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(I) Isaac Hart, of Watertown, Reading, Lynn, and Lynnfield, Massachusetts, died at Lynnfield, February 10, 1699-1700, married about 1650, Elizabeth Hutchins, who died his widow, November 28, 1700. Isaac Hart, aged twenty-two, embarked with other passengers at Yarmouth, England, April 11, 1637, on the "Rose," Anderson master, for New England. He is supposed to have been born at Scratley, county Norfolk, England, about 1615. He first settled at Watertown, Massachusetts. Subse- quently he removed to Lynn, and later to Read- ing, and was residing there March 3, 1656, when he with his wife Elizabeth conveyed
property at Watertown consisting of a house and several parcels of land, to Samuel Strat- ton, of Watertown. He afterwards removed to the north part of Reading, having purchased a large estate there, and having in 1673 pur- chased some five hundred acres of land in the adjoining village of Lynnfield, then a part of Lynn, removed there and there finally settled. He was a member of Captain Gardner's com- pany in King Philip's war, serving from Feb- ruary to November, 1676. In his will, pro- bated February 19, 1699-1700, he names his sons Thomas, John, Samuel and Adam; and his daughters Elizabeth Winborne and De- borah Proctor. Children: I. Elizabeth, born December II, 1651, married, April II, 1667, John Rosseter Winborn, of Malden, Massa- chusetts. 2. Deborah, married, February 15, 1673, Benjamin Proctor, of Ipswich, Massa- chusetts. 3. Thomas, died March 8, 1730-I, unmarried. 4. John. 5. Samuel, born Febru- ary 9, 1656, see forward. 6. Adam, born April 4, 1666, died at Reading, Massachusetts, September 17, 1745, married (first) about 1703, Elizabeth Collson, of Reading; married (second), September 29, 1725, Abigail Dale, of Woburn, Massachusetts, who died February 9, 1735; and married (third), October 21, 1735, Dorcas Brown.
(II) Captain Samuel Hart, son of Isaac Hart (I), born at Reading, Massachusetts, February 9, 1656, died at Lynnfield, Massa- chusetts, December 30, 1730; married Sarah Endicott, reputed to be a niece of Governor John Endicott, of Salem, Massachusetts. Sam- uel Hart was a sea-captain, and followed the sea for nearly half a century. Subsequently he resided on his farm in Lynnfield. Children : I. Elizabeth, born November 16, 1686; mar- ried, April I, 1709, Samuel Potter, resided at Lynn, Massachusetts. 2. Thomas, born Au- gust 12, 1696. 3. Samuel, born October 30,. 1698; married Hepzibah Eaton, of Lynn. 4. John, born March 25, 1703, see forward. 5. Jonathan, born November 2, 1710; married, 1735, Mercy Hawkes; resided in Lynn and Lynnfield, Massachusetts, and about 1760 re- moved to Maugerville, Nova Scotia.
(III) John Hart, son of Captain Samuel Hart (2), born at Lynnfield, Massachusetts, March 25, 1703, died there in 1777; married (intention dated May 21, 1732) Mehitable Endicott, born August 14, 1699, daughter of Zerubbabel and Grace (Simonds) Endicott, of Boxford, Massachusetts, and a great-grand- daughter of Governor John Endicott, of Salem, Massachusetts. Mr. Hart was a farmer. His will, dated April 9, 1777, probated December
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I, 1777, names his sons John and Zerubbabel Hart, and daughter Sarah Buxton. Children : I. John, born 1733, see forward. 2. Zerubba- bel, born 1738, died February 14, 1797; mar- ried, June 22, 1762, Eunice Curtis, of Danvers ; resided at Lynnfield, Massachusetts ; he was a member of Captain Nathaniel Bancroft's (Lynn) company, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Lexington and Concord. 3. Mehitable, born 1743, died April 9, 1766, aged twenty-three years. 4. Sarah, married, November 7, 1776, Anthony Buxton, of Dan- vers, Massachusetts.
(IV) John Hart, son of John Hart (3), born at Lynn, about 1733, died at Lynnfield, Massachusetts, April II, 18II, aged seventy- eight years ; married, at Lynn, Massachusetts, April 19, 1757, Lydia Curtis, who died April 10, 1818, aged eighty-four years. John Hart was a farmer. He was a sergeant in a com- pany of men belonging to Lynn (now called Lynn, Lynnfield, and Saugus), who served at Concord and elsewhere on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; also a member of Captain Ebenezer Winship's company, Colonel Nixon's (fifth) regiment, enlisted May 3, 1775, service three months. Children: I. Jacob, baptized No- vember 12, 1758; married (first), April 24, 1777, Hannah Cox, of Beverly, Massachusetts ; married (second), 1829, Hannah M. Brown, of Wenham, Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the revolutionary war. 2. John, baptized Oc- tober 13, 1760, died about 1793; married, March 20, 1780, Dorcas Brown, of Danvers, Massachusetts, who married second, August 31, 1794, John Day, of Salem, Massachusetts. 3. Ebenezer, born November 15, 1762, died March 26, 1849, aged seventy-seven years ; married, October 25, 1792, Polly Smith, of Danvers, Massachusetts. 4. Mehitable, bap- tized December 16, 1764; married, June 18, 1789, Phineas Green, resided at Malden, Mas- sachusetts. 5. William, born in 1766, died in 1799; married, December 12, 1793, Mary Smith, of Marblehead, Massachusetts, who married second, James Newhall, of Lynn, Mas- sachusetts, and died February 18, 1855, aged seventy-seven years. 6. Sarah, baptized April 23, 1769, died unmarried September 22, 1815, aged forty-six years. 7. Daniel, baptized No- vember 10, 1771, see forward. 8. Joseph, baptized November 19, 1774, died at Salem, Massachusetts, December 3, 1830; married, March 25, 1799, Elizabeth Tapley ; resided at Lynnfield and Salem, Massachusetts. 9. Ly- dia, baptized August 25, 1775, never married. IO. Molly, baptized July 18, 1779; married Theodore Flagg, of Lynnfield, Massachusetts.
(V) Daniel Hart, son of John Hart (4), born at Lynnfield, Massachusetts, baptized there, November 10, 1771, died at Lynnfield, October 20, 1827 ; married, December 13, 1792, Polly Tapley, of Lynnfield, died at North Reading, November 2; 1860, aged eighty-four years ten months and twelve days, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Smith) Tapley. Daniel Hart was a farmer. Children: I. David, born April 22, 1793; see forward. 2. Daniel, born October 23, 1794, died May 31, 1855; mar- ried, January 25, 1821, Margaret Norton, of Royalston, Massachusetts, who died at Read- ing, Massachusetts, February 4, 1867, resided at North Reading, Massachusetts. 3. Betsey, born May 22, 1797; married, April 21, 1816, Daniel Townsend, of Lynnfield. 4. William, born June 13, 1799, died at Lynn, Massachu- setts, November 11, 1883 ; married, September 29, 1833, Elizabeth Bruce, of Marblehead, who died his widow September 10, 1884. 5. Lucy, born August 21, 1801; married her cousin, Martin Hart, of Danvers, Massachusetts, and died about 1828. 6. Phebe, born October 13, 1803 ; married John Wheeler, of Salem, Mas- sachusetts. 7. Aaron Tapley, born March 13, 1806, died unmarried, August 3, 1846. 8. Elijah Tapley, born September 23, 1808, died unmarried, January 18, 1848. 9. Polly, born March 23, 1811, died August 16, 1820. IO. Joseph Tapley, born March 10, 1813, died at Woburn, Massachusetts, April 20, 1894; mar- ried December 17, 1834, Nancy Holt, who died at Lynn, Massachusetts, November 17, 1883. II. Sally Avery, born April 8, 1815; married Benjamin Simons, of Salem, Massachusetts. 12. Clarissa Tapley, born February 20, 1818; married, September 29, 1848, Sylvester S. Beard, of North Reading, Massachusetts. 13. Polly, born November 23, 1820, died October 20, 1851 ; married, April 25, 1839, Charles Norwood, of Lynnfield, Massachusetts.
(VI) David Hart, son of Daniel Hart (5), born at Lynnfield, Massachusetts, April 22, 1793, died at Woburn, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 9, 1855, aged sixty-two years and eight months ; married, November 10, 1816, Susan Eames, born at Wilmington, Massachusetts, August 23, 1796, died at Woburn, April 9, 1871, aged seventy-four years and seven months, daughter of Ensign Nathan and Sus- anna (Harnden) Eames, of Wilmington. David Hart received his schooling in his na- tive town, and early learned the trade of a butcher. He continued in the meat business all his life, or as long as he was able to trans- act business. An accident which occurred to him impaired his physical powers and affected
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him greatly to the detriment of his business. He was a trader in cattle, and patronized the. Brighton market for his stock. In Woburn he lived on the George Baldwin farm for about ten years, on which he did some farming in connection with his other affairs. He was a re- ligious man, being a member of the First Con- gregational church of Woburn, a Whig in politics, and one of quiet habits and bearing. Four of his children (Lavinia, David Dexter, Sylvania, and Mary) were baptized July 4, 1830. Children: I. Lavinia, born 1817 ; mar- ried, May 2, 1839, John B. Kendall, of Tewks- bury, Massachusetts. 2. David Dexter, born March 5, 1819, see forward. 3. Sylvania, married, December 26, 1847, John Wood, of Burlington, Massachusetts; resided in Bur- lington until about 1866, then removed to Wo- burn, and then to Brighton, where he died in 1876; she died in California. 4. Mary, born -; married, January 10, 1843, Stephen A. Coburn, of Lowell, Massachusetts. 5. Child, died at Woburn, September 6, 1826.
(VII) David Dexter Hart, son of David Hart (6), born at North Reading, Massa- chusetts, March 5, 1819, died at Woburn, Mas- sachusetts, March 2, 1882, aged sixty-two years eleven months and seventeen days ; married, at Boston Ruth Richard- son, born at Woburn, Massachusetts, January 5, 1817, died there, March 6, .1902, aged eighty-five years, daughter of Benjamin and Ruth (Richardson) Wood of Stoneham, Mas- sachusetts. Mr. Hart received his education in the common schools of Reading and at North Woburn, and that mostly during the winter months. He worked on his father's farm during his youth and early manhood, and early started in the express business, driving a four-horse team between Woburn and Bos- ton for himself. He came to Woburn to re- side when he was young, and the express busi- ness with teams, as conducted by him, was end- ed by the opening of the steam railroad. He then entered the employ of the Boston & Low- ell railroad, first as a brakeman, later as a con- ductor, and lastly as a ticket agent at the sta- tion in Boston, where he remained fifteen years. At the time he was ticket seller he es- tablished a sales stable in Boston in two stables which he built on Friend street, and they are still standing. In the early part of his ticket agency he invested largely in real estate, and in time owned in Woburn what is called Meet- ing House Hill. He sold much of this prop- erty to advantage, including the spot where the present Lyceum Hall stands. In 1864, having resigned his position in the ticket office in Wo-
burn, on April I, with Charles S. Converse as partner of one-third interest, he established the present Hart & Company Express. He was for a time interested in the stable business on Walnut street, Woburn, and on January I, 1871, he sold his interest in the express busi- ness to his sons Charles, George and Ward, and practically retired, returning to the work on his farm at Central Square where he con- tinued until his death. After 1871 the history of the express business as conducted by Hart & Company, was briefly as follows: George G. Hart sold his interest to his brothers, who were then in equal partnership. This con- tinued under the remaining brothers until Mr. Converse sold his interest on January 1, 1886, to the American Express Company, who oper- ated independent of Hart & Company in Wo- burn and established its own line. About one year and nine months after the American Ex- press Company deal, Mr. Charles C. Hart sold his interest to Ward W. Hart (October I, 1887), who continued the business under the old firm name. The Boston offices have been on Leverett street, the main office; and 32 Court Square, 89 Broad street, 77 Kingston and 108 Arch street, branches. The company's general business is between Boston, Woburn, and North Woburn. Jairus Foster drove the first team of this concern at the Boston end, and Louis Neville drove the first team at the Woburn end. Such was the beginning of the present large business, which now employs thirty-two horses and twenty-five drivers. The great bulk of the business is handled over the Boston and Maine railroad with one team trav- elling overland.
David Dexter Hart, during the time that he was in the employ of the Boston & Lowell railroad, was superintendent of affairs between Winchester and Woburn, and the building of the station in Woburn, now discontinued, was done under his supervision. In 1872 Mr. Hart went to California, where he had the settling of two estates. He was a member of the First Congregational church, was on the parish com- mittee, and also on the building committee when the present church edifice was erected. He was a Whig in politics, and later a Repub- lican. He held the office of selectman and chairman of the highway commissioners, di- rector of the Savings Bank, representative to the legislature, and belonged to the Masonic fraternity, and at one time was a member of the noted military company known as the Bos- ton Lancers. Mr. Hart was a great speech- maker, being bright and witty, a good judge of human nature, and had also a trait common
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to his family in general, an unusually good judgment of horseflesh. The following tribute by one of his best educated and influential ac- quaintances was published at the time of his decease :
"Mr. Hart was one of Woburn's best known citizens. He started life with few advantages of education or social connections, but not- withstanding the want of these accomplish- ments which come so easy to many in these modern days, he acquired to a remarkable de- gree a pleasant and manly bearing in society, a free and happy address in public meetings, and in his correspondence, and a high degree of executive ability in business. He was frank, fearless, and outspoken in private con- versation and in all matters of public interest, and yet he was so considerate and charitable in spirit that he won the respect of those from whom he differed in opinion, and left the im- pression upon all who knew him that he was a true, upright, and thoroughly honest man. Few persons in his circumstances gained more or faster friends, And few have held friends once gained with a firmer grasp. Warm and impulsive in temperament, he was still so kind in spirit and so just in judgment that he held fast the confidence of those who trusted him and the affection of those who loved him. The poor and afflicted lost in him a generous and sympathizing friend. From the time that he united with the First Church of Woburn, twen- ty-five years before his death, he was faithful to the practice of its precepts and to his duty to his fellowmen. He gave cheerfully and gen- erously to every good cause. His life of noble persevering effort in self-culture and in doing good to others is an encouragement to all who begin life in similar circumstances to rise above difficulties."
Children : I. Charles Choate, born Septem- ber 5, 1845, died December 9, 1889; married, April 12, 1868, Philena Green Richardson, of Stoneham; children: i. David Dexter, born September 15, 1869; married, September 19, 1891, Mary M. Larrabee. ii. Mary Coburn, born June 6, 1871. 2. George Gould, born March 1, 1848, married at Woburn, May 20, 1875, Mrs. Phebe (Weed) Weeks, of Stone- ham, children: i. Grace May, born May I, 1877, married Herbert S. Carlisle; ii. Ruth Richardson, born February 6, 1879. iii. Jos- ephine Weed, born August 13, 1880. iv. Helen Gould, born December 30, 1890. 3. Ward Wyman, born January 31, 1850, see forward. 4. David Dexter, born December 27, 1851, died June 26, 1853. 5. Lavina Louisa, born July 11, 1854 ; married, April 30,
1878, William Hamlin Curtis, had daughter Blanche Hart (Curtis), born January 20, 1879, married Homer W. Danforth, of North Wo- burn, children: i. Florence (Danforth), born April 17, 1904, died May 8, 1904. ii. Warner Curtis (Danforth), born April 7, 1905.
(VIII) Ward Wyman Hart, son of David Dexter Hart (7), born at Woburn, Massa- chusetts, January 31, 1850; married at South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, October 26, 1875, Elizabeth Williams Dexter, born at South Dartmouth, December 25, 1854, daughter of Calvin and Eunice Kingman (Southworth) Dexter. Ward Wyman Hart was educated in the common schools and Warren Academy in Woburn until he was fifteen years of age, when he began helping his father on the home place until he was nineteen years old, at which time he worked for a few months in the express business. He then took charge for four years of the North Woburn street railway, in which company his father was an owner. Shortly after he took a course of study in Eastman's Business College, at Poughkeepsie, New York. He subsequently entered the express business under the employ of his father, and in 1871, when he was twenty-one years of age, bought an interest in that business. At present Mr. Hart is manager in charge of the Boston end of the business, and resides at No. 5 Plymton street, Woburn, in a house which he purchased of Rev. Mr. Wright, in 1883. He is a mem- ber of the First Congregational church, which organization he has twice served as deacon since 1901, and is a member of the welcome committee of the church. He is a Republican. in politics ; a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and of the Boston Express- men's League. Children: I. Edward Dexter, born November 3, 1876, see forward.
(IX) Edward Dexter Hart, son of Ward Wyman Hart (8), born at Woburn, Massa- company, and in 1757 corporal in John Car- ter's company, in the French and Indian war. chusetts, November 3, 1876, married, July 8, 1902, Lillian May Bustead, born April 19, 1877, daughter of Adam and Mary (Graham) Bustead, of Woburn. Edward Dexter Hart received his education in the public schools of Woburn, and was graduated from the high school there in 1895. He pursued a course afterwards at Burdett's Business College in Boston. While attending school he assisted his father in the express business, and after completing his Burdett course entered the Bos- ton office of Hart & Company's express, where he remained until March, 1897, when he as- sumed charge of the Woburn office, a place
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which he still retains, his father having charge of the Boston office. He has been successful from the start as an express agent, and in the continuing and building up of the large busi- ness of Hart & Company, which firm was es- tablished by his grandfather on April 1, 1864, under the same firm name. Practically from July 1, 1898, the business of the company has been in Mr. Edward Dexter Hart's charge. His residence is at No. 17 Davis street, Woburn. Mr. Hart is a member of the First Congrega- tional church, a Republican in politics, and a member of the Boston Expressman's League. Children: I. Edward Dexter, born Septem- ber 16, 1903. 2. Charles Ward, born April 27, 1907.
SKELTON The ancient home of the Skelton family is in the north of England. There is a town of Skelton in Cumberland, near Pen- rith, and as early as the reign of Edward I., Christiana de Skelton was defendant in an ac- tion in the court of that county respecting a land title. In the East Riding of Yorkshire there is a township of Skelton in the parish of Howden, and in the West Riding a hamlet named Skelton in the parish of Leeds. There is a township of Skelton also in the parish of Ripon in Yorkshire. The records of the time of Edward I mention William, son of Robert de Skelton, contesting with William Skelton, son of William de Skelton, for pos- session of lands. In 1417 Richard de Skelton, the younger, of Cumberland, and in 1418 Richard Skelton, of Carlisle, were named in the French rolls in the retinue of the Duke of Gloucester, taking part in the subjection of the northern provinces of France. The name was common in the city of York many centuries ago. Adam de Skeltone's will was proved October 18, 1330. Dr. Barber states that the name is derived from Skeel, a Dan- ish personal name, and Tun, old Norse, mean- ing a fortified town. The name occurs in Domesday Book, spelled Scheltun, probably pronounced skaleton, as it is found written later. The variation in spelling is very great in the old records. (See N. E. Reg., 1898, p. 347).
(I) Rev. Samuel Skelton, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England in 1584, and died at Salem, Massachusetts, August 2, 1634. He was rector of the Sempringham Church, Lincolnshire, from about 1618 for three years or more. This church is a relic of Norman architecture, to which a tower was added in
1725. It is a parish of extensive area com- prising the chapelries of Pomton and Ber- thorpe, while the village near the church has long since disappeared. The manor house, formerly the seat of the earls of Lincoln, is also destroyed. He married there, April 27, 1619, Susanna Travis, daughter of William. Her father's will was dated April 22, 1635, and proved June 17, 1635, at Lincoln. He was of Horbling. His daughter Sarah was baptized August 14, and was buried at Sem- pringham, August 27, 1621. He removed to Tattershall, seventeen miles northeast of Sem- pringham, and there three children were bap- tized. It seems likely that Susanna was his second wife, and that Benjamin and Nathaniel were by a former marriage. He was about thirty-six years old when he married Susanna Travis. He came under the appointment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the ship "George Bonaventure to Salem," sailing May 4, 1629, and he welcomed Winthrop's party next year. He was admitted a freeman May 18, 1631. He had a grant of land in Salem in 1630. (See Mass. Hist. Society, second series, vol. x., p. 108). He died August 2, 1634; his wife March 15, 1631, at Salem. With "the consent of Mrs. Beggerly," the division of the estate was ordered in June, 1638, his three eldest children to receive the personal effects. The house in which he lived passed to the ownership of Nathaniel Felton, his son-in-law, who sold it in 1643 to William Browne. His farm was bought by John Porter; the final deed being given him by the son Samuel, March 30, 1663. Children :. I. Benjamin, had son John, baptized at Salem in 1639. 2. Nathaniel, had son John, born 1648, at Salem. 3. Sarah, born and died 1621. 4. Samuel, baptized January 8, 1622. 5. Susan- nah, baptized April 3, 1627, married John Marsh, of Salem. 6. Mary, baptized June 28, 1728; married Nathaniel Felton. 7. Eliza- beth, born about 1631, in Salem; married Robert Sanford, of Boston.
(II) Samuel Skelton, son of Rev. Samuel Skelton (I), was baptized in Tattershall, Eng- land, January 8, 1622. In 1644 and 1649 he conveyed land formerly his father's, calling himself "son of Rev. Samuel Skelton," and in 1663 completed the transfer of his land in Salem. He returned to England before 1645. He died at Tattershall, May 12, 1695. His will was dated February 15, 1663-4. It men- tioned his wife Margaret and children Samuel, Zerrubbabel, Israel and Nathaniel, and cousin John Skelton. Children: I. Joseph, mentioned below. 2. Samuel, baptized in
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England, 1645. 3. Zerrubabel, born 1647. 4. Israel, baptized 1650. 5. Nathaniel, baptized 1656. 6. John. 7. Margaret, buried March 14, 1695-6.
(III) Joseph Skelton, son of Samuel Skelton (2), was probably born at Salem, and brought up by his aunts or other relatives as his father returned to England when he was very young. (See "History of Billerica," Dedham Hist. Reg., vol. 7, p. II). In any case he seems to be grandson of Rev. Samuel (I). He was ap- prenticed to Captain John Carter, and resid- ed in Woburn as early as 1653. He married at Dedham, February 25, 1673, Deborah Howe, daughter of Abraham Howe, of Dor- chester. She died at Woburn in 17II, and he died there June 30, 1705. Children, born in Dedham: I. Thomas, born April 10, 1674; mentioned below. 2. Deborah, born Febru- ary 12, 1676; married at Woburn August 13, 1700, John Cragin.
(IV) Thomas Skelton, son of Joseph Skel- ton (3), was born at Dedham, April 10, 1674; married at Woburn, December 29, 170I, Mary, daughter of John and Sarah Cragin. He learned the trade of a tailor. In 1696 he deeded lands in Woburn, and in 1709 his father's homestead at Woburn. His will was dated November 13, 1650, bequeathing to wife Mary, son Thomas, daughter Mary and grandson Thomas. Children, born at Wo- burn: I. Thomas, born November 20, 1702; mentioned below. 2. Mercy, born February IO, 1704. 3. Daze, born August 17, 1705; died at Woburn, December 15, 17II. 4. Anna, born January II, 1710. 5. Mary, died after 1750.
(V) Thomas Skelton, son of Thomas Skel- ton (4), was born at Woburn, November 20, 1702, and died there March 23, 1796. He married at Woburn, November 3, 1729, Ruth Reed. His will is dated February 20, 1773, with a codicil in 1782, and was proved in 1797. It mentions his wife Ruth, daughters Mercy, Sarah, Susanna and Anna, and sons Daze, Thomas, John and Matthew. Children, born in Woburn: I. Ruth, born August 3, 1730. 2. Mercy, born February 9, 1731 ; married Janu- ary 18, 1753, Elkanah Welch, of Cambridge. 3. Sarah, born April 23, 1734; married July 9, 1767, Abiathar Johnson. 4. Anna, born Janu- ary 3, 1736. 5. Susanna, born July 24, 1737; married December 24, 1761, Simeon Blod- gett, of Lexington. 6. Thomas, born Novem- ber 28, 1740; soldier in the Revolution; mar- ried Elizabeth Johnson. 7. Daze, born De- cember 21, 1742; mentioned below. 8. John, born December 31, 1744; died June 10, 1821;
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