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(V) Captain Samuel Barnes, son of Rev. Jonathan Barnes (4), was born in Hillsbor- ough, New Hampshire, June 9, 1782. He was a well-to-do merchant in his native town, cap- tain of the militia company, held various town offices, and was a worthy industrious and en- terprising citizen. He married Nancy Tag- gart, born May 26, 1784; died in 1862. He died October 21, 1822, leaving a wife and six children.
(VI) John Barnes, son of Captain Samuel Barnes (5), was born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, August 22, 1813, and died Octo- ber 14, 1897. He was a clerk in the Mer- chants' National Bank of Boston for sixty years, and well known in financial circles. He married, November 29, 1838, Sarah Ann Locke, born in Boston, April 30, 1816, died February 2, 1847. Children: I. Celestia F., born August 27, 1839, in Boston; married November 20, 1862, Francis Flint (see sketch). 2. Estelle Maria, born February 23, 1841, in Boston; married Gilman C. Shattuck of Nashua, New Hampshire; children: i. Arthur Gilman Shattuck; ii. Fannie Conant Shattuck ; iii. Harold Bemis Shattuck; iv. Helen Barnes Shattuck; v. Roger Conant Shattuck. 3. Melora Albertina, born Septem- ber 10, 1843, in Boston ; married April 3, 1867, George Sackrider, of Cambridge, their only iv-12
child, Gertrude Estelle Sackrider, married Thomas C. Sias, of Lexington, Massachusetts ; children : Samuel Barnes; Richard; Donald ; Catherine ; Dorothy.
MERRILL Nathaniel Merrill, probably brother of John Merrill, came from Salisbury, Eng- land, in 1635 or 1636, and settled in Ipswich before 1642. He married Susanna Jordan, and died March 16, 1654-55. His will was dated March 8, 1654-55, and proved March 27, 1654-55. Children: I. Deacon John, born 1632 or 34, removed to Hartford, Connecti- cut, before 1657; married Sarah Watson. 2. Abraham, born about 1636, died January 18, 1700-01; married Abigail Webster. 3. Na- thaniel, born about 1638, married, October 15, 1661, Joanna Kinney. 4. Susanna, mar- ried, October 15, 1663, John Burbank. 5. Daniel, born August 20, 1642, married, May 14, 1667, Sarah Clough; married (second), May 29, 1708, Widow Sarah (Morrill, Rowell) Page. 6. Abel, born 1644, mentioned below. (II) Abel Merrill, son of Nathaniel Merrill (I), was born in 1644 and settled in Newbury. He, with others, took the oath of fidelity in 1668 and 1678. He married Priscilla Chase (q. v.). He married second Anne (Wheeler). See sketch of Wheeler family. His widow was appointed administratrix of his estate March 25, 1690, and the estate was divided in November, 1697. Children, born at New- bury; I. Abel, born December 28, 1671, mar- ried, June 19, 1694, Abigail Stevens. 2. Su- sanna, born November 14, 1673, married, Jan- uary 28, 1691-92, Benjamin Morse. 3. Na- than, born April 3, 1676, married, September 6, 1699, Hannah Kent. 4. Thomas, born January 1, 1678-79, married Judith Kent. 5. Joseph, born July 12, 1681, married Anne Wiggin. 6. Nathaniel, born February 6, 1684, mentioned below. 7. Priscilla, born July 13, 1686, married Nathaniel Noyes. 8. James, born January 27, 1689, married Mary Adams.
(III) Nathaniel Merrill, son of Abel Mer- rill (2), was born February 6, 1684, at New- bury. He married, July 28, 1709, Hannah Stevens. His estate was administered May 7, 1744. The only child, Roger, born at New- bury, March 10, 1711, mentioned below.
(IV) Roger Merrill, son of Nathaniel Mer- rill (3), was born March 10, 17II, at New- bury. He married Mary Hall; had probably several children.
(V) Nathaniel Merrill, son of Roger Mer-
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rill (4), was born in Newbury about 1730. He resided in Nottingham West, now Hudson, New Hampshire. He married Mary Sargent, and had several children.
(VI) Roger Merrill, son of Nathaniel Mer- rill (5), was born at Newbury, February I, 1761. He married, February 2, 1785, at New Gloucester, Maine, Dorothy Austin, died at Litchfield, Maine, December 28, 1863, daugh- ter of John Austin, then of Royalsboro, af- terward of Freeport, Maine. They resided at Durham, Maine, until 1802, where the first eight children were born. They lived after- ward in Portland and Litchfield, Maine. He was a mason by trade and spent the last part of his life at Durham, where he died June 15, 1852, aged ninety-one years, four months and fifteen days. Before his marriage, while he lived at Nottingham West with his parents, he served in the Revolution, in 1779, in Cap- tain Daniel West's company, Colonel Her-
cules Mooney's regiment. Children : I. Olando, born June 30, 1786, mentioned below. 2. Dolly, born September 30, 1788, married 1806, William Bartlett. 3. John, born De- cember II, 1790, died at sea. 4. Jonathan C., born February 20, 1793. 5. Polly, born May 5, 1795, died aged twenty-two. 6. Bet- sey, born December 8, 1797, married
Robinson. 7. Edward, born July 24, 1800, married, October 15, 1827, Mary Converse and resided at New Bedford, Massachusetts; died September 11, 1784. 8. Caleb, born June 24, 1802, died October 14, 1805. 9. Wil- liam, born September 20, 1804, died October 9, 1805. 10. Jesse, born December 17, 1806, died July 10, 1813. II. Mary S., born Sep- tember 20, 1809, married Aaron True, of Litchfield, Maine, January 27, 1830; died April 16, 1875. 12. Sarah, born December 26, 1812, died August 19, 1813, at Portland. 13. Infant, born November 22, 1817, died young.
(VII) Olando Merrill, son of Roger Mer- rill (6), was born June 30, 1786, at Durham, Maine. He was a farmer. He married Sar- ah Wagg, of Lisbon, Maine. Children: Eliza, born January 9, 1808. 2. William, born Oc- tober 28, 1809, died November 20, 1821. 3. Jane, born July 30, 1811. 4. John, born May 15, 1813. 5. Jane, born March 31, 1815. 6. Olando, born May 30, 1817, died January 17, 1822. 7. Mary (twin), born October 6, 1819. 8. Sarah (twin), born October 6, 1819, died August 26, 184 -. 9. Dorcas Cushing, born June 22, 1822. 10. Olando, born November 19, 1823, mentioned below. II. Dorcas, born January 26, 1826. 12. Irene, born January
24, 1828, died January 24, 1833. 13. Wil- liam, born March 25, 1832.
(VIII) Olando Merrill, son of Olando Mer- rill (7), was born in Durham, Maine, Novem- ber 19, 1823, and died in 1872. He was edu- cated in the common schools, and was a farm- er by occupation. He lived at Durham and Lisbon, Maine. He was a selectman of the town of Lisbon at the time of his death, be- ing killed in a derrick accident while engaged in getting out stone for the use of the town in the construction of bridges. He lost his own life in attempting to save another's. He had been a selectman for a number of years and a member of the school committee. He was a prominent Republican. He was a well-to-do and enterprising citizen, much respected and esteemed by his townsmen. He married Mary Foss, born in Wales, Maine. Children: I. Edward Owen, born November 27, 1847, resides in Malden; married Carrie Turner and has one child, Mary. 2. Francis H., born August 11, 1849. 3. Julia Eva, born October I, 1851, married Henry Winn, of Malden. 4. Albert Willis, born July 4, 1853, died at the age of twenty-one. 5. Sarah Jane, born in Wales, Maine, July 18, 1856, married William Penn Bailey. (See sketch of the Bailey fami- ly herewith).
Bailey or Bayley is an ancient BAILEY English surname. There came to New England no less than eleven of this name before 1650 and many more afterward, and there is still a lack of uniformity in spelling even in the same branches. The ancient Bailey coat-of-arms is: Az. nine estoiles, three, three, two, and one, ar. Crest : A morning star, ppr.
(I) Thomas Bailey, Sr., immigrant ances- tor, came from England and before 1640 set- tled in Weymouth, Massachusetts, where he was admitted a freeman May 13, 1640, and was a town officer in 1645. The name of his wife is unknown. He died in 1681. His will, dated May 23 and proved October 10, 1681, bequeathed to his eldest son John, his son Thomas, daughter Esther, wife of John King, and to each of his grandchildren. Children : I. John, born about 1640, mentioned below. 2. Thomas, born about 1641, married Ruth ; children : Christian, born February 26, 1662; Samuel, February 21, 1666; Mary, February 10, 1670; Sarah, September 29, 1674. 3. Esther, married John King, Jr., of Weymouth.
(II) John Bailey, son of Thomas Bailey
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(I), was born in Weymouth about 1640. He removed from Weymouth to Scituate before 1670, and was tenant to Captain John Wil- liams at Farm Neck, Scituate. He died in 1718, and bequeathed in his will to "sons John, Joseph, Benjamin, William and Samuel four pounds each in addition to what they have already received." To daughter Mary Perry sixty pounds, son William executor. His farm had been a gift from Captain John Williams. He married (first), January 25, 1672, Sarah White, of Weymouth, and (sec- ond), December 9, 1699, Ruth Clothier. Chil- dren of first wife: I. John, born November 5, 1673, mentioned below. 2. Sarah, born Oc- tober, 1675. 3. Mary, born December, 1677, married, January 1, 1701, James Perry. 4. Joseph, born October, 1679, married and left descendants in Scituate. 5. Benjamin, born April, 1682, removed to Marlborough, Massa- chusetts, about 1712. 6. William, born Feb- ruary, 1685, married Judith Booth, January, 1714, settled in Scituate. 7. Hannah, born January, 1687-88, married, December 24, 1716, James Briggs. 8. Samuel, born August, 1690. 9. Elizabeth, married William Barrell, July 2, 1706.
(III) John Bailey, son of John Bailey (2), was born November 5, 1673. Married, Feb- ruary 19, 1700, Abigail, daughter of Deacon Samuel Clapp. His widow died March 2, 1753. He died in June, 1752, at Hanover, Massachusetts, where he settled; was select- man there 1735 to 1737, and a man of much influence in the town. Children, born in Scituate : I. Jane, born June 20, 1700. 2. John, born May 23, 1703. 3. Jacob, born December 13, 1706, mentioned below. 4. Captain Israel, born May 13, 1708, married, November 12, 1730, Keziah Perry and left descendants in Bridgewater and Scituate. 5. Timothy, born March 20, 1709. 6. Abigail, born February 4, 1712-13, married, May 21, 1733, John Bates. 7. Sarah, born 1714, mar- ried, March 4, 1731, Thomas Jenkins. 8. De- borah, born 1717, married, 1738, Jeremiah Rogers. 9. Hannah, born 1719. 10. Rachel, born 1719, married, 1741, James Rogers. II. Naomi, born 1722, married, 1741, Benjamin Curtis.
(IV) Jacob Bailey, son of John Bailey (3), was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 13, 1706. He settled in Hanover, Massa- chusetts, and is the ancestor of all the families of this name in that town. He married, June IO, 1728, (second) Hatch. Children : I. Jacob, born January 20, 1729, mentioned below. 2. Ruth, born January 10, 1731, mar-
ried, May 13, 1788, George Sterling, a native of England, who died December 24, 1791; she died June 12, 1804; his gravestone, a curious specimen of the art, stands in the old burial ground near the meeting house. 3. Charles, born April 26, 1734. 4. Stephen, born February 27, 1737. 5. Hannah, born June 29, 1739, married Samuel House, of Pembroke. 6. George, born August 2, 174I.
(V) Jacob Bailey, son of Jacob Bailey (4), was born in Hanover, Massachusetts, January 20, 1729. He settled in Maine when a young man. Barry says he married Tink- ham. A Jacob Bailey, of Hanover, married Pegge Woods, of Abington, November 13, 1782. He was a zealous Quaker in religion and therefore could not serve in the Revolu- tion. He was very active and industrious, and to an advanced age retained his vigor and agility. His son Jacob used to relate how his father, when very old, once vaulted over the back of a cow to show that he was still active. He was the father of thirteen children. His home was in what is now Leeds, Andros- coggin county, Maine. Child. Jacob, born at Hanover, Massachusetts, September 13, 1770, mentioned below.
(VI) Jacob Bailey, son of Jacob Bailey (5), born September 13, 1770, died in Leeds, Maine, December 14, 1857; married, in Han- over, Sarah Berry, born in Hanover, May 12, 1763, and died in Leeds, Maine, July 28, 1838. Children : I. Sarah, born at Leeds, March II, 1791, died May 14, 1854. 2. Jacob, born May 7, 1792, died February 13, 1854. 3. Ezekiel, born September 1, 1793, mentioned below. 4. Martin, born February 19, 1795, died Decem- ber 23, 1864. 5. Hannah, born April 12, 1796, died July 15, 1866. 6. Ruth, born June 21, 1797, died January 12, 1868. 7. David, born February 24, 1799. 8. Anna, born August 24, 1800, died May 28, 1861. 9. Mary, born March 4, 1802, died February 10, 1861. 10. Lucy, born August 5, 1803, died June 30, 1861. II. Sands, born May 17, 1806, died July 24, 1877. 12. Esther, born June 2, 1809, died March, 1832.
(VII) Ezekiel Bailey, son of Jacob Bailey (6), was born in Leeds, Androscoggin coun- ty, Maine, September 1, 1793. He had a com- mon school education and when a young man settled in Winthrop, Maine. In 1835 he es- tablished an oil-cloth manufacturing industry in Winthrop and was the most successful of the pioneers in this line of manufacturing in New England. At first he made hand-printed table cloths, which he peddled from a cart at retail. But business grew from small begin-
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nings till this mill to-day has a daily output of twelve thousand five hundred yards of cloth, and the concern has four hundred per- sons on its pay-roll. Steady work is the rule in this mill, and the only holiday of the year it is shut down is Christmas; on all others the employees may work or not, as they choose. He was well known in the industrial world and highly respected by his business associ- ates. In politics Mr. Bailey was a Whig, ac- tive and very influential. He was selectman of the town of Winthrop for many years and represented his district in the legislature. He died in Winthrop, November 28, 1873. He married Mary Robbins, born in Winthrop, November 7, 1797, and died May 25, 1874, daughter of Daniel Robbins, of Walpole, Mas- sachusetts. He was born February 27, 1757, and died in Winthrop, April 27, 1823. He was a well known Quaker whose patriotism overcame his prejudice and principles against war, and led him to enlist in the Revolution. Because of his Revolutionary service he was read out of the Society of Friends, and his wife, remaining faithful to the Quakers, was debarred by the principles of her denomina- tion from accepting the pension, to which, as his widow, she became entitled. He was a goldsmith and jeweler by trade. His family came from Walpole and was descended from the Robbins of the firm of Wingate and Rob- bins, the first makers in America of tall clocks, commonly called "Grandfather's clocks."
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Daniel Robbins married (first) Mary C. Clark, and had two children-Quilla and Clark Robbins. He married (second) Eunice Wadsworth, born at Stoughton, Massachu- setts, May 10, 1766, and died at Winthrop, November 9, 1847. Children of second wife : i. Jerusha Robbins, born July 18, 1792, died October 18, 1844; ii. Hannah Robbins, born February 6, 1795, died July 28, 1828; iii. Mary Robbins, born November 7, 1797, mar- ried Ezekiel Bailey; iv. Deborah Robbins, born October 2, 1803, died at Manchester, Maine, November 28, 1898; she was a mem- ber of the Daughters of the Revolution, and was nearly one hundred years old when she died.
Children of Ezekiel and Mary Bailey: I. Daniel Robbins, born December 13, 1815, died in Lynn, Massachusetts, July 21, 1858; mar- ried - Winslow ; children : Samuel, Han- nah, George, Eunice. 2. Moses, born Decem- ber 18, 1817, died June 6, 1882. 3. Charles M., born October 24, 1820, lives at Winthrop, Maine, and has full charge of the business, active at the age of eighty-seven. 4. George,
born December 24, 1822, living at Winthrop. 5. Albert E., born May 24, 1834, died October 6, 1857. 6. John Wadsworth, born September I, 1836. 7. William Penn, born March 29, 1841, mentioned below.
(VIII) William Penn Bailey, son of Ezekiel Bailey (7), was born in Winthrop, Maine, March 29, 1841. He was educated in the common schools, and resided in Winthrop, Maine, until 1872, and at Skowhegan, Maine, up to 1899, when he removed to Malden, Mas- sachusetts, in order to be near the Boston of- fice of his firm, C. M. Bailey, Sons & Com- pany, manufacturers of oil-cloth, etc., with mills at Winthrop, Maine, founded by his father. He is at present the New England selling agent of this firm. Mr. Bailey has al- ways been a Republican in politics, but strong- ly favors a reduction of the tariff. He enlist- ed in the Civil war, May 4, 1861, in the Third Maine Regiment of Volunteers under Colonel (now General) O. O. Howard, and served in the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, taking part in both battles of Bull Run, the battle of Fair Oaks, battle of Williamsburg, and the seven days battle before Richmond. He was fortunate in escaping wounds, but finally was stricken with illness and received his discharge for disability in November, 1863. He is a member of Russell Post, Grand Army, of Skowhegan, Maine. He belongs to the Skowhegan Congregational church. He is a prominent Free Mason, a member of Somerset Lodge of Skowhegan, and of the various Ma- sonic bodies to the thirty-second degree, viz .: is past commander of De Molay Commandery of Skowhegan. He is a member of Carrabas- sett Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Sknowhegan. He was for three years a member of the Kernwood Club of Malden, but resigned to give younger men a chance to join. He married (first), 1863, Charlotte Gove, born at Readfield, Maine, December 15, 1842, died February 10, 1884, at Skowhegan. He married (second), August 3, 1887, Sarah J. Merrill, born in Wales, Maine, July 18, 1856, daughter of Olando and Mary (Foss) Merrill. (See 'sketch of Merrill family). Children of the first wife: I. Mary F., born in Winthrop, De- cember 18, 1864. 2. Charlotte E., October 28, 1866. 3. William, October 20, 1869. 4. Net- tie M., at Skowhegan, February 19, 1872. Children of the second wife: 5. Albert M., born at Malden, Massachusetts, August 3, 1890, died the same year. 6. Helen Louise, March 8, 1894. 7. Edith Merrill, December 18, 1896.
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The surname Warner is of
WARNER ancient English origin and the name has had many hon- ored and honorable representatives in Eng- land for many centuries. More than twenty families of this name have coats-of-arms of different design. Important branches of the Warner family bearing arms have lived and are now found in counties Kent, Norfolk, Suffolk, Warwick, York, England, in Ayr- shire, Scotland, and Ireland.
(I) Andrew Warner, the immigrant ances- tor, was born in England about 1600. He came to America in 1632 and was a proprie- tor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1633. He was admitted a freeman May 14, 1634. In 1635 he was living in Cambridge on the northeasterly side of Eliot street, about mid- way between the westerly end of Winthrop street and Brighton street. He owned also several other lots in Cambridge. He sold his property in Cambridge to Captain George Cooke, December 20, 1636, and removed to Hartford, Connecticut. He removed to Had- ley, Massachusetts, about 1659, and was one of the first settlers. He died there December 18, 1684. His will was dated June 18, 1681, and proved March 31, 1685. He bequeathed to his wife Esther; sons Jacob, Daniel, Isaac, Andrew, Robert, John; daughters Ruth Pratt and Hills; and Mary, wife of John Taylor. He married (first), Esther, widow of Thomas Selden. She died in 1693, as is in- ferred from the fact that her inventory was taken December 1, 1693. Children: I. An- drew, married Rebecca Fletcher, and died in Middletown, Connecticut, January 26, 1681. 2. Robert, married, February, 1654, Eliza- beth Grant; (second) Deliverance Rockwell, widow, and he died in Middletown, April 10, 1690. 3. Jacob, died November 29, 1711. 4. Daniel, mentioned below. 5. Isaac, born about 1645. 6. Ruth, living in 1677 and pre- sented to the court for wearing silk. 7. Daughter married John or Daniel Pratt. 8. Mary, married John Steel, and William Hills. 9. John, resided in Middletown.
(II) Daniel Warner, son of Andrew Warner (I), was born about 1640. Married (first) Mary - -, who died September 19, 1672. He married (second) Martha Bolt- wood, daughter of Robert Boltwood. She died September 22, 1710. He resided in Hat- field, Massachusetts, and died there April 30, 1692. Children: I. Mary, born February 24, 1663. 2. Sarah, born about 1665, married, November 25, 1685, Isaac Sheldon. 3. Dan- iel, born about 1666, mentioned below. 4.
Andrew, born June 24, 1667. 5. Anna, born November 17, 1669, married Isaac Hubbard. 6. Mary, born September 19, 1672, perhaps wife of Samuel Sheldon. 7. Hannah, born January 24, 1675, married, October 14, 1696, Samuel Ingram, of Hatfield. 8. John, born April, 1677, removed to Wethersfield, Con- necticut, and died 1714. 9. Abraham, born December 20, 1678. 10. Samuel, born April 13, 1680. II. Ebenezer, born November 5, 1681. 12. Mehitable, born October 1, 1683, married Preserved Clapp, January 21, 1703. 13. Elizabeth, married Thomas Wells, of Haddam, Connecticut, December 26, 1705. 14. Esther, born December 15, 1686, married June 26, 1707. 15. Martha, born April 3, 1688, died November 25, 1689. 16. Nathan- iel, born October 15, 1690.
(III) Daniel Warner, son of Daniel Warn- er (2), was born in Hatfield, Massachusetts, about 1666. He resided there, at West Hart- ford, Connecticut, and finally removed to Hardwick, Massachusetts, where some of his children had settled. He died at Hardwick, March 12, 1754, in the eighty-eighth year of his age, and his burial place is marked by a gravestone. With the exception of Deacon John White, he was born earlier than any other person of English descent, known to have died in Hardwick. He married Mary Hubbard, daughter of John Hubbard, De- cember 12, 1688. Children: I. Mary, born August 31, 1689, died February 24, 1692. 2. Daniel, born March 1, 1693, resided at Shef- field, Connecticut; probably married Thank- ful Billings and (second) Elizabeth Adams, of Suffield, Connecticut, December 29, 1719. 3. Mary, born August 17, 1694, married Joseph Wait, September 22, 1720. 4. Hannah, born 1700, probably married Samuel Billings; re- moved to Hardwick and died March 5, 1767. 5. Jonathan, born about 1704. 6. Sarah, born October II, 1707. 7. Joseph, born January 18, 1710.
(IV) Jonathan Warner, son of Daniel Warner (3), was born at Hatfield about 1704. He removed when a young man to Hardwick, Massachusetts, and resided a few years in the southwest part of the town, but in 1743 bought the farm adjoining the Common, which long remained in the family's posses- sion. He was an energetic, thrifty man, dealt much in real estate, and kept a general store there and a tavern at the south end of the Common. He was selectman for five years, beginning 1738, and treasurer nineteen years, from 1744 to 1762 inclusive. He died May 28, 1763, aged fifty-nine. His widow Bath-
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sheba married (second) John Burt, of Spring- field, Massachusetts, June 4, 1765. Children of Jonathan and Bathsheba Warner: I. Dan- iel, born December 22, 1734, mentioned below. 2. Mary, born February 23, 1736-37, married Zurishaddai Doty, December 4, 1755. 3. Bathsheba, born October 7, 1738. 4. Lydia, born November 3, 1740, married, February 8, 1760, Dr. Challis Safford, and (second) Hon. Jonas Fay, of Bennington, November 20, 1777. 5. Sarah, born November 1, 1742, married Thomas Wheeler, September 8, 1762, and (second) Captain Elijah Warner, Decem- ber 30, 1807. 6. Jonathan July 14, 1744. 7. Bathsheba, born July 24, 1746, married, 1764, Eliakim Spooner ; died January 29, 1831. 8. Lucy, born May 10, 1748, married, January 23, 1766, Asa Hatch. 9. Rhoda, born March 3, 1752, died September 15, 1753. 10. Rhoda, born November II, 1754, married, November 26, 1772, Robert McIntyre, and (second), April 26, 1778, Jonathan Lynde, of Peter- sham.
(V) Daniel Warner, son of Jonathan War- ner (4), was born in Hardwick, Massachu- setts (or Hatfield), December 22, 1734. He married, May 31, 1758, Mary Wright, and was a farmer in Hardwick, residing near the present village of Gilbertville, on what is known as the May Farm. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war and afterwards captain of the Hardwick militia company. His descendants are eligible to the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution, as he was for five years member of the committee of safety and correspondence. He was also selectman six years and assessor ten years, one of the foremost men of the town. About 1807 he removed to Ohio, and died at Putnam, Ohio, in the summer of 1823, aged nearly eighty- nine years. Children, born at Hardwick: I. Lydia, born August 12, 1759, married, Feb- ruary 23, 1775, Samuel French. 2. Daniel, born July 28, 1761. 3. Jonathan, born Sep- tember 13, 1763, mentioned below. 4. Mary, born October 19, 1765, married Rev. Solomon Aiken, of Dracut, in 1788, and died at Hard- wick. Vermont, October 30, 1820. 5. Justus, born May 22, 1766. 6. Alpha, born December I, 1770, married, January 14, 1796, Lydia Cobb ; settled in Hardwick, Vermont ; was col- onel of militia and an innkeeper for nearly sixty years ; his house the most noted in Ver- mont "and many a traveler would ride a little later or go a little farther to get to Warner's ;" was representative to the legislature; removed to Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1853, and died there January, 1854. 7. Wright, born September
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