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tember 29, 1879. 6. John Edmund, born in Cambridge, May 1, 1853, married (first), No- vember, 1874, Josephine Cora Bowker, of Cambridge ; she died January 15, 1875; mar- ried (second), March 25, 1880, Helen Maria Grover Clark, born in Gloucester, Massachu- setts, September 26, 1858; a cracker manu- facturer of Cambridge ; moved to Gloucester, April 1, 1884, where he is a wholesale dealer in fish under the firm name of George Clark & Company ; child, Daniel Winslow, born Jan- uary 15, 1875.
(VIII) Charles Frederick Thurston, son of Daniel Holt Thurston (7), was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 28, 1844. He was educated in the public schools of his native city. He became a mem- ber of his father's firm, Thurston, Hall & Company, cracker bakers, in Cambridgeport, in 1865, continuing until 1891, when the com- pany was dissolved ; he entered the employ of the National Biscuit Company as manager of different plants, remaining until 1901, when he was appointed to his present position of inspector in the United States custom house in Boston. He lived in Cambridge until 1892 when he removed to Malden, Massachusetts. Mr. Thurston is a Republican and has been prominent in public life. He was representa- tive to the general court from his district in Cambridge in 1877-78, and often served his party on committees and as delegate to nom- inating conventions. He was an active mem- ber and has been on the standing committee of the First Universalist church of Cambridge. He now attends the Centre Methodist Episco- pal church of Malden. He is a Free Mason, member of Blue Lodge and Chapter, and Post No. 40, Grand Army of the Republic, of Mal- den. He enlisted, September 16, 1861, in the First Massachusetts Cavalry at the age of seventeen years and served through the war, taking part in every engagement of the Army of the Potomac after the second battle of Bull Run. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Aldie, Virginia, June 17, 1863, and sent to Libby Prison, in Richmond, thence to Belle Isle. He was within the enemy's lines thirty- five days and was among the last prisoners paroled before sending them to Andersonville. Company D, to which he belonged, was de- tailed as General Meade's escort, and served in that capacity during the last eighteen months of the war. He was wounded at Grav- elly Run, Virginia, and at the last attack and capture of Petersburg, Virginia. The last or- der he had was before Richmond, direct from
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General Grant, to locate the Rebel lines; he was seriously wounded but reported to Gen- eral Grant; was thanked by him for his ser- vice and ordered to the hospital. While there the hospital was visited by President Lincoln, with whom he had the pleasure of shaking hands. He was commended for his gallantry on the field and recommended for a commis- sion. He had the rank of corporal. After returning home he became captain of the Na- tional Lancers of Boston.
He married (first), in Cambridgeport, March 15, 1866, Annette Maria Holden, born in Reading, Massachusetts, September 6, 1846, daughter of Cyrus Knight and Lu Fan- nie (Lombard) Holden, of Otisfield, Maine. She died February 4, 1891. He married (sec- ond), Melina E. (Lee) Wilmarth, widow of Seth Wilmarth, a native of Danville, Canada, daughter of Edward Lee. Her mother was a Rundlett of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and her great-grandfather was a soldier in the
Revolution. Children of Charles F. and An- nette M. Thurston : I. Fannie Jane, born December 26, 1866, married, June, 1887, George Marshall Rice, a clerk in Boston, re- siding in Newton Center, Massachusetts ; child, Pauline Rice, born March 2, 1889. 2. Carrie Maria, born February 6, 1869, mar- ried Fred Grant, of Wrentham, Massachu- setts. 3. Daniel Herbert, born March 10, died March 16, 1873.
FESSENDEN John Fessenden, the im- migrant, was born in county Kent, England, about 1600. His name is variously spelled in the early records Fesenden, Fessinden, Fes- sington, Fezington, Fiziden, Fisenden, Fis- senden, Fishenden, Fishington, Phesenden, and Phesington. He settled as early as 1638 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and made his home at the south corner of Winthrop and Eliot streets, selling his estate there in 1639, however, and buying on the westerly side of Eliot street, south of Mount Auburn street. His name is on the list of proprietors for 1636 and he was admitted a freeman June 2, 1641. He was a member of the church, and was selectman of the town in 1656-61-62 and 65. He was a town officer. His relative, Nicholas Fessenden, doubtless son of a brother, came over from England to inherit his estate which was large for his day. He was a glover by trade.
He died December 21, 1666. His nuncupa-
tive will was proved April 2, 1666, bequeath- ing to his wife and his kinsman, Nicholas Fes- senden; aid to be given to Hope Atherton if he came again to the college. His widow died January 13, 1682, aged eighty. The widow in her will, dated December 20, -, and proved March 31, 1684-85, bequeathed her whole estate to her "cousin," (a word then used for uncle, nephew, etc., as well as for what we call cousin), Nicholas Fessenden, who was to pay legacies to cousin Hannah More and others. Judge Samuel Sewall in his diary calls Nicholas "cousin" also and mentions visiting "Aunt Fessenden with her children John, Mary, Elizabeth and Jane at Canterbury" (in Kent), in 1688-89. John Fessenden bought land in Charlestown, six acres, of N. Davis in 1642, and his widow Jane sold it to John Watson and Mary Cook in 1673. It adjoined the Charlestown and the Cambridge com- mons.
(II) Nicholas Fessenden, nephew and heir of John Fessenden (I), was born in Canter- bury, England, in 1650. He came to America in 1674 at the invitation of his uncle and set- tled in Cambridge. He was also a glover. He died February 24, 1719, in his sixty-ninth year. He married Margaret Cheney, who died December 10, 1717, aged sixty-one. Chil- dren: I. Jane, born November 28, 1674, died August 24, 1676. 2. Hannah, born July 27, 1676, died August 4, 1676. 3. John, born November 4, 1678. 4. Nicholas, born Janu- ary 21, 1681, graduate of Harvard in 170I, distinguished teacher ; married Sarah Cool- idge. 5. Thomas, born January 4 and died January 28, 1682. 6. Thomas, born August 12, 1684, mentioned below. 7. Margaret, born January 22, 1687, died unmarried. 8. Jane, born April 22, 1688, married, January 10, 1712, Samuel Winship, high sheriff. 9. Mary, born October 28, 1689, married Joshua Parker. IO. William, born 1694, married Martha Wyeth and (second) Martha Brown ; ancestor of Hon. William Pitt Fessenden and his father, Hon. Samuel G. Fessenden, also a congressman of Maine. II. Joseph, mar- ried, December 6, 1733, Mindwell Oldham. 12. Benjamin, born January 30, 1701, gradu- ate of Harvard, 1719, minister at Sandwich, Massachusetts. 13. Hannah, married John Chipman. 14. Ebenezer, married Alice Bab- cock.
(III) Thomas Fessenden, son of Nicholas Fessenden (2), was born in Cambridge, Aug- ust 12, 1684. He removed to Cambridge Vil- lage, now Lexington, about 1712. He owned
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the covenant in the church in 1709, when his first child was baptized. He died March 6, 1738, at Lexington. He married, in 1708, Abigail Poulter, born September 5, 1692, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Poulter. She died April 25, 1719, aged twenty-seven years, and he married (second), January 8, 1720, Abigail Locke, daughter of Joseph Locke, of Lexington. She died June 12, 1736, and he married (third), December 2, 1737, Anne Fillebrown, who committed suicide July 12, 1753, aged sixty-three years. Children of first wife: I. Thomas, born December 9, 1709, mentioned below. 2. Samuel, born Aug- ust II, III, married, May 21, 1740, Elizabeth Allen. 3. Abigail, born July 13, 1713. 4. Mary, born January 17, 1716, married Wil- liam Brown, of Watertown. Children of sec- ond wife: 5. Elizabeth, born March 8, 1721, married Samuel Hutchinson. 6. Jonathan, born April 28, 1723. 7. Hannah, born June 18, 1725, died same year. 8. Hannah, born April 21, 1727, died April 21, 1729. 9. John, born April 27, 1729, married, November 23, 1769, Elizabeth Wyman; settled in Rutland, state senator, etc. 10. Timothy, born May 6, 1731, married Elizabeth Pierce; settled in Westminster, Massachusetts. II. Benjamin, born January 9, 1734, resided in Milton, Braintree, Watertown and Boston. 12. Sub- mit, born May 28, 1736.
(IV) Thomas Fessenden, son of Thomas Fessenden (3), was born in Cambridge, Mass- achusetts, December 9, 1709. Married, June 19, 1735, Hannah Prentice, daughter of Na- thaniel and Hannah (Wyeth) Prentice, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. They were ad- mitted to the Lexington church, October 16, 1737, and there their first child was baptized. Children, born at Lexington: I. Hannah, born August 9, 1736, married, May 20, 1755, Nathaniel Farmer. 2. Abigail, born Septem- ber 7, 1738, died July 17, 1741. 3. Thomas, born July 10, 1741, married Elizabeth Ap- thorp and Lucy Lee. 4. Aaron, born Decem- ber 30, 1744, married Sarah Locke, resided at Townsend .* 5. Nathaniel, born June 7, 1746, mentioned below. 6. Nathan, born April 10, 1749, married, October 17, 1771. 7. Sarah, born August 9, 1753, married, March 4, 1773, Isaac Winship. 8. Isaac ( ?), baptized October 23, 1757.
(V) Nathaniel Fessenden, son of Thomas Fessenden (4), was born in Lexington, June 7, 1746. Married (first), about 1768-69, Lydia Bemis, daughter of Philip Bemis; she was accidentally killed by a gunshot, while
holding in her arms their only child, Ichabod, then an infant, who was unhurt. A lad of thirteen was the cause' of her death. He snapped a musket at a young girl, not suppos- ing the gun to be loaded, and the ball missed the girl, but struck Mrs. Fessenden in the eye, causing instant death. Nathaniel married (second), June 20, 1771, Elizabeth Webb, and both owned the covenant December 6, 1772, in the West Cambridge church. Eliz- abeth and her sister, Sarah Webb, of Medford, were both baptized at West Cambridge, Octo- ber 4, 1772. The Webbs were from Danvers originally. He died at Medford, January 3, 1790, aged forty-four. Child of first wife : I. Ichabod, born 1769, baptized December 6, 1772. Children of second wife: 2. Elizabeth, born November 13, 1772. 3. Nathaniel, born August, baptized August 21, 1774. 4. Charles P., mentioned below. 5. Infant, born in Med- ford, 1781, died there, November, 1782, aged seven months. 5. Ruth, born at Medford, February, 1785.
(VI) Charles P. Fessenden, son of Na- thaniel Fessenden (5), was born in Charles- town, Massachusetts. He was a cabinet and picture-frame maker by trade and lived in Charlestown, on Trainingfield street. He mar- ried there February 3, 1814, Elizabeth Penney, born November 20, 1786, died of smallpox, June 18, 1842, daughter of Jonathan and Abi- gail Penney, of Charlestown, and granddaugh- ter of John and Mary (Kettell) Penney. John was the son of John and Sarah (Smith) Pen- ney, and was born July 8, 1712. The father, John Penney, born March 24, 1682-83, was the son of John and Elizabeth (Rand) Pen- ney, all of Charlestown. Children of Charles P. and Elizabeth Fessenden: I. Charles, born April 14, 1815, mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth Abigail, December 9, 1816. 3
George F., May 7, 1819. 4. Theodore A., November 22, 1821. 5. Elizabeth A., October 16, 1824. 6. Isaac L., January 14, 1826. 7. Maria, April 6, 1827. 8-9. Nathaniel and Ma- ria H., twins, January 28, 1829. 10. Geor- gianna Frances, April 24, 1830.
(VII) Charles Fessenden, son of Charles P. Fessenden (6), was born in Charlestown, April 14, 1815. He was also a cabinet maker in that city. He married, June 9, 1838, Eliza Boyden, born April 18, 1811, died February 19, 1886, daughter of Daniel Boyden, of Wal- pole, Massachusetts. Daniel Boyden was born October 13, 1771, married, in Medfield, Mass- achusetts, November 30, 1797, Susan Cleve- land, of Medfield, and died in Boston, June
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16, 1863. Ezekiel Boyden, father of Daniel Boyden, of Walpole, was born November 30, 1741, died 1808; married Leah Richardson, of Walpole. John Boyden, of Walpole, father of Ezekiel, was born January 22, 1717, married, 1738, Thankful Morse, of Medway, and died in 1809. John Boyden, of Groton, Massachu- setts, father of John Boyden, last mentioned, was born December 6, 1672, married Han- nah Thomas Boyden, father of John Boyden, last named, lived in Watertown, Massachusetts; was born in 1639, and died in Groton in 1719; married Martha Holden, of Woburn. Thomas Boyden, father of Thomas Boyden, last named, was the immigrant an- cestor, embarked at Ipswich, England, April, 1634, at the age of twenty-one years, and as early as 1639 was settled in Watertown with his wife, Francis. Children of Charles and Eliza (Boyden) Fessenden: I. Eliza Maria, born December 28, 1839, in Charlestown. 2. Charles Albert, March 4, 1842, mentioned be- low. 3. Daniel Boyden, December 29, 1843, in Charlestown. 4. Antoinette, June 13, 1846, in Milton, Massachusetts. 5. Mary Frances, January 24, 1849, in Charlestown. 6. William Henry, May 29, 1853; in Charlestown. 7. Louisa, May 6, 1857, in Everett, Massachu- setts. .
(VIII) Charles Albert Fessenden, son of Charles Fessenden (7), was born in Charles- town, March 4, 1842. He was educated in the public schools of Charlestown, and first engaged in the meat and provision business in his native town. In 1868 he opened the first meat market in Malden, Massachusetts, the town adjoining. Later he became a con- tractor and builder and enjoyed a large and prosperous business. He built many houses to sell, having put up one hundred and four residences of various sizes and descriptions in the residential section surrounding Ferry-way Green, Malden. He was a sagacious man of business, thoroughly upright and honorable in all the walks of life, respected alike by friends and employees. He had the esteem of all his townsmen. His residence in Malden was at 216 Ferry street. Mr. Fessenden died August 30, 1905. He was a member of the Free Masons, and of the Universalist church of Malden. In politics he was a Republican, but never sought public office.
He married, November 20, 1867, in Everett, Lydia Louisa Hall, born August 21, 1842, in East Boston, daughter of Ephraim Abbott Hall, of Concord, New Hampshire, and granddaughter of Ebenezer Hall. Her mother
was Lydia Louise (Glover) Hall, daughter of Elisha Vose Glover, of Boston, a constable, living on Bridge street, Boston. The only child of Charles Albert and Lydia Louise (Hall) Fessenden is Mary Louise, born in Malden, April 25, 1869, educated in grammar and high schools of Malden, resides with her mother at 216 Ferry street, Malden.
FULLER John Fuller, the immigrant an- cestor, was born in England, of an ancient and numerous fam- ily, about 1611. He came to New England on the ship "Abigail" under John Winthrop, Jr. He gave his age as fifteen in 1635, but he must have been several years older. The passenger lists as a rule understated ages. In 1656 he gave his age as about forty, but the best authority fixes his birth year as 1611, from the fact that he was eighty-seven when he died February, 1697-98. He was a malster by trade as well as a farmer. He was one of the first settlers in Cambridge Village (Newton), about 1644. He bought of Joseph Cooke, December, 1658, seven hundred and fifty acres of land for a hundred and sixty pounds. This farm he increased by further purchase until he owned a thousand acres, bounded on the north and west by Charles river and lying between the farms of Thomas Park and Samuel Shep- ard. The house was on the south side of the road and on the west side of Cheesecake brook which intersected the farm. For many generations this was known as the Fuller Farm. Fuller and his friend, Edward Jack- son, were the largest property owners in the town and both divided their lands during their life-time in such a manner that their descend- ants remained for many generations the lead- ing families. They had the most numerous descendants of the early settlers. Twenty- two of the Fuller family, his lineal descend- ants, were soldiers in the Revolution. Fuller deeded his large estate to his five surviving sons with the provision that if any wished to sell the other sons or their heirs should have the first offer of the property. His will was dated January 30, 1695-96, and was proved February 28, 1697-98, bequeathing to wife Elizabeth; children, John, Jonathan, Joshua, Jeremiah, Bethia Bond; Jonathan Hide, son of daughter Elizabeth Hide, deceased; also to grandchildren, Mary Brown, Elizabeth and Hannah Hide. It should be said that .this . family has no known connection with the "Mayflower" immigrant. Children: I. John,
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born in 1645, married, in 1682, Abigail Boyl- ston ; died February 7, 1698-99. 2. Jonathan, born 1648, married Mindwell Trowbridge. 3. Elizabeth, married, 1663, Job Hyde or Hide. 4. Joseph, born February 10, 1652, married, February 13, 1680-81, Lydia Jackson, daugh- ter of Edward. 5. Joshua, born April 2, 1654, married Elizabeth Ward, daughter of John Ward, Sr. 6. Jeremiah, born February 4, 1658, mentioned below. 7. Bethia, born No- vember 23, 1661, married, February 27, 1685, Lieutenant Nathaniel Bond. 8. Isaac, born December 2, 1665, died October 6, 1691.
(II) Lieutenant Jeremiah Fuller, son of John Fuller (I), was born in Newton, Mass- achusetts, (Cambridge Village), February 4, 1658, died there December 23, 1743, aged eighty-five. He was selectman of the town for sixteen years and prominent in town affairs. He was lieutenant in the Indian wars. He gave his son Thomas a farm of ninety-two acres, his son Joshua the homestead one hun- dred and twenty-five acres, and Josiah a farm of sixty-six acres. His first wife Mary died in 1689; his second wife Elizabeth in 1700; his third Thankful in 1729 and his fourth in 1742. Children : I. Elizabeth, born April 14, 1694, died 1694. 2. Jeremiah, born July 3, 1697, died 1703. 3. Thomas, born Septem- ber 12, 1701. 4. Joshua, born April 12, 1703, mentioned below. 5. Thankful, born Decem- ber 23, 1704, married, 1720, Noah Wiswell. 6. Jeremiah, born November 1, 1707, died IZII. 7. Elizabeth, born August 24, 1709, died 17II. 8. Josiah, born December 2, 1710.
(III) Captain Josiah Fuller, son of Lieu- tenant Jeremiah Fuller (2), was born April 12, 1703, at Newton, died August 23, 1777, aged seventy-five. His first wife died Novem- ber 28, 1739. He signed an agreement with other owners of the original Fuller farm in 1730 to lay out a road two rods wide to the town way at Solomon's Park's line. Those who signed were: Joseph, Joshua, Jeremiah, John, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jr., Isaac, Isaac, Jr., Thomas and Caleb Fuller. all concerned in a division then made of seven hundred and eighty-eight acres. This street was accepted as a public highway in 1751. Captain Joshua Fuller was prominent in the town and mili- tary, fighting in the French and Indian war. His first wife died November 28, 1739. He married (second), May, 1746, Anna Stearns, of Waltham. She died in 1778, aged sixty- one. Children: I. Joshua, born March 2, 1747, mentioned below. 2. Ann, born June 18, 1749, married, 1774, Ephraim Whitney.
3. David, born April 18, 175I. 4. Moses, born April 1, 1753. 5. Eunice, born February 15, 1756. 6. Rachel, born April 29, 1760, died 1761.
(IV) Lieutenant Joshua Fuller, son of Captain Joshua Fuller (3), was born in New- ton, March 2, 1747, died November 18, 1817, aged seventy. He was a soldier in the Revolu- tion, a sergeant in Captain Amariah Fuller's company and marched to Cambridge on the Lexington call, April 19, 1775. He was lieu- tenant in Colonel Ephraim Wheelock's regi- ment commanding a company in the fall of 1776. He married Catherine Jackson, sister of Colonel Michael Jackson, of Newton. She died in 1777, aged thirty, and he married (sec- ond) Mary ( Brewer) White, widow. Chil- dren, born at Newton: I. Henry, born June 21, 1773, died 1777. 2. Joshua, born Septem- ber 16, 1774, mentioned below. 3. Jacob, born March 30, 1776. 4. Moses, died young. Children of the second wife: 5. Catherine, married Charles Jackson. 6. Rebecca. 7. James. 8. Elizabeth, died October, 1835, re- sided at South Boston. 9. Uriel.
(V) Joshua Fuller, son of Lieutenant Joshua Fuller (4), was born in Newton, Sep- tember 16, 1774, died there July 12, 1805, aged thirty-one. He was educated in the pub- lic schools and followed farming. He married March 20, 1800, Hannah Greenwood, of an old Newton family. She married (second), Daniel Sanger, of Watertown, and she died September, 1808, aged twenty-nine years. The Fuller family of Newton donated the land for the cemetery. Children: I. Henry, born 1801. 2. Stephen, born 1803, mentioned be- low. 3. Catherine, born 1805, married Charles Capen and lived in Framingham.
(VI) Stephen Fuller, son of Joshua Ful- ler (5), was born in Newton, in 1803. His father died in 1805, leaving his mother with three young children. She married again but died within three years leaving her children orphans. He married Dorcas Howe, who was born in England. Children: Henry, Joshua, Joseph, Harriet, Stephen Winchester, men- tioned below ; Hannah.
(VII) Stephen Winchester Fuller, son of Stephen Fuller (6), was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, January 1, 1836, died April 28, 1905. He was educated in the public schools, and early in life engaged in the lum- ber business which he followed all his life with marked success. He made his home in Somer- ville, where he located after marriage, in 1860, where he died ; he was well known and highly
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respected by his townsmen there. In politics he was a Republican, and in 1873-74 he served with credit in the city government. He mar- ried, February 14, 1860, Lavina Phebe Turn- er, born at Lyme, New Hampshire, August 15, 1838, daughter of David and Phebe Kelly Turner. (See Turner sketch). Her sister, Matilda Jeannette Hibbard, is mother of Post- master G. A. Hibbard, of Boston, a promin- ent Republican leader. Their only child : Beulah E. Fuller, born November 18, 1864, died January 1, 1865. They adopted a daugh- ter, Grace M. Fuller, who married Charles Pritchard ; children: I. Marion Pritchard, born May 30, 1887, married Perley Rich; 2. Beulah T., born August 18, 1890.
TURNER Humphrey Turner, the immi- grant, was born in England about 1593, and is said to have been of Essex. He came to Plymouth in New England about 1628 and had a house lot assigned him in 1629 ; built his house and lived in Plymouth until 1633, when he removed to Scituate and had a house lot granted him on Kent street. He settled, however, on a farm east of Colman's Hills. He was a tanner by trade and we are told was possessed of that "judgment, discretion, energy and persever- ance of character, which eminently fitted him to be one of the pioneers in beginning and carrying forward a new settlement." Deane says in his history of Scituate: "He was a useful and enterprising man in the new set- tlement and often employed in public busi- ness." He was a member of the first church ; represented the town several years as deputy to the general court ; was commissioner to end small causes ; constable, etc. Following a not frequent but puzzling custom of his forbears, he had two sons of the same name, John Turner, whom he distinguished in his will as "John" and "Young son John," so named, tradition says, at the instance of godfathers. Both brought up families and died at a good old age at Scituate. At last accounts a lineal descendant of the pioneer owned and occupied the Turner homestead in Scituate. His will was dated February 28, 1669, and proved June 5, 1673. Besides his children, he men- tions grandchildren. He married in England Lydia Gamer, who was born in England, died in Scituate in or before 1673. Children : I. John, born in England, married, November 12, , 1645, at Scituate. 2. John, married, April 23, 1649, mentioned below. 3. Thomas, born in
Plymouth, married, January 6, 1652, Sarah Hiland ; died November, 1688, at Scituate. 4: Joseph, baptized January 1, 1636, never mar- ried. 5. Daniel, married, January 20, 1665, Hannah Randall. 6. Nathaniel, baptized March 10, 1638, married, March 29, 1665, Mehitable Rigby. 7. Mary, baptized January 25, 1634-35, married at Scituate, November 13, 1651, William Parker. 8. Lydia, married, August 15, 1649, James Doughty.
(II) John Turner, the younger, son of Humphrey Turner (I), was born about 1628 and died in 1687 at Scituate, Massachusetts. He married, April 25, 1649, at Scituate, Ann James. He lived northeast of Hicks's Swamp, near the farm lately owned by Leonard Clap. Children : I. Japheth, born February 9, 1650, married Hannah Hudson. 2. Ann, born Feb- ruary 23, 1652, married, in 1695, Joseph Green. 3. Israel, born February 14, 1654, married Sarah Stockbridge. 4. Sarah, born July 25, 1665, married Ichabod Hoobrook. 5. Miriam, born April 8, 1658, married, 1687, Nathan Pickles. 6. Jacob, born March 10, 1667, mar- ried Jane Vining. 7. David, born November 5, 1670, married Elizabeth Stockbridge. 8. Philip, born August 18, 1673, mentioned below. 9. Ichabod, born April 9, 1676.
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