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IO, 1798. 6. Clarissa, born March 8, 1800. 7. Dana, born May 3, 1801. 8. Cynthia, born June 7, 1803. 9. Sophia, born December 4, 1805, married M. Plummer. 10. Alfred, born January 1, 1810, married Susan Hobbs, of Nashua ; a farmer later at Albion, New York.
(VIII) Reuben Sargent, son of Reuben Sargent (7), was born at Londonderry, New Hampshire, November 13, 1793. Married, at Hudson, July 13, 1813, Eunice Davis, of Lon- donderry. He died at Port Byron, Albion, (see genealogy) New York. His wife was born June 2, 1796, and died at Danbury, March 23, 1833, and is buried there. He was a super- intendent of construction on the Erie canal. Of his children three were born at Notting- ham, New Hampshire, and two in Albion, New York. Children: I. Amos D. Davis, born June 3, 1814, married, April 22, 1838, Eliza T. Worthen, of Hudson; she was born at New Hampton, January 4, 1818; he died at Hopkins, Missouri, where he was a practic- ing physician, August 13, 1895. 2. Sarah A., born April 24, 1816, married, November, 1838, John Cross, lumber dealer of Nashua. 3. Dana, born November 28, 1818, married Su- san M. Hadley, of Hudson ; resided in Nashua, New Hampshire ; he was a lumber dealer and a prominent citizen. 4. Esther M., born De- cember 4, 1821, married, November 17, 1849, Abel P. Barker, of San Francisco, California. 5. Benjamin F., born January 30, 1825, men- tioned below.
(IX) Benjamin Franklin Sargent, son of Reuben Sargent (8), was born in Albion, New York, January 30, 1825. Married, June 6, 1848, Lydia J. Veasey, of Manchester, New Hampshire. She was born at Tunbridge, Ver- mont, May 30, 1828, and died January 14, 1886, at Lowell. Mr. Sargent was educated in the public schools of Nashua, New Hamp- shire, and learned the trade of carpenter there. He was a skillful artisan and for a few years followed his trade. Later he engaged in the business of manufacturing fireworks at Cleve- land, Ohio, and continued successfully for sev- eral years. He returned east and became a member of the firm of Sargent & Cross, lum- ber merchants of Nashua, New Hampshire, a very prosperous concern. In 1872 he removed to Lowell, Massachusetts, and form- ed a co-partnership with Stephen C. Davis, under the firm name of Davis & Sargent, in the lumber business, which became one of the leading firms in that line of business in Mass- achusetts, and this business connection con- tinued to the time of his decease. He was a
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Republican in politics, a citizen of large influ-' ence and took a lively interest in public affairs. He was an accomplished musician, and during his lifetime was connected with various prom- inent musical organizations. During the Civil war he enlisted, while residing at Cleveland, in Barnett's battery for a term of three years, and by reason of his musical attainments was detailed and made the leader of a regimental band, which became famous as Sargent's Mil- itary Band. Upon his retirement from the military service, he returned to his former bus- iness of manufacturing fireworks at Cleveland. He was a member of Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar. He was a communicant of the Methodist Episcopal church, and devotedly attached to its creed. Mr. Sargent was con- nected with various banking institutions, and was a man of unusual executive ability and business foresight and acumen. His judgment was reliable and his friendship prized by many. His only child, Ella S., now resides in the homestead in Lowell.
LYNDE Two pioneers of the name of Lynde settled early in Massa- chusetts, Simon of Boston, and Thomas of Charlestown. Tradition says they were related. Simon was born in London, June, 1624; was bred to trade in Holland, and became a leading citizen, and was the father and grandfather of two prominent Massachu- sett judges. His family Bible contains a rec- ord dated July, 1658, "that it was given to Enoch Lynde, the son of Nathan, by his grandmother, Elizabeth." The arms of the family were almost identical with those of the noble family of Van der Linden, recorded in the College of Arms at the Hague, and from which the English family is said to have des- cended. Thomas Lynde, mentioned below, may have been a grandson of Nathan, father of Enoch, which would make the two immi- grants cousins. The name Nathan has been preserved in the family of Thomas. The diar- ies of the two judges, Benjamin Lynde and Benjamin Lynde, Jr., have been preserved and published.
(I) Thomas Lynde, immigrant ancestor of the Charlestown and Malden families, was born in England in 1593-4. He came to this country and settled in Charlestown, Massa- chusetts, where his name appears with the title "Mr." among the inhabitants in 1634. He was admitted a freeman March 4. 1634-5 ; was for eight years a deputy to the general court,
the first time in 1636, the last in 1652; was a selectman for fourteen years, and held various other town offices. He was also deacon of the Charlestown church. By trade he was a mal- ster. He and his wife joined the church Feb- ruary 4, 1634-5. His house and malt-house were in Southfield, on the southwest side of Mill Hill, bounded on the southwest by Charles river and southeast by Garden Lane. He· dealt extensively in real estate. His will was dated December 21, 1671, and proved February 2, 1671-2. Among other estate he bequeathed a negro Peter and girl Nan. His widow's will was dated April 6, 1688, and proved December 17, 1689. He died at Charlestown, December 30, 1671, "aged sev- enty-seven years wanting six weeks." He married first in England, -; second, Margaret Jordan, widow, whose maiden name was Martin, who was born February, 1599-00, and died August 23, 1662. He married third, December 6, 1665, Rebecca Trerice, who was admitted to the church February 12, 1681-82 and died December 8, 1688 (Pope's "Pion- eers"). Children of first wife: I. Thomas, mentioned below. 2. Henry, died April 9, 1646. 3. Mary, brought over by John Win- throp, Jr., in the ship "Abigail," aged six in 1635; married Wicks. 4. William, born about 1634; died young. Children of the second wife, Margaret: 5. Colonel Joseph, born June 8, 1636. 6. Sarah, born April 16, 1639. 7. Hannah, born May 2, 1642. 8. Samuel, born October 14, 1644.
(II) Ensign Thomas Lynde, son of Deacon Thomas Lynde (1), was born in England, about 1616, and came over in the "Abigail," with John Winthrop Jr. He settled, 1645, in Malden, Massachusetts, and from him are descended the family of that town. He was admitted a freeman in May, 1645. He had a grant of three commons in 1681, drew lot No. 22, six acres, in the same year, and owned a house in Charlestown. He died October 15, 1693, aged seventy-eight. Elizabeth
his wife, died September 2, 1693, aged eighty- one. Both their gravestones have been pre- served at Malden, in Bell Rock cemetery. Children, born at Malden: I. Thomas, born March 25, 1647. 2. Elizabeth, born April 20, 1650-1 ; married August 26, 1670, Peter Tufts (see sketch). 3. Joseph, born December 13, 1652, mentioned below. 4. John, resided in Malden.
(III) Joseph Lynde, son of Thomas Lynde (2), was born in Malden, December 13, 1652, died there January 21, 1735, aged eighty-three.
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Elizabeth, his wife, died June 20, 1735 (see `committees. Children, born at Malden : I. Nathan, born July 30, 1762, mentioned below. 2. William, born January 18, 1765, settled in Gardner, Massachusetts. 3. Joseph, born July 30, 1767, married Hannah Wait, of Roxbury, and had the homestead at Malden. 4. Lydia, born March 13, 1770.
gravestones at Malden). He was admitted a freeman in 1678. He was a leading citizen of the town and was on the committee to engage a school teacher in 1710. Children: I. Mary, born April 30, 1686, married August 21, 1714, Jabez Sargent. 2. Joseph, born February 13, 1686-87. 3. Anna, born May 19, 1688. 4. Joseph, born September 2, 1690, mentioned below. 5. Sarah, born November 22, 1694, died October, 1730. 6. Rebecca, born July 14, 1696, married April 9, 1723, Phineas Sprague. 7. Lydia, born March 25, 1700, mar- ried June 24, 1725, Thomas Pratt. 8. Thomas, born April 21, 1702, married December 27, 1735, Joanna Parker. 9. Hannah, born May 21, 1702 (error in record), married December 27, 1726, Amos Putnam.
(IV) Joseph Lynde, son of Joseph Lynde (3), was born September 2, 1690, married October 21, 1714, Mary Sprague. He was active in town and church affairs. He was on the committee to settle the dispute as to the line between Reading and Malden, January 15, 1754, and was on a committee appointed to unite the two parishes if possible in 1744-5. He was ensign of the Malden company. He or his son was selectman in 1757, and perhaps other years. Children: I. Joseph, born July 4, 1716, died July 4, 1798, married July 4, 1740, Mary Lynde, who died November 20, 1806, aged eighty-five. 2. Jabez, born April 22, 1719. 3. Mary, born December 24, 1721, married, 1747, John Bucknam. 4. Hannah, born March 18, 1724. 5. Phebe, born Feb- ruary 16, 1726-7, married, 1744, Benjamin Sprague. 6. Elizabeth, born November 30, 1729, married, January 31, 1755, Phineas Green. 7. Nathan, born July 13, 1732, men- tioned below. 8. Lydia, born September 25, 1735, married April 14, 1757, Nathan Howard.
(V) Nathan Lynde, son of Joseph Lynde (4), was born in Malden, July 13, 1732, died January 12, 1819, aged eighty-six. He mar- ried (intention dated November 19, 1758) in 1759, Lydia Green, of Stoneham, Massachu- setts. He was a soldier in the French war, under Captain Michael Brigdon, at the Fort William Henry alarm in 1757 ; again in the ser- vice in 1758. He rose to the rank of lieuten- ant before the Revolution, and responded with his company of minute men as lieutenant under Captain Benjamin Blaney, April 19, 1775, and June, 1776, on the Point Shirley expedition under General Lincoln. He is called the "commander of the town" in 1778. He served in many important town offices and
(VI) Nathan Lynde, son of Lieutenant Na- than Lynde (5), was born in Malden, July 30, 1762, married there (November 15, inten- tions) in 1789, Betsey Sweetser, of Malden, born January 20, 1769. He settled in the southern part of the town, and was a farmer. Children, born at Malden : I. Nathan, born July 20, 1790, mentioned below. 2. Stephen, born July 10, 1792. 3. Bela, born March 15, 1795, died in Boston. 4. Henry, born May II, 1805. 5. Hannah, born November 27, 1807, died in Malden. 6. Seth S., died in Mal- den.
(VII) Nathan Lynde, son of Nathan Lynde (6), was born in Malden, July 20, 1790, died February 1, 1852, married December 2, 1814, Nancy Thorndike, of Beverly, Massachusetts, who was born in 1792, and died October 15, 1870. He settled in Charlestown. Sawyer says of him: "A little way south of the John- son estate (in Charlestown) on Main street, opposite Wood street, can still be seen the entrance to 'Lynde's Yard,' where Nathan Lynde, like the Frothinghams farther up the street, carried on an extensive and successful business in the manufacture of carriages of every description. The premises extended around from Main street to Austin street, and were covered with shops properly fitted up for every branch of the trade. Mr. Lynde was a self-reliant and very enterprising man, whose business here afforded employment for many years to a large number of mechanics, appren- tices and journeymen, who as a rule vied with each other in the quality of their work, and shared with their employer pleasure and pride in the good name and reputation of the estab- lishment and its product." In the address of Elbridge H. Goss, July 4, 1876, at Melrose, he had this to say of the house at Malden built by Joseph Lynde (3) : "The Joseph Lynde house, a large portion of it, on the plain yon- der-that place that ever looks so charming, its buildings so clean, white and beautiful- is a very old one. In the cellar of this house there is, indeed, a relic of 'ye olden time' which I have examined. It is an oak log, a little larger and taller than a barrel, scooped out like a mortar, with an iron hoop around the top; the pestle is gone. In this the corn was
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pounded and ground. As the Coitmore mill was built in 1640, and was not over two miles from any of the Lynde houses, it would seem as if this must have been in use before that time ; possibly economy caused them to use it, notwithstanding the nearness of the mill, so that it may not be so very ancient; however that may have been, no one seems able to say, and I only know that there it is, a curious relic of by-gone days. The oldest house in Malden at that time (1876) was known as the Jabez Lynde house, (according to Malden history), said to have been over two hundred years of age then. It was later known as the Grundy house. An etching by Paul Hammersmith, after a sketch by Miss Hannah Lynde, of the old Lynde homestead in Melrose (formerly Malden), has attracted favorable attention. It is described as 'one of the oldest colonial farm houses in Massachusetts, built about the mid- dle of the seventeenth century. It was the res- idence of Ensign Thomas Lynde, who came to Malden in 1645, and the birthplace of his sons Thomas, John and Joseph, of Malden, from whom are descended all but one branch of the family of Deacon Thomas Lynde, who came to Charlestown in 1634."
(I) William Thorndike, progenitor in Eng- land of Nancy Thorndike, wife of Nathan Lynde, lived in the town of Little Carlton, Lincolnshire, where he was born in 1470 and made his will in 1539.
(II) Herbert Thorndike, son of William Thorndike (1), died in 1554.
(III) Nicholas Thorndike, son of Herbert Thorndike (2), died in 1580.
(IV) Nicholas Thorndike, son of Nicholas Thorndike (3), died in 1595; married Frances Southey, children: I. Francis, who signed the pedigree for the first Herald's visitation in the family in 1634, with his brother Herbert. 2. John. 3. Paul. 4. Rev. Herbert, became Dean of Westminster Abbey in 1661, was a strong royalist, and during the Commonwealth retired with his books to Chiswick, was well known as an ecclesiastical scholar, died unmarried.
(V) John Thorndike, son of Nicholas Thorndike (4), born in England, was the im- migrant ancestor. He came as early as 1632, and died while on a visit to his native land in 1668, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. He was given the title of "Mr." in the records, and ranked as a "Gentleman" in legal papers. He was one of the first planters at Agawam (Ipswich), Massachusetts, April 1, 1633. His will was dated July 29, 1668, and was proved December 2, 1670. He made his will, "pro-
posing to go to England," and bequeathed to his children-eldest daughter Anne, son Paul, daughters Mary, Martha and Alice, sons-in- law John Proctor and John Low. The will states that Anne was "in a melancholy state," and provided for her. Daughters Martha and Alice were to go to England with him (see wills of Francis Thorn- dike of Scamelsby, Lincolnshire, and Her- bert Thorndike, Prebend of Westminster, in N. E. Gen. Register, 129). John Thorndike married Elizabeth Stratton, daughter of John and Ann Stratton, gentleman, of Shotley, England, who came to Salem in 1635.
(VI) Paul Thorndike, son of John Thorn- dike (5), was born about 1643, and in 1663, then a young man about twenty, was publicly baptized by his uncle, the Dean, in the "font newly set up," the severe notions of the uncle not allowing him to recognize the prior bap- tism in America. The sisters, Alice and Mary, were baptized at the same time, and the Dean made provision for them in his will. They were forbidden to marry any man going to Massachusetts or to any of the new-licensed conventicles, and the payment of a portion de- pended on their marrying, or being well-to-do, and cleaving to the Church of England. Paul returned to New England, but the two sisters remained. Paul married Mary Patch.
(VII) John Thorndike, son of Paul Thorn- dike (6), born 1674, married Joanna Larkin. (VIII) John Thorndike, son of John Thorndike (7), married Elizabeth Ober, daughter of Hezekiah, born 1681, and Anna, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Morgan) Ober. Richard Ober, father of Hezekiah, was born in Apsbury, England, in 1641, came to America in 1667, married Abigail Woodbury, daughter of Nicholas Woodbury and grand- daughter of William Woodbury.
(IX) Colonel Larkin Thorndike, son of John Thorndike (8), was born July 30, 1730, married December 12, 1751, Ruth Woodbury, daughter of William, born 1697, and Martha (Woodbury) Woodbury. William Wood- bury, father of William, married Joanna, daughter of Deacon John and Sarah (Larkin) Wheeler, of Concord, Mass. William Wood- bury, father of William, married Judith , and was son of William Woodbury, the immigrant ancestor. Colonel Larkin Thorndike was captain of the Beverly, Mass- achusetts, foot company and responded to the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775. In 1777 he was made colonel of the Eighth Regiment (Essex county), and resigned his commission
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in 1779 to accept a similar position in Briga- dier General Jonathan Titcomb's brigade, July 5, 1779. During the Revolution he was on the Beverly committee of safety and corre- spondence, was representative to the general court, and held many other offices. His daugh- ter Ruth married Dr. Richard Smith Spofford, an eminent physician, who was a prominent Free Mason, graduate of Harvard Medical School in 1816. Another daughter married Schoolmaster Stickney, also a Harvard grad- uate ; and his son, Dr. Larkin Thorndike, grad- uated from Harvard in 1782.
(X) Henry Thorndike, son of Colonel Lar- kin Thorndike (9), was baptized November 2, 1755, and died April 21, 1811; married Elizabeth Batchelder, daughter of Captain George Batchelder, of Marblehead, who died January 1, 1832.
(XI) Nancy Thorndike, daughter of Henry Thorndike (10), married Nathan Lynde Jr., December 2, 1814. Their children : I. Larkin Thorndike, died in Boston, August 1901. 2. Nathan Jr., died in California, un- married. 3. Ann, married, Lowe. 4. Elizabeth Thorndike, married Whiting, died, Beverly, Massachusetts. 5. Charlotte, married -- Farnsworth, died in New York City. 6. Stephen Henry, born at Charlestown, Massachusetts, May, 1822, mentioned below.
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(VIII) Stephen Henry Lynde, son of Na- than Lynde (7), was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, May, 1822, died in Winchester, Massachusetts, March 7, 1864, married Sarah Frances Brown, who was born in Charles- town, September 30, 1826, and died December 23, 1901, in Somerville, Massachusetts. Occu- pation, shipping merchant in Mediterranean trade. Their only child, Henry F., born De- cember 1, 1849, mentioned below.
(IX) Henry Francis Lynde, son of Ste- phen Henry Lynde (8), born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, December I, 1849, moved with his father's family to Winchester, Mass- achusetts, in 1862. He was educated in the public schools in Charlestown and Winchester, and in the English high school of Boston, class of 1864-1867. In 1868, he entered the wholesale manufacturing shoe business, and in several positions and connections spent his entire business life, with headquarters always in Boston, excepting from 1876 to 1889, when they were at Lynn, Massachusetts. In 1865, with his mother he returned to Charlestown to live, and remained there until 1880, when they removed to Winter Hill, Somerville, Mass- achusetts, and in 1891 built the house on
Broadway Terrace, which he still owns and occupies.
He served in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia for twenty years, viz. : four years as private, corporal and sergeant in the Somer- ville Light Infantry, Company B, Fifth In- fantry, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, 1867- 1871 ; sixteen years in the First Corps Cadets, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, Boston, as private, corporal, sergeant and first sergeant of Company C, 1876-1892. He is an honorary life member of the First Corps Cadets, Massa- chusetts Volunteer Militia, and a life member of the Veteran Association of the Independent Corps of Cadets. He is a member of the Soci- ety of the Sons of the Revolution; of the Massachusetts Society, Sons of the American Revolution; of the Exchange Club, Boston ; the Middlesex Club, (Republican) ; Revere Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Boston ; St. Andrew's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Boston; DeMolay Commandery, No. 7, Knights Templar, Boston, serving in the lat- ter organization as adjutant, from 1902 to 1907.
Mr. Lynde married, August 27, 1884, Emily A. Sanborn, born in Boston, April 10, 1852, daughter of Christopher Page and Margaret A. (Houston) Sanborn, his (Mr. Sanborn's) second wife.
The name of Flagg is supposed
FLAGG by former antiquaries to be more correctly Flegg. The name of Flegg is found in England, and in the early period in this country the name was commonly written Flegg. The first Thomas Flegg, who came to Watertown and there settled, spelled his name Flegg.
The Flagg family has always been notable in Woburn for the number of its prominent men, and the positions which they have held in the civic, military, and financial affairs of the town. They were large holders of real estate in the days when real estate was the real pro- perty of the inhabitants. Sewall, the historian of Woburn, says, the "descendants from Ger- shom Flagg have been numerous and respect- able, both in Woburn and Wilmington. Colo- nel Eleazer Flagg (or Flegg, as he preferred to write his name), a gentleman of note and influence in Woburn in the early part of the eighteenth century, was his second son. Rev. Ebenezer Flagg, a graduate of Harvard Col- lege, 1725, was his grandson, by his son Eben- ezer. He was born October 18, 1704; ordained
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at Chester, New Hampshire, 1736; and died there, November 14, 1796, aged ninety-two years. Dr. John Flagg, of Lynn, was son of Rev. Ebenezer." Dr. John Flagg (Harvard College, 1761), became an eminent physician in Lynn, and attained the rank of colonel in the war of the Revolution. He married, June 21, 1761, Susanna Fowle, daughter of James, Esq. and Susanna (Wyman) Fowle, of Wo- burn, and died May 27, 1793, in the fiftieth year of his age.
(I) Thomas Flagg, who settled early in Watertown, is the ancestor, through his son, Lieutenant Gershom Flagg, of the Woburn family of Flagg. He lost his left eye by a gun- shot wound, previously to 1659; he was for many years a selectman, and died February 6, 1697-98. His wife was Mary
Children: I. Gershom, born April 16, 1641, see forward. 2. John, born June 14, 1643. 3. Bartholomew, born February 23, 1644. 4. Thomas, born April 28, 1646. 5. William, born about 1648, killed by the Indians at Lan- caster, 1675. 6. Michael, born March 23, 1650-51. 7. Eleazer, born May 14, 1654. 8. Elizabeth, born March 22, 1656-57, married, October 20, 1676, James Bigelow. 9. Mary, born January 14, 1657-58, married, June 3, 1674, Samuel Bigelow. IO. Rebecca, born September 5, 1660, married, November 19, 1679, Deacon Stephen Cook. II. Benjamin, born June 25, 1662. 12. Allen, born May 16, I665.
(II) Lieutenant Gershom Flagg, eldest son of Thomas Flagg ( I) was born at Watertown, April 16, 1641. He was killed in battle with the Indians at Lee, New Hampshire, July 6, 1690, holding the rank of lieutenant. He came to Woburn, where he married, April 15, 1668, Hannah Leppingwell, born January 6, 1645- 46, died March 29, 1724, daughter of Michael and Isabel Leppingwell. He was a tanner, and his dwelling house and tanning establishment, in 1673, stood on High street ( Pleasant street) near the site of Woburn first meeting house (on present Woburn Common) ; the old bury- ing-place was on the east, and the training- field (the land now traversed by the head of Winn street) on the south. The Rev. Thomas Carter's house was west of Gershom Flagg's property. The homestead descended from Gershom (I) to Gershom (2), thence, 1736, to Gershom (3), thence to his uncle, Zachariah Flagg (4), in part in 1762, who parted with his share to William Fox in 1765. Fox had in the meantime acquired the other half, and the house became known afterwards as the "Fox
House." The house disappeared after 1818 and before 1829, having stood from a period which antedated 1673.
In 1689 Noah Wiswall, a brother-in-law of William Johnson, of Woburn, was appointed captain of a company of Indians gathered from the different parts of the colony to act against the common enemy, and Gershom Flagg was appointed his lieutenant. When the company marched, orders were sent to its captain at Woburn, where they apparently ren- dezvoused. Ensign Edward Walker, of the company, was of Woburn, and in the provin- cial records the story is told that Wiswall, Flagg, and Walker, with four other English- men and a number of friendly Indians, march- ed against the Indian enemy and engaged a superior number of them at a place called Lamprey river, and though they destroyed many of the enemy, the said officers all lost their lives in the action. The other four Eng- lishmen-Samuel Locke, Samuel Baker, Wil- liam Bruce and Benjamin Baldwin-were of Woburn. His widow married, December IO, 1696, Ensign Israel Walker. Children: I. Gershom, born March 10, 1669, see forward. 2. Eleazer, born August 1, 1670, became a colonel, died July 12, 1726. 3. John, born May 25, 1673. 4. Hannah, born March 12, 1675, married, January 9, 1695-96, Henry Green, of Malden. 5. Thomas, born June 22, 1677, died the following day. 6. Ebenezer, born December 21, 1678. 7. Abigail, born January 8, 1681-82. 8. Mary, born February 2, 1683-84. 9. Thomas, born April 19, 1685. IO. Benoni, born August 19, 1687, died the same day.
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