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(II) Frederick Abbott Baron, son of Chris- topher Baron (I), was born in Lowell, Janu- ary 8, 1830. He received his early education in the public schools of his native place. He learned the trade of machinist, and became a skillful mechanic. For many years he was employed as machinist in the Merrimack Mills, Lowell. Afterward he was a water in- spector of the city of Lowell for many years. Mr. Baron was a Republican in politics, and was always interested in the success of its principles and candidates, but never cared for public office himself. He attended the First Congregational Church. He was a member of no secret organizations. He enlisted in the Union army in the civil war in Company G, Sixth Massachusetts Regiment Volunteers, and was a member of Post No. 185, G. A. R., of Lowell. He married, October, 1888, Delia
Christopher Baran
HARRIET J. BARON
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Hanson, born in Augusta, Maine, March 9, 1854, daughter of William Henry and Lois (Dennis) Hanson. Their only child is Bertha Cynthia.
Isaac Skillings, grandfather of Susan Grey (Skillings) Baron, resided at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, was a farmer and land owner; he had seven sons, and gave each of them a hundred acres in the wilderness; he died about 1840, at the age of ninety-five; he was of Scotch descent ; he married Jane Trickey, also of Scotch descent. Isaac Skillings, father of Susan Grey (Skillings Baron, born April 4, 1793; was a farmer near Cape Elizabeth, and a large land owner; died December 1, 1870. He married Susan Grey, of North Yarmouth, June 16, 1817, died July 6, 1888.
MYRICK John Myrick, immigrant an- cestor, was born in England in 1614. His three brothers, Wil- liam, born 1603, James, 1612, and Thomas 1620, also settled in this country. They are believed to be sons of John Myrick, born about 1579, probably at St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Rev. William Myrick (Mirick or Merrick), father of John just mentioned, grandfather of the four immigrants, was born about 1546, nephew of Rt. Rev. Roland Mer- rick, bishop of Bangor, England, rector of St. Davids, a fishing village on St. Bride's Bay, southwest Wales. Rev. John Myrick, father of Rev. William, was born about 1513, was rector of Llandegai. Meuric ap Llewellyn, father of Rt. Rev. Roland Merrick and of Rev. John Merrick, was captain of the guard at the coronation of Henry VIII, April 15, 1509. His will is dated 1538; his castle at Bordor- gan, Wales, is still in the Myrick family. (See Burke's Peerage for his pedigree). John My- rick, the immigrant, settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts ; married there Hopestill , 1641 ; was admitted a citizen of Charlestown, February 14, 1641 ; was a cooper and block- maker by trade, and had a shop of his own on the water front in Charlestown. He died Feb- ruary 15, 1678-79 ; his will was proved 1678- 79, his brother James of Newbury settling the estate. Children: I. Hopestill, born Febru- ary 20, 1642-43 ; married Richard Rosmorgan. 2. Benjamin, born June 22, 1644, married Sarah Orton. 3. Hannah, married John Walker. 4. James, died young. 5. John, mentioned below. 6. Sarah, born May I, 1657, married Thomas Chapman. 7. Mercy, born December 30, 1658, married John Mou- sall. 8. Abigail, born February, 1660, mar-
ried Joseph Allen, of Sudbury. 9. Jo- seph. IO. Amathia, married Abel Benjamin. II. Mary.
(II) John Myrick, son of John Myrick (I), born 1655, at Charlestown, Massachusetts ; married February 9, 1682, Elizabeth Trow- bridge, at Newton, Massachusetts, born Oc- tober 12, 1660, daughter of Deacon James Trowbridge, born in Dorchester, 1636, died May 22, 1717, son of Thomas Trowbridge, of Taunton, England, and lived in Dorchester, Massachusetts (1634), and New Haven, Con- necticut. Elizabeth died 1734 at Newton, John Myrick was a tanner by trade; was admitted freeman July 21, 1685; Bond says he was killed by the Indians in Groton, July 21, 1706. His will was dated April 29, 1706. Children : I. Thankful, born Apil 24, 1685, married Jon- athan Wood. 2. Rebecca, born April 20, 1687, married James Livermore. 3. Samuel, mentioned below. 4. Sarah, born May 6, 1692, married Jonathan Fuller. 5. John, born November 30, 1694, married Abigail Harring- ton. 6. Margaret, born October, 1695, mar- ried William Whitney. 7. James, born Octo- ber 26, 1696, married Mary Woolson. 8. De- borah, born 1698. 9. Elizabeth, born August, 1699, married Benoni Woodward. 10. Elisha, born March 5, 1701. II. Lydia, born July 7, 1704, married James Cheney.
(III) Samuel Myrick, son of John Myrick (2), born March 1, 1690, at Newton, Massa- chusetts ; married, May 14, 1718, Mary Strat- ton, of Watertown; married (second) Susan Coolidge, 1741. He died April 29, 1749, aged fifty-nine. Children: I. Samuel, born April 12, 1719, married Hannah Coolidge. 2. Mary, born July 15, 1721, married Samuel Smith. 3. Sarah, born December 19, 1722, married Ichabod Robinson. 4. Esther, born February 27, 1725, married Samuel Mason. 5. Anna, born August 3, 1729. 6. Elizabeth, born March 20, 1732. 7. Abigail, born December 23, 1734, married George Ward. 8. Hannah, born. September 17, 1738. 9. Lydia, born January 7, 1740-41. IO. Jonathan, mentioned below.
(IV) Jonathan Myrick, son of Samuel My- rick (3), was born at Newton. Married, Oc- tober 26, 1749, at Waltham, Abigail Brown, who died in 1813. Jonathan served with the minute-men at Lexington and Concord. Chil- dren : I. Mary, born August 10, 1750, at New- ton. 2. Abigail, born November 6, 1751. 3. Anna, born February 17, 1753, married John Seaver. 4. Susannah, born March 4, 1756, married Richard Everett. 5. Hannah, born June 1, 1757. 6. Samuel, mentioned below.
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7. Jonathan, born May 31, 1761, settled at Providence, Rhode Island. 8. Fatty.
(V) Lieutenant Samuel Myrick, son of Jonathan Myrick (4), was born at Newton, Massachusetts, February 6, 1759. Married," April II, 1786, in Watertown, Martha Brewer, born 1768, daughter of Colonel Jonathan Brewer, who was born in Framingham, Feb- ruary 3, 1725-26, lived on the Goddard place, later called J. H. Temple's, which he bought February 24, 1760; he removed to a farm on the line between Waltham and Watertown bought February 19, 1770, of Thomas Wellington, Jr., and kept a tavern in Wal- tham; died there January 4, 1784; he served in the French and Indian wars, and in 1759 was in command of a com- pany of Rangers in the expedition against Quebec. About the middle of May, 1775, Cap- tain Brewer proposed to Congress to raise a force of five hundred men to march against Quebec. In some way he offended the com- mittee of safety, and May 26 following they sent charges against him with a view to defeat his proposed expedition and secure his rejec- tion as colonel of the regiment. Colonel Buck- minster, Captain Edwards and others appeared before congress to refute the charges, and though his proposition was rejected he con- tinved to raise his regiment, and June 17, the day of the battle of Bunker Hill, he and his officers were duly commissioned. His lieuten- ant-colonel was William Buckminster. His brother, Colonel David Brewer, also raised a regiment. Samuel Brewer, another brother, then living in Rutland, was adjutant-general of the troops at Roxbury; was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill in which all three of the colonel-brothers were engaged. Colonel Jonathan Brewer and one hundred and sixty- five men of his regiment fought in the battle of Bunker Hill, and the colonel received a painful wound in the arm. We are told that he used a double-barreled gun through the firing. Colonel Jonathan Brewer's regiment was stationed after the battle on Prospect Hill (now Somerville) through the summer. The regiment was known as the sixth. He was succeeded in command by Colonel Asa Whit- comb, and Washington appointed Colonel Brewer barrack master "until something bet- ter worth his acceptance could be provided." He served in Major-General Green's division in 1776 as a field officer.
Jonathan Brewer, father of Colonel Jon- athan Brewer, was born June 21, 1689. He bought in 1717 of Caleb Bridges and Joseph Buckminster a tract of sixty-two acres of com-
mon land and built where Edward Goodnow lately lived; died 1752; married Ara- bella
John Brewer, father of Jonathan Brewer, was born in Cambridge, October 10, 1642, died January I, 1690-91. Married Elizabeth Rice, daughter of Henry, and granddaughter of Ed- mund Rice, and lived in Sudbury, Massachu- setts.
John Brewer or Bruer, the immigrant, was born in England, settled in Cambridge as early as 1642, in Sudbury, 1647. Married (first) Ann and (second) Mary (See Brewer sketch).
Colonel Jonathan Brewer married Frances Buckminster, daughter of Colonel Joseph Buckminster, Jr., who served actively in the French and Indian wars and the revolution. Colonel Joseph Buckminster, Sr., father of Colonel Joseph, Jr., was very prominent ; born July 31, 1666, at Brookline, Massachusetts. (Muddy River), settled in Framingham; cap- tain of grenadiers in the Port Royal expedi- tion, colonel of militia. His father was Joseph Buckminster, and his grandfather Thomas Buckminster, the immigrant. (See Buck- minster sketch in this work).
To return to the biography of Lieutenant Samuel Myrick : He was a private in Captain Craft's company, Colonel Bond's regiment, in 1775; he was commissioned lieutenant and quartermaster in Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's regiment (12th), January: I, 1777; first lieu- tenant September 5, 1780; in second regiment in 1783. He was a pensioner living in Ver- mont in 1820. He was in many important en- gagements and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He enlisted in the regiment of Colonel Jonathan Brewer after the latter retired. He was in Captain Thomas Wellington's company, Colonel Asa Whitcomb in command in 1776. In 1777 he was in Cap- tain Brewer's company, Colonel Brewer's regi- ment. He was also sergeant in the Major's company, Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's regiment (12th) in 1777-1779. He was in the service as late as August 15, 1783, making about eight years of almost continuous service.
Children : I. Harriet. 2. Marshall M., · born April 20, 1801, married, March.31, 1843, Catherine A. Walton ; died February 28, 1856, at Woodstock; had children (i. Madison M., born December 26, 1843, married, August 3, 1868, Lucina E. Riggs, of Ludlow, Vermont, and have one son, Clarence Riggs Myrick ; ii. Florence, born June 25, 1845, married, Oc- tober 3, 1862, Francis P. Spaulding, of Spring- field, Vermont ; iii. Morton M., born 1847, died:
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1848,) 3. Lawson, moved to western New York where he had a large family now scat- tered through the west. 4. Samuel, married Laura Farnsworth, of Woodstock, Vermont ; died February 3, 1871, at North Springfield, Vermont, leaving no issue. 5. Caroline Wins- low, married, July 5, 1821, John Winslow Standish. (See sketch of Standish family herewith).
STANDISH Captain Myles Standish, who came in the "Mayflow- er" in 1620, with his wife Rose, was born in England about 1586. He settled first in Plymouth, but removed soon among the early settlers of Duxbury across the bay from Plymouth and the hill rising abruptly from the waters of Plymouth Bay, upon which he built his house and lived the remainder of his life, has been called Cap- tain's Hill to this day.
He signed the Compact and became one of the leading'men of the colony. In February, 1621, at a general meeting to establish mili- tary arrangements he was chosen captain and vested with the command. He conducted all the early expeditions against the Indians and continued in the military service of the colony his whole life. He commanded the Plymouth troops which marched against the Narragan- setts in 1645, and when hostilities with the Dutch were apprehended in 1653 he was one of the council of war of Plymouth and was appointed to command the troops which the council determined to raise. He was also prominent in the civil affairs of the colony; was for many years assistant, that is one of the governor's council, and when in 1626 it became necessary to send a representative to England to represent the colonists in the bus- iness arrangements with the merchant adven- turers, he was selected. He was a commis- sioner of the United colonies and a partner in the trading company.
He married (first) Rose -, who came with him and died January 29, 1620-21. He married (second) Barbara before 1627, when she and his children, Alexander, Charles and John, had shares of cattle with him. His will dated March 7, 1655, was proved May, 1657. He desired to be buried near his deceased daughter Lora and daugh- ter-in-law Mary. He bequeathed to his wife ' Barbara; eldest son Alexander; sons Myles, Charles and Josias; "to Marrye Robenson whome I tenderly love for her Grandfather's sake;" to servant John Swift, Jr .; to son and
heir-apparent (under. the English law) Alex- ander lands in Ormsticke, Borsconge, Wrightington, Maralsley, Wooburrow, Craw- ston and the Isle of Man, which were de- tained from him; his great-grandfather being a younger brother from the house of Stand- ish. He died October 3, 1656. An im- posing monument has been erected on Captain's Hill, Duxbury. Captain Standish is one of the Pilgrims known to every gener- ation since and to the whole world, partly be- cause of his military prominence, the first in New England, and partly, especially in the present generation, from the poem of Long- fellow "The Courtship of Myles Standish." Children: 1. Alexander, mentioned below. 2. Charles, living in 1627. 3. John, living in 1627 .. 4. Myles, settled in Boston; died April 5, 1653; married Sarah Winslow, daughter of John, July 19, 1660; widow married Tobias Paine and later Richard Middlecott; died 1726. 5. Lora. 6. Charles.
(II) Alexander Standish, son of Captain Myles Standish (I), married (first) Sarah A1- den, daughter of John and Priscilla (Molines) Alden. He married (second) Desire (Doty), daughter of Edward Doty and widow first of Israel Holmes and second of William Sher- man. He was admitted to the freedom of the colony in 1648; was third town clerk of Dux- bury from 1695 to 1700. He died in Dux- bury in 1702; his widow Desire in 1723. His will was dated July 5, 1702, and proved Au- gust 10, 1702. He bequeathed to his eldest son Myles his dwelling house and homestead at Duxbury; mentions also children Thomas, Ichabod, and Desire Standish, Lorah Sam- son, Lydia Samson, Mercy Samson, Eliza- beth Delano, Sarah Soule, Ebenezer. The estate in England to which his father referred in his will he devised also, stating that he had committed it "into ye hands of Robert Or- chard to recover in England by letters of At- torney from under my hand and seal; and John Rogers of Boston in New England by a letter of Attorney from under my hand & seal." Children, by wife Sarah: I. Myles, married Experience Sherman or Holmes; he died September 15, 1739. 2. Ebenezer, born 1672, died 1748; married Hannah Sturtevant. 3. Lorah, married Abraham Sampson, of Duxbury. 4. Lydia, married Isaac Sampson, of Plympton. 5. Mercy, married Caleb Sampson, of Duxbury. 6. Sarah, married Benjamin Soule, of Plympton. 7. Elizabeth, married Samuel Delano, of Duxbury. By wife Desire: 8. Thomas, born 1687, married Mary Carver. 9. Desire, born 1689, mar-
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ried Nathan Weston. IO. Ichabod, married Phebe Ring or Pring. II. David, killed in Duxbury 1689 by the fall of a tree.
(III) Thomas Standish, son of Alexander . Standish (2), was born in Duxbury, Massa- chusetts, in 1687. Married Mary Carver, daughter of William Carver, settled in Marsh- field, but removed to Pembroke where his name appears in 1718. He was elected tith- ingman March I, 1735, and again March 7, 1753. Children: I. David, born 1723, mar- ried Hannah Magoon. 2. Amos, probably born in Marshfield, married, December 14, 1783, Esther Kingsbury, of Dedham. 3. Thomas, born January 23, 1725, mentioned below. 4. Mary, born January 21, 1733. 5. William, born June 24, 1737, married, 1763, Abigail Stetson. 6. Betty, born September 6, 1739.
(IV) Thomas Standish, son of Thomas Standish (3), was born in Pembroke, Massa- chusetts, January 23, 1725, died June 18, 1759, in his Majesty's service at the westward at Fort Miller. He married, February 10, 1748, Martha Bisbee. Children: I. Thomas, died 1780. 2. Hadley, mentioned below.
(V) Hadley Standish, son of Thomas Standish (4), was born at Pembroke in 1759. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a private in Captain John Turner's company of Pem- broke, Colonel John Cushing's regiment in 1776; also in the same company, Colonel Theophilus Cotton's regiment which marched to Rhode Island in September, 1777. He married Abigail Gardner, born in 1764 and died in Bristol, New York, October 21, 1846. He removed to Woodstock, Vermont, in 1793, thence to Bristol, New York, in 18II, and died there November 10, 1813. Children, born in Pembroke: I. Thomas (twin), born August 2, 1782, at Pembroke; married Martha Farns- worth and died August 24, 1860. 2. Salome or Sally (twin), born August 2, 1782, mar- ried Beezer Wood, born 1785; died 1850 at Bristol, New York. 3. John Winslow, born July 19, 1785, mentioned below. 4. Sabrina, married John Ganyard and she died in 1863 in Bristol. 5. Permelia, married Michael John- son : resided and died in Michigan. 6. Rosa- mond, born in Woodstock, Vermont, died in Bristol, New York. 7. Abigail, born in Wood- stock, removed to Bristol; married Hawes ; (second)
Merrill; she died in Cuba, New York. 8. Stephen, born at Wood- stock in 1795, died February 12, 1802, at Bris- tol. 9. Samuel, born March 12, 1798, married Sabrina Berthia Booth ; he died July 26, 1883. IO. Ira, born May 9, 1801, married, April I,
1828; died July 16, 1883. · II. Orrin, born in Woodstock, died young in Bristol.
(VI) John Winslow Standish, son of Had- ley Standish (5), was born in Pembroke, July 19, 1785, removed with his father's family to Woodstock, Vermont, in 1793. He married, July 5, 1821, Caroline Winslow Myrick, daughter of Lieutenant Samuel Myrick. She was born December, 1790. She died June II, 1858. He was by occupation a farmer, of stern integrity and honor, much respected by his townsmen. He died September 1, 1874. Children : I. and 2. Twin sons died in infancy. 3. Benjamin Franklin, mentioned below. 4. John Van Ness, born February 26, 1825, in Woodstock, married, March 24, 1859, H. Au- gusta Kendall; he was graduated from Nor- wich University in 1847; appointed professor in mathematics and astronomy in Lombard University at Galesburg, Illinois; resigned in 1891 and traveled a year, returning to Lom- bard as its president; has the degrees of Ph. D. and LL. D .; has no children. 5. Caroline Maria, born September 2, 1829, died June 2, 1832. 6. Mary Ann Myrick, born November 2, 1830, married, May 6, 1857, Sanford Wild- er, who was born August 12, 1824; children : i. John Standish, born December 24, 1859, married Lizzie M. Wood, December 24, 1884; ii. Carrie A., born August 29, 1862, died Au- gust 6, 1888.
(VII) Benjamin Franklin Standish, son of John Winslow Standish (6), was born at Woodstock, Vermont, November 3, 1823. Married, August 20, 1849, Abigail Lavinia Benjamin, born August 23, 1826, died March 16, 1888, daughter of Lemuel Benjamin, farm- er, and his wife Beulah (Fullerton) Benja- min, who came from Pembroke, Massachu- setts, to Woodstock, Vermont, in ox-teams. He is living (1907) at Woodstock. He was a Universalist in religion in youth, but Epis- copalian in later years. In politics he was a Republican, and for many years was trustee of the village in which he lived. He was a tanner by trade and had a large tannery dur- ing his active business life, and is one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of his neighborhood. Children : I. Ella Maria, born May 28, 1855, married Charles K. Mitchell, June 22, 1881. (See forward). 2. Clarence Eugene, born January 2, 1857, died November 18, 1860. 3. Edward Marsh, born May 23, 1860, died unmarried in 1895; resided at Woodstock, Vermont.
Rev. Thomas Mitchell, son of Thomas Mitchell, was born in New York City. He was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal
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church. He married Mary Lavender, who
was born in a suburb of London. Child, Charles Kossuth, mentioned below.
Charles Kossuth Mitchell, son of Rev. Thomas Mitchell, was born in Lansingburg, New York, April 8. 1853. He was educated in the public schools. of Albany and New York. He is a salesman in the leather busi- ness. In politics he is independent. He is a member of the St. Paul's Protestant Episco- pal Church. He is a member of the Kern- wood Club of Malden, Massachusetts. He married, June 22, 1881, Ella Maria Standish, born May 28, 1855, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Standish (7) (See sketch). Chil- dren: 1. Lillian Standish, born May 23, 1882. 2. Florence Lavender, born February 24, 1884. 3. Ruth Lavinia, born January, 1889.
(For early generations see William Wood I.)
WOOD (IV) Captain Ephraim Wood, son of Jacob Wood (3), born in Concord, February 4, 1702; mar- ried Mary, daughter of Peter and Rachel (Fletcher) Buss. He was captain of the Con- cord company. Ephraim lived on the farm occupied by his father and grandfather before him. He was one of the selectmen of Con- cord in 1749. His wife died September II, 1781. Children, born at Concord: I. Oliver, born April 11, 1730; married, June 13, 1750, Lucy Hosmer, removed to Baker, Maine. 2. Ephraim, born August 1, 1733; mentioned below. 3. Amos, born April 14, 1737; mar- ried, February 24, 1763, Dorothy Dakin, of Sudbury; inherited the Wood homestead; soldier in the Revolution, and late in life had the title Colonel. 4. Peter, born June 30, 1740; married, November 22, 1764, Sibyl Howe, daughter of Thomas: he became a prominent citizen of Marlborough. 5. Mary, born March 6, 1741. 6. Rebecca, born Feb- ruiary 21, 1743.
(V) Ephraim Wood, Jr., son of Ephraim Wood (4), was born in Concord, August I, 1733; married, October 24, 1758 (by Rev. Mr. Bliss), Marv Heald, daughter of Amos and Elizabeth (Billings) Heald, of Lincoln, Mas- sachusetts. She was born March 23, 1737, and died July 13, 1807. He married (second), January 28. 1808 (by Rev. Ezra Ripley), Mili- cent Barrett, widow of James Barrett, of Con- cord. Ephraim died April 8. 1814. His wid- ow died January 1, 1821, aged eight-three. He was one of the leader's of that section in the Revolution, was delegate to the provin- cial congress; on the committee of safety and
correspondence in 1776-78-83; and filled many other positions of trust and danger at that time. Shattuck's "History of Concord" says of him: "Hon. Ephraim Wood was bred a shoemaker, and had no other education than that offered by the common schools of the day. Though he did not possess what are called brilliant talents, he had a calm, con- siderate mind and sound judgment. As early as 1771 he was chosen town clerk, selectman, overseer of the poor, and assessor, and re- elected twenty-seven years, and for much of the spirit of those times we are indebted to him, as history will fully show. He was one of the first justices appointed by the council after the secession from British authority, and held the office during the remainder of his life. From February, 1776, to 1798, he mar- ried many couples. He was also one of the judges of common pleas. The American Revolution called into exercise his active and vigorous powers, and as a magistrate and in various departments he rendered important service to the country. In domestic life his disposition and example were highly amiable and worthy. As a Christian he was humble and devout, sincere and ardent."
Children, born in Concord: I. Daniel, born October 23, 1760; mentioned below. 2. Per- sis, born October 26, 1762; married .Dr. Adonijah Howe, of Jaffrey, New Hampshire. 3. Stephen, born October 10, 1764; married, June 21, 1793, Betsey Richardson, of Water- town; married (second) Sally Wood, widow . of his brother, Nathan Wood. 4. Nathan, born January 8, 1766; married, January 9, 1794, Esther Wheeler, who died May 17, 1803; (second) Sarah Barrett; he died No- vember 16, 1810. 5. Hannah, born July 16, 1768, died March 28, 1809. 6. Ephraim, born October 7, 1773: married, October 12, 1806, Dorothy Pembleton; second, Prudence My- rick; and third, Mehitable B. Rogers. 7. William, born January 10, 1775; married Nancy Myrick, born in Charlestown, May 3, 1780; second, Mary Pillsbury. 8. Elijah, born October 31, 1776; died February II, 1785. 9. John, born April 1. 1778, settled in Keene, New Hampshire, never married; died October, 1856.
(VI) Daniel Wood, son of Ephraim Wood (5), was born in Concord, October 23. 1760; married, December 22, 1788 (by Justice James Barrett), Hannah, daughter of Deacon James Barrett, Jr., and his wife Mil- licent Estabrook. Hannah was born in Con- cord, February 6, 1768, and died April 27, 1800. His mother-in-law, Millicent, after-
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ward married to his father Ephraim, thus be- came also his stepmother. Daniel married (second) December 30, 1802, Sarah, daugh- ter of Deacon Joshua and Hannah (Simonds) Brooks, of Lincoln, Massachusetts. She. was born November II, 1768, and died Novem- ber 28, 1837; he died December 10, 1844. Children, born in Concord: I. Elijah, born September 18, 1790; married, September 27, 1815, Elizabeth Farmer, of Billerica, who died August 1, 1843, aged forty-eight. He married (second) August 15, 1844, Lucy Barrett; he died November 26, 1861. 2. James, born March 17. 1792, mentioned below. 3. Mary (twin), born May 4, 1794. 4. Milly (twin), born May 4, 1794, died February 9, 1796. 5. Ephraim, born March 24, 1796, drowned May 4, 1861. 6. William, born August 31, 1798. Children of second wife: 7. Hannah Barrett, born February 9, 1804, died March 6, 1821. 8. Ephraim, born April 27, 1806. 9. Hiram, born June IT, 1808, married, May 19, 1823, Harriet Woods, of Concord. 10. Nathan, born July 14, 1812.
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