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He has frequently been honored with im- portant town offices, and has creditably filled the offices of town clerk, town collector, mem- ber of the school committee and trustee of the public library. He has been justice of the peace and notary public for the past forty years. Before the district courts were estab- lished he was a trial justice. He was for several years treasurer of the Wakefield Sav- ings Bank. During the civil war he served as a private in the South Reading company, the Richardson Light Guard, known as Com- pany E, Fiftieth Regiment, and took part in the campaign ending with the surrender of
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Port Hudson, on the Mississippi river. He is an active member of H. M. Warren Post No. 12, Grand Army of the Republic. When a young man he was for several years assistant principal of the Wakefield high school, and also taught in the schools of Waterboro, Maine. He is affiliated with the Masonic order. He married, May 14, 1868, at Rye, New Hampshire, Emma G. Leach, daughter of Rev. Giles and Elizabeth (Thompson ) Leach, the former a descendant of Roger Conant, distinguished in the early history' of Massachusetts. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Eaton are: I. Richard Gardner, born Sep- tember 8, 1869; is a graduate of Yale Univer- sity and Harvard Medical School; is in prac- tice at Wakefield, Massachusetts ; he married, June 1, 1905, May Louise Crafts, of Holyoke ; children: Richard Gardner, Jr., and Elizabeth C. 2. Theodore, born April 15, 1872; is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School ; is practicing his profession in Boston and Wakefield with much success. 3. Emma Florence, born February 23, 1874; is a grad- uate of Smith College, and pursued supple- mentary courses of study at Oxford, Eng- land ; she is possessed of fine literary tastes, and is author of "Dramatic Studies from the Bible."
EATON (II) John Eaton, son of Jonas Eaton (I), was born September 10, 1645, and died in Reading, May 25, 1691. He married, November 26, 1674, Dorcas Green, and they lived at Read- ing. Children: I. Jonas, born March 13, 1676-7; died March 28, 1676-7. 2. Grace, born January 12, 1677-8; married John Bou- telle. 3. Noah, born January 26, 1678; died 111 1701. 4. Thomas, born June 22, 1679; died November 30, 1679. 5. Jonas, born May 18, 1680, mentioned below. 6. Joseph, born April 18, 1681 ; died April 29, 1681. 7. Ben- jamin, born January 16, 1683-4, died February 2, 1683-4. 8. Joseph, settled in Reading. 9. Benjamin, settled in Roxbury. IO. Dorcas, born July 26, 1688; died young. II. Stephen, born August 11, 1689; died August 25, 1689. 12. Phoebe, born August 25, 1690; married Jonathan Nichols.
(III) Jonas Eaton, son of John Eaton (2), was born May 18, 1680. He was a carpenter and bricklayer and settled in Framingham. He purchased March 10, 1705-6, the east half of what was known as the "Half Mile Square," and died there August 13, 1727. He married
Grace, daughter of John Gould. Children: I. Mehitable, born February 17, 1706-7. 2. Noah, born July 22, 1708, mentioned below. 3. John, born September 3, 1710; settled in Killingly, Connecticut. 4-5. Phebe and Jonas (twins), born October 22, 1714. 6. Joseph, born March 12, 1716. 7. Mary, born March 12, 1718. 8. Joshua, born July 1, 1721; settled in Voluntown, Connecticut. 9. Benjamin, born October 9, 1723. 10. Ebenezer, born September 2, 1727, cordwainer.
(IV) Noah Eaton, son of Jonas Eaton (3), was born July 22, 1708, and died Octo- ber 8, 1791. He resided in Framingham. He married Hannah Vinton, on Stoneham, who died March 8, 1795. Children: I. Hannah, born November 8, 1731 ; married John Cheney .. 2. Noah, born August 7, 1733. 3. Abigail, born February 1, 1735; married Daniel Greg- ory. 4. Jonas, born January 29, 1737. 5. John, born July 30, 1740. 6. Mehitable, born April 21, 1743; married Deacon Samuel Dakin. 7. Ruth, born February 16, 1744; married Peter Parker. 8. Maltiah, born Jan- uary 15, 1747. 9. Silas, born December I, 1750, mentioned below. 10. Mary, born May II, 1753; married Simon Goddard, of Phil- lipston.
(V) Silas Eaton, son of Noah Eaton (4), was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, De- cember I, 1750. He lived on the old Joseph Pratt place, east of the state muster field. He died July 18, 1828. He married, February, 1782, Polly Nichols, daughter of John Nich- olas, and he died October 30, 1818. He was a soldier in the Revolution from Framingham, a private in Captain Samuel Edgel's company of minute-men, April 19, 1775 ; also a private in Captain Lawson Buckminster's company, Colonel Abner Perry's regiment, in 1780. Chil- dren: I. Josiah, born November II, 1782. 2. Silas, Jr., born October 18, 1784. 3. Mary, born October 20, 1786, married Luther Stone. 4. Hannah, born January 2, 1789, died young. 5. Martha, born March 10, 1791; married Abner Wheeler. 6. Samuel, born May 14, 1794, died young. 7. Nabby (twin), born May 31, 1798, died young. 8. Hitty (twin), born May 31, 1798, died young.
(VI) Major Silas Eaton, son of Silas Eaton (5), was born in Framingham, October 18, 1784, and lived there on his father's place. He married, March 5; 1812, Nancy Stone, born November 29, 1780, at Framingham, daughter of Dr. Elijah Stone. (See sketch of Stone family herewith). He died August 6. 1845. Children: I. Philander, born August
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2, 1813, settled in Farmington, New Hamp- shire ; married Sarah Pearl. 2. Lorenzo, born August 8, 1815 ; mentioned below. 3. Frank- lin H., born April 18, 1817, settled in Pitts- burg, Pennsylvania; married Josephine W. Alden. 4. Ann Maria, born March 1, 1819; died August 26, 1826. 5. Louisa Jane, born March 14, 1822; married Mordecai De Lange, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 6. Caroline O., born August 28, 1823; married Henry Rich- ardson, of Pittsburg.
(VII) Lorenzo Eaton, son of Major Silas Eaton (6), was born in Framingham, August 8, 1815, and died July 10, 1901. He removed to Concord at the age of twelve years, and was educated in the schools in those towns. He was apprenticed for three years to James Adams, of Concord, to learn the cabinet maker's trade, and then followed his trade in various places until 1848. After following successfully the wooden and willow ware bus- iness for twenty years, he established a car- riage repository in Concord, in which he was very successful, acquiring a competence. He retired about five years before his death, spend- ing his last years in Concord, his home being at 8 Monument street. He was a useful and public spirited citizen. He was for twenty-five years connected with the American Powder Company ; for thirty-five years an officer of the Middlesex Society for Savings, elected trustee June 17, 1867, and a member of the investment committee June 3, 1879 ; was seven years a director of the Middlesex Fire Insur- ance Company. He was a life member of the Unitarian Association; an honorary member of the Concord Artillery ; an original member of the B. C. W. Club; a member of the Anti- quarian Society ; and a member of the Social Circle from 1847 until his death. He married, August 8, 1839, Harriet N. Pratt, born No- vember 14, 1819, died May 2, 1841, daughter of Alvin Pratt. He married second, June I, 1843, Mary Stow, born February 16, 1816, died May 4, 1868, daughter of Nathan and Mary (Barnett) Stow. (See Stow sketch). Child of first wife: Amelia Frances, born Sep- tember 24, 1840, married Frank S. Wheeler, of Washington, D. C .; one child, Isabelle Wheeler. Children of second wife: 2. Har- riet Louise, born December 30, 1845, graduate of Concord high school, and Boston normal school; a school teacher at present. 3. Mary Stow, born November 18, 1849; graduated from Concord schools.
John Stow, the immigrant ances- STOW tor, was born in England and came to Massachusetts in one of Win- throp's companies, bringing his wife and six children, and settled in Roxbury. He arrived May 17, 1634, and the same year was admitted a freeman. In 1638 he was admitted a mem- ber of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. He was a deputy to the general court in 1639. His wife died in 1638 and was buried August 24, 1638, daughter of Mrs. Rachel Biggs, who came in 1635 to Dorchester with her daughter Foster, and the Foster and Stow children received valuable legacies from their uncles, John and Smalhope Biggs, of Cranbrook and Maidstone, Kent, England. He sold his Roxbury property June 20, 1648, and removed to Concord, Massachusetts, where he was living in 1648. Children, all born in England: I. Thomas, sold land in Concord to Thomas Goble and David Dam, removing to Connecticut about 1650, and set- tling at Middletown. 2. Elizabeth, married Henry Archer, of Ipswich. 3. John. 4. Sam- uel, born 1620, graduated from Harvard Col- lege in 1645, in the second class to graduate, none graduating the year before; was a cler- gyman in Middletown, Connecticut ; died 1704. 5. Nathaniel, mentioned below. 6. Thankful, married John Pierpont of Roxbury.
(II) Nathaniel Stow, son of John Stow (I), was born in England, in 1622, according to a deposition that he made at Ipswich in 1670, when he gave his age as forty-eight years. His first wife Elizabeth died June 8, 1661 ; he married second, in 1662, Martha Brigham, who died in 1717, aged ninety years. Children, born at Concord: I. John, born June 29 or 30, 1657, died November 14, 1657. 2. Hannah, died May 14, 1658. 3. Thankful, born January 4, 1659. Children of the second wife: 4. Nathaniel, born September 18, 1663; married December 3, 1690, Ruth Merriam, of Concord. 5. Samuel, born April 22, 1666; died March II, 1667-8. 6. Ebenezer, born June 28, 1668; mentioned below.
(III) Ebenezer Stow, son of Nathaniel Stow (2), was born in Concord, June 28, 1668. He married at Concord, May 2, 1700, Abigail Parlin. Children, born at Concord : I. Ebenezer, born March 3, 1701-2, mentioned below. 2. Ephraim, born February 23, 1703-4. 3. Martha, born January 14, 1706-7. 4. Daniel, born June 22, 1708. 5. Josiah, born July 16, 1712; died September 13, 1712. 6.
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Amos, born April 15, 1718. 7. Thankful, born February 10, 1720-1. 8. Nathan, born May 26, 1722.
(IV) Ebenezer Stow, son of Ebenezer Stow (3), was born at Concord, March 3, 1701-2. Among his children was Nathan, born 1744; mentioned below.
(V) Lieutenant Nathan Stow, son of Ebe- nezer Stow (4), was born in Concord 1744, died April 15, 1810, aged sixty-six, according to the records. He married January 27, 1780, Abigail Merriam. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a sergeant in Captain Abraham Brown's company, Colonel John Nixon's regi- ment (fifth) in 1775; first lieutenant in Cap- tain Zachariah Fitch's company, Colonel Sam- uel Brewer's regiment, in 1776; quartermaster of Colonel John Robinson's regiment of Mid- dlesex and Lincoln counties, in 1776. Chil- dren, born in Concord: I. Nathan (twin), born May 22, 1783 ; mentioned below. 2. Re- becca (twin) born May 22, 1783. 3. Abigail. 4. Cyrus, born September 5, 1787.
(VI) Nathan Stow, son of Lieutenant Nathan Stow (5), was born in Concord, Mass- achusetts, May 22, 1783 ; died there November 10, 183I, aged forty-eight according to the town records. He married (intentions dated March 19) in 1814, Mary (or Polly) Bar- rett. Children, born in Concord: I. Mary, born February 16, 1816; married Lorenzo Eaton. (See Eaton sketch). 2. Lydia Brooks, born December 27, 1817; died June 2, 1836. 3. Harriet, born February 17, 1821. 4. Nathan Brooks, born November 28, 1822. 5. Sarah Abigail, born October 19, 1824. 6. Caroline, born November 7, 1827.
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STONE Gregory Stone was baptized in Great Bromley, Essex county, England, April 19, 1592. Ac- cording to his own deposition made Sep- tember 18, 1658, he was born in 1591 or 1592, his age being about sixty-seven years. His age at death November 30, 1672, was given as eighty-two years. He was probably born, therefore, in 1591. He was the son of David and Ursula Stone, and grandson of Simon and Agnes Stone, all of England. He had a brother, Simon Stone, who also emigrated to America, sailing in the ship "Increase," April 15, 1635; settled in Watertown; was admitted freeman May 25, 1636; town officer and deacon; died Septem- ber 22, 1665. Various other immigrant set- tlers have erroneously been supposed to be
brothers of Gregory; Rev. Samuel Stone, of Hartford was not a brother. Gregory Stone was admitted a freeman with his brother Simon, May 25, 1636. He was a proprietor of Watertown, but resided most of his life in Cambridge. He had some famous orchards for his day. His farm was on the present site of the Botanic Gardens of Harvard Univer- sity. He was one of the most prominent men of his day; a deputy to the general court; was elected deacon of Shepard Mitchell's church, and served thirty-four years, being the last survivor of the original membership; was a civil magistrate, and one of the governor's
deputies. His will, proved December 14, 1672, mentions his wife Lydia and her children by her former husband, John Cooper; his sons Daniel, David, John and Samuel; daughter Elizabeth Porter; daughter Sarah, wife of David Miriam; grandson John, son of David Stone. He married in England July 20, 1617, Margaret Garrad, born December 5, 1597, died in August, 1626, in England. He mar- ried second, Lydia Cooper, widow, who died June 24, 1674. Her son by her former hus- band was John, married Anne Sparhawk ; her daughter Lydia married David Fiske. Chil- dren of Gregory and Margaret Stone: I. John, baptized July 31, 1618, mentioned below. 2. Daniel, baptized July 15, 1620; settled at Cambridge; married three times-Elizabeth, Dorcas and Hannah. 4. Elizabeth, baptized October 3, 1624; buried at Nayland, England. Children of Gregory and Lydia Stone: 5. Elizabeth, baptized March 6, 1628; married Anthony Porter. 6. Samuel, baptized Febru- ary 4, 1630; died September 27, 1715; resided at Lexington ; married first, Sarah Stearns, of Watertown; married second, June 7, 1655, Abigail 7. Sarah, baptized February 8, 1632; died 1677; married July 12, 1653, Joseph Merriam (Miriam). These chil- dren were all baptized at Nayland, England.
(II) John Stone, son of Gregory Stone (I), was baptized at Nayland, England, July 31, 1618, and died at Cambridge, Massachu- setts, May 5, 1683. He removed to Sudbury with the early settlers, was a proprietor there, and shared in three divisions of land. He bought of the Indians at Natick, May 15, 1656, ten acres of land on the south side of the river at Sudbury, and his purchase was confirmed by general court in 1656, together with a grant of fifty acres of land for ser- vices, etc. He added to the tract he already owned in what is now the village of Saxon- ville, in the town of Framingham, until he
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owned a very large stretch of land. He built his house where the present railroad station is located in Saxonville. He built the first house in what is now the village of Cochituate, in the present town of Wayland, then Sudbury. He built in all six houses in Sudbury and Framingham, and built the first mill in Fram- ingham in 1659, at the falls now known as Stone's Mills, a corn mill, and his son Daniel built there the first saw mill. He was appoint- ed fence viewer in 1654, town clerk in 1655, and was admitted a freeman in 1665. In 1645 he sold his house in Sudbury to John Moore. He was the first to build his house in Framing- ham. He located, without having a grant, at Otter Neck, on the west side of Sudbury, in 1646-7. He married, in 1638, Annie Howe, born in England, daughter of Elder Edward and Margaret Howe. Children: I. Hannah, born June 6, 1640, married July 1, 1658, John Bent. 2. Mary; married Isaac Hunt; second, April 30, 1681, Eliphalet Fox. 3. Daniel, born August 31, 1644, mentioned below. 4. David, born October 31, 1646; married Su- sanna ---. 5. Elizabeth, born 1650; married, 1678, Samuel Stow. 6. Margaret, born Oc- tober 22, 1653; married January II, 1695, William Brown. 7. Tabitha, born May 20, 1655 ; married November 3, 1674, John Rice. 8. Sarah, born September 22, 1654; married Jacob Hill. 9. Nathaniel, born May 1I,: 1660; married Sarah Wayt, of Malden, April 25, 1684. 10. John, (non compos mentis). Two later children died young.
(III) Daniel Stone, son of John Stone (2), was born August 31, 1644, and died in 1719, aged seventy-five years. He had the mill, and May 22, 17II, sold a quarter interest in the water privilege to Samuel How, Sr., of Sudbury, but bought it back February 15, 1714. The mills remained in the Stone family until 1824, when the business was incorpo- rated. Daniel settled in one of his father's houses near his father's residence. He was one of the first board of selectmen of the town of Framingham in 1700, and was for two years before that the deacon of the Sudbury church. He married November 2, 1667, Mary (Moore) Ward, widow, a school teacher in 1693-4 in Sudbury; died June 10, 1703, in Framingham. He married second, February 6, 1704, Abigail Wheeler, died October 28, 17II. He married third, November 18, 1712, Ruth Haynes, of Sudbury. His son John administered the estate. Children of Daniel and Mary Stone: I. Daniel, born November 22, 1668. 2. Anne, born January 15, 1670.
3. Tabitha, born May 4, 1673; married David Haynes. 4. Sarah, born February 14, 1675; married James Rice. 5. Mary, born August 10, 1677; married Jonas Rice. 6. Elizabeth, born November 9, 1678; married Joseph Liv- ermore. 7. Abigail, born February 13, 1680; married Dr. John Sherman. 8. John, married Anne Tileston, of Dorchester, January 31, 1706-7; died November 26, 1710; she died March 25, 1733.
(IV) John Stone, son of Daniel Stone (3), was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, and resided at what is now the village of Saxon- ville, in Framingham. In 1716 he held as a slave one Joan Jackson, whose husband, John Jackson, was in New London. He died No- vember 26, 1719, at the house of Rev. Mr. Swift. He married January 31, 1706-7, Anne Tileston, of Dorchester, sister of Mrs. Swift. She died January 31, 1733. Children, born in Framingham: I. Daniel, born October 21, 1707 ; mentioned below. 2. John, born March 31, 1709, died February 5, 1730. 3. James. born July 5, 17II. 4. Uriah, born May 16, 1713, living at Oxford. 5. Ann, born January 21, 1715-6, died young. 6. Abner, born 1717, baptized August 18, 1717. 7. Abijah, born June 17, 1719; married October 20, 1739, Ann Jones of Natick, and died November 5, 1758.
(V) Daniel Stone, son of John Stone (4), was born in Framingham, October 21, 1707. and lived near the Abner Stone place. His house was destroyed by fire. He was a prom- inent citizen, deacon of the church many years and selectman. He died May 15, 1783. He married March 12, 1733-4, Mary Frost, who died May 26, 1760, aged forty-six. He married second, November 27, 1761, Martha Goddard, widow of Rev. David Goddard, of Leicester, Massachusetts. Children of Daniel and Mary Stone, born at Framingham: I. Anne, born May 12, 1735 ; married March 28, 1759, John Haven. 2. Elijah, born Septem- ber 28, 1736; mentioned below. 3. Daniel, born October 13, 1738; died February 25, 1754. 4. Mary, born August 4, 1741; died January 6, 1770; married November 24, 1764, James Page, of Hardwick, Massachusetts. 5. Phineas, born November 2, 1743, died young. 6. John, born --- , died September 19, 1751. aged eight years. 7. Jane, born 1749, died September 22, 1751, aged two years. 8. Abner, born February 2, 1751. 9. Beulah, born De- cember I, 1752, died unmarried, February 22, 1824. 10. Eunice, born April 14, 1755; mar- ried December 14, 1773, Nathan Stone; sec- ond Moses Fiske of Natick.
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(VI) Elijah Stone, son of Daniel Stone (5), was born in Framingham, September 28, 1736. He built what is now known as the Joseph Brown house, Framingham, and after- ward bought the Captain Benjamin Pepper place on Pratt's Plain. He was a physician ; was admitted to the Framingham church Au- gust 3, 1766. He died August 10, 1804. He married Elizabeth Lyndes, of Leicester, who died July 24, 1830, aged eighty-nine. Chil- dren, born in Framingham: I. Elizabeth, baptized August 3, 1766; married Joseph Lyndes Bannister. 2. Elijah, baptized March 31, 1771, married Rawson. 3. Daniel, born November 18, 1773. 4. Fortunatus, born September 27, 1775; married Sally Cutler, of Sudbury ; died in New York in 1840. 5. Polly, born April 18, 1777, died young. 6. Olive, born July 22, 1779; married Captain Josiah Parker and died July 4, 1826. 7. Nancy, born November 29, 1780; married Silas Eaton, mentioned elsewhere. (See Eaton sketch). 8. Jonathan, born May 30, 1783, married Upham and settled in Illinois. 9. Polly, born April 18, 1785.
This family is of ancient Eng- UPHAM lish origin, but whether of Nor- man or Saxon stock there is no proof. The surname is a place name, very ancient, perhaps of Celtic origin. There is a town of Upham, in Hants, England, and the church of Upham in Wiltshire in the Hundred of Kynwolmershee.
(I) John Upham, immigrant ancestor of all who have borne this surname in America, was born in England, probably in Somerset- shire. He came to Weymouth, Massachusetts, with the Hull colony, giving his age as thirty- five, his wife's as thirty-two, Sarah Upham's as twenty-six. The latter was probably a sis- ter. They had with them three children : John, aged seven; Nathaniel, five, and Eliz- abeth, three. For some reason the ages as given on the ship registers were usually under- stated. Upham's age, according to his grave- stone, was some three years greater, and his birth year was probably 1597. His wife was probably of the Webb family.
Upham was admitted a freeman September 2, 1635, at Weymouth, and must have pre- viously belonged to the church there. On this date the name of the settlement was changed from Wessaguscus to Weymouth, and it was made a plantation with the privilege of a dep- uty to the general court. The plantation was
divided into three factions, one of whom se- lected John Upham as deputy, but he finally retired from the contest. William Reade was chosen by those favoring colonial government, Captain John Bursley by the original settlers, and Mr. Upham by the Hull emigrants. In 1636 Upham had a grant of thirty acres ; elected deputy 1636, and again in 1638, 1639; in 1642 was one of six who treated with the In- dians for the lands at Weymouth and obtained from them a title; in 1643 was a selectman ; in 1644 was appointed by the general court commissioner to end small causes at Wey- mouth; was selectman 1645, 1646 and 1647, in Weymouth. Before 1650 he removed to Malden, Massachusetts, for he was a select- man of that town March 22, 1650-51. He was a commissioner to end small causes at Malden, appointed April 5, 1659, and again June 25, 1661, and June 17, 1662. He married second, August 14, 1671, Katherine, widow of Angell Hollard, one of the Hull company with the Uphams in 1635. Upham was moderator of town meetings 1678, 1679, 1680. He was in- terested in the settlement of Quinsigamond (Worcester) in 1678. Children: I. John Jr., born in England, 1628, died at Wey- mouth, June, 1640. 2. Nathaniel, born in England, 1630, married, March 5, 1661-2, Elizabeth Steadman; he died without issue March 20, 1661-2; was a minister; widow married second, 1669, Henry Thompson. 3. Elizabeth, born in England, 1632; married Thomas Welch; she died January 12, 1705-6, thirteen children. 4. Mary, died June 27, 1677; married John Whittemore. 5. Pris- cilla, born 1642, died December 8, 1717; mar- ried Thomas Crosswell. 6. John, adopted son, born 1648, brought from the Barbadoes when four years old, fatherless and friendless ; died of small pox November 25, 1677, unmar- ried ; gave his musket to Phineas Upham, Jr. (gravestone at Malden). 7. Phineas; men- tioned below.
John Upham (I), was prominent in the church as well as the town, and for twenty- four years or more was deacon. Dr. Albert G. Upham in 1845 wrote of him: "Through his long life, matured by an experience of thirty-eight years in England and forty-six in this country in times which drew largely on the intellect and energy of men, he appears to have sustained himself well, as a strong man and respected citizen, and to have been an effi- cient co-laborer among those who, in times of peril, laid the foundations of a free state."
(II) Lieutenant Phineas Upham, son of
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John Upham (I), was born in Weymouth in 1635. Being the only son of John Upham who left posterity, he is also progenitor of all of that surname in this country. He married, at Malden, April 14, 1658, Ruth Wood. In 1671 he was constable of Malden; in 1673 a com- mittee to lay out a road from Cambridge to Malden. As early as 1672 he was interested in lands at Worcester. He attained the rank of lieutenant as early as September, 1675, and was in active service in King Philip's war, under Captain Wayte. September 24, 1675, he was on his way into the Nipmuck country in company with Captain Gorham, one of the Plymouth officers. Lieutenant Upham gave an account of this march in a letter from Mendon, October 1, 1675. This report shows that the party reached Mendon, September 24, marched to Grafton the next day to find In- dian guides, but the Indians had left their homes ; marched on the day following to Wor- cester, where "we found a field of good corn and well formed, which we did think convenient not to destroy, concluding that, for aught we knew, some of the nearest found inhabitants would be willing to save it; but we could not find any Indians, neither the sign of any being there of late, and we marched from thence unto Manchaug, (Oxford) and Chabanama- gum (Dudley) where we found some corn and wigwams we burnt and destroyed, but could not find our enemies." Thence they returned and marched to an Indian plantation called Shockologand, where they found no Indians but a quantity of good corn which was re- served for the Mendon settlers. On Septem- ber 30, they returned to Mendon. "Now, see- ing in all our marches we find no Indians, we verily think they are drawn together into great bodies far remote from these parts. If your honors please to send us on any farther service, I hope we shall not be unwilling, but forward to do our best endeavors, withall desiring that you should be pleased to add to our numbers, seeing that besides the garrison men which must be left here in the garrison, we have but thirty men besides myself -- Captain Gorham being now on his march to Mount Hope, and, if we go farther, we desire we may have a sur- geon, and some other that may be acquainted with the woods where you may send us-the want of which has been a discouragement to our men. And as for the town of Mendon I am desired to commend the desolate condition of them unto your honors, several of their inhabitants being removed from them, and those in garrison being but poor helps, and in
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