. He was one of the early proprietors of the town of Warwick in central Massachusetts, after the Revolution, but did not move there. His son Bunyan and son-in-law, Jacob White, settled in Warwick. Peter gave a hundred acres of wild land there to his eldest daughter, Catharine, wife of Jacob White. Before his death he gave a house and farm at Uxbridge to his daughter, Abigail Brastow. He died intestate leaving a large amount of real estate. The valuation for the purposes of partition amounted to $5,737,
and the division among the heirs took place by agreement in 1806. His widow Huldah was the administratrix. Her bond was dated July 8, 1806. Children: I. Asa, the eldest. 2. Bunyan, the second son, mentioned below. 3. Rev. Andrew Penniman, the youngest son. 4. Catherine, married Jacob White. 5. Elea- nor, married Moses Peters.
(V) John Bunyan Penniman, son of Cap- tain Peter , Penniman (4), was born 1n Mendon, Massachusetts, about 1750. He and his father were among the proprietors of Warwick in 1798, and he settled there. The record of his death gives his name "John" Bunyan Penniman, died July 21, 1825, at Warwick. He married Sarah But- trick. Child, Bunyan, mentioned below.
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