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Capt. John Savory Lieut. Moses Harriman Sergt. James Greenough 66 Solomon Tenney Corporal, David Hopkinson Drummer, Thomas Savory Fifer, Thomas Wood PRIVATES. Ebenezer Wood Eliphalet Rollings
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Nathaniel Plummer
Stephen Morse
Moses Plummer
Samuel Marden
Jonas Abbott
Nich. Wallingford
Jesse Atwood
David Plumer
Eben Hardy
Moses Parker
Samuel Savory
Moses Wood Jun.
Jonas Hardy Jun.
Spencer Bailey
Samuel Bacon
Nathan Burbank
Asa Tenney
Israel Hardy
Asa Wallingford
James Barker
Henry Hardy
Isaac Platts Jun.
John Banks. Bradford men in Rhode Island ou roll of Capt. Jere. Pitman's Com- pany, Col. Nathan Tyler's Reg. Lieut. Jeremiah Kimball Private Day Mitchell. Time 1 month 5 days, 107 miles.
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Roll of Capt. Johnson's Co., Col. Pitman's Regt., Mass. Bay Militia to the State of Rhode Island, from Bradford. 78 miles, 2 months, 10 days.
Solomon Smith
Joseph Brown
Timothy Haggett
James Barker
David Hall
Zechariah Barker
Day Mitchell
Bradford men who served in the army, not on any, of the foregoing, muster rolls.
Lieut. Daniel Kimball
Abel Kimball
Nathaniel Plummer
Adjt. Daniel Hardy
Col. Daniel Thurston
Maj. Benjamin Gage Amos Mullicken
Dudley Hardy
John Wool
Benjamin Atwood
Eliot Payson Ezra Trask
Benjamin Morse.
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Voted, at a meeting held May 17, ITS3. That the Representative for this town for the ensuing year be hereby instructed to use his utmost endeavors to prevent any person or persons returning to live in this Commonwealth who have conspired against or absented themselves from the United States during the contin- uance of the war with Great Britain.
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THE SAMUEL TENNEY HOUSE.
XII REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS In the Old Cemetery at GROVELAND Whose graves are designated by S. A. R. Markers.
At the last annual town meet- ing (1895), it was voted to place markers of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution on the graves of all Revolution- ary soldiers buried in Groveland. Mr. J. K. P. Balch and the writer, being the only members of the society in town, volun- teered their services in the search that must be made to locate the markers. Mr. Balch had already
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placed one on the grave of his ancestor, Capt. Thomas Stickney. Further assistance was rendered by Mr. Charles T. Balch, our representative at the General Court, in examining the records at the State House.
Thirty-three graves are marked thus far, and it is known that there are other graves of old sol- diers in the cemetery; but, as they have no grave stones, they could not be found. There are several stones with inscriptions bearing names corresponding to names found on the Revolution- ary rolls, but, as there is doubt about the identity of the men, they were not decorated.
The names have been placed alphabetically, without regard to Hank orage. The writer has tried to ascertain something about each, and place it on record, although the knowledge gained about some of them is very meagre.
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Care has been taken to verify all statements ; it will not be surpris- ing, however, if some mistakes are found, for we must bear in mind that the old records were not al- ways kept carefully.
Great difficulty has been ex- perienced in consequence of the custom that obtained up to the beginning of the present century of giving the first-born son his father's name, which frequently resulted in there being two of the same name, both of a mili- tary age, and perhaps both in the service at the same or at different times ; the junior, which should have been attached to one of then, was often omitted.
JESSE ATWOOD,
Born Sept. 6, 1748, son of John and Mary ( Wood ) Atwood ; married Dec. 31, 1778, Abigail Hardy, daughter of Eliphalet and Hannah ( Platts) Hardy. Mr.
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Atwood was a member of Capt. John Savory's company of min- ute-men, and marched on the alarm of Apr. 19, 1775; he also fonght at Bunker Hill in Capt. Nathaniel Gage's company. He, in common with persons of that day, worked on the farm in shin- mer and in the shop during the winter months. His father was killed in the French and Indian War, at Crown Point, when Jesse was only seven years old.
In his later years, Mr. Atwood lived in the house now occupied by Mrs. Laura A. Atwood. He was the ancestor of the late Moses P. Atwood, Miss Priscilla P. At- wood, Mr. Charles A. and Miss Lois P. Atwood, Mrs. Heman Balch and Mrs. E. Milton Stacey. He died Sept. 10, 1827.
JOSIAH BACON,
Son of Josiah and Mary Bacon, was born in 1723 : married, first,
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Abigail Knowlton, Oct. 7, 1745; second, Abigail, daughter of John and Mary (Wood) Atwood, Sept. 8, 1788.
Mr. Bacon was a private in Capt. Gage's company at Bunker Hill. He lived on the old Bacon farm on King street, in the house now standing, owned by Philip Martino and occupied by Samuel Burbank. Mr. Bacon was a promi- nent man in town affairs, and filled several offices. He died Dec. 14, 1807.
SAMUEL BACON,
Born in 1756, son of Josiah and Abigail (Knowlton) Bacon ; married Feb. 25, 1788, Sally Perley of Boxford. Mr. Bacon went to the defence of Cape Ann in November, 1775, serving five days ; was afterward a lieutenant in the militia; he lived with his father on the old Bacon farm; died Nov. 22, 1809.
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JONATHAN BAILEY,
Born April 4, 1742, son of Jonathan and Rebecca ( Hardy ) Bailey ; married Mary Eames, daughter of Nathan and Mary Eames of Bradford, June 24. 1773. Mr. Bailey marched to Cambridge on the Lexington alarm, being one of the minute- men enrolled in the Second Foot company ; afterward a captain in the militia. He lived in the "old brick-end Bailey house " in Savaryville, where he died Jan. 29, 1823, at a ripe old age.
JOHN BURBANK
Was the son of Eleazer and Lydia Burbank, and was born May 3, 1722; married, Dec. 20, 1745, Mercy Savory, daughter of Thomas and Mercy ( Adams ) S .- vory. Mr. Burbank was emolled in the Second Bradford Foot com- pany, and marched with that
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command on the alarm of Apr. 19, 1775. He was a farmer, and lived where Mr. Nathan Long- fellow now lives ; took promi- nent part in the management of the affairs of the town; he died Sept. 18, 1802, in his eightieth year.
NATHAN BURBANK,
Son of John and Mercy (Savory) Burbank, was born Aug. 17, 1757; married February, 1781, Elisabeth Palmer, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Savory) Palmer. Although a "beardless youth of eighteen " young Bur- bank did service in the defence of Cape Ann, November, 1775; lived with his father in what is now the Longfellow house ; he died July 17, 1819.
Ancestor of Mrs. Edward Har- rington of this town, and Mis. H. A. Burnham of Gloucester.
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PHINEAS CARLETON
Was the son of Dea. Thomas and Abigail Carleton; born Oct. I. 1740; married, first, Dec. S. 1763, Susannah, daughter of Jo- seph and Hannah ( Goodrich) Stickney ; second, Angust, 1784. Sarah Mullicken. Mr. Carleton was a sergeant in Capt. Nathaniel Gage's company, and served from Sept. 30, to Nov. 6, 1777. He lived on Christian Hill, South Groveland, in the house now owned by Mrs. Benson; was a miller, and had a grist mill on Johnson's Creek, near the place where the old woollen mill now stands.
Ancestor of Thomas H. Balch and family, Frank P. Balch, Mrs. C. P. Savary. Mrs. L. K. Pem- berton, Mrs. Abigail Carleton, Phineas B. and Alvin R. Carleton and Mrs. Newton Tilton.
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JOHN CURTIS,
Son of William Curtis of Lynn, born in 1743 ; married Mary Parker, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Stevens) Parker ; held the rank of sergeant in Capt. Jacob Gould's company, Col. Samuel Johnson's regiment, Apr. 19, 1775, was then of Boxford ; came to Groveland later and lived 011 Main street, in the next house east of Hervey E. Parker's, which was then on the estate of his wife's father, now owned by George H. Collum. He died April 3, 1826.
Mr. Curtis was the ancestor of Mrs. J. Harraden Savary of Groveland, Mr. Leverett M. Ty- ler of Bradford, Mr. Walter G. Curtis of Southport, North Caro- lina, Mr. Henry Curtis of Brook- lyn, N. Y., and others.
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SOLOMON HARDY,
Son of Capt. Eliphalet and Han- nah ( Platts) Hardy ; born Nov. 20, 1747; married Sarah Bailey, daughter of Amos and Sarah (Cottle) Bailey; served in the Second Foot company on the alarm of April 19, 1775.
Ancestor of Nathaniel Parker, Kingston, N. H .; N. P. Gage, Washington, D. C. ; S. Kimball Gage, Charlestown, Mass .; Mrs. D. P. Hopkinson and Mrs. N. Woodburn Nichols of Groveland. Mrs. Edward Stickney of Chel- seat, Mass. Died Aug. 9, 1801.
JOSHUA HARDY.
Born Sept. 24, 1740; son of Benjamin and Rebecca (Rolf) Hardy ; married, Oct. 15, 1765. Hannah Tyler of Boxford. Mr. Handy was a sergeant in the see- ond company of minute-men, and marched to Cambridge on the
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alarm from Lexington April 19, 1775. He lived in the field be- tween King and Rollins streets, in the rear of the late Tyler Hardy's house, where he died June 3, 1814.
Ancestor of Misses Elisabeth Ann and Harriet Hardy, Clarence C., Cornelia M. and Arianna K. Hardy, Albert L. and Allen Hardy, Mrs. Charles Brown, Sumner, Mary Esther and Lucilia Adelaide Hardy, Mrs. Wood- bridge Parker and Wallace King.
LIEUT. MOSES HARRIMAN,
Born April 10, 1737. Son of Nathaniel and Mehitable (Spof- ford ) Harriman ; married Jane Hale, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Hale ; first lieutenant in the Second Bradford company of minute-men, served on the Lex- ington alarmı, and in the defence of Cape Ann in November, 1775. Mr. Harriman's father was a cor-
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net in the Colonial service, and died at Louisburg in October, 1745. Lieut. Harriman lived in a house which stood on the site of the present Harriman house : and it is said that he planted the magnificent elm which stands he- fore the house. He died Aug. 24, 1784.
Ancestor of Moses H. Harri- man of this town, Judge Hiram P. Harriman of Barnstable, Mrs. E. P. Perkins and Mrs. Samuel W. Hall of Georgetown, Mrs. Moody M. Palmer, Mrs. Win. L. Moore, Mrs. Enoch Adams and Mrs. Walter I. Willis.
DANIEL HOPKINSON,
Born Nov. 25, 1750; was the son of David and Elisabeth ( Platts) Hopkinson : married Hannah Richardson, daughter of Joseph and Dorothy ( Monoe) Richardson January, 1751. Mr. Hopkinson served in the Second
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Bradford Foot company, and re- sponded to the call on the alarm of April 19, 1775. He lived in the old homestead now occupied by Walter H. Hopkinson.
Ancestor of Walter H. Hopkin- son, Daniel W. Hopkinson, Miss Abbie C. Hopkinson, Mrs. Wil- liam Ruddock and Miss Emna Ruddock. He died Feb. 16, 1837.
LIEUT. KING LAPHAM
Was born Oct. 14, 1743; son of David and Rebecca (King) Lap- ham of Marshfield, Mass .; mar- ried Nov. 4, 1764, Lucy Barker, by whom he had eleven children. He was first lieutenant in Capt. Crocker's company Apr. 20 to Aug. 1, 1775, marched from Marshfield ; first lieutenant Sec- ond Plymouth County Regiment May 8, 1776; served in Rhode Island two months in 1776; first lieutenant in a company raised to guard the passage of the North
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river ; also, in service at Hull Mar. 5. 1778. Mr. Lapham came to this town just after the War of the Revolution, and was. in connection with his son, Bar- ker Lapham, engaged exten- sively in shipbuilding. He lived in the "old Lapham house." which stood on Main street until a few years ago, on land now occupied by W. S. Canney. He died Nov. 30, 1826.
Ancestor of Mrs. Adeline and Miss Priscilla Parker, Benjamin P. Hale, Esq., of Boxford, James F. Hale, Lucy L. Howe and Ma- bel G. Howe of Cambridge, E. J. M. Hale of New Orleans, Benja- min K. and Frederick F. Balch of Malden, Annie P. Balch of Boston, Mrs. George W. Rowe of Haverhill.
LIEUT. ASA MERRILL,
Born June 30, 1732, son of Stephen and Keziah ( Hardy )
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Merrill ; married Bethiah .- commissioned lieutenant by the council Apr. 3, 1776. He served as first lieutenant in a detach- ment that marched by the way of Providence, R. I., to Danbury, Conn., December, 1776. Lieut. Merrill was in the Continental army three years ; he was then of Boxford; came to Groveland later, and lived on the old Ten- ney place, now owned by Aaron N. Pillsbury, where he died Nov. 3, 1815.
He was the ancestor of the late Charles S. Tenney, and Alonzo L. Quimby, of Groveland, Mrs. A. W. Anderson and Miss Mabel Anderson of Haverhill, Mrs. Jerome Ingalls, Mrs. Rufus A. Hovey, Walter R., Robert C., Harry C. Ingalls and J. B. Renton of Lynn, Ralph C. Hovey of Amesbury, Ella R. Hovey, Guy C. Hovey, Edward L. Hovey, Mrs. Francis Cutts, Mrs. James
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A. Dwinell, Mrs. Ambrose H. Carsley of Lynn, and many others.
CAPT. DAY MITCHELL Was the son of Deacon Nathaniel and Abigail (Day) Mitchell ; born Jan. 15, 1760; served as a private under Lieut. Jeremiah Kimball in Rhode Island when in his eighteenth year, and after- ward " followed the sea" during the Revolutionary War; was taken prisoner several times, and once was confined in England. Mr. Mitchell married, first, Susannah Greenough in 1785. and, second, Abigail Parker, Oct. 24. 1802. He lived to a good old age in the house now owned by Mrs. Walter L. Pemberton. and occupied by her and Mrs. Laura A. Fowler, where he died in 1818. Mr. George Mitchell, his son, is still living, and is probably the youngest son of a Revolutionary sire in the State.
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He was the ancestor of Mrs. Chas. S. Hardy, Abraham P. Mitchell, Mrs. Eustace W. Sar- gent, Peter Mitchell, Mrs. Amasa E. Drew, Mrs. Elmer F. Smith, Mrs. Elbridge H. Carleton, Miss Nellie Hardy, Mrs. Wm. F. Smith, Mrs. A. S. Barker and Mrs. Alvan H. Knox.
BENJAMIN MORSE
Was born in Newbury, Feb. 5, 1754; he was the son of Thomas and Elisabeth (Bartlett) Morse ; married Olive, daughter of James and Mary Greenough. Mr. Morse enlisted as a private in Capt. Thomas Mighill's company of Rowley, January, 1777, and served six months ; he also served three months and fifteen days in Capt. Jonathan Ayer's company of Haverhill. He was a cloth dresser, and had a fulling mill on Johnson's Creek, near the Merrimack river, where he
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did business for many years. He built the house now standing at " Morse's Commer," South Grove- land (see illustration ), where he lived until his death, which oc- curred Dec. 23, 1828.
He was the ancestor of Wil- liam H. Morse, Herman F. Morse, Miss Fidelia Morse, Mrs. Reuben L. Locke and Mrs. B. A. Sargent of Bradford, George D). Morse, Charles W. Morse, Mrs. Win. H. Curtis, Charles E. Greenman, Geo. H. Greenman and Frank C. Morse of Haver- hill, Israel Morse and Mrs. Min- nie S. Balch of Newburyport. Mrs. Warren L. Cowdrey, Mis. John T. Small, Mis. George S. Hovey, Miss Mattie I. Morse, Mis. George H. Tenney of Grove- land, and many others.
SAMUEL PALMER
was born March 3. 1727 ; soll of Sammel and Elisabeth Palmer ;
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married, Jan. 24, 1749, Mary Savory, daughter of Thomas and Mercy (Adams) Savory. Mr. Palmer was on the alarm list of April 19, 1775, and marclied to Cambridge in Capt. John Sa- vory's company. He lived on the north side of Main st., in Savaryville, in the house now owned by S. R. Morrill, on land that was granted to his grand- father, Joseph Palmer, before 1672. He died Sept. 3, 1800.
Ancestor of Mrs. Abigail P. Atwood, Mrs. E. M. Stacy, Mr. Abel Stickney and Mrs. W. T. Page of this town, Jolm William Palmer, Esq., of Washington, D. C., Mr. Frank J. Pillsbury, Mrs. J. S. Norris, Mrs. Orrin T. Carter of Concord, N. H., Mr. William O. Palmer, Miss Maria A. Palmer, Mrs. Mary F. Bur- bank of Hopkinton, N. H .; Mrs. Laura Skillings of Henniker, N. H., Mrs. Mary Spalding.
St MOSES PARKER,
Son of Bradstreet and Rebecca ( Balch ) Parker ; born April 3. 1756: married Sarah Eaton of Haverhill. Mr. Parker served his country as a private in a de- tachment from the Second Foot company, under Capt. John Sa- vory, which was sent to Cape An in November, 1775. He kept a general store, and lived in the house now occupied by his descendants, opposite Perry Park. He was the ancestor of the late Dr. Moses Parker, Peter Parker. and Moses P. Atwood, and also of Miss Priscilla Atwood. Miss Annie Parker, Mrs. A. C. Savary, Miss M. E. Parker, W. G. B. Parker, Edward H. Parker and Charles P. Parker, Mrs. George B. Choate of Essex, Miss Sarah Cogswell of Bradford, andothers. He died July 9, 1837.
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RETIER H. PARKER, Born Dec. 12, 1/46; son of Abraham and Mrs. Hannah ( Ha- thorn) Parker; married, first, May 9, 1768, Ednah Hardy, daughter of Capt. Eliphalet and Hannah (Platts ) Hardy ; second, Mrs. Abigail Pearsons (born Tit- comb) of Newburyport. When the Lexington alarm was sounded he was a minute-man in the Sec- ond Bradford Foot company, and responded to the call, marching to Cambridge with the company. Mr. Parker was a tanner and cur- rier, and had a shop near the site of the lower mill in South Groveland. He died Feb. 2, 1799.
Ancestor of the late Dr. Moses and Peter Parker, Moses P. and Miss Priscilla Atwood, Mrs. Ed- ward Stickney of Chelsea, Mass., Mrs. Daniel P. Hopkinson and Mrs. N. Woodburn Nichols of Groveland. Mrs. Geo. F. Choate, and Miss Sarah Cogswell.
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ELIPHALET ROLLINS
was born Oct. 7, 1757 ; son of Eliphalet and Mary (Savory ) Rollins ; married Patty Sargent September, 1782. Young Rol- lins was a member of the Second Foot company of minute-men, and was detailed with about thirty others to go to the defence of Cape Ann in November, 1775. He afterwards sailed from New- buryport on a privateer. After the war was over Mr. Rollins settled down in East Bradford as a farmer and trader. He had two sons, Ebenezer and William, whose descendants live in Bos- ton. He lived in the house now owned by Charles F. Paine, Esq. He died Oct. 27, 1818.
CAPT. JOHN SAVORY
Was born May 21, 1730 ; was the son of Thomas and Mercy ( Adams) Savory ; married Sarah,
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the daughter of Edward and Mary ( Spofford) Wood, Sept. 11, 1755.
Capt. Savory commanded the Second Foot company of Brad- ford minute-men, and was in command of the company at Cambridge when the troops as- sembled there after the battle of Lexington; he afterwards led a detachment of his company to Cape Ann. In early life Mr. Sa- vory lived in a house which stood near the lane leading to Cottle's Ferry, but, later, he built the house which has since been en- larged, where Mrs. J. A. Savory and Mr. Wmn. Ferguson now live. He died April 5, 1805.
JOHN SAVORY, JR.
son of Capt. John and Sarah (Wood) Savory; born Nov. 18, 1757 ; married, December, 1779, Polly Bacon, and lived in the Andrew George house, on the east side of Seven Star road. He
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served with his father in the Second Foot company at Cam- bridge, April, 1775. Died Jan. 1, 1823. No descendants living in town.
THOMAS SAVORY.
son of Capt. John and Sarah ( Wood) Savory; born Feb. 16, 1756 ; married, first, Bethiah Carleton, June 18, 17-8 ; second. Polly Rollins, Aug. IS, 1755. Mr. Savory was the drummer of his father's company, and went to Cambridge with the company on the Lexington alarm; he also accompanied the detachment of the Second Foot company to Cape Ann in November, 1775. He was a prominent man in town affairs, a member of the House of Representatives and a major in the militia. Maj. Savory lived in the old Savory house, built by his father, and still standing in Savaryville, on land that has
THE WILLIAM SAVORY HOUSE.
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been in the possession of the family for several generations.
He was the ancestor of Wil- liam R. Walker of Concord, N. H., Mrs. Eldred S. Parker, Miss Clara L. Savary, Eben Rol- lins Savary, Henry S. Savary, Mrs. Aaron B. Parker, Harry P. Savary, Eldred P. Savary, Mrs. Arthur E. Abbott, Mrs. J. Everett Wood of Grove- land; Rev. William H. Savary, Edward Hosmer Savary, Esq .. Miss Anna L. Savary of Boston ; Frank Savary, Benjamin Balch Savary of Medford ; Rev. George Savary of Newark, N. J. Maj. Savory died May 2, 1829.
WILLIAM SAVORY,
Born Dec. 6, 1743; son of Thomas and Mercy ( Adams ) Savory; married Mary Gage, daughter of Thomas Gage of Haverhill, 1764. Mr. Savory was a sergeant in the Second .
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Bradford Foot company, of which his brother John was captain, and went to the defence of Cape Ann in 1775. He lived in the Wm. S. Balch house, now owned and occupied by Miss Sarah H. Balch. He died July 22, 1800. Ancestor of Dr. W. P. Savary of Brockton, Miss Annie W. Savary, Geo. S. and Edward F. Hovey of Groveland; Mrs. Her- bert E. Wales of Bradford, J. K. P. Balch, Esq., Daniel S. Balch. Esq., of Lyons, la., Mrs. Benj. F. Peach of Lynn.
JEREMIAH SPOFFORD,
Born in Rowley, Oct. 12, 1749 : son of Capt. Eliphalet and Lucy ( Peabody) Spofford ; married. Feb. 13, 1777. Temperance. daughter of Col. Daniel and Judith ( Follansbee) Spofford. . At the alarm of Lexington he joined a company under the command of his father, and marched to
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Cambridge. Mr. Spofford came to Groveland (then East Bradford ) in 1817, and died here in 1827.
Ancestor of Mr. Herschel A. Spofford, Mrs. Laura A. Atwood, Miss Apphia T. Spofford, Mr. Edward W. Spofford of Omaha, Neb., Miss Helen K. Spofford, . Miss Belle G. Downie.
ELEAZER SPOFFORD,
Born Aug. 12, 1739, 01 Spof- ford's Hill, Rowley, now George- town; the son of Dea. Abner and Sarah (Coleman) Spofford ; married Mary Flint of Dan- vers. He was appointed quarter- master of the Second Regiment Essex County Militia, April 22, 1775, by his uncle, Daniel Spof- ford, colonel. Dea. Spofford was a millwright, and built a valua- ble set of mills in East Jaffrey, N. H. After he retired from business he came to Groveland, where he died Mar. 15, 1828.
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He was the ancestor of Ains- worth R. Spofford, Esq. , librarian of Congress.
JONATHAN STEVENS,
Born 1747 ; married Mary; he served as a private in the Second company of minute-men, and marched to Lexington April 19, 1775; he lived in the house on Main street near the Grove- land bridge, afterward occupied by Manley Hardy ; the house was burned in 1887 ; died Dec. 23. 1802.
CAPT. THOMAS STICKNEY
Was the youngest son of Thomas and Mary (Mullicken ) Stickney. and was born in Bradford, How Groveland, Oct. 2.4, 1734 ; he married, Jan. 6, 1-01, Sarah Ten- ney, daughter of Daniel and .Ann (Coleman) Tenner ; he served as a private in Col. Winslow's expeditionto Nova Scotia in 1755.
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and when the aların was sounded from Lexington he was first lieu- tenant in the First Foot company of Bradford, Capt. Nathaniel Gage, and marched to Cambridge with the company ; this company was also at the battle of Bunker Hill. When the call was made for men to resist Burgoyne's prog- ress from Canada, Lieut. Stickney joined Capt. Joseph Eaton's com- pany from Haverhill, and was in command of the company at the battle of Bennington, where he received a serious wound. He lived on "Cannon Hill," in the "old Garrison house," which was built by his grandfather, Samuel, about 1703. The house was owned and occupied for many years by the late Mr. Rich- ard Renton, who took it down in 1854 and built the present house occupied by his daughter, Mrs. Jane C. Nichols. (See illustra- tiou. ) Died Nov. S, ISOS.
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Capt. Stickney was the ances- tor of Charles Stickney, Ed- ward Stickney of Chelsea, Mass .. Niles 'T. Stickney of Mil- waukee, William B. Stickney of Oskosh, Wis .; J. K. P. Balch, Esq., Daniel S. Balch of Lyons, Ia .; Thomas W. Stickney, Aaron B. Parker, Capt. George R. Stick- ney, Mrs. E. H. George, Mrs. J. C. Cobban, Miss Sara Stickney, John P. Rundlett, Edward Rund- lett, Mrs. E. Richardson, Mrs. George H. Symonds and many others.
EBENEZER STICKNEY, Son of Samuel and Marabah ('Tenney) Stickney, and nephew of Capt. Thomas Stickney ; was born Oct. 12, 1745 ; he married, Jan. 9, 1770, Molly, daughter of Sammel and Mary (Savory ) Pal- mer. He was a corporal in the Second Foot company, and marched to Cambridge on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; healso
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served in Capt. Nathaniel Gage's company from Sept. 30 to Nov. 6, 1777 ; died Nov. 13, 1812.
He was ancestor of Mr. Abel Stickney, Mrs. Winslow T. Page, John H. Stickney and Frank Wallace Stickney.
SOLOMON TENNEY Was born in East Bradford, now Groveland, June 19, 1737; he was the son of Dea. Phillip and Jane (Hale) Tenney ; married, Mar. 31, 1761, Betty Savory, daughter of Thomas and Mercy (Adams) Savory, by whom he had two children, Samuel and Savory Tenney. Mr. Tenney was first sergeant in the Second Foot company of Bradford, and marched to Cambridge on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; he also served in the defence of Cape Am11 November, 1775. He lived in the house now owned by Edward Short, on the north side of Centre street ; died Apr. 18, 1830.
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Ancestor of the late Chas. S. Tenney, Alonzo L. Quimby. Miss Alice Quimby, Mrs. Rufus A. Hovey, Mrs. Jerome Ingalls, John B. Renton, Esq., of Lynn ; Mrs. A. W. Anderson, Miss Ma- bel Anderson of Haverhill and many others.
WILLIAM TENNEY Was the son of Dea. Phillip and Jane (Hale) Tenney; born in Bradford, May 6, 1740; he mar- ried Rebecca Eames, daughter of Nathan and Mary Eames. Mr. Tenney's name appears on the Lexington alarm roll of the Sec- ond Foot company. He lived in the old Tenner house, now owned by Daniel Abbott, stand- ing on a part of the original Tenney grant in Savaryville ; died May 4, 1826.
Dea. Tenney was the ancestor of Mis. Thomas H. Balch, Moses Foster, Charles T. Balch, Arthımı C. Balch of Groveland; William
THE WILLIAM TENNEY HOUSE.
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