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to America with his brother Nicholas and preached in Medford, then Mystic, in 1634; was one of the first settlers of Newbury ; died October 22, 1656. 4. Nicholas, born 1615-16, mentioned below. 5. Daughter, married Thomas Kent, of Upper Wallop. 6. John, married and lived at Newton, Wiltshire.
(II) Nicholas Noyes, son of Rev. William Noyes (I), was born in Cholderton, England, 1615-16, and came to this country in 1633. He was admitted a freeman May 17, 1637, walk- ing forty miles to Cambridge in order to take the oath and qualify as a voter. He married, about 1640, Mary Cutting, daughter of Cap- tain John Cutting, a London shipmaster, and his wife Mary. Noyes was deputy to the gen- eral court at Boston from Newbury in 1660- 79-80; deacon of the first parish church, chosen March 20, 1633-34; died November 23, 170I, at Newbury. His will was made July 4, 1700, and proved December 29, 1701. In it he mentions sons John, late of Newbury, de- ceased; Nicholas, of Salem; Cutting; Tim- othy ; Thomas, deceased ; and daughters Mary, wife of John French of Salisbury; Sarah, wife of Mathew Pettingill, of Newbury ; Rachel, wife of James Jackman, of Newbury, and Abigail, unmarried. His homestead is now occupied by a lineal descendant, having remained to the present time in the family. In 1653 the wife of Nicholas Noyes was pre- sented in court for wearing silk hood and scarf, but she and two other women were dis- charged on proof that their husbands were worth two hundred pounds each. Children ; born in Newbury: I. Mary, born October 15, 1641, married John French. 2. Hannah, born October 13, 1643, married (first) Peter Cheney, in 1663; (second) John Atkinson in 1700. 3. John, born January 20, 1645, men- tioned below. 4. Rev. Nicholas, born Decem- ber 22, 1647, died December 13, 1677. 5. Cut- ting, born September 23, 1649, married, 1675, Elizabeth Knight. 6. Sarah, born August 22, 1653, married, 1674, Mathew Pettingill. 7. Timothy, born June 23, 1655, married, 1680, Mary Knight. 8. James, born May 16, 1657, married, 1684, Hannah Knight. 9. Abigail, born April II, 1659, married, 1707, Simeon French. IO. Rachel, born March 20, 1661, married, 1682, James Jackman. II. Thomas, born June 20, 1663, married, 1685, Sarah Knight. Three more died young.
(III) John Noyes, son of Nicholas Noyes (2), was born January 20, 1645, in Newbury. Married, November 23, 1668, in Newbury, Mary Poore, of Andover. She was born in
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1651, died after 1716, the date of her father's will in which she is mentioned. Noyes was admitted a freeman January 9, 1674. He was a house carpenter by trade and lived in what was afterwards known as the farm district of Newbury in a house built in 1677 and owned in 1879 by Luther Noyes. John died in 1691 and his widow Mary and son Nicholas were appointed to administer, making their account September 28, 1694; the personal estate was valued at three hundred and nine pounds, the real at two hundred and forty-six pounds. The homestead originally belonged to John Hull. The house built by John Noyes is still occupied by his descendants, the family of Silas M. Noyes, descended from John, his son and grandson Daniel, to Major Samuel, to Samuel his son, to Luther and his nephew Silas M. The front hall is wainscoted and a handsome staircase with the elaborately carved balisters, then fashionable for the first-class mansions, leads to the second story. On this farm is situated the mines which were dis- covered a few years ago. Children, born in Newbury: I. Nicholas, born May 18, 1671, mentioned below. 2. Daniel, born October 23, 1673, married Judith Knight, 1702; died 1716. 3. Mary, born December 10, 1676, mar- ried, 1700, John Noyes. 4. John, born February 19, 1677; married, 1703, Mary Thurlow. 5. Martha, born December 15, 1680, married, 1792, Joseph Lunt. 6. Na- thaniel, born October 28, 1681, married, 1704, Priscilla Merrill. 7. Elizabeth, born November 15, 1684, married, 1707, John Adams. 8. Moses, born May 22, 1688, died August 6, 1714. 9. Samuel, born February 5, 1691, married, 1714, Hannah Poor. One other died young.
(IV) Nicholas Noyes, son of John Noyes (3), was born in Newbury, May 18, 1671. Married, 1695, (intentions dated July 17) Sarah Lunt. He removed to Abington, Mass- achusetts, in 1712 with his younger brother Samuel. He died November 8, 1718. Chil- dren, born at Newbury; I. Sarah, born Sep- tember 15, 1697. 2. John, born December 6, 1699, mentioned below. 3. Hannah, born July 23, 1709, married, 1732, Jacob Reed. 4. Martha, born July 2, 17II. 5. Elizabeth, born September 10, 1712. One died young also.
(V) John Noyes, son of Nicholas Noyes (4), was born in Newbury, December 6, 1699, died December 18, 1792. Married Elizabeth Poole in 1727. Children, born in Abington : I. John, born February 8, 1728-29, mentioned
below. 2. Samuel, born December 6, 1731, married, 1770, Hannah Pratt. 3. Sarah, born September 9, 1733. '4. Molly, born July 12, 1735, married John Fullington. 5. Betty, born April 14, 1737, married, 1756, James Hersey. 6. Jane, born July 23, 1739, married, 1764, Andrew Thompson. 7. Eliab, born May 31, 1744, married (first) Abigail -
-; (sec- ond), 1790, Huldah Pratt. 8. Huldah, born April 3, 1746. 9. Olive, born June 1, 1750, married, 1799, Jephtha Acob. 10. Moses, born April 9, 1755, married, 1775, Olive Whit- marsh. Two others died young.
(VI) John Noyes, son of John Noyes (5), was born in Abington, February 8, 1728-29. Married Sarah Hersey in 1752. He resided in Bridgewater, Sharon and Worcester, Mass- achusetts, returning to Bridgewater in 1795. He was a soldier in the Revolution in Captain Chadwick's company of Worcester and in the Bridgewater company of Josiah Hayden under General John Thomas. Children, born at Bridgewater, Sharon and Worcester : I. John, born November 18, 1754, mentioned below. 2. Sarah, born May 18, 1756. 3. Bela, born July 20, 1757, married Elizabeth Mahan; he died August 21, 1833. 4. Levi, born in 1768, died June 12, 1816; married Sweeny.
(VII) John Noyes, son of John Noyes (6), was born in Bridgewater, November 18, 1754. Married, 1776, Ziba Brett. He removed to Minot, Maine, where he died January 24, 1836. Children, born in Bridgewater: I. Simeon, born June 2, 1777, died 1863; mar- ried Polly 2. John, born February 28, 1782, died April 5, 1868; married Polly Whitney. 3. Eliphalet, born March 21, 1785, mentioned below. 4. Sally, born August 4, 1788, married, 1811, Charles Record; died 1867. 5. Nancy, born January 4, 1791, died 1834; married, 1811, Joshua Knowlton. 6. Daniel, born January 21, 1793, died 1876; married Rachel Simmons.
(VIII) Eliphalet Noyes, son of John Noyes (7), was born in Bridgewater, March 21, 1785, died March 3, 1878, at Minot, Maine, where he was a farmer during his active life. Married, 18II, Joanna Record. Children, born at Minot: I. Diana, born June 1I, 1812, married, 1830, Eli Young ; she died July 28, 1831. 2. Rufus K., born September 25, 1814, married, 1836, Mehitable J. Smith ; died 1876. 3. Cynthia, born October 19, 1816, died 1877 ; married, 1839, Ephraim Rounds. 4. Joanna, born August 1, 1819, died March 3, 1891 ; married, 1849, Jane Gowell. 5. Levi P., born July 23, 1822, mentioned below. 6. Henry H.,
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born September 17, 1825, died 1895; married, 1851, Louisa McBride.
(IX) Levi P. Noyes, son of Eliphalet Noyes (8), was born in Minot, Maine, July 23, 1822. He was a farmer. He married, 1849, Jane Gowell. He died March 3, 1891. Only child: Frank A., born May 9, 1850, mentioned below.
(X) Frank A. Noyes, son of Levi P. Noyes (9), was born in Auburn, Maine, May 9, 1850. He was educated in the public schools in his native town, and during his youth helped his father on the farm. When he was eighteen years old he went to Port- land, Maine, to work, and at twenty-three went to Boston where he has. been engaged in business ever since. He is a member of Odd Fellows; of Soley Lodge of Free Masons ; Royal Arcanum; Highland Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star; the Boston Business Men's Association; vice-president of the Boston Chamber of Commerce ; past grand patron of the Order of the Eastern Star; treasurer of the Somerville Unitarian Church for the past ten years. In politics he is a Republican, and served two years in the Somerville board of aldermen.
He married, June 24, 1874, Anna R. Mason, daughter of Seth Clark and Rebecca ( Perley) Mason, of Gray, Maine. She was the grand- daughter of Seth and Hannah (Bryant) Mason; the former a native of Watertown, Massachusetts, where his ancestors were among the earliest settlers, and the latter a native of Saco, Maine. The children of Seth and Hannah Mason were: Margaret A. Mason, Seth C. Mason, mentioned above ; Joseph Bryant Mason, Hannah E. Mason, Sumner Mason, Joseph Mason. Rebecca Per- ley was the daughter of Abraham Perley, who married (first) Rebecca Humphrey and (sec- ond) Lois Haskell; whose children were: George Perley, John Perley, Nathaniel Per- ley, Mary Perley, Pauline Perley, Jonas Per- ley, father of Major Harry Otis Perley, who has distinguished himself in the service in the Philippines; Rebecca, mentioned above. The lineage to the first settler is Abraham (6), Samuel (5) and (4), John (3), Samuel (2), Allan Perley (I).
The only child of Frank A. and Anna R. Noyes: Florence R., born at Somerville, Massachusetts, April 13. 1878, was educated there in the public and high schools, and at Wellesley College where she was graduated in 1900 with the degree of A. B. She married, September 29, 1903, Charles Drouet, and they
have one child, Elinor Drouet, born at Dracut, Massachusetts, July 17, 1904.
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WHITING
Henry Fairfax Whiting, a rep- resentative of an old Lowell and Chelmsford family, mem-
bers of which have been prominent in the vari- ous walks of life, is a native of Lowell, Mass- achusetts, born February II, 1858, son of Phineas and Clara (Bagley) Whiting, of Lowell, and grandson of Phineas and Sarah Whiting. Phineas and Clara ( Bagley) Whit- ing were the parents of eleven children, the names of which, although not in the order of birth, are: Gertrude, Phineas, Walter, Ar- thur, Eva, Clare, Ethel, Henry F., Leslie, Alice and George.
Henry Fairfax Whiting attended the public schools of Lowell and the private school of Dr. Lloyd Hixon at Newburyport, Massachu- setts. He engaged with his father in the leather belting business at the corner of Shat- tuck and Middle streets, Lowell, which line he is still following, achieving therein a large degree of success. He is a member of the Episcopal church, and of the Appalachian, Yorick, Vesper-Country clubs, and a Republi- can in politics. Mr. Whiting married, Octo- ber 26, 1886, at Lowell, Louise Hazeltine Wescott, born March 18, 1863, daughter of Robert and Hannah Little (Noyes) Wescott. Children: I. Phineas Wescott, born October 28, 1887, attended the public and high schools of Lowell, graduating from the latter in class of 1907, and is now a student at Dartmouth College. 2. Donald Fairfax, born at Lowell, April 13, 1891, a student at the Lowell high school, class of 1910.
Mrs. Henry F. Whiting is a descendant of George Wescott, who died June 28, 1781. He married, in 1761, Patience Story, who died October 16, 1820. She was a descendant of Robert Story, who was a resident of Flushing, Long Island, about 1668. He was a merchant in New York City, 1674, and was the owner of a house on the south side of the present Wall street. He was of English descent. He was a member of the Society of Friends. He mar- ried Patience. Gardiner, who bore him three children : Mary, Mercy and Enoch. Robert Story died December 29, 1683. Enoch Story, son of Robert Story, was born December 12, 1680, died December 17, 1723. He married Sarah, daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth Car- penter. One of their eight children was Enoch, born September 4, 1714, died October, 1748.
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He married, February 23, 1740, Elizabeth Houston, who died 1752. They were the par- ents of four children, among whom was Patience, above mentioned.
Robert Wescott, son of George and Patience (Story) Wescott, was born January 19, 1769, married, January 1, 1806, Catherine De Vis- mes Brown, who was born at West Chester, New York, November 19, 1787, died at Potosi, Missouri, November 25, 1832. They had eleven children, among whom was George Burr, see forward.
George Burr Wescott, son of Robert and Catherine De Vismes (Brown) Wescott, born October 20, 1806, died November 28, 1836. Married, August 10, 1830, Caroline Daven- port, who was born April 14, 1809, died No- vember 20, 1863. Their children were: I. Robert, see forward. 2. William Davenport, born April 21, 1834, died January 28, 1851, unmarried. 3. Mary Kimball, born August 22 1835, died April 20, 1860. Married John Garrin Dale, of the Inman Steamship Com- pany. Children: i. Mary Davenport, born November 18, 1857, died November 22, 1893; married John E. Birwind. ii. Frederick Gray, born May 8, 1859, died April 15, 1885. iii. John, born April 16, 1860, died May 7, 1860.
Robert Wescott, son of George Burr and Caroline (Davenport) Wescott, born Octo- ber 5, 1832, died April 29, 1890. His birth occurred at Bethany, Pennsylvania. He grad- uated from the Philadelphia Medical School, August 31, 1855, and later enjoyed an exten- sive practice at Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he resided many years. He married Hannah Little Noyes. Children: I. Louise Hazeltine, born March 18, 1863, aforementioned as the wife of Henry Fairfax Whiting. 2. George Burr, born June 30, 1866, died September 16, 1866. 3. Helen Davenport, born October 30, 1867, died February 2, 1868. 4. Robert Ed- ward, born January 20, 1869. These children were born at Elizabeth, New Jersey.
The names Barnard and Bar- BARNARD net seem to be identical. Whereever we find one of the name Barnard in the early records we find the name spelled Barnet, which may be the oldest form. It is an ancient English family name. John Barnard, of Watertown, Massa- chusetts, came with his wife Phebe and chil- dren sailing in the ship "Elizabeth" of Ips- wich, April 30, 1634. On the list of propri- etors in 1645 his name is spelled Barnett. It
is also spelled Bernard on the records. An- other pioneer of the name who has many de- scendants in New England was Robert Bar- nard, of Salisbury, 1642, of Andover, 1644, and of Nantucket, 1663.
(I) John Barnard, or Barnet, as more com- monly spelled, was born in 1654 in London- derry, Ireland, and died October 8, 1740, ac- cording to his gravestone in the old Forest Hill cemetery, Londonderry, now East Derry, New Hampshire. He was therefore sixty- four years of age when he came to New Eng- land with the colony of Scotch-Presbyterians from Ballymondy, Londonderry, Ireland, with their pastor, Rev. James MacGregor. He was at the head of one of the sixteen families that settled Nutfield, New Hampshire, later Londonderry, and built their homes in the spring of 1718. His son John and family must have been with him, for John Barnett drew two shares in the division of 1722 and he probably lived with his son. His farm is now known as the Isaiah W. Haseltine place. He drew land in the Windham Range and several of his grandsons lived for a time in the town of Windham. He and his son signed a remon- strance at the method of dividing lands in 1728.
(II) John Barnard or Barnet, son of John Barnet (I), was born in Londonderry, Ire- land, about 1690, and doubtless came with his father, or soon afterward, to Londonderry, New Hampshire. He taught the school for this famous Scotch-Irish village as early as 1725, and was, therefore, one of the best edu- cated men of the colony. He signed a peti- tion to the general court of New Hampshire under date of 1758 concerning the restriction of the sale of intoxicating liquors, and another with his sons Robert and John, Jr., in 1769. He lived on the farm lately owned by Isaiah WV. Haseltine. He married probably in Ire- land Jean - His family lived in Lon- donderry and Windham, but were soon scat- tered widely. All or nearly all of his descend- ants adopted Barnard as the proper spelling. A Margaret Barnet who died September 17, 1771, aged fifty-five years, may have been his sister or a second wife. Children of John and Jean Barnard : I. John, born 1731, married Sarah - -, who was born in 1735 and died January 28, 1760, aged twenty-five. 2. Robert, born 1733, died February 24, 1772, aged thirty- nine ; was in Windham in 1769, when he sign- ed a petition with his father and brother John ; married Sarah and they had a son, Parker Barnet, who died August 24. 1755,
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aged four years and John, born 1763, died 1764. 3. Hannah, born 1735, died April 20, 1753, aged eighteen. 4. William, born in Londonderry, 1738, died 1749, aged eleven years. 5. Moses, was town clerk of London- derry in 1768 and one of the signers support- ing the legality of a contested election Sep- tember 15, 1768; may have settled in New- market, New Hampshire. 6. Jonathan, men- tioned below. There were probably daughters not known to the writer.
(III) Jonathan Barnard, son of John Bar- net (2), was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire, about 1740. About the time he came of age he went to the unincorporated section of what was then known as Society Land, which was later divided into the two towns of Hancock and Antrim, New Hamp- shire, and largely settled by the sons and rela- tives of the pioneers at Londerry, the Scotch Presbyterians whose influence has been felt through the whole country for the past cen- tury and a half. He cleared his farm in the wilderness. His neighbors were few. Those known during the first years, before the Rev- olution, were: Moses Morrison, William Lakin, John Young and John Moor ( from Windham), all of whom signed in 1776 a protest against a proposed town in the Soci- ety lands such as would be a bar to their securing a town charter indefinitely. Peters- borough appears to have been the nearest set- tlement, though his farm was doubtless in the section incorporated later as Hancock. He and his neighbors won their contention, and January 14, 1777, he and John Moor, Moses Morrison, George McClurg and Thomas Mil- ler, all Scotch-Irish, living in the south part of the Society Lands, certified to the general court their willingness to have the north part incorporated according to the line agreed upon, and Antrim was later incorporated. The his- torian of Hancock seems to think that he went away from his farm, was at Petersborough, and returned in July, 1791, with a wife and eight children. Subsequently he returned to Petersborough, which was the town adjoin- ing, and he died there in 1807. He married Molly - -. He was a soldier in the Rev- olution and his record appears on the rolls of Massachusetts and also of New Hampshire, the name being spelled both ways. He was in Cap- tain William Scott's company, Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent's regiment, when they marched at the Lexington call, April 20, 1775, and re- mained in the service some months. He was in the same company and regiment November
14, 1775, when he received an order for a bounty coat or its equivalent. He gave his residence both as Petersborough and "Soci- ety." Children: I. Benjamin, married, Oc- tober 9, 1800, Anna Davis; resided on Lot No. 18, and was on the tax list in 1799 and 1800. 2. Polly. 3. Jonathan. 4. Priscilla. 5. John, born about 1780, was taxed in 1806. 6. Jacob, born 1789, mentioned below. 7. James. 8. William.
(IV) Jacob Barnard, son of Jonathan Bar- nard (3), was born in Petersborough, New Hampshire, January 4, 1789, died August 7, 1830, in Boston. He removed to Boston and married there, May 28, 1815, Grace Stearns, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Bigelow) Stearns, of Waltham. He was an inn keeper in Boston and North Reading, Massachusetts, also proprietor of stage route between Boston, Massachusetts, and Concord, New Hamp- shire. She married (second), December 5, 1835. Dr. Nathan O. Richardson, of South Reading, Massachusetts, and he died September 17, 1837, aged fifty-six years. She died No- vember 26, 1872, aged eighty-two years, in Wakefield. Children of Jacob and Grace (Stearns) Barnard : I. Prentiss S., born April 4, 1816, married, November 26, 1841, Lucy Ann Hinckley. 2. Susan Barnard, born September 28, 1818, married, April 3, 1837, Dr. Solon O. Richardson, of South Reading, now Wakefield ; (see sketch). 3. Henry, born April 19, died July, 1820. 4. William H., born September 10, 1821, died April 27, 1834. 5. Mary Jane, born January 20, 1823, mar- ried, May 15, 1842, Eben Wiley, son of Ben- jamin B. Wiley, of South Reading. 6. Ben- jamin F., born July 10, 1824, mentioned below. 7. James, born November 28, 1825, died July 1, 1826.
(V) Benjamin F. Barnard, son of Jacob Barnard (4), was born at North Reading, July 10, 1824. His father died when he was a boy of six years and his mother married (sec- ond), Dr Nathan O. Richardson, of South Reading, where the youth was reared and re- ceived his education in the public schools. He became a very successful merchant in Boston. He enlisted under President Lincoln's first. call for troops, to serve for ninety days, in April, 1861, and in May, 1862, re-enlisted for three years in the Richardson Light Guard, which became Company K, Twenty-third Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and which he aided to recruit and organize. At re-enlistment he was commissioned second lieutenant, was subsequently promoted to first
Beij . FBarnard
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lieutenant, and was discharged in 1863 to ac- cept commission as first lieutenant and quar- termaster in the Fifty-ninth Veteran Regi- ment, and so served until the close of the war. He is a companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Massachusetts Command- ery; and is affiliated with the Masonic Order. He is a Democrat in politics, but pursues an independent course in local affairs. Mr. Bar- nard married (first) Sarah Emerson, daugh- ter of Captain Thomas Emerson, and of this union was born a daughter, Grace M., now deceased. Mrs. Barnard died November 15, 1885. Mr. Barnard married (second) March 16, 1887, Ida M. Purdy, and their children were: Ruby M., died February 21, 1893; Jacob S., at home ; and Flora Ida, died August 3. 1892.
No name is better known in Mid-' WINN dlesex county, Massachusetts, or has been longer before the public, than that of Winn. Its members have filled military and civil offices from the first settle- ment. One was the first-born child recorded in Woburn, and to him was given the signifi- cant name of Increase. From a family which had contributed to Woburn many of its most prominent and influential citizens came the donors in later years of the magnificent Wo- burn Public Library-Jonathan Bowers Winn and his son, Charles Bowers Winn, both now deceased.
From a remote. period the Wynn, Wynne and Winn families were located in Wales. The family abroad has been most prominently represented by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, of Wynnstay, Denbighshire, whose lineage is ancient and noble. Edward Winn, the progen- itor of the Woburn family, it has been con- jectured, was born in Wales, but more likely was a native of England, related possibly to the Converses, Johnsons, and other early Wo- burn families since of late years many of these relationships of early English immigrants -have been incontrovertibly established.
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(I) Edward Winn came evidently from England to America, bringing his wife Joanna, and children Ann, Elizabeth and Joseph. He settled first in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and was one of the commissioners for found- ing the contemplated town of Woburn. He was one of the signers of the "town orders," or by-laws, for Woburn in 1640, one of the original planters of that town in 1641, and was taxed in the first tax rate of Woburn,
1645. He was also the father of the firstborn child. He was made freeman 1643, and select- man 1669. His will was made at Watertown, May 6, 1682, and he died September 5, 1682. His residence was near a place in Woburn, known as the Vineyard, at which was a water- ing-place (on present Park street), the house being on some spot near Middlesex, Chestnut and Kilby streets. His wife Joanna died in Woburn, March 8, 1649. He married (sec- ond), August 10, 1649, Sarah Beal, died in Woburn, March 15, 1680. He married (third) Ann or Hannah Wood, respectively the wife of William Page, of Watertown; Nicholas Wood, of Medfield; and Edward Winn, of Woburn. She died before November 1, 1686. Children: I. Ann, married, September 26, 1648, Moses Cleveland (ancestor of ex-Pres- ident Grover Cleveland). 2. Elizabeth, mar- ried, May 21, 1649, George Polk. 3. Joseph, see forward. 4. Increase, born December 5, 1641, died December 14, 1690.
(II) Joseph Winn, son of Edward Winn (I), probably born in England, was a soldier in King Philip's war, 1676, and an ensign in Phipps' Canada expedition to Quebec, 1690. His company was commanded by Captain Ebenezer Prout, of Concord (in the Middle- sex county regiment, commanded by Major Nathaniel Wade, of Medford), the lieutenant of his company being Nathaniel Barsham, of Watertown, and the ensign Joseph Winn, of Woburn. He died February 22, 1714-15. He married Rebecca, born at Brookline, died 1734, daughter of William and Mabel Reed, of Wo- burn. Children: I. Rebecca, born May 25, 1665, died April 6, 1679. 2. Sarah, born No- vember 9, 1666, married, April 13, 1691, Ebe- nezer Johnson, of Woburn. 3. Timothy, died March 22, 1677-78. 4. Abigail, born June 18, 1670, died June 25, 1670. 5. Joseph, born May 15, 1671. 6. Josiah, born March 15, 1673-74. 7. Joanna, married, July 13, 1699. Edward Knight, of Woburn. 8. Rebecca (twin), born February 14, 1679-80, married. March 5, 1699-1700, Timothy Spaulding, of Chelmsford. 9. Hannah (twin), born Feb- ruary 14, 1679-80. 10. Abigail, married John Rogers, of Billerica. II. Anne, born Novem- ber 1, 1684, died September 13, 1686. 12. Timothy, born February 27, 1686-87, see for- ward.
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