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15, 1684, married Increase Ward, Jr. 8. De- liverance, born October 7, 1686, married Ben- jamin Shattuck.
(II) David Fay inherited the homestead on the north side of Clear Hill. He settled in that part of Northboro that was set off to Southboro. He was chosen constable of Southboro, and also served as selectman in 1730, 1733 and 1735. He united with the church April 2, 1710. Before the incorporation of Southboro he was placed on a committee to seat the people in the Marlboro meeting house. In company with Robert Horne he built a grist mill on Stony brook about 1731, and he also combined the callings of weaver and farmer with that of miller. On May I, 1699, he was married to Sarah Larkin, daughter of John and Joanna (Hale) Larkin. He died in 1738. Children: I. John, born January 30, 1700, died December 23, 1704. 2. Joanna, born December 7, 1701, died No- vember 23, 1720. 3. Sarah, born March I, 1704, married Ebenezer Pike. 4. David, born March 25, 1707, died October 4, 1720. 5. Lois, born March II, 1709. 6. John, born December 16, 1710. 7. Moses, born October 7, 1712. 8. Robert, born July 20, 1715. 9. Edward, born May 16, 1717. 10. Aaron, born April 18, 1719. II. Joanna, born July 3, 1721, died November 22, 172I. 12. David, born April 6, 1723, married Jemima
(III) Robert Fay was born in Marlboro in 1715. In 1749 he bought of Jacob Wheeler a farm situated in Southboro, about a mile and a half from the center of the town. He was surveyor of the highway, and collector of taxes in 1755, and tithing man in 1763 and 1765. He served in the French and Indian war, and attained the rank of captain before the close of the war. Like his brother Aaron, he had two wives and twenty children. He first married Elizabeth Joslyn. She died Sep- tember 4, 1760, and he married Anna Harring- ton. Children: I. Elizabeth, born March 27, 1744, married Abner Ward. 2. Robert, born September 30, 1746, died young. 3. Nathan- iel, born September 30, 1746, died young. 4. Reuben, born September 25, 1749. 5. Asa, born November II, 1752, married Comfort Newton. 6. David, born March 5, 1755, married Jane Ward. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. 7. Joshua, born February 9, 1757, died young. 8. Submit, born March 8, 1758, died young. 9. Rebecca, born July 21, 1759, died young. 10. Elijah, born August 26, 1760, died young. 11. Jason, born March 31, 1762, married Miriam Newton. 12. Robert,
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born March 24, 1764. 13. Ephraim, born July 31, 1768, died 1779. 14. Enoch, born September 7, 1770, married Sarah
15. Daniel, born December, 1772, died 1783. 16. Rufus, born December 13, 1779, married Patty Woods. 17. Silas. 18, 19 and 20, daughters.
(IV) Reuben Fay, born in Southboro, 1749, died 1797. Lived in Southboro, was overseer of poor, surveyor of the highways, field driv- er, tithingman. Married a cousin, Bethia Fay, daughter of Captain Aaron and Thankful (Newton) Fay. Children: I. Reuben, born July 20, 1772. 2. Solomon, born October 22, 1774, married Elizabeth Fay. 3. Isaac, born June 22, 1777, died April, 1796. 4. Stephen, born April 4, 1779, died 1796. 5. Anna, born January 21, 1781, died 1796. 6. Lovinah, born February 19, 1783, married Elihu Root. 7. Rebecca, born February 9, 1785, died April 30, 1796. 8. Bethia, born June 30, 1787, died 1796. 9. Hepsibah, born March 3, 1789, mar- ried Jonathan Rice. 10. Betsey, born May 4, 1791, died in 1796. II. Thankful, born June 23, 1793, died in 1796. 12. Dana, born Octo- ber 22, 1795, died May, 1796. 13. Lovica, born July 3, 1798, married Israel Hemenway, of Royalton. Eight of the above children died within forty-two days of each other. There is no record whether there was some epidemic that carried them off.
(V) Reuben Fay was born in Southboro in 1772, and died August 13, 1854. He married Esther Parks, of Framingham, residence, Southboro. Children: I. Dana, born Janu- ary 14, 1797, married Mary Ann Parker. 2. Susan, born June 5, 1798, died 1849. 3. Park, born May 10, 1800. 4. Amanda, born March 27, 1802, married Samuel Perry, of Brookfield. 5. Isaac, born June 9, 1804, died July, 1804. 6. Isaac, born July, 1805, married Harriet Shepard. He was a large landholder, wealthy citizen and benefactor of the city of Cambridge. 7. Dorothy, born August 4, 1807, married Edmund C. Flagg. 8. Gideon, born September 24, 1809, died 1831. 9. Hannah Fuller, born 1812, died 1813. 10. Harriet, born March 15, 1814, married Nathan Fay. II. Hannah Fuller, born November 26, 1816, married William F. Stone, of Natick.
(VI) Park Fay was born in Southboro in 1800, and died in Lincoln, December 6, 1854. He was a selectman from 1830 to 1840; mar- ried, March 21, 1825, Sally S. Williams, of Lincoln. Children : I. Gilbert P., born Framingham, March 6, 1826, married Laura Sophia Brigham. 2. Benjamin Wetherbee,
born in Southboro, May 29, 1828, married Hannah G. Edmunds. 3. Sarah Jane, born in Southboro, May 24, 1830, died young. 4. Sarah Jane, born September II, 1832, married George Baker, of Lincoln. 5. Eliza Ann, born Southboro, June 12, 1836. 6. George Gideon Fuller, born Southboro, November 5, 1838, died young. 7. Martha Fuller, born South- boro, May 21, 1841, died young. 8. Franklin Sullivan, died young.
(VII) Benjamin Wetherbee Fay was born May 29, 1828, in Southboro, Massachusetts. He was educated in the public schools of Southboro and the academy at Northampton, Massachusetts. He died in 1870. He was a successful manufacturer in the latter 50's and early 60's, with offices in Boston, New York and Manchester, New Hampshire. On Aug- ust 31, 1853, he was married to Hannah Gove Edmunds. His wife was a granddaughter of Jonathan Edmunds, a prominent shipbuilder of Salisbury, Massachusetts, and later of Ware, New Hampshire, and a daughter of Jonathan Edmunds, born in Salisbury, Massa- chusetts, and afterwards removed to Salis- bury, New Hampshire, where he was a teach- er and leading citizen. The future Mrs. Fay was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire, Sep- tember II, 1827. She was educated in the schools of Salisbury, the Academy at Hopkin- ton, New Hampshire, and finished at Mr. Kendall's private school for young ladies. in Manchester, New Hampshire. At the acad- emy she received a teacher's certificate at the age of fifteen years.
(VIII) Wilton Burgess Fay was born Oc- tober 3, 1865, in Fairmont, now a portion of Hyde Park, but at that time in Milton, Massa- chusetts, the summer home of his parents. His earliest years were spent there and in New York and Boston. He was educated in the Boston public schools and in the Ellis school for boys at Kingston, Massachusetts. He took high rank in his classes, graduating in 1880 from Rice grammar school and in 1883 from English high school. His popularity here gained for him the election to his class presidency. During his high school course he took extra work in preparation for entering Harvard, but adverse circumstances compelled him to give up his plans for a college course, a deprivation which caused him keen and last- ing disappointment. After his graduation from high school he entered upon a business career, in the course of which he spent some time in New York and the West. In Novem- ber, 1890, he entered the employ of Bliss, Fab-
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Through Wisdom is a House builded, and by understanding is it established; therefore first say Peace to this House ! For the House of the Righteous shall stand"
RIDGEHOLM,
The building, under whose cornerstone this record is placed on the thirtieth day of October nineteen hundred and two, is the home of Wilton Burgess Fay, and Helen Richardson Fay, his Wife, residents of that part of the City of Medford known as West Medford, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .. Recorded below are the signatures of those. members of the General and Local Government in office at the time aferesaid, who directly represent the residents of this home.
Theodore Roosevelt
George 7 Levar Henry Cabre Lodge Samme W le Gall
PRESIDENT of the United States of America.
Federal Senators from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Representative in Con- gress from the 8th Con- gressional District of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Chester &Killiaux Sombante Chained- ChasBaxter fim Coulson Hany Highly Charles M. Ludden George & Batcheller James Mero Halloworld
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Governor of the Com- monwealth of Massa- chusetts.
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Lieutenant-Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- State Senator from the 5th Middlesex Senatori- al District.
State Representative from the 12th Middlesex Representative District. Mayor of the City of Medford.
Alderman of Ward 3 of the City of Medford.
Councilmen Ward 3 of the City of Medford.
City Solicitor of the City of Medford.
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yan & Company, Boston, with which firm he still remains. In the same year he took up his residence in Medford, where he has ever since been an active participant in social, public and political affairs.
In politics, Mr. Fay is a Republican, and has given freely of his time and efforts for the advancement of that party's interests. In this branch of his activities he had a uniformly successful career, due to a genius for organi- zation, capable management, good judgment and capacity for hard, unremitting work. Ever zealous in his party's cause, he has con- tributed greatly to the success of many can- didates ; while the honors he has enjoyed have come to him unsolicited. He has served as a member and as chairman of his ward com- mittee ; also as treasurer and chairman of the city committee, holding the latter office from 1900 to 1907. During the years 1901 and 1904, inclusive, he also acted as secretary to the mayor. He has represented his city as a del- egate to state and other conventions; and at different times has served on the state recep- tion committee. In 1904, the year of presi- dential election, he was chairman of that com- mittee by appointment of the state committee. Since 1901 he has been a member and also treasurer of the Eighth Congregational dis- trict committee, in which latter capacity he has done exceptional work. His political career to the present time has been rounded out by a unanimous election from his district as a member of the Republican state committee.
In other directions, also, Mr. Fay's capacity has been recognized. In 1903 he received an appointment for a four years' term as a mem- ber of the board of park commissioners of Medford, and was reappointed by Mayor Brewer, and confirmed by the board of alder- men in 1908 for a second term of five years. In 1906, on the occurrence of the San Francisco disaster, he was appointed by the mayor as chairman of the relief commit- tee for his ward. In the same year he also served on the executive and financial commit- tees in connection with Medford's two hun- dred and seventy-fifth anniversary celebration, his work on the latter committee being a great factor in the success of the occasion. Mr. Fay is a member of the Middlesex Club, Re- publican Club of Massachusetts, Medford Club, Neighborhood Club, Medford Boat Club, Medford Historical Society, a life mem- ber of the Boston Horticultural Society, and a councilor of the American Civic Association. Although Mr. Fay has devoted much time and
energy to the political field, it has not been at the expense of his home life. For seven years after marriage' a modest home in Hast- ings Lane, West Medford, received his chief attention. In the winter of 1901 Mrs. Rich- ardson, his mother-in-law, proposed building a new home for the young people. For this purpose a piece of land, about half an acre in extent, was secured on Wyman street, West Medford, and plans were drawn by Messrs. Little & Brown, a Boston firm of architects. Ground was broken in the spring, an immense amount of excavation being required, not only for the foundations of the house, but also in preparation for the lawns and gardens. The house is a fine example of the colonial style of architecture of the Georgian period. The first story is of smoothface old field stone, cut and fitted closely together, in the selecting and collecting of which Mr. Fay himself spent much time and covered a great deal of territory. The cutting and laying of the stones has been done with great care, the result being a struc- ture of such finish and appearance that ex- perts have pronounced it the best example of its kind in the state. Above the stone work the finish is of honeycomb plaster, dull gray in color. The hall, which runs through the house, is panelled in old English oak with tap- estry hangings above in harmonizing colors. A distinctive feature is a heavy lantern in an- tique pattern of wrought bronze suspended from the second floor beam by a massive chain. The dining room, done in mahogany, has held gathering of men well known in na- tional and state politics, and in large mercan- tile, industrial, and financial affairs. The lay- ing of the cornerstone, on October 30, 1902, by Mayor C. S. Baxter with a silver trowel, was an occasion of much interest. Under the stone was placed a copper box holding many coins, photographs, papers old and recent, an autograph poem written for the occasion by Sarah Warner Brooks and also two parch- ments. One of these from the office of the architect contains plans and a sketch of the house. The other is an illuminated document, the work of Mrs. Anna Davis Hallowell, hav- ing for its contents matters of interest regard- ing the occupants, and, to quote from it, "Au- tographs of members of the General and Local Governments in office at the time, who direct- ly represent the residents of this house." The signatures of President Roosevelt, George F. Hoar, and Henry Cabot Lodge, United States senators from Massachusetts ; Samuel W. Mc- Call, representative in Congress; Winthrop
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Murray Crane, governor ; and John L. Bates, lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts, and the various members of state and city govern- ments, complete the record.
In the laying out of the grounds, Mr. Fay has had a chance to display his taste and hor- ticultural knowledge. A connoiseur in rare and valuable varieties of shrubs and flowers, he has selected specimen plants in the varie- ties chosen for the adornment of his place. Through careful study of the requirements and application of the knowledge gained, the results obtained by him have rivalled those of more pretentious establishments. Massive face walls of ledge stone, six feet in height, surround the grounds on the sides and rear, while the front is adorned by a fence one hundred and sixty feet long, painted gray and sanded with handsome entrance gates and high posts in keeping with the colonial style of the house.
On April 30, 1904, Mr. Fay and his family entered into possession and took up their res- idence here. On March II, 1893, Mr. Fay was married to Helen Francis, daughter of Luther and Sarah Noyes (Stearns) Richard- son, of Medford. Children: I. Katherine Stearns, January 25, 1904, died December 15, 1907, of scarlet fever. 2. Wilton Burgess, Jr., March 17, 1907.
Helen Frances Richardson, who married Wilton Burgess Fay, is descended from Sam- uel Richardson, who was one of the organi- zers of the church and founders of the town of Woburn in 1642. He was born in England about 1610, and when about twenty-five years old, came to New England and settled in Charlestown. His brother Ezekiel's name is on a list of fifty-eight inhabitants of Charles- town, dated January 9, 1663-64.
(I) Samuel Richardson, with his brother Thomas, was on a committee July 1, 1636, to lay out lots of land for hay. On November 5th, 1640, the three brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel and Thomas Richardson, and four others were chosen by the church of Charlestown as com- missioners or agents for the organization of a church and town within what was then the limits of Charlestown, but soon after made into a separate town and called Woburn. That whole territory was then a wide uncultivated waste. The church was organized August 14, 1642, in Woburn, and Samuel Richardson was one of the charter members. He lived in that part of Woburn, now included in the town of Winchester, a little east of the Southern Divi- sion of the Boston and Maine Railroad.
He was a selectman of Woburn from 1644 to 1651. In 1645 he paid the highest tax of anyone in the town. His wife's name was Joanna He died March 23, 1658. She died about 1667. Children: I. Mary, baptized February 25, 1637-38; married Thomas Mousall. They lived in Charlestown. 2. John, baptized November 12, 1639, mar- ried (first) Elizabeth Bacon; (second), Mary Pierson ; (third), Margaret Willing. 3. Han- nah, born in Woburn, March 8, 1641-42. 4. Joseph, born in Woburn, July 27, 1643, mar- ried Hannah Green. 5. Samuel, born May 22, 1646, married, (first), Martha -, ( sec- ond), Hannah Kingsbury; (third), Phebe Baldwin; (fourth), Sarah Hayward, daugh- ter of Samuel of Malden. 6. Stephen, born August 15, 1649, married Abigail Wyman. 7. Thomas, born December 31, 1651, died Sep- tember 27, 1657. 8. Elizabeth, born 1654.
(II) Joseph Richardson, born 1643. He was admitted freeman May 15, 1672, and was therefore member of the church. He was one of Major Samuel Appleton's soldiers, and was engaged in the fierce assault on the Nar- ragansett fort, December 19, 1675. He was a selectman of Woburn, 1693, 1694 and 1702. He died March 5, 1717-18. He married Han- nah Green, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Green, of Malden. Children, born in Woburn: I. Hannah, born October 22, 1667, married Daniel Baldwin. 2. Mary, born March 22, 1668-89, married (first) James Fowle; (sec- ond), Samuel Walker. 3. Elizabeth, born June 28, 1670, married (first) John Coggin ; (second) Jacob Wyman. 4. Joseph, born May 19, 1672; married Mary Blodget. 5. Stephen, born February 7, 1673-74; married Bridget Richardson.
(III) Joseph, born May 19, 1672, lived in Woburn, and was selectman in 1714-1716. His wife died March II, 1752. He died De- cember 5, 1754. He married, October 24, 1693, Mary Blodget, daughter of Samuel and Ruth Blodget, of Woburn. Children, born in Woburn : I. Mary, born January 10, 1694- 95; married Henry Baldwin. 2. Hannah, born August 17, 1697; married Thomas Car- ter. 3. Joseph, born November 8, 1699 ; mar- ried Susannah Wyman. 4. Josiah, born Jan- uary 12, 1701-02 ; married Experience Wright. 5. Reuben, born January 12, 1704; married Esther Wyman. 6. Loiver, born August 15, 1706; married (first) Lydia Wyman; (sec- ond) Eunice Pierce. 7 and 8. David and Sam- uel (twins), born October 12, 1708, died same day. 9. Charles, born July 27, 1710; married
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(first) Mary Roper, (second) Susannah IO. Ruth, born June 17, 1713; mar- ried James Baldwin.
(IV) Major Josiah Richardson, born Jan- uary 12, 1701-02. He removed to Sudbury, Massachusetts, and lived there nearly forty years. He was a man of much activity and prominence. He was a major in the militia. He died August 30, 1770. He gave one-half of his personal property and the improvement of one-half of his real estate, also his negro girl Dinah, and his negro boy Caesar, to his wife. He married, October 23, 1728, Exper- ience Wright, daughter of Benjamin Wright, of Sudbury. Children: I. Gideon, born June 5, 1730, in Chelmsford, married Martha Thornton. 2. Josiah, born May 29, 1733, in Sudbury, married Elizabeth Eveleth of Stowe. 3. Experience, born in Sudbury, married Abishai Crossman, of Sudbury. 4. Luther, born July 14, 1748, died October 6, 1752.
(V) Josiah Richardson, born May 29, 1733, lived in Sudbury. He was a farmer, and had one hundred and twenty acres of land. House and land was rated at $2,870. He married Elizabeth Eveleth, of Stowe, Massachusetts, January 31, 1760. Children, born in Sudbury : I. Gideon, born March I, 1761 ; married Lucy Hemenway, 1784. 2. Sarah Eveleth, born May 13, 1763; married Abel Blake, 1788. 3. Luther, born November 24, 1764; married Persis Hemenway, 1790. 4. Reuel, born Sep- tember 13, 1768, died young. 5. Loa (Loam- mi), born July 15, 1770.
(VI) Luther Richardson, born November 24, 1764, lived in Sudbury, died October 5, 1814. He married in June, 1790, Persis Hem- enway, daughter of Benjamin and Lucy (Stone) Hemenway, of Framingham, Massa- chusetts. Children, born in Sudbury : I. Charles, born October 10, 1791, married Mary Locke. 2. Lucy, born January 17, 1793, mar- ried Gardner Hunt. 3. Luther, born March 14. 1799, married Nancy Stetson. 4. Pren- tiss, born July 1, 1802, married Harriet Nich- ols.
(VII) Charles Richardson, born in Sud- bury, October 10, 1791. He first settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and afterwards removed to Mount Vernon, New Hampshire, Later he resided in Amherst, New Hampshire, and was deputy sheriff and jailer about twenty years in Amherst. After this he moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, and was for several years paymaster in the Amoskeag Mills. In 1856 he became a citizen of Worces- ter, Massachusetts, where his wife died in
1875. He died in 1878. He married Mary Locke, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Richardson) Locke; June 14, 1812. Chil- dren: I. Charles Augustus, born September 16, 1813, lived in Manchester, died 1853. 2. Andrew Jackson, born April 20, 1815, mar- ried, July 5, 1843, Elizabeth Page, daughter of James Page, of Boston. He was a merchant in Boston, afterwards in New York. 3. Wil- liam Henry Worthington, born October 9, 1816, died young. 4. William Henry Harri- son, born December 28, 1817; married Eliza R. Pray. 5. Mary Ann, born July 23, 1820, married James F. Allen. 6. Luther Frederick, born December 29, 1823, married Sarah N. Stearns. 7. Edmund Parker, born January 12, 1825, died at Amherst, New Hampshire, 1826. 8. Sarah Elizabeth, born January 13, 1827, married George Sumner. 9. Benjamin Franklin, born April 30, 1829, unmarried. 10. Edward Prentiss, born March 29, 1831. He was in the Fifty-first Massachusetts Regiment, serving in the Civil war. He died in the Mc- Kim Hospital in Baltimore, July 19, 1863. II. Frances Adelia, born February 10, 1837, died October, 1881, unmarried.
(VIII) Luther Frederick Richardson, born December 29, 1823, was a merchant in Boston, being senior partner in the firm of Richard- son, Bird & Company, Franklin street. He lived in Medford and died there, May 1, 1882. He married in 1854, Sarah Noyes Stearns, daughter of Simon and Sarah E. Stearns, of Watertown. Children: I. Emma, born Jan- uary 27, 1861, in Boston. 2. Helen Frances, born July 15, 1869, in Boston, married Wilton B. Fay.
Mrs. Helen (Richardson) Fay, the wife of Wilton Burgess Fay, of Medford, is a lineal descendant of
(I) Isaac and Mary Stearns, who came to Salem with Governor Winthrop and others, in the ship "Arabella," arriving June 12, 1630. They soon proceeded from Salem to Charles- town, and were among the first settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, locating near what is now Mount Auburn. He was admitted a freeman May 16, 1631, and was a selectman several years. In 1642 we find his homestead bounded on the north by the land of John Warren; west by the highway, south by the land of John Biscoe ; east by Pequessett Mea- dow, a part of which meadow he owned. In 1647 he and Mr. Biscoe were appointed by the selectmen "to consider how the bridge over the river shall be built, and to agree with the workman for doing it according to their best
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discretion," says Dr. Francis in his history. "This is the first mention of a bridge over the Charles river at Watertown."
Isaac Stearns came from Nottinghamshire, England, descended from Bishop of York. His wife, Mary Barker, seems to have been from the parish of Nayland in Suffolk, and they were married in 1622. He died June 19, 1671, and she died April 2, 1677. He had given a part of his estate to each of his seven children ; the remaining part was appraised at £524 4s 8d after his decease. Children : I. Mary, baptized January 6, 1626, in parish of Nayland, Suffolk, England, married in Wo- burn, Massachusetts, July 9, 1646, Isaac Learned, born in England, February 25, 1624. He died November 27, 1657, and she married John Burge, of Weymouth, June 9, 1662. 2. Hannah, baptized October 5, 1628, in Eng- land, married, December 25, 1650, in Water- town, Henry Freeman. 3. John, born about 1631, married Sarah Mixer, daughter of Isaac and Sarah Mixer, of Watertown. 4. Isaac, born January 6, 1633, married Sarah Beers, of Watertown, died 1676. 5. Sarah, born Sep- tember 22, 1635, in Watertown; married, June 7, 1655, Deacon Samuel Stone, of Cambridge. She died in 1700. 6. Samuel, born April 24, 1638, married Hannah Manning, died June 24, 1683. 7. Elizabeth. 8. Abigail, married, April 27, 1666, Deacon John Morse. She died October 16, 1690.
(II) Samuel Stearns, born 1638, died Aug- ust 3, 1683 ; married Hannah Manning, daugh- ter of William and Dorothy Manning, of Cam- bridge. Mr. Stearns' homestall or farm fell into the possession of his son John, then to his grandson Josiah, then to his great-grand- son, Phineas Stearns, and did "lately" belong to the heirs of Abijah White, his great-great- grandson. Inventory October 9, 1683, £481 4s. Children, born in Watertown: I. Sam- uel, born May 4, 1664, died June 7, 1671. 2. Hannah, born December 8, 1666 ; married, De- cember 26, 1684, Thomas Briscoe. 3. Na- thaniel, born December 13, 1668, died August 24, 1716; married Elizabeth Dix. 4. Sarah Stearns, born April 23, 1671; married, Octo- ber 27, 1714, Joseph Winship, died Septem- ber 25, 1725. 5. Samuel, born March 29, 1673, married Mary Hawkins. He was town clerk and represented Watertown from 1714 to 1731. He was selectman and assessor many years. 6. Isaac, born December 31, 1674, died 1737, married Mary Bemis. 7. John, born June 24, 1677, died 1729, married Abigail Fiske. 8. Mary, born April 5, 1679,
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