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1715; married November 13, 1733, Joseph Wellington. 3. Margaret, born September 15, 1718, married March 13, 1735, Thomas Wel- lington. 4. Rebecca (twin), born January 7, 1723; married September 23, 1742, Timothy Wellington. 5. Love (twin), born January 7, 1723; married June II, 1747, Samuel Whit- temore, of Cambridge. 6. Jonathan, mention- ed below. 7. Samuel, born June 10, 1727; removed to Arlington; married first, Martha Earle, of Boston ; second, Mrs. Eunice Under- wood, of Lexington. 8. Josiah, born Novem- ber 10, 1729; married Abigail Cutter, daugh- ter of John.
(VI) Jonathan Stone, son of Jonathan Stone (5), born at Lexington, 1725, baptized there March 14, 1725; married May 21, 1747, Martha, daughter of Deacon John Cutter, born March, 1731. Jonathan settled first at Watertown, where two children were born; then at Arlington-Menotomy-where several were born, and finally located in Shrewsbury. The history of Shrewsbury has the lineage wrong. All the children are recorded at Shrewsbury. His wife died there October 25, 1807, and he died there October 3, 1805, aged eighty-one. Children : I. Jonathan, born July 5, 1748. 2. Martha, born August II, 1750; married Thomas Adams. 3. Seth, born De- cember 26, 1752, at Arlington; married Mary Tufts ; recorded also at Shrewsbury; removed to Marlborough, New Hampshire, and Bridgeport, Vermont. 4. John, mentioned be- low. 5. Thomas, born March 7, 1757; bap- tized at Arlington, March 16, 1757. 6. Lydia, born May 2, 1759; died October II, 1821. 7. Hannah, born April 2, 1761 ; married William Adams. 8. Cherry, born November 19, 1764: died unmarried (buried at Arlington) Octo- ber 2, 1806. 9. Daniel, born January 27, 1766; married Ann Gibson, of Hopkinton, June 9, 1790; died at Shrewsbury, September 27, 1829. IO. Jonas, born October 25, 1767; married Sarah Toothaker, of Tewksbury, 1792; she married second, Josiah Knight. II. Dorcas, born May 20, 1770; married, 1785, Joseph Smith, of Bolton. 12. Lucy, born May, 1772; married, 1792, Nathaniel Green.
(VII) John Stone, son of Jonathan Stone (6), was born at Arlington or Shrewsbury, March 7, 1755. He was a soldier in the Revo- lution, in Captain Benjamin Edggell's com- pany, Colonel John Jacobs's regiment, 1778. and probably at other times. He settled in that part of Charlestown now the city of Som- erville. In 1781 he bought land there of Ste- phen Miller, and more land in 1783 and 1785. His homestead was on what is called now Milk
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Row. He was dismissed to the First church of Cambridge from the Arlington church De- cember II, 1803. He and his wife joined the Arlington church August 27, 1780. He died in 1819, and his administrator, Peter Tufts Jr., was appointed August 31, 1819. He left a pew in the Cambridge meeting house, and real estate valued at over six thousand dollars, with considerable personal property. He mar- ried, April. 13, 1780, at Arlington, Mary Tufts, and their eldest child was born in Ar- lington ; the others in Cambridge or Charles- town. Children : I. John Cutter, born Octo- ber 26, 1780. 2. Mary, married Philip Bon- ner. 3. Elizabeth, married Benjamin Grover. 4. Lucy, married David Bolles. 5. Nathaniel Tufts, married May 25, 1817, Sarah Rand ; mentioned below. 6. Jonathan, housewright. 7. Hannah A., married David Sanborn. 8. Martha, married Robert Sanborn. 9. Daniel. Io. Lydia, married Robert Vinal. II. Thomas Jefferson.
(VIII) Nathaniel Tufts Stone, son of John Stone (7), born in Charlestown, (now Som- erville) or Cambridge, about 1788; married, May 25, 1817, Sarah Rand. Children : I. Na- thaniel Tufts, died young. 2. Charles Henry, drowned. 3. Jonathan, mentioned below. 4. Nathaniel Tufts, mentioned below. Sarah Rand was the daughter of Thomas (6), whose ancestry was : William (5), Samuel (4), Wil- liam (3), Sergeant Thomas (2), Robert (I), the immigrant, of Charlestown and Lynn. Nathaniel Tufts Stone settled at Charlestown, where he bought land of Abigail Tufts and others at various times. His will was dated July 23, 1822, bequeathing to his wife; to James and Lucy Bolles ; the residue to Charles H. and Jonathan Stone; Peter Tufts, Jr., ex- ecutor.
(IX) Jonathan Stone, son of Nathaniel Tufts Stone (8), born at Charlestown, now Somerville, December 28, 1819, died June 21, 1896. He learned the trade of chaise and carriage body making; was also maker of bows, but retired from active business life many years before his death. He lived in Somerville, Massachusetts, after marriage. He was a prominent and well-to-do citizen, a man of influence and highly esteemed wher- ever he was known, especially in his own town, Somerville. He married, October 9, 1850, Emma Maria Cutter, born in West Cam- bridge, now Arlington, March 9, 1828, daugh- ter of Elijah Cutter (7) (see Cutter family). She was educated in the public schools, and attended the Unitarian church. Children : I. Charles Edward, born October 19, 1852, died
September 7, 1853. 2. Frederic Walter, born August 12, 1854, treasurer of the Somerville Savings Bank; married Eliza J. Gage; chil- dren: Ruby Virginia, Bertha Gage, Grace Cutter, Ruth Patience, Amy Elizabeth. 3. Sara Abigail, born in Somerville.
(IX) Nathaniel Tufts Stone, son of Na- thaniel Tufts Stone (8), born at Charlestown, now Somerville, January 19, 1823, died July 6, 1877. He was a prominent citizen of Som- erville. Those who knew him well said :- "His word was as good as his bond." He married Evelina, born February 1, 1826, daughter of Elijah and Abigail (Hill) Cutter. Children: I. Lucy . Maria, mentioned below. 2. William Henry, born March 31, 1868, died November 15, 1869.
(X) Lucy Maria Stone, daughter of Na- thaniel Tufts Stone (9), was born in Som- erville. She was educated in the public schools of that city, graduating in 1881 from the high school, and for five years was a special stu- dent at Radcliffe College. She is a life mem- ber of the Somerville Historical Society, the Heptorean Club of Somerville and the Woman's Alliance of the First Congregational (Unitarian) Church, in the Sunday School of which she was a teacher from 1894 to 1905, and a member of the library committee from 1894 to 1907. She married, April 19, 1907, John Stetson Edmands (see Edmands family).
Elizabeth Cutter, widow, im- CUTTER migrant ancestor, was born in England, and lived at New- castle under the ministry of Mr. Rodwell. Her husband, probably Samuel Cutter, died be- fore she came to America, and she seems to have followed her sons William and Richard to this country. She lived in Cambridge with her daughter Barbara, wife of Elijah Corlet, the memorable old school master, for a score of years. She died at Cambridge, January 10, 1663-4, aged about eighty-nine years. Chil- dren: I. William, wine cooper by trade, pro- prietor of Cambridge; town officer; removed to Charlestown, where he was town officer ; returned to England and lived at Newcastle- on-Tyne. 2. Richard, mentioned below. 3 Barbara, married Elijah Corlet, M. A.
(II) Richard Cutter, son of Widow Eliza- beth Cutter (1), born in England, about 1621, died June 16, 1693, aged about seventy-two years. He probably came before his mother. He was a cooper by trade, and his descend- ants have the small oaken chest made to keep his clothes when he was serving his appren- ticeship. He was admited a freeman June 2,
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164I, when he was doubtless over twenty- one. He joined the Artillery Company of Boston in 1643. He married about 1644,
Elizabeth , died March 5, 1661-2, aged (gravestone) forty-two years. He married second, February 14, 1662-3, Frances Ams- den, widow of Isaac Amsden, of Cambridge. He owned various parcels of land in the vicin- ity of Cambridge. His homestead was in Me- notomy, then Cambridge. His will was made April 19, 1693; proved July 24, 1693. Chil- dren : I. Elizabeth, born July 15, 1645; prob- ably died unmarried. 2. Samuel, born Janu- ary 3, 1646-7, at Cambridge. 3. Thomas, born July 19, 1648. 4. William; born February 22, 1649-50; married Rebecca Rolfe. 5. Eph- raim, born 1651; resided in Cambridge, Charlestown and Watertown Farms, now
Weston ; married February II, 1678-9, Bethia, probably daughter of Nicholas
Wood. 6. Gershom, mentioned below. 7. Mary, born 1657; married Nathaniel Sanger, son of Richard; resided in Sherborn, Rox- bury and Woodstock, Connecticut. 8. Na- thaniel, born December II, 1663; married October 8, 1688, Mary Fillebrand, daughter of Thomas. 9. Rebecca, born September 5, 1665; married December 19, 1688, Thomas Fillebrown. 10. Hephzibah, born November II, 1667; died February 27, 1667-8. II. Eliz- abeth, born May 1, 1668-9; married April 16, 1690, Nathaniel Hall. 12. Hephzibah, born August 15, 1671; married, June 7, 1698, Ja- bez Brooks, of Woburn. 13. Sarah, born Au- gust 31, 1673; married December 5, 1700, James Locke, of Woburn. 14. Ruhamah, born 1678; married February 1, 1665-6 Jo- seph Hartwell.
(III) Gershom Cutter, son of Richard Cut- ter (2), born 1653, baptized at Cambridge, died April 2, 1738, in his eighty-fifth year. He was executor of his father's will; was a farmer at Menotomy, at the "Foot of the Rocks," and bought various other parcels of land. He was admitted to the Cambridge church August 6, 1721. He was a soldier in King Philip's war, and probably took part in the swamp fight. He married March 6, 1677- 8, Lydia, daughter of Thomas and Isabel Hall of Cambridge. Children: I. Gershom, mentioned below. 2. Lydia, born September 14, 1682; married Jonathan Hall, of Medford, born September 28, 1677. 3. Hannah, born November 26, 1684; married December 22, 1702, Thomas Hall; died in 1705; her hus- band married second, Abigail -, died 1745; married third, Elizabeth Davis, 1747. 4.
Isabel, born May 9, 1687; married December 9, 1713, Thomas Fillebrown.
(IV) Gershom Cutter, son of Gershom Cut- ter (3), born June 1, 1679; married June II, 1701, Mehitable, daughter of George and Sarah (Farnum) Abbott, of Andover. She was born April 4, 1680; her grandfather was George Abbott of Rowley where he died in 1747. She owned the covenant and was baptized May IO, 1702. He had the homestead "Under the Rocks" at Menotomy. In 1747 Cutter and Francis Lock were fined for walking from Cambridge to Newton to attend religious ser- vices, but appealed to the court of sessions and judgment was reversed. He died July 7, 1753; his wife March 28, 1757. Children: I. Thomas, born May 8, 1702, at Cambridge. 2. Gershom, born January 13, 1703-4; married Anna Fillebrown. 3. George, born October 7, 1705; married Jane Butterfield. 4. Han- nah, born December 29, 1707; married Thomas Emmons. 5. Mehitable, born Octo- ber 9, 1709; married Ephraim Winship Jr. 6. Lydia, born August 23, 1711-12; married John Whittemore. 7. Sarah, born 1714, bap- tized October 31, 1714. 8. Richard, baptized January 22, 1716-7. 9. Nehemiah, mentioned below. 10. Isabel, baptized January 25, 1719- 20; married Jonathan Winship of Lexington. II. Aaron, baptized June 24, 1722; married Mary Moore of Cambridge. 12. Thomas, baptized November 17, 1728.
(V) Nehemiah Cutter, son of Gershom Cutter (4), baptized at Medford, April 14, 1717; died September 12, 1798, buried at Arl- ington; married July 17, 1739, Martha, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Deborah (Wyeth) Bowman, of Cambridge. She was born February 10, 1714-5, and died July I, 1790. He was admitted to membership in Cambridge church August 13, 1738; she joined this church December 30, 1739. They were dismissed to the Second Precinct Church, Menotomy, January 28, 1753. He was a tanner and farmer at Menotomy. His tanyard was on the site of the residence of his grandson, Elijah Cutter, in Arlington. In old age he and his wife went to Charlestown to live with their son Samuel Cutter. Chil- dren: I. Samuel, born May 17, 1740; mar- ried Hannah Hartwell. 2. Martha, born No- vember 7, 1742; married Henry Lucas. 3. Elizabeth, born February 14, 1744. 4. Jo- seph, born September 21, 1745; died Decem- ber 23, 1749. 5. William, born April 14, 1748; married in Weston, May II, 1780, Ruth Harrington. 6. Sarah, born February 15,
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1750; married January 26, 1773, James Fos- ter. 7. Joseph, born December 23, 1751. 8. Nehemiah, mentioned below. 9. Mehitable, born April 28, 1755; married Hop- kins; second Perkins. IO. Andrew, born February 9, 1757; married July 15, 1779, Rebecca Cutter, daughter of Gershom. II. Daughter, born March 1, 1760, died young.
(VI) Nehemiah Cutter, son of Nehemiah Cutter (5), born June 3, 1753; married, Oc- tober 30, 1781, Deborah, daughter of Zacha- riah and Rebecca (Cutter) Hill. She was born July 16, 1756; became member of Me- notomy church January 6, 1782; died May 28, 1824. He occupied his father's homestead. He was a manufacturer of copper nails, ac- cording to the method then used. He was a soldier in 1777 in the Revolution, in Captain Minot's company, Colonel Dike's regiment. He died May 3, 1828. Children, born at Ar- lington : I. Nehemiah, born March 26, 1782; married November 24, 1808, Hannah Pack- ard. 2. Deborah, born October 19, 1783; died unmarried, May 14, 1842. 3. Sarah, born January 4, 1786, married William Dickson, Jr., February 3, 1819. 4. Elijah, mentioned below. 5. Asa, born January 21, 1790, mar- ried, January 9, 1820, Susan Rand. 6. Re- becca, born May II, 1792, married, February 31, 1817, Benjamin Rand, of North Cam- bridge. 7. Ezra, born March 22, 1794, mar- ried, December 5, 1833, Mary Pope. 8. Le- ander, born December 19, 1795, married Rachel Pope, of Marblehead, died at Worces- ter, April 28, 1863. 9. Alpheus, born April 4, 1798, married, January 1, 1826, Emelia Pratt. IO. Maria, born January 23, 1800.
(VII) Elijah Cutter, son of Nehemiah Cut- ter (6), born at West Cambridge, now Ar- lington, March 17, 1788; married, January 4, 1818, Abigail, daughter of Nathaniel and Abi- gail (Simonds) Hill, of West Cambridge, now Arlington. He was a blacksmith by trade. He lived to an advanced age on the homestead, dying May 17, 1885. Children : I. Abigail, born September 22, 1818, married, February 12, 1851, Jonathan Clark; resided at Malden; died May 5, 1905. 2. Cynthia, born February 23, 1821, married, May 21, 1843, Benjamin F. Russell; resided at Arling- ton. 3. Elijah Lafayette, born December 22, 1823, married, March 27, 1850, Hannah Au- gusta Jost, daughter of Joseph and Ann F. (Ridgeley) Jost, of Boston; saw maker by trade ; removed from Arlington to Des Moines, Iowa ; died in Texas, 1898. 4. Eve- lina, born February 2, 1826, married, Novem- ber 28, 1854, Nathaniel Tufts Stone; resides
at Somerville; (see sketch of Stone family) ; children : i. Lucy M., married, April 19, 1907, John Stetson Edmands; ii. William Henry, died November 15, 1869. 5. Emma Maria, born March 9, 1828, married Jonathan Stone, brother of Nathaniel Tufts Stone (see Stone family). 6. Lucy, born February 18, 1831. 7. Eliza, born August 31, 1833, died January 2, 1904. 8. Nehemiah Hill, born March 6, 1838.
Walter Edmands, immi- EDMANDS grant ancestor, was born in England. He was appren- ticed in England to the trade of distilling li- quors. He settled in this country first in Concord, where he was living 1639; was ad- mitted a freeman May 22, 1638; was consta- ble 1640. He removed to Charlestown, where he was admitted to the church March 21, 1654, with his wife Dorothy. She died September 14, 1671. He died July 13, 1667. His will was dated May 30 and proved Sep- tember 27, 1667. Children: I. Joshua, mar- ried Mary Willard and Elizabeth Palgrave; he died November 5, 1683, aged fifty-nine years. 2. Mary, married Luke Potter. 3. Daniel, born 1630, feltmaker by trade; mar- ried Mary Sprague; he died August 22, 1688; she died November 26, 1717. 4. Elizabeth, married Richard Miles. 5. John, mentioned below.
(II) John Edmands, son of Walter Ed- mands (I), born in Concord, July 2, 1640; married October 4, 1667, Hannah (Miller) Dady, who was admitted to the church June II, 1671. He died September 21, 1677. She married second, Deacon Aaron Ludkin, May 22, 1684. His will dated August 19, 1677, proved December 18, 1677, mentions wife, children and brothers. Children: I. Doro- thy, born June 27, 1668; married Nathaniel Davis, September 7, 1685. 2. John, died April 21, 1670. 3. John, mentioned below.
(III) John Edmands, son of John Edmands (2), was born in Charlestown, August 29, 1671. He was a heel-maker by trade. He married, November 1, 1693, Sarah Blaney who was born July 17. 1675, admitted to the church July 11, 1703, and died June 20, 1713, aged thirty-eight years (gravestone). He married second, December 22, 1715, Esther Kettell, died February 8, 1763, aged eighty- four, buried February 10, 1763. He died Au- gust 12, 1755, aged eighty-four. He was taxed in Charlestown 1721-38. His will was dated May 8, 1750, and proved October 6, 1755. Children : I. John, born April 12,
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1695. 2. Walter, born October 22, 1696. 3. Sarah, born January 10, 1699-1700; married Jonathan Cary Jr., August 15, 1734. 4. Jon- athan, baptized February 20, 1703-4. 5. Han- nah, baptized September 5, 1708; died young. 6. Hannah, baptized February 19, 1709-10; died August 22, 1739. 7. David, born 1712; mentioned below.
(IV) David Edmands, son of John Ed- mands (3), baptized at Charlestown, April 20, 1712; married November 18, 1736, Hannah Hatch, born 1710, died July 1, 1785. He was on the tax list of Charlestown 1723 to 1758; living in 1786. Children: I. Hannah, bap- tized April 17, 1737; married September 27, 1759, John Cary. 2. John, born October, 1738, baptized November 12, 1738. 3. David mentioned below. 4. Barnabas, baptized De- cember 14, 1746. 5. Thomas, baptized Au- gust 25, 1757.
(V) David Edmands, son of David Ed- mands (4), was born in Charlestown, January 31, 1741-2. He was a housewright by trade and sexton of the church. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a bombardier in Captain Joseph Chadwick's company, Colonel Rich- ard Gridley's regiment, at Fort No. 3, Charlestown, 1775, giving age as thirty-three and trade housewright. He was also in Cap- tain John Walton's company at Cambridge, October, 1778; Colonel Eleazer Brook's com- mand guarding troops of the convention at Charlestown and Cambridge; also corporal of same company 1778-79, under Captain David Goodwin, Colonel Samuel Thatcher. He married first, October 13, 1767, Sarah Manning, who owned the covenant October 9, 1768. He married second, March 24, 1777, Anna Ford (nee Townsend) at Malden. She was born April II, 1748, and died June 15, 1833. Children: I. David, born November 15, 1768. 2. Sarah, born June 22, 1770; died July 14, 1830. 3. Thomas, born July 9, 1772. 4. John, born November 25, 1774. 5. Barn- abas, mentioned below. 6. Anna, born April 23, 1780; married Nathaniel Alley Jr. 7. Benjamin, born July 18, 1782. 8. Elizabeth, born December 10, 1784; married Henry Van Voorhis. 9. Mary Gardner, born January I, 1787; married Reuben K. Blanchard. IO. Nathaniel, born January 27, 1791.
(VI) Barnabas Edmands, son of David Edmands (5), was born in Charlestown, March 1, 1778. He was a brass founder and potter by trade, and was in business for him- self. He married first, Mary Wain Whitte- more Burroughs, December 24, 1809. She died February 21, 1823. He married second,
August 8, 1824, Eliza Whittemore, born Feb- ruary 12, 1796, died June 5, 1852; and third, July 14, 1853, Susan C. Hay. He died Janu- ary 13, 1872, aged ninety-three years ten months, thirteen days. Children: I. William Burroughs, born March 21, 18II; married April 10, 1834, Sarah Page. 2. Edward Townsend, born February 1, 1813; married September 15, 1836, Mary J. Case. 3. Au- gustus, born June 23, 1814 ; died November 6, 1815. 4. Sarah Burroughs, born. September 30, 1816; died October 18, 1816. 5. Augustus Barnabas, born June 10, 1818; married La- vinia Griffin, of Newburyport. 6. Thomas Russell Burroughs, born January 24, 1820; married, April 8, 1845, Abby Whittemore Ferguson; he died April 19, 1900; she died July 17, 1894. 7. Joseph Whittemore, born October 6, 1822, died October 10, 1850. 8. Benjamin Bruce Whittemore, born June 3, 1825 ; in early life was a school teacher ; served in Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer In- fantry ; was an officer of colored regiment ; married, February 12, 1861, Amy Hood. 9. Isaac Parker Townsend, born December 2, 1826; married, September 7, 1852, Hannah Maria Rice, who died October II, 1876; he died October 2, 1899; he married (second), April 16, 1879, Sarah Frances Rogers, who died October 23, 1880; married (third), March 28, 1883, Maria Stocker Hathorne. IO. Mary Eliza, born August 7, 1828, married, July 7, 1853, Abram Edmands Cutter; she died February II, 1854; he married second, October 13, 1857, Elizabeth Smith, and died May 14, 1900. II. John Burroughs, mention- ed below. 12. Sarah Burroughs Alley, born February 14, 1834; married William H. Fin- ney ; he died March 23, 1892 ; she died August 6, 1905. 13. Martha Lovice, born April 8, 1836, died August 31, 1848.
(VII) John Burroughs Edmands, son of Barnabas Edmands (6), was born at Charles- town, November 17, 1830. He married Su- sanna Curtis Stetson, who bore him one child, John Stetson, mentioned below. John B. Ed- mands was a manufacturer of stoneware in Charlestown ; resided in Somerville from 1872 until his death, September 26, 1906. His wife died May 20, 1904. She was born December 20, 1844, daughter of Amos Warren and Su- sanna (Curtis) Stetson, who were married September 27, 1827. Amos Warren Stetson was born April 27, 1802, his wife was born November 4, 1808. He died February 13, 1885, and his widow died April 6, 1898. He was a son of Amos Stetson, who was born February 25, 1777, died May 4, 1859. He
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married Hannah Hunt, born January 9, 1777, died January 28, 1834. Amos Stetson was the son of Amos Stetson, born May 19, 1730, died 1779; he married Experience French, born 1745. Amos Stetson was the son of Amos Stetson, born June 18, 1703, died 1777 ; married, May 9, 1728, Margaret Thayer, born June 26, 1705. Amos Stetson was the son of Robert Stetson, born December 9, 1670; mar- ried Mary Collamore in 1667. Robert Stet- son was the son of Joseph Stetson, born 1639,
died 1722; married Prudence Joseph Stetson was the son of Cornet Robert Stetson, born in England, emigrated to America in 1634, settled in Scituate, Massachusetts, and was made a freeman in 1653. He married ,and settled in the wilderness. He was born in 1613, died February I, 1702-03. He left six children, fifty-six grandchildren, and twenty-three great-grandchildren.
(VIII) John Stetson Edmands, son of John Burroughs Edmands (7), was born in Somer- ville. He was educated in the public and high schools, graduating from the latter in 1893, and in Tufts College, where he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1897. He was with Edward P. Adams, land- scape architect, 1897-99 ; with Olmsted Broth- ers, landscape architects, 1899-1902; with George H. Walker & Company, publishers, 1902-03, on their large new map of Boston; with the Q. J. Richards Company, map pub- lishers, the Boston & Maine railroad, and others, 1902-08. He has done considerable work in investigating genealogical matters, and land titles, and has been interested in the study of park and parkway improvements. He married, April 19, 1907, Lucy Maria Stone (see Stone family).
(For first gencration see elsewhere.)
(II) John Tufts, son of Peter TUFTS Tufts (1), married Mary Put- nam. Children: Mary, John, Nathaniel, mentioned below; Peter, Benja- min, Timothy, Thomas, Stephen, Mary. John Tufts died March 28, 1728, aged sixty-three years.
(III) Nathaniel Tufts, son of John Tufts (2), was born about 1690. He was a taxpayer of Charlestown from 1727 to 1737, and his estate was taxed in 1741. He married (first), April 7, 1715, Mary Sprague, who died De- cember 15, 1715, in her twenty-sixth year, according to the gravestone. He married (second), Mary Rand, October 18, 1716. She died December 26, 1764, aged seventy, ac- cording to the gravestone in the old yard at
Cambridge. Administration was granted his son William January 22, 1765. His widow and his son Nathaniel were appointed admin- istrators January 1, 1741-42. Children: I. Nathaniel, baptized August 4, 1717, mention- ed below. 2. William, died October 18, 1719, aged three weeks. 3. William, born June 30, 1721. 4. Mary, born January II, 1722-23. 5. David, born February 25, 1724. 6. John, born February 13, 1727. 7. Timothy, born February 2, 1728-29. 8. Persis, born May 17, 1733. 9. Isaiah, born 1740, baptized July 20, 1740.
(IV) Nathaniel Tufts, son of Nathaniel Tufts (3), born 1717, at Charlestown, bap- tized August 4, 1717; married, October 19, 1753, Mary Pierce in Boston. She married (second) Abraham Frost. Mr. Tufts was a taxpayer in Charlestown 1741 to 1766. His estate was partitioned in 1778. Children of Nathaniel and Mary Tufts : I. Mary, married, 1780, John Stone (see family). 2. Elizabeth, married Ebenezer Smith.
Robert Chaffin, the immigrant CHAFFIN ancestor, was born in Mere, Wiltshire, England, about 1695. He came to New England when quite young, and settled in Littleton, Massachu- setts, where he died in 1745. His son John was the administrator of the estate, February 7, 1745. He married, at Concord, April 15, 1719, Abigail Davis. Children: I. John, born about 1722, mentioned below. 2. Robert, Jr., born about 1725, carpenter in Acton ; children : Hannah, Susanna, Lucy, Sibel, Joseph, Elias, settled in Holden, Ephraim, Peter, Simon, Gladwin. 3. Samuel, born 1732, mentioned below. 4. Timothy, born about 1735, removed to Harvard, Ashburnham and Holden; chil- dren : i. David; ii. Lucy, born Holden, March 4, 1763, married, February 26, 1784, Roswell Stevens, of Charlemont ; iii. Levi, born Hold- en, May 24, 1765; iv. Molly, born 1769, died May 25, 1776; v. Miriam, born February 23, 1771; vi. Timothy, born April 22, 1773; vii. John, born August 19, 1775; viii. Sarah, born November 18, 1778; ix. Phebe; x. Francis.
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