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Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter; Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar; a thirty- second degree Mason; Mystic Shrine; An- cient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston; James A. Garfield Post, No. 120, Grand Army of the Republic; Wauhatchie Command, Union Veterans' Union; Yorick Club, Vesper Country Club, New Hampshire Club of New England, and the Threeatime, a social club of the Thirteenth Regiment; vice president of Thirteenth Regiment Associa- tion, 1904. He attends the Kirk Street Con- gregational Church. He is a director of the Home for Destitute Children, Lowell. He married, January 1, 1884, Elizabeth F., daughter of Franklin and Carolin (Whitney) Webster, of Lowell. They have no children.
Daniel Hudson, immigrant HUDSON ancestor, came from England about 1639; was in Water- town, Massachusetts, 1640, and settled in Lancaster about 1665. He purchased of Major Simon Willard a proprietor's right there for forty pounds, and located on Gibson's Hill. He married Johanna - , and had six chil- dren or more before he came to Lancaster, where their births are recorded. He and his wife and two of their daughters, and two chil- dren of his son Nathaniel, were killed by In- dians at Lancaster, 1697. Though he died in Lancaster, he appears to have been absent from that town some portion of the time be- tween the date of his settlement and that of his death. In 1673 Daniel Hudson, "of Con- cord, sometimes of Lancaster," purchased twenty acres of land in Lancaster of John Moore, of Sudbury, and in 1674 Daniel Hud- son, "late of Lancaster but now of Cam- bridge Village (Newton)," deeded to his eld- est son Daniel, who is about to be married to Mary Maynard of Sudbury, daughter of John Maynard, the same twenty acre lot, in 1688 he and his wife deeded to their son Wil- liam land near Gibson's Hill in Lancaster. His will, dated 1695, proved October 14, 1697, mentions wife Johanna and sons Wil- liam, Nathaniel and Thomas. Children: I. Daniel, born May 26, 1651; married July 21, 1674, Mary Maynard. 2. Mary, born Sep- tember 7, 1653; married Samuel Waters .. 3. Sarah, born June 1, 1656; married Jacob Waters. 4. Elizabeth, born June 11, 1658; killed by Indians. 5. Johanna, born June 6, 1660; killed by Indians. 6. John, born May 10, 1662; died young. 7. Anne, born January 1, 1664; probably died young. 8. William,
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born June 12, 1665; removed to Bridge- water. 9. Abigail, born September 7, 1667; married January 6, 1684, James Atherton. IO. Nathaniel, mentioned below. II. Thomas, birth not recorded.
(II) Nathaniel Hudson, son of Daniel Hudson (I), was born in Lancaster, Massa- chusetts, March 15, 1671. He had land set off to him at Lancaster in 1718 and 1726 in virtue of the proprietor's right of his father, but was not a continuous resident of that town. In 1709 he was living in Billerica. Two of his children were killed by Indians in Lancaster, as related above. The record of his children is incomplete because largely of his frequent change of residence. Children: I. Seth, baptized at Lexington, April 22, 1705; settled in Marlborough; soldier in French war, 1759; lieutenant. 2. Nathaniel Jr., baptized April 22, 1705, at Lexington; married December 20, 1725, Jane Banister, of Marlborough. 3. Abigail, baptized with her two brothers at Lexington, April 22, 1705. 4. John, mentioned below.
(III) John Hudson, son of Nathaniel Hud- son (2), born 1713; married Elizabeth McAl- lister, of Northborough, who died May 16, 1786; married second, March 28, 1787, Bethia Wood, who survived him. He died in Ber- lin, August 6, 1799, aged eighty-six years ; re- sided first in Marlborough, then in Berlin. He was a soldier in the French war in 1755, in Captain Samuel Howe's company, in the Crown Point expedition; also one of the alarm men attached to company of Colonel Abraham Williams in Marlborough, in 1757: was in the revolution at the Lexington alarm. He had two sons in the French war and eight sons in the Revolution. Children: I. Elisha, married October 4, 1770, Susanna Brigham. 2. Elijah, mentioned below. 3. Miriam, born April, 1746; married Jonas Babcock, of Northborough. 4. Moses, born January 4, 1749; was about five years in the Revolutionary army, from Bolton; died un- married. 5. Aaron. born August 24, 1750. 6. Hannah, born July 20, 1752; died unmarried in Berlin. 7. Ebenezer, born May 16, 1755; died in service during Revolution. 8. John, born May 9, 1757; moved to Oxford; was three years in Continental army. 9. Charles, born 1759; three years in Continental army. IO. Stephen, born June 12, 1761; three years in Continental army. II. Elizabeth, married November 18, 1779, Levi Fay.
(IV) Elijah Hudson, son of John Hudson (3), born about 1744; married Hannah Good- now, of Northborough. He was in the
French war of 1758 and 1759, and also in the Revolution, in Captain Samuel Wood's com- pany, Colonel Jonathan Ward's regiment, at the Lexington alarm, and later in 1775. Af- ter the war he removed to Clarendon, Ver- mont, where he died. The record of his chil- dren is incomplete. Children: I. Elijah, of Northborough, aged sixteen ; five feet four inches; dark complexion; was soldier in com- pany of Captain Brigham, Colonel Cushing's regiment, March 19, 1781, then engaged; this record shows that his father and grandfather were also in the Revolution. 2. Francis, men- tioned below. 3. Patty, born November 17, 1782, at Northborough.
(V) Francis Hudson, son of Elijah Hudson (4), born 1770 ; married, 1800, Lucretia Howe, born January 19, 1782, died June 7, 1866, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Howe) Howe. Benjamin Howe was born in Marl- borough, October 17, 1751, and died July 18, 1814, son of Benjamin and Lucy (Amsden) Howe. Lucy was daughter of Thomas and Eunice Amsden. Benjamin Howe Sr. was born December 14, 1710, and died October 20, 1757, son of John and Deliverance (Rice) Howe of Sudbury. Deliverance was daugh- ter of John and Tabitha (Stone) Rice. John Howe, born September 16, 1682, died May 19, 1754, was son of Isaac and Frances (Woods) Howe. Isaac Howe was born Au- gust 8, 1648, died December 9, 1724, son of John Howe, of Sudbury and Marlborough, the immigrant. Abigail Howe, married Ben- jamin Howe, father of Lucretia (Howe) Hud- son, was born May 14, 1764, at Marlborough, daughter of Asa and Rachel (Goddard) Howe. Her father, Asa Howe, was born November 30, 1733, the son of Abraham and Rachel (Rice) and grandson of Benjamin and Mary (Greaves) Rice. Abraham was born March 21, 1698, in Marlborough, son of Jos- eph and Dorothy (Martin) Howe; Joseph Howe, born 1661, came to Marlborough in childhood ; married in Charlestown, December 29, 1687, Dorothy Martin. Children of Fran- cis and Lucretia (Howe) Hudson ; I. Charles Dennis, mentioned below. 2. Annis Eddy, born December 7, 1802. 3. Catherine Howe, March 4, 1805, in Marlborough. 4. Abigail Howe, June 20, 1809. 5. Lucretia, May 11, 1812. 6. Caroline, September 26, 1815. 7. Elizabeth Maria, September 2, 1818. 8. Lydia Gilbert, September 12, 1820.
(VI) Charles Dennis Hudson, son of Fran- cis Hudson (5), born at Marlborough, Octo- ber 8, 1800, died 1847, at Richmond, New Hampshire; married Sarah Darling, born in
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Sutton, Massachusetts, 1798, daughter of Job Darling. (See Darling). Child : Sarah Fanny, born February 19, 1831 ; died April 8, 1901, at Lowell, Massachusetts ; married Henry C. Howe, son of John Swain Howe (see Howe family ).
Dennis Darling, immigrant DARLING ancestor, born in England, about 1640, settled first in Braintree, Massachusetts. On old records his name is spelled also Denice Darly, and in various other styles. It is thought that he was the brother of John Darling, who set- tled in Braintree about the same time; mar- ried May 13, 1664, Elizabeth Downam and had several children in that town. It has been thought by some writers that the Brain- tree settlers were related to George Darling of Salem, Lynn and Marblehead, who was in Massachusetts, earlier and was some older, having been born in England in 1620.
Dennis Darling removed to Mendon, Mass- achusetts, shortly after the close of King Philip's war. He had married in Braintree, and six children were born there. He was one of the petitioners from Mendon to the general court for various means of relief in their endeavor to effect a successful resettle- ment of the town which the savages had en- tirely destroyed. He had a grant of land Oc- tober 25, 1682, and his name was on the tax roll dated January II, 1685, at Mendon. The next name to appear of this family was that of his son John, October 25, 1689. Dennis built his first cabin near the center of the village of Mendon, but most of his children settled in the South Parish. Dennis died at Mendon, January 25, 1718. He married at Braintree, January 3, 1662-3, Hannah Fran- cis. Children, born in Braintree: I. Cor- nelius, born March 4, 1663; died young. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Unnamed child, born August 18, died August 19, 1667. 4. Sarah, born January 26, 1669-70. 5. Cor- nelius, born March 23, 1675; settled at Re- hoboth and Bellingham. 6. Hannah, born June 14, 1677; married at Rehoboth, Decem- ber 25, 1701, John Martin. 7. Ebenezer, mar- ried at Rehoboth, March 3, 1698, Mary Mann, of Providence. 8. Daniel. 9. Elizabeth. 10. Benjamin.
(II) Captain John Darling, son of· Dennis Darling (1), born in Braintree, September 16, 1664. died at Bellingham, where he had been living for a time with his son, May 29, 1753, in his ninetieth year. He went to Mendon
with his father. His name appears first on the tax rolls October 25, 1689. He was called "Sr." in 1711, indicating that his son John was of age. He was one of the heirs of Samuel Shepherd in 1691. He had land laid out to him June 7, 1700, and served on the committee to lay out lots. He had a grant in 1706 in Mendon. His first wife was Anne Children: 1. John Jr., born about 1685. 2. Elizabeth. 3. Samuel, born March 18, 1693-4. 4. Ruth. 5. Hannah. 6. Marga- ret. 7. Ebenezer. 8. Mary. 9. Martha. 10. Abigail. II. Deborah. 12. Rachel. The six youngest had guardians appointed on the death of their grandfather in 1718 (see Suf- folk probate records).
(II) Daniel Darling, son of Dennis Darling (I), born in Braintree or vincinity, about 1680, died at Mendon, January 15, 1745-6. He was a blacksmith by trade. His first land grant recorded in Mendon was dated June 5, 1710, when he must have been of age. He had twelve acres allotted him June 23, 1718, and laid out May 1, 1719. On account of his interest in his father's north purchase a tract was laid out to him April 12, 1721, between Calip's Hill and the Round Meadow, east of land of John Darling, south by land of Sam- uel Thayer. He had land laid out to him February 12, 1723, on west side of the Great river, at a place called Angelico Spring. After his death a grant was made in his right to his daughters then married-Abigail, Lydia, Su- sanna and Keziah. He owned much land. He was constable in 1726. He had a saw mill and sold the planks for the bridge over the river to the town in 1736. He was on the committee to arrange with Uxbridge about the division of school money, May 15, 1732, and was on the committee from Men- don to meet committees from other towns in relation to the county seat. He made his will January 15, 1745-6. He married Lydia who survived him. Children: I. Daniel, executor. 2. Samuel, mentioned be- low. 3. Peter. 4. William; ancestor of the other Sutton family of Zelek Darling. 5. Abi- gail, married Thayer. 6. Lydia, mar-
ried Boyce. 7. Susanna, married Thompson. 8. Keziah, married
Hunt. These children were born between 1700 and 1724, all being of age at the father's cleath.
(III) Samuel Darling, son of Daniel Darling (2), born about 1715-20; married Sa- rah --- , and lived in Mendon. His will, dated at Mendon, January 24, 1793, contains not only his signature but that of his son Job,
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accepting the appointment as executor. Chil- dren, born about 1750 to 1775, at Mendon: I. Job, mentioned below. 2. David. 3. Su- sannah married -- Fairbanks. 4. Rachel. married Shepherd. 5. Leah, married
Owen. 6. Abigail, married
Aldrich. 7. Sarah, married Darling. 8. Benson, had the real estate. This is not the order of birth.
(IV) Job Darling, son of Samuel Darling (3), born about 1755, died at Sutton, Novem- ber 27, 1836. He was a soidier in the Revo- lution, a private in Captain Andrew Peter's company, Colonel Joseph Read's regiment (twentieth) during the campaign of 1775 around Boston, and was in service as late as October 30. He had a pension, as shown by probate records at Worcester. Children: I. Arreta, married Jonathan Pike. 2. Samuel. 3. Elisha. 4. Polly, married Rams- dell. 5. Roxanna, married Reuben Skinner. 6. Leah, married Otis Holbrook. 7. Phila, married Davis Buxton. 8. Peter. 9. Anna, married Jonathan Fuller. 10. Lydia. II. Sa- rah, married Charles D. Hudson. (see Hud- son family).
HOWE Abraham Howe, immigrant an- cestor of this branch of the Howe family, settled in Watertown and was a proprietor there. His second and third and possibly his first child were born there. His name first appears among the proprietors of Marlborough in 1660. His house stood near school No. 2. He died June 30, 1695. He married May 6, 1657, Hannah Ward, daughter of William Ward. She survived him, and died November 3, 1717. Children: I. Daniel, born 1658; mar- ried October 6, 1688, Elizabeth Kerley. 2. Mary, born 1659; married John Bowker, of Sudbury. 3. Joseph, born 1661; mentioned below. 4. Hannah, born November 9, 1663; married Eleazer Howe. 5. Elizabeth, born April 5, 1665; married Captain Nathan Brig -. ham. 6. Deborah, born March 1, 1667; mar- ried John Barrett. 7. Rebecca, born Febru- ary 4, 1668; married Peter Rice, of Marlbor- ough. 8. Abraham, born October 8, 1670; married, 1695, Mary Howe. 9. Sarah, born December 20, 1672; married Joseph Stratton, of Marlborough, 1695. io. Abigail, born March 4, 1675; died unmarried, April 17, 1697.
(II) Joseph Howe, son of Abraham Howe (I), born at Watertown, 1661, died Septem- ber 4, 1700. He was a large landholder in
Marlborough, Lancaster and Watertown, and owned a grist mill in Feltonville before 1700, probably the first mill erected there. His real estate was inventoried at fourteen hun- dred and forty-two pounds. He married December 29, 1687, Dorothy Martin, of Charlestown. Children: I. Sarah, born July 27, 1688; married, 1711, Jeremiah Barstow. 2. Eunice, born January 15, 1692; married, 1712, Thomas Amsden. 3. Bethia, born March 7, 1695. 4. Joseph, born February 19, 1697; married February 20, 1722, Zerviah Howe. 5. Abraham, born March 21, 1698; mentioned below. 6. Jedediah, born April 3, 1701.
(III) Abraham Howe, son of Joseph Howe (2), born March 21, 1698; married May 24, 1722, Rachel, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Graves) Rice. Children: I. Eu- nice, born May 16, 1725; married, 1749, David Warren. 2. Mary, born June 14, 1727; married, 1750, Frederick Barnes. 3. Persis, born November 14, 1728; married December 18, 1755, John Gleason. 4. Abraham, born December 14, 1730; married, September 17, 1755, Lydia Howe. 5. Asa, born November 30, 1733; mentioned below. 6. Abner, born November 1, 1735; married October 2, 1762, Sarah Harrington. 7. Adonijah, born May 31, 1764; married Lydia Church. 8. Anna, born February 5, 1766; died 1852.
(IV) Asa Howe, son of Abraham Howe (3), born November 30, 1733; married March 18, 1762, Rachel Goddard, who died June 10, 1814. Children: I. John, born November 25, 1762; married December 28, 1785, Mary Newton, and removed to Maine. 2. Abigail, born May 14, 1764. 3. Miriam, born Septem- ber II, 1765; married January II, 1787, Jos- eph Clisbee. 4. Lucy, born January 26, 1767; married July 20, 1784, Archelaus Howe. 5. Asa, born December 2, 1768; removed to New Hampshire. 6. Abraham, born February 22, 1770; mentioned below. 7. Esther, born February 25, 1772; married August 16, 1787, Calvin Howe. 8. Lydia, born July 7, 1774; married, 1800, Gilbert Howe; died October I, 1820.
(V) Captain Abraham Howe, son of Asa Howe (4), born February 22, 1770, died Oc- tober 2, 1848. He commanded a company of militia. He married November 25, 1793, Elizabeth Wetherbee, of Boxboro, who died August 28, 1853, aged seventy-seven. Chil- dren: 1. Amory, born September 3, 1795; married, 1817, Mary Brigham. 2. Eliza, born October 31, 1797; died unmarried, July 28, 1822. 3. Samuel, born March 2, 1800; men- tioned below. 4. Abraham, born March II,
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1802; married June 26, 1825, Mary R. Howe, daughter of Joseph Howe. 5. Ruth W., born February 27, 1804; married Merrick Hough- ton, of Berlin. 6. Alvin P., born April 5, 1806; married Sabra Houghton, sister of Merrick Houghton. 7. Mary Ann, born Sep- tember 3, 1808; died young. 8. Charles, born October 29, 1810; married April 16, 1835, Lucy Rice. 9. Harriet, born April 15, 1813; married George Kendall, of Weston. 'IO. Maria, born August 30, 1815; married Rev. Charles Kendall, of Bernardston, now Peter- sham. II. Matthew H., born October 10, 1817; resided at Baltimore, Maryland; mar- ried Miss Tyngers. 12. Lydia Eliza, born August 1, 1823; went south and married Ar- chibald Gilbert.
(VI) Samuel Howe, son of Abraham Howe (5), was born March 2, 1800. He learned the cooper's trade and early embarked in busi- ness, was very successful, and acquired con- siderable property. Retiring from business in 1842 he devoted the rest of his life to farming. He had a fine voice, and sang for years in the Unitarian church, of which he was a member. He had an open and generous disposition and an even temper, and was much beloved. He died April II, 1864. He married, October 8, 1822, Charlotte Howe, born August 10, 1800, and died March 30, 1839, daughter of Joseph and Eunice Howe (see sketch of Charlotte Howe family). Children: I. Charlotte A., married John Rice. 2. Clarissa, married Jo- seph Proctor. 3. Lewis A., married Jane Smith and Irene Cobb. 4. Simon Herbert, see forward.
(VII) Hon. Simon Herbert Howe, son of Samuel Howe (6), was born December 21, .1835. He graduated from the Marlborough high school in 1855. While attending school he made shoes for John W. Stevens, and paid his board with his earnings. With little capi- tal but plenty of brains and pluck, he started in business with his brother Lewis A. manu- facturing shoes in his father's old cooper shop. Soon after the building was enlarged he pur- chased his brother's interest, and was sole proprietor until 1861. In the meantime he bought a building on the corner of Pleasant and Elm streets, and moved the old cooper shop beside it. In 1861 he formed a partner- ship with Allen D. Howe, which lasted until 1865. The partnership was then dissolved, and Mr. Howe continued the business alone until 1888, when the corporation was formed. Mr. Howe was the principal stockholder, and was made president. The corporation now has two large factories with a floor space of
one hundred and seventy-five thousand square feet and a capacity of from nine thousand to ten thousand pairs of shoes per day. In 1875 Mr. Howe was elected a trustee of the Marl- borough Savings Bank, and he has been pres- ident of that institution since 1882, since re- signed. An active Republican, he was chair- man of the school committee a number of years. He was on the board of selectmen for a long period, part of the time as chairman. He was a representative to the general court' in 1877, and was chairman of the committee of manufactures. In 1890 he was elected the first mayor of Marlborough, and was remark- ably fortunate in his administration. In 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904 he was elected to the governor's council from his district, serving under Governors Wolcott and Crane. He and his wife are life members of the Ameri- can Unitarian Association. He married Janu- ary I, 1857, Harriette A. Brigham, daughter of William P. and Lavinia (Baker) Brigham. Children: I. Louis Porter, born May 29, 1858; mentioned below. 2. Alice Baker, born December 19, 1859; died 1860. 3. Charlotte Adelaide, born May 9, 1861; married May 6, 1885, Oscar Herbert Stevens (see sketch). 4. Annie Brigham, born June 15, 1871; died 1887.
(VIII) Louis P. Howe, son of Hon. Simon H. Howe (7), was born May 29, 1858. He attended the schools of his native place, and fitted for college at the Marlborough high school and the Cambridge high chool. He then pursued a two-year course in the civil- engineering department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After the comple- tion of his studies he became associated with his father in his extensive business as a manu- facturer of boots and shoes at Marlborough. He learned the business thoroughly, both in the factory and counting room, and when the S. H. Howe Shoe company was formed in 1887 to take over the business of his father, he was chosen vice-president of the corpora- tion and afterward its general manager. In addition to his interests in this large manufac- turing business, which is one of the large and prosperous ones in the state, he has large business interests in other industries and cor- porations. He is president of the O. H. Stev- ens Manufacturing Company and of the Marlborough Building Association; director of the First National Bank of Marlborough; trustee of the Marlborough Savings Bank, and a member of its investment board; direc- tor of the New England Shoe and Leather Association, and director of the People's Na-
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tional Bank. Mr. Howe is interested in pub- lic affairs and accepted numerous positions of public trust and responsibility. He is a trus- tee of the Marlborough hospital and trustee of the Marlborough Public Library. He is one of the prominent leaders of the Republi- can party in this section. He was a member of the Republican state committee in 1893 and 1894. In 1893 he was elected representa- tive to the general court, serving upon the committee on banks and banking. He was re-elected in 1894, and served as clerk of the same committee, and was on the committee on constitutional amendments.
Mr. Howe is also prominent in the Ma- sonic order. He is a member of United Brethren Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; of Houghton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar ; Lafayette Lodge of Perfection; Giles F. Yates Council, Princess of Jerusalem; Mount Olivet Chapter, Rose Croix, and the Massa- chusetts Consistory, thirty-second degree; and Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine. He is also an Odd Fellow and member of the Un- ion Club. Mr. Howe married India H. Ar- nold, daughter of Lorren Arnold, of Marl- borough. They have no children. They are members of the Unitarian church, of which Mr. Howe has served on the parish com- mittee.
(For the first two generations see Joseph Howe)
(III) Joseph Howe, son of Jo-
HOWE seph Howe (2), born February 19, 1697, died February 18, 1775.
He was a large land owner in Marl- borough. He married February 20, 1722, Zerviah Howe, who died December 10, 1723. He married second, July 12, 1727, Ruth Brigham, daughter of Jonathan and Mary Brigham. She died October 14, 1781 in her eighty-seventh year. His will was dated July 16, 1770, and proved March 14, 1775. It mentions his wife, his daughter Zerviah Smith, daughter Dinah Willard, daughter Mi- riam Bigelow, daughter Betty, then unmar- ried, and grandchild of daughter Dorothy, late wife of Cyprian Howe. Children: I. Zerviah, born November 24, 1723; married Abraham Smith. 2. Joseph, born February I, 1728; mentioned below. 3. Dorothy, born May 4, 1730; married November 20, 1750, Cyprian Howe. 4. Dinah, born October II, - 1731 ; married Jonah Willard. 5. Thaddeus, born May 30, 1733; married April 12, 1757, Zerviah Brigham. 6. Elizabeth, born De-
cember 12, 1734; married Dr. Rice, of Barre. 7. Samuel, born May 22, 1737; died May 29, 1756. 8. Phineas, born January 25, 1739; married December 1I, 1764, Dorothy Bur- nett. 9. Artemas, born January 15, 1743; married March 18, 1767, Mary Bigelow. 10. Miriam, born December 5, 1744; married April 4, 1763, Timothy Bigelow.
(IV) Joseph Howe, son of Joseph Howe (3), born February I, 1728, died September 26, 1800; married May 21, 1751, Grace Rice, born 1730, and died January 23, 1816, daugh- ter of Simon Rice. Children : I. - -, born July 19, 1751 ; married January 2, 1772, Peter Rice. 2. Reuben, born October 12, 1752; married, 1791, Susanna Cushing, and removed to Guildhall, Vermont. 3. Simon, born Au- gust 14, 1754; removed to Guildhall, Vermont. 4. Samuel, born October 2, 1756; removed to Guildhall, Vermont. 5. Lucy, born September 18, 1758; married Thomas Tileston. 6. Eli, born July 20, 1760; married Polly Oakes. 7. Hepzibah, born September 15, 1762; died April 10, 1773. 8. Daniel, born August 4, 1764, removed to Guildhall, Vermont; died August 9, 1818. 9. Joseph, born September 20, 1768; died July 26, 1773. 10. Miriam, born October 16, 1770; married, 1794, John Coats; died 1861. II. Hepzibah, born April 5, 1773; married January 15, 1793, Jacob Barnes ; died May 14, 1826. 12. Joseph, born March 8, 1775 ; mentioned below.
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