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ston, Massachusetts, March 20, 1832, aged seventy-two; married, February 17, 1786, Huldah Carpenter. 4. William, born March 18, 1764, mentioned below. 5. Captain Benja- min, born May 15, 1766, married at Royalston, January 24, 1790, Ada Warren; (second), De- cember 8, 1834, (intention dated) Mrs. Cath- erine Townsend, of Keene, New Hampshire. 6. Elisha, born October 4, 1768. 7. James, born September 22, 1770. 8. Susanna, born August 12, 1772. 9. Lucy, born August 27, . 1776.
(VI) William Brown, son of Isaac Brown (5), was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, March 18, 1764. He removed to Royalston, Massachusetts, with his father's family during the Revolution or shortly afterward. He was a farmer in Royalston, removing in 1801 to Waterford, Vermont. Children: I. Elisha, born August 29, 1787, mentioned below. Born at Royalston : 2. Lydia, born March 10, 1790, died February 10, 1795. 3. William, born De- cember 28, 1792. 4. Martha, born September 27, 1794. 5. Betsey, born July 20, 1797.
(VII) Elisha Brown, son of William Brown (6), was born August 29, 1787, and died July 30, 1853, at Waterford, Vermont. He was a farmer in Waterford. He married Mehitable Taylor, of Waterford, born March II, 1788, died at Waterford, January 8, 1879. Children : I. Lydia F., born March 25, 1807, died unmar- ried April 25, 1843. 2. Louise, born April 2, 1809, died May 8, 1890. She married a Mr. Bickford, of Littleton, New Hampshire. 3. Lo- rana, born October 4, 1811, died December 9, 1893. She married a Mr. Stiles. 4. Susan, born January 28, 1814, died unmarried August 31, 1832. 5. Oliver T., born January 2, 1816, men- tioned below. 6. Bradley P., born December I, 1818, died May 16, 1900; married Mary M. Ross, who died March 21, 1881; children: i. Amanda L., born March II, 1847; ii. Elisha W., born May 22, 1852; iii. Dwight B., born December 29, 1859, died March 9, 1881. (Elisha W., his son, is town clerk of Water- ford, Vermont, 1907; married Eliza Cutler, born March 4, 1854, and had Harris K., born June 30, 1884, and Dwight B., born July 28, 1889.) 7. Elizabeth, born Sep- tember 12, 1822, died May 10, 1899; mar- ried Charles Gates, and lived and died at Hartford, Vermont; children : Elisha Gates, Charles Gates, Harriet Gates, Mary Gates. 8. Harriet A., born April 15, 1826, died January 26, 1880.
(VIII) Oliver T. Brown, son of Elisha Brown (7), was born at Waterford, Vermont, January 2, 1816, and died in St. Johnsbury,
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March 13, 1881. He was educated in the pub- lic and high schools of his native town. He studied law and was admitted to the bar at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, where he settled and practiced his profession for the remainder of his life. He was an active and useful citizen ; of high character and large influence in the community. At the time of his death he was the oldest lawyer at the Caledonia bar.
He married Melinda Bean, who was born in Coventry, Vermont, in 1825. Children: I. Edward, born in 1855, removed to Minneapo- lis, Minnesota, and engaged in the real estate business; married Etta Sykes ; children : Oli- ver, Mildred, Doris and Elizabeth. 2. Ellen, born in 1856, resides in Lexington, Massachu- setts, unmarried. 3. Flora B., born in 1858, married E. K. Houghton in 1885, son of Dr. H. A. Houghton, of Lyndon, Vermont, now practicing in Boston, and had children : i. Mar- jorie E. Houghton, born in 1886, unmarried, residing at home; ii. Randall B. Houghton, born in 1887; associated with the Mohair Plush Company of Boston. Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Houghton reside in Lexington, Massachu- setts.
CUSHING (I) Hrolf Nefja Jarl, a Vik- ing, we are reliably informed was the progenitor of the Cushing family, and the lineage connecting the American family with this Norse chief is remarkably interesting. In the Scandinavian Sagas relating to the latter half of the eighth century from 750 to 800, which may be re- garded as the period in which reliable Norse history begins, frequent mention may be found of this viking and his ancestors in Throndjem and the Maeras of Norway, and in later centuries of his descendants in Nor- mandy and England as well. Hrolf Nefja had at least one son Malahjulc, and a daugh- ter, Hild or Ragnhild, who married Rognvald Maera-Jarl, who in return for assistance ren- dered him by Harold Fair Hair in the Con- quest of Norway was made chief ruler over not only the two Maeras but also Ramsdel.
(II) Hild or Ragnhild, daughter of Hrolf Nefja (1), married Rognvald Maera-Jarl. They had three sons and a daughter.
(III) Gongu Hrolf, second son of Rohgn- vald Maera-Jarl and Hild (2), was called Walking Rolf. He became early a great Vik- ing leader, especially in the east. Returning from one of his expeditions soon after Har- old's Conquest, he committed acts of depre- dation in Vikin, and King Harold, who was
then in Vikin, was very angry when he heard of it, for he had strictly prohibited robbery within his country and he announced at a Thing the outlawry of Hrolf from Norway. In vain Hrolf's mother appealed to the King. Accordingly Hrolf, accompanied by his Uncle Malahjulc as councillor and a numerous fol- lowing of disaffected Hersirs sailed for the Hebrides, whence they made conquests ul- timately gaining from Valland (now France), about 912 A. D., the great Jarl's Realm, known soon after as Normandi. Thus Hrolf, so well known in later history as Rollo, be- came the founder and first earl or Duke of Normandy, establishing, according to near- ness of kin with his own and the families of his chief leaders, the great Ruda-Jarls or feu- dal nobility of Ruen, ancestors of the sover- eign families and Norman barons of Norman -. dy and England alike, in later centuries. In this manner Malahulcinus de Toesini, or Toedini, as Malahjulc was called, became pos- sessed of Toesini and Conches.
(III) Hugo de Toesini, son of Malahjulc (2), became Lord of Cavalcamp in Nuestria and had two sons: I. Ralf, mentioned below. 2. Hugo, Archbishop of Rouen, 942-980, who gave to his brother Ralf the estates of Toesini.
(IV) Ralf was next in line.
(V) Ralph or Ranulph of Apulia, son of Ralf (4), was celebrated for his conquests of Apulia and elsewhere; inherited Toesini.
(VI) Ralf, son of Ranulf of Apulia (5), was appointed castellan of Tillieres jointly with Nigel, Viscount of Coutances in IOII. Ralf had issue: I. Roger de Toesini, surnamed D'Espagne, on account of his prowess against the Saracens in Spain, progenitor of the De Toesinis, hereditary standard bearers of Normandy, barons of Toesini and Conches, and of Stafford and Belvoir in England, an- cestors of the English houses of Cholmon- deley, Egerton, Grisley and others. 2. Hugh de Toesini, mentioned below.
(VII) Hugh de Toesini, son of Ralf (6) surnamed de Limesay from his Norman seig- neurie, was living in 1060 and had several sons who accompanied William the Conquer- or, to whom they were related as nephews through their mother, who was William's half sister.
(VIII) Ralf, son of Hugh de Toesini (7), received from his uncle, William of Norman- dy, the barony of Oxburg, or Oxenburg, in Norfolk, and forty-one other manors in sev- eral counties, with the lands of Christina, one of the sisters of Prince Edgar whom Ralf married.
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(IX) Ralf, son of Ralf (8), married daugh- ter of Hadewise.
(X) Alan, son of Ralf (9), was next in line.
(XI) Gerard, son of Alan (IO), married Amy, daughter of Trian de Hronelade, of Bi- dun Limisi.
(XII) Ralf, younger son of Gerard (11), was surnamed Le Cusyn (or Le Cosyn) de Limisi, whence the name Cushing is derived; held Choseley.
(XIII) Roger, son of Ralf (12), had a brother Richard. One of these was ancestor of Galfridus Cusyn, mentioned below.
(XIV) Galfridus, Gerard (or Geoffrey) Cusyn, was born in Norfolk county, of the family as given above, in the latter part of the thirteenth century. He possessed estates in Hardingham, in that county, and in 1327 was assessed to the King's subsidies, Edward II.
(XV) William Cushing, son or grandson of Geoffrey or Galfridus Cusyn (14), added to the original estates of his ancestors lands in Hingham.
(XVI) Thomas Cushing, son of William Cushing (15) (spelled also Cussyn, Cussheyn, etc.) was born in Hardingham, Norfolk coun- ty, England, in the latter part of the Reign of Richard II, 1377-1399; had large estates at Hardingham, Hingham and elsewhere.
(XVII) William Cushing, son of Thomas Cushing (16), was born at Hardingham early in the fifteenth century, and married Emma -; lived in Hingham. His long and ex- plicit will was dated September 26, 1492, and proved March II, 1493. His wife Emma died in 1507. Children: I. John, the elder, there being two children of the same name living at the time the will was made-a perplexing custom of that day. 2. Robert of Hingham, styled "Gentleman." 3. Thomas, of Hard- ingham, and afterwards of East Dereham, in Norfolk. 4. John Jr., inherited his father's house at East Row, Hingham. 5. Elyne. 6. Annable. 7. Margaret, married Thomas Crowe. 8. Agnes.
(XVIII) John Cushing, son of William Cushing (Cushyng or Cushyn) (17), was born in Hingham, but lived in Hardingham, where he owned estates. He also owned large prop- erties in Lombard street, London. His will was dated February 21, 1522, and proved March 5, 1523; mentions his wife and six chil- dren: I. John of Hingham. 2. Thomas of Hardingham; mentioned below. 3. William of Hardingham. 4. Margaret. 5. Isabel. 6. Margery. 7. Elyne. 8. Agnes.
(XIX) Thomas, son of John Cushing (Cushyn), inherited the homestead of his
father; died at Hardingham, in April, 1558. Children: I. John of Norfolk. 2. Ursula. 3. Nicholas. 4. Edward. 5. Stephen. 6. Peter; mentioned below.
(XX) Peter Cushing, son of Thomas Cushing (19), was born at
Hardingham, but removed to Hingham about 1600, in which year the parish register of Hingham begins. He married Susan Hawes, at Hard- ingham, June 2, 1583. He was buried at Hingham, March 2, 1615. His wife was also buried in Hingham, England, April 26, 1641. He was probably one of the first Cushings to embrace the Protestant faith, for the wills of his father and eldest brother are not in the Protestant form. Children: I. Theophilus, baptized November 4, 1584; came to New England in 1633, in the ship "Griffin;" for a time resided on the farm of Governor Haynes, as advisor and secretary; settled with his brother Matthew at Hingham; was blind twenty-five years; died unmarried, March 24, 1679. 2. Bridget, baptized February 19, 1586; married July 15, 1627, George More. 3. Matthew, baptized March 2, 1589; mentioned below. 4. William, baptized April 1, 1593. 5. Barbara, baptized June 16, 1596; died Janu- ary 1632. 6. Peter of London; married God- ly Payne, widow of Simon. 7. Katherine, married Long, of Carlton Road, near Wymondham. 7. Thomas, of London, bap- tized May 15, 1603; died 1669.
(XXI) Matthew Cushing, son of Peter Cushing (20), and the immigrant ancestor, was baptized in Hardingham, England, March 2, 1589. He married August 5, 1613, Nazareth Pitcher, daughter of Henry Pitch- er, of the famous family of Admiral Pitcher, of England. She was baptized October 30, 1586, and died in Hingham, Massachusetts, January 6, 1682. Matthew Cushing died Sep- tember 30, 1660. For the first fifty years of his life he resided in Hardingham and Hing- ham, England; in 1638 with his wife and five children and his wife's sister, Widow Francis Riecroft, who died a few weeks after their ar- rival, he embarked in the ship "Diligent" of Ipswich, John Martin, master, which sailed from Gravesend on April 26, 1638, with one hundred and thirty-three passengers, among whom was Robert Peck, M. A., rector of the parish of Hingham, England. The immediate occasion of the emigration was religious dif- ferences. They settled in Massachusetts, and called the place Hingham, after their old home. At a town meeting in the new town in 1638, a house lot of five acres, first below Pear Tree Hill, on Bachelor (Main) street,
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was given Matthew Cushing, and it contin- ued in the possession of the family until 1887. He was active in town affairs and deacon in Rev. Mr. Hobart's church. It is a pretty well established fact that with the exception of a few families who have come to this country during the present century, all the persons bearing the surname of Cushing in the United States and Canada are his direct lineal descendants. He left a nuncupative will, dated November 15, 1660. Children: I. Daniel, baptized April 20, 1619; mentioned below. 2. Jeremiah, baptized July 21, 1621; married March II, 1662, Elizabeth, widow of John Wilkie; shipmaster plying between Lon- don and Boston. 3. Matthew, baptized April 5, 1623; married in Hingham, Massachusetts, February 25, 1653, Sarah Jacob, daughter of Nicholas and Mary Jacob; wheelwright by trade; died without issue, January 9, 1701 ; se- lectman and lieutenant. 4. Deborah, baptized February 17, 1625; married May 9, 1648, Matthias Briggs; resided at Pear Tree Hill, Hingham, Massachusetts. 5. John, born 1627.
(XXII) Daniel Cushing, son of Matthew Cushing (21), was baptized in Hingham, Eng- land, April 20, 1619; married first, January 19, 1645, Lydia Gilman, daughter of Edward and Mary (Clark) Gilman. She was born in Eng- land, and died in Hingham, Massachusetts, March 12, 1689. He married second, March 23, 1691, Elizabeth Thaxter, widow of Cap- tain John Thaxter, and daughter of Nicholas and Mary Jacob. She was born in England in 1632, and died in Hingham, Massachusetts, November 24, 1725. Cushing died December 3, 1700. His will was dated September II, 1693. A lot was granted him in Hingham in I665 ; he was admitted a freeman in 1671 ; was a magistrate, and many years town clerk of Hingham. A book has been published entitled "Extracts from the Minutes of Daniel Cushing of Hingham," with a photograph of his manu- script, etc. (1865). From 1682 and for many years after he had a general store at Hingham ; he was selectman in 1665, and many years afterward ; deputy to the general court in 1680, 1682 and 1695. Children, all born in Hing- ham: I. Peter, born March 29, 1646. 2. Dan- iel, born July 23, 1648. 3. Deborah, born No- vember 13, 1651 ; married September 25, 1679, Henry Tarleton ; and second, August 31, 1686, Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge, of Bristol and Windsor, Connecticut ; she died at Medford, January 15, 1710. 4. Jeremiah, born July 3, 1654. 5. Theophilus, born June 7, 1657 ; men- tioned below. 6. Matthew, born July 15, 1660.
(XXIII) Theophilus Cushing, son of Daniel Cushing (22), was born in Hingham, Massa- chusetts, June 7, 1657 ; married November 28, 1688, Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Jacob) Thaxter. She was born August 19, 1667, and married second, January II, 1722, Captain Joseph Herrick, of Beverly, Massa- chusetts, and died in 1737. Cushing died Jan- uary 7, 1718. His will was dated January 3, 1718. He resided on Main street, South Hing- ham. He was a farmer; was selectman in 1697, 1707 and 1715; representative to the general court 1702-4, 1707 and 1713. Children, all born in Hingham: I. Nehemiah, born July 18, 1689. 2. Mary, born February 9, 1691 ; died in Boston, August 8, 1699. 3. Adam, born January 1, 1693; mentioned below. 4. David, born December, 1694. 5. Abel, born October 24, 1696. 6. Rachel, born August 17, 1698; died September 9, 1699. 7. Mary, born September 26, 1701 ; died August 30, 1716. 8. Theophilus, born June 16, 1703. 9. Seth, born December 13, 1705. 10. Deborah, born Sep- tember 26, 1707 ; died November 20, 1730. II. Lydia, born February 13, 1710.
(XXIV) Adam Cushing, son of Theophilus Cushing (23), was born in Hingham, Massa- chusetts, January 1, 1693; married in Reho- both, September 25, 1718, Hannah Greenwood, daughter of Rev. Thomas Greenwood of that town. He died very suddenly, of throat dis- temper, January 21, 1752. His will, made at Weymouth, was proved in 1752. He graduated from Harvard College in 1714; in 1720 was one of the selectmen of Hingham; in 1726 he bought an estate at the corner of Commercial and Essex streets, Weymouth; was captain of his militia company. Almost immediately up- on his settlement in Weymouth, from his force of character, education and reputation, he sprang into prominence and became the lead- ing spirit in all town and parish affairs. He was almost continuously the deputy to the gen- eral court from 1735 to 1748, and held as reg- ularly the most important town offices. Among his other offices he held a captain's commission in the militia, hence his military title, and was one of "His Majesty's Justices of the Peace." Children, first four born in Hingham, the other three in Weymouth : I. Adam, born Sep- tember 6, 1719; mentioned below. 2. Thomas, born June 4, 1721. 3. Greenwood, born Sep- tember 29, 1723 ; died October 9 following. 4. Alethea, born February 21, 1726. 5. Frederic, born February I, 1729. 6. Beza, born July II, 1731. 7. Regemelech, born December 2, 1740, died young.
(XXV) Adam Cushing, son of Adam Cush-
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ing (24)), was born in Hingham, Massachu- setts, September 6, 1719; removed with his parents to Weymouth in 1726, and afterwards settled in Abington; married June 9, 1743, Sarah Reed. He was a blacksmith by trade. Children, first five born in Abington : I. Green- wood, born June 10, 1744; was in the French war and Revolution. 2. John, born February 24, 1746. 3. Ezra, born July 13, 1748; men- tioned below. 4. Avis, born September 4, 1750. 5. Sarah, born 1753; married April 15, 1779, Nehemiah Whitman, of Weymouth. 6. Polly. 7. Adam. 8. Hannah.
(XXVI) Ezra Cushing, son of Adam Cush- ing (25), was born in Abington, July 13, 1748; married November 10, 1772, Susannah Shaw, daughter of Captain Eben Shaw. Cushing died May 5, 1820; was a soldier in the Revolution. He lived in Abington. Children, born there : I. Ezra, Jr., born September 13, 1773. 2. Brackley, born October 16, 1775; mentioned below. 3. Susanna, born December 18, 1777. 4. John, born July, 1781. 5. Josiah, born Feb- ruary 28, 1789. 6. Sylvanus, born January 22, I794.
(XXVII) Brackley Cushing, son of Ezra Cushing (26), was born in Abington, Massa- chusetts, October 16, 1775; married Sarah Gurney, of Abington (published December 4, 1796). He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Children : I. Brackley, born April 14, 1797. 2. Greenwood, born December 29, 1798; mention- ed below. 3. Ezra, born 1800; no issue. 4. Charles, had a son Charles. 5. Cyrus. 6. John ; had five children. 7. Henry, had a son Henry. 8. Mary, married Brigadier General Henry Dunham.
(XXVIII) Greenwood Cushing, son of Brackley Cushing (27), was born December 29, 1798; married December 29, 1824, Mary Hobart Reed, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Pulling) Reed. Sarah Pulling was the daugh- ter of Major John Pulling, one of the "Boston Tea Party," and the man who hung the lan- tern signal for Paul Revere for the Lexington alarm, April 18, 1775. Cushing lived in Ab- ington and died October, 1872. Children, born at Abington: I. Lucy Reif. 2. Mary A. 3. Abby P. 4. Henry Greenwood, mentioned be- low. 5. Maria F. 6. Emily D. 7. George Walter; lives in East Cambridge, Massachu- setts.
(XXIX) Henry Greenwood Cushing, son of Greenwood Cushing (28), was born in Ab- ington, October 8, 1834. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and the Abington Academy, and took a preparatory course for college at the Williston Academy,
Easthampton, Massachusetts. Deciding how- ever to enter mercantile life, he gave up his preparation for college and entered the employ of Chandler & Company, dry goods merchants, of Boston. After several years in the employ of this firm he left to begin the manufacture of shoes on his own account in Abington. At the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted in the Eighth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, in November, 1861 ; was commissioned second lieutenant, then first lieutenant, and served on the staff of Brigadier Generals Phelps, Cahill and H. E. Paine, and Major General William T. Sherman. After two years of service he was honorably discharged for physical disabil- ity caused by hardships suffered in the service.
In 1867 he resumed the dry goods business in Chicago, and at the time of the fire was con- ducting an extensive dry goods establishment there. After the fire he removed to Lowell, Massachusetts, and in 1875 was appointed deputy sheriff for Middlesex county by Charles Kimball, then high sheriff of the county. When Sheriff Kimball died in 1879 he was succeeded by Hon. Eben W. Fiske, who appointed Mr. Cushing special sheriff. When Sheriff Fiske died in 1883 Mr. Cushing was appointed to succeed him by Governor Butler. At the elec- tion in November following he was nominated by both parties and unanimously elected sheriff for three years. He was re-elected at the ex- piration of his terms of office, and served con- tinuously until his death in 1899, a period of sixteen years. He was a member of James A. Garfield Post, No. 120, Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Massachusetts Command- ery of the Loyal Legion. He was active in the Masonic fraternity, and belonged to the vari- ous Masonic bodies in Lowell and to the Mas- sachusetts Consistory. He died in Lowell, June 9, 1899. He married in Woodstock, Con- necticut, Susan Watson, the daughter of Cap- tain Cyrus and Susan (Hall) Watson, of Woodstock. She was twice married. Her daughter, Ida, by her first husband, married Julius Chambers.
William Dawes, the immigrant
DAWES ancestor of this family, came to America with the first body of Massachusetts Bay settlers in 1628-9, the founders of Boston and Salem, but soon re- turned to England. Family tradition says that he was accompanied by his wife, and that she bore a child during the voyage, named for the vessel, Ambrose, but nothing further is known of father or son. The coat-of-arms in use in
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this family is : Argent on a band azure, cottised gules, three swans or, between six pole-axes.
(II) William Dawes, son of William Dawes (I), was born in Sudbury, Suffolk county, England, in 1620; came to America in the ship "Planter" in April, 1635, at the age of fifteen. He married, at Braintree, Massachusetts, Su- sanna Mills, daughter of John and Susanna Mills, of that town, about 1641, and his eldest son was born there. He was a mason by trade. About 1652 Dawes removed to Boston, where he lived the remainder of his life, buy- ing an estate on the east side of Sudbury street. Part of this estate was deeded to his son Ambrose, and the mansion house remained in the possession of his family for five gener- ations ; it was at one time known as "the Par- rot," and was finally destroyed by the British during the siege in 1775. Dawes was admit- ted a freeman May 6, 1646; he and his wife were members of the First Church, and were among the founders of the Third or Old South Church in 1669. He died March 24, 1703. Children : I. Ambrose, born July 24, 1642. 2. William, born March 8, 1655, died young. 3. Hannah, born January 7, 1659, died January 14, following. 4. Jonathan, born November 3, 1661 ; mentioned below. 5. Daughter, mar- ried John Nicholls, whom Ambrose calls "my brother."
(III) Jonathan Dawes, son of William Dawes (2), was born in Boston, November 3, 1661 ; was a brick-layer and mason. He mar- ried Hannah Morse, daughter of John and Elizabeth Morse. She joined the Old South Church, January 29, 1668. Jonathan died Oc- tober 5, 1690, leaving some debts, including 90 pounds to his father, and property amounting to 226 pounds. His widow was appointed ad- ministratrix. Children: I. Hannah, baptized January 13, 1683, probably died young. 2. Hannah, baptized August 9, 1685, probably died young. 3. Jonathan or Joanna, born April 21, 1687 (perhaps twins), baptized April 24, following. 4. Hannah, baptized May 19, 1689. 5. Jonathan, born January 11, 1691; settled in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts ; ship-joiner ; married Lois 6. Samuel (probably twin of Jonathan); mentioned be- low.
(IV) Samuel Dawes, son of Jonathan Dawes (3), was probably born January II, 1691. He went to East Bridgewater with his brother Jonathan (see Mitchell's Bridge- water history), and Samuel bought large tracts of land in Bridgewater in 1714. Before 1727 he married Sarah Howland, of Pembroke, Mas- sachusetts, where he was then living, and had
two children. Thence he came to East Bridge- water, where his other children were born. His widow Sarah married Captain Daniel Reed, of Abington, Massachusetts, in 1765, and died January 2, 1775. He died in 1750. Children : I. Robert, born about 1722; mentioned be- low. 2. Samuel, born February 24, 1724; died November 5, 1794; removed from Ab- ington to Hampshire county, Massachusetts, married Abigail Kingman, in 1755, daughter of Isaac Kingman. 3. Abigail, born 1729, married 1751, Josiah Vining. 4. Content, born 1733. 5. Ann, born 1735, married Dan- iel Reed. 6. Mary, born 1738, married Na- thaniel Prior. 7. Jonathan, born 1745; mar- ried Lydia Snell, 1772; soldier in Revolution; never returned.
(V) Robert Dawes, son of Samuel Dawes (4), was born about 1722; married Lydia Har- den, daughter of John Harden, of Abington, in 1742; bought land in Bridgewater in 1747, and became wealthy; was captain, according to the records, and is called also "gentleman. He died in 1755. His widow Lydia married Bickford, of Littleton, Maine. 3. Lorana, born Isaac Tirrell, of Abington, in 1755, and she died at East Bridgewater in 1798, aged sev- enty-six. Children: I. Robert, born 1747, settled in Cummington, Massachusetts; mar- ried Lydia Tirrell, daughter of Isaac. 2. Na- than, born 1751; mentioned below.
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