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(VIII) Edwin Allen, son of John Allen (7), was born at Pomfret, Vermont, December 16, 1832, and died September 9, 1899. He was brought up on the farm of his father, and ed- ucated at the district schools and at Royalton Academy and Thetford Academy. While at- tending the academy he taught school in var- ious towns on Cape Cod. In 1852 he bought the farm on which he was born, and was as- sisted by his father in establishing his home. He lived on this farm of one hundred and fif- ty acres all his life. It is located in the north- west part of Pomfret, on what is called "Allen Hill." He made a specialty of Spanish meri- no sheep, and in later years raised much Jer- sey stock for his own dairy and for sale. His own herd numbered twenty-five or more, and was reckoned among the best in the state. He made butter of excellent quality, and had a cider mill which he operated during the sea- son. He was a man of much ability and some legal education, transacted much legal busi- ness, was the leading auctioneer and convey- ancer of the community for forty years, and settled more estates than any other man in the section. He was of social disposition, well beloved and highly esteemed by his townsmen. He was a member of the Uni- versalist church, a constant attendant and an officer of the society. He was a Democrat in his younger days, but in his later life be- came a Republican. He was an assessor, se- lectman, member of the school committee; constable, cemetery commissioner and road commissioner. His position as justice of the peace brought him the title of 'Squire Allen. He was a member of Woodstock Lodge, No. 31, Free Masons, of Woodstock, Vermont. He married, November 18, 1852, Ruth Lull Keith, born February 16, 1830, at Pomfret, daughter of Vergene and Calista (Lull) Keith, of Pomfret. Her father was a farmer. Chil-
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dren: I. Clarence Jean, born July 24, 1853: mentioned below. 2. Sherman Chancellor, born September 8, 1857, died June 8, 1887. 3. Claude Henry, born February 15, 1862, died March 12, 1866.
(IX) Dr .. Clarence Jean Allen, son of Ed- win (8), was born at Pomfret, Vermont, July 24, 1853. In early youth he began to work on his father's farm, and he attended the com- mon schools of his native town until fourteen years of age. He then attended the Green Mountain Perkins Institute at South Wood- stock, Vermont, and took a two year course in the Randolph state normal school, from which he was graduated in June, 1873. He had, however, been teaching school for four winters between terms at Sharon and Wood- stock, Vermont. He was for two years after graduation in charge of the graded schools of Barrington, Illinois, and for the next three years had charge of the graded schools of Wauconda, Illinois, and for five years had the schools of Marengo, Illinois. In the mean- time he had been studying medicine under Dr. George D. Carnes, and in the spring of 1883 became a student in the Dartmouth Medical School, continuing at the University of Vermont in the winter and spring courses, and graduating there in the summer of 1884 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He was one of five who in taking post examina- tions received examination honors. He be- gan to practice his profession at Waitsfield, Vermont, but after five years entered the New York Post Graduate Hospital to take a post- graduate course of three months. During the next nine years he practiced medicine in Pet- erborough, New Hampshire, taking from time to time during the summer months courses and hospital work at the Massachu- setts General Hospital, City Hospital, and the Infirmary at Ash and Bennett streets, all in Boston. In 1898 he removed his office to Winchester, Massachusetts. After two years he removed his office from Winthrop street to 38 Church street, where he is at present lo- cated in a house that he built for office and residence. Dr. Allen joined the Congrega- tional church at Waitsfield, and is now a member of the Winchester Congregational church. He was chairman of the parish com- mittee while at Peterborough, and is director of the Sunday school at Winchester. In poli- tics he is a Republican, and served his party as delegate to the Vermont state convention some years ago. He was town auditor for several years in Peterborough, seven years on the board of health, and five years chair-
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man of the board of trustees of the Peter- borough public library, and superintendent of schools at Waitsfield, Vermont. He is at present president of the British American Land and Development Company of Boston. He is a member of Waterfield Lodge, No. 23I, of Odd Fellows, at Winchester, Massa- chusetts, and past noble grand of that lodge. He is a member of Aberjona Council, Royal Arcanum; of the Massachusetts Society Sons of the American Revolution; Vermont Asso- ciation of Boston; Calumet Club of Winches- ter; the Cheshire County Medical Society of New Hampshire; the New Hampshire State Medical Society; the Massachusetts State Medical. Society, and the American Medical Association. Dr. Allen is at present secre- tary of the Winchester Board of Health and one of the engineers of the Fire Department.
He married, August 31, 1875, Eva Ophelia Joslyn, born March 5, 1853, at Waitsfield, Vermont, daughter of Cornelius Emerson and Josette (Dumas) Joslyn, of Waitsfield. Her father was a farmer. Their only child, Clara Jean, born June 1, 1880, at Marengo, Illinois, married, June 28, 1905, Arthur Ever- ett Joslin, of Chicago, Illinois, and they have a child, Jean Joslin, born May 6, 1906.
FREEMAN The surname Freeman is of ancient English origin. The coat-of-arms: Three loz- enges, or. Crest-a demi-lion rampant, gules, holding between his paws a like lozenge. Motto: Liber et Audax.
(I) Edmund Freeman, the immigrant an- cestor, was born in England in 1590, and came in the ship "Abigail" in July, 1635, with wife Elizabeth and children, Alice, Edmund, Elizabeth and John. He settled in Lynn, Massachusetts, as early as 1635. Mr. Lewis in his history of Lynn said: "This year (1635) many new inhabitants appear in Lynn, and among them worthy of note Mr. Edmund Freeman, who presented to the colony twen- ty corslets or pieces of plate armor." He was subsequently in the Plymouth colony, and with nine associates was soon recognized by the government as a suitable person to origi- nate a new settlement. He was admitted freeman at Plymouth January 2, 1637, and after being for a short time a resident of Duxbury, he settled in what was incorporated later as the town of Sandwich. Most of the grantees of this town were formerly of Lynn. Mr. Freeman had the largest grants and was evidently the foremost man in the enterprise.
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He was elected as assistant to the governor and commissioner to hear and determine causes within the several contiguous town- ships. He was one of the first judges of the "select" court of Plymouth county. During. the persecution of the Quakers he opposed the course of the government and was fined ten shillings once for refusing to aid in the baiting of Friends under pretense of law. "Pre-eminently respected, always fixed in principle, and decisive in action, nevertheless quiet and unobtrusive, a counsellor and lead- er without ambitious ends in view, of uncom- promising integrity and of sound judgment, the symmetry of his entire character furn- ished an example that is a rich legacy to his descendants." He died in 1682 at the ad-, vanced age of ninety-two. His will is dated June 21, 1682, and was offered for probate November 2, 1682. He was buried on his own land on the hill in the rear of his dwel- ling at Sandwich. It is the oldest burial place in the town. His grave and that of his wife are marked by two boulders which he placed in position after her death and called from fancied resemblances "the saddle and pillion." His home was a mile and a quarter west of the town hall and near the junction of the old and new county roads to the Cape.
He married Elizabeth who died February 14, 1675-76. Children: I. Alice, born in England, married Deacon William Paddy, November 24, 1639. 2. Edmund, born in England, married, April 22, 1646, Rebecca Prence; (second) Margaret Perry. 3. Eliz- abeth, born in England in 1625, married John Ellis. 4. John, born in England about 1627, mentioned below. 5. Mary, married Edward Perry.
(II) Major John Freeman, son of Edmund Freeman (I), was born in England about 1627. He bought land at Sandwich on Skau- ton Neck, December 30, 1649-50, also called by the Indians Aquidneck. He removed to Eastham, where he was one of the early set- tlers with his father-in-law, Governor Prence. He was conspicuous in military service in the Indian wars. He was a wealthy landholder. and is properly regarded as one of the found- ers of the town of Eastham. He was deputy to the general court from 1654, eight years; selectinan from 1663, ten years; assistant to the governor from 1666, several years, and late in life, December 7, 1692, was appointed to the bench of the court of common pleas. Through a long period of years he was dea- con of the Eastham church. He married. February 13, 1649-50, Mercy Prence, daugh-
ter of Governor Prence. She died September 28, 17II, aged eighty. He died October 28, 1719, aged ninety-seven, according to his gravestone, the inscription of which reads: "Here lies the body of Maj. John Freeman who d. October 28, 1719, in the 98th yr. of his age." The grave of his wife is also marked by a stone. His will was dated June 1, 1716, and proved November 4, 1719, bequeathing to his surviving children ; emancipated his ne- gro slaves. Children: I. born February 2, 1650, died in infancy. 2. John, born Decem- ber, 1651, 3. Thomas, born September, 1653, married Rebecca Sparrow. 4. Patience, mar- ried Lieutenant Samuel Paine, January 31, 1682-83. 5. Hannah, married, April 14, 1681, John Mayo. 6. Edmund, born June, 1657, married Ruth Merrick. 7. Mercy, born July 1659, married Samuel Knowles. 8. William, mentioned below. g. Prince, born February 3, 1665-66, died young. 10. Nathaniel, born March 20, 1669. II. Bennet, born March 7, 1670-71, married Deacon John Paine.
(III) William Freeman, son of Major John Freeman (2), was born about 1660 in Sand- wich, Massachusetts, and died in 1687 at the very beginning of his career. His widow was appointed administratrix May 31, 1687. Tra- dition says that he conceived a settlement at Portanumquit, Pleasant Bay, which after 1694 was a part of Harwich and is now in Or- leans. He erected a house there, but his wife not liking the locality, "the frame was taken down and removed to another place." He married, about 1684, Lydia Sparrow, daugh- ter of John Sparrow. Children: I. Lydia, married, February, 1701, Richard Godfrey, of Chatham. 2. William, born February 24, I686, mentioned below.
(IV) William Freeman, son of William Freeman (3), was born in Eastham, February 24, 1686. Married, October 16, 1711, Mercy Pepper, of Eastham. He lived in that part of Harwich which in 1726 was the school district adjoining Eastham. He was for many years selectman of Harwich and was a magistrate. His wife Mercy died 1769, aged seventy-eight ; he died March 13, 1772, aged eighty-five years. His will was dated September 24, 1770, and proved April 7, 1772. Children : I. Mercy, born March 6, 1712-13. 2. Apphia, born April 15, 1714, died young. 3. William, born May 12, 1715, married Hannah Atwood. 4. Daniel, born December 30, 1717, married Mercy Free- man. 5. Mercy, born February 19, 1719-20, married Nathaniel Knowles and Job Crocker. 6. Apphia, born March 12, 1721-22, married Eben Mayo. 7. Isaac, born December 22,
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1725, married Ruth Hatch. 8. Jonathan, born August 3, 1728, married Ruth Freeman. 9. Lydia, born February 7, 1730-31. 10. Solo- mon, born January 30, 1732-33, mentioned be- low. II. Simeon, born September 28, 1735.
(V) Hon. Solomon Freeman, son of Wil- liam Freeman (4), was born January 30, 1732-33. Married December 30, 1756, Mercy Foster, daughter of Chillingworth ' Foster, who died May 4, 1760; (second), October 22, 1761, Desire Doane, daughter of Joseph Doane. He died March II, 1808, aged seven- ty-five ; she died November 20, 1807, aged sev- enty-eight years, eleven months, five days. "He was highly esteemed for his excellent qualities of mind and heart; was called to many important trusts, and always acquitted himself with honor." He was at the time of his death state senator, having represented the county for a period of twenty years. He had also been selectman, representative and judge of the court of common pleas. His residence was in Brewster. Children: I. Thankful, born December 17, 1757, died young. 2. Isaac, born 1762, died young. 3. Solomon, died young. Children of second wife: 4. Mercy, born August 15, 1765, married William Cros- by. 5. William, born January 10, 1768, mar- ried Elizabeth Sparrow. 6. Solomon, Jr., born May 22, 1770, mentioned below. 7. Desire, born June 5, 1774, married Benjamin Foster.
(VI) Hon. Solomon Freeman, son of Hon. Solomon Freeman (5), was born in Brewster, Massachusetts, May 22, 1770. Married, Sep- tember II, 1793, Abigail Clark, daughter of Reuben Clark. He was like his father promi- nent in public life and held various positions of trust and honor. He was a state senator. He died November 9, 1820; his wife March 3, 1851. Children : I. William, born Novem- ber 13, 1794, in Brewster, married Martha Simonds, of Newburyport. 2. Jonathan, born August 20, 1796, married Mary Winslow and Julia Kendrick. 3. Thankful, born March 21, 1798, married Thomas Dalton. 4. Solomon, born February 17, 1800, married, June 22, 1824, Huldah Crosby. 5. Abigail, born De- cember 24, 1803, married, December 28, 1825, Elijah Knowles. 6. Hannah, born June 15, 1806, married, May 7, 1829, Isaac Doane. 7. Jerusha, born August 19, 1808, married J. G. Ward, of Provincetown. 8. Varnum, born February 5, 1812, married Mary G. Irwin, of Scotland. 9. Henry, born November 30, 1817, married Mary B. Bangs.
(VII) William Freeman, son of Solomon Freeman (6), was born in Brewster, Novem- ber 13, 1794. 'Married, in 1819, Martha Si-
monds, of Newburyport, Massachusetts. He resided in Brewster, Massachusetts. Children : I. Captain William, born January 27, 1820, married, September 28, 1845, Phebe Hurd and had: Willard K., born June 20, 1846, in Or- leans, and Clara D., born January, 1862, in Brewster. 2. Charles, born June 15, 1822, married Mehitable Ryder. 3. Caroline, born April 13, 1824, married John Freeman, of Maine. 4. George, born April 20, 1826, men- tioned below. 5. Abigail, born April 25, 1828.
(VIII) Captain George Freeman, son of William Freeman (7), was born April 20, 1826. Married, March 14, 1852, Mary Hurd, born July 25, 1825, of Orleans, Massachusetts. He lived in Brewster. His children : I. Charles H., born June 29, 1853. 2. Florence, born June 28, 1855, married Granville M. Thomas (See sketch).
John Thomas, the progeni-
THOMAS tor of the Thomas family of Yarmouth, Maine, nephew or near relative of General John Thomas (4), probably grandson of John Thomas (3), was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1754, and was buried at North Yarmouth, Maine, July 24, 1843, aged eighty-eight years, ten months and twenty-two days. He had a pot- tery on the west side of Main street a little retired from the street which was removed thither from the site of Joseph Greenleaf's house. Thomas began business there in 1791, and was succeeded by Joel Brooks, who car- ried it on many years. Among his children was Captain William, mentioned below.
(II) Captain William Thomas, son of John Thomas (1); born August 8, 1780, lived in the same enclosure in which the pottery was established on Main street in a cottage. He married Mercy Gooding, February 26, 1807, who died April 22, 1847. He died November 4, 1873, aged ninety-three years. He followed the sea and commanded a ship which was cap-, tured by the British navy during the War of 1812 and he was confined in Dartmoor Prison, England. Children : 1. Joseph, mentioned be- low. 2. John, born February 8, 1810. 3.
Mercy Ann, born November 21, 1813. 4. Elizabeth Morss, born December 1, 1817. 5. Hannah S., born October 8, 1820. 6. George William, born August 7, 1824.
(III) Joseph Thomas, son of William Thomas (2), was born at Yarmouth, Maine, May 23, 1808, died in 1872. Married Abigail Lane. He lived in Melrose, Massachusetts. Children : 1. Julian A., born March 18, 1849,
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at Melrose. 2. Granville M., mentioned be- low. 3. Inez M., born May, 1853, at Melrose. (IV) Granville M. Thomas, son of Joseph Thomas (3), was born January 6, 1851, at Melrose, Massachusetts. He was educated in the public schools. He married, June 15, 1880, at Brewster, Massachusetts, Florence Freeman, daughter of Captain George Free- man, of Brewster. (See Freeman sketch). Children : 1. Charles Melville, born at Melrose, March 8, 1881, dentist, living in Malden. 2. Joseph Irving, born November 16, 1882.
(For preceding generations see Nicholas Holt 1).
(III) Thomas Holt, son of Nicho- HOLT las Holt (2), was born in An- dover, Massachusetts, August 16, 1686; married first, December 14, 1708, Alice Peabody, who died July 29, 1726; married second, Abigail who died November 29, 1766, aged eighty-eight. He died January 12, 1767, aged eighty-one. Children: I. Child, born at Andover, Septem- ber 5, 1709, died young. 2. Thomas, born March, 1712; mentioned below. 3. Lydia, born at Andover, January 2, 1714; married January 30, 1734, Benjamin Holt; he died July 19, 1784, she September 30, 1778. 4. Joseph, born February 28, 1716; married Mary Abbot; removed to Lunenburg. 5. Abiel, born April 25,'1718; died` September II, 1744. 6. William, born December 10, 1720; removed to Hampton, Connecticut ; married Hannah Holt; second, Sybil Durkee. 7. Alice, born September 18, 1723; married John Barnard, Jr. 8. Jonathan, born May 18, 1726; died June 2, 1726.
(IV) Thomas Holt, son of Thomas Holt (3), was born at Andover, Massachusetts, March, 1712; married August 15, 1734, Han- nah Kimball, of Boxford, who died June 12, 1748; married second, January 26, 1749, Dor- cas, daughter of Nicholas and Dorcas Holt. He was reputed to be the largest landholder in Andover, owning land a mile or more in every direction from his residence. His wife Dor- cas was the first owner of a gig in the village. It created no little wonder, as she drove to meeting at a rate not quite orthodox, the young people' exclaiming : "Clear the road; Aunt Dorcas is comin'!" He died November 21, 1776; his widow afterward removed to Wilton, New Hampshire, where she died. Children of Thomas and Hannah Holt: I. Nathan, born at Andover, July 17, 1735. 2. Hannah, born February II, 1739; married Daniel Holt. 3. Daniel, born September II,
1740; married Alice Holt. 4. Asa, born May 3, 1743; married Dinah Holt; second, Lydia Patten, widow. 5. Mehitable, born February 8, 1744; married Samuel Lafkin and Abner Wilkins. 6. Abiel, born April 3, 1746, mar- ried Lydia Lovejoy. Children of Thomas and Dorcas Holt : 7. Thomas, born June 15, 1750. 8. Dorcas, born March 19, 1753. 9. Mary, born March II, 1758; married Lieutenant John Adams. 10. Lois, born October 29, 1760; married Moses Pearson. II. William, born September 7, 1763; mentioned below. 12. Joseph, born September 29, 1766; married Abigail Holt.
(V) William Holt, son of Thomas Holt (4), was born at Andover, Massachusetts, September 7, 1763; married July 29, 1784, Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Jacob. She died at Weld, Maine, 1829. He removed to Wil- ton, New Hampshire, subsequently returned to Andover, and died December 23, 1810. Children : 1. Jacob, born at Andover, Decem- ber 13, 1784; married Hannah Raymond. 2. Stephen, born at Andover, April 11, 1786. 3. William, born at Andover, March 6, 1788; married Lucy Woodbury. 4. Elizabeth, born at Wilton, March 12, 1790; died 1797. 5. Jo- seph, born January 28, 1792; mentioned be- low. 6. Asa, born at Wilton, May 5, 1794, married Alethenia Butterfield, of Weld, Maine. 7. Nathan, born at Wilton and lived at Weld. 8. Elizabeth, married February 16, 1818, Benjamin Houghton.
(VI) Joseph Holt, son of William Holt (5), was born at Wilton, New Hampshire, January 28, 1792; married, 1814, Betsey, daughter of Uriah Smith, of Wilton. He was for a time a carpenter, then a proprietor of the first line of stages running through Wilton, but for the greater part of his life was an itinerant mer- chant. Children: I. Varnum Sawtelle, adopt- ed son, mentioned below. 2. Mary Elizabeth, born August 18, 1817; died September 26, 1837. 3. Olivia A., born February II, 1820; died March 7, 1820. 4. Joseph Smith, born at Wilton, May 27, 1823 ; married July 31, 1853, Hannah Celestia, daughter of Moses Merriam, of Mason; resided at Keene. 5. Helen Jane, born July 16, 1829; married August 31, 1853, Philander Ring.
(VII) Varnum Sawtelle Holt, adopted son of Joseph Holt (6), was born January 22,. 1815. His parents were named Sawtelle. He lived at Henniker and Wilton, New Hamp- shire, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was a well-to-do merchant. He died January 28, 1869, at Vicksburg, now Lakewood, New Jersey. He married, May 5, 1837, Caroline
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Susan, third child of John and Susannah (Hale) Gibson. She was born in Henniker, New Hampshire, February 21, 1815. Her father was born at Henniker, October 22, 1772; died there June 5, 1836.
Captain Joseph Gibson, father of John Gib- son (6), was born at Stow, Massachusetts, July 8, 1750; died at Henniker, May 23, 1801 ; married, 1772, Olive Randall, of Stow, born August 26, 1749, died December 30, 1816. Captain Gibson was a settler in Henniker in 1774; selectman there 90-91-96-97-99 ; captain for Henniker alarm list 1776, later command- er of the town company, one of the so-called "slam-bang" companies ; but was prevented by disability from doing active service in the war.
Captain Timothy Gibson, father of Captain Joseph, was born in Stow, January 20, 1702-3 ; died at Henniker, January 18, 1782; married December 29, 1725, Persis Rice, born in Sud- bury, January 10, 1706-7, died at Henniker, March 22, 1781, daughter of Deacon Jonathan Rice, granddaughter of Joseph Rice, and great-granddaughter of the immigrant, Ed- mund Rice, of Sudbury, Captain Timothy Gibson was brought up in Stow by Abraham Holman ; his boyhood and early manhood were spent in Sudbury ; removed to Groton, Massa- chusetts, and thence to Stow; was selectman in Stow 1734-35-36-39, constable in 1745, and captain in militia; removed to Henniker when seventy-one years old, with his son, in 1774; signed the association test, and was an earnest patriot.
Deacon Timothy Gibson, father of Captain Timothy Gibson, was born in Cambridge, about 1679; died at Stow, July 14, 1757 ; mar- ried first, at Concord, November 17, 1700, Re- becca Gates, of Stow, born in Marlborough, July 23, 1682, died in Stow, January 21, 1754, daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Woodward) Gates. Deacon Timothy married second, Sub- mit Taylor, widow, of Sudbury. Deacon Gib- son was brought up by Abraham Holman; settled in Stow; was a large land owner in . Lunenburg, Massachusetts ; selectman of Stow 1734-35-36 and 39.
John Gibson, Jr., father of Deacon Timothy, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, about 1641 ; died October 15, 1679; married Decem- ber 9, 1668, Rebecca Errington (Harrington), born at Cambridge, died there December 4, 1713, daughter of Abraham and Rebecca (Cut- ler) Errington; a witness in the witchcraft case : soldier in King Philip's war under Cap- tain Thomas Prentice, in the Mt. Hope Ex- pedition.
John Gibson (1), father of John Gibson, Jr., was born in 1601, in England; settled in Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, 1631; died 1694; mar- ried first, Rebecca who was. buried December 1, 1661, in Roxbury; married sec- ond, July 24, 1662, Joan Prentice, widow of Henry Prentice of Cambridge; was admitted freeman May 17, 1637. (See Gibson family).
Children of Varnum Sawtelle and Caroline Susan (Gibson) Holt: I. Joseph Gibson, born at Henniker, March 9, 1839, died June 18, 1907, at Boston; a lawyer residing in Cam- bridge, practicing in Boston; married first, June 14, 1863, Mary A. Drake, of Leomin- ster, who died September 1, 1877; second, January 27, 1880, Carrie C. Smith; children: i. Mary Gibson, born at Cambridge, August 4, 1868, married January 7, 1889, Alfred H. Burlen, of Malden, manufacturer, and have two children: Gertrude Frances Burlen, born February 16, 1891, and Robert A. Burlen, January 29, 1893; ii. Charles Joseph, born at Cambridge, October 22, 1880; iii. Carroll Varnum, born at Cambridge, February 25, 1884, died June 12, 1895; iv. Caroline Jo- sephine, born at Cambridge, December I, 1887, married Charles H. Bowers. 2. Lieu- tenant Charles Varnum, born at Wilton, New Hampshire, February 7, 1841 ; died at Cam- bridge, September 1864; married Sarah Fiske, of Cambridge; enlisted in Union army September 14, 1861, mustered September 18, as commissary sergeant First Massachusetts Cavalry, promoted second lieutenant July 25, 1862, first lieutenant February 3, 1863, trans- ferred August 4, 1863, to Fourth Massachu- setts Cavalry, discharged for disability July 26, 1864, and died soon after. 3. Homer C., born April 4, 1846; mentioned below. 4. Caroline E., born at Wilton April 4, 1851; died October 27, 1851. 5. Edward Hale, born at Wilton July 9, 1854; residence, New York city; he died in Philadelphia in 1903.
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