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LEAVENS The immigrant ancestor of William Leavens, of Med- ford, was John Leavens, who came to Boston, Massachusetts, in the ship "William and Frances," leaving London, England, March 9, and arriving in Boston, June 5, 1632. He settled at Roxbury, Massa- chusetts, and became a freeman in 1634. His wife, who had been an invalid for some time, died in 1638. He was then fifty-seven years old. He married (second), July 5, 1639, Rachel Wright, by whom he had five children. He lived in Roxbury and on the road to Dor- chester.
(II) John Leavens, the eldest son of John Leavens, was born in Roxbury, April 27, 1640, died in 1696, in Woodstock, where he settled. Woodstock was at that time a part of Massa- chusetts, but is now a Connecticut town. He married (first), June 17, 1665, Hannah Wood, who died in 1666. He married (second), No- vember 23, 1674, Elizabeth Preston, daughter of Edward Preston, of New Haven, Connecti- cut.
(III) Benjamin Leavens, son of John Leavens, Jr., was born in Woodstock, April IO, 1692, died in 1724. He married, Decem- ber 21, 1715, Elizabeth Church. She married (second) Uriah Horsmer.
(IV) Benjamin Leavens, son of Benjamin Leavens, was born May 29, 1716, died in 1798. He married (first), December 4, 1742, Eliza- beth Cady, who died in 1752. He married (second), July 18, 1754, Dorothy Perrin.
(V) Benjamin Leavens, son of Benjamin Leavens, Jr., born July 2, 1763, died in 1851. He married, September 25, 1788, Sybil Learned.
(VI) George Learned Leavens, son of Ben- jamin Leavens, was born April 30, 1796, died July 21, 1869. He married, October 8, 1820. Elizabeth Learned.
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(VII) George Merrill Leavens, son of George L. Leavens, was born in Dudley, Mas- sachusetts, June 22, 1825, died in Medford, February 3, 1897. He attended the schools of Dudley and Boston and completed his studies at Dudley Academy. His first employ- ment was as clerk in a grocery store at the corner of Eaton and North Russell streets, Boston, and later was employed in a furniture store on North Market street. In 1874 he pur- chased the interest of his employer and formed a partnership with Thomas Trefry, under the firm name of Leavens & Trefry, and this con- nection continued until 1885, when he started as one of the pioneers in the chair trade on Canal street, Boston, with his son William, un- der the firm name of G. M. Leavens & Son. He retired from active business in 1897. He married, September 29, 1850, Caroline A. Copps, who is supposed to have been a de- scendant of William Copps, of Boston, for whom the Copps Hill cemetery of Boston was named. They were the parents of six sons : Harry, Frank, William, George Adams, Ed- ward and Henry.
(VIII) William Leavens, son of George Merrill Leavens, was born in Charlestown, January 9, 1855. In 1865, when ten years of age, he came to Medford and attended the public schools. At the age of fifteen he en- tered the employ of Lewis Coleman & Com- pany of Boston. In 1875 he entered the furni- ture business on Fulton street, and ten years later started the store at No. 32 Canal street. Until 1898 the firm name was G. M. Leavens & Son, and since then it has been William Leavens & Company. Mr. Leavens is a mem- ber of Mount Hermon Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons ; a past noble grand of Har- mony Lodge; past chief patriarch of Mystic Encampment, and member of Purity Rebekah Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Medford Council, Royal Arcanum; Warren Lodge, Ancient Order United Workmen ; con- tributive member of S. L. Lawrence Post, No. 66, Grand Army of the Republic; an associate member of the Lawrence Light Guards, and a member of the Veteran Association of the same; past president of the Medford Club ; member of the Medford Historical Society ; member of the Unitarian Club ; director of the Royall House Association, and director of the Medford Co-operative Bank. Though active in town and city affairs, he has never held an elective office. He served the city as a mem- ber of the board of water commissioners for six years, and was chairman of the board dur- ing a portion of this time.
Mr. Leavens was married in 1880 to Emma D. White, daughter of John White, of Med- ford. They have one child, Edith Elizabeth, who married, June, 1904, Walter Whitehead, and they have one child, Barbara, born August 12, 1905.
COX Alfred Elmer Cox, director and gen- eral manager of The Atlantic Works of Boston, Massachusetts, who has been prominently identified with the public af- fairs of the city of Malden, Massachusetts, to the great advantage of that place, is a de- scendant of one of the old Colonial families.
(I) William Cox, the immigrant ancestor, was a native of England. He settled in that part of Maine called Pemaquid, and almost all the families in Maine who bear the name of Cox trace their descent to him.
(II) John Cox was either a son or grandson of William Cox (I). He made an important deposition at Boston, September 18, 1736, in which he gave his age as seventy-eight years, making the date of his birth 1658. He stated that he lived on the east side of the Kennebec, then called Pemaquid, from whence they were driven by the Indians in 1676. Early in life he adopted the calling of fisherman. He finally settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and died there November 23, 1742. He was assigned seat No. seven in the first meeting house in Dorchester, May 10, 1698. He bought land in Dorchester, of the selectmen, April 4, 1721, on Squantum Neck, bounded on the south and east by the sea, and on the north by the land of the Widow Pope, and was called a fisherman in this deed. He was called "shoreman and Fisherman" May 5, 1736, in the deed convey- ing this property. He married Susanna Pope, daughter of John and Margaret Pope; she owned the Covenant and was baptized May 29, 1692. Their first five children were bap- tized March 5, 1692-93, and the other children later in the First Church of Dorchester. Their names were as follows : I. Margaret. 2. Mary. 3. Sarah. 4. Captain John, who was killed by the Indians May 22, 1747. 5. Thankful. 6. William, see forward. 7. James, baptized April 18, 1696. 8. Ebenezer, baptized May IO, 1696. 9. Elizabeth, born August 27, 1697, baptized September 26, 1697. IO. Thomas, baptized May 9, 1698. II. Susanna, born No- vember 29, 1698, baptized April 9, 1699 ; mar- ried, November 30, 1722, Enoch Wiswall. 12. Joseph, baptized August 4, 1700. 13. Submit, baptized March 28, 1703; married, June 12, 1725, Thomas Maudsley, Jr. 14. Benjamin, baptized April 1, 1705-06.
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(III) Captain William Cox, second son and sixth child of John (2) and Susanna ( Pope) Cox, was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, May 22, 1694, and baptized in the First Church of that town, June 24, 1694. He was a weaver by trade and his later years were spent in Lynn. He held the rank of captain at the taking of Louisburg, and received a grant of land at Mount Desert, Maine, from the Massachusetts general court for his gallant services. He married Thankful Maudsley, daughter of Thomas and Susannah Maudsley, and they were the parents of children : I. Sam- uel, born November 4, 1716. 2. Susannah, February 21, 1718-19. 3. William, June 29, 1721. 4. Unite, September 6, 1723, see for- ward. 5. Rebecca, January 17, 1725-26. 6. James. 7. Lemuel, born 1736, was a bridge builder ; he also built the first powder mills in Massachusetts. He was granted one thousand acres of land in Maine by the Massachusetts general court. 8. Rhoda, February 26, 1731- 32. 9. Jesse, November 2, 1734. 10. Phebe, died December 30, 1790, at Malden.
(IV) Unite Cox, third son and fourth child of Captain William (3) and Thankful (Maud- sley ) Cox, was born in Dorchester, Massachu- setts, September 6, 1723, and died there at an advanced age. When a young man he settled in Malden and resided in the South Parish. He was on the tax roll in 1759; in the French and Indian war under Captain John Dexter ; and was on the list of those to whom bayonets were distributed in 1758. He was married in Malden, intentions dated July 1, 1745, to Lydia Faulkner, also of that town. Their children, all born in Malden, were: Lydia, born October 23, 1746. Samuel, July 5, 1748, died Decem- ber 26, 1753. Rebecca, October 26, 1750. Unite, see forward. Rhoda, January 12, 1755. Samuel, August 20, 1757-58. Elizabeth (or Betsey), April 20, 1760-63.
(V) Captain Unite Cox, second son and fourth child of Unite (4) and Lydia (Faulk- ner) Cox, was born in Malden, Massachusetts, November 14, 1752, and died November -, 1816. He was a soldier during the war of the Revolution. Was a minute man in 1775, in Captain Benjamin Blaney's company, which marched to Watertown, April 19, 1775, on the Lexington alarm. He was sergeant in Captain Nailer Hatch's company, Lieutenant-Colonel William Bond's regiment (Late Gardiner's, the Thirty-seventh), in 1775. He was also in Captain Peres Cushing's company, Colonel Thomas Craft's regiment (artillery) from July 26 to September 11, 1777, at Rhode Isl- . and. The town records call him captain about
1777, but his commission does not appear on the state rolls. His farm was near what is now the road to Melrose Highlands, formerly Stoneham, near the line of Malden. He was tithingman in 1811 and at later dates. He married, at Malden, April 6, 1776, Hannah Sprague, daughter of Phineas Sprague. Their children, all born in Malden, were: 1. Samuel, born February 21, 1777, died young. 2. Han- nah, November 30, 1779, married, September 15, 1801, Edward Newhall. 3. Rebecca, Oc- tober 1, 1781, married, August 3, 1802, James Green, of Reading. 4. Betsey, April 2, 1785, married Richard Mansfield. 5. Samuel, June 12, 1787, married, May 22, 1809, Elizabeth Stanton. 6. Unite, twin of Samuel, married, December 31, 1811, Sally Waitt. 7. Lemuel, July 12, 1789, married, May 28, 1815, Lydia Harnden. 8. Polly (Mary), August 31, 1792, married, September 16, 1819, James Howard. 9. James, May 18, 1794, married, March 3, 1816, Sally Dexter Sargent. 10. John, see forward. II. Harriet, born July 9, 1799, mar- ried John Vinton. 12. Sally, in 1801, died February 21, 1802.
(VI) John Cox, sixth son and tenth child of Captain Unite .(5) and Hannah (Sprague) Cox, was born in Malden, Massachusetts, April 10, 1797, and died December 12, 1835. He married in that town, July 5, 1818, Lydia Andrew, of Weare, New Hampshire, and had children : 1. John Andrew, born April 13, 1819; he went to the gold fields of California in 1849, and died there. He married, June 24, 1841, Susan R. Steele, and had four children. Three of his sons are still living. 2. Charles Cole, see forward. 3. Lydia, October 25, 1822, married, November 12, 1843, Joseph Mills. 4. Levi, April 27, 1824; during the Civil war he enlist- ed in Company K, Seventeenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and was a sergeant at the time of his death, which oc- curred November 7, 1864, while he was at his home on a furlough. He married, July 8, 1849, Mary Ann Galuchia, daughter of Peter Ga- luchia, of Malden, and left six children. 5. Rebecca Green, March 6, 1826, married Wil- liam Davis. 6. Hannah Sprague, January 6, 1828, died August 29, 1829. 7. Asa, Novem- ber 8, 1830. 8. Mary Andrews, April 11, 1835, died July -, 1853.
(VII) Charles Cole Cox, second son and child of John (6) and Lydia (Andrew) Cox, was born in Malden, December 26, 1820. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and then learned the trade of dyeing. For many years he was employed by the old Barrett Dye House in Malden. Later he en-
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tered the employ of George P. Cox, last man- ufacturer, in the same town. For a time he was a member of the Malden Methodist Epis- copal church, but after his marriage became a Congregationalist. He was opposed to slavery, and joined the Free Soil party when it was or- ganized, and was always a stanch supporter of its principles. He took a prominent part in the public affairs of the township, particularly in those of the fire department, and for thir- teen years was captain of one of the com- panies of the Malden Fire Department. With one exception he is the oldest resident of Mal- den, and still takes a lively interest in all mat- ters concerning the welfare of the town. He married, October 22, 1843, Lucy Faulkner, born in Malden, July 30, 1824, daughter of David and Lucy (Perkins) Faulkner. Both the Faulkner and Perkins families were among the pioneer settlers of Essex county, and the Faulkner family early settled in Malden. Mr. and Mrs. Cox have had children : I. Charles Frederick, born April 25, 1845, for many years he was a bookkeeper in Boston, and now resides in Malden. He married (first) Susan Watts, and had two sons: Frederick Charles and Arthur Watson. He married (second) Mary L. McNutt. 2. George Everett, born August 16, 1846, married, June -, 1879, Jen- nie Lehman ; died February 24, 1900. 3. Al- fred Elmer, see forward. 4. Eugene Herbert, born June 12, 1852, resides in Malden. He married, October 1, 1873, Mary Mills, and had
children : Herbert Cleveland, deceased ; Charles Manson, who married Christine Mc- Donald, and has one son, Eugene Robert; Mamie Mills; Beulah Faulkner and Lucy Faulkner.
(VIII) Alfred Elmer Cox, third son and child of Charles Cole (7) and Lucy (Faulk- ner ) Cox, was born in Malden, Massachusetts, August 31, 1848. He attended the public schools of his native town, and at the early age of fifteen years commenced to earn his own living. His first position was that of clerk in the store of Williams & Page, dealers in rail- road supplies in Water street, Boston. At the expiration of five years in the employ of this firm he accepted a position in the business of his uncle, Benjamin Faulkner, who was the owner of a leather finishing factory in Malden. He remained in this position two years and then became a clerk in the office of The Atlan- tic Works of Boston, January 1, 1871, and about two years later, February I, 1873, was advanced to the position of head bookkeeper. He was elected treasurer of the corporation July 1, 1876, and has very capably filled that responsible position since that time. For the
past fifteen years he has also been a director and general manager of the company. He has been a director and treasurer of the East Bos- ton Dry Dock Company, an allied concern, since 1901, and is a director of the First Ward National Bank of East Boston.
While Mr. Cox is well known and highly respected in business and financial circles, he is better known to his townsmen and the gen- eral public for his long and honorable career in public life, He is a loyal and earnest Re- publican, and has given freely of his time and money in support of his political principles. He was a member of the board of selectmen of his native town in 1875-76, was town auditor in 1877, a member of town committees on ceme- tery, fire-alarm and by-laws from 1875 to 1881, on the school committee in 1880, on the com- mittee on city charter, which he assisted in. drafting and getting through the legislature. He is, indeed, one of the fathers of the city of Malden, which was incorporated largely through his efforts in 1881. He was a street commissioner in 1883, alderman at large in 1884-85-86, a member of the common council in 1887-88, being president of the board in the latter year, and again a member of the board of aldermen in 1889. When he declined further service in the city government in 1890 he was tendered a banquet by prominent citi- zens of Malden, in appreciation of the years of faithful and self-sacrificing labor he had given to the municipality. This banquet was held at the Parker House, Boston. The speeches on this occasion gave evidence of the high esteem in which Mr. Cox was held, both as a citizen and as a public servant. He was again impressed into public service in 1891, as a member of the newly organized board of street commissioners, and served until 1896. He was chosen a delegate, in 1900, to the Na- tional Republican Convention, which nomi- nated Theodore Roosevelt to the office of vice- president. He was elected to the governor's council in 1905, from the sixth councilor dis- trict, and re-elected from the Fourth district, after the lines were changed in 1906. He served from his senatorial district as a mem- ber of the Republican state committee from 1897 to 1904, and was chairman of the finan- cial committee from 1898 to 1904.
Mr. Cox is a member of the First Congre- gational Church of Malden, and is connected with the following organizations: Member of Mount Vernon Lodge, Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons; Ancient Order of United Workmen ; Knights of Pythias ; The Delibera- tive Assembly ; The Republican Club of Mas- sachusetts ; Middlesex Club; Malden Club ;
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Metropolitan Club of Washington, District of Columbia ; director of the Associated Charities of Malden, and chairman of its finance com- mittee; trustee of the Malden Hospital; and member of the Malden Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.
He married in Malden, November 23, 1869, Annie J. Bell, daughter of Joseph H. and Georgina (McLeod) Bell; the former was born in Wilmington, Massachusetts, August 9, 1824, died February 9, 1884; he was a school teacher by profession but later engaged in market gardening; the latter was born in Inverness, Scotland, November 10, 1826, died January 29, 1875. Mr. and Mrs. Cox have had children : I. Mabel Annie, born October 12, 1870, married Stephen B. Boyd and has had children : Stuart M., born June 10, 1895; Robert F., February 5, 1897; Katherine, July 17, 1898; Marjorie, November 7, 1900; John A., March 10, 19-, died June 8, 1906. 2. Agnes Evelyn, born December 17, 1871, died August 10, 1872. 3. Alice B., born June 25, 1873, married George A. Ricker, of Malden, has no children. 4. Marion G., born February 15, 1876, married Arthur W. Wright, of Marl- borough, has had children: Jessie L., born September 19, 1900; Janet M., November 21, 1903. 5. Jessie Lawrence, born June 28, 1877, died April 1, 1899. 6. Charles Cole, born April 10, 1880, married Harriet Maud Clifford; no children. 7. Philip W. L., born July 25, 1883, educated at Harvard College and the New Hampshire Agricultural College, and is now engaged in farming along scientific lines. 8. Annie Bell, born September 29, 1885, is a graduate of the Malden high school, and re- sides with her parents. 9. Alfred Elmer, Jr., born April 5, 1887, studied three years in the Malden high school, one year in the Massa- chusetts Agricultural College in Amherst and is at present in business in Boston. 10. Ab- bott R., born April 29, 1888, is a student in the Malden high school. II. Dora A., born No- vember 6, 1889, is a student in public and pri- vate schools.
(VII) Samuel Cox, son of Captain Unite Cox (6), was a twin of Unite, Jr., born June 12, 1787, at Malden. He was the founder of the business of manufacturing lasts with which his name was associated for many years, be-
(For early generations see preceding sketch.)
(VII) Samuel Cox, son of Captain COX Unite Cox (6), was a twin of Unite, Jr., born June 12, 1787, at Malden. He was the founder of the business of manu- facturing lasts with which his name was asso-
ciated for many years, beginning in a humble way in 1812 with a pattern whittled out with his jack knife. He married, May 22, 1809, Elizabeth Stanton. Children, born in Malden : I. Samuel Albert, born December 27, 181I, set- tled in Malden. 2. George Parker, March 5, 1814. 3. Eliza, February 8, 1816, died Oc- tober 4, 1817. 4. David Parker, August 17, 1818, mentioned below. 5. Elizabeth, March 4, 1821. 6. Joseph Warren, November 12, 1823. 7. Henry Augustus, March 24, 1834. 8. Arthur W., died October 23, 1839.
(VIII) David Parker Cox, son of Samuel Cox (7), was born at Malden, August 17, 1818, married, May 14, 1842, Rebecca Ann Waitt. He continued the manufacture of lasts established by his father at Malden. His children, born at Malden, were: I. Frances Elizabeth, July 25, 1844. 2. Lewis Herbert, July 3, 1850, died young. 3. Annie R., March II, 1860, died March 2, 1900; married, Oc- tober 25, 1882, Lauren Francis Colby. (See sketch of the Colby family).
(I) Joseph Peaslee, the immi- PEASLEE grant ancestor of this family in America, was born in Eng- land and came to this country in 1638 with his wife, settling first at Newbury, Massachusetts. Thence he went to Colchester, which was later called Salisbury, Massachusetts, in 1641, and he was one of the thirty-two landholders in Haverhill in 1645, then part of Colchester. He was admitted a freeman June 22, 1642. He bought land of Mr. Stratton and after- wards resigned it to the town. He was a pro- prietor of Haverhill in 1646. He refused to conform to the laws of the Puritan church and affiliated with the Friends (Quakers). The general court ordered that a fine of five shillings be imposed on him every time he ex- horted the people in the absence of the minister and also five shillings every time he absented himself from the Puritan church. He per- sistently refused to obey and removed from the immediate jurisdiction of the church, first to the west of the Powow river, now Ames- bury Mills, and set up a church at East Salis- bury and finally he retired to that part of Haverhill now Newton, New Hampshire, where he had a homestead of two hundred acres. He continued to preach the doctrines of George Fox and other Quaker preachers, resulting in the foundation of the Society of Friends in 1653. He was a self-educated phy- sician of much repute. He died in what is now Newton, New Hampshire, December 3,
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1660. He married Mary His will was proved November II, 1661, bequeathing to his wife Mary; son Joseph; daughters Elizabeth, Jane and Mary; grandchild Sarah Sawyer. Administration on her estate was granted to her son Joseph, September 27, 1694. Children : I. Elizabeth. 2. Jane, married, De- cember 10, 1646, John Davis (2). 3. Mary, married Joseph Whittier; living in 1660. 4. Sarah, born September 20, 1642, married Thomas Barnard, Jr. (2). 5. Joseph, Jr., born at Haverhill, September 9, 1646, mentioned below.
(II) Dr. Joseph Peaslee, son of Joseph Peaslee (I), was born in Haverhill, September 9, 1646, and died there March 21, 1734-35. He learned the profession of medicine as then practiced by his father. He was also a mem- ber of the Society of Friends. He received children's land in Amesbury in 1659 and "a township" in Amesbury in 1660, but lived in Haverhill after coming of age. . He took the oath of fidelity at Haverhill in 1677. He held many town offices. He married, January 21, 1671-72, Ruth Barnard, who died November 5, 1723. Children, all born in Haverhill: I. Mary, baptized July 14, 1672, married Joseph Wheeler. 2. Joseph, born July 19, 1674, mar- ried, September 18, 1694, Elizabeth Hastings. 3. Robert, born February 3, 1677-78, married, December 16, 1701, Alice Currier ; (second) Anne 4. John, born February 25, 1679-80, mentioned below. 5. Colonel Na- thaniel, born June 25, 1682, married Judith Kimball; (second) Abiah Swan; (third) -; was a merchant and land owner of Haverhill. 6. Ruth, born February 25, 1684- 85, at Haverhill, married, July II, 1705, Sam- uel Clement. 7. Ebenezer, born March 29, 1688. 8. Sarah, born August 15, 1690, mar- ried, March 4, 1710, Ebenezer Eastman.
(III) John Peaslee, son of Dr. Joseph Peaslee (2), was born February 25, 1679-80, in Haverhill. Married, May 1, 1705, Mary Martin (3), according to the records of the Friends' Society ; married, August 18, 1745, Mary Newbegin. He was a wheelwright by trade and lived in Haverhill. He was living in 1722. Children, born in Haverhill : 1. Joseph, born March, 1706, married, 1729, Martha Hoag. 2. John, December 9, 1707, mentioned below. 3. Mary. 4. Jacob, 1710, married, 1735, Huldah Brown. 5. Nathan, 1711, mar- ried, 1741, Lydia Grove. 6. Ruth. 7. Moses, 1714. 8. Ebenezer, married, 1744, Lydia Weed. 9. Sarah, married, October 27, 1731, Peter Morrill (3), son of John and grandson of John of Kittery, Maine.
(IV) Jolin Peaslee, son of John Peaslee (3), was born in Haverhill, December 9, 1707. Married Lydia Children, born in Haverhill: I. Sarah, May II, 1734. 2. Tim- othy, August 20, 1735. 3. John, February 18, 1736, mentioned below. 4. Ruth, September 13, 1738. 5. Philip, January 8, 1740. 6. Silas, October 15, 1742, removed to Canada. 7. Mary, October 2, 1744. 8. Paul, January 15, 1746. 9. Simeon, August 9, 1750. 10. Jede diah, March 26, 1757.
(V) John Peaslee, son of John Peaslee (4), was born February 18, 1736, in Haverhill. Married, 1768, Susanna Huntington, who died in 1823. He died in 1797. Children: I. Abi- gail, married Robert Johnson, 1788. 2. Lydia, married Johnson Paige. 3. Polly, married Simon Ayers. 4. Elijah, married Esther Bean. 5. Micajah, married Judith Choate. 6. John, born 1774, mentioned below. (See history of Weare, New Hampshire).
(VI) John Peaslee, son of John Peaslee (5), was born in 1774, probably in Weare, New Hampshire, whither the family moved from Haverhill, Massachusetts. He died at Weare, October 24, 1831. He married Lucy Dow, who died July 16, 1843. Children, born at Weare: I. Hannah, October 7, 1799, mar- ried, 1817, Oliver Barnard. 2. John, Novem- ber 30, 1801. 3. Lucy Dow, October 31, 1805, died 1879; married, 1829, Hazen Colby. (See sketch of the Colby family herewith). 4. Mary E., August 6, 1807, married Rodney Presby. 5. Susan C., May 14, 1811, married Thomas Davis.
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