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Mr. Southwick married (first), March 12, 1854, Catherine Bronson Germond, born July 22, 1832, daughter of James and Patty (Stod-
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dard) Germond, of Middletown, Cayuga coun- ty, New York. Children: Harris, born De- cember 13, 1858, died December 17, 1858. Horace Homer, born August 15, 1864, now superintendent of schools at Ogdensburg, New York. He married (second), January 18, 1883, Ida Olivia Maus, the ceremony being performed by George F. Breed, rector of Christ Church, Danville, Pennsylvania. She is a native of Mausdale, Pennsylvania, daugh- ter of Andrew Jackson and Harriet (Bill- meyer) Maus, of Mausdale, Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Ida Olivia (Maus) Southwick is a lineal descendant on the paternal side of Philip Maus, a native of Prussia, born 173I. In 1741, at age of ten years, he emigrated to this country, and in 1750 was apprenticed to a stocking weaver and thoroughly mastered all the details of that trade. For many years he conducted the business in Philadelphia and Germantown, furnishing stockings and buck- skin breeches for the Continental army under General Washington when located at Phila- delphia, Germantown and Valley Forge. His business prospered and he became one of the wealthy men of his day, but expended nearly all his wealth in the cause of this country dur- ing the Revolution. About 1775 or 1776 he purchased a tract of land from John Penn, sıx or seven hundred acres along the Mahoning creek, about two miles north of Danville, then in Northumberland county, later Montour county, Pennsylvania. About 1778 or 1779 he moved to the town of Northumberland and lived there several years, engaged with his sons in clearing up the land, building a home for his family upon his plantation at Mahon- ing, erecting a saw mill, dam and millrace in 1793, and a stone flour mill in 1800 at Maus- dale. He resided on the Mansion farm, in the old Joe Maus house, near the Mausdale church, up to the time of his death, April 27, 1815. He married Frances Heppe, of Philadelphia or Germantown, of English parentage. Chil- dren : George; Susan, married Justice Straw- bridge ; Elizabeth, unmarried ; Philip; Samuel ; Lewis, see forward; Charles; Joseph; Jacob.
Lewis Maus, fourth son of Philip and Frances (Heppe) Maus, was born in Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, 1770, died August 22, 1854, aged eighty-four years, at his home on the farm deeded to him by his father out of the land of the Maus plantation. He married, November 14, 1807, Catherine Boughman, of Boughmantown, Pennsylvania, near what used to be called New Buffalo, Pennsylvania. Chil- dren : Jacob, Frederick, George, Lewis, Lu-
cetta, Henrietta, David, Andrew Jackson, see forward.
Andrew Jackson Maus, youngest son and child of Lewis and Catherine (Boughman) Maus, was born at Mausdale, Pennsylvania, September 15, 1831. He resided on the home- stead farm with his parents, and received his education in the public schools of the neighbor- hood. He was a man of influence in the com- munity, and served in the capacity of super- visor of roads. He is an Episcopalian in relig- ion, and a staunch Republican in politics. He married Harriet Billmeyer, of Chilisquaque, Pennsylvania, born December 5, 1836, who died December 10, 1895. She was a daughter of Martin and Margaret (Himelreight) Bill- meyer, of Buffalo Valley, above Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Children : I. Maggie, born November 1, 1856, educated in public schools, and later followed the profession of teacher ; married, February 8, 1877, Orrin Kemmerer ; one daughter, Maude, a graduate of Swarth- more College, now serving in the capacity of teacher ; the family reside at No. 2331 North Sixteenth street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2. Matthew, born August 5, 1858, a machinist by trade; married Augusta J. Johnson, De- cember 5, 1891 ; one son, Charles J., student in the school at Frosty Valley. 3. Ida Olivia, see forward. 4. Ulysses S. Grant, born July 17, 1864, died in infancy. 5. Harry Edwin, born May 20, 1868, educated in public schools, a machinist by trade, at present (1908) in Concord, North Carolina, with Construction Company of Bridges. 6. Edna Viola, born April 19, 1873; resides on the homestead with her father; married Eugene Thompson, of Mausdale, Pennsylvania; two children: Lil- ian Maus, born February 8, 1896, student in Philadelphia, and Edith May, born December 15, 1902.
Ida Olivia Maus, second daughter of An- drew Jackson and Harriet (Billmeyer) Maus, born March 2, 1860, educated in public schools, resided with parents at Mausdale, Pennsylvania, until marriage, January 18, 1883, to Homer Hersey Southwick, now de- ceased, mentioned above. For the past fifteen years Mrs. Southwick has served as commer- cial saleslady, representing the Oakdale Manu- facturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island. She is a member of the Episcopal church.
Christopher OSGOOD Osgood, immi- grant ancestor, born in Eng- land about 1600, came to Amer- ica in the ship. "Mary and John," sailing March 24, 1633-4. He settled at Ipswich, Massa-
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chusetts. It is thought that his parents were Christopher and Elizabeth (Brockwell) Os- good, married October 30, 1599, at St. Thomas parish, Wiltshire. The widow Elizabeth died June 18, 1612, and it is likely that Christopher was raised by some relatives. There is prob- ably some relationship between Christopher and the two other Osgood pioneers, John Os- good of Newbury, and William Osgood of Salisbury, Massachusetts. Christopher was a brick maker by trade. He was a proprietor of Ipswich in 1634, and was admitted a free- man May 6, 1635. He died in 1650. His will, dated April 19, 1650, proved October 10, 1650, bequeathed to wife Margery, son Christopher, daughters Mary, Abigail, Elizabeth and De- borah; father-in-law Philip Fowler, an over- seer; wife executrix. Christopher Osgood married (first) at St. Mary's parish, Marl- borough, England, April 21, 1623, Mary Ev- erett, who was buried there April 3, 1633. He married (second) at St. Mary's, July 28, 1633, Margery, daughter of Philip and Mary (Wins- low ) Fowler. She was baptized May 25, 1615, at Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. She married (second) Thomas Rowell, one of the original proprietors of Salisbury in 1639. She married (third) Thomas Coleman, before 1670; he died at Nantucket, Massachusetts, and she married (fourth) Thomas Osborn, of Nantucket. While residing at Nantucket she deeded May 27, 1673, to her son Thomas Os- good, of Newbury, Massachusetts, the house and land where she dwelt in the time of her former husband, Thomas Rowell, now in pos- session of Christopher Osgood ; he to pay cer- tain sums to her son Jacob Rowell and her daughters, Abigail Wilson and Deborah Ross or Russ. She made another deed, tantamount to a will, June 8, 1765, to Thomas Osgood. Margery came over with her parents, Philip and Mary Fowler, in the same ship with her husband. Child of Christopher and Mary Osgood, born in England : I. Mary, born 1633; married, June 1, 1651, John Lovejoy. Children of Christopher and Margery : 2. Abi- gail, born 1636; married April 9, 1657, Sher- burne (Shoreborn) Wilson. 3. Elizabeth, born about 1638. 4. Deborah, born about 1640; married, August 28, 1663, John Ross. 5. Christopher, mentioned below. 6. Thomas, born 1651.
(II) Captain Christopher Osgood, son of Christopher Osgood (I), born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, about 1643, died 1723; mar- ried, December 6, 1663, Hannah Belknap, of Lynn, who died November 21, 1679; second, May 22, 1686, Hannah Barker, who died April
9, 1687; third, Sarah , who died 1689,
and (fourth) Sarah , who survived him. He sold the estate left by his father in Ipswich and removed to Andover, Massachu- setts, where the children of John Osgood dwelt. He was a millwright, as was also the pioneer, William Osgood, of Salisbury. He built Frye's mills at Andover. He was cap- tain of the militia company; deputy to the general court 1690. Children of first wife: 1. Mary, born July 5, 1666; married May 2, 1689, John Marston. 2. Hannah, born Oc- tober 19, 1668; married August 27, 1688, John Carleton. 3. Dorothy, born July 4, 1671; married Anniss. 4. Abigail, born Au- gust 29, 1673; married August 2, 1694, Jo- seph Carleton. 5. Christopher, born June 28, 1675 ; died September II, 1739. 6. Ezekiel, see forward. Children of second wife: 7. Priscilla, born at Andover, April 1, 1681. 8. Sarah, born February 10, 1683. 9. Esther, born October 31, 1684. 10. Anna, born March 8, 1687; died April 15, 1687. Chil- dren of fourth wife: II. Rebecca, born May 3, 1692 ; died July 29, 1727. 12. Lydia, born June 14, 1694 ; died July 20, 1694. 13. Lydia, born September 1, 1695; married Sherebiah Ballard. 14. Martha, born December 14, 1698; married Daniel Moore. 15. Jeremiah, born April, 1702. 16. Mary, born 1705, died April 6, 1772; married Captain John Foster. (III) Ezekiel Osgood, son of Christopher Osgood (2), born in Andover, November 5, 1679, died there in 1741. His will is dated November 5, 1740, and was proved April 20, 1741, son Samuel executor. He married Feb- ruary 20, 1710, Rebecca Wardwell. He mar- ried (second) . -. Children: I. Ezekiel,
born January 12, 1712; died January 25, 1798. 2. Samuel, mentioned below. 3. Christopher, born 1716. 4. Hannah, born 1718; married John Adams. 5. John, born January 29, 1725. 6. Mary, born June 16, 1729; mar- ried William Dane. 7. Elizabeth, born Au- gust 20, 1732; married Samuel Martin.
(IV) Samuel Osgood, son of Ezekiel Os- good (3), born May 27, 1714, at Andover ; died there March 16, 1774. He was a farmer in that town. He married first, May 21, 1739, Dorothy Wardwell, and second, January 4, 1753, Elizabeth Abbott, who died September 27, 1792. Children, born at Andover: I. Re- becca, born February 6, 1740: married Feb- ruary 7, 1770, David Holt. 2. Samuel, men- tioned below. 3. Eliakim, born August 20, 1743. 4. Dorothy, born September 18, 1745. 5. Hannah, born February 7, 1748. Children of second wife: 6. Lydia, born August 30,
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1754; married Abiel Faulkner. 7. Elizabeth, born December 7, 1755; died September 18, 1764. 8. Sarah, born September 14, 1758; died October 21, 1764. 9. Joseph, born Oc- tober 6, 1760; died July 12, 1854. IO. Dorcas, born March 31, 1763 ; died July 12, 1829 ; mar- ried October 24, 1791, Theodore Stevens, of Andover, who died March 15, 1854. II. John, born September 5, 1765 ; died December, 1829, of Allenstown, New Hampshire; married Mary- Slater. 12. Thomas, born July II, 1767 ; died March 21, 1818. 13. Christopher, born April 25, 1769; died October 3, 1841.
(V) Samuel Osgood, son of Samuel Os- good (4), born in Andover, October 6, 1741 ; married November 22, 1767, Hannah Phelps. Children, born in Andover: I. Hannah, died unmarried. 2. Samuel, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, married Kimball, of Pembroke, New Hampshire.
(VI) Samuel Osgood, son of Samuel Os- good (5), born in Andover, January 7, 1780, died there 1860. He was a manufacturer of bricks at Andover. He married first, Lydia Noyes, who died September 14, 1816. He married second, Martha Fox, who died in 1862. Children: I. Frederick, born May 20, 1805, died at Toledo, Ohio, July 12, 1870; married at Monroe, Michigan, November 8, 1865, Harriet Alphonse Spalding, born in Willoughby, Ohio, November 6, 1831, died at Toledo, September 24, 1861; children: i. Frederick Spalding, born December 23, 1866; ii. Phily Eliza, born May 9, 1868, married July 27, 1887, Clinton Byron Southwick, born July 9, 1868, and had Frederick O. South- wick, born October 16, 1889, died September 10, 1890; Maude A. Southwick, born Decem- ber 28, 1890. iii. George Edmund, born Sep- tember 3, 1869. 2. Elizabeth, born May 30, 1808; married Nathan Johnson, of Alton, Illi- nois. 3. Lydia, born November 14, 1809; died February 14, 1838, married George A. Putnam. 4. Sarah, born November 14, 1812; died April I, 1864; married Thomas Clark. 5. Rhoda, born March 30, 1813, married Isaac Blanchard, of Wilton, New Hampshire. 6. Christopher, born March 31, 1816; died February 19, 1818. Children of second wife: 7. Martha, born April 19, 1819; married Luther C. Weeks of Dedham. 8. Christopher, born January 28, 1821 ; died September 18, 1821. 9. William S., born April 24, 1823: died October 18, 1859, married Sarah Smith. 10. John N., born Au- gust 22, 1825 ; died April 6, 1826. II. George N., born March 16, 1828; mentioned below.
(VII) George N. Osgood, son of Samuel Osgood (6), was born at Andover, March 16,
1828; married Minerva Hayward, 1851. Chil- dren : Eugene, Miles D., John Henry, Susan A., Schuyler C.
FOLSOM
The surname Folsom was or- iginally spelled Foulsham.
When surnames were adopted in England the family living at Foulsham adopted the name of the place, a village in the county of Norfolk, England, six or eight miles north of Hingham. This family had been seated in Norfolk many centuries and owned estates in fifteen different places. The spell- ing and pronunciation of this surname have varied in the family itself as well as among others writing and pronouncing it. The im- migrant ancestor spelt it Foulsham; his son, Deacon John, wrote it Fullsom and signed it in his will Foullsam in 1715. In Hingham Foulsham is the general way adopted by the town clerks ; in Exeter after 1659 Folsom was the prevailing spelling. The name of the town is derived from the word fowl and Hame, meaning "fowl's home" or breeding place. The name of the town was gradually modified to Folsham.
(I) Roger Foulsham or Folsom, of Necton, county of Norfolk, England, is the earliest ancestor of the American immigrant traced by the genealogists of the family. His will is dated 1534.
(II) William Foulsham or Folsom, son of Roger Foulsham or Folsom (I), was of Nec- ton ; married Agnes Smith, alias Foulsham, of Besthorpe.
(III) Adam Folsom, son of William Foul- sham or Folsom (2), married Emma whose will is dated in 1565. He owned lands in Besthorpe, Wymondham, Bunwell, Hing- ham and Hackford, England. He died in 1630.
(IV) Adam Folsom, son of Adam Folsom (3), was father of the American immigrant; married Agnes -. He died in 1627. His will names three sons: John, mentioned be- low, Adam, Peter.
(V) John Folsom, son of Adam Folsom (4), was the immigrant ancestor. He was baptized in England in 1615. He married, in England at Hingham, October 4, 1636, Mary Gilman, daughter of Edward Gilman. In 1638 with wife and two servants he came from Hingham, England, to Hingham, Massachu- setts, and in 1639 his brother, Adam Folsom, came over. The Gilmans also came to Hing- ham. John Folsom sailed April 26, 1638, on the ship "Diligent" from the mouth of the Thames and landed at Boston, August 10,
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1638. He received a grant of land and before winter had his house built. This house or one built later by him was taken down in 1875. He was chosen a selectman in 1645. He and Captain Joshua Hubbard were granted liberty of the two rivers, Rocky Meadow and Bound Brook "so far as the town hath property, to build and maintain a saw mill or mills."
John Folsom sold his lands in Hingham about 1655 and removed with his family to Exeter, New Hampshire. He lived on the west side of the river where the first settle- ments were made; but three of his sons lived in the eastern part of the town. His sons and grandsons owned much land upon what was called Rocky Hill. He was engaged as sur- veyor in running the lines between Exeter and Dover. In advanced life he became unfortun- ately involved in his pecuniary affairs, but was assisted by his sons in preserving his property. He was very intelligent, earnest, enterprising ; sometimes more enthusiastic than judicious ; a decided Christian ready to sacrifice his prop- erty, ease and popular favor for the sake of his principles. He died December 27, 1681, at Exeter. He deeded to his son Peter April IO, 1673 "forty or fifty acres of land in Hingham in ye county of Norfolk (England) near Nor- rald Comon and formerly cald by ye name of Ffulsham at ye Boxbushes." We are not told whether the land has ever been sold. John Folsom was a selectman of Exeter in 1659; juryman in 1662.
Children : I. Samuel, baptized October 3, 164I, married, December 22, 1663, Mary Robie, of Hampton. 2. John, baptized Octo- ber 3, 1641, married, November 10, 1675, Abi- gail Perkins, of Hampton; deacon and town officer of Exeter. 3. Nathaniel, baptized June 2, 1644, married, June 9, 1674, Hannah Far- row. 4. Israel, baptized April, 1646, resided at Newmarket and Nottingham. 5. Peter, mentioned below. 6. Mary, baptized April 13, 1651, married, June 12, 1672, George Marsh, of Newbury. 7. Ephraim, born Feb- ruary 23, 1654, married a Miss Hall, of Dover ; shot by an Indian June II, 1709.
(VI) Peter Folsom, son of John Folsom (5), was baptized at Hingham, Massachusetts, April 8, 1649. Married, May 6, 1678, Susan- nah Cousins, of Wells, Maine. He lived on the Hampton Road east of the village of Ex- eter on the southwest corner where the road leaves the Hampton Road and goes to Ken- sington. It has generally been in the posses- sion of the Folsom family. He was a shrewd and active man of affairs and acquired much property. He was known as Lieutenant
Peter in the records of town and church. He died at Exeter in 1717. Children: I. Eliza- beth, married, September 13, 1704, Lieuten- ant Samuel Colcord, of Kingston. 2. Sus- anna, married Caleb Gilman. 3. Mary, mar- ried Joseph Thing. 4. Peter, mentioned be- low. 5. John, born about 1685, married Han- nalı Gilman. 6. Benjamin, born in Exeter in 1696, died March, 1752; married Rachel Gil- man.
(VII) Peter Folsom, son of Peter Folsom (6), was born in Exeter about 1682. Married Catherine Gilman, daughter of John Gilman, and granddaughter of Edward Gilman (I), a distant relative. He died in 1718. He was a man of talent, influence and wealth. His wid- ow married Richard Calley, of Stratham. Children of Peter and Catherine Folsom, all born in Exeter on the south side of the Hampton Road: I. Susanna, born Septem- ber 27, 1704. 2. Elizabeth, born March 20, 1706-07, married, February 1, 1726, John Robinson. 3. John, born March 14, 1709, married, June 14, 1731, Hannah Sanborn. 4. James, born October 16, 1711, married, June 18, 1735, Elizabeth Thing. 5. Peter, men- tioned below. 6. Catherine, born January 24, 1716, married Samuel Lamson.
(VIII) Peter Folsom, son of Peter Folsom (7), was born at Exeter, July 27, 1714. Mar- ried Mary Folsom, daughter of Jonathan Fol- som (7), and sister of General Nathaniel Fol- som. Peter Folsom died July 1I, 1792; his wife October 1, 1791. In 1773 he removed to Gilmanton where eight of his ten children settled. Children, born at Exeter: I. Mary, born August 31, 1744, married, July 4, 1764, Samuel Clark. 2. Catherine, married Theo- philus Wadleigh, of Exeter. 3. Anna (Nan- cy), born January, 1749, married, in Exeter, February 24, 1771, Joseph Young, represent- ative and selectman. 4. Peter, mentioned below. 5. Jonathan, born 1753, married, May 29, 1781, Lydia Folsom and (second) Sarah Green. 6. James, born July 22; 1756, married, December 2, 1784, Mary Folsom. 7. Nicholas, born April 29, 1759. married, Sep- tember 3, 1784, Dorothy Leavitt. 8. Samuel, born November 3, 1761, married Anna Shep- pard and Mercy Green. 9. Nathaniel, born April 28. 1769; married Nancy James.
(IX) Peter Folsom, son of Peter Folsom (8), was born in Exeter, June 24, 1750. Mar- ried, in Kensington, October 6, 1776, Jemima Folsom, daughter of Lieutenant Josiah Fol- som. She was born March 7, 1755. They lived in Gilmanton where both died in 1832, she on January 2, he on August 7. Chil-
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dren, born in Gilmanton: 1. Jemima, born March 7, 1779, married, June 16, 1806, Josiah Nelson. 2. Lydia, born March 25, 1782, died October 1, 1860. 3. Peter, mentioned below. 4. Josiah, born March 16, 1787, married Bet- sey Lamprey. 5. Nathaniel, born September 5, 1789, married, January 30, 1822, Harriet Folsom. 6. Polly, born February 2, 1793, died May 13, 1808.
(X) Peter Folsom, son of Peter Folsom (9), was born in Gilmanton, October 18, 1784. Married Joanna Smith, born April 19, 1790. He was a farmer in Gilmanton and died there June 24, 1864. His widow died November 19, 1871. Children, born at Gilmanton: I. Orrin, born April 22, 1818, married, Decem- ber 16, 1841, Lydia Ann Nelson, of Gilman- ton, born October 19, 1820, daughter of Na- thaniel and Lydia B. Nelson. 2. Alanson, mentioned below. 3. Rosilla A., born Janu- ary 14, 1823, married James Madison McCoy; resides at Cambridgeport, Massachusetts. 4. Vercilda Jane, born September 7, 1825, mar- ried, February 25, 1847, William Brown; lived in Lowell and died there June 15, 1870. 5. Lovina R., born July 29, 1828, died Octo- ber 29, 1828. 6. Lurana A., born Septem- ber 16, 1829, married, July 23, 1850, Josiah Grover, of Maine, and lived in Lowell. 7. Lorenzo A., born February 21, 1833, married, May II, 1855, Frances Smith; resides in Lowell; their five children all died young.
(XI) Alanson Folsom, son of Peter Fol- som (IO), was born in Gilmanton, July II, 1820. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and the Gilmanton Acad- emy. He came to Lowell when he was sev- enteen years of age and finally engaged in the insurance business there. He also built up an extensive real estate and brokerage business, which he carried on for the remain- der of his life with great success. He invested extensively in real estate, accumulated a large amount of property and was accounted one of the most sagacious and successful men in his line in Lowell. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, after coming to Lowell, for the remainder of his days, and al- ways alert and zealous for the welfare of that society. He died in Lowell in 1896. In poli- tics he was a Republican; he had been for several years member of the board of alder- men and also a deputy sheriff of Middlesex county. He married, 1845, Betty Hayward, born at Topsham, Vermont, November 29, 1826, daughter of Josiah Hayward. She was educated there in the public schools, and came to Lowell' when seventeen years old.
She is an active member of the First Bap- tist Church and deeply interested in its benevolent work. Children: I. Ella A., men- tioned below. 2. Arthur LeRoy, born June 12, 1863, died at the age of twenty-five years. (XII) Ella A. Folsom, daughter of Alan- son Folsom (II), was born November, 1850. She married Edward B. Pierce, of Lowell.
HAYWARD William Hayward, the im- migrant ancestor, was born in England and settled first in Charlestown, Massachusetts, where he was a proprietor as early as 1637. He removed to Braintree and was deputy to the general court from that town in 1641. He bought a tract of land there in 1648. He was drowned May 10, 1659. Administration was granted June 14, 1659, to his widow Margery for herself and children. The widow died July 18, 1676, and administration on her estate was granted Au- gust 1, 1676, to her son Jonathan. Children : I. Samuel, settled in Mendon. 2. William, settled in Mendon. 3. Jonathan, mentioned below. 4 . Huldah, married, January 14, 1663, Ferdinando Thayer, and settled in Men- don.
(II) Jonathan Hayward, son of William Hayward (I), was born about 1640. Mar- ried Sarah Thayer, daughter of Richard Thayer, May 6, 1663. He died in 1690, aged forty-nine years. He remained in Braintree and settled there, undoubtedly on the home- stead of his father. Children: I. Benjamin, married Mary '. and had Hannah and Joseph. 2. Jonathan, mentioned below. 3. Han- nah, born February 22, 1663. 4. Samuel, born March 10, 1665. 5. William, born February 6, 1669-70. 6. Huldah, born August 15, 1672. 7. Samuel, born March 2, 1675-76. 8. Sarah, born December 12, 1679. 9. Sarah, born April II, 1682.
(III) Jonathan Hayward, son of Jonathan Hayward (2), was born in Braintree, Janu- ary 18, 1661. He resided in Braintree ; was hayward for Manaticutt, 1694-95; highway surveyor, 1696. He was one of the Braintree proprietors who signed an agreement to re- sist the claims of Boston parties to their lands, January 10, 1697-98. He was surveyor, 1704; tithingman, 1708-19-20; constable, 17II ; se- lectman, 1722-23-29. He married (first) Hannah and (second) Sarah -
Children : I. Hannah, born January 22, 1692-93. 2. Jonathan, mentioned below. 3. Caleb, born September 27, 1696. 4. Joshua, born May 26, 1699. 5. Mary, born June 5, 1701. 6. Sarah, born October 19, 1705.
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(IV) Jonathan Hayward, son of Jonathan Hayward (3), was born at Braintree, Decem- ber 29, 1694. He settled there and married, January 14, 1719-20, Mary Savel. He was tithingman in 1724-5; constable, 1730; sur- veyor, 1734 and selectman of Braintree. Chil- dren, born at Braintree: I. Jonathan, men- tioned below. 2. Susannah, born February 21, 1723. 3. Daniel, born February 2, 1724- 25. 4. Hannah, born February 24, 1726-27. 5. Margery, born February 17, 1728-29. 6. Caleb, born March 25, 1731.
(V) Jonathan Hayward, son of Jonathan Hayward (4), was born in Braintree, March 20, 172I. He settled in Braintree and mar- ried Sarah Children, born at Brain- tree : I. Jonathan, born June 8, 1748. . 2. Margery, born February 16, 1750. 3. Lois, born August 18, 1752. 4. Daniel, born Oc- tober 13, 1754. 5. Nathaniel, born Novem- ber 28, 1763. 6. Josiah, mentioned below. Probably others.
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