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(II) Daniel Cheney, son of John Cheney (I), was born in England about 1633. Mar- ried in Newbury, Massachusetts, October 8, 1665, Sarah Bayley, daughter of John, Jr., and Eleanor (Emery) Bayley. She was born Au- gust 17, 1644, and died October 26, 1714. He was a man of great industry and sagacity, a useful citizen and diligent farmer. He brought up a large family and left an honorable name. He and his wife were members of the church before 1675. He was admitted a freeman May 7, 1663, and was town constable in 1688. He died September 10, 1694, and the inventory of his estate was dated September 20, 1694, showing property to the amount of nearly six hundred pounds. Children: I. Sarah, born September 11, 1666, married John Richards, Jr .; removed after 1715 to Rochester, New Hampshire, where they suffered cruelly from the Indians. 2. Judith, born September 6, 1668, married John Emerson. 3. Daniel, born De- cember, 1670, mentioned below. 4. Hannah, born September 3, 1673, married (first), De- cember 17, 1696, Lieutenant Thomas Wiswall. 5. John, born July 10, 1676. 6. Eleanor, born March 29, 1679, married (first) Richard Shatswell; (second) Thomas Safford. 7. Jo- seph, baptized April 9, 1682. 8. James, born April 16, 1685.
(III) Daniel Cheney, son of Daniel Cheney (2), was born in Newbury, December, 1670. Married Hannah Duston, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Emerson) Duston. She was born August 22, 1678. Her mother was one of the most famous women of Colonial New
England. She was the daughter of Michael and Hannah (Webster) Emerson, born De- cember 23, 1657, married in Haverhill, Decem- ber 3, 1677, Thomas Duston or Dustin. The Indians attacked their home, when Mrs. Dus- ton was in bed with an infant six days old ; she refused to attempt to escape and persuaded her husband to make every effort to save the children. He was successful, but the sick woman and her nurse, Mrs. Neff, were cap- tured and driven into the wilderness in spite of her condition and the infant was slain. After enduring suffering of a dreadful sort, Mrs. Duston, assisted by another captive, a boy named Samuel Lennerson, rose in the night, seized a gun and tomahawk, killed and scalped the ten Indians who then held them prisoners, and made their way back home. The daughter Hannah was among the seven children saved by the father. She was then eighteen years old. The date of the Indian attack was March 15, 1697. The descendants of Hannah Duston and of Hannah Cheney alike have reason to be proud of their ancestry.
Daniel Cheney resided in Newbury on the bank of the river in what is now the village of West Newbury. He was a farmer. He was: also one of the brave soldiers who defended the town from Indian attacks in the old block- houses built for the purpose. He was also a member of the Second Foot Company of New- bury in 1710-II under Captain Hugh March. He and his wife were admitted to full com- munion in the West Newbury church, October 29, 1727. He died in the autumn of 1755. His will provided liberally for his wife and family. It is dated March 2, 1754-55, and proved No- vember 3, 1755. Children: 1. Daniel, born July 16, 1699. 2. John, born March 10, 1701- 02, mentioned below. 3. Thomas, born Febru- ary 25, 1703-04. 4. Hannah, born September 25, 1706, married, April 28, 1726, John Coffin, Jr. 5. Sarah, born January 25, 1708, married John Calef ; (second) Eastman. 6. Nathaniel, born November 25, 1711. 7. Mary, born August 9, 1714, married Joseph Homans. 8. Abigail, born November 1, 1719, married . Francis Hardy.
(IV) John Cheney, son of Daniel Cheney (3), was born in Newbury, March 10, 1701-02. Married, July 27, 1732. He died at the age of thirty-six, and the widow was administratrix. Her husband's brother Nathaniel was guardian of the minor children. The widow married (second), December 30, 1740, Nathan Chase. Children of John and Cheney : I. Jo- anna, born January, 1735, married, September 24, 1754, Nathan Allen. 2. Daniel, born and
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(V) Daniel Cheney, son of John Cheney (4), was born in Newbury, March 10, 1737. Married, February 17, 1757, Elizabeth Davis, daughter of Samuel Davis, of Newbury. They owned the covenant in the West Newbury church, August 20, 1758, and made their home there. He had charge of the meeting house in 1763-65-74. He was one of the Newbury men who responded to the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. He was commissioned second lieutenant of the Fourth Company of the Sev- enth Essex Regiment, Colonel Daniel Safford, June 26, 1777. He was in Lancaster, New Hampshire, in 1780, and June 20, 1796, bought land at New Chester, New Hampshire, and made his home there about 1799 in the family of his son Daniel. Children: I. Moses, born January 9, 1758, died at Bristol, unmarried. 2. Daniel, born April 17, 1761, mentioned below. 3. John, born July 7, 1764, died in Newbury, July, 1833. 4. David, born July 5, 1767, at Newbury. 5. Sarah, born November 15, 1770. 6. Elizabeth, born May 20, 1773, married Ebe- nezer Kelly. 7. Enoch, born at Newburyport, married Betsey Kidder.
(VI) Daniel Cheney, son of Daniel Cheney (5), was born in Newbury, April 17, 1761. Married (first) in Chelsea, November 16, 1788, Hannah Payne, of Chelsea; (second) (intentions filed in Newbury December 25, 1789) Susannah Badger. He resided in Con- cord, New Hampshire, in 1788, in Bristol in 1820. He is believed to have settled in Bristol in 1798. He was a soldier in the Revolution in Captain Silas Adams's company, Colonel Titcomb's regiment, in 1777; later in Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment on detached guard duty for General Burgoyne's army and at Winter Hill, closing his service November 3, 1779 ; he enlisted in Captain Staples Chamber- lain's company of Colonel Dean's regiment, March 7, 1781, and marched on the Rhode Island alarm. He was a pensioner of the gov- ernment late in life. His name last appears on the tax list of Bristol in 1830, and he was living in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1836. His home was the house recently owned by Profes- sor W. L. P. Boardman, High street. He sold land April 24, 1789, at New Chester, New Hampshire, making reference to his deceased wife's dower. He deeded his place at Bristol, March 1, 1827, to his daughter, Hannah B. Cheney, and other lands to his son Daniel, reserving life use of the property. Children of Daniel and Susannah Cheney : I. Joanna. born January 27, 1797, married. April 15.
1812, Hazen Colby; went to Lowell, M'assa- chusetts ; had sons Rufus and Hazen, died young. 2. Daniel, born at Bristol, April 18, 1801, mentioned below. 3. Hannah. 4. Su- sanna, married Edward Eastman; removed to Springfield, Vermont.
(VII) Daniel Cheney, son of Daniel Cheney (6), was born in Bristol, New Hampshire, April 18, 1801. Married, November 24, 1825, Mahala Copp, daughter of Solomon and Phebe Copp. She was born in Sanbornton, New Hampshire, July, 1803, and died at Wakefield, Massachusetts, June, 1886, aged eighty-three years. He died in 1837, aged thirty-six years. She married (second) Joseph Loverin. They lived at Wendell and Keene, New Hampshire ; and at Lynn, Massachusetts. Mahala quit- claimed her rights in a certain tract of land to John Edmands, December 9, 1830. Children : I. Charles Henry Rogers, born at Bristol, Jan- uary 13, 1827. 2. Sarah Hannah, died in in- fancy. 3. George Fitzgerald, died young. 4. Sarah Hannah, died young. 5. George Mowe, died young.
(VIII) Charles Henry Rogers Cheney, son of Daniel Cheney (7), was born in Bristol, New Hampshire, January 13, 1827. When he was very young his parents moved to Keene, New Hampshire, and thence to Lynn, Massa- chusetts, where he was educated in the public schools. He started in his business career as clerk in a shoe store in Lynn, and began busi- ness on his own account in Lowell, Massachu- setts, where he conducted a shoe store until 1854. At that time he removed to Wakefield, Massachusetts, where he died in 1901. In ad- dition to the retail shoe store which he estab- lished in Wakefield he also manufactured shoes. He was a natural mechanic and spent his spare hours repairing jewelry. He sold his shoe store and opened a jewelry store in Wakefield, remaining in business until a few years before his death. He enlisted in Com- pany K, Fourth Massachusetts Heavy Artil- lery, in the Civil war and served his country faithfully during his term of enlistment. The family have some beautiful specimens of his handiwork in bone carving as souvenirs of his war life. He spent his leisure in the service carving various articles, such as paper knives, toy cannons, muskets, etc., and displayed ex- quisite workmanship. Mr. Cheney was a quiet, reserved man, cheerful and happy in disposi- tion ; thoroughly honest and upright ; uniform- ly successful in business : enjoying the love of his family and the esteem of friends and towns- men.
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Lynn, January 18, 1846. Their children: I. Sarah Adelaide, born at Lynn, April 20, 1847, married, July 1, 1870, Eugene C. Bryant ; child, Wallace Bryant, born February 10, 1886. 2. George Henry, born in Lynn, February 14, 1849, married Clara Perkins; children living, Mabel and Gertrude. 3. Charles Augustus, born at Lowell, January 3, 1852, mentioned below. 4. Emma Susan, born at Lowell, De- cember 7, 1853, resides at Wakefield. 5. Clara Annetta, born at Wakefield, January 19, 1856, died December 5, 1856.
(IX) Charles Augustus Cheney, son of Charles Henry Rogers Cheney (8), was born in Lowell, January 3, 1852. He came to Wakefield with his parents at an early age, and was edu- cated in the Wakefield public schools. At the age of fifteen he began to learn the trade of cabinet maker in a shop at Reading, Massa- chusetts, but he preferred a mercantile career for which events showed that he was admir- ably fitted. He started in business as a dealer in newspapers and periodicals, borrowing the necessary capital, and making a great success of his business from the first. He built up the largest business of that kind in the town. In 1896 he established a coal and wood business which also prospered. He succeeded his father in the jewelry business, and also engaged in real estate. He has prospered in every ven- ture and is one of the leading self-made men of the town.
He has found time for other things than business, however, and is prominent in various fraternal orders. He has filled all the chairs in the Wakefield Lodge of Odd Fellows and is a charter member of the Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah. He is a member of Golden Rule Lodge of Free Masons and of Quonipoitt Council, Royal Arcanum. He was formerly a member of the Richardson Light Guards, Company A, Sixth Regiment, and was pro- moted through all the grades from private to captain. In politics he is a Republican, but has never been active in party politics and never sought public office. He has a genial, attractive personality, making many friends. He is a man of sterling character and worth, upright and estimable.
He married, November 16, 1876, Ellen Francis Coon, daughter of John Louis and Philippa (Ham) Coon. Their children: I. Ernest Linwood, born March 24, 1877, edu- cated in the public and high schools of Wake- field and at the Harvard Medical School, where he was graduated in 1900 with high honors ; he is now enjoying an extensive prac- tice in Duluth, Minnesota, where he located
after graduation. 2. Grace Lillian, born March 24, 1877, a twin to Dr. Ernest L.
(For early generations see Daniel 3.)
(IV) Thomas Cheney, son of
CHENEY Daniel (3) and Hannah (Dus- tin) Cheney, grandson of Dan- iel Cheney (2) and great-grandson of John Cheney (I), was born in Newbury, Massa- chusetts, February 25, 1703 ; married May 17, 1726, Hannah Stevens, believed to be the daughter of John, Jr., and Mary (Bartlett) Stevens, born in Haverhill, March 16, 1704-5. He bought a house, barn and twenty acres of land in Haverhill, March 24, 174I, for one hun- dred and fifty pounds. This section became a portion of Plaistow, New Hampshire, when the new boundary line was run, and he became a citizen of New Hampshire without removing from Massachusetts. His will, dated March 4, 1767, proved June 24, following, bequeathed to wife and children Daniel, Dustin, Thomas, John, James, Hannah, Abigail, Sarah, Ruth and Susanna ; to grandchildren Nathaniel, son of Daniel, and Thomas, son of Dustin, his half- rights in Perrystown, now Sutton, New Hampshire. Children: I. Hannah, born in Newbury, March 20, 1727. 2. Daniel, born in Haverhill, January 10, 1728-9; mentioned be- low. 3. Dustin, born in Haverhill, May 3, 1731. 4. Thomas, born in Haverhill, July 31, I733. 5. Mary, born in Haverhill, January 20, 1735-6. 6. Nathaniel, born March 16, 1737-8, died young. 7. John, born in Plais- tow, June 2, 1740. 8. James, born in Plais- tow, August I, 1742. 9. Abigail, born in Plaistow, December 18, 1744. 10. Sarah, born in Plaistow, November 2, 1746. II. Ruth, born in Plaistow, April 29, 1749. 12. Su- sanna, born in Plaistow, December 29, 1753.
(V) Daniel Cheney, son of Thomas Cheney (4), was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, January 10, 1728-9 ; married Elizabeth (Betty) Hadley. He was a resident of Salem, New Hampshire, in 1763, when he was elected to office in that town, in 1765, when that town is given as his residence in a deed of land at Londonderry, bought by him. But he was con- nected with the church at Hampstead, New Hampshire, where his daughter Elizabeth was baptized in 1762, and five other children July 23, 1777. He bought land at Goffstown, New Hampshire, in 1780, and removed thither. In 1784 he mortgaged land "in the Fifth Range of Oppiscataquog river." He bought a tract of land of the town of Goffstown in 1796, and bought, sold, and cultivated large amounts of
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land. He was a soldier in the Revolution. Children : I. Nathaniel, born about 1754; mentioned below. 2. Joseph, born about 1756. 3. Enoch, born about 1758. 4. Jonathan Dus- tin, born about 1759. 5. Mary, born 1761 ; married February 2, 1786, Stephen Hadley, of Dunbarton, New Hampshire. 6. Elizabeth, baptized June 13, 1762; married May 30, 1786, Joseph Sargent, of Goffstown. 7. Mary, born about 1763; married October 24, 1786, Caleb Mills, of Dunbarton. 8. Hannah, baptized July 23, 1777 ; married November 23, 1786, Timothy Sargent, of Dunbarton. 9. Sarah, baptized July 23, 1777; married No- vember 26, 1789, Aaron Quimby, of Weare, New Hampshire. IO. Daniel, baptized July 23, 1777. II. Thomas, born November 23, 1774 ; baptized July 23, 1777. 12. Nanne, bap- tized July 23, 1777.
(VI) Nathaniel Cheney, son of Daniel Cheney (5), was born about 1754; married in Hampstead, July 28, 1777, Mary Stevens, daughter of Wait and Elizabeth (Sargent) Stevens. She was born in 1759. He began his married life in Hampstead, and there his first child was born. His grandfather be- queathed to him and his cousin shares in the town first called Perrystown (now Sutton), New Hampshire, and there he settled after the Revolution. On July 7, 1779, he sold to Eli- phalet Cheney, of Plaistow, a quarter of lot 40 in the Second Division of Perrystown, laid out originally to Captain Daniel Poor, of Plaistow. He purchased of Elizabeth Stevens, of Hamp- stead, land in Plaistow, and bought another tract about the same time, February 17, 1781, of Joseph Woodley. He was a well-to-do farmer. He did good pioneer service, and lived long and well. He died March 6, 1847. Children: I. Wait Stevens, born February II, 1778; resided awhile in Deering, New Hamp- shire; removed to Batavia, New York. 2. Daniel, born June 19, 1780. 3. Mary, born December 5, 1782; married January 29, 1799, Asa King, born March 15, 1779. 4. Nathan- iel, born February 6, 1785; mentioned below. 5. Sarah, born February 21, 1788; married September 24, 1807, Israel Morrill, of War- ner, New Hampshire. 6. Isaac, born August 19, 1790. 7. Timothy, born June 21, 1793. 8. Thomas, born October 6, 1796. 9. Silas, born May 17, 1798. 10. Caleb, born July 24, 1800.
(VII) Nathaniel Cheney, son of Nathaniel Cheney (6), was born in Sutton, New Hamp- shire, February 6, 1785 ; married September 5, 18II, Sarah Pillsbury; daughter of Micajah and Sarah (Sargent) Pillsbury. (See Pills-
bury family.) He was educated there in the common schools, and became a farmer in his native town. He was a Republican in politics, active in party affairs, and was elected to vari- ous offices of trust and responsibility by his. townsmen. He attended the Baptist church. He died suddenly of heart disease, February 27, 1870; his wife died May 2, 1875. Chil- dren : I. Moses Pillsbury, born September 3,. 1815; died 1885. 2. Sarah, born April 18, 1818; married July 4, 1839, John Carter, of Lowell; she died 1841. 3. Mary Stevens, born July 23, 1820; died 1902; married April 30, 1845, George L. Flint, of Henniker, New Hampshire. 4. Elizabeth P., born September I, 1822; died December 10, 1824. 5. George Sullivan, born August 30, 1825; mentioned below. 6. Susan M., born June 22, 1829; married November 16, 1848, Nathan P. Blod- gett, of Newbury, New Hampshire; she died in 1864. 7. Nancy J., born August 26, 1834; married August 19, 1864, Lorenzo H. True, of Goshen and Bradford, New Hampshire.
(VIII) George Sullivan Cheney, son of Nathaniel Cheney (7), was born August 30, 1825, at Sutton, New Hampshire. He re- ceived his education in the common schools of his native town. Coming to Lowell when fifteen years of age, he attended school, and at. the same time worked morning and evening in a grocery store. When twenty-two years old he went into the grocery business on his own account. He was successful beyond his high- est expectation, and for forty years was one of the leading grocers of the city of Lowell. He remained in business until 1886, when he re- tired. He died in Lowell July 19, 1897. He was a member of the common council in 1867 and 1868, and was alderman of the city in 1869. For many years he was city auditor, and from 1888 to 1891, inclusive, he was one of the city assessors. His knowledge of finan- cial matters and his well proved business ability were of great value to the city. In poli- tics he was a Republican. He was one of the founders of the Five-Cent Savings Bank, and a trustee from its organization until his death, and for many years vice-president and mem- ber of the investment committee. He was an active member and liberal supporter of the Grace Universalist Church of Lowell, and for more than twenty-five years was its treasurer, he served also on its finance committee, and as one of its directors. He was a member of the Old Residents' Association ; a charter member of the Lowell Lodge of Odd Fellows ; member of the Knights of Pythias, and treasurer of his lodge for twenty-five years.
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He was a self-made man. His industry and foresight were well rewarded in a material way. He was an upright citizen, casting his influence among the best, doing his full duty in church, business, social and political life. He married May 2, 1848, Mary Jane Flint, daughter of Oliver W. Flint, of Lowell. She was born November 30, 1830, and died April 20, 1907. Children: I. Sarah Lucetta, born December II, 1849; married October 30, 1877, William Alonzo Owen, of Lowell; no issue. 2. Elizabeth Whiting, born October 5, 1856; married November 22, 1876, Walter J. Petten- gill, of Lowell; had child, Brenda Cheney Pettengill, born June 20, 1878.
William Pillsbury, the im- PILLSBURY migrant ancestor of all the American families whose lineages have been traced, came from Hing- ham, England, to Boston in 1640 or 1641. On his arrival in Boston he let himself as a servant to pay the cost of his passage-not an unusual custom of the young Englishmen of the middle classes who wished to make a start in New England. He married, in the summer of 1641, Dorothy Crosby, and settled in Dorchester, where four of his children were born. In 1651 he bought a house and forty acres of land in Newbury, Massachusetts, and this homestead has remained in the family and descended from father to son, and though reduced in acreage by numerous sales is still held and occupied by members of the ninth generation. The
original deed is in the possession of David B. Pillsbury, author of the family history, and owner of the homestead. The old house was partly destroyed by fire, but was restored with as little new material as possible to exactly its original dimensions and style. Mr. Pillsbury attended the First Church at Newbury; was admitted a freeman April 29, 1668. His will is dated April 22, 1686. He died June 19 fol- lowing, and was buried in the Newbury grave- yard near the Upper Green. He was called wealthy in his day, owning many acres of land, and had money to lend. His inventory shows that he held slaves, and owned a suit of armor of some sort. Children : I. Deborah, born April 16, 1642; married Ewens. 2. Job, born October 16, 1643; died September 10, 1716 ; married April 5, 1677, Katherine Gavett. 3. Moses, born 1645; mentioned below. 4. Abel, died before 1697. 5. Caleb, born Janu- ary 28, 1653; died July 4, 1680. 6. William, born July 27, 1656. 7. Experience, born April 10, 1658; died August 4, 1708. 8. In-
crease, born October 10, 1660; drowned off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, in 1690, while serv- ing in the expedition under Sir William Phipps. 9. Thankful, born April 22, 1662. 10. Joshua, born June 20, 1671; died June 20, 1674.
(II) Moses Pillsbury, son of William Pills- bury (I), was born in Dorchester, Massachu- setts about 1645, and died in Newbury, 170I. He married first Susanna Worth, daughter of Lionel Worth. His name and those of the earlier generation was spelled Pilsbury. He was a proprietor of Newbury; in 1686 was a town officer, constable. His will was dated April 29, 1701, bequeathing to wife Priscilla ; sons Caleb (who was executor), Joseph, Moses and Amos ; and daughters Dorothy, Su- sanna, Judith, Hannah and Mary. Children: I. Joseph, born June 6, 1670; died January 14, 1750. 2. Moses, born July 4, 1672; died March 24, 1738. 3. Dorothy, born April 9, 1675; married February 27, 1708, Benjamin Poor. 4. Susannah, born February 1, 1677 ; died December 22, 1767; married October 25, 1698, Luke Hovey, of Topsfield. 5. Judith, born March 16, 1679; married January 17, 1704. 6. Caleb, born July 27, 1681 ; men- tioned below. 7. Hannah, born May 3, 1686. 8. Amos. Child of Moses and second wife Priscilla : 9: Mary.
(III) Caleb Pillsbury, son of Moses Pills- bury (2), was born in Newbury, July 27, I681; died in Amesbury, 1759; married in Newbury, February II, 1703, Sarah Morse, daughter of Benjamin Morse (or Morss), of Amesbury. Caleb and family removed to Amesbury in 1727, and he became a leading citizen of that town. He and Orlando Bagley devised a plan to tunnel Pond Ridge in order that the waters of Lake Attitash might flow more directly into Powow river, and also drain a large meadow north of the lake so that its crop of hay might be more valuable and more easily harvested. It is said that the two men who dug this very successful Isthmian canal received as their pay a barrel of rum. Caleb Pillsbury made two wills-the first, dated June 27, 1738, is preserved by a descendant; the second was dated November 24, 1758, and proved in the Essex court, and makes bequests to his children and grandchildren. then living ; his wife and one daughter had died. Chil- dren : I. Benjamin, baptized April 9, 1705. 2. Caleb, born January 26, 1717; mentioned be- low. 3. Susannah, baptized September 16, 1705. 4. Sarah, married first - Stevens ; second Jones. 5. Esther, baptized De- cember 26, 1714. 6. Hannah, baptized De-
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cember 26, 1714. 7. Judith, married Harvey.
(IV) Caleb Pillsbury, son of Caleb Pills- bury (3), was born in Newbury, January 26, 1717; died in Amesbury, in 1778; married July 8, 1742, Sarah Kimball, of Amesbury, who died in 1761. He married second, Mrs. Mehitable (Buswell) Smith, of Kingston, New Hampshire, in 1761. He was one of the most prominent citizens of Amesbury, and held at one time or another almost every office within the gift of his townsmen. He was re- peatedly chosen selectman ; was representative to the general court and its successor, the pro- vincial congress; was captain of the militia company, and his commission signed by Gov- ernor Hutchinson is carefully preserved by one of his great-grandsons. He was captain of the little company of fifteen minute- men who marched from Amesbury to Cam- bridge on the Lexington Alarm, and four of this company were Pillsburys; indeed, Caleb and all his five sons were at different times in the Continental army. He died in the Spring of 1778. The inventory of his property, taken June 4 following, amounted to over 2,200 pounds, a large estate for his time. His widow Mehitable and son Joshua were appointed ad- ministrators and guardians of the minor chil- dren, Micajah and Isaac. Children of Caleb and Sarah Pillsbury: 1. Joshua, born March 30, 1743; died in Canaan, New Hampshire, February 21, 1825. 2. Susannah, born March 30, 1745. 3. Sarah, born June 4, 1747. 4. Moses, born June 19, 1750; died in Bridge- water, New Hampshire, January 28, 1840. 5. Caleb, born March 27, 1752, died in Danville, Vermont, September 17, 1832. 6. Elizabeth born August 3, 1754. 7. Micajah, born May 4. 1761 ; mentioned below. Child of Caleb and Mehitable : 8. Isaac, born October 19, 1762; died in Hallowell, Maine.
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