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GEO. H. WILSON, JR.
FREDERICK N. WILSON
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born April 7, 1778. 8. Polly, born February 24, 178I.
(V) Captain Solomon Willson or Wilson, son of Dr. Ephraim Woolson (4), was born about 1767-68, died at Princeton, August 6, 1847, aged, according to the gravestone, sev- enty-nine years. He bought land of Moses Gill, of Princeton, April 2, 1802. He is called captain in the town records and was doubtless at the head of the militia company there. He married, May 26, 1799, at Princeton, Persis How, born at Princeton, March 28, 1778, daughter of Adonijah and Lydia How. He and wife Persis quit-claimed to Bartholomew Cheever land in the southwest part of. Prince- ton, about forty-three acres, March 19, 1807. Children, born at Princeton: I. Persis, born November 1, 1801. 2. Hamilton, born July 29, 1804, mentioned below. 3. Louisa, born December 5, 1806. 4. William, born Febru- ary 8, 1809. 5. Abram How, born September 20, 18II. 6. David, born November 7, 1813. 7. Jonas, born January II, 1818. 8. Fanny Ripley, born May 3, 1820. 9. Leonard, born June 1, 1822. IO. Martin How.
(VI) Hamilton Wilson, son of Solomon Wilson (5), was born in Princeton, Massachu- setts, July 29, 1804. He was educated there in the common schools, and learned the trade of mason. He became a prominent contractor, building roads, bridges, mill dams and all kinds of stone work. He lived in Princeton and Hubbardston all his life. In politics he was a Democrat, and for some years was selectman of Princeton. In religion he was a Universalist and member of the Princeton Universalist church. He died in Princeton in 1842. He owned land in Hubbardston and Princeton. He married, April 30, 1829, El- mira Wheeler, who survived him and admin- istered the estate.
Children, born in Princeton : I. Elmira Wheeler, born January 16, 1830. 2. George Hamilton, born December 17, 1831, mention- ed below. 3. Moses Cheever, born December I, 1833. 4. Susan Llewellyn, born June 8, 1835, died March 6, 1840. 5. Charles, born 1840, died April 3, 1840. 6. John Lincoln, died April 7, 1840. 7. Charles L.
(VII) George Hamilton Wilson, son of Hamilton Wilson (6), was born in Princeton, Massachusetts, December 17, 1831. He re- moved to Hubbardston, Massachusetts, in the same county, when very young and lived there until he was twenty, receiving his education
in the public schools of that town. In 1851 he went to Boston to establish a trucking bus- iness, beginning with one horse. His business prospered and he extended his facilities from time to time. He had a large stable on Sixth street, South Boston, near the corner of F street, employing twenty men and owning twenty-five horses used in his business. He retired from the business in 1882 and sold out. He removed to Centre Harbor, New Hamp- shire, where he lived two years, then came to Chelmsford, Massachusetts, in 1884, for the summer months, living at his old home on F street, South Boston, in winter. He built the house in which he lives at Chelmsford in the year 1885, and conducts a summer hotel which is largely patronized.
He was a member of the Gate of the Tem- ple, South Boston. He is a Democrat in pol- itics, and under Cleveland was postmaster of Chelmsford for a term of four years. In re- ligion he is a Congregationalist.
He married (first) Lizzie B. Newhall, born at Boston, 1843, died at Boston, 1887, daugh- ter of John and Sarah (Taylor) Newhall. He married (second) Octavia (Spare) nee Sweetsir, born Boston, September 24, 1846, daughter of James Sweetsir and Dorcas Phil- brook (Chute) Sweetsir. Children, born in Boston: I. George Hamilton, Jr., born May 4, 1864, educated in the public and high schools of Boston and at the state normal school at Bridgewater, Massachusetts; was for two years principal of the high school at Wayne, Pennsylvania ; pursued a post-graduate course in the University of Pennsylvania and received the degree of B. S. and is now working for his doctor's degree; was appointed superin- tendent of schools in Wayne in 1893, a posi- tion he has held to the present time; married Alice Hewett, born at Bridgewater, Massa- chusetts, daughter of Herman Hewett; child, Elizabeth, born at Wayne. 1-2. Frank and Frederick N. (twins), born January 8, 1868; Frank died at age of two years. Frederick N. is a graduate of the Boston high school and of the Harvard Medical School, (M. D. 1894) ; was on the staff of the Eye and Ear Infirmary a short time, at the Post Graduate Hospital, New York, two years, and then spent two years abroad, studying the hospital methods of England, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, and in 1898 returned to this country and estab- lished himself in practice in New York City. He is unmarried.
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William Story, the immigrant STORY ancestor, was born in England, in 1614, of an ancient English family. He was a carpenter by trade, and when he passed the examination to go to New England, April 8, 1637, was in the employ of Samuel Dix, a carpenter and joiner. They came from Norwich, England. Story settled at Ipswich, where he was a proprietor as early as 1642. He was a commoner. He subscribed to the Major Denison fund in 1648; had a share and a half in Plum Island in 1664. In 1679 he was a voter in town affairs and was called "senior." He owned land and sold a lot previous to February 12, 1643. He bought of William Symonds and John West, January I, 1655, two lots of land adjoining land he had bought of Robert Kinsman, seven acres of which was granted by the town of Ipswich to John Wedgewood. He was surveyor of high- ways in 1662. He owned land in Chebacco, November 10, 1652. He had permission to set up a mill in 1671 on the Chebacco river. He signed the Loyalist petition in 1666, and also the Proctor petition. His wife Sarah deposed in 1668 that she was about forty-eight years old, fixing her birth year, therefore, as 1620. Children: I. William, married Octo- ber 25, 1671, Susannah Fuller. 2. Mary. 3. Hannah, born August 19, 1642. 4. Seth, born 1646; mentioned below.
(II) Seth Story, son of William Story (I), was born in Ipswich, in 1646; died there Oc- tober 9, 1732, aged eighty-six. He was deacon of the Ipswich church. He was a soldier in the Narragansett winter campaign in 1675 under Major Appleton. He served on the jury in witch trials at Salem 1692-3. He mar- ried Elizabeth Children, born at Ips- wich: I. Zechariah, born March 14, 1684; . (published July 14, 1714, to Rachel Andrews). 2. Sarah, married - Jewett. 3. Elizabeth,
married Andrews. 4. Martha, born September 28, 1691; married Thomas Butler (published January 16, 1719). 5. Seth, born April 14, 1694; mentioned below. 6. Damaris, born January 26, 1696; married Joseph Mar- tin (published March 17, 1722).
(III) Seth Story, son of Seth Story (2), was born in Ipswich, April 14, 1694; died there August 15, 1786, aged ninety-three years. He married Martha Low, (published November 30, 1717). He lived at Ipswich. Children, born there: I. Elizabeth, born March 3, 1718; married Jacob Perkins. 2. Amos, born November 16, 1720; died Decem- ber 4, 1820; was in the French war of 1755. 3.
Martha, born December 16, 1721; died Sep- tember 20, 1761. 4. Joanna, born October 13, 1723; married, 1744, Jacob Goodhue. 5. Sarah, born September 18, 1725; died January 14, 1752; married, 1744, Joshua Martin. 6. Anna, born September 12, 1727; died June 6, 1729. 7. Lydia, born March 18, 1728; died January, 1820; married Nathaniel Lufkins. 8. Seth, born May 18, 1730, died June 2, 1730. 9. Anna, born April 21, 1731. 10. Seth, born August 30, 1733. II. William, born October 2, 1734; died October 25, 1734. 12. Hannah, born December 2, 1735; died May 14, 1737. 13. John, born January 8, 1738; died October 14, 1785. 14. Ebenezer, born April 2, 1740; died November 1, 1803. 15. Lucy, born May 18, 1743.
(IV) John Story, son of Seth Story (3), was born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, January 8, 1738, and died October 14, 1785. He was sergeant in Captain Jonathan Cogswell's com- pany, April 19, 1775, on the Lexington alarm ; also in Captain David Low's company, Colo- nel Cogswell's regiment (Third Essex) in 1778; belonged to the Train Band. Children : I. John, born February 25, 1761; soldier in Revolution. 2. James, born October 17, 1762 ; mentioned below. 3. Abraham, born May 17, 1764. 4. Seth, born November II, 1765. 5. Martha, born May 3, 1767. 6. Isaac, born July 6, 1769; died October 14, 1807. 7. Amos, born April 25, 1771. 8. Cyrus, born Novem- ber 4, 1773. 9. Hannah, born October 10, 1775. IO. Elizabeth, born November 29, 1777. II. Susanna, born October 10, 1779. 12. Phinehas, born May 4, 1782. 13. Lucy, born August 15, 1784.
(V) James Story, son of John Story (4), was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, October 17, 1762, and died December 16, 1851. He was a soldier in the Revolution, enlisting for three years, March 14, 1781, in Captain Jeremiah Miller's company, Colonel Joseph Vose's regi- ment. He married Woodbury, of
Pigeon Cove, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Children : I. Sally, born January 3, 1787; married first Going; second
Lane. 2. James, born 1788. 3. Lucy, born November 8, 1790, died young. 4. Hepsibah, born November 20, 1792; married a currier. 5. Susanna, born January 20, 1795. 6. Amos, born January 14, 1797. 7. John, born April 8, 1799. 8. David, born October 21, 1801 ; mentioned below. 9. Martha, born November 12, 1803; married first Dennison ; sec-
ond Lane. 10. Elizabeth, born March 28, 1805; died March 17, 1841. II. Mary,
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born July 16, 1808; married Lane.
12. Judith, born February 22, 1812; died at Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1906; married first Sanborn; second - Lane.
(VI) David Story, son of James Story (5), was born at Gloucester, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 21, 1801 ; died August 12, 1845. He was brought up in the district school of that town, and early in life began as a fisherman. After his marriage he settled in Annisquam, Glou- cester, where he continued to follow the sea as a fisherman, and became the owner of various vessels engaged in fishing. He also ran a stone sloop between Boston and Glou- cester, transporting stone to Boston and bringing various freight for the merchants on his return trips. He built a dwelling house at Lobster Cove, where he resided to the time of his death in 1845. He made a success of the fishing business. He was naturally inge- nious, and it is said constructed a very val- uable violin among other products of his handiwork. He was amiable, and made many friends. He was a member and liberal sup- porter of the Universalist church. He was a Whig after the organization of that party. He was strongly in favor of the temperance move- ment. He was a member of the Gloucester militia company.
He married, first, December 4, 1825, Ade- line Lane, of Lanesville, Gloucester, born July 21, 1803; died November 1I, 1839; daughter of David and Abigail Lane. Children, born in Gloucester : I. Adeline, born October 6, 1826 ; died April 10, 1889; married December 25, 1844, Jonathan Dennison ; children : i. Wil- liam Augustus Dennison, born May 18, 1845; married April 30, 1868, Celia A. Woodward, (children: William Sanford Dennison, born July 4, 1869 : Carrie Augusta Dennison, born May 2, 1872, died March 31, 1874; Grace Mabel Dennison, born May 31, 1874; Alice May Dennison, born August 19, 1876) ; ii. Bertha Ellen Dennison, born October 17, 1847, married first, February 21, 1869, Fred- erick Davis (child, Freddie Dennison Davis, born April 10, 1873, died January 2, 1881) married second, December 24, 1881, Burt Emerson ; iii. Adaliza Dennison, born Septem- ber 1, 1849; died September 28, 1851 ; iv. Ade- line Story Dennison, born November 6, 1853, married February 25, 1876, George W. Har- vey, (child-Dana R. Harvey, born May 12, 1887) ; v. Susan Fellows Dennison, born No- vember 23, 1855 ; married May 10, 1877, Reu- ben Clark, (child-Bertha Dennison Clark, born December 18, 1877). 2. Eleanor, born
March 7, 1829; died December 23, 1863 ; mar- ried, in 1857, Jacob Brown; child, Jennie Brown, born April 28, 1858, died 1890; mar- ried George B. Watson, of California, (child, Robin Bradley Watson, born July 19, 1881). 3. Augusta Leonard, born December 1, 1831, died August 20, 1860; married November 26, 1853, George Henry Perkins, of Topsfield, Massachusetts; children: i. Jane McCloud Perkins, born May 5, 1855, married May 5, 1884, George Lunt, (child, George Perkins Lunt, born October 6, 1888). 4. Mary Lane, born at Annisquam, August 26, 1835, died Au- gust 20, 1903 ; married June 1, 1857, William Webster Gallop, of Topsfield; children: i Nellie Augusta Gallop, born in Danvers, Mass- achusetts, July 11, 1858; married September 7, 1781, William A. Perkins (children: Lyndon Story Perkins, born in Topsfield, May 21, 1885; Clarence Webster Perkins, born in Topsfield, October 1, 1889, died May 4, 1892; William Augustus Perkins, born in Topsfield May 20, 1891). William A. Perkins died January 13, 1891, and his widow married sec- ond, November 1, 1899, Lewis Anson Chap- man; ii. Ida Porter Gallop, born in Danvers, November 26, 1864; died January 15, 1870. 5. Martha, born August 26, 1835 ; died Decem- ber 13, 1835. 6. David Orville, born January 20, 1838; mentioned below. Child of David and his second wife, whom he married April 30, 1844, Betsey Parsons, of Gloucester, born March 30, 1803, died June 14, 1871, daughter of Jonathan and Betsey (Elwell) Parsons. 7. Georgiana, born March 9, 1845 ; died March 22, 1906, unmarried.
(VII) David Orville Story, son of David Story (6), was born in Annisquam, Glouces- ter, Massachusetts, January 20, 1838. His mother died when he was two years old and his father when he was only eight years old, so he went to live with his eldest sister. He had a rather meagre common school educa- tion, and at the age of nine was bound out to Cogswell & Fiske, carriage painters, of Brighton, Massachusetts. At the age of fourteen he began to work as a journeyman carriage painter for Hiram Nash, a prominent carriage manufacturer of Boston. He work- ed also for George W. Manning & Berry, Hay- market Square, Boston, for whom he painted and decorated furniture. In 1861 he entered partnership with Benjamin Parker under the firm name of Story & Parker in the furniture trade. The firm was dissolved after a few years, and Mr. Story returned to the occupa- tion of decorating furniture. He had the repu-
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tation of being the most skillful and artistic craftsman in this line of work in Boston, and his services were in great demand. He also painted scenery as well as sign and fresco work. He was connected with the firm of Hutchins & Plaisted, of Boston, for a time, and for George W. Stevens and S. S. Hamill, of Cambridge, decorating organ pipes. He worked also in this line for Peirce, of Read- ing, and for the New England Organ Com- pany. His first place of business in scenic painting was on Sudbury street, thence to Brattle Square, thence to New Devonshire street, where he was working in 1876 and did much of the decorative painting for the cele- bration that year of the Centennial. From there he went to Charlestown street and finally to Beverly street, where in 1882 his son took the business. He then went to Denver, Colo- rado, where he painted the pictures and deco- rations in the Arapahoe county court-house ; thence to California and to Santiago, Cuba. After his return he worked for his son until his death. In 1867 he made his home on Tufts street, Somerville, where he lived until the time of death, November 4, 1895. He was attractive in personality, and had many friends, honest, upright and industrious, he won fairly the success that he achieved. In religion he was a Universalist; in politics a Republican. He was a member of Salome Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Boston ; and a charter member of Boston Lodge of Elks.
He married, April 5, 1860, Apphia Janes Parsons, born June 29, 1839, at Boston, daugh- ter of Josiah and Jane (Higgins) Parsons, of Walpole, Massachusetts. Her father was a carpenter. Children : I. Orville Lincoln, born January 14, 1861; mentioned below. 2. Edward Parsons, born January 12, 1863; died February 10, 1873. 3. Mary, born June 29, 1865; died January 31, 1866. 4-5-6. Triplets, born May 1, 1868; died in infancy. 7. Mabel Jane, born August 25, 1871 ; married October 24, 1894, Frank Irving Sewell, of Somerville, Massachusetts ; children: i. Madeline Story Sewell, born March 5, 1897; ii. Edith Lau- rette Sewell, born July 8, 1898, died August 16, 1898; iii. Ralph Irving Sewell, born Octo- ber 20, 1899, died August 18, 1900; iv. Ruth Apphia Sewell, born January 8, 1902; v. Har- riet Eloise Sewell, born June 1I, 1903. 8. Arthur Webster, born February 5, 1875; re- sides with parents.
(VIII) Orville Lincoln Story, son of David Orville Story (7), was born in Charles-
town, Massachusetts, January 14, 1861. At the age of six years he moved with his par- ents to Somerville, where he was educated in the public and high schools. At the age of sixteen he began to work for his father at scene painting and learned the trade. At the age of nineteen he took up the business of stage carpentering, and a year later was em- ployed in this trade by the Boston Ideal Opera Company for a season. He was subsequently with the Whitney Opera House at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, in charge of the stage carpen- tering. In 1882 he succeeded to his father's business as scenic painter. The place of busi- ness was then' on Beverly street, Boston, where he remained for a time, removing at length to a place on Haverhill street. The business prospered. In 1890 he removed to 21 Tufts street, Somerville, where he had buildings erected especially for the business. Mr. Story is a contractor for scenic painting and complete fitting of stage settings. Most of his work is for travelling companies, halls, theatres, etc., in New England. Among his many contracts are those for the Empire and Imperial Theatres of Providence, Rhode Island, Pittsfield, Great Barrington, Lynn and Lawrence, Massachusetts. He made many of the special stage settings for the Harvard College society and fraternity plays. His bus- iness was incorporated in 1906 under the laws of Massachusetts, with Mr. Story as secre- tary, treasurer and general manager; George F. Lord, president.
Mr. Story is interested in real estate in which he has invested freely in Somerville. His beautiful residence at 10 Devereaux street, Arlington, is one of the finest in that town. It is on the shores of Spy Pond, with a beau- tiful view to the eastward. He designed the house and its furnishing. Mr. Story is a water color artist of note, and has many of his works in his home. He is a member of the Univer- salist church at Somerville, and is at present the auditor of the society. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of Oasis Lodge of Odd Fellows, Somerville; of Columbia Council, Royal Arcanum; of the Universalist Club and the Arlington Men's Club, both of Arlington. He is a member also of the Uni- versalist Men's Club of Somerville. He be- longs to the Theatrical Mechanics' Association of Boston.
He married August 21, 1902, Florence Au- gusta Rickey, born January 14, 1864, at Mon- treal, Canada, daughter of Robert and Eliz-
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abeth McRobert (Shiels) Rickey, of Pres- cott, Ontario. Her father was a bookkeeper in Montreal. They have no children.
John McAlvin, father of John
McALVIN H. McAlvin, was born in Antrim, Hillsborough county, New Hampshire, January 9, 1800. He was carried to Francestown in the same county, to which place his parents removed in 1802, his father having purchased a farm there. He spent his childhood and youth on this farm, attending the district school in the winter months. He worked on the farm up to 1829, when he removed to Lowell, Middlesex coun- ty, Massachusetts, where he was married Oc- tober 12, 1830, to Achsah, daughter of John and Abigail (Billings) Kimball, of Wilton, New Hampshire, and had six children, all born in Lowell, Massachusetts: I. John H. McAlvin, born August 2, 1831, died May I, 1896. 2. William F. McAlvin, born March 27, 1833, died July 29, 1834. 3. Granville K. McAlvin, born July 27, 1835; married, and lived in Boston, Massachusetts. 4. Frances J. McAlvin, born April 12, 1838; married to Stephen B. Smith, of Lowell, Massachusetts, October 25, 1866, where one child, Katherine Smith, was born, April 13, 1870, and she re- sided with her parents in Boston, Massachu- setts. 5. Emily Ann McAlvin, born February 12, 1840, resided in Boston, Massachusetts. 6. George Warren McAlvin, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, August 9, 1843, died January 10, 1845. John McAlvin died in Lowell, Massachusetts, February 5, 1866.
John H. McAlvin, son of John and Achsah (Kimball) McAlvin, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, August 2, 1831. He was a pupil in the public schools of Lowell, and was graduated at the Lowell high school, 1846. He was clerk in the office of the Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Lowell, Massachu- setts, for a short time, resigning the position to accept that of assistant in the Lowell post- office under Postmaster Gilman. He remained in the Lowell postoffice for eight years, and in January, 1858, was elected city clerk of Low- ell, and in March, 1869, was made city treas- urer and collector of taxes. He held this posi- tion without interruption for fourteen years, 1869-83. He accepted the position of finan- cial manager of the Noveling Plaster Works in Lowell in 1883, and in 1884 took that of treasurer of the Lowell Electric Light Com- pany, holding the latter position for twelve
years. In 1896 he was made treasurer of the Tyler Cigar Company, and his connection with that corporation was terminated by his death, May 1, 1896. His position as a member of the Republican party was always that of a non-office holder up to 1896, when he accepted the nomination and was elected to the board of aldermen of the city of Lowell, in 1896. He was an attendant of the Unitarian church of Lowell, and for a number of years served as clerk of the Unitarian Society. He was a director of the Lowell Cemetery Corporation, and served as treasurer of the corporation for twenty-seven years. He affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, and became a Mason of high degree.
Mr. McAlvin married, January 4, 1853, Nel- lie Marian, daughter of Johnathan and Mercy (Kimball) Ives, of Pittsford, Vermont, and the children by this marriage were: I. Henry John McAlvin, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, April 27, 1854; educated in the public schools and high schools of Lowell; married, Novem- ber 5, 1890, Sarah J., daughter of Oscar M. and Eliza (Knights) Newell, of Searsmont, Maine. 2. Blanche McAlvin, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, June 23, 1859; educated in the public schools of Lowell; married November 20, 1894, Clarence H. Additon, florist, of Bos- ton, Massachusetts. 3. Marian McAlvin, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, September 12, 1870; graduated at the Lowell high school ; married, November 22, 1898, Harry L. Quil- lie. Nellie Marian (Ives) McAlvin, widow of John H. McAlvin, died in Lowell, Massachu- setts, June 18, 1907.
George Wheeler, of the WHEELER Wheeler family of Concord, a sketch of which appears in this work, was born there about 1670, and was doubtless grandson of the first settler, George Wheeler. He married (first), at Con- cord, August 14, 1695, Abigail Hosmer, grand- daughter of James' Hosmer, who was born in England in 1607, came to America in 1635 with wife and children and settled in Concord. She died December 27, 1717, one of the num- erous victims of the "distemper," a very fatal contagious disease. He married (second) December 3, 1719, Abigail Smith, of Sudbury. Children, born in Concord: I. Tabitha, born January 16, 1695-96. 2. Abigail, born Feb- ruary 6, 1696-97. 3. Jemima, born September 5, 1700. 4. James, born September 5, 1702.
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5. Peter, born October 23, 1704, mentioned below. 6. Daniel, born June 5, 1707.
Peter Wheeler, son of George Wheeler, was born in Concord, October 23, 1704, and died March 28, 1772, aged sixty-seven, at Concord. He married Hannah He settled at Hollis, New Hampshire. His first child was born at Concord, Massachusetts, the last five at Hollis. Children: I. Love, born at Con- cord, May 10, 1728. 2. Peter, settled at Hol- lis ; married, March 19, 1751, Mehitable Jewett. 3. Thaddeus, mentioned below. 4. James, settled at Hollis ; married, November I, 1750, Mary Butterfield. 5. Timothy, set- tled at Hollis; married, September 8, 1773, Mary Nevins. 6. Lucy, born at Hollis, June I, 1744. 7. Alice, born December 1, 1745. 8. Ebenezer, born July 15, 1748, married Azu- bah Taylor. 9. Lebbeus, born October 15, 1750, married Elizabeth Carter. 10. Jemima, born August 15, 1756.
Thaddeus Wheeler, son of Peter Wheeler, removed with his parents to Hollis, New Hampshire, where he settled on a farm. He married, at Hollis, October 17, 1769, Elizabeth Farmer. Children, born at Hollis: I. Eliza- beth, July 22, 1770. 2. Thaddeus, October 10, 1773. 3. Minot, May 16, 1777. 4. Theodore, January 7, 1780. 5. Amos, July 12, 1783. 6. James, August 6, 1785. 7. Benjamin, Octo- ber 16, 1790.
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