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LOCKE The immigrant ancestor of Ed- win F. Locke was Deacon Wil- liam Locke, who was born in Stephney parish, London, England, and bap- tized December 20, 1628. He came with rela- tives to this country when a child in the ship "Planter," March 22, 1634. It is not certain how early he settled in Woburn, but the first real estate he is recorded as purchasing there was about 1650. Later he became a large real estate owner, and took an active part in town affairs, serving as selectman several times, as constable, grand juror, and in many other positions. He was also deacon of the church. He was not only a farmer, but car- penter and builder. He died at Woburn, June 16, 1720. He married, December 25, 1655, Mary Clarke, daughter of William and Mar- gery Clarke, of Woburn. Children of Deacon William and Mary (Clarke) Locke, born in Woburn: I. William, born December 27, 1657, died January 9, 1658. 2. William, born January 18, 1659; see forward. 3. John, born August 1, 1661, married (first) Elizabeth Plympton, May 31, 1683; married second, Mrs. Mary (Winn) Wyman, November 30, 1720. 4. Joseph, born March 8, 1664, mar- ried (first) Mary -, died April, 1707; married second, Margaret Mead, daughter of Israel Mead, of Woburn; married third, Han- nah Pierce, of Weston, November 5, 1743. 5. Mary, born October 16, 1666, married Samuel Kendall, March 30, 1692. 6. Samuel, born October 14, 1669, married (first) Ruth -; married second, Mary Day, of Ips- wich, in 1717. 7. Ebenezer, born January 8, 1674, married (first) Susanna Walker, Octo- ber 18, 1697 ; married second, Hannah Meads, October 14, 1701. 8. James, born November 14, 1677, married Sarah Cutter, daughter of Richard Cutter, of Cambridge, December 5, 1700. 9. Elizabeth, born January 4, 1681, married James Markham, October 14, 1700.
(II) Deacon William Locke, son of Deacon William and Mary (Clarke) Locke, born Jan- uary 18, 1659. He was a deacon in 1709, was selectman in 1703-04 and 1732, and held many other town offices. He served on committees for the church as well as town affairs. He
resided in the second precinct of Woburn, which afterwards became a part of Burling- ton when that town was incorporated. He died January 8, 1738. He married first Sarah Whitmore, May 29, 1683, daughter of Francis and Isabel (Park) Whitmore, of Cambridge; married second, Abigail Hayward, June 8, 1698. The first three children were by his . first wife, the last two by his second wife, all born in Woburn : I. William, born June 28, 1684; married first, Mary -, who died February 21, 1710-II ; second Jemima Russell, daughter of Philip K. Russell. 2. Francis, born July 25, 1690, in Woburn. 3. Daniel, born July 9, 1693 ; married first Abigail who died November 22, 1750; second, Mrs. Dorcas Brabrook, November 17, 1751. 4. Ebenezer, married Elizabeth 5. Abi- gail, born June 22, 1710, married Jonas Mer- iam, October 3, 1728.
(III) Francis Locke, son of Deacon Wil- liam and Sarah (Whitmore) Locke, was born July 25, 1690. He lived in Medford a few years after his marriage, but in 1718 sold his property in Woburn to his brother Daniel, and moved to West Cambridge, now Arlington. At different times he bought considerable land there. He was not only a farmer, but a tanner, and kept a tavern. In 1739 he and his wife Elizabeth were among the original mem- bers of the church in West Cambridge. In 1747 he and Gershom Cutter were fined thirty shillings each for travelling on Sunday to Newton to attend meeting, by Henry Gibbs, justice of the peace. The court of sessions, however, ordered the proceedings quashed. He died September 3, 1770. His wife died June 27, 1771, aged eighty-one years. He married first, Elizabeth Winship, of Medford, February 25, 1713, who died 1758; married second, Mrs. Martha (Russell) Danster, March 15, 1759. She was the widow of Henry Dunster, grandson of President Henry Dunster, of Harvard College. Children of Francis Locke and his first wife, the first two born in Medford, the others in West Cam- bridge: I. Samuel, born January 15, 1714. 2. Elizabeth, born June 17, 1716; married first Zachariah Symmes, June 16, 1748; second, Ebenezer Brooks, November 15, 1776. 3. Sarah, born April 10, 1719, married William Withington, of West Cambridge. 4. Francis, born April 3, 1721 ; married Ruth Fessenden, September 13, 1743. 5. John, born February 8, 1724, married Mary Frost, daughter of Thomas Frost, of Cambridge. 6. Benjamin, baptized October 12, 1735, died young.
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(IV) Samuel Locke, son of Francis and Elizabeth (Winship) Locke, born January 15, 1714. He lived in West Cambridge. In 1760 his father, Francis Locke, sold him a small lot of land, "at the foot of the rocks," with dwell- ing-house thereon, it being a part of the "mill pasture," for £26 13s 4d. In December, 1769, his father sold him for £141 5s 5d certain lots of land in West Cambridge, reserving the con- trol and use of the same during his life. He seems to have been a farmer. He died of small-pox August 5, 1775. He was second cousin of Dr. Samuel Locke, president of Harvard College. He married first, Deborah Butterfield, daughter of Jonathan Butterfield; she died September 7, 1769; second, Mrs. Mehitable (Chamberlain) Butterfield, June 6, 1770. She was the widow of William Butter- field, brother of Deborah, his first wife. Chil- dren of Samuel Locke by his first wife, all born at West Cambridge: I. Lydia, baptized November 7, 1736, died young. 2. Benjamin, born August 5 or 6, 1738, married Mary Pierce August 2, 1757 ; he commanded a company at the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill; died December 7, 1791. 3. Lydia, born De- cember 27, 1739; married Daniel Hill, August 27, 1761. 4. Deborah, born July 10, 1741 ; married William Butterfield, January 12, 1768. 5. Mary, born December 22, 1742, died Octo- ber 23, 1743. 6. Mary, born January 12, 1744; married Nathaniel Cutter, of Princeton, November 20, 1777. 7. Elizabeth, born May 6, 1745; married Jason Russell, Jr., October 28, 1762, they removed to Mason, New Hamp- shire. 8. Sarah, born September 9, 1746, died September 23, 1746. 9 .- 10. Sarah and Samuel, twins, born December 15, 1748; Sarah died the same day. II. William, born May 20, 1750, died March 9, 1752. 12 .- 13. Jonathan and Ruth (twins), born December 6, 1751; Jonathan died December 31, 1751 ; Ruth married Isaac Watson, of Medford, September 26, 1771, and they settled in Wil- ton, New Hampshire. 14. Phebe, born No- vember 30, 1753; married Francis Locke, Jr., her cousin, November 1, 1772,
(V) Lieutenant Samuel Locke, son of Samuel and Deborah (Butterfield) Locke, born December 15, 1748. He was lieutenant in the war of the Revolution ; was with troops at Noddle's Island in December, 1776, and at Cambridge, May, 1777. He was an extensive farmer, and resided in the south part of West Cambridge (now. Belmont), where he owned a large estate. He died September 13, 1819. He married Margaret Adams, May 16, 1771.
Children of Lieutenant Samuel and Margaret (Adams) Locke, born at West Cambridge (now Belmont) : I. Deborah, born March 10, 1772 ; married Ephraim Cutter, March 13, 1791. 2. Samuel, born March 13, 1773, mar ried Hannah Learned, November 12, 1797. 3 Nathan, born August 3, 1774, married Sarah Cutter, November 14, 1797. 4. Joseph, born September 7, 1775 ; married Mehitable Locke, March 2, 1800. 5. Margaret, born June 3, 1777 ; married James Frost (3rd), February I, 1795. 6. Martha, born October 3, 1778; married Peter Tufts, Jr., April 5, 1798. 7. Daniel, born October 28, 1779 ; married (first) Martha Williams, November 14, 1802 ; second, Zerniah third, Mary Pool, April 14, 1825. 8. Isaac, born June 27. 1781 ; sce forward. 9. Anna, born February 3, 1783; married Charles Wellington, January 12, 1809. IO. John, born June 17, 1784, died July 22, 1784. II. Amos, born June II, 1785 ; married Sally Tufts, October 21, 1813. 12. Joel, born January 1, 1787; married Abigail Simonds, April 20, 1809. 13. Jonas, born March 15, 1789 ; married Hannah Meriam, April 6, 1820. 14. Leonard, born July 5, 1791, died Septem- ber 18, 1791. 15. Oliver, born September 14, 1792 ; married Lavinia Smith, April 2, 1818.
(VI) Isaac Locke, son of Lieutenant Sam- uel and Margaret (Adams) Locke, was born June 27, 1781. He was a farmer and lived in that part of West Cambridge now Belmont. He died April 27, 1840. He married Hannah Butterfield, daughter of Samuel Butterfield, of West Cambridge, in 1807. Children of Isaac and Hannah (Butterfield) Locke, born at West Cambridge: I. George Augustus, born June 17, 1807 ; married Mary S. Davis, April 4, 1839. 2. Albert, born January 7, 1810. 3. Elizabeth Butterfield, born November 9, 1811 ; married John Hart, December 8, 1830. 4. Edwin, born July 7, 1814; married Eveline Perry, March 24, 1842. 5. Samuel Butter- field, born June 25, 1816, died January 13, 1838. 6. Isaac, born September 8, 1818, see forward. 7. John, born February 20, 1823; married Elizabeth Thompson, May 20, 1847. 8. Caroline Augusta, born July 7, 1825 ; mar- ried a Mr. Adams. 9. William Henry, born October 3, 1827.
(VII) Isaac Locke, son of Isaac and Han- nah (Butterfield) Locke, was born September 8, 1818. He was educated in the schools of West Cambridge and at Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. He lived in Charlestown the greater part of his active life, but finally re- turned with his family to the vicinity of the
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old homestead, now Belmont. He was a mem- ber of King Solomon Lodge of Masons of Charlestown, and a charter member of Henry Price Lodge. He was in the fruit and produce business, and was one of the first to occupy the new building of the Faneuil Hall Market, sometimes called Quincy Market, Boston. He died February 14, 1889. He married August 18, 1845, Elizabeth J. Brown, daughter of Samuel and Dorothy (Gove) Brown. Chil- dren of Isaac and Elizabeth (Brown) Locke : I. Edwin Forrest, born January 9, 1847; see forward. 2. Isaac H., born August 18, 1850; married, September 21, 1881, Mary M. Beau- champ, of Boston, daughter of Captain Isaac Beauchamp. 3. Emma, born February 6, 1855 or 1856; married Arnold H. B. Heath, Octo- ber 19, 1890. 4. Charles B., born March 29, 1859; married, February 3, 1894, Effie A. Chapman, of Hall's Harbor, Nova Scotia.
(VIII) Edwin Forrest Locke, son of Isaac and Elizabeth J. (Brown) Locke, was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, January 9, 1847. He was educated in the public schools of Charlestown, and at Chauncy Hall School, Boston. When about nineteen years of age he entered the employ of his father at Faneuil Hall Market, and in a few years was admitted to the firm, under the name of Isaac Locke & Company, in which he continued as long as he lived. He resided a few years in Chelsea, and removed to West Medford in 1890. He was an active member of the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange, the Boston Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Massachu- setts Society Sons of the American Revolu- tion, and Medford Historical Society. He died at his summer home in Amherst, New Hampshire, October 3, 1905. He married (first), October 28, 1869, Wilhelmina F. Leon- ard, who died December 22, 1876; second, October 26, 1880, Emma P. Boylston, daugh- ter of Edward Dudley and Mercy Plummer (Perkins) Boylston, born in Amherst, New Hampshire, June 8, 1855. Children of Edwin Forrest and Emma P. (Boylston) Locke : I. Wilhelmina Boylston, born October 1, 1881, at Chelsea ; married Kenneth Hutchins, Octo- ber 26, 1903; they have one child, Boylston Hutchins, born August 30, 1904, and they live in West Medford. 2. Howard Revere, born August 28, 1883, at Revere. 3. Mabel Emma, born May 13, 1889, at Chelsea. The maternal immigrant ancestor of Edwin F. Locke was
(I) John Brown, who was born in England in 1588 or '89, and with the Rev. Stephen
Batchelder and others was one of the found- ers of Hampton, New Hampshire, in 1638. He reached middle life before he came to New England, having, it is said, taken part in some foreign wars before he left England. His residence was on a ten-acre lot bought of John Sanders, on which Zaccheus Brown, a lineal descendant of the seventh generation, lived. Afterwards by purchase he made large additions to this lot, and obtained various tracts of land in different parts of the town. He was a farmer, and brought his sons up to that line of work. Four of his sons served in the King Philip war. He died February 28, 1687. His wife's name was Sarah, perhaps Sarah Walker. His children were all born in Hampton. At that time Hampton, Exeter, Portsmouth and Dover were part of Old Nor- folk county, and belonged to Massachusetts. Children of John and Sarah Brown: I. Sarah, born about 1643, married John Poor; died in Charlestown, Massachusetts, December, 1678. 2. John, born about 1645, died August 29, 1683. 3. Benjamin, born about 1647 ; married Sarah Brown; died about 1736. 4. Elizabeth, born about 1650; married Isaac Marston ; died October 5, 1689. 5. Jacob, born 1653; mar- ried Sarah Brooking ; died February 13, 1740. 6. Mary, born September 13, 1655; married Nathan Parker, April 15, 1675. 7. Thomas, born July 14, 1657; see forward. 8. Stephen, born about 1659; killed at Black Point, June 29, 1677, in a conflict with the Indians.
(II) Thomas, son of John and Sarah Brown, born July 14, 1657, died June 29, 1744. He served in King Philip's war. He married Abiel Shaw, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Partridge ) Shaw. Children of Thomas and Abiel (Shaw) Brown : I. Thomas, born December, 1686 married Dorcas Fanning ; died June 7, 1766. 2. Joseph, born January 30, 1689; see forward. 3. Sarah, born April 3, 1691 ; married Joshua Towle, died August 8, 1767. 4. Elizabeth, born April 21, 1694; married Solomon Dowst; lived in Rye. 5. Ebenezer, born about 1696; married (first) Sobriety, daughter of Josiah Moulton, February 27, 1724; second, Mary Flanders ; died October 20, 1780. 6. Josiah, born Feb- ruary 15, 1701; married (first) Elizabeth Towle, January 1, 1724; second, Mary Brad- bury, December 5, 1744; died December 4, 1790.
(III) Joseph Brown, son of Thomas and Abiel (Shaw) Brown, was born January 30, 1689. He lived in Hampton, and afterwards removed to Rye, New Hampshire. He mar-
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ried Elizabeth Palmer, daughter of Joseph and Deborah ( Batchelder) Palmer. He died in Rye, New Hampshire, March 19, 1759. Children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Palmer ) Brown: I. Joseph, born January 2, 1716, died young. 2. Thomas, born August 6, 1717. 3. Samuel, born November 20, 1720; see for- ward. 4. Joseph, born December 2, 1722; married Abigail Goss, November 27, 1746. 5. Jonathan (Colonel), born December 20, 1724; married Mary Garland, daughter of John, January 3, 1753 ; died January, 1798. 6. Eliz- abeth, born August 6, 1727, married Simon Garland, son of John. 7. Mary, born July I, 1732, died November 12, 1736.
(IV) Dr. Samuel Brown, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Palmer) Brown, born November 20, 1720, in Rye, New Hampshire. He re- moved to Chester, New Hampshire, about 1750, and according to Chase's "History of Chester," he bought the place where Jabez French first lived, on the east half of No. 17, 2nd P. 2nd D. He became quite infirm from rheumatism in the last years of his life. He was a farmer and physician. He died May
20, 1794. In the winter of 1745-6 Samuel Brown was a sergeant in Captain John Goffe's company of thirty-seven men, scouting the woods on snowshoes looking for Indians. He served from August to November, 1757, in a company sent to reinforce the garrison at Charlestown, No. 4, on the Connecticut river. He was member of the committee of safety for the town of Chester in the revolutionary war. He married, July 18, 1745, Susanna Knowles, of Rye, daughter of John and Try- phena (Locke) Knowles. She was born in 1726, and died May 3, 1789. Children of Samuel and Susanna (Knowles) Brown, the first two born in Rye, the others in Chester : I. Mary, born April 21, 1746; married Joseph Fuller ; lived in Chester and Raymond. 2. Jonathan, born September 15, 1747; married (first), Sarah Moulton; (second) her sister, the widow Bosford, October 12, 1822. 3. Fenia, born August 24, 1750, died young. 4. Joseph, born August 1752, died November 18, 1754. 5. Samuel, born November II, 1754; married Sarah Paine; he served in the Revo- lutionary war; died July 3, 1827. 6. Susan, born December 14, 1756; married Bartlett Kenniston. 7. Joseph, born February 24, 1758; see forward. 8. John, born November 22, 1760; married Comfort Jenness, October 25, 1789, died 1822. 9. Fenia, born March 3, 1763, probably died young. 10. David, born September 17, 1765; married Elizabeth Nay,
daughter of Captain Samuel and Mary (El- kins) Nay, January 6, 1791 ; died 1828. He settled in Raymond, New Hampshire.
(V) Joseph, son of Samuel and Susanna (Knowles) Brown, was born February 24, 1758, in Chester, New Hampshire. He was a farmer and lived on the home place. He was a soldier in the revolutionary war, serving in Captain Stephen Dearborn's company, Colonel Thomas Stickney's regiment, General Stark's brigade, and joined the Northern Continental army, serving from July 19 to September 18, 1777. He was in the battle at Bennington, August 16, which resulted in a great victory for the Continental army. He served again, enlisting July 1, 1781, for six months in Cap- tain Livermore's company of the Third Regi- ment. Caleb Hall, the father of his first wife, was in the batttle of Bunker Hill, serving as a soldier in Captain Thomas Cogswell's com- pany, Colonel Loammi Baldwin's regiment. Immediately on hearing of the battle of Lex- ington he left his home in Chester, New Hampshire, and proceeded to Cambridge, where he enlisted in a Massachusetts regi- ment, April 24, 1775, serving for eight months, leaving his wife to take care of things at home and five small children, the oldest being eleven years old. In 1777 he enlisted in Captain Joseph Dearborn's company, Colonel Joshua Wingate's regiment, and served in Rhode Is- iand. Joseph Brown died in 1802. He mar- ried first, Lydia Hall, daughter of Caleb Hall, of Chester, in 1782. She was born in 1764; married second, Lydia Mace, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Nay) Mace, of Hampton, and granddaughter of Captain Daniel Ladd, of Kingston, and a great-great-granddaughter of Hon. John Gilman, of Exeter. Children of Joseph Brown and Lydia Hall, his first wife, who died December 15, 1790: I. Susie, born April 3, 1783. 2. Abraham, born November 4. 1784. 3. Samuel, born April 11, 1786; see forward. 4. Betsy, born October, 1788; mar- ried Moses Mace. 5. Lydia, born May 24, 1792, died in 1794. 6. Isaac, born July 10, 1793. 7. John, born October 23, 1794; mar- ried Polly Nay; died November 17, 1882. 8. Joseph, born January 16, 1796. 9. Lydia. born August 2, 1798, died November 4, 1843. IO. Andrew, born March 10, 1800. II. Sally, born September 24, 1802, died November, 1802. All born in Chester.
(VI) Samuel. son of Joseph and Lydia ( Hall) Brown, was born April II, 1786, in Chester, New Hampshire. In 1813 he moved to Monmouth, Maine, and lived there till he
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died. He was a farmer, and an enterprising citizen of the town. He married Dorothy Gove, in 1813; she was born December, 1789. Children of Samuel and Dorothy (Gove) Brown, born in Monmouth, Maine: I. Ade- line, born March 14, 1815, died in 1828. 2. Maria L., born October 5, 1816; married Mr. Bragdon. 3. Cordelia, born January 20, 1818; married Macus A. Metcalf ; lived in Malden, Massachusetts. 4. Joseph B., born 1820. 5 Dorothy Ann, born September 27, 1822; mar- ried Edwin Farnham. They lived in Somer- ville. 6. Elizabeth Jane, born March 7, 1824; married Isaac Locke, August 18, 1845. 7. Mary A., born February 21, 1826.
(VII) Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Samuel and Dorothy (Gove) Brown, married Isaac Locke, August 18, 1845. (See Locke family).
(I) Thomas Boylston, the immigrant an- · cestor of Mrs. Emma (Boylston) Locke, was a son of Edmund Boylston, of London. He was born in London in 1615, and embarked for America in the ship "Defiance," in 1635. He settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, where he died about 1653. He married Sarah who died September 14, 1704. Children of Thomas and Sarah Boylston : I. Elizabeth,
born September 21, 1640. 2. Sarah, born September 30, 1642. 3. Thomas, born 1644.
(II) Thomas Boylston, son of Thomas and Sarah Boylston, was born in Watertown. He settled in Muddy River, now Brookline. He was a farmer and a physician. He served in the King Philip war in 1675. He joined the church in Roxbury, July 7, 1678. He mar- ried Mary, daughter of Thomas Gardner, of Muddy River. She was born April 9, 1648, and died July 8, 1722. Children of Thomas and Mary (Gardner ) Boylston: I. Mary, baptized March 21, 1669. 2. Richard, bap- tized 1670; lived in Charlestown, and was a large landowner. 3. Edward, baptized 1672, married Mary 4. Abigail, baptized November 15, 1674, married Ebenezer Brooks, of Medford, about 1693. 5. Peter, married Anna White. 6. Zabdiel, baptized March 9, 1679; see forward. 7. Sarah, baptized De- cember 26, 1680; married Samuel Brooks, of Medford. 8. Lucy, baptized 1682. 9. Re- becca, baptized 1684; received into the church at Roxbury, November 15, 1705. 10. Dudley, baptized April 17, 1687; see forward. II. Joanna, born about 1690. 12. Thomas, born about 1692; married Sarah Morecock, May 4, 1715.
(III) Dudley Boylston, son of Thomas and Sarah Boylston, was baptized April 17, 1687.
He was a farmer, and resided at Brookline, at the old homestead, which stood near the late Dr. Pierce's meeting-house on Warren street. He married Elizabeth Gardner, sister of Ad- dington Gardner. She died August 19, 1776. Children of Dudley and Elizabeth (Gardner) Boylston, born in Brookline: I. Anna. 2. Elizabeth, baptized February 5, 1718. 3. Mary, baptized December 27, 1719, died January I, 1719-20. 4. Richard, born about 1721, died unmarried. 5. Dudley, born May 12, 1723, died unmarried August 27, 1749. 6. Joshua, born January II, 1725, married Abigail Baker ; he lived on the home place, and died November 1, 1804; she died October 3, 1814. 7. Mary, baptized 1727, died unmarried, Oc- tober 1, 1815. 8. Caleb, baptized March 19, 1730; settled at Elizabethtown, New Jersey. 9. Sarah, baptized August 6, 1732; married Samuel Davis, son of Nehemiah Davis, De- cember 22, 1760. 10. Susannah, baptized De- cember 5, 1734; married Richard Walker, of Boston. II. Captain Edward, born January 2, 1737-38, died in Springfield, December 25, 1813; married first, Catherine Bourdette ; sec- ond, in 1781, Lydia Worthington.
(III) Peter Boylston, son of Thomas and Mary (Gardner) Boylston, was born 1687. He was a shop keeper and lived in Boston, married Anna White, daughter of Benjamin White. Children of Peter and Anna (White) Boylston: I. Benjamin, born April 29, 1705; married Elizabeth Sumner, of Roxbury, No- vember 30, 1727. 2. Ann, born November I, 1706; married Ebenezer Adams, of Brain- tree. 3. Susanna, born March 5, 1709; married Deacon John Adams, of Braintree, November 23, 1734; their oldest son, John Adams, was born in 1735, and became the second presi- dent of the United States; their grandson, John Quincy Adams, also became president of the United States. 4. Elizabeth, born June 29, 1717. 5. Jerusha, born February 3, 1719. 6. Sarah, born March 16, 1723, married Ed Robinson, September 23, 1743.
(III) Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, F. R. S., son of Thomas and Mary (Gardner ) Boylston, born March, 1679, died March 1, 1766. He was a physician and lived in Boston. He dis- tinguished himself by being the first to intro- duce and practice inoculation for small-pox in America in 1721. He met with most strenu- ous opposition. A little later it was accepted and he was recognized as a public benefactor. He married Jerusha Minot, in 1705. - Children of Dr. Zabdiel and Jerusha (Minot) Boylston : I. Zabdiel, born February 10, 1706. 2. John,
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born March 23, 1708-9; he was a very suc- cessful merchant in Boston, but went to Lon- don before the opening of the revolutionary war. He died in Bath, England, in 1793, but called himself in his will "a citizen of Bos- ton." Though his sympathies were with the Royal cause he left a large legacy "for the poor of Boston." With the accumulations it is now more than $100,000. He died unmar- ried in 1793. He left legacies to some of his kinsmen in Boston and Brookline. 3. Eliza- beth, born June 29, 1710, married Gillan Tailer, October 22, 1747. 4. Jerusha, born November 5, 17II; married Joseph Veasy, September 25, 1743. 5. Mary, born July 28, 1713. 6. Thomas, born August 3, 1715. 7. Josiah, born July 1I, 1720.
(III) Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary (Gardner) Boylston, was born in Brookline, about 1692. He was a successful Boston mer- chant ; married Sarah Morecock, May 4, 1715. Children of Thomas and Sarah (Morecock) Boylston: I. Nicholas, born March 13, 1716. He was a rich Boston merchant, and died in 1771. He left in his will fifteen hundred pounds to endow the Boylston professorship of rhetoric and oratory in Harvard College. The professorship was established by the col- lege in 1804, and John Quincy Adams, his cousin, was the first Boylston professor serv- ing from 1806 to 1809. In all his legacies amounted to upwards of eighteen thousand pounds. 2. Sarah, born January 7, 1717. 3. Anna, born January 8, 1719. 4. Thomas, born October 17, 1721; he was a successful Boston merchant, but like his cousin John Boylston was a loyalist. He spent his last years in England, and died there in 1798-9. In his will he left quite a legacy to the town of Boston, but it was in litigation for several years before it was settled. He married Mary Coates, October 29, 1744. 5. Mary, born February 19, 1722, married Benjamin Hallo- well, June 13, 1746. She received a legacy of three thousand pounds by the will of her brother Nicholas Boylston in 1771. When the war of the revolution broke out he stood strongly for the King. His son, Benjamin Hallowell, was one of seven Boston boys who subsequently attained high rank in the British service. Entering the royal navy during the American war, he was at the time of his death, in 1834, an "Admiral of the Blue." As a lieutenant under Rodney, he contributed much to Nelson's victory of the Nile. He succeeded to the estates of the Carews of Bed- dington, England, and assumed the names and
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