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The name of his wife and the date of his marriage are unknown, and careful research has failed to reveal either the date of his death or that of his wife. This is not strange, as the unsettled state of a new country, har- rassed by hostile Indians rendered many things peculiar to a more settled and orderly com- munity next to impossible. Children :
1. Stephen, see forward. 2. William, born 1658, died 1728, married first -; second, March 3, 1706, Catherine Adams; resided at Wells, Maine. 3. Isaac, married Elinor - -; resided at Lynn, Massachusetts. 4 Thomas, of Scarborough, Maine ; killed by In- dians, April 19, 1723. 5. Samuel, died before 1727; married, November 15, 1695, Lydia Bish. 6. Captain Benjamin, married, Decem- ber 16, 1686, Deborah Ingersoll, of Kittery, Maine. 7. John, died "beyond the sea." 8.
Jane, married William Ashfield. 9. Ephraim, not mentioned in William Larrabee's will; said to have been killed by Indians, 1692.
(II) Stephen Larrabee, son of Stephen Lar- rabee (1) born probably at North Yarmouth, Maine, died there, 1718, aged sixty-six years ; married Isabel He was a resident of North Yarmouth, Maine, and of Malden, Massachusetts. The latter part of his life was spent at North Yarmouth. Children: I. Ste- phen, born 1682; married, January 10, 1704, Margaret Pain, resided at Medford, Massa- chusetts, and North Yarmouth, Maine. 2. Deacon William; married, August 12, 1708, Lydia Adams; resided at Boston. 3. Cap- tain John, married September 29, 1710, Eliza- beth Jordon; resided at Boston. 4. Samuel, married first, January 14, 1717, Sarah Breed, of Lynn; second, widow Mary Simonds, of Shirley, Massachusetts. 5. Abigail, born at Malden, Massachusetts, September, 1694 ; mar- ried, November 13, 1718, James Trout, of Boston. 6. Captain Benjamin, born at Mal- den, February II, 1696, died at Brunswick, Maine, May 9, 1748; married, May 18, 1727, Mary Eilthorpe, who married second, John Oulton. 7. Ephraim, see forward. 8. Mar- garet, married Brock.
(III) Ephraim Larrabee, son of Stephen rabee (2), born probably at North Yarmouth, Maine, 1698, died at Stoneham, Massachu- setts ; married, April 17, 1717, Anna, daughter of Samuel and Anna (Lawrence) Holden, of Groton and Stoneham, Massachusetts. Eph- raim Larrabee came to Charlestown End, now Stoneham, as an early settler, where he was active in the incorporation of the town. He was a farmer and cordwainer, and a part of his homestead is known as "Sewell's Woods." He was an original member of the church in Stoneham, and his name was continued on the church books, although in 1749 he appears to have removed to Woburn, where he resided until 1762, in that year disposing of his prop- erty there, and with wife returning to Stone- ham, where they spent the remainder of their lives. The dates of their deaths are unknown. Children : 1. Ephraim, married. April 19, 1749, Elizabeth Wesson, of Reading: resided at Lynnfield, Massachusetts. 2. Thomas. see for- ward. 3. Rebecca, married November 15, 1737. John Connery : resided in Woburn. 4. John, resided at Lynnfield, Massachusetts.
(IV) Thomas Larrabee, son of Ephraim Larrabee (3). born at Charlestown End (Stoneham). September 22, 1722. died at Woburn, August 15, 1792; married first. (published August 24, 1745) Anne Winship;
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second, November 8, 1748, Abial Stratton, born January 28, 1729, died at Burlington, Massachusetts, March 12, 1808, daughter of Nathaniel and Esther (Parker) Stratton of Newton, Massachusetts.
Thomas Larrabee resided at first in that part of Stoneham now included in the city of Mel- rose ; subsequently removed to Woburn, own- ing a farm in the second parish, where he lived until his death. He served in the French and Indian war in Captain William Jones's com- pany for thirty-two weeks from March 31 to November 14, 1760, from Woburn; in the Revolutionary war for nine days in the Lex- ington alarm, 1775, and in two months service in the militia in 1776. He was drafted for ser- vice in the Northward army in August, 1777, but hired a substitute. In 1791 his home was located in the west school district of Woburn, second parish, now Burlington. He first ap- peared in Woburn accompanied by his wife and family and one Alice Stratton, March 22, 1749-50, being located at the house of Eph- raim Larrabee, or Leatherby, his father, who came with his wife and family from Stoneham to Woburn the previous December, or De- cember 29, 1749. Children : I. Nathaniel, born March 22, 1749, died August 29, 1782; mar- ried February 2, 1780, Prudence Winn, of Woburn. 2. Samuel, see forward. 3. Thomas, born August 15, 1752, died at Dover, Massa- chusetts, July II, 1832; married, June, 1778, Bathsheba Morse, of Dedham, who died No- vember 10, 1843. 4. Ephraim, died at Wo- burn, November, 1780, aged twenty-seven years. 5. Sarah, born November 8, 1755, died August 20, 1850 ; married, July 24, 1781, Na- than Pierce, of Woburn. 6. Esther, married January 30, 1783, Andrew Patio, of Woburn. (V) Samuel Larrabee, son of Thomas Lar- rabee (4), born 1751 ; married Hannah
who died at Stoneham, March 25. 1826, aged seventy-five years. Samuel Larrabee resided for a time at least in the easterly part of Stone- ham, now Mielrose, where he kept the "White Face" tavern : he was also a cordwainer or shoemaker. He and his wife Hannah were members of the church at Stoneham, admitted September 9, 1789. Children: I. John, see forward. 2. Elizabeth, married (published May 26, 1798) Nathaniel Willey. 3. Samuel, married March 6, 1800, Polly Green. 4. Mary, married (published November 27, 1800) John Paine. 5. Hannah, married (published Au- gust 23, 1805) Martin Green, of Stoneham. 6. Nancy, married May 5, 1811, Benjamin Lynde, Jr., of Malden. 7. Sally, married
(published September 27, 1812) William Buckminster, of Vassalborough, Maine.
(VI) John Larrabee, son of Samuel Lar- rabee (5) born at Stoneham, or North Mal- den, now Melrose, 1776, died at Malden, De- cember 15, 1834; married September 15, 1801, Betsey Vinton, born at Malden, November 12, 1781, died at Melrose, November 24, 1860, daughter of Lieutenant John and Mary (Tra- ill) Vinton. Lieutenant John Vinton served in the Revolutionary war. Children: I. John, see forward. 2. Mary, born February 2, 1804 ; married, April 1, 1827, John Lynde, of Mal- den. 3. George, born March 2, 1806, died at Malden, September 6, 1849; married Julia Smith, of New York, who died 1848. 4. Will- iam, born February 16, 1808; married, No- vember II, 1832, Lucy Johnson Mann, of Bev- erly, Massachusetts. 5. Eliza, born March 16, 1810; married (published November 8, 1847,) George E. Fuller. 6. Nancy, born September 6, 1813; married (published June 29, 1844,) Artemas Barrett. 7. Charles, born January 4, 1816, died March 1, 1816. 8. Sally, born March 6, 1817; married September 6, 1835, William Wright, of Reading. 9. Charles, born January 31, 1820, died at Melrose, November 23, 1890; married, August 3, 1844, Emily Howard, who died at Melrose, March 28, 1868.
(VII) John Larrabee, son of John Larra- bee (6), born at Malden, June 23, 1802, died there, February 28, 1848; married, January 24, 1825, Mary Richardson Vinton, born at Boston, Massachusetts, November 15, 1807, died at Melrose, March 28, 1867, daughter of Ezra and Hannah (Ridgway) Vinton. Chil- dren: I. John, see forward. 2. George, born July 5, 1827; married December 25, 1848, Mary Elizabeth Boardman. 3. Elbridge, died January 1, 1830. 4. Elbridge, born May 8, 1831, died January 1, 1893. 5. Mary Vinton, born August 23, 1833; married, January I, 1851, Gustavus Adolphus Cutter of Melrose ; resided in 1867 at Newton, Illinois. 6. Eve- line, born November 9, 1837, died November 24, 1841. 7. Eliza, born August 3, 1838. 8. Fanny, born November 7, 1840. 9. Charles, born September 6, 1842. 10. Eveline, born July 16, 1844. II. Martha Jane, born June 29, 1846, died October 7, 1848.
(VIII) John Larrabee, son of John Larra- bee (7), born at Malden, May 25, 1825, died at Melrose, August 17, 1859, married Sarah Jane Kimball, born at North Turner, Maine, died at Melrose, February 13, 1901, aged eighty-one years nine months and seventeen days, daughter of Heber and Olive (Tupper)
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Kimball, and granddaughter of Ezra Kimball, of Wells, Maine, who was a private in Captain Noah Moulton Littlefield's company of minute- men which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, five days.
(IX) Honorable John Larrabee son of John Larrabee (8), born at North Malden, now Melrose, April 21, 1850; married first, Sep- tember 18, 1876, Lydia Ellen Ricker, born at Great Falls, New Hampshire, died at Melrose, Massachusetts, May 18, 1890, daughter of Ste- phen and Sarah (Clements) Ricker ; married second, December 8, 1892, Mary Edna, daugh- ter of Sullivan and Sarah Abbie (Ricker) At- kins. Mr. Larrabee was educated in the pub- lic schools of Melrose. He established himself as a pharmacist in Melrose in 1867. After twenty-three years of successful business he admitted to partnership Mr. A. C. Stearns, and since that period the business has been conducted under the firm name of Larrabee & Stearns.
Mr. Larrabee has been closely identified with his native town, now city of Melrose, in public affairs as well as business enterprises, and has held public office continuously therein for thirty years. Elected first as town clerk, he served twenty-one years (1873 to 1894) ; during this time he was also clerk of the board of selectmen five years (1888 to 1893), and registrar of voters ten years, (1884 to 1894). Elected as sewer commissioner in 1894, he served until 1900, when the town be- came a city, and he was appointed and served one year as city treasurer. December 10, 1900, he was elected mayor, being the second in- cumbent of that office, served during 1901, was re-elected without opposition, and served also in 1902. During these years of service he was appointed upon many important com- mittees, viz .: Increase of water supply and settlement of claims in connection therewith, drainage, erection of school buildings, care of cemeteries, etc. Elected in 1886 as trustee of the Melrose Savings Bank, he served that institution as clerk twenty-one years, several years as auditor, and is at present vice-presi- dent and a member of its investment commit- tee. In 1892 he with others organized the Melrose National Bank, was its first cashier, elected also a director, and has continued in the latter office and upon the finance commit- tee. In 1886 and 1887 he represented Mel- rose in the legislature; was appointed by the governor in 1887 a member of the board of registration in pharmacy, was reappointed and continued to serve until 1900, was secretary several years, and subsequently president of
the board. In politics he is a Republican ; a member of the First Baptist Church ; of Wyo- ming Lodge, F. and A. M .; Waverly Royal Arch Chapter; Melrose Lodge, I. O. O. F .; Fordwell Lodge, K. of P .; Massachusetts Chapter Sons of American Revolution, as great grandson of Lieutenant John Vinton ; and of the Franklin Fraternity, a literary or- ganization organized in Melrose in 1863.
Children by first wife : I. John Heber, born June 20, 1877. 2. Sarah Helen, born July 10, 1884. 3. Stephen, born May 13, 1890, died same day. Child by second wife. 4. Harold Atkins, born August 20, 1894.
PRATT The surname Pratt occurs among the earliest English family rec- ords, before the year 1200, and indicates that the family came with the Nor- mans to England. John Pratt (or de Prat- ellis, or de Pratis, as then generally spelled) held the Manor of Patrickborne (Merton Bridge and Pelham Hundred) in I200. Four brothers-John, William, Engebraw and Peter de Pratellis-figured prominently in the reigns of Richard I and John, all living in 1201. John was a favorite minister. In 1191 William and Peter both made a gallant record in the Cru- sade. John Pratt was in Parliament from Beverly in 1298 and 1305. Before the year 1300 the family was well known and widely scattered through England, and the shortened form of the name Prat was the common spelling. The other forms-Pratte, Pradt, Praed, Prate, Praer, and Prayers-are also found. The surname means meadow, and was a place-name before it became a surname.
(I) John Pratt, of Malden, county Essex, England, is given as the progenitor of this family by "Wyman's Charlestown," an ex- cellent authority. If this is correct, we prob- ably have the will of John's father, dated Feb- ruary 1, 1618-9, proved August II, 1619, at Chelmsford, county Essex, of which an ab- stract follows: "John Pratt of Malden, in the parish of All Saints, to M'r. Hunsden his min- ister 20 pounds; minister of St. Mary's ten pounds; to the poor of the parishes of All Saints, St. Mary's St. Peter's each parish ten pounds ; son-in-law, Mr. Thomas Celhirst ; Mr. Samuel Temple ; brother, Joseph Pratt ; to son Elisha lands in Steple, county of Essex, and his house in Malden, when twenty-one and 150 pounds ; to son Jeremy ten pounds when twenty-one : son Samuel, son Elisha to be made Master of Arts ; daughter Elizabeth not twenty : daughter Marah not twenty; wife
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Mary ; wife's son Mr. Samuel Temple; wife's daughter Elizabeth Celhirst."
(II) Richard Pratt, youngest of the nine children of John Pratt (I), according to Sav- age and Wyman, born in Malden, England, and baptized there June 29, 1615, settled in Malden, Massachusetts, and died there in 1691. His will, dated May 8, was proved October 6, devising to wife and children and grandson James Hovey. The inventory in- cluded house valued at twenty pounds and four acres of land. Children of Richard and Mary Pratt : I. Mary, born September, 1643, married Thomas Skinner. 2. Thomas, born March or May 5, 1646, died 1718; resided in Malden. 3. Mercy, born June 15, 1650. 4. John, born 1655 ; mentioned below. 5. Elizabeth, married Gershom Hawkes. 6. Martha, married John Pratt, son of Thomas, 1686. 7. Hannah, married Jo- seph Hovey.
(III) John Pratt, son of Richard Pratt (2), was born in Malden in 1655. He was a ma- riner. He married Mary who died July 17, 1710, aged fifty-five years, according to town records. (Gravestone gives May 17, 1710, in fifty-sixth year). He was called John Sr., and died June 3, 1708, aged fifty-three years four months on June 3, 1708 at Mal- den. (Gravestone). John Pratt, of Malden. was at the Falls Fight in King Philip's war, May 19, 1676, at Hadley, under Captain Wil- liam Turner, and his son Thomas had a grant of Narragansett land in Bernardston, Massa- chusetts, many years later, on account of the father's service. His widow and son Thomas were administrators appointed June 22, 1708. The inventory, dated June 28, 1708, amounted to 227 pounds, and the estate was divided February 19, 1711-12. Children: I. John, died October, 1704, age twenty-one (grave- stone at Malden). 2. Thomas, probably of Rumney Marsh. Had slave Ginne, baptized at Malden, as of Chelsea, 1750. 3. Ebenezer, boatman, removed to Boston. 4. Joseph. 5. William. 6. Caleb. 7. Joshua. 8. Mary, born March 6, 1696. 9. Hannah. IO. Abi- gail. (Five were minors in 1708).
(III) Thomas Pratt, son of Richard Pratt (2), was born March or May 5, 1646. He settled at Malden, and died there in 1718. Children of John and Alice: I. Richard. 2. John, settled in Attleborough, Massachusetts. 3. Mary, married Ephraim Grover, of Norton, Massachusetts. 4. Sarah, married
Perkins. 5. Thomas, born 1700; mentioned below. 6. Hannah, married Richard Skin- ner.
(IV) Thomas Pratt, son of Thomas Pratt (3), was born in Malden, in 1700, and mar- ried there, June 24, 1725, Lydia Lunde (by Rev. J. Emerson). He died at Malden, Au- gust 20, 1776, aged seventy-six years. Chil- dren, born in Malden: I. Lydia, born Octo- ber 29, 1726. 2. Thomas, born April 17, 1729; died April 2, 1815, aged eighty-six years; resided in Malden. 3. Amos, born April II, 1734; mentioned below. 4. Richard, born March 16, 1735-6.
(V) Amos Pratt, son of Thomas Pratt (4), was born in Malden, April II, 1734. He mar- ried (intentions at Malden) March 29, 1761, Sarah Upham, daughter of John and Sarah Upham of Lynn. They settled in what is now Saugus, Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a private in the first Lynn company responding to the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775, and marching to Concord. Children (town records) : I. Sarah, born at August 10, 1763, at Lynn. 3. David, born at Malden May 19, 1762. 2. Amos, Jr., born Lynn, June 20, 1766; mentioned below. 4. Jonathan, born July 23, 1770; removed to Reading, and had the place lately owned by Jonathan Nichols, Sr., and occupied late by Mrs. Winch; married Mercy Burditt, daugh- ter of Joseph and Sarah Burditt ; children, born at Reading: David, married, 1821, Hannah Patch, of Greenfield, New Hamp- shire ; Jonathan, of Reading. 5. Phebe, born at Lynn, May 20, 1773.
(V) David Pratt, son of Amos Pratt (4), was born in Lynn, (Saugus) June 20, 1766. He came to Reading, a neighboring town, with his brother Jonathan, and settled there. He learned the trade of shoemaking and became a prosperous shoe manufacturer in Reading.
(VII) Daniel Pratt, son of David Pratt (6), was born in Saugus, Massachusetts, February 24, 1797. He was educated there in the com- mon schools, and succeeded his father in the shoe manufacturing business. After a time he engaged in the manufacture and sale of clocks in Reading, Massachusetts, in partner- ship with Jonathan Frost, in 1832. After three years Mr. Frost withdrew, and Mr. Pratt continued the business on his own ac- count. In 1846 Mr. Pratt removed the clock business to Boston, locating first at 49 Union street, where he continued in business with much success until his death in 1871. He ad- mitted his son to partnership, and after his death the latter continued the business under the present name of Daniel Pratt's Son. Mr. Pratt was a man of sterling integrity, thor- oughly honest, and of firm purpose and much
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force of character. He held the confidence of his townsmen in a marked degree. From early life he took a lively interest in public affairs, and was a man of much public spirit. He held many offices of trust and honor in the town of Reading; was selectman; was for twenty-one years town clerk (1831-52) ; was representative to the general court in 1845 and 1847; and fire warden several years. He was president of what was probably the first banking institution of Reading. He was chief marshal of the bi-centennial celebration of the foundation of the town in 1844. He died in Reading, March 17, 1871, at the age of sev- enty-four years, leaving an honorable record of usefulness as a citizen and of success in business. He married, March 30, 1818, Delia Burt, who was born May 19, 1797, in Wil- mington, Massachusetts. Children : I. Daniel F., mentioned below ; and Delia, who married Benjamin Boyce.
(VIII) Daniel F. Pratt, son of Daniel Pratt (7), was born September 7, 1823. He had a common school education in his native town, and when quite young entered the employ of his father in the clock business, first in Read- ing, and later in Boston, where he continued with increasing success during his active life. For a few years after his father's death the business was continued at the old location by Daniel F. Pratt and his brother-in-law, under the name of Daniel Pratt's Sons. In Novem- ber, 1880, this firm was dissolved, and Mr. Pratt continued alone, locating his store at 339 Washington street, Boston, and making the name simply Daniel Pratt's Son. These quarters soon proved inadequate for the needs of the increasing business, and accordingly the business was moved to Hawley street, and later (January, 1895) to its present location, 53 Franklin street. Mr. Pratt was always in- terested in public affairs, but had rarely held office. He was a Republican in politics. In 1878 and 1889 he made extended trips abroad, but preferred a quiet, domestic life. He mar- ried Angeline B. Burt, who was born July 18, 1828, in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, daughter of Brown and Abbie A. (French) Burt. Chil- dren: I. Frank W. B., born October I,
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1851 ; mentioned below. 2. Henrietta H., born May 30, 1858: married Warren H. Man- ning, June 2nd, 1885 ; one child, Warren Har- old. 3. Wilbur, born March 23, 1862. 4. Chester, born June 17, 1869; married March 18, 1903, to Bertha L. Ramsdell, of West Newton ; one child, Daniel C., born February 26, 1906.
(IX) Frank W. B. Pratt, son of Daniel F.
Pratt (8), was born in Reading, October 1, 1851. He received his education in the pub- lic schools in Boston. He was first employed as a bookkeeper by A. C. Masury & Company, Boston, oil dealers, but subsequently entered the employ of his father in the clock business of Daniel Pratt's Son. In 1888 he became a partner in his father's business, and since his father retired he has conducted the business, which is one of the largest establishments in this line of business in New England. He is a member of the Congregational church of Reading. In politics he is a Republican, and has held minor offices. He is a member of the Congregational Club of Boston, and of the Congregational church of Reading. His home is at 21 Sanborn street, Reading. He married, December 25, 1872, Sarah A. Wes- ton, daughter of Franklin Weston, of Read- ing. Children: I. Marian T., born May 20, 1877 ; graduate of Wellesley College, class of 1899. 2. Winthrop E., born October 17, 1879; educated in Reading high school; is in busi- ness with his father; married, June 24, 1904, Harriet M. Hyde, of Reading ; one child, Win- throp E., Jr., born July 24, 1906.
Richard Bailey, the immigrant BAILEY ancestor, was born in England and came from Yorkshire in May, 1635, in the ship "Bevis" when he was fifteen years of age, an apprentice of Christo- pher Stanley, tailor, and was by him assigned August 8, 1639, to Isaac Cullimore, carpenter. He settled in Newbury, then Rowley, Massa- chusetts, where he owned a farm, and a share in the first cloth mill set up in America. This mill was on the old Dummer mill site as it is known to the present day, having been un- til recently owned by one of the Dummer family. It is said that Bailey was a very pious person, and that in a storm during the voyage over the company would call upon him to pray for their safety. He died be- tween the years 1647 and 1648. He married Ednah Holstead, or Halstead, by whom he had an only child, a son Joseph. She mar- ried (second) December 1, 1648, Ezekiel Northend, of Rowley, who probably took possession of the homestead, and it has been in the Northend family ever since. She was probably born in Halifax Parish, West Rid- ing, Yorkshire: died at Rowley, February 3, 1706. Ezekiel Northend died September 7, 1698.
(II) Joseph Bailey, son of Richard Bailey (1), was born about 1645 in Rowley or vicin- ity. He was under fourteen at the time of his
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father's death, and was brought up in the Northend family. He settled in the north part of Rowley on the Merrimac river, not far from the western border of Newbury, Massachusetts. This section was at first called Merrimac lands, later Bradford, and in 1850 the eastern part of the town was incor- porated by the name of Groveland. Most of the original lot was lately owned by D. W. Hopkinson and M. M. Palmer. . Mr. Hop- kinson is a descendant and his house occu- pies the site of that of the original dwelling on the southerly side of Main street. Mr. Bailey was one of the leading citizens and was elect- ed to various church, town and military offices ; was selectman twenty-three years, between 1675 and 1710; deacon from the formation of the church until his death, Oc- tober II, 1712. His wife Abigail died No- vember 17, 1735. Children, born at Brad- ford: I. Abigail, born March 9, 1671, married Samuel Tenney; died November 28, 1689. 2. Elder Richard, September 30, 1675, men- tioned below. 3. Anne, September 24, 1678, married Jonas Platts. 4. Elizabeth, April 9, 1681, married Robert Hastings. 5. Joseph, Jr., February 13, 1683, settled in West New- bury. 6. Ednah, June 26, 1686, married John Hastings. 7. Deacon John, November 26, 1691, settled in Methuen, Massachusetts. 8. Sarah, July 6, 1694, married, March 29, 1716, James Davis.
(III) Richard Bailey, son of Joseph Bailey : (2). was born in Bradford, Massachusetts, September 30. 1675. He settled on the Bail- ey homestead in Bradford, where he died No- vember 19. 1748. aged seventy-three. Be- sides his real estate in Bradford he owned land in other towns in the vicinity and near Falmouth (Portland), Maine. He was a man of business. active, energetic and influential; was often moderator of town meetings; se- lectman for more than twenty-five years after his father's death: on committees to settle dif- ficult questions for the town : was elected dea- con of the church to succeed his father; in 1718, with Samuel Tenney, the other aged deacon, was appointed elder. He married, February 21. 1706. Joanna Webster, daughter of Nathan and Mary Webster, of Bradford. born August 26, 1682. Children: I. Jona- than, born December 9, 1706. 2. Nathan, born December 13. 1708. 3. Abigail, born April 7, 1711. 4. Richard, born 1713, died in 1715. 5. Joseph, born January 28, 1715. 6. Richard, born May 9. 1717. 7. Ebenezer. born April 16, 1719. mentioned below. 8. Amos, born January 27, 1720-21. 9. Joanna.
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