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Children of Ebenezer and Susanna (How- lett) Sherwin, born at Boxford and recorded also at Topsfield, Massachusetts: I. Susan- na, born August 6 or November 9, 1701, (both are town records); married at Boxford, May 20, 1725, Matthias Cowdrey. 2. Jona- than, born January 8, 1703-4 at Boxford ; mar- ried Mary Lorvey, of Bradford; town clerk 1740; died May 7, 1746; sons Samuel and Asa settled at Rindge, New Hampshire. 3. Eben- ezer, born January 5, 1705 ; mentioned below.
(III) Ebenezer Sherwin Jr., son of Ebenez- er Sherwin (2), was born June 5, 1705, at Boxford, Massachusetts, and married there, September 21, 1726, Hepsibath Cole. He was a farmer and cooper at Boxford. Chil- dren, born in Boxford: 1. Ebenezer, born March 12, 1728; married, 1748, Sarah Hovey, and settled in Boxford, where he had nine children: sons Ebenezer, born October 16, 1752. and Ahimeaz, born August 7. 1759,
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were soldiers in the Revolution, and both set- tled in Winchendon, Massachusetts. 2. Jon- athan, born September 6, 1729, settled with brothers Sampson and John in Rindge, New Hampshire. 3. Daniel born 1730; mentioned below. 4. John, born May 15, 1732. 5. Susanna, born August 28, 1734. 6. Elna- than, born March 9, 1737. 7. Sampson, born August 5, 1739. 8. Martha, born December 23, 1741. 9. Silas, died in infancy November 22, 1744. 10. Hepsibath, born April 19, 1746. (IV) Lieutenant Daniel Sherwin, son of Ebenezer Sherwin (3), was born in Boxford, Massachusetts, or vicinity, in 1730. He set- tled in Townsend, Massachusetts, and was a prominent citizen there. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a lieutenant in command of a detachment of the Townsend militia, Colonel James Prescott's regiment, responding to the Lexington alarm; also first lieutenant in Cap- tain Thomas Warren's company (first Town- send) fifth company of the Sixth Middlesex Regiment, ordered commissioned April 24, 1776; also first lieutenant in Captain Aaron Jewett's company, Colonel Job Cushing's regiment, in 1777, marching to Bennington, Vermont, to support Stark; also Captain Aa- ron Jewett's company, Colonel Samuel Bul- lard's regiment, in 1777, at the time of taking Burgoyne. His son Daniel Jr. was also in the army in 1775-76-77 and 1778. His son Captain John was also in the Revolution. He married Susanna Proctor, and they had four- teen children, among whom were: I. Daniel Jr., born about 17:55. 2. Lieutenant or Cap- tain) John, born 1758; married February 12, 1793, Eunice Farwell. 3. Darius. 4. Levi, born 1776; mentioned below. 5. Salome, married November 7, 1797, Sherman. (V) Levi Sherwin, son of Daniel Sherwin (4), was born in Townsend, Massachusetts, in 1776; married there, in 1800, Hildreth Town- send. Children: I. Betsey, born October 30, 1802. 2. Laura, born January 21, 1805. 3. Han- nah, born February 21, 1807. 4. Ai, born May 6, 1809. 5. Zoa, born May 9, 1822. 6. Levi, born February 13, 1816; mentioned below. 7. Cynthia, born December 20, 1817. 8. Nero, born April 1, 1820. 9. Waldo, born March 7, 1829. Zoa is the only survivor (1907).
(VI) Levi Sherwin, son of Levi Sherwin (5), was born in West Townsend, Massachu- setts, February 13, 1816. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He learned the trade of carpenter and builder in his native town, and followed this trade for about twenty years. In 1858 he opened a store in Ayer, formerly called Groton Junc-
tion, with a stock of periodicals, wall paper, toys, etc. His business prospered, and he con- tinued in it until his death in February, 1889. Since then the business has been continued by his sons, under the firm name of Levi Sherwin & Co. In politics he was a Repub- lican, and was active in town affairs at Town- send and Ayer all his life.
He married, in 1837, Mary Barrett, of Townsend; second, in 1850, Mary Jane Fletcher, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, who died in 1889, aged seventy-one years. Chil- dren of Levi and Mary Sherwin: I. Adela, born 1838, died young. 2. Henry C., born 1840; has been deputy sheriff for Ayer, Mid- dlesex county, for many years, and is now a court officer of that county. 3. Martha V., born 1841. Children of Levi and Mary (Fletcher) Jane Sherwin, born in Townsend: 4. William U., born in 1851; partner of Charles, his brother, in the store founded by his father. 5. Charles, born January 31, 1854; mentioned below. 6. Mary Hume, born November 29, 1855.
(VII) Charles Sherwin, son of Levi Sher- win (6), was born in West Townsend, Massa- chusetts, January 31, 1854, and was educated there in the common schools, and at the pub- lic schools of Groton Junction (now Ayer), Massachusetts, whither the family removed when he was seven years old. He com- pleted his schooling at the Lancaster Acad- emy, and began as a clerk in his father's store in Ayer. Since the death of his father he and his brother William U. Sherwin have con- ducted the store. They have enlarged the store, and the business has grown constant- ly. At present this firm has a large general store, the stock including hardware, dry goods, groceries, etc. Mr. Sherwin is a Re- publican, and has held various town offices; has been registrar of voters, and selectman of the town of Ayer. He is a member of the Unitarian Church, and a cheerful contributor to its charitable work. He belongs to no clubs or societies excepting the Board of Trade.
He married, September 6, 1888, Emma Rhodell Abbott, of Aetna, Maine, born March 25, 1853, daughter of Moses and Alice E. (Wilson) Abbott, of Aetna. Her mother was from Aroostook county.
Thomas Hanscom, immi- HANSCOM grant ancestor, born in England, in 1623, accord- ing to his own deposition, came over with rela- tives in 1629, and settled first in Salem, Mas-
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sachetts. He came from Sutton Parish, Bed- fordshire, England, and was a brother-in-law of Richard Clayton. Hanscom's name is found on the records first in 1649 and 1651. He was in Kittery, Maine, in 1678, and had a grant of land there. He died before 1697. He married, May 16, 1664, Ann -, who married (sec- ond) James Tobey, and she was living in 1720. Children : I. Thomas, born October 17, 1666; mentioned below. 2. John, born September 15, 1668; died about 1697; his mother adminis- tering his estate. 3. Olive, born March 12, 1671. 4. Samuel, born April 10, 1675. 5. Moses, born about 1680; married Hannah, daughter of William and Hannah Rackliff ; was of Scarborough in 1738. 6. Job, married Mary Cowell.
(II) Thomas Hanscom, son of Thomas Hanscom (I), was born October 17, 1666, at Salem, Massachusetts. He removed to Kit- tery, Maine, in the vicinity of which most of the Hanscom family have since lived. He married first, Alice Rogers, daughter of Rich- ard Rogers; and second, Tamsen Gowell, daughter of Richard Gowell. He died intestate 1712, and administration was granted his widow Tamsen, November II, 1713. Children of Thomas and Alice Hanscom: I. Thomas, born December 16, 1690 ; married Sarah Fogg. 2. Hester, born November 20, 1692; married David Libby, Jr., died March, 1761. 3. Anne, born August 16, 1684 ; married June 30, 1715, Daniel Fogg, Jr. 4. John, born October 26, 1696; died November 1, 1697. 5. Priscilla, born October 26, 1696; died January 17, 1697. Children of Thomas and Tamsen Hanscom : 6. Samuel, born July 25, 1698; mentioned below. 7. Mary, born July 28, 1700; married, Decem- ber 16, 1721, John Morrill, Jr. 8. Martha, born September 27, 1702 ; married March 4, 1724-5, Solomon Libby ; died February 17, 1779. 9. John, born April 15, 1705; married Mary Brooks. 10. Joseph, born July 13, 1708; mar- ried Lydia Spinney, March 18, 1732-3. II. Moses, born March 2, 1712-13 ; married Mary Field.
(III) Samuel Hanscom, son of Thomas Hanscom (2), was born in Kittery, Maine, July 25, 1698; married January 1721-2, Han- nah, daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth (Brown) Libby. He married, second, Novem- ber 20, 1750, Mary (Fogg) Hanscom. Sam- uel Hanscom's will was dated December I, 1774. He lived at the Corner in Kittery, nearly opposite the present or late home of Simon Hanscom. Children: I. Mary, born December 7, 1722; married, 1741, Thomas Hanscom. 2. Samuel, born October 30, 1725;
mentioned below. 3. Hepsibah, born Octo- ber 30, 1725, (twin); married Joshua Staples, January 27, 1761. 4. James, born August 7, 1727; married Elizabeth Staples, May 27, 1755. 5. Hannah, born August 7, 1729; mar- ried John Foster, January 20, 1756. 6. Jo- seph, born September 22, 1731 ; married, Feb- ruary, 1755, Dorcas Staples. 7. John, born April 29, 1737. Children of Samuel and Mary Hanscom: 8. Mark, born 1753, baptized Feb- ruary 5, 1753; married Eleanor Fernald, Feb- ruary 16, 1773; died June 3, 1793. 9. Reu- ben, baptized September 18, 1757; married September 9, 1777, Lucy Moore; and second, September 11, 1783, Alice Abbott; died March 2, 1831, at North Berwick, Maine.
(IV) Samuel Hanscom, son of Samuel Hanscom (3), was born at Kittery, October . 30, 1725; married, May 15, 1750, Hannah, daughter of Robert and Hannah (Tobey) Staples. He lived in Kittery and died there ; his will was dated May 4, 1775, shortly before his death. His children : 1. Samuel, born 1756, bap- tized June 9, 1762. 2. Robert, baptized June 4, 1762. 3. Hannah, baptized June 9, 1762, died young. 5. Isaac, born May 9, 1762; married Abigail Pray, of Berwick, April 18, 1785. 6. Catherine, baptized June 6, 1762. 7. James, born June 16, 1767. 8. Mary, born 1770, baptized December 4. 9. John, bap- tized July 5, 1774.
(V) James Hanscom, son of Samuel Hans- com (4), was born in Kittery, Maine, June 16, 1767, and died in Berwick, Maine, July 21, 18II, aged forty-six years. He married Bet- sy Chick, who survived him forty-nine years, dying in Berwick, Maine, November 25, 1860, at the venerable age of ninety years. They were the parents of six children: I. Sally, date unknown, but lived to a ripe old age. 2. Hannah, born 1798; died February 20, 1882, aged eighty-four years. 3. Levi, born April 13, 1801, died April 25, 1875, aged seventy- four years. 4. James, of whom further. 5. Betsy, born 1806, died December 15, 1815, aged nine years. 6. David, died in Benton, Maine, aged seventy-six years.
(VI) James Hanscom, son of James Hans- com (5), was born in Berwick, Maine, June 26, 1803, and died in Albion, Maine, August 28, 1841. He married, January 28, 1830, Mary Frost, born in North Berwick, Maine, October 29, 1806, and died in Albion, Maine, January 4, 1894, aged eighty-eight years. She was of as long lived a family as was her hus- band. Her father, George Frost, lived and died in North Berwick, and lived to the age of eighty-seven years; he was son of John
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and Elizabeth Frost, of North Berwick. His wife, Mary (Stevens) Frost, was the daugh- ter of Benjamin Stevens, of Wells, Maine, whose wife was a Horn. Besides Mary, who became the wife of James Hanscom, George Frost had children: Alvin, died at the age of eighty-two years; Elizabeth, died in Haver- hill, age unknown; Laura Jane, died in Read- ing, Massachusetts, aged seventy-four years; Louisa born June 27, 1818, yet living, in Lynn, Massachusetts. The children of James and Mary (Frost) Hanscom were: I. George Gilman, born in Berwick, Maine, December 7, 1831. 2. David James, born in Berwick, Maine, August 23, 1833, died at Eden Lake, Minnesota, May II, 1896. 3. Louisa Jane, born in Albion, Maine, October 7, 1838; un- married. 4. Sanford, see forward.
(VII) Sanford Hanscom, M. D., son of James Hanscom (6), was born in Albion, Maine, January 28, 1841. He attended the public schools of his native town, fitted for college at the Waterville Classical Institute, and entered Colby University. In his sopho- more year he left college to enlist in the Un- ion army for the civil war; in 1885 he received from his alma mater the degree of Master of Arts. He went to the front as first lieutenant of the Eighth unassigned company of Maine volunteers, which was assigned to the Elev- enth Maine Infantry Regiment, Twenty- fourth Army Corps, Army of the James. Soon after being mustered into service he was com- missioned first lieutenant and adjutant, and in that capacity bore a soldierly part in the stirring operations and hard fought battles in front of Richmond and Petersburg in the spring of 1865, until the downfall of those strongholds, and he was with his regiment in its last engagement near Appomattox Court House on the morning of the day of General Lee's surrender.
On his return from the army he com- menced the study of medicine in the medical school of Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Maine, and completed his courses in Harvard Medical School, from which he was gradu- ated in 1868. In the spring of the following year he entered upon the practice of medicine in Somerville, where he has since continu- ously resided, engaged in the arduous and active practice of his profession. His stand- ing is attested in marked degree by the fact that for twelve years he was state medical ex- aminer for the Royal Arcanum for Massachu- setts, resigning that position in 1896 to be- come medical examiner-in-chief of the same order, which position he has held to the pres-
ent time. He is a member of the Massachu- setts Medical Society and the American Med- ical Association. He has constantly been ac- tive and useful in community affairs, render- ing efficient service particularly in education- al matters. He has served on the Somerville school committee for the long period of nine- teen years, and, following an excellent local custom-that of honoring good public ser- vants during their lives by giving their names to public buildings-the school edifice on the corner of Webster and Rush streets, Somer- ville, was in 1896 named the Sanford Hans- com School in his honor. For six years he was a trustee of the public library. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and a companion of the Massachusetts Com- mandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. He is affiliated with Soley Lodge Free and Accepted Masons, of Somerville, and with various other fraternal and benevo- lent orders.
Dr. Hanscom married, October 26, 1874, Beulah A. Hill, born in Vermont, September 8, 1849, daughter of Cyrus and Cynthia (Morse) Hill, of Vermont. The only child of this marriage is Aline Louisa, born in Som- erville, March 1, 1884. She married Herbert Brooks Crosby, of Somerville, Massachusetts, October 26, 1907. Mr. Crosby was born in At- lanta, Georgia, son of Warren Brooks and Gertrude (Brooks) Crosby, natives respective- ly of Massachusetts and Connecticut.
MILES John Miles, or Myles, the im- migrant ancestor, was born in England about 1618. He came to New England about 1635, and was ad- mitted a freeman at Boston, December 14, 1638. He settled among the first in Concord Massachusetts, and became one of the largest owners of land. He had acquired 459 acres or more as early as March 14, 1638-9. He was a blacksmith by trade and a farmer by occupation. His residence was about three- quarters of a mile from the Concord meeting. house on the road to Groton. His first wife Sarah died July 18, 1678. He married again late in life and had a family of children, named below. His second wife was Susan- nah Rediat, widow of John Rediat Jr., of Marlborough. Miles died August 26, 1693, and she married third, November 10, 1698, William Wilson, of Billerica. The will of John Miles dated 1691, mentions the children of both wives, viz: 1. Child of John and Sar- ah Miles: Mary, born February II, 1639-40;
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married, but had no children. Children of John and Susannah Miles: 2. John, born May 20, 1680; mentioned below; ancestor of the Miles family of Westminster. 3. Deacon Samuel, born February 19, 1682; married Sarah Foster, of Littleton, Massachusetts, 1706. 4. Sarah, born May 25, 1686; mar- May 10, 1705, Edward Putnam, of Salem.
(II) John Miles, son of John Miles (1), was born May 20, 1680; died August 23, 1725, aged forty-five years. He lived on the home- stead of his father, on the Groton road. He married, April 16, 1702, Mary Prescott, whose ancestor, John Prescott, was one of the pio- neers at Nashaway (Lancaster) October 5, 1647, of a family noted for distinguished men in civil and military life. She married second Dodd. She died May, 1777. He was wealthy for his day, and left a large estate, valued in the inventory at over seventeen hundred pounds. Children of John and Mary Miles : I. John Jr., born at Concord, December 24, 1704, mentioned below. 2. Jonathan, born February 13, 1706, graduate of Harvard College in 1727, minister; mar- ried Mrs. Catherine Barron. 3. Mary, born October 18, 1709; married Thomas Jones. 4. Elizabeth, born November 16, 1714; died January 2, 1716. 5. James, born August 1, 1719 married Hannah Ball. 6. Benjamin, born No- vember 26, 1724; married Mary Hubbard, of Concord; resided in Rutland, Massachusetts. (III) John Miles, son of John Miles (2), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 24, 1704; died there February 4, 1781, aged seventy-six years. He married Eliza- beth Brooks, of Concord, of an old and dis- tinguished family, in 1726. Three weeks be- fore her death, when seventy-eight years old, she made the trip from Westminster to Con- cord on horseback. She died April 4, 1784. They lived in the south part of the town of Concord. He was a farmer. Their children, all born in Concord: I. John Jr., born Feb- ruary 20, 1727, removed to Westminster, Massachusetts. 2. Noah, born April 29, 1730; married Hulda Hosmer. 3. Abel, born November 9, 1733; married Lydia Adams, February 26, 1756. 4. Elizabeth, born March 1, 1736; married Obadiah Kendall. 5. Oliver, born September 1I, 1738; married Martha Stone, of Framingham. 6. James, born No- vember 7, 1740. 7. Dorothy, born March 12, 1743; married Samuel Gardiner. 8. Abner, removed to Westminster about 1765; married Margaret Trowbridge.
(IV) Oliver Miles, son of John Miles (3), was born at Concord September 11, 1738, and
died November 3, 1820, at Concord, aged eighty-four years. He married Martha Stone, of Framingham, Massachusetts, who died February 14, 1813, aged seventy-three years, at Concord. They resided at Concord, where all their children were born. He was a soldier in the French and Indian campaign, and at the battle of Fort Henry he was taken a prisoner by the Indians, but escaped. He served in the Concord company in the Rev- olution, and was in the New Jersey campaign under Washington. Children: I. Joseph, born July 22, 1770; married Hannah Brown, of Lincoln; died June 12, 1838. 2. Oliver, born September 27, 1772; mentioned below. 3. John, born February 7, 1775; settled at Gardner, Massachusetts. 4. Martha, born February 1, 1778; married Stephen Holden, and settled in Connecticut. 5. Lydia, born July 5, 1780; married Andrew Conant, of Concord. 6. Burgess, died October 1, 1787, aged four years and a half.
(V) Oliver Miles, son of Oliver (4), was born in Concord, September 27, 1772. He had a son John, mentioned below.
(VI) John Miles, son of Oliver Miles (5), was born about 1800. He lived in Concord and Stow, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Mossman, daughter of Ezra Mossman. Chil- dren: I. Ezra M., born 1824, at Concord. 2. Henry, born at Concord 1827; widow resides at South Acton, Massachusetts. 3. George, born at Concord, 1830; resides at Kewanee, Illinois. 4. Charles C., born at Concord, Oc- tober 2, 1832; resides at Plattsmouth, Ne- braska. 5. J. Frank, born at Stow April 5, 1840; mentioned below.
(VII) J. Frank Miles, son of John Miles (6), was born in Stow, Massachusetts, April 5, 1840, and died January 4, 1888. He was edu- cated in the public schools. He started in his business career as clerk in the store of Wil- liam Webber, Broad street, Boston. After a few years he accepted a position as salesman in the store of C. A. Richards, Washington, , street, Boston. He started in business for himself at 422 Washington street, Boston, un- der his own name. His store was burned in the big fire, November 9, 1872, and he suf- fered a total loss, but started again immedi- ately with a new stock and soon regained the lost ground. His business after the fire de- veloped rapidly. He was gifted with unusual business foresight and sagacity. He was a shrewd buyer and understood his business thoroughly. He stood high in the business world, and his death in the prime of life cre- ated a noticeable vacancy. After his death his
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widow sold his interests to Luther Adams, whom Mr. Miles had admitted to partnership. Mr. Miles was a genial, sociable and attrac- tive personality. He made friends readily and enjoyed social life. He was a popular Free Mason, and a member of the Royal Arch Chapter as well as the blue lodge. He was a member of the Odd Fellows, and of the famous old Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. He was a Universalist in religion, and a Republican in politics. His home was in Somerville, Massachusetts.
He married Drusilla Doolittle, who was born in Boston, July 11, 1842, daughter of Seth O. and Drusilla Whitcomb. Her father was a farmer and a native of Hinsdale, New Hampshire; her mother was a native of Dres- den, Maine. The children of Seth O. and Drusilla Doolittle were-Laura A. Doolittle; Drusilla Doolittle; Seth Otis Doolittle Jr .; Daniel Webster Doolittle; Clara E. Doolittle. Drusilla Whitcomb, her mother, was the daughter of Oliver and Rachel (Thompson) Whitcomb, whose children were: Eliza A. Whitcomb; Freeman Whitcomb; Tryphosa Whitcomb; Samuel Whitcomb; Oliver Whit- comb; Arnold Whitcomb; Drusilla Whitcomb, mentioned above ; Clarissa Whitcomb ; Seth H. Whitcomb.
The children of J. Frank and Drusilla (Doolittle) Miles: I. Edith M., born May 19, 1865, graduate of the Somerville public and high schools. 2. Viola B., born September 13, 1873, graduate of the public and high schools of Somerville; resides at 17 I-2 Mar- shall street, Somerville; married Frank M. Fielder ; children : i. Edith Fielder, born Octo- ber 7, 1900; ii. Drusa Miles Fielder; iii. Frank Monroe Fielder, born September 12, 1904. 3. Lillian G., born February 2, 1875; graduate of the grammar and high schools of Somerville ; married George B. Bishop; chil- dren : i. Leon Miles Bishop, born June 19, 1901. ii. Norman George Bishop, born Decem- ber 29, 1902. iii. Bernice May Bishop, born October 7, 1905; they reside at Burlington, Vermont.
HOGG and PRENTISS James Hogg, the immigrant ancestor of Archer Ruggles Prentiss, of Reading, Massa- chusetts, was of Scotch Presbyterian ancestry. He lived in Ulster Province, Ireland. His brother had two sons, John and Samuel Hogg, who settled at Hampstead, New Hampshire, removed to Londonderry, before
March 7, 1752, but they settled finally at Dun- barton, New Hampshire. John Hogg was a leading man in Dunbarton, but after a time removed to Weare, where he lived the re- mainder of his life and where he erected mills. John owned a large tract of wild land in Thornton, New Hampshire; he was an active man of business, well educated and became for his day wealthy; by authority of the legis- lature he and his children took the name of Raymond; he was born October 29, 1739. The record, made by his father in the family Bible has been preserved: "My own birth and marriage; the names and ages of my children: I, myself, born September Anno Domini 1704. I was married to Elizabeth Hambleton (Hamilton) November 6, 1729.
"My son Samuel Hoog, born August 13, 1730; my daughter Elizabeth Hoog, born April 29, 1732; my daughter Agnes Hoog, born September 2, 1734; my daughter Anne Hoog, born July 4, 1736; my son, John Hoog, born October 29, 1739; my daughter Mary Hoog, born May 7, 1742; my son Dav- id Hoog, born March 5, 1745; my son Abas- ser Hoog, born May -; my son Caleb, Hoog, born Nov. ye 22, 17 -. "
(II) Robert Hogg, son of James Hogg (I), was born in the north of Ireland, February 25, 1732, and came to this country in 1754 with brother Joseph. He lived for a time at Dunbarton, where his cousins had settled, but in 1764 purchased three lots of land in New Boston, New Hampshire, including the farms of Solomon and Israel Dodge and John Coch- ran, and he built his house on the hill just in the rear of Solomon Dodge's house, and there he and his wife died. He married Marga- ret Gregg, daughter of Samuel Gregg, one of the prominent Scotch-Irish pioneers of Lon- donderry, New Hampshire. Her mother was Mary Moor, of another prominent Scotch- Irish family. Mrs. Hogg died about five years after the death of her youngest child, of consumption, aged fifty-five or fifty-six, and Mr. Hogg died January 23, 1795. Both he and his wife were devout members of the Presbyterian church and were highly es- teemed for their consistent piety. They had thirteen children, of whom several died young. Those surviving were: I. Mary, mar- ried Tobias Butler, a school teacher, and they lived near her father's for a time, then re- moved to Antrim and subsequently to Hills- borough, where they died leaving several chil- dren: Susan, James, Robert, Margaret, Sam- uel, Joseph, Thomas, John and Nancy But- ler. 2. James, married Jennett Morison; sèt-
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