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(IV) Ebenezer Allen, son of Samuel Allen (3), was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, April 26, 17II. He removed to Connecticut when very young and settled there in Windsor or vicinity. Like his brothers he probably moved from town to town.
(V) Elnathan Allen, cousin of Ethan Allen, grandson of Samuel Allen (3), and son of Ebenezer Allen (4), was born in 1752 in
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Litchfield or Woodbury, Connecticut. The record in the family Bible of Captain Roswell Allen, his eldest son, states that his wife Sarah died August 29, 1827, and that he died Octo- .ber 21, 1827. It is recorded on the tombstone in the Dana burying ground at Pomfret, Ver- mont, that Elnathan died at the age of sev- enty-five and his wife at the age of seventy- four, making their birth dates respectively 1752 and 1753. Elnathan Allen was a soldier in the Revolution in the Tenth Company from East Windsor, Connecticut, enlisting first May 17, 1775, in Hezekiah Parson's company, and was at the siege of Boston in Colonel Hin- man's regiment. This regiment was largely from Litchfield county. They reached Ticon- deroga and remained from June to December, 1776. Captain Parsons was of Enfield, Con- necticut. Allen settled at Pomfret, Vermont, at the close of the Revolution. He settled, lived and died on the farm occupied afterward by his son, Captain Roswell Allen, under Pin- nacle Hill. He married Sarah Gibbs, who was born March 20, 1753, daughter of Giles (4) and descended from Samuel (3); Samuel (2) ; Giles Gibbs (I). Her brother Seth en- listed in the same company with Allen, May 16, 1775.
Children: I. Captain Roswell, born March 7, 1777, died November 9, 1857; married Be- linda Pratt; children: i. Fanny, born Sep- tember 15, 1803; ii. Sarah, September 23, 1804; iii. Roswell, Jr., April 7, 1807, died January 5, 1879; iv. Adin, April 25, 1808, died October 6, 1844; v. James Madison, No- vember 28, 1809; vi. Belinda, June 16, 1813, died June 28, 1862; vii. George, January 27, 1815; viii. Jeremiah, born December 5, 1818. 2. Nathan, born February 19, 1780, married Theda Nobles, of Royalton, Vermont; chil- dren: i. Henry, born October 16, 1803; ii. Nathan, March 16, 1805; iii. Benjamin Franklin, February 6, 1807; iv. Mary, Janu- ary 1, 1809, died September 1, 1809; v. Ar- rilla, May 10, 1811; vi. William, February 23, 1812; vii. Charlotte, July 19, 1814; viii. Calvin, October 6, 1816; ix. Elijah Durfee, April 30, 1819; x. Clarissa Belknap, June, 1825; xi. Elizabeth Lydia, March, 1827, died January 20, 1873. 3. Sarah, born August I, 1783, died April 28, 1851 ; married, February 8. 1807, Jeremiah Jones ; children : i. Alice, born April 1, 1808; ii. Levi, June 5, 1810; iii. Ira, June 16, 1812, died December II, 1876; iv. Anna Emeline, February 17, 1815, died April 22, 1836; v. Henry Harrison, March 25, 1818; vi. Alonzo Judson, October 7, 1827, died December 27, 1853. 4. Gilbert,
born September 20, 1786, mentioned below. 5. Levi, born May 9, 1788, died August 14, 1844; married, February 9, 1815, Peggy Win- chell; children: i. Sarah Lurania, born April 30, 1819; ii. Levi Harrison, June 2, 1821 ; iii. Hartwell, June 26, 1830; iv. Gilbert Lafay- ette, May 15, 1834. 6. Ira. 7. Henry.
(VI) Gilbert Allen, son of Elnathan Allen (5), was born September 20, 1786, at Pom- fret, Vermont, and died there April 11, 1870. He was brought up on his father's farm and received the education afforded by the district schools of his native town. He removed to East Barnard, Vermont, where he had a gen- eral store, dealing also in horses. He was a natural salesman and prospered in business. He sold calfskins on commission and did some teaming and he conducted a two hundred acre farm at the same time. In his later years he had the misfortune to lose most of his property and, after he gave up business, he lived with his children. He died April 1I, 1870, at Pom- fret, Vermont. He was a shrewd business man, of a social and jovial disposition, enjoying the respect and friendship of all his townspeople. He was a justice of the peace, a Universalist in religion, a Whig and later Free Soiler in politics, believing firmly in Abolition. In his later years he was a staunch Republican. He served in the militia.
He married, April 26, 1807, Lucy Winchell, a native of Turkey Hill, Connecticut (now East Granby, Massachusetts), in 1788, and died May 3, 1862, at Pomfret, Vermont, daughter of Dan and Lurania (Miner) Win- chell. Children : I. John, born June 5, 1808, mentioned below. 2. Alonzo Giles, born Sep- tember 2, 1811, died October 8, 1872 ; married, September 5, 1836, Sarah Emerson, of Wood- stock, Vermont; children : i. William Henry, born October 12, 1837; ii. Adelia Anna, May 30, 1840; iii. Lucy Elmina, March 30, 1842; iv. . William Flavius, December 10, 1843; v. Alonzo Marcellua, October 26, 1846; vi. Sarah Maria, February 3, 1856. 3. Harry, born May 13, 1814, died May 31, 1902; married, May 23, 1839, Jane Whitman, of Pomfret, Ver- mont ; children : i. Miner William, born Oc- tober 29, 1840, died January 12, 1887 ; ii. Os- car Fayette, January 20, 1843; iii. Thirza Lucy, February 17, 1846; iv. Clarissa Jane, February 2, 1849, died June 17, 1905 ; v. Sel- den Harry, May 2, 1851. 4. Selden Miner, born January 21, 1817, died 1868: married Eliza Miranda Leonard; children: i. Selden Miner, Jr .: ii. Rosaltha Sarah, born January 14, 1841 ; iii. Savillion Selden, March 27, 1842 ; iv. Joseph Rix, November 10, 1843 ; v. Augus-
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ta Eliza, August 28, 1845; vi. Ethan; vii. Kezia Leonard, born November 14, 1850; viii. Grace Miranda ; ix. Lucy Winchell ; x. Cynthia Bugbee. 5. Maria Lucy, born June 18, 1821, married, June 18, 1840, Cyrus Alonzo Keith, of Pomfret; children: i. Josephine Narcissa, born May 19, 1841, died January 29, 1843; ii. Josephine Narcissa, January 6, 1844; iii. Evangeline Louisa, May 20, 1854 ; iv. Dr. Hal- bert Lynn, April 7, 1860; v. Avis Muna, Oc- tober 16, 1864. 6. Gilbert Daniel, born March 2, 1825, died March 3, 1887 ; married, June 4, 1847, Amity A. Leonard, of Pomfret; chil- dren : i. Ethan Warrington, born October II, 1847, died January 16, 1890; ii. Laura Mal- vina, born August 20, 1849.
(VII) John Allen, son of Gilbert Allen (6), was born at Royalton, Vermont, June 5, 1808, and removed about 1812 with his parents to Pomfret, Vermont, where he attended the dis- trict school, but he was self-educated for the most part. In 1830 he left his father's farm and began on his own account on a farm he bought. He was a typical Vermont farmer, raising cattle, horses and sheep, and making something of a specialty of maple sugar. He was of large and powerful frame and much force of character, sometimes rather brusque of speech, but always upright and straight- forward in all his dealings. He was a justice of the peace and transacted much of the legal business of the community. He was a Uni- versalist in religion, and a Democrat in politics. He died May 22, 1893. He married, March 4, 1830, at Pomfret, Eliza Fuller, born at Sharon, May 28, 1807%, died April 29, 1861, at Pomfret, daughter of Joseph Fuller. Children: I. Ed- win, born February 23, 1831, died December 16, 1832. 2. Edwin, born December 16, 1832, mentioned below. 3. Edgar John, born Au- gust 21, 1835, died August 7, 1905; married (first), October 10, 1858, Rosina Moore; married (second), November 10, 1883, Alice Barrows, of Bridgewater, Vermont. Children of first wife: i. Eliza Chloe, born October 15, 1859 ; ii. Rose Marion, December 18, 1869; iii. Fred Edgar, April 14, 1878; child of the second wife: iv. Truman. 4. Henry Charles, born March 7, 1838, married Anna E. Colvin, of Illinois ; child, Byron, died in 1883, aged thir- teen. 5. Rev. Truman Follette, born June 18, 1840, married, August 1, 1864, Hattie A. Coates, of Omro, Wisconsin ; children : i. Man- tie Helen, born December 12, 1868; ii. Myrtie Louise, May 2, 1870; iii. Flora Evangeline, November 4, 1871. 6. James Monroe, born September 28, 1848. 7. John, married Mrs. Ruth Childs (Leonard) Perry.
(VIII) Edwin Allen, son of John Allen (7),. was born at Pomfret, Vermont, December 16,, 1832, and died September 9, 1899. He was. brought up on the farm of his father, and edu- cated at the district schools and at Royalton. Academy and Thetford Academy. While at- tending the academy, he taught school in vari -. ous towns on Cape Cod. In 1852 he bought: the farm on which he was born, and was assist -. ed by his father in establishing his home. He. lived on this farm of one hundred and fifty acres all his life. It is located in the northwest. part of Pomfret on what is called Allen Hill .. He made a specialty of Spanish merino sheep, and in later years raised much Jersey stock for his own dairy and for sale. His own herd. numbered twenty-five or more and was reckon -- ed among the best in the state. He made but- ter of excellent quality, and had a cider mill. which he operated during the season. He was. a man of much ability and some legal educa- tion. He transacted much legal business, was the leading auctioneer and conveyancer of the community for forty years, and settled more estates than any other man in the section. He was of social disposition, well beloved and. highly esteemed by his townsmen. He was a member of the Universalist church, a constant: attendant and an officer of the society. He was a Democrat in his younger days, but after the organization of the Republican party became a member of the same. He was an assessor, selectman, member of the school committee, constable, cemetery commissioner and road commissioner. His position as justice of the peace brought him the title of Squire Allen. He was a member of Woodstock Lodge, No .. 31, Free Masons, of Woodstock, Vermont. He married, November 18, 1852, Ruth Lull Keith, born February 16, 1830, at Pomfret, daughter of Vergene and Calista (Lull) Keith, of Pom- fret. Her father was a farmer. Children : I. Clarence Jean, born July 24, 1853, mentioned below. 2. Sherman Chancellor, born Septem- ber 8, 1857, died June 8, 1887. 3. Claude Henry, born February 15, 1862, died March 12, 1866.
(IX) Dr. Clarence Jean Allen, son of Edwin Allen (8), was born at Pomfret, Vermont, July 24, 1853. In early youth he began to work on his father's farm, and he attended the common schools of his native town until four- teen years of age. He then attended the Green Mountain Perkins Institute at South Wood- stock, Vermont, and took a two-year course in the Randolph state normal school, from which he was graduated in June, 1873. He had, how- ever, been teaching school for four years be-
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tween terms at Sharon and Woodstock, Ver- mont. He was for two years after graduation in charge of the graded schools of Berrington, Illinois, and for the next three years had charge of the graded schools of Wauconda, Illinois, and for five years had the schools of Marengo, Illinois. In the meantime he had been studying medicine under Dr. George D. Carnes, and in the spring of 1883 became a student in the Dartmouth Medical School, con- tinuing at the University of Vermont in the winter and spring courses, and graduating there in the summer of 1884 with the degree of M. D. He was one of five who in taking post examinations received examination hon- ors. He began to practice his profession at Waitsfield, but after five years entered the New York Post Graduate Hospital to take a post graduate course of three months. During the next nine years he practiced medicine in Peterborough, New Hampshire, taking from time to time during the summer months courses and hospital work at the Massachusetts Gen- eral Hospital, City Hospital and the Infirmary at Ash and Bennett streets, all in Boston. In 1898 he removed his office to Winchester, Mas- sachusetts. After two years he removed his office from Winthrop street to 38 Church street, where he is at present located in a house that he built for office and residence. Dr. Allen joined the Congregational church at Waits- field, and is now a member of the Winchester Congregational church. He was chairman of the parish committee while at Peterborough and is director of the Sunday school at Win- chester. In politics he is a Republican, and served his party as delegate to the Vermont state convention some years ago. He was town auditor for several years in Peterborough, seven years on the board of health, five years chairman of the board of trustees of the Peter- borough public library, and superintendent of schools at Waitsfield, Vermont. He is at pres- ent president of the British American Land and Development Company of Boston. He is a member of Waterfield Lodge, No. 231, of Odd Fellows, at Winchester, Massachusetts, and past noble grand of that lodge. He is a member of Aberjona Council, Royal Arcanum ; of the Massachusetts Society Sons of the American Revolution ; Sons of Vermont Asso- ciation; Calumet Club of Winchester; the Cheshire County Medical Society of New Hampshire; the New Hampshire State Medi- cal Society ; the Massachusetts State Medical Society, and the American Medical Associa- tion.
He married, August 31, 1875, Eva Ophelia
Joslyn, born March 5, 1853, at Waitsfield, Ver- mont, daughter of Cornelius Emerson and: Josette (Dumas) Joslyn, of Waitsfield. Her father was a farmer. Their only child, Clare Jean, born June I, 1880, at Marengo, Illinois,. married, June 28, 1905, Arthur Everett Joslin, of Chicago, Illinois; child, Jean Joslin, born. May 6, 1906.
(For preceding generations see Gilbert 6.)
(VII) Harry Allen, son of Gil- ALLEN bert Allen (6), was born on the old Allen homestead at Pomfret,. Vermont (Allen Hill), May 13, 1814, and died May 31, 1901. He was brought up on his. father's farm and received a common school education. He remained with his father on the. farm until his marriage at the age of twenty- five, when he bought one hundred and eight acres, one-half of his father's farm, situated in. the northwest corner of the township, near the. East Barnard line. Here he raised general crops-potatoes, corn, wheat, oats, and sheep,. cattle and horses. His health had never been good, and on this account in 1870 he gave up, the management of the farm to his son Selden' H. Allen. With the exception of two years. when he lived at the foot of Allen Hill, he lived. on the farm all his life, eighty-seven years. He. had the reputation of being one of the best farmers in the country, and his farm was al- ways in the best condition. The miles of stone. wall which he built are a monument to his en- ergy. On account of his own lack of education he worked hard to give his children a liberal: education. His perseverance was remarkable .. He was of a happy disposition, quiet in man- ner, and he never had an enemy. He was a: Universalist, with deep religious convictions .. He was a Whig in politics, a free soiler, and later a Republican. He trained in the early militia.
He married, May 23, 1839, Jane Whitman,. born April 23, 1819, and died June 6, 1888,. daughter of William and Thirza (Richardson) Whitman of Pomfret, Vermont. Her father- was a farmer and served in the Revolution. Children : 1. Miner William, born October 29,. 1840; married, October 29, 1864, Elmina Hewett, of Pomfret ; children : i. Clyde Miner, born August 6, 1866; died January 5, 1867; ii. Elbert Lincoln, born April 11, 1868; iii. Harry Lician, born July 10, 1875 ; iv. William Miner, born January 17, 1878. 2. Oscar Fayette, born January 20, 1843 : mentioned below. 3. Thirza Lucy, born February 17, 1846, died in Pom- fret, Vermont, February, 1892. 4. Clara Jane,
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born February 2, 1849; died June 17, 1905. 5. Selden Harry, born May 2, 1851; married, March 4, 1875, Lucy P. Goff, of Pomfret ; chil- dren : i. Alice Adel, born April 21, 1875; ii. Oscar Fay, born May 4, 1886.
(VIII) Oscar Fayette Allen, son of Harry Allen (7), was born at Pomfret, Vermont, January 20, 1843. He received his education in the common schools and in the Green Moun- tain Institute at Woodstock, Vermont, now the Green Mountain Perkins Academy. When he was nineteen years old he began to teach his own district school, the first term. The second term he taught in the (Chedel) district, near his home, and the third term at the Broad Brook district in Royalton. He then taught the No. 9 district at Sharon, and at East Bar- nard, Vermont, and the fifth term again in his own district. In the fall of 1867 he removed to Wauconda, Illinois, where he taught a year in the primary and high schools. He then re- moved to Cameron, Missouri, and taught in the public and private schools for eight years. Here he became identified with the Congrega- tional church, and sang in the choir and was superintendent of the Sunday school. In 1876 he came to Boston, and later accepted a posi- tion as salesman in Dodge's Ninety-nine Cent Store on Hanover street. After two years with that establishment he entered the Cam- bridge Savings Bank, where for seven years he worked as clerk and bookkeeper, and also served as paying teller. In 1884 he was elected treasurer of the institution, which position he now holds. He is also trustee and clerk of the corporation. Mr. Allen resides at 39 Martin street, Cambridge, in a beautiful home which he built in 1900. He attends the Unitarian church, which was the first church in Cam- bridge, being founded in 1633. He is a Re- publican in politics. He is a life member of Mizpah Lodge of Masons, at Cambridge, join- ing May 13, 1889. He served as its worship- ful master in 1900 and 1901, and also as audi- tor of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Massa- chusetts since 1901. He is a member of Cam- bridge Royal Arch Chapter of Masons, since November 13, 1891, and is also a life member of this body. He received his degrees of knighthood in the Boston Commandery of Knights Templars in Boston, April 15, 1903, and served as its treasurer in 1906 and 1907, although he has now resigned. He is a mem- ber of Signet Chapter, No. 22, of the order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Allen is a charter mem- ber of the Cambridge Historical Society, which was chartered in 1905, and was treasurer of this society in 1905, 1906 and 1907, now re-
signed. He is a member of the Vermont Asso- ciation of Boston, and of the Massachusetts Savings Bank Treasurers' Club, of which he was secretary four years, and a member of the Citizens' First Volunteers Association of Cambridge, Massachusetts; this association annually banquets the first company of volun- teers that enlisted in the Civil war, on April 17, 1861. He served in the Vermont state militia when a young man.
He married October 20, 1865, Flora Viola Allen, born April 2, 1844, daughter of Roswell Jr. and Mary (Snow) Allen of Pomfret, Ver- mont. Her father was a farmer. They have no children.
FITZ Robert Fitz, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England. His name and that of the early generations was spelled Fitt, Fitts, and the latter spelling is still common among the descendants of Robert Fitz. He settled first in Ipswich, Mas- sachusetts, whence he came to Salisbury among the original settlers. He emigrated from Fitz- ford, Tavistock, Devonshire, England, in 1635. He was a man of education, high social posi- tion and Puritan integrity. He was a kinsman of Richard Fitts, who settled in Ipswich, Mas- sachusetts. He removed to Salisbury in 1639 and returned to Ipswich before January 5, 1663. He died there May 9, 1665, leaving a wife Grace and a son Abraham. His wife was born in England and came over with him. His will, dated at Ipswich, January 5, 1663, was proved June 26, 1665. His widow died at Ips- wich, April 25, 1684. She was probably a second wife, since his son Abraham calls her mother-in-law. She was probably a Townsend since she "appoints her loving brother Robert Townsend of Ipswich her attorney in a suit against Edward Gove." One of his wives may have been a Barnes, since his will mentions "my brother William Barnes."
(II) Abraham Fitz, son of Robert Fitz (I), was born in England or soon after his parents came to America. Married Sarah Thompson, May 16, 1655 (by Governor Simon Brad- street). She was the daughter of Simon Thompson, who was born about 1610; was in Ipswich in 1636; made freeman in 1641 or 1648; deeded land to Abraham Fitz in 1658; made his will and died in 1676, appointing Abraham Fitz joint executor and heir. His first wife died June 5, 1664, and he married (second), January 7, 1668, Rebecca, the widow of Tyler Birdley (Burleigh or Burley), who was in Ipswich in 1648. She survived him
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and in 1679 deeded to her son, Andrew Burley or Birdley, all her right in the estate of her first husband. She died June 2, 1709. He was ad- mitted a freeman March II, 1673-74. He was a soldier in King Philip's war in 1675 in the Ipswich company, and was also in the Phipps expedition in 1690. He died March 27, 1692. His will dated February 24, 1692, was pre- sented for probate March 29, 1692, leaving an estate valued at 366 pounds. Children: I. Sarah, born February 21, 1657, died June 14, 1660. 2. Abraham. 3. Robert, born March 30, 1660, died June 15, 1661. 4. Sarah, born March 15, 1661, married, December 30, 1686, William Baker. Children of Abraham and Rebecca Fitz : 5. Robert, born May 28, 1670, died young. 6. Richard, born February 26, 1672, mentioned below. 7. Isaac, born July 3, 1675, ancestor of Essex county branch.
(III) Richard Fitz, son of Abraham Fitz (2), was born in Salisbury or Ipswich, Massa- chusetts. He married, March 18, 1694-95, Sarah Thorne. He received by deed from his father, January 16, 1691, all his lands in Salis- bury, including the original grants of his grandfather, Robert Fitz. He soon afterward removed from Ipswich to Salisbury where he built for his residence a block-house designed to resist Indian attacks. The same lands are now or were lately owned by his descendants, having remained in the family by inheritance. His will was dated July 25, 1741, and proved January 14, 1745. He died December 3, 1744. His wife was a superior woman, and remark- able for resolution of character, bravery and piety, walking sixteen miles to worship with the people of God at Ipswich, of which church she was a member. "She was a dutiful and af- fectionate wife, a kind mother and a pious, charitable and useful member of society." She died March, 1773, aged one hundred years. Children : I. Isaac, born December 19, 1695, died August 10, 1696. 2. Sarah, born July 12, 1697, married, February 8, 1721, Jeremiah Al- len. 3. Nathaniel, born July 13, 1699, died February 6, 1784. 4. Martha, born February 27, 1702, married, April 1, 1727, John East- man, of Salisbury, who was born December 27, . 1701, great-grandson of Roger Eastman, the immigrant. 5. Richard, born January 20, 1705, mentioned below. 6. Ward, born June 9, 1707. 7. Daniel, born April 30, 1710, died March 30, 1796. 8. Jerusha, born December 10, 1712, married Roger Eastman; their daughter Abi- gail, born September 27, 1730, was the second wife of Colonel Ebenezer Webster, and mother of Hon. Daniel Webster, who was born Janu-
ary 18, 1782, United States senator, died Oc- tober 24, 1852.
(IV) Richard Fitz, son of Richard Fitz (3), was born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, January 20, 1705, died February 23, 1791. Married, April 6, 1727, Sarah Brown. He settled in South Hampton, New Hampshire .. She was born September 14, 1708, daughter of Ephraim and Lydia Brown, of Salisbury, and. descendant of Henry Brown who came from England and settled in Salisbury, Massachu- setts, bout 1640. Richard Fitz owned the cov- enant in the Congregational West Church at. Salisbury, December 24, 1727 ; his wife united with the same church May 5, 1728. She died about 1754. He married (second) ,. April, 1757, Dorothy Evans, of Salisbury. His. farm in South Hampton he cleared himself, a labor of great magnitude and no little danger, as the country was infested with hostile In- dians. He and twenty-eight other settlers who. "had done considerable towards building a meeting house at a place called Logging Plain" gave it to the town, which had been incorpor -- ated May 27, 1742. He deeded to his son. Daniel, May 1, 1754, fifty acres of land at. Kingston, New Hampshire. He was on a com- mittee appointed by the town March 1, 1756, to survey a route for a highway. He died February 23, 1791. His will was dated May 3, 1787, and was proved March 16, 1791. The- inventory is dated April 2, 1791. Children : I. Sarah, born November 27, 1727, married Dan -- iel Quimby, of Amesbury, Massachusetts. 2. Daniel, born September 25, 1729, baptized Oc- tober, 1729, mentioned below. 3. Nathaniel, died unmarried May II, 1779. 4. Elizabeth, born February 5, 1733, married, 1752-53, Tim- othy Flanders. 5. Jonathan, born July 29, 1734, married Susannah Pike. 6. Lydia, born November 3, 1737, married Ebenezer Eastman. 7. Abigail, born September 10, 1739, married Nathaniel Morrill, of Brentwood. 8. Mary, born May 22, 1743, married Moses Jones, of Enfield. 9. Ephraim, born May 10, 1745, died April 13, 1800. 10. Martha, born March 13, 1747, married Jonathan King. II. Isaac, born March 27, 1749, soldier in Revolution ; died in the service at Concord, New Hampshire, un- married, February 17, 1778. 12. Anna, born January 20, 1751, married Moses Sawyer, of Salisbury, New Hampshire, January 16, 1775. Two other children died in infancy.
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